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Article ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. ← Page 2 of 2 Article H.R.H. PRINCE LEOPOLD AND THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE. Page 1 of 1 Article H.R.H. PRINCE LEOPOLD AND THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE. Page 1 of 1 Article Obituary. Page 1 of 1 Article ST. MARY COMMANDERY'S PILGRIMAGE. Page 1 of 1 Article Masonic and General Tidings. Page 1 of 1
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
* - credited to her , and that she would have her votes for her liberal donation . Bro . Terry read a letter from Miss Non is , Matron of the Institution , thanking the brethren in her own and in her father ' s name for increasing her salary .
One petitioner was placed on the list . There was but one petitioner , and Bro Terry said that on that day twelvemonth previously there were twenty . A letter was read from Bro . E . J . Barrow , in reference to the Institution proving against the separate cslate ofthe late Bro . Samuel Tomkins , after which the Committee adjourned .
H.R.H. Prince Leopold And The Order Of The Temple.
H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD AND THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE .
By special dispensation granted by the Great Prior of England ( the Rt . Hon . Lord Skelmersdale ) , an emergency meeting of the Ce _ eur de Lion Preceptory , of the Province of Oxford , was held on Monday , the nth inst ., at 33 , Golelen-sq , London , for the purpose of installing H . R . H .
Prince Leopold , K . G ., into the Commander ' s chair of this distinguished prccptory . At a few minutes after 4 o ' clock His Royal Highness , accompanied by the Eminent Commander , the Rev . Thomas Cochrane , Grand Prelate of the Order , was received by the Sir Knights assembled under the Arch of Steel . The Eminent Commander , having Sir Kt . Hyde-Pullen ,
P . G . Sunt , of Works , as Constable ; Sir Kts . F . Richaruson , as Marshal ; the Rev . John Robbins , D . D ., Grand Almoner and Chaplain , as Chaplain ; Colonel Somerville Burney , Past Grand Commander of Essex , as Captain of Guards ; then procceelcd lo open the preceptory in du < - form . The special dispensation issued by the Great Prior of England for holding an emergency meeting of the Coeur
de Lion Preceptory for the installation of His Royal Highness in London , instead of at Oxford , was then handed by the Great Sub-Prior to the E . G ., and by him handed to the Grand Chancellor of the Order , by whom it was read in full . It having been announced that the Very High and Eminent the Great Prior of Ireland , His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , K . G .. was without awaiting
admittance , a deputation of the Great Officers of the Order was appointed to conduct His Royal Highness into the Preceptory . where he was received with all honours under an Arch ot Steel , and took his seat at the immediate right of the Eminent Commander , who had the Great Sub-Prior of England , Sir Knight Colonel Shadwell Gierke on his lelt . H . R . H . the Great Prior of Ireland
having been saluted in due form , the ceremony of installation was immediately proceeded with . His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , K . G ., the E . C . elect , was presented to the E . C . by the Very Eminent Prior of Suffolk and Cambridge ( Captain N . G . Philips ) , the Senior Provincial Prior present . The ceremony of installation wr . s then performed in
a very able manner by the Eminent Commander Sir Knight the Rev . Thos . Cochrane . His Royal Highness after having been duly proclaimed and saluteel , briefly expressed his acknowledgements to the members of the Coeur de Lion Preceptory , for the honour they had done him in placing him in that high and
responsible situation , which he would endeavour to fulfil in as able a manner as it had been by his predecessor . His Royal Highness then appointed the following companions as his officers : — The Rev . T . Cochrane Pro C . Colonel the Hon . W . E . Sackville
West Constable . Reginald Bird ( D . P . G . M . Oxford ) ... Marshal . Walter Thompson , P . C Treasurer . The Rev . G . M . Brock-Arnold ... Chaplain . J . E . C . Bodley Registrar .
Fentham Hedges Sub-Marshal . J . Sanders Chanib . John Potts Dir . ofCcr . Joseph Reade Capt . of Guards . E . S . Lucas Almoner . R . Usher ... ... Standard Bearer .
