Contents.

CONTENTS .

RSPORTS or M ASONIC MEETINGS : — Craft Masonry 3 ° S Instruction 3 °° Red Cross of Constantine 3 06 Reviews 3 ° 1

Grand Commandery K . T . of Nebraska 3 ° 7 Notes on Art , & c 3 ° 1 Irregularities in the Returns of the Scrutineers 308 The Vacant Secretaryship of the Girls' School 308 Arrangements for the Secretarial Election of thc Girls School •••... " 308 Can Ladies Vote at the General Committee of the Girls

School ? 3 ° 8 Our Late Bro . the King of Hanover 3 ° 8 CORRESPONDENCE : — Can Ladies Vote in the General Committee of the Girls School ? 309 The World ' s Favour for Freemasonry 3 ° 9 The Word "Aryan . " 309 Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution 3 ° 9 Provincial Returns 31 ° An Appeal 3 ' ° Masonic Elections 3 10

The Letter H 3 > ° Kenning ' s Masonic Cyclopiedia 3 i ° Masonic Notes and Queries 310 Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex 3 ' ° Frccmasoi ry in Sussex 3 ' Grand Mark Lodge 3 " Freemasonry in New Zealand 3 * Lodge of Benevolence 3 13 Paris Pilgrimage 3 " Masonic and General Tidings "*'• Lodge Meetings for Next Week v . Advertisements i .. ii .. ill ., iv ., v ., vi ., vii ., viii .

REPORTS , etc ., intended for insertion in current number , should reach the Office , ( 198 , Fleet-street ) , by 12 o'clock noon , on Wednesdays .

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FREDERICK LODGE OF UNITY ( No . 452 ) . —This lodge held itsannual meeting at the Greyhound , Croydon , on Tuesday last , when the following brethren were present : Bros . A . T . Jeffery , W . M . j C . H . Edmands , J . W . ; Jas . Robins , P . M ., Treas . ; Magnus Ohren , P . M ., Sec . ; Charles Pawley , S . D . ; Edwin Hemy Sugg , J . D . ; I . W . Sugg , D . C . ; Manning , I . G . ; J . W . Rogers , Stwd . ;

C . W . Dommett , P . M . ; R . H . Evans , P . M . ; W . S . Masterman , P . M . ; William Sugg , P . M . ; W . G . Batchelor , H . E . Frances , David W . Sugg , Charles R . Ohren , C . T . Speight , Tyler j and visitors : Bros . E . P . Albert , P . G . P . ; W . W . Morgan , 211 ; J . Robbins , P . M . 231 ; W . H . Buswell , J . D . n * 9 ; J . M . Collins , 1601 ; C . H . Woodward , 46-1 ; A . Wynn Williams , W . M . 875 ; Rev . C . W . Arnold ,

P . G . Chap . ; Dr . F . H . Wilson lies , P . M . 404 , P . P . G . S . W . P . G . Sec . Herts , and H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( Freemason ) . The W . M . presided . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , Bro . Magnus Ohren moved , " That the sum of ten guineas be paid from the lodge funds to the widow ol a late brother of this lodge , a subscribing member at his death . " The motion was seconded by the

W . M ., and carried unanimously , and it was arranged that the lodge should support the candidature of a son of the late brother for the Boys' School . The death of two members of the lodge was reported at the former meeting of the lodge , and letters of condolence with their widows were ordered to be written . Bro . Ohren then read a reply which had been received from one of the widows .

The Special Committee ' s report was read and adopted ; after which Bro . J . W . Sugg , P . M ., installed in the W . M . chair Bro . Charles Henry Edmands . The officers appointed and invested were Bros . Charles Pawley , S . W . ; Edwin H . Sugg , J . W . ; the Rev . D . J . Drakeford , Chap , j James Robins , P . M ., Treas . ; Magnus Ohren , P . M ., Sec . ; J . W . Sugg , P . M ., D . C ; F . A . Manning , S . D . ; J . C . F .

