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aAjgTOtt'm-^ 'S-M ^' . AT ^^ jl ^ j > AVj SATURDAY , MARCH 31 , 1894

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

A lew weeks hence the Grand Festival will be relebraled , and we shall know on whom the M . W . ^ r , ind Master has been pleased to bestow the honours ° i the year . As a matter of course , this knowledge will bring with it great rejoicing to the chosen few ,

a , 1 < l reall y great—or it may be even greater—dis-¦ "•f'l'ointment to thc unchosen many , who consider themselves qualified , by virtue of what they have done "i behalf of Masonry , to be advanced to the dais . We ^ r this disappointment , which is inevitable under any

- ¦ rcumstances , is more widespread now than at any l > ri ~ * vious period in the history of the Craft . A few "" Witional offices have been created in Grand Lodge , u ji on the other hand , since the accession of the ' ' "mee of Wales to the Grand Mastership , the number

'hose who , not merely in their own estimation , but n that of the authorities , are worthy of the purple has , augmented a hundredfold . Yet if honours are to "orth having , they must not bc multi plied too often cri - ^ an unlimited extent .

» * $ "I who shall decide what are the qualifications for ¦" '" d Oili ,: if not thc Grand Master and his advisers , | j "'ho when they have made their award dare sit in ^ K'nent upon itv Those who adjudge the honours iu irom t | , SpCCiaj knowledge they possess or are

Masonic Notes.

in a position to acquire as to the merits of every individual member of the Craft whose services are worthy of recognition ; tho « y . vho criticise the awards do so with a knowledge which is necessarily limited to their own immediate circle of Masonic acquaintance .

The qualifications which justify promotion to Grand Office are almost as various in character as in degree . Some , we imagine , base their claims on having founded many lodges and chapters , and thereby added large numbers to the Masonic roll with more or less

advantage to the Order . Some have displayed a knowledge of our ritual approaching almost to perfection , while others have done good service by their labours in behalf of our Institutions . Then there are those who have exercised , or as Grand Officers would

become capable of exercising a commanding influence in behalf of our Society , and others who possess several of the qualifications we have enumerated .

But where these qualifications are so many and so various , and where we can know so little as to the grounds on which the selections are made , who shall venture to sit in judgment on the judges ¦

As for the brethren who have done yood suit and service to Masonry , but whose achievements are almost unknown outside their respective spheres of labour , it were unjust that their claims to appointment should be set aside because little or nothing has ever been heard

in their favour , while for the benefit of those who consider themselves pre-eminently qualified for the purple of Grand Lodge , we take thc liberty of narrating the following anecdote from the history of Ancient Greece . When the Greeks had defeated the Persian fleet at

Salamis , the commander-in-chief of the former required each captain of a trireme to return the names of those who had most distinguished themselves in the battle . The command was obeyed , and , on examining

the returns , it was found that each captain had placed his own name first , though , strange to say , every one of them assigned the second place to the true hero of the fight—Aristides . The moral is obvious .

The first active step of preparation in respect of the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be taken on Friday next , the Gth April , when the Board of Stewards will hold their opening

meeting , appoint officers , and make such other arrange , mehts as to fees , place—Wednesday , the 9 th May , has been already chosen as the day—ecc , & c , & .:., as arc possible .

* As for the prospects of the Festival , so far as any opinion can be passed of them from the present strength of the Board , wc are in a position to say this much : thai while they are undoubtedly encouraging ,

they are not of such a character as to justify Ihe Secretary in hesitating to accept even the smallest proffer of service as Steward that may be made to him between now and the day of the Festival . There is a beautiful

plasticity about a Masonic Board of Stewards which permits of an unlimited expansion up to the very latest moment prior to the celebration . The more the merrier , and thu greater thc likelihood of a bi g total ii the order of the day in respect of all theso Masonic anniversaries .

Reviews.

Reviews .

