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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , J ANUARY 21 , 18 99

The Quarterly Courts of the Governors and Sub-•irr bers of our two Scholastic Institutions were hold on Ihursday and Friday of last week , but about thc only "usinejs of importance that was transacted was the 'proval of the lists of candidates , and the declaration of " * e vacancies to be filled at the April elections . At 'he Girls' School Court on Thursday a list of 36 candidates was approved and the number of vacancies was

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fixed at 16 .. At the Boys' School Court , on Friday , the 13 th instant , the list of candidates was settled at 37 and the number of vacancies at 23 . The elections at which these vacancies will be filled up , will take place , in the case of the Girls' School , on Thursday , the 13 th , and in that of the Boys' School on Friday ,

the 14 th April next . It should be added that at the Boys' School Court the question of the Secretary's honorarium was finally disposed of by the confirmation of the minutes of the Quarterly Court held on the 14 th October , 189 S , when the honorarium was voted almost unanimously .

* * * The other business at the Boys' School Court included the presentation of illuminated addresses to Bros . Stanley J . Atteuborough , A . C . Spaull , and J . M . McLeod ( the Secretary ) , in recognition of the

valuable services they severally rendered to the Institution in connection with its Centenary Festival . Bro Eve also gave such particulars as were possible in respect of the progress that was being made in preparing for the erection of the new premises at Bushey . * * *

We are glad to hear that further , if not very rapid progress is being made in organising the Board of Stewards for the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . There are already about 270 or 280 ladies and brethren who have

volunteered their services , and we are not without hope that the Board will ultimately be of about the same strength as that of 1897 , when H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Past G . M ., Prov . G . Master of Sussex , was graciously pleased to preside as Chairman .

» * * We regret that in our Note on the annual meeting of the Earl of Clarendon Lodge , No . 1984 , Watford , which was held on Monday , the 9 th instant , we should have placed Bro . the Rev . O . C . Cockrem , D . D ., Past Prov . Grand Chaplain , in the chair at the supper

which followed the proceedings in lodge , instead of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master , Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P . We understood that the latter was suffering from severe hoarseness , and we are glad to know that it was not severe enough to prevent him occupying his accustomed place on such an occasion .

» » » The greatest sympathy will be felt with Bro , the Earl of Lathom and the other members of his family in the further bereavement which has overtaken them by the death of tho Lady Edith Wilbraham , the youngest daughter of the late Earl of Lathom , Pro G . Master ,

and sister of the present earl . This makes the third death that has occurred in the family within the last 14 months , the first being that of the Countess of Lathom towards the close of 18 97 , and the second that of the late Earl on the 19 th November last . The deceased lady was in her 30 th year , having been born in 1 S 60 .

•» We understand that Bro . R . F . Gould has now so far neared the completion of his interesting work , "Military Lodges , " which gives an account of lodges in regiments and ships of war , together with

biographies of military and naval brethren , and anecdotes showing the influence of Masonry in warfare , that copies will be issued to subscribers by the publishers ( Messrs . Gale and Polden , 2 , Amcn-corner , Paternoster-row , E . C . ) during the current quarter . * * *

Bro . W . F . Lamonby ' s letter , which we had the pleasure of publishing last week , removes the doubts we had at the time we penned our Note of the 7 th instant , as to thc position he has been appointed to fill in behalf of the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury ,

New Zealand , It appears that the " Colonial candidates , " to promote whose interests he has been delegated to act as proxy for the District Grand Lodge , are candidates from Australasia for our Charitable Institutions . Our idea was entirely different , and , as it turns out , an erroneous one .

* # * We refer in our first article to the resolution adopted in respect of the Grand Lodge of Washington and its recognition of the coloured Grand Lodges by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania at its annual communication on the 27 th ult . But though this was undoubtedly the most important of thc subjects that

were dealt with at the meeting , there are other matters to which it is well worth our while to draw attention-Thus , Bro . William J . Kelly , before vacating the chiirof Grand Master , delivered the customary address , from which we gather that during the two years of that brother ' s presidency over Grand Lodge , the Craft has greatly prospered .

