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Cheshire.
CHESHIRE ,
SUPPLEMENTARY to our . Jast . week's brief report of , the annual meeting . of this Provincial s Grand Lodge , held at San ' dbach , oh the 29 th ult ., we are pleased to add the following further particulars of the work done : . The Committee of Benevolence reported that the funds
of the Province are in a healthy condition , and „ that the fees and dues payable b y Lodges show an increase over last year . The balance standing to the credit of the Provincial Grand Lodge is £ 233 , of which £ 121 is credited to general jpufposes , and £ " 112 to the Fund of Benevolence . The Committee had
five '' petitions for relief during the year , and granted out of the Fund of Benevolence the sum of £ 40 ..,, The Election Committee had been successful this year in placing two children upon the London Institutions . In addition to the grants made out of the Fund of Benevolence , aged
Freemasons of Cheshire and widows of Freemasons had during the year received in grants from the funds of the R . M . B . I . London the sum of £ 100 . The same Committee , as the Committee of Management of the affairs of the Cheshire
Masonic Benevolent Institution , also presented a report , in which they stated that the funds of the Institution had been this year increased by donations amounting to - £ 186 5 s 8 d . The funds which had been collected for the institution
amount m round numbers to the sum of £ 4 , 309 . The Committee are satisfied with the progress the Institution has made , but they hope that the Brethren will not relax their efforts to still further increase the funds of the Institution , and thereby enlarge its scope and usefulness . ! At the present
time there are seven annuitants on the fund of the Institution , at a cost of £ " 120 . This sum is in excess of the present income from investments , and although the Committee hope to relieve the funds by placing , as opportunity offers , some or other of the annuitants upon the funds of the R . M . B . I , for
Aged . Freemasons and Widows . of Freemasons , it will be seen that further effort is necessary to meet future cases . The Committee of the Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution reported that notwithstanding the strenuous call that was made on the Brethren during the past year to
support the joint festival at Knutsford , the subscriptions and donations , & c , from the Lodges , Chapters , and Brethren amount to £ " 276 for the present year . This sum had been collected through 25 Lodges out of the 4 8 which now exist in the Province . The amount received through the Festival
was £ 323 . . During the past year there were 59 children on the books , whose education and clothing cost the Institution £ " 4 69 . Nine of these children had been taken off their hands during the year , and there were applications from six candidates . The foregoing reports were received , on the
motion of Bro . Clayton , Chairman of the three Committees . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master said it was very gratifying to him personally that he had been asked by the Brethren to , discharge the agreeable duty which now devolved upon him . When , three months ago , an
announcement was made that Her Majesty had been pleased to confer upon Lord Egerton the honour and dignity of an earldom , a thrill of pleasure and satisfaction went at once through their community , and nowhere was that feeling of pleasure more strongly evinced than amongst the members of the Fraternity
in that Province . It was difficult in Lord Egerton ' s presence to even allude to some of the topics which , under other circumstances , it would have been very pleasant to dilate upon , because he knew it would be in the highest degree distasteful to his Lordship if he allowed himself to indulge
in fulsome panegyric on his Lordship ' s great public services , and still more on his private worth and virtues . It was enough to say that those services and virtues were known to and appreciated by them all , and that the honour which had devolved upon his Lordship was merely a fitting reward
for those services . The occasion on which Lord Egerton had received the honour would very materially enhance its value in the eyes of its recipient and those who took an interest in the event . It was a great and glorious and unique occasion , the Diamond Jubilee of the best and most
beloved Sovereign who had ever weiled a sceptre , the completion of sixty years of almost uninterrupted national happiness and prosperity . To receive a honour on such an occasion and as part of the celebration of such events , was a unique honour , and one ,, he thought , unparalleled in the
privileges which it conferred upon its recipient . The duty which he ( Sir Horatio Lloyd ) had to discharge would be best performed in the fewest and simplest words . He , therefore conveyed to Lord Egerton , as he was asked to do , the hearty congratulations of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and
Cheshire.
and of all the Masons of the Province , on the honour which the Provincial Grand Master had so worthily received at the hands of the Queen , by asking his acceptance of an address which had been prepared on their behalf . The Provincial Grand Secretary read the address , of which the following is the text :
Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , f Grand Lodge of the Province of Cheshire . To . the Bight Honourable Wilbraham , Earl Egerton of
Tatton , in the County Palatine of Chester , and Viscount Salford of the County Palatine of Lancaster , Eight Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons of the Province of Cheshire .
