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We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . AH Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .
APPROACHING ELECTION FOR THE BOYS SCHOOL .
To the Editor of THE FREEMASON S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I fully sympathise with the case of George Samupl Cox . now a candidate for the seventh time for admission into the Boys' School , and rejoice to see his canse so strenuously advocated by onr Eev . Bros . Dr . Ace ancl C . J . Martyn , D . P . G . M . for Suffolk . I do nofc think the adoption of such a rule as the former
proposes wonld be wise , ancl for this reason . I can only account for so deserving a candidate obtaining so little support , by supposing that those who have had charge of his case havo not S"t to work in the proper manner . I assume that every brother who has backed the candidature of young Cox has not only canvassed for him , but like , wise given him his own votes . But what do I find when I turn to the
list of subscribers to tho Boys' School ? Tho Province of Devon , from which thecaso emanated , has , I believe , 289 votes at command , while those whom "tho case is known to , and recommended by " mnster among them other 78 . These , added to tho Provincial votes , make a total of 367 . Multiply this result by 6 , and wo have a total of 2202 . Tho following is tho lowest number of votes which sufficed at the last
four elections to secure admission into tho School . In April 1875 , the last successful candidate polled 1554 votes . There were fortyeight candidates , but only eight vacancies , and therefore the votes were nofc so widely distributed . In October of the same year there were fifty-eight candidates for ten vacancies . Tho last of those elected polled 1676 votes . In April 1876 , there were fifty-uino candidates for
sixteen vacancies , find No . 16 on the poll carried his election with 1272 votes . As this was young Cox ' s fifth application , there is no apparent reason why his Province and backers should not have secured for him the fifth place with 1835 votes . Last October , fifteen out of fiftyseven candidates obtained admission into the School , the lowest with only 1217 votes , while No . 1 obtained 2008 , or less by only a few
short of 200 than tho 2202 , which , as I have already pointed ont , might , and , in my humble judgment , ought to have been polled for Cox . I fancy I remember to have read in a former article of yours — I believe it was in one of your periodical analyses—a suggestion thafc brethren should not permit ari applicant's name to be placed on the list of candidates unless they aro prepared to support him ( or hor as the case may be ) thoroughly .
I know there have beom other cases emanating from Devonshire , and these may have commanded , and no donbt justly commanded , most of the support at the disposal , directly or indirectly , of the Province . Many of young Cox ' s present supporters may not have been in a position to help him at previous elections . Be this as it may , it seems inexplicable that a boy should now be offering himself as a candidate for the seventh timo with only 381 votes standing to his credit . Yours fraternally , FRATER LONDONENSIS .
THE EXCLUSION OF JEWS IN GERMANY . To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —The letters and inquiries as to what proceedings the " Joppa Committee" intend taking in this matter are so numerous , that 1 find it impossible to answer them separately . I be <*
to inform those brethren who show so much sympathy , through your kindness by inserting this letter , that the Committee are taking for the present only the proper steps to inquire , bnt will do nothing which might prejudice the Montefioro petition now circulating , and patiently wait , for the disposal of the same .
I beg to remain , Dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , MAURICE SPIEGEL 30 Tavistock-orescent , Westbourne-park , W ., April 11 , 1877 .
QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES . To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —There seems to have been a direct violation of the law in the case referred to in the letter of your corres . pondent , who signs himself "A BURMAH MASON . " Nothing can be more explicit than the statement in our Constitutions : "Previous to his initiation , he must subscribe his name at full length to a declaration
of the following import , & c ., & c . It is added in a footnote in reference hereto , " Any individual who cannot write is , consequently , ineligible to be admitted into the Order . " Oliver , in his "Jurisprudence , " remarking ou this stringency of our Constitutions , says , " that all illiterate persons are pronounced ineli gible for initiation , " and he adds , " No ono who is incapable of signing his name at full length to
tho declaration can be legally admitted as a candidate . " This , of course , is nothing moro than a repetition in another form of words of the law itsolf . He then states the penalty . " Any Lodge guilty of violating this regulation is subject to erasure , and he goes on to mention a case which had been " brought before the Grancl Lodge some few years " previously , and " in which this law was fully recognised . Ifc having been represented thafc certain brethren of a Lodge wero
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unable to write , inasmuch as their marks only were affixed against their names , amongst whom was the Junior Warden ; and as tha Constitutions declare snch persons ineligible for initiation , it waa resolved that after this notice all such offences shall bo brought under the cognisance of the Grand Lodge , and shall subject the offending Lodge to erasure . " Oliver then cites another and corresponding
case which " was reported by the Board of General Purposes to tho Grand Lodge in 18-1-1 , where a party joining a Lodge at the recom . raendation of the Worshipful Master , was unable to write , and ifc was further given in evidence that tho Worshipful Master had literall y guided his hand to enable him to si gn his name to the usual docu . ment . That officer , however , having declared his ignorance of tha law until it was too late to repair the evil , he was admonished to be
more careful in future . " The latter is almost a complete parallel to the case mentioned by your correspondent . The grounds on which " the compromise" was arrived at are nofc given . There may have been extenuating circumstances , and these might have tho effect of altering or modifying one ' s judgment . But I repeat , on the faith of " A BURMAH MASON ' " exposition of the facts , a serious mistake has been committed . By whom , I leave it for others to decide . Fraternally yours , L . P . T . 7 _ - " I- .-JL" ' ¦ ' ¦ - I ¦!_" .. —
Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE .
ON Wednesday , 4 th inst ., the annual meeting of this Province was held at tho Church Institute , Bradford , under the banner of the Pentalpha Lodge , No . 971 , when about 200 brethren assembled . Tho customary salutations having been heartily accorded to the Right Worshipful Prov . Grancl Master , Sir H . Edwards , Bart ., and to the Deputy Prov . Grancl Master , Bro . T . W . Tew , the Right Worshipful
Prov . Grand Master in reply , said : Brethren of West Yorkshire , wo havo assembled , by the generous invitation of the Rev . R . W . Loosemoro W . M ., and tho Officers and Members of the Pentalpha Lodge , No . 974 , for our annual meeting , in the centre of one of the greatest industries of the North of England . Amongst the marvellous towns of tho West Riding of Yorkshire , Bradford has a remarkable
commercial history as interesting as either that of Sheffield , Levels , Batley or Dewsbury . Certainly with these the town in which we met to-day has had a developement equally rapid , and in a very brief period of time its inhabitants have done as much as those of any other town in the province to increase the wealth of tho nation . In 1811 Bradford had a population of 7 , 767 , in 1871 of 146 , 000 , and
this population has unquestionably conferred a boon even upon the world at large . Development has succeeded to development ; improvement has been made npon improvement , until to-day its commercial importance and magnificence are concurrent with the gigantic prosperity of its trade and the tastes of the times . Let ns hope that the present suspension of the intense activity of its pursuits
is due not to a diplomatic postponement of painful eventualities in the last , but to the simple awaiting the commencement of a settled basia of affairs , ancl that Bradford will start again on a course of develop , ment as brilliant in the future as in the past . ( Applause . ) As is recorded in its history since 1811 , Freemasonry in Bradford has developed with its commercial developments . Under two previous
chairmen of our Charity Committee—Bros . Manoah Rhodes and Thomas Hill , names brilliant in Yorkshire Freemasonry ( applause)—a policy of Masonic prosperity and success has been bailt up , which has placed tho Freemasonry of West Yorkshire on an influential footing , unsurpassed by any other provinces in the Grand Lodge of England . Pentalpha Lodge is an offspring of the famous Lodge of
