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Lodges And Chapter Of Instruction.
A meeting was also held on Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., at the above address , when tlee w : re present Bros . M . Beedlc , W . M . ; H . Parker , S . W . ; T . Bowden , j . W . ; J . Paul , P . M ., Preceptor ; G . Hill , P . M ., Treas . ; T . VV . S . nale , P . M ., Sec ; J . Goldstein , S . D . ; II . Mullins , J . D . ; A . Leather , I . G . ; W . Proctor , Tyler ; and A . Zeppenfeld . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the lis * , meeting were read and cinfirmed . The ist section was worked by the W . M . The lodge was opened in
the Serond Degree , and Bro . Zeppenfeld being a candidate for raising , was duly examined ard entrusted . The lodge was opened in the Third Degree , and the ceremony of raiing rehearsed , Bro . Zi » openfeld acting as candidiate . The lodge was resumed to the First Degr'C . Tie W . M . rose for the first time , and dues were collected . At the record rising it was unanimously agreed that Bro . Parker , S . W .. be elected W . M . for thc ensuing week , and he appointed his ofiicers in rotation . A ballot for £ 5 5 s . beim * taken for our No . 2 Charitable Association , resulted in favour of Bro . T . A . Tidy . The lodsjc was then clos . d .
WHITTINGTON LODGE , No . SO 2 . The usual weekly meeting of this lodge was held at the Red Lion , Poppin's Court , Fleet-street , on Wednesday , the 25 th ult ., when the following brethren were present : Bros . Clarkson , W . M . ; Kobelt , S . W .: Kemp , J . W . ; Pauncefort , P . M ., Preceptor ; Collins , S . D . ; Day , I . D . ; Brown , l . G . j Tilt , P . M ., Sec . ; Pate , and H . Hewson .
The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Hewson acting as candidate . The ist Section was worked by Bro . Kobelt . Bro . Kobelt having been unanimously elected to occupy the chair at the next meeting , and all Masonic business being ended , the lodge was closed .
BLACKHEATH LODGE , No . 1320 . The weekly mectin •of the above lodge was held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Church-street , Cambenv-. ! , on Monday , the 27 th up ., when there were present Bros . "W . Dawson , P . M ., W . M . ; Cornford , S . W . ; Baker , J . W . ; Hy . Hardman , P . M ., acting Preceptor ; T . R . Cass , P . M ., Treas . ; C . II . Stone , P . M ., Sec ; E . A . Rice , Asst . Sec ; Sobel , S . D . ; Wal . Jeffery , J . D . ; Brambleby , I . G . ; Lake , Tvler ; R . J . Richards , Mears , Morris , Hobley , Robinson , Ballard , Hurley , Beecroft , Le Cren , H . C . TurnerFaull , Hill , and Elgar .
, The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bros . Mears and Morris being the candidates . Bro . Wm . Dawson , P . M ., vacated the chair in favour of Bro . Mears , who opened t ' . e lodge in the Second Degree , and Bro . Morris offered himself as a candidate to be raised , answered thc usual questions , was entrusted and retired . The lodge was opened in the Third Degree , and Bro , Morris raised in due form . The lodge was regularly closed to the First Degree . Bro . R . P . Morris , 7 SS , was elected a joining member . After " Hearty good wishes , " the lodge was closed .
ISLINGTON LODGE , No . 1471 . The usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 2 Sth ultimo , at thc Cock Tavern , Highbury , when there were present Bros . W . Rapley , W . M . ; A . F . Hardyment , S . W . ; V . J . R . Longman , J . W . j W . Hancock , P . M ., Preceptor ; J . Petch , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . Herts , Treas . ; C . M . Coxon , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Herts , and J . Duncan , P . M ., Sees . ; J . E . Thomas , S . D . ; W . F . Roberts , *| . D . H . R . Bower , I . C ; G . Gregory , P . M . ; C . T . Rayner , C . W . Rayner , A . L . Langton , S . Cload , VV . Goring , W . Aldridge , E . J . Harrison , F . Tl . Johnson , and R . P . Upton ,
P . M . The lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . The lodge was then opened in the Second and Third Degrees , and the ceremony of raising rehearsed , Bro . Johnson being the candidate . The ceremony of passing was afterwards rehearsed , Bro . Harrison being the candidate . Bro . Hardyment was elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and appointed the officers in rotation . The lodge was then closed .
