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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , " " STA TION ERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . THE ROYAL COURTS NOTE PAPER . This is the cheapest paper ever introduced to the public , it being slightly tinted , thick , and pleasant to write upon . Price 4 s . per ream . THE VELLUM WOVE CLUB-HOUSE PAPER . The best paper made . Send for sample box of paper and envelopes , post free for 2 s . Catalogues Post Free .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL MASTERS . In future numbers of the Freemason we purpose i-iving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters who have been recently installed . Recognising the Sact that no greater honour can be bestowed on a brother than to be elected the Master of his lodge , we
desire to do our part towards creating a permanent record of such event in his Masonic history by placing his portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased to furnish Secretaries of lodges and others who may take an interest in our project whatever information may be desired as to our proposed method of procedure .
Thc following communications , amongst others , unavoidably stand over : CRAFT . —Skelmersdale Lodge , No . 16 5 8 ; Albert Victor Lodge , No . 1771 , * Borough ol Greenwich Lodge , No . 2332 ; William Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 ; and Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge , So . US' .
ROYAL ARCH . —Holmesdale Chapter , No . 874 . Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales ( Western Division , ' . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of llerks and Oxon . Annual Supper of the Leopold Lodgeof Instruction , No . 1571 . Centenary Festival of the Palladian Royal Arch Chapter , No . 120 . Consecration of fhe Ivanhoe and Ferrers Lodge .
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S ^ p ^^ P ^ fe ^^^^^ S ^^*^ \^ n ^ 9 ^ Wf 9 J 9 ^ S ^^ SSt wk ' SATURDAV , DECEMBER 3 , 1892 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
lt will Be seen , from the programme of the business lo be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , that the Board of General Purposes recommend that the annual grant towards the expenses of the Library
be increased from £ 25 to ^ 50 , the former having been found insufficient for the purpose . The recommendation isa good one , and we have no doubt it will be carried unanimously .
Since the September Communication his Royal Hi ghness , the Grand Master , has been graciously pleased to issue warrants for the constitution of 14 new lodges , of which six are located in Provinces at home and eight in districts abroad . The former
include two in East Lancashire , one in Essex , one in Kent , one in Surrey , one in Sussex , thc latter , four in the District of Bengal , two in Western Australia , one in the Eastern Division of South Africa , and one in New Zealand . * * *
The Mayor of Reading , Bro . J . W . Martin , who is also Provincial Grand Secretary of Berks , was recently i : stalled as W . M . of the Grey Friars' Lodge , No . 1101 . Not onl y Berkshire Freemasons who were present at "' C ceremony of installation of the lamented Duke of
Clarence as Provincial Grand Master , but all those from l-ondon and the sister Provinces who were afforded an opportunity of being present on that memorable occasion , must retain grateful remembrances of the courteous attentions they received from the Provincial
prand Secretary , and the routine work of the Province l : > no less ably and courteously administered by our zealous' and painstaking brother . We congratulate 1-od ge No . 1101 on having so distinguished a citizen , Hn d so able a brother to rule over them .
At the last meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge ot Warwickshire it was announced to the brethren I' ^ t , in consequence of the ill-health of his wife , Bro James Moffat , who , for many years had carried out " * c duties of Charity Representative , had felt
conslr ained to resign his position . The news was re ceived with much regret , for our brother is "Wervedl y held in hi gh estimation by his fellow "embers . This was shown in a cordial manner , and y the unanimous adoption of the following address , "' eh was ordered to be engrossed on vellum : That the cordial thanks of this Provincial Grand Lod ge be tendered to Bro . James Moffat for the valued
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services he has rendered to the province in connection with the elections of Warwickshire candidates to the several London Charitable Institutions during the past seven years . "LEIGH , Provincial Grand Master . " Birmingham , 26 th September , 1 S 92 . "
* * * Bro . Moffatt is a Past Master of Lodge No . 74 , and during his connection therewith has been mainly instrumental in bringing the large sum of ^ ' 2200 towards the funds of our Central Masonic Institutions ,
having not only been indefatigable in his exertions to induce brethren to act as Stewards at the various Anniversary Festivals , but having qualified himself as Vice-President of all the Institutions , he has seldom , if ever , missed an election during this long period of
service , and has conducted the whole of the arduous work in connection therewith , in collecting votes , and in successfully carrying the Provincial cases at his own expense . He has been deservedly respected and
popular with the various Secretaries of the Institutions , and with the many brethren with whom he has had dealings or met at the different elections , and in his retirement he carries the best wishes of one and all .
