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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , J ANUARY 14 , 1899 .

We have much pleasure in announcing that the Prince of Wales , M . W . Grand Master , has been graciously p leased to accept the copy of " Northumbrian Masonry and the Development of the Craft in

England , " which the author , Bro . John Strachan , Q . C , Grand Registrar , had forwarded for presentation to his Royal Highness , and which , by special permission was dedicated to him as M . W . Grand Master .

Masonic Notes.

The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution held their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , under the presidency of Bro . Lieut .-Col . A . Durrant , J . P . The Secretary reported the deaths of two widow annuitants , andthe Warden ' s Report , as well as that of

the Finance Committee , were submitted . The petitions of 13 candidates—eig ht men and five widows—were then taken into consideration with the result that all were accepted and the names ordered to be placed on the lists for the elections in May next . As no further additions can now be made to these lists , it will be as

well if we announce that , as matters stand at the present time , the candidates for the next election are 126 in number , of whom 56 are men and 70 widows , while the vacancies to be filled—irrespective of the three deferred on each Fund—are 12 on the Male and 12 on the Widows' Fund .

* * + From these figures it is but too manifest that it will be possible to make provision for only about onefourth of the total number of candidates , and that , as for several years past , there will be a very formidable number of aged and indigent brethren and widows

of brethren who , for lack of room , will have to remain out in the cold for at least another twelvemonth from May next . We wish there was some way of reducing this number , but the demands upon the resources of the Institution have been so heavy during the last 20 or 25 years , owing to the successive augmentations of

the numbers of brethren and widows in receipt of annuities , that for the present , at all events , it will be impossible to increase the establishment . In fact , for some time to come , we fear it will be as much as the Charity will be able to do to pay its way without trenching upon capital . a

On Saturday , the nth February , a further addition will be made to the roll of lodges in the Province of Hertfordshire , and the number , which has remained at 22 ever since 1894 , when the Charles Edward Keyser Lodge , No . 2518 , was consecrated at Hoddesdon , will ,

henceforth , be 23 . The new lodge will be known as the Grove Park Lodge , No . 2732 , and will be consecrated by Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . G . Master , assisted by his Prov . G . Officers , at the Hall , Bushey , on the date mentioned . The W . M . designate is Bro . T . J . Mercer .

» » » The Earl of Clarendon Lodge of Instruction , No . 1984 , had its annual supper on Monday , the 9 th instant . Bro . fames Terry , P . G . S . B ., and Past G . Warden and Grand Director of Ceremonies of the Province , rehearsed the ceremonies of consecration

and installation in the- presence of between 60 and 70 brethren , among whom were the Prov . G . Master—Bro . T . F . Halsey , P . M . —and Bro . Charles Bullock , Prov . G . Secretary . At the supper which followed , the chair was taken by Bro . Rev . O . C . Cockrem , D . D .,

Past Prov . G . Chaplain , who expressed the pleasure it gave him to find the Eari of Clarendon Lodge of Instruction fulfilling its duties so satisfactorily . The after-supper proceedings were enlivened by some capital singing . Indeed , the evening from first to last

was a success . * * * We have received our usual copy of the Transactions of the Prov . G . Lodge and Prov . G . Chapter of Durham for the year 1 S 98 , and there can be no question as to their forming a most creditable record and one of

v » bich any Province would have every reason to be proud . The annual meeting of the Prov . G . Lodgewe reported it at the time in our columns—was held at Barnard Castle , on the 27 th September , under the presidency of the R . W . Prov . G . Master—Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart . The several reports

then presented showed that rreemasonry had greatly prospered during the previous 12 months , there being , according to the Prov . G . Treasurer ' s Statement of Account , a balance of upwards of . 6350 in the National Provincial Bank at the close of the said account . The Fund Committee reported grants to the Provincial and Central Charities amounting to 270 guineas ( £ 18 3

ios . ) , and of donations to three widows of sum together reaching ^ 70 , while the number of subscribing members on the several lodge rolls was returned as 3092 . All these circumstances were carefully noted in his address by the Prov . G . Master , who expressed the pleasure it gave him to receive such excellent accounts of the year ' s proceedings .

