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Prov. G. Lodge Berks And Bucks.
Craft has found a home—two homes rather , for it pan boat of tw Lodges , the St . John ' s No . 70 ' . and tho Ellington No . I . "<><> . Provincial Grand Lodge , therefore , which met at the appointed time of two p . m ., under the genial presidency of its respected ehiei' , Sir Da . niel Gooch , Barf ., M P ., found everything prepared for its
reception . All tho Lodges in the Province wove renrosenleil , and there was a fair muster of visitors , prominent am- 'ti- _ r whom we noticed Bros . Colonel Shadwell Clerke , R . Giddy D . G . Master Griqualaud , audi- . Binckes P . G . S . Secretary to Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Tho Chief was well supported by his Grand Officers and the brethren of the different Lodges , there being present of tlie former
Rev . J . S . Brownrigg P . G . C , who , since tlie vacation of tho ofh ' co hy the A ory Rev . Purev-Cnst , Grand Chaplain and Bean of York , has been re-appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Bros . If . Poynter P . G . J . W ., Rev . G . De Ewer A . P . O . C , Chas . Stephens P . G . Treasurer , R . Bradley P . G . Sec , Jabez Adams P . G . S . D ., R . Roberts P . G . J . D ., W . Biggs P . P . G . See ., A . G . D . C , . Tamos Rutland P . G . O .,
and W . Hemmings P . G . Tyler . Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened , tho roll of Lodges and Officers having been called , and tho minutes of tbe last meeting at Abingdon having been read and confirmed , tho balance sheet of the accounts cf the Provincial Grand Treasurer , ns audited by tho Finance Committee and signed by tho Provincial Grand Master , were present "'! .
Theso showed that financially tho Province was in a verys- V ' factory condition . The Prov . Grand Secretary ' s statement , in whica was sot forth the position of tho several Lodges in tho Province was thou read , and showed that the Craft in this district had made commendable progress and was constant in its attention to work . The P . G . M . then rose and made a few brief but appropriate remarks . Thero
was , indeed , but little for him to say beyond offering them bis congratulations on the favourable stato of the Craft in the Province , and the numbers which had assembled on tho present occasion , as well as on tho fact that tho Charity Fund was receiving a larger measure of support than at tho corresponding period of last year . Ho took , however , the opportunity of speaking warmly in favour of the Royal
Masonic Pupils Assistance Fund , which he strongly recommended to their support as a Fund that could not fail to bo of tho greatest service to thoso it was intended to benefit . After announcing that tho next annual meeting would bo held at Aylesbury , tho P . G . M . proposed , and it was unanimously agreed , that tho Lodges subscribing to the Charity Fund shonld have sums appropriated to them in
proportion to their several contributions . Bro . Charles Stephens having been re-elected to the office of P . G . Treasurer , Sir Daniel Gooch invested tho following brethren with the Provincial Olmritv jewels , namely , Bros . Dick Radclyffo S . D . 209 , Stephen Knight W . M . 574 , S . G . limit P . M . 574 , E . J ,. Shepherd , P . M . 915 , It . G . Barton J . W 771 , and C W . Cox W . M . 1566 , and , in doing so , made a few
complimentary remarks to each , especially to P , ro . Dick : Radelyfie , who is deservedly popular throughout the Province . Tho P . G . M " . then invested Rev . J . S . Brownrigg with tho insignia of office ; s Deputy P . G . M ., and took tho opportunity of congratulating him on his return to a post with whose duties ho was well acquainted , and which , therefore , ho was so eminently qualified to fill . Ho then appointed
and invested his Officers for the ensuing year , as follows : —Bros . J . O . Carter P . M . 209 Prov . G . S . W ., J . Reeve " P . M . 1639 ancl 810 Sec . WSi ) P . G . J . W ., Rev . E . do Ewer 156 'fi P . G . Chap ., Rev . A . J . Biddlo W . M . 17 S 7 P . A . G . Chap ., C . Stephens S . W . 414 P . G . Treas .. C . Ondes P . M . 414 P . G . Reg ., R . Bradley P . M . 414 P . G . Sec . J . R . Wilmcr P . M . 1410 P . G . S . D ., G . M . Knight P . M . 574- P . G . J . D ., J . Ea-ly Danks
