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SATURDAY , DECEMBER 15 , 18 94 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The report of the General Board , which vvas submitted for the consideration of the brethren at the Quarterly Communication of the Mark Grand Lodge on the 4 th inst ., contained several matters of moment , to which it seems desirable to direct attention . In the first place , it vvas announced that warrants for four new

Mark and three new Royal Ark Mariner Lodges had been issued . At the previous Communications during the year , the numbers announced were comparatively few , so that these will help to bring the total of new lodges warranted during 1894 more nearly on a level vvith the

totals of past years . ft is also to be remarked from the returns of registered Mark Master Masons and Royal Ark Mariners that over 1500 certificates in the former case and close on 300 in the latter must have been issued during the 12 months ending 30 th September last .

Masonic Notes.

It may also be as well to specify the changes which have followed on the death of our veteran Bro . William Kelly who had been a Prov . Grand Mark Master for the unusually long period of 3 6 years . That brother ' s Province included the counties of Leicester , Derby . Northampton , and Rutland . His Royal Highness the

M . W . G . M . M . has now sanctioned the following arrangement : Leicestershire and Rutland vvith four lodges to be one Province under Bro . the Earl of Euston ; Derby ( six lodges ) a Province by itself under Bro . A . Woodiwiss as P . G . M . ; and Northants , Hunts , and Beds ( four lodges ) one Province under Bro . the Earl of Euston . VVe further note lhat Rro . thp Rev .

W . Mortimer Heath has retired from the Prov . Grand Mastership of Dorsetshire and has been succeeded by Bro . W . E . Brymer . M . P . # # # We notice , also , vvith satisfaction , as evidence of the increased prosperity of the Mark Benevolent Fund ,

that tbe male annuities have been increased from £ 26 to ^ 40 , and the widow annuities from , £ 21 to £ yz The increased annuities are at the same rate as those granted by the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and it is just possible this may have the effect of

lightening the heavy demands which for many years have pressed so heavily upon the resources of that Charity . In any case , it shows a great advance in the progress of the Mark Fund , on which we take leave to congratulate the members of that Degree .

The late Bro . the Rev . John E . Cox , D . D ., to whose memory , as will be seen elsewhere , a tablet , erected in St . Helen ' s Church , Bishopsgate , has just been unveiled , vvas a very distinguished member of our Order , and as a Grand Officer , a man of great literary ability , and one who took a deep interest in the welfare of our

Schools , rendered it , during his long career , many and valuable services . He was Grand Chaplain during the Grand Mastership of the late Earl of Zetland , from 1848 to 1857 , both inclusive , among his contemporariea being the still surviving Bro . the Rev . Sir John Warren Hayes , Bart ., and the late Bros , the Rev . W . Fallofield ,

the Rev . E . Moore , the Rev . A . R . Ward , the Rev . John Huyshe , and the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford ; and Bros , the Rev . Joseph Senior , LL . D ., and the Rev . W . K . R . Bedford , who are still living . As a promoter of Masonic literature , he vvill be remembered for the attention he gave to the different issues of the Book of

Constitutions , a carefully annotated edition of vvhich was compiled by him , and is still purchasable , while he was a frequent contributor to the columns of the old Freemasons' Magaainc and Mirror . As for the Schools , he acted the part of examiner of the children for many

years , and very materially assisted by the suggestions hc offered in his reports in improving the curriculum . He died in 1890 , and we rejoice that the memory of his services in the church with which he was associated during a great part of his career has been thus fittingly honoured .

* A meeting of the founders of the Fellowship Lodge , for the purpose of making final arrangements for the consecration on Monday next , was held at the Frascati , on Wednesday , the W . M . designate , Bro . W . H . Bailey , in the chair . The Secretary pro . tern .,

Bro . James Stephens , handed to the Treasurer over , £ 400 vvhich had been received from the founders , thus placing the new lodge , not only free from debt at starting , but with a handsome balance in hand . The success of this lodge has been phenomenal , and we congratulate the founders , especially that most " active

and energetic of all Secretaries , pro tem . or permanent , " Bro . James Stephens , on having established a lodge which promises not only to start so well , but , judging from the past record of its promoters , bids fair to be a leading light in its support of the Masonic Charities . We understand that invitations for the ceremony and banquet would have been extended but for the limited

space . * * * The Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masons , R . W . Bro . Lord Dungarvan , accompanied by the Grand Secretary , V . W . Bro . C . F . Matier , and the Grand Director of Ceremonies , Bro .

Dr . Balfour Cockburn , paid a visit to the County Palatine Lodge of Mark Masters , No . 156 , at Manchester on Monday last . On the closing of the County Palatine Lodge , the United Manchester Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners was opened and some 16 new members admitted to the Degree , and Bro . W . Cart .

wright elected and installed as W . C . N . This being concluded a meeting of thc Matier Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees was held , and a great number of candidates admitted members of the council . The Degrees were excellently worked by Bros . C . F . Matier and J . D . Murray .