It can truthfully be said that our energetic brother has well earned the compliment which his brethren of Warwickshire have paid him , and we join with them in recording our appreciation of such good service with our best wishes for his future welfare and happiness . * * *
The members of the Palladian R . A . Chapter , No . 120 , have been celebrating , with much joy and rejoicing , their Centenary Festival . Comp . Capt . S . G . Homfray performed the interesting ceremony of presenting the centenary warrant of the chapter , to
the M . E . Z ., Comp . J . A . White , and the S . E ., Comp . XV . Paulby , delivered an address brimful of interesting facts , which he had industriously culled Irom the minutes and other sources . We hope on some future occasion , when the pressure on our space is less
urgent , to find room for at least a portion of this valuable contribution to Masonic history . In the meantime we congratulate the chapter on the dignity to which it has attained , and on numbering amongst its members so able an historian as the S . E . * * *
The annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Ohio , which was held in Springfield , on the 19 th and 20 th Oct ., was marked by two circumstances of special interest . In the first place , General A . S . Bushnell , who had generously contributed lj ' 10 , 000 ( £ 2000 ) to
the Masonic Home , was made a Mason at si ght by the Grand Master . In the next place , the Grand Master laid the foundation-stone of the Masonic
Home , which is about to be erected by the brethren of Ohio for the maintenance of poor , aged Masons and their widows , and for the education of their children .
This latter ceremony was attended with that pomp and circumstance which so greatly delight our transatlantic brethren . In the procession were marshalled some 10 , 000 Craft , Arch , and Templar brethren , but the function was simplicity itself , and appears to have been very admirably carried out .
The home will be on a large scale and will be T shaped with its stem or axis nearl y east and west and the railings extending north and south . The rear of the building will be only one storey in height , while the front will have three stories . The general dimensions
are as follows , from front to rear along the central axis 240 feet , with abreadth of front extending between the outworks on the wings , 280 feet . The cost is
estimated ^ 150 , 000 ( . £ 30 , 000 ) . We heartil y congratulate our brethren of Ohio on having undertaken a responsibility which will add so much lustre to the fame of Freemasonry in this jurisdiction .
Bro . G . W . Speth has been recently enlightening the worthy people of Margate on the true character and design of Freemasonry . His lecture was delivered in the Church Institute , the chair being occupied by the Vicar , while the audience , in which we may rest assured
the brethren of the locality were far from being unrepresented , was a numerous one . Bro . Speth's address was couched in language that could be easily understanded of the people . There was not the remotest attempt at mystery in his exposition , his meaning and
intent being conveyed in such homely , simple language lhat those present cannot have failed to form a tolerabl y true estimate of the two principal sections of his letter — " What Freemasonry is not , " and " What is Freemasonry V
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It was essentially a popular exposition , and as our Society , by reason of its good works , but more especially in consequence of generous consideration of the poor , enjoys a large share of popularity in Margate , we have no doubt that Bro . Speth ' s audience were as
delighted as they were edified . We would suggest to our respected brother that much good might , and very probably would , result if this lecture were printed and published , so that for the future all the world may know what our Society is and is not , as explained by one of its most valued members .
One thing is certain , there is no danger that it will ever realise the character ascribed to it by the Roman Catholic priesthood , as the enemy of religion . From a letter which appeared in the San Fernando Gazette and Trinidad News in the course of September last ,
the Roman Catholics assert that " The Church and Freemasonry must be sworn enemies . " As to this , we are content to remark that there is no " must" in thus determining the relations between the two bodies .
unless ( 1 ) the Romish Church is determined to regard Freemasons as enemies , and not even then unless ( 2 ) Freemasons are bent on regarding the Romish Church in the same light .
