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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L EADERS 6 33 \ Supreme Grand Chapter 633 Consecration of the St . Mark ' s College Lodge , No . 2 iJ 7 634 Consecration ot the Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . 2 ro 8 63 $ Provincial Grand Lodoe of Durham 635
Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk 636 Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire 637 Provincial Grand Chapter of Wiltshire 638 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Lancashire 63 S Consecration of the Border Rose Croix
Chapter of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , No . 102 , at Keswick 639 Masonic Banquet at the Mansion House ... 639 Banquet to Prince Albert Victor at the Aldershot Military Mark Lodge , No . 54 , Aldershot ' . 640
Royal Masonic IivstftvitfoYi for Ghls 641 Mark Masonry 641 Knights Templar 641 Ancient and Accepted Rite 641 Red Cross of Constantino 641 South Africa 641 Egypt 64 '
CORRESPONDENCELoafers 642 Reviews O 43 Notes and Queries 643 REPORTS OF MASONIC
MEETINGSCraft Masonry 643 Instruction 640 Royal Arch 647 Instruction 6 47 Masonic and General Tidings 647 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 648
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IT is a graceful act which most of the recent LORD MAYORS of London , who are likewise Freemasons , have included in the programme of their official festivities , that of entertaining at a banquet at the Mansion House the members of their private lodges and the chief dignitaries of the Order , and the Masonic entertainment given by Bro . Lord Mayor STAPLES on
Monday evening appears , from the report of the proceedings which we print elsewhere , to have been a conspicuous success . Bro . STAPLES has never allowed his many official cares to stand in the way of fulfilling most scrupulously and conscientiously the duties required of him as a Mason . During a portion of his tenure of the Lord Mayoralty of London , he has acted as W . M . ( for the second time ) of the St Botolph ' s Lodge and
Z . of the Aldersgate Chapter , and his name figures in the list of Stewards at two out of three of our Anniversary Festivals . Such a record is most honourable , especially if we bear in mind that a Lord Mayor ' s time is rarely his own , and we have no doubt the presence of so many of the Present and Past Grand Officers at this week's Mansion House Festivity was as much a tribute to the Masonic as to the civic virtues of Bro . STAPLES .
* # * EVERY one will most cordially endorse the resolutions passed by the House and General Committees of the Girls' School when accepting Bro . T . S . HOWELL ' S resignation of his office as one of the medical officers of that Institution . For the last 34 years Bro . HOWELL has given his services in
that capacity without either fee or reward , and it is recognised that to his unwearying zeal , as well as to his great professional skill and ability , the School is mainly indebted for the healthy condition of its inmates , a condition which we believe we are justified in describing as above the average enjoyed by similar institutions . Moreover , Bro . HOWELL appears to have
been the sanitary as well as the medical adviser of the authorities , and to his prudent counsels and wise suggestions it is due that the School during the period of his office has had complete immunity from diseases of a preventive nature . Thus the Committee have done well to show honour to one who has served them so long and faithfully , and with such eminent ability and
success , and we are glad beyond measure to find that by placing at his disposal the honorary position of Consulting Medical Officer the Committee will be able to still further prolong Bro . HOWELL ' association with the School . We trust our respected brother may for many years to come be able to discharge the lighter and less anxious duties of his new office .
IT is gratifying , though not by any means surprising , to learn from the report delivered by the PROV . GRAND SECRETARY at the recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire that Freemasonry in that province is in so satisfactory a condition . The mere
numerical increase from 4608 in the previous year to 4790 is of no great consequence , and may perhaps be accounted for in a measure by the consecration of three new lodges . Indeed , the PROV . GRAND SECRETARY was careful to impress upon the brethren that the character and status of candidates were matters of far greater moment to pay attention to than a mere
increase in numerical strength . What Bro . GOODACRE so justly lays stress upon is the greater degree of proficiency shown throughout the province in lod ge work , and the marked success which has characterised the proceedings during the year of the various West Lancashire Chariles . The Provincial Educational Association had spent ^ 1344 on the education of 168 boys and girls ; the Hamer Fund had paid - £ 32 in annuities to distressed brethren ;
and the Alpass Institution had on its foundation three annuitants , receiving among them annually . £ 66 . But besides this the Provincial Grand Lodge of Benevolence had dispensed £ 215 in grants to relieve the more pressing needs of distressed Masons , so that the total disbursed by the province during the past year in benevolence amounted—irrespective of the very modest expenses of management—to not very far short of £ 1700 . Then over £ 5 00 was raised for the central Institutions , so that with all these
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evidences before us , it must be admitted that there is a genuine ring about West Lancashire Freemasonry , which is in all respects creditable to the Province and must be as truly gratifying to its energetic and popular chief , the Earl of LATHOM , D . G . M . of England , as it is to us and all lovers and admirers of the ancient Craft . There must be good seed sown in West Lancashire and a "Goodacre" or two that , without much fertilising , knows how to make it yield abundantly .
