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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS or ENGLAND AND WALES AKD COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . BENEVOLENT FUND FESTIVAL . THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE , SYDENHAM , On Wednesday , 6 th July 1881 . THE RIGHT HON . LORD HENNIKER , M . W . G . M . M . In the Chair . Dinner on the Table at Five o ' clock p . m . GENTLEMEN 21 s . LADIES 15 s . Application for Tickets must be made not later than Monday . 'the 4 th of July , addressed to the Stewards , at No . 8 a Bed Lion Square , London , "W . O . FREDERICK BINCKES , ( P . G . J . W . ) Grand Secretary .
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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OS MIDDLESEX AND SURREY . The R . W . Bro . SIR FRANCIS BT / RDETT , Bart ., Prov . Grand Master . THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS of tho Province of Middlesex and Surrey will be holden at tho Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond , on Saturday , 2 nd July 1881 , when all Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers , together with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Acting Wardens of Lodges in the Province , are hereby summoned to attend , and all Mark Master Masons are invited to be present . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at Four o'clock . By command of the B . W . Prov . Cr . M . M ., WM . G . BRIGHTEN , P . M . P . Z ., & c . 4 Bishopsgate-street-without , E , 0 . Provincial Grand Mark Secretary . 16 th June 1881 . Banquet at Five o ' clock . Tickets One Guinea each , including Wine . Brethren intending to be present should notify their intention to the Provincial Grand Secretary on or before Wednesday , the 29 th June .
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ra^^^^^^^^a SrSmrtrVWW ^ WL ^ pTO ^ JW ^ B-V- ^ 23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . O .
Province Of Berks And Bucks.
PROVINCE OF BERKS AND BUCKS .
THE members of this Provincial Grand Lodge held their Anni . versary Meeting on Monday last , at the Town Hall , Aylesbury . There was a very large attendance of members of the Province , and , taken altogether , the brethren may be congratulated on the result of the day ' s proceedings . The Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Brother Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., presided . He was supported by Bro . Samnel Eawson P . D . G . M . China , the Deputy Provincial
Grand Master the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , and Bros . J . 0 . Carter P . M . 209 G . S . W ., J . Reeve P . M . 1639 and 840 G . J . W ., C . Oades P . M . 414 Grand Registrar , R . Bradley P . M . 414 Grand Secretary , J . R . Wilmer P . M . 1410 G . S . D ., G . M . Knight P . M . 574 G . J . D ., J . E . Danks W . M . 1101 Grand Supt . of Works , W . Biggs P . M . 1101 Acting Grand Dir . of Cer ., 0 . W . Cox W . M . 1566 G . D . C
John Tompkins W . M . 945 A . G . D . C , T . W . Robinson W . M . 591 G . S . B ., H . Willis W . M . 591 Grand Organist , A . Cnlverhouse P . M . 840 Grand Pursuivant ; T . Taylor W . M . 1410 , Lewis Poulton 591 , S . W . Slator 1787 , Gough 840 , and Jowett 951 Grand Stewards ; Bro . W . Hemroings Grand Tyler , & c , & c . Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last Provincial Grand
Lodge , held on the 4 th June 1880 , at Maidenhead , which had been printed and circulated , were , on motion dnly proposed and seconded , taken as read . The Provincial Grand Secretary then reported that since their last meeting three new Lodges had been added to the roll of Lod ges in the Province . Two of these—the St . Hilda , No . 1887 , Wallington , and the Wellesley , No . 1899 , Sandhurst—have already
commenced operations , the ceremony of consecration having been in each case performed by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , who , in fulfilling this responsible duty , had the assistance , on both occasions , of several of the Provincial Grand Officers . The third Lodge for which a warrant has been issued—the Herschel , No . 1894 , and which will hold
its meetings at Stangate during the winter months , it is anticipated will be consecrated in October or November next . On calling over the roll of Lodges , it was found that , with the exception of the two Jately consecrated , all in the Province were represented . Reference was next made to the B ye-laws of Provincial Grand Lodge , whioh
Province Of Berks And Bucks.
