Complimentary Dinner To Bro. Edward Terry.

but he was referred to Bro . Langton , who told him that there was no special train , and that whatever brethren chose to do they must do from love and affection . He ought not to omit to mention Bro . Catling , who proposed him in Grand Lodge , and who must have gained a number of votes on the occasion . He mutt also thank Bros . Langton and Gordon Smith for the way in which they had

worked . He had not himself attended any of the Committee meetings except the last one , as he thought it would be better not , and from what he saw on that one occasion he knew that the work they must have done was enormous When it was remembered that they got something like 1450 names on ihe list , who had signed the list to that

effect , it showed what an immense amount of work must have been done by those brethren . The brethren of the Executive Committee and the General Committee he must thank also . And , in conclusion , he thanked the Worshipful Master of the Savage Club Lodge , and hoped that they should met t together for many , many years to

come . After a short interval Bro . TERRY rose again , and said he should have to run away in a few minutes , but before going there was one toast which he should like to have the honour and pleasure of proposing , and that the company would be glad to drink . That was the toast to " The Honorary Secretaries of the Committee , namely ,

Bro . Joseph Langton and Bro . Gordon Smith . " Bro . Terry said he had referred to the vast amount of work they must have done to make the work of success , and he was sure the company would appreciate the work that they did , and join him in drinking to their jolly good health . Bro . LANGTON replied , acknowledging the compliment ;

and , before sitting down , proposed "The Health of the Master of the Savage Club Lodge , Bro . Catling , " who deserved their thanks for the manner in which he had proposed Bro . Terry in Grand Lodge , as he was sure that many a waverer must have been influenced by the words he used . Bro . CATLING returned thanks , and then proposed "The Health of Bro . Streeter , " who had come from

Constantinople to support Bro . Terry s candidature . Bro . STREETER responded ; and then the final toast"The Health of Bro . Paige , the Sec . of the Savage Club Lodge , " was proposed by Bro . LANGTON , who , he said , deserved their thanks for the trouble he had had in connection with the present gathering , ar . d might also be congratulated on the splendid result of his efforts . Bro . PAIGE having acknowledged the compliment , the company separated .

Masonic Lecture At Torquay.

MASONIC LECTURE AT TORQUAY .

In connection with the usual monthly meeting of the Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 , held on Tuesday , the 9 th inst ., a most interesting lecture was given by Bro . VV . J . Hughan , P . S . G . D . of England , P . S . G . W . of Egypt , and P . S . G . W . of Iowa , & c , the talented and well-known Masonic historian , entitled , "A Glance at Freemasonry during the last Five Centuries . "

In a few introductory remarks , the lecturer hoped the brethren would be prepared to ask questions at the end of the lecture . He then proceeded to deal with the legendary history of thc Craft , the use and abuse of the legends , and to describe the " Old Charges" ( a photograph of one of the rolls was handed round for examination ) , remarking that in Scotland they possessed but few of these old rolls ;

in England quite a number had been found , the latest being the " Tew MS . " He also gave an interesting account of the customs of the " Fraternity " from the 13 th and 14 th centuries onwards ; why the " secrets " had to be concealed and never revealed ; the origin of tbe words " Cowan " and " Tyler ; " and , in the very early times , remarked that the Fraternity was composed chiefly of

"Operative Masons ; yet a number of instances were given of noblemen and gentlemen joining the " mystic tie" two or three centuries ago . The connection of the early Masons with the building of our cathedrals and churches and the system of Masons' marks on the stones passed in review ; even in our own time no better system of marking the stones seems to have been found , as the

stones for building our latest cathedral are marked in a similar way , with one great difference , that in the latter the marks are put on the bed of the stone , and built in , so that posterity will not be able to moralise upon them . He then dealt with the unbroken chain of evidence linking the past with the present , the origin of the Grand Lodge in 1717 , and the formation of the " Grand Lodge of al ! England , " at York , in 1725 . He also went on to say that

whilst Christian in character , the Order received any who bad a belief in the Great Architect of Heaven and Earth ; concluding a most eloquent lecture , frequently applauded , with a resumei of the progress of the Fraternity indifferent parts of the globe , its great works and deeds of Charity , expressing the belief that the day was hastening on , assisted by our ' Ancient and Honourable Fraternity , " when all would believe in the Great Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man .

