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Craft Masonry.

land , P- J- Edwards , Dr . C . Harrer , and E . F . Cochrane . Visitors : Bros . E . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; VV . Pound , 19 ; E . L . Home , 227 ; D'Arcy Power , 2546 ; C . H . Buckeridge , P . M . 15 ; S . J . Cross , P . M . 2242 ; W . J . Mason , P . M . 132 S ; J . H . Guy ton , P . M . S 07 ; G . J . Hoge , 212 S ; and A . E . Rowe , 25 S 0 . One Masonic Library and Sy brethren , as follows , were elected to the membership of the Correspondence Circle , viz . : The Masonic Library , Walla Walla , Washington , 11 S . A ., and Bros . C . M . Stevenson , D . G . I . W ., Kiama , New South VVales ; T . C . F .

VVeiske , 31 S ( LC ) , Mackay , Queensland ; S . Robertson , 230 G , Bulong , West Australia ; H . S . Everett , 331 , and W . Forbes , 3 yS , Cape Town ; E . F . Cochrane , 1581 , Port Elizabeth ; A , Walker and W . H . E . Giye , Jubilee Lodge , Barberton , South African Republic ; Capt . H . H . H . Dowding , 2439 , Darjeeling , and Lieut . A . J . Campbell , 134 , Secunderabad . India ; R . J . Kenwoithy , P . M . 2 SG , New York , and R . M . Smith , 62 , Hot Spring ? , Arkansas , U . S . A . ; J . Crerae , G . Reg ., Melita , Manitoba ; Sir Arthur Vicars , I Mster King of Arms , 25 , and I . Parkinson , P . M . 404 ( LC . ); A . F . C . Shaw , 6 S 3 , and VV .

Austin , 27 t S . C ); H . P . Raines . P . M . G 43 ; W . Richardson , P . M . 5 61 ; A . G . Stevenson , 232 S ; T . O . Todd , VV . J . Rorke , P . M . 1794 ; E . Prior , 1794 ; VV . A . Bacon , 1030 ; A . Ellor , 104 ; J . H . Davies , 117 , ; G . P . Milnes , 702 ; Canon Childe , Grand Chap . ; VV . J . P . Marling , Dr . N . C . Ridley , H . Bambridge , too ; H . Horwill , 1 SS 3 ; A . Henning , 1471 j Surg .-Capt . C . H . 11 ile , 1971 ; A . J . De Butts , W . Rose , S 29 ; N . V . P . Poirin , 2579 ; E . Collard , 2047 ; Dr . A . E . Wynter , 1 , 39 ; W . F . Allvey , 25 S 1 ; F . A . Nash , 25 S 1 ; A . R . Meggy , P . M . 214 ; P . P

Pechey , ic 24 ; C . J . R . Tijou , P . A . G . Purst . ; V . J . R . Longman , 132 S ; T . Home , P . M . I 35 c ; A . Wrightson , W . M . 241 G ; G . Elkington , P . M . 241 G ; M . Garbutt , 24 , G ; E . A . Ebblewhite , 34 ; W . E . Phelps , P . M . 1690 ; Dr . H . S . Lunn , 2410 ; C . Heilzman , 2395 ; G . A . Dowse , 1 G 02 ; Sir Norman R . Pringle , Bart ., 92 ; T . Allingham , 7 S 0 ; J . R . White , 1471 ; J . H . Thurman , 1471 ; W . H . Watson , 266 4 ; I . Mossop , P . M . 1 S 74 ; Capt . J . A . C . Gibbs , 16 G 5 ; D . E . Watson , 973 , Dr . R . Maguire , W . Hamsher , W . M . 1139 ; CS . Dear , P . M . 1139 ; P . H . Horley , P . M . ,, 39 ; F . Callam , P . M . 1139 ; E . W . Gurney , 1139 ; R . J . Bush , 1139 ; A . Gurney , . n nkn . il .. A ... rr D -- _ r » i _ - i r- , _ — c _ i i \ 1

