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BRO . THE REV . T . COCHRANE , M . A . WB havo to-day to record tbe death of Bro . the Rev . Thos . Cochrano , M . A ., Past G . Chaplain of England . The sad evoufc occurred on Tuesday , tho 9 th inst ., after only a few days illness . Bro . Coohrano waa educated at Eton and Oxford , and graduated at the latter as B . A . in 1858 and
M . A . in 1860 . He was initiated into Freemasonry in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , in March 1858 , and was exalted to the Royal Aroh Degree in the Alfred Chapter , No . 340 , Oxford , in June of the following year . In 1867 he was installed W . M . of the "Unity Lodge ,
No . 567 , and , 10 years later , he became W . M . of the Hope and Unity Lodge , No . 214 , Brentwood , while in 1878 be occupied the chair of tbe Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 . He received his first Provincial honours in 1873 , when he was appointed
Prov . G . Chaplain of Oxfordshire , while in 1877 , and again in 1878 , he occupied tbe chair of P . S . G . W . of Essex . In 1882 his Royal Highness tho Grand Master was pleased to appoint him one of the Grand Chaplains of
England . In Royal Arch Masonry he won almost equal distinction , having gradually risen to the chair of First Prinoipal of the Westminster and Keystone , No . 10 , in whioh he was installed in 1877 , and to that of First
Principal in the Hope and Unity Chapter , No . 214 , Romford , in 1879 . In 1882 he was invested as 1 st Grand Standard Bearer of Supreme Grand Chapter . He was installed a Knight Templar at Warwick in 1865 , was E . P . of the Ccour de Lion Preceptory , Oxford , in 1876
and 1877 , and Deputy Preceptor to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold in 1878 , in which year also he was invested as Grand Prelate of the Order in England and Wales at the meeting of Great Priory . In Mark Masonry he was a member of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , a Past Provincial
Grand Chaplain of Middlesex and Surrey , and was Grand Chaplain of the Mark Grand Lodge in 1886 . In 1865 he was perfected Rose Croix , 18 ° , and was a P . M . W . S . of the University Chapter of that Degree . Bro . Cochrane was a liberal supporter of the Masonio Charities .
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Hampshire and tbe Isle of Wight will assemble at Bournemouth , on Tuesday , 14 th July . Special arrangements are being made for tho reception of the brethren , and a conversazione will be held at the Hotel Mont
Dore , to which ladies will be admitted . The calendar for tbo Province has just been issued , and shows there are in Hants and the Isle of Wight 47 Lodges , with 3 , 200 members , giving an average of over 68 to each Lodge . There are 22 Royal Arch Chapters and 763 Companions ;
38 Mark Lodges with 352 members ; nine Ark Mariners ' Lodges with 75 members ; the Rose Croix and Knights Templars adherents numbering 99 and 62 respectively . The Province receives about £ 1500 per annum from the three Masonic Institutions . Thirteen Lodges are in correspondence with the " Quatuor Coronati . "
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent , of which tbe Right Hon . Earl Amherst is the Most Worshipful Grand Master , will hold its annual festival at Tnnbridge Wells , on Thursday , the 25 th inst .
The Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex will hold its annual meeting to-day ( Saturday ) , at the Greyhound Hotel , Hampton Court . The Companions will assemble at 3 « 30 .
At the festival held at Scarborough in connection with the North and East Riding Freemasonry , £ 483 was realised towards the Charities , the money being made up by grants from the Lodges in the Province and , donations at the gathering .
At the regular monthly meeting of the Sun , Square and Umpasses Lodge , 119 , held at the Masonic Hall , College btreet , Whitehaven , on Monday , 1 st inst ., Bro . Spencer uroadbent S . W . was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year .
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On the 8 th inst ., the regular meeting of the Sincerity Lodge , No . 189 , was held at the St . George ' s Hall , Stonehouse , Bro . J . Harrison presiding . The following Officers were elected for the ensuing year : —Bros . G . Stawell S . W . as W . M ., Bro . G . Hawken Treasurer ( re-elected ) , and James Gidley Tyler ( re-elected ) .
Tho annual Sports of the Boys of the Royal Masonic Institution will take place in the grounds of tbe Institution , at Wood Green , N ., this Saturday ( 13 th June ) , at 3 p . m . All Masons and friends are invited to bo present .
