Our Portrait Gallety Worshipful Masters.

Our portrait Gallety Worshipful Masters .

BRO . ARTHUR BENTLEY , whose installation as Worshipful Master of the Penge Lodge , ] No . 1815 , is reported in another column , was initiated in that lodge on the 2 nd March , 1888 , in which he has filled the various offices . Our brother has gained a thorough mastery of the ritual , and under his vigorous rule the lodge cannot but flourish .

BRO . C . JOLLY was initiated in Pattison Lodge , No . 913 , in May , 1 S / 3 , and remained a subscrib . ing membertill 1880 , when he resigned , and was made an honorary member . In December of that year he joined the Henley Lodge , No . 14- / 2 , and , having been elected to the chairof W . M ., v ,-as , on vacating thai position in March , 1887 , appointed Secretary , and has held the office till the present time He was a founder of thc

Royal Victorian Jubilee Lodge , which was consecrated April 30 th , 1887 , was appointed Secretary in 1889 , and held the office up to the time of his installation as its W . M . during the present year . He is also honorary member of Lodges Union Waterloo , No . 13 ; Nelson , No . 700 ; United Military , No . 1536 i and Ordnance , No . 2399 . He was exalted in the Pattison Royal Arch Chapter in 1 S 80 , and is now honorary member . He helped to found the Henley Chapter , No . 1472 ,

and was installed M . E . Z . firstly in 1890 , and for the second time in 1892 . He is also a founder and M . E . Z . designate of the Royal Victorian Chapter , No . 2184 , which will be consecrated early in next month . He was advanced in the Mark Degree in the Excelsior Lodge , No 22 G , at its consecration in 18 75 , and passed 'he chair , after serving every office from Steward upwards , in 1893 . In 1 S 92 he

joined the Saye and Sele Lodge , No . 309 , and was W . M . in 1 S 94 . In addition , he is P . P . G . D . of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Kent . As regards his ° < her services , we note that he was installed a Knig ht of the Masonic and Military Orders of Rome and the Red Cross uf Cuustantine and appendant Orders in ' 88 3 ; was enthroned as M . P . S . in 1 K 00 ; is a Past Commander of the patriarchal

Our Portrait Gallety Worshipful Masters.

Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and Holy Order of St . John the Evangelist ,- is a Past Grand Senior General of the Order in the Divisional Grand Conclave of Kent . As for the Institutions , he served as Steward in 1887 for , and is a Life Governor of , the Benevolent Institution , of which also his wife and only daughter are Life Governors , and has occasionally subscribed to the Boys' and Girls' Schools , as well as to the Mark Benevolent Institutions .

Reviews.

Reviews .

"ST . J ' S , CLEKKKNWELL . " With historical notes and letterpress description of the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St . John of Jerusalem in England by John Underbill , together with etched plates and other illustrations by Wm . Mjnk , R . P . E . London : Published by Cadbury , Jones , and Co ., 60 , Haymarket , S . W ., 1 S 95 . There are few remains of Old London about which the majority of its citizens are , or till quite recently were , less well informed than St . John's Gate , Clerkenwell . Clerkenwell itself is a densely populated neighbourhood , and a busy one . It is the home of the English watch trade , or what remains of it . Its streets are crowded and its houses are

unpretentious . In short , it is about the last district in our large metropolis into which the explorer would think of penetrating in the expectation that he mi » ht discover buildings or the remains of buildings which can boast of a respectable antiquity . Yet this gateway and the Church of St . John haid by are what have been preserved to us of the Old Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St . John of Jerusalem . The English branch ot the Order was established in the first year of the reign of the second Henry . The crypt beneath the Church of St . John the Baptist is what remains to us of the church that was thought sufficient for the needs of the Order at the outset , but this was

enlarged , and ultimately the Priory Church itself wis erected and consecrated by Bishop Heraclins in 11 S 5 . The Priory grew rapidly , fresh buildings being added to it from time to time , and the Order , from beinj ; poor , simple , and ascetic in its habits , became wealthy and luxurious . Hence , when in the early days of Richard III . the commons rose under Wat Tyler , the Priory at Clerkenwell was one of the first buildings on which the mob vented its hatred of all that was decent and respectable . They set fire to it—and some idea of the extent of the Priory buildings at the time may be formed from the statement of the chronicler that it continued burning for seven diys . But it

had hardly been destroyed ere the Order set about the work of restoration . This was completed towards the close of the 15 th century , the then Prior , Sir Thos . Docwra , after re-building a part of the ancient church , adding the gateway . In its restored form the Priory extended from St . John's Gate , its principal entrance , to Clerkenwell Green and Aylesbury-street , St . John's Square representing fairly well the great courtyard . But in Henry VIlI . ' s time evil befel the Order , which was despoiled of a great part of its possessions by that monarch , notwithstanding the determined resistance offered by the members . In Elizabeth ' s reign the choir of the church became the head-quarters of