W . M . 1101 P . G . S . of W ., C . W . Cox P . G . D . C , W . Biggs P A . G . D . C , John Tomkins W . M . 9-1-5 P . A . G . D . C , T . W . Robinson W M . 591 P . G . S . B ., It . Willis W . M . 591 P . G . O ., A . Culverhouse P . M . S 40 P G . P ., T . Taylor W . M . 1110 P . G . S ., J . W . Pool ton 591 P . G . S ., S . W . Sla ' ot 1787 P . G . S ., Gongh 840 P . G . S ., Jowett 591 P . G . S ., Dover 591 P . G . S Prov . Grand Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to an
excellent banquet , which had been prepared for them in the School . and which had the further merit—from an artistic point of view—of being unusually attractive to the eye by reason of the many elegant and varied Masonic devices with which the tables had been decorated by Bro . Dick Radyclyffe . After dinner the usual toast list was g'mo through . The health of Sir Daniel Gooch was proposed by his
Deputy , Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , in well-chosen terms , nnd it is needless to add , was received with acclamation . Tho P . G . M ., in his reply , spoke iii high terms of his Reverend Brother's qualifications for the position he held , and most cordially thanked the brethren for the reception his health had met with at their hands . Ito also again brought under notice the Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund .
and hoped it would find plenty of support m the Province . The teast of the Visitors was replied to , in the first instance , bv Brother Giddy , and then by Brother Lieut .-Colonel Shadwell Clarke , who expressed his readiness to do all in his power , in his- capacity of Grand Secretary , to further the interests of tho Province , though he was pleased to point ou ! that , from -what he had seen lhat
day , he thought but very little assistance from him would bo nee-led in order to maintain the excellent position which the Craft had secured in tho Province . Bro . Binckes responded for tho Masonic Charities , aud expressed a hope that tho approaching Festival of tho Institution with which he had 'been so long conncft"d would he as successful as he had reason to believe it wonld ho . The toasts were
interspersed with songs nnd ( - 'lees , the musical arrangements being under the direction of Bro . Jas . Rutland P . P . G . O . One point , must not be passed over in silence . The dinner tickets were fixed at a very moderate price , and yet tlio dinner , which was provided by Bro . Tyler , of the Bear Hotel , was ample and good—which confirms what we said last week as to-semmer excursions , that no part or parcel of n
day ' s pleasure need bo costly in order to be enjoyable . It may b-i ns well to add that , owing to the fine weather many brethren took tho opportunity of enjoying a drive in the neighbourhood , and so re . invigorated were four of theso enterprising spirits by their excursion that before taking their departure for London they found it necessary once again to refresh themselves . But alas ! for the vanity of human wishes . Having selected , as they thought a suitable place
Prov. G. Lodge Berks And Bucks.
by tho river side , they entered in order to appease their Imager and went disconsolately away an-hungered . Tho modest chops , beer , and et eeteras vouchsafed them would not have satisfied a healthy child . But the landlord , though he seems to have forgotten the viands , did
not hesitate to make the exorbitant charge of sixteen shillings . Sixteen shillings for four small chops and potatoes , bread and cheese and liccf ! We trust readers of this who may visit Maidenhead will decline to afford the landlord of this riverside hostelry the oppor-( unity of serving them as theso friends of ours were served .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold , ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . W # cannot undertake to return rejected communiculiens . AU Letter * west bear the namo an' , address of the Writer , wd nwexsuribr for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .
THK HOLIDAY SEASON .
