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House Committee be not confirmed . " In doing so he did not mean at all to reflect upon any members of the House Committee , for he knew them all to be the right men in the right place , and they had done and were doing their work thoroughly well . The laws for the election of the House Committee were well known and they had been carefully framed , but even after that was done they knew very well that from some necessities they might be
altered and improved . But this alteration or improvement should be very carefully effected , and there ought to be a very good and sound reason for any change . What reason had been suggested for the alteration of the law that the General Committee should be elected annually ? He would like to ask the Secretary , as the most competent person—had the old rule worked well ?
Bro . BINCKES said that after a very large experience he had no hesitation in saying that the old rule had worked well . There was always a quorum present ; the average number was eight , and very often there were 9 , 10 , n and 12 . Bro . SCURRAH said he had tried but could not obtain any satisfactory answer to the question what reason there was for the advisability of altering
the law . They might get a new man on the Committee who might not be up to his work ; he might be incompetent , he might not have time to attend , and it might be necessary that he should , so to speak , go to school to learn his work , and it was said they could not expect . 1 man to be on a Committee of that kind and learn the work thoroughly unless he had been on it 12 months . That was an insult . To say that they could not pick out of
Freemasons men who , unless they were on the House Committee 12 months , could not know the work , was an affront to the Order , because every one knew that the majority of these Committee men were business men , up to the details of business , many of them able to give time to the work , and no one should be elected who was not . Every one of the brethren was competent for that work of the House Committee . Look at it in another light .
If they had a brother on that Committee who was incapable of doing his work , was it not well to be able to get rid of him as soon as they could 1 It was a very bad reason , in fact no reason , to say that brother should be on the Committee for three years ; the sooner they got rid of an incompetent person and got a competent one the better . What were they doing by this new law ? They were proposing that a brother who was incompetent should
remain on the Committee for three years , to the exclusion of a competent one . At the end of three years four of the number were to go out , the remainder were to stay four years , then four more were to go out , and four out of the twelve would remain in for five years . Was this reasonable ? Who provided the sinews of . war and brought the money to support the Institution ? For anyone to say that those who were the Governors were to be debarred of the privilege of electing these Committees everv twelve months was
absurd on the face of it . What about the other Committees—the General Committee and the Audit Committee ? They ought all to be tarred with the same brush . When the axe was laid at the foot of the tree they all knew that it was only a question of time when that tree would fall . They ought to be very careful how they hurt the susceptibility of those who subscribed to the Institution , and he hoped they would agree with him and restore the power the brethren had had to elect every year . Bro . A . E . GLADVVELL , P . M . 172 , seconded the motion .
Bro . E . F . STORR , P . M . and Treasurer 22 , opposed , and was surprised at the doctrines Bro . Scurrah had propounded . There was not a brother in the room who knew more about Committees than Bro . Scurrah ; twentyfive years Bro . Scurrah said he had worked on Committees , and knew the practice well . He was sorry to hear him say he did not believe in triennial elections . He ( Bro , Storr ) did . He was not the man to go on for a House
Committee for one year only . It was all very well to say they must go to school to learn the work , but they must look at the expense , annoyance , and trouble of going in for one year only . He was not ambitious of being on a Committee ; the first year the members were of no use at all . If they wanted to do good to the Institution , and to learn their lessons , if they
wanted to be somebody on the Committee , let them know what they had to do and serve an apprenticeship . If a man was an ornamental man only take him off . Bro . Scurrah had not given this thing sufficient thought , but he ( Bro . Storr ) after many years' experience of Committees , entirely disagreed with him .
Bro . KAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D ., as the originator of the proposal , had been and was still of opinion that the Committee should be well versed in their duties , and this could not be done in one year . They wanted brethren well up to the work , and with a thorough knowledge and experience of it . They might elect a brother who would utterly fail . Brethren elected for one year only might say it was not worth while to attend . As for himself , it did not matter to him an atom whether a brother was elected for 12 months or 10 years .
