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Festival Of The Mark Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund.
names of the brethren who presided , the number of Stewards , and the amount contributed on each occasion . Year Chairman No . of Stewards Amount
a > o u 1869 Rev . G . R . Portal M . W . G . M . M . M . 5 97 2 8 1870 Earl Percy , M P ., R . W . D . G . M . M . M . 5 53 4 10 1871 R . W . Bro . J . C . Parkinson 11 85 8 0 1 OT 2 Col . Bnrdett Prov . G . M . M . M .
Middlesex and Surrey , in the absence , through illness , of the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Prov . G . M . M . M . r ! nmh « rlanfl and Westmoreland - 12 177 0 0
1873 R . W . Col . J . Whitwell , M . P ., G . S . W . 12 141 15 0 1874 Sir B . Lpohmere , Bart ., M . P ., P . D . G . M . M . M 12 91 19 0 1975 B . W . W . Romaine Callender , M . P ., D . G . M . M . M . .... 17 176 11 0
1876 Lt .-Gou . J . S . Brownrigg , C . B ., G . J . W . 12 96 15 0 1877 Earl of Dononghmore , G . S . W . . . 17 221 9 0 1878 Lord Skelmersdale G . M . M . M . - 25 371 4 0 1879 LoTd Arthur Hill , M . P ., P . G . S . W . Sussex 35 537 4 0 1880 Col . Sir F . Burdett , Bart ., P . G . M . M . M . Middlesex and Surrey ... 32 56017 6
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Middlesex and Surrey will be held this day ( Saturday ) , at the Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond , under the presidency of R . W . Bro . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Prov . G . M . M . M . Present and Past Prov . G . Officers , with the
W . M . ' s , Past Masters , and Wardens of the different Lodges in the Province , are summoned to attend , and all Mark Master Masons are invited to be present . Prov . G . Lodge will be opened at 4 p . m ., and banquet will bo served at
5 p . m . It may readily be surmised that in a Province which has so able , active and genial a chief as Sir Francis Burdett , Mark Masonry must exhibit a remarkable degree of vitality .
On Thursday next , the 7 th instant , there will be held at the Masonic Hall , Mbion Place , Southampton , the annual meeting of the Provincial G Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Hants and the Isle of Wight . The chair will be taken at 2 p . m . by the M . W . Bro . Rev . G . R . Portal Past G . M . M . M .
and G . M . M . M . of the Province , and when the business is over , there will be a banquet at 4 p . m . This is another of the strongholds of Mark Masonry , and is fortunate in havin g for its chief so distinguished a Mark Master Mason as Bro . Rev . G . R . Portal .
Consecration Of The Eurydice Lodge, No. 1920.
CONSECRATION OF THE EURYDICE LODGE , No . 1920 .
THE Enrydice Lodge , which is an offshoot of the Orpheus , No . 1706 , and draws , like the parent tree , the majority of its brethren from the members of the musical profession , was dul y consecrated on Wednesday last , by the R . W . Prov . G . M . General Brownrigg , C . B ., who was supported by the following brethren : — Worshipful Bros . W . C . Beaumont P . G . S . W . Surrey , Rev . R . Fawsett
Ward P . M . Prov . G . Chaplain , Charles Greenwood jun . Past Provincial Grand Registrar , Charles Greenwood Prov . Grand Secretary , H . E . Frances P . G . D . C ., J . M . Paget P . P . G . Organist Kent . The Visitors present , besides those already named , were—Bros . R . Sebastian Hart 1872 , Squire 3 , H . J . Dutton 1706 , F . Bevan 1706 , J . B . Boucher 1872 , A . H . Townley 1872 . The members present
were—Bros . W . A . Barrett , Rev . W . Stainer , H . Macher Imbert Terry , Fred . Cardwell , Courtney M . Gray , Z . King , F . Selwyn Graham , W . Woodward . The Consecration took place at the Oak Hotel , Surbiton , where the members intend in future to hold their Lodge . The Lodge was opened by the R . W . P . G . Master acting W . M ., Bros . W . C . Beaumont P . G . S . W . Surrey acting S . W ., Charles Greenwood jun . P . P . G . R . Surrey acting J . W ., supported by the Provincial Grand
