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Annual Festival Of The Emulation Lodge Of Improvement.
a word on his own account , to express his gratitude for the great assistance he had received during his period of office from certain visits he had paid to the Emulation Lodge . He felr that his words would be readily echoed by many who were there , and by many who were not present . He would not detain them longer than once more to thank them heartily for their kind welcome to the Grand Officers that evening .
Bro . PHILBRICK—who was received with applause—said that their kind greeting to the emblem of authority which he held in his hand told him that they appreciated the toast he had the honour to propose— " The Health of their Noble Brother their Chairman that Evening , Lord Hertford , " who had presided over them with so much satisfaction to the brethren and so much credit to himself . Short speeches were the rule of the evening , and properly so . They had had
good Masonic work in the lodge , and they ought to keep that which rose to their lips within due bounds . Those of them who were present two nights ago knew of the noble exertions the Craft then made to support the presidency of Lord Hertford , who then took the chair at the Festival of one of the three great Masonic Charities . His lordship ' s presidency was the spring of Masonic benevolence , and when they had so honoured a man to preside , no mere
passing cloud of commercial depression and distress that there might be in the country could repress the benevolence in the hearts of Freemasons . They might fairly congratulate their noble Chairman on the distinguished success which attended his presidency on Wednesday . On the present occasion they could bear witness that his lordship's presidency had been happy and genial . Long might the Emulation Lodge of Improvement have Chairmen who
would rival their present one . Bro . Philbrick concluded by calling on the brethren to drink to the health of the Marquess of Hertford , their Chairman . The CHAIRMAN , in reply , said that he was extremely obliged to Bro . Philbrick and the brethren for the very kind way in which the toast had been proposed and received . He thanked them for having asked him to preside on this occasion . It had given him the very greatest possible
pleasure to do so . He was not a very old Mason , otherwise he should feel more ashamed of not having before now got introduced to see the working of the Emulation Lodge . He hoped he might be allowed , and that he might have future opportunity of seeing how the work was done . It must be of immense advantage not only to every one who attended the lodge , but it must be of enormous advantage to the Craft in general that there should be a lodge like this , in
which there should be so many members willing and able to give up so much time to work up the ritual and ceremonies of Freemasonry , so as to set a good example to all other bodies . He himself lived chiefly in the country , and attended as many lodges as he could within his province ; but he must confess that until that night he had never seen the whole of the work done without a single small mistake from beginning to end . He was sure that the brethren who
had that evening taken part in the working must feel proud of themselves , and their audience , as Masons , could not but feel proud of them . He wished that the country lodges could send some of the brethren periodically to see how the work was done ; he thought if country lodges did that it would be productive of good to the Craft in general . He thanked them most cordially not only for the reception they had given to the toast , but for the honour they had done him in
asking him to preside that evening . Before he sat down perhaps he might be allowed to propose the next toast , which was "Success to the Emulation Lodgeof Improvement . " After what he had said it was hardly necessary to ask them to drink that toast . Success was assured already . No greater success could attend the Lodge of Emulation in the way of work than had attended it that evening . He was informed that no less than 52 new members had put
their names down for enrolment that evening . He was told that since the lodge had been started 5000 members had been enrolled . That was an enormous number , and if those 5000 had attended and seen the working , and gone to their own lodges and tried to copy the example set them at the Emulation , it must have been productive of great good . He accordingly drank success to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , and he asked the brethren present
all to join him in doing so . With that toast he would couple the name of Bro . Fenn , a man whose name was thoroughly well known in Masonry , a brother wno had worked for years—he would not ask Bro . Fenn how many years—but he thought it was a good many that he had been working hard for the good of Masonry . No one who had seen Bro . Fenn that night , and the way he had done the work in the lodge , could doubt that he had the whole work of Masonry at his fingers' ends .
