Masonic Notes And Queries.

its mark . The several lodges are , Avithout exception , healthy and flourishing , and iu a better position to carry on an aggressive warfare against intemperance . Measures were brought forward by which , it is to he desired , the Order may be enabled the better to advance the cause in which it is engaged . The

membership from returns , up to the 30 th April , was 910 . In May , two lodges were instituted , so that in June , Avhen the Grand Lodge met , there Avas over 1 , 000 of a membership . There were in all nine lodges instituted during the year .. The following is list of the officers for the present year : —Eev . W .

P . Hunt , P . O ., Lot 12 , G . W . C . T . ; D . Ferguson , East River , Lot 34 , G . W . C . ; M . Jane Bowyer , Buubury , Lot 48 , G . W . V . T . ; A . Smallwood , Southport , P . O ., G . W . S . ; R . Smallwood , ditto , G . W . B . S . ; A . Robertson , St . Peter ' s-road , G . W . Tr . ; Rev . S . McLeodUiggG . W . Ch . ; Joseph McNeillLot S

, , , , G . W . M . ; Harriet Beers , Montague , G . W . D . M . ; John Gordon , Uigg , G . W . I . G . ; Henry A . Beers , Murray River Bridge , G . W . O . G-. ; Rev . Henry Crawford , Morell , P . G . W . C . T . —Com . to Fat .

The last number received hy us of the St . John ( New Brunswick ) Globe , says : —Boston papers by mail this morning bring full particulars of the great Masonic ceremony at Boston . The dedication of the new hall was witnessed by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , the representatives of the subordinate

lodges , and distinguished visitors , including representatives of the District Grand Lodge of New Brunswick . Then followed the great procession to the Music Hall , in Avhich about 10 , 000 . Masons participated . Here the oration of the day was delivered by the Rev . Mr . Studley , of Cincinnati . After this

there was a review of Knights Templars on the Common , at which about 2 , 000 Knights Templars were present . Then followed a dinner at the new hall , given to distinguished visitors , including the President . About eighty gentlemen were present . In response to a call , District Grand Master Clinch of

¦ New Brunswick , says tlie Advertiser , expressed his thanks for the honour of being present , and for the manifestation of interest in the fraternity in New Brunswick . He thought the edifice now completed an honour , not only to the Masons of Massachusetts , but throughout the world . There were various other

dinners at the different hotels , and the visiting members were well treated by the Massachusetts Masons . The papers are full of descriptions of the procession , ceremonies , & c , which are described as exceeding in magnificence everything of the kind ever seen in the United States .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

i The Editor i $ wt regpomible for the opinions txpngstd by Correspondent ! , THE MASONIC CHARITIES .

IO THE EDITOR OP TUB FREEWASOXs' MAGAZINE AJTD MASOIfIC JIIRBOR . [ The Handsworth Masonic ball held in January last , proved a pecuniary success , and the net proceeds — £ 30 5 s . —were distributed in the following manner : —Handsworth Old Church Schools , £ 4 5 s . ; Trinity •Church Schools , Birchfield , £ 5 5 s . ; St . Michael's Church Schools , HandsAVorth , £ 5 5 s . ; St . James's Church Schools , Hands . worth , £ 5 5 s . ; Trinity Church Schools , West Bromwieh , £ 55 s . ; GeneralHospital , £ 4 . ]

Correspondence.

DEAE SIE ASD BEOTHEE , —The above slip , which I cut from last Saturday's Birininffham Daily Post , surely contains an omission , as I find ueither of the Masonic Charities included as a recipient of any portion of the receipts of this Masonic ball . Think not , Bro . Editor , that I approve of giving all to the

purely Masonic Institutions , but few will surely approve of the present distribution that omits our Byos' School , which sadly wants funds for its debt on the building ; or the R . M . Inst , for aged Masons and their widows . I very much fear this omission onlreveals a reason whour Loudon Masonic

Instiy y tutions are not better supported , and Avhy a great and flourishing Order allows a debt to be a load on the Royal Masonic Boys' School , and that reason is , that a large part of our N . E . S . and W . Masonry don't extend many cable tow ' s length from the lodge room in Avhich there is so much said of " Universal

Charity . " I shall only be too happy to find my surmises are not correct as regards Handsworth . Tours fraternally , PAST MASTEE .

Masonic Cadgers.

MASONIC CADGERS .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASOXIO MIRROR . DEAB SIE AXD BEOTHEE , —I write a line to caution brethren against relieving the following soidisant brethren ( Masonic cadgers would be an appropriate name for them ) Avho are , to my knowledge , unworthy of assistance , aud Avho support their

application by a tissue of lies . James Jlf . . . y . —This is a specious vagabond , who asserts that he has lost his papers , aud who sometimes professes to hail from New Orleans , and sometimes asserts that he is a P . M . of the Mariners ' LodgeLiverpoolwhich assertion I have ascertained

, , to be untrue . John P . . . . r . —A great rogue , professing tobelong to a lodge at Kingscourt , Ireland , and who , being somewhat stale , has altered his certificate by changing Parker into Pailccn , aud now calls himself by the latter name , and , to account for some

smearing about the name , alludes to an imagiuary immersion of his certificate in the sea . — D i . —A consummate knaA'e who has " a poor vife " who dies at most toAvus of importance , leaving him without means to bury her . Thomas S r ( 17 , Armagh ) . —Apparently

makes a trade of Masonry . Captain (?) B . m , Baron Charles Louis von M ..... y , and Julius J ... s ( a black ) . —These rogues I have previously exposed in the MAGAZINE . I had the latter sent to gaol for a month as a rogue and vagabond .

Isaac C s . —Appears to be a professional Masonic beggar . liobert W . . . . r . —One of the same sort . I have relieved him three times , and he had the impudence to apply a fourth , when I suggested his surname to him , and he took the hint . The following is a copy of a letter sent to me on the last occasion .-

—" "Warrington , 24 th July , A . L . 5 S 67 , A . . 1 SG 7 . " — White , Esq ., Treasurer . "Dear Sir and Brother , —As a poor old brother of the Masonic order , I am ashamed of this intrusion , but considered you would pardon it ; and it is with