Consecration Of The Duke Of Cornwall Lodge, No. 1839.

the brethren to excuse him saying so little as he was only a baby W . M . When he had been a little longer in the chair he honed to be able to say a little nv re . The W . M . next proposed " The Visitors . " The expression used in lodge , "brethren in the north , east , south , and west , " was not a mere empty flow of words , because there were frequently in lodges brethren from India , China ,

Africa , Cape of Good Hope , and the continent . Bros . Dann , Walls , and Calkin replied ; and the Rev . E . B . Harris , in also responding , said this was the first consecration he had ever been present at , and he must say that with all the working he was not only delighted but instructed . He could not help feeling it was a great pity the Grand jChaulain should have been obliged to go so

early , because after the admirable teaching he had given in his oration in the lodge they were justified in thinking he might have given them some more of it after banquet . They were surrounded by a'l those things which reminded them of God ' s goodness towards them , of the wonderful care of the Great Architect of the Universe , and they should all remember , and never forget , as Masons , that the two

great principles of Masonry were these—to love the Lord our God first with all their heart , and all their mind , and soul , and strength , and then to love their neighbour as themselves . The W . M . then proposed " The Press , " to which Bro . Massey replied , and the toast of " The Officers , " to which each of those brethren responded individually , concluded

the business of the evening . The Tyler ' s toast was then proposed and drunk , and the brethren shortly afterwards separated . The ceremony of consecration was assisted by a musical selection under the direction of Bro . George F . Smith , jun ., Organist and director of the choir of St . John ' s ,

AngellTown , Brixton , who had with him some of the boys of the choir . Bro . Chubb , G . F . Smith , sen ., Mr . F . W . Flower , and Mr . Page Hannant also assisted in the music after dinner , and Bro . Walls and several other brethren likewise contributed their musical talents towards the enjoyment of the evening .

Masonic Bazaar At Exeter.

MASONIC BAZAAR AT EXETER .

A bazaar on a somewhat elaborate scale , and to which was to have been added a garden party , was spoilt at Exeter on the 27 th of August by the wet and boisterous weather . Every preparation had been made to hold the event in the grounds of Parker ' s Well House , one of the prettiest suburban residences of the city , which Mr . William Brock

had kindly placed at the disposal of the committee . I he tents were erected on the lawn , and everything on the previous day lookcil at its best ; but no sooner did those upon whom the management of the affair rested open their eyes on the morning than they at once saw that much of their labour had been in vain . A hasty consultation was held , and it was determined not to postpone

the event , but to remove the " goods" of the bazaar to the Victoria Hall with all possible speed , and so to make the best of the most unfavourable circumstances . Shortly afterwards " sandwich men" were parading the streets in the pouring wet with announcements of the fact , and bills were exposed in various shop windows , but no other means were open to the committee to make their

alteration known , and there is no doubt the bazaar , or rather the objects for which it was held , greviously suffered in consequence . Those objects were threefold , namely , to aid the " orphans of the soldiers who fell at Insandula , " to assist the " scheme for the education of children of deceased Freemasons in Devon , " and the " Freemasons' Hall Building Fund , Exeter . " Influential

patronage was secured for the event , the patronesses being Lady Pollimore , Poltimore ; Lady Anna Maria Courtenay , Powderham ; Lady Palk , Haldon ; Mrs . Mills , Bude Haven ; Mrs . John G . Johnson , Cioss , Torrington ; Mrs . Huyshe , Clisthydon ; Mrs . Tanner-Davy , Rose Ash ; Mrs . E . Johnson , Farringdon ; Mrs . W . H . Peter ? , Harefield ; and Mrs . W . II . Walrond , Newcourt . The

preliminaries were ananged by a committee , composed of the following brethren : —John Algar , William Brodie , B . Baiber , J . A . Bowden , Robert Besley , William Brown , Harry Clark , C . Campbell , J . S . Cap ? , E . T . Fulford , William A . Gregory , E . S . Gully , J . Gibson , Frederick Horspool , John Horswcll , J . Jerman , Charles C . Kendrick , James Kitto , J . F . Long , T . B . Land , W . R . Lisle ,