HUGH OWEN LODGE , No . 2593 . The usual weekly meeting was held at the Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , on Friday , the 24 th ult ., when the following were present : Bros . Marks , W . M . ; Ramsbottom , S . W . ; Lewis , J . W . ; Cooper , S . D . ; Ball , J . D . ; Read , I . C ; Shelton , W . M ., acting Preceptor ; Kobelt , acting Sec . ; Ridgway , and Barnett .
The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Ridgway acting as thc candidate . The W . M . relinquished the chair in favour of Bro . Shelton , who rehearsed the ceremony of installation . The W . M . resumed the chair and rehearsed the ceremony of passing , Bro . Barnett acting as the candidate . A hearty vote of thanks having heen accorded to Bros . Marks and Shelton forthe able manner of their working , and all M isonic business being ended , the lodge was closed .
LOGIC CLUB . 'J'he members of this well-known club will reassemble after the vacation at the Club 1 louse , Cavendish Rooms , Mortimer-street , W ., at 11 . 15 a . m ., on Sunday , the 3 rd , inst ., It has been arranged to rehearse the ceremony of raising . The Preceptor , Bro . Robert Manuel , P . M .. will occupy the chair of K . S ., and will be assisted by the undermentioned officers : Bro . Wm . Thomas , P . M ., as I . P . M . ; J . Percy Fitzgerald , P . M ., as S . W . ;
R . D . Cummings , P . M ., as J . W . ; J . | . Thomas , P . M ., P . G . S . B ., as S . D .-, J . Morrison McLeod , P . M ., P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . B ., as J . D . ; W . J . Rowe , P . M ., as I . G . ; and Dr . Spicer , as Tyler . Bro . A . G . Duck , P . M ., will be the candidate . A proposition will be made to inaugurate a new Charities Association . The members of the Logic Club have already subscribed £ 2000 to the Masonic Charities , and the present m : mbers desire to fully maintain and extend this honoured record .
STAR CHAPTER , No . 1273 . A meeting was held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Church-street , Camberevell , S . E ,, on Friday , the 24 th ult . Present : Comps . T . Grummant , P . Z ., Preceptor , M . E . Z . ; Derham , IL ; Wm . Dawson , J . ; C . II . Stone , P . Z ., S . E . ; Cureton , P . Z ., S . N . j Elgar , P . S . ; Hy . Hardman , Lewis , Frampton , Witty , Loader , Hill , Eckersall , VV . Wills , and J . Lightfoot . The chapter was regularly opened by the Principals and Past Principals . The
minutes of the previous weekly convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was reheated , Comp . Witty personating the candidate . The installation of II . was rehearsed by Comp . Wills , Comp . J , Lightfoot being installed . Comp . Wills received the hearty congratulations for so ably rehearsing the ceremony for the first time . The chapter was placed at the disposal of the M . E . Z . of the Sterndile Bennett Chapter for the next meeting . After " Hearty good wishes " the chapter was closed .
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BRO . J OHN B „ CUMMING , P . M ., P . Z ., P . G . B . B . S . M . Not a few brethren , both American and English , will bo grieved to learn ol the decease of Bro . Cumming , who has for many years played a leading part wherever Masons hailing from " the other side " were present . Bro . dimming was a founekr of the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 21111 , anel connected with
most , if not all , tlio Masonic Associations that have had their birth in connection Iherew ' . th . Some years ago , also , when it was fell that the great increase of American Masons in London warranted the formation ot another Anglo-American lodge , which took the name " Columbia , " Bro . Cumming threw in his lot with it , and became thc first Treasurer , a post he held until his death . Our brother had been in failing health for live or six years , but thc rest gained by his retire-
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ment from active business somewhat relieved the strain , and it was hoped that complete restoration of health would follow . Providence , however , his willed it otherwise , and he died on Tuesday , the 14 th ultimo . Bro . Cumming was of a Pennsylvanian Quaker family , anil his bearing and habits were very characteristic of the traditions of his people . He also took considerable interest in the affairs of the Huguenot Society , of London , and of the French Church , Soho-square , of which latter he was an office-bearer at the time of his death . His remains were
cremated , by his own desire , at Woking , on Iuesday , the 2 ist ult ., and the ashes were afterwards laid in the tomb of his first wife in the cemetery at Norwood . Our late brother leaves a widow and a little son to join with many brethren and friends on both sides of the Atlantic in mourning his loss . The funeral at Woking was attended by Bros . Jessurun , P . M . 2397 ; VV . J . Spratling , P . M ., Sec .: Col . J . L . Taylor , Past Deputy District Grand Master and Past Grand Scribe E . of Florida ; and other brethren , whose memory will long preserve the recollection of a singularly quiet , undemonstrative , but fervent and faithful friend .
