The Late Bro. Chas. H. Pulham W.M. Of Una Lodge No. 773, New York.

truth , and that heavenly consummation of all virtues , charity , so beautifully explained in the volume of tho sacred law , as " bearirg all things , hoping all things , believing all things , enduring all things , thinking no evil , " ancl it is to the practice of this virtno that onr Masonic efforts should ever tend , not only in its common acceptation of pecuniary relief , but as embracing

true brotherly lovo to the full extent inculcated in the sacred writings . Initiation alone never did nov never can make a man a true Mason ; it gives the key , but the mere possession of tho key does not constitute ownership of tho treasure ; it sows tho seed , but unless tho soil be good nnd carefully cultivated , frnit will not be produced ; it opens tho portal , but unless tho road bo traversed the goal cannot be attained ; it lays tho foundation , but without labour

tho superstructure cannot bo raised . Bro . Pulham died of consumption , although tho American doctors assured him recently that ho had a " sound pair of English lungs . " Ho had been ailing since Christmas last , but hacl resumed bis editorial duties early in May . Ho was fonnd dead iu his bed on tho 13 th nit . Alluding to this fact , thero are somo lines in the New York Mail , of which tho following is tho closing verso : —

" Unlike tho common fate of mon , He died alone—yet not alone , For ministering angels took him then Before his Lord aud Master ' s throne . " His funeral took place on tlio loth instant , from St . Paul ' s Chapel , Broadway . For an honr before the service tho " casket" containing

the body remained in the vestibule of the church , and tho lid being thrown back , such of his friends as desired to tako a last look at his features wore permitted to do so . A largo number of journalists , brethren of the " Mystic Tie , " official personages , and others , assembled on tho occasion , tho first named numbering at least two hundred . Anion '' tho floral decorations with which the " casket "

was covered was a large scroll of white camellias , roses , lilies of tho valley , white carnations , ancl spirea ; the ends of tho floral rod from which tho scroll depended woro of pansies . On tho face of the scroll were the words " Well done . " This was a tribute from the editorial staff of the Times . A conspicuous emblem was a broken column of white carnations , twined with simlax and

rosebuds , sent by and bearing the initials of the New York Press Club . A floral star ancl wreath , enclosing Masonic emblems , bore tho name of the Una Lodge . Besides this there were a pillow of white flower ? , crossed by a quilt pen . wreaths and bouquets from other friends . On the lid if the " enfket" lay the Masonic apron nnd jewels of the dead Master . The service was that of tho Protestant Episcopal

Church , which wns rendered chornllj ' . As a last sad tribute of respect our brother wns inferred , in Greenwood Cemetery , with Masonic rites , according to ancient custom . The ceremony was impressively performed hy W . Bro . J . Wallace McWhinnio , the W . M . of Montgomery Lodge , assisted by the Officers ami brethren i ihe Una Lodge .

Princess's Theatre.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE .

An adaptation of the French play " L'Assommoir , " by Mr . Charles Eeade , under the appropriate title "Drink , " was introduced on Monday , the 2 nd inst ., at the Princess ' s Theatre , by Mr . Walter Gooch . The principal character in this story of misery and temptation is a hatter named Lantier , who has bronght to Paris , from her native village , a pretty girl named Gervaise . As soon as she arrives in that

city sho realises the old story that men are deceivers ; her fickle husband deserts her for the showy Virginio ; she is , however , ablo to earn a subsistence as a laundress , and while thus engaged she meets her rival , who exults over her conquest of Lantier . The two quarrel , and this leads to a conflict in which Virginie suffers to the extent of having a few pails of water thrown over her . As a consequence

from henceforth Gervaise has two enemies to contend against , Virginie and Lantier , for the despicable hatter , after abandoning the woman for whom he had neglected Gervaise , again pursues the latter . Gervaise now marries a plnmber named Conpean , thinking her husband Lantier is dead ; Virginie also finds a husband in Poisson , a retired soldier . All goes well with the two couples until an

occasion arrives when the plumber is repairing the roof of M . Poisson's house . Virginie knows that tho scaffolding upon which Conpean is at work is dangerous , she , however , purposely neglects to tell him so , the consequence is that the unfortunate plnmber falls to the ground . Although he is not killed , he is so severely injured that for several months he is unable to work , dnring that time he

gets into habits of indolence , ancl , still worse , contracts tho taste for "drink ; " ho becomes a frequent visitor to the " Assotnmoir , " apublichouso where a nnmber of workmen of tho district congregate , he soon falls into worse habits , until tho littlo money tho once happy family had accumulated against a rainy clay becomes entirely exhausted . Conpean , when it is almost too late , signs the pledge ; but

on an early opportunity Virginie ancl Lantier set a trap for him , and rn his again entering L'Assommoir ho is soon in a state of drunkenness ; Gervaise , proceeding to fetch him home , in a moment of desperation , is likewise tempted to drink . Time goes on , and Conpean becomes an inmate of a hospital , where , through the plotting of Virginie , he is again induced to revert to his baneful habit , the result being a dreadful death from delirium tremens . We must

congratulate the actors on the way in which they performed their parts . Miss Amy Eosellc shows her winsome ways in the rdle of Gervaise , as does Miss Ada Murray in that of Virginie . Mr . Eedmnud takes the part of the lazy Lantier , and Mr . Charles Warner that of Conpean . The piece thus far has met with perfect success , and we wish Mr . Walter Gooch ancl his assistants a continuance of prosperity . The scenery is very effective , and the general get up most creditable .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

A . 11 Books intended for Eeview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . C . — : o : —

The Four Old Lodges : Founders of Modern Freemasonry and their Descendants . A Eecord of the Progress of tho Craft in England , ancl of the Career of every Regular Lodge down to the Union of 1813 . With an authentic compilation of Descriptive Lists for Historic Eeforenco . By ROBKRT FREKE GOULD , late 31 st Eegimont , Barrister-at-Law . London : Spencer ' s Masonic Depot , opposite Freemasons' Hall . 1879 .

