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^ WILLIAM WILTSHIRE , ^ WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT , THE BRITANNIA , BERWICK STREET , OXFORD STREET , LONDON . Accommodation for Instruction Lodges and Good Clubs .

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SATURDAY , 19 TH JANUARY 1901 .

The Late Bro. Martyn.

THE LATE BRO . MARTYN .

THE following sketch -of the Masonic career of the late Bro . Rev . C . J . Martyn P . G . C . D . P . G . M . Suffolk was recently supplied to one of our representatives , by that worthy Brother himself :

Bro . the Rev . Charles J . Martyn was born in 1836 , and educated at Harrow and Christ Church , Oxford . He was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , January 1856 , made Inner Guard same year , and Secretary in 1857 . Joined Churchill Lodge in 1856 , J . W . 1857 , W . M . 1858 . Appointed

Prov . Grand Sec . of Oxfordshire 1858 . Exalted in Alfred Chapter , Oxford , in 1857 , and installed a Knight Templar in Cceur de Lion Encampment same year . Joined Foundation Lodge , Cheltenham , 1864 , W . M . in 1867 , and Prov . G . J ,. Warden same year . Advanced in Keystone Mark Lodge ,

Cheltenham in 1868 . Appointed Grand Chaplain of Mark Masons of England and Grand Chaplain of England ( Craft ) 1869-71 . Z . of Chapter of Unanimity , Cheltenham in 1870 , and Grand Principal Sojourner of England same year ; also perfected as Rose Croix in Metropolitan Chapter , London ,

in 1871 . Joined Stour Valley Lodge , Sudbury , in 1870 , W . M . 1870 , 1871 , 1874 . Joined Royal Alpha Lodge , No . 16 , London , in 1876 , also became Founder and first Secretary of United Lodge , No . 1629 , which latter post he held till quite recently . Appointed D . P . G . M . Suffolk in 1877 , and Grand

Superintendent of Suffolk m 1878 ; D . P . G . M . lVi . East Anglia in 1883 , resigned 1895 > was made Prov . G . Chaplain of Middlesex about f 880 , and Grand Prelate of the Order of Knights Templar and Grand Prelate 01 Order of Rose and Constantine somewhere about the same date . Was W . M . of the

Freeman Lodge of Mark Masons 1884-7 , and ° f Henniker Lodge of Ark Mariners in 1890 . Has had the honour of having-named after him—the Martyn Lodge , Southwold ; the Martyn Chapter , Sudbury ; the Martyn Lodge Ark Mariners , Yarmouth . At the time of his death he was Chaplain of the

Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , London ; Drury Lane Lodge , London ; and Cotteswold Lodge , Cirencester . Was Patron of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( 254 votes ) , Boys ( 280 votes ) , and Aged Freemasons ( 292 votes ) , and Vice President of the Dublin Orphan Boys School .

In connection with his votes for the English Masonic Charities it may be mentioned that the loss of such a large number ( 826 votes ) to the Province of Suffolk would have been a rather serious matter , but the Brethren in that Province had insured the Rev . Brother ' s life to the amount of the

value of the votes , so that on his death the Province will be enabled to purchase a similar number to replace those lost . In addition to the Lodges , & c . already mentioned , the Rev . Bro . Martyn was an Honorary Member of some ten or twelve other Lodges in different parts of the country .

The funeral of our esteemed Brother took place at Long Melford , Suffolk , where Mrs . Martyn is buried , on Tuesday , it being estimated that upwards of 2 , 000 persons were present , including a large number of Brethren from all parts of the country .

The Late Bro. Martyn.

Patron of the Institution , two boys , whose fathers were killed whilst being actively engaged in time of war , were placed ( without election ) on the list of boys maintained and educated out of the Institution , under the new law adopted in January last . It was stated that the reason the boys could

only be placed on the list for out-education was because the School at Wood Green was more than full at the present time ; but it was hoped that when the new Schools now in course of erection at Bushey were completed , these lads , along with other out-educated boys , would be received into the establishment .

One boy , named Luck , is the son of a Colour-Sergeant in the Northamptonshire Regiment , who was killed in the Tirah campaign , and the father of the boy Davies was a Sergeant in the Army Ordnance Corps , who died of enteric fever during the present war in South Africa .

The Board of Management reported respecting the progress in the building of the new Schools at Bushey , and also that they had acted on the powers conferred by the Quarterly Court of 10 th April 1896 , and that the Trustees had entered into a contract for the sale of the Wood Green

estate for the sum of £ 40 , 000 , the purchase to be completed on the 24 th June 1903 . . Throughout the negotiations the Board was guided by the advice of Mr . Bousfield , of the firm of Messrs . Edwin Fox and Bousfield , and the only expense incurred is £ 352 10 s , being commission paid for the introduction of the purchasers , and valuer ' s charges .

The purchasers are the Trustees of the Home and Colonial School Society , and the Board feels that the subscribers will be glad to learn that the buildings will stand for scholastic purposes , and that an advantageous sale has

been effected . A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Bro . Stanley J . Attenborough P . A . G . D . C . Patron and Hon . Solicitor to the Institution , for his great services in successfully negotiating a satisfactory sale of the Wood Green property .

It was resolved that twenty-three boys should be elected from an approved list of thirty-seven candidates , ¦ at the election on Friday , 12 th April next It was announced that the Right Hon . W . W . Bramston

Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Trustee of the Institution , had kindly consented to act as Chairman of the 103 rd Anniversary Festival , due to be held on 26 th June next .

' The Secretary reported that the income of the Institution for the past year amounted to £ 26 , 093 I 9 ° d > being the third highest amount , apart from the Centenary year , in the history of the Institution .

IT appears our inability to get the information we desired from the Boys School last week was due to the vagaries of the telephone . When we called up the Boys Institution office some kind friend at the other end of the

line , not connected with its staff , replied to us and , instead of explaining who he was , answered us in such a way as to leave us no option but to go to press without knowing the result of the Quarterly Court proposition .

It is not often a Lodge can refer to four of its orphans —or the children of its former members—being maintained and educated in one of the Masonic Educational Institutions , and in view of the number of children so provided for , in comparison with the number of our Lodges , we should

think it would be a long time before such a coincidence occurred again . The Lodge which at present has this distinction is the Derby Allcroft , four children of its former members being at present on the funds of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . This certainly goes far to prove the

unanimity of the Lodge , the popularity of its members , and their desire to try and do their duty to their departed companions to the fullest extent in their power . Bro . J . M . McLeod , Secretary of the Institution , in referring to the coincidence also mentioned that the father of one of the

lads had not even taken his second degree ; an exemplification , indeed , of the universality of Freemasonry . The Derby Allcroft Lodge might be cited as an incentive for

others which find it impossible , or nearly so , to carry a single candidate once in an ordinary lifetime . Energetic action may be assumed to account for much of the exceptional success there recorded .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . instant , Bro . Chas . E . Keyser , MA ., P . G . D . Patron and Treasurer of the Institution in the chair . In accordance with notice of motion , and on tfie proposition of Bro . George Everett P , G . Treasurer Vice-

THE Quarterly Court of the Governors and Subscribers was held at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Friday , nth