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Masonic Presentation At Southampton.

MASONIC PRESENTATION AT SOUTHAMPTON .

At thc regular meeting of the Albert Edward Lodge , at the Masonic Hall in Southampton , on Tuesday , the dth inst ., a handsomely-framed record of the proceedings of the last St . John ' s Day ( tastefully illuminated by Mr , Thornhill ) was presented to Bro . VV . Hickman , D . P . G . M .

of Hants and the Isle of Wight , the first W . M . of the lodge . A well-executed sketch of the elevation of the new Masonic Hall forms the top of the illumination , and the border is dexterously framed of copies of the following jewels in Masonry held by the presentee : The Grand Lodge of England ; the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and " Second Provincial Grand Principal of Hampshire and

the Isle of Wight ; Past Master ' s jewel of Albert Edward Lodge ; Past " Master ' s jewel of the Royal Gloucester Lod ° e- ' a Vice-President's Charity jewel ; Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Mark Master Masons ; jewel of the 32 of the Ancient and Accepted Rite ; and the Past _ Officer ' s jewel of the Great Priory of England . 'There is introduced at the foot of the illumination a small copy of the

three-quarter life size oil portrait of Bro . Hickman , presented to him on leaving the chair of the lodge , and now being in the ball where " the different lodges in Southampton nicer . Thc report of the proceedings is as follows : — " Albeit Edward Lodge , No . 17 S 0 , of thc Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of England . 'This lodge met for its first festival of St . John on Tuesday , Jan . dth , 5 SS 0 , at the

new Masonic Hall , Albion-place , Southampton ( it being the first meeting held in the hall ) , and a large number of brethren of all the lodges in the town and neighbourhood attended the meeting on the occasion of the following presentations being made to tbe R . W . Bro . Hickman , D . P . G . M ., the first W . M . of the lodge , and the P . M . of Lodges 130 , 39 , and 1112 : First , a portrait of himself , by

the R . W . the P . G . M . ( Bro . VV . VV . B . Beach , M . P . ) , for and on behalf of this lodge ; second , a gold jewel of D . P . G . M ., by the P . P . S . G . VV . ( Bro . Sir F . Perkins , M . P . ) , on behalf of thc lodge officers ; third , a gold jewel of P . M ., on behalf of the brethren initiated during the past year , by Bro . J . Stevens , one of them . These presentations were accompanied by many expressions of fraternal regard and

wishes for the happiness of Bro . Hickman . Upon the proposition of Bro . S . S . Pearce , P . M ., seconded by Bro . I . Harlc , W . M . elect , a copy of thc record of the proceedings was ordered to be presented to Bro . VV . Hickman . ( Signed ) I . Harle , W . M . elect ; J . S . Pearce , J . W . ; VV . S . Grinyer , Sec ; S . S . Pearce , Treas . ; H . Jurd , S . D . ; VV . Berry , J . D . ; G . Grant , I . G . ; B . Tanner , D . C ; E .

Harvey and J . Whitworth , Stewards ; J . Biggs and C . Harrington , Tylers . " There are several other Masonic devices about the work , which has been much admired by all who have seen it . The presentation was made ( at the request of the W . M . ) by Bro . S . S . PEARCE in some well-chosen remarks , and was acknowledged by Bro . VV . HICKMAN in an effective speech .

The Grand Orient Of Belgium.

THE GRAND ORIENT OF BELGIUM .

Wc have received tbe following , which we publish for the information of our readers : Or . de Bruxelles , 6 c j . 5 e m . 5 SS 0 . Au T . C . F . Redacteur en Chef du Freemason , A l ' or . de Londres . T . C . et T . J . F .

Nous avons la fav . de vousadrcsscr un cxcmplaire de la circulaire que le Gr . Or . de Bclgique vient d ' adresser aux Orients avee les-quels il est en relations pour les inviter a participer aux fetes Maconn . qui atiront lieu ;\ Bruxelles vers la fin du mois d'Aout . Ces fetes coincidcront avee nos fetes jubilaires , ainsi qu'avec la reunion < les divers congrus , et notaimtiont d'mi

Congrus deTI ' -nseignemcnt et d'un congrcs mdustriel , commercial et uconomique , aux quels des Macons les plus illustres et les plus coinpi ' -tents : mt do pi proniisleurci neours . Nous vous prions done , T . C . et T . J . F ., de vouloir nous favoriser de votre concours pcrsnonel h ces fetes and a ces

congrus , et nous scions d ' autant plus heureiix de vous pos seder qii 2 nous connaissons votre devouement constant ; 1 'ieuvre Macrinnique . Kecevez T " . C . and T . J . F ., nos frat . salutations . Par mandement , Le Secretaire , G . DUCIIAINE .