Officers above mentioned . Bro . the Rev . R . Fawsett Ward addressed the members of the new Lodge in a most able and erudite oration , in which he expounded his theory of the origin and development of the science of Operative and Speculative Masonry , supporting his views by quotations from Holy Writ and religious works . The incidental music was most effectively rendered by the members of the new Lodge , who are men who have earned wellmented fame in the musical world . Bro . Charles Greenwood
read the warrant , and presented the Worshipful Master designate , who was efficiently installed by the Provincial Grand Master . -the following brethren were then appointed and invested : — Reverend William Stainer Senior Warden , Macher Imherfc Terry J . W ., Frederick Wm . Cardwell Treasurer , Courtney M . Gray
S . D ., Z . King J . D ., F . Selwyn Graham Secretary , Wm . Woodward *• « . _ A brother was then proposed as a joining member , the acting Senior and Junior Wardens were elected honorary members of the new Lodge , and after a vote of thanks to the Prov . Grand Officer ? who had attended the Consecration , the Lodge was closed , according to ancient oustom . The brethren dined at 6 p . m ., at the Oak Hotef ,
Consecration Of The Eurydice Lodge, No. 1920.
and after the first Loyal-Masonic toast had been proposed , the W . M . < ravo the health of the M . W . the Grand Master of England and the rest of the Grand Officers Past and Present , coupling with it the name of Bro . Charles Greenwood , to whom he referred as " a model Grand Officer , " inasmuch as he possessed that perfectly equal and beantifnl serenity and urbanity of temperament which enabled him
upon any occasion to sink tho dignity appertaining to his rank in the interest and for the comfort of his brethren in the Craft . In proposing the health of tho R . W . Prov . Grand Master , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers Past and Present , the W . M . said that the members of his Lodge ought to be particularly proud of being even the youngest branch
( as in truth they were ) of so ancient and honourable a Province . Under the favourable auspices under which the new Lodge wa 3 started , the whole aim and object of its members should be to uphold the true principles and tenets of Freemasonry in its entirety , and never be guilty of any act which might tend to bring into disrepute the Province under whose banner they were assembled . The
W . M . also mentioned that ho had never ( although his experience had extended over a period of many years ) seen so many Prov . Grand Officers present at a consecration before . The R . W . Prov . Grand Master General Brownrigg , C . B ., in response said , that for his own part he should consider it more pleasant if , instead of being expected to say something fresh upon an occasion of this kind , he could refer
to a ritual of set speeches , and request the brethren to devote their attention to Nos . 1 , 2 , or 3 , as the case might be . The R . W . P . G . M . expressed his sincere appreciation of the fealty and loyalty with which he had been received that evening , and referred to the respect and brotherly affection which all the members of the Province of Surrey seemed to bear towards him . It had been an
interesting study for him to watch the progress of Masonry in the Province , and its rapid growth of late years ; for whilst there were but nine Lodges in the Province ten years ago , there were now twenty , three , and there soon would be twenty-fonr . In spite of this he was not anxious to see the number increase indiscriminately , and he strongly censured the custom that seemed to exist in some of the
Lodges of appointing , as a matter of course , an Officer one step higher year by year whether he was qualified to fill the next position or no . He complimented the W . M . upon the fact that during the banquet the brethren had been waited upon by the charm , ing daughters of their hostess , whose graceful manners compelled the brethren to eat despite satiety of appetite . Finally , the R . W .
