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same as that involved in the Quebec-England difficulty as to the English lodges in Montreal , About two months since the question was brought under our notice by Bro . EMRA HOLMES , the representative in this country of the National Great Priory of Canada , whose opinion was hostile to the pretensions to freedom advanced by the Scottish Templars of New-Brunswick . We pointed out at the time that we took a different view
of the qt . estion from Bro . HOLMES , and we have no hesitation in stating that our opinion remains unaltered . With all due respect to Bro . HOLMES and the Body he represents here , there is no justification whatever for the attempt that is being made by the Great Priory of Canada to force its authority upon these Scottish Templar Encampments , which have never had anything whatever to do either with
the Great Priory of Canada or Convent General , of which till quite recently that Great Priory was a constituent part . These encampments derive their existence from the Supreme Templar authority in Scotland , by whom they were warranted , and to whom they have always paid due allegiance . The reorganisation of Canadian Templary as an independent , instead of a dependent , body is a matter with which the Scottish Templars in New
Brunswick have had , and have , no concern whatever . They may have sympathised , or they may not have sympathised , with the change , according as they may have considered it would prove beneficial or detrimental to the cause of Templary generally . But they have never expressed the slightest wish to sever the connection which has always existed between them and their parent body—the Chapter General of Scotland . They are prepared to snow proper
respect to the Great Priory of Canada ; they are sincerely desirous of living on terms of the most sincere friendship with it ; but they are not prepared to exchange their Scottish for Canadian warrants . Their position might , and no doubt would , be quite as honourable under the banner of Canada as under the banner of Scotland ; but the )' prefer remaining under the latter , and there is no power vested in any supreme authority of which we have any
knowledge that can force them from their present allegiance to Scotland . As with the three English lodges in Montreal , which cannot be forced into a union with the Grand Lodge of Quebec so long as they desire to remain in allegiance lo the Grand Lodge of England , so with the two Scottish Templar Encampments in New Brunswick ; if they prefer being under the Chapter General of Scotland to casting in their lot with the National Great Priory of Canada , there is no power existent that can disturb them from their purpose ,
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . The Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro Grand Master , presided . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight , acted as Deputy Grand Master ; Bro . M . J . Mclntyre , P . G . W ., as G . S . W . ; and the Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C ., as G . J . W . The other Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers present were :
Bros . Rev . J . N . Palmer , G . Chap . ; Rev . W . Mortimer Heath , G . Chap . ; D . P . Cama , G . Treas . ; F . A . Philbrick , G . Reg . j 1 . Fenn , Pres . Bd . Gen . Purs . ; E . E . Wendt , G . Sec . ( G . C . ); Sir Bruce M . Seaton , G . S . D . ; Samuel Pope , G . S . D . j Ralph Glutton , G . | . L > . ; J . E . Le Feuvre , G . J . D . ; Sir Albert Woods , G . D . of C ; R . G . Glover , D . G . D . of C . ; H . T . Wood , A . G . D . of C . ; VV . Roebuck , G . S . B . ; W . Parratt , G . Org . ; A . Lucking , G . P . ; W . H . Perryman , A . G . P . ; Sir Hedworth Williamson , P . G . W ., P . G . M . Durham : Lord Harlech , P . G . M . North Wales ;
Viscount Ebrington , P . G . M . Devonshire ; Wm . Kelly , P . P . G . M . Leicester and Rutland ; Arthur M . Saunders , D . G . M . Madras ; Hugh D . Sandeman , D . P . G . M . Bengal ; Lieut .-Col . A . Saunders , P . TJ . G . M . Madras ; Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C ., D . P . G . M . Suffolk ; Rev . J . Studholma Brownrigg , P . G . C ; Rev . J . E . Cox , P . G . C . ; Rev . T . Cochrane , P . G . C . ; John Derby Allcrofr , P . G . Treas . ; Horace Brooks Marshall , P . G . Treas . ; J . Glaisher , P . G . D . ; W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; P . de Lande Long , P . G . D . ; J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; labez Hogg , P . G . D . ; W . E . Gumbleton , P . G . D . ; H . I . P .
