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Masonic Notes .

The sympathy which will be felt for our gracious and venerable Sovereign in the latest of the many griefs with which she has been visited , will be deep and general among all classes of her subjects . On Monday

m ght at the Castle of Rosenau , her Majesty ' s second son , his Royal Highness Prince Alfred , Duke of Saxe-Coburg . dotha , but known in the land of his birth as 'he Duke of Edinburgh , who had been in bad health

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for some time past , died suddenly of paralysis of the heart . His Royal Highness who was born on the 6 th August , 1844 , and was , therefore , within a week of completing his 56 th year , succeeded as reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , on the death of his uncle ,

Duke Ernest , elder brother of the late Prince Consort , in 1 S 93 . Early in 1874 , the Duke married the Grand Duchess Marie , only daughter of the late Czar Alexander II ., by whom he had one son , who pre-deceased him , and four daughters , who survive him , and of

whom two are married . This is the third of her children whose ; death it has been the sad fate of the Queen to mourn , but in this , as in all her previous trials , her Majesty will have the consolation of

knowing that the sympathy she has ever shown for the suffering and afflicted among her own subjects is most fully reciprocated by them . May the G . A . O . T . U . give her Majesty strength to bear this additional bereavement .

* » » The regular convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 1 st instant ^ under thc presidency of Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., as M . E . Grand Z ., the chairs of H . and J . being

occupied by Comps . Thomas Fenn and T . L . Wilkinson , respectively . There was the usual moderate attendance , and the paper of Agenda—as published in our issue of last week—was promptly disposed of , there being , in addition , a vote of condolence passed with

H . R . H . the Grand First Principal , on the death of his brother , the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha . » » * The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their

regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the Sth instant , when the usual business will be disposed of , and such petitions as have been presented since the July meeting will be considered and dealt with on their merits .

* We have received a copy of the Transactions of the Lodge of Research , No . 2429 , Leicester , for the year 1899-1900 , and shall publish a short review of the contents at an early date . In the meantime we have

much pleasure in endorsing the opinion recently ex pressed by Bro . W . J . Hughan in this journal as to the merits of the several papers contained in the Transactions . Bro . Hughan has spoken not only with no uncertain sound upon this point , but also without the slightest exaggeration . * » »

We published last week quite a number of letters On Royal Arch Masonry , all of them being more or less relevant to the points raised by Bro . May , to whom , therefore , oelongs the credit of having initiated one of the most interesting , and , in its way , one of the

most important discussions ever carried on in the columns of a Masonic journal . We are not a little surprised at this . Royal Arch Masonry , as is made manifest by the baldness of the proceedings in Supreme Grand Chapter , does not , as a rule , attract

to itself much attention . It is only here and therein West Yorkshire and occasionally in a few other Provinces—that the leaders of Masonic opinion condescend to notice this important- branch of Constitutional Masonry , and it is only by constantly

hammering away at the subject that even these are successful in rousing Masons from this state of apathy in respect of the Royal Arch . We do not mind how long the discussion is continued , provided only that the result is the infusion of a little life and energy into the proceedings of our chapters .

We need not go further than the Mark Degree for evidence of what the disphy of a little zeal and energy will effect in advancing the prosperity of a Masonic body . Thc Mark is not recognised as being part of pure and antient Masjnry as defined by the Articles

of Union of 1813 , an attempt to introduce it into the scheme of degrees so recognised—though it succeeded in United Grand Lodge in the liist instance—having been signally defeated in 1856 , through the action of the then M . W . G . Master , Ihe Right Hon . the Earl of

Zetland . On the failure of this attempt the leaders of Mark Masonry sjt up a Grand Lodge of their own with a strictly constitutional Masar . in the person of Lord Leigh as its first Grand Mas : er . Since then , but

more especially from the date of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ' s acceptance of the office of M . W . Grand Mark Master , the Degree has gone on increasing and multiplying , so that at the present lime it is one of the mo : > t nourishing Masonic organisations in England . * * * This prcgress , however , is the result of energy , not 0 ! apathy , and the energy has been shown nut so much

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by the private lodges , which , though they have not been wanting in activity and zeal , have been content to follow the Grand Lodge , which has rightly considered it to be its chief duty to take the lead in all matters appertaining to Mark Masonry . In our

humble opinion , Royal Arch Masonry will become prosperous when the powers that be see fit to bestir themselves . No real progress will be made until Supreme Grand Chapter has seen its way to do more than a little routine work once in every three months .