exact a fine in case representatives are not present ; bnfc taking into consideration the extreme youth of these defaulters , on motion duly made and seconded , the fine was remitted . At the same time , we think that a very little exertion on the part of those concerned would have prevented this broach of the responsibility entailed on the mem . bers of these new Lodges by the non-attendance of one or more of
their members as representatives at Provincial Grand Lodge . On the Secretary ' s calling over the roll of Grand Lodge Officers , it was found this band was well represented , there being bat ono or two absentees , and in each case satisfactory reasons wore given as to cause of absence . It was then brought to the notice of the members of the Province that the Charity Committee meet ou the stated days on
which tho several Quarterly Communications of United Grand Lodge are held , in conjunction with members of tho Charity Committee of the Province of Surrey ; and it was urged by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master that it was desirable , in the interest of tho Province , thafc this shonld be somewhat better known , in order that larger attendances mighb result . Important matters were brought
prominently under discussion , and Bro . Brownrigg trnsted this reminder would have the desired effect . The joint Committees of the two Provinces meet in the afternoon of the days named , afc 33 Goldensquare , afc such time as will enable tho brethren to afterwards attend Grand Lodge . The financial statement of the Treasurer proved eminently satisfactory , a good balance remaining in hand , after
all liabilities had been discharged . The Charity Fund also was pronounced to be in a condition on which the members might be congratulated . After the Provincial Grand Secretary had reported the condition of the Lodges in the Province , tho Provincial Grand Master referred to the steps being taken for the formation of the " Hervey Fund , " and explained how it was proposed to
give monetary assistance to the unsuccessful candidates at the several elections of the Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution . Sir Daniel stated the scheme had his concurrence , and Prov . Grand Lodge adopted the suggestion made by voting £ 5 in aid of thafc Fund . The next business was the election of the Grand Treasurer for the Province , and Bro . 0 . Stephens was unanimously re-chosen to fulfil
the duties of that office . On a show of hands , Bro . Hemmings was re-appointed Grand Tyler . The Prov . Grand Master then briefly addressed the brethren . He congratulated the members on the fact that during the twelvemonths three additional Lodges had been added , two of them being already working , and that most satisfactorily . All present could not but be gratified at this , and likewise at the state
of efficiency displayed throughout the Province . Personally he felt convinced all would do their best to maintain this state of prosperity . After Bros . John Tompkins P . M . 945 , Robert Nicholson S . W . 1566 , and Edward P . Plenty J . D . 574 ( the latter brother by deputy ) had been invested with the Provincial Charity Jewel , the appointment aud investiture of Provincial Grand Officers took place , as follows : —
Bro . Thomas Taylor 1410 - - Prov . Grand Senior Warden John Wilson 209 - „ Junior Warden Nicholas T . Garry 414 - - „ Chaplain Henry Gilbert Layton 591 - „ Assist . Chaplain Charles Stephens 414 ( re-elected ) „ Treasurer Ephraim Davey 1566 - - „ Registrar
Robert Bradley 414 ( re-appointed ) „ Secretary Leopold M . Nixon 771 and 1501 „ Senior Deacon William Ferguson 1101 - „ Junior „ Charles Edward Belcher 1770 „ Supt . of Works William Biggs ( re-appointed ) „ Acting Dir . of Cer . Stephen Knight 574 - - „ Dir . of Ceremonies
Dick Edwards Radclyffe 209 „ Assist . Dir . of Cer . Edward Margrett 1101 - „ Sword Bearer Edwin Carr 1410 - - „ Organist William F . Large 840 - - „ Pursuivant Charles Newell ... „ Assist . Pursuivant Edward Blaekwell 1101 - .. Steward
Richard Dowsett 1101 - „ „ John W . Martin 414 „ „ Joseph E . Sydenham 414 - „ „ C . A . Charnbin 591 „ „ J . Wilson Thorpe 1787 - - „ „ W . Hemmings ( re-appointed ) „ Tyler
Ifc was announced thafc Provincial Grand Lodge would be held next year afc Reading , afc about the same period of the year , and then Prov . Grand Lodge was closed in due form . The customary banquet took place at the George Hotel , where upwards of a hundred brethren sat down . Sir Daniel Gooch presided , and on the removal of the oloth , proposed the toasts customary on
these occasions . Bro . Samnel Rawson P . D . G . M . China responded for the Grand Officers . The Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg proposed the health of the Prov . Grand Master Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P . When he ( Bro . Brownrigg ) first came into that part of the country the operations of the Province were somewhat limited . However , the Province had extended the sphere of its operations , and this was due
to the zeal displayed by the Provincial Grand Master . He would call on the brethren to give the toast a hearty reception . After a song— " The Gallants of England "—by Bro . Charubin , the Prov . G Master replied . He thanked one and all for the hearty manner in which they always received him . It was intensely gratifying to him to meet with snch a reception . Time rolls on very fast , and he
could scarcely hope to be spared many more years . He urged on the brethren to remember that Freemasonry , if properly understood , had a tendency to make men better than they were before they had a knowledge of its principles . If these were properly carried out , the brethren need never be ashamed of having their inner
life looked into . He trusted one and all would endeavour to carry out those principles in the conduct of their Lodges as well as in private life . In response to the next toasfc—The Very Worshipful the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the P . ist Deputy Provincial Grand Masters , and Past Grand Officers of tho Province—Bro . Brownrigg remarked that ifc was always a pleasure for him to reply to this toasfc ,
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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS or ENGLAND AND WALES AKD COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . BENEVOLENT FUND FESTIVAL . THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE , SYDENHAM , On Wednesday , 6 th July 1881 . THE RIGHT HON . LORD HENNIKER , M . W . G . M . M . In the Chair . Dinner on the Table at Five o ' clock p . m . GENTLEMEN 21 s . LADIES 15 s . Application for Tickets must be made not later than Monday . 'the 4 th of July , addressed to the Stewards , at No . 8 a Bed Lion Square , London , "W . O . FREDERICK BINCKES , ( P . G . J . W . ) Grand Secretary .
