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Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The annual festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons was held on Monday evening at Freemasons ' Tavern . The announcement that His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire ,
would preside , drew together an immense number of brethren and ladies , of the former of whom there were at least 500 , and of the latter nearly 300 . His Royal Highness , however , was too ill to keep his appointment , and in his stead the Right Hon . the Earl of Shrewsbury , Provincial Grand Master for Staffordshire , presided . His lordship was supported on his right by Lord Leigh ,
Provincial Grand Master for Warwickshire , and on his left by Lord Methuen , Provincial Grand Master for Wiltshire . Among the other brethren present were Col . Creaton , John ' Hervey , tbe Rev . R . J . Simpson , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Dep . Prov . G . M . for Suffolk ; Nicholas Bradford , Samuel Tomkins , G . Treas . ; Capt . Wordsworth , W . F . C . Moutrie , P . M . 11 -, Charles Watson , P . M . and Treas .
11 ; Nutt , J . D . 11 ; Capt . S . G . Homfray , J . AI . Case , J . D . Moore , J . T . Collins , J . E . Curteis , H . C . Levander , Wm . Boby , J . L . Hine , Geo . Lambert , G . M . E . Snow , H . R . Cooper Smith , S . Rosenthal , Rev . W . T . Jones , H . Massey { Freemason ); H . Smith , P . G . Sec , West Yorks ; W . H . Spaull , Lieut .-Colonel II . Somerville Burney ,, P . G . S . D . Essex ; C . Godtschalk , William Hicks , William
Goodacre , J . W . Baldwin , Chas . G . Hill , Major H . Scriven , C . W . Gray , F . Binckes , Sec . R . M . I . Boys , R . Wentworth Little , D . P . G . M ., Middx . ; S . R . Lamble , H . G . Buss , Jno . Mason , G . H . Wright , C . Daniel , C . Creecy , George McKay , K . H . Thiellay , W . H . Lee , J . Newton , W . J . Ferguzon , W . Dodd , N . Green , T . W . Morphew , Josh . Constable , Wm . Harrop , J . Ridal , George
Newman , [ . B . Shackleton , II . Levy , XV . Morgan , Farwig , A . Barfield , J . G . Stevens , W . W . Gray , Wm . Toye , J . Baxter Langley , W . Wellsman , Duckett , J . While , E . M . Haigh , F . A Kelly , L . Beck , W . J . Murliss , E . C . Woodward , G . W . Verry , C . H . Webb , W . Hale , J Wright , J . A . Farnfield , W . Milner , and others . The Chairman , in proposing the toast of " The Queen "
; aid : Ladies and Brethren , —I have in the first place with very great regret to announce to you that I am in this chair on the present occasion owing to thc absence of His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , who , I believe , only this morning was enforced to abandon the intention of being present . I must therefore claim your kind indulgence for the inefficient way in which I shall represent His Royal
Highness to-night . But I think I may say amongst brother Freemasons , that you know I will endeavour to do my best . ( Cheers . ) From the acclamations from the first petticoat that appeared in that gallery , I am sure few remarks only will be necessary from me to ask you to drink the health of the first lady in the land . It is only necessary amongst Englishmen , and especially amongst
Freemasons , to mention the name of Her Majesty the Queen to ensure that toast the hearty reception which it deserves . I should be wasting your time , therefore , if I were to dilate on thc merits of Her Majesty . Long mayshe reign in thc affections of her people . The toast having been drunk , was followed by the " National Anthem . "
The Chairman then proposed " The Health of thc M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . thc Prince of Wales , " and said that he had now a Masonic secret to impart , viz ., that when they had done their business there , their fair sisters were anxiously awaiting their presence in thc Temple . He would therefore recommend the brethren at once to put their hands in their pockets and " stump up . " With no
other object than that of saving time , he would , without •wishing to weary them , propose this toast . The merits of the Prince of Wales were too well known to require observation . All Masons thoroughly appreciated him , and he left it in their hands to do ample honour to the toast . With it he coupled the name of Prince Leopold . The Chairman next gave "The Health of thc Pro Grand
Master , Lord Carnarvon , the Dep . Grand Master , Lord Skelmersdale , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and called upon the Rev . R . J . Simpson , Past Grand Chaplain , to reply . The Rev . R . J . Simpson , in reply , said : My Loid Shrewsbury and Brethren , —We thank the brethren most unfeignedly for the compliment which has been paid to
the past and present officers of Grand Lodge . With regard to Lord Carnarvon and Lord Skelmersdale , it would be presumption in me to make mention even of names which have become "household words" among Masons , not jnly for their public excellence , but for their private worth . The words " past and present" suggest a very happy idea with regard to our present gathering . The " present" is
