Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.

The next business was the election of the Committee of General Purposes , and Comp . E . LETCHWORTH , G . Scribe E ., said the First Grand Principal had been pleased to appoint Sir George David Harris , President of the Committee , and Comps . Robert Grey , and Richard Horton , Q . C , members of the Grand Committee of Grand Chapter .

For election , Comp . Boulton nominated Comp . Major T . C Walls , P . Z . 3 ; Comp . Graveley proposed Comp . H . A . Tobias , P . Z . 59 ; Comp , Major T . C Walls proposed Comp . George Graveley , P . Z . 898 ; Comp , Henry Lovegrove proposed Comps . Edwin Lewcock , P . Z . 72 ; F . A , Powell , P . Z . 2416 ; Joseph Gordon Simcox , P . Z . 1501 ; and Robertson Reep ; and Comp . James Whitaker Burgess nominated Comp . William Cleghorn , P . Z . 185 . As only six were to go on the Committee an election took place .

The following was the result : Comps . W . Cleghorn , 39 votes ; E . Lewcock , 34 ; H . A . Tobias , 29 ; Major T . C . Walls , 28 ; George Graveley , 28 ; F . A . Powell , 23 ; R . Reep , 22 ; and J . G . Simcox , 19 . Earl Amherst declared the first six duly elected , and Grand Chapter was closed in ancient and solemn form .

Centenary Medal Of The Minden Lodge Formerly No. 63 On The Registry Of The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.

CENTENARY MEDAL OF THE MINDEN LODGE FORMERLY No . 63 ON THE REGISTRY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND .

Since the last issue of the Freemason I have fortunately been able to purchase for the Grand Lodge Museum a very fine specimen of the rare Masonic medal , which is here represented the exact size of the original . The medal is of copper or bronze , struck from a well-executed dip , and thickly gilt , and was evidently worn round the neck suspended by a narrow

light blue ribband . The obverse bears the names of the members and officers of the lodge during its centenary year , the reverse being quite plain . As it bears neither date , name , or number of lodge , it would doubtless have

sorely puzzled our Masonic numismatists had it not been for the literary industry of Sergeant-Major John Clarke , of the 20 th Regt ., who published in 1 S 4 9 a brief history of the Minden Lodge , then held in that regiment , with an account of the celebration of its Centenary on the 27 th December , 1848 .

We learn from this interesting pamphlet that in order to perpetuate the Centenary it was resolved on the 28 th July , 1848 , ¦ ' that a medal be struck for each member of the Lodge , shewing the names of the Worshipful Master and Wardens to whom the Warrant was originally granted , also the present

members . " This resolution appears to have been subsequently modified , as the medal does not show the names of the first three distinguished officers who presided over the lodge . I note that the present No . 6 3 on the Registry of Ireland was constituted

as recently as 1891 . Perhaps the historian of Irish Masonry , Dr . Chetwode Crawley ( who I am sure will be deli ghted with my latest acquisition ) will kindl y tell us the ultimate f . » te of the celebrated Minden Lodge and when it was removed from the list of lodges . HENRY SADLER .

Past Grand Officers.

PAST GRAND OFFICERS .

The following is 0 complete list of the brethren on whom it has pleased the M . W . Grand Master , in commemoration of his election to office , to confer Past Rank as Officers of Grand Lodge together with particulars , more or less brief , of the services they have rendered to Freemasonry .

I PAST GRAND WARDENS . liro . Mr . Justice BIGHAM , one of the judges of her Majesty ' s High Court of tv ! 5 f ture » like otner distinguished members of his profession , was initiated in the Northern Bar Lodge , No . 1610 in 1 S 81 , and at tt . e present time occupies the cnair of W . M . He is alse a Life Subscriber of the Royal Masonic Institution

Past Grand Officers.

Bro . Mr . Justice BUCKNILL , who is also a Judge of the same High Court , was initiated more than a quarter of a century since in the Lodge of G ^ od Report , No . 136 , and in 1 S 73 was elected to preside over it as W . M . Since then he has been a joining member of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 6 , and of the Old Westminsters Lodge , No . 2233 , while , in 1892 , he became a founder and was installed first W . Master cf the Ebbisham Lodge , No . 2422 , Epsom . The following year

in consideration of his services to Surrey Masonry in connection with this lodge , the late Bro . Col . G . Noel Money , Prov . G . Master , was pleased to appoint him Prov . J . G . Warden . In 1895 , he was appointed Deputy G . Registrar of Grand Lodge . He is a Life Governor of the Benevolent Institution and has on one occasion served it in the capacity of Sieward , and is a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

Bro . Sir J EDGE , Q . C , who for some years was Chief Justice of the Northwest Provinces of India and is now a member of the Secretary of State ' s Council , obtained his first insight into Freemasonry under the Irish Constitution , having been initiated in the Shakespere Lodge , No . 143 , Dublin , as far back as 1862 , and some six or seven years later installed as its W . Master . On the 26 th April , 1876 , he became a member of the Northern Bar Lodge , No . 1610 on the register

or the Grand Lodge of England . In 1 S 8 & , he joined the Lodge Independence with Philanthropy , No . 391 , Allahabad , and on the 22 nd December , 1887 , was installed in the chair . During the years 1886 and 1887 , he occupied the im portant position of Deputy Dist . G . Master of Bengal . He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in Chapter No . 143 , Dublin in 1862 , joined Sandeman Chapter , No . 391 , Allahabad , under the English Constitution , in February , 1887 , and the following

year was installed in the chair of First Principal Z ., and appointed Second Principal of the Dist . Grand Chapter of Bengal . In Mark Masonry he served as Dist . Grand Master of Bengal from 1 S 94 to 18 97 , and he has taken the 31 under the Supreme Council , 33 , for England of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . Lastly , he is an annual Subscriber to the Masonic Orphan Girls' and Boys' Schools , Dublin .

