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SATURDAY , AUGUST 25 , 1888 .

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A CORRECTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Your leader in this morning ' s issue on the subject of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite contains an inaccuracy , which I am sure you will not mind correcting * .

You write , when referring to the Treasurer-General's statement of accounts , that the salaries amount to £ 1394 . This item , however , includes not only salaries , but rent , printing , establishment and general sundries ; about onethird only of the sum is spent on salaries . —Yours fraternally , HUGH D . SANDEMAN , August 1 Sth . Gr . Sec . Gen .

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**—• < ¦¦*¦* ¦¦ "' —¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' - "' - ¦ '" ¦ " ¦ m REPORT OF THE MASONIC ORPHAN BOYS ' SCHOOL , DUBLIN , 18 S 7 . This exceedingly valuable Institution is now " of age , " its 21 st year being reached in 1888 . The report is of a very cheering character , and all being well , when the " silver wedding" of its formation falls to be celebrated , there will be no lack of pupils to take part in the

commemoration . The building , of which an illustration is given on the cover , is situated at ( "Richview " ) Clonskeagh , Dublin , and at present contains 45 boys . The income for 1887 amounted to £ 2812 2 s . $ d ., which was utilized as follows : Under " School Expenses" are noted £ 393 14 s . 5 d . for provisions ; £ 193 18 s . 2 d ., for clothing and repairs ; "Teachers' salaries and servants'wages "

figuring for £ 369 os . 4 d ., and the sum ot £ 161 145 . 9 * 1 being charged for rent , insurance , and taxes . " Outfits " are down for £ 25 only ; £ 56 13 s . 2 d . for "Result fees and examination expenses , " and prizes cost £ 23 . The total costs under the above inclusive heading is £ 1375 03 . iod . Then under "Richview Expenses" the amount of £ 278 is . was spent ; and £ 223 14 s . nd . is the

modest sum for "Office expenses , " the total being £ 1876 16 s . gd ., or a trifle over £ 41 per boy , under all "headings" and charges ; leaving the balance of £ 935 5 - 8 d . as an available asset , which was employed to purchase £ 335 izs . ** i ** L "Stocks , " £ 218 6 s . 6 d . for "Rent and Surrender of Adelaide Hall , " and £ 381 6 s . id . left in hand . The "Stock

balances" to 31 st December , 1 S 87 , are given as £ 11 , 744 12 s . id . For what is known as the " Building Fund" ( corrected to 27 th March , 1 S 88 ) , £ 7889 os . od . have been promised , over £ 7000 having been actually paid . As there is room provided for 60 boys , we hope to hear of a hearty response to the appeal of the Committee , so as to enable them to put in the Institution the 15 lads

for which the present provision is ample , as respects space , & c ., all that is -wanted being the money . The Committee state that " the Governors must feel greatly gratified to find that the high standard of education which has been established in the school has been fully maintained during the year . . The successes which have been obtained at the Intermediate Education Examinations have placed our school , having regard to the number and ages of its pupils ,

amongst the very foremost in the country . " We congratulate the Board on such a grand success , and . especially do we offer our fraternal felicitations to Bro . John Holdbrook and his efficient staff , not forgetting his good lady , Mrs . Holdbrook , who is the beloved matron . Bro . Oliver Fry is the Honorary Secretary , and Bro . Francis M . Scott is the courteous Assistant Secretary of both the Institutions for the " boys " and " girls . "

WALKS IN THE ARDENNES . Edited by PERCV LINDLEY . London : 125 , Fleet-street , E . C . We are glad to renew our acquaintance with Mr . Percy Lindley through the medium of another of his well-compiled and useful guide books . The country he has chpsen in this instance is the Ardennes , and very faithfully , and

at the same time very agreeably has he described whatever it is worth while for the tourist to see and the best mode of seeing it . The preliminary chapter deals with the important subject of ways and means , route , and the time which may advantageously be given up to a trip through the Ardennes . In the other chapters the country is described , every place of note being visited and full particulars about

it being furnished . Each chapter has one or more welldrawn illustrations , and the style in which the book is written is clear , concise , and , above all things , chatty and pleasant . We strongly recommend intending visitors to this part of the continent to consult Mr . Lindley ' s guide book . They will find it full of excellent advice and very pleasant reading .

HINTS ON SPECTACLES . By W . ACKLAND , Surgeon and Optician by Special Appointment to the Queen . Ninth Edition . London : Home , Thornthwaite and YVood , 416 , Strand , W . C . It is not necessary to bo an expert in order to determine

that Dr . Ackland's " Hints on Spectacles " are worth attending to , though , as a matter of course , only an expert can tell how valuable they must prove to those whose sight is in any way affected . The pamphlet extends over only 30 pages , but within that modest compass the author appears to have brought together and explained in a clear and unsophisticated style , whatever in connection with spectacles

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and their use , it is necessary for general purposes to know . The explanations are materially assisted by sundry diagrams , and at the end there is given a series of " Short Rules for the Preservation of Sight and the Selection of . Spectacles , " to which we wish particularly to direct the attention of the reader . However , the fact of the pamphlet having reached a ninth edition , is the most conclusive testimony vve can give of its value .

