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ioth ; J . Noke , P . M . 87 , April 2 nd ; E . G . Pottle , M . R . C . S ., P . M . 869 , Past G . S . B . Herts ; VV Ashworth , P . M . 367 ; James Robertson , P . M ., & c ; H . Miskin , P . M . 1 449 ; A . Jc ? sup , Treasurer 013 ; T . E . Dale , P . M . Duke of

Lancaster Lodge , No . 1353 ; Rev . E . J . 1 ref fery ; John Ward , P . G . P . N . and E . Yorks H . E . Tonks , P . M . 7 * 11 ; Chas . Nash , P . M . 79 P . Z . 907 ; George Bradford , P . M . 237 ; Dr Samuel Bryant ; C J . Cooke , Past Grand Ofii

cer of Kent ; Edward Amphlett , M . R . C . S ., P . M . 1492 , l $ 91 > & c- 5 James Goodwin , P . M . 267 ; VVni . Grist , S . VV . 1637 ; John Jones , P . M . 216 ; T . J . Hughes , 216 ; Joseph Clegg , P . M . 1299 ;

Win . Smalley , 177 ; Hugh Rowland Edwards , P . M . 249 ; T . G . Dallin , P . M . 357 , Past G . W . Oxfordshire ; J . E . Garside , J . VV . 533 ; and T . D . Berry , P . M . 179 .

OUR readers will be amused by the following extract from the Times of Saturday last , relative to a deceased Brazilian brother . The VISCOUNT OF RIO BRAXCO ' S only offence was , that he upheld the laws of the land and the decisions of the judicial tribunals . Rome seems

just now more perverse than ever in its condemnation of Freemasonry , and its resistance to legal and constitutional authority : " THE VISCOUNT OF RIO BRANCO , " Grand Master of the Brazilian Freemasons and " Prime Minister at the time of the Government

severe" ties against the bishops who denounced Masonry , has "been buried with Catholic rites in consideration of "having before he expired affirmed his belief in the " entire teaching- ofjthe Church and his condemnation " of everything condemned by it . "

* WE shall all regret to hear of the earthquakes at Agram , and feel much for the suffering population . The following report of the Mansion House Committee proceedings may interest some of our readers -. " Tho

" LORD MAYOR yesterday remitted to Herr VON TISZA , " the Minister-President at Buda-Pesth , a sum of £ 500 , " making in all £ 1100 , in aid of the ' sufferers by the " recent earthquakes at Agram , in Croatia . In reply to " the former remittancs , Herr VON TISZA telegraphed

" his earnest thanks in the'lname of the distressed " people for the collection made in their favour . The " Drapers' Company have contributed ^ 105 to the fund , " the Fishmongers' Company . £ 52 ios ., Mr . F . D . " Mocatta £ 25 , the Vintners' Company ^ 21 , and mem" bers of the Stock Exchange , £ 151 . "

# # THE effects of the explosion at Pen-y-Graig Colliery are even more serious than were at first reported . The LORD MAYOR has received about , £ 1000 in aid of the fund now being raised at the Mansion House for the

relief of the 271 widows , orphans , and other dependent relatives of the miners who were killed by the ex plosion . Of this sum the Corporation of London contributed £ 210 , the Fishmongers' Company , £ 105 , Messrs . N . M .

Rothschild and Sons , ^ 100 , Mr . Edwards , M . P ., £ 25 , the Lord Mayor | £ io ios ., and members of the Stock Exchange ( ist instalment ) . 6455 . Other donations are urgently needed .

* * WE published last week an appeal from Bro . TUDOR TREVOR , which undoubtedly deserves thc consideration of the Craft . We are among those who deeply regret

that so great a scandal should come before the public as what is termed by some papers "The Masonic Blackballing : Case , " but at the same time cannot but express our humble opinion , that Bro . TUDOR TREVOR has had ' hard lines " to confront and endure .

