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Brother Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., P. Prov. Grand Master Of West Yorks.

BROTHER SIR HENRY EDWARDS , BART ., C . B ., P . PROV . GRAND MASTER OF WEST YORKS .

TN our last issue reference was briefly made to tho departure from our ranks of one who for a long series of years had filled a hi gh

ancl important sphere in the Masonio Fraternity , a . well as in those positions whioh naturally belong to a country gentleman and landowner . Few men have taken a more active part in public affairs , and the life so usefully spent for , at any rate half a century , has closed amidst universal expressions of regret . Our deceased

brother for more than forty years represented Yorkshire constituencies in the House of Commons , and the result of his labours forms no blank page on the Statute-book of the realm . As Justice of the Peace for his Division of the premier county , as foreman of the Grand Jury at the county assizes , as High Sheriff of Yorkshire , and

in ofcher capacities he was equally assiduous ; whilst be was ever foremost in local and parochial matters , expending his time , money , and influence in the promotion and management of institutions calculated to promote some good and benevolent Object . He was , moreover , the founder of the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry ,

of which he was appointed captaiu in 1843 , and we are told b y those who knew him best how highly his hearty , though costl y , service had endeared him to that fine body of men . Iu all relations of life he was deservedly beloved , and his removal by the hand of Death has left a gap which it will not be easy to fill , We have often had

occasioa to refer to the great and useful part whioh our deceased brother took in the Craft , attending with zeal and discretion to the administration of the business of his Province , whioh comprises no fewer than sixty-nine Lodges . The records published in the pages of the FI -E EMASON ' S CHEO , . ICWS reveal how constant he was in his

attendance , not merely ab the meetings of Prov . Grand Lodge , bufc at many of the gatherings in various parts of the West Riding which came under his immediate surveillance ; and perhaps nowhere will his genial presence be more sorely missed than at the gatherings of tho " mystic tie , " whereat his kindly words of counsel and encourage .

ment so frequently fell on admiring and appreciative ears . Only about eighteen months ago the hon . baronet was compelled , throngh failing health , to resign his appointment as Prov . Grand Master , the first Mason on whom the Graud Master conferred thafc dignity ; and his place has been supplied by the election to thab

high office of Bro . T . W . Tew , of Poutet ' nicfc . The heartiness with which he entered into the duties of his Masonio profession was not less ardent than that which characterised his other positions of responsibility , and won for him the heartfelt and sincere admiration of the whole of the brethren , nofc only in his

Province , but the Craffc in general , amongst whom his name was as " a household word . " Our beloved brother , who had been ailing for some time , passed peacefully away afc his residence , Pye Nest , Halifax , on the 23 rd ultimo , he being then in the seventy-fourth year of his age . Although it appears

to have been his wish , and than of his famil y , thafc the obsequies should take as quiefc and unostentatious a form as possible , it was only natural thafc those by whom he had been so long surrounded , and who had learned to appreciate his high and genuine qualities , shonld manifest a desire to pay a lasfc

tribute of affectionate respect to thoir lost friend , neighbour , and benefactor . Muffled peals wero tolled from the churches ou the morning of the funeral , whilst flags were fl ying at half-mast over all the public and other buildings iu Halifax . All classes of fche community seemed to evince a desire to show some tribute of respect to

ono who bad lived and grown old amongst , them ; and there were not a few amongst those who had experienced the true Masonic maxim he ever practised , that Charity is twice blessed , both to him who gives ancl to him who receives . The procession was marshalled in the town about nine o ' clock , the various contingents taking up

positions on the road leading to Pye Nest , ready to fall into tho places allotted to them . The Loyal Gregorean Society , tbe Halifax and Calder Agricultural Association , the Conservative Associations , the Mayor and Corporation , the Rifle and Artillery Volunteer - ., and the Yeomanry Cavalry , all took part iu tho cortege ; whilst

the brethren ol tho Province , who mustered in gr ^ at force at the Masonic Hall , each wearing a spri g of acacia as a button-hole , formed a conspicuous f .-a'ure in the mournful pageant . As the bier was borne by loving hands from the famil y mansion and placed upon the hearse , the band of the Second West

Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers played the Dead March in Saul , and tho procession moved away in the direction of King Cross , ami . Ist a throng of thousands of sympathetic spectators , who lined the way with heads uncovered for a considerable distance . All thu shops were closed en route , and the windows of private houses bad tho

blinds drawn in token of respect . After the cortc .. f .. llow-.. l fche friends and representatives of the public b "lies in which Sir Henry liad taken an active and life . lout ; interest , th- proc * e * .-. ii .. i extendi" " for half a mile or more . The Prov . Gr . ml Lod _< e waa represented as follows—Bros . T . W . Tew ( Pontefract . ) R . W . p rov . G . M ., Henry