BRO . THOMAS HOLLAND , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . D . C . Suffolk . A short while since wc announced brielly the death of Bro . Thomas Holland , a most worthy and able member of our Society of upwards of 30 years' standing , whom misfortune overtook during the closing years of his life , and who found himself , after completing more than the allotted three score years and ten , under the necessity of offering himself as a candidate for the benefits of the Royal Alasonic
Benevolent Institution . There is yery little reason to doubt that hael he been spared lo prosecute his canvass he would have been elected a recipient of those benefits , but death has put an end lo all his sorrows and difficulties , and to those who knew him there remains only thc memory of the good work he accomplished as a Mason . Bro . Holland was initiated as far back as the 5 th April , 1864 , in the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 , and in 1 S 71 was installed in the chair of Master . In
the interval between his initiation and installation he took the leading part in founding the Stour Valley Lodge , No . 1224 , Sudbury , in the Province of Suffolk , and for his services as Worshipful Master during the first term of its existence was honoured with the appointment of Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies of Suffolk . He also had a hand in founding the St . Ambrose Lodge , No . 1 S 91 , and served the office of Secretary from its
foundation in iS 36 to 1 S 93 . In Royal Arch Masonry he was a P . Z . of St . Ambrose Chapter , No . 1 S 91 , and a founder of the Martyn Chapter , No . 1224 , while he was also a Mark Mason , and had been perfected Rose Croix , \ S ° , in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . As regards our Charities , h ; was a Life Governor of both our Scholastic Institutions . For years he had been a great sufferer from gout and asthma , and owing to this cause he was ultimately obliged to give up his
business , and become dependent on others . But Bro . Holland did not confine his attention to the ordinary duties of the lodge and chapter . He devoted much of his leisure to the study of the more abstruse matters connected with the Craft , and placed the result of his inquiries before the brethren in the shape of lectures . Subsequently , at the request of his more intimate friends , these lectures were
published in book form , and appeared in 1885 under the title of " Freemasonry from the Great Pyramid of Ancient Times . " The book is well worth reading , and the student , whether he feels inclined to accept or reject our late brother ' s theories , cannot help discovering in the pages of his work much matter for serious consideration . Bro . Holland , at the time of his death , was in the 75 th year of his age .
BRO . A . F . LAMETTE , P . M ., P . Z . Very many London Masons as well as the inhabitants of both Hove and Brig hton will deeply regret to hear of the death of Bro . Alphonse Fortune Lamette , of Dudley Mansions , Lansdowne Place , Hove . He had recently somewhat declined in health , and for several months past had suffered from his heart . Within the past few days it was seen that he was gradually sinking , and he
passed away about a quarter-past one o ' clock on Thursday , the 23 rd ultimo , very calmly and very peacefully , in his 63 rd year . Bro . Lamette was for a great number of years a resident in Hove . In his early days he was a tutor to the great schools of Brighton , and at the same time possessed extraordinary business ability . To the latter is due the fine boarding establishment , the Dudley Mansions , Lansdowne Place , which he founded many years ago .
He was passionately devoted to Masonry , in which he was one of the most conspicuous figures in the Province ot Sussex . Another cause with which he closely identified himself was that of the Reformed French Church , Regency-square , and the French Church , Soho-square , W . In reality he was the chief pillar of the former community , and no matter what difficulty he had to contend with , his devotion never faltered , but rather increased . Altogether he was a man whose
work and influence have been very great and noble , and he will be widely and truly mourned . Our Bro . Lamette was well-known in the various Degrees of Masonry as practised in London . He was a Provincial Grand Officer of Sussex , M . E . Z . of the Lennox R . A . Chapter , and a Past Grand Visitor of the Order of the Secret Monitor . He was a member of the La France Lodge and of
every other similar organisation that had jto do with France or Frenchmen . He was also a Vice-President of the Girls' School , Life Governor of the Boys ' School , and a supporter of the Benevolent Institution . The funeral took place on Monday , thc 27 th ult ., in thc Extra Mural Cemetery , Brighton . The see ie at his grave was most impressive ; more than 100 of the best known Masons of Bri ghton assembling to do honour to his memory .