P . G . M . apologised for the absence of his Deputy the Rev . Bro . Arnold , to whom he recommended the brethren to apply in all cases of difficulty or danger , and to lean upon as a sure rook of support . The R . W . P . G . M ., in eulogistic terms , proposed the health of the W . M ., Officers and Brethren of the Enrydice , and the W . M . in response detailed how that , in 1866 , his friends tried to form the
Orpheus Lodge , but that nothing came of it . Then an objection was made to the formation of a Class Lodge ; he explained how the Orpheus Lodge was ultimately established in 1874 , with the same idea in view , viz ., that of giving the brethren of the musical profession an opportunity of meeting together in Masonic harmony . The Eurydice Lodge was an offshoot of the Orpheus , and its members had been for
some time wandering , like Apollo , to find a temple ; they had at last found it in " the Oak , " and he was of opinion it ought to be dedicated to the R . W . P . G . M ., who , he compared to a nightingale , that leaves for unknown regions and returns with a new song , " because the old song delighted all . " The speeches were interspersed by various glees and solos by the W . M ., Bros . Selwyn Graham , Bevan , Dutton ,
and other brethren . It may be mentioned that the grace was composed for the Orpheus Lodge by the W . M ., and his Ode , "Great Architect on High , " music by Henry Gadsby , was most effectively rendered by ten voices . On the whole , the first meeting of the Eurydice was a most enjoyable one , and will not easily be forgotten by those who attended it .
A very beautiful monument in Sicilian marble , erected to the memory of Bro . Charles Coote ( late of Bond-street ) , will be unveiled by Mrs . Edward Swanborough , on the 6 th July next , at 1 . 30 p . m ., at Kensal Green Cemetery . It consists of an Irish cross with a Past Master Mason ' s jewel ,
surrounded with forget-me-nots , lilies of the valley , and ivy leaves , carved on the face of the same , and standing in a rock of marble with "Masonic emblems , and ivy carved thereon , and a marble pedestal with the following inscription—IN MEMORIAM
CHARLES COOTE , Died March 6 th , 1880 , Aged 71 . This monument was erected by his Masonic and other friends as a mark of affection and esteem .
The lower portion is a marble slab , and post with iron bars , and a large massive landing of Yorkshire stone , on which the whole is fixed . The monument stands nine feet in height , and was designed and executed by the well-known
monumental mason , Bro . E . M . Lander , of Kensal Green . Bro . Edward Swanborough has acted as Chairman of Committee , Bro . J . M . Chamberlain as Honorary Secretary , and Bro . James Weaver as Honorary Treasurer . St . Michael's Lodge of Instruction has adjourned its weekly meetings till the first Thursday in September ,
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Festival Of The Mark Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund.
names of the brethren who presided , the number of Stewards , and the amount contributed on each occasion . Year Chairman No . of Stewards Amount
a > o u 1869 Rev . G . R . Portal M . W . G . M . M . M . 5 97 2 8 1870 Earl Percy , M P ., R . W . D . G . M . M . M . 5 53 4 10 1871 R . W . Bro . J . C . Parkinson 11 85 8 0 1 OT 2 Col . Bnrdett Prov . G . M . M . M .
Middlesex and Surrey , in the absence , through illness , of the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Prov . G . M . M . M . r ! nmh « rlanfl and Westmoreland - 12 177 0 0
1873 R . W . Col . J . Whitwell , M . P ., G . S . W . 12 141 15 0 1874 Sir B . Lpohmere , Bart ., M . P ., P . D . G . M . M . M 12 91 19 0 1975 B . W . W . Romaine Callender , M . P ., D . G . M . M . M . .... 17 176 11 0
1876 Lt .-Gou . J . S . Brownrigg , C . B ., G . J . W . 12 96 15 0 1877 Earl of Dononghmore , G . S . W . . . 17 221 9 0 1878 Lord Skelmersdale G . M . M . M . - 25 371 4 0 1879 LoTd Arthur Hill , M . P ., P . G . S . W . Sussex 35 537 4 0 1880 Col . Sir F . Burdett , Bart ., P . G . M . M . M . Middlesex and Surrey ... 32 56017 6
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Middlesex and Surrey will be held this day ( Saturday ) , at the Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond , under the presidency of R . W . Bro . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Prov . G . M . M . M . Present and Past Prov . G . Officers , with the
W . M . ' s , Past Masters , and Wardens of the different Lodges in the Province , are summoned to attend , and all Mark Master Masons are invited to be present . Prov . G . Lodge will be opened at 4 p . m ., and banquet will bo served at
5 p . m . It may readily be surmised that in a Province which has so able , active and genial a chief as Sir Francis Burdett , Mark Masonry must exhibit a remarkable degree of vitality .
