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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Essex.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF ESSEX .
ON Wednesday , 30 th ult ., fche annual Provincial Grand Lodge of the Essex Freemasons was held at Waltonon-Naze , under tho presidency of tho Right Worshipfnl Provincial Grand Master , tho Lord Brooke , M . P . His Lordship , accompanied by Bro . Fred . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Registrar ( Recorder of Colchester ) , and Col .
Shadwell H . Gierke , Grand Secretary of England , left Liverpool Street Station by the ordinary noon train in a special saloon carriage , kindly placed at bis Lordship ' s disposal by the Great Eastern Railway Company . On reaching the station at Walton-on-Naze , soon after two o ' clock , the party were
met bv Bros . J . M . Scarlett I . P . M . 1799 , E . Dorling P . M . 1799 P . P . G . Secretary Suffolk , and W . E . Sutton J . W . 1799 , and at once conducted to the Clifton Hotel , whero
Grand Lodge was opened afc 2 * 45 . The minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge last year , afc Easton Lodge , having been read and confirmed , letters expressing their inability to attend wero read from Bros . Lord Henniker P . G . M .
Snffolk , Col . Sir Francis Burdett P . G . M . Middlesex , Rev . C . J . Martyn D . P . G . M . Suffolk , James Round , M . P ., Geo . Cooper P . M . 214 P . G . D ., Richard Clowes P . M . 650 P . P . G . S . W . Essex , R . Hedges Secretary R . M . I . G ., J . M . McLood Secretary R . M . I . B ., Revs . W . Morgan Jones and
H . J . Hatch , & c . The roll was then called over , and it was found thafc all of the thirfcy-one Lodges in the Province were duly represented . The Provincial Grand Secretary
then read an abstract of the Lodge returns for 1890 , which showed thafc there were 1440 subscribing members , as against 1300 last year , an increase of 140 . The report of the Auditors showed a balance in the hands of the
Provincial Grand Treasurer on the General Fund of £ 84 0 s Id , and on the Charity Fund of £ 24 3 s 3 d . The report of the Charity Committee gave a resume of the work done at the elections for Boya and Girls in April , and the Old People in May last , and thanked the brethren for the support given
to the Committee , which had enabled them to secure the election of one aged brother on the funds of the Benevolent Institution , and considerably help forward two widows for the samo institution . Tbe report also congratulated the Province on being entirely out of debt , and the
representatives held I . O . U . ' s for 136 Girls' and 200 Benevolent votes . The Provincial Grand Secretary reported that the Calendar had been more successful this year , a portrait of his Lordship therein having proved very popular , and he trusted that there would be a good balance in hand after paying
expenses of publication . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master said he was glad that this little venture , of which some of them had been guarantors , now seemed to be gaining in popularity , and he made a suggestion , which he thonght would add to its usefulness .
The Prov . Grand Master then addressed the brethren . He was , he said , very pleased to meet the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge ; and also gratified at the large attendance . Time went by BO quickly that it seemed only the other day that they so kindly came to Easton Lodge and took part in their annual festival ; and the meeting
which they had there would not soon fade from his memory , because nothing conld have given more pleasure to him , as Provincial Grand Master , than the able and excellent snpport he received on that occasion . He thought it would be only right for him to allude to a matter which had
caused them very deep regret , namely , the death of Lord Carnarvon , whose removal from amongst them he feared was almost irreparable , because he was a man who gave his heart . to ^ the Craft , and devoted a very considerable , amount of his time towards furthering its interests . He paid a
warm tribute to the kindness , courtesy , and skill with which the late Earl had conducted the business of the Grand Lodge . This loss would be felt throughout the country , but mosfc deeply in the Province of Somersetshire , with which he ( Lord Brooke ) was at one timo connected ,
and where he knew that the late Earl , both as a citizen and a Mason , was regarded with the deepest veneration . It must be a source of satisfaction to them all , as ifc was a pleasure to himself , to notice the prosperity of their Craft in the Province of Essex . Tho report , just given by their
Secretary , showing an increase in their strength of 140 members , was most pleasing , as he was quite sure that all those brethren were good Masons , and would be true to the Craft . During the year two new Lodges had been added to their ^ roll—viz ., the Mistley and Easterford—both of which he felt sure would add strength to the Province ,
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Essex.