"FREEMASONS' CALKNOAK AND DiKiicroi-v 101 ; THE PROVINCE OI * LKIC .- MERSHIKE ASH RUTLAND , 1 S 04 . " —This annual is well named , and has now been published 22 years . The present editor is liro . B . A . Smith , M . A ., LL . M ., . vho is quite an expert at this kind of work . So much so , that it would puzzle anyone to suggest an improvement either in the arrangement or the matter of the calendar

and directory . The printing has been done by liro . Ii . Shardlow in a most cllicient manner . There is no better managed province in England , and ill ( he societies worked in connection thcrewi . h are prosperous , peaceful , and united , sofar as wecan judge from the particulars afforded . The frontispiece this time is a photo ol liro . Sir Henry St . John Halford . . Bart ., C . IL , who was the Dep . Prov . G .. M

of the province 1 S 73 to i ; Su . The votes for the Central Masonic Charities , all duly given , n ^ w nu nber over _ ' ¦;* . > , which for 14 lodges is very satisfactory . The L"' ! , ; o of Research , lately started , is on tlie same lines as the celebrated ( Juatuor Coronati , No . 207 ( 1 , and \ M ' , ~ , fair to be *' ie success its promoters anticipated . There ar .: im . v six

I jdges in Leicester , so that there should be plenty of room for such a Lodge as No . 2429 , and the library and museum will doubtless be much increased and made-still more useful , row that more attention will be devoted to Alasonic stud y and research . The directory is all it can well bc , and is a credit to the editor and publisher .

"OFFICIAL DIRECTORY PROVING ; -: OF CORNWALL . 1 S 94 . " —This most useful guide is in its 23 rd year of publication , and this year completes volume live . For Provincial purposes , there is not a better directory issued in England , and ' the present number has no superior in all the series

Reviews.

from 1 S 70 . There are 30 lodges with 1702 subscribing members , the largest number yet reached in the province . Particulars are also afforded of the " Cornish " L-id'e , No . 2369 , London , which is well supported by Cornishmen in the county as well as in the Metropolis . The Table of Precedency is a valuable compilation , and so the Order of Procession , and cannot fail to ha mist useful at the annul ! gatherings . The Annals of the Cornish Craft , 1751-1893 ,

furnish most interesting reading , and b ' -ing brought down to date , never being later than iSj . t , before , are all the more welcome on that account . The rolls of chapters and Mark lodges are also given , and the List of Votes in the Central Masonic Charities is arranged under lodges , as well as carefully summarised at the end , the total being 409 S , being the largest vet obtained . It is well edited and most creditable to the Provincial Grand Secretary and staff .

"THE ILLUSTRATED AKCH . KOI . OGI . SI * , " Vol . i , No . a , March , 1 S 04 ( London : Chas . J . Clark , 4 , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , W . C . Price 23 . Gd . ) —The present number completes the lirst volume of this important and readable quarterly , which of its kind has neither equal nor superior . Part 4 is the best of the quartette , if there is really any choice where all are so good , and the value of the volume is

considerably enhanced in our estimation by a carefully prepared index , as well as copious List of Illustrations . 'The notes oh the Corporation Plate and Insignia of Wiltshire , by the Rev . Ii . H . Goddard , is , we hope , one of a series of most interesting articles on Maces , Loving-Cups , and Swords of State , Sic , and the plates accompanying this capital paper are welcome aids to the text . " Pilgrim ' s

Signs , '' by Mr . Wall , should interest many Freemasons who are fond of pilgrimages , especially our American brethren , and as they also go in so extensively for badges as souvenirs , the author of this brochure will favour them with ancient evidence of the custom thus to commemorate penances of a pleasant character . The chief paper is on Escomb Church , Durham , by Mr . C . C . Hodges , and is

quite a feature of the volume , the printing of which and the illustrations are excellent , and make most pleasant reading , artistically and generally . The notes are fully up to their usual in variety , style , and thoroughness , and altogether the part and the volume are worthy of very wide circulation and hearty support . We trust that the reception accorded this venture is such as to cheer the able editor , Mr . J . Romilly Allen , and the spirited publisher , Mr . C . J . Clark .