assembled together to support the " past , " and I am quite sure that to give aid to our brethren in the decline of their years , and to assist the widows of our brethren , is a very fitting occasion on which Grand Officers may assemble together ; and sure I am , that on no fitter occasion could Grand Officers appear than for the purpose of strengthening the feeble knees of age , and making " the widow ' s
heart sing for joy . " I am sure , my lord , that on this occasion we are not the less strengthened by the fact that the " sisters of charity " attend on this occasion not merely as an accident in another place where they appear behind certain lattices , but where they appear openly , essentially claiming their place in a grand and noble charity . I thank
you , my lord and brethren , on behalf of the Officers Past and Present of Grand Lodge , and hope that we may have the privilege , under the Great Architect of the Universe , of assembling on many similar occasions . ( I Iear , hear . ) The Chairman then rose to propose the toast of the evening , "Success to the Royal Masonic Benevolent ¦ Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freema-
Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
sons , " and , holding up the book with a blue cover which contains the list of subscribers to the Institution , said .-This is the blue book . I am glad to tell you it is not the blue book on " The Eastern Question . " But it is a very important blue book ; and will you allow me a very few seconds while I try to tell you what it says ? It says that we have an annual income of a very small amount
indeed , and if it were not for you wc could not go on at all Therefore my duty is to tell you that we must get on ; that there are seventy-two claimants , and we can only elect ten on the next occasion unless you come forward , as I know from rumours I have received that you have done . We are not going to praise ourselves . Our duty is to carry out charity . You will be glad to hear from me that
a very worthy brother of ours is only going to read out on the present occasion the collective sums of the lodges rather than the individual names , who ought to be ashamed of having their names published . ( Laughter . ) I am proud to tell you it is a secret , and mind you do not tell it ( laughter ) , and next year it will have to be told again—the subscription is bigger
than ever . What do you want more ? You , as Masons , know how great a charity it is to help the infirm old men and infirm old women , and it is my pride to say that here a second time I am in the chair to advocate this charity . The sum is larger than ever has been collected before for this purpose . ( Cheers ) . You have got this blue book , and I will not destroy your pleasure in reading il , because you
can read its words ; you have got it at home . But , remember , our great faith in Masonry is " charity " above all things . We are proud of our three charities , of this charity , of the Boys' School and the Girls' School . The longer I am a Mason the more I am aware of the power , the great power , we possess of assisting those that are in distress . If we look at the distress that comes before us
we wish that we had larger incomes and larger establishments ; and if we go on and follow the noble example set us by our Grand Master , by Prince Leopold , who has just beaten his brother four years ago by a double sum—I am glad to say so at the present moment—and that ofthe brethren of the Apollo Lodge of Oxford , my mother lodge ( and I suppose that is the reason I was asked to occupy
this chair ) , we shall do all we want . I will not detain you further from hearing the dulcet tones of Bro . Terry . You will be glad to hear him now , and also next year . I shall call upon Bro . Tomkins , the Treasurer , to respond . I suppose that the money must pass through his fingers , and , I may say , that a more honest and more hearty friend of the Institution does not exist than Bro . Saml . Tomkins .
( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Tomkins responded , and said : I thank you for this very kind notice that you have paid to your Treasurer , but I am sure , at this present moment , you are all most anxious to hear the particulars of this great and noble collection . It is a matter of pride and pleasure to every Mason , and to no Mason more than your Treasurer , that
so large an amount has been collected . I trust , as your noble Chairman has said , that next year , and every succeeding year , it will be larger than it is now . I have been Treasurer of this charity for a great many years . I have watched its progress with very great pleasure . I have seen the increasing interest the Craft take in it , and I look
forward with undoubted confidence for the future . I have great pleasure in thanking you for your confidence on this occasion , and I will not detain you longer from hearing the particulars of the subscription . Bro . Terry then read the list of subscriptions , amounting in all to the sum of £ 12 , ( 156 13 s .
