A Tribute To Bro. Kenning.

A TRIBUTE TO BRO . KENNING .

I should like to add my testimony to that of the Editor of the Freemason in relation to my old and esteemed friend , Bro . George Kenning . We have been intimately connected , in many ways , during the past 30 and more years , through which

long period there has never been thc slightest break in our friendship ; time but serving to strengthen the fraternal bond which has made us brethren devoted together to help forward the high aims of cur beloved Fraternity .

I was consulted about the start of the Freemason , in 186 9 , and wrote one of the chief articles in the first number , in response to a dear friend of mine , who was then the Editor . Later on , the lamented brother—the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A . —accepted that position , and for long did his best to make

the paper the excellent medium which it has become for all that concerns the hi-tory and welfare of the Brotherhood . On his decease firstly Bro . \ V . Lake followed and then the present Editor , who has sought to maintain the character of the wellknown Masonic weekly as the " Organ of the Craft . "

Bro . Kenning was most generous and hearty , and when in health , he was , without doubt , one of the most cheery and pleasant companions to be met with in a day ' s march . Hc realised , to the extent that few do , the international advantages and capacities of the Craft , and was always most ready to

cooperate with brethren who sought to promote good fellowship between the members of the various Grand Lodges , especially those of Great Britain and Ireland , Canada , the United States , and those of other English-speaking Masonic Organisations throughout the world .

I feel his decease very much , for it has been one blow after another of late , and the parting with so many of such dear old friends is a terrible trial to me . To see the companions of my

youth rapidly passing away , and living at an age when new friends arc not made , makes their loss all the greater , and emphasises the wish for the rest and peace that arc rapidly becoming needful for both mind and body . W . } . HUGHAN .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening- at Freemasons' Hall , London . The attendance was small , no doubt owing to the thick foggy weather . Comp . Canon J . Studholme . Brownrigg , P . Asst . G . Soj ., presided as Grand First Principal j Comp . George Richards , Grand Superintendent of the Transvaal , as Grand Second Principal : and Comp . the Rev .

Jchn A . Lloyd , M . A ., P . Asst . G . Soj ., as Grand Third Principal . There were a ' so present among others—Comps . E . Lctchwoilh , Grand Scribe E . ; Rev . F . Bethune N . Norman Lee , M . A ., Chaplain to the Forces , Grand Scribe N . ; Frank Richardson , as G . D . C , ; Horace Brooks Marshall , M . A ., Sheriff of London , G . Treas . ; Baron de Ferrieres , C . E . Keyser , J . E . Le Feuvre , George Everett , P . G . Treas . ; W . G . Kentish , A . C . Spaull , Dr . Clement Godson , C . J . R . Tijou , J . Whitaker Burgess , J . C .

Fitzroy Tower , W . A . Scurrah , W . Lake , Asst . Sec . ; Sir Geo . D . Harris , Pres . Com . of Gtneial Purposes j H . J . P . Dumas , J . L . Barrett , Capt . Robert Gresley Hall , D . L . ; Arthur W . Orwin , M . D . * , Charles Martin , Henry Lovegrove , J . M . JIcLeod , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . B . j' James Stephens , W . J . Mason , W . S . Hoyte , Major Henry Wright , Major T . C . Walls , Harry Tipper , Thomas A . Bullock , Charles Pulman , Walter S . Whitaker , W . Kipps , . Hermann Klein , W . J . Fisher , H . Massey , and \ V . Dodd .

Comp . Dr . Walmsley Little , Grand Org ., officiated at the organ , accompanying the procession , both on its entering and on its leaving the Temple . GRAND SCRIBE E ., after Grand Chapter had been opened , read the minutes of the August Convocation , giving in full the address of Canon

Brownrigg on the death of Ihe late Empress Frederick of Germany , and of the late Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Grand J ., with the resolution of sympathy and condolence on the loss of that eminent companion , which was moved by Comp . Brownrigg , and seconded by Comp . Robert Grey , acting as Grand H .

The minutes were then put and confirmed . Comp . Sir GEORGE DAVID HARRIS , President of the Committee o f General Purposes , moved , and Comp . FRANK RICHARDSON , G . D . of C , seconded , the grantirg of a charter to be attached to the Manica Lodge , No . 276 S , to meet at Umtali , Rhodesia , South Africa . The charter was granted .