••'CATALOGUE OK A PORTION OK THE Lin . i . u-y oi * J AMES AND MAKV LEE TREGASKIS , AT THE SIGN OK THE CANTON I 1 P . AU , IN HIGH HOLUOKN . " —We have received from " the Caxton Head " Old Book Store in High Holborn another of those wonderful lists of rare books ,

MSS ., & c , for which Mr . and Airs . Tregaskis arc now becoming famous . VVe predict for these same lists a placi among the treasures of the future collector . Not only are the notes on books therein catalogued of much value , but the reproductions of quaint old wood-cuts and facsimiles of antique bindings arc among the finest specimens we have seen .

"The Tablet" And Freemasonry.

"THE TABLET" AND FREEMASONRY .

The following appeared in a recent number of " The Tablet , " a Catholic journal published in London . Its comment on the fraternal document which it reprints is that '' it is indeed significant . " We , loo , think it significant that the opponents of Freemasonry can see no merit even in such an act of international Masonic

courtesy : " We pri . it here the translation of a significant document from the first number of Dr . Bataille ' s Revue Mcnsitclle Riiigieusc , Politique , Sclent ijiijue , complement de la publication Le Diable au XlXme , esiccle ( January , 1 S 04 ) . lt is a communication from the Grand Orient of Turin , ' the Superior Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite ot Scotland , thc sole recognised as legal for the Masonic jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Italy and its colonies . ' "

To the Venerable Brethren of the Lodges subject to its obedience . NOTIFICATION . The Superior Council of the Thirty-three , acting in common with the Grand Orient of the Symbolic Order of Spain , with which we are united in bonds of brotherly friendship , have recently given a proof lhat the Freemasonry of that

illustrious kingdom participates both in the sufferings which alilict us , as well as in the succcsx-s which Hatter our national honuii ** , having with sums ol money come lo the assistance of those who suffered by the disaster of the Casimiccola and the cholera of Naples during the past year , and having now :..-nt to th ^ Superior Council of Italy t . vo diplomas destined to I , n Majesty the King of Italy and

to his Royal Highness the Dukeof Aosta , by which the Freemasons of Spain express their admiration for the act of charity performed by our Sovereign and his august brother when they went to assist the cholera-stricken in Naples and in other infected parts of Italy . Both his Majesty King Humbert and his Koyal Highness the Duke of Aosta , who was already invested by the Grand

Thirtythree when he mounted tho throne of Spain , through a unanimous resolution taken by the said Superior Council on March iS , 1 SS 5 , according to tlie common era , arc numbered as members ot the Superior Council of Spain . The aforesaid diploma * . ; bear the fi'lo . ving signatures : the Sovereign ( orind Comma * d 1 *; Grand . Master Manuel lleci'i ra , e \ -. M . n ; I ' .-i * d '( htiv-11 ov , e \ -Senat . r , depu ' y to

tlie Cones , 1 ' iiuty-t ' irce j l .-idore Villa-. ino col Vnlii , Thirty-three ; Don J iun B .-ovo , Thirty-three ; Grand Chanel , or ; Juan 1 lor Fernandez , Thirty-three . VVe believe it opportune to communicate this to our brethren , with t * . e special recommendation that the information should not go beyond our ollices , that i ** , that it should not be communicated lo ihe profane world , and we trust that it will lie a gratification to them to see that Spanish Freemasonry is

deeply conscious of the bonds of fraternity which bind it to the brethren of Italy , and it will be moreover oboerved that the Freemasonry of the Scotch Kite , as well as that of the Symbolic Kite , has preferred tlie medium of this Superior Council in order to manifest its feelings towards Italy and its King . The union of these continental ban L in desire and emotion is indeed significant . —Tablet ,