Bro . HENRY SMITH , D . G . M . West Yorkshire , dissented from Bro . Stewart ' s proposition that if a brother were elected for one year only he did not care a button about it , and he would attend to or neglect his duties just as he thought proper . If that was an argument against annual elections , how much the more was it an argument against three years' election . Let
them have a fair argument . Bro . Binckes had told them the annual election had bpen found to work very well . Bro . Binckes had had a great deal of experience , and ought to know . Let the rule go on as it was ; let them have annual elections . If it had not gone on well , let them alter the rule . He disliked this peddling with the rules , and constantly interfering with and changing them .
Another BROTHER said he thought Bro . Scurrah ' s motion must commend itself to the brethren . If a brother proved himself not worthy to be on the Committee after election , he could be got rid of in a twelvemonth , There were , however , other reasons , and he supported the motion cordially . Bro . Scurrah ' s motion was then carried .
On the motion of Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D ., seconded b y Bro . EDGAR BOWYER , P . G . Std . Br ., Bro . George Plucknett , P . G . D ., was unanimously re-elected Treasurer of the Institution . On the motion of Bro . SCURRAH , seconded b y Bro . E , F . STORR , the following brethren were elected General Committee for the ensuing year : —Bros . Brackstone Baker , \ V . B . Blackmur , Charles T . Dorey , G . J . Dunkley , Henry Law , Noah Martin , E . C . Massey , Henry Massey , C . H . McKay , A . H . Scurrah , H . Webb , and H . Wells .
Scrutineers of votes for the election were thereafter nominated , and the Court proceeded to elect 30 boys , out of an approved list of 48 candidates , into the School . At the declaration of the poll , the following was found to be the result : —
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SUCCESSFUL .
Name . votes . Edward Henry Sanders ... ... 20 37 Richard Turner Groombridge ... 1746 Thomas Biddle Bunney ... ... 1 GS 6 William Henry Humphries ... 16 74 William Archer Stocken ... ... 1644 Robert Leaman ... ... ... 1639
Alfred Edward Williams ... ... 16 35 Edward Alfred John Mayne ... 1625 Walter Berry Freeman ... ... 1592 Otto Rene John Fox ... ... 1579 Frederick Tom Webb ... ... 156 9 Charles Thomas William Ace ... 1542 Charles Wren Limpright ... 1511 Charles Robert Saville ... ... 150 S Samuel Jackson Mitchell .,. ... 1507
Name . Votes . Alfred Vaughan Hayward . „ 1301 Wilfred Gay ... .,, ... 1299 Horace Lewis ... ... ... 1259
Meyrick George liruton Good ... 1175 Bryant Hanby Holmes ... ... 10 GS Frederick William Hayes ... 9 S 7 Samuel William Knight ... ... 4 S 3 Joseph Thomas Andrew ... .,. 333 I Joseph Wood ... ... .,. 173 Votes of thanks to the Scrutineers the proceedings .
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[ Name . Votes . William Waspe ... ... 1 505 Charles Sidney Buckley ... ... 1502 Archibald William Phipson ... 14 S 5 Frank Courtenay Benham ... 1456 Robinson Midgley ... ... 1456 Frederick George Thaw ... ... 1454
Oliver Lancelot Brister ... ... 1 451 Robert Melhuish ... ... 1430 Francis John Lane ... ... 1423 Herbert Benjamin Plows ... ... 1421 George Emeris Haines ... ... 1 407 Frank Ernest Hancock ... ... 137 S Sidney Walter Watts ... ... 1366 Robert Court Nicholson ... ... 1344 Herbert Aldam Sugden ... ... 1342
UNSUCCESSFUL .
