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L 8 ADSRS 8 r CORRESPONDENCEConsecration of the Royal Hampton Court The Battle of the Collars Sg Lodge , No . 2183 82 Qnatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Sg Installation of Bro . Augustus Harris as The Imperial Institute 90 W . M . of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 82 REPORTS OF MASONIC
MEETINGSReports of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ... 86 Craft Masonry 90 China 8 * 7 Instruction 94 . Annual Masonic Ball at Leicester 8 7 Royal Arch 94 Masonic Presentation at Stokesley 87 Instruction 9 S Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 87 Mark Masonry 95 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 87 Masonic and General Tidings 9 $ Obituary 87 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 9 6
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As will be seen from the report in another part of our Masonic Benevo- columns , the Committee of Management of the Royal lent Institution . ] y [ ason ; c Benevolent Institution , after carefully considering all the p ! os . and cons , of the matter , have courageously taken the bull by
the horn- and determined on placing 25—or including the 3 deferred—28 widows on that particular fund at the election in May next . This is a bold step , the vacancies available at the moment being three . But the very
large number of female candidates , many of whom have had their names on the list for upwards of two years , justifies it , and we think its very boldness will chiefly recommend it to the approval of the general body of the Craft . It is as if the Committee had said to the mass of the brethren—We are in
a difficulty . There are only three vacancies and 77 candidates . We decline to send the bulk of these latter back into a state of poverty for a further 12 months . We will continue to do what is right in the way of economically administering our trust , but all the same we have made up our minds to place 75 widows on the Fund in May , and our sole regret is that we have
not courage enough to take on more and by so doing still further reduce the balance of suffering which will remain after the election is over . And having thus done our duty , it rests with you to fulfil yours , and provide the extra funds which will be required in consequence for the service of the current year . We consider some such step as this was necessary if any
impression at all was to be made on this annually-recurring excess of candidates over vacancies , and we believe the brethren generally will show they approve the policy adopted , by placing the total to be announced at the approaching Festival at the head of the array of such annual Returns . And we may add that by way of a step in the direction of securing this object ,
there is a slight increase since last week in the number of Stewards for the occasion , and there is still time for other brethren to hand in their names and undertake the duties of Stewardship . This favours our belief that brethren already recognise that the Jubilee year will lose h ? lf its virtue if our Festival Returns are not on a scale commemorate with Jubilee celebrations .
* * * THE Girls' School has just scored another success , which The Su cces ^ ° "fleets the greatest possible credit on its educational staff .
Of 30 girls who entered for the recent College of Preceptors Examination , the greater number have been placed in the first , and the rest in the second division of the candidates . This is a result of which the brethren have good reason to be proud , and though it is not permissible for us to refer to the anniversary of the School in May next , while that ° f the Benevolent Institution is so close at hand , and needs all the
assistance which we and the rest of the Craft can render , there is no « oubt the good news we have just made public will materially assist the Board of Stewards in its endeavours to obtain a good return at the approaching 99 th Festival . Brethren and their friends will be more
generous in their donations and subscriptions , when they have this further proof that the children maintained in the Institution are being so successfull y educated . They will recognise that the moneys contributed towards its support must be usefully applied when they produce such ex-;; cellent results .
* _ * We have received several letters , all more or less condemnatory ' Jewel . ' ° -f that part of the approved scheme for a Masonic celebration of the QUEEN ' S Jubilee , which sanctions a jewel to be worn by ; " Masons who are subscribing members of our English lodges on the 20 th
June next , the day when her MAJESTY will complete the 50 th year of her ei S - The gist of the argument they mostly adopt is that there are already enough , and more than enough jewels worn in Masonry , that there is a ecided tendency in the direction of wearing more of them , and that it is - # —J ¦¦¦ - 'v « ... —W ... V . v .- * . .. .. i £ ^ mull , \ JL t ll-olll , OUU L 1 IO . L it 13
esirable to discourage rather than encourage this tendency . But without ° Pping to consider the merits or demerits of these arguments , we take the erty 0 f reminding our correspondents that a Sovereign ' s Jubilee is of rare ;; -f Curren ce . Of the 30 and odd monarchs who have reigned since the ; * ° nquest , there have been only four who have occupied the throne for 50 I years and upwards , namely , HENRY III ., EDWARD III ., GJEORGE III ., and
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our present gracious Q UEEN . And as her MAJESTY is the daughter , niece , and mother of Princes who were , or are , Masons , it seems fitting that something in the way of a numismatic token of her Jubilee should be sanctioned . If , then , a jewel is deemed objectionable on the grounds which have been indicated , and mig ht wound the susceptibilities of
some of our best Craftsmen , we think no objection can be raised to a Commemorative Masonic Medal , which may be costly or of little cost according to the views of the brother purchasing it , while it will be to him and his always a memento of his association with the Fraternity at the time when the QUEEN , the mother of our GRAND MASTER ,
completed the Jubilee year of her reign . Let the dies for such a medal be struck , and the medals , of different values , issued only to subscribing members of lodges on the day specified , and it strikes us the objections of many worthy brethren will be overcome . Perhaps some of our readers will favour us with their views on the subject .
