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The motion of Major Durrant , was almost unanimously rejected amidst cheers . Bro . E . V . GREATBATCH , Life-Governor , said that in face of what Bro . Eve had said , and the decision come to with regard to the pension of Bro . Binckes , he would not persevere with his motion " That the Provisional Committee are hereby empowered to give Bro . Binckes such honorarium as they may deem expedient , not

exceeding £ 1000 , out of the funds of the Institution on his retirement from the office of Secretary . " It had been amicably settled between West Yorkshire and Staffordshire , both of which provinces had consulted together , and they had agreed f . o guarantee the whole sum that was required from the provinces . But he would persevere with his motion No . 4 , " That in Law 35 , page 9 , in the Book of Laws , the words ' elect , suspend , or remove the Secretary' be rescinded , " as that had

reference to the election of the new Secretary . Some of the brethren , from the remarks they had made that afternoon , seemed to have overlooked the fact that the appointment of the Secretary under the existing laws was vested in the General Committee and the Life-Governors who were spread all over the country , and consisted of ladies and Lewises , who knew nothing of the duties of the office or of anything else except paying their own subscriptions .

His proposition was that this rule should be rescinded , and that the appointment of a new Secretary should be vested in the Provisional Committee , who had appointed everyone else in connection with the Institution , and in whose hands the position of the Institution now stood , and they had done their duty in a way that was perfectly satisfactory . He knew in his own province they had decided to adopt the candidature of one person , and there was no one of the electors who

knew him or anything of him except his testimonials , and no one of them knew the duties the Secretary had to perform . It was decided to support him because he was proposed by the prominent men in the town . They were asked to support men they knew nothing of , and could know nothing , except their testimonials . The Provisional Committee , who knew the requirements of the Institution , and who knew what was wanted of the man who was appointed Secretary , could go behind

the testimonials , and see what the man ' s real worth was . It was a time when all officials had to have the confidence of those who were governing the Institution , and while the Provisional Committee had been governing the Institution they had had a very good opportunity of doing so properly since last July . They ought to know everything that was required , and they ought to be put in a position to see the candidates , and select the best man that could be got . The present mode of

voting was not conducive of getting the best man that could be got , and in the interests of the Institution he had to propose the resolution which was set in his name . It might be said that this could not have effect for many months , and it would be better to have a man that could do the Institution good rather than get a man elected who mig ht be of little or no value to the Institution . The Provisional Committee took charge of the Institution ; if they thought it desirable they

could take preliminary steps so as to secure the election of Secretary immediately after these resolutions were confirmed , if they were confirmed . In the interests of the Institution he hoped the best man might be got , and not obtain a man who was voted for simply because he ivas a friend . Bro . TUNNICLIFFE seconded the motion . Bro . EVE suggested that it should be " Provisional or General Committee . "

Bro . J . H . HAWKINS said one member of the Provisional Committee was chairman of the Committee of one of the candidates —( " No , no , " )—and he should oppose the alteration in consequence . A BROTHER said it was very easy to give up a right , but it was more easy to let it slide and hand it over to a small body of gentlemen . The Committee could sift the candidates out , say to four or five , but he warned the Governors against giving up to the Committee the power the Subscribers ought to possess .

Bro . RICHARD EVE said the gentleman who had been referred to as being chairman of one of the candidates' Committee was not now a member of the Provisional Committee . Another BROTHER said Sir Robert Fowler had never attended a meeting of the Provisional Committee .

Bro . HENRY SMITH said when the brethren appointed the Provisional "Committee they had confidence in them to discharge the duties of their office , and he trusted they had done so . If they were not competent to select a Secretary , who was V It was impossible for the Subscribers to examine the qualifications of the candidates , and when the medical man was selected it was stated by a very eminent member that it was quite possible that the general body could sift the claims and qualifications so well as the Committee could . Two or three were

then brought forward and the Committee self-cted Mr . Porter . He thought the best way was to select three or four candidates from whom one could be selected . A BROTHER said it was usual in all Institutions to send the names down to a Committee . They appointed a small Committee , who made a selection which was sent up for election . Another BROTHER thought it best to leave it as it was . Bro . GREATBACH ' motion was then put and lost , and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Sussex.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUSSEX .

An especial Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex was held in the Music Room , Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on the ist inst , when Bro . the Right Hon . Sir W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., Judge Advocate-General . Past Grand Steward , and Past Provincial Senior Grand Warden , was installed as Deputy Provincial Grand

Master . There was a large gathering of Sussex Freemasons and distinguished visiting brethren . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , deputed by the Provincial Grand Master , the Duke of Connaught , presided . The Wardens' chairs were occupied by Bros . Lieut .-Gen . C . W . Randolph and T . Billing , the Provincial Grand Officers present also including :

Bros . Crawford J . Pocock , Prov . J . G . W ., and Prov . S . G . W . elect ; J . Puttick . Prov G . Chap . ; R . Pidcock , Prov . G . Reg . ; V . P . Freeman , Prov . G . Sec . ; W . H . Causton , Prov . S . G . D . ; VV . Balchin , Prov . G . D . of C ; H . Beaumont , Prov A . G . D . of C . ; F . J . Sawyer , Prov . G . Org . ; B . Burfield , Prov . A . G . Sec . ; T . Berryj Prov . G . Purst . ; G . E . Chapman , Prov . A . G . Purst . ; L . R . Styer , A . Brazier , W . Botting , Graham Edwardes , E . T . Cooksey , and VV . E . Morrison ( Mayor of Eastbourne ) , Prov . G . Stwds . ; and H . H . Higher , Prov . G . Tyler .

