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Freemasonry In Norfolk.
and " Moderns , " in 1813 , no less than twenty-six lodges under the latter were constituted , and of these six are still oa the roll in Norfolk itself , namely , No . 52 , the Union , of Norwich ; No . 85 , the Faithful , of Harleston ; No . 93 , the Social , of Norwich ; No . ioo , Friendship , of Great
Yarmouth ; Ni . 102 , Unanimity , of North Walsham ; and No . 313 , United Fiiends , of Great Yarmouth . One other , now No . 71 , Unity , of Lowestoft , is on the roll of Suffolk , and yet another , Shakespeare , No . 284 , of Warwick , is on that of Warwickshire .
The Ancients " do not seem to have been so successful in establishing themselves in this county . We have traced no more than three under their Grand Lodge , two of which are still flourishing . The Philanthropic Lodge , of King ' s Lynn , founded in 1774 , was No . 142 in 1813 , and met at the Maid ' s Hiad Inn . It became No . 172 in 1814 ; No . 124 in 1832 ; and in 1863 , as it still is , No .
107 . Lodge of Perseverance , of Norwich , founded in 1795 , was No . 294 in 1813 , when it met at the Angel Inn , and became No . 374 in 1814 ; No . 258 in 1832 ; and Nt . 213 in 1863 . A lnc'ge No . 166 , King's Head , Norwich , became No . 203 in 1814 , and No . 145 in . 1832 . It no longer exists . Thus no less than ei ght lodges founded before the Union are still in existence , and of them all but two can
boast of an existence of more than 100 years . It remains for us to enumerate the lodges which have been constituted since the year 1813 and are still working . These are as follow : the Cabbell Lodge , No . 807 , of Norwich , founded in i 860 ; the Sincerity , No . 943 , of the same city , founded in 186 3 ; the Joppa , No . 1114 , of Fakenham , founded in 1866 ; and the Doric , No . 1193 ,
Wymondham , founded in 1867 . These were added to the roll during the Prov . G . Mastership of the late Bro . B . Bond Cabbell , who presided over the fortunes of the county from 1854 to 1874 . Lodge WalpeJe , No . 1500 , founded in 1874 , records the Grand Mastership of the late Hon . F . Walpole , whose rule over the province was of the briefest ; while the Montgomerie Lodge , No . 1741 , of Diss , and the
Suffield Lodge , No . 1808 , of North Walsham , bear testimony to the energy and active interest in Freemasonry of the present Grand Master of the province , namely , Lord Suffield , at whose installation His Royal Highness the Grand Master himself presided . We do not doubt that , under his lordship ' s auspices , every thing will be done to
strengthen and confirm the position of Freemasonry in this favoured county , and we know that even in the short time he has held his high offiee the greatest zctivity has prevailed in what is essentiall y Masonic in its characterthat is , in the support of our great central Charitable Institutions .
Wentworth Little Memorial Fund.
WENTWORTH LITTLE MEMORIAL FUND .
LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS . £ s- d-The Girls' School Club ... ... ... 10 10 o Prudent Brethren Lodge , Nn . 1 45 ... 10 10 o Bro . Rev . P . H . E . Brette , W . M . 1657 ... 10 10 o „ George Kenning , P . M . 102 ... ... 10 10 o
Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1637 ( Bro . Allcroft ) 10 10 o Robert Burns Lodge , No . 25 ... ... 5 5 ° Gihon Lodge , No . 49 ... ... ... 550 Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 ... ... 5 5 o Rose of Denmark Lodge , No . 975 ... 5 5 ° Burdrtt Lodge , No . 1293 ... ... e e o
Burdett Chapter , No . 1293 ... ... 5 5 o Granite Loelge , ^ o . 1328 ... ... 5 5 o Friends in Council Lodge , No . 1383 ... S S ° Great City Lodge , No . 1426 ... „ 5 5 ° Thames Valley Lodge , No . 1460 ... ... 5 5 o Prov . G . Chapter of Middlesex ... ... 5 5 o Plantagenet Conclave , Red Cross ... 5 5 o
Premier Conclave , Red Cross ... ... 5 5 o Palestine Rose Croix Chapter ... ... 5 5 o Holy Palestine Preceptory ... ... 5 5 o Domatic Chapter , No . 177 ... ... 5 ° ° Domatic Chapter of Instruction ... ... 5 5 ° Bro . Fysh { Girls' School Club ) ......5 5 o „ Geo . J . Tidcombe ... ... ... 5 s o