Comp . Sir G . D . HARRIS moved , and Comp . FRANK RICHARDSON seconded , tVe grant of a charter for a chapter to be attached to the Staines Lodge , No . 2536 . to meet at the Town Hall , Staines , Middlesex . Comp . J . G . GARSON , P . P . G . J . Middlesex , moved as an amendment that the charter be not granted . There were several chapters in Middlesex , and in no less than five the members were so few that it could not be said

that the Royal Arch was working satisfactorily . In one chapter the membership was only 10 , another chapter had 12 members , another 14 , another 15 . lt seemed , therefore , a great pity that they should have in the province another chapter when so many of the Middlesex chapters were in that con . dition . Then , again , near the place where the chapter was proposed to be held two of the chapters he had spoken of as being in a low condition were

situated at Twickenham , which was only seven and three-quarter miles off , and there was an excellent service of trains , and it could be reached in 16 or 17 minutes . Then the Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex had not , he thought , met since August Gth , 189 S . The H . of the Province was appointed on July 7 th , 1899 , and the Provincial Grand Scribe E . had only been appointed during the last few months ,

Supreme Grand Chapter.

Comp . Sir G . D . HARRIS rose to order . What Comp . Garson was now speaking of was not appropriate to the subject he had raised . Comp . Canon BROWNRIGG said he was just going to bring forward the same point of order . This was a vote of censure on the recommendation

of the Committee of Grand Chapter . If Comp . Garson would confine himself to the point at issue it would be better . What he was drawing attention to had nothing to do with the Provincial Grand Chapter . The question was whether this petition for the Staines Chapter should be granted ? Did he move an amendment 1

Comp . GARSON said he would move that the question of granting a warrant for this chapter should be referred back again to the Committee of General Purposes for further consideration . Comp . Major T . C . WALLS , P . D . G . D . of C , seconded the amendment . If he had been present at the Committee of General Purposes he should have opposed the recommendation . Twickenham and Staines were very

near each other , and Teddington was not far from Twickenham . Brethren at Staines who wanted to join the Arch might go to either place . Comp . RICHARD FOX WARNER , Z . designate of the proposed chapter , wished to reply to the remarks of the companions , It was very unusual not to grant a chapter that had been recommended because chapters already

existed seven or eight miles away . So far as the Staines Lodge was concerned , he might say that many members of it had asked to be exalted in the proposed chapter . The lodge , which was established in 1894 , had 32 members , and had subscribed as much as £ 600 to the Charities . He thought that was in favour of the Staines Lodge . He thought they were entitled to a chapter , as they had served the interests of Masonry well .

Comp . Sir G . D . HARRIS hoped Grand Chapter would refuse the amendment . The Staines Lodge was a prosperous one , and it was not because chapters attached to other lodges were not prosperous that a lodge that was progressing should not have a chapter . Comp . Canon BROWNRIGG as a resident at one time in the neighbourhood knew something about it . He saw the name ' of one very distinguished

Mason on the petition ; he was a very old and valued member of the Somerset House Chapter . Among the petitioners , too , was the Vicar of Staines , a man of great eminence in his profession . The amendment was rejected , and the chapter was granted . Permission was given to remove the following chapters : The Charnwood Chapter , No . 1007 , from the Bull ' s Head , to the Town Hall ,

Loughborough . The Richard Newhouse Chapter , No . 2433 , from Hamilton-street , Birkenhead , to the Hote ! Victoria , New Brighton . The Royal Albert Chapter , No . 907 , from the White Hart , Cannon-street , to Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , London . The Starkie Chapter , No . 935 , from the Masonic Hall , Adelphi-street , to the

Town Hall , Salford . The Engineer Chapter , No . 2599 , from 33 , Golden-square , to the Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , London . The St . Peter Chapter , No . 4 S 1 , from the Masonic Hall , Pilgrim-street , to the Masonic Hall , Maple-street , Newcastle-on-Tyne . The Bedford Chapter , No . 282 , from Freemasons' Hall , West-street , to the New Freemasons' Hall , Barley Market-street , Tavistock .

The Harmony Chapter , No . 17 8 , from the Masonic Hall , King-street , to the Town Buildings , Wallgate , Wigan . The Strong Man Chapter , No . 45 , from the Holborn Restaurant , to the Cafe Monico , Piccadilly , London , and a charter of confirmation was granted to the Nicholson Chapter , No . 371 , Maryport , the original charter having been destroyed by fire . Grand Chapter was then closed in ancient and solemn form .

