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Article CONSECRATION OF THE SHADWELL CLERKE ROSE CROIX CHAPTER, No. 107. ← Page 2 of 2 Article GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND. Page 1 of 1 Article GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND. Page 1 of 1 Article NOTES ON THE MINUTE BOOK OF AN EARLY ATHOL LODGE. Page 1 of 1
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Consecration Of The Shadwell Clerke Rose Croix Chapter, No. 107.
The chapter was opened by the Supreme Council , 33 . Very 111 . Bros . H . D . Sandeman , as M . W . S . ; General H . Clerk , as Prelate ; Major Geo . Lambert , ist General ; Excellent and Perfect Bro . W . A . Scurrah , 2 nd General ; Verv 111 . Bro . Col . Burney , D . C . ; III . Bro . Matier , Raphael ;
and Ex . and P . Bro . E . J . Mills , Equerry . The following candidates were approved and duly perfected by the M . W . S ., having signed the required declarations : Bros . Nathaniel Goodchild , Edwin Storr , E . C . Mulvey , C . B . Cooper , and G . J . Dunkley , the ceremony being most im pressively and ably performed .
The ceremony of consecration was then performed by Very 111 . Bro , General H . Clerk , 33 , in his usual able and impressive manner . After which the ceremony of installing the M . W . S . took place under the auspices of Very 111 . Bro . H . D . Sandeman , 33 , when he installed E . P . Bro . H .
Lovegrove , M . W . S ., who appointed E . P . Bros . H . H . Shirley , 1 st General ; and W . A . Scurrah , 2 nd General Illust . Bros . Reed , Recorder ; VV . R . Palmer , Grand Marshall ; T . P . Doman , Raphael ; N . Goodchild , M . D ., D . C ; E . Storr , Herald ; E . C . Mulvey , Captain of Guard ; G . J . Dunkley , Org . ; and C . B . Cooper , Stwd .
A very cordial vote of thanks was given to Supreme Council for their kindness in consecrating , and they were all made honorary members of the new chapter by acclamation , as was also Bro . Matier . Very III . Bro . General H . CLERK , 33 , responded and apologised for the unavoidable absence of both Bros . Capt . N . G . Philips , 33 , and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , 33 .
A Committee was appointed to draw up by-laws . The third point being given , the chapter was closed with prayer . The brethren then adjourned to the Holborn Restaurant to the banquet . After dinner the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given by the M . VV . S ., and a very enjoyable evening was spent . The musical
arrangements were under the direction of that able and very distinguished brother and good Mason , 111 . Bro . John Reid , and were highly appreciated . Bro . Reid acted as Organist at the perfection , and also at the consecration , and played as only Bro . Reid can play , well and impressively . Bro . E . de Lacy also acted as Trumpeter during both ceremonies , and the cornet was a most agreeable addition .
VVe predict a bright future for the Shadwell Clerke Rose Croix Chapter . They have a capital man at the helm of the new ship . The M . W . S ., Bro . H . Lovegrove , who has been installed into 12 different chairs in Masonry , and who knows his work well . He has also a capital staff of officers , all good Masons , and who all know their work well , and are always ready and
willing to take any part in Masonry . It is a curious thing that so many brethren of the Invicta Rose Croix Chapter were present , viz . ; Bros . Lovegrove , Shirley , Palmer , Doman , Reid , Major Lambert , Major Dunbar , and lasf the father of the Invicta Chapter , the very 111 . Bro . General H .
Clerk , 33 . Everything connected with consecration and bauquet went off well and without a hitch , and all the brethren went home delighted with the ceremonies , the banquet and the music and singing , We wish them every success and every prosperity .
Grand Lodge Of Ireland.
GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND .
[ FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT . ] It is seldom we hear anything Masonically from Ireland , we , therefore , welcome the more heattily the Grand Treasurer ' s account for 1886 . This account is cheering , as it shows apparently a balance oi £ 1313 us . 2 d . in bank on the 31 st December last , being an increase of - £ 8 19 s . gd . over the
balance carried forward ; but this balance is only an apparent one , as , on examining the Auditors' certificate , we find there is payable out of that sum for a debt " due to the Chanty Fund , " £ 179 3 s . sd . ; and page 7 gives the particulars of amounts " due by Grand Lodge " to its creditors , ^ 406 5 s . 3 d ., these amounting to £ 585 8 s . Sd ., thus leaving only the sum of £ 728 2 s . 6 d . available for Grand Lodge purposes .
It appears from the Auditors' certificate there are also debts due to Grand Lodge amounting to £ 1044 ios . 7 d . More than half of this amount being due by foreign lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of Ireland .
