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TESTIMONIAL to Bro . THOMAS POORE , P . M ., P . Z ., P . M . ( Mark ) , P . W . C . N . ( Ark Mariners ) , P . T . I . M . ( Cryptic Degrees ) , 18 ° , & c . IN consideration of the long services devoted to the cause of Masonry in its various grades by this highlyesteemed brother , and in recognition of his abilities as an energetic and courteous Preceptor , the undermentioned brethren have kindly placed their names on the Committee , and have subscribed the following sums : — £ s . d . VV . Bro . Alfred Williams , P . M . ( Chairman ) ... 5 5 o V . W . Bro . D . P . Cama , P . G . Treas . ( Vice-Chairman ) 5 5 ° V . W . Bro . H . B . Marshall , J . P ., P . G . Treas . ... 5 5 0 W . Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , P . G . D 5 5 o „ Major G . Lambert , F . S . A ., P . G . S . B . 5 5 o „ George Kenning , P . G . D . Middx . ... 550 „ G . Lilley , P . M 5 5 o „ W . R . Palmer , P . M 5 5 o „ T . C . Walls , P . P . G . S . B . Middx . ... 220 „ H . J . Lardner , P . P . G . Org . Surrey ... 220 „ J . L . Mather , A . G . D . C 1 1 o „ C . F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br 1 1 o „ T . Cubitt , P . G . P 1 1 o „ H . Lovegrove , P . P . G . S . of Wks . Middx . 1 1 o „ F . Bennett , W . M . 1 1 o „ Captain J . E . Anderson , P . M 1 1 0 „ G . Graveley , P . M . I I o „ E . Storr , P . M t 1 o „ T . Clarke , P . M I I 0 „ C . Slater , P . M 1 1 0 „ H . H . Shirley , M . A ., P . M 1 1 o „ R . B . Bryant , P . M 1 1 o „ J . Voisey , P . M 1 1 o „ G . W . Marsden , jun ., P . M 1 1 o „ C . Pulman , P . M o 10 6 „ G . Allen , P . M o 10 6 £ 61190 Cheques and P . O . O . may be made payable to Bro . H . J . Lardner ( Hon . Treas . ) , St . Clement's House , Clementlane , E . C . Brethren desirous of co-operating with the Committee are requested to communicate by letter with Bro . T . C . Walls ( Hon . Sec ) , East Temple Chambers , E . C .

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Ready December 21 st , Price 6 d . THE Cbvistmas*IRumber OF THE "FREEMASON" Will contain Tales by R . E . FRANCILLON , G . MANVILLE FENN and J PENDLETON , and Masonic Articles by Bros . VV . J . HUGHAN , R . F . GOULD , G . B . ABBOTT , and other Masonic Writers ; together with a full page Illustration from a print by BARTOLOZZI , of a Festival of tke Royal Masonic Institution for Girls in the last Century . Orders should be given to any Bookseller or News Agent , or sent direct to the Office , iG , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

Among contributions held over owing to press of matter ares "THE HISTORY OFTHE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS FROM ITS ORIGIN 17 SS TO ITS CENTENARY 18 S 8 . "

CRAFTRanelagh Lodge , No . S 34 . Harlesden Lodge , No . 209 S . BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " Freemasons' Repository , " "Keystone , " "Die Bauhutte , " * ' New Zealand Masonic journal , " and " South African Free , mason . "

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SATURDAY , DECEMBER 17 , 1887 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ATTENDANCE BOOKS AT PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGES .

lo the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , With reference to Bro . Henry Lashmore's enquiry in the Freemason dated 29 th October , permit me to say that at the Special Communication of this District Grand Lodge , held on the 12 th ult . for the purpose of installing H . R . H . the Dukeof Connaught as D . G . M . for Bombay , I , having anticipated the difficulty he ( Bro . Lashmore ) mentions , had four attendance rolls , so that four brothers could sign their names at one and the same time . Each roll

was made up of hve sheets fastened at the corner only , each sheet contained lines for 20 signatures , so that each scroll recorded 100 names . I found this to answer very nicely . —Yours fraternally , W . H . HUSSEY . D . G . Secretary . District Grand Lodge Bombay , iSth November . P . S . —Nearly 400 Master Masons attended .

To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In reply to the letter of Bro . J . A . Birch , under the head of " The Charity Committee of East Lancashire , " in your issue of the ioth inst ., 1 bee to sav that vour report of the nroceedines of the

THE CHARITY COMMITTEE OF EAST LANCASHIRE .

Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire , held at Manchester on the 23 id ult ., contains a statement made by me with respect to the "Blair Nomination , " the publication of which appears to have roused the ire of my friend and brother Birch . The facts are as follows : The minutes of the Charity Committee above alluded to , together with the minutes of the meeting of a former Provincial Grand Lodge , being

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proposed to be , and having been , taken as read , it occurred to me that a considerable number ot the brethren present would remain in ignorance of the fact that a nomination had been made or attempted to be made at all , and I , therefore , considered it my duty to make the remarks I did , with a view of their being entered on the minutes of the proceedings of that meeting , for the guidance of future

Charity Committees , and also to record the fact that althout h the power of nomination was vested in the Charity Committee , it could only be exercised in accordance with the intention of the donor , and amounted to a trust , and , therefore , could not be bartered in any way . Bro . Birch was present in his corporeal capacity , and ample opportunity was afforded him to reply ; had he done

so he would then have been addressing those brethren who were immediately concerned . Instead of doing so , he rushes into print for the information of those who have no interest therein . To the first paragraph of Bro . Birch ' s letter I simply state on good authority ( not being present ) that one of the two barristers present ( alluded to in his letter ) did

challenge their power to make such a nomination , and that the division on the question was a very long way off being unanimous ; and further , that when I spoke ( " although I knew what had been done" ) my remarks were not supererogatory , and that I was not really finding fault with what had not been done , but endeavouring to prevent any

future attempt to do that which was not done . To the second paragraph of Bro . Birch ' s letter I have simply to say that his remarks are wrong both in substance and in fact . The third paragraph is gratuitous , unnecessary , and uncalled for . —I am , faithfully yours , J . L . HINE . December 12 th .

10 the Editor of the " Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , The lecture to which you are kind enough to again allude in your leaderette of to-day was made as complete in itself as possible ; but it is merely introductory to a series I intend giving on modern Freemasonry , briefly described as follows , viz . : —

GOOD-FELLOWSHIP .

* 2 . Its ceremonies as they affect lodge officers , lodge working , and lodge prosperity . * 3 . Its social aspect compared with early Freemasonry . * 4 . Lodge duties as they affect the W . M . and Past Masters . 5 . As a moral and social reformer ; and of what it is capable as such .

In No . 3 will possibly be included all you would wish me to say on good-fellowship . I have not hitherto been in the habit of printing my Masonic lectures . I could not , however , refuse permission for my lodge to print the lecture to which you refer , since then 1 felt bound to reprint it for distribution in lodges , and copies may he had for that purpose on application to me at 2 s . 6 d . per dozen , post free . —Yours truly and fraternally ,

J . RAMSDEN RILEY . Bradford , December 10 th . Those lectures marked * will not be printed ; of No . 5 I am not yet quite certain . —J . R . R .

RECENT MEETING OF GRAND LODGE .

To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In reading the report of last Grand Lodge it might appear that I had moved my motion in opposition to the Earl of Lathom . Such , however , is not the case . It happened I had sent my resolution in the beginning of November , and I had no idea that the Earl of Lathom

would move on the same subject , otherwise I would have refrained from placing my motion on the agenda . I even went to Grand Lodge to withdraw my motion when 1 was made aware that the Earl of Lathom had proposed a similar one , when I was informed that it was too late , as the

agenda ,-yas in print . I , therefore , had no other way open than in open lodge to support the motion of the Earl of Lathom , and , with permission , withdraw mine . I am glad to see that the Grand Lodge of Mark Masons has adopted my motion as given in Grand Lodge . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , MAURICE SPIEGEL , P . M . 188 .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

v . :. " ~ - :. . ¦ v :--= a SEPHER YETZIRAH . The Book of Formation , and the Thirty-Two paths of Wisdom . Translated from the Ancient Hebrew by Dr . W . WYNN WESTCOTT , M . B . Published by R . Fryar , Bath .

This very ancient Rabbinical treatise is a very curious and instructive remnant of the learning of the pre-Christian era . It is an allegorical parallel between numbers and the several parts of the created universe ; it is not a paraphrased Genesis , but a scheme showing the co-relation of the celestial bodies , the terrestrial states , and thehuman organs . The letters of the Hebrew abhabet form the

basis of computation , being divided into three Mothers , A , M , S ; seven double letters , and twelve single ; these are compared with the powers ot the Triad , the Heptad , and the Dodecad . The 32 paths are the 22 letters with the 10 numerals , each associated with a dogmatic definition of a pecularily abstract and abstruse character . The work is supplemented by Notes and Comments by Dr . Wynn

Westcott ; these cast considerable light on the subject , which seems to be a deep Kabhalistic puzzle . Our author traces in connection between this book , the " IsiacTablet " and the Tarot scheme of Eliphaz Levi , believing that these form the foundation of the secrets of Freemasonry . The volume is well printed , and the Hebrew letters are very clear and distinct .

On Saturday evening , Bro . Sir Frederick Leighton , President of the Royal Academy , presided at the distribution of prizes won by the Students of the Royal Academy Schools .