Consecration Of The Cheselden Lodge, No. 2870.

CONSECRATION OF THE CHESELDEN LODGE , No . 2870 .

INSTALLATION OF BRO . THOMAS WAKLEY , J ., P . M ., P . P . G . D . SURREY . The consecration of the above lodge took place on the evening of Monday , the 4 th inst ., in the presence of a numerous and distinguished assemblage who had gathered in spite of the dense fog in the Governors ' Hall of St . Thomas ' s Hospital , with which the new lodge is connected . It had been hoped that the ceremony would be performed in the presence of the M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ,

K . G ., & c , president of the hospital , who had undertaken to formally constitute the lodge , but unfortunately , at the last moment , his Royal Highness was unavoidably prevented from being present . The founders of the new lodge are—Bros . T . Wakley , jun ., P . M ., P . P . G . D . Surrey , W . M . designate ; H . H . Clutton , S . W . designate ; G . Crawford Thomson , P . M ., J . W . designate ; L . A . Bidwell , W . M . 2620 ; C . R . BoxA . A . BrockattP . M ., P . P . G . S . B . Worcestershire ; V .

, , Gordon Brown , P . M ., P . A . G . D . C ; W . S . Colman , C . Whitehall Cooke , W . II . L . Copeland , W . M . 1506 ; S . M . Copeman , P . M . ; W . S . Fincham , P . M . ; 11 . Gervis , P . M ., P . G . Stwd ., Prov . G . Reg . Herts ; C . W . Grant-Wilson , Samuel Hague , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . Middx ; C . W . Haig-Brown , W . M . 2101 ; R . Late , P . M . ; H . J . Macevoy , Alderman W . Vaughan Morgan , P . M ., P . G . Treas . ; ' 1 . G . Nicholson , H . 35 . Osburn , Sydney Phillips , H . J . Prangley , P . M . ; H . A .. Sinsom , E . Solly , and Chisholm Williams , W . M . 2 o 5 .

The company , independent of the founders , included the following : Bros . Col . John Davis , A . D . C , P . G . M . Surrey ; G . Richards , D . G . M . Transvaal s Viscount Templetown , S . G . W . ; Sir William MacCormac , Bt ., K . C . B ., K . C . V . O . ; Sir Borradaile Savory , Bt ., G . Chap . ; Sir R . Hanson , Bt ., P . CJ . W . ; W . C . R . Bedford , G . Chap . ; Aid . Frank Green , Lord Mayor , P . G . W . ; Ven . Archdeacon Sinclair ; Robert Grey , P . G . W . ; Frank Richardson , P . D . G . R . ; lun

AW . Vaughan Morgan , P . G . Treas . ; Edwd . Letchworth , G . Sec ; J . Vaug Morgan ; A . W . D . de Fienzi , D . G . S . Natal ; J . Strachan , K . C , ti . Reg . ; I * . Woodhouse Braine , S . G . D . ; R . Loveland Loveland , President Board ot Gener . i Purposes ; Clement Godson , P . G . D . ; J . H . Matthews , President Board ot Benevolence ; Alfred Cooper , P . G . D . ; A . W . Oxford , P . G . D . ; Sir Homewood Crawford , P . G . D . ; G . fi . Wainwright , P . P . G . W . Surrey ; R . CJ , "' P . G . D . ; Lieut .-Col . Kiallmark , P . G . D . ; j . C . Fitzroy Tower , P . A . G . D . C . ; i *« FGouldPGD AWOrwinPGD Sir John Puleston W . Lake , As * -

. , ... ; . . , ... ; ; G . Sec ; D'Arcy Power , P . G . D . ; H . Sidler , G . Tyler ; W . B . Wyatt , P . G . Stwd . ; W . Manders , P . P . J . G . W . Berks ; H . R . Rose , P . G . O . ; T . Burns , P . P . G . D . Surrey ; H . Stallard , P . l ' . G . Std . Br . ; C . Tyler , P . G . Sec . Surrey ; W . J . Arrnitage , P . P . G . P . Cambs . ; T . G . Miller , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; P . < -. *>• Carrington , P . P . S . G . W . Worcestershire ; V . Lawrance , P . A . G . D . C ; H . VV . Little , G . Org . ; W . B . Openshaw , C . M . G . ; Lieut .-Col . Dixon , D . G . S . B . ; W . J . Spratling , P . G . '' Std . Br . ; P . S . Abraham , W . M . 2546 * and many others .