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CONTENTS .

L EADERS "' 7 Kovattv ami I ' raft Loyalty H'S I . ou > c of Ucncvnlcnce i' >^ Roval . Masonic Institution for Girls 10 S

Grand l . i > : l « c ipf Ma k . Master Masons ... m , Prnuncinl Grand I oil ^ c of Hampshire ami ( hi : lskot Wi & lit .. ' . i ; o Supreme Grand Royal Arrli I harrier of Scotland ' 7 '

I ' rccmas . mry in Morocco i ;> The Grand i . od' ; e of l ' e \ as 171 filRKEsnlM'F . VC'ECnlcndrier . MaC'inni , | iic !;• Precept anil Practice 172 'Mic ( . ' ramie- l . o . c Si ml * -IJoue Lcoss .-tj .-e j ; j

• J lie Gloncc-ur frovi ' iii ' t " ( alendar " ... 17 J A Ik'KitilW . Ma- '"' 17 . 1 The ( online SihonN Mlctt ititis 17 ; , Reviews 17 . ! Masor . ic . Notes anil Oueries i- \

¦ St . . Aldan ' s Cathedral . Masonic Restoration , I ' nnd 175 ' A . Masonic Mcctin . L'at Sea 173 ¦

\\ er . t Lancashire Ma-ontc l-. ihualnmnl In-I slilutinn 174 j Presentation to Pro . W'hitmarsh 174 1 I'unnatinn of Grami Lodges 174 RF . I-IKTS OK AIIMINIC- IMKEIIMIS—(" raft Masonry 174 Instruction .. ' . ' 77

¦ Ririal Arch 17 s Mail ; . Masonry 17 S Knii'iits Templar 17 S Iriliinl 17-1 Ob . tiiari 17 . 1 Funeral of Hro . Diaries . Mar-li l- 'l ' HiJ 'theatres 'N >

. Music 1 S 0 Science anil Art | s ' o Masonic ami I ieneral TidiiKs lS ' i I . mLte . Mectim . 's for . Next Week IS ;

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Two of llic points so eloquently elaborated by the PRO GRAND MASTLR in the memorable nieettni * " of Wednesday week were that , first I }' , it was a great privilege to join in thanking T . ( i . A . < ) . T . l ' . for so merciful preserving our gracious SOVLKLK . X and her daughter . Princess BLVTRK T :, from the fell design of the cowardly assassin ; r . i . d , secondly , that it was indeed a

great pride and pleasure to Grand Lodge to welcome the presence of the three Royal brothers . In both these ? sentiments we believe that the outcome of the intense sympathies of our great Anglo-Saxon Brotherhood will be one of enthusiastic concurrence with the noble and distinguished speaker ; and that with the truthful and seasonable and apposite utterances of our I ' uu

CiKAXl ) MASTI . U the F . ngiish (" raft especially most ordially and unanimous !) agree . Indeed , as an expression of overpowering feelings , and as a representation of loyal attachment and devotion , the meeting was a most remarkable one , and will have , we hope and believe , a good and impressive effect on

other jurisdictions . \\ e cannot commend too highly , as humble , but honest Masonic journalists , the dignified lone and admirable temper in which this disgraceful and degraded act of criminality was treated b y Grand Lodge . We hope , we repeal , that the speeches of the GRVND MVSTLR and the PRO GUAM ) MVSTLR will be carefully read b y Freemasons in ; il ) jurisdiction ^ .

1 iiF . tu : is sometimes a tendency in the excitement of the hour or the follies of the age to invest abnormal crimes with fictitious attributes of interest and importance . There seems always in human nature , twisted and perverted as it is , a love of th >; marvellous and the abnormal , the hyper-dramatic , and the hypcr-crim ' nal . llenrc the criminals of this world ' s criminality ,

Ihcfautors and abettors of sedition or revolution arc sometimes regarded by the weak and fatuous as interesting personages ; their words are recorded , their likenesses are sought after , their acts are glossed over , and their names repeated , as if forming a portion of that great fraternity of notability and heroism which the dail y press , in lieu of painstaking chroniclers or dainty troubadours ,

preserves from customary oblivion . But if when such events and persons come before us on the . stage of life , if when the ruffian of the piece struts in his shortlived horror before the startled spectators , we would measure Iheir words and acts by the sterner laws of public and domestic morality , on which are built up alike the happiness of nations and individuals equally ,

we should soon see than , one and all , in their true proportions . Instead of giants ihey become pigmies , and pigmies of a most debased race , because trampling under foot all restraints , human and divine , they are an injurious excrescence on society , they are " hostes liumani generis . " The words they speak and the deeds they effect bring mourning and misery to thousands ,

shake the framework of society , and deserve ( lie uttermost of human punishment for crime and criminals . Hut yet we fear the world is pretty much he same , unchanged and unchanging from age to age ; and for all that is abnormal and abhorrent in itself , for all that is grotesque and sensational , for

all that touches the hidden springs of mystery , credulity , and fanaticism , recklessness , human foil }' , anil human wickedness , there will still be found those weaker vessels who like to put forward pleas of consideration for "iiquity , and to work out apolocic . for crime .