TRANSLATION . We have the pleasure of sending you a copy ' of the circular which the Grand Orient of Belgium has forwarded to the Grand Lodges with which it lias "relations , " to invite them to participate in the Masonic "fetes " which will take place at Brussels towards the end of the month of August . These " fetes" will take place simultaneously with our jubilee fetes , as well as with the reunion of different

congresses , especiall y of a congress on education , and an industrial , commercial , and economic congress , at all of which the most illustrious and able Masons have already promised their attendance . We , therefore , beg you , very dear brother , to be willing to favour these fetes and this congress with your personal presence , and we shall be so much the happier in receiving you , in that we know your constant devotion to the work of Masonry .

Punjaub Masonic Institution.

PUNJAUB MASONIC INSTITUTION .

We have received with much pleasure a copy of the annual report for 1 S 79 of this admirable Institution . It was founded in 1 S 72 by VV . Bro . Major Henry Basevi , who shortly after its formation had to leave India for good , owing to falling health . His successor as President of the Institution was Major M . Ramsay , the present R . W . D . G . Master . In the Punjaub there are nineteen lodges ,

with an aggregate of 650 subscribing members , and it speaks highly for the Masonic spirit of the few isolated spirits located on the N . VV . frontier of that vast country that they are so keenly alive to their obligations as Masons . During- the year 1 S 79 the Institution maintained , clothed , and educated twenty-one children , at a charge of nearly £ 600 . The Institution has an invested capital in the "Funds" ( Government Loans ) of £ 3000 , which is being annually increased by excess subscriptions and donations . Such results must be very pleasing to W . Bro . Major

Punjaub Masonic Institution.

Basevi , who founded tbe Institution , and to R . W . Bro . Major M . Ramsay , President ; and VV . Bro . George Davies , Hon . Secretary ; and to thc worthy members of our ancient Order , by whose efforts such great results have been attained . The report is the outcome of much thought and labour , thoroughly complete in every particular , and the record of the work done by it most interesting .

Obituary.

Obituary .

JOHN HERVEY . ( IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE . ) A MONOGRAPH . BY KENNETH R . H . MACKENZIE , IX . ° In a letter of thc 3 rd of July of this year , from our excellent Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , which I shall preserve to the last day of my life—in terms of the sincerest

sympathy and thc truest Masonic feeling—I have been asked to say a few words about one whom general society regrets , the Masonic Fraternity deplores , and whose relatives will never cease to lament—our great and good Bro . John Morant Hervey . Although it is a melancholy task , I feel honoured by the confidence thus displayed in me , and I will do by my dear uncle what he would have enjoined me to do

by any other valued friend—my ditty . I wish to make no parade of my own feelings . I will only say that the place he held , morally , intellectually , and socially can never be filled again . 1 can only hope that there are many more who lead as honourable and blameless a life—so far as human imperfection will admit . To me be was more than a father—he was a dear friend—just in reproof , quick to

forgive , and prone to mercy . T o his friends he was true and sincere , to his enemies ( for no good man can be without enemies ) he was tolerant , leaving time to correct and heal up animosities , by presenting to their own consciences thc reality of his goodness . For myself it will be chough to say that I shall never cease to mourn him . Although this is more especially a Masonic memoir of my

late uncle—which was desiderated—it may not be out of place to say that be was the second son and last child ( by his marriage with Miss Anne Holden , of Bolton , Lancashire ) of Dr . William Hervey , of Norwich—atone time the confidential medical adviser of II . M . KingGeorge III ., and afterwards of I I . R . I I . the Duke of Gloucester , being also intimate with their Roval Highnesses the Dukes of Clarence

( William IV . ) , Kent ( Grand Masterof English Freemasons , 1 S 13 ) , and Sussex ( Grand Masterof United Grand Lodge after the Union in that year ) . Bro . John M . Hervey was born in Cleveland-row , St . James ' s , on the ist of April , 1 S 07 , and was , consequently , in his seventy-fourth year at bis demise . He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School , a noble foundation , to which

lie was proud of having belonged , and after there attaining a good general , classical , and commercial education , be did not proceed to either university , but entered upon a useful career , congenial to bis own ideas , as an ironfoundcr in Brick-lane , Spitalfields . At his establishment was produced much of the iron material of the Greenwich Railway , and his name may be found on the girders of the

Deptford Bridge at this very hour . After some years the Brick-lane establishment was transferred to the Regent ' s Canal , and passed into other bands . Bro . Hervey was subsequently connected with the firm of Grissell and Peto , and Peto and Bctts . It is hardly necessary in this place to further enlarge on Bro . Hervey ' s business duties , it is only sufficient to say , from innumerable papers in my possession , that those duties were performed with the same fidelity that be showed to bis Masonic vows

