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There is a slight difference in their theory and arrangement of " labour , " which we may do well to note and keep before us . The Stability represents the working of PETER THOMPSON , & C , and is , in fact , HEMMINGS . The Emulation represents BARTON WILSON , & C , and is , in fact , HEMMINGS , plus WILLIAMS . This is , of course , very shortly stated ,
but is correct as far as it goes , and is quite sufficient , we think , for a Masonic newspaper to put forth . Any other minutkc of working and actuality ought to be taught , ( as no doubt they are , ) or learnt in each separate lodge of instruction . Lodges of instruction are a good set off against that slipshod , parrot-like unmeaning "deliverance " which , based on
unauthorized expositions and surreptitious expositors , keeps back Masonic work and disgusts " bright " and intellectual Masons . Bro . MUGGERIDGE can look back through a long array of years past and gone , spent as a Masonic Preceptor of great merit and clearness . He has witnessed the happy and onward progress of that Craft he has served so well . We think Bro .
MUGGERIDGE ' S services have truly deserved well of the Craft , and we should be pleased to think that Grand Lodge , having instituted a " Badge of Preceptorship , " would reward honest merit and commendable labour . We can recall pleasant meetings long years ago when Bro . THOMPSON was in his glory , and "Old Mug" was a " young man on his preferment" at
the Old George and Vulture , Cornhill . Thus for more than a generation has his useful Masonic life been spent in untiring work and liberal benefactions to our Charities , and English Freemasonry can boast ' fewer more
faithful , zealous , or untiring members than " Old Mug , " now in his old age , bidding us professionally farewell , amid universal and hearty plaudits , from that stage where he has played so long , so important , so prominent , we will say so distinguished , a part .
* # * WE call attention to an interesting report from West Yorkshire elsewhere in the good town of Leeds , where Bro . HENRY SMITH , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , laid the foundation-stone of a new church with the Craft
around him . We call attention to the seasonable remarks of the Bishop of RIPON , and the effective work of our good old friend , HENRY SMITH . All that he does he always docs well , and the brethren in West Yorkshire and elsewhere are always glad to see him , and pleased to welcome him , remembering his Masonic services and his personal worth .
* * * OUR brethren of the District Grand Lodge of New South Wales , English Constitution , have recently done a useful , as well as a graceful , act , and one that deserves to be commemorated in these columns . It is a useful act , because it helps to promote the cause of University education among the
sons of those Freemasons who aie , or have been , resident in the colony . It is a graceful act , because it will serve to perpetuate the virtues of a most capable Freemason—R . W . Bro . J WILLIM - , J . P . —who for the last eight years has held the high office of District Grand Master of New South Wale : ; with every credit to himself , and to the great advantage of the
Craft . It is also an act worthy alike of our New South Wales brethren and the Grand Lodge to which they owe allegiance . Nothing , indeed , is so calculated to impress the outside world with a favourable idea of the beneficent influence of Freemasonry as any assistance rendered by a body of its members to the cause of education , and our New South Wales brethren are to be
congratulated on having shown their respect for Bro . J WILLIAMS by founding a " Freemasons' Scholarship " in connection with the University of Sydney . The sum raised and presented for this purpose is ^ iooo , and the Scholarship , which will be of the annual value of £ 50 and tenable for three years , will be open only to the sons of Freemasons , members of the
English Constitution , who have belonged to it for not less than five years , all such candidates for election or appointment being at the time matriculated students of the University . In the event of there being more than one candidate , the Scholarship will be awarded to him who obtains the first place in a competitive examination , held for the purpose of determining
