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and to what extent these sudden removals applied to them . The Great Architect knocked at the door of the tabernacle of this frail habitation , and they were summoned hence . May they be ready to answer the call . Sir Knight Hutchinson seconded the proposition of Sir Knight Althorp , and the resolution was adopted . The Eminent Preceptor said that no one deplored the deaths of Sir Knights Andrews , Sharp , and Beanland

more than himself . He had personally lost three of the best friends he ever had in his life . To the preceptory their loss was no less than a calamity , and it would require united effort to retrieve its position . He would , however , leave the painful subject , knowing that kind hearts had prompted the utterance of kind words , and with the various sentiments expressed he thoroughly agreed . It was often said that a dark cloud had its silver lining . The next item

on the agenda paper was the presentation of an address to Sir Kni g ht Taylor , and he had pleasure in calling upon Sir Knight Thomas Hill to discharge that duty . Sir Knight Thomas Hill , Past Prov . Sub . Prior , said that before passing the mournful part of the proceedings , he desired to add Ms own testimony to the respect in which the three deceased sir knights were held , and to express his regret at the loss that had befallen the preceptory by

their deaths . He sympathised deeply with their respective families . In regard to Sir Knight Taylor he would remark that his acquaintance first began with him in April 1848 . At that time he ( Sir Knight Hill ) first saw the light of Masonry in the Lodge of Hope , No . 302 , and Sir Knight Taylor , whom he was now pleased to congratulate on looking much better than for some time past , took a part a part in the initiation ceremony . He had known him take a part

in many Masonic ceremonies since that period . He considered from 1 S 4 S to the present a long time to hold an acquaintance with a brother , and he believed that few brethren had siren experience , which , he thought , was one of the benefits of entering Freemasonry when young . He entertained the highest opinion of Sir Knight Taylor , and when the request was made that he should present the address , he could assure the sir knights that the fulfilment

of such a pleasing duty was to him a great gratification . — The address , which was as follows , was then read : —To Sir Knight John Craven Taylor , P . C , and Past Prelate Prov . Priory of West Yorkshire . Honoured Sir Knight . We , the Eminent Preceptor , Past Commanders , Past Preceptors , Oflicers , and other members of the Faith Preceptors , consider the presentafitting opportunity to mark your long connection with the Order , bv offering to vou out :

hearty congratulations upon having completed the fiftieth anniversary of your installation as a Knight Templar . This circumstance affords us no ordinary gratification , as it reflects honour alike upon yourself and the illustrious Order with which you have been so long identified . During that period , and especially when Knight Templarism had lapsed into great inactivity , you were indefatigable in your exertions to accelerate ils progress , you manifested a consistent

devotion to the cause , and by your integrity and uprightness you have won the esteem of all your brethren . Now that failing health will not permit you to attend the preceptory meetings so regularly as formerly , and seeing that we must be deprived , to some extent , of your friendly counsel , let us hope that the declining portion of your life may be sustained by a firm faith in the truth revealed to us , and so beautifully symbolised in our ceremonies . And when the

muster roll shall be called in the Grand Preceptory above , may you be ready to answer and to dwell for evermore with our Great Emanuel . Faith Preceptory , No . 13 , Bradford . 14 th September , 1 SS 6 " . John R . Wel-man , E . P . ; J . L . Athertan , Prov . Marshal , Registrar ; Thomas W . Tew , Prov . Great Prior of West Yorkshire ; Thomas Hill , Past Prov . Sub . Prior ; Henry Smith , Past Prov . Chancellor ; C . J . Bannister , PastG . Captain of England , Prov . Great

Prior of Northumberland , Durham , and Benvick-on-Tweed ; J . W . Monckman , Prov . Chancellor ; John Gaunt , Past Prov . Dir . of Cers . , * Samuel White , Past Prov . Sub . Prior West Lanes . ; Charles Crabtree , Past Prov . Vice Chancellor ; W . C . Lupton , Past Prov . Swd . Br . ; J . G . Hutchinson , Past Prov . Registrar ; George Althorp , Past Prov . Constable ; T . VV . Holmes , Past Prov . Organist ; John Davis , Past Prov . Std . Br . ; Frank

Holland , Past Prov . Swd . Br . ; William Johnson , C . J . Schott , Fred . Smart , and James Dewhirst . Sir Knight Hill had pleasure in handing over the presentation to Sir Knight Taylor , as a mark of the high esteem and regard in which he was held by the preceptory , and he trusted that for many years to come the preceptory would continue to have the benefit of his friendly counsel .

Sir Knight Taylor thanked the Sir Knights for that evidence of their regard , and for the uniform kindness that had invariably been shown towards him during his connection with the Preceptory of Faith ; he felt devotedly attached to the Degree , and had realised in a great measure the attainment of that success , which , in former years , he had most humbly hoped for . There being no other business , the preceptory was closed .