To the Editor of the FKJSKMASOX ' S CHUOXICLE . DEMI Sri ; AND BKOTIIKH , —I am very glad yon have drawn attention to tho matter of expense in connection with onr summer excursions . I often have the chance of joining a party of brethren " on pleasure bout ; "bnt iu the majority of cases I am obliged to decline availing mvself of it , because , having a wife and two grown-up
daughters—to say nothing of the junior olive branches—necessity compels me to think more than tlio proverbial "three times" about spending £ 5 or £ 6 on a day ' s pleasure . Nor if I had the money to spend , do I think wo should enjoy ourselves any more at a cost of twenty-five or thirty shillings each than an half that amount . I know there are many who think happiness impossible without an unlimited
supply of champagne , tbe chief point in its favour being that it is a high-priced wine . Probably not one in twenty of these worthy folk could tell , if they were asked , one vintage from another , or even distinguish the genuine wino from old gooseberry ; but Fashion has laid it down that champagne is tho sine qwl iioa of a grand feed , aud several cases of it must be swallowed in order to be quite contuse il
fant . Of course if a man drinks it habitually at home , thero is nothing strange in his drinking it when bo dines ont . He regards it as others regard beer and spirits and water , but who of those who never from ono year's end to another drink a bottle of " cham , " as it is vulgnlavly called , at , home ., is tho bctttev for having drunk half-a guinea's worth of a wino he knows nothing about ? Even a bottle of
Gladstone ' s claret would answer the samo purpose , while a tankard of sound English beer would be a thousand times more acceptable , but "for the appearance of tho thing . " There , in fact , lies tho whole secret . For tho sake of appearances , tho man of moderate means , when out on an exenrsion , drinks champagne " like a lord , " and for a week or two afterwards must pinch himself at homo "like
a beggar . " In my young- days 1 often went nic-nieking , but I never found it too hot for my modest purse , and always enjoyed myself thoroughly . Jinny of theso " outings" were organised on what is known in business as tho " principle cf co-operation . " To so many were assigned tho provision of the fluids , and to so many that of tbe solids . There
was an amp ' e , varied , and excellent supply of both , and only now and again did it happen that one blessed with a good plain cook , warranted to know nothing of onr bnsiness , brought a veal and ham or pigeon pio that won'd have taxed tho jaws of a S imson to masticat « . Bnt such an accident—vexations enough , no doubt , to tbe individual — was always receivi d good humonre-dy and served for a
littl" friendly chaff till something similarly ridiculous happened . And somehow there was always something funny happening on theso occasions . A thirsty soul mistakes the vinegar for the claret , an absentminded man sat himself down incontinently on a vea and ham pic , a lobster salad , or in the salad mixture , but invariably tho day was found to be too short for tho pleasure . The older ! v folk had to break
off in their reminiscences of former days , and the young folk thought they ought to have had more time for flirting or love making . In short , every one was happy . I doubt whether it , would have beeu so . with many of us at least , if we had had to pay thirty shillings apiece for the expedition .
I intend this letter , which is probably an absurd one , as a protest against the tendency to extravagance which finds daily-increasing favour with the Craft . I havo written it because I know that a thoroughly enjoyable excursion is not inconsistent with a provident outlay . Yours fraternally , EDWARD ALLAWAV
To tlie Editor of the FHEEMASON ' S Cnao . vici . K . Moorgate Station li «< stanraut , 15 th Juno 1 . 'ISO .
ISLINGTON LODGE OF INSTRUCTION .
DI : AU SIR AXD Bi ; oTiri : u , —Will you kindly intimate in au early numb I- of your valuable journal that tlio Islington Lodge of Instruction is held every Tuesday evening at 7 o ' clock , at the above address , under tho able Preceptorship of Bro . J . L . Mather P . M . 05 , 1471 , 15 S 0 , & c , P . Z . 174 , 1471 , & o .
Yours fraternally , W . BAUSOK , Secretary 14-71 .