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Lodges And Chapter Of Instruction.
A meeting was also held on Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., at the above address , when tlee w : re present Bros . M . Beedlc , W . M . ; H . Parker , S . W . ; T . Bowden , j . W . ; J . Paul , P . M ., Preceptor ; G . Hill , P . M ., Treas . ; T . VV . S . nale , P . M ., Sec ; J . Goldstein , S . D . ; II . Mullins , J . D . ; A . Leather , I . G . ; W . Proctor , Tyler ; and A . Zeppenfeld . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the lis * , meeting were read and cinfirmed . The ist section was worked by the W . M . The lodge was opened in
the Serond Degree , and Bro . Zeppenfeld being a candidate for raising , was duly examined ard entrusted . The lodge was opened in the Third Degree , and the ceremony of raiing rehearsed , Bro . Zi » openfeld acting as candidiate . The lodge was resumed to the First Degr'C . Tie W . M . rose for the first time , and dues were collected . At the record rising it was unanimously agreed that Bro . Parker , S . W .. be elected W . M . for thc ensuing week , and he appointed his ofiicers in rotation . A ballot for £ 5 5 s . beim * taken for our No . 2 Charitable Association , resulted in favour of Bro . T . A . Tidy . The lodsjc was then clos . d .
WHITTINGTON LODGE , No . SO 2 . The usual weekly meeting of this lodge was held at the Red Lion , Poppin's Court , Fleet-street , on Wednesday , the 25 th ult ., when the following brethren were present : Bros . Clarkson , W . M . ; Kobelt , S . W .: Kemp , J . W . ; Pauncefort , P . M ., Preceptor ; Collins , S . D . ; Day , I . D . ; Brown , l . G . j Tilt , P . M ., Sec . ; Pate , and H . Hewson .
The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Hewson acting as candidate . The ist Section was worked by Bro . Kobelt . Bro . Kobelt having been unanimously elected to occupy the chair at the next meeting , and all Masonic business being ended , the lodge was closed .
BLACKHEATH LODGE , No . 1320 . The weekly mectin •of the above lodge was held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Church-street , Cambenv-. ! , on Monday , the 27 th up ., when there were present Bros . "W . Dawson , P . M ., W . M . ; Cornford , S . W . ; Baker , J . W . ; Hy . Hardman , P . M ., acting Preceptor ; T . R . Cass , P . M ., Treas . ; C . II . Stone , P . M ., Sec ; E . A . Rice , Asst . Sec ; Sobel , S . D . ; Wal . Jeffery , J . D . ; Brambleby , I . G . ; Lake , Tvler ; R . J . Richards , Mears , Morris , Hobley , Robinson , Ballard , Hurley , Beecroft , Le Cren , H . C . TurnerFaull , Hill , and Elgar .
, The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bros . Mears and Morris being the candidates . Bro . Wm . Dawson , P . M ., vacated the chair in favour of Bro . Mears , who opened t ' . e lodge in the Second Degree , and Bro . Morris offered himself as a candidate to be raised , answered thc usual questions , was entrusted and retired . The lodge was opened in the Third Degree , and Bro , Morris raised in due form . The lodge was regularly closed to the First Degree . Bro . R . P . Morris , 7 SS , was elected a joining member . After " Hearty good wishes , " the lodge was closed .
ISLINGTON LODGE , No . 1471 . The usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 2 Sth ultimo , at thc Cock Tavern , Highbury , when there were present Bros . W . Rapley , W . M . ; A . F . Hardyment , S . W . ; V . J . R . Longman , J . W . j W . Hancock , P . M ., Preceptor ; J . Petch , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . Herts , Treas . ; C . M . Coxon , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Herts , and J . Duncan , P . M ., Sees . ; J . E . Thomas , S . D . ; W . F . Roberts , *| . D . H . R . Bower , I . C ; G . Gregory , P . M . ; C . T . Rayner , C . W . Rayner , A . L . Langton , S . Cload , VV . Goring , W . Aldridge , E . J . Harrison , F . Tl . Johnson , and R . P . Upton ,
P . M . The lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . The lodge was then opened in the Second and Third Degrees , and the ceremony of raising rehearsed , Bro . Johnson being the candidate . The ceremony of passing was afterwards rehearsed , Bro . Harrison being the candidate . Bro . Hardyment was elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and appointed the officers in rotation . The lodge was then closed .
