Provincial Grand Lodge Of Wiltshire

Prov . G . M . ' s seat , flanked by the banneis of his immediate predecessors—Bros . Lord Methuen and Groset . The following were present : Bros . Earl Radnor , Prov . G . M . ; C . N . P . Phipps , Dep . P . G . M . ; W . E . Nicolson BroWne , 3 i 5 , P . G . R ., P . G . Reg . ; H . Bevir , 355 , P . P . S . G . W ., P . G . Seer G . E . Harris , P . J . G . D .: J . A . Y . Matthews , W . M . ; E . Bishop , S . W . ; W . H . Shepherd , J . W . ; Rev . D . Ware , Chap . •John Chandler , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W ., P . G . D . CTreas ., P . P . G . Supt . ; Samuel Snell , Sec . ; H . W . Thomas , S . D . j

, F ... G . Wride , J . D . ; H . W . Reynolds , D . C . ; C . R . Baily , Stwd , ; Ellis H . Pritchett , P . M . ; A . Plummer , P . M ., P . S . G . W . ; C . Bishop , P . M . ; J . G . Toomer , P . M . ; F . P . Goddard , P . M ., P . S . G . D . ; G . M . Butterworth , P . M . ; A . Barns , P . M . ; Thomas Turner , P . M . ; John J . Jervis , P . M . ; A . E . Withy , P . M . ; J . Godwin , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; Adam Twine , H . F . Nash , T . Bazzard , H . W . Roso , Stewart Campbell , H . Ing , J . P . P . Phillips , W . Ruddle Brown , F . Le Warne , Rev . W . Gardiner , P . M . 1533 , P . G . Chap . ; R . W . Merriman , P . M . 1533 , P . P . J . G . W . ; A . H . L . Bolton , P . M . 626 , P . P . G . Chap . ; T . S . Hill ,

P . M . 632 , P . P . G . Reg . ; H . Menick , P . M . 1271 , P . P . S . G . W . ; F . J . Leader , P . M . 1533 ; C . J . Hibbard , P . M . 626 , P . P . A . G . D . C . ; H . Mead , H . B . Napier , P . M . 626 ; J . Parker , P . M . 626 ; C . W . B . Bryant , P . P . J . G . D . ; S . Theodore Wood , P . P . G . Chap . ; George W . Collen , P . M . 622 , P . P . G . R . ; S . Sparks , P . P . J . G . W . ; J . C . Afac ' ean , 355 , P . P . S . G . W . ; Francis Hodding , W . M . 586 ; C . T . Turner , P . M . 1295 ; E . E . Bartlett , P . M . 5 S 6 , P . P . G . P . ; E . A . B . Elers , P . M . 5 S 6 r Fred Sutton , I . P . M . 586 ; Rev . F . Chester-Master , P . P . G . Chap . West Lanes . ; and many others .

After the opening of the Prov . G . Lodge , the dedication of the new hall was performed with impressive ceremony . The usual business of Provincia l Grand Lodge was then transacted , and subsequently the P . G . M . appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows :

Bro . J . Chandler , 355 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . W . - „ bir VV . Roger Brown , ' 632 ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ Rev . J . A . Lloyd , P . G . Chap . England , 335 ... Prov . G . Chap . „ E . B . Merriman , Marlborough ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ H . B . Napier , 626 ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . •„ H . Bevir , Wootton Bassett ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ E . A . B . filers , 5 S 6 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ J . A . Y . Matthews , 355 ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ Ellis H . Pritchett , 355 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . of W . „ F . Reynolds , 663 ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C .

„ J . G . Toomer , 355 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . „ C . Bishop , 355 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . B . ,, H . Millington , Trowbridge ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ F . G . Billingham , 663 ... ... ... Prov . G . Purst . „ H . White , 632 ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . „ J . F . Goodall , 1271 } Prov . G . Stwds . . . » J-J- Jervis , 12 95 ... ... ... ) „ W . Dean , 355 ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler . It is worthy of note that Bro . J . Chandler , P . P . S . G . W ., P . G . D . C , was

re-appointed to the office of P . S . G . W ., which he held 25 years ago , the P . GlM . thereby designing to mark his sense of the services rendered by Bro . Chandler to Masonry in the province * . The popular W . M . of the Royal Sussex Lodge received a purple collar , being chosen as P . J . G . D ., while the services of the I . P . M ., Bro . Ellis Pritchett , as architect of the new hall , were recognised by the gift of the collar of P . G . S . of W .

It is understood that the P . G . M . expressed himself extremely pleased with the handsome appearance of the new hall , and complimented Bro . Pritchett on the manner in which the work had been carried out . In his lordship ' s judgment the hall was the finest Masonic hall to be found in the province . The alms collected , amounting to between £ \ and £ _ , were given to the Swindon Victoria Hospital .