PAST GRAND CHAPLAINS . Bro . the Hon . and Very Rev . the Dean of HEREFORD is the youngest brother of our respected Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Leisjh , who , since 1852 , has presided over the Craft in Warwickshire . He was initiated in the Shakespeare Lodge , No . 2 S 4 , Warwick , on the 28 th September , 1865 , and installed W . M . in 1869 , having two years previously been appointed Prov . G . Chaplain of Warwickshire . In 18 9 6 , he joined the Palladian Lodge , No . 120 , Hereford , and at the

annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Herefordshire in the Cathedral Library on the Sth November , 1 S 97 , was appointed Prov . Grand Chaplain . Our Herefordshire brethren had determined to avail themselves of the opportunity afforded by their annual gathering on that day to celebrate her Majesty ' s Diamond Jubilee by attending Divine service in the Cathedral when the proceedings of their Prov . Grand Lodge were concluded , and on the occasion the Very Rev . brother preached a most eloquent sermon , which was published in our issue of the following 20 th November .

Bro . the Rev . RICHARD PEEK , M . A ., was initiated in the Adair Lodge , No . 936 , Aldeburgh , in the Province of Suffolk , on the 2 nd January , 1885 , and in 18 S 8 was elected and installed W . Master , having in the interim joined the Lodge of Fidelity , No . 555 , Framlingham , and served as its W . M . in 1887 . These services were rewarded with the appointment of Prov . G . Chaplain of Suffolk . But his experiences have not been confined to this Province . He has been at

different times a . member of the Isaac Newton University Lodge No . 859 , Cambridge ; the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . 877 , Jersey , and of the Lodges of St . George , and St . John the Baptist , both meeting in the city of Exeter , and numbered respectively 112 and 39 , in addition to which he is a Life Member of the Correspondence Circle of the Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 , while in 18 92-93 he served as Prov . G . Chaplain of Jersey . In Royal Arch '

Masonry , to which he was exalted in the Royal Sussex Chapter of Perfect Friendship , No . 37 6 , Ipswich , he helped to found the Henniker Chapter , No . 555 , Framlingham , in 188 7 , and was installed its first M . E . Z ,, and is a Past Prov . G . Scribe N . of Suffolk . He is also one of the present G . Chaplains of the Mark G . Lodge , Past G . Chaplain in the R . and S . Masters and Allied Degrees , and Past Prov . G . Chaplain and Almoner ( 1 C . T . ) cf East Anglia , and has been per . tected Rose Croix and taken the 30 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . Lastly ,

he has served in all six Stewardships , including both our School Centenary Festivals , has qualified as Life Governor of all three Institutions , and made his wife a Life Governor of the Widows' Fund of the R . M . Benevolent Institution . It will be in the recollection of our readers , that our Rev . brother was early last year awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society , and the medals of similar societies in France , for gallantly jumping into the sea from the packetboat in which he was returning to England , and rescuing a girl who had thrown herself over with the intention of committing suicide .

Bro . the Rev . EDWARD R . PARK , M . A ., entered upon his career as a Mason on the 26 th September , 1871 , when he was initiated in the Lodge of the Four Cardinal Virtues , No . 979 , Crewe . On the 12 th Ociober , 1875 , he was installed its Master , and the following year was appointed Prov . G . Chaplain of Cheshire . It was also in 1 S 76 that he joined another lodge in the same Province , namely , the Lodge of Unity , No . 321 . In 1877 . our reverend brother left

Cheshire for other spheres of duty , and found himself under the necessity of resigning his connection with the Craft for some years . In fact , from 1880 to 1893 , during which period he was English Chaplain in Boulogne , he only once had the opportunity of entering an English Lodge . But on his return to England , in 18 93 , he resumed active membership , and in March , 1894 , joined St . George's Lodge , No . 370 , Chertsey , and has risen to be its present S . VV ., while

in the September following he was elected member of the Abbey Lodge , No . 2120 , which is also located in Chertsey , and of which he is Chaplain . In 18 ^ 5 he was appointed Prov . G . Chaplain , and now that he has this Past Rank conferred upon him is in the fortunate position of being able to exchange the P rovincial Purple for—if we may be allowed to use the expression—the Imperial Purple of United Grand Lodge . He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason during his residence in Cheshire in the Chapter of Unity , No . 321 , Crewe , but in the Archas in

, Craft Masonry , his connection with it as an active member ceased during the year of his sojourn in France . However , on the loth November , 1894 , he joined the St . George's Chapter , No . 370 , was installed in the chair of M . E . Z . on the 22 nd July , 1897 , was appointed a few days later Prov . G . Scribe N . Surrey , and was elected for a second time as First Principal last year . In addition , he is a Life Governor of the Benevolent Institution , and gave his services as Steward at its Festival in February .

PAST GRAND DEACONS . Bro . G . PUT-LEWIS , Q . C , was initiated in Lodge Honour and Generosity , No . 1 G 5 , in i ^ ovember , 1871 . In 1875 he was founder aid first J . W . of Lodge Loyally and Charity , No . 1584 , and in due couise was installed W , M . In 1880