Name . Votes . Percy Haslem Matthews ... 11 7 Harold Gray ... ... ... S 5 Albert Taylor ... ... ... 50
| Haccy Norman Angier .,, ... 45 George Cannon ... ... ... 20 Percy Gibbs ... ... ... 13 George Frederick Johnston .,. 9 Sidney Robert Bolton ... ... 4 Maurice Bibby Jones and the Chairman of the day closed
Consecration Of The Egerton Lodge, No. 2132, At Egremont.
CONSECRATION OF THE EGERTON LODGE , No . 2132 , AT EGREMONT .
A hig hly significant evidence of the progress of Freemasonry in the Cheshire Province was given on the 6 th inst ., by the consecration of the Egerton Lodge , No . 2132 , which took place at the Institute , Egremont , near Liverpool , under the most promising and auspicious circumstances . Not only was there a large gathering of P . G . Officers and brethren of the Province of Cheshire , but frorii West Lancashire , including a number of
Past Grand Officers , which gave additional eclat to the opening of a lodge which promises to becomelone of the most popularandsuccessful in this division . It was expected that Lord Egerton of Tatton , the R . W . P . G . M . of Cheshire , would perform the ceremony , but at the last moment he was obliged to decline , owing to a sudden and painful illness . His place was , however , filled efficiently by Bro . Thomas Marwood , P . G . S . W ., supported by Bros . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , P . G . Chap . England , and
H . Bulley , P . G . S . B . England ; there were also present — Bros . John Wilson , LL . D ., P . P . G . J . W . ; Rev . J . W . NewellTanner , P . P . G . Chap . ; lames Salmon , P . P . G . S . D . ; j . P . Piatt , P . P . G . J AV . ; Joseph Sillitoe , P . P . G . J . D . ; E . T . Griffiths , P . G . Sec . ; F . K . Stevenson , P . P . G . S . B ; T . C . Thorburn , P . G . S . of W . ; H . Mills , P . G . Org . ; Rev . C . B . Bagot , P . G . C ; W . Booth , P . G . D . C ; H . Brown , P . G . A . D . C . ; W . Mellor , P . G . S . D . j J . G . Parker , P . G . D . ; J . R . Simm , P . G . Treas . ; W . Price , P . G . S . ; H . Fairdough , P . G . S . ; John Barnes ,
P . G . S . ; J . Gamlin , P . G . S . ; J . Lees , P . G . S . ; Wm . Goodacre . P . G . Sec . West Lanes . ; R . Foote , P . G . Treas . West Lanes . ; Dr . F . J . Bailey , P . P . G . S . D . West Lanes . ; George Morgan , P . G . J . D . West Lanes . ; J . H . Barrow , P . G . S . D . West Lanes . ; H . Williams , P . P . G . D . C . West Lanes . ; C . S . Dean , P . M . 1289 ; E . Segar , I . P . M . 32 ; R . M . Jones , 1350 ; G . F . Bird , 157 G ; D . M . Gaskin , P . M . S 97 ; G . J . C . Brown , P . M . 410 ; J . J . Smith , I . P . M . 1035 ; R . Jones , W . M . 1226 ; R .
W . Bourne , 32 ; John Lee , P . G . S ., 12 S 9 ; G . Bell , 1094 ; J . Williams , 203 ; — Alexander , S . D . 1094 ; F . G . Saunders , 249 ; Amos A . Gass , W . M . 477 ; H . B . Browne , P . M . 1350 ; J . Dean , 1049 ; Wm . Danger , P . M . 1276 ; J . B , Harkes , 12 S 9 ; Jas . Clark , W . M . 605 ; E . C . Whiteford , 12 S 9 ; Thos . Wilcock , P . M . 594 ; Owen Jones , P . M . 605 ; Wm . Roberts , I . P . M . 12 S 9 ; li . King Ellison , J . W . 1350 ; Wm . Bradford , W . M . 156 5 ; W . G . Cronan , S . W . 12 S 9 ; and J . C . Robinson , P . M . 249 .