„ John LI . Jones , P . G . D . Middx . ... 330 Royal York Lodge , No . 7 ... ... 220 Kent Lodge , No . 15 „ . ... ... 220 Unity Lodge , No . 183 ... ... ... 220 Lodge of Justice , No . 147 ... ... 220 Stuart Chapter , No . 540 ... ... 220 Rose of Denmark Chapter , No . 975 ... 220
Doric L' jelge , No . 0 , 33 ... ... ... 220 Whittington Lodge , No . 862 ... ... 220 Whittington Chapter , No . 862 ... ... 220 Royal Middlesex Chapter , No . 1194 ... ? 2 o Loyalty and Charity Lodge , No . 1584 ... 220 Naval and Military Conclave , No . 3 s ... 220
Byzantine Conclave , No . 44 ... ... 220 Bro . Lieut .-Col . J . Creaton , G . Treas . ... 220 „ John Boyd , P . G . P . ... ... 220 ,, H . Dicketts , P . M . 23 ... ... 220 „ Lord Bective , Prov . G . M . Cumberland 220 ,, Sir Chas . Bright , D . P . G . M . Middlesex 220
„ J . M . Stedwell , P . P . G . W . Middx . ... 220 A Prov . G . Officer Middx . ... ... 220 Bro . Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C . ... ... 220 » E . H . Thiellay , P . M . 145 ... ... 220 > i Wm . R . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ... 220
„ Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P . ... ... 220 1 , F . G . Irwin , Bristol ... ... 220 » Jas . S . Eastes , D . P . G . M . Kent ... 220 1 , Henry G . Buss , Asst . G . Secretary ... 220 )> A . A . Pcndlebury , P . M . 1056 ... 220 11 F . R . W . Hedges , Sec . R . M . I . G . ... 220 1 , W . Dodd , P . M . 1194 ... ... 220 . . G . Toller , P . G . S . B . 220
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Musgrave Lodge , No . 1597 ... ... 200 St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 144 ... ... 1 1 o Ewell Lodge , No . 410 ... ... 1 1 o New Finsbury Park Lodge , No . 16 93 ... 110 Mizpah Lodge , No . 1671 ... ... 1 1 o Roman Eagle Conclave , No . 6 ... ... 1 1 o Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D ... ... 110 „ W . Colhrd Moutrie , P . M . 11 ... 1 1 o „ S . Rosenthall , P . P . G . W . Middlesex ... " 1 1 o
„ Magnus Ohren , P . P . G . W . Surrey ... 1 1 o „ E . Letchworth , P . P . G . R . Middlesex ... 1 1 o „ Thos . F . Peacock ... ... ... 1 1 o
„ A . Birfield , P . M . 511 ... ... 1 I o „ George Powell , R . C . Premier Conclave 1 1 o „ Thomas Bull , P . M . 145 ... ... 1 1 o „ J . Trickett , P . M . 1194 ... ... 1 1 o „ H . C . Levander , P . G . S . E . Middlesex ... 1 1 o
„ Thomas Massa , Lodge 1293 ... 1 1 o „ Samuel Lcith Tomkins , P . G . D . ... 1 1 o ,, James L . Thomas , A . G . D . C . ... I 1 o „ Chas . A . Smith , P . M . Lodge 975 ... I 1 o „ Wm . H . Lee , P . M . 975 ... ... I I o „ Hammerton , Rose Croix Chapter ... 1 1 o
„ Mark Davis , Lodge 1460 ... ... 1 1 o „ James Gowan , Lodge 1460 ... ... I 1 o „ Wm . Sweetland , Lodge 1460 ... 110 „ J . Harrison , P . S . Red Cross , 35 ... o 10 6 „ J . W . Sanderson , Lodge 1293 ... o 10 6
„ Chas . B . Payne , P . M . 27 ... ... o 10 o „ F . Adlard , P . M . 7 ... ... 05 ° „ Henry Muggeridge , P . M . 715 ... 050 „ J . H . Weldon , P . M . 715 050 „ A . Cameron , P . M . 180 ... ... 050 „ E . A . ... ... ... ... 05 ° „ C . Hunt , Lodge 194 ... ... 026 „ A . B ., Lodge 946 ... ... 026 „ T . S ., Lodge 788 ... ... 026 „ H . M . Ramsay , Lodge 1193 ... 026 „ J . T ., Lodge 1503 ... ... 026 £ 251 18 C
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
The allusion to the " Holy Martyres Foure , " will be found in Giles' " Patres Ecclesiae Anglicans " ( Latin and English ) , Book II ., c . ' vii ., p . p . 196—197 , as follows : — Erat autem eo loci , ubi flammarum impetus maxime incumbebat , myrtyrium beatorum quatuor Coronatc-rum ( English ) "The church of the four crowned martyrs was in the place where the fire raged most . " The heading of
the chapter is : " Bishop Mellitus by prayer quenches a fire in his city . A . D . 619 . " The circumstance is similarly recorded in Ven Bcda , Opera Historica ( Stevenson , 1841 ") , Book II ., c . vii ., p . 115 ( Latin ) , and in Uedc ' s Eccles . Hist ., Bohn ' s Antiquarian Library ( 1847 ) , p . 80 ( English ; . Mr . H . C . Coote in his " Romans in Britain " has some interesting remarks on this subject , and cites a good many
