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BRO . CORNELIUS COPE , W . M . 2192 . Bro . Cornelius Cope , W . M ., comes of a good Masonic stock , his father , the late Bro . Cornelius Horsey Cope , of Canonbury , having been a very old Mason , who was a member of the Temple Lodge , a founder of the Finsbury Lodge , and a Mark Mason . He has also two brothers in the Craft , one a foreign member of the Highbury Lodge , No . 2192 , and the other is a District Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Northern China . Our brother ( the W . M . ) was initiated in the Highbury Lodge , in March , 1888 , being the third initiate , and has served

every office in the lodge ; he is also a member of the Henniker Mark Lodge , in which he is the M . O . ; he is a life subscriber to each of the three Institutions , and is going up as Steward for the forthcoming festival of the Institution for Girls , in

May . As a Mason , he possesses a sound knowledge ot his duties , and is reputed to be perfect in the ritual . We beg to tender our hearty congratulations to Bro . C . Cope on the high position he holds , and to the members of the Highbury Lodge upon their good fortune in securing the services of so eloquent , so conscientious , and so industrious a Worshipful Master .

BRO . JOHN ARMSTRONG , W . M . of the Lodge of Charity , No . 2651 . Bro . John Armstrong was born in Cumberland , within a very short distance

of the border , where his family have resided for many generations , in the year 18 49 . He was initiated in the Lodge of Lights , No . 148 , in 18 73 , and , seeing little prospect of promotion in his mother lodge , of which he is still a member , he joined the Gilbert Greenall Lodge , No . 1250 , about the end of the same year .

and became its W . M . in 1877 . Removing to Liverpool in 1880 , he joined the termor Hesketh Lodge , No . 1350 , and in 1893 was installed its . W . M . He took a leading part in founding the Minerva-Lodge , No . 2433—an offshoot of the 'Juatuor Coronati Lodge , and of which Bro . Armstrong has also long been a corresponding member—and became its first Treasurer and second W . M- ; and , as

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will be seen elsewhere , he was installed on Monday , the 22 nd ult ., as first W . M . of No . 2651 . He is also a founder of the Liscard Lodge , No . 2657 , to be consecrated by Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton on the 10 th instant , and will be invested as its D . C . He is a P . P . G . S . of W . of Cheshire , and a member of the Charity Council of that province . In Royal Arch Masonry Bro . Armstrong has had a specially distinguished career , and by his good working has done much to popularise this ' grand Degree in and around Liverpool and Birkenhead .

Exalted in the Sefton Chapter , No . 6 S 0 , by the late P . G . Scribe E . of West Lanes ., Comp . Alpass , in 18 74 , he soon after joined the Elias Ashmole Chapter , No . 148 , and served nearly every office in the chapter , and is at present its P . Haggai ; in 1880 he joined the De Tabley Chapter , No . 605 , and has served the office of Z . on two occasions , namely , in 1 S 84 and 1892 ; he was largely instrumental in resuscitating the Fermor Hesketh Chapter , No . 1350 , being elected its Z . He has also taken a leading part in founding the Richard Newhouse Chapter ,

No . 2433 , called after the popular P . G . Secretary of Cheshire , and to be consecrated on the 17 th inst . Many years ago , he was invested P . G . S . B . of Cheshire , and is at the present time P . G . H . of that province ; he is also a P . A . G . Soj of West Lancashire . He was advanced in the Cumberland Mark Lodge , No . 60 , in 1874 , and takes a great interest in the Degree . He is a P . M . of the Joppa Lodge , No . 11 j a P . P . G . D ., and P . S . G . Warden of Cheshire ; a P . C . N , in the Joppa Lodge Ark Mariners ; and a member of all the Allied Degrees , having taken the

Degree of High Priest so long ago as 18 75 . As a Christian Mason , he joined the Walton Conclave , No . 97 , or Knights of thf Red Cross , and in 1875 and in 1878 served the office of Eusebius ; is a Past Sovereign of the Cestrian Conclave , No . 154 ; he was this year nominated by the M . I . G . S ., the Earl of Euston , to the office of Vice-Grand Chancellor . An author of no mean repute , he is always welcomed as a lecturer on matters Masonic in the lodges of both Cheshire and West Lancashire .

The Late Bro. J. H. Sillitoe, P.G. Std. Br.

THE LATE BRO . J . H . SILLITOE , P . G . Std . Br .