London . The Marquess of Londonderry 25 o o Lodge 1 Bro . J . March Case ... 43 o 0 „ 1 „ Alderman Ellis ... 10 o o „ 2 „ Samuel Tomkins ... 1000 „ 2 „ Stephen Pearce ... 86 1 o „ 4 „ U . Mackintosh ... 15 15 o „ e „ Horace Scriven ... 71 30
,, 7 „ John Hervey ... 126 15 o „ 8 „ } . P . Probcrt ... ... 900 „ 9 „ W . T . Scott ... ... 3 8 10 0 „ 10 „ Rev . R . J . Simpson ... 5 6 14 o „ 11 „ W . F . Collard Moutrie ... 29 5 ° „ 12 „ W . B . Kidder ... 12 o a
„ 14 „ W . F . Nettleship ... 10 o o „ 1 4 ,, Charles H . Turner ... 12 12 o „ 18 „ H . G . Huggins ... 31 o o „ 21 ,, Robert Berridge ... 65 o o
„ 22 „ Charles W . Gray ... 45 o o „ 23 ,, Charles Martin ... 33 10 o „ 23 ,, J . Hutchinson ... 32 5 o „ 2 7 ,, Samuel R . Lamble ... 100 o o
„ 28 „ George H . Wright ... 4 6 o o „ 29 „ A . J . R . Trendell ... 26 o o „ 33 „ Francis Pendered ... 34 o o „ 49 „ W . A . Tharp ... 134 13 o ,, 49 „ John S . Mercer ... 17 o o „ t , x 11 J . T . Robertson ... 40 5 o
„ 58 „ James Ford ... ... 38 17 o „ 39 „ Captain Dencc ... 47 19 o „ 6 3 „ Charles Daniel ... 53 10 o „ 6 9 „ Dr . George Roper ... 5 6 18 o
„ 72 „ W . G . Brighten ... 20 o o „ 73 „ W . Klingenstein ... 23 o o „ 79 ,, John Dennis ... ... 22 o o 87 „ C . Creecy ... 54 ° ° ,, 92 ,. R . F . Gould ... 33 3 6
„ 95 „ Edwin Bonner ... 25 9 o „ 99 „ W . R . Winch ... 125 o o „ 140 „ Edward Johnson ... 25 10 o „ 144 „ J . G . Unite ... 49 ifi o „ 147 „ William Andrews ... 52 15 o „ 167 „ George Davis ... 32 o o „ 171 „ Joseph Clever ... 28 18 o „ 172 „ John Hancock ... 61 ie o
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Lodge 174 Bro . S . H . Rawley ... 89 p 0 Chap . 174 Comp . John Newton ... j . 16 , 0 0 Lodge 177 Bro . W . J . Ferguson ... 36 15 0 ,, 179 » Z . D . Berry ... 36 12 0 „ 180 „ H . A . Stacey ... 7 ° 5 o „ 188 „ H . M . Levy ... 13 o 0 ,, 192 „ George Newman ... 3 8 o , 0 „ 193 „ Henry Leah ... 3 6 5 0
> , r 97 ,, Thomas G . Bullen ... 31 1 0 » T 9 . 8 „ J . M . Lockwood ... 28 o 0 „ 228 „ Robert Griggs ... 105 ip o „ 256 „ Rev . J . Amos ... 32 5 0 ., 259 > , John Scott ... j 7 5 o n 435 i , Robert Seeker ... 42 o p „ 511 „ Asher Barfield ... 24 10 o
„ S £ 4 „ J . G . Stevens ... 211 5 p . -, 56 9 „ H . J . Adams ... 43 o o „ 637 „ G . P . Gillard ... 106 5 o „ 704 „ W . W . Gray ... 30 10 0 > , 7 iS . 1 Johnjonas ... 75 5 o ' „ 720 „ Maurice Spiegel ... 14 o o Chap . 720 Comp . Levanc ' er ... 43 o o
Lodge 742 Bro . W . W . Baxter ... 16 10 . 0 „ 742 „ Thomas Foxall ... 122 o o „ 749 „ Peter Parsons ... 43 o o „ 754 I , C . F . Barham ... 94 . 0 o „ 7 6 5 „ R . Pawson Hooton ... 7 11 o „ 780 ., J . Chambers Roe ... 22 10 p „ 822 „ Lewis Phillips , jun . ... 33 12 o
„ S 60 „ Wm . Hy . Wallington ... 40 o o „ 871 . „ Henry J . Tuson ... 45 o p „ 898 „ Benjamin Carter ... 109 o p „ 902 „ G . Brooks ... 42 5 o „ 907 „ R . E . Steyenson ... 50 j . o o , r 957 » Craven P . Cobham ... 27 4 p „ 107 C „ H . B . Holliday ... 59 11 o „ 1178 „ Isaac Quincey ... 23 3 o
„ 1183 „ Alfred Durrant ... 19 o o „ 1183 „ Geo . J . Row ... 17 10 6 ,, 1201 „ Jno . H . Watts ... 60 o o „ 1228 „ George M . E . Snow ... 50 o o 1 , 1259 „ J- W . Buchan ... no o o „ 1260 „ E . Spooner ... 32 o o „ 1278 „ Wm . Toye ... 86 5 o
„ 1287 „ Edwin Lancaster ' ... no , 0 p „ 1288 „ Robert V . Davies ... . 25 4 o j „ „ „ Edward White ... 75 o o ! » WS n J ° Elliott ... 40 o p „ 1351 „ C . J . Livitt ... 6 3 p p 11 136 $ „ G . R . Soper ... 69 18 6 „ 1366 ,, Charles G . Hill ... 107 o . p
