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A Field , Burghclere School , Mr . Durrant , Miss Durrant , Mrs . Price , Mr . and Mrs . Berry and family , Mr . and Mrs . Gosling , Miss Rutherford , H . Breadman , Burg hclere School , Mr . and Mrs . Kelleway , Major-Gen . and Mis . Maunsell , Misses Maunsell , Mrs . Bacon , Misses

Bacon , Mrs . C . Hopkins , Mr . VV . Money , Porchester Lodge of M . M . M . ( Newbury ) , Mr . and Mrs . Cosburn , Vicar and Churchwardens of Ecchinswell , Mr . and Mrs . Robinson , M ss E . Harris , E . and H . Barnet , Mr . and Mis . Beale , Mrs . Pratt , Hon . C Hudson , and others .

BRO . GENERAL BROWNRIGG , C . B ., P . G . M . SURREY . Bro . General Brownrigg , C . B ., to whose death at Colombo on the ist April , while on his return to England , we had only tune to make brief reference last week , had taken so active a part in Masonry for so long a period that even the fullest account of his career would hardly suffice

to do justice to his meii ' s . He joined our ranks while on militaiy duty in Canada , being initiated in Lodge No . 17 , Quebec , though he is registered in St . Andrew ' s Lodge , Toronto , No . 4 S 7 , on the 28 th August , 1 S 43 . After his return to England he joined the Lodge ol Friendship , No . 6 , and was installed W . M . in 1 S 5 S . He was a'so exalted to the Royal Arch Degree while in Canada , and having joined the

Chapter of Friendship was installed in the chair cf First Principal in lSGo . Having won these preliminary distinctions , it was not long before we find him appointed to still more important position-. Indeed , his investiture as S . G . Warden of England by the late Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., occurred during the year ( 1 S 5 S ) of his Mastership of No . 6 , and must be regarded as the steppiirg-stone to the

still more impoitant cilice of Prov . G . Master of Surrey , to which , on the resignation of the late Bro . Alexander Dobie , he was appointed in 1 S 71 . Two years liter he became Grand Superintendent of the same Province , and the importance of the services he rendered in these two capacities may be gathered from the fact that 23 out of the 34 lodges and eight out of the 12 chapters on the provincial

roll have been constituted since his appointment by the Marquis of Ripon—then M . W . G . M . —as head of the Craft and / -rch Masonry in this country , and of these lo iges and chap : ers in the foundation of which he necessarily played an important pait , the Lodge No . 1638 , an i the Chapter No . 1564—the former meeting at Kingston and the latter at Woking—both bear his name , and will , it is to be hoped ,

endure for many a long year as monuments to the respect and esteem in which he was held by the Fraternity in Surrey . Nor are these the only mementoes of his fame that remain to us , for the Studholme Lodge and Chapter , No . 1591 , which meet in London , were thus named in his honour and have already proved themselves worthy of their founder ; while the t * o principal o : casions on which he

figured at the head of his Surrey brethren—namely , in April , 18 S 3 , when the Duke of Connaught laid the foundation-stone of St . Anne's Church , Bagshot , with Masonic ceremonial , and the following year , when he supported his Koyal Highness , the Grand Master , and the Princess of VVales on the occasion of a similar ceremony in behalf of the new Schools of the Royal Asylum of St . Anne ' s Society , at

ReJhill—will always be remembered as among the brightest of red-letter day ceremonials in the more recent history of the Craft in this province . In Mark Masonry , to which he was advanced in Canada in the days anterior to the organisation of this branch of Masonry on its present footing , the late General was founder and first VV . M . of the Studholme Lodge , No . 197 , in iS ; 5 , J . G .

