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1878.
Chapter , 1044 , were also consecrated in this month . Nov EMBER . —The Quarterly Convocation ol Supreme Grand Chapter took place , with no business , however , of importance , and November also
witnessed the meetings of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Cheshire and West Yorkshire , and ol the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire , and Wilts . Lieut .-Col . Sir H . Edwards , Bart . , was installed Prov . Grand Superintendent oj
West Yorkshire at Sheffield , by Comp . Lieut .-Col . Le GendreN . Starkie , Prov . Grand Superintendent for East Lancashire . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Connaught and Prince Leopold were advanced to the 33 at
Goldensquare , in the presence of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Lord Skelmersdale presiding . H . R . H , Prince Leopold was installed Grand Commandei of the Cceur de Leon Preceptory of the Province of Oxford . The Fete of the Grand Conseil of the
Rite Ecossais at Paris took place in the Hall ol the Trocadero at the Paris Exhibition , when Lord Skelmersdale and several English Masons were present . The ladies' banquet of the Eclectic
Lodge , No . laoi , took place . In Novembei the following lodges were consecrated , Ivanhoe Lodge , 1779 , Kirkdale Lodge , 17 $ 6 , King Henry VIII . Lodge , 175 8 .
DECEMBER . — In December the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge took p lace , when Bro . Gibson was appointed Grand Superintendent of Works , in the place of the late lamented Bro . Cockerell . In December another
foolish " Mandement " of the Bishop of Nismes appeared against Freemasonry . December alsc witnessed the annual festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . The Landport Lodge , 177 6 , was consecrated at Portsmouth , the Albert
Edward Lodge , 17 80 , at Southampton , tin Kennington Chapter , 1381 , in the mettopolis . and the Downshire Chapter , 594 , at Liverpool We had to deplore in December ?~ Englishmen and M ^ -- ' ' . ' H . K w " *
. -. „ enro-- „ .. ry , and two points are , ^ iy ooservable , the increase of lodges and chapters , as well as the great material prosperity of English Masonry , at which we are heartily glad ,
though some brethren affect to question the propriety of such extension . But we do not like to hear brethren always finding fault with everything . " llabagas " is a character not uncommon in society , and the disposition always to blame , is
not confined to society . However , theie are those who even deprecate this advance of Masonry , though on what grounds we never could profess to understand , and who see iu this multi plication of Lodges and Chapters , a great future evil for
Freemasonry . We do not . We , on the contrary , treat this increase of lodges as a good sign of the times , a pleasant omen for the future . English Masonry , cheerful and contented , seems to be moving on . If a few signs of imperfection crop
up here and there ; if we think we can put our finger on some weak points , or " spot , " as our young men like to say in their classic lingo , some " bad form , " yet , they are all very " few and far between , " and can
easily be amended and removed by care and control . Long may our good Craft speed on , we say , with a favouring breeze—not afraid to show its colours , " openly avowing" God before man , and heartily alive to the wants and woes of humanity .
Abroad the situation is not so good , or so sound , or so reassuring . In France , for instance , and Belgium , and one or two other portions , and amid some " weak brethren" of our Cosmopolitan family , the outrage and follies of 1877 nave Deen
repeated and renewed in 1878 , by a policy which recalls ill-omened cries , a base fanaticism , and a degraded past . It is quite clear to all impartial observers , that if the Grand Orient of France pursues the present evil " tenour of its way , "
led away by its " Esprits Forts , " its positivist orators , and its nihilist and warlike declarations , it will sink to the level of a baneful secret political society , which any government might fairly suppress . Its plea of toleration is as absurd as it is Jesuitical , and is a practical insult to all
