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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE .
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon , was held at the Mechanics' Institute , Plymouth , on Saturday , the 6 th inst ., under the presidency of the P . G . M ., Viscount Ebrington . The attendance of brethren from all parts of the province was very large . The minutes of the meetings held at Barnstaple and
Torrinn -ton were read by Bro . Brewer , the Secretary , and dulv confirmed . Bro . Moon , the P . G . Treasurer , presented the " accounts , which reported a total of receipts of £ 449 ; and a balance , after meeting all liabilities , of £ 19 S in favour of the province . The statement of the Fortescue Annuity Fund exhibited receipts during the year amounting to £ 357 , ^ ) after meeting all disbursements , there remained an available balance in the hands of the P . G . T . of
i ' 67 . The amount invested in Consols and other securities on this account was reported to be £ 2229 . _ _ Bro . Gover presented the report of the Committee of petitions on their proceedings during the past year . They had been successful , he stated , in electing the candidates of the Province on the foundations of the great Masonic charities , but to accomplish this very satisfactory result they had not received the support of all the- lodges . This
was much to be regretted . Whilst the province included 2500 subscribing members , only 1530 had been represented m the names that had passed through the Committee . The consequence was that fully 600 votes had either been lost altogether , or had been diverted into other channels , which , so far as the interests of the province were concerned , was even worse . At the meeting held that day various sums were voted in relief of the families of deceased or distressed
Masons , a catalogue of which was now read for approbation . The Committee had also determined to propose that sums of fifty guineas each should be voted to the Masonic Institution for Aged Masons , the Masonic Institution for Widows of Masons , and the Masonic Institution for Girls . A brief discussion ensued on the reading of the report . Bro . SIMON HYNE thought that some proportion of these contributions might legitimately be applied to the Devon
Masonic Educational Fund . He moved a resolution to that effect , namely , the sum of £ 20 , with a view of testing the feeling of the meeting . Bro . LETHBRIDGE seconded the motion . Bro . the Rev . W . WHITTLEY , however , whilst acknowledging the hearty good feeling of the brethren who had proposed the amendment , remarked that the brethren
identified with the management of the Devon Educational Fund could not be blind to the fact that it was receiving liberal aid in answer to its appeals for assistance . 'I hey also remembered that the province received no less than / .. 5 annually from the great central Charities it was proposed to assist in this way , and the brethren ought to do their utmost for them when the treatment the province received
was so generous . The report of the Committee was adopted , the mover and seconder of the amendment alone dissenting . Bro . S . J ONES proposed the election of Bro . Stocker as P . G . Treasurer for the ensuing year , and he was unanimously elected . In reply , Bro . STOCKER acknowledged with warmth the confidence that had been reposed in him , and undertook to d 1 his utmost to justify the selection . . 'rtrhs . Curtis and Passmore were re-elected to audit the
accounts . The P . G . M . then invested the following brethren as his officers for the year ensuing : R . W . Bro . W . G . Rogers , 112 ... Prov . G . D . M . V . W . Bro . F . H . H . Glassc , C . B ., 1255 Prov . G . S . W . „ Col . Fitzgerald , 1 S 9 ... Prov . G . J . W . W . Bro . Rev . G . T . Warner , 113 S ... Prov . G . Chap .
Rev . R . Granville Prov . G . D . C . „ J . Stocker , 39 Prov . G . Treas . „ G . W . Ormerod , 303 ... Prov . G . Reg . H . Cole , 1091 Prov . G . S . D . „ V . G . Loveless , 494 •¦• Prov . G . J . D . W . C . Olver , 251 Prov . G . S . of W . ,, F . Hooper , 1212 Prov . G . D . C .
„ R . Pengelly , 70 Prov . G . A . D . C . „ J . Barker , 70 Prov . G . Org . „ A . Pidsley , 372 Prov . G . Purst . „ W . H . Goodridgc , 790 ...-. W . H . Gillman . ioo <)
D . 13 . Lynn , 230 ! ,, . G Stwds . „ J . Murray , 1402 „ II . L . Friend , 1443 „ R . G . Tippett , 1550 ... P . L . Blanchard Prov . G . Tyler .
