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A Few More Hints To Bro. Lane.
knowingly and wilfully given the numbers of extinct Lodges to new organisations . Now , in the first place , Bro . Hervey , the late Grand Secretary of England , told me , that the Ancients used to sell the numbers of extinct Lodges , but the
Moderns never did so ; secondly , the law of 1727 provided that , " The precedency of Lodges is governed by the seniority of their Constitution "; thirdly , Bro . Gould informs us ( Four Old Lodges , p 52 , note ) , that since 1729 , the
engraved Lodge Lists were headed with a reminder of the 1727 law , viz .: " A list of Regular Lodges according to their seniority of Constitution "; fourth , I have shown that the Grand Lodge refused to grant No . 2 to a new organisation , and fifth , on page six . of the Records , Bro . Lane
says : — "It is possible that some of the dates given in tho text , in reference to places to which Lodges have from time to time removed , may not be absolutely correct . " Taking , therefore , the above reasons into consideration ,
I cannot be blamed for believing as I did . With regard to the Wolverhampton Lodge of 1768 ,
which received No . 77 , originally belonging to a Lodge that had ceased to live at Gateshead ; knowing that the said Lodge could have legally been transferred from Gateshead to Wolverhampton , and not knowing that
Masons would try to acquire by favouritism what they could have got by legal procedure , and as Bro . Lane acknowledges that he may have made mistakes ; and as I know that he did make mistakes ; I supposed that the Wolverhamoton
Lodge charter was another of his mistakes . But be it remembered , that in describing the method as to how the Gateshead Lodge could have been removed to
Wolverhampton in a legal manner , I did not assert it with the dictatorial pomposity of my opponent as a historic fact , but merely suggested it as " highly probable . "
Having acknowledged my mistakes , and my ignorance , if you please , too ; I now call upon Bro . Lane to answer the main question , without prefacing it with protestations of "honest intentions " on one side , nor with any " glaring
misrepresentations" on the other . The question is , how does Bro . Lane know that No . 79 ( the third Lodge constituted in 1731 , as attested by an original record of that year in Freemasons' Hall ) was not constituted in 1731 , at the Castle , in Hi ghgate ? BOSTON , U . S ., 20 th Sept . 1887 .
Bro. Charles Greenwood.
BRO . CHARLES GREENWOOD .
— : n : — Obit 28 th September 1886 . — : o : — ff»P«?im THE completion of the Albert Institute , Southwark , a scheme that was , in a great measure , projected and mainly encouraged b y onr late Bro . Charles Greenwood , and of which a full descri p tion appeared in tho columns of the
JJKEEMASON S CHKONICLE some months ago , is an object of more than local interest , and calls for passing notice . It is more especially in connection with the memory of our departed brother , who worked so assiduousl y to improve the social and moral condition of the parish of Christ
unurcb , that we revert to this subject , and in doing so we need hardly remind those who knew tbe unwearying activit y and exertion of Bro . Greenwood to point out that to his efforts the residents of that part of London " over the water " owe to him a debt of profound gratitude , as a
oenetactor and a friend . Happily , Bro . Greenwood has bequeathed to his successors a large share of the indomitable energy and capacity for useful work which he himself displayed , and thus , whether in connection with the Albert Institute , parochial affairs , or—still mors
m-ceresting to us—Masonic work , the name of Greenwood remains amongst us , to perpetuate the memory of one who was universall y beloved b y every member of the Craft with whom he was in any way brought into contact . It waa onl y a fortni ght since , as mentioned in our report of the kt . Michael ' s Lodge , that an elegant banner , " In Memoriam , " raised
™* a , in sorrowful remembrance and appreciation of one who had for many years rendered good suit and service to that Lodge , in common with his multifarious duties elsewhere , in the Province of Surrey , of which ho was , at first , Secretary , and at the time of his death Deputy Prov . tuaud Master .
Bro. Charles Greenwood.
