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r ^^^ SSSiK ^ e ?^^^^ S ^ - ^^ S ^^^ ll ^ pS ^^^ i ^ SATURDAY , J UNE IO , 18 97 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

One ot the most interesting incidents at the great meeting in the Royal Albert Hall , on Monday , was the acceptance by the M . W . Grand Master from Bro . the Right Hon . Chief Justice Way , M . W . Grand Master , S . Australia , of a loyal and dutiful address to her Majesty the Queen , from the several independent

Grand Lodges of Australasia , of which his Royal Hig hness the Grand Master is the Patron . The document itself is a work of considerable artistic merit , and testifies to the unswerving loyalty and devotion to her Majesty of the self-governing bodies of the great Australasian Brotherhood . * * *

It is proposed lo have a Jubilee Masonic Service at St . Paul ' s Church , Heine Hill , S . E ., on Monday , the 28 th irstant ( Coronation Day ) . The sermon will be preached by Bro . the Rev . E . H . Pearcc , Chaplain lo

the Lord Mayor of London . Those who may be desirous of obtaining further information are recommended to apply to Bro . J . Bott , 37 , Heme Hill , S . E ., who will courteously furnish them with the necessary particulars .

Masonic Notes.

Wc have much pleasure in announcing that there is now in the press , and will be ready for publication at an early date , an edition in facsimile of " Cole ' s Constitutions , " originally issued in 1731 . There will be incorporated with this , and also reproduced in exact

facsimile , a series of Masonic Songs and two speeches , one of which was delivered before the Grand Lodge of York by the Junior Grand Warden on ihe 27 th December , 1726 . The edition will be limited to 200 copies , which will be issued to the subscribers at halfa-guinea . # #

* That the re-issue of so valuable a work will be a great boon to the Craft admits ol no doubt , and Bro . Jackson , the publisher , of 16 and 17 , Commercialstreet , Leeds , deserves , and will receive , the thanks of the ever-increasing body of brethren who interest

themselves in the study of our " Antient Constitutions . " But the value of the edition will be materially enhanced by the fact that Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D ., has very kindly undertaken to write in the form of an Introduction a Critical Explanatory Essay on this rare book which , cannot fail to render intelligible lo

the reader the peculiar merits of " Cole's Constitutions . " The work will be published in Demy Svo , and will run to some 1 S 0 pages , and as the Edition will be , as we have pointed out , very limited , we advise those who may desire copies to lose no time in ordering them of the publisher at the address already given .

The next regular meeting of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 , will be held at Freemasons ' Hall , W . C , on Thursday , the 24 th instant , at 5 p . m ., when ,- after the transaction of the ordinary business , a Paper , entitled " The Three Degrees of Freemasonry , especially in relation to the oldest records of the Master

Masons' Ceremony , " will be read by Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . The brethren will afterwards dine together as usual at the Holborn Restaurant . We notice that among the Papers proposed to be read is one by Bro . R . F . Gould , P . G . D ., entitled "The Degrees of Pure and Ancient Freemasonry . " When this latter Paper

has been read and issued in " Ars Quatuor Coronatorum , " those of our readers who devote particular attention to questions relating to Degrees will have the opportunity of comparing the views entertained by Bros . Hughan and Gould respectively . * * *

We most warmly congratulate the Empire Lodge , No . 2108 , but more especially Bro . Lennox Browne P . D . G . D . C , on the success of its banquet on Monday evening to our Indian and Colonial brethren who are visiting this country for the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee celebration . Such a meeting has never before been

held , that we arc aware of , and it cannot fail , in our opinion , to exercise a most beneficent influence on Freemasonry throughout the Empire . The speeches , too , were far above the average of after-dinner speeches , and we would especially commend that of the Deputy District Grand Master of Bombay as having been a

most eloquent exposition of the principles of our Order and the influence it exercises in the far East . Let those who desire to know what Freemasonry is capable of djing in bringing men of different races and creeds together read Bro . Dunn ' s speech and they will be prouder than ever that they are Freemasons .

* * Wc arc indebted to the kindnens of Bro . C . J . Whitting for an early copy of his " History of the Lodge of Hengist , No . 195 , Bournemouth , " which , so far as we are able to jud ^ e from a hasty glance through its contents , appears to have been compiled with exceeding care , and will , doubtless prove an exceedingly

valuable addition to our scries of lodge histories . But Bro . Whitting must not consider we are treating him with discourtesy , if , with a Jubilee commemoration number announced for publication early next week , we are unable to find just now the leisure to review the book . However , we shall take the earliest apportunity of expressing our opinion of his work . # * *

It has been settled that the annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire shall take place on Tuesday , the 20 th prox . As previously announced , the entertaining lodge on this occasion will be the Gladsmuir , No . 13 S 5 , High Barnet . It is about 11 years since this lodge had the honour of receiving Prov . Grand Lodge .

