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TO OUR READERS . The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price AO ., It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , in eluding postage : t United America . India , India , China , & c Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelve Months 10 s . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ js . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ is . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may bc paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and •ther business communications should bc addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for review are to bc forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied on application to the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
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TO ADVERTISERS . The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week's issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o'clock on Wednesdays . SCALE 01 ? CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page ... jf 12 1 : o Half , „ 6 10 o Inside pages ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto ... ... ... ... ... 400 Quarter •itto ... ... ... ... 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 o Half „ ... ... 1 10 o Quarter „ 100 Per inch ... ... ... ... ... 040 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
CORRBSI ' ONDENTS arc respectfully requested to write their communications on one side of the paper only . P . HENDIIA . —The new laws of the Grand Lodge of Scotland are not yet ready . They are still before the Grand Committee .
BOOKS , tec , RECEIVED . " Hull Packet ; " " Risorgimento ; " " Hornet ; " " West Lodon Express ; " " Broad Arrow ; " Bauhutte ; " " Corner Stone ; " "Advocate ; " " Loom is' Musical and Masonic Journal ; " " New York Dispatch ; " " Le Monde
Maconnique -, " " Keystone ; " " Hidayat-ul-Hukuma : a Guide to Medical Officers anel Subordinates of the Indian Service , " printed in English and Hindustani ; " Poverty of India ; " " Hebrew Leader ; " " The Illustrated Australian News ; " * ' Die New Yorker Bnndes-presse ; " " The Pantiles Papers ; " " England's Great State Pilot " ( music ) .
Births, Marriages And Deaths.
Births , Marriages and Deaths .
BIRTHS . BARKER . —On the 24 th inst ., at Shcrfield Rectory , Basingstoke , the wife of the Rev . A . G . Barker , late Rector of Shcrfield . Hants , of a daughter . KiLCouiisiE . —On the 25 th inst ., at Wheathampstcadhouse , the VUccui . tess Kilcoursie , of a son .
MARRIAGE . JACKSON—BELL . —On the 261 I 1 inst ., at the parish church , Greenwich , Richard Stephens Jackson , of St . Brnet ' s-place , Graccchuich-strcet , E . G ., and Sittingbournr , Kent , solicitor , to Mary Ann ( Minnie ) , daughter oi John Bell , M . A ., of the Grove , Blackheath .
DEATHS . HUMF . —On tlie 2 nd inst ., at Eagle Pass , Texas , Ann-iira , Thomas John Hume-, late DipUy Assi ; tant Commissary General , Unrbadncs , eldest son of the late Captain William Hume , Garrison Staff , Gibraltar , aged 42 . MAUOE . —On the 22 nd inst ., at Thornford Rectory ,
Dorsetshire , Elizabeth Stewart Maude , widow of the Rev . Thomas Maude , M . A ., Rector of Elvington , Yorkshire ' , aged 74 . STONE . —On the 261 I 1 inst ., at Casileham , Hollington , Hastings , Mary , ivife of Bro , Alde | man Stone , aged 32 years .
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THEFREEMASON, SATURDAY , AUGUST 31 , 1878 .
The Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .
We made some remarks last week on the present regrettable state of affairs in Scotland , and stated , that in our humble opinion , some reforms are needed in the present Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . We sympathize full y with that Grand Lodge , at the same time we
think , that it is more honest in us to say where we consider reform may fairly be made , though we a little fear that personal feelings iu Scotland , as often elsewhere , are to some extent , at any rate , the cause of much of the present undesirable state of affairs , Masonically , in that country . We
think then , that the great defect in tbe Scottish system is its absence of uniform lodge subscriptions , and a regular annual payment capitationally towards benevolence . We are aware that lodge subscriptions are permitted by the Scottish Constitutions , but they are not enforced ,
and no lodge in Scotland , unless it so wills , need have an annual subscription from its members . This is , in our eyes , the great weakness of the Scottish system . It has dwarfed all effort for charity , and has condemned Scottish Ma sonry to a very constrained level , both of lodge
expenditure and active benevolence . We believe that some lodges have a subsciiption , but we fear that they are very few and far between . In our opinion , the Scottish Grand Lodge ought to compel all lodges to have a lodge subscription annually , and out of it every lodge should send
up a capitation payment for all its members . We do not say that the 4 s . per head of our English Constitution is the only figure for Scottish Masonry , though it is a very reasonable amount , but under such a system we venture to think , that the whole framework and practical life of
Scottish Freemasonry would receive a principle of impetus and extension at the same time , which would practically alter the whole appearance of things . In England our Grand Lodge Jays down 6 @ 5 5 s . as the minimum of initation fees , and it requires 4 s . from the brethren annually in the Lon .