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Prov. G. Lodge Berks And Bucks.
Craft has found a home—two homes rather , for it pan boat of tw Lodges , the St . John ' s No . 70 ' . and tho Ellington No . I . "<><> . Provincial Grand Lodge , therefore , which met at the appointed time of two p . m ., under the genial presidency of its respected ehiei' , Sir Da . niel Gooch , Barf ., M P ., found everything prepared for its
reception . All tho Lodges in the Province wove renrosenleil , and there was a fair muster of visitors , prominent am- 'ti- _ r whom we noticed Bros . Colonel Shadwell Clerke , R . Giddy D . G . Master Griqualaud , audi- . Binckes P . G . S . Secretary to Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Tho Chief was well supported by his Grand Officers and the brethren of the different Lodges , there being present of tlie former
Rev . J . S . Brownrigg P . G . C , who , since tlie vacation of tho ofh ' co hy the A ory Rev . Purev-Cnst , Grand Chaplain and Bean of York , has been re-appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Bros . If . Poynter P . G . J . W ., Rev . G . De Ewer A . P . O . C , Chas . Stephens P . G . Treasurer , R . Bradley P . G . Sec , Jabez Adams P . G . S . D ., R . Roberts P . G . J . D ., W . Biggs P . P . G . See ., A . G . D . C , . Tamos Rutland P . G . O .,
and W . Hemmings P . G . Tyler . Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened , tho roll of Lodges and Officers having been called , and tho minutes of tbe last meeting at Abingdon having been read and confirmed , tho balance sheet of the accounts cf the Provincial Grand Treasurer , ns audited by tho Finance Committee and signed by tho Provincial Grand Master , were present "'! .
Theso showed that financially tho Province was in a verys- V ' factory condition . The Prov . Grand Secretary ' s statement , in whica was sot forth the position of tho several Lodges in tho Province was thou read , and showed that the Craft in this district had made commendable progress and was constant in its attention to work . The P . G . M . then rose and made a few brief but appropriate remarks . Thero
was , indeed , but little for him to say beyond offering them bis congratulations on the favourable stato of the Craft in the Province , and the numbers which had assembled on tho present occasion , as well as on tho fact that tho Charity Fund was receiving a larger measure of support than at tho corresponding period of last year . Ho took , however , the opportunity of speaking warmly in favour of the Royal
Masonic Pupils Assistance Fund , which he strongly recommended to their support as a Fund that could not fail to bo of tho greatest service to thoso it was intended to benefit . After announcing that tho next annual meeting would bo held at Aylesbury , tho P . G . M . proposed , and it was unanimously agreed , that tho Lodges subscribing to the Charity Fund shonld have sums appropriated to them in
proportion to their several contributions . Bro . Charles Stephens having been re-elected to the office of P . G . Treasurer , Sir Daniel Gooch invested tho following brethren with the Provincial Olmritv jewels , namely , Bros . Dick Radclyffo S . D . 209 , Stephen Knight W . M . 574 , S . G . limit P . M . 574 , E . J ,. Shepherd , P . M . 915 , It . G . Barton J . W 771 , and C W . Cox W . M . 1566 , and , in doing so , made a few
complimentary remarks to each , especially to P , ro . Dick : Radelyfie , who is deservedly popular throughout the Province . Tho P . G . M " . then invested Rev . J . S . Brownrigg with tho insignia of office ; s Deputy P . G . M ., and took tho opportunity of congratulating him on his return to a post with whose duties ho was well acquainted , and which , therefore , ho was so eminently qualified to fill . Ho then appointed
and invested his Officers for the ensuing year , as follows : —Bros . J . O . Carter P . M . 209 Prov . G . S . W ., J . Reeve " P . M . 1639 ancl 810 Sec . WSi ) P . G . J . W ., Rev . E . do Ewer 156 'fi P . G . Chap ., Rev . A . J . Biddlo W . M . 17 S 7 P . A . G . Chap ., C . Stephens S . W . 414 P . G . Treas .. C . Ondes P . M . 414 P . G . Reg ., R . Bradley P . M . 414 P . G . Sec . J . R . Wilmcr P . M . 1410 P . G . S . D ., G . M . Knight P . M . 574- P . G . J . D ., J . Ea-ly Danks