their respective merits . If there arc no candidates , and the Scholarship is not filled up in consequence , the interest on the endowment fund will be allowed to accumulate , and the proceeds go towards founding other Scholarships of a similar character . We can only state , in conclusion , that this generous act of our New South Wales brethren is worthy of them , their distinguished chief , and the venerable body from which they have sprung .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . The companions present were—Comps . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , as M . E . Z . ; E . E . Wendt , D . C . L ., as H . ; and J . A . Rucker as J . The other companions who attended were Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , S . E . ; Rev . W . Lake Onslow , S . N . ; Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , P . S . ; Frank ISl / VSSl 3 ¦ mNi ™ i uaaiua ll
KlCliarUSOn , ., I- "'• v . » a ., «¦ " nM . . , « c . * ua »> . »» j . < aa , Peirce , J . H . Matthews , Charles Hammerton , H . J . P . Dumas , E . H . Letchworth , Hy . Mauds ' lay . Dr . Ralph Gooding , E . M . Lott , G . Org . ; Baron de Ferrieres , Frederic Davison , Major Charles Harding , Alfred Richards , and Butler Wilkins , W . Sergeant Lee , H . 1446 ; George Haldane , P . Z . 349 and 1615 ; H . Massey , P . Z . G 19 , Z . elect 10 'S ; L . Cornelissen , P . Z . 1201 ; VV . Dodd , P . Z . 1194 ; Alfred A . Pendlebury , P . Z . 1056 ; Sydney Myers , Z . 130 ; H . Sadler , P . Z . iCg ; C . G . L . Kipling , J . 79 ; Chas . V . Hogard , P . Z . 10 ; and VV . H . Perryman , P . Z . 134 S .
After the opening of the chapter , and the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the May Convocation , the report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the
minutes . Charters were granted on the following petitions : — , From Comps . Edward Thomas Clark , as Z . j Henry Trevor Gar- j diner , as II . ; Ezra Gooderidgc , as J . ; and seven Others for a chapter to I
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be attached to the Aire and Calder Lodge , No . 45 S , Goole , to be called the Aire and Calder Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Rooms , Boothferry . road , Goole , Yorkshire ( Western Division ) . From Comps . Robert Foreman Castellari , as Z . ; George Edmond
Coates , asH . ; Henry Wilson Warmington , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Northern Star Lodge , No . 1463 , Ferozepore , to be called the Mayo Chapter , and to meet at Ferozepore , Punjab , East Indies .
From Comps . William Kelly , as Z . ; George Toller , jun ., as H . j Samuel Steads Partridge , as J . ; and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the Albert Edward Lodge , No . 1560 , Leicester , to be called the St . George ' s Chapter , and to meet at the Freemasons' Hall , Leicester , Leicestershire .
A charter of confirmation was granted to the Principals and members of the Sussex Chapter , No . 354 , Kingston , Jamaica , the original charter having been destroyed by fire in 1 SS 2 . A charter was also granted to the Royal Gloucester Chapter , No , 130 , Southampton , authorising the companions of the chapter to wear a centenary jewel . The chapter has proved an uninterrupted existence of 100 years .
Comp . SYDNEY MYERS , M . E . Z . 130 , begged to be allowed to express on behalf of the members of the chapter their acknowledgments to Grand Chapter for their kindness . Comp . LETCHWORTH proposed that the meetings of Grand Chapter in
future lake place in the Great Hall instead of in the Zetland Room , commencing at the November Convocation , and that the Com mittee be authorised to complete the paraphernalia and appointments which are at present defective .
The motion having been seconded , Comp . II . MAUDSLAY wished to know why it was proposed to hold Grand Chapter in the Large Hall . The companions had never hitherto found the room in which Grand Chapter was held too small . It might
happen some day that it would be too small , and then it would be in the discretion of the Grand Chapter Officers and the Executive and Committee of Management to meet and determine whether it should be held there still ; but for the present he thought there was no absolute necessity for altering the place of meeting of Grand Chapter .
Comp . E . H . LETCHWORTH said that in making this recommendation the Committee were influenced by several reasons . It would be in the recollection of many of the companions present that not long since that room was found quite insufficient for holding the meeting . The Committee also felt that it would add to the dignity of Grand Chapter's meetings if they were
held in the Temple , which was in every way suited for the purpose of the meetings . For the information of the companions , he might say that , although they did not have large meetings , it was never intended that they should be permanently held in that room—it was only a temporary
arrangement . In regard to the paraphernalia , it occurred to all the companion :, on the Committee that they should have banners in Grand Chapters and other articles thar were impressive for a Grand Chapter . There was no room for such things in that room . The M . E . Z . asked what this would cost ?
Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE said about . £ 150 . Comp . LETCHWORTH added that the sum would certainly be wanted . A list had been made of the articles , and £ 150 would cover it . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE interposed that he did not say that . The amount would be about £ 150 .
Comp . H . J . P . DUMAS added that he saw the desirability of holding Grand Chapter in a larger room . The meetings had certainly not been held as important meetings demanded . Comp . BUTLER WILKINS would like to say a few words . He was sure
that if they met in the Temple a greater number of companions would attend Grand Chapter than was the case at the present time . He had heard it remarked frequently that that room was not adequate for the purpose , and companions did not care to take the trouble to attend . The recommendation was put and carried " nem . con ., " and Grand Chapter was closed with the customary solemnities .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Hertfordshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HERTFORDSHIRE .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Herts held its annual meeting under the banner of the Gladsmuir Lodge , 1385 , Barnet , on Friday , the 24 th ult . R . W . Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master , presided , and was supported by Bro . J . E . Dawson , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , his Provincial Grand Officers , and a large gathering of the brethren . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , and
the roll of lodges called , Bro . F . S . Knyvett , P . M . 404 , was unanimously re-elected Provincial Grand Treasurer , after which the Provincial Grand Master appointed and invested as his officers for the year the following brethren , namely : —
Bro . George Mickley , 449 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . W . „ John Brittain , 1385 ... ... ... Prov . G . J . W . „ Rev . Philip Deedes , 1479 ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ Rev . C . W . Harvey , 403 ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ F . S . Knyvett , 404 ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas .
„ U . S . Sherry , 404 ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ G . E . Lake , 404 ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ H . J . Foster , 504 ,,. ... ... Prov . G . S . D . ,, F . Hall , 403 ... „ . ... ... Prov . G . J . D .
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There is a slight difference in their theory and arrangement of " labour , " which we may do well to note and keep before us . The Stability represents the working of PETER THOMPSON , & C , and is , in fact , HEMMINGS . The Emulation represents BARTON WILSON , & C , and is , in fact , HEMMINGS , plus WILLIAMS . This is , of course , very shortly stated ,
but is correct as far as it goes , and is quite sufficient , we think , for a Masonic newspaper to put forth . Any other minutkc of working and actuality ought to be taught , ( as no doubt they are , ) or learnt in each separate lodge of instruction . Lodges of instruction are a good set off against that slipshod , parrot-like unmeaning "deliverance " which , based on
unauthorized expositions and surreptitious expositors , keeps back Masonic work and disgusts " bright " and intellectual Masons . Bro . MUGGERIDGE can look back through a long array of years past and gone , spent as a Masonic Preceptor of great merit and clearness . He has witnessed the happy and onward progress of that Craft he has served so well . We think Bro .
MUGGERIDGE ' S services have truly deserved well of the Craft , and we should be pleased to think that Grand Lodge , having instituted a " Badge of Preceptorship , " would reward honest merit and commendable labour . We can recall pleasant meetings long years ago when Bro . THOMPSON was in his glory , and "Old Mug" was a " young man on his preferment" at
the Old George and Vulture , Cornhill . Thus for more than a generation has his useful Masonic life been spent in untiring work and liberal benefactions to our Charities , and English Freemasonry can boast ' fewer more
faithful , zealous , or untiring members than " Old Mug , " now in his old age , bidding us professionally farewell , amid universal and hearty plaudits , from that stage where he has played so long , so important , so prominent , we will say so distinguished , a part .
* # * WE call attention to an interesting report from West Yorkshire elsewhere in the good town of Leeds , where Bro . HENRY SMITH , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , laid the foundation-stone of a new church with the Craft
around him . We call attention to the seasonable remarks of the Bishop of RIPON , and the effective work of our good old friend , HENRY SMITH . All that he does he always docs well , and the brethren in West Yorkshire and elsewhere are always glad to see him , and pleased to welcome him , remembering his Masonic services and his personal worth .