Wc learn from the Philadelphia Keystone—which is indebted for ils information to the St / uare and Compasses -that on the Slh April Bro . A . A . Treat celebrated his 100 th birthday at the house of his sonin-law , Dr . N . G . Burnham , in Denver , Colorado ,

Masonic Notes.

Bro . Treat was initiated in Apollo Lodge , No . 13 , Troy , on the 4 th February , 1 S 23 , and was elected W . M . on the 5 th December , 1826 . In the latter year he was one of a Committee appointed by his lodge to receive Bro . the Marquis de la Favette on the

occasion of his visit to the town . When Apollo Lod ^ e celebrated its centenary on the 22 nd September , 18 9 6 , Bro . Treat composed a poem in honour of the event , for which lie received the kindly acknowledgment of the brethren . * * *

At the April meeting of the Lodge of Otago , N . i . S 44 , Dunedin , Bro . Sydney James , Past Dep . District Grand Master of Otago and Southland , and the present Grand Secretaiy of that District , was presented with an address and silver tea service , in recognition of his long and valuable services , and , at the same time ,

to mark the auspicious event ( the jubilee of his initiation into Masonry ) which the lodge and its visitors had assembled to do honour to on that particular occasion . Bro . James , who is a most able Craftsman , and a very strong adherent of the present order of things

under the Grand Lodge of England , was in very great form , and referred at considerable length not only to the lamentable condition in which Masonry in New Zealand had been placed for some lime past , but also to the steps which were being taken towards recognising the Grand Lodge of New Zealand by our Grand Lodge .

* As we have a report of the proceedings read y lor publication , we need not enter into a consideration of this part of the very eloquent speech which Bro . James made in acknowledging the kindness of his brethren in doing him so much honour . But at the banquet which

followed , Bro . James in acknowledging the toast of his health , referred to the earlier days of his Masonic career . Bro . James had previously informed his audience that he was initiated in St . Matthew Lodge , No . S 39—then No . 7 S 6—Walsall , on the 15 th April , 1847 , and in his after-dinner speech he mentioned the

following curious circumstances , which , as far as we know , are almost unique in lodge history . In 1851 , a certain candidate was initiated in the lodge , at a time when all the officers were cither sons or nephews of his . The name of that candidate was " James , " and though the sons of that Bro . James and Bro . James

himself are now dead , there still survive three of his nephews , namely , Bro . John James , Past G . Master of the United G . Lodge of Victoria , and the representative of the Grand Lodge of England thereat ; Bro-Frank James , who is Past D . Prov . G . M . Staffordshire ,

and himself , Bro . Sydney James , Past Dep . Dist . G . M . and present Dist . G . Secretary , Otago and Southland ( N . Z . ) . There are not many families who can boast of having had such an array of brethren in one and the same lodge at one and the same time .

* * * The Stewards at the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution paid their accustomed visit to the Asylum at Croydon on Tuesday , when they were most courteously and hospitably received by Bro . James Terry , Secretary of the Institution and his

Staff , as well as by Miss N orris , the Matron . After inspecting the building , visiting the inmates , and generally doing those things which are proper to such an occasion , the Stewards and their friends—very many of whom were ladies—adjourned to the Hall and there lunched under the presidency of Bro . J . A .

Farnfield , P . A . G . D . C , Treasurer of the Institution . After lunch , the toasts of the Queen and success to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , coupled with the name of Bro . Terry , were most enthusiastically drunk . The proceedings were greatly enlivened by the excellent music played by the Croydon Town Band , under the conductorslnp of Signor Pattullo .

The Grand Diamond Jubilee Entertainment given by the members and friends of the Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . 216 S , | which we announced would take place at the Boys' School , Wood Green , on Tuesday , the 15 th instant , under the direction of Bro . R . D Cummings , W . JL , proved a great success . An

excellent programme ( the printing of which did great credit to the School ) had been arranged , and was admirably carried out by an orchestra of some 40 performers , conducted by Bro . William Short , while Madame Stuner and Bros . Herbert Schartau and James Rift

severally did duty at the piano . The great feature of the entertainment was a violin solo by Mr . Arthur W . Payne , who played splendidly , and was rewarded with an enthusiastic encore . Bros . Schartau's and James Rift ' s contributions were also well received . The arrangements were excellent , and gave every satisfaction .