CONTENTS. PAGE * fulfil the many and important duties it owes to God, its neighbour, and itself. Be it our present Freemasonry duritig the Grand Mastership of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales 229 task to show what has happened in Conrerning Festivals ...... 233 Masonry since the day it became known that, as thc Prince had Grand Festival of United Grand Lodge ...... 234 been nominated to serve as Grand Master at the Grand Lodge Com- New Grand Officers ...... 236 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys...... 243 munication in December, 18 74, his Royal Highness was virtually ronsecratinn of the Engineer Lodge, No. 2S99 ...... 243 Grand Master elect, and would in the ordinary course of things Supreme Grand Chapter of England ...... 243 Masonic Notes ...... 245 be installed in office at the Grand Festival next ensuing or on Correspondence ...... 240 such other day as might suit his convenience. Reviews ... ••• ••• ... ••• ••• ••• 246 Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire ...... ' ...... 246 And fi rst as to what, in Masonic parlance, is known as Israel Lodge of Instruction, No. 205 ...... 250 Openingof a New Freemasons Hall at Exeter...... 252 CRAFT M ASONRY. Craft Masonry ...... 252 Royal Arch Masonry ...... 256 From the Grand Lodge Calendar issued for the year 1S we Mark Masonry ... • ...... 256 75 Obituary ...... 256 learn that the number of lodges on the roll of United G. Lodge Masonic and General Tidings ...... 258 at thc close of 1874 was 1514. Of these, there were located in London , 212 ; in the Provinces, 832 ; and in the Colonies, &c. 374 ; the remaining lodges having either returned their warrants FREEMASONRY D URING THE GRAND MASTER- or been erased. The hi ghest number on the roll of G. Lodge, in SHIP OF H.R.H. THE FRINGE OF WALES. the G. Lodge Calendar which was published early in December last, for the current year, is 2590, so that in the 21 years United Wednesday, when in accordance with ancient custom , between December, 1874, and December , 1895, as many as 107 6 Grand Lodge held high Festival, was the 21st anniversary of were warranted. But the number remaining on the roll at tlur Prince of WALES'S installation as M.W. Grand Master of the latter date was 2146, of which 425 were located in London , Knsj lancl , and as his Royal Highness has been pleased to mark 1275 in the Provinces, and 446 in the Colonies, &c, thc number this auspicious event by conferring brevet rank as Past Grand of those which have been removed from the list being 445, inclusive , of course, of those we have before referred to as Ofiicers on many deserving brethren , it seems not inappropriate having been removed from the roll through various causes prior to lhat we should signalise thc occasion b in the first place, y, December, 1874. But of these, only a very small proportion tendering him our most respectful congratulations on his have dropped out of existence. The remainder are still in full successful presidency over our Grand Lodge during a period active working, and, as far as we know, the greater number of which has only been exceeded in the case of three of his dis- them are in a condition of greater, rather than of less, prosperity. tinguished predecessors ; and in the next, by describing as full y Among them are, firstly, the lodges which severed" their con- and circumstantiall y as the limited time and space at our dis- nection with the G. Lodge of England about 1869 and 1870, when the Grand Lodges in British North America other than the posal will permit, the chief events which have occurred during G. Lodge of Canada were formed; secondly, those which have left his administration and the beneficial consequences to the whole us, with a hearty God-speed for their future prosperity, during Craft of Masonry throughout the British Empire which have the last ten years or thereabouts, and have helped to form the G. resulted from his acceptance and retention of the exalted posi- Lodges of S. Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tas- tion to which one and twenty years ago he was elected by the mania ; and , lastly, those which have seceded from our unanimous vote of the brethren. There are many among us Constitution and taken part in the formation of , or joined , the who can well remember the deep regret and, for the moment, unrecognised G. Lodge of New Zealand. It is more than therefore that of the lodges together with the the.feeling almost of dismay, with which , in the late summer of probable , , 2590. , G. Steward s' Lodge, which have figured on tlie roll of United ¦8 74, the wholly unlocked for announcement was received by the Grand Lodge since the last re-numbering of the lodges in 1863, general body of English Masons of the resignation of all his and of these about 1000—that ¦ fully 2500 are still in existence, Masonic offices by the Marquis of RlPON , who for the previous is to say, two-fifths—have received their warrants of constitution ; '3 years had served either as Deputy G. Master or Grand Master from his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES during the 21 °f United Grand Lodge, as well as Grand Master of one of our years of his M.W.G. Mastership. largest and most influential Provinces. But though the regret But there are other matters to be considered in forming our of the condition and progress of English Craft Free- ; remained , thc feeling of dismay soon passed. The wise and estimate masonry than the mere numerical additions that may have been experienced the counsellors whom he and his predecessor, made under his Royal Highness's auspices, and prominent '¦A* ' Earl of Z ETLAND had gathered around them, soon— amongst these are, firstly, the stimulus to greater energy on the to use a familiar . but expressive .phrase—pulled themselves part of the brethren which has been created by his presidency over together and addressing themselves to the Prince of WALES, our Society and the certain knowledge that, in sp ite of the Mh o was (jien 7 pas(; Grand Master, respectfully invited heavy demands upon his time, there was nothing of importance ,ls Koyal Hi ghness to accept the vacant oilice and preside which happened in or to our lodges of which his Royal Highness cognisance and into which , if good reason were 'Ar the destinies of the Craft in England , as several did not take , shown he did not cause inquiry to be instituted ; secondly, the lumbers of the , Royal Family before him had done with so much greater attention paid to the fulfilment of thc regular lodge 'oiiour to themselves and so si gnall y to the advaatage of the ¦ duties, and a more general desire among Craftsmen to make "Arnity. The Prince at once and most graciously promised themselves more thoroughly acquainted with the ritual ; and, 0 undertake the duties of Grand Master, if it were the pleasure lastly, the very exemplary character of the greater number of " the Cra ft to elect him , and on the 28th April , 18 75, his Royal the lodges for which he has been pleased to grant his warrants rather than as of old 'gliiiess was formall y inducted into the chair and proclaimed of constitution. It is now the exception , , the rule for one member of a lodge to confer j •"•W.G. Master amid such demonstrations of enthusiastic time it used to be, , ,l degrees and instal the Master, or for one brother of exceptional ; 5 "-y and in the presence of such a gathering of theSociety in tlie ability as a ritualist to perform these duties for—if we may be : A" Albert Hall , South Kensington, as had never previously expression—his particular clientele of lodges. 1; allowed to use the . [s never since been witnessed in this or any other country, Now, brethren are apt to look askance at a Master who does not l(; i ' * Freemasonry is recognised and by law permitted to discharge at least a portion of this branch of the duties pertain- ing to his office ; or—as it is not in thc power of every Master tc which was established wholly and solely for the cultivation an I command the time necessary for acquiring a full knowled ge of the promotion of Masonic literature ; whose membership amounts tn ritual—who does not make it clear to his lod ge that hc does what some 2000 lod ges and brethren belonging to all or nearly all thp he can to the best of his ability, ancl would do more if his private Masonic jurisdictions inthe universe ; and which in the 10 years avocations were less urgent in their demands upon histime. Thatwe of its active existence has placed within the reach of members ' are not over-estimating the progress which has been made in this of the Cra ft at large reprints of many of the most valuable of respect during the last 21 years may be judged firstl y from a con- our old MS. Constitutions and of sundry of our most cherished sultation of the two G. Lodge Calendars we have already referred works ; ancl we say , without fear of contradiction , that if the to—fo r 18 75 and the present year respectively. Whereas the Masonic reign of his Royal Highness, the M.W.G. Master, had number of lodges of instruction entered in the former is only been signalised by no other event than the establishment of this about 70, those which arc to be found on pp. 182-186 of the 1896 lodge, which is composed in great part either of our most Calendar are not far short of 200. There is also another and, if eminent writers on Masonry or of brethren who are skilled in possible, more precise indication of the increased desire on the understanding its mysteries, that reign would still be a memor- part of brethren to become acquainted with our ritual , and that will able one in the annals of our English Cra ft . But we must not be found in the ever-increasing importance which is assigned to the dwell upon a matter which is sufficientl y well known to our annual festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , and the readers, and by them most full y appreciated. English Craft pomp and circumstance with which its celebration is sur- Freemasonry, which is the basis of our whole Masonic system rounded. Again , as to the exemplary character of so many of has progressed during these last 21 years in the character as in the lodges which, during this period , have been placed on the number of its lodges, ancl, as we shall take occasion to note the roll of G. Lodge. Where shall we find better, more service- later in this article, that progress has not been unattended by a able, or more influential lod ges than the City of Westminster, corresponding measure of improvement in the other jurisdic - No. 1563, which matches well with the City of London , No. tions which exist within the limits of the British Empire. In 901; the Studholme , No. 1591 ; thc Alliance , No. 1827, founded the meantime, however, we shal l give our attention to that for ofiicers of the Corporation of London ? Or for the special other branch of Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry, which as purposes for which they were established , than the Mozart, the the Book of Constitutions tells us, is connected with the Craft Sterndale Bennett, the Guildhall School of Music , the Orpheus, that is to say to the Trinity College, .and other lodges connected with the musical R OYAL ARCH M ASONRY. profession ; the various quasi-military lodges such as those attached to the London Rifle Brigade, the London Scottish and And here, again, the progress which has been made under the the London Irish Rifles , the Train Bands, the Bloomsbury Rifles, auspices of the Prince of WALES is such, that not a few people the Second Middlesex Artillery ; or than those intended|formem- might be inclined to think we were colouring our picture too bers of the different professions and callings, such as the Galen highly, were it not for the authentic data which are to be found for Chemists ; the yEsculapius for tlic Medical Profession ; the in our Grand Lodge Calendars for the years 18 75 and 1896. Evening Star for Gas Engineers ; the Hiram for Architects and From the former we learn that at the close of the year 1874 Surveyors ; the Kaisar-i-Hind for Anglo-Indians , and others there were on the roll of Supreme Grand Chapter 459 private almost too numerous to mention ? Then there are the two ! 75 ( as exists in no other Masonic jurisdiction throughout the world. of notice. That the progress in Craft and Arch Masonry sho" an extension of the Mark ancl indeed , of all our 28th Apri l , 1S I P followed by , , 75, and at which it was estimated at the thcr Masonic organisations, is only what any one with even a time there must havc been full y 9000 Masons present , lio-lit knowledge of the subject would expect. But there is no and rose to address his thanks to the Cra ft for thc loubt the Degree has made marvellous strides in popularity, especi- honour it had conferred upon him by electing him its chief , he u,. cinre thc late Duke of A LBANY—who was the first of the Royal was pleased to say—and the statement was received with en- to countenance the Mark , in our time at least—was ad- thusiastic app lause—that the watchwords of Freemasonry were Family' • cecl as a Mark Master Mason , ancl had the rank of Past " Loyalty " and " Charity." Of the former, we need say nothing Master conferredour upon him. This was some time during more than lhat it is of the very essence of Freemasonry that its Grand mcmor serves us—and since then the V car I "^ 2—^ y 200 members should be loyal to constituted authority. It is, indeed , lucres have been warranted. There is, too, a G. Mark Master's impossible for a true Freemason , one, that is to say, who is r 0 r]o e of Instruction , at which instruction in the methods of genuinely imbued with thc sp irit of Freemasonry, to bc other- working the ceremonies of the Degree can be obtained , while wise than loyal to the State in which he lives, or in whicb for o-encrally there is a greater appearance of energy ancl activity, thc time being he has taken up his residence. But doubtless nnd the Mark has made for itself many new spheres of uscful- our readers will be disappointed if , in an article of this character, .„.<¦*-.. But the improvement has by no means been restricted to we do not say, at least, a few words about the Charitable Insti- an augmentation in numbers, and the greater energy wc have tutions which it is our pride to have established under the wing spoken of , or to the more extensive area over which the of our Gran d Lodge, and in the case of the youngest of the Decree has spread, lis organisationhasbeen greatly strengthened. three by its act and deed. Of these three Charities, It has now an imposing Hall of its own , situated alongside the time-honoured Freemasons' Hall , of Craft ancl Arch Masonry, T HE R OYAL M ASONIC INSTITUTION FOR G IRLS, earl in 18 there were onl 18 Provincial G. and whereas y 75, y which was founded in 88 by the Chevalier whom onl four were in charge of Provinces 17 Rt'SPINl, is the Mark Masters—of y oldest, and at the accession of the Prince of land—there are at thc present time Provinces in WALES to the Grand outside Eng 33 Mastership the number of children in charge of as many Prov. G. Mark Masters ; on its establishment was England alone, 14S. In the 21 years that have since Districts Abroad , presided over by as many Dist. G. elapsed it has great!v and 18 enlarged its premises, ancl at thc present time has under its Masters. Among these latter are included the four which Mark charge close on 270 girls. In 188S, it celebrated the Provinces in 18 namel Bengal, Bombay, Madras and centenarv were 75, y, of its foundation , the Festival being held in the to which has since been added the Punjab ; three Royal Albert Burmah , Hall, under the presidency of his Royal Hi hness Zealand three in Africa, two in the West g , who, as Grand Districts in New , Master, is ex-officio President of the Institution and the West India Islands generally; Victoria , while among: Indies—Jamaica those who were present as Stewards were his and Tasmania ; Gibraltar and the Mediterranean ; Majesty the King (Australia), of SWEDEN AND NORWAY , who had assisted at the ' Quebec in British North America, the establishment of Prince s and initiation in Stockholm , some 20 years previously; the late Earl was the cause of a somewhat violent dispute between the which of C\RNARVON , Pro Grand Master of England ; Sir ARCHIBALD Chapter of Quebec and our Mark Grand Lodge. Add to Grand CAMPBELL, M.W. Grand Master of Scotland that for the last 10 years thc Prince of WALES—who lost but ; the Earl of this , LATHOM , then Deputy Grand Master of England ; the little time in following the example of his late brother of Albany, late Duke of C LARENCE AND AVONDALE advanced to the degree—has been the presiding Grand , then Prince in being A LBERT VICTOR in imitation of , Past S.G.W. ; the late Marquess of H EADKORT , Master of the Mark , with a Pro Grand Master S.G. Warden of Ireland ; and a host of and we need not go beyond thc influence which Masonic notabilities , in- Craft Masonry, cluding a large proportion of our Prov. Grand Masters. The his Royal Highness has exercised upon Freemasonry generally Stewards alone dined , but the galleries were filled with ladies as Grand Master of United Grand Lodge, and upon the. Mark and brethren as spectators of the brilliant scene. At this Degree particularly, as its chief since 1S86, for an explanation memorable Festival the number of Stewards was and the of the progress which this particular Masonic system has made 1475, sum raised by their efforts ultimatel realised the magnificent since the beginning of 18 y 75. total of -65 1 ,500 and upwards. With part of this money As for the School was still further enlarged ancl improved , and a new hall , CHIVALRIC AND H IGH G RADE M ASONRY , known as the Alexandra Hall , erected, the ceremony of inaugu- ration being performed by thc Prince of WALES the story we have to tell is pretty nearly the same we havc told , who was accompanied by thc Princess of WALES, from whom it lakes its alread y respectingthe Craft, Arch, and Mark. In thc " Cosmo " name. Since then , the Institution has well maintained its for 18 the highest number on the roll of Preceptories of thc 75, reputation for the excellence of its training, nor is there to bc Order of the Temple was No. 129, in the present year's " Cosmo," found throughout the length and breadth of England a middle- it is No. 164. The Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Con- class scholastic institution of a similar, or indeed of stantine has on its roll now conclaves, as compared with 115 , , any other 153 character which is more successful in discharg in 1S but in neither [case do the figures represent the num- , ing its duties 75, towards the girls entrusted to its care. The ber actuall working, for though the Degree is well organised , mental , mora l , and y physical training they receive is of the hi hest character and has claims upon our respect, it does not enjoy quite the same g , while the success which has attended them in after degree of favour as the other Masonic systems. The Royal and life , as far as it has been possible to trace their careers is such as to justif Select Masters which 21 years ago had onl four councils on its , y the pride , , y which all English Masons take in the roll—its Grand Council was onl established in 18 — now administration of their y 73 senior Charity. But it is a serious responsibility musters 111 all 22 councils, and the Allied Masonic Degrees, wlncli which rests upon the Craft to maintain the School at its present state of ¦'•id no organised existence then , has now its Grand Council ancl efficiency, and wc can onl hope that the rulers of the 23 private councils. The fortunes of Rosicrucianism , too, have y Charity will continue to exhibit the same tact and wisdom as been looking up, and there are colleges in York and Newcastle- they have shown during its past career ancl that the 011- Tyne, as well as in London , while , as for the Ancient and , genera l body of the Craft will extend towards it thc same Accepted Rite with its Supreme Council , °, to preside over generous , 33 support. Its permanent income has grown considerabl "s fortunes, ancl H.R.H. the Prince of WALES, as Grand Patron , y since the Prince of WALES became its President * glance into its golden book will show that of its log Rose , but its annual expenditure has also grown, and it is hard work year after year ^roix chapters in working at the present time, as many as 60 have raising the needful ways and means to make both sides of the uinc into existence since the commencement ot 1875, while ot account balance. Nevertheless, it is done, and we trust the day Ule 26 chapters which have become extinct, or surrendered their will never come when for lack of funds the Governing bod Warrants, or are in abeyance, were warranted before 1S and y may 15 75, find it necessary to diminish the number of its " Charges " or since. Moreover, the Rite is well organised in districts, has , lower the standard of the education they now receive. ound favour in the Colonies as well as at home, and what is The second senior Charity is \ery great importance, it has a large amount of invested aP'lal , and alway s a handsome balance at its bankers. T HE R OYAL M ASONIC INSTITUTI ON EOR BOYS. 'jut marvellous as are the evidences we have been able to llr| ii.sh fro m authentic data , of the progress which our whole which was founded in 1798, by the " Ancient " Society of * .', en * of Masonry has made since these eventful years, there is English Masons, as the Girls' School had been founded 10 years °'ie other branch of Masonic duty in which even those who previously by its " Modern " rivals. When thc Prince of ',_ . ,'nost bitter in their oppositions to our so-called " Secret " W ALES became its ex-officio President , the number of children ( U ' . A, must allow that wc havc done something of which any on the establishment at Wood Green was 153, so that the )') ' • ., whether religious, moral , or merelyal social, would have difference in the extent of the benefits conferred by the two t0 H' G . Vjause be Proud* When his '^°y gli»ess, the M.W. Charities was not very material. Nor is there any material loi 'iad been placed on the throne of United Grand difference at the present time, there being some 273 boys ,SC at t-hat |, e] . memorable gathering of the brethren which was maintained , clothed and educated. Thus the period covered by 111 the Royal Albert Hall , South Kensington , on the the Prince of WALES'S G. Mastership has been one of almost unbroken prosperity in the case of our Boys School. True, the qualifications of candidates were very carefully revised , the about the latter part of 1888, there spread abroad among general tenour of the changes then adopted being in the direc the Governors and Subscribers a feeling of doubt as to tion of greater stringency. There is no doubt these amendments whether the Institution was as well administered as it have had the effect of diminishing the number of app licants but ought to be. A Committee of Investigation was therefore there has not as yet been time for their full effect to be felt , and appointed to inquire into the management ancl expenditure of in all probability it will be some years before the lists show* a the Charity ancl the education it bestowed on its charges, the really appreciable reduction. bcinp* result that a new executive officer and a new educational Having described the chief circumstances in the career of staff were appointed, the administration of the School was vested our great central Charitable Institutions, there is still another in a new body known as thc Board of Management, and gener- class of Charities respecting which it seems desirable that w*e ally steps were taken to place the Institution on a firmer and should say a few words. These are better footing. These measures have been attended with great success, and whether we have regard to the training and educa- T HE PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONS , tion the boys now receive, the tone and character of the childre n which have been established from time to time, and which have generall or the care with which thc work of administration is y, proved eminently serviceable in the localities in which thev are carried out, there can be no doubt whatever that the School has severally situated. There are three such in the Province of West made great strides during the six years the new regime has been Lancashire, namely, an Educational Institution , and the Hamer established. It had done great things before in the way of and Alpass Benevolent Institutions. Then there is the Cheshire progress and had conferred great benefits on its scholars prior to Educational Institution , which has been growing in strength 1890, but since then its progress has been by leaps and bounds, during the last 21 years, so that it is now in a position to deal and the question which is now to the front is to discover a with most, if not all, of the cases which arc brought to its notice. better locality to which the School may bc removed and how to The Cheshire Benevolent Institution , which was founded two or dispose of the present land and buildings to the best advantage. three years since, with a capital of about £3000, is modelled on In the meantime it is gratif ying to know that while between the lines of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. The the years 1875 and 1890 the old capital which had been expended East Lancashire Educational and Benevolent Institution , which in the erection of the main portion of the present premises had as its name betokens, looks after thc children as well as the worn- been made good , and even increased to £17,500 ; and while in out brethren and their widows, held its first Festival on the 1st 1883 and following years the sum necessary lor the erection of Jul y, 1895, when its Stewards had the satisfaction of raisin-r a Preparatory School and new Hall was raised without trench- upwards of £4000 ; and there are thc Educational or Annuity ing upon the ordinary expenditure or the newly-replaced Funds which have been established in Hampshire and thc Isle of capital , there has been since 1890 a further increase of the latter Wight, North and East Yorkshire , the City of Leeds, the Pro- to £60,000, and at the same time the evidence is forthcoming vinces of Durham , Dorsetshire, Cornwall , Devonshire, Lincoln- year by year lhat the education and training havc been vastly shire, and elsewhere, which are all doing excellent work. As improved. regards the Grand Lodge Fund of Benevolence which spends The youngest of our Charities is some £9000 in temporarily relieving poor brethren and their widows, the Provincial and Lodge Funds, which render the T HE R OYAL M ASONIC BENEVOLENT I NSTHUTIO **-?, same service, their very existence tends to show that the spirit of which is in fact, two—or, if we include the Asylum at Croydon , Charity moves freely abroad among the members of our Society three, Institutions under one Committee of Management—that and that the dictum of the Prince of WALES in the Royal Albert is to say, the Male Annuity Fund, founded by Grand Lodge in Hall on the day of his installation as Grand Master as to Charity 1842, the Widows' Annuity Fund, founded by Grand Lodge in being one of the " watchwords " of Masonry, is true, or at all 1S40, ancl the aforesaid Asy lum , the funds for the erection of events, is being day by day more clearly exemplified than when which had been in great part raised by the late Bro. CRUCEFIX it was uttered. It is with no desire to speak in terms of exag- and his friends, and which, in 1850, was amalgamated with the gerated praise when we draw attention to the constantly increas- two Grand Lodge Annuity Funds, the whole being formed into ing work that is being done by Masons in the field of Charily, the Charity as now designated above. As regards this Institution , and affirm that there is no other Society in the world which is the progress it has made under the auspices of the Prince of more successful in the discharge of its duty towards those who WALES as President is even more amazing than that of our need the assistance of their fcllowmen. Schools. In 1875, the number of annuitants on the Male Fund We cannot bring this article to a conclusion without devoting was 120, and on the Widows' Fund 88, the amount which each at least a few passing words to the chief events which have male and widow annuitant received yearly being £36 in the occurred since the Prince of WALES became our Grand Master. former case and £28 in the latter. At the present time there are His installation we have already referred to, and we need say 200 male annuitants receiving £40 a year each , and 240 widow nothing further than that such a meeting will rarely, if ever, be annuitants receiving £32 a year each. In addition , there are held under the banner of the Cralt. Many gatherings have , some 25 widows—but the number is alway s fluctuating—who however, since been held , and many things have been done, arc entitled to receive each the hal f of her late husband's annuity which show how great has been the influence which Free- for five years, instead of three, as was the case 20 years ago, masonry has exercised under his auspices. Thus, in 1S 76, his I bus in this comparatively brief period , and omitting the half- Royal Highness was pleased to lay thc foundation-stones of the annunity widows from the calculation in both cases, the outlay new Docks at Bombay, the new Market at Gibraltar, and the in annuities on the two Funds , which amounted to £6784 in new Post Office at Glasgow, while the year following Grand 1S 75, is at this moment £15,680, or £2000 more than twice Lodge voted £4000 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in as much as it was at the** former date. It is difficult commemoration of his Royal Highness's safe return from his to realise that such an increase has been made visit to India. In 1880, the Prince laid the foundation-stone of during these 21 years, but there is no question as lo the tlie new Cathedral at Truro, while two years later a Special reality of the increase, or that while it was being steadily made Grand Lodge was held , at which his Royal Hi ghness presided, the invested cap ital of the Institution has been very largely and thc Dukes of CoxNAUGHT and ALBANY , Past G. Wardens, augmented , thanks in the first place to the steady support which were present, when an address of congratulation was passed the Institution has received year by year and the exceeding unanimousl y to her Majesty the QUEEN on her providential care with which its affairs have been administered by the govern- escape from the hands of an assassin. During the same year, ing bod y; and in the next to the brilliant success which attended too, her Majesty was pleased to emphasise the interest she has the celebration of the Jubilee Festival , which was held in Febru- always taken in Freemasonry ancl . its Institutions by accepting a ry, 1892 , in Covent Garden Theatre, under the presidency of the position of Chief Patroness of the Girls' School. In 1SS3, the Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE , Dep. Grand Master of England there occurred what may be spoken of as about the only misfor- and Prov. Grand Master of Cornwall , when thc sum raised by a tune which has befallen the Craft for many years. The Great Board of 1520 Stewards amounted ultimatel y to £69,000. It Hall in Freemasons' Hall , which was erected in 1775, was part')' must also be mentioned that in 1882 Grand Lodge increased its destroyed by lire, the only article of value at the time in t,ie annual grants to the two Funds to £800 in each case, the Hall which escaped destruction being the marble bust of H.R*''' additional voted to the Male Fund and the to the the Duke of SUSSEX , by the late Bro. E. H. BAILEY, the Acade- £300 £500 r( Widows' Fund being, however, payable from the Fund for mician. However, the building itself and its contents wc - General Purposes, whereas the £500 previously payable to the insured , and only about 12 months elapsed ere the brethre n were Male ar.d the £300 to the Widows' Fund were taken from the once again enabled to meet in Quarterly Communication in t'1(j Fund of Benevolence. Nor must we lose sight of the fact lhat restored and more commodious building, which was the scene 0 in i8c,o, when it was found that in spite of the successive aug- a portion ot the proceedings on Wednesday. In 1885, the UM '**- mentations in the number of annuitants on the two Funds which Master had the pleasure of initiating his eldest son, the la tc lC had been made from time to time, the lists of candidates for ad- Prince ALBERT VICTOR , the ceremony being performed in *¦ tl,c mission were steadily becoming more formidable ,the laws defining Royal Alpha Lodge, No. 16, by his Royal Hi ghness. In ¦nurse of the two following years the Duke of CONNA. GUT was unkindl y of a Mason who reciprocates the compliments you pay • stalled , firstl y, Prov. G.M. of Sussex by the Prince in person , him , nor will he regard you with an evil eye for pay ing him those compliments. , m'l in 1887, as Dist. G.M of Bombay ; while in the latter year Moreover, good-fellowshi p hel ps us a long way on the road ' I iu< re was for the second lime a brilliant gathering of the brethre n towards being kind and charitable to those we mcet , • ',0 Royal Albert Hall , the purpose being to vote an address and as it is one of the chief objects to promote charity, wc* are ^ lad the of congratulation to the Q UEEN on the comp letion of the Jubilee g ancient custom remains in force, by which thc members , of our lod vear of her reign. The Prince presided ancl there were present ges partake of refreshment together when the business over 6000 brethren , each of whom paid a guinea for his ticket portion of their proceedings is ended. VVe dare say the custom af admission , while the proceeds of the sale of tickets, amount- prevailed in the ' time immemorial ' days about which we occas- * i,-r in all to £6321, was divided equally among the three Insti- ionally read, and it is more than probable that had there been a tutions. About the same time, ancl in honour of the same event. local press in existence in the middle of the 17th century , some Grand Lodge itself voted grants of £2000 each to the same diligent Masonic student would Ions* since have unearthed a Charities; ancl, as in 1887, the Grand Master laid the foundation- report of the memorable meeting in Warrington , at which E LIAS stone of the New Hospital , Great Yarmouth , and his son that of ASHMOLE and Col. MAINWARING were initiated into the mysteries thc Jubilee Wing of the Northampton Infirmary, we may regard ancl privileges of Masonry. In all probability we should have lhat year as being only less memorable in our annals than that learned that in the course of thc after-lodge proceedings, of his installation. In 1888, Grand Lodge voted a sum of £500 the Master proposeel the health of " The Initiates ," ancl for the purpose of presenting some gift to the Princess of WALES that firstly Bro. ASHMOLE and then Bro. MAINWARING , on the occasion of the silver wedding of the Grand Master and in responding for the toast, expressed their thanks for the honour ],or Royal Highness, and, as soon as the present had been the lodge had done them in accepting them as members, and the selected , a deputation from Grand Lodge waited upon the Prince hope that their future conduct would "justif y thc confidence which and Princess at Marlborough House, and presented them with the brethren had reposed in them. At all events, if we cannot ll,e address of congratulation , which Grand Lodge had voted by speak with certainty of what happened in Masonry at this epoch , acclamation , on the auspicious