Bro . FENN , in reply , said that it afforded him great satisfaction , as a member of the Committee whom he had the honour to represent , to hear the commendations of his lordship , and to observe the way in which they had been received in the lodge . That honour , however , was not due to them , but to the brethren who answered the questions . He might perhaps conclude that not all of those present were as capable as he was himself of speaking to the correctness
of the work ; and he must say that , often as he had presided on these occasions , he had never heard the work done with the almost absolute perfection with which it had been done that night . The lectures were now very rarely given in private lodges , and it ivas only on occasions like the present that brethren had the chance of hearing them . Probably some who were present that night had heard portions for the first time , and he hoped that what they had heard
would create a curiosity in them , and induce them to come on a Friday night and hear more about those matters , which in private lodges were veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols . He must express a hope that among the 52 new members some might desire to emulate those who had worked that evening , that they might be inclined to acquire a knowledge of the lectures , and prepare themselves to work at the next festival . If they did , they would meet with the
gieatest assistance , and every instruction they could desire , from the members of the Committee , and he would particularly commend them to the instruction of Bro . Sudlow . The Emulation Lodge of Improvement worked under the warrant of the Lodge of Unions , whose working was adopted by resolution by the United Grand Lodge in 1816 ,
Looking over the lists of members lately , he learned that some of the founders of the Emulation Lodge were members of the Lodge of Unions . He found as far back as 1 S 26 —that was to say , three years after the Emulation Lodge was founded—a name that many of those present would recollect—that was the name of William Farnfield , whose son was present—as a member of the Lodge of Unions , so that
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there was a connection between the Lodge of Unions and the Emulation . Bro . Farnfield was a member of this lodge in 1 S 26 , and he ( Bro . Fenn ) had thus had the privilege of consulting a brother who actually brought them back to a period within three years of the actual foundation of the Emulation , so that if any period of tradition existed , Bro .
Farnfield connected himself with the far past , and he thought that gave them a right to say that the working of this lodge was the working of the Unions Lodge in 1 S 16 . Bro . Fenn concluded by thanking his lordship and the brethren very much for their good wishes , and assured them that none could wish it greater success than the members of the Committee , who would do all they could to promote that
success . Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary , said he was permitted to propose a time-honoured toast , which was always given at the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . Lodges of Instruction must be attached to some regular lodge , under whose warrant they met to work . There were , as they knew , cases where the father conferred honour on the son , and were the son conferred honour on
the father . This lodge was essentially a case in point . The Emulation Lodge of Improvement , as they were aware , worked under the Lodge of Unions , which only a few months ago held its centenary meeting under their good Bro . H . J . Green . That lodge had worked for over a hundred years , and while it must look with pride and affection on its offspring , the Emulation Lodge of Improvement must be proud to work under so excellent a parent .
Ihe toast he had to offer was "Success and Prosperity to the Lodge of Union ' s , " with which he would couple the name of its Worshipful Master , Bro . Heming . Bro . HEMING , in response , said that he felt somewhat diffident , owing to his youth in Masonry , in returning thanks for a lodge which had just celebrated the hundredth year of its existence . In looking over some of the old minute books he found that the Emulation Lodge of
Improvement had met under the warrant of the Ledge of Unions for fifty-five years , having commenced in 1 S 31 , and , looking over the work it had done under its many worthy Preceptors—their worthy Bro . Fenn not being the least among them—the Lodge of Unions felt pride and pleasure in being its foster parent , and he trusted that the connection which had lasted so many years would never be severed . In the name of the Lodge of Unions he beeeed
his lordship and the brethren to accept their thanks for the honour done them by that toast . The toast " Prosperity to the Masonic Charities" was proposed by Bro . H . J . P . DUMAS , P . G . D ., and replied to by Bro . BINCKES , who , in doing so , referred to the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , over which Lord Hertford had presided , as one of the most successful Festivals of Masonic Charities that had ever been held ,
and said that these two Festivals must the more closely link the cause of Charity with the cause of improvement . Bro . LAURIE , G . M . Nova Scotia , said that to him it was a most decided step in advance that , while he came there as a visitor , he was not recognised as a stranger , and , though so kindly treated as a guest , he was honoured by being requested to propose a toast , so that he was made to feel one with them and one of them . It had been with him
a great subject for wonder that at the investiture of the officers of lodges , under the jurisdiciion of the Grand Lodge of England , immediately the Installing Officer placed the Master in the chair , the Master and Wardens were thoroughly ready for their duties , and it looked as if the Installing Officer had the power of turning out readymade Masters . But he had now come behind the scenes , had been introduced into the manufactory of officers , and
he had been struck with the accuracy of the work done . He knew , of course , that this was , so to speak , examination day of the college that had been run through the preceding year , but if all were as apt as those who had answered Bru . Fenr . 's questions—if these were a fair illustration of what was behind—then he felt that to this Lodge of Emulation very great credit was due for the immense improvement that had taken place in the working of lodges , which improvement reacted upon those under the
sister Grand Lodges , and , in his position , as Presiding Officer of a sister Grand Lodge , he could say that it had been a very great boon for him to be present that evening . But lodges of instruction would be nothing without officers to come forward , as the working officers had come forward that evening , to illustrate | the . lectures as aptly and capabl y as had been done that night . He gave them "The Health of the Working Officers , " coupling it with the name of Bro . Sudlow .
