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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devon.
the accounts . The P . G . M . then invested the following brethren as his Officers for the ensuing year : —Bros . W . G . Rogers 112 D . P . G . M .. F . H . II . Glasse . C . B .. 1255 S . W ., Colonel Fitzgerald 18 J J . W ., »> v . G . T . Warner 1138 Chaplain , Rev . R . Granville D . C , J . Stocker 39 Treasnrer , G . W . Ormerod 303 Reg ., H . Cole 1091 S . D ., V . G . Loveless 494 J . D ., W . C . Olver 251 Supt . Works , F . Hooper 1212 D . C ,
E . Pengelly 70 A . D . C . J . Barker 70 Org ., A . Pidsley 372 Purs ., W . H . Goodridge 790 , W . H . Gillmau 1099 , D . B . Lynn 230 , J . Murray 1402 , H . L . Friend 1443 , R . G . Tippett 1550 Stewards , P . L . Blanchard Tyler , J . Rogers Assist . Tyler . A resolution was then passed appointing Bros . Jones , Cnrteis , and Pi * t-Lewis a Committee to purchase and take the superintendence of whatever jewels and clothing were
necessary for the P . G . Officers . A letter was read , bringing under the notice of the brethren the proposal to commemorate the work of the deceased G . Sec . Bro . Hervey . Tbe discussion on the proposed alteration in tbe Bye-lawa was deferred , the primary consideration of the que * , tions involved being referred to a representative Committee , consisting of Bros . Jerman , Curteis , Whittley , Rae , Jarvis , Moon , and
Brewer . The brethren then approached the consideration of the question of what form the memorial should take which it was proposed to establish to perpetuate the revered name of the late P . G . M ., the Rev . John Huyshe . The P . G . M ., Lord Ebrington , presented a synopsis of the wishes of the various Lodges in tbe Province , the members of which had been duly consulted . Seventeen out of the
total of fifty Lodges desired that their subscriptions should be devoted to some charitable or educational purpose . Nine Lodges had expressed a decided preference for associating the movement with the Devon Masonic Educational Fond , and seven expressed as decided a preference for erecting a memorial window in Exeter Cathedral . Under the circumstances , he thought that the window was distinctly
ont of the question , and for the same reason the ideas of m king the memorial partake of an edncational form , so far as tbe Devon Educa . tional Fund was concerned , was out of the question also . The Lodges which had given an idea of the probable extent of their subscriptions had named sums amounting in all to 200 guineas , and if the remainder of the Lodges voted sums proportionately large a Fund of
500 guineas would in all probability be placed at the command of the Committee that would have to be appointed for giving effect to such resolutions as they mi ght come to . His Lordship proceeded to suggest various other suitable means of commemorating tbe respect and love of the brethren for their late G . M . It had been suggested to him by Bro . Charles Godtschalk , that a life presentation to the
Soyal Masonic Institution for Boys would be the best possible mode by which the Memorial and the name of Huyshe might be perpetuated . Having received from that brother the details of the scheme , he was inclined for his own part to adopt it , believing it met all the objections brought against the window form of Memorial , as well as those against the Devon Edncational Fund . Referring
also to the Fortescne Annuity Fnnd , and , so far as his family were concerned , they would be happy to see the names of Fortescne and Huyshe combined in one fund for annuitant purposes . Annuitants , however , were proverbially long-lived , and the brethren would rarely be called upon to appreciate the benefits of the scheme . An agreeable alternative would be the purchase of the right to place one
boy in the Masonic Institution for the Sons of Masons . This right conld be purchased for 500 guineas , and would avail the Province dnring the life-time of any particular brother in whose name the right was purchased . He should be ready—the P . G . M . observed—if this course commended itself to the Province to insure his life for the sum named , and to keep np the preminms for the benefit of the Province , so
that at his death the second 500 guineas might be forthcoming , Bro . Charles Godtschalk said , Right Worshipful Provincial Graud Master , from the very able and lucid manner in which you have placed the various proposed forms the Memorial to our late P . G . M . should take before the brethren , and your seeming in'Oination to favour the schemeof a life presentation to one of our Central Masonic