_ . 1139 , * - *•m- "' jj »__ . y » * •L »> " » , _ tJ 4 ; ev . r . j . ureenwooa , 2593 ; ^ . opencer , , 6 j W . G . Bourne , P . M . 2162 ; F . Shallers , W . M . 140 ; L . GunzeCW . M . 2021 ; W . H . Giigg , 2 GG 4 ; H . M . Hole , 2479 ; F . K . W . Lyons-Montgomery , 1331 ; C . J . Axford , 2 G 47 ; A . C . Haycraft , W . M . 2424 ; S . Spiller , 2395 ; F . R . Miller , 753 ; T . F . Strutt , 16 79 ; O . Greenland , 1227 ; M . E . Swann , 753 ; Dr . C Harrer , 239 ; and P . J . Edwards , 2105 . The report of the Audit Committee , which had been printed and circulated to every one of the 2500 members of the lodge and Circle , was taken as read and adopted . The

full statement of the accounts of the year furnishes very interesting reading . The total income received during the year amounts to £ 1543 17 s . 5 d ., and the total of expenses to £ 1439 7 s - iod . If from this large amount we deduct some £ 30 for quarterages , rent , and the other usual incidental expenses of every lodge , the remainder may be described as entirely spent in the furtherance of Masonic archeology and literature . The printer ' s bill alone represents over £ 750 , whilst the magnitude of the lodge ' s business transactions may be gauged by the sum of £ 193 noted for postages . The Secretary called attention

to two interesting old jewels exhibited by Bro . F . A . Withey , of Leeds ; to an old German engraving ot the G . L . Sword of State , which Bro . Kupferschmidt presented to the lodge library , it being a fellow one to that facsimiled by Bro . Dr . Chetwode Crawley in illustration of the paper of the evening ; and to an old Irish Masonic title-page , presented to the lodge by Bro . Lyons . The paper of the evening was entitled "The Masonic MSS . in the Bodleian Library , " and should have been read by its author ( Bro . Dr . Chetwode Crawley , P . S . G . D . Ireland , who was , however , unfortunately , confined to

his house by a severe attack of lumbago . In the absence of this distinguished brother , the paper was read by the Secretary . The paper pointed out that the Masonic contributions to this celebrated library had been supplied by the writings oc collections of three eminent Masons—Elias Ashmole , Aubrey , and Dr . Richard Rawlinson . Of each of these worthies he then supplied a chatty biography , short but to the point . The extracts from Ashmole ' s diary and from Aubrey ' s "Natural History of Wiltshire " were then reviewed , and the vexed question of Sir Christopher Wren ' s membership of

the Craft discussed . As for the Rawlinson MSS ., our learned brother pro / ed clearly that they were not , as usually supposed , collected by this brother , but by a Bro . Towle , a co-member with Rawlinson in one of the four lodges to which this brother belonged . Incidentally , the '' Bro . John Baker , carpenter , " of the Rawlinson Manuscript Constitutions was also identified . A detailed catalogue , most interestingly annotated , of the Rawlinson collection constituted the chief part of the remainder of the paper , which was concluded by a description of Nunzer ' s engraving of the G . L . Sword , already alluded

to . Comments on the paper were offered by Bros . Rev . J . W . Horsley , Kupterschmidt , theW . M , Kirchhoffer , Speth , and Armitage , and written comments by Bros . W . J . Hughan , J . Lane , and J . R . Riley were read by the Secretary . A hearty vote of thanks to Bro . Chetwode Crawley , and condolence on his illness , was then passed with acclamation . The VV . M ., before closing the lodge , alluded to the reception by himself of a very kind and appreciative letter from the Pro G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , commending the way he had treated the subject of the " Hidden Mysteries" in his inauguration address

laU November . He also announced that he had received letters of regret for inability to attend that meeting from Bios . Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; Sir | . Dimsdale , P . G . Treas . ; Dean Hole , G . C . ; Canon Childe , G . C . ; R . Loveland Loveland , Pres . B , of G . P . ; T . Fenn , P . G . W . ; and J . IL Matthews , Pres . B . of B . He then stated that during his year of office he hoped every meeting to aff jrd them one illustration of the "Hidden Mysteries of Nature and Science , " which they were taught should be the subject of every Mason ' s study . I lis subject that evening should be " Sympathy ; or

the Power of Fraternal Love , as illustrated by the mystery of physical work being accomplished by sympathy on the material p lane . " He first repeated the experiment which he used to illustrate his address at the installation meeting , showing that b / means uf puffs of air from a single nozzle not only any musical note could be obtained , but als > the full harmonic chords . He then showed that the same effect could be produced by a succession of explosions , the slight explosions when repeatel very quickUbiinj inaudible as such , pure musical chords and notes being heard in their place . Tne apparatus