* * * OUR brethren of the District Grand Lodge of New South Wales , English Constitution , have recently done a useful , as well as a graceful , act , and one that deserves to be commemorated in these columns . It is a useful act , because it helps to promote the cause of University education among the
sons of those Freemasons who aie , or have been , resident in the colony . It is a graceful act , because it will serve to perpetuate the virtues of a most capable Freemason—R . W . Bro . J WILLIM - , J . P . —who for the last eight years has held the high office of District Grand Master of New South Wale : ; with every credit to himself , and to the great advantage of the
Craft . It is also an act worthy alike of our New South Wales brethren and the Grand Lodge to which they owe allegiance . Nothing , indeed , is so calculated to impress the outside world with a favourable idea of the beneficent influence of Freemasonry as any assistance rendered by a body of its members to the cause of education , and our New South Wales brethren are to be
congratulated on having shown their respect for Bro . J WILLIAMS by founding a " Freemasons' Scholarship " in connection with the University of Sydney . The sum raised and presented for this purpose is ^ iooo , and the Scholarship , which will be of the annual value of £ 50 and tenable for three years , will be open only to the sons of Freemasons , members of the
English Constitution , who have belonged to it for not less than five years , all such candidates for election or appointment being at the time matriculated students of the University . In the event of there being more than one candidate , the Scholarship will be awarded to him who obtains the first place in a competitive examination , held for the purpose of determining
their respective merits . If there arc no candidates , and the Scholarship is not filled up in consequence , the interest on the endowment fund will be allowed to accumulate , and the proceeds go towards founding other Scholarships of a similar character . We can only state , in conclusion , that this generous act of our New South Wales brethren is worthy of them , their distinguished chief , and the venerable body from which they have sprung .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . The companions present were—Comps . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , as M . E . Z . ; E . E . Wendt , D . C . L ., as H . ; and J . A . Rucker as J . The other companions who attended were Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , S . E . ; Rev . W . Lake Onslow , S . N . ; Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , P . S . ; Frank ISl / VSSl 3 ¦ mNi ™ i uaaiua ll
KlCliarUSOn , ., I- "'• v . » a ., «¦ " nM . . , « c . * ua »> . »» j . < aa , Peirce , J . H . Matthews , Charles Hammerton , H . J . P . Dumas , E . H . Letchworth , Hy . Mauds ' lay . Dr . Ralph Gooding , E . M . Lott , G . Org . ; Baron de Ferrieres , Frederic Davison , Major Charles Harding , Alfred Richards , and Butler Wilkins , W . Sergeant Lee , H . 1446 ; George Haldane , P . Z . 349 and 1615 ; H . Massey , P . Z . G 19 , Z . elect 10 'S ; L . Cornelissen , P . Z . 1201 ; VV . Dodd , P . Z . 1194 ; Alfred A . Pendlebury , P . Z . 1056 ; Sydney Myers , Z . 130 ; H . Sadler , P . Z . iCg ; C . G . L . Kipling , J . 79 ; Chas . V . Hogard , P . Z . 10 ; and VV . H . Perryman , P . Z . 134 S .
After the opening of the chapter , and the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the May Convocation , the report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the
minutes . Charters were granted on the following petitions : — , From Comps . Edward Thomas Clark , as Z . j Henry Trevor Gar- j diner , as II . ; Ezra Gooderidgc , as J . ; and seven Others for a chapter to I
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be attached to the Aire and Calder Lodge , No . 45 S , Goole , to be called the Aire and Calder Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Rooms , Boothferry . road , Goole , Yorkshire ( Western Division ) . From Comps . Robert Foreman Castellari , as Z . ; George Edmond
Coates , asH . ; Henry Wilson Warmington , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Northern Star Lodge , No . 1463 , Ferozepore , to be called the Mayo Chapter , and to meet at Ferozepore , Punjab , East Indies .