We omitted last week to mention that among those who attended the funeral at Southport , on Saturday , the 20 th ult ., of our late respected Bro . J . H . Sillitoe , P . G . Std . Br . England , P . Prov . G . W . East Lancashire , there were present , besides the members and friends , the following , namely : Bros . Jas . Newton , Prov , G . Sec . ( representing Bro . Col . Le Gendre Starkie , Prov . G . M ., absent owing to recent illness ); A . H . Duffin , P . P . G . D . C ; J . Cliffe , P . P . G . D . C ; C D .

Cheetham , P . J . G . W . ( Chairman of the Charity Committee ); T . J . Hooper , P . P . G . T . ( Vice-Chairman ); Abbott , P . P . G . D . C ; Jas . Beardmore , Prov . G . D . C ; John Wrigley , Prov . G . T . ; Eli Winterbottom , Prov . G . D . C . ; J . E . Lees , P . P . G . T . ; Wm . Jaffrey . P . P . G . D . ; Wm . Brookes , P . M . 1170 ( Chairman of the Freemasons'Club , Manchester ) ; Hy . Walmsley , P . A . G . D . C ; Samuel Moore , P . M . 992 ; W . Kelley , 815 ; J . H . Calvert , P . P . G . D . ; E . G . Harwood ,

P . P . G . W . ; N . Nicholson , P . P . G . D . ; R . L . McMillan , P . M . 678 ; W . H . Peak , P . P . G . D . C ; Abraham Clegg , P . P . G . W . ; C . E . Schuster , P . P . G . D . ; C . E . Godby , P . G . S . ; E . H . Flower , P . G . T . ; J . B . Goulburn , P . P . G . D . ; T . D . Foreman , P . P . S . G . D . ; W . Thornley , P . P . G . S . ; J . T . Hulse ; James Bromley , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; A . C . Morris , W . M . ; J . T . Newbold , P . P . G . D . ; John Booth , P . P . G . D . ; J . Grimshaw , P . M . 2464 ; James Robinson , P . M . 1219 ; A . H . Jefferies , P . P . G . W . ; John Partington , P . P . S . G . D . ; G . W . Belshaw , W . M .

1219 ; J . Franklin-Hindle , CC , W . M . 2360 , Org . 283 ; James Kershaw , P . P . J . G . W . ; Thomas L . Buckley , P . J . G . D . ; J . H . Calver , P . P . J . G . D . ; and A . M . Briggs , P . M . 381 . These brethren had been joined by a number of Southport Masons , including Bros . T . Adams , P . P . G . D . ; R . Sharrock , P . P . A . G . D . C ; T . E . Williams , P . M . 2325 ; John Hatch , P . P . G . W . ; C Watson , P . P . G . D . ; W . E . Bland , W . M . 2295 ; John Stewart , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; and Councillor , E . Bradshaw , P . M . 613 . Bro . J . F . Roberts , P . P . A . G . D . C . . West Lanes , was absent unavoidably .

The service was conducted both in St . Luke ' s Church and in Southport Cemetery by Bro . the Rev . W . H . Marsden , P . P . G . C , assisted by the curate . The wreaths with which the coffin was covered exceeded 30 in number , and were very beautiful , among the donors being the widow and daughter , Mr . and Mrs . A . Seares , Mr . and Mrs . H . Seares , Dr . and Mrs . Watson , Mr . and Mrs . Rossiter and family , Mr . and Mrs . F . B . Benger , Mr . and Mrs . R . Broadhurst , Mr . and Mrs . A . H . Baines , Mr . and Mrs . L . Incledon , employes of Messrs . Sillitoe and Seares

( Manchester ) , Mr . and Mrs . C . Taylor , Bro . C . D . Cheetham , the Prov . Grand Lodge and Chapter of East Lancashire , the East Lancashire Charities , the Freemasons' Club , Manchester ; Messrs . Broadhurst , Sons and Co ., Manchester ; the Humphrey Cheetham Lodge , the Humphrey Cheetham Chapter , the Prince of Wales Lodge , Bury ; Bro . J . H . Calvert , the Prov . Grand Charity Committee of East Lancashire , Bro . C D . Cheetham , P . J . G . W . ( Deputy Chairman Charity Committee ) , Mr . and Miss Blake , Mr . and Miss Skelton , Mr . T . G . Butterworth , and emplojes of Messrs . Sillitoe and Seares ( waste department ) .

The coffin , which was of polished oak , with handsome brass mountings , bore this inscription— "James Hill Sillitoe , born 13 th October , 18 34 , died March 16 th , 1807 . "

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