To Our Readers.

TO OUR READERS .

The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price 2 d . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c Kingdom , the Continent , Sec . Via Btindisi .

Twelve Months ios . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s - 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders ^ or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .

Advertisements and i ther business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return cf rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied o . application to he Publisher , rgS , Fleer-street , London . IMPORTANT NOTICE . COLONIAL and FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed tbat acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month .

It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .

Ar00601

NOTICE . To prevent delay or miscarriage , it is particuarly requested that ALL communications for ihe FREEMASON , may be addressed to the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , London .

To Advertisers.

TO ADVERTISERS .

The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on "Wednesdays .

Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

P . M . ' s letter is not admissible in our pages . He says on " hearsay " that one of the canditlates for thc Secretaryship of the Girls' School is a " noted Socialist . " Weare not aware of it , or to whom he a'ludes . H . L . —It is decided at Freemasons' Hall in London , on the recommendation of the P . G . M . fur provinces . A Review on " Singing : an Essay , " by Bro . F . Penna , will appearin our next .

BOOKS RECEIVED , & c . " Masons' Vows -, " " Medical Examiner ; " " Citizen ;" "Brief j " " Broad Arrow j " " Risorgimcnto ;"" Masonic Eclectic ; " "Advocate ; " '' West London Express ;" " Ours , " " Der Triangel ; " " Cincinnati Daily Enquirer ;" " Is the Book Wrong ? " " Canadian Craftsman ; " "

Hebrew Leader ; ' "Keystone ; " "Young Folks'Budget ; " " Liberal Freemason ; " " Masonic Token ; " " Masonic Herald ; " Die B . uhutte ; " " Builder ; " "Suneleiland Times ; " Freemasons' Monthly ; " " Masonic Re-cord of Western Ine'ia : " " Fifteenth Report of thc Cheshire Masonic Educational Institution -, " " Westminster Papers ; " " Bazaar Journal and Monster Gala Gazette . "

Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements , not exceeding four lines , under this heading . ]

BIRTHS . ALLEN . —On the - , oth ult ., at Moss Vicarage , Doncaster , the wife of the Rev . F . H . Allen , of a son . LITTLE . —On the 1 st inst ., at Belle Vue , Sydcnham-hill , the wife of W . A . Little , of a daughter . NECK . —On the ist inst ., at Southampton-row , High Holborn , the wife of W . G . Neck , of a tlaughter . TAYLOR . —On the 2 nd inst ., at Dorset-square , the wife of J . Taylor , Esq ., of a daughter .

DEATHS . BAXENDALE . —On the ist inst ., at Portman-square , Richard Bidey Baxcndal-.-, aged 54 . MALET . —On the 2 uth ult ., at Winkfield , Windsor , Helen , wife of W . St . Lo Malet , Esq ., in her 32 nd year . ODELL . —On the ist inst , at The Elms , ' Coventry , Joseph Odell , J . P ., ageel 6 9 . Friends kindly accept this inlinialkm .

PARRY . —On the 2 nd inst ., at The Market Hill , Calne , William Parry , aged 71 . STILLWELL . —On the 4 th inst , at Sion House , Laelywcll , Kent , Eelwarel Swift Stillwell , of Little Britain and Barbican , London , aged 52 . WACSTAKI . —On thc 20 th ult ., S . H . Wagstaff , of 21 ,. Queen Victoria-street , P . M ., P . Z ., etc .

Ar00608

The Freemason , SATURDAY , J 8 , 1878

Meeting Of Grand Lodge.

MEETING OF GRAND LODGE .

The meeting of Grand Lodge was well attended , though not so largely as was expected . Lord Carnarvon presided in his usual effective and dignified manner , though unfortunately he had to leave at an early period . Bro . Fawcett , P . G . M . ior Durham , an old and worth y Mason ,

much respected inhis province and out of it , then presided over Grand Lodge , and proved to the brethren that years had not dimmed his Masonic efficiency as a most able ruler of the Craft . The motion of regret for the recent dastardly attempts to assassinate our illustrious brother the

Emperor of Germany was unanimously passed , with strong marks of adhesion and approval . There was but one feeling in Grand Lodge at the desperate wickedness of the act , and of its instant and indignant reprobation by all Freemasons , as well as bv all patriot citizens .

But recent events have proved , ( if , alas ! it needed proving ) , that nothing can apparentl y check the inroads of Communistic madness or repress the outburst of Socialistic violence . It would almost seem as it some classes , and not the most uneducated amongst us were

content to relapse , eager to revert , to a positive state of savage barbarism . But we quit the mournful and humiliating topic , expressing our heartfelt sympathy with the august sufferer , and our trust in which all English Masons will share , that in the good Providence of T . G . A . O . T . U ., his

recovery may be speedy and complete . The latest news is most reassuring , and we will fondl y hope that a life so valuable to Germany and the world may be raised up once again , God ' s great and providential rule controlling alike the destinies of nations , and rebuking the madness and

wickedness of men . The business of the Grand Lodge was next proceeded with . The report of the Committee for the consideration of the financial affairs of Grand Lodge was read . As , owing to at : informal notice , its main recommendations stand over until September , we will merely add that two

of its main recommendations , that the money be paiil in under certain names , and that the Bank of England be the place of deposit , were heartily approved . Whether the arrangement as regards the Grand Treasurer ' s office is the best that can be made , may , we think , be a matter for some little consideration . Grand Lodge having voted

£ 100 to a lodge at Curacoa , owing to a tornado , the rest of the routine business was proceeded with ,. nd the Boards of General Purposes and Colonial Board , & c , were then elected . Grand Lodge closed about 8 . 30 , much earlier than had been expected . For the information of our readers we think it

well to mention here that the following was the result of the election for members of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board : —

BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES .

