The Installation Of H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales.

THE INSTALLATION OF H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES .

IN" order to keep our readers cm courant of all that relates to tliis important ceremonial , we have to announce that the tickets of admission have been now issued . A circular to the secretaries of the several Lodges has also been dispatched by the Grand Secretary , in which it is directed that

as regards the single M . M . ' s ticket per Lodge to which it has been found necessary to limit the admission of members of this grade , the Lodge secretaries aro to see that the names of those M . M . ' s who intend to be present are entered on

their tickets , and duly announced to Grand Lodge with as little delay as possible ; otherwise they will not be available . The circular further suggests , on behalf of Grand Secretary , that while disclaiming all idea of interferinsr with the

method of selection , he is instructed to say that when the system of balloting for this single ticket is not adopted , it appears to the Committee of Management to be not inequitable that it should be allotted to the oldest subscribing member of the Lodge . For our own part , if the ballot be

not adopted , and any objection is raised to this suggestion of the Committee , we respectfully submit a plan which has occurred to some brethren , and to which there appears to be no valid objection , that this single ticket should be offered to the S . D ., the senior officer of the Lodge Avho is not

entitled virtute officii to be present , only and of course subject to to the very natural proviso that he is not entitled to be present in connection with any other Lodge , in which case it might be allotted to the J . D . or the next in rank . As regards the production of Grand Lodge certificates ,

which may not be procurable by all M . M ., any brethren so situated are recommended to come accompanied by some well known member of the same Lodge or Province , who may be able to vouch for their identity . It is further enjoined on all members of the Craft that none shall

appear in Masonic clothing outside the Hall , it being strictly forbidden by the laws of our Order that any processionshould take place without the authority of Grand Master . So much for the tickets , and the very becoming suggestions of Grand Secretary . Bat , apropos of this event , we see a

question has been raised in the Times , by a correspondent , who signs himself " A Proprietor , but not a Freemason . " He says " Keference has been made in your paragraph of Saturday to every class of the qualified brethren , and notice given that the applications for admission are more

than double what the Royal Albert Hall will hold , but not the slightest intimation is given to the proprietors of boxes and stalls as to what is to be done with them and their privileges . " This omission , he thinks , may be productive of " awkward consequences , if not

properly and satisfactorily explained beforehand . " But , on Thursday , another correspondent of the same journal points out that thispoint had not been overlooked , that proprietors ' rights only extended to " public " occasions , and that no difficulty is apprehended as to any one demanding to be

present at what will be essentially a private meeting . Like this latter correspondent , we anticipate no difficulty whatever on this score . It is hardly probable that so important a question should have escaped the notice of the authorities of the Royal Albert Hall , still less the

Committee to which Grand Lodge has entrusted the arrangements . Doubtless the proprietor , who is not a Freemason , possesses more than the average share of that curiosity we all inherit from our parent Eve . For once , we fancy , his curiosity will have to remain unsatisfied . The question is one which , it seems to us , must be settled , if with anybody .

The Installation Of H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales.

with the authorities of the Albert Hall , certainl y not with the Grand Lodge of Freemasons , whose selection of an appropriate place for the Installation was governed , not only by considerations of space and other important details ,

but likewise by the necessity for absolute privacy , so that the possibility of cowans or eavesdro ^ oers finding entrance into the Lodge should be made , humai y speaking , an utter impossibility .

The Latest Denunciation Of Our Order.

THE LATEST DENUNCIATION OF OUR ORDER .

ACCORDING to the correspondent of the Standard , the Bishop of Orleans , Mgr . Dnpanloup , has recently published a pamphlet in which he strongly denounces Freemasonry . The right reverend prelate affirms that man cannot be a Christian and a Freemason at one and the same time , "because Freemasonrv , in its spirit , essence , and

action , is the enemy of Christianity . " Voltaire , for instance , was a Freemason . Then there are Masonic Councils assembled in direct opposition to the CEcnmenical Council . Then it is " eminently dangerous " as a political body . "By its profound and unceasing political , social , and

revolutionary action , it is a constant danger to society ; it is the laboratory where revolution is prepared in the dark . " It played a great part in the Commune , and all disturbances with which France had previously been afflicted . The Bishop , we are told , closes this violent attack of Masonry

by imploring " Christians not to be led astray by the pretended philanthropic programme of the Freemasons , for the realisation of which Christianity itself suffices more than enough , without having recourse to ridiculous means . " He also urges them " to shun a society which is the negation of all religion and ( he enemy of all society . "

We have no intention of treating this attack in a flippant manner , but the above remarks appear to us to suggest that his reverence has hardly yet attained to years of discretion , or , perhaps , hardly possesses that amount of discretion which is ordinarily expected in a man of his years .

As to the first statement quoted , that Freemasonry is " the Enemy of Christianity , " we would remark that Freemasonry , being the enemy of no religion , is certainly not an enemy to Christianity , which is only one out of several religions , recognised as such by men of every religious

faith . Masons are a body of religious men , who sink all differences of creed in one implicit and universal reliance on the goodness of the G . A . O . T . U . They aie not " eminently dangerous" as a political body . They are not a political body at all , and their obligation binds

them to a strict observance of the laws of that country in which they reside . Plots and conspiracies , therefore , against established authority , whether monarchical or republican , are foreign to the nature of Masonry . Thus Masons exert no political action , for politics are a forbidden

subject ; they exert no social influence in any way hurtful to society , nor is there anything revolutionary in them , for they are sworn to be obedient to constituted authority . Thereisno pretence about " the philanthropic programme of the Freemasons . " The sums annually disbursed in charity

by Masons all the world over are a grand reality , not a miserable pretence . This body of men is not " the negation of all religion , " for in no act or deed of Masonry is religion overlooked , nor can it bo " the enemy of all society , " when all its acts and deeds are meant to benefit society . Masons are observant of three things , together forming the motto