Contents.

CONTENTS .

RETORTS OF M ASOXIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 433 Instruction 433 Royal Arch 435 Mark Masonry ¦ 43 J Knights Templar 43 $ Reel Cross of Constantine 435 Swedenborgian Rite 435

Consecration of the Panmure Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners 435 Supreme Grand Chapter , 43 6 The Masonic Ball in Liverpool 43 6 The Royal Arch at York 43 6 The Pro Grand Master at Reading 437 Obituary 437 Hasonic Research 438 Masonic Relief 43 S True Philanthropy 43 S

CORRESPONDENCE : —• What is Freemasonry ? 439 The Provinces and the Charities 439 Masonic Impostois 439 Uniformity of Working 440 Reviews 440 Masonic Notes anel Queries ¦ . 440 Royal Masonic Ins'ieution for Coys 440

Provincial Grand Chapter of Cheshire 440 Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire 441 Dedication of a New Masonic Hail at Callington 441 Communi < iue 441 Vublic Amusements 442 Masonic and General Tidings 4 ( 2 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 442 Advertisements i ., ii ., iii ., iv ., v ., vi .

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Craft fHasonrg . LODGE OF ASAPH ( No . i . ? ro ) . —The instalaltion meeting of this lodge was held on Monday at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . George Buckland , W . M ., presided . Including visitors , 130 brethren were present , and amongst the members of the loelge , who numbereel seventy in all , were Bros . E . Stanton Jones , P . M . and Sec . ; J . M . Chambcrlin , P . M . ; J . Weaver , P . M ., P . P . G . Org . Middx . ;

George Buckland , W . M . ; Thomas A . Adams , P . G . P . ; CharlesCoote , jun ., Treas . ; Edward Frewin , P . M . ; W . H . Cremer , Charles S . Jekyll , P . M . ; Charles Harper , jun ., Joseph Perry , William A . Tinney , P . M . ; John M . Ball , Henry Snyders . JHenry J . Tinney , Julian Egerton , Joseph Baker , Edward Terry , l . P . M . ; William J . Castell , Joseph Horton , Edward Swanborough , S . W . ; Gustavus K .

Egerton , F . Kendall , William Lewis Barrett , William Meyer Lutz , J . D . ; A . Thomas , H . Cox , S . D . ; A . Hemming , A . Henson , C . H . Stephenson , Stwd . ; C . Wellard , J . W . ; Arthur Swanborough , Robert Soutnr , John Maclean , I . G ., William J . H . Wauel , William Jones Hill , Frederick Delevanti , D . of C . j James Charles Hambleton , Edmund Rogers , Victor Tussaud , Charles George Alias , Rubini

A . F . Rochester , Charles Beckett , Charles Francis Fogarty , Charles Harcourt , Walter Hopkins Smith , Henry James Carter , Robert Dobson , Jules Guitton , Pietro Le Conte Castell , Charles Blount Powell , Lionel Brough , Charles Ernest Tinney , Organist ; John Thomas Hatcher , William John Kent , James Bcveridge , Henry James Callcott , Alfred Morton , Henry Ashley , Lestock Boileau Wooldridge ,

Harry James Hitchins , Edwarel Humphrey , George Edwin Fairchild , and J . G . Taylor . Bro . H . Massey ( Freemason ) . Bro . Edward Swanborough , of the Strand Theatre , was the W . M . elect ; and to show her pleasure at her son obtaining the chair of the loelge , Mrs . Swanborough presented the W . M . with Master ' s collar and apron , anel the other officers with their collars of office . Bro . Swanborough

was installed by Bro . George Buckland , who performed the whole of the work in faultless style . After the customary salutes , the new W . M . appointed to office Bros . C . Wellard , S . W . Harry F . Cox , J . W . ; C . Coote , jun ., Treasurer ; E . Stanton Jones , P . M ., Secretary ; W . M . Lutz , S . D . ; J . Maclean , J . D . ; F . Delevanti , I . G . ; C . E . Tinney , Org . ; C . H . Stephenson , D . C . ; Arthur