Bro . SUDLOW returned thanks for the Working Officers , saying he was sure that , from the flattering remarks that had been made by the Grand Officers , the Working Officers would feel themselves amply recompensed for any trouble they had had in rendering themselves perfect . He could not , however , sit down without giving expression to the feeling , which , he was sure , animated every member of the lodge , at having the pleasure of being presided over again at this festival by the lodge Treasurer , Bro . Fenn ,
who had presided for many years , and would , he trusted , be spared for many years to continue in that position . Bro . C . A . MURTON , P . G . D ., proposed " The Health of the Stewards , " to whom he said they were all very much indebted , as they had done their duty very heartily and well . With that toast he would couple the name of Bro . Dennis Brown . Bro . DENNIS BROWN briefly returned thanks , and then the Tyler ' s toast brought this very successful festival to a close .
We cannot refrain from congratulating the indefatigable Secretary , Bro . Spaull , on the complete success of the Festival in all its details .
The Recent Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE RECENT FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
There are , necessarily , some additions and corrections to be made in respect of our account last week of the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . In the first place the time , as usual , was too short to allow of our
verifying all the statements which then seemed perfectly reasonable , and in the next there is almost invariably some further information which reaches us and places matters in a somewhat different light . However , while we arc glad to say the additions are many , the corrections are remarkably few . First as to the corrections , which are as follow : — DERBYSHIRE . Bro . ] . Harrison , whose list amount to £ 63 , was returned
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as Steward for the Province ; he should have been described as Steward for the Phoenix Lodge , No . 1235 , Buxton , of which he is the W . Master .
WARWICKSHIRE . This Province—or rather one of its lodges—the Rectitude , No . 502 , Rugby , was returned as contributing £ 21 15 s ., that being the amount of Bro . I . Brooks ' s list . But we did not know—indeed , we could not have known at the time—that the bulk of the noble Chairman ' s list of £ 20 S 7 s . was made up of Warwickshire moneys , the Provincial Grand Lodge
having voted 25 guineas (^ . 26 5 s . ) to be placed on his lordship ' s list , and the Lodge of Lights , No . 4 6 S , Birmingham , having contributed towards his total the sum of £ 55 13 s ., while there were other contributions from Warwickshire which were also included . This renders it necessary we should make honourable amends to the Province for having unwittingly limited its total to the £ 21 15 s . of Bro . Brooks's
list for Lodge No . 502 , the fact being that the sum of its subscriptions , including that list , must have reached quite j _ Ti 5 o , if not more . We must also mention that , but for the hurry of writing , we should have drawn attention to the handsome list raised by Bro . W . A . Scurrah , W . M ., as Steward for the Henry Levander Lodge , No . 204 S , Middlesex . This list amounted
to £ 140 , of which , we understand , ^ 120 was contributed by the members themselves , and , considering how recent is the creation of the lodge , it certainly deserves a word of praise for its services 6 n this occasion . The following are the sums which have been received since the Festival , and were not included , therefore , in the returns we published last week :
