The Candidates For The Grand Treasurership.

THE CANDIDATES FOR THE GRAND TREASURERSHIP .

As will be seen in our report of the proceedings at Grand Lodge on Wednesday evening , four brethren were nominated by their respective supporters for the ofiice of Grand Treasurer . Bro . Sir W . Marriott contented himself by simply proposing Bro . Hudson as a car didate . Bro . Gordon Brown was equally brief in the rie cription of Bro . Alderman Dimsdale's qualifications ,

and we think the Craft may be interested to know s mething of those who are seeking their suffrages for the office . Both Bro . Stiles and Bro . Shurmur were fortunate in their proposers , and we cannot add anything to tveir recital of the claims made on their behalf by Lord Giorge Hamilton and Bro . Baker respectively , and which will be found in the report of the proceedings in

Grand Lodge in another page . Bro . Hudson , of Brighton , is a Past Provincial Grand Warden of Sussex , and has been 25 years an active member of the Craft . He is P . M . and Treas . of Royal York Lodge , founder and P . M . of the Chaucer Lodge , No . 1540 ; founder and P . M . of the Earl of Sussex Lodge , No . 2201 ; P . Z . and Treas . of the Royal Pavilion Chapter ,

No . 315 ; founder and P . Z . of the Metropolitan Chapter , No . 1507 ; founder and P . Z . of the Chaucer Chapter , No . 1540 ; in the Mark Degree he is Past Grand Steward , and Past Provincial Grand Officer of Sussex ; he has served many Stewardships for the Charities ; and is a Vice-President of the Boys' Institution ; and a Life Governor of the Girls' and

Benevolent Institutions . Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Dimsdale is a well-known personage in the City . Educated at Eton he entered business in 186 7 , and vvas admitted a partner in 18 70 in the old established banking firm of Dimsdale Fowler Barnard and Co ., of 50 , Cornhill j he is a member of the Institute of Bankers and an Arbitrator upon Banking in the

Chamber of Arbitration , as also member of Court of Lieutenancy and J . P . of the City of London . He was elected Alderman of the Ward of Cornhill , upon the death ofhis late partner , Bro . Sir R . N . Foweler , P . G . W ., and elected Sheriff of London in June last , heading the poll . He is well-known as taking a lively interest in charitable and philanthropic work ; being Treasurer of the

London Fever Hospital ; Royal Humane Society ; Small Pox Hospital ; Benevolent and Stranger ' s Friend Society ; Church of England Young Men ' s Society ; Essex and Herts Medical Benevolent Society . He is on the House Committee of the London Hospital ;

The Commmittee of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy ; and a manager of the London Orphan Society . Bro . Dimsdale is I . P . M . of Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 ; a P . G . Steward and a member of Grand Master ' s Chapter , No . 1 . He has served Stewardships and is a Life Governor of all the Masonic Charities .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . EDWIN MASON SHELDON , M . R . C . S . We regret to record the death of Bro . Edwin Mason Sheldon , M . R . C . S ., a well-known brother throughout Lancashire . Bro . Dr . Sheldon died in London on Saturday , the 25 th ult ., and the body was conveyed to his late residence in Boundary-street , Liverpool , on Wednesday , the 28 th ult ., whence the funeral cortege

started . A crowd of more than 800 of the humbler residents of the north end of the town , amongst whom Bro . Dr . Sheldon had laboured , assembled outside the house to witness the departure of the cortege . It consisted of the hearse and six mourning broughams . The chief mourners were : Dr . R . G . Sheldon ( son ) , Mr . E . Gorrill ( son-in-law ) , Mr . G . Wynne (

brother-inlaw ) , Mr . Chas . T . Smith , Mr . Isaac Bennett , Dr . A . E . Livsey , Mr . J . Costine , Bro . Dr . J . Kellett Smith , and the Rev . W . J . Adcock . The funeral was joined at the cemetery by a large company , amongst whom were Messrs . J . Beesley , J . Ellison , G . L . Mead , and J . Molyneux , members of the West Derby Board of Guardians , to which deceased formerly belonged ; the

