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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

^ To jud ge from the reports we have received , the ^ lasomc excursion organised some time since , to Jerusalem , would appear to have been a great success , and thoug h it is the first , so far as our knowledge goes , that has started from these shores , we trust it will not ' the last . There is plenty of enthusiasm amonir SATURDAY , MARCH 19 , 18 9 8 .

¦• "fihsh Craftsmen , who , moreover , like the rest of »<•• " fellow-countrymen , are eager and frequent ravellers , and we should say that the enterprising conusors tke recent vjsif > Bros _ Lunn and perownej " Have no difficulty in arranging for future excursions 01 a similar character .

Masonic Notes.

We have said the trip was a success . True , at . the outset , some difficulty occurred as to the holding of a lodge in King Solomon ' s Quarries , the site of the venerable Temple erected by that monarch in the Holy City . A dispensation to hold such a meeting had not been obtained , and it was necessary that whatever was

done should be done under the usual authority . However , the W . M ., officers , and members of the Royal Solomon Mother Lodge , No . 293 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) , came to the rescue of the visitors , and held a regular lodge in the Quarries , on the -3 rd February last , and gave

them a most cordial welcome . The place in which the brethren met is described as having been " the very quarry where the ancient Craftsmen of King Solomon ' s days laboured , each in his little corner , illuminated by a little oil lamp , the resting place and soot of which has

remained to this day , in order to hew silently , and unobserved ( for good work is silent and unobtrusive ) , the great stones for that great edifice , which was one of the chief wonders of the world , the chief centre of true spiritual and intellectual light . "

* * * These old Masters , though it is long since they abandoned the spot , have left their marks behind them both there and in every nook and corner of the city . Underground , but still " intact and well preserved , " are still to be seen " the ancient gates of the ancient

Temple , whilst deep underground , buried from 80 to no feet below" the place on which they were met , " lie the ancient and massive blocks , which silently , without the sound of ' metal' being heard , our brethren piled up as an enduring monument of their knowledge and industry . " * »

These statements found a place in the address delivered by Bro . Kayat , the W . Master of the entertaining lodge , and when the address was concluded , Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Past G . Chaplain

of England , returned thanks for himself and brother visitors for the cord ' . al reception they had met with , while Bro . the Venerable Archdeacon Stevens , Past G . Chaplain , referred at length to the labours which had been carried on and the Pillars of the

Temple which had been hewn . Others also spoke , among them being Bro . Lieut .-Col . Newton , acting Prov . G . Master of Nottinghamshire , who spoke of . the universal Interest to which their visit was certain to give rise . The brethren were subsequently

photographed and when this process was over , adjourned to dinner at Howard ' s Hotel as the guests of Bro . Chevalier Alex . Howard . The brethren also visited the lodges in Cairo , and there likewise most hospitably entertained by the brethren .

* # * According to the account to which we are indebted for these particulars , there appears to be a strong desire among the Masons in Jerusalem to establish a Royal Arch chapter , and Bro . R . R . G . Palmer , P . M . of the Royal Solomon mother lodge , is said to have expressed an opinion that it would be eminently

desirable that such a chapter should be established under the English Constitution . But as these chapters are attached to lodges , it strikes us that the first duty of those brethren in Jerusalem who are anxious to be connected with the Grand Bodies of England is to obtain a warrant for the constitution of a lodge on our register , and then in time , perhaps , an English Royal Arch chapter might follow .

• * We have much pleasure in announcing that at an early date there will be published by the " Hamburgische Zirkel Correspondenz " a work in two volumes , which—to give the title in English—will be called " Illustrations of German and other Masonic

Commemorative and Dedicatory Medals , with full descriptions and text explanatory of their historic and biographic interest . " The volumes will include some 40 plates , containing about 600 illustrations , and will be issued bound and forwarded , carriage free , for 15 s The medals will be reproduced by means of photo .

graphy , both observe and reverse being presented the same size as the originals . Bro . G . W . Speth , P . A . GD . C , has kindly undertaken to write an English introduction . Orders , accompanied by a remittance , to be addressed to Bro . J . Tiedtke , Logenhaus , Welckerstrasse , H , Hamburg , or to Bro . Speth .

