Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

— : o : — ALEXANDRA CHAPTER , No . 993 ( MANCHESTER )

THE first meeting since the vacation took place on Monday , tho 12 th inst ., in the Freemasons' Hall , Cooper Street . Amongst those present wero Comps . W . H . Peak Z ., C . D . Cheetham II ., Buckley Carr J ., A . B . Oatram S . E ., H . Clulow S . N ., U . G . Ward aoting P . S ., W . Wilson , E . Ehlinger , J . M . Moss , and R . Timporley PZ . ; Visitors—Comps . John Marshall P . Z . 61 P . P . G . P . S . West

Torka , F . Renshaw 1387 , 8 . Staton P . S . 317 , J . Ellwood 1387 , F . W . Lean H . 935 , Fred . Batty 1730 . The Chapter was opened at 515 , and the minutes of the last convocation were read and confirmed . Th » ballot was taken for Bros . Walker , Plumpton , and Davies , all of the Alexandra Lodge , Levenshulme , who were declared elected , and were subsequently exalted to Royal Arch Masonry , the whole of the ceremony being done in a highly satisfactory manner . This baing

the nig bt for electing the three Prinoipals and Offioers , the result was as follows : —Comps . Buckley Carr Z ., Ehlinger H ., W . T . Allitt J ., A . B . Outram S . E ., Clulow S . N ., Moss P . S ., and Lisenden Janitor . There being no further business , the Chapter was olostd in due form . At tho social board the health of the three Principals was proposed , drauk and responded to , Comp . C . D . Cheetham replying for Comp . W . T . Allitt , who was unavoidably absent .

Festival In Newcastle.

FESTIVAL IN NEWCASTLE .

THE 12 th inst . was an interesting day for Newcastle Freemasons , inasmuch as it waB the occasion of a visit of Irish brethren to St Nicholas ' s Lodge , No . 1676 . Ostensibly it was a visit from the members of the Lodge of Israel , No . 126 ( Irish Constitution ) , DnbliD , but the brethren were accompanied by members from Lodges in different parts of Ireland . The visitors arrived at the Central Station , on the 12 th inst ., at 9 o ' clock , having travelled in two saloon carriages

from Holyhead via Carlisle . At the station they were welcomed by a goodly assembly of looal Masons , inoluding the following brethren : — R . H . Holme W . M ., J . G . Cole S . W ., W . A . Bell J . W ., Cummins P . M ., Jos . Donkin Seoretary , Tom Pickering , T . J . Forster , all of 1676 j F . W . Sykes W . M . 1342 j W . Cooper I . P . M ., Robert Anderson I . G ., James Forster P . M ., T . Blendisopp P . M ., all of 541 . The

following is a list of the visiting brethren from the Lodge of Israel : — Bros . D . W . Davies P . M . Treasurer , J . J . Irwin P . M ., George Metcalfe P . M ., E . Phillips P . M . Seoretary , S . S . C . Joyce J . W ., Rev . J . Dryden Smylie M . M . Chaplain , Samuel Gordon M . M ., Thomas Caddell M . M ., E . W . Warren M . M ., J . T . Wood Latimer M . M ., W . J . Dollar M . M . The accompanying brethren were Bros . VYm . J .

Cbetwode-Crawley , LL . D ., D . C . L ., Grand Director of Ceremonies , Harry Hodges Secretary Grand Lodge of Instruction , Oliver Fry Hon . Sec . M . O . B . S . P . M . 50 , Wm . A . McDonald W . M . 75 , Samuel Smalldridge , J . P ., P . M . 26 > , H . B . Montgomery P . M . Secretary 269 , Alexander U . Williams P . M . 269 , Justyn MacCarthy P . M . Treasurer 227 , James Cro / . ier V . S . P . M . Secretary 500 , W . Y . Ma ^ ee 245 ,

William W . Robinson S . W . 158 , Francis Hall S . D . 666 , Stephen Adams 206 , Thomns Saul 245 , Thomas Ross 100 , Wm . J . Alwright 4 , Alfred Normao , LL . B ., 39 , Robert F . Lid will , J . P ., P . M . 100 , and Benjamin B . Tuke P . M . 100 . Fraternal greetings over , the partv went to the Crown Hotel , Clayton Street , aud hod refreshments . At eleven o'clock they were conveyed in open carriages , via High Level

Bridge , Askew Road , Redbeugh Bridge , to the low entrance to Elswiok Park . The party walked through the park to the upper entrance , where they rejoined the conveyances , and thence drove via Beofcinck , Brighton Grove , Grand Stand , North Road , to Gosforth Park ( where , throngh the kindness of Bro . Pickering , refreshments were provided ) , and thence , via Low Gosfortb , to the west entrance

of the Jesmona Dene . They walked throngh the Dene to the low entrance door , over the low bridge and up-bank to Jesmond Road . Here they rejoined the conveyances and proceeded over Armstrong Bridge , through Armstrong and Heaton Parks , and thence via Byker and Byker Bridge , New Bridge Street , Blackett Street , Grainger Street , and Neville Street to tbe Crown Hotel . In the evening , a

Lodge of emergency of the St . Nicholas' Lodge was held in Grainger Street Hall . In addition to the presence of the Irish brethren , there were present several members of tho Provincial Grand Lodge of Northumberland , and a large number of local visiting brethren . After the business of the Lodge , the brethren adjourned to the Crown Hotel for the after meeting .

