At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.

Contributions are being invited by Bro . McLeod , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , with the object of placing a stained glass window in the new building at Bushey , in commemoration of the late Y . W . Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . T . It is to be hoped that the necessary amount for so worthy a project will soon be forthcoming .

The Bishop of Mashonalancl , in an address delivered recently at a Masonic service held in St . John the Baptist Church , Bulawayo , concludes with the following eloquent tribute to patriotism of the Brotherhood : — " Brethren , our

Order is not without splendid examples of true patriotism . Men known and men nameless have again and again done honour to the Craft by their glorious devotion to God and country . The two foremost leaders in England ' s present struggle for what she believes will make for unity , based on justice and freedom , after they had laid their victory at the altar of God and sent their homage to their Sovereign ,

attended the Masonic lodge in Bloemfontein and showed that true Brotherhood which underlies all differences of nationality and religion in the principles of Freemasonry , and it should be a subject of loyal and Masonic congratulation that during the whole siege of Mafeking our brethren did not fail to hold lodge under the presidency of its Worshipful Master . The

Temple riddled with the shells of the enemy resounded with the eternal principles of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God—principles which are at once the sanction and the substance of all true patriotism , the justification of our Order , and its highest and deepest , its first and final inspiration , summed up in the words of the text , '' Honour all Men , Love the Brotherhood , Fear God , Honour the King . "

uno . F . v . noui . vsox .

Bro . Fred W . Robinson , whose portrait we give , is one of the many active Masons to be found at such Military and Naval stations as Gibraltar and Malta , who , should they be fortunate to remain there for any considerable time , almost invariably take advantage of their opportunities , and make

sturdy progress in the various Degrees and Orders . As an example , Bro . Robinson is a member of no less than fourteen Masonic bodies and an office bearer in twelve . In the English Constitutions , he is a member of the St . John Lodge , No . 115 , and of the Inhabitants Lodge , No . 153 , as well as a member

of the Gibraltar Mark Lodge , No . 43 . The Hammerton Mark Lodge , No . 516 , and Cockburn Lodge ( R A . M . ) , No . 43 . He is a Royal Arch Mason and Scribe E . of the Prince of Wales' Chapter , holding also District Grand rank in the Craft

and Mark . The St . John ' s Lodge , No . 115 , is , we believe , the only lodge under the English Constitution holding a special dispensation to transact business and confer Degrees in the Spanish language . Under the Irish Constitutions Bro . Robinson is Secretary of Calpe Lodge , No . 325 , and of the Royal Arch

Chapter of the same name , while in the Scottish Constitution he occupies the chair of D . D . M . in Al Mogbred Lodge , is a member of St . Thomas Royal Arch Chapter , No . 168 , as well as of the Council of Red Cross Knights , No . 168 , besides being D . C . of Prov . Grand Lodge . We congratulate outbrother on the versality of his Masonic acquirements , and the

Craft in Gibraltar in possessing in their midst such an energetic and able expounder of their mysteries .

I ! RO . . TAJIKS 1 VILI . IA 1 ISOX .

Pro . James Williamson , of Westsidewood , whose portrait we give , was born in Stirlingshire in 1826 . He was educated privately , and completed his education at the Edinburgh Institution , in Queen Street , Edinburgh . He was a brilliant scholar , being , during the concluding year of his education , the Dux of the Institution , occupying the highest place in

Latin , Greek , English , and Mathematics . He is at present President of the Edinburgh Institution Club , and presented , at the end of last session , to the then Dux of the school , a gold watch , in pleasing and grateful recollection of the inestimable benefits he himself receiyed in his early years from the teaching of that Institution , and of his appreciation

of the high honour clone him by the Institution Club in electing him its President . Bro . Williamson has been an eminently successful business man , and has , since his retirement , succeeded , by the death of his uncle , to considerable estates in Lanarkshire . A busy life during the earlier period of his career prevented his accepting any office , but he has always taken great interest in public affairs , and is chairman of a large number of societies .

''' :-. '•? ' * . V' \ 5 * In Freemasonry he has for the past two years been Right Worshipful Master of Lodge Lockhart , St . John , Carnwath , No . 24 8 , and on his lately retiring from the chair , he was presented by the brethren with a handsome gold Past Master ' s Jewel in appreciation of his services to the lodge

during his term of office . He is also Substitute Provincial Grand Master of Lanarkshire-Upperward , as well as a member of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and a great admirer of the present Grand Master Mason whom he looks , upon as the beau ideal of Freemasonry in its highest and noblest development .