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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL MASTERS . In future numbers of the Freemason we purpose giving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters who have been recently installed . Recognising the fact that no greater honour can be bestowed on a brother than to be elected the Master of his lodge , we

desire to do our part towards creating a permanent record of such event in his Masonic history by placing his portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased to furnish Secretaries of lodges and others who may take an interest in our project whatever information may be desired as to our proposed method of procedure .

The following communications , amongst others , unavoidably ¦ land over : IICRAIT LODGES . —Medina , No . 35 ; Industry , No . 48 ; Unity , ? j 0 ' > 3 » i Albany , No . 151 ; Harmony , No . 156 ; St . George , iv > . 300 ; Israel , No . 205 ; York , No . 336 ; Royal Union , No . 3 «; Kriasde DerhamNo . < 80 ; TudorNo ?(< 1 Dobie , No .

, , ?* 9 ; Excelsior , No . 1042 j tireat Northern , No . 1387 ; Umpire , No . 310 S j and Surbiton , No . 1146 . KOYAL ARCH CHAPTERS . —Sincerity , No . 189 ; Wcslbournc , "" ¦ 7 ! 3 i and Pattison , No . 913 . Ladies' Night at the liccleston Lodge , No . 1634 . As well as several reports of meetings of Lodges of Instruction ,

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^ i ^ jL ^ f ^ ^^^ ia T j ^ ^^^^^ f ^ V ^^^^ SATURDAY , J ANUARY 28 , 1893 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The announcement we were able to make last week to the effect that Bro . Terry , Secretary to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , after well nigh innumerable delays and disappointments , had at length succeeded in obtaining a Chairman in the person of Bro . Chas . E . Keyser , J . G . D ., has already had a marvellous effect on the constitution of the Board of Stewards .

A fortnight since it consisted of some 125 brethren , all told ; now it numbers not far short of 160 , upwards of 30 brethren having given in their names as members of the Board since it became known that Bro . Keyser had accepted the Chairmanship . This is good news , and promises well for the result of the celebration on Wednesday , the 22 nd prox . * » *

Not many months ago a Lady Visitor to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls on one of the occasions when Calisthenics , Marching , Music and Singing are performed , said " Charming ! Very good , indeed ! and the children look healthy , well cared for and happy ; but what about the every day education ! " Those

acquainted with the inner working of the School know that this is carried on with infinite care , patience and regularity , but to those not so well versed , an unmistakeable answer is given by the report just issued by the College of Preceptors as the result of the recent examinations . Miss Davis the Head Governess had sufficient courage and confidence to send in no fewer

than 45 Girls to be examined ( and these not the seniors , who were reserved for the Cambridge Local Examination ) , and she has now the infinite satisfaction of making known to the House Committee , and through them to the Governors , that the whole of her 45 pupils have passed and received certificates accordingly .

* * * The installation meeting of the Empire Lodge had one or two points of special interest . In the first place Bro . Lennox Browne , the father and Treasurer of the lodge , installed as W . M . Bro . Frank Jameson , the first initiate who had risen to the Master ' s

chair . Secondly , Mr . Eugene Oudin , the delightful singer ( baritone ) now singing in " Ma Mie Rosette , " entered Masonry . The meeting was made the occasion of providing music of exceptional quality for the banquet , under the able direction of Bro . Hermann Klein , the sponsor of the neophyte . The speech of Bro . Oudin ,

who , before becoming a singer , was a barrister in New York , and a pupil of Secretary Ewarts , was admitted by such accomplished Masons as Bros . Sir John Monckton , Samuel Pope , and Richard Eve to be the most eloquent and lofty they had ever listened to from an

initiate , while his singing contributions so entranced the company that not a single Grand Officer , and hardly a visitor or member left the table until after the Tyler ' s toast . » * *

Bro . General Laurie , in returning thanks for the "Sister Grand Lodges "—a toast always honoured at the Empire Lodge—reminded the brethren that there would probably be another influx of distinguished Colonial Masons on the occasion of the opening of the Imperial Institute , and Bro . Trendell , C . M . G ., speaking

for " The Past Masters , promised that the lodge would seize the opportunity of again proving its raison d ' etre by receiving them with all honour , as they had done during the year of the Colonial Exhibition , and , more recently , when Chief-Justice Way and the Newfoundland delegates . visited this country .

We have received from our valued correspondent , Bro . Paul Schneider , of Gilford , a translation of the Pope ' s latest pronouncement , but although it is in type we are unable to find room for it in this issue . To English Freemasons these fuhninations of the Pope against our Craft possess little real interest , but some of our readers may perhaps like to see what is said of them and the Order by the infallible head of the Romish Church .