There appears to have been received only £ 1 $ iSs . fees of Grand Officers . This we do not understand , as the annual fees of Grand Officers , as appears by schedule of fees annexed to the laws and constitution of Grand Lodge , amount annually to £ 29 8 s ., this we presume is an error . For surely no brother would be allowed to hold office in Grand Lodge who
did not pay his annual fees . We have , however , been informed on good authority that at least two Grand Officers did so , although they had not paid fees for several years . We think it right thus to call the Grand Treasurer's attention to this so as to prevent a repetition . He should also see the large arrears are as speedily got in as possible . VVe find 383 lodges holding under this Grand Lodge .
The Charity Fund appears to amount to £ 567 11 s . sd ., including a balance of £ 9 6 13 s . 4 d . carried forward from the previous year . Of this the sum of £ 245 us . was distributed in Charity during the year , and a balance of £ 119 3 s . 3 d . is carried forward . VVe remark a strange item on both sides of this account , under the heading on the debit side— " Amount
received for Committee dinners Jrom Dublin lodges , £ 170 ios . ; " and on credit side— "Amount paid Committee dinners , £ 122 17 s . ; schools , in lieu of two dinners , £ 20 ; " total , £ 142 17 s ., showing a gain to the Chanty Fund of £ 27 13 s . It appears by the Constitution of 1738 this Committee was
founded for the purpose of the Masters of the several Dublin lodges meeting and consulting as to what would be most for the advancement of Freemasonry ; but we have been unable to ascertain when or how these dinners originated . Can any brother inform us ?
Grand Lodge Of Ireland.
As before stated , the account shows clearly a balance of ^ 728 s . 6 d ., besides the sum of £ 1044 ios . jd . arrears due for fees to Grand Lod ge . We would call the Grand Treasurer ' s attention to this amount , also to the
fact that Grand Lodge has been for nearly 20 years paying a rent of £ 600 per annum to the Masonic Hall Company of Ireland ( Limited ) , this being , j n fact , interest at 5 per cent , on £ 12 , 000 spent in the erections of the halls and buildings in Molesworth-street .
From the Articles of Association of the Masonic Hall Company ( Limited ) now before us , we find that company was formed on the 7 th day of October , 1865 , with a capital originally of £ 8000 , divided into 1600 shares of £ 5 each , and which , under Article 4 , were only " to be allotted to the members of the Masonic Order , except by special authority of the directors . " Article 33 authorises an increase in the capital of £ 2000 .
VVe are glad to find that out of the 40 original directors of this company there are ( after the long space of nearly 22 years ) fifteen still living , including amongst them our esteemed and valued R . W . Bro . Judge Townshend , who was one of the originators of the company , and at the time D . G . M . We wish these brethren many happy years to come .
VVe have been informed by a very senior brother that it was understood at the formation of the company that as the Grand Lodge prospered , the shares of this company should be bought up , and thus , in time , leave the hall and buildings rent free , and the lodges paying only sufficient rents to cover expenses . It is clear this intention has not been carried out , as we
find only the sum of £ 9 18 s . 2 d . in the Grand Treasurer's account , being the interest ( less income tax ) on but two shares of £ 5 each . The Masonic Orphans' Schools have not benefited , as the Masonic Female Orphans ' School only holds 268 shares , representing £ 1340 , and the Masonic Boys ' Schoolonly 3 i 7 shares , representing £ 1585 . Thus , accounting for 585 shares
showing in the hands of the members of the Masonic body 1015 of the original shares , and 400 of the increased capital shares , these members thus getting from the funds of Grand Lodge interest at £ 5 per cent , on £ 8075 , while our School Charities can only get 47 c per cent , on £ 1700 , and 4 per cent , on all their other investments , instead of 5 per cent , if it were
invested in the Masonic Hall Companies' shares . It also appears the Grand Treasurer has a very considerable amount lying apparently unproductive " in bank , " which surely could be invested in the company's shares and thus rendered productive to Grand Lodge . Now the Grand Treasurer being one of the leading Dublin merchants , will , we are sure ,
accept our suggestions that it is ample time this matter should be looked into and attended to . VVe congratutate our Irish brethren in having such a handsome building , and used only for Masonic purposes , and on their Grand Lodge being in so flourishing a condition , and we hope prosperity may long attend the Craft in Ireland .
Notes On The Minute Book Of An Early Athol Lodge.
NOTES ON THE MINUTE BOOK OF AN EARLY ATHOL LODGE .
