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CONTENTS .
LEADERS 34 J Provincial Grand Loilge of Middlesex ... 348 Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire ... 349 Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire 349 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of North Wales 350 Early Chester Masonry 350
The Grand Lodge of New York and the Quebec Difficulty 351 The Anglo-Quebec Dispute 351 CORRESPONDENCEPast Masters 354 Durham Masonic Calendar 354
Incongruous 354 Membership of Grand Lodge 354 Reviews 354 Notes and Queries 355 The Proposed Masonic Exhibition at Shanklin 355
REPORTS OP MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 355 Instruction 35 6 Royal Arch .. 357 Mark Masonry 358 Red Cross of Constantine 358 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 358
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 358 Masonic Charity in West Lancashire 358 Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent 3 S & Annual Dinner of the Wanderers' Lodge of Instruction 358 The New Scottish Rite Cathedral in Philadelphia 3 S 8
Grand Lodge of South Australia 359 Theatres 359 The V'sit of the Grand Master to Brighton 360 The Craft Abroad 3 60 Masonic and General Tidings , 361 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 3 6 :.
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THOSE whom it may concern are busily engaged in making the necessary preparations for the grand Masonic gathering which will take place in the Dome of the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Tuesday , the 22 nd inst ., when the Duke of C ONNAUGHT will be installed Prov . Grand Master of Sussex by his brother the Prince of WALES , M . W . G . M . Everything is being
done in order to render the meeting a success worthy of the occasion and of the distinguished members of our Society who will take the most conspicuous part in its proceedings . The result of these arrangements will be made known in due course , but there are just one or two matters which claim immediate attention , and they are these . In the first place , we must
take the liberty of reminding Provincial Grand Officers of Sussex and . the Masters of Sussex lodges that to-morrow ( Saturday ) the 12 th inst ., is the last day for them to send in their answers to the invitations severally addressed to them by Bro . V . P . FREEMAN , Prov . G . Sec , the success of whose endeavours to secure the punctual fulfilment of the programme ,
as well as the comfort and convenience of the brethren present , roust largely depend on the promptness with which the said Provincial Grand Officers and Masters reply to his summons . Then as regards the railway arrangements , to which we referred last week , but without furnishing particulars . We are in a position to announce that a special train will be made
up for the conveyance of his Royal Highness the GRAND MASTER and the Grand Officers accompanying him , which is timed to leave the Victoria Station of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company at 10 . 15 a . m . sharp . It is necessary that those who intend travelling by this train should apply as soon as possible to the GRAND SECRETARY , who will
see that seats are reserved for them , so far as the accommodation will permit , and for which he will issue vouchers . There will also be the Pullman express available , which leaves Victoria at 10 , and will have second-class carriages attached to it , the tickets for which will be issued , as we have before mentioned , at a single fare for the double journey .
* # * IT is with very great pleasure we give publicity , in another part of our columns , to an important communication which our GRAND SECRETARY has just received from R . W . Bro . ALBERT E . GOODALL , Representative of the United Grand Lodge of England at the Grand Lodge of New York .
