The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

should be got rid of as soon as possible . Eventually the proposition was put to the meeting , and it was decided that LaAV LVII . be erased . Bro . Mather then proposed thafc the House and Building Committee be empowered to

expend a sum nofc exceeding £ 750 in providing laundry accommodation for the requirements of the ordinary Institution , in addition to the amount provided for in the estimates for the new buildings , to avoid the expense of

two separate establishments , and this proposition was unanimously agreed to . Bro . J . S . Cumberland next drew attention to the case of William Edward Tappenden , No . 35 on the list of candidates , and proposed that the lad ' s

name be removed from the list of approved candidates , stating as his reason thafc the boy ' s father had not left him penniless . He urged thafc the lad was provided for , and that to admit him to the Schools would

be to shut out one nofc so fortunate . The proposition was duly seconded , but after discussion was rejected , the Chairman , among others , pointing out that the School was not intended for the reception of paupers . Brother

Bowyer ' s proposition to increase the number of boys to be elected to twenty-six was carried . Scrutineers having been appointed , the election was proceeded with in due course .

In our advertisement columns will be found the names of the successful candidates , while below we give a list of those who did nofc succeed , together with the number of votes recorded on behalf of each : —

UNSUCCESSFUL . No . on

List . Name . Forward . Polled . Total 12 Musgrave , Percy White 481 359 840 16 Kent , Fras . B . Brocksopp 307 473 781 3 Hildred , Benjamin Meads 403 369 772 13 McMillan , John Nicol 257 487 744 23 Henshaw , Harry Edwards 326 393 719

41 Higgison , Francis Walford 426 426 21 Haxthausen , Charles E . 415 415 11 Knight , Samuel William 311 — 311 27 Astington , Alfred Eruesfc 275 275 5 Warner , Arthur 230 8 238

1 tireen , James Murray Z 6 ley 192 17 West , Algernon Sackville 170 18 1 SS 37 Senior , George James 188 188 8 Mushens , Alfred Thompson 14 3 17 21 Taylor , Albert 7 10 17

14 Cannon , George 11 5 16 2 Davis , Frederick Teilo 2 5 7 43 Gibbs , Percy 1 l

Centenary Of The Tyrian Lodge, No. 253

CENTENARY OF THE TYRIAN LODGE , No . 253

THE celebration of the centenary of a Masonic Lodge ia an event of such rarity , that possibly very few brethren , excepting the more prominent members of the Order , have had the opportunity of assisting at even one snch Festival , and it will be very many years before such celebrations will become of anything like frequent

occurrence . At tho present time , there nre not more than three or four Lodges in any one year which can claim to have completed their one hundredth birthday , and as these are spread over all parts of the world , the possibility of any particular district having such an event to celebrate is indeed remote . Derbyshire has ,

however , been called upon within the last few days to do honour to such an occasion ; the Tyrian Lodge , No . 253 , completed one hundred years of uninterrupted Masonic existence on the 26 th March last , it having been founded on the 26 th March 1785 . This Lod ge being the oldest in the Province , and indeed for many years the only one in

the district , it follows that the centenary of the Lod ge was also the centenary of Derbyshire Freemasonry , which fact made the celebration under notice of even greater interest than ifc would have been

had the centenary been confined to this Lodge only . As we said last week , in briefly recording the meeting , the brethren of the Tyrian Lodge are to be congratulated on the success that attended the celebration .