W . M . 1101 P . G . S . of W ., C . W . Cox P . G . D . C , W . Biggs P A . G . D . C , John Tomkins W . M . 9-1-5 P . A . G . D . C , T . W . Robinson W M . 591 P . G . S . B ., It . Willis W . M . 591 P . G . O ., A . Culverhouse P . M . S 40 P G . P ., T . Taylor W . M . 1110 P . G . S ., J . W . Pool ton 591 P . G . S ., S . W . Sla ' ot 1787 P . G . S ., Gongh 840 P . G . S ., Jowett 591 P . G . S ., Dover 591 P . G . S Prov . Grand Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to an
excellent banquet , which had been prepared for them in the School . and which had the further merit—from an artistic point of view—of being unusually attractive to the eye by reason of the many elegant and varied Masonic devices with which the tables had been decorated by Bro . Dick Radyclyffe . After dinner the usual toast list was g'mo through . The health of Sir Daniel Gooch was proposed by his
Deputy , Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , in well-chosen terms , nnd it is needless to add , was received with acclamation . Tho P . G . M ., in his reply , spoke iii high terms of his Reverend Brother's qualifications for the position he held , and most cordially thanked the brethren for the reception his health had met with at their hands . Ito also again brought under notice the Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund .
and hoped it would find plenty of support m the Province . The teast of the Visitors was replied to , in the first instance , bv Brother Giddy , and then by Brother Lieut .-Colonel Shadwell Clarke , who expressed his readiness to do all in his power , in his- capacity of Grand Secretary , to further the interests of tho Province , though he was pleased to point ou ! that , from -what he had seen lhat
day , he thought but very little assistance from him would bo nee-led in order to maintain the excellent position which the Craft had secured in tho Province . Bro . Binckes responded for tho Masonic Charities , aud expressed a hope that tho approaching Festival of tho Institution with which he had 'been so long conncft"d would he as successful as he had reason to believe it wonld ho . The toasts were
interspersed with songs nnd ( - 'lees , the musical arrangements being under the direction of Bro . Jas . Rutland P . P . G . O . One point , must not be passed over in silence . The dinner tickets were fixed at a very moderate price , and yet tlio dinner , which was provided by Bro . Tyler , of the Bear Hotel , was ample and good—which confirms what we said last week as to-semmer excursions , that no part or parcel of n
day ' s pleasure need bo costly in order to be enjoyable . It may b-i ns well to add that , owing to the fine weather many brethren took tho opportunity of enjoying a drive in the neighbourhood , and so re . invigorated were four of theso enterprising spirits by their excursion that before taking their departure for London they found it necessary once again to refresh themselves . But alas ! for the vanity of human wishes . Having selected , as they thought a suitable place
Prov. G. Lodge Berks And Bucks.
by tho river side , they entered in order to appease their Imager and went disconsolately away an-hungered . Tho modest chops , beer , and et eeteras vouchsafed them would not have satisfied a healthy child . But the landlord , though he seems to have forgotten the viands , did
not hesitate to make the exorbitant charge of sixteen shillings . Sixteen shillings for four small chops and potatoes , bread and cheese and liccf ! We trust readers of this who may visit Maidenhead will decline to afford the landlord of this riverside hostelry the oppor-( unity of serving them as theso friends of ours were served .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold , ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . W # cannot undertake to return rejected communiculiens . AU Letter * west bear the namo an' , address of the Writer , wd nwexsuribr for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .
THK HOLIDAY SEASON .