Charities , and for which you give me the credit of first suggesting its details to you ; to clear the ground , allow me to call attention to the especial meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge at Torrington , in January last . At that meeting , called specially to con si ler this question , a resolntion was proposed by the D . P . G . M . that the form of Memorial should be a window in the Cathedral of Exeter . This I
opposed , and in place of the window suggested a Scholarship to be attatcbed to the Devon Edncational Fund , both questions were adjonrned to obtain tho expressed wishes of the Lodges throughout the Province . Dnring the interval , on 16 th March , you issned a circular letter , in which you stated that Mrs . Huyshe had expressed a strong opinion and entertained objections to have the name of her hnsband associated with the Devon Educational Fund . I have also received
in correspondence with Mrs . Huyshe a letter in which that lady warmly expresses herself as against the Memonial being attatched to the said Fnnd . I , in common with the great majority of the brethren loving the name of Hnyshe , bow to the expressed wishes and feelings of Mrs . Huyshe . The wishes and feelings of that lady I am confident all will respect and gladly see carried out to a
successful issue . It is also mentioned in that letter , of 16 th March , that Mrs . Huyshe would gladly see the proposed Memorial to her late hnsband connected with some other Masonic Charity , hence was it I suggested the Life presentation to the Boys' School . I am not wedded to one charity over the other , provided the proposed Memorial take that form . Therefore , attaching it as I do to the
R . M . I . B ., is from the fact that from the Institution in question we get the best possible value for our outlay . A life presentation to that Institution will cost 500 gnineaa , giving the Province the right of presentation dnring the life named , without election ; to have one boy in the Institntion , one down
the other come on . I propose to name with the presentation the most eminent Masonic life we have in tho Province , that of Viscount Ebrington , onr Prov . G . Master ; he has the advantage of being yonng , healthful , and what I am sure all sincerely hope , a long life—at same time , bearing in inind the uncertainty of human existence—to protect ibe Province against loss it is proposed to insure the life for the
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devon.
cost of the presentation , 500 guineas . Thus at the decease of the first life , another life would be named , and the presentation fee wonld be p > u ° d from tbe money received from policy on first life . Adopting the plan that all bonuses on preminms paid on the first life be in reduction of annual payments , we hope long before , the decease of tbe life assured , annual premiums will have ceased by
reason of these added bonuses . Taking the life named with the presentation to be a fairly good one , and looking at its probable duration , it requires bnt a small amonnt of calculation to show that , with an outlay of 500 guineas onl y , and the nnmber of boys the Province will have in the Institution by presentation , at an average cost per head to the Institution for main .
tenance and education at £ 60 per annnm each , that it is a good invest , ment . I mav here mention that tbe cost of a perpetual presentation would be 1000 guineas , but shonld the Province wish after payment of the 500 guineas to make it perpetual an application to the Institu . tion , with a further payment of 500 guineas , would be favourably entertained if made during the first life . This R . W . P . G . M . aud
Brethren , is the mode I suggest to keep alive thename of our late P . G . M ., whose memory * s beloved by the Province at large , and by many far and wide of Devon . It is an active and practical form of Charity and Benevolence , in keeping and in unison with our late Brother ' s well spent life . This form of memorial will again and again record the name of Huvshe ; and Masons at this moment in circumstances
well to do , God forbid it should be otherwise , whose children yet unborn , may from the circumstances of onr lives , its chances and uncertainties , have cause to bless the name and memory of John Huyshe . Bro . Charles Godtschalk then moved the following resolu . tion : —That a fnnd , to be called the John Hnyshe presentation , be raised , to pnrchase a life presentation , at a cost of 500 guineas , giv .