* * * WE have no doubt the Board of General Purposes of the Province of Leicestershire and Rutland considered it an imperative duty to refer pointedly in their annual report to the practice , which is said to be increasingly prevalent in that district , of gentlemen applying for initiation to remote lodges , when there are lodges within easy reach of their own residences . In
every such case it is , of course , the duty of the W . M . of the lodge so applied to to make the most careful enquiry into the motives of such application . But we trust the reference may not he taken to indicate any intention of legislating on the subject . What is chiefl y needed in Freemasonry is to have as little legislation as possible . We have our Book of Constitutions and our lodge bye-laws , and when they are not found sufficient for the ordinary
government of our Society , we fancy there must be something radically wrong—if not about the Society , at least , about the members composing it . They manage things differently under the Grand Lodges in America , where there is hardly a Grand Master ' s address delivered , or a report on correspondence compiled , which does not contain references to a mass of legislative
enactments , all more or less unnecessary . We may be excused for feeling a natural preference for our own system , under which we manage to rub along very cosily from one year ' s end to the other , without giving a thought to anything beyond our Constitutions and by-laws , and we need scarcely add that we are in no hurry for any departure from the beautiful simplicity of that system .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was holden on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons ' Hall . M . E . Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Superintendent for Essex , Grand Registrar , occupied the chair of Grand Z . ; M . E . Comp . Thomas W . Tew , Grand Superintendent for West Yorkshire , acted as Grand H . ; and Comp . Thomas Fenn , Past President of the Committee of General Purposes , as Grand J . The other companions present were
E . Comps . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Scribe E . ; Joseph Parkinson , as G . Scribe N . ; Robert Grey , President of the Committee of General Purposes ; D . P . Cama , G . Treas . ; Rev . J . Palmer , Prin . G . Sjj . ; Rev . W . Mortimer Heath , 1 st Asst . G . Soj . ; Ralph Clutton , 2 nd Asst . G . Soj . ; Frank Richardson , P . Asst . G . Soj ., G . Dir . of Cers . ; Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , P . Asst . G . Soj . ; Major John Sampson Peirce , P . Asst . G . Soj . ; Frederic Davison , P . Asst . G . Soj . ; lames Glaishor , P . Asst . G . Soj . ; E . J . Barrow , P . Asst . G Soj . ; John Emilius Le Feuvre , G . Swd . 13 r . ; Henry Maudslay ,
P . G . Swd . Br . ; H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . Swd . Br . ; James Smith Eastes , P . G . Swd . Br . ; | ames Lewis Thomas , P . G . Swd . Br . ; Dr . Woodman , P . G . Swd . Br . j George Lambert , P . G . Swd . Br . ; Rudolph Glover , P . G . Swd . Br . ; William Roebuck , 3 rd G . Std . Br . ; Edward Letchworth , P . G . Std . Br . ; Butler Wilkins , P . G . Std . Br . - ; John Murch Case , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Raphael Costa , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; James Henry Matthews , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Edward Dean Davis , Dep . G . Dir . of Cers . ; William Clarke , Asst . G . Dir . oE Cers . ; Dr . E . M . Lott , G . Org . ; H . Trueman Wood ; Robt . James Warren , H . 1472 ;
Henry Mason , P . / . 913 ; E . Mallett , J . 1623 ; Charles F . Hogard , Z . 205 , P . Z . 10 , 142 ; Thomas Keene , P . Z . 1194 ; H . C . Lambert , Z . 21 ; W . M . Uywater , P . Z . 19 ; Thomas Grammont , Z . 1275 ; Neville Green , P . Z . 1524 ; Alfred A . Pendlebury , P . Z . 1056 ; J . McLean , Z . 907 ; G . Haldane , P . Z . 329 , 1615 ; C . Jackson , F . R . C . S ., Z . 534 ; H . Massey , P . Z . fiig , Z . 192 S ; J . Da Silva , J . 205 ; F . Ernest Pocock , M . D . ;