Swanborough , Steward ; and J . Gilbert , 1 yler . A vote of thanks to Mrs . Swanborough was passed unanimously for her liberal and handsome gift to the lodge , and the Audit Committee ' s report having beer , received and adopted , the report of the Benevolent Funel , showing a balance of over £ 340 , was read and approved . The brethen then adjourneel to Freemasons' Tavern , in the large hall of

which the company sat down to an elegant banquet , while Mrs . Swanborough , Miss Ada Swanborough , Mrs . George Buckland , Mrs . Keeley , Mrs . James Weaver , Mrs . Edward Swanborough , Master E . Swanborough , and Miss . Gus Swanborough , occupied scats in the gallery . After the banquet had been partaken of , grace was sung , anil the hall was tyleel , and the

toasts were proposed , I he W . M . in proposing the toast of "The Queen and the Craft , " said that our beloved Queen , to whom the thcatiical and musical professions oweel so much , was too well known to require any remarks from him . ' The Health of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., " was received with loud applause . The W . M . said he was very pleased indeed to hear such a reception of

H . R . H . ' s name . The Prince cf Wales was dearly beloved by the Craft , and by no lodge better than the Lodge of Asaph ; for two reasons , that , God bless him , he supported their profession in every way , and they were proud to have him at the head of the Craft . He was not only a good Mason , but a good working Mason , for during

the last season , if the brethren referred back to the newspapers , he had laid the foundation stones of many hospitals anil other charities . He ( the W . M . ) would not take more time with this toast , because as he had saiel with regard to the Queen , so he would say with regard to the Prince of Wales , he was too well known to require any

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observations . The toasts of " The Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , " " The D . G . M ., Lord Skelmersdale , etc ., " having been proposed and honoured , Bro . Thomas Adams , P . G ~ P ., responded . Bro . G . Buckland , I . P . M ., proposed " The Health of the W . M ., " and in doing so said all the brethren knew how efficiently Bro . Edward Swanborough had performed the duties of the various offices he

had filled in the Lodge of Asaph . He would be equally efficient in the more important duties which now devolved upon him . He ( Bro . Buckland ) thought he might say that they had not in their lodge a more genial and popular brother than Edward Swanborough , anel with these few drink heartil

words he woulel call upon the brethren to y " Health , Prosperity , and Long Life to the W . Master . " The W . Master , in reply , saiel : I thank you most sincerely for the manner in which you have drunk my health . I elo not think I deserve all that my Bro . Buckland has said ( cries of " Yes , yes " ) , but if I do not at present I will

try in future to do so . I may say that I am now at the top of the tree in the Craft , but many men when they get at the top of the tree , if I may say so , forget those friends who helped them to that position . I am not one of those men . I have to thank in a very large measure Bro . James Weaver for my proud position this evening , and I think

it is but fair to him that I should tell you so . He has been most kind to me ; in fact , I never experienced so much kindness- in m life as I have experienced from my brethren in the Lodge of Asaph . I have said that I will try and do my best during my year of office . One thing I will try and do , that is to make you all happy and

comfortable , and if I fall short in the work , my dear old Immediate Past Master Buckland is at my side ; as I toll him at the time , I shall feel doubly strong , and I shall get through my year of office , if it please T . G . A . O . T . U . if he is by my side , and I think I shall have the same compliment paid to meat the end of my year that I am about to pay to him on behalf nf th ? Lodge of Asaph .

Bro . George Bucklanel , it is now my pleasing duty to place on your breast this jewel . It was voted to you by the unanimous voice of the lodge . I assure you I am excecelingly proud to be Master of such a lodge , because one must have some brains about him to be Master of it . If I only come up to a quarter of your excellence during my year I shall be satisfied . In placing this jewel on your

breast I may say I hope the G . A . O . 'l . U . will spare your dear and good life for many years to come . I have an additional pleasure in presenting you with this testimonial as one of the founders of this prosperous lodge , and I hope that you may live for many years to see it on your walls . ( Ihe Worshipful Master then presentee ! Bro . Buckland with a handsome testimonial , inscribed in illuminated

writing on vellum , anel framed and glaz : d . ) Bro . Buckland , I . P . M ., in reply , said he bcggeil to elisciaim altogether the too flattering compliment paid to him by the W . M . To have done his work in the discharge of the duties of the chair to the satisfaction ot his brethren was to him ample recompense and reward . He took this opportunity of thanking the P . M . ' s , who had been