Bro . G , B . Abbott , in alluding to this subject in the Freemason of May 28 th , has ( unwittingly , I have no doubt ) , mistaken the scope of my reference to the Lodge No . 1 . My object was to point out that a lodge known as " No . 1 " was referred to in the old Minute Book of the Ancient Lodge , No . 20 , as early as July , 1753 , being three years earlier than the first
reference to " No . 1 " in the Grand Lodge Minutes , namely , of 2 nd September , 1756 , and I considered that it was an interesting and instructive fact and worthy of being more generally known . I did not mean , and had
no intention of leading any one to consider ( as Bro . Abbott understands I did ) that I meant the present " Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , " which was not warranted until 13 th August , 1759 . That there was , however , a prior lodge bearing that number , I have very little doubt .
It is clear from the records I have already published * that the early lists of Athol Lodges of 1751 , 1752 , and 1755 do not contain any reference to a Lodge No . 1 . At the inauguration of the Grand Lodge of the Ancients
on 17 th July , 1751 , the only lodges that took part in that important ceremony were Nos . 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , and 6 , and as a matter of fact No . 1 does not appear in the official records until 2 nd September , 1756 , and 13 th March , 1759 , and then only incidentally in the Grand Lodge Minute Book .
Il may be , as Bro . Abbott says , that the No . 1 was either the " Grand Committee" or the " Grand Lodge , " but there does not appear to be any reliable evidence that such was the case ; and considering how much , on Bro . Abbott ' . ) own showing , the " Ancients " copied from the Grand Lodge of Ireland , I am of opinion that the " No . 1 " did not refer either to the
Grand Committee or to the Grand Lodge , but that it was a lodge composed entirely of Grand Lodge Officers , as was the case with the Grand Masters ' Lodge in Ireland from 1 749 , and on this supposition , it is easy to accountfor
the lodge having no existence in 1751 , when there could not possibly have been a sufficient number of Grand Lodge Officers to constitute a lodge , and likewise for the fact that the number was reserved in 175 1 when the other lodges had distinctive numbers assigned to them , commencing with No . 2 .
We do not , at present , know the circumstances that led to the issuing of a Warrant on the 13 th August , 1759 , and of the subsequent proclam ation of "The Grand Masters' Lodge " on the 5 th September following , when it " took the first seat accordingly as No . 1 , " but when the history of the
Grand Master ' s Lodge comes to be written ( as I hope it speedily will be , we may be enabled to decide whether or not there was any connection between the " Original No . 1 " ( Ancients ) and the present " Grand Master s Lodge , " which bears the same number . „ JNO . LANE .
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Consecration Of The Shadwell Clerke Rose Croix Chapter, No. 107.
The chapter was opened by the Supreme Council , 33 . Very 111 . Bros . H . D . Sandeman , as M . W . S . ; General H . Clerk , as Prelate ; Major Geo . Lambert , ist General ; Excellent and Perfect Bro . W . A . Scurrah , 2 nd General ; Verv 111 . Bro . Col . Burney , D . C . ; III . Bro . Matier , Raphael ;
and Ex . and P . Bro . E . J . Mills , Equerry . The following candidates were approved and duly perfected by the M . W . S ., having signed the required declarations : Bros . Nathaniel Goodchild , Edwin Storr , E . C . Mulvey , C . B . Cooper , and G . J . Dunkley , the ceremony being most im pressively and ably performed .
The ceremony of consecration was then performed by Very 111 . Bro , General H . Clerk , 33 , in his usual able and impressive manner . After which the ceremony of installing the M . W . S . took place under the auspices of Very 111 . Bro . H . D . Sandeman , 33 , when he installed E . P . Bro . H .
Lovegrove , M . W . S ., who appointed E . P . Bros . H . H . Shirley , 1 st General ; and W . A . Scurrah , 2 nd General Illust . Bros . Reed , Recorder ; VV . R . Palmer , Grand Marshall ; T . P . Doman , Raphael ; N . Goodchild , M . D ., D . C ; E . Storr , Herald ; E . C . Mulvey , Captain of Guard ; G . J . Dunkley , Org . ; and C . B . Cooper , Stwd .
A very cordial vote of thanks was given to Supreme Council for their kindness in consecrating , and they were all made honorary members of the new chapter by acclamation , as was also Bro . Matier . Very III . Bro . General H . CLERK , 33 , responded and apologised for the unavoidable absence of both Bros . Capt . N . G . Philips , 33 , and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , 33 .
