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is succeeded by No . 259 , Bro . R . G . Glover , £ 204 . 15 s . Very close running , my masters . No . 79 , Bros . Dennis and Farnfield , who seem also to be connected with Nos . 804 , 1716 , and 1 S 04 , is next in order with £ 182 14 s ., and No . 143 , Bro .

Ralph Glutton , now appears with £ 152 5 s . No . 13 S 3 , Bro . K . R . Murchison . here emerges with £ 148 is ., preceding No . 1475 , Bro . Henry Vickcry , with £ 130 . No . 134 , Bro . Joshua Nunn , comes to the rescue with £ . 121 is ., . and is closely pursued by

No . 1421 , Bro . H . N . Taylor , with £ 120 . No . 554 , Bro . G . W . Verry , and No . 1426 , Bro . G . S . Blackie , run side by side next , the former with £ 116 lis ., the latter with £ 116 , while No . 1615 , Bro . Frank Richardson , follows suit with £ 114 OS .,

while we have to record the efforts of No . 140 , Bro . A . H . Tattershall , with £ 110 15 s . . 6 d . ; of No . 1719 , Bro . T . N . Kirkham , £ 105 , and No . 192 , Bro . W . T . Rickwood , £ 100 13 s . All the remaining amounts are under three figures , but do

credit to the lodges and thc Stewards representing them . We regret to note that from No . 1700 only seven lodges have sent anything , though of these No . 1820 has provided a noble contribution . In the provinces West Yorkshire , ever to the fore

when good Masonic work is to be done , comes forward on this occasion with much eclat . Not only has the province recently raised £ 1050 for the Bentley Shaw Testimonial , and constituted a third " exhibition , " but it now remits /* 8 oo , heading the

provincial list . West Yorkshire is followed by Kent with £ 571 gs . 6 d . ; Staffordshire with £ 546 1 is . ; Berks and Bucks , £ 506 14 s . ; Middlesex , always active , comes up with £ 438 6 s . ; and Worcestershire next appears with £ 364 7 s . ;

and is succeeded by Oxfordshire with £ 309 12 s . ; Somersetshire is represented b y £ 241 ; and hard pressed by Essex with £ 237 Ss . ; Cumberland and Westmorland remit £ 200 ; Durham contributes £ 178 ios . ; Derbyshire , £ 175 7 s . ; while North

Wales offers £ 164 7 s . ; and Nottinghamshire , £ 178 ios . Sussex then " makes a score" of £ 130 4 s . Wiltshire sends £ 128 2 s ., while Devonshire , Hants , and South Wales are credited

successively with £ 121 , £ 105 , and £ 100 . There are other smaller sums which we do not record .. We note that in the provinces from No . 1700 ten lodges are represented .

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[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expresseil by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

THE PURCHASE OK LYNCOMBE HOUSE . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir ancl Brother , — After the admirable and unanswerable remarks of H . R . H . Prince Leopold oil this subject on Friday week , I should have thought it more becoming in myself to keep silence on a matter which is now happily settled , had I

not heard on good authority that a brother , originally connected with , in my opinion , a most perverse and mischievous agitation , had amused himself in an assembly of his biethrcn with makin *; most offensive remarks as regards my personal action in the transaction . All 1 can , once for all , assure my brethren is that the purchase of Lyncombe House Has made on

public grounds , and public grounds alone , and that in it all through I acted solely and oflicially as Chairman of the Building Committee , originally intrusted with the enlargement , and watchful over the safety and health of the School .

1 leave with confidence , therefore , my . Masonic character in the hands of many kind friends and companions , who , as good brethren and true , will , I know , at once accept my statement , and utterly repudiate and disbelieve this maligner and slanderer of his brethren . I am , yours fraternally , J . CREATON , G . T .

"TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR . " To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — 1 hardly know whether you will permit the following lines to appear in your esteemed and widely circulated paper , but as I send you my card I hope you will permit them to appear , as you will observe that I am both " a

lnend andabrother" indeed . 1 was so struck with the great gathering at Freemasons' Tavern on Friday week , that I have thought it well to put together the accompanying "notes" from my good hostelry , "The Rose and Pelican , " and which are very much at your service . I was deeply afectedwith four things on Friday week last—first , the enthusiastic loyalty of thc brethren ; secondly , the s-ood orderof the

aches ; thirdly , the excellency of the music ; and , fourthly , the gorgcousness of the collars , aprons , and decorations worn by some of our worthy and distinguished brethren , on which I gazed with " rapture and with ' hawe , " as the man used to say in the play at Greenwich Fair in olden days . 1 may add tbat 1 also enjoyed my dinner very much , ( though one good brother complained ) , and was most glad to note the change which has come " o ' er the spirit of the dream "

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of those who sat down amid the noise , heat , and discomfort inseparable from a great public dinner to enjoy the good things of a skilfully arranged "menu . " I was speciall y pleased to observe also that Bro . Best , animated by that spirit of " change and progress " which has lately overspread our great nation , even to thc cry of "reform your dinners , " and anxious to vivify the old tradition of " Freemasons '

Tavern , " assisted by Bro . Dawkins , had cleverly recorded names of some of our most distinguished brethren on that ingenious and artistic card . Thus . we had "Potage Creaton , " ( very good ) , and "Fillets de sole au Raynham W . Stewart , " " Cotelettes au President du Board of General Purposes , " " Fillet du Bceuf saute a Grand Secretaire , " " Poulet au l'Estragon au Joshua

Nunns , " and a charming "Vol au Vent au Grand Registrar . " I say nothing of those pleasant " Entremets au Rucker , Letchworth , Dubois , Hope , Lalande Long , and Hedges , which were so acceptable , especially to the ladies , but 1 feel bound specially to characterize in terms of the greatest admiration a "Compote des poires au Col . Peters , " and a "Charlotte des pommes au Bro . Frank Richardson . " For these two there was a great demand .