ing the right te the Province of Devon of having one boy in the Royal Masonio Institution for Boys without election during the life named to the Insf ' tntion with such presentation . The proposition was seconded by W . Bro . the Rev . William Whittley . An amendment was proposed by W . Bro . Maynard , and seconded b y W . Bro . Stone , —to use the money in adding a Widows' Presentation
to the Fortescne Memorial Fund . An amendment was proposed and seconded , —to join the Memorial to the Devon Edncational Fund . This amendment was also lost , the proposer and seconder only voting for it . W . Bro . J . B . Gover said that he could not at all understand that making the Memorial take the form of a Scholarship in connection with Devon Educational Fnnd was out of the question , since there
were more Lodges in favour of that form than of any other , and more money promised ; bnt the Devon Fund was well supported by the private donors and subscribers , and it would , therefore , be much better to have a scheme which would be acceptable to all parts of the Province , and have universal assistance . He , therefore , cordially , supported the proposition of Bo . Godtschalk . On being put to the
vote , the proposition of Bro . Godtschalk was carried without a dissentient voice . The Prov . Grand Master then proposed thafc a Committee to collect the funds shonld be appointed , consisting of the following brethren : —The Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bros . Cartels , Rae , Whittley , Gover , Godtschalk , Moon , Brewer , Jerman , E . Stone , and Hine-Haycock . It was then resolved to appoint a Committee to
collect the money . Thafc duty was conferred on the Bye-Laws Revising Committee , with power to add to their number . The notice of motion from W . Bro . J . B . Gover— "That the following resolntion , passed at a Provincial Grand Lodge held at Exeter , on the 6 th April 1859 , be rescinded : — 'That the whole of the increased payments on fees of honour and annual dues from members of Lodges be
applied to the said Fund ( the Fortescne Annuity ) , pursuant to the resolntion of the Provincial Grand Lodge on the 20 th October 1858 '"—was withdrawn with the understanding that the resolntion asked to be rescinded should instead be transferred into a Bye-Law . That concluded the business , and the Lodge was closed .
In the evening the brethren dined together afc the Globe Hotel , the P . G . M . Lord Ebrington presiding . The Loyal and Masonio toasts wore given from the chair , with especial reference to the self-denying labours of the Officers of the Grand Lodge of England . The claim of the Order to universal benevolence was well sustained , seeing that the three great Masonic Charities distributed no less than £ 50 , 000
per annum . Bro . Cnrteis felicitously submitted the health of the P . G . M . Tie spoke in hearty terms of his Lordship's desire and ability to thoroughly carry out the functions of his exalted po-ition , and described him as a worthy successor in the chair of bis revered grandfather . The Prov . G . M . in response thanked the brethren for the kind way in which they had recognised his efforts , and Bro . Curteis
especially for tbe flattering manner in which he had associated his name with that of his grandfather . His Lordship expressed his regret thafc he had been constrained to select a day for the meeting which had ill-suited , perhaps , the convenience of the brethren , or the majority of them . But his official engagements in town had absolutely precluded his naming any other day in the weekand as he was one of
, the few Officers with whose attendance the Lodge could not very well dispense—the meeting had had to behrld to snit his personal requirements . He very much regretted the necessity , however , for inconveniencing the brethren , and another time ; trusted he should be able to make a selection which would better please all parties . He then
iavp the health of the D . P . G . M ., Bro . Rogers , to whom he looked for adviee and aid in work of the Province , and who at all times freely •rave it . During the evening the Prov . Grand Master , with his Wardens and Secretary , visited Prudence Lodge , No . 1550 , at the Hnyshe Masonic Temple , where its members were holding a regular meeting under the presidency of Wor . Bro . M . C Lakeman W . M .
Tbe future meetings of trie New Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 95 , will be held on Tuesdays , instead of Mondays as heretofore . The place of meeting is the Hornsey Wood Tavern , Finsbury Park .