On the close of the Provincial Grand Lodge a banquet was served at the Goddard Arms Hotel , about Co brethren sitting down , under the presidency of the P . G . M ., supported by Bros , C . N . P . Phipps , D . P . G . M . ; Viscount Folkestone , G . W . Eng ., * and othe . s . Bro . Earl Radnor had to leave early . On his departure the W . M . of the Royal Sussex Lodge succeeded to the chair , and the proceedings were pleasantly maintained under his genial direction .

Consecration Of The Cutlers' Lodge, No. 2730.

CONSECRATION OF THE CUTLERS' LODGE , No . 2730 .

The number of " class " lodges has for some time past been steadily increasing , and an innovation was made a short time ago by the formation of a lodge in connection with the Skinners' Company , called the Pellipar Lodge . In a worthy spirit of emulation , the Cutlers' Company can now boast of the Cutlers' Lodge , No . 2730 , which was consecrated at the Cutlers' Hall . Warwick-lane , E . G ., on the ioth inst .

The Consecrating Officer—Bro . E . Letchworth , Grand Secretary—was assisted by Bros . Sir John Monckton , P . G . W ., as S . W . ; Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., as J . W . ; Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , M . A ., P . G . C , as Chap . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., as D . C ; and J . H . Milton , as I . G .

The founders—who are all associated with the Cutlers' Company—are Bros . Alderman W . Vaughan Morgan , P . G . Treas . ; W . C Beaumont , P . A . G . D . C ; T . Cato Worsfold , 2511 ; J . P . Hamilton , P . M . 1708 ; Frank W . Williams , P . M . and Treas . 101 , P . M . 1559 ; Sydney Pocock , 1 S 1 S ; J . Simpson , P . M ., VV . M . 704 ; Henry Von Joel , P . M . 957 ; Atwood Thorne , 26 S 2 ; H . Tatton Sykes , P . M . 172 ; John F . Latham , P . M . 1717 ; Alfred

Pocock , P . M . 463 ; W . M . Worsfold , 507 ; and Alf . J . Thomas , P . M . 227 . The visitors present included—Bros . J . A . Farnfield , P . A . G . D . C ; J . D . Langton , P . D . G . D . C ; H . Sadler , G . Ty l-rr ; T . A . Bullock , P . G . S . B . ; R . Voisey , P . M . 1329 ; R . L . Sindall , P . M . 1203 ; H . A . Higgs , 511 ; Millner Jutsum , P . M . 95 ; A . W . Lockhart

26 * 50 ; II . Brandon VVhite , P . M . 101 ; W . Lempricre , 2650 ; S . Lambert , P . P . G . Rc-tf . Surrey ; R . T . Palmer , P . M . 1732 ; E . ) . Lcvcson , W . M . 26 ; ] . F . Roberts , J . W . 7 6 ; Wm . Hill , 2682 ; W . Hastings Beaumont , 26 ; H . W . Butcher , 2551 ; D- F . Heywood , 2650 ; T . W . Withers , W . M . 16 71 ; A . Rusby , W . M . 2511 ; J . A . Beaumont , P . G . Stwd . ; J . Henschel , 704 ; A . Hughes , 704 ; J . J . Franco , 704 ; W . Cleghorn , P . M . . 128 7 ; J . Bergmann , P . M .

Consecration Of The Cutlers' Lodge, No. 2730.

1671 ; F . J . Sykes , P . M . 256 ; S . Parkhouse , 256 ; A . Barton Kent , I . G . 26 93 ; E . Herbert Draper , Sec . 2693 ; Lionel W . Harris , W . M . 2488 ; W . R . G . Emerson , Org . 45 ; A . Carlyle , 2146 ; H . Emlyn , 1348 ; R . J . Harris , 1695 ; J . H . Dellmer Todd , I . P . M . 2317 ; G . F . Edwards , P . M . 766 ; H . Bertram , VV . M . Fitzroy ; W . Hunt , P . M . 172 ; Wm . Briant , W . M . 101 ; G . P . Hadley , J . W . 2488 ; L . W . Thomas , P . M . 91 ; J . N . Bredin , 29 ; A . Tite , Temple ; C . F . H . Smith , Gallery ; and W . W . Lee , P . M .

Lodge having been opened , the Consecrating Officer addressing the brethren , said : We are gathered together this afternoon within the walls of this ancient guild for the purpose of starting into existence a new Iodge . This lodge will be composed to a great extent , if not entirely , of those associated with the Cutlers' Companvi whose name it will bear ; and I sincerel y trust it may be the means of uniting , if possible , more closely those already

associated together as members of this company . I trust it may accomplish all those objects the founders have in view , and advance the very best interests of our Order . I congratulate the founders on having as their first Master one so able to rule and guide them as the very distinguished brother whom it will be my privilege very shortly to place in the chair I now occupy . I refer to Bro . Alderman Vaughan Morgan .