„ 1381 „ Henry Higgins ... 50 1 6 11 138 . ? 11 Colonel Randolph ... 107 10 o „ 1471 ,, E . W . Braine ... 28 o o _ „ 1306 „ James Robertson ... 16 10 o j 11 1507 11 )•J- Michael ... 39 o o n 1538 „ Capt . R . W . Williams ... 29 15 o „ 1540 „ T . J . Sabine ... 62 10 o „ 1341 ¦•J- K . Stacey ... 137 p p
> i ' 558 , 1 Wm . Snowden ... 20 o p 11 ' 559 11 Louis Beck ... 20 p o „ 1572 „ Nelson Reed ... 75 o o ., 1585 11 Joseph Wright .... 93 o a „ ic 8 n „ Walter Wellsman ... 33 10 o
1 , 1601 „ Rev . W . Taylor Jones ... 72 o 9 „ 1602 ,, Eli . is Somers ... 31 5 , 0 „ 1607 „ Charles H . Webb ... 160 o o „ 1608 „ George Kiallmark ... 115 o o 1610 „ R . D . M . Littler , Q . C ... to o o
11 JUI 3 11 John Corke ... 67 2 o „ 1615 „ Lieut . Colonel Burney ... 118 10 o „ 1624 „ Henry A . Hunt ... 26 15 o „ 1625 „ George Ward Verry ... 97 15 0 „ 1629 „ Rev . C . J . Martyn ... 34 2 o „ 1641 „ J . H . Vockins ... 24 o 0
„ 1642 „ William J . Murlis ... 200 o o „ 1637 11 Bev . P . II . E . Brette ... 100 . 0 o ( consecrated on thc 29 th ult . ) Invicta Chapter Rose Croix , Geo . Powell ... 30 o o Mark Ledge 176 , Wm . Prattent ...10 o . 0 J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ... 1000 Berks and Bucks : —
Lodge 374 Bro . William Knight ,,. 37 3 0 ,, 943 „ J . Heber Clarke ... 30 o 0 „ noi „ Edward Margrett ... 38 9 0 „ 1 5 „ W . S . Cantrell , jut ) . ... 68 5 6 Bristol : —
The Right Hon . Earl of Limerick 161 . 8 0 Cheshire : ¦ --Lodge 321 Bro . Francis Smith ... 33 13 ° 11 537 11 W . S . Sutton ... 1000 ' ,, 337 „ Thomas Marwood ... 20 . 0 0 » 537 11 Walter Milner ... IP 0 0
,, 337 „ William Marquis ... 10 o 0 „ 605 „ Richard C . Mellor .,,. 10 o 0 „ 1045 „ Wm . Goodacre ... 30 IP 0 , 1 1576 1 , Thomas Chesworth ... 15 o 0 Cumberland and Westmoreland :- *• ,, 129 Bro . George J . McKay ... 63 o 0 Derbyshire : —
„ 850 Bro . A . Stubbs ... 10 p 0 . . Devonshire : — Province I " J > E * Curteis - & ° ° 1 rovince c ^ ^^ God ( sch ? lk > # 20 O p 0 Lodge 112 „ Edgar Tozer ... 26 o 6 „ 666 „ W . J . Rowe ... 500 Dorsetshire : —
„ Montague J . Guest ... 395 P 0 Essex -. — ., 160 „ Rev . H . J . Hatch .... 2 5 p 0 „ 453 11 Geo . Corbie ... 31 13 0 „ 1000 „ J . H . Wardell .,. 3 8 p 0 „ ' 457 n Joseph Tanner ... 19 o 0
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Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The annual festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons was held on Monday evening at Freemasons ' Tavern . The announcement that His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire ,
would preside , drew together an immense number of brethren and ladies , of the former of whom there were at least 500 , and of the latter nearly 300 . His Royal Highness , however , was too ill to keep his appointment , and in his stead the Right Hon . the Earl of Shrewsbury , Provincial Grand Master for Staffordshire , presided . His lordship was supported on his right by Lord Leigh ,
Provincial Grand Master for Warwickshire , and on his left by Lord Methuen , Provincial Grand Master for Wiltshire . Among the other brethren present were Col . Creaton , John ' Hervey , tbe Rev . R . J . Simpson , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Dep . Prov . G . M . for Suffolk ; Nicholas Bradford , Samuel Tomkins , G . Treas . ; Capt . Wordsworth , W . F . C . Moutrie , P . M . 11 -, Charles Watson , P . M . and Treas .