anniversary, and the Princess we have it on record that in the very earliest days of Speculative with a diamond butterfl y. In 1890, the late Duke of CLARENCE Masonry refreshment was almost a part of the regular business AND AVONDALE was installed as Prov. G.M. of Berkshire by his of our lodge meetings, and that on grand occasions it assumed father , while since then the latter has done two newly-warranted the character of a Festival. Especially was this the case at the lodges—the Chancery Bar and the Rahere—the very great installation of a new Grand Master, when not only was there a honour of attending their consecration , and personally constitut- Grand Feast, but likewise a grand procession of the ing them as lodges. But the events of his 21 years' reign are brethren through the streets to one of the City Companies' Halls so familiar, so fresh in the recollection of our readers, that we or a noted hostelry, where, after an elegant repast had been par- need not dwell upon them more particularly. We shall , there- taken of , the toasts proper to the occasion were dulv honoured. fore , content ourselves with adding a few words, wilh a view to But about the year 1745, in consequence of sundry irreverent showing that , though, as was to be expected , it is English people having made fun of these processions, and having in Masonry which has most largely benefited by having the Heir more than one case started mock processions of their own as a to the Throne for its Grand Master, the Craft in the other parts burlesque on the true Masons, the outdoor disp lay was dropped of the United Kingdom , with which , it must be remembered, he altogether, though when the " Ancients " bega n to find them- is connected as Patron , as well as throughout the British Empire selves more firml y established they revived the old custom of generall y, owes no insignificant portion of its progress during inarching in procession in their full regalia, and after attending later years to his connection with the Society. Under Divine service in some church which had been selected , return- the Grand Lodge of Scotland , of which the Prince is Patron , the ing to their quarters and spending the rest of the day in quiet number of lod ges has been increased from 543 lo 827, and , conviviality. But the " Ancient " Feast and procession was held thoug h , as in thc jurisdiction of England , there are many of these on or about St. John the Baptist's Day (24th June), while thc in- newl y-created lodges, as well as many of earlier date, which have stallation of the Grand Master for the ensuing year and the severed their connection with their parent Grand Lodge, the investiture of his Grand Officers took place on or about St. John majority of them still exist, but under other Constitutions. As the Evangelist's Day (the 27II1 December). Thus as regards the lor brand Lodge itself , its position is vastly stronger now than it summer fetes we read in the minutes of the 24th June , 17 66, that was in the later " seventies," when Bro. D. MURRAY LYON , " No Grand Lodge open 'd on this day, but the Fraternity by the great historian of Scottish Freemasonry had not yet been permission of the Grand Officers met at the Angel in While appointed its G. Secretarv. and its affairs, which had been Chapell , and from thence walked in procession to Stepney Church terribl y mismanaged, were in a state of confusion. Now the where an Excellent Sermon founded on the Genera l Regulations Grantl Lodge is in a condition of marvellous prosperity, both as of the Craft and upon a suitable Text was preach'd by the Rev. regards its finances, ancl the manner in which the duties of its Mr. Parker Rowlands our most worthy Brother. After the lod ges are carried out, while its Fund of Benevolence is on a Sermon the Fraternity amounting to a vast number with three stable basis, and is admirably administered. In Ireland , the bands of Musick &c. walked in like manner to the Angel afore- Grand Lodge, of which also the Prince is Patron , has likewise said where they separated & each Lodge went to dine at the prospered during the G. Masterships of the past and present Houses where held." The following year the Feast on St. John Dukes of Abercorn , but from the manner in which its lodges are the Baptist's Day was organised on a more elaborate scale. An ¦•umbered , it is difficult to estimate wilh any approach lo emergent meeting of Grand Lodge was summoned on the /2U1 ¦u -ui ucy, the extent ot its progress. We know it has increased, June, 17 67, at which the Grand Master, Bro. the Hon T HOS. and very materially, as is shown by the well-maintained popularity M ATHEW , presided in person , when it was resolved that a of . hs Masonic Orphan School Fetes in Dublin , and the sermon should be preached " in the nearest (or most convenient) brilliant success which attended the celebration of its Girls' Church to the five Bells Tavern in the Strand, and that a suit- ¦Vhool Centenary , in 1802. Under the Canadian Constitution able dinner shall be provided in such Tavern According 'ere have been warranted during this period full y 100 lodges, to Ancient Custom." Moreover, " the following Brethren were "bile the independent Australasian Grand Lodges, which have proposed and appointed Stewards for the said feast, viz., recentl y been established, and of which the Prince is Patron , are William Dickey, Junr., Bror. Llewelyn , Bror. Davy, and ,Ul '_ UIS e firmly set, and becoming slowly but surely stronger Bror. James Mann , with liberty to choose two more on St. John 's ul b numericall y and in other respects. May the same Day next." Accordingly on the said St. John 's Day, the Deputy prosperity attend Freemasonry throughout the British Grand Master, Grand Wardens , and a great number of the officers -mpire which has been ils lot during thc presidency of his and Members of private Lodges went to St. Clement's Church , Uiyal lliglmcss over nlc Grand Lodge of England ! where they heard an excellent sermon preached by the Rev. PARKER ROWLANDS , the prayers being read by the" Rev. Bro. WYCHE , after which the brethren returned to the Grand Lodge CONCERNING FESTIVALS. room and dined " in form." In the course of the proceedings a letter was read from the Grand Master to the effect that he was aimonises wc w t 1 1,ie eterna - I'tness of things that laid up with the gout , and prevented , to Ins deep regret, from re f- 'S 1 cnt " ' ' \v|,v should follow labour , nor see wc any valid reason being present , but he requested that he mi ht be charged for four u'n g j Q " > "'ho happen to be Masons ancl meet as such pcriod- absentees. Bro. DERMOTT , who was laid with a similar attack ' |l s ,0 up , 11 • • ' ' uld not dine or sup together when they have performed and was absent , Bro. W. DiCKKY , jun., acted as Secretary, while, ¦ U cs True these Masonic dinners and 'iii c" S . - " ban- the toasts that were honoured included " The Kine* and thc <;IU 'U a considerable amount of after-dinner si«tj ) ' * oratory, con- Cra ft ; " The Grand Master ," " the Rev. Bros. R OWLAND and rt'y of m ''d platitudes, in part of venerable witticisms, WYCHE; " 'd ¦lnii ..f* ' M and " The Stewards of the Day ;" and it was " Order ¦ £ravc exchanges of mutual laudation wilh each that the Ringers of St. Clement's shall be paid One Guinea, & the "ul ev - v const j '!* °^ 0l"' fellow-guests. But after-dinner speech-making poor of the said parish Five Guineas, & the Beadles Ten shills. t no lrar •[ greaf sin against religion or morality ; on the con- & 6 pence." In 17 68 the venue was laid at Deptford for Divine •v hel, ' ps to promote good-fellowshi p. You cannot think service , and the Assembly Rooms, on Blackheath , for the dinner . while in 17 69, service was held in Putney Church , and the dinner GRAND FESTI VAL OF UNITED GRAND LODfyg at the Assembly Rooms, on Putney Common. On this occasion Stewards were nominated for conducting what is spoken of as The Grand Festival of English Freemasons was " the Grand Master's Feast," on the 24th June , 1770. In 177 1 held Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall the Duke of ATHOL was installed G. Master, ancl the ceremony of , and was atttended 1 installation , and the Grand Feast (at the G.M. s cost) were held more than 800 brethren from all parts of the country . Bro I] at the Half Moon , Cheapside, on the 2nd March. The Earl of Lathom , M.W. Pro Grand Master, presided. Bro vy annual Feast was also held on St. John 's Day, but W. B Beach , M.P., Prov. G.M. of Hants ancl the Isle of YV;„i./ * * * I II I Deput DERMOTT having objected to its being called ^ y acted as Deputy Grand Master, ancl Bro. Earl Amherst , Prov G the G. Master's Feast , it was not so designated. In 1772 , we Master for Kent , as Past G. Master ; Bro. Sir John B. read for the first time of a Grand Sword Bearer being appointed Monckton as S.G.W. ; Bro. Sir Reginal d Hanson , as J.G.W. to carry the Sword in Public Processions, the Master of No. 2 Bros. Lor I being elected to carry it on St. John's Day, whilst it was further Egerton of Tatton , W\ L. Jackson , M.P., and Dr. Balfour ordered that brethren under the censure of G. Lodge, or who Cockburn , were among the Provincial Grand Masters present did not belong to a Warranted Lodge, or could not produce a and among other Grand Officers there were Bros. L0r( * Certificate from the one they had last belonged to, should not be Skelmersdale. E. Letchworth (Grand Sec), S. Cochrane , W. J.I and processions on St. allowed to take part in the festivities Stiles, George Everett , Richard Eve, Sir Albert W. Woods John's Day . As years went on , the Feast became a more Thomas Fenn , R. Loveland Loveland, Lennox Browne elaborate affair and in the Minutes of 6th June , , we lind it , Wm , 1792 Lake (A.G. Sec), C. W. C. Hutton , W. B. Coltman was resolved to hav e a Feast after the usual service in Church , , Major-G en at Bro. Fox's, the Long Rooms, Hampstead . It was also F. Gadsden. Peter de Lande Long, C. F. Matier, J. E. Le Feuvre determined that the tickets should be ios. 6d. each , ancl that each J. A. Farnfield , W. F. Smithson , Henry Smith , J. S. Cumberland lod ge in and about London should take four tickets. In 1 799, R. Clay Sudlow, E. Monteuuis , Robert Grey, C. F. Howard however, at a Grand Lod ge held under the presidency of the James Terry, F. R. W. Hedges, J. M. McLeod , Rev. C. J. Duke of Atholl , on thc 6th May, it was " Resolved Unanimousl y Martyn , Rev. H. A. Pickard , T. Lean Wilkinson , C. E. Keysrrr That it be recommended to His Grace the Duke of Atholl , R.W. and VVm. Bywater. G.M. of Free Masons of England, according to the old constitu- After Grand Lodge had been formall y opened , Bro. E. L tions,to inhibit ancl totally prevent all Public Masonic Processions." ETCII - It will be remembered that it was in this year that thc Law was WORTH , G. Sec , read the minutes of the March Quarterl y enacted against Secret Societies, from which , however, the Communication so far as they related to the election of the Freemasons were exempted , and though an attempt was M.W.G.M. and the Grand Treasurer. made to have Processions revived , the Grand Master seems to H.R.H. thc Prince of Wales was then declared installed as have set his face against it. At all events, in the minutes of Most Worship ful Grand Master, and was proclaimed as Grand St. John the Baptist 's Day, 1807, the Duke of ATHOLL himself Master by Bro. Sir A LBERT W OODS (Garter), G.D.C. being in the chair, it is recorded that, in reply to a memorial Bro. the Earl of LA THOM announced that his R oyal High- which had been presented to him for the revival of Processions, ness, the M.W.G.M., had been pleased to re-appoint him as Pro " His Grace was thereupon pleased to exp lain ancl state his Grand Master for the ensuing year. (Loud and general reasons to the Grand Lodge in not complying therewith , and the applause). same being disposed of , the Grand Lod ge was closed and ad- Bro. Sir ALBERT W. WOODS thereupon proclaimed the Earl journed to Dinner , Our Noble Grand Master being in the Chair. of Lathom as Pro Grand Master, and afterwards led the salute. In the course of the day the Noble Duke congratulated the Fra- Bro. the Earl of LATHOM next said that the Most Worship ful ternity on the increasing prosperity of the Institution , arising the Grand Master had been pleased to appoint the Earl of from their strict and unostentatious adherence to the Ancient Amherst, Provincial Grand Master for Kent as Deputy Grand principles of the Ancient Craft, which most assuredly preserves Master. (A pplause). its ascendency over all Innovation. His Grace signified in the Bro. Earl Amherst was, therefore, conducted to the pedestal , most cordial manner his intention of attending this meeting as where he took the solemn obligation of Deputy Grand Master. frequent as his residence in town would permit him , and the day Bro. the Earl of Lathom invested him with the insignia of his was spent in that conviviality, good order, ancl brotherl y love, so office , and he was proclaimed and saluted. highly characteristic of every real Mason.' In 1809, it was agreed Bro. Earl AMHERST : Most Worship ful Pro Grand Master at the Quarterly Communication on 7th June that there should be a and Brethre n ,—I beg to thank you very much for your cordial service at Camberwell Church ancl dinner at the Grove House, but reception of my appointment. henceforth until the Union , more important business occupied the Bro. the Earl of LATHOM : Brethren , I have to read to you a minds of the "Ancient " brethren , and when the Union was letter the Grand Secretary has received from Bro. Lord Mount effected there was no longer a question of public Masonic Edgcumbe, the late Deputy Grand Master. It is as follows *. Processions. Nor do they occur very frequentl y now-a-days, and Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth. then only on such important occasions as the lay ing of founda- A pril 27th , 1S96", tion stones, the annual meetings of Prov. G. Lodges, &c. Dear Brother Letchworth, Indeed , at the meeting in the Royal Albert Hall for the installa- I find myself prevented from coining to London this week, an 1 the refore regret that I shall bc ur.ablc to attend Grand Festival , for which th' tion of the Prince of Wales, it was very generall y remarked that Board of Grand Stewards have kindl y sent me a ticket. I have to thank you for outside the Hall there was an entire absence of any appearance you r kind words on my retirement from office, and shill always look back wilh of Masonic insi gnia. pleasure to the four years during which I have held it, on account of the friend- Among the Grand Feasts held under the auspices of the ships I have made and the Masonic work in which I havo h id the honour of taking part. But, as you know, 1 always looked forwa rd to surrendering it as soon as it " Modern " Masons, perhaps lhat which was holden in Free- should please H.R.H. the Grand Master to appoint my successor, and I heartily masons' Hall on the 2nd May, 1 792 , when his Royal Highness congratulate Grand L«.dge and the Craft upon the selection of so excellent a George Prince of Wales, great-uncle of our present illustrious G. Mason as my friend , Lord Amherst.—Yours fraternall y, Master,was installed in office as G.Master,will comes nearest home MOUNT EDGCUMBE. lo us just at this moment when we arc commemorating this par- The following brethren were then invested as Grand Officers ticular 21st anniversary . His Royal Highness had been elected for the year. They were all present : G. Master on the 2.st November , I790 , in succession to his Bro. Major-General the Right Hon, Lord") deceased uncle, the Duke of Cumberland , and according to the Methuen , C.B., C.M.G. ..AG. Wardens. account in Preston 's " Illustrations of Masonry," he was ,, Hon. Mr. Justice Gainsfo rd Bruce... J " installed 111 the presence of his royal brother the Duke „ Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop of Lllandaff ") ,. , ., , . L ll;l l;l»lS of York, the Ri ght lion. Lord R AWD ON , Marquis of H ASTINGS , „ Venerable Archdeacon Stevens ... j °' P ' and about 500 other respectable Brethren. The repealed „ Wm. Heap Bailey (elected) ... G. Treasurer. ,, His Honour Philbrick app lauses bestowed by the company upon the Royal brothers Jud ge , (J.C.~ G. Registrar. were hi ghl y grateful lo their feelings , while the a ffabilit y and ,, R. Horton Smith , Q.C. ... (j . ])e'p. Registry heartfelt satisfaction of the Grand Master at the head of the ,, lrAlwarcl Letenworlh ...... G. Secretary . Brethren were particularl y noticed. His Royal Hi ghness per- „ Lt.-Col. A. R. M. Lockwood , M.P. ") formed the duties of his office in a sty le superior to most of his „ W. E. M Tomlinson , M.P. ..A*S.G. Deacons. ^ predecessors. I lis observations were clear, acute, and pertinent; „ W. Smithelt ...... J his expression 'was fluent , manl y, and distinct ; and his eulog inm „ J. C. Malcolm ... ..A on his deceased uncle , thc last Grand Master , pathetic, graceful , ,, E. I). Anderton .., ...A.G. Deacons. eloquent. The comp liment that he conferred on Lord RAWDON „ George h. Lake .,, . .. J as acting Grand Master was trul y Masonic ; and lo all his officers „ Rowland Plumbe ...... G. Supt. of Works. on their , appointments, lie paid the proper tribute to their „ Sir A. W. Woods, K.C.M.G. CM., -) ,. ' . ,, of respective merits. In short , during the whole ceremony, his (Garter) ...... j (j'D' C' demeanour was courteous, pleasing, and di gnified." Lord Lathom acted but he had for a great number of j3ro. J. D. Langton ...... Dep. G.D. of C. , years had F. Gordon Brown ...... ") to preside over one of the largest Provinces in England , and so ' A.G.D. of Cs. had Earl Amherst , and they had shown in their own localities an I \V. E. Chapman ...... j- Ernest St. Clair ...... J admirable examp le to Masons in England in all the work that Henry Lovegrove ...... G.S.B. belonged particularl y to Masons , the work of Masonic charity. Richard Newhouse ...... Dep. G.S.B. Nothing more was necessary to say to enlist the cordial support F. R. Newman... " of that toast. Major ¦•• I• G.r bid.Qi^ brs.R ^- " William,ir,v A.A Scurrahc i ...... J bro. the Earl of LATHOM , in his repl y, said it was a very pleasant Henry R. Rose ...... G. Organist. thing to think that after twenty-one years' service, one still had William Lake ...... A.G. Sec the esteem of one's brotherhood. It was a painful thing to C. Kup ferschmidt ...... A.G. Sec for G.C. think that years rolled by so quickl y; at the same time he had James Boulton ...... G. Purst. great consolation in thinking it had been said of a Mason who James Kew ...... A.G. Purst. was an old man that hc lived a good life , he lived a hardy life , Henry Sadler ...... G. Tyler. he lived the life of his brethren , and he lived to a good old age. The customary salutes having been given , Bro. the Earl of He was much rejoi ced that once more he had been welcomed in LATHOM said : It has pleased the Most Worshipful the Grand that room by his father in Masonry. Bro. the Rev. H. Adair Master lo make 2r appointments to Past Grand Rank, in Pickard initiated him in Freemasonry in the vear 1856. No commemoration of this occasion being the 2ist anniversary of doubt that sounded a great many years, and a long time ago—a his instal l ation as Grand Master. lifetime ; it was a lifetime probably, but it had been a happy, a joy ful lifetime , and he must say from the bottom of his heart Bro. LETCHWORTH said he had been desired b the Speaker y that he had never for a single moment since he was initiated in the House of Commons, to express his extreme regret at not of Masonry regretted it , and the more so that during those old being present on this occasion. The Right Hon. Brother had to the House of Commons until six o'clock. He had also to days Masonry was nothing like it was now, for since his Royal be in Hi hness the Prince of Wales first became Grand Master the express the regret of the Lord Mayor at his absence, owing to g , stride made in Masonry, to his mind , was marvellous—he did not his having to attend the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy. mean merely in number, but in the thorough good class of the Rro. E. LETCHWORTH read the followine * list of G RAND body of men who came into it—men who were ready to act up for the year, approved of by the Grand Master : STEWARDS to the princi ples of Masonry, and support the Charities. They Hros. Edgar Morris Brandon , 23, President ; Alexander Stewart Brown , F.K.C.S., had only to look back to the record of the Charities to sec how •I, Treas. ; John Tliomas Cotton , (10, Sec. ; Thomas Dimviddy, 1 ; Rev. Chas. J. lliilgway, 2; Edwin T. Hall, 5 ; Fredk. Willes Grookslmiik , G; Morris Bilbie year by year they had gone on , and what good Masonic work lOvans , 8; William Sidney Penlcy, 11; William Sutton , M.A., 21 ; Clias. Montague had been done. llnmlliel d Jones, 20; John H. Stark, 29; George Pitt-Lewis, (J.C, 46 ; Edwin Bro. Earl AMHERST replied as Deputy Grand Master, and Fox , 58 ; Horace Arthur Lomer, 91 ; Joseph Harrison , 99; Montague Hovntir) Mostyn , 197; Turtle Pigott, M.A., ll.C.L. ; and Gerald Stanhope Hanson, 259. thanked the brethren for the heartiness with which they had re- ceived him. He was afraid Lord Lathom had carried him back Grand Lodge was closed in ample form , and the brethren a long way when he mentioned the old Mason , because when he adjourned to the Freemasons' Tavern, where the Grand Stewards looked back to his Provincial Grand Mastershi he found it was had provided a sumptuous banquet. The Earl of LATHOM pre- p, years and he was afraid he was not looking quite so sided. The usual toasts followed. After the toast of " Her 36 , young as he did then but still he felt health and hearty, and he Most Gracious Majesty the Queen " had been dul honoured , , y hoped y , that now that he was Deputy Grand Master, he would have Bro. the Earl of LATHOM said he now rose to propose the power to give counsel to the Grand Master in the office hc now second toast on the list—" The Health of H.R.H. the Prince of held , and he trusted that that counsel would be such as to pro- Wales and the other Members of the Royal Family." It was a mote the true interests of the Craft, and such as not to make thc toast he knew they would all drink most cordiall y, and he was Grand Master regret his appointment. Hc saw many familiar quite sure they would endorse what he said—that he hoped from faces from the County of Kent present. He could not help the bottom of his heart that the sadness and gloom which over- thinking that the vitality of that province was enormous ; the shadowed the Royal Family at the beginning of the year might work it had done had been great, great in Masonic Charity. The not continue, but that there might be a bright gleam of sunshine work it had done on behalf of the Masonic Charities in the in the marriage of the daughter of the Grand Master and her past it would do in the future ; its works had been numerous, Royal Hi hness the Princess of Wales g , to whom they wished frequent , and marvellous, and hc could not but think that when all happ iness, health , and long life . the Grand Master appointed the Provincial Grand Master of Bro. the Earl of LATHOM next said he hoped the brethren Kent as Deputy Grand Master, the compliment was to the pro- would forgive him if he rather hurried on the toasts. His excuse vince and not to himself. He thanked the brethren very much was that there was an admirable musical entertainment going on for their cordial reception , and he hoped to thank them in lhat in the Temple, and he thought it was a pity they should lose it hall for many years to come. for the sake of hearing each other's voices. In proposing the Bro. Earl AMHERST proposed " The Sister Grand Lodges." toast of " The M.W.G.M.," he remarked that, if he might be Bro. CHARLES PEPPER , Prov. G. Master of Meath, responded allowed to say so, that was rather a momentous occasion on which for the Grand Lodge of Ireland. Ihey were met together—the twenty-first anniversary of his Bro. W. McCULLOUGH , of North Island , N.Z. (S.C), said Koyal Hi ghness occupy ing the chair of Grand Master by the the Grand Lodge of Scotland had paid great attention to its unanimous vole year by year of the brethren of (he Grand Lodge duties in New Zealand , and there was the most brotherl y love "f England. They would all rejoice that they had such a Grand between the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland over there. Master as the Prince of Wales. It was quite true they did not s,, It gave him extreme pleasure to be there that night; he had e him among them as often as they would like , but he thought been treated so kindl y by the Grand Officers , and when he re- •hat , considering the enormous amount of work he had to go turned to New Zealand he should be only loo delighted to tell through in thc year, it was wonderful that he had been able lo them of his reception , and he was sure that they would be much give so much time and attention to Masons as he had done, for interested to know something of the proceedings of the Grand [ney must remember that although he did not appear in public Lodge of England. They in the Colonies had great veneration ''¦ a Masonic character so much , everything passed through his for the Grand Lodges of thc old country, and the Grand Lodge 'lands , and the brethren might be quite certain there was no of England held the premier position m the Colony of New Zea- "'•in in England better versed in everything that was going on land as far as the age of some of the lod ges went. I le had the 111 the Cra ft than his Royal Hi ghness. They would all wish him extreme leasure of being W.M. of an English lodge at the many p years to continue to rule over that great Fraternity. present time, therefore, hc was among the brethren in a double Bro. Lord EGERTON OE TATTON proposed " The M.W. the ¦o capacity. Grand Master, and thc R.W. the Deputy Grand Master." Bro . the Rev. C. J. M ARTYN , P.G.C , proposed " The R.W. e had great pleasure in receiving ( 1 that permission from thc Provincial and District Grand Masters." He had himself been *'ii r, for h (. l,a(i known both the Pro Grand Master and the 20 years a Deputy Provincial Grand Master, and he knew some- cputy Grand Master for more than 40 years, and hc had thing of the work of Provincial Grand Masters. He coup led filched their Masonic career with thc greatest interest. He with the loast the name of Bro. Lord Egerton of Tatton. Lord va s sure | the brethren would agree wilh him that there were no Egerton and he had known the Pro Grand Master 40 years. He ,, iren niorc; qualified to fill those two important posts than (Bro. Martyn) was initiated just two months bj fore Lord Lathom e ; P^sent occup iers of the office. The Pro Grand Master' his father in Masonry being Bro. Beach. As Lord Lathom had 1 s ' * '1 distinguished Masonic career. For twenty-one in Grand Lodge thai ni ht so he j .•l(i. ' years he met his father in Masonry g , been either Deputy or Pro Grand Masters, and during (Bro. Martyn) had met his father in Masonry on the same '¦^ that Masonry had flourished under the guidance of the Grand occasion. :,ster : , , his Pro Grand Master , and his Deputy Grand Master. Bro. Lord EGERTON OF T ATTON , Prov.G.M. for Cheshire ot , ' only in the capacity of Deputy and Pro Grand Master had responded. 11 had given him great pleasure to support his two old friends. Lord Lathom and Lord Amherst. He had an great benefits they were now bestowing to a much larHertfordshire somewhere about the year 1864. 1890, the members did him the honour to elect him to fill the chair for a lt should be added that the new Dep. G. Registrar is a Life-Governor of second time. Last year, when his lodge celebrated the centenary of its the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. constitution, Bro. Malcolm served the office of Senior Warden. He was also for a couple of years a joining member of the Philanthropic Lodge, No. SENIOR GRAND DEACONS. 309, but, with this exception , his services in lodge have been restricted to No. 306, and to the Prov. G. Lodge of West Yorkshire, of which he was Bro. Colonel LOCKWOOD , who was elected M.P. for West Essex at the appointed and invested as Prov. G. Registrar on the 2|th April , 1878, and Genera l Election last, has greatly distinguished himstlf during his brief , but so greatly was the work he did in that capacity appreciated that at the clos e active, career in Masonry. Though he was initiated in the Studholme Lodge, of his term of office hc was presented in open Prov. G. Lodge with a gold No. 1591, only as recently as the 20th July, 18S8, he has alread y, or rather in Past Prov. G. Registrar's jewel , bearing the inscription : " Presented to a very short time hewill have, bornea leading part in the foundation of as many Bro. John Cooper Malcol m, P.M. 306 ; a slight recognition of valued as three lodges. Thus in 1894 he was the princi pal founder and first Wor- services as Registrar in Prov. G. Lodge. A pril 2nd , 1879." He was shipful Master of the Earl of Warwick Lodge, No. 2504, Buckhurst Hill, exalted in the Philanthrop ic Chapter, No. 304 , Leeds, on the 6th March, while last year he helped lo establish ihe West Essex Lodge, No. 2561, 1S74, and having gradually risen to the chair of Principal Z., in February, which meets in the same locality. Of this he was the S.W. designate, and 1S80, was appointed Prov. G. Registrar in Prov. G. Chapter on the 4'h will be installed as second W.M. in October of the present year. For these May, iSSr. He is also a Mark , Templar, and Rose Croix Mas>n , having service s to the Province of Essex, the Earl of Warwick , its Provincial Grand been advanced to the first-named degree in the Copley Lodge, No. 111, Master, conferred upon him the collar of Prov. S.G.W. at the annual meet- Leeds, on the 1 Uh June, 1874; installed K.l. and Knight of St. John in ing of the Essex brethren in the summer of 1895. He is also assisting in the Fidelity Encampment in 1879, and perfected Rose Croix in tne Leo- the foundation of the Brigade of Guards' Lodge, for which the M.W.G. diensis Chapter Rose Croix in 1S7S. As regards the Masonic Charitable Master has signified his intention of granting his warrant of constitution , Institutions , both central and local , Bro. Malcolm may justl y claim to have and over which his Royal Highness intends presiding as its permanent W.M. done his part in promoting their welfare. He is a Vice-President of both In Rojal Arch Masonry, Bro. Col. Lockwood was only a few days since in- Schools and a Life Governor ol the R.M. Benevolent Institution , and ha? Mailed as Third Princi pal of the Studholme Chapter, No. 1591, in which he served on 12 different occasions as Festival Steward, namtl y: at three was exalted on the 20th February, 1891, while in the Mark Degree, to which Festivals in aid of '* Our Girls ," five times for the Boys' Sell >ol , and twice le was advanced on the 271b June, 1890 , he is S.O. in the Euston Lodge, for the Benevolent Institution. He is also a Life Member of the Charity No. 393, and S. in the Roya l Ark Mariners lodge attached to it. In Committee of West Yorkshire, and a Past President and Trustee of the addition , he is a Knight Templar and Knight of the Order of Malta , Leeds Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution. Moreover , in 1888, having been installed K.T. in the Oxford and Cambridge University Pre- when grave doubts arose as to the management of the Boy s' School , Brj . ceptory, No. 128, and being at the present lime its Chief Constable ; is Malcolm was one of three Provincial brethren selicted to represent the Captain of the Guard in the Easton Council Royal and Select Masters ; and Provinces on the Committe e of Investi gation into the disci has pline, expend- been perfected Rose Ctoix , iS°, under the Supreme Council of the iture, and administration of that Charity. That the services we have Ancient and Accepted Rite. e4|merated should command the love, as well as the admiration and respect , of his brother Masons, but more especially of the fellow-members of Bro. W. E. M. 1' OMLINSON , who has sat in Parliament for the borough w Preston since bis mother lodge, is a matter as to which no doubt whatever can arise, and November , 1S82, was educated at Westminster and Christ our readers, therefore, will rcjoice to hear—in the case •-'lurch , Oxford , and, after taking his B.A. in i860 and M.A. in 1862 , was of very miny of them called to the ' we ought , perhaps , to say, will call to mind with pleasure—that on the 3rd Bar in 1865. In Masonry his career has been a most active one. A pril , 1891—that is to say, during his second Mastershi «e was initiated in the Lodge of Unanimity, No. 113, Preston , on the 3rd p of the AllreJ December Lodge—its members presented a magnificent silver silver, sujjar basin , , 1877, and in the summer of thefollowing year joined the Northern cream jug, and hot water jug to Mrs. Malcolm e No. iiiio, of which , years later, he was installed Master. In , " as a mark of their esteem ," N S ' 14 and to Bro. Malcolm himself a massive and very handsome gold P.M. 's °y*.err|Der 1884 he joined the Morecambe Lodge, No. 1561 , and has twice nlledni the ' jewel, the latter being the gift of the ofiicers at the time serving under him , chair if W.M., having been installed in the first instance in whose names are recorded in the inscription on the back of the uectmber, 1885 , and for the second time in December, 18S8. In the jewel. We ""erval between may add that Bro. Malcolm is a solicitor and the coroner for the city of these two Mastershi ps he joined , in 1886, the Lindsay Leeds and President of the Coroners' Society l.odge, No. * in 1S8 the Old Westminsters Lod No. , for England and Wales*. ot 1335. Wigan , 7 ge, 2233, which , indeed , he was a founder and first W.M. ; and in January, 1S8S. Bro. E. D. A NDERTON , who is one of the ablest and most experienced "e Lathcm Lodge, No. 2229, South port, over which , some three \ears members of the Craft in Cornwall , and on whom the cilice of Junior Grand 0 S . he was electedof to preside as Master. In April , 1889, he was founder Deacon is now conferred , was initiated nearly 40 years ago in ist. Cuthbert 's • '!d ^st W.M. the Wigan Lodge, No. 2326. More recently he has Lodge, No. 913—now No. 630 —Howden , North and East Yorkshire. °J"C ° 'he Chancery Bar Lodge, No. 2456, and the Lancastrian Lodge, No. Having in i860 joined the Phoenix Lodge of Honour and Prudence , No. 2 2 Truro, he was after holding sundry of the 1, ^ London Lod ges, and associated , the former with the profession 331, , junior offices , elected and to * elon installed W.M. in 1SG6. He has also been a joining member of Co *.4 •*1e ^ gsi ar|d the latter wilh the county in which he resides, Love and nsidering the many and varied services he has rendered to the Province Honour Lodge, No. 75, Falmouth. From 1S81 to 1886 he served as Prov. G. Secretary, as Prov. S.G.W. in 1SS 7, and on the death ol Bro. T. Middlesex County Council. For many years past he has been known as an Chirgwin , who had succeeded him as Secretary, reverted to his old position hospital architect , and is just now superintending the completion of the and still retains it in Provincial Grand Lodge. ' In Royal Arch Masonry he is hospital which is being erected at Tilbury at the cost of Bro. Passmore a P /..' rf the Royal Cornubian Chapter , No. 331, having occup ied the chair Edwards. He has also been largely consulted in reference to the erection of of First Princi pal twice, viz., in 1873 and 1S 78. and having served as Prov. Polytechnic Institutes , fro m the time when the Polytechnic movement was G.T. in the latter year, was, in iSSr , appointed and still remains Prov. G.S.E. commenced. He also assisted in resuscitating Volubian Chapter, No. 75, Falmouth , and likewise had the honour of exalting Comp. the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES. Grand Superintendent of Cornwall , and installing him in-the Principals' Bro. OHN ANGTON chairs of their common mother chapter , No. 331. He is a Past E.C. in the J D. L entered upon his Masonic career much earlier Order of the Temple and held office as G.S.B. before the change in the than the majority of brethren. As the son of a Mason he was entitled to ritual , while since lhat event he has served as Provincial Chancellor. He is certain privileges, among them being that of being initiated while still a also a member of ihe Ancient and Accepted Rite, having been perfecte d minor. Accordingly he was initiated in the Welcome Lodge, No. 1673, by Rose Cro'x snd served as M.W.S. in the Cornwall Chapter, No. 61, Truro, special dispensation , on the 30th May, 1877, when he had not at the time 0 attained the full age of 21 years. After filling sundry offices he was of that Drgrte arid taken the 30 . As regards our Charitable Institut ions installed the Benevolent in the Master s chair in 1882 , and since 1889 has acted as Secretary . He he is a Vice-President , past Steward of both Schools and ' Institution , ard rn the occasions when the Eail of Mount Edgcumbe presided joined the Grand Master s Lidge, No. 1, in December, 1879, and in 1885, ' lee Festival ol thc Old People in 1S92 , and at tie became founder and first Master of the George Price Lodge, No. 2096 as Cha rman at the Jub Croydon , and in was founder and first W.M. of the Molesey Girls' Sih.