F . Lugtt , Math . H . Lucas , William Pidsley , Joseph Page , W . F . Buicke , Henry Stocker , J . H . Warren , and Joseph Wills , jun . Apart from the fact that it was impossible fully to acquaint intending visitors that the bazaar would be held at the Victoria Hall instead of being postponed altogether , there is no doubt the Victoria Hill—beautifully decorated though it be—presented very inferior attractions

to that which the pretty grounds of Parker's Well House would have offered on a fine day . The stalls were arranged round the hall , and the centre of the room was occupied by a stand of flowers contiibuted by Dr . Woodman . The bazaar was opened , as announced , by the Provinr cial Grand Master , Lord Ebrington , soon after one . There

was then hardly any one present be ) ond members of the committee and some ladies at the stalls . The members of the committee received Lord Ebrington at the entrance to the hall , and conducted him in sombre procession to the platform . Mr . E . T . Fulford , who has acted as honorary Secretary , led his lordship to his position , and then , on behalf

of the committee , requested him to formally open the bazaar . His lordship knew , Mr . Fulford said , that they were to have held the bazaar out of doors , but , considering the weather , they did not that morning feel justified in carrying out their arrangements ; and they thougnt the best thing would be to come indoois . The result was that they had arranged and furnished the stalls hastily to the

Masonic Bazaar At Exeter.

best of their ability , and they thanked his lordship most heartily for his kindness in coming there , at some amount of personal inconvenience , to open the bazaar . ( Applause . ) Lord Ebrington began by expressing the gratitude every one must , he thought , feel at seeing the successful way in which the committee had combatted the inclemency of the weather , and the beautiful way in which they had arrang-d

the bazaar in the short time available for the purpose . I he objects of the bazaar must commend themselves to everybody -, some of them , perhaps , more to a limited number , but one of them at least—the benefit of the widows and orphans of the brave soldiers who fell at Isandula—must commend itself to everybody without exception . ( Applause . ) He had much pleasure in declaring the bazaar open .

( Applause . ) The band of the South Devon Militia , under Bro . Fly , of Plymouth , then played the National Anthem and " God bless the Prince of Wales , " and , three cheers having been g iven for Lord Ebrington , the formal proceedings ended . The ladies presidios : at the stalls were Lady Anna Maria Courtenay , Lady Poltimore , the Hon . Miss Bampfylde ,

Mrs . Edward Johnson , Miss Johnson , Mrs . Chichester , Mrs . Pidsley , Mrs . Brodie , Mrs . Gregory , Mrs . Besley , Mrs . Fullord , Mrs . Gibson , Mrs . Lemarchand , Misses Long , Webber , Nott , Clarke , Besley , and Fulford . Refreshment stall—Mrs . Warren , Mrs . Barber , and Mrs . Battishill ; assisted by Bros . Warren and Elmore . Amongst the articles were two handsome screens painted and presented by Mrs . Stocker , of Exeter . At the upper

end of the hall was the piece of sculpture by Giovannia Focardi , entitled " The Dirty Boy , " which was exhibited at the Flower Show on Fiiday , the 22 nd August . There were various subsidiary attractions . Entertainments , musical and theatrica 1 , were given in the small hall upstairs by the Misses Long , Messrs . Bartlctt , B , Barber , W . H . Hawker , J . Maidment , and W . Long . The att < ndance during the day was not large . —Western Morning News , August 28 th .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

WILLIAM PRESTON'S INITIATION . The interesting fact relative to Wm . Preston ' s initiation alluded to by Bro . Hughan , on the authority of Bro . Gould , is a most important communication in respect of the history of Wm . Preston . And yet , curiously enough , lucid as my worthy friend and Bro . W . J . Hughan is , I do not sec that he distinctly states in his communication when

Wm . Preston was initiated . As I understand his words , Wm . Preston is found twelfth in a list of June 1 st , 1763 . But does that list declare him to be thru initiated , or only a member ? I shall be glad if Bro . Hughan will explain this s-tatemeut fully in next Freemason . His words may be read both ways , 1 admit , but . it is always best to be most precise . MASONIC STUDENT .