P . Z . 1 SS 1 , J . 1642 ; W . Alfred Dawson , P . Z . 3 S 2 ; Rev . J . G . Gordon Robbins , Z . 10 ; H . Dehane , J . Sgo ; W . Cowley , P . Z . 1275 ; George L . Wingate , M . E . Z . 1423 ; Bentley Haynes , H . 65 ; John Greenfield , M . E . Z . 1 C 02 ; J . S . Cumberland , P . Z . 1611 , P . P . G . J . N . and E . Yorkshire ; E . Payne , J . 1602 ; A . J . Henochsberg ; , H . 20 s , P . Z . iSS ; Alex . Ridgway , 255 , P . P . G . J . Devon ; A . Penfold , Z . 1472 ; and H . Sadler , Grand Janitor .
After the minutes of the August Convocation had been read and confirmed , the following Report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes—THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 21 st July , to the 19 th October , 1886 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows :
To Balance , Grand Chapter £ 109 Su By Disbursements during-the „ „ Unappropriated Quarter £ i $ t 1 8 Account ... 191 3 4 ,, Balance 138 10 3 „ Subsequent Receipts ... 2 O 3 So „ „ Unappropriated Account ... 194 S 4
£ 564 o 3 £ 564 o 3 which balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branch . The Committee have likewise lo report that they have received the following petitions :
1 st . From Comps . Francis Alfred White , as Z . ; Henry Mason , as H . ; the Rev . Thomas Cochrane , P . G . Std . Br ., as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Liberty of Havering Lodge , No . 1437 , Romford ,
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L EADERS 6 33 \ Supreme Grand Chapter 633 Consecration of the St . Mark ' s College Lodge , No . 2 iJ 7 634 Consecration ot the Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . 2 ro 8 63 $ Provincial Grand Lodoe of Durham 635
Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk 636 Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire 637 Provincial Grand Chapter of Wiltshire 638 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Lancashire 63 S Consecration of the Border Rose Croix
Chapter of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , No . 102 , at Keswick 639 Masonic Banquet at the Mansion House ... 639 Banquet to Prince Albert Victor at the Aldershot Military Mark Lodge , No . 54 , Aldershot ' . 640
Royal Masonic IivstftvitfoYi for Ghls 641 Mark Masonry 641 Knights Templar 641 Ancient and Accepted Rite 641 Red Cross of Constantino 641 South Africa 641 Egypt 64 '
CORRESPONDENCELoafers 642 Reviews O 43 Notes and Queries 643 REPORTS OF MASONIC
MEETINGSCraft Masonry 643 Instruction 640 Royal Arch 647 Instruction 6 47 Masonic and General Tidings 647 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 648
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IT is a graceful act which most of the recent LORD MAYORS of London , who are likewise Freemasons , have included in the programme of their official festivities , that of entertaining at a banquet at the Mansion House the members of their private lodges and the chief dignitaries of the Order , and the Masonic entertainment given by Bro . Lord Mayor STAPLES on
Monday evening appears , from the report of the proceedings which we print elsewhere , to have been a conspicuous success . Bro . STAPLES has never allowed his many official cares to stand in the way of fulfilling most scrupulously and conscientiously the duties required of him as a Mason . During a portion of his tenure of the Lord Mayoralty of London , he has acted as W . M . ( for the second time ) of the St Botolph ' s Lodge and
Z . of the Aldersgate Chapter , and his name figures in the list of Stewards at two out of three of our Anniversary Festivals . Such a record is most honourable , especially if we bear in mind that a Lord Mayor ' s time is rarely his own , and we have no doubt the presence of so many of the Present and Past Grand Officers at this week's Mansion House Festivity was as much a tribute to the Masonic as to the civic virtues of Bro . STAPLES .