* » * Some time since we announced , in accordance with the information we had received , that the Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys would be held under the presidency of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . and President of the Institution , in the Royal Albert Hall on Monday , the

Masonic Notes.

20 th June . We are now requested to state that in consequence of difficulties which have arisen in respect of the use of the Hall on that day , his Royal Highness

has been graciously pleased to appoint Friday , the 10 th June , for the celebration . In all other matters the arrangements remain unchanged and the chair will be occupied by the M . W . G . M .

* * Another of the lodges—the Italia , No . 26 S 7—for the constitution of which his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to issue his warrant , was consecrated on Thursday , the 17 th instant . The

ceremony , which was held at the Hotel Cecil , was performed , as usual , by the Grand Secretary , and when the lodge had been formed , Bro . Francessco Gallizia was installed as the first W . M . ; Bros . Cirillo GulTanti and Giovanni Mentasti , the S . W . and J . W . designated

in the warrant , and the rest of the officers beingsubsequently invested . The new lodge starts under the most favourable auspices , with a roll of 21 charter members , and the promise of . many initiates and joining members . We understand that the Italia

Lodge , in the organisation of which our respected Bro . E . P . L . Valeriani has taken a leading part , will work in the Italian language . We shall give a full report of the proceedings in our next week ' s issue . In the meantime we trust the lodge may have before it a long and prosperous career .

* » » . Last week we had the honour of recording certain special honours that were paid to two brethren who are held generally in the very highest esteem throughout the Craft . In the one case Bro . S . Vallentine , Past

G . P ., celebrated his Masonic jubilee and in recognition of the invaluable services he has rendered the Albion Lodge , No . 9 , during his unbroken 50 years of active subscribing membership was presented with an address of congratulation which will be supplemented

a short time hence by a contribution to the Boys ' School Centenary Festival under the title of the " Vallentine Jubilee Memorial . " In the other case , Bro . W . H . Bailey , Past G . Treasurer of England and Past Prov . S . G . W . Staffordshire , was

presented-on the occasion of his 50 th birthday by the members of the Lodge of Fellowship , No . 2535 , of which he was the first W . M ., with an exceedingly handsome set of solid silver toilet requisites and sundry elegant flower vases as a slight token of the

respect in which he is held by the brethren of the lodge and in recognition of his great services in carrying it so successfully through the first and most critical year of its existence . It is hardly necessary for us to remark that the honours paid to those

brethren were most richly deserved , and we congratulate both Bro . Vallentine and Bro . Bailey on receiving such unfailing testimony to the merit of the service ' s they have rendered to Freemasonry in general and their respective lodges in particular .

We have been favoured by a correspondent , who signs himself " P . M ., P . Prov . G . D . C , " on the loose habit which prevails in some lodges of recording in the minutes matters which ought , certainly , not be communicated to the general body of members . The

letter is far too long for publication , at all events , at the present time , when we find it next to impossible to meet the numerous demands upon our space . We fully agree with him , however , as to the reticence

enforced upon all newly-initiated brethren in respect of certain matters being very insufficiently observed . We are told to be cautious in all our communications as Masons , but the injunction is very laxly obeyed .

* « * As regards the particular instance he mentions in his letter , in which the Secretary makes a practice of carefully recording all the minute details of the installation ceremony in the lodge minutes , and then of

necessity reading them aloud before the whole body of members—of whom many , of course , are not installed Masters—we have no hesitation in condemning the course thus pursued . Firstly , it is not necessary that the proceedings in lodge should be recorded in full

detail . Secondly , if any details are given , they must be such as may be justly and lawfully communicated to all the brethren present , when the minutes arc read for confirmation , so that what passes in the Board of Installed Masters , or when the lodge is opened in the

Third Degree , may not be improperly disclosed to those of inferior rank in the Order . The W . M . of the lodge , whose proceedings are thus entered in unnecessary and improper detail in the minutes , should lose no time in putting an end to the practice .