The Centenary Festival took place on Thursday , the 9 th instant , when the proceedings commenced with the opening of a Lodge of emergency at the Masonic Hall , Gower Street , Derby , Bro . Thomas Cox P . M . P . P . S . G . W . P . G . Treas . presiding . Bro . Cox is one of the oldest and most esteemed Masons of the Province , and one of the

oldest Past Masters of the Lodge , in which he has twice previously filled the office of Worshipful Master . He waa well supported by a numerous assemblage of brethren , among those present we may name J . B . Coulson P . P . S . G . W . I . P . M ., F . Campion P . P . S . G . W . S . W T . Carter Wigg P . P . G . D . Essex J . W ., Eev . C . T . Bromwich P . G . C

Chaplain , Wm . Naylor P . P . G . S . W . P . G . Sec . Treas ., W . Silver Hall P . M . Sec , R . L . H . Mole S . D ., Percy Payne J . D ., E . R . Ward P . P G . R . D . C , W . H . Marsden P . P . G . S . W . Org ., J . H . Clarke I . G ., J . Wright and M . Attwood Stewards . The other members of the Lodge present were—Past Masters W . Giles , B . Waite , Thomas Hall P ? P . J . G . W

A . Grimwood Taylor , F . J . Robinson , T . Horsley sen ., W . Welbourn , T . Horsley jun ., J . Cutting , Fitz-Herbert Wright P . P . S . G . W ., J . O . Manton , 1 ercy Wallis P . G . D . C , John Smith P . P . S . G . W . ; Bros . A . J . Flint , H . Davis , H . A . Bemrose , Colonel John Evans , F . E . Taylor , E . Sutton , T . H . Boam , A . Woodiwiss , H . V . Edwards , H . Woodiwiss , E , Mclnnes , J . H . Richardson , aud Rev , H . Price . The visiting

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brethren were very numerous and influential . It had been hoped that the Provincial Grand Master , the Marqnis of Hartington , would have hononred the proceedings with his presence , bat he was unavoidably detained in London by important State business . The Prov . G . M . was , however , worthily represented by the D . P . G . M .,

Bro . Haughton C . Okeover , of Okeover , whose genial presence is always a source of pleasure to the brethren . He was supported by Bros . Walters P . S . G . W ., Maltby P . J . G . W ., Rev . C T . Bromwich P . G . Chaplain , Naylor P . G . Sec , E . Belfield P . G . Reg ., James Crossley P . S . G . D ., J . Bland P . J . G . D ., W . Bntterfield P . G . S . of Works , P .

Wallis P . G . D . C , T . Parker P . G . Purs ., and others . Among the visiting brethren present wo noticed Bros . Colonel Le Gendre Starkie Pro . vincial Grand Master of East Lancashire , Major John Woodall Grand Treasurer elect , C S . Partridge P . P . G . M . Leicestershire , F . Binckes P . G . Steward , W . Roebuck P . G . Steward , H . R . Hatherley P . G . S .

Notts , G . Beech P . G . S . Warwick , C F . Wood P . G . S . Leicestershire , J . Chadwick P . G . S . East Lancashire , H . Smith P . G . Seo . Wesfc Yorkshire , James Terry P . P . S . G . W . Northampton and Huntingdon , W . B .

Hextall P . P . S . G . W ., Wright P . P . J . G . W ., W . W . Morgan I . P . M . 211 , J . Copestick W . M . 731 , A . J . Waller W . M . 802 , J . E . Russell W . M . 1085 , besides representatives from nearly every Lodge in the Province .

The Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge having been saluted , and a similar hononr paid to the representatives of neighbouring Provincial Grand Lodges the hymn , " Hail , Eternal , by whose aid , " was sung and then the actual business of the day commenced . The Secretary read tho circular convening the meeting , and the Chaplain having

offered prayor tho Provincial Grand Secretary read the Centenary Warrant from the M . W . G . M ., certifying completion by the Tyrian Lodge of a hundred years of Masonic labour , and authorising all subscribing members to wear a centenary jewel in honour of the occasion . This was followed by the delivery of a mosfc interesting

history of fche Lodge , by Brother Thomas Hall P . M . P . P . Grand Junior Warden , which we have much pleasure in reproducing in full . An interesting document which had been brought under his notice served to establish the fact that a Masonic Lodge existed in Derby afc least twenty years before the date of the Tyrian Warrant . Ifc waa

