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Ireland for the exceptionally-Icing period of 0 ! years—from 1813 to 1874 . The latter ' s son , now fourth Duke of Leinster , was initiated iu the Apollo Lodge * , in 1839 , so that this distinguished family has been uninterruptedly connected with our Fraternity

for 115 years—a long record , and one of which it would be difficult to say which has the greater reason to be proud , the society which has drawn into its fold such eminent personages , or the family which has been so honoured bv the society .

In 1842 appears the name of the late Sir Stephen Cave , them plain Stephen Cave , of Balliol , who graduated the year following with 2 nd class Classical honours , and some years afterwards played a prominent part in the political world , being electeel M . P . for Shorehani in 1850 and sworn a Privv

Councillor in 1800 . Among the initiates of 1843 is , firstly , the Rev . H . Reynolds , of Jesus , who , between 1830 and 1858 , was several times Mathematical Examiner , and in 1835 Proctor , while just a little lower down on the roll are the name's of John , Marquis of Blandford , sixth and late Duke of Marlborough ,

K . G ., who during the latter years of the Earl of Beaconsfield's ministry won golden opinions as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; and George , Viscount Sea-ham , afterwards 2 nd Earl Vane , and 5 th Marquis of Londonderry , K . I' who , as Prov . Grand Master of

Durham , 1880-4 , was universally respected throughout his province . To yet another initiate of this year—Bro . Stephen Burstall of University College—belongs the now unusual honour of having been elected Master of the lodge three years in succession—1847-8-0—the further and still "Tcator honour

being conferred upon him in 184 !) of being appointed Deputy to Bro . C . J . Ridley , P . G . Master . The present Lord Wolver ' ton , then George Grenfell Glyn , of University College , was initiated in 1844 , as likewise was Bro . II . 13 . Tristram , of Lincoln , now the Rev . II . 13 . Tristram , D . D ., Canon of Durham , P G .

Chaplain of England , D . P . G . M . of Durham , and Prov . G . Mark-Master of Northumberland and Durham since 187 : ? , than whom it would be difficult to mention a brother who is more attached to the Craft , and has had greater experience in working or is more capable of expounding its deeper in vsterios . The late Bro . W . F .

Beadon , whose name and fame are preserved to us in the Beadon Lodge , No . 010 , Dulwich , G . Junior Warden of England , 1810 , and of St . John ' s College , Cambridge , became a joining member the same year ; and not long afterwards , Bro . M . H . N * . Storey-Ma skelyne , of AVadhaiii , one of the most distinguished of British

Mineralogists , and a member of the last and present House' of Commons , was initiated . In 1840 , two of our Past Grand Chaplains , Bros . Rev . AV . K . R . Bedford , of Brasenose , and John Sedgwick , D . D ., Magdalen , obtained their first insight into our mysteries ; and in 1847 , Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart .,

a P . G . S . AVarden , ex M . P ., and successor to the late Marquis of Londonderry , K . P ., as P . G . M . of Durham ; aud Bro . Rev . AV . II . Lyall , of Christ Church , who took a loading part in the revival of that ancient and distinguished lodge , the Westminster and Keystone , No , 10 . But the closing vear of the Decade

—181-8—appears to have been exceptionally fortunate , both as " regards tho number of initiates , of whom there were no less than 4-1 , and the successes which many of them achieved eitlu-r in Masonrv , or in the work they devoted themselves to . Thus there arc few brethren who have taken a more active part in

the proceedings of our Society than Bro . the Rev . Canon Portal , one of the Grand Chaplains of England , a Past Grand Master of Mark Masons , and Grand Master of the Allied

Degrees . Thirty years ago , in the stirring days of the great Canadian discussions , tliere was no more' conspicuous , no more active Mason in Grand Lodge than he . Id ' s opinions may or may not have commended themselves to the majority of his

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brother members , but they were sincerely held , and as courteously as they were earnestly enforced . Then , too , he had a leading share in that revival of the AVestminster and Keystone Lodgo , which has already been mentioned , and in which there were also engaged Bros . W . AV . B . Beach , M . P ., 11 . Augustus

Benson , G . J . Drummond , Wyndham S . Portal , P . G . J . AV . ; Thomas Best , AV . A . Tvssen-Amhurst , M . P ., etc ., all members of the Apollo , to whose happy initiative this Metropolitan , lodge is undoubtedly indebted for its present high rank among our successful lodges . Mark Masonry , too , owes Bro . Portal a

debt of gratitiulc for the able manner in which he has cultivated it , and the services he has rendered , both as Grand Master and as President of the General Board of the Mark Grand Lodge . Then among other initiates of 1 . 81-8 who have won distinction are Bros . W . W . JJ . Beach , M . P ., Sir 10 . A . H .

Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., and Maxwell C . Close , M . P . All three are men of senatorial rank , and all have attained the highest positions conferred ' on brethren in the provinces , Bro . Beach being P . G . M . of Hants and the Isle of AVight ; Bro . Sir 10 . A . II . Lechmere , P . G . M . of Worcestershire ; and Bro . Close , P . G . M of

Armagh , under the Irish Constitution . All three likewise have hail conferred upon them high honours in the other branches of Freemasonry , Bro . Beach being a Past Graud Mark Master Mason ; and Bro . Close' , a Past Grand Secretary of Ireland , and a

Grand Cross eif the Templar Order . As regards Bro . Beach , I shall not be saying anything invidious if I rank him among the leading lights of the- Apollo University Lodge . That position , indeed , was long since assigned him , when , at the close of one of his Masterships , the members of the lodge- presented to him a

handsome testimonial in recognition of his services to them and the Province of Oxfordshire generally . Nor must the' name of Bro . Purev-Cust , of Brasenose , a former Fellow of All Souls and now Dean of York , Past G . Chaplain of England and Past D . P . G-. M . of Berks and Bucks , be omitted ; or that of the late *

Bro . G . Ward Hunt , of Christ Church ; who , though he doi-s not seem to have taken a very active part in Masonry— -owing , no doubt , to the heavy demands on his time—was a leading member of the great political party to which he belonged , had once filled the responsible office of Chancellor of the Exchequer , and died in harness whilst First Lord of the Admiralty . Bros .

Purev-Cust and Hunt , the one a high Church dignitary , the other an important Minister of tho State , are men whom any society- —even the most exalted and most learned—must he proud to number in its ranks . While there is a succession of such recruits as these , the brightness of Apollo's laurels will never be * dimmed .

EoiTi'Tir DI ' CADI *' . Iu his brief sketch of " Freemasonry in Cxfordshire " Bro . 10 . L . Hawkins remarks that , " as in the case of the Alfred " --the' senior Oxford lodge—" tliere is little to record , " beyond" an unbroken career of prosperity . " . Mv friend , however , in

narrating this story , points out that , while a career of prosperity may be unbroken , the degree of prosperity will often lluctuate very considerably . The reasons for this fluctuation maybe not always patent , nor , when patent , do they turn out to be always of very material consequence . It is usually considered sufficient that a ,

progress should be uninterrupted ; its rate is little heeded . Yet tliere must have been one or several causes at work to have made the Apollo progress during this decade , almost by "leaps and bounds . " I shall not , perhaps , be far out in mv reckoning if

I look upon the fact as no more than a fulfilment of the adago —that " Nothing succods like success . " Freemasonry in Oxford University hael gone on bravely thus far , and now it was to " * o nn still more bravelv . At any rate , it did <> 'o on so , and the vear

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