It is a somewhat singular thing , but no less true , that a trifle first drew my uncle ' s attention to Freemasonry . In the years 1 S 42-3-4 Masonry in London was b y no means occupying that proud position in public esteem it at present so deservedly , in the highest sense , enjoys . Still it was a fact not to be ignored by any thoughtful mind , and my uncle was first attracted to the subject by conversations with

another uncle of mine ( by marriage ) , who was an Irish Mason , Bro . Joseph O'Brien , now long since dead , who had married my father ' s eldest sister , Maria Mackenzie . My father was equally interested , and took tbe first plunge in the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 , and my uncle in a very short time followed him . I speak under correction , but I have always been given to understand

that my father , Bro . Rowland Hill Mackenzie , actually initiated my uncle , John Hervey . At any rate , I find that he was "received into Freemasonry" on the 2 ist of March , 1 S . 14 , A . L . 5 S 44 , and "admitted to theThird Degree" on the 24 th of June , 1 S 44 , A-L . 5 S 4 ) , Bro . William II . White being Grand Secretary , and delivering a certificate to that effect on the 30 th January , 1 S 45 , A . L . 5 S 45 . To this lodge my

uncle remained faithful in one or other capacity until the last day of his life . After remaining in the lodge the regular time Bro . John Hervey was exalted to the Companionship of the Holy Royal Arch , in the Chapter , No . 7 , attached to the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , on the 28 th day of October , 1 S 45 , A . L . 5 S 45 , his certificate being granted him by the Grand Scribe E . on the 20 th April ,

1 S 47 , A . L . 5847 . This will show brethren and companions that proficiency in Masonry must have been a necessary element in those days , or the certificate would undoubtedly have been issued before . I have no evidence within my cognizance of the actual time at which Bro . Hervey "joined" the distinguished lodge known as the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 , but it was certainly during the interval

between 1 S 44 and 1 S 45 . No . doubt my old friend , Bro . Henry Greene , . 1 P . M . of that lodge , who was present at the funeral of my uncle , could supply this information . With reference to the Royal York Lodge , No . 7 , Bro . Hervey thrice served the office of W . M . to the great contentment of his brethren . Bro . Hervey , with the prudence which was one of his chief characteristics , during thc whole of this time ,

gradually contributed to the support of the three Charities , increasing his donations as bis means permitted . He was perhaps most particularly interested in the ( inn establishment of the Boys' School at Wood Green , knowing how important a sound unsectarian education contributes to mental and moral culture , and to a right and honourable life . But he did not forget that female education of a sound , practical nature equally promotes those tender feelings which soften thc acerbities of our existence and consolidate that

Obituary.

home life , without which the highest birth , the greatest fortunes , and the noblest gifts of nature are worthless . And while such motives actuated him towards the rising generation , he was not unmindful of thc needs and sorrows of old age , and thus he , in a ^ true Masonic spirit , while yet comparatively a " young Mason , " endeavoured to relieve those whose age could no longer "bear the heat and burthen of the day . " At the time of his decease he was a

Vice-President of each of the three noble Institutions which the munificence of the Fraternity has placed beyond the reach of any possible failure . While his efforts were thus directed towards tbe exercise of the noble virtue of Charity , he never relaxed in the study of the science of Freemasonry , and by precept and example he taught that the Fraternity should only practise our noble ceremonies and learn the solemn lessons of our symbolism

with reverence and awe , so as "to rightly understand the Sacred Law , " and preserve intact those inviolable landmarks handed down to us by our predecessors . Heartil y co-operating with others as quietly determined as himself , he aided in the establishment of the excellent Emulation Lodge of Improvement , which , with the Stability Lodge of Instruction , may be regarded as thc educational school of English Freemasonry . To the study of tbe right use of

our terms , and to their adequate delivery , no small portion of his lifetime was freely and lovingly given , to the great advantage of thinking Masons , and to the advancement of tbe real interests of tbe Craft . In the temperate use of those natural bounties bestowed upon mankind by the Great Architect of the Universe he was conspicuous ; nor did he ever discourage innocent relaxation after the more serious labours of the lodge . As he

found Masonry he accepted it , but in the matter of the banquet lie sought to elevate and purify its associations . Throughout the Masonic world he was respected as one of its most profound jurists , while his interpretation of Masonic law was ever liberal and just ; bis respect for the Constitutions being only equalled by the firmness with which he regarded the execution of the principles prevailing throughout them . Everywhere , beneath the letter