and ho had only a few days since recommended to the favourable consideration of the Most Worshipful Grand Master another Lodge—the William Shurmur Lodgowhich would commence its Masonic life with a strength of about 80 members . With regard to the Mistley and
Eastei-ford Lodges , his Lordship said it was a matter of great regret to himself thafc in consequence , partly of ill . health and partly the pressure of business , he had been unable to attend the consecrations ; bufc those who wero there , ho was sure , had a Masonic treat in witnessing the
excellent working of his esteemed Deputy , Bro . Philbrick . Another source of gratification to them all was tho assistance thafc had been given in the cause of charity , for he found that since they last met the handsome sum of £ 977 10 s had been contributed to the three great Charities
of the Craft , against £ 650 last year . One important matter of business they would have to deal with to-day was the revised by-laws , which the Committee , appointed last
year , had—under the guidance of the Grand Registrar— - evidently bestowed great pains upon . In conclusion , his Lordship repeated the pleasure he felt afc once more meeting tho brethren in Provincial Grand Lodge .
The Provincial Grand Master then announced that Bro . Fred . A . Philbrick had kindly consented to act as his Deput y for another year ; and his Lordship thanked Bro . Philbrick for tho assistance he had been to himself in carrying on the work of the Province . His Lordship having : called
j * . u upon the brethren to elect a Provincial Grand Treasurer , drew attention to the fact that notice had been given that Bros . E . J . Acworth and William Shurmur would be uominated . The Provincial Grand Secretary announced that inst before the opening of Provincial Grand Lodge , a
letter was put into his hands from Bro . Acworth , to the effect that he was anxious to promote Masonic harmony in the Province , and with that view would prefer his name to be withdrawn rather than divide the brethren on fche
question . Bro . William ohurmur and Bro . Mark Gentry were then nominated for the office of Grand Treasurer , and on a show of hands Bro . - Shurmur was elected by an overwhelming majority . The Provincial Grand Master then invested his Officers for the ensuing year , as follows : —
Bro . John J . C . Turner ,,, ... Senior Warden J . M . Scarlett ... ... Junior Warden Eev . T . S . Raffles ... ... Chaplain W . Shurmur ... ... Treasurer W . B . Heagerty ... ... Registrar Thomas J . Railing ... ... Secretary
T . Rymer Jarvis } g . D T . Scoresby Jackson ,.. ... j H . St G . Boswell 1 ^^ ^^ a ,. \ J , uyle ... ... ) Mark Gentry ... ... Snpt . of Works
A . Lucking ... ... Dir . of Cers . W . W . Barber ... ... Deputy Dir . of Cers . H . J . Skingley ... ... Assistant Dir . of Cera . W . E . Bridgeland ... ... Sword Bearer M . W . MSO Z Z } Standard BearerS C . J . Dale ... ... Organist
E . T . Moore ... ... Assistant Secretary F . C . Lake ... ... Pursuivant E . C . Sparrow ... ... Assistant Pursuivant A . W . Martin ... ... Tyler W . Finer ... ...- » G . Canler ... ... ¦ F . C . Dixie ... ... a . , _ ?
J . H . Vanx ......»""»»«¦ F . J . Nunn ... ... I , M . H . Page ... ... J
On the motion of the Provincial Junior Grand Warden , Bro . W . B . Heagerty Provincial Grand Registrar was elected a member of fche Charity Committee , in the place of Bro . James Salmon P . P . G . R ., who retires by rotation . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master then brought
forward the revised bye-laws . He said the Committee had taken a great deal of trouble over the matter , and had spent many hours in looking through the laws in force in neighbouring Provinces , and in preparing the revised code which would be put before them that day . He
specially mentioned the assistance which Bro . Lucking had been to the Committee . Bro . Philbrick then went throngh the laws seriatim , mentioning the salient points in each , and they were eventually , with a few verbal amendments ,
adopted , subject to the sanction of the Most Worship ful Grand Master . Bro . the Rev . W . Quennell Past Provincial Grand Chaplain ( for Bro . G . Cooper ) proposed , " That the sum of £ 13 be voted from the funds of the Provincial Grand Lodge to place a Memorial in one of the lig hts of jthe windows , or on the wall framing of the new Centenary
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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Essex.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF ESSEX .
