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' ^mefmm&m SATURDAY , OCTOBER 17 , 18 9 6 .

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"l ° re than one of the speeches delivered in the C 0 ' Jisc of the discussion at the Quarterly Court of the J ' st ., on the very important question of removing 1 Loys' School to another and more commodious J l > was characterised by a generosity and breadth of lcw which should , but does not , we regret to say ,

¦ ' ) ' * distinguish our more momentous debates . Of M "'' a chaiactcr was Ihe biief but large-hearted speech l ' ¦•¦¦ <) . Robert Wylie , Dep . Prov . C . Master of West ''" " " ¦ ' '•shire , who , though it is evident lit ; prefers the chi ' / '" ' P ' nce of out-educating the t "'/ 'en entrusted to the charge of its Educational nMll | Jtion , boldly and unhesitatingly declared that "if

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it was decided by the majority that they should have the new building and a new site they might depend upon it that not only West Lancashire but East Lancashire and the other provinces would support it . " * * Perhaps it would have been better—certainly it would have been more discreet—had Bro . Wylie

confined his remarks to the Province of which he is so bright an ornament and with the spirit by which its administration and that of its Charitable Institutions is actuated , he is so fully conversant . Doubtless his wish that other Provinces would act as generously as he predicted his own would act was father to the

thought . But it is not wise to hazard a statement of this kind too often ; for where the prediction is unfulfilled there is raised up a feeling firstly of disappointment and then of disgust . However , it may be—at all events we sincerely hope it is the case — that Bro . Wylie has , vAXer . all , not . btsen overbold . The generous instincts

of Masonry are not exemplified in one Province or district only , and doubtless in the end those who now think the removal of the Boys' School unwise or inopportune will join hands now they find the removal has been decided upon , with those who differed from them and vie with them in loyal support of the Institution in the changed condition of its circumstances .

The Chairman , too—Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Hants and the Isle of Wightgave utterance to a somewhat similar sentiment . But in his case it look the form not of a declaration , but of a hope , that now the removal had been decided upon those who had opposed it would unite with its

supporters in ensuring its complete success , and that the Institution would receive in the future , as it had in the past , the full measure of their support . We echo this hope most cordially , and trust that the brethren in London and the Provinces will not give their help less at Bushey than at Wood Green .

There was also another and very pertinent remark made by Bro . Charles Lee , of Warwickshire , which well deserves to be borne in mind and acted upon by the School authorities . Bro . Lee said his Province was in favour of the removal . At the same time , " he hoped it would be an instruction to the architect that

the building was to be a school , not a palace . Let Ihe new building be a solid and substantial one and handsome withal ; let there be ample space in the dormitories and school rooms ; plenty of reading and other rooms for the boys ; in short , let there be all that

is needed in a good middle-class boarding-school , and of thoroughly good quality as to material , & c . ; but there is no need for a large sum of money to be spent in mere decoration . This we take it is what Bro . Lee meant by his remark , and we endorse it most thoroughly . # # #

It was a kindly and thougritfut act on the part of Bro . Lord LUngaltock , Prov . G . Master of South Wales ( E . D . ) , and the officers of his Prov . G . Lodge that at their recent annual meeting at Swansea they should have sent a telegram to Bro . W . W . Morgan , LP ., of Newport , Mon ., congratulating him on his 87 th

birthday . Br ? . Morgan has been a Mason for upwards of 60 years , was Prov . G . Secretary of Monmouthshire in the days of Bro . Colonel John Kemeys Tyntc , and subsequently Prov . S . G . Warden . He is still in vigorous health , notwithstanding his advanced age , and we trust he has yet before him some years of happiness in the midst of his family , friends , and brother Masons .

* Lord Yarborough ' s remarks at the annual meeting of the Prov . G . Mark Lodge of Lincolnshire , on the Slh inst ., as reported elsewhere in our columns , arc by no means uncalled for . When brethren have provincial honours conferred upon them , the least they can do is

to show their appreciation of those honours by faithfully discharging the duties pertaining to the offices Ihey have been severally appointed to fill . It may be that ill-health necessitates their absence , or the pressing emergencies of their public and private avocations .

But even in those cases of enforced absence , a due sense of courtesy suggests that they should send an apology . We are afraid this lack of courtesy is not by any means confined to the Mark Province of Lincolnshire .

