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FRANK HASWELL , ( lisTAHMSHKU IS 1-7 ) , SIGN AND GLASS WRITER TO THE TRADE . 4 , SOHO STREET , OXFORD STREET , LONDON , W ARTISTIC WRITER TO THE FINE ARTS . T ESTIMONIALS AMI HERALDIC WORK , & C .

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S TTUATION WANTED BY A MASTER MASON as Cashier , Storekeeper , Timekeeper , or any responsible position . —Address , A . A . CAIN , 17 , Farcliffe Place , Bradford .

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VARIOUS VERSES BY W . H . Harvey , M . A ., Bro . Nelson Prower , M . A ., and Bro . the Rev . R . C . Fillingham , B . A . L ONDON : HAVMAN , CHRISTY , & LILLY , 22 , St . Bride'sstreet , E . C . Price is .

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pAIETY RESTAURANT , STRAND . T H li VIENNESE STRING BAND , WILL l'LAV DURING 3 s . 6 tl . DINNERS , 5 s . C TO 8 . 3 O . SEPARATE T ABLE S . NO CHARGE FOR ATTENDANCE .

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER " THE" STATIONERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON , Would invite attention to their LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF GENERAL & FANCY STATIONERY , Suitable for presents , such as Inkstands , Stationery , Cabinets , Ladies' and Gentlemen ' s Dressing Bags , Travelling and Brief Bags , & c , all of which are enumerated in their New Illustrated Catalogue , sent free on application .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications , amongst others , unavoidably stand over : CRAM LUDCIES . — Union , No . 127 ; Temperance , No . lOu 1 Industry , No . 186 ; Alliance , No . 667 ; Kt-pose , No . £ OJ ; Excelsior , No . 104 a ; Abbey , No . 1120 ; Acacia , No . 3321 ; and Clarence , No . 2386 . ROYAL AfcH—Prudence Chapter , No . 12 . MARK—Egypt Lodge , No . 311 . Ladies' Banquet of the Molesey Lodge , No . 2473 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

ft ^ n ^^ THE ^ ^ r ^ H i^preeiiasoiil * ;? S > Jil _ . iiuir ri"Vi ' i'n vwi"vnTn in minIT SATURDAY , J ANUARY 27 , 1894

Notwithstanding the subject has been openly mentioned , on more than one occasion , it will probably be news to some of our readers that Bro . Thomas f ' enn will , at no very distant date , resign the office 01 President of the Board of General Purposes . That

ll | e retirement of Bro . Fenn from this important office will be a heavy loss to the Masonic community is "" -deniable . When in 1884 Bro . Sir John B . Monckton was , at his own request , relieved of the cares and responsibilities of the Presidency , it was the general

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opinion among the brethren that Bro . Fenn was the most competent to succeed him , if indeed he was not the only brother capable of doing so . At all events , his Royal Highness the M . W . G . M . made choice of Bro . Fenn as Bro . Sir John Monckton ' s successor , and the

manner in which he has fulfilled his duties during the 10 years that have since elapsed fully justifies the Grand Master's choice . It only remains for us to express the hope that Bro . Fenn may long be spared to enjoy that dignified rest from labour to which , after his long career of active duty , he is so justly entitled .

Bro . Fenn is among the veteran members of the Order , his appointment to the office of Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies having been made by the late Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M . in 1864 . In 1875 he took a prominent and even a laborious part in making the

necessary arrangements for the installation of the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M ., in the Royal Albert Hall ; and of such great value did his services prove to be that his Royal Highness , in recognition of them , was

pleased to confer upon him the honorary rank of Past Grand Deacon . In 1884 he was , as has already been stated , selected to succeed Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , as President of the Board of General Purposes .

But what he has done in these capacities constitutes only a part of the claim he has upon our respect . He has compiled a useful historical sketch of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 255 , in which , indeed , he was initiated , and of which he is a P . M . He is a leading

member of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , at whose annual festival he has for many years past been a prominent figure ; and last , but not least , he is generally admitted to be the great

authority of the day on all matters connected with Masonic jurisprudence . In fact , during the greater part of his career , Bro . Fenn has been one of the truest and staunchest supporters of the Order , and his withdrawal from active duty will be justly regretted .

We are glad to find that Bro . T « rry has made further and still more satisfactory progress since last week in obtaining the services of brethren as Stewards for the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . His Board , which , in our last issue we

announced as comprising just upwards of 200 members , now numbers about 230 . Last year ' s Board was 225 strong , so that Bro . Terry has already gono beyond that figure . This is a favourable augury , and we trust that between now and the 28 th prox . it will be still more favourable .

* * We hear with great regret of the loss sustained by Bro . Colonel C . Harding , P . A . G . D . C . His only son , Mr . Sidney Harding , was one of Major Wilson ' s party in Matabeleland , and shared the fate of that gallant

body . Mr . Harding , we understand , was educated at Felstead School and St . John ' s College , Cambridge . He was for a time a lieutenant in the Cambridge University Rifle Corps . Full of active spirit and

preferring colonial adventure , he left for South Africa , and was appointed a lieutenant in Dyme ' s Mounted Rifles . Subsequently when the Basuto was settled , he served with the Natal Mounted and the Bechuanaland Border Police .