,, I . Rogers Prov . G . A . lyler . A resolution was then passed appointing Bros . Jones , Curteis , and Pitt-Lewis a Committee to purchase and take the superintendence of whatever jewels and clothing were necessary for the P . G . Officers . A letter was read from the Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , bringing under the notice of the brethren the
proposal to commemorate the work of the deceased Secretary , Bro . Hervey . The discussion on the pioposed alteration of the bye-laws was deferred , the primary consideration of the questions involved being referred to a representative Committee , consisting of Bros . Jerman , Curteis , Whittley , Rae , Jarvis , Moon , and Brewer . The brethren then approached the consideration of the question of what form the memorial should take which it
was proposed to establish to perpetuate the revered name ° f the late P . G . M ., the Rev . John Huyshe . The P . G . M ., Lord EBKI . NGTON ' , presented a synopsis of [ ne wishes of the various lodges in the province , the 111 cm"ers of which had been duly consulted . Seventeen out ° f the total of fifty lodges desired that their subscriptions should be devoted to some charitable or educational purpose . Nine lodges had expressed a decided preference for
associating the movement with the Devon Masonic Educational Fund , and seven expressed as decided a preference for erecting a memorial window in Exeter Cathedral . Under the circumstances he thought that the window was distinctl y out of the question , and for the same reason the idea ° ' making the memorial partake of an educational form , far
so as the Devon Educational Fund was concerned , was put of the question also . The lodges which had given an ltJoa of the probable extent of their subscriptions bad ? cd sums amounting in all to 200 guineas , and " 'he remainder of the lodges voted sums proportionatel y large , a fund of 500 guineas would in all probabilit y be placed at the command of the Committee
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that would have to be appointed for giving effect to such resolutions as they might come to . His lordship proceeded to suggest various other suitable means of commemorating the respect and iove of the brethren for their late G . M . It had been suggested that a fit means of so doing would be to link the movement with the Fortescue Annuity Fund , and , so far as his family were concerned , they would be happy to see the names o £ Fortescue and Huyshe
combined in one fund for annuitant purposes . Annuitants , however , were proverbially long-lived , and the brethren would rarely be called upon to appreciate the benefits of the scheme . An agreeable alternative would be the purchase of the right to place one boy in the Masonic Institution for the sons of Masons . This right could be purchased for 500 guineas , and would avail the province during the lifetime of any particular brother in whose name the
right was purchased . Ihis right , however , the province could convert into perpetuity by the payment of another 500 guineas on the death of the brother specified . He should be ready , the P . G . M . observed , ii this course commended itself to the province , to insure his life for the sum named , and to keep up the premiums for the benefit of the province , so that at his death the second 500 guineas might be forthcoming wherewith to make the right perpetual .
( Loud applause . ) Bro . GODTSCHALK then moved that a fund , to be called the "John Hu 3 'she Presentation Fund , " be raised with a view of purchasing the right as explained . The movement was cordially supported , Bros . MAYNARD and ELPHINSTONE-STONE , however , espousing the cause of an additional annuitant fund . On being put to the vote , however , the proposition of
Bro . Godtschalk was carried without a dissentient voice . The P . G . M . then proposed that a Committee to collect the funds should be appointed , consi ting of the following brethren : The D . P . G . M ., Bros . Curteis , Rae , Whittley , Gover , Godtschalk , Moon , Brewer , Jerman , Elphinstone-Stone , and Hine-Haycock . The blessing of the Great Architect was then invoked by Bro . the Rev . W . Whittley , and the lodge was closed
as it was opened , with befitting solemnity . The hall , it should be stated , presented an exceedingly chaste appearance , the P . G . M . of Cornwall , Earl Mount Edgcumbe , having supplied an elegant assortment of ( lowers and plants . The distribution was tastefully superintended by Bro . Coath . In the evening the brethren dined together at the Globe Hotel , the P . G . M ., Lord Ebrington , presiding . The
loyal and Masonic toasts were given from the chair , with especial reference to the self-denying labours of the officers of the Grand Lodge of England . The claim of the Order to universal benevolence was well sustained , seeing that the three great Masonic Charities distributed no less than £ 50 , 000 per annum . ( Applause . ) Bro . CURTEIS felicitous ! } ' submitted "The Health of the P . G . M . " He spoke in hearty terms of his lordship ' s
desire and ability to thoroughly carry out the functions ol his exalted position , and described him as a worthy successor in the chair of his revered grandfather . ( Applause . ) ' 1 he PROV . G . M ., in response , thanked the brethren lor the kind way in which they hatl recognised his efforts , and lire . Curteis especially for the flattering manner in which he had associated his name with that of his grandfather . His Lordship expressed his regret that he had been
constrained to select a day for tlie' . mceting which had ill-suited , perhaps , the convenience of the brethren , or the majority of them . But his official engagements in town had absolutely precluded his naming any other day in the week , and , as he was one of the few ollicers with whose attendance the lodge could not vcry well dispense —( much laughter)—the meeting had had to be held to suit his personal requirements . He very much regretted the
necessity , however , for inconveniencing the brethren , and another time trusted he should be able to make a selection which would better please all parties . ( Applause . ) He then gave "The Health of the D . P . G . M ., Bro . Rogers , " to whom he was ever indebted for practical and unprejudiced advice . ( Applause . ) His Lordship also spoke of the pleasure which it gave him to be supported in the Wardens ' Chairs by two such distinguished ollicers as Admiral Glassc
and Colonel Fitzgerald . ( Applause . ) It was a compliment to Masonry that gallant ollicers , who had long been lighting the country's battles on sea and shore , should bring into the Order . the ability and judgment which in former days had been exercised in commanding ships or regiments . ( Applause . ) Admiral GI . ASSE and Bro . Colonel FITZGERALD suitably responded .