Duma =, P . G . D . ; M . E . Clark , P . G . D . ; H . Somerville Burney , P . G . D . ; Robert Grey , P . G . D . ; E . Letchworth , P . G . D . ; Raynham VV . Stewart , P . G . D . ; R . Gooding , P . G . D . ; Baron de Kerrieres , P . G . D . ; K . Costa , P . G . D . ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . ; 1 . S . Pcirce , P . G . D . ; R . Turtle Pigott , P . A . G . D . C . ; Raymond H . Thrupp , P . A . G . D . C ; Major C . Harding , P . A . G . D . C ; C . C . Dumas , P . A . G . D . C ; Lieut .-Col . lames Peters , P . G . S . U . ; Major G . Lambert , P . G . S . B . ; Dr . R . VV . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; Edgar Bowyer , P . G . S . B . ; J . H . Matthews , P . G . S . B . ; Dr . E . M . Lott , P . G . Org . ; J . Brette , P . G . P . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; S . G . Foxall , P . G . P . ; L . F . Littell , P . G . P . ; T . Cubitt , P . G . P . ; and H . Garrod , P . G . P .
On entering Grand Lodge the Earl of Carnarvon received a most enthusiastic welcome from the brethren . Grand Lodge having been formally opened , the balloting papers for the election of the Board of General Purposes were distributed , and the Scrutineers of voters were appointed and obligated , Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D ., being nominated as Chairman . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of March and Grand Festival were read and confirmed .
The Rev . J . N . Palmer , M . A ., of Brading , Isle of Wight , who was not present at the Grand Festival , when he received the appointment of Grand Chaplain , was then invested by the Earl of Carnarvon , who said it was his pleasing duty to place the Grand Chaplain ' s collar on his shoulders . Although he ( the Earl of Carnarvon ) was not Masonically connected with the province from which Bro . Palmer came , it was a province for which he entertained feelings of the greatest respect and affection . The follow ing recommendations of the Board of Benevolence were confirmed :
A Brother of the Lodge of Industry , No . iSG , London £ 100 o o A Brother of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 959 , Ipswich ... 100 o o A Brother of the Duke of Connaught Lodge , No . 1524 , London ... 50 o o A Brother of the United Chatham Lodge of Benevolence , No . 1 S 4 , Old Brompton 50 o o A Brother of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 904 , Rotherham 50 o o
A Brother of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 44 , Manchester ... 100 o o A Brother of the Lodge of St . John , No . 1306 , London 50 o o The Earl of CARNARVON said he had now to announce that the M . W . G . M . had been pleased to appoint Bro . Thomas Fenn President of the Board of General Purposes for the ensuing year . Bro . Fenn was thereupon invested .
Bro . KNYVETT , P . G . Stwd ., proposed Bro . John Smith , P . M . of the Alhcnseum Lodge , No . 149 1 , as Grand Lodge Auditor . Bro . Smith , he said , was a partner in the firm of Harding and Co ., who had now for 27 years so ably and well occupied the office of Auditors to Grand Lodge . Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., seconded the motion . Bro . John Smith was unanimously elected .
The following brethren were declared elected on the Colonial Board : — Bros . Tom Drew Bear , P . M . 1584 ; James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Lieut .-Col . George Haldane , P . M . 1615 ; Thomas Charles Walls , P . M . 1381 ; Alfred
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Cooper , P . M . 1591 ; Thomas W . Whitmarsh , P . M . 1150 ; and Albert Escott , P . M . 1593 , The Earl of CARNARNON declared the following brethren elected for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : —Bros . Samuel Brooks ,
P . M . 160 S ; Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . M . 733 ; John E . Dawson , P . M . 404 ; Captain Alfred Durrant , P . M : 5 6 9 ; Albert Fish , P . M . 1366 ; Thomas Mount Humphries , P . M . 539 ; William J . Murlis , P . M . 1642 ; Alfred H . Tatlershall , P . M . 140 ; Japheth Tickle , P . M . 1702 ; and Hugh Colter , P . M . 554 .