A number of questions were asked by the brethren , and lengthy replies given by the lecturer . A collection on behalf of the funds of the Devon Educational Fund was taken up , and a hearty and unanimous vote of thanks given to the lecturer , who hoped at an early date to give another lecture under the banner of the bister Lodge of St . John , No . 32 S .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . THE REV . G . R . PORTAL , P . C CHAPLAIN

lt is given to few brethren to make trial of their ability in so many and such varied spheres of Masonic labour as the late Bro . the Rev . Canon Portal , and win , if not the highest , at least a very high degree of distinction in them all . It may certainly be said of him , whose death has come upon us with such terrible suddenness , that there was

nothing he ever attempted in connection with the Society of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and its various offshoots , which he did not benefit or adorn . The merest outline of his career will serve to demonstrate this beyond the possibility of question . Like so many other prominent Masons of our time , Bro . C R . Portal was initiated , while pursuing his studies at Oxford , in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357—then No . 460—the year to which this

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eventbelongs being iS 4 S , and prominent among his surviving contemporaries being the present Dean of York , Bro . VV . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight , and Sir E . A . H . Lcchmere , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Worcestershire . The very next year we find him appointed Prov . G . S . of W ., Oxon ., and having been installed W . M . of his lodge in the early part of 1 S 50 , he

was rewarded for the services which in that brief time he had been able to render with the collar of Prov . J . G . Warden . In May of the same year he joined the Churchill Lodge , then meeting nominally at Henley as No . 702 , but as a matter of fact being in a state of dormancy , from which , however , on its removal to the brighter and more exhilarating air of Oxford , it very speedily awakened ,

thanks principally to the valuible encouragement given by Bros . th"e Rev . E . Moore , the late R . J . Spiers , G . W . Latham , VV . W . B . Beach , and the subject of this memoir , who was appointed Senior Deacon when the lodge resumed work on the 27 th June , 1850 , and who in recognition of the zeal he had shown in this instance , was promoted to the chair of Prov . S . G . Warden . Four years

later we find him in London , not only bearing an active part in the exciting discussions which took placi at almost every communication of Grand Lodge over the Canadian question , and in which it is necessary , in the interests of truth , we should point out that he did not always command the entire sympathy of his audience , but likewise endeavouring in a quiet and unobtrusive way to benefit the

Craft permanently by assisting , as he had done in behalf of the once dormant Churchill Lodge , to revive one of the oldest of our Metropolitan lodges . It is difficult to imagine how any lodge of repute and long standing could have been in a worse plight than was the Westminster and Keystone , No . 10 , in the early days of 1 S 55 , when its muster roll contained only five members

—all Past Masters—and not a single initiate or joining brother had been received into it during a period of nearly ten years . In February , a change was effected such as can be paralleled by few , if any other , lodges in early or more recent times . A number of Oxford brethren , among whom Bros . C R . Portal and W . VV . B . Beach appear to have been the leading spirits , were desirous of establishing

a London home for Craftsmen hailing from the Apollo University Lodge , and the Westminster and Keystone was chosen for the experiment . At thc revival which then followed , the important post of Secretary was offered to and accepted by Bro . Porta ' , who laboured so successfully that in 1 S 62 he was elected and installed VV . Master , Since then he has maintained his connection with the lodge

for the greater part of the time as a subscribing , but for the last few years as an honorary member . He was also a Royal Arch Mason , being a Past Z . of the Grove Chapter , No . 410 , Ewell ; but his highest honours in what has appropriately been described as " constitutional Masonry" were bestowed on him only a short while since —in VS 85—svhen his Royal Highness was pleased to appoint

him Grand Chaplain of United Grand Lodge and Grand Principal Sojourner of Supreme Grand Chapter . But the sphere of duty which he had made more especially his own was in connection with the Mark Degree , to which he was advanced in April , 1856 . At that time there wis no Mark Grand Lodge , and , but for the determination of the then Grand Master of Craft Masonry not to allow any

infringement of the Articles of Union of 1813 . 1 t is by no means improbable that the Mark would have been incorporated with our system of Masonry as defined by those Articles of Union , and that no such body as the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales , & c , & c , would ever have been established . But , through the influence brought to bear by Lord Zetland , United Grand

Lodge was induced to rescind a resolution it had passed for incorporating the Mark in the existing system of pure and ancient Masonry ; and on this decision becoming known , the enthusiasts for the Mark at once set up a Grand Lodge of their own , with Bro . Lord Leigh as M . W . G . Master , Lord Methuen as Dep . G . Master , and a complete array of Grand Officers , our Rev . Bro .

Portal being appointed G . Chaplain for 1856 , 1857 , and 1 S 5 S , and G . Registrar from 1 S 62 to 1 S 66 . In the latter year he was appointed D . G . M . by Bro . W . VV B . Beach , G . M ., and attained the highest distinction in the Degree in 1869 , when he was electei and installed as G . Mark Master Mason of England and VVales . On vacating this office he was presented with a Past G .

