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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L & ADSRS 55 Supreme Grand Chapter 56 Consecration of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2 T 27 . ' 5 6 Freemasonry in Namaoualand . South
Africa 59 The Blue Blanket 59 The " Probity MS . " 59 CORRESPONDENCE" Hearty Good Wishes" 61
Another Appeal 62 Reviews 62 Notes and Queries 62 REPORTS OF MAsoNrc MEETINGSCraft Masonry 62 Instruction 6 S Royal Arch 68 Mark Masonry 6 9
REPORTS or MASONIC MEETII * ( Continued)—Ancient and Accepted Rite 69 Knights Templar : 69 India 6 9 Masonic Welcome to Bro . Lord Carrintiton ,
P . G . W ., at the Antipodes 69 Provincial Great Priory of Northumberland Durham , and Berwick-upon-Tweed- 70 Liverpool Masonic Club 7 ° Masonic Ball at Lancaster 70
Second Annual Ball of the Elliot Lodge , No . 1567 7 ° House Committee Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 7 ° Annual Meeting of the Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association 71 Obituary 71 Masonic and General Tidings 7 3
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THE chief business to be transacted at the Convocation on Wednesday next of Supreme Grand Chapter will be the work sometime since begun , of revising the Royal Arch Regulations . We have received a copy of the Report of the Revising Committee and from this it appears that of the numerous amendments suggested by different companions , a small number have been accepted and will be recommended for adoption by Grand
Chapter , while the majority have been rejected . It is not necessary we should specify the two classes of amendments , those which have found and those which have not found favour with the . Committee of Experts . They are appended to the Report , and those interested in the success ot their suggestions will , if privileged to attend , have the opportunity on Wednesday next , either of expressing satisfaction at their having been adopted or of
setting forth good and sufficient reasons why Grand Chapter should override the decisions of its Committee . For our own part , it appears to us that the amendments which have not been adopted would neither have strengthened nor improved the Regulations for the government of our Royal Arch Chapters , and that Grand Chapter will be . no more than fulfilling its duty if it determines on abiding by the resolutions of its Committee .
* * * THE meeting at Wood Green on Friday last of the House Committee of the Boys' School was of an exceptional character . It was not a numerous one—under the circumstances , perhaps , not so numerous as might have been wished or expected , nor , as regards the festive part of the proceedings , was there any thought of attempting more than to extend a hearty ,
hospitable welcome to those who had accepted the Committee ' s invitation to be present . The main feature in the programme was the admission of the boys elected in October last , and the inspection of the New Preparatory School , and it will probably be considered an additional feather in the cap of the Executive , that it should have resolved on inaugurating with so slight a display of ceremony what is virtually a new epoch in the history of the
Institution . Thirty years ago there was no School-building whatever , the boys being distributed among private schools in London and the provinces . Last year there was accommodation under one roof for 215 boys , and now there is an Upper School of 200 and a Junior Preparatory School of 30 , to be increased , if need be and the funds permit , to 100 boys . But if there was very little formality about the proceedings , there was an abundance of
well-merited praise bestowed on the Committee for the businesslike way in which they had seen to the enlargement of the Institution . It was soon apparent that everything in the way of building , furnishing , and appointing the new premises had been done solidly and substantially , with a proper regard to economy , but at the same time in a manner to secure the health and comfort of the inmates . The new boys and the friends who brought them must have been pleased with the arrangements made for their young
charges , the Committee s guests were delighted , and the Committee itself must have felt . that the handsome praise bestowed on this work was an ample reward for the cares and responsibilities they had undertaken . More than this need not be said on this occasion , but at an early date we propose to lay before our readers a description of the new premises , so that those among them who were unable to be present may have an opportunity of learning something as to the interior arrangements of the Preparatory branch of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .
* # * . THE event of the week has undoubtedly been the constitution of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , the installation of Bro . Lord LONDESBOROUH , Past Grand Senior Warden of England , as its first Worshipful Master , and the investiture by the latter of Bro . AUGUSTUS HARRIS as Senior Warden
Bro . Sir J GORST , Q . C ., M . P ., her MAJESTY ' S Solicitor-General , as Junior Warden ; and the other officers . The ceremony was held at Freemasons' Hall in the presence of what may legitimately be described as a numerous and brilliant gathering of the Craft , such as it has not often been Dur privilege to attend . Not only—as will be seen from our report—was Grand Lodge very strongly represented by a number of Past Grand
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Wardens , Deacons , Chaplains , and other of its members ; not only did the provinces make a goodly appearance in the persons of sundry Provincial Grand Masters ; but English and Colonial Masonry , and almost every section of the Craft and evety profession and calling were fortunate in having one or more brethren as representatives . The Navy , Army , and Reserve
Forces , the Consular , and Home Civil Services , law , physic , and divinity , literature , science and art , music , and the drama ; journalism and its belongings ; all and every of these were in great force , so that it would be difficult to imagine a meeting of a more varied character as to its
constituent parts , and yet so thoroughly one in tone and spirit . It was a solidly grand night—the consecration of this new lodge—such as perhaps could not have been presented Masonically in any other country , and we must take leave to congratulate the Master and his Wardens , on the success which attended their inaugural meeting .
* # * WE have much pleasure in informing our readers that Bro . HUGHAN has completed his examination and transcript of the latest MS . discovered , and now known as the " Probity MS . " It appears that the copy is similar to the old " Lansdowne MS ., " in the British Museum , of the sixteenth century ,
and the " Antiquity MS ., " owned by the celebrated Lodge of Antiquity , No . 2 , London , both of which are given , verbatim et literatim , in Bro . Hughan ' s " Old Charges of the British Freemasons , " 1 S 72 . We anticipate the satisfaction of transferring the whole of the " Probity MS . " to our columns ere long , and meanwhile direct the attention of students to Bro . HUGHAN ' S interesting communication in this week ' s Freemason .
* * * THE discovery of another MS . of the "Old Charges , " and also of several copies of engraved lists of lodges , during the last few months , proves that there is yet much to be done in conducting careful examinations of the archives of old lodges . Will not the Secretaries of the old
lodges—especially in the North of England—have a thorough overhaul of their treasures , and report the result in the Freemason , for the information of the many interested ? We are persuaded that there must be copies about , somewhere or other , of printed ; lists of the " Atholl" Lodges of the last century ,
though none have yet been traced , and surely some of the ancient lodges have old engraved lists , by PINE or COLE , which as yet have escaped observation , and which , if made known , would add considerably to our stock of facts . We fraternally invite the co-operation of zealous brethren to make 1886 memorable as ajyear of Masonic discoveries .
••* THOUGH not an unusual , it is certainly a mournful , circumstance that , as the closing days of the Old Year witnessed the death of one of the leading members of our English Craft—Bro . the Rev . C RAIKES DAVY , Past Grand Chaplain of England—so the New Year has hardly had time to settle itself
into working form ere the news reaches us of yet another loss among our magnates—R . W . Bro . Sir W . W . BURRELL , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of Sussex . Sir WALTER was one of the kindliest of men , one whom to know was to love and respect . His whole life seems to have been devoted to seeing how best he could promote the well-being of his neighbours . In
whatever capacity we regard him , whether as magistrate or Member of Parliament , as private gentleman or landed proprietor , we find him equally esteemed by his county ; while it is no exaggeration to say that not one of our English Masonic Provinces can ever have had a more genial or beneficent ruler than him whose loss the whole body of our Sussex brethren are now
so sincerely lamenting . However , it must be some consolation to them to remember that about the last important Masonic function in which our late distinguished brother took the leading part was a work of benevolence—the Anniversary Festival in May of last year of the Royal Masonic Institution
for Girls , while it must be still more gratifying to them to call to mind that on that , as on all other occasions , their late revered chief received the loyal and generous support of every one of the lodges in the province . To the family of our late brother , and to the Masons of Sussex , we beg to offer the tribute of our respectful sympathy .