-ol Festival last year, Bro. Anderton did splendid sr rvice ; \vSi\c in 1S93, Lodge, additilicn he s Secretary of the Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent No. 2473, East Molesey , having in the interval between the two events been appointed , Fend. Thus the honour he has just received is full y deserved. , in 1886 by the late Bro. General Brownrigg, at the time Prov. G. Master, to be Prov. J.G. Warden of Surrey. He was exalted in the Bro. G F.ORGE E. LAKE , who has received the collar of a Junior G. Chapter of Prudent Brethren on the 19th January, 1880, and having sub- Deacon , has p layed a distinguish! d part in all the varii.us branches of Free- sequently joined the Asaph Chapter, No. 1319, was installed M.E.Z. on the masonry w ith which he has been connected during the greater part of the 24th June, 18S9. He was founder and first Z. of the George Price Chapter, Ia c t quarter of a century. He was initiated on the 3rd October , 1S73, in the No. 2096, in 1888, and was appointed in 1889 and again in 1S90, as Prov. Watford Lodge, No. 404, and after holding sundry offices , among which G. Registrar of Surrey. At the present time he is a member and holds were those of I.W. in 1876 and 1S77, and S.W. in 1S7S , he was ins'.alled office in Grand Master's Chapter, No. 1. He is also a Mark Master as W.M. in A pril , 1S79, and had the honour of presiding over his mother Mason , and Knight of the Order of the Temple, being a member of the lodge during the Jubilee year of its constitution. In 1S84 he was elected Tuscan Lodge, No. 454, in the former degree, and of the Lullingstone Treasurer in succession to the late Bro. Wilson Isles, and has since been Preceptory, No. 155, Wilmington , Kent, in the latter. During the re- annually re-elected to that pest . Ir, 188 7 he joined the Centurion Lodge, organisation of the Boys' School administration , Bro. Langton acted as No. 171S , served as W.M. in 1S90, and was elected its Treasurer last year ; Honorary Secretary of the Provisional Management Committee, and for and he is likewise the senior P.AI. of the Rickmnnsworth Ledge, No. 221S , some time past has been a member of the Board of Management of that of which he was in 1SS7 a founder and first S.W., and ove r which he was Institution. To him also the Province of Surrey is indebted for Us Charity electe d to preside as Master durirg the second year of its existence. His Committee and Charity Fund, the establishment of which was proposed by Provincial honours have been commensurate with his many services. He him , and the post of Secretary for which he has filled ever since its formation, was appointed to the Prov. G. Regislrarship of Hertfordshire , in 1878, be- He is likewise a Life-Governor of our three Institutions, and has served as fore he lad attained the rank of an Installed Master, while since 18S4 he Festival Steward for each of them, and he has now received the well merited has been continuousl y in office , having been appointed firstly, Prov. G. reward for his services by being appointed Deputy G. Director of Secretary on the transference of the late Bro. J. E. Dawson to the position Ceremonies. of Depi ty P.G.M., and secondl y, in 1SS9, to the office he still holds, lhat of Deputy P.G.M., when it was vacated by that brother, after five years' service, in 18S9. In Royal Arch Masonry he has obtained equal distinction. ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTORS OF CEREMONIES. He was exalted in May, 1S75, in the Watford Chapter , No. 404, and after Bro. FREDERICK GORDON BROWN, Surgeon of the City of London serving as Scribe E. in 1880 -in which capacity he rendered valuable assis- Police, and Surgeon in charge of the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, was tance in arranging for the celebration of the chapter's jubilee—he successively initiated into Freemasonry in the St. Paul's Lodge, No. 194, in November, occupied in 1S81 , 1S82, and 1SS3, the chairs of J., H., and M.E.Z. In 1SS4 1868, and six years later had the honour of being installed in its chair he was elected Treasurer, and has held that office ever since, except during as Worshipful Master. On the iS.h February, 1878, he was elected a the year 1888, when , for the second time, he was called upon to fill the office joining member of Grand Master's Lodge, No. 1, and having represented it of Principal Z. In Prov. G. Chapter he has been successively Prov G. on the Board of G. Stewards—for which he acted as Secretary—during the Registra r during the years 1879 and 18S0 ; Prov. G. Scribe E., from 1884 10 year 18S 7-S ; he filled the chair as Master in 1890-1. In 1879, he was 1890. 3rd since the latter year, Prov. G. Second Princi pal. He is also, or shall elected the first joining member of the Sir Thomas White Lodge, No. 1820, we say, was?— a joining member of St. Mary's Chapter, No. 63 London. and has twice served it as W.M., namely, in 1889-90 , and again in 1895 96. He was admitted in the Walford Maik Lodge, No. 24 1, on the 26th March, In 1894, he became a founder and was elected Treasurer of the Train 1S79, 'he very day on which that lodge, which is the senior on the roll of Bands Lodge, No. 2524. He has been exalted into Royal Arch Herlfordshire , was consecrated by the then G. Mark Secretary, Bro. Fred. Masonry, and was last year installed in the chair of First Princi pal. Lastly, Binckes, was installed in the chai r of A. on the 25th June, 1SS5, and the he is a Life-Governor of all three Masonic Institutions, and has served year following was elected—and still remains—its Treasurer. In June, 18S6, twice as Steward for the Girls' School, and once in each case for the Boys' he was appointed Prov. S.G.W., and after serving as Prov. G. Treasure r School and Benevolent Institution. from 1S8S to 1893, was in the latter year appointed Deputy P.G.M. in suc- cession to the late Bo. Daw; on. His services received further recognition Bro . W. E. CHAPMAN , upon whom H.R.H. the M.W.G. Master has on the 31st May, 18S 7, when he had the honour of being appointed J.G. been pleased to confer the brevet rank of Past G. Asst. Director of Cere- Deacon of Mark G. Ledge. In the Order of the Temple he was in- monies, was initiated into Masonry in June, 1871, but it was not until the stalled K.T. in the S'uart Encampment , No. 28, Walford , on ihe ist May, year 1886 that he began to exhibit that interest in our Society which was recognised on Wednesday by his appointment to the purple of G. Lodge. 1876, and after filling sundry offices, was installed E.C. in July, 1S80. and for the second time in 1S94. He has also held the office of In that year he joined the Drury Lane Lodge, No. 2127, at the first Treasurer since 18S4 and is likewise a Prior of the Order of Malta. As meeting after its consecration , and has now the honour of filling the Senior regards our Charitable Institutions , Bro. Lake is a Vice-President of the Warden's chair. The >ear following he assisted in founding the Savage Girls' School and Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and Life Governor Club Lodge, No. 2190 ; in 1890 , and again in 1891, was installed its W.M. ; of the Boj s' School , and has served in all 11 Stewardshi ps, of which four and is its present Secretary. In 1892 he was founder and first W.M. of have been in respect of the Girls' School, two for the Boys' School, and the the Runnymede Lodge, No. 2430, YVraybury ; in 1893 he was founder of remainder for the Old People. the Eccentric Lodge, No. 2488, and has held the office of Secretary from the day of its consecration ; while last year he took part in the establishment of the Justicia Lodge, No. 2563, of which he was appointed the first D.C, GRAND SUPERINTENDENT OF WORKS. and the Empress Lodge, No. 2581, of which he is the Secretary. Thus in Bro. R OWLAND Pu Miur , Fellow of the Royal Institute of British the brief period of 10 years he has joined one lodge, taken a leading part in Architects , is a Mason of 30 years' standing, having been initiated in the the foundation of five, and has held office in all of them, while in 1894 he Hornsey Lodge, No. S90 , on the 2nd February, 1SS6. But for some years, was made an honorary member of the Royal Solomon Mother Lodge at owing, no doubt , to the demand made upon his time by his professional Jerusalem. In recognition of his services to the Province of Buckingham engagements, he does not seem to have taken a very active part in its affairs. in connection with the Runnymede Lodge, No. 2430, Bro. Chapman has On the nth November, 1SS0, he joined the Old Union Lodge, No. 46, and had conferred upon him the collar of P.G. Supt. of Works. He was exalted having held various offices , and represented it on the Board of Grand to the Royal Arch Degree in Mount Vernon Chapter, Boston , U.S.A., in Stewards in 1S86-7, he was elected and installed as W. Master in 1887. He June, 1873. In March , 1S89, he joined the Bayard Chapter, No. 1615, and also, about the same time, assisted in forming the Sterndale Bennett Lodge, has been twice installed in the chair of Z., namely, in 1893 and again No. 2182. He was exalted as a Royal Arch M ason in the Old Union during the present year. He is also a founder, P.Z., and Scribe E. of the Chapter , on the 20th March , 1SS7, and having served the minor offices , Savage Club Chapter, No. 2190, a founder and I.P.Z. of the Herschel passed the three chairs of J., H., and Z., being installed as First Princi pal Chapter , No. 1894 , Slough, consecrated in 1S94, and founder and M.E.Z. in 1889. He is also Treasurer of the Brooke Chap er, No. 2005, Chingford , of the Eccentric Chapter, No. 2488, which was consecrated onl y a few weeks and in 1891 was appointed Prov. G.H. Essex. In the Mark Degree, to since. For his services in connection with the Herschel Chapter he was which he was advanced in the Carnarvon Lodge, No. 7, in 1SS3, he is a P.M. appointed Prov. G. Registrar Bucks. In the Mark Degree, to which he of that lodge, as well as of the Davison Lodge, No. 331, having been in- was advanced in the Mount Vernon R.A. Chapter, Boston , Mass., in 18731 stalled W.M. of the latter in 18S7, and was appointed Prov. G. Inspector of he is a founder, and was first W.M., of the Savage Club Lodge, No. 4691 Work s in the late Province of Middlesex and Surrey, and Grand Inspector and since vacating the chair of A. has been its Secretary. Last year he 0 of Works in Grand Lodge in 18S8. He was perfected Rose Croix, 18 , in was founder and first Treasurer of the Dramatic Lodge, No. 487, and Adoniram Chapter, of which he is still a subscribing member, and lastly, he received the collar of G. Std. Br., since when he has been a member of the is a Life Governor of the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution , and has Grand Master's Mark Lodge. As regards the Order of the Temple, l>e served one Stewardshi p for each of them, and isa Life Subscriber ofthe Girls' was installed K.T. in April , 1S88, in the Bard of Avon Preceptory, and School , and has given his services as Steward in its behalf al the Festival E.P. in 1892 , and having completed his term of office in the latter capacity, which will be held en Wednesday, the 13 h inst., under ihe auspices of Bro . he was appointed , and has since remained, Registrar. He is a Past G. the Earl of Ya-boroug h. Bro.! Plumbe , who, at the present time, is Master Capt. ot the Guard in G. Priory and a Past G. Swd. Br. in the Order of of the Paper Stainers' Company, has been in practice as an architect since Malta. He was perfected Rose Croix, 18°, in the Grand Metropolitan 1S62. He is a late member of ihe Council , as well as a Fellow of the Chapter, No. 1; was a founder, in 1S93 , and is now ist Gen. of the Tuscan R.I.B.A., a Past President of the Architectural Association , -and a Dis- Chapter, No. 129, and has taken the 300 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite* trict Surveyor under the London Building Acts. His services have been Lastly, Bro. Chapman is a Life Governor of the Girls' School and a Vice- engaged by the London County Council and the Artizans ' Dwelling Co., President of the R.M. Benevolent Institution , and has acted for each of and he is at present Architect to the Lunatic Asylums Committee of the those Charities in the capacity of Festival Steward. Bro. E RNEST ST. C LAIR was the first initiate of Lodge La France, No. Lord Egerton of Tatton , the present Prov. G. Master, selected him to fill 2060, which was conrecrated in 1884, and which is the only lodge under the the more laborious post—which he still continues to hnld—of Prov. G. Eng lish Constitution that works in the French language. Having obtained Secretary. In Royal Arch Masonry he was exalted in Meribah Chapter the necessary qualification as Warden , he was elected and installed W.M. No. 350—then No. 439—011 the roll of East Lancashire , and some five \eirs in 1887, and was re-elected and served a second term of office the year later was installed as M.E.Z. In 1S91, the laie Comp. the Rev. C. VV. following. In 1885 he jo ined one of our Red A p on Lodges-the Tuscan , Spencer-Stanhope, G. Superintendent of Cheshire, appointed hin Prov. No. 14—wasitsW. Master in 1894 , and Presidentof the Board of G. Stewart's G.J., and the year following he became Prov. G. Scribe E. He was that served during 1893 4. He was exalted to the Royal Arch in the advanced to the Mark in St. John 's Lodge (T.I ), Bolton , in 1S63. In British Chapter , No. 8, and is, at the present time, in the chair cf M.E.Z. 1872 , he helped to found the Stamford Lodge, No . 14S. Altrincham , : and In 1S90 he became a founder and first J. of La France Chapter , and two was installed in the Cha r of A. in due cmrse. He also had a hand in years later was installed in the chair of First Princi pal. In Mark Masonry, establishing the Prov . G. Lodge of North Wales and Cheshire and in 1873, after having been advanced in the Ruspini Lodge, No. 363, he became was appointed Prov. G. Secretary , by Bro. the Hon. Wilbraham Egerton founder and first S.W. of the La France Mark Lodge, No. 459, in 1893 M.P.—now Lord Egerton of Tatton—and has held the appointment , s> far and the following year was elected and installed as VV.M. Last year he as Cheshire is concerned , ever since North Wales and Cheshire were was President of the Board cf Grand Stewards at the Mark Grand Festival , organised as separate Provinces. He is likewise a P.M. of the County ar.d has rendered a further service to this degree by translating its ritual , Palatine Lodge of M.M.M. for Prov. Officers , and was appointed S.G. conjunction with B 0. E. Monteuuis into the French language. He Deacon of England , in 1S87. He is also a Templar Mason , in , 0 and has taken was perfected in the Rose Croix Chapter, No. 1, in 1887, took the 30 in the Rose Croix, lS°, in the Ancient and Accented Rite, having been 1S90 , and was one of the founders of the Tuscan Chapter, No. 120. He is installed K.T. in the former, in 1S7S , and E.P. of the Da Tibley also a Royal Ark Mariner , a member of the Allied Masonic Degrees, and a Preceptory, in 1881 ; elected Knight of Malta, in 1880 , and appointed Prov. Kni ght of ihe Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine. Finally, he G. Marshal , in 18S5 ; while in the latter he was perfected Rose Croi-c in the has constituted himself a Vice-Pat ron of both Schools and the Benevolent Stanhope Chapter, No. 75, in 1S78, and installed M.W.S., in 1892 and Institution , and has served as Festival Steward for one or other of them on 1S93 . This is a record of service of which any brother might well be proud, 12 different occasions. but it by no means represents all that Bro. Newhouse has done for Free- masonry during his long and active career. He is a Life-Governor by GRAND SWORD BEARER. virtue of his personal donations of all three Institutions , and has served in all five Festival Stewardshi ps, of which three have baen in behalf of the Bro. H ENRV LOVEGROVE who has received the collar of G. Sword , Boys' School , one at the Centenary of the Girls' School, and one for the Bearer, has taken a very active part in Freemasonry during the 20 years he Jubilee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institutions. At the three recent has been a member of the Craft. He was initiated in the Metropolitan Festivals at which the Province of Cheshire has shown to such advantage, Lodge, No. 1507, which had only been constituted about a year previously, namely, at the Boys' School Festival , in iS9 i , wh**n the Earl of Lathom in November, 1S73, but it was not till 1SS5 that he was elected and installed Pro G. Master, was Chairman , and last year when Lord E Master. In the meantime however he had been doing good gerton of Tatton as its W. , , occupied that positioi , as well as at the Benevolent Jubilee , in 1S92 , Bo. service to the State of M isonry in other directions. In 1877, he hel ped to Newhouse took a leading part in organising the Cheshire contingent of found the Royal Hanover Lodge, No. 1777, which was consecrated at Stewards, and much of the success which they achieved is due to his efforts in October, , and of which he served as the first S.W. The • Hounslow, 1878 the services he then rendered at the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 , being year following he had the honour of presiding as its second W.M., and recognised by his election as an Honorary Vice-President. To him ices the lod where it still also is under his ausp ge removed to Twickenham, largely due the success of the efforts made by Cheshire in organising its maintains the position of prosperi ty which has marked its career from the own Benevolent Institution ; his services generally in this respect having very outset. Four years later he took part in founding the Brixton Lodge, been as conspicuous as those we have enumerated in lod ge and province. No. 1949, and in 1886, was elected to the chair ; while in 1884, he was the principal founder and first W.M. of the Henry Levander Lodge, No. 2048, which was established in that year at Harrow, as a memori al of that late GRAND STANDARD BEARERS. distinguished member of the Craft in Middlesex , who had served as J.G. Bro. Major N EWMAN, C.E., who has been appointed to the rank of G. Deacon of England , in 1S81. On vacating the chair of this lodge, Bro. Std. Br., has been a member of our Society for close on 40 years, and is Lovegrove was elected to the responsible office of Treasurer. In iSSS , he one of the most prominent brethren in the Province of Hampshire and the took part in founding the Cordwainer Ward Lod , and in. ge No. 2241, 1893, Isle of Wight. He was initiated in the East Medina Lodge, No. 175 rendered a like service for the Hiram Lodge, No. 2416, which was intended Ry de, on the 5th January, 1856 , and appears to have been appointed Prov! for architects and surveyors, and presided as W.M. during the first and Grand Secretary of the Isle of Wight , then a separate and distinct pro- most critical year of its existence. For his services to the Province of vince, in the course of the same year. In 1S60, he was installed W.M. of Middlesex he was, in 1SS0, appointed by the late Sir Francis Burdett , Bart., his mother lodge, while, in 1871, he presided over the Ryde Lodge, No. ils G. Master, to the post of Prov. G. Supt. of Works. His labours in 698, which he had join ed some 14 years previously. In 1S80, he was a Royal Arch Masonry have been most considerable. He was exalted in the founder of the Sandown Lodge, No. 1869; in 1881, he joined the Chine Royal Jubilee Chapter, No. 72 , in December, 1S77, and served as M.E.Z. Lodge, No. 1S84. Shanklin , and was elected W.M. for the years 1SS2 and in 1883 having in the interim joined and been installed in the chair of 18S3; while, in 1883, he was a founder, and , in 18SS , W.M. of the Hamp- M.E.Z. of the Stanmore Chapter, No. 1549 , Great Stanmore, in 1882 , while shire Lodge of Emulation , No. 1990 , Portsmouth ; and , as for a time he was last year he was First Princi pal of the Hiram Chapter, No. 24 16, which had a joining member of the Yarborough Lodge, No. 551, Ventnor ,' he is , or has been warranted the year previous, and of which during its inaugural year he been at some time or other, a member of five, and W.M. of three, out of the was Secrnd Principal H. In 1S81, he was appointed P.G. Std.Br. of Middx. eight lod ges located in the Isle of Wight, and his appointment as Prov. To the foregoing recird it should be added that last jear Bro. Lovegrove Senior Grand Warden, in 1879, was as well-deserved as it mu st have been was elected a member both of the Board of General Purposes and the gratifying to him and the lod ges he belonged to. He was exalied in the Colonial Board , as well as of the General Committee of G. Chapter, so that East Medina Chapter, No. 175, Rvde , on the Sth April , 1S57, was installed he has borne his part in the administration of Constitutional Masonry as M.E.Z. in 1879. and in July, 1885, in the same capacity in the Albany well as in the government and promotion of our lodges and chapters. Of Chapter, No. 151, Newport , which ne had joined in the interim; and was his career in other b'anches of Masonry it may be mentioned , briefl y, that appointed , firstly, in 18S0, Prov. Grand Scribe N., and, in 1S85, Prov. he has serve d as W.M. cf the Prince of Wales Lodge, No. 4, and the Grand J., in the Prov. Grand Chapter. In the Mark Degree he is a P.M. Brixton Lodge, No. 234 ; that I e has served successively as Prov. G. of the William Hickman Lodge, No. 320, Sandown , and a Past Prov. Insp. of Wks. and Prov. S.G. Warden in the late Province of Middx. and S.G.O. of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, as well as Past Assistant Surrey , and that in 1881, he was appointed G. Insp. of Wks. in the Mark Grand Director of Ceremonies in Grand Lodge, and a P.C.N, of the G. Lodge. He is also a P.W.C.N, in the Degree of Royal Ark Mariner ; Sandown Bay Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners. In the Order of the Temp and le P.E.P. and Past G. Captain of the Guards of Great Priory in the he is a Past E.P., and Past Prior of the Royal Naval Preceptory, No. 2, Order of the Temple; a Past M.W.S. of Invicta Rose Croix Chapter, No. Portsmouth , and Past Prov. Chancellor in Provincial Priory, and the senior 10, and 31° in the A. and A. Rite ; and a member of the Royal Order of Past M.W.S. and present Treasurer and Recorder of the Vectis Rose Croix Scotland—in -which he has been twice appointed a Prov . G. Officer ; of the Chapter, No. 99, Ryde, under the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Cryptic Degrees : the Rosicrucian Order ; and the Order of the Secret Accepted Rite. As regards our Charitable Institutions , he is a Life Governor Monitor . Lastly, he has served several Stewardships in behalf of our of the Girls' School and Benevolent , for each of which he has served a Charitable Institutions, and has qualified as a Vice-Patron of the Royal Stewardshi p, a Life Subscriber of the Boys' School , and the repre- Masonic Benevolent Institution , and Life-Governor of both our Schools. sentative of his mother lodge (No. 175) on the Committee of his Prov. Grand He was also Editor for some years of the " Masonic Calendar for Middle- Lodge. sex." In his profession of Architect , Bro. Lovegrove has won high distinction. Bro. W ILLIAM ALFRED SCURRAH , Deputy Grand Sword Beare r, was He is a Fellow of the Surveyors' Institution , a member of the Royal Savoy Lodge No. Royal Institute of British Architects, Past Vice-Presiden t of the Archi- initiated in the , 1744, on the 2yd January, 1883, tectural Association and member of the Council of the Society of Architects. and was installed W.M. on the 281b June, 1890. He has also served as its , for three years, and is, and has been In 1892, he was appointed , under the Building Act, District Surveyor for Secretary , its Director of Ceremonies one of the since 1893. He was one of the founders and first S.W. of the Henry largest London Districts, including a part of Islington , Hoxton , No. Harrow Station Hapgerston, Shoreditch and Norton Folegate, and is author of an elaborate Levander Lodge, 2048, , in July, 1SS4, and a year later work entitled was installed in the chair. After a year s experience as Secreta ry, Bro. " Practical Architecture," which has appeared in serial form in Treasurer in A , the " Building News." Scurrah was elected pril, 1888 and has retained the position by annual re-election ever since. He is a P.M. of St. John 's Lodge, No. 167, which he joined in 1885 ; a founder in 1SS and first DEPUTY GRAND SWORD BEARER. 7 W.M. of the Hendon Lodge, No. 2206, and Secretary ever since his vacation of the chair ; Bro. R ICHARD N EWHOUSE , upon whom the collar of Dep. G.S.B. has and founder, and from the date of its consecration in August, 188S, until been so worthil y conferre d , has been one of the most prominent members of October of last year, very successfully filled the office of Secretary. He is our Society in Cheshire for many years. He began his career as a Mason , now S.W., and before the year is ended will doubtless find himself yet once both in the Cra ft and Royal Arch Degrees, in the adjoining Province of again in the chair of K.S. In Royal Arch Masonry he was exalted on the East Lar cashire, having been initiate d in the Lodge of Charity, No. 350, 27th June, 1884, in the Belgrave Chapter , No. 749, and , having served as rarnworth , near Bollon—then N0.439, and meeting at Stoneclough- in April , Principal Soj., J., and H., was installed M.E.Z. in June. 1S88. Since .'853. Having filled sundry of the minor offices , he was elected and February, 1890 , he has served as Scrib e E. In June , 1SS6 , ne became installed as Worshi pful Master, in 1S60, and again in 1S61. Two years founder and first H. of the Levander Chapter, No. 2048, was instilhd later as he moved into the Province of Cheshire, with which , as we have said, first Princi pal Z. in July, 1S87, and , on retiring Iro i ri that ofli.e , was his name has been so long associated, and in a very short time became one elected and still remains, Treasurer. He was also 01 , , in M.irch , 1893, the founders of the Stamford Lodge, No. 1045 , Altrincham , at the founder and first M.E.Z. of the St. Pancras Chapter , No. 2271, and is its consecration of which , early in 1865, he was appointed to the office of present Scribe E., and a few weeks ago was founder and ; first H. of ¦secretary, and this office he has held ever s nce by annual re-appointment. the Fellowshi p Chapter, No. 2535. In the Mark Degree, to which I n '874, the late Lord de Tabley, then Prov. G. Master, in recognition of he was raised in the Prince of Wales Lodge, No. 4, on the ls 27th October " services appointed him Prov. G. Director of Ceremonies, while in 18S7, 1S84, he has been equally active. He was installed as W.M. of his mother Mark lod ge in 1S89. having, in the meantime, however , been founder and Institutions, and served Stewardships for the R.M. Benevolent Institution first J.W. of the Royal Savoy Lodge, No. 35.= . , in 1SS5. and W.M. in 1SS6. in 1871 and 187S , the year of his Mastershi p of his mother lodge ; in 1872 He was perfected Rose Croix in 18S3. and is Past M.W.S. of the Rose and for the Boys' School, and in 1S75 for the Royal Masonic Institution for Lily Chapter, is a founder and P.M.W.S. of the Shadwell Clerke Chapter, Girls. 0 and in 18S9 took the 30 . He is, in addition , a Royal Aik Mariner , Royal and Select Master, Knight Templar, and a member of the Order of Rome PAST GRAND WARDENS. and Red Cross of Constantine , as well as of the Outer , or Correspondence , Bro. the Right Hon. W. COURT GULLY, Q.C Circle of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No. 2076. From the very outset of his , M.P. in the last and Institutions , and , present Parliaments for the City of Carlisle, and Speaker of the House of career, he has exhibited a deep interest in our Masonic Commons was initiated in the Northern lendid service as a Steward on 16 different . Bar Lodge, No. 1610, in the month while he has done them sp of June, 18S0, and after serving sundry of the junior offices , occasions, has personall y qualified as Vice-Patro n of the Boys' School and was installed of the Girls in the chair in March, 1888. He is also a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and as Vice-President Institution for served on the Board of Boys. Bro. Gully, it will brs in the recollection of our readers School. Moreover, for tVc past five years hc has was elected to the ofiice of Speaker on the resignation of the Ri Management of the Boy s' School , and in that capacity, as well as fro m his ght Hon. Arthur valu- W. Peel, last year. The election was a closely contested one, his opponent knowled ge of survey ing, has been able to render the Institution much Bro. Sir M. thc present time White Ridley, Birt., Prov. G. Master for D urham, being only able aid. Nor must wc omit to mention that he is at defeated by the narro w majority of 11 votes, in an unusuall Vice-President and for nine years has been a member of the Board of y full House. years On the assembling of the new Parliament , after the Genera l Election in the General Purposes , is a member of thc Colonial Board , and for some summer of Bro. Scurrah^ 1895, Bro. Gully, who, during his brief occupancy of the chair has served on the General Committee of Grand Chapter. had {shown himself possessed of all those attributes which are of twice or even thrice, his looked for record is, indeed , one of which a brother , in one holding so exalted , and at the same time, so trying a position seniority in the Craft might with very good reason ba proud. , was unanimousl y re-elected , and there can be no doubt that althoug h he has only been Speaker for about a year—taking the two Parliaments together—he is GRAND ORGANIST. almost daily winning golden opinions from all the various parties, or section^ of parties, into which the House is divided. But in the Bro. H. R. R OSE . Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, and one of case of one thus as well as Organist of St. Pancras, was circumstanced at the present time, and on whose time his professional its Professors and Examiners, engagements had previousl initiated in the Earl of Mornington Lodge, No. 2000, on the 2nd January, y made such heavy demands, it is not to be No. , Bedford , wondered at that he should have been able to take so slight a part in the 1884. In 1S90 he joined the Sir William Harpur Lodge, 2343 affairs of Masonry. and in January oi" the prerent year G. Master's Lodge, No. 1, as its honorary Organist. He has twice filled the chair of K.S., namely, in his Bro. Alderman Sir WALTER H. W ILKIN , Right Hon. Lord Mayor of mother lodge (No. 20C0) in 1S 91, and in No. 2343 in 1S94, while in 1892 he the City of London , was initiated in Grand Masters' Lodge, No. 1, in 1868, was appointed Prov. G. Organist of Bedfordshire. Hc was exalted in the and having filled sundry of the minor offices was in. due course elected and' Orpheus Chapter, No. 1706 , and was installed in its chair of H. on the installed as W. Master in 1873, having in the interim been elected to 16th November , 1S95, while in Jul y, 1894 , he fi gured as founder and first represent the lodge on the Board of G. Stewards. He is also a Royal Arch M.E.Z. of the Earl of Mornington' Chapter, No. 2000. He is also a Past Mason , having been exalted to that degree in St. James's Chapter, No. 2. G. Organist in the Mark Degree , Prov. G. Organist both in Prov. G. He has likewise qualified as Life Governor of all three Institutions, and has Lodge and Prov. G. Chapter of the Royal Order of Scot l an d for London served one Stewardshi p for the Boys' School and one for the K.M. and the Metropolitan Counties, and has been perfected Rose Croix in Benevolent Institution. Adoniram Chapter, No. 101, under the Supreme Council of the A. and A. Rite. He is also a Life Governor, and has served as Festival Steward in PAST DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR. behalf of both the Masonic Schools. Bro. C. SWIM- EN EADY , LL.D., Q.C, was initiated in the Lodge of Emulation , No. 21, in November, 1S75, was installed W. Master in January, GRAND PURSUIVANT. 1893, and served the office of G. Steward in 1S93-4. During the year of his Mastership of No, 21 , he joined the Lodge of Friendshi AMES OULTON the new Grand Pursuivant of Grand Lodge, was p and Harmony, Bro. J B , No. 1616, Weybridge initiated in the Victoria Lodge, No. 1056, on ihe 26th March , 1S73, and , and was one of the founders of the Chancery Bar same Lodge, No. 2456. He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in was installed its W.M. on the 27th April , 18S2. In October of the the Oxford and Cambrid elected a joining member of Old King's Arms Lodge, No. 28, ge University Chapter, No. 1118. He is a Life- year he was Governor of the three Institutions, and served as Steward and on the 31 d May, 1SS6, was, for the second time, inducted into the chair for the two Schools last year, and for the Benevolent Institution in the month of of K.S., his services during both his Mastershi ps being gratefully recognised February. by the members of the two lodges. Some three years later we meet with him as the founder and first W.AL of the West Ham Abbey Lodge, No. PAST GRAND DEACONS. 