This communication is an extract from the address delivered at the annual meeting of the latter body on Tuesday , the ist inst ., by the M . W . Grand Master , Bro . FRANK R . LAWRENCE , and shows explicitly enough what the opinion of that distinguished brother is with reference to the course pursued by the Grand Lodge of Quebec in the difference now pending between it
and the Grand Lodge of this country—a difference which our readers will do well to remember has been wholly and solely created by the authorities of the Quebec Grand Lodge . It is not very long since we proposed to leave the subject of this annoying Anglo-Quebec dispute alone . We had again and again expressed our opinion on the merits of the question at
issue . We had reasoned the matter out most carefully and conscientiously , and the conclusion we had arrived at was that the Quebec people had not the slig htest shadow of a justification for their conduct towards the English lodges in Montreal , and the Grand Lodge to which these lodges pay due allegiance . Under these circumstances , . wc felt it would be undignified in
us to keep on repeating ourselves at intervals more or less frequent , while the question itself remained always precisely the same state , and the prospect of its settlement was as remote as ever . But the Grand Master of the most powerful and influential Grand Lodge in the United States ,
seemingly at the instance of Quebec itself , has just given his attention to the subject , the result being a condemnation of the course pursued by that Body , so emphatic thai , if it has any sense of decorum left in it , it will at once cancel its edict against our English lodges in Montreal , and hasten to revive its old relations of friendly intercourse with them , the Grand Lodge of
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England , and the rest of the Masonic community . We are pleased , but by no means surprised at the judgment at which Bro . LAWRENCE , M . W . G . M . of New York , has arrived , after an evidently careful investigation of the two sides of the question as set forth by the respective disputants , and its general aspect as it affects the position and claims of the Grand Lodges in
the United States . Bro . LAWRENCE , for instance , expresses unhesitatingly , his firm belief in " the American docrine of the supreme and exclusive jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge within the territory which it controls , " but he does not consider " that doctrine should extend to the length of rendering Masonic Bodies previously enjoying a lawful existence within
such territory clandestine or illegal , because of their refusal to abandon their previous allegiance and place themselves under the authority of the newly-created Grand Lodge . " This is precisely the contention which our Grand Lodge has upheld throughout , and it is precisely on the grounds set forth by Bro . LAURENCE in the passage we have just quoted
that we have based all our arguments as to the illegality of the conduct pursued by Quebec . Then as to the matter of this particular dispute , Bro . LAURENCE points out that the three English lodges were in existence before the Grand Lodge of Canada , from which the Grand Lodge of Quebec derives its existence ; that the Grand Lodge of England , when it
recognised that of Canada , did so on the expressed understanding that any of its lodges which might elect to remain in their old allegiance , should have full liberty of doing so ; and that when the Grand Lodge of Quebec became the successor of the Grand Lodge of Canada , "it acquired no greater rights within the territory to which it succeeded than had previously been
possessed by the latter Grand Body . " Here , again , we have the contention of our Grand Lodge as to the illegality of the present claims of Quebec to exercise jurisdiction over the Anglo-Montreal Loige , endorsed unequivocally by Grand Master LAWRENCE , who is careful also to point out that " the English contention is fully supported
by the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence made to this Grand Lodge in 1871 , " when the question of the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Quebec was being considered by the Grand Lodge of New York . Here then , both on particular grounds and generally , the position occupied by the Grand Lodgeof Quebec towards
our lodges in Montreal , and our Grand Lodge is shown to be untenable ; and as we have said before , if there is any grace still left in Quebec , we trust it will be summoned lo the aid of their authorities and that no time will be lost in withdrawing the absurd edict , which it issued some time since against the aforesaid Anglo-Montreal Lodges , and which , if it is maintained
will only result in making Quebec the laughing-stock of the whole Masonic community . And just by way of a parting word we must express our thanks to Grand Master LAWRENCE for his very clear exposition of this Anglo-Quebec dispute and all its circumstances . We feel convinced that if other
American Grand Masters would only be at the same pains to investigate the merits of such a question as this as the Grand Master of New York has shown , the course of Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry on both sides of the Atlantic would run far more smoothly .
# # THE report of the General Board which was submitted at the summer halfyearly Communication , on the ist inst ., of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales was of an eminently satisfactory character , and proves incontestably not only that the Mark Degree is most
popular and prosperous , but likewise that its popularity and prosperity rest on a firm and well-ordered basis . It is indeed astonishing how this branch of Masonry has made its way of late years . Its Grand Lodge was organised only as recently as 1856 , and now , according to this report , it has on its roll no less than 366 warranted lodges , irrespective of 13 T . I . and lodges without
number , the total registered membership to date being 21 , 657 . But the bulk of this progress has been made during the last decennial period , as will be seen clearly enough if we compare the particulars furnished in our old friend "The Cosmo" for the years 1876 and 1886 respectively . In the former year there were five T . I . and 179 warranted lodges , while the Provincial
Grand Lodges were 18 in number j in the latter year there appear 13 T . I . and lodges without number , and 362 warranted lodges of the ordinary type , while the Provincial Grand Lodges are 44 , four additional lodges and one Provincial Grand Lodge—that of Hertfordshire—having been created since "The Cosmo " of 1886 was issued . If we scan more narrowly the
lists for the respective years of the Provincial Grand Lodges , we shall discover that this amazing progress is due even more to the greater area over which the Degree has been distributed than to the mere multiplication of lodges . Thus of the 18 P . G . Mark Lodges entered in the Calendar for 1876 , 14 are located in the home country and four abroad , namely , Bombay ,
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CONTENTS .
