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The Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.

place . Those brethren who were nominated on the 19 th of May , viz . Bros . Brackstone Baker 21 , J . Brett 177 , J . M . Case 1 , H . Grnning 197 , J . G . Marsh 28 , W . J . Nettleship 14 , and Samuel Poynter 1491 , were duly elected . The election of members for the Committee of

Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons resulted as follows : —Bros . J . Brett 177 , C . A . Cottebrnne 733 , J . A . Farnfield 250 , C . Hogard 205 , H . M . Levy 188 , J . G . Stevens 554 , A . H . Tattcrshall 140 , H . G . Warren 173 , and T . M . White 21 .

The report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter was read . After the discussion of other matters , Grand Lodge was formally closed .

r Grand Lodge being closed before the scrutineers made their return as to tho result of tho election of brethren to serve on the Board of General Purposes , we have pleasure in stating that tho undermentioned brethren were elected , viz ., Bros . D . Betts 1351 , Jas . Forrester 222 , N . B . Headon

1426 , S . Poynter 1491 , Griffiths Smith 5 ( J 9 , W . Stephens 1489 , A . S . Tomkins 822 , W . T . Wood 1159 , as Masters ; and Past Masters Bros . S . G . Grady 14 , IT . C . Levander 507 , P . DeLande Long 114 , Edwin March 99 , T . W . White 21 , and Erasmus Wilson 1464 .

List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . 2 * 0 . 153 G . —United Military Lodge , Plumstead , Kent . 1537 . —St . Peter Westminster Lodge , Westminster .

1538 . —St . Martins-lc-Grand Lodge , Basinghall Street 1539 . —Surrey Masonic Hall Lodge , Camberwell . 1510 . —Chancer Lodge , Sonthwark . 1541 . —Alexandra Palace Lodge , Muswcll Hill . 1512 . —Legiolium Lodge , Castleford , Yorks . 151 : 5 . —Rosslyn Lodge , Dunmow , Essex .

15 U . —Mount Ldgcumbo Lodge , Camborno , Cornwall . 1515 . —Baildon Lodge , Baildon , Yorks . 154 ( 5 . —Charters Towers Lodge , Charters Towers , Queensland 151-7 . —Liverpool Lodge , Liverpool . 1518 . —Britannia Lodge , Wellington , Sonth Africa . 1549 . —Abercorn Lodge , Great Staumore , Middlesex . 1550 . —Lodge of Prudence , Plymouth .

Masonic Funeral At Bury, Lancashire.

MASONIC FUNERAL AT BURY , LANCASHIRE .

DURING tho past few weeks the brethren in Bury have sustained a scries of shocks , the impression of which are likely to have a prolonged abiding place in their memories . Tho firsc of these melancholy sensations consisted in the lamentable death of Brother Thomas Ilnworth , a young , but promising member of Lodge of Relief , 42 , who was one of the passengers by the ill-fated London steamer

Cadiz . Brother Ilnworth , who was rapiilly scoring successes so far as human prosperity may be said to be concerned , had only a low months back entered into a lucrative engagement with Messrs ' McCallum , Carmen Street , Loudon , in connection with the opening out of some extensive iron stone mines in Galicia , Spain , and he was oa his way back to the mother country to accomplish certain

preliminaries , when he met with a watery grave . A shock of a still more painful nature was given to the Craft by the loss of Brother Robert Wright O'Neil ( aged 28 ) , tho W . M . of " the Prince of Wales Lodge , 1012 , by whose untimely death the brethren havo lost a most promising brother , both in Arch and Craft . Although so young a Mason , Bro . O'Neil had shown himself expert in the mastership of his Lodg >\

His death occurred under most lamentable circumstances . Exceed , ingly fond of the sea , it had for years been his wont to engage in yachting excursions , aud on Thursday , in Whit-wcek , he set sail from Fleetwood , with three companions , in as trim a yacht as over raised au anchor , from tho Ferry slip . It was his design to sail to Piel , the Isle of Man , and Portrush in Ireland , but when only some six miles

out from Fleetwood , he and a Mr . R . Battcrsby , also of Bury , were overbalanced by a lurch of ihe boat , and thrown into the sea . Being hampered by heavy mackintoshes aud stout boots , they sank before the yacht could be brought round to them . Bro . O'Neil ' s corpse was washed up on the Ulverstou sands , two days afterwards , and his remains were interred at tho Bury cemetery , ou Wednesday , the

26 th of May . About 120 members of tho Craft attended the funeral , and the following Masons acted as carriers : —Henry Maiden P . Pro . G . S . B . East LaLcashire ; Past Masters John Hallivvell , J . R . Fletcher , and J . Suiethurst , and Brothers Lawrence , Stead ( Ramsbottom ) , Nicholas , Worsley ( Haslingden ) ; Alfred Hopkinsou , and Harrv Woodcock . Bro . Lawrence Booth P . P . G . S . B . Ea . s fc Lancashire 1253 , acted as Director of Ceremonies .

