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tbe year following was re-elected to that responsible office . It was during his Mastership , and mainly through his instrumentality , that the late Earl of Zetland , then M . W . G . M ., WftS induced to lay the foundation-stone of the "Royal Albert Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles of the Western

Counties . " He had sole charge of the preliminary arrangements for this important ceremonial , and enjoyed the farther satisfaction of receiving at the hands of the Grand Master and his principal officers their warmest thanks for the valuable services be had rendered . Provincial honours

followed almost as a matter of course , and in 1871—only six short years from the date of his initiation—he received a still higher reward in the shape of his appointment as Grand Sword Bearer of the Grand Lodge of England . In 1875 , when the Morecarabe Lodge , No . 1561 , was

consecrated by the Earl of Lathom—then Lord Skelmersdale—Dr . Moore was installed by his Lordship as the first Master of the new Lodge . He will further be remembered as a most earnest and able lecturer in various Lodges of Instruction on the subjects specially

studied there , as well as on others more or less intimatel y connected with the mysteries of Freemasonry . He had also frequently played the role of Installing Master , while so hig hly valued was his conduct as Secretary , for some eleven years , of his mother Lodge , that early in 1878 he

was invited to be present at a complimentary dinner , when occasion was taken to present him with a handsome epergne in testimony of his services . The W . M . presided , and thus expressed himself when handing tbe epergne to our late brother : — " I have great pleasure in

giving to you the sincere thanks of the brethren of thia Lodge for the many and valuable services which , from time to time , you have rendered to them , and at their request , and on their behalf , present you with this epergne , which I hope you and yours may long enjoy , and I hope ,

also , that you may have a long , prosperous , and happy life . " He was a recipient of other testimonials , notably of a solid gold Past Grand Officer ' s jewel presented to him by another Lodge , and a silver goblet of considerable dimensions by a third . He was exalted into R . A . Masonry

after the customary interval , and in 1869 was inducted into the chair of First Principal of the Rowley Chapter , No . 1051 ; on retiring from this office , be was presented with a P . Z . ' s jewel set in diamonds . He subsequently filled tbe chair of Second Principal of his Province , and the office of

Grand Standard Bearer in the Supreme Grand Chapter of England . He had equally distinguished himself in Mark Masonry , in which both Provincial ancl Grand honours were conferred upon him ; inTemplar Masonry , in the A . and A . Rite—he had taken the 32 ° S . P . R . C—in the

Order of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantino , as a Rosicrucian , and in the side degrees . He was further , to his great honour , be it said , a loyal supporter of all our Charities , and had served the office of Steward , to one or the other of them , on some twelve or fifteen different

occasions . The above is a succinct account of our deceased brother ' s career as a Mason . That it is one we should all strive to emulate is certain , and equally so that it will be the fortunate lot of but few among us to succeed in emulatino- it .

However , by following in bis footsteps , we may be able to secure a portion of the respect and esteem in which he was so justly held . To his family and friends , as well as to the

members of the several Masonic bodies with which he was associated , we beg to offer our sincere tribute of sympathy and respect . May He who has taken from them one so worth y give them strength to bear with their loss !

Bro. Alfred Ellis.

BRO . ALFRED ELLIS .

The funeral of our late Bro . Alfred Ellis , No . 933 and I . G . No . 27 , who died on the 7 th instant , took place at tbe Tower Hamlets Cemetery , Bow , on Saturday last . Besides the relatives and friends of the deceased , there was a numerous attendance of Craftsmen , all anxious to pay

their last tribute of respect to a worthy brother . Amonothese we noticed Bros . Dr . Loane , B . Cundick , G . H Stephens , W . Musto , C . Lacey and A . Furaess . The ceremony was impressively rendered by the Rev . J . Kitto , the churchwardens of the parish being also present . Bro . Ellis was an active member of the Board of Guardians and of the Vestry of Mile-end , and had successfully held for two years the office of Parish Overseer . The many

Bro. Alfred Ellis.

marks ot respect that were shown along the route taken by the mournful procession must have been deeply gratifying to his sorrowing relatives , to whom wo tender our sincere sympathy at their loss .

