Royal Ark Mariners.

Royal Ark Mariners .

Prince Leopold Council , No . 238 . A meeting * of this council was held at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , on the 17 th ultimo . Among those in attendance were Bros . F . W . Driver , M . A ., P . W . C . N ., as W . C . N . ; the Rev . R . C . Fillingham , M . A ., J . ; Capt . T . C . Walls , P . G . C , P . W . C . N ., Scribe ; and \ V . Harvey , P . W . C . N . The minutes of the previous council having * been read and confirmed , the Scribe read a letter of apology from Bro . F . Graves , W . C . N ., who had been suddenly called away from London . There being no other business , the council was closed .

The members dined with the No . 23 S Mark Lodge , under the able and effective presidency of Bro . the Rev . R . C . Fillingham , M . A . During the evening , the toast of "The W . C . N . " was duly proposed , warmly received , and acknowledged on behalf of Bro . Frederick Graves by Bro . F . W . Driver , M . A . The procet dings terminated at an early hour .

Funeral Of Bro. Joseph Todd. P.G. Std. B.

FUNERAL OF BRO . JOSEPH TODD . P . G . STD . B .

The remains of the late Bro . Joseph Todd , Chief Clerk of the Probate Registry at York , were enterred in the York Cemetery on Saturday , the 21 st ult . The first portion of the Burial Service was sung at York Minster , where the deceased attended regularly . Tiie members of the Craft assembled in the York Lodge room , Duncombe-place , at half-past ten , and when the funeral procession left the deceased ' s residence the brethren fell in behind and walked thus to the Minster . Here the body was received at the south door by the clergy and choir ,

and as the procession passed into the choir the opening sentences of the Service were chanted . The cofiin , which was of panelled oak with solid brass furniture , was placed on a bier just inside the gates of the choir . The raised brass breastplate on the lid bore the following inscription : — "Joseph Todd , died November 18 th , 1896 , aged 62 years . " After the Psalms had been chanted Bro . the Very

Rev . the Dean , P . G . Chap . Eng ., read the lesson and the concluding prayers were read by the Rev . Canon Temple , the other clergy present being the Rev . Canon Machell and the Rev . E . S . Carter . The hymns "Now the labourer ' s task is o ' er" and " Peace , perfect peace , " were softly sung by the choir , and the Dean gave the blessing at the conclusion . As the procession retraced its steps to the south door the choir chanted the " Nunc Dimittis . " In addition to the members

of the deceased ' s family there were present at the service Mr . H . A . Hudson , the Regihtrar of the Probate Court , and several of deceased ' s colleagues , also the Lord Mayor ( Mr . Aid . Milward ) , the Under-Sheriff ( Mr . W . H . Cobb ) , Mr . Aid . Dale , Mr . Percy Noble , Mr . George Crombie , Mr . J . Teasdale , Mr . F . Perkins , Mr . Thos . Peters , Mr . Domaine , Lady Terry and Mr . S . Terry , and others . Thefollowing is a list of the brethren present of the York Lodge , No . 236 : Bros . M . Bryson , W . M . ; A . Procter , I . W . ; J . S . Shannon , D . C . ; J . T . Seller , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; C . M . Forbes , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . ; T . G . Hodgson , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; J . A . Barstow , P . M . ; G . Garbutt , P . M ., P . G . D . ; J . B . Sampson , P . M . ; T . S . Brogden , P . M .,

P . S . G . W . ; G . Balmford , P . M ., P . P . G . O . ; J . S . Rymer , P . M ., P . P . G . R . ; S . Border , P . M ., P . P . G . R . ; W . Draper , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; E . W . Purnell , P . M . ; A . Buckle , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; A . Jones , P . M . and Sec . ; G . Kirby , P . M . ; M , Rooke , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; F . W . Cull , Stwd . ; J . Melrose , T . C . Thompson , W . Blakey , R . H . Oakley , T . Smith , E . J . Robinson , I . G . ; O . G . Taylor , G . Sykes , J . H . Wray , W . Hurst , J . Toes , R . Hodgson , G . Chalmers , W . F . Rudgard , A . W . Turner , W . N . Stimpson , A . H . Furnish , H . Churchill , J . Hall , Tyler ; C . W ,

Simmons , and others . The following were the brethren from the Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 : Bros . F . H . Halliwell , W . M . ; J . T . Chambers , S . W . ; G . Lamb , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., Treas . ; J . Kay , Sec ; B . Kilvington , I . G . The following Past Masters : Bros . J . H . Shonksmith , J . Smith , J . L . Spetch , G . Chapman , W . Storey , P . P . G . S . B . ; W . Brown , and J . Blenkin , P . P . G . D . ; B . Lofthouse , E . Lansdowne , T . Welburne , M . Cooper , H . Scott , E . Thackray , W . S . Child , P . P . G . O .:

C . A . Pfiuger , and others . Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . M ., P . G . S . B . Eng ., represented the Albert Victor Lodge , No . 2328 ; and Bro . R . Spence , W . M ., the Agricola Lodge , No . 1991 . Amongst others present were Bros . G . C . Lee , P . M . 1230 ; H . Longford , P . M . 1416 , and P . P . G . D . ; W . Hall , P . M . 1416 ; W . N . Cheesman , P . M . 566 , P . P . G . D . ; C . G . Rushworth , P . M . 1309 , P . P . G . R . ; G . E . Dunsford , 973 ; and H . H . Spink , P . M . 339 . Bro . H . Foster , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , arranged the order of procession , and each brother wore a sprig of acacia .

