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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OE ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OE THE BRITISH CROWN . The Risrht Hon . THE EARL OF LATHOM , M . W . Grand Master . The Rie-ht Hon . THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . INSTALLATION OK M . W . GRAND MASTEK . The Summer Half-yearly Communication of this Grand Lodge will be heltl at Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queenstreet , W . C , on Tuesday , the 1 st day of June next , when and where all Grand Officers ( Past and Present ) , VV . Masters , Past Masters , and Overseers of Private Lodges are hereby summoned to attend , and at which , by permission , all regularly registered Mark Master Masons may be present . Grand Lodge will be opened at Five o ' clock p . m . By command of the M . W . Grand Master , FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . J . VV ., Grand Secretary . N . B . A Banquet will be provided at Seven o ' clock , at which the Grand Master will preside . The Tickets will be 15 s . each , inclusive of wine , if taken before the _ day of meeting , and 17 s . Cd . if taken on that day , and it is requested that every brother intending to dine will forward his name to the Grand Stewards , care of the Grand Secretary , not later than Saturday , the 2 yth of May . Grand Lodge Office , 2 , Red Lion-square , Holborn , W . C . 19 th May , 1 SS 0 .
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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMA SON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — „ ,, . r Ulli 1 tCl , . ftat I S » ,. India , China , Australia United Kingdom . Canada , the Couti- v ' . •/„„ ,. 1 t .,. nent . & c . * / AaUn . l , iu .. 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but IV » t Ollice Orders o Cheques arc preferred , the former payable to ( IKOHI . K KKNNIXI ; , Chief Ollice , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Hank
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. TO ADVERTISERS . Tin : I ' Kr . KMAsus has a large circulation in nil parts of Ihe Globe In it the ollicial Reports of the Grant ! Lodges of Kngland , Ireland , ami Scotland are published with the special sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic work ill this country , our Indian iLinpirc , and the Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the order during the past few years , ami tlie increasing interest manifested in ils doings , has given the Freemasun a position and influence which few journals can lay claim tn , and the proprietor can assert with conlidence that announcements appearing ill its columns challenge the attention of a very large and iiilliiential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week's issue are received up to six o ' clock on VVednesday evening . PuiiLisiiiM ) QUICK : 19 S , l'l . liliT STKK 1 CT , LONDON , I-.. C
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Eo ( EorrrsiioirtJcnts . AN ORTHODOX EKKKMASON . —We see no objection as we understand the query . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " The Emiro , " " New York Dispatch , " " Die Bauhutte , " " Boletin Olicial , " "TheCitizen , " " Der Long Islaenderj " "The Hull Packet , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " " Yorkshire Gazette , " "The Ereemasons' Monthly , " "Masonic Advocate , " "Hebrew Leader , " "Egyptian Gazette , " " Sunday Times , " " Croydon Guardian , " Keystone , " "Le Monde Maconnique . "
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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , MAY 22 , 1 SS 0 .
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WE g ive elsewhere a telegra p hic summary of the proceedings at Truro , from our " Special Correspondent ; " the full and complete account will appear in our next issue .
EVERYTHING seems to have gone off admirably at Truro , and we congratulate the J . ocal Committee and the Masonic authorities on the completeness and effectiveness of their arrangements .
* * VVi : Hear that a good deal offcexcitcmcnl prevails as to the election of the House Committee of the Girls' Scliool , on Thursday , tlie 27 th inst ., but wc
arc expressing , we fancy , the universal feeling , that it is very wrong to give the Life Governors so mucli trouble and annoyance to gratify personal pique , and thus to enforce the attendance , much to their inconvenience , of so many brethren .
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WE publish elsewhere a circular which will , indeed , tell its own tale , and appeal on its own merits . It is a modest and manly circular , setting forth the claims and services of the present House
Committee , and appeals to the generous and Masonic sympathies of subscribers to the Girls' School to protect them from a sudden and imperious dismissal from those who , in our opinion , had much belter remain in tlieir own proper insignificance .