To the Editor of the FKJSKMASOX ' S CHUOXICLE . DEMI Sri ; AND BKOTIIKH , —I am very glad yon have drawn attention to tho matter of expense in connection with onr summer excursions . I often have the chance of joining a party of brethren " on pleasure bout ; "bnt iu the majority of cases I am obliged to decline availing mvself of it , because , having a wife and two grown-up
daughters—to say nothing of the junior olive branches—necessity compels me to think more than tlio proverbial "three times" about spending £ 5 or £ 6 on a day ' s pleasure . Nor if I had the money to spend , do I think wo should enjoy ourselves any more at a cost of twenty-five or thirty shillings each than an half that amount . I know there are many who think happiness impossible without an unlimited
supply of champagne , tbe chief point in its favour being that it is a high-priced wine . Probably not one in twenty of these worthy folk could tell , if they were asked , one vintage from another , or even distinguish the genuine wino from old gooseberry ; but Fashion has laid it down that champagne is tho sine qwl iioa of a grand feed , aud several cases of it must be swallowed in order to be quite contuse il
fant . Of course if a man drinks it habitually at home , thero is nothing strange in his drinking it when bo dines ont . He regards it as others regard beer and spirits and water , but who of those who never from ono year's end to another drink a bottle of " cham , " as it is vulgnlavly called , at , home ., is tho bctttev for having drunk half-a guinea's worth of a wino he knows nothing about ? Even a bottle of
Gladstone ' s claret would answer the samo purpose , while a tankard of sound English beer would be a thousand times more acceptable , but "for the appearance of tho thing . " There , in fact , lies tho whole secret . For tho sake of appearances , tho man of moderate means , when out on an exenrsion , drinks champagne " like a lord , " and for a week or two afterwards must pinch himself at homo "like
a beggar . " In my young- days 1 often went nic-nieking , but I never found it too hot for my modest purse , and always enjoyed myself thoroughly . Jinny of theso " outings" were organised on what is known in business as tho " principle cf co-operation . " To so many were assigned tho provision of the fluids , and to so many that of tbe solids . There
was an amp ' e , varied , and excellent supply of both , and only now and again did it happen that one blessed with a good plain cook , warranted to know nothing of onr bnsiness , brought a veal and ham or pigeon pio that won'd have taxed tho jaws of a S imson to masticat « . Bnt such an accident—vexations enough , no doubt , to tbe individual — was always receivi d good humonre-dy and served for a
littl" friendly chaff till something similarly ridiculous happened . And somehow there was always something funny happening on theso occasions . A thirsty soul mistakes the vinegar for the claret , an absentminded man sat himself down incontinently on a vea and ham pic , a lobster salad , or in the salad mixture , but invariably tho day was found to be too short for tho pleasure . The older ! v folk had to break
off in their reminiscences of former days , and the young folk thought they ought to have had more time for flirting or love making . In short , every one was happy . I doubt whether it , would have beeu so . with many of us at least , if we had had to pay thirty shillings apiece for the expedition .
I intend this letter , which is probably an absurd one , as a protest against the tendency to extravagance which finds daily-increasing favour with the Craft . I havo written it because I know that a thoroughly enjoyable excursion is not inconsistent with a provident outlay . Yours fraternally , EDWARD ALLAWAV
To tlie Editor of the FHEEMASON ' S Cnao . vici . K . Moorgate Station li «< stanraut , 15 th Juno 1 . 'ISO .
ISLINGTON LODGE OF INSTRUCTION .
DI : AU SIR AXD Bi ; oTiri : u , —Will you kindly intimate in au early numb I- of your valuable journal that tlio Islington Lodge of Instruction is held every Tuesday evening at 7 o ' clock , at the above address , under tho able Preceptorship of Bro . J . L . Mather P . M . 05 , 1471 , 15 S 0 , & c , P . Z . 174 , 1471 , & o .
Yours fraternally , W . BAUSOK , Secretary 14-71 .