Cryptic Masonry.

Cryptic Masonry .

GRAND MASTERS' COUNCIL ( No . 1 ) . —A meeting of this council was held at the Masonic Hall , Red Lion-square , Holborn , on the 24 th ult . Among those present were Bros . Capt . J . E . Anderson , T . I . M . ; T . Poore , P . D . M .,- Alfred Williams , P . D . M . ; Thomas Cubitt , g . M . ; G . Graveley , P . C . W . ; T . C . Walls , D . G . M ., Recorder ; the Rev . 1 " . VV . Lemon , M . A ., Grand Chap ., Chap . ; H . J . Lardner , ist Marshal ; C . H . Driver , P . G . ¦

^• W ., S . S . ; George Powell , Warder ; H . H . Shirley , Sentinel ; Baron de Ferrieres , P . G . I . M . ; Sir Love-Jones Parry , Bart ., L . Steele , T . G . Robinson , T . Clark , J . Hay , N . Prower , M . A ., C . F . Matier , P . D . G . M ., Grand Recorder ; and R . Berridge , G . D . C . ( Hon Members . ) Bros . Ihomas Piper , T . I . M . Hiram Council ( U . S . ) , was a visitor . ¦ Jhe minutes of the previous meeling having been read and confirmed , Bro . 1 . Jones , Chapter , 1686 . and Mark

S 59 ,. was duly admitted , received , and greeted as a M . E . M ., R . M ., S . M ., and S . E . M ., by Bro . T . Poore . Bro . C . M ! Uiallender , Chapter 1004 , and Mark 323 , at the request of 'he T . I . M . of the Constantine Council , was also admitted , received , and greeted . Bro . Thos . Poore , P . T . I , M ., & c , was unanimousl y elected an honorary member . Bro . Walls , U . U . M ., jn the name of the brethren of the English Grand Council , then welcomed Bro . Piper as a distinguished visitor rom the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts . Bro . Piper

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having acknowledged the compliment , the council was closed in the Degree of Select Master . The brethren then adjourned to the Holborn Restaurant to dine . A few toasts were subsequently given and honoured .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The General Committee held their monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Saturday last . Bro . Raynham W . Stewart , P . G . D ., occupied the chair , and among those present were Bros . Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; J . S . Cumberland , George Plucknett , P . G . D ., Treasurer ;

Walter Ballard , Rev . R . Morriss , M . A ., LL . D . ( Head Master ) , C . F . Hogard , G . | P . Britten , F . Walters , A . Williams , William Roebuck , G . S . B . , * H . Webb , C . H . Webb , Thomas Cubitt , P . G . D ., * A . E . Gladwell , George Gardner , G . P . Gillard , George Motion , J . Glass , S . Richardson , Geo . Cooper , and F . Binckes , P . G . Stwd . ( Secretary ) .

The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and verified , and those of the House Committee having been read for information , thiee petitions were considered and accepted , and the names ordered to be placed on the list of candidates for the April election . Two applications for grants towards outfit by ex-pupils were entertained ,

and the following notice of motion for the Quarterly Court on Monday by Bro . J . Le Feuvre , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Hants and I . of Wight , for which see our advertisement columns , was accepted . A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings .

Bro. John Lane's " Masonic Records."

BRO . JOHN LANE'S " MASONIC RECORDS . "

We drew attention to Bro . John Lane's "Masonic Records " in the Freemason for August 28 th , at which period the painstaking author had exhausted the 17 S 1 numeration , and was then engaged in " proofing" the early sheets of the 1792 alterations and additions , many of which were of considerable importance and even difficulty ,

not only because it was the basis of the " Union " list , but also because of the impossibility to decide even , as to one or two lodges , the numbers that distinguished them in 1813-4 . Since then , Bro . Lane and his printers have gone on quite rapidly , considering the character of the great undertaking , and have not only concluded the " Union " numeration , but also that of the eventful period 1832 to 18 C 3 .

It will be seen , therefore , that considerable progress has been made since we last wrote on the subject , and that all being well , the great work will be in the hands of the subscribers early in November . The numeration known as " 1832 " was ended at page 230 , the last lodge being dated 16 June , [ S < 53 ( now 974 , " Pentalpha , " Bradford ) , the ( irst of the present numeration of " 1 S 63 " being No . 975 , " Rose of Denmark " Lodge , Richmond , of 3 July , in that

year . Down to Monday last , no less than 5 S 4 lodges have ber-i polished off since No . 975 , thus arriving at No . 1559 at t . io end of page 264 . There will be over 300 pages . We take this opportunity of drawing the attention of intending subscribers to the desirability of forwarding their names at once to either Bro . Lane or Bro . Hughan ( Torquay ) , not only because the work will not be sold at a guinea after publication , but probably two guineas ( as it