11 ; Nutt , J . D . 11 ; Capt . S . G . Homfray , J . AI . Case , J . D . Moore , J . T . Collins , J . E . Curteis , H . C . Levander , Wm . Boby , J . L . Hine , Geo . Lambert , G . M . E . Snow , H . R . Cooper Smith , S . Rosenthal , Rev . W . T . Jones , H . Massey { Freemason ); H . Smith , P . G . Sec , West Yorks ; W . H . Spaull , Lieut .-Colonel II . Somerville Burney ,, P . G . S . D . Essex ; C . Godtschalk , William Hicks , William
Goodacre , J . W . Baldwin , Chas . G . Hill , Major H . Scriven , C . W . Gray , F . Binckes , Sec . R . M . I . Boys , R . Wentworth Little , D . P . G . M ., Middx . ; S . R . Lamble , H . G . Buss , Jno . Mason , G . H . Wright , C . Daniel , C . Creecy , George McKay , K . H . Thiellay , W . H . Lee , J . Newton , W . J . Ferguzon , W . Dodd , N . Green , T . W . Morphew , Josh . Constable , Wm . Harrop , J . Ridal , George
Newman , [ . B . Shackleton , II . Levy , XV . Morgan , Farwig , A . Barfield , J . G . Stevens , W . W . Gray , Wm . Toye , J . Baxter Langley , W . Wellsman , Duckett , J . While , E . M . Haigh , F . A Kelly , L . Beck , W . J . Murliss , E . C . Woodward , G . W . Verry , C . H . Webb , W . Hale , J Wright , J . A . Farnfield , W . Milner , and others . The Chairman , in proposing the toast of " The Queen "
; aid : Ladies and Brethren , —I have in the first place with very great regret to announce to you that I am in this chair on the present occasion owing to thc absence of His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , who , I believe , only this morning was enforced to abandon the intention of being present . I must therefore claim your kind indulgence for the inefficient way in which I shall represent His Royal
Highness to-night . But I think I may say amongst brother Freemasons , that you know I will endeavour to do my best . ( Cheers . ) From the acclamations from the first petticoat that appeared in that gallery , I am sure few remarks only will be necessary from me to ask you to drink the health of the first lady in the land . It is only necessary amongst Englishmen , and especially amongst
Freemasons , to mention the name of Her Majesty the Queen to ensure that toast the hearty reception which it deserves . I should be wasting your time , therefore , if I were to dilate on thc merits of Her Majesty . Long mayshe reign in thc affections of her people . The toast having been drunk , was followed by the " National Anthem . "
The Chairman then proposed " The Health of thc M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . thc Prince of Wales , " and said that he had now a Masonic secret to impart , viz ., that when they had done their business there , their fair sisters were anxiously awaiting their presence in thc Temple . He would therefore recommend the brethren at once to put their hands in their pockets and " stump up . " With no
other object than that of saving time , he would , without •wishing to weary them , propose this toast . The merits of the Prince of Wales were too well known to require observation . All Masons thoroughly appreciated him , and he left it in their hands to do ample honour to the toast . With it he coupled the name of Prince Leopold . The Chairman next gave "The Health of thc Pro Grand
Master , Lord Carnarvon , the Dep . Grand Master , Lord Skelmersdale , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and called upon the Rev . R . J . Simpson , Past Grand Chaplain , to reply . The Rev . R . J . Simpson , in reply , said : My Loid Shrewsbury and Brethren , —We thank the brethren most unfeignedly for the compliment which has been paid to
the past and present officers of Grand Lodge . With regard to Lord Carnarvon and Lord Skelmersdale , it would be presumption in me to make mention even of names which have become "household words" among Masons , not jnly for their public excellence , but for their private worth . The words " past and present" suggest a very happy idea with regard to our present gathering . The " present" is
assembled together to support the " past , " and I am quite sure that to give aid to our brethren in the decline of their years , and to assist the widows of our brethren , is a very fitting occasion on which Grand Officers may assemble together ; and sure I am , that on no fitter occasion could Grand Officers appear than for the purpose of strengthening the feeble knees of age , and making " the widow ' s
