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SECOND EDITION , NOW READY . SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ISSUE . THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR&POCKETBOOK For 1887 . Price 2 s . ; Post Free , 2 s . Id . i 20 pages ? flexible roan , Gilt edges , tuck or elastic band . "The most comprehensive Masonic Book of Reference issued , " The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar contains Ml particulars of all Grand Masonic Bodies in England , Scotland , and Ireland . With comp lete lists ot Craft Lodges , giving dates of Constitution , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Knights Templar Preceptories , Antient and Accepted Rite , Red Cross Conclaves , Colleges , the Allied Masonic Degrees , & c . Also the Grand Bodies , with their Officers , in France , Belgium , Switzerland , Germany , Spain , Portugal , Italy , the Netherlands , Sweden and Norway , Denmark , Hungary , Greece , Turkey , Egypt , Canada , Manitoba , Quebec , New Brunswick , British Columbia , United States , Havti , Central and South America , South Australia , Uruguay , Porto-Rico , Republic of Liberia , Cuba , New Zealand , & c , . g iving in most cases also List of Lodges , & c . It also contains the Three Charges and Entered Apprentice ' s Song . There are also Lists of London CRAFT AND MARK LODGES , AND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS . Those Meeting in the Country are shewn in towns alphabetically arranged . Tables are given shewing the different Lodges and Chapters grouped under their respective Provinces ; and a List of Lodges and Chapters meeting on Foreign Stations . The London Meetings of the Craft , Royal Arch , Mark , Allied Degrees , Ancient and Accepted Rite , Knights Templar , and Red Cross are noted in the Memorandum space of each day . Meetings of the various Committees of Grand Lodge , Grand Chapters , and Charitable Institutions are also given . May be had of all Booksellers , or at George Kenning ' s Establishments : — LONDON : 16 , GREAT QUEEN STREET , opposite Freemasons' Hall ( office of publication ) . „ 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 Little Britain ; 195 and 197 , Aldersgate Street . LIVERPOOL : 2 , Monument Place . MANCHESTER : 47 , Bridge Street . GLASGOW : 9 , West Howard Street .

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NOW READY . MASONIC ~ RECORDS , 1717-1886 , Comprising a complete List of all the Lodges warranted by the Four Grand Lodges and the United Grand Lodge of England , with their Dates , Places of Meeting , Successive Numbers , & c , & c ., by JOHN LANE , F . C . A ., P . M . 1402 , Torquay . The work is dedicated , by gracious permission , to H . R . H . Jne Prince of Wales , K . G ., K . T ., & c , & c , M . W . Grand Master , and contains a fac simile of Pine ' s Engraved List of 1725 , and an introduction by W . Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , P . G . S . D . England . It contains 340 pages , and is handsomely bound in blue cloth , bevelled boards , with top edge only gilt . In consequence of the work containing 40 pages more than ori ginally contemplated , the expense of production has been very considerably increased , and the price is now necessaril y increased to £ 1 lis . 6 d . nett . GEORGE KENNING , "Freemason" Office , 16 & I 6 A , Great Queen Street , London , W . C . , J ' cost of postage or carriage not being included in he above price , must be added in all cases inhere prepay' ienl of postage , & c , is necessary . The weight of the ^ s f ^ tlhout packing , is nearly 5 lb .

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RRO . BINCKES' PRESENTATION KJ FUND . P resident— THE E ARL OK L ATHOM , D . G . M ., & Prov . G . M , W . Lancashire . t reasurer—Bro . G EORGE P LUCKNETT , P . G . D . England , and Treasurer of the R . M . I . B . Ron . Secretary--Bro . C . F . HOGARD , P . M ., P . Z ., & c . Grn n r ' p '' ons ' ° t ' ie above Fund will be received by Bro . p *~ - PLUCKNETT , 4 6 , Connaught-sq ., W ., or by Bro . C . all f GARD j 45 a , Cheapside , London , E . C , by whom also tu rther particulars will be furnished . The Fund will close in April .

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JUBILEE YEAR . NEW MASONIC HALL , For Festival Banquets , Dinners , Balls , & c , ABERCOM HOTEL , STANMOEE BRO . CHARLES VEAL , Proprietor .

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g , Moule ' s EARTH System , yl ° - ¦ ^ J . W . Girdlestone's Patent , E . % -gfli . 5 a , GrARRICK STREET , SYS __ COYEST GARDES , LOHDOH .

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TELEGKAPHICADDRESSES(Inland). For the Freemason Printing Works—FREEMASON , LONDON . For Jewels , Clothing , Banners , and Furniture—KENNING , LONDON .

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THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE . Secretaries of lodges desiring to distribute the circular of the Pro Grand Master amongst the members of their lodges , may obtain copies on application to the Publisher of the Freemason who will supply them at the rate of five shillings per 100 .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

KOSJIOS . —The subject is one which we think had better not be discussed in our columns . The body you refer to is to all intents and purposes a Club , and as such is free to elect or reject whom it pleases as members .

The following , amongst other communications , unavoidably stand over : — CRAFT LODGES—Anchor and Hope , No . 37 ; Adam ' s , No . 15 S ; Mariners , No . 249 ; St . John ' s , No . 279 ; La Tolerance , No . 538 ; Henley , No . 1472 ; Comet , No . i ( 5 So . LODGE oi" INSTRUCTION—Wandsworth , No . 1044 . ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER—St . John ' s , No . 348-Leeds Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution .

BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " Die Bauhutte , " " Hull and East Yorkshire Times , " " Star and Cradle , " " Freemasons' Calendar for Leicestershire and Rutland , " " Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " Masonic Review , " " El Taller , " " New Zealand Freemason , " " Sunday Times" 0 ondon ) , ' Proceedings of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templars and the Appendant Orders of Massachusetts and Kh-ide Island , " " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the Communwealth of Massachusetts , " " Illustrated Naval and Milirary Magazine , ' " Cook and Housekeeper , " " Court Cucu ' . at , " " Freemasons' Journal" ( New York ) , "Masonic Era and Analectic , " "Keystone , " "New York Dispatch , " * ' Lancaster Daily Examiner , " " Sunday Times " ( New York ) , "Jewish Chronicle , " " Cassell ' s National Library , " "The Liberal Freemason , " " Cadiz Masonica , " and " Western Morning News . "

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gA ^^^^ SSS ^^ aSlSg : ^ £ & ~ X . 3 . . V ^ CvSASSin ] iw ^^ ifcr rrM ^ w ^ m ? : '^~ -w («/ . pbi \ ^^^^ a ^ is ^ s ^^^^ ^ ° is W \ mS ^ s ^ P ^^^^ SSSS jS ^^ ^^ S SS ^^^ Ml SATURDAY , MARCH 12 , 1887 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves tesponsiblefoi , oi even approving o £ theopinionscxpressedby ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1 .

MASONIC HALLS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Will you kindly permit rae , through your columns , to ask for copies of any Rules , Regulations , and By-Laws which have been found useful for the management of Masonic Halls . —Yours fraternally , W . R . MASSIE , P . M . 1513 . Masonic Hall , Bamsley .

ARTICLE 153 OF THE BOUK OF CONSTITUTIONS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In common with many other brethren , I was very pleased that bro . Stevens withdrew his motion . IE it had been carried the Board of Benevolence would have lost " much gold , " and if it had been lost the London brethren would have lost their chances of a " little purple . " As the

matter now stands , through the withdrawal of the motion , there is a grand opportunity forthe M . W . G . M . to meet the wishes of the London brethren by making a concession in regard to the much coveted purple . It it be not overstepping the respectful bounds in which it is my duty to keep , 1 would like to suggest that as we have Provincial and District Grand Lodges , so we should have London or

Metropolitan Grand Lodges . 'Ihus , the Fund of Benevolence would retain the extra dues , and the many hardworking and deserving London brethren would receive a " mark of favour . " It would not be difficult to arrange for four or six Metropolitan Grand Lodges , and it would be a grand work for the commemoration of this , the Jubilee year of her Most Gracious Majesty ' s teign .

There is plenty of time between this and the next Quarterly Communication for the perfecting of such a scheme , and 1 am sure that it would be the subject of much rejoicing among thote who now feel that theie is little or no chance of receiving Grand Lodge honours . Ihe Metropolitan Grand Lodges could be constituted in exactly the same manner as the present Provincial Grand

Lodges , and by so doing we should be saved any serious alterations in the Book of Constitutions , tor it would be only necessary to add after the word "Provincial" the word " Metropolitan , " in the various articles in which we now have the expression " Provincial or District Grand Lodges . "

Most respectfully , 1 beg to submit this suggestion to H . R . H . the M . W . G . Master , as a way out ot the difficulty , which will meet all the objections that might be raised to the withdrawal of Article 153 , and at the same time cause much satisfaction in the London lodges . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , C . W .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

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m-mwnr " ~ ^ rJ ^ - * -m ~* --maBn ™ " ™ " ^™ 715 ] MASONIC CURIOS . Bro . William Watson , P . M ., Leeds , has kindly sent me photo of a pitcher , with Masonic emblems on either side , which is ot considerable interest and value . The colour is the pale strain generally seen in "Old Leeds , " the ware being exceedingly light in weight . On the front is a scroll , with the legend , "Cooke Town , " varnished , leading Bro . Watson to think it had wandered to Dublin at some time

or other . On one side' are exhibited the arms of the " Atholl" Grand Lodge , with the motto— " Holiness to the Lord , " enclosed between two columns having a motto on each— " Virtue and Silence—True Friendship "—and surmounted by figures . Behind is an arch and the keystone prominently depicted , & c , and the legend" Cemented with Love "—on the other stones . In front ,

at the foot , are three steps which lead to the abutments , from which the arch springs . Immediately above the motto to the arms , are the square , level , and compasses intermixed , on either side of which occurs No . 225 , and London , below . By this number we are enabled easily to recognise the lodge , as it was evidently of Atholl origin . The present Lodge of Temperance , warranted 4 th May , 17 S 4 , bore this

number until the "Union , " when it became 2 S 1 , changing for 19 S in 1832 , and finally becoming 16 9 in 1 S 63 . * I wonder if the early records of this lodge throw any light on the origin of this pitcher . I am inclined to think that they will , if carefully searched , which should certainly be done . On the other side is a complicated Masonic design , rich in Masonic emblems , profusion and confusion being the

rule . Bro . Watson will be glad to hear that 1 have traced the greater part of the design in an engraving in the " Reminiscences of the Worcester Lodge of Freemasons , " by my lamented friend , Bro . C . C . Whitney Griffiths . In the preface we are told that the singular frontispiece is from " a copperplate executed for the Royal Porcelain Works by the celebrated lames Ross about 1772 . " The \ ve \ l-Unov * n

motto , " Sit lux et lux fuit" is immediately recognised , the only alteration from the Worcester original being the sub-. stitution of a portion of a large building , with a grand entrance , for the arms of the regular Grand Lod ^ e of England ( "Moderns" ) , to which ihe well-known Worcester lodge belonged . The pitcher is in perfect condition , and is certainly a rarity . Bro . Waison is also the fortunate possessor of a rare old Masonic mug , literally covered with