costs more than the first price named ); but the list of subscribers , to be issued with the Masonic Records , is now being prepared for the press , and will shortly be printed . We hope that the list of patrons of this great historical Masonic work will be both numerous and influential , and as it has obtained the official support of H . R . H . the Prince

of Wales ( being dedicated to the M . W . G . M . by gracious permission ) , we have every reason to suppose that the indefatigable author and diligent Masonic Student will receive the warm and unstinted appreciation he so thoroughly deserves . We beg to refer our readers to the advertisement at another page , and trust that Bro . Lane will be encouraged by a goodly list of subscribers .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . JOSHUA NUNN , P . G . S . B ., PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . Bro . Joshua Nunn , whose lamented death we were only able to refer to in brief terms last week , had played his part in Freemasonry with a success which is rarely equalled and still more rarely surpassed . There are many brethren whose career has-extended over a longer period of time , but it is only now and aeain that we meet with one who has

compressed so much valuable work into the comparatively short term of 29 years . He was initiated in the Caledonian Lodge , No . 134—then No . 156—in November , 1857 , and was chosen W . M . in 1 S 6 3 , having in the interim had 3 hand in founding the Lily Lodge of Richmond , No . 820—then No . 1102—in i 860 , and occupied its chair as W . M . the year following . He was also a founder and first VV . M . of the Eclectic Lodge , No . 1201 , in 1867 , a member and W . M .

in 18 S 4 of . the bt . Mary ' s Lodge , No . 1312 , Booking , and as recently as the 7 th August last , presided at thc consecration banquet of the Joshua Nunn Lodge , No . 2154 , Halstead , of which he was a founder and had been installed its fust W . M . He was also at different times a founder of the following lodges , viz ., the Albert Edward , No . 1362 , Redhill ; the Prince Leopold , No . 1445 , the Abercorn , No . 1549 , Great Stanmore ; the Beaconsfield , No . 1662 , the Guelph , No .

1685 , the Suburban , No . 1702 , Great Stanmore ; and the Richmond , No . 2032 , Richmond ; nor is it surprising that in 1 S 6 9 in the course of the services he was thus rendering and in recognition of what he had done already towards promoting the welfare of the Craft , the then Grand Master , the late Earl of Zetland , should have conferred upon him the collar of G . Swd . Br . of England . In Royal Arch Masonry , though the field of labour is more circumscribed , his services

were equally valuable . He was exalted in Mount Sinai Chapter , No . 19—at the time No . 49—in 1 S 59 , and in 1 S 66 was founder and first M . E . Z . of the Lily Chapter of Richmond , No . 820 , while six years later he played precisely the same dual r- > Ie of founder and first Z . of the Caledonian Chapter , No . 134 . The Windsor Castle Chapter , No . 771 , also claims him as one of its founders , while in 'Supreme Grand Chapter he was G . D . of C . in 1 S . 9 . and had like-

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wise served on the Grand Chapter Committee . In the Mark and Ark Degrees he also won distinction , being a P . M . of the Thistle Mark Lodge , No . S , and P . G . D . ' of Mark Grand Lodge , and a P . G . J , in the Degree of Royal Aik Mariner . In the Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine he ranked as a P . G . S . United States of America , and P . G . Viceroy and member of the Premier Conclave of England , and had taken all the Degrees , including the highest of all ,

of the Ancient and Primitive Rite . But , after all , it is not so much the services he rendered in lodge and chapter which will perpetuate his fame , as the help he gave to our different Institutions , and the prominent position he had occupied during the last iC years in connection with the Board of Benevolence . He was for two years a member of the Board of General Purposes , and had likewise served on the Colonial Board ; but from 1862 , when he was first

chosen on the Board—or , as it was then designated , the Lodge—of Benevolence , till his death as President , there had not been a single year's interruption to his connection with that body . For the first eight years he was only a member , either by election or appointment ; but in 1 S 70 he was chosen Senior Vice-President , and so remained till the year iSSr , when , on thc retirement of Bro . J . M . Clabon , Bro . Nunn was appointed

President in his stead . During all these years his attendance was most punctual , and no member of the Board exhibited greater kindness and liberality , tempered always , however , by a sound discretion , in the administration of our Fund of Charity . His loss on this account will be all the more severely felt , as an experience extending over so lengthened a period of time , when suddenly determined as in this instance , is not easily replaced . Our Girls' School ,

too , will have great reason to lament his death . He had sat on its Audit Committee for two years , and on its House Committee for sixteen years , till 1 SS 5 , when he was appointed one of the Trustees . He was also a Vice-President , and had acted as Steward at seven or eight of its Festivals . He had likewise qualified as a Life-Governor of the Boys ' School and Benevolent Institution , had served two Stewardships for each , and had been member of the Audit Committee of the Boys' School , as well as one of the Committee

of Management of the R . M . B . I . We must add that Bro . Nunn was a Steward at the opening of the new buildings at Freemasons' Hall in 1 SG 9 , and a Special Steward at the Installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . Grand Master , and that for 25 years he had been first Vice , and afterwards , Deputy Consul General for the United States of North America to the United Kingdom . A career like this is most honourable , and as we said at the beginning , is rarely equalled , and still more rarely surpassed .

