Jhon Brunner Lodge.

JHON BRUNNER LODGE .

CONSBCEATIONS .

AT Winsford , Cheshire , on Saturday , this new Lodge was Consecrated in the presence of a large number of Brethren , including all the principal Provincial Grand Officers of Cheshire .

Sir Horatio Lloyd Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in the absence of Earl Egerton of Tatton , performed the ceremony , and was assisted by Sir John Brunner and other P . G . Officers .

Sir John Brunner was installed Worshipful Master of the new Lodge by Brother Broadsmith ( Altrincham ) P . P . S . G . W . After the closing of the Lodge the Brethren adjourned to the Gymnasium attached to the Verdin Technical Schools ,

where a sumptuous banquet was given by Sir John Brunner . The usual Loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured , and a musical programme gone through . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Brother J . F . Swift ( Liscard ) Prov . G . O .

Scarsdale Lodge.

SCARSDALE LODGE .

TUESDAY , gth January , will be doubly a red letter day in Chesterfield , inasmuch as it saw the consecration of a new Lodge of Mark Master Masons , the first Lodge of the Province of Derbyshire as now constituted , and the first Lodge consecrated by the first Provincial Master of Derbyshire in the Mark Degree Bro . Abraham Woodivviss .

Mark Masonry is no new thing in Chesterfield . The Mother Lodge of Derbyshire , Duke of Connaught No . 245 , used to meet alternately at Buxton , Chesterfield , and Derby , and the first Master of the Duke of Connaught Lodge was Bro . W . W . Jeudwine , J . P ., of Chesterfield , who on Tuesday was

installed first W . M . of the Scarsdale Lodge , No . 529 of Mark Master Masons . There would have been no need for a new Lodge in the old borough had not the Mark Master Masons of Chesterfield and district become a small minority in their Mother Lodge . So it came to pass that the oldest Lodge in

the district gradually came to look upon Buxton as its permanent home . It became appropriated by the Buxton Brethren , and in the process of time Derby , and now Chesterfield have had to apply for permission to found other Lodges of their own . Masonry is strong and nourishing in

Chesterfield—the Craft and the Royal Arch are liberally supported and exert a potent influence for good . When the Mark Masons , who have previously had to journey to Alfreton or Derby , to fulfil their Mark obligations , decided upon the formation of a local Lodge , it was very fitting , from the

circumstances above mentioned , to say nothing of his other inestimable services to Masonry , and his varied and many qualifications for the office , that Bro . W . W . Jeudwine should be asked to fill the chair for the first year . His Installing Officer on Tuesday was Bro . Percy Wallis P . G .

Treas . England P . P . S . G . W . Prov . G . Sec , and it is worthy of passing mention that twenty-one years ago Bro . Jeudwine , as W . M . of the Duke of Connaught Lodge , advanced Bro . Wallis—now such an ornament to the Degree—into Mark Masonry .

The impressive ceremony of consecration commenced in the Masonic Hall , Chesterfield , at 2 . 30 on Tuesday , when the Brethren below Provincial rank having taken their places , a procession was formed , and , headed by the banner of Prov . G . Lodge and the Sword of Office , the Consecrating

Officer the Prov . G . Master Bro . A . Woodiwiss , supported by Bro . C . F . Matier Grand Secretary of England , and attended by the Prov . G . Officers , entered the . Lodge Room , and a Lodge was opened , the various Offices being filled by the Grand Officers present .

The Consecration proceedings were commenced with prayer and a Masonic hymn , after " which the Warrant of the Grand Master under his personal signature , and

countersigned by the Grand Secretary and Grand Registrar , was read . The approval of the Brethren having been signified , a most interesting Oration was delivered by the Prov . G . Chaplain Rev . C . W . Groves .

After a Masonic anthem and dedication prayer , the Consecrating Officer gave the Invocation , and the more immediate and solemn functions of Consecration were

proceeded with , the musical responses being accompanied upon the organ by Bro . Riley Prov . G . O . The elements entering into _ the Consecration ceremony , with their emblematical significations , were corn , oil , wine , salt , and incense .

Scarsdale Lodge.