consisted of / our tiny gas jets enclosed in glass tubes . He then passed on to hi * speciil object— "Sympathy "—and for this purpose exhibited heavy iron bars , two of which had been brought into such pcifect sympathy one with the other that , although with the lull strength ot a man , they could not be bent out of the straight , it wis possible , by what he call d sympathetic strokes o [ a cork-tipped instrument , to set one of these burs in such violent vibration , that it gave out a loud musical note which could be heard more than a hundred yards away . This was accomplished by material contact , but the other

twin sympathetic bar , although placed a couple of feet away from the first , immediately ommtneed vibrating in sympathy , and even when this second bar was taken to the Secretary ' s table , and again still further—to the end of the large hall ani p ' aced o . i the •S . VV . ' s pedestal , it commenced vibrating so vigorously that the sound could be heard all over the lodge , lie used these experiments for the purpose of explaining how by examining this simile on the material plane , we can even grasp thc meaning of the highest attribute of T . G . A . O . T . U . contained in ths words " GnrI is Love . " Thpse

interesting experiments , and not less the most beautiful application of them by the VV . M . were highly appreciated by the brethren , who expressed their delight by a hearty round of the usual Masonic applause . The further proceedings of this enjoyable evening took p lace over the dessert at the Holborn Restaurant , where some eloquent and interesting speeches were made , especially by Bros . Dr . Egan , Dist . G . M . ; G . Richards , Dist . G . M . ; and Dr . Harrer , m reply to the usual toasts .

Lodges And Chapter Of Instruction.

Lodges and Chapter of Instruction .

ISLINGTON LODGE , No . I 47 « - I'he usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., at the Cock J avern , Highbury , when there were present Bros . A . F . Hardyment , W . M .. ; - Oliver , P . M ., S . VV . ; C T . Rayner , J . W . ; W . Hancock , P . M ., Preceptor ; J- W . Clarke , P . M ., P . P . G . P . Middx ., Asst . Preceptor ; C M . Coxon , P . M .,

¦'•P . G . D . Herts , and J . Duncan , P . M ., Sees . ; E . J . Harrison , S . D . ; C Isler , II . » J * C . Denmead , I . G . ; A . L . Langton , S . Cload , C . Smith , E . Yexley , W . F . Roberts , J . Ilirks , IL R . Bower , A . E . Hubsch , W . Rapley , R . P . Upton , 1 M . i F . II . Johnson , II . Willsmer , and J . R . White . lhe lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . The questions having been answered , the ceremony of passing was rehearsed , Bro . Cload being the candidate . The ceremony of raising was also rehearsed , including the Traditiona

Lodges And Chapter Of Instruction.

History , Bro . Birks being the candidate . Bro . Harry Willsmer was el ected a member of the lodge . Bro . Oliver was elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and appointed the officers in rotation . The lodge was then closed .

STAR CHAPTER , No . 1275 . A meeting was held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E ., on Friday , the 7 th inst . Present : Comps . Braik , M . E . Z . ; Barr , H . ; Dawson , J . ; C . H . Stone , P . Z ., S . E . ; Cass , S . N . ; Stone , P . S . ; Wills , Beecroft , Noakes , Derham , Morris , Addington , and Loader .

The minutes of the previous convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Derham personating the candidate . Comp . VV . R . Barr , H ., was elected M . E . Z . for the ensuing meeting . Hearty congratulations were extended , and also for so good an attendance on the opening night of the year , and the chapter was then closed .

Obituary.

Obituary .

THE LATE R . W . BRO . MAJOR-GENERAL A . G . YEATMAN-BIGGS ,

C . B ., DISTRICT GRAND MASTER OF BENGAL . Freemasonry has suffered a very great loss by the death of Bro . Major-General A . ' G . Yeatman-Biggs , who died in the military hospital at Peshawur , Punjab , on the 4 th inst ., in his 55 th year , from the effects of dysentery contracted while on active service on the North-West frontier of India , where , since August

last , he had held the command of the 2 nd Division of the Tirah Field Force . At the time of his death he was District Grand Master of Bengal , both in the Craft and Mark , and Grand Superintendent of the Royal Arch , and for the past eight years , which he had spent in India without a break , he had worked unceasingly in the interests and to the benefit of Freemasonry in all its various

branches and Degrees . He was a Past Prov . Grand Warden of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and a member of the 30 ' of the Ancient and Accepted Rite He was a man of immense energy—a man who , when once he had taken a matter in hand , never rested until he had completed it . His energy , too , exerted a great influence for good upon others , and in working with or for him , one could not