he perceived the spirit , and thus when his advice was sought it was certain to carry not only the authority of position , but the persuasive force of essential conviction . Had it not been for his invaluable advice , unhesitatingly given when asked , a work of mine , pretty well-known to the Craft , would have been wanting in many elements of accuracy and value . Indeed , a proper use of tbe printing press in aid of thc noble aims of Masonry was at all times

encouraged by him , and I was proud that he permitted me to dedicate the results of my own small researches to him . When Bro . Hervey first joined thc Craft many systems of Masonry now existing with a greater or lesser degree of success were either in abeyance or obscurity ; some had even been in great measure lost . But gradually these adjunctory systems gained strength and life , and emerged into that publicit y which the regis of Craft Masonry

permitted . All these systems as they were presented to him he examined with attention and respect , and where he found it within his conscience to approve , he , with candour , and honour , approved ; but in such cases where the underlying motives seemed mean or ignoble he , as unhesitatingly , but temperatel y , rejected wdiat was presented to him . In the course of his long Masonic life be saw many mushroom systems advocated , and perceiving that they contained

seeds of discord likel y to affect the permanent interests of the Craft , he gently , but with a decisive hand , insisted upon their withdrawal . Hence , even outside thc pale of Craft Masonry proper , we may regard Bro . Hervey as a Conservative reformer . But when the subject was in itself unobjectionable or harmless be was the first , with the generosity of bis nature , to advocate and advance it . I may be permitted to add that this was especially thc case with the

Mark Degree , regarding which he frequently expressed the strongest meed of approval to many brethren beside myself . But when it bad been so irrevocably settled by the Act of Union and the Lodge of Reconciliation , lie , naturally , respected the determination then wisely arrived at , and obeyed the contents of those articles . That the Mark Degree now occupies its present proper and independent position may , no doubt , be attributed in great measure to the

cheerful acquiescence in the integrity of its origin given by Bro . Hervey . And the same observation is applicable , although in a minor sense , to such bodies as the Ancient and Accepted Kite , the Red Cross of Rome and Constantino , the Swedenborgian Kite , the Rosicrucian Society , and others . All these Rites were fully and frankly examined by him , and received that qualified approval which , in his position as Grand Secretary of England , he only could extend . The

fact that he accepted membership in them is sufficiently indicative of his views concerning them . Bro . Hervey was an honorary member of innumerable lodges , both in England and abroad , and had been appointed Grand Representative for several * foreign Grand Lodges in this country ; be was appointed Grand Deacon b y the late Grand Master , the Right Honourable the Earl of Zetland , at the installation in 1 S 54 , and

took rank as Past Grand Deacon the following year . On the somewhat unexpected death of Bro . William Gray Clarke , Bro . Hervey received the appointment of Grand Secretary in September , 1 S 6 S , from which he retired in December , 1 S 79 . In the higher Degrees may be mentioned the following positions together with their dates : Bon Accord Mark Lodge , 27 th June , 1 S 55 ; Rose Croix of H . R . D . M ., 12 th November , 1 S 69 ; Red

Cross of Rome and Constantino , 29 th November , 1 S 69 ; Knight K . IL , 12 th May , 1 S 70 ; Knight Templar , 10 th March , 1 S 71 ; Knight Hospitaller of St . John of Jerusalem , 24 th March , 1 S 71 ; Most Excellent Master , Royal , Select , and Super-IC . xcellent Master , 12 th October , 1 S 71 ; Royal Order of Scotland , 16 th October , 1 S 72 ; Thirty-Second Degree , A . and A ., 9 th May , 1 S 7 C ; Perfect Mason , Sixth Degree , 13 th September , 1 S 77 . Honorary :

Canongate and Leith , No . 5 , Scotland , Sth July , 1 S 74 , and York Lodge , No . 23 d , 17 th December , 1 S 77 . Bro . Hervey was also a member of the Manchester Unity I . O . O . F ., in the 'Travellers' Rest Lodge , 10 5 0 , from the 25 th June , 1 S 52 . My duty is nearly completed . I do not believe , from the loveand confidence which ever reciprocally subsisted between

us , that be would have wished such lines as these to have been written b y another hand ; but I know that there would have been many eager to testify to his great and humane qualities . For them , should they desire to speak , I now cave the field open ; but , for myself , I have still a few heartfelt words to add . In Bro . Hervey I have sustained a loss , personally , never to be filled up ; to me , from a very little child until my manhood and to the last moment of his

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PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Article 2
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Article 2
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS. Article 2
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. Article 2
MASONIC PRESENTATION AT SOUTHAMPTON. Article 3
THE GRAND ORIENT OF BELGIUM. Article 3
PUNJAUB MASONIC INSTITUTION. Article 3
Obituary. Article 3
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS. Article 4
INSTRUCTION. Article 7
Royal Arch. Article 7
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Rosicrucian Society. Article 10
Royal Ark Mariners. Article 10
Australia. Article 10
France. Article 10
Literary and Antiquarian Notes. Article 11
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Masonic Presentation At Southampton.