BRO . GOULD'S "FOUR OLD LODGES . " 1 have again carefully perused the remarkable work entitled " The Four Old Lodges , " and am confirmed in my opinion that this is the most useful , accurate , and laborious work of the kind ever compiled , for the use of Masonic Students , and as I have said before » , and likely to be , without a rival , as all is done that can well be

statistically for the " Moderns . " Now we want similar for the " Ancient ? , " and to obtain the latter I shall bo most happy to work with Bro . Gould in any way possible . In the list of 1792-1813 , 1 see that Bro . Gould puts the last few lodges down to 1812 . In ray notes these are under 1813 , and as they were added to list of 1814 ( published in 1813 ) and are not in 1813 ( published in 1812 ) , I fancy the year

1813 must be correct . At page fifty-three , I find the present 67 , Calcutta , is described as 165 . Evidently it should be 185 of the 1740 numeration . Shall be thankful to hear of any other " trivial " errors—if there are any—as nothing of the kind is really Iriv ' al in studying the early history of the Craft , for by these invaluable tables every lodge can be traced from 1717 to 1814 . W . J . HUGHAN .

NETTKLBLADT . — Four brethren of this name rendered great service to German Freemasonry , and especially C . K . F . W ., Count of Freilierr , who was bom in 1779 , and died at Pacchini , 1843 . He was initiated in 1805 , in the Lodge Tempel tier Wahrheit , at Rostock , and in 1819 became P . G . M . of the P . G . Lodge of Mecklenburgb , which post he filled until his death . He edited the " Calender fi ' ir die Provencial Loge von-Mecklenburg , " & c , from

1821 to 1826 , fiom 1 S 30 to 1831 , and from 18 33 to 1837 , in all thirteen volumes— " ausgczciebnet , " Kloss says , " durch wichtige historische Abhandlungen und Berichte . " He also wrote " Instructions Vetriige , & c , " 1836 , still in use , we believe , under the system of the Great Countries Lodge . In 1830 he had previously published " Geschichte der Angriffe und Verfolgengen ganzen das Bund der F . M . "—Kenning ' s Cylapadia .

By a special dispensation of the Supreme Council Thirty-Third Degree for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America , 111 . Bro . General John Meredith Read , 32 ° of that Masonic Jurisdiction , and Minister of the United States at the Court at

Athens , received the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancien t arid Accepted Scottish Rite , from the Supreme Council Thirty-Third Degree for Greece , on the 23 rd of May . ERRATA . —In the heading of the extract from John Morley ' s " Diderot , " in our "Notes and Queries " last week , we printed T . G . A . O . T . U . ; it should be

T . G . G . O . T . U . The Parkes Museum will be closed until the end of September , and when it is opened again in October , an enlarged coition of the descriptive catalogue will be ready .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . JOHN LAZAR , R . W . D . G . M . WESTLAND , N . Z . With feelings of deep regret we have to announce the death of Bro . John Lazar , Right Worshipful District Grand Master of Westland , New Zealand , which took place at his residence , Hokitika , on Sunday , June 8 th , at one o ' clock p . m . The sad event has cast a gloom , not only in Westland , but over the whole Masonic fraternity in the colony ,

in which he w . \ S so well known , and deservedly respected and beloved . He was only confined to his bed about ten days before his death , and , though suffering great agony , his mind was full of living thoughts for the welfare of his brethren , by whom he was tenderly nursed throughout . He seemed to have no desires , but to be in communion with them , asking for them each in turn , and in the

unconscious moments of his amirtion his mind was engrossed with the thoughts of the happy past , his whole Masonic career seemed to be passing in review before him , and on his return t > consciousness , he would recognise his dear brethren about him , and greet them with a cheerful smile and some little pleasantry , and bless them for all their kind attention and goodness to him . Many touching incidents

