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assistant ) , Almoner , & c , in the north . The Master of Ceremonies had to be a little in front of the premier Surveillant ( S . W . ) , the " First Expert" being at the side , and the " Couvreur" ( Inner Tyler or Guard ) being close to the "Second Surveillant" ( i . e . J W . ) , but , unfortunately , the position of the two Wardens is not indicated , but I am inclined to believe they were in the S . W . and N . W .
respectively , as shown in the oldest plates of an " open Lodge " of the year 1745 . The rules as to the " Jettons de presence " of the Lodge are eight in number , and seem to have been carefully considered . The Lodge was dormant for a few years , but work was resumed in 1799 , as the
medal indicates . The decoration itself is heptagonal in shape , and is No . CLXVI . in Bro . Marvin ' s grand volume on " Masonic Medals " 1 SS 0 , who thus describes it : —
" Obverse . A heptagon inscribed in a circle , within which a circle of stars encloses a fine-poimed blazing star , upon which is the letter G , and below it , in two lines , ANNO 5 S 02 . Legend , between the sides of the heptagon and the circle of siars , L de La Trinite O . de Paris . Reverse , a heptagon , as on obverse , within which an altar of seven steos , its front adorned with the square and compasses , and having- upon it a gave ) . On the left of the steps lies a sprig of acacia . On each side are two pillars , that on the right having B on its shaft , and a level on its base , and that on the left has J on its shaft , and a le and its baseAbove the altar is radiant
triang gavel on . a triangle bearing the Hebrew tetragraminaton , below which are the sun and moon , and the inscription : TRINUS UNUS . In exergue REPR . DES TRAV . LE 25 J . L . 5799 , in two lines . Size 17 . "
The minimum age for the admission of an Apprentice was twenty-one , a Companion twenty-three , and a Master Mason twentyfive ; but a dispensation was permissible in the event of a " Louveton " ( Lewis ) seeking initiation ; the fees for the Degrees being—First Degree , 75 francs ; Second Degree , iS francs ; and
Third Degree , 4 . 5 francs ; total , 13 8 francs , inclusive of the requisite clothing . The Rules extend to No . 307 , so that some idea may be formed of their extensive provisions and elaborate arrangements as to all points of order , decorum , receptions , and conduct generally . They are signed by the officers and members , beginning with
" Lassetrez , Ven . Off . du G . O . " The third in number—viz ., " Statuts et Reglemens du Souv . Ch . DArras , h . la Vallde de Paris , " apparently are of the j'ear 1809 ( 64 pages ); and the fourth , " Reglemens du Souv . Chap . Metrop a Paris , " of the year 1812 ( 74 pages ) , will have to be dealt with in a
separate article , the fifth , however , being the Rules of " La R . L . de S . Jean , sous le titre distinctif de la Vraie Harmonic a . I'O . de Poitiers " of A . D . 1820 ( 34 pages ) , will fall rightly into line now . They are brief regulations , but number in all 238 , the certificate at the end being signed by Catineau , the Master , and other officers ,
but the seal has unfortunately been cut out by some vandal . The fees amounted to 114 francs for the " three Degrees , " or , separately—First Degree , 66 francs ; Second Degree , 12 francs ; and Third Degree , 36 francs , with a charge of ^ 6 francs for affiliation ( i . e ., joining ) , and special reductions for military , " en activite
de service . '' The cost of diplomas was " fixe a six francs . " The Second Degree was not conferred until three months had been served by the Apprentice ; and nine months must have been passed by the Fellow Craft as a pre-requisite for the Third .
The Lodge of " True Harmony" was constituted to the Glory of the Great Architect of the Universe , as , indeed , were all the others named , there being happily no exception to that rule at the periods noted , and it has proved a sad day for the French Craft , since that well-known headiri has officially ceased to be used and respected by the Grand Orient . W . J . HUGHAN .
This is what a Madras paper says of Freemasonry in the Shah's dominions : — " Persia is one of the few countries where the holding of Masonic Lodge meetings is forbidden by the law . Up to within about twenty years ago a Freemasons' Lodge was regularly held at Teheran . By beginning to build a Masonic Hall in the Persian
capital the Brethren attracted the notice of the Shah , who , not being a Freemason , and having many scruples about entering a Lodge in the usual manner , stopped the work , and issued a pro clamation forbidding the Lodge meetings . "
Round And About.
Round and About .
Bro . Edward Terry , the Grand Treasurer , left for Bombay , with his wife and elder daughter , on the afternoon of the 30 th ult ., per s . s . Rome of the P . & O . line . He was looking very unwell , but the thoughts of his tour through India—where his travelling proclivities have hitherto never led htm—kept him in good spirits amid the excitement of getting away . When Captain Adamson heard that
the great comedian was to be his passenger , he exacted a promise that he would give at least one dramatic performance on board , so everything necessary for enacting " Darby and Joan " by Mr . Terry and his wife were packed and sent to the ship . The P . & O . Company also very kindly sent Mr . Terry a letter of introduction to all
their foreign agents . The presentation and the innumerable private letters which have been given him , and sent on in advance , will make his Indian journey a very pleasant one .
