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The Prince of Wales was the other night affiliated as an honorary member of St . John ' s Lodge of Freemasons of Gotha . His Royal Highness , in accepting the membership , expressed the hope that there would be close personal relations between German and English Freemasons . The ritual of German Masonic Lodges varies

coffins and lowered through a trap-door in the floor of the Lodge room into the form of a newly-made grave . — " Modern Society . " 0 0 0 ,

somewhat from the English working , but the signs , tokens , and pass-words of the first degree , fellow craft and the third " sublime " degree are exactly the same . The figurative death ceremony in many German Lodges is made more realand the candidates are placed in

Of no creed or nationality , Freemasonry has embraced the Jews . In East London the Hebrew element offers exceptional facilities for the study of the world-wide cult .

Several good Lodges exist , and last week a ceremony of particular interest took place at the Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall Street , where Bro . Charles Eschwege was installed as W . M . of the Friars Lodge , 1349 , for the

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ensuing year . Few East End Jews are so well-known as Mr . Eschwege , whose friends are to be found in every quarter of the globe . His interests are cosmopolitan , and his knowledge of South African affairs and mining work has raised him to the status of an expert . — " Eastern Post . "

o o o The appeal from the Freemasons of Argentina to the Prince of Wales certainly gives a comic aspect to the South American troubles . One wonders what fchev

imagine it is in his power to do for them . Do they fancy he holds a position over here in some way analogous to that attributed by Frenchmen to the Lord Mayor of London ? The attitude of this secret society to the world at large has changed so much since the days when

it was an enemy of Governments in all countries that some confusion may be pardoned . However , a large number of the old-fashioned folks on the continent still

look upon Freemasonry as but one point or so less objectionable than Anarchism . The present Pope , for instance , would probably hesitate to concede even that amount of difference between the two . — " Sketch . "

Next Week.

NEXT WEEK .

Monday . 16 Royal Alpha , Hotel Metropole 72 Royal Jubilee , Anderton ' s 188 Joppa , Freemasons Tavern 256 Unions , Freemasons-hall 1319 Asaph , Freemasons-hall 1996 Priory , Acton

2098 Harlesden , Harlesden 2242 Tyssen Amherst , Hackney 53 Royal Sussex , Bath 107 Philanthropic , Lynn 113 Unanimitv , Preston

119 Sun , Square , Compasses , Whitehaven 135 Perpetual Friendship , Bridgwater 154 Unanimity , Wakefield 156 Harmony , Plymouth 199 Peace and Harmony , Dover 251 Loyal , Barnstaple

328 St . John , Torquay 331 Phoenix of Honour & Prudence , Truro 338 Vitruvian , Ross 395 Guy , Leamington 1211 Goderich , Leeds 1239 Wentworth , Sheffield 1254 Semner Fidelis . Exeter

1264 Neptune , Liverpool 1302 De Warren , Halifax 1312 St . Mary , Booking 1452 St . Margaret , Lowestoft 1573 Caradoc , Swansea

1924 Wickham , Brockley 1954 Molesworth , Wadebridge 2039 Londonderry , Sunderland 2163 Jersey , Southall 2166 Cotehele , Calstock 2240 Arrow , Kington

Tuesday . 167 St . John , Hampstead Heath 235 Nine Muses , Grand Hotel , Charing -f 1593 Royal Naval College , Greenwich 1604 Wanderers , Freemasons-hall 1668 Samson , Cafe Royal 1769 Clarendon , Guildhall Tavern

80 St . John , Sunderland 93 Social , Norwich 131 Fortitude , Truro 184 United Benevolence , New Brompton 241 Merchants , Liverpool 272 Harmony , Boston 319 New Forest , Lymington

371 Perseverance , Maryport 1220 Solway , Aspatria 1250 Gilbert Grenall , Warrington 1267 Kenlis , Egremont 1314 Acacia , Bromley , Kent 1402 Jordan , Torquay 1414 Knole , Sevenoaks 1476 Blackpool , Blackpool

1528 Fort , Newquay 1560 Albert Edward , Leicester 1713 Wilbraham , Walton-on-the-Hill 1782 Machen , Coleshill 1837 Lullingstono , Wilmington 1847 Ebrineton , Stonehcuse

2099 Ethelbert , Heme Bay 2104 Whitwell , Stockton-on-Tees 2134 Wilberforce , Hull * 2104 St . Germans , Pool

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2222 Frederick West , East Molesey 2324 Horwich , Horwich 2360 Victoria , Southport 2400 Brentford , Brentford 2487 St . Michael , Stone 2492 Concordia , Wendover

"Wednesday . 3 Fidelity , Freemasons-hall 15 Kent , Freemasons-hall 1629 United hall