W . W . Harrison , P . C Organist . James Cavaw Aide de C . Tomlin ist Herald . Horatio Symonds 2 nd Herald . W . Stephens , G . Norwood ... ... Equerries . His Koyal Highness then received congratulations from H . R . H . the Great Prior of Ireland , and the Very Eminent
Priors present , and it is worthy of note that " Hearty Good Wishes " came from South Africa , British Burmah , Bengal , Suffolk anil Cambridge , Essex , Dorset , Kent , Sussex , tec , Sec Amongst the distinguished Sir Knights present we noticed the following Very Eminent Priors : — Captain N . G . Philips , Suffolk and Cambridge ; Colonel Shadwell H .
Gierke , Sussex ; J . M . P . Montagu , Dorsetshire ; R . W . Hoskins Giddy , South Africa ; and the following Very En . inent Past Provincial Priors : —Colonel Somerville Burney , Essex ; Major-General H . Clerk , Kent ; 11 . D . Sandeman , Bengal ; Colonel Duncan , British Burmah ; and the following Past and Present National and Great Officers of the Order : —Sir Knights A . Stavely Hill , Q . C , M . P , Grand
Chancellor ; C . Goolden , K . C . T ., Grand Treasurer ; Raymond Thrupp , Grand Higistrar ; the Rev . John Robbins , D . D ., ( Jrand Almoner and Chaplain ; Hyde-Pullen , Past Grand Superintendent of Winks ; Col . Francis Burdett , P . P . Ent ; 1 : < nd and Ireland ; the Hev . F . K . Harford ( Canon of Westminster ) , P . P . ; Frank Richardson , P . P . ; John
Potts , Joseph Reaele , Li . tl , Organist ; and ethers . All business being elided , the pivce-pteiry was closed ill ample form by the Illustrious ,-iiiel Eminent Commander , H . R . H . Prince Leopold , and their Royal I Uglinesses the Duke e _ f Connaught and I ' linee Leopold , aecompanieel by the Great Officers of the Order , then retired Under the Arch of Steel .
H.R.H. Prince Leopold And The Order Of The Temple.
Great praise is due to the Great Sub-Prior , Colonel Shadwell Gierke , and the other " authorities" at 33 , Goldensquare , for the admirable manner in which all the arrangements were carried out , which tended so materially to the perfect success of the meeting , and to the comfort of all
those Sir Knights who were privileged to be piesent on this , which will long be remembered by them in general , and the members of the Cceur e ' e Lion Preceptory in particular , as a red-letter day in the annals of Knights Templar .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . J . RIDLEY , 823 . The remains of Bro . Joseph Ridley , late of Penrith , who died at his residence , 7 , Great Homer-street , Liverpool , were on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., interred in Anfield Cemetery , Liverpool , in the presence of about 600 friends and acquaintances . The burial service was read in a very solemn and impressive manner by the Rev . F . B . Tyrer , Vicar of All
Saints , Great Nelson-s'reet , and at the close a number of Sunday School children sang the hymn " The home ovir there . " Among those who were present to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased were Bros . H . Ashmore , W . M ., 821 ; J . Houlding , I . P . M . ; J . S . Cuthbert , S . W . ; J . Beesley , J . D . ; R . Brough , O . ; J . Skeaf , P . G . O . ; R . Ellis , and many members of the Everton Lodge , 823 , to which the deceased had belonged for some years .
BRO . FRANCIS FELLOWS . We are sorry to announce the death of Bro . Francis Fellows , W . M . of the Henry Muggeridge Ledge , No . 1679 , and S . E . ofthe Lion anil Lamb Chapter , No . 192 , of consumpton , which melancholy event took place on Monday nth inst ., at his residence , Montague Road , Dalston , leaving a widow and three children to lament his loss . We hope lo give a fuller account next week .
BRO . F . PEPVS COCKERELL , G . S . OF WORKS . It is with sincere recret that we announce the iteath of Bro . Freelerick Pepys Cockerell , for several years and at the time of his death Grand Superintendent of Weirks . Bro . Cockerell was the architect of Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street . The If ' urld says of our lamented brother ,
" Many will note with regret the death of Mr . Frederick Pepys Cockerell , which took place suddenly last week in Paris . The son of the late Professor Cockerell , R . A ., the well-known architect , Mr . Cockerell followed in his father ' s footsteps , and both professionally and personally was highly esteemed . "
St. Mary Commandery's Pilgrimage.