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who have " brains " in their heads , who have studied the facts of history , or have marked the true teaching of Freemasonry . But there is one gladdening sight to our English mind ' s eye , which is worth a good many foreign perversities . The whole of Anglo-Saxon Masonry
is standing firm to its own great principles , and above a million of Masons are united in the great and goodly duty of honouring T . G . A . O . T . U ., and of being helpful and sympathetic to their brother men . And with this cheering assurance we leave 1878 , and hail 1879 , trusting that those
sections of our family which have gone beyond the original design of Freemasonry may come back to it , those which are below it , may come up to it , and that Ave may yet form one grand and consistent whole , proclaiming as before an
admiring world , Glory to God in the Highest , and on Earth peace and good will towards men . We have to deplore during 18 7 8 the loss of ths following worthy , and many of them distinguished , members of our Order : —
Richard Woolfe , P . M . 286 , Past Z . and member of many of the higher degrees , who devoted much time to antiquarian , historical , and geological studies ; J . Sutcliffe ; P . M . Harbour of Refuge Lodge , West Hartlepool , & c . ; W . Doyle , Liverpool , P . M . 667 , P . P . G . J . D . West
Lancashire , & c . & c . ; H . H . Wri ght , J . P ., of Bolton and Southport , W . M . No . 37 , The Right Hon . George William Baron Kinnaird and Rossie , K . T . ; the deceased brother was Provincial Grand Master of Perthshire East for fifty years , also Grand Master of Scotland for
two years , and m that capacity laid the foundation stone of the New Harbour at Dundee , and presented an address to King William IV ., expressing the abhorence of Grand Lodge at the attack on his Majesty ' s life ; Charles Bennett ,
P . M . 23 , official shorthand writer to Grand Lodge ; George Nelson , Limba Magna , near Leicester ; Major George Barlow , P . M . 321 ; Dr . r v " * . ;¦ 1 , P . M . 220 ; Bentley Shaw , ho ivas an ardent worker and
trities , and whose loss will be - ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ ' . orovince of Wast Yorkshire : ' '" : ,. i . outh ; J ohn Miller , Deputy _ .. u Master of Madras ; J ohn Henderson , P . M . 829 , Woolwich ; J . B . Forshaw . of Ormskirk , W . M . of the West Lancashire Lodge ,
1403 ; G . Bubb , P . M . 190 , St . James ' s Union Lodge ; Prince Lucien Murat , for a while President of the Masonic lodges of France under the Empire ; R . Wenlworth Little , P . M ., and founder of the Rose of Denmark Lodge , 975 , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for
Girls , & c . Bro . Little was most active in all true Masonic work , and was deservedl y held in the highest esteem : his loss will be long fe't by a large circle of sympathising friends ; Thomas Austin , P . M . 933 , and P . Z . 933 ; John Luter , of Cowes , of late years Tyler of Medina Lodge ;
Dr . J . M . Cunningham , of Sussex , P . M . 31 j , and 811 , Brighton ; J . Verity J . W . 1194 , Isleworth ; W . Brasier , of Margate , Union Lodge , Kent , P . Z ., & c . Albert Schmidt , of Jersey ; W . W Squires , of Nelson , New Zealand ; S . H . Wagstaff , P . M . 1216 , P . Z ., & c : J . R . McDaniel ,
Past Grand Commander of Virginian Templars , at Washington ; The King of Hanover , Past Grand Master of the Old Grand Lodge of Hanover ; Robert Bagshawe , P . G . M ., and P . G . P . of the Province of Essex ; Samuel James Harvey , of Camberwell , P . M . Skejmersdale Lodge ,
1658 ; Sir F . M . Williams , Bart ., M . P ., Deputy Grand Master of Cornwall , a Past Grand Warden of England , and a munificent supporter of the charities ; J . A . Gooch , of Norwich , W . M . Lodge Prudence ; W . Cowling , P . M . York Lodge , 236 ; C . Jardine , P . M . 140 , St . George ' s
Lodge—drowntd in the Princess Alice disaster ; R . D . Duckett , of Lodge 228 ; William Winch , of the Lodge of Unions , 256 , Margate ; William Smith , C . E ., P . G . S ., P . M ' . and P . Z . 33 ; F . W . Thiol , P . M . of Canteibnry Lodge , 1048 , New Zealand ; Samuel Tomkins , Grand Treasurer ; Foster White , P . G . D ., Treasurer of St .
Bartholomew ' s Hospital ; lidwd . Beck with , New Cross ; Geo . Law , of the Lion and Lamb Lodge and Jerusalem Chapter ; John Millward , P . M ., at Longmore , near Buxton ; William Henry Sleeman , P . M . Gosport Lodge , 903 ; John Nealds , Secretary Royal Alfred Lodge , 777 » John Johnstone , proprietor of the Standard ; J .