help being carried away with enthusiasm , almost in spite of oneself . Alas I it is to this untiring energy and want of thought for himself that his end has come all too soon . It is no secret that for some weeks past he had been very ill , and now exposure and rough fare have proved too much for his constitution . He has , indeed , sacrificed himself in carrying out his duty to his country . In Bengal

his loss will , of course , be most keenly felt , for though he had held thi office of District Grand Master for little more than a year , he had already drawn up , and carried through District Grand Lodge , a scheme for building a new Masonic Hall in Calcutta which would be worthy of the district , thc ground for which had , thanks mainly to his exertions , already been acquired . At Darjeeling , a Himalayan Hill station near Calcutta , he was the moving spirit in the foundation of the Royal Arch Chapter Mount Everest , in

1896 , and of a Mark Lodge , in 1897 , while quite recently a Craft lodge bearing his name has been founded in Calcutta itself . In the Punjab , too , his work will not easily be forgotten , for while in Simla , in 18 94 , he represented the local lodge as Charity Steward for the annual festival of the Punjab Masonic Institution , and took up a list amounting to Rs . 5000 ( £ 330)—the largest sum ever taken up by a

Steward—which was the outcome of personal influence combined with sheer hard work . And so it was with all things that he took in hand , Masonic or not . As a soldier , he was an officer of the Royal Regiment of Artillery , and , though hc had seen active service in all parts of the world , it was not until i 8 yo that he first went to India , where he has remained ever since , and where he now lies buried , at our most northern frontier station—Peshawur . All that has been said about him

as a Freemason , applies still more strongly when thinking of him as a soldier . His military career was his great object in life , and it is sad to think that that career has brought his life to such an early close . He had medals for Zululand and Egypt ; was a Companion of the most honourable Order uf thc Bath , and had received the Order ( 4 th class ) of thc Osmanieh , and the Khedive ' s bronze star .

His memory will long remain with Bengal and Punjab Masons , and his career will afford a splendid example to those who are left behind to carry on the work . He was gifted in a most extraordinary degree with the power of inspiring others to work with him , and if this inspiration is left to us we may well be thankful . Possessed of peculiar frankness and charm of manner , of power to adapt himself tq

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Craft Masonry.

land , P- J- Edwards , Dr . C . Harrer , and E . F . Cochrane . Visitors : Bros . E . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; VV . Pound , 19 ; E . L . Home , 227 ; D'Arcy Power , 2546 ; C . H . Buckeridge , P . M . 15 ; S . J . Cross , P . M . 2242 ; W . J . Mason , P . M . 132 S ; J . H . Guy ton , P . M . S 07 ; G . J . Hoge , 212 S ; and A . E . Rowe , 25 S 0 . One Masonic Library and Sy brethren , as follows , were elected to the membership of the Correspondence Circle , viz . : The Masonic Library , Walla Walla , Washington , 11 S . A ., and Bros . C . M . Stevenson , D . G . I . W ., Kiama , New South VVales ; T . C . F .

VVeiske , 31 S ( LC ) , Mackay , Queensland ; S . Robertson , 230 G , Bulong , West Australia ; H . S . Everett , 331 , and W . Forbes , 3 yS , Cape Town ; E . F . Cochrane , 1581 , Port Elizabeth ; A , Walker and W . H . E . Giye , Jubilee Lodge , Barberton , South African Republic ; Capt . H . H . H . Dowding , 2439 , Darjeeling , and Lieut . A . J . Campbell , 134 , Secunderabad . India ; R . J . Kenwoithy , P . M . 2 SG , New York , and R . M . Smith , 62 , Hot Spring ? , Arkansas , U . S . A . ; J . Crerae , G . Reg ., Melita , Manitoba ; Sir Arthur Vicars , I Mster King of Arms , 25 , and I . Parkinson , P . M . 404 ( LC . ); A . F . C . Shaw , 6 S 3 , and VV .