On the way back from the cemetery , an event occurred which served to doubly darken the gloom which had alread y fallen on the local Craft . Bro . John Smith Redfern P . P . G . P . East Lancashire , of Lodge Relief 42 , complained of a pain in his side when walking on Manches ter-road with the general body of brethren , and Bro . Fred . Anderton pressed him to partake of a stimulant in his residence adjoining .

Masonic Funeral At Bury, Lancashire.

This Bro . Red fern deeliued , and continued homeward ; a few hundred yards further on , he and Bro . Anderton called at the Knowsley Hotel , where Bro . Redferu rang for a glass of whiskey each , bnt before he had time to partake of the spit it lie swooned away , and died almost immediately iu Bro . Anderton ' s arms . He had suffered somewhat from heart disease these last few years , aud Dr . Burr , who was

called into the Knowsley Hotel—too late , however , to bo of any avail , —certified that death occurred from syncope , probably induced by over exertion in the procession . Bro . Redferu , who was in his 68 th year , had been » Mason forty-sevou years , and was the oldest craftsman in the whole borough . Forty years ago he was W . M . of Lodge 42 . In his death the brethren have sustained a loss which

cannot easily bo repaired . Of all who sat down to the post-prandial repast at tho Albion Hotel on Thursday evening in Whit-week , not one was more decorously jovial than this patriarchal brother , and tho rendering of his favourite song : — " Let Masons' fame resound , " gave little indication that tho Angel of Death was hovering so closely abont his path . One of his sons , who had been proposed at tho

previous meeting , was initiated the same evening , and the writer of this notice had the honour of being hailed across the Masonic Rubicon by late Bro . Redferu , the same evening . And after all , it was a seemly leave-taking of the Craft , tho witnessing of tho welcoming of his son into tho ranks of which he himself was so honourable a member , immediately followed by what proved to bo a final Masonic creation

at his own venerable hands . The interment of Bro . Red fern ' s remains took p lace on Saturday afternoon , 29 th May , and a dispensation having been procured from Bro . Col . Lo G . N . Starkie R . W . Pro . G . M . East Lancashire for tho attendance of the biethren in regalia , and the observance of due Masonic honours on tho occasion , the event proved no less interesting

to the various local Lodges than it was novel aud attractive to the general public . Tho brethren , 210 strong , including members from 22 Lodges , mustered at the Albion Hotel , and , after forming iu processional order , they proceeded to their deceased brother ' s late residence , where they took precedence of tho hearse aud mourning coaches , and marched to All Saints' Church , Elton , the place of burial .

The streets were thronged with thousand of spectators ; in fact , from the point of starting to the entrance gates of tho church , the processional body was flanked by serried lines of sight seers . Ab several business houses , ou and near the lino of route , the shutters and blinds wore disposed in mourning fashion . The order of the procession was as follows :

Visiting Brethren from Manchester , Bolton , Rochdale , Bacup , Haslingden , Newchureh , Stoneclough , Middleton , Hey wood , Radcliffe , Whitofield , Whitwoith and other , towns . Egertou Lodge , "Bnvy . . . No . 1 . WV 2

Prince of Wales Lodge , Bury . . „ 1 , 012 St . John's Lodge , Bury . . . ,, 191 Prince Edwin Lodge , Bury . . ,, 128 Relief Lodge , Bury .... „ 42

Royal Arch Chapter . Brethren of Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire , viz ., Bros , ( he Rev . J . B . Phillips 274 , P . Prov . Grand Chaplain ; Frederic Anderton Lodge 42 , Henry Maiden 1012 , Lawrence Booth 1253 , J . M . Whitehead 1012 , and ' W . Barlow 931 , P . Prov . Grand Sword Bearers ; Marshall Taylor 314 , P . P . G . P ., William Roberts 298 ( Rochdale ) P . P . G . P ., John Tavlor 2 S (! ( Bacup ) P . G . P ., Albert Wolstenholme 260 Asst . P . G . P .

Four carriers THE HEARSE lour carriers Four mourning coaches containing the widow , children , and relatives of the deceased ; and also ( in the last coach ) Mr . John O'Neil , Brother George O'Neil W . M .

