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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , MARCH 25 , 18 99 .

We are glad to be in a position to announce that considerable progress has been made during the last two or three weeks in strengthening the Board of Stewards for the approaching Festival of the Roya ' Masonic Institution for Girls . But this must not induce us to be over-sanguine after such an amount as was obtained in thc year preceding 1808 . It is evident

from the sum announced at the Benevolent Festival a month since that the Craft is alive to the necessity of doing something more than usual for the Institutions , which stood aside last year in order that the brethren might concentrate their 1 attention upon the Boys' School Centenary than is done in ordinary years . But the lesson which the said Benevolent Festival conveys is

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that in order to raise the sum which is necessary to meet the requirements of the current year and m * ike good the deficiencies of iSpS . an abnormally strong Board of Stewards must be formed . The number of those who helped to make last month's anniversary the success it was fell not very far short of 500 , or more than at any previous ordinary Festival . Yet , the total announced had been exceeded on two or three occasions .

I hus though , as we have said , great progress has latterly been made in strengthening the Board for the Festival in May , we must hope that it will be still further augmented , so that even if the list average is low , the total from al ! sourcesmay beaconsiderableonc It was not London alone ora few among the 40 and odd Provinces that in June last exceeded many times their

ordinary totals of subscriptions . The whole Craft joined in the work , and the result was such as few , if any , could have anticipated . But even Masons cannot be always striving at high pressure for their Institutions , and so il we look to obtain a good average return we must hope that the Board of Stewards will be of more than average strength .

We learn that it is in contemplation to hold a Masonic Service , under the auspices of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , in the Church of St . Lawrence , Jewry , on Friday , the 21 st April , at 5 p . m . The service will be conducted by the Rector , who will be assisted by several clerical members of the Craft , while

the sermon will be preached by Bro . the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair , Past Grand Chaplain . The choir , too , will be composed of Masons , and a dispensation has been obtained for brethren to wear their Masonic clothing . The offertory will be devoted to

the Organ Restoration Fund , and , as the church was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren , and is held to be a beautiful specimen of his work , we venture to hope lhat there will be a large attendance , and one worthy of so good a cause . * * *

It is with regret we announce the death of Bro , Arthur Stubbs , who for many years past has been one of thc leading lights of Freemasonry in the Province of Nottinghamshire . Bro . Stubbs hid held the important office of Prov . G . Secretary for several years , and in 1 S 9 6 , in recognition of his valuable services in that

capacity , had the brevet rank of Past Prov . S . G . Warden conferred upon him . In 18 S 2 , on the constitu'ion of the revived Prov . G . Chapter of Nottinghamshire , he was appointed Prov . G . Scribe E ., and this office he continued to hold until the day of his death , having likewise been honoured in 18 92 with the

position of Prov . G . Second Principal H . He was also a Mark Mison and Past G . W . of his Province , and a supporter of our Institutions , but he will be best remembered for the ability and energy he exhibited during his prolonged tenure of the important offices of Prov . G . Secretary and Prov . G . Scribe E ., and

though there are good brethren and true in the Province he served so faithfully , it will not be an easy task to find one to replace him . We sympathise with the Craft in Nottinghamshire in the loss they have sustained , and also with the family and lriends of our deceased brother .

* * " Westwood House , " Sydenham , which has so long been vacant , is at last to be turned to some useful purpose . As the result of negotiations carried on with the owner , Mr . Rabbits , by Mr . George Bird and a small

Committee , the property has been acquired for the purpose of an Orphanage for the children of elementary teachers of all denominations . Thanks to Mr . Rabbits ' s sympathy with this object , we understand that the price accepted for the property is much below its market value .

In connection with the Teachers Orphanage and Orphan Fund there are at present two houses—one at Peckham providing for 40 boys and one at Sheffield providing for 30 girls . The boys' home having been found insufficient for present needs , Bro . Passmore Edwards generously promised to build a home for Co boys if the teachers would provide a suitable site .

There appears to have been some difficulty about this ; at all events , the proposal has resolved itself into the purchase of Westwood House with the consent of liro . Passmore Edwards , who will give towards it the amount which he intended expending upoi a new building . It is hoped that the new hone may be opened early in ths spring .