LONDON . Lodge . 65 Bro . G . Schadler a further £ 550 901 „ H . Harbord a further 5 5 o 160 S „ Dr . H . VV . Kiallmark ... a further 220
PROVINCES . CHESHIRE . Sg Bro . John Clayton 7 _ r ... n , „ x r A 89 „ Walter Kenworthy ) - a further 6 6 ° CORNWALL . The Province Bro . Controller S . G . Bake ... a further 10 10 o
HERTS . Lodge 15 S 0 Bro . W . J . Thody a further 220 KENT . 1414 Bro . Rev . T . S . Curteis ... new list 12 1 o MIDDLESEX . 2105 Bro . D . P . Cama a further 5 s o
SOMERSETSHIRE . The Province Bro . W . Rice a further C 6 o SUFFOLK . a further 10 10 o Lodge
WORCESTERSHIRE . 377 Bro . J . Consterdine-Chadwick , a further 15 15 0 YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND EAST ) . 57 Bro . J . Walton ... ... new list 42 o u It should be also mentioned that the sums subscribed by some of the Stewards , to which no amounts were credited , are included in the lists of other Stewards . ThusBro . W .
, Lake's £ 10 10 s . is contained in the list of Bro . Controller Bake , for Cornwall ; Bro . Capt . George Lambert ' s , £ 21 in the list of Bro . C . Lambert , Lodge No . 19 S ; and Bro . W . J . Murlis ' s £ 10 10 s . in Bro . Bartle's list of £ 250 , for Lodge No . 1642 . The final meeting of the Board of Stewards will take place to-day ( Friday ) , at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 p . m .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . DAVID DAVIS . We regret to announce the death on Sunday last of Bro . David Davis , of the Royal Jubilee Lodge , No . 72 , and Secretary of the Royal Savoy Lodge of Instruction , No . 1744 . Bro . Davis was very much respected , and his death
will leave a gap not easily filled . It is remarkable that Bro . Davis ' s predecessor as Secretary of the Royal Savoy Lodge of Instruction—Bro . Sillis—died in January of last year . However , though Bro . Davis had not held the office long , he had held it long enough to have won the appreciation of its members .
Births. Marriages, And Deaths.
Births . Marriages , and Deaths .
BIRTHS . BETTISON . —On the 31 st January , at 40 , Tollington-road , Holloway , London , the wife of Mr . Sidney Bettison , of a son . LEE . —On the 24 th ult ., at Christ ' s Hospital , the wife of
Bro . the Rev . R . Lee , of a son . RINGER . —On the 21 st ult ., at 19 , Lower Seymour-street , Portman-square , the wife of Deputy-Surgeon-General Theobald Ringer , P . Z . 1533 , P . M . 130 S , P . P . G . A . D . C . Wilts , Sic , of a son .
MARRIAGE . NUGENT—CHAPLIN . —On the 2 nd inst ., at St . Mary Abbotts , Kensington , J . E . Nugent , son of the late Sir P . Nugent , Bart ., to Julia Margaret , daughter of the late J . C . Chaplin .
DEATHS . MANTLE . —On the 5 th ult ., at Glanville-villa , Wickham , Chichester , Sussex , Mr . George Mantle , aged 72 years . WALTERS . —On Sunday night , the 28 th ult ., at 5
Rich-, mond-villas , Summerlcy-strcet , Garratt-park , Garrattlane , Lower Tooting , from the effects of an accident , Walter Andrew Walters , aged 10 years , youngest son of Bro . Frederick Walters , P . P . G . D . Middlesex , P . M . 73 , Sic
Ihe Chiswick Mark Lodge , No . 357 , held their regular meeting on Saturday , the 20 th ult ., at the Star and Garter Hotel , Kcw Bridge . Bro . George Gardner , Founder and S . W ., was unanimously elected W . M ., and nominated for Provincial Grand Honours .