ON Wednesday , 30 th ult ., fche annual Provincial Grand Lodge of the Essex Freemasons was held at Waltonon-Naze , under tho presidency of tho Right Worshipfnl Provincial Grand Master , tho Lord Brooke , M . P . His Lordship , accompanied by Bro . Fred . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Registrar ( Recorder of Colchester ) , and Col .
Shadwell H . Gierke , Grand Secretary of England , left Liverpool Street Station by the ordinary noon train in a special saloon carriage , kindly placed at bis Lordship ' s disposal by the Great Eastern Railway Company . On reaching the station at Walton-on-Naze , soon after two o ' clock , the party were
met bv Bros . J . M . Scarlett I . P . M . 1799 , E . Dorling P . M . 1799 P . P . G . Secretary Suffolk , and W . E . Sutton J . W . 1799 , and at once conducted to the Clifton Hotel , whero
Grand Lodge was opened afc 2 * 45 . The minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge last year , afc Easton Lodge , having been read and confirmed , letters expressing their inability to attend wero read from Bros . Lord Henniker P . G . M .
Snffolk , Col . Sir Francis Burdett P . G . M . Middlesex , Rev . C . J . Martyn D . P . G . M . Suffolk , James Round , M . P ., Geo . Cooper P . M . 214 P . G . D ., Richard Clowes P . M . 650 P . P . G . S . W . Essex , R . Hedges Secretary R . M . I . G ., J . M . McLood Secretary R . M . I . B ., Revs . W . Morgan Jones and
H . J . Hatch , & c . The roll was then called over , and it was found thafc all of the thirfcy-one Lodges in the Province were duly represented . The Provincial Grand Secretary
then read an abstract of the Lodge returns for 1890 , which showed thafc there were 1440 subscribing members , as against 1300 last year , an increase of 140 . The report of the Auditors showed a balance in the hands of the
Provincial Grand Treasurer on the General Fund of £ 84 0 s Id , and on the Charity Fund of £ 24 3 s 3 d . The report of the Charity Committee gave a resume of the work done at the elections for Boya and Girls in April , and the Old People in May last , and thanked the brethren for the support given
to the Committee , which had enabled them to secure the election of one aged brother on the funds of the Benevolent Institution , and considerably help forward two widows for the samo institution . Tbe report also congratulated the Province on being entirely out of debt , and the
representatives held I . O . U . ' s for 136 Girls' and 200 Benevolent votes . The Provincial Grand Secretary reported that the Calendar had been more successful this year , a portrait of his Lordship therein having proved very popular , and he trusted that there would be a good balance in hand after paying
expenses of publication . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master said he was glad that this little venture , of which some of them had been guarantors , now seemed to be gaining in popularity , and he made a suggestion , which he thonght would add to its usefulness .
The Prov . Grand Master then addressed the brethren . He was , he said , very pleased to meet the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge ; and also gratified at the large attendance . Time went by BO quickly that it seemed only the other day that they so kindly came to Easton Lodge and took part in their annual festival ; and the meeting
which they had there would not soon fade from his memory , because nothing conld have given more pleasure to him , as Provincial Grand Master , than the able and excellent snpport he received on that occasion . He thought it would be only right for him to allude to a matter which had
caused them very deep regret , namely , the death of Lord Carnarvon , whose removal from amongst them he feared was almost irreparable , because he was a man who gave his heart . to ^ the Craft , and devoted a very considerable , amount of his time towards furthering its interests . He paid a
warm tribute to the kindness , courtesy , and skill with which the late Earl had conducted the business of the Grand Lodge . This loss would be felt throughout the country , but mosfc deeply in the Province of Somersetshire , with which he ( Lord Brooke ) was at one timo connected ,
and where he knew that the late Earl , both as a citizen and a Mason , was regarded with the deepest veneration . It must be a source of satisfaction to them all , as ifc was a pleasure to himself , to notice the prosperity of their Craft in the Province of Essex . Tho report , just given by their
Secretary , showing an increase in their strength of 140 members , was most pleasing , as he was quite sure that all those brethren were good Masons , and would be true to the Craft . During the year two new Lodges had been added to their ^ roll—viz ., the Mistley and Easterford—both of which he felt sure would add strength to the Province ,
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Essex.