MASONIC PRESENTATION AT SOUTHAMPTON .

At thc regular meeting of the Albert Edward Lodge , at the Masonic Hall in Southampton , on Tuesday , the dth inst ., a handsomely-framed record of the proceedings of the last St . John ' s Day ( tastefully illuminated by Mr , Thornhill ) was presented to Bro . VV . Hickman , D . P . G . M .

of Hants and the Isle of Wight , the first W . M . of the lodge . A well-executed sketch of the elevation of the new Masonic Hall forms the top of the illumination , and the border is dexterously framed of copies of the following jewels in Masonry held by the presentee : The Grand Lodge of England ; the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and " Second Provincial Grand Principal of Hampshire and

the Isle of Wight ; Past Master ' s jewel of Albert Edward Lodge ; Past " Master ' s jewel of the Royal Gloucester Lod ° e- ' a Vice-President's Charity jewel ; Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Mark Master Masons ; jewel of the 32 of the Ancient and Accepted Rite ; and the Past _ Officer ' s jewel of the Great Priory of England . 'There is introduced at the foot of the illumination a small copy of the

three-quarter life size oil portrait of Bro . Hickman , presented to him on leaving the chair of the lodge , and now being in the ball where " the different lodges in Southampton nicer . Thc report of the proceedings is as follows : — " Albeit Edward Lodge , No . 17 S 0 , of thc Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of England . 'This lodge met for its first festival of St . John on Tuesday , Jan . dth , 5 SS 0 , at the

new Masonic Hall , Albion-place , Southampton ( it being the first meeting held in the hall ) , and a large number of brethren of all the lodges in the town and neighbourhood attended the meeting on the occasion of the following presentations being made to tbe R . W . Bro . Hickman , D . P . G . M ., the first W . M . of the lodge , and the P . M . of Lodges 130 , 39 , and 1112 : First , a portrait of himself , by

the R . W . the P . G . M . ( Bro . VV . VV . B . Beach , M . P . ) , for and on behalf of this lodge ; second , a gold jewel of D . P . G . M ., by the P . P . S . G . VV . ( Bro . Sir F . Perkins , M . P . ) , on behalf of thc lodge officers ; third , a gold jewel of P . M ., on behalf of the brethren initiated during the past year , by Bro . J . Stevens , one of them . These presentations were accompanied by many expressions of fraternal regard and

wishes for the happiness of Bro . Hickman . Upon the proposition of Bro . S . S . Pearce , P . M ., seconded by Bro . I . Harlc , W . M . elect , a copy of thc record of the proceedings was ordered to be presented to Bro . VV . Hickman . ( Signed ) I . Harle , W . M . elect ; J . S . Pearce , J . W . ; VV . S . Grinyer , Sec ; S . S . Pearce , Treas . ; H . Jurd , S . D . ; VV . Berry , J . D . ; G . Grant , I . G . ; B . Tanner , D . C ; E .

Harvey and J . Whitworth , Stewards ; J . Biggs and C . Harrington , Tylers . " There are several other Masonic devices about the work , which has been much admired by all who have seen it . The presentation was made ( at the request of the W . M . ) by Bro . S . S . PEARCE in some well-chosen remarks , and was acknowledged by Bro . VV . HICKMAN in an effective speech .

The Grand Orient Of Belgium.

THE GRAND ORIENT OF BELGIUM .

Wc have received tbe following , which we publish for the information of our readers : Or . de Bruxelles , 6 c j . 5 e m . 5 SS 0 . Au T . C . F . Redacteur en Chef du Freemason , A l ' or . de Londres . T . C . et T . J . F .

Nous avons la fav . de vousadrcsscr un cxcmplaire de la circulaire que le Gr . Or . de Bclgique vient d ' adresser aux Orients avee les-quels il est en relations pour les inviter a participer aux fetes Maconn . qui atiront lieu ;\ Bruxelles vers la fin du mois d'Aout . Ces fetes coincidcront avee nos fetes jubilaires , ainsi qu'avec la reunion < les divers congrus , et notaimtiont d'mi

Congrus deTI ' -nseignemcnt et d'un congrcs mdustriel , commercial et uconomique , aux quels des Macons les plus illustres et les plus coinpi ' -tents : mt do pi proniisleurci neours . Nous vous prions done , T . C . et T . J . F ., de vouloir nous favoriser de votre concours pcrsnonel h ces fetes and a ces

congrus , et nous scions d ' autant plus heureiix de vous pos seder qii 2 nous connaissons votre devouement constant ; 1 'ieuvre Macrinnique . Kecevez T " . C . and T . J . F ., nos frat . salutations . Par mandement , Le Secretaire , G . DUCIIAINE .