I went home quite contented . The speaking was good , ( the spirited and effective words of H . R . H . Prince Leopold made a deep impression upon us all ) , the wine was good , the music excellent , the Stewards were most civil , and the ladies were most fair and kind , * and what could we poor mortals more desire ? One friend of mine was heard , in a somewhat excited manner , and with meaning looks , singing , " No mortal can more the ladies adore

-Than a Free and Accepted Mason . " And my dreams that night , after a most agreeable evening , were of two special " angels " in blue and white , and of a fair , if stoutish , lady , in a most becoming dress of brown silk , who attracted the attention of some young—yea , and of some very old and stout Masons to boot ! I am , yours most fraternally , A COUNTRY COUSIN .

MASONIC NAMES OF THE DEITY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Having read with great interest the admirable paper of our Bro . the Rev . W . Hutchinson , M . A ., P . P . G . Chaplain of N . and E . Riding , on " Masonic Names of thc Deity , " I trust you will permit me to make some

additional observations concerning thc names " Yehovah " and " Yahveh , " as I have no doubt , they will be interesting to some of our brethren . I write the two words with " Y " at their beginning and "h " at their end , and I purposely do so , because they arc thus written in Hebrew , and being names , we ought to write and pronounce them as they are written and pronounced in the original . Bro . Hutchinson

says " Yehovah or Yahveh , " as Hebrew scholars tell us , signifies , " He who is . " Such is only onc explanation given in former times , and according to it the second word ought to be written " Yihveh , " being , then , the " Qal " or intransitive form . But now-a-days , the state of the knowledge of Hebrew being a more advanced one , thc word " Yahveh , " with thc accent on the last syllabic , as in most

Hebrew words , is to be taken in the meaning of " He causes to come , " or "He brings into existence . " The word being thus , the third person of the future or imperfect ( both fall together in the Hebrew language and frequently express the " present , " or a " repeated" action in tlie past ) of the " Hephel , "the causative form of the conjugation , is much more expressive and comprehensive than

the former explanation " Yihveh , " i . e ., " He who is , " which is expressive only of God's existence , while "Yahveh " signifies God not only as the eternally existing one , but also as the eternall y creating one . As to the other name " Yehovah , " it is no " real" word grammatically speaking , and has no meaning except onc knows the origin of it , which is this : the four consonants Y , H , V , H , ( in Hebrew

much more than in the Occidental languages , the consonants are thc principal factors , often written without , vowels as in the Talmud ) , being considered too holy for profane use received the vowels and pronunciation of the word "Adonay , " which means "my lords "or " my lord , " the plural being the so called " pluralis cxccllcnti-c" of the grammar . Some of our brethren will know that for this

reason only the High Priest was allowed to pronounce the name with its veritable vowels , i . e ., " Yahveh " once upon a year on the Day of Atonement in the Holy of Holies , when thc people hearing the true pronunciation fell upon their knees , and worshipped Him whose greatness and awfulness was expressed by that word . The reading of

the two words must now be either " Adonay , " as the jews do , or " Yahveh , " as the Hebrew scholars do . The latter is to be translated " The Eternal" or "The Almighty , " and either of them comes nearer to its true meaning , while the former reading "AdonAy" explains the translation of the authorised version " Lord . " Yours fraternally ,

JOSEPH STRAUSS , Chapter of Harmony , No . Goo Thc Yorkshire College , April 19 th .

ITINERANT MASONS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Referring to your article in last issue , no one can doubt that itinerant Masons arc both a reflection on and a disgrace to Freemasonry , and that they arc much on the increase , and it cannot be denied that the Masons in

Scotland are much to blame for thissad state of affairs . It is not only the low fees prevailing in Scotland that is to blame , but the careless manner in which candidates are admitted into our ranks , without any enquiry into whom and what they are . There are many cases of candidates , stranger ? , coming into places were lodges are held , being admitted into Freemasonry , receiving the three Degrees on the same day of

their arrival , no one knowing the least of their character or whereabouts , emergency meetings being called in a few hours' notice for that purpose , and in many cases atthe regular meetings candidates are brought forward for admission , thc members of lodges not being aware of it until they

enter the lodge , and under these circumstances are not in a position to enquire whether they are worthy or not . Another great drawback is the want of payment of annual subscriptions to support the lodges . Most of the lodges live entirely upon the fees for initiations , and arc too often only too glad to snap a candidate to keep them going , the money , not the character of the man , being- the question . The fees