There is an old saying that "it takes two to make a quarrel . " The Romish Church , in its enmity towards Freemasonry , and , still more , in its envy of the influence we exercise among the most enlightened nations in the world , may call us its enemies , but it
does not follow that we are such ; while Freemasons have too much common-sense , and , above all , too much kindl y feeling towards , and respect for , people of all religious faiths to go about denouncing other
people as such . But the story is an old one , and , as successive Popes have gone on anathematising us and all our works for more than 150 years , we are afraid we shall not gain much by resenting the character ascribed to us by the Romish Church .
Reviews.
Reviews .
MUSICAL UEM 1 NISCF . NCES : PAST AND PRESENT . By Dr . WM . SPARK , Organist of the Town Hall , Leeds , & c . London : Simian , Marshall , and Co ., Limited , 1 S 92 . Price Os . This is a large and important volume of over 300 pages , and contains many illustrations , the frontispiece being a striking portrait of the gifted author , calling lor special
mention . 1 he work has already been so well received and lavishly praised by the Press , besides which Dr . William Spark's name and fame are so familiar to Freemasons through his " Liber Musicus , " that any additional criticism seems superfluous . Evidently a large circulation for the attractive volume is anticipated , and it it equals the success achievedhy the author ' s " . Life of Smart" and his " , \ lusical
Memories , the placing the price at such a low figure will be justified , but nut otherwise . The ( irst chapter is devoted to "A Musical 1 ' our in North Germany , " and the next dea ' s with " A Week's Music in London during the Handel Festival , 1 S 77 . " Others treat of subjects dear to professional organists , and in ire or less technical matters concerning choirs and organs , services and programmes , the great
musical festivals , ivc , in all of which Dr . Spark is at home , and writes with a lluency and enthusiasm , the result of many years' devotion to his profession , which is quite contagious , and cannot fail to interest even the ordinary reader , lhe "Scraps , Anecdota , " & c , form a most entertaining
chapter , not a few being exceedingly droll , and all are most lively and humorous . Many would bear repetition , but in view of the big book being offered for such a tnlle , it seems but lair to refer the curious to the volume itself , which reflects great credit on the industry , zeal , and ability of the author .
LODGE OF UNANIMITV , No . OSj , STOCKPORT . Historical Sketch compiled by Bro . J A MKS COOKS 'N , P . M . 2 S 7 ( Secretary ) , and tiro . R . C . iil .. \ KEiiURST , P . M . 2 S 7 , with an Introductory Notice by Bro . J AMES NEWTON , P . M . 37 , & c , and an Account of the Centenary Festival , Sept . 14 th , iSy 2 . Stockport 1 Swain and Company , King-street , 1 S 02 .
This neatly got-up work is dedicated to Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Egerton of Tatton , Prov . Grand Master of Cheshire , by th-. two authors , who style themselves " Compilers . " They have done their part exceedingly well in the limited space alloted , and the members of the old lodge , thus so anly described , will doubtless much appreciate such a handsome souvenir of the " Unanimity , "
warranted 1 jth July , 170 . * , by tur Robert S . Cotton , Bart ., as Prov . G . M . The founders of the lodge , however , met as early as the 24 th day of Alarch , 1701 , hy dispensation of the Prov . Grand Master ; but some were not satisfied , and left their " first love " because it was not assembling under the " Antient Constitution . " The " working " from 1701 is acknowledged in thc Centenary Jewel Warrant ,
as also its two names , " Beneficent" to 1703 , and thereafter " Unanimity . " There are now over 40 members , and it is most satisfactory to lind that the lodge is in such a healthy and vigorous condition . The esteemed Provincial Grand Mas ' . cr of Cheshire is the sole hon , member . The report of the Centenary Festival , celebrated with
considerable eclat , and under most distinguished patronage , makes a most useful addition to the volume , and was a happy thought oi tlie two authors , Uros . Cookson and Ulakehurst . They were wise also in seeming the efficient aid of Bro . James Newton , of Bolton , in writing a very readable introduction , mainly dealing with Freemasonry in Stockport from the year 1760 . Ten lodges in all have been
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , " " STA TION ERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . THE ROYAL COURTS NOTE PAPER . This is the cheapest paper ever introduced to the public , it being slightly tinted , thick , and pleasant to write upon . Price 4 s . per ream . THE VELLUM WOVE CLUB-HOUSE PAPER . The best paper made . Send for sample box of paper and envelopes , post free for 2 s . Catalogues Post Free .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL MASTERS . In future numbers of the Freemason we purpose i-iving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters who have been recently installed . Recognising the Sact that no greater honour can be bestowed on a brother than to be elected the Master of his lodge , we
desire to do our part towards creating a permanent record of such event in his Masonic history by placing his portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased to furnish Secretaries of lodges and others who may take an interest in our project whatever information may be desired as to our proposed method of procedure .