TRANSLATION . We have the pleasure of sending you a copy ' of the circular which the Grand Orient of Belgium has forwarded to the Grand Lodges with which it lias "relations , " to invite them to participate in the Masonic "fetes " which will take place at Brussels towards the end of the month of August . These " fetes" will take place simultaneously with our jubilee fetes , as well as with the reunion of different

congresses , especiall y of a congress on education , and an industrial , commercial , and economic congress , at all of which the most illustrious and able Masons have already promised their attendance . We , therefore , beg you , very dear brother , to be willing to favour these fetes and this congress with your personal presence , and we shall be so much the happier in receiving you , in that we know your constant devotion to the work of Masonry .

Punjaub Masonic Institution.

PUNJAUB MASONIC INSTITUTION .

We have received with much pleasure a copy of the annual report for 1 S 79 of this admirable Institution . It was founded in 1 S 72 by VV . Bro . Major Henry Basevi , who shortly after its formation had to leave India for good , owing to falling health . His successor as President of the Institution was Major M . Ramsay , the present R . W . D . G . Master . In the Punjaub there are nineteen lodges ,

with an aggregate of 650 subscribing members , and it speaks highly for the Masonic spirit of the few isolated spirits located on the N . VV . frontier of that vast country that they are so keenly alive to their obligations as Masons . During- the year 1 S 79 the Institution maintained , clothed , and educated twenty-one children , at a charge of nearly £ 600 . The Institution has an invested capital in the "Funds" ( Government Loans ) of £ 3000 , which is being annually increased by excess subscriptions and donations . Such results must be very pleasing to W . Bro . Major

Punjaub Masonic Institution.

Basevi , who founded tbe Institution , and to R . W . Bro . Major M . Ramsay , President ; and VV . Bro . George Davies , Hon . Secretary ; and to thc worthy members of our ancient Order , by whose efforts such great results have been attained . The report is the outcome of much thought and labour , thoroughly complete in every particular , and the record of the work done by it most interesting .

Obituary.

Obituary .

JOHN HERVEY . ( IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE . ) A MONOGRAPH . BY KENNETH R . H . MACKENZIE , IX . ° In a letter of thc 3 rd of July of this year , from our excellent Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , which I shall preserve to the last day of my life—in terms of the sincerest

sympathy and thc truest Masonic feeling—I have been asked to say a few words about one whom general society regrets , the Masonic Fraternity deplores , and whose relatives will never cease to lament—our great and good Bro . John Morant Hervey . Although it is a melancholy task , I feel honoured by the confidence thus displayed in me , and I will do by my dear uncle what he would have enjoined me to do

by any other valued friend—my ditty . I wish to make no parade of my own feelings . I will only say that the place he held , morally , intellectually , and socially can never be filled again . 1 can only hope that there are many more who lead as honourable and blameless a life—so far as human imperfection will admit . To me be was more than a father—he was a dear friend—just in reproof , quick to

forgive , and prone to mercy . T o his friends he was true and sincere , to his enemies ( for no good man can be without enemies ) he was tolerant , leaving time to correct and heal up animosities , by presenting to their own consciences thc reality of his goodness . For myself it will be chough to say that I shall never cease to mourn him . Although this is more especially a Masonic memoir of my

late uncle—which was desiderated—it may not be out of place to say that be was the second son and last child ( by his marriage with Miss Anne Holden , of Bolton , Lancashire ) of Dr . William Hervey , of Norwich—atone time the confidential medical adviser of II . M . KingGeorge III ., and afterwards of I I . R . I I . the Duke of Gloucester , being also intimate with their Roval Highnesses the Dukes of Clarence

( William IV . ) , Kent ( Grand Masterof English Freemasons , 1 S 13 ) , and Sussex ( Grand Masterof United Grand Lodge after the Union in that year ) . Bro . John M . Hervey was born in Cleveland-row , St . James ' s , on the ist of April , 1 S 07 , and was , consequently , in his seventy-fourth year at bis demise . He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School , a noble foundation , to which

lie was proud of having belonged , and after there attaining a good general , classical , and commercial education , be did not proceed to either university , but entered upon a useful career , congenial to bis own ideas , as an ironfoundcr in Brick-lane , Spitalfields . At his establishment was produced much of the iron material of the Greenwich Railway , and his name may be found on the girders of the

