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TO THE GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . D S IR , The post of Surgeon to the Royal Masonic Institut ' on for Boys at Wood Green being now vacant , I desire to ffer myself as Candidate for the same . I have been residing ithin one minute ' s walk from the Institution for the last four years , and am intimately acquainted with the working t It . I have the honour to submit Testimonials of my nvofessional life , and to state that if I am honoured by being |) 0 ; nted to the post I shall always make it my best endeavour to work in harmony with my brother Officials . I have the honour to remain , Yours very obediently , R . F . TOMLIN , M . R . C . S . Eng ., & c . Wood Green , N ., July , 1 SS 9 . Ewell , 1 S 51 . TESTIMONIALS . Devonport , 26 th Ma )' , 1 S 73 . This is to certify that Mr . Robert Francis Tomlin became my Articled Pupil in September , 1 S 69 , and remained with me till October , 1870 . During this time he was attentive to his duties and his studies , very punctual in his attendance , and always anxious to please . He has been with me occasionally during the last three years , and I find he is prosecuting his studies with exemplary diligence , and gives proof of great ability and unremitting application to his work . JOSEPH MAY , Surgeon . 2 i , Grosvenor , Bath , 23 rd July , 1 SS 9 . I am pleased to state that Mr . R . F . Tomlin acted as Assistant to my late father-in-law , Dr . Leahy , of Bridgend , during the year 1 S 73 and 1 S 74 , and gave him every satisfaction . He considered him most skilful and attentive to his patients . The practice was chiefly amongst colliers , railway men , and iron-workers , so that his opportunities for surgical work were very great . W . S . STABLES , L . S . A . ( Lond . ) . Becket House , Wantage , 23 rd July , 1 SS 9 . Having known Mr . R . F . Tomlin most intimately for the last fourteen years , I can bear every testimony to his character and abilities , both professionally and socially . After having been with me for four years as Assistant , he joined me in Partnership , and it was with deep regret that , owing to circumstances relating solely to myself , our connection had to be broken , and I need hardly say that he took away with him the hearty good wishes of a large number of patients , by whom he had been much valued for his kind and skilful services . He is thoroughly qualified for the post of Surgeon to the Masonic Schools , for which I understand he is a Candidate , alike by his kindness and industry , as b y his professional knowledge and experience , and I 'eel quite sure in him the Governors will find a most painstaking and efficient Officer . J . A . BALL , M . B . ( Lond . ) , Physician to St . Mary ' s Home , Wantage , Consulting Surgeon to the Stockport Infirmary .

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TO THE LIFE-GOVERNORS AND 1 SUBSCRIBERS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , The appointment of Medical Officer to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys being vacant , 1 have the honour to announce that I am a Candidate for the office . My testimonials , which will be forwarded to the Committee , will show ™ at 1 am dul y qualified and registered , and that I have had orisiderable experience in the profession . To this may be ued that I am resident within three minutes' walk from Schools , where I have been practising for over two years . ' ° uld I have the honour to be elected , you may rely on my om S everything in my power to promote the health of the ° )' s under my charge . I am , Ladies and Gentlemen , Yours faithfully , ' ' Gladstone-avenue , J . E . H . STEPHENS , N "cl Park , Wood Green , L . R . C . P . and S . E ., - jVust 7 th , 1 SS 9 . Lodge 967 . ESTABLISHED 1830 . Y ENABLES ' PIANOS . I 8 7 & 18 9 , ESSEX ROAD , ISLINGTON . PRICE LISTS FREE .

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The proprietor of the Freemason being desirous of rendering the paper still more attractive and useful to the Craft , has arranged for the appearance of a series of articleson notable lodge meetings , illustrated occasionally with views or portraits . The first of the series will appear

next week , and will be descriptive of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex at Easton Lodge , the seat of the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Lord Brooke , on the 6 th inst ., with particulars relating to the Mansion and its distinguished owner , and an illustration from a sketch kindly furnished by Bro . Lennox Browne , Prov . S . G . W . BOOKS , & c ., RECEIVED . " Revista Masonica , " "Madras Masonic Review , " "South African Freemason , " " Annual Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Canada , 1889 , " " Keystone , " " Masonic Chronicle" ( Columbus , Ohio ) . " The Craftsman , " " The Tyler , " and " Masonic World . "

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SATURDAY , AUGUST 31 , 188 9 .

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Masonic Notes .

A new lodge was consecrated at Liverpool on Tuesday , named the Princes Lodge , No . 2316 . Bro . Robt . Wylie , P . Prov . G . W ., P . G . D ., was the Consecrating Officer , in the regretted absence of the Earl of

Lathom . The ceremonies were admirably performed , and the proceedings altogether passed off with great spirit and satisfaction to those present . A report will appear in due course .