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a word on his own account , to express his gratitude for the great assistance he had received during his period of office from certain visits he had paid to the Emulation Lodge . He felr that his words would be readily echoed by many who were there , and by many who were not present . He would not detain them longer than once more to thank them heartily for their kind welcome to the Grand Officers that evening .
Bro . PHILBRICK—who was received with applause—said that their kind greeting to the emblem of authority which he held in his hand told him that they appreciated the toast he had the honour to propose— " The Health of their Noble Brother their Chairman that Evening , Lord Hertford , " who had presided over them with so much satisfaction to the brethren and so much credit to himself . Short speeches were the rule of the evening , and properly so . They had had
good Masonic work in the lodge , and they ought to keep that which rose to their lips within due bounds . Those of them who were present two nights ago knew of the noble exertions the Craft then made to support the presidency of Lord Hertford , who then took the chair at the Festival of one of the three great Masonic Charities . His lordship ' s presidency was the spring of Masonic benevolence , and when they had so honoured a man to preside , no mere
passing cloud of commercial depression and distress that there might be in the country could repress the benevolence in the hearts of Freemasons . They might fairly congratulate their noble Chairman on the distinguished success which attended his presidency on Wednesday . On the present occasion they could bear witness that his lordship's presidency had been happy and genial . Long might the Emulation Lodge of Improvement have Chairmen who
would rival their present one . Bro . Philbrick concluded by calling on the brethren to drink to the health of the Marquess of Hertford , their Chairman . The CHAIRMAN , in reply , said that he was extremely obliged to Bro . Philbrick and the brethren for the very kind way in which the toast had been proposed and received . He thanked them for having asked him to preside on this occasion . It had given him the very greatest possible
pleasure to do so . He was not a very old Mason , otherwise he should feel more ashamed of not having before now got introduced to see the working of the Emulation Lodge . He hoped he might be allowed , and that he might have future opportunity of seeing how the work was done . It must be of immense advantage not only to every one who attended the lodge , but it must be of enormous advantage to the Craft in general that there should be a lodge like this , in
which there should be so many members willing and able to give up so much time to work up the ritual and ceremonies of Freemasonry , so as to set a good example to all other bodies . He himself lived chiefly in the country , and attended as many lodges as he could within his province ; but he must confess that until that night he had never seen the whole of the work done without a single small mistake from beginning to end . He was sure that the brethren who
had that evening taken part in the working must feel proud of themselves , and their audience , as Masons , could not but feel proud of them . He wished that the country lodges could send some of the brethren periodically to see how the work was done ; he thought if country lodges did that it would be productive of good to the Craft in general . He thanked them most cordially not only for the reception they had given to the toast , but for the honour they had done him in
asking him to preside that evening . Before he sat down perhaps he might be allowed to propose the next toast , which was "Success to the Emulation Lodgeof Improvement . " After what he had said it was hardly necessary to ask them to drink that toast . Success was assured already . No greater success could attend the Lodge of Emulation in the way of work than had attended it that evening . He was informed that no less than 52 new members had put
their names down for enrolment that evening . He was told that since the lodge had been started 5000 members had been enrolled . That was an enormous number , and if those 5000 had attended and seen the working , and gone to their own lodges and tried to copy the example set them at the Emulation , it must have been productive of great good . He accordingly drank success to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , and he asked the brethren present
all to join him in doing so . With that toast he would couple the name of Bro . Fenn , a man whose name was thoroughly well known in Masonry , a brother wno had worked for years—he would not ask Bro . Fenn how many years—but he thought it was a good many that he had been working hard for the good of Masonry . No one who had seen Bro . Fenn that night , and the way he had done the work in the lodge , could doubt that he had the whole work of Masonry at his fingers' ends .