and ho had only a few days since recommended to the favourable consideration of the Most Worshipful Grand Master another Lodge—the William Shurmur Lodgowhich would commence its Masonic life with a strength of about 80 members . With regard to the Mistley and
Eastei-ford Lodges , his Lordship said it was a matter of great regret to himself thafc in consequence , partly of ill . health and partly the pressure of business , he had been unable to attend the consecrations ; bufc those who wero there , ho was sure , had a Masonic treat in witnessing the
excellent working of his esteemed Deputy , Bro . Philbrick . Another source of gratification to them all was tho assistance thafc had been given in the cause of charity , for he found that since they last met the handsome sum of £ 977 10 s had been contributed to the three great Charities
of the Craft , against £ 650 last year . One important matter of business they would have to deal with to-day was the revised by-laws , which the Committee , appointed last
year , had—under the guidance of the Grand Registrar— - evidently bestowed great pains upon . In conclusion , his Lordship repeated the pleasure he felt afc once more meeting tho brethren in Provincial Grand Lodge .
The Provincial Grand Master then announced that Bro . Fred . A . Philbrick had kindly consented to act as his Deput y for another year ; and his Lordship thanked Bro . Philbrick for tho assistance he had been to himself in carrying on the work of the Province . His Lordship having : called
j * . u upon the brethren to elect a Provincial Grand Treasurer , drew attention to the fact that notice had been given that Bros . E . J . Acworth and William Shurmur would be uominated . The Provincial Grand Secretary announced that inst before the opening of Provincial Grand Lodge , a
letter was put into his hands from Bro . Acworth , to the effect that he was anxious to promote Masonic harmony in the Province , and with that view would prefer his name to be withdrawn rather than divide the brethren on fche
question . Bro . William ohurmur and Bro . Mark Gentry were then nominated for the office of Grand Treasurer , and on a show of hands Bro . - Shurmur was elected by an overwhelming majority . The Provincial Grand Master then invested his Officers for the ensuing year , as follows : —
Bro . John J . C . Turner ,,, ... Senior Warden J . M . Scarlett ... ... Junior Warden Eev . T . S . Raffles ... ... Chaplain W . Shurmur ... ... Treasurer W . B . Heagerty ... ... Registrar Thomas J . Railing ... ... Secretary
T . Rymer Jarvis } g . D T . Scoresby Jackson ,.. ... j H . St G . Boswell 1 ^^ ^^ a ,. \ J , uyle ... ... ) Mark Gentry ... ... Snpt . of Works
A . Lucking ... ... Dir . of Cers . W . W . Barber ... ... Deputy Dir . of Cers . H . J . Skingley ... ... Assistant Dir . of Cera . W . E . Bridgeland ... ... Sword Bearer M . W . MSO Z Z } Standard BearerS C . J . Dale ... ... Organist
E . T . Moore ... ... Assistant Secretary F . C . Lake ... ... Pursuivant E . C . Sparrow ... ... Assistant Pursuivant A . W . Martin ... ... Tyler W . Finer ... ...- » G . Canler ... ... ¦ F . C . Dixie ... ... a . , _ ?
J . H . Vanx ......»""»»«¦ F . J . Nunn ... ... I , M . H . Page ... ... J
On the motion of the Provincial Junior Grand Warden , Bro . W . B . Heagerty Provincial Grand Registrar was elected a member of fche Charity Committee , in the place of Bro . James Salmon P . P . G . R ., who retires by rotation . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master then brought
forward the revised bye-laws . He said the Committee had taken a great deal of trouble over the matter , and had spent many hours in looking through the laws in force in neighbouring Provinces , and in preparing the revised code which would be put before them that day . He
specially mentioned the assistance which Bro . Lucking had been to the Committee . Bro . Philbrick then went throngh the laws seriatim , mentioning the salient points in each , and they were eventually , with a few verbal amendments ,
adopted , subject to the sanction of the Most Worship ful Grand Master . Bro . the Rev . W . Quennell Past Provincial Grand Chaplain ( for Bro . G . Cooper ) proposed , " That the sum of £ 13 be voted from the funds of the Provincial Grand Lodge to place a Memorial in one of the lig hts of jthe windows , or on the wall framing of the new Centenary