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The result of these inquiries may be briefl y summed up so far as the lodges and chapters now on thc roll are concerned . In 1847 , when the late Bro . DOBIE was appointed to office as Prov . G . Master of Surrey , there were five of the lodges and three

of the chapters working ; now the muster- roll comprises 45 lodges and 17 chapters . But Bro . Brig .-Gen . DAVIS , who had the honour of being appointed Dep . G . D . C . in Grand Lod ge and G . Std . Bearer in G . Chapter , in 1 S 3 S , is a Mason of long and

tried experience . He was initiated under the Scottish Constitution in St . Mungo Lodge , No . 27 , Glasgow , in 1858 . But in February , 1863 , he joined our Britannic Lodge , No . 33 , and

has filled the chair of W . M . He was exalted in St . James ' s Chapter , No . 2 , in 18 77 , and installed its First Principal in 1884 . He has also shown his goodwill towards our Charitable

Institutions b y enrolling himself as a Life Governor of each . Thus he enters upon his post both with the respect and goodwill of those over whom it will be his duty to preside , and with such a knowledge of its duties as -will carry him through his task successfully .

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UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The December Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge of English Freemasons was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday evening last . More than 500 brethren were present , and they were presided over by Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Hants and

the Isle of Wight . Bro . Lieut .-Gen . John Wimburn Laurie , M . P ., Prov . G . Master oi South Wales ( W . D . ) , acted as Deputy G . Master , and Bro . the Hon . Alan de Tatton Egerton , Prov . G . Master of Cheshire , as Past G . Master . Bro . Viscount Templetown was S . G . W ., and Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton acted as J . G . W .

Among the brethren present were Bros , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap . ; J . S . Eastes , P . G . D . ; George Everett , P . G . Treas . ; H . Manfield , G , Treas . ; Alderman Vaughan Morgan , P . G . Treas . ; Dr . Arthur G . Sandberg , Vice-President Board of General Purposes j D . Mayer , S . G . D . ; R . Loveland-Loveland , President Board of Gen . Purps . ; E . Beaumont , Dep . G . Reg . ; T . Lean Wilkinson , P . Dep . G . Reg . ; Thomas Fenn , P . G . W . ; Edward Letchworth , G . Sec . ; W . Lake , Asst . G . Sec ; E . M . Money ;

ExSheriff C . W . C . Hutton , P . G . D . ; RobertGrey , P . G . W . ; J . D . Langton , P . D . G . C . ; Thos . J . Railing , P . A . G . D . C . ; F . R . W . Hedges , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . G . ; J . M . McLeod , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . B . ; Frank Richardson , acting G . D . of C . j James Stephens , P . D . G . D . of C . ; Imre Kiralfy , W . G . Kentish , A . C . Spaull , J . Henry Matthews , President Board of Benevolence ; D . D . Mercer , Senior Vice-Pres . Board of Benevolence ; Henry Garrod , Junior Vice-Pres . Board of Benevolence ; Captain N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; Henry Lovegrove , P . G . S . B . ; R . Clowes ; W . M . Bywater , acting as G . S . B . ; E . C . Mulvey , P . G . P . ; and W . Fisher , P . G . P .

Grand Lodge having been opened in form , the minutes of the Quarterl y Communication of September 5 were read and confirmed . Bro . E . LETCHWORTH read the following letter from the Grand Master Marlborough House , S . W . Sir Francis Knollys is desired by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales to thank the

brethren of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons for their address and their kind and fraternal sympathy with him on the occasion of the recent death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . 19 th September , 1900 . E , Letchworth , Esq .