Among the Grand Officers present were : Bros . Sir J . B . Monckton , Past Grand Warden ; F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Reg . ; Lieut .-Col . Somerville Burney , Past Grand Deacon ; J . S . Eastes , Past Grand Deacon , Dep . Prov . G . Master Kmt ; F . West , Past Grand Deacon , Dep . Prov . G . Master ( in charge ) Surrey ; E . Letchworth , Past Grand Deacon ; C F . Matter , Past Grand Std . Br . ; A . H . Moyes , Past Grand Std . Br ., Dep . Prov . G . Master Cambs ; Augustus Harris , Grand Treasurer nonvnate . The distinuguished visitors also included Bros , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor of London , Sir Henry A . Isaacs , W . M . 2127 , and Lord Walter G . N . Lennox .

The following Past Provincial Grand Officers were present , viz : Bros . W . R . Wood , P . P . S . G . W ., P . G . D . ; R . Clowes , P . P . S . G . W . Essex ; C F Lewis , P . P . S . G . W . ; O . N . Wyatt , P . P . G . S . of W . ; R . Montague Worloe , P . P J . G . W ., P . P . G . Sec . Bristol ; W . Marchant , P . P . S . G . W . ; J . Adames , P . P . S . G . D . ; L . W . Langwater , P . P . A . G . D . of C . Monmouth ; E . 1 arpenter , P . P . S . G . D •C Briscoe , P . P . A . G . P . ; H . E . Price , P . P . G . W . ; J . Hammond , P . P . G . P .: l . St . Clair ' P . P . J . G . W . ; T . C . Woodman , P . P . G . D . of C ; E . Collings , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; C

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Sussex.

H . Haine , P . P . A . G . D . of C . ; C Tomkinson , P . P . G . S . of W . ; C . W . Hudson , P . P . I . G . W . ; C . Powell , P . P . G . VV . j C . J . Corder , P . P . S . G . W . ; T . Packham , P . P . G . Purst . ; W . Smith , P . P . G . S . B . ; A . ' King , P . P . G . O . ; R . Hughes , P . G . Std . Br . ; T . R . White , P . P . A . G . D . of C ; W . A . Tooth , P . P . G . Chap . ; L . D . Dowdall , P . P . G . C ; S . R . Leg ? , P . P . G . S . B . ; H . A . Dowel ! , P . P . G . D . ; G . S . Godfree ,

P . P . G . S . of W . ; E . Walker , P . P . G . C ; F . Holford , P . P . A . G . D . of C . ; Edmund Yates , P . P . S . G . W . Middx .. G . Gatehouse , P . P . G . D . ; F . Daniel , P . P . J . G . D . ; S . H . Soper , P . P . I . G . D . ; G . Cole , P . P . G . O . ; Lennox Browne , P . S . G . W . Essex ; J . T . Whatford , P . P . S . G . W . ; A . T . Long , P . P . A . G . D . of C . ; C . Nye , P . P . G . S . of W . ; J . M . Reed , P . P . G . S . of W . ; H . Davey , P . P . J . G . VV . ; and W . Newsome , P . P . G . S . B .

The Provincial Grand Lodge having been formally opened , The ACTING PROV . GRAND MASTER , who was supported on the ri ght by Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W ., and acting Deputy Prov . Grand Master , having called upon the Prov . Grand Secretary to read the notice convening the meeting , said that three years since he presided over the Provincial Grand Lodge— -on the death of the late Bro . John Henderson Scott . He then had the high honour of

installing as their Deputy Prov . Grand Master their late excellent and worthy Bro . Gerard Ford , whose services for three years were beyond , all praise . He was happy to feel that those services were duly and gratefully recognised b y resolutions lately passed in the Provincial Grand Lodge , and he would add his own humble , personal testimony to the zeal of one whose whole time had been devoted to the advancement and prosperity of Freemasonry in Sussex . Bro . Gerard Ford had been called away to his last rest , and , again , he ( Bro . Shadwell H . Clerke ) b y the

gracious appointment of their Provincial Grand Master , the Duke of Connaught , was in the chair to install yet another good brother , Sir W . T . Marriott , as Deput y Provincial Grand Master . He felt sure that the latter appointment would meet with general approval , and that their distinguished brother would bring to bear upon his office all those various attributes of zeal and energy which had so ampl y characterised his work in other departments outside Freemasonry , and as years rolled on he believed he would prove a worthy successor to his eminent predecessors .

