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advanced aud stopped the proo ° edings . He carried in hia hands a huge scymitar which bore the words , " Worcester Nobles to Henry E . Dixey . " Mr . Williams then cut the book , and when Manager Harris opened it , Mr . Dixoy fonnd that it contained a flask of snspicions-looking liquor , which he promised to analyze later in the
evening . The scymitar was also presented , and then Mr . Williams , with a few pleasant words handed to Mr . Dixey a handsome Masonic jewel snch as is worn by tbe 32 nd degree Masons—tbe Teutonic cross with the double-headed eagle and delta , with the number 32 engraved upon it , the eagle grasping a sword in his talons , from which was
suspended a ribbon bearing the motto " Spes meo in Deo est . ' On the reverse were the emblems of tho Knights Templars . Mr . Dixoy was completely surprised , bnt he succeeded in thanking his friends in well chosen words , and as the curtain fell the theatre resounded with plaudits . Ifc was a night whioh will loug be remembered by
Boston's favourite young comedian . A midnight session of Aleppo Temple was held at Odd Fellows' Hall after the performance , and the nobles assisted at the celebration of tho Nozlot el Hajj , or " The
Returning of the Pilgrims . " A largo number of persons were initiated , and , after the work had beeu performed , the nobler and their friends sat down to a banqnet , and the festivities were kept up until a late hour .
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Bro . J . H . SCOTT P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Sussex .
BRETHKEN of the South Coast , and indeed of all parts of England , will regret to learn that Bro . John Henderson Scott , the Deputy Grand Master of the Province of Sussex , has passed away ; he died on Sunday , the 5 th inst ., at his residence at Brighton . It will be remembered that our
deceased brother had beeu for a considerable time in bad health , and it was only his indomitable will that enabled him to take part in the installation proceedings when the Dnke of Connaught was installed as ruler of the Province of Sussex by the M . W . the Grand Master . Bro . Scott had
done excellent service in the cause of Freemasonry , ancl his death will be regretted by every member of the Province wifch which he was so intimately associated . We extract the following , in regard to Bro . Scott ' s career , from a local paper : —
To fche general public , Mr . Scott was known as a local artist of great repute . His grandfather , securing the friendship and patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , afterwards George IV ., established himself at Brighton just ; before tho opening of the present century . His father , too , secured a ropufcafcatiou in Brighton as a
water-colour painter ot acknowledged merit , and , on his death , his mantle fell worthily on his son , John Henderson , who at once achieved a high position among the artists of the South of England . The metropolitan picture galleries have , from time to time , been favoured with works from his easel , while tho local exhibitions
have , year after year , been assisted by his choice productions . Mr . John Henderson Scott ' s leisure timo was , however , mainly dovoted to the cause of Freemasonry , into whioh he throw his whole heart and soul , aud in which he secured such distinction as to "ultimately gain the honourable position of Deputy Provincial Grand
Master of Sussex . Bro . Scott was initiated into Freemasonry in the Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 271 , 18 th February 1853 , and it is worthy of notice that for three generations the Scott family liaj been honourably connected wifch that Lodge . Bro . Edmund Scott was Master from 1796 to 1805 , and during the Grand Mastership of Gon .
Lennox , afterwards Duke of Richmond , he was tho acting Master Bro . John Scott has filled every office in the Royal Clarence Lodge , from I . G . upwards , ancl has been thrice elected W . M ., and occupied the chair in the years 1859 , 1865 and 1877 . In the Provincial Grand Lodge he was appointed Provincial Senior Graud Deacon in 1859
and it was at the September meeting afc Hastings that Bvo . Scott proposed the appointment of a Steward in every Lodge to collect subscriptions from the members ; a system which has worked So well as to place the Province in a very prominent position with respect to the number of votes per Lodge . In 1861 he was
appointed Prov . G . J . W ., while in 1805-6-7 , ho held the high position of Prov . G . S . W . In 1873 , on tho retirement of Bro . G . E . Pocock P . G . Swd . Br . of England from the duties of Prov . Grand Secretary , Bro . J . H . Scott waa appointed as his successor . In April 1875 , the installation of H . R . H . tho Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . took place
and the two brethren selected to act aa Stewards for the Province on that occasion were Bros . J . H . Scott aud V . P . Freeman . In the following September , at tho Provincial Lodge meeting Bro . Scott aud his fellow Steward wero presented each with a jewel , struck by command of the M . W . G . M . in commemoration of the installation .
