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CONTENTS . PAGE L BADERThen and Now ... ... ... ... — — 3 ' 7 Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... •••••••••» - — 3 Consecration of the Chere Reine Lodge , No . 2 S 51 ... ... •••3 * 9 Queen Victoria ... ... ... •••¦•••••3 ' 9 Science , Art , and the Drama ... •••... ••••••3 20

Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... — •¦•3 **' MASONIC NOTESAnnual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cheshire ... 32 3 Death of Bro . Lord Wantage , Prov . Grand Master of Berkshire ... 323 Death of Bro . Sir Walter Besant ... ... ... •••323 Fire at the Boys' New School Buildings at Bushey ... ... 323 Consecration of the Chere Reine Lodge , No . 2 S 53 ... ... 32 3 Recent Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of

Gloucestershire ... ... — •••... •••323

POETRYA Sprig of Acacia ... ... ... ... •¦••••3 4 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ¦••324 Instruction ... ... ... ••••••••••••3 * 4 Secret Monitor , ... ... ... ... ••••••324 Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent ... ... ... ••••¦•3 5 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... - - 325 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... •••3 2 °

Then And Now.

THEN AND NOW .

There is nothing lhat brings more strongly home to our minds the frequency ancl continuity of the changes that are constantly taking place in our midst than a comparison between what was a few years since and what is at the present moment ,

with a view more particularly of noting who and what manner of men they were who , at the past epocli selected for the comparison , occupied tlie positions of honour in any society or

organisation , and the fate that has befallen them in the years that havc since elapsed . Thus on the 28 th April , 1875 , his Gracious Majesty King EDWARD VII . —then H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G . —was installed MAV . Grand Master of the United Grand

Lodge of England , and in thc course of the proceedings his Koyal Highness was pleased to appoint and invest with the insignia of their respective offices a number of distinguished brethren to be his ' Grand Ofiicers for the ensuing year . Where

now arc those brethren , who but a little more than a quarter of century ago either achieved greatness in Masonry by reason of their known great merit as Masons , or had greatness thrust upon

them , for reasons which seemed good to our then illustrious Grand Master ? Twenty-and-five years is but a well nigh inappreciable period of time in thc life of a Society which justly I ' l ' iims to have existed in one form or another from a remote

••lUiquity , but in respect of this mortal existence of ours they are a hill third of what is commonly held to be the allotted span of life . In Masonry , seeing that men are ineligible to be admitted into our ranks until they have attained the full age of 21 years , and as

; t generally happens that men have exceeded that limit by some years , a quarter of a century may be reckoned as one half of our average Masonic life . Moreover , except in the rarest ibises , those who are awarded tlie purple of Grand Lodge have

"een members of our Society for many years , so that we shall be derogating nothing from their dignity and self-respect if we describe the general body of those who are appointed lo Grand Oilice as men of middle age , and as tending ( o the further rather •ban to the nearer of the two halves of their career . Thus our

readers will probably not be very greatly surprised to learn lhat ° f the brethren whom our late M . W . G . M . appointed as Grand Officers after his installation about two-thirds have joined the majority .

In 18 75 the number of Grand Officers was 23 , of whom only l'ight survive to this day . The Earl of CARNARVON , M . W . Pro Orand Master , died in 1890 , and Lord SKELMERSDALE , subsequentl y Iiarl of LATHOM , who was appointed Deputy Grand Master , and succeeded Lord CARNARVON as Pro Grand Master in

Then And Now.

18 91 , died in 18 9 8 . The Senior Grand Warden , the Marquis " of HAMILTON , now Duke of ABERCORN , is the present M W . Grand Master of Ireland ; but his brother Warden , Alderman DAVID HENRY STONE , who was at the time of his appointment Lord

Mayor of London , died in 1 S 90 . Of the two Grand Chaplains one only survives in the person of Bro . the Rev . SPENCER R . WiGRAM , M . A ., his senior colleague , Bro . the Rev . Canon J AMES SIMPSON , LL . D ., having died in 1886 , The Grand Treasurer ,

Bro . SAMUEL TOMKINS , Avas appointed to office in 1852 , and was annually re-elected until the failure of the bank of which he was partner , and died in 18 7 8 , shortly after that catastrophe . The then Grand

Registrar , Bro . / En . J . MCINTYRE , Q . C , was appointed in 1 S 62 and was annually rc-appointed until 18 S 4 when he resigned , on his being appointed to a County Court Judgeship , and died in 18 S 9 ,

having had the rank of Past Grand Warden conferred upon him at the time of his retirement in recognition of his long and valuable services . The President of the Board of General

Purposes , Bro . Sir J B . MONCKTON , F . S . A ., is still one of the most active members of the Craft , and in 1885 , was made a Past Grand Warden on resigning the office , which he had held continuous ! v from 18 74 to 1884 . Bro . JOHN HERVEY , who was

Grand Secretary from 1868 till his resignation earl y in 1880 , died a few months after vacating the appointment , while the Grand Secretary for German Correspondence , Bro . Dr . ERNEST E . WENDT , died in 1892 , having services extending over some

22 years , and the office has since been abolished , there being instead an Assistant Grand Secretary for German Correspondence in Bro . C . KUPFERSCHMIDT , who was appointed as such in 18 95 . Of the Grand Deacons , of whom at the time there were but four ,

two Senior and two Junior , thrce still happily survive , Bro . MONTAGUE J . GUEST , S . G . D ., having been appointed Prov . Grand Master of Dorsetshire in 18 77 ; Bro . ROBERT GREY , J . G . D ., who became a Grand Officer of higher rank on

appointment in 188 G as President of the Board of Benevolence , and on vacating that post in 1 S 9 6 was made a Past Grand Warden ; and Bro . F . PARKER MORRELL , M . A ., J . G . D ., the other Deacon , Bro . WILLIAM SPEED , O . C , S . G . D ., having

died in 18 93 . Bro . F . PEPYS COCKERELL was Grand Superintendent of Works from 186 3 until his death in 1878 , while Bro . Sir ALBERT W . WOODS { Garter ) , K . C . B ., K . C . M . G ., F . S . A ., was appointed Grand Director of Ceremonies in i 860 , and still

retains the office , though its duties are performed for him by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , P . G . D ., as Acting Grand D , C . .. The then Asst . G . D . C , Bro . Captain S . G . HOMFRAY , was Dep . Prov . G . Master of Monmoutshire at the time of his death in

18 94 , while the G . Sword Bearer , Bro . W . R . WOODMAN , M . D ., pre-deceased Captain HOMFRAY by three years , having died in 1891 . The then Grand Organist—Bro . WiLHEl . M KUHE—still flourishes at Brighton , where his periodical concerts form one of

the chief attractions at that well-known seaside resort ; but Bro . JOHN WRIGHT , Grand Pursuivant ; Bro . E . P . ALBERT , Asst . G . Pursuivant ; and Bro . C B . PAYNE , G . T yler have long since gone over to the majority , Bro . WRIGHT having died in 1880 ,

Bro . ALBERT in 188 4 , and Bro . PAYNE in 18 79 . Of the three brethren upon whom thc M . W . G . Master was pleased to confer Past rank in recognition of their services in connection with thc

meeting in the Royal Albert Hall , namely , Bros . Sir ALBERT W . WOODS and Sir MICHAEL COSTA , who were made Past G . Wardens , and Bro . THOMAS FENN , Past G . Deacon , the lirst named alone survives , Bro . Sir MICHAEL , who was Grand