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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devon.
the accounts . The P . G . M . then invested the following brethren as his Officers for the ensuing year : —Bros . W . G . Rogers 112 D . P . G . M .. F . H . II . Glasse . C . B .. 1255 S . W ., Colonel Fitzgerald 18 J J . W ., »> v . G . T . Warner 1138 Chaplain , Rev . R . Granville D . C , J . Stocker 39 Treasnrer , G . W . Ormerod 303 Reg ., H . Cole 1091 S . D ., V . G . Loveless 494 J . D ., W . C . Olver 251 Supt . Works , F . Hooper 1212 D . C ,
E . Pengelly 70 A . D . C . J . Barker 70 Org ., A . Pidsley 372 Purs ., W . H . Goodridge 790 , W . H . Gillmau 1099 , D . B . Lynn 230 , J . Murray 1402 , H . L . Friend 1443 , R . G . Tippett 1550 Stewards , P . L . Blanchard Tyler , J . Rogers Assist . Tyler . A resolution was then passed appointing Bros . Jones , Cnrteis , and Pi * t-Lewis a Committee to purchase and take the superintendence of whatever jewels and clothing were
necessary for the P . G . Officers . A letter was read , bringing under the notice of the brethren the proposal to commemorate the work of the deceased G . Sec . Bro . Hervey . Tbe discussion on the proposed alteration in tbe Bye-lawa was deferred , the primary consideration of the que * , tions involved being referred to a representative Committee , consisting of Bros . Jerman , Curteis , Whittley , Rae , Jarvis , Moon , and
Brewer . The brethren then approached the consideration of the question of what form the memorial should take which it was proposed to establish to perpetuate the revered name of the late P . G . M ., the Rev . John Huyshe . The P . G . M ., Lord Ebrington , presented a synopsis of the wishes of the various Lodges in tbe Province , the members of which had been duly consulted . Seventeen out of the
total of fifty Lodges desired that their subscriptions should be devoted to some charitable or educational purpose . Nine Lodges had expressed a decided preference for associating the movement with the Devon Masonic Educational Fond , and seven expressed as decided a preference for erecting a memorial window in Exeter Cathedral . Under the circumstances , he thought that the window was distinctly
ont of the question , and for the same reason the ideas of m king the memorial partake of an edncational form , so far as tbe Devon Educa . tional Fund was concerned , was out of the question also . The Lodges which had given an idea of the probable extent of their subscriptions had named sums amounting in all to 200 guineas , and if the remainder of the Lodges voted sums proportionately large a Fund of
500 guineas would in all probability be placed at the command of the Committee that would have to be appointed for giving effect to such resolutions as they mi ght come to . His Lordship proceeded to suggest various other suitable means of commemorating tbe respect and love of the brethren for their late G . M . It had been suggested to him by Bro . Charles Godtschalk , that a life presentation to the
Soyal Masonic Institution for Boys would be the best possible mode by which the Memorial and the name of Huyshe might be perpetuated . Having received from that brother the details of the scheme , he was inclined for his own part to adopt it , believing it met all the objections brought against the window form of Memorial , as well as those against the Devon Edncational Fund . Referring
also to the Fortescne Annuity Fnnd , and , so far as his family were concerned , they would be happy to see the names of Fortescne and Huyshe combined in one fund for annuitant purposes . Annuitants , however , were proverbially long-lived , and the brethren would rarely be called upon to appreciate the benefits of the scheme . An agreeable alternative would be the purchase of the right to place one
boy in the Masonic Institution for the Sons of Masons . This right conld be purchased for 500 guineas , and would avail the Province dnring the life-time of any particular brother in whose name the right was purchased . He should be ready—the P . G . M . observed—if this course commended itself to the Province to insure his life for the sum named , and to keep np the preminms for the benefit of the Province , so
that at his death the second 500 guineas might be forthcoming , Bro . Charles Godtschalk said , Right Worshipful Provincial Graud Master , from the very able and lucid manner in which you have placed the various proposed forms the Memorial to our late P . G . M . should take before the brethren , and your seeming in'Oination to favour the schemeof a life presentation to one of our Central Masonic
