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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Committee that had charge of the arrangements at the recent Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys must be extremely gratified at the testimony which the Prince of Wales as Chairman on that occasion , has borne to the admirable manner in which the preparations were made and carried out . A SATURDAY , J ULY 2 , 18 9 8 .

'letter from his Royal Highness was read at the meeting of the Council on Friday , the 24 th ult ., in which he pronounced the meeting as a successful one from every point of view . The letter will be found appended to the report of the Council meeting in another column .

* » * It is to be regretted that the weather on Saturday last was not more favourable for out-door sports . But in spite of this drawback , which no doubt had the effect

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of diminishing the attendance , pretty nearly the whole of the programme that had been arranged was carried out . There was no Gymnastic Display and no Tug of War , as the grass was too wet , but with these exceptions everything passed off satisfactorily , and the

School is to be congratulated on the good form which most of the competitors exhibited . A full report of the results in the several contests is published elsewhere . * » v

The summer Quarterly Courts of the Governors and Subscribers of our two scholastic Institutions will be held at Freemasons' Hall next week , that of the Royal Masonic Institution forGirls being appointed for Thursday , the 7 th inst ., at 12 noon , and that of the Institution

for Boys on the following day at 4 p . m . The business at both meetings will include , as usual , the announcement of the lists for the October elections and the declaration of the vacancies then to be competed for . » # #

The Stewards of the Festival , which was held on Tuesday , the 22 nd February , in behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , paid their accustomed visit to the Asylum at Croydon , on Friday , tfie 24 th ult . Among those present were Bros . John Newton , F . R . A . S ., P . G . P ., who presided as Chairman ; James

Terry , P . G . S . B ., Secretary of the Institution ; H . ] . Strong , P . A . G . D . C , Hon . Consulting Physician to the Institution ; and Walter Gladding , who acted as Vice-Chairman , together with Miss Terry , Bro . J . M . and Mrs . Campbell , Bro . and Mrs . . A . Mullord , Bro . W . and Mrs . Webber , Bros . Griffiths , Mustart , Collison , Colsell , and others .

* * The visitors w ere delighted with all they saw and the inmates were equally pleased to receive the visitors . In the course of the afternoon luncheon was served , and Bro . Newton , who presided , gave the only two toasts which are honoured on these occasions , namely

The Queen , and Success to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , " to the latter of which Bro . James Terry replied in a very eloquent speech . In the course of the proceedings , a most excellent selection of music was very ably carried out by the Croydon Town Band .

* * * Bro . the Very Rev . Dean Hole is most heartily to be congratulated on the success ot the Masonic gathering in Rochester Cathedral on Saturday , the 25 th ult . Our Very Rev . brother had a double object in view in planning it . Firstly , he was desirous of

commemorating his initiation into Freemasonry 56 years ago and his appointment last year to the high office of Grand Chaplain of United Grand Lodge , and secondly he had in view to inaugurate a fund for the erection of a new Tower to the sacred edifice he is so intimately associated with and loves so well , in place of the present " unsightly '' tower . It is estimated that the

new Tower , which will be known as " The Freemasons ' Tower , " will cost some „ 5 ooo , and it is to be hoped that from the known energy of the Dean and the splendid liberality which the brethren generally have invariably extended towards such projects the scheme will be as successfully carried through as was the gathering on Saturday last .

» » » There was , as may well be supposed , a large attendance of the brethren , amongst them being Bros , the Earl of Lathom , G . C . B ., Pro G . M . ; Earl Amherst , Deputy G . M ., and Prov . G . M . of Kent ; Earl Egerton of Ta' . ton , Prov . G . M . of Cheshire ; Lord Harlech ,

Prov . G . M . of North Wales ; Lieut .-Col . Clifford Probyn , G . Treas . ; E . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; Thomas Fenn , P . G . W ., Acting G . Director of Ceremonies , who was assisted by Bro . J . D . Langton , P . D . G . D . C . ; the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor ( Bro . Alderman Davies ,

M . P . ) and the Sheriffs ( Bros . Alderman Green and Dewar ) of London ; the Mayors of Rochester and Chatham , and many others of rank in the Province of Kent ; the members present being set down as about a thousand .

* * * The service was a most impressive one and chiefly musical , the organ being seconded by the massed bands of the Royal Engineers and Royal Marines from Chatham . A shortened form of evensong with special psalms and anthems was followad by a brief but eloquent sermon by the Dean , on the text " Charity

edifieth , " in which he appealed to all present to give a generous support to tho fund . Fro . n first to last there was no hitch in the arrangements , and when all was over , the holders of tickets for the service were entertained by Bro . the Dean and Mrs . Hole at an " At Home " in the Deanery and the grounds in which it stands .