.,,. T May it please your Lordship , We , the Deputy Grand Master , Grand Wardens , and Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge , and the Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and members of Lodges within the Province of Cheshire , in Provincial Grand Lodge
assembled this 29 th day of September 1897 , beg permission to tender to . ypur Lordship our most hearty congratulations upon the high honour conferred upon you by Her Most Gracious Majesty -the Queen , on the occasion of the celebration of the Jubilee of Her Majesty ' s long and glorious reign .
. , We are indeed pleased that at the head of our ancient and honourable Fraternity in the Province of Cheshire we have , in the person of your Lordship , one whom his Sovereign has delighted to honour , and it is peculiarly gratifying to us chat the dignity of an Earldom has been annexed to the ancient name so
long honourably borne by your Lordship and your predecessors , and that the public spirit you have shown , and the long , arduous , and . valuable services you have rendered iu the cause of education , agriculture , the Manchester Ship Canal , and other public enterprises , have been such as to gain the approbation and
esteem of Her Most Gracious Majesty , and the bestowal by her upon you of the title of Viscount Salford , of the County Palatine of Lancaster , a dignity which will carry down to posterity your eminent services , and perpetuate your name as one of the pioneers of a great public enterprise .
We humbly pray that the Great Architect of the Universe will endow your Lordship with continued health and strength to enjoy the favour of our beloved Queen , and to continue the valuable work which your Lordship has undertaken , to the benefit of our ancient and honourable Fraternity and the county , and to the advantage of the community generally . *
Signed , on behalf of the Grand Lodge of the Province of Cheshire ,
HORATIO LLOYD Deputy Provincial Grand Master . EICHAED NEWHOUSE P . D . G . Swd . Br . Prov . G . Sec . The Provincial Grand Master was warmly greeted on rising to acknowledge the presentation of the address . He said he felt highly honoured , and words failed him to express
sufficiently his sense of the kind and flattering way in which the Deputy Provincial Grand Master had spoken as the mouthpiece of the Brethren . He felt highly honoured that in this Jubilee year he should have been the recipient of such a special distinction as Her Majesty had been pleased to
confer on him , but that honour had , if possible , been enhanced by the kind and welcome congratulations which he had received from those with whom he had worked during the greater portion of his life , and whose affection and esteem he valued . It had been his privilege to be connected with
Masonry in various capacities for a long time , and he felt deeply the kind expression of approval of the Brethren contained in the address . He remembered being present at the last meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge in Sandbach , which , he was told , was about 35 years ago . Since that
time he had received many kindnesses from the Brethren of the Province , and the address was the crowning monument of their esteem towards him , and as such he valued it most highly . Referring to the working of Masonry in the Province , he found that the Brethren had most nobly
supported the charities during the last five years . Within that period they had not only raised a sum of between £ 4 , 000 and £ 5 , 000 for their own charities , but they had also contributed largely to the great London charities . They had also increased in numbers very considerably . Ten years ago
there were about 40 Lodges , with 1 , 614 members in the Province ; at the present time they had 50 Lodges , with a membership of 2 , 300 , and there were prospects of several other Lodges being consecrated in the Province . He mentioned these facts to show that during the period in
which he had been privileged to preside over the Province , Masonry had not lost ground in Cheshire , as he hoped it never would while he remained in his present position . This year had been eminently associated with the Diamond Jubilee of Her * Majesty , and he cordially concurred in the
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Cheshire.