heart sing for joy . " I am sure , my lord , that on this occasion we are not the less strengthened by the fact that the " sisters of charity " attend on this occasion not merely as an accident in another place where they appear behind certain lattices , but where they appear openly , essentially claiming their place in a grand and noble charity . I thank
you , my lord and brethren , on behalf of the Officers Past and Present of Grand Lodge , and hope that we may have the privilege , under the Great Architect of the Universe , of assembling on many similar occasions . ( I Iear , hear . ) The Chairman then rose to propose the toast of the evening , "Success to the Royal Masonic Benevolent ¦ Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freema-
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sons , " and , holding up the book with a blue cover which contains the list of subscribers to the Institution , said .-This is the blue book . I am glad to tell you it is not the blue book on " The Eastern Question . " But it is a very important blue book ; and will you allow me a very few seconds while I try to tell you what it says ? It says that we have an annual income of a very small amount
indeed , and if it were not for you wc could not go on at all Therefore my duty is to tell you that we must get on ; that there are seventy-two claimants , and we can only elect ten on the next occasion unless you come forward , as I know from rumours I have received that you have done . We are not going to praise ourselves . Our duty is to carry out charity . You will be glad to hear from me that
a very worthy brother of ours is only going to read out on the present occasion the collective sums of the lodges rather than the individual names , who ought to be ashamed of having their names published . ( Laughter . ) I am proud to tell you it is a secret , and mind you do not tell it ( laughter ) , and next year it will have to be told again—the subscription is bigger
than ever . What do you want more ? You , as Masons , know how great a charity it is to help the infirm old men and infirm old women , and it is my pride to say that here a second time I am in the chair to advocate this charity . The sum is larger than ever has been collected before for this purpose . ( Cheers ) . You have got this blue book , and I will not destroy your pleasure in reading il , because you
can read its words ; you have got it at home . But , remember , our great faith in Masonry is " charity " above all things . We are proud of our three charities , of this charity , of the Boys' School and the Girls' School . The longer I am a Mason the more I am aware of the power , the great power , we possess of assisting those that are in distress . If we look at the distress that comes before us
we wish that we had larger incomes and larger establishments ; and if we go on and follow the noble example set us by our Grand Master , by Prince Leopold , who has just beaten his brother four years ago by a double sum—I am glad to say so at the present moment—and that ofthe brethren of the Apollo Lodge of Oxford , my mother lodge ( and I suppose that is the reason I was asked to occupy
this chair ) , we shall do all we want . I will not detain you further from hearing the dulcet tones of Bro . Terry . You will be glad to hear him now , and also next year . I shall call upon Bro . Tomkins , the Treasurer , to respond . I suppose that the money must pass through his fingers , and , I may say , that a more honest and more hearty friend of the Institution does not exist than Bro . Saml . Tomkins .
( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Tomkins responded , and said : I thank you for this very kind notice that you have paid to your Treasurer , but I am sure , at this present moment , you are all most anxious to hear the particulars of this great and noble collection . It is a matter of pride and pleasure to every Mason , and to no Mason more than your Treasurer , that
so large an amount has been collected . I trust , as your noble Chairman has said , that next year , and every succeeding year , it will be larger than it is now . I have been Treasurer of this charity for a great many years . I have watched its progress with very great pleasure . I have seen the increasing interest the Craft take in it , and I look
forward with undoubted confidence for the future . I have great pleasure in thanking you for your confidence on this occasion , and I will not detain you longer from hearing the particulars of the subscription . Bro . Terry then read the list of subscriptions , amounting in all to the sum of £ 12 , ( 156 13 s .
