The Craft Abroad.

The outgoing W . M ., in accordance with his right and in evident delight with his duty at length proceeded to install his successor , the offices in the lodge being taken by Past Masters , whence was delivered by each in part the usual addresses on such auspidous occasions . The W . M . opened the Board of Installed Masters with 47 present , and conducted unassisted the labour therein , at the conclusion of which he deservedly received the congratulations of many experienced and travelled brethren on the excellent manner the ceremony had been conducted . A numerous bevy of Grand Lodge Officers added lustre to the scene , while their dignified presence and support of

the lodge in the transaction of its business won the hearts of those abounding in the prejudices of home methods and customs . The officers appointed for the year next ensuing were Bros . S . Clifton Bingham , I P M . ; Geo . Ferguson , P . G . Stwd ., D . M . ; John Hudson , Chap . ; A . C . Hullett , SW . ; Ernest Gohns , J . W . ; W . V . Mauchlin , Sec . ; T . W . Hemsworth , Treas . ; H T . Whittingham , Org . ; T . H . Davies , S . D . ; H . Hopkinson , J . D . ; W . J . Watson , I . G . ; Geo . Glover , D . C . ; J . Robertson , E . W . Christiansen , and F . Knight ,

Stwds . ; and A . Gee , Tyler . These officers were invested by Bro . Andrews with appropriate remarks . At the conclusion of the ceremony and numerous balloting , Bro . A . R . Kirk , P . P . B . B ., presented the retiring Master with a very handsome Past Master ' s jewel subscribed for by the members . The proceedings of the lodge having terminated , all present were invited to attend at the large hall over the way where sufficient accommodation and good things were provided , and the customary loyal and appropriate toasts , as well as musical talent were honoured and appreciated .

The remark by the officers of Grand Lodge that the proceedings that evening were an object lesson , not only to the City lodges but to all in the Colony , will best convey the impression of the success of the lodge , while the especial unity of its Past Masters and members will prove a powerful auxiliary in their effort to mike this young lodge a symbol of zeal , progress , and goodfellowship .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday , the 7 th instant : The minutes of the last quarterly convocation to be read for confirmation . THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PURPOSES . ' To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the iSth October , 18 99 , to the 17 th January , 1 9 00 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows :

To Balance , Grand Chapter £ 1633 3 9 By Disbursements during the „ „ Unappropriated Quarter £ V 9 6 4 Account ... 248 16 o ,, Balance 1711 19 o „ Subsequent Receipts .. 504 18 7 „ „ Unappropriated Account ... 255 13 o £ 2386 18 4 £ 2386 iS 4

which balances are in the Bank of England , Law Courts Branch . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received the following petitions : ist , From Comps . William Norwood Cheesman as Z ., Thomas George Pursey Barlow as H ., Joseph Frederick Watson as J ., and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the St . Germains Lodge , No . 566 , to be called the Salebeia Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Rooms , The Crescent , Selby , Yorkshire .

2 nd , From Comps . John Kilham as Z ,, John Bowen Owen Evans as H ., John Whiteley as J ., and 20 others for a chapter to be attached to the Southern Cross Lodge , No . 1315 , to be called the Southern Cross Chapter , and to meet at Tooivoomba , Queensland . 3 rd , From Comps . William Hayman Cummings as Z ., . Williaii Henry Thomas as H ., William John Batho as J ., and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Guildhall School of Music Lodge , No . 2454 , to be called the Guildhall School of Music Chapter , and to meet at the Holborn Restaurant , London .

4 th , From Comps . the Right Honourable the Earl of Euston as Z ., the Right Honourable the Viscount Dungarvan as H ., Sir Joseph C . Dimsdale as J ., and eight others for a chapter to be attached to the Grafton Lodge , No . 2347 , to be called the Grafton Chapter , and to meet at the Mark Masons' Hall , London . The foregoing Petitions being regular , the Committee recommend that the

prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee have also received a memorial from Comps . William Gayton , Z . ; William Francis Darnell , H . ; Percy Fletcher Holmden , J . ; and the members of the Chapter of Hope and Unity , No . 214 , Chingford , for a charter of confirmation , the original charter having been lost .

The Committee , being satisfied with the reasonableness of the request , recommend that a charter of confirmation be granted . The Committee have likewise received memorials , with extracts of minutes , for permission to remove the following chapters : The Eliot Chapter , No . 1164 , from the Masonic Hall , St . Germains , to the Masonic Hall , Millbrook , Cornwall .

The Chaucer Chapter , No . 1540 , from the Bridge House Hotel to Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . The Derby Chapter , No . 1055 , from the Victoria Hotel , Manchester , to Chester Bank , Prestwich . The Committee being satisfied themselves of the reasonableness of the requests , recommend that the removal of these chapters be sa nctioned .

