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^^^S^M^ SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER y , 18 99

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lod ge was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , 'he 6 th instant , under the presidency of the Right Hon . the Ear ! of Warwick , Dep . G . Mauler . As will be seen from our report of the proceedings , which appears elsewhere , a discussion took place over that

portion of thc Report of the Board of General Pur-Poses having reference to the Cambrian Lodge , No . ° 5 > , Sydney , N . S . W ., which has elected to remain u-idcr the Grand Lodge of England in preference to joining the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales . The principal speaker was Earl Carrington , who , it M " rtmembere ' i , was installed first M . W . G . Master on the establishment of that Grand Lodge .

Masonic Notes.

The announcement made later in the evening to the effect that his Royal Highness the M . W . G . Master had been graciously pleased to appoint Lord Kitchener of Khartoum , P . G . W ., Dist . G . Master ofthe Soudan , was received with enthusiasm .

* * * The Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons for England and Wales , & :., was held at Mark Masons' Hall on Tuesday , the 5 th instant , under the presidency of the Earl of Euston ,

M . W . Pro G . M . M . Fortunately , in view of the further spell of hot weather which appears to have set in , the proceedings did not last long , the Report of the General Board being the only business that came before the brethren .

The annual meetingof the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall will be held at the Public Rooms , Launceston , on Monday , the nth instant , and as it is upwards of 20 years since the Prov . Grand Lodge assembled in that town under the auspices of the local

lodge—the Dunheved , No . 789 , which was warranted in 1859—and the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Past Dep . G . Master of England , is one of the most popular and respected among Prov . G . Masters , there is reason to believe that the meeting will be well attended . The

Province , as will already have been seen from the brief particulars we published last week , is in a prosperous state . Since last year's annual gathering there has been a move in the direction of increase , and a new lodge under the style and title of the St . Michael ,

No . 2747 , and meeting at Newquay , has been added to the roll , it being about 13 years since the last addition was made . The Annuity and Benevolent Fund , too , is flourishing , and the Provincial Charity Association is doing some excellent work in behalf of our

Central Institutions . Add to this that during the present year the Province has been represented at the three Anniversary Festivals and raised upwards of . £ 500—and that notwithstanding the heavy work of

1898 in respect of the Boys Centenary—and it will be allowed that next week's provincial meeting at Launceston will take place under very encouraging circumstances . * * >

The congratulations addressed by the Committee of thc Cambridgeshire Masonic Charity Association in their 15 th annual Report in respect of the year ending 31 st October , 18 9 8 , are fully justified by the success it has been their duty to record . The Province , though

at the time it mustered only half-a-dozen lodges , raised last year ^ 890 8 s ., of which £ 42 was subscribed at the Girls' School Festival , and ^ 848 Ss . at the Boys ' Centenary Festival , no less than ^ 714 of the latter sum having been paid at the date of the Report—nth

November , 1 S 9 8—while thc balance , it was declared , would be paid before the 31 st December following . In previous years the Province has done well , but never before have its contributions amounted to so large a figure .

The Association was started in 1 SS 3 , and the contributions from the commencement to the close of 1897 reached . £ 4613 16 s . 3 d . ; while to the close of 1 S 9 8 they are returned at . 653 6 9 16 s . 3 d . This is a total of which even a larger Province than

Cambridgeshire would have good reason to be proud , the average per annum being in round figures , £ 358 . The success it has achieved during this period may be taken as due

principally , if not entirely , to the establishment of the organisation , and we trust that , as thc years roll , still more of our Cambridgeshire brethren will enrol themselves as members .

* * The District Grand Chapter of Burmah has but five chapters on its roll and , therefore , it would be unreasonable to expect that its convocations should be very numerously attended . Moreover , the month of

June , when people appear to be busily occupied in attending to their private avocations , is not favourable to large attendances , but the meeting on the 23 rd of that month , appears to have attracted a somewhat smaller muster than usual . However , Comp . Dr .

