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^^^^^sS SATURDAY , AUGUST 12 , 1899

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The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution held their regular monthl y meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , 'he Qth instant , under the presidency of Bro . J . A . Farnfield , P . A . G . D . C , Ihe Treasurer . In the absence

of Bro . James Terry , Bro . John Mason , the Collector , Acted as Secretary , and after the minutes had been read and verified , reported the deaths of one Male Annuitant and one Widow Candidate , and the withdrawal of one Male Candidate . The business was mostly formal .

» » * The presentation of the " Sudlow " testimonial is at length an accomplished fact , and the worthy and accomplished brother who , with one exception , has done more than any other member of the Craft to impart a correct knowledge of our ritual according to Emulation working , has had his eminent services well

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and worthily recognised . The gathering at which the presentation was made was not a numerous one , but , as will be seen from our report in another page , it was an eminently representative one . The chair was occupied by none other than Bro . Sudlow ' s immediate predecessor in office ( Bro . Thomas [ Fenn ,

P . G . W . ) , than whom , from his known ability and long experience , no more competent master of our ceremonial work could have been found to do justice to Bro . Sudlow ' s work , while among those who supported Bro . Fenn were Bros . Sir John Monckton , P . G . W ., and the Grand Secretary , Bro . Edward

Letchworth , F . S . A ., who are themselves among the most perfect of our ritualists . As to what passed at the meeting there is no need for us to do more than refer the reader to the report in question ; but we gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity which the

publication of that report affords us of expressing our full concurrence with the praises bestowed by the Chairman on Bro . Sudlow , and tendering to the latter our sincere congratulations on the handsome manner in which his arduous labours of the last 17 or 18 years have been thus publicly rewarded .

* * * The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex is ordinarily marked by great heartiness and enthusiasm ; but this year a tone of sadness was noticeable throughout the whole proceedings . In the first place , the Province had quite recently been

deprived by djath of the eminent services of Bro . Raymond H . Thrupp , P . A . G . D . C , D . P . G . M ., who for the past 16 or 17 years had been , firstly , under the late Bro . Col . Sir F . Burdett , and subsequently under his successor , Bro . the Right Hon . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., the present ruler of the Province , the main directing spirit of Middlesex Masonry . Then , on the

very eve of the meeting it became known that the Provincial Grand Master would be prevented by illness from occupying his accustomed place . Lastly , it had been ordered that , as a mark of respect to the late Deputy , there should be no banquet , and the brethren were thus denied the pleasure of meeting round the social board , and with it the one great opportunity in the year of cementing old and forming new friendships .

Still , in spite of these depressing circumstances , everything passed off satisfactorily under the presidency of Bro . Douglas G . H . Gordon , J . P ., Prov . S . G . W ., as Prov . G . Master , The various reports were presented and approved , the officers for the ensuing year appointed , and grants voted to each of

the Masonic Institutions , together with a donation of 10 guineas to the vicar of Teddington for local Charities . Lastly , on the suggestion of the acting Prov . G . Master , who passed a just eulogium on the deceased Deputy P . G . M .. a resolution of sympathy

with the family was passed in solemn silence , while a telegram to the Prov . G . Master , expressing the hope that he would be speedily restored to health , was despatched and acknowledged . * *

By way of contrast to these sorrowful proceedings , the brethren of the contiguous Province of Essex held their annual meeting at Tilbury under circumstances the most encouraging . Their respected Prov . G . Master , the Earl of Warwick and Brooke , had the pleasure of being able to preside in person , and found

himself in a position to congratulate the officers of his Prov . Grand Lodge and the lodges under his charge on the progress that had marked the year then concluded . As many as five new lodges had been added to the roll of the Province , thus augmenting the number to 44 , while the aggregate of subscribing

members was stated to be 2297 , or about 52 per lodge . Moreover , notwithstanding the unprecedented efforts made by Essex in i 8 yS in support of the Boys ' Centenary , the Province had acquitted itself very successfully during the current year , the total distributed

among the three Institutions amounting to . £ 1225 . It is not to be wondered at that under these circum stances the recent gathering of our Essex brethren at Tilbury should have been even more enthusiastic than usual . ? *