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Bond-Cabbell , J . P ., of Cromer Hall , Norfolk , John Bosworth , P . M . 1328 ; George Woodley , of the Star of the East Lodge , 880 , Island of Trante ; John Green , P . M . Lion Lodge , Whitby ,
312 ; John Lemon , P . M . and P . Z . 327 , Wieton ; Francis Fellows , S . W . of Lodge 192 ; Woolf Lions , P . M . 1326 , and P . Prov . G . Reg . Middlesex ; Walter Graham , Lodge St . Andiew , 418 , Auckland , New Zealand .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[\ V < : do not hold ourselves -esponsrble for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair plav to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]
ROAST BEEF AND PLUM PUDDING . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir anil Brother , — Last year some of your readers were led generously to help us provide nearly 500 Christmas dinners , of roast beef and plum pudding , on Boxing Day last , at
Loddiges-road Hall , for the poorer boys and girls attending the mission schools , as well as one hundred orders for parcels of Christmas provisions to as many poor widows living in this district . This being the seventh year of the mission work , 1 am anxious to assist in providing , as usual , for at least as
many , if not more , than before . The dinner this year will be held ( D . V . ) at Lyme Grove Hall , Mare-street , Hackney , on Thursday , 26 th December ; all friends are welcome . Donations in aire of this effort arc invited , and may be
sent to Mr . J . Newman , 117 , Cheapside , E . C , Mr . H . M . Heath , 4 , St . Thomas ' s-road , Hackney , or direct to Yours , & c , ATHRO ALFRED KNIGHT , 71 , King Edward's-road , Hackney , London , E .
OLD , BLIND , AND IN WANT . Queen Anne ' s Mansion , Queen Anne ' s Gate , S . W ., 19 th Dec , 1878 . To the Editor of ihe " Frctmason . " D ; ar Sir and Brother , —
With great gratitude I acknowledge the undermentioned further donations . My next ( and last ) acknowledgment shall be on the nth of January , with j'our kind permission , and should it meanwhile enter thc head of a score or so of our good brethren to send me halfa-guinea a-piece , the work already fairly done will be well crowned . I 1 am , fraternally yours , JOHN B . MONCKTON , * i ° , I Prest . Bd . G . P .
Bro . E . C . Mather , P . M £ 220 „ J . M . Case , P . A . G . D . C 100 Friends in Council Lodge , ... 550 Bro . C . Sawbridge , P . M 220 „ Peter Long , P . G . D o 10 6
CAUTION . UNITED MARINEHS LODGE , NO . 30 . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — It having come to the knowledge oE the brethren of this lodge that applications for assistance arc being made buth to lodges , and lodges of instruction , by some person ,
or persons , who allege that he or they are members of the above lodge , it is requested that before complying with such applications , in future , thc Secretaries of the respective lodges will communicate with Bro . T . A . Gladwell , W . M ., 21 , Graccchurch-street , City , or the undersigned , JOSEPH DRISCOLL , P . M ., Secretary , 2 , Claremont Villas , Park , Tottenham , N .
Royal And Select Masters Of England.
ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS OF ENGLAND .
A meeting of the members of thc Grand Masters ' Council , No . 1 of this degree was held on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., at 2 , Red Lion-square , Holborn , This degree ,
which was constituted in England in 1871 , is making steady progress , and from the great interest evinced in its well-being by Bro . the Rev . G . Raymond Portal , M . P . G . M ., ami other distinguished brethren , it bids ( air to attain a high position as one of thc side grades of
Freemasonry . Amongst those in attendance were Bros , the Rev . G . R . Portal , M . P . G . M . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , 33 ° , R . P . D . G . M . ; Hyde Pullen , : j ? ° , K . P . P . C . of W . ; S . Rosenthal , 33 ° , R . P . C . of G . j H . C . Levandir , 31 ° , R . P . Lecturer ; D . M . Dewar , iS ° , R . P . A . G . Recnnitr ; Lieut .-Cul . S . H . Clcrke , 33 ° ; C . F . Matier , H . R . Cooper-Smith ; T . C . Walls , 18 ; anil 1 . J . Reeve .
Thc minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bros . R . L . Loveland , the Rev . W . Stanton Moses , ai . el Elias Chandos Pole were duly admitted and received into thc degrees of Most Excellent , Royal , Select , anil Super-Excellent Masters . Previously to the Grand Council being dissolved , the names of Bros . W . Hickman , W . J . Hickman , and F . Hedges were handed in for admission and reception at the next meeting .