The brethren assembled in the lodge room at 2 . 30 , when the Craft lodge was opened by Bros . Marwood , as W . M . ; H . Bulley , as S . W . ; J . Wilson , as J . W . ; T . C . Thorburn , as l . G . ; Rev . E . B . Bagot , as Chap . After the lodge had been opened in the Three Degrees and the usual formalities gone through , previous to consecration , Bro . Rev . C . W . SPENCER STANHOPE then delivered an oration of the most impressive and appropriate character . The lodge was then uncovered , and the Corn ,
Wine , Oil , and Salt were carried according to ancient custom . The whole of the highly imposing ceremony was performed in a most efficient manner by Bro . Marwood , who next proceeded to the installation of the W . M . designate , Bro . Charles S . Dean , who , after being installed as W . M . of 2132 , invested the following officers : —Bros . H . B . Brown , S . W . ; C . Leighton , J . W . ; T . Wilcock , Treas . ; H . C . Whiteford , Sec . ; Major Jinks Dean , S . D . ; W . Bourne , J . D . ; E . King Ellison , I . G . ; and the Rev . W . E . B . Gunn , Chap .
The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Seacombe Hotel , where the banquet was provided . The customary toasts followed . Bro . Bryant , P . P . G . Org . West Lancashire , with his usual ability , presided at the pianoforte ; and Bros . R . N . Hobart , J . T . Jones , E . K . Ellison , and D . Williams contributed some excellent vocal music . The lodge was furnished by Bro . George Kenning .
Consecration Of The Constance Lodge, No. 2135, At Consett.
CONSECRATION OF THE CONSTANCE LODGE , No . 2135 , AT CONSETT .
The consecration of a new Masonic Lodge in the Province of Durham took place on the 7 th inst ., at Consett , when the above lodge was constituted in due form by the R . W . Prov . G . M ., Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., in the presence of a large gathering . The ceremony took place at the Water Company ' s Office . The R . W . P . G . M ., Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson ,
Bart ., presided , and the following Provincial Officers were in attendance : — Bros . A . C . Knowles , acting as D . P . G . M ., in the unavoidable absence of Bro . the Rev Canon Tristram , D . P . G . M . ; James Laidler , P . G . S . W . ; W . T . Tate , P . G . J . W . ; Rev . J . Lawson and Rev . R . Coulton , P . G . Chaps . ; K . B . Reed , P . G . Treas . ; C . E . Barnes , P . G . R . ; R . Hudson , P . G . Sec . ; W . C . Blackett , P . G . S . D . ; J . G . Smith , P . G . S . D . ; l . G . Kirkley , P . G . J . D . ; J . J . Clay , P . G . D . D . of C ; J . I . Athey , P . G .
A . D . C . ; T . Henderson , P . G . S . B . ; W . Gray , acting P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Coxon , acting P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Crawford , P . G . Org . ; J . C . Moor , acting P . G . A . Sec . ; H . j . Turnbull , acting P . G . P . ; J . Curry , P . G . Tyler ; J . J . Wilson , J . A . Hall , J . Wetherall , and C . Toquoist , P . G . Stwds . There were also present Bros . John Wood , P . P . G . J . W .: George Greenwell , P . P .
G . D . of C . Durham ; Jos . Cook , P . P . G . J . W . Northumberland ; W . E . Franklm , P . P . G . D . ; H . Maddison , P . P . G . R . ; T . Coulson , P . P . G . D . ; D . Whitehead , P . P . G . O . ; Thomas Dinning , P . G . A . D , of C ; James Montgomery , P . G . P . Northumberland ; J . Dobson , P . M . 80 ; A . Carr , P . M . 240 ; R . Singleton , S . W . 97 ; T . Atkinson , S . W . 80 ; J . Probert , P . M . 240 ; H . Spittle , W . M . 1342 ; E . Potts , VV . M . 1676 ; T . Hardy , W . M . ; W , Love , P . M . 3019 ; and W . A . Malcolm , P . P . G . P ,
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House Committee be not confirmed . " In doing so he did not mean at all to reflect upon any members of the House Committee , for he knew them all to be the right men in the right place , and they had done and were doing their work thoroughly well . The laws for the election of the House Committee were well known and they had been carefully framed , but even after that was done they knew very well that from some necessities they might be
altered and improved . But this alteration or improvement should be very carefully effected , and there ought to be a very good and sound reason for any change . What reason had been suggested for the alteration of the law that the General Committee should be elected annually ? He would like to ask the Secretary , as the most competent person—had the old rule worked well ?
