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CONTENTS . PAGE L EADERSHampshire and the Isle of Wight ... ... ... ... 5 ' 9 Freemasonry in Cheshire ... ... ... ... ... 5 ' 9 Consecration of the London Hospital Lodge , No . 2 S 45 ... ... 520 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Lancashire ... ... ... 520

Provincial Grand Chapter of Suffolk ... ... ... ... 521 Alpass Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ... ... 5 ^ t Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 M ASONIC N OTESQuarterly Court of the Girls' School ... ... ... ... 527 Quarterly Court of the Boys' School ... ... ... ... 527 Mcnthly Meeiing cf the Committee of Management of the Royal

Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ... 527 Cheshire and Cornwall Masonic Charities ... ... ... 527 Durham Masonic Charities ... ... ... ... ... 527 The October Magazines ... ... ... ... ... 52 S Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( Quarteily Court and Election ) ... 52 S Presentation to Bro . Henry Smith , P . G . D . ... ... ... ... 52 S

Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 52 S Maik Mascnry ... ... ... ... ... ... 530 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 53 ' Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 531 Savings in the Navy ... ... ... ... ... ... 531 Science , Art , and the Drama ... ... ... ... ... 532 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 534

Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.

HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIG HT .

The M . W . Grand Master has not been long in appointing a successor to P . ro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., as Provincial Grand Masier of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and the choice which his lioyal Highness has been pleased to

make is not only excellent in itself , but will be recognised as such by our Hampshire and Isle of Wight brethren . Sir AuGl'STUS F . W . V .. WEBSTEi ? , Btrt ., who has been selected to fill thc vacant ofiice , was appointed Senior G . Deacon of United

Grand Lodge in 18 97 , and according to the particulars we were able to furnish at the time of his Masonic career , he had even in those early days very greatly distinguished himself in thc Craft . Though it was only in June , 1 S 00 , that he was initiated

in the United Lodge , No . 1 ( 129 , yet live ycars later he was elected and installed its W . Master , and in July , 18 9 6 , had the honour of being re-elected for a second term . He became a joining member of the St . Hubert Lodge , No . 1373 , Andovcr ,

111 18 95 , and on 1 ith August of tin ; following year was appointed and invested Senior G . Warden of the Province over whicii he has been now called upon to preside . He was also a founder and first S . W . ofthe Household Brigade Lodge , No . 1614 , whicii

was constituted by our then illustrious G . M ., II . R . IL the Prince of WALES , who became its permanent Master . '" 1 S 97 he served as Deputy Master , and now ranks among the Past Masters of this distinguished

lodge . IK ; is also a Royal Arch and Rose Croix Mason , having been exalted in the United Chapter , No . 1629 , of whicii he is now a Past First Principal Z ., and perfected in the Studholme Chapter , No . 6 7 Thus the Prov . G . M . nominate enjoys

alread y a high reputation for the work he has done and the great interest he takes in Freemasonry ; and though he has before him a b y no means enviable task in following immediately so

experienced , able , and deservedly popular a ruler as our lamented Bro . BEACH , yet Sir AUCUSTCS Wl-BSTKR has given the evidence we have recounted above of his sterling merits , and , moreover , is persona era ! a with all classes of the

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community in his Province , and more particularly among his brethren in thc Craft . Hence we congratulate both him ancl them on thc appointment , and sincerely hope that the new

Prov . G . Master—who will unquestionably justify the choice of his Royal Highness the Grand Master—will have before him a long and prosperous term of ofiice as the ruler of one of our strongest and best-ordered Provinces in the south of England ,

Freemasonry In Cheshire*

FREEMASONRY IN CHESHIRE *

It is a subject of deep and ever-increasing regret that in the period of transition from purely Operative to purely Speculative Masonry , and still more , in the early years of thc latter organisation , those charged with the duty of recording the events that

occurred in our lodges should have taken but httle , if any , trouble to fulfil that duty , and thereby shown themselves worthy of the trust reposed in them . The number of brethren who , from pure love of the Craft or other worthy motive , have

endeavoured to compile trustworthy , and , therefore , acceptable annals of an early lodge or lodges , may not be exactly legion , but an earnest spirit of inquiry has been amongst us of late years , and where , a quarter of a century ago and even longer ,

there may have been just a few brethren here and there who cared to know something about the oldest lodges on our Register , and what manner of men they were who formed them , there are now scores and scores of Masons who an ; ready

and even anxious lo devote their time and ability lo the compilation of lodge ; and Provincial lodge histories . Hence the number of works which have recently appeared about Freemasonry in Northumbria , Lincolnshire , Leicestershire and

Rutland , Shropshire , Nor ' olk , Herefordshire , Dorsetshire , Sussex , & c , & c , & c , and to this formidable array must now be added this " History of Freemafonry in Cheshire , " which has been written by Bro . JOHN ARMSTRONG , Past G . Warden and Past

Grand II . of his Province , and which , as will be seen hereafter , is , in our opinion , one of the most valuable of the additions that have recently been made to our still slender store of works on Masonic History . He has , indeed ,

been more fortunate than the au ' . hors of most of the histories we have mentioned . In the opening paragraph of Ciiapter II . he tells w < . that "the oldest Minute Book relating to the Province of Cheshire now accessible

commences with the re-election of Captain ROUERI' NEWTON , of Chester , as Provincial Grand Master , on December 27 th , 1 743 , " and that " from this dale until to-day the minules are continuous . " Moreover , he goes on to say that " they have been

beautifully kept by a long series of D . P . G . Masters and Provincial ( J . Secretaries . For something like 40 years Bro . EDWARD ORMK , D . P . G . 'M , attended to them ; then we have ClI . VRLKS TOWNSEND and J LARDKN for a similar period . SAMUEL

HUMPHREYS minutes for nearly 30 years aro a imdel of neatness and good penmanship . Bro . EDWARD II . ( jkll- 'l- 'lTHS , who for nearly 50 years wielded the pen as P . G . Secretary , leaves

nothing untold of the great doings m his time ; he , some 15 veai's ago , was succeeded by our present veteran P . G . Secretary , Bro . RICHARD NEWHOUSE , who will in 1902 celebrate his jubilee as a Mason . His minutes are illuminated throughout , and