Grand Lodge, Next Week.

Grand' Treasurer is at present a matter of doubt . There is one distinguished Mason—Bro . George Everett—whose name is certain to be submitted , but whether his will be the only nomination time alone

can prove . Bro . Everett has a very strong body of supporters , so strong indeed as to fully justify the hope that he will be allowed to go to the poll alone , if it be correct to describe an unopposed election as an absolute polling . But on this point it is yet early

to make a reliable forecast . We should very much like to hear Bro . Everett alone proposed for this distinguished position , not only because it would be paying an especial compliment to a worthy Brother , but because we think that in manv wavs he has

claims on the Craft which should secure for him special recognition at the hands of its members . If , however , there be any other nominations , then we can but express the wish that the contest will be conducted on truly Masonic lines , and that in the end

the election will be carried through with the same good feeling as has marked the contests of past years . In regard to the other matters to be brought before Grand Lodge , we would refer our readers to the copy of the Agenda which appears in another part of our

present issue . There is nothing of particular importance , or which calls for special comment , unless we may offer a friendly word of warning to the heads of the Order to beware how they accept too many

portraits of living dignitaries of the Craft , lest some day they find themselves in the awkward predicament of being unable to refuse , when they wish to do so , on account of past precedents . We have no objection to the adornment of the walls of Grand Lodge premises

with portraits of distinguished Craftsmen , but m such matters it is generally found more desirable to make the portraits mementoes of departed worthies , rather than create jealousies among living ones by hanging representations of the few who have power or influence enough at headquarters to secure a favourable reception .

Biography Of Bro. John Entick.

BIOGRAPHY OF BRO . JOHN ENTICK .

JOHN ENTICK ( 1703 ? -l 773 ) , Schoolmaster and Author , residing at . St . Dunstan ' s , Stepney , was probably born about 1703 . Accord in cr to the Address , December 1770 , prefixed to his new Latin and English Dictionary , 1771 , he was ten years at College , and must

have commenced teaching about 1720 . His first publication , the " Speculum Latinum , " was in 1728 . "To make Latin neither tedious nor obscure , " on a system tried by him , -with success , when it was his lot to be perplexed with a very dull boy . In this work he made known that he was

ready to print the " Evidences of Christianity from the great Huetius , Ensebius , " & c , if encouraged ; and in 1729 , he styled himself , on its title-page , Student of Divinity . In 1736 he issued a proposal , which fell through , to print " Chaucer , " in two vols , folio , with explanatory notes ; and

there and thenceforth he put M . A . after his name , though there is no evidence where he obtained his degree . In 1754 he published his " Phaedni , " with accounts and notes . In 1755 , he agreed with Shebbear and Jonathan Scott to write for their anti-ministerial paper , " The Monitor , "

appearing every Saturday , at a salary of £ 200 a year ; and his attacks on the Government , in Nos . 358 , 360 , 378 , 378 and 380 , caused his house to be entered and his papers seized , under a general warrant , in November 1762 . He sued the authorities for illegal seizure over this , claiming

£ 2000 damages , and obtained a verdict for £ 300 in 1765 . He published in 1755 a " New Naval History , " with lives and portraits , dedicated to Admiral Vernon . Ho married a widow in 1760 , losing her the same year ; and in 1763 he published a " General History of the Late War . " In 1764

he issued his " Spelling Dictionary , ' each edition of which comprised twenty thousand copies . In 1766 he brought out an edition of Maitland ' s "Survey of London , " with additions . In 1771 appeared his New Latin and English Dictionary , and an English Grammar ; and he is likewise credited with a Ready Reckoner , some pamphlets on Free-

Biography Of Bro. John Entick.

masonry , and a share both in the new " Week ' s Preparation , " and the new "Whole Duty of Man . " Altogether , as his own address ( snpra ) puts it , ho was engaged for a half century , either as Tutor , Schoolmaster , Writer , or Corrector of the Press , labouring incessantly , chiefly for

Dilly . He died at Stepney ( where he was buried ) on the 22 nd May 1773 , being about seventy years of age . He left a large work in four vols ., "The Present State of the British Empire , " helped by other hands , nearly ready , which was brought out in 1774 , In 1776 appeared a new

edition of his " Survey and History of London , " with his portrait , from a picture , by Burgess , in clerical dress , as frontispiece ; and Crackelt and others have edited his Dictionaries repeatedly , down to 1836 . In "Lyson ' s Environs , " by error , his name is printed Entinck .

"Howell ' s State Trials , " xix . col . 1027 , et seq . "Entick ' s Latin Dictionary , " 1771 ; " Gigoux ' s Child ' s Best Instructor , " 5 th ed . ; " Watt's Bibl . Brit . " ; " Lyson ' s

Environs of London" ( 1795 edition ) , iii . 437 , 457-" Bromley ' s Catalogue "; " Nichols ' s Illustr . Lit ., " v . 803 ; "Lady ' s Magazine , " 1763 , O . H . —National Biographical Dictionary .

Do Something For Masonry.

DO SOMETHING FOR MASONRY .

There is no society on the face of the earth that will flourish unless the members thereof take a lively interest in it , and seek to advance its well-being by well directed effort . How long would our political parties , our church organizations , or any other society last , if the individual members thereof were half-hearted and took little

or no interest in them beyond routine dut y ? A certain amount of enthusiasm is needed , and the sublime principles of Freemasonry are of such a nature as call for the exercise of the better part of man ' s nature in doing good to others ,

and in himself leading a good , a true , and useful life , and being a true and upright Mason . Masonry expands tho mind , and strengthens the desire found within the breast of man to lead a life of moral rectitude , keeping ever before

him the fact that he is , at all times , under the sleepless eye of the great Architect of the Universe . Let each individual Mason take an interest in the society , and do

something for its benefit . Especially let the life of every Brother be such that will teach impressive lessons of honesty , purity , and brotherly love to those still outside its pale . —Keystone .

S . Palmer and G . S . Andrews were presented with their certificates . A most interesting paper on " The Early History of Masonry " was read by the W . M ., and wan listened to with much attention by the brethren present .

At the monthly meeting of the Earl of Lsicester Lodge , held ou the evening of the 12 th inst ., Bro . A . Goddard W . M . presiding , Bro . George S . Andrews was duly invested by the W . M . as Organist to tbe Lodge , and Bro . JP .

Obituary.

Obituary .

IT is with deep regret that we have to record the death of W . Bro . A . Ferguson McGill P . M . Zetland 1311 ( Leeds ) , and P . P . G . D . West Yorkshire , which occurred on Friday , the 21 st inst . It was a sad circumstance that Bro . McGill's death occurred during the installation proceedings

of his Lodge , his death taking place just about the time he should have been proposing the health of the Immediate Past aud Installing Master . His death will cause a serious blank amongst the Leeds Freemasons , by whom he was universally respected . The deceased gentleman was for a longr time connected with tbe Leeds General Infirmarv , at

first as resident medical officer , and afterwards as honorary assistant-surgeon . He was also an honorary surgeon at the Leeds Dispensary , and carried on his duties there with the greatest enthusiasm and energy . Bro . McGill ' s reputation as an operating surgeon was not confined to Leeas ,

but extended to London and America . He had had a brilliant career , and at the time of his death was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons , and Professor of Anatomy , and Professor of Surgery , at the Yorkshire College . The news of Bro . McGill ' s death will be received with sincere regret .