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During the past year the number of subscribing members of lodges increased from 52 , 043 on the 27 th December , 1897 , to about 53 , 100 on the corresponding date in 1898 . Again , on the 27 th December , 18 96 , the G . Lodge debt stood at 411 , 800 dollars , whereas on thc day of his retirement from office it was 258 , 150 dollars ,

the decrease during the two years being no less than 1 S 3 fi 5 ° dollars . Four new lodges were constituted in 1 S 98 . Nine corner-stones of public or other buildings were laid either by Bro . Kelly in person or by District Deputy Grand Masters acting by dispensation from him , the most important of the nine being the cornerstone of the new capitol at Harrisburg , which Bro .

Kelly himself laid on the ioth August , the gavel used on the occasion being the same that was used in laying the first stone of the Masonic Hall in Philadelphia and by General George Washington , when he laid the first stone of the capitol at Washington , D . C , on the 18 th September , 1793 . * * *

Bro . Kelly also renewed his recommendation that appropriations to the Grand Lodge Charity Fund amounting to at least 5000 dollars should be made annually until a total of 100 , 000 dollars had been reached , and announced that the Stephen Taylor bequest had become effective , and thus another fund for the alleviation of distress had been established . He

also strongly recommended the Home to the generous support of the lodges and brethren throughout the State , and expressed the hope that as the years rolled on it might become increasingly useful . On the whole , the picture he drew of Masonry in Pennsylvania at the present time was most encouraging , and we congratulate the brethren ia that State on the condition of prosperity to which their Craft has attained .

. * * * The Voice of Masonry for November last contains the announcement of the death , on the 5 th October , of Bro . John B . Frizzell , Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee , the eldest son of Brother John Frizzell , whom he had assisted in his Masonic duties , and to whom he was elected successor in the oflice of G . Secretary .

* According to the same authority we learn that the Grar . d Lodge of Kentucky has subscribed 10 , 000 dollars to the Masons' Home and Infirmary in that State , payable at the rate of 1000 dollars per annum

and that the Grand Chapter has followed suit by subscribing 1000 dollars to the same institution , payable at the rate of 200 dollars per annum . These contributions raise the total of the Fund to upwards of 51 , 000 dollars . * ••

It appears to us that the number of American Grand Chapters , whose proceedings are reviewed in the November number of the Voice is greater than usual , but whether this be so or not , we notice with pleasure that the particulars furnished in each case are of a satisfactory character . Thus , the Grand

Chapter of Ohio , which held its 82 nd annual convocation in September last , has 149 chapters with an aggregate membership of over 15 , 000 , or more by nearly 500 than in the previous year . The Grand Chapter of Connecticut , which celebrated its centenary in May of last year , has 39 chapters and 574 1

members , the latter showing an increase for the year of 220 . The Grand Chapter of Indian Territory , though it has only been nine years in existence , already musters 24 chapters and 781 members , the increase for the year in the latter * being 40 . The Grand Chapter of Maine has 55 chapters and

620-members , the latter showing an increase of 181 . The Grand Chapter of Illinois with 182 chapters has a muster-roll of 16 , 768 , or slightly more than at the corresponding date in 18 97 . Such returns as these speak well for the estimation in which the Royal Arch is held in the United States .

* * » Almost the same may be said of the Order of Royal and Select Masters . The G . Council of Illinois numbers 60 chapters and 2795 members , the increase for the year being small . The G . Council of New York has 28 chapters and 4066 members—the

increase during the year being one . In Indiana there are 49 chapters and 2658 members , and thc Washington G . Council , which held its third annual meeting in June last , has six councils and 225 members . Here , though the increases are necessarily on a smaller scale , the reports are invariably favourable .

Tun EARL AND COUNTESS HOWE , accompanied by Viscount Curzon , M . P ., and Lady Georgian ! Curzon , have left town for Gopsal Hall , Leicestershire .