Contents.

CONTENTS .

I EADERS 137 Freemasonrv in Ireland and Scotland T 38 United Grand Lodge of England ....... 138 Masonic and Military Order of Knights of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine 139 Coj . B « . FO » pl » C « -- Election of Grand Treasurer I 4 t Tl Reviews ' 4 i R EPORTS or M ASONIC MKITINOS— Craft Masonry 141 S Areh ul fficHo ? :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ^ Mark Masonry 14 S Knights Templar .......... . HS Ancient and Accepted Rite .... 14 $ Red Cross of Rome and Constantine 146 Royal Ark Mariners 146 Cryptic Masonry 146 Order of the Secret Monitor 146 Grand Lodgeof Quebec 145 Concert in Aid of * the Boys * School 14 J Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 147 Leeds Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution 147

West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution 147 ConseCration of the Magnus Rose Croix Chapter at Newark 147 r Hughan ' s Fac-sinrle of Engraved List of L fc ¦ b '"" 0 ""'' . , ' . ''*' ' ., " . . Formation of a Masonic Literary Society at Bradford 148 Masonic Ball at Plumstead 148 Masonic Conversazione and Ball at Hanley 148 Masonic " At Home " at the Club House , AM « shot . 48 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 148 The Recent Festivalof the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 148 , „ , . ... .. , „ . , Royal _ Masonic Institution _ for Girls-Statistics 1882—18 S 8 Inclusive 148 Obituary ug Theatres 149 R 0 yal Masonic Benevolent Institution 149 . . . , „ , ^ - ,. Masonic and General Tidings 150 Lodge Meetings for Next Week i $ r

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THERE was an exceptionally large attendance at Grand Lodge United Grand on Wednesday , and , though the business of the evening was conducted—except in the overflow room , where there was a great deal of confusion—in the orderly fashion vvhich invariably characterises

the proceedings of our Masonic Senate , there vvas , at the same time , a very considerable amount of excitement over the election of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . The rival candidates—Bros . E . TERRY , Past Grand Steward , and G . EVERETT , Past Master—were both of them good men , possessing exemplary qualifications for the office , and well and worthily

recommended . Each , also , had a strong force of supporters , and when the result was declared , it was found that Bro ; E . TERRY had prevailed over his rival by 841 votes to 617 votes . We heartily congratulate Bro . TERRY on his election , and the honour thereby conferred upon him by his fellow Craftsmen , and we should have been

equally ready to congratulate Bro . G . EVERETT had fortune favoured his aspirations instead ot those of Bro . TERRY . AS for the rest of the proceedings they are fully described in our report elsewhere , but we are pleased to find that Grand Lodge has endorsed the recommendation of its Board of General Purposes as to granting a lease

for 49 years of BACON ' Hotel to the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , the latter agreeing to expend the sum of £ 3000 in putting the premises in order . By this arrangement , Grand Lodge will have an excellent tenant , and one of the most popular branches of Freemasonry will obtain a home that will be more nearly in keeping with its increased and increasing importance .

The chairman THE announcement that Bro . Lord HENNIKER , Prov . G . Fe ' stivai ' o ' f ' the Master of Suffolk , has kindly undertaken to preside as Chair-R . M . I . G . man at the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be received everywhere with satisfaction . His lordship was appointed to office in 1886 , in succession to the late Bro . Lord

WAVENEY , and has fully recognised the expectations then formed , that he would prove a firm yet genial and kindly ruler . His Province has enjoyed a remarkable degree of prosperity under his presidency , and it is quite natural that his lordship should be desirous of affording the brethren an opportunity of winning special distinction as the Chairman ' s Province

atone of our Charitable Anniversaries . Suffolk , indeed , is so well known to all who are familiar with our Festival Returns , that , with the particular ¦ ncentive they will have on this occasion , we may reckon it will spare no effort to secure the success of Lord HENNIKER ' S first presidency as Chairman at a Festival of one of our Central Charities . We know what its

record has been during the past few years , and that in Bro . the Rev . C . J . MARTYN , P . G . Chap ., D . P . G . M ., and others , it has some very staunch supporters of our Institutions j and we have no doubt it will find a way of f quitting itself worthily when the day comes . Moreover , as Lord HENNIKER 's Prov . G . Mark Master of East Anglia —which includes the Craft — —

p . — —* - » - ~— - "evinces of Norfolk , Suffolk , Cambridgeshire , and Essex—we may hope "at special efforts will be made by the Provinces other than Suffolk which finder him obedience in Mark Masonry . As to the general prospects of e festival , it would be unwise to say anything just yet , but the announceent

of Lord HENNIKER ' S Chairmanship having been made almost ^ multaneou sl y with the celebration of the Benevolent Festival last week , J < - * must congratulate the authorities of the Girls' School on having enlisted ervices of so prominent a brother , while there is yet ample time for his out c ^ ' fl uence to be available in conjuring subscriptions and donations ot the pockets of the brethren .