The following report of the Board of General Purposes was adopted : — To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday ,
the 14 th day of May instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England of £ 3425 os . 9 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash ^ 100 , and for servants' wages £ 100 , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 20 8 s . 6 d . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . President . lfcUh Mav . 1 S 86 .
Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D ., said lie had great pleasure in proposing—That the sum of £ -jo be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , to supply the inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .
He said he had proposed this motion for years , and he was sure there was not a brother in the room who would not give him what he asked . They had had a very pressing winter , and he asked the brethren to vote £ 70 to make the old men-and women comfortable in the coming winter . It was not necessary with such a case in hand to say another word , depending as he did on the brethren ' s generosity .
Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., seconded the motion , which was carried " nem . con . " The Earl of CARNARVON then said that , as the Scrutineers of votes for the election of the Board of General Purposes had not yet made their
report , he would , in accordance with the power vested in him by the Constitutions of the Order , close Grand Lodge , and adjourn to his private room , there to receive the report of the Scrutineers . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form . List of brethren elected as members of the Board of General
Purposes : — 1 . Bro . John Lawrence Mather , P . M . 1471 . 2 . „ Charles Belton , P . M . 165 . 3 . ,, James Terry , P . M . 228 . 4 . ,, Robert Clay Sudlow , W . M . 263 . 5 . „ Thomas Charles Walls , P . M . 1381 . 6 . „ William Alfred Scurrah , W . M . 204 S .
7 . ,, John S . Cumberland , W . M . 2128 . 8 . „ William A . Dawson , P . M . 1768 . 9 . „ Geo . F . Marshall , W . M . 69 . 10 . „ Charles Frederick Hogard , P . M . 205 . 11 . ,, Richard Coleman Hallowes , W . M . 33 . 12 . „ John R . Clipperton , W . M . 66 . T 3- j ) Eugene Monteuuis , W . M . 2060 .
Consecration Of The Walsingham Lodge, No. 2148
CONSECRATION OF THE WALSINGHAM LODGE , No . 2148
An addition was made on Saturday last , the 29 th ult ., to the list of lodges in the Province of Kent by the consecration of the above lodge , at the Masonic Hall , Wilmington , near Dartford . The ceremony was performed
by the R . W . Bro . the Ri ght Hon . the Earl Amherst , P . G . M ., assisted by Bros . James Smith Eastes , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . ; Sir William Hart Dyke , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . S . W . ; Horatio Ward , P . P . G . W . Wilts , Prov . G . J . W . ; Rev . V . S . Vickers , Prov . G . Chaplain ; Rev . Hayman Gumming ? , P . G . Chaplain Cornwall ; and T . S . Warne , P . P . G . Asst . Secretary .
The petitioners for the lodge were Bros . Henry Sadler , P . M . 147 , Grand Tyler , W . M . designate ; Ernest L . Walford , J . W . 905 , S . W . designate ; Deanston Carpmacl , J . D . 1924 , J . W . designate ; Hermann Meyer , late of 30 ; T . R . Beaufort Hinks , S . W . 217 ; William Rowley , S . D . 1924 ; David G . Reddall , 49 ; George D . Stevenson , 193 ; and George Jackson . In addition to the founders , there were present : —
Bros . Thomas Fenn , P . G . D ., President of the Board of General Purposes ; VV . J . Hughan , P . G . S . D . ; H . G . Buss , P . G . A . Sec . ; Alfred Spencer , Prov . G . Sec . ; Rev . R . Jamblin , P . P . G . Chap . ; J . S . Cumberland , W . M . 2128 , P . P . G . W . Yorkshire ; VV . Vincent , P . P . G . S . I 3 . Middlesex , W . M . 119 C ; VV . G . Kentish , P . M . I 2 gj ; j . F . Jones , 217 ; W . E . Mills , 19 S 1 ; S . W . Hooper , W . M . 1024 ; C . Coupland , P . P . G .
