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SATURDAY . MARCH . 1804

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We consider the authorities have done wisely in arranging that at the Quarterly Communication on ¦ Wednesday , the 7 th inst ., Grand Lodge shall be opened al 2 p . m . On previous occasions when there has been 1 contest for the office of Grand Treasurer , the Hall

has been so overcrowded , that an overflow meeting was held . On Wednesday next , when the minutes of the last Quarterly Communication have been read and put for confirmation and the Grand Master for the ensuing year has been elected , the contest for the Grand Treasurership will proceed

( ill 7- 'S P- 'i wnen tne ordinary business of Grand Lodge will be resumed . By this arrangement all over-crowding will be avoided and those brethren who do not desire to take part in the usual business will be able to attend , record their votes , and depart with comfort .

* Two points , however , must be borne in mind . Firstly , the poll for the Grand Treasurership will close at 7 . 15 p . m . precisely , after which hour no voting cards will be taken . Secondly , all Masters , Past Masters ,

and Wardens must wear the regulation collar of their respective offices , and every brother so attending must be properly clothed or he will be denied admission into Grand Lodge . * * »

It will be in the recollection of our readers that at the December Communication four brethren were nominated for the office of Grand Treasurer , namely Bro . J . C . Dimsdale , P . M . Grand Master's Lodge , No . 1 ; Bro . Charles William ( Hudson , P . M . Royal

York Lodge , No . 315 , Brighton ; Bro . William Mason Stiles , P . M . Strand Lodge , No . 1987 ; and Bro . William Shurmur , P . M . William Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 , Chingford . Bro . Shurmur , however , has withdrawn his candidature , and thus the contest will be

among Bros . Dimsdale , Hudson , and Stiles . There is everyreasontobelievethatthecontestwill beaclose one , and while there are those among the knowing brethren who believe that Bro . Dimsdale will win , and others that Bro . Hudson will issue from the struggle in the

character of Grand Treasurer-elect , there is yet a third contingent of voters who have an abiding faith in the success of Bro . Stiles . For ourselves , we are under imperative orders on no account to divulge the name of the successful candidate until we know which of the trio has polled the greatest number of votes .

With respect to the ordinary business to be transacted , we notice that there is an appeal against a recommendation contained in the Report of the Board of General Purposes that a W . M . and a P . M . of a certain lodge be suspended from their Masonic functions

for having sanctioned an alleged infraction of Article Mo of the Book of Constitutions . On the merits of this question we offer no opinion , as it is sub jttdice , I here is also another case in which the Board

recommends the suspension of a P . M . of a certain lodge for M offence which is set forth in thej Grand Lodge agenda , but here also and for a similar reason we refrain from any expression of opinion as to the merits ° r demerits of the brother's conduct .

Of the 11 lodges for which the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to grant warrants of constitution s'nee the Quarterl y Communication of Grand Lodge " 1 December last , one ( No . 2500 ) is located in London , ^ i'l'l in the Provinces , and two Abroad . The eight "ew Provincial lodges are located in Cheshire ,

Cum""rland and Westmorland , Essex , Kent , West Lancashire , Northumberland , Surrey , and North and East Yorkshire respectively , while of the two new lodges Abroad , one—No . 2498—has been established in the tiouth African Republic , and the other—No . 2503—in Queensland . We trust they will one and all prove worth y additions to the roll of Grand Lodge .

* * * the result of the lirst of our great Anniversary ' clivals for 18 94 has been satisfactory beyond expectation , It was generally anticipated that the total announced would exceed . £ 10 , , as it has done " wg the last 17 years—with the solitary exception of 93—but we imagine no one dreamt that the

Masonic Notes.

figure would be nearer . £ 13 , 000 th : in £ i 2 , 03 D . This of course , is to be accounted for by the inclusion of the . £ 1260 with which , thanks to the splendid generosity of Bro . George Heaton , of Heckmondwike , the Province of W . Yorkshire has been able to secure a second Perpetual Presentation to the Male Fund ; but even if

we deduct this from the total , there still remains a sum of close upon . £ 11 , 400 as the outcome of the efforts made by the Board of Stewards in their canvass for donations and subscriptions . The announcement augurs well for the success of the two remaining Festivals .

