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Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE .
The Ouarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge on Wednesda }' , was , as usually happens at this season of the year , very numerously attended and the proceedings passed off most satisfactorily . The contest for the Grand Treasurership for the ensuing twelve months terminated in favour of Bro . Daniel Murray , P . M . No . 1335 , Wigan , by a substantial majority over
his competitor , Bro . J . S , Cumberland , of the Province of North and East Yorkshire and London , and at the Grand Festival next month Bro . Murray will have the honour of being invested with the insignia of this much-coveted
office . As regards the motion submitted by the M . W . Grand Master in the chair , to the effect that a sum equal to six months of his salary be paid from the fund of General Purposes to the account at the Bloomsbury Branch of the London and Westminster Bank of the Trustees of " The Shadwell
Clerke Trust , " for the purpose of purchasing a Government Life Annuity for Mrs . Clerke , it was carried , as we expected it would be , after a brief discussion , and to all intents and purposes unanimously . The late Grand Secretary was a most devoted officer of Grand Lodge . He had performed the multifarious duties devolving
upon him in a manner which reflected the greatest credit upon him and to the manifest advantage of the Craft . His whole soul was in his work , and both Grand Lodge and the brethren at large were aware that so long as he remained at his post the prestige of the Fraternity was in safe keeping . Nor did he content himself with merely the strict performance of
his duties at Freemasons' Hall . Whenever occasion required it , and he felt that it was for the good of Freemasonry that he should make personal sacrifice of his time and comfort , the sacrifice was unhesitatingly made . Let any of our readers glance , even but hastily , through the Table of Occurrences which for many years past we have published in the
concluding number of this journal for each year , and they will note that , at frequent intervals , this or that new lodge or chapter in the London district was consecrated by Bro . or Comp . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE . Occasionally the routine of duty was varied by a visit to one of the Provinces to attend officially his Royal Highness the M . W . GRAND MASTER at some
Masonic function of especial importance , or to instal a new Provincial Grand Master or Grand Superintendent ; and invariably on these occasions lie rendered invaluable service to Freemasonry cither by the wise counsels he tendered to the brethren present , or by his exceeding geniality and kindness . He was a strict disciplinarian , but that only enhanced the respect
in which he was universally held . He was , too , an able and at the same time a precise exponent of our ritual , and here again the Craft benefited by his knowledge and experience . In short , he possessed the suaviter in modo , which is as essential to the constitution of a good officer as the / ortiter in re , and there cannot be the shadow of a doubt that ,
as we remarked at the time we announced the sad news in these columns , freemasonry , by his lamented death in the very prime of his intellectual vigour , has sustained a most grevious loss , and one which will not be very Quickl y replaced . In this opinion we are now confirmed by the action of Grand Lodge in accepting the motion submitted by the M . W . G . M . on . O 1 f 5 ...-v .-.. u » w ....-wV » ~ j ... * . .... . , , x _ j ,., * , v ,,,
• ednesday , and wc sincerely trust that its example in thus testif ying to the great merits of our deceased Grand Secretary will be followed by all who fPpreciate and respect the work which this admirable officer so ungrudglngly , so thoroughl y , and so well performed . As for the recommendation contained in the Report of the Board of General Purposes—that for the e - —rv ,... v . niv i-fw « iu ui univim L uipuaua — null . IUI LUU
rat " f Sa ' attached t 0 the oirKe ol Grand Secretary shall be at the ni \ ^ ° annum—we indicated with sufficient clearness 111 our reand ° f 'aSt WeCk that WC luUy conair vvit ! l t , lc i 3 oard '" their proposal , que f ° plcased t 0 1 < now that Gra , 1 cl I-odge has accepted it without s ton ; but we remain of the opinion we also expressed last week , that ' improved scale of salaries should be paid to the Grand Secretarv ' s staff .