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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OS MIDDLESEX AND SURREY . The R . W . Bro . SIR FRANCIS BT / RDETT , Bart ., Prov . Grand Master . THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS of tho Province of Middlesex and Surrey will be holden at tho Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond , on Saturday , 2 nd July 1881 , when all Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers , together with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Acting Wardens of Lodges in the Province , are hereby summoned to attend , and all Mark Master Masons are invited to be present . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at Four o'clock . By command of the B . W . Prov . Cr . M . M ., WM . G . BRIGHTEN , P . M . P . Z ., & c . 4 Bishopsgate-street-without , E , 0 . Provincial Grand Mark Secretary . 16 th June 1881 . Banquet at Five o ' clock . Tickets One Guinea each , including Wine . Brethren intending to be present should notify their intention to the Provincial Grand Secretary on or before Wednesday , the 29 th June .
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ra^^^^^^^^a SrSmrtrVWW ^ WL ^ pTO ^ JW ^ B-V- ^ 23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . O .
Province Of Berks And Bucks.
PROVINCE OF BERKS AND BUCKS .
THE members of this Provincial Grand Lodge held their Anni . versary Meeting on Monday last , at the Town Hall , Aylesbury . There was a very large attendance of members of the Province , and , taken altogether , the brethren may be congratulated on the result of the day ' s proceedings . The Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Brother Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., presided . He was supported by Bro . Samnel Eawson P . D . G . M . China , the Deputy Provincial
Grand Master the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , and Bros . J . 0 . Carter P . M . 209 G . S . W ., J . Reeve P . M . 1639 and 840 G . J . W ., C . Oades P . M . 414 Grand Registrar , R . Bradley P . M . 414 Grand Secretary , J . R . Wilmer P . M . 1410 G . S . D ., G . M . Knight P . M . 574 G . J . D ., J . E . Danks W . M . 1101 Grand Supt . of Works , W . Biggs P . M . 1101 Acting Grand Dir . of Cer ., 0 . W . Cox W . M . 1566 G . D . C
John Tompkins W . M . 945 A . G . D . C , T . W . Robinson W . M . 591 G . S . B ., H . Willis W . M . 591 Grand Organist , A . Cnlverhouse P . M . 840 Grand Pursuivant ; T . Taylor W . M . 1410 , Lewis Poulton 591 , S . W . Slator 1787 , Gough 840 , and Jowett 951 Grand Stewards ; Bro . W . Hemroings Grand Tyler , & c , & c . Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last Provincial Grand
Lodge , held on the 4 th June 1880 , at Maidenhead , which had been printed and circulated , were , on motion dnly proposed and seconded , taken as read . The Provincial Grand Secretary then reported that since their last meeting three new Lodges had been added to the roll of Lod ges in the Province . Two of these—the St . Hilda , No . 1887 , Wallington , and the Wellesley , No . 1899 , Sandhurst—have already
commenced operations , the ceremony of consecration having been in each case performed by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , who , in fulfilling this responsible duty , had the assistance , on both occasions , of several of the Provincial Grand Officers . The third Lodge for which a warrant has been issued—the Herschel , No . 1894 , and which will hold
its meetings at Stangate during the winter months , it is anticipated will be consecrated in October or November next . On calling over the roll of Lodges , it was found that , with the exception of the two Jately consecrated , all in the Province were represented . Reference was next made to the B ye-laws of Provincial Grand Lodge , whioh
Province Of Berks And Bucks.
