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he received the 18 ° Rose Croix , and the 30 ° K . H . ; in 1869 reached the 33 ° S . G . I . G ; and he now holds the position of Grand Chancellor in the Supreme Council . We have now completed this portion of our task . We have enumerated the most important among the many distinctions he has

obtained in Craft , Arch , Templar , and High Grade Masonry . We have shown that our statement at tho outset , as to his conspicuous merit , had nothing about it which in any way approached to flattery . We pass , therefore , to another part of his career , and as this is of an essentially practical

character , it will , doubtless , receive from our readers its just measure of appreciation . We allude , of course , to the services he has rendered to our different Charitable Institutions , and when we record that up to the present time he has served as Steward to one or other of them on eleven

different occasions , and has been the means of adding to their funds to the extent of over £ 2 , 000 ; and that at the approaching festivals of the two Schools his name is entered on the list for each Institution , it will be obvious that in this portion of his duties he has been equally zealous and

quite as successful as in his study of the different branches of Freemasonry . But he has been something moro than the simple medium for conveying funds into the coffers of our Charities . He is himself a liberal supporter of them , being a Vice-Patron of the Boys' School , a Vice-President

of the Girls' School , and a Governor of both the Male and Female Funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Moreover , he has made one of his daughters a Vice-Patron of the Boys ' , and a Governor of the Girls' and Benevolent Institutions : his other daughter a

Vice-President of the Boys ' , and a Governor of the Girls' and the Benevolent , and his son , who will , in all probability , be this year W . Master of the Lodge attached to his regiment , a Governor of all three Charities . By thus bringing the daughters of his house into immediate relation with our

noble Institutions , our worthy brother gives tho most convincing proof in his power of the regard in which he holds our Society . He cannot make them Masons , for the members of the fair sex are not eligible to be received into our Lodges ; but he has placed them in positions in which

they must inevitably take an interest in the better part of Freemasonry , namely , in helping to alleviate such distresses as have arisen from death or indigence . However , we must not dwell too particularly on this part of our subject . It is not in the power of all Masons to follow in

tho footsteps of our brother , who has been blessed with more favourable opportunities for doing good than the majority of us . Still , in these days when people are apt to scramble through their duties , doing them oftentimes perfunctorily and with indifference—we say , in these days it is well worth our while to note those who fulfil them

scrupulously and conscientiously ; and we arc justified in classing in this particular category the man who need not concern himself about matters beyond tbe immediate sphere of the society in which he moves , and yet does so concern himself most loyally and invariably .

We are now on the eve of closing our somewhat hasty and imperfect sketch . We are aware that in tracing his career wo might have gone more into detail , and noted step by step the different positions he has held in Craft , Arch , Mark , and High Grade Masonry . Instead of doing this ,

we have preferred laying the greatest stress on his greatest achievements , which include a G . Deaconship of England , the post of G . Superintendent of the G . R . A . Chapter of his Province , a Past Grand Captaincy in the Temple , and

the Grand Chancellorship in the Supreme Council of the A . and A . Rite . These are positions of great dignity and trust , which are attainable only by brethren of great merit . We have likewise shown how active he has been in the

diffusion of Masonry—how ho has been , now a leader , now a simple participator , in the foundation of Lodges and Chapters . Moreover , we have striven to give due prominence to the many and great services he has rendered to our Charitable Institutions , and in doing this we have shown that " Sir Rhadamanth " has been as successful in

the practical as in the scientific duties of a Freemason . This , then , is our portrait of one who , in his more immediate circle , is regarded with the deepest affection ; who is justly esteemed in society , not only for the qualities of mind he possesses , but also for the abilit y he displays in

the duties of an office , which is always a responsible and oftentimes a thankless one ; and who , in a Masonic career extending over upwards of thirty years , has grandly carried out the obligations he contracted as a simple E . A . P . Other honours may await him , but though

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they will confirm , they cannot enhance his reputation Ho has done his duty , not from motives of self-interest , but from a sense of duty . As was sung by an English poet of last century : — " A long descent , and noblo blood ,