This week Great Thoughts chronicles a new departure which demands favourable notice . In the first place , it presents its readers with a copy of one of the masterpieces of Dr . Hoffman , of Dresden , the subject of which is " Tbe Guardian Angel . " The picture is

reproduced in fifteen colours , and is truly exquisite . We find al ? o in tbis issue many new literary features . Prominent among these is the commencement of a new serial story by the gifted author of "The Silenoe of Dean Maitland , " together with the first of a serieB of artioles by Arnold White , on " The Pathos of London Life . "

Hot , Low * . r ' s Ch . mtKjrr AJJD PILLS . —Sure Relief . —Tho weak aud enervated suffer severely from nervous affections when storms or electric disturbances agitate the atmosphere . Neuralgia , gouty pangs , and flying pains , very distressing to a delicate system , may be readily removed by rubbing tbis Ointment on tho affected part after it has been fomented with warm water , lhe Pills taken occasionally iu the doses prescribed by the instructions keep the di gestion in order , excite a free flow of healthy bile , arid regenerate the impoverished blood with richer materials resulting from thoroughly assimiliited food , wanting which the strongest must inevitably won sink into [ eebleuess , ami tho delicate find it ditficu ' - to maintain existence . Holloway ' s Uiatmeut and Fill * are infallible remedies .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

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

— : o : — THE PORTRAIT OP THE EARL OF LATHOM .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE . DKAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Every one present at the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge was delighted to see the tine portrait of the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master bung in the Temple , and many were the expressions of admiratiou on the part of

the brethron who beheld it . I therefore venture to sojjgest that the Board of General Purposes might recommend to H . R . H . the Gr « ud Master that the painting be photographed aud published for the benefit of the Masonio Cbaraties , for there must be many thousand

members of the Order who would desire to possess suoh a tine portrait of their distinguished Brother , who is endeared to tbem not only on account of his Masonic qualifications but by bis amiable and benevolent disposition . I enclose my card , and remain ,

Yours fraternally , W . M . Gravesend , 20 th September 1892 .

French Freemasons have resolved to devoto themselves more energetically to politics than they have ever done before . They have been lately holding fcbeir annual assembly , whioh was concluded by a banquet in the hall of tho Grand Orient of France , Hue Cadet . Daring tbe meetings of this assembly the conduct of certain members of Parliament who had shown a disposition to lobby with

Clericals was disoussed . The Masonio Deputies were censured by the members of the Lodges for having , among other things , voted the endowments to Church institutions dariag the passage through Parliament of the Publio Worship Estimates . These criticisms gave rise to protestation on the part of M . Fernand Faure , M . Lombard , and other depnties who attended as Masons . M . Lombard ,

Republican member for the Isere , contended that it was premature to insist upon the separation of Church and State , as any programme of that description would estrange the masses and cause the Radical Party to beoome unpopular . All these arguments fell unheeded on the Fraternity , so M . Faure , M . Lombard , and several others resigned their functions and retired from the Order . Undeterred by this , the

Masons weiit on with their sweeping propositions , which were carried . The brethren have now accordingly bound themselves to vote all reforms necessary for tho " final evolution of the Republic , " for tho separation of Church and State , the suppression of the Publio Worship Estimates , aud of the Embassy to the Vatican . Furthermore , each Mason declared in writing that he would have a civil funeral when the time came round for him to shuffle off tho mortal

fill and join his fathers . The now Masonic programme is , as may t > e seon , a vast one . The brethren are particularly vehement about the Catholic Church , and insist upon the complete secularisation of every publio institution , the disappearance cf religious emblems from every court houso and street or road corner , and the suppression of

Chaplaincies in P ° rracks , ships , prisons , and hospitals . Aa those measures would necessitate the passing of a whole series of new laws , not to speak of the danger of making Frenohmen more divided than they are at present on religious questions , the fulfilment of the new and thorougb-goiug Masonio programme can only be regarded as likely to be effected in a very remote future . —Daily Telegraph .

The Board of Benevolence had quite a novel experience at its monthly meeting on Wednesday , Brother Robert Grey , President , took the chair , and Bros . James Brett and 0 . A . Cottebrune occupied their nsual positious of Senior and Jnnior Vice-President . Instead of being

overwhelmed with petitions for relief , the brethren had only sixteen cases on the Tiew list , and this on the night when the new rule of Gran Lodge was carried into effect , and the Board met dt five iie afternoon instead of six in the evening . The August In : was a short one , but then there

were twenty cases on it , and every one was relieved . That also was a novelty , for usually some case gets deferred . But last Wednesday , with only sixteen cases , four were deferred , and two dismissed , leaving ten only relieved .

The total amount voted or recommended was £ 245 . £ 50 was the highest award , and £ 5 the lowest . A £ 40 , two £ 30 , four £ 20 , and one £ 10 were the other sums . The brethren confirmed recommendations at the August meeting to the amount of £ 170 .

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