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Proposed Convention.
choice of one ' s peers made its appearance instead : —in other words universal suffrage was introduced into Freemasonry eighty years before it was established in our public life . To the Grand Orient belong the honour and happiness of having promulgated this system which so
perfectly expresses , in tho present day , our ideal of justice , a system which , later on , was adopted by the French Revolution , because itwas unable to discover any other formula that answered so nearly to the generous aspirations of the men of that grand old epoch . From the very outset it had
imposed on it the truly arduous task of re-uniting the scattered forces of French Masonry , which , owing to its division into innumerable systems , presented the appearance of an absolute chaos . By patience and labour this result had been happily attained , when the Scottish
system re-appeared in France ( having been introduced from America by the Count de Grasse- ^ illy ) under a new name and increased , in its transoceanic journey , by eight new degrees . Resuming forthwith its labours , the Grand Orient in 1804 concluded with the hardly-then-established
Supreme Council a treaty which was very soon broken by the latter . Since then , all its efforts have been unceasingly directed towards effacing all traces of division and antagonism , and hence it is that , at a period not very remote , it has absorbed the rite of Memphis with its ninety-five degrees .
( To be continued . )
Provincial Grand Lodge Of South Wales (Western Division.)
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH WALES ( WESTERN DIVISION . )
THE annual meeting of this Prov . Grand Lodge took place on Wed " nesday , 16 th inafc . Tho brethren assembled under the banner of * he Cambrian Lodge , No . 464 , at the Masonio Hall , Haverfordwest . The Right Worshipful Bro . Colonel Lloyd-Philipps , Prov . Grand Master , presided , and was supported by a goodly assembly of the brethren of the Province , the Prov . Grand Officers of the year , with bat one
exception , being in attendance . After Prov . Grand Lodge had been formally opened , the roll of Lodges was called over , and it was found each one in the Province was represented . The minntes of last Provincial Grand meeting , held in New "Milford , in July of last year , having been road and confirmed , the Provincial
Grand Treasurer ' s accounts for the past year were submitted . These showed a balance due to Provincial Grand Lodge of £ 32 19 s 7 d . Tbe election of Prov . Grand Treasurer resulted in the re-appointment of Bro . J . Jenkyn Jones , who was complimented on the zeal he bad hitherto displayed in the welfare of the Province and thanked for services rendered .
Before proceeding to the appointment of Provincial Grand Officers for the next twelve months , Bro . Colonel Lloyd-Philipps expressed his gratification at the way in which the Officers of the past year had fulfilled their duties , and thanked them heartily for their services .
He announced that be had received a letter from Lord Kensington , in which he regretted his Parliamentary dnties precluded him from the hope of being present at the mealing , and expressing the disappoint , ment he experienced at being compelled to absent himself . The collars of office for the next year was then distributed as follow : —
Bro . William H . Eiobards P . M . 1177 ... P . G . Senior Warden Thomas Rassell P . M . 464 P . G . Junior Warden Rev . James Lewis 1072 *) ~ „ „ , , . Rev . J . Parkin Morgan 671 j * - Chaplains J . Jenkyn Jones P . M . 476 P . G . Treasurer John Lewis W . M . 476 P . G . Registrar C . Rice Williams P . M . 1072 ... P . G . Secretary
Robert George W . M . 1748 P . G . Senior Deacon Joseph Gibbon W . M . 464 P . G . Junior Deacon Richard Fowler Symes J . W . 990 ... P . G . Supt . of Works John Henry Coram W . M . 990 ... P . G . D . of C . Charles Mathias P . M . 464 ... P . G . Assist . D . of C . Thomas Parker Wilson 990 ... P . G . Sword Bearer
R . Deane Gilbertson 1748 P . G . Organist John Henry J . D . 378 P . G . Pursuivant E . Glendower Elford 378 , E . P . *) Phillips 464 , T . P . Evans J . D . 464 , f -r , n a . , S . Read J . W . 464 , Lewis Roberts C - Stewards 464 , R . H . Treweeks Sec . 1748 ) John Williams 366 P . G . Tyler
The Report of the Prov . Graud Lodge Committee which met at the St . Peter ' s Lodge , Carmarthen , on 7 th July 1882 , was next presented . This stated that from the Reports sent in by the Lodges for the past year , the general state of Freemasonry in the Province is highly satisfactory , and in a prosperous condition . The Committee recommended tbat Wor . Bro . J . Beavan Phillips P . M . 671 P . Prov . S . G . W ., be re-elected as the Charity Commissioner for the
ensuing year , and Wor . Bro . Aaron Stone P . M . 671 P . Prov . J . G-W ., as Assistant Char'ty Commissioner . It advised that votes of thanks be accorded them for their valuable services and for the great zeal ¦ which they have displayed in the canse of Freemasonry in the Province . These recommendations received the unanimous approval of the members . The Committee also recommends that Wor . Bro . Aaron Stone be elected Steward to represent this Province at the Festival of the Boys' School for 1882-3 , and that a Jewel be presented to
Provincial Grand Lodge Of South Wales (Western Division.)
Wor . Bro . Edwin Thomas P . M . 378 Prov . J . G . W ., at the next meeting of Prov . Grand Lodge , in acknowledgment of the services lio Inn rendered to tho Province as Charity Steward ; also tbat the best thanks of Prov . Grand Lodge be tendered to Bro . Thomas for lus great exertions iu farthering the cause of Freemasonry in the Province .
When tho consideration of the Committee s recommendation that tho sum of twenty-five guineas be voted horn tbe funds to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys came on , Bro . G . Griffiths made an urgent appeal on behalf of a distressed brother , a man who was well known and deservedly i-espected throughout the Province . Uufor . tunately , this worthy Mason had been stricken down by paralysis ,
and it was deemed essentially necessary he should undergo a lengthened period of cessation from labour as the only chance of re . gaining his strength . Before Prov . Grand Lodge voted the sum named above for the Boys' School , Bro . Griffiths begged they would consider the urgency of this case ; he had no wish to oppose the proposed vote , but ho feared the funds at their disposal wonld not
enable them to do what was required if the twenty-five guineas waa thus absorbed . Bro . J . Llewllyn Davies supported ; what he thought it desirable to do was , that the Provincial Grand Lodge shonld undertake to provide a substitute who would perform the clerical dnties of the afflicted brother for a period of six months . This would entail an outlay of say £ 50 . Some discussion followed , and several prao .
tical suggestions were made as to how this amount could be realised . The claims of the Boys' School were fully recognised , and in view of the effort that must be made at the election in October next , when the candidate supported by the Province—Geoffry Stuart Joneswill stand his last chance of admission , it was thought imperative that the proposed grant of twenty-five guineas should be made . On
the question being put , the amount was unanimously agreed to . Later on , however , £ 20 was voted from the Provincial Fund of Benevolence , and a Committee was formed to collect the additional £ 30 requisite to carry out the suggestion of Bro . Llewellyn Davies . The appeal was heartily responded to , and the brethren were enabled to return to Milford with the assurance that if repose
wonld enable our afflicted brother to recruit his strength the means for enjoying it were seenred . The next bnsiness was to receive the report of the Charity Commissioners . This directed attention to the fact that the resources had been exhausted by the efforts made to elect a child into the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls in 1881 , consequently last year they started without any reserve of votes .
At the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge a candidate from this Province was adopted , a youth brought forward by the Pembroke brethren , the promotion of the interests of this Boy—Geoffrey Stuart Jones—has been the sole care of the Commissioners during the past year , and they had not yet succeeded in securing his election . The delay is unavoidable—it arises in the first place from this lad having
been placed in charge so soon after efforts in favour of other oandi . dates had placed the Province in a weak position in regard to votes , and in the second place from the fact of an election of a candidate for the Boys' School being very much more difficult than the election of a candidate for either of the other Institutions connected with Freemasonry . To make it clear it was pointed out firstly , that at
each election only some 150 Boys' votes and 120 Girls votes were forthcoming from the Province , which had succeeded in polling 1 , 134 votes for the Boy . The candidate has one election more before him , tbat in October , when he mnst be elected , or be disqualified by age from gaining admission at all . The Commissioners promised they would make every effort , and confidently hoped to succeed . ( To be continued ) .
Prov. G. Lodge, Hants And Isle Of Wight.
PROV . G . LODGE , HANTS AND ISLE OF WIGHT .