Warden the same year , and present W . M . of the Carnarvon Mark Lodge , No . 7 . In the Order of the Temple he was Prov . Prior of Kent and Suney , and a founder and Past E . C . of the Studholme Preceptory , No . 140 ; while in the . Ancient and Accepted Rite , he was Grand Prior in the Supreme Council of the 33 ° , and a founder and P . M . W . S . of the Studholme Chapter of Rose Cro x , No . 67 . As

regards our Charitable Institutions he had acted as Steward ar , d qualified as a Life Governor of all three ; but these services must be looked upon as of comparatively Utile moment by comparison with those he rendered to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in 18 S 3 , and the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls in 1886 , when he undertook the by no means enviable responsibility of presiding as

Festival Chairman , and fulfi led his duty on both occasions with consp i cuous success . At the eailier of these Festivals his Province of Surrey generously supported him to the extent of £ " 905 , the Ki turns from the whole Board of 276 Stewards being £ 13 , 260 , and at the later it laised close on jCi 346 out of a grand lotal of £ 13 , 029 , the number cf Stewards being 275 . He hid also presided as Chairman

at the 4 th Anniversary Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund , of which he was a Li ' e Subscriber , so that there is hardly a branch of Freemasonry or an Institution connected with , or supported by , our Order , in or for which he had not done some active duty ; and it is beyond all question true that whatever he put his hand to , that did he right well and thoroughly . But , as we pointed out last week , there a-e

ni't only these memorials of his worth , these lodges and chapters which t ear his name , andof most , if not all , of which I e was a founder , still flourishing , and likely to flourish , in our midst ; but there are members of his family who have striven not unsuccessfully to walk in his footsteps , an 1 one of whom , as a Past Grand Chaplain of England and Dep . PiOv . Grand Master of Berks and Bucks , has already won

a foremost place in cur rank ; , and will doubtless , now that his father is dead , make still greater endeavours to enhance the famewh . ch for so many years has been associated in Masonry with the respected name of our deceastd brother . While these remain among us , though the loss we have sustained by the death of Bro . General Brownrigg is

indeed most serious , the sense of that loss will be less keenly lelt . The place of the genial and kindly brother will indeed know him no more , but his sons preserve and will add lustre to his name , while the memorials of hiswoik will , as we hope , endure for many and many a generation of brethren as yet uninstructed in the mysteries of our Art .

BRO . THE REV . SIR F . GORE OUSELEY , BART ., P . G . CHAP . Bro . the Rev . Frederick Gore Ouseley , Bart ., M . A ., Mus . D . Oxon , who was suddenly seized with illness on sat'irday last while standing outside the Hertford branch ° < the Birmingham , Dudley , and District Bank , and died "n the bank premises within an hour after his seizure , had Leen a member of our Society for upwards of 40 years ,

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having been initiated in the Alfred Lodge , No . 425—now No . 340—Oxford , on the 7 th April , 1 S 45- 0 n the Sth May , 1 S 5 6 he joined the Churchill Lodge , No . 47 S—then No . 702—Oxford , and presided as W . M . in 1 S 59 . He was also a P . M . of St . Michael ' s Lodge , No . 1097 , Tenbury , Worcestershire , having occupied the chair in 1866 7 He vvas a P . P . G . C . of Oxfordshire , andtn 1 S 64

. was appointed , in conjunction with the late Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Grand Chaplain of England . He was advanced in the Lechmere Mark Lodge , No . 59 , Worcester , on the 2 ist October , 1 S 6 S , and was Grand Organist of Mark Grand Lodge in 1883 . He was a member of the Rose Croix ChapterSt . Dunstan , No . 12 , Worcester ,

, had taken the 30 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite system , and was a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Our deceased brother , win was born in 1 S 25 , and had therefore completed his 63 rd year , was a musician of high distinction , and had held the chair of Professor of Music in the University cf Oxford since 1 S 55 .

BRO . S . J . HUMFRESS . By the death of Bro . S . J . Humfress , P . M . 733 and J . D . 753 , the Craft in general , and his own lodges in particular , have lost a true and faithful fellow-worker , whose place it will indeed be hard to fill . Bro . Humfress had been a sufferer for many months , and , in fact , as far back as last September had undergone a serious operation , which

it was hoped would ultimately benefit his health ; but , in spite of the physical infirmity under which he laboured , he was a regular attendant at Masonic gatherings almost up to his death , which occurred on Sunday , the 31 st ultimo . Owing to the respect in which our brother was held , not only on account of his o . vn intrinsic worth , but from his generosity to a ' . l brethren in distress , and owing to his good .