229 1, which was consecrated at the Town Hall, Stratford , on the ioth January, 1889, and which under his auspices and those of his successors has Bro. Sir W. N EVILLE A BDY , Bart., who has shown himself a munificent proved itself one of the most successful among our newest lod ges and an supporter of Freemasonry in Essex, was initiated in the Lodge of Harmony, especially generous supporter of our Instituticns. Three years later still , we N'o. 253, Richmond (Surrey), on the 18th October, 1866, but it was not till again lig ht upon him in the twofold capacity of principal founder and first many years later that he entered upon that career of activity which has W.M. of the St. Clement 's Ledge, No. 2442 , which was consecrated at proved so serviceable to the Craft. In 1S92 he joined the Globe Lodge, Leigh, Essex, |on [the iolh December. For this service to the Province of No. 23, and the year following the Lodge of Friendship, No. 6. Sub- Essex he received the collar of Prov. S.G. Deacon at the annual meeting of sequentl y he became connected with the Easterford Lodge, No. 2342, Provincial Grand Lodge on the iSth July, 1S93. A few months later he Kelvedon , arid in March , 1S94, was installed as its W.M., the collar of Prov. became a joining member of the St. Osyth s Priory Ledge, No. 2003, S.G.W. of Essex being bestowed upon him in the month of July following, Clacton-on-Sea , ar.d he is, further , a member of the Outer or Corres- at the annual meeting of the Prov. G. Lodge. Never were Provincial ponderce Circle of Lodge Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076. He was honours better bestowed , for Bro . Sir W. Abdy first of all presented a plot exalted to the Royal Arch btgree in the Doric Chapter , No. 933, on the of ground on which lo erect suitable premises for his lodge, and then took 19th September , 1876 , was installed as M.E.Z. in September, 1889, and at upon himself the whole and sole responsibility of erecting the said premises the present tine holds the office of Treasurer. In the meantime, however, at a cost to himsel f of several thousands of pounds. As regards R.A, he had hel ped lo found ihe Temperance-in-the-East Chapter, No. 898, 111 Masonry, Sir William was exalted in the Plume Chapter, No. 1024, Maldon, which he occupied the chair of Z. in 1S8S, and there are ihree other chapters Essex, on the 2o:h Jul y, 1892 , and is at the present time its Third Princi pal to which he belongs and in which he holds some more or less prominent J. Lastly, in 1893 he did duty as Steward in behalf of the R.M. Institution office , namely, ihe Francis White Chapter , No. 1437, Romford , of which he for Girls. is an Assistant Sojourner; the Mozart Chapter, N0.1929, Croydon , in which Bro. Col. W ILLIAM CAMI * HELL , of the Royal Marine Artillery, Aide-de- he occupies the chair of H. and is looking forward to his eleclion as M.E Z. Camp to the Queen , who has received the medal for the during the pn sent month ; and the St. Leonard's Chapter Ashantee War of , No. 17 66, of 1873-4, and the medal with Alexandria clasp, and the Khedive's bronze which he was a founder and in which he has served as Treasurer since its Star for his services in the Egyptian war of 1SS2 in which he Degree, lo which he was advanced in the , served both consecration. In the Mark Temple afl oat and on shore, and was thanked by the General in command , as we ll Lodge, No. on the 131I1 December , 1S he is a Past Master of his 173, 75, as mentioned in despatches, was initialed in thc Phoenix Lodge, No. 257, molhtr led ge and Past Prov. J.G. Overseer ol the latePiovince of Middlesex Portsmouth , on the 24th March , rSSo , was installed W.M. in 1SS6, he had ihe honour of being 1887, and two and Surrey. On the ist Jul y, invested years later was appointed Prov. S.G. Warden of Hampshire and the Isle as a Grand Stewatd of Mark Grand Lodge by H.R.H. die Prince of of Wig ht. In 1881 he joined the Lodge of St. John and St. Paul, No. Wales, M.W.G. Mark Master Mason of Er g land , and the\ea r following 349, Malta , and in 1893, the Royal Naval College Lodge, No. 1593, while he is was cne of the brethren who received brevet ratik as Past Giar.d Maik S.W. desi gnate ot the Navy Lodge, which is shortlyabout to be consecrated. Officers in commemoration of the Queen 's Jubilee , the rank conferred upon He was exalted to the Royal Arch in the Chapter of Friendshi p, No. 257, Bro. Boulton being lhat of Past Grand Sword Bearer. He is new Master which dates from the year 176 and has been granted a centenary Overseer of the Mark Giand Stewaids' Led ge and LP.M. of the West 9, warrant, on the 1 2th September, 18S4, and was installed M.E.Z. in 1S90. Two years Ham Abbey Led ge, No. 467, of which he was a founder in 1S 93. He is also later he was honoured with the appointment of Prov. ge of Royal Ark Mariners attached to G.J. He is a Life a Past C.N. of the Temple Lod his Governor , and has served once as Steward for each of our Masonic Insti- mother Maik Lodge. Lastly, as regards cur Institutions , he has through- tutions. out his whole career been one of their rr.ost active supporters , to say nothing of the personal donations he has made from time to tin e 10 the funds of Bro. J OHN O RMEROD SCARLETT T III RSUV , J.P., Barrister-at-Iaw , of of one cr other of them. He is a Vice-Patron of ihe Rojal Masonic Lincoln 's Inn , the eldest son of Col. Sir John Hardy Thursby, Bart., of Benevolent Institution , and a Vice-President of the Girls ' and lion s' Schools, Ormerod House, Burnley, and Christchurc h , Hampshire, was born in 18C2, having served six Stewardshi ps for the former and four for the latter , and and initiated into Masonry in the Borough Lodge, No. 1064 . Burnley, on the 141.I1 A he is standing for a 19th Stewardshi p in behalf of the Girls' School Festival , pril , 1 889. I" 1889 he was installed in the chair of Master, and the which will be ctkbraied on Wednesday, ihe 131b ii st. same year, and again 111 1890 , was appointe d by Bro. Col. Le Gendre N. Starkie , Prov. G Master , as Prov. S.G. Warden of East Lancashire. He is also a joining member of Social Lodge, No. 62 , Manchester, and was ASSISTANT GRAND PURSUIVANT. exalted to tl e Roynl Arch l>egrce in the Chapter of the Nativity, No. 126 , Burnley. He is a Patron of the Bro. J AMES K EW was initiated in the Manchester Ledge, No. 1 79, on R.M. Benevolent Institution. the 19th January, ) 8(>5, End has twice occupied the chair of W. Master, Bro. Col. F RED R. S EW ELL , J.P., latel y commanding the 3rd Battalion namely, in 187 1 , and for a second time in 187S . He was subsequentl y otic Border Reg iment , belongs to a famil y which , for a long time, has been con- of the founders cf the Regent 's Park Lod ge, No. 2201. He was exalted in nected with our Society, his great uncle , Bro. George Sewell , of Carlisle, the Crystal Palace Chapter , No. 742 , and in June, 1890 , had the honour of having been Deputy Prov. Grand Master of Cumberland in 1817. He was being ii stalled in thc chair of M.E.Z., having in the meantime done good initialed in the Lodge of Perseverance , No. 371, Maryport , in 183 , and has service to R.A. Masonry by assisting, in the year 18SS, in the establishment served the office both in lhat and in the Skiddaw Lodge, No. 1002, Cocker- of the Manchester Chapter , No. 179. He is a Life Governor of all three mouth. In 1S 94, on the installation of Bro. Lord Henry Cavendish Ben- tinck , M.P., to bc Prov. G. Master of Cumberland and Westmorland , in Prov. S.G.W. (1S89) of the Prov. G. Mark Lodge of Berks and O ;on succession to the late Earl of Bective , his lordshi p was pleased to appoint whil e in 1887 he was appointed to the post of G.M.O. in the Mark G Col. Sewell to be his Deputy Prov. G.M. In Royal Arch Masonry he rinks Lod (;e. He is also a Knight Temp lar and member of the Ancient and as a P Z.. and in 1895 was appointed and installed G. Supt. of his province. Ac epted Rite , having served as E.P. of the Cec ir de Lion Preceptory in In the Mark Degree he has been Deputy Prov. G. Master of Cumberland 1883 and as M.W.S. of the Oxford University Ros e Croix in th: and Westmorland since 18S1 ; in the Order of the Temple he is Prov. G. jears 1885 and-1S86 , under the Supreme Council of the 0 latter, and take t Constable of Lancashire, and at the meeting of G. Priory on Friday next , the 30 in 1884. Finally, he is a Life Governor of both our Schools and the will be installed as its 2nd G. Constable. He is a Past S.G. Warden of Benevolent Institution , and has served four Stewardshi ps for the Girls' England in the Allied Degrees, and Chief Intendant Genera l for Cumber- School , one for the Boys' School , and two in behalf of the Old People. land and Westmorland in the Order of Rome and thc Red Cross of Bro. H ENRY H OMEWOOD CRAWFORD Constantine , while in the Ancient and Accented Rite he has taken the 31°. , the City Solicitor , who has been honoured with the brevet rank of Past G. Deacon, was initiated in Grand Bro. Col. H UNTER , of Plas Coch, Anjlesea , who is a J.P., D.L., and Master 's Lodge, No. 1, on the 29th May, 1870, was elected 10 years later County Alderman , has served the office of High Sheriff for his county, is a to represent it on the Board of Grand Stewards of which he was subse- Fellow of the Royal Society and Society of Anti quari es (Scotland), and a quentl y chosen President , and in January, 1891 , was installed in the chair Knight of St. John of Jerusalem in England , was initiated into Freemasonry of Master. In the month of March following he had the honour of proposing in the St. Tudno Lodge, No. 756 , Llandudno , in 1867, and rose to be its H.R.H. the Prince of Wales for re-election as M.W.G. Master. He was W.M. in 1S70. He was a founder and is the senior P.M. of the Bayard for some years a member of the Alliance Lod ge, No. 1827, which was con- Lodge, No. 1615, London , and has from time to time been connected with secrated in 1870 , for the convenience of officers of the Corporation of London several other lodges in North Wales, in the Provincial Grand Lodge of which and those having business at Guildhall. He is also a Royal Arch Mason , he ranks as Past Prov. Senior Grand Warden. He is also a Past Prov. having been exalted in Grand Master 's Chapter, No. 1, on the 6th April , Gran d Master of Aberdeenshire East , under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , 1S86, and installed in office as M.E.Z. on tbe 14th of last month . Bro. and the Representative from the Grand Lodge of Greece—of which he is Crawford is a Life Governor of all our Institutions , and has served two a Past Grand Warden—at the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland. Stewardshi ps, one for the Girls' School in 1SS0, and the other for the R.M. He was exalted in Royal Arch Masonry in the year 1869, in the Grosvenor Benevolent Institution in 1S8S. Chapter, No. 721 , Chester. He was founder and first M.E.Z. of the Eryri , Chapter No. 1509, Portmadoc, and is P.P.G.H. North Wales ,and in Scot- PAST ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTORS OF land a P.Z., Past Grand Third Princi pal , and Representative from the CEREMONIES. Grand Chapter of New Jersey, U.S.A., to that of Scotland. In the Mark Bro. C. D. H ILL D RURY , M.D., J.P., has had the good fortune to wit* Degree he is Prov. Grand Master of North Wales ; in the Order ot Rome high distinction in the two widely separate Provinces of Norfolk and and Red Cross of Constantine for Scotland , Past Viceroy and Grand Cross ; Durham, and the brethren in both will be delighted to know that one who besides being a P.E.C. in ihe Order of thc Temple, a member of the Grand has rendered them such important service and lor whom they entertain the Chapter of the Royal Order of Scotland , IK° in Soe. Rosic. in Scotia., and greatest respect has at length been honoured with the purple of Grand Representative from England to Scotland , and Past Grand Master Royal Lodge. Bro. Hill Drury was initiated in the Faithful Lodge, No. 8*;, and Select Masters and the Allied Degrees. He is a Life Governor of our Harleston , on the 28th May, 1S77, and after passing through sundry of the Masonic Charitable Institutions , and has served Stewardships in behalf of junior offices was at length installed in the Master's chair on the 30th them all. January, 18S2. Towards the latter part of his year of ofiice Bro . Hill Drury left Norfolk and took up his residence at Darlington, in the Province of Bro. GEORGE COWELL , F.R.C.S., Consulting Surgeon of the West- Durham. Under these circumstances he was unable to be present at the minster and Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospitals, and Treasurer of the meeting at which his successor was to be elected. It will, therefore, be easily latter Institution , was initiated into Freemasonry in the Adair Lodge, No. 936 , imagined how great must have been his surprise when a few days after the Aldeburgh, Suffolk , on ist December, 1865. In December, 1871, he assisted time appointed for the election , he received a letter from the Secretary of his in founding the United Service Lodge, No. 1361 , while in 1S75 he joined the " Faithful " Lod ge, to the effect that hc had been unanimously re-elected to Percy Lodge, No. 198, was installed its W.M. on the ioth January, 1882 , the chair and stating —" the brethren have considered the great distance you and six years later was appointed to the post of Treasurer, which he still are from us and do not wish you to feel in any way bound to attend lodge, continues to hold. He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in the Hope and and although I need hardly say we shall at all times be glad to see you, the Unity Chapter, No. 214, Ching ford , on the 4th May, 1867, and successively lodge will not expect you to attend more often than you would feel inclined occupied the chairs of J., H., and M.E.Z., in 1882, 1883 , and 1884. In to do were you not in the chair." Such a compliment ' thu* - spontaneously 18S4 he was appointed Prov. Grand Scribe N. Essex, and on the lamented paid him could not be lightly treated , much less declined , and our brother death of Comp. George Cooper in 1893, the companions of No. 214 elected accepted the Mastershi p for a second year, and about the same time was him to his present office of Scribe E. He was installed M.E.Z. of the honoured with the appointment of. Prov. G. Reg istrar. On becoming a Orpheus Chapter, No. 1706, which he had joined four years previously, ir resident in Durham Bro. Hill Drury joined the Marquis of Ripon Lodge, 18S9, and on vacating the office was elected , and still remains, its Scribe E. No. 1379, and became W.M. in 1SS9. He also joined the Londonderry Bro. Cowell was ad vanced to the Mark Degree in the Brentwood Lodge, Lodge, No. 2039, Sunderland , but only remained a member for two or No. 377, in 1S87 ; and was perfected Rose Croix in the Studholme Chapter , three years. However, in 1890, he was very largely instrumental in found- No. 67, in 18S4, was installed M.W.S. in 1S90 , and received the " in 1887 0 30 ing the Universities Lodge, No. 2352 , Durham , and though there is little and the 31 in 1890. Bro. Cowell is a Life Governor of our three Institu- doubt he might have been elected to the chair bad he so desired it, he has tions, and has served as Steward for each of them , namely, twice for the preferred to remain at the post of Secretary, which he has held from the day Girls' School and once for the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution. of its consecration . In 1892 , however , the Prov. Grand Master, Bro. Sir Hedworth Williamson Bart., showed his Bro. H ENRY S UTHERLAND , M.D., is one of a limited number of men , appreciation of his services iu connection witb this prosperous lodge and No. who have studied at both our great Universities , being B.A. of Cambridge 1379, Darlington , which our and M.A. of Oxford ; and also of a necessarily still more limited number of brother had rendered to the Craft in Durham , by appointing him to the chair Masons who can boast of having been connected with our two senior of Prov. S.G. Warden. His career in Royal Arch Masonry has been University lodges. He was initialed in the A pollo University Lodge, No. equally distinguished in both provinces. He was exalted in the R oyal Oxford in 1861, and subsequentl y joined the Isaac Newton University George Chapter, No. 52 , Norwich , on the 21st March, 1879, and 10 years 359, , later was installed in the First Princi pal's chair and Lodge, No. 859, Cambridge, which was founded the year of his initiation. appointed Prov. G. In both these bodies he held offices of minor importance Registrar. In Durham he ranks as a P.Z. of Vigilance Chapter , No. 111— , but in the indebted to his exertions while serving Oxford and Cambridge University Lodge, No. 1118, which was established which is mainly the office of Scribe in London in 186Q for the convenience of University men and of which he E. for its grant of a centenary warrant, and which recognised those exer- was elected a joining member, A had the honour of being installed in the tions by presenting him the night that auspicious event was celebrated with chair of K.S. in 1873. He is ilso a P.M. of the White Horse of Kent a centenary jewel—and as Past Prov. G.H. In the Mark Degree he is a Lodge, No. 1506 , which was w arranted in 1874, and of the Shakespear P.M. of the Darlington Mark Lodge, No. 250, having been appointed to its chair in 1S91, and was Prov, S.G.W. of Northumberland Lodge, No. 99, which he had the honour to represent on the Board of Grand and Durham Stewards in 1885-6, and is at the present time an officer of both the Grand in 1S92. He is also a Royal Ark Mariner and has served on three occasions Stewards' and Old Westminsters' Lodges. He was exalted as a Royal Arch as Festival Steward for the Mark Benevolent Fund. In the Order of the Temple he was installed E.P. of St. Cuthbert Preceptory, Mason in thc Alfred Chapter , No. 340 , Oxford , iu 1862 , and was installed No. 139, in 1SS8, M.E.Z. of the University Chapter , No. 11 iS , in 18 He was also formerly was for a time a joining member of Royal Kent Preceptory , No. 20, New- 77. castle-on-Tyne, and , after filling sundry offices in the Provincial Priory of a member of the Cceur de Lion Preceptory of Knights Templar in Oxford , , and of the Oxford and Cambridge University Preceptory of the same Order Northumberland Durham , and Berwick-on-Tweed , was appointed and in London and is the author of a very useful little work entitled " Notes on installed Prov. Sub Prior in 1S94. Last year, too, he was appointed G. , Std. Br. (Beauceant) of Great Priory. In the the History of Freemasonry," which has gone through three editions and is 0 Ancient and Accepted Rite still a popular book of reference. He is a Life Governor and has served he has taken the 30 and served as M.W.S. of the Royal Kent Rose Croix Chapter No. 8, in 18 He is also a member of the one Stewardshi p for each of our Schools, and generally has done much to , 91. Cryptic and Allied promote the well being of the Craft. For manv years he lectured on psycho- Degrees, a Past Celebrant of the York College of Rosicrucians, and an logical medicine at the Westminster Hospital , and is the present senior Hon. VIIT. of the Order ; and last, but decidedl y not least , he is a Life physician to the Dispensary in the Parish of St. George's, 1 Linover-square Governor of our three great Charities , and has acted as Festival Steward , four times for the Boys' School twice for the Girls ' among the poor of which hc has worked hard and beneficiall y for more than , School , and once for the a quarter of a century. R.M. Benevolent Institution. Bro , R OBERT E. BAVNES was initiated while an undergraduate at Christ Bro . G EORGE M ICKLEY (M.A,, M.B., Cambrid ge), one of the Surgeons Church , Oxford , in the Apollo University Lodge, No. 357, on thc 28th of St. Luke's Hospital , upon whom has been conferred the brevet rank of October , 1879, and the following year was appointed a Prov. G. Steward of Past Asst. G. Director of Ceremonies, was initiated in the Cecil Lodge, No. Oxfordshire. On the 7th Marc h , 1SS1 , he joined the Churchill Lodge, 449, Hitchin , on the 12th March , 1S68, and after fillin g sundry offices , No. 478, receiving the collar of Prov. G.D.C the same year. In 1S84 he including that of S. Warden , was installed W.M. in 1873. In February, was installed W.M., and two years later was elected to the chair of his 18S4, be joined St. Mary 's Lodge, No. 63, and served as W.M. during the motiier lodge and had conferred upon him the collar of Prov. S.G. Warden. year. In 1872 , while yet a Warden of No. .J49, he was appointed Prov, He was also for some years a member of thc Westminster and Keystone J.G. Deacon of Hertfordshire , by the late Bro. William Stuart , then Prov, Lodge, No. 10. He was exalted in tho A pollo University Chapter, No. G. Master, while, in I.S85, his services received further recognition fro m the 357i on the 23rd February, I SS I , and occupied the chairs of J., IL , and present Prov. G. Master, B.*o. T. F. Halsey, M.P., who appointed him Al.E.Z.successively in iSSs , 1886 and 1887, and last year , at the installation Prov. S.G. Warden. He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in St. of Comp. Viscount Valentia as G. Supt., he war= appointed Prov. G.IL , Barnabas Chapter , No. 94S , Ltnslade , Bucks , on thc 12th March , 1870 , and ( having held the minor ofiice of Prov. (i. ist Asst. Sojourner in 1S87. In Mark in November , 1880 , was installed in the ' hair of First Princi pal. In 18 78, Masonry he can point to similar distinctions , having served as tne W.M. of he was one of the founders of St. Mary 's Chiprur , N.> . 63. and was installed the University Lodge of M.M.M., No. 35, in 1888 , and as W.C.N, of the M.E.Z. in 1S83, and at present fills the office of Scribe li . His services to Royal Ark Marineis Lodge attached to 11, and having received in different this branch ol Misonry were recognised by his appointmeit by the la'.e year s the collars ot Prov . G. Stewar d (1882), Prov. G.J O. in 18S3 and Comp. Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart., G. Superin'endent of Bnks and Bucks, as Prov. G. Princi pal Sojourner. He has also played a distinguished part in Bro. THOS . H. GARDINER was initiated in the Buckingham and Chandos other degrees. He was advance d to the Mark in No. 225, Dublin , in June, Lodge, No. 1150, on the 20th April , i88i , and in February, 1891, was installed 1872. is a Past Master of St. Barnabas Lodge, No. 97, Linslade, was one of in the Master's chair. In the interim , however, he joined the Canonbury the founders and first Treasurer of the Gladsmuir Lodge, No. 367, Barnet, Lodge, No. 657, and was elected to preside over it as Master early in 1SS6. in 1SS6, and served a * W.M. in 1SS9, and is a joining member of Grand On the 2nd February, 1883, he was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in the Master s Lodge. In 1885, ihe collar ot l .G.D. of the Mark Grand Lodge British Chapter , No. 8, and occupied the chair of First Princi pal Z. concur- was conf erred upon him , while in iSSS and 1SS9, and again in 1S90 and rently with that of Master of his mother lodge, that is to say, during the year 1891, P/ovincial honours in Hertfordshire fell to his lot ,"the rank of Prov. 1S91. As regards our Institutions, it will be recognised that he has done his G.M.O. being assigned him during the first two years, and that of Prov. duty to them, hav'ng qualified as Vice- Patron of the G'rls' School , and Life S.G.W. during the last two. He was installed K.T. in the Stuart Encamp- Governor of the Boys' School and Benevolent Instituli m, while, including ment, Watford , in 1S77, was installed E.C. in 1SS4, is a Prior of the Order the one for which he has given his services on the 13'h instant , he has of Malta , and a Past G.A.D.C. in Great Priory. He is likewise a Past served ten Stewardships for the Girls' Institution , ar.d one for the Boys' G. Jun. Genera l in the Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine, a School. men bar of the R. & S. Masters and the Allied Degrees, as well as of the Royal Order of Scotland , and Past M.W.S. of the Invicta Rose Croix 0 PAST GRAND SWORD BEARERS. Chapter, No. 10 , and took the 31 of the A. &. A. Rite in 1SS9. Lastly, he is a Vice-President of our three Institutions, and has served as Steward at Bro, Col. H UGH N. G ORDON , J.P., was initiated in the Burdett 17 different Festivals, namely, four times for the Girls' School , five times for Ledge, No. 1293 , Hampton Court, on the 25th October, 1873 ; rose through the Boys' School, and eig ht times fcr the Royal Masonic Benevolent the various offices to that of W.M., in which he w«s installed in January, Institution. 1881, and was appointed Prov. G. Deacon of Middles'x in the autumn of that year. In 1884, he was a founder and first S.VV. of the VVest Kent Bro. G EORGE W ILLIAM SI'ETH , whose name is SO widely known as the Volunteer Lodge, No. 2041, Plumstead, and was installed VV.M. in 188=;. Of able and oblig ing Secretary of our great literary lodge—Quatuor Coronati, both these lodges he is at the presen t time Treasurer, having been elected to No. 2076—and the editor of its Transactions and Antigrapha , may be said that position in January, 1884. in the case of his mother lodge, and to that to have contracted an hereditary love for Freemasonry, his father , George of Lodge No. 2041 in July, 18S6, on his vacation cf the Master's chair. He , William Speth , having been initiated in the Lodge of Unity, No. 183 — was exalted in the Burdett Chapter, No. 1293 on the 22nd May, 1S75 ; which met at the time at the George and Vulture, Cornhill. as No. 215 -on installed in the chair of First Principal Z. in January, 1S84, and had conferred Ihe 24th of June, 1S42 and after serving the offices of I.G., S.D., and S.VV., upon him the office of Prov. G.S.B. in the Prov. G Chapter of Middlesex was elected and installed VV.M. in 1S46. This honour was twice sub- in September, 1S86. He isa Vice-President and Member of the Finance sequentl y conferred upon him , in the years 1S49 and 1850, while from 1S55 and Petitions' Committees of the Roj al JSfasonic Institution for Girls, and a Life Governor of the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution to 1S67 he was annually appointed Secretary, and in the latter year, and , and has annually until the day of his death in 1S78 , he. held the more responsible, if served six times as Steward for "Our Girls," once for " Our Boys," and less laborious, office of Treasurer. Bro. Speth has followed worthily in his twice for ihe " Old People." father's footsteps , and if he has not, like him , thrice served his mother lodge Bro. Major C VV. CARRELL, who well deserves the brevet rank of Past as Master, and subsequently for 23 years as its Secretary or Treasurer, it is G.S.B. in recognition of the many and varied services he has rendered to because he has been called upon to fill other and more important, and more Freemasonry, was initiated in the Victoria Pai k Lodge, No. 1816 , in arduous duties. He was initiated in No. 1S3, during the lifetime of his December, 1879. and has been twice installed in its chair, namely, in 1885 father, on the 22nd January, 1S72 , and having successively held pr cisely and 18S6, while in the Old Kings Arms Lodge, No. 28, of which he became the same offices of I.G., S.D.. and S.W. as his father before him had held, a joining member the following year, a similar honour has bsen conferred he was at length installed as Master on the 271b March , 1S7 6 , and doubtless upon him , and he has but j -.ist vacated the Mister's chair, after occupy ing it had the pleasure of investing his father, on more than one occasion , as the for two consecutive years. In 1888, he was one of the founders of the West Treasurer of their common mother lod ge. In 1880 he was the lodge Ham Abbey Lodge, No. 2291, and during the first year of its existence did Organist, while the year following he published the history of his Lodge of duty as its acting Past Master, while in 1889 he was a founder and first Unity, No. 183, from its constitution in 1769, though, owing to the loss of Deputy Mas'er of London Irish R-flen Lodge, of which the D uke of Con- its original wai rant and all the records anterior to 17S2 , it was impossible naught very graciously undertook to be the W.M., and on his Royal High- for him 10 say much about its earlier career. This history, as we h ive said , ness's return from India, Major Carrell had the honour of installing him in was compiled and published in 1S81, the year in which the M.W.G. Master the chair. In 1S95 , he joined Doyle's Lodge of Friendship, No. 84, was pleased 10 grant it a Centenary Warrant, so that those who take an Guernsey, and shortly afterwards had the honour of being appointed Prov. interest in lodge histories, and feel inclined to study the pleasantly-written Senior Grand Warden of Guernsey and Alderney. He was exalted to the and trustworth y narrative which our brother comp iled as a memento of its Royal Arch in Mount Zion Chapter, No. 22 , on the 12th April, 1886, and centenary commemoiation , will be able to learn all it is possible to learn having three years later joined the Old King's Arms Chapter, No. 28, was respecting this particular Lodge of Unity. In 18S4 Bro. Speth busied in 1894. installed in the chair of M.E.Z. In the Mark Degree he has been himself , in conjunction with the late Bro. the Rev. A. F. A. Woodford , Bros. an especially active member. Having been advanced in the Scots Lodge, W. J. Hughan and R. F. Gould , and other leading literary brethren , in No. 406, he was elected and installed W.M. in 1 093, and is now the Trea- founding the Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No. 2076, and from the day of its surer of the lodge. In 1890 , he was one of the founders and is the present consecration until now he has held uninterruptedly what in this, more than W.M. of the Grafton Lodge, No. 415 ; in 1891, a founder and first W.M. in any other lodge under the English Constitution , is the exceedingly of the Hibernia Lodge, No. 431 ; and, in 1893 , a founder and first W.M. of onerous and responsible post of Secretary. In this capacity he has, as we the West Ham Abbey Lodge, No. 467, while last year he assisted in found- have before mentioned, edited all the annual volumes of its Transactions, ing the Buenos Ayres Lodge, No. 4S1, which meets in the capital of the and has been the presiding genius in the publication of all its "Antigrapha," Argentine Republic, and of the Dramatic Lodge, No. 4S9. He is also a or '* Reprints." ln addition , he has looked after the more mundane interests member of Grand Master's Lodge, and has been annually elected a member of his lodge, the compilation of its minutes, the collection of its annual of the General Boa rd since 1892. In 1890, he was appointed a Grand subscriptions—and this alone is no light task in the case of a lodge which , Steward , and served as President of the Board , and, in 1S93, he had be- taking ils Inner and Correspondence Circles together, has a muster-roll of stowed upon him the office of Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies. He some 2000 members—the cataloguing ot its library, and last, but not least, is a Vice-Patron , and has served six Stewardships . in behalf of the Mark the organisation of its annual excursions. Yet, in spite of all these heavy Benevolent Fund, and has been thrice elected President of the Board of claims upon his time, Bro. Speth occasionally finds leisure to visit other Stewards. He is also a Royal Ark Mariner, and has served in the Grand lodges and deliver lectures on the more important questions which arise in Master's Council of that Degree since 1892 ; and a member of the Allied connection with our history and the subject of Degrees, &c , Sec. VVe are Degrees, a P.M. of the Four King's Council, No. 7, in which the Degrees confident we are not detracting from the very great merits pertaining to the were conferred upon him, a member of the Rose and Lily Council, No. 15 ; ; Other members of this important lodge when we affirm that much, if not and in the Grand Council was appointed G " .B. in 1S94 and J.G. Warden most, of its success is due to his untiring energy and marvellous capacity last year. He is a Royal and Select Master, a member of the St. Andrew 's for work , and we feel sure there is not a brother on the register of Grand Conclave of the Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine ; a Lodge who will grud ge the Secretary of Lodge Quatuor Coronati the brevet Knight Templar in the St. George's, St. Michael's, and Royal Naval Pre- rank of Past Asst. G. Director of Ceremonies which His Royal Highness ceptories of that Order ; and in the Ancient and Accepted Rite has been the M.W. Grand Master has been pleased to confer upon him. As far as perfected Rose Croix in the Rose and Lily Chapter—in which beholds office lod ge and chapter work is concerned , it only remains for us to add that Bro. — as well as a subscribing member of the Adoniram and Victory Chapters , Spei h was elected a joining member of United Industrious Lodge, No. 31, and, in 1894, received the 30° from the Supreme Council of the Rite. His Canterbury, some two or three years ago, that he was exalted in the services to the three great Central Masonic Institutions have been both many Francis Burdett Chapter, No. 1503, on the 24th April, 1883, became a and great, the number of Festivals at which he has been included in the jo ining member of the Wellington Chapter, No. 784, Deal, in 1894, and is Board of Stewards being 22 , while, as regards his personal donations to at tt e present moment its J. elect. He is, however, an honorary member of these Charities, he ranks as a Vice-Patron of the Royal Masonic Benevolent quite a number of lodges, prominent among them being the Humber Institution and a Vice-President of both our Schools. Installed Masters, No. 2494, Hull, as weil as of the Illinois and Minnesota Bro. AMES M ORRISON M CLEOD, who was appointed Secretary of the Veteran Associa ions ; nor must we lose si ht of the fact that h his J g , thoug Masonic Institution for Boys in 1890, and now receives the same duties do not permit him to give the time lor acting as a Festival Steward brevet rank of Past G.S.B. which was conferred on his predecessor, Bro. Fred Binckes, for our Institutions, he has not been unmindful of their claims upon his and the Secretaries of the two other Masonic Institutions at the Masonic support, and has qualified as a Life Governor both of the Boys' and Girls' Commemoration of the Queen 's Jubilee in 18S7, was initiated on Schools and the R.M. Benevolent Institution. the 5th March , 1877, 'n lne Lodge of Unanimity, No. 113, Preston , Province of West Lancashire, and has continued ever since to be a subscribing member. Bro . FREDERICK LAWRANCE , who has been appointed P.A.G.D.C, Shortly afterwards—about 1S79—he joined the Newton Lodge, No. 1661, was initiated on the mh March , 1873, in the Harmony Lodge, Newark-on-Trent, and remained a member till 1893 ; the Derwent Lodge, No. 255, which meets at Richmond , Surrey , and had the honour of twice No. 884, Wirksworth, over which he presided as W.M., firstly in 1883 and presiding over it as W. Master—in 1880 and 1881. In 1883, he assisted in again in 1890 ; the Lathom Lodge, No. 2229, Southport, VV. Lancashire, loundii g ihe Chiswick Lod ge, No. 2012 , was installed W.M. in 1888 , and is and the Starkie Lodge, No. 1070 , which meets in the same locality, and of its present Treasurer, while last year he joined firstl y the Dene Lodge, No. which he is the present W. Master. He is also a founder, and was the fi rst 2228, Cookham , Bucks, and secondly tne Rahere Lodge, No. 2546. He W.M. of the Barnet Lodge, No. 2509, which is in the London district, and was exalted in the Iris Chapter, No. 255, Richmond, in November, 1879, was consecrated at the Assembly Rooms, New Barnet, in the summer of was intta'led M.E.Z. on the 20th May, 1883, and is at the present moment 1894, Add to this, lhat he has been twice a recipient of Provincial honours, Z. elect , and will be installed for vhe second lime in the chair of First namely, in 1885, when he was appointed Prov. G. Std. Bearer of Derby- Princi pal in ihe course of the present month, He has qualified as a Life shire, and again in 1890 , when he received the collar of S.G. Warden of the Governor of all three Institutions, and has served in all six Festival same Province, and it will surprise only a very few brethren that he should Stewardships, three having been in behalf of the Girls' School, two for the on this occasion have secured the honours of Past G. Sword Bearer of Eng- Boys' School , and one for the R.M. Benevolent Institution. land. In Royal Arch Masonry, he was exalted in the Chapter of Unanimity, No. 113, Preston , on the 9th October, 187 S. In L SS I he hel ped admirable manner in which he had conducted the ceremonies ; and , on the seconded by the S.W., the Consecrating Officers were to found the Alexander Chapter, No. 1661, Newark, and was installed motion of the W.M., M-E.Z. six years later, his services in this capacity being rewarded by his elected honorary members of the lodge. appointment in 1880 as Prov. G.S.B. Nottinghamshire. He is also a jo ining Numerous applications for joining members were read , and the founders member of the Southport Chapter, No. 1070 , in the Province of West Lan- were re.'olved into a Committee to frame by-laws, and report at next cashire, and P.Z. and Treasurer of the Mount Lebanon Chapter, No. 73, meeting. London. In Mark Masonry, to which he was advanced in the Preston The customary " Hearty good wishes w^re received fro m the lod ges as No. Lancashire, on the 30th September, 18 8 ; he is a P.M. of above named. Ledge * 143, 7 the Fleming Lodge, No. 265, Newark, and P. Prov. J.G.W. Nottingham- The brethren adjourned to the banqueting hall , where a well-snppIie J shire, a P. Prov. J.G.O. Lincolnshire, and founder in 1893, P.M. and banquet was in readiness. Treasurer cf the Prince Frederick William Lodge, No. 458. In the Degree of The toasts of "The Queen and the Craft " and " H.R.H. the Prince of Royal Ark Mariner, lo which he was elevated in the Dewar Lodge, No. Wales, M.W.G.M.," were duly honoured. 