* We learn with regret that Earl Egerton of Tatton is said to be on the eve of resigning the office of Prov . Grand Master of Cheshire , which he has held with such honour to himself and such signal advantage to the Province since the close of 1886 . During the

period that has since elapsed , Cheshire has made very material progress , not only in the matter of mere numbers , but likewise in all that tends to give strength and influence to a Province . When his lordship was appointed successor to the late Lord de Tabley , Cheshire had a muster roll of 40 lodges : now , according

to Grand Lodge Calendar for the current year , it can boast of 53 , the following being the 13 lodges that have been constituted under his auspices , namely : the Alan , No . 2368 , Alderley Edge ; the Hilbre , No 2375 , Hoylake , and the Clarence , No . 2386 , Chester , in the year 1 S 90 ; the Avondale , No . 2389 , Middlewich , in 1891 : the Minerva , No . 2433 , Connah ' s-

Quay , in 1892 ; the Wirral , No . 2496 , Birkenhead , in 18 93 ; the Travellers , No . 2609 , Chester , and the New Brighton , No . 2619 , in 1 S 96 ; the Liscard , No . 2657 , the Buckingham and Chandos , No . 266 7 , Rockferry , the Wythenshawe , No . 2688 , Northenden , and the West Kirby , No . 26 90 , all in 18 97 ; and the Assheton-Egerton , No . 2793 , Altrincham , in 1899 .

* * . * The following facts still further illustrate the progress which Cheshire has made during the 14 years Lord Egerton has presided over it as Prov . G . Master . In 1888 , the Province figured among the contributors to the Girls' Centenary , the total of its subscriptions

being . 6459 . In 1891 , it took a leading part at the memorable Boys' School Festival , which was celebrated at Brighton under the presidency of the late Earl of Lathom , M . W . Pro G . M ., Prov . G . M . of West Lancashire , the amount of its contributions being £ 1050 . The following year it raised ^ 19 88 for the Benevolent Jubilee . In 18 95 , when his lordship

presided as Chairman at the Boys' School Festival , Cheshire was to the fore with a sum of contributions amounting to ^ 2000 , while at the Boys' Centenary in 18 9 8 it raised . £ 2753 for the Institution , his lordship both on this occasion and at the Girls' Centenary , himself heading the contingent of Stewards from his Province .

• * * Be it added , that it was under Lord Egerton ' s auspices that the Cheshire Benevolent Institution , which was started with a capital of some £ 3000 , was established , the object of the local Charity being to provide annuities of moderate amount for aged and necessitous Cheshire brethren and their widows . It

is thus that Cheshire has progressed under the wise and genial government of the Earl Egerton of Tatton , and it is for this reason that we have heard of his lordship ' s contemplated retirement from office . He succeeded a stiong Mason in the person of the late Lord de Tabley , and it will be no easy task to find one worthy to occupy his post .

We have received a copy of the minutes of two meetings of the Provincial Priory of the Order of the Temple for Burma , which were held under the presidency of Sir Knight J . Copley Moyle , Prov . Sub-Prior in charge , at the Masonic Hall , Moulmein , on the nth November , 1899 , and the ' ° th F ' ebruary , 1900 ,

respectively . On neither occasion was there more tlun a very moderate attendance and the principal consala . lion we have derived from reading the proceedings is that the Provinc i al Priary is , fin incially , in an easy position , with a balance to the good of 178 Rupees .

Officers for the ensuing year were appointed at the February meeting , and it was left to Sir Knight Moyle to nuke any representation he might think proper on the subject of the appointment of a successor to the late Sir Knight McLeod , as Provincial Prior .

At the recent annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Onurio ) , Bro . E . T , Milone was succeeded as M . W . G . Master b y Bro . R . Hungerford , and Bro . Hungerford , as Dep . G . Master , by Bro . John E . Harding , Q . C . It is worthy of note that both the new G . Master and Dep . ( i . Master , are

Past ( I ' r . ind First Principals of the Grand Chapter . At the same meeting the eminent services rendered by Bro . J . Ross Robertson , M . W . Past ( I . Master , morj particularly in compiling a History of Freemasonry in Canada , were appropriately recognised by his

appointment to the honorary position ot Historian 01 the ( Irand Lodge . We congratulate oar distinguished brother on ( he honour thus p . iid to him for the S 3 rvices he has rendered to Freemasonry in the Province of Ontario and generally .