From Comps . William Kelly , as Z . ; George Toller , jun ., as H . j Samuel Steads Partridge , as J . ; and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the Albert Edward Lodge , No . 1560 , Leicester , to be called the St . George ' s Chapter , and to meet at the Freemasons' Hall , Leicester , Leicestershire .
A charter of confirmation was granted to the Principals and members of the Sussex Chapter , No . 354 , Kingston , Jamaica , the original charter having been destroyed by fire in 1 SS 2 . A charter was also granted to the Royal Gloucester Chapter , No , 130 , Southampton , authorising the companions of the chapter to wear a centenary jewel . The chapter has proved an uninterrupted existence of 100 years .
Comp . SYDNEY MYERS , M . E . Z . 130 , begged to be allowed to express on behalf of the members of the chapter their acknowledgments to Grand Chapter for their kindness . Comp . LETCHWORTH proposed that the meetings of Grand Chapter in
future lake place in the Great Hall instead of in the Zetland Room , commencing at the November Convocation , and that the Com mittee be authorised to complete the paraphernalia and appointments which are at present defective .
The motion having been seconded , Comp . II . MAUDSLAY wished to know why it was proposed to hold Grand Chapter in the Large Hall . The companions had never hitherto found the room in which Grand Chapter was held too small . It might
happen some day that it would be too small , and then it would be in the discretion of the Grand Chapter Officers and the Executive and Committee of Management to meet and determine whether it should be held there still ; but for the present he thought there was no absolute necessity for altering the place of meeting of Grand Chapter .
Comp . E . H . LETCHWORTH said that in making this recommendation the Committee were influenced by several reasons . It would be in the recollection of many of the companions present that not long since that room was found quite insufficient for holding the meeting . The Committee also felt that it would add to the dignity of Grand Chapter's meetings if they were
held in the Temple , which was in every way suited for the purpose of the meetings . For the information of the companions , he might say that , although they did not have large meetings , it was never intended that they should be permanently held in that room—it was only a temporary
arrangement . In regard to the paraphernalia , it occurred to all the companion :, on the Committee that they should have banners in Grand Chapters and other articles thar were impressive for a Grand Chapter . There was no room for such things in that room . The M . E . Z . asked what this would cost ?
Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE said about . £ 150 . Comp . LETCHWORTH added that the sum would certainly be wanted . A list had been made of the articles , and £ 150 would cover it . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE interposed that he did not say that . The amount would be about £ 150 .
Comp . H . J . P . DUMAS added that he saw the desirability of holding Grand Chapter in a larger room . The meetings had certainly not been held as important meetings demanded . Comp . BUTLER WILKINS would like to say a few words . He was sure
that if they met in the Temple a greater number of companions would attend Grand Chapter than was the case at the present time . He had heard it remarked frequently that that room was not adequate for the purpose , and companions did not care to take the trouble to attend . The recommendation was put and carried " nem . con ., " and Grand Chapter was closed with the customary solemnities .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Hertfordshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HERTFORDSHIRE .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Herts held its annual meeting under the banner of the Gladsmuir Lodge , 1385 , Barnet , on Friday , the 24 th ult . R . W . Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master , presided , and was supported by Bro . J . E . Dawson , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , his Provincial Grand Officers , and a large gathering of the brethren . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , and
the roll of lodges called , Bro . F . S . Knyvett , P . M . 404 , was unanimously re-elected Provincial Grand Treasurer , after which the Provincial Grand Master appointed and invested as his officers for the year the following brethren , namely : —
Bro . George Mickley , 449 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . W . „ John Brittain , 1385 ... ... ... Prov . G . J . W . „ Rev . Philip Deedes , 1479 ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ Rev . C . W . Harvey , 403 ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ F . S . Knyvett , 404 ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas .
„ U . S . Sherry , 404 ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ G . E . Lake , 404 ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ H . J . Foster , 504 ,,. ... ... Prov . G . S . D . ,, F . Hall , 403 ... „ . ... ... Prov . G . J . D .