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Freemasonry In Australia.
f thc art practised outside as they are professed inside the 1 drres the world would soon see truth stamped on every ction of life and friendship—cement heart to heart—until a nc miglity bounellcss confederacy would be formed for ? he welfare ol all mankind . It is not pretended , much less seriously advanceel , that Masons are any better than other ™ . nn 1 e in fact , he thought the same answer may be given P "K . ' . 1--.. _ : t ~ eer ;„ rr T-i ,.,,,.,, vi •<<;„„ , „
tO-Illg " """ "" ¦> S" - " -- ! e > J - Maconnes are not so virtuous as some odher menne , but ' tne most parte , they be more gude than they would be vf they war ne t maconnes . " He hoped lodges near and far would unite to promulgate the genuine tenets and principles of thc Order . The . W . M . ' s of the St . John ' s Lodge , I . C . ; Bro . Kelly ,
of the Orion Lodge ; Bro . Hale , of the Bunmyong Lodge , I . C . ; Bro . Wilson , of the Cresvvick Havilah Lodge ; responded on behalf of the sister lodges . Bro . Robertson , P . M . of thc St . John ' s Lodge , proposed the toast of " Thc Newly-installed Officers of the Lodge . " Bro . Wheeler , in responding for the newly-installed officers of the lodge , stated that he purposed , with the
assistance of the sister loelges and the Masons in the district , to make the Masonic ball an annual affair . Bros . White and Brown , S . and J . Wardens , also responded . Bro . Claxton , P . M ., proposed "The Health of the Visitors " in a few brief and appropriate remarks . Bro . Wilson , of Crcswick , responded for the visitors .
Bro . White , P . M ., proposed " The Health of the Past Masters eif the Lodge , " coupled with the name of the Immeeliate Past Master , to which Bro . Nevett , in a suitable manner , respondeel . " The Health of the Past Oflicers" vvas proposed , to which Bro . Wrcford responded .
Bro . Kelly , in a few happy remarks , proposed " Thc Health of the Ladies , " to which Bro . Potter responded . " The Press " vvas proposed by Bro . Wreford , and responded to by Bro . H . R . Nicholls . " The Host and Hostess , " anel the Tyler ' s toast , interspersed with a few songs , concluded a very pleasant evening .
Masonic News From America.
MASONIC NEWS FROM AMERICA .
Communicated monthly by Brio . Ron Monms , P . G . M . Kentucky . The Freemason is familiar with the proceedings of its own Grand Lodge , but do its readers know hovv we manage these things in America ? Let me sketch our operations in Grand Lodge last week in the Grand Lodge of Kentucky
which helel its seventy-ninth annual session at Louisville , Kentucky , October 22 nd to 25 th . This is the first Grand Lodge formeel after the American Revolution , away from the sea coast . The "Great West" was first opened by Boone and others , in 1774 , in the section called by the Indians " Kain-tuck-ee , " and by 1770 so large a population had crowded into " the dark and bloody ground "
( for that is the meaning of the ivord ) that Masonic lodges were formed under Virginian authority , and in October , 1 S 00 , the delegates of five of these lodges constituted " the Grand Lodge of Kentucky . " We now term it the Mother Granel Lodge of the Mississippi Valley . In the seventyeight years that this Grand Lodge has " met , acted , and parted , " many of the notables of the State have spoken
from her forum . Henry Clay was our Grand Master in 1821-2 , and in 1852 , thirty years later , his boely vvas borne through our streets , preceeled by a great array of the " white aproned brotherhood , " to Lexington , where they now repose under a noble monument , whose corner stone your correspondent assisted in planting in 1857—but , to our seventy-ninth meeting .