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aAjgTOtt'm-^ 'S-M ^' . AT ^^ jl ^ j > AVj SATURDAY , MARCH 31 , 1894

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

A lew weeks hence the Grand Festival will be relebraled , and we shall know on whom the M . W . ^ r , ind Master has been pleased to bestow the honours ° i the year . As a matter of course , this knowledge will bring with it great rejoicing to the chosen few ,

a , 1 < l reall y great—or it may be even greater—dis-¦ "•f'l'ointment to thc unchosen many , who consider themselves qualified , by virtue of what they have done "i behalf of Masonry , to be advanced to the dais . We ^ r this disappointment , which is inevitable under any

- ¦ rcumstances , is more widespread now than at any l > ri ~ * vious period in the history of the Craft . A few "" Witional offices have been created in Grand Lodge , u ji on the other hand , since the accession of the ' ' "mee of Wales to the Grand Mastership , the number

'hose who , not merely in their own estimation , but n that of the authorities , are worthy of the purple has , augmented a hundredfold . Yet if honours are to "orth having , they must not bc multi plied too often cri - ^ an unlimited extent .

» * $ "I who shall decide what are the qualifications for ¦" '" d Oili ,: if not thc Grand Master and his advisers , | j "'ho when they have made their award dare sit in ^ K'nent upon itv Those who adjudge the honours iu irom t | , SpCCiaj knowledge they possess or are

Masonic Notes.

in a position to acquire as to the merits of every individual member of the Craft whose services are worthy of recognition ; tho « y . vho criticise the awards do so with a knowledge which is necessarily limited to their own immediate circle of Masonic acquaintance .

The qualifications which justify promotion to Grand Office are almost as various in character as in degree . Some , we imagine , base their claims on having founded many lodges and chapters , and thereby added large numbers to the Masonic roll with more or less

advantage to the Order . Some have displayed a knowledge of our ritual approaching almost to perfection , while others have done good service by their labours in behalf of our Institutions . Then there are those who have exercised , or as Grand Officers would

become capable of exercising a commanding influence in behalf of our Society , and others who possess several of the qualifications we have enumerated .

But where these qualifications are so many and so various , and where we can know so little as to the grounds on which the selections are made , who shall venture to sit in judgment on the judges ¦

As for the brethren who have done yood suit and service to Masonry , but whose achievements are almost unknown outside their respective spheres of labour , it were unjust that their claims to appointment should be set aside because little or nothing has ever been heard

in their favour , while for the benefit of those who consider themselves pre-eminently qualified for the purple of Grand Lodge , we take thc liberty of narrating the following anecdote from the history of Ancient Greece . When the Greeks had defeated the Persian fleet at

Salamis , the commander-in-chief of the former required each captain of a trireme to return the names of those who had most distinguished themselves in the battle . The command was obeyed , and , on examining

the returns , it was found that each captain had placed his own name first , though , strange to say , every one of them assigned the second place to the true hero of the fight—Aristides . The moral is obvious .

The first active step of preparation in respect of the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be taken on Friday next , the Gth April , when the Board of Stewards will hold their opening

meeting , appoint officers , and make such other arrange , mehts as to fees , place—Wednesday , the 9 th May , has been already chosen as the day—ecc , & c , & .:., as arc possible .

* As for the prospects of the Festival , so far as any opinion can be passed of them from the present strength of the Board , wc are in a position to say this much : thai while they are undoubtedly encouraging ,

they are not of such a character as to justify Ihe Secretary in hesitating to accept even the smallest proffer of service as Steward that may be made to him between now and the day of the Festival . There is a beautiful

plasticity about a Masonic Board of Stewards which permits of an unlimited expansion up to the very latest moment prior to the celebration . The more the merrier , and thu greater thc likelihood of a bi g total ii the order of the day in respect of all theso Masonic anniversaries .

Reviews.

Reviews .