* * * mm „ . THE brilliant scene in the grand saloon of Drury Lane The Drury Lane H ,, , „ , . ,, . ., Lodge instaiia- iheatre on luesday , when Bro . AUGUSTUS HARRIS was mtiun Meeting . sta ] led as Second WiM . of the Drury Lane Lodge , in
succession to Bro . Lord LONDESBOROUGH , P . G . W . of England , must have been very flattering to that worthy brother . The visitors included many of the chief notabilities of the Order , and the evidence was every where present both of the popularity of the new W . M . and of the prospect of a long and brilliant career for the lodge . Gratifying as
has ' been the success of the past year , it is no more than we had a reason to expect with so distinguished a Mason in the chair as Lord LONDESBOROUGH , and so indefatigable a worker as Brother A . M . BROADLEY in charge of the Secretarial duties of the lodge . Bro . Harris will have . the same men about him , as his predecessor
in office , who will as loyally assist him in his work , and we anticipate that when the time arrives for him to give account of his Mastership , the result will be as satisfactory . Meanwhile we must tender to Bro . Broadley our hearty congratulafions on the handsome recognition which his services thus
far as Secretary of Drury Lane Lodge have secured . There are few testimonials which have been won afteragreater amount of sheer hardworkthan that with which he was presented in the course of Tuesday ' s proceedings in Old Drury .
* * * „ A LETTER we publish elsewhere from Bro . H . H . ROOM , Recent Circular . . ,.,- ,, , re imperial P . M ., contains a suggestion which is well worthy of attention , Institute . anc , w | 1 j c | 1 we are quite ready to give effect , if by so doing there is any likelihood of our being able to render help in promoting
the plan for the establishment of an Imperial Institute . Bro . ROOM ' idea is that in the case of those lodges which disapprove of that portion of the PRO GRAND MASTER ' Circular which relates to the Imperial Institute , there must be many members who are personally ready to contribute towards the plan , but will be debarred from doing so—at least in their Masonic
capacity—by the refusal of their lodges , as corporate bodies , to participate in the movement . He , therefore , suggests that a subscription list should be opened in the columns of this journal in which brethren so circumstanced " may , as Masons , record their donations to the Imperial Institute . " We quite recognise the force of his suggestion , and , as we have said already , if
it be the wish of any considerable section of the Craft that such a list should be opened , we shall gladly place our columns at their disposal , and fulfil their wishes as to the custody and ultimate delivery of the sums so contributed to the best of our humble ability . It will , however , be better that Bro .
ROOM , and those who are of his opinion , should concert their plans together , devolving upon us no more than the duty of giving effect to them ; and subject to this proviso , we shall be happy to lend our assistance in the matter . * * *
THERE have been many Provincial Grand Masters appointed Orderof from time to time in connection with the " Royal Order of Scot-Scotland . iand . » but it seems to have been left to one of the youngest in that capacity , albeit a veteran Mason , to deliver an allocution at an annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge . We refer to the " Ninth
Annual" of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the United States of America , General ALBERT PIKE being the Provincial Grand Master of the " R . O . " and Orator on the occasion ( October iSth , 1886 ) . The remarkable Address was delivered to " Dear Friends and Brethren " who are members of lhat curious Degree ( or Degrees)—with such quaint ceremonials and
customsand who assembled in the city of Washington to greet their beloved and honoured chief . Bro . PIKE told his hearers that "Our Free-masonry is not * all that it ought to be tous , or we should welcome our annual re-unions with a greater gladness , be more saddened at parting from each other at their close , and permit only grave impediments to prevent our being present at each . " Considering that General PIKE has been for long the Grand Commander
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CONTENTS .