ST . MARY COMMANDERY'S PILGRIMAGE .
We publish with much gratification the following extract from the Philadelphia Chronicle , ol October 30 th , just received . The international reception given the " Anglo-Saxon Masons" by Bro . Kenning , of the Freemason , will never
be forgotten . VVe were the recipients of his good feelings towards the American Freemasons . Around his private board , spread in the magnificent dining-hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , were assembled the leading Masons of Great Britain . Those celebrated in the annals of the Craft , the historians , the editors , the financiers , the legislators , the ministerial , the legal , the brightest members of the
Grand Lodge of England , the first Grand Lodge of the world , were here met at the invitation of that accomplished gentleman and Freemason , the proprietor of the . leading Masonic newspaper of the world , to do he . nour to a company of American Masons , iepresentatives of the Mary Commandery . Bro . Kenning will be known as the publisher and
proprietor of the most successful Masonic publications , " The London Fr . emason , " " The Masonic Magazine , " "The Scottish Freemason , " " The Rosicrucian , " and tbe American brethren cannot speak too highly of the able manner in which the cntiie reception was conducted ,
and in which he was aided by Bros . Woodford and Hughan . Late at night , or early in the morning , we left for our hotel , thus bringing to a close , in a most happy manner , the Masonic Pilgrimage of Mary Commandery , No . 3 6 . K . T ., to Great Britain and Ireland in 1878 . "
The Committee desire to say that much of the success of the pilgrimage is due to the great assistance rendered by W . Bro . James H . Neilson , Sirs Wm . J . Hughan , T , B . Whytehead , S . B . Ellis , R . S . Brown , O . Ternan , and others .
At the suggestion and recommendation of the Committee , votes of thanks were teiielcred to a number of brethren for attentions shown the pilgrims , and a number of foreign brethren elected honorary member-, among whom were mentioned Bros . George Kenning , Wm . J . Hughan , T . B . Whytehead , S . B . Ellis , O . Ternan , D . Murray Lyon , R . S . Brown , and others .
The Installation Meeting of the Royal Naval College Lodge , No . 1593 , was held on Tuesday last , Bro . Captain Valentine F . Johnson was installed in the chair of K . S . A report will appear in our next .
Lieut . J . J . F . Hume , 2 nd Middlesex Militia , eldest son of Colonel J . J . Hume , Bengal Staff Corps , has passed his examination for the line . Lieut . Hume was prepareel for his examination by Bro . A . W . Hume , P . M ., Allisem Tower , Dulwich-common .
Miss Emily Mott announces her sixth annual concert to take place on Thursday next , at St . George's Hall , the principal singers , in addition lo herself , being Madame Blanche Cole , Mrs . Osgood , Madame Patey , Mr , Shakespeare and Mr . Maybrick .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The ninth Anniversary Banquet of the Star Lodge of Instruction , No . 1275 , will be held at the Mitre Restaurant , London-street , Greenwich , on Thursday Dec . the jth . The annual festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , No . 256 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Quccn-strcet , on Friday evening , the 29 th inst .