"FREEMASONS' CALKNOAK AND DiKiicroi-v 101 ; THE PROVINCE OI * LKIC .- MERSHIKE ASH RUTLAND , 1 S 04 . " —This annual is well named , and has now been published 22 years . The present editor is liro . B . A . Smith , M . A ., LL . M ., . vho is quite an expert at this kind of work . So much so , that it would puzzle anyone to suggest an improvement either in the arrangement or the matter of the calendar

and directory . The printing has been done by liro . Ii . Shardlow in a most cllicient manner . There is no better managed province in England , and ill ( he societies worked in connection thcrewi . h are prosperous , peaceful , and united , sofar as wecan judge from the particulars afforded . The frontispiece this time is a photo ol liro . Sir Henry St . John Halford . . Bart ., C . IL , who was the Dep . Prov . G .. M

of the province 1 S 73 to i ; Su . The votes for the Central Masonic Charities , all duly given , n ^ w nu nber over _ ' ¦;* . > , which for 14 lodges is very satisfactory . The L"' ! , ; o of Research , lately started , is on tlie same lines as the celebrated ( Juatuor Coronati , No . 207 ( 1 , and \ M ' , ~ , fair to be *' ie success its promoters anticipated . There ar .: im . v six

I jdges in Leicester , so that there should be plenty of room for such a Lodge as No . 2429 , and the library and museum will doubtless be much increased and made-still more useful , row that more attention will be devoted to Alasonic stud y and research . The directory is all it can well bc , and is a credit to the editor and publisher .

"OFFICIAL DIRECTORY PROVING ; -: OF CORNWALL . 1 S 94 . " —This most useful guide is in its 23 rd year of publication , and this year completes volume live . For Provincial purposes , there is not a better directory issued in England , and ' the present number has no superior in all the series

Reviews.

from 1 S 70 . There are 30 lodges with 1702 subscribing members , the largest number yet reached in the province . Particulars are also afforded of the " Cornish " L-id'e , No . 2369 , London , which is well supported by Cornishmen in the county as well as in the Metropolis . The Table of Precedency is a valuable compilation , and so the Order of Procession , and cannot fail to ha mist useful at the annul ! gatherings . The Annals of the Cornish Craft , 1751-1893 ,

furnish most interesting reading , and b ' -ing brought down to date , never being later than iSj . t , before , are all the more welcome on that account . The rolls of chapters and Mark lodges are also given , and the List of Votes in the Central Masonic Charities is arranged under lodges , as well as carefully summarised at the end , the total being 409 S , being the largest vet obtained . It is well edited and most creditable to the Provincial Grand Secretary and staff .

"THE ILLUSTRATED AKCH . KOI . OGI . SI * , " Vol . i , No . a , March , 1 S 04 ( London : Chas . J . Clark , 4 , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , W . C . Price 23 . Gd . ) —The present number completes the lirst volume of this important and readable quarterly , which of its kind has neither equal nor superior . Part 4 is the best of the quartette , if there is really any choice where all are so good , and the value of the volume is

considerably enhanced in our estimation by a carefully prepared index , as well as copious List of Illustrations . 'The notes oh the Corporation Plate and Insignia of Wiltshire , by the Rev . Ii . H . Goddard , is , we hope , one of a series of most interesting articles on Maces , Loving-Cups , and Swords of State , Sic , and the plates accompanying this capital paper are welcome aids to the text . " Pilgrim ' s

Signs , '' by Mr . Wall , should interest many Freemasons who are fond of pilgrimages , especially our American brethren , and as they also go in so extensively for badges as souvenirs , the author of this brochure will favour them with ancient evidence of the custom thus to commemorate penances of a pleasant character . The chief paper is on Escomb Church , Durham , by Mr . C . C . Hodges , and is

quite a feature of the volume , the printing of which and the illustrations are excellent , and make most pleasant reading , artistically and generally . The notes are fully up to their usual in variety , style , and thoroughness , and altogether the part and the volume are worthy of very wide circulation and hearty support . We trust that the reception accorded this venture is such as to cheer the able editor , Mr . J . Romilly Allen , and the spirited publisher , Mr . C . J . Clark .