NOMINATED BY THE M . W . G . MASTER-. — John B . Monckton , President ; Sir Albert Woods ( Gartet ) , Erasmus Wilson , Lieut .-Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , James E . Saunders , Frederick A . Philbrick , Ci . C ., John A . Rucker , Thos . Fenn , Peter de Lande Long , Joseph Smith .

The following were the W . Masters nominated at the General Committee on the 22 nd May , as candidates for election on the Board of General Purposes . ( No election , the required number alone being nominated ) . Bros . Thomas G . Bullen , 1150 ; Arthur B . Cook , 2 , 59 ; Ralph Gooding , M . D ., 1 ; Robert Turtle Pigott , ir ; George

Pitt Lewis , 1584 ; Henry R . Cooper Smith , 1731 John Knight Stead , _ r . Past Masters elected by Grand Lodge : — Daniel Belts ( 154 votes ) , Henry C . Levander ( 128 ) , Charles Atkins ( JO 8 ) , John G . Stevens ( 101 ) , Henry Bishop ( 100 ) , Frank Green ( 98 ) , Charles F . Hogard ( 97 ) .

COLONIAL BOARD .

NOMINATED BY THE M . W . GRAND MASTER —Bros . John A . Rucker , President- Hugh DSandeman , Joseph Smith . ELECTED BY GRAND LODGE : —Brack . tone Baker , Daniel Betts , James Brett , John Gibson , Robert F . Gould , Griffiths Smith , John G . Stevens .

The Election For The Secretaryship Of The Girls' School.

THE ELECTION FOR THE SECRETARYSHIP OF THE GIRLS ' SCHOOL .

This is , as our readers now know , fixed for the nth July , and we beg all country voters especially to remember the date , as the voting is personal , no proxies being available by the laws of the Institution . It will be seen by a paragraph elsewhere , that an application has already been

made to the authorities of the Girls' School to secure at once the great hall of Freemasons ' Tavern for the election , in order to meet the convenience of the voters , and also to ensure the perfect fairness of the election . Those of us who were present on Thursday , the 30 th ult ., at

the General Committee of the Girls' School , will have a vivid remembrance of the noise , confusion , and crowding , and the collapse of all voting arrangements . Bro . Webster , who had undertaken the management of the voting papers , and who laboured most energetically and assiduously

to carry out his arduous and self-imposed duties , though assisted by all the experience and urbanity of our excellent Bro . Joseph Smith , was utterly unable to cope with the throng of eager and impetuous applicants . He was , in fact , complete ! overmastered b y the unexpected influx of the

brethren , and it is not saying too much that without better arrangements for the future , there is no one brother or many brethren but must equally fail to preserve order and superintend a satisfactory delivery of voting papers . In the inevitable confusion there was every possibility of a

" duplication " of voting papers , as there was practically no check , nor could there be any , on those who applied for , and those who received their voting papers . Any unscrupulous brother might easil y have filled up two papers , and all attempts to render the voting a " secret ballot "

utterly failed , some brethren kindly filling up other brethren ' s voting papers . We hope , therefore , that on the day of election for the Secretaryship the large hall will be secured , as any proposal to limit the brethren to the " Board-room , " or the " Zetland , " or any other room , can

onlyend in utter confusion and dissatisfaction , and must seriously interfere with the fairness and honesty of the election itself . It is in the interest of all the candidates that we ask to-day'for a " fair field and no favour" ior all alike . As Freemasons we should avoid anything like the

semblance of trickery , and anything like the taint of gaining an advantage . AU should be fair and above board , and we arc convinced that we shall not appeal in vain to the authorities of the School , in the great interest of Masonic

justice and equal rights for all , when we press upon them the necessity of securing at once the great hall , to avoid overcrowding and confusion , and to guarantee the certainty of honest and manly voting .

The Anniversary Festival Of The Boys' School.

THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .

The eig htieth Anniversary Festival of this most valuable Institution will take place at the Alexandra Palace on the 8 th July , under the exalted patronage and presidency of our Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught . We shall all feel , we think , the kindness and consideration of

H . R . H . in thus personally testifying to his fraternal interest in the Boys' School , and we feel sure that a long list of Stewards and a numerous gathering will evince our gratification and our gratitude . We refer our readers to a "Communique'I elsewhere , which gives an interesting account of

the attractions and arrangements of the fete . A very large number of Stewards have already sent in the ir names , and we append the names of the President and several ofthe Vice-Presidents of the Board of Stewards , which seem to augur well for the successof the gathering . They are—President : Bro . Kt . Hon . Lord Suffield , R . W . Piov .

G . M . Norfolk ; Vice-Presidents : R . W . Bros . Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire , Vice-Patron ofthe Institution ; Major General J . S . Brownrigg , Prov . G . M . Surrey ; Lieut-Colonel Charles Lyne , Prov . G . M . Monmouth , Vice-President of the Institution ; W . Bros . J . M . P . Montagu , G . J . D ., Vice-Patron of the Institution ; George Plucknett , G . J . D .,