the Master of the Revels to her Court . Then the Priory itself was pulled down to make room for the modern buildings which occupy its site or five acres , and ultimately , after further vicissitudes , the church was again restored in the early years of the iSth century by Simon Mitchell , who sold it for £ 3000 to the Commissioners appointed to provide London with new churches . As for St . John ' s Gateway , which , with the crypt under the church , is about all that remains of the Old Priory , after being associated with the Revels of Elizabeth ' s Court , it passed into private hands , and in 1731 wis bought by Edward Cave , who set up his printing press in one of the rooms , and projected

and published the "Gentleman ' s Magazine . " Many years later it became a tavern , and here , in 1 SO 7 , was consecrated the Urban Lodge , No . 1196 , which , in 1870 , moved to and now meets at Freemasons' Hall . In iSSG it passed into the possession of the revived Order of St . John of Jerusalem , to whom it now belongs . Such is a brief sketch of the letterpress description of the Old Priory by the late Mr . John Underhill , of the Poll Mall Gazette , who , in the compilation of his account , has succeeded in putting together one of the ccmpletest , and at the same time , one of the most succinct and wellwritten descriptions ot this kind it has been our privilege to peruse . The record is taken

from the most trustworthy sources , and the reader acquires all the knowledge respecting these old historical buildings which he can wish for without being eternally worried with references to the works which Mr . Underhill must have consulted and did consult to such excellent purpose . But while the letterpress leaves nothing to be desired in the way of information , it will , we think , be generally conceded that it is the etchings and other illustrations by Air . William Monk which are the great attraction of the publication . They are most beautifully drawn and reproduced , and include not only sketches of the Crypt , the Church , the Gate , and the Oaken Staircase as they now

are , but also representations from old engravings of the Priory and the Cloisters as they were in the olden times , together with illustrations showing " Cave's Printine Press , St . John ' s Cite , " the " Tomb of Sir William Weston , Kt . "—the last Grind Prior of the Order , who died on Ascension Day , 1540 , the vear in which a pension of j ( , iooo a year was granted him by Henry VIII . —in "St . James ' s Church , Clerkenwell , " the " Memorial to the late Duke of Clarence , First Sub-Prior" of the revived Order , & :., & c . It is , indeed , one of the most interesting , and from a typographical point of view ,

one of the most perfect productions of recent years , while , as regards the literary character of its Chronicle and the artistic merit of the illustrations , it would be difficult to speak in terms of exaggerated commendation . The who ' . e work is inclosed in a handsome Portfolio and was published at £ 2 2 s . nett ; but on and after the 30 th instant thc few copies that may then remain unsold will be disposed of at £ 3 135 . 6 d . It only remains for us to add that the work is dedicated to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , as Grand Prior , and his son , the Duke of York , as Grand Sub-Prior of the resuscitated Order of St . John of Jerusalem .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held in the great hall of Freemasons' Tavern on Friday , the nth instant . Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treasurer , Chairman of the Board of Management , Patron and Trustee of the Institution , occupied the chair , and there was present a large gathering of Life Governors , and others . The minutes of the previous Court having been read and confirmed , and the minutes of the Council read for information , the motion to increase the number

of vacancies to 17 was put and carried . The Secretary then announced that Bro . the Duke of Devonshire , K . G ., Lord President of the Council , Provincial Grand Master ' of Derbyshire , had very kindly undertaken to preside at the ySth Anniversary Festival to be held in June , iSy ( i . The other business having been disposed of , the poll was declared open for the election of 17 from an approved list of candidates . Thc names of those who were elected will be found in our advertisement columns , the Unsuccessful Can . didates , whose votes will be carried forward to the next election , were as follow :

Name Votes Havcrstock , Robert William ... 3051 Vockins , Reginald Cecil Hadland ... 2302 Worrell , Cecil Herbert 229 S Button , Frank Gordon 196 4 Button , Frederick Waters 190 S Bas . sett , Horace Edward ... ... 1 O 05 Craighead , Percy Allan \ . \ -jA

Ward , Cecil Albert 137 .: Baker , Arthur ... 130 S Nichili , Walter Gordon 124 . J Loxley , Owen Ward 109 . 5 Anderson , Thomas 10 S 0 Hitchcock , Albert Victor Baker ... 997 Turner , Francis Thomas 929 Sutton , Atthur Henry 022

Name V " otes Pallot , Charles Frederick 004 Laing , James Forbes ... ... yy l . innett , Benjamin Wellesley ... 47 S Abeidein , James Harold ... ... . 153 Cheeseman Cecil Wyatt ... ... 379 Coleman , Percival Stanley ... ... 204 McCallum , Malcolm Marson ... 19 H

llayward , Percy Henry 197 Vcnablrs , George Vernon ... ... 152 dales , William Deni ? ... ... 157 Oldham , George Harold ... ... 43 Johnstone , Walter Latimer ... ... 33 I leney , William James 15 Smith , Sydney George n