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MAGKEY'S FREEMASONRY . * » * EIGHTH E DITION , thoroughly Revised , with all Recent Changes and Alterations . ByM . C . Peek Provincial Grand Sec . for N . and E . Yorkshire . A LEXICON OP FREEMASONRY . By Albert G-. Mackey , M . D ., Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of the U . S ., & c . Large post Svo ., handsomely bound in cloth . Price 6 s . "Of MACKEY ' LEXICON it would be impossible to speak in too high terms ; suilice it to say , that it ought to be in the hands of every Mason who would thoroughly understand and master our noble Science . . . . No Masonic Lodge or Library should be without a copy of this most useful work . "—Masonic News . " The Editor has had access to sources of information open to few . ... A THOROUGHLY RELIABLE WORK . " —Vorkslure Cazette . LONDON : CHARLES GRIFFIN & Co ., Exeter-st ., Strand .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . OFFICE—6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C . GRAND PATRONHER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENTHIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers will be held at FREEMASONS' H ALL , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-lnn-Fields , London , on MONDAY , the 12 th day of J , 1 SS 6 , for the transaction of the Ordinary Business of tlie Institution . To consider the following Notices of Motion : — 1 . By W . Bro . C . H . WEBB , Life-Governor — " That Brother George Blizard Abbott have the rank of Life-Governor , with two votes at all Elections of Boys for life , in recognition of the care and ability with which the recently-published 'History of the Institution ' has been compiled by him . " 2 . By W . Bro . EDGAR BOWYER , V .-Patron ( P . G . Std . Br . )— "That Ten Boys be elected at the Ouarterly General Court on Monday , nth October , for Admission to the School over and above the Twenty-two Boys to be then elected to fill the number of vacancies in the present Establishment . " 3 . By W . Bro . C . F . HOGARD , V .-P . — " That in recognition of the services of Bro . F . Binckes as Secretary of the Institution during a period of twenty-five years , the sum ot One Hundred Guineas be presented to him as an honorarium . To receive and approve a list of candidates on the recommendation of the General Committee , from which Twenty-two , or in the event of the previous Notice of Motion being adopted , Thirty-two Boys shall be elected on Monday , nth October next . " The Chair will be taken at Four o ' clock in the afternoon precisely . By order . FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . Std . ) , . 1 ' y 5 > 'SSG . V . Patron , Secretary .

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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COM PANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries Railway Accident ? . j Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manarei A CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE ( P . M . and P . Z . ) . —PRIVATE TUITION in the CLASSICS , MATHEMATICS , ENGLISH , & c . Lectures on various subjects . Schools visited . Foreigners taught English b y means of French . —Address , F . D ., 62 , Lancaster-road , Notting-hill , VV .

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PARIS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT for the Sons of Gentlemen . Principal : M . G . Ovree , Officier d'Academie , late Inspector of the Ecole Supeneure de Commerce de Paris , and Translator of Higgenson ' s United States History . For terms , address G . Ovrde , 14 , Rue ^ David , Passy , Paris . " " \ $ & Mou , e ' s EARTH System , ^°< v \ J- W . Girdlestone ' s Patent , . V ft . * ^^ -alb- 5 a ' : REICK STREET , &* Z ^ COVENT GARDEN , LONDON .

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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., Most Worshipful Grand Master . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master .

THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL

IN AID OF

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WILL BE HELD

ON WEDNESDAY , 28 tli JULY , 1886 IN THE VENETIAN SALON , HOLBORN RESTAURANT .

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Prov . Grand Master of Worcestershire , In the Chair . Dinner on the Table at 5 . 30 for 0 o ' clock p . m

Officers of the Board of Stewards . P reside n t—Bro . Rev . HAYMAN' C UMMINGS , P . G . Chap ., D . P . G . M Kent . Treasurer—Bro . CHARLES H . D RIVER , P . G . Inspector of Works Secretary—Bro . C . V . MATIER , P . G . W .

TICKETS—Ladies , 15 s . Gentleman ' s 21 s ( Inclusive of Wine . ) Morning- Dress—Mark Collars and Jewels .

Brethren who are kindly acting as Stewards are requested to send in their Lists on or before Saturday , the 24 th July , iSSG . SA , Red Lion Square , W . C , July , 1 SS 6 .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ,, and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry of every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , United Kingdom . Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , the Colonies & c . Arabia , & c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders of cheques arc preferred , the former payable to GEOKGE KEXNJNC ; , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Hank .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications stand over—CRAFTMariners' Lodge , No . 249 . St . John ' s Lodge , No . 673 . De Shuiland Lodge , No . 10 . S 9 . Corinthian Lodge , No . 120 S . Prudence Lodge , No . 1550 ,

BOOKS , & c , REClslVliU . "Jewish Chronicle , " "Liberal I ' reemason , " " Piano , Organ , and Music Trades Journal , " " KtTective Advertiser , " " Citizen , " "Sunday Times" fl . ondon ) , " Masonic World , " " Mull and North Lincolnshire Times , " "Court Circular , " " F . l Taller . "

" Proceeding * of the District Grand Lodge of New Smith Wales , " " The Press , " " 111 Lihre-y-Aceptad Mason , " " p ' recmasons' jovn-nal" ( New York ) , "United Service Gazette , "" Cndi / . Masonico , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "Masonic Record of Western India , " "Cassell ' s National Library , " "Society , " "Organist ' s Quarterly Journal , " and " Le Monde Maconnique , "

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

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SATURDAY , JULY 10 , iSSC .