London . The Marquess of Londonderry 25 o o Lodge 1 Bro . J . March Case ... 43 o 0 „ 1 „ Alderman Ellis ... 10 o o „ 2 „ Samuel Tomkins ... 1000 „ 2 „ Stephen Pearce ... 86 1 o „ 4 „ U . Mackintosh ... 15 15 o „ e „ Horace Scriven ... 71 30
,, 7 „ John Hervey ... 126 15 o „ 8 „ } . P . Probcrt ... ... 900 „ 9 „ W . T . Scott ... ... 3 8 10 0 „ 10 „ Rev . R . J . Simpson ... 5 6 14 o „ 11 „ W . F . Collard Moutrie ... 29 5 ° „ 12 „ W . B . Kidder ... 12 o a
„ 14 „ W . F . Nettleship ... 10 o o „ 1 4 ,, Charles H . Turner ... 12 12 o „ 18 „ H . G . Huggins ... 31 o o „ 21 ,, Robert Berridge ... 65 o o
„ 22 „ Charles W . Gray ... 45 o o „ 23 ,, Charles Martin ... 33 10 o „ 23 ,, J . Hutchinson ... 32 5 o „ 2 7 ,, Samuel R . Lamble ... 100 o o
„ 28 „ George H . Wright ... 4 6 o o „ 29 „ A . J . R . Trendell ... 26 o o „ 33 „ Francis Pendered ... 34 o o „ 49 „ W . A . Tharp ... 134 13 o ,, 49 „ John S . Mercer ... 17 o o „ t , x 11 J . T . Robertson ... 40 5 o
„ 58 „ James Ford ... ... 38 17 o „ 39 „ Captain Dencc ... 47 19 o „ 6 3 „ Charles Daniel ... 53 10 o „ 6 9 „ Dr . George Roper ... 5 6 18 o
„ 72 „ W . G . Brighten ... 20 o o „ 73 „ W . Klingenstein ... 23 o o „ 79 ,, John Dennis ... ... 22 o o 87 „ C . Creecy ... 54 ° ° ,, 92 ,. R . F . Gould ... 33 3 6
„ 95 „ Edwin Bonner ... 25 9 o „ 99 „ W . R . Winch ... 125 o o „ 140 „ Edward Johnson ... 25 10 o „ 144 „ J . G . Unite ... 49 ifi o „ 147 „ William Andrews ... 52 15 o „ 167 „ George Davis ... 32 o o „ 171 „ Joseph Clever ... 28 18 o „ 172 „ John Hancock ... 61 ie o
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Lodge 174 Bro . S . H . Rawley ... 89 p 0 Chap . 174 Comp . John Newton ... j . 16 , 0 0 Lodge 177 Bro . W . J . Ferguson ... 36 15 0 ,, 179 » Z . D . Berry ... 36 12 0 „ 180 „ H . A . Stacey ... 7 ° 5 o „ 188 „ H . M . Levy ... 13 o 0 ,, 192 „ George Newman ... 3 8 o , 0 „ 193 „ Henry Leah ... 3 6 5 0
> , r 97 ,, Thomas G . Bullen ... 31 1 0 » T 9 . 8 „ J . M . Lockwood ... 28 o 0 „ 228 „ Robert Griggs ... 105 ip o „ 256 „ Rev . J . Amos ... 32 5 0 ., 259 > , John Scott ... j 7 5 o n 435 i , Robert Seeker ... 42 o p „ 511 „ Asher Barfield ... 24 10 o
„ S £ 4 „ J . G . Stevens ... 211 5 p . -, 56 9 „ H . J . Adams ... 43 o o „ 637 „ G . P . Gillard ... 106 5 o „ 704 „ W . W . Gray ... 30 10 0 > , 7 iS . 1 Johnjonas ... 75 5 o ' „ 720 „ Maurice Spiegel ... 14 o o Chap . 720 Comp . Levanc ' er ... 43 o o
Lodge 742 Bro . W . W . Baxter ... 16 10 . 0 „ 742 „ Thomas Foxall ... 122 o o „ 749 „ Peter Parsons ... 43 o o „ 754 I , C . F . Barham ... 94 . 0 o „ 7 6 5 „ R . Pawson Hooton ... 7 11 o „ 780 ., J . Chambers Roe ... 22 10 p „ 822 „ Lewis Phillips , jun . ... 33 12 o
„ S 60 „ Wm . Hy . Wallington ... 40 o o „ 871 . „ Henry J . Tuson ... 45 o p „ 898 „ Benjamin Carter ... 109 o p „ 902 „ G . Brooks ... 42 5 o „ 907 „ R . E . Steyenson ... 50 j . o o , r 957 » Craven P . Cobham ... 27 4 p „ 107 C „ H . B . Holliday ... 59 11 o „ 1178 „ Isaac Quincey ... 23 3 o
