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. , DEBS 529 Reviews 535 ronstitutions , 181 $ to 1888 530 Notes and Queries 535 firand Lodges formed by Lodges 531 REPORTS OF MASONIC M EETINGSProvincial Grand Lodgeof Cheshire 531 Craft Masonry $ 3 ° Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Sussex ... 532 Instruction 53 ° Roval Masonic Benevolent Institution 533 Royal Arch—Instruction 539
The Old Masonians v . the Royal Masonic Mark Masonry 539 Institution for Boys 533 India •¦• • . ••••• . - * 53 - Theatres 533 Laying Corner-stone of New Masonic HaU Scotland .. " ...... 533 at Kirkburton 539 C ORRESPONDENCE— Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham 539 A" Important Point" 535 Obituarv 539 List of French Lodges 535 Masonic and General Tidings 546 Catholic Freemasons 535 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .
The Boys' IT will be difficult even for the most pronounced grumbler to School Commit- pn ( j fauit w ; tji the composition of the Committee of Inquiry Inquiry . into the management , discipline , and expenditure of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . No doubt , very many other Committees of equal merit might have been constituted , but it would have
been impossible for Bro . PHILBRICK to have obtained the services of six other brethren in whose ability , judgment , and impartiality , the Craft as a body are certain to have greater confidence than those he announced in his letter of last week as having consented to aid him in his task . As regards the London contingent of members , if we take the aggregate of their
qualifications for the duty they have undertaken , it is certain that a better selection could not have been made . Bro . J DERBY ALLCROFT , P . G . Treasurer , and formerly M . P . for Worcester , is treasurer of Christ's Hospital , and takes a deep interest in many other Charitable Institutions . Bro . Alderman Sir R . HANSON , Bart ., a Past Lord Mayor of London , and
a Past Grand Warden , is a Governor of the Royal Hospitals , and connected with other institutions of a similar character , and Bro . SAMUEL POPE , Q . C , in addition to the experience he has of our public and Masonic Charities , is , like Bro . PHILBRICK himself , a man learned in the law , and like him , therefore , fully competent to decide upon any questions which
may come before the Committee , and may need to be determined legally . As regards the three provincial members , they are probably less well known to some of our readers from the circumstance of their being provincial , but they match well with their London compeers . Two of them—Bros . J C . MALCOLM of Leeds , and ROBERT WYLIE of Liverpool—hail from the
large and important Provinces of West Yorkshire and West Lancashire , Bro . MALCOLM being a Past Prov . Grand Registrar of the former , and Bro . WYLIE a Past Prov . S . G . Warden of the latter . Bro . Lieut .-Col . A . THRALE PERKINS , from Somersetshire , is a Past Grand Warden of that Province , and Past P . G . S . B , of Monmouthshire , besides having
considerable experience of the Craft in India , where there are likewise Masonic Institutions to be governed and administered . Bros . WYLIE and Lieut .-Col . PERKINS are also Past Grand Deacons of England . As for Bro . PHILBRICK , not only is he the legal adviser of Grand Lodge , and
accustomed , therefore , to deal with matters judicially , but having served on the House Committee of each of our Schools , the insight he must have acquired into the special requirements of those Institutions will serve him in good stead in the prosecution of this inquiry . It will be seen from Bro . PHILBRICK ' S letter of last week that the Committee will hold their first
meeting about the end of next month or the beginning of November , so that we may hope to have a report of their proceedings and the judgment they may think fit to arrive at on all that concerns " the discipline , expenditure , and administration " of the Institution for Boys by the end of the current year , or , at all events , in time for delivery to the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers in January , 1889 .
* * * Bro L d ^" HE ceremony a * t Stockport , in Cheshire , on the 7 th instant , Mayor De Keyset when Bro . Alderman DE KEYSER , Lord Mayor of London , por " and a Mason of long standing , laid the foundation-stone of
the Technical School about to be erected in that town , was most successfull y carried out , his lordship being ably assisted in his task by some of the P mci pal officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire , and supported "y the officers and members of the four local lodges , who assembled in more nan their usual strength in order to do honour to the occasionand accord
, hearty welcome to his lordship . The townspeople also and the local societies were gathered together in large numbers in order to witness so ar e and interesting a spectacle , and by making general holiday showed they PPreciated the compliment paid them by Bro . DE KEYSER . It was ,
more-Ver , most appropriate that our distinguished brother , as the representative of ancient Corporation , which has done so much to promote technical educan , 'should have been specially invited to play the part assigned to him on . aa y last . Stockport , being an important industrial centre , is greatly tested in the spread of technical education , and the school , of which this
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first stone has been well and truly laid under such auspicious circumstances , will not fail to contribute materially to the further development of those industries on which the prosperity of the town and its neighbourhood so
largely depends . We trust , at all events , that this will prove to be the case , and that for many , many years to come the inhabitants of this thriving town will have good cause for remembering Bro . Lord Mayor DE KEYSER ' visit , and the Masonic ceremony he performed so deftly .
