Freemasonry In County Down.

upwards oT 20 years , so greatly to the advantage of Freemasonry and his own credit , and a year later Bro . Colonel THOMAS A . M'CAMMON , who hid been installed as his successor some months previously , presented him with an address and silver

salver , as " a trifling evidence of the gratitude , esteem , and brotherly love " of his Down brethren . We trust the next time it is our good fortune to read of the further doings of the Craft

in this favoured Province , we shall find the evidences of its prosperity to the full as gratif ying as are those disclosed in the report lor 188 S-9 S , which Bro . CROSSLE , as Provincial Grand Secretary , has taken such pains to compile .

Consecration Of The Brondesbury Lodge, No. 2698.

CONSECRATION OF THE BRONDESBURY LODGE , No . 2698 .

The consecration of the above lodge took place on the nth inst ., at the Earl Derby Hotel , Kilburn . The latest add tion to the ever-increasing number of Metropolitan lodges starts under excellent auspxes , having a strong bcdy of founders and an experienced first Master in Bro . R . J . Campbtll , P . M .

The consecration ceremony was performed by Bro . E . Letchworth , G . Sec , assisted by Bros . Jas . Stephens , Dep . G . D . C-, as S . W . ; John J . Thomas , P . G . S . B ., as J . W . ; Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , as Chap . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., as D . C ; and Walter Martin , A . G . P ., as I . G . The following is a list of the founders of the new lodge : Bros . R . J .

Campbell , P . M . ; A . F ; Hardyment , Charles Goodman , George Coxen , Edwin George , P . M . ; Dr . George J . Mirgin , P . M . ; Albert H . Oldrey , Benjamin Stocker , C . W . Paine , J . M . Goodwin , F . Crook . T . Battrum , W . G . Coxen , G . P . H . Stringer , M . Symonds , J . Luxton , H . Coxen , and \ V . A . Unwin .

Amongst the visitors present were—Bros . F . Pardoe , P . M . 1585 ; R . H . Huntley , P . M . 1489 ; Horace A . Huntley W . M . 1489 ; W . Hancock , P . M . 2191 ; L . E . Wilson , P . M . 954 ; J . Scougall P . M . 745 ; H . Wyatt , 1585 ; S . Pardon , P . M . 1585 ; W . G . Dickenson , 2353 ; W . Gray , 1489 ; P . N . Goodman , 24 S 5 ; Harry Willsmer , 1567 ; E . Symonds ,

1366 ; 13 . R . Thomas , 511 ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; F . E . George , T . F . Finn , G- T . Seal , P . M . ; W . Lewis , 1366 ; G . May , H . J . Thomas , P . M . 753 ; W . Harris , 2535 ; W . Ginger , I . P . M . 2361 ; W . H . Brereton , P . P . G . Org . Surrey J . llirper Kearton , I . P . M . 1920 , Prov . G . Org . ; J . T . Musgrave , 753 ; W . W . Le » , l ' . M . ; and others .

Lodge having been formally opsned , thj CONSECRATING OI-TICER , addressing the brethren , said they had assembled for the purpose of undertaking a very interesting ceremony—the consecration of a new lodge which had been founded for the convenience of brethren residing in that particular neighbourhood . He could only hope that the new lodge might hive before it a career of great success and tha" . it might accomplish all the objects the founders had in view .

The D . C . read the warrant for tin new lodge , and the Chaplain , Bro . Rev . J . S . BROWNRIGG , delivered an interesting oration on the nature and pri / iciples of Freemasonry . Tr . e Consecrating Officer then solemnly dedicated and constituted the Brondesbu y Lodge .

The W . M . designate , Bro . R . J . Campbell , P . M ., was next installed into the chair by Bro . K . Lelchwoith , G . Src , and the following ollicers wete invetted : Bros . A . F . Hardyment , S . W . ; Charles Goodimn , J . W . ; George Coxen , Treas . ; Ed ^ in G : orge , P . M ., Sec . ( pro . tew . ); Dr . Geoge J . Morgan , P . M ., I . P . M . dtsignate ; Benjamin Stocker , S . D . ; Albert H . Oldrey , J . D . ; C . W . Paine , I . G . ; J . M . Goodwin , D . C . ; F . Crook and T . Battrum , Stwds . ; and J . W . Smith , P . M ., Tyler .