On leaving the minster , the funeral procession made its way to the cemstery , where the remainder of the ollice was said by the Rev . H . Vyvyan . There was a very large number of beautiful wreaths , amongst those who sent them beinf ; the clerks of the Probate Registry , the companions of Zetland Chapter , No . 236 , York j the members of the York Lodge , No . 236 ; Bro . T . S . Shackles , W . M . 1010 ; ofiicers and brethren of the Installed Master ' s Lodge , No . 2494 , ; and members of the deceased ' s family .

The Late Bro. Sir B. W. Richardson.

THE LATE BRO . SIR B . W . RICHARDSON .

On Friday morning , the 27 th ult ., the funeral service for the late Bro . Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson took place at Marylebone Parish Church , in the presence of a large number of his friends and fellow-workers . Many associations were represented , namely , the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Glasgow ( bv Professor Gardner , Dean of the Faculty ); the Faculty of Physicians of Glasgow ( Dr . Cameron ) ; St . Andrew ' s Graduate Association ( Mr . Menzies ) ; the British Medical Temperance Association ( Dr . Ridge ) ; the Odontological

Society ( Mr . Woodhouse ); the Society for the Study of Inebriety ( Dr . Norman Kerr ); St . Pancras Local Option Union ( Mr . Rowden ); the Fitzroy Teetotal Association ( Mr . J . P . Draper ); the West London Band of Hope Union ( Mr . J . H . Marshall ); the United Kingdom Band of Hope ( Mr . C . Wakeley ) ; the Temperance Hospital ( Mr . A . W . Bodger ) ; the Townsend Cottages Band of Hope ( Mr . R . J . Taylor ) ; and the Sanitary Inspectors' Association ( Mr . E . Tidman ) . The Lodge of King Solomon was represented by Bros . J . H . Tipper , D . G . P .

There were also present : Sir Jos . Lister , F . R . S . ; Professor Harley , F . R . S . ; Sir Wm . O . Priestley , M . D ., M . P . ; Dr . Gage Brown , Professor W . R . Smith , Professor Highley , the Crown Representative of Scotland on the Medical Council ; Dr . Symes Thompson , Dr . Abraham Cohen , Dr . John Lowe , Mr . Jos . White , Mr . and Mrs . Marcus Alder ; Mr . John Leighton , F . S . A . ; M . G . R . Wright , F . S . A . ; Dr . Lithgow , F . S . A . ; Mr . C . Roger , F . S . A . ; Mr . T . F . Dillon Croker , F . S . A . ; Mr . Llewellyn Roberts ( Secretary to the Royal Literary

Fund ); Bro . Jabez Hogg , Dr . R . Greene , Dr . Cooper Kay , Dr . John Sykes , Dr . Leonard Sedgwick , Dr . Cooper Rose , Dr . G . Knapton , Dr . Shuttleworth , Surg .-Maj . Poole , the Rev . Wenman Green , the Rev . Dr . Townsend , Dr . Haward ( Great Yarmouth ); Dr . and Mrs . Gavin Stiell ; Mr . Hamilton ( Brighton ) ; Mr . H . C . Stephens , M . P . ; Miss Chreiman , Mr . Alfred Nutt , Mr . Rae ( Secretary to the National Temperance League ); the veteran , Dr . Lees , Mr . J . H . Raper , Mr . J . Hilton , and four officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals .

The cofiin was met at the church door by Canons Barker and Wilberforce , and was borne up the centre aisle to near the choir , Canon Barker reciting the opening sentences of the Burial Service . Upon the cofiin were a lew wreaths , and some large floral tributes which had been brought into the church were placed by it . Avery large number of wreaths had been received , among them being one

The Late Bro. Sir B. W. Richardson.

sent by Bro . Lord Glenesk , President of the Newspaper Press Fund , to which Bro . Sir B . Richardson had been Honorary Physician , " with grateful memories of generous services to one of many good causes . " A Masonic emblem , with the inscription in Neapolitan violets '' He rests from labour ; so mote it be , " had come from Bro . Dr . and Mrs . Danford Thomas and Bro . Francis Thomas . Others had been forwarded by Lady Henry Somerset , Mrs . John T . Rae , and the workers and members of the Girls'Guild of Good Life , Hoxton Hall ; the members of the Lodge of King Solomon , the Israel Lodge of Instruction , the Sanitary

Inspectors _ Association , Mrs . Linnreus Banks and Miss Banks ( "in grateful remembrance of the kind physician and friend , and in sympathy with Lad y Richardson and her bereaved family " ) , the Hon . Mrs . Henry Forrester , Mrs . T . Herbert Barker ( Bedford ) , Mrs . Eliot Yorke , Mr . and Mrs . Macmillan , Mrs . Hepworth Dixon , and Miss Douglas Jerrold . There were also wreaths from the London Temperance Hospital , the British Medical Temperance Association ( of which the deceased had been President ) , the Society for the Study of Inebriety , " from the sorrowing Noviomagians , " and the Rosedale Cycling Club .

