Original Correspondence.

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In reply to the query of Bro . W . W . A . in your paper of the 15 th inst ., I send you the following account of the derivation and meaning of the word " Aryan . " In Hebrew the word "Aree " meansthe courageous one , in Greek the " areios" mighty or warlike , from " res the God

of war , in Sanscrit the word "aree" means master in the extended tense of master of the house or head of the family " pete de famille" as Mons . A . Langlois , the French scholar and orientalist renders it in his translation of the Reg-Veda , ( the oldest of the Vedas or sacred books of the early Indians ) . Mons . Langlois attaches great importance to this meaning of the word , assigning as his reason for so doing

that he is of opinion , that the Indian colony which under the guidance of Mann , settled in the Aryavartta , came from the countries lying to the west of the Indus , called indiscriminately Aria , Ariana , and Hiran . The simple wcrd arya and .. . 'its derivation arya , were the natural denominations of the colonists ' who became the owners of the land . Hence it was " that in ordinary

language the word Arya ceased to be used as an appelation distinctive of a people , but preserved its meaning of Master . Later on , when the caste system was established , the name " Aryan " ( confounded with " Varsyan" ) was given to the agriculturists . Meanwhile , the ancient inhabitants had been driven back into the mountains , and being compelled to live by plunder , received the name of

" Dasyas " ( which name had perhaps an allusion to their barbarous character ) which contrasted marvellously with that of thc " Aryans , " both in morals and religion ; in fact , so remarkable , that the name " Aryan " became synonymous with good , e < r respectable . Monsieur Langlois is also of opinion that as thc word " Hellenes " was used as the generic name of the

inhabitants of Greece , so the word " Aryan " was for a long time the generic name of the Indian nations . I should have sent you a copy of M . L ' s remarks had I not feared to trespass too far on your valuable space , but trusting that the above will interest some of your readers , as well as " W . W . A ., " I am , yours fraternally , J . R . J .

CHESHIRE EDUCATIONAL MASONIC INSTITUTION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In" thc notice you gave of thc Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution in your paper of Saturday , the 15 th inst ., I observe vou finish your remarks with the

following question : — " What steps arc taken to see that the children do receive a befitting education . '" I now beg to inform you , in reply , that that subject is always most carefully considered at the time when the child is first placed or . our books , so that it might be sent to a suitable school in every way , and we always require , at least , an annual report from the

schoolmaster or mi > tress of the progress , tec , tec , cf their pupils , and occasionally we get some brother known to us to look after any child that may be at school in his neighbourhood , so that he might give us an unbi'sscel opinion of thc child ' s progress and welfare ; in fact , this is a point on which we ate very particular . For your information and satisfaction I enclose a copy

of a circuWr which I have just sent to all the lodges and chapters in our province , with a copy . of our last report , and which you will see gives extracts from some reports from the various schools where our children are placed . Hoping you will consider your question satisfactorily answered , I remain , yours fraternally ,

I-. K . STEVENSON , Hon . Secretary Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution

PROVINCIAL RETURNS . To lite Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Cinitbe possible that there exists such a lax state of affairs as stated by " A P . M . and Prov . Officer , " in your last week ' s issue , or has he stumbled over a " mare ' s nest ? " In sec . 26 , page 69 , Book of Constitutions it is ordered " That all monies due to Grand Lodge

from private lodges shall be annually remitted to it , failing which the delinquent lodge may be erased . " Thus armed , I can scarcely think that our highly esteemed anel excellent Grancl Secretary would allow defaulting lodges thus to escape their liabilities for periods varying from two to eighteen years . If such be the case there must be a sad lack of supervision somewhere . Yours fraternally , A PAST PROV . OFFICER .

AN APPEAL . To Ihe Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Will any brother Mason assist the writer in obtaining admission for a strong , healthy , fairly educated boy into Her Majesty ' s Navy . He is one of fourteen children ( ten boys ) , and although

thc writer has done his best for such a swarm , he cannot find money to place this one in trade , for which he has no taste , and from which he would assuredly bolt at an early date . I intend him to work and fight too ( if wanted ) his way

up from the ranks ; and all I ask in charity is the opportunity of giving one of my children to the service of his Queen and country . That 1 am not an adventurer may be known by the circumstance that I am in a position to subscribe myself , Very faithfully and fraternally , A W . M .

