Magazines Of The Month.

of "Frank Raleigh of Watercombe . " We renew bis acquaintance with p leasure . We donbt not , in spite of his Oxford vagaries , that he will prove tho thorough young English gentleman we have always taken him to be . " Our Van " is less sparkling , perhaps , than usual but the record is a good one notwithstaudiug . There is a portrait of Mr . C . de Marietta , whoso deeds in most of the principal polo matches are chronicled from time to timo in the daily and sporting journals .

Scribner ' s Monthly , ™ our opiuion , will compare favourably with tho best of onr English magazines of tho same class and standing . Iu one respect it is the superior of most of ours—we mean in the matter of illustration . Those who will be at the pains of examining critically the engraviugs to the earlier articles this mouth will find them without exception admirable . What we must describe as the

frontispiece to " Htde-auil-SSeek Town , " aud the views of Niagara , are worth specifying . The literary matter is of tho same stamp . Tbe fiction is generally good , and the occasional papers possess merit more or less considerable . Tho " Topics of the Time , " aud the notes which follow , are particularly acceptable , being both interesting and instructive .

Similarly St . Nicholas , a magazine for children , deserves our warmest praise . It is issued by the same publishers , and is excellent as regards both the letterpress and the engravings . Some of our magazines might profitably take a hint or two from these Transatlantic concernporaries of theirs .

The chief attractions in Cassell ' s Family Magazine are of the usual character . There is , first of all , a sensible paper on " Ladies' Homes , " in which we have described to us a number of those institutions , where ladies of narrow circumstances may find the class of accom . modation to which they have been accustomed in better days . The article on " Gardening iu August" is another in the series of well .

written papers to which ifc has been our privilege to refer in previous months . Dr . Andrew Wilson is the author of an article on " Sea Anemones , and " A Family Doctor " offers , as nsual , some excellent advice to those who are unfortunately iu a position to exclaim , " Wanted , an Appetite . " Amotg the other contributions we must mention iu particular a vivid description of " A Metropolitan Sunday

—Shoreditch , " "Art Furniture and Decorations for Home Use , " On Musical Parties , aud how to Manage Them , " and "A Month in Switzerland for Twenty Pounds . " We had almost forgotten to mention a paper headed " The New Cambridge , " being an account of Harvard University , and well worth reading it is . Some of the illustrationsthat of" Moonlight on the Sea" being among them—are fairly well drawn , and generally superior to those wo find in this magazine .

Thero is in the Leisure Hour the same excellent array of contri . butions as is invariably to be met with in its pages . Some of them we have noted before . Thus , tho scenes in which tho " Border Lands of Islam" are described is continued this month , " Albania " being the subject . Then , too , we have a second article on " Snakes . " In the way of novelties must be mentioned a paper of Dr . Rimbault ' s on

" Musical Precocity , " an accouut of the recent " Challenger " expedition , and a picturesque account of " A Russian Peasant ' s Home . " Tho illustrations are to be cotumeudcd . In k ' uiuuii / at Hume , in addition to the regular class of contributions , we find Dr . Stoughtun continuiug his seiies of articles on " Westminster Abbey . " The series iu which " Welsh Preaching and Welsh Preachers" are described is likewise continued .

Royal Masonic Institutions.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTIONS .

ON Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., a party from both tbe Schools , con . sistiug of 3 girls and 12 boys , the few unfortunates who had not gone to a homo for their vacation , made a visit to Box Hill , by the kind invitation of Brother Benjamin Head , Vice-patron aud member of both House Committees . Little letes of tho kind have been given annually for some years past by that brother ' s munificence

—to Windsor , tho Crystal Palace , Salisbury and Stonehenge , and perhaps no greater satisiaction is to be derived from the exorcise of a spirit of benevolence than from an occasion of the sort , where smiles of pleasure light up childrens' faces , when a few hours of genuine

joyous relaxation relieves the monotony of months of " school-time " and the dreariness of childhoods' holidays spent away from homo . Happy are they who may be thus prompted to kindness ! The happiness conferred , reflects upon themselves , aglow with the freshness and innocence of vouth .

The happy party arrived afc tho hospitable Inn , " Tho Punchbowl , " a little before noon , and sat down to a substantial luncheon , the only drawback to their full enjoyment being the absence of Bro . Head , their entertainer , who being delayed by some misadventure , only arrived late that afternoon . The weather was glorious after the

morning s rain , and a ramble of threo hours over Box Hill was thoroughly enjoyed . At 4 p . m . all partook of a plain but vvell-cooked dinner , tho service and attendance doing full credit to mine host .

"Onr Hercules , " revelling iu a day ' s absolute relaxation from his regular round of duties , presided assisted by Mrs . and the Misses Binckes , Mrs . Walkden aud Miss Sheppurdof the Girls' School . At 7 . 2-1 they started to return , all the better for thoir little outinf .