Deptford Bridge at this very hour . After some years the Brick-lane establishment was transferred to the Regent ' s Canal , and passed into other bands . Bro . Hervey was subsequently connected with the firm of Grissell and Peto , and Peto and Bctts . It is hardly necessary in this place to further enlarge on Bro . Hervey ' s business duties , it is only sufficient to say , from innumerable papers in my possession , that those duties were performed with the same fidelity that be showed to bis Masonic vows

It is a somewhat singular thing , but no less true , that a trifle first drew my uncle ' s attention to Freemasonry . In the years 1 S 42-3-4 Masonry in London was b y no means occupying that proud position in public esteem it at present so deservedly , in the highest sense , enjoys . Still it was a fact not to be ignored by any thoughtful mind , and my uncle was first attracted to the subject by conversations with

another uncle of mine ( by marriage ) , who was an Irish Mason , Bro . Joseph O'Brien , now long since dead , who had married my father ' s eldest sister , Maria Mackenzie . My father was equally interested , and took tbe first plunge in the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 , and my uncle in a very short time followed him . I speak under correction , but I have always been given to understand

that my father , Bro . Rowland Hill Mackenzie , actually initiated my uncle , John Hervey . At any rate , I find that he was "received into Freemasonry" on the 2 ist of March , 1 S . 14 , A . L . 5 S 44 , and "admitted to theThird Degree" on the 24 th of June , 1 S 44 , A-L . 5 S 4 ) , Bro . William II . White being Grand Secretary , and delivering a certificate to that effect on the 30 th January , 1 S 45 , A . L . 5 S 45 . To this lodge my

uncle remained faithful in one or other capacity until the last day of his life . After remaining in the lodge the regular time Bro . John Hervey was exalted to the Companionship of the Holy Royal Arch , in the Chapter , No . 7 , attached to the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , on the 28 th day of October , 1 S 45 , A . L . 5 S 45 , his certificate being granted him by the Grand Scribe E . on the 20 th April ,

1 S 47 , A . L . 5847 . This will show brethren and companions that proficiency in Masonry must have been a necessary element in those days , or the certificate would undoubtedly have been issued before . I have no evidence within my cognizance of the actual time at which Bro . Hervey "joined" the distinguished lodge known as the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 , but it was certainly during the interval

between 1 S 44 and 1 S 45 . No . doubt my old friend , Bro . Henry Greene , . 1 P . M . of that lodge , who was present at the funeral of my uncle , could supply this information . With reference to the Royal York Lodge , No . 7 , Bro . Hervey thrice served the office of W . M . to the great contentment of his brethren . Bro . Hervey , with the prudence which was one of his chief characteristics , during thc whole of this time ,

gradually contributed to the support of the three Charities , increasing his donations as bis means permitted . He was perhaps most particularly interested in the ( inn establishment of the Boys' School at Wood Green , knowing how important a sound unsectarian education contributes to mental and moral culture , and to a right and honourable life . But he did not forget that female education of a sound , practical nature equally promotes those tender feelings which soften thc acerbities of our existence and consolidate that

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home life , without which the highest birth , the greatest fortunes , and the noblest gifts of nature are worthless . And while such motives actuated him towards the rising generation , he was not unmindful of thc needs and sorrows of old age , and thus he , in a ^ true Masonic spirit , while yet comparatively a " young Mason , " endeavoured to relieve those whose age could no longer "bear the heat and burthen of the day . " At the time of his decease he was a

Vice-President of each of the three noble Institutions which the munificence of the Fraternity has placed beyond the reach of any possible failure . While his efforts were thus directed towards tbe exercise of the noble virtue of Charity , he never relaxed in the study of the science of Freemasonry , and by precept and example he taught that the Fraternity should only practise our noble ceremonies and learn the solemn lessons of our symbolism

with reverence and awe , so as "to rightly understand the Sacred Law , " and preserve intact those inviolable landmarks handed down to us by our predecessors . Heartil y co-operating with others as quietly determined as himself , he aided in the establishment of the excellent Emulation Lodge of Improvement , which , with the Stability Lodge of Instruction , may be regarded as thc educational school of English Freemasonry . To the study of tbe right use of

our terms , and to their adequate delivery , no small portion of his lifetime was freely and lovingly given , to the great advantage of thinking Masons , and to the advancement of tbe real interests of tbe Craft . In the temperate use of those natural bounties bestowed upon mankind by the Great Architect of the Universe he was conspicuous ; nor did he ever discourage innocent relaxation after the more serious labours of the lodge . As he