THE Prov . Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight held its annual meeting in the Town Hall , Bournemouth , on Thursday , the 10 th instant , R . W . Prov . G . M . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., presided , and was supported by the following , among other brethren , namely , Bros . W . Hickman P . D . G . M ., J . E . Le Feuvre 130 P . G . S . W .,
Dr . J . R . O'Connor 257 P . G . J . W ., J . Murray 76 P . G . S ., T . Good 1834 P . G . S ., A . J . Miller 130 P . G . Sec , A . Barfield 35 P . G . S . D ., A . Dawes P . P . G . Org ., W . B . Rogers P . M . 195 P . P . G . Reg ., J . B . Atkinson 195 P . G . D ., W . M . Heath 62 P . P . G . S . W . Dorset , T . W . Ansell 340 If Ltza
P . P . G . Supt . Works , A . Scott 351 P . G . D . C , G . . Arnold l . F . Jtt . P . G . D . C , J . Gieve I . P . M . 1069 P . G . S ., E . S . Main P . M . 1776 P . P . G . D . C , J . Friedeberg P . M . 342 P . P . G . D ., E . W . Rebbeck 195 P . P . G . S . W ., S . R . Everitt 176 P . P . G . D ., J . O . Carter 209 P . P . G . S . W
Berks and Bucks , J . T . Craven P . M . 342 P . P . G . D ., J . Wallingford P . M . 903 P . P . G . J . W ., J . Dew 694 P . P . G . R ., J . A . Atkins 622 P . P . S . Dorset , G . Pearman 487 P . P . G . Org ., J . Biggs and J . Exell P . G . Tylers . The minutes of the last regular Provincial Grand Lodge and of an especial Lodge was read and confirmed . A letter was read from the P . G . Treasurer Bro . Mark E . Frost , resigning his office . He had
carried out the dnties for many years , but owing to failing energy he was desirous of being relieved of the duties . Bro . Frost ' s resignation was accepted , bat as the new Bye-Laws of the Province provided for the modification of the dnties of the Prov . Grand Treasurer , the election of bis successor waa postponed . The Report of the Committee appointed to consider the Provincial bye-laws was read ,
and the new bye-laws as submitted were passed after some slign modifications . A committee , consisting of the Prov . Grand Officers and the Worshipful Masters of Lodges , was appointed to consider the proposed revision of the Book of Constitutions for the government of the Craft . The Prov . Grand Master then appointed and invested the following brethren as Prov . Grand Officers for the year , namely : —
Bio . W . Hickman D . P . G . M . James Druitt , jun . 195 P . G . Senior Warden A . J . Miller 359 P . G . Junior Warden
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Proposed Convention.
choice of one ' s peers made its appearance instead : —in other words universal suffrage was introduced into Freemasonry eighty years before it was established in our public life . To the Grand Orient belong the honour and happiness of having promulgated this system which so
perfectly expresses , in tho present day , our ideal of justice , a system which , later on , was adopted by the French Revolution , because itwas unable to discover any other formula that answered so nearly to the generous aspirations of the men of that grand old epoch . From the very outset it had
imposed on it the truly arduous task of re-uniting the scattered forces of French Masonry , which , owing to its division into innumerable systems , presented the appearance of an absolute chaos . By patience and labour this result had been happily attained , when the Scottish
system re-appeared in France ( having been introduced from America by the Count de Grasse- ^ illy ) under a new name and increased , in its transoceanic journey , by eight new degrees . Resuming forthwith its labours , the Grand Orient in 1804 concluded with the hardly-then-established
Supreme Council a treaty which was very soon broken by the latter . Since then , all its efforts have been unceasingly directed towards effacing all traces of division and antagonism , and hence it is that , at a period not very remote , it has absorbed the rite of Memphis with its ninety-five degrees .
( To be continued . )
Provincial Grand Lodge Of South Wales (Western Division.)
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH WALES ( WESTERN DIVISION . )
THE annual meeting of this Prov . Grand Lodge took place on Wed " nesday , 16 th inafc . Tho brethren assembled under the banner of * he Cambrian Lodge , No . 464 , at the Masonio Hall , Haverfordwest . The Right Worshipful Bro . Colonel Lloyd-Philipps , Prov . Grand Master , presided , and was supported by a goodly assembly of the brethren of the Province , the Prov . Grand Officers of the year , with bat one
exception , being in attendance . After Prov . Grand Lodge had been formally opened , the roll of Lodges was called over , and it was found each one in the Province was represented . The minntes of last Provincial Grand meeting , held in New "Milford , in July of last year , having been road and confirmed , the Provincial
Grand Treasurer ' s accounts for the past year were submitted . These showed a balance due to Provincial Grand Lodge of £ 32 19 s 7 d . Tbe election of Prov . Grand Treasurer resulted in the re-appointment of Bro . J . Jenkyn Jones , who was complimented on the zeal he bad hitherto displayed in the welfare of the Province and thanked for services rendered .