HUGH OWEN LODGE , No . 2593 . The usual weekly meeting was held at the Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , on Friday , the 24 th ult ., when the following were present : Bros . Marks , W . M . ; Ramsbottom , S . W . ; Lewis , J . W . ; Cooper , S . D . ; Ball , J . D . ; Read , I . C ; Shelton , W . M ., acting Preceptor ; Kobelt , acting Sec . ; Ridgway , and Barnett .
The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Ridgway acting as thc candidate . The W . M . relinquished the chair in favour of Bro . Shelton , who rehearsed the ceremony of installation . The W . M . resumed the chair and rehearsed the ceremony of passing , Bro . Barnett acting as the candidate . A hearty vote of thanks having heen accorded to Bros . Marks and Shelton forthe able manner of their working , and all M isonic business being ended , the lodge was closed .
LOGIC CLUB . 'J'he members of this well-known club will reassemble after the vacation at the Club 1 louse , Cavendish Rooms , Mortimer-street , W ., at 11 . 15 a . m ., on Sunday , the 3 rd , inst ., It has been arranged to rehearse the ceremony of raising . The Preceptor , Bro . Robert Manuel , P . M .. will occupy the chair of K . S ., and will be assisted by the undermentioned officers : Bro . Wm . Thomas , P . M ., as I . P . M . ; J . Percy Fitzgerald , P . M ., as S . W . ;
R . D . Cummings , P . M ., as J . W . ; J . | . Thomas , P . M ., P . G . S . B ., as S . D .-, J . Morrison McLeod , P . M ., P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . B ., as J . D . ; W . J . Rowe , P . M ., as I . G . ; and Dr . Spicer , as Tyler . Bro . A . G . Duck , P . M ., will be the candidate . A proposition will be made to inaugurate a new Charities Association . The members of the Logic Club have already subscribed £ 2000 to the Masonic Charities , and the present m : mbers desire to fully maintain and extend this honoured record .
STAR CHAPTER , No . 1273 . A meeting was held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Church-street , Camberevell , S . E ,, on Friday , the 24 th ult . Present : Comps . T . Grummant , P . Z ., Preceptor , M . E . Z . ; Derham , IL ; Wm . Dawson , J . ; C . II . Stone , P . Z ., S . E . ; Cureton , P . Z ., S . N . j Elgar , P . S . ; Hy . Hardman , Lewis , Frampton , Witty , Loader , Hill , Eckersall , VV . Wills , and J . Lightfoot . The chapter was regularly opened by the Principals and Past Principals . The
minutes of the previous weekly convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was reheated , Comp . Witty personating the candidate . The installation of II . was rehearsed by Comp . Wills , Comp . J , Lightfoot being installed . Comp . Wills received the hearty congratulations for so ably rehearsing the ceremony for the first time . The chapter was placed at the disposal of the M . E . Z . of the Sterndile Bennett Chapter for the next meeting . After " Hearty good wishes " the chapter was closed .
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BRO . J OHN B „ CUMMING , P . M ., P . Z ., P . G . B . B . S . M . Not a few brethren , both American and English , will bo grieved to learn ol the decease of Bro . Cumming , who has for many years played a leading part wherever Masons hailing from " the other side " were present . Bro . dimming was a founekr of the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 21111 , anel connected with
most , if not all , tlio Masonic Associations that have had their birth in connection Iherew ' . th . Some years ago , also , when it was fell that the great increase of American Masons in London warranted the formation ot another Anglo-American lodge , which took the name " Columbia , " Bro . Cumming threw in his lot with it , and became thc first Treasurer , a post he held until his death . Our brother had been in failing health for live or six years , but thc rest gained by his retire-
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ment from active business somewhat relieved the strain , and it was hoped that complete restoration of health would follow . Providence , however , his willed it otherwise , and he died on Tuesday , the 14 th ultimo . Bro . Cumming was of a Pennsylvanian Quaker family , anil his bearing and habits were very characteristic of the traditions of his people . He also took considerable interest in the affairs of the Huguenot Society , of London , and of the French Church , Soho-square , of which latter he was an office-bearer at the time of his death . His remains were
cremated , by his own desire , at Woking , on Iuesday , the 2 ist ult ., and the ashes were afterwards laid in the tomb of his first wife in the cemetery at Norwood . Our late brother leaves a widow and a little son to join with many brethren and friends on both sides of the Atlantic in mourning his loss . The funeral at Woking was attended by Bros . Jessurun , P . M . 2397 ; VV . J . Spratling , P . M ., Sec .: Col . J . L . Taylor , Past Deputy District Grand Master and Past Grand Scribe E . of Florida ; and other brethren , whose memory will long preserve the recollection of a singularly quiet , undemonstrative , but fervent and faithful friend .