A memorial having been received from the Principals and companions of the Andrew Chapter , No . 8 34 , London , requesting that the name be altered to the Ranelagh Chapter , your Committee recommend that the request ( be acceded to , and the name of the chapter altered accordingly . Your Committee have also received a memorial from the Phrenix Chapter , No . 914 , Jamaica , ordered by the last Grand Chapter to be removed from the roll

of chapters , stating that the chapter had been resuscitated , prior to the action of Grand Chapter , coming to their knowledge , that Principals had been installed and several candidates exalted , for whom fees have been remitted , and praying that the chapter may be restored to its position , and your Committee having fully considered the explanations given by the chapter , recommend that under the peculiar circumstances of the case , the chapter be restored to its position on the roll .

( Signed ) GEORGE DAVID HARRIS , President Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , January 17 th , 1900 .

Instrction.

Instrction .

PROSPERITY LODGE , No . 65 . A meeting was held on Wednesday , the 31 st ult ., at the Wlnctington , s and 7 , Moor . |? nj . E . C . Present : Bros . D . Harlow , P . M ., Preceptor , W . M . ; J . Brown , P . M ., •J . W . ; J . G . Robeson , J . W . ; William Baker , P . M ., Asst . Preceptor ; James Smith , P . M ., Treas . ; H . T . Meadows , P . M ., Sec ; C . Butcher , P . M ., Asst . Sec . R . F . Roche , S . P . ; J . Collins , J . D . ; 0 , W . Rix , I . G . j S . J . Prevost , W . Ward

Instrction.

A . A . Jones , S . Weiss , W . G . Read , T . Stokes , C . P . O . Doherty , W . J . Nicholson , W . J . Lockett , J . Miller , and J . P . Bliss . The lodge was open ed in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Weiss acting as candidate . The lodge was then ope ned in the Second Degree , and the ceremony of installation

was rehearsed , Bro . J . Brown personating the W . M . elect . After the Preceptor had given the three addresses in a most impressive and able manner , Masonic drill was gone through by the brethren , and Bro . Brown closed downthe lodge . At the usual rising , thedues were collected , three brethren admitted as joining members , and the announcement made that Bro . C . P . O'Doherty had been elected to occupy the chair at the next meeting . " There being no further business , the lodge was closed .

HORNSEY CHAPTER , No . 890 . The above chapter held its usual weekly meeting at the Prince of Wales Hotel , Eastbourne-terrace , Bishops' -road , Paddington , W ., on Friday , the 26 th ult . There were present Comps . W . J . Ferguson , P . Z ., M . E . Z . ; R . Wright , M . E . Z . elect 890 , H . ; A . L . Butters , S . N . 890 , J . ; H . Dehane , P . Z . Sgo , P . P . G . P . S . Essex , S . E . ; H . Foskett , J . 1 S 5 , S . N . ; H . Armfield , P . S . 1642 , P . S . ; F . M . Marchant . 2 nd A . S .

890 , ist A . S . ; C Webster , S . N . 1642 ; and J . M . Huish , S . N . 185 . The chapter was opened , and the minutes of the last convocation read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Webster being the candidate . The M . E . Z . rose the usual number of times . A vote of thanks was pissed unanimously to Comp . Ferguson for the admirable manner he had rehearsed the duties of M . E . Z ., which complimented was duly acknowledged . He was afterwards elected M . E . Z . for to . day ( Friday . ) After " Hearty good wishes , " the chapter was closed .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . WALTER MARTIN , P . A . G . P . The funeral of Bro . Walter Martin , P . A . G . P ., whose death and Masonic services we recorded last week , took place on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., at Brockley Cemetery , in the presence of a gathering so large as in itself to be the most eloquent token of the esteem in which the deceased had been held by his brethren . The massive oaken coffin , which bore , besides a simple inscription , the square and compasses , was covered with wreaths , sent by lodges , brethren , and friends , and

many more , were borne in a car behind the hearse . The service was taken by Bro . the Rev . W . Harrison , Chaplain of Lodge No . 2410 , and of the St . Olave ' s Union Infirmary , who , in the course of an address delivered in the chapel , said that as the deceased , who was a true man , had raised many to the Third Degree on the Five Points of Fellowship , so they hoped that the Almighty would raise him to the Temple above . Whilst he was the representative of the brightest character the Craft had known , they knew that the Star of the East was shining

down upon him , and hoped that he was in the presence of the Bright and Morning Star . At the head of the grave , which was lined throughout with evergreens , the Masons dropped their sprigs of acacia , and , when the service concluded , sing the hymn " Abide with me . " The mourners were Mr . F . Martin ( brother ) , Bros . H . J . Harper , P . M . 8 79 ( brother-in-law ); Sykes , P . M . 1597 ; Beavis , P . M . 8 79 ; Mr . Leslie , Mr . Raymond Robertson , Dr . Stirling , and Bro . Wilkinson , P . M . 8 79 ; and among the hundreds of members of the Craft present were Bros . J . Leith ,

P . G . D . ; J . Morrison McLeod , P . G . Std . Br ., Sec . R . M . I . B . ; J . Terry , P . G . Std . Br ., Sec . R . M . B . L ; G . Graveley , P . A . G . Purst . ; J . Mason , P . G . Std . Br . ; H . J . Lardner , P . G . S . ; G . A . Pickering , P . G . S . ; Blenkiron , Prov . G . Treas . Middx . ; S . P . Catterson , P . P . G . Std . Br . Surrey ; J . P . Watts , P . P . G . Std . Br . Kent ; F . J . Eedle , P . P . S . G . W . Essex ; J . Etherington , P . P . G . D . Middx . ; W . S . Bunting , Prov . J . G . W . Essex , W . M . 2500 ; and many others . There were also present a large number of members of the Chough Musical Society , of which the deceased was a member .