THE annual meeting of the Prov . G . Lodge of Northumber-Lodgeof ' land , which was held at Newcastle-on-Tyne , on the 31 st ult ., Northumberland . un (] er the personal presidency of the Prov . G . Master , Bro . Sir M . WHITE RIDLEY , Bart ., M . P ., was a great success , not only because
what little there was to say as to the events of the past year was of the most encouraging character , but likewise because the roll of lodges in the province was increased by the addition of a new lodge , named in honour of the P . G . Master , the Ridley Lodge , and standing No . 2260 on the roll of United Grand Lodge . The ceremony of consecration , which was
performed by Bro . Sir M . RIDLEY , was admirably and impressively carried out , and the first W . Master , Bro . G . E . MACARTHY , P . P . G . Registrar , having been duly installed and the officers for the year invested , the brethren adjourned to the festive board , and there rejoiced over the proceedings of the day , and the very favourable reports as to the condition of the province ,
and the bright prospects which are apparently in store for them . It is now nearly two years since Bro . Earl PERCY , after presiding over the Craft in Northumberland for some 17 years , retired from office , and was succeeded at his post by the present Prov . G . Master . Under his lordship ' s rule the province greatly increased in strength , no less than ten lodges having been
added to the roll while he was in charge , while it is needless to say the condition of the various lodges had been greatly ameliorated . When Bro . Sir M . RIDLEY was installed in office , there were 21 lodges on the roll , of which ten meet in Newcastle , so that by the addition of the Ridley , there are 22 lodges , exactly one half of which belong
to the capital of the province . At the same time , while the lodges have gone on increasing in number and efficiency as regards their working and organisation , they have very substantially assisted in promoting the welfare of our Charitable Institutions , the province , with its worthy Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . B . J . THOMPSON , as its sole representative on three of these
occasions , having contributed £ 1223 to the Boys' School in 1883 , £ 907 to the Girls' School in 1886 , ^ , ' 900—to be subsequentl y increased to £ 1000 —to the Benevolent Institution this year , and various contributions amounting together to a sum sufficient to raise the total for the year now ended to £ 1250 , the total mentioned by the PROV . G . MASTER in his address at the
recent meeting . These facts show that Freemasonry in the northernmost province of the English Craft is firmly established and progressing in weight and in influence , as well as in numbers and efficiency . We are satisfied that under the government of its present chief , this condition of
prosperity will continue , and we hope a few years hence , if all goes well , to find that this picture of progress and sound prosperity may be even more favourable than it is at present . Should it unfortunatel y be otherwise , we may be sure it will not be owing to any want of ability and enthusiasm on the part of our Northumbrian brethren .
* * * IT is necessary we should point out that through an inadvertence Important ,.,,,. , t A-. . i-. Decision of we described the important ruling of Grand Registrar Grand Lodge . pHILBRICK ( which we quoted from the printed Proceedings of
United Grand Lodge , in our issue of the ist instant , as having relation to the case in which Bro . HOLLAR , W . M . of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 914 , Port Royal , Jamaica , appealed to Grand Lodge against the decision of the DISTRICT GRAND MASTER of Jamaica , whereas it had reference to another appeal " from New Zealand , which was disposed of at the last
Quarterly Communication , " on the 7 th March , " and with regard to which some amount of misapprehension has arisen . " In the HOLLAR case , a brother had been excluded from the lodge by a majority of six to three of the members who voted , but there were three other brethren present in lodge , when the proposition was decided , who abstained from voting . Bro .
HOLLAR maintained that this was a two-thirds majority as required by the law , and that the brother had been legally excluded ; the DISTRICT GRAND MASTER of Jamaica decided that he had not been so excluded , because , as 12 brethren had been present in lodge , the
majority of six to three did not represent the two-thirds majority , and this decision has since been upheld by Grand Lodge . In the New Zealand case , a brother appealed to Grand Lodge against a sentence of expulsion from the Craft which had been passed upon him by the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury for immoral conduct . Bro . PHILBRICK ., considering
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CONTENTS .