* * IT is the undoubted privilege of Life Governors to propose new members , and it is good , we admit , at times lo infuse a little new blood into all
Committees , Masonic or un-Masomc . But we seldom remember a case when with so little justification it was proposed to turn out a House Committee en masse , and replace them by an entirely new body of Committeemen .
* * SUCK proceedings are never resorted lo except on grave questions of principle , or when it is desired lo exhibit a want of confidence in the Committee .
* * THE movement appears to us to be influenced by a desire for a petty revenge for a previous defeat , and thus practically to reject the decision of the
Quarterl y Court and the approval of the Grand Festival . It is , in our opinion , a very Jesuitical proceeding in itself , and deserves to be signall y defeated by a large and influential majority , as wc fancy il is pretty sure to be .
* * STILL we would urge upon all who have confidence in the House Committee , and wish to maintain the hig h character , efficiency , and honour of the
School , to express , by their presence and vote , their complete and unchanged approval of the past proceedings and present management of the House Committee .
* * * ONE of the great objections which wc have raised to the system of constantly visiting lodges and appealing on behalf of the Charities , arises from the fact that the present system does
not alTcct cither the majority of the brethren , or a majority of the lodges and chapters . In both cases it is still only a minority , ( let us hope an increasing one ) , which manfully gives year by year such kindly support to our great Benevolent
Institutions . And thus , when we consider the wear and tear and expense of such a system , it is far better , we humbly conceive , to allow the Charities to appeal on their own merits . We must never forget that we are in a very different position
as regards the Charities than we were twenty years ago , No doubt then tlie Craft wanted " stirring up , " but now , what with the Masonic press and other publications , the provinces know all the claims of the Charities , and are quite as
alive to their . benclits as their metropolitan brethren . There may be two sides to this as to every other question , but they are matters at any rate for fair and full discussion , and to be overbearingl y " snubbed , or dogmaticall y dismissed .
* * How strange it is to note that dislike to the "Press" as an institution , which " crops up " even in Masonry . If the Press is subservient to a
party and the echo of a clique all is well , but if it desires to seek to be honest , impartial , and independent , what a " change comes o ' er the spirit 01 our dream " immediately .
THE Freemason has outlived opposition , has Janghed down childish criticism , and intends to pursue the " even tcnour of its way" in its straightforward and manly career , neither impeded
b y hostility , annoyed by sarcasm , or intimidated b y antagonism . It appeals simpl y on its own merits to a Cosmopolitan Craft , and it believes that
the zealous endeavour of ils proprietor to establish and keep up a thoroughly readable , rational , and Masonic paper is alike appreciated at home and abroad .
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WE notice that at the last meeting of the Society of Antiquaries Mr . J PARKER , C . B ., produced an illustration of a mosaic pavement at Pompeii , which he held to be clearl y Masonic . It seems from a correspondence with Mr . Parker , that there is however , some doubt as lo the genuineness of the Mosaic .
WE have jrcad with great pleasure the " Monde Maconnique " for May . It contains several very interesting articles . We shall recur to it in our next .
* * WE are especially glad to see in it a declaration that the Grand Orient of France has nothing to do with some clandestine French bodies in America . Wc somewhat doubted it from the first , and wc arc rejoiced to see our doubts confirmed lay such good authority .
WE have been informed thai a very large assemblage of I-ifc Governors will be present at the next monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Girls' School , to express by their presence and vote their unabated confidence in the House Committee .
* * As the election for the -House Committee of the Girls' School will take place before the next appearance of the Freemason , we licg respectfull y to urge upon all Life Governors lo be present ami record their voles between 4 and 5 on T / iurstftiy next , at Freemasons'' Hall .
* * WE have received information upon which wc can rely , that more than one of the brethren named on the new Committee of the Girl ' s School does not wish to be elected in opposition to the present Committee .
