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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . INSTITUTED 17 S 8 . CHIEF PATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . TlRELY SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS . THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Will be held AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , LONDON , W . C , ON TUESDAY , 12 th OF MAY , UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENCY OF THE RIGHT HON < L 0 RD CARRINGTON , G . C . M . G ., M . W . Past Grand Master New South Wales , ' and R . W . Prov . Grand Master Bucks . P RESIDENT BOARD OF S TEWARDS . R . W . Bro . Sir JOHN B . MONCKTON , F . S . A ., P . G . W . TREASURER . W . Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , P . G . D . Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion are urgently needed , and will greatly oblige by sending in their names as early as convenient . F . R . W . HEDGES , Office—5 , Freemasons' Hall , Secretary . Great Queen-street , W . C . pS—As the Chairman of the Festival is Past Grand Master of New South Wales , the Committee will be delighted to welcome all subscribing New South Wales Brethren , not only at the Institution on the Prize Day , Monday , nth May , but also at the Festival .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

N EWCASTLE . —The following extract from the Book of Constitutions , Rule 130 , will answer your query : "Every lodge shall annually , on the day named in its by-laws for that purpose , proceed to elect its Master by ballot from among those of its members who have served for one year the office of Master or Warden in a regular lodge warranted under the English Constitution . " The following communications unavoidably stand over :

CKAFTLion and Lamb Chapter , No . iga . Annual Festival of Grand Masters' Mark Lodge of Instruction

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SATURDAY , APRIL I 8 , 1891 . . »

Masonic Notes.

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We congratulate the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Bro . J . Morrison McLeod ) on the recognition which his services have received from the

Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers , who so heartily adopted the recommendation of the late Provisional Management Committee to increase the emoluments of his office from ^ 300 to ^ 400 per

annum . Bro . McLeod has not been a year in harness , ° ut he has fully realised the great expectations that were formed of his fitness for the post and the energy

with which it was almost certain he would discharge his duties . Moreover , the Provisional Management Lommittee appear to have recognised that in fixing his commencing salary at £ 300 per annum , they were ,

' » point of fact , assigning him a remuneration which hardl y corresponded with the laborious nature of his unties and the wei ght of his responsibilities . They

wisel y , therefore , availed themselves of the opportunity ° f recommending in their final report that this shortcoming should be remedied , and the General Court has wisel y acted on their recommendation .

* * * Ihe news as regards the approaching Festival of the Wal Masonic Institution for Girls is satisfactory , veral additions having been made since we last wrote the Board of Stewards , which is now more nearly

n a level than it was a fortni ght since with last year ' s ara . But we cannot expect , under circumstances 'ch have been again and again described in these

columns that the Returns , will be on a much larger ^ than they were last year . Indeed , we shall coner ^ e Institution fortunate if the subscriptions rea ch as hi gh a total .

n ° ur article last week on Bro . Sadler ' s new work 1 nomas Dunckerley : his Life , Labours , and Letters : " , ,. . \ omitted to mention the plates with th . is embellished . The most important of D ° is obviousl y the portrait of Bro . Thomas n erley . which serves as the frontispiece

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to the work . It is described at foot as having been engraved by a J . Jones , from a painting by Thomas Beach , and is dedicated to H . R . H . the Duke of Cumberland , who was M . W . G . M . from 1782 till his death in 1790 . It has all the appearance of being an

excellent likeness , while as an engraving it possesses undoubted merit . Those who are curious in such matters will have little difficulty in detecting a strong likeness between Dunckerley and his putative father , George II . * * *

The other portraits are of Frederick Prince of Wales , who was Dunckerley ' s half-brother—if the latter's by no means improbable story of his parentage is correct—and was the first member of our Royal Family who was initiated into Freemasonry , and

George II . Both these are engravings by J . Faber , the painter of Fred . Prince of Wales being Bro . I . Davison , and of King George II ., Bro . J . Hig hmore . These also are valuable as engravings as well as from their connection with Dunckerley . * * *

There are also engravings of Dunckerley's book plate , his armorial seal , a seal or paper stamp containing a number of Masonic emblems , and his seals of the Chevalier Kadosh and the Grand Conclave of the Order of the Temple , of which he was the first

Grand Master . For the particulars relating to these engravings we must refer our readers to the preface , which Bro . W . H . Rylands—a most learned authority

on all such matters—has so kindly and so ably written . The explanations he furnishes are so clear and concise that they must be read , as he has set them forth , in order to be rightly understood and appreciated .

A lecture on " The Degrees of Pure and Antient Freemasonry" was delivered by Bro . R . F . Gould , P . G . D ., before the Hampshire Lodge of Emulation , No . 1990 , at Portsmouth on the nth inst . A report of the proceedings will be given in our next issue . * * *

The annual report of the Grand Lodge of Maryland is full of interesting details , particularly for the members of that active body , but also for many of the Brotherhood in England , who remember the welcome

visit to this country of the M . W . Bro . Thomas J . Shryock , the esteemed Grand Master , who is Grand Representative of our Grand Lodge . * * *

One of the illustrations in the handsomely got up volume represents the costly silver service , which was presented to the M . W . Bro . T . J . Shryock by the lodges in Baltimore , in appreciation of his " noble and

unselfish devotion to the interests of our Order in accomplishing so many grand and beneficial results , " and trusting that the beautiful gift " may serve through life to keep ever alive in his memory his grand and good work for the Masons of Maryland . "

Through the Grand Master ' s efforts mainly , and by his able management , the large debt on the Masonic Temple of nearly half a million dollars has been reduced to some 50 , 000 , and this only during five years . * * * The destruction of the Temple by fire so soon after

the great bazaar was a terrible catastrophe , but we understand the insurance on the building and probable sale of the site for a remunerative price will lead to the cost of erection of another Masonic hall being wholly covered . We congratulate our distinguished

brother on such a well-deserved presentation , and trust he will , as Grand Master , not only lay the foundationstone of a new Masonic Temple worthy of his Grand Lodge , but be spared to rejoice and take part in its completion . * # #

The Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland has granted three warrants for Mark lodges in Melbourne , Australia . A Provincial Grand Lodge is also to be formed .