Austin , 27 t S . C ); H . P . Raines . P . M . G 43 ; W . Richardson , P . M . 5 61 ; A . G . Stevenson , 232 S ; T . O . Todd , VV . J . Rorke , P . M . 1794 ; E . Prior , 1794 ; VV . A . Bacon , 1030 ; A . Ellor , 104 ; J . H . Davies , 117 , ; G . P . Milnes , 702 ; Canon Childe , Grand Chap . ; VV . J . P . Marling , Dr . N . C . Ridley , H . Bambridge , too ; H . Horwill , 1 SS 3 ; A . Henning , 1471 j Surg .-Capt . C . H . 11 ile , 1971 ; A . J . De Butts , W . Rose , S 29 ; N . V . P . Poirin , 2579 ; E . Collard , 2047 ; Dr . A . E . Wynter , 1 , 39 ; W . F . Allvey , 25 S 1 ; F . A . Nash , 25 S 1 ; A . R . Meggy , P . M . 214 ; P . P

Pechey , ic 24 ; C . J . R . Tijou , P . A . G . Purst . ; V . J . R . Longman , 132 S ; T . Home , P . M . I 35 c ; A . Wrightson , W . M . 241 G ; G . Elkington , P . M . 241 G ; M . Garbutt , 24 , G ; E . A . Ebblewhite , 34 ; W . E . Phelps , P . M . 1690 ; Dr . H . S . Lunn , 2410 ; C . Heilzman , 2395 ; G . A . Dowse , 1 G 02 ; Sir Norman R . Pringle , Bart ., 92 ; T . Allingham , 7 S 0 ; J . R . White , 1471 ; J . H . Thurman , 1471 ; W . H . Watson , 266 4 ; I . Mossop , P . M . 1 S 74 ; Capt . J . A . C . Gibbs , 16 G 5 ; D . E . Watson , 973 , Dr . R . Maguire , W . Hamsher , W . M . 1139 ; CS . Dear , P . M . 1139 ; P . H . Horley , P . M . ,, 39 ; F . Callam , P . M . 1139 ; E . W . Gurney , 1139 ; R . J . Bush , 1139 ; A . Gurney , . n nkn . il .. A ... rr D -- _ r » i _ - i r- , _ — c _ i i \ 1

_ . 1139 , * - *•m- "' jj »__ . y » * •L »> " » , _ tJ 4 ; ev . r . j . ureenwooa , 2593 ; ^ . opencer , , 6 j W . G . Bourne , P . M . 2162 ; F . Shallers , W . M . 140 ; L . GunzeCW . M . 2021 ; W . H . Giigg , 2 GG 4 ; H . M . Hole , 2479 ; F . K . W . Lyons-Montgomery , 1331 ; C . J . Axford , 2 G 47 ; A . C . Haycraft , W . M . 2424 ; S . Spiller , 2395 ; F . R . Miller , 753 ; T . F . Strutt , 16 79 ; O . Greenland , 1227 ; M . E . Swann , 753 ; Dr . C Harrer , 239 ; and P . J . Edwards , 2105 . The report of the Audit Committee , which had been printed and circulated to every one of the 2500 members of the lodge and Circle , was taken as read and adopted . The

full statement of the accounts of the year furnishes very interesting reading . The total income received during the year amounts to £ 1543 17 s . 5 d ., and the total of expenses to £ 1439 7 s - iod . If from this large amount we deduct some £ 30 for quarterages , rent , and the other usual incidental expenses of every lodge , the remainder may be described as entirely spent in the furtherance of Masonic archeology and literature . The printer ' s bill alone represents over £ 750 , whilst the magnitude of the lodge ' s business transactions may be gauged by the sum of £ 193 noted for postages . The Secretary called attention

to two interesting old jewels exhibited by Bro . F . A . Withey , of Leeds ; to an old German engraving ot the G . L . Sword of State , which Bro . Kupferschmidt presented to the lodge library , it being a fellow one to that facsimiled by Bro . Dr . Chetwode Crawley in illustration of the paper of the evening ; and to an old Irish Masonic title-page , presented to the lodge by Bro . Lyons . The paper of the evening was entitled "The Masonic MSS . in the Bodleian Library , " and should have been read by its author ( Bro . Dr . Chetwode Crawley , P . S . G . D . Ireland , who was , however , unfortunately , confined to

his house by a severe attack of lumbago . In the absence of this distinguished brother , the paper was read by the Secretary . The paper pointed out that the Masonic contributions to this celebrated library had been supplied by the writings oc collections of three eminent Masons—Elias Ashmole , Aubrey , and Dr . Richard Rawlinson . Of each of these worthies he then supplied a chatty biography , short but to the point . The extracts from Ashmole ' s diary and from Aubrey ' s "Natural History of Wiltshire " were then reviewed , and the vexed question of Sir Christopher Wren ' s membership of