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1878.
Chapter , 1044 , were also consecrated in this month . Nov EMBER . —The Quarterly Convocation ol Supreme Grand Chapter took place , with no business , however , of importance , and November also
witnessed the meetings of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Cheshire and West Yorkshire , and ol the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire , and Wilts . Lieut .-Col . Sir H . Edwards , Bart . , was installed Prov . Grand Superintendent oj
West Yorkshire at Sheffield , by Comp . Lieut .-Col . Le GendreN . Starkie , Prov . Grand Superintendent for East Lancashire . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Connaught and Prince Leopold were advanced to the 33 at
Goldensquare , in the presence of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Lord Skelmersdale presiding . H . R . H , Prince Leopold was installed Grand Commandei of the Cceur de Leon Preceptory of the Province of Oxford . The Fete of the Grand Conseil of the
Rite Ecossais at Paris took place in the Hall ol the Trocadero at the Paris Exhibition , when Lord Skelmersdale and several English Masons were present . The ladies' banquet of the Eclectic
Lodge , No . laoi , took place . In Novembei the following lodges were consecrated , Ivanhoe Lodge , 1779 , Kirkdale Lodge , 17 $ 6 , King Henry VIII . Lodge , 175 8 .
DECEMBER . — In December the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge took p lace , when Bro . Gibson was appointed Grand Superintendent of Works , in the place of the late lamented Bro . Cockerell . In December another
foolish " Mandement " of the Bishop of Nismes appeared against Freemasonry . December alsc witnessed the annual festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . The Landport Lodge , 177 6 , was consecrated at Portsmouth , the Albert
Edward Lodge , 17 80 , at Southampton , tin Kennington Chapter , 1381 , in the mettopolis . and the Downshire Chapter , 594 , at Liverpool We had to deplore in December ?~ Englishmen and M ^ -- ' ' . ' H . K w " *
. -. „ enro-- „ .. ry , and two points are , ^ iy ooservable , the increase of lodges and chapters , as well as the great material prosperity of English Masonry , at which we are heartily glad ,
though some brethren affect to question the propriety of such extension . But we do not like to hear brethren always finding fault with everything . " llabagas " is a character not uncommon in society , and the disposition always to blame , is
not confined to society . However , theie are those who even deprecate this advance of Masonry , though on what grounds we never could profess to understand , and who see iu this multi plication of Lodges and Chapters , a great future evil for
Freemasonry . We do not . We , on the contrary , treat this increase of lodges as a good sign of the times , a pleasant omen for the future . English Masonry , cheerful and contented , seems to be moving on . If a few signs of imperfection crop
up here and there ; if we think we can put our finger on some weak points , or " spot , " as our young men like to say in their classic lingo , some " bad form , " yet , they are all very " few and far between , " and can
easily be amended and removed by care and control . Long may our good Craft speed on , we say , with a favouring breeze—not afraid to show its colours , " openly avowing" God before man , and heartily alive to the wants and woes of humanity .
Abroad the situation is not so good , or so sound , or so reassuring . In France , for instance , and Belgium , and one or two other portions , and amid some " weak brethren" of our Cosmopolitan family , the outrage and follies of 1877 nave Deen
repeated and renewed in 1878 , by a policy which recalls ill-omened cries , a base fanaticism , and a degraded past . It is quite clear to all impartial observers , that if the Grand Orient of France pursues the present evil " tenour of its way , "
led away by its " Esprits Forts , " its positivist orators , and its nihilist and warlike declarations , it will sink to the level of a baneful secret political society , which any government might fairly suppress . Its plea of toleration is as absurd as it is Jesuitical , and is a practical insult to all
1878.
