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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . Under the Sanction of the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 . STEWARDS ( First List ) : R W . Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W . v ' W . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . Reg . „ * T . Fenn , Pres . B . G . P ., Treas . " ,, Col . S . H . Clerke , G . S . W . Bro . C . A . Murton , P . G . D . . „ H . P . Dumas , P . G . D . " „ J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . " „ J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . „ R . Grey , P . G . D . Pres . B . of B . „ J . H . Matthews , P . G . Std . Br . Bro . J . E . Anderson , P . M . iS . „ C . Bassano , P . M . 66 . „ E . Behnke , 969 „ F . T . Bennett , W . M . 211 „ C . W . Blaxland , J . D . 709 „ Lennox Browne , W . M . 969 „ H . Bue , P . M . 1820 „ D . Carpmael , S . D . 1924 „ A . Combes , 1471 „ R . R . Davis , P . M . 256 „ * W . A . Dawson , P . M . 176 S „ T . H . Edmands , P . M . Grand Stewards Lodge „ A . Escott , P . M . 1 593 „ A . Fyson , J . W . 176 S „ J . G . Garson , S . W . 657 „ A . Gibbings , P . M . 63 „ G . B . Heming , W . M . 256 „ A . C . A . Higerty , P . M . 1714 ; P . Prov . G . Stwd . Surrey „ E . B . Holloway , P . M . 10 S „ J . E . Hunt , P . M . 176 S „ D . G . Imlay , 2148 „ * J . W . Jones , P . G . S ., P . M . 5 „ G . L . Kennaby , S . D . 1420 „ W . H . Kirby , Stwd . 1965 „ J . Lancaster , P . M . 534 „ W . S . Lee , W . M . 176 S „ C . R . Lightbody , P . M . go „ H . Lovegrove , P . M . 1949 ; P . Prov . G . Supt . Works , Middx . „ Capt . F . H . Lyell , 5 „ A . Marvin , P . M . 176 S „ C . M . Mathew , P . M . 263 „ C . F . Matier , P . M . 1910 ; P . G . W . Greece „ T . W . Ockendon , P . M . 1512 ; P . Prov . G . D . Middx . „ H . Pritchard , W . M . 1415 „ # F . R . Spaull , P . M . 1124 „ * R . C . Sudlow , P . M . 263 „ J . E . Terry , J . W . 1964 „ C . W . A . Trollope , P . M . 1826 „ E . L . Walford , S . W . 903 „ C . W . C . Webb , P . M . 1397 „ H . J . Wicks , J . W . 126 9 „ S . B . Wilson , P . M . 59 . * Members of the Committee .

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THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Lodge will take place AT FREEMASONS' HALL , On FRIDAY EVENING , 2 $ th FEBRUARY , 1887 , on which occasion -The Eight Hon . The EARL OF MILL-TOWN , PAST SENIOR GRAND WARDEN , Has kindly consented to Preside . The Lodge will be opened at 6 o'clock p . m . precisely . THE FIRST LECTURE WILL BE WORKED -. ist Section by Bro . C . W . Blaxland , J . D . 7 C 9 2 nd „ „ G . L . Kennaby , S . D . 1420 3 rd „ „ W . H . Kirby , Stwd . 1965 4 th „ „ H . Pritchard , W . M . 1415 5 th „ „ W . S . Lee , W . M . 1768 6 th „ „ A . Combes , 1471 7 'h „ „ C . W . A . Trollope , P . M . 1826 TICKETS for the SUPPER , including admission to the ~ ' g : e , 5 s . each , may be had of the Stewards or of the secretary , Bro . J . W . J ONES , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C . N . B . —The Emulation Lodge of Improvement meets at freemasons' Hall , on every Friday evening , at Seven oclock , excepting in the months of July , August and September .

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WANTED — Second-hand , but in good condition , THREE CHAIRS for W . M ., S . W . p p n J-W . ; in oak preferred ; also OBLIGATION B . UJiSTAL . State price and other particulars to Mr . A . ; " HITEHORN , 13 , Camden-street , North Shields .

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ITilbury'sWarehouses,^\ , ; MARYLEB 0 M , LONDON ^ ° ^ 3 ^ | P ' « t Store Warehouse for Storing , < £ & ^ I , ^' tUre „ Household Effects , Plate , -clO ^* . < P " , Anfe . & c . DRY DISTRICT , HIGH V « fc > AB 0 VEXHAMES LEVEL , andrestricted - $ Vf risl- = P ? J ? P ° ses on ' y > avoiding many orC Hin * . " . oir , ce- EDWD . TILBURY & Co ., 35 , ° ~ : 'gh-street , St . Marylebone , W .