* * * IT will be seen from our advertisement columns that the annual Festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , which heretofore has been held in the month of November , will take place on the 26 th February next , and that R . W . Bro . the Marquis of HERTFORD , G . S . Warden of England , has
kindly undertaken to preside . There will be afforded , as usual , an illustration of the manner in which the work is done in this famous School of Masonic Instruction and several well-known Emulation Experts will figure in this part of the proceedings . The banquet will follow and from
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L & ADSRS 55 Supreme Grand Chapter 56 Consecration of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2 T 27 . ' 5 6 Freemasonry in Namaoualand . South
Africa 59 The Blue Blanket 59 The " Probity MS . " 59 CORRESPONDENCE" Hearty Good Wishes" 61
Another Appeal 62 Reviews 62 Notes and Queries 62 REPORTS OF MAsoNrc MEETINGSCraft Masonry 62 Instruction 6 S Royal Arch 68 Mark Masonry 6 9
REPORTS or MASONIC MEETII * ( Continued)—Ancient and Accepted Rite 69 Knights Templar : 69 India 6 9 Masonic Welcome to Bro . Lord Carrintiton ,
P . G . W ., at the Antipodes 69 Provincial Great Priory of Northumberland Durham , and Berwick-upon-Tweed- 70 Liverpool Masonic Club 7 ° Masonic Ball at Lancaster 70
Second Annual Ball of the Elliot Lodge , No . 1567 7 ° House Committee Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 7 ° Annual Meeting of the Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association 71 Obituary 71 Masonic and General Tidings 7 3
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THE chief business to be transacted at the Convocation on Wednesday next of Supreme Grand Chapter will be the work sometime since begun , of revising the Royal Arch Regulations . We have received a copy of the Report of the Revising Committee and from this it appears that of the numerous amendments suggested by different companions , a small number have been accepted and will be recommended for adoption by Grand
Chapter , while the majority have been rejected . It is not necessary we should specify the two classes of amendments , those which have found and those which have not found favour with the . Committee of Experts . They are appended to the Report , and those interested in the success ot their suggestions will , if privileged to attend , have the opportunity on Wednesday next , either of expressing satisfaction at their having been adopted or of
setting forth good and sufficient reasons why Grand Chapter should override the decisions of its Committee . For our own part , it appears to us that the amendments which have not been adopted would neither have strengthened nor improved the Regulations for the government of our Royal Arch Chapters , and that Grand Chapter will be . no more than fulfilling its duty if it determines on abiding by the resolutions of its Committee .
* * * THE meeting at Wood Green on Friday last of the House Committee of the Boys' School was of an exceptional character . It was not a numerous one—under the circumstances , perhaps , not so numerous as might have been wished or expected , nor , as regards the festive part of the proceedings , was there any thought of attempting more than to extend a hearty ,
hospitable welcome to those who had accepted the Committee ' s invitation to be present . The main feature in the programme was the admission of the boys elected in October last , and the inspection of the New Preparatory School , and it will probably be considered an additional feather in the cap of the Executive , that it should have resolved on inaugurating with so slight a display of ceremony what is virtually a new epoch in the history of the
Institution . Thirty years ago there was no School-building whatever , the boys being distributed among private schools in London and the provinces . Last year there was accommodation under one roof for 215 boys , and now there is an Upper School of 200 and a Junior Preparatory School of 30 , to be increased , if need be and the funds permit , to 100 boys . But if there was very little formality about the proceedings , there was an abundance of
well-merited praise bestowed on the Committee for the businesslike way in which they had seen to the enlargement of the Institution . It was soon apparent that everything in the way of building , furnishing , and appointing the new premises had been done solidly and substantially , with a proper regard to economy , but at the same time in a manner to secure the health and comfort of the inmates . The new boys and the friends who brought them must have been pleased with the arrangements made for their young
charges , the Committee s guests were delighted , and the Committee itself must have felt . that the handsome praise bestowed on this work was an ample reward for the cares and responsibilities they had undertaken . More than this need not be said on this occasion , but at an early date we propose to lay before our readers a description of the new premises , so that those among them who were unable to be present may have an opportunity of learning something as to the interior arrangements of the Preparatory branch of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .
* # * . THE event of the week has undoubtedly been the constitution of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , the installation of Bro . Lord LONDESBOROUH , Past Grand Senior Warden of England , as its first Worshipful Master , and the investiture by the latter of Bro . AUGUSTUS HARRIS as Senior Warden
Bro . Sir J GORST , Q . C ., M . P ., her MAJESTY ' S Solicitor-General , as Junior Warden ; and the other officers . The ceremony was held at Freemasons' Hall in the presence of what may legitimately be described as a numerous and brilliant gathering of the Craft , such as it has not often been Dur privilege to attend . Not only—as will be seen from our report—was Grand Lodge very strongly represented by a number of Past Grand
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Wardens , Deacons , Chaplains , and other of its members ; not only did the provinces make a goodly appearance in the persons of sundry Provincial Grand Masters ; but English and Colonial Masonry , and almost every section of the Craft and evety profession and calling were fortunate in having one or more brethren as representatives . The Navy , Army , and Reserve
Forces , the Consular , and Home Civil Services , law , physic , and divinity , literature , science and art , music , and the drama ; journalism and its belongings ; all and every of these were in great force , so that it would be difficult to imagine a meeting of a more varied character as to its
constituent parts , and yet so thoroughly one in tone and spirit . It was a solidly grand night—the consecration of this new lodge—such as perhaps could not have been presented Masonically in any other country , and we must take leave to congratulate the Master and his Wardens , on the success which attended their inaugural meeting .
* # * WE have much pleasure in informing our readers that Bro . HUGHAN has completed his examination and transcript of the latest MS . discovered , and now known as the " Probity MS . " It appears that the copy is similar to the old " Lansdowne MS ., " in the British Museum , of the sixteenth century ,
and the " Antiquity MS ., " owned by the celebrated Lodge of Antiquity , No . 2 , London , both of which are given , verbatim et literatim , in Bro . Hughan ' s " Old Charges of the British Freemasons , " 1 S 72 . We anticipate the satisfaction of transferring the whole of the " Probity MS . " to our columns ere long , and meanwhile direct the attention of students to Bro . HUGHAN ' S interesting communication in this week ' s Freemason .
* * * THE discovery of another MS . of the "Old Charges , " and also of several copies of engraved lists of lodges , during the last few months , proves that there is yet much to be done in conducting careful examinations of the archives of old lodges . Will not the Secretaries of the old
lodges—especially in the North of England—have a thorough overhaul of their treasures , and report the result in the Freemason , for the information of the many interested ? We are persuaded that there must be copies about , somewhere or other , of printed ; lists of the " Atholl" Lodges of the last century ,
though none have yet been traced , and surely some of the ancient lodges have old engraved lists , by PINE or COLE , which as yet have escaped observation , and which , if made known , would add considerably to our stock of facts . We fraternally invite the co-operation of zealous brethren to make 1886 memorable as ajyear of Masonic discoveries .
••* THOUGH not an unusual , it is certainly a mournful , circumstance that , as the closing days of the Old Year witnessed the death of one of the leading members of our English Craft—Bro . the Rev . C RAIKES DAVY , Past Grand Chaplain of England—so the New Year has hardly had time to settle itself
into working form ere the news reaches us of yet another loss among our magnates—R . W . Bro . Sir W . W . BURRELL , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of Sussex . Sir WALTER was one of the kindliest of men , one whom to know was to love and respect . His whole life seems to have been devoted to seeing how best he could promote the well-being of his neighbours . In
whatever capacity we regard him , whether as magistrate or Member of Parliament , as private gentleman or landed proprietor , we find him equally esteemed by his county ; while it is no exaggeration to say that not one of our English Masonic Provinces can ever have had a more genial or beneficent ruler than him whose loss the whole body of our Sussex brethren are now
so sincerely lamenting . However , it must be some consolation to them to remember that about the last important Masonic function in which our late distinguished brother took the leading part was a work of benevolence—the Anniversary Festival in May of last year of the Royal Masonic Institution
for Girls , while it must be still more gratifying to them to call to mind that on that , as on all other occasions , their late revered chief received the loyal and generous support of every one of the lodges in the province . To the family of our late brother , and to the Masons of Sussex , we beg to offer the tribute of our respectful sympathy .
* * * IT will be seen from our advertisement columns that the annual Festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , which heretofore has been held in the month of November , will take place on the 26 th February next , and that R . W . Bro . the Marquis of HERTFORD , G . S . Warden of England , has
kindly undertaken to preside . There will be afforded , as usual , an illustration of the manner in which the work is done in this famous School of Masonic Instruction and several well-known Emulation Experts will figure in this part of the proceedings . The banquet will follow and from