It is a source of no little gratification to those who worked so long and assiduously with Bro . Greenwood , in carrying out this splendid improvement in Christ Church
parish , that its completion is so nearly accomplished , though our congratulations are somewhat blunted by the recollection that he who was one of the prime movers in ifc has not lived to see the realisation of his heart ' s desire .
Nothing would have been more cheering or heart-satisfying to Bro . Greenwood than to have seen the copestone placed upon the superstructure the foundations of which he laid , and in the erection of which he enlisted the willing aid of
so many of his personal friends and admirers . To have witnessed the throwing open of the doors of the handsome pile of building which now occupies the site upon which
Bro . Greenwood spent so many years of his life , toiling for the benefit of tho poor—especially the children—and for the amelioration of the social and moral condition of those
who are compelled by stern necessity to live in that crowded and unsavoury neig hbourhood , would have been a crowning point in the history of a man whose chief aim in life had been to shed rays of lig ht iuto dark places , and to raise
the standard of practical good wherever he could find foothold for its reception . It was this zeal which prompted him , many years ago , to excite sympathy on behalf of the working classes of the district , and to devise means for
their welfare , which have culminated in the erection of fche Albert Institute , with all its varied useful appointments , in the shape of an assembly room in which meetings and
entertainments are to be held ; a club-room where working men may enjoy quiet study and social intercourse , far away from the vitiating influences of the pot-house ; baths for those who are to be tausrht that " cleanliness is next to
godliness ; wash-houses for the womenfolk , to whom " washing-day " afc home , in their stuffy little kitchens , was a day to be dreaded as one on which there was " no luck about the house " ; decent living rooms for married couples ,
dormitories for single men , and so on . To have concentrated so many advantages under one roof is an achievement worthy the inception and constant advocacy of our worth y brother while ho lived , and garnishes his memory
with a jewel far more brilliant than any he wore upon his breast during his long and distinguished Masonic career . We have already described in these columns the thoughtful solicitude for the health and comfort of the humbler
classes of his parishoners that was displayed by the late Rev . Joseph Brown , Rector of Christ Church , and the efforts he made in that direction by the establishment of an institution on a small scale in Gravel-lane , the memorial
stone of which was laid by the lamented and eminent philanthropist the late Earl of Shaftesbury , then Lord Ashley . Some nine years ago , however , the
requirements of the railway adjoining led to negociations for the purchase of the site and building , and , almost simultaneously with this , the appointment of Bro . C . N . Mclntyre North as Architect to the Trustees . It is a coincidence
that not one of the gentlemen who accepted that trust now remains , Bro . C . Greenwood , who , as Treasurer , after successfully overcoming the many difficulties which beset and impeded the resuscitation of the scheme , having been
" gathered to his kindred dust ' without seeing the comp letion of the institution for which he laboured so well and disinterestedly . The new building stands on the east side of Robert-street , Blackfriars-road , and is
not only a valuable acquisition to the educational and practically elevating power of the district , bufc also an ornament , from an architectural point of view . Here the intentions ofthe founders will be carried oufc on an enlarged scale . The basement of the new buildina * contains
washhouses , laundry , baths , kitchen , lavatory for men , & c . The Institute , on the left , consists of reading rooms , offices , & c , on tbe ground floor , and committee and club-rooms on the first floor , the principal staircase being of stone , with
wrought-iron handrails and pannelling . On the right-hand portion of the block are situated five sets of living rooms , each set consisting of dwelling apartment , bedroom and
scullery complete , with additional ~ baths , and the superintendent ' s office on the ground floor . The whole of tbe upper storey may be used as a dormitory for single men , or perhaps , if thought more advisable , as a
gymnasium . It will be gathered from this brief outline that the Institute covers a wide area of usefulness and importance , and it is not too much to hope that the advantages ifc offers will be largely embraced and duly appreciated by those for whose benefit it ia designed . It jaust not be overlooked
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A Few More Hints To Bro. Lane.
