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gr . «¦ 'JM . ' ^ A ^ -A . J ^^^ i ^^ O ^ riil ' r ^^^ flji ^ k ^^ ^ - ^ J ^ ' ^ PMlM lU ^*^ HUreooLasoiu&l S ATURDAY , J ANUARY 12 , 1901 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The first meeting of the Board of Stewards for the 59 th Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which will be celebrated at Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday , the 27 th February , under the presidency of the Earl of Warwick ,

D . G . M ., Prov . G . Master of Essex , was held at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday , the 3 rd instant , when . the following brethren were appointed officers of the Board , namely . President , Bro . ] . H . Whadcoat , SG . D . ; Vice-President , Bro . James Stephens , Past . G . D . C ; Acting Vice-President , Bro . T . J .

Railing , P . A . G . D . C , Prov . G . Secretary Essex ; Hon . Treasurer , Bro . James Speller , P . Prov . G . D , Essex ; Hon . Secretary , Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B . Secretary of the Institution . The other preliminaryarrangements having been made , the Board adjourned till Thursday , the 14 th February .

Masonic Notes.

The Committee of Management of the same Institution held its meeting for the current month at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday . Bro . Winkfield , P . A . G . D . C , occupied the chair , and when the Secretary had announced the death of live annuitants ( three men and two widows ) and of one accepted

candidate , the Committee proceeded to consider the petitions to the number of 22 , which had been received to the 31 st ult ., ten of them being for the Male Fund and 12 for the Widows' Fund . In the result all of them were accepted , and the names were ordered to be placed on the lists of candidates for the election in May . next .

The Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday , at the hour of nDon , Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , P . G . W ., Treasurer , being in the chair . Bro . 'Pulman ' s motion

for the immediate admission without ballot of the daughter of a brother who had died of enteric fever while on active service , in South Africa , was adopted nem . con . A list of 22 candidates for the April election " was approved and 18 vacancies then to be competed for were declared .

* In our review of "Freemasonry in 1900 , " as compiled by Bro . G . Blizard Abbott for . our Christmas Number , the' new Erkenwold Lodge , No . 2808 , Barking , which was assigned by him to the

Province of Essex , is within the 10-mile radius from Freemasons' Hall , and should , therefore , have been included among the new lodges in the London district . The transfer involves a slight re-arrangement in the

numbers for London and the Provinces respectively , those in the former district being increased from 10 to 11 , and those in the Provinces reduced from 17 to 16 . We are indebted to Bro . T . J . Railing , Provincial Grand Secretary of Essex , for calling attention to the error .

To the number of brethren on whom the Queen has been pleased to confer New Year honours , as referred to in our Notes of last week , should be added Bro Joseph Sykes Rymer , J . P ., who has been twice elected Lord Mayor of York , and who having been made a

Knight will henceforth be known as Bro . Sir Josep h S . Rymer . Our distinguished brother is a Past Master of the York Lodge , No . 236 , a prominent member of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire , a supporter of our Central Masonic Institutions ,

and Vice-chairman of the North and East Yorkshire Masonic Educational Fund . We hope that Bro . Sir J . S . Rymer may live for many years to enjoy the honour which his Sovereign has so recently conferred upon him .

We warmly congratulate our Bro . James Stephens , P . D . G . D . C ., and Mrs . Stephens on the auspicious anniversary which they celebrated a short while since . The large attendance of friends on the occasion shows how firmly they have established them .

selves in the estimation of all who know them , and that the services they have rendered , both generally and to Freemasonry , are appreciated . We trust they may be spared to celebrate many future anniversaries sui rounded by such a host of friends and well-wishers as graced their " silver wedding . "

# # * We have to acknowledge receipt of copy of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ohio at its 91 st annual Communication at Springfield , on the 24 th and 25 th October last . It is indeed a most formidable

volume , the Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence , by Bro . W . M . Cunningham , M . W . Past G . M ., the Chairman of the said Committee , alone occupying more than 300 pages . In this Report are reviewed the Proceedings of some 60 English-Speaking Grand Lodges in 1899 or 1900 ; while brief

particulars are furnished of 13 non English-speaking Grand Lodges , or Orients . The information contained in these reviews is most valuable , and will enable the reader to form a pretty correct idea of the manner in which the affairs of the Craft are administered in the jurisdictions of these various Grand bodies . •* ?

It is with a feeling of great satisfaction that we record another instance in which a lodge has established itself in quarters of its own—we allude , of course , to the Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope , No .