W . Rogers , J . D . ; E . H . Sugg , Org . ; John Methven . I . G . Charles M . Ohren , Steward ; and C . T . Speight , Tyler . ' On the motion of Bro . J . W . Sugg , P . M ., D . C , seconded by Bro . James Robins , P . M . and Treas ., the lodge voted a P . M . jewel to Bro . A . T . Jeffery , I . P . M . ; and on its presentation Bro . Jeffery , acknowledging the gift , said he had endeavoured to fill the chair of the lodge creditably

and to sustain the honour and credit of the lodge . He was happy to say he had been successful , and that the brethren entertained that opinion . He added that owing to a domestic affliction he would not be able to stay to thc banquet , as he had to leave town lhat evening ; that he should have gone in the middle of the day , but having presided in lodge and performed the ce . emonies during

his year of office he was anxious not to be absent on his last evening . Lodge shortly afterwards closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet under the presidency of Bro . Edmands , W . M . When the tcasts were proposed , Bro . E . P . Albert , P . G . P ., responded to the toast of " The Pro Grand Master , & c . " The W . M . then proposed " The Provincial G . M . for

Surrey , Gen . Brownrigg , the Deputy Prov . G . M ., the Rev . C . W . Arnold , and the Provincial Grand Officers . " In proposing the toast he said , referring to the Rev . C . W . Arnold , that he made an impression on him ( the W . M . ) before that evening . This was not the first time in the province of Surrey that it had been his good fortune to

meet him at the banquet table , and not only at the banquet table , but in a place far more important , the church . He ( the W . M . ) was not one of those who said that our religion alone was to govern the country . Whatever relig ion different persons might profess , that let them believe . He ( the W . M . ) professed one , and that was the religion of Bro . Arnold , who made such an

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impression on him by the sermon he preached at the Provincial Grand Lodge that it had never been effaced . At that time he never expected to be in the position he now occupied , and consequently never expected to have Bro . Arnold on his right hand as a guest . Of him he could truly say he was a Mason in every respect , true-to those principles which should be impressed upon every Mason .

It was a great thing to have among them a Mason who could preach in the way Bro . Arnold preached when they were assembled on a certain occasion , two years ago , and he believed that if a brother would attend to what Bro . Arnold uttered on that occasion he would become a better roan . Bro . the Rev . C . W . Arnold , Past Grand Chaplain , acknowledging the toast , said he was extremely grateful

to the W . M . for what he had said , and it was a great pleasure to come and visit the lodge . He had long wished to visit it , but he had not been able to be with the brethren since the Provincial Grand Lodge at Sutton , four years ago . The town of Croydon had been associated with some of his pleasant reminiscences of Masonry . The meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge at Croydon , two years ago ,

was one he should never forget , for the beautiful musical performance by Bro . Woodward in the church , and the grand gathering afterwards in the room in which the brethren were now assembled . On another occasion too , when he visited Bro . Woodward ' s lodge , he had a most cordial reception , and in all places he had visited as Dep . Prov . Grand Master he bad received the greatest kindness .

It was one of his greatest pleasures to go round the province and visit the different lodges . Last year , when he was appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , he told the brethren he should go round and make himself acquainted if possible with all the lodges . He had done so as far as he was able , and he might say that since the beginning of this year to the

present time he had visited every lodge 111 the province with the exception of three . Two of those he could not visit on account of a mistake which he did not find out in time , and the other he did not know where it met , and got no reply to a letter he forwarded to a quarter for the information . It was not his fault that he had not visited all the lodges in the province . He had meant to do so before

the gathering of the Piovincial Grand Lodge this year . The Prov . G . M . lived out of the province , but he ( Bro . Arnold ) lived in the province , and it was much easier for him to visit the lodges than for the Prov . G . M . He ( Bro . Arnold ) resolved to know the working of every lodge in the province . He congratulated the Frederick Lodge of Unity on its working . He was never more deeply

impressed with the installation ceremony as given by Bro . Sugg . If there was one ceremony more than another that made an impression on a Mason it was the installation ceremony . There were certain words in it which went always to his heart , and he thought they must also go to the heart of every Mason who really was a Mason and had his heart in Masonry . He believed that the

dignity and high importance of Freemasonry where what we made it to ourselves ; if we made Freemasonry a thing of importance and a thing of dignity it would be so . It was a thing which he believed would grow in the heart of each Mason as he proceeded onward . in his course as a Mason . He felt this , and he spoke strongly on this occasion because many years ago he took up Masonry

as a young man , not thinking much of it or that it was of much importance . He did not attend lodge very regularly , but when he did , and saw the working , he took it up , and set an example in his lodge as a working Mason . From that time he was impressed with the real duties a Mason had in the Craft , and he must say he should have been very , very sorry if he had not become a

