Presentation To Bro. Bullock.

PRESENTATION TO BRO . BULLOCK .

The Committee of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society met at the Underwriters' Committee Room , on the 15 th ult ., when there were present John P ; ankin , Esq ., Chairman ; Admiral Gough , C . B ., Deputy-Chairman ; Messrs . W . M'C Nicholson , 7 W . H . Lyne , and the Secretary , and the following award was made for courage and humanity in saving

life , viz : A silver clasp to his medal , a binocular telescope , and a vote of thanks to Bro . H . Bullock , chief officer steamer Floridian , for having jumped overboard from the said vessel in Colon Harbour on the night of the 11 st of July last , and having rescued a drunken man who had fallen from the quay . It was a dark night ,

with rain , and thunder , and lightning , and the rescued man clung tenaciously to his rescuer . The place is also reported to be infested with sharks . In our issue of the 31 st of March , 1888 , we recorded the public presentation of the Board of Trade medal at Liverpool to Bro . Bullock tor an act of desperate gallantry in saving life at sea . His reward on that occasion was for jumping overboard

from the ship Athelstan , in the South Pacific , and swimming a mile through a sea swarming with sharks , and rescuing two of the crew who were in imminent danger of drowning . Bro . Bullock is a member and first initiate of the United Northern Counties' Lodge , No . 2128 , and is a son of Bro . W . H . Bullock , a P . M . of the same lodge , and W . M . of the Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge , No . 2432 .

Masonic Rifle Match At Runnymede.

MASONIC RIFLE MATCH AT RUNNYMEDE .

In dull and showery weather of a most unfavourable character for shooting an interesting rifle match was fired on Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., on the ranges of the Metropolitan Rifle Range Company at Staines between teams of eight volunteers representing the Freemasons ' lodges formed in the leading Metropolitan corps , viz .,

the London Rifle Brigade , London Scottish , ist Surrey , 2 nd ( South ) Middlesex , Queen ' s Westminster , 19 th Middlesex , and the Hon . Artillery Company . The conditions of the match were seven rounds at 200 , 500 , and 600 yards , Bisley targets and marking , but the contest lost some of the interest that has always attached to it in consequence of three corps being

unable to get the requisite number of competitors down . At six o ' clock , when the contest concluded , it was found that the Queen ' s Westminster were the victors with a grand total of 645 points , the London Scottish being second with 611 , the London Rifle Brigade third with 589 , the 19 th Middlesex fourth with 492 , the ist Surrey fifth with 410 , the Hon . Artillery sixth with

378 , and the South Middlesex seventh with 281 . The latter corps had only four men , the H . A . C . five , and the ist Surrey six . The highest individual scores were those of Sergeant Hobbis of the South Middlesex a splendid total of 95 ; of Private Humble , for the London Scottish , 87 ; of Diminel , for the Queen ' s , 8 5 ; Turner , for the ist Surrey , 81 ; Walker and Page ,

for the London Rifle Brigade , 81 each ; Brooking , for the H . A . C , 80 ; and Marshall , for the 19 th Middlesex , 73 . The Queen ' s Westminster by this victory take the first gavel , and the London Scottish the second , both having been presented by Bro . Lambert , P . G . S . B ., formerly one of the colonels of the Queen ' s

Westminster Rifles , for the purpose of affording brethren an opportunity of meeting in friendly rivalry as Masonic volunteers . The members of the South London Rifle Club were also competing on the Staines ranges . In scries A the best scores were those of Sergeant Hope , South Middlesex , 87 and Lieutenant Heath , 18 th Middlesex , 87 .

Foundation Of New Schools At Eccles.

FOUNDATION OF NEW SCHOOLS AT ECCLES .

MASONIC CEREMONY . An especial Provincial Grand Lodge of the Western Division of Lancashire was held at Eccles on Saturday , 'be 24 th ult ., for the purpose of laying the foundation-? tone of St . Andrew's New Schools , in Barton-lane .

The Earl of Lathom , G . C . B ., Pro Grand Master , Prov . G . M ., presided over the lodge , which was opened at 'be Eccles Conservative Club . There was a large attendance of Prov . Grand Officers , Present and Past , and the officers and brethren of Craft lodges brought U P the total assembly to about 250 .

