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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , when , in consequence of its being the day for the appointment and investiture of the Grand Officers for the ensuing year , there was a fuller attendance of members than usual . In our report of the pro-SATURDAY , MAY 7 , 18 9 S . ?

ceedings will be found a complete list of the companions thus honoured , and though there is a material difference in the personnel of the two lists of Craft and Royal Arch Grand Officers , we consider the latter will compare very favourably with the former . » * *

Omitting , those who hold office by reason of their Lirand Lodge appointments , and those who are annuall y ¦ '^ appointed , there are , of course , many names common l ° troth lists , Comps . John Strachan , O . C , Reginald '¦ Mure , John Moulding ( Lord Mayor of Liverpool ) ,

t-- Lund Fry Edwards , John Haviland , Captain George '' earn , Lewis Lazarus , and A . King , Mus . Doc , having "sen appointed officers of Grand Lodge last week ; the c , nl y point that is worthy of notice being that Comp . ¦ Mure , who was appointed J . G . Deacon in Grand Lodge ' ' D . G . Registrar in Grand Chapter ; Bro . Rigg , the

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Craft D . G . Registrar , not possessing the necessary Royal Arch qualifications—in fact , so far as we know , not being a Royal Arch Mason at all . # » * Then there is a second group ot companions who were appointed last year or previously Craft Grand

Officers , for whom room is now found in the ranks of Royal Arch Grand Officers . Such are Comp . Arthur W . Orwin , M . D ., who was appointed A . G . D . of C . in Grand Lodge last year , and is now G . S . B . ( R . A . ) ; Comp . W . Stevenson Hoyte , who was Craft G . Org .

in 1 S 94 , and is now appointed G . Std . Br . ( R . A . ); and Comp . John Evan Bowen , who was appointed Past A . G . D . of C . ( Craft ) , last year , and is now G . Std . Br . ( R . A . ) Comp . Robert Grey , the new G . Scribe N ., occupies a position by himself . He was

appointed A . G . Soj . in 1 S 75 , after having had conferred upon him the office of J . G . D . From 18 S 6 to 1896 he was President of the . Board of Benevolence ( a Craft office ) and President of the Committee of

General Purposes of Grand Chapter . On resigning the former of these offices , he wis last year honoured with the appointment of Past G . W ., and we congratulate him on his present advancement to the still higher rank of G . Scribe N .

* * * There is still a fourth group of companions who are new to Grand Office altogether—whether in Grand Lodge or Grand Chapter . This group comprises Comps . T . Poultney Griffin , Herbert S . Clutton , W .

Taylor ( P . P . G . J . Middlesex ) , William J . Mason—who is Vice-President of ths Board of General Purposes of Grand Lodge—and Fred . B . Wcstlake , a distinguished and popular Devon Mason , who have been

appointed G . Standard Bearers ; and Comps . F . G . Swinden , Prov . G . S . E . Warwickshire ; T . A . Nesbit , P . D . P . G . M . and present Prov . G . Sec . Isle of Man ; and Charles Pulman , a member of the Board of General Purposes of Grand Lodge .

The announcement that the Prince of Wales , M . W . Grand Master , has presented Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , with his portrait , with autograph affixed , as a mark of his appreciation of the services which that

distinguished brother has rendered to Freemasonry during his 50 years' connection with the Craft , will be received everywhere among English Freemasons with the utmost pleasure . There is no member of our Society to whom , whether we have regard to the length or the eminence of his services , this graceful

compliment by his Royal Highness could have been better paid . In Oxfordshire , London , and his own particular Province ; in the Craft and Royal Arch , in the Mark Degree and the Order of the Temple , Bro . Beach has for many years past held some of the highest offices to which it is possible for any brother to attain , and the occasions have not been few on which his services to

this or that branch of . Masonry , in this or that M isonic district , or to this or that private lodge , have not baen most gratefully recognised . * # *

Bro . Beach was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , in the year 1 . S 4 S , and not many years passed before his services to that particular lodge and to Oxfordshire Masonry generally were recognised by the presentation of a handsome service

of plate . In 1855 , in conjunction with the late Bro . Canon Portal and other Oxford Craftsmen , he took a leading part in reviving the waning fortunes of the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , and establishing it as a London Masonic home for Oxford

University brethren and others , nor is there need to point to any other evidence of the success of this enterprise than that furnished by the present list of members of that old and most distinguished lodge . •» *

In June , 186 9 , he was appointed by the late Earl of Zetland , firstly , Prov . G . Master , and then G . Superintendent , of Hampshire and the isle of Wight , which had previously formed # two provinces under Bros . Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis and Thomas W . Fie 11 nig ,

respectively . In the 29 years that have since elapsed , the number of lodges on the roll of the province has doubled itself and there has been a proportionate increase in the number of Royal Arch chapters . In Supreme Grand Chapter he occupies the Chair of Grind Third Principal . In Mark Masonry , he was the fourth in order

of seniority of the brethren elected to preside over its Grand Lodge , Lord Leigh having been G . M . 1 S 56-60 ; the late Earl of Carnarvon , i . HCio-6 3 ; Earl Amherst , 1 St »; j-6 C j and Bro . Beach from i 860 to 1 SG 9 , while in 1889 , he was appointed Prov . G . Mark Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . In the Order of the Temple , he is a Knight Grand Cross and heads

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the list of Very Eminent Provincial Priors . The services he has rendered to Hants and the Isle of Wight were a few years since recognised by the presentation to him of his portrait .

But it is not alone in Grand , Provincial Grand , and private lodge and chapter that Bro . Beach has attained to a position of such eminence , nor is it alone by the services he has rendered herein , that he has succeeded in winning so generous a measure of esteem and respect

from the general body of English Craftsmen . He has at all times and everywhere done his utmost to promote the welfare of our Masonic Institutions , not merely by contributions of money from his purse , but by busying himself on all suitable occasions with the

administration of their affairs , and , above all , by presiding from time to time at their Festivals . In short , there is no branch of Masonry with which he has become associated in which he has not attained to positions of the highest dignity and responsibility , and

there is no Charitable Institution connected with the Cralt , whether central or local , which he has not held it to be his duty to serve , and served to the utmost of his great ability . Is there another Mason owing alleg iance to the United Grand Lodge of England upon

whom its illustrious and Most Worshipful Grand Master could have more worthily bestowed this graceful compliment ? # » * We have much pleasure in announcing that yet

another lodge will be added to the roll of Cheshire on Saturday , the 14 th inst . When the Wythenshawe Lodge , No . 268 S , will be consecrated at the Tatton Anns Hotel , Northenden , by Bro . the Right Hon . Earl Egerton of Tatton , Prov . G . Master , who will

be assisted by Bro . his Honour Judge Sir Horatio Lloyd , P . G . D ., Deputy Prov . G . Master , and the officers of his Prov . Grand Lodge . The principal officers designate are Bros . T . W . Markland , Prov . G . Reg ., W . M . ; Mark Oliver , S . W . ; and John Rylance , J . W . The proceedings are timed to commence at 3 p . m .

A meeting of Installed Masters will be held at the Masonic Hall , Grainger-street , Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Tuesday , the 10 th inst . ; at which Bro . Sydney T . Klein , W . M . Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , will repeat the esoteric demonstration of his discovery of the genuine secrets of a M . M ., which he gave before

the meeting of Experts held at Freemasons Hall , under the auspices of the Board of General Purposes , on the 1 st February . We understand that Bro . Klein has accepted invitations from other Provinces to give this demonstration . # * *

Wc find ourselves under the necessity of deferring till next week our review of Part I ., Vol . XL , of " Ars Quatuor Coronatorum "—for copy of which we are indebted to the courtesy of the Secretary , Bro . G . W . Speth , P . A . G . D . C . In the meantime , we may state

that , in addition to Bro . Klein ' s " Hidden Mysteries , " Nos . I . and II ., the Part contains two papers , which are calculated to excite strong feelings of interest among studious Craftsmen . The first is from the pen of Bro . Dr . Chetwode Crawley , and treats—as far as a hurried

glance through its pages enables us to judge—axhaustively , and , as a matter of course , in scholarly fashion , of "The Masonic MSS . in the Bodleian Library . " The other is an elaborate paper by Bro . G . W . Speth on " The Two Degrees Theory . "

* » * * . It was a graceful act of Bro . McLeod ' s , which we had the pleasure of recording last week in our account of the consecration of the Old Masonians Lod 'e , No . 2700 , to move for a grant from the funds ol the lodge

and at the same time announce his intention of representing it at the festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , on Wednesday , the 18 th inst . Bro . Terry , too , did a similarly graceful act when he spoke so strongly in behalf of the approaching Boys' School Centenary , and wished it all the success which its most

ardent friends desire . This occasional interchange of courtesy and goodwill among the Secretaries of our Institutions does a world of good in helping to keep free from unpleasant rivalry the necessarily keen but honourable competition for the support in which they are engaged .

The half-yearly meeting of the Sovereign Great Priory of the Order of the Temple will take place at Mark Masons' Hall on Friday , the 13 th instant , when the new G . Officers for the year will be appointed and

invested . At the conclusion of the businesss , a Great Priory of the Order of Malta will be held , and then will follow the customary banquet at Freemasons ' Tavern ; tickets one guinea each ,