, Freemasons-1803 Cornhill , London Tav ., Fenchurch St . 1827 Alliance , Guildhall Tavern 1986 Honor Oak , Norwood 2345 Duke of Fife , Clapham Common 2347 GraftonBlanchard Restaurant

, s 2362 Bloomsbury Rifles , Chenies Street 2470 Telegraph Cable , Ship and Turtle 13 Union Waterloo , Plumstead 54 Hope , Rochdale

84 Doyle ' s Lodge of Fellowship , Guernsey 125 Prince Edwin , Hythe 146 Antiquity , Bolton 187 Royal Sussex of Hospitality , Bristol 204 Caledonian , Manchester

225 St . Luke , Ipswich 244 Yarborough , Jersey 250 Minerva , Hull 274 Tranquillity , Newchurch 277 Friendship , Oldham

281 Fortitude , Lancaster 288 Harmony , Todmorden 323 Concord , Stockport 1209 Lewises , Ramsgate 1242 Tynwald , Douglas

1248 Denison , Scarborough 1331 Aldershot Camp , Aldershot 1342 Walker , Newcastle-on-Tync 1356 Toxteth , Liverpool 1398 Baldwin , Dalton-in-Furnoss

1400 Curwen , Workington 1547 Liverpool , Liverpool 1582 Llanidloes , Llanidloes 1588 Prince Leopold , Stretford

1643 Perseverance , Hebburn-on-Tyne 1692 Hervey , Bromley , Kent 1703 Windrush , Witney 1715 Arthur John Brogden , Grange-over-Sands

1798 Zion , Manchester 1848 Ferrum , Middlesborough 1855 St . Maurice , Plympton 1879 Lord Warkworth , Amblo 1932 Whitworth , Spennymoor 1947 Stanford , Hove 2046 Robinson . Maidstone

2156 Arthur Sullivan , Manchester 2284 Smyth , Grimsby 2294 Wavertree , Wavertree 2389 Avondale , Middlewich 2404 Lord C . Beresford , Chatham 2423 St . Mark , Connahs Quay 2450 Loxfield , Uckfield 2483 Hadrian , Westham

Thursday . 19 Royal Athelstan , City Terminus Hotol 91 Regularity , Freemasons-hall 206 Friendship , Ship and Turtle 238 Pilgrim , Freemasons-hall 1558 Duko of Connaught , Camberwell

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1642 Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall 1820 Sir Thos . Whito , Holborn Restaurant 2033 University of London , Freemasons-h . 2168 Derby Allcroft , Midland Hotel 2397 Culumbia , Criterion , Piccadilly 2417 Bolingbroke , M . H ., Clapham Junction

35 Medina , Cowes 50 Knights of Malta , Hinckley 97 Palatine , Sunderland 130 Royal Gloucester , Southampton 139 Britannia , Sheffield

191 St . John , Bury 216 Harmonic , Liverpool 333 Royal Preston , Preston 344 Faith , Radcliffe 369 Limestone Rock , Clitheroo

381 Harmony and Industry , Darwen 1204 Royd , Malvern 1213 Bridgewater , Eccles 1273 St . Michael , Sittingbourne 1387 Chorlton , Chorlton-cum-Hardy

1416 Falcon , Thirsk 1429 Albert Edward Prince of Wales , Nowport , Monmouth 1457 Bagshaw , Loughton 1495 Arkwright , Matlock Bath

1583 Corbet , Towyn 1697 Hospitality , Waterfoot 1750 Coleridge , Clevedon 1863 Priory , Tynemouth 1915 Graystone , Whitstable

1992 Tennant , Cardiff 2016 Shalden , Alton 2038 Portcullis , Langport 2109 Prince Edward , Heaton Moor 2132 Egerton , Seacombe

2217 Windermere , Windermere 2227 White Horse , Westbury 2234 Onslow , Guildford 2261 Armitage , Milnsbridge 2262 Dagmar , Wraysbury

2278 Kingswood , Broxbourne 2285 Eden , Workington 2343 Sir William Harpur , Bedford 2372 James Terry , Waltham Cross

2420 Ferdinand de Rothschild , Waddesdon 2449 Duke of York , Manchester Friday .

134 Caledonian , Ship and Turtle 1997 John Carpenter , Albion 2399 Ordnance , Plumstead 36 Glamorgan , Working-at-Cardiff 81 Doric , Woodbridge 170 All Souls , Weymouth

1289 Rock , Birkenhead 142 S United Service , Landport 1536 United Military , Plumstead 1605 De La Pole , Hull 1661 Newton , Newark-upon-Trcnt 1676 St . Nicholas , Newcastle-on-Tyno 1826 Parthenon , Croydon 1983 Martyn , Southwold

Saturday . 173 Phoenix , Freemasons-hall 1755 Eldon , Portishead 1990 Hampshire of Emulation , Landport 2069 Prudence , Leeds 2359 Doric , Didsbury