In December 1870 , Bro . E . J . Furner sent in his resignation to Lord Pelham , the Prov . Grand Master , of fche office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the duties ot thafc office encroaching too mneh on fche time his own profession demanded of him . In consequence of Rro . Furner ' s resignation , Lord Pelham , not feeling equal to resnmiu "
the direction of the affairs of the Province , tendered his own resignation , as Prov . Grand Master , to the M . W . G . M ., which was accepted . Bro . Sir W . W . Bnrrell , Bart ., M . P ., succeeded Lord Pelbam , and in Jane 1877 , at a Provincial Grand Lodge meeting held at Brighton
obligated , invested , and installed Bro . Scott as . Deputy P . G . M . The I ' rov . Grand Master , addressing Bro . Scott , said "fciuit h « felt it would bo U 3 cle 33 fco s-w much with , regard to the duties cf D . P . G . M . to so old a Mason , aud one who was so particularly looked up to by
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tha brethren o' - \ e Privi ice . All the brethren would agree that in choosing Bro . Scott io bo h ' s Deputy he had selected fche right man , and put him in the right place . " Ifc was afc this meeting that Bro . Vincent P . Freeman P . P . S . G . W . was appointed to succeed Bro . Scofcfc as Prov . Grand Sec . Tho year 1880 was an eventful one to Bro .
Soofcfc . In February , afc the Annual Festival of the Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons , he took up fche magnificient total of £ 630 on his list . Such a result must have been highly gratifying to Bro . Scott , as oat of fcwenfcy . sevon Provinces represented Sussex took the second place . At fche Annual Festival of the Grand
Lodge , held afc Freemasons' Hall , in April , Bro . Soofcfc was appointed one of fche Grand Junior Deacons of England , which appointment was received wifch unanimous satisfaction throughout , his Province . Bro . Scofcfc worthily carried out fche dnties of Deputy Provincial Grand Master under the lato Sir W . W . Bnrrell , and it will be remembered
that at that imposing gathering of Freemasons afc fche Brighton Dome last June , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , fche recently-installed Provincial Grand Master of Sussex ,. re-appointed him to the high
position in tho Sussex Province . His Royal Highness , m investing him , said ho was * ' fully aware of his ( Bro . Scott's ) long and valued services in the cause of Freemasonry in general , and in the Sussex Province . He know him fco be ono who would maintain in all their
integrity the distinguishing characteristics of the Order . At the banqnet which followed the ceremony , the Duke of Connaught proposed the health of Bro . John Henderson Scott P . G . D ., and said he did so with the greatest cordiality , knowing thafc he had laboured most assiduously in the cause of Freemasonry . In the Sussex
Province ho had held the post of Provincial Grand Secretary aud for many years that of Deputy Provincial Grand Master . In three generations fche name of Scofcfc had been familiarly associated with Freemasonry in Sussex , and in Bro . John Henderson Sootfc they had a thorough Freemison at heart . It was , therefore , with
the greatest satisfaction that he appointed him his Deputy . Before sitting down , ho desired to express fco him his appreciation of the admirable arrangements for the ceremonies of the day . They had been satisfactory in every respect . Bro . Scotfc , who was warmly received on rising , thanked the Provincial Grand Master for the
kind manner in which the toasfc had been proposed , and fche brethren for fche cordial mannar in whioh it had been received . He deeply felt the honour conferred npon him , and trnsted , with restored health to prove equal to the duties which would devolve upon him .
In the absence of His Royal Highness the Provincial Graud Master of Sussex , Bro . Sootfc presided at fche Provincial Grand Ledge meet , ing recently held afc the Royal Pavilion , and those present will not readily forget the graceful manner in which he alluded to the late Bro . Sir W . W . Bnrrell . Though enfeebled by his serious
indisposition , Bro . Scott spoke in a truly eloquent and impressive manner , and his short bnt impressive speech will long be remembered as the last ; and one of fche best he ever delivered to a large body of fche brethren of fcho Craft . A striking and substantial recognition of the value and high estimation of the services of Bro . Scotfc to Free .