who have " brains " in their heads , who have studied the facts of history , or have marked the true teaching of Freemasonry . But there is one gladdening sight to our English mind ' s eye , which is worth a good many foreign perversities . The whole of Anglo-Saxon Masonry
is standing firm to its own great principles , and above a million of Masons are united in the great and goodly duty of honouring T . G . A . O . T . U ., and of being helpful and sympathetic to their brother men . And with this cheering assurance we leave 1878 , and hail 1879 , trusting that those
sections of our family which have gone beyond the original design of Freemasonry may come back to it , those which are below it , may come up to it , and that Ave may yet form one grand and consistent whole , proclaiming as before an
admiring world , Glory to God in the Highest , and on Earth peace and good will towards men . We have to deplore during 18 7 8 the loss of ths following worthy , and many of them distinguished , members of our Order : —
Richard Woolfe , P . M . 286 , Past Z . and member of many of the higher degrees , who devoted much time to antiquarian , historical , and geological studies ; J . Sutcliffe ; P . M . Harbour of Refuge Lodge , West Hartlepool , & c . ; W . Doyle , Liverpool , P . M . 667 , P . P . G . J . D . West
Lancashire , & c . & c . ; H . H . Wri ght , J . P ., of Bolton and Southport , W . M . No . 37 , The Right Hon . George William Baron Kinnaird and Rossie , K . T . ; the deceased brother was Provincial Grand Master of Perthshire East for fifty years , also Grand Master of Scotland for
two years , and m that capacity laid the foundation stone of the New Harbour at Dundee , and presented an address to King William IV ., expressing the abhorence of Grand Lodge at the attack on his Majesty ' s life ; Charles Bennett ,
P . M . 23 , official shorthand writer to Grand Lodge ; George Nelson , Limba Magna , near Leicester ; Major George Barlow , P . M . 321 ; Dr . r v " * . ;¦ 1 , P . M . 220 ; Bentley Shaw , ho ivas an ardent worker and
trities , and whose loss will be - ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ ' . orovince of Wast Yorkshire : ' '" : ,. i . outh ; J ohn Miller , Deputy _ .. u Master of Madras ; J ohn Henderson , P . M . 829 , Woolwich ; J . B . Forshaw . of Ormskirk , W . M . of the West Lancashire Lodge ,
1403 ; G . Bubb , P . M . 190 , St . James ' s Union Lodge ; Prince Lucien Murat , for a while President of the Masonic lodges of France under the Empire ; R . Wenlworth Little , P . M ., and founder of the Rose of Denmark Lodge , 975 , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for
Girls , & c . Bro . Little was most active in all true Masonic work , and was deservedl y held in the highest esteem : his loss will be long fe't by a large circle of sympathising friends ; Thomas Austin , P . M . 933 , and P . Z . 933 ; John Luter , of Cowes , of late years Tyler of Medina Lodge ;
Dr . J . M . Cunningham , of Sussex , P . M . 31 j , and 811 , Brighton ; J . Verity J . W . 1194 , Isleworth ; W . Brasier , of Margate , Union Lodge , Kent , P . Z ., & c . Albert Schmidt , of Jersey ; W . W Squires , of Nelson , New Zealand ; S . H . Wagstaff , P . M . 1216 , P . Z ., & c : J . R . McDaniel ,
Past Grand Commander of Virginian Templars , at Washington ; The King of Hanover , Past Grand Master of the Old Grand Lodge of Hanover ; Robert Bagshawe , P . G . M ., and P . G . P . of the Province of Essex ; Samuel James Harvey , of Camberwell , P . M . Skejmersdale Lodge ,
1658 ; Sir F . M . Williams , Bart ., M . P ., Deputy Grand Master of Cornwall , a Past Grand Warden of England , and a munificent supporter of the charities ; J . A . Gooch , of Norwich , W . M . Lodge Prudence ; W . Cowling , P . M . York Lodge , 236 ; C . Jardine , P . M . 140 , St . George ' s
Lodge—drowntd in the Princess Alice disaster ; R . D . Duckett , of Lodge 228 ; William Winch , of the Lodge of Unions , 256 , Margate ; William Smith , C . E ., P . G . S ., P . M ' . and P . Z . 33 ; F . W . Thiol , P . M . of Canteibnry Lodge , 1048 , New Zealand ; Samuel Tomkins , Grand Treasurer ; Foster White , P . G . D ., Treasurer of St .
Bartholomew ' s Hospital ; lidwd . Beck with , New Cross ; Geo . Law , of the Lion and Lamb Lodge and Jerusalem Chapter ; John Millward , P . M ., at Longmore , near Buxton ; William Henry Sleeman , P . M . Gosport Lodge , 903 ; John Nealds , Secretary Royal Alfred Lodge , 777 » John Johnstone , proprietor of the Standard ; J .