St . John ' s Lodge No . 191 , —tho father and brother of late Brother R . W . O'Neil—and Mr . William Fnirbrotlier , chairman of tho Bary Improvement Commissioners , by which body the la ' e Bro . Kedfern was employed for ten or twelve years immediately before his death , as borough meat inspector .

Upon the arrival of the mournful cortege at the entrance to the churchyard , the brethren filed to either side of the avenue lo . ding to the sacred edifice , and there , with bared heads , awaited tho passage of tho corpse , which was borne by Brothers Warwick Wood W . M . 128 , Richard Pilkiugton W . M . 1392 , Edmund Whittam , Samuel Gr ecnhalgh , John Atherton , James Ca-is , Joseph Place , and

Robert Carter . As tne funeral party entered the church , Bro . J . Handle Fletcher P . M . 191 discoursed the piaintivo strains of a funeral march ( Mendelssohn ) on tho organ . The general body of brethren becoming seated , Bro . Phillips led tho service for the dead , the 00 th Psiiim being chanted by a body of turplieud choristers made tip from the choirs of All Saints' and the Parish Church , and among

whom were several members of the Craft . While Ihe corpse was being borne from the church , Bro . Randle Fletcher played tho grand old " Dead March in Saul . " The scone was awfully impressive at this point , and no apology need be offered for tear-dimmed eyes and moistened cheeks . Tho corpse was deposited in a newly-built vault on the western side of the church , the choristers giving tho responses incidental to the remaining portion of the burial service .

This concluded , and the chief mourners moved away , tho brethren were formed in more exact circle around the grave , aud at tho signal of the P . Prov . Grand Chaplain , they joined in a silent parting salute to the lamented brother whom the Great Architect had been pleased to call hence . The brethren afterwards re-formed in procession , followed the hearse and mourning coaches into town , and li ' cd oft ab Haymarkefc-slreet to the Albion Hotel , where suitable refreshments were provided iu the concert hall by the host , Bro . A . Lord .

It would be unbecoming to close our report without making mention of the services rendered by Bro . R . 'bcrfc Whittaker , Lodges 350 and 678 , P . Prov . G . Director of Ceremonies , East Lancn ? . hhc , \ vho was ably assisted by Bros . Harry Grnndy P . M . ( acting for Bro . Edmund Ecclea W . M . 42 , whoso state of health would not permit him to exercise in very

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FROM SHUTE TO SIDBURY. Article 4
REVIEWS. Article 5
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" THE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE " AT THE NORTH POLE. Article 7
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The Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.

place . Those brethren who were nominated on the 19 th of May , viz . Bros . Brackstone Baker 21 , J . Brett 177 , J . M . Case 1 , H . Grnning 197 , J . G . Marsh 28 , W . J . Nettleship 14 , and Samuel Poynter 1491 , were duly elected . The election of members for the Committee of

Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons resulted as follows : —Bros . J . Brett 177 , C . A . Cottebrnne 733 , J . A . Farnfield 250 , C . Hogard 205 , H . M . Levy 188 , J . G . Stevens 554 , A . H . Tattcrshall 140 , H . G . Warren 173 , and T . M . White 21 .

The report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter was read . After the discussion of other matters , Grand Lodge was formally closed .

r Grand Lodge being closed before the scrutineers made their return as to tho result of tho election of brethren to serve on the Board of General Purposes , we have pleasure in stating that tho undermentioned brethren were elected , viz ., Bros . D . Betts 1351 , Jas . Forrester 222 , N . B . Headon

1426 , S . Poynter 1491 , Griffiths Smith 5 ( J 9 , W . Stephens 1489 , A . S . Tomkins 822 , W . T . Wood 1159 , as Masters ; and Past Masters Bros . S . G . Grady 14 , IT . C . Levander 507 , P . DeLande Long 114 , Edwin March 99 , T . W . White 21 , and Erasmus Wilson 1464 .

List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . 2 * 0 . 153 G . —United Military Lodge , Plumstead , Kent . 1537 . —St . Peter Westminster Lodge , Westminster .

1538 . —St . Martins-lc-Grand Lodge , Basinghall Street 1539 . —Surrey Masonic Hall Lodge , Camberwell . 1510 . —Chancer Lodge , Sonthwark . 1541 . —Alexandra Palace Lodge , Muswcll Hill . 1512 . —Legiolium Lodge , Castleford , Yorks . 151 : 5 . —Rosslyn Lodge , Dunmow , Essex .

15 U . —Mount Ldgcumbo Lodge , Camborno , Cornwall . 1515 . —Baildon Lodge , Baildon , Yorks . 154 ( 5 . —Charters Towers Lodge , Charters Towers , Queensland 151-7 . —Liverpool Lodge , Liverpool . 1518 . —Britannia Lodge , Wellington , Sonth Africa . 1549 . —Abercorn Lodge , Great Staumore , Middlesex . 1550 . —Lodge of Prudence , Plymouth .