. , DEBS 529 Reviews 535 ronstitutions , 181 $ to 1888 530 Notes and Queries 535 firand Lodges formed by Lodges 531 REPORTS OF MASONIC M EETINGSProvincial Grand Lodgeof Cheshire 531 Craft Masonry $ 3 ° Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Sussex ... 532 Instruction 53 ° Roval Masonic Benevolent Institution 533 Royal Arch—Instruction 539
The Old Masonians v . the Royal Masonic Mark Masonry 539 Institution for Boys 533 India •¦• • . ••••• . - * 53 - Theatres 533 Laying Corner-stone of New Masonic HaU Scotland .. " ...... 533 at Kirkburton 539 C ORRESPONDENCE— Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham 539 A" Important Point" 535 Obituarv 539 List of French Lodges 535 Masonic and General Tidings 546 Catholic Freemasons 535 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .
The Boys' IT will be difficult even for the most pronounced grumbler to School Commit- pn ( j fauit w ; tji the composition of the Committee of Inquiry Inquiry . into the management , discipline , and expenditure of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . No doubt , very many other Committees of equal merit might have been constituted , but it would have
been impossible for Bro . PHILBRICK to have obtained the services of six other brethren in whose ability , judgment , and impartiality , the Craft as a body are certain to have greater confidence than those he announced in his letter of last week as having consented to aid him in his task . As regards the London contingent of members , if we take the aggregate of their
qualifications for the duty they have undertaken , it is certain that a better selection could not have been made . Bro . J DERBY ALLCROFT , P . G . Treasurer , and formerly M . P . for Worcester , is treasurer of Christ's Hospital , and takes a deep interest in many other Charitable Institutions . Bro . Alderman Sir R . HANSON , Bart ., a Past Lord Mayor of London , and
a Past Grand Warden , is a Governor of the Royal Hospitals , and connected with other institutions of a similar character , and Bro . SAMUEL POPE , Q . C , in addition to the experience he has of our public and Masonic Charities , is , like Bro . PHILBRICK himself , a man learned in the law , and like him , therefore , fully competent to decide upon any questions which
may come before the Committee , and may need to be determined legally . As regards the three provincial members , they are probably less well known to some of our readers from the circumstance of their being provincial , but they match well with their London compeers . Two of them—Bros . J C . MALCOLM of Leeds , and ROBERT WYLIE of Liverpool—hail from the
large and important Provinces of West Yorkshire and West Lancashire , Bro . MALCOLM being a Past Prov . Grand Registrar of the former , and Bro . WYLIE a Past Prov . S . G . Warden of the latter . Bro . Lieut .-Col . A . THRALE PERKINS , from Somersetshire , is a Past Grand Warden of that Province , and Past P . G . S . B , of Monmouthshire , besides having
considerable experience of the Craft in India , where there are likewise Masonic Institutions to be governed and administered . Bros . WYLIE and Lieut .-Col . PERKINS are also Past Grand Deacons of England . As for Bro . PHILBRICK , not only is he the legal adviser of Grand Lodge , and
accustomed , therefore , to deal with matters judicially , but having served on the House Committee of each of our Schools , the insight he must have acquired into the special requirements of those Institutions will serve him in good stead in the prosecution of this inquiry . It will be seen from Bro . PHILBRICK ' S letter of last week that the Committee will hold their first
meeting about the end of next month or the beginning of November , so that we may hope to have a report of their proceedings and the judgment they may think fit to arrive at on all that concerns " the discipline , expenditure , and administration " of the Institution for Boys by the end of the current year , or , at all events , in time for delivery to the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers in January , 1889 .
* * * Bro L d ^" HE ceremony a * t Stockport , in Cheshire , on the 7 th instant , Mayor De Keyset when Bro . Alderman DE KEYSER , Lord Mayor of London , por " and a Mason of long standing , laid the foundation-stone of
the Technical School about to be erected in that town , was most successfull y carried out , his lordship being ably assisted in his task by some of the P mci pal officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire , and supported "y the officers and members of the four local lodges , who assembled in more nan their usual strength in order to do honour to the occasionand accord
, hearty welcome to his lordship . The townspeople also and the local societies were gathered together in large numbers in order to witness so ar e and interesting a spectacle , and by making general holiday showed they PPreciated the compliment paid them by Bro . DE KEYSER . It was ,
more-Ver , most appropriate that our distinguished brother , as the representative of ancient Corporation , which has done so much to promote technical educan , 'should have been specially invited to play the part assigned to him on . aa y last . Stockport , being an important industrial centre , is greatly tested in the spread of technical education , and the school , of which this
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first stone has been well and truly laid under such auspicious circumstances , will not fail to contribute materially to the further development of those industries on which the prosperity of the town and its neighbourhood so
largely depends . We trust , at all events , that this will prove to be the case , and that for many , many years to come the inhabitants of this thriving town will have good cause for remembering Bro . Lord Mayor DE KEYSER ' visit , and the Masonic ceremony he performed so deftly .
