Kent.

KENT .

THE Provincial Grand Lodge held its annual festival at the Freemasons' Hall , Plumstead , on the 23 rd ult ., under the banner of the Pattison Lodge , No . 913 . Earl Amherst Prov . Grand Master presided , and was assisted by Bro . James Smith Eastes P . G . D . Eng . Deputy Prov . Grand Master . The roll of the Provincial Lodges was called , when it was found that nearly every Lodge was represented .

After the transaction of general business , the appointment and investing of the following Officers took place : —

Bro . Baldomoro do Bertodano Lopez 913 P . G . St . Senior Warden B . MoKenzie Mercer 31 - - - Junior Warden Eev . C . Maitland Bevan , M . A ., 1414 - ) n , , . Bev . B . A . Fawssett , M . A ., 2448 - - } P lains Wm . Bussell 77 G . A . D . O . ( re-appointed ) - Treasurer Alf . Spencer 1063 P . G . Sw . B . ( re-appointed ) Secretary Frank Hitohens 77 ... Begistrar

Julius Kingsford 2305 - - - ) „ . _ , Fletcher Beach , M . B ., 1837 - - f Semor DeaooIls Dick Baker 1206 - - - . 1 , . „ Alf red H . Lee 1223 - - - } Junior Deacons Walter Beeve 1973 - - - Superintendent of Works

Henry Sadler 2148 Grand Tyler - - Director of Ceremonies Edward W . Ellis 1314 - - - Deputy Dir . of Cers . G . Lawrence Graham 133 - - - ] Geo . James Bussey 199 - - - \ Assistant Dirs . of Cers . Henry Morris 1273 - - - - / Allan Mcintosh 1096 ' - - - Sword Bearer

Geo . Harlow jun . 2147 - - - ) „ , , . _ Thomas T . Hogg 483 - - } Standard Bearers Arthur Sharp 829 .... Organist Sidney Newton 784 ... Assistant Secretary Wm . Henry Atkinson 184 - - - Pursuivant Henry Hurrell 1967 - - - Assistant Pursuivant John Thomas Fennell 20 . . . \

Alfred S . Baskett 158 - - - Joseph Barker 503 - - - . I _ Thomas B . Bosseter 972 - - > -Stewards Bichard Preston 1678 - - - Tom Byder 2200 - - - . / Joseph Orum 20 - - - . Tyler . It will thus be seen that the Provincial honours have been very fairly apportioned to the various Lodges of the county .

The members of the Anderida Lodge , No . 2434 , gave a Ladies night at the Queen ' s Hotel , Eastbourne , on the 15 th ult ., on the occasion of an emergency Lodge , at which Mr . Harold Arthur Turner was initiated . The Lodge met at 6 * 30 p . m ., and the ceremony of initiation was completed at 7 * 40 . The ladies

arrived at 7 * 45 , and at 8 o ' clock , under the supervision of the Director and Assistant Director of Ceremonies , they were shown to their places . The Worshipful Master Bro . W . F . Trydell

occupied the chair . The usual formal toasts were honoured . Afterwards the ladies adjourned to the drawing room , and the gentlemen to the smoking room for a brief interval . At ten o ' clock a drawing room entertainment was commenced .

The consecration of the Philbrick Chapter took place on Friday , at the Great Eastern Hotel , when Comp . William Shurmur was installed as the first Principal . A full account will appear in our next issue .

American Presentation To Lord Londesborough.

AMERICAN PRESENTATION TO LORD LONDESBOROUGH .

THE Brethren of the Constitutional Lodge , No . 294 , Beverley , met to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee , on the 18 th ult ., and also to present the Earl of Londesborough P . G . W . England with a fraternal greeting from the W . M ., Officers and Brethren of the Liberty Lodge , Beverly , Mass ., U . S . A ., and as a token of their esteem and regard on the occasion of his birthday , a very handsome specimen of the head of the moose deer . Lord Londesborough was accompanied by his son , Viscount Baincliffe , and there was a large number of brethren present .