Bro . BINCKES said that after a very large experience he had no hesitation in saying that the old rule had worked well . There was always a quorum present ; the average number was eight , and very often there were 9 , 10 , n and 12 . Bro . SCURRAH said he had tried but could not obtain any satisfactory answer to the question what reason there was for the advisability of altering
the law . They might get a new man on the Committee who might not be up to his work ; he might be incompetent , he might not have time to attend , and it might be necessary that he should , so to speak , go to school to learn his work , and it was said they could not expect . 1 man to be on a Committee of that kind and learn the work thoroughly unless he had been on it 12 months . That was an insult . To say that they could not pick out of
Freemasons men who , unless they were on the House Committee 12 months , could not know the work , was an affront to the Order , because every one knew that the majority of these Committee men were business men , up to the details of business , many of them able to give time to the work , and no one should be elected who was not . Every one of the brethren was competent for that work of the House Committee . Look at it in another light .
If they had a brother on that Committee who was incapable of doing his work , was it not well to be able to get rid of him as soon as they could 1 It was a very bad reason , in fact no reason , to say that brother should be on the Committee for three years ; the sooner they got rid of an incompetent person and got a competent one the better . What were they doing by this new law ? They were proposing that a brother who was incompetent should
remain on the Committee for three years , to the exclusion of a competent one . At the end of three years four of the number were to go out , the remainder were to stay four years , then four more were to go out , and four out of the twelve would remain in for five years . Was this reasonable ? Who provided the sinews of . war and brought the money to support the Institution ? For anyone to say that those who were the Governors were to be debarred of the privilege of electing these Committees everv twelve months was
absurd on the face of it . What about the other Committees—the General Committee and the Audit Committee ? They ought all to be tarred with the same brush . When the axe was laid at the foot of the tree they all knew that it was only a question of time when that tree would fall . They ought to be very careful how they hurt the susceptibility of those who subscribed to the Institution , and he hoped they would agree with him and restore the power the brethren had had to elect every year . Bro . A . E . GLADVVELL , P . M . 172 , seconded the motion .
Bro . E . F . STORR , P . M . and Treasurer 22 , opposed , and was surprised at the doctrines Bro . Scurrah had propounded . There was not a brother in the room who knew more about Committees than Bro . Scurrah ; twentyfive years Bro . Scurrah said he had worked on Committees , and knew the practice well . He was sorry to hear him say he did not believe in triennial elections . He ( Bro , Storr ) did . He was not the man to go on for a House
Committee for one year only . It was all very well to say they must go to school to learn the work , but they must look at the expense , annoyance , and trouble of going in for one year only . He was not ambitious of being on a Committee ; the first year the members were of no use at all . If they wanted to do good to the Institution , and to learn their lessons , if they
wanted to be somebody on the Committee , let them know what they had to do and serve an apprenticeship . If a man was an ornamental man only take him off . Bro . Scurrah had not given this thing sufficient thought , but he ( Bro . Storr ) after many years' experience of Committees , entirely disagreed with him .
Bro . KAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D ., as the originator of the proposal , had been and was still of opinion that the Committee should be well versed in their duties , and this could not be done in one year . They wanted brethren well up to the work , and with a thorough knowledge and experience of it . They might elect a brother who would utterly fail . Brethren elected for one year only might say it was not worth while to attend . As for himself , it did not matter to him an atom whether a brother was elected for 12 months or 10 years .