Only two or three of the American Grand Lodges hold quarterly sessions , viz ., Massachusetts , Pennsylvannia , and , perhaps , one other ( Marylanel ) has semi-annual meetings . The rest meet but once a year , save in emergent cases , when the Grand Master summonses the lodges . Such is the case in Kentucky . We assembled , 600 of us , in Louisville early on Tuesday
evening ( Oct . 22 nd ) , our Grand Master , the Hon . U . C M . Johnson , having been there lor several days to greet the delegates as they arrived , and to see that all things were in due state of preparation . Wc have no such autocratic body as a "Boarel of General Purposes , " which is the "impciium in impcrio" with you , but in its place eight Committees , composed of three members each , selected from the very brain of Granel Loelge . These Committees
are so many schools of practical instruction in I-reemasonry . All our brightest brethren graduateel in these Committees . The titles are , Committees on Finance ; Grievances ; Returns ( of Loelges ); Loelges under Dispensations ( inchoate lodges not warranted , but under apprenticeship ) ; Foreign Correspondence ; Visitors ; Credentials ; Jurisprudence . The e'istribution of all questions among these eight Committees coneluces to a speedy and systematic disposition of affairs .
the Grand Lodge was opened at 9 a . m ., and continued for four days . As every elelegate receives four elollars per day during the session , also a mileage of ten cents per mile for coming , thc expenses count up to 24 , 000 dollars P fr annum ( including printing bills and incidental expenses ) . The labour of " purging " the Grand Lodge , as we call it , that is of making ourselves certain that every man of the doo is a " Master Mason in gooel standing , "
is . a task not easily described . For in our Grand Loelge all Masters Masons are welcome visitors , and before the Grand Master sounds his warning knock , thc great hall is crowded in every part . I hey do these things better with you . The opening ceremonies being performed , and the Grand Chaplain ' s prayer delivered , the Grand Master reaos his address , anel then copies of it , already printed , are dispersed through the hall . The Grand Treasurer delivers his re
Masonic News From America.
port , which being also printed in advance , is placed at once under the supervision of 600 pairs of eyes . The Committee on Foreign Correspondence do the same . By the way , the elaborate reports of these Committees ( nine this year ) covering 216 closely printed pages , are not to be considered as adopted or even approved by Grand Lodge ; it is only the resolutions at the end of the
report that come uneler the consideration of Grand Lodge . The Grand Master now appoints the eight -standing Committees for the coming year , and the mass cf documents that have accumulated in the Grand Secretary ' s hands are distributed among them . Public announcement is made as to where each Committee will sit . Then the Grand Lodge " calls off , " as we call it until 2 p . m . The
afternoon sessions are dull and uninteresting because Committees are not prepared to present business . There are no evening , sessions , as that time is given up to the Grand Chapter and other Masonic organisations . The " crack" lodges of Louisville ( and we have some lodges there not to be excelled for their perfection of work ) announce through the daily press that such and such
degrees will be conferreel , and they vie with each other in paying respect to Grand Lodge delegates who may thus be induced to visit them . Wednesday a . m . the business fairly begins . Reports of every sort come fluttering in and speeches of more or less merit are heard , approving or disapproving the conclusions of committees . In my twenty-five years' attendance upon
this Grand Lodge I have listened to efforts as fine as I ever heard in Congress or State Legislatures . For the most part however such objections are voted down , as the Grand Lodge is in the main better satisfied to acccept the reports as rendered . Yet I have known two entire days spent in debate over a single proposition and the objections so persistently urged that the Committee vvas handsomely
beaten . On Thursday is election of oflicers . By usage the Grand Master , Deputy , and both Wardens , are considered to be in nomination for re-election . Yet other nominations may be ( and often are ) made , and this year wc we saw thej novel act of ; electing the Senior Grand Warden ( Bro . Thomas S . Pettit ) Grand Master over
the head of the Deputy , and then the re-election of the Deputy . But we rarely vary the usage of passing each other one grade higher , and making strict rotation a custom , which has worked well in Kentucky for nearly for four-score years . It is very rarely the case that either of the first four officers is re-electeel . On [ Friday comes the installation , and then thc good-bye .
Delegates scatter into every part of our great territory , some travelling as much as 400 miles , half of it on the saddle or by coach . These universal re-unions are in thehighest degree social and pleasant . Acquaintances are renewed from year to year , and new friendships formed . I met the present Deputy Grand Master ( Bro . Rici ) in the Grand Lodge in
1853 , when we were both scarcely on thc summit of that life on whose down hill we are now so far advanced . Now , this article scarcely reaches the idea expressed in the title , but I thought your readers would like such a gossipy account of the internal workings of a Grand Lodge . In future papers I will stick more closely to my text , and give " Masonic News from America . "
"An American In Memoriam."
