Original Correspondence.

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE—rout in ncd . To I lie Editor of THE MASONIC STAR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , In answer to G . B . ' s enquiry in your issue of the ( ith . a Principal of a Royal Arch Chapter can be Installed the moment he is elected ; but the Election must take plaue on the day named in the Bye-laws .

-L ours iraternany , Comberton , Mowbray Road , J . F . H . WOODWARD . Upper Norwood . S . E .. P . G . Std . Br ., Sept . 7 th , 1888 . ' Prov . U . S . E . Middx .

To the Editor of THE MASONIC STAR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , As you have no doubt a circle of readers who do not always see the Freemason , in which paper the Editor has this week kindly published a letter of mine on a rather important point , which came before Grand Lodsre in the anneal brousrht bv Bro . Hollar . W . M .. of Of 7

O JL J . " - ' I ~ the Phoenix Lodge , No . 1 ) 1-1 , against the ruling of the District G . M . of Jamaica , re the exclusion of a Brother from that Lodge ; and as it is probable a notice of motion will be brought before Grand Lodge to alter Rule No . 210 , Book of Constitutions , in the manner indicated in my letter , I now enclose you a copy of it for the consideration of the Craft .

"To the Editor of the Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , —The able exposition of Masonic Law by the Grand Registrar , and the subsequent decision of Grand Lodge thereon in the case of the appeal of Bro . Hollar of the Phcenix Lodge , No . i ) 14 , against the decision of the District Grand Master of Jamaica , to which you call attention in your issue of September 1 st , to my mind raises a very important point , which I think has not been before considered .

" While concurring in the decision at which Grand Lodge arrived under the present wording of Rule 210 , Book of Constitutions , I am of opinion that after the word ' present' in line 10 of this Rule , the words ' who shall vote' should be added . The clause would then read as follows : ' This power of exclusion can only be exercised by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members

present , WHO SHALL VOTE . " I do not know of any assembly in the world where the presence of members who did not vote nullified the power of those who did . Suppose , for instance , in the House of Commons , of which 40 members form a quorum , 3 'J voted one way , and 1 the other , and the remaining ( 530 looked on . Is the decision of the 3 'J to be null and void because the 630 did not think fit to vote . ' Such a thing would

be perfectly ridiculous . Yet this is exactly the position Rule 210 , Book of Constitutions , as at present worded , places all Lodges when any motion for exclusion is brought forward . The sooner it is altered in the manner now suggested the better . " I am , your obedient Servant , Comberton , Mowbray Road , J . F . H . WOODWARD , Upper Norwood , S . E ., P . G . Swd . Br .,

Sept . 8 th , 1888 . Prov . G . Sec , Middx . * * * We shall probably , spacepermitting , comment vpon this letter in mi r ne . rt .

Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

T . \\ EST . —Thanks for your information re Pengc , 1815 . It shall have our attention . A . MKHCKH , Prestwich . —Our arrangements in respect of Agents will shortly be perfected , and the diiliculty of obtaining copies , of which you complain , done away with . A . H . JJSKKKIHKS . —We are greatly obliged by your letter , and thank you for the trouble you have taken . We fear , though , that we may not has'c tully understood your instructions . Check us and see !

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Our Trestle Board

OUR TRESTLE BOARD

" For the Master to lay lines and draw designs upon . " We shall be greatly obliged to the compilers or publishers of Provincial Calendars for the current year if they will be good enough to favour us with a copy of their respective works . # * * *

It is , of course , very gratifying to find that earnest labour meets with some amount of that encouragement without which all vitality would be taken from sincere effort in any direction . More especially is it satisfactory when favourable opinions are expressed in quarters whence , whilst "there is so much human nature in man , "

as Artemus AVard puts it , less appreciative remarks might have been suggested . We thank our contemporary ; Th e Freem a son ' s Ch collide , for its kindly criticism of our first three numbers , and shall hope to continue the " decided improvement" it refers to . If our editor

can only keep the quality of the contents to a sufficient standard , there will not be much difficulty in the continued supply by our publishers of the same excellence of quality of paper for which we are complimented .

We cannot allude to the considerate critique m The Freemason ? Chronicle without thanking other journals , and most especially the Western Daily Mercury ( Plymouth ) for their laudatory remarks . It will be our earnest desire to continue to merit these truly masonic supports .

All the same , we must respectfully urge upon our Lodges and their respective members that , if there be real sincerity in the often expressed wish for such a paper as the MASONIC STAR , they must also support us by their subscriptions . 'Tis but a trifling amount required , after all , to keep us going , and no great sacrifice can be

involved in the outlay . Don't be offended with us , Brethren , if Ave say " fine words butter no parsnips , " and that " an ounce of help is worth a ton of sympathy . " To which we would add , in our own Masonic phraseology , " It is the hope of reward that sweetens labour ! " '

The last meeting for the session of the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 " , will be held at the Railway Hotel , Feltham , on Saturday , at 3 p . im We notice with much pleasure that no less than eight brethren of this Lodge acted as stewards for the festivals of the respective Masonic institutions this year ; and that already stewards are

named for the festivals of 188 !) . The Lodge is interested in the election of a very worthy member ( Bro . James Middleton Jennings , aged Gl ) , to the advantages of the Royal Masonic Benevolent

Institution in May next , and from the fact that the applicant is , himself , a Life Governor of that institution , and his fellow members have so well supported it , we hope the craft generally will look with favour upon the appeal made for assistance .

We are asked to supply an omission in our Obituary notice last week in reference to our late Bro . Lord Alfred Paget , of whom it has been truly remarked that there was no more universally popular

man in London , and whose death will be deeply deplored by a host of friends and brother Masons . Bro . Lord Paget was Initiated in the Britannic Lodge , No . 33 , many years ago , and was at the time of his death an hon . member of that Lodge .

We desire to thank several brethren for their corrections of our tabulated lists of Lodge and Chapter Meetings . They will see that we have attended to their wishes . iff %$ -A w "" JP In accordance with the expressed wishes of many brethren

connected with the City , we have arranged , pending the appointment of agents for the sale of the MASONIC STAR in districts , to deliver the paper on the day of publication to subscribers whose addresses are within the City boundaries . The terms of subscription under this arrangement will be 1 * . Id . per Quarter , 2 . v . 2 d . per Halfyear , and is . id . per Annum , payable in advance .

At a meeting of the General Committee of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , on Friday last , in the Masonic Temple , Hope Street , Liverpool , Bro . J . Houlding . Past Prov . Grand Registrar , presiding , it was decided to place eight children on the educational fund .

The Right Worship ful Prov . Grand Master of West Lancashire ( Bro . Lord Lathom , D . G . M . ) intends holding a provincial grand lodge for the transacting of the annual business of the province , at the Winter Gardens , Southport , on Wednesday , October 3 rd , at one o ' clock . The banquet will be held at four o ' clock , at the Prince of Wales Hotel , Southport .

We regret , in one sense , that we have had crowded out of this number many interesting particulars of home and colonial Masonic matters , which , but for the limit of space , we should have set before our readers . The remedy for crowding out will rest entirely with the brethren . We can extend our paper in proportion to the support we receive , and , in the matter of ample return for subscriptions , we will " hold the scales of justice with an equal poise . "