Is bnt a vain fantastic good , Unless with imbred virtues join'd , An honest , brave , and generous mind . All that onr ancestors havo done ,

Nations reliev'd , and battles won ; Tho trophies of each bloody field , Can only then true houonr yield , When , like Argyll , we scorn to owe , And pay that lustre they bestow . "

This has evidently been the motive power of his actions through life . He has realised fully that whatever advantages he possessed over others , entailed on him heavier

responsibilities , and for this reason is ho so generously regarded by his brethren . May he live to enjoy for many years to come tho esteem and respect he is so justly entitled to !

Grand Chapter.

GRAND CHAPTER .

THE Quarterly Meeting of Grand Chapter was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . Tho three chairs were occupied by Comps . tho Rev . C . J . Martyn , S . Rawson , and Hugh D . Sandoman . The other Grand Officers ' posts were filled by Comps . John Hervey S . E ., Capt . N . G . Philips S . N ., Peter do Lando Long P . S ., William

Hickman 1 st Asst ., Robert Grey 2 nd Asst ., A . J . DuiT Filer S . B ., Francis Robinson D . C , and C . B . Payne Janitor . Comps . Snell , Head , Mnggeridge , Joseph Smith , H . Dumas , T . Fenn , Glaisher , H . Murray , Joshua Nunn , were among the past Grand Officers who attended . This

being the evening for the installation of tho new Grand Officers , the Rev . C . J . Martyn said the Principals would remain tho same as before , viz ., the Prince of Wales M . E . Z ., the Earl of Carnarvon Pro G . Z ., Lord Skelmersdale H ., and Lord De Tabley J . Tho other Grand Officers

wero nominated and invested : — Comps . Hervey L ., Erasmus Wilson N ., Colonel Shadwell Clorke P . S ., the Rev . C . W . Amoid 1 st Assistant S ., H . C . Tombs 2 nd Assistant S ., JE . J . Mclntyre Q . O . Registrar , James Lewis Thomas S . B ., H . G . Buss Standard

Bearer , W . H . Lucia D . C , and C B . Payne Janitor . Grand Chapter then granted the petitions for charters to bo attached to Lodges 997 New Zealand , 681 Chesterfield , 369 Clithcroo , 1507 London , 1540 London , 1381 Kennington , 1381 Chorlton-cum-Harcly , 1283 Sowerby Bridge , 1145

AccriEgton , 1489 London , 1328 London , ll ?> Gibraltar , and 1717 Tunis . A slight discussion arose with respect to the Tunis Chapter . The Lodge has been established only six months , but ib was stated by Col . Creaton that the Lodge numbered forty-two members , and there was no working

Masonic body within two hundred miles of this Lodge , and the prayer of the petition was then granted . Col . Creaton , and Comps . Benjamin Head , R . Grey , Joseph Smith , H . C . Levandcr , John Boyd , D . Betts , Captain Philips , and James L . Thomas were appointed the Committee of General Purposes , and this closed the business of Grand Chapter .

Freemasonry In Massachusetts.

FREEMASONRY IN MASSACHUSETTS .

THE Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was held at the Masonic Temple in Boston , on the 13 th March . In the absence through indisposition of Bro . C . A . Welch Grand Master , the chair was occupied by Bro . A . H . Rowland jnn . Dep . Grand Master ,

who was supported by Bros . W . H . Chessman Senior G . Warden , Irving B . Sayles Junior G . Warden , Rev . Charles H . Titus Recording G . Sec , many other Grand Officers Present and Past , and the representatives of a considerable nnmber of Lodges . The Grand Lodge having been opened

in the usual manner , and the records of tho Annual and Stated Communications in December last , as well as those of the 2 nd and 21 st January , and of the 15 th February , when the new Masonic Hall of Orient Lodge was dedicated and its Officers installed , were taken as read or read and confirmed . Several new Codes of Bye-laws and amend-