Hope , No . 302 , and it has striven to emulate in charitable deeds the efforts of its munificent parent . The Pentalpha was established in 1863 ; in 1864 it was consecrated by Bro . Bentley Shaw , and has now sixty active members . Since its establishment , up to this day , it has liberally contributed to our Charities . We thank Pentalpha for this day's invitation , for its support of our Institutions , and Bradford
for its fraternal welcome accorded to the Provincial Grand Lodge-Called , myself , by onr Royal Grand Master to the government of this great province , I have now to observe that this day's ceremonial closes another year of my occupancy of this chair , and the commence , ment of another period of its tenancy . Therefore , in accordance with a practice of my illustrious predecessors , I shall trespass npon
your attention with some comments upon the more prominent features of interest to the Craft in this province during the past year . Without flattery to the province , I may venture to say , this perhaps , is the only province in England containing a like number of Lodgessixty-three—of which it could be said that every Lodge has made ita annual returns for the past year , and thus enables me to put before
you its position in the Craft . The income from quarterage fees has been £ 357 6 s 6 d , and we have a balance in hand of £ 921 2 s 3 d to the credit of next year . But the balance for charitable purposes will be at least six times the amount . I shall be able to say more on that subject at our July meeting . The number of active members returned for this province ia 3 , 065 . During the past year , tho Lodges
have enrolled 250 new members . Fifty-three members have died , and in some of them valuable charitable votes have lapsed , thus increasing the difficulties of the Charity Committee with regard to voting powers . Let me earnestly impress npon Worshipful Masters and Treasurers the importance that subscriptions should be applied for and paid at the commencement of each year instead of at the end of the year , and thus the list of arrears would probably be reduced
to insignificant proportions , and many excellent , but negligent brethren would be retained on the muster-roll of this province . I have made a written communication to Lord Carnarvon that one of the Masonic Lifeboats ( in commemoration of the Prince of Wales ' s safe return from India ) should be placed on the Yorkshire coast , and have pressed the special claim of Robin Hood ' s Bay upon the attention of his Lordship , and am glad to inform fchii Provincial Grand
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CORRESPONDENCE
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . AH Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .
APPROACHING ELECTION FOR THE BOYS SCHOOL .
To the Editor of THE FREEMASON S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I fully sympathise with the case of George Samupl Cox . now a candidate for the seventh time for admission into the Boys' School , and rejoice to see his canse so strenuously advocated by onr Eev . Bros . Dr . Ace ancl C . J . Martyn , D . P . G . M . for Suffolk . I do nofc think the adoption of such a rule as the former
proposes wonld be wise , ancl for this reason . I can only account for so deserving a candidate obtaining so little support , by supposing that those who have had charge of his case havo not S"t to work in the proper manner . I assume that every brother who has backed the candidature of young Cox has not only canvassed for him , but like , wise given him his own votes . But what do I find when I turn to the
list of subscribers to tho Boys' School ? Tho Province of Devon , from which thecaso emanated , has , I believe , 289 votes at command , while those whom "tho case is known to , and recommended by " mnster among them other 78 . These , added to tho Provincial votes , make a total of 367 . Multiply this result by 6 , and wo have a total of 2202 . Tho following is tho lowest number of votes which sufficed at the last
four elections to secure admission into tho School . In April 1875 , the last successful candidate polled 1554 votes . There were fortyeight candidates , but only eight vacancies , and therefore the votes were nofc so widely distributed . In October of the same year there were fifty-eight candidates for ten vacancies . Tho last of those elected polled 1676 votes . In April 1876 , there were fifty-uino candidates for
sixteen vacancies , find No . 16 on the poll carried his election with 1272 votes . As this was young Cox ' s fifth application , there is no apparent reason why his Province and backers should not have secured for him the fifth place with 1835 votes . Last October , fifteen out of fiftyseven candidates obtained admission into the School , the lowest with only 1217 votes , while No . 1 obtained 2008 , or less by only a few
short of 200 than tho 2202 , which , as I have already pointed ont , might , and , in my humble judgment , ought to have been polled for Cox . I fancy I remember to have read in a former article of yours — I believe it was in one of your periodical analyses—a suggestion thafc brethren should not permit ari applicant's name to be placed on the list of candidates unless they aro prepared to support him ( or hor as the case may be ) thoroughly .