2S7, Kent, he is a founder, Fast UN. of the Byron Lodge attached to the The toast ol "The Pro Grand Mas' er, the Deputy Grand M ister , and the Newstead (T.I.) Mark Lodge. Nottingham, as well as of the Trent Lodge, rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past ," was responded to by Bro. attached to the Fleming Lodge, No. 263 , Newark. In the Order of the Major-General J. C. H AY, P.G.D. Temple he is P.E.C. of the Prince of Peace Preceptory, No. 97, Prerrton , The toast of *' The W.M." was given by Bro. IL LETCHWORTH , G.Sec, and a Knight of Malta in the Priory of the same ; a P.E.C. Lullingstone and heartil y received by the brethren. Preceptory, Wilmington , in the Province of Kent and Surrey ; P. Prov. The W.M., after responding, proposed the toa.t of " Tne Consecrating G.B. Br. in the Prov. Priory of Lancashire, and Prov. G. Marshal in that Officers. " of Kent and Surrey. He is likewise a member of the Zetland Conclave, Bro. E. LETCHWORTH, G. Sec , responded. No, n, Falkirk, of the Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine in The toast of " The Visitors " was proposed by the W.M. Scotland , a member of the Grand Master's Council, No. i , R. and S.M., and Bros. General P RITCHARD and H. W HITHEULEY responded. Past M.W.S. of the Phili ps Chapter of Rose Croix , No. 52, Lancaster, as Bro. C. B. M AYNE replied to the toast of " The Officers. " a 0 well as a 30 under the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite. The string bind of the corps of Royal Engineers discoursed sweet music Of his services as Secretary of the R.M. Institution for Boys, during the during the banquet, to the delight of many brethren , who have not h id an past six years, it is needless to say anything, they are too well and too opportunity of hearing it for many years. widely known to need any eulogy from us; but in order to make this record The consecration of this lodge has established a central meeting place for as complete as possible, it is necessary we should state that he has qualified the brethren ol the corps, a want that has long been felt. Thebrethren being as Vice-Patron of , as well as served 8 Stewardships for the Institution , with distributed in every part where the B'itish II ig flics have hitherto been whichhe is immediatelyconnected ; is a Life Governor of the Girls' School and withoutahome of theirown .but will now have a permanent home of their own R.M. Benevolent Institution , for each of which he has served three Steward- when they return to England from service ab-oad. The molto of the corps, : ships ; a Vice-President and twice Steward for the Alark Benevolent Fund ; a most appropriate one for Freemasons—" Ub que " — " Quo Fas et Gloria and a Life Governor, with three Stewardships, ofthe West Lancashire, East Ducunt "—serves to show that the confidence pLced in them by their Grand Lancashire, and Cheshire Provincial Educational Charities. Master has been fully justified ; and we hope this lod ge continue a pillar of the Grand Lodge of England until time shall be no more. Bro. THOMAS A DOLPHUS BULLOCK , Associate of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and inventor of the " Unigraph," who has been for close upon 20 years a member of our SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND. Society, and during his membership has done excellent service, was initiated in the Temple Lodge, No. 101, on the 7th October, 1879, and having passed The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday, the 6 h through sundry of the minor offices , and occupied successively the offices of Junior and Senior Warden , was in February, 18S6, installed in the chair of instant : The minutes of the last tarterl Convocation to be read for con- Worshi ful Master. In , he took part in founding the Telegraph Cable Q y p 1S93 firmation. Lodge, No. 2470, of which Bro. the Marquis of Tweeddale was the first Installation of Princi pals and investiture of ol'li rers for the ensu ing year. Master, and the late Bro. Sir George Elliot , Bart,, Prov. G. Master of the T HE R EPORT OI- THE COMMITTKK OI-* G KNKKAI . P URPOSKS . Eastern Division of South Wales the first S.W. Bro. Bullock is still a , To the Supreme Grand Chapter ol Royal Arch Masons ot En 'Unit . member, and no doubt in time will make his maik in this as he has already The Committee of General Purposes bsg to report tint they h ive exauined done in his mother lodge. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, having been the accounts from the 16th of January, 1S96 , to the 14th April , 189I, bo.h in exalted in what is now the Temple Chapter, No. 101, but which at the time elusive, which they lind to be as follows : was the Canonbury Chapter, No. on the 27th January, 1SS1. He is 657, To Balance, Grand Chapter £iooS iS 5 s By Disbursements during- the now the occupant of the Third Principal's chair, having been installed in it „ „ Unappropriated ( Quarter £w° 4 1 in May of last year. He is a Life-Governor, and serve d as. Steward last Account ... 209 5 S | „ Balance U4S 1 g year for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. „ Subsequent Receipts.. G10 17 5 . „ „ Unappropriated ¦ r: . 1 Account ... 210 15 S £1829 1 G £1829 1 r, ROYAL MASONIO INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. which balances are in the Bank of England , Law Courts Branch. The Committee have likewise to report that they have received the following The regular meeting of the Council was held on Friday, the 24th ult., Bro. petitions : Richard Eve in the chair. There were also present Bros. J. W. Burgess, Atten- ist. From Comps. Charles Edward Keyser, as Z.; Richard Ravenor , as H.; borough , Corbie, Glass, Mickley, Millward , Oldis, Smithson , Everett, Keyser , the Rev. Walter Muirhead Hope, as J. ; and A others lor a chapter to be Fairchild, and McLeod , Sec. attached to the Lodge of Hope, No. 574, Newbury, to be called the Hope A letter from the widow and family of the late Bro. John Symonds, Vice- Chapter , and to meet at the Temperance Hall , Newbury, in the county of Patron, was read acknowledging recent vote of condolence passed by the Council. Berkshire. It was reported that the demand for a scrutiny into the votes polled at the and. From Comps. William Russell , as Z.\ Henry Fors> , as IL; John Pi r .iy recent election of Boys had been withdrawn, the error being admitted by the White, as J.; and 13 others for a chapter to be attached to the Lod ge: ol friends of the interested case to be their own. Sympathy, No. 483, Gravesend , to bs called the Chapter of Sympath y, and to It was announced that the Duchess of Devonshire had kindly consented to meet at the Royal Clarendon Hotel , Gravesend , in the county of Kent. distribute the prizes at the Institution on Tuesday, 23rd June, being the day 3rd. From Comps. Buckley Carr, as Z.; Robert Caldwell , as II.; Samuel previous J. to the Festival. Mills, as J.; and nine others for a chapter to be attached to the Lod ge of Truth , No. 1458, Manchester , to be called the Chapter of Truth , and to meet at the Mosley Hotel , Manchester. CONSECRATION OF THE ENGINEER LODGE, 4th. From Comps. Joseph Bliss, as Z. ; George Tubb James , as H.; the Rev , Oliver James Grace, as J.; and seven others for a clnpter to bc attached to the No. 2599. Wycombe Lodge, No. 1501 , High Wycombe, to be called the Wycombe Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , High Wycombe, in the county of Bucking ham . The above-named lodge was consecrated at the Criterion , Piccadilly- The foregoing particulars being regular, the Committee recommend thit the circus, W., on Thursday, the 9th ultimo. The ceremony was performed by prayers thereof be respectfully granted. The Committee have likewise received memorials , Bro. E. Letchworth, F.S.A., P.G.D., G. Sec, assisted by the following .- with extracts of minutes , for permission to remove the following chapters : Bros. Major-General J. C Hay, C.B., P.G.D., as S.W. ; Major W. F The Prince of Wales Chapter , No. 191(0 , from the Masonic Hall, Syden- Cottrell , P.D.D.G.M. Gibraltar, as J.VV.; Rev. R. J. Simpson , P.G.C. ham , to the Masonic Hall , Christchurch , New Zealand. as Chap.; Frank Richardson, P.G.D., as D.C; and Samuel Varren, P.P The Chapter of Rectitude , No. 581, Ardwick , fro m the Midland Hotel , to the Mosley Hotel , Manchester. A.G.P. Kent, I.G. Ardwick , The Hartington Chapter , No. 916, Eastbourne , from the Albio.i Hotel , The following brethren were present : to the Queen's Hotel, Eastbourne. Founders—Bros. Major Crichton Walker , P.M. 1174, P.P.G.S. of Works Kent - The Committee being satisfied of the reasonableness of the above requests , Major C. B. Mayne, P.S.W. 1174; Col. W. H. Coles, P.M. 20; Major C. F. recommend that the removal of these chapters be sanctioned. Buttle ; G. Michil ,' P.S.W. ; R. Urquhart , J.W. 1424 ; J. Law, 184 ; H. K, (Signed) R OBERT G REY , President. ^mght, S.W. 1424 ; H. M. Carter, 133 1 ; C. B. Wasser, P.M. 1424 ; and E S Freemasons' Hall , London , W.C, g ,331 Visitors—Bros. G. lor D »? » * Tay , P.M. 726 (S.C.) ; J. P. White, isth April , 1896. i p*. 2277J General Gordon Pritchard , 1895 ; W. P. Trydell , S.W. 2434 ; J. After the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolu- *->• Fletcher, P.M. 2200 ; E. S. Wilson , 1.124 ; Lewis Harcourt Coles, W.M. tion was passed : J 3°S i W. A. Dingle, M.D., P.M. 869, P.D.G.P. Herts; Kershaw 2128 ; W.F J. , " That the cordial thanks of the members of the Com nitt 03 ht tendered to . Cottrell , P.D.D.G.M. Gibraltar : I . D. W. lames, W.M. 1602. P.M. 70? E. Comp. Robert Grey, their President , for tne very able and courteous mair.er d \\ii '- * Br * Berks > H * Bateman , P.M. 1479 ; C, Hammerton, P.G.S.B. ; H, in which he has presided over the meetings of the Committej during the p ist Whitherley, 73; and H. Sadler, G. Tyler. year." "The consecration completed , Bro. Crichton Walker, P.M. (Si gned) G EORGE D AVID H ARRIS . o. 1174, P.P.G, ol W. Kent , was installed in the chair of K.S. by Bro. E. Letchworth , Election of Committee of Genera l Purposes for the ensuing 12 months, *J. bee. The W.M, invested his officers as follows : Bros. C. B. Mayne, S.W. ; ' ¦-• S. Standing, J.W. ; VV. A. Coles, Treas. ,* R. Urquhart , Sec ; G. 'Vbchil MARRIAGE. , S.D. ; H. K. Knight, J.D. ; J. Law, D.C ; C. B. Wasser, Org.; nc S UTHERLAND —B ARWELL .—On the 30th of Apri l , at St. John 's, Hollin gton , St. ? - H. M. Carter, I.G. Bro. H. Warren was duly elected Tyler, and ¦nvesteci. Leonards , by the Rev. W. H. Green , M. A., Vicar, and the Rev. E. N . Powell , The M.A., Henry Sutherland , M.D., of Richmond Terrace, Whitehall , to Meta W.M., on behalf of the founders, presented to Bro. E. Letchwoith, Prescott second daughter of Capt. William Blunt Darn -ell * «<:., a , , formerl y 16th handsome founder's jewel , to mark their appreciation of the very Bengal Lancers, and granddaug hter of the late General William Prescott. R BROTHER'S BED. Telephone No. sSjg. Established 1808. THE SHIP AND TURTLE . QU Proprietor, Bro. C. J. PAINTER . Received in April I SI O. MATTHEWS , DREW , & CO , J WHOLESALE AND RETAIL '' house in London for recherche £ s - d- Best and oldest (A) 1 1 o Private Parties, and Dinners. Percy Caldecott , 1383 STATIONERS, PRINTERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, Masonic Banquets, Caveac Lodge, 17G 1 1 o OMPANIES , &c. ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS. A SSEMBLY R OOMS_>*OR C Cowper and Newton Lodge, 2244 110 Crichton Lodge, 1641 1 1 0 OUR TURTLE "THITELIXIR OF LIFE," W. H. Davies ( A ) I I O Vide faculty. Dorking Lodge, 1149 110 ESTIMATES SUBMITTED , Elthorne and Aliddlesex Lod ge, 200 ( 110 Purveyors to H.R.I J. Prince of Wales, ILI.M. Emperor Jerusalem Lodge, 197 110 of Russia , Dukes of Saxe Gotha, Connaught, Cambridge, L-igh Lodge, 957 ... 1 10 " THE PROFESSI ONAL NOTE Heads of Europe. S'. John 's Lodge ( A) I 1 o ," and moht ot Crowned , 70 A Hi Manager, Bro. L. ASHBY . St. Luke's Lodge, 144 1 1 o gh-rlass Vellum Paper, with Rough or Satin Surface. Bro. Barnes, per W. M. Bywater. .. 100 SAMPLES ON APPLICATION . A NDERrON'S HOTE L & TAVERN Bro. Whadcoat, per W. M. Bywater 100 FLEET STREET, LONDON. Kensington Lodge, 17(17 100 t\ o Col. G. A. Vernon , 13S3 ( A ) 1 0 Send for Illustrated Pric e List Free. St. Peter's Lodge, 47C (collection) 0 i-l ° F. H. CLEMOW , Proprietor. Mrs. Church, per Bro. Pailthorpe o 10 0 MATTHEWS , DREW , &COMPA NY Percival Vernon ( A ) o 10 6 , In connection with thc Peacock Hotel, and Royal Hotel, West Kent Volunteer Lodge, 204 1 o 10 C 37 & 38, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. Boston, Lincolnshire. Lodge of Hengist, 195 0 10 o (Opposite Chancery Lane). Ru fiord Lodge, 2553 0 10 o Law Writing Department—10 RAY The central position of Anderton's is unequalled for St. John's Lodge, 34S o 10 0 , G 'S I NN PLACE, W.C. Masonic Banquets, Public Dinners, Wedding Breakfasts, Albert Edward Lodge, 1714 o 5 ° Meetings of Creditors, Arbitrations, &c. Edward Arrnitage, J.P (A ) 050 MONTAGUE MAN SIO N The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance Edward Ashworth, J.P (A) o 5 ° (Opposite the British Museum Entrance), p.m. for Breakfasts, Col. Blunt, r6r5 ( A ) o 5 is open to the public from 7 a.m. to 7 ° GREAT RUSSELL STREET Luncheons, Teas, and Dinners. Campbell Lodge, 1415 o 5 ° , W.C. Caterham Lodge, 2095 (A) 0 5 ° The 2s. Hot Luncheon, from ! p.m. to 3 p.m., in Coffee Dacre Lodge, 20SC 05° Most conveniently situated for Business or Pleasure. Cab Room, unequalled. Denison Lodge, 124S o 5 Fare from " Montague Mansion " is One Shilling to nearly ° all Railways Registered Address for Telegrams :— Lodge of the Golden Fleece, 20S1 o 5 ° , Theatres, and the Royal Courts of Justice. CLEMOW, LONDON. Gosport Lodge, 903 o 5 ° Omnibuses to all parts for a few pence. Orpheus Lodge, 1706 o 5 ° Bedroom, Bath, Breakfast, and Attendance, and C. F. Pailthorpe, 5S o 5 ° 5s. 5s. 6d. FOR ECONOMIC AL AND Portland Lodge, 637 050 Night Porter. Telephone 2906. Terms Moderate. RESPECTABLE FUNERALS at stated charges. Lodge of Relief , 42 050 cemetery fees. Royal Hanover Lodge, 1777 ( A ) 050 To cover all expenses, excl u sive of Royal Sussex Lodge STAGE LADIES & GENTLEME N , 342 050 desirous of entering Royal Union Lodge, 246 ( A ) O 5 o the Theatrical Professi in in BRO. C. G. HATT , Sandown Lodge Drama, Comedy, Comic Opera, or Music Hall, apply for , 1S69 050 terms to UNDERTAKER, St. John the Baptist Lodge, 39 050 St. John's Lodge, M R . CARLTON ST. AUBYN, HIGH STREET, KENSINGTON , W. 1039 050 82, St. Nicholas Lodge, 25S6 050 Late Manager Olympic Theatre, Royal Aquarium Theatre, CREMATION AND EMBALMING. Socrates Lodge, 373 050 Theatre Koyal, Scarboro', &c. (Letter for interview). Distance no object. T yrian Lodge, 1110 , ... ( A) 050 Mr. CARLTON ST. AUBYN, Unanimity Chapter ' or telegrams promptly attended to. , Royal Arch, 82 ...... o 5 0 School of Dramatic Art, 87, New Oxford-street. Orders by post W. Pound 026 Price Lists free on application. Contributions will bc thankfully received at the Oilice— 2S1, Strand , W.C, by the Honorary Secretary, FRAN K H ASWELL (ESTAB LISHED 1847), HOT EL , JERSEY W. PORTLOCK-DADSON, 13S3, P.M. 1771. BREE'S ROYAL SIGN AND GLASS WRITER TO THE TRADE. Healthiest situation in St. Helier. 20 degrees cooler than the sea front. ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT 4, SOHO STREET, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W. INSTITUTION BED AND BREAKFAST 5/6 AND 6/-. FOR AGED FREEMASONS. ARTISTIC WRITER TO THE FULL BOARD, ROOMS & SERVICE, 8/6 & 9/- per day. FINE ARTS. MAY ELECTION, 1896. Telegraphic Address—*' BREES, JERSEY. " OTICE TO LOD GES. —A well- To THE PATRONS, G OVERNORS , AND S UBSCRIBERS , N known Masinic, Musical Ritualist, is OPEN TO q-HOMAS MO RING , Your VOTES and I NTEREST are earnestly solicited on ENGAGEMENTS as Organist to Lodges (To vn or behalf of Country), Consecrations, Installations, Summer Outings, Ladies' Nigh ts, Balls Established 1791. BRO. JOHN OLIVER, P.M. 1328 , , Concerts, &c. All arrangements carried out in every detiil upon reasonable terms. For 26, K ESTREL AVENUE , HERNB H ILL, S.E,, terms and all particulars apply O RGANIST SEAL ENGRAVER , HERALDIC PAINTER , &c. , Oilice of this Who was initiated in the Patterson Lodge, 913, in iSCS ; paper. was one of the Founders and P.M. of the Granite Lodge, HIGH HOLBORN , LONDON, W.C. 52 , 132S , in 1874 ; one of the Founders and First Secretary of MASONIC TEMfLE — HOTEL- the Surrey Masonic Hall Lodge, 1339, in 1876; a Sub- HALL. A Mid'and Town of IO,OPO inhabitants scribing Member 24 years; Member of the Royal Arch j is without this accommodation. Practically no competition , I LLUMINATE D ADDRESSES IN THE BEST STYLE . with unusually acceptable prospers. B ecnreci witn influ- Life Governor of the three Masonic Charitable Institutions. ence in the financial world will lind this a valuable invest- M ASONIC AND H ERALDIC BANNERS . Bro. O LIVER was in a large way of business as a Builder ment. Address, in first instance. M ILLER , Freemason and Contractor up to 1S77, when he met with a serious Oilice. accident in the Witcombe Bridge catastrophe, at Bath, OTES ON THE Send for Specimens of High Class Stationery, Visiting Somersetshire, his hip joint being dislocated, and his thigh CEREMONY bone broken, by which he was incapacitated, and is still N OF INSTALLATION , by H. SADLER, P.M., P.Z., Author of "Masonic Facts and Cards, and Dies gratis. very lame. This calamity ultimately led to the loss of his Motions," with a Masonic Biography, Portrait, and Autograph of SIR ALBERT W. capital and business. Also gratis on application;—Book of Examples of Monu- W OODS, C.B., Garter King ot Arms, Past Grand Warden England, and Grand Director of Ceremonies. 2s. Od. mental Brasses, nd Specimen Book of Brass Door Plates. CANNON STREET HOTEL , The ' Freemason ' Office , 16& I 6A, Great Queen-st., VV.C . CANNON STREET , E.C. Catalogue of Seal Engraving, etc. (illustrated), 13 stamps BRIGHTON , GORDON HOUSE , RITTER & PUZEY, PROPRIETORS . 35, CANNON PLACE, BOARDING HOUSE, S doors irom the Sea-tront, from30s. to 42s. per week; per TTEPBURN AND C O,CKS , SPACIOUS AND COMMODIOUS ROOMS day, 5s - . to <5s. Cd. No extras. Sanitatijn pertect. Liberal Table. Masonic Instructijn (Gratis * if desired. 49A . LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, FOR LARGE OR SMALL Proprietor—Bro. J. R HODES, P.AL 132S & 1556, P.P.G.O. LONDON , W.C. MASONIC LODGES , Surrey. Workshops-59, WVCff STREET. AND LJ ISTORY OF FREEMASONRY BANQUETS DEED AND CASH BOX MAKERS. , **¦ IN HERTFORDSHIRE. Offices and Strong Rooms fitted with Wrought Iron M EETINGS , A UCTIONS, BALLS, CONCERTS, ARBITRA - Frames and Boxes to Open in Front. TIONS, CINDE R ELL AS, ETC. Dedicated by permission to SPECIAL BOXES MADE ON TIIE SHORTEST THOMAS FREDERICK H ALSEY, Esq., M.P., Prov. Grand W. G. FENELEV , M ANAGER . Master. NOTICE. QOALS. COALS. COALS. B Y G. BLIZARD ABBOTT, Established 1790. Estimates Given . VV.M. GLADSMUIR LODGE COCKERELL'S (L IMITED ), , N O. 1385, BARNET . FISH POULTRY GAME OYSTERS. CORNHILL , , , 13, , LONDON, E.C. WITH PORTRAITS . For Prices, see Daily Papers IOHN GOW , LIMITED London.— G EORGE K ENNING , i6and i6a, Great Queen-st. *** 17, NEW BROAD STREET, E.C , Trucks direct from the Colliery to every Railway Station. Lincoln 's Inn Fields, W.C. 12, HONEY LANE MARKET, CHEAPSIDE, E.C, 23, LONDON STREET, MARK LANE, E.C, Illustrated Tariff Post Free. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCE D ON BILLS OF SALE, 93, THEOBALD'S RD., HOLBORN , W.C, And other Securities, at moderate Interest, repayable by *ND FUNERALS OF EVERY instalments or otherwise. 86, HIGH STREET, PECKHAM , S.E. DESCRIPTION. LONDON NECROPOLIS Co., \OjJi.e hsKiblishcd iSjO . iSS W ESTMINSTER B RIDGE R I )HN GOW , Limited , always have on sale th-i Larges t , OAD, G. J. SH1PWAY, St A in London of the Very Best Quality at Lowest Piice . 1, LANCASTER PLACE , STRAND . 3, TAVISIOCK SIKEET, STRAND. /GAIETY , abouts. It will be noticed also ARMF IELD'S SOUTH PLACE RESTAURANT that the services that HOTEL , the great majority of them have rendered to Free- STRAND. masonry and its Institutions fully merit the recognition FINSBURY , LONDON, E.G., of which their selection for office is the outward and This new and handsomely-furnished Hotel is now FULLY visible sign. LICENCED. Its position is central, and charges are » » the sanitation is perfect. Passenger lift to * moderate ; LUNCHEONS (H OT AND C OLD ) The Quarterl pach floor. y Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons SPECIAL CONVENIENCE FOR MASONIC LODGES, At Popular Prices, in B UFFET and RESTAURANT ' Hall on Wednes- day next, the 6th instant when those of DINNERS AND CINDERELLAS. (on First Floor), , the new Craft Grand and Past Grand Officers who are qualified will also MASONI C INSTITUTION receive corresponding rank in Grand Chapter. There ROYAL Chops, Steaks, Joints, Entrees, &c, in the GRILL ROOM . FOR GIRLS, will , however, be sundry companions on whom Royal ST. JOHN'S HILL, BATTERSEA RISE, S.W. Arch honours will be conferred , but who have not received rank in Grand Lodge. INSTITUTED 17SS. AFTERNOON TEA, # **• # The half-yearly meeting of the National Great CHIEF PATRONESS : Consisting of Tea or Coffee, Cut Bread and Butter, Jam , Priory of the Order of the Temple will be held at HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. ad lib., at Is. per head, Cake, Pastry, Mark Masons' Hall, on Friday, the Sth inst., and G RAND PATRON AND P RESIDENT *. served from 4 till 6 in R ESTAURANT (First Floor). when the business has been concluded , a Priory of the HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, Order of] Malta will be held, into which any Knight K.G., &c, M.W.G.M. Templar, who shall have signified his desire, can be GRAND PATRONESS : DINNERS IN RESTAURANT admitted, the fee payable, including certificate , being HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF , one guinea. When thc latter WALES. proceedings are over, From 5.30 till 9, at fixed prices (3s. 6d. and 5s.) and the customary banquet will be held in Freemasons' a la Carte. Tavern, tickets for which, at the price of one guinea THE each, will only be issued to those who app ly for them, In this Room the VIENNESE BAND performs from 6 till 8. 108TH AN N IVERSARY FE STIVAL on or before Monday, the 4th inst. WILL TAKE PLACE Smoking after 7.45. # * * O N WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH MAY, 1S96, The paper of Agenda is a more tlan usually heavy THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH, AMERICAN BAR. one. After the opening preliminaries and the reading* R.W. Prov. Grand Master of Lincolnshire , of the minutes, the Report of the Council will be read IN THE CHAIR . and submitted for adoption , and from this Report we THE GRILL ROOM gather, firstly, that Sir Knight the Earl of Lathom , Brethren willing to act as Stewards on this important G.C.B., who has held the office of Great Prior since occasion are most earnestl y solicited to send in their names is open till 12.30. 1877, has signified his desire not to be re-elected, and to the Secretary as early as convenient. Stewards are that Sir Knight the Earl of Euston, Great Sub-Prior, very gratefull greatly needed, and their services will be y has consented to be nominated to the new received. office of F. R. W. HEDGES, Grand Master, his lordship's candidature having PRIVATE DINING ROOMS for large and Offices—5, Freemasons' Hall, Secretary. received the approval of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, London, W.C. small Parties. Sovereign of the Order. Under these circumstances, and so far as regards the retiring Great Prior, the WANTED VOLUMES Nos. SPIERS & POND, Ltd., PROPRIETORS. Counci l will recommend that a hearty and cordial vote 3, 4» 5> 6, and 13, bound or unbound, of the of thanks to the Earl of Lathom be recorded on the Freemason. Address—16 and I 6A, Great Queen-st., W.C. NORTHER N ASSURANCE minutes for the distinguished services his lordshi p has COMPANY. at all times so gracefully rendered to Great Priory. WAN TED- Established 1836. # # * GOLD EMBROIDERESSES. LONDON : 1, MOORG AT E STREET, E.C. We learn further that the proposed new Statutes of GEORGE KENNING & SON, LITTLE BRITAIN , CITV . ABERDEEN : 1, U NION TERRACE . the Order have been, in accordance with the resolution passed in Great Priory in December last, submitted to ONLY THREE COPIES LEFT. INCOME AND FUNDS (1894) . the preceptories on the roll and that a number of 000 amendments will be submitted and carefull 4to. 440 pages. Cloth. Gilt Lettered. Fire Premiums £701, y con- Life Premiums 232,000 sidered. When this has been done, the new Grand 171,000 Interest Master will be elected and installed in office and will OF THE LODGE OF Accumulated Funds - £4,444,000 , HISTORY subsequently nominate and invest his Grand Officers EDINBURG H for the ensuing year. (M ARY 'S CHAPEL, No. 1), Embracing an account of the rise and progress of Freemasonry in Scotland, We hav e great pleasure in announcing, firstly, that By DAVID MU RR AY LYON , the Countess of Yarborough has most kindly under- Grand Secretary. taken to present the prizes to the successful pupils of the Roya l Masonic Institution for Girls on Monday, PRICE 63s. SATURDAY, M AY 2, . 1896. the 1 ith instant, that is, two days before the day MAYO'S CASTLE HOTEL , ? appointed for the cel ebration of the 108th Anniversary TATION . of the Institution, under the presidency ot the Earl of EAST MOLESEY, HAMPTON COURT S ^ flDaeonlc "ttotea. Yarborough, Prov. Grand Master of Lincolnshire. BRO. JOHN MAYO, M ASONIC TEMPLE . Accommodation in the new wing for Banquets for any It will be seen , from the full report we publish else- number up to 120. Every convenience for Ladies' Gather- ^^^^^^ It is also in our power to announce that the prizes where of the proceedings at the Grand Festival of ings. Spacious landing to river, whence Steam Launches won by the successful pupils of the Royal Masonic can start. Five Lodges meet here, and reference may United Grand Lodge, which was held on Wednesday, Institution for Boys will be distributed by the Duchess be made to the respective Masters as to the catering, &c. under the auspices of the Earl of Lathom, Pro Grand of Devonshire on Tuesday, the 23rd June, while Bro. TITHE AND LAND TAX FREE . Master, that the appointment of a number of promi- his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., Prov. Grand I.EIGH-ON-SEA , Main London and Southend Road , nent brethren to Past Grand Office , as well as of the Master of Derbyshire, will, as long since announced , Central Portion, 7 minutes' Leigh Station j near Cliffs, Grand Officers for the ensuing year, was viewed with Church, Schools, Ornamental Gardens, Public Hall, and preside at the 98th Anniversary Festiva l of the School interest by an exceptionally large attendance of Athletic Ground. on Wednesday, the 24th of the same month. Royal Hi hness the brethre n, while those whom his g » 100 FINE FREEHOLD PLOTS OF GOOD M.W. Grand Master was pleased to appoint, either as * * BUILDING LAND, actual or Past Grand Officers, were most heartily The Murray Lodge of Mark Master Masons, No. •Sold Main Road, with Shop Frontages, and several applauded on advancing to the dais for the purpose of 490, was consecrated at the Masonic Hall , Wigan, on Friday, the ioth ult., the ceremony being performed CHOICE LARGE R ESIDENTIAL SITES being invested. The arrangements for the Grand by the Earl of Lathom, Past G. Mark Master and Prov. satisfaction , as was evidenced Pacing Leigham Court-road , Scarboro', Cheltenham and Feast likewise gave great G. Master of Lancashire, in the presence of a large h Hall-road ; also Olivia Drives, and Lei g by thc cordiality with which the toast of "The Grand gathering of the members of the Degree, prominent A LARGE VALUABLE CORNER H OTEL PLOT . Stewards of the Day " was received. amongst whom was Bro. Col. Le Gendre N. Starkie Conveyances free. Abstracts free. Land Tax free. * * * (Prov. G. Master of East Lancashire in Craft Masonry) , 10 per cent, deposit. Balance by 16 equal quarterl y who is Deputy G. Mark Master of the Province. A payments. One point connected with the brethren who were very able oration on the nature and principles of the chosen to receive the purp le is especially noteworth y. Order was delivered by Bro. tho Rev. S. Y. B. Brad- JUTESSRS.PROTHERO E & MORRIS A glance down the list will show that the average shaw, Prov. G. Chaplain , and when the ceremony was number of years they have been connected with the over, Bro. T. Read Wilkinson , W.M. designate, was Hale by Auction, in Marquee, on the Estate, at 1.15 p.m., installed in the chair of A. by Bro. Maj. Craft is far higher than usual , amounting, we believe, to J. D. Murray, O N THURSDAY, THE 7T11 DAY OK MAY, 1S96. after whom the new lodge is named. The Murray Lodge some 26 or 27 years. One of the Grand Chaplains was Special Fenchurch-street Station morning of has our best wishes for its success. Train leaves initiated upwardsof half a century since, while two other fw at 10.55, calling at Stepney, Plaistow, Upton Park, I'-ast Ham (for Midland) and Barking. Return tickets brethren can boast of having been Masons for upwards It is with regret we announce the death of Bro. :s - fi d. J each. Luncheon free at 12.30 o'clock. of 40 years. Several date back their initiation to the Lancaster Hine, who for many years was one of the '• ''cat demand for Villas, and over 2,800 plots havc been llJ early " sixties," and only in a very few cases havc thc most prominent brethren in the Province of East 1 ' Sand free lo Builders on this Estate. Good Bricks, ci,c'3P, adjoinin g. recipients of honours been members of the Craft for Lancashire. We shall publish an account of his ' services next week. ••'HE LAND CO., 67 and.68, CHEAPSIDE , E.C. the comparativel y brief period of 10 years or there- Godfrey Woodhead, P.M. 1645, Prov. Asst. G.D. of Cs.; Thomas Pickles, p M 258, ' ' GotTesponbence, Edmund Lord, P.M. 910, John Dyson, P.M. 306, Wm. Fitton , P.M.^o *. *. Thomas Norfolk, P.M. 600, Wm. Hy. Dawson, P.M. 1108, Howgate Holroyd P.M. 603, and John Dawson, P.M. 521, P.P.G.D. of Cers. ; Herbert Columbine ' We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we P.M . 1211 ' wish, in a spirit of fair play to all, to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion. , Prov. G. Swd. Br. ; Asa Fawthrop, P.M. 1302, Prov. G. Std. Br • Wm. Laycock, P.M. 110S, Robert Fisher, P.M. 910, John Watson , P.M. 61 and! John Constable, P.M. 2259, P.P.G. Std. Brs. ; Simeon Whiteley, J.W. 1034 Prov GUY'S HOSPITAL RE-ENDOWMENT FUND. G. Org. ; William Ash, P.M. 1019, George Carbert, P.M. 495, and Geo. F. Carr P.P.G. Organists; To the Editor of the " Freemason." Joseph Matthewman, P.M. 1019, Prov. Asst. G. Sec; Thos Lawrence, P.M. 1001, Prov. G. Purst.; Henry Morton , P.M. 1522 , P. as P.A.G P ¦ Dear Sir and Brother, ' ' B. P. Parker, P.M. 264, John Seed , P.M. 1302 , Wm. Cockcroft, P.M. 307 J 0h n of the Shoesmith Referring to Bro. Maurice Spiegel's letter in the Freemason , P.M . 1783 , George Blackburn , P.M. 264, Charles Shaw, P.M. 337 21st March last re the above fund , at the festival of which his JRoyal Highness Geo. H. Holdroyd, P.M. 1514, Jas. A. Heastie, P.M. 652 , and James Oldroyd ' the M.W. Grand Master will preside, I beg to inform any brother who may desire P.M. 1214, P.P.G. Pursts. ; Wm. Richard Bates, P.M. 1522 , Horatio Scott Wood ' to give to so noble a cause, that I will be glad to add their subscri ptions to my P.M. 439, Wm. Roberts Hinings, P.M. 600, and Wm. Wilson , P.M. 1102, Prov list. Guy's Hospital deserves the support of Masons, for it has benefited them G. Stewards; Thomas Leighton, Tyler 139 , Prov. G. Tyler; Thomas Chester number T ler directly and indirectlyin all parts.of the world, and any day one can find a y 904, Asst. to Prov. G. Tyler; with the W. Masters and brethren from 75 of Masons benefiting by the Charity, both in the wards and out-patient out of the 77 lodges in the province. Amongst the visitors were Bros. John departments. Chadwick, P.G.S.B., Prov. G. Sec. E. Lanes. ; J. H. Duffin , P.M., Prov. G.D.of C they will E. Lanes.; James Terry, P.G.S.B., Sec. R.M.B.I.; F. R. W. Hedges, P.G.S I may add subscri ptions can be sent to me until the 14th of May ; B' be thankfully acknowled ged by letter and in the Freemason by Sec. R.M.I.G. ; Jas. M. McLeod , P.P.G.W., Sec. R.M.I.B. ; Wm. Gadsby, P.M . P.P.G. Org. Derbyshire, and others. THOMAS DUTTON, M.D., The lod W.M. elect ^Esculapius Lodge, 2410, and Secretary. ge having been opened and certain routine business despatched the PROV. GRAND M ASTER called upon Bro. R. I. CRITCHLEY 7, Portland Place, W., April 25th. , Treasurer of the Henry Smith Testimonial Fund, to make his report. He stated that every one of the lodges constituting the province had subscribed 77 of , the contributions amounting in the aggregate to ^632 ns. ; the chapters the province had contributed ^32 ns., the Knights Templars preceptories IReviews. .