* The ample report we publish elsewhere , with the Stewards' Lists and Analysis , % vill supply the actua l details of the work accomplished , but we may briefly note here that London , with 137 Stewards , furnished

£ 5421 3 s . od ., and the Provinces , with 160 Stewards , ^ 7237 us ., the grand total as raised by a Board of 297 Stewards being . £ 12 , 658 14 s . 6 d . Conspicuous among the Provinces were West Yorkshire , which figures for . £ 183 7 ios ., and Surrey , the Chairman ' s Province , which raised ^ 1385 7 s .

* * It now only remains for us to offer Bro . Col . Money , Prov . G . Master Surrey , who presided , his Province especially , and the Stewards generally , as well as the authorities and well-wishers of the Benevolent Institution , our very sincere congratulations on a result which

is so honourable to all who had a share in bringing it about and will prove so beneficial to the Charity . May the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution never find itself in a position to record a less productive anniversary than that which passed off so admirably on Wednesday !

The Head Master of our Boys' School and his staff are to be most heartily congratulated on the results of the Cambridge Local Examinations just announced . Out of seven boys whose average age is below the minimum age for entrance in the "Seniors '"

Examination , six passed—one with Distinction in arithmetic —and out of 22 entrants in the "Juniors '" Examination , whose average age was only 14 . 3 , 20 passed—one with Distinction in drawing . In this division only two failed , one being but 12 J years old .

Considering the circumstance that the years work was crippled by the enforced additional four weeks ' holiday consequent upon the outbreak of scarlet fever near the School , and that the Head Master was ,

unfortunately , laid aside with that complaint for nearly three months , the results are the more satisfactory , and must be most gratifying to the Board of Management and the subscribers to the Institution .

* * * Whilst noting these successes , it must be remembered that the Board of Management look upon this particular examination as a lest rather than an aim , and the School

course is laid out much more widely than for the Cambridge Locals . The Cambridge Examining Board are going to submit the whole School to examination and inspection in May , when , we have no doubt , a good report will be forthcoming .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

BRO . WATSON'S ADDRESS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In your last week ' s issue appears an address given by myself at Lodge No . 458 , Goole , not Castleford as stated . I regret I was not made aware that the text

was being sent to your paper for publication , as 1 should have desired to express my obligations to Bro . W . J . Hughan for valuable information given to me by him on thesubeject , also to" Kenneth Mackenzie ' sCyclop ; cdia " and to Bro . John Lane ' s " Work on Centenary Lodges , " & c , for other particulars . As Honorary Librarian of

West Yorkshire I succeeded several years ago in obtaining photographs of all the warrants of our 75 lodges . The photograph which I presented to the Goole lodge , Aire and Calder , No . 45 S , on behalf of R . W . Bro . Tew , P . P . G . M . West Yorks ., is the exact si / e of

the burnt original ( by carbon process ) , and contained in a handsome oak frame with suitable inscription . I should strongly recommend all provinces to adopt the course of West Yorkshire and deposit at their headquarters photographs of their lodge warrants , chapter

charters , & c ., so that in the event of such a calamity which occurred at Goole three years ago when all the lodge property , warrant , books , everything was destroyed by fire , an authentic copy of the warrant will be preserved , valuable not only for reference but for its associations . —Yours fraternally , WM . WATSON .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

RCPORTS ^^^^ 3 ilil & ife SEggiuK & j

METROPOLITAN MEETINGS . Constitutional Lodge ( No . ss ) . —The time of the foundation of this lodge dates as far back as 173 ( 1 , and probably during the whole of its long existence the lodge never had so numerous and brilliant a gathering of Masons as was witnessed on the 15 th inst ., when Bro . N . Robinson , L . C . C , was to be installed in the Master's chair .