Thc following communications , amongst others , unavoidably stand over : CRAFT . —Skelmersdale Lodge , No . 16 5 8 ; Albert Victor Lodge , No . 1771 , * Borough ol Greenwich Lodge , No . 2332 ; William Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 ; and Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge , So . US' .
ROYAL ARCH . —Holmesdale Chapter , No . 874 . Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales ( Western Division , ' . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of llerks and Oxon . Annual Supper of the Leopold Lodgeof Instruction , No . 1571 . Centenary Festival of the Palladian Royal Arch Chapter , No . 120 . Consecration of fhe Ivanhoe and Ferrers Lodge .
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S ^ p ^^ P ^ fe ^^^^^ S ^^*^ \^ n ^ 9 ^ Wf 9 J 9 ^ S ^^ SSt wk ' SATURDAV , DECEMBER 3 , 1892 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
lt will Be seen , from the programme of the business lo be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , that the Board of General Purposes recommend that the annual grant towards the expenses of the Library
be increased from £ 25 to ^ 50 , the former having been found insufficient for the purpose . The recommendation isa good one , and we have no doubt it will be carried unanimously .
Since the September Communication his Royal Hi ghness , the Grand Master , has been graciously pleased to issue warrants for the constitution of 14 new lodges , of which six are located in Provinces at home and eight in districts abroad . The former
include two in East Lancashire , one in Essex , one in Kent , one in Surrey , one in Sussex , thc latter , four in the District of Bengal , two in Western Australia , one in the Eastern Division of South Africa , and one in New Zealand . * * *
The Mayor of Reading , Bro . J . W . Martin , who is also Provincial Grand Secretary of Berks , was recently i : stalled as W . M . of the Grey Friars' Lodge , No . 1101 . Not onl y Berkshire Freemasons who were present at "' C ceremony of installation of the lamented Duke of
Clarence as Provincial Grand Master , but all those from l-ondon and the sister Provinces who were afforded an opportunity of being present on that memorable occasion , must retain grateful remembrances of the courteous attentions they received from the Provincial
prand Secretary , and the routine work of the Province l : > no less ably and courteously administered by our zealous' and painstaking brother . We congratulate 1-od ge No . 1101 on having so distinguished a citizen , Hn d so able a brother to rule over them .
At the last meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge ot Warwickshire it was announced to the brethren I' ^ t , in consequence of the ill-health of his wife , Bro James Moffat , who , for many years had carried out " * c duties of Charity Representative , had felt
conslr ained to resign his position . The news was re ceived with much regret , for our brother is "Wervedl y held in hi gh estimation by his fellow "embers . This was shown in a cordial manner , and y the unanimous adoption of the following address , "' eh was ordered to be engrossed on vellum : That the cordial thanks of this Provincial Grand Lod ge be tendered to Bro . James Moffat for the valued
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services he has rendered to the province in connection with the elections of Warwickshire candidates to the several London Charitable Institutions during the past seven years . "LEIGH , Provincial Grand Master . " Birmingham , 26 th September , 1 S 92 . "
* * * Bro . Moffatt is a Past Master of Lodge No . 74 , and during his connection therewith has been mainly instrumental in bringing the large sum of ^ ' 2200 towards the funds of our Central Masonic Institutions ,
having not only been indefatigable in his exertions to induce brethren to act as Stewards at the various Anniversary Festivals , but having qualified himself as Vice-President of all the Institutions , he has seldom , if ever , missed an election during this long period of
service , and has conducted the whole of the arduous work in connection therewith , in collecting votes , and in successfully carrying the Provincial cases at his own expense . He has been deservedly respected and
popular with the various Secretaries of the Institutions , and with the many brethren with whom he has had dealings or met at the different elections , and in his retirement he carries the best wishes of one and all .