I know there have beom other cases emanating from Devonshire , and these may have commanded , and no donbt justly commanded , most of the support at the disposal , directly or indirectly , of the Province . Many of young Cox ' s present supporters may not have been in a position to help him at previous elections . Be this as it may , it seems inexplicable that a boy should now be offering himself as a candidate for the seventh timo with only 381 votes standing to his credit . Yours fraternally , FRATER LONDONENSIS .
THE EXCLUSION OF JEWS IN GERMANY . To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —The letters and inquiries as to what proceedings the " Joppa Committee" intend taking in this matter are so numerous , that 1 find it impossible to answer them separately . I be <*
to inform those brethren who show so much sympathy , through your kindness by inserting this letter , that the Committee are taking for the present only the proper steps to inquire , bnt will do nothing which might prejudice the Montefioro petition now circulating , and patiently wait , for the disposal of the same .
I beg to remain , Dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , MAURICE SPIEGEL 30 Tavistock-orescent , Westbourne-park , W ., April 11 , 1877 .
QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES . To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —There seems to have been a direct violation of the law in the case referred to in the letter of your corres . pondent , who signs himself "A BURMAH MASON . " Nothing can be more explicit than the statement in our Constitutions : "Previous to his initiation , he must subscribe his name at full length to a declaration
of the following import , & c ., & c . It is added in a footnote in reference hereto , " Any individual who cannot write is , consequently , ineligible to be admitted into the Order . " Oliver , in his "Jurisprudence , " remarking ou this stringency of our Constitutions , says , " that all illiterate persons are pronounced ineli gible for initiation , " and he adds , " No ono who is incapable of signing his name at full length to
tho declaration can be legally admitted as a candidate . " This , of course , is nothing moro than a repetition in another form of words of the law itsolf . He then states the penalty . " Any Lodge guilty of violating this regulation is subject to erasure , and he goes on to mention a case which had been " brought before the Grancl Lodge some few years " previously , and " in which this law was fully recognised . Ifc having been represented thafc certain brethren of a Lodge wero
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unable to write , inasmuch as their marks only were affixed against their names , amongst whom was the Junior Warden ; and as tha Constitutions declare snch persons ineligible for initiation , it waa resolved that after this notice all such offences shall bo brought under the cognisance of the Grand Lodge , and shall subject the offending Lodge to erasure . " Oliver then cites another and corresponding
case which " was reported by the Board of General Purposes to tho Grand Lodge in 18-1-1 , where a party joining a Lodge at the recom . raendation of the Worshipful Master , was unable to write , and ifc was further given in evidence that tho Worshipful Master had literall y guided his hand to enable him to si gn his name to the usual docu . ment . That officer , however , having declared his ignorance of tha law until it was too late to repair the evil , he was admonished to be
more careful in future . " The latter is almost a complete parallel to the case mentioned by your correspondent . The grounds on which " the compromise" was arrived at are nofc given . There may have been extenuating circumstances , and these might have tho effect of altering or modifying one ' s judgment . But I repeat , on the faith of " A BURMAH MASON ' " exposition of the facts , a serious mistake has been committed . By whom , I leave it for others to decide . Fraternally yours , L . P . T . 7 _ - " I- .-JL" ' ¦ ' ¦ - I ¦!_" .. —
Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE .
ON Wednesday , 4 th inst ., the annual meeting of this Province was held at tho Church Institute , Bradford , under the banner of the Pentalpha Lodge , No . 971 , when about 200 brethren assembled . Tho customary salutations having been heartily accorded to the Right Worshipful Prov . Grancl Master , Sir H . Edwards , Bart ., and to the Deputy Prov . Grancl Master , Bro . T . W . Tew , the Right Worshipful
Prov . Grand Master in reply , said : Brethren of West Yorkshire , wo havo assembled , by the generous invitation of the Rev . R . W . Loosemoro W . M ., and tho Officers and Members of the Pentalpha Lodge , No . 974 , for our annual meeting , in the centre of one of the greatest industries of the North of England . Amongst the marvellous towns of tho West Riding of Yorkshire , Bradford has a remarkable
commercial history as interesting as either that of Sheffield , Levels , Batley or Dewsbury . Certainly with these the town in which we met to-day has had a developement equally rapid , and in a very brief period of time its inhabitants have done as much as those of any other town in the province to increase the wealth of tho nation . In 1811 Bradford had a population of 7 , 767 , in 1871 of 146 , 000 , and
this population has unquestionably conferred a boon even upon the world at large . Development has succeeded to development ; improvement has been made npon improvement , until to-day its commercial importance and magnificence are concurrent with the gigantic prosperity of its trade and the tastes of the times . Let ns hope that the present suspension of the intense activity of its pursuits
is due not to a diplomatic postponement of painful eventualities in the last , but to the simple awaiting the commencement of a settled basia of affairs , ancl that Bradford will start again on a course of develop , ment as brilliant in the future as in the past . ( Applause . ) As is recorded in its history since 1811 , Freemasonry in Bradford has developed with its commercial developments . Under two previous
chairmen of our Charity Committee—Bros . Manoah Rhodes and Thomas Hill , names brilliant in Yorkshire Freemasonry ( applause)—a policy of Masonic prosperity and success has been bailt up , which has placed tho Freemasonry of West Yorkshire on an influential footing , unsurpassed by any other provinces in the Grand Lodge of England . Pentalpha Lodge is an offspring of the famous Lodge of
Hope , No . 302 , and it has striven to emulate in charitable deeds the efforts of its munificent parent . The Pentalpha was established in 1863 ; in 1864 it was consecrated by Bro . Bentley Shaw , and has now sixty active members . Since its establishment , up to this day , it has liberally contributed to our Charities . We thank Pentalpha for this day's invitation , for its support of our Institutions , and Bradford
for its fraternal welcome accorded to the Provincial Grand Lodge-Called , myself , by onr Royal Grand Master to the government of this great province , I have now to observe that this day's ceremonial closes another year of my occupancy of this chair , and the commence , ment of another period of its tenancy . Therefore , in accordance with a practice of my illustrious predecessors , I shall trespass npon
your attention with some comments upon the more prominent features of interest to the Craft in this province during the past year . Without flattery to the province , I may venture to say , this perhaps , is the only province in England containing a like number of Lodgessixty-three—of which it could be said that every Lodge has made ita annual returns for the past year , and thus enables me to put before
you its position in the Craft . The income from quarterage fees has been £ 357 6 s 6 d , and we have a balance in hand of £ 921 2 s 3 d to the credit of next year . But the balance for charitable purposes will be at least six times the amount . I shall be able to say more on that subject at our July meeting . The number of active members returned for this province ia 3 , 065 . During the past year , tho Lodges
have enrolled 250 new members . Fifty-three members have died , and in some of them valuable charitable votes have lapsed , thus increasing the difficulties of the Charity Committee with regard to voting powers . Let me earnestly impress npon Worshipful Masters and Treasurers the importance that subscriptions should be applied for and paid at the commencement of each year instead of at the end of the year , and thus the list of arrears would probably be reduced
to insignificant proportions , and many excellent , but negligent brethren would be retained on the muster-roll of this province . I have made a written communication to Lord Carnarvon that one of the Masonic Lifeboats ( in commemoration of the Prince of Wales ' s safe return from India ) should be placed on the Yorkshire coast , and have pressed the special claim of Robin Hood ' s Bay upon the attention of his Lordship , and am glad to inform fchii Provincial Grand