* * * We offer to Col . Harding our heartfelt sympathya feeling that will be shared by a large circle of Masonic friends by whom he is held in such affectionate regard

—on his sad bereavement . Nothing can repair such a loss , but we trust it will be somewhat assauged by the knowledge that in common with his companions , his son so bravely met the inevitable .

* * * Bro . Sir Augustus Harris , P . G . Treas ., who since Christmas day , has been confined to his house , and for the most part to his bed , is now so far recovered that this week he was permitted to take his first drive . It

may be taken for granted that the horses' heads were turned in the direction of Drury Lane , and thus for the first time the manager saw a portion of his Christmas pantomime . Sir Augustus has had a long illness , extending over five weeks , but he is now , it is hoped , on the road to complete recovery .

Masonry is "humming" in Cumberland . It is only recently Bro . Colonel Sewell , D . P . G . M . M . M , —whom , we believe , it is the universal wish H . R . H . the M . W .

Grand Master will be pleased to appoint successor to the late Earl of Bective—consecrated new Mark lodges at Keswick and Penrith . Steps are now being taken to start a Craft lodge at the old border town of

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Brampton , in furtherance of which the members of the Bective Lodge , No . 1532 , Carlisle , are lending their assistance . A lodge—the St . Michael's—existed here from the year 1816 , till about 20 years later , when the warrant was called in . Further , it is interesting to know that a Knights Templar preceptory will shortly be opened in Carlisle , under influential auspices . The

chivalric Order was worked in Cumberland many years ago in connection with the existing Sun , Square , and Compasses Lodge , No . 119 , at Whitehaven , for the minutes of the year 1 S 09 record the fact that " Patrick McFadian was tried by a Committee of Knights Templar , and was admitted . " And there are still earlier evidences than this .

* C 8 With its issue for the month of December last , the Voice of Masonry completed the 34 th year of its existence , during all but three of which it has been published as a magazine , while for the last 20 years it has been in charge of its present editor and publisher . No

one who has any acquaintance with our respected contemporary will be surprised either at the duration of its life or at the retention of one and the same editor and publisher for so long a period . It is in all respects a most admirable publication . As it is not an

exclusively Masonic magazine , articles on general subjects form a considerable part of its contents , and these are by no means the least attractive portion of the Voice , being , as they usually are , of a character to enlist the sympathies and interest of both its Masonic and non-Masonic readers .

# # # It is , however , chiefly , if not exclusively , in its character of a Masonic periodical , that we have always regarded the Voice , and it is in this character we have always found it excel , both as an exponent of Masonic opinion in the State of Illinois and other States of the

Union , and as a recorder of the events which occur in Masonry throughout the Union . Its " Masonic Gleanings " are especially valuable . They contain particulars of the different Grand Lodge , Grand Chapter , and Grand Commandery meetings , that are held during the year , as well as synopses , and oftentimes critical disquisitions on the addresses of the different Grand

Masters , & c . We congratulate our contemporary on the zeal and ability it has shown during its long career , and we sincerely hope it will have even better and more frequent opportunities than it has enjoyed in the past of strengthening and extending the interests 01 that Masonry of which undoubtedly in its own country it is "The Voice , " that commands universal respect from the Craft .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Finding an universal feeling of dissatisfaction in the country with the resolution passed by last Grand Chapter reducing the qualification ot a Master Mason to take the Royal Arch Degree from a period of 12

months from the date ot his being raised to one month , I Jiave given notice of my intention to propose the non-confirmation of this resolution , and in the event ot the minute not being confirmed , 1 will propose a medium course—three months instead of 12 months . I shall be glad if those who are favourajle to a compromise on the subject will attend to support my motion on the 7 th February . —Yours fraternally ,

J . E . LE FEUVRE January 22 nd .

MASONIC TOASTS AND HONOURS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , For some few years past there has been an inclination , in the Provinces , to depart from the estaolished customs in the Fourth Degree ; such as , fur

instance , failing to give the usual Sire alter some ol the toasts by substituting " F ' or he ' s a jollv good tellow , " whilst the Wardens agitate their gavels on the sounding board . By this , one can only surmise that some of our younger W . M . ' s have acquired their ability to " rule and teach" when presiding over the festive

board of an Oddfellows or Foresters Court , 'i here has also been a tendency to introduce the host and hostess , and occasionally the Mayor . At a recent banquet at Bung Town the toast of " The Mayor" was not only introduced on the list , but the novelty of the brethren in open lodge being called

upon to receive his worship upstanding , has , 1 think , beat the record of former experience . Would it not be as well , in oraer to retain our old time observances , that some authority should be given as to what are " Proper Masonic Toasts , " and while

writing may I ask some brother of experience to say if it is customary in London to accord honours to a Past Grand Officer r If so , 1 presume Past Prov . Grand Officers are also entitled ' ¦ Where are we to stop ?—Fraternally yours , P . M .