In the province of Dumbarton the oldest Freemason in Scollanel is to be found . The brother is Alexander Cameron , tailor , doing business at the Cross of th e village of Renton . That gentleman has reached the patriarchal age of 9 6 years—indeed , he attained that age in April last . He joined the Freemasons when he reached his majority—21 years of age—and has been an ardent
and enthusiastic member from that till this—a period of 75 years . _ A review of Bro . Montgomery Rankin ' s new poem " Bjom and Bera " will appear next week . The Consecration of ibe Leopold Mark Lodge , No . 235 , will lake place on Monday week , the 25 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Reading , at one o ' clock p . m .,
precisely . The ceremonies of consecration and installation will be performed by Bro . Frederick Binckes , P . G . W . At the meeting ofthe Great Pricry of Knights Templar for Canada , on the 1 ith ult , Bro . Emra Holmes , K . C . T ., Past Grand Provost of England , was proposed by Col . McLeod Moore , G . C . T . Great Prior of Canada , and elected by Great Priory , as representative near the Great
Priory of England , of the Great Priory of Canada , in the room , we believe , of the late Bro . Woof , F . S . A . Bro . Holmes , was also elected , in conjunction with Col . Shadwell Gierke , Great Sub Prior of England , and iirq . Whytehead I' . E . C , of Yoik , a member ofthe Grand Matter ' s Council On Thursday , the / th inst ., a large company of magistrates , alelcrmcn , town councillors and officials of Falmouth , met at the Royal Hotel for the purpose of ,
making a presentation to the Mayor , Bro . Thomas Webber a well known Mason and member of the Prov . G . Lodge of Cornwall . The presentation took the foim of a silver tea and coffee service-, accompanied by an 1 laboiate address brilliantly illuminated or . vellum by Messrs . Lake and Lake of Truro . The address was presented in token of the great esteem in which Bro . Webber was held whilst filling lhe office of Mayor for five different years . ¦
Heavy falls of snow took place on Monday night in the North and North-Western counties . At Leeds the snow-fall is described as the heaviest known for years , and it was accompanied by a tempi st cf thunder and lightning . The Morning Post states that at the next halfyearly communication of Grand Lodge of Mark Master
Masons , which will bc held at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 31 st of December , under the presidency of the Grand Master of the Degree , Lord Skelmersdale , a scheme will he proposed for the purpose of educating the sons of Mark Masons . Without going into the details of the scheme , which of course will require deliberation , we may mention that its broad basis is that half of the annual subscriptions
to the fund of benevolence shall bc applicable towards aiding Mark Masters in educating their sons in their own neighbourhoods . The scheme is not meant for indigent or necessitous Mark Masons only or primarily , but is designed as well for those Mark brethren who , though able to educate their families , arc not sufficiently well to do to secure for them the superior education that is offered by
many of the old grammar and foundation schools in their particular province s . To prevent disappoinment the publisher will be glad to receive early orders for the Christmas number of "The Masonic Magazine" containing Anthony Trollope ' s new and original story . Price , post free , one shilling and two pence . Office , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the United Pilgrims Lotlge of Instruction , No . 507 , on Frielay week , the 29 th inst ., at the Surrey Masonic I lall , Camberwell . Brethren desirous of taking part in working the sections should address the Secretary , Bro . Watts , 13 , Bramah-road , Brixton . CHARITY AT THE MANSION-HOUSE . —Mr .
William J . Soulsby , private secretary to the Lord Mayor , who has acted as secretary to all the various funds , gives us the following accurate particulars of the sums forwarded to the Mansion-house for charitable purposes during the last three years : —In Mr , Alderman Cotton's mayoialty £ 45 . 636 was subscribed—namely , to the Inundations Relief Fund , £ 18 , 700 ; the Goliath , £ 1 , 502 ;
the Warspite , £ 6 , 44 6 ; the Eastern War Suffeiers , £ 17 , 250 and the Thunderer , £ 1 , 738 . In Sir Thomas White's year £ 542 , 523 was collected—viz ., for the Indian Famine Fund £ 513 , 200 ; the St . John ( New Brunswick ) Fire Relief Fund , £ 7 , 062 ; the Welsh Miners' Fund , £ 4 , ; the Noith Sea Fishing Disasters , £ 7 , 491 -, and the Inundations Fund , £ 8 , 094 . In Sir Thomas Owden's mayoralty
£ 751 629 was received—namely , the Eurydice Fund , £ 5 , 712 ; the Princess Alice , £ 37 , 788 ; the Haydock , ¦ £ 1 , 128 ; and the Abercarne , £ 31 , 000 . In the three years , £ 663 , 788 was thus subscribed . This is entirely exclusive e > f 1 ' ie Hospital Sunday Fund , which is also received and disbursed at the Mansion-house ; but adding the amount of this lat'er fund , £ 7 8 , 680 , the three
year _ , ' aggregate is increased to £ 742 , 468 . The Prince of Wales has concluded arrangements for renting Maesllinch Castle , Radnorshire , the residence of the late Mr . Walter de Winton , and his Royal Highness will occupy the mansion the early pait of next year . When the Prince resides at Maesllinch he will be the first member of Royalty who has visited Radnorshire since the days of King Charles 1 / .
