Renewal Of Membership For The Purpose Of Advancement.

contrary on or before the day of his initiation , as no Lodge should introduce into Masonry a person wliom the brethren consider unfit to be a member of their own Lodge . " This clearly shows that it is not incumbent for an initiate to become a member of the Lodge

initiating him , and on the same line of argument we think it may be recognised that the initiate may claim to be passed and raised without ever becoming a member of the Lodge conferring the degrees . On such

reasoning it may be further argued that it is not incumbent for the initiate to take his second and third degrees at any stated interval , while on the opposite

side it may be pointed ont that there does not appear to be any obligation on the part of the Lodge to confer those degrees . They may be given as a favour , by rule of custom , as it were , but there is nothing of

a compulsory character , so far as we can nnd in the Book of Constitutions , which compels a Lodge to pass and raise the brethren they initiate . The brother who has worked this case up rightly

argues there is no necessity for him to disclose the names of the parties particularly interested in the question ; it may even be all imagination on his part ,

but m any case it appears to provide food for careful consideration . If the difficulty has not actually occurred it is one quite likely to happen , and ,

moroover , it seems to bear the interpretation that Freemasonry is unwilling to complete the work it started upon , without the carrying out of a new and secondary agreement .

Let us suppose the caso of a Brother circumstanced as in our original question . He was initiated and passed in his mother Lodge , and then perhaps business took him abroad for a few years . He would

probably have been cut off the roll of his Lodge for non payment of dues , and would come back without a Masonic home , and , it may be , without friends to

recommend him to one . It does not seem very unnatural that he should go to his mother Lodge and ask to be re-instated and his degrees completed , but we do not see how that Lodge could admit him

without re-proposal , re-election , and the payment of the regular Joining fees . This , it may be urged , would be perfectly legitimate under the circumstances , but on the other side it is argued that it seems hard a

Brother should have to pay again for what ho expected to receive when he paid his original fees , and had failed to receive , not through any fault of his own . but rather from inabilitv to attend as he .

originally expected . But that difficulty is only one of £ s d , and could be readily got over by paying , if another and more important one did not arise , in regard to the re-proposition and seconding of the

would-be re-joming member . Who is to perform this service for returned traveller ? Perhaps all his friends may have left the Lodge , and there is no one who can give the necessary undertaking that the Brother is then a fit and proper candidate to be received .

All these suppositions may be very far fetched , it is true , but we are acting for a brother who has an object in bringing the question forward for discussion , and we see every reason why we should lend our assistance in doing so . In America , it is urged , such a case is

provided for , and the Lodge which gave the first and second degrees would be prepared to complete the work , unless some very good explanation could be given for their not doing so . Is there any argument to be used why a similar courtesy should not be extended to an English Brother , should the necessity arise ?

" THBBK ' S A CKIKI , AMONG YB TAKIW' Noma , AN' FAITH HB ' LL PIUHI ' BM , " has now become a saying so familiar that no apology need bo made for introducing it ; especially as it is intimately associated with tbo Press , which has helped in publishing the valuo of Holloway's Pills aud Ointment . "The chiel that had been takin' notes " for the past fifty years of the cures effaced by these wonderful remedies , has frequently informed the public that ttiey have no equal . He has noted where they have been successful when other medicines failed , nnd ho has been particular in stating that at this period of the year they are especially useful , as they cure or relieve dysentery , diarrhoea , all stomach and bowel disorders , bile , and indigestion .

Prov. Grand Lodge Cornwall.

PROV . GRAND LODGE CORNWALL .

THE annual meeting of tbe Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall was held in the Public Buildings , Wadebridge , on Tuesday , 15 th inst ., under the banner of the Molesworth Lodge , No . 1954 . Tho large hall and its approaches wero nicely decorated for tho occasion . The

P . G . M . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe R . W . Deputy Grand Master sat on the throne , and was supported by Bro . Sir Charles B . Graves-Sawle , Barfc ., Deputy Prov . G . M ., and the following Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge ' . — Bros . C . B , Prideaux Brnna 1785 S . W .. W . J . Johns 131

J . W ., Rev . J . J . Gratrex 1529 Chaplain , C . Bryant 331 Treasurer , T . Chirgwin 131 Secretary , H . W . "VV . Durnnfc 977 and Jno . Duekett 893 Senior Deacons , Wm . Hall G 99 and Hy . Lander 1594 Junior Deacons , TV . Wales jun . 589 Superintendent of Works , W . H . Stanton 510 D . C ., Jas .