% vel ) " ° ow im P ° rtant it is that Grand Lodge should have a thoroughly ! 'kewi h man f ° ' res P onslDle P ost of Grand Secretarj ' , and we know evw : ? ^ l ll y important it is that that official should have under him an eXDerir > n 1 1 -T """'" " ^ i "" ' iimiunu . wi 311 U 111 U iiavu uiiucr mm an
General P dUt ' . 1 staff ' We ' lhercforc ' S £ est t 0 tIle B < wd of s ° that wh ° that ! t ' ° " ° timc in takin ff cognisance of this matter , a PPointeri a "eW Start 'S madc under thc Grand Sccretar y / who will be m ° re devot I " earl r / date « that officer ma Y fi » d his staff < if possible , still tea to their duties than they were under his predecessor .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . The Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , M . W . Pro Grand Master , presided . The Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , R . W . Deputy Grand M . istcr , occupied his official seat ; Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., P . G . iU . Hants and the Isle of Wight , acted as Past Grand Master ; Bro . Victor A . Williamson ,
C . M . G ., P . J . G . W ., acted as S . G . W . ; and Bro . the Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C ., as J . G . W : Among the other brethren present were Bros , the Earl of Euston , Prov . G . M . Norths and Hunts ; Col . Town ley Caldwell , M . A ., P . G . M . Cambridgeshire ; Sir Albert W . Woods , K . C . M . G ., C . B . ( Garter ) , G . D . C . ; E . E . Wcndt , D . C . L ., Grand Sec . German Correspondence ; F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . Registrar ; S . Pope , Q . C ., P . G . D . ; Thos . Fenn ,
Pres . Bd . Gcn . Purps . ; Col . Noel Money , C . B ., Prov . G . M . Surrey ; H . D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal ; ex-Sheriff Mutton , P . G . D . ; George Everett , G . Treas . ; Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ; Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . Chap , ; Rev . H . Lansdell , G . Chap . ; Rev . C . J . Afartyn , P . GTChap . ; Robert Grey , Pres . Board of Benevolence ; Sir Joseph Savory , Dr . E . M . Lott , Mus . Doc , P . G . Org . ; Meyer l . utz , P . G . Org . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; E . Letchworth , P . G . D . ; and others .
Bro . EDWARD CUTLER , Q . C ., G . Org ., played the following selection of music on the organ previous to the opening of Grand Lod ge : Fugue , D major ( Bach ); andante religioso ( Edward Cutler—from the " Organists'Quarterly Journal , " p . 73 , vol . 10 ); Dorset , F major ( Guilmant ); Offertoire , G major ( L . Wely ); Gavotte , D . ( Bach ); Menuet ( Boccherini ); March , "Tannhauser" ( Wagner ); Enlracte , "Lohengrin " Wagner ) .
The Earl of Lathom and the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe were heartily applauded on their entering Grand Lodge . Some Soo brethren were present , a very large number of them coming from West Lancashire , the Earl of Lathom's province , for the purpose of voting for Bro . J . D . Murray as Grand Treasurer .
Scrutineers of votes for the election of Grand Treasurer were chosen and obligated , and having collected the balloting papers , they retired . The candidates were Bros . J . S . Cumberland , 212 S , London , and John Daniel Murray , 1335 , Wigan . Grand Lodge having been formally opened , the minutes of Grand Lodge of December 2 nd , 1891 , and of the Special Grand Lodge of January 27 th , 1892 , were read hy Bro . PEXDI . EBURY , Assistant Grand Secretary , and confirmed .
The Earl of LATHOM afterwards said it was now his duty to read to the brethren the answer he had received from the Home Secretary to the address presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen from Grand Lodge . The letter was as follows :
Whitehall , My Lord , 29 th February , 1892 . I have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful address of the Pro Grand Master , Deputy Grand Master , Officers and brethren of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England on the occasion of the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , K . G ., and I have to inform your lordship that her Majesty was pleased to
receive the address very graciously . —I have the honour to be , my lord , your lordship's obedient servant , ( Signed ) HENRY MATTHEWS . The Rt . Hon . the Earl of Lathom , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C . He had also to read to the brethren the answer received from Rro . Sir Francis Knollys to the address sent to the Prince of Wales :
Sir Francis Knollys is desired by the Prince of Wales to thank the Pro Grand Master , Deputy Grand Master , Grand Officers , and brethren of Grand Lodge , for their address of condolence , and to assure them that both the Princess of Wales and himself deeply appreciate the warm feeling of sympathy which the brethren express for them on the occasion of their great sorrow .
Sir Francis Knollys is directed to add that their Royal Highnesses are much touched by the kind and gratifying terms in which the members of Grand Lodge allude in their address to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and by their appreciation of the services that were rendered to the Craft by their dear son .
Compton Place , Eastbourne . 19 th February , 1892 . The Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE moved , and Bro . BEACH seconded , the following resolution : "That both these replies to the addresses be entered on the minutes . " The motion was carried .
'ihe harl of LATHOM again rose , and , addressing the Grand Lodge , said since the last regular meeting of Grand Lodge a very great loss has fallen upon us—a loss that I am sure is felt b } ' all the brethren throughout the United Kingdom—1 need hardl y say 1 allude to the death of the late Grand Secretary , Bro . Col . Shadwell 11 . Gierke . Bro . Shadwell Clerke had endeared himself . to all by his kindly , brotherly feeling to all , his
readiness to listen to all , and to attend to everything ; and for the way in which he did his duty he has earned the respect and gratitude of all brethren . I feel that in saying this [ am but using the words that any brother would have used who might have occupied my place . Brethren , I feel that the loss of Col . Shadwell Gierke is almost irreparable to us . He not only wore himself out in the service of the Craft , but I may say he died
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Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE .
The Ouarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge on Wednesda }' , was , as usually happens at this season of the year , very numerously attended and the proceedings passed off most satisfactorily . The contest for the Grand Treasurership for the ensuing twelve months terminated in favour of Bro . Daniel Murray , P . M . No . 1335 , Wigan , by a substantial majority over
his competitor , Bro . J . S , Cumberland , of the Province of North and East Yorkshire and London , and at the Grand Festival next month Bro . Murray will have the honour of being invested with the insignia of this much-coveted
office . As regards the motion submitted by the M . W . Grand Master in the chair , to the effect that a sum equal to six months of his salary be paid from the fund of General Purposes to the account at the Bloomsbury Branch of the London and Westminster Bank of the Trustees of " The Shadwell
Clerke Trust , " for the purpose of purchasing a Government Life Annuity for Mrs . Clerke , it was carried , as we expected it would be , after a brief discussion , and to all intents and purposes unanimously . The late Grand Secretary was a most devoted officer of Grand Lodge . He had performed the multifarious duties devolving
upon him in a manner which reflected the greatest credit upon him and to the manifest advantage of the Craft . His whole soul was in his work , and both Grand Lodge and the brethren at large were aware that so long as he remained at his post the prestige of the Fraternity was in safe keeping . Nor did he content himself with merely the strict performance of
his duties at Freemasons' Hall . Whenever occasion required it , and he felt that it was for the good of Freemasonry that he should make personal sacrifice of his time and comfort , the sacrifice was unhesitatingly made . Let any of our readers glance , even but hastily , through the Table of Occurrences which for many years past we have published in the
concluding number of this journal for each year , and they will note that , at frequent intervals , this or that new lodge or chapter in the London district was consecrated by Bro . or Comp . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE . Occasionally the routine of duty was varied by a visit to one of the Provinces to attend officially his Royal Highness the M . W . GRAND MASTER at some
Masonic function of especial importance , or to instal a new Provincial Grand Master or Grand Superintendent ; and invariably on these occasions lie rendered invaluable service to Freemasonry cither by the wise counsels he tendered to the brethren present , or by his exceeding geniality and kindness . He was a strict disciplinarian , but that only enhanced the respect
in which he was universally held . He was , too , an able and at the same time a precise exponent of our ritual , and here again the Craft benefited by his knowledge and experience . In short , he possessed the suaviter in modo , which is as essential to the constitution of a good officer as the / ortiter in re , and there cannot be the shadow of a doubt that ,
as we remarked at the time we announced the sad news in these columns , freemasonry , by his lamented death in the very prime of his intellectual vigour , has sustained a most grevious loss , and one which will not be very Quickl y replaced . In this opinion we are now confirmed by the action of Grand Lodge in accepting the motion submitted by the M . W . G . M . on . O 1 f 5 ...-v .-.. u » w ....-wV » ~ j ... * . .... . , , x _ j ,., * , v ,,,
• ednesday , and wc sincerely trust that its example in thus testif ying to the great merits of our deceased Grand Secretary will be followed by all who fPpreciate and respect the work which this admirable officer so ungrudglngly , so thoroughl y , and so well performed . As for the recommendation contained in the Report of the Board of General Purposes—that for the e - —rv ,... v . niv i-fw « iu ui univim L uipuaua — null . IUI LUU
rat " f Sa ' attached t 0 the oirKe ol Grand Secretary shall be at the ni \ ^ ° annum—we indicated with sufficient clearness 111 our reand ° f 'aSt WeCk that WC luUy conair vvit ! l t , lc i 3 oard '" their proposal , que f ° plcased t 0 1 < now that Gra , 1 cl I-odge has accepted it without s ton ; but we remain of the opinion we also expressed last week , that ' improved scale of salaries should be paid to the Grand Secretarv ' s staff .