Masonic Funeral At Bury, Lancashire.

MASONIC FUNERAL AT BURY , LANCASHIRE .

DURING tho past few weeks the brethren in Bury have sustained a scries of shocks , the impression of which are likely to have a prolonged abiding place in their memories . Tho firsc of these melancholy sensations consisted in the lamentable death of Brother Thomas Ilnworth , a young , but promising member of Lodge of Relief , 42 , who was one of the passengers by the ill-fated London steamer

Cadiz . Brother Ilnworth , who was rapiilly scoring successes so far as human prosperity may be said to be concerned , had only a low months back entered into a lucrative engagement with Messrs ' McCallum , Carmen Street , Loudon , in connection with the opening out of some extensive iron stone mines in Galicia , Spain , and he was oa his way back to the mother country to accomplish certain

preliminaries , when he met with a watery grave . A shock of a still more painful nature was given to the Craft by the loss of Brother Robert Wright O'Neil ( aged 28 ) , tho W . M . of " the Prince of Wales Lodge , 1012 , by whose untimely death the brethren havo lost a most promising brother , both in Arch and Craft . Although so young a Mason , Bro . O'Neil had shown himself expert in the mastership of his Lodg >\

His death occurred under most lamentable circumstances . Exceed , ingly fond of the sea , it had for years been his wont to engage in yachting excursions , aud on Thursday , in Whit-wcek , he set sail from Fleetwood , with three companions , in as trim a yacht as over raised au anchor , from tho Ferry slip . It was his design to sail to Piel , the Isle of Man , and Portrush in Ireland , but when only some six miles

out from Fleetwood , he and a Mr . R . Battcrsby , also of Bury , were overbalanced by a lurch of ihe boat , and thrown into the sea . Being hampered by heavy mackintoshes aud stout boots , they sank before the yacht could be brought round to them . Bro . O'Neil ' s corpse was washed up on the Ulverstou sands , two days afterwards , and his remains were interred at tho Bury cemetery , ou Wednesday , the

26 th of May . About 120 members of tho Craft attended the funeral , and the following Masons acted as carriers : —Henry Maiden P . Pro . G . S . B . East LaLcashire ; Past Masters John Hallivvell , J . R . Fletcher , and J . Suiethurst , and Brothers Lawrence , Stead ( Ramsbottom ) , Nicholas , Worsley ( Haslingden ) ; Alfred Hopkinsou , and Harrv Woodcock . Bro . Lawrence Booth P . P . G . S . B . Ea . s fc Lancashire 1253 , acted as Director of Ceremonies .

On the way back from the cemetery , an event occurred which served to doubly darken the gloom which had alread y fallen on the local Craft . Bro . John Smith Redfern P . P . G . P . East Lancashire , of Lodge Relief 42 , complained of a pain in his side when walking on Manches ter-road with the general body of brethren , and Bro . Fred . Anderton pressed him to partake of a stimulant in his residence adjoining .

Masonic Funeral At Bury, Lancashire.

This Bro . Red fern deeliued , and continued homeward ; a few hundred yards further on , he and Bro . Anderton called at the Knowsley Hotel , where Bro . Redferu rang for a glass of whiskey each , bnt before he had time to partake of the spit it lie swooned away , and died almost immediately iu Bro . Anderton ' s arms . He had suffered somewhat from heart disease these last few years , aud Dr . Burr , who was

called into the Knowsley Hotel—too late , however , to bo of any avail , —certified that death occurred from syncope , probably induced by over exertion in the procession . Bro . Redferu , who was in his 68 th year , had been » Mason forty-sevou years , and was the oldest craftsman in the whole borough . Forty years ago he was W . M . of Lodge 42 . In his death the brethren have sustained a loss which

cannot easily bo repaired . Of all who sat down to the post-prandial repast at tho Albion Hotel on Thursday evening in Whit-week , not one was more decorously jovial than this patriarchal brother , and tho rendering of his favourite song : — " Let Masons' fame resound , " gave little indication that tho Angel of Death was hovering so closely abont his path . One of his sons , who had been proposed at tho

previous meeting , was initiated the same evening , and the writer of this notice had the honour of being hailed across the Masonic Rubicon by late Bro . Redferu , the same evening . And after all , it was a seemly leave-taking of the Craft , tho witnessing of tho welcoming of his son into tho ranks of which he himself was so honourable a member , immediately followed by what proved to bo a final Masonic creation

at his own venerable hands . The interment of Bro . Red fern ' s remains took p lace on Saturday afternoon , 29 th May , and a dispensation having been procured from Bro . Col . Lo G . N . Starkie R . W . Pro . G . M . East Lancashire for tho attendance of the biethren in regalia , and the observance of due Masonic honours on tho occasion , the event proved no less interesting

to the various local Lodges than it was novel aud attractive to the general public . Tho brethren , 210 strong , including members from 22 Lodges , mustered at the Albion Hotel , and , after forming iu processional order , they proceeded to their deceased brother ' s late residence , where they took precedence of tho hearse aud mourning coaches , and marched to All Saints' Church , Elton , the place of burial .