Bro . HENRY SMITH , D . G . M . West Yorkshire , dissented from Bro . Stewart ' s proposition that if a brother were elected for one year only he did not care a button about it , and he would attend to or neglect his duties just as he thought proper . If that was an argument against annual elections , how much the more was it an argument against three years' election . Let
them have a fair argument . Bro . Binckes had told them the annual election had bpen found to work very well . Bro . Binckes had had a great deal of experience , and ought to know . Let the rule go on as it was ; let them have annual elections . If it had not gone on well , let them alter the rule . He disliked this peddling with the rules , and constantly interfering with and changing them .
Another BROTHER said he thought Bro . Scurrah ' s motion must commend itself to the brethren . If a brother proved himself not worthy to be on the Committee after election , he could be got rid of in a twelvemonth , There were , however , other reasons , and he supported the motion cordially . Bro . Scurrah ' s motion was then carried .
On the motion of Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D ., seconded b y Bro . EDGAR BOWYER , P . G . Std . Br ., Bro . George Plucknett , P . G . D ., was unanimously re-elected Treasurer of the Institution . On the motion of Bro . SCURRAH , seconded b y Bro . E , F . STORR , the following brethren were elected General Committee for the ensuing year : —Bros . Brackstone Baker , \ V . B . Blackmur , Charles T . Dorey , G . J . Dunkley , Henry Law , Noah Martin , E . C . Massey , Henry Massey , C . H . McKay , A . H . Scurrah , H . Webb , and H . Wells .
Scrutineers of votes for the election were thereafter nominated , and the Court proceeded to elect 30 boys , out of an approved list of 48 candidates , into the School . At the declaration of the poll , the following was found to be the result : —
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SUCCESSFUL .
Name . votes . Edward Henry Sanders ... ... 20 37 Richard Turner Groombridge ... 1746 Thomas Biddle Bunney ... ... 1 GS 6 William Henry Humphries ... 16 74 William Archer Stocken ... ... 1644 Robert Leaman ... ... ... 1639
Alfred Edward Williams ... ... 16 35 Edward Alfred John Mayne ... 1625 Walter Berry Freeman ... ... 1592 Otto Rene John Fox ... ... 1579 Frederick Tom Webb ... ... 156 9 Charles Thomas William Ace ... 1542 Charles Wren Limpright ... 1511 Charles Robert Saville ... ... 150 S Samuel Jackson Mitchell .,. ... 1507
Name . Votes . Alfred Vaughan Hayward . „ 1301 Wilfred Gay ... .,, ... 1299 Horace Lewis ... ... ... 1259
Meyrick George liruton Good ... 1175 Bryant Hanby Holmes ... ... 10 GS Frederick William Hayes ... 9 S 7 Samuel William Knight ... ... 4 S 3 Joseph Thomas Andrew ... .,. 333 I Joseph Wood ... ... .,. 173 Votes of thanks to the Scrutineers the proceedings .
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[ Name . Votes . William Waspe ... ... 1 505 Charles Sidney Buckley ... ... 1502 Archibald William Phipson ... 14 S 5 Frank Courtenay Benham ... 1456 Robinson Midgley ... ... 1456 Frederick George Thaw ... ... 1454
Oliver Lancelot Brister ... ... 1 451 Robert Melhuish ... ... 1430 Francis John Lane ... ... 1423 Herbert Benjamin Plows ... ... 1421 George Emeris Haines ... ... 1 407 Frank Ernest Hancock ... ... 137 S Sidney Walter Watts ... ... 1366 Robert Court Nicholson ... ... 1344 Herbert Aldam Sugden ... ... 1342
UNSUCCESSFUL .
