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CONTENTS. PAGE 1891, died in 1898. The Senior Grand Warden , the Marquis "of L BADER — Then and Now ... ... ... ... — — 3'7 HAMILTON , now Duke of A BERCORN , is the present M W. Grand Ib Mason ic J urisprudence ... ... ••• ••• ••• »- — 3 Master of Ireland ; but his brother Warden Alderman DAVID Consec ration of the Chere Reine Lodge , No. 2S51 ... ... ••• 3*9 , Queen Victoria ... ... ... ••• ¦•• ••• 3'9 H ENRY STONE, who was at the time of his appointment Lord Science, Art , and the Drama ... ••• ... ••• ••• 320 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... — •¦• 3**' Mayor of London , died in 1S90. Of the two Grand Chaplains M ASONI C N OTES — one only survives in the person of Bro. the PENCER Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodg e of Cheshire ... 323 Rev. S R. Death of Bro. Lord Wantage , Prov. Grand Master of Berkshire ... 323 WiGRAM , M.A., his senior colleague, Bro. the Rev. Canon AMES Death of Bro. Sir Walter Besant ... ... ... ••• 323 J Fire at the Boys' New School Buildings at Bushey ... ... 323 SIMPSON , LL.D., having died in 1886, The Grand Treasurer, , No. ... ... 32 Consecratio n of the Chere Reine Lod ge 2S53 3 AMUEL Re cent Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucester- Bro. S TOMKINS , Avas appointed to office in shire ... ... — ••• ... ••• 323 1852 , and was annually re-elected until the failure P OETRY — A Sprig of Acacia ... ... ... ... •¦• ••• 324 of the bank of which he was partner, and died Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ¦•• 324 Instruction ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 3*4 in 18 78, shortl y after that catastrophe. The then Grand Secret Mon itor , ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 324 Registrar, Bro. /En. J. M CINTYRE , Q.C , was appointed in 1S62 Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent ... ... ... ••• •¦• 325 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... - - 325 and was annually rc-appointed until 18S4 when he resigned , on his Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ••• 32° being appointed to a County Court Jud geship, and died in 18S9, having had the rank of Past Grand Warden conferred upon him THEN AND NO W. at the time of his retirement in recognition of his long and There is nothing lhat brings more strongly home to our valuable services. The President of the Board of General minds the frequency ancl continuity of the changes that are Purposes, Bro. Sir J OHN B. M ONCKTON , F.S.A., is still one of constantly taking place in our midst than a comparison between the most active members of the Craft, and in 1885, was made a what was a few years since and what is at the present moment, Past Grand Warden on resigning the office , which he had held with a view more particularl y of noting who and what manner of continuous!v from 1874 to 1884. Bro. JOHN H ERVEY , who was men they were who, at the past epocli selected for the com- Grand Secretary from 1868 till his resignation early in 1880, parison , occupied tlie positions of honour in any society or died a few month s after vacating the appointment , while the organisation , and the fate that has befallen them in the years that Grand Secretary for German Correspondence, Bro. Dr. ERNES T havc since elapsed. Thus on the 28th April , 1875, his Gracious E. W ENDT, died in 1892, having services extending over some Maj esty King E DWARD VII.—then H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 22 years, and the office has since been abolished , there being K.G.—was installed MAV. Grand Master of the United Grand instead an Assistant Grand Secretary for German Correspondence Lodge of England , and in thc course of the proceedings his in Bro. C. KUPFERSCHMIDT , who was appointed as such in 1895. Koyal Hi ghness was pleased to appoint and invest with the Of the Grand Deacons, of whom at the time there were but four, insi gnia of their respective offices a number of distinguished two Senior and two Junior , thrce still happ il y survive, Bro. brethren to be his' Grand Ofiicers for the ensuing year. Where MONTAGUE J. G UEST, S.G.D., having been appointed Prov. now arc those brethren , who but a little more than a quarter of Grand Master of Dorsetshire in 18 77; Bro. R OBERT G REY , century ago either achieved greatness in Masonry by reason of J.G.D., who became a Grand Officer of higher rank on appoint- their known great merit as Masons, or had greatness thrust upon ment in 188G as President of the Board of Benevolence, and them , for reasons which