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MASONIC ELECTIONS . To tie Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — 'I he many objections that have been made in your columns during the past few weeks to the mode of conducting elections for Masonic Committees , not only prove the increased interest that is taken by the Craft in

the wcl'are of the Institution , as a whole , but also p int out the necessity of remedying any seeming abuses which may tend to breed dissension , or to cause unnecessary irritation or ill-feeling amongst its members ; and it would be well that those who take the lead in such matters should direct their attention to these complaints , and , by a timely revision of the regulations prevent a

further growth of dissatisfaction , which , if allowed to spread must undoubtedly prove detrimental to the interests of Freemasonry in general , and of our Charities in particular . The communications referred to have only alluded to the School elections , but it cannot be denied that they are equally applicable to the Committee elections in Grand Lodge .

Let us taVe as an instance the election for the Board of General Purposes . The Book of Constitutions states ( p . 107 ) that " the Masters and Past Masters are to bc elected by ballot , and for that purpose the names of the several brethren intended to be put in nomination are to be delivered in writing at the General Committee preceding the Grand Lodge in June . " If this election is to be by ballot ,

that ceremony ought certainly to be conducted upon the most approved standard , rather than in the loose manner at present practised . The Ballot Act as applied to parliamentary and municipal elections , with which we are all familur , having been found to work well , there can be no good reason why , its general principles should not be adopted in Freemasonry . Clause 6 of Schedule 1 . would

meet one objection that has been strongly urged . It provides that each candidate shall be nominated by a separate nomination paper , but the same electors or any of them may subscribe as many nomination papers as there are vacancies to be filled , but no more . " The provisions for withdrawing nominations , for conducting the poll , for the issue of ballot papers , and for the care of them after they

are marked , might all be advantageously consideied in framing a set of rules , which should enable Freemasons , as men of business , to conduct the business of their elections in a mere business-like maimer . If this were carried out by Grand Lodge , as well as by thc Charities , there would be less occasion for those charges of

" sharp practices , " " packing and nursing committees , " " want of honour , right , truth , and justice , " " dishonest elections , " " unseemly scandals , " "disorderly proceedings , " " cliques , " & c , which have been used in from various quarters . Yours fraternally , T . H .

THE LETTER " H . " To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As you have thought fit to copy from the Times a communication from the pen of the Rev . F . O . Morris , pnent this much misused letter , charging the county of Worcester with the misdemeanour ; may I ask to have

the saddle put on the right horse , —Salop , —and the lines correctly given ? That is as " Holloway in his Dictionary of Provincialisms" gives it . " The petitition of the letter ' h' to the inhabitants of Shrewsbury greeiing . Whereas I have by you been driven From / rouse , from home , from hope , from Aeaven ,

And placed by your most learn d Society In exile , wnguish , and rmxiety , And used without one just pretence , With arrogance and insolence , I here demand full restitution , And beg you'll mend your elocution . " To this petition the inhabitants of Shrewsbury returned thc following answer : —

" Whereas we ' ve rescued you , Ingrate , From Aaiidcuff , / rorror , and from Aate , From " tell , from ' lorsepond , and from Aalter , And consecrated you in Altar , And placed you where you ne ' er should be , In Honour and in Honesty ; We deem your pray ' r a rude intrusion , And will not mend our elocution . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , A WORCESTERSHIRE MAN .

KENNING'S MASONIC CYCLOPAEDIA . Dear Bro . Kenning , — The name of " Warencr , '' allueled to in the New York Dispatch of June 2 nd , under the head " New York , " in your Cyclopa-dia , should read Harrison . It is an obvious misprint . The " notes of correction " by our esteemed confrere will

be duly attended to in a second edition . I observe , however , with some little amusement , that printers' devils in America are as faulty as in England , since even my kind friend in New York begins with two errata , he reading " now according to the Constitutions of 1 7 66 and Dunckerley's copy in 1737 , " whereas , in the Cyclopaedia it properly reads according to the Constitutions of 1764

( published by Kearsley ) , and Dunckerley ' s copy , by the way , in 1737 , & c . This is a proof , if proof were wanting how many allowances must bc made for printer ' s errors , and which cannot be ascribed to any want of editorial supervision . I think it right to say this , and am , Yours fraternally , . . THE EDITOR OF YOUR CYCLOPEDIA .

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Dear Bro . Findel , — I thank you sincerely for your kind words in the Bauhutte of June 15 th , which are truly appreciated by Bro . Kenning and myself . In your very thoughtful and fair review you have shown a most genial spirit to many unavoidable shortcomings , but which , arising from " circumstances " over which , to use a hackneyed phrase , " I

had no control , " ! hopetoamend ( D . V ., i , tn a serondedition If you will kindly put down such " errata " as strike your careful observation , and suggest such emendations , or alterations as you think well , I will , I need not say , gladly welcome them , and duly note them . I am , dear Bro . Findel , yours very sincerely and fraternally , A . F . A . WOODFORD . London , June 14 th , 1878 .