It can truthfully be said that our energetic brother has well earned the compliment which his brethren of Warwickshire have paid him , and we join with them in recording our appreciation of such good service with our best wishes for his future welfare and happiness . * * *
The members of the Palladian R . A . Chapter , No . 120 , have been celebrating , with much joy and rejoicing , their Centenary Festival . Comp . Capt . S . G . Homfray performed the interesting ceremony of presenting the centenary warrant of the chapter , to
the M . E . Z ., Comp . J . A . White , and the S . E ., Comp . XV . Paulby , delivered an address brimful of interesting facts , which he had industriously culled Irom the minutes and other sources . We hope on some future occasion , when the pressure on our space is less
urgent , to find room for at least a portion of this valuable contribution to Masonic history . In the meantime we congratulate the chapter on the dignity to which it has attained , and on numbering amongst its members so able an historian as the S . E . * * *
The annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Ohio , which was held in Springfield , on the 19 th and 20 th Oct ., was marked by two circumstances of special interest . In the first place , General A . S . Bushnell , who had generously contributed lj ' 10 , 000 ( £ 2000 ) to
the Masonic Home , was made a Mason at si ght by the Grand Master . In the next place , the Grand Master laid the foundation-stone of the Masonic
Home , which is about to be erected by the brethren of Ohio for the maintenance of poor , aged Masons and their widows , and for the education of their children .
This latter ceremony was attended with that pomp and circumstance which so greatly delight our transatlantic brethren . In the procession were marshalled some 10 , 000 Craft , Arch , and Templar brethren , but the function was simplicity itself , and appears to have been very admirably carried out .
The home will be on a large scale and will be T shaped with its stem or axis nearl y east and west and the railings extending north and south . The rear of the building will be only one storey in height , while the front will have three stories . The general dimensions
are as follows , from front to rear along the central axis 240 feet , with abreadth of front extending between the outworks on the wings , 280 feet . The cost is
estimated ^ 150 , 000 ( . £ 30 , 000 ) . We heartil y congratulate our brethren of Ohio on having undertaken a responsibility which will add so much lustre to the fame of Freemasonry in this jurisdiction .
Bro . G . W . Speth has been recently enlightening the worthy people of Margate on the true character and design of Freemasonry . His lecture was delivered in the Church Institute , the chair being occupied by the Vicar , while the audience , in which we may rest assured
the brethren of the locality were far from being unrepresented , was a numerous one . Bro . Speth's address was couched in language that could be easily understanded of the people . There was not the remotest attempt at mystery in his exposition , his meaning and
intent being conveyed in such homely , simple language lhat those present cannot have failed to form a tolerabl y true estimate of the two principal sections of his letter — " What Freemasonry is not , " and " What is Freemasonry V
Masonic Notes.
It was essentially a popular exposition , and as our Society , by reason of its good works , but more especially in consequence of generous consideration of the poor , enjoys a large share of popularity in Margate , we have no doubt that Bro . Speth ' s audience were as
delighted as they were edified . We would suggest to our respected brother that much good might , and very probably would , result if this lecture were printed and published , so that for the future all the world may know what our Society is and is not , as explained by one of its most valued members .
One thing is certain , there is no danger that it will ever realise the character ascribed to it by the Roman Catholic priesthood , as the enemy of religion . From a letter which appeared in the San Fernando Gazette and Trinidad News in the course of September last ,
the Roman Catholics assert that " The Church and Freemasonry must be sworn enemies . " As to this , we are content to remark that there is no " must" in thus determining the relations between the two bodies .
unless ( 1 ) the Romish Church is determined to regard Freemasons as enemies , and not even then unless ( 2 ) Freemasons are bent on regarding the Romish Church in the same light .