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Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . AH Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .

GRAND LODGE OP MUNSTER RECORDS . To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Our esteemed and valued brother , tho E . W . Anderson Cooper , D . P . G . M . of Munster , writes me on the 1 st insfc ., as to these valuable records : — Tho earliest G . L . minute states that , " At an assembly and

meeting of tho Grand Lodge for the province of Munster , at the house of Mr . Herbert Phaire , in Cork , on Sfc . John ' s day , being the 27 fch day of December , ano . dom . 1728 . "The Honble . James O'Brien Esq . by unanimous consent elected

Grand Master for the ensuing year . " Springetfc Penn Esq . appointed by the Grand Master as his Deputy . Walter Goold , Gent . ) . . ¦ , « -mr j » Thomas Biggs , Gent , j APP <> inted Grand Wardens . "

This minute is not signed ; but " Springetfc Penn" signs a minute , on the preceding page to the above , of a meeting held at same place on 8 th Dec . 1726 , of what was , in my opinion , not a Grand Lodge , but

the predecessor of Lodge No . 1 . On the 9 th August , 1731 , a minute , appointing Mr . Adam Newman Depnty Grand Master , James Morris and Wm . Newenham Esqrs . Grand Wardens , is signed " Kiugston " G . M .

The date and particulars of the last meeting are as follows : — "July the 31 st , 1733 . At a Grand Lodge held by the foregoing adjournment , sd . Lodge was further adjourned to Wednesday the 3 rd day of October next . " Adm . Newman D . G . M . "

There is also a minute dated , " Cork , June the 21 , 1749 , " but ifc is evidently the records of the proceedings of Lodge No . 1 . These minutes aro signed , Frau Cooke , Master . Herbert Phaire " ) ™ . , Higt . Kieling ] Wardens .

I am aware that our late Bro . Thomas Hewitt had copies of these minutes printed , as he gave me one of the copies ; but , unfortunately , having lent ifc , I cannot now find it , nor do I know where one of these printed copies can now be procured . Surely the Craft generally will be glad of this information , and to

find so worthy a Bro . as D . P . G . M . as Bro . Anderson Cooper , of Cork . Our esteemed Bro . Hughan ( of Truro ) has most kindly offered to give every assistance in his power to complete a history of this Grand Lodge . I sincerely hope this may lead to the publication of a complete history of Irish Masonry . There are ample materials for one .

Tours fraternally , JAMES H . NEILSON . 5 Upper Mount-street , Dublin .

Masonic Jurisprudence

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE

To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —With reference to the questions raised , in your issue of the 22 nd ult ., I imagine it will depend upon the bye-laws of the Lodge—whether " a brother defaulting in payment of his fees " " ceases to be a member , or is merely suspended . " Afc pp . 104-5 of Oliver ' s Masonic Jurisprudence , in treating of the " Pay .

ment of Quarterages , " are made certain quotations from " the byelaws of the Lodge of Light , No . 468 , Birmingham . " From these ifc appears , in one case , that a member in arrear of his subscription , after the lapse of a cert in time , may " be excluded from the Lodge , and reported to the Grand and Provincial Grand Lodges ; " in the other , where members reside twenty miles or more from the Lodge

, the defaulter shall forfeit all his privileges and may be excluded from the Lodges . At p . 177 , in the course of certain questions quoted from the Freemasons' Magazine , a case is mentioned , in which " a heavy list of members in arrear is handed in by the Treasurer , and , in conformity with the bye-laws , the names of all such defaulters are necessarily struck off the roll . " As to the further questions , of

marked ( 1 ) , " Can a Mason , after a lon ^ cessation his payments , return b ck to bis Lodge by payment of twelve months' dues . " And ( 2 ) ca . i such a defaulter claim re-admission , on application to his Mother Lodge , under any circumstances , without again undergoing the ordeal of the ballot ? I would remark ( 1 ) that Oliver , " speaking under the authority of Bro . W . H . White , the late Grand Secretary , "

says the laws of Grand Lodge " do not require Lodges to pay tho usual contributions for members who are in arrear . " He adds , however , that " if , at any future period , such brethren should liquidate their responsibilities , then the u ual proportions which are duo to tho Fund of Benevolence must be mado good . " I presume that liquidation in full is contemplated , but I imagine it is in the power of

a Lodge to accept , if it think proper , a composition or part payment . Whether , by so doing , it would be called upon to pay tbe Grand Lodge clues iu full , is a nice question , on which I should gladly see a little light thrown . ( 2 ) If a defaulter ' s name has not been struck of ! " the rolls , he would still be a member , and would not need , therefore , to seek readmission . If , however , he has been excluded , I consider he could , only be ie- & dmitted , after ballot , I TW present ,