The Grand Lodge Property.

THE GRAND LODGE PROPERTY .

LONDON , SATURDAY , MAT 24 , 1 SS 2 .

We beg to direct the attention of the brethren to the report of the committee of the Board of General Purposes , relative to the Grand Lodge property , ivhich appears in another part of our Magazine , and the details of which Ave propose io discuss , hefore it can

he brought under consideration in Grand Lodge . We shall , therefore , content ourselves on the jiresent occasion , by congratulating the brethren on the fact that they have at last obtained a report—on the merits of which Ave now express no opinion—from the Board , as

whatever its value , it is a step in the right direction ; and we trust it will never go back again to the Board , but whatever may be determined upon by Grand Lodge , Avill be left to an independent committee appointed for the purpose io carry out .

The New Grand Officers.

THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .

According to annual custom , we proceed to give our readers a slight sketch of the standing and Masonic services of the new Grand Officers , beginning with Sir HEDAVOKTH WZLZIXMSOUT , Bart , S . G . W ., our information relative to Avhom is of the scantiest nature . He was initiated in Lodge Palatine ( No . 114 ) ,

Sunderland , on the 14 th , January , 1 S 47 , and has , Ave believe , passed the chair . Ho ivas exalted in the Palatine Chapter ( So . 114 ) , on the 81 st January , 1 S 5 G , ancl lias continued a member of both lodge and chapter up to the present time . Sir Iiedivorth is a life governor to the Girls' School .

Bro . Jons' HAVEES , J . G . W . —Having given a memoir of this brother in page 163 of our last volume , we need not do more than state that the appointment has afforded general satisfaction . Eev . Jons" HTJXSHE , If . A ., G . Chap ., rector of

Clysthydon , Collumpton , Devonshire , was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge ( No . 480 ) Oxford , in Pehruary 1222 , he being then a member of Brasenose College . In 1 S 34 lie joined the St . George's Lodge ( No . 129 ) Exeter , and continues a member up to the

present , being a Past Master . He was exalted in the Alfred Chapter ( No . 425 ) Oxford , in March , 1824 , and joined the St . George ' s Chapter ( No . 129 ) , Exeter , in 1834 , and the Fidelity Chapter ( No . 280 ) in 1837 . Bro . Huyshe has been for many years

D . Prov . Grand Master for Devonshire , where he is highly popular . In Arch Masonry he is Prov . Grand Supt ., and in Templar Masonry Prov . G . Commander , being highly respected in each order . He is now second Assist . Grand Soj . in Grand Chapter . Bro . Huyshe is a Life Governor of the Girls' School .

The New Grand Officers.

Bro . Huyshe is the author of A Treatise on Logic , which has been well spoken of . Bro . J . LLEAVSLT . YS" ETASS , S . G . D . —Although Bro . Evans is a P . Grand Officer , the time ivhen he was appointed was before we began onr

si-retchesand we therefore introduce him to our readers as though he were a new Grand Officer . Bro . Evans was initiated in the Old Union Lodge ( No . 5-4 ) , then 02 , in March , 1831 ; and is now its senior member and P . M . He has served the office of W . M . of 54 three

times , and has had presented to him by the lodge a P . M . jeivel with three clasps . Bro . Evans was exalted to the degree of Eoyal Arch in May , 1833 , in St . John's Chapter , Hampstead ( lAo . IdG ) , which , noiv meet at Eadley ' s Hotel . He has twice passed

through the office of Z ., ancl is the senior P . Z ., and member of the chapter . He took his degrees of Knight Templar , llnight of Malta and Sose Croix , in the encampment of Faith and Fidelity . He afterwards left that encampment and joined the Observance ,

and was a member for some years , but resigned ia 1851 . Bro . Evans was Grand Sword Bearer under the Duke of Sussex one year , and under the Earl of Zetland one year . In Grand Chapter , Comp . Evans has served the offices of Sword Bearer ancl Grand

Scribe N . In the Templars he was appointed Grand Hospitaller when Colonel Tynte was installed Grand Master . Bro . Evans has served Steward to

the Boys' School , to the Girls' School , and to the Eoyal Benevolent Institution twice , and is a Life Governor and annual subscriber to all . He has been a member of the Board of General Purposes for about twenty-three or four years , and was vice-President for three years . In 1857 Bro . Evans mainly assisted in

resuscitating the Surrey Lodge ( 603 ) , at Eeigate , and was "W . M . for two years , and received a very handsome P . M . jewel , which ivas the more . flatteringas the only other P . M . Avho had ever received a P . M . jewel in that lodge , ivas the late Lord Monson , Prov . G . M .

for Surrey , and a P . M . of 603 . This lodge now musters some 25 members , and meets in its OAVU Masonic Boom apart from any tavern . Bro . Evans is also a member , and has been for many years , of the Eoyal Alpha Lodge ( No . 18 ) , the membership

of which is confined to a restricted number of Grand orT . Grand Officers . Bro . CIIASI . ES EAVEJTS DEACON , S . G . D ., of Lordswood , near Southampton , was initiated in Eoyal Gloster Lodge ( No . 152 ) , of that town , on the 12 th

October , 1826 , and is now the father of the lodge . In 1 S 35-3 G he served the oiEce of W . M . and on one or more occasions since that time . He has also filled the office of W . M . of the Southampton Lodge ( No . 555 ) for two years , and is a- member of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony ( No . 442 ) , Southampton , and the Twelve Brothers , of the same place , of the New