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

OLD AND VALUABLE BOOKS . For all whom it may concern I desire to state that Messrs . Ellis and White , of 29 , New Bond-street , ( the well-known dealers in noted and scarce works ) , have a set for sale of Bernard Picard ' s splendid work , 1723-43 , & c . lt is especially valuable to the members of the " mystic tie , " because it contains a fac-simile of the

engraved List of Lodges , by John Pine , up to 1734 , and about which thc erroneous statement has been made that it is a Register of York Locges , whereas , all of them were warranted by the London Grand Lodge , a note of which was lately made by Bro . Kenneth R . H . Mackenzie ( editor of the Royal Cyclopaedia ) for the Freemason . The set contains the seven volumes of " Cerdmonie ' s et

Cuutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde , " Amsterdam , 1723-37 , and thc "Supplement , " Amsterdam , 1743 ( 2 vols . ) The " Superstitions ancienne et Modernes , " & c , Amsterdam , 1733-6 . bleven volumes complete and bound in six royal folio , all first editions , with 266 "

beautiful engravings , brilliant impressions , in the original Dutch calf , neat , " ( £ 12 12 s . ) The works are in French , and certainly well worth thc money asked , copies of which are in the Free Library of the "Ancient ancl Accepted Rite , " * -j , Golden-square . W . JAMES HUGHAN .

A QUERY . Can any Scottish brother tell me who delivered a lecture en Constantinople , January 3 , 1878 , at Aberdeen ? It appears in the American Masonic Eclectic for June , without a name , and I should like to publish it in the Masonic Magazine . ED . " MASONIC MAGAZINE . " 198 , Fleet-street , London , E . C .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Middlesex.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MIDDLESEX .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex was held on Saturday last at the Greyhound Hotel , Hampton Court . Col . Burdett , Prov . G . Master , presieled . Bro . F . Davison , acteel as Deputy Prov . G . M . ; Dr . Ramsay as Prov . G . S . W . ; Bro . James Lewis Thomas , Assist . G . D . C

was in his chair of Prov . J . G . W . ; Bro . H . G . Buss , I ' rov . G . Treasurer ; and Bro . H . C . Levander , Prov . G . Secretary . Among the other brethren present were Gen . Brownrigg . !" " > ' '•G . M . for Surrey ; Col . Shadwell Clerke , S . G . D . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . S . G . D . ; H , A . Dubois , John Mason , George Kenning , F . Walters , Dr . Ramsay , J . W , Baldwin , J . B . Shackleton , Walter Howell Williams , G .

Hammond , Col . Peters , T . J . Sabine , T . C . Walls , K . H . I hrupp , L . Beck , C . B . Brown , D . W . Pearse , Sir . C , Bright , Sanders , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . The Prov . G . M . was first saluted . After thc minutes had been read and confirmed , Bro . Levander , by direction of the Prov . G . M ., read the patent appointing Sir Charles T . Bright as Deputy Prov . G . M . ;

Sir Charles took the obligation , and the Prov . G . M . thereupon invested him with the collar and jewel of his office . Sir Charles Bright thanked the Prov . G . M . for confeiring on him the honour , and promised to perform the duties attaching to the oflice to the best of his ability . Bro . C . S . Brown acting as D . of C , then called on the brethren to salute Gen . Brownrigg , Prov . G . M . for Surrey ,

one of the distinguished visitors . The ceremony having been performed , Bro . Levander read the report of the Audit Committee shortly , from which it was shown that the Prov . G . Lodge had lost by the failure of Messrs . Willis , Pereival & c , £ 81 is . lid . The balance however to the credit of the Province , after deducting * this sum , was £ 160 is . gd .

On the motion of Bro . F . Davison , seconded by Bro . D . W . Pearse , thc report was ordered to be received and entered on the minutes . Bro . D . W . Pearse in proposing the re-election of Bro . H . G . Buss as Prov . G . Treasurer , said that Bro . Buss had faithfully served the province in that capacity during nearly all the years the province had been in existence . This year

Bro . Buss came before the brethren under somewhat of a cloud , through no fault of his own , having had the misfortune to lose a portion of the provincial funds by the failure of the bankers . The Provincial Grand Ludge , however , entirely acquitted him of any fault , and as he brought forward a balance of £ 160 to the credit of the Province it showed that he had taken great care of the funds .

Bro . F . Walters seconded the motion , and Bro . Buss was unanimously re-elected Provincial Grand Treasurer , arr-idst great applause . The Prov . G . M . informed Bro . Buss that it was with much pleasure he had now to declare that he had been unanimously re-elected . Bro . Buss said he had to thank the brethren for this