Masonic Notes And Queries:

Masonic Notes and Queries :

78 S ] SEALS OF THE ALBANY LODGE . I now send you details of the seals on the -warrant of the Albany Lodge ( Ancient ) , No . 151 , dated 9 th July , 1777 . There are four , all hanging on ribbon ; above is a seal with the Atholl arms Below , on the right , is the seal with " Grand Lodge in London of Free and Accepted Masons

according to the old Institution . " A third seal has a column on either side of a level , and a fourth seal has the date 1723 , with cross pens , tied with a ribbon over a double triangle , and the all-seeing eye at the top , and is next to the signature of Jas . Jones , Grand Secretary .

J . E . LE FEUVRE . 7 S 9 ] HARRIS MS ., No . 2 .-LEWIS . Being in London on Wednesday , I turned up Bros . Hughan ' s and Lane's last find . The MS . is interesting , although of such comparatively recent date , say 1781 , because it apparently represents the last stage of the

evolutionary process through which the documents known as ' * Old Charges" passed . They were subject to continual modification as they were copied and transcribed , and this one has evidently been touched ;; p to suit it for a Society which had almost entirely eliminated the operative element which gave it birth . One passage specially arrested my attention , and vividly brought to my mind a long discussion

I maintained five or six years ago in your columns with our dear Bro . Woodford ( Masonic Student ) . Alas ! that he can no longer pick up my gauntlet ! This passage actually gives the real meaning of " Lewis , " as understood at that time . As far as we know , the word was first used Masonically in 1736 , and applied to George III ., the infant son of Frederick , Prince of Wales , G . M . Why such a

word should suddenly have been applied to the Royal baby , unless it were previously familiar to Masons , has never been explained . It has since come to be equivalent to the son of a Mason . I have always held that vve derive the word from the French Compagnonnage , in which Society the Stonemasons , sons of Solomon , are called Wolves , and their children Louveteaux , or wolf-cubs : whilst in

French Architectology , the instrument known by us as a Lewis , and composed of three pieces , bears the general name of louve , wolf-bitch , which , however , more immediately applies to the centre piece , the two side pieces being called Louveteaux . French Freemasons probably originally used the correct French term , Louveteaux , to render the English Lewis , but knowing that Freemasonry was of

English origin , possibly thought a French word out of place and inappropriate , and sought to anglicise it ; the consequence is that they now call their sons Lovvtons , and fancy , I suppose , they are speaking English . In the MS . tn question , thenth of Edwin's Charges reads— "You shall not make any Mould square or Rule for any that is but a Lewis j Lewis is such an one as hath served an Apprenticeship to

a Mason , but is not admitted afterwards , according to this manner and custom of making Masons . " Here we have a 1781 definition of Lewis . At that time the Craft had entirely ceased to be operative , and it is obvious that as the implied conditions could not then prevail , the definition was not of the date of the MS ., but harked back to a time when such a thing as operative Freemasonry still

existed . Any explanation invented after 1736 , when it was applied to the Grand Master ' s baby , would be totally different . It , therefore , looks as if this definition were a real operative survival , ante-dating 1736 , or even 1717 . If , as here implied , an unpassed Apprentice was known from "time immemorial " as a Lewis , we can understand the Craftsmen of 1736 giving it a speculative meaning , and

applying it to the infant Prince . The allusion vvould be at once grasped . But if the term before that era were purely technological , and simply meant an instrument of iron , without any application to Masons as such , its sudden use and acceptance becomes incomprehensible . I am , therefore , inclined to think that this MS . furnishes us with one more little glimpse of 17 th century lodge-life . G . W . SPETH , Sec . Quatuor Coronati , 2076 .

The Craft Abroad.

The Craft Abroad .

DALHOUSIE CHAPTER , SINGAPORE . The members of the above chapter held their regular meeting , on July 6 th , at Freemasons' Hall . It was also the annual meeting , at which no other business is transacted except the installation of the Principal and the investment of the officers of the chapter for the ensuing year . The following companions were duly installed

and invested : Comps . W . E . Hooper , Z . ; E . A . Thomson , H . ; F . K . Jennings , J . ; G . Derrick , S . E . ; G . Thompson , S . N . ; D . G . Presgrave , P . S . ; C . F . MacKie , A . Soj . ; J . D . Stewart , A . Soj . ; R . Little , Treas . ; and R . O . Norris , Janitor . The R . W . D . G . M ., Comp . Colonel Dunlop , C . M . G ., P . Z ., together with Comp Cargill , P . Z ., performed the ceremony of the installation of the three

Principals , at the conclusion of which Comp . Cargill delivered the usual appropriate and impressive charges to / the Principals and the companions of the chapter . Comp . Hooper , as the newly-installed Z ., then invested his officers with the insignia of their respective ranks , and the chapter was closed . The companions subsequently adjourned to

the banqueting room , and after a " snack " had been partaken of a few toasts were given and duly responded to , the first on the list being that of "The First Principal , Comp . Hooper . " A move was then made to the Central Hall , and some vocal and instrumental music brought to an agreeable termination a pleasant , sociable , and fraternal evening .