* * * A CERTAIN FATHER AGNEW , of Dalbeattie , delivered a lecture at Carlisle on the 6 th on the " Church and Secret Societies . " The reverend lecturer was especiall y severe upon the Freemasons . Without dwelling

00 long on what does not appear to us as anything but a very commonplace address indeed , and a very mis-. en the ° ry generally , we think it right to call attention ° what he thinks fit to say of Freemasonry . " He con-K 'ended , " the report states , " thafc the Society of

Freet , ™ ° a % was a dangerous and revolutionary society , (< without charging many Freemasons in England with „ , . ° ng its ultimate designs , thoy not having been ¦ 'tiated

n into the ' Higher Grades . '" It is very good of „ ' ™ AGNEW to admit kindly that he excepts 'hou a ' l ?' - ( . ' - " gl - Freemasons fr ° m so odious a charge , kind Tt _ , S " ^ abSUf ^ ° ' t 0 Say an y thin £ of th e •There is no more loyal and unrevolutionary body

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in England than the Freemasons , and in this respect tlie crass ignorance of Ultramontane lecturers and scribes is only equalled by their childish malevolence . To charge a benevolent and legal Order , with the PRINCE OF VVALES at its head , as a " dangerous and revolutionary

society , " and to talk of its " ultimate designs , " is a proof of that hopeless " stolidity " which marks all Roman Catholic utterances on this subject . If there be any parts of the : world where " Freemasons " are allied with the " lovers of change , " the " friends of revolution , " no

such statement is , in any sense , true of English Freemasons , who arc , and nave always been , emphatically loyal . We can then only put it down to the absolute ignorance of the lecturer in respect of the subject he professes to treat so dogmatically , and to assume that

in the present as in the past Freemasons are not to be " put down " or intimidated on their onward march , and their kindly and in their tolerant principles , by deplorable dulness or intolerant impertinence . As regards the " Higher Grades , " they are professedly Christian

and most loyal ; and , curiously enough , one objection which has often been made against them , though we believe incorrectly , is , that they are the offspring of an original Roman Catholic , some say Jesuit , some contend Jacobite , "Chapter , " most adverse to revolution , and

even governed by the highest principles of submission to authority . But the truth is , the Roman Catholics just now know not " what they say , " or what to say , against Freemasonry . It is their " Bete Noir , " and nothing is too wicked to invent , or too ridiculous to allege .

Bv a singular typographical error , the name of our well known Bro . HENRY SMITH , of W . Yorkshire , is printed " HERVEY SMITH . " It is one of those mistakes which a " fellar can ' t understand , " though he is very sorry for it .

* * * WE are given to understand that after tho business of the Board of General Purposes , on Tuesday last , the letter of Bro . HAVERS , and our editorial remarks thereon , were mentioned by a member , and that it was thereupon stated that Bro . HAVERS was in error in

supposing himself one of the Trustees of tlie funded property of Grand Lodge . The opinion was , we hear , further expressed that it was not competent for the Board to enter into newspaper controversy with a member of the Craft , however distinguished ; Grand Lodge being the only proper arena for such discussion .

* * * ENGLISH Society has suffered a severe loss in the death of the DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER , at Bournemouth . Her interest in all that affected the welfare of others

and kindly and amiable character will long bc gratefully remembered by all classes in England . The sympath y of all goes with her bereaved husband and mourning family .

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Original Correspondence .

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

FREEMASONRY IN DURHAM . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I tender my apologies to Bros . Whitfield and Gould For having left their communications so long unanswered . Ihc apparent neglect is due to my having been so closely occupied for several weeks that I have had no leisure for correspondence of any kind .

As regards lira . Whitfield ' s inquiry , permit mc to say my authority for placing present Lodge No . 4 S , as original among the Northumberland lodges , will be found in Iiro . Gould ' s " Four Old Lodges , " in which the first mention of the lodge locates it at the " Three Fencers , " Newcastle-on-Tyne . In vol . iii . of the Freemasons ' Magazine , published during the last decade of last century is an account of the "Swalhvell" Lodge , which is there said to have been established as early as 1723 but no

par-, ticulars are given of the lodge history till ten years later . This would seem to indicate that thc lod ge was always held at Swalhvell , which is in Durham ; and if so , No . 48 could never have been , to use Bro . Whitfield ' s words , an " alien lodge . " In estimating the relative authority of an official list of lodges , and the statement made many years afterwards in a Masonic periodical , I do not think I shall be too severely judged for having given the preference to the former .

