Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

R EPORTS OF MASON IC MEETINGS . — Craft Masonry 651 Mark Masonry 6 $ 4-Bed Cross of Constantine 6 ?>\ Scotland 634 Palsrologus "SS

Masonic Tidings "SS The " Church Herald" 6 5 6 A Few Words of Caution (> $ 1 "Verbum SatSapienti" 657 CORRESPONDENCE : — Orders of the Temple and Malta C sf

Is the Pope a Freemason 658 Eoyal Visit to Plymouth 658 Scottish Masonic Benevolent Fund f > 5 s The Coming Installation of the Grand Master 658 Royal Patronage 658

Freemasonry in New Zealand " 59 Masonic Notes and Queries 659 Funeral of I 3 ro J . D . Moore <> 59 Lodge Meetings next week (> 59 Advertisements 649 650 C 5 6 C 60 661 662 66 3 6 O 4

SUPPLEMENT ( FOUR PAGES ) . Dedicationjof a Masonic I la'l in Liverpool 665 Consecration oitVie Hemming Lodge 666 Grand Lodge of Quebec 668

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LODGE OF TR . \ srauiLiTY ( No . 18 $ ) . — 'A meeting of this lodge was held on Monday last , at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon Street , nnder the presidency of the W . M ., Bro . John Constable . The meeting was very fully attended , there being about sixty brethren present .

The ceremonies of raising and initiation were the only two which were on the paper of business , and while for the former ceremony there was but one candidate , for the latter there were no less than five . Four of these last attended , but Mr . Bush , the other candidate , was through illness obliged to deny himself the pleasure

of entering the brotherhood on this occasion . Bro . James received at the hands of the W . M . admission to the secrets of the Third Degree , and was deeply impressed , as was also every other brother in the lodge , with the masterly style in which the ceremony was performed . It was delivered without hesitation and with all

the force which is essential to producing a proper effect on the candidate . In the same style also , and with equally able assistance from the ofiicers of the lodge , did the W . M . confer the secrets of the First Degree on Messrs . Isaac M . ignin , WIT :. Christie , John Barber , and Nicasio Emidgio

Jauralde , who by their readiness in answering the questions and following the ritual , appeared fully to appreciate both the solemnity of the service and the ability ofthe W . M . vVhen this was concluded the brethren proceeded to other business , and on the motion of Bro . Saul

Solomon , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Meyer Harris , P . M ., offered their best thanks to Bro . Croker for having gratuitously renovated and restored the furniture of the lodge . The lodge ' unanimously agreed to present Bro . Croker with their thanks engrossed on vellum , and Bro . Croker ,

after the W . M . had told him that he should on another occasion have the pleasure of saying something more to him on the subject , said he thanked the brethren very much for their kindness , but what he had done was purely out of lovo to the lotlge . He thought the furniture

looked as if it wanted repairing , and he had repaired it . It was with much pleasure he found himself able to be of such small service , and the brethren would always find him ready to do anything that was in his power for the lodge . The Secretary of the lodge then read out the

totals of the subscriptions raised by the lotlge during the year for the Masonic Institutions , which ware £ 49 6 8 s . 6 d ., and proposed that this should be " entered in the minutes . Bro . Gluekstein seconded the motion , which was carried

amidst cheers . Bro . Saul Solomon , P . M ., thought that the reason the lodge had been so successful in raising this amount was , that they had a W . M . who was vtry energetic in the cause of Masonry , and had very insinuating manners . On account of his great popularity

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among the brethren they had come forward so readily to support him . The sum of three guineas was then voted to a late brother of the lodge , who was in deep distress and very sad want ; and the brethren , as the Jewish brethren , to their honour be it said , always do , resolved

to afford him additional voluntary pecuniary assistance . The W . M . afterwards alluded to a subject which was notified on the summons , that he intended submitting his manuscript history of the lodge to the brethren , with a view to its being published , and said that the lodge had been

in existence for eighty-seven years , and there were consequently many facts in connection with its history which would be interesting to the brethren to know . He could not say that the work would present any great literary merits , but still other brethren had given the history of

their lodges , and he , following in their footsteps , had endeavoured to pourtray , as far as he could , the past acts of their predecessors , many of whom they must revere . He then called upon the Secretary to read a short preface , to the work which had been written by Bro . W . ] . Hughan .

The Secretary did so , and the brethren were put in possession of Bro . Hughan ' s opinion on the subject , which appeared to be , that all such histories are extremely valuable , and that all W . M . ' s of lodges should contribute their quota towards such a fund of information . Notice

was subsequently given of a motion to defray the expenses of printing and publishing the work out of the lodge funds , and the proceeds of its sale to be contributed to the Benevolent Fund of the lodge . This concluded the business in lodge , which was immediately closed , and the

brethren sat down to an exceedingly nice banquet , presided over by their W . M . At the conclusion of this repast , which was thoroughly enjoyed , the W . M . announced that it was his intention to cut his speeches short , for two reasons , in the first that they had several brethren

in the room possessing a very large amount of musical talent , and in the second p lace that it was not in his nature to make long speeches . This announcement was received with cheers , and the W . M . immediately added , that his first toast was that of "The Queen " coupled with

