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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS ' 3 ' Records of Extinct Lodges 132 A Record of Four Days of Masonic Work at York ' 3 = A Curious Masonic Tract 133 CORRESPONDENCEThe Assassination of the Emperor of Russia 134 A Suggestion 134 The Boys' and Girls' Schools Elections ... 134 Bro . Hervcy ' s Memorial J 34 The Egyptian Masonic Association 134 A Serious Matter U 4 The Growth of Masonrr in the United States " . 134 An Old Mason 134 Reviews J 34
Masonic Notes and Queries - ••••134 Consecration of the thine Lodge , No . 1 SS 4 135 Annual Dinner of the Albion Lodge of Instruction , No . 9 I 3 a The New ) udge •. 13 S Bro . M . Richards Muckle J 37 Obituary 13 ° " REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 139 Instruction 139 RovalArch ' 39 Mark Masonry . T i 39 Ancient and Accepted Rite 140 Scotland 140 Masonic Tidings 141 General Tidings 141 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 143
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THE assassination of the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA is an event disgraceful to humanity , and a dark stain on the annals of our own generation . All over the civilized world , whether amid ancient Monarchies or modem Republics , this hateful consummation of wickedness will be repudiated with indignant horror , as an act of the most dastard cruelty , and of the direst criminality .
No one less deserved such a fate , or merited such an end . The EMPEROR ALEXANDER II . died as he lived , " doing his duty , " and it is touching to remember that had he only thought of his own safety he might have escaped the deadly blow . But , solicitous for the fate of his poor wounded soldiers ,
he was ruthlessly sacrificed to the fearful insanity and wickedness of Nihilism . The sympathy for his distressed and bereaved family is alike universal and intense , and will be warmly and loyally shared in by the whole body of the Craft .
* * WE rejoice in being able to state that we understand a proposition will be made at the Annual Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution to increase the number of candidates to be elected , in consequence of the recent most successful Festival . The number varies from ten to twelve .
Those of our readers who heard Bro . TERRY ' S energetic speech at the Aldersgate Lodge banquet will remember how happily he made the number of candidates to be eventually elected depend in some measure on the " returns of the Festival , " and now that he can regard with just
comcency the result of twelve months zealous exertions , so far unprecedented in the annals of our Charity Festivals , we feel strongly that it is both the duty and the privilege of the authorities and the subscribers materially to increase the number to be elected , as a flitting recognition of the sympathy , liberality , and charitable energy of the Craft at large .
* * BRO . TERRY reported at the month ] } ' meeting of the Managing Committee that the sum received for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Festival was ^ 14 , 380 , with two lists still to come in .
* * THE list of the candidates for the Girls' School is before us , twenty-eight in number , and of which , after the custom of former years , we think it well to give a short analysis . Of the twenty-eight candidates two have made six applications , one four , three three , live two , and seventeen come up for
the first time . Two of the candidates have no parents living , twenty-four have lost their father , and two have both in existence . Fourteen of the parents died in Masonry , two remained until incapacity or lunacy , three died one year out of Masonry , one two years , two three years , two two , and one four . Of those who have passed away the longest term of subscription
is thirty-four years , the lowest five . The average subscription of the twentyseven whose subscription is given is eight years . Though it is difficult to classify , we note in the list one landed proprietor , one manufacturer , four merchants , one fanner , one architect , one builder , four tradesmen , two
commercial travellers , one auctioneer , one organ builder , one licensed victualler , two Serjeants in the army , one borough treasurer , two clerks , one railway sub-contractor , one master mariner , one ship ' s steward , one sheriff ' s officer .