Bro . PITT-LEWIS made a humorous response , and other toasts followed . In the evening there was a meeting of the Lodge of Prudence , No . 1550 , at the Huyshe Masonic Temple , which was very largely attended , in anticipation of the lodge being honoured with a visit from tiie P . G . Master . His lordship was accompanied by the P . G . Senior and Junior Wardens , P . G . Secretary , and many distinguished
brethren . 'The W . Master , liro . M . C . Lakeman , was complimented on the manner in which the work was performed by himself and his officers , and the duties of the evening carried out , the visitors expressing themselves as well pleased with the completeness of all the day ' s arrangements . The meeting of the Committee of Petitions was held on the same day at the Huyshe . Masonic Temple , there being
present a large number of influential brethren . The Secretary ( Bro . GOVER ) read his report , which was as follows : The number of votes received from the province for the past year were—for October elections , 245 boys , 135 girls ; for April elections , 250 boys , 114 girls ; for May elections , 420 men , 3 6 S widows . This is a decrease from last year of 123 votes , or about the number lost by the decease of the R . W . Bro . J . 1 luyshe , and the alienation of
the votes by Mrs . I luyshe . 1 here are still a large number of lodges and chapters who persistently fail to send their votes through the Committee , whilst some others , from inattention , retain them until too late to be of service . This would be , readily obviated if the representatives of lodges would bestow a very small amount of attention to their duties . The lodges which have not sent their votes are
Nos , 494 , for the third year ; 710 , for the tenth year ; 1135 , for the third year ; 113 S , for the second year ; and 14 SG , for the third year . The chapters were 105 , first year ; 24 S , eighth year ; 303 , first year ; 444 , first year ; 494 , seventh year ; 710 , sixth year ; 8 47 , second year ; 1138 , first year ; and I 2 S . ( , third year . This report was received and adopted .
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The London Representative ( Bro . GODTSCHALK ) having read his report , it was received and adopted ; and Bro . Godtschalk was warmly thanked for his management , and congratulated on his successful efforts . It was resolved that the report be printed for distribution amongst the lodges , and that in future reports be , if possible , printed before the meeting .. Bro . GODTSCHALK proposed that the sum of fifty guineas
be given to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons' Male Fund , fifty guineas to the Widows ' Fund , and fifty guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . There was an amendment that the sum of fifty guineas be given respectively to the Widows , Boys , and Girls . The original motion was , however , carried by a large majority , and the amounts were ordered to be placed
on the list of Bro . Godtschalk , as Steward , and for the benefit of the province . There were four petitions for relief , and the Committee voted the following sums : £ 5 to the widow of a late brother of Lodge 112 , and recommended a further grant from Prov . Grand Lodge of £ S ; £ 5 to the widow of a late brother of Lodge 494 ; £ 5 to the widow of a late
brother of Lodge 156 ; and recommended a further grant of £ S from Prov . Grand Lodge ; £ 5 to the widow of a late brother of Lodge 1205 , and they recommended a further grant from the Prov . Grand Lodge of £ 5 . There were three candidates for the votes of the province for the London School , and after discussion—during which the Secretary deprecated the growing practice of the friends
of candidates sending circulars to lodges and subscribers , the tendency of which was to weaken the voting power of the Committee , whilst , after all , they must at last depend on it—the boy Sidney Sowden , whose late father was a member of Lodge 372 , was unanimously adopted . The report to the Prov . Grand Lodge was then prepared and adopted , and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
By direction of the Committee of the Associated Lodges luncheon was provided at the Temple for the brethren who came from a distance .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Hampshire And Isle Of Wight.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT .
The annual meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held on Tuesday at the Lecture Hall , Soldiers ' Institute , Portsmouth . The lodge was closed tyled at one o'clock , when amongst those present were Bros . W . W . B . Beach , Prov . G . M . ; W . Hickman , D . P . G . M . ; Rev . F .
W . Thoyts , P . G . C ., W . M . 694 ; W , Tasker , P . G . S . of W ., P . M . 1373 ; Richard Eve , P . P . S . G . W ., P . M . 395 , G 51 , and 723 ; F . A . Green , P . P . G . D ., P . M . 309 ; Geo . Lear , P . M . G 94 , P . P . G . S . D . ; John Parkinson , S . P . M . 1112 , P . G . S . ; Emanuel Hyams , P . M . 25 S , P . P . G . D . C . Norfolk ; Thomas J . Pulley , P . M . 723 , P . G . Std . ; Irvine Haulc , W . M . 17 S 0 , P . G . P . ; Robert Osborne , P . M . 4 S 7 ,
P . G . O . ; A . L . Emanuel , P . M . ioGg , Sec . 1903 , P . G . S . D . ; A . Arthur Headley , W . M . 309 , P . G . Chap . ; G . F . Lancaster , P . M . 903 , P . P . G . D . ; S . Scott , P . P . G . Chap . ; Robert Barnes , P . M . 342 , G . D . C . ; 1 . G . Jones , 151 , P . G . Org . ; C . H . Liddell , P . M . S 04 , P . G . S . ; James Johns , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . ; J . R . Wilson , P . M . 342 and 42 S , P . P . G . P . ; J . Wallingford , P . M . 903 , P . G . W . ; Jacob
Friedeberg , P . M . 342 , P . G . P . ; John Purnell , P . M . SOJ , P . P . G . S . B . ; E . S . Main , P . M . 1776 , P . P . G . D . of C . ; H . J . Guy , P . M . 342 , ioGg , P . P . G . D . C ; J . Le Feuvre , P . M . 130 , 1112 , P . P . G . Sec ; T . Best , P . M . 357 , 1373 , P . P-S . G . W . ; M . H . M . Martin , P . M . 1461 , P . G . S . W . ; Edwin Groves , P . M . 903 , P . P . D . C . ; G . S . Lancaster , P . M . 4 S 7 , P . P . G . W . ; George Rake , P . M . 4 S 7 , P . P . G . W . ; George
Bond , P . M . 4 S 7 , 1069 , P . P . G . S . B . ; Henry Cawte , P . M ., P . P . S . W . ; Mark E . Frost , P . M ., P . G . T . ; W . E . Pineo , P . P . G . W . ; J . W . Biggs , P . G . Tyler ; J . Exell , P . G . Tyler ; F . II . De Rheims , J . D . 4 S 7 , J . D . 10 G 9 ; Richard Dampier Child , 1373 , Sec . 1 S 69 ; Latimer H . Saunders , S . W . 60 S , 1 S 69 ; George Sylvester , Org . 142 S ; George A . Williams , Treas . 142 ; Paul R . Everitt , W . M ., P . M .
