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^^^S^g^ SATURDAY , J ULY 21 , 1900 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We have very great pleasure in announcing tnat the Ri ght Hon . the Earl of Warwick , Dep . Grand Master ° f England , Prov . Grand Master of Essex , has very Wndly consented to preside as Chairman at the next Festival—in February , 1901—in behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . We congratulate the Institution and its indcfatigab ' e Secretary on the Auspicious announcement .

Masonic Notes.

The consecration of the Kirby Lodge , No . 2818 , may be said to constitute an important event in the annals of Metropolitan Freemasonry . Of all our Masonic centres there is none so interesting or which exercises so great an influence on the conduct of the Craft as the London district . In the first place , its

muster-roll includes well nigh all the oldest of our lodges ; in the next , it is the great centre of our Masonic Institutions ; while , above all , it "contains . the headquarters of English Masonry , where the affairs of the Society are administered , and of which the London brethren , from the fact of their being , as it were , on the

spot , are the most regular and most numerous attendants . All kinds of lodges , both those which are formed to satisfy the growing needs of particular districts , and those which are intended for the convenience of brethren of particular professions or callings , and are known as " class" lodges , are constantly being

organised within its borders . There are likewise lodges of instruction , almost without number , scattered about in all directions , so that a brother in search of Masonic light will have no difficulty in gratifying his desires . But till this Kirby Lodge was consecrated on the 9 th instant no lodge of a similar character has been founded under similar circumstances .

* » * Hitherto our lodges of instruction have derived their origin either from the M . W . G . Master direct or from regular warranted lodges . But No . 2818 , the members of which have been authorised to meet and

work as a regular lodge , owes its origin to the Kirby Lodge of Instruction , working under the sanction of the Bank of England Lodge , No . 263 . Hero , then , we find the ordinary course of things in a certain sense reversed , and instead of the lodge ot instruction deriving its origin from the regular lodge it is the

regular lodge which has emanated from the lodge of instruction . There is still another characteristic in which the Kirby Lodge may be considered as differing from other regular London lodges . All pride themselves with greater or less justice on the perfection of their ceremonial work , but the Kirby is intended to be a lodge composed entirely of ceremonial experts , and

will in this sense be of itself a school of instruction , though placed on a different footing from other schools . But from whatever point of view we regard the Kirby Lodge , we have no misgivings as to the success of its career , which we sincerely trust will be both longcontinued and prosperous , even beyond the hopes o f its mosi ardent friends and well-wishers .

* We compliment the members of the Abercorn Lodge , No . 1549 , Great Stanmore , and the Stanmore Chapter attached to it , on the manner in which they have shown their respect for the valued services rendered by their late P . M . and Secretary , Bro . Charles

Veal . Bro . Veal died on the 18 th December , 189 S and on Wednesday , the 4 th instant , a special service was held in the parish church of Great Stanmore , when , in the presence of the officers and members of the lodge and several visitors , Bro . F . S . Winkley > W . M ., unveiled a brass tablet which had been erected

by the lodge and chapter , to commemorate the virtues and services of their late brother . An address was delivered on the occasion by Bro . the Rev . A . R . T , Eales , M . A ., Prov . Grand Chaplain Essex , and rector of Elstree , in which he dilated on the faithfulness

shown by the late Bro . C . Veal in the discharge of his many and various duties , not only in Masonry , but also as a Churchwarden for 21 years at Great Stanmore and generally , exhorting his hearers to do their utmost to follow so admirable an example . » » *

Thc recent Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys furnishes what is certainly an unusual and , as far as our knowledge goes , an unprecedented experience in the case of one of the contributing chapters . The Mizpah Chapter , No . 1671 , has not yet completed the first year of its existence , and has only

17 members at present on its roll . Yet the whole of this body of companions gave their services as Stewards on the 10 th instant , when Comp . W . H . Cole , M . E . Z ., on behalf of himself and the members , had the very great pleasure of handing to Bro . J . M . McLeod , the Secretary of the Institution , a list ot donations amounting to L ' 215 5 s . This , as we pointed

out in our Analysis of the Returns in last week ' s issue , was the fourth highest return from any London lodge , chapter , or other contributing Masonic body . At any time it would have been worthy of commendation , but under the circumstances we have described , it is impossible to speak too highly of the spirit which actuated the members , not only to give their services as Stewards but at the same time to assist so

