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HreSasSH ^ Ua ^ gg ^^ fai ^^ BBSB ^ g ^ SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 12 , 18 9 6 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

he i 6 lh annual icr . ort of the General Committee at ! h ' l ° rSCt Wasonic Charity , which was submitted * e annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge wselshire at Wimborne , on Thursday , the 27 th

• , s ows that the amount of progress made during ste 1 ^ yCSr WaS Very satisfactor y- There was a suW ' r ! ° Vement n 0 ticeab ! e bolh in the number of Pard ' ? and the amount of subscriptions as comat n - " 94 ' Accordin K to the tabular statement " > e bQ S ' i 1 "' ere Were '" t ) K ; Ia"Cr ycal 733 members on °° ks of the various lodges in the Province , and

Masonic Notes.

of these 14 made donations amounting in the aggregate to £ 13 12 s . 4 d ., while 344 are returned subscribers to the extent of . £ 101 10 s ., Ihe percentage of annual subscribers to members being 47 . In 18115 the members of lodges numbered 680 , of whom 10 made donations

which , togellicr amounted to £ 62 is . 3 d ., of which , however , . £ 50 was presented by Provincial Grand Lodge , while 351 subscribers contributed amongst them . £ 102 12 s ., the percentage of subscribers to members being 64 .

Again , the receipts for 1 S 95 compare very favourably with those of the preceding year , the Donations , Interest and Dividends , and Subscriptions , amounting in the latter to £ 18 9 13 s ., and in 1 S 95 to ^ 254 17 s . lod . But nctwithslanding this improvement , the Committee is most urgent in its appeal to the Craft in the

Province for still further support . In the words of the Report , " there should be no difficulty in getting all new members to subscribe during their fi , st year , nor , when they have once subscribed , in getting them to continue . " This appeal of the Committee is strongly supported by the address ot the Prov . Grand Master

( R . W . Bro . Montague Guest ) , with which the Report is prefaced . As he very truly says , " if the 700 brethren on the roll of the Province could be induced by proper application to add their names to the List of Subscribers , a sufficient revenue will be secured—with the yearly interest on stock—to meet all the claims and demands for relief and educational assistance . "

# # # As regards the work done by this local Charity in assisting necessitous brethren and their families , the sums given vary considerably year by year , the 1895 account showing only one payment in relief to a brother of ^ 20 . Since then , however , , £ 60 has been voted in

relief of a widow and a brother and for educational purposes . It appears , however , from the list of " cases assisted from July , 1 SS 1 , to January , 189 G , inclusive , " which is appended to the report , that the sum thus disbursed amounts to . £ 1091 , which yields an average annual expenditure for relief of about , 670 . This for a

small Provincial Association is very creditable , and , as the expenses of management appear to amount to £ 1 othey were £ g us . < 5 d . in 1895—it is clear that the contributions by the brethren are either paid away in relief or husbanded for future years . Indeed , the

accumulated capital of the Charity amounts to upwards of £ 3000 Stock , of which two-thirds is invested in Consols , and the remaining third in Canadian Pacific Railway Three-and-Half per Cent . Stock . We trust that future annual reports of the Dorset Charity may show still further progress .

* * The annual meeting of the Prov . G . Lodge of Worcestershire will be held at the Public Hall , Worcester , at two p . m ., on Wednesday , the 23 rd instant , while the Charity Committee will meet at the St . Martin's Boys ' Schools adjacent to the hall , an hour earlier . There is

a tolerably full programme of business to be transacted , among the chief items being the report of the " Lechmere Memorial" Committee , which will be presented by Bro . T . R . Arter , Prov . G . Treasurer ; a proposition by the R . W . Prov . Grand Master , that a sum of 25 guineas be voted from the funds of Provincial Grand

Lodge towards a " Lechmere Memorial " donation to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; and a further proposal by the Prov . Grand Master , that a sum not exceeding £ 20 per annum be voted to the Library and Museum Committee , " who shall be authorised to enter into an arrangement with the Worcester Masonic Buildings Company , Limited , for the use of suitable

premises for the care of the said Library and Museum . " Luncheon will be provided for all brethren attending Provincial Grand Lodge , and served in the small Public Hall , while at 445 p . m . a banquet will take place in the Guildhall , tickets for which are to be obtained ol the Prcv . Grand Stewards , at 6 s . 6 d . each , exclusive of wine . # * *

As regards the second of the Prov . Grand Master ' s proposals , that a sum not excteding , £ 20 per annum be paid over to the Library and Museum Committee , we both hope and believe that it will be carried . Our Worcestershire brethren are fortunate in possessing one of the finest collections extant of works on Masonry and M > sonic curios . Bro . George Taylor ,

Past G . Std . Br , England , Prov . G . Sec , enjoys the honour of having collected the bulk of the collection , and it is not the least among the numerous claims of the late R . W . Bro . Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., Prov . G . Master , to the affectionate remembrance of Worcestershire , that he took a prominent part in securing that collection for the Province .

