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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 15 , 1890 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

In our remarks last week on the recent Boys School Election we noticed that the boy E . J . Brown , who was returned second on the poll , though hailing from the Province of Lincolnshire , owed his success to the support given him by the brethren of Hertfordshire , in

which county the boy ' s mother resides . As a matter of fact , his success is entirely due to the latter province , whose Charity Organisation adopted the case as its own , and the officials of the said organisation , but

especially Bro . C . E . Keyser , P . P . J . G . W ., who undertook the office of Secretary at the beginning of the present year , deserve every credit for the manner in which they worked the case . * * *

The candidature of the boy Phipps , who was a first , and at the same time a last , case , was withdrawn at the last moment . The Herts Charity Organisation would willingly have supported it , as it was a genuine Herts case , but they were already pledged to the support of

Brown , and they were therefore unable to render effective support . However , a younger brother of Phipps will be on the list of candidates in due course , and we understand the Herts Association will use their utmost efforts to ensure his election . * * *

That was , indeed , an eloquent tribute of respect which Bro . the Rev . H . A . Pickard , Past Grand Chaplain of England , paid to the memory of the late Earl of Carnarvon at the recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire . The late Earl ,

though initiated in the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , early in 1856 , became a joining member of the Apollo University Lodge of Oxford the year following , when Bro . Pickard , who was at the time Master of the latter , had the honour of welcoming his

lordship on his introduction into his lodge . Thus Bro . Pickard had known him throughout his whole Masonic career , and there was no one , therefore , with the

exception of Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., more competent to describe accurately the labours and achievements of our departed Pro Grand Master in Freemasonry than Bro . Pickard .

There was a large attendance at the Quarterl y Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland held last Thursday , the 6 th inst ., in Edinburgh , and more than usual interest was manifested in business , which is , as a rule passed over as routine . The absence of a number

of the responsible officers of Grand Lodge , says the Masonic editor of the Glasgow Evening News , was a regrettable circumstance , but in Sir Charles Dalrymple , Bart ., who presided , the M . W . has a competent substitute , and save that at so important a meeting one would rather see all the office-bearers in their proper

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places , the meeting on Thursday may be regarded as a success , albeit the minutes of Grand Committee , and even of Grand Lodge , proved a bone of contention and were a cause of unnecessary carping . * # & A very excellent scheme has been put forward by

Bro . Geo . N . Mihvard , I . P . M . 116 3 , Birmingham , and one which we are sanguine enough to believe will stand a fair chance of being successful . His idea is that in every large city and town where several lodges are held there mig ht be established a Masonic Musical Union or

Society , in which members of lodge wouldhave the opportunity of meeting for practice in singing and instrumental music , and also of taking part in recitations , and giving entertainments which would prove generally attractive and might at the same time be made beneficial to our Charitable Institutions .

* * * Bro . Mihvard has already started a " Warwickshire Masonic Musical Union , " and has been so far successful that Bro . Lord Leigh , Prov . G . M ., has consented to become Patron of the society , while the Deputy Prov .

G . M ., Bro . j . T . Collins , J . P ., will be one of the vice-Patrons . The number of brethren who have undertaken to join as members is 60 , and as Birmingham has about 16 lodges meeting within its boundaries , the constituency is quite large enough to furnish three or four times as many more .

As regards our Institutions , Bro . Milvvard ' s idea is to organise entertainments from time to time , and a ballot to take place annually for every 10 pounds or guineas which may be realised as profit from such entertainment . For ourselves , we regard the notion as an

admirable one . There are many lodges , and even some few provinces , which have annual balls , concerts , and the like , the proceeds of which , if any , are handed over to one or other of our Central Institutions , or distributed amongst them in equal parts , or the local Masonic

Charities are thus benefited . Bro . Milvvard ' s proposed " Masonic Musical Union " is , however , a step further in the same direction . It will be located permanently in one central town , the members will all be members of the local lodges , and the concerts , readings , & c ,

will be entirely for Masonic charitable purposes . We cordially wish Bro . Mihvard all success in his proposed organisation of a Warwickshire Union , and we trust the idea will be taken up , and successfully carried out in the large cities and towns in our other provinces .

* * * The Mayoralty of Bro . Sir Henry Isaacs will be remembered in connection with Masonry chiefl y from the fact that he was absolutely the first Freemason who ever held a Masonic lodge within the walls of the

Mansion House , he himself having been installed there as W . M . of the Drury Lane Lodge in February last . Sir Henry ' s first Masonic duty after vacating the chair of Chief Magistrate was to preside on the following day

at a meeting of this same lodge at Drury Lane Theatre , on the occasion of the election of his successor , Bro . James Fernandez .

There is now in the Bangor Union Lod ge a mallet , which is probably without an equal in the world . It was presented to Lord Clanmorris b y the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava in 18 S 3 , and the following letter , which accompanied it , tells the history of the find .

The mallet is laid in the lodge room under a glass case , and bears evidence of good usage , the edges being completely rounded . The letter is as follows : "Clandeboye , 3 rd September , 1883 . My dear Clanmorris , — -At last I have found the mallet , which I have

much pleasure in sending you . Its great merit is its genuineness . On that you may rely , for I myself dug it out of a temple tomb erected b y King Mentu Hotep , of the nth Dynasty , a personage who certainl y flourished before Moses . The mallet was buried

beneath the sand and ruins with a number of articles of the same date . Its handle still shines with the siieat of the old Egyptian Masons , and I have great pleasure in presenting it to your lodge . —Yours sincerel y , DUFFERIN . "

The fund that for some time past has been in course of being raised in order to erect a Masonic memorial of the ceremony performed by our late Pro Grand Master—as representative of H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master in 1884 has not yet closed . There is , therefore , still time

for brethren to contribute towards this laudable object , and we trust the amount required by the Committee for the work which has been undertaken will be obtained . A goodly proportion of it has been alread y promised ur subscribed , and we have no doubt that the Craft will take care there is no deficit .