With reference to Bro . Gould ' s anxiety on the subject of my authority , I have great pleasure in stating that his work referred to above furnished [ me with the information , and enabled me to trace the Lodge of Industry from its constitution till now . In previous articles , in which I have

described I ' reemasonry in sundry of the provinces , I have acknowledged his " Four Old Lodges , " and Bro . Hughan's " Register of Lodges , " from the Union till now , as among the principal authorities for my sketches . It never occurred to me to repeat this acknowled gment after having once made it . I remain ,

I'ratcrnally yours , THE WRITER OF THE ARTICLE London , Dec . 4 , 1880 .

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The interest excited in the proposed enlargement of the Boys' School should not cause the authorities and others who are supporters of the School , as it is , to lose sight of the necessity , if the School is to keep pace with

the times , of increased attention to instruction in foreign languages . In a school of which the bulk of the pupils must , of necessity , look for ultimate employment in commercial life , this is a matter of the utmost importance . The late Sir William Tite , in a speech made shortly before his death , stated that the main reason why German youths were now so extensively employed in merchants' offices in this

country , to the exclusion of English youths , was that , whilst young Germans who came here after leaving school were found to be capable of speaking and writing with tolerable correctness at least three languages—their own , English , and French—English youths were , for commercial purposes , utterly inefficient in French and German . Lord Sherbrooke ( Mr . Lowe ) , speaking some time ago of the

long standing and continued inefficiency of instruction in modern languages in schools for the middle classes , instanced his own case . He said that going when a young man to an inn in a foreign country he would have come badly off if it had not happened that the waiter was better educated than himself .

In the Girls' School there is reason to believe that instruction in French and German is good and thorough . If there were a competitive examination in these languages of the pupils of the two Schools , the boys would probably fare but badly . It is earnestly to be hoped that in the interest of the boys steps will be taken to raise them to a position of ( at all events ) equality . Yours fraternally , C . H . B .

LODGE OF ANTIQUITY . To the Editor of the Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — A member of the " Lodge of Antiquity " corrects the Times report of Bro . Letchworth ' s Past Mastership , but passes over with silent approval the equally erroneous statement of Sir C . Wren's membership . Is not this

" straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel : " Not only have wc no proof that Wren was a member of No . 2 , but evidence is entirely wanting to connect him with our Fraternity at all ! Wren is first named as a " Freemason " in Anderson's Constitutions of 1 73 S , wherein the

compiler gave effect to the order of Grand Lodge— "that he should print the names of all Grand Masters that could be collected from the beginning of time "—by bracketingalong with Wren , as having been rulers of tbe Craft , Moses , Solomon , Nebuchadnezzar , and Augustus Caesar ! I Yours fraternally ,

R . F . GOULD

BURGLARY AT THE MASONIC HALL , NEWPORT . To the Editor of the '' Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother . — If every lodge in England sent 5 s . to our Newport brethren , although it would not restore jewels that are lost , it would enable them to replace them . If this suggestion meet with support I will bring it on in three lodges . Yours faithfully and fraternally ,

P . P . G . R

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In your issue of August 14 th is a letter signed " P . P . G . S ., " in answer to my query of August 7 th . The writer sees the point I raised , and states that the bye-law is defective , should not have been confirmed b y the District Grand Master , and recommends that the bye-law should be altered . All this is obvious . But he does not sav how the

VV . M . should rule in the face of the existing bye-law , confirmed as it is by the D . G . M ., which was thc real question at issue in my letter alluded to . I should be glad if the matter received your

consideration , and that of your distinguished readers , and that you and they would try and diffuse light on this cloud at the Antipodes ; for . as the Maori would say , "on this matter my mind is dark . " Yours obediently and fraternally , F . IRVING DE LISLE , P . M . 1577 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , Dcccmbcr ^ i , 1 SS 0 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & x ., ol any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , DECEMBER 25 . CHRISTMAS DAY . MONDAY , DECEMBER 27 . BANK HOLIDAY . Lodge 1632 , Stuart , S . M . H ., Camberwell . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Ltly , Greyhound . Richmond , at 7 .

London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . G ., at 6 Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , S to 10 ht . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , S to 10 . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at S . Tredegar , Roval Hot ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . St . James's Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . renect asniar

, victoria lav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at S Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at S . Marquis of Ripon , PemburyTav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , 8 Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough Junc „ at 7 . 30 H y de Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at S . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric

Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . Royal Ccmmemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , S till 10 British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End . Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . Mark ' s-, S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Kail , London Wall , at 8 . New Finsbury Park , Hornsey Wood T ., Finsbury Park , atS