* * WE hear of one brother wlio is taking a very active part as regards the Girls' School Committee , election , who , lo say the truth , has , we should have thought , to use a common expression , " other fis h to fry . "
* * WE are deepl y struck , as all our readers will be with the following extract from the New York Dispatch . We give it without note or comment , and make no sign .
THE CIVILITIES OE I . IEE . " I never ivas arrested before , " said , Mr . Frank Mc-Gowan . ' And that was once too often , " said tlie Court . "But the arrest was a mistake , " said the accused , as he
made a sign of his hands on his breast . " Don't make any Masonic signs lure to the Court , " said Justice Duffy . " That is wrong . Why did you steal that man's coat ?" " 1 didn't stole it . I jist borrowed it . "
"Did you know the complainant ? " asked Justice Wandcll . " Vcs sir , we were Christian Brothers . " " Healthy Christian Brothers , to steal a room-mate's coat . Six months , " said Otterbourg . " Five months , for Christian charity ' s sake , " said Wandcll .
"A month , " said Duffy , "don ' t you see he has raised the sign of distress . " And a month he got bv a lawyer leaving him a six cent cambric , telling him to wipe it across his nose six limes before sentence was imposed . The signal had the desired effect .
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Cathedral At Truro.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW CATHEDRAL AT TRURO .
( BY TELEGKAI' / l . ) / FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT . ) In right royal weather , and in the presence of the most brilliant assemblage ever congregated in Cornwall , the Most Worshipful Grand Master ,
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has laid the foundation stone of the new Cathedral . The Provincial Grand I-odge was opened at ten a . m ., and at that hour about 600 brethren assembled , representing all the lodges in the county , and formed an
imposing- spectacle . J lie Grand Lodge was opened at the Town Hall by the deputy Grand Master the J' . arl of Lathom , and a procession having been formed proceded to Southleigh , where it was joined by the M . W . Grand Master . The United Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodge then
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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OE ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OE THE BRITISH CROWN . The Risrht Hon . THE EARL OF LATHOM , M . W . Grand Master . The Rie-ht Hon . THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . INSTALLATION OK M . W . GRAND MASTEK . The Summer Half-yearly Communication of this Grand Lodge will be heltl at Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queenstreet , W . C , on Tuesday , the 1 st day of June next , when and where all Grand Officers ( Past and Present ) , VV . Masters , Past Masters , and Overseers of Private Lodges are hereby summoned to attend , and at which , by permission , all regularly registered Mark Master Masons may be present . Grand Lodge will be opened at Five o ' clock p . m . By command of the M . W . Grand Master , FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . J . VV ., Grand Secretary . N . B . A Banquet will be provided at Seven o ' clock , at which the Grand Master will preside . The Tickets will be 15 s . each , inclusive of wine , if taken before the _ day of meeting , and 17 s . Cd . if taken on that day , and it is requested that every brother intending to dine will forward his name to the Grand Stewards , care of the Grand Secretary , not later than Saturday , the 2 yth of May . Grand Lodge Office , 2 , Red Lion-square , Holborn , W . C . 19 th May , 1 SS 0 .