don district , and 2 s . from each brother in the provinces for benevolence . Thus a lodge of 100 members in London pays £ 20 to the Grand Lodge , and in the provinces . s ^ rio to the Grand Lodge and £ 10 to ^ the Provincial Grand Lodge . We cannot see why the same system should not
prevail in Scotland . The English Grand Lodge lays down no minimum of lodge subscriptions , though as a rule that subscription varies in the metropolis from e € io ios . to s @ 3 3 $ ., most of the lodges having a medium payment of t £$ . In the provinces the annual lodge subscriptions
lie between £ 1 2 s . and £ 1 . In Scotland a candidate is initiated for a specific sum—much less than in England—and pays no more to his lodge . Many brethren will confirm our words when we say , that the greatest proportion of Masonic vagrants hails from Scotland , inasmuch as
when asked for their certificates , they almost invariably tender Scottish certificates , whether true or manufactured we say not . We speak plainly , but we feel sure that our Scottish brethren will bear with us , as our motive is good , and we seek by a well known illustration , not only to
" point our moral , and adorn our little tale , " but to " clench our argument . " Had the Scottish lodges a system of regular subscriptions this state of things , as much objected to by them as by us , could not continue . We recommend , therefore , the Scottish Grand Lodge to make ^' 5 5 s .
the minimum initiation fee , in Scotland , as with us , though many think now that that is too low and must be increased . The next point is to insist on a capitation payment from all the Scottish lodges for all their members , as with us , of 4 s . for the metropolitan district , of 2 s .
from the provinces , the other 2 s . to the Provvincial Grand Lodge . The colonial lodges with us do not pay to the Fund of Benevolence , though we never could tell why , and have always considered this ttate of thingsa " casus omissus " from our Book of Constitutions . With regard
The Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
to the proxy system , about which so much is said , and which , a priori , seems very objectionable , not living in Scotland , we hardly feel competent to pass a dogmatic opinion upon it the more so , as we bear in mind that as regards the Lodge of Benevolence , the Grand Lodge of
England recognises a proxy system . Proxy members of Grand Lodge seem however to us a great anomaly , a meaningless arrangement , and one likely to become a great nuisance . We think that those who take upon themselves Masonic rank , with its honours , ought to attend toils
responsibilities and duties as well . We have said all we have to ventured put forward with extreme good will to our Scottish brethren and to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . We wish it , we repeat , sincerely and fraternally , well , and we hope
that this present storm will make way for a lasting peace , for rational improvement , and true Masonic reform . The Grand Lodge of Scotland , if wise in its generation , has a goodly future before it .
The Bauhutte.
THE BAUHUTTE .