Bro . Maj . VESKY FITZGERALD , Q . C , P . M . 502 and 2716 , then rose , and said he had the honour to nominate H . R . H . the Prince of Wales for reelection tothe office of M . W . Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons of England for the ensuing year . ( Hear , hear . ) For years past the brethren had been so used in their lodges to hearing the Grand Master ' s many qualities extolled , according to the ability ofthe brother who presided , that it was not necessary for him to dilate on the excellences of the Grand

Master . Suffice it for him to say that during the years the Prince of Wales had been in office Masonry had flourished , and was still flourishing . They knew the dignity with which he occupied the office , and they felt that while he was willing to undertake to fulfil that office no brother could be nominated who would be so acceptable to the Craft at large . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) He was sure that in proposing his Royal Highness that

evening for re-election he had the assent and approbation , not only of the brethren present that night , but of that much larger Brotherhood—the brethren throughout the kingdom who were connected with the Grand Lodge of England . He need say no more . ( Applause . ) Bro . Col . T . DAVIES SEWELL , P . G . Stwd ., nominated for election as Grand Treasurer , Captain John Barlow , J . P ., P . M . 1260 , & c . He said he

made this proposition at the instance of a large and influential committee , and brethren of the Craft who were members of Grand Lodge , and also because he thought Captain Barlow was a fit and proper person to fill the office . ( Hear , hear . ) He would claim the indulgence of Grand Lodge while he recited as shortly as possible some of the qualifications of this good brother for filling the office which he ventured 10 nomina e him to . Capt .

Balow was one of those band- * of orave heroes who had fought the battles of Old England in South Africa . ( Applause . ) The present Grand Treasurer represented the powerful Province of Northants and Hunts , and , therefore , it seemed that this year London had a right to nominate one from its midst . It had been considered in the minds of some brethren necessary to define what was a London Mason . Taken Masonically , it seemed to him that a man who had been initiated in a London lodge certainly had

some claims to be called a London Mason . ( Applause . ) His nominee had these qualifications ; he was initiated , passed , and raised , and filled all the offices—some twice over—in a lodge that met under the shadow of the building where the brethren were now assembled , and if any brother would like to hear it , the Treasurer of the John Hervey Lodge would tell them that Captain Barlow from the time he was initiated had been a subscribing member as well as having been Master of that lodge . ( Hear ,

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hear . ) Captain Barlow looked upon London as his Masonic home , having made his friends there , and he ( Colonel Sewell ) did not think the charge of wresting his qualifications could be raised against his supporters . Captain Barlow had never been absent from the John Hervey Lodge except twice since his initiation , and the reason he was then absent was that he was

required as a Volunteer to be in the country . Being an old Volunteer himself , he ( Colonel Sewell ) could say that a large number of the service had a trueappreciation of Bro . Captain Barlow as a good fellow , not only to the service generally , but to Masonry , and a great many of them who were Masons were anxious he should represent them as Grand Treasurer this

BRO . CAPTAIN JOHN BARLOW . next year . What Bro . Barlow had done for the Craft—Captain Barlow was a reticent man—but he ( Colonel Sewell ) might say this—that Captain Barlow was personall y qualified for the service . In the individual lodges to which he belonged he was idolised . The Treasurer of the John Hervey Lodge who was present could tell them what Bro . Captain Barlow had done

He begged to say that the V . W . Grand Secretary had received notice of the determination to nominate Capt . Barlow this time last year , but they were persuaded by brethren who were now Capt . Barlow ' s supporters' very good friends to allow Bro . Harry Manfield to be unopposed , and in orderto show that they did not empty handed a large number of promises had

been given to them for the nomination . He again apologised to the Grand Lodge for occupying so much time . Bro . Barlow was a London Mason . Bro . Manfield was a country Mason , and those brethren who on the last occasion supported Bro . Manfield were the first to assist Capt . Barlow now . ( Applause . )

Bro . SLY , Treas . 1260 , did not know whether he was in order in seconding the nomination . ( "No . no . " ) Bro . BEACH said no seconder was necessary .

DUO . HORACE BROOKS MARSHALL . Bro . Alderman ALLISTON rose to nominate Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall for election as Grand Treasurer . Bro . Marshall was a good brother , a true man , a loyal and conscientious Mason . ( Applause . ) Before proceeding