Purakh , who presided in the unavoidable absence of Comp . J . Copley Moyle , the G . Superintendent , was able to report that things were going on well . The

chapters were working satisfactorily , the Rttuins and Dues were all up-to-date , and the finances , if not exactly nourishing , wore sufficient for present purposes . More than this we need not look for .

It is clear from the letter wc published last week from Bro . ' ' Thomas D . Foreman , P . P . J . G . W . Lanes ., " that thc position of the Mark Lodge in the Ashton-

Masonic Notes.

under-Lyne District in the difficulty which has lately arisen between it and the Grand Mark Lodge of England is far stronger than we had supposed when we wrote our former article on the subject , and more than- confirms the opinion we then expressed—that the Mark Grand Lodge has acted

unwisely in declaring spurious and clandestine a Mark lodge which it had previously expressed its readiness to acknowledge as regular , if only it would enter into the fold of what Bro . Foreman calls the " Royal Mark . " Next week we purpose offering a few remarks on the subject .

•• A correspondent has forwarded us a letter requesting our opinion on certain matters which appear to us to be of a private nature . Under any circumstances we should have declined to insert it , as he has

omitted to send us his name and address , not for publication , but in evidence of his bona fides , and hence we have placed it with other rejected matter . However , there is one piece of advice we offer to our unknown correspondent , namely , that he will prove himself a truer and better man and Mason if he keeps his petty

business differences with other brethren and his Masonry as distinct from each other as possible . Masonry has nothing to do with the money squabbles of brethren , in respect of which the proper tribunal to approach is a court of law . » * »

We must necessarily feel flattered at finding that our opinions upon the question of brethren wearing their Masonic clothing when they attend divine service or take part in public processions are shared by a brother who hails " From Far Fiji . " But there

is one contingency we did not provide against in our Article . If any of the natives have been initiated into the mysteries and privileges of our Order , it will be better , even in every day life , that they should wear their Masonic clothing than no clothing at all .

••* Wc agree with " From Far Fiji " that a ball or concert given by a regular lodge cannot be regarded as a public entertainment , but we do not look upon this as a reason why brethren attending it should

appear in their Masonic clothing , unless , indeed , it is arranged beforehand that any profit arising from it shall be handed over to one of our Masonic Charitable Institutions . This furnishes an excellent reason to the lodge for asking for a dispensation , and to the

authorities for granting it , but there is in it the same vanity on the part of the members and the same curiosity on the part of the guests as at a church service at which the former appear Masonically clothed . Still Charity covers a multitude of sins .

and amongst them the very venial offence of attending as Masons a ball or concert that is given privately by a lodge . It is a case in which the end may be held to justify the means , and compares favourably with what is commonly spoken of as lodge " ladies' nights . "

* * » By the lamented death of Bro . William Simpson , Freemasonry , but more particularly the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , has sustained a groat loss . Bro . Simpson had done splendid service in various

parts of the world , from thc year 1854 , when he was sent to the Crimea by Messrs . Colnaghi to make a series of illustrations of the war . Subsequently he visited India under an engagement With Messrs . Day and Son , and in 186 C joined the staff of the Illustrated

London Ne-ivs , since when he had gone through the Abyssinian Campaign , the Francs-German War , the Commune , and accompanied the Prince of Wales on his memorable visit to India . He was the first joining member of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , and had he not

been in Afghanistan , would have been one of thc founders . He was the third brother elected to preside over it as W . M ,, read many papers before the lodge , and contributed several able reviews to its Transactions . He was greatly respscted by th ; members and

maintained his interest in the proceedings to the very last , nor is it a mere conventional expression when we say that all will sympathise with the widow and daughters he has left behind him and who are now

mourning a loss which to them must be irreparable , but which , as we said last week , ps in some measure assuaged by the knowledge that he was held in the highest esteem , admiration , and affection by all who had the privilege ol his friendship and acquaintance .

VVe regret lo hear that Bro . W , A . Tinney , P . AL of the Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 , has had an apoplectic seizure . However , his medical adviser declares he is making slow progress towards recovery , and we hope to hear soon that he has been fully restored to health .