Charities , and for which you give me the credit of first suggesting its details to you ; to clear the ground , allow me to call attention to the especial meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge at Torrington , in January last . At that meeting , called specially to con si ler this question , a resolntion was proposed by the D . P . G . M . that the form of Memorial should be a window in the Cathedral of Exeter . This I
opposed , and in place of the window suggested a Scholarship to be attatcbed to the Devon Edncational Fund , both questions were adjonrned to obtain tho expressed wishes of the Lodges throughout the Province . Dnring the interval , on 16 th March , you issned a circular letter , in which you stated that Mrs . Huyshe had expressed a strong opinion and entertained objections to have the name of her hnsband associated with the Devon Educational Fund . I have also received
in correspondence with Mrs . Huyshe a letter in which that lady warmly expresses herself as against the Memonial being attatched to the said Fnnd . I , in common with the great majority of the brethren loving the name of Hnyshe , bow to the expressed wishes and feelings of Mrs . Huyshe . The wishes and feelings of that lady I am confident all will respect and gladly see carried out to a
successful issue . It is also mentioned in that letter , of 16 th March , that Mrs . Huyshe would gladly see the proposed Memorial to her late hnsband connected with some other Masonic Charity , hence was it I suggested the Life presentation to the Boys' School . I am not wedded to one charity over the other , provided the proposed Memorial take that form . Therefore , attaching it as I do to the
R . M . I . B ., is from the fact that from the Institution in question we get the best possible value for our outlay . A life presentation to that Institution will cost 500 gnineaa , giving the Province the right of presentation dnring the life named , without election ; to have one boy in the Institntion , one down
the other come on . I propose to name with the presentation the most eminent Masonic life we have in tho Province , that of Viscount Ebrington , onr Prov . G . Master ; he has the advantage of being yonng , healthful , and what I am sure all sincerely hope , a long life—at same time , bearing in inind the uncertainty of human existence—to protect ibe Province against loss it is proposed to insure the life for the
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devon.
cost of the presentation , 500 guineas . Thus at the decease of the first life , another life would be named , and the presentation fee wonld be p > u ° d from tbe money received from policy on first life . Adopting the plan that all bonuses on preminms paid on the first life be in reduction of annual payments , we hope long before , the decease of tbe life assured , annual premiums will have ceased by
reason of these added bonuses . Taking the life named with the presentation to be a fairly good one , and looking at its probable duration , it requires bnt a small amonnt of calculation to show that , with an outlay of 500 guineas onl y , and the nnmber of boys the Province will have in the Institution by presentation , at an average cost per head to the Institution for main .
tenance and education at £ 60 per annnm each , that it is a good invest , ment . I mav here mention that tbe cost of a perpetual presentation would be 1000 guineas , but shonld the Province wish after payment of the 500 guineas to make it perpetual an application to the Institu . tion , with a further payment of 500 guineas , would be favourably entertained if made during the first life . This R . W . P . G . M . aud
Brethren , is the mode I suggest to keep alive thename of our late P . G . M ., whose memory * s beloved by the Province at large , and by many far and wide of Devon . It is an active and practical form of Charity and Benevolence , in keeping and in unison with our late Brother ' s well spent life . This form of memorial will again and again record the name of Huvshe ; and Masons at this moment in circumstances
well to do , God forbid it should be otherwise , whose children yet unborn , may from the circumstances of onr lives , its chances and uncertainties , have cause to bless the name and memory of John Huyshe . Bro . Charles Godtschalk then moved the following resolu . tion : —That a fnnd , to be called the John Hnyshe presentation , be raised , to pnrchase a life presentation , at a cost of 500 guineas , giv .
