Contents.

CONTENTS .

LEADERS 45 J Communique 476 Lotlge of Benevolence 476 Provincial Grand Lodee of South

Wales—( Western Division ) 476 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland 47 * . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Devon ... 478 Hro . Bower ' s Library 478 Grand Council of the Allied Masonic

Degrees 479 Competition for Masonic Institution for Boys' Junior School 470 The Preston Guild 479 A British Regiment 470 CoRRESPOXnEXCE— ; AV-Past Masters 4 R 0 j The St tusof P . M . 's 4 80 I The Quebec Muddle 4 81 i Koyar . Masonic Institution for Girls 4 81 j

CoRRESroNllENI 1 * ( Continued * — Gibson ' s Instructor 4 S 1 Masonic School Competition 48

Reviews 481 Masonic Notes and Queries 482 REPMRTS OF MASOXIC MEETIXGSCraft Masonry 4 S 2 Instruction ... " 483 Mark Masonry 483

Ancient and Accepted Rite 483 The Press C lnb 484 The Outlook 4 8 4 Obituary 4 4 Masonic Funeral 484 Masonic and General Tidings 485 The Theatres 4 85 Music 4 8 I 1 Science and Art | 4 S 0 Lod ^ e Meetings for Next Week iii .

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As some remarks have been hazarded as to our ROVAI . GRAND MASTER being out of health , ( than which no statement can be more unfounded ) , we think it right to append some " notes " of our contemporary the Lancet on the subject , which no doubt may be taken as semi-official , and which set the matter before us in its true light : — "The facts concerning the health of the PRINCE OF

WALES , recently commented upon , are simple , and it is well that they should be stated simply . His Royal Highness has had a great deal of work lately , and , like other men who arc jaded , he has been recommended to embrace the opportunity offered by the season and family arrangements to visit a pleasant locality , and while there to do as the rest of the visitors will do— -that

is , " take thc waters . The change of scene and climate , the rest , and such modifications in his mode of life as are necessitated by the sojourn at a German bath , will , it is hoped and believed , be of service to His Royal Highness . There is really no more to be said about the matter , except to

express the loyal wish that the treatment—if treatment this can be calledmay be successful . The Prince leads a life which is exhausting , and he needs rest . That rest may be enjoyed where he is going , and , in all human probability , His Royal Highness will enter upon his autumnal sports all the better for the preliminary trip hc is about to take .

* * X : WE have been favoured with an interview by the DEPUTY GRAND MASTER and the SENIOR GRAND WARDEN of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba , and learn from them that , in consequence of certain recent proceedings , the GRAND MASTER has withdrawn the warrant for the Lodge " El Aksa , " and

also the commission granted to Bro . PATERSON . We are also further informed that much that has taken place has been done without any sanction from the GRAND MASTER and Grand Lodge of Manitoba , and that the peculiar proceedings at Tangiers are alike entirely disapproved of and repudiated by

the GRAND MASTER of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba . The Grand Lodge of Manitoba is a ) 'oung Grand Lodge , and we trust has before it a future of much usefulness and prosperity , and wc offer to it , and to its GRAND MASTER , our very hearty good wishes .

* * THE revised Constitutions are now before the Craft , and will no doubt have that befitting and thoughtful attention which the evident care and labour expended upon them by the Revision Committee so deservedly merit . We shall allude to them more fully in detail later . A special Grand Lodge will be convened to consider them .

* , * WE call attention elsewhere to a letter from the author of the competitive design for the Preparatory Boys' School , . under the name of " Esprit de Corps . " We give elsewhere the report and proposals as printed from the same well-known firm . The little error as to ^' 13 , 500 probably arose from

the fact that the building as submitted to cost £ 11 , 000 did not include the infirmary and swimming bath , nor does it include a gymnasium . We have thought it but just to the designers of so very effective a building to insert " in extenso " their description of thc same . Any idea of unfairness or of depreciation of plans , ( all markedly of great ability ) , was most far from our thoughts . The only question is one of EXPENSE .

