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and installed Worshi pful Master May 9 th 1856 . During his year of office he initiated Lord A . Paget aud ten gentlemen , passed thirteen , and raised twelve brethren , ancl installed his successor . In June , 1857 , he served the office of Steward to the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , and became a life

governor to each fund and also to the Snstentation Fund . On August 20 th , 1857 , he founded the Pleiades Loclge , No . 1012 , at Totnes , and became the first Worshipful Master . Iu this Lodge he has initiated thirty-two gentlemen , passed thirty-one , raised twenty-nine brethren , ancl installed two Worshipful Masters . In September 1859 he founded the

, , Hauley Lodge , No . 1099 , at Dartmouth , ancl became the first Worshipful Master . Bro . Bridges was exalted in the Beaufort Chapter , No . 120 , August 22 nd , 1848 , and is now a P . Z . of the Yale of Jehoshaphat Chapter , No . 367 . In January , 1860 , he served the office of Steward for the second time to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons

ancl their Widows , and paid the subscription for a life governor . He is also an annual subscriber of . 61 Is . to each of the four charities . In 1858 he was elected honorary member of the Sun Lodge , No . 123 , also of the Isca Lodge , No . 983 , and only a few days since he consecrated the new Philanthropic LodgeNo . 1120 at Abergavenny . Bro .

, , Bridges has visited many Lodges in various parts of the country , and has consecrated and dedicated two new Lodges and one Masonic hall , installed seven Worshipful Masters , initiated ten gentlemen , and raised three brethren , in addition to the services already mentioned . He has also been presented with the following testimonials for bis great

exertions in the Lodges of which he has served as W . Master : — No . 680 a valuable P . M . jewel ; Lodge No . 367 a splendid inkstand with P . M . ancl Secretary ' s emblems ; Britannic Lodge , No . 38 , a P . M . jewel ; and a marble bust has been taken of him , which will be presented to him by the brethren of the Pleiades Loclge , No . 1012 .

BRO . HARCOURT , A . G . D . C . —Bro . George Harcourt , M . D ., was initiated in the Eoyal Alfred Loclge , Guildford ( which is now extinct ) in 1838 . In April of the same year , having learned that the Sfc . George ' s Loclge , No . 486 , Cherfcsey—of which place he is a resident—had fallen into decay , and had not been worked for several years—he with

the aid of other brethren obtained the warrant and furniture ancl reopened the Loclge in September , 1838 , when he was appointed S . W ., and in April , 1840 , was installed as the W . M . A few days afterwards ho was exalted into the Eoyal Arch in the Watford Chapter , No . 580 . In 1843 , with tho aid of Bro . Francis , P . D . Prov . G . M ., Surrey , and others , a charter of constitution was obtained for holding a Chapter at Ghertsoy , to be attached to the Sfc . George ' s Lod « e , and Comp . Harcourt became the first H . of the

Chapter . In the same year he was appointed S . Prov . G . W . for Surrey . In 1854 , Comp . Harcourt joined the Prince of Wales' Chapter , No . 324 , and at the present time holds the office of J . In 1856 , Bro . Harcourt was appointed to the distinguished position of D . Prov . Grand Master for Surrey , ancl was installed as M . E . Z . of tho St . George ' s Chapter . In

1859 he , with the assistance of Bro . Hayden ancl others , obtained a warrant and opened a new Lodge at Guildford under tho old title of the Royal Alfred , No . 1079 , and was installed as the first W . M . In the hi gh grades Bro . Harcourt is First General of the Metropolitan Chapter Eose Croix , First Captain of the St . George ' s Chapter of Kni ghts

Templar , and a member of the thirtieth degree . He is also a P . M . of the Bon Accord Mark Lodge . Bro . Harcourt served the office of Steward at the Festival of the Girls School in 1856 ,- the Boys Festival in 1857 ; and the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons ancl their Widows in 1859—becoming a life governor of each charity . BRO . T . A . ADAMS , G . Purst . —Bro . Thomas Alexander Adams , the well known baud master , has now been in Grand Ofiicoaome few-months , having been the first A . G . P .,