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
* - credited to her , and that she would have her votes for her liberal donation . Bro . Terry read a letter from Miss Non is , Matron of the Institution , thanking the brethren in her own and in her father ' s name for increasing her salary .
One petitioner was placed on the list . There was but one petitioner , and Bro Terry said that on that day twelvemonth previously there were twenty . A letter was read from Bro . E . J . Barrow , in reference to the Institution proving against the separate cslate ofthe late Bro . Samuel Tomkins , after which the Committee adjourned .
H.R.H. Prince Leopold And The Order Of The Temple.
H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD AND THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE .
By special dispensation granted by the Great Prior of England ( the Rt . Hon . Lord Skelmersdale ) , an emergency meeting of the Ce _ eur de Lion Preceptory , of the Province of Oxford , was held on Monday , the nth inst ., at 33 , Golelen-sq , London , for the purpose of installing H . R . H .
Prince Leopold , K . G ., into the Commander ' s chair of this distinguished prccptory . At a few minutes after 4 o ' clock His Royal Highness , accompanied by the Eminent Commander , the Rev . Thomas Cochrane , Grand Prelate of the Order , was received by the Sir Knights assembled under the Arch of Steel . The Eminent Commander , having Sir Kt . Hyde-Pullen ,
P . G . Sunt , of Works , as Constable ; Sir Kts . F . Richaruson , as Marshal ; the Rev . John Robbins , D . D ., Grand Almoner and Chaplain , as Chaplain ; Colonel Somerville Burney , Past Grand Commander of Essex , as Captain of Guards ; then procceelcd lo open the preceptory in du < - form . The special dispensation issued by the Great Prior of England for holding an emergency meeting of the Coeur
de Lion Preceptory for the installation of His Royal Highness in London , instead of at Oxford , was then handed by the Great Sub-Prior to the E . G ., and by him handed to the Grand Chancellor of the Order , by whom it was read in full . It having been announced that the Very High and Eminent the Great Prior of Ireland , His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , K . G .. was without awaiting
admittance , a deputation of the Great Officers of the Order was appointed to conduct His Royal Highness into the Preceptory . where he was received with all honours under an Arch ot Steel , and took his seat at the immediate right of the Eminent Commander , who had the Great Sub-Prior of England , Sir Knight Colonel Shadwell Gierke on his lelt . H . R . H . the Great Prior of Ireland
having been saluted in due form , the ceremony of installation was immediately proceeded with . His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , K . G ., the E . C . elect , was presented to the E . C . by the Very Eminent Prior of Suffolk and Cambridge ( Captain N . G . Philips ) , the Senior Provincial Prior present . The ceremony of installation wr . s then performed in
a very able manner by the Eminent Commander Sir Knight the Rev . Thos . Cochrane . His Royal Highness after having been duly proclaimed and saluteel , briefly expressed his acknowledgements to the members of the Coeur de Lion Preceptory , for the honour they had done him in placing him in that high and
responsible situation , which he would endeavour to fulfil in as able a manner as it had been by his predecessor . His Royal Highness then appointed the following companions as his officers : — The Rev . T . Cochrane Pro C . Colonel the Hon . W . E . Sackville
West Constable . Reginald Bird ( D . P . G . M . Oxford ) ... Marshal . Walter Thompson , P . C Treasurer . The Rev . G . M . Brock-Arnold ... Chaplain . J . E . C . Bodley Registrar .
Fentham Hedges Sub-Marshal . J . Sanders Chanib . John Potts Dir . ofCcr . Joseph Reade Capt . of Guards . E . S . Lucas Almoner . R . Usher ... ... Standard Bearer .