7 G , P . P . G . D . ; William A . Cole , 1221 : W . H . Jacob , S . D ., Treas . 7 G , 1 SS 3 ; Isaac Golden , I . P . M . 151 ; S . Scott , 39 + ; Richard Bradford , P . P . G . Supt . of Works ; 1 SS 3 ; J . Murray , W . M . 7 6 ; George Ward , 18 S 3 ; John D . Toswell , 76 and 1 SS 3 ; A . G . Young , 359 ; J . Mark , 7 G and 19 S 3 ; Thomas Lashmore , P . M . 359 ; John Smith , 1903 ; John Laccv Edwards , 142 ; H . Tuohv .
P . M . 142 S ; Alfred Scott ; 1 . Ridd Haymann , W . M . 257 ; R . R . S . Rosoman , I . P . Si . 1461 ; George M . Burt , P . M . and Treas . 551 ; T . H . J . Petherick , S . W . 551 ; Thomas Baker , J . W . 1223 ; John Charles Airs , P . M . and Sec . 35 ; W . S . Nicholl Clayton , W . M . O 9 S ; G . C . Adams , W . M . 1776 ; John Newton , P . M . 174 ; John Parkinson , I . P . M . 1112 ; Charles Crew , W . M . 1112 ; G .
Brooks , J . W . ii 72 ; William Pearce , Steward 1112 ; R . Croisdale , P . M . 70 G , W . M . 1331 ; Hy . Stone , P . S . W . 723 ; Geo . Greenslade , Sec . 1112 ; J . S . Hickley , P . M . and W . M . 723 ; Henry Lashmore , J . W . 394 ; W . Brunwin , J . W . 903 ; II . Trivess , 342 ; George Pack , P . M . 175 ; G . A . Green , P . M . 309 ; W . F . Mayos , S . D . 1112 ; W . M . 551 ; H . B . Cheverton , P . M . 151 ; P . II . Good , M . A .,
Chap . 1903 ; A . Wendover , S . W . 1069 ; W . C . Packham , goi ; C . Jellicoe , P . M . 130 ; J . G . Garnham , Steward , 151 ; Channing Hall , J . W . G 9 S ; II . W . Townsend , I . P . M . 1903 ; John Bunt , S . W . 1 SG 9 ; M . Emanuel , P . M . 359 ; B . ' W . Tilley , W . M . 151 ; W . Latham Cox , 1903 ; W . Mewsus , P . M . and Sec . G 9 S ; R . J . Rastrick , P . M . and Treas . 1069 , 342 , and 1903 ; J . D . Barford , P . M . 359 ; J . Cable , P . M . 351 ; F . I . Martin ,
342 ; W . D . Parkhouse , J . W . 1 S 34 ; W . Corbcn , 342 ; C . K . Green , 1903 ; Elisha Bastable , 342 ; G . P . Arnold , W . M . 142 S ; R . W . Downing , W . M . 903 ; P . II . Biggs , 4 S 7 ; J . Biggs , 4 S 7 ; Charles Knott , W . M . 342 ; G . B . Irons , 903 ; 13 . J . Marvin , J . W . 175 ; G . W . Strick , I . P . M . 142 S ; J . Cable , 142 S ; John Brickwood , J . W . 2 G 7 and 342 ; I . Appleford , 137 ; F . Bateman . 142 S ;
Aldridge C . Morley , 177 G ; G . Pearman ; C . Travess . 142 S ; T . C . Cunningham , J . W . 177 G ; J . O'Connor , P . M ., Treas . 257 ; G . Mason , W . M . elect 342 and 1 S 34 ; L . Bryctt , 249 ; R . W . Beale , S . W . 4 S 7 ; J . W . Gieve , I . G . 309 ; W . Maybour , 177 G 1903 ; R . J . Turney , P . M . 342 ; J . Colley , J . D . S 04 ; V . Brown , P . M . 903 ;
A . C . Hervey , J . D . and Chap . 309 ; A . G . German , 10 C 9 ; M . P . Creedon , P . M . 92 S ; T . Good , W . M . 1 S 34 ; W . E . Atkins , J . W . 1069 , an- Sec . 4 S 7 ; H . Peirson , W . M . 92 S ; II . Cook , 106 9 J . Wright , 923 ; J . Prior , S 04 ; J . Hamilton Bridle ; J . " Hardy , 1903 and 004 ; W . A . Marshallsay , 177 6 , 928 , and 1003 ; William
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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE .
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon , was held at the Mechanics' Institute , Plymouth , on Saturday , the 6 th inst ., under the presidency of the P . G . M ., Viscount Ebrington . The attendance of brethren from all parts of the province was very large . The minutes of the meetings held at Barnstaple and
Torrinn -ton were read by Bro . Brewer , the Secretary , and dulv confirmed . Bro . Moon , the P . G . Treasurer , presented the " accounts , which reported a total of receipts of £ 449 ; and a balance , after meeting all liabilities , of £ 19 S in favour of the province . The statement of the Fortescue Annuity Fund exhibited receipts during the year amounting to £ 357 , ^ ) after meeting all disbursements , there remained an available balance in the hands of the P . G . T . of
i ' 67 . The amount invested in Consols and other securities on this account was reported to be £ 2229 . _ _ Bro . Gover presented the report of the Committee of petitions on their proceedings during the past year . They had been successful , he stated , in electing the candidates of the Province on the foundations of the great Masonic charities , but to accomplish this very satisfactory result they had not received the support of all the- lodges . This
was much to be regretted . Whilst the province included 2500 subscribing members , only 1530 had been represented m the names that had passed through the Committee . The consequence was that fully 600 votes had either been lost altogether , or had been diverted into other channels , which , so far as the interests of the province were concerned , was even worse . At the meeting held that day various sums were voted in relief of the families of deceased or distressed
Masons , a catalogue of which was now read for approbation . The Committee had also determined to propose that sums of fifty guineas each should be voted to the Masonic Institution for Aged Masons , the Masonic Institution for Widows of Masons , and the Masonic Institution for Girls . A brief discussion ensued on the reading of the report . Bro . SIMON HYNE thought that some proportion of these contributions might legitimately be applied to the Devon
Masonic Educational Fund . He moved a resolution to that effect , namely , the sum of £ 20 , with a view of testing the feeling of the meeting . Bro . LETHBRIDGE seconded the motion . Bro . the Rev . W . WHITTLEY , however , whilst acknowledging the hearty good feeling of the brethren who had proposed the amendment , remarked that the brethren
identified with the management of the Devon Educational Fund could not be blind to the fact that it was receiving liberal aid in answer to its appeals for assistance . 'I hey also remembered that the province received no less than / .. 5 annually from the great central Charities it was proposed to assist in this way , and the brethren ought to do their utmost for them when the treatment the province received
was so generous . The report of the Committee was adopted , the mover and seconder of the amendment alone dissenting . Bro . S . J ONES proposed the election of Bro . Stocker as P . G . Treasurer for the ensuing year , and he was unanimously elected . In reply , Bro . STOCKER acknowledged with warmth the confidence that had been reposed in him , and undertook to d 1 his utmost to justify the selection . . 'rtrhs . Curtis and Passmore were re-elected to audit the
accounts . The P . G . M . then invested the following brethren as his officers for the year ensuing : R . W . Bro . W . G . Rogers , 112 ... Prov . G . D . M . V . W . Bro . F . H . H . Glassc , C . B ., 1255 Prov . G . S . W . „ Col . Fitzgerald , 1 S 9 ... Prov . G . J . W . W . Bro . Rev . G . T . Warner , 113 S ... Prov . G . Chap .
Rev . R . Granville Prov . G . D . C . „ J . Stocker , 39 Prov . G . Treas . „ G . W . Ormerod , 303 ... Prov . G . Reg . H . Cole , 1091 Prov . G . S . D . „ V . G . Loveless , 494 •¦• Prov . G . J . D . W . C . Olver , 251 Prov . G . S . of W . ,, F . Hooper , 1212 Prov . G . D . C .
„ R . Pengelly , 70 Prov . G . A . D . C . „ J . Barker , 70 Prov . G . Org . „ A . Pidsley , 372 Prov . G . Purst . „ W . H . Goodridgc , 790 ...-. W . H . Gillman . ioo <)
D . 13 . Lynn , 230 ! ,, . G Stwds . „ J . Murray , 1402 „ II . L . Friend , 1443 „ R . G . Tippett , 1550 ... P . L . Blanchard Prov . G . Tyler .