P . Polglaso 75 Assistant D . C ., R . C . Revell 1071 Sword Bearer , Wm . Colenso 121 and Jas . H . Philp 557 Standard Bearers , Jno . Peavco 1136 Pursuivant , J . Langdon 131 Assist . Pursuivant , T . Gatley 1529 , J . Willey 318 , R , Rundell 1151 , Sholto H . Hare 1954 , and G . Timmins

1006 Stewards , J . N . Francis P . P . G . Tyler , and J . C . R

Crewes ( Truro ) , Clerk Assist , to P . G . Secretary . There were in all about 300 brethren present . The Prov . Grand Master said he had learnt that morning with deep regret of the death of the Rev . John Core , of 1785 , Senior Grand Chaplain of the Province , after

undergoing a most painful operation . Bro . Core was well known and highly esteemed among the members of the Craft , and he felt sure that the parishioners of Padstow had sustained a heavy loss , as he was doing great and good work there .

Bro . R . S . Langford , as Bro . Core ' s churchwarden , endorsed tho remarks of the Earl , aud it was unanimously resolved to send a vote of condolence with the widowed mother of the deceased .

The roll of Lodges was then called , and nearly all answered . Several Jotters of apology were announced . The Provincial Grand Treasurer ( Bro . Charles Bryant ) reported that the year was commenced with a balance in hand of £ 174 , and receipts included £ 202 fees from tho

Lodges , and £ 36 12 s fees of honour from the brethren . £ 150 had been paid to Masonic Charities and in relief to distressed brethren and widows of deceased brethren , and there was a balance in hand of £ 192 Is , tho largest amount known in the history of the Province .

The Provincial Grand Seoretary ( Brother T . Chirgwin ) reported that , there were 146 initiations last year as com ' pared with 124 in 1891 , 30 joining members as against 40 , find 1521 subscribing members as against 1457 , being a not increase of 76 . Dispensations had been granted to

Mount Sinai Lodge to wear Masonic clothing at a ball on condition that £ 10 was guaranteed and all profits given to Masonic charity ; to Trcgnllow Lodge to wear Masonic clothing at laying of foundation stone of Church Sunday School , at which Bro . Auderton was appointed to officiate

on lohalf of the Provincial Grand Master ; and to Tregenna Lodge to hold election of Worshipful Master iu March instead of tho regular day . Numerous petitions to the Board of Bcnovolence had been reported on , with the following result ,: — £ 20 granted to the widow of a brother

of 318 , £ 15 to the widow of a brother of 1272 , £ 10 to tbe widow of a brother of 977 , £ 40 to the children of a deceased brother of 331 , £ 30 to a distressed brother of 75 ( Falmouth ) , £ 75 to the widow of a brother of 589 , £ 20 to a distressed brother of 1006 , £ 20 to the widow of a brother

of 856 , £ 30 to tho widow of a brother of 131 , making a total of £ 260 grauted , as against £ 80 last year . The report was received and adopted . Bro . E . M . Milford , Treasurer of tho Cornwall Masonic Anuuity aud Benevolent Fund , reported that the donations

and subcriptioi's from tho various Lodges and Chapters amounted to £ 224 18 s , being an increase of £ 14 lis 6 d over the previous year . The year was commenced with a

balance in hand of £ 107 , and the total receipts were £ 494 , and after paying £ 57 10 s to male annuitants , £ 35 to female annuitants , and £ 65 in educational grants there was a balance in hand of £ 318 . A male annuitant died in

November last , and a female annuitant in April last . There were now seven male annuitants on the fund , four receiving £ 20 per head each , two £ 10 each , and one £ 15 ; also three feumlo annuitants , each receiving £ 20 per year , and omitting one which expired this year thero were now four educational grants—two of £ 15 per year , and two ot