Before proceeding to the appointment of Provincial Grand Officers for the next twelve months , Bro . Colonel Lloyd-Philipps expressed his gratification at the way in which the Officers of the past year had fulfilled their duties , and thanked them heartily for their services .
He announced that be had received a letter from Lord Kensington , in which he regretted his Parliamentary dnties precluded him from the hope of being present at the mealing , and expressing the disappoint , ment he experienced at being compelled to absent himself . The collars of office for the next year was then distributed as follow : —
Bro . William H . Eiobards P . M . 1177 ... P . G . Senior Warden Thomas Rassell P . M . 464 P . G . Junior Warden Rev . James Lewis 1072 *) ~ „ „ , , . Rev . J . Parkin Morgan 671 j * - Chaplains J . Jenkyn Jones P . M . 476 P . G . Treasurer John Lewis W . M . 476 P . G . Registrar C . Rice Williams P . M . 1072 ... P . G . Secretary
Robert George W . M . 1748 P . G . Senior Deacon Joseph Gibbon W . M . 464 P . G . Junior Deacon Richard Fowler Symes J . W . 990 ... P . G . Supt . of Works John Henry Coram W . M . 990 ... P . G . D . of C . Charles Mathias P . M . 464 ... P . G . Assist . D . of C . Thomas Parker Wilson 990 ... P . G . Sword Bearer
R . Deane Gilbertson 1748 P . G . Organist John Henry J . D . 378 P . G . Pursuivant E . Glendower Elford 378 , E . P . *) Phillips 464 , T . P . Evans J . D . 464 , f -r , n a . , S . Read J . W . 464 , Lewis Roberts C - Stewards 464 , R . H . Treweeks Sec . 1748 ) John Williams 366 P . G . Tyler
The Report of the Prov . Graud Lodge Committee which met at the St . Peter ' s Lodge , Carmarthen , on 7 th July 1882 , was next presented . This stated that from the Reports sent in by the Lodges for the past year , the general state of Freemasonry in the Province is highly satisfactory , and in a prosperous condition . The Committee recommended tbat Wor . Bro . J . Beavan Phillips P . M . 671 P . Prov . S . G . W ., be re-elected as the Charity Commissioner for the
ensuing year , and Wor . Bro . Aaron Stone P . M . 671 P . Prov . J . G-W ., as Assistant Char'ty Commissioner . It advised that votes of thanks be accorded them for their valuable services and for the great zeal ¦ which they have displayed in the canse of Freemasonry in the Province . These recommendations received the unanimous approval of the members . The Committee also recommends that Wor . Bro . Aaron Stone be elected Steward to represent this Province at the Festival of the Boys' School for 1882-3 , and that a Jewel be presented to
Provincial Grand Lodge Of South Wales (Western Division.)
Wor . Bro . Edwin Thomas P . M . 378 Prov . J . G . W ., at the next meeting of Prov . Grand Lodge , in acknowledgment of the services lio Inn rendered to tho Province as Charity Steward ; also tbat the best thanks of Prov . Grand Lodge be tendered to Bro . Thomas for lus great exertions iu farthering the cause of Freemasonry in the Province .
When tho consideration of the Committee s recommendation that tho sum of twenty-five guineas be voted horn tbe funds to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys came on , Bro . G . Griffiths made an urgent appeal on behalf of a distressed brother , a man who was well known and deservedly i-espected throughout the Province . Uufor . tunately , this worthy Mason had been stricken down by paralysis ,
and it was deemed essentially necessary he should undergo a lengthened period of cessation from labour as the only chance of re . gaining his strength . Before Prov . Grand Lodge voted the sum named above for the Boys' School , Bro . Griffiths begged they would consider the urgency of this case ; he had no wish to oppose the proposed vote , but ho feared the funds at their disposal wonld not
enable them to do what was required if the twenty-five guineas waa thus absorbed . Bro . J . Llewllyn Davies supported ; what he thought it desirable to do was , that the Provincial Grand Lodge shonld undertake to provide a substitute who would perform the clerical dnties of the afflicted brother for a period of six months . This would entail an outlay of say £ 50 . Some discussion followed , and several prao .