* * As a proof of the deep interest of lasl Wednesday-week's proceedings in Grand Lodge , and the effect of the presence of II . 11 . 11 . the Prince of Wales and his brothers on the meeting , the whole tone and temper of that loyal gathering present all animated b y the same abhorrence of the crime , and

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the same loyal devotion to the Oucen , we have been informed by a worthy American brother who was present , that he , a citizen of the Great Republic , found himself carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment , and

was cheering , as he told us himself , as loyally and as loudly as any Britisher . So mote it . always be , and may American and Knglish Masons never have but one aim in view , the maintenance and promulgation of the ennobling princi ples of our beloved Craft . 2 : ' ±

Wi : are informed that some worthy brethren complain of the crush of last Wednesday week . On -itch abnormal occasions we must all put up with a hllle unavoidable crowding , a little loss of personal serenity in a heedless mob for the time , a little of that inevitability of temporary confusion , which the best pre-arraligemcnls catinot obviate , and the most careful consideration cannot foresee .

* * Wi : understand that the elections fortliu Girls and Hoys promise to be very severe , and that numerous circulars are out , and have been out for some lime , requesting all the votes , and trying the p : \ ticv . te of subscribers

Indeed , just note , these worthy brethren must have a lively time oi it , and we think it speaks much both for their endurance of applications , and their courtesy in acknowledgment . All this only r . hows the great importance of our admirable institutions , and the great and increased interest felt in their progress and pro-peril v .

Wi : call attention to a review of the report of the Metropolitan Police Orphanage elsewhere , and feel sure that in specially commending this interesting review of one year ' s work to our readers we shall enlibt their sympathies in behalf of an institution so needful and useful in itself ; so

happy in its management and results ; and which reflects ever )' credit on the members of the Metropolitan and City Police , who so cheerfull y and all but unanimously support one of the youngest , but veritably one of the most thoroughly well-conducted of our great Metropolitan Charitable institutions . Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of W ' w . rs will open the new wing in | une next .

Ix another portion of our impression will be found a report of a recent meeting of a Sub-Committee with respect to a Masonic memorial at St . Alban ' s Cathedral . We have always approved of the efforts of our worthy and zealous Hro . C . K . KLYSKR , W . M . Watford Lodge , to assist in the good and

needed work ,- the restoration of this interesting monument of olden pictv ; the memorial , too , of a personage identified with our earliest Masonic annals , whether mythic or real . After some needful change of plan and many difficulties of one kind or another , the Sub-Committee have accepted the design and tender for a beautiful pulpit . The design is by Mr . J . O .

SCOTT ; the tender is b y Bro . MISKIX . But in order to complete this pub pit a further sum of about , £ - 'o <> is required , to which , we think , many of our readers may like to contribute , as to a fixed and definite object . We invite their attention , therefore , to Bro . (' . ' . K . KBYSKR ' communication , and the

directions he gives , feeling assured that so reas jnabe a proposal and so good an object will not comebefcre our kindly Craft in vain . We understand that there is a probability of a special Provincial Grand Lodge at St . Alban ' s to inaugurate the use of the pulpit , when subscribers and Freemasons will be warmly welcomed b y our ever friendly and hospitable Hertfordshire brethren .

* * SOMI : of our contemporaries are very wrath at two little matters before the public just now . The one is the sympathy for Ji'Miso ; the other is sending' bouquets to Mr . I . AMSOX . AS regards J IMISO , we , like nianv more , young and old , feel very strong ) ) ' upon the subject , and consider the act

of sale of our old favourite to Mr . Barniun utterly unfitting the society in every respect . What has Mr . BARNIWI to do with us or we with him ? To Mr . BVRXUM , as far as he is concerned , the whole transaction is a ff . irspeculation ; but what shall we say of those who have so succumbed to the great showman ? Mr . BVRXUM has no doubt a greatness of power

though it be that of a showman ' s . The whole proceedings , as regards ( he transaction itself from first to last , seem to tell our dear British public how potent still are the vested interests of humbug . We are very sorry indeed to think that some of our young ladies have nothing better to do

tnnn send bouquets to Mr . LAMSOX . It seems to us a very silly and very sensational act at the same lime , on the part of the young ladies implicated . They seem to forget how true is still the grand old adage , " Fiat Juslilia , mat Cceliim . "