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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL MASTERS .

In future numbers of the F ' reemason we purpose giving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters who have been recently installed . Recognising the fact that no greater honour can be bestowed on a brother than to be elected the Master of his lodge , we desire to do

our part towards creating a permanent record of such event in his Masonic history by placing his portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased to furnish Secretaries of lodges and others who may take an interest in our project whatever information may be desired as to our proposed method of procedure .

The following communications , amongst others , unavoidably v > tand over : CRAFT . —Belgrave Lodge , No . 549 5 Pattison Lodge , No . 913 j Ca | iper Lodge , No . lojoj Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 ; Sir Francis tfurdetl Lodge , No . , $ «); Earl of Carnarvon Lodgr , No . 1-41 ; St , Leonard Lodge , No . i" | 6 b ; Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . au 8 ; St . Nicholas Lodge . No . « S 9 . and Doric Lodge , No , J 359 .

ROYAL ARCH . —Fidelity Chapter , No . 3 ; Moravian Chapter No . 387 j Holmesdale Chapter , No . 8 . 4 ; and lnkerman Chapter , No , un , RED CROSS . —Premier Conclave . I ' tovincial Grand Lodge of Surrey . I ' rovincial Grand Lodge of the Isle of . Man , Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Lincolnshire . Also several reports of Lodges of Instruction .

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i^_____^_li^^ SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 19 , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

It must be a pleasure to our Lincolnshire brethren to nave the familiar name of Yarborough again associated ln a conspicuous manner with their Province , and we congratulate those among them who are Mark Afasons ° n the appointment of the present holder of the title as

'heir Provincial Grand Master . The installation of his wdsh ip , which was performed by Bro . the Earl of Euston , Deputy Grand Master , assisted by Bros , Col . Cook , Viscount Dungarvan , C . F . Matier , Frank K'chardson and otherstook lace in the Masonic

, , p " " i Grimsby , on Monday , the arrangements being ^ h as reflected thc greatest credit on those who had * d them in charge . We shall publish a full report of e proceedings next week .

Masonic Notes.

At the same meeting , the opportunity was taken to present the retiring Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Jack Sutcliffe , who had held the office for nine years , with a handsome testimonial , in recognition of his valuable services to Lincolnshire Mark Masonry . The

testimonial included a Jack Sutcliffe Benevolent Fund , a handsomely-illuminated address , and a silver salver , bearing on it a suitable inscription . In this instance also we congratulate the Province on having done honour to whom honour is due .

* * » Bro . James Smith has done good service for the Craft , by writing and publishing a capital history of " Dumfries Kilwinning Lodge , No . 53 , " of Dumfries ; with records from the year 16 S 7 . The " Dumfries Masonic Historian , " has done his work thoroughly , and the result is an excellent historical sketch of the

venerable lodge , which we have perused with pleasure and profit , and most sincerely congratulate Bro . James Smith on the success and completion of his labours . * * *

Bro . Hughan has kindly written an Introduction on the " Old Charges , " with especial reference to those domiciled in Scotland , and has moreover carefully described—after due collation—the five preserved at

Dumfries , which have been unearthed through the well - directed researches of Bro . Smith , and other brethren in that town . * »

As Bro . Hughan is without an equal in this particular study , his introduction is a most valuable addition to the volume , and he has also favoured us with an appreciative criticism of Bro . Smith ' s history , which

we take the opportunity of warmly endorsing . As this , the latest effort of Bro . Smith ' s has received such hearty approval from Bro . Hughan , we need say no more , and we feel persuaded that Bro . Hughan ' s verdict will be that of the Craft generally .

* ? # The Governors of the Masonic Female Orphan School , Dublin , which celebrated the centenary of its foundation in May last , are making good use of the funds then obtained . We stated a few weeks since

that the net . proceeds , after defraying all expenses , amounted to . £ 21 , 630 , and grants have already been made to IS g irls—including those who will leave school at Christmas—towards enabling them to turn to good account the benefits they have derived from their training and education . " In every case , " we are told , " the

needs and capacity of the object of the bounty have been judiciously studied , with a view to help the girls to secure independence by their own exertions , " and it is calculated that , "after completing the buildings , the income of the Centenary Fund will provide abou t , £ 30 , on the average , for each outgoing pupil . "

But this . is not all . Already 12 new pupils have been admitted and the erection of an additional dormitory has been commenced , which will enable the Governors to augment the number of . children to 100 . Moreover , a separate infirmary is in course of erection .

and it is intended to build a Memorial Hall , large enough to accommodate the whole school at once , and to serve as a drill hall and day room , as well as for a p lace of meeting on state occasions for the Governors and friends of the Institution .