M-son . He did not think he could ever look upon a better day ' s work he had done than he did on that day when he became a Mason . As he had gone on from year to year , as he knew the ceremonies better , as he rose higher and higher in the scale of Masonry , so these things came home to his heart , and he became more impressed with the dignity and high importance of Freemasonry . He said this to

young Masons , if they would only get the working of the Craft , if they would look to the charges and exhortations , they would find they would become better Masons . Bro . Woodward replied to the toast of the " Provincial Grand Officers , " and in doing so said it behoved every one who wished to be in office in the province to be well up to his work . The Prov . Grand Lodge would be held at Dorking

on the 16 th July , when the brethren would have the pleasure of meeting one of the best Provincial Grand Masters that had ever presided over them . He said this with all respect to the illustrious dead who had gone before , and particularly to Bro . Alex . Dobie . When he ( Bro . Woodward ) came into the province there were but seven lodges in it . There were now eighteen , therefore those brethren

who looked for the honour of the provincial purple must look out sharp . The G . M . would only appoint those who weee distinguished as good workers . The Dep . Prov . G . M- was going about to see how the work was being done , and this was the only way to bring Freemasonry to a high pitch in the province . He ( Bro . Woodward ) hoped the brethren would rally round the Prov . G . M . He ( Bro .

Woodward ) was going to make a proposition at the Prov . Grand Lodge tbat the various provincial lodges should be invited to contribute a guinea annually towards the entertainment of the Prov . Grand Lodge . He * had heard from Bro . James Robins that the Frederick Lodge of Unity would b ; prepared to support the proposition . Bro . J . W . Sugg , P . M ., proposed " The Health of the W . M . " The

W . M ., in reply , said he began Masoniy late in life , having taken , like many others who had gone before him , rather a prejudice against Masonry . He used to revile and scoff at Masonry ; but for seven years he had become a better man by becoming a Mason . He now regretted that he bad not been a Mason earlier , because , although he never put himself down as a bad man , but rather as a moderately good man , he believed he would have been if

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he had become a Mason earlier a better man than he had esteemed himself . After referring again to the effect produced upon him by the Rev . Bro . Arnold , he advised the younger brethren to learn the working . It was only by constant attention and perseverance that brethren could acquire it , and he was sure that if they did they would be glad that they had done so . If brethren tried to do their

best , as a rule they would succeed in doing properly that which they attempted . Bro . J . W . Sugg , P . M ., replied to the toast of " The Installing Master , " proposed by Bro . E . P . Albert ; Bros . Dr . Wilson lies , Williams , and T . Boulton responded to that of " The Visitors ; " Bros . Robins and Ohren for " Treasurer and Secretary ; " and the

S . W . replied for " The Officers . " The brethren having enjoyed some excellent singing and music by Bros . Charles Ohren , J . W . Sugg , Edwin Sugg , and the W . M ., shortly afterwards returned to town . The gathering was , as is customary with the Frederick Lodge of Unity , a highly successful one .

LEWIS LODGE ( No . 1185 ) . —A meeting was held on Saturday , June 15 th , 1878 , at the Kings' Arms Hotel , Wood Green . Present : Bros . W . Sayer , W . M . ; Thos . W . Bone , S . W . ; Jas . W . Berrie , P . M . 1293 , J . W . ; A . Leared , P . M ., P . Z . 1185 , Secretary ; A . Durrant , P . M ., H . 1185 , Treasurer ; G . D . Hooper , S . D . ; C . E . Lloyd , J . D . ; G . J . Row , P . M ., M . E . Z . 1185 , D . C ; G . H . Turner , P . M . 1185 ,

Steward ; T . Harrison , I . G . ; C . T . Speight , Tyler ; and Past Master J . R . Cover , 1185 , with many of the members . Visitors : Bros . C . S . March , 464 ; W . Woodmaid , 1728 ; Thos . Smith , 8 ; and H . T . Thompson , P . M . 742 . Business : Bro . John Jefferey Drake , P . M . Morning Star , 139 6 , was elected as a joining member . Bros . Black and Hearson , of the Lewis Lodge , and Bro . Wm . Woodmaid , of the Temple Bar Lodge , 1728 , were raised to the degree of M .

Masons , and Bro . Best was passed to the degree of Fellow Craft . A petition was signed in favour of Emma Eliza Williams , as a candidate for the Girls' School . Her father , Bro . H . Williams , was initiated in the Lewis Lodge , anel he being now in a lunatic asylum , this is a case for which the support of the Craft is earnestly solicited by the members of this lodge . Proxies will be thankfully received by the Secretary .