Rev . Canon Major Lester , Chairman of the Stanley Hospital Committee ; Drs . Nevins , Barr , W . C . Costine , R . Jones , Whitford , M'Geogh , Bark , and Bro . Dr . Chapman . Bros . P . Armstrong , P . M ., and J . Sharpies , P . M ., represented the Derby Lodge , No . 724 . The interment took place in the family grave in the Nonconformist portion of the cemetery , the service

being performed by the Rev . W . J . Adcock , minister of the new Jerusalem Church , Bedford-street , Liverpool . Upon the coffin , which was of polished oak with brass mountings , were numerous wreaths , and the inscription simply denoted the name , date of death , and age ( 63 ) of the deceased . Bro . Sheldon was one of

the founders of the Stanley Hospital , Liverpool , and for 20 years Hon . Surgeon , and Consulting Surgeon up to his death . He was well known in Masonic circles , having been initiated in the Mariners' Lodge , No . 249 . and one of the founders and P . M . of Temple Lodge , No . 1094 , and a member of various other lodges and chapters .

Marriage.

Marriage .

MCLEOD—BONNER . —At St . Paul ' s , Rusthall , Tunbridge Wells , on 5 th December , by the Rev . C . J . Martyn , M . A ., Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen , P . G . Chaplain , assisted by the Rev . H . A . Hebb , M . A . ( Head Master R . M . I , for Boys ) , James Morrison McLeod , Secretary Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , to Sarah Elizabeth Bonner , of Leadenham , Lincolns .

Our Portrait Gallery Of Worshipful Masters.

Our portrait Gallery of Worshipful Masters .

BRO . RICHARD PERCY CLOWES , W . M . No . 2201 , Whose portrait we have much pleasure in presenting to our readers , was initiated in the Earl of Sussex Lodge , No . 2201 , in 188 9 , vvas passed in the Isaac Newton Lodge , Cambridge , of which he is still a member , and raised in the Earl of Sussex Lodge in

February , 1890 . He was exalted in the Patriotic Chapter , No . 57 , Colchester , in 1891 , and in the same year was advanced to the Mark Degree in the Royal Connaught Lodge , No . 409 , in May , 1890 . The Hibernia Mark Lodge , which was consecrated in 1890 , claims Bro . Clowes as one of its founders , and has this year elected him as its W . M . In the year 1892 he was

installed as a Knight Templar in the De Warenne Preceptory , and shortly after he became a member of the Ancient and Accepted Rite in the Eureka Rose Croix Chapter . His admission in the Brighthelmstone Council of the Royal and Select Masters in 1893 completes Bro . Clowes ' s Masonic record to date . We should also say that Bro . Clowes has served three

Stewardships for the Masonic Institutions . It is not given to many Masons to achieve so much in the short space of four years , but it must be remembered that Bro . Percy Clowes comes from a good Masonic stock , as all who have witnessed the untiring zeal vvhich his father , Bro . Richard Clowes , P . G . D ., has exhibited in every branch of Masonry for so many years can

testify , and we congratulate our worthy and distinguished brother on the prospect of the Masonic tradition of the family being worthily continued in the person of the son . Bro . Percy Clowes is a B . A . of Cambridge , and was called to the Bar of the Middle Temple in 1892 . He is now a member of the South Eastern Circuit .

BRO . JAMES SPELLER , whose portrait vve give above , vvas initiated in the Crusaders Lodge , No . 16 77 , of which he is now W . M ., in 1880 . He was exalted in the Islington Chapter , No . 1471 , in 1885 . His great interest in Masonry is

further evinced by his advancement to the Mark Degree in the Old Kent ( T . I . ) Lodge , and his perfection in the Rose Cro x Degree in the Mount Calvary Chapter in 1 S 91 . He was one of the founders of the Warner Lodge , No . 2256 , the William Shurmur

Our Portrait Gallery Of Worshipful Masters.

Lodge , No . 2374 , and the Wood Green Lodge , No 2426 , and of the Warner , Guelph , and William Shurmur Royal Arch Chapters . At the present time he is J . W . of the William Shurmur Lodge , H . elect of the Warner Chapter , J . in the Islington and Guelph Chapters , P . S . in the William Shurmur Chapter , J . W . in the Royal Savoy , and J . O . in the Old Kent Mark

Lodge . He is also a member of the Priory Royal Arch Chapter , No . iooo , Southend , Essex , in which county he received at the hands of Bro . Lord Brooke , in July last , the rank of Prov . J . G . D . He installed his successor in the Worshipful Master's chair of the Warner Lodge on ioth October , 18 93 . As a Stewa-d

at the last Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , on 28 th June , he took up a list of . £ 173 5 s . He is a Vice-Patron of that Institution and of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . The record is a good one , and we trust Bro . Speller will long be spared to increase it .

