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JOHN HERVEY MEMORIAL J FUND . V . W . Bro . Sir J B . MONCKTON , F . S . A ., P . G . D ., President of the ' Board of General Purposes , Chairman . . £ 3 . d . Amount already acknowledged in Freemason 93 S S o SUBSEQUENT RECEIPTS . Bro . the Right Honourable Sir JOHN WHITTAKER ELLIS , Bart ., Lord Mayor , J . G . Warden 5 5 ° Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 13 S 5 ... 220 Caedeivain Lodge , No . 1594 ... . ... I 1 o St . John's Lodge , No . 221 220 Bro . F . H . Wilson lies , M . D ., Dep . P . G . M ., Herts 1 1 o Wickham Lodge , No . KJ 24 . * > 3 o St . Paul's Lodge , No . 194 5 5 o Mayo Lodge ( Punjab ) , No . 1413 110 Zetland Lodge , No . 5 ( 11 1 1 o Bro . Geo . Des-Geneys , VV . M . 1 705 ... ... 100 PER DISTRICT GRAND LOIIUE OF THE PUNJAB ( Bro . Walter Adlard , P . M ., 14 S 3 , & c , Deputy District Grand Master ) : Charity Lodge ( Umballa ) , No . 563 ... 1 13 2-J Wahab Lodge ( Sealkote ) No . 9 SS ... : 2 14 i Himalayan Brotherhod Lodge ( Simla ) , No . 45 'J 5 4 0 Stewart Lodge , No . i 960 1 if ) IOJSutlej Lodge ( Amritsar ) , No . 1442 ... , 5 12 2 \ Northern Star Lodge ( Ferozepore ) , No . ... I 4 <> 3 » ' ° ? Excelsior Lodge ( Dugshai ) , No . 1722 ... 1 o o | Hope and Perseverance Lodge ( Lahore ) , No . 7 S 2 1 1 o ; District Grand Lodge ( Punjab ) 5 5 o Love and Honour Lodge , No . 75 1 i o RoyalSussex Lodge , No . 342 220 Total £ ySS 3 o N . B . —Of the above amount the sum of £ 900 has bcen invested in the purchase of £ 903 J - 4 * L New Three per Cent . Stock , in the names of four Trustses . Remittances and all communications in respect to the Fund should be sent tothe Hon . Sec , Bro . R . R . DAVIS , P . M . 256 , Z . 7 ; Melvill Lodge , Manor-road , Wallington , Surrey . Cheques should he crossed " London and Westminster Bank , account of the John Hervey Memorial Fund . "

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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCOKFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . JOHN M . CLABON , Esij ., HON . SECRKTARV . This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ 10 10 s ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of In-

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patients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , W . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary .

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VILLA RESIDENCES , to be Let or Sold ( charming ) , rents from £ 35 to £ 55 per annum ; seven , eight , nine , and ten rooms ; close tn two Metropolitan District Railway stations and main road , 'bus route to City ; each fitted with gas , bells , bath-room , hot and cold water , Venetian blinds , and every modern convenience ; gravel soil and good drainage . —Apply to Messrs . Gibbs and Flew , The Cedars Estate Oflice , West Kensington , Station , VV .

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DREADNOUGHT SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL , Greenwich , S . E ., and DISPENSARY , Well-street , London Docks , E ., for Sailors of all Nations . No admission ticket or voting papers of any sort required , but both are entirely free to the whole maritime world , irrespective of race , creed , or nationality . Since establishment upwardsof 22-j , 000 have been relieved from no less than forty-two different ' countries , and the number of patients durin" 1 SS 1 , was 713 ., as compared with 4245 , the average of the preceding ten years . Qualification of a governor one guinea annually , or a donation of ten guineas . New annual subscrip tions or contributions will be thankfully received by the hankers , Messrs . Williams , Deacon and Co "o , Birchin-lane , E . G ., or by the Secretary at the Hospital . Funds arc urgently needed for this truly Cosmopolitan Charity , which is supported by voluntary contributions . VV . V . EVANS , Secretary .

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SATURDAY , AUGUST 12 , 1 S 82 .

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[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion ' . ]

THE STATUS OF P . Ms . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , 'the obscurity said to exist in the Book of Constitutions on the status of Past Masters has , to some minds at least , been rather added to than diminished by the recent

correspondence in the Freemason . The status of a Past Master in relation ( 1 ) to Grand Lodge ; ( 2 ) to Provincial Grand Lodge ; and ( 3 ) , to the lodge in which he has been VV . M ., is clearly laid down in the present Constitutions . * ( 1 . ) In relation to Grand Lodge : Continuity of

subscription , either to the lodge of which he was VV . M ., or to any other lodge under the English Constitution , preserves his statusas a member of Grand Lodge . ( See p . 18 , article 1 . ) ( 2 . ) In relation to Provincial Grand Lodge : Mastership of a lodge within the province gives the status of " Member of the P . G . Lodge ; " and continuity of subscription

within the province preserves the status . ( See p . 52 , article 2 . ) ( 3 . ) For the status of a P . M . in relation to the lodge in which he has been VV . M ., see p . 7 S , article 6 ; also p . 97 , article 3 ; and p . 20 , article S . "A Prov . G . D . " seems to ] complain that a P . M . does

not enjoy all thc privileges in a lodge of which hc has not been Master , which he does in the lodge wherein he filled the chair . But a little reflection will show that this complaint is hardly reasonable , for he has not rendered the same services to the former lodge which he has to the latter ; and