" The Craft . " This toast was drunk with the usual enthusiasm , and without loss of time the W . M . rose to give the second toast . He told the brethren that at present Masons were without a Grand Master , but it would be invidious on his part were he to say anything in connection

with the subject of the resignation of their late Grand Master , the Marquis of Ripon . He would therefore merely submit to them the toast of "The M . W . G . M . Designate , F . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " whose love for Freemasonry was such that it had endeared him to every

member of the Craft . He was sure that if H . R . H . were spared to reign over Freemasons , as his predecessors the Dukes of Sussex and Kent , they would have occasion to rejoice in his accepting the office of Grand Master . This sentiment was greeted with cheers , and the

W . M . gave the next , always popular , toast of "The Earl of Carnarvon , D . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers . " His love also for Freemasons and the Craft generally was of such a nature that all Masons must be glad of , and which should exist between

one Mason and another . When the letter was read from the Marquis of Ripon in Grand Lodge announcing his retirement , there was immediately read a note from the Earl of Carnarvon , saying he had taken steps to prevent the oilice of Grand Master being vacant , thereby he

exemplified to the Masonic Order generally , that they had nothing to fear at his hands . The W . M . added that he would couple the name of Bro . S . M . Lazarus , Past Prov . S . G . W . for Wilts , with this toast . Bro . S . M . Lazarus , in responding , said that while he was deeply

indebted to the W . M . for the very high compliment he had paid him in coupling his name with this toast , he must remind him that although he ( Bro . Lazarus ) was not one of the Grand Officers , but only a first cousin to them , being

only a Past Provincial Grand Officer . Of the Earl of Carnarvon , he must say , he was certain he would do everything he could to further the interests of the Order , and the whole of the Grand Officers were doing the the same . Meet-

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ing after meeting of the Masonic charities they were supporting them , and exerting themselves to the utmost to obtain the assistance of the lodges in the same course . In this they were successful , and it would be seen by looking at the lists that the Grand Officers wero alwavs

foremost in bringing to the front the cause ofthe institutions . With regard to himself , he would only express his thanks to the W . M . and brethren for the very kind way in which he had been remembered . It was highly gratifying to him to come among the brethren , and in this Lodge of

Tranquility especially so , as the large increase that had taken place in the number of its members , and in their quality , proved that the lodge was in the right track , and that with such Freemasons the Masonic Institutions would never ask in vain for assistance . The next toast , "The

Initiates , was emphatically declared by the W . M . to be the toast of thc evening , for without suoh accessions to the Order , they could do nothing . Bro . Lazarus had referred to the increase in the number of the lodge ' s members , and also to their high quality . He ( the W . M . )

hoped this course would continue , for an addition to their number would be nothing , unless the quality was also good . The brethren they had initiated that evening , he was proud to say , were of the best class , and by 'heir known respectability and high social position , would reflect

honour on the body which they had just joined . He trusted their future conduct would justify the brethren ' s confidence in them . Bro . Jauralde , who was the first to reply , said it was with some diffidence he undertook this task , but at the same time as the other brethren who had

that evening gone with him through the ceremony of initiation had asked him to reply for them , he would give the first proof he hat ! an opportunity of giving of displaying the brotherly feeling which had lately been inculcated . The flattering terms in which the W . M . had referred

to the initiates filled him with greater diffidence than he should otherwise have felt . To him it was a great compliment that he should be allowed to join the Order , and enter such a distinguished lodge as the Lodge of Tranquility . For this he was extremely grateful , and not for

himself only , but for his brother initiates also , he would say they would do their best to be good Masons . This would be proved by time . Loud calls being given for Bro . Christie , that brother also responded to the toast , and after expressing the same sentiments as Bro . Jauralde , said that

respecting the compliment paid to the initiates by the W . M ., in which he approved of the quality of the initiates , that if the W . M . did not grumble the initiates would not . He could onl y reiterate that he hoped the whole of the initiates would

in a short time be as highly appieciated by their brethren in the lodge as the W . M . himself was . ( Cheers . ) The W . M . next gave " The Visitors , " a body of brethren they were always g lad to see , and who carried away from the lodge a recollection of pleasant associations . It

was to them in a great measure they owed the high character the lodge bore . That evening they had the pleasure of having as a visitor a former member ofthe lodge , Bro . Martinis , who was raised to the 3 rd degree at the same time as he ( the W . M . ) was raised . Since that time Bro .

Martinis had traversed a considerable portion of the globe , but at his ( the W . M . ' s ) solicitation he was among his old lodge that night . The lodge gave him a hearty welcome , and wished him prosperity aud happiness on the journey lie was resuming the following day . Tlie next

was Bro . Lazarus , whom they had had the pleasure of listening to ; and the next . Bro . Massey , whom he would call on also to respond , because he should make this a double toast , by coupling with it "The Masonic Press , " as he represented that excellent paper the Frci-mason .

There was also Bro . Hill , the J . D . of 1228 , Burdett Coutts Lodge , which associated itself with the objects of Freemasonry . Then there were Bro . Naperean , Bro . Frost , and Bro . Brodie , the last of whom was proposed by Bro .

Gluekstein as a member of that lodge . Bro . Martinis , in acknowledg ing the toast , said that whereas the W . M . had , in his opening remarks that evening , given two reasons for making short speeches , there was vet another reason ,