Smith ( Bradford ) W . D . P . G . M ., Thos . Hill P . P . G . W . ( Mayor of Bradford ) , J . R . Armytage ( Bradford ) P . P . G . W , B . Brought ... ( Bradford ) P . P . G . W ., J . Ambler ( Bradford ) , Thos . H . Holmes ( Baildon ) , Herbert G . E . Green ( Wakefield ) 1 'rov . G . Sec , John Word-. wo . th ( Wakefield ) P . P . J . W ., Capt . H . Stansfeld ( Wakefield ) , J . W . Monok-

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THEIMPERIALHOTEL HOLBOEN VIADUCT , LONDON , Adjoining the TERMINUS of the LONDON CHATHAM ancl DOVER EAII , , but distinct from the Viaduct Hotel . THE BEST FURNISHED AND MOST COMFORTABLE HOTEL IN LONUON . HOT & COLD WATER LAID ON IN ALL BED ROOMS . The . _ i > i' 0 .-.--iients . lirouj _ . Iio . it so arranged aa to ensure domestic comfort . EVERY ACCOMMODAriON FOR MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS , IP * .. Mix pinners # ~ 5 ir . ebb . itg @ r _ eal . fusts . THE ALEXANDRA PALACE LODGE , ___ > . 1511 , THE MORNINGTON LODGE , NO . 1672 , THE CRUSADERS LODGE , NO . 1677 , AND PERSEVERANCE LODGE , NO . 1743 , HOLD THEIR MEETINGS AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT . GOOD COOKING . FINE WINES , MODERATE CHARGES , The -Edison Electric Light . TARIFF on APPLICATION to Bro . A . BEG-BIE .

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STARANDGAETERHOTEL, KEWBRIDGE, BROTHER JOHN BRILL , PROPRIETOR . rilHUl accommodation at this Popular Establishment for X MASONIC LODGES A !* D CHAPTERS Will be found of tho most complete and perfect character . THE LODGE ROOMS ARE COMMODIOUS AND WELL APPOINTED . THE BANQUET HALL WILL SEAT GVER 100 GUESTS . The Culinary Arrangements embrace every modern feature . Special d .. cU . itic . for . ' . tcbVwg | . reahfa . ts , Mantes , Concert ., * t > alls , anb _ il . _ tnt . tg parties . The Stock oi' -VISES comprises all Ihe BEST KNOW .. Ii BANDS , and will he i ' oiiii-1 in PEUFEtT CONDITION . PRIVATE ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES . GOOD STABLING . CARRIAGES . WAGONETTES . BRAKES , & .. ON HIRE . Scale of Charges and further particulars on application . THE HOT .... ALFRED LODGE , CirrswicK LODGK , CHISWICK HARK LODGE , IlO-AL . . AND CHARITY LoDGF ., I-OSE OF DENMARK CltAnKR , Si . _\ IAE 1 *' S CHAPTKB , AND ROYAL AI . FKED LODGE OF IxsTRictiow , HOLD THEIR __ IEKIIITG 3 AT THIS ZSIABLISH-MEJfl .

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The Revised Book of Constitutions ; Critically Considered and Compared with the Old Edition . London : Simpkin , Marshall & Co . 4 Stationers' Hall Court , E . C . Sent on receipt of stamps , One Shilling , by W W . Morgan , -Freemason ' s Chronicle Office , Belvidere Works , Hermea Hill , Pentonville .

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Brother Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., P. Prov. Grand Master Of West Yorks.

BROTHER SIR HENRY EDWARDS , BART ., C . B ., P . PROV . GRAND MASTER OF WEST YORKS .