Our good friend the Bauhutte is not pleased with us English Masons , and seems to have a little " open sore , " which we will try to heal . For we have a very friendly feeling for the liauhiitte , and we always gratefully remember Bro . Findel ' s most meritorious services to the history and
arcbfeology of Freemasonry . Unfortunately Bro . Findel has his special " vanity , " so have we , and when vanity meets vanity , like the Greeks of old , " then comes the tug of war . " Bro . Findel does not approve of what we have said and done about the Grand Orient of France , whereas he
does warmly support all that the Grand Orient has done , and is apparently prepared to back up all that it is seemingly about to do . And so he takes rather a prejudiced view of English Freemasonry , forgetting for the moment that it is to the English Grand Lodge that
true historical Craft Masonry , humanly speaking , exists in this world . Bro . Findel will not deny this , though he has said , and no doubt thinks , that English Masonry is asleep and not developing its true mission . We , on the contrary , think weare wide awake , and know as much
about true Masonry as the very best of our neighbours . But being modest men , as well as consistent Freemasons , we say very little about ourselves ; we leave our acts to prove our professions . Bro . Findel evidently thinks that because we disapprove of the proceedings ofthe Grand Orient of
1 ' ranee we in some mysterious way have become High Grade and transcendental , and here is his mistake . He docs not see , ( though he ought to see , for he understands our English Masonic history better than most people ) , that toleration is one thing , and identity of teaching another . We
say openly to-day that the English Grand Lodge has nothing to do with tha High Grades . They exist , and that is all Grand Lodge knows about them , and though many members of Grand Lodge are also members of the High Grades , the sphere of the two bodies is entirely distinct
and severed . We presume Bro . Findel does not wish us to denounce the High Grades , a proceeding savouring of that body of men he so much admires ? ( the Jesuits ) , but not in accordance with Freemasonry . England is happily a land both of personal and constitutional liberty , and
long may it continue , and while , as Craft Masons , we adhere to Grand Lodge we need not go out of our way to antagonize or find fault with the High Grades , who are just as respectable and welLintentioned as we are . We are among those who think the « influence and practice ofthe High
Grades are a little exaggerated . They certainly have little or no influence in Grand Lodge , on its teaching or its practice . If the day should ever come that the ancient principles of Craft Masonry are ever clouded over oraft ' ected by
Christian Masonry , we shall be among the first to cry out and protest . But until that epoch arrives let us reassure our esteemed confrere , Bro . Findel , against fears which are premature , and misgivings which are needless . The last little matter which
seems to have aroused Bro . Findel ' s apprehensions is Bro . Crawford ' s very innocent work , just as if because Bro . Crawford publishes a work the Grand Lodge of England , or English Free masonry , is committed to it . We a little
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Ad00605
TO OUR READERS . The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price AO ., It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , in eluding postage : t United America . India , India , China , & c Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelve Months 10 s . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ js . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ is . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may bc paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and •ther business communications should bc addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for review are to bc forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied on application to the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
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TO ADVERTISERS . The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week's issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o'clock on Wednesdays . SCALE 01 ? CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page ... jf 12 1 : o Half , „ 6 10 o Inside pages ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto ... ... ... ... ... 400 Quarter •itto ... ... ... ... 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 o Half „ ... ... 1 10 o Quarter „ 100 Per inch ... ... ... ... ... 040 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
CORRBSI ' ONDENTS arc respectfully requested to write their communications on one side of the paper only . P . HENDIIA . —The new laws of the Grand Lodge of Scotland are not yet ready . They are still before the Grand Committee .
BOOKS , tec , RECEIVED . " Hull Packet ; " " Risorgimento ; " " Hornet ; " " West Lodon Express ; " " Broad Arrow ; " Bauhutte ; " " Corner Stone ; " "Advocate ; " " Loom is' Musical and Masonic Journal ; " " New York Dispatch ; " " Le Monde
Maconnique -, " " Keystone ; " " Hidayat-ul-Hukuma : a Guide to Medical Officers anel Subordinates of the Indian Service , " printed in English and Hindustani ; " Poverty of India ; " " Hebrew Leader ; " " The Illustrated Australian News ; " * ' Die New Yorker Bnndes-presse ; " " The Pantiles Papers ; " " England's Great State Pilot " ( music ) .
Births, Marriages And Deaths.
Births , Marriages and Deaths .
BIRTHS . BARKER . —On the 24 th inst ., at Shcrfield Rectory , Basingstoke , the wife of the Rev . A . G . Barker , late Rector of Shcrfield . Hants , of a daughter . KiLCouiisiE . —On the 25 th inst ., at Wheathampstcadhouse , the VUccui . tess Kilcoursie , of a son .