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generously in compiling such an excellent list . We congratulate the chapter on the goad example it has set to other newly-consecrated chapters . * * * Provincial Grand Lodge meetings appear to be the order of the day just now . This week four such

meetings—three annual and one emergency—have taken place , that of Essex , at Clacton-on-Sea , on Tuesday , and on Wednesday those of Berkshire and Hertfordshire , at Lockinge House and Hitchin respectively , with a special meeting of the Provincial

Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , at Leeds , when the Earl of Warwick , D . G . M , of England , laid the first stone of the new Masonic Hall , with full Masonic ceremonial . On Thursday , the 26 th inst ., the annual meetingof the Provincial Grand Lodge of Surrey will

be held at the Public Hall , Croydon , at 4 p . m ., that of the Provincial Grand Chapter having been arranged for the same day and at the same place , but an hour earlier—3 p . m . When the business appointed has been concluded the brethren will dine together under the

presidency of the Earl of Onslow , Prov . G . M . and G , Superintendent . On Monday , the 30 th instant , the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will hold its annual meeting at Portsmouth , and business will be followed by a conversazione .

* * * The recent Committee meeting of the Provincial Fund of Benevolence of Cheshire and of the Cheshire Benevolent Institution , appears to have been in all respects most satisfactory . Bro . Col . C . S . Dean , who

presided , announced that a sum of £ 142 had been raised for the South African Masonic Relief Fund in place of the 100 guineas ( . C 105 ) which Earl Egerton of Tatton , Prov . Grand Master , had thought should be raised , and that further contributions still would be

received . It was further stated that in response to an appeal in behalf of the Fund available for annuitants about £ 80 had been received , while the Secretary of

the Cheshire Masonic Educational Institution informed those present that the total income for the past year was , in round figures , £ 484 , and the total expenditure £ 462 , the balance remaining in hand being £ 22 .

+ * * The annual meeting at Darlington on the 4 th instant of the Mark Provincial Grand Lodge of Northumberland and Durham , under the presidency of Bro . the Rev . Canon Tristram , D . D ., Prov . G . M .,

proved a great success There was a full attendance of the brethren , and the Rev . thc Prov . G . M ., after congratulating the meeting on the state of the Degree in the counties under his charge , announced it as being probable that at an early date new lodges would be

established at Bedlington and Blyth respectively . A banquet followed in the evening , at which the Rev . Canon Tristram occupied the chair , and everything passed off most satisfactorily . On Wednesday last

Bro . Geo . Washington Bam , the Prov . G . Treasurer , in his capacity of Steward for the Province at the Mark Benevolent Festival , had the pleasure of handing in a list of contributions amounting to close on £ 50 .

* * * The news of thc terribly sudden death on Friday , the 13 th instant , of Bro . George Graveley , Past G . Pursuivant , will be received everywhere with thc deepest regret and sympathy . As recently as Tuesday ,

the 10 th inst ., our deceased brother was present at thc Anniversary Festival of the Boys' School in his capacity as an Unattached Steward for the Province of Essex , while on Wednesday afternoon he attended thc monthly meeting of the Committee of

Management of the Benevolent Institution , and the Mark Festival in the evening . Even on the very day of his death he visited the offices of this journal , and on returning to his own ollices dropped dead , thc cause being subsequently ascertained as heat-apoplexy . Death

under such circumstances becomes almost tragic in its character , while of necessity it intensifies the grief which is felt by the family and friends . Bro . Graveley . was appointed Grand Pursuivant of Grand Lodge in 18 9 8 , having two years previously been made Asst .

G . D . C . in Supreme Grand Chapter . An account of his Masonic services , which appeared in our columns at the time of his appointment as an officer of Grand Lodge , is reproduced in another column . We tender our most respectful sympathy to the family and friends

of our deceased and highly respected brother . ~* V ? * » Owing to thc pressure on our space we are reluctantly compelled to hold over till our next issue several letters on " R . A . and other matters , " " Shiners , " lodge reports , & c .