Contents.

CONTENTS .

LSADSHSIrish Freemasonry in 1 S 9 S ... ... ... •¦• ¦¦• 1 55 The Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine ... ... 156 Annual Supper of the Selwyn Lodge of Instruction , No . IQPI ... » . ... I 5 r » An Interesting " Advancement" ... ... ... ... ... 157 Photography of the Future ... ... ... ... ... 157

Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 157 A Masonic Anecdote ... ... ... ... ... ... 159 Royal Aich ... ... ... ... ... 159 Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ' 5 < MASONIC NOTESBenevolent Institution Festival ... ... ... ... ... ifii St . George ' s Day ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 G 1

District Grand Lodge of the Punjab ... ... ... ... 161 Funeral of Bro . Enoch T . Carson ... ... ... ... 1 G 1 Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire ... ... ... ... ifii Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... II >? Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ifa Cralt Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... ifij

Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ifi . Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 . 3 The Craft Abroad ... ... ... ... ... ... i < M The Recent Feitival of Ihe Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... 1 ( 4 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ifi . i Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... ''''' Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 G

Irish Freemasonry In 1898.

IRISH FREEMASONRY IN 1898 .

It li . is always been a subject ol regret lltat in ( lie Masonic proceedings it lias been our privilege , to record , but more particularly in those annual reviews of Masonic work which for several years past we have published regularly , it has not been

in our power to sav more about the doings of the Irish Craft . Latterly , through the kindness of correspondents , we have fared better , and among the important events which have , found a record in these pages are the retirement of and presentation of addresses to Hro . Sur . KLF . TON , Past I I . G . Master ; the visit

of Belfast brethren and their friends to Ihe Masonic Orphan Schools in Dublin ; and the installation of Bro . j . CREED MEREDITH , LL . n ., as Djp . G . Master , and of Bro . ROBERT J . Hll . TON , in succession to the late Bro . TllOMAS VALENTINE , as Dei ) .

I'rov . G . Master of Antrim . But these , though in the highest degree interesting , were but a few events , reports of which were communicated to us at rare intervals , Now , through the

kindii ' Fs of one to whom we g ladly acknowledge ourselves indebted for advice and information , we are in a position to give 0111 readers an authoritative account of what the Irish Craft did last

year and the position it then occupied as compared with previous years . The particulars thus obtained have been taken from the address delivered by the Dep . G . Master on last St . John ' s Day in

Winter ( 27 th December ) , and they prove beyond question that Freemasonry in Ireland is in as nourishing a state as its most ardent friends could desire .

After a few words of congratulation on the apparent success of ( lie new departure , due to the suggestion of Bro . CRAWLEY , 'hat a luncheon should follow the meeting of Grand Lodge on ¦ 't . John ' s Day , and some further remarks ot a general character

the Deputy Grand Master set about fulfilling what was not the ¦ ' ¦ ast necessary , but whal must certainly have been the least ritrrn / ml . l ^ . . . _ _ i r 1 1 ¦ 1 , ' . il 1 il . . /"* r . agreeable of his the losses the Craft

, part duty , by enumerating l 1 ' " ¦ '"I sustained in ISCJS b y death or other causes , prominent among ( he brethren who have departed this life being Bro . u " -1 . IAM CO . MVNS , who died only a few short months after his

"Hvsdfure as ( irand Treasurer , and Bro . THOMAS VALENTINE , who did not long survive his resignation of the office of Deputy Grand Master of the Province of Antrim . These brethren

u hose si gnal services to Freemasonry were justly eulogised have ''^ ''i succeeded , the former by Bro . ' R KEATING CLAY , J . P ., as 'band Treasurer , and the latter by Bro . R . J . UlLTON , as Deputy r ° v . Grand Master Antrim , Then there have been retirements ,

Irish Freemasonry In 1898.

that of Bro . W . M . BATTERSBY , owing to the operation of the law which forbids the re-election of a brother who has filled the office of Senior G . Deacon for three years , and that of Bro . ARCHIBALD ST . GEORGE , for so long Dep . G . Sec , owing to

advancing years ; but worthy successors have been found in the former case by the promotion of J . G . Officers and the election of Bro . J FOX GOODMAN , J . P ., as G . I . G ., and in the latter by the appointment of Bro . HENRY F . FLAVELLE , with 22 years '

experience under Bros . OLDHAM and ST . GEORGE , to be the new Deputy Grand Secretary , and Bro . HENRY C . SlIELLARD as his Assistant Secretary or Clerk , the Deputy Grand Master

adding to the announcement a few words in praise of the able manner in which Bros . FLAVELLE and SllELLARD had so far discharged their respective duties .

Passing to other matters , the Deputy directed his attention , firstly , to what may be described as the foreign relations of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and , after noting the pleasure it had o-iven him to receive a visit from Bro . C . E . DAVIES , M . W . G . M .

of Tasmania , he announced that , following the example of the Grand Lodge of England , they had recognised the Grand Lodge of New Zealand as the . supreme Masonic authority in that colony , but subject to the condition that any Irish lodges which elected

to remain in allegiance to their own Grand Lodge should have their rights and privileges respected . He further mentioned that the edict removing the Volume of the Sacred Law from the

altars of the Grand Lodge of Peru and its constituent lodges had been brought to their notice , but that the course of action which must have been followed had that edict remained in

operation had become unnecessary , by reason of its abrogation , and the restoration of the Volume of the Sacred Law to its proper place . He also referred to the appointment of Bros , the Bishop of 0 SS 0 RY , the Very Rev . the Dean of KlLLALOE ,

and GEORGE H . MILLER , Provincial Grand Secretary of Meath , as representatives from the Grand Lodges of Manitoba , Connecticut , and Florida respectively , at the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and the interchange of visits between the members

ol" Lodge 53 and sundry brethren of Bristol , and expressed his belief , as regards the latter incident , that such visits were calculated to strengthen the already existing ties of brotherhood . Other matters that claimed his attention were the

nourishing state of Irish Masonry in the Colonies , but more especially in Queensland , over which Bro . G . S . HUTTON had been appointed to preside as Prov . G . Master , and also in South Africa , where there arc now four lodges under the Irish

Constitution . He also spoke in the highest terms of Masonry in Belfast , which city it had been one of his earliest official acts to visit for the purpose ot consecrating a new hall erected by the brethren . He contrasted the present condition of the Irish

Craft with wdiat it was in 1 S 7 8 when , though there was a sum of £ 500 in bank to the credit of Grand Lodge , its outstanding liabilities amounted to about £ 1400 ; whereas now Grand Lodge had invested or on deposit or current account over £ 4500 , with

liabilities , as far as he knew , amounting to nil . He also spoke of the measures about to be adopted for the enlargement of the Hall in Molesworth-street , and the very material assistance they

had received in devising those measures from a number of brethren , prominent amongst whom were Bro . Lord Justice Frrz GIBBON and Bro . R . KEATING CLAY , G . Treasurer .

Lastly , the Dep . Grand Master was at very considerable pains to lay before the brethren a clear and succinct account of what had been accomplished during the year by their Masonic