Among the company were Bros . R . Wylie , P . G . U . England , P . P . S . G . W . ; S . G . Sinclair , P . G . D . "" gland , P . P . S . G . W . ; J . D . Murray , Grand Treas . ; W . Goodacre , P . G . S . B ., Prov . Grand Secretary ; Rev . ™ - H . Baynes , P . G . Chap . ; W . Piatt , P . G . Treas . ; };• E . Hindley , P . S . G . D . ; J . Winn , P . G . D . C . ; W .

\* < x , jun ., P . D . G . D . C ; C . Wadsworth , P . G . p - Br . ; A . Kirkpatrick , P . G . S . B . ; C . Cooper , P . G . p "" - ; W . Ffoulkes , P . A . G . Sec . ; Major Hopkins , ! , ' ^ . D . C . East Lanes . ; J . C . Robinson , P . P . G . D . C . ; t . beager , P . P . G . W . ; John Houlding , P . P . G . Reg . ; k „ « dshaw , P . P . G . S . of W . ; James Brindle , P . P . -: ?• of W . ; J . C . Mather , P . P . A . G . D . C ; J . C . ^¦ "nan , P . P . S . G . D . ; I . H . Kenyon , P . P . G . S . of W .

£ «* Lanes ; W . C . Freeman , P . P . G . S . of W . ; M . 'nomas , P . P . G . D . East Lanes . ; William Duncan , P ' P 7 ?' D- ; W . Y . Martin , P . P . J . G . D . ; G . A . Harridon , A ; , y- Treas . ; Thomas Salter , P . P . G . D . ; RS ,. 8 e , P . P . A . G . Sec ; R . T . Britton , P . P . G . p ' l ?' -i R . Foote , P . P . G . Treas . ; W . S . Boddington , G PL Re £ ' East Lanes . ; Rev . W . R . Clayton , P . P . 1 Ltla P . East Lanes . ; R . Betley , P . P . A . G . Sec . ; W .

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Boden . P . P . G . S . B . ; E . L . Littler , P . P . G . P . ; J . C . Chad . d « rton , P . P . A . G . Sec . ; J . E . Boden , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . ; J oseph Lees , P . M . 1345 ; W . Broughton , J . W . 1345 ; R . D . Kelsall , 1814 ; H . Lord , P . M . 325 ; Wm . Hudson , P . M . ; W . Pearson , S . D . 1345 ; A . Baynton , P . M . ; W . Biggs , P . M . ; Edward Goodwin , 526 ; J , W . Allwork , P . M . ; John Smith , P . M . ; J . R . Stewart ,

226 9 ; T . Margeson , W . M . 2269 ; Chas . S . Wilson , W . M . 1253 ; F . A . Woodcock , 1253 ; G . VI . Esplin , ' 345 ; John Ambler , 1345 ; G . Beddow , 1814 ; W . Bowers , 1730 ; W . G . Martin , P . P . J . G . D . ; W . H . Budgen , 1345 ; T . Wood , W . M . 1345 ; J . J . Martindale , 1 345 ; E . Adam ; W . Colbert ; C . W . Bayley , ' 345 ; D . C . M'Cleane , 594 ; John Stubbs , W . M .

1620 ; Roger Warring , 1547 ; Peter Gartan , W . M . 2155 ; C . Dramfield ; F . G . Goodacre , P . M . 2231 ; John Mclntyre , 1213 ; N . A . Wood , 1283 ; Healey Jones . 1730 ; J . F . Power ; Samuel Spencer , 1213 ; T . Daniels , 121 3 W . F . Widdowson , 2216 ; J . S . Watson , P . M . 1213 ; Wm . Brown , P . M . ; J . R . Burdett ; J . Hill , P . M . 1345 ; H . Thornton , W . M .

2324 ; D . Grundy , 1345 ; J . H . Holland , P . M . 1032 ; J . Wagstaff , 730 ; G . t ' ootell , P . M . 130 ; S . Widden , W . M . 720 ; Frank Stevens , 6 33 ; John S . Boden , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . ; Peter Yates , P . P . G . P . ; W . Davis , ' 354 ; J . H . Pennington , 1354 ; T . Gregory , 1354 ; W . Higson , 1354 ; J . W . Bennet , 1354 ; Robert Ditchfield , 1354 ; James Dobb , 2 isS ; C . E . Arnott ,