THE annual meeting of the Prov . G . Lodge of Northumber-Lodgeof ' land , which was held at Newcastle-on-Tyne , on the 31 st ult ., Northumberland . un (] er the personal presidency of the Prov . G . Master , Bro . Sir M . WHITE RIDLEY , Bart ., M . P ., was a great success , not only because
what little there was to say as to the events of the past year was of the most encouraging character , but likewise because the roll of lodges in the province was increased by the addition of a new lodge , named in honour of the P . G . Master , the Ridley Lodge , and standing No . 2260 on the roll of United Grand Lodge . The ceremony of consecration , which was
performed by Bro . Sir M . RIDLEY , was admirably and impressively carried out , and the first W . Master , Bro . G . E . MACARTHY , P . P . G . Registrar , having been duly installed and the officers for the year invested , the brethren adjourned to the festive board , and there rejoiced over the proceedings of the day , and the very favourable reports as to the condition of the province ,
and the bright prospects which are apparently in store for them . It is now nearly two years since Bro . Earl PERCY , after presiding over the Craft in Northumberland for some 17 years , retired from office , and was succeeded at his post by the present Prov . G . Master . Under his lordship ' s rule the province greatly increased in strength , no less than ten lodges having been
added to the roll while he was in charge , while it is needless to say the condition of the various lodges had been greatly ameliorated . When Bro . Sir M . RIDLEY was installed in office , there were 21 lodges on the roll , of which ten meet in Newcastle , so that by the addition of the Ridley , there are 22 lodges , exactly one half of which belong
to the capital of the province . At the same time , while the lodges have gone on increasing in number and efficiency as regards their working and organisation , they have very substantially assisted in promoting the welfare of our Charitable Institutions , the province , with its worthy Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . B . J . THOMPSON , as its sole representative on three of these
occasions , having contributed £ 1223 to the Boys' School in 1883 , £ 907 to the Girls' School in 1886 , ^ , ' 900—to be subsequentl y increased to £ 1000 —to the Benevolent Institution this year , and various contributions amounting together to a sum sufficient to raise the total for the year now ended to £ 1250 , the total mentioned by the PROV . G . MASTER in his address at the
recent meeting . These facts show that Freemasonry in the northernmost province of the English Craft is firmly established and progressing in weight and in influence , as well as in numbers and efficiency . We are satisfied that under the government of its present chief , this condition of
prosperity will continue , and we hope a few years hence , if all goes well , to find that this picture of progress and sound prosperity may be even more favourable than it is at present . Should it unfortunatel y be otherwise , we may be sure it will not be owing to any want of ability and enthusiasm on the part of our Northumbrian brethren .
* * * IT is necessary we should point out that through an inadvertence Important ,.,,,. , t A-. . i-. Decision of we described the important ruling of Grand Registrar Grand Lodge . pHILBRICK ( which we quoted from the printed Proceedings of
United Grand Lodge , in our issue of the ist instant , as having relation to the case in which Bro . HOLLAR , W . M . of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 914 , Port Royal , Jamaica , appealed to Grand Lodge against the decision of the DISTRICT GRAND MASTER of Jamaica , whereas it had reference to another appeal " from New Zealand , which was disposed of at the last
Quarterly Communication , " on the 7 th March , " and with regard to which some amount of misapprehension has arisen . " In the HOLLAR case , a brother had been excluded from the lodge by a majority of six to three of the members who voted , but there were three other brethren present in lodge , when the proposition was decided , who abstained from voting . Bro .
HOLLAR maintained that this was a two-thirds majority as required by the law , and that the brother had been legally excluded ; the DISTRICT GRAND MASTER of Jamaica decided that he had not been so excluded , because , as 12 brethren had been present in lodge , the
majority of six to three did not represent the two-thirds majority , and this decision has since been upheld by Grand Lodge . In the New Zealand case , a brother appealed to Grand Lodge against a sentence of expulsion from the Craft which had been passed upon him by the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury for immoral conduct . Bro . PHILBRICK ., considering