tical suggestions were made as to how this amount could be realised . The claims of the Boys' School were fully recognised , and in view of the effort that must be made at the election in October next , when the candidate supported by the Province—Geoffry Stuart Joneswill stand his last chance of admission , it was thought imperative that the proposed grant of twenty-five guineas should be made . On
the question being put , the amount was unanimously agreed to . Later on , however , £ 20 was voted from the Provincial Fund of Benevolence , and a Committee was formed to collect the additional £ 30 requisite to carry out the suggestion of Bro . Llewellyn Davies . The appeal was heartily responded to , and the brethren were enabled to return to Milford with the assurance that if repose
wonld enable our afflicted brother to recruit his strength the means for enjoying it were seenred . The next bnsiness was to receive the report of the Charity Commissioners . This directed attention to the fact that the resources had been exhausted by the efforts made to elect a child into the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls in 1881 , consequently last year they started without any reserve of votes .
At the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge a candidate from this Province was adopted , a youth brought forward by the Pembroke brethren , the promotion of the interests of this Boy—Geoffrey Stuart Jones—has been the sole care of the Commissioners during the past year , and they had not yet succeeded in securing his election . The delay is unavoidable—it arises in the first place from this lad having
been placed in charge so soon after efforts in favour of other oandi . dates had placed the Province in a weak position in regard to votes , and in the second place from the fact of an election of a candidate for the Boys' School being very much more difficult than the election of a candidate for either of the other Institutions connected with Freemasonry . To make it clear it was pointed out firstly , that at
each election only some 150 Boys' votes and 120 Girls votes were forthcoming from the Province , which had succeeded in polling 1 , 134 votes for the Boy . The candidate has one election more before him , tbat in October , when he mnst be elected , or be disqualified by age from gaining admission at all . The Commissioners promised they would make every effort , and confidently hoped to succeed . ( To be continued ) .
Prov. G. Lodge, Hants And Isle Of Wight.
PROV . G . LODGE , HANTS AND ISLE OF WIGHT .
THE Prov . Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight held its annual meeting in the Town Hall , Bournemouth , on Thursday , the 10 th instant , R . W . Prov . G . M . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., presided , and was supported by the following , among other brethren , namely , Bros . W . Hickman P . D . G . M ., J . E . Le Feuvre 130 P . G . S . W .,
Dr . J . R . O'Connor 257 P . G . J . W ., J . Murray 76 P . G . S ., T . Good 1834 P . G . S ., A . J . Miller 130 P . G . Sec , A . Barfield 35 P . G . S . D ., A . Dawes P . P . G . Org ., W . B . Rogers P . M . 195 P . P . G . Reg ., J . B . Atkinson 195 P . G . D ., W . M . Heath 62 P . P . G . S . W . Dorset , T . W . Ansell 340 If Ltza
P . P . G . Supt . Works , A . Scott 351 P . G . D . C , G . . Arnold l . F . Jtt . P . G . D . C , J . Gieve I . P . M . 1069 P . G . S ., E . S . Main P . M . 1776 P . P . G . D . C , J . Friedeberg P . M . 342 P . P . G . D ., E . W . Rebbeck 195 P . P . G . S . W ., S . R . Everitt 176 P . P . G . D ., J . O . Carter 209 P . P . G . S . W
Berks and Bucks , J . T . Craven P . M . 342 P . P . G . D ., J . Wallingford P . M . 903 P . P . G . J . W ., J . Dew 694 P . P . G . R ., J . A . Atkins 622 P . P . S . Dorset , G . Pearman 487 P . P . G . Org ., J . Biggs and J . Exell P . G . Tylers . The minutes of the last regular Provincial Grand Lodge and of an especial Lodge was read and confirmed . A letter was read from the P . G . Treasurer Bro . Mark E . Frost , resigning his office . He had
carried out the dnties for many years , but owing to failing energy he was desirous of being relieved of the duties . Bro . Frost ' s resignation was accepted , bat as the new Bye-Laws of the Province provided for the modification of the dnties of the Prov . Grand Treasurer , the election of bis successor waa postponed . The Report of the Committee appointed to consider the Provincial bye-laws was read ,
and the new bye-laws as submitted were passed after some slign modifications . A committee , consisting of the Prov . Grand Officers and the Worshipful Masters of Lodges , was appointed to consider the proposed revision of the Book of Constitutions for the government of the Craft . The Prov . Grand Master then appointed and invested the following brethren as Prov . Grand Officers for the year , namely : —
Bio . W . Hickman D . P . G . M . James Druitt , jun . 195 P . G . Senior Warden A . J . Miller 359 P . G . Junior Warden