authorities , which Bros . Hughan and Woodford may find of value in tracing the prevalence and antiquity of this tradition . In a letter written by Mr . Godwin to Sir H . Ellis , published in the Archaeologia for 18 43 ( vol . xxx . ) , reference is made to one of the Arundel M 3 S . in the British Museum , described as Sanctorum Vila , Miracula , el Myrtyria . At folio 218 is a narrative of four men
wonderful in the art ot Masonry , " who always worked in the name of the Lord , " after prayer and signing with the cross ; and whose skill when employed by the' Emperor Diocletian ( it will be recollected that the martyrdom of the " Four Coronati" is said to have occurred in this reign ) excited both the envy and the astonishment of the " , Philosophers , " who attributed their skill to the " mysterious words " of " art magical . "
R . F . GOULD . P . S . —Bro . Fort ' s positive statement that Charles Martel is mentioned in the Halliwell MS . is calculated to seriously mislead the numerous leaders o ! his work . The appearance or non-appearance of this Sovereign ' s name in our oldest Masonic charge being a point , as it seems to me , of no little importance , having regard to the contents of all the other MS . Constitutions .
MELROSE LODGE . In the , Freemasm of 27 th September , 1879 , Bro . Vernon states that this lodge claims a history as old as either Kilwinning or Mary ' s Chapel , and that he thinks the claim may be fairly established . I would be glad to know the grounds on which he thinks so . Inquiry was made , about eleven years ago , into this matter by Bro .
W . P . Buchan , of Glasgow , a well-known and well-qualified Masonic archasological inquirer . He visited Melrose , and examined the whole records and documents of the lodge , but found nothing instructing its existence beyond the earliest date in its minutes , 1678 . Bio . Buchan was satisfied that it had no other evidence to produce . None has since been discovered , either in the lodge ' s own
possession or elsewhere . Unless it can instruct its existence by reasonable evidence at a date earlier than that of many other lodges on the Grand Roll , it need not expect that these lodges will stand tamely by , and for the mere sake of securing the accession of the Melrose Lodge to Grand Lodge , permit it to obtain a precedency over them . Bro . Vernon is somewhat mistaken as to the Kilwinning case .
The Lojge Kilwinning did join the Grand Lodge at its institution in 173 6 , but seceded from it some years afterwards , because it claimed a greater antiquity than Mary ' s Chapel . It had never been able to instruct that claim by many years ; but it succeeded , in 1807 , in getting itself placed on the roll before Mary ' s Chapel , for reasons of expediency . This gave rise to a secession in Grand Lodge ,
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which took years to heal . It is most unlikely that , with such an example before it , Grand Lodge will again follow such a course , particularly with a lodge so weak as that of Melrose . The Kilwinning Lodge , in 1804 , claimed and exercised the position of an independent Grand Lodge , with many lodges hailing under her banner ; and it was
to secure the accession of it , and its daughter lodges , that the pree ' ecency given to it was conced d . Wnen Bro . Vernon has the old MS . of Melrose in his possession , I would suggest that he should obtain a photograph of one or two of its pages , to enable those qualified to test its antiquity by the formation of the writing . P . M . No . 1 ., S . C .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire ( Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , D . G . M ., R . W . P . G . M . ) was held on Wednesday last , the 1 st inst ., at the Winter Gardens , Morecambe . A report of the proceedings will appear next week . We are informed that Bro . Sir Michael R .