Lecture By Bro. Hughan .

LECTURE BY BRO . HUGHAN .

Bro . Hughan delivered an interesting lecture last week to the members and friends of the Young Women ' s Christian Association , Torquay , ion " The Bible in Relation to the Origin and Progress of Printing . " Bro . Col . Appleton , J . ., took the chair , and a collection

was made on behalf of the funds of this admirable Institution . The R . W . Bro . THOS . W . TEW , J . ., P . G . D ., P . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , vvas able to be present , and in seconding a vote of thanks to his esteemed friend , Bro . Hughan , expressed his great satisfaction and that of

the audience with the extremely valuable lecture . Bro . Col . APPLETON , in returning thanks for his services as Chairman , spoke of Bro . Hughan ' s extraordinary powers of memory , as the address of fully one hour was without a note , and was bristling with dates and particulars .

Marriage Of Bro. J. M. Mcleod.

MARRIAGE OF BRO . J . M . MCLEOD .

The pretty little parish church of St . Paul ' s , Rusthall , Tunbridge Wells , on Tuesday last , was the centre of attraction for a goodly number of the Craftsmen who had there foregathered to witness the marriage of Bro . J . Morrison McLeod vvith Miss S . E .

Bonner , of Leadenham , Lincolnshire , formerly of Tunbridge Wells . The ceremony was conducted by that popular and genial churchman and Mason , Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap ., and in order to render it more complete he had the appropriate assistance of the Rev . H . A . Hebb , the Head Master of the Boys ' School .

The bride was given away by our much esteemed Past G . Treasurer , Bro . G . Everett , and it is needless to say he performed his duty with characteristic gallantry ; the bridegroom being supported by Bro . W . B . Taylor , J . W . 1028 , an old school-fellow , and by his son , Mr . R . H . McLeod . After the ceremony , the company adjourned to the Wellington Hotel , and did ample justice to a

wellserved dejeuner , being presided over by Bro . GEORGE EVERETT , vvho , in most felicitous terms , gave "The Health of the Bride and Bridgroom" vvith a vein of humour peculiarly his own . He was followed by Bro . J BRABY , who gave a sincere tribute of his respect for the bride , who had for six years been the able manageress of his hotel , and earned the esteem of all with whom she had come in

contact . Our Bro . MCLEOD , in acknowledging the toast , made graceful allusion to the compliment paid him by the attendance of so many good friends , who had vied with each other in endeavouring to make the occasion so

happy . The valuable and numerous gifts showered upon his wife and himself by their kind friends , and , above all , the knowledge that his choice of a mother for his children was also their choice , made him happy in the event of the day which would be one ever to be remembered .

Due honour having been paid to the bridesmaids and the Chairman , the happy pair departed , amidst a shower of rice and slippers , to spend a short honeymoon in the Isle of Wight . We are sure that our readers will join with us in wishing our Boys' Secretary and Mrs . McLeod a long lease of health , happiness , and prosperity .

Amongst the company present were Bros . George Everett and Richard Eve , P . G . Treasurers ; Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap ., Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen ; James Terry , Sec . R . M . B . I ., and Hedges , Sec . R . M . I . G ., P . G . S . Bs . ; James Willing , jun ., and Mrs . Willing ; Bro . James Stephens and Mrs . Stephens , Rev . H . A . Hebb , Head Master R . M . I . B ., and Mrs . Hebb ,

Bro . Stanley J . Attenborough , Bro . C . W . Hudson and Mrs . Hudson , Bro . W . E . Morrison , J . P . ( Eastb > urne ) , Bro . Edwin Storr and Mrs . Storr , Bros . J . R . Wilson ( Yorks ) , W . B . Taylor ( Derbys ) , Braby , and others ; Mr . and Mrs . W . H . Stent ( Croydon ) , Miss Harkom ( Matron R . M . I . B . ) , Mrs . George ( Newark ) , Mr . R . H . McLeod , Miss Maynard , Miss Witty , Miss Hoadley Charlton ( Tunbridge Wells ) , and others .

During the day , Bro . and Mrs . McLeod were the recipients of numerous telegrams conveying good wishes from all parts of the country , not the least gratifying being from the brethren of Semper Fidelis Lodge , Exeter ( whose installation banquet had taken place on the previous evening ) , and from the Teaching Staff , the Office Staff , and the Boys of the R . M . Inst ., to whom the Chairman of the Board of Management gave a half holiday in honour of the event .