{ Continued , from , page 316 . ) THAT after the lapse of over sixty years tho solemn pact entered into at the Union of 1813 shonld be in tho slightest degree disturbed is not only unlikely , but to bo deprecated . But this need not deter us from a consideration of what might have been under certain conditions which havo not been fulfilled as to the position now of our surviving

Time Immemorial Lodges as distinguished from what it actually is . By the Act of Union referred to tho admitted Timo Immemorial Lodges stand Nos . 2 ancl 4 respectively on tho roll of Grancl Lodge , and Bro . Gould has shown that No . 12 is , in trnth , the direct representative of original No . 3 of the Four Old Lodges . In the very earliest days of modern Freemasonry a dispute arose in old Lodge

No . 3 . Some of its members asked for and obtained a Warrant from the Grancl Lodge , which it appears to havo been throughout admitted thoy had no need to have clone . By this act they forfeited their high position , and became a Warranted Lodge instead of a Time Immemorial one . Again , all tho original Lodges appear to have acquiesced in the transactions of Grancl Lodge . Onco they had

succeeded in procuring an ordinance to the effect that tho ancient landmarks—or as many , perhaps , may prefer to describe them , the fundamental principles of Freemasonry—should nnder no circumstances bo disturbed , thoy seem to have pursued the oven tenour of their way withont troubling themselves seriously about their peculiar privileges . One Lodgo allowed itself to die out ; another , ns wo have

shown , virtually resigned its position , and obtained a Warrant of reconstitntion from Grancl Lodge ; while a third was expunged from the roll , and would nndonbtcdly have ceased to be , bnt for tho influence of Past Grancl Master Payne , who succeeded in having it restored to its pride of place . Tho remaining one of tho fouroriginal Lodge No . 1—did , some sixty years after the establishment

of Grand Lodge , take offence at the treatment accorded it . It seceded , and established itself as the Grand Lodge of England south of tho Trent ; but in a littlo more than ton years the schism was healed , nnd tho seceding Lodge of Antiquity , which had received no sympathy from its fellow Time Immemorial—original No . 4—resumed its old position on the roll of Grand Lodge [ Moderns ] . But though in 1790

I ho errant Lodge was permitted to resume its privileges and again occupied its old position , and though its Master and Wardens again took their seats in Grand Lodge ns they had done prior to tho schism of 1779 , thero doe . * not appear to have been any definition of what those privileges wero . The priority of the Lodge ou the roll was accepted . It hacl no warrant , for it needed none , bnt iu all

other respects it was a subordinate of Grand Lodge , though , as wo have seen throughout , it was one of the Lodges which constituted that body . It certainly was a great pity the Grancl Stewards' Lodge shonld havo been placed at the head of the Roll of the Graud Lodge [ Moderns ] withont a number , when its constitntion only dated from 1735 , and a still greater pity that when so excellent an

opportunity of repairing an act of injustice to original Lodges Nos . 1 ancl 4 presented itself , as it did present itself at the time of the Union , it was not taken advantage of , and those two Time Immemorial Lodges were not placed at the head of the roll of the United Grand Lodge , and withont numbers . This omission was no doubt duo to a mere oversight , canscd by the

general anxiety which at tho time prevailed among both moderns and ancients to re-unite the two great sections of English Freemasonry . This was a most laudable desire , and at this remote period of time , whatever we may think of the impolicy which dictated the arrangement , we cannot expect or desire that it should in any way bo dig . tnrbed . Antiquity and the Eoyal Somerset House and Inverness ,

even if they were at tho bottom of the list of Lodges instead of where they are , wonld always have connected with them associations which belong to no other Lodgo , so that if they have nofc priority of rank , they stand in priority of estimation overall other Lodges . As regards the causes which led to tho great schism of last century , we consider Bro . Gould is right in his estimate of them , especially in

the stress lie lays on the irregular conduct of Grancl Lodge in granting special privileges to the Grand Stewards' Lodge . Ono point , however , he does not appear to havo noticed , or rather , ho does not seem to have taken sufficient account of it , namely , that it was not the original Lodges , yet existing when the said schism which culminated in the establishment of the Grancl Lodge of the

socalled Ancients was in progress , which seceded ; nor when some years later the Lodgo of Antiquity seceded , did ifc dream of joining itself to the so-called Ancients . It established itself ns a separate Grand Lodge in alliance with the Grand Lodge of all England at York . This is important , as showing that though the Ancient Lodges may have arrogated to themselves the character , they were not so esteemed by the original Lodges acting from Time

Immemorial ; which is the strongest argument against tbo assumed superiority cf the later constituted Grancl Lodge . Another pointto which Bro . Gonld does refer —is , that the " Ancients " were even greater innovators than the " Moderns" from whom they had seceded . It is to them we are indebted for the one and only departure from the simpler " modern" ritual which was adopted at the Union , namely , the recognition of tho Royal Arch as part of the Third Degree , We owe it to them also that Past Masters are permitted to