% vel ) " ° ow im P ° rtant it is that Grand Lodge should have a thoroughly ! 'kewi h man f ° ' res P onslDle P ost of Grand Secretarj ' , and we know evw : ? ^ l ll y important it is that that official should have under him an eXDerir > n 1 1 -T """'" " ^ i "" ' iimiunu . wi 311 U 111 U iiavu uiiucr mm an
General P dUt ' . 1 staff ' We ' lhercforc ' S £ est t 0 tIle B < wd of s ° that wh ° that ! t ' ° " ° timc in takin ff cognisance of this matter , a PPointeri a "eW Start 'S madc under thc Grand Sccretar y / who will be m ° re devot I " earl r / date « that officer ma Y fi » d his staff < if possible , still tea to their duties than they were under his predecessor .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . The Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , M . W . Pro Grand Master , presided . The Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , R . W . Deputy Grand M . istcr , occupied his official seat ; Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., P . G . iU . Hants and the Isle of Wight , acted as Past Grand Master ; Bro . Victor A . Williamson ,
C . M . G ., P . J . G . W ., acted as S . G . W . ; and Bro . the Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C ., as J . G . W : Among the other brethren present were Bros , the Earl of Euston , Prov . G . M . Norths and Hunts ; Col . Town ley Caldwell , M . A ., P . G . M . Cambridgeshire ; Sir Albert W . Woods , K . C . M . G ., C . B . ( Garter ) , G . D . C . ; E . E . Wcndt , D . C . L ., Grand Sec . German Correspondence ; F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . Registrar ; S . Pope , Q . C ., P . G . D . ; Thos . Fenn ,
Pres . Bd . Gcn . Purps . ; Col . Noel Money , C . B ., Prov . G . M . Surrey ; H . D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal ; ex-Sheriff Mutton , P . G . D . ; George Everett , G . Treas . ; Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ; Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . Chap , ; Rev . H . Lansdell , G . Chap . ; Rev . C . J . Afartyn , P . GTChap . ; Robert Grey , Pres . Board of Benevolence ; Sir Joseph Savory , Dr . E . M . Lott , Mus . Doc , P . G . Org . ; Meyer l . utz , P . G . Org . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; E . Letchworth , P . G . D . ; and others .
Bro . EDWARD CUTLER , Q . C ., G . Org ., played the following selection of music on the organ previous to the opening of Grand Lod ge : Fugue , D major ( Bach ); andante religioso ( Edward Cutler—from the " Organists'Quarterly Journal , " p . 73 , vol . 10 ); Dorset , F major ( Guilmant ); Offertoire , G major ( L . Wely ); Gavotte , D . ( Bach ); Menuet ( Boccherini ); March , "Tannhauser" ( Wagner ); Enlracte , "Lohengrin " Wagner ) .
The Earl of Lathom and the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe were heartily applauded on their entering Grand Lodge . Some Soo brethren were present , a very large number of them coming from West Lancashire , the Earl of Lathom's province , for the purpose of voting for Bro . J . D . Murray as Grand Treasurer .
Scrutineers of votes for the election of Grand Treasurer were chosen and obligated , and having collected the balloting papers , they retired . The candidates were Bros . J . S . Cumberland , 212 S , London , and John Daniel Murray , 1335 , Wigan . Grand Lodge having been formally opened , the minutes of Grand Lodge of December 2 nd , 1891 , and of the Special Grand Lodge of January 27 th , 1892 , were read hy Bro . PEXDI . EBURY , Assistant Grand Secretary , and confirmed .
The Earl of LATHOM afterwards said it was now his duty to read to the brethren the answer he had received from the Home Secretary to the address presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen from Grand Lodge . The letter was as follows :
Whitehall , My Lord , 29 th February , 1892 . I have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful address of the Pro Grand Master , Deputy Grand Master , Officers and brethren of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England on the occasion of the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , K . G ., and I have to inform your lordship that her Majesty was pleased to
receive the address very graciously . —I have the honour to be , my lord , your lordship's obedient servant , ( Signed ) HENRY MATTHEWS . The Rt . Hon . the Earl of Lathom , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C . He had also to read to the brethren the answer received from Rro . Sir Francis Knollys to the address sent to the Prince of Wales :
Sir Francis Knollys is desired by the Prince of Wales to thank the Pro Grand Master , Deputy Grand Master , Grand Officers , and brethren of Grand Lodge , for their address of condolence , and to assure them that both the Princess of Wales and himself deeply appreciate the warm feeling of sympathy which the brethren express for them on the occasion of their great sorrow .
Sir Francis Knollys is directed to add that their Royal Highnesses are much touched by the kind and gratifying terms in which the members of Grand Lodge allude in their address to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and by their appreciation of the services that were rendered to the Craft by their dear son .
Compton Place , Eastbourne . 19 th February , 1892 . The Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE moved , and Bro . BEACH seconded , the following resolution : "That both these replies to the addresses be entered on the minutes . " The motion was carried .
'ihe harl of LATHOM again rose , and , addressing the Grand Lodge , said since the last regular meeting of Grand Lodge a very great loss has fallen upon us—a loss that I am sure is felt b } ' all the brethren throughout the United Kingdom—1 need hardl y say 1 allude to the death of the late Grand Secretary , Bro . Col . Shadwell 11 . Gierke . Bro . Shadwell Clerke had endeared himself . to all by his kindly , brotherly feeling to all , his
readiness to listen to all , and to attend to everything ; and for the way in which he did his duty he has earned the respect and gratitude of all brethren . I feel that in saying this [ am but using the words that any brother would have used who might have occupied my place . Brethren , I feel that the loss of Col . Shadwell Gierke is almost irreparable to us . He not only wore himself out in the service of the Craft , but I may say he died