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_ _ , EVERY one must reioice to hear that steps are about to be taken The Grand J . * r Lodge of which may have the effect of extricating the Grand Lodge or Quebec . Q uebec from the awkward position in which it has been placed since it was so ill-advised a few years ago , as to issue an edict of non-intercourse against the Grand Lodge of England and its belongings ,

because the latter did not see its way to oblige Quebec by committing an illegal act against certain of its own lodges . The examples recently set by the brethren in South Australia , New South Wales , and Victoria have favourably impressed the members of other English-speaking Masonic jurisdictions , who now see clearly enough that it is possible for Masons

holding under the English , Irish , and Scotch Constitutions , to set up an independent Grand Lodge of their own without violating either the laws and usages of Freemasonry as recognised and understood in the original home of the Society , or the amenities of Masonic intercourse . People who are interested in the question of Masonic jurisdiction are also

beginning to realise that England , while it is determined to uphold its rights , is ready at all times to acquiesce in any changes , even when they have the effect of narrowing the limits of its own authority , provided those changes are brought about by constitutional methods . When the Grand Lodge of South Australia was established , our Grand Lodge , as soon as it had

satisfied itself that the change from allegiance to the Grand Lodge of the old country to independence had been brought about by legitimate methods and adopted almost unanimously , at once recognised it , and the Prince of WALES is now the Grand Patron of the South Australian Grand Lodge . The same course . was pursued

last year , when the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales was constituted , and no doubt the same will be pursued when the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , which is virtually , if not actually established , applies for recognition . The same course was followed more than 30 years ago in the case ol the Grand Lodge of Canada , and it is to be regretted the

Grand Lodge of Quebec should have preferred to act with violence instead of in a conciliatory manner towards the English lodges in Montreal and the Grand Lodge of which they are still a part . It is possible , and even probable , that if the rulers of the Quebec Grand Lodge had recognised from the first that pur Grand Lodge never did , and does not now , possess

the power to drive lodges from their allegiance to itself or cancel their warrants , so long as they comply with the law as set forth in the Book of Constitutions , they would not have attempted to solve the difficulty by means which have proved entirely ineffectual . However , we are very far from wishing to say anything that may lessen the present desire of Quebec for

an amicable settlement of its differences with our Grand Lodge . VVe know that Grand Master WALKEM , of Canada , vvill be received by our authorities , with courtesy and the consideration that is due to him , and we are equally certain that any proposals he may make for a settlement of the difficulties , between Quebec and England which shall be honourable to both , vvill be carefully considered , and , if possible , adopted .

** * * A CORRESPONDENT of the Tablet in one of its recent issues pronouncedas falls foul of Freemasonry , and denounces its members as Unpatriotic . want * ng j n patriotism , because in the neatly written story ,

entitled "The Masonic Talisman , " vvhich appeared in the Christmas Number of this journal , the lives of the hero and a French officer are saved through their , discovering themselves at the critical moment as Freemasons . The incidents vvere such as have occurred on other occasions , and it is not necessary , therefore , that we should describe them here : but it

does not strike us as a sane act to denounce as unpatriotic a soldier who spares the life of an already disabled enemy , because they both happen to be Freemasons , nor do we consider it an act of inhumanity when a man who happens to be a Freemason rescues from an excited mob of Parisians a stranger brother who has been mistaken for a Prussian spy , and is on

the point of being killed . However , we vvill not quarrel with this correspondent on matters about which he is entitled to' form any opinion he chooses . But we object to his assumption that the present Emperor of GERMANY regards our Society with disfavour , or that , if he does so regard it , it is in consequence of two such acts of

humanity as the author of "Ihe Masonic lahsman' introduces into that story . No evidence , worth a moment ' s consideration , has ever been produced in proof of the idle gossip that the present Emperor ( WILLIAM II . ) of Germany dislikes or holds in abhorrence a Society of which both his grandfather , WILLIAM I ., and his father , FREDERICK the NOBLE , were

members , and successively Protectors , and for which his and their great ancestor , FREDERICK the GREAT of Prussia , who was also a Mason , entertained so profound a respect . It will be time for this correspondent of our

contemporary to draw these inferences when stronger evidence than is afforded by the mere tittle-tattle of the enemies of Freemasonry is forthcoming , that WILLIAM II . hates what the most prominent members of the HOHENZOLLERNS have invariably respected , and done their utmost to foster ,