£10 ios., while private and individual subscriptions brought the total to £784 16s. In deference to the known wishes of Bro. Henry Smith, it was "THE BERKSHIRE MASONIC R EGISTER AND CALENDAR FOR 1S96. "—This proposed to allocate 200 guineas to the Girls' Institution, 200 gui neas to the official publication is edited by Bro. John Thornhill Morland , M.A., who is the Deputy Boys', and 200 guineas to the Aged Freemasons, endowing the D.P.G.M.'s Prov. Grand Master in charge of the Province of Berkshire , and a most energetic and chair, and thus procuring for the province 140 votes in perpetuity. With Craftsman, if is larger than ever, and has been creditably printed by Bro. distinguished a portion of the balance there had been procured an illuminated address, a G. J. Cosburn , of Newbury. Over 150 pages of most interesting Masonic information gold chronometer and for a Province of 15 Lod ges and four R.A. Chapters, ought to fully satisfy the most guard, and a registering aneroid barometer, and the exacting, and even Ihe adjoining Prov. Grand Lodges come in for a share of attention. remainder—a sum of £43—it was proposed to hand to Bro. Smith, with Bro. Morland's plan is to give the Roll of present members of his Prov. Grand Lodge in which to do as he pleased. order of precedence, as those of past rank are bracketed according to date of investment, The PROVINCIAL G RAND MASTER , on rising, was greeted with loud immediately after the present holder of each particular office, and there is also another cheers. He first acknowledged indebtedness to the Mayor of Don- table of the succession of Provincial Officers since Berks was separated Masonically from caster Bucks. The par ticulars relating to each lodge are much fuller than usual, and really (Councillor F. Brightmore) for the use of the Mansion House, amount to a complete Masonic Directory for the County, involving considerable labour, remarking that though Provincial Grand Lodge had been held on six and, doubtless, a large amount of correspondence. AH the Degrees worked in the previous occasions in Doncaster, the last was in 1880, when the Centenary County are duly attended to, and also the Votes for the Central Masonic Charities. The of the St. George's Lodge, under whose banner they had that day met, was latter are most exhaustively treated, the grand total being 4342 actually received for the celebrated. Touching the condition of the province, the Provincial Grand y a magnificent record. Subscribers will much appreciate the three elections. Trul Master observed that he regarded the gathering before him as sufficient excellent portrait of the Editor, which is the Frontispiece for A D 1896. . . evidence of the eminently satisfactory state of things which prevailed. Since the previous meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, at Dewsbury, the "T HE FREEMASONS ' CALENDAR AND DIRECTORY FOR THE PROVINCE OF ESSEX, membership of the province had increased by 70, though So brethren had 1896."—This well-printed and ably-edited Annual is now in its 12th year, and is been lost by death , and in this connection he thought it only fitting to allude doubtless one of the most useful and most used Directories published _ in the Provinces. Brief Titles of each Part are printed on another colour paper , which is a handy guide to to the lamented loss of Bvo. Bateman Fox, Chairman of the Charity Com- the portions needed to be consulted, and a feature other Editors might well follow. mittee. One lodge— Furrival, No. 255.**. Sheffield—had been added to the There are now 38 Lodges in the Province, so it is one of the largest in England, and, roll, and there was a probability that a warrant would shortly be granted for fortunately for all concerned , its management is of the best. The Editor of this a new lodge in the neighbourhood of Leeds. It was satisfactory that all the Calendar is the Provincial Grand Secretary, Bro. T. J. Railing, who has long acted in candidates brought forward by the province in connection with the Charities that capacity to the manifest advantage of his Province, and is well skilled in all such duties. The Summary of Votes on the great Masonic Charitie s exhibits the grand total had been elected. Coming to the presentation to Bro. Henry Smith, the of 9598, an advance on all previous years, and is of a most satisfactory character. The Prov. Grand Master spoke in fitting terms of the distinguished success Calendar portion is carefully arranged, and evidently compiled with special attention to which had marked the D.P.G.M.'s tenure of office. Bro. Henry Smith had, the breth ren who belong to the additional or Higher Degrees. The " Events of the he said, filled the position with credit to himself and advantage to the Year," the "In Memoriam," and other compilations like the " Masonic Notes," are brethren of the province, and he could not allow the separation to take place most desirable additions to the usual information found in such publications, and the without work, from first to last, is a credit to the Editor, Printers and Publishers. The portrait putting on record his personal sense of the servic.s rendered by the for this issue is that of Bro. John J. C. Turner, who from the appreciative biography retiring D.P.G.M. Bro. Smith was initiated in 1S52 , in the Hope Lodge, attached, he evidently well deserves the compliment. Bradford , to which he had for 44 years been a subscriber. In 1854, hc joined the Airedale Lodge, then meeting at Baildon, but now at Saltaire, and of this lod ge he had been a subscribing member for 42 years. He was in 1859, appointed Prov. G. Deacon , by the then Prov. G. Master, the Earl PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE. of Mexborough, becoming in 1870, Prov. G. Secretary, under Earl de Grey and Ripon (now the Marquess of Ripon). He was re-appointed by Sir Henry RETIREMENT OF BRO. HENRY SMITH. Edwards in 1875, and was made Deputy by Bro. T. W. Tew, in 1S85. In APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW DEPUTY. 1887, the rank of Grand Deacon of England was conferred upon him by the The annual meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge took place at M.W.G.M., the Prince of Wales. . He was one of the founders of the West Yorkshire Charity Committee in was a Vice-President of the Boys', Doncaster on Wednesday, the 22nd ult. The occasion was especially 1879, the Girls', and the Old People's Institutions, and had been six times elected interesting, as it embraced the public retirement of Bro. Henry Smith and Treasurer of the Girls' Institution—a position he still retains. It would be the appointment of his successor. The spacious rooms in the Mansion idle, Bro. Jackson observed , to add to the recital of such a record of devoted House of that ancient borough were courteously placed at the disposal of service any feeble words of praise, but he desired to say that during the the Freemasons by the Mayor, and though strenuous effort was made by short time he (the Prov. G. Master) had held office , Bro. Henry Smith had P.G.M. ths W.M., Bro. J. H. Pawson, and the brethren of the Lodge of St. George, been his mainstay, and his personal indebtedness to the retiring D. was very great. Bro. Henry Smith had desired that the testimonial should to provide for the comfort of everybody, it was found to be entirel No. 24.2, y be no mere personal compliment, but should be chiefiv devoted to the impossible. The lodge room was crammed before Provincial Grand Lodge Charities for which he had laboured so incessantly, but while marking the entered, and numbers of brethren left on seeing lhat even standing room splendid endowment of the D.P.G.M's. chair, he had, as Prov. G. Master, was not available. This was greatly regretted, and arose from the fact that the privilege of handing Bro. Henry Smith a small personal gift, in the form he a just estimate of the probable numbers desiring to attend was not formed . of an illuminated address, a chronomtter, and a barometer, which would, the Sheffield and Leeds sent large contingents, facilities for reduced fares being trusted, remind Bro. Smith during the years vouchsafed him by G.A.O.T.U. of the interesting occasion on which they were then met. provided on the Great Northern Railway system. Amongst those support- Bro. J ACKSON then read the address, which was as follows : ing the Prov. G. Master, Bro. the Rt. Hon. W. Lawies Jackson, M.P., To Worshipful Brother Henry Smith, P.M., Past Grand Deacon of England, were : Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Bros. Henry Smith, the retiring Deputy ; John Cooper Malcolm , P.M. 306 , We the Antient Free and Accep have heard P.P.G. Reg. (City Coroner for Leeds) ; Charles Letch Mason, P.M. Prov. , ted Masons of West Yorkshire, 304, with great regret that owing to advancing years you have felt it impossible an)' S.G.W.; J. J. Brook , P.M., P.J.G.W.; R. I. Critchley, J.P., P.M. 208, P.P.J.G.W. ; longer to support the cares and responsibilities which the office of Deputy Iro - Col. Joseph Hartley, D.L., P.M. 495, Col. J. Day, P.M. 275, William Harrop, P.M. vincial Grand Master must necessarily entail, and that you have in consequence 290, and Richard Jessop, P.M. 448, P.P.G. Wardens ; the Ven. Archdeacon judiciou51'? Doune, M.A., Vicar of Wakefield , Prov. G. Chap. ; Rev. Jas. Geo. Williams, withdrawn from the position which for 11 years you have so ably and P.P.G. Chap lain ; Rev. Wm. Wilkinson , W.M. 1214, Prov. G. held. Chap. 1779, We gratefull organisation Chap.; Major Geo. Bolton , P.M. 154, Prov. G. Treas. ; Jas. Hy. Gration , P.M. y recognise that we owe much to your powers of 1513, and your administrative skill illustrated during the John Gibbs, P.M. 904 , Wm. Fisher Tasker, P.M. 296, and Thomas Richard s, P.M. , both of which were admirably 15 years that you acted as our Provincial Grand Secretary. , 208, P.P.G. Treasurers ; Aulay Macaulay, P.M. 258, and Thomas Brayshaw, P.M. We also most freel acknowledge the zeal and energy with which you hav 209 1, P.P.G. Registrars ; Capt. H. G. E. Green , P.M. 1019, Prov. G. Sec ; y stltu ' P.M. P.P.S.G. Deacon ; Herbert Nixon undertaken the advocacy and sunoort of our ureal Masonic Charitable '" . Reuben Williamson , 521, , P.M. only ab le Prov. S.G.D. j Geo. H y. Robinson, P.M. Fredk. C. Robinson P.M, tions. By the system and method you have introduced , we are not 1239, 275, , gauge the voting power we possess bear in the m , and Fountain Reed, P. M. 1034, Prov. J.G. Deacons ; Saml. H. Stocks, P.M. , but also to bring it to 1648 advantageous and effectual manner of our candidal < , Wm. Chas. Lupton , P.M. 974, George Marshall , P.M. 521 , Jno. 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Robert Critchley that, after the ave ret reQ tn these Institutions w \i you i w' a Vice-Patronshi p in perpetuity of payment of 600 guineas to the three Institutions , the purchase of this very ^ " to secure which the Lodges and handsome watch and be entitled " the Henry Smith Testimonial, guard and barometer, as well as this most artistic •a thren of this Province have subscribed the sum of 600 guineas. illuminated address, cost of printing, &c, there remains a balance, which has Seen We also request you to accept from us this illuminated address, which but handed to me by the Committee. This sum has gone a long way towards paying hlv expresses our feelings, and with it a gold chronometer, together with a self- for a complete set of silver-gilt consecrating vessels, which I now desire to present aneroid barometer, which we trust will prove, by thei r accuracy and to this Provincial Grand Lodge. They consist of a thurible for incense recording , a cornu- u]ar_ ty, fitting emblems of those characteristics by which your conduct has copia* for corn, two flagons for wine and oil , and a miniature font to contain salt. Up to now these vessels have been hired when lodges and chapters have been We further trust that the well-deserved ease to which you retire will be as consecrated. We shall now be able to feel that we have within ourselves all that is needfu l for ov as we know it will be usefu l, and that you may be long spared to see the these important ceremonies. I trust, brethren , you will receivethem ovince, for which you have done so much, increase and flourish as the years as a little memento of me and my long connection with this province, and accept P in the same heart ll on carry ing out the princi ples you have so abl y advocated , and maintaining y and kindl y spirit my little present as I also offer it to you. it has so Bro. ACKSON "hat high standard which, largely through your example and efforts, J acknowledged the gift in the following terms : I should be Litinually striven to reach. neglecting my duty if I did not at once rise and declare that we recognise Given at this Provincial Grand Lodge, holden at Doncaster, in the County in this graceful act of Bro. Henry Smith a still further illustration of his , ht hundred and ninety-six. york, on this 22nd day of April, one thousand eig devotion to our Order. In no way could he have better considered the con- Yorkshire—¦ Signed on behalf of the Freemasons of West venience of the province, and we shall thus be reminded, constantly W. L. JACKSON*, Provincial Grand Master. reminded , of one who has always been foremost in promoting our welfare. I W. H. STACEY , Provincial Grand Registrar. have examined these beautiful vessels with some curiosity, but I fail to see H ERBERT G. E G REEN , Provincial Grand Secretary. any indication of their origin , or how they come into our possession. I hope Bro . Smith will allow us to remedy that omission Turning, to Bro. Henry Smith , the PROV. G RAND M ASTER said : In , and permit us, by a suitable inscription, to make known to those who come after us the circum- making this presentation to you on behalf of the province, I am conscious failed altogether to reach the standard which I have desired to stances under which we receive this beautiful present. On my own behalf , lhat I have and in the name of the in sounding your praises. But 1 am aware that it is your own brethren of West Yorkshire, Bro. Henry Smith, I set myself sincerely thank you. that I should limit myself strictly to facts. This I have done. And feeling Bro. W ILLIAM H ARROP, Chairman of on behalf of every brother in the province, I present you with this the Charity Committee, then pre- now sented his report. After stating the results of the last testimonial. This I do with the greatest possible pleasure, though it is but elections, and his hopes in relation to the coming one—the annuitants—Bro. ht recognition of services which it is not in our power properly to Harrop said that a a slig charitable educational scheme for West Yorkshire recompense. We all trust that in your retirement your health will be long would be introduced at the next meeting of the Committee, and presented for general consideration preserved, and that you will be held and maintained in the safe keeping of at the Provincial Grand l.odge in October. He hoped [he Great Architect of the Universe. the matter would be discussed in every lodge in the province On rising to reply, Bro. H ENRY SMITH was enthusiastically received. , so that an intelli- gent judgment on this great question might be given. Readers of the His words were— Freemaso n knew lhat there was a scheme on foot for purchasing a site and Grand Master and Brethren —There is, perhaps, once in the lifetime R.W. Prov. , removing the present Boys' School from Wood Green. That subject was man an exceptional occasion when it behoves him to put forth all the of every under consideration at the meeting in London on the ioth inst. By a powers with which he may have been gifted—such is the present occasion. Con- majority of 62 votes against h causes easil imagined fail to rise to the 47—only 15—power was given to the Board of scious of this, he may, however, throug y , Management to sell the his mind can readily conceive but which his utmost energies will present Schools, purchase a site, and build ncv ones. position which , The minority him to reach. That is my condition. I see all the circumstances ; I were of opinion that there was no immediate necessity, that not permit time should be to the full the opportunities ; but 1 fear, brethre n , I shall be unable, to my given for further consideration , and above all, that an attempt realise should be made to ascertain own satisfaction , at any rate, adequately to make use of the exceptional advan- the opinion of the great body of subscribers on tages which the words of out Prov. Grand Master and the terms of the address so momentous an issue. He would, however, leave the subject for future which has just been read so happ ily afford me. In the address you express regret discussion, and would now move the adoption of the Charity Committee's at my retirement and recognition of my services. That recognition is offered in report. the only way in which it would be acceptable to me. In addition to this beauti- Bro. W. C. LUPTON , P.M. 974, Vice-Chairman, briefly seconded , and full y-illuminated address, you make me a further presentation of a cosily watch took the opportunity of impressing upon the brethren the necessity of and regi stering barometer , and in kindly words you pay me the gracefu l compli- promptly sending in the annuitants' voting papers now in their hands. The ment of suggesting that, should the accuracy and regularity of both be at all report was adopted. characteristics little more will be commensurate with my own display of those , On the motion of Bro. Maj . G. BOLTON, Prov. G. Treas., the statement and make their performance everything that needed to complete their usefulness, of accounts, showing a balance to the good of over was received. could desire. You then refer to the organisation which I have ^900 a reasonable man , Bro. W. F. SMITHSON moved a vote of 10 guineas been the means of introducing into this large and important pro- to the Scholarshi p 1 admit , largely Fund of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys and to my advocacy and support of the Masonic Charities. Vou praise : seconded by Bro. VV, vince , H ARROP, this was carried. my administrative powers, and, finally, you send me to my retirement with the Other routine matters followed wish that it may be a long and happy one, that I may live to see the province , after which the PROV. GRAND MASTER flourish and the princi ples of Freemasonry prevail in this, our fortunate land. said the next business was to appoint, obligate, and invest the Deputy Prov. Couched in terms free from flattery or adulation this is what you say to me; and Grand Master in succession to Bro. Henry Smith. After explaining the it is the more gratif ying as I believe it to be the earnest expression of your dillicul.ies of his own position , and defining the duties of Prov. Grand convictions, and that it fully recognises what it has been my delight Officers , Bro. J ackson continued : No task which you could have imposed and privilege to attempt during a long connection with this province. upon me could possibly have been greater than that of having to select Brethren , I do regret that I must sever the official bond which has so long existed a brother to fill so high a position. I know fro m the ihnrtexperience I have between us; but I am sure you would be the last to suggest that I had, the qualities which are necessary in a ca>e of this kind. I am very should shrink from what I believe to be my duty. As to the organisation of the conscious that by reason of my own inability to give as much time as I desire, province and the creation of the machinery which has proved so important it is essential I should have at my right hand one who has timj and is Wil- and effective in the working of the elections in our Masonic Institutions , ling to give it—one also who has generally—I should like to say unanimously before 1 may say that it has largely been a gradual process of evolution. Long the conhuence ot the brethren. You all kno v how 1 was Committee was dreamed of I used important that latter Prov. Grand Secretary, or our Charity , point is in an offi rer of such distinction—imp lo take a one or two more gave attention *rtant both to himself and to great interest in these matters. I and the province. I hope I h ave been ri lo these degrees began to see what a powerful lever we should ght in my forecast, and I sincerely things, and by trust that Bro. Malcolm have if by any means we could organise the lodges and get them to work under , whom I have selected for the position, will meet Ihe guidance of some central influence. This was the nucleus of our Charity wilh your approval. Committee. What an advantageous agency it has since become is known to most Bro. John Cooper Malcolm was then obligated and invested by the PROV. tf you. In support of the: Masonic Institutions and to strengthen the voting G RAND MASTER, who, after placing hrm in the Deputy's chair, thus addressed power of this province, you have, as I understand fro m the statement of your him : I need not say how much the prosperity and progress of this province Treasurer , Bro. R. I. Critchley, raised the splendid sum of 600 guineas, which in will depend upon your efforts and your txample. Had I the slighteit doubt compliment to me you hav e placed in equal shares on the chair of the Deputy of that in either one or the other you would be w mting I ce *tainly sh >uld not this province , thus constituting the Deputy for the time being in perpetuity Vice- have taken tlu responsibility upon myself of appjinting you to this office, lt Patron of those three most valuable Masonic Institutions. For this, as well as is because I have confidence that vou possess qualities which are neoessiry ^e personal gifts, I most sincerely thank you. The time of day and the probable to success in connection with the Order lhat I have thus selected you. In weather are subjects which closely concern and interest all of us, so that your choosing you I have done it with the belief lhat I have gracious obtained a Deputy gifts will day by day be ever before my eyes, reminding me of who has the general confidence of the brethren G|,r ; and you will find as yo j go > kindness, your forbearance, and, above all , of your appreciation through the province that all will my assist you, and no one will try to impede °' humble services. It is a common saying when a man who has you in your work. striven to do his duty, and with moderate success, retires, " that he is a Ihe newly-appointed D EPUTY PROV. G RAND tod man to follow " and that his successor will have a difficult task, and so MASTER , after having , been dul proclaimed and saluted 0n - Now , 1 venture to combat that statement, and to declare that the more ably y , said : I thank you, Right Worshipful •he work has been previously done, the easier will be the task of him who comes Prov. Grand Master, for the honour you have confeired upon me in appoint- alter . I ]eave this province in a condition of organisation and efficiency for which ing me to the most important and h onourable office of Deputy in the claim no credit, yet I feel proud ; and I am sure it is needless for me to say government of this large and populous province. I trust that by the exertions nat if by any means ;,, the (jrs(; instance I can be of use to my successor, he may I shall make, by the ability which I possess, and by the time which I shall naiiyi niy advice and assistance whenever he feels that my experience can be of bestow upon the duties, to show you that the confidence you have been kind service to him . And now, brethren , I reach the most arduous portion of what has enough to express in me will not prove misplaced. There is one matt- r oughout „ been a most difficult task. Farewells are sometimes, perhaps, best whicn I wish to refer to, bat time will scarcely allow it; it is to express my mittf- d , but my official good-bye to you to-day is, I rejoice to say, tempered by personal regret that my predecessor h is found it necessary to be relieved of "e fact that probability spend my though no longer Deputy, I shall in all few the responsibilities of the office. It is, however, great encouragement to '¦naming years amongst you ; and 1 cannot see any reason why those ties of _ me to know t hat for the 20 years we have acted together, during nendshi p, which it is my hope and belief have been formed during my Masonic e which time I think I may say I have been on almost every Committee ' should be shattered or even weakened now that I settle down into the com- t' rative appointed in the province, we have worked harmoniously together. I have obscurity of official inactivity. Brethren , you have a splendid position .- the further lve to your encouragement of knowing that any assistance that Bro. S tutti p utmost to maintain it; use\J. everyWU. effort to keep up the tone of V.W. can give me will be freel ^masonry U..U a\J klllUjaLb IHG \.AtltllU/l^ miu.li.-u ..*., y accorded ; that, in fact, he has already promised. |^ , J , and so emulate the example of our lamented Bro. Tew, whoI. ..\. U.Udid soJU '°rthis At the present stage I will not say more, but will only appeal to you e , province. Regulate your relations in life and your conduct towards , 0l,1 :r brethren , to extend to me your l oyal, fraternal, and patient support. If of .. ! ty tlle noble maxims which the Craft enforces. Let no act or word you A.°.urs j n any way dim its splendour or tarnish its lustre and let me have the do this, I feel sure, under the directions of our Right Worshipful Provincial ,'cat.'on n my declining years of seeing and knowing that in West Yorkshire Grand Master, I shall be able to maintain West Yorkshire in its present the r st .' str - ' '- itution , tor the benefit and advantage of which many have lived and proud portion and enhance it in the estimation of Grand Lodge and of our n , stands , vear bv vsar. more deenlv rooted in the hearts of the brethren sister provinces. more Sy firml y founded upon their devotion , their self-sacrifice, their Ou ihe motion of Bro. W. H ARROP, seconded by Bro. Major BOLTON, |,. * y< ar>d , greatest of all their Masonic Charity. And now, brethren Bro. Richard Jackson P.M. 28 t c , , , 9, was unanimously elected Prov. G. Treas " trespass upon your patience for yet a little while longer. You for the ensuing year. The Provincial Grand Officers were then appointed and invested as they are now. There is, however, reliable evidence that the method of impurti ., 1 follows : Masonic knowled ge by means of question and answer has been in practice fro *" a very early period in the history of Speculative Masonry, and it is ...... Prov . S.G.W. not Broo Harry Allen, 1779 all unlikel y to have been one of the ancient customs of the Operative Fraternity Arthur Godwin P., ...... Prov. J.G.W. „ J. , J. 1311 Now, Worshi pful Master , having finished these preliminary observations , I w;]i „ Rev. Langton Samuel Calvert, M.A., 20S ...1 p r p. proceed with my address, I am perfectl y well aware that I have before P me a „ Rev. John Lloyd Brereton , M.A., 1513 - J critical and a discriminating audience, and I am glad that it is so. I shall not „ Richard Jackson , 289 ...... Prov. G. Treas. therefore, ask the brethren to give me their patient and careful attention , becau -r.' „ Henry Slade Childe, 154 ...... Prov . G. Reg. I know they will readily do that without any solicitation on my pirt, but I will ask „ Herbert G. E. Green, 1019 ...... Prov. G. Sec. them this favour—should I, in the course of my address, make any remark ~ or ,, Henry Hall Bedford, 139 ...... ) statement which may not be quite clea r to them , or would seem to require expla „ Alfred Rol er.shaw, 44S ... .A Prov. S.G.Ds. nation , 1 should be glad if they mide a note of it, either mental or otherwise and if I can answer the question offhand I will do so when my address is finished „ Thos. Hoai e Tanner, 337 ...... ) , but ,, W. Roberts Hinings, 600 ... ~) should I be unable to do that , I should be obli ged if they would put their question ... in writing, and I will ive it my best consideratijn and come here on Theop hilus Bates, ...... [ Prov. J.G.D5. g , somefutu re „ 308 occasion and endeavour to elucidate the matter. You are doubtless Horatio Scott Wood , ...... ) aware ,, 439 brethre n , that within our ranks, as well as outside of them , there are sceptics ,, Thomas Richard Vaux, 20S ...... Prov. G.S. of W. who are inclined to dispute our having the slightest connection , either with the masons ,, William Watson , 61 ...... I/'brarUn. who were employed at the erection of the Temples at Jerusalem or with their William Wilson, 1102 ...... Prov. G.D.C. ,, successors in the building art much nearer our own time, and , looking at the sub- ,, James Sugden , 1301 ...... Prov. D G.D.C. ject from one stand point only, without knowledge either of the ancient usages and „ Herbert King, 307 ...... } customs of the Fraternity of Operative Masons, or of the ori gin and history of ,, Thomas Heaton, 265 ...... r Prov. A.G.D.Cs. Speculative Masonry, it would appear that there were some grounds tor these ,, Daniel White, 149 ... ' ...... J objections. I need hardly say that the stand point I refer to is that of ignorance ,, Thomas Shaw, 1514 ...... Prov. G.S.B. For my part, however, I have not the shadow of a doubt upon the question • „ Dr. W. Richard Bate*, 1522 I am perfectly satisfied that this grand Brotherhood of ours is } Prov. G. Std. Brs. „ Geort e Hollies, 971 ...... j directly descended from those enlightened bands of skilfu l archi- „ T. William Handforth, Mu;. Bar., 249 1 ... Prov. G. Org. tects and masons' whose splendid works (those grand and statel y ,, Joseph Matthewman, 1019 ...... Prov. 'A.G. See. buildings erected to the service and glory of God) excite our warmest admiration perseverance ,, ji.hn Bleazard, 401 ...... Prov. G. Purs'. , not only for the skill and displayed in their construction but for their exquisite beauty of workmanshi p. I have not the remotest „ Alfr. d Gill , 264 ...... Prov. A.G. Purst. intenti on brethren , of taxing your good nature to the extent of asking ,, Dr. Isaac Mossop, ...... A you to believe that 974 the Three Degrees were worked in the days of Ancient Jerusalem , or even at a „ Joseph Best, 302 ...... | much latr r period , precisel y as they are now, but we are taught in the bible and 258 Stewlrds - also in our lectures, that King Solomon divided the various artificers (at the ;; g^SZ$ .. ::: ::>- G- building of the Temp le) into three classes, a circumstance particularly marked by ,, William Sharp, 603 ...... | Mason s, as it is from the p lans of that monarch to carry on that magnificent ,, Joseph Greenwood, 1283 ...... J structure that we deduce the origin of our present system of government. " I am „ Thomas Leighton , 296 ...... Prov. G. Tyler. strong ly of op inion that this tri p le division also gave rise to our Three Deg rees in ,, Thomas Chester, 904 ...... Prov. A.G. Tyler. Speculative Masonry, for there were undoubtedl y three grades or classes in the After hearty welcome to distinguished visitors, and a cordial vote of Operative Fraternity, namely, Apprentices, Fellows or Craftsmen , and Masters thanks to the Mayor of Doncaster for the use of the rooms, Prov. Grand or Overseers, althoug h I am inclined to think that the ceremony observed by the Lodge was closed. Operatives in conferring or confirming these distinctions was of a very brief and At the dinner which followed about 120 brethren sat down, the Prov. simple character. The term Fellow, I should imagine, was at firs t only applied Grand Master presiding. to the ordinary workman , who had duly served his apprenticeshi p, while the Masters were of course those who directed them and superintended the work A list comprising the usual toasts was gone through, and some ver y , , . I will now endeavour to point out what I consider to be unmistakable links connect- interesting speeches were made. ing our present system of Speculative, or Symbolic Masonry, with the O perative Masonry of past ages. First , as to the name by which our assemblages are known- lodges. In a non-Masonic sense, the term lodge has been from time im- memorial, applied to a small building either appended to, or adjacent to a larger ISRAEL LODGE OF INSTR UCTION, No. 205. one. For instance, many of our old country mansions and castles still hive one or more smaller houses in their vicinity known as the " lodge." I am not now alluding to the small building, generally of one storey, to be found at the princi pal VISIT OF THE GRAND TREASURER AND THE GRAND TYLER, gates of a park and usually designated " the lodge," although I am of opinion that in such cases the name is really derived from the Masons' lod ge, but I happen On the evening of the 12th inst., about 70 brethren assembled at the Rising to be acquainted with certain other small houses having no connection whatever Sun Tavern, Globe-road , under the presidency of Bro. Ben. Da Costa, Preceptor , with a park (althoug h situated in the neighbourhood of old churches and other as W.M. ; Bro. J. Berlyn, W.M. 205, as S.W. ; and Bro. L. A. Da Costa, P.M. building;.), each of which still bears the name of " lodge." You are not , hoiv- 1349, as J.W. Amongst those who attended were many of the leading workers ever, to infer that I consider thc present structure is the one actual ly occupied by and Preceptors of the East-End, including Bros. I. P. Cohen, P.M. 20 K; F, the Masons during the erection of the original larger edifice, but only that in all survive Bromhead ¦ probability it stands on the same site. Names of places, you know, , P.P.G.S. of W. Essex j Basil Stewart, P.M. Henry Stiles, P.M. ; hundreds of years after the events which gave rise to them are forgotten. The Yetton P , .M.; ]. J. HaU, P.M .; Gaskell , P.M. ; W. H. Toye, P.M.; and celebrated lexicograp her, Dr. John Ogilvie , in the " Comprehensive Eng lish severa l other Past Masters. The Grand Treasurer, Bro. W. M. Stiles, and the Dictionary, " g ives, amongst others, the following definitions of the word " lod ge: " Grand Tyler, Bro. H. Sadler, attended by invitation from the lodge, the former to 1. A small house or habitation in a park or forest; 2. A temporary habitation , ' work the ceremony of installation , and the latter to deliver an historical lecture. a hut; 3. A small house or tenement appended to a larger one, as the porter s lod A meeting of Freemasons or the place where they meet. Novv , isit The Grand Treasurer commenced the proceedings by installing Bro. Ben. Da ge; 4. , not quite feasible that while engaged in the erection of those splendid cathedrals , Costa in a masterly and painstaking manner, in which he was ably assisted by Bro, abbeys, castles, and other noble edifices , that the Masons should have found W. A. Scurrah , Vice-President of the Board of Genera l Purposes, who officiated it necessary to erect somewhere adjacent to their work a building, or buil dings , as Director of Ceremonies. The three addresses were rendered in a mo.rt in which they could assemble without fear of interruption , to give and receive eloquent manner, eliciting the hearty applause of the brethren. The lodge having instruction in their several duties, to perform their ceremonies (for I feel sure been called off for a few minutes, work was resumed , and the W.M. requested the they had ceremonies, however brief they may have been), and probably, also, to attention of the brethren to Bro. Sadler, who would address them on the subject execute those beautiful examples of the scul ptor's art , for which many of these of " Operative and Speculative Freemasonry." old fabrics are remarkable ? The same building would also serve as a W _ A or Bro. SADLER then delivered the following address •. Worshi pful Master,— dwelling-place for some ofthe woikmen , for we must bear in mind that nnny of Before commencing the address which I have undertaken to deliver, I should like, these old structures were erected at a considerable distance from any with your permission , to offer my congratulations to the members of this lodge of town or village. We are told in our Second Lecture that the two gre at p ill irs instruction on the slight deviation they have made from the time-Konoured track at-the porchway or enhance of King Solomon 's Temp le were formed holluu'i which has been hitherto followed by lodges of instruction generally. I allu Je to the better to serve as archives to Masonry, for therein were deposited the Con- their adoption of the practice of vary ing tne ordinary weekly proceedings by stitutional Rolls. Now I do not know what may hive been the first ideas of other occasionall inviting re- y some brother to address them on subjects not included in brethren with rtgard to the_ nature of Constitutional Rolls, but I very well the recognised category of Masonic teaching. My own presence here to-night is member that when I first became acquainted with the expression I was rather at a doubtless a sufficient proof that I cordially concur in the alteration , and the number loss to know what particular kind ot roll a Constitutional Roll might be, and tne of brethren now assembled in this room may be taken as conclusive evidence of dictionary didn't hel p me. In order, therefore, that you may clearly understand its general popularity. 