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SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 2 , 1901 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Tne Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 6 th instant , at the usual , hour of 6 p . m Doubtless a vote of condolence with his Majesty King Edward VII . on the lamented death of her Gracious

Majesty Queen Victoria , and of congratulation to his Majesty on his accession to the throne will be proposed by the Grand First Principal in the chair , but the paper of Agenda was issued before the death occurred , and , therefore , we can only surmise that this will be done .

As regards the business to be transacted , there is nothing to engage the attention of Grand Chapter beyond the report of the Committee of General Purposes , which contains , among other recommendations , one to the effect that a warrant be granted for a

chapter to be attached to the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 1817 , Shoeburyness , and to be called the St . Andrew ' s Chapter . This will augment the number of chapters in Essex , under the rule of Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Superintendent , to 14 .

* * * It is also stated that a petition has been received from the officers and members of the Western Australian Royal Arch chapter formerly attached to the Fremantle Lodge , No . 1033 , and now announcing itself

as the Supreme Grand Chapter of Western Australia , praying to be recognised as a regular and independent Sovereign body ; and the Committee "having very fully considered the petition , recommend that the prayer be not granted . " We are disposed to

assume that as Grand Lodge has recognised the Grand Lodge of Western Australia , Supreme Grand Chapter will in due course accord recognition to the body charged with supreme authority over Royal

Arch Masonry in the Colony , but at the present time the petition appears to be a little premature , and we think it would have been wiser had it deferred its request until it had a few chapters on . its roll to preside over .

While on the subject 01 Royal Arch Masonry , it may not be out of place to recall to the attention of our readers certain remarks that from time to time have been made as to the disproportion that exists between the number of Craft Masons and that ol

brethren who have been exalted to the Royal Arch , the disproportion being all the more noticeable from the fact that , according to the Book of Constitutions , "the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch" is included in " pure Antient Masonry , " as " declared

and pronounced " by the " Solemn Act of Union ol 1813 . We have recently had the opportunity of glancing through the " Masonic Calendar and Year Book" for the Province of Hertfordshire for the

current year , and from this we learn that while the Province contains 24 Craft lodges with an aggregate membership of 922 , the chapters on its roll are only eight in number , and with only 156 subscribing companions all told .

The Grand Superintendent of West Yorkshire Comp . the Right Hon . VV . L . Jackson , M . P ., un < j his able second in command ( Comp . Richard Wilson Prov . G . H . ) have for some time past been impressing upon their Province the advisability of giving greatei

encouragement to the Royal Arch , or rather of encouraging Craft Masons to offer themselves more reacjil ) as candidates for exaltation , and they havo been doing this on the very ground we have just slated—thai the Royal Arch is an integral part of " pure Antient

Masonry " according to the Union of 1813 . In West Yoikshirc tht * . Roya ! Arch , relatively to Craft Masonry , is about as strong as it is anywhere in the country , there being 45 chapters to 82 lodges , while the proportion of subscribing members is about one to three .

Comps . Jackson and Wilson maintain that in the circumstances this is not enough , and that certainly the proportion , at the very least , should be one to two . Other Grand Superintendents and prominent Royal Arch Masons take pretty much tho same view .

Masonic Notes.

But here in Hertfordshire , which is very far from being wanting in zeal for Masonry , there are only eight chapters to 24 lodges , and but 156 Companions to 922 Craft Masons ; or , in other words , the chapters are only one-third in number of the lodges , and the number of subscribing Companions , as

compared with the Craft Masons , about one-sixth . There is evidently room for increase here , especially when we find there are such lodges as the Berkhamp stead , No . 504 , with 57 members ; the Gresham , No . 86 9 , with 37 members ; the King Harold , No . 1327 , with 100 members , and , others which have no chapters attached to them .

* * * Almost precisely the same remarks will apply to the Province of Kent . According to the Calendar , just issued , for the current year , the Province contains 65 lodges , with an aggregate subscribing membership of 4550 , while the number of Royal Arch chapters is

only 29 , and the total of subscribing j companions only just exceeds 760 . In other words , though the proportion of chapters to lodges falls not far short of one to two , that of R . A . companions to Craft Masons is about one to six . Clearly there is plenty of room in Kent , as in Hertfordshire , for improvement in this matter .

* » » There appears to be no end to the losses by death which the Craft has been experiencing for a long time past , and to the list of those whose demise we have had the mournful duty of chronicling in these columns must now be added the name of Bro . Sir John W .

Maclure , Bart ., M . P ., whom her late Majesty created a baronet on New Year ' s Day , 1898 , and who was appointed J . G . D . of Grand Lodge in 1893 . Our deceased brother will always be remembered for the signal services he rendered to Lancashire in connection with the Cotton Famine , when , largely through his exertions , about a million and three-quarters sterling

was raised for the relief of the distressed Lancashire operatives , who were thrown out of work by the stoppage of the cotton supply caused by the Civil War in the United States from 1861 to 1865 . We offer our respectful condolence to the family and friends of our late brother , a record of whose services to Masonry will be found in another column .

» * We are pleased to hear that Bro . James Terry has made further considerable progress in organising the Board of Stewards for the approaching Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ,

and that already not far short of 450 ladies and brethren have volunteered their services on the occasion . We trust this number will be largely increased between now and the day fixed for the celebration .

* * * It is much to be regretted that already quite a number of addresses from private lodges and other bodies should have been sent to Osborne for presentation to the King on the occasion of the demise of her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria . No possible objection could , or is ever likely to , be raised to

resolutions of condolence being passed by private Masonic bodies , and ordered to be recorded on the minutes , but there , having regard to the enormous amount of labour involved in acknowledging these addresses on the part of odicials who have already more work than they know how to cope with , we think the matter should rest .

* * We announced last week that a Special Communication of Grand Lodge will be held on some date , which has yet to be fixed , for the purpose of passing resolutions ( 1 ) of condolence with the King on the lamented death of his august mother , Queen Victoria ,

and ( 2 ) of congratulation to his Majesty on ascending the throne of his ancestors . We all know that Grand Lodge is composed , not only of the Present and Past Grand Officers , but also of the Masters , Wardens , and Past Masters of all the private lodges under its jurisdiction ; and it appears to be quite unnecessary

that the private lodges should repeat individually what they have already done collectively as constituent parts of Grand Lodge . Moreover , there is a certain etiquette to be observed in these matters , and addresses to the King should be forwarded cither

through the Home Secretary , or , if sent Masonically , through the Grand Secretary , who , by Article 218 of the Book of Constitutions , in all ' * business concerning Masons or Masonry " is the official channel of communication between the Grand Master and the Craft .

» We were in error in our Note of last week in announcing that the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , did not intend holding the customary banquet on the

occasion of the installation on Tuesday , the 12 th instant , of the W . M . for the ensuing year . We had information to that effect ; but the banquet will be held as usual , as the arrangements for the late Queen ' s funeral will have been carried out .