seemed good to our then illustrious on vacating that post in 1S96 was made a Past Grand Grand Master? Twenty-and-five years is but a well nigh Warden ; and Bro. F. PARKER M ORRELL, M.A., J.G.D., the inappreciable period of time in thc life of a Society which justly other Deacon , Bro. WILLIAM SPEED , O.C, S.G.D., having 1 I' l'iims to have existed in one form or another from a remote died in 1893. Bro. F. P EPYS COCKERELL was Grand Superin- • • lUiquity, but in respect of this mortal existence of ours they are a tendent of Works from 1863 until his death in 1878 , while Bro. hill third of what is commonly held to be the allotted span of life. Sir A LBERT W. W OODS {Garter) , K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.S.A., In Masonry, seeing that men are ineli gible to be admitted into was appointed Grand Director of Ceremonies in i 860, and still our ranks until they have attained the full age of 21 years, and as retains the office, though its duties are performed for him by ; t generally happens that men have exceeded that limit by Bro. FRANK R ICHARDSON , P.G.D., as Acting Grand D,C. .. The some years, a quarter of a century may be reckoned as one half then Asst. G.D.C, Bro. Captain S. G. H OMFRAY , was Dep. of our average Masonic life. Moreover, except in the rarest Prov. G. Master of Monmoutshire at the time of his death in ibises, those who are awarded tlie purple of Grand Lodge have 1894, while the G. Sword Bearer, Bro. W. R. W OODMAN, M.D., "een members of our Society for many years, so that we shall pre-deceased Captain HOMFRAY by three years, having died in be derogating nothing from their dignity and self-respect if we 1891. The then Grand Organist—Bro. WiLHEl.M K UHE—still describe the general bod y of those who are appointed lo Grand flourishes at Brighton , where his periodical concerts form one of Oilice as men of middle age, and as tending (o the further rather the chief attractions at that well-known seaside resort ; but Bro. •ban to the nearer of the two halves of their career. Thus our JOHN WRIGHT , Grand Pursuivant ; Bro. E. P. A LBERT, Asst. G. readers will probabl y not be very greatly surprised to learn lhat Pursuivant; and Bro. C B. PAYNE , G. Tyler have long since °f the brethren whom our late M.W.G.M. appointed as Grand gone over to the majority, Bro. W RIGHT having died in 1880 , Officers after his installation about two-thirds have joined the Bro. ALBERT in 1884, and Bro. PAYNE in 1879. Of the three majority. brethren upon whom thc M.W.G. Master was pleased to confer In 18 75 the number of Grand Officers was 23, of whom only Past rank in recognition of their services in connection with thc l 'ight survive to this day. The Earl of CARNARVON , M.W. Pro meeting in the Royal Albert Hall, namely, Bros. Sir A LBERT Orand Master, died in 1890, and Lord SKELMERSDALE , subse- W. WOODS and Sir M ICHAEL COSTA , who were made Past G. quentl y Iiarl of LATHOM , who was appointed Deputy Grand Wardens, and Bro. THOMAS FENN , Past G. Deacon , the lirst Master, and succeeded Lord CARNARV ON as Pro Grand Master in named alone survives, Bro. Sir M ICHAEL, who was Grand Organist from 1S51 to 1S54, having died 111 1884, while Bro The W. Master elect promises to promote the general good oi THOMAS FENN , who died earl y this year, served as President ol Society, and to cultivate.thc social virtues, and when he has been installed the Board of General Purposes 1884-189*., was made Past G. be and his officers and all in the lod ge are admonished to behave themselves in such wise that when Warden in 1806 , and also acted during several years as , the outer world chance to know that a man is a Freemason they also Grand D.C. for Sir A LBERT W OODS, the state of whose know as a natural sequence that he is one to whom the troubled prevented him from personall y discharging the duties health heart, &c. All this is thoroughl y well understood in Eno-Ijs|, of the office. Thus of the 23 brethre n whom H.R.H. the lodges and in daughter Grand Lod ges. Prince of WALES—now King E EWARD VII., and Protector of Whilst Freemasonry has nothing to fear from publicity, it English Freemasons—invested as Grand Officers after his should be equally understood that it has nothing to gain from it. installation as Grand Master in 18 75, 15 have died and eight Whilst a brother need never refuse to give information such as may lawfull be iven to one who seeks survive, while of the three on whom he conferred Past Rank , y g it with a proper motive it is a very different thing to discourse about the interests two are dead and one survives.