On the proposition of the W . M ., the Consecrating Officers were accorded a hearty vote of thanks , and were elected hon . members . The G . SECRETARY acknowledged the compliment , and expressed the pleasure it had afforded himself and colleagues to be present . The letters of regret read included messages from Bros . Hastings Miller , J . M . McLeod , Sec . R . M . I . B ., and W . Lake . Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to a well-served banquet . The usual toasts followed .

The W . M . proposed "The Consecrating Officers , " to whom they had previously ace irded a vote of thanks , and whom they had elected honorary members . He ( the W . M . ) tendered his individual thanks for the splendid manner in which the ceremonies had been conducted , and also for the installation of himself into that honourable position . They were well aware that no consecration coiad be conducted without anxiety to some brethren .

but they were indebted to the Grand Officers for their assistance and advice . He had seen the consecration ceremony some years ago , but did not think it could possibly have been done better than that night . The ceremony was doubtless more impressive in palatial buildings than in their humble home , but , taking ths surroundings into consideration , he felt they had all been impressed . Bro . E . LETCHWORTH , G . Sec , said that , in view of the very charming

musical programme before them , they would not expect anything in the nature of a speech from him . His words , though few , would be sincere when he thanked them dr the kind reception given the toast so ably proposed by the W . M . As he had often remarked on similar occasions , there was no duty the Grand Officers undertook which gave them greater p ' easure than in assisting in starting into existence a new lodge , and , from what they

had seen , they could not but believe that the Hrondesbury Lodge had before it a very great future . Nothing could have been more admirable than the arrangements the founder ., had made . The W . M . had spoken of the lodge ronn as a modest home , but there were few lodge rooms more admirabl y ; . cjjpicd . All the arrangements had been complete , and with regard to

flic musical aiiangt'iiicnls they would all agree that they could not have been done belter . They wished the lodge every possible success . The great piivilege devolved upon him of proposing " The Health of the W . M ., " whom he had installed into the chair . He most heartily congratulated the members of that lodge on having as their first Worshipful

Consecration Of The Brondesbury Lodge, No. 2698.

Master oi-. e so well filled to pres'de during the first and most important year of lhe lodge ' s existence . The W . M . was a tried Mason , having been a mm bcr of the Craft for many years , and had already filled the chair of the Maiq ' iis cf Ripon Ledge . Those who knew Bro . Campbell well could testify to the admirable manner in which he discharged his duties . In the chair of that new lodge Bro . Campbell would do his utmost to promote in everv possible way its intcn sts .

Bro . R . J . CAMPBELL , P . M ., W . M , returned sincere thanks . He felt sure the lodge would be a success , for there wss no doubt it had been required in ttat immedia ' e disiricr . He anticipated at the end of his year thht the last Mas-nic baby would be a healthy child . It was a difficult task for a W . M . to return tranks on the ni ght of his installation , when as a rule the W . M , was w < Ii known to the brethren , having worked up through the

minor rffices . Speaking for himself , three-fourths of the founders were not actually aware whether hi was capable of ruling tVe ledge , having taken him upon trust , but he was sure their confidence would not be misplaced . It was not numbers they required in their lodge , but the integrity and uprightness of each individual member and this would bring success to the lodge . At the next installation meeting , if they responded as enthusiastically to the toast of the I . P . M . as they had to that of the W . M . that evening , it would show he had done his duty .

Bro . J . STEPHENS , Dep . G . D . C ., acknowledged " The Masonic Charities , " and Bros . W . GINGER , P . M . ; W . HANCOCK , P . M . ; and HARPER KEARTON ( on behalf of the artistes ) responded for " The Visitors . " " The Officers " and Tyler ' s toast concluded the proceedings . The musical arrangements , which were specially referred to as admirable by the principal brethren present , were in the hands of the Westminster Singers—Bros . Geo . May , Harper Kearton , C . Ackerman , and W . H . Brereton , assisted by Miss Emilv Foxcroft and Miss Ethel Winn .

