Funeral Of Bro. Denis Moore.

arrangements for the funeral were satisfactorily carried out by Mr . S . R . Force , of St . Sidwell ' s . The state mourning for the Mayor and Corporation was supplied by Messrs . Colson and Gates , of High-street , and the hearse and mourning coaches by Messrs . Pedrick and West .

After the funeral the Masonic brethren returned to the Royal Public Rooms , where they had previously assembled as a lodge of emergency , and before closing the same , a resolution

was unanimously passed authorising a committee of the Worshipful Masters of the three Exeter Lodges , and of the sister Lodges of Starcross and Topsham , to draw up a vote of condolence to be presented to the bereaved family .

Freemasonry In New Zealand.

FREEMASONRY IN NEW ZEALAND .

The ceremony of the installation into office of the Worshipful Master and officers , for the ensuing twelve months , of the Greymouth Masonic Lodge , 1233 , E . G ., took place at the Masonic Hall , Mackay-street , on July 9 th . The brethren of other lodges , as well as Freemasons generally , were invited to attend , and by two o ' clock in the afternoon there was a considerable

muster of the-Craft , about fifty being present , of whom a fair proportion were from the country districts . At five o ' clock precisely the Deputy District Grand Master of Westland , Bro . G . W . Harvey , arrived at the lodge , and was received with the usual honours by the W . M . and the

W . M . elect , with their officers . The ceremony of installing the new W . M ., Bro . Rev . G . T . N . Watkins , was performed in the most impressive and efficient manner by the Deputy Grand Master , the proceedings being conducted strictly in accordance with the ancient customs and

usages of the Craft , the choir rendering with good effect the musical portions of the service at the proper intervals . When the new Master •was duly installed in the chair and proclaimed , P . M . Ancher , by direction of the Deputy Grand Master , invested the following officers with the

insignia of their respective offices , at the same time delivering an appropriate charge to each , according to his rank and duty in the lodge , viz ., Bros . J . J . May , Senior Warden ; W . H . Revell , Junior Warden ; J . C . Moore , Secretary , J . G . Thomas , Treasurer ; T . Woods , Senior Deacon ;

J . M'Kinney , Junior Deacon ; J . Sewell and J . A . Dissenhardt , Stewards;—Suisted , Inner Guard ; and E . B . Fox , Tyler . The concluding parts of the ceremony were of a most imposing character , the Deputy Grand Master , during the delivery of his final charge and invocation being

surrounded on the dais by an unusually numerous gathering of past officers of rank in the Order , among whom were Past Masters Hindmarsh , Kerr , Ancher , and Blackmore of the English rite , and R . W . M . Arnott of the Greymouth St . Andrew ' s Lodge , S . C Before the

final closing ofthe lodge , the W . M . moved a vote of thanks by the brethren present and the fraternity generally to the Deputy District Grand Master , who , at great personal inconvenience had come among them to give the installation observances a due solemnity and impressiveness . The

vote was unanimously assented to in orthodox form . Bro . Harvey returned thanks , and explained that the delay in making an appearance at an earlier hour in the day was caused by detention at the Ahaura until midday on unavoidable business . After the transaction of some

routine business , the lodge was closed in due form and the brethren dispersed , to prepare for the banquet , which took place in the evening , another time-honoured custom observed in connection with Masonic ceremonies , A number of the brethren of the Masonic

lodges of Greymouth assembled at the Masonic Hall , Mackay-street , in the same evening , to a banquet given on the occasion ofthe inauguration of the new Worshi pful Masters and officers ofthe Greymouth Lodge , E . C , for the next twelve months . The chair was taken by the

newly-installed W . M ., Bro . the Rev . G . T . N . Watkins , supported on the ri ght hand by the D . D . G . M . of Westland , Bro . G . W . Harvey . Bro . J . Amott , R . W . M . ofthe Grey River , St . Andrew Lod ge , and P . M . F . Ancher , and on the left by P . M . Hindmarsh , and P . M . J . Kerr . The usual toasts on such occasions were given

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and responded to , the Chairman introducing the formal part of the proceedings with that peculiarly happy blending of Masonic and Demosthenic elegance which is characteristic of his style of oratory . After an evening ' s pleasant enjoyment the company separated at a seasonable

hour . The catering was done by Bro . W . Jones in a style which was highly appreciated and commended by those present . A conclave of the Military and Masonic Order of the Knights of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine was declared opened at

Greymouth on Saturday , 11 th July . Ihe preliminary arrangements were in course of settlement for some time , and all the indispensable preparations having been made , the Master Masons about to be admitted to the degree assembled at the Masonic Hall , Mackay-street ,

where the M . L Sir Knight T . S . Bulmer , Esq ., M . D ., K . G . C , and Intendant General of the degree , and Grand Representative of the Imperial Grand Council of the Order in England , duly installed the various officers , and formally invested them with the necessary powers for

working the conclave by virtue of his authority from the Grand Council . The following Master Masons were appointed to the respective offices to be filled bv them : E . Ancher , M . P . S . ; G . T . N . Watkins , ' E . V . ; W . H . Revell , S . G . ; J . J . May , J . G . ; J . J . Blackmore , P . ; C . Suisted ,

Treasurer ; H . Young , Recorder ; J . A . Eissenhardt , Warden ; E . B . Fox , Sentinel . At the same place , afterwards , a Lodge of the degree of Royal Ark Mariners was duly constituted , and the proper officers appointed to act under the control of the Grand Mark Master Mason of