CHESHIRE ,
SUPPLEMENTARY to our . Jast . week's brief report of , the annual meeting . of this Provincial s Grand Lodge , held at San ' dbach , oh the 29 th ult ., we are pleased to add the following further particulars of the work done : . The Committee of Benevolence reported that the funds
of the Province are in a healthy condition , and „ that the fees and dues payable b y Lodges show an increase over last year . The balance standing to the credit of the Provincial Grand Lodge is £ 233 , of which £ 121 is credited to general jpufposes , and £ " 112 to the Fund of Benevolence . The Committee had
five '' petitions for relief during the year , and granted out of the Fund of Benevolence the sum of £ 40 ..,, The Election Committee had been successful this year in placing two children upon the London Institutions . In addition to the grants made out of the Fund of Benevolence , aged
Freemasons of Cheshire and widows of Freemasons had during the year received in grants from the funds of the R . M . B . I . London the sum of £ 100 . The same Committee , as the Committee of Management of the affairs of the Cheshire
Masonic Benevolent Institution , also presented a report , in which they stated that the funds of the Institution had been this year increased by donations amounting to - £ 186 5 s 8 d . The funds which had been collected for the institution
amount m round numbers to the sum of £ 4 , 309 . The Committee are satisfied with the progress the Institution has made , but they hope that the Brethren will not relax their efforts to still further increase the funds of the Institution , and thereby enlarge its scope and usefulness . ! At the present
time there are seven annuitants on the fund of the Institution , at a cost of £ " 120 . This sum is in excess of the present income from investments , and although the Committee hope to relieve the funds by placing , as opportunity offers , some or other of the annuitants upon the funds of the R . M . B . I , for
Aged . Freemasons and Widows . of Freemasons , it will be seen that further effort is necessary to meet future cases . The Committee of the Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution reported that notwithstanding the strenuous call that was made on the Brethren during the past year to
support the joint festival at Knutsford , the subscriptions and donations , & c , from the Lodges , Chapters , and Brethren amount to £ " 276 for the present year . This sum had been collected through 25 Lodges out of the 4 8 which now exist in the Province . The amount received through the Festival
was £ 323 . . During the past year there were 59 children on the books , whose education and clothing cost the Institution £ " 4 69 . Nine of these children had been taken off their hands during the year , and there were applications from six candidates . The foregoing reports were received , on the
motion of Bro . Clayton , Chairman of the three Committees . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master said it was very gratifying to him personally that he had been asked by the Brethren to , discharge the agreeable duty which now devolved upon him . When , three months ago , an
announcement was made that Her Majesty had been pleased to confer upon Lord Egerton the honour and dignity of an earldom , a thrill of pleasure and satisfaction went at once through their community , and nowhere was that feeling of pleasure more strongly evinced than amongst the members of the Fraternity
in that Province . It was difficult in Lord Egerton ' s presence to even allude to some of the topics which , under other circumstances , it would have been very pleasant to dilate upon , because he knew it would be in the highest degree distasteful to his Lordship if he allowed himself to indulge
in fulsome panegyric on his Lordship ' s great public services , and still more on his private worth and virtues . It was enough to say that those services and virtues were known to and appreciated by them all , and that the honour which had devolved upon his Lordship was merely a fitting reward
for those services . The occasion on which Lord Egerton had received the honour would very materially enhance its value in the eyes of its recipient and those who took an interest in the event . It was a great and glorious and unique occasion , the Diamond Jubilee of the best and most
beloved Sovereign who had ever weiled a sceptre , the completion of sixty years of almost uninterrupted national happiness and prosperity . To receive a honour on such an occasion and as part of the celebration of such events , was a unique honour , and one ,, he thought , unparalleled in the
privileges which it conferred upon its recipient . The duty which he ( Sir Horatio Lloyd ) had to discharge would be best performed in the fewest and simplest words . He , therefore conveyed to Lord Egerton , as he was asked to do , the hearty congratulations of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and
Cheshire.
and of all the Masons of the Province , on the honour which the Provincial Grand Master had so worthily received at the hands of the Queen , by asking his acceptance of an address which had been prepared on their behalf . The Provincial Grand Secretary read the address , of which the following is the text :
Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , f Grand Lodge of the Province of Cheshire . To . the Bight Honourable Wilbraham , Earl Egerton of
Tatton , in the County Palatine of Chester , and Viscount Salford of the County Palatine of Lancaster , Eight Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons of the Province of Cheshire .