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fgSkCHARLESLANCASTER, (§ NQM-FOULINC !!) ( Awarded 15 Prizes and Medals . ) VV , SMOOTH m \& 0 VAL OOBE /*/ INVENTOR AND TATENTBE OP THE *\ S > iB IF LI N C ^^ fo . " ^^^^ 4-BARREL BEEECHLOADING HAMMEELESS FOR BOOK , GUN , RIFLE , & PISTOL BABBIT , ( Weight 71 b . 4 oz . ) ( Weight 101 b . ) (••170 bore , 2 Ib . 6 oz . ) SEES ?" THE COLINDIAN , " MILITARY A RIFLED GUN F 0 R SHOT AND BALL . ' and Illustrated Detailed Price Lists Free an duplication . LAECKE BOEE Special 1 ' ricesfor Cash . RHXES . 151 , NEW BON D ST ., W . Established 1820

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~~" -Hi > ' Mottle's EARTH System ,\ ^°-T ; VA J . W . Girdlestone ' s Patent , £ et ^ - > GARRICK STREET , S ^ _ COYENT GARDEN , LONDON .

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TELEGRAPHICADDRESSES(Inland). For the Freemason Printing Works—FREEMASON , LONDON . For Jewels , Clothing , Banners , and Furniture—KENNING , LONDON .

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THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE . Secretaries of lodges desiring to distribute the circular of the Pro Grand Master amongst the members of their lodges , may obtain copies on application to the Publisher of the Freemason , who will supply them at the rate of five shillings per 100 .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

COSMOPOLITAN . —It has often been asserted that Pope Pius IX . was a Freemason , but no proof was ever forthcoming of the truth of the assertion . NEMO . —The Grand Treasurer is elected at the March Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge , which

for the current year will be held on Wednesday , the 2 nd of that month . In the event of there having- been two or more candidates nominated for the office at the previous ( or December ) Communication , a poll takes place , and the brother receiving a majority of the votes of the members present , is declared to be elected .

The following communications unavoidably stand over — CRAFT LODGES—Industry , No . 1 S 6 ; Euphrates , No . 312 ; Manchester Lodge of Affability , No . 317 ; Temperance-in-the-East , No . SgS ; Duke of Edinburgh , No . 1250 ; Hemming-, No . 1512 ; Victoria Park , No . 1 S 1 G ;

Chine , No . 1 S 84 . INSTRUCTION—Kensington , No . 1767 ; St . Ambrose , No . 1891 . ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER—De Lambton , No . 94 . MARK LODGE—Sir Francis Burdett , No . 181 .

BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " Transactions of the Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America , " " Procedimientos de la Gran Logia de la Rebublica del Peru , " "Masonic News , " "English Illustrated Magazine , " " El Libre Aceptado Mason , " " Court Circular , " " Lincoln , Rutland , and Stamford Mercury , " " Sunday Times" ( London ) , "Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India , "

" Guernsey Advertiser , " "National Baptist , " "Masonic Chronicle , " "Sunday Times " ( New York ) , " La Fraternidad , " "The Freemason " ( Toronto ) , " Allen ' s Indian Mail '" " Hampshire Independent , " " Lancaster Daily Examiner , " " New York Dispatch , " "Jewish Chronicle , " "Western Daily Mercury , " "The Independent" ( New York ) , "La Chaine d'Union de Paris , "" Hull and East Yorkshire Times , " ' * Masonic Token , " " Masonic Era And Analectic , " " Citizen , " " Effective Advertiser , " " Freimanrer-Zeitung , " "China ' s Millions , " and ' * Liberal Freemason . "

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^ f ^ v ^^^^^ n nrvv ^ ^^^ WWW ^^^ M S ATURDAY , F EBRUARY 5 , 1887 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] .

THE JUBILEE PROPOSALS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In due course I received the circular of the Pro Grand Master , and noted with regret that the Grand Master had been advised to solicit the brethren , as Freemasons , to contribute to the fund for promoting the Imperial

Institute , and thereby divert , in a great measure , their support from our noble Institutions , which are now in such want of it . More especially do I regret this appeal , as we shall all ( as citizens of the greatest empire of the world ) doubtless be called upon by our local authorities to subscribe to the said Institute , and as Freemasons I think our strongest efforts should be exerted in behalf of our Charities .