,, I . Rogers Prov . G . A . lyler . A resolution was then passed appointing Bros . Jones , Curteis , and Pitt-Lewis a Committee to purchase and take the superintendence of whatever jewels and clothing were necessary for the P . G . Officers . A letter was read from the Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , bringing under the notice of the brethren the
proposal to commemorate the work of the deceased Secretary , Bro . Hervey . The discussion on the pioposed alteration of the bye-laws was deferred , the primary consideration of the questions involved being referred to a representative Committee , consisting of Bros . Jerman , Curteis , Whittley , Rae , Jarvis , Moon , and Brewer . The brethren then approached the consideration of the question of what form the memorial should take which it
was proposed to establish to perpetuate the revered name ° f the late P . G . M ., the Rev . John Huyshe . The P . G . M ., Lord EBKI . NGTON ' , presented a synopsis of [ ne wishes of the various lodges in the province , the 111 cm"ers of which had been duly consulted . Seventeen out ° f the total of fifty lodges desired that their subscriptions should be devoted to some charitable or educational purpose . Nine lodges had expressed a decided preference for
associating the movement with the Devon Masonic Educational Fund , and seven expressed as decided a preference for erecting a memorial window in Exeter Cathedral . Under the circumstances he thought that the window was distinctl y out of the question , and for the same reason the idea ° ' making the memorial partake of an educational form , far
so as the Devon Educational Fund was concerned , was put of the question also . The lodges which had given an ltJoa of the probable extent of their subscriptions bad ? cd sums amounting in all to 200 guineas , and " 'he remainder of the lodges voted sums proportionatel y large , a fund of 500 guineas would in all probabilit y be placed at the command of the Committee
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that would have to be appointed for giving effect to such resolutions as they might come to . His lordship proceeded to suggest various other suitable means of commemorating the respect and iove of the brethren for their late G . M . It had been suggested that a fit means of so doing would be to link the movement with the Fortescue Annuity Fund , and , so far as his family were concerned , they would be happy to see the names o £ Fortescue and Huyshe
combined in one fund for annuitant purposes . Annuitants , however , were proverbially long-lived , and the brethren would rarely be called upon to appreciate the benefits of the scheme . An agreeable alternative would be the purchase of the right to place one boy in the Masonic Institution for the sons of Masons . This right could be purchased for 500 guineas , and would avail the province during the lifetime of any particular brother in whose name the
right was purchased . Ihis right , however , the province could convert into perpetuity by the payment of another 500 guineas on the death of the brother specified . He should be ready , the P . G . M . observed , ii this course commended itself to the province , to insure his life for the sum named , and to keep up the premiums for the benefit of the province , so that at his death the second 500 guineas might be forthcoming wherewith to make the right perpetual .
( Loud applause . ) Bro . GODTSCHALK then moved that a fund , to be called the "John Hu 3 'she Presentation Fund , " be raised with a view of purchasing the right as explained . The movement was cordially supported , Bros . MAYNARD and ELPHINSTONE-STONE , however , espousing the cause of an additional annuitant fund . On being put to the vote , however , the proposition of
Bro . Godtschalk was carried without a dissentient voice . The P . G . M . then proposed that a Committee to collect the funds should be appointed , consi ting of the following brethren : The D . P . G . M ., Bros . Curteis , Rae , Whittley , Gover , Godtschalk , Moon , Brewer , Jerman , Elphinstone-Stone , and Hine-Haycock . The blessing of the Great Architect was then invoked by Bro . the Rev . W . Whittley , and the lodge was closed
as it was opened , with befitting solemnity . The hall , it should be stated , presented an exceedingly chaste appearance , the P . G . M . of Cornwall , Earl Mount Edgcumbe , having supplied an elegant assortment of ( lowers and plants . The distribution was tastefully superintended by Bro . Coath . In the evening the brethren dined together at the Globe Hotel , the P . G . M ., Lord Ebrington , presiding . The
loyal and Masonic toasts were given from the chair , with especial reference to the self-denying labours of the officers of the Grand Lodge of England . The claim of the Order to universal benevolence was well sustained , seeing that the three great Masonic Charities distributed no less than £ 50 , 000 per annum . ( Applause . ) Bro . CURTEIS felicitous ! } ' submitted "The Health of the P . G . M . " He spoke in hearty terms of his lordship ' s
desire and ability to thoroughly carry out the functions ol his exalted position , and described him as a worthy successor in the chair of his revered grandfather . ( Applause . ) ' 1 he PROV . G . M ., in response , thanked the brethren lor the kind way in which they hatl recognised his efforts , and lire . Curteis especially for the flattering manner in which he had associated his name with that of his grandfather . His Lordship expressed his regret that he had been
constrained to select a day for tlie' . mceting which had ill-suited , perhaps , the convenience of the brethren , or the majority of them . But his official engagements in town had absolutely precluded his naming any other day in the week , and , as he was one of the few ollicers with whose attendance the lodge could not vcry well dispense —( much laughter)—the meeting had had to be held to suit his personal requirements . He very much regretted the
necessity , however , for inconveniencing the brethren , and another time trusted he should be able to make a selection which would better please all parties . ( Applause . ) He then gave "The Health of the D . P . G . M ., Bro . Rogers , " to whom he was ever indebted for practical and unprejudiced advice . ( Applause . ) His Lordship also spoke of the pleasure which it gave him to be supported in the Wardens ' Chairs by two such distinguished ollicers as Admiral Glassc
and Colonel Fitzgerald . ( Applause . ) It was a compliment to Masonry that gallant ollicers , who had long been lighting the country's battles on sea and shore , should bring into the Order . the ability and judgment which in former days had been exercised in commanding ships or regiments . ( Applause . ) Admiral GI . ASSE and Bro . Colonel FITZGERALD suitably responded .
