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secured 840 votes on his behalf as a candidate for the Boys School , at two elections at which he has gone to the poll . Ris father was an initiate of tho Acacia Lodsre , No . 1309 . and a joining member of the Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 .

We hope that from these two Lodges sufficient snpport will be forthcoming" in October to secure this lad ' s election . No . 7 , John Nicol McMillan , is the son of a brother who joined the Evening Star Lodge , No . 1719 , and who is now insane . The lad has a sister in the Girls' School and he

now comes forward as a candidate for the Boys ' , for the third time , with 744 votes to his credit . There are four children entirely , and two others partially , dependent on their mother , who we trust will be relieved of

the responsibility of this lad's education at an early date . No . 9 , Francis Buckland Brocksopp Kent , has also made two previous applications , and as a result thereof brings forward 780 votes on the present occasion . He

] S one of five dependent on their mother , the Avidow of a late member of the West Kent Lodge , No . 1297 . No . 10 , Algernon Sackvillo West , another third application case , has a sister in the Girls '

School . He and one other child are now dependent on their mother , who is a widow of an old Past Master of the Great Northern Lodge , No . 1287 . Bro . West was a liberal supporter of the Institutions during his lifetime , and we

hope that the 188 votes alread y polled on behalf of his son may , ere long , be increased to such an extent as to secure for the lad a place in the Institution . No . 20 , Laurence Charles Edward Ambrose , and the remainder of the London

cases , are first applications . Young Ambrose is one of five children dependent on a widowed mother ; his father was initiated in the Honor Oak Lodge , No . 1986 , and remained a member thereof until the time of his death , which took

place in April of last year . No . 26 , John Edward Tufnell Hobbs , is the lad to whom we referred in rur recent report of the meeting of the High Cross Lodge , No . 754 , of which Lodge his father was an initiate . He and ono other child

are now dependent on their mother , but from the way in which the High Cross members are Avorking on her behalf we think she Avill soon be relieved of anxiety so far as one of them is concerned . We shall expect to see the lad here

referred to among the successful at the close of the poll , in which case the High Cross members will be entitled to great praise . If they fail—but their Past Masters will not allow such a possibility , so Ave will not further discuss

the case , except fco Avish the lad every prosperity . No . 27 , Joseph Thomas AndreAvs , is a candidate emanating from the "U pton Lodge , No . 1227 , of which his father Avas a Past Master . He and three other children are now

dependent on their mother . No . 30 , Frederick Tom Webb , is one of two dependent children of the late member of the Israel Lodge , No . 205 , who Avas also one of the founders of the Eccleston Lodge , No . 1624 . Here are two strong

Lodges from Avhom to look for aid , and Ave trust thoy may find ifc in their power to afford it . No . 32 , George Stafford Huggett , is one of three children dependent on a widowed mother . The father Avas a zealous worker on

behalf of the Charities during his lifetime , and the tAvo Lodges with Avhich he Avas associated—the Prosperity , No . 65 , and the Tredegar , No . 1625—may look upon him as one of their most Avorthy members . The assistance for

his family Avhich is now asked from the Institutions will , Ave have no doubt , be most willingly given , and that too at an early date . No . 33 , Edward Wollaston Hobson , is a son of an initiate of the Zetland Lodge , No . 608 , Avho

was also a joining member of the Tuscan Lodge , No . 14 ; he and seven other children are dependent on the mother , but two of the eight are partially provided for . No . 37 , William George Figgess , one of six

fatherless children , is accredited to Covent Garden Lodge , No . 1614 , of which his father Avas Inner Guard , while No . 38 , Joseph Wood , also one of six dependent on a Avidowed mother , comes from the Finsbury Lodge , No . 861 .