1 consider that the Israel Lodge of Instruction is most what this article is like, which is so often mentioned , but now very seldom seen fortunate in having as its Secretary a brother whose Masonic zeal and intelligent in our lodges, I have brought two of them with me for your inspection and aNo energy have largely contributed towards bring ing it up to the prosperou s and in support of my own statements, but as one of them was written about 250 y?-":3 almost uni que position which it now occupies, and, while giving him all possible ago, I do not suppose you will all be able to understand it without a little credit for having been the means of introducing the improvement referred to in practice, so, to save time, I will give you a brief description of its contents , this particular lodge of instruction , 1 regret that I cannot award him the palm of and when 1 have done you can examine it for yourselves. I mVt> the having been the real ori ginator, so far as the regular lodges are concerned. I however, remark that manuscri pts of this character were not onl y have good reasons for believing, and no doubt he will be glad to hear it, that the forerunners and immediate predectssors of our Book of Constitutions, bul the practice of delivering lectures other than those of a strictly Masonic character in ancestors, if I may so term them , of our charges and lectures. They are know our lod an ges, is a very ancient one, but, like many other of our old customs, its as the " Manuscri pt Charges or Constitutions of the British Freemasons, actual beginning is lost in the obscurity of the past. In support of this statement were used in the Operative Masonic lodges, and probably also in early Speculativ I will read a few extracts from the records of an old and distinguished lodge, lod ges at the reception of candidates and possibly on certain other occasions, now known as the Lodge of Friendshi p, No. 6, which occupies the unique position my thinking they form the strongest and most important links in the cnii'i of being the first lodge regularly constituted by the Grand Lodge of England evidence connecting Operative with Speculative Masonry, although it was n after its formation in the year 1717. (Bro. Sadler here read pp. 112, 113 of until a comparatively recent period that their real historic value and importan- n "The Life of Thomas Dunckerley," containing the extracts referred to.) Now a was generally acknowled ged, probabl y because they were practically unkno.v few words on the recognised lectures or sections of the Craft. No doubt some of the Craft of the present generation , nothing having been done to bring them un 1 ycu have heard, as I have occasionall y, some unenthusiastic brother remark , " I its notice. Less than 30 years ago, only about a dozen of them ware known don' * t care for those Sections, I don 't see much in them," or words to that effect. in existence, now there arc at least 70 classified and located (live of which ar-^ For my own part I think there is a great deal in the Sections and 1 am only sorry properly of the Grand Lod ge of England), and fresh versions of them are c that the practice of working them in the regular lodges, as was formerly the case, tinuall y being broug ht to li ght from the most out of the way places and in is now virtuall y discontinued. It seems to me almost impossible for anyone to resemblance in ; most unexpected manner. There is naturall y a strong family y properly understand and appreciate our ceremonies without at least some know- of them but some vary in matteis of detail according to their age or the loca , , ^ led ge of the Sections, and the better we are acquainted with them the more in which they were written. ln order to distinguish them , for the purp" beauties shall we find in Freemasonry. With regard to age adop e , I should say there is reference, our learned brethren of anti quarian proclivities have ' s very little, if any, difference between that of the Sections and that of the cere- ortun 1 practice of naming them , generally after tne person who his been so f ' .A s monies, although neither of them were always worked quite in the same way as to discover them or bring them under the notice of the Fraternity. by myself for the Grand Lodge some few years ago, and is with the ground [plan of a building — probabl ,,e was purchased y meant for that of King ° as " The Grand Lodge Manuscri pt, No. 2," there being an older one in Solomon 's Temple — dep icted on it. We are told that the tracing """"' collection which {bears the title of " The Grand Lodge Manuscri pt No. i." board is for the Master to lay lines and draw designs upon , the better •rk other is of a much more recent period and bears the date 1723, the same to enable the brethren to carry on the intended structure with regularity and publication of our first printed Book of Constitutions. From an propriety, and doubtless this is a very proper descri c ras the ption of its use in Operative )' ". j point ot view it is considered the finest in the whole series. It was pre- Masonry, but in Speculative Masonry it has, as you know, like all the rest of our 3r t c f J t;0 the Grand Lodge only a few months ago by Bro. James S. Haddon , emblems a symbolic and moral signification. Down to the latter part of the last ppG.W. cf Somerset , and is known as " The Haddon Manuscri pt." Many hours century—I cannot say how long before—it was customary in our lodges to have a ¦ pht be spent in considering and discussing the various peculiarities of these design somewhat similar to the one before you , only much larger and more ¦" old documents but as that would not be in accordance with my pro- elaborate, marked out on the floor of the lodge-room the princi l teresting , pal ingredients amine to-ni ght I will merely read a few paragraphs of this one which , I make used being chalk, charcoal , and stone blue. Old writers tells us " this had a f doubt will serve to remind you of some of our practices of the present day. very pretty effect , especially in some of the lodges where they sprinkle the floor Those brethren who wish for further information about them can get all they with powdered resin mixed with shining sand, and the room was brilliantly ire j n a book entitled " Hughan 's Old Charges," a second edition of which illuminated for the occasion." We can well imagine the extent of the brilliancy las been recently published by Bro. George Kenning, of Great Queen-street. of the illumination at that period. No doubt the Treasurer would be called upon fhey nearly all begin with a short praye r (I need not remind you that our cere- to pay for an extra pound or two of the best tallow di ps, requiring a frequent and lonies also begin in a similar manner.) The next paragraph is a kind of preface judicious use of the snuffers wielded by a steady hand. (Laughter.) This operation i„(roduction. " Good Bretheren and Fel/owes our purpose is to tell yoa how was called " drawing the lodge," or " forming the lodge," and was usually done nd in what manner this Craft of Masonry was begune, and afterivards how it was by the Tyler, or some one employed by him , for in reading old minute books f founde d by worthy Kings and Princes, and many other wayes hurtful! to none: have frequently seen entries v>f various sums pai d to the Tyler for " drawing," or And alsoe to them that be here we will declare what doth belonge to every Free " forming the lodge." It was considered quite the proper thing in those diys for Mason to keepe, For in good faith if you take heed thereunto it is well worthy to the candidate, no matter how exalted his station in life, to take a mop and pail he kept , beinge one of'the seaven liberal! sciences, which are these that fo'.lowe." of water at the conclusion of the ceremony, and carefully clean out all traces The seven liberal arts and sciences are next mentioned in precisely the same of the d rawing on the floor. ( Laughter.) I regret my inability to say order as they are given in our Second Lecture, with a brief exp lanation of each, in definitel y whether this was a practice in the Operative lod ges, but I think substance similar to the illustrations of them taught in our lodges in the present it not at all unlikely; it seems to me just the sort of job that an day. These are followed by a dissertation on the value and advantages of A pprentice would be set to do after his admission and probab ly there was geometry, and after that comes a rather long history of Masonry and kindred arts, a reason for it and a meaning in it. I have no doubt that something of which I shall not trouble you with to-night; but I may remark, in pissing, that the kind was done, which led to its continuation in the Speculative lodges. Just portions of it verge more than " slightly on the poetical ," owing prob ably to the imagine il you can , brethren , what would be the effect on some of our candidates orieinal writer having been blessed with a powerful imagination. I say " original of the present day if they were ordered to take on a job of that sort. (Loud writer ," because most of these manuscri pts bear evidence in one way or another laughter.) In the course of time this old custom fell into abeyance, probabl y on oi having been copied from older documents of a similar character. At the end account of carpets coming into general use, or through laxity on the pirt of the of this curious history are a few lines of Latin , which, being freely translated, read Tyling fraternity, who may have neglected the art of drawing. A writer in 1806 thus .- " Then one of the Seniors holds the book to him who a solemn oath repeats, gives a different reason , and there may be some truth in it. He says : " People and he places his hand on the book while the articles and precepts to him are had taken notice and made game of them about the mop and pii l , so same of the read." The precepts or charges are 33 in number, but I will only call your atten- lod ges use tape and little nails to form the same thing, and so keep the world tion to a few of them. more ignorant of the matter." I should siy this latter practice is not like l y to have beer, either extensive or popular , No. 3 is co the following purport : " You shall be true unto your fellowes and especiall y with the proprietors of the bretheren of the science of Masonry, and doe to them as you would be done unto." houses where the lodges met, who would naturall y object to nails being driven all 14. " You shall not take any apprentice to serve you in the said Science of over their floors. A more common and popular practice, I believe, was the use of Masonry under the terme of seaven yeares, nor any but such as are descended of a plain black board of the kind used in schools, on which the various emblems of good and honesh (honest) parentage, that noe Scandall may be imputed to the the Craft were depicted. This, no doubt, gave rise to the term " lodge board ," a Science of Masonry." name still used instead of " tracing boird " in the Stability Lodge of Instruction , which is, I believe the oldest lodge of instruction in continuous 15. " You shall not take upon you to make anyone (a) Mason without the , working, and, in my opinion , that should be the proper name for it, as it reall privity and consent ot five or six of yourp Fellowes, and none but such a one as is y represents the Freeborne and whose parents live in good fame and name, & that hath his right lodge, and includes the real tracing boird with the other emblems. I have in the Grand Lodge Libra ry the T ler's bill for the " making " & perfect limbs & personall of body to attend the said Science." y of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, afterwards King George the Fourth , in the year "You shall not slander any of youre Fellows behinde their back to im- 1787. Onr 17. of the items is Drawing a Lodge -, and another " Portrid tetr-porall estate, or good name." 3 ge of a Large paiie their Drawing Board -" On the floor are some of the materials of another substitute "You shall duely reverence youre Fellowes that the bond of Charity and 3 19. for the old custom of " Drawing the Lodge." If there were others amongst mutuall love may continue constant and stable amongst you." them, and I have no doubt there were, I regret to say, they are lost having loyment for them at beyond hope 25. " You shall sett strangers on worke, Imp , of recovery. Some years ago I found these in an old chest with other discarded least a fortni ht & truely pay them their wages, and if you want worke for them g furniture belonging to one of the oldest and most important lodges in London , you shall relieve them with money to defray their Reasonable charge to the next being the Private Lodge of the M.W.G.M. I consider them highly interesting, as Lodge." forming a sort of connecting link betwen the lodge boards of the what degree soever be accepted a Free Mason unlesse present day 27. " Noe person ol and the old custom of chalking on the floor. They may also be considered least whereof one to be Master he shall have a Lodge of five free masons att the , unique, for several of my most learned Masonic friends have seen them , or Division wherein such Lodge shall be kept and and they or Warden of that Limitt , , all agree that they have never met with , nor heard of anything of the kind befo re another of the Trade of Freemasonry." . You will observe that the emblems of the First and Second Degrees are combined , 29. " That noe person hereafter which shall be accepted a Free Mason shall not separated as at present : this is to be accounted for b ht a certificate of y the fact that for many be admitted into any Lodge or assembly untill he have broug years it was customary in most lodges to confer the two Degrees on a candidate the tyme of his acception fro m the Lodge that accepted him unto the Master of at the same meeting. About the beginning of the present century, permanentl ge was kept, which said Master shall y that Limitt and Division where such Lod painted boards came into use, gradu illy, no djubt. At first they appear to have inroll the s ame in pigment in a Roll to be kept for that purpo-e, and give an been painted in various ways, according to the taste and fancy '* of the artist. About account of all such acceptions at every generall assembly. years ago a particular design is said to have been approved b and Fraternity of Free 70 y the Duke of 31. " That for the future the said Society, Company, Sussex, then Grand Master, and the small set I have here were probabl governed by one Master and assembly and Wardens y amongst Masons sh ill be regulated and the first of that kind. They were designed by Bro. John Harri s, a very celebrated as the said Company shall think fitt to chuse at every yearely generall Mason , who lost his sight in his old age, and spent the closing years of assembl his life in y." the Asylum of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. Now, brethre n if " That noe person shall be accepted a Free Mason except he be one aud , you 32. are not already tired of listening to me. (No, no, go on.) Then I will clai m your lw. niy yeares old or more." attention fora few moments longer, by asking you to imagine yourselves in a lodge " 33. That noe person hereafter be accepted a Free Mason or know the of Operative Masons, say five or six hundred years ago, held in the nei secrets untill he shall first have taken the oath of Secresie ghbour- of the said Society hood of some important building either in the course of erection or undergoing hereafter followinge. These articles and charge which I have rehearsed to you, repair. The labours of the day being over, the brethren are assembled Soe hel in clean you shall well and truely observe and keep to youre power, p your God, & aprons and loves for the examination and reception of candidates the hol g . , or for other y contents of this book." necessary business, which, having been disposed of , probabl y the master mason Then follows ing to an Apprentice " consisting of 10 the "Charge belong , would have something to say to his workmen with regard to their employment for clauses ; some of them are rather peculiar, but as, like our Apprentice's Charge of the the next day. Perhaps some difficult piece of work or intricate carving has to be present day, they relate chiefly to the moral duties of an Apprentice, and which could be better illustrated ona larger scale than on the contain performed , ordinary nothing more important with reference to Masonry than what you have Paper and linen being exceedingly scarce alread plans. , what could be more natural y heard , I will not take up your time by reading them. The manuscript than that he should avail himself of the floor of the lod concludes ge or a large board , in with the " oath for Secresie " referred to above. " I , A.B., Doe in the order the better to convey his ideas and desires to his subordinates ? It presence Fellowes and Bretheren here present, promise is well of Almighty God and my known that what we see generally mikes a more rapid and lasting imprsssion on and declare that 1 will not at any tyme hereafter b any act or circumstance , y the memory than we hear of or read about only. For instance, suppose you had whatsoever, directly or indirectl y, publish , discover, or reveale, or make known and I were to endeavour to describe one to a of never seen a lodge board, you, it would Jiy the Secretts, Priviled ges, or Counsells of the Fraternity or Fellowshi pp of be utterl impossible for me, no matter however clear my descri t Ki y ption might be, to Masonry, which at any tyme hereafter shall be made known unto me, soe ive you anything like so good an idea of what it really is as you can hel p me g get by a God & the holy contents of this book." I think you will all agree that single glance at the object itself ; nor would the various emblems ba so forcibl what of our operative y you have heard read is amply sufficient to establish the fact impressed on your memory. Before the invention of letters, the common ancestors ges and you will doubtless , and havii.g been accustomed to assemble in lod , indeed the only method of convey ing intelli gence, excepting, of course, verbal nave observed a striking resemblance to our present customs and regulations in several communication , was by the use of symbols and hierog lyphic fi gures. Waen a other respects, especially if you happen to be at all familar with the First regular system of letters came into general use, this primitive mode of jtnd Second commu- Lectures. Even our system of registration of members and the grant- nication naturally declined , although the use of signs and symbols was still ing of certificates Operatives. As a general rule is evidently derived from the adhered to, and their value and importance, as mediums of instruction strenu- these manuscri kind of ceremony or secret , pts give not the sli ghtest hint of any ously upheld by some of the ancient teachers and philosophers for a considerable Jicde of recognition , but there is one in the British Museum called the Harleian Manuscri time afterwards, and now, after a long period of comparative neglect , we find the pt, No, 2054, which is an exception. It is about the same age as this same old system extensively practised in our modern schools under the name of one, and apparentl at the end of the document are words to the following purport, y " object teaching." I firmly believe, however, that this venerable institution of xb <* result of an afterthought, and intended for a reminder : " There is severa l Wordes ours is the only Society in existence that can fairl y claim to have preserved and and signts of a Free Mason to be revailed to you which as you will answer practised this valuable , though simple, method of imparting knowled L -ore God ge from a far- at the Great and terrible day of judgment, you keep secret not to distant period down to the present day. evaile the same or to any but the Masters and in the hea res of any person , lecture _ lowes of the said Society of Free Masons, so hel p me God, &c." Another At the conclusion of the , which wis listened to with the closest atten- present a few questions were asked b Bro *. H ARRIS (Sec), AM *nuscript of a more recent date, belonging to the Bedford Lodge, No. 157, tion by all , y H . srnierl and Tovu which Bro. SADLER readily answered. y an Operative Lodge, says : " Then after the oath taken and the book , '"1 these following precepts and charges are to be read." It says also that " seven Bro. T HOMSON Lyon then gave some interesting information on the subject , «« be present at the making of a Mason (which numbsr is termed a lodge), or of Masonry in Switzerland. at 'East w t 1 t le consent °f a seventh in his own handwriting." Another Honorary membership of the lod ge was conferred on the Grand Treasurer, im ortan .' ' ' ' Bros. W. A. Scurrah , Henry Stiles, and Thomson Lyon Bro. Henry Sidler I f t link to which I particularl y wish to draw your attention is the tracing , r trest e hoard as it was called in the olden time, when it was being already in possession of that distinction. Tne hearty thanks of the lodge rcr> re ° ' , P sented in our lodges after the manner of the one you see on the floor to the above-named brethren concluded a most instructive and enjoyable evening. OPENING OF A NEW FREEMASONS' HALL He had known Bro. Shaw for many years, and lie had done him (the W.M.) the bono to wait joinin g the Order until he was installed, so that he could initiate him. AT EXETER. Bro. W. A. Shaw replie d in eloquent terms, remarking that it was a great privilerrj. to be one of them , and to be initiated by his dearest friend , the W.M. It appeared him tbat in tn Masonry all things ra ne to those who wait, and it would be his eirnest desire Since the disastrous fire which broke out on Christmas Eve in Gandy-street, to be a good Mason, and he HnnprI fhpv would npvor hp nchatnp/1 nf him Bro. F. Hucklebridge Exeter, and the virtual destruction of the Masonic lodge-room in the efforts to also responded. He appreciated the kind sentiments of the W.M., and was very much impressed with the beautiful ceremony he had gone thcouol, arrest the flames, the brethren at Exeter have been put to much inconvenience and and he should never forget the many times he had to rise at the bir.qu'-tingtabU. ' have been obliged to imitate the earlier Masons in having ng _ to the excellent working and dignified bearing of the W.M. He had the honour of true and broad Masonic sp irit , was heartil y app lauded and evidently highly initiating the W.M., and he was proud to see him installed , and it went without saying appreciated. lhat he would make an excellent ruler. In submitting the toast Bro. J OHN STOCKER , at the close, asked if it could not be printed, and as a of "The Treasurer and Secretary," the W.M. stated that result it is probable that it will be reproduced. the Treasurer had been with them for many years, and during his long term of office Bro. Vinniccmbe presided at the organ , and a choir of 25 voices rendered n the lodge had been in a prosperous condition. He was held in high esteem by every one in the lodge, and he hoped he would continue in ofiice for many years to come Masonic anthem with superb effect. Then , as to the Secretary, Bco. Pope, P.M., he was the last one left of the is Bro. James Jerman, P.M. The Exeter founders , The architect of the new hall 39. and the " Father " of the lodge. It would be impossible to have a better Secretary, who brethren may be congratulated on now having a meeting place worthy of the did his duty in such a nice pleasant manner, and they were all pleased that he had con- Craft . sented to retain his office. After the lodge vvas closed the brethren dined at the New London Hotel , Bro. Chaplin , Treas., responded. under the presidency of the W.M. of 39; the Mayor , Bro. Pople, being present , Bro. Pope, P.M., Sec, thanked the VV.M. for his kind words, and so long as he and many W.Ms, from the surrounding neighbourhood. had the honour of being appointed Secretary he would carry out his duties to the best of his ability. The W.M. gave "The Officers. " He had worked with them hand in hand for some years, and he knew their worth. The S.W. had been working very hard of late, and when his time came to go into the chair, he would be found efficient in every way . He also re ferred to the other officers, and urged them to be punctual and regulir in Cvaft flbaeonr ?. attendance. Suitable responses were made by Bros. W. Humphrey, S.W. j VV. Brett, I.W. : J. L. Syme, I.G. j and C. E. Une, D.C. St. Marylebone Lodge, No. 1305. The Tyler's toast ended a grand evening. The musical entertainment was of the very best, in which the 'folloiv 'ng took pirt : The installation meeting of this lodge took place at the Criterion , Piccadilly Circus, Bros. J. Bartlett, Arthur Appleby, Pierpoint, and F. Russell. on the 13th ult., when a large number of members and visitors attended to honour Bro. A. C. Bonham , the W.M. elect. There were present Bros. L. Harcourt Coles, W.M. j A. C. Bonham , S.W. ; W. Humphrey. J.W.; J. Chaplin , Treas. ,* J. J. Pope, P.M., Addiscombe Lodge, No. 1556. Sec. ; W. Brett, S.D. ; J. G. Head, J.D. i J. L. Syrne, D.C. ; B. H. Head, I.G.j I. Hume, Stwd. j K. Couchman, Tyler j R. Wright, I.P.M. : F. J. Bonham , P.M. j INITIATION OF THE MAYOR OF CROYDON. H. Hill, P.M. j E. White, P.M. j F. Spurgin. P.M. j W. D. Schwa-z, P.M. j H. An emergency meeting WJS held , under the Worshipful Mastership of Bro. Sydney Ansell, P.M.j R. Raymond , P.M.j H. T. Adams, C. J. W ebb, W. H. Read, A. G. Edrid ge, P.M. 53S, on the 17th ult., at the Greyhound Hotel , Croydon , f.ir the Wheeler, Syney R. J. Chapman , D. F. Tuffill , W. J. BenneU , J. J. Gomm , H. W. express purpose of initiating into Freemasonry Mr. Frederick Thom is Edridge, Mayor Williams, T. Durrans, F. Durrans, A. G. Renninson , H. W. Ricketts, W. A. Smith, of Croydon for the second year. Very great importance was attached to the event , H. Par felt , E. C. Lane, F. Hucklebridge , H. Greenfirld , W. A. Shaw, H. T. Schwarz, which had been looked forward to for a considerable time with much interest by the W. C. Hetderson , and G. S. Berchirg. Visitois*. Bios. C. W. Mayo, W.M. 1GS6 j brethien of the Province of Surrey. To witness the ceremony, numerous brethren had M. Joidor , 2456; J. N*" - I"- ' ' ... ' _____ **-" *>S
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HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT N Arc M^:-iur.:fjlu:c.l cul,* ;;t 78. HEW OXFORD y 'JMiEET , L 0IV D O Jtf j Sold by nil Chemists r.nd Modicino Vendors. |j| \\ ' vi n ;,rV.t he had the privilege of being present when one had joined the ranks of Masonry bast positions in Croydon to set their Grand Mister was assigned to those poor breth re n who, he was sure,would add lustre to the great roll ot Masons. The other Provincial and sisters to whom Bro. Terry had referred. They would 1)2 entertained (he was sorry Grand Officers equally appreciated the privilege, and for himsel f and his colleagues he to be able to tell the brethren it was a purel y private meeting) at a lawyer's ofli ;e. B/ congratulated the VV.M. on the excellent way in which he initiated the Mivor of Croy- a happy coincidence , in order to prevent there being- anything ominous about it, he had dor. That day was somewhat of a red-letter diy—certainly with regard to Freem isonry. asked Bro. Hooker and also Bro. Webb to give their best positions where he had not All the brethren who were associated with the b irough of Croydon knew perfectly well room , and Bro. Bullock (there was a very good ring about the list, w nf.d brin ^ that th? name of Edridge had been associated with everything Misonic for a long time. their brethren and sisters thnmih th:: cro vJ-d streets ti see the s\a ,v , and then ye did not know that a member of that familv, who was now occupying the hinh office convey them bick to their hosp itable roof , where h; should ask B:o. Terry to arran'; , f first magistrate of the borough , could have done more to assist the work of Masonry something for them to eit and an J d \<\'i ; it woild be a ril-Wtter diy for thsivt is will in tliat pait of the Province of Surrey than by joining the Masonic ranks at such a time. as for others. It would lua great thin.r for them to see the great sho.v and citch a Bro. G. A. King proposed "The Masonic Charities," impressing upon the brethre n glimpse of the Prince and Princess of VVales. Whit hid that to do with the toast , the Ihe duty if supporting the whole of those Institutions, but, drawing attention to the fact brethren would siy. He quite appreciated the question. It hid all the world to d > with it that Charity began at home, reminded them that the Insrifution for the Aged was because he wanted to show the brethre n how soon after the step had been taken located at Croydon. Then, the Surrey Masons considering that their first call wis to by the initiate he identified himself with the interests of th; brethren. II; hid th; forward the claims of the children of indigent Surrey Masons, the Charity Committee of initiate 's permission to siy, and he thought it right the brethren should k IO .V , thit whit (he Province did so, and they were successful at the last election in getting a Surrey boy they did would b; griced by the initiate 's presence, by bis wif .*, and by his sisters. He i). e'ed. He solicited assistance for the old people on the high ground that it wis an gave the toast of " The Initiate," and w mid sit do.vn with the fee'.ing thi *. the huidred ) oichnance of the Great Architect that the weak should be supported by the strong. of times he hid address:d audiences at C*o/d on th;re wis n ) occtsion he hil b:e i in ire Bro. James Terry, P.G.S.B., responded, and after detailing the benefits conferred disippointed thin the way he hid done it that ni^ h 1. Still , h; kn;.v whit wis in his by Ihe Girls' and the Boys' Schools, and the liberal support given to all the Institutions heart : he hid a way—th:y knew it to their ost—he hid a rouj'i and ready way of 1 y the Crait, stated that at the Centenary Festival of the Girl s' Institution over £51,000 expressing himself , but yet he knew his aulience , and he knew th; reception the was subscribed , the largest sum subscribed to any Institution up to that time. But when breth ren would gj ive this toast when he sit do.vn woul d be such as to b; a very s.vect the Jubilee of the Benevolent Institution was held in 1S..12, over £69,000 was collected memory to the initiate of that night. for lhat Institution. No other charity ever obtained such a sum in one year. What Bro. F. I. Edridee, E.A., responded. He slid he fel t his task wis a very cleir wis going to be done at the centenary of the Boys' School in iSqS it was utterly im- one, and yet a very difficult one; a very clear one, beciuse it was a duty to think the pos.'i'- le to predict. The number of the Craft was increasing, and he hoped their wealth VV.M. and brethren most heartily for the very kind wiy in which they had received him would increase also, and that the Boys' Institution would have a larger sum than had in their Fraternity. He could hirdly hive expected he would be received, coming in so j, t been known. Reverting to theOld People, it had been remarked that charity began late in the day, with so great applause and acclimation. It was something like the else, at home. Croydon was the home of the Old People's Institution , and in that sense, and in fact, of the wandering sheep, but he hoped it wis nit th; cise, and thit the brethren that sense only, he would ask the brethren to emulate the examp le of the W.M., who, would receive him, althoug h coming in somewhit lite, as coming to do somethinj as whf n Master of La Tolerance Lodge, donated a sum sufficient to qualify him as a Vice- far as he possibly could to support the Craft which , unquestionably, wis doin r a great Patron of the Benevolent Institution. But he was sure Surrey would never forget the amount of good. Hs could oily siy further, tint he felt it a v;ry greit privilege th it ha Masonic Institutions. had been so introduced into the Craft—introduced by his own brother. He assured Bro. Dr. S. Parsons-Smith proposed " The VV.M." He had always had a deep in- them it was not often such an event oc:urred ii the Craft, but it appeared to hi n that it terest in the Addiscombe Lodge Irom its first inception, and had hid a more or less close was one he should treasure, and he trusted that the Craft would receive with favour. c< nr.cction and friendship with the brethren who had filled the position of its W.M. year As far as he was concerned , he wis pleased to see the introductory ceremony was m ost i fur j ear. Looking down the roll of those illustrious names, he found two standing out impressive , and thit it wis conducted in a way which , to his mind , wis most difficult to wlich were always received with the greatest affection and respect when menti oned in conduct. It seemed so beciuse it occurrel to him , that to perform the cerem ony ii the tie Addiscombe Lodge—one was that of its first VV.M., and the other the name of its way it wis conducted , required the greatest tact and ability, and if he mi ght be allowed 131K Both those brethren had been removed by death. They were two typical Misters. to say so in the presence of the W.M., he would like to offer his tribute of admiration Ihe fiist was one of the keenest men, and Masonry was his hobby, and when he threw of the performance. His part was absolutely clear, but he thought his difficulties hid his ardour into the establishment of the lodge the lodge had a form and substance. The just begun. He was not much up yet in the mysteries of the Craft, and did not know 13 h was a man beloved and respected by all the brethren. Not alone did he pursu e when it began , if it went back to the diys of thc Confu sion of Tongues—whether it wi; his Masonic duties in a very straightforward and M asonic manner, but by his person il the fact that the various Masonic signs with which he had to some extent been thit qualifications he endeared himself to every person and every Freemason with whom he nijdit entrusted were due to the fict that the members of the Craft wished to keep them- came in contact. He ventured to couple those two names because he thought the com- selves clear of that high distinction , or whether it wis tru: th it the first menbersof th; V nation cf, the two characters made a typical Master of a lodge. The nearest approach Craft were those employed at the erecrbn of King Solon n's Temple : bur h; dd no: ; tu that combination was to be found in the brother who now so well and worthily filled it was a very ancient Brotherhood , which in the past hid done excellent and good work. the cha'r. He would not dwell on his personal virtues, but taking his Masonic virtues, He was one of those matter-of-fact people not much in sympathy with ancient fi-ne. If I e was keen in his interest in all that concerned Masonry ; he followed the example of a thing became old, and hc was asked to value it, he was personally one of those who ihe herd of English Mascnry—when he had mastered the beauties of Masonry, when he could not swallow it; but if it had attached to it a value, a beiuty, or usefulness, then tad plumbed and sounded the depths of the art, it was his next care to bring in those he was one who appreciated it the more beciuse it was old. He believed , not only fro m vvho were near and dear to him. Those brethren who had been present in lodge that what he had heard that night, but from what he had heard on many occasions, that ths cveting must have been struck by the thorough, able, and masterly manner in which Craft to which he had had the honour no.v to be introduced wa*> one thit which wis not Ihe ceremony was rendered ; it was not gone through in a perfunctory manner, but as only old, but had been useful in the past, and wis useful in the present div. He heard , thovgh it was thoroughly understood and felt. He hoped that the way in which the with very great pleasure, that the very keystone of the Brotherhood wis Chirity. He beautiful principles of Masonry were emulated would sink into the ground and have was quite sure of one thing—thit si long as the Craft remembered that , so long would fruition in the future. When they had a man in the chair with all those virtues, the it continue to flourish . He did not feir thit when years forward every brother present ledge had reason to be proud of such a W.M. would take a personal interest in those old people whom the people of Croydon had in Bro. S. G. Ediidge, VV.M., in reply to the toast, said he wis not as a ru'e hard- their mids**, to whom Bro. Terry had referred , and in respect of whom there was such a prcssed to find words to express the thoughts that so often welled up in his mind. If grand result at the Festival in iSy > . He believed there wis a great feeling for the old he had any difficulty at times it was to compress what he had to say within reasonable people. In these diys old peop le when they b ega n to get old found very greit dilliculty 1 mits, ar.d not to disappoint and weary those whom it was his privilege to address. But in finding employment ; therefore, it was all the m ire necessiry tilt those peop le who hc did most solemnly say that he felt a heavy responsibility rested upon him in replying had the means and the opportunity should, out of those m:ans and opportunities, in fit terms to the toast which in such Masonic fervour had been proposed by Bro. endeavour to ascUt those who were more or less past work; so long as the Craft did Parsons-Smith. The memory of the kindly reception he had received would not be that it would continue to prosper. He further believed that in the Craft there were a transient , but would remain with him as one of his sweetest recollections. He took to very large number of people who were anxious for the benefit of their country at large, h'msclf a solace which was a proud heritage that he had in the brethren the goodwill to support religion , to improve the social and moral position of their fellows, and that , which had stood the storm and stress of remarks that he had made from time to time therefore , in working for that they were working for the best ciuse they could hive at that it Masonry vvere ether than it vvas would have given offence to several brethren. heart, and for these and various reasons he took it to be a great honour to have been Mary 1 hen present knew that on every occasion he had had the opportunity he had admitted to the partial mysteries of the ancient Craft. He hoped thit health and ixpcsscd in no uncertain form what he considered to be the height as well as the strength would bs spared him to do something to furthei its interests . medium and the depth of Masonry, and he ventured to say that as a glorious brother- Bros. Mawdesley and Duffet responded to the toist ol " The Visito.s ," which wis hood they had many weary miles to travel before they reached the ideal which their proposed by Br*. E. . Thompson , P.M., and Bro. Lambert , P.M., Sec, replied to th: liturgy painted so well. They had heard a few words from Bro. King—words vvhich toastof "The Officers ," which the W.M., in proposing, seized to convey to liro. Lim- mi g ht well sink into their hearts—showing the necessity that lay upon them to practice ber* the debt ot gratitude every one owed him tor bring ing the meeting to such Charity ; Charity vvas the raison d' etre of tbe Order—the foundation of their existence unqualified success. —and that these friendly meetings which the outside public thought were the Alpha and The Tyler's toast closed the proceedings. Ortega of their being were not so. Masons knew it was nothing of the kind; that it was a very important function to be observed, because it enabled them to meet and take sweet counsel together how they might reduce the aggregate of human misery and woe —how they might, shoulder to shoulder, and hand in hand, joint to assist others. Where Selwyn Lodge, No. 1901. was there a nation worthy of the name which did not come face to face often vvith cises The installation meeting of this popuhr South London lodge wis held at the Mo.it- uf destitution and want ; where was there a Mason who did not meet from time to tim; pt'lier Hotel, Choumert-road Peckham , S.E., on Thursday, the iGth ultimo. Present a man who had seen better days and whose heart still beat with pride , and who hid Bros. Thos. Gay, W.M.; A. II. Fraser, S.W. and W.M. elect ; F. li. l\, .v, J.VV. behind that pride the cankerworm within ? It vvas the duty of the Mason to get at the Win. Wills, P.M., Treas.; J. M. Wimble, P.M., Sec. ; |. 