BRO . E . J . GRUBB , P . M ., P . Z ., & c . On Monday afternoon , the 22 nd ult ., the remains of the late Bro . E . James Grubb were interred in Clifton churchyard , and the funeral was largely attended by Freemasons , amongst whom the deceased was a prominent member . Outside , as well as within , Masonic circles Bro . Grubb had won the esteem of many friends , and at the service at St . Augustine ' s Church , in College Green , Bristol , immediately preceding the funeral , there was a considerable muster . On the

arrival of the funeral party from the deceased's residence , they were met at the church gates by the officiating clergy , and Freemasons lined the path to the church doors , afterwards taking their places behind the mourners . The mourners were Mr . C . Grubb , Miss Grubb , Mr . H . Grubb , Mrs . Alfred Grubb , Mr . T . Grubb , Miss A . Grubb , Mr . W . Bamfield , Miss K . Grubb , Messrs . T . Bamfield , C . Grubb , F . Hattan , F . Trull , T . D . Jarrett , jun ., H . Wilkinson , J . Olive , W . K . Thomas , E . G . Machon , P . Johnson , J . Courtice . and F . R . Geary . The Masons included

representatives of neighbouring as well as Bristol lodges . From the deceased ' s lodge ( Royal Clarence , No . 68 ) there were present Bros . R . Coaffee , P . P . S . G . W . ; J . Gard , P . P . S . G . W . ; T . Webley , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; J . E . Jones , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; A . F . Villiers , P . G . S . ; G . J . Machon , I . P . M . ; F . Spofforth , P . M . ; W . Galpin , P . M . j T . H . Jennings , P . M . ; A . J . Hatton , P . M . ; C . Pfeiffer , P . M . ; C . Harris , Sec . ; H . J . Crispin , R . C . Smith , F . B . Turner , W . R . Maby , J . Hooper , A . R . Knee , T . Overhary , and others . The St . Keyna Lodge , No . 18 33 , with which

deceased was associated for many- years , was represented by Bros . T . Colenutt , J . W . ; W . A . Woodhill , and R . Q . Coleman ; and the members from the Eldon Lodge , No . 1755 , with which Bro . Grubb was connected for some time , were Bros . J . Stafford , S . W . ; C . J . Tonkin , J . W . ; H . W . Call , I . G ., and J . W . Roberts The clergy taking part in the service were the Vicar of St . Augustine ' s , the Rev . W . F . Yates Rooker , the curate , the Rev . G . W . Pitt , and Bro . the Rev . J . Fountaine , P . G . Chap . The Vicar recited the opening sentences , and the lesson

was read by Bro . the Rev . J . Fountaine , after which the hymn , "Peace , perfect peace , " was sung . Later , as the coffin was slowly carried from the church , the organist played the Dead March from " Saul . " The coffin , covered with beautiful wreaths , was conveyed on an open car to Clifton churchyard , where the service was concluded by the graveside . The body , upon which , at the request of our departed brother , was placed the clothing and jewel of the R . A . Degree , was enclosed in a coffin of polished elm , with heavy brass furniture , and the plate , on

which were engraved Masonic devices , bore the inscription , " Edward James Grubb , died January 17 th , 1 9 , aged 65 years . " Flowers arranged in the form of Masonic emblems , as well as wreaths , were sent , and amongst the inscriptions on the cards attached were the following : " From his devoted son and wife , " " Fondest love from his sorrowing children , " " Fondest love from his grandchildren Douglas and Kathleen , " " From Mr . and Mrs . W . C . Bamfield , " " Deep sympathy Canynges Lodge Mark Master Masons , " " Brethren of ths St . Keyna

Lodge , No . 1833 , " "Deep sympathy from Mr . William K . Thomas , " "A token of sympathy from the Worshipful Master , Past Masters , and brethren Colston Lodge , No . 610 , " " Loving memory from Bro . W . H . Parkes , " " Sincere sympathy from Mrs . Osborne and family . " Bro , Grubb was a member of the Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 68 , for many years , and passed the chair of K . S . several years ago , and he also passed the chair of M . E . Z . in the chapter attached to it .

He served the chair in the Mark Degree , and worked indefatigably in the lodge of instruction . He had Provincial honours in the Craft , in the Mark , and in the Royal Arch Degrees . Few brethren have worked so hard , and few brethren were so well known , in Freemasonry in and around Bristol as our brother who has just passed away . As a Masonic worker , as a pro tent , officer , he was ever willing , ever ready , and ever capable , His p lace will be hard to fill ,