„ 1183 „ Alfred Durrant ... 19 o o „ 1183 „ Geo . J . Row ... 17 10 6 ,, 1201 „ Jno . H . Watts ... 60 o o „ 1228 „ George M . E . Snow ... 50 o o 1 , 1259 „ J- W . Buchan ... no o o „ 1260 „ E . Spooner ... 32 o o „ 1278 „ Wm . Toye ... 86 5 o
„ 1287 „ Edwin Lancaster ' ... no , 0 p „ 1288 „ Robert V . Davies ... . 25 4 o j „ „ „ Edward White ... 75 o o ! » WS n J ° Elliott ... 40 o p „ 1351 „ C . J . Livitt ... 6 3 p p 11 136 $ „ G . R . Soper ... 69 18 6 „ 1366 ,, Charles G . Hill ... 107 o . p
„ 1381 „ Henry Higgins ... 50 1 6 11 138 . ? 11 Colonel Randolph ... 107 10 o „ 1471 ,, E . W . Braine ... 28 o o _ „ 1306 „ James Robertson ... 16 10 o j 11 1507 11 )•J- Michael ... 39 o o n 1538 „ Capt . R . W . Williams ... 29 15 o „ 1540 „ T . J . Sabine ... 62 10 o „ 1341 ¦•J- K . Stacey ... 137 p p
> i ' 558 , 1 Wm . Snowden ... 20 o p 11 ' 559 11 Louis Beck ... 20 p o „ 1572 „ Nelson Reed ... 75 o o ., 1585 11 Joseph Wright .... 93 o a „ ic 8 n „ Walter Wellsman ... 33 10 o
1 , 1601 „ Rev . W . Taylor Jones ... 72 o 9 „ 1602 ,, Eli . is Somers ... 31 5 , 0 „ 1607 „ Charles H . Webb ... 160 o o „ 1608 „ George Kiallmark ... 115 o o 1610 „ R . D . M . Littler , Q . C ... to o o
11 JUI 3 11 John Corke ... 67 2 o „ 1615 „ Lieut . Colonel Burney ... 118 10 o „ 1624 „ Henry A . Hunt ... 26 15 o „ 1625 „ George Ward Verry ... 97 15 0 „ 1629 „ Rev . C . J . Martyn ... 34 2 o „ 1641 „ J . H . Vockins ... 24 o 0
„ 1642 „ William J . Murlis ... 200 o o „ 1637 11 Bev . P . II . E . Brette ... 100 . 0 o ( consecrated on thc 29 th ult . ) Invicta Chapter Rose Croix , Geo . Powell ... 30 o o Mark Ledge 176 , Wm . Prattent ...10 o . 0 J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ... 1000 Berks and Bucks : —
Lodge 374 Bro . William Knight ,,. 37 3 0 ,, 943 „ J . Heber Clarke ... 30 o 0 „ noi „ Edward Margrett ... 38 9 0 „ 1 5 „ W . S . Cantrell , jut ) . ... 68 5 6 Bristol : —
The Right Hon . Earl of Limerick 161 . 8 0 Cheshire : ¦ --Lodge 321 Bro . Francis Smith ... 33 13 ° 11 537 11 W . S . Sutton ... 1000 ' ,, 337 „ Thomas Marwood ... 20 . 0 0 » 537 11 Walter Milner ... IP 0 0
,, 337 „ William Marquis ... 10 o 0 „ 605 „ Richard C . Mellor .,,. 10 o 0 „ 1045 „ Wm . Goodacre ... 30 IP 0 , 1 1576 1 , Thomas Chesworth ... 15 o 0 Cumberland and Westmoreland :- *• ,, 129 Bro . George J . McKay ... 63 o 0 Derbyshire : —
„ 850 Bro . A . Stubbs ... 10 p 0 . . Devonshire : — Province I " J > E * Curteis - & ° ° 1 rovince c ^ ^^ God ( sch ? lk > # 20 O p 0 Lodge 112 „ Edgar Tozer ... 26 o 6 „ 666 „ W . J . Rowe ... 500 Dorsetshire : —
„ Montague J . Guest ... 395 P 0 Essex -. — ., 160 „ Rev . H . J . Hatch .... 2 5 p 0 „ 453 11 Geo . Corbie ... 31 13 0 „ 1000 „ J . H . Wardell .,. 3 8 p 0 „ ' 457 n Joseph Tanner ... 19 o 0