Shaw-Stewart , of Ardgowan , has again consented to allow himself to be nominated for the office of Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland . A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham will be held in the Town Hall , Gateshead-on-Tyne , on Tuesday , the 21 st inst ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., by order of the R . W . P . G . M ., Bro . John Fawcett .
The consecration of the Tudor Lodge , No . 1838 , will take place on Tuesday next , the 7 th inst ., at the Star and Garter Hotel , Wolverhampton . The ceremonies will be performed by R . W . Bro . . / Eneas John Mclntyre , Q . C ., Grand Registrar of England , acting Prov . Grand Master . Bro . G . S . Tudor , D . P . G . M ., P . M . 526 , is the W . M . designate .
The Earl of Carnarvon will lay the foundation stone of the new Town Hall , Free Library , and Museum at Reading on the 14 th inst . In a letter received by Mr . Mark Firth recently Prince Leopold definitely fixes the date of his visit to Sheffield . He will arrive from Balmoral on Saturday , the 18 th inst ., and remain till Wednesday , the 22 nd . He
expresses a wish to visit the museum established by Mr . Ruskin at Walkley , a subuib of Sheffield , for the purpose of art education . Firth College will be opc-ied on the 20 th inst . The Prince of Wales will visit Sir R . Wallace , M . P ., at Sudbourne Hall , Suffolk , in the third week in November . There is a good quantity of game on the
estate , and some first-rate sporting is anticipated . The Prince was to have visited Sudbourne early last winter , but the death of Princess Alice prevented his doing so . New Sadler ' s Wells Theatre , under the management of Mrs . Batcman , will open on Thursday next . The theatre is estimated to hold 2500 persons . Over 200 supers are engaged for the opening piece , " Rob
Roy . " The Foll y Theatre will t > 3 opened in November under the lesseeship of Bro . J . L . Toole . The proprietor of the Freemason would be glad to learn the present place of meeting of the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction .
The Fifteen Sections will ba worked by the members of the Whittington Lodge of Instruction , No . 862 , at the Red Lion Hotel , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-street , on Wednesday , the 29 th inst ., commencing at s ; ven o ' clock . Bros . Brown , 862 , W . M . ; Gush , I . G . 1541 , S . W . ; Tate , J . D . 862 , J . W .
FIRST LECTURE . i . st Section Bro . Hyde . 211 . J „ ... ... ,, Gates , Treas . 1599 . 3 rd „ , McCulloch , 1541 . 4 th „ „ Abell , W . M . 1599 . 5 i > > Lardner , J . W . 174 c . 6 th „ „ Gush , I . G . 1541 . 7 th „ 1 , Tate , J . D . 862 .
SECOND LECTURE . 1 st Section Bio . Larchin , S . W . 1541 . 2 nd ,, Fox , 201 . 3 " ! 11 11 Marston , S . W . 55 . 4 th , , „ Kidder , P . M . is . 5 « » Pate , D . C . 1599 .
THIRD LECTURE . 1 st Section Bro . Welsford , P . M . 548 . 2 nd „ „ Long , P . M . 435 . ' 3 rd „ ... ... „ Thompson , 862 . Bro . Wm . Long , P . M . 435 , Preceptor an ) Hon . Sec . Celebrities in every walk of life seem to have given Bro . W . Shury Marshall sittings for their portraits
On view at his Gallery , 34 , Parliament-street , may be seen likenesses , spirited , truthful , and characteristic , of numerous Englishmen who have acquired distinction in art , science , literature , sporting , and Masonry—in the latter the life-like portraits of Bros , the Rev . P . M . Holden , HelsJon , Swallow , Perceval , Osman Vincent , Veal , and Tidcombe call for especial mention ; while in the
section devoted to the athletic John Higgins , of sculling celebrity ; John Keen , the bycyclist ; and John Gale , the pedestrian . In art H . Larpent Roberts and Frank Holl , A . R . A ., are amongst the foremost of those most easily recognisable , in fact to single out for special commendation any individual portrait is needless , since in almost
every instance where acquaintance with ths original made it possible , we found the representation true to life as well as artistic in treatment . Bro . W . Shury Marshall standing as he docs at the very summit of photograhic art , his invariable success entitles him to the very highest patronage that can be conferred .