In furtherance thereof , I a short time ago submitted to the Grand Secretary a rough draft of a memorial to H . R . H . the Grand Master , containing a scheme for celebrating the Queen ' s Jubilee and benefiting our Institutions . The following is an outline of the said scheme ( partly

adopted ) : ist . A grand meeting of Masons at the Albert Hall , with a charge for admission of one guinea , when her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen should be respectfully invited to attend , and receive the congratulations of the brethren . 2 nd . That the tickets for admission should be first offered

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to the members of Grand Lodge , and the remainder to the various lodges in proportion to the number of their subscribing members . 3 rd . That all lodges under the English Constitution should be invited to elect the W . M . or ( or if he jdeclined ) a Warden or Past Master , as Steward to collect as large an amount as possible for the benefit of our Masonic

Institutions . And I venture to surmise that the result of the adoption in full of these suggestions would have been the realizing of an amount little short of £ 100 , 000 , which might have been devoted ( as you suggest ) to founding Victoria Jubilee presentations to those noble Institutions , the said presentations

to be vested in the reigning Sovereign or Grand Master . The average sum to be described by each lodge to realize the above amount , in addition to the admission fees , would be about £ 40 . I may state that in my lodge we have declined to subscribe , as Masons , to the Imperial Institute Fund , and I trust H . R . H . the Grand Master will see fit to withdraw that suggestion . —Yours fraternally , ALBERT H . HALE , W . M . . 20 9 .

THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Allow me a space in your valuable columns to suggest what appears to me would be a suitable and standing memorial of the auspicious occasion of the Jubilee of her Most Gracious Majesty , which I have

named to some of the brethren , who at once fell in with my views . What I would recommend is the erection at Blackheath of a magnificent Jubilee Imperial Victoria Palace , devoted to Religion , Art , Science , and Literature , forming a grand Technical University , which , if judicously taken up and carried out , may be made not only to pay handsomely , but

help our excellent Charities . Ihe immense space on the heath will justify no doubt the gift of the ground for such an object ; the elevated position will render it conspicuous from all parts , and present an opportunity to display the skill of the British architect and the taste of the sculptor to advantage . Amongst other decorations , as a matter of course , I suggest a statue of her Imperial Majesty , with arms erect , and

the motto beneath " All Glory to the Most High , " or any other that may be deemed more suitable . I shall be delighted if my views have the concurrence of the Craft , and shall be happy to receive communicatiens from architects and brethren interested in doing honour to the best of monarchs that has ever swayed the British sceptre . —I have the honour to be , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully , W . DARLEY , P . M . 15 S , Sheerness .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The very heavy inroads which have been made within the last three years upon the accumulated funds of the Board of Benevolence , must undoubtedly have become a matter of anxious consideration . With a view , therefore , of reinstating this fund to its

former figure as promptly as possible , I would suggest that a most appropriate and desirable means of effecting this object , would be that of holding a Jubilee Board of Benevolence Festival , and I venture to hope that this proposal will meet the earnest and heart y support of my brother Past Masters . —I am , dear sir and brother , yours fraternally , A LONDON P . M .

PAST MASTERS' COLLARS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , 1 read with interest the short article in to-day's Freemason on the above subject , but I am certainly at a loss to understand the why and the wherefore of this heartbnrning question .

In the first place , one would suppose that the decoration afforded by the three levels would amply satisfy the wishes of those brethren who have passed the chair j seeing also that most of them are additionally adorned with the jewel presented to them on their retirement . To institute a collar indicative simply of rank would entail some alteration in the existing sky-blue , either by substitution of another

colour , or by incorporation therewith of other shade or shades . ^ Esthetically , this would in either case be a mistake , as the collar would not then harmonize with the apron , and on such occasions as the quarterl y communications of Grand Lodge it would seriously interfere with , if not totally destroy , the well defined and unbroken masses of colour

which are there and then apparent . As it is at present , we have at one end a mass of purple and gold , softened and shaded down by the rivuletof cherry colour (?) worn by the Grand Stewards , while surrounding it come the rising tiers of sky-blue . This effect is good , but how would it be if , dotted here and there amongst the skyblue , we had green ?

One of your correspondents casts ridicule on a proposal ( also I believe made in jest ) that P . M . ' s should be permitted to wear this colour , but as a matter of fact the available colours outside this are none too many . Dark blue is appropriated by the Grand Officers , in their undress and dress both ; and the Grand Stewards put any shade of crimson or red out of the question . Yellowthereforein

, , its various shades , or green are the only colours left . Shut the eyes , then , and conjure up the spectacle of a yellow collar and a sky-blue apron ! Nor do 1 find that an objection raised in one of your later numbers has yet been answered . I mean the objection , " That the wearing of the present collar of a Past Master in a strange lodge will entail confusion . " Granted

* ' that each and every officer of a lodge has his separate and appointed station , and that thus no confusion need nor can arise" ( these are not the exact words , but they express the argument ) . This is above all an argument which begs the question , but does not meet it . No one would dream of confusing the I . G . with one of our newly-decked P . M . 's , but it may be pointed out that the P . M . ' s of a lodge do not always huddle themselves

together in their appointed places . May be they have visitors present next to whom they prefer to sit themselves , ' or may be the accomodation is not sufficient for them all . How will it be , then , if amongst this wandering band you drop a choice selection of visiting P . M . 's arrayed in all the glory of their collars ? Will there be no confusion then to the chance onlooker?—Yours fraternally , 172 S , Blackheath , S . E ., ! January 29 th .