ness to the poor of the distri . t in which he resided , a large number of sympathising friends assembled at Paddington Cemetery on the afternoon of Thursday , the 4 th instant , when the funeral took place . Bro . John Aird , M . P ., many of the pariah officials of Paddington , and also several ladies were present upon the o : casion , whilst amongst the members of the Craft who had come to pay their

last tribute of respect to the memory of their departed brother the following may be mentioned : —Of the Westbourne Lodge , No . 733—Bros . VV . Dre « , W . M ., S . R . Walker , P . M ., £ ec , Bclsham , S . D ., Dr . Gawith , J . D ., Rogers , I . C , Biorn , I . P . M ., Wickens , P . M ., Cottebrune , P . M ., Allen , P . M ., Un . vi . i , Price , Drake , E . Stevens , S . Gurney , Hughes , Jones , W . Bell , T . Smith ,

Gumming , Goddard , Jacits-n , and W . Boyer ; of the Prince Frederick Wil iam Lodge , No . 753—Bros . J . J . Thomas , W . M ., J . VV . Stratton , J . VV ., Wicken ? , P . M ., Redfearn , V . Shaw , and H . E . Campbell-Beaver . There were aUo present Bros . R . H . D . llon , I . P . M .. T . I . Bird , P . M . and Sec , and W . T . Dillon , of the Elliot Lodge ; J . Stephens , P . M ., J . Cuff , P . M ., and W . Hunt , P . M .,

of the Hyde Park Lodge , No . 1425 ; Side , P . M . of the Zetland LoJge , No . 511 ; Dd Lan * , P . M . of the Dunmow Lodge , No . 1543 ; E . M . Lander , P . M . of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 ; N . Turner , P . M . cf the Royal Jubilee Lodge , No . 72 ; Mason , S . W . of the Cyclist LoJge , No . 2246 ; and Green , of the Strand Lodge , No . 1987 . Bro . j . VV . Cuff

also represented the Z-tland Lodge , No . 511 , of which he is VV . M ., Bro . J . J . Thomas , Tivoli Lodge , 2151 , and Bro . V . Shaw , the Lewis Lodge , 11 S 5 . Upon the con . clu sion of the ceremony , the brethren paid their last token of respect to the memory of Bro . Humfress by reverently casting sprig ; of acacia into the grave , which alieady contained the rema n ; of his wife aud two children . In

contemplating the career of our departed brother , whether it be regarded from a Masonic or purely worldly point of view , it may truthfully be remarked of it , it is well finished . The example he set to his junior brethren in inculcating the doctrine of peace and goodwill towards all can never be effaced fiom th . ir memories , whilst his geniality and

uprightness of thought and action endeared him to all , Loth old and young . And lastly , the Masonic Charities have suffered a gnevous loss by the death of our honoured brother , now resting peacefully in the Great Lod ^ e above , amongst those who , like himself , have departed from amongst us full of years , beloved and respected by all who knew them .

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DEVON MASONIC EDUCATIONAL FUND .

The annual meeting of the Devon Masonic Educational Fund was held on the 2 nd inst . at the F ; eemasoria' Hall , Plymouth . There was a large attendance of the subscribers and donors to the Fund . In the absence of the President of the Institution , Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M ., Bro . VV . J . Biewer , P . P . G . Sec , was

elected to preside . Five guineas each were voted towards the advancement in Ife of two boys whose educational terms for iemaining on the fund had concluded through their ages—11 . E . Howe and A . Rawle . Bro . COOPER gave nttice that he should , at the October meeting , ask for a similar gratuity to be voted to M . S .