L 8 ADSRS 8 r CORRESPONDENCEConsecration of the Royal Hampton Court The Battle of the Collars Sg Lodge , No . 2183 82 Qnatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Sg Installation of Bro . Augustus Harris as The Imperial Institute 90 W . M . of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 82 REPORTS OF MASONIC
MEETINGSReports of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ... 86 Craft Masonry 90 China 8 * 7 Instruction 94 . Annual Masonic Ball at Leicester 8 7 Royal Arch 94 Masonic Presentation at Stokesley 87 Instruction 9 S Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 87 Mark Masonry 95 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 87 Masonic and General Tidings 9 $ Obituary 87 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 9 6
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As will be seen from the report in another part of our Masonic Benevo- columns , the Committee of Management of the Royal lent Institution . ] y [ ason ; c Benevolent Institution , after carefully considering all the p ! os . and cons , of the matter , have courageously taken the bull by
the horn- and determined on placing 25—or including the 3 deferred—28 widows on that particular fund at the election in May next . This is a bold step , the vacancies available at the moment being three . But the very
large number of female candidates , many of whom have had their names on the list for upwards of two years , justifies it , and we think its very boldness will chiefly recommend it to the approval of the general body of the Craft . It is as if the Committee had said to the mass of the brethren—We are in
a difficulty . There are only three vacancies and 77 candidates . We decline to send the bulk of these latter back into a state of poverty for a further 12 months . We will continue to do what is right in the way of economically administering our trust , but all the same we have made up our minds to place 75 widows on the Fund in May , and our sole regret is that we have
not courage enough to take on more and by so doing still further reduce the balance of suffering which will remain after the election is over . And having thus done our duty , it rests with you to fulfil yours , and provide the extra funds which will be required in consequence for the service of the current year . We consider some such step as this was necessary if any
impression at all was to be made on this annually-recurring excess of candidates over vacancies , and we believe the brethren generally will show they approve the policy adopted , by placing the total to be announced at the approaching Festival at the head of the array of such annual Returns . And we may add that by way of a step in the direction of securing this object ,
there is a slight increase since last week in the number of Stewards for the occasion , and there is still time for other brethren to hand in their names and undertake the duties of Stewardship . This favours our belief that brethren already recognise that the Jubilee year will lose h ? lf its virtue if our Festival Returns are not on a scale commemorate with Jubilee celebrations .
* * * THE Girls' School has just scored another success , which The Su cces ^ ° "fleets the greatest possible credit on its educational staff .
Of 30 girls who entered for the recent College of Preceptors Examination , the greater number have been placed in the first , and the rest in the second division of the candidates . This is a result of which the brethren have good reason to be proud , and though it is not permissible for us to refer to the anniversary of the School in May next , while that ° f the Benevolent Institution is so close at hand , and needs all the
assistance which we and the rest of the Craft can render , there is no « oubt the good news we have just made public will materially assist the Board of Stewards in its endeavours to obtain a good return at the approaching 99 th Festival . Brethren and their friends will be more
generous in their donations and subscriptions , when they have this further proof that the children maintained in the Institution are being so successfull y educated . They will recognise that the moneys contributed towards its support must be usefully applied when they produce such ex-;; cellent results .
* _ * We have received several letters , all more or less condemnatory ' Jewel . ' ° -f that part of the approved scheme for a Masonic celebration of the QUEEN ' S Jubilee , which sanctions a jewel to be worn by ; " Masons who are subscribing members of our English lodges on the 20 th
June next , the day when her MAJESTY will complete the 50 th year of her ei S - The gist of the argument they mostly adopt is that there are already enough , and more than enough jewels worn in Masonry , that there is a ecided tendency in the direction of wearing more of them , and that it is - # —J ¦¦¦ - 'v « ... —W ... V . v .- * . .. .. i £ ^ mull , \ JL t ll-olll , OUU L 1 IO . L it 13
esirable to discourage rather than encourage this tendency . But without ° Pping to consider the merits or demerits of these arguments , we take the erty 0 f reminding our correspondents that a Sovereign ' s Jubilee is of rare ;; -f Curren ce . Of the 30 and odd monarchs who have reigned since the ; * ° nquest , there have been only four who have occupied the throne for 50 I years and upwards , namely , HENRY III ., EDWARD III ., GJEORGE III ., and
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our present gracious Q UEEN . And as her MAJESTY is the daughter , niece , and mother of Princes who were , or are , Masons , it seems fitting that something in the way of a numismatic token of her Jubilee should be sanctioned . If , then , a jewel is deemed objectionable on the grounds which have been indicated , and mig ht wound the susceptibilities of
some of our best Craftsmen , we think no objection can be raised to a Commemorative Masonic Medal , which may be costly or of little cost according to the views of the brother purchasing it , while it will be to him and his always a memento of his association with the Fraternity at the time when the QUEEN , the mother of our GRAND MASTER ,
completed the Jubilee year of her reign . Let the dies for such a medal be struck , and the medals , of different values , issued only to subscribing members of lodges on the day specified , and it strikes us the objections of many worthy brethren will be overcome . Perhaps some of our readers will favour us with their views on the subject .