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but as he was apjiointed subsequently to our notices of the Grand Officers last year , we make no apology for introducing him into our present list . Bro . Thos . A . Adams —than perhaps whom no brother is better known as a most active worker and teacher of Masonry both in Lodges of Instruction and amongst his friends—was initiated in the Domatic LodgeNo . 206 in August 1847 ancl having

, , , , passed through all the offices , was elected W . M ., in 1854 , and was presented with a P . M ' s . jewel in 1855 . In 1852 he joined the St . John ' s Loclge , No . 196 , Hampstead , became W . M ' ., in 1855 , and received a P . M ' s . jewel He also joined the Globe Loclge , No . 23 , in April 1857 , ancl is now the S . W ., having been elected last year to the office of

Grand Steward , which however he did not fulfil in consequence of receiving the appointment of A . G . Purst . Bro . Adams , who continues a subscribing member to the whole of his Lodges , was exalted in the Domatic Chapter , in December , 1852 , and having passed through the various offices was elected M . E . Z . in 1857 and was in 1858 presented with a

, jewel by the Chapter . Bro . Adams served the office of Steward to the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons ancl their Widows , last year , and became a life governor . There are few brethren so well known ancl so popular amongst the working Lodges and Lodges of Instruction as Bro . Adams .

BRO . FARMER , Asst . G . Purs . —Bro . David E . Farmer was initiated in the Eobert Burns Lodge , in October , 1852 ; filled most of the junior offices , and passed the chair in 1859 , and on retiring was presented with a Past Master ' s jewel . He joined the "United Pilgrims , No . 745 , in February , 1853 ; filled the two Warden ' s chairs ancl was W . M . in 185-5 . He has received two testimonial jewels from No . 745—one from

the Loclge funds and one from the private subscriptions of the brethren . Bro . Farmer is now Treasurer of the Lodge . He was one of the petitioners for the Panmure Lodge , No . 1022 , assisted afc its consecration , and has installed all the Masters . . He is also Treasurer of that Lodge . In addition to the Lodges already mentioned , he is likewise a member of

Nos . 12 and 1044 . Bro . Farmer was the first member exalted in the United Pilgrim ' s Chapter on its consecration in 1854 , ancl he is now Second Principal ; being also a member of the Eobert Burns Chapter . He served the office of Steward afc the Boy ' s School festival in 1856 , and afc the festival of the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and

their Widows in 1859 . He is an annual subscriber to all the charities , and life-governor to the Boys School , and to the two funds of the Eoyal Benevolent Institution . He is a member of the Board of General Purposes , a most active working Mason , and a regular attendant at Lodges of Instruction , there being scarcely one in London of wliich he is not a member .

The Morgan Mystery;

THE MORGAN MYSTERY ;

ITS CAUSE AND EFFECT . —II . ( Continuedfrontpage 382 . ) MEANTIME the committees were engaged in pushing their investigations in every direction with perseverance and assiduity . It was ascertained that a carriage belonging to Ezra Piatt , livery stableman , Rochester , was sent to a sequestered spotnear Handford ' s Landingand Hubbard swore

, , that the party which left his carriage got into that sent from Eochester , which jiroceeded towards Niagara . And here appears a discrepancy in Hubbard ' s testimony , he having previously dejiosed that immediately on his passengers ali ghting he hacl turned ancl driven back to Eochester , meetingtwo carriages on the road ; that he knew nothing of the

parties he had conveyed , and had not observed any violence practised towards anyone of the company . Ifj then , he immediately returned to Eochester and , en route , met two carriages , how could he swear that ihe party from his carriage had entered one of those he met ? Piatt ' s carriage was traced via Clarkson , Gaines , Lewiston , and Youngstowu , to Niagara ,