2 I 55 , ' W . J . Arnott , 2155 ; David Paton , 1354 ; Charles Smith , 1055 ; Thos Crompton , P . M . 484 ; E . Fairclough , 2155 ; C . H . Bodner , 2155 ; George Eyton , 2215 ; John Bain , 2215 ; W . Savage , P . M . 1609 ; R . G . Bradley , P . M . 249 ; T . Sewart , 1814 ; P . Jones , 2216 ; W . Swindley , 2216 ; J . Walpshaw , x 354 ; G . R . Lloyds , P . M . 1730 ; H . Bennett , 2216

Arthur Horsfield , 2216 ; R . Wardle , P . M . 2216 ; G . S . Smith , P . M . 2359 ; Frederick Evans , P . M . 1013 ; James Wilson , W . M . 178 ; John Cotton , 1213 ; C . B , Sherwood , US 14 ; G . Brook , 1213 ; R . Barton , 148 ; K . Jebara , 1387 ; H . J . Leggett , 2316 ; E . Kite , W . M . 823 ; J . Bennell , 823 ; F . Batty , W . M . 2231 ; R . E . Stringleman , 2231 ; W . Toombs , 1588 ; J ,

Hardwicke Marsh , 1730 ; and J . Richardson , 1814 . Bro . W . Corner , P . D . G . D . C , worked indefatigably as Director of Ceremonies for the occasion , and brought the whole difficult task to a most successful issue , he being highly complimented . Leaving the club in proper order the Freemasons marched to the site of the new schools , headed by the

band of the Duke of Lancaster ' s Own Yeomanry , conducted by Bro . G . A . Batley , J . W . of the Worsley Lodge , and by kind permission of Bro . the Earl of Ellesmere , Colonel of the regiment . Earlier in the afternoon , a procession of school children , teachers , and parishioners had moved through the new borough , and when the brethren arrived at the

site all these were in their places in view of the spot where the ceremony had to take place . The noble Earl laid the stone with every Masonic rite , including the outpouring on it of corn , oil , and wine , and was ably assisted by his Provincial Grand Officers in their several departments . Flourishes of trumpets were blown at intervals in the progression of

the ritual , and several hymns were sung by the assembled congregation . The plans of the building were presented by the architect , Bro . H . Lord , P . M . 325 . The Rev . Canon Heywood represented the Incumbent of St . Andrew ' s ( the Rev . H . J . B . Armstrong ) , who was prevented by family affliction from taking part in the day ' s

proceedings . In that capacity he made formal request to the Earl of Lathom to lay the stone , and as double mementoes of the ceremony presented to his lordship a silver trowel and a mallet , the latter being specially made from a piece of old oak dug from the bed of the Ship Canal . After the stone laying the brethren returned to their meeting place for the closing of Prov .

Grand Lodge . At an earlier hour in the afternoon there was a special service in the church , with a sermon from the Ven . the Archdeacon of Manchester , who was unable to remain for the principal work of the day . Archdeacon WILSON , in the course of his sermon , said the welfare of the nation and of the children growing up

demanded that a thorough and unadulterated religious education should he given in elementary schools . It was their duty as members of the historic Church of England to maintain entire continuity in religious education , and the building of schools in that particular parish was an act of grave significance , especially at this moment when some were hoping and others were

fearing that the days of voluntary schools were numbered . Here were the people of a representative parish , by their united action and gifts , which spoke more forcibly than words , giving the lie to all such hopes and fears . Their action was not that of a few men who might be discredited as fauatic Churchmen , but the action of the people themselves . He ( the

Archdeacon ) knew from the returns made lately throughout the diocese how resolved were the public of this great county of Lancashire that Church of lingland schools should be maintained in their efficiency , and he believed the final solution of elementary religious education had not yet been seen . The new building will be plain and substantial in

design . On the ground floor is the infants' department , which will comprise a schoolroom 43 ft . by 26 ft ., and two large class-rooms , also a cloak-room , and a room for the head teacher . There is also on this floor a room 54 ft . by ^ 6 l ' t ., to be used for mission and general parochial purposes . The first floor is taken up wholly as a mixed school for boys and girls . It comprises a large room 54 ft . by 43 ft ., and five large class-