The fund realised is large enough to allow of these various additions and improvements being carried out , but , as with our English Masonic Charitable Institutions , so with this Masonic Orphan School at Dublin , the Governors take care to remind the Craft that ,

though this centenary celebration was successful beyond the most sanguine expectations , the school will still be dependent chiefly on the bounty of the brethren for its means of maintenance . The resources of the Institution are not sufficient to allow oi its paying its way without the voluntary contributions are renewed from year to year . S

The New Zealand Mail is angry because in a former article on the Grand Lodge Movement in South Africa we advised the brethren in that Colony to follow the example of our South Australian brethren rather than that of New Zealand in its endeavours to establish a

Grand Lodge . We sec no reason to regret having tendered this advice , and what is still more to the point —the promoters of the South African scheme , whether lhey have seen our remarks and bcen influenced b y

them or not , are evidently resolved on abstaining from any act or acts which are in any way calculated to disturb the kindly feelings presently existing among the lodges and brethren under the existing English , Scotch , and Dutch Constitutions .

Masonic Notes.

In another part of our columns will be found an article , in which the steps proposed to be taken by the promoters of the contemplated South African Grand Lodge are fully described , and we think our readers will agree with us that the contrast between the proposed South African mode of procedure and the course

adopted by the New Zealand Grand Lodge promoters could hardly be greater . There will be no Grand Lodge in South Africa unless " at least three-fourths " of its lodges are in favour of its formation ; there is a Grand Lodge in New Zealand , but nearly one-half of

the lodges in the colony will have nothing to do with it . We do not need to reside in the latter country in order to determine for ourselves that the establishment of a Grand Lodge in the teeth of so large an opposition must have given rise to a serious amount of illfeeling .

The New Zealand Mail admits that " at the inception of the movement there was much opposition shown to the scheme , " but that was " mainly by brethren who were ignorant , and persisted wilfully in remaining ignorant of the real scope of the movement and the intentions of its promoters . " But this is assertion , not

argument . Whenever two people , or two sets of people , differ , each charges the other with being stupid or ignorant , or something equally uncomplimentary . What we have always maintained , and still maintain , is that the establishment of a Grand Lodge in New

Zealand by one half of the lodges was certain to generate ill-feeling on the part of the other half ; and the justice of our proposition is borne out by the statement of our contemporary that " all bad feeling has now nearly entirely disappeared . " * * *

As for the further statement of the Mail that " never were the brethren of the Craft in the Colony , whether of the English or the New Zealand , on such terms of mutual goodwill as they are at present , " all that wc can say is that we are delighted to hear it . Thc letter in a recent number of the New Zealand

Craftsman , signed "P . M . N . Z . C ., Reefton , " on which wc commented last week , does not give us a very exalted idea of this goodwill , nor do we think that such an ii \ -mam _ ered attack on a leading member of the English Constitution will have the effect of

strengthening it . Let us hope , however , that this is an isolated case , and that the wise counsels of Bro . Gillon will have the effect of stifling any disgust on the part of the English lodges which the Reefton tirade may have been calculated to evoke .

? * * Our usually well edited contemporary , the Freemasons' Journal , of New York , is wrong in stating that meetings of lodges in England on Sundays are frcouent , although the statement is qualified by thc

admission that it is not the custom . Wc are not aware that a single lodge in the 2000 odd under the roll of the Grand Lodge of England meets on that day . We feel sure the editor will at once correct the statement , and thus remove the impression conveyed to his readers that English Masons have so far departed from ancient custom .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

I We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to HI to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discusaioii . J

TRANSFERS OF OLD WARRANTS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I with interest read Bro . Lane ' s short article on " Transfers of Old Warrants , " and am pleased to find that the necessarily short extracts from our minutes ,

referring to our consecrating lodges , Nos . 208 , 258 , and 2 , 4 , mentioned by the Worshipful Master at thc recent centenary celebration of my Lodge , No . 28 9 , and kindly inserted in your issue of the 15 th ult ., should be interesting to a brother who has done so much good work for the Craft . In support of Bro . Lane ' s statement , may I be allowed

to add the following extract from the communication from the Provincial Grand Lodge of this province ( then for the whole County of York ) , held at York , October 2 jrd , 1805 , which leads one to infer that it was then customary to allow new lodges to appropriate old warrants , thus evading the law against malting new lodges and secret societies by resuscitating erased ones . —Yours fraternally , ALFRED SCARTH .

Secretary 28 < j Extract from minutes of Provincial Grand Lodge for the county of York , held at the lodge room , Blakestreet , York , on Wednesday , October 23 rd , 1805 . - " A Petition was presented from several Brethren at Pudsey , in the West Riding of this County , praying for a Warrant of Constitution to assemble at a private room in Pudsey , aforesaid : promising at the same