* * * THERE are seventy-five cases in the Boys' list , GOSHEN ' S name having been withdrawn . There arc only , however , twenty vacancies . Of these seventyfive cases sixty-seven have a mother living , three have a father living , two have both parents living , and three arc total orphans . Thirty-one of the
fathers of the candidates subscribed until death , and of the forty-four who either died out of or gave up subscribing to Masonry , the highest subscription is twenty-three and a half , the lowest two . The average of the subscription of all the seventy-five cases is eight and a half years , while of the forty-four who died out of Masonry , or resigned their lodges , no less than
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seven died one year out of Masonry , twelve two years , three three years , four four years , five five years , two six years , two seven years , two eight years , two nine years , and one ten years . The others , for various reasons , we need not mention . The conditions of the parents may be thus classified : trading class nineteen , clerks seven , licensed victuallers four , solicitors three ,
commercial travellers three , contractors and builders three , master mariners three , farmers and yeomen two , cotton spinners two , pilots two , surveyors two , surgeon one , clerk in holy orders one , underwriter one , iron master one , merchant one , civil engineer one , gas engineer one , accountant one , auctioneer one , superintendent of police one , quarry manager one , district
auditor one , Serjeant in the army one , superintendent (?) of Marines one , steward ( R . N . ) one , furrier one , collector of rates one , chief carpenter ( R , N . ) one , riding master Life Guards one , commission agent one , woolstapler one , commissionaire one . Do we not , must we not , sec in these " contrasted classes " the great " crux " in respect of the special needs and "status " of our Masonic Schools ?
* * SINCE we wrote last week it has been suggested to us that Bro . MATIER ' S motion would be a stronger one , needful as we believe it to be , if he inserted these words : " And in ail these cases , except in the case of sudden death , the petitioner's father must have subscribed three years to a lodge . " It
seems as if it would not be right for us as Masons in any way to provide for the case of any of the mysterious and often startling visitations of the Most High . We think there is something in this grave point . As regards blindness , paralysis , and incapacity of gaining a livelihood there is no hardship or harshness in requiring that the petitioner ' s father should have paid three years' subscription to a lodge .
* * WE note Bro . MASSA ' S letter in our last , ^ but , with due deference to him , cannot think it right for him or any one else to make a needless motion merel y to ventilate certain personal grievances , and thus take up the time of the meeting . It is perfectly clear that , for obvious reasons , without need or
notice of the subject , Bro . MASSA , from his professional position , is not the proper person to bring forward a proposal to enlarge the School at very considerable expense , a proposal , moreover which no one ' else thinks reasonable or seasonable , or in any sense desirable to entertain . It can only beas a means of introducing other and personal matters . If Bro . MASSA has any claim on the
House Committee , as he conceives , or any cause to complain of their decision , the proper course is personally to bring it before the General Committee , and if not satisfied , he has the power of appealing to the Quarterly Court , But the notices of motion he has given are simply abstract " propositions , which no Quarterly Court would entertain under any circumstances , as two
points , are a prion incontcstably clear , that , 1 st , the House Committee lias a right to employ such architect or builder who does his " work " in the most efficient and economical way , and sndly , that to propose fresh building
expenses when a house lias just been fitted up for a junior school , and is not full , is both improper in itself and unfair to the subscribers . We again urge on Bro . MASSA the propriety of withdrawing such unprecedented notices of motion .
* * WE noticed last week Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART ' proposal to enlarge the Hall at the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , Croydon . We hardly know upon what grounds our brother has given notice of this proposition , which , we confess , comes with a little surprise upon us . We think that wc
are expressing the feelings of a large number of the subscribers to that excellent Institution , when we say , that in common with our other Charities , we hope that the greatest economy will be exhibited in their administration and management . There is a complaint , not altogether unreasonable , of the
tendency to rush into abnormal expenses which are not absolutely necessary , and which sometimes give a colouring to the charge that those who are careful of their own money , are not . always careful of the money of other people . Until better advised , we must think the expense proposed a luxury , not a necessity .