MARRIAGE . JACKSON—BELL . —On the 261 I 1 inst ., at the parish church , Greenwich , Richard Stephens Jackson , of St . Brnet ' s-place , Graccchuich-strcet , E . G ., and Sittingbournr , Kent , solicitor , to Mary Ann ( Minnie ) , daughter oi John Bell , M . A ., of the Grove , Blackheath .
DEATHS . HUMF . —On tlie 2 nd inst ., at Eagle Pass , Texas , Ann-iira , Thomas John Hume-, late DipUy Assi ; tant Commissary General , Unrbadncs , eldest son of the late Captain William Hume , Garrison Staff , Gibraltar , aged 42 . MAUOE . —On the 22 nd inst ., at Thornford Rectory ,
Dorsetshire , Elizabeth Stewart Maude , widow of the Rev . Thomas Maude , M . A ., Rector of Elvington , Yorkshire ' , aged 74 . STONE . —On the 261 I 1 inst ., at Casileham , Hollington , Hastings , Mary , ivife of Bro , Alde | man Stone , aged 32 years .
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THEFREEMASON, SATURDAY , AUGUST 31 , 1878 .
The Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .
We made some remarks last week on the present regrettable state of affairs in Scotland , and stated , that in our humble opinion , some reforms are needed in the present Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . We sympathize full y with that Grand Lodge , at the same time we
think , that it is more honest in us to say where we consider reform may fairly be made , though we a little fear that personal feelings iu Scotland , as often elsewhere , are to some extent , at any rate , the cause of much of the present undesirable state of affairs , Masonically , in that country . We
think then , that the great defect in tbe Scottish system is its absence of uniform lodge subscriptions , and a regular annual payment capitationally towards benevolence . We are aware that lodge subscriptions are permitted by the Scottish Constitutions , but they are not enforced ,
and no lodge in Scotland , unless it so wills , need have an annual subscription from its members . This is , in our eyes , the great weakness of the Scottish system . It has dwarfed all effort for charity , and has condemned Scottish Ma sonry to a very constrained level , both of lodge
expenditure and active benevolence . We believe that some lodges have a subsciiption , but we fear that they are very few and far between . In our opinion , the Scottish Grand Lodge ought to compel all lodges to have a lodge subscription annually , and out of it every lodge should send
up a capitation payment for all its members . We do not say that the 4 s . per head of our English Constitution is the only figure for Scottish Masonry , though it is a very reasonable amount , but under such a system we venture to think , that the whole framework and practical life of
Scottish Freemasonry would receive a principle of impetus and extension at the same time , which would practically alter the whole appearance of things . In England our Grand Lodge Jays down 6 @ 5 5 s . as the minimum of initation fees , and it requires 4 s . from the brethren annually in the Lon .
don district , and 2 s . from each brother in the provinces for benevolence . Thus a lodge of 100 members in London pays £ 20 to the Grand Lodge , and in the provinces . s ^ rio to the Grand Lodge and £ 10 to ^ the Provincial Grand Lodge . We cannot see why the same system should not
prevail in Scotland . The English Grand Lodge lays down no minimum of lodge subscriptions , though as a rule that subscription varies in the metropolis from e € io ios . to s @ 3 3 $ ., most of the lodges having a medium payment of t £$ . In the provinces the annual lodge subscriptions
lie between £ 1 2 s . and £ 1 . In Scotland a candidate is initiated for a specific sum—much less than in England—and pays no more to his lodge . Many brethren will confirm our words when we say , that the greatest proportion of Masonic vagrants hails from Scotland , inasmuch as
when asked for their certificates , they almost invariably tender Scottish certificates , whether true or manufactured we say not . We speak plainly , but we feel sure that our Scottish brethren will bear with us , as our motive is good , and we seek by a well known illustration , not only to
" point our moral , and adorn our little tale , " but to " clench our argument . " Had the Scottish lodges a system of regular subscriptions this state of things , as much objected to by them as by us , could not continue . We recommend , therefore , the Scottish Grand Lodge to make ^' 5 5 s .