"AN AMERICAN IN MEMORIAM . "
Wc take thc following interesting column from the New York Dispatcn .- — New Jersey sympathises and mourns with the following sister jurisdictions : With New York , in the death of M . E . Comp . P . G . H . P . Ezra S . Barnum anil Comps . John Orton Cole , Grand Secretary for forty-two yeais , anil Orrin Welch . Excellent they , in justice , if to elo ,
In all that life presents from day to day , To others as you would they do to you ; If this bc Masonry , Masons then were they . With Virginia , in the death of Comps . F . A . Karns , W . S . Pcct , G . K . Goodrich , and a number of other Comps . With Connecticut , in the death of Comps . John W . Leeds , Gideon Wells and Edwin Gorfield .
With Mississippi , m thc death of Comp . Benjamin Springer . With Kentucky , in the death of Comps . A . M . January and Charles Marsh . With Iowa , in the death of Comp . Wm . Leffingwell . With Nebraska , in thc death of Comps . Charles Hays and Samuel H . Manley . With Canaela , in the death of Comps . James Fischer ,
Richard Town , and a number of others . With Ohio , in the death of Comps . Kent Jarvis , L . V . Boice , anel J . B . Covert . With Tennessee , in the death of Cornps . John Chester and George H . Smith . With Wisconsin , in the eleath of Comp . Moses Strong , who lost his life whilst endeavouring to save the life of a comrade .
Generous and brave ; Love and eluty were to him as needful as his daily bread . With Louisiana , in the death of P . G . H . P . Robert F . McGuire and a number of of ^ other companions .
Two hands upon the breast , the work is over ; They now stand Where sin's no more , anil tears are wiped away By God's own hand . With Arkansas , in the death of P . G . H . P . E . H .
Whitfield . There is no death ; thc stars go down , To rise upon some fairer shore ; Anel bright in heaven ' s jeweled crown They shine forevermorc .
"An American In Memoriam."
With Vermont , in the death of Companions Rev . K , Haven , P . D . Ballou and a number of others . With Massachusetts , in the death of Comps . S . K . Hutchinson , E . W . Tovvlman , W . J . Sawyer , and a hundred and five others . They have gone .
Out of the shadow of sadness , Into the sunshine of gladness , Into the light of the blest . With Quebec , in the death of Comp . James Gibson . With New Hampshire , in the death of P . G . H . P ., J . A . Harris , P . G . H . P ., J . Livingston , and P . G . S . Lewis Woodman . And ever near , though yet unseen , Their dear , immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless universe Is life ; there are no deael . With Florida , in the death of P . G . H . P . David Jones , and P . D . G . H . P . E . P . Jordan .
Two hands upon the breast ; the work is over , The warfare is oe ' r , And they who have toiled and striven in faith Shall fight no more . With Maine , in the death of P . D . G . H . P . Amos Nourse .
'Tis gloom and darkness here , 'Tis light and joy above . With Colorado , in the death of Comp . W . W . Payne . With Rhode Island , in the death of P . G . H . P . Joseph Belcher , P . G . L . S . A . Robinson , and a number of other companions .
Friend after friend departs ; Who has not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end . With Minnesota , in the death of Comps . P . G . H . P . Robert S . Allen and P . G . S . A . Richardson .
While pity prompt the rising sigh , With awful power impressed May this great truth—I , too , must die—Sink deep in every breast . With Maryland , in the death of Comp . F . G . Woodworth .
With Alabama , in the death of P . D . G . H . P ., J . McCaleb Wiley and Comp . W . E . Beiard . Thus star by star declines , Till all are passed away , Then hide themselves in Heaven ' s own light . With Illinois , in the eleath of P . G . H . P . Levi Lusk . There is no death ; an angel form Walks o ' er the earth , with silent tread ,
And bears our best loveel friends away—And then we call them deael . With Kansas , on the death of Comp . R . T . Jackson and a number of others . With Georgia , in the death of Comp . R . J . Baddy .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The General Committee of this Institution held their monthly meeting on thc 28 th inst ., at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Thomas W . White , V . P ., presided ; and there were also present : —Bros . Griffiths Smith , E . Lctchworth , W .