The streets were thronged with thousand of spectators ; in fact , from the point of starting to the entrance gates of tho church , the processional body was flanked by serried lines of sight seers . Ab several business houses , ou and near the lino of route , the shutters and blinds wore disposed in mourning fashion . The order of the procession was as follows :

Visiting Brethren from Manchester , Bolton , Rochdale , Bacup , Haslingden , Newchureh , Stoneclough , Middleton , Hey wood , Radcliffe , Whitofield , Whitwoith and other , towns . Egertou Lodge , "Bnvy . . . No . 1 . WV 2

Prince of Wales Lodge , Bury . . „ 1 , 012 St . John's Lodge , Bury . . . ,, 191 Prince Edwin Lodge , Bury . . ,, 128 Relief Lodge , Bury .... „ 42

Royal Arch Chapter . Brethren of Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire , viz ., Bros , ( he Rev . J . B . Phillips 274 , P . Prov . Grand Chaplain ; Frederic Anderton Lodge 42 , Henry Maiden 1012 , Lawrence Booth 1253 , J . M . Whitehead 1012 , and ' W . Barlow 931 , P . Prov . Grand Sword Bearers ; Marshall Taylor 314 , P . P . G . P ., William Roberts 298 ( Rochdale ) P . P . G . P ., John Tavlor 2 S (! ( Bacup ) P . G . P ., Albert Wolstenholme 260 Asst . P . G . P .

Four carriers THE HEARSE lour carriers Four mourning coaches containing the widow , children , and relatives of the deceased ; and also ( in the last coach ) Mr . John O'Neil , Brother George O'Neil W . M .

St . John ' s Lodge No . 191 , —tho father and brother of late Brother R . W . O'Neil—and Mr . William Fnirbrotlier , chairman of tho Bary Improvement Commissioners , by which body the la ' e Bro . Kedfern was employed for ten or twelve years immediately before his death , as borough meat inspector .

Upon the arrival of the mournful cortege at the entrance to the churchyard , the brethren filed to either side of the avenue lo . ding to the sacred edifice , and there , with bared heads , awaited tho passage of tho corpse , which was borne by Brothers Warwick Wood W . M . 128 , Richard Pilkiugton W . M . 1392 , Edmund Whittam , Samuel Gr ecnhalgh , John Atherton , James Ca-is , Joseph Place , and

Robert Carter . As tne funeral party entered the church , Bro . J . Handle Fletcher P . M . 191 discoursed the piaintivo strains of a funeral march ( Mendelssohn ) on tho organ . The general body of brethren becoming seated , Bro . Phillips led tho service for the dead , the 00 th Psiiim being chanted by a body of turplieud choristers made tip from the choirs of All Saints' and the Parish Church , and among

whom were several members of the Craft . While Ihe corpse was being borne from the church , Bro . Randle Fletcher played tho grand old " Dead March in Saul . " The scone was awfully impressive at this point , and no apology need be offered for tear-dimmed eyes and moistened cheeks . Tho corpse was deposited in a newly-built vault on the western side of the church , the choristers giving tho responses incidental to the remaining portion of the burial service .

This concluded , and the chief mourners moved away , tho brethren were formed in more exact circle around the grave , aud at tho signal of the P . Prov . Grand Chaplain , they joined in a silent parting salute to the lamented brother whom the Great Architect had been pleased to call hence . The brethren afterwards re-formed in procession , followed the hearse and mourning coaches into town , and li ' cd oft ab Haymarkefc-slreet to the Albion Hotel , where suitable refreshments were provided iu the concert hall by the host , Bro . A . Lord .

It would be unbecoming to close our report without making mention of the services rendered by Bro . R . 'bcrfc Whittaker , Lodges 350 and 678 , P . Prov . G . Director of Ceremonies , East Lancn ? . hhc , \ vho was ably assisted by Bros . Harry Grnndy P . M . ( acting for Bro . Edmund Ecclea W . M . 42 , whoso state of health would not permit him to exercise in very

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