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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMA SON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — „ ,, . r Ulli 1 tCl , . ftat I S » ,. India , China , Australia United Kingdom . Canada , the Couti- v ' . •/„„ ,. 1 t .,. nent . & c . * / AaUn . l , iu .. 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but IV » t Ollice Orders o Cheques arc preferred , the former payable to ( IKOHI . K KKNNIXI ; , Chief Ollice , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Hank
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. TO ADVERTISERS . Tin : I ' Kr . KMAsus has a large circulation in nil parts of Ihe Globe In it the ollicial Reports of the Grant ! Lodges of Kngland , Ireland , ami Scotland are published with the special sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic work ill this country , our Indian iLinpirc , and the Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the order during the past few years , ami tlie increasing interest manifested in ils doings , has given the Freemasun a position and influence which few journals can lay claim tn , and the proprietor can assert with conlidence that announcements appearing ill its columns challenge the attention of a very large and iiilliiential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week's issue are received up to six o ' clock on VVednesday evening . PuiiLisiiiM ) QUICK : 19 S , l'l . liliT STKK 1 CT , LONDON , I-.. C
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Eo ( EorrrsiioirtJcnts . AN ORTHODOX EKKKMASON . —We see no objection as we understand the query . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " The Emiro , " " New York Dispatch , " " Die Bauhutte , " " Boletin Olicial , " "TheCitizen , " " Der Long Islaenderj " "The Hull Packet , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " " Yorkshire Gazette , " "The Ereemasons' Monthly , " "Masonic Advocate , " "Hebrew Leader , " "Egyptian Gazette , " " Sunday Times , " " Croydon Guardian , " Keystone , " "Le Monde Maconnique . "
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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , MAY 22 , 1 SS 0 .
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WE g ive elsewhere a telegra p hic summary of the proceedings at Truro , from our " Special Correspondent ; " the full and complete account will appear in our next issue .
EVERYTHING seems to have gone off admirably at Truro , and we congratulate the J . ocal Committee and the Masonic authorities on the completeness and effectiveness of their arrangements .
* * VVi : Hear that a good deal offcexcitcmcnl prevails as to the election of the House Committee of the Girls' Scliool , on Thursday , tlie 27 th inst ., but wc
arc expressing , we fancy , the universal feeling , that it is very wrong to give the Life Governors so mucli trouble and annoyance to gratify personal pique , and thus to enforce the attendance , much to their inconvenience , of so many brethren .
Ar00801
WE publish elsewhere a circular which will , indeed , tell its own tale , and appeal on its own merits . It is a modest and manly circular , setting forth the claims and services of the present House
Committee , and appeals to the generous and Masonic sympathies of subscribers to the Girls' School to protect them from a sudden and imperious dismissal from those who , in our opinion , had much belter remain in tlieir own proper insignificance .
* * IT is the undoubted privilege of Life Governors to propose new members , and it is good , we admit , at times lo infuse a little new blood into all
Committees , Masonic or un-Masomc . But we seldom remember a case when with so little justification it was proposed to turn out a House Committee en masse , and replace them by an entirely new body of Committeemen .
* * SUCK proceedings are never resorted lo except on grave questions of principle , or when it is desired lo exhibit a want of confidence in the Committee .
* * THE movement appears to us to be influenced by a desire for a petty revenge for a previous defeat , and thus practically to reject the decision of the
Quarterl y Court and the approval of the Grand Festival . It is , in our opinion , a very Jesuitical proceeding in itself , and deserves to be signall y defeated by a large and influential majority , as wc fancy il is pretty sure to be .
* * STILL we would urge upon all who have confidence in the House Committee , and wish to maintain the hig h character , efficiency , and honour of the
School , to express , by their presence and vote , their complete and unchanged approval of the past proceedings and present management of the House Committee .
* * * ONE of the great objections which wc have raised to the system of constantly visiting lodges and appealing on behalf of the Charities , arises from the fact that the present system does
not alTcct cither the majority of the brethren , or a majority of the lodges and chapters . In both cases it is still only a minority , ( let us hope an increasing one ) , which manfully gives year by year such kindly support to our great Benevolent
Institutions . And thus , when we consider the wear and tear and expense of such a system , it is far better , we humbly conceive , to allow the Charities to appeal on their own merits . We must never forget that we are in a very different position
as regards the Charities than we were twenty years ago , No doubt then tlie Craft wanted " stirring up , " but now , what with the Masonic press and other publications , the provinces know all the claims of the Charities , and are quite as
alive to their . benclits as their metropolitan brethren . There may be two sides to this as to every other question , but they are matters at any rate for fair and full discussion , and to be overbearingl y " snubbed , or dogmaticall y dismissed .