LIVERPOOL . —Mariners Lodge ( No . 249 ) . — The usual monthly meeting of this admirably conducted lodge was held on Thursday evening , the 6 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool . Bro . J . C . Robinson , WM ., occupied his place of honour in the E ., and he was supported by Bros . John Hayes , P . M . ; H . Pearson , P . M . ; Free Barnett , S . W . ; W . P . Jennings , J . W . ; Dr . J . Kellett

Smith , P . M ., P . P . G . R ., Treasurer ; Robr . Collings , Sec ; W . Corbett , S . D . ; John Whalley , J . D . ; H . Wynne Parry , I . G . ; W . H . Vernon , S . ; W . Mooney , S . ; W . H . Ball , Tyler . The members present were Bros . David Thorne , F . J . Porter , W . Pye , W . Tarnbrook , , | . P . Jones , T . Evan ? , Fred Cooper , Jos . 'I itley , J . H . Walker , David Cangley , J . Whittall , Jno . Stringfellow , John Cubbin , M . Howarth ,

| ohn Mollery , N . Cohen , C . Leighton , P . M . 1325 ; Jas . Simpson , R . Thompson , Jas . Wnitc , John Horries , Edwd . Owen , A . Barnard , Morris Davies , T . Haynes , J . N . Penflleton , S . Johnson , M . W . Thornton , T . Haliburton , G . C . Beecham , R . Morrin , Walter Lothiam , T . Poyser , Jos . Wood , P . M . ; John Ridley , J . Sherman , J . McTrim , D . Oliphant , W . Gold . tone , and J . Jenaway . Amongst the

visitors were Bros . J . Devaynes , P . M . 667 ; J . W . Wright , W . M . 780 ; Robt . Killip , 203 ; H . Morris , Mount Tabor ; E . Boston , A . Finger , 1182 ; J . Tunstall , 1035 ; J . P . Bryan , 103 5 and 203 ; Thos . Giay , 1325 ; S . P . Goll , 1356 ; E . Griffiths , 1473 ; H . Hughes , N . S ., and others . Business commenced punctually at six o ' clock , and after the minutes had been read and confirmed , the ballot was

taken for Mr . Richard Fitzgerald and Mr . James Messenger . They were both duly elected , and , being in attendance , they were regularly initiated into the Order . Afterwards two brethren were raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . by the W . M ., the whole of the work being done ir a manner which added fresh lustre to his alreadi prosperous year . Bro . Frederick Barnett , S . W ., was unanimously

elected W . M ., and Bro . Dr . J . Kellett Smith , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg ., was unanimously re-tlected Treasurer . Bro . the Rev . Philip Pinnington , P . M ., was elected honorary member . The lodge Trustees were re-elected , and three brethren were elected Auditors . The W . M . was then invited to retire , when £ 10 was voted for the purchase of a P . M . ' s

jewel for presentation to him . It was then decided to have a pic-nic as soon after the installation as possible . The lodge Committee with the officers ofthe lodge were elected for the purpose of carrying out the pic-nic and also the installation banquet . Alter other formal business thc lodge was duly closed , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment , a pleasant evening being spent .

MARYPORT . —Lodge of Perseverance ( No . 371 ) . —The members of this flourishing lodge celebrated the Festival of St . John on Whit Tuesday . There was a full attendance of the members , including Bros . T . Casey , W . M . ; J . W . Robinson , S . W ., W . M . elect ; J . Fulton , J . W . ; Joseph Nicholson , P . M . and Trc * s ., P . P . G . S . W . ; T . Mandle , I . P . M . ; A . Walter , P . M ., P . P . G . S B . ; W .

Armstrong , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . ; J . Gardiner . P . M ., P . P . G . Tyler ; E . G . Mitchell , Sec . ; J . Ehiot , S . D . ; W . Stoddarf , J . O . ; J . Smith , Org ., P . P . G . Org . ; W . Walk r , as I . G . ; T . Milburn , Steward ; T . Wait .-, Steward : R . Harris , Tyler ; J . R . Banks , J . H . Banks , J . Newton , F . I Unison , J . H . Raven , T . Weatherston , and many others . The visiting

brethren were : —Bros . G . W . Kenworthy , P . M . 119 , P . P . G . J . W ., Installing Master ; W . B . Gibson , P . M . 119 and 9 62 , P . G . Sec , Installing Master ; Kev . E . M . Rice , M . A ., P . M . 1002 ; G . Brooker , P . M . 9 62 , P . P . G . Purst . ; W . H . Leuthwaite , P . M . and Org . 1002 , P . G . Org . ; Jas . Black , W . M . 1002 ; Joseph Wood , W . M . 9 62 ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M . 1002 , P . G . Reg . ( Freemason ); G . Kirkwood , S . W . q 62 ;