Bro . PITT-LEWIS made a humorous response , and other toasts followed . In the evening there was a meeting of the Lodge of Prudence , No . 1550 , at the Huyshe Masonic Temple , which was very largely attended , in anticipation of the lodge being honoured with a visit from tiie P . G . Master . His lordship was accompanied by the P . G . Senior and Junior Wardens , P . G . Secretary , and many distinguished
brethren . 'The W . Master , liro . M . C . Lakeman , was complimented on the manner in which the work was performed by himself and his officers , and the duties of the evening carried out , the visitors expressing themselves as well pleased with the completeness of all the day ' s arrangements . The meeting of the Committee of Petitions was held on the same day at the Huyshe . Masonic Temple , there being
present a large number of influential brethren . The Secretary ( Bro . GOVER ) read his report , which was as follows : The number of votes received from the province for the past year were—for October elections , 245 boys , 135 girls ; for April elections , 250 boys , 114 girls ; for May elections , 420 men , 3 6 S widows . This is a decrease from last year of 123 votes , or about the number lost by the decease of the R . W . Bro . J . 1 luyshe , and the alienation of
the votes by Mrs . I luyshe . 1 here are still a large number of lodges and chapters who persistently fail to send their votes through the Committee , whilst some others , from inattention , retain them until too late to be of service . This would be , readily obviated if the representatives of lodges would bestow a very small amount of attention to their duties . The lodges which have not sent their votes are
Nos , 494 , for the third year ; 710 , for the tenth year ; 1135 , for the third year ; 113 S , for the second year ; and 14 SG , for the third year . The chapters were 105 , first year ; 24 S , eighth year ; 303 , first year ; 444 , first year ; 494 , seventh year ; 710 , sixth year ; 8 47 , second year ; 1138 , first year ; and I 2 S . ( , third year . This report was received and adopted .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire.
The London Representative ( Bro . GODTSCHALK ) having read his report , it was received and adopted ; and Bro . Godtschalk was warmly thanked for his management , and congratulated on his successful efforts . It was resolved that the report be printed for distribution amongst the lodges , and that in future reports be , if possible , printed before the meeting .. Bro . GODTSCHALK proposed that the sum of fifty guineas
be given to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons' Male Fund , fifty guineas to the Widows ' Fund , and fifty guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . There was an amendment that the sum of fifty guineas be given respectively to the Widows , Boys , and Girls . The original motion was , however , carried by a large majority , and the amounts were ordered to be placed
on the list of Bro . Godtschalk , as Steward , and for the benefit of the province . There were four petitions for relief , and the Committee voted the following sums : £ 5 to the widow of a late brother of Lodge 112 , and recommended a further grant from Prov . Grand Lodge of £ S ; £ 5 to the widow of a late brother of Lodge 494 ; £ 5 to the widow of a late
brother of Lodge 156 ; and recommended a further grant of £ S from Prov . Grand Lodge ; £ 5 to the widow of a late brother of Lodge 1205 , and they recommended a further grant from the Prov . Grand Lodge of £ 5 . There were three candidates for the votes of the province for the London School , and after discussion—during which the Secretary deprecated the growing practice of the friends
of candidates sending circulars to lodges and subscribers , the tendency of which was to weaken the voting power of the Committee , whilst , after all , they must at last depend on it—the boy Sidney Sowden , whose late father was a member of Lodge 372 , was unanimously adopted . The report to the Prov . Grand Lodge was then prepared and adopted , and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
By direction of the Committee of the Associated Lodges luncheon was provided at the Temple for the brethren who came from a distance .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Hampshire And Isle Of Wight.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT .
The annual meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held on Tuesday at the Lecture Hall , Soldiers ' Institute , Portsmouth . The lodge was closed tyled at one o'clock , when amongst those present were Bros . W . W . B . Beach , Prov . G . M . ; W . Hickman , D . P . G . M . ; Rev . F .
W . Thoyts , P . G . C ., W . M . 694 ; W , Tasker , P . G . S . of W ., P . M . 1373 ; Richard Eve , P . P . S . G . W ., P . M . 395 , G 51 , and 723 ; F . A . Green , P . P . G . D ., P . M . 309 ; Geo . Lear , P . M . G 94 , P . P . G . S . D . ; John Parkinson , S . P . M . 1112 , P . G . S . ; Emanuel Hyams , P . M . 25 S , P . P . G . D . C . Norfolk ; Thomas J . Pulley , P . M . 723 , P . G . Std . ; Irvine Haulc , W . M . 17 S 0 , P . G . P . ; Robert Osborne , P . M . 4 S 7 ,
P . G . O . ; A . L . Emanuel , P . M . ioGg , Sec . 1903 , P . G . S . D . ; A . Arthur Headley , W . M . 309 , P . G . Chap . ; G . F . Lancaster , P . M . 903 , P . P . G . D . ; S . Scott , P . P . G . Chap . ; Robert Barnes , P . M . 342 , G . D . C . ; 1 . G . Jones , 151 , P . G . Org . ; C . H . Liddell , P . M . S 04 , P . G . S . ; James Johns , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . ; J . R . Wilson , P . M . 342 and 42 S , P . P . G . P . ; J . Wallingford , P . M . 903 , P . G . W . ; Jacob
Friedeberg , P . M . 342 , P . G . P . ; John Purnell , P . M . SOJ , P . P . G . S . B . ; E . S . Main , P . M . 1776 , P . P . G . D . of C . ; H . J . Guy , P . M . 342 , ioGg , P . P . G . D . C ; J . Le Feuvre , P . M . 130 , 1112 , P . P . G . Sec ; T . Best , P . M . 357 , 1373 , P . P-S . G . W . ; M . H . M . Martin , P . M . 1461 , P . G . S . W . ; Edwin Groves , P . M . 903 , P . P . D . C . ; G . S . Lancaster , P . M . 4 S 7 , P . P . G . W . ; George Rake , P . M . 4 S 7 , P . P . G . W . ; George
Bond , P . M . 4 S 7 , 1069 , P . P . G . S . B . ; Henry Cawte , P . M ., P . P . S . W . ; Mark E . Frost , P . M ., P . G . T . ; W . E . Pineo , P . P . G . W . ; J . W . Biggs , P . G . Tyler ; J . Exell , P . G . Tyler ; F . II . De Rheims , J . D . 4 S 7 , J . D . 10 G 9 ; Richard Dampier Child , 1373 , Sec . 1 S 69 ; Latimer H . Saunders , S . W . 60 S , 1 S 69 ; George Sylvester , Org . 142 S ; George A . Williams , Treas . 142 ; Paul R . Everitt , W . M ., P . M .