the minimum initiation fee , in Scotland , as with us , though many think now that that is too low and must be increased . The next point is to insist on a capitation payment from all the Scottish lodges for all their members , as with us , of 4 s . for the metropolitan district , of 2 s .
from the provinces , the other 2 s . to the Provvincial Grand Lodge . The colonial lodges with us do not pay to the Fund of Benevolence , though we never could tell why , and have always considered this ttate of thingsa " casus omissus " from our Book of Constitutions . With regard
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to the proxy system , about which so much is said , and which , a priori , seems very objectionable , not living in Scotland , we hardly feel competent to pass a dogmatic opinion upon it the more so , as we bear in mind that as regards the Lodge of Benevolence , the Grand Lodge of
England recognises a proxy system . Proxy members of Grand Lodge seem however to us a great anomaly , a meaningless arrangement , and one likely to become a great nuisance . We think that those who take upon themselves Masonic rank , with its honours , ought to attend toils
responsibilities and duties as well . We have said all we have to ventured put forward with extreme good will to our Scottish brethren and to the Grand Lodge of Scotland . We wish it , we repeat , sincerely and fraternally , well , and we hope
that this present storm will make way for a lasting peace , for rational improvement , and true Masonic reform . The Grand Lodge of Scotland , if wise in its generation , has a goodly future before it .
The Bauhutte.
THE BAUHUTTE .
Our good friend the Bauhutte is not pleased with us English Masons , and seems to have a little " open sore , " which we will try to heal . For we have a very friendly feeling for the liauhiitte , and we always gratefully remember Bro . Findel ' s most meritorious services to the history and
arcbfeology of Freemasonry . Unfortunately Bro . Findel has his special " vanity , " so have we , and when vanity meets vanity , like the Greeks of old , " then comes the tug of war . " Bro . Findel does not approve of what we have said and done about the Grand Orient of France , whereas he
does warmly support all that the Grand Orient has done , and is apparently prepared to back up all that it is seemingly about to do . And so he takes rather a prejudiced view of English Freemasonry , forgetting for the moment that it is to the English Grand Lodge that
true historical Craft Masonry , humanly speaking , exists in this world . Bro . Findel will not deny this , though he has said , and no doubt thinks , that English Masonry is asleep and not developing its true mission . We , on the contrary , think weare wide awake , and know as much
about true Masonry as the very best of our neighbours . But being modest men , as well as consistent Freemasons , we say very little about ourselves ; we leave our acts to prove our professions . Bro . Findel evidently thinks that because we disapprove of the proceedings ofthe Grand Orient of
1 ' ranee we in some mysterious way have become High Grade and transcendental , and here is his mistake . He docs not see , ( though he ought to see , for he understands our English Masonic history better than most people ) , that toleration is one thing , and identity of teaching another . We
say openly to-day that the English Grand Lodge has nothing to do with tha High Grades . They exist , and that is all Grand Lodge knows about them , and though many members of Grand Lodge are also members of the High Grades , the sphere of the two bodies is entirely distinct
and severed . We presume Bro . Findel does not wish us to denounce the High Grades , a proceeding savouring of that body of men he so much admires ? ( the Jesuits ) , but not in accordance with Freemasonry . England is happily a land both of personal and constitutional liberty , and
long may it continue , and while , as Craft Masons , we adhere to Grand Lodge we need not go out of our way to antagonize or find fault with the High Grades , who are just as respectable and welLintentioned as we are . We are among those who think the « influence and practice ofthe High
Grades are a little exaggerated . They certainly have little or no influence in Grand Lodge , on its teaching or its practice . If the day should ever come that the ancient principles of Craft Masonry are ever clouded over oraft ' ected by
Christian Masonry , we shall be among the first to cry out and protest . But until that epoch arrives let us reassure our esteemed confrere , Bro . Findel , against fears which are premature , and misgivings which are needless . The last little matter which
seems to have aroused Bro . Findel ' s apprehensions is Bro . Crawford ' s very innocent work , just as if because Bro . Crawford publishes a work the Grand Lodge of England , or English Free masonry , is committed to it . We a little