England and Wales and the British Colonies . The ceremony was conducted by Bro . Bulmer , the Provincial Grand Mark Master for New Zealand , acting under the letters patent under the hand of Earl Percy , M . W . G . M . M . of the Order in England . Following the above a

Sanctuary of K . H . S . degree was inaugurated , and the necessary officers appointed and installed . The ceremonies of each degree were most impressively performed by the Grand Representative . The observances are very solemn and imposing , Freemasons of high rank and good

repute and intelligence being eligible for initiation . This especially refers to the K . H . S . degree , portions of the ritual of which being in the Latin and Greek languages , study and preparation are indispensably necessary before any standing in the Order can be arrived at . The

Sanctuary inaugurated on Saturday is the first of the Order yet empowered to act in the southern hemisphere . The number of members of each Sanctuary of the rite is limited to ninetynine , and the number of Sanctuaries now existing is under twenty . Candidates for the degree

must be Craft Master Masons , and also Royal Arch Masons , as well as being members of a Conclave of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . For the Royal Ark Mariner Degree , candidates are required to be Mark Masons , as

well as Master Masons of the Craft . The number of members of each Lodge or Conclave of Ark Mariners , and Red Cross , is not limited , but , from the strictness of the examinations and the accuracy required in working , the number will of necessity never be large . —LOCAL PATER .

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

ROMAN EAGLE LODGE , EDINBURGH . In response toj the invitation of n . y learned and esteemed Brothers , the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford and Dr . Albert G . Mackey , I beg to say that the first six years' minutes of the Lodge Roman Eagle are written

in Latin . It is incorrect to say that the lodge was chartered to work in Latin , neither is there , so far as I have learned upon personal inquiry , any trace of a Latin ritual ever having been used in this lodge , although it is highly probable that

such was the case , for it is upon record that at meetings of the Royal Medical Society at which he presided Dr . Brown addressed the members in Latin . The ori ginal , and a great proportion of the immediately succeeding , members of the Roman Eagle were of the

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

medical profession , and it was probably with the view of making its identity as a classical lodge more complete that its ori ginator had its earlier records written in Latin . Dr . Brown was a passionate admirer of the language and literature of the ancient Romans : hence the custom to

which we have adverted . Even in the designation ofhis lodge he seems to have been actuated by the same classical enthusiasm . When in Edinburgh a few days ago , I called upon the present Master of the Roman Eagle , Bro . Laing ( maternal grand nephew of Dr . Brown ) , for the

purpose of examining the original minute book , but found that it was temporarily in the possession of another member of the lodge , whom I had not time to call upon . Bro . Laing has in course of preparation a lecture on the

early history of the Lodge . Roman Eagle , which he intends shortly to read to the brethren , aud which in all probability will be afterwards published . D . MURRAY LYON . Ayr , Oct . 17 , 1874 .

VALUE OF THE MASON ' MARK . —A man named Neil Steward Ross was convicted b y Bailie Howden at the Police Court , Edinburgh , on , Tuesday 13 th October , of having stolen some Mason ' s tools from a house at Johnstone Terrace , in the end of last week . As the prisoner

was suspected by a pawnbroker from whom he wished to obtain money on the implements , he was requested to produce a facsimile of the mark stamped upon them , but failed in the attempt . The police were called in , and a case of theft was detected . Sentence of forty days ' imprisonment was passed .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , October 30 , 18 74 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in plni-e or time of meeting .

Saturday , October 24 . Audit Committee Boys' Schoo I at 3 . Lodge 1293 , Burdett , Mitre Motel , Hampton Court . Red Cross Conclave , 6 , Roman Eagle , AtuUitott ' a I Intel , FlecLstreet .

Manchester Lodge of Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey , 77 , London-street , Fitzroy-square , at 8 ; Uro . II . \ sh , Preceptor . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , Surrey . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquess of Granby New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , Preceptor

Monday , October 26 . Lodge 28 , Old King ' s Arms , Freemasons' llall . » 7 Qi l ' ytlia S orean , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . „ 183 , Unity , London Tavern , Bisliopsgatc-sreet .

„ 902 , Burgoyne , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 903 , De Grey and Ripon , Angel Hotel , Great IIford . Chap . 25 , Robert Burns , Freemasons' Hall . „ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street .

Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 1445 ) , ^ - ^ Stanley Tavern , Sandringham-road , Kingsland , at 7 ; Bro . T . Austin , Preceptor . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Crown Tavern , Clerkenwell green , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 , ) , Hailivay Tavern ,

Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Havcrstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction ( 813 ) , Bank of Friendship

Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction fi 8 o ) , Horse and Groom Tavern , VVinslcy-street ( opposite the Pantheon ) , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , a . " 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . ner ,

Preceptor . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s Col lege , Stausted-road , Forest-l' . ill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W Lindus , Preceptor . Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and lforses Hotel , 3 ^ 3 , Strand , at 8 .

Inesday , October 27 . Audit Committee , Girls' School at 4 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , Freemasons' Hall . „ 92 , Moira , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-Urccr . „ 141 , Faith , Anderton ' s Hotel . Fleet-street .

„ 145 , Prudent Brethren , Freemasons' Ha 1 . ,, 186 , Industry , Masons' Hall , Masons' Avenue , Basinghall-street . „ 205 , Israel , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street . i > 255 , Harmony , Greyhound , Richmond .