Bro . FENN , in reply , said that it afforded him great satisfaction , as a member of the Committee whom he had the honour to represent , to hear the commendations of his lordship , and to observe the way in which they had been received in the lodge . That honour , however , was not due to them , but to the brethren who answered the questions . He might perhaps conclude that not all of those present were as capable as he was himself of speaking to the correctness
of the work ; and he must say that , often as he had presided on these occasions , he had never heard the work done with the almost absolute perfection with which it had been done that night . The lectures were now very rarely given in private lodges , and it ivas only on occasions like the present that brethren had the chance of hearing them . Probably some who were present that night had heard portions for the first time , and he hoped that what they had heard
would create a curiosity in them , and induce them to come on a Friday night and hear more about those matters , which in private lodges were veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols . He must express a hope that among the 52 new members some might desire to emulate those who had worked that evening , that they might be inclined to acquire a knowledge of the lectures , and prepare themselves to work at the next festival . If they did , they would meet with the
gieatest assistance , and every instruction they could desire , from the members of the Committee , and he would particularly commend them to the instruction of Bro . Sudlow . The Emulation Lodge of Improvement worked under the warrant of the Lodge of Unions , whose working was adopted by resolution by the United Grand Lodge in 1816 ,
Looking over the lists of members lately , he learned that some of the founders of the Emulation Lodge were members of the Lodge of Unions . He found as far back as 1 S 26 —that was to say , three years after the Emulation Lodge was founded—a name that many of those present would recollect—that was the name of William Farnfield , whose son was present—as a member of the Lodge of Unions , so that
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there was a connection between the Lodge of Unions and the Emulation . Bro . Farnfield was a member of this lodge in 1 S 26 , and he ( Bro . Fenn ) had thus had the privilege of consulting a brother who actually brought them back to a period within three years of the actual foundation of the Emulation , so that if any period of tradition existed , Bro .
Farnfield connected himself with the far past , and he thought that gave them a right to say that the working of this lodge was the working of the Unions Lodge in 1 S 16 . Bro . Fenn concluded by thanking his lordship and the brethren very much for their good wishes , and assured them that none could wish it greater success than the members of the Committee , who would do all they could to promote that
success . Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary , said he was permitted to propose a time-honoured toast , which was always given at the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . Lodges of Instruction must be attached to some regular lodge , under whose warrant they met to work . There were , as they knew , cases where the father conferred honour on the son , and were the son conferred honour on
the father . This lodge was essentially a case in point . The Emulation Lodge of Improvement , as they were aware , worked under the Lodge of Unions , which only a few months ago held its centenary meeting under their good Bro . H . J . Green . That lodge had worked for over a hundred years , and while it must look with pride and affection on its offspring , the Emulation Lodge of Improvement must be proud to work under so excellent a parent .
Ihe toast he had to offer was "Success and Prosperity to the Lodge of Union ' s , " with which he would couple the name of its Worshipful Master , Bro . Heming . Bro . HEMING , in response , said that he felt somewhat diffident , owing to his youth in Masonry , in returning thanks for a lodge which had just celebrated the hundredth year of its existence . In looking over some of the old minute books he found that the Emulation Lodge of
Improvement had met under the warrant of the Ledge of Unions for fifty-five years , having commenced in 1 S 31 , and , looking over the work it had done under its many worthy Preceptors—their worthy Bro . Fenn not being the least among them—the Lodge of Unions felt pride and pleasure in being its foster parent , and he trusted that the connection which had lasted so many years would never be severed . In the name of the Lodge of Unions he beeeed
his lordship and the brethren to accept their thanks for the honour done them by that toast . The toast " Prosperity to the Masonic Charities" was proposed by Bro . H . J . P . DUMAS , P . G . D ., and replied to by Bro . BINCKES , who , in doing so , referred to the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , over which Lord Hertford had presided , as one of the most successful Festivals of Masonic Charities that had ever been held ,
and said that these two Festivals must the more closely link the cause of Charity with the cause of improvement . Bro . LAURIE , G . M . Nova Scotia , said that to him it was a most decided step in advance that , while he came there as a visitor , he was not recognised as a stranger , and , though so kindly treated as a guest , he was honoured by being requested to propose a toast , so that he was made to feel one with them and one of them . It had been with him
a great subject for wonder that at the investiture of the officers of lodges , under the jurisdiciion of the Grand Lodge of England , immediately the Installing Officer placed the Master in the chair , the Master and Wardens were thoroughly ready for their duties , and it looked as if the Installing Officer had the power of turning out readymade Masters . But he had now come behind the scenes , had been introduced into the manufactory of officers , and
he had been struck with the accuracy of the work done . He knew , of course , that this was , so to speak , examination day of the college that had been run through the preceding year , but if all were as apt as those who had answered Bru . Fenr . 's questions—if these were a fair illustration of what was behind—then he felt that to this Lodge of Emulation very great credit was due for the immense improvement that had taken place in the working of lodges , which improvement reacted upon those under the
sister Grand Lodges , and , in his position , as Presiding Officer of a sister Grand Lodge , he could say that it had been a very great boon for him to be present that evening . But lodges of instruction would be nothing without officers to come forward , as the working officers had come forward that evening , to illustrate | the . lectures as aptly and capabl y as had been done that night . He gave them "The Health of the Working Officers , " coupling it with the name of Bro . Sudlow .
