Round And About.

Frederick Lodge of Unity ( 452 ) , in the Province of Surrey , in 1 S 70 , and has rendered it and the Chapter , of which he is P . Z . and Treasurer , important services . This Lodge was constituted in May , 18 3 S , and had but few subscribing members when he joined in 1 S 6 7 ;

in 18 77 it numbered 51 subscribing members ; in 1 S 71 the members presented him with a valuable jewel , as a token of their high esteem , and of his valuable past services to the Lodge . The jewel was the first ever given by the Lodge , and it now shines on his breast amid other brilliant decorations which he has won by steady application to Masonic duties .

He is a P . P . G . Jr . Warden of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and a Past J . of the Provincial Grand Chapter of the Province in which he was born—Surrey . He is a Founder , and is P . M . and Secretary of the Ravensbourne Lodge , 1601 , held at Catford , in the Parish of Lewisham , and County of

London ; the founders being chiefly members and officers of the Board of Works for the Lewisham District , he being the auditor of the Parish Accounts . He is also P . Z . and Scribe E . of the Ravensbourne Chapter ( 1601 ) . He identified himself , as a Founder , with the Evening Star Lodge ,

i 7 ro ( a Class Lodge for Brethren connected with Gas Companies ) ; he was the first Secretary , and is now Past Master and Secretary of the Lodge , having worked through the Chair . This Lodge was consecrated in August , 1 S 77 ; "i 18 S 4 it numbered 43 members , and with his aid and

guidance it has proved to be as flourishing as any of those upon which he has expended his energies . He is a Life Governor of , and has twice served Stewardships for all the Charities , to whose welfare he is devoted , and considers no portion of his spare time better employed than that which he gives to aid in their growing prosperity .

~_ ¦ _• ... Of other Masonic Degrees , Magnus Ohren is a P . M . M . of the Bon Accord Lodge of Mark Masters , and is Treasurer of that Lodge , and is a Past " Grand Master Overseer " of the Grand Lodge of M . M . M . He is a Past Commander of the

"Stuart Encampment" of Knights Templar , and was a Founder and is Treasurer of the "Shadwell Gierke " Preceptory of Knights Templar , and is a Past Grand Officer of the Great Priory of Knights Templar , a Past M . W . Sovereign of the Invicta Chapter of Sovereign Princes of the Rose

Croix , and is a member of the 32 . He is also a Past Grand Officer ( Grand Visitor ) and member of the Grand Council of the Order of the " Secret Monitor , " for England , and a Past Grand Assistant Director of Ceremonies of England . In addition to his labours in the cause of Masonry and of

Masonic benevolence , he is an active friend of the local charities of the district iu which he resides , and a subscriber to many other charities .

In the outer world Magnus Ohren is greatly respected as a sincere and straightforward man ; and in the Craft his word is his bond , from which he never swerves . In social life he is a cheerful companion , and dispenses a largehearted hospitality , both at home and to the brethren .

He is fond of music , possesses a fine voice , and can still sing a good song in the style of an accomplished amateur .

It was not long ago that the whole of the English Craft had to offer their sympathies to Bro . Brackstone Baker , but it is pleasant to be able to glance through the career of a man who has made the beliefs of Freemasonry the basis of his life . Brackstone Baker

was born in 1813 , and after receiving his education at Charterhouse , and a private school at Southampton , matriculated at London University in 18 33 , student of science and natural philosophy . Fie adopted civil engineering as his profession , and after a tour in Germany

and Russia , spent some years in the South of France whilst occupied iu connection with some very big enterprises in the shape of various gas works , canals , and railway undertakings . He subsequently became a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers , and has lived for years

in Belgium and Russia during the carrying out of large railway schemes , eventually retiring from his profession in 1 SS 1 . « ss ss

Bro . Baker was initiated into Masonry in Hamilton , Canada West , in August , 1854 , in a Lodge under the Irish Jurisdiction . On coming to London he joined the Emulation Lodge ( 21 ) , English Constitution in June , 1 S 55 , of which he was elected W . M . and Grand Steward

( it being a Red Apron Lodge ) in January , 1862 . He was exalted to the Royal Arch degree in February , 1 S 57 , in the Royal York Chapter ( 7 ) , but shortly afterwards joined the Chapter of Fidelity ( 3 ) , of which he became First Principal in January , 1865 , being still an honorary member . In

November , 1 S 59 , Brackstone Baker became a Knight Templar in the Faith and Fidelity Encampment , and was appointed First Grand Standard Bearer in May , 1 S 60 . He was raised to the iS ° Rose Croix in July , 1 S 60 , and in the same year became a Mark Mason in the Old Thistle Lodge .

He has served as Steward at the festivals of the Institutions , and is a Life Governor of all three . lie was also a Steward at the foundation ceremony in 1864 , and the inauguration in 186 9 , of Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Brackstone Baker was appointed Grand Junior Deacon

by Lord Zetland in 1869 . Fie served a year on the Board of General Purposes , and in 1862 was elected a member of the Colonial Board , and up to date has continued his membership , with the exception of the year 1 S 64 , when he was rendering his assistance to the Craft in Quebec . For

these services the Grand Lodge of Canada conferred on Bro . Brackstone Baker the rank of a Past Grand Senior Warden in 1 S 68 . Since then the Canadian Craft have divided into two Masonic Jurisdictions , for the Province of Quebec and the Province of Ontario .

Bro . Brackstone Baker , with the sanction of our M . W . G . M ., has been successively appointed to the dignity of representative at the G . L . of England of the following United States and Dominion of Canada Grand Lodges—viz ., Missouri , Tennessee , Alabama , Oregon , New Brunswick ,

Nova Scotia , Arkansas , Rhode Island , Nebraska , New York , Washington , Indiana , Iowa , New Jersey , Maryland , South Carolina , Texas , Pennsylvania , Michigan , Ohio , Florida . It was , therefore , appropriate that Bro . Brackstone Baker should have been one of the Founders and the first W . M . of the

Anglo-American Lodge ( 2191 ) established in London in 1886 , and Bro . Baker is never happier than when welcoming American visitors at the meetings of the Lodge ,