J . W . ; VV . Watson . P . M . 1051 ; G . B . Chapman , P . M . 27 , W . M . 299 ; F . Horner , P . M . 31 ; W . C . Smith , S . W . 15 O 3 ; VV . K . Marchant , 1837 ; A . H . Bateman , I . P . M . 1973 ; F . II . Williams , J . W . iS ; Fletcher Beach , I . G . 1 S 37 ; E . Joynson , 1973 ; J . VV . Freeman , P . M . 147 ; II . Blackman , S . W . 23 ; W . Thompson , 1 S 5 ; W . D . Bayley , W . M . 1 S 5 ; E . Kerr , 241 , N . V . ; T . Hutchinson , 1900 ; VV . Brown , P . M . go ; VV . VV . Lee , iSy 7 ; and others .
The R . W . PROV . GRAND MASTER , having opened the lodge in the Three Degrees , addressed the brethren on the nature of the meeting , and said they would be fully aware of the reasons that had brought so numerous an assemblage together . It was not the first time that it had been his duty to preside at the consecration of a new lod ge in the Province of Kent ; but on the present occasion it afforded him peculiar pleasure . He was sure he
was only expressing the feelings of the brethren connected with that province when he said that they gladly welcomed the brethren from London , who had come down there to start a new lod ge , and had determined to combine the enjoyment of the pure Kentish air with the promulgation of the precepts of Freemasonry . He was convinced that the new lodge would be a
credit to the Craft , : ind a valuable addition to the Province of Kent . On an interesting occasion like the present a good feeling animated all , and he was certain that tint feeling would continue to exist in the new lodge , and that it would prosper . Their best thanks were due to those brethren who were in attendance lo assist , by their presence , at that consecration .
I he petition an 1 warrant having been read , the brethren signified their approval of the officers named in the warrant . The R . W . the Prov . G . M . then called upon Bro . the Rev . V . S . VICKERS , Prov . G . Chap ., who delivered a short oration . After briefly alluding to Freemasonry generally , he referred to the impetus given to the Craft by the appointment of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W .
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same as that involved in the Quebec-England difficulty as to the English lodges in Montreal , About two months since the question was brought under our notice by Bro . EMRA HOLMES , the representative in this country of the National Great Priory of Canada , whose opinion was hostile to the pretensions to freedom advanced by the Scottish Templars of New-Brunswick . We pointed out at the time that we took a different view
of the qt . estion from Bro . HOLMES , and we have no hesitation in stating that our opinion remains unaltered . With all due respect to Bro . HOLMES and the Body he represents here , there is no justification whatever for the attempt that is being made by the Great Priory of Canada to force its authority upon these Scottish Templar Encampments , which have never had anything whatever to do either with
the Great Priory of Canada or Convent General , of which till quite recently that Great Priory was a constituent part . These encampments derive their existence from the Supreme Templar authority in Scotland , by whom they were warranted , and to whom they have always paid due allegiance . The reorganisation of Canadian Templary as an independent , instead of a dependent , body is a matter with which the Scottish Templars in New
Brunswick have had , and have , no concern whatever . They may have sympathised , or they may not have sympathised , with the change , according as they may have considered it would prove beneficial or detrimental to the cause of Templary generally . But they have never expressed the slightest wish to sever the connection which has always existed between them and their parent body—the Chapter General of Scotland . They are prepared to snow proper