There is , however , one other matter which cannot be allowed to pass unnoticed . Since the annual meeting at Brentwood , in 18 9 S , the Earl of Warwick has had the honour of being appointed to the high office of Dep . Grand Master of England , and the

brethren eagerly seized the opportunity afforded them by the Tilbury gathering to present to his lordship a very beautifully illuminated address in album form , in which they tendered him their hearty congratulations on his selection to fill so dignified a position , and expressed the hope that he might long be spared to

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fulfil the duties both of his new office and that of Prov . G . Master of Essex . His lordship , in accepting the address , expressed his deep appreciation of their invariable kindness and courtesy , and trusted it might be in his power to do still more than he had had the opportunity of doing to further the interests of the Province with which he had been connected for so

many years . * * * V / e are gratified to learn from our report of the p roceedings at the recent annual meeting at Ironbridge of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Shropshire that during the past year Freemasonry in that Province has been faring prosperously . There are but 12 lodges

on the roll , and the number of subscribing members is under 400 ; but the financial position is sound , and the lodges fulfil their duties in a manner which commands the approbation of the Prov . G . Master—R . W . Bro . Sir . Offiey Wakeman , Bart . —and his officers . But most especially is Shropshire to be commended for the

generous aid it has rendered to our Central Masonic Institutions . Since its Masonic Charitable Association was founded in 1885—in which year Shropshire , till then a part of the old Province of North Wales and Shropshire , under the late Bro . Sir W . Williams-Wynn , Bart , was constituted a separate

Provincethere has been remitted to our Masonic Institutions in London a sum falling very little short of £ 5000 , the highest contribution—made last year to the Boys ' School in respect of its Centenary—being , in round figures , . £ 1200 . Our Shropshire brethren merit the highest possible praise for donations and subscriptions so continuously and so generously bestowed .

* * * We strongly commend to the careful notice of our readers the oration delivered by the Orator of the Lodge De Goede Hoop , Capetown , at the recent Festival of St . John the Baptist . The " Orator " is an officer unknown to our English lodges , but there is no

reason why , whether such an office exists under our Constitution or not , the brethren should not occasionally listen to an address as eloquent , and at the same time as stored with valuable information as that which Bro . Silberbauer delivered in Lodge De Goede Hoop on the Anniversary Festival of St . John in summer . The privilege does not often devolve upon us , either of

reading or publishing an oration so happily conceived and so eloquently descriptive of the moral and material progress the world has made during the present century ; and it is for this reason , but chiefly that some of our English brethren may be induced to follow the example of this worthy Dutch Orator , that we take the opportunity of drawing particular attention to this address .

* * * The latest Masonic move in the great Australasian colony of Victoria is the establishment of a United Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , with Bro . E . Coulson as M . W . G . Master . The ceremony of installing that brother recently took place at the

Freemasons' Hall , Melbourne , and from the spirit which appears to have actuated those present on the occasion there is every reason to hope that the new Grand Lodge will have before it a long , useful , and prosperous career . On referring to the " Cosmo " for the current year , we find that at the close of 1898

there were 11 Mark lodges of the English Constitution forming the Dist . Grand Lodge of Victoria , under Bro . Charles Roper Martin , who was appointed Dist . G . M . in succession to Bro . H . W . Loury , who presided over the District from its formation in 1877 to 1891 In addition , there were some half-dozen or more Mark lodges formed into a District under the Scottish

Constitution , so that there is a fairly strong roll of lodges to start with . The change thus inaugurated is decidedly for the better . The colony has been for some years independent as regards Craft and Royal Arch Masonry . It now has a Mark Grand Lodge of its own , and in time , no doubt , will have its own Supreme Authority for the other Orders and Degrees which have established themselves in the colony .

••• The Quarterly Communication of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales was held on the 14 th June last , the presiding officer being Bro . R . Tcece , Deputy G . M ., who acted as Grand Master , in the enforced absence , through illness , of Bro . Sir Joseph P . Abbott ,

M . W . G . M . A large amount of business was transacted , including the election of Bro J . C . Remington , Past Deputy G . M ., as M . W . G . M . for the ensuing year . After returning thanks for the honour thus conferred upon him , Bro . Remington announced that he had

chosen Bro . John B . Trivett , the outgoing S . G . W ., to fill the office of Deputy Grand Master . The other Grand Officers were elected , there being contests for several of the offices , and then the proceedings terminated .