Bro . SUDLOW returned thanks for the Working Officers , saying he was sure that , from the flattering remarks that had been made by the Grand Officers , the Working Officers would feel themselves amply recompensed for any trouble they had had in rendering themselves perfect . He could not , however , sit down without giving expression to the feeling , which , he was sure , animated every member of the lodge , at having the pleasure of being presided over again at this festival by the lodge Treasurer , Bro . Fenn ,
who had presided for many years , and would , he trusted , be spared for many years to continue in that position . Bro . C . A . MURTON , P . G . D ., proposed " The Health of the Stewards , " to whom he said they were all very much indebted , as they had done their duty very heartily and well . With that toast he would couple the name of Bro . Dennis Brown . Bro . DENNIS BROWN briefly returned thanks , and then the Tyler ' s toast brought this very successful festival to a close .
We cannot refrain from congratulating the indefatigable Secretary , Bro . Spaull , on the complete success of the Festival in all its details .
The Recent Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE RECENT FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
There are , necessarily , some additions and corrections to be made in respect of our account last week of the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . In the first place the time , as usual , was too short to allow of our
verifying all the statements which then seemed perfectly reasonable , and in the next there is almost invariably some further information which reaches us and places matters in a somewhat different light . However , while we arc glad to say the additions are many , the corrections are remarkably few . First as to the corrections , which are as follow : — DERBYSHIRE . Bro . ] . Harrison , whose list amount to £ 63 , was returned
The Recent Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
as Steward for the Province ; he should have been described as Steward for the Phoenix Lodge , No . 1235 , Buxton , of which he is the W . Master .
WARWICKSHIRE . This Province—or rather one of its lodges—the Rectitude , No . 502 , Rugby , was returned as contributing £ 21 15 s ., that being the amount of Bro . I . Brooks ' s list . But we did not know—indeed , we could not have known at the time—that the bulk of the noble Chairman ' s list of £ 20 S 7 s . was made up of Warwickshire moneys , the Provincial Grand Lodge
having voted 25 guineas (^ . 26 5 s . ) to be placed on his lordship ' s list , and the Lodge of Lights , No . 4 6 S , Birmingham , having contributed towards his total the sum of £ 55 13 s ., while there were other contributions from Warwickshire which were also included . This renders it necessary we should make honourable amends to the Province for having unwittingly limited its total to the £ 21 15 s . of Bro . Brooks's
list for Lodge No . 502 , the fact being that the sum of its subscriptions , including that list , must have reached quite j _ Ti 5 o , if not more . We must also mention that , but for the hurry of writing , we should have drawn attention to the handsome list raised by Bro . W . A . Scurrah , W . M ., as Steward for the Henry Levander Lodge , No . 204 S , Middlesex . This list amounted
to £ 140 , of which , we understand , ^ 120 was contributed by the members themselves , and , considering how recent is the creation of the lodge , it certainly deserves a word of praise for its services 6 n this occasion . The following are the sums which have been received since the Festival , and were not included , therefore , in the returns we published last week :
