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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

, J * ' - —We regret we are unable to help you . There are Doubtless many gentlemen in that branch of the Civil service who are Masons , but unless we have something to SWae us , our inquiries would be useless . Is . OF C—Your letter will appear next week .

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Masonic Notes .

Lod regU . 2 uarterl J ' Commun'cationof United Grand da g t e wi 11 b <* held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesthe ' e - P *> the on * y business of moment being toast ** 1 ? 1 ° f 'he ackn ° wled £ ment from the M . W . G . er « the address presented to his Royal High-

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ness on the occasion of the 2 ist anniversary of his installation as Grand Master , and the consideration of certain amendments adopted at the Special General Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution

in respect of certain of its laws . It is just possible , however , that a discussion may arise on the question of the minutes of the Special Grand Lodge on the 29 th ult . being confirmed . * * *

It appears , from the paper of Agenda at the Communication , that his Royal Highness the M W . Grand Master has granted warrants for the consecration of nine new lodges since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . Of these three—namely , the Cavendish , No . 2620 ; the Military , No . 2621 : and the

Beach , No . 2622—are located in London , and the New Brighton Lodge , No . 2619 , meeting at the place bearing the same name , in Cheshire . Of the remaining five , the Murchison , No . 2617 , Cue , and the Lodge of Friendship , No . 2618 , Helena . Vale , go to swell the number of lodges in the District of Western Australia , and the Excelsior Lodge , No . 2624 , Eton , that of the

lodges in the District of Queensland . The St . George ' s Lodge , No . 2616 , Barbados , augments the number of lodges under the control of Bro . John Locke as District Grand Master Barbados to four , while the Etekwine Lodge , No . 2623 , Durban , raises the number in the District of Natal to 18 lodges . We trust that the new lodges will prove valuable additions to the true strength of English Masonry .

* A Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons will be held at Mark Masons ' Hall , on Tuesday , the ist prox . From the report of the General Board which will then be submitted it appears that the number of Mark certificates issued

during the quarter ended the 30 th June last , is 337 , and the number of Royal Ark Mariner certificates , 11 7 . Four new Mark lodges have been warranted , of which the Star , No . 499 , is located in London ; the Royal York , No . 500 , in Nottingham j the Massy , No . 498 , Jullundur , in the District of the Punjab ; and the Phcenix , No . 502 , Simonstown , in South Africa . It is

also announced that the Province of Cornwall will , for the present , remain in charge of the Dep . Prov . G . Master , Bro . Sir C . B . Graves-Sawle , Bart ., having resigned the office of Prov . G . Master , after holding it for 15 years , and that a portrait of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Prov . G . Master of Sussex , has been presented by that Province , and will be unveiled in Grand Lodge , on Tuesday next .

* * * We publish elsewhere a letter we have received from " P . P . S . G . W ., " who takes exception to certain remarks of ours in the article on the " Proposed Removal of the Boys' School , " which appeared in our issue of the 18 th July . Our correspondent does not appear to have

noticed that the passage he quotes from that article had reference to a suggestion from a previous correspondent , that "a new and greatly enlarged Boys ' School is , in the light of ' free education , ' the many varied means of educational advancement so liberally provided by the County Council , and other public bodies , neither urgent nor even necessary . "

* * * We interpreted this as equivalent to a suggestion that Board and other Elementary School' ! of a similar character were quite good enough for the children of our deceased and indigent brethren , and we very naturally resented it . We are as well aware as

P . P . S . G . W . that there are excellent elementary schools both in town and country , where the children are well trained and educated . Our remarks had reference only to those of the lower order , among which we include the average Board School , and

we regret we are unable to alter or modify our opinion of the training and education which children receive at those institutions . This , however , falls very far short of a wholesale condemnation , such as " P . P . S . G . W . " appears to think our remarks amount to , of elementary schools generally .

