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Outside Gharity Appeals.
OUTSIDE GHARITY APPEALS .
WE have already written under this heading in opposition to proposals made in different quarters , than an appeal should be made to the Lodges of England on behalf of the Fund inaugurated by the Grand Master , to benefit the Hospitals of the metropolis as a means of celebrating the
record reign of Her Majesty the Queen , and we did so because we were of opinion that , as " Charity begins at home , " the English Craft had quite enough to attend to in the three Institutions specially associated with it . But as we then said ,
we were not actuated by any selfish motives in doing so , and we are as pleased as anyone could possibly be to now find that our views are by no means shared by the Lodges around us , as the lists we have already published , taken in conjunction with the one on the succeeding page , clearly demonstrate .
From these three lists it appears that to the end of last •week upwards of one hundred and sixty Masonic bodies had evinced their interest in the Grand Master ' s Hospital scheme , in the most practical of all ways—by contributing to it , and
when , in association with this , we bear in mind that the register of London and the Provinces includes 1 , 662 Lodges , some of which are dormant , or practically so , it will be seen that ten per cent , of the whole number have already given
their support to the project . In face of this it would be absurd to say that the Craft is unmindful of the claims of the Grand Master ' s proposed method of celebrating the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee , and in publishing the lists as we are now
doing we hope we shall be the . means of bringing the matter yet more prominently before the Craft and , it may be , eventually lead to a much wider extension of the support already given . . ;
At the moment of going to press we have received a return from the Mansion House , giving the following list of the " Masonic " amounts contributed to the Lady Mayoress ' s Branch of the Fund :
Israel Lodge , No . 205 , per Joseph Levy - - - 10 10 0 Unity Lodge , No . 69 - - . - - - 5 5 0 Barnato Lodge , No . 2264 - - - - - 10 10 0
Great Northern Lodge , No . 1287 , per S . Webb -, - 7 11 6 Tredegar Lodge , No . 1625 , per E . J . Anning - - - 5 5 0 The Masonic Girls , per Sir John Monckton - - - 5 0 0 Alderman Vaughan Morgan Grand Treasurer - - - 50 0 0
Masonic Jubilee Honours.
MASONIC JUBILEE HONOURS .
AS the 23 rd April falls in Easter week , the St . George ' s Day Masonic Festival will be held on the 28 th inst . On account of the Diamond Jubilee no fewer than sixty brethren will receive brevet Grand Lodge rank in addition to the usual Officers of the year . Thirty of these much-coveted " purple aprons" will go to London , the same number being divided between the
provinces and the colonies . In accordance with the precedent created in 1887 , a special meeting of Grand Lodge will be held at the Albert Hall early in July , says the " World , " under the
presidency of the Prince of Wales , who is unable to attend in person on the 28 th inst . The proceeds of the gathering are to be equally divided between the Grand Master ' s Jubilee Hospital Fund and the Masonic Charities .
Devon Educational Fund.
DEVON EDUCATIONAL FUND .
fTlHE annual meeting of subscribers to the Devon Masonic _ I _ Educational Fund was held on Wednesday , Tth inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall , Plymouth . Bro . E . H . Shorto , of Exeter , presided over a large attendance . The Treasurer ' s report showed that the total Funds at the end of last year amounted to £ 1 , 716 6 s 9 d , as compared with
£ 1 , 586 4 s 7 d in the previous year . Bro . Lord mentioned also that last year ' s receipts included a sum of £ 10 * 4 6 s lid , the net proceeds of a concert given under Bro . Willoughby ' s able conductorship in Plymouth Guidhall in December last . There were nineteen children now on the Fund , and by the election
which would take place at that meeting this number would be increased to twenty-two . That they were able to educate and clothe so large a number of children , and at the same time to maintain their income at such a satisfactory figure , showed that the Fund had a strong hold on the sympathy of the brethren throughout the Province .