LONDON . Lodge . 65 Bro . G . Schadler a further £ 550 901 „ H . Harbord a further 5 5 o 160 S „ Dr . H . VV . Kiallmark ... a further 220
PROVINCES . CHESHIRE . Sg Bro . John Clayton 7 _ r ... n , „ x r A 89 „ Walter Kenworthy ) - a further 6 6 ° CORNWALL . The Province Bro . Controller S . G . Bake ... a further 10 10 o
HERTS . Lodge 15 S 0 Bro . W . J . Thody a further 220 KENT . 1414 Bro . Rev . T . S . Curteis ... new list 12 1 o MIDDLESEX . 2105 Bro . D . P . Cama a further 5 s o
SOMERSETSHIRE . The Province Bro . W . Rice a further C 6 o SUFFOLK . a further 10 10 o Lodge
WORCESTERSHIRE . 377 Bro . J . Consterdine-Chadwick , a further 15 15 0 YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND EAST ) . 57 Bro . J . Walton ... ... new list 42 o u It should be also mentioned that the sums subscribed by some of the Stewards , to which no amounts were credited , are included in the lists of other Stewards . ThusBro . W .
, Lake's £ 10 10 s . is contained in the list of Bro . Controller Bake , for Cornwall ; Bro . Capt . George Lambert ' s , £ 21 in the list of Bro . C . Lambert , Lodge No . 19 S ; and Bro . W . J . Murlis ' s £ 10 10 s . in Bro . Bartle's list of £ 250 , for Lodge No . 1642 . The final meeting of the Board of Stewards will take place to-day ( Friday ) , at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 p . m .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . DAVID DAVIS . We regret to announce the death on Sunday last of Bro . David Davis , of the Royal Jubilee Lodge , No . 72 , and Secretary of the Royal Savoy Lodge of Instruction , No . 1744 . Bro . Davis was very much respected , and his death
will leave a gap not easily filled . It is remarkable that Bro . Davis ' s predecessor as Secretary of the Royal Savoy Lodge of Instruction—Bro . Sillis—died in January of last year . However , though Bro . Davis had not held the office long , he had held it long enough to have won the appreciation of its members .
Births. Marriages, And Deaths.
Births . Marriages , and Deaths .
BIRTHS . BETTISON . —On the 31 st January , at 40 , Tollington-road , Holloway , London , the wife of Mr . Sidney Bettison , of a son . LEE . —On the 24 th ult ., at Christ ' s Hospital , the wife of
Bro . the Rev . R . Lee , of a son . RINGER . —On the 21 st ult ., at 19 , Lower Seymour-street , Portman-square , the wife of Deputy-Surgeon-General Theobald Ringer , P . Z . 1533 , P . M . 130 S , P . P . G . A . D . C . Wilts , Sic , of a son .
MARRIAGE . NUGENT—CHAPLIN . —On the 2 nd inst ., at St . Mary Abbotts , Kensington , J . E . Nugent , son of the late Sir P . Nugent , Bart ., to Julia Margaret , daughter of the late J . C . Chaplin .
DEATHS . MANTLE . —On the 5 th ult ., at Glanville-villa , Wickham , Chichester , Sussex , Mr . George Mantle , aged 72 years . WALTERS . —On Sunday night , the 28 th ult ., at 5
Rich-, mond-villas , Summerlcy-strcet , Garratt-park , Garrattlane , Lower Tooting , from the effects of an accident , Walter Andrew Walters , aged 10 years , youngest son of Bro . Frederick Walters , P . P . G . D . Middlesex , P . M . 73 , Sic
Ihe Chiswick Mark Lodge , No . 357 , held their regular meeting on Saturday , the 20 th ult ., at the Star and Garter Hotel , Kcw Bridge . Bro . George Gardner , Founder and S . W ., was unanimously elected W . M ., and nominated for Provincial Grand Honours .