? * * It is evident , from the report we published last week of the proceedings at the recent annual meeting at Fareham of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , that the brethren of that Province have no part in the distrust which has latterly W

been exhibited by a few of our Provinces of the Board of Management of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . On the contrary , when the circular letter from the Province of North and East Yorkshire in opposition to the proposed removal of the School to a healthier and more commodious site had been read , Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treasurer , who is Chairman of the

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Board , addressed ; the meeting in explanation of the Board ' s proposal , with the result that a vote of confidence in the Board of Management was unanimously adopted . * * *

We anticipate tbat other Provinces will follow the example of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Nottinghamshire , Berkshire , & c ., and most cordially sup port the Board of Management in its scheme for the removal of the School . The Provinces which object to the proposal , cannot get over the fact that they are

prepared to support the School if it remains where it is , that is to say , in a locality which is uncommodious , and having a clayey soil is held to be not conducive to health , but they seriously contemplate withholding their support in the event of the scheme for its removal to a commodious and healthy site being adopted .

* * We call the attention of our readers to a proposal by one of our correspondents to the effect , that the approaching 60 th anniversary of her Majesty ' s accession to the throne , or , to express the matter with greater accuracy , the approaching anniversary of the completion of

the 60 th year of her Majesty's reign , shall be celebrated Masonically , in a somewhat similar manner to that adopted at the celebration of her Jubilee . The proposal is one that naturally commends itself to Masons as loyal subjects of the Queen , more especially as she will be the first Sovereign that has occupied the throne of England for so prolonged a period .

* * * Another proposal we have received is not equally to be commended , that in celebration of this auspicious event , " a ball or banquet" should be held in London , " to which the leading Officers in each Province , with

their wives , should be invited . We are very much obliged to " Loyalist " for his suggestion , but we prefer a meeting in the Royal Albert Hall , such as was held at the Queen's Jubilee in 1887 , with the Commemorative Jewel of our correspondent " W . M . "

* It is with deep regret we publish this week the announcement of the death of our respected Bro . George Mellor , Past S . G . Deacon of England , and for the last 20 years Deputy P . G . M . of East Lancashire , Bro . Mellor had been a member of our Society for

upwards of 50 years , and during the whole of that period , in all the various offices he had held , whether in the private lodge , or in the Grand or Provincial Grand Lodge , he had won the esteem and respect of all his brethren . He was beloved of all for his uniform kindness and geniality , and he was respected for the zeal and care with which he fulfilled his duties and

promoted the interests of the Craft . His loss will be deeply felt by the brethren of East Lancashire , as well as by the members of his family , and his large circle of friends . To all who are now mourning the decease of so eminent a Mason , we respectfully offer our sincerest sympathy . * * *

The 41 st annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) was held at Belleville on the 15 th July , under the presidency of Bro . White , Q . C , M . W . Grand Master , who had the supreme satisfaction of announcing that the difficulties in connection with the establishment of a so-called Grand Lodge of

Ontario had been brought to an end . That body had ceased to exist , and its lodges had acknowledged allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Canada , and their members been healed in the regular lodges in the jurisdiction . Other matters of importance , but more

especially the question of establishing a Masonic Home , engaged the attention of the brethren present , the meeting being one of the most successful ever held in Canada . Bro . W . Gilson is the new M . W . Grand Master , and Bro . E . T . Malone the Deputy Grand Master .

* * » We gladly note that our respected contemporary , the Australasian Keystone , is of the same opinion as ourselves , that the Grand Lodge of Victoria has no right to warrant lodges outside the territorial limits of the Colony . " The Grand Lodge of Victoria , " says the Keystone , " has no more , right to establish a Iodge

in Perth or Fremantle than the Government of Victorii has a right to establish a custom house or fortress on the banks of the Swan River . " We trust those of our Victorian brethren who appear to think their Grand Lodge has unlimited authority to set up lodges in British Territories which are not presided over by a local Grand Lodge will take this expression of opinion to heart .