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It is with very deep regret that we have heard , just at the moment of going to press , of the death , after a long and painful illness , of Bro . A . A . Pendlebury , Past Asst . G . Sec , and Asst . G . Scribe E . We shall publish next week a full account of his valuable services , but in the meantime , we tender to his family and numerous friends our sincere sympathy in the loss they have sustained .

* * * There is now rarely a year that passes but our Royal Masonic Institution for Girls at Battersea Rise attracts to it sundry visitors of greater or less distinction . On Monday the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor of London ( Bro . Alderman Davies , M . P . ) and the Lady

Mayoress , with the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs , visited the School in State , and had the pleasure of witnessing the girls' calisthenic exercises , and it is needless to say that the manner in which they went through them was in the highest degree appreciated , as also was the singing which formed part . of the extemporised entertainment . Before leaving , the Lord Mayor and Lady

Mayoress expressed in the warmest terms the pleasure they had experienced , and thanked the House Committee for the welcome they had received . Bros . Ralph Clutton ( Chairman ) , Sir J . B . Monckton , Frank Richardson , J . H . Matthews , and C . Hammerton , of the House Committee , were in attendance . * * *

We congratulate Comp . J . Balfour Cockburn on his appointment to the office of Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masonry in the Province of Guernsey and Alderney . It was only last week that we published an account of the consecration of the St . Sampson ' s Chapter , attached to Lodge No . 2598 , bearing the same name , and as there were already two chapters in

existence , his Royal Highness , the Grand Z ., has thought well to elect Guernsey and Alderney into a Royal Arch Province , with Comp . Cockburn , who has presided so successfully over Craft Masonry as Prov . Grand Master for the last four years as the first Grand Superintendent . We doubt not that under his auspices the Royal Arch will prosper exceedingly .

* « . ? Among the special lodges which have been constituted latterly in the Metropolitan district , there is none that is better calculated to strengthen the Craft than the Jubilee Masters' Lodge , No . 2712 , which it was the privilege of the Grand Secretary to inaugurate on

Monday , the 20 th ultimo . It is intended that only those brethren shall be eligible as members who at the time of their being proposed are Worshipful Masters of lodges in the London district , and , as the number of founders was 75 , there is very little reason to doubt its being a success . At all events , the greatest interest

was taken in the proceedings of the inaugural meeting , there being as many as 230 brethren present , all . of whom , with a solitary exception , had attained to the rank of Installed Master . The first Master is Bro . Alderman W . Vaughan Morgan , P . G . Treasurer , who , in addition to being a P . M . of many years' standing of

the Burlington Lodge , No . 96 , was early in last year installed as first W . M . of the Christ's Hospital Lodge , No . 2650 , and to whose ability and experience Bro . Thomas Fenn bore willing testimony in the speech in which he proposed his health . » * *

As regards the lodge itself , it will , in the first place , be a reminder to the brethren for all time of the grand events of last year , when the 60 th anniversary of the accesion to the throne of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen was celebrated with the greatest loyalty and respect throughout the length and breadth of

her vast empire . I n the next place , there is no other lodge in London , or , indeed , on the ^ roll of United Grand Lodge which is so likely , as we have before suggested , to g ive stability to Freemasonry . The membership being restricted to installed Masters , there will , of course , be no initiations , while as regards the influence

it is calculated to exercise , there will be , we presume , no limit as to the number of members , except such as the lodge itself may see fit to impose . Thus , as every member will be a brother of ability and experience in lodge work , and as there will be no ceremonies of initiation , passing and raising to occupy thc time of the meeting , the lodge will be able to devote itself to the

other duties of Freemasonry . Above all , it will be in a position to encourage the other lodges to still greater devotion to the interests of our Order . Its first duty , as our Rev . Brother Brownrigg pointed out in his oration at the constitution of the lodge , was " to be loyal Masons , " and "then , " he added , "this lodge could not fail to be a power . " »

There is an incident in connection with the inauguraof this lodge which must not be passed over in silence . There is no doubt that to Bro . J . D . Langton , Past D . G . D . C , is in great measure due thc success of the preliminary arrangements , and the lodge hiving been

constituted and fully organised lost no time in recognising the services rendered it by that brother . Accordingly a modest testimonial was presented to him , and Bro . Langton , in brief but k ndly terms , acknowledged the courteous presentation .