Bro . Vogt , the Master who was to leave the chair that evening , was a highly popular Master , and he had had a most successful year of office , and a numerous body of friends assembled to see him crown his year of office by installing the new Master . It was no small programme of business that was before the brethren , and to dispatch it in time for them to adjourn for refreshment at a reasonable

hour , the lodge was called for three o ' clock in the afternoon . Such a notice on the summons showed there was something to be done , and those brethren who desired to see the work had to be at the lodge early . Among the brethren who attended were Bros . W . Vogt , W . M . ; T . Echerwone , P . M . ; W . H . Dipstale , P . M . j John Soper , P . M . ; James Cooper , P . M . ; Frank F .

Unite , P . M . ; J . T . Robertson , P . M . ; Nathan Robinson , S . W . ; E . Ferguson , J . W . ; R . P . Atkins , P . M ., Treas . ; W . T . Farthing , P . M ., Sec ; Walter G . Langlands , D . ofC ; F . L . Steil , S . D . j J . W . J acobs , J . D . j James Allward , I . G . j and the following visitors : Bros . C . F . Quicke , P . M . 1531 J . C . Main , P . M . 157 j C . Sauney , 704 J F . G . Baker , 13 G 6 ; R . T . Cummings , W . M . 2427 j

R . Manuel , P . M . 1196 : C . G . Cutler , P . M . 212 ; M . J . Garcia , 2427 j W . J . Bone , [ 70 S ; John Nash , iGGS ; W . G . Lowe , W . M . 1769 j W . D . Walford , I . G . 20541 H . L . Barrett , W . M . 221 S j John Hedges , W . M . 2435 j R . J . Campbell , 14291 R . J . Robertson , 1531 J J . Percy Fitzgerald , P . M . 216 Sj W . J . Mason , P . M . 2150 J F . Arliss , 1194 j W . J . Ferguson , P . M . 177 j C . E . Leek , P . M . 151 j James Kerfoot , 172 ; F . Harleston , 325 j G .

Everett , P . G . Treas . ; J . Rawle , Org ; W . Lewis , 1366 ; Wm . Short , 216 S J E . Styles , I . P . M , 704 ; H . Bangs , W . M . 2246 j J . H . Moggridge , J . W . 1321 ; F . W . Middleditch , 1624 j E . R . Capon , 1549 ; John Rexworthy , P . M . 172 S ; George Rule , 19 S 4 j Alfred W . Larcome , 3 ; F . H . Walmsley , aiGSj R . Glasspool , 723 , 1201 , & c . ; Robert Trotter , 957 j Walter Morrow , 2454 ; H . Ansell ,

1305 j C . S . Lee , W . M . 2455 j W . Mitchell , 1507 j Alfred Mills , 704 j W . T . Baydrop , 19 S 4 ; Sydney Martin , 404 j James F . Percival , 2264 j R . Schreiber , W . M . 2150 j J . Freeman , P . M . 1399 j Wm . Lawrence , J . W . 2168 j C . W . Mayo , J . W . 1 G 3 G ; H . Dowding , 145 ; M . Dowding , 145 ; S . Garcia , P . M . 1420 J J . H . Hambleton , W . M . 1319 ; A . Piper , I . P . M . 177 ; Henry Radcliff , P . M . 858 ,

P . G . S . j S . R . Lamble , P . M . 27 ; M . Tirprell , 1305 ; N . Salmon , I . P . M . 2426 J Frank Sheffield , W . M . 2029 } Alfred Wood , J . D . 2426 J George E . Fairchild , P . M . 1196 ; J oseph Burgess , 27 j J . M . McLeod , P . P . S . G . W . Derby , Sec . R . M . I . B . j John L . Mather , P . A . G . D . C . ; Stephen H . Moore , P . M . ; C . R . Alder Wright , P . M . 1691 ; W . J . Rowe , W . M . 2021 ; J . W . Dixon , P . M . 27 ; A . Boden ,

