Wills And Bequests.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS .

A GREAT BREWER'S TESTAMENT .

Personal estate of the net value of £ 174 , 528 17 s . has been left by Bro . Sir Alfred Henry Bevan , of 39 , Queen ' s-gate , and of Barclay , Perkins , and Co . ( Limited ) , of Halsey ' s Brewery , Southwark , a member of the Brewers' and Turners' Companies , Sheriff 1899-1900 , a director of the St . Louis Breweries , and of the San Francisco Breweries , who died at Mentone , on the Sth December last , aged 6 3 years , son of Mr . Charles James Bevan , and , a descendent of Timothy Bevan , of Swansea , and of Robert Barclay , of Urie , the Quaker

Apologist . The gross value of the whole of Bro . Sir Alfred Bevan's estate is £ 238 , 958 15 s . 8 d . The old-established brewery in Southwark , long famous for " Halsey ' s Noble Beer , " was bought for £ 135 , 000 from Dr . Johnson and the other trustees of Mr . Thrale ' s estate by Bro . Sir Alfred ' s ancestor , in conjunction with his cousins , Mr . Barclay and Mr . Bevan , and their . interests in the brewery are still represented by their descendants . The executors of Bro . Sir Alfred Bevan's will , which bears date November Sth , 1 9 , are his brothers , Mr . Frederick

Lincoln Bevan , of Kippington , Sevenoaks , and of Barclay , Perkins , and Co ., and the Rev . Philip Charles Bevan , of March Baldon Rectory , Oxford , and Mr . Arthur Thomas Marson , solicitor , probate having been renounced by Mr . David Augustus Bevan . The testator bequeathed to St . Peter's Schools , Southwark , of which he was treasurer , a sum of £ 200 , which he had advanced to the schools , and he bequeathed to his nieces £ 1000 each , to his daughter Ida £ 1000 , and to his wife , Dame Louisa

Bevan ( daughter of Mr . Niven Kerr , of Dunkirk ) £ 1000 , his consumable stores , the use and enjoyment during her widowhood of his house in Queen'sgate , and its furniture , and an annuity during her widowhood of £ 4000 , to be reduced in the event of her re-marriage to £ 2000 a year for the remainder of her life , Subject to Lady Bevan ' s use , the testator bequeathed his household effects to his daughter , and he left his residuary estate in trust to pay the income to her ( subject to certain conditions ) during her life , with power to her to appoint an

income from the estate to her husband if he should survive her , and subject there in trust for her issue as she may appoint , or in default of appointment in equal shares for them , or if there should be no issue in trust in equal shares for the testator's nephews and neices , but if the testator ' s daughter should marry a first cousin or a first cousin once removed or a second cousin , then she is to receive only £ 1500 a year for the remainder of her life , and is to have no power of appointment in favour of her husband , and the ultimate residue is to be in trust

for such persons as would have been entitled if she had died without exercising her power of appointment in favour of her issue . It was the intention of the testator that his daughter , if she should have no children , should have power of appointment of a certain sum , but he executed as his will the draft thereof , and the blank left for the insertion of this sum has not been filled in . The executors may allot to beneficiaries the testator ' s ordinary shares in Barclay , Perkins , and Co ., if the prices authorised under clause 42 of the articles of association should differ widely from the actual value .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . THOMAS FENN , P . G . W .

We have to record the death of Bro . Thomas Fenn , which occurred very suddenly on Saturday evening , the 2 nd instant , at his residence in Down-street , Mayfair . Bro . Fenn , who was born in the year 1820 , was one of the oldest and most respected members of the Stock Exchange , on the Committee of which he had served for upwards of 35 years . On the Stock Exchange his name will always be associated with the settlement department , the admirable organisation and perfecting of which are largely due to him . Over the Committee of that department he presided for 20 years . On his retirement from that position a few

months since he was the recipient of an address signed by upwards of a thousand members of the Exchange , expressing their deep sense of the invaluable services

be had rendered not only to the subscribers , but to the Stock Exchange generally He was also well known as one of the leading members of our Order , and a chief exponent of its ritual . His great services to the Craft were recognised in 186 4 by the late Earl of Zetland , the then M . W . Grand Master , who appointed him Asst . G . D . C . of Grand Lodge , while in 1870 , the Marquis of Ripon , Grand Z ., appointed him Grand Sword Bearer in Supreme Grand Chapter . In 18 75 , " . R . H . the Prince of Wales—now his Majesty King Edward VII . —in recognition