* * * mm „ . THE brilliant scene in the grand saloon of Drury Lane The Drury Lane H ,, , „ , . ,, . ., Lodge instaiia- iheatre on luesday , when Bro . AUGUSTUS HARRIS was mtiun Meeting . sta ] led as Second WiM . of the Drury Lane Lodge , in
succession to Bro . Lord LONDESBOROUGH , P . G . W . of England , must have been very flattering to that worthy brother . The visitors included many of the chief notabilities of the Order , and the evidence was every where present both of the popularity of the new W . M . and of the prospect of a long and brilliant career for the lodge . Gratifying as
has ' been the success of the past year , it is no more than we had a reason to expect with so distinguished a Mason in the chair as Lord LONDESBOROUGH , and so indefatigable a worker as Brother A . M . BROADLEY in charge of the Secretarial duties of the lodge . Bro . Harris will have . the same men about him , as his predecessor
in office , who will as loyally assist him in his work , and we anticipate that when the time arrives for him to give account of his Mastership , the result will be as satisfactory . Meanwhile we must tender to Bro . Broadley our hearty congratulafions on the handsome recognition which his services thus
far as Secretary of Drury Lane Lodge have secured . There are few testimonials which have been won afteragreater amount of sheer hardworkthan that with which he was presented in the course of Tuesday ' s proceedings in Old Drury .
* * * „ A LETTER we publish elsewhere from Bro . H . H . ROOM , Recent Circular . . ,.,- ,, , re imperial P . M ., contains a suggestion which is well worthy of attention , Institute . anc , w | 1 j c | 1 we are quite ready to give effect , if by so doing there is any likelihood of our being able to render help in promoting
the plan for the establishment of an Imperial Institute . Bro . ROOM ' idea is that in the case of those lodges which disapprove of that portion of the PRO GRAND MASTER ' Circular which relates to the Imperial Institute , there must be many members who are personally ready to contribute towards the plan , but will be debarred from doing so—at least in their Masonic
capacity—by the refusal of their lodges , as corporate bodies , to participate in the movement . He , therefore , suggests that a subscription list should be opened in the columns of this journal in which brethren so circumstanced " may , as Masons , record their donations to the Imperial Institute . " We quite recognise the force of his suggestion , and , as we have said already , if
it be the wish of any considerable section of the Craft that such a list should be opened , we shall gladly place our columns at their disposal , and fulfil their wishes as to the custody and ultimate delivery of the sums so contributed to the best of our humble ability . It will , however , be better that Bro .
ROOM , and those who are of his opinion , should concert their plans together , devolving upon us no more than the duty of giving effect to them ; and subject to this proviso , we shall be happy to lend our assistance in the matter . * * *
THERE have been many Provincial Grand Masters appointed Orderof from time to time in connection with the " Royal Order of Scot-Scotland . iand . » but it seems to have been left to one of the youngest in that capacity , albeit a veteran Mason , to deliver an allocution at an annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge . We refer to the " Ninth
Annual" of the Provincial Grand Lodge for the United States of America , General ALBERT PIKE being the Provincial Grand Master of the " R . O . " and Orator on the occasion ( October iSth , 1886 ) . The remarkable Address was delivered to " Dear Friends and Brethren " who are members of lhat curious Degree ( or Degrees)—with such quaint ceremonials and
customsand who assembled in the city of Washington to greet their beloved and honoured chief . Bro . PIKE told his hearers that "Our Free-masonry is not * all that it ought to be tous , or we should welcome our annual re-unions with a greater gladness , be more saddened at parting from each other at their close , and permit only grave impediments to prevent our being present at each . " Considering that General PIKE has been for long the Grand Commander