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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , DECEMBER IO , 18 9 8 .

The scene in Grand Lodge on Wednesday evening was » a solemn and impressive one . There was an exceptionally large attendance both on the dais and in the body ofthe Hall , and the emblems of mourning , which were everywhere conspicuous , must have been rcgirded by all as the true outward evidence of tho

inward deep sorrowby which all present were inlluenccd . The Deputy G . Master ( Bro . Earl Amherst ) , when hc rose to move the resolution of condolence with the family of the deceased Pro Grand Master , had an audience which was , both collectively and individually .

in complete sympathy with him in what he said of the late Lord Lathom , not only as regards the kindness and courtesy he uniformly exhibited towards all he met ; the support and encouragement hc extended to a . 11 benevolent projects ; and thc great services he had

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rendered during a long term of years to the Craft of Masonry ; but also in respect of the love and esteem in which he had been universally held and the sincere grief at his death which all experienced . There was no need of eloquence to dilate upon virtues and services which were familiar to them all or the feelings of grief with which they were all imbued , and when the time came , the resolution was accepted in solemn silence .

As for the business which was to be dealt with , the report we publish in another column sufficiently describes its nature , and the manner in which it was disposed of . Suffice it to say that the proposal to vote a sum of £ 500 from the funds of Grand Lodge towards

the relief of the sufferers by the recent hurricane in the West Indies was adopted unanimously , and that two brethren were nominated for the office of Grand Treasurer for the year 1899-1900 , namely , Bro . Alfred Bevan and Bro . Harry Manfield . The services of these brethren were fully described by their respective

proposers . * * * The Quarterly Communication of the Mark Grand Lodge was held at Mark Masons' Hall on Tuesday , the attendance of the brethren , under the presidency of Bro . the Earl of Euston , Pro Grand Master , who was

supported by Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , Dep . Grand Master , being considerable . The scene was a solemn and impressive one . The brethren wore the customary mourning in memory of the late Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Past M . W . G . M . M ., and Grand Lodge itself , with thc portrait of our deceased brother , wore the

same funereal aspect . A vote of condolence with the late Earl ' s family was proposed and seconded by the Pro G . Master and Deputy G . Master , and adopted in silence , after which the necessary business was transacted . The Prince of Wales was nominated for the

office of Grand Master , and Bro . A . Bevan for that of Grand Treasurer , for the ensuing year , and , before the proceedings terminated , it was announced from the chair that Bro . the Earl of Warwick had consented to preside at next year ' s Festival in behalf of the Mark Benevolent Fund .

With reference to the letter which appeared last week from a correspondent , who signed himself as "Sacred Charity , " we refer him to the report we published as a supplement to our issue of the 15 th October and in the following week's issue likewise , of thc proceedings at the Quarterly General Court of the

Royal Masonic Institution for Boys on the 14 th inst , At lhat meeting an honorarium of 1000 guineas was voted to Ilro . Secretary McLeod in recognition of his services in respect of the Centenary Festival . The proposition was made on the recommendation of the Board of Management and with thc approval of the Council and was carried with o . ily a few dissentient

. ? * While on the subject of this honorarium , which is being viewed with less and less favour as the question of granting it is being more generally discussed , we take the further opportunity of reminding the authorities of

the Institution that no explanation has been as yet forthcoming of the reason why the precise amount of the proposed grant , which was given as " loco guineas " in the paper of agenda , was mentioneJ vaguely in the advertisement convening the Court as " a sum of money . " We have already pointed out that in a case

of lhis kind silence is the very worst policy that can be adopted . We have suggested that no doubt a satisfactory reason can be given , but in the absence ol thc explanation which people are asking for , it is not surprising that thc suppression of the amount of the honorarium Irom thc advertisements should bc attributed by many to some sinister motive .

? # * We heartily cungialulalc the Province of Guernsey and Alderney on its recent acquisition of a Provincial G . Chapter , and our respected Bro . and Comp . J . Balfour Cockburn on his appointment to the office ol G . Superintendent . There is no doubt that Bro .