Bailey , Henry Muggeridge , Frederick Adiarei , Wm . Henry Farnfield , Charles Lacey , John A . Rucker , R . B . Webster , J . B . Scriven , E . H . Hewitt , F . R . W . Hedges , Secretary , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . In the report of the House Committee , which was read , information was given as to the proposition that the girls
should receive instruction in cookery at the School of Cookery . On the recommendation of W . Buckmaster of that establishment , thc House Committee resolved to engage a Miss Hutt to superintend a cooking class at the Institution at a salary of £ 40 ayear . Nine canelidatcs' petitions were acccpteel and three
deferred . A letter read from Mrs . Jardinc , thc vvielow of Bro . Jardine thanking the brethren for their sympathy with her in her bereavement by thc drowning of her husbanel , Bro . Charles Jardine , who was lost in the wreck of the Princess
Alice . It was reported that the Committee hail received the money from the Mansion House Committecfor thepurchase of one of the children of Capt . Grinstcad into the school . The Committee then adjourned .
RAILWAY PARCEL POST . —Our readers will be interested to learn that twenty-five railway companies of England , Scotlanel , and Wales have resolved to issue , from and after the ist of January next , railway stamps to the public of the denominations of fourpence and eightpence , which shall carry parcels of two pounds and four pounds respectively throughout the whole systems , and
have agreed to accept parcels at these weights and at these rates throughout the whole of their systems , and to grant an insurance up to 20 s . at these rates , thus placing all the stations on these twenty-five companies at the command of the public for thc receipt and delivery of parcels not exceeding four pounds in weight . The Irish companies are not represented . The Highland Railevay Company ,
Lonelon and South Western , London , Brighton , and South Coast , and South Eastern companies will not accept parcels at these rates . In a circular containing the above information it is stated that a public meeting is to be held , at which the course of action to be taken to bring influence
to bear upon those companies standing out , to thank thc companies who have taken the public into their confidence , and initiated a movement fraught with blessings to the companies and the public , and to urge upon the Post-oflice to co-operate and deliver the parcels , thus placing all at the command of thc public , will be considered .
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Freemasonry In Australia.
f thc art practised outside as they are professed inside the 1 drres the world would soon see truth stamped on every ction of life and friendship—cement heart to heart—until a nc miglity bounellcss confederacy would be formed for ? he welfare ol all mankind . It is not pretended , much less seriously advanceel , that Masons are any better than other ™ . nn 1 e in fact , he thought the same answer may be given P "K . ' . 1--.. _ : t ~ eer ;„ rr T-i ,.,,,.,, vi •<<;„„ , „
tO-Illg " """ "" ¦> S" - " -- ! e > J - Maconnes are not so virtuous as some odher menne , but ' tne most parte , they be more gude than they would be vf they war ne t maconnes . " He hoped lodges near and far would unite to promulgate the genuine tenets and principles of thc Order . The . W . M . ' s of the St . John ' s Lodge , I . C . ; Bro . Kelly ,
of the Orion Lodge ; Bro . Hale , of the Bunmyong Lodge , I . C . ; Bro . Wilson , of the Cresvvick Havilah Lodge ; responded on behalf of the sister lodges . Bro . Robertson , P . M . of thc St . John ' s Lodge , proposed the toast of " Thc Newly-installed Officers of the Lodge . " Bro . Wheeler , in responding for the newly-installed officers of the lodge , stated that he purposed , with the
assistance of the sister loelges and the Masons in the district , to make the Masonic ball an annual affair . Bros . White and Brown , S . and J . Wardens , also responded . Bro . Claxton , P . M ., proposed "The Health of the Visitors " in a few brief and appropriate remarks . Bro . Wilson , of Crcswick , responded for the visitors .
Bro . White , P . M ., proposed " The Health of the Past Masters eif the Lodge , " coupled with the name of the Immeeliate Past Master , to which Bro . Nevett , in a suitable manner , respondeel . " The Health of the Past Oflicers" vvas proposed , to which Bro . Wrcford responded .
Bro . Kelly , in a few happy remarks , proposed " Thc Health of the Ladies , " to which Bro . Potter responded . " The Press " vvas proposed by Bro . Wreford , and responded to by Bro . H . R . Nicholls . " The Host and Hostess , " anel the Tyler ' s toast , interspersed with a few songs , concluded a very pleasant evening .