Obituary.

of the valuable services which Bro . Fenn rendered on the occasion of his Royal Highness's installation as M . W . G . Master , in the Royal Albert Hall on the 28 th April of that year , conferred upon him the rank of Past S . G . D . In 1884 he was appointed , in succession to Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , President of the Board of General Purposes , and after most ably discharging the duties of that important office for 10 years , retired ; and having in the first instance been presented with a special jewel by Grand Lodge in recognition of what he had done

for the Craft in that capacity , was , in 1896 , further honoured by the M . W . Grand Master with the rank of Past G . Warden of Grand Lodge , while in 18 97 he was made Past Grand Scribe N . of Grand Chapter . Bro . Fenn took a prominent part in ordering the arrangements for the great commemorative meetings which were held in the Royal Albert Hall under the presidency of the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . Master , in 18 S 7 and 18 97 respectively , when addresses were passed by

acclamation to her Majesty Queen Victoria on the occasion in the former year of the Jubilee , and in the latter of the Diamond Jubilee of her reign . He also till quite recently discharged the duties of Acting Grand Director of Ceremonies in behalf of Bro . Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) , P . G . W ., G . D . of C , while his services in connection with the Emulation Lodge of Improvement will ever be remembered

with gratitude by the whole English Craft . In fine , Masonry under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England has , by the lamented death of Bro . Thomas Fenn , lost one of its most devoted as well as one of its most distinguished members , who during the whole of his long and brilliant career spared no effort and regarded no sacrifice of time as of any moment , in order to promote the welfare of Freem ? sonry .

Victoria Regina Imperatrix.

VICTORIA REGINA IMPERATRIX .

GRAND PATRON OF ENGLISH FREEMASONRY . " He giveth his beloved sleep . " An invisible presence broods over the land , Azrael , Angel of Death ! Hush ! can you hear or can understand His mien , or that which he saith ? His wings spread out on either hand :

We wait , but with bated breath . Our Lady the Queen I Oh I no , some other , . Take her not from us yet : Victoria , Empress , our friend , our Mother , We pray—we ne ' er fume nor fret : "God of our fathers , hear our prayer , Take her not from us yet . "

The mighty heart of the Empire feels , As sick unto death she lies : Each of us at the altar kneels Each of us to God cries , Our prayers go up to Him who heals , And who our wants supplies .

The sands of a long and noble life Have now run out , and the end—Has come at last , and the stress and strife Are gone . Peace Ioseth a friend , The blameless mother , monarch , and wife , Love shall no longer tend .

Hush ! it is over , She is at rest , What can we do but weep ? Cross her hands humbly over her breast , And leave her to her long sleep . " Merciful Heaven take her home , In Paradise safely keep . "

Peace for our Empire has not come ; Beyond the grave she has peace—She has gone from us to her long home ; The battle of life doth cease : She has nobly borne her part in the strife , And after the struggle—release .

Her Epitaph—What man shall write ? This we can truly say—She loved her people ; she strove for ri ght ; Her duty did day by day . A peerless Queen : God has taken ari ght To the realms of endless day I EMRA HOLMES , K . C . T January 23 rd .

In Memoriam.

IN MEMORIAM .

A copy of the sonnet by Bro . Dr . Charles Forshaw , F . R . S . L ., onthe death of her Majesty , having been sent to his Majesty King Edward VII ., H . R . H . the Duke of Cornwall and York , and H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , the following replies have been received-. Buckingham Palace , January 31 st , 1901 . The Private Secretary is commanded by the King to express to Dr . Charles Forshaw his Majesty ' s thanks for your kind and loyal letter of sympathy .

York House , St . James ' s Palace , S . W ., January 31 st , 1901 . Sir Charles Wet is desired by H . R . H . the Duke of Cornwall and York to thank Dr . Forshaw for his " In Memoriam " sonnet .

Royal Yacht , January 31 st , igoi . _ Dear Sir , I am desired by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught to acknowledge with sincere thanks the receipt of the verses which you have kindly forwarded to his Royal Highness . —I am , yours very faithfully , ALFRED EGERTON , Lord Comptroller and Equerry . Chas . F . Forshaw , Esq ., LL . D ,