Name . Votes . Percy Haslem Matthews ... 11 7 Harold Gray ... ... ... S 5 Albert Taylor ... ... ... 50
| Haccy Norman Angier .,, ... 45 George Cannon ... ... ... 20 Percy Gibbs ... ... ... 13 George Frederick Johnston .,. 9 Sidney Robert Bolton ... ... 4 Maurice Bibby Jones and the Chairman of the day closed
Consecration Of The Egerton Lodge, No. 2132, At Egremont.
CONSECRATION OF THE EGERTON LODGE , No . 2132 , AT EGREMONT .
A hig hly significant evidence of the progress of Freemasonry in the Cheshire Province was given on the 6 th inst ., by the consecration of the Egerton Lodge , No . 2132 , which took place at the Institute , Egremont , near Liverpool , under the most promising and auspicious circumstances . Not only was there a large gathering of P . G . Officers and brethren of the Province of Cheshire , but frorii West Lancashire , including a number of
Past Grand Officers , which gave additional eclat to the opening of a lodge which promises to becomelone of the most popularandsuccessful in this division . It was expected that Lord Egerton of Tatton , the R . W . P . G . M . of Cheshire , would perform the ceremony , but at the last moment he was obliged to decline , owing to a sudden and painful illness . His place was , however , filled efficiently by Bro . Thomas Marwood , P . G . S . W ., supported by Bros . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , P . G . Chap . England , and
H . Bulley , P . G . S . B . England ; there were also present — Bros . John Wilson , LL . D ., P . P . G . J . W . ; Rev . J . W . NewellTanner , P . P . G . Chap . ; lames Salmon , P . P . G . S . D . ; j . P . Piatt , P . P . G . J AV . ; Joseph Sillitoe , P . P . G . J . D . ; E . T . Griffiths , P . G . Sec . ; F . K . Stevenson , P . P . G . S . B ; T . C . Thorburn , P . G . S . of W . ; H . Mills , P . G . Org . ; Rev . C . B . Bagot , P . G . C ; W . Booth , P . G . D . C ; H . Brown , P . G . A . D . C . ; W . Mellor , P . G . S . D . j J . G . Parker , P . G . D . ; J . R . Simm , P . G . Treas . ; W . Price , P . G . S . ; H . Fairdough , P . G . S . ; John Barnes ,
P . G . S . ; J . Gamlin , P . G . S . ; J . Lees , P . G . S . ; Wm . Goodacre . P . G . Sec . West Lanes . ; R . Foote , P . G . Treas . West Lanes . ; Dr . F . J . Bailey , P . P . G . S . D . West Lanes . ; George Morgan , P . G . J . D . West Lanes . ; J . H . Barrow , P . G . S . D . West Lanes . ; H . Williams , P . P . G . D . C . West Lanes . ; C . S . Dean , P . M . 1289 ; E . Segar , I . P . M . 32 ; R . M . Jones , 1350 ; G . F . Bird , 157 G ; D . M . Gaskin , P . M . S 97 ; G . J . C . Brown , P . M . 410 ; J . J . Smith , I . P . M . 1035 ; R . Jones , W . M . 1226 ; R .
W . Bourne , 32 ; John Lee , P . G . S ., 12 S 9 ; G . Bell , 1094 ; J . Williams , 203 ; — Alexander , S . D . 1094 ; F . G . Saunders , 249 ; Amos A . Gass , W . M . 477 ; H . B . Browne , P . M . 1350 ; J . Dean , 1049 ; Wm . Danger , P . M . 1276 ; J . B , Harkes , 12 S 9 ; Jas . Clark , W . M . 605 ; E . C . Whiteford , 12 S 9 ; Thos . Wilcock , P . M . 594 ; Owen Jones , P . M . 605 ; Wm . Roberts , I . P . M . 12 S 9 ; li . King Ellison , J . W . 1350 ; Wm . Bradford , W . M . 156 5 ; W . G . Cronan , S . W . 12 S 9 ; and J . C . Robinson , P . M . 249 .