LEADERS 34 J Provincial Grand Loilge of Middlesex ... 348 Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire ... 349 Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire 349 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of North Wales 350 Early Chester Masonry 350
The Grand Lodge of New York and the Quebec Difficulty 351 The Anglo-Quebec Dispute 351 CORRESPONDENCEPast Masters 354 Durham Masonic Calendar 354
Incongruous 354 Membership of Grand Lodge 354 Reviews 354 Notes and Queries 355 The Proposed Masonic Exhibition at Shanklin 355
REPORTS OP MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 355 Instruction 35 6 Royal Arch .. 357 Mark Masonry 358 Red Cross of Constantine 358 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 358
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 358 Masonic Charity in West Lancashire 358 Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent 3 S & Annual Dinner of the Wanderers' Lodge of Instruction 358 The New Scottish Rite Cathedral in Philadelphia 3 S 8
Grand Lodge of South Australia 359 Theatres 359 The V'sit of the Grand Master to Brighton 360 The Craft Abroad 3 60 Masonic and General Tidings , 361 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 3 6 :.
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THOSE whom it may concern are busily engaged in making the necessary preparations for the grand Masonic gathering which will take place in the Dome of the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Tuesday , the 22 nd inst ., when the Duke of C ONNAUGHT will be installed Prov . Grand Master of Sussex by his brother the Prince of WALES , M . W . G . M . Everything is being
done in order to render the meeting a success worthy of the occasion and of the distinguished members of our Society who will take the most conspicuous part in its proceedings . The result of these arrangements will be made known in due course , but there are just one or two matters which claim immediate attention , and they are these . In the first place , we must
take the liberty of reminding Provincial Grand Officers of Sussex and . the Masters of Sussex lodges that to-morrow ( Saturday ) the 12 th inst ., is the last day for them to send in their answers to the invitations severally addressed to them by Bro . V . P . FREEMAN , Prov . G . Sec , the success of whose endeavours to secure the punctual fulfilment of the programme ,
as well as the comfort and convenience of the brethren present , roust largely depend on the promptness with which the said Provincial Grand Officers and Masters reply to his summons . Then as regards the railway arrangements , to which we referred last week , but without furnishing particulars . We are in a position to announce that a special train will be made
up for the conveyance of his Royal Highness the GRAND MASTER and the Grand Officers accompanying him , which is timed to leave the Victoria Station of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company at 10 . 15 a . m . sharp . It is necessary that those who intend travelling by this train should apply as soon as possible to the GRAND SECRETARY , who will
see that seats are reserved for them , so far as the accommodation will permit , and for which he will issue vouchers . There will also be the Pullman express available , which leaves Victoria at 10 , and will have second-class carriages attached to it , the tickets for which will be issued , as we have before mentioned , at a single fare for the double journey .
* # * IT is with very great pleasure we give publicity , in another part of our columns , to an important communication which our GRAND SECRETARY has just received from R . W . Bro . ALBERT E . GOODALL , Representative of the United Grand Lodge of England at the Grand Lodge of New York .