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Bond-Cabbell , J . P ., of Cromer Hall , Norfolk , John Bosworth , P . M . 1328 ; George Woodley , of the Star of the East Lodge , 880 , Island of Trante ; John Green , P . M . Lion Lodge , Whitby ,
312 ; John Lemon , P . M . and P . Z . 327 , Wieton ; Francis Fellows , S . W . of Lodge 192 ; Woolf Lions , P . M . 1326 , and P . Prov . G . Reg . Middlesex ; Walter Graham , Lodge St . Andiew , 418 , Auckland , New Zealand .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[\ V < : do not hold ourselves -esponsrble for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair plav to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]
ROAST BEEF AND PLUM PUDDING . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir anil Brother , — Last year some of your readers were led generously to help us provide nearly 500 Christmas dinners , of roast beef and plum pudding , on Boxing Day last , at
Loddiges-road Hall , for the poorer boys and girls attending the mission schools , as well as one hundred orders for parcels of Christmas provisions to as many poor widows living in this district . This being the seventh year of the mission work , 1 am anxious to assist in providing , as usual , for at least as
many , if not more , than before . The dinner this year will be held ( D . V . ) at Lyme Grove Hall , Mare-street , Hackney , on Thursday , 26 th December ; all friends are welcome . Donations in aire of this effort arc invited , and may be
sent to Mr . J . Newman , 117 , Cheapside , E . C , Mr . H . M . Heath , 4 , St . Thomas ' s-road , Hackney , or direct to Yours , & c , ATHRO ALFRED KNIGHT , 71 , King Edward's-road , Hackney , London , E .
OLD , BLIND , AND IN WANT . Queen Anne ' s Mansion , Queen Anne ' s Gate , S . W ., 19 th Dec , 1878 . To the Editor of ihe " Frctmason . " D ; ar Sir and Brother , —
With great gratitude I acknowledge the undermentioned further donations . My next ( and last ) acknowledgment shall be on the nth of January , with j'our kind permission , and should it meanwhile enter thc head of a score or so of our good brethren to send me halfa-guinea a-piece , the work already fairly done will be well crowned . I 1 am , fraternally yours , JOHN B . MONCKTON , * i ° , I Prest . Bd . G . P .
Bro . E . C . Mather , P . M £ 220 „ J . M . Case , P . A . G . D . C 100 Friends in Council Lodge , ... 550 Bro . C . Sawbridge , P . M 220 „ Peter Long , P . G . D o 10 6
CAUTION . UNITED MARINEHS LODGE , NO . 30 . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — It having come to the knowledge oE the brethren of this lodge that applications for assistance arc being made buth to lodges , and lodges of instruction , by some person ,
or persons , who allege that he or they are members of the above lodge , it is requested that before complying with such applications , in future , thc Secretaries of the respective lodges will communicate with Bro . T . A . Gladwell , W . M ., 21 , Graccchurch-street , City , or the undersigned , JOSEPH DRISCOLL , P . M ., Secretary , 2 , Claremont Villas , Park , Tottenham , N .
Royal And Select Masters Of England.
ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS OF ENGLAND .
A meeting of the members of thc Grand Masters ' Council , No . 1 of this degree was held on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., at 2 , Red Lion-square , Holborn , This degree ,
which was constituted in England in 1871 , is making steady progress , and from the great interest evinced in its well-being by Bro . the Rev . G . Raymond Portal , M . P . G . M ., ami other distinguished brethren , it bids ( air to attain a high position as one of thc side grades of
Freemasonry . Amongst those in attendance were Bros , the Rev . G . R . Portal , M . P . G . M . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , 33 ° , R . P . D . G . M . ; Hyde Pullen , : j ? ° , K . P . P . C . of W . ; S . Rosenthal , 33 ° , R . P . C . of G . j H . C . Levandir , 31 ° , R . P . Lecturer ; D . M . Dewar , iS ° , R . P . A . G . Recnnitr ; Lieut .-Cul . S . H . Clcrke , 33 ° ; C . F . Matier , H . R . Cooper-Smith ; T . C . Walls , 18 ; anil 1 . J . Reeve .
Thc minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bros . R . L . Loveland , the Rev . W . Stanton Moses , ai . el Elias Chandos Pole were duly admitted and received into thc degrees of Most Excellent , Royal , Select , anil Super-Excellent Masters . Previously to the Grand Council being dissolved , the names of Bros . W . Hickman , W . J . Hickman , and F . Hedges were handed in for admission and reception at the next meeting .