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rooms , one of them being specially furnished for teaching cookery . The large room is readily divided , so that two departments , each having its own classrooms , can be formed . A portion of the building on the ground floor has been set aside for use as a young men ' s institute , a provision necessary to every parish , if its scholars , in their passage from youth to manhood ,

are to meet for recreative intercourse , free from harmful and deteriorating influences . This has its separate entrance from Oxford-street , opposite to the Recreation Ground , and is entirely shut off from the schoolrooms . The whole building will be warmed with hot water , and every room in addition is provided with an open

fireplace . Special provision is made at all the windows for the constant admission of fresh air , with upward movement , so as to avoid unpleasant draughts . There will be two large playgrounds , separated from each other by the whole length of the building , containing covered sheds for shelter in inclement weather . The

accommodation thus provided for is 743 school places , but the pUns are so arranged that at very hale cost , by adapting the mission-room for day school ( . urpjses , and by a slight structural alteration for which provision has been made , additional accommodation can

be secured for 212 children . The contract for the whole of the works has been let to Messrs . W . Brown and Son for the sum of ^ 5 . 793 , and the work is being carried out from the designs and under the superintendence of the architect , Bro . Henry Lord , of Alanchester .

The Antiquity Of Masonry.

THE ANTIQUITY OF MASONRY .

An article by Rev . W . M . Porteus , in the Freemason of August 27 th , 1892 , calls attention to the antiquity and ubiquity of Masonry . The principles of the Masonic Order , he observes , emanated from the Eternal , at the same time stating that amongst the oldest Grand Masters or interpreters of these principles

figures Khufu , the Cheops of the Greeks , the builder of the Great Pyramid . But who was Khufu that to him should have been entrusted the construction of what is believed to be the most remarkable building in the world ? By some it is deemed to have been built in the days of Seth , in which case Masonry must indeed be of venerable

antiquity . This hypothesis is supported on a fairly satisfactory basis . First , we have what must have been an oral tradition , and which is recorded by Josephus ( Antiq . I ., ii ., 3 ) , of the building of two pillars in the Sethite epoch , one of stone , the other of brick , the one of stone being designed to hand down to future ages the mysteries

and symbolism of the science of geometry . Secondly , we have evidence to be derived from an Egyptian source , viz ., the Book of the Dead . In this very ancient ritual of the Egyptians Seth is the great enemy ot Osiris and the persecutor of his worshippers . This bitter enmity of Seth against the Oairian cult is in agreement with the account given by Herodotus of

the conduct of Cheops while superintending the work of building the pyramid associated with his name . All the temples , according to Herodotus , were closed , and sacrifice to Egyptian gods forbidden ; but if we take Brugsch as an authority , Khufu or Cheops was by no means the monster Herodotus has painted him .

Curiously enough , in Egyptian mythology Seth is shortened to Set . This is interesting and moreover significant , the word set being said to mean in Hebrew , as well as Egyptian , pillar , and in addition that the name Seth written phonetically was S C , with a stone or flint as the determinative of the sound .

As the Pyramid of Cheops is regarded as one of the oldest works of man , and as a structure containing in its measures of capacity the monumental history ot the worid , great interest attaches to the opinion that in all probability it is the pillar of witness referred to by la-siah , chap , xix ., v . 19 , 20 . From this chapter it would appear that not until the so-called latter days was the

true and full significance of this stone memorial to be understood as a sign and duplicate of the love and wisdom of the Great Eternal . This revelation of what was obviously a pre-determined mystery also seems to depend upon the regeneration of Egypt and the Egyptians . With this healing of afflicted , downtrodden Egypt is associated chosen Israel , whose

mission is to make herself a blessing in the midst of the land . Wherefore many devout students of Cheops' masterpiece are to be numbered among those who believe in the lineal descent of the the British race from the seed of Joseph , upon whom was conferred the birthri ght blessing , first promised to Abraham , of multiplying into a nation and a company

of nations , just as the British are doing to-day in tneir colonial expansion to the uttermost parts of the earth ( Gen . xlviii ., v . 19 ; xvii ., v . 6 ) . The imperial federation of the British peoples into a group of nations is very remarkaole , and is a subject calling upon British Masons for investigation . At the

same time , they will do well to give their attention to Prof . Piazzi Smyth ' s important work— " Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid "—a production that fully confirms the belief that in the very heart of Egypt is preserved the foundation of the rights and privileges of the ancient Order of Masonry . E . REEP .

The Princess Marie of tdinburgh ' s wedding trousseau will include several dresses of Scottish manufacture presented by the Queen , two of them being in her AUjesty's favourite Tartans—the Koyal Hunting atuart and the Balmoral designed by the late Prince Consort .