W . W . Harrison , P . C Organist . James Cavaw Aide de C . Tomlin ist Herald . Horatio Symonds 2 nd Herald . W . Stephens , G . Norwood ... ... Equerries . His Koyal Highness then received congratulations from H . R . H . the Great Prior of Ireland , and the Very Eminent
Priors present , and it is worthy of note that " Hearty Good Wishes " came from South Africa , British Burmah , Bengal , Suffolk anil Cambridge , Essex , Dorset , Kent , Sussex , tec , Sec Amongst the distinguished Sir Knights present we noticed the following Very Eminent Priors : — Captain N . G . Philips , Suffolk and Cambridge ; Colonel Shadwell H .
Gierke , Sussex ; J . M . P . Montagu , Dorsetshire ; R . W . Hoskins Giddy , South Africa ; and the following Very En . inent Past Provincial Priors : —Colonel Somerville Burney , Essex ; Major-General H . Clerk , Kent ; 11 . D . Sandeman , Bengal ; Colonel Duncan , British Burmah ; and the following Past and Present National and Great Officers of the Order : —Sir Knights A . Stavely Hill , Q . C , M . P , Grand
Chancellor ; C . Goolden , K . C . T ., Grand Treasurer ; Raymond Thrupp , Grand Higistrar ; the Rev . John Robbins , D . D ., ( Jrand Almoner and Chaplain ; Hyde-Pullen , Past Grand Superintendent of Winks ; Col . Francis Burdett , P . P . Ent ; 1 : < nd and Ireland ; the Hev . F . K . Harford ( Canon of Westminster ) , P . P . ; Frank Richardson , P . P . ; John
Potts , Joseph Reaele , Li . tl , Organist ; and ethers . All business being elided , the pivce-pteiry was closed ill ample form by the Illustrious ,-iiiel Eminent Commander , H . R . H . Prince Leopold , and their Royal I Uglinesses the Duke e _ f Connaught and I ' linee Leopold , aecompanieel by the Great Officers of the Order , then retired Under the Arch of Steel .
H.R.H. Prince Leopold And The Order Of The Temple.
Great praise is due to the Great Sub-Prior , Colonel Shadwell Gierke , and the other " authorities" at 33 , Goldensquare , for the admirable manner in which all the arrangements were carried out , which tended so materially to the perfect success of the meeting , and to the comfort of all
those Sir Knights who were privileged to be piesent on this , which will long be remembered by them in general , and the members of the Cceur e ' e Lion Preceptory in particular , as a red-letter day in the annals of Knights Templar .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . J . RIDLEY , 823 . The remains of Bro . Joseph Ridley , late of Penrith , who died at his residence , 7 , Great Homer-street , Liverpool , were on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., interred in Anfield Cemetery , Liverpool , in the presence of about 600 friends and acquaintances . The burial service was read in a very solemn and impressive manner by the Rev . F . B . Tyrer , Vicar of All
Saints , Great Nelson-s'reet , and at the close a number of Sunday School children sang the hymn " The home ovir there . " Among those who were present to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased were Bros . H . Ashmore , W . M ., 821 ; J . Houlding , I . P . M . ; J . S . Cuthbert , S . W . ; J . Beesley , J . D . ; R . Brough , O . ; J . Skeaf , P . G . O . ; R . Ellis , and many members of the Everton Lodge , 823 , to which the deceased had belonged for some years .
BRO . FRANCIS FELLOWS . We are sorry to announce the death of Bro . Francis Fellows , W . M . of the Henry Muggeridge Ledge , No . 1679 , and S . E . ofthe Lion anil Lamb Chapter , No . 192 , of consumpton , which melancholy event took place on Monday nth inst ., at his residence , Montague Road , Dalston , leaving a widow and three children to lament his loss . We hope lo give a fuller account next week .
BRO . F . PEPVS COCKERELL , G . S . OF WORKS . It is with sincere recret that we announce the iteath of Bro . Freelerick Pepys Cockerell , for several years and at the time of his death Grand Superintendent of Weirks . Bro . Cockerell was the architect of Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street . The If ' urld says of our lamented brother ,
" Many will note with regret the death of Mr . Frederick Pepys Cockerell , which took place suddenly last week in Paris . The son of the late Professor Cockerell , R . A ., the well-known architect , Mr . Cockerell followed in his father ' s footsteps , and both professionally and personally was highly esteemed . "
St. Mary Commandery's Pilgrimage.