all most kind to him , and he trusted that like the W . M . it would not be considereel invidious if he particularly thankeel Bro . Weaver , P . M ., for the kind support and countenance he had given him during his Mastership . He gladly accepted the Past Master ' s jewel , which he should wear as a proud memento of the office he had filled , and the testimonial he should prize still more , not

only as having been Master , but as one of the brethren who had founded the lodge . Anil when he looked arounel him anel saw so many members of the dramatic and musical profession , who would naturally in due course fill the various offices of the lodge , he thought he might confidently predict that the Lodge of Asaph was destineel to occupy a position second to none on the register of the

Grand Lodge of England . The W . M . next proposed " The Benevolent Fund . " During Bro . Buckland ' s year the lodge had given away no less that eighty-six sovereigns to the poor . It could afford to do that in consequence of the lodge having only one banquet a year . It would please the brethren to know that they had over £ 3 , 00 invested in the Three per Cents , on behalf of the

Benevolent Fund , and there was £ 43 in the hands of the Treasurer to give away . It was all to give away . He exhorted all the members of the lodge to give some trifle to this fund . Bro . E . Stanton Jones , P . M ., as Treasurer of the fund , responded . The existence of such a fund in a lodge was of great importance . While he was proud to say a portion of the lodge subscribed to it , he was sorry

to say another portion took no notice of it . He would only point out that it was a mutual advantage to the members , which began with them and should continue wilh them . Its object was charity , which was universally acknowleelged by Freemasons , and felt ar . d practised by them , anel especially by those professions of which the members of the Asaph Lodge were composed . He ,

therefore , thought it ought not to require any words of his to incite the brethren to give their liberal support to it . The Asaph was certainly becoming a very prosperous lodge , and the donations of the brethren to its Benevolent Funel ought to aelvance with its increase . He commended the fund to the support of the brethren to their utmost capacity . ( The list was here handcel round to the brethren ,

and realised a sum of £ 21 16 s . ) The W . M . in proposing " The Health of the P . M . ' s , " returned thanks to those brethren for the assistance successive Masters had had from them . There were now nine P . M . ' s of the Lodge of Asaph , and , with such a firm basis , it would take a tremendous force to knock the lodge over . He

coupled with the toast the name of Bro . Chamberlin , on whom he intended when Bro . Buckland was engaged to call for the Lectures on the Tracing Board , knowing how well he was able to give them . Bro . Chamberlin , P . M ., in reply , said that it had been the object of the founders to help their successors in every way in their power , and they were all willing to do so . As a founder of the lodge

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he looked round with pride on the gathering he saw before him . One of their oldest P . M . ' s , Bro . Charles Coote , he was sorry to say was absent on account of ill health , but every member of the lodge trusted he would soon be belter , for he had endeared himself to all . Bro . Macintosh , W . M . No . 4 , in responding to the toast cf " The Visitors , " congratulated the lodge on having such a Master as Bro .

Swanborough , whose eloquence would delight the brethren . From the time he had first known Bro . Swanborough to the present the principles of Freemasonry had been evinced by him , and he would carry out those principles with advantage to the Lodge of Asaph . Few men could claim to have more persons as genuine friends than he , and during his Mastership those friends would rally

rounel him , and assist him in carrying out the duties of his office . Baron H . de Worms also replied , and saiel that brethren outside the dramatic profession felt highly honoured at being present . Professors of the dramatic art taught all outsiders a great moral lesson . It was they who could move to laughter or to tears , and awaken in the breast those best feelings which were sometimes dormant ;

in fact they struck upon the proper chord , and gave that " touch of nature " which made "the whole world kin . " Bros . Wellard , S . W ., Arthur Swanborough , and Delevanti , replied to the toast of " The Officers of the Lodge , " anil the Tyler ' s toast having been given , the proceedings were shortly afterwards brought to a close . The brethren were entertained in the intervals between the toasts with vocal

and instrumental music of the highest order . The vocalists who took part were Bros . C . Beckett , G . Egerton , C . E . Tinney , George Buckland , E . Terry , P . M . ; Rainham , C . Collins , an . l E . W . Collins ; Mas'er Manning and Master Dunster ( solo ) , and two others , all pupils of Bro . Stedman ' s The instrumentalists were Bros E . Stanton