Williams , the son of a deceased member of Lodge Fortitude , No . 103 . The election of two candidates wzs then proceeded wiih . Bros . W . Powell , J . Griffin , anl W . H . VV . Macey , were appointed the scrutineers . The result of the voting was for C B . Jerri d , 7 } years , daughter of a deceased member of Lod ^ e St . John the

Baptist , Exeter , 534 votes ; R . H . Pettle , 8 years , son of a deceased member of Lod ^ e Torridge , Great Torrington , 531 votes ; B . L . Cann , , \ years , daughter of a deceased member of Lodge Fidelity , Devunpoit , 409 votes ; M . M . Charters , , 'r years , daughter of a deceased member of Lodge Saint John's , Plymouth , 307 votes ; E . Strain , 13 years , daughter of a deceased member of Lodge Erme

Iv > bridge , 87 votes . The two first candidates were declared elected . As the last candidate from her age would in a year hence become ineligible , it was unanimously resolved t > place her on Ihe Fund by a vote of the meeting . It was lesolved to elect two more candidates on the Fund in October .

Miss Alma Murray will sustain the part of Mary Crosley in Mr . J . Stanley Little's new domesic drama , " Doubt , " a play of which the theme is the same as the recently published novel of that name .

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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . In order to meet the convenience of the public the Great Western Railway Company have made arrangementsforthe issue of excuision and ordinary tickets at their City and West End Offices , viz .: 193 and 407 , Oxford-street , 23 , New Oxford-street , Holborn Circus , 29 , ' Charing Cross , 26 , Regent-street , 5 , Aithur-street East , London Bridge , 82 ,

Queen Victoria-street , 43 and 44 , Grutchedfriars , 69 , Gresham-street , and 4 , Cheapside , at any of which places tickets can be obtained during the week preceding Easter . Tickets can also be obtained at Victoria , Kensington ( Addison-road ) , Aldgate , the stations on the Hammersmith and City Line , and at mist of the Stations on the Metropolitan and District Railways . The Booking Office at

Paddington Station will be open for the issue of tickets the whole of the day on Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , and Saturday , before Easter . Tickets obtained in London on any day from April 15 th to 20 th will be available for use on eitner of those days . Cheap tickets at special low fares and available from April iSth to 22 nd , will be issued from London to the Yeovil and Weymouth

district , ar . d to tho principal stations in the West of England , and it is announced that a Fast Excursion Train will leave Paddington on Thursday , April iSth , reaching Exeter in five-and-a-quarter hours and Plymouth in seven-and-a half hours . Excursions will also be run to Leamington , Birmingham , Chester , Cheltenham , Reading , Oxford ,

Gloucester , Bath , Bristol , and other stations on the Great Western System . The newspaper train leaving Padding ? ton at 5 . 30 a . m . will run on Good Friday as usual as far as Oxford , Exeter , and Swansea , and the usual intermediate Stations . This train will connect at Oxford with trains to the Worcester , Birmingham , and Wulveihampton districts ;

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY . The London and North-Western Railway Company announce that the ticket offices . at Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day from Monday , April 15 th , to Monday , April 22 nd , inclusive , so that passengers wishing to obtai n tickets

for any destination on the London and North-Western Railway can do so at any time of the day prior to the starting of the trains . The tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of passengers . Tickets for all the principal stations on the London and North-Western system and i ; s connections can be obtained at any time—Sundays and bank holidays excepted—at the following town

receivings offices of the Company : 15 , Queen-street , E . G . ; Spread Eagle , 3 , Whittini-ton-avenue , Leadenhall Market , E . C ; Swan-with-Tivo Necks , Gresham-street , E . C . ; 13 , Eastcheap ; Cross Keys , Wood-street , Cheapside , E . C ; 22 , Aldersgate-street , E . C ; 65 , Aldgate , E . ; 30 , West Smithfield , E . C . ; 8 and 9 , Clerkenwell-green , E . G . ; Boltin-Tun , Fleet-street , E . C . ; 116 , Holborn , E . C ; George

and Blue Boar , High Holborn , W . C ; 4 ^ , New Oxfordstreet , W . C ; Universal Office , Spread Eagle , Piccadillycircus , VV . ; Golden Cross , Charing Cross , W . C ; Hotel Windsor ( late Army and Navy Hotel ) , Victoria-street , S . W . j 231 , Edg . vare-road , W . ; Atlas Office , 167 , Tottenham Court-road , W . C . ; 70 , St . Martin ' s-lane , W . C . ; Lion , 10 S , New Bond-street , W , ; 49 6 , Oxford-street , VV . ;