only by filling the chair of the lodge he has joined can he become a P . M . of that lodge . He is , however , eligible for election to thc chair by virtue of his past rank , without again filling the office of Warden ; and if he joins a lodge in another provincehe is eligible for provincial rank , though not a member of the Provincial Grand Lodge until he holds

office , or becomes a VV . M . in such province . The services which a brother renders to bis lodge , and the offices which he discharges therein , are the circumstances which procure for him influence and precedence in his lodge ; and it ought not to be a matter of complaint that such influence and precedence cannot be claimed in another

lodge as a matter of right , since the circumstances which procured them in his former lodge are here absent . " P . Prov . G . D . " says , " Why may not a P . M . carry his status to another lodge , as well as an E . A . or an K . C . ? " Hc might have gone a little further , and asked , Why should

not a P . M . carry his status to another lodge ? A P . M . does carry the status of a " ruler of the Craft " wherever he goes , and has many privileges and advantages at most Masonic gatherings over one who has never advanced beyond a Master Mason . Vours faithfully and fraternally , E . T . BUDDEN , P . M . C 22 and 3 SO , and Member of 105 .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Your last number contains a letter from a " 1 ' . Prov . G . D . of East Lancashire " in reference to the status of a P . M ., wliich I think it well to notice by narrating my own similar experience . A hard-working Mason for thirty-four years , that period has been divided between four provinces , and for about a third of it f was a constant * d : Ed . 1 S 73 . iGmo .

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writer in the Freemasons' Magazine , the precursor of the Freemason . Thus I was engaged in many discussions , but gave them up , beneficial results being very doubtful , as reliable legal decisions rested with the Grand Master or the Grand Registrar . I resided in my first province ten years , was initiated in

January , 1 S 4 S , was VV . M . of a very old lodge in 1 S 51 , of which 1 am still . an honorary member , filled several Provincial Grand Offices , and finally became Prov . G . S . W . I was also exalted in one chapter , assisted in founding another , and filled several offices before holding that of Z . In 1 S 5 S 1 removed into another province , where I

remained nine years , joining a lodge in which I always ranked as a P . M . in every respect . There I founded another Craft lodge and also a Mark lodge , of both of which I was the first VV . M ., and also assisted in forming another Royal Arch Chapter . In 1 S 67 I made another change of province , joining a

lodge where I was admitted to all meetings of P . M . ' s . On one occasion , by request of the W . M ., in his absence I took his chair and worked a ceremony , having first obtained the assent of all the ofiicers and members present . A few days later , to my surprise , I received a letter from the Provincial Grand Master , forbidding me to occupy the

W . M . ' s chair of any lodge in his province . I might work a ceremony , but must stand on the floor of the lodge by the side of the pedestal . I replied , expressive of obedience , and also of my intention to appeal to Grand Lodge . The result was that , after some months , he cancelled his prohibition . While in this province I founded a Mark Lodge ,

and was its first VV . M . I also helped to resuscitate a R . A . chapter , which had been in abeyance for some years , and was Z . thereof ; as also of another chapter in a neighbouring town , of which I was one of the founders . In this province I remained till 1 S 74 , when I came to the one in which I am now located , at once joining a very old lodge .

Being several times requested by the VV . M . to work a ceremony , I complied , of course using the generally accepted ritual . This not being in accordance with the obsolete system adopted here , some unpleasantness arose , which was augmented by a refusal to allow me to join any meetings of P . M . ' s . Believing lhat 1 could claim it , 1

wrote to the late Grand Secretary for his opinion , which was not in my favour , and a reference was made to the Grand Registrar with a similar result . I may add that I have since been VV . M . of this lodge , a revision of the ritual having been made . In a day or two I shall have an opportunity of reading

the revised Constitutions , in which I am told that the status of P . M . 's is finally settled , but not in accordance with the views of the P . P . G . D . of East Lancashire and myself . I hear that the law is made much more stringent ; inasmuch as a P . M . joining another lodge is not made eligible for the chair of that lodge until he has filled the office of Warden

111 it . * It seemed to me unreasonable that , after thirty years hard work in provinces , where I had received high honours and had proved thorough competency to do any work in Craft , Arch and Mark Degrees , I should be refused equality with several P . M . ' s who could do neither . In my previous

provinces they were glad to profit by my experience as an old Mason . Yours fraternally , H . H . August 7 th . * We think that our esteemed correspondent must be in error , as a P . M . has already the needful qualification of a Warden of a Lodge . —ED . F . M .

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — My attention has been directed to a letter in thc last week ' s Freemason , signed " P . M . 1 G 47 , " in whicli the writer refers to the case of a girl about to be admitted to the School by purchase without petition . Will the

worthy Past Master be good enough to give the name of the girl so admitted ? At the last General Committee the only girl it was agreed to admit by purchase was Ada Fanny Wright , whose petition in due form was presented to the Committee , and is in the hands of the Secretary , who will be happy to produce it to your correspondent . Yours fraternally , A VICE PATRON .

To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have read the letter of " P . M . 1 G 47 , " in your issue of thc 5 th inst . Evidently the writer cannot have made enquiries on the spot , for if he had done so he would

have learned that the house is not capable of holding the number of children he wishes . It is just possible that three more might be got in , which would make forty , but it is impossible to go beyond that . Health must be considered as well as numbers . Faithfully and fraternally yours , P . G . O .

WAR might with advantage be declared against scarlet fever , measles , and small-pox , and an attempt made to prevent further havoc amongst children and adults . Let everyone co-operate , and , in doing so , use WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP as a preventive measure . It can be bought everywhere . See the wcrds " Sapo Carbonis Detergens" ( as doctors prescribe ) impressed on each tablet and wrapper , without which none is genuine . —• ADVT .