masonry was shown in June 1884 , when he was presented with a purso of 700 guineas , a silver goblofc , and a handsome illuminated address and record of the occasion . During his long life in the Craffc , he has installed nearly forty Worshipfnl Masters , consecrated five Lodges , and assisted at the consecration of 13 new Lodges , and has
worked every section of the three lectures . He was a Life Governor of each ofthe three Masonic Charitable Institutions . In Royal Arch Freemasonry Bro . Scott was equally distinguished and energetic . Ho was exalted in the L mnox Chapter , No . 271 , in 1857 , aud served the offices of M . E . Z . twice , H . four times , and J . three times . With but
few exceptions ho installed all fche Principals , and exalted tho major . ifcy of the Companions of that Chapter since 1862 . Ho waa father of the Royal Sussex Chapter , No . 732 , of which he was M . E . Z . in 1869 . He WM the founder and the first M . E . Z . of tho Cyrus Chipter , No , 38 . Ho has assisted at tho consecration of three now Chapters ,
was appointed Grand Standard Bearer of fche Supreme Grand Chapter of England iu May 1880 , and Prov . G . H . at the resuscitation of the Prov . Graud Royal Arch Chapter of Sus . ; ox , in April 18 S 0 . So highly was he appreciated by the brethren of the Province thafc ho was elected an honorary member of almost all the Lodges and Chapters
in Sussex . By the death of Bro . Scott—who had entered his 58 fch year —a valued and beloved Freemason has passed away , whose place ifc will be difficult to fill . To the younger members of the Craft he was especially affable and courteous , and was , at all times , happy to render them any service which his experience and knowledge of the
Order would enable him fco afford . His colleague . * , in tho Provincial Grand Lodge will keenly feol his loss . As Bro . Scott so feelingly said of Bro . Sir W . W . Bnrrell , iu his last speech , at the October meeting , so may it be said of himsolf , "It wag impossible to know him without loving him . Hi : ; hapoy and cordial nature , his
generosity and kindness , hirf hatred of everything mean , dishonest , or untruthful , hi ?) anxiety to anticipate the wants au 1 also the pleasures of tho- 'o about him , se . Mned to embody him as the very incarnation of the grand Masonic design— 'to be happy himself , and fco communicate happiness to others . '" The funeral was arranged fco take place yesterday , at the Extra-Mural Cemetery .
BRO . T . W . 0 . BUSH . Another Craftsman who has done good service to the cause of Freemasonry has gone to join the great majority , iu the person of Bro . T . W . 0 . Bush , who died on Tuesday . Bro . Bush was a Past Master of the Tranquillity Lodge ,
No . I 8 o , of which he was for some time Treasurer . He "ilso took a prominent part in the establishment of the Temple Bar Lodge , aud in many ways -von distinction in LUG Order .
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advanced aud stopped the proo ° edings . He carried in hia hands a huge scymitar which bore the words , " Worcester Nobles to Henry E . Dixey . " Mr . Williams then cut the book , and when Manager Harris opened it , Mr . Dixoy fonnd that it contained a flask of snspicions-looking liquor , which he promised to analyze later in the
evening . The scymitar was also presented , and then Mr . Williams , with a few pleasant words handed to Mr . Dixey a handsome Masonic jewel snch as is worn by tbe 32 nd degree Masons—tbe Teutonic cross with the double-headed eagle and delta , with the number 32 engraved upon it , the eagle grasping a sword in his talons , from which was
suspended a ribbon bearing the motto " Spes meo in Deo est . ' On the reverse were the emblems of tho Knights Templars . Mr . Dixoy was completely surprised , bnt he succeeded in thanking his friends in well chosen words , and as the curtain fell the theatre resounded with plaudits . Ifc was a night whioh will loug be remembered by
Boston's favourite young comedian . A midnight session of Aleppo Temple was held at Odd Fellows' Hall after the performance , and the nobles assisted at the celebration of tho Nozlot el Hajj , or " The
Returning of the Pilgrims . " A largo number of persons were initiated , and , after the work had beeu performed , the nobler and their friends sat down to a banqnet , and the festivities were kept up until a late hour .
Obituary.
Obituary .
Bro . J . H . SCOTT P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Sussex .