occurred during his illness , which displayed his love for the time-honoured Craft . A few hours before his final dissolution he repeated , in a clear and solemn manner , one of the most beautiful prayers in our Masonic ritual , and during the silent watchings of the night tapped upon the bedclothes , and called upon his brethren to assist him in opening the lodge , but upon receiving no response to the sound of

his fancied gavel , called upon them by name , according to the rank held by each , and in the melancholy silence which ensued , in deep distress exclamed , " Oh ! my God , that ever I should live to see the day that my officers would desert me . " He called his beloved wife and daughter to his bedside , and blessed them with all the fervour and love of a devoted husband and father . He

then implored the Divine blessing of his own faith , the ritual of which consists of two pages of solid printed matter , first in English and then in Hebrew , for he was a profound scholar in the latter language , then sank back exhausted , and never spoke again . Two hours afterwards the gentle spirit of the good old man passed away to its eternal and heavenly rest ,

full of resignation and hope , and the brethren are left to mourn for one of the most kindly and genial natures and for one of the brightest ornaments that ever presided over a lodge of Masons . The funeral took place on the nth of June . Brethren from all parts of the district assembled at the Masonic Hall , some travelling sixty or seventy miles for the

purpose . At one o ' clock precisely the V . W . Deputy District Grand Master , Bro . John Bevan , opened the District Grand Lodge . About 150 brethren and companions were present . The lodge-room was closely filled , and the solemnities of that lodge will not be easily forgotten in a lifetime . With the lodge-room profusely elraped in mourning , the brethren bowed in sorrow , men well matured in years and the

experiences of life giving vent to their pent-up feelings of grief , and the District Grand Organist , Bro . Gosson , playing most solemn and appropriate music , the whole formed such a scene of heartfelt grief that no language can adequately express . The Deputy District Grand Master , from the moment he took his seat , was deeply and visibly affected , and on rising to address the brethren his emotion

would scarcely permit him utterance . He said : Brethren , it needs no words of mine to remind you of the object of this solemn meeting . The grief is too fresh in your hearts to be easily subdued , and , therefore , I pray you to pardon me , and grant me your sy mpathy in these trying moments . Associated as I have been with him who is now gone from us for ever , on terms of the most sincere affection

for many years , and enjoying his daily companionship , it is but natural that the well springs of our hearts , matured though they be with the stern trials of this life , should find relief in tears . I feel that I but re echo the sentiments of your generous hearts , and but feebly express your grief at his loss , but 1 feel that each heart must now bear its own secret burden in this hour of deep affliction ;

and when amidst the scenes of his labours and loving companionship , and when we tread the place that he troel , when we gaze upon the place that shall know him no more for ever , may the recollections of his virtues encourage us to emulate his bright example , s-. i that we may hallow and sanctify his memory with our good works , and thereby strengthen the bonds of our fraternal union , and cause us to live in peace and love with each other , so

that when the old grave shall claim its own , and we too shall be garnered in the solemn mansions of iternal rest , may we hope to meet him again in that Grand Lodge of bliss ineffable , prepared for the faithful and obedient of the human race . Let us not , therefore , my dear brethren , repine at the Divine decree , but submit in all reverence and humility to the will of Him who will not desert us in the hour of our deep distress , and to His name be the glory

for ever . The D . D . G . Master then called upon the brethren to unite in prayer , and in a most solemn manner delivered the last prayer uttered by the beloved deceased on his dying bed , which left a elecp impression on his hearers . Comp . Hudson , P . Z ., then followed with another grand and holy exhoitation to the Most Hig h . The Rev . Bro . Chambers , A . D . Grand Chaplain , then read a portion ot

the Masonic burial service , after which the brethren proceeded to the residence of the deceased , and performed the necessary and solemn ceremonial ; then , preceded by a band playing the Dead March in Saul , headed the funeral cortege , and on arrival at the graveyard opened out in double lines . The coffin , having the regalia of office upo ' it , passed between the long lines formed by the brethren , and beneath the arch formed by the companions wl . tlll " j wands . After the ceremonies pertaining to his faith »»