* * IN the last Chaine D'Union , of Paris , is an amusing account of a certain Monsieur ATTALE DE CORNEAU , who thinks he sees his way to making his fortune , and making a hit , by vehement attacks on Freemasonry . In a very curious circular to the French Cures , which strikes us as slightly profane , by the way , he recommends to them his paper , L'Ami du Pettple , and " asks

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them each to obtain twelve subscribers in their locality , they receiving the thirteenth number gratuitous !}' , because it is to contain attacks on the Masonic lodges , of which no secrets are unknown to him and his " confreres , " he asserts . If he is sincere in what he says and proposes to do , we are very

sorry for him ; if he is simply making merchandize of sanctimonious theories and idle sentimentality , he is sure to come to grief . The world is sick of pretended revelations and confiding mystagogues , and poor M . CORNEAU is destined to find that he has made both a bad speculation aud a " faux pas . "

* * A CORRESPONDENT , "Impartial , " who deals with the " vexata quxstio , " of Quebec Sec , seems to us to have hit the mark in what he says . The forgetfulness of many of our good' brethren in Canada of past transactions and undertakings is , if as Paddy says , " mighty convaynient , " rather amusing ; while the " tall " talk of breaking off intercourse with the Grand

Lodgeof England , and "boycotting" the recalcitrant lodges in Canada , has always seemed to remind us of the saying , " from the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step . " We trust , however , that wiser counsels and cooler heads will win the day , and that a " modus vivendi" may be discovered after all , which will best accord , we feel sure , with the calm and

conciliatory and constitutional feelings of the English Grand Lodge on the one hand , and the legitimate expectations and reasonable claims of R . W . Bro . GRAHAM , Grand Master , and the Grand Lodge of Quebec on the other . Our correspondent states some undeniable truths 'in a very clear , friendly , and concise letter .

"••j * * ** A WORTHY brother from Natal , whom we met the other day , seemed to be very apprehensive of the effect of the return ofthe Zulu King , CETEWAYO , to Zululand . Let us hope that his fears and anticipations may not be realised , and that peace and prosperity may yet visit and prevail in that far

but remarkable country . A good deal of the trouble we have had to contend with has arisen , it is clear , from officious and ill-informed meddlers in other people's affairs . We were rejoiced to hear a good account of Freemasonry in Natal , and were much struck with the warmth of feeling displayed in respect of the excellent Masonic qualities of our esteemed Bro . GIDDY , D . G . M . of Griqualand .

* * AN extract from the " Voice of Masonry , " in another column shows us that our views about the so-called Grand Lodge of New South Wales are neither singular nor severe . Our American contemporary sees the matter exactly as we do , and places the whole question properly on the simple

ground of Masonic law , usage and precedent . There can be no doubt that , according to all these three points , this body is a spurious and clandestine organization , ( we say it without offence ) , and has neither legal right to claim jurisdictional authority nor has a legal position to justify its assumption of Masonic privileges .

* * THE narrowness of sectarian feelings has often formed the subject of amusing little historiettes . One of the best known is as follows : " Well , Andrew , " a gentleman remarked to a Scotchman , who , with his brother , was the only remnant of a narrow sect , " suppose you and Sandy are the only bodies who

who will get to heaven , now ? " " Deed , sir , " replied Andrew , shaking his head , " an' I'm no'sure about Sandy . " And though the narrowness of sentiment , especially as regards Freemasonry , must be predicated we fear , more or less of all religious denominations just now , let us hope for better days . The Roman Catholics seem to indulge more than any other known

body in the luxury of childish animosity and irrational antagonism . Indeed , the words Freemason and Freemasonry seem to have a sort of magical and destructive effect alike on their common sense and their right feelings .

FOUR people brutally shot dead in Ireland , brutally murdered in cold blood a poor harmless man and his wife , an old woman and a young girl , and two boys badly wounded ( one of whom has since succumbed to his injuries ) , and all because the family was suspected of giving the police information in respect of the terrible and horrible tragedy of Lord ARDILAUN ' S gamekeeper .

Another man " taken out and shot because he had taken a field from an evicted tenant . Such facts are really and truly awful in themselves , and are enough almost to make all thoughtful benevolent minds ashamed of humanity in this nineteenth century , and we must say it , of Ireland . Never , as it seems to us , was the Irish outcome more