I . G . 216 S ; John J . Geisel , 2020 J George T . Cox , 3 ; George Phillip , 2168 j James A . Hamilton , 1319 J Wm . Moma , W . M . 216 S ; Thos . Parker , I . G . 2271 j H . G . Jay , 174 j W . Gayton , P . M . 1 G 07 J J . B . Everett , 7 S 0 j C . Hamilton , S 60 ; Ernest Collard , P . M . W . M . 19 J Thos . Shillitoe , J . W . 100 S ; F . E . Everard , W . M . S 71 ; F . Sharman Dates , 1216 j Chas . Challen , P . M . 3 j

W . J . Grummett , P . M . 13 ; James Addington , P . M . 217 ; A . J . Turner , 17 G 7 ; W . H . Walkley , 1 G 22 ; George S . Elliott , P . M . 749 , P . P . G . D . C . Middx . ; H . Massey , 160 , P . M . Gigand 1928 j H . A . Hetherington , I . D . 957 j J , Cohen , 205 j G . Collins , 511 j J . H . Hewett , 1828 ; F . F . Scrisby , 795 j J . Wm . Smith , 21 GS ; Richard Eve , P . O . Treas . ; H . Cousens , 172 ; T . C . Thomson , 17 G 9 J

Robert Foskett , 1625 ; J . M . Buckley , P . M . 1320 ; H . G . M . White , 9 ; T . Staines , P . M . 174 j Charles W . Cunningham , 1612 ; M . T . Hawkin , 704 ; F . W . Fay , 9 S 4 ; W . Humphreys , 21 GS ; J . E . Bennett , 902 ; R . H . Booth , 216 S ; J . Demetrius , 216 S j Charles Taylor , 21 GS j John bandon , 704 J W . L . Barrett , 1319 ; Fred . C . Finch , 1901 ; T . Physickj John Eccleston Gibb , 216 S J E . F . James , 216 S J and iRobert Grice , 1390 .

Bro . Vogt , W . M ., passed Bros . John Spelthman and John Law , and , after some other business had been transacted , installed Bro . Nathan Robinson as W . M . The list of officers was as follows : Bros . W . Vogt , l . P . M . j E . Freeman , S . W . ; J . O . Jacobs , J . W . ; R . P . Atkins , P . M ., Treas . j W . '!' . Farthing , P . M ., Secj L . Steil , S . D . ; I . Allward , J . D . ; W . G . Langlands , I . G . j C . L .

GiVks , D . C . ; and Henry Thomas , lyler . Bro . Vogt performed the whole of his work in a most impressive manner , and was heartily applauded after he had delivered the last charge . But there was more work yet to do , and a lodge consisting of 160 brethren witnessed it . Bro . Vogt was presented with a well-deserved , handsome Past Master's jpwel by the W . M ., and the W . M . initiated his own son , Mr .

George Albert Robinson , and Mr . Clement Stewart as members of the Order . This work was also admirably done by both the W . M . and his officers , the style being a happy augury of a worthy succession to the memorable year of Bro . Vogt . A great portion ot the pride of this old lodge is derived from the fact that all its Masters arc initiates of the Constitutional , as the lodge has no joining members .

At the banquet which followed the working of the lodge , the usual toasts were proposed , and an attractive selection of vocal and instrumental mujic was performed , under the direction of Bro . Percy Fitzgerald , P . M ., P . / .., with Bro . Tom Physick at the pianolorte , by Bros ., Maldwin Humphreys , Robert Grice , Will . Edwards , ] . E . Hambleton , W . M . 1310 j W . L . Barrett , J . A . Hamilton , Walter

Morrow , P . M . 742 j William Short , li . F . James , and R . H . Booth . Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . T ., responding to Ihe toast , of " The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " said he had heard of the W . M ., Bro . Nathan Robinson , as a thoroughly Constitutional man , long before he knew him ,