* # * EVERY one will most cordially endorse the resolutions passed by the House and General Committees of the Girls' School when accepting Bro . T . S . HOWELL ' S resignation of his office as one of the medical officers of that Institution . For the last 34 years Bro . HOWELL has given his services in
that capacity without either fee or reward , and it is recognised that to his unwearying zeal , as well as to his great professional skill and ability , the School is mainly indebted for the healthy condition of its inmates , a condition which we believe we are justified in describing as above the average enjoyed by similar institutions . Moreover , Bro . HOWELL appears to have
been the sanitary as well as the medical adviser of the authorities , and to his prudent counsels and wise suggestions it is due that the School during the period of his office has had complete immunity from diseases of a preventive nature . Thus the Committee have done well to show honour to one who has served them so long and faithfully , and with such eminent ability and
success , and we are glad beyond measure to find that by placing at his disposal the honorary position of Consulting Medical Officer the Committee will be able to still further prolong Bro . HOWELL ' association with the School . We trust our respected brother may for many years to come be able to discharge the lighter and less anxious duties of his new office .
IT is gratifying , though not by any means surprising , to learn from the report delivered by the PROV . GRAND SECRETARY at the recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire that Freemasonry in that province is in so satisfactory a condition . The mere
numerical increase from 4608 in the previous year to 4790 is of no great consequence , and may perhaps be accounted for in a measure by the consecration of three new lodges . Indeed , the PROV . GRAND SECRETARY was careful to impress upon the brethren that the character and status of candidates were matters of far greater moment to pay attention to than a mere
increase in numerical strength . What Bro . GOODACRE so justly lays stress upon is the greater degree of proficiency shown throughout the province in lod ge work , and the marked success which has characterised the proceedings during the year of the various West Lancashire Chariles . The Provincial Educational Association had spent ^ 1344 on the education of 168 boys and girls ; the Hamer Fund had paid - £ 32 in annuities to distressed brethren ;
and the Alpass Institution had on its foundation three annuitants , receiving among them annually . £ 66 . But besides this the Provincial Grand Lodge of Benevolence had dispensed £ 215 in grants to relieve the more pressing needs of distressed Masons , so that the total disbursed by the province during the past year in benevolence amounted—irrespective of the very modest expenses of management—to not very far short of £ 1700 . Then over £ 5 00 was raised for the central Institutions , so that with all these
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evidences before us , it must be admitted that there is a genuine ring about West Lancashire Freemasonry , which is in all respects creditable to the Province and must be as truly gratifying to its energetic and popular chief , the Earl of LATHOM , D . G . M . of England , as it is to us and all lovers and admirers of the ancient Craft . There must be good seed sown in West Lancashire and a "Goodacre" or two that , without much fertilising , knows how to make it yield abundantly .
* * * WE have no doubt the Board of General Purposes of the Province of Leicestershire and Rutland considered it an imperative duty to refer pointedly in their annual report to the practice , which is said to be increasingly prevalent in that district , of gentlemen applying for initiation to remote lodges , when there are lodges within easy reach of their own residences . In
every such case it is , of course , the duty of the W . M . of the lodge so applied to to make the most careful enquiry into the motives of such application . But we trust the reference may not he taken to indicate any intention of legislating on the subject . What is chiefl y needed in Freemasonry is to have as little legislation as possible . We have our Book of Constitutions and our lodge bye-laws , and when they are not found sufficient for the ordinary