Masonic News From America.
MASONIC NEWS FROM AMERICA .
Communicated monthly by Brio . Ron Monms , P . G . M . Kentucky . The Freemason is familiar with the proceedings of its own Grand Lodge , but do its readers know hovv we manage these things in America ? Let me sketch our operations in Grand Lodge last week in the Grand Lodge of Kentucky
which helel its seventy-ninth annual session at Louisville , Kentucky , October 22 nd to 25 th . This is the first Grand Lodge formeel after the American Revolution , away from the sea coast . The "Great West" was first opened by Boone and others , in 1774 , in the section called by the Indians " Kain-tuck-ee , " and by 1770 so large a population had crowded into " the dark and bloody ground "
( for that is the meaning of the ivord ) that Masonic lodges were formed under Virginian authority , and in October , 1 S 00 , the delegates of five of these lodges constituted " the Grand Lodge of Kentucky . " We now term it the Mother Granel Lodge of the Mississippi Valley . In the seventyeight years that this Grand Lodge has " met , acted , and parted , " many of the notables of the State have spoken
from her forum . Henry Clay was our Grand Master in 1821-2 , and in 1852 , thirty years later , his boely vvas borne through our streets , preceeled by a great array of the " white aproned brotherhood , " to Lexington , where they now repose under a noble monument , whose corner stone your correspondent assisted in planting in 1857—but , to our seventy-ninth meeting .
Only two or three of the American Grand Lodges hold quarterly sessions , viz ., Massachusetts , Pennsylvannia , and , perhaps , one other ( Marylanel ) has semi-annual meetings . The rest meet but once a year , save in emergent cases , when the Grand Master summonses the lodges . Such is the case in Kentucky . We assembled , 600 of us , in Louisville early on Tuesday
evening ( Oct . 22 nd ) , our Grand Master , the Hon . U . C M . Johnson , having been there lor several days to greet the delegates as they arrived , and to see that all things were in due state of preparation . Wc have no such autocratic body as a "Boarel of General Purposes , " which is the "impciium in impcrio" with you , but in its place eight Committees , composed of three members each , selected from the very brain of Granel Loelge . These Committees
are so many schools of practical instruction in I-reemasonry . All our brightest brethren graduateel in these Committees . The titles are , Committees on Finance ; Grievances ; Returns ( of Loelges ); Loelges under Dispensations ( inchoate lodges not warranted , but under apprenticeship ) ; Foreign Correspondence ; Visitors ; Credentials ; Jurisprudence . The e'istribution of all questions among these eight Committees coneluces to a speedy and systematic disposition of affairs .
the Grand Lodge was opened at 9 a . m ., and continued for four days . As every elelegate receives four elollars per day during the session , also a mileage of ten cents per mile for coming , thc expenses count up to 24 , 000 dollars P fr annum ( including printing bills and incidental expenses ) . The labour of " purging " the Grand Lodge , as we call it , that is of making ourselves certain that every man of the doo is a " Master Mason in gooel standing , "
is . a task not easily described . For in our Grand Loelge all Masters Masons are welcome visitors , and before the Grand Master sounds his warning knock , thc great hall is crowded in every part . I hey do these things better with you . The opening ceremonies being performed , and the Grand Chaplain ' s prayer delivered , the Grand Master reaos his address , anel then copies of it , already printed , are dispersed through the hall . The Grand Treasurer delivers his re
Masonic News From America.