BRETHKEN of the South Coast , and indeed of all parts of England , will regret to learn that Bro . John Henderson Scott , the Deputy Grand Master of the Province of Sussex , has passed away ; he died on Sunday , the 5 th inst ., at his residence at Brighton . It will be remembered that our
deceased brother had beeu for a considerable time in bad health , and it was only his indomitable will that enabled him to take part in the installation proceedings when the Dnke of Connaught was installed as ruler of the Province of Sussex by the M . W . the Grand Master . Bro . Scott had
done excellent service in the cause of Freemasonry , ancl his death will be regretted by every member of the Province wifch which he was so intimately associated . We extract the following , in regard to Bro . Scott ' s career , from a local paper : —
To fche general public , Mr . Scott was known as a local artist of great repute . His grandfather , securing the friendship and patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , afterwards George IV ., established himself at Brighton just ; before tho opening of the present century . His father , too , secured a ropufcafcatiou in Brighton as a
water-colour painter ot acknowledged merit , and , on his death , his mantle fell worthily on his son , John Henderson , who at once achieved a high position among the artists of the South of England . The metropolitan picture galleries have , from time to time , been favoured with works from his easel , while tho local exhibitions
have , year after year , been assisted by his choice productions . Mr . John Henderson Scott ' s leisure timo was , however , mainly dovoted to the cause of Freemasonry , into whioh he throw his whole heart and soul , aud in which he secured such distinction as to "ultimately gain the honourable position of Deputy Provincial Grand
Master of Sussex . Bro . Scott was initiated into Freemasonry in the Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 271 , 18 th February 1853 , and it is worthy of notice that for three generations the Scott family liaj been honourably connected wifch that Lodge . Bro . Edmund Scott was Master from 1796 to 1805 , and during the Grand Mastership of Gon .
Lennox , afterwards Duke of Richmond , he was tho acting Master Bro . John Scott has filled every office in the Royal Clarence Lodge , from I . G . upwards , ancl has been thrice elected W . M ., and occupied the chair in the years 1859 , 1865 and 1877 . In the Provincial Grand Lodge he was appointed Provincial Senior Graud Deacon in 1859
and it was at the September meeting afc Hastings that Bvo . Scott proposed the appointment of a Steward in every Lodge to collect subscriptions from the members ; a system which has worked So well as to place the Province in a very prominent position with respect to the number of votes per Lodge . In 1861 he was
appointed Prov . G . J . W ., while in 1805-6-7 , ho held the high position of Prov . G . S . W . In 1873 , on tho retirement of Bro . G . E . Pocock P . G . Swd . Br . of England from the duties of Prov . Grand Secretary , Bro . J . H . Scott waa appointed as his successor . In April 1875 , the installation of H . R . H . tho Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . took place
and the two brethren selected to act aa Stewards for the Province on that occasion were Bros . J . H . Scott aud V . P . Freeman . In the following September , at tho Provincial Lodge meeting Bro . Scott aud his fellow Steward wero presented each with a jewel , struck by command of the M . W . G . M . in commemoration of the installation .
In December 1870 , Bro . E . J . Furner sent in his resignation to Lord Pelham , the Prov . Grand Master , of fche office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the duties ot thafc office encroaching too mneh on fche time his own profession demanded of him . In consequence of Rro . Furner ' s resignation , Lord Pelham , not feeling equal to resnmiu "
the direction of the affairs of the Province , tendered his own resignation , as Prov . Grand Master , to the M . W . G . M ., which was accepted . Bro . Sir W . W . Bnrrell , Bart ., M . P ., succeeded Lord Pelbam , and in Jane 1877 , at a Provincial Grand Lodge meeting held at Brighton
obligated , invested , and installed Bro . Scott as . Deputy P . G . M . The I ' rov . Grand Master , addressing Bro . Scott , said "fciuit h « felt it would bo U 3 cle 33 fco s-w much with , regard to the duties cf D . P . G . M . to so old a Mason , aud one who was so particularly looked up to by
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tha brethren o' - \ e Privi ice . All the brethren would agree that in choosing Bro . Scott io bo h ' s Deputy he had selected fche right man , and put him in the right place . " Ifc was afc this meeting that Bro . Vincent P . Freeman P . P . S . G . W . was appointed to succeed Bro . Scofcfc as Prov . Grand Sec . Tho year 1880 was an eventful one to Bro .