government of our Society , we fancy there must be something radically wrong—if not about the Society , at least , about the members composing it . They manage things differently under the Grand Lodges in America , where there is hardly a Grand Master ' s address delivered , or a report on correspondence compiled , which does not contain references to a mass of legislative
enactments , all more or less unnecessary . We may be excused for feeling a natural preference for our own system , under which we manage to rub along very cosily from one year ' s end to the other , without giving a thought to anything beyond our Constitutions and by-laws , and we need scarcely add that we are in no hurry for any departure from the beautiful simplicity of that system .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was holden on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons ' Hall . M . E . Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Superintendent for Essex , Grand Registrar , occupied the chair of Grand Z . ; M . E . Comp . Thomas W . Tew , Grand Superintendent for West Yorkshire , acted as Grand H . ; and Comp . Thomas Fenn , Past President of the Committee of General Purposes , as Grand J . The other companions present were
E . Comps . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Scribe E . ; Joseph Parkinson , as G . Scribe N . ; Robert Grey , President of the Committee of General Purposes ; D . P . Cama , G . Treas . ; Rev . J . Palmer , Prin . G . Sjj . ; Rev . W . Mortimer Heath , 1 st Asst . G . Soj . ; Ralph Clutton , 2 nd Asst . G . Soj . ; Frank Richardson , P . Asst . G . Soj ., G . Dir . of Cers . ; Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , P . Asst . G . Soj . ; Major John Sampson Peirce , P . Asst . G . Soj . ; Frederic Davison , P . Asst . G . Soj . ; lames Glaishor , P . Asst . G . Soj . ; E . J . Barrow , P . Asst . G Soj . ; John Emilius Le Feuvre , G . Swd . 13 r . ; Henry Maudslay ,
P . G . Swd . Br . ; H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . Swd . Br . ; James Smith Eastes , P . G . Swd . Br . ; | ames Lewis Thomas , P . G . Swd . Br . ; Dr . Woodman , P . G . Swd . Br . j George Lambert , P . G . Swd . Br . ; Rudolph Glover , P . G . Swd . Br . ; William Roebuck , 3 rd G . Std . Br . ; Edward Letchworth , P . G . Std . Br . ; Butler Wilkins , P . G . Std . Br . - ; John Murch Case , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Raphael Costa , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; James Henry Matthews , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Edward Dean Davis , Dep . G . Dir . of Cers . ; William Clarke , Asst . G . Dir . oE Cers . ; Dr . E . M . Lott , G . Org . ; H . Trueman Wood ; Robt . James Warren , H . 1472 ;
Henry Mason , P . / . 913 ; E . Mallett , J . 1623 ; Charles F . Hogard , Z . 205 , P . Z . 10 , 142 ; Thomas Keene , P . Z . 1194 ; H . C . Lambert , Z . 21 ; W . M . Uywater , P . Z . 19 ; Thomas Grammont , Z . 1275 ; Neville Green , P . Z . 1524 ; Alfred A . Pendlebury , P . Z . 1056 ; J . McLean , Z . 907 ; G . Haldane , P . Z . 329 , 1615 ; C . Jackson , F . R . C . S ., Z . 534 ; H . Massey , P . Z . fiig , Z . 192 S ; J . Da Silva , J . 205 ; F . Ernest Pocock , M . D . ;
P . Z . 1 SS 1 , J . 1642 ; W . Alfred Dawson , P . Z . 3 S 2 ; Rev . J . G . Gordon Robbins , Z . 10 ; H . Dehane , J . Sgo ; W . Cowley , P . Z . 1275 ; George L . Wingate , M . E . Z . 1423 ; Bentley Haynes , H . 65 ; John Greenfield , M . E . Z . 1 C 02 ; J . S . Cumberland , P . Z . 1611 , P . P . G . J . N . and E . Yorkshire ; E . Payne , J . 1602 ; A . J . Henochsberg ; , H . 20 s , P . Z . iSS ; Alex . Ridgway , 255 , P . P . G . J . Devon ; A . Penfold , Z . 1472 ; and H . Sadler , Grand Janitor .
After the minutes of the August Convocation had been read and confirmed , the following Report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes—THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 21 st July , to the 19 th October , 1886 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows :
To Balance , Grand Chapter £ 109 Su By Disbursements during-the „ „ Unappropriated Quarter £ i $ t 1 8 Account ... 191 3 4 ,, Balance 138 10 3 „ Subsequent Receipts ... 2 O 3 So „ „ Unappropriated Account ... 194 S 4
£ 564 o 3 £ 564 o 3 which balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branch . The Committee have likewise lo report that they have received the following petitions :
1 st . From Comps . Francis Alfred White , as Z . ; Henry Mason , as H . ; the Rev . Thomas Cochrane , P . G . Std . Br ., as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Liberty of Havering Lodge , No . 1437 , Romford ,