* * The first meeting of the Board of Stewards for the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was held on Thursday , the 5 th

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inst ., when the following brethren were elected officers , namely , the Earl of Dartmouth , Prov . G . Master of Staffordshire , President of the Board ; Sir Oflley Wakeman , Bart ., Prov . G . Master Shropshire , Vice-President ; Bro . James Stephens , Past D . G . D . of Ceremonies , Acting : Vice-President ; Bro . Robert Colsell , Hon . Treasurer ; and Bro . James Terry , the Secretary of the Institution , as usual , Hon . Secretary .

* * * Among the items of news it was our privilege to record last week none could have been more interesting than thebrief account of the initiation into the mysteri es of the First Degree of the Earl of Ronaldshay , eldest son and heir of Bro . the Marquis of Zetland , who has

presided over the fortunes of the Craft in North and East Yorkshire as Prov . G . Master since January , 1 S 74 . The ceremony , which took place in the Lennox Lodge , No . 123 , Richmond , on Wednesday , the 4 th inst ., was performed by Bro . M . C Peck , Past G . Std . Br ., Prov . G . Secretary , in the presence of a small

muster of oflicers and members , among whom were the Prov . G . Master and his Deputy , Bro . Lord Bolton , Past G . Warden , who have both been members of the lodge for some years , and Bro . W . H . Cowper , P . G . S . B . Eng ., Past Prov . G . W ., the Provincial

Charity Representative , who , with Bro . Peck , was among the visitors . Everything passed off well and when the charge had been delivered , the Prov . Grand Secretary congratulated the lodge on having had so distinguished a personage placed on its roll of members .

* * * The event is of far greater importance than usual , the Dundas family having been for so many years connected with English Freemasonry , while its most pro mincnt members have been among the foremost officers of Grand Lodge for the greater part of the

present century . Thomas Dundas , second baronet and first Lord Dundas—peerage created in 1794 —was appointed Dep . G . Master of England ( " Moderns" ) in 1813 in succession to H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , and retained oflice in United Grand Lodge until his death in 1820 . His son and

successor , Lawrence , Lord Dundas , after serving as Dep . G . Master in 1821-2 , and for a second term from 1824 to 1833 , was appointed Pro Grand Master in the latter year . In 18 3 8 , at the Queen ' s coronation , he was advanced to an earldom by the style and title of the

Earl of Zetland . Dying the following year , he was succeeded by his son , Thomas , second Earl , who was appointed Dep . G . Master from 18 39 to 1840 , and in the latter year , on the death of the Earl of Djrham , was chosen to be that nobleman ' s successor in the oflice of Pro G . Master .

* * * On the death of tbe Duke of Sussex , in 1843 , the Earl of Zetland , the Pro Grand Master , continued to preside over United G . Lodge until the next regular period for election came round , when he was chosen the M . W . G . M ., and so remained until , in 186 9 , old age

and failing health compelled him to retire , one of the latest of his acts as G . M . being that of installing his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as M . W . Past G Master of United G . Lodge . His lordship died in 18 73 , and was succeeded by his nephew , Lawrence , third Earl andfirst Marquisof Zetland , who , in 18 74 , was appointed

Prov . G . M . of North and East Yorkshire , in succession to his deceased uncle , and still retains the o ! li : e . It may not be out of place to add that when , in 1817 , the Province of Yorkshire was divided '' into the two Provinces of North and East Yorkshire and West Yorkshire , the former was placed under the charge of

the Hon . Lawrence Dundas , afterwards second Lord Dundas and first Earl of Zetland , and on his death , in 1830 , the ollice was conferred upon bis successor . Thus the Province has throughout its existence been presided over by a Dundas . » »

From a printed statement we have received from Buenos Ayres , it appears that under the District G . Lodge of the Argentine Republic , of which Bro . C . Trevor Mold is the District Grand Master , there are seven lodges , the senior of which is Excelsior Lodge No . 617 , Buenos Ayres , which was warranted in 1 S 53 ,

and is , therefore , well on its way to celebrate its jubilee . The next in order of seniority is Star of the South Lodge , No . 1025 , Buenos Ayres , which dates from 1864 ; and then Light of the South , No . 1553 , Rosario , of the year 1875 ; Southern Cross Lodge , No .

1740 , Cordoba ; the Victoria , No . 2329 , Buenos Ayres , warranted 186 9 ; the Quilmes Lodge , No . 2459 , Quilmes , in 1893 ; and the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 2517 , Lomas de Zamora , in 18 74 . The members of the District G . Lodge are 79 in number , including the District Grand M ister .