This communication is an extract from the address delivered at the annual meeting of the latter body on Tuesday , the ist inst ., by the M . W . Grand Master , Bro . FRANK R . LAWRENCE , and shows explicitly enough what the opinion of that distinguished brother is with reference to the course pursued by the Grand Lodge of Quebec in the difference now pending between it
and the Grand Lodge of this country—a difference which our readers will do well to remember has been wholly and solely created by the authorities of the Quebec Grand Lodge . It is not very long since we proposed to leave the subject of this annoying Anglo-Quebec dispute alone . We had again and again expressed our opinion on the merits of the question at
issue . We had reasoned the matter out most carefully and conscientiously , and the conclusion we had arrived at was that the Quebec people had not the slig htest shadow of a justification for their conduct towards the English lodges in Montreal , and the Grand Lodge to which these lodges pay due allegiance . Under these circumstances , . wc felt it would be undignified in
us to keep on repeating ourselves at intervals more or less frequent , while the question itself remained always precisely the same state , and the prospect of its settlement was as remote as ever . But the Grand Master of the most powerful and influential Grand Lodge in the United States ,
seemingly at the instance of Quebec itself , has just given his attention to the subject , the result being a condemnation of the course pursued by that Body , so emphatic thai , if it has any sense of decorum left in it , it will at once cancel its edict against our English lodges in Montreal , and hasten to revive its old relations of friendly intercourse with them , the Grand Lodge of
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England , and the rest of the Masonic community . We are pleased , but by no means surprised at the judgment at which Bro . LAWRENCE , M . W . G . M . of New York , has arrived , after an evidently careful investigation of the two sides of the question as set forth by the respective disputants , and its general aspect as it affects the position and claims of the Grand Lodges in
the United States . Bro . LAWRENCE , for instance , expresses unhesitatingly , his firm belief in " the American docrine of the supreme and exclusive jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge within the territory which it controls , " but he does not consider " that doctrine should extend to the length of rendering Masonic Bodies previously enjoying a lawful existence within
such territory clandestine or illegal , because of their refusal to abandon their previous allegiance and place themselves under the authority of the newly-created Grand Lodge . " This is precisely the contention which our Grand Lodge has upheld throughout , and it is precisely on the grounds set forth by Bro . LAURENCE in the passage we have just quoted
that we have based all our arguments as to the illegality of the conduct pursued by Quebec . Then as to the matter of this particular dispute , Bro . LAURENCE points out that the three English lodges were in existence before the Grand Lodge of Canada , from which the Grand Lodge of Quebec derives its existence ; that the Grand Lodge of England , when it
recognised that of Canada , did so on the expressed understanding that any of its lodges which might elect to remain in their old allegiance , should have full liberty of doing so ; and that when the Grand Lodge of Quebec became the successor of the Grand Lodge of Canada , "it acquired no greater rights within the territory to which it succeeded than had previously been
possessed by the latter Grand Body . " Here , again , we have the contention of our Grand Lodge as to the illegality of the present claims of Quebec to exercise jurisdiction over the Anglo-Montreal Loige , endorsed unequivocally by Grand Master LAWRENCE , who is careful also to point out that " the English contention is fully supported
by the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence made to this Grand Lodge in 1871 , " when the question of the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Quebec was being considered by the Grand Lodge of New York . Here then , both on particular grounds and generally , the position occupied by the Grand Lodgeof Quebec towards
our lodges in Montreal , and our Grand Lodge is shown to be untenable ; and as we have said before , if there is any grace still left in Quebec , we trust it will be summoned lo the aid of their authorities and that no time will be lost in withdrawing the absurd edict , which it issued some time since against the aforesaid Anglo-Montreal Lodges , and which , if it is maintained
will only result in making Quebec the laughing-stock of the whole Masonic community . And just by way of a parting word we must express our thanks to Grand Master LAWRENCE for his very clear exposition of this Anglo-Quebec dispute and all its circumstances . We feel convinced that if other
American Grand Masters would only be at the same pains to investigate the merits of such a question as this as the Grand Master of New York has shown , the course of Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry on both sides of the Atlantic would run far more smoothly .
# # THE report of the General Board which was submitted at the summer halfyearly Communication , on the ist inst ., of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales was of an eminently satisfactory character , and proves incontestably not only that the Mark Degree is most
popular and prosperous , but likewise that its popularity and prosperity rest on a firm and well-ordered basis . It is indeed astonishing how this branch of Masonry has made its way of late years . Its Grand Lodge was organised only as recently as 1856 , and now , according to this report , it has on its roll no less than 366 warranted lodges , irrespective of 13 T . I . and lodges without
number , the total registered membership to date being 21 , 657 . But the bulk of this progress has been made during the last decennial period , as will be seen clearly enough if we compare the particulars furnished in our old friend "The Cosmo" for the years 1876 and 1886 respectively . In the former year there were five T . I . and 179 warranted lodges , while the Provincial
Grand Lodges were 18 in number j in the latter year there appear 13 T . I . and lodges without number , and 362 warranted lodges of the ordinary type , while the Provincial Grand Lodges are 44 , four additional lodges and one Provincial Grand Lodge—that of Hertfordshire—having been created since "The Cosmo " of 1886 was issued . If we scan more narrowly the
lists for the respective years of the Provincial Grand Lodges , we shall discover that this amazing progress is due even more to the greater area over which the Degree has been distributed than to the mere multiplication of lodges . Thus of the 18 P . G . Mark Lodges entered in the Calendar for 1876 , 14 are located in the home country and four abroad , namely , Bombay ,