On Whitaun Eve a P . M ., writing to the Star , brought charges of political animus against Somerset Freemasons in general , and the Bath Lodges in particular . The Bristol Mercury on Whit Tuesday discussed the matter at some length , and questioned whether the writer was entitled to the signature that he UBed . After a week ' s interval the Star reproduced the artiole , and after a farther
interval of at least a week P . M . has joined . He says ' the Bristol Mercury , not being in the Province of Somerset , can know nothing of the action between the oldest members of the Province and the Grand Lodge in the matter of the Provincial Grand Master . " On the testimony of the Lord Lieutenant , the Bristol Mercury has a large circulation throughout the county of Somerset ; it was fully
cognisant of all the circumstances to whioh P . M . refers , and wrote with a fuller knowledge of Masonio law than he evidently possesses He endeavoured to pursnade tbe general publio that Masonry was a political institution ; the Bristol Mercury demonstrated that it was not . He now tries to shift the ground to a question not open to lay discussion . —Bristol Mercury .
The Masonio Lodges of Newcastle and the Potteries number among the strong lists of membership some of the most influential and useful pnblio men , and what are termed private gentlemen in sooiety . In faot , to become a Masonio brother gives the " open
sesame" to the best sooiety . The initiation of Bro . G . W . Bradford as the W . M . of the Gordon Lodgo at Hanley , on Wednesday , waa conspicuous for brilliancy and a big Masonio master . The Masonio Charities are a notable feature of the Craft , as much as £ 40 , 000 being raised annually for benevolent objects . —Newcastle Guardian .
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BRO . THE REV . T . COCHRANE , M . A . WB havo to-day to record tbe death of Bro . the Rev . Thos . Cochrano , M . A ., Past G . Chaplain of England . The sad evoufc occurred on Tuesday , tho 9 th inst ., after only a few days illness . Bro . Coohrano waa educated at Eton and Oxford , and graduated at the latter as B . A . in 1858 and
M . A . in 1860 . He was initiated into Freemasonry in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , in March 1858 , and was exalted to the Royal Aroh Degree in the Alfred Chapter , No . 340 , Oxford , in June of the following year . In 1867 he was installed W . M . of the "Unity Lodge ,
No . 567 , and , 10 years later , he became W . M . of the Hope and Unity Lodge , No . 214 , Brentwood , while in 1878 be occupied the chair of tbe Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 . He received his first Provincial honours in 1873 , when he was appointed
Prov . G . Chaplain of Oxfordshire , while in 1877 , and again in 1878 , he occupied tbe chair of P . S . G . W . of Essex . In 1882 his Royal Highness tho Grand Master was pleased to appoint him one of the Grand Chaplains of
England . In Royal Arch Masonry he won almost equal distinction , having gradually risen to the chair of First Prinoipal of the Westminster and Keystone , No . 10 , in whioh he was installed in 1877 , and to that of First
Principal in the Hope and Unity Chapter , No . 214 , Romford , in 1879 . In 1882 he was invested as 1 st Grand Standard Bearer of Supreme Grand Chapter . He was installed a Knight Templar at Warwick in 1865 , was E . P . of the Ccour de Lion Preceptory , Oxford , in 1876
and 1877 , and Deputy Preceptor to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold in 1878 , in which year also he was invested as Grand Prelate of the Order in England and Wales at the meeting of Great Priory . In Mark Masonry he was a member of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , a Past Provincial
Grand Chaplain of Middlesex and Surrey , and was Grand Chaplain of the Mark Grand Lodge in 1886 . In 1865 he was perfected Rose Croix , 18 ° , and was a P . M . W . S . of the University Chapter of that Degree . Bro . Cochrane was a liberal supporter of the Masonio Charities .
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Hampshire and tbe Isle of Wight will assemble at Bournemouth , on Tuesday , 14 th July . Special arrangements are being made for tho reception of the brethren , and a conversazione will be held at the Hotel Mont
Dore , to which ladies will be admitted . The calendar for tbo Province has just been issued , and shows there are in Hants and the Isle of Wight 47 Lodges , with 3 , 200 members , giving an average of over 68 to each Lodge . There are 22 Royal Arch Chapters and 763 Companions ;
38 Mark Lodges with 352 members ; nine Ark Mariners ' Lodges with 75 members ; the Rose Croix and Knights Templars adherents numbering 99 and 62 respectively . The Province receives about £ 1500 per annum from the three Masonic Institutions . Thirteen Lodges are in correspondence with the " Quatuor Coronati . "
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent , of which tbe Right Hon . Earl Amherst is the Most Worshipful Grand Master , will hold its annual festival at Tnnbridge Wells , on Thursday , the 25 th inst .
The Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex will hold its annual meeting to-day ( Saturday ) , at the Greyhound Hotel , Hampton Court . The Companions will assemble at 3 « 30 .