ST . MARY COMMANDERY'S PILGRIMAGE .
We publish with much gratification the following extract from the Philadelphia Chronicle , ol October 30 th , just received . The international reception given the " Anglo-Saxon Masons" by Bro . Kenning , of the Freemason , will never
be forgotten . VVe were the recipients of his good feelings towards the American Freemasons . Around his private board , spread in the magnificent dining-hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , were assembled the leading Masons of Great Britain . Those celebrated in the annals of the Craft , the historians , the editors , the financiers , the legislators , the ministerial , the legal , the brightest members of the
Grand Lodge of England , the first Grand Lodge of the world , were here met at the invitation of that accomplished gentleman and Freemason , the proprietor of the . leading Masonic newspaper of the world , to do he . nour to a company of American Masons , iepresentatives of the Mary Commandery . Bro . Kenning will be known as the publisher and
proprietor of the most successful Masonic publications , " The London Fr . emason , " " The Masonic Magazine , " "The Scottish Freemason , " " The Rosicrucian , " and tbe American brethren cannot speak too highly of the able manner in which the cntiie reception was conducted ,
and in which he was aided by Bros . Woodford and Hughan . Late at night , or early in the morning , we left for our hotel , thus bringing to a close , in a most happy manner , the Masonic Pilgrimage of Mary Commandery , No . 3 6 . K . T ., to Great Britain and Ireland in 1878 . "
The Committee desire to say that much of the success of the pilgrimage is due to the great assistance rendered by W . Bro . James H . Neilson , Sirs Wm . J . Hughan , T , B . Whytehead , S . B . Ellis , R . S . Brown , O . Ternan , and others .
At the suggestion and recommendation of the Committee , votes of thanks were teiielcred to a number of brethren for attentions shown the pilgrims , and a number of foreign brethren elected honorary member-, among whom were mentioned Bros . George Kenning , Wm . J . Hughan , T . B . Whytehead , S . B . Ellis , O . Ternan , D . Murray Lyon , R . S . Brown , and others .
The Installation Meeting of the Royal Naval College Lodge , No . 1593 , was held on Tuesday last , Bro . Captain Valentine F . Johnson was installed in the chair of K . S . A report will appear in our next .
Lieut . J . J . F . Hume , 2 nd Middlesex Militia , eldest son of Colonel J . J . Hume , Bengal Staff Corps , has passed his examination for the line . Lieut . Hume was prepareel for his examination by Bro . A . W . Hume , P . M ., Allisem Tower , Dulwich-common .
Miss Emily Mott announces her sixth annual concert to take place on Thursday next , at St . George's Hall , the principal singers , in addition lo herself , being Madame Blanche Cole , Mrs . Osgood , Madame Patey , Mr , Shakespeare and Mr . Maybrick .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The ninth Anniversary Banquet of the Star Lodge of Instruction , No . 1275 , will be held at the Mitre Restaurant , London-street , Greenwich , on Thursday Dec . the jth . The annual festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , No . 256 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Quccn-strcet , on Friday evening , the 29 th inst .