574 , which is located in Newbury , and which , as will be seen from the report we publish elsewhere , has become the owner of a well-built house , and had it rearranged and refitted for Masonic purposes . It was intended that the Hall should be dedicated to Masonry last year ,

Masonic Notes.

when No . 574 completed the first half-century of its existence , and it was expected that Bro . Col . Ricardo , the W . M ., who is serving in South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry ,. would have returned home , and been able to take part in the ceremony of dedication . Unfortunately , owing to the prolongation of the war ,

Bro . Col . Ricardo , who took a prominent part in organising the scheme , has been under the necessity of denying himself this pleasure , and at his wish it was resolved there should be no further delay . Hence on Friday , the 4 th instant , the new Hall at Newbury was dedicated to Masonic uses by Bro . J . T ;

Morland , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Berkshire , who was assisted in his task by Bro . C . E . Keyser , P G . D . ; Bro . J . W . Martin , P . A . G . D . C , Prov . G . Secretary ; and other leading members of the Prov . G . Lodge . We trust that in its new quarters the lodge , which is in a very flourishing condition , may be even more prosperous than it has been in the past .

* * * We shall await with more than our usual eagerness the publication of Part I . of the new Vol . of "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum . " At last week ' s meeting of the lodge , Bro . W . H . Rylands read a paper on " The Alnwick Lodge Minutes , " from which it appears that in 1748

this Operative lodge established , with the assistance of brethren from other parts , a Speculative lodge , and that this was done without having recourse to Grand Lodge . Minutes of its proceedings to the year 1706 have been preserved , but there is no evidence of its having been continued subsequently . The material

point is that at no time during the period of its known activity did the Speculative lodge thus established come under Grand Lodge . We shall be curious to learn more of this discovery than could be compressed into our report , and also more about the views of Bros . Speth , le Strange , and the other brethren who took part in the discussion that followed .

* * Bio . Hughan has very kindly forwarded a letter he has received on the subject of the English lodges in Montreal and the endeavours that are being made to induce them to join the Grand Lodge of Quebec . The letter is written by Bro . W . H . Whyte , one of

the most distinguished members of the Order in the Province of Quebec , who is Grand Scribe E . of its Grand Chapter and Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada . He is thus in a position to know all about the nature and extent of

the movement for effecting a union between these three lodges and the Grand Lodge , and the difficulties which prevent the accomplishment of the union . It is a most interesting letter , and we purpose referring to it in an early issue .

••» ft is with the deepest regret , which we know will be shared by all our readers , that we announce the sudden death on Wednesday morning , from heart affection , of that distinguished and much respected Mason , Bro . the Rev . C J . Martyn , M . A ., Chaplatn-in-Ordinary to the

Queen , Past Grand Chaplain of England . Bro . Martyn had been a member of our Society for close on 45 years , having been initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 . Oxford , in 1856 , and in the course of that period had won the greatest distinction in nearly every branch of Freemasonry with which

he was connected . In the Craft he was Past Grand Chaplain of England and Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Suffolk j in the Royal Arch , Past Principal Grand Sojourner of Supreme Grand Chapter and Grand Superintendent of Suffolk ; in the Mark Degree Past Grand Chaplain and Past Deputy Prov . Grand Mark Master of East Anglia ; in the Order of the Temple

Past _ Great Prelate ; while , in addition , he was a Rose Croix Mason of the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , No . 1 . There are very few brethren who could or can point to such a wealth of distinction as the appointment to all these offices and honours tell us plainly he must have secured to himself during his long Masonic career .

» * But much as all must admire and respect the man who has religiously , and with conspicuous ability , fulfilled the duties and responsibilities of the different offices we have mentioned ; much , too , as we must love and respect him , who was both generous in his gifts and lavish of his services to all our Charitable

Institutions , it is not so much in respect of these that he will be best remembered . True he was , as we hive seen , a Mason of high rank , and a true friend of our Institutions , but more than this , he was a genuine Mason , thoroughly imbued with the fundamental principles of our ancient and honourabla Society .

He set an example to be followed for all time by those who desire to carry into practice the profession of their Masonic faith . He was genial and kind to all ; considerate towards all , whether of high or low degree , and endeavoured in every act and deed of his life to show that he was worthy of the honours which

were , so justly conferred upon him . We sympathise with our Suffolk and Gloucestershire brethren , and with the members of the many lodges and chapters and other Masonic bodies he belonged to ; but above all with the family and friends who are now mourning the heavy loss they have sustained by his sad and sudden death .