* * * Through some mistake a host of friends , myself among them , went to Fenchurch-street to wish him a pleasant voyage . But the party started from Liverpool-street , a fact I found out by visiting the office of the P . & O . Company . The Superintendent was good
enough to wire to Tilbury for me to ascertain the sailing time of the Rome , and by a little contrivance known to those who frequently have to rush from one end of England to the other , I got down to the docks in time to charter a row boat to pull me out to the ship lying in the river . " Bob" Gallon , the painter , Douglas Pennant ,
and " Jimmy" Hill were on deck , and before I left were in eager discussion with " Dick Phenyll" on the companion-bridge . Lusty cheers were given as the tender slowly sheered off for the shore , and the last H . T . Brickwell and myself saw of our Grand Treasurer was a figure waving a handkerchief aloft with the energy of a schoolboy .
* * * I was in Court the last day of the great City blackmailing case , and eventually got a chat with one of the intelligent twelve who found it impossible to agree upon a verdict . This confiding individual told me the jury was unanimous in believing that something
was certainly something , but they were not so certain that somebody was somebody else , so they generously agreed to give somebody who was not the somebody the benefit of the doubt . All this means just this : Get Sir Charles Russell and Mr . Lockwood on your side , and let justice go and hang itself . There have been some
remarkable cases before the public recently , and the more remarkable the case the greater is the sham of justice trotted out to meet it .
* * * This case has furnished me with another curiosity for my little Museum of Curiosities , in the shape of a pen sketch of Bebro on the margin of a Pall Mall Gazette , drawn by Mr . Woolff . The likeness is very striking , and the little drawing was made during
the few moments the jury were leaving the box . As I passed the Counsels' table after the case was over , the paper was still there , so I claimed it without any one ' s permission . If Mr . Bebro would like to see what a good-looking man he may be made , he is welcome in seeing it . # * *
Paintings are getting almost as common as pianos , and there are but few houses which do not possess at least an " artist" among their inmates . Everybody paints , more or less , so that it cannot much be wondered at that twenty - thousand odd canvases and placques should be sent in by amateurs in competition for the prizes offered by Messrs . Raphael Tuck & Sons . The rooms of the
Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours were besieged the other day by hundreds of girls and children carting in their youthful efforts in " art , " and it is an actual fact that Messrs . Pickford
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Our Signed Article.
assistant ) , Almoner , & c , in the north . The Master of Ceremonies had to be a little in front of the premier Surveillant ( S . W . ) , the " First Expert" being at the side , and the " Couvreur" ( Inner Tyler or Guard ) being close to the "Second Surveillant" ( i . e . J W . ) , but , unfortunately , the position of the two Wardens is not indicated , but I am inclined to believe they were in the S . W . and N . W .
respectively , as shown in the oldest plates of an " open Lodge " of the year 1745 . The rules as to the " Jettons de presence " of the Lodge are eight in number , and seem to have been carefully considered . The Lodge was dormant for a few years , but work was resumed in 1799 , as the
medal indicates . The decoration itself is heptagonal in shape , and is No . CLXVI . in Bro . Marvin ' s grand volume on " Masonic Medals " 1 SS 0 , who thus describes it : —
" Obverse . A heptagon inscribed in a circle , within which a circle of stars encloses a fine-poimed blazing star , upon which is the letter G , and below it , in two lines , ANNO 5 S 02 . Legend , between the sides of the heptagon and the circle of siars , L de La Trinite O . de Paris . Reverse , a heptagon , as on obverse , within which an altar of seven steos , its front adorned with the square and compasses , and having- upon it a gave ) . On the left of the steps lies a sprig of acacia . On each side are two pillars , that on the right having B on its shaft , and a level on its base , and that on the left has J on its shaft , and a le and its baseAbove the altar is radiant
triang gavel on . a triangle bearing the Hebrew tetragraminaton , below which are the sun and moon , and the inscription : TRINUS UNUS . In exergue REPR . DES TRAV . LE 25 J . L . 5799 , in two lines . Size 17 . "
The minimum age for the admission of an Apprentice was twenty-one , a Companion twenty-three , and a Master Mason twentyfive ; but a dispensation was permissible in the event of a " Louveton " ( Lewis ) seeking initiation ; the fees for the Degrees being—First Degree , 75 francs ; Second Degree , iS francs ; and
Third Degree , 4 . 5 francs ; total , 13 8 francs , inclusive of the requisite clothing . The Rules extend to No . 307 , so that some idea may be formed of their extensive provisions and elaborate arrangements as to all points of order , decorum , receptions , and conduct generally . They are signed by the officers and members , beginning with
" Lassetrez , Ven . Off . du G . O . " The third in number—viz ., " Statuts et Reglemens du Souv . Ch . DArras , h . la Vallde de Paris , " apparently are of the j'ear 1809 ( 64 pages ); and the fourth , " Reglemens du Souv . Chap . Metrop a Paris , " of the year 1812 ( 74 pages ) , will have to be dealt with in a
separate article , the fifth , however , being the Rules of " La R . L . de S . Jean , sous le titre distinctif de la Vraie Harmonic a . I'O . de Poitiers " of A . D . 1820 ( 34 pages ) , will fall rightly into line now . They are brief regulations , but number in all 238 , the certificate at the end being signed by Catineau , the Master , and other officers ,
but the seal has unfortunately been cut out by some vandal . The fees amounted to 114 francs for the " three Degrees , " or , separately—First Degree , 66 francs ; Second Degree , 12 francs ; and Third Degree , 36 francs , with a charge of ^ 6 francs for affiliation ( i . e ., joining ) , and special reductions for military , " en activite
de service . '' The cost of diplomas was " fixe a six francs . " The Second Degree was not conferred until three months had been served by the Apprentice ; and nine months must have been passed by the Fellow Craft as a pre-requisite for the Third .