The Chairman , in moving the adoption of the report , said he had lately been going into the question , and it was a disappointment to him to find that the contributions to the Fund represented an average of only about £ 5 or £ 6 per Lodge throughout the Province . The splendid result of the last concert at Plymouth
was beyond all praise , and he hoped that the brethren of those Lodges that did not yet subscribe to the Fund would at once awaken to a sense of their responsibility , and do something that was really worth doing to help so deserving an Institution . The motion was seconded , and carried .
The Officers of the Institution were all re-elected , and cordially thanked for their past valuable and gratuitous service . The Management Committee were also re-elected . There were six candidates for three vacancies on the Fund , and the result of the ballot was that a child nominated from Torquay headed the list
with 956 votes , a Devonport case came next with 894 votes , and a case from Exmouth was third with 702 votes , says the " Western Morning News . " The unsuccessful candidates polled 529 , 30 and 26 votes respectively . These will be carried forward to their credit at the next election .
The Committee are making a special appeal to Devonshire Freemasons to more largely support this valuable Institution , in order that its present state of usefulness may be maintained ; and it is hoped that the Funds will be greatly increased , consequent upon this appeal .
Royal Arch.
ROYAL ARCH .
SUSSEX .
THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter was held at the Eoyal Pavilion , Brighton , on Saturday afternoon , Comp . Lieut .-General C . W . Eandolph Provincial Grand Superintendent presiding . The Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year were appointed as follow Comp . A . Lloyd 732 - - - - H .
W . Smith 732 - - - - J . V . P . Freeman 311 315 732 - - S . E . B . Burfield 811 - S . N . J . M . Reed 732 - - - Treasurer J . P . Slingsby Roberts 1466 - - Registrar J . H . Ewart 916 - Principal Sojourner
H . Pearce 811 - - - - 1 st Assistant Sojourner H . L . Staffurth 38 - - - - 2 nd Assistant Sojourner J . Turton 271 . - - - - Sword Bearer R . Weston 311 - - - - Standard Bearer J . Wood 315 -, - - - Director of Ceremonies A . King 271 - - - - Organist Alfred Coe ----- Janitor .
On the closing of the Chapter the Companions sat down to a banquet , at which the customary Loyal and Eoyal Arch toasts were duly honoured .
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Outside Gharity Appeals.
OUTSIDE GHARITY APPEALS .
WE have already written under this heading in opposition to proposals made in different quarters , than an appeal should be made to the Lodges of England on behalf of the Fund inaugurated by the Grand Master , to benefit the Hospitals of the metropolis as a means of celebrating the
record reign of Her Majesty the Queen , and we did so because we were of opinion that , as " Charity begins at home , " the English Craft had quite enough to attend to in the three Institutions specially associated with it . But as we then said ,
we were not actuated by any selfish motives in doing so , and we are as pleased as anyone could possibly be to now find that our views are by no means shared by the Lodges around us , as the lists we have already published , taken in conjunction with the one on the succeeding page , clearly demonstrate .
From these three lists it appears that to the end of last •week upwards of one hundred and sixty Masonic bodies had evinced their interest in the Grand Master ' s Hospital scheme , in the most practical of all ways—by contributing to it , and
when , in association with this , we bear in mind that the register of London and the Provinces includes 1 , 662 Lodges , some of which are dormant , or practically so , it will be seen that ten per cent , of the whole number have already given
their support to the project . In face of this it would be absurd to say that the Craft is unmindful of the claims of the Grand Master ' s proposed method of celebrating the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee , and in publishing the lists as we are now
doing we hope we shall be the . means of bringing the matter yet more prominently before the Craft and , it may be , eventually lead to a much wider extension of the support already given . . ;
At the moment of going to press we have received a return from the Mansion House , giving the following list of the " Masonic " amounts contributed to the Lady Mayoress ' s Branch of the Fund :
Israel Lodge , No . 205 , per Joseph Levy - - - 10 10 0 Unity Lodge , No . 69 - - . - - - 5 5 0 Barnato Lodge , No . 2264 - - - - - 10 10 0
Great Northern Lodge , No . 1287 , per S . Webb -, - 7 11 6 Tredegar Lodge , No . 1625 , per E . J . Anning - - - 5 5 0 The Masonic Girls , per Sir John Monckton - - - 5 0 0 Alderman Vaughan Morgan Grand Treasurer - - - 50 0 0
Masonic Jubilee Honours.