••'CATALOGUE OK A PORTION OK THE Lin . i . u-y oi * J AMES AND MAKV LEE TREGASKIS , AT THE SIGN OK THE CANTON I 1 P . AU , IN HIGH HOLUOKN . " —We have received from " the Caxton Head " Old Book Store in High Holborn another of those wonderful lists of rare books ,

MSS ., & c , for which Mr . and Airs . Tregaskis arc now becoming famous . VVe predict for these same lists a placi among the treasures of the future collector . Not only are the notes on books therein catalogued of much value , but the reproductions of quaint old wood-cuts and facsimiles of antique bindings arc among the finest specimens we have seen .

"The Tablet" And Freemasonry.

"THE TABLET" AND FREEMASONRY .

The following appeared in a recent number of " The Tablet , " a Catholic journal published in London . Its comment on the fraternal document which it reprints is that '' it is indeed significant . " We , loo , think it significant that the opponents of Freemasonry can see no merit even in such an act of international Masonic

courtesy : " We pri . it here the translation of a significant document from the first number of Dr . Bataille ' s Revue Mcnsitclle Riiigieusc , Politique , Sclent ijiijue , complement de la publication Le Diable au XlXme , esiccle ( January , 1 S 04 ) . lt is a communication from the Grand Orient of Turin , ' the Superior Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite ot Scotland , thc sole recognised as legal for the Masonic jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Italy and its colonies . ' "

To the Venerable Brethren of the Lodges subject to its obedience . NOTIFICATION . The Superior Council of the Thirty-three , acting in common with the Grand Orient of the Symbolic Order of Spain , with which we are united in bonds of brotherly friendship , have recently given a proof lhat the Freemasonry of that

illustrious kingdom participates both in the sufferings which alilict us , as well as in the succcsx-s which Hatter our national honuii ** , having with sums ol money come lo the assistance of those who suffered by the disaster of the Casimiccola and the cholera of Naples during the past year , and having now :..-nt to th ^ Superior Council of Italy t . vo diplomas destined to I , n Majesty the King of Italy and

to his Royal Highness the Dukeof Aosta , by which the Freemasons of Spain express their admiration for the act of charity performed by our Sovereign and his august brother when they went to assist the cholera-stricken in Naples and in other infected parts of Italy . Both his Majesty King Humbert and his Koyal Highness the Duke of Aosta , who was already invested by the Grand

Thirtythree when he mounted tho throne of Spain , through a unanimous resolution taken by the said Superior Council on March iS , 1 SS 5 , according to tlie common era , arc numbered as members ot the Superior Council of Spain . The aforesaid diploma * . ; bear the fi'lo . ving signatures : the Sovereign ( orind Comma * d 1 *; Grand . Master Manuel lleci'i ra , e \ -. M . n ; I ' .-i * d '( htiv-11 ov , e \ -Senat . r , depu ' y to

tlie Cones , 1 ' iiuty-t ' irce j l .-idore Villa-. ino col Vnlii , Thirty-three ; Don J iun B .-ovo , Thirty-three ; Grand Chanel , or ; Juan 1 lor Fernandez , Thirty-three . VVe believe it opportune to communicate this to our brethren , with t * . e special recommendation that the information should not go beyond our ollices , that i ** , that it should not be communicated lo ihe profane world , and we trust that it will lie a gratification to them to see that Spanish Freemasonry is

deeply conscious of the bonds of fraternity which bind it to the brethren of Italy , and it will be moreover oboerved that the Freemasonry of the Scotch Kite , as well as that of the Symbolic Kite , has preferred tlie medium of this Superior Council in order to manifest its feelings towards Italy and its King . The union of these continental ban L in desire and emotion is indeed significant . —Tablet ,

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