ing the right te the Province of Devon of having one boy in the Royal Masonio Institution for Boys without election during the life named to the Insf ' tntion with such presentation . The proposition was seconded by W . Bro . the Rev . William Whittley . An amendment was proposed by W . Bro . Maynard , and seconded b y W . Bro . Stone , —to use the money in adding a Widows' Presentation
to the Fortescne Memorial Fund . An amendment was proposed and seconded , —to join the Memorial to the Devon Edncational Fund . This amendment was also lost , the proposer and seconder only voting for it . W . Bro . J . B . Gover said that he could not at all understand that making the Memorial take the form of a Scholarship in connection with Devon Educational Fnnd was out of the question , since there
were more Lodges in favour of that form than of any other , and more money promised ; bnt the Devon Fund was well supported by the private donors and subscribers , and it would , therefore , be much better to have a scheme which would be acceptable to all parts of the Province , and have universal assistance . He , therefore , cordially , supported the proposition of Bo . Godtschalk . On being put to the
vote , the proposition of Bro . Godtschalk was carried without a dissentient voice . The Prov . Grand Master then proposed thafc a Committee to collect the funds shonld be appointed , consisting of the following brethren : —The Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bros . Cartels , Rae , Whittley , Gover , Godtschalk , Moon , Brewer , Jerman , E . Stone , and Hine-Haycock . It was then resolved to appoint a Committee to
collect the money . Thafc duty was conferred on the Bye-Laws Revising Committee , with power to add to their number . The notice of motion from W . Bro . J . B . Gover— "That the following resolntion , passed at a Provincial Grand Lodge held at Exeter , on the 6 th April 1859 , be rescinded : — 'That the whole of the increased payments on fees of honour and annual dues from members of Lodges be
applied to the said Fund ( the Fortescne Annuity ) , pursuant to the resolntion of the Provincial Grand Lodge on the 20 th October 1858 '"—was withdrawn with the understanding that the resolntion asked to be rescinded should instead be transferred into a Bye-Law . That concluded the business , and the Lodge was closed .
In the evening the brethren dined together afc the Globe Hotel , the P . G . M . Lord Ebrington presiding . The Loyal and Masonio toasts wore given from the chair , with especial reference to the self-denying labours of the Officers of the Grand Lodge of England . The claim of the Order to universal benevolence was well sustained , seeing that the three great Masonic Charities distributed no less than £ 50 , 000
per annum . Bro . Cnrteis felicitously submitted the health of the P . G . M . Tie spoke in hearty terms of his Lordship's desire and ability to thoroughly carry out the functions of his exalted po-ition , and described him as a worthy successor in the chair of bis revered grandfather . The Prov . G . M . in response thanked the brethren for the kind way in which they had recognised his efforts , and Bro . Curteis
especially for tbe flattering manner in which he had associated his name with that of his grandfather . His Lordship expressed his regret thafc he had been constrained to select a day for the meeting which had ill-suited , perhaps , the convenience of the brethren , or the majority of them . But his official engagements in town had absolutely precluded his naming any other day in the weekand as he was one of
, the few Officers with whose attendance the Lodge could not very well dispense—the meeting had had to behrld to snit his personal requirements . He very much regretted the necessity , however , for inconveniencing the brethren , and another time ; trusted he should be able to make a selection which would better please all parties . He then
iavp the health of the D . P . G . M ., Bro . Rogers , to whom he looked for adviee and aid in work of the Province , and who at all times freely •rave it . During the evening the Prov . Grand Master , with his Wardens and Secretary , visited Prudence Lodge , No . 1550 , at the Hnyshe Masonic Temple , where its members were holding a regular meeting under the presidency of Wor . Bro . M . C Lakeman W . M .
Tbe future meetings of trie New Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 95 , will be held on Tuesdays , instead of Mondays as heretofore . The place of meeting is the Hornsey Wood Tavern , Finsbury Park .