Bro . George Reynolds , Secretary of the Anglo-American Lodge , has received a communication from Bro . Chas . E . Meyer , of Philadelphia , in which he expresses his thanks to the brethren of the Anglo-American Lodge for the fraternal welcome accorded to

him and his fellow travellers on their recent visit to this country . His thanks were especially due to the W . M ., Bro . Kedge , Bros . Brackstone Baker , Major George Lambert , J . Skinner , George Reynolds , and Cummings . It was a most pleasant visit , he says

1 he lodge and its working , the banquet and its fittings , the good company of the chosen ones , the hearty greetings and kind words of welcome spoken . " Bro . Meyer has written a sketch of the " pilgrimage " in the Keystone , which we hope to reproduce in our columns shortly .

The small and remote State of Dakota has a sixyear-old Grand Commandery , which in June last held its annual conclave under the presidency of Sir Kni ght E . Coleherd . A sum of § 250 was voted towards the relief of the sufferers by the recent floods in Pennsyl-

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vania , and $ 100 towards the fund being raised to commemorate the lately deceased Sir Knight S . G . Roy , Past G . C . The G . C . for the ensuing year is Sir Kni g ht W . D . Stiles , who was elected and installed on this occasion , the G . Recorder being Sir Knight B . U . Rowley .

* * * 111 . Bro . Lieut .-Col . W . IT . Hutton , 33 , P . G . D . and D . D . G . M . in charge Montreal , Past Grand Commander of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , A . and A . S . Rite for the Dominion of Canada , was , at the last annual session

of the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America , held at the city of Washington , District of Columbia , elected by unanimity of votes for distinguished services rendered unselfishly to Masonry to be " Ad perpetuitatem vit ; e" an

" Emeritus Member of Honour " of the said Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America , and his name placed upon its roll of membership as such . —Honos Eximias Virtutis Preamium .

* * * A British Columbian paper states that on the 22 nd ult . the M . W . Grand Master of Columbia , Bro . J . S . Clute , with several members of the Grand Lodge , waited on the Grand Chaplain , the Bishop of New

Westminster , at his residence , and presented him with a handsome piece of plate in the shape of an ice tankard , tray , and drinking cup . Upon the lid of the tankard was engraved the following : " Presented to Rt . Rev . Bro . A . W . Sillitoe , Grand Chaplain , by the

M . W . Grand Lodge A . F . & A . M ., B . C . R . For eminent services rendered the Craft . " The Grand Chaplain accepted the gift , and made a very eloquent and suitable acknowledgment , after which the visitors

were entertained by the Bishop and Mrs . Sillitoe . It ivill be remembered that the Bishop of New Westminster was recently on a visit to this country , where he made many friends amongst the members of the Craft .

The Voice of Masonry for the current month contains an elaborate essay by Comp . Matthias H . Henderson on what he considers the improper application of the term " subordinate" to Rayid Arcfi Chapters in a jurisdiction which is presided over by a Grand Chapter .

His argument runs thus . The term " subordinate" implies inferiority on the part of that person or body to which it is applied . Chapters , being the constituent parts of Grand Chapter , cannot therefore be its

subordinates . They are amenable to its Constitution and edicts , " but as they are its constituent parts , it is they who frame that Constitution and those edicts , and so far from being its inferiors are , in fact , the Grand Chapter itself in all its full-fledged dignity and power .

We have no objection to the abolition of the term " subordinate , " as applied to chapters , lodges , councils , or any other Masonic bodies which are not designated as Grand . Here we speak of " private" lodges , chapters , and the like , and if they were called by any

other name , we should hold them in exactly the same respect . But is not Comp . Henderson straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel , when he objects to the use of the word " subordinate , " and in the same breath ,

or rather in the same article , admits that a Grand Chapter , though it derives its authority from the chapters , and indeed is created by them , yet exercises an undivided authority over every Royal Arch Chapter situated within its territory V

In the concluding paragraph of his essay Comp . Henderson tells us that a Grand Chapter selects its own officers , makes laws for its own government and that of its constituents , settles all differences which may arise between them , hears appeals , and establishes new

chapters , by issuing warrants when it is applied to , and thinks it advisable , which warrants , however , " when once issued it cannot revoke except for cause . " But its " most important prerogative " is " its sovereignty . If it is not sovereign it is nothing . In all matters

pertaining to Royal Arch Masonry within its territory it must , of necessity , be , and it is , supreme . It cannot admit of any divided authority . Every chapter within its bounds must yield to it implicit and unwavering obedience . " We quite agree with you , Comp .

Henderson , in this part of your essay , as well as in that earlier part in which you speak of the chapters as being the constituent parts of Grand Chapter ; and yet if the Grand Chapter is the sovereign of , that is , supreme

over the chapters , how can the latter be otherwise than subordinate to the former ? The whole , as Euclid says , is greater than each of its parts , and therefore a Grand Chapter must be greater than each of its constituent chapters .