The mortal remains of the late Bro . Joshua Nunn were interred on Monday in Tolleshunt D'Arcy churchyard . The funeral , which was conducted by Mr . Wilding , of Bocking , left Booking soon after noon , and arrived at Tolleshunt about three o ' clock , the distance being nearly 20 miles . At the village the cortege was met by some 200 persons of both sexes , mostly dressed in mourning . Bro . Nunn , as a native of Tolleshunt , and having kept up his

connection with it ever since , being well-known and highlyrespected in the district . Among those present were the Rev . V . O . Greaves , vicar of Tolleshunt , Dr . Harrison , of Baintree , the Rev . J . Emery , Episcopalian Methodist Minister , of Chicago , the deceased ' s niece , his adopted daughter , Mrs . George Payne , and Mr . George Payne ; while among the Freemasons who attended were the Prov . Grand Secretary of

Essex , Bro . J , Ralling , Bro . J . J . Cavil ) , P . M . 1312 , Senior Warden of the Joshua Nunn Lodge ( who , in consequence of thc death of the Worshipful Master , Bro . Nunn , will now have to act as Master for the remainder of the year ) , Bro . E . H . Inman , P . M . 1312 , Sec . 2154 ; Br ° - W . Johnson , P . M . 134 ( of which the deceased was a member ) ; Bro . Richard Collett , 1201 ; Bro . J . Hudson , 1024 , Bro . W . Uudrum , S . D . 1977 ; Bro . R . Clowes , P . M . and Sec .

650 , P . Prov . G . S . W . Essex ; and Bro . J . J . C . Turner , P . M . si , P . Prov . G . Org . The Lodge of St . Mary , 1 3 12 , BocYing , was represented by , in addition to Bro . Cavill , Bros . James Fuller , T . Malyn , P . M . and Sec ; Isaac Claydon , J . Rankin , H . Suckling , and J . Bradbury . The Richmond Lodge , N . 2032 , Richmond Surrey , the Sacred Law of which was presented to it by Bro . Nunn , was represented by Bros . VV . R . Phillips , W . M . ; B . E .

Blasby , P . M . ; and W . F . Reynolds , Treas . St . Peter's Lodge , No , 1024 , Blackwater , was likewise represented . The American Consulate was represented by Bro . Francis William Frigout , Chief Clerk of the Consulate , who also repiesented Amity Lodge , 171 , Greenwich , as its Senior Deacon , and the West Kent Volunteer Lodge , 20 41 , Wilmington , in which he holds the same office . Bro . Henry Massey , Past Master and Treasurer of the Gallery Lodire ,

No . 192 S , as an old admirer and friend of Bro , Joshua Nunn , was also among the mourners ; and the Lily Lodge of Richmond , No . 820 , had its representative in Bro . W . F . Reynolds . The Richmond Lodge sent a splendid wreath , the most handsome of all the wreaths deposited on the coffin . Arrived at the church , the coffin , which was of polished

oak , bearing on the plate the inscription : " Joshua Nunn , born 29 th Jan ., 1 R 20 , died 29 th Sep ., iSSO , was carried into the church , the principal stained-glass window over the communion table of which has underneath it the words * " Erected by Joshua Nunn , in memory of his mother , Mary Nunn , and tbe Perry Famjlj * , late of this parish , 1 SS 0 . "

Ihe church was crowded . The Rev . V . O . Greaves , vicar , performed the service most impressively . The chief mourners were Bro . Nunn ' s adopted daughter and his niece , who followed next immediately to the coffin , and took their places at the head of the grave . At the conclusion of the ceremony all the company filed past the grave into which the coffin had been lowered , and took a last view of the narrow house which contained the fleshly embodiment of one of the best and most hardworking practical Freemasons on whom had been conferred Grand Lodge honours .

The regular October meeting of the Richmond Lodge , No . 2032 , was held on Tuesday , at the Railway Hotel , Richmond . The summonses for the meeting were issued two days before Bro . Nunn ' s death , and in ignorance of the likelihood that so mournful an event would happen . A list of the members of the lodge was printed on the fly sheet , and Bro . Nunn's name appeared along with the names of the other members . Bro . Nunn was present at