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Freemasonry In Norfolk.
and " Moderns , " in 1813 , no less than twenty-six lodges under the latter were constituted , and of these six are still oa the roll in Norfolk itself , namely , No . 52 , the Union , of Norwich ; No . 85 , the Faithful , of Harleston ; No . 93 , the Social , of Norwich ; No . ioo , Friendship , of Great
Yarmouth ; Ni . 102 , Unanimity , of North Walsham ; and No . 313 , United Fiiends , of Great Yarmouth . One other , now No . 71 , Unity , of Lowestoft , is on the roll of Suffolk , and yet another , Shakespeare , No . 284 , of Warwick , is on that of Warwickshire .
The Ancients " do not seem to have been so successful in establishing themselves in this county . We have traced no more than three under their Grand Lodge , two of which are still flourishing . The Philanthropic Lodge , of King ' s Lynn , founded in 1774 , was No . 142 in 1813 , and met at the Maid ' s Hiad Inn . It became No . 172 in 1814 ; No . 124 in 1832 ; and in 1863 , as it still is , No .
107 . Lodge of Perseverance , of Norwich , founded in 1795 , was No . 294 in 1813 , when it met at the Angel Inn , and became No . 374 in 1814 ; No . 258 in 1832 ; and Nt . 213 in 1863 . A lnc'ge No . 166 , King's Head , Norwich , became No . 203 in 1814 , and No . 145 in . 1832 . It no longer exists . Thus no less than ei ght lodges founded before the Union are still in existence , and of them all but two can
boast of an existence of more than 100 years . It remains for us to enumerate the lodges which have been constituted since the year 1813 and are still working . These are as follow : the Cabbell Lodge , No . 807 , of Norwich , founded in i 860 ; the Sincerity , No . 943 , of the same city , founded in 186 3 ; the Joppa , No . 1114 , of Fakenham , founded in 1866 ; and the Doric , No . 1193 ,
Wymondham , founded in 1867 . These were added to the roll during the Prov . G . Mastership of the late Bro . B . Bond Cabbell , who presided over the fortunes of the county from 1854 to 1874 . Lodge WalpeJe , No . 1500 , founded in 1874 , records the Grand Mastership of the late Hon . F . Walpole , whose rule over the province was of the briefest ; while the Montgomerie Lodge , No . 1741 , of Diss , and the
Suffield Lodge , No . 1808 , of North Walsham , bear testimony to the energy and active interest in Freemasonry of the present Grand Master of the province , namely , Lord Suffield , at whose installation His Royal Highness the Grand Master himself presided . We do not doubt that , under his lordship ' s auspices , every thing will be done to
strengthen and confirm the position of Freemasonry in this favoured county , and we know that even in the short time he has held his high offiee the greatest zctivity has prevailed in what is essentiall y Masonic in its characterthat is , in the support of our great central Charitable Institutions .
Wentworth Little Memorial Fund.
WENTWORTH LITTLE MEMORIAL FUND .
LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS . £ s- d-The Girls' School Club ... ... ... 10 10 o Prudent Brethren Lodge , Nn . 1 45 ... 10 10 o Bro . Rev . P . H . E . Brette , W . M . 1657 ... 10 10 o „ George Kenning , P . M . 102 ... ... 10 10 o
Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1637 ( Bro . Allcroft ) 10 10 o Robert Burns Lodge , No . 25 ... ... 5 5 ° Gihon Lodge , No . 49 ... ... ... 550 Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 ... ... 5 5 o Rose of Denmark Lodge , No . 975 ... 5 5 ° Burdrtt Lodge , No . 1293 ... ... e e o
Burdett Chapter , No . 1293 ... ... 5 5 o Granite Loelge , ^ o . 1328 ... ... 5 5 o Friends in Council Lodge , No . 1383 ... S S ° Great City Lodge , No . 1426 ... „ 5 5 ° Thames Valley Lodge , No . 1460 ... ... 5 5 o Prov . G . Chapter of Middlesex ... ... 5 5 o Plantagenet Conclave , Red Cross ... 5 5 o
Premier Conclave , Red Cross ... ... 5 5 o Palestine Rose Croix Chapter ... ... 5 5 o Holy Palestine Preceptory ... ... 5 5 o Domatic Chapter , No . 177 ... ... 5 ° ° Domatic Chapter of Instruction ... ... 5 5 ° Bro . Fysh { Girls' School Club ) ......5 5 o „ Geo . J . Tidcombe ... ... ... 5 s o