* * WE call attention to a review elsewhere of the " Report of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , " by which it will be seen that that excellent Institution is in a most prosperous state , and progressing with the needs of
the " Force " and the educational requirements of the times we live in . We trust that there will be no difficulty in obtaining the requisite funds to build a new wing for school room , and class rooms , & c , and as we have many of the " Force" in our Order , we shall be happy to call attention , if asked to do so , to the subject again in our columns .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS ' 3 ' Records of Extinct Lodges 132 A Record of Four Days of Masonic Work at York ' 3 = A Curious Masonic Tract 133 CORRESPONDENCEThe Assassination of the Emperor of Russia 134 A Suggestion 134 The Boys' and Girls' Schools Elections ... 134 Bro . Hervcy ' s Memorial J 34 The Egyptian Masonic Association 134 A Serious Matter U 4 The Growth of Masonrr in the United States " . 134 An Old Mason 134 Reviews J 34
Masonic Notes and Queries - ••••134 Consecration of the thine Lodge , No . 1 SS 4 135 Annual Dinner of the Albion Lodge of Instruction , No . 9 I 3 a The New ) udge •. 13 S Bro . M . Richards Muckle J 37 Obituary 13 ° " REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 139 Instruction 139 RovalArch ' 39 Mark Masonry . T i 39 Ancient and Accepted Rite 140 Scotland 140 Masonic Tidings 141 General Tidings 141 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 143
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THE assassination of the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA is an event disgraceful to humanity , and a dark stain on the annals of our own generation . All over the civilized world , whether amid ancient Monarchies or modem Republics , this hateful consummation of wickedness will be repudiated with indignant horror , as an act of the most dastard cruelty , and of the direst criminality .
No one less deserved such a fate , or merited such an end . The EMPEROR ALEXANDER II . died as he lived , " doing his duty , " and it is touching to remember that had he only thought of his own safety he might have escaped the deadly blow . But , solicitous for the fate of his poor wounded soldiers ,
he was ruthlessly sacrificed to the fearful insanity and wickedness of Nihilism . The sympathy for his distressed and bereaved family is alike universal and intense , and will be warmly and loyally shared in by the whole body of the Craft .
* * WE rejoice in being able to state that we understand a proposition will be made at the Annual Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution to increase the number of candidates to be elected , in consequence of the recent most successful Festival . The number varies from ten to twelve .
Those of our readers who heard Bro . TERRY ' S energetic speech at the Aldersgate Lodge banquet will remember how happily he made the number of candidates to be eventually elected depend in some measure on the " returns of the Festival , " and now that he can regard with just
comcency the result of twelve months zealous exertions , so far unprecedented in the annals of our Charity Festivals , we feel strongly that it is both the duty and the privilege of the authorities and the subscribers materially to increase the number to be elected , as a flitting recognition of the sympathy , liberality , and charitable energy of the Craft at large .
* * BRO . TERRY reported at the month ] } ' meeting of the Managing Committee that the sum received for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Festival was ^ 14 , 380 , with two lists still to come in .
* * THE list of the candidates for the Girls' School is before us , twenty-eight in number , and of which , after the custom of former years , we think it well to give a short analysis . Of the twenty-eight candidates two have made six applications , one four , three three , live two , and seventeen come up for
the first time . Two of the candidates have no parents living , twenty-four have lost their father , and two have both in existence . Fourteen of the parents died in Masonry , two remained until incapacity or lunacy , three died one year out of Masonry , one two years , two three years , two two , and one four . Of those who have passed away the longest term of subscription
is thirty-four years , the lowest five . The average subscription of the twentyseven whose subscription is given is eight years . Though it is difficult to classify , we note in the list one landed proprietor , one manufacturer , four merchants , one fanner , one architect , one builder , four tradesmen , two
commercial travellers , one auctioneer , one organ builder , one licensed victualler , two Serjeants in the army , one borough treasurer , two clerks , one railway sub-contractor , one master mariner , one ship ' s steward , one sheriff ' s officer .