A Committee was appointed to draw up by-laws . The third point being given , the chapter was closed with prayer . The brethren then adjourned to the Holborn Restaurant to the banquet . After dinner the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given by the M . VV . S ., and a very enjoyable evening was spent . The musical
arrangements were under the direction of that able and very distinguished brother and good Mason , 111 . Bro . John Reid , and were highly appreciated . Bro . Reid acted as Organist at the perfection , and also at the consecration , and played as only Bro . Reid can play , well and impressively . Bro . E . de Lacy also acted as Trumpeter during both ceremonies , and the cornet was a most agreeable addition .
VVe predict a bright future for the Shadwell Clerke Rose Croix Chapter . They have a capital man at the helm of the new ship . The M . W . S ., Bro . H . Lovegrove , who has been installed into 12 different chairs in Masonry , and who knows his work well . He has also a capital staff of officers , all good Masons , and who all know their work well , and are always ready and
willing to take any part in Masonry . It is a curious thing that so many brethren of the Invicta Rose Croix Chapter were present , viz . ; Bros . Lovegrove , Shirley , Palmer , Doman , Reid , Major Lambert , Major Dunbar , and lasf the father of the Invicta Chapter , the very 111 . Bro . General H .
Clerk , 33 . Everything connected with consecration and bauquet went off well and without a hitch , and all the brethren went home delighted with the ceremonies , the banquet and the music and singing , We wish them every success and every prosperity .
Grand Lodge Of Ireland.
GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND .
[ FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT . ] It is seldom we hear anything Masonically from Ireland , we , therefore , welcome the more heattily the Grand Treasurer ' s account for 1886 . This account is cheering , as it shows apparently a balance oi £ 1313 us . 2 d . in bank on the 31 st December last , being an increase of - £ 8 19 s . gd . over the
balance carried forward ; but this balance is only an apparent one , as , on examining the Auditors' certificate , we find there is payable out of that sum for a debt " due to the Chanty Fund , " £ 179 3 s . sd . ; and page 7 gives the particulars of amounts " due by Grand Lodge " to its creditors , ^ 406 5 s . 3 d ., these amounting to £ 585 8 s . Sd ., thus leaving only the sum of £ 728 2 s . 6 d . available for Grand Lodge purposes .
It appears from the Auditors' certificate there are also debts due to Grand Lodge amounting to £ 1044 ios . 7 d . More than half of this amount being due by foreign lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of Ireland .
There appears to have been received only £ 1 $ iSs . fees of Grand Officers . This we do not understand , as the annual fees of Grand Officers , as appears by schedule of fees annexed to the laws and constitution of Grand Lodge , amount annually to £ 29 8 s ., this we presume is an error . For surely no brother would be allowed to hold office in Grand Lodge who
did not pay his annual fees . We have , however , been informed on good authority that at least two Grand Officers did so , although they had not paid fees for several years . We think it right thus to call the Grand Treasurer's attention to this so as to prevent a repetition . He should also see the large arrears are as speedily got in as possible . VVe find 383 lodges holding under this Grand Lodge .
The Charity Fund appears to amount to £ 567 11 s . sd ., including a balance of £ 9 6 13 s . 4 d . carried forward from the previous year . Of this the sum of £ 245 us . was distributed in Charity during the year , and a balance of £ 119 3 s . 3 d . is carried forward . VVe remark a strange item on both sides of this account , under the heading on the debit side— " Amount
received for Committee dinners Jrom Dublin lodges , £ 170 ios . ; " and on credit side— "Amount paid Committee dinners , £ 122 17 s . ; schools , in lieu of two dinners , £ 20 ; " total , £ 142 17 s ., showing a gain to the Chanty Fund of £ 27 13 s . It appears by the Constitution of 1738 this Committee was
founded for the purpose of the Masters of the several Dublin lodges meeting and consulting as to what would be most for the advancement of Freemasonry ; but we have been unable to ascertain when or how these dinners originated . Can any brother inform us ?
Grand Lodge Of Ireland.
As before stated , the account shows clearly a balance of ^ 728 s . 6 d ., besides the sum of £ 1044 ios . jd . arrears due for fees to Grand Lod ge . We would call the Grand Treasurer ' s attention to this amount , also to the
fact that Grand Lodge has been for nearly 20 years paying a rent of £ 600 per annum to the Masonic Hall Company of Ireland ( Limited ) , this being , j n fact , interest at 5 per cent , on £ 12 , 000 spent in the erections of the halls and buildings in Molesworth-street .
From the Articles of Association of the Masonic Hall Company ( Limited ) now before us , we find that company was formed on the 7 th day of October , 1865 , with a capital originally of £ 8000 , divided into 1600 shares of £ 5 each , and which , under Article 4 , were only " to be allotted to the members of the Masonic Order , except by special authority of the directors . " Article 33 authorises an increase in the capital of £ 2000 .