respect to the Great Priory of Canada ; they are sincerely desirous of living on terms of the most sincere friendship with it ; but they are not prepared to exchange their Scottish for Canadian warrants . Their position might , and no doubt would , be quite as honourable under the banner of Canada as under the banner of Scotland ; but the )' prefer remaining under the latter , and there is no power vested in any supreme authority of which we have any
knowledge that can force them from their present allegiance to Scotland . As with the three English lodges in Montreal , which cannot be forced into a union with the Grand Lodge of Quebec so long as they desire to remain in allegiance lo the Grand Lodge of England , so with the two Scottish Templar Encampments in New Brunswick ; if they prefer being under the Chapter General of Scotland to casting in their lot with the National Great Priory of Canada , there is no power existent that can disturb them from their purpose ,
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . The Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro Grand Master , presided . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight , acted as Deputy Grand Master ; Bro . M . J . Mclntyre , P . G . W ., as G . S . W . ; and the Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C ., as G . J . W . The other Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers present were :
Bros . Rev . J . N . Palmer , G . Chap . ; Rev . W . Mortimer Heath , G . Chap . ; D . P . Cama , G . Treas . ; F . A . Philbrick , G . Reg . j 1 . Fenn , Pres . Bd . Gen . Purs . ; E . E . Wendt , G . Sec . ( G . C . ); Sir Bruce M . Seaton , G . S . D . ; Samuel Pope , G . S . D . j Ralph Glutton , G . | . L > . ; J . E . Le Feuvre , G . J . D . ; Sir Albert Woods , G . D . of C ; R . G . Glover , D . G . D . of C . ; H . T . Wood , A . G . D . of C . ; VV . Roebuck , G . S . B . ; W . Parratt , G . Org . ; A . Lucking , G . P . ; W . H . Perryman , A . G . P . ; Sir Hedworth Williamson , P . G . W ., P . G . M . Durham : Lord Harlech , P . G . M . North Wales ;
Viscount Ebrington , P . G . M . Devonshire ; Wm . Kelly , P . P . G . M . Leicester and Rutland ; Arthur M . Saunders , D . G . M . Madras ; Hugh D . Sandeman , D . P . G . M . Bengal ; Lieut .-Col . A . Saunders , P . TJ . G . M . Madras ; Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C ., D . P . G . M . Suffolk ; Rev . J . Studholma Brownrigg , P . G . C ; Rev . J . E . Cox , P . G . C . ; Rev . T . Cochrane , P . G . C . ; John Derby Allcrofr , P . G . Treas . ; Horace Brooks Marshall , P . G . Treas . ; J . Glaisher , P . G . D . ; W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; P . de Lande Long , P . G . D . ; J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; labez Hogg , P . G . D . ; W . E . Gumbleton , P . G . D . ; H . I . P .
Duma =, P . G . D . ; M . E . Clark , P . G . D . ; H . Somerville Burney , P . G . D . ; Robert Grey , P . G . D . ; E . Letchworth , P . G . D . ; Raynham VV . Stewart , P . G . D . ; R . Gooding , P . G . D . ; Baron de Kerrieres , P . G . D . ; K . Costa , P . G . D . ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . ; 1 . S . Pcirce , P . G . D . ; R . Turtle Pigott , P . A . G . D . C . ; Raymond H . Thrupp , P . A . G . D . C ; Major C . Harding , P . A . G . D . C ; C . C . Dumas , P . A . G . D . C ; Lieut .-Col . lames Peters , P . G . S . U . ; Major G . Lambert , P . G . S . B . ; Dr . R . VV . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; Edgar Bowyer , P . G . S . B . ; J . H . Matthews , P . G . S . B . ; Dr . E . M . Lott , P . G . Org . ; J . Brette , P . G . P . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; S . G . Foxall , P . G . P . ; L . F . Littell , P . G . P . ; T . Cubitt , P . G . P . ; and H . Garrod , P . G . P .
On entering Grand Lodge the Earl of Carnarvon received a most enthusiastic welcome from the brethren . Grand Lodge having been formally opened , the balloting papers for the election of the Board of General Purposes were distributed , and the Scrutineers of voters were appointed and obligated , Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D ., being nominated as Chairman . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of March and Grand Festival were read and confirmed .