On Thursday next , the 7 th instant , there will be held at the Masonic Hall , Mbion Place , Southampton , the annual meeting of the Provincial G Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Hants and the Isle of Wight . The chair will be taken at 2 p . m . by the M . W . Bro . Rev . G . R . Portal Past G . M . M . M .
and G . M . M . M . of the Province , and when the business is over , there will be a banquet at 4 p . m . This is another of the strongholds of Mark Masonry , and is fortunate in havin g for its chief so distinguished a Mark Master Mason as Bro . Rev . G . R . Portal .
Consecration Of The Eurydice Lodge, No. 1920.
CONSECRATION OF THE EURYDICE LODGE , No . 1920 .
THE Enrydice Lodge , which is an offshoot of the Orpheus , No . 1706 , and draws , like the parent tree , the majority of its brethren from the members of the musical profession , was dul y consecrated on Wednesday last , by the R . W . Prov . G . M . General Brownrigg , C . B ., who was supported by the following brethren : — Worshipful Bros . W . C . Beaumont P . G . S . W . Surrey , Rev . R . Fawsett
Ward P . M . Prov . G . Chaplain , Charles Greenwood jun . Past Provincial Grand Registrar , Charles Greenwood Prov . Grand Secretary , H . E . Frances P . G . D . C ., J . M . Paget P . P . G . Organist Kent . The Visitors present , besides those already named , were—Bros . R . Sebastian Hart 1872 , Squire 3 , H . J . Dutton 1706 , F . Bevan 1706 , J . B . Boucher 1872 , A . H . Townley 1872 . The members present
were—Bros . W . A . Barrett , Rev . W . Stainer , H . Macher Imbert Terry , Fred . Cardwell , Courtney M . Gray , Z . King , F . Selwyn Graham , W . Woodward . The Consecration took place at the Oak Hotel , Surbiton , where the members intend in future to hold their Lodge . The Lodge was opened by the R . W . P . G . Master acting W . M ., Bros . W . C . Beaumont P . G . S . W . Surrey acting S . W ., Charles Greenwood jun . P . P . G . R . Surrey acting J . W ., supported by the Provincial Grand
Officers above mentioned . Bro . the Rev . R . Fawsett Ward addressed the members of the new Lodge in a most able and erudite oration , in which he expounded his theory of the origin and development of the science of Operative and Speculative Masonry , supporting his views by quotations from Holy Writ and religious works . The incidental music was most effectively rendered by the members of the new Lodge , who are men who have earned wellmented fame in the musical world . Bro . Charles Greenwood
read the warrant , and presented the Worshipful Master designate , who was efficiently installed by the Provincial Grand Master . -the following brethren were then appointed and invested : — Reverend William Stainer Senior Warden , Macher Imherfc Terry J . W ., Frederick Wm . Cardwell Treasurer , Courtney M . Gray
S . D ., Z . King J . D ., F . Selwyn Graham Secretary , Wm . Woodward *• « . _ A brother was then proposed as a joining member , the acting Senior and Junior Wardens were elected honorary members of the new Lodge , and after a vote of thanks to the Prov . Grand Officer ? who had attended the Consecration , the Lodge was closed , according to ancient oustom . The brethren dined at 6 p . m ., at the Oak Hotef ,
Consecration Of The Eurydice Lodge, No. 1920.