* * How strange it is to note that dislike to the "Press" as an institution , which " crops up " even in Masonry . If the Press is subservient to a
party and the echo of a clique all is well , but if it desires to seek to be honest , impartial , and independent , what a " change comes o ' er the spirit 01 our dream " immediately .
THE Freemason has outlived opposition , has Janghed down childish criticism , and intends to pursue the " even tcnour of its way" in its straightforward and manly career , neither impeded
b y hostility , annoyed by sarcasm , or intimidated b y antagonism . It appeals simpl y on its own merits to a Cosmopolitan Craft , and it believes that
the zealous endeavour of ils proprietor to establish and keep up a thoroughly readable , rational , and Masonic paper is alike appreciated at home and abroad .
Ar00802
WE notice that at the last meeting of the Society of Antiquaries Mr . J PARKER , C . B ., produced an illustration of a mosaic pavement at Pompeii , which he held to be clearl y Masonic . It seems from a correspondence with Mr . Parker , that there is however , some doubt as lo the genuineness of the Mosaic .
WE have jrcad with great pleasure the " Monde Maconnique " for May . It contains several very interesting articles . We shall recur to it in our next .
* * WE are especially glad to see in it a declaration that the Grand Orient of France has nothing to do with some clandestine French bodies in America . Wc somewhat doubted it from the first , and wc arc rejoiced to see our doubts confirmed lay such good authority .
WE have been informed thai a very large assemblage of I-ifc Governors will be present at the next monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Girls' School , to express by their presence and vote their unabated confidence in the House Committee .
* * As the election for the -House Committee of the Girls' School will take place before the next appearance of the Freemason , we licg respectfull y to urge upon all Life Governors lo be present ami record their voles between 4 and 5 on T / iurstftiy next , at Freemasons'' Hall .
* * WE have received information upon which wc can rely , that more than one of the brethren named on the new Committee of the Girl ' s School does not wish to be elected in opposition to the present Committee .
* * WE hear of one brother wlio is taking a very active part as regards the Girls' School Committee , election , who , lo say the truth , has , we should have thought , to use a common expression , " other fis h to fry . "
* * WE are deepl y struck , as all our readers will be with the following extract from the New York Dispatch . We give it without note or comment , and make no sign .
THE CIVILITIES OE I . IEE . " I never ivas arrested before , " said , Mr . Frank Mc-Gowan . ' And that was once too often , " said tlie Court . "But the arrest was a mistake , " said the accused , as he
made a sign of his hands on his breast . " Don't make any Masonic signs lure to the Court , " said Justice Duffy . " That is wrong . Why did you steal that man's coat ?" " 1 didn't stole it . I jist borrowed it . "
"Did you know the complainant ? " asked Justice Wandcll . " Vcs sir , we were Christian Brothers . " " Healthy Christian Brothers , to steal a room-mate's coat . Six months , " said Otterbourg . " Five months , for Christian charity ' s sake , " said Wandcll .
"A month , " said Duffy , "don ' t you see he has raised the sign of distress . " And a month he got bv a lawyer leaving him a six cent cambric , telling him to wipe it across his nose six limes before sentence was imposed . The signal had the desired effect .
Laying The Foundation Stone Of The New Cathedral At Truro.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW CATHEDRAL AT TRURO .
( BY TELEGKAI' / l . ) / FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT . ) In right royal weather , and in the presence of the most brilliant assemblage ever congregated in Cornwall , the Most Worshipful Grand Master ,
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has laid the foundation stone of the new Cathedral . The Provincial Grand I-odge was opened at ten a . m ., and at that hour about 600 brethren assembled , representing all the lodges in the county , and formed an
imposing- spectacle . J lie Grand Lodge was opened at the Town Hall by the deputy Grand Master the J' . arl of Lathom , and a procession having been formed proceded to Southleigh , where it was joined by the M . W . Grand Master . The United Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodge then