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CONTENTS .

LEADERS f'S . i United Grand Lodge < 'S 4 r . r . iinl Lodgeof Mark Master Masons uSo Koyal Masonic Institution for Boys 6 R 7

CoRRESPOXDEXCELodge Working ° SS Reviews G 8 S Masonic Notes and Queries OSS Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire 6 S 9 A Masonic Wedding f'S'l South Africa <> 9 Xcrubbabel , Freemasonry , the Ark of thc Covenant , and Tarn < iR 9

REPORTS OF M AROXIC M EETIXCISCraft Masonry 690 Instruction .. . liar Koyal Arch 602 Mark Masonry 692 Royal Ark Mariners 692 Rud Cross of Constantine C > q 2

Cryptic Masonry G 92 Scotland G 93 Obituary 6 9 - ; The Theatres G 94 Music ' . 6 94 Science and Art 694 Masonic and General Tidings 6 95 Lodge Meetings for Next Week fiq 6

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THE Ouarterly Communication of Grand Lodge took place on Wednesday last , under the presidency of Lord LIMERICK . There was a good attendance of the brethren . H . R . H . the Prince of WALES , was nominated by Bro . THRITPP , amid loud applause , as GRAND MASTER for the ensuing year . Bro . J OSHUA NUNN was appointed President of the Lodge of

Benevolence . Bro . J AMES BRETT , was elected Junior President , and Bro . CHARLES ATKINS , after a contest , Junior Vice President of the Lodge of Benevolence . The report of the Lodge of Benevolence was adopted after some little discussion . The reports of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board were received . Some appeals were heard ,

see report . Bro . C LABON ' molion was lost by 186 to 182 . Bro . BUDDEN S proposition was rejected by a very large majority . Bro . J AMES STEVENS ' S motion was ruled out of order , as we fully expected . Bro . Lord LIMERICK presided over the deliberations of Grand Lodge with much ability , and with his usual urbanity and kindly consideration for all .

* WE call attention elsewhere to most interesting reports of the presentation , in the Grand Mark Lodge , to H . R . H . the Duke of ALBANY , and the consecration by H . R . H . of a new Mark Lodge under very striking circumstances .

• * * IN order to promote a taste for Masonic works and archaic relics , and to encourage the gift of such " waifs " and tokens of Freemasonry among the Craft to a central library and museum , would it not be well if the GRAND SECRETARY issued a new catalogue of the actual library , and a list of the

little curiosities his own industry his already collected ? We must make a beginning somewhere , and as we are very laggard in the race , and have a great deal of " lee way " to make up , for this , as many other matters in the world , there is no time like the present . The names of the donors should be given . We apprehend there are many interesting souvenirs of

Freemasonry which would be gladly donated if only brethren knew that their offerings would be gladly accepted , and comfortably housed . Up to the present , we must remember that all such ideas and wishes have been practically discouraged and discountenanced . We are bound to thank the GRAND SECRETARY for moving in the matter .

ELSEWHERE our readers will sec with regret the announcement of the cessation of the " Masonic Monthly . " Time has run on since our Publisher , at much sacrifice , and in order to meet the apparent requirements of the Craft , started as supplemental to the Freemason , be it ever remembered , a monthly serial , with the idea and on the ground that

such just then was the pressure on the Freemason for passing news , that many important subjects were necessarily neglected . or passed by . Experience has proved two things : Firstly , that Masonic intelligence week by week , is of a fluctuating character and amount . Secondly , that the Freemason has sufficient space to print all needful requirements for special articles .

From June to November , as a general rule , ( excepting the Provincial Meetings ) , it is sometimes difficult to find even in reduced measure , the needful columns of lodge intelligence ; and as the Publisher has nevcrhesitated when exigencies require it , to issue supplementary sheets in the Freemason , so it -will be in the future . Many writers prefer their lucubrations

to appear in the Freemason rather than in thc" Monthly "; and amusing instances might be quoted where the publication of a special paper in the magazine , and not in the Freemason , was made a matter of serious comp laint . Under these circumstances , the Publisher , thinking that with a new year it would be better for his numerous readers and patrons to husband all his resources , and combine all his efforts for the

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production of the Freemason week by week , a journal which , alike at-home and abroad , has attained a position hitherto impossible in Masonic publications , has come to the conclusion , not without regret , indeed , but with , he feels sure , the cordial concurrence of many sincere friends and kindly critics ,

that thc "Masonic Monthly" shall cease . Still , as previously , all papers will be heartily welcomed in thc pages of ihe Freemason which tend to elucidate and illustrate the annals , the antiquities , and the classificnlism of Freemason r \\

ALL our readers on public grounds , and many on personal , will have rend with regret the death of thc Archbishop of CANTERBURY . In an age of great intolerance , he was tolerant ; in a period of abounding controversy he was a lover of peace ; and he used his high position and employed his great gifts for the conciliation of divided sections and the furtherance of religious peace ,

toleration , kindliness , and good will towards all . Severely tried by personal bereavement , he has left a remarkable example of the calm and conscientious discharge of sacred duties ; and the public , always appreciative , and very

seldom wide of the mark , has exhibited in various ways its grateful realization of his peculiarly benign and large-hearted character . But now his councils and example will be much missed . As F ' reemasons , we always admire the graceful virtues of toleration , sympathy , and charity . v

Tin ; opening of thc New Law Courts by Her Majesty the OUEEN is' a very striking episode in our national history , which it is almost impossible to overlook , or overrate in its value , importance and reality . The administration of the law in England seems to stand on a different basis in our law-abidin"

land to that on which it rests in almost any other country . Here in England , wc have a perfect confidence in the administration of the law . No taint rests on the purpled ermine of our judges ; no suspicions affect the onward course of public prosecutions . For thc judges of the land a great respect is felt by all classes alike . Incorruptiblity and justice are the distinguishing

characteristics of our English system ; and , therefore , on Monday last , all classes took part equally and gladly in the pageant , because all felt that the Law Courts were open to all Her Majesty ' s subjects , high and low , rich and poor . The ceremonial of the day was very striking , and will be long remembered .

We shall all echo the LORD CHANCELLOR ' S eloquent words and aspiration , that Justice may be there administered fully and practicall y for many coming generations . The reception of Her Majesty the OUEEN , the Prince of WALES , the Royal Family , and al ! the distinguished visitors was most enthusiastic .

* * ± ALL our readers will have seen with much concern the alarming accounts of the illness of thc POSTMASTER GENERAL , and will all fervently hope and desiderate that so useful and valuable a public servant , so very able and amiable a member of the body politic , may be mercifully preserved , in thc good providence of T . G . A . O . T . U ., in his insidious and dangerous malady .

* IN the week which is closing we have heard of thc death of-thc Archbishop of CANTERBURY , and wc have also to record the passing away of the greatest of living Knglish writers of fiction . There may be conflicting opinions on this or that developement of remarkable powers ; but none can , or will , hesitate

to concede the fact that Bro . ANTHONY TROLLOPE was truly a master of the English tongue ; potent to unlock the hidden emotion of our minds ; skilful to depict the living characters of contemporary society ; and privileged , as few are , to evoke the amused or sympathetic assent of confiding and admiring readers . Wc all of us owe to ANTHONY TROLLope ' many « pleasant hours , so many unforgetable characters , such countless amenities of cultured romanticism , that we all ars truly concerned to hear of the great ; loss which artistic literature has sustained b y his lamented and premature death .

* * WE must , we think , all of us be struck with a sort of spirit of absolute lawlessness afloat just no-. v , which is evidenced by " overt acts " of calculated violence and deliberate r .-sistance to authority . The cruel murder of .

a detective officer lately in Dublin , and the shocking assassination of a police constable in Dalston may be fairly attributed to this most untoward and unhealthy state of feeling among certain " strata " of society . If , on the . one hand , we are bound to assume as the "factor " of much that is most abnor-i

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Contents.

CONTENTS .

LEADERS f'S . i United Grand Lodge < 'S 4 r . r . iinl Lodgeof Mark Master Masons uSo Koyal Masonic Institution for Boys 6 R 7

CoRRESPOXDEXCELodge Working ° SS Reviews G 8 S Masonic Notes and Queries OSS Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire 6 S 9 A Masonic Wedding f'S'l South Africa <> 9 Xcrubbabel , Freemasonry , the Ark of thc Covenant , and Tarn < iR 9

REPORTS OF M AROXIC M EETIXCISCraft Masonry 690 Instruction .. . liar Koyal Arch 602 Mark Masonry 692 Royal Ark Mariners 692 Rud Cross of Constantine C > q 2

Cryptic Masonry G 92 Scotland G 93 Obituary 6 9 - ; The Theatres G 94 Music ' . 6 94 Science and Art 694 Masonic and General Tidings 6 95 Lodge Meetings for Next Week fiq 6

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THE Ouarterly Communication of Grand Lodge took place on Wednesday last , under the presidency of Lord LIMERICK . There was a good attendance of the brethren . H . R . H . the Prince of WALES , was nominated by Bro . THRITPP , amid loud applause , as GRAND MASTER for the ensuing year . Bro . J OSHUA NUNN was appointed President of the Lodge of

Benevolence . Bro . J AMES BRETT , was elected Junior President , and Bro . CHARLES ATKINS , after a contest , Junior Vice President of the Lodge of Benevolence . The report of the Lodge of Benevolence was adopted after some little discussion . The reports of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board were received . Some appeals were heard ,

see report . Bro . C LABON ' molion was lost by 186 to 182 . Bro . BUDDEN S proposition was rejected by a very large majority . Bro . J AMES STEVENS ' S motion was ruled out of order , as we fully expected . Bro . Lord LIMERICK presided over the deliberations of Grand Lodge with much ability , and with his usual urbanity and kindly consideration for all .

* WE call attention elsewhere to most interesting reports of the presentation , in the Grand Mark Lodge , to H . R . H . the Duke of ALBANY , and the consecration by H . R . H . of a new Mark Lodge under very striking circumstances .

• * * IN order to promote a taste for Masonic works and archaic relics , and to encourage the gift of such " waifs " and tokens of Freemasonry among the Craft to a central library and museum , would it not be well if the GRAND SECRETARY issued a new catalogue of the actual library , and a list of the

little curiosities his own industry his already collected ? We must make a beginning somewhere , and as we are very laggard in the race , and have a great deal of " lee way " to make up , for this , as many other matters in the world , there is no time like the present . The names of the donors should be given . We apprehend there are many interesting souvenirs of

Freemasonry which would be gladly donated if only brethren knew that their offerings would be gladly accepted , and comfortably housed . Up to the present , we must remember that all such ideas and wishes have been practically discouraged and discountenanced . We are bound to thank the GRAND SECRETARY for moving in the matter .

ELSEWHERE our readers will sec with regret the announcement of the cessation of the " Masonic Monthly . " Time has run on since our Publisher , at much sacrifice , and in order to meet the apparent requirements of the Craft , started as supplemental to the Freemason , be it ever remembered , a monthly serial , with the idea and on the ground that

such just then was the pressure on the Freemason for passing news , that many important subjects were necessarily neglected . or passed by . Experience has proved two things : Firstly , that Masonic intelligence week by week , is of a fluctuating character and amount . Secondly , that the Freemason has sufficient space to print all needful requirements for special articles .