The Rev . J . N . Palmer , M . A ., of Brading , Isle of Wight , who was not present at the Grand Festival , when he received the appointment of Grand Chaplain , was then invested by the Earl of Carnarvon , who said it was his pleasing duty to place the Grand Chaplain ' s collar on his shoulders . Although he ( the Earl of Carnarvon ) was not Masonically connected with the province from which Bro . Palmer came , it was a province for which he entertained feelings of the greatest respect and affection . The follow ing recommendations of the Board of Benevolence were confirmed :
A Brother of the Lodge of Industry , No . iSG , London £ 100 o o A Brother of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 959 , Ipswich ... 100 o o A Brother of the Duke of Connaught Lodge , No . 1524 , London ... 50 o o A Brother of the United Chatham Lodge of Benevolence , No . 1 S 4 , Old Brompton 50 o o A Brother of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 904 , Rotherham 50 o o
A Brother of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 44 , Manchester ... 100 o o A Brother of the Lodge of St . John , No . 1306 , London 50 o o The Earl of CARNARVON said he had now to announce that the M . W . G . M . had been pleased to appoint Bro . Thomas Fenn President of the Board of General Purposes for the ensuing year . Bro . Fenn was thereupon invested .
Bro . KNYVETT , P . G . Stwd ., proposed Bro . John Smith , P . M . of the Alhcnseum Lodge , No . 149 1 , as Grand Lodge Auditor . Bro . Smith , he said , was a partner in the firm of Harding and Co ., who had now for 27 years so ably and well occupied the office of Auditors to Grand Lodge . Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., seconded the motion . Bro . John Smith was unanimously elected .
The following brethren were declared elected on the Colonial Board : — Bros . Tom Drew Bear , P . M . 1584 ; James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Lieut .-Col . George Haldane , P . M . 1615 ; Thomas Charles Walls , P . M . 1381 ; Alfred
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Cooper , P . M . 1591 ; Thomas W . Whitmarsh , P . M . 1150 ; and Albert Escott , P . M . 1593 , The Earl of CARNARNON declared the following brethren elected for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : —Bros . Samuel Brooks ,
P . M . 160 S ; Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . M . 733 ; John E . Dawson , P . M . 404 ; Captain Alfred Durrant , P . M : 5 6 9 ; Albert Fish , P . M . 1366 ; Thomas Mount Humphries , P . M . 539 ; William J . Murlis , P . M . 1642 ; Alfred H . Tatlershall , P . M . 140 ; Japheth Tickle , P . M . 1702 ; and Hugh Colter , P . M . 554 .
The following report of the Board of General Purposes was adopted : — To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday ,
the 14 th day of May instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England of £ 3425 os . 9 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash ^ 100 , and for servants' wages £ 100 , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 20 8 s . 6 d . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . President . lfcUh Mav . 1 S 86 .
Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D ., said lie had great pleasure in proposing—That the sum of £ -jo be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , to supply the inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .
He said he had proposed this motion for years , and he was sure there was not a brother in the room who would not give him what he asked . They had had a very pressing winter , and he asked the brethren to vote £ 70 to make the old men-and women comfortable in the coming winter . It was not necessary with such a case in hand to say another word , depending as he did on the brethren ' s generosity .
Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., seconded the motion , which was carried " nem . con . " The Earl of CARNARVON then said that , as the Scrutineers of votes for the election of the Board of General Purposes had not yet made their
report , he would , in accordance with the power vested in him by the Constitutions of the Order , close Grand Lodge , and adjourn to his private room , there to receive the report of the Scrutineers . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form . List of brethren elected as members of the Board of General
Purposes : — 1 . Bro . John Lawrence Mather , P . M . 1471 . 2 . „ Charles Belton , P . M . 165 . 3 . ,, James Terry , P . M . 228 . 4 . ,, Robert Clay Sudlow , W . M . 263 . 5 . „ Thomas Charles Walls , P . M . 1381 . 6 . „ William Alfred Scurrah , W . M . 204 S .
7 . ,, John S . Cumberland , W . M . 2128 . 8 . „ William A . Dawson , P . M . 1768 . 9 . „ Geo . F . Marshall , W . M . 69 . 10 . „ Charles Frederick Hogard , P . M . 205 . 11 . ,, Richard Coleman Hallowes , W . M . 33 . 12 . „ John R . Clipperton , W . M . 66 . T 3- j ) Eugene Monteuuis , W . M . 2060 .