knowingly and wilfully given the numbers of extinct Lodges to new organisations . Now , in the first place , Bro . Hervey , the late Grand Secretary of England , told me , that the Ancients used to sell the numbers of extinct Lodges , but the
Moderns never did so ; secondly , the law of 1727 provided that , " The precedency of Lodges is governed by the seniority of their Constitution "; thirdly , Bro . Gould informs us ( Four Old Lodges , p 52 , note ) , that since 1729 , the
engraved Lodge Lists were headed with a reminder of the 1727 law , viz .: " A list of Regular Lodges according to their seniority of Constitution "; fourth , I have shown that the Grand Lodge refused to grant No . 2 to a new organisation , and fifth , on page six . of the Records , Bro . Lane
says : — "It is possible that some of the dates given in tho text , in reference to places to which Lodges have from time to time removed , may not be absolutely correct . " Taking , therefore , the above reasons into consideration ,
I cannot be blamed for believing as I did . With regard to the Wolverhampton Lodge of 1768 ,
which received No . 77 , originally belonging to a Lodge that had ceased to live at Gateshead ; knowing that the said Lodge could have legally been transferred from Gateshead to Wolverhampton , and not knowing that
Masons would try to acquire by favouritism what they could have got by legal procedure , and as Bro . Lane acknowledges that he may have made mistakes ; and as I know that he did make mistakes ; I supposed that the Wolverhamoton
Lodge charter was another of his mistakes . But be it remembered , that in describing the method as to how the Gateshead Lodge could have been removed to
Wolverhampton in a legal manner , I did not assert it with the dictatorial pomposity of my opponent as a historic fact , but merely suggested it as " highly probable . "
Having acknowledged my mistakes , and my ignorance , if you please , too ; I now call upon Bro . Lane to answer the main question , without prefacing it with protestations of "honest intentions " on one side , nor with any " glaring
misrepresentations" on the other . The question is , how does Bro . Lane know that No . 79 ( the third Lodge constituted in 1731 , as attested by an original record of that year in Freemasons' Hall ) was not constituted in 1731 , at the Castle , in Hi ghgate ? BOSTON , U . S ., 20 th Sept . 1887 .
Bro. Charles Greenwood.
BRO . CHARLES GREENWOOD .
— : n : — Obit 28 th September 1886 . — : o : — ff»P«?im THE completion of the Albert Institute , Southwark , a scheme that was , in a great measure , projected and mainly encouraged b y onr late Bro . Charles Greenwood , and of which a full descri p tion appeared in tho columns of the
JJKEEMASON S CHKONICLE some months ago , is an object of more than local interest , and calls for passing notice . It is more especially in connection with the memory of our departed brother , who worked so assiduousl y to improve the social and moral condition of the parish of Christ
unurcb , that we revert to this subject , and in doing so we need hardly remind those who knew tbe unwearying activit y and exertion of Bro . Greenwood to point out that to his efforts the residents of that part of London " over the water " owe to him a debt of profound gratitude , as a
oenetactor and a friend . Happily , Bro . Greenwood has bequeathed to his successors a large share of the indomitable energy and capacity for useful work which he himself displayed , and thus , whether in connection with the Albert Institute , parochial affairs , or—still mors
m-ceresting to us—Masonic work , the name of Greenwood remains amongst us , to perpetuate the memory of one who was universall y beloved b y every member of the Craft with whom he was in any way brought into contact . It waa onl y a fortni ght since , as mentioned in our report of the kt . Michael ' s Lodge , that an elegant banner , " In Memoriam , " raised
™* a , in sorrowful remembrance and appreciation of one who had for many years rendered good suit and service to that Lodge , in common with his multifarious duties elsewhere , in the Province of Surrey , of which ho was , at first , Secretary , and at the time of his death Deputy Prov . tuaud Master .
Bro. Charles Greenwood.