The patent of Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott ' s appointment having been read , he was duly obligated , invested , and installed , and took the chair amidst hearty applause . Addressing the brethren , the newly-installed DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER expressed his deep feelings of thankfulness for the kind manner in which his appointment had been received . Many words were not expected from him . All

he would say was that two feelings affected him—gratitude to their Provincial Grand Master , the Duke of Connaught , for having deemed him worth y of the high office conferred upon him , and fear lest he should not be found equal to the duties which that office required . He would , however , do his utmost to merit the confidence reposed in him , and to perform the various duties entrusted to him . He then invested Bro . Crawford J . Pocock as Prov . S . G . W .

The Provincial Grand Lodge having been duly closed , the brethren adjourned to the banqueting room , where they sat down to an excellent banquet , served up in admirable style by Bro . J . Sayers . The newly-installed Deputy Prov . Grand Master presided , and was supported by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London and the Officers of Grand Lodge .

The CHAIRMAN opened the toast list by proposing " The Queen and the Craft , " and "The M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . " He then gave " The M . W . Prov . Grand Master , the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon ; the R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master , the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . " It was well-known , he said , how

admirably the Grand Officers performed their duties , and he was pleased to see so many present . He wished to couple with the toast the name of Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , whom he had known as a friendly opponent for 20 years , and who , at great inconvenience , had only just arrived—too late for the banquet . In Bro . Philbrick they had one who had always been read y to exert himself and to make sacrifices for the good of Freemasonry .

Bro . PHILBRICK , in responding , said the Chairman , like an experienced huntsman , had acted upon the old advice , " Hunt your hounds hungry . " Their Deputy Provincial Grand Master could , however , do no wrong , particularly on the first occasion of his occupying his throne . The choice made by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught was , he believed , a good one , and he wished Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott health , happiness , and prosperity in his reign of office . He trusted it would be a long one , and that under his care the province would continue to make substantia !

progress . The CHAIRMAN next proposed "The R . W . Prov . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Conn -night . " He said he had no need to sing the praises of one who , they all knew , had the interests of Freemasonry in Sussex thoroughly at heart . In the Jubilee year their Provincial Grand Master embraced the opportunity of

visiting Sussex , and of assisting in the consecration of the Earl of Sussex Lodge . The Duke was coming home this year , and , though it was dangerous to predict , he ( Bro . Marriott ) felt that one of the first things he would do would be to pay a visit to the Freemasons of Sussex ; and they , he was sure , would give him the warmest and heartiest of the receptions he would experience in England .

Bro . Colonel SHADWELL H . CLERKE then proposed " The W . Deput y Provincial Grand Master-in-Charge , the Ri ght Hon . Sir W . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., Judge Advocate-General , P . G . Stwd . " In submitting the toast , he said he did so with mingled feelings , for he could not help casting his thoughts and memories back to old days . The past was , however , gone , never to return ; and as men of the world they must look to the future . Occupying the proud position of Installing

Officer in the afternoon , he had great pleasure in proposing the toast—a toast which would come home to the hearts of the Freemasons in Sussex . The worth y brother appointed by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught was , he said , in many phases , a distinguished man . He was a member of her Majesty ' s Privy Council ; a counsel learned in law ; Senior M . P . for Bri ghton ; and , in Masonry , had served as Provincial Senior Grand Warden . Some 20 years since Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott had been initiated into one of the most distinguished of lodges , and , 12

years ago , had received the appointment of Grand Steward . He had secured the appreciation of Sussex Masons , and was a member of three Sussex Lodges . It was such a worthy and distinguished man and Mason that had been appointed to preside over them . They had heard his promise to perform to the utmost the duties of his hi g h trust , and he ( Bro . Clerke ) believed that promise to be sincere . All present would , he was sure , join him in congratulating Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott upon his appointment to the hi gh office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master .

Bro . Sir W . T . MARRIOTT , on rising to respond , was received with hearty and prolonged applause . He said he could not find words to thank the brethren sufficiently for their kindness towards him . He esteemed highly the honour conferred upon him by the Duke of Connaught , and appreciated sincerel y the cordial maner in which that appointment had been accepted b y the Masons of Sussex . The Duke , doubtless , had not relied upon his own judgment , but had consulted the

Grand Officers , whom they were all glad to see that evening . Humorously alluding to his many duties , he said the Grand Officers had imagined that he had positively nothing to do , and that as he had led an idle life until 18 90 they had determined that he should now enjoy life by having some real work to do . He thanked them , therefore , for their care , and his Royal Hi ghness for being guided by their advice .

Speaking seriously , he said he had not the leisure time which their late Bro . Gerard Ford had enjoyed . He had many calls on him , but what spare time he had should be devoted to the Province of Sussex . He relied on their kind forbearance . No one believed more firml y than he did in the real princi ples of Freemasonrybrotherl y love and affection , which he wished were more frequently practised out-