* The Jubilee Festival of the Lodge of Honour , No . . Srsd , Wolverhampton , which we announced last week would be held on Tuesday , Ihe 13 th instant , proved a brilliant success . Indeed , the arrangements had been so caitfully ordered , that anything in the nature ofwe will not say failure—but imperfection—was osil of

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the question . There was a grand gathering , in honour of the event , of distinguished members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire , headed by the Earl of Dartmouth , Prov . Grand Master , and his Deputy , Bro . Lieut .-Col . Bindley . There was a similar gathering of visitors , including Bro . A . !•' . Godson , M . P .,

Prov . Grand Master of Worcestershire , and the Secretaries of the three Masonic Institutions . The lodge , too , was in great force , while the banquet , the speeches , Ihe music , and , above all , the kindly spirit which inimatcd all present , were in harmony with so

auspicious an occasion . It is in no mere conventional sense that we lender to the Lodge of Honour our hearty congratulations on the success of their 50 th anniversary festival , and as the lodge has prospered greatly in the past , so may it continue to prosper even more abundantly in the future .

* * We will add that an elaborate history of the lodge has been compiled with infinite care and pains by Bro . Thomas Jackson Barnett , P . M ., P . P . G . W . Staffordshire , and that copies were courteously presented to the members and visitors present . We hope to publish a full report of the proceedings , and also a review of the lodge history , next week .

The half-yearly meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire was held at the Town Hall , Morley , on Wednesday , the 14 th instant , when some very important proposals were considered . In the first place , it was resolved , on the proposition of Bro . W . Harrop , P . P . G . W ., Chairman of the Provincial

Charity Committee , to found an Educational and Benevolent Institution , to be called the " West Yorkshire Educational and Benevolent Institution ; " and , in the next , that the Provincial Grand Lodge ol West Yorkshire " strongly objects to the sale of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and the purchase of a new site for the School , and considers no steps should be taken in

this direction until the opinion of the general body of the Subscribers has first been ascertained . " This resolution was to be brought forward by Bro . Joseph Binney , P . P . G . Reg ., and a somewhat similar proposition was set down for consideration by Bro . W . W . Clayton , P . M . 1311 . 11 will be noticed that no reason is given in either resolution for opposing the scheme of the Board of Management .

* * » We offer our most respectful sympathy to Bro . W Briggs , Principal of University Correspondence College , Cambridge , and one of ti . e most prominent Masons in Cambridgeshire , on the great bereavement he has lately experienced by the death of his wife , at the early age of 33 years . The deceased lady had

rendered invaluable assistance in his academic labours to her husband , who was a member of Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . S 59 , and a Royal Arch , Mark and Ark , Templar , Rose Croix , and Rosicrucian Society . His loss must be all the more severe , as Mrs . Briggs leaves hiin with five young children to mourn her premature death .

We learn that the petition submitted to H . R . H . the Grand Master for a warrant of constitution of the Guardian Lodge has been granted . The new lodge , of which the membership is restricted to Guardians of the City of London Union , will be numbered 262 $ .

Bro . James Tolhvorthy , P . M . 17 G 9 , is the W . M . designate , and Bros . H . V . Clements , P . M . 1237 , P . Z . 1237 , P . P . G . Treas ., and T . A . Bullock , P . M . 2470 , Prov . G . S . B ., are respectively the Senior and Junior Wardens .

? * * . We learn from the Freemasons' Repository that Bro . the Rev . Lucius R . Paige , D . D ., died at his home in Cambridge , Massachusetts , on the 2 nd September , at the very advanced age of 94 years 6 months . The deceased was initiated into Masonry in Mount Zion

Lodge , Hardwich , Mass ., on the yth April , 1 S 24 , and had consequently been a member of our Order for upwards of 72 years . He was a very distinguished Mason , and had held high office in the several branches of the Craft , but more especially in the Ancient and

Accepted Scottish Rite , in which at the time of his death he held the office of G . Keeper of the Archives in the Supreme Council 33 ' , for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States . The family , friends , and brethen in Masonry of our late brother , have our deepest sympathy in the great loss they have sustained

The Grand Lodge of Indian Territory , U . S . A ., held its 23 rd Annual Communication at Muskogee on the 13 U 1 August , when , in the presence of a large gathering of brethren , new Grand Officers for the ensuing ii

months were elected and installed , the principal among them being Bros . Silas Armstrong , M . W . G . M . ; James A . Acott , Dep . G . Master ; Henry C . Nash and Peter B . Arthur , G . Wardens ; James J . McAllister , G . Treasurer ; and Joseph S . Morrow , G . Secretary .