„ John LI . Jones , P . G . D . Middx . ... 330 Royal York Lodge , No . 7 ... ... 220 Kent Lodge , No . 15 „ . ... ... 220 Unity Lodge , No . 183 ... ... ... 220 Lodge of Justice , No . 147 ... ... 220 Stuart Chapter , No . 540 ... ... 220 Rose of Denmark Chapter , No . 975 ... 220
Doric L' jelge , No . 0 , 33 ... ... ... 220 Whittington Lodge , No . 862 ... ... 220 Whittington Chapter , No . 862 ... ... 220 Royal Middlesex Chapter , No . 1194 ... ? 2 o Loyalty and Charity Lodge , No . 1584 ... 220 Naval and Military Conclave , No . 3 s ... 220
Byzantine Conclave , No . 44 ... ... 220 Bro . Lieut .-Col . J . Creaton , G . Treas . ... 220 „ John Boyd , P . G . P . ... ... 220 ,, H . Dicketts , P . M . 23 ... ... 220 „ Lord Bective , Prov . G . M . Cumberland 220 ,, Sir Chas . Bright , D . P . G . M . Middlesex 220
„ J . M . Stedwell , P . P . G . W . Middx . ... 220 A Prov . G . Officer Middx . ... ... 220 Bro . Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C . ... ... 220 » E . H . Thiellay , P . M . 145 ... ... 220 > i Wm . R . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ... 220
„ Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P . ... ... 220 1 , F . G . Irwin , Bristol ... ... 220 » Jas . S . Eastes , D . P . G . M . Kent ... 220 1 , Henry G . Buss , Asst . G . Secretary ... 220 )> A . A . Pcndlebury , P . M . 1056 ... 220 11 F . R . W . Hedges , Sec . R . M . I . G . ... 220 1 , W . Dodd , P . M . 1194 ... ... 220 . . G . Toller , P . G . S . B . 220
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Musgrave Lodge , No . 1597 ... ... 200 St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 144 ... ... 1 1 o Ewell Lodge , No . 410 ... ... 1 1 o New Finsbury Park Lodge , No . 16 93 ... 110 Mizpah Lodge , No . 1671 ... ... 1 1 o Roman Eagle Conclave , No . 6 ... ... 1 1 o Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D ... ... 110 „ W . Colhrd Moutrie , P . M . 11 ... 1 1 o „ S . Rosenthall , P . P . G . W . Middlesex ... " 1 1 o
„ Magnus Ohren , P . P . G . W . Surrey ... 1 1 o „ E . Letchworth , P . P . G . R . Middlesex ... 1 1 o „ Thos . F . Peacock ... ... ... 1 1 o
„ A . Birfield , P . M . 511 ... ... 1 I o „ George Powell , R . C . Premier Conclave 1 1 o „ Thomas Bull , P . M . 145 ... ... 1 1 o „ J . Trickett , P . M . 1194 ... ... 1 1 o „ H . C . Levander , P . G . S . E . Middlesex ... 1 1 o
„ Thomas Massa , Lodge 1293 ... 1 1 o „ Samuel Lcith Tomkins , P . G . D . ... 1 1 o ,, James L . Thomas , A . G . D . C . ... I 1 o „ Chas . A . Smith , P . M . Lodge 975 ... I 1 o „ Wm . H . Lee , P . M . 975 ... ... I I o „ Hammerton , Rose Croix Chapter ... 1 1 o
„ Mark Davis , Lodge 1460 ... ... 1 1 o „ James Gowan , Lodge 1460 ... ... I 1 o „ Wm . Sweetland , Lodge 1460 ... 110 „ J . Harrison , P . S . Red Cross , 35 ... o 10 6 „ J . W . Sanderson , Lodge 1293 ... o 10 6
„ Chas . B . Payne , P . M . 27 ... ... o 10 o „ F . Adlard , P . M . 7 ... ... 05 ° „ Henry Muggeridge , P . M . 715 ... 050 „ J . H . Weldon , P . M . 715 050 „ A . Cameron , P . M . 180 ... ... 050 „ E . A . ... ... ... ... 05 ° „ C . Hunt , Lodge 194 ... ... 026 „ A . B ., Lodge 946 ... ... 026 „ T . S ., Lodge 788 ... ... 026 „ H . M . Ramsay , Lodge 1193 ... 026 „ J . T ., Lodge 1503 ... ... 026 £ 251 18 C
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
The allusion to the " Holy Martyres Foure , " will be found in Giles' " Patres Ecclesiae Anglicans " ( Latin and English ) , Book II ., c . ' vii ., p . p . 196—197 , as follows : — Erat autem eo loci , ubi flammarum impetus maxime incumbebat , myrtyrium beatorum quatuor Coronatc-rum ( English ) "The church of the four crowned martyrs was in the place where the fire raged most . " The heading of
the chapter is : " Bishop Mellitus by prayer quenches a fire in his city . A . D . 619 . " The circumstance is similarly recorded in Ven Bcda , Opera Historica ( Stevenson , 1841 ") , Book II ., c . vii ., p . 115 ( Latin ) , and in Uedc ' s Eccles . Hist ., Bohn ' s Antiquarian Library ( 1847 ) , p . 80 ( English ; . Mr . H . C . Coote in his " Romans in Britain " has some interesting remarks on this subject , and cites a good many
authorities , which Bros . Hughan and Woodford may find of value in tracing the prevalence and antiquity of this tradition . In a letter written by Mr . Godwin to Sir H . Ellis , published in the Archaeologia for 18 43 ( vol . xxx . ) , reference is made to one of the Arundel M 3 S . in the British Museum , described as Sanctorum Vila , Miracula , el Myrtyria . At folio 218 is a narrative of four men
wonderful in the art ot Masonry , " who always worked in the name of the Lord , " after prayer and signing with the cross ; and whose skill when employed by the' Emperor Diocletian ( it will be recollected that the martyrdom of the " Four Coronati" is said to have occurred in this reign ) excited both the envy and the astonishment of the " , Philosophers , " who attributed their skill to the " mysterious words " of " art magical . "
R . F . GOULD . P . S . —Bro . Fort ' s positive statement that Charles Martel is mentioned in the Halliwell MS . is calculated to seriously mislead the numerous leaders o ! his work . The appearance or non-appearance of this Sovereign ' s name in our oldest Masonic charge being a point , as it seems to me , of no little importance , having regard to the contents of all the other MS . Constitutions .
MELROSE LODGE . In the , Freemasm of 27 th September , 1879 , Bro . Vernon states that this lodge claims a history as old as either Kilwinning or Mary ' s Chapel , and that he thinks the claim may be fairly established . I would be glad to know the grounds on which he thinks so . Inquiry was made , about eleven years ago , into this matter by Bro .
W . P . Buchan , of Glasgow , a well-known and well-qualified Masonic archasological inquirer . He visited Melrose , and examined the whole records and documents of the lodge , but found nothing instructing its existence beyond the earliest date in its minutes , 1678 . Bio . Buchan was satisfied that it had no other evidence to produce . None has since been discovered , either in the lodge ' s own
possession or elsewhere . Unless it can instruct its existence by reasonable evidence at a date earlier than that of many other lodges on the Grand Roll , it need not expect that these lodges will stand tamely by , and for the mere sake of securing the accession of the Melrose Lodge to Grand Lodge , permit it to obtain a precedency over them . Bro . Vernon is somewhat mistaken as to the Kilwinning case .
The Lojge Kilwinning did join the Grand Lodge at its institution in 173 6 , but seceded from it some years afterwards , because it claimed a greater antiquity than Mary ' s Chapel . It had never been able to instruct that claim by many years ; but it succeeded , in 1807 , in getting itself placed on the roll before Mary ' s Chapel , for reasons of expediency . This gave rise to a secession in Grand Lodge ,
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which took years to heal . It is most unlikely that , with such an example before it , Grand Lodge will again follow such a course , particularly with a lodge so weak as that of Melrose . The Kilwinning Lodge , in 1804 , claimed and exercised the position of an independent Grand Lodge , with many lodges hailing under her banner ; and it was
to secure the accession of it , and its daughter lodges , that the pree ' ecency given to it was conced d . Wnen Bro . Vernon has the old MS . of Melrose in his possession , I would suggest that he should obtain a photograph of one or two of its pages , to enable those qualified to test its antiquity by the formation of the writing . P . M . No . 1 ., S . C .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire ( Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , D . G . M ., R . W . P . G . M . ) was held on Wednesday last , the 1 st inst ., at the Winter Gardens , Morecambe . A report of the proceedings will appear next week . We are informed that Bro . Sir Michael R .