VVe are glad to find that out of the 40 original directors of this company there are ( after the long space of nearly 22 years ) fifteen still living , including amongst them our esteemed and valued R . W . Bro . Judge Townshend , who was one of the originators of the company , and at the time D . G . M . We wish these brethren many happy years to come .
VVe have been informed by a very senior brother that it was understood at the formation of the company that as the Grand Lodge prospered , the shares of this company should be bought up , and thus , in time , leave the hall and buildings rent free , and the lodges paying only sufficient rents to cover expenses . It is clear this intention has not been carried out , as we
find only the sum of £ 9 18 s . 2 d . in the Grand Treasurer's account , being the interest ( less income tax ) on but two shares of £ 5 each . The Masonic Orphans' Schools have not benefited , as the Masonic Female Orphans ' School only holds 268 shares , representing £ 1340 , and the Masonic Boys ' Schoolonly 3 i 7 shares , representing £ 1585 . Thus , accounting for 585 shares
showing in the hands of the members of the Masonic body 1015 of the original shares , and 400 of the increased capital shares , these members thus getting from the funds of Grand Lodge interest at £ 5 per cent , on £ 8075 , while our School Charities can only get 47 c per cent , on £ 1700 , and 4 per cent , on all their other investments , instead of 5 per cent , if it were
invested in the Masonic Hall Companies' shares . It also appears the Grand Treasurer has a very considerable amount lying apparently unproductive " in bank , " which surely could be invested in the company's shares and thus rendered productive to Grand Lodge . Now the Grand Treasurer being one of the leading Dublin merchants , will , we are sure ,
accept our suggestions that it is ample time this matter should be looked into and attended to . VVe congratutate our Irish brethren in having such a handsome building , and used only for Masonic purposes , and on their Grand Lodge being in so flourishing a condition , and we hope prosperity may long attend the Craft in Ireland .
Notes On The Minute Book Of An Early Athol Lodge.
NOTES ON THE MINUTE BOOK OF AN EARLY ATHOL LODGE .
Bro . G , B . Abbott , in alluding to this subject in the Freemason of May 28 th , has ( unwittingly , I have no doubt ) , mistaken the scope of my reference to the Lodge No . 1 . My object was to point out that a lodge known as " No . 1 " was referred to in the old Minute Book of the Ancient Lodge , No . 20 , as early as July , 1753 , being three years earlier than the first
reference to " No . 1 " in the Grand Lodge Minutes , namely , of 2 nd September , 1756 , and I considered that it was an interesting and instructive fact and worthy of being more generally known . I did not mean , and had
no intention of leading any one to consider ( as Bro . Abbott understands I did ) that I meant the present " Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , " which was not warranted until 13 th August , 1759 . That there was , however , a prior lodge bearing that number , I have very little doubt .
It is clear from the records I have already published * that the early lists of Athol Lodges of 1751 , 1752 , and 1755 do not contain any reference to a Lodge No . 1 . At the inauguration of the Grand Lodge of the Ancients
on 17 th July , 1751 , the only lodges that took part in that important ceremony were Nos . 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , and 6 , and as a matter of fact No . 1 does not appear in the official records until 2 nd September , 1756 , and 13 th March , 1759 , and then only incidentally in the Grand Lodge Minute Book .
Il may be , as Bro . Abbott says , that the No . 1 was either the " Grand Committee" or the " Grand Lodge , " but there does not appear to be any reliable evidence that such was the case ; and considering how much , on Bro . Abbott ' . ) own showing , the " Ancients " copied from the Grand Lodge of Ireland , I am of opinion that the " No . 1 " did not refer either to the
Grand Committee or to the Grand Lodge , but that it was a lodge composed entirely of Grand Lodge Officers , as was the case with the Grand Masters ' Lodge in Ireland from 1 749 , and on this supposition , it is easy to accountfor
the lodge having no existence in 1751 , when there could not possibly have been a sufficient number of Grand Lodge Officers to constitute a lodge , and likewise for the fact that the number was reserved in 175 1 when the other lodges had distinctive numbers assigned to them , commencing with No . 2 .
We do not , at present , know the circumstances that led to the issuing of a Warrant on the 13 th August , 1759 , and of the subsequent proclam ation of "The Grand Masters' Lodge " on the 5 th September following , when it " took the first seat accordingly as No . 1 , " but when the history of the
Grand Master ' s Lodge comes to be written ( as I hope it speedily will be , we may be enabled to decide whether or not there was any connection between the " Original No . 1 " ( Ancients ) and the present " Grand Master s Lodge , " which bears the same number . „ JNO . LANE .