Consecration Of The Walsingham Lodge, No. 2148
CONSECRATION OF THE WALSINGHAM LODGE , No . 2148
An addition was made on Saturday last , the 29 th ult ., to the list of lodges in the Province of Kent by the consecration of the above lodge , at the Masonic Hall , Wilmington , near Dartford . The ceremony was performed
by the R . W . Bro . the Ri ght Hon . the Earl Amherst , P . G . M ., assisted by Bros . James Smith Eastes , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . ; Sir William Hart Dyke , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . S . W . ; Horatio Ward , P . P . G . W . Wilts , Prov . G . J . W . ; Rev . V . S . Vickers , Prov . G . Chaplain ; Rev . Hayman Gumming ? , P . G . Chaplain Cornwall ; and T . S . Warne , P . P . G . Asst . Secretary .
The petitioners for the lodge were Bros . Henry Sadler , P . M . 147 , Grand Tyler , W . M . designate ; Ernest L . Walford , J . W . 905 , S . W . designate ; Deanston Carpmacl , J . D . 1924 , J . W . designate ; Hermann Meyer , late of 30 ; T . R . Beaufort Hinks , S . W . 217 ; William Rowley , S . D . 1924 ; David G . Reddall , 49 ; George D . Stevenson , 193 ; and George Jackson . In addition to the founders , there were present : —
Bros . Thomas Fenn , P . G . D ., President of the Board of General Purposes ; VV . J . Hughan , P . G . S . D . ; H . G . Buss , P . G . A . Sec . ; Alfred Spencer , Prov . G . Sec . ; Rev . R . Jamblin , P . P . G . Chap . ; J . S . Cumberland , W . M . 2128 , P . P . G . W . Yorkshire ; VV . Vincent , P . P . G . S . I 3 . Middlesex , W . M . 119 C ; VV . G . Kentish , P . M . I 2 gj ; j . F . Jones , 217 ; W . E . Mills , 19 S 1 ; S . W . Hooper , W . M . 1024 ; C . Coupland , P . P . G .
J . W . ; VV . Watson . P . M . 1051 ; G . B . Chapman , P . M . 27 , W . M . 299 ; F . Horner , P . M . 31 ; W . C . Smith , S . W . 15 O 3 ; VV . K . Marchant , 1837 ; A . H . Bateman , I . P . M . 1973 ; F . II . Williams , J . W . iS ; Fletcher Beach , I . G . 1 S 37 ; E . Joynson , 1973 ; J . VV . Freeman , P . M . 147 ; II . Blackman , S . W . 23 ; W . Thompson , 1 S 5 ; W . D . Bayley , W . M . 1 S 5 ; E . Kerr , 241 , N . V . ; T . Hutchinson , 1900 ; VV . Brown , P . M . go ; VV . VV . Lee , iSy 7 ; and others .
The R . W . PROV . GRAND MASTER , having opened the lodge in the Three Degrees , addressed the brethren on the nature of the meeting , and said they would be fully aware of the reasons that had brought so numerous an assemblage together . It was not the first time that it had been his duty to preside at the consecration of a new lod ge in the Province of Kent ; but on the present occasion it afforded him peculiar pleasure . He was sure he
was only expressing the feelings of the brethren connected with that province when he said that they gladly welcomed the brethren from London , who had come down there to start a new lod ge , and had determined to combine the enjoyment of the pure Kentish air with the promulgation of the precepts of Freemasonry . He was convinced that the new lodge would be a
credit to the Craft , : ind a valuable addition to the Province of Kent . On an interesting occasion like the present a good feeling animated all , and he was certain that tint feeling would continue to exist in the new lodge , and that it would prosper . Their best thanks were due to those brethren who were in attendance lo assist , by their presence , at that consecration .
I he petition an 1 warrant having been read , the brethren signified their approval of the officers named in the warrant . The R . W . the Prov . G . M . then called upon Bro . the Rev . V . S . VICKERS , Prov . G . Chap ., who delivered a short oration . After briefly alluding to Freemasonry generally , he referred to the impetus given to the Craft by the appointment of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W .