Soofcfc . In February , afc the Annual Festival of the Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons , he took up fche magnificient total of £ 630 on his list . Such a result must have been highly gratifying to Bro . Scott , as oat of fcwenfcy . sevon Provinces represented Sussex took the second place . At fche Annual Festival of the Grand
Lodge , held afc Freemasons' Hall , in April , Bro . Soofcfc was appointed one of fche Grand Junior Deacons of England , which appointment was received wifch unanimous satisfaction throughout , his Province . Bro . Scofcfc worthily carried out fche dnties of Deputy Provincial Grand Master under the lato Sir W . W . Bnrrell , and it will be remembered
that at that imposing gathering of Freemasons afc fche Brighton Dome last June , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , fche recently-installed Provincial Grand Master of Sussex ,. re-appointed him to the high
position in tho Sussex Province . His Royal Highness , m investing him , said ho was * ' fully aware of his ( Bro . Scott's ) long and valued services in the cause of Freemasonry in general , and in the Sussex Province . He know him fco be ono who would maintain in all their
integrity the distinguishing characteristics of the Order . At the banqnet which followed the ceremony , the Duke of Connaught proposed the health of Bro . John Henderson Scott P . G . D ., and said he did so with the greatest cordiality , knowing thafc he had laboured most assiduously in the cause of Freemasonry . In the Sussex
Province ho had held the post of Provincial Grand Secretary aud for many years that of Deputy Provincial Grand Master . In three generations fche name of Scofcfc had been familiarly associated with Freemasonry in Sussex , and in Bro . John Henderson Sootfc they had a thorough Freemison at heart . It was , therefore , with
the greatest satisfaction that he appointed him his Deputy . Before sitting down , ho desired to express fco him his appreciation of the admirable arrangements for the ceremonies of the day . They had been satisfactory in every respect . Bro . Scotfc , who was warmly received on rising , thanked the Provincial Grand Master for the
kind manner in which the toasfc had been proposed , and fche brethren for fche cordial mannar in whioh it had been received . He deeply felt the honour conferred npon him , and trnsted , with restored health to prove equal to the duties which would devolve upon him .
In the absence of His Royal Highness the Provincial Graud Master of Sussex , Bro . Sootfc presided at fche Provincial Grand Ledge meet , ing recently held afc the Royal Pavilion , and those present will not readily forget the graceful manner in which he alluded to the late Bro . Sir W . W . Bnrrell . Though enfeebled by his serious
indisposition , Bro . Scott spoke in a truly eloquent and impressive manner , and his short bnt impressive speech will long be remembered as the last ; and one of fche best he ever delivered to a large body of fche brethren of fcho Craft . A striking and substantial recognition of the value and high estimation of the services of Bro . Scotfc to Free .
masonry was shown in June 1884 , when he was presented with a purso of 700 guineas , a silver goblofc , and a handsome illuminated address and record of the occasion . During his long life in the Craffc , he has installed nearly forty Worshipfnl Masters , consecrated five Lodges , and assisted at the consecration of 13 new Lodges , and has
worked every section of the three lectures . He was a Life Governor of each ofthe three Masonic Charitable Institutions . In Royal Arch Freemasonry Bro . Scott was equally distinguished and energetic . Ho was exalted in the L mnox Chapter , No . 271 , in 1857 , aud served the offices of M . E . Z . twice , H . four times , and J . three times . With but
few exceptions ho installed all fche Principals , and exalted tho major . ifcy of the Companions of that Chapter since 1862 . Ho waa father of the Royal Sussex Chapter , No . 732 , of which he was M . E . Z . in 1869 . He WM the founder and the first M . E . Z . of tho Cyrus Chipter , No , 38 . Ho has assisted at tho consecration of three now Chapters ,
was appointed Grand Standard Bearer of fche Supreme Grand Chapter of England iu May 1880 , and Prov . G . H . at the resuscitation of the Prov . Graud Royal Arch Chapter of Sus . ; ox , in April 18 S 0 . So highly was he appreciated by the brethren of the Province thafc ho was elected an honorary member of almost all the Lodges and Chapters
in Sussex . By the death of Bro . Scott—who had entered his 58 fch year —a valued and beloved Freemason has passed away , whose place ifc will be difficult to fill . To the younger members of the Craft he was especially affable and courteous , and was , at all times , happy to render them any service which his experience and knowledge of the
Order would enable him fco afford . His colleague . * , in tho Provincial Grand Lodge will keenly feol his loss . As Bro . Scott so feelingly said of Bro . Sir W . W . Bnrrell , iu his last speech , at the October meeting , so may it be said of himsolf , "It wag impossible to know him without loving him . Hi : ; hapoy and cordial nature , his
generosity and kindness , hirf hatred of everything mean , dishonest , or untruthful , hi ?) anxiety to anticipate the wants au 1 also the pleasures of tho- 'o about him , se . Mned to embody him as the very incarnation of the grand Masonic design— 'to be happy himself , and fco communicate happiness to others . '" The funeral was arranged fco take place yesterday , at the Extra-Mural Cemetery .
BRO . T . W . 0 . BUSH . Another Craftsman who has done good service to the cause of Freemasonry has gone to join the great majority , iu the person of Bro . T . W . 0 . Bush , who died on Tuesday . Bro . Bush was a Past Master of the Tranquillity Lodge ,
No . I 8 o , of which he was for some time Treasurer . He "ilso took a prominent part in the establishment of the Temple Bar Lodge , aud in many ways -von distinction in LUG Order .