7 G , P . P . G . D . ; William A . Cole , 1221 : W . H . Jacob , S . D ., Treas . 7 G , 1 SS 3 ; Isaac Golden , I . P . M . 151 ; S . Scott , 39 + ; Richard Bradford , P . P . G . Supt . of Works ; 1 SS 3 ; J . Murray , W . M . 7 6 ; George Ward , 18 S 3 ; John D . Toswell , 76 and 1 SS 3 ; A . G . Young , 359 ; J . Mark , 7 G and 19 S 3 ; Thomas Lashmore , P . M . 359 ; John Smith , 1903 ; John Laccv Edwards , 142 ; H . Tuohv .
P . M . 142 S ; Alfred Scott ; 1 . Ridd Haymann , W . M . 257 ; R . R . S . Rosoman , I . P . Si . 1461 ; George M . Burt , P . M . and Treas . 551 ; T . H . J . Petherick , S . W . 551 ; Thomas Baker , J . W . 1223 ; John Charles Airs , P . M . and Sec . 35 ; W . S . Nicholl Clayton , W . M . O 9 S ; G . C . Adams , W . M . 1776 ; John Newton , P . M . 174 ; John Parkinson , I . P . M . 1112 ; Charles Crew , W . M . 1112 ; G .
Brooks , J . W . ii 72 ; William Pearce , Steward 1112 ; R . Croisdale , P . M . 70 G , W . M . 1331 ; Hy . Stone , P . S . W . 723 ; Geo . Greenslade , Sec . 1112 ; J . S . Hickley , P . M . and W . M . 723 ; Henry Lashmore , J . W . 394 ; W . Brunwin , J . W . 903 ; II . Trivess , 342 ; George Pack , P . M . 175 ; G . A . Green , P . M . 309 ; W . F . Mayos , S . D . 1112 ; W . M . 551 ; H . B . Cheverton , P . M . 151 ; P . II . Good , M . A .,
Chap . 1903 ; A . Wendover , S . W . 1069 ; W . C . Packham , goi ; C . Jellicoe , P . M . 130 ; J . G . Garnham , Steward , 151 ; Channing Hall , J . W . G 9 S ; II . W . Townsend , I . P . M . 1903 ; John Bunt , S . W . 1 SG 9 ; M . Emanuel , P . M . 359 ; B . ' W . Tilley , W . M . 151 ; W . Latham Cox , 1903 ; W . Mewsus , P . M . and Sec . G 9 S ; R . J . Rastrick , P . M . and Treas . 1069 , 342 , and 1903 ; J . D . Barford , P . M . 359 ; J . Cable , P . M . 351 ; F . I . Martin ,
342 ; W . D . Parkhouse , J . W . 1 S 34 ; W . Corbcn , 342 ; C . K . Green , 1903 ; Elisha Bastable , 342 ; G . P . Arnold , W . M . 142 S ; R . W . Downing , W . M . 903 ; P . II . Biggs , 4 S 7 ; J . Biggs , 4 S 7 ; Charles Knott , W . M . 342 ; G . B . Irons , 903 ; 13 . J . Marvin , J . W . 175 ; G . W . Strick , I . P . M . 142 S ; J . Cable , 142 S ; John Brickwood , J . W . 2 G 7 and 342 ; I . Appleford , 137 ; F . Bateman . 142 S ;
Aldridge C . Morley , 177 G ; G . Pearman ; C . Travess . 142 S ; T . C . Cunningham , J . W . 177 G ; J . O'Connor , P . M ., Treas . 257 ; G . Mason , W . M . elect 342 and 1 S 34 ; L . Bryctt , 249 ; R . W . Beale , S . W . 4 S 7 ; J . W . Gieve , I . G . 309 ; W . Maybour , 177 G 1903 ; R . J . Turney , P . M . 342 ; J . Colley , J . D . S 04 ; V . Brown , P . M . 903 ;
A . C . Hervey , J . D . and Chap . 309 ; A . G . German , 10 C 9 ; M . P . Creedon , P . M . 92 S ; T . Good , W . M . 1 S 34 ; W . E . Atkins , J . W . 1069 , an- Sec . 4 S 7 ; H . Peirson , W . M . 92 S ; II . Cook , 106 9 J . Wright , 923 ; J . Prior , S 04 ; J . Hamilton Bridle ; J . " Hardy , 1903 and 004 ; W . A . Marshallsay , 177 6 , 928 , and 1003 ; William