The Lodge of " True Harmony" was constituted to the Glory of the Great Architect of the Universe , as , indeed , were all the others named , there being happily no exception to that rule at the periods noted , and it has proved a sad day for the French Craft , since that well-known headiri has officially ceased to be used and respected by the Grand Orient . W . J . HUGHAN .
This is what a Madras paper says of Freemasonry in the Shah's dominions : — " Persia is one of the few countries where the holding of Masonic Lodge meetings is forbidden by the law . Up to within about twenty years ago a Freemasons' Lodge was regularly held at Teheran . By beginning to build a Masonic Hall in the Persian
capital the Brethren attracted the notice of the Shah , who , not being a Freemason , and having many scruples about entering a Lodge in the usual manner , stopped the work , and issued a pro clamation forbidding the Lodge meetings . "
Round And About.
Round and About .
Bro . Edward Terry , the Grand Treasurer , left for Bombay , with his wife and elder daughter , on the afternoon of the 30 th ult ., per s . s . Rome of the P . & O . line . He was looking very unwell , but the thoughts of his tour through India—where his travelling proclivities have hitherto never led htm—kept him in good spirits amid the excitement of getting away . When Captain Adamson heard that
the great comedian was to be his passenger , he exacted a promise that he would give at least one dramatic performance on board , so everything necessary for enacting " Darby and Joan " by Mr . Terry and his wife were packed and sent to the ship . The P . & O . Company also very kindly sent Mr . Terry a letter of introduction to all
their foreign agents . The presentation and the innumerable private letters which have been given him , and sent on in advance , will make his Indian journey a very pleasant one .
* * * Through some mistake a host of friends , myself among them , went to Fenchurch-street to wish him a pleasant voyage . But the party started from Liverpool-street , a fact I found out by visiting the office of the P . & O . Company . The Superintendent was good
enough to wire to Tilbury for me to ascertain the sailing time of the Rome , and by a little contrivance known to those who frequently have to rush from one end of England to the other , I got down to the docks in time to charter a row boat to pull me out to the ship lying in the river . " Bob" Gallon , the painter , Douglas Pennant ,
and " Jimmy" Hill were on deck , and before I left were in eager discussion with " Dick Phenyll" on the companion-bridge . Lusty cheers were given as the tender slowly sheered off for the shore , and the last H . T . Brickwell and myself saw of our Grand Treasurer was a figure waving a handkerchief aloft with the energy of a schoolboy .
* * * I was in Court the last day of the great City blackmailing case , and eventually got a chat with one of the intelligent twelve who found it impossible to agree upon a verdict . This confiding individual told me the jury was unanimous in believing that something
was certainly something , but they were not so certain that somebody was somebody else , so they generously agreed to give somebody who was not the somebody the benefit of the doubt . All this means just this : Get Sir Charles Russell and Mr . Lockwood on your side , and let justice go and hang itself . There have been some
remarkable cases before the public recently , and the more remarkable the case the greater is the sham of justice trotted out to meet it .
* * * This case has furnished me with another curiosity for my little Museum of Curiosities , in the shape of a pen sketch of Bebro on the margin of a Pall Mall Gazette , drawn by Mr . Woolff . The likeness is very striking , and the little drawing was made during
the few moments the jury were leaving the box . As I passed the Counsels' table after the case was over , the paper was still there , so I claimed it without any one ' s permission . If Mr . Bebro would like to see what a good-looking man he may be made , he is welcome in seeing it . # * *
Paintings are getting almost as common as pianos , and there are but few houses which do not possess at least an " artist" among their inmates . Everybody paints , more or less , so that it cannot much be wondered at that twenty - thousand odd canvases and placques should be sent in by amateurs in competition for the prizes offered by Messrs . Raphael Tuck & Sons . The rooms of the
Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours were besieged the other day by hundreds of girls and children carting in their youthful efforts in " art , " and it is an actual fact that Messrs . Pickford