Cockburn , who will have completed five years of service as Prov . G . Master o ( these two of the Channel hlands in April of next year , has dune material good to Fret masonry in that capacity . Early in the present year he had the privilege of consecrating a third Chapter ( St . Sampson ' .-. ) in Guernsey , end now he has

the further reward of being chosen lo preside over the Royal Arch , as he had previously presided over Craft Masjnry , in this young province . It is a distinct gain to these lodges and chapters that they should have so able and energetic a brother and companion to look af ' . er their interests , and we hope the association thus established between him and them may be prolonged for many years .

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There is evidently a determination on the part of our Devonshire brethren that the Province shall occ lpy a still more prominent position among our Eng'ish Provinces than it has done in the past . A body of some 50 lodges could not , of course , be otherwise than an influential body , but since Bro . Sir Stafford Northcote has been at the head of Devonshire Masonry there has

been a greater amount of activity displayed . New lodges have been constituted , and there is no longer that supineness , that apparent indifference to the interests of Masonry , ] which many appear to have thought was among the distinguishing characteristics of Devonian Masonry . * # *

At all events for some time past Devonshire has been greatly bestirrir . g itself and on Wednesday , the 30 th ult ., a new lodge—the Maristow , No . 2725—was solemnly consecrated at Plymouth by Bro . Sir Stafford Northcote , who called a special meeting of his

Provincial Grand Lodge in honour of the occasion . When the lodge had been constituted , Bro . R . Robinson Rodd , an experienced P . M ., was installed as W . M ., and we doubt not under his guidance Maristow , No . 2725 , will successfully pass through the first year of its existence . It has our best wishes for its success .

* » * Nor was the consecration of this new lodge the only Masonic function in which the Prov . G . Master of Devonshire took the leading part last week . On Wednesday , the 30 th ult ., he . was at Plymouth , and inaugurated the Maristow Lodge ; and on the day

following we find him dedicating the new hall , which has just been erected and handsomely furnished and appointed by the brethren of the Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 . At both meetings his reception was most cordial , and at both he fulfilled the important duties

that devolved upon him with marked ability and impressiveness . We feel sure that under so deservedl y popular a chief Freemasonry in Devonshire cannot fail to make still further progress . * * *

A precisely similar function to that which we have just referred to at Torquay took phce at Chipping Nor on , on Monday , the 28 ; h ult ., when Bro . the Earl of Jersey , G . C . M . G ., Prov . G . Master of Oxfordshire , consecrated the Masonic Hall , which has just been erected in that town for thc use of the Bowyer Lodge , No . 1036 . There was on this occasion a large gathering of

thc brethren present , not only of those who as members of the lodge were most nearly interested in the proceedings of the day , but also of members of the Prov . G . Lodge and of the other lodges in the Province . Everything passed off most satisfactorily , and we congratulate the Bowyer Lodge on its acquisition of new and such handsome quarters .

*•** « There is still another event—sr rather a brace of events—which it is our privilege to recoid this week . We allude to the installation in the forenoon of the ist inst . of Comp . Sir Francis M . G . Boileau , Bart ., as G . Supt . of Norfolk , in succession to Lord Suffield , and

in the afternoon of Bro . Hamon le Strange , P . G . D ., as Provincial Grand Master , in succession to his lordship , who has resigned these two offices , after occupying them for many years . The ceremony in both cases was performed by the Earl of Euston , Provincial Grand

Master and Grand Superintendent of Northants and Hunts , and the scene in Blackfriars' Hall , Norwich , at both gatherings was most impressive , the attendance at the Provincial Grand Lodge being very numerous and very enthusiastic .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

HONORARIUM TO BRO . McLEOD . To thc Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As the application of 1000 guineas from the Centenary collection for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys as a gratuity to Bro . McLeod has caused

considerable comment , 1 should bc obliged if you would kindly insert the following resolution , which was passed at the last regular meeting of Lodge St . Cuthbert , No . 6 _ 2 , in the next issue of the Freemason -. " That this lodge views with considerable regret the action of thc Committee of Management of the Royal

Masonic Institution for Boys in voting 1000 guineas out of the funds collected for that Institution at its Centenary Festival as a gratuity to the Secretary , Bro . McLeod ; and protests against such application of moneys collected solely for a Charitable object . " - Yours fraternally ,

li . WHITLEY BAKER , P . M ., Secretary 622 . Glencairn , Wimborne .