Jones , P . M . and Sec , ( violin ) ; H . J . Tinney ( piano ) ; C . S . Jeckyll ( piano ); Thomas , P . M . ( piano ); W . L . Barrett ( flute ); Julian Egeiton ( clarinet ); W .-J . H . Waud ( contra bass ); and W . J . Kent ( cornet a piston ) . The vocal music was under the direction of Bro . George Bucklanel , P . M ., and the instrumental music under that of Bro . E . Stanton Jones , P . M .

ST . DUNSTAN'S LODGE ( No . 1580 . ) . —On the 22 nd ult . this prosperous City lodge held its first regular meeting since the vacation at Anderton's Hotel , Fleetstreet , when there were present Bros . Dodson , P . M . Constitution , W . M . ; Turner , S . W . ; W . Wcllsman , P . M ., acting J . W . ; Dalwood , l . P . M . ; A . Tisley , Sec . ; G . Manners , S . D . ; H . W . Clemow , D . C , acting I . G . ; F .

Fairington , W . S . ; Farrington , jun ., Organist ; Dwarber , P . M . ; Gilbert , Tyler . The visitors were Bros . Westcott , J . W . 1365 , and T . Walls , P . G . S . B . Middx . ( Freemason ) . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , several impoitant alterations in connection with the bye-laws were discussed , when it was subsequently resolved that a Committee , consisting of the W . M ., Past

Masters , officers , and three members of the lodge , should consider the proposed alterations , anel report upon them at the next regular meeting . Bros . Brown , Thurgood , and A . Clemow were the three lay members appointed upon the Committee . There being no other business on the agenda the lodge was formally closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet , which was well served by the Bros . Clemow .

The Royal and Craft toasts having been duly honoured , " The Health of the W . M . " was proposed in very flittering terms by Bro . Dalwood . He congratulated the W . M . upon the great success that had attended his Masonic career . He had no sooner vacated the chair of one of the most influential lodges in the Craft , namely , the Constitution , than he was called upon to assume Ihe reins of

Masonic government in the St . Dunstan , of which lodge he was one of the founders . In conclusion , the l . P . M . touched upon the manner in which the W . M . had recently discharged the onerous duties of Master of one of the City companies . This toast having been heartily received , the W . M . briefly replied by thanking them for the hearty manner in which they had receiveel and drank his healch .

Having been connected with the lodge from its commencement , he felt exceedingly gratified at witnessing the great strides it had made in the short space of four years . This result was very pleasing , more especially as the lodge was a representative one , and , therefore , necessarily limited in the admission of candidates . Although he had presided over a very large lodge , and had visited many , he

did not think that they were to be desired , as quality anil not quantity was , or should be , the consummation to be wished for in all Masonic communities . " The Past Masters " followed . In introducing this toast the W . M . briefly touched upon the merits of the three brethren , namely , Bros . Dwarber , Wellsman , and Dalwood , who bad pissed through the ordeal of the chair of No . 1589 with honour

to themselves and credit to the lodge . ( Hear , hear . ) As the members had had so many opportunities of judging of their social and RIasonic qualities he should not further dilate upon the toast than to wish them long life and happiness . This toast was acknowledged by Bros . Dalwood and Dwarber . The latter brother made , as usual , a very eloquent speech . He

also congratulated the lodge upon the great success it had attained . As one of the founders , he , in conjunction with his two worthy colleagues and labourers in the Masonic vineyard , felt that the trouble they had individually and collectively bestowed in the administration of its affairs in the days of its infancy had been rewarded , and had borne such good fruit . As the St . Dunstan

was a representative lodge it should bear a high character , as it was connected with the first parish in the City of London , a parish that had for centuries held a very distinguished place , not only in the history of the mighty Metropolis , but in the annals of the country . Many stir . ring scenes had taken place in its vicinity , and some of the most brilliant personages recorded in the chronicles of science , art , and literature had met within its vener-