exact a fine in case representatives are not present ; bnfc taking into consideration the extreme youth of these defaulters , on motion duly made and seconded , the fine was remitted . At the same time , we think that a very little exertion on the part of those concerned would have prevented this broach of the responsibility entailed on the mem . bers of these new Lodges by the non-attendance of one or more of
their members as representatives at Provincial Grand Lodge . On the Secretary ' s calling over the roll of Grand Lodge Officers , it was found this band was well represented , there being bat ono or two absentees , and in each case satisfactory reasons wore given as to cause of absence . It was then brought to the notice of the members of the Province that the Charity Committee meet ou the stated days on
which tho several Quarterly Communications of United Grand Lodge are held , in conjunction with members of tho Charity Committee of the Province of Surrey ; and it was urged by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master that it was desirable , in the interest of tho Province , thafc this shonld be somewhat better known , in order that larger attendances mighb result . Important matters were brought
prominently under discussion , and Bro . Brownrigg trnsted this reminder would have the desired effect . The joint Committees of the two Provinces meet in the afternoon of the days named , afc 33 Goldensquare , afc such time as will enable tho brethren to afterwards attend Grand Lodge . The financial statement of the Treasurer proved eminently satisfactory , a good balance remaining in hand , after
all liabilities had been discharged . The Charity Fund also was pronounced to be in a condition on which the members might be congratulated . After the Provincial Grand Secretary had reported the condition of the Lodges in the Province , tho Provincial Grand Master referred to the steps being taken for the formation of the " Hervey Fund , " and explained how it was proposed to
give monetary assistance to the unsuccessful candidates at the several elections of the Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution . Sir Daniel stated the scheme had his concurrence , and Prov . Grand Lodge adopted the suggestion made by voting £ 5 in aid of thafc Fund . The next business was the election of the Grand Treasurer for the Province , and Bro . 0 . Stephens was unanimously re-chosen to fulfil
the duties of that office . On a show of hands , Bro . Hemmings was re-appointed Grand Tyler . The Prov . Grand Master then briefly addressed the brethren . He congratulated the members on the fact that during the twelvemonths three additional Lodges had been added , two of them being already working , and that most satisfactorily . All present could not but be gratified at this , and likewise at the state
of efficiency displayed throughout the Province . Personally he felt convinced all would do their best to maintain this state of prosperity . After Bros . John Tompkins P . M . 945 , Robert Nicholson S . W . 1566 , and Edward P . Plenty J . D . 574 ( the latter brother by deputy ) had been invested with the Provincial Charity Jewel , the appointment aud investiture of Provincial Grand Officers took place , as follows : —
Bro . Thomas Taylor 1410 - - Prov . Grand Senior Warden John Wilson 209 - „ Junior Warden Nicholas T . Garry 414 - - „ Chaplain Henry Gilbert Layton 591 - „ Assist . Chaplain Charles Stephens 414 ( re-elected ) „ Treasurer Ephraim Davey 1566 - - „ Registrar
Robert Bradley 414 ( re-appointed ) „ Secretary Leopold M . Nixon 771 and 1501 „ Senior Deacon William Ferguson 1101 - „ Junior „ Charles Edward Belcher 1770 „ Supt . of Works William Biggs ( re-appointed ) „ Acting Dir . of Cer . Stephen Knight 574 - - „ Dir . of Ceremonies
Dick Edwards Radclyffe 209 „ Assist . Dir . of Cer . Edward Margrett 1101 - „ Sword Bearer Edwin Carr 1410 - - „ Organist William F . Large 840 - - „ Pursuivant Charles Newell ... „ Assist . Pursuivant Edward Blaekwell 1101 - .. Steward
Richard Dowsett 1101 - „ „ John W . Martin 414 „ „ Joseph E . Sydenham 414 - „ „ C . A . Charnbin 591 „ „ J . Wilson Thorpe 1787 - - „ „ W . Hemmings ( re-appointed ) „ Tyler
Ifc was announced thafc Provincial Grand Lodge would be held next year afc Reading , afc about the same period of the year , and then Prov . Grand Lodge was closed in due form . The customary banquet took place at the George Hotel , where upwards of a hundred brethren sat down . Sir Daniel Gooch presided , and on the removal of the oloth , proposed the toasts customary on
these occasions . Bro . Samnel Rawson P . D . G . M . China responded for the Grand Officers . The Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg proposed the health of the Prov . Grand Master Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P . When he ( Bro . Brownrigg ) first came into that part of the country the operations of the Province were somewhat limited . However , the Province had extended the sphere of its operations , and this was due
to the zeal displayed by the Provincial Grand Master . He would call on the brethren to give the toast a hearty reception . After a song— " The Gallants of England "—by Bro . Charubin , the Prov . G Master replied . He thanked one and all for the hearty manner in which they always received him . It was intensely gratifying to him to meet with snch a reception . Time rolls on very fast , and he
could scarcely hope to be spared many more years . He urged on the brethren to remember that Freemasonry , if properly understood , had a tendency to make men better than they were before they had a knowledge of its principles . If these were properly carried out , the brethren need never be ashamed of having their inner
life looked into . He trusted one and all would endeavour to carry out those principles in the conduct of their Lodges as well as in private life . In response to the next toasfc—The Very Worshipful the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the P . ist Deputy Provincial Grand Masters , and Past Grand Officers of tho Province—Bro . Brownrigg remarked that ifc was always a pleasure for him to reply to this toasfc ,