The brethren assembled in the lodge room at 2 . 30 , when the Craft lodge was opened by Bros . Marwood , as W . M . ; H . Bulley , as S . W . ; J . Wilson , as J . W . ; T . C . Thorburn , as l . G . ; Rev . E . B . Bagot , as Chap . After the lodge had been opened in the Three Degrees and the usual formalities gone through , previous to consecration , Bro . Rev . C . W . SPENCER STANHOPE then delivered an oration of the most impressive and appropriate character . The lodge was then uncovered , and the Corn ,
Wine , Oil , and Salt were carried according to ancient custom . The whole of the highly imposing ceremony was performed in a most efficient manner by Bro . Marwood , who next proceeded to the installation of the W . M . designate , Bro . Charles S . Dean , who , after being installed as W . M . of 2132 , invested the following officers : —Bros . H . B . Brown , S . W . ; C . Leighton , J . W . ; T . Wilcock , Treas . ; H . C . Whiteford , Sec . ; Major Jinks Dean , S . D . ; W . Bourne , J . D . ; E . King Ellison , I . G . ; and the Rev . W . E . B . Gunn , Chap .
The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Seacombe Hotel , where the banquet was provided . The customary toasts followed . Bro . Bryant , P . P . G . Org . West Lancashire , with his usual ability , presided at the pianoforte ; and Bros . R . N . Hobart , J . T . Jones , E . K . Ellison , and D . Williams contributed some excellent vocal music . The lodge was furnished by Bro . George Kenning .
Consecration Of The Constance Lodge, No. 2135, At Consett.
CONSECRATION OF THE CONSTANCE LODGE , No . 2135 , AT CONSETT .
The consecration of a new Masonic Lodge in the Province of Durham took place on the 7 th inst ., at Consett , when the above lodge was constituted in due form by the R . W . Prov . G . M ., Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., in the presence of a large gathering . The ceremony took place at the Water Company ' s Office . The R . W . P . G . M ., Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson ,
Bart ., presided , and the following Provincial Officers were in attendance : — Bros . A . C . Knowles , acting as D . P . G . M ., in the unavoidable absence of Bro . the Rev Canon Tristram , D . P . G . M . ; James Laidler , P . G . S . W . ; W . T . Tate , P . G . J . W . ; Rev . J . Lawson and Rev . R . Coulton , P . G . Chaps . ; K . B . Reed , P . G . Treas . ; C . E . Barnes , P . G . R . ; R . Hudson , P . G . Sec . ; W . C . Blackett , P . G . S . D . ; J . G . Smith , P . G . S . D . ; l . G . Kirkley , P . G . J . D . ; J . J . Clay , P . G . D . D . of C ; J . I . Athey , P . G .
A . D . C . ; T . Henderson , P . G . S . B . ; W . Gray , acting P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Coxon , acting P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Crawford , P . G . Org . ; J . C . Moor , acting P . G . A . Sec . ; H . j . Turnbull , acting P . G . P . ; J . Curry , P . G . Tyler ; J . J . Wilson , J . A . Hall , J . Wetherall , and C . Toquoist , P . G . Stwds . There were also present Bros . John Wood , P . P . G . J . W .: George Greenwell , P . P .
G . D . of C . Durham ; Jos . Cook , P . P . G . J . W . Northumberland ; W . E . Franklm , P . P . G . D . ; H . Maddison , P . P . G . R . ; T . Coulson , P . P . G . D . ; D . Whitehead , P . P . G . O . ; Thomas Dinning , P . G . A . D , of C ; James Montgomery , P . G . P . Northumberland ; J . Dobson , P . M . 80 ; A . Carr , P . M . 240 ; R . Singleton , S . W . 97 ; T . Atkinson , S . W . 80 ; J . Probert , P . M . 240 ; H . Spittle , W . M . 1342 ; E . Potts , VV . M . 1676 ; T . Hardy , W . M . ; W , Love , P . M . 3019 ; and W . A . Malcolm , P . P . G . P ,