Shaw-Stewart , of Ardgowan , has again consented to allow himself to be nominated for the office of Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland . A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham will be held in the Town Hall , Gateshead-on-Tyne , on Tuesday , the 21 st inst ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., by order of the R . W . P . G . M ., Bro . John Fawcett .
The consecration of the Tudor Lodge , No . 1838 , will take place on Tuesday next , the 7 th inst ., at the Star and Garter Hotel , Wolverhampton . The ceremonies will be performed by R . W . Bro . . / Eneas John Mclntyre , Q . C ., Grand Registrar of England , acting Prov . Grand Master . Bro . G . S . Tudor , D . P . G . M ., P . M . 526 , is the W . M . designate .
The Earl of Carnarvon will lay the foundation stone of the new Town Hall , Free Library , and Museum at Reading on the 14 th inst . In a letter received by Mr . Mark Firth recently Prince Leopold definitely fixes the date of his visit to Sheffield . He will arrive from Balmoral on Saturday , the 18 th inst ., and remain till Wednesday , the 22 nd . He
expresses a wish to visit the museum established by Mr . Ruskin at Walkley , a subuib of Sheffield , for the purpose of art education . Firth College will be opc-ied on the 20 th inst . The Prince of Wales will visit Sir R . Wallace , M . P ., at Sudbourne Hall , Suffolk , in the third week in November . There is a good quantity of game on the
estate , and some first-rate sporting is anticipated . The Prince was to have visited Sudbourne early last winter , but the death of Princess Alice prevented his doing so . New Sadler ' s Wells Theatre , under the management of Mrs . Batcman , will open on Thursday next . The theatre is estimated to hold 2500 persons . Over 200 supers are engaged for the opening piece , " Rob
Roy . " The Foll y Theatre will t > 3 opened in November under the lesseeship of Bro . J . L . Toole . The proprietor of the Freemason would be glad to learn the present place of meeting of the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction .
The Fifteen Sections will ba worked by the members of the Whittington Lodge of Instruction , No . 862 , at the Red Lion Hotel , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-street , on Wednesday , the 29 th inst ., commencing at s ; ven o ' clock . Bros . Brown , 862 , W . M . ; Gush , I . G . 1541 , S . W . ; Tate , J . D . 862 , J . W .
FIRST LECTURE . i . st Section Bro . Hyde . 211 . J „ ... ... ,, Gates , Treas . 1599 . 3 rd „ , McCulloch , 1541 . 4 th „ „ Abell , W . M . 1599 . 5 i > > Lardner , J . W . 174 c . 6 th „ „ Gush , I . G . 1541 . 7 th „ 1 , Tate , J . D . 862 .
SECOND LECTURE . 1 st Section Bio . Larchin , S . W . 1541 . 2 nd ,, Fox , 201 . 3 " ! 11 11 Marston , S . W . 55 . 4 th , , „ Kidder , P . M . is . 5 « » Pate , D . C . 1599 .
THIRD LECTURE . 1 st Section Bro . Welsford , P . M . 548 . 2 nd „ „ Long , P . M . 435 . ' 3 rd „ ... ... „ Thompson , 862 . Bro . Wm . Long , P . M . 435 , Preceptor an ) Hon . Sec . Celebrities in every walk of life seem to have given Bro . W . Shury Marshall sittings for their portraits
On view at his Gallery , 34 , Parliament-street , may be seen likenesses , spirited , truthful , and characteristic , of numerous Englishmen who have acquired distinction in art , science , literature , sporting , and Masonry—in the latter the life-like portraits of Bros , the Rev . P . M . Holden , HelsJon , Swallow , Perceval , Osman Vincent , Veal , and Tidcombe call for especial mention ; while in the
section devoted to the athletic John Higgins , of sculling celebrity ; John Keen , the bycyclist ; and John Gale , the pedestrian . In art H . Larpent Roberts and Frank Holl , A . R . A ., are amongst the foremost of those most easily recognisable , in fact to single out for special commendation any individual portrait is needless , since in almost
every instance where acquaintance with ths original made it possible , we found the representation true to life as well as artistic in treatment . Bro . W . Shury Marshall standing as he docs at the very summit of photograhic art , his invariable success entitles him to the very highest patronage that can be conferred .