The Founders signified their approval of the officers named in the warrant .

Bro . Rev . J . S . BROWNRIGG , P . G . Chap ., in delivering an oration , said there was probably no portion of the universe where , during those hours which were marked out on the 24 inch gauge for labour , more was done than in the great City of London , in the heart of which they had met . More real work , more hard work , was probably done here than in any other part of the known world . They might go a step further and say that even

their enemies would admit there was no place where more honourable work was done . The commercial name of this great centre stood hi ghest in the civilised world . What had contributed to make it so ? He answered without hesitation , in a great measure these great city companies of which one has formed this lodge . And why 1 Because they ever set before them that great principle—the practice of which was the foundation of all Masonic

precept and principle—to work not merely for self , but Tor God ' s honour , for the benefit of the common weal , and for the welfare of one another . Work was organised and united by their Masonic Guild , the earliest that occurred , because it was filled with men working alone ; and then they went a step further , and it was not men working in conjunction with , but for his brother . It was these principles which the great City companies had supported in

their metropolis , and it was these principles which they trusted their Masonic body would support . The difference between their body and others formed for mere personal interests was that they did not think of self first , but desired , whilst protecting their own welfare , to study the interests ¦ of others . Might , this lodge and the great company ever bs actuntei , as in times pa st , by these great principles !

The new lodge was then dedicated and constituted with the usual ceremonial .

Bro . Alderman W . Vaughan Morgan , P . G . T ., having baen inducted as W . M ., invested the following officers : Bros . W . C . Beaumont , P . A . G . D . of C , acting I . P . M . ; T . Cato Worsfold , S . W . ; J . P . Hamilton , P . M ., J . VV ., * Frank W . Williams , P . M ., Treas . ; Sydney Pocock , Sec ; H . Von Joel , P . M ., S . D . ; A . J . Thomas , P . M ., J . D . ; Atwood Thorne , I . G . ; H . Tatton Sykes , P . M ., D . C ; J . Simpson , P . M ., Stwd . ; and J . Baker , P . M ., Tyler .

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER in tendering sincere thanks to the Consecrating Officers , asked them to accept the honorary membership of the lodge , and also presented each with a handsome silver cigarette case bearing a suitable inscription . The GRAND SECRETARY , on behalf of himself and colleagues , returned thanks for this three-fold compliment .

A vote of thanks was accorded the Master , Wardens and Court of the Cutlers' Company for the use of the hall for the purpose of Freemasonry . Candidates having been proposed for initiation , the lodge was then closed . After an excellent banquet , the first toasts honoured were " The Oueen and the Craft" and " H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . " ~

In giving " The Grand Officers , " the W . M . expressed his great regret at thc serious state of health of the Pro Grand Master but hoped the Great Architect would be pleased to restore him to health and strength . They had that day had a specimen of the good work of the Grand Officers . Bro . Sir REGINALD HANSON , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., regretted that Bro . Sir John Monckton had been obliged to leave as he would have

responded for this toast , but his own motto was " where I lodges I dine . " There was another toast coming on , and , therefore , he had not the opportunity of alluding to the marvellous correctness of the Grand Secretary , or the exactitude of the D . C , Bro . Frank Richardson , who marshalled everybody and from whose decision there can be no appeal . The G . Chaplain had in his position a position of greater fresdom— he would not say of less

responsibility . Speaking personally , he hoped to do his duty in that state of life in which it pleased the Grand Secretary to call him . The Grand Officers were always willing to serve the Craft , especially on such occasions as this . Anything they could contribute to the good of the Craft , and particularly for a new lodge founded in connection with a Company they all

knew in the City , they were pleased to do . He hoped he was not expressing a heresy in saying the Grand Officers might reasonably come on such occasions in full dress , rather than in the undress regalia , which at present appeared to be the custom . It seemed as inappropriate as to go in a shooting coat to a Christmas party .

The W . M . proposed "The Consecrating Officers , " and said he had had the honour and pleasure of listening to the Grand Secretary on several occasions , when , unfortunately for the lodges , he ( the W . M . ) had been the victim , although he had not suffered much . He had been honoured by being asked to assist on some occasions when he had not been the victim ; when he had been more than pleased with the way in which the ceremony

had been performed . His only regret was that he was not present at the consecratu n for the first time , for all must leave happier and brighter men and Masons . This was due largely to the admirable manner in which the Grand Secretary performed the ceremony , as he performed all duties that fell to him . They were indebted to the Grand Secretary for his kindness , and they had to thank the other Grand Ollicers who assisted him .

Bro . E . LETCHWORTH , G . Sec , said they had been compelled to listen to his voice for no inconsiderable period that evening , and he would not be so ungracious as to inflict anything in the nature of a speech . ' He desired in words as sincere as they would be brief to tender , on behalf of the Consecrating Officers , their warmest thanks for the kind manner in which the