MASONIC JUBILEE HONOURS .
AS the 23 rd April falls in Easter week , the St . George ' s Day Masonic Festival will be held on the 28 th inst . On account of the Diamond Jubilee no fewer than sixty brethren will receive brevet Grand Lodge rank in addition to the usual Officers of the year . Thirty of these much-coveted " purple aprons" will go to London , the same number being divided between the
provinces and the colonies . In accordance with the precedent created in 1887 , a special meeting of Grand Lodge will be held at the Albert Hall early in July , says the " World , " under the
presidency of the Prince of Wales , who is unable to attend in person on the 28 th inst . The proceeds of the gathering are to be equally divided between the Grand Master ' s Jubilee Hospital Fund and the Masonic Charities .
Devon Educational Fund.
DEVON EDUCATIONAL FUND .
fTlHE annual meeting of subscribers to the Devon Masonic _ I _ Educational Fund was held on Wednesday , Tth inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall , Plymouth . Bro . E . H . Shorto , of Exeter , presided over a large attendance . The Treasurer ' s report showed that the total Funds at the end of last year amounted to £ 1 , 716 6 s 9 d , as compared with
£ 1 , 586 4 s 7 d in the previous year . Bro . Lord mentioned also that last year ' s receipts included a sum of £ 10 * 4 6 s lid , the net proceeds of a concert given under Bro . Willoughby ' s able conductorship in Plymouth Guidhall in December last . There were nineteen children now on the Fund , and by the election
which would take place at that meeting this number would be increased to twenty-two . That they were able to educate and clothe so large a number of children , and at the same time to maintain their income at such a satisfactory figure , showed that the Fund had a strong hold on the sympathy of the brethren throughout the Province .
The Chairman , in moving the adoption of the report , said he had lately been going into the question , and it was a disappointment to him to find that the contributions to the Fund represented an average of only about £ 5 or £ 6 per Lodge throughout the Province . The splendid result of the last concert at Plymouth
was beyond all praise , and he hoped that the brethren of those Lodges that did not yet subscribe to the Fund would at once awaken to a sense of their responsibility , and do something that was really worth doing to help so deserving an Institution . The motion was seconded , and carried .
The Officers of the Institution were all re-elected , and cordially thanked for their past valuable and gratuitous service . The Management Committee were also re-elected . There were six candidates for three vacancies on the Fund , and the result of the ballot was that a child nominated from Torquay headed the list
with 956 votes , a Devonport case came next with 894 votes , and a case from Exmouth was third with 702 votes , says the " Western Morning News . " The unsuccessful candidates polled 529 , 30 and 26 votes respectively . These will be carried forward to their credit at the next election .
The Committee are making a special appeal to Devonshire Freemasons to more largely support this valuable Institution , in order that its present state of usefulness may be maintained ; and it is hoped that the Funds will be greatly increased , consequent upon this appeal .
Royal Arch.
ROYAL ARCH .
SUSSEX .
THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter was held at the Eoyal Pavilion , Brighton , on Saturday afternoon , Comp . Lieut .-General C . W . Eandolph Provincial Grand Superintendent presiding . The Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year were appointed as follow Comp . A . Lloyd 732 - - - - H .
W . Smith 732 - - - - J . V . P . Freeman 311 315 732 - - S . E . B . Burfield 811 - S . N . J . M . Reed 732 - - - Treasurer J . P . Slingsby Roberts 1466 - - Registrar J . H . Ewart 916 - Principal Sojourner
H . Pearce 811 - - - - 1 st Assistant Sojourner H . L . Staffurth 38 - - - - 2 nd Assistant Sojourner J . Turton 271 . - - - - Sword Bearer R . Weston 311 - - - - Standard Bearer J . Wood 315 -, - - - Director of Ceremonies A . King 271 - - - - Organist Alfred Coe ----- Janitor .
On the closing of the Chapter the Companions sat down to a banquet , at which the customary Loyal and Eoyal Arch toasts were duly honoured .