In the province of Dumbarton the oldest Freemason in Scollanel is to be found . The brother is Alexander Cameron , tailor , doing business at the Cross of th e village of Renton . That gentleman has reached the patriarchal age of 9 6 years—indeed , he attained that age in April last . He joined the Freemasons when he reached his majority—21 years of age—and has been an ardent
and enthusiastic member from that till this—a period of 75 years . _ A review of Bro . Montgomery Rankin ' s new poem " Bjom and Bera " will appear next week . The Consecration of ibe Leopold Mark Lodge , No . 235 , will lake place on Monday week , the 25 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Reading , at one o ' clock p . m .,
precisely . The ceremonies of consecration and installation will be performed by Bro . Frederick Binckes , P . G . W . At the meeting ofthe Great Pricry of Knights Templar for Canada , on the 1 ith ult , Bro . Emra Holmes , K . C . T ., Past Grand Provost of England , was proposed by Col . McLeod Moore , G . C . T . Great Prior of Canada , and elected by Great Priory , as representative near the Great
Priory of England , of the Great Priory of Canada , in the room , we believe , of the late Bro . Woof , F . S . A . Bro . Holmes , was also elected , in conjunction with Col . Shadwell Gierke , Great Sub Prior of England , and iirq . Whytehead I' . E . C , of Yoik , a member ofthe Grand Matter ' s Council On Thursday , the / th inst ., a large company of magistrates , alelcrmcn , town councillors and officials of Falmouth , met at the Royal Hotel for the purpose of ,
making a presentation to the Mayor , Bro . Thomas Webber a well known Mason and member of the Prov . G . Lodge of Cornwall . The presentation took the foim of a silver tea and coffee service-, accompanied by an 1 laboiate address brilliantly illuminated or . vellum by Messrs . Lake and Lake of Truro . The address was presented in token of the great esteem in which Bro . Webber was held whilst filling lhe office of Mayor for five different years . ¦
Heavy falls of snow took place on Monday night in the North and North-Western counties . At Leeds the snow-fall is described as the heaviest known for years , and it was accompanied by a tempi st cf thunder and lightning . The Morning Post states that at the next halfyearly communication of Grand Lodge of Mark Master
Masons , which will bc held at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 31 st of December , under the presidency of the Grand Master of the Degree , Lord Skelmersdale , a scheme will he proposed for the purpose of educating the sons of Mark Masons . Without going into the details of the scheme , which of course will require deliberation , we may mention that its broad basis is that half of the annual subscriptions
to the fund of benevolence shall bc applicable towards aiding Mark Masters in educating their sons in their own neighbourhoods . The scheme is not meant for indigent or necessitous Mark Masons only or primarily , but is designed as well for those Mark brethren who , though able to educate their families , arc not sufficiently well to do to secure for them the superior education that is offered by
many of the old grammar and foundation schools in their particular province s . To prevent disappoinment the publisher will be glad to receive early orders for the Christmas number of "The Masonic Magazine" containing Anthony Trollope ' s new and original story . Price , post free , one shilling and two pence . Office , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the United Pilgrims Lotlge of Instruction , No . 507 , on Frielay week , the 29 th inst ., at the Surrey Masonic I lall , Camberwell . Brethren desirous of taking part in working the sections should address the Secretary , Bro . Watts , 13 , Bramah-road , Brixton . CHARITY AT THE MANSION-HOUSE . —Mr .
William J . Soulsby , private secretary to the Lord Mayor , who has acted as secretary to all the various funds , gives us the following accurate particulars of the sums forwarded to the Mansion-house for charitable purposes during the last three years : —In Mr , Alderman Cotton's mayoialty £ 45 . 636 was subscribed—namely , to the Inundations Relief Fund , £ 18 , 700 ; the Goliath , £ 1 , 502 ;
the Warspite , £ 6 , 44 6 ; the Eastern War Suffeiers , £ 17 , 250 and the Thunderer , £ 1 , 738 . In Sir Thomas White's year £ 542 , 523 was collected—viz ., for the Indian Famine Fund £ 513 , 200 ; the St . John ( New Brunswick ) Fire Relief Fund , £ 7 , 062 ; the Welsh Miners' Fund , £ 4 , ; the Noith Sea Fishing Disasters , £ 7 , 491 -, and the Inundations Fund , £ 8 , 094 . In Sir Thomas Owden's mayoralty
£ 751 629 was received—namely , the Eurydice Fund , £ 5 , 712 ; the Princess Alice , £ 37 , 788 ; the Haydock , ¦ £ 1 , 128 ; and the Abercarne , £ 31 , 000 . In the three years , £ 663 , 788 was thus subscribed . This is entirely exclusive e > f 1 ' ie Hospital Sunday Fund , which is also received and disbursed at the Mansion-house ; but adding the amount of this lat'er fund , £ 7 8 , 680 , the three
year _ , ' aggregate is increased to £ 742 , 468 . The Prince of Wales has concluded arrangements for renting Maesllinch Castle , Radnorshire , the residence of the late Mr . Walter de Winton , and his Royal Highness will occupy the mansion the early pait of next year . When the Prince resides at Maesllinch he will be the first member of Royalty who has visited Radnorshire since the days of King Charles 1 / .