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SATUEDAY , 25 TH AUGUST 1894 .

Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

THE Quarterly meeting oi tne Board oi Masters and the Monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence were held on Wednesday evening , in the Board Boom , Freemasons' Hall . Brother James Brett P . G . P . Senior Vice-President , occupied the President ' s chair , in the regretted absence through illness of Brother Eobert Grey the President . Major-General Frederick Gadsden Grand Sword Bearer took the Senior Vice-President ' s chair , and Brother Samuel Cochrane Past Grand

Treasurer occupied the chair of Junior Vice-President , in the unavoidable absence of Brother C . A . Cottebrune . The other Brethren present were E . Letchworth G . S ., A . A . Pendlebury Assistant G . S ., W . H . Lee , Neville Green , William Vincent , S . Vallentine , William Fisher , Henry Garrod , Henry Maudslay P . G . D ., William P .

Brown , T . W . Whitmarsh , George E . Langley , S . H . Goldschmidt , George Graveley , Eobert A . Gowan , S . V . Abraham , Eichard Eve , Walter Martin , Eev . J . S . Brownrigg , Thomas Minstrel , Lieut-Col . John Edward Ewer , George E . Fairchild , H . Massey , W . F . Lamonby , A . A . Nottingham , George Corbie , C . H . Webb , T . Ladd . John Glass . Eabh M . Gatliff . Charles E . Collins .

Frederick Weir Pritchard , William George Poole , Dr . Mickley , J . W . Burgess , Charles Schmidt , T . F . Knibb , W . F . Keddell , Thomas B . Cass , S . H . Bonner , Edwin Le Perque , Noble H . E . Livett , C . W . H . Jones , George Gardner , G . Solomon , A . Arrowsmith , A . G . Duck , A . J . Cave jun ., J . E . Owen and H . Sadler Grand Tyler . The paper of business to be transacted at the

Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge on 5 th September was submitted to the Board of Masters and passed . At the Board of Benevolence the first business was the confirmation of recommendations to the Grand Master made at the July meeting to the amount of £ 260 .

The new list contained the names of seventeen petitioners , who were qualified through Lodges in the London District , and at Chigwell , Connapore ( E . L ) , Nippon ( Japan ) , Preston , Millom , Cyprus , Bradford , Cawnpore , Keswick , Farnham , Liverpool , Malta , Portsmouth and Peshawur .

Out of this list three petitions were dismissed , and two deferred . The remainder had voted to them a total of £ 225 : —one case being recommended to Grand Lodge for £ 50 , and one to the Grand Master for £ 40 . Four grants were made of £ 20 each , one of £ 15 , three of £ 10 each , and two of £ 5 each .

The Silent Member.

THE SILENT MEMBER .

YOU have him in your Lodge . He is an indispensible adjunct to nearly all Lodges and fraternal Orders . He does not say

The Silent Member.

much , and probably could nofc make a speech to save his life , bufc what a thinker and worker he is . Put him on important committees that require deep thought and tact , and you may rest assured the Lodge interests will be carefully guarded . And then at the bedside of the sick and distressed member , how light his step , how effective his ministration to every want ; he seems to know

just what to do and when and how to do it . Again , when the Lodge gives a public entertainment you may not find his name on the programme as one of the participants destined to call forth by his eloquence or musical talents the plaudits of the crowd , but those beautiful fl oral decorations of the

hall caused him several hours hard work , and nobody stops to inquire or care who did it . Then , " after the ball , " while you are telling your friend how you admired that song by Brother Jones , or

that speech of Brother Smith ' s you never think of the silent , hardworking member who missed the entertainment because he was out in one of the ante-rooms in the meantime preparing thafc coffee and ice-cream you thought so delicious .

God bless the silent member , with his large heart and ready willing hand ; he is a credit and honour to any Lodge . Let nobody characterise him as a " stick" because he is not all the

time telling how this or that should be done . We have known men who were excellent talkers who were not worth the powder to blow them up with when placed on a committee . Long live the quiet member . — " Open Sesame . "

The Freemasons And Vanishing London.

THE FREEMASONS AND VANISHING LONDON .

To the Editor of the "Daily Graphic . " SIR , —Your interesting article and sketches on " Vanishing London , " and the oldest licensed house , in to-day ' s issue , brings to mind another old licensed house in St . Paul ' s Churchyard , now tenanfcless , and , I believe , shortly to be pulled down , namely , the

Goose and Gridiron . The old hostelry is historically connected with the Freemasons , for , as most reading members of the Order know , it was here , in the year 1717 , that Masonry was revived , and here the very first Grand Lodge of England—in fact , of the world—was founded . At that time there were only four Lodges working in

London , held , respectively , at the Goose and Gridiron , referred to ; the Crown , Parker ' s Lane , near Drury Lane ; the Apple Tree Tavern , Charles Street , Covent Garden ; and the Rummer and Grapes Tavern , Channel Row , Westminster . These four Lodges were the pioneers of English Freemasonry , and , to turn to an old

book , it is recorded : — " On St . John Baptist's Day , 1717 , the Assembly and Feast were held at the aforesaid Goose and Gridiron The oldest Master Mason , being in the chair , proposed a list of candidates , and the Brethren , by a majority of hands , elected Mr .

Anthony Sayer Grand Master of Masons , who was forthwith congratulated , invested , installed , and homaged , and then his worship commanded the Masters and Wardens of Lodges to meet the Grand Officers every quarter in communication , ab the place ho should appoint . " And I think I am correct in saying that the Goose and Gridiron is the last of these four old taverns . Yours faithfully , W . F . L . 20 th August .

"A Sprig Of Acacia. "

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

WE are sorry to announce the demise , at the age of 54 , of Bro . Eichard Booth P . M ., Moss Lane West , Manchester , which took place on the 17 th ult ., his death having been caused by the breaking of a blood vessel . Bro . Booth was initiated in the Eichmond Lodge , No . 1011 in March 1884 , and became Worshipful Master of the Ardwick Lodge , No . 2185 , in 1892 . His

sympathies were always very strong in favour of the latter Lodge , and during his mastership , in a spirit of self-abnegation , he took a course which would have made many a less respected man very unpopular ; he stopped the suppers , and by this means assisted materially in placing the Lodge in a satisfactory financial position . Bro . Booth was also a Companion of the Chapter of

Eectitude , No . 581 . He had for twenty-four years been a faithful servant in the employ of Messrs . Prince and Wharram , New Brown Street , Manchester , and at the funeral , which took place at the Southern Cemetery on the 19 th ult ., the firm was represented by one of the partners and some of the principal salesmen . Several Companions and Brethren were also present at the interment . Wreaths bearing suitable expressions of

sympathy with the bereaved family were forwarded from the Ardwick Lodge and the Eectitude Chapter . CAPTAIN HALL , of Porthcawl , after a very long and severe illness , passed away on Sunday morning . He had acted as sidesman at Porthcawl Church for many

years , and had been captain oi the Thames ior some time . He was a very well-known man , highly respected by all who knew him . He was a Freemason , and had been Treasurer oi the Foresters' Court ior many years .