« * * It is with very sincere regret that we announce the death of two of the leading members of the Craft—Bro . Col . Marmaduke Ramsay , District Grand Master of Malta , and Bro . Samuel Rawson , Past District Grand Master of China . Particulars of the latter

Masonic Notes.

brother ' s career will be found in another part of our columns , and therefore we need not say more about him here than that in all the branches of Freemasonry with which he was connected , he played a very distinguished part , his services being many and various , and as regards the most important of them , most cordially recognised . * * *

Bro . Col . Ramsay , though he occasionally visited this country—it is not , indeed , so very long ago that he was over here—h ad won his distinctions abroad . He was Deputy D . G . M . of the Punjab , District G . M . from 18 74 to 1881 , and G . Supt . of Royal Arch Masons from 187510 1881 . In 1888 , the Prince was graciously

pleased to appoint him D . G . M . and G . Supt . of Malta , and these offices he held at the time of his death . Bro . Col . Ramsay had won great popularity as D . G . M . among the Craft in Malta , and by them , as well as by his numerous friends in the United Kingdom , the loss of this able and earnest brother will be very deeply regretted .

Our Canadian brethren have worthily celebrated the Centenary of the constitution of their Prov . G . Lodge in 1792 . The important gathering was held in Toronto on the 28 th December , when Bro . J . Ross Robertson , immediate Past G . Master , presided over a company consisting of several hundreds of brethren

and including the Lieut .-Governor of the Province of Ontario ; his son , Bro . A . F . Kirkpatrick j Bro . J . K . Kerr , Q . C ., Past G . Master ; Bro . Hugh Murray , Past G . M ., and G . Treasurer ; Bro . J . J . Mason , G . Sec ; Bro . W . White , Dep . G . M ., and most of the notabilities in this Province of the Dominion . Great enthusiasm marked the proceedings throughout , Bro . Robertson ' s

sketch of the progress of the Craft from its introduction into Canada till now being listened to with the most profound attention . We shall lay before our readers a full account of what passed in our next week's issue . In the meantims , however , we congratulate our Canadian brethren on the successful celebration of an event which must necessarily be of the greatest interest to them .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

f We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to ail to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

AN APPEAL TO HERTFORDSHIRE FREEMASONS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I see by this week's Freemason that the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution have paid Hertfordshire a compliment , and have secured the services of

one of our distinguished brethren to preside over their forthcoming Festival , which , coming as it does immediately after the unprecedented success attained in 1892 , when over , £ 60 , 000 was realised for the Jubilee of that excellent Charity , it needs a bold man to preside over the Festival of the following year . Although , knowing the indefatigable and untiring

energy of Bro . 1 erry and his able coadjutors , it may reasonably be hoped that the deserving Charity will receive at least its due measure of support , but even the most sanguine can hardly expect it to approach the magnificent total of last year ; and as Bro . C . E . Keyser has so pluckily come forward almost at the eleventh hour to fill the vacant chair , is it too much

to ask all his Hertfordshire brethren now to rally round and support him for the credit of Freemasonry in our county ? And when we remember that 5 s . entitles the donor to a vote—if each Hertfordshire Lodge will appoint a Steward for the R . M . B . I ., and every member will give 5 s ., 10 s ., or whatever he can afford on the Steward ' s list— " Little Herts " may come again to the

front in the present , as it has tried to do in the past . My mother lodge , the Cecil , No . 449 , appointed a worthy brother its Steward to the R . M . B . I , in November last . Several of the members have expressed their willingness to support his list . Among others , a newlyinitiated brother , on making his debut , voluntered a subscription to the Charity .

Those who know Bro . Keyser , either in Grand Lodge , Provincial Grand Lodge , as a member of nearly every order of Masonry in England , as a patron and large supporter of all Masonic Charities , or when attending a Herts Lodge , will , I trust , not consider this letter out of place in asking for the kind cooperation of all Hertfordshire Freemasons in support

of the R . M . B . I ., and of our Worshipful Bro . Charles E . Keyser , a present Grand Deacon , P . P . G . W . Herts , & c , at the Benevolent Institution Festival of 1893 . As a Hertfordshire Mason , f am proud to add that , among many other lodges , Bro . C . E . Keyser belongs to the Cecil , No . 449 , Herts , in which a membership of nearly 35 years has made me , yours fraternally ,

THE FATHER OF THE LODGE . Hailey Hall , Hertford , Jan . 23 rd .