The proceedings were opened by the W . M ., who proposed in loyal terms the following resolution , which was seconded b y Lord Londesborough , and carried with acclamation : —

" Inasmuch as the nation is about to celebrate tbe long and glorious reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria , this Lodge deems it a duty to place on their minutes their sincere and most hearty participation in such rejoicings with deep gratitude to the Great Architect of the Universe for the unparalled blessings and prosperity whioh have accrued to this nation during the past . sixty years , and trust that Her Majesty may be spared to still longer continue

her reign over her loyal and dutiful subjects in her vast dominions . It is also recorded that this Lodge has , in recognition of this unique event , subscribed a sum of twenty-five guineas to the Masonic Charities , and have decided to place in one of the niches on the north side of the Minster a statue in stone of His Boyal Highness the Prince of Wales the Most Worshipful the Grand Master of England . "

Bro . Thomson Foley P . M ., on being called upon to make the presentation to the noble Earl , stated that he had been requested by the Brethren of Liberty Lodge , Beverly , U . S . A ., to be their representative on that occasion . He said that the Earl of Londesborough ' s genial disposition was well known not only amongst the brethren' of thia , the Constitutional Lodge , and to the people of the immediate neighbourhood , as well as throughout the country of his birth ; but it had even crossed the rolling billows of the great Atlantic ,

American Presentation To Lord Londesborough.

and reached the shores of the United States , where it was held in equally high esteem . That esteem had culminated in tho hearty fraternal greeting extended to his Lordship on the anniversary of his natal day , and in the sending of a handsome present of a > magnificent specimen of tne head of o > Moose Deer as a token of their great regard . At their request he presented to his lordship in open Lodge this token , and said that no more fitting time could have been chosen than the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her

Most Gracious Majesty on which to prove to the brethren the loyal feeling and regard existing between the two countries . Bro . Foley stated that the brethren in America , knowing his lordship to be a true sportsman , thought they could not do better than send a fine specimen of the largest deer on the American Continent , which he had now great pleasure in presenting . He had been told it was the very finest specimen obtainable , and he believed that it would be still more highly appreciated when it was known that every brother of the Liberty Lodge had subscribed to the gift . ' It Was therefore a

unanimous expression of good will to the noble earl , and he felt suro that when the gift was hung upon the walls of his ancestral home Lord Londesborough would feel proud of such a token of recognition , associated as it was not only with the brethren on the other side of the Atlantic , but also presented to him in the midst of the brethren of his own Lodge . Bro . Foley said he regretted that some brother of Liberty Lodge was not present to make this presentation , but he had expressed as well as he was able their kindly feeling towards his lordship .

Lord Londesborough , who was received with continued cheers , said that it was really impossible for him to find words in which to express his gratitude , his delight , and his astonishment at the very fine present which had been given him that day . He had not the slightest idea until be came tothe Lodge that a magnificent present awaited him . He expressed his delight because it was a great compliment , the greatest possible compliment , to have a presentation of this kind . As an English sportsman a more acceptable gift

could not possibly have been selected for him . He expressed not only his gratitude to the Brethren in America , but also to the Brethren of his own Lodge , for had it not been for his appointment as Worshipful Master of the Lodgo during its centenary year he would never have been in the position to receive that beautiful gift . It was his pleasure to have been the intermediary between the two Lodges in making various communications sent over the Atlantic , and he hoped in the words he had transmitted he had expressed the

good feeling of every member of the Lodge . He felt that he not only spoke for himself , but for his son , and he trusted his son ' s children in their turn would recognise the great esteem shown by the brethren across the Atlantic , to this Lodge . It was for this reason that he more especially valued the gift . He could only thank the brethren of Liberty Lodge , and said he should send at once a cablegram to them to show how he appreciated the present . It would indeed be handed down as a heirloom to his successors .

Lord Londesborough despatched the following cablegram to " Charles Woodberry , Esq ., Beverly , Massachusetts , United States . —Please convey to Worshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren of Liberty Lodge my heartfelt thanks for magnificent present just received in open Lodge , also for fraternal feeling that prompted the gift . " Subsequently the Jubilee banquet was held , and speeches were made by Lord Londesborough , Viscount Baincliffe , and others .

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