The mourners were Lady Richardson ( the widow ) , Mr . Bertram Richardson ( eldest son ) , Mr . Aubrey Richardson ( son ) and Mrs . Aubrey Richardson , Miss Richardson ( daughter ) , Miss Ward ( niece ) , Mr . Sydney Hepworth Dixon , Dr . Walters , Mr . G . Briggs , and Mr . and Mrs . Chas . Law . In the course of the service , Canon BARKER delivered an address , at the conclusion of which a hymn of two verses , " Forgive , blest shade , the tributary

tear —a favourite of the deceased , and inscribed on the tomb of his motherwas sung by the choir by request . The remainder of the burial service—the passages of commitment having , of course , been omitted—was read by Canon WILBERFORCE , and Canon BARKER pronounced the benediction . The hymn , " O God , our help in ages past , " was sung by the congregation , who remained standing while the Dead March in " Saul " was played upon the organ . The coffin was borne away to be conveyed to Woking for cremation .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . STEPHEN PERCEVAL NORRIS , P . M ., P . G . STWD . The lamented death , on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., of Bro . Samuel Perceval Norris , at the age of 73 , has removed from amongst us an old , well-known , and much-respected citizen , who , by himself and his family had carried on business in the Ward of Bishopsgate for over 150 years . The deceased brother was born in Blomfield-street , late Brokeru ' -row , in 1823 , and lived there and subsequently

in Broad-street-buildings , both in the Parish of St . Botolph , Bishopsgate , for 6 3 years . He took much interest in Masonry , and continued his membership of E mulation Lodge , No . 21 , up to the last . He had served as Master of that lodge , and was a Past Grand Steward of Grand Lodge , as well as a Life Subscriber of all the three Masonic Charities . Ten years ago the deceased left business and retired to Bournemouth , where he had had a country residence for the previous 20

years . He still , however , maintained an active life by becoming a Treasurer of the schools and taking a somewhat prominent part in municipal as well as political elections in the town , also becoming a founder of a Masonic lodge . The funeral took place on Tuesday , at Highgate , Bro . the Rev . J . Henry Smith ( Chaplain of the Loriners and Spectaclemakers' Companies ) officiating . The mourners

included Mr . C . Norris , Upper Warden-elect of the Loriners' Company ( eldest surviving brother ) , Mr . Henry Norris ( brother ) , Mr . Alfred Norris , Bridgemaster ( brother ) , Mr . W . Grellier , Mr . Henry Grellier , Mr . F . W . Capper , Mr . C . Owden , Mr . kilvington ( executors ); Bros . Col . T . Davies Sewell , Mr . W . Sewell Singer , Capt . W . C . Simmons , C . C . ; and Mr . Stuart ( of Bournemouth ) .

BRO . JOHN MOXON . We have to record the death of Bro . John Moxon , of Gainsborough , which took place recently at the ripe old age of 73 , and who was buried with Masonic honours , as many brethren attending as possible . He was initiated in April , 1850 , in the Yarborough Lodge , No . 422 , Gainsborough , and after fulfilling the various offices was elected W . M . in 1853 and re elected in 1855 , ' 61 , ' 64 and

69 ( six times . ) He was P . P . G . D . in the Province of Lincolnshire . He was exalted in Royal Arch Masonry in 1856 and was a P . Z . of his chapter , also P . P . G . J . He knew and did his work well , and as a townsman and as a Mason was highly respected . At the dedication of the new Masonic . Rooms in the old Manor last June he occupied the M . E . Z . ' s chair , and the Grand Superintendent , Comp . W . H .

Sissons , complimented this veteran Mason on the very excellent way in which he did his work , both in opening the chapter and in the exaltation . His old familiar genial face will long be remembered by young and old , and " Good old John " will be a missed man . We may also mention that he was a Mark Master Mason , of which he had lately been an annuitant .

BRO . JAMES FORD WIGHT . A well-known official of the Post Oflice passed away on Monday last in the person of Bro . James Ford Wight , Postmaster of Birmingham , who succumbed to an attack of pneumonia . Deceased commenced his official career as a clerk in the Money Order Department of the General Post Office . In 1871 he was

appointed head of the Issuing and Payment Department of the Money Order Office , and in 1888 , when the Money Order Office was removed and its work redistributed , he became Postmaster of the West Central District of London . On the retirement of Mr . Wallikerfrom the Birmingham postmastership in 18 91 , Bro . Wight was offered and accepted the post .

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