Upon the dedication of the Lodge , the anthem , " Now to the Westward move , " was sung , and after the constitution the anthem , "Now the evening shadows closing . " After the benediction , which closed a beautiful and impressive ceremony , performed most impressively and with the

greatest solemnity and feeling , Bro . Jeudwine , as first Worshipful Master , was installed by Bro . Percy Wallis . The Brethren subsequently dined together in the Museum , Stephenson Memorial Hall , Mrs . Everest catering

in a highly satisfactory manner . The toasts included the Queen and Mark Masonry , theM . W . Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales G . M . M . M ., Rt . Hon . the Earl of Euston Pro G . M ., Viscount Dungarvan Dep . G . M . and Officers of Grand Lodge .

To this latter Bro . Matier replied , and referred in most interesting terms to the fact that twenty-one years ago he installed Bro . Jeudwine into the chair of the Duke of Connaught Lodge . Replying to the toast of the Officers of Provincial Grand

Lodge , Bro . W . Woodiwiss alluded to the great pleasure it had given him to consecrate that , the first Lodge of the new Province of Derbyshire , and the first Lodge under his Grand Mastership . He announced on behalf of Lord Euston his

regret at not being able to be present that day to consecrate the Scarsdale Lodge , but gave the pleasing intelligence that the noble Earl had undertaken to be present at Prov . G . Lodge on 2 nd February , at Derby .

The other toasts were the W . M . and the Scarsdale Lodge , the Installing Master , the Visitors , the Officers of the new Lodge , and the Tyler ' s toast . — " Derbyshire Times . "

A Good A \ l-Round Resolution for the New Year . —To act on the Square . —( Fun ) .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

THE Merchant Navy Lodge , No . 781 , has long enjoyed an enviable reputation in our midst , the distinction of being one of the most liberal and the most consistent supporters of the Masonic Charities ; and probably no member associated with the Lodge has done more to win

that renown than the late Bro . T . B . Daniell , whose death is just announced , at the age of seventy-nine . As will be gathered from the number of the Lodge , the Merchant Navy is no new addition to the roll of England , the actual date of its Warrant being 1859 , yet in the Brother just deceased we

had one—and the last surviving—of the original Founders ; and as we have just said , one of its most enthusiastic workers , really a link between the past and the present generations of Freemasonry . Bro . Daniell was for a period of fifty years in business in High Street , Poplar , and may certainly be

classed among the most prominent of East-end Masons , his many handsome donations to the Masonic Charitable Institutions—particularly to the Benevolent Institution , for which he held something like 500 votes—entitling him to the warmest respect . His funeral took place on Friday , 12 th

inst ., at Ilford Cemetery , and to show their respect for their departed Brother serveral members of his Lodge met at the Lodge Room at Limehouse Town Hall , to be subsequently conveyed thence to the residence of his son at Forest Gate , where our Brother died . There the first portion of the

funeral service was impressively read by the Rev . R . Odery , of whose church deceased was a member , after which the remains were removed to the Ilford Cemetery , to be interred in the family grave . The coffin was hidden by wreaths , one of the most prominent , sent by the Brethren of the Merchant

Navy Lodge , being placed at the head . When the remains had been lowered to their resting place , a most impressive address was delivered by Bro . P . M . Graveley Past Grand Pursuivant of England , and this was followed by the solemn strains of the closing hymn of the Lodge , the sentiments of

which were applicable to the occasion . Notwithstanding the large number present , many apologies were received for absence ; but those at the grave side were the immediate relatives , and the following Brethren : S . W . Bull W . M ., Morrow S . W ., Breeden P . M . Secretary , Huitt I . G .,

Shuttleworth D . C ., Lucas and Lambert Stewards , Murrow P . M ., Gooch P . M ., F . Robinson P . M ., A . H . Shepherd P . M ., Drake , Suthard , Marsh , Spurgeon , Evans , Graveley P . M ., Webb P . M ., & c . In the younger days of the FREEMASON '

CHRONICLE we often had the pleasure of meeting Bro . Daniell , and we feel we have lost one of our earliest Masonic friends by his decease . We tender our sincere sympathy to our Brother ' s relatives .