Bro . Sir W . J . Clarke , Bart ., M . W . G . M . of Victoria ,, will pay another visit to England next November . He will be accompanied by Lady Clarke and his second son , Mr . Clive Clarke , who is to enter the Sandhurst Military College .

The last meeting of the Drury Lane Lodge for thewinter session was held at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday last . Bro . Fernandez occupied the chair of W . M ., and Bros . Bancroft and Harry Nicholls those of the S . W . and J . W . respectively . Three candidates were initiated and one passed . Amongst the visitors

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present was Bro . Lord Justice Fitzgibbon , of Dublin , who warmly congratulated the W . M . on the working , and tendered his grateful thanks for the elocutionary treat that had been afforded to him by a visit to the lodge . * * *

The Cornish Lodge met at Mark Masons' Hall on Saturday , and the W . M ., Bro . N . J . West , conferred the three Degrees on the several candidates . There was a good attendance of members and visitors , and

the founders can now fairly congratulate themselves on the decided success that has crowned their efforts to establish a centre of Masonic interest in London for resident and visiting Cornishmen . We hope to give a report in our next .

It is with unfeigned regret we hear that the late Bro . T . Carter , Lay-Vicar of Westminster Abbey , has left his widow and daughter in very reduced circumstances . A long illness , extending over three years , both lessened his opportunities for following his profession , and at

the same time made very serious inroads on the provision he had made against the inevitable rainy day . However , we are pleased to see that his services have not been lost sight of , and that a Committee has been formed for the purpose of raising a fund to assist

the family who survive him . Among the members of this Committee are the Rev . S . Flood Jones , M . A ., Preceptor of Westminster Abbey ; and Bros . J .

Sampson Peirce , P . G . D . ; C . S . Jeky ll , P . G . Org . ; Theodore Distin , and J . Finch , and we strongly recommend the case to the kind consideration and sympathy of our readers .

* * * We are very pleased to note that the Grand Lodge of Maryland ( Bro . T . J . Shryock , G . M . ) accepted the report of the Committee on Correspondence , submitted

by Bro . E . 1 . Schultz , the Chairman , in tavour of not recognising the so-called " Grand Lodge of New Zealand" ( because of the reasons stated ) , but " to defer the subject awaiting further developments . "

Bro . Schultz declares that out of 148 lodges 58 have withheld their assent , " and thus he styles the seceders " the majority . " According 10 the careiul report prepared by Bros . James and Neill ,. the Prov . Grand Secretaries at Dunedin for the English and

Scottish Grand Lodges respectively , only 52 have seceded out of 14 S , so that the new creation , lermed the '' Grand Loage of New Zealand , " is in tne minority

and those lodges who remain under the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are in the majority . It is well to bear this fact in mind , the official report of which bears date ist October , 1 S 90 .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for 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 . ^ ROYAL ARCH MASONRY IN QUEENSLAND .

To the Editor of the Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As a regular subscriber and reader of the Freemason , it is refreshing to read the reports of the various meetings of the chapters and lodges of the higher Degrees in the Old Country ; but , taking as I do

great interest in all affairs Masonic in this Colony , the reading of these reports often fills me with grief that such gatherings are not in vogue in this portion of the world , i ' o all English Masons , looking upon the Royal Arch as the acme of pure and ancient Masonry , it seems strange that in Queensland there are so few

facilities for obtaining that Degree in an English chapter . At the present time there is but one English chapter working in the district , which comprises an area equal to about four times that of the United Kingdom , and this has only recently been resuscitated after a long period of inactivity . The Scotch bretnren

have chapters established , and in active operation in many towns , all of which are well worked and attended . Personally , I ascribe this to the fact that there is no head to English Arch Masonry in the Colony , and my object in writing this is to endeavour to enlist your attention and sympathy in urging the appointment of

a Grand Superintendent for the district , who would give an impetus to the progress of Royal Arch Masonry for English Masons in Queensland . The same remarks apply to Mark Masonry , only one lodge meeting in Queensland under the English banner .

In our honoured District Grand Master , Bro . the Hon . A . C . Gregory , in our Deputy , Bro . Barnett , and in our respected Secretary , Bro . Fenwick , we have men enthusiastic in Masonry , and the government of the Craft in Queensland could not be in better hands . I only hope that it is feasible to establish a District Grand

Chapter and a District Grand Lodge respectively tor Queensland Royal Arch and Mark Masons , and thus give an opportunity for English Masons to remain under their proper banners and afford another opportunity of making Freemasonry flourish . —Yours lraternally ,

A R . A . AND M . M . M . ; Brisbane , Queensland , March 4 th .