No . 40 , Bertram Hartley Kobey , has a sister in the Girls ' School . He is one of a family of five , dependent on their mother , of whom two only are partially provided for . The father Avas initiated in the Albion Lodge , No . 9 , and

became a joining member of the Bromley St . Leonard Lodge , No . 1805 . No . 42 , Herbert Benjamin Plows , is the second candidate on the list from the Vitruvian Lodge , No . 87 . This lad is one of three children dependent on

their mother , who Avas left a widow in March of the present year . No . 49 , Ernest Dobby , is another case in whicb a sister is already cared for in the Girls' School . There are still three children dependent on the mother , who is the

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widow of a late member of the Great Northern Lodge , No . 1287 . No . 50 , Walter Berry Freeman , is one of nine children , of whom only one is partially provided for . Both parents are living . The father is a Past Master of

the Justice Lodge , No . 147 , and figures as a Life Governor of the Institution for which his son is now a candidate . No . 53 , George Leonard Reay Mackey , one of three fatherless children , is a son of an initiate of fche St . John and

St . Paul Lodge , No . 349 , Avho also became a member of the Royal Naval College Lodge , No . 1593 ; he died in April 1883 . No . 56 , Sidney Robert Bolton , has both parents

living , and is one of three dependent children . The father Avas initiated in the Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 , in October 1874 , but Ave know nothing as to why his son is deemed eligible for admission to the Boys' School .

Having now concluded our summary of the London cases , and having reviewed about one-half of the candidates on the list , we propose to leave our consideration of the Provincials until next Aveek , bufc may here state

that Hampshire and tho Isle of Wight sends up four cases ; Durham , Lancashire ( East ) , Northumberland , Sussex , Yorkshire ( North and East ) , and Yorkshire ( West ) two each ; ancl Cambridgeshire , Devonshire ,

Hertfordshire , Lancashire ( West ) , Lincolnshire , Malta , Monmouthshire , Oxfordshire , South Wales ( West ) , and Staffordshire , one each ; a total of twenty-six , as referred to above .

Freemasonry.

FREEMASONRY .

A brief address delivered by Wm . J . Parke ?; M . D ., of National , Arkansas , at the Masonic Celebration , near Caulksville , on St . John the Baptist ' s day , A . D . 188 , 5 .

THE people of earth divide and reorganise into thousands of parties—the various church ancl political creeds , sects , societies , trade-unions , & c , & c . Association , if you please , is Avisely proclaimed by the eternal , triune God , and characterises the magnificent cosmic law ;

nay , more : Satan Avould be struck with awe were such celestial law denounced . Bufc , whenever , and just so long as an organisation is destitute of that heaven-born

principle , Fraternity , there Avill be friction ancl antagonism ; and , sooner or later , the house will divide against itself . Why , " discord tore asunder the empanelled hosts of heaven , and blasted for ever the diadems of rejoicing angels . "

Fraternity is not a filial or gospel movement , but a plurality love ; hence it is that brotherly love is so beautiful and divine . The kind words and " good counsel" of a brother beloved develops toward the model man , and

expands the human heart . It expands fche human heart to comprehend all that is good , and pure , and beautiful , And it is justice , the essential princi ple of fraternity , that renders , in equity , all dues to whatever individuality they belong .

Harmony , the all-important stimulus of this social state , is that which so strikingly characterises Freemasonry , and , iu fact , all well regulated institutions to a certain degree . It is one of the crowning beauties of nature . Masonry

does nofc regard the external , centripetal love of self , to the degree of egotistic selfhood , but the internal , social , centrifugal , love of otliers , and , if you please , self-poised reverence for Deity , hence , friendship , morality and

brotherl y love . Masonry is a moral institution—its radii diverging from Truth—its centre , pointing out to the fraternal brotherhood the moral law , and nature ' s God as the Divine Architect .

Freemasonry , though speculative , is a science . It is a progressive science , attainable only by degrees . As the poet has it , it is a mysterions , glorious science , Which to discord bids defiance . "

It has something to do in every branch of polite learning . Scientific endeavour , however grand its strides here in the nineteenth century , dear friends , dares not claim any priority over the principles of Ancient York

Masonry ; for they arc as old as geometry , ancl , therefore , as old as creation . Why , the beautiful problem of symmetry would account for the antiquity of Masonry , and , therefore , suffice for argument . I tell yon , brethren ancl friends , Freemasonry is , to me next to the Christian religion . It is not a divine institu-