* » * VVe have to acknowledge receipt of copy of the proceedings at the Convocation of the Dist . Grand Chapter of Burma , which was held at Freemasons' Hall , Rangoon , on the 28 th December last . The District is not a strong one , and , unfortunately , one of the four

chapters fell into abeyance between two and three months prior to the meeting . But the occasion was important , as Comp . J . Copley Moyle , whom his Royal Highness the M . E . Grand Z . had been pleased tu appoint as Grand Superintendent , in succession to the late Comp . D . Grant McLeod , was formally installed in olfice .

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However , if the number of chapters is restricted to three , the members appear to be actuated by an earnest desire to do their work well and thoroughly , while the Provincial Grand Treasurer ' s Statement of Account shows that the District Grand Chapter is for the present in a sound position . It is all the more to be regretted , owing to the paucity of Royal Arch as

com pared with Craft Masons , that one of the chapters in working last year should have found it impossible to continue its duties , and the onc consolation we have is that each of the three remaining on the roll was able to report an increase—only a slight increase , it i-i true —in membership during the year ending 30 th June , I SgS .

* » The paucity of membership was explained by the newly-installed Grand Superintendent in the address he delivered . There are difficulties in the East which are not experienced elsewhere owing to "the transference on duty of one or another of the Principals and

as three act as one Master this is unfortunately often sufficient to cause a temporary suspension of the work of the chapter . " Moreover , " there is the further difficulty at the Annual Installation Meeting of getting together a Board of Installed ist Principals , " and

Comp . Moyle remarked , " I am speaking from my own experience of the frequent occurrence of this difficulty and I have known a First Principal of a Chapter having to remain in ollice for two years from this cause . " * * - ?

Due honour has been paid to the memory of our late distinguished Bro . Lord Herschell , some time Lord High Chancellor of England , and at the time of his death head of the British Commission appointed to determine in conjunction with a United States Commission certain matters in dispute between the latter

country and Canada . A solemn service was held in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday , at which the Queen was represented by Lord Churchill and their Royal Highnesses thc Prince and Princess of Wales by Bro . Sir Francis Knollys and the Hon . Derek Keppel , while among the pall bearers was the

United States Ambassador . When the service was over , the collin was again placed in the hearse and driven to Waterloo Station for conveyance to Moreton in the neighbourhood of which it has since found its last resting place . Among those who were present in

the Abbey to tender their last tribute of respect were a majority of those who had known him as one of our greatest lawyers or in the world of politics , while the scene itself must have deeply impressed all wh ) were privileged to attend it .

* * » The 29 th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Quebec was held in the City of Montreal on the 25 th January last . There was a very full attendance both of Grand Officers and of the representatives of private lodges . The Grand Master , in the course

of his address , congratulated the brethren , not without reason , on the progress which Freemasonry under somewhat disadvantageous circumstances had made during the nearly 30 years that have elapsed since the establishment of the Grand Lodge . Oa the 20 th October , 1 S 69 , there were 21 lodges , with but a limited membership , which assisted in forming the Grand

Lodge of Quebec . Ten years ago the membership reached 2820 , while at the present time there are 56 chartered lodges , and two under dispensation , with an aggregate of 3400 members . Towards the close of the session Bro . R . Tooke was elected to su : ce ; d Bro . E . T . 0 . Chambers as M . W . Grand Master , and the other principal Grand Ofiices were filled up by election . * .

There is , certainly , one part of Bro . Chambers ' s address , to which , as it refers to the relations existing between the Grand Lodges of England and Quebec , some reference seems imperative . After explaining at some length the circumstances which had led to the friendly mediation a few years since between the

two Bodies attempted by Bro . Walkem , Past Grand Master of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) , and the unfortunate failure of that brother ' s efforts , the Grand Master , after expressing his regret at such a result , and stating that the friendliest relations continued to exist between the members of the Ouebec

Constitution and those of the English lodges in Montreal , remarked— " Nothing further would seem to remain to us than to await with patience the healing effects of time . " Such an expression of opinion , emanating from so distinguished a brother , is far more likely to hasten "the healing effects of time , " and bring about a union of all the lodges in the Province of

Quebec under one supreme head than all the resolutions of non-intercourse that could be adopted . We , too , prefer the policy of waiting for the appointed time , rather than that of attempting to hasten it , and wc shall not be slow to congratulate the brethren in Quebec when a termination is made to the present division of the Craft into twj rival , but not , as wc have seen , unfriendly camps ,