and after the first Loyal-Masonic toast had been proposed , the W . M . < ravo the health of the M . W . the Grand Master of England and the rest of the Grand Officers Past and Present , coupling with it the name of Bro . Charles Greenwood , to whom he referred as " a model Grand Officer , " inasmuch as he possessed that perfectly equal and beantifnl serenity and urbanity of temperament which enabled him
upon any occasion to sink tho dignity appertaining to his rank in the interest and for the comfort of his brethren in the Craft . In proposing the health of tho R . W . Prov . Grand Master , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers Past and Present , the W . M . said that the members of his Lodge ought to be particularly proud of being even the youngest branch
( as in truth they were ) of so ancient and honourable a Province . Under the favourable auspices under which the new Lodge wa 3 started , the whole aim and object of its members should be to uphold the true principles and tenets of Freemasonry in its entirety , and never be guilty of any act which might tend to bring into disrepute the Province under whose banner they were assembled . The
W . M . also mentioned that ho had never ( although his experience had extended over a period of many years ) seen so many Prov . Grand Officers present at a consecration before . The R . W . Prov . Grand Master General Brownrigg , C . B ., in response said , that for his own part he should consider it more pleasant if , instead of being expected to say something fresh upon an occasion of this kind , he could refer
to a ritual of set speeches , and request the brethren to devote their attention to Nos . 1 , 2 , or 3 , as the case might be . The R . W . P . G . M . expressed his sincere appreciation of the fealty and loyalty with which he had been received that evening , and referred to the respect and brotherly affection which all the members of the Province of Surrey seemed to bear towards him . It had been an
interesting study for him to watch the progress of Masonry in the Province , and its rapid growth of late years ; for whilst there were but nine Lodges in the Province ten years ago , there were now twenty , three , and there soon would be twenty-fonr . In spite of this he was not anxious to see the number increase indiscriminately , and he strongly censured the custom that seemed to exist in some of the
Lodges of appointing , as a matter of course , an Officer one step higher year by year whether he was qualified to fill the next position or no . He complimented the W . M . upon the fact that during the banquet the brethren had been waited upon by the charm , ing daughters of their hostess , whose graceful manners compelled the brethren to eat despite satiety of appetite . Finally , the R . W .
P . G . M . apologised for the absence of his Deputy the Rev . Bro . Arnold , to whom he recommended the brethren to apply in all cases of difficulty or danger , and to lean upon as a sure rook of support . The R . W . P . G . M ., in eulogistic terms , proposed the health of the W . M ., Officers and Brethren of the Enrydice , and the W . M . in response detailed how that , in 1866 , his friends tried to form the
Orpheus Lodge , but that nothing came of it . Then an objection was made to the formation of a Class Lodge ; he explained how the Orpheus Lodge was ultimately established in 1874 , with the same idea in view , viz ., that of giving the brethren of the musical profession an opportunity of meeting together in Masonic harmony . The Eurydice Lodge was an offshoot of the Orpheus , and its members had been for
some time wandering , like Apollo , to find a temple ; they had at last found it in " the Oak , " and he was of opinion it ought to be dedicated to the R . W . P . G . M ., who , he compared to a nightingale , that leaves for unknown regions and returns with a new song , " because the old song delighted all . " The speeches were interspersed by various glees and solos by the W . M ., Bros . Selwyn Graham , Bevan , Dutton ,
and other brethren . It may be mentioned that the grace was composed for the Orpheus Lodge by the W . M ., and his Ode , "Great Architect on High , " music by Henry Gadsby , was most effectively rendered by ten voices . On the whole , the first meeting of the Eurydice was a most enjoyable one , and will not easily be forgotten by those who attended it .
A very beautiful monument in Sicilian marble , erected to the memory of Bro . Charles Coote ( late of Bond-street ) , will be unveiled by Mrs . Edward Swanborough , on the 6 th July next , at 1 . 30 p . m ., at Kensal Green Cemetery . It consists of an Irish cross with a Past Master Mason ' s jewel ,
surrounded with forget-me-nots , lilies of the valley , and ivy leaves , carved on the face of the same , and standing in a rock of marble with "Masonic emblems , and ivy carved thereon , and a marble pedestal with the following inscription—IN MEMORIAM
CHARLES COOTE , Died March 6 th , 1880 , Aged 71 . This monument was erected by his Masonic and other friends as a mark of affection and esteem .
The lower portion is a marble slab , and post with iron bars , and a large massive landing of Yorkshire stone , on which the whole is fixed . The monument stands nine feet in height , and was designed and executed by the well-known
monumental mason , Bro . E . M . Lander , of Kensal Green . Bro . Edward Swanborough has acted as Chairman of Committee , Bro . J . M . Chamberlain as Honorary Secretary , and Bro . James Weaver as Honorary Treasurer . St . Michael's Lodge of Instruction has adjourned its weekly meetings till the first Thursday in September ,