At the festival held at Scarborough in connection with the North and East Riding Freemasonry , £ 483 was realised towards the Charities , the money being made up by grants from the Lodges in the Province and , donations at the gathering .
At the regular monthly meeting of the Sun , Square and Umpasses Lodge , 119 , held at the Masonic Hall , College btreet , Whitehaven , on Monday , 1 st inst ., Bro . Spencer uroadbent S . W . was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year .
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On the 8 th inst ., the regular meeting of the Sincerity Lodge , No . 189 , was held at the St . George ' s Hall , Stonehouse , Bro . J . Harrison presiding . The following Officers were elected for the ensuing year : —Bros . G . Stawell S . W . as W . M ., Bro . G . Hawken Treasurer ( re-elected ) , and James Gidley Tyler ( re-elected ) .
Tho annual Sports of the Boys of the Royal Masonic Institution will take place in the grounds of tbe Institution , at Wood Green , N ., this Saturday ( 13 th June ) , at 3 p . m . All Masons and friends are invited to bo present .
On Whitaun Eve a P . M ., writing to the Star , brought charges of political animus against Somerset Freemasons in general , and the Bath Lodges in particular . The Bristol Mercury on Whit Tuesday discussed the matter at some length , and questioned whether the writer was entitled to the signature that he UBed . After a week ' s interval the Star reproduced the artiole , and after a farther
interval of at least a week P . M . has joined . He says ' the Bristol Mercury , not being in the Province of Somerset , can know nothing of the action between the oldest members of the Province and the Grand Lodge in the matter of the Provincial Grand Master . " On the testimony of the Lord Lieutenant , the Bristol Mercury has a large circulation throughout the county of Somerset ; it was fully
cognisant of all the circumstances to whioh P . M . refers , and wrote with a fuller knowledge of Masonio law than he evidently possesses He endeavoured to pursnade tbe general publio that Masonry was a political institution ; the Bristol Mercury demonstrated that it was not . He now tries to shift the ground to a question not open to lay discussion . —Bristol Mercury .
The Masonio Lodges of Newcastle and the Potteries number among the strong lists of membership some of the most influential and useful pnblio men , and what are termed private gentlemen in sooiety . In faot , to become a Masonio brother gives the " open
sesame" to the best sooiety . The initiation of Bro . G . W . Bradford as the W . M . of the Gordon Lodgo at Hanley , on Wednesday , waa conspicuous for brilliancy and a big Masonio master . The Masonio Charities are a notable feature of the Craft , as much as £ 40 , 000 being raised annually for benevolent objects . —Newcastle Guardian .
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THEFREEMASON'SCHRONICLE, A Weekly Record of Masonio Intelligence . Reports of United Grand Lodgo are published with the Special Sanction of H . R . H . the Princo of Wales tho M . W . tho Grand Master of England . THE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE will be forwarded direct from tho Office , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , N ., on receipt of Post Office Order for the amount . Intending Subscribers should forward their fall Addresses , to prevent mistakes . Post Office Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at Ponton Street Office . Cheques crossed " London and County . " The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) to THE FREE - MASON ' CHRONICLE aro—Twelve Months , post free £ 0 13 G Six Months ditto 0 7 0 Three Months ditto 0 3 6 SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Per Page £ 8 8 0 Back Page r 10 10 0 Births , Marriages , and Deaths , Is per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & c , single column , 5 s per inch . Doable column Advertisements 1 B per line . Special terms for a series of insertions on application . Advertisers will find THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE an exceptionally good medium for Advertisements of every class . Agents , from whom copies can always bo had : — HANSARD PUBLISHING UNION , LIMITED , 12 and 14 Catherine Street , W . C . Messrs . H . DARBYSHIKE and Co ., 9 Eed Lion Court , E . C , and . 43 A Market Street Manchester . Mr . KITCIIIE , 6 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SIMPSON BROS ., Shoe Lane . Mr . H . SIMPSON , 7 lied Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . W . H . SMira and S ON , 183 Strand . Messrs . SPENCER and Co ., 15 Great Queen Street , W . C . Messrs . STEEL and JONES , 4 Spring Gardens , Charing Cross . Mr . G . VICKERS Angel Court , Strand .
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EDUCATION . —Dagmar House Sohool , Hatfield , 17 J miles north oE London . Terms moderate , and inclusive ; sound commercial or classical education ; individual attention and progress guaranteed . Rcsidonb foreign and English Masters ; 10 acres oE recreation ground ; tuilk , butter , and vegetables from school Farm ; diet excellent and not limitoit ; inspection of promises invited , Apply to Principal .