the Craft discussed . As for the Rawlinson MSS ., our learned brother pro / ed clearly that they were not , as usually supposed , collected by this brother , but by a Bro . Towle , a co-member with Rawlinson in one of the four lodges to which this brother belonged . Incidentally , the '' Bro . John Baker , carpenter , " of the Rawlinson Manuscript Constitutions was also identified . A detailed catalogue , most interestingly annotated , of the Rawlinson collection constituted the chief part of the remainder of the paper , which was concluded by a description of Nunzer ' s engraving of the G . L . Sword , already alluded

to . Comments on the paper were offered by Bros . Rev . J . W . Horsley , Kupterschmidt , theW . M , Kirchhoffer , Speth , and Armitage , and written comments by Bros . W . J . Hughan , J . Lane , and J . R . Riley were read by the Secretary . A hearty vote of thanks to Bro . Chetwode Crawley , and condolence on his illness , was then passed with acclamation . The VV . M ., before closing the lodge , alluded to the reception by himself of a very kind and appreciative letter from the Pro G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , commending the way he had treated the subject of the " Hidden Mysteries" in his inauguration address

laU November . He also announced that he had received letters of regret for inability to attend that meeting from Bios . Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; Sir | . Dimsdale , P . G . Treas . ; Dean Hole , G . C . ; Canon Childe , G . C . ; R . Loveland Loveland , Pres . B , of G . P . ; T . Fenn , P . G . W . ; and J . IL Matthews , Pres . B . of B . He then stated that during his year of office he hoped every meeting to aff jrd them one illustration of the "Hidden Mysteries of Nature and Science , " which they were taught should be the subject of every Mason ' s study . I lis subject that evening should be " Sympathy ; or

the Power of Fraternal Love , as illustrated by the mystery of physical work being accomplished by sympathy on the material p lane . " He first repeated the experiment which he used to illustrate his address at the installation meeting , showing that b / means uf puffs of air from a single nozzle not only any musical note could be obtained , but als > the full harmonic chords . He then showed that the same effect could be produced by a succession of explosions , the slight explosions when repeatel very quickUbiinj inaudible as such , pure musical chords and notes being heard in their place . Tne apparatus

consisted of / our tiny gas jets enclosed in glass tubes . He then passed on to hi * speciil object— "Sympathy "—and for this purpose exhibited heavy iron bars , two of which had been brought into such pcifect sympathy one with the other that , although with the lull strength ot a man , they could not be bent out of the straight , it wis possible , by what he call d sympathetic strokes o [ a cork-tipped instrument , to set one of these burs in such violent vibration , that it gave out a loud musical note which could be heard more than a hundred yards away . This was accomplished by material contact , but the other

twin sympathetic bar , although placed a couple of feet away from the first , immediately ommtneed vibrating in sympathy , and even when this second bar was taken to the Secretary ' s table , and again still further—to the end of the large hall ani p ' aced o . i the •S . VV . ' s pedestal , it commenced vibrating so vigorously that the sound could be heard all over the lodge , lie used these experiments for the purpose of explaining how by examining this simile on the material plane , we can even grasp thc meaning of the highest attribute of T . G . A . O . T . U . contained in ths words " GnrI is Love . " Thpse

interesting experiments , and not less the most beautiful application of them by the VV . M . were highly appreciated by the brethren , who expressed their delight by a hearty round of the usual Masonic applause . The further proceedings of this enjoyable evening took p lace over the dessert at the Holborn Restaurant , where some eloquent and interesting speeches were made , especially by Bros . Dr . Egan , Dist . G . M . ; G . Richards , Dist . G . M . ; and Dr . Harrer , m reply to the usual toasts .

Lodges And Chapter Of Instruction.

Lodges and Chapter of Instruction .

ISLINGTON LODGE , No . I 47 « - I'he usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., at the Cock J avern , Highbury , when there were present Bros . A . F . Hardyment , W . M .. ; - Oliver , P . M ., S . VV . ; C T . Rayner , J . W . ; W . Hancock , P . M ., Preceptor ; J- W . Clarke , P . M ., P . P . G . P . Middx ., Asst . Preceptor ; C M . Coxon , P . M .,

¦'•P . G . D . Herts , and J . Duncan , P . M ., Sees . ; E . J . Harrison , S . D . ; C Isler , II . » J * C . Denmead , I . G . ; A . L . Langton , S . Cload , C . Smith , E . Yexley , W . F . Roberts , J . Ilirks , IL R . Bower , A . E . Hubsch , W . Rapley , R . P . Upton , 1 M . i F . II . Johnson , II . Willsmer , and J . R . White . lhe lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . The questions having been answered , the ceremony of passing was rehearsed , Bro . Cload being the candidate . The ceremony of raising was also rehearsed , including the Traditiona

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History , Bro . Birks being the candidate . Bro . Harry Willsmer was el ected a member of the lodge . Bro . Oliver was elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and appointed the officers in rotation . The lodge was then closed .