There is an old saying that "it takes two to make a quarrel . " The Romish Church , in its enmity towards Freemasonry , and , still more , in its envy of the influence we exercise among the most enlightened nations in the world , may call us its enemies , but it
does not follow that we are such ; while Freemasons have too much common-sense , and , above all , too much kindl y feeling towards , and respect for , people of all religious faiths to go about denouncing other
people as such . But the story is an old one , and , as successive Popes have gone on anathematising us and all our works for more than 150 years , we are afraid we shall not gain much by resenting the character ascribed to us by the Romish Church .
Reviews.
Reviews .
MUSICAL UEM 1 NISCF . NCES : PAST AND PRESENT . By Dr . WM . SPARK , Organist of the Town Hall , Leeds , & c . London : Simian , Marshall , and Co ., Limited , 1 S 92 . Price Os . This is a large and important volume of over 300 pages , and contains many illustrations , the frontispiece being a striking portrait of the gifted author , calling lor special
mention . 1 he work has already been so well received and lavishly praised by the Press , besides which Dr . William Spark's name and fame are so familiar to Freemasons through his " Liber Musicus , " that any additional criticism seems superfluous . Evidently a large circulation for the attractive volume is anticipated , and it it equals the success achievedhy the author ' s " . Life of Smart" and his " , \ lusical
Memories , the placing the price at such a low figure will be justified , but nut otherwise . The ( irst chapter is devoted to "A Musical 1 ' our in North Germany , " and the next dea ' s with " A Week's Music in London during the Handel Festival , 1 S 77 . " Others treat of subjects dear to professional organists , and in ire or less technical matters concerning choirs and organs , services and programmes , the great
musical festivals , ivc , in all of which Dr . Spark is at home , and writes with a lluency and enthusiasm , the result of many years' devotion to his profession , which is quite contagious , and cannot fail to interest even the ordinary reader , lhe "Scraps , Anecdota , " & c , form a most entertaining
chapter , not a few being exceedingly droll , and all are most lively and humorous . Many would bear repetition , but in view of the big book being offered for such a tnlle , it seems but lair to refer the curious to the volume itself , which reflects great credit on the industry , zeal , and ability of the author .
LODGE OF UNANIMITV , No . OSj , STOCKPORT . Historical Sketch compiled by Bro . J A MKS COOKS 'N , P . M . 2 S 7 ( Secretary ) , and tiro . R . C . iil .. \ KEiiURST , P . M . 2 S 7 , with an Introductory Notice by Bro . J AMES NEWTON , P . M . 37 , & c , and an Account of the Centenary Festival , Sept . 14 th , iSy 2 . Stockport 1 Swain and Company , King-street , 1 S 02 .
This neatly got-up work is dedicated to Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Egerton of Tatton , Prov . Grand Master of Cheshire , by th-. two authors , who style themselves " Compilers . " They have done their part exceedingly well in the limited space alloted , and the members of the old lodge , thus so anly described , will doubtless much appreciate such a handsome souvenir of the " Unanimity , "
warranted 1 jth July , 170 . * , by tur Robert S . Cotton , Bart ., as Prov . G . M . The founders of the lodge , however , met as early as the 24 th day of Alarch , 1701 , hy dispensation of the Prov . Grand Master ; but some were not satisfied , and left their " first love " because it was not assembling under the " Antient Constitution . " The " working " from 1701 is acknowledged in thc Centenary Jewel Warrant ,
as also its two names , " Beneficent" to 1703 , and thereafter " Unanimity . " There are now over 40 members , and it is most satisfactory to lind that the lodge is in such a healthy and vigorous condition . The esteemed Provincial Grand Mas ' . cr of Cheshire is the sole hon , member . The report of the Centenary Festival , celebrated with
considerable eclat , and under most distinguished patronage , makes a most useful addition to the volume , and was a happy thought oi tlie two authors , Uros . Cookson and Ulakehurst . They were wise also in seeming the efficient aid of Bro . James Newton , of Bolton , in writing a very readable introduction , mainly dealing with Freemasonry in Stockport from the year 1760 . Ten lodges in all have been