port , which being also printed in advance , is placed at once under the supervision of 600 pairs of eyes . The Committee on Foreign Correspondence do the same . By the way , the elaborate reports of these Committees ( nine this year ) covering 216 closely printed pages , are not to be considered as adopted or even approved by Grand Lodge ; it is only the resolutions at the end of the
report that come uneler the consideration of Grand Lodge . The Grand Master now appoints the eight -standing Committees for the coming year , and the mass cf documents that have accumulated in the Grand Secretary ' s hands are distributed among them . Public announcement is made as to where each Committee will sit . Then the Grand Lodge " calls off , " as we call it until 2 p . m . The
afternoon sessions are dull and uninteresting because Committees are not prepared to present business . There are no evening , sessions , as that time is given up to the Grand Chapter and other Masonic organisations . The " crack" lodges of Louisville ( and we have some lodges there not to be excelled for their perfection of work ) announce through the daily press that such and such
degrees will be conferreel , and they vie with each other in paying respect to Grand Lodge delegates who may thus be induced to visit them . Wednesday a . m . the business fairly begins . Reports of every sort come fluttering in and speeches of more or less merit are heard , approving or disapproving the conclusions of committees . In my twenty-five years' attendance upon
this Grand Lodge I have listened to efforts as fine as I ever heard in Congress or State Legislatures . For the most part however such objections are voted down , as the Grand Lodge is in the main better satisfied to acccept the reports as rendered . Yet I have known two entire days spent in debate over a single proposition and the objections so persistently urged that the Committee vvas handsomely
beaten . On Thursday is election of oflicers . By usage the Grand Master , Deputy , and both Wardens , are considered to be in nomination for re-election . Yet other nominations may be ( and often are ) made , and this year wc we saw thej novel act of ; electing the Senior Grand Warden ( Bro . Thomas S . Pettit ) Grand Master over
the head of the Deputy , and then the re-election of the Deputy . But we rarely vary the usage of passing each other one grade higher , and making strict rotation a custom , which has worked well in Kentucky for nearly for four-score years . It is very rarely the case that either of the first four officers is re-electeel . On [ Friday comes the installation , and then thc good-bye .
Delegates scatter into every part of our great territory , some travelling as much as 400 miles , half of it on the saddle or by coach . These universal re-unions are in thehighest degree social and pleasant . Acquaintances are renewed from year to year , and new friendships formed . I met the present Deputy Grand Master ( Bro . Rici ) in the Grand Lodge in
1853 , when we were both scarcely on thc summit of that life on whose down hill we are now so far advanced . Now , this article scarcely reaches the idea expressed in the title , but I thought your readers would like such a gossipy account of the internal workings of a Grand Lodge . In future papers I will stick more closely to my text , and give " Masonic News from America . "
"An American In Memoriam."
"AN AMERICAN IN MEMORIAM . "
Wc take thc following interesting column from the New York Dispatcn .- — New Jersey sympathises and mourns with the following sister jurisdictions : With New York , in the death of M . E . Comp . P . G . H . P . Ezra S . Barnum anil Comps . John Orton Cole , Grand Secretary for forty-two yeais , anil Orrin Welch . Excellent they , in justice , if to elo ,
In all that life presents from day to day , To others as you would they do to you ; If this bc Masonry , Masons then were they . With Virginia , in the death of Comps . F . A . Karns , W . S . Pcct , G . K . Goodrich , and a number of other Comps . With Connecticut , in the death of Comps . John W . Leeds , Gideon Wells and Edwin Gorfield .
With Mississippi , m thc death of Comp . Benjamin Springer . With Kentucky , in the death of Comps . A . M . January and Charles Marsh . With Iowa , in the death of Comp . Wm . Leffingwell . With Nebraska , in thc death of Comps . Charles Hays and Samuel H . Manley . With Canaela , in the death of Comps . James Fischer ,
Richard Town , and a number of others . With Ohio , in the death of Comps . Kent Jarvis , L . V . Boice , anel J . B . Covert . With Tennessee , in the death of Cornps . John Chester and George H . Smith . With Wisconsin , in the eleath of Comp . Moses Strong , who lost his life whilst endeavouring to save the life of a comrade .
Generous and brave ; Love and eluty were to him as needful as his daily bread . With Louisiana , in the death of P . G . H . P . Robert F . McGuire and a number of of ^ other companions .
Two hands upon the breast , the work is over ; They now stand Where sin's no more , anil tears are wiped away By God's own hand . With Arkansas , in the death of P . G . H . P . E . H .
Whitfield . There is no death ; thc stars go down , To rise upon some fairer shore ; Anel bright in heaven ' s jeweled crown They shine forevermorc .
"An American In Memoriam."
With Vermont , in the death of Companions Rev . K , Haven , P . D . Ballou and a number of others . With Massachusetts , in the death of Comps . S . K . Hutchinson , E . W . Tovvlman , W . J . Sawyer , and a hundred and five others . They have gone .