STAR CHAPTER , No . 1275 . A meeting was held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E ., on Friday , the 7 th inst . Present : Comps . Braik , M . E . Z . ; Barr , H . ; Dawson , J . ; C . H . Stone , P . Z ., S . E . ; Cass , S . N . ; Stone , P . S . ; Wills , Beecroft , Noakes , Derham , Morris , Addington , and Loader .

The minutes of the previous convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Derham personating the candidate . Comp . VV . R . Barr , H ., was elected M . E . Z . for the ensuing meeting . Hearty congratulations were extended , and also for so good an attendance on the opening night of the year , and the chapter was then closed .

Obituary.

Obituary .

THE LATE R . W . BRO . MAJOR-GENERAL A . G . YEATMAN-BIGGS ,

C . B ., DISTRICT GRAND MASTER OF BENGAL . Freemasonry has suffered a very great loss by the death of Bro . Major-General A . ' G . Yeatman-Biggs , who died in the military hospital at Peshawur , Punjab , on the 4 th inst ., in his 55 th year , from the effects of dysentery contracted while on active service on the North-West frontier of India , where , since August

last , he had held the command of the 2 nd Division of the Tirah Field Force . At the time of his death he was District Grand Master of Bengal , both in the Craft and Mark , and Grand Superintendent of the Royal Arch , and for the past eight years , which he had spent in India without a break , he had worked unceasingly in the interests and to the benefit of Freemasonry in all its various

branches and Degrees . He was a Past Prov . Grand Warden of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and a member of the 30 ' of the Ancient and Accepted Rite He was a man of immense energy—a man who , when once he had taken a matter in hand , never rested until he had completed it . His energy , too , exerted a great influence for good upon others , and in working with or for him , one could not

help being carried away with enthusiasm , almost in spite of oneself . Alas I it is to this untiring energy and want of thought for himself that his end has come all too soon . It is no secret that for some weeks past he had been very ill , and now exposure and rough fare have proved too much for his constitution . He has , indeed , sacrificed himself in carrying out his duty to his country . In Bengal

his loss will , of course , be most keenly felt , for though he had held thi office of District Grand Master for little more than a year , he had already drawn up , and carried through District Grand Lodge , a scheme for building a new Masonic Hall in Calcutta which would be worthy of the district , thc ground for which had , thanks mainly to his exertions , already been acquired . At Darjeeling , a Himalayan Hill station near Calcutta , he was the moving spirit in the foundation of the Royal Arch Chapter Mount Everest , in

1896 , and of a Mark Lodge , in 1897 , while quite recently a Craft lodge bearing his name has been founded in Calcutta itself . In the Punjab , too , his work will not easily be forgotten , for while in Simla , in 18 94 , he represented the local lodge as Charity Steward for the annual festival of the Punjab Masonic Institution , and took up a list amounting to Rs . 5000 ( £ 330)—the largest sum ever taken up by a

Steward—which was the outcome of personal influence combined with sheer hard work . And so it was with all things that he took in hand , Masonic or not . As a soldier , he was an officer of the Royal Regiment of Artillery , and , though hc had seen active service in all parts of the world , it was not until i 8 yo that he first went to India , where he has remained ever since , and where he now lies buried , at our most northern frontier station—Peshawur . All that has been said about him

as a Freemason , applies still more strongly when thinking of him as a soldier . His military career was his great object in life , and it is sad to think that that career has brought his life to such an early close . He had medals for Zululand and Egypt ; was a Companion of the most honourable Order uf thc Bath , and had received the Order ( 4 th class ) of thc Osmanieh , and the Khedive ' s bronze star .

His memory will long remain with Bengal and Punjab Masons , and his career will afford a splendid example to those who are left behind to carry on the work . He was gifted in a most extraordinary degree with the power of inspiring others to work with him , and if this inspiration is left to us we may well be thankful . Possessed of peculiar frankness and charm of manner , of power to adapt himself tq

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