Hidden Mystery. —No. Ii.

HIDDEN MYSTERY . —No . II .

By BRO . SYDNEY T . KLEIN , F . L . S ., F . R . A . S ., W . M . 2076 . " SYMPATHY WORKING WITHOUT CONTACT ON A HIGHER PLANE THAN THAT OF THE MATERIAL . "

In the last demonstration we commenced the investigation of our third great subject— " Infinite Love" —by examining the mystery of physical work being accomplished by Sympathy on the Material plane . After seeing that a heavy inert mass of iron could be thrown into violent movement by a few slight sympa . thetic touches , we found that this mass , when vibrating , could influence another

similar mass even when separated by long distances ; but its power to do this rested solely on the fact that they had been brought into perfect harmony with each other , the smallest deviation rendering the power to influence inoperative . To-night 1 propose taking you a step further towards the appreciation of our subject .

First , let me point out to you that , although the former experiment was conducted , in the ordinary acceptance of the phrase , without material contact , the masses not being in contact themselves , nor having any tangible connection , still , we know that there w . is matter filling the intervening space , in the form of a mixture of two gases—nitrogen und oxygen—which ' compose the air we breathe ; and it was by means of these subtle agencies that the heavy misses were able to

influence each other ; a closed door or wall would materially have curtailed the force of transmission , unless it were possible that the door or wall could also have been brought into perfect sympathy with them ; but we now pass beyond even that help . The material plane is left behind , and once more we find , standing prominently in our path , the same great mystery— " Physical Work being accomplished by Sympathy and Sympathy alone . "

On the material plane we used pulsations at the rate of 500 per second , which could be stopped by material obstructions ; but the influences we are now to use are at the rate of 250 millions in a second , and are propagated by means of the ether , which being outside the material plane , and indeed outside our very cognisance of three dimensional space , passes through or by matter as though it did not exist ; neither doors , nor walls , nor houses , nor even mountains have power to obstruct the forces we shall now call into play .

DKMONSTRATION . Bro . KLEIN here described the lately discovered instrument by means of which messages can now be transmitted over long distances without the use of a wire ; he explained that an electric current is passe J through a specially arranged coil of over 15 miles of wire , and is transformed thereby into a current of enormous intensity , the discharge of which sets up pulsations in the ether having the almost inconceivable rate of frequencies of 250 , 000 , 003 per second .

Quite lately a young Italian , Sen . Marconi , constructed a receiver by means ol which these pulsations could he detected at long distances from their source provided it is made in perfect sympathy with that source , namely , that its oxn characteristic frequencies are synchronous with those produced by the generator ; we have here exactly the same principleas that which we noticed in the infiience

between masses of iron , a very slight derangement of sympathy renders the pon'er to influence absolutely inoperative . The distance effectively covered by these means has in the last few weeks been extended from under eight miles to ov ; r 17 miles , and it is now only a matter of time and expp . ritr . ent before the dist a nee will be enormously increased , the only requisite being a better method for bringingthepair of instruments into perfectsympathy . The lecturer then continued :

We are dealing here with a force which his many characteristics in comnnn with brain-force , that mysterious agency by which we are able to move our lim ' js ; even dead bodies are animated so far as movement is concerned and decompo- " ' tion arrested by the strange force we are using here , but , though it apparently arrests the hand of death for a time , it is not life , there is a wonderful something wanting which no natural force known to us can supply . In the lower anim ''

we have this vitality culminating in instinct , but , in the human , we have a hig ' ' power controlling the passions , giving moral responsibility , with aspirations and reasoning powers capable of almost infinite extension . What do we know ° this controlling power ' : One of the earliest recollections I have , was being puzzled at the apparent inability of one ' s innerimst self to receive any kno" ' ledge of the outside world except through themtterial senses , and this difticuUy is intensified bv the feeling of certainty that our innermost self is by far 0 "

beitermost self , and that , whereas the bjdy or outer self is subject to de ; ay » n will in time be turned to dust , the inner self is immortal . Let ms give yon 3 example of what I mean . You are sitting say in a chair and are by soiii means deprived of your corporeal senses , namely , sight , smell , ta « 1