L \ Ve do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinionscxpressedby ourcorrespondents . but wewish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

LEWISES AND PRIORITY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , "Chisholm " ha * called attention to Bro . Lamb Smith ' s queries in your issue of 24 th April , but hewauldhave added to the value of his reply had he quoted his authorities . His statement of the old customs is strong ; and 1 should take it as a kindness if he would give us his authority as to

" fees and other masters" and "before or after . " If it will not be trespassing too much on your space I will try my hand at answering Bro . Lamb Smith ' s queries , as I am rather doubtful if "Chisholm " is entirely correct . Q . What is a Lewis ? " The age of the candidate in this country ( Ireland ) 13 21 years ( except by dispensations in the case of 'Lewis , ' i . e ., the son of a Freemason , when it is 18 years ) . "—

" Kelly ' s Freemasons' Pocket Companion , " p . 54 . " Lewis , the son of a Mason .... In England and France to be a Lewis or Louveteau confers certain privileges , in England that of being initiated at iS ( if otherwise suitable , a dispensation being obtained ) , and in any case before any other candidate of the same evening , however noble ; and in France , of receiving Masonic baptism , and the lodge incurs certain responsibilities of nurture and

education . "— " Mackenzie ' s Royal Masonic Encyclopaedia , " p . 450 , sub tit . Lewis , and see also ib . sub tit . "Adoption Rite of ; " and " Baptism Masonic . " The condition now is that " no man shall be made a Mason in any lodge under the age of 21 years , except by dispensation , " which may be legally granted to a Lewis , or the son of a Master Mason .... By permission of the authorities a person of the first mentioned age may not

only be initiated , but in due course attain the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason . It was formerly thought necessary that a sponsor should be obligated with him , and openly undertake that the pledge should be preserved inviolate ; but this solemnity is now disregarded , and the dispensation considered an ample security and guarantee for the practice . " — " Dr . Oliver's Freemasons * Treasury , " p . 09 .

" It has been a traditional custom amongst Masons from time immemorial to allow the privilege of initiation as to a Lewis , or a son of a Master Mason , provided his father be made a party to the O . B . ; and our present Constitutions empower the Grand Master to issue a dispensation for that purpose . " — "Oliver ' s Masonic Jurisprudence , " p . 26 . The discrepancy between these last two quotations as to the sponsorship will be noticed . What is the present

practice as to this ? In Dr . Oliver ' s "Discrepancies of Freemasonry" a long account is given of Ihe ceremony of " adoption or application of a Lewis , " and in that account it is stated "on the birth of a male child , if Hie father , being a Master Mason , is desirous , ' & c , & c , and again "the newly-born son of , a brother who is a Master Mason . " A full account of this ceremony was raven from the

"American Mirror and Keystone" in the "Freemasons ' Magazine" of 10 th December , 1858 , which commences thus : " In the French Rite the son of a Mason is called a ' Lowton , ' as among the English he is called a' Lewis , ' and is entitled to the privilege of being initiated three years before his majority . In many of the lodges in France there is an interesting ^ custom called 'the adoption of a Lowton ' . . . . the proceedings on such an occasion are thus

^ described by Clavel in his ' Histoire Pittoresque de la Franc-Maconnerie . ' " Then follows an account very similar to that given by Oliver , except that it is fuller , and commences by speaking of the " wife of a Mason , " and again " the son of a brother , " without the qualifying words " who is a Master Mason . " In the " Freemasons' Magazine " of 10 th May , 1862 , in answer to an inquiry where the ceremony of Masonic

baptism could be seen , a correspondent sends a cutting from an American paper containing a very similar , but not identical , account ; but commencing "a Louveteau is the son of a Mason , " and using the phrases " the wife of a Mason , " "the son of one of our brothers . " Mackey , in his " Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry , " has a long article on Lewis , in which he says : " 3 . The son of a Mason is in England called a Lewis , because it is his duty to

support the sinking powers and aid the failing strength of his parents . . . . In Browne ' s'Master Key , 'which is supposed to represent the Prestonian Lecture , we find the following definition : ' What do we call the son of a Freemason ? A Lewis . . . . What is the duty of a Lewis , the son of a Mason , to his aged parents ? To bear . . . . His privilege for so doing ? To be made a Mason before any other person , however dignified by birth , rank , or riches , unless he , through complaisancewaives this

, privilege . ' The lecture does not state in exact terms the whole nature of the privileges of a Lewis . Not only has he in an initiation the precedence of all other candidates , but in England and France the right to be initiated at an early age . For while the general law in both these countries requires a candidate to have reached the ageof 21 , a Lewis can be received when only 18 . No such regulation is , it is true , to be found in the English Constitution , but , as Oliver

says , it is ' a traditional custom ; ' and a provision seems to have been made for it by allowing the prerogative of dispensing with the usual requirement of age in certain eases . In this country ( America ) , where the symbolism of the Lewis is unknown , no such right is now recognised . " ( Mackey has previously stated that the Lewis has not been

adopted as a symbol by the American Masons except in Pennsylvania . ) " It is , however , probable that the custom formerly existed , derived from England ; and it has been thus attempted , I think reasonably enough , to explain the fact that Washington was initiated when he was only 20 years andS months old . "