found Masonry he accepted it , but in the matter of the banquet lie sought to elevate and purify its associations . Throughout the Masonic world he was respected as one of its most profound jurists , while his interpretation of Masonic law was ever liberal and just ; bis respect for the Constitutions being only equalled by the firmness with which he regarded the execution of the principles prevailing throughout them . Everywhere , beneath the letter

he perceived the spirit , and thus when his advice was sought it was certain to carry not only the authority of position , but the persuasive force of essential conviction . Had it not been for his invaluable advice , unhesitatingly given when asked , a work of mine , pretty well-known to the Craft , would have been wanting in many elements of accuracy and value . Indeed , a proper use of tbe printing press in aid of thc noble aims of Masonry was at all times

encouraged by him , and I was proud that he permitted me to dedicate the results of my own small researches to him . When Bro . Hervey first joined thc Craft many systems of Masonry now existing with a greater or lesser degree of success were either in abeyance or obscurity ; some had even been in great measure lost . But gradually these adjunctory systems gained strength and life , and emerged into that publicit y which the regis of Craft Masonry

permitted . All these systems as they were presented to him he examined with attention and respect , and where he found it within his conscience to approve , he , with candour , and honour , approved ; but in such cases where the underlying motives seemed mean or ignoble he , as unhesitatingly , but temperatel y , rejected wdiat was presented to him . In the course of his long Masonic life be saw many mushroom systems advocated , and perceiving that they contained

seeds of discord likel y to affect the permanent interests of the Craft , he gently , but with a decisive hand , insisted upon their withdrawal . Hence , even outside thc pale of Craft Masonry proper , we may regard Bro . Hervey as a Conservative reformer . But when the subject was in itself unobjectionable or harmless be was the first , with the generosity of bis nature , to advocate and advance it . I may be permitted to add that this was especially thc case with the

Mark Degree , regarding which he frequently expressed the strongest meed of approval to many brethren beside myself . But when it bad been so irrevocably settled by the Act of Union and the Lodge of Reconciliation , lie , naturally , respected the determination then wisely arrived at , and obeyed the contents of those articles . That the Mark Degree now occupies its present proper and independent position may , no doubt , be attributed in great measure to the

cheerful acquiescence in the integrity of its origin given by Bro . Hervey . And the same observation is applicable , although in a minor sense , to such bodies as the Ancient and Accepted Kite , the Red Cross of Rome and Constantino , the Swedenborgian Kite , the Rosicrucian Society , and others . All these Rites were fully and frankly examined by him , and received that qualified approval which , in his position as Grand Secretary of England , he only could extend . The

fact that he accepted membership in them is sufficiently indicative of his views concerning them . Bro . Hervey was an honorary member of innumerable lodges , both in England and abroad , and had been appointed Grand Representative for several * foreign Grand Lodges in this country ; be was appointed Grand Deacon b y the late Grand Master , the Right Honourable the Earl of Zetland , at the installation in 1 S 54 , and

took rank as Past Grand Deacon the following year . On the somewhat unexpected death of Bro . William Gray Clarke , Bro . Hervey received the appointment of Grand Secretary in September , 1 S 6 S , from which he retired in December , 1 S 79 . In the higher Degrees may be mentioned the following positions together with their dates : Bon Accord Mark Lodge , 27 th June , 1 S 55 ; Rose Croix of H . R . D . M ., 12 th November , 1 S 69 ; Red

Cross of Rome and Constantino , 29 th November , 1 S 69 ; Knight K . IL , 12 th May , 1 S 70 ; Knight Templar , 10 th March , 1 S 71 ; Knight Hospitaller of St . John of Jerusalem , 24 th March , 1 S 71 ; Most Excellent Master , Royal , Select , and Super-IC . xcellent Master , 12 th October , 1 S 71 ; Royal Order of Scotland , 16 th October , 1 S 72 ; Thirty-Second Degree , A . and A ., 9 th May , 1 S 7 C ; Perfect Mason , Sixth Degree , 13 th September , 1 S 77 . Honorary :

Canongate and Leith , No . 5 , Scotland , Sth July , 1 S 74 , and York Lodge , No . 23 d , 17 th December , 1 S 77 . Bro . Hervey was also a member of the Manchester Unity I . O . O . F ., in the 'Travellers' Rest Lodge , 10 5 0 , from the 25 th June , 1 S 52 . My duty is nearly completed . I do not believe , from the loveand confidence which ever reciprocally subsisted between

us , that be would have wished such lines as these to have been written b y another hand ; but I know that there would have been many eager to testify to his great and humane qualities . For them , should they desire to speak , I now cave the field open ; but , for myself , I have still a few heartfelt words to add . In Bro . Hervey I have sustained a loss , personally , never to be filled up ; to me , from a very little child until my manhood and to the last moment of his

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