Master ' s jewel and a tankard , and since that time has continued his services on all occasions , and in every capacity in which it was likely he could benefit the Mark . He has presided over it in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight as Prov . G . Master since 1 S 73 ; he took an active part in the establishment of the Mark Benevolent Fund in 1 S 6 S , and presided at its first Anniversary Festival the year following ;

while , as President of the General Board , he had worked incessantly to advance the interests of a Degree which , more than any other branch or system of Masonry , will suffer by his death . He was , in addition , Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters , as well as of that of the Allied Degrees , and had been installed a Knight Templar and perfected as a Roie Croix . And

last , but not least , he had served as Steward for the three Central Masonic Institutions and the Mark Benevolent Fund , and had qualified as Life Governor of them all . But it is not necessary we should prolong this account of his career . To enumerate all the offices he has fille-1 , or the lodges of wlvch he was or had been an actual or honorary member , would not greatly enhance his fame or the

respect in which his memory will be held , nor will it make more poignar . t the sorrow we must all experience at the loss which has befallen our Society by the unexpected death of one who , in the forty years he had been a Mason , had made hosts of friends , but not a single enemy . The funeral of the much lamented deceased took place at noon on Monday , and , although the time that had

elapsed since the death had been short , and Sunday had intervened , people of all classes- assembled from far and near to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of a loving relative and a much esteemed friend—one who was ever engaged either in works of public Charity or usefulness , or in acts of Christian goodness or private kindness . Such a large and representative gathering as that which

assembled at Burghclere on this occasion had never been seen in the district . Had time allowed of the necessary arrangements , there would have been a very large assemblage of Freemasons from both the Grand Lodges of England—Craft as well as Maik—besides various Provincial Grand Lodges with which the late Canon had been more or less associated ; as it was , distinguished members

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of the Masonic body congregated in large numbers , and , in addition to these , the National Deposit Friendly Sochty , which Canon Portal was intrumental in starting ; in 1 S 72 , and which has now grown to be a most successful provident institution , spread over a large portion of the kingdom , was represented by several members of the executive body , and also by some of its principal officials . The clergy of the dioceses of Winchester and the gentry

of the district were also largely represented ; and , above all , as testifying to the Canon ' s true work , the poor of the locality congregated in great numbers . In the . course of the morning the mortal remains of Canon Portal , enclosed in an elm coffin , literally loaded with memorial wreaths and crosses , were deposited in the hall of the rectory , where the members of the family assembled shortly before 12 o ' c ' ock , being joined by the village choir and several members of the local clergy , sang the hymn

" When the heart is sad within With the sense of all its sin . " After this the corpse was carried from the hall by thc senior members of the choir , and phced on a hand-bier , which was also covered with beautiful wreaths and crosses . At the head of the choir was carried a magnificent cross , chiefly composed of arum lilies ; then came the clergy ,

preceding the corpse , which was slowly drawn through ihe rectory grounds and along the roadway to the church , followed by the mourners and others invited to the funeral , the whole forming a procession of great length . A large number of ihe parishioners and others had assembled in the churchyard , and many persons had taken their places in the beautiful parish church , which stands

within a short distance of the rectory . The mourners were Mrs . Portal ( theWidow ); Mr . Maurice Portal ( son ); Miss Violet Portal and Miss Daisy Portal ( daughters ); Mr . Melville Portal and Lady Charlotte Portal ; Mr . Wyndham Portal , Major and Mrs . Dundas ; Mr . M . Knight , Capt . Portal , A . D . C ; Mr . and Mrs . W . W . Portal , Mr . S . I . Portal , Miss Portal , Mr . B . P . Portal , Miss K . Portal ,

Capt , and Mrs . Codrington ; Mrs . and Mrs . VV . H . Kingsmill ; Miss Kingsmill , Mr . and Mrs . Chute ; Hon . Egerton Hubbard , M . P ., Hon . Evelyn Hubbard , Miss Evelyn Portal , Lord Algernon Percy , Mr . E . Trevilian , Mr . R . Duke , Rev . Charles Knight , the servants of the household , & c The opening portion of the burial service was taken by the Rev . A . Sladen , curate of Burghclere , the lesson being

read by the Bishop ot Guildford ( Doctor Sumner ) . The grave , which had been dug on the south side of the churchyard , had been lined with moss , interspersed with bunches of primroses and violets . The service was continued at the grave by the Rev . F . C Gosling , of Newtown , and the benediction by the Bishop . Among those present at the funeral were the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon ,

Sir Edmund Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., Sir Frederick Garden , Bart ., Sir Alexander Arbuthnot , K . C . S . I ., W . VV . Beach , M . P ., Major General Maunsell , Colonel Vincent Williams , Mr . William Holding , Mr . Bassett , the Mayor of Newbury ( Mr . George Knight ) , the Mayor of Basingstoke ( Mr . Soper ) , Hon . and Rev . J . H . Nelson , Canon Dundas ( Albury ) , Canon Warbuiton ( Winchester ) , Revs . Sole