11. Stevenson , S.D.; W noids cf such an one; it was for him to stretch forth the hand to him, to give sympathy II. Hook, P.M., D.C. ; K. VVeddall Thomas, A.D.C. ; jas. Dickason , I.G. ; W.J to him and help him in his distress. What a noble ideal was this ! Was' it to be Alford and |. Pointon , Stwds. ; Thos. Bowler , Tyler; R. E. Anderson , P.M.; Wal Bordered at that one who was blessed beyond his desserts thought if Heaven had in its Davies, P.M.; J. Lightfoot, P.M.; Hy. Sercombe, C. A. Adams, ]. A. M iy, II. I) [ n digality given him wealth he was only an unworthy Steward ? He hoped he had not Tredray, A. J. Elliott, L. Maybaum , Hy. Hayward, G. F. Cutts, W. G. Ford, G. R. unduly wearied the brethren , but his responsibility that night weighed very heavily upon Langley (hon. member), J. E. Poole, A. Stroschneider , W. Bradsln w, W. II. Lee, II. l is. soul. He had asked to be present not only the Grand Officers but the Masters and H. Bolton , W. T. Tomkins, A. Guest, J. Frampton , and C. II. Mirrison. The visitors Wardens of different lodges, because he wanted the opportunity to say to them he hoped were Bros. W. B. Seagrave, P.M. 1672; D. Channon , P.M. 1475 ; J. VV. Very, P.M. 2nd trusted the diffe rent Masters and Wardens would find some means of meeting 6:y; E. Dainton , S74; A. Hart, 765 ; Jas. A. Thornhill , P.M. 1329; D. J. Robin- together to discuss Masonic matters far more than had been the case. Lodges should son, P.M. 1S6 ; J. A. Braik, S.VV . 2310; Fred. Flood, P.M. and Sec. i.je_., Prov. te isolated only as far as their official duties were concerned ; but in that they tell very far A.G.D.C. Surrey ; j. Ellinger, P.M. 2222 ; Chas. Wheatley, S.D. 1512; VV. Hipgravc, stmt of the ideal of Masonry. He sincerely trusted that the present meeting would be 1632; and C. H. Stone, P.M. 507, S.D. 1C41. 'r.e of many others at vvhich they would be able to take counsel together. In conclusion , The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Auditors ' I c thanked the brethren from the bottom of his heart for the reception he had had ; he report was received and adopted , which showed the lodge to lie in a sound financial posi- I'It it intensely and while life and health were left to him he hoped Masonry would have tion. Bro. W. II. Hook , P.M., D.C., next presented Bro. A. II. Fraser. S.VV. and a near and dear corner in his heart. W.M. elect, to receive the benefit of installation at the hands of Bro. R. E. Anderson , Bro. S. G. Edridge, W.M., next proposed " The Initiate." He said when they P.M., which ceremony was performed in a commendable manner , as were also the three applied the level, as all good and true Masons invariably did, they applied it, of course, addresses. Bro. Fraser, VV.M., invested his ollicers as folio vs: Bros. T. VV. Gay, t» all persons, and, therefore, although there might be a peculiar importance attached I.P.M.; F. Ii. Pow, S.VV. ; J. II. Stevenson , J.VV.; VVm. Wills , P.M., Treas. ; J. [0 it, jet they drank that heahh that night he thought, in a Masonic sense, of a new M. Wimble, P.M., Sec. VV. H. Hook, P.M., D.C. ; VV. I. Allfo.d , A.D.C. ; F. H. I ri ther admitte d into Masonry. He had to give them the toast of the initiate. Was it Ford , S.D. ,; J. A. Dickason , J D.; R. Weddall Thomas, I.G. ; J. S. Pointon , J. A. by chance, was it by a happy coincidence, or was it by thc hand of Providence ordering May, and C. Id. Marrison , Stewards; and Thos. Bowler, Tyler. Three names were things for the best, that the honour had fallen to his ljtof introducing into their Fra- handed in for initiation , which augurs wel l for th; lod^e. It wis unanimously resoWel ternity the head of his family ? Whether the one or whether the other, the honour of that a letter of sympathy be sent to Bro. F. II. Ford, S.D., in his serious illness , heartil y it he could not spea k too highly of, and the benefit of it to the Craft in general could wishing his speedy recovery. A Committee was formed to cirry out the su n-ner outing rot be over-estimated. Bro. F'rederick Thomas Edridge had been , as they all knew , during the month of June similar to last year, which proved most successful. A letter : bi olutel y devoted to the public service for some years past. (What he had done under was read from Bro. L, Eagle, an inmate of the Royal Hosp ital for Incura 'ol-is , thaiking Ire rose, ncne of them knew, and there were many who could appreciate it.) It vvas no new the brethren for their great efforts in :;;curing his son 's election to the R.M.I.B., under the *uk that he had taken the important step in that night. Bro. Edridge was no novice able presidency of Bro. Geo. R. Langley, who replied , stating the liob.bt/ incurred in jn works of Charity and benevolence; it was only opening a new and beautiful field for votes on that occasion was liquidated , and he would thank th; Hrethren for al tie assist- nim to labour in; it was only to bring in contact with him a number of brethren equally ance they could render him oil behalf of Mrs . Miry Pasci'.l Clark , in which cise h; wis actuated by the same motive ; and in their company let them hope and trust, as they much interested. Wieved, that he would not only spend many social happy hours, but in their company 'The business of thc lodge ended it was closed, and the brethren adjourned to a would help and assist them by his influential example and support to carry out the true recherch e banquet, supp lied by Bro. Pow, the proprietor, most a'o'y assisted by thc interests of Freemasonry. It might be, and very likely, he was afraid, it vvas, that the worthy hostess. I rince of Wales would not be able to receive an address of welcome at the hands of the 'I he cloth removed, thc loyal and Masonic toasts svere most loyall y g'wen and Masons of the Piovince of Surrey ; that was a matter they would all regret ; but the received , as was also that of "The Pro G.M., Dep. G.M., and the rest of the Grand coming cf the Piince of Wales on the lyth , instead of the 17th , of next month would Ollicers, Presentand Past," the VV.M. calling upon Bro. F. Flood , P.M., Sec. i4.5<>5 15 733 It will thus be seen that in a comparatively few years the business is well on the way Lewisham Lodge, No. 2579. to beirg doubled; at least, it may safely be assumed that long before the 1889 quin- quennium this position will be attained—possibly far exceeded. Mr. Todd has been prosperous lodge was held on Saturday, A very successful meeting of this new and deservedly accredited vvith the considerably improved state of affairs to-day, and it tic nih ult., at Ihe Paiish Hall, Ladywell, when the following brethren were present i must be gratifying to the adherents, and, in short, to everyone interested H. Visger Treas.; E, , to find that Bios. C. Sims, W.M.; C. Lamb, S.VV. ; J. Ccote. J.W.; , success and strident expansion are the reward of a painstaking and intelligent adminis- VV. C. Tjler I.G. ; C. VV. Wilkes, Org. ; H. Hall, Sec ; j. VV. Drysdale, D.C.; , tration. Tire quinqurnnium period has started favourably, with new assurances exceed- Cole and VV. T. Price-Taylor, Stwds.; S. Gregory, Tyler ; A. Reichenheim, VV. T. J. ing (for the first time for many years past) half a-million, an advance, as will be seen by Feldon , K. Arnold , Rev. VV. J. Salt, J. T. Wise, G. W. Perry, D. Bartlett, M. Lucy, the table, of £28,000 on the preceding year, and making, with the business of Batchelor, W. Clark, H. Min- that J. A. Laing, H. Wayland, J. Lusty, F. W. Inandt. K. J. year, a total not much shcrt of twice as large as the total for the first two years of last srp H.B. Brooman , K. Kortlandt, and H. T. Bridges. Visitors : Bros. J. S. Speller, , quinquennium. 1 he class of trading favoured by the Economic is specially favourable, P.P.G.D. Essex. ; VV. G. Simmons, VV.M. 1155 ; M. Brown , P.M. 1997; II. C. as may be concluded by the va'ue of the policies issued, which run from £600 to £700, Reeves, P.M. 13S1; A. H. Bateman , P.M. 33, &c. ; VV. Fieldson , P.M. 54S; Id. comparatively few cases exceeding the limit which the society retains at its own risk. S.W. j H. Ponter Whitney, S.W. 861 ; E. C. Wise, S.D. C19 ; W. Robin , S90 , 700 ; Last year the re-assurances amounted to £10,000 only, and the total aggregate risks J.G. Banker, 1632 ; VV. L. Bay ley, D.C.S90 ; J. H. Kiiby, 1607; C. P. Leathetby, given 0 ff in the last five years do not aggregate 100,000. Concurrently with a desirable ; E. H. Oxenham, ; and A. Manners £ 1CS1; II. A. Turnbull , 749 929 , 33. run of new business, the society was well favoured in the matter of claims, the sum of The lodge was opened, and the minutes having been confirmed , Bros. David Bartlett £271,049 having been disbursed , being some £76,500 less than the preceding year. and Geo. Wm. Perry were unanimously elected as joining members, after which Bros. Tre expense ratio , 14 6 per c nt. (a fraction less than the preceding year) iswithout M.A.; and A. Yockelson were raised W. T. Feldon , A. Reichenheim , Rev. VV. J. Salt, pr c.dent, when there are taken into ace ' 11 it the increase of new business the annuity 'Wayland Wise, and R. Batchelor were , to the Third Degree. Bros. M. Lucy, H. , J. T. business of £44 000 edd, and the moderate premiums charged. The multip'icatioi of passed to the Second Degree, a fter vvhich thc W.M., in a few well-chosen words, invested causes have p roduced one very dcsVable effect. Tney have brough t the fund on the lain. The ballot was then taken for Messrs . Bro. the Rev. W. J. Salt, M.A., as Chap ye:r's trading up to £3,620,258. The management have been much exercised in the Walter Claik, Hy. Bernard Brooman, H. Kortlandt, and j. H. Minson, which proving course of the year by ihe exigencie s of business in the investment department. into b reemasonry, all the The re- unanimcus in their favour, they were then duly initiated payments on the various mcrtgage assets (chiefly on the mortgages of property within ceremonie s being performed in an excellent manner by the W.M. Several candidates tre United Kingde m, and of life interests) amounted to a total of upwards of half-a- were then proposed, after which the lodge was closed, and the brethren sat down to rr.illicn. A small portion of this sum was applied to the purchases of life intere-ts anl dinner. reversions; but the bulk of it has been utilised in the acquisition of railway and other y the VV.M. and duly honoured. 1 he usual loyal and Masonic leasts were given b cYbentu-e stocks, which now stand at ,(.565.810, and into freehold property or gruun I Bros. Lamb Bridges, Bayley, he An er joyable programme of music was rendered by , rents, the item of ^25,750 under the former ading being now replaced by upwards u( Wilkes, ard Edward Hall , who contributed the " Initiate's song," vvhich was joined a quartei-of-a-inillion under tie joint title. in with much enthusiasm by the brethren present. T he summation cf the entire report is a brillant record of wck well done and of a prosperity whioh , judging from all stand points, b'tokens development not eas'ly com- putable, but decidedly the due reward of zeal, and ene gy, and enterprise. 1Ro\>aI flrcb . Pattison Chapter, No. 913. Cbttuar E. Three candidates for exaltation and the election of Principals and officers is a very fair ni g ht's wcrk ; this was successfully accomplished by Comp. C.J. Clapham, M.E./., BR O. DR. LONGDEN, P.M 296. and his officers and companions of the above chapter on Thursday, the 16th ult. The Since thc last meeting of the Royal Brunswick Lodge, the members especially Mount Pleasant, Plumstead was opened chapter, which is hold at Freemasons'. Hall, , , and the brethren of Sheffield have had to mourn the loss of the oldest Mason and afte r the minutes of the previous meeting had been confirmed, the ballot was taken snd, senior Past Master of this district. Bro. Wm. Longde-i who was Master of this for Bros. Messent and VV. Squires, of 913, and Bro. G. Hull, 1571, and in each , J.J. J. lod in died on March 14th his rase proved unarimcus in their favour, as it was also for Comp. W. H. Turton , 349, as ge 1844, , and was buried at the Genera! Cemetery, a joining nu mber. These exaltations were admirably performed by the M.E.Z., and his funeral being attended by the Masters of the Sheffield lodges, accompanied by Second and Third Principals—Comps. G. F. Taylor, as H., and C. H. Nichols, as J.— many of the brethren. He had reached the age of 85, and up to the closing and then Ihe election of officers resulted in the return of Comps. Taylor, as First Prin- years cf his life was one of the best known figures in the Craft, attending its cipal; Nichols, as Second Principal ; and Horton, as Third Principal ; the minor meetings vvith the greatest regularity. Bro. Longden was a great benefactor to t flicers going up one step in rotation. A P.Z.'s jewel was voted to Comp. Clapham for the Royal Brunswick Lodge, having, with the late Dr. Bartolome and a few other and then the chapter was closed. his services as M.E.Z. during the past year, zealous brethren , kept the lodge in existence, when, b reason of the smallness of Hotel, Woolwich, and was y The banquet was partaken of at the Royal Mortar its numbers and the poveity of its members it had been determined to dissolve it , excellently served under the supervision of Comp. Hall. , 'The other compinions present were : Comps. C. Coup'and , P.Z., P.P.G.J.; A. the expenses nece ssary for this purpose, and the annual charges for many years being defrayed b Bro. Tenfold , P.Z , P.P.G. 1st Asst. Soj.; II. ). Butter , P.Z , P.P.G.S...Scribe Ii. ; 11. y these brethren. It was a matter of sincere gratification to Mason , P.Z., P.P.G.S.. Stwd.; R. J. Cook , P.Z., P.P.G. Reg.; li. B. Hot-sen , P.Z., Longden that these self-deny ing efforts were not in vain, and that the Royal P.P.G. Org. ; F. Mom's, P.Z.; W. C. Tay ler, P.Z. ; C. Jolly. P.Z. (Hi n.), P.Z. Brunswick Lodge more than recovered its former portion , becoming indeed one 1472 , M.E.Z. 21S4 ; Capt.-Surgeon Kidd'c, P.Z. ; J. Turton , S.N.; J. O. Cook , isl of the most prosperous lodges of the Province of West Yorkshire. His last act A*st. So. .; Dr. Ii. Bryceson, G. II. I.cllon , N. SatinJ1 is, J. Stratton , U. Hammond, A. of affection for this lodge was to transfer to it the five shares he held in the Mocre, G. Fro t , and several visitors. Masonic Hall Company. It is a matter of great satisfaction to the brethren of ter honoured the M.E.Z. gave 'The usual loyal and Grand Chap toasts having leen , the Royal Brunswick Lodge that, in the year 1880 they presented Bro. Longden Grand Superintendent of the Prov nee ot , that uf "Ihe Night lien. Fail Amherst , years he been in correspondence with with his portrait , which novv hangs in the lodge room , where for so m my Kent ," and in so doing s' a 'eil Ilia ', the r Ccmp. Pi n fold had he so the iesii ' 1 of that eoinspon.lenci,- , In- was in a position 10 inculcated those great princi ples of brotherly love, relief , and truth, which the Prov. G. Scribe IC, and a- - in tell Diem that his lordshi p, their G. Sujie intendent , bed c nsenled to bold the next Prov. faithfull y carried out in his own conduct. Besides being Master of this lodge Grand Chapter meeting it Plunutead. 184 4 and on subsequent occasions, he was Master of the Britannia Lodge in iSoe. Comp. Morris , in responding to the loast. said it wss a m ost laudab'e ambi i >n for a a P.Z. of the Chapterof Loyalty and of the Chapter of Paradise, and a P.P.G.D, soldier to try ancl rise above his present porition , and if le knew a soldier wbo iliil not , of West Yorkshire. Domatic, Surrey Masonic Hall, Camberwell New-road, at 7.30. MASONIC MEETINGS (METROPOLITAN) Duke of Cornwall, Queen's Arms, Queen-street, Cheapside, at 7 For the week ending Saturday, May 9, 1896. Egyptian, Salutation, Newgate-street, at 7. PLANET Emblematic, St. James's Restaurant, Piccadilly, at 8. Enfield , Rose and Crown , Church-street , Edmonton , at 8. Ed i tor vvill be glad to receive notice from Secretaries for Plough-road Rotherhithe, The Rose Croix Excelsior, Commercial Dock Tavern, , BUILDING- SOCIETY, Craft Lodges, Royal Arch Chapters, Mark Lodges, Faith, Victoria Mansions Restaurant, Victoria-street, S.W., at 8 Chapters, Preceptories, Conclaves, &c, of any change in place, Finsbury, Thc Bell Hotel, Old Bailey, it 7. jay. or iu°'lt'> of meeting. 7, FINSBURY SQUIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. LOXDON, K.C. MONDAY , MAY 4. GRAND CHAPTER at 6. Established IS 1-8. Incorporated 1S75. CMfT LODGES. Committee Benevolent Institution , ut 4. , Hotel Metropole. LIBERAL, ADVANCES OFl'EHED OX 16 Royal Alpha CRAFT LODGES. Royal Jubilee , Anderton 's Hotel. *A, Royal Standard , Cock Tavern. FREEHOLD AXD LEASEHOLD HOUSES iSS loppa , Freemasons' Tavern . 129 8, 'Unions , Freemasons' Hall, 1491, Athen.Tum, Criterion. 2^1 Royal Commemoration , Holborn Restaurant. AXD SHOPS . -in , Asaph , Freemasons' Hall. 15S5, i«r' Emblematic, Criterion . ROYAL A RCH CHAPTER . ' 162s Tredegar, London Tavern. , St. Marvlebonc , Cafe Roya . ON THE BEST TERMS Wickham , St. Peter's Hall , Brockley. no: ' 1024. OF ANY LOXDOX SOCIETY' ino6 , Priory Lodge of Acton , Rerrymcad Priory. THURSDAY MAY 7. . -00S, Harlesden , National Schools. , N.B. — CRAFT LODGES . ~2:42, Tyssen-Amherst, Amherst Club House, Hackney. ,\tf, Fellowship, Frascati Restaurant. 10", Westminster and Keystone, Freemasons* Hall. MINIMUM LAW CHARGES. Andertons ' Hotel. ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER . 17, Egyptian , NOMINAL SURVEY FKES. , Strong Man , Guildhall Tavern. Somerset House and Inverness, Freemasons ' Hall . 4< 4, Royal 231 , St. Andrew 's, Freemasons' Hall. MONKV READY. MARK LODGE . H5< , Excelsior, Royal Crystal Palace Hotel , Panmure, Mark Masons' Hall , nib, Macdonald , Surrey Masonic Hall. FREEDOM OF REDEM1* L'lOX. no, 12S8, Finsburv Park, Cock Tavern , Highbury. LODOS3 AND CBAFTJKS OJ INSTHDCTIOW. 1361 , I'nited Strenjftli , Cafe Royal. NON-LIABILITY OF MEMOEKS (seo IhtiUlinp ; Blackheath , Stirling Castle, Church-street, Camberwell . at 8. 1425, Hyde Park , The Westbourne. Societies' Act). Cripplegate, Goldsmiths* Arms, Gutter-lane, at 6.30. 1445, Prince Leopol d , Three Nmrs Hotel , Ald gate. Eleanor, Rose and Crown, High Cross, Tottenham, at 8. 1724, Kaisar-i-Hind , Cafe Royal. MILLIONS STERLIXC! CIRCULATED BY Mandeville-place. Friars, The White Horse, 94, White H orse-lane, Mile End-rd., E., 1765, Trinity College, i.r, THIS SOCIETY (onaljling Tenants to become 1790 , Old England , Masonic Hall . Thornton Heath. at 8. Owners). Hyde Park, Prince of Wales Hotel, Eastbourne-terr., Bishop's-rd., 1950 , South gate, Railway Hotel , New Snutligate. Paddington, at 8. ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS . Kingsland , Cock Tavern , Highbury, N.. at 8.30. (A Commission of Cl ]>:*-r eent. paid to Introdiietors 6, Friendshi p, Criterion. Marauess of Ripon , Mildmay Tavern , Hall's Pond-road , N., 7.30. of new Customers ii]iiin advances not exeecdiiifr, Metropolitan, Moorgate Tavern, Finsbury-pavement 1507, Metropolitan , Anderton 's Hotel . 15, , at 7.30. ITiOU, and 10s. per cent, upon tbe amount in excess Neptune, Gauden Hotel, Clapham, S.W., at 7.30. M ARK LODGE . of ,Co(K) upon any of tlie Society 's scales uf monthl North London Chapter , Cock Hotel , Highbury, at 8. 197, Studholme, 33, Golden-square . y Perseverance, Ridter 's Hotel , Ho'born , E.C, at 7. repayments). Queen 's Westminster, Criterion , Piccadill y, W., at 8. FRIDAY, MAY 8. Regent's Park, Frascati Restaurant, 32, Oxford-street, at 8. CRAFT LODGES . DEPOSITS AT .CH PER CKXT. IMOll ANNUM Royal Arthur, Prince of Wales Hotel (opposite Wimbledon Rail- INTEREST. Station), at 33, Britannic , Freemasons' Hall. way 7.30. Caledonian , Ship and Turtle Tavern. Royal Commemoration , Railway Hotel, Putney, at 8. 134, Directors meet every Friday. s Union , St. 1602, Sir Hugh M y ddelton , Agricultural Hall . St. James' James's Restaurant (Piccadilly entrance) Carpenter , Alhion Tavern. St. Mark's, Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road. *997. Jolm OHico hours 10 to -1- ; Saturdays 10 to 2 ; and (i to St. Michael's, Norland Arms, Addison-rd. North 2399, Ordnance , Freemasons' Hall , Plumstead. , Uxbridge-rd., 8 , Stoke Newington , Stoke Newington Assembly Rooms. 7 p.m. on lirst Wednesdays in each iiuinlli. Sincerity, Blackwall Railway Hotel, Fenchurch-street, at 7. 2552 Stockwell, White Hart, Abchurch-lane, E.C, at 6. R OYAL A RCH CHAPTER . Apply to— United Military, Earl of Chatham, Thomas-st., Woolwich, at} .30 Fitzroy, Head-quarters Hon . Artillery Company, City-rd Upton , Great Eastern Hotel , Bishopsgate-street 569, OSWALD R. GREEN, , at 8. ' Walthamstow, The Chequers, High-street, Walthamstow, at 8. K NIGHTS TEMPLAR . Secretary. Wellington , New Cross House, New Cross, at 8. 29, Faith and Fidelity, Mark Masons' Hall. "iVoodrow, Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mal l, W., at 3. Zetland, "The Falkland," Falkland-road , N.W., at 8. SATURDAY MAY 9. Doric Chapter , Duke's Head, Whitechapel-road Office and Board-Eoom Furniture, 79, , at 6. CRAFT LODGES. Lewis Chapter, Fishmongers' Arms Hotel, Wood Green , N., at 8. AMERICAN DESKS , North London Chapter , Cock Tavern , Highbury, at 8 173, I'lurnix , Freemasons' Hall. 176 , Caveac, Albion Tavern. Bookcases, Turkey Carpets, Fireproof Safes. 1328 , Granite , Holborn Restaurant, TUESDAY, MAY 5. 1685, Giiel pli , Ton 11 Hall Leyton. The largest Stock of Oilice Ta bl es, Desks, Copy ing Colonial Board , at 4. 1686, Paxton , Surrey Masonic HaU. King Solomon Mark Masons' Hall. Presses. Fittings of every descri ption , at CRAFT LODGES. 2029, , 220 O, Hendon , Midland Grand Hotel. 18, Old Dundee, Cannon-street Hotel. 2579, Lewisham , Parish Hall, Lewisham. W. H, TRAVERS' Warehou ses 171 , Amity, Shi p and Turtle Tavern. AXD 1257, Grosvenor , Freemasons * Hall. R OYAL A RCH CHAPTER . CASTLE-STREET ENDELL-STREET , 1259, Duke of Edinburgh, Eastern Hotel, West India Dock-rd. 1297, West Kent, Crystal Palace. LONG-ACRE, LONDON , W.C. 12 61 , Golden Rule, Cafe Royal. I4?2 , IJenJey, Thrce Crowns, North Woolwich. Catalogues free. Established 1826. 16I12, Ucaconslield , The Chequers. Walthamstow. ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINES. 201,2, Richmon d , Greyhound Hotel. 212 8, United Northern Counties, Inns of Court Hotel. IS N0T INCUItABLK. 21 90, Savage Club, Freemasons ' Hall. OCEAN CABIN PASSAGES CANCER 35*4. Train-Bands, Finsbury Barracks. BY MAIL & PASSENGER STEAMERS , An hupi'i'sMiii) prevails Hint Cam-or U hicurnMf. Tliu menus - sorttM lo nre certainly rarely siuve>s|'ul; lint in eases i.l' external cancer , ROVAL A RCH CHAPTER . Also hy FAST FREIGHT STEAMERS wliere tlie llnd-on priieess* is :n1t>i>tc.I a eunijilele cure Kenerallv follows in a tew week;-.. The routs uf the disease are mmiiUtMy eslrjivtwl wiUimil V \ M\-A- 1159, Marquisof Dalhousie, 33, Gnldrn-snunrc. To Australia, New Zeal and, Cape, Bombay, Mnilras, Calcutta, lion. I'or external cancer ;i special cSTILL & SPARKLING H0CKS&to MOSELLE S KEMPF BROS., LD- N Purveyors tho Royal Bavarian Court. Established 1840. %i?IKHENISHET£^ PALATINATE.) Sole Agent s-F. QUANDT & CO., MARKET BUILDINGS, 29, MINCING LANE , LONDON , E.C, r _ WHELPTON 'S VEGETABLE PURIFYIN G PILLS W^J^^ ^ - THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINE , w^^ ^ ^*~ ^^*'* Recommended for Headache Bile Indigestion nnd Obstinate Consti ^¦^.Jij m y^f>« ^*"^ « , , , pation, U ^^^*"~*'* ^-»»« ¦ ^ ^J ^ I * v a so tt'lemiin s 1) n il( SI*- 1 Dieases—these Pills being a ffili> ^ * «^ '' '•' '' " ' "" '" ^^^ ^ */iv 'O vT""^ - imt ^-^^^ -- ** * O ^ ^^^ PURIFIER OF THE ^^^ Ptf- ^*--^_ ^"" BL°0D' WHELPTON'S ^ yTT " -^^^tf^ ^ -^ HEALING OINTMENT ^^ 4i\T/) -C ~ "^^ /T"^- _ $jj k Stands unrivalled for the cure of Cuts, Burns , ^- iiT \Yffy ^ *- ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ Bruises-, Ulcers *"*" *"""""" fgllLfe^, , Sores, and all kinds of Skin Diseases. —. ^ -/f * SC5Z5H=j' ^^^ i lt/TTl-* ^ A Specilic for Eczema. "< ^ - ^X jP A/ ^ lt ^^^* *"~, Bums, Scalds, Gnte, fye,, happen when lead expected—Be prepared. I „ ' !" „ , , *'~--« "* ¥ i ,* •* Mi'iliciiie t emlors nt ^^ « _____ J'"¦¦•sll i ~. , ... ^** ^ *^L and Ointment are sold in Boxes, Price 7w*d. , Is. Hd„, and1 , <¦ i , ^ — _ ' ' - "-"« »°» »2**- M **"" ^a«2s C7U.,9d bvuy Homeir anili Abroiulu i , nont fi*ou liy jiosfc ^^•-*^• G. WHELPTON & ^^ SON, 3, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London. | iu the United Kin^io,,, f.,,- 3, JI , «»¦ 3.1 sinmiis. [0378 T HE PREPARATORY MEETING of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent will be held Masonic anb General tTtbiitge, at Gravesend on the 20th inst. The Provincial Grand Lodge will be held at Folkestone on June 17th .
T HE RISCE OI* W ALES will cpen Totirament on 2Sth May, P the Royal Military at SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT of his Royal Highness, the members of tbe thc Aj -riculiursl Hal 1 . Loyal Cambrian Ledge propose to present the Prince of Wales, M.W.G.M., upon his arrival at Merthyr Tm; G UILDHALL LOAN EXHIBITION .—O pening- by Bro. thc Lord Mayor.—The , en route from Aberystwith to Cardiff , with an address of welcome. As Lord Mayor, accompanied by (he Lady Maymess ard Sheriffs, attended in State at already indicated, the Merthyr Urban Council are making efforts to prevail upon the Gui'Hhal! on Saturday a fternoon , and opened the loin collection of water-colou * draiv- Prircs to Isy Ihe iounditior.-stone of the new public offices. ngs in the Art Gallery. BRO SIR AUGUSTUS H ARRIS AND THE LORINERS' COMPANY.—Last T HE Q UEEN R EGENT, and young King of Spain, the Infantas Mercedes, Maria week Bro. Sir Augustus Harris celebrated his election as Master of the Loriners' Compan y Teresa , sisTersrf Ihe King, the Infantas Eulalia and Isabel, aunts of the King, and the by a unique entertainment at Covent Garden Theatre have recently added their , when he gave a dinner to m^mbsrs Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria, sister to the Oueen Regent, c f the Court and their ladies, followed by a reception and ball. This signatures to Maj. Henry Wright's collection ofautographs wh'ch, by command of the Company, which is the largest of the livery guilds of London, includes on its roll of membershi Royal Family, he had the honour ot sending to Madrid by the Queen 's Messenger, from p 10 ex- Lord Mayors and 26 ex-Sheriffs, ar.d a large number of the members of the dramatic the Foreign Office. When tbe Duke and Duchess of Sixe-C'iburg were staying at profession. Clarence House, Maj. Wright, had the honour of a command to show his collection to Ihe yeung Princess IJeairice cf Saxe-Ccburg, the only member cf that family who had A MONGST THE MASONS who were presented at, or who attended, the Levde held njl already signed in it. by the M.W. Grand Master, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, on behal f of her Majesty th» P ROPOSED V ISIT OF FREEMASONS TO THJ MASONS' CAVE.— The members of Queen on the 27th ult. at St. James's Palace were Bros, the Earl of Lathom, the Duke the thrce Masonic Lodges in Arbrca'h are contemplating (be revival of the amient cus- of Connaught, the Earl of Limerick, the Duke of Portland, Colonel the Hon. H. Byng tom of vkilin; the Masons' Cave at the midsummer St. John's. Kxcpt for a visit ab ut Lord lUUbury, the Duke of Devonshire, Sir Michael Hicks Beach , Sir Matthew White lwcn y y ars f go, it is a great mmy years since the Masonic brethren in Aibroath gave Ridley, Sir Albert Woods, Captain N. G. Phili ps, Earl Percy, Lord Blythswood, Sii up (heir ancient fiis 'cm (f Ivisil'ng this spot, which deiives its name from those Somers Vine, Sir W. Boord, Lord Breadalbane, Major Woolmer Williams, the Right \i>i!s. At the tirre ihe Masons were in the practice of visiting tic cave, and holding Hon. W. L. Jackson, Major Henry Wright, Major Lord Skelmersdale, the Rev. Lord lod ge meetings within i- , there wis a door at t **c entrance, and traces of the bui t di*or- Nonmnby, li. Letchworth (G. Sec), Lord Jersey, Alderman Faudel Phillips, Colonel way still remain. TV.e proposal to resume the old custom has emanated from Ledge T. Tully. Speaker of the House ot Keys, Colonel Alfred Egerton, Lords Coventry St. Thomas. James ef Hertford, and Lmsdow.-.e. '
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LONDON-City Offices : 2, WEST STREET, FINSBURY PAVEMENT, E.C Chief Offices : BROAD STREET CORNER, BIRMINGHAM.
S. J. PORT , SECRETARY. HENRY PORT , M ANAGING DIRECTO R .
ORDINARY AND INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE.
THE ORDINARY DEPA RTMENT. — 1« rap idl y growing in importance , and its development—which is well assured—largel y contributes to the success of the Company. The directors are taking steps {or the further advancement of this department.
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.—l nder the system at present prevailing among Industrial Life Offices the weekly collections involve much expense, which must necessaril y bc added to the normal premium rates, and thus Life Assurance becomes exceeding ly heavy to those classes who can least afford the extra cost. The directors have completed arrangements by which they hope to obviate this evil , and have prepared a set of tables under which the industrial classes may assure -£10, £20, £30, or £4°' either with or without profits , and at rates approximating to those usual in the Ordinary Department of Life Offices generally. I'ie premiums may be paid yearl y, half-yearl y, or quarterl y at the option of the policy holder- * . Hitherto , no equal opportunities have been offered to assurants of small sums , and the new departure ought to make a comp lete revolution in this branch of thc business to the obvious advantage of policy holders.
The Press speaks hi ghl y of this movement , and declares it to be the most progressive step in Industrial Assurance ; it will do more than anything ever yet devised to make it popular. exoee X^,^"CJSI>AM,O ****}*Millions tSterling. v :EI C?O. 45 QP_ NBW " "irox^zs: INS URES AN INCOM E During Lifetime of Insured. After Death of Insured. Life Policies at 3VA, Continuous Instalment ... ) Life Option Endowmer ts... at 4% Debenture ^at 5% Consols at 6% 20 Year Bond ) Jpp ly f or particulars to any of the Branch Offices , or to the Head Office f or the United Kingdom : D. C. HALDEMAN, General Manager , 17 & 18 , ' Oornhill, London, E.C. AI C'Q Assembly Rooms and Restaurant, BCLfflLL O HOLLOWAY ROAD. A MOST SUITABLE HOME FOR MASONIC MEETINGS. EVERY
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