.,,. T May it please your Lordship , We , the Deputy Grand Master , Grand Wardens , and Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge , and the Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and members of Lodges within the Province of Cheshire , in Provincial Grand Lodge
assembled this 29 th day of September 1897 , beg permission to tender to . ypur Lordship our most hearty congratulations upon the high honour conferred upon you by Her Most Gracious Majesty -the Queen , on the occasion of the celebration of the Jubilee of Her Majesty ' s long and glorious reign .
. , We are indeed pleased that at the head of our ancient and honourable Fraternity in the Province of Cheshire we have , in the person of your Lordship , one whom his Sovereign has delighted to honour , and it is peculiarly gratifying to us chat the dignity of an Earldom has been annexed to the ancient name so
long honourably borne by your Lordship and your predecessors , and that the public spirit you have shown , and the long , arduous , and . valuable services you have rendered iu the cause of education , agriculture , the Manchester Ship Canal , and other public enterprises , have been such as to gain the approbation and
esteem of Her Most Gracious Majesty , and the bestowal by her upon you of the title of Viscount Salford , of the County Palatine of Lancaster , a dignity which will carry down to posterity your eminent services , and perpetuate your name as one of the pioneers of a great public enterprise .
We humbly pray that the Great Architect of the Universe will endow your Lordship with continued health and strength to enjoy the favour of our beloved Queen , and to continue the valuable work which your Lordship has undertaken , to the benefit of our ancient and honourable Fraternity and the county , and to the advantage of the community generally . *
Signed , on behalf of the Grand Lodge of the Province of Cheshire ,
HORATIO LLOYD Deputy Provincial Grand Master . EICHAED NEWHOUSE P . D . G . Swd . Br . Prov . G . Sec . The Provincial Grand Master was warmly greeted on rising to acknowledge the presentation of the address . He said he felt highly honoured , and words failed him to express
sufficiently his sense of the kind and flattering way in which the Deputy Provincial Grand Master had spoken as the mouthpiece of the Brethren . He felt highly honoured that in this Jubilee year he should have been the recipient of such a special distinction as Her Majesty had been pleased to
confer on him , but that honour had , if possible , been enhanced by the kind and welcome congratulations which he had received from those with whom he had worked during the greater portion of his life , and whose affection and esteem he valued . It had been his privilege to be connected with
Masonry in various capacities for a long time , and he felt deeply the kind expression of approval of the Brethren contained in the address . He remembered being present at the last meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge in Sandbach , which , he was told , was about 35 years ago . Since that
time he had received many kindnesses from the Brethren of the Province , and the address was the crowning monument of their esteem towards him , and as such he valued it most highly . Referring to the working of Masonry in the Province , he found that the Brethren had most nobly
supported the charities during the last five years . Within that period they had not only raised a sum of between £ 4 , 000 and £ 5 , 000 for their own charities , but they had also contributed largely to the great London charities . They had also increased in numbers very considerably . Ten years ago
there were about 40 Lodges , with 1 , 614 members in the Province ; at the present time they had 50 Lodges , with a membership of 2 , 300 , and there were prospects of several other Lodges being consecrated in the Province . He mentioned these facts to show that during the period in
which he had been privileged to preside over the Province , Masonry had not lost ground in Cheshire , as he hoped it never would while he remained in his present position . This year had been eminently associated with the Diamond Jubilee of Her * Majesty , and he cordially concurred in the