Griffin ' s Green Man and Still , 241 , Oxford-street , W . ; 33 , Hereford-road , Bayswater , W . ; Knightsbridge , 34 , Albert Gate , S . W . ; Kensington , 33 , High ' street , VV . ; 117 , Borough , S . E . ; 233 and 234 , Blackfriars-road , S . E . ; Surrey Kail . vay Office , 13 S , Newington Causeway , S . E . . ; 194 , Westminster Bridge-road , S . E . ; Islington , Ang « . l , 5 , Pentonviile-road , N . The tickets

obtained at these offices will be available from either Euston or Kensington ( Addison Road ) , and will be issued at the same fares as are charged at those stations . The tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of passengers . They can also be obtained at Gaze and Son ' s Tourist office , 142 , Strand , at the same fares as at Euston Station . On Thursday , April iSth , an additional express train will leave

Euston at 8 . 55 a . m . for Bletchley , Northampton , Rugby , Nuneaton , arid Lichfield . Special carriages for Penrith will be attached to the 10 . 0 a . m . train from London , and will be sent forward from Crewe as a special train in advance of the 10 . 0 a . m . express . A special express will leave Euston at 1 . 10 p . m . for Lancaster , Carnforth , Kendal , Windermere , & c , and will be due toarrive at

Northampton at 2 . 34 , Rugby 3 . 0 ., Nuneaton S . 25 , Lichfield 3 . 54 , Crewe 4 . 55 . A special express will leave Euston at 2 . 50 p . m ., for Bletchley , Northampton , Rugby , Trent Valley Stations , and Stafford . A special train will leave Birmingham for Northampton at 4 . 5 p . m ., calling at Rugby . A special express train will leave Euston Station at 4 20 p . m . for Birmingham , calling at Wi Iesden Junction , Rugby ,

Coventry , and Stechford , arriving at Birmingham ( New Street ) at 7 . 5 p . m . The 12 . 0 midnight from Euston on Thursday , April iSth , will be extended from Warrington to Preston on Good Friday morning as on ordinary week days . The 10 . 5 p . m . from Glasgow to Carlisle will be extended to Liverpool and Manchester at the following times : —Leave Carlisle 1 . 15 a . m . ( Good Friday morning ) ,

arrive Carnforth 2 . 48 , Lancaster , 2 . 50 , Preston , 3 . 30 , Wigan , 3 . 58 , Manchester , 4 . 45 , and Liverpool , 4 . 45 a . m . On Good Friday , April 19 th , the 5 . 15 a . m ., newspaper express train , from London ( Euston Station ) will run to Noithampton , Birmingham , Stafford , Shrewsbury , Warrington , Runcorn , Liverpool , Manchester , Wigan , Preston , Blackpool , Lancaster , Carnfoith , Oxenholme

Windermere , Tebay , Penrith , Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Petti ) , and Aberdeen . A train will leave Manchester at 9 . 30 a . m . for VVigan , where passengers for Preston and the north can join the new paper train . There will be no connection to the N . B . Line with this train . The majority of the trains will run on Goad Friday as on Sundays . The boats timed to leave Kingstown for

Holyhead at 7 a . m ., and Holyhead at 1 . 35 p . m . for Kingstown , will not sail on Gcod Friday . The steamers will sail from Lame and Stranraer on Good Friday as on ordinary week da-s , but on the Saturday following Good Friday , the boat will not leave Stranraer until 8 . 15 a . m . The steamers will sail from both Fleetwood and Belfast on Goad Friday as on ordinary week days . Many of the season ticket trains run in the suburbs of London , Birmingham ,

Liverpool , and Manchesler , will not run o * i Bank Holiday , Monday , April 22 nd . The Company also announce that they will run excursions to and from London and Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Leamington , Coventry , Walsall , Leicester , Burton , Macclesfield , Stoke , Stone , Derby , Liverpool , Manchester , Chester , North VVales , Shrewsbury , Aberystwith , Herefoid , Oswestry , Preston , VVigan , Blackpool , Morecambe , Carlisle , the Lake District , and other places .