TN our last issue reference was briefly made to tho departure from our ranks of one who for a long series of years had filled a hi gh

ancl important sphere in the Masonio Fraternity , a . well as in those positions whioh naturally belong to a country gentleman and landowner . Few men have taken a more active part in public affairs , and the life so usefully spent for , at any rate half a century , has closed amidst universal expressions of regret . Our deceased

brother for more than forty years represented Yorkshire constituencies in the House of Commons , and the result of his labours forms no blank page on the Statute-book of the realm . As Justice of the Peace for his Division of the premier county , as foreman of the Grand Jury at the county assizes , as High Sheriff of Yorkshire , and

in ofcher capacities he was equally assiduous ; whilst be was ever foremost in local and parochial matters , expending his time , money , and influence in the promotion and management of institutions calculated to promote some good and benevolent Object . He was , moreover , the founder of the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry ,

of which he was appointed captaiu in 1843 , and we are told b y those who knew him best how highly his hearty , though costl y , service had endeared him to that fine body of men . Iu all relations of life he was deservedly beloved , and his removal by the hand of Death has left a gap which it will not be easy to fill , We have often had

occasioa to refer to the great and useful part whioh our deceased brother took in the Craft , attending with zeal and discretion to the administration of the business of his Province , whioh comprises no fewer than sixty-nine Lodges . The records published in the pages of the FI -E EMASON ' S CHEO , . ICWS reveal how constant he was in his

attendance , not merely ab the meetings of Prov . Grand Lodge , bufc at many of the gatherings in various parts of the West Riding which came under his immediate surveillance ; and perhaps nowhere will his genial presence be more sorely missed than at the gatherings of tho " mystic tie , " whereat his kindly words of counsel and encourage .

ment so frequently fell on admiring and appreciative ears . Only about eighteen months ago the hon . baronet was compelled , throngh failing health , to resign his appointment as Prov . Grand Master , the first Mason on whom the Graud Master conferred thafc dignity ; and his place has been supplied by the election to thab

high office of Bro . T . W . Tew , of Poutet ' nicfc . The heartiness with which he entered into the duties of his Masonio profession was not less ardent than that which characterised his other positions of responsibility , and won for him the heartfelt and sincere admiration of the whole of the brethren , nofc only in his

Province , but the Craffc in general , amongst whom his name was as " a household word . " Our beloved brother , who had been ailing for some time , passed peacefully away afc his residence , Pye Nest , Halifax , on the 23 rd ultimo , he being then in the seventy-fourth year of his age . Although it appears

to have been his wish , and than of his famil y , thafc the obsequies should take as quiefc and unostentatious a form as possible , it was only natural thafc those by whom he had been so long surrounded , and who had learned to appreciate his high and genuine qualities , shonld manifest a desire to pay a lasfc

tribute of affectionate respect to thoir lost friend , neighbour , and benefactor . Muffled peals wero tolled from the churches ou the morning of the funeral , whilst flags were fl ying at half-mast over all the public and other buildings iu Halifax . All classes of fche community seemed to evince a desire to show some tribute of respect to

ono who bad lived and grown old amongst , them ; and there were not a few amongst those who had experienced the true Masonic maxim he ever practised , that Charity is twice blessed , both to him who gives ancl to him who receives . The procession was marshalled in the town about nine o ' clock , the various contingents taking up

positions on the road leading to Pye Nest , ready to fall into tho places allotted to them . The Loyal Gregorean Society , tbe Halifax and Calder Agricultural Association , the Conservative Associations , the Mayor and Corporation , the Rifle and Artillery Volunteer - ., and the Yeomanry Cavalry , all took part iu tho cortege ; whilst

the brethren ol tho Province , who mustered in gr ^ at force at the Masonic Hall , each wearing a spri g of acacia as a button-hole , formed a conspicuous f .-a'ure in the mournful pageant . As the bier was borne by loving hands from the famil y mansion and placed upon the hearse , the band of the Second West

Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers played the Dead March in Saul , and tho procession moved away in the direction of King Cross , ami . Ist a throng of thousands of sympathetic spectators , who lined the way with heads uncovered for a considerable distance . All thu shops were closed en route , and the windows of private houses bad tho

blinds drawn in token of respect . After the cortc .. f .. llow-.. l fche friends and representatives of the public b "lies in which Sir Henry liad taken an active and life . lout ; interest , th- proc * e * .-. ii .. i extendi" " for half a mile or more . The Prov . Gr . ml Lod _< e waa represented as follows—Bros . T . W . Tew ( Pontefract . ) R . W . p rov . G . M ., Henry

Smith ( Bradford ) W . D . P . G . M ., Thos . Hill P . P . G . W . ( Mayor of Bradford ) , J . R . Armytage ( Bradford ) P . P . G . W , B . Brought ... ( Bradford ) P . P . G . W ., J . Ambler ( Bradford ) , Thos . H . Holmes ( Baildon ) , Herbert G . E . Green ( Wakefield ) 1 'rov . G . Sec , John Word-. wo . th ( Wakefield ) P . P . J . W ., Capt . H . Stansfeld ( Wakefield ) , J . W . Monok-

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