a small piece of ancient . looking parchment , on whioh was plainly written the following * . — "This is to certify thafc the bearer hereof William Sparkes , is a Regular Registered Mason , in our Lodge , No . 104 , held at the Royal Oak Inn , in Derby , and has behaved himself as becomes a worthy brother of this Lodge . Given under our hand

and the seal of the said Lodge , this 6 th day of May , in the year of Lord God , 1766 , and in the year of Masonry , 5766 . Samuel Brown , Master ; Richard Rutland , Senior Warden , and Henry Pratt , Junior Warden ; Secretary , Thomas Greasley . " The speaker added that this document was in the possession

of Bro . John Smith , and was left by a Mr . Sparkes ( presumably the son of the person referred to in it ) , who died some thirty years ' ago , at an advanced age . The Warrant which authorised the foundation of this Lodge , a hundred years ago , was issued in the nanje of the Grand Master H . R . H . Henry Frederick , Duke of Cumberland ,

brother of George III . He was elected Grand Master in 1782 , three years before tho warrant of the Tyrian was granted . The Earl of Effingham was appointed acting Grand Master , and his name appeared upon tho warrant . Two years after the Tyrian was established , the Prince of Wales , afterwards George IV ., and his brother ,

the Duke of York , were initiated . Their brothers , the Duko of Kent ( father of our present Queen ) and the Duke of Sussex , afterwards Grand Master , had been received into the Craft shortly before , on the Continent , and on the death of their uncle , the Dnke of Cumberland , in 1790 , the Prince of Wales was elected Grand Master . He waa not

installed until two years later , and shortly after that event , in January 1793 , the Tyrian Lodge voted an address to his Royal Highness , expressing the loyalty and attachment of the Lodge to his person , his family , and his Constitution . The Tyrian Lodge gave further proofs of its loyalty . In 1798 an address protesting against

revolutions and treasonable practices was adopted , and contributions raised in aid of the Government " in the alarming crisis . " In 1813 , the Tyrian sent to London £ 42 5 s towards the purchase of a jewel for the Earl of Moira ( a distinguished Mason ) , on the occasion of his being appointed Governor General of India , whilst iu 1815 no less a

sum than £ 80 was contributed by the Lodge towards the relief of the families of the soldiers who fell afc Waterloo , and five years later the death of the Duke of Kent was mado the occasion of holding a Lodge of Emergency , when an oration was delivered by the Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . Charles S . Hope . The Tyrian , three years after its

consecration , was 468 on the roll of Grand Lodge , bufc by tho dissolution of older Lodges ifc now ranked as 253 . At the time of its foundation the town did not contain more than a tenth of its present population . Reviewing the connection of well-known Derby mer . chants and public men with the Lodge , the speaker mentioned thafc

the son of the celebrated William Duesbury , the founder of the Derby China Works , was initiated in the Tyrian Lodge in the first year of its existence , whilst his grandson , Henry Duesbury , architect , who designed the Derby Town Hall and the Derby Waterworks , was admitted in 1852 . In 1825 , William Corden , the artist , was initiated .

Joseph Strutt , youngest of the three sons of the famous introducer of the Derby rib-stocking , was admitted to the Lodge in the first year of its existence ; and Jedediah Strutt and George Henry , of Belper , in 1810 . Theso were grandsons of the first Jedediah , and the former was the father of Mr . G . H . Strutt , of Bridge Hill . The connection

of the Lodge with the industrial development of the town was further illustrated by the initiation in 1794 of John Whitehursfc senior , described as " clockmaker , " and who placed the chimes in All Saints ' Tower . The application for the Tyrian warrant was headed by John Hollis Pigot , physician , who was Master for six years after its

foundation . Daniel Parker Coke , M . P . and barrister-afc-law , was initiated in 1787 , and was W . M . in 1794 , and again in 1796 . He sat for Derby with the Lord Frederick Cavendish of that time , a few years before be entered the Lodge . Iu 1813 and 1814 William Spencer , sixth Duke of Devonshire , whose portrait adorned the Derby Town Hall , occupied