It is a source of no little gratification to those who worked so long and assiduously with Bro . Greenwood , in carrying out this splendid improvement in Christ Church
parish , that its completion is so nearly accomplished , though our congratulations are somewhat blunted by the recollection that he who was one of the prime movers in ifc has not lived to see the realisation of his heart ' s desire .
Nothing would have been more cheering or heart-satisfying to Bro . Greenwood than to have seen the copestone placed upon the superstructure the foundations of which he laid , and in the erection of which he enlisted the willing aid of
so many of his personal friends and admirers . To have witnessed the throwing open of the doors of the handsome pile of building which now occupies the site upon which
Bro . Greenwood spent so many years of his life , toiling for the benefit of tho poor—especially the children—and for the amelioration of the social and moral condition of those
who are compelled by stern necessity to live in that crowded and unsavoury neig hbourhood , would have been a crowning point in the history of a man whose chief aim in life had been to shed rays of lig ht iuto dark places , and to raise
the standard of practical good wherever he could find foothold for its reception . It was this zeal which prompted him , many years ago , to excite sympathy on behalf of the working classes of the district , and to devise means for
their welfare , which have culminated in the erection of fche Albert Institute , with all its varied useful appointments , in the shape of an assembly room in which meetings and
entertainments are to be held ; a club-room where working men may enjoy quiet study and social intercourse , far away from the vitiating influences of the pot-house ; baths for those who are to be tausrht that " cleanliness is next to
godliness ; wash-houses for the womenfolk , to whom " washing-day " afc home , in their stuffy little kitchens , was a day to be dreaded as one on which there was " no luck about the house " ; decent living rooms for married couples ,
dormitories for single men , and so on . To have concentrated so many advantages under one roof is an achievement worthy the inception and constant advocacy of our worth y brother while ho lived , and garnishes his memory
with a jewel far more brilliant than any he wore upon his breast during his long and distinguished Masonic career . We have already described in these columns the thoughtful solicitude for the health and comfort of the humbler
classes of his parishoners that was displayed by the late Rev . Joseph Brown , Rector of Christ Church , and the efforts he made in that direction by the establishment of an institution on a small scale in Gravel-lane , the memorial
stone of which was laid by the lamented and eminent philanthropist the late Earl of Shaftesbury , then Lord Ashley . Some nine years ago , however , the
requirements of the railway adjoining led to negociations for the purchase of the site and building , and , almost simultaneously with this , the appointment of Bro . C . N . Mclntyre North as Architect to the Trustees . It is a coincidence
that not one of the gentlemen who accepted that trust now remains , Bro . C . Greenwood , who , as Treasurer , after successfully overcoming the many difficulties which beset and impeded the resuscitation of the scheme , having been
" gathered to his kindred dust ' without seeing the comp letion of the institution for which he laboured so well and disinterestedly . The new building stands on the east side of Robert-street , Blackfriars-road , and is
not only a valuable acquisition to the educational and practically elevating power of the district , bufc also an ornament , from an architectural point of view . Here the intentions ofthe founders will be carried oufc on an enlarged scale . The basement of the new buildina * contains
washhouses , laundry , baths , kitchen , lavatory for men , & c . The Institute , on the left , consists of reading rooms , offices , & c , on tbe ground floor , and committee and club-rooms on the first floor , the principal staircase being of stone , with
wrought-iron handrails and pannelling . On the right-hand portion of the block are situated five sets of living rooms , each set consisting of dwelling apartment , bedroom and
scullery complete , with additional ~ baths , and the superintendent ' s office on the ground floor . The whole of tbe upper storey may be used as a dormitory for single men , or perhaps , if thought more advisable , as a
gymnasium . It will be gathered from this brief outline that the Institute covers a wide area of usefulness and importance , and it is not too much to hope that the advantages ifc offers will be largely embraced and duly appreciated by those for whose benefit it ia designed . It jaust not be overlooked