A . B . , H . E . Sharpe , C . P . Berryman , G . A . Seymour , R . Bigg-Wither , Marriner , H . ' L . Porter , R . H . Williams , J . D . Beales , R . H . Robinson , W . Bulkley , R . C . Edwards , E . J . Gardiner , E . T . Coles , G . Pearson , J . Scott-Ramsay , A . Edwards , C B . Young , R > Dunn , J . Atkins , J . M . Guilding , H . J . Mason , and others . The brethren present comprised the Pro CM ., Lord Carnarvon ;

Bros . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G M . Hants and Isle of Wight ; E . J . Le Feuvre , D . P . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight ; F . Binckes , Grand Sec . ( Mark ); Ravenscro't , Prov . G . Sec . ( Mark ) Berks and Oxon ; Margrett , P . G . D . ( Mark ); Bradley , Prov . G . Sec . Berks and Oxon ; Creed , W . M . Leopold Lodge ; G . M . Knight , W . M . Porchester Lodge ; R . L . Loveland , Dep . P . G . M . ( Mark ) Hants and Isle of Wight ( of which province Canon Portal was Prov . CM . ) :

Jellicoe , Prov . G . Sec . ( Mark ); Tilling , Prov . S . G . W . ( Mark ); the Rev . H . J . Mason , Prov . G . Chap . ( Mark ); Rev . J . Atkins , P . P . G . Chap . Berks and Bucks ; Rev . R . Williams , P . M . ; Boyer , P . M . ; Ravenor , P . M . ; Cosburn , P . M . ; W . Knight , R . Canning , Maples , Kersley , Harrold , Hawkins , Burns , Graham , and others . The National Deposit Friendly Society ( of which Canon Portal

was founder ) was represented by Bro . Sii Edmund Lechmere , Bart ., M . P . ( one of the trustees ) , Mr . W . B . Payne , General Secretary ; Mr . W . Holding , Vice-Chairman of General Committee ; Mr . Walter Money , F . S . A ., Rev . R . Dunn , and Aldermen Hickman and Absalom ( members of the Berks and Hants Branch Committee ) , Mr . G . J . Cosburn ( County Secretary ) , Messrs . Kelleway and Durrant

( agents ) , and others . A deputation from Albury ( Surrey ) , the living which was held by Canon Portal for some years , attended the obsequies , including the Rev . Canon Dundas , rector of Albury ; Mr . Peebles , agent to the Duke of Northumberland ; Mr . J . Poulter , and Mr . H . Cooke . There were also present Mr . Winchester Munn , manager oi the Laverstoke Bank-note Paper Mills ; Messrs . Ridley

, I'ox , Wentworth , Hearne , Plenty . W . lson , Howard , Davis , Mallett , Bacon , Hobbs , Hall , Bunny , Thomson , Pavey , Smith , Bolton , Head , Palmer , White , Turner , Kemp , and others . References to the death of Canon Poital were made by the local clergy at most of the neighbouring churches on Sunday last . Among those who sent wreaths were—the Grand Lodge

of Mark Master Masons , Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , Hants and Isle of Wight , Mr and Mrs , VV . Portal , Mr . W . C . Portal , Major and Mrs . Dundas , Mr . M . and Lady C . Portal , Capt . Raymond Portal , A . D . C ; Miss Portal , Miss K . Portal , Miss E . Portal , Mr . S . J . Portal , Mr . B . P . Portal , Mr . and Mrs . Kingsmill , Misses D . and B . Kingsmill , Mr . A . and Miss N .

Kingsmill , Mr . and Mrs . Chute , Capt . and Mrs . Codrington , Hon . and Mrs . Egerton Hubbsrd , M . P ., Hon . E . and Mrs . Hubbard , Mr . M . Knight and Mr . H . Knight , Mr . R . Duke , Mr . Trevilian , Mrs . Wallington , Mr . W . Beach , M . P ., Mr . and Mrs . Holding , Miss M . Holding , Miss L . Holding , Miss M . Holding , Mrs . Arkwright , Miss Arkwright , Mr . H . Arkwright , Mrs . Fox , Mrs . Fanshawe , Capt . A . Fanshawe , Miss Fanshawe , Lord Carnarvon ,

Lady Carnarvon Lady VV . Byng , Sir E . Lechmere , Lady C . Lechmere , Capt . and Mrs . Saunders , Admiral and Mrs . Herbert , Sir F . Garden , Lady and Miss Garden , Mrs . Ridley , Miss E . Cole , Mrs . Wallington , Sir A . and Lady Arbuthnot , Mr . Mount , M . P ., and Mrs . Mount , Miss B . Berry , servants of the Burghclere Rectory , Mr . S . Wentworth , Mr . T . Hearne , Mrs . and Misses Hearne , Mr . J . Hobbs , Mr . Blandy , Mr . and Mrs . G . Cummins , Miss Bowles , Mrs . Field , Mr . and Mrs . Kelleway , Mr .