Deaths.

DEATHS .

MORGAN . —At Bavuot , oa tho 19 th inst ., in her 70 th . year , EtizA , wife of WILLIAM AUSIIS MoBtuif . MAIDWELL . —At tho Horculos Tavern , Leadonhall Street , on tho 20 th inst ., in hor 35 th year , SARAH , wifeot'Bao . T . J . MAIDWSLL .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE .

A N especial meeting will be hold at the Market Hall , Great Torring-¦ tx . ton , on Thursday , tho 27 th inst ., at two o ' clock in tho afternoon , Mnr the transaction of the following bnsiness : —Notice of motion by Visconnt Ebrington P . G M .: — " That the P . G . Lodge desires to oxpress its sympathy with Mrs . Huysho in tho loss sho has sustained by the lamented death of the Itey . John Hnyshe , M . A ., 4 c , and to

record , by some lasting memorial , the affectionate esteem in which the late P . P . G . M . was held by the Masons of Devonshire . " Notice of motion by Wor . Bro . TV . G . Rogers D . P . G . M .: — " That the Prov . Grand Lodge desires to perpetuate tbo remembrance of the late P . P . G . M . by a memorial window iu tho Cathedral Church of the

Diocese , and that a Committee be appointed to collect subscriptions and make the necessary arrangements . " Constitution and consecra * tion of the Torridge Lodge , No . 1885 . A meeting of the Committee of Petitions will be held at the Market Hall at noon . A banquet will take place at the Globe Hotel at 4 . 20 p . m .

Services Of The Albert Edward Lifeboat, Clacton-On-Sea.

SERVICES OF THE ALBERT EDWARD LIFEBOAT , CLACTON-ON-SEA .

WE note elsewhere in our columns the signal service rendered on the 19 th instant by the Albert Edward Lifeboat , Clacton-on-Sea—one of the two lifeboats presented and endowed by Grand Lodge of England to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution . We now supplement that brief reference by the following narrative , as given by the coxswain , from from the columns of yesterday ' s Standard : —

At six a . m . on Wednesday a signal was given by the Middle Lightship , Lowness , but the tide prevented the lifeboat being launched . At eight a . m ., with the assistance of six horses , the boat was gofc afloat . The wind was east , blowing hard . Soon after starting we saw the vessel , south-east by east , distant five miles . We made np the boat under a single reefed sail , and beat towards the vessel ,

which we reached at noon . She proved to be a schooner which had sunk in seven fathoms . Only the masthead was out of the water , and no one was on board . Then we made for Gunfloet , and observed a body floating ; we hooked it , and found it was decomposed . We crossed the sand west of the buoy , and stood towards Heaps ; we spoke a steamer steering east-north . east . Finding nothing at Heaps

or Barrow , we steered for the Middle Light . ship , which reported throe vessels and a steamer on the Maplin Sands . The first , a brigantine , supposed to be the Portia , had been abandoned . Obeying a signal from the Maplin Lighthouse , we steered south-west , and sig hted a ship which was dismasted . On nearing it we saw a group on the deckhouse signalling ; we made for the lee bow , and threw

a loaded line , which was seized , and by its means a cable was hanled aboard . The sea was making a clean breach over the vessel , and with difficulty the crew of eight was transferred to the lifeboat . She proved to be the brigantine Hassel , of Haguesund , Captain Tillsen , from Riga to London , laden with oats . The crew had been on the deckhouse from noon on Tuesday without food—a

period of thirty-three hours , Leaving at two p . m ., we sighted a vessel with the mainmast gone , four miles to the west . She was the Martha , of Newport , and had been abandoned by the crew , who are supposed to have walked ashore at foulness Island . We stood towards a steamer on the ridge , about two miles above the Elbow Buoy ; but as she was near the land , so that the crew could gee ashore , and

showed no signals , and as the tide leaving the sands prevented our getting near , we tacked southward to get the advantage of the tide for Clacton . Three miles below the Middle Li

might not live throughout the night , and had great difficulty in keep , ing them alive by constant rubbing . Therefore we conld not respond to the signal , and we arrived at Clacton at

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