* * * THERE are seventy-five cases in the Boys' list , GOSHEN ' S name having been withdrawn . There arc only , however , twenty vacancies . Of these seventyfive cases sixty-seven have a mother living , three have a father living , two have both parents living , and three arc total orphans . Thirty-one of the
fathers of the candidates subscribed until death , and of the forty-four who either died out of or gave up subscribing to Masonry , the highest subscription is twenty-three and a half , the lowest two . The average of the subscription of all the seventy-five cases is eight and a half years , while of the forty-four who died out of Masonry , or resigned their lodges , no less than
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seven died one year out of Masonry , twelve two years , three three years , four four years , five five years , two six years , two seven years , two eight years , two nine years , and one ten years . The others , for various reasons , we need not mention . The conditions of the parents may be thus classified : trading class nineteen , clerks seven , licensed victuallers four , solicitors three ,
commercial travellers three , contractors and builders three , master mariners three , farmers and yeomen two , cotton spinners two , pilots two , surveyors two , surgeon one , clerk in holy orders one , underwriter one , iron master one , merchant one , civil engineer one , gas engineer one , accountant one , auctioneer one , superintendent of police one , quarry manager one , district
auditor one , Serjeant in the army one , superintendent (?) of Marines one , steward ( R . N . ) one , furrier one , collector of rates one , chief carpenter ( R , N . ) one , riding master Life Guards one , commission agent one , woolstapler one , commissionaire one . Do we not , must we not , sec in these " contrasted classes " the great " crux " in respect of the special needs and "status " of our Masonic Schools ?
* * SINCE we wrote last week it has been suggested to us that Bro . MATIER ' S motion would be a stronger one , needful as we believe it to be , if he inserted these words : " And in ail these cases , except in the case of sudden death , the petitioner's father must have subscribed three years to a lodge . " It
seems as if it would not be right for us as Masons in any way to provide for the case of any of the mysterious and often startling visitations of the Most High . We think there is something in this grave point . As regards blindness , paralysis , and incapacity of gaining a livelihood there is no hardship or harshness in requiring that the petitioner ' s father should have paid three years' subscription to a lodge .
* * WE note Bro . MASSA ' S letter in our last , ^ but , with due deference to him , cannot think it right for him or any one else to make a needless motion merel y to ventilate certain personal grievances , and thus take up the time of the meeting . It is perfectly clear that , for obvious reasons , without need or
notice of the subject , Bro . MASSA , from his professional position , is not the proper person to bring forward a proposal to enlarge the School at very considerable expense , a proposal , moreover which no one ' else thinks reasonable or seasonable , or in any sense desirable to entertain . It can only beas a means of introducing other and personal matters . If Bro . MASSA has any claim on the
House Committee , as he conceives , or any cause to complain of their decision , the proper course is personally to bring it before the General Committee , and if not satisfied , he has the power of appealing to the Quarterly Court , But the notices of motion he has given are simply abstract " propositions , which no Quarterly Court would entertain under any circumstances , as two
points , are a prion incontcstably clear , that , 1 st , the House Committee lias a right to employ such architect or builder who does his " work " in the most efficient and economical way , and sndly , that to propose fresh building
expenses when a house lias just been fitted up for a junior school , and is not full , is both improper in itself and unfair to the subscribers . We again urge on Bro . MASSA the propriety of withdrawing such unprecedented notices of motion .
* * WE noticed last week Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART ' proposal to enlarge the Hall at the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , Croydon . We hardly know upon what grounds our brother has given notice of this proposition , which , we confess , comes with a little surprise upon us . We think that wc
are expressing the feelings of a large number of the subscribers to that excellent Institution , when we say , that in common with our other Charities , we hope that the greatest economy will be exhibited in their administration and management . There is a complaint , not altogether unreasonable , of the
tendency to rush into abnormal expenses which are not absolutely necessary , and which sometimes give a colouring to the charge that those who are careful of their own money , are not . always careful of the money of other people . Until better advised , we must think the expense proposed a luxury , not a necessity .
* * WE call attention to a review elsewhere of the " Report of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , " by which it will be seen that that excellent Institution is in a most prosperous state , and progressing with the needs of
the " Force " and the educational requirements of the times we live in . We trust that there will be no difficulty in obtaining the requisite funds to build a new wing for school room , and class rooms , & c , and as we have many of the " Force" in our Order , we shall be happy to call attention , if asked to do so , to the subject again in our columns .