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in error in having originally supposed that none existed , as for initiation , £ 1 us . 6 d ., which are often paid by instalments , are certainly very low , and should be raised at least to £ 3 3 S . This would prevent candidates from going to towns were the fees are raised to this amount to join lodges were the fees are low . Another point , candidates residing

in Scotland should only be admitted into lodges in the district were they reside . Without going farther into the many evils connected with Scottish Freemasonry , even at the present time , letting bygones pass , it is to be hoped that the members of Grand Lodge will soon find a rem edy to root out the evils which have too long prevailed . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , PAST MASTER , S . C .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , —

A QUERY . The many brethren who have been connected with the Craft in this island will be glad to hear that a history of Freemasonry in Malta is about to be published , in aid of the District Benevolent Fund . Would any brother kindly answer the following queries in a communication to Bro . J . W . Starkey , D . G . Secretary , 27 , Strada Stretton , Malta ?

ist . What was the form of the distinctive jewel worn by the members of the Lodge of St . John and St . Paul in 1 S 25 ? 2 nd . Where was the memorial erected to the memory of brethren who . fell in the Crimea ? The various lodges subscribed to it , and funds were also raised by a Masonic ball . I remain , fraternally yours ,

THE COMPILER . Malta , 16 th April , 1 SS 0 .

HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN MALTA . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you kindly inform me in next Saturday's issue whether they rehearse the ceremonies in French at the

La Tolerance Lodge of Instruction , Maddox-street , and if not , is there any instruction lodge in London where the French or Spanish languages are used . Trusting this will not trouble you too much , Yours fraternally , W . S . D . ( I . G . 1777 ) .

Reviews.

Reviews .

URANIA : a Monthly Journal of Astrology , Meteorology , and Physical Science . Simpkins , Afars ' ial / , and Co ., 4 , Stationers' Hall-court . It seems at first sight strange almost to realize , that we are reviewing a magazine devoted to astrology . And yet such is the case , let us all note it carefully . The Editor is Alfred G . Pearce , who has written "Thc Weather Guide

Book , " which , according to our contemporary , the Athcnteum , is " not at all a catch-penny tract . It is seriously written , and may be perused with advantage by any one interested in astrology , provided he will maintain a cool judgment . " 'lhe general idea we have all of us , probably , of astrological writings is bounded by" Raphael , ' or similar productions . That many old writers treated it as a

science many of us are p robably well aware , and that it should be revived as a science in the nineteenth century is not only in itself , " onc of those things a fellow ought to now , " but is a fact to be looked at carefully by the intelligent student of the hour . " Urania , " from an astrological point of view , has much matter interesting , no doubt , for astrological believers .

PROGRAMMES AND TIME TABLES OF HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR OBERAMMERGAU , & c . This is a very useful and needful compilation for those who are desirous of going to Oberammergau and availing themselves of the special and effective arrangements of Thomas Cook and Sons , Ludgate-circus .

THE ETYMOLOGY OF SOME DERBYSHIRE PLACE NAMES . B y FREDERICK DAVIS . Penrose and Sons , London and Derby . This is a work which we like much , as one of a class of interesting studies . Whether looked at from a local or general point of view , it is extremely interesting . It is not a mere matter of book making , or haphazard speculations , or perverse chimera , but is the careful and thoughtful production of one who is a scholar and writes clearly and ably . We think it is likely to be read , as it ought to be .

A MISCELLANEOUS CATALOGUE OF WORKS ON THE FINE ARTS . No . 3 , February , 1 SS 0 . This catalogue of Mr . Bernard Quaritch deserves to be studied by all admirers of art literature , and all collectors of art works .

GREENHOUSE FWORITES . Part 10 . London : Groombridge and Sons . Another number of equal merit to the others . What better can we say . The coloured illustrations arc again superb , but we notice that thc wood engravings are hardly worthy of their coloured companions—this is all the more noticeable because of the extreme excellence of the latter .

CIVIC AND OTHER MACES . By Bro . GEO . LAMBERT , F . S . A . Reprinted from the "Antiquary . " This is a little pamphlet of our well-known Bro . Geo . Lambert's , which is well worth reading , and is full of antiquarian research . We are favourable to all such studies and essays , and , having read it over with pleasure and improvement , are glad to commend it to the notice of our readers in the Freemason . No doubt Bro . Lambert will be happy to send it to archaeological students .

THESCIENTIFICSTRUCTURE OFTHE UNIVERSE . By J . A . MONCRIEFF , C . E . Marcus Ward and Co ., C 7 , Chandos-street , London . This is to us , we feel bound to confess , at thc outset , a somewhat startling book , and we feel from first to last confronted by a very serious doubt as to its scientific accuracy , and , above all , as to its effect on the minds of those who

are accustomed to deal with such problems and facts . It is written with much force and clearness , but we fail to grasp either the full meaning of the writer ' s positions or thc logical sequence of his arguments . It is an ingenious hypothesis , apparently ably drawn out , but seemingly somewhat paradoxical and visionary in its realistic outcome . As regards Masons' marks on the Pyramids , the writer is clearly