Masonic Notes.

VVe have much pleasure in announcing that the Beach Lodge , No . 2 C 22 . will be consecrated on Wednesday , the 30 th instant . The ceremony will lake place at Ihe Horns Tavern , Kennington , and will be performed by the Grand Secretary , assisted by several of the Granel Officers , and , when the lodge has becn constiluttd , R . W . Bro . W . VV . B . Beach , U . P ., Prov .

Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , will be installed as the first Worshipful Master . We heartily congratulate the brethren who will form the new lodge on having enlisted the services of so eminent a Mason as Bro . Beach for their ruler eluring the first year of its existence . Under his auspices the Beach Lodge will soon establish itself on a sure and certain foundation .

We regret that in our Notes of last week , we should unwillingly have fallen into the error of stating that the letler from Bro . Sir Francis Knollys acknowledging , on behall of his Royal Highness the M . W .

Grand Master , the address of congratulation from United Grand Lodge on the occasion of the 21 st anniversary of his Royal Highness ' s installation as Grand Master , was " unprovided for in the agenda . " As a matter of fact , it was entered therein as the third item .

It appears from a paragraph in a recent issue of the Times that the late Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Alexander Ewing , who died at Taunton on the nth ult ., and who , we find , had been perfected Rose Croix , 18 ° in the Ancient and Accepted Rite , joined the Commissariat Department on the outbreak of the Crimean War , and was

sent out to Constantinople , where his abilities as a linguist were very greatly appreciated . He served the campaign in the north of China in i 860 , and received the China medal , and also in the operations against the Taeping rebels near Shanghai in 1 S 62 , and was present at the capture of the stockade of Nahzain .

Here he made the acquaintance of the late General Gordon . In 1866 he returned to England and served the following year in Ireland under Sir Alfred Horsford during the Fenian disturbances . In 1870 he left the Commissariat for the Army Pay Department , and in 1 S 79 , having in the meantime risen to the rank of Major he went on foreign service , firstly to Malta , and

then to Ceylon . In 1 S 83 , he was appointed to the regimental district of Taunton , which he resigned six years later with the honorary rank of Lieut .-Colonel . He was a great linguist and will be remembered by his brilliant translations of Jean Paul Richter ' s " Flowers , Fruit , and Thorn-pieces , " and of Hoffman ' s " Serapion Brethren . "

* » We regret to announce the death of Bro . Peter Cunningham , Dist . Grand Master of Canterbury , New Zealand . The deceased was appointed in 1891 , after the olTicc had been for some time vacant owing to the secession of Bro . Henry Thompson when he wa ? chosen first M . W . G . Master of the so-called Grand

Lodge of New Zealand . Indeed , on Bro . Thompson's retirement , the administration of the District Grand Lodge devolved upon Bro . Cunningham as the Deputy District Grand Master . He was greatly respected by the brethren of the several Constitutions in the Colony , and his death will be a serious loss just at this moment when an attempt is being made to restore harmony among the New Zealand Craftsmen .

* * * The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Monmouthshire was held at Abergavenny on Wednesday , the 9 th instant , and Bro . John Owen March was installed Prov . Grand Master , in succession to the late Bro . Capt . Horn fray . The ceremony ot installation was performed by Bro . the Earl of Euston ,

M . W . Pro Grand Master , who was assisted in his task by Bros . C . F . Maticr , P . G . W ., Grand Secretary , and Major C . W . Carrell , Grand Director of Ceremonies . Wc congratulate Bro . M-irch on his accession to so important an office , and trust that his career as Provincial Grand Master may be both honourable to himself and advantageous to his Province .

We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the second Part of Volume IX . " Ars Quatuor Coronatorum . " We hope to review it in an early issue , especially as there appear to be several papers of interest in the Part .

It is not olten we enjoy the privilege of reporting the consecration of a new conclave of the Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantino , and for this reason we regret that owing to the late arrival of a portion of the report of the consecration of the Cestrian Conclave we are compelled to hold it over till next week .