Out of the shadow of sadness , Into the sunshine of gladness , Into the light of the blest . With Quebec , in the death of Comp . James Gibson . With New Hampshire , in the death of P . G . H . P ., J . A . Harris , P . G . H . P ., J . Livingston , and P . G . S . Lewis Woodman . And ever near , though yet unseen , Their dear , immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless universe Is life ; there are no deael . With Florida , in the death of P . G . H . P . David Jones , and P . D . G . H . P . E . P . Jordan .
Two hands upon the breast ; the work is over , The warfare is oe ' r , And they who have toiled and striven in faith Shall fight no more . With Maine , in the death of P . D . G . H . P . Amos Nourse .
'Tis gloom and darkness here , 'Tis light and joy above . With Colorado , in the death of Comp . W . W . Payne . With Rhode Island , in the death of P . G . H . P . Joseph Belcher , P . G . L . S . A . Robinson , and a number of other companions .
Friend after friend departs ; Who has not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end . With Minnesota , in the death of Comps . P . G . H . P . Robert S . Allen and P . G . S . A . Richardson .
While pity prompt the rising sigh , With awful power impressed May this great truth—I , too , must die—Sink deep in every breast . With Maryland , in the death of Comp . F . G . Woodworth .
With Alabama , in the death of P . D . G . H . P ., J . McCaleb Wiley and Comp . W . E . Beiard . Thus star by star declines , Till all are passed away , Then hide themselves in Heaven ' s own light . With Illinois , in the eleath of P . G . H . P . Levi Lusk . There is no death ; an angel form Walks o ' er the earth , with silent tread ,
And bears our best loveel friends away—And then we call them deael . With Kansas , on the death of Comp . R . T . Jackson and a number of others . With Georgia , in the death of Comp . R . J . Baddy .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The General Committee of this Institution held their monthly meeting on thc 28 th inst ., at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Thomas W . White , V . P ., presided ; and there were also present : —Bros . Griffiths Smith , E . Lctchworth , W .
Bailey , Henry Muggeridge , Frederick Adiarei , Wm . Henry Farnfield , Charles Lacey , John A . Rucker , R . B . Webster , J . B . Scriven , E . H . Hewitt , F . R . W . Hedges , Secretary , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . In the report of the House Committee , which was read , information was given as to the proposition that the girls
should receive instruction in cookery at the School of Cookery . On the recommendation of W . Buckmaster of that establishment , thc House Committee resolved to engage a Miss Hutt to superintend a cooking class at the Institution at a salary of £ 40 ayear . Nine canelidatcs' petitions were acccpteel and three
deferred . A letter read from Mrs . Jardinc , thc vvielow of Bro . Jardine thanking the brethren for their sympathy with her in her bereavement by thc drowning of her husbanel , Bro . Charles Jardine , who was lost in the wreck of the Princess
Alice . It was reported that the Committee hail received the money from the Mansion House Committecfor thepurchase of one of the children of Capt . Grinstcad into the school . The Committee then adjourned .
RAILWAY PARCEL POST . —Our readers will be interested to learn that twenty-five railway companies of England , Scotlanel , and Wales have resolved to issue , from and after the ist of January next , railway stamps to the public of the denominations of fourpence and eightpence , which shall carry parcels of two pounds and four pounds respectively throughout the whole systems , and
have agreed to accept parcels at these weights and at these rates throughout the whole of their systems , and to grant an insurance up to 20 s . at these rates , thus placing all the stations on these twenty-five companies at the command of the public for thc receipt and delivery of parcels not exceeding four pounds in weight . The Irish companies are not represented . The Highland Railevay Company ,
Lonelon and South Western , London , Brighton , and South Coast , and South Eastern companies will not accept parcels at these rates . In a circular containing the above information it is stated that a public meeting is to be held , at which the course of action to be taken to bring influence
to bear upon those companies standing out , to thank thc companies who have taken the public into their confidence , and initiated a movement fraught with blessings to the companies and the public , and to urge upon the Post-oflice to co-operate and deliver the parcels , thus placing all at the command of thc public , will be considered .