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NOTES . ( a ) Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . —The youngest of our three Masonic Charitables is , like the Boys ' School , the outcome of two Institutions , namely : the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Masons , Croydcr . . . in the foundation which the late Bro . Dr . Crt cefix took a leading part , and the Institution founded in 1842 by

Grand Lodge for brethren in reduced circumstances . In : S . 4 Q this Male Fund ivas supplemented by a Fund for Widows , which was commenced by an annual grant of £ 100 . In iS ; o the two were happily amalgamated , and , since then , Grand Lodge has augmented its grants till , subject only to the confirmation of the minutes of the last June

Communication , they amount to jt- ' Soo per annum , to each of the two Funds . The number of those in receipt of the benefits of this noble Institution is 155 aged brethren and 1 C 0 widows of brethren , the former of of whom have each an annuity ol £ 40 per annum , and the latter one of £ 32 per annum ; while there are several widows of

male annuitants , to each of whom the Institution allows one half 'f the late husband ' s annuity for three years certain , though it mostly happens they are elected on to the fund before that period has expired . Thus , apart from the expenses of administration ,

the Benevolent Institution is charged with the provision of quite £ 11 , 630 annually , of which only about one third part is derived from permanent income . Truly a splendid monument to the Benevolence of the English Craft in so short a period as forty years !

( b ) Colorado . —Though a young Grand Lodge , Colorado has already , according to the latest returns to hand , some thirty-seven lodges and a membership of about 2000 brethren . Its head-quarters are at Denver , and to judge from a reported balance of Soo dollars at the end of the last year ' s statement of account , we should say its finances are carefully looked after . It

has also a library fund of over 1100 dollars . ( c ) Netherlands . —The history of the Craft in this country is involved in obscurity . At first it met with opposition from the magistracy , but this passed away , and the brethren were left to pursue their labours unmolested . The National Grand Lodge was founded in 175 G , and Bro . Count Von Bentinck was its second Grand Master

in I 7 JS * 9-( d ) Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 , also known as Lodge "St . Mary ' s Chapel , " is , as far as documentary evidence is concerned , the oldest lodge in the world , its earliest minutes dating back as far as 159 S . It was in this lodge that , in July 1634 , Lord Alexander and other gentlemen were

received into the Craft . It originally stood at the head of the roll of lodges in Scotland , but when the schism caused in 1 743 by the secession of Mother Kilwinning Lodge was healed in 1 S 07 , the latter was placed above it , without a number . A most valuable history of St . Mary ' s Chapel , with which is incorporated the history of Freemasonry in Scotland ,

has been written by Bro . D . Murray Lyon , who worthily fills the office of Grand Secretary to the Scotch Grand Lodge . ( e ) Union of German-American Masons , which vvas founded on the model of the " Union of German Freemasons . " has for its purpose , writes Bro . Findel in his well-known History , "to disseminate

knowledge on the history , essence , and symbolism of Masonry , to cmbelli . ih the forms ( rituals ) and render them most simple and rational , to uphold the rights of the subordinate lodges and to take care of social intercourse . " Its head-quarters are in New York , and it is supported by the most eminent , learned , and thinking German Masons throughout the United States .

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AE . * HISTORICAL CALENDAR . * 1882 . 1 Til . ' Foundation Stone of the South Bridge , Edinburgh , laid by Lord Haddo , j Grand Master Mason of Scotland , 17 S 5 . Further Edict of Ferdinand VII . of Spain against Freemasonry , 1 S 24 . I Foundation Stone of the Koyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , ( a ) Croydon , j laid by Bro . Alexander Dobie , as proxy for Earl of Zetland , 1 S 50 . 2 Wed . Foundation Stone of the New Royal Infirmary , Edinburgh , laid by the Earl ' 1 of Cromarty , Grand Master Mason of Scotland , 173 S .

I Dedication by the Earl ot * Zetland of the New Schoolhousc , R . M . I . G ., 1 S 52 . j Grand Lodge of Colorado constituted , ( b ) 1 S 61 . I Honorary membership of Grand Lodge of Scotland conferred on the Earl of 1 Zetland , Past Grand Master of England , 1 S 70 . O jllTUr . The Mother Lodge , Koyal York of Friendship , Berlin , accepts tbe new

regulations compiled by Fessler and his Committee of Seven , 179 G . 4 PlT Prince Cambaceres , G . M . of the Lodge of the Philosophic Scotch Rite , presented with a casket ccntainingagold , a silver , and a bronze medal , 1 S 07 . 5 Sett . ^ - J amcs Anderson , author of the Constitutions of Freemasonry , born at : Edinburgh , ififc . j Grand Lodge of Scotland frames regulations for the purpose of carrying out I the provisions of the Act against Secret Societies , 1793 .

6 Stilt . Count Christian Fr . Von Bentinck , Grand Master of thc Grand National - ,. Lodge of the Netherlands , ( c ) 1758 . I MOIL The Earls of Crawfurd and Kintore , and Lord Garlics , all three subsquently Grand Masters of Scotland , initiated and passed-, and Bros . Patrick j Lindsay and Archibald McAulay , former Provosts of Edinburgh , I passed in Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 , ( d ) the Earl of Strathmore , „ 1 „ Grand Master of England being present , 1733 .

O IU . Foundation-stone of the Boys'School , VVood Green , laid by Bro . Algernon Perkins , Past Grand Warden , 1 SG 3 . The statutes of the "Union of German-American Masons " ( e ) adopted and officers appointed , 1 SG 5 . 9 Wed . Union of the " Souverain Conseil " of the High Degrees , Paris , with the Grand Lodge of France , 1772 . Opening of Wearmouth Bridge , by Bro . Rowland Burdon , M . P ., in the

1 A ml , presence of Prince William of Gloucester , 179 6 . tu lllUr . John VV . Ellenberger , better known by his later adopted name of Zinnendorf , born at Halle , 1731 . 11 Fri . First School Building at VVood Green (/) inaugurated by the Earl of Zetland , Grand Master , 1 S 57 . 12 Sclt . ^ he Grand Orient of France entrusts the functions of Grand Master to three Grand Conservators , 1814 .

Id Still . " Charter of Confirmation " to " Lodge of Edinburgh , St . Mary ' s Chapel , " 1 . ' and Lodge placed first on the roll of Lodges , 1770 . 14 Moil . The Crown Prince of Prussia ( afterwards Frederick the Great ) ( g ) initiated in a Lodge at Brunswick , 173 S . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales invested as Patron of the Orderin Ireland , 1 S 71 . 15 Tu . Edict of Pius VII . against Freemasonry , published by the Cardinal

Secretary of State , Consalvi , 1 S 14 . j Foundation-stone of the Scott ( h ) Monument , Edinburgh , laid by Sir James Forrest , of Coniston , Grand Master Mason of Scotland , 1 S 40 . 16 Wed . Ordinance of the Elector of Bavaria requiring all civil and military employes to abandon Freemasonry on pain of impiisonment , & c , 1 S 14 . 17 Ttllir . Institution in France of the Order of Wood Cleavers ( des Fendeurs ) (* ' ) , 1747 .

lb Fri . Provincial Grand Lodge of Hanover , ( It ) under Grand Lodge ( " Moderns " ) of England , constituted 17 G 3 . 19 S & t . Foundation-stone of the Corn Exchange , Peebles , laid by Duke of Athole , (/) Grand Master Mason of Scotland , 1850 .

20 Suit . Dedication of New Masonic Hall at Hull , built by Rodney Lodge , 1 S 00 . Grand Lodge of Quebec constituted , iSGg . < al MO !! . Duke of Leinster , ( m ) G . M . of Ireland for over sixty years , born 1791 . 22 TUBS . Close of the Masonic Congress at Wolfenbuttcl , 1779 . 23 Wfirl Bro . Wolley elected G . M . of the Grand Lodge all England , at York , 1702 .