From June to November , as a general rule , ( excepting the Provincial Meetings ) , it is sometimes difficult to find even in reduced measure , the needful columns of lodge intelligence ; and as the Publisher has nevcrhesitated when exigencies require it , to issue supplementary sheets in the Freemason , so it -will be in the future . Many writers prefer their lucubrations

to appear in the Freemason rather than in thc" Monthly "; and amusing instances might be quoted where the publication of a special paper in the magazine , and not in the Freemason , was made a matter of serious comp laint . Under these circumstances , the Publisher , thinking that with a new year it would be better for his numerous readers and patrons to husband all his resources , and combine all his efforts for the

Ar00102

production of the Freemason week by week , a journal which , alike at-home and abroad , has attained a position hitherto impossible in Masonic publications , has come to the conclusion , not without regret , indeed , but with , he feels sure , the cordial concurrence of many sincere friends and kindly critics ,

that thc "Masonic Monthly" shall cease . Still , as previously , all papers will be heartily welcomed in thc pages of ihe Freemason which tend to elucidate and illustrate the annals , the antiquities , and the classificnlism of Freemason r \\

ALL our readers on public grounds , and many on personal , will have rend with regret the death of thc Archbishop of CANTERBURY . In an age of great intolerance , he was tolerant ; in a period of abounding controversy he was a lover of peace ; and he used his high position and employed his great gifts for the conciliation of divided sections and the furtherance of religious peace ,

toleration , kindliness , and good will towards all . Severely tried by personal bereavement , he has left a remarkable example of the calm and conscientious discharge of sacred duties ; and the public , always appreciative , and very

seldom wide of the mark , has exhibited in various ways its grateful realization of his peculiarly benign and large-hearted character . But now his councils and example will be much missed . As F ' reemasons , we always admire the graceful virtues of toleration , sympathy , and charity . v

Tin ; opening of thc New Law Courts by Her Majesty the OUEEN is' a very striking episode in our national history , which it is almost impossible to overlook , or overrate in its value , importance and reality . The administration of the law in England seems to stand on a different basis in our law-abidin"

land to that on which it rests in almost any other country . Here in England , wc have a perfect confidence in the administration of the law . No taint rests on the purpled ermine of our judges ; no suspicions affect the onward course of public prosecutions . For thc judges of the land a great respect is felt by all classes alike . Incorruptiblity and justice are the distinguishing

characteristics of our English system ; and , therefore , on Monday last , all classes took part equally and gladly in the pageant , because all felt that the Law Courts were open to all Her Majesty ' s subjects , high and low , rich and poor . The ceremonial of the day was very striking , and will be long remembered .

We shall all echo the LORD CHANCELLOR ' S eloquent words and aspiration , that Justice may be there administered fully and practicall y for many coming generations . The reception of Her Majesty the OUEEN , the Prince of WALES , the Royal Family , and al ! the distinguished visitors was most enthusiastic .

* * ± ALL our readers will have seen with much concern the alarming accounts of the illness of thc POSTMASTER GENERAL , and will all fervently hope and desiderate that so useful and valuable a public servant , so very able and amiable a member of the body politic , may be mercifully preserved , in thc good providence of T . G . A . O . T . U ., in his insidious and dangerous malady .

* IN the week which is closing we have heard of thc death of-thc Archbishop of CANTERBURY , and wc have also to record the passing away of the greatest of living Knglish writers of fiction . There may be conflicting opinions on this or that developement of remarkable powers ; but none can , or will , hesitate

to concede the fact that Bro . ANTHONY TROLLOPE was truly a master of the English tongue ; potent to unlock the hidden emotion of our minds ; skilful to depict the living characters of contemporary society ; and privileged , as few are , to evoke the amused or sympathetic assent of confiding and admiring readers . Wc all of us owe to ANTHONY TROLLope ' many « pleasant hours , so many unforgetable characters , such countless amenities of cultured romanticism , that we all ars truly concerned to hear of the great ; loss which artistic literature has sustained b y his lamented and premature death .

* * WE must , we think , all of us be struck with a sort of spirit of absolute lawlessness afloat just no-. v , which is evidenced by " overt acts " of calculated violence and deliberate r .-sistance to authority . The cruel murder of .

a detective officer lately in Dublin , and the shocking assassination of a police constable in Dalston may be fairly attributed to this most untoward and unhealthy state of feeling among certain " strata " of society . If , on the . one hand , we are bound to assume as the "factor " of much that is most abnor-i

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