BRO . THOMAS HOLLAND , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . D . C . Suffolk . A short while since wc announced brielly the death of Bro . Thomas Holland , a most worthy and able member of our Society of upwards of 30 years' standing , whom misfortune overtook during the closing years of his life , and who found himself , after completing more than the allotted three score years and ten , under the necessity of offering himself as a candidate for the benefits of the Royal Alasonic
Benevolent Institution . There is yery little reason to doubt that hael he been spared lo prosecute his canvass he would have been elected a recipient of those benefits , but death has put an end lo all his sorrows and difficulties , and to those who knew him there remains only thc memory of the good work he accomplished as a Mason . Bro . Holland was initiated as far back as the 5 th April , 1864 , in the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 , and in 1 S 71 was installed in the chair of Master . In
the interval between his initiation and installation he took the leading part in founding the Stour Valley Lodge , No . 1224 , Sudbury , in the Province of Suffolk , and for his services as Worshipful Master during the first term of its existence was honoured with the appointment of Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies of Suffolk . He also had a hand in founding the St . Ambrose Lodge , No . 1 S 91 , and served the office of Secretary from its
foundation in iS 36 to 1 S 93 . In Royal Arch Masonry he was a P . Z . of St . Ambrose Chapter , No . 1 S 91 , and a founder of the Martyn Chapter , No . 1224 , while he was also a Mark Mason , and had been perfected Rose Croix , \ S ° , in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . As regards our Charities , h ; was a Life Governor of both our Scholastic Institutions . For years he had been a great sufferer from gout and asthma , and owing to this cause he was ultimately obliged to give up his
business , and become dependent on others . But Bro . Holland did not confine his attention to the ordinary duties of the lodge and chapter . He devoted much of his leisure to the study of the more abstruse matters connected with the Craft , and placed the result of his inquiries before the brethren in the shape of lectures . Subsequently , at the request of his more intimate friends , these lectures were
published in book form , and appeared in 1885 under the title of " Freemasonry from the Great Pyramid of Ancient Times . " The book is well worth reading , and the student , whether he feels inclined to accept or reject our late brother ' s theories , cannot help discovering in the pages of his work much matter for serious consideration . Bro . Holland , at the time of his death , was in the 75 th year of his age .
BRO . A . F . LAMETTE , P . M ., P . Z . Very many London Masons as well as the inhabitants of both Hove and Brig hton will deeply regret to hear of the death of Bro . Alphonse Fortune Lamette , of Dudley Mansions , Lansdowne Place , Hove . He had recently somewhat declined in health , and for several months past had suffered from his heart . Within the past few days it was seen that he was gradually sinking , and he
passed away about a quarter-past one o ' clock on Thursday , the 23 rd ultimo , very calmly and very peacefully , in his 63 rd year . Bro . Lamette was for a great number of years a resident in Hove . In his early days he was a tutor to the great schools of Brighton , and at the same time possessed extraordinary business ability . To the latter is due the fine boarding establishment , the Dudley Mansions , Lansdowne Place , which he founded many years ago .
He was passionately devoted to Masonry , in which he was one of the most conspicuous figures in the Province ot Sussex . Another cause with which he closely identified himself was that of the Reformed French Church , Regency-square , and the French Church , Soho-square , W . In reality he was the chief pillar of the former community , and no matter what difficulty he had to contend with , his devotion never faltered , but rather increased . Altogether he was a man whose
work and influence have been very great and noble , and he will be widely and truly mourned . Our Bro . Lamette was well-known in the various Degrees of Masonry as practised in London . He was a Provincial Grand Officer of Sussex , M . E . Z . of the Lennox R . A . Chapter , and a Past Grand Visitor of the Order of the Secret Monitor . He was a member of the La France Lodge and of
every other similar organisation that had jto do with France or Frenchmen . He was also a Vice-President of the Girls' School , Life Governor of the Boys ' School , and a supporter of the Benevolent Institution . The funeral took place on Monday , thc 27 th ult ., in thc Extra Mural Cemetery , Brighton . The see ie at his grave was most impressive ; more than 100 of the best known Masons of Bri ghton assembling to do honour to his memory .
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