[ N . B . — This is the subject of the last minute of this Grand Lodge . ] 24 Thill' . Dr . Desaguliers received as member of Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 ., 1721 . 25 Fl i . Circular issued by Lodge "Theodore au bon Conseil , " Munich , protesting against the Elector of Bavaria ' s Edict against Freemasonry , 17 S 4 . 26 Silt Edict against Freemasonry by the Regency of Milan , 1 S 14 .

ist SUlt . Letters Patent issued by Count Clermont , Grand Master of France , to Stephen Morin , a Jew , granting him full powers as " Grand Inspector " in the New World , to constitute Lodges , & c , 17 G 1 . ^ JO Moil . Foundation in Paris of the system of Philalethes ( Lovers of Truth ) , 1773 . Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chaater of Scotland formed and consecrated , 1 S 17 .

Ao lUeS . Quorum of Committee or Council of Grand Orient of France fixed at fifteen as a minimum , 17 S 0 . 30 Wed . O ^ Grand Lodge of France proclaims the new Grand Orient irregular , surreptitious , unlawful , 1773 . 31 TllUr . Bro . Robert Morris , Masonic Author , and P . G . M . Kentucky , born 1 S 1 S .

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N O T E S—continued . ( f ) Boys' School , Wood Green . — Previous to this , the pupils of this Royal Masonic Institution had the cost of their education defrayed out of its funds , but were not housed , & c , as they have been in the majority of cases since the occurrence of this event .

( g ) Frederick II . ( the Great ) of Prussia , was Crown Prince of Prussia at the time of his initiation , and , as the king , his father , was opposed to the Society , the ceremony was performed with the utmost secrecy . Brunswick being selected as being fair time , there

was less chance of its reaching the ears of his suspicious parent . A deputation from the Lodge of Hamburgh having been ordered to hold itself in readiness , the initiation took place during the night of August 14-15 , his companion , Count Von Wartensleben , being subsequently received into the Order at the

same meet . ng . On his return home , a lodge was secretly organised in his Castle of Rheinsberg . In 1740 , when King , he wielded the Master's Gavel in the Castle of Char ' ottenburg ; and in September of the same year was founded in Berlin at his instigation the Lodge of the Three Globes ,

which in 1744 was advanced to the dignity of a Grand Lodge . It is a coincidence worth noting that both Frederick the Great and the Emperor Francis , husband of the Empress Queen Maria Theresa , his great opponent in the wars of the Austrian Succession and seven years' wars , were both Freemasons , Francis , when Grand Duke of

Lorraine , having been initiated into the Craft in 1731 , at the Hague by a deputation of brethren from England . As to Frederick's alleged connection with the Ancient and Accepted Rite , and his authorization of its Statutes , a reference Io Appendix H . of Findel's "History of Freemasonry" will serve to show that Frederick never had anything whatever to do with it .

(/*) Scott , Sir Walter , the famous poet and novelist , born in 1771 , died 1 S 32 , was a member of St . David ' s Lodge , Edinburgh . ( 1 ) Ordre des Fendeurs , a very

hannless Society of the androgynous kind . Its place of meeting was a "Chantierj " its president " Pere Maitre ; " the members , male and female , " Cousins" and " Cousines ; " and the candidate " briquet . "

( li ) Hanover proclaimed itself an independent Grand Lodge in 1 S 2 S , with the late Duke of Cumberland , who , in 1 S 37 , became King of Hanover , as Grand Master . In 1 SG 7 , after the annexation of the State

to Prussia as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of the preceding year , it was dissolved by a Cabinet order ; and the majority of its lodges joined the Grand Lodge Royal York of Friendship , Berlin .

(/) George , Duke of Athole , ( sixth holder of the title ) , was initiated in November 1 S 41 , in St . John ' s Lodge , Dunkeld , and on St . Andrews' Day of that year , was raised to the dais . Having held the office

of Deputy Grand Master for two years , he was in 1 S 43—being at the time Lord Glenlyon—chosen Grand Master in succession to the late Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , and retained office till bis death in February , iSG * 4-

( in ) Duke of Leinster , born 1791 , died 1 S 74 , was appointed Grand Master of Ireland in 1 S 13 , having been previously initiated into the Fraternity in Grand Master ' s Lodge , Dublin , and retained office till his death in 1 S 74—a period of sixtyone years , and one that has been exceeded only by the late Prince Frederick of the Netherlands , Grand Master , 1 S 16-S 2 .

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