Contents.

CONTENTS .

LHADER— PAGB . The Craft in Norfolk ... ... ... - - c ° 5 Consecration of the Edward Terry Lodge , No . 2722 ... ... ... 605 Consecration of the St . Laurence Lodge , No . 2724 ... ~ . — 60 G Seventh Annual Supper of the Blackheath Lodge of Instruction , No . 1320 ... Coy Annual Supper of the Percy Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 S ... ... G 07 Service at St . Lawrence's Church , Bolton Woods , Bradford ... ... G 07 Craft Masonry ... ... - ¦•• - - 6 oS

MASONIC NOTESAppointment of the second Earl of Lathom as Prov . G . M . West Lancashire 6 i 1 Meeting of the Board of Stewards of Boys' School Centenary Festival ... 611 Consecration of the Edward Terry Lodge , No . 2722 ... ... ... 611 Consecration of th ? StL Laurence Lodge , No . 2724 .. ... ... G 11 Monthly Meeting of the Committee of Management of Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ... ... Gi 1

Correspondence ... ... ... ... ¦• ••• G 12 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... G 12 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 614 Our Portrait Gallery ... ... ... ... ••¦ ... G 14 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ¦ •¦ ... 616

The Craft In Norfolk.

THE CRAFT IN NORFOLK .

It is man ) ' years since Norwich was thc scene of so important a Masonic gathering as that which took place in the Blackfriars' Hall on Thursday , the ist inst . We do not , of course , desire to witness the installation of a Provincial ruler at frequent

invervals , say , of two or three years . On thc contrary , we arc of opinion that when a new chief has been appointed to preside over Craft , Royal Arch , or Mark Masonry , ancl has proved his competency to discharge the duties required of him , he should

be left undisturbed in his position for as long as he may desire to retain it . We hold that this is one of the chief reasons why our Provinces do so well , namely , that changes of rulers arc so seldom made . The lodges and brethren have time to settle down

under and become accustomed to his presidency when a Prov . G . Master or a G . Superintendent remains in office quaindiit se dctic gesscrit or for so long as he may find it accord with his public and private avocations to remain so . Moreover , the newly

appointed ruler enters more thoroughly into the spirit of his work ; he is more active in becoming acquainted with thc lodges or chapters scattered about his Province ; he takes a greater interest in them and their members when he comes to know

and is personally known to them ; while where a change of presiding officer is frequently made , neither the ruler nor those he presides over can , in the nature of things , be expected to interest themselves very greatly in the

manner in which their respective labours are performed . But to return to Norfolk . During the last 80 years of its career as a Province there had been onl y live cases in which a Grand Master was installed to preside over that Province , namely , Bro . T . W .

COKE , subsequently first Earl of LEICESTER of the present creation , whose patent of appointment dates from thc year 1818 , and who was installed Prov . Grand Master by the Duke of SUSSEX , M . W . G . M . He was succeeded in 1845 ,: > V the fourth

Lord SUFFIELD , who , in his turn , was followed , in 1854 , by Bro . BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL , M . P ., a distinguished philanthropist , who took a leading part in the administration of our Scholastic Institutions . When the ofiice again became vacant by Bro .

CABBEI . L ' S death , thc Hon . PREDERICK WALPOLE was chosen his successor , and was installed in 18 75—if we remember ri ghtly —by our recently-deceased and lamented Bro . the Earl of

LATHOM , G . C . B . —then Lord SKELMERSDALE . But Bro . WALPOLE ' s tenure of the office was of the briefest . Me had not presided over Norfolk Freemasonry for a complete year .

The Craft In Norfolk.

when death overtook him , and his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master was not only graciously pleased to appoint Lord SUFFIELD to fill the vacant office , but also did his lordship the honour to install him personally . This was in 18 7 6 ,

and since then Norfolk has prospered under the auspices of him who has just laid aside the cares and responsibilities which necessarily attach to the work of governing a Province . It was at the annual meeting , during the recent summer , of his Prov . G .

Lodge that his lordship announced his intention of retiring- from active duty , ancl at the same time had the pleasure of stating that in all probability his successor would be none other than thc distinguished brother who had served him so well as Deputy

Prov . G . Master , and had also had the rank of a Grand Deacon conferred upon him by Grand Lodge . Thus Bro . HAMON LE STRANGE , who is the sixth in succession to fill the office of Prov . G . Master of Norfolk since iSrS , enters upon his duties ,

not only with thc goodwill and respect of all our Norfolk brethren , but , at the same time , with a thorough knowledge of thc duties and responsibilities which now devolve upon him .

Hc knows the lodges well he must have some acquaintance with the most prominent members in most , if not in all , of them ; while the fact that he has won fame as the historian of Norfolk

1 ' reemasonry , bylnsable work on " h reemasonry in Norfolk" justifies us in expecting that he will prove himself a ruler of the highest order of ability and that it will not be long ere the respect he has won in his post of Dep . Prov . G . Master has been

very appreciably increased . We congratulate our distinguished brother on his elevation to the highest Masonic office in the Province of Norfolk , ancl the lodges ancl brethren on their good fortune in having a brother of such knowledge and experience to preside over them as their Prov . G . Master .

Consecration Of The Edward Terry Lodge, No. 2722.

CONSECRATION OF THE EDWARD TERRY LODGE , No . 2722 .

This new lodge was consecrated on Thursday , the Sth inst ., at the Cleveland Hall , Cleveland-road , Barnes , Surrey , by Bro . Edward Letchworth , Grand Secretary . The Consecrating Officer was assisted by Bros . John Strachan , Q . C , G . Reg ., as S . W . ; John D . Lington , P . A . G . D . C , as J . W . ; the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . Chap ., as Chaplain ; James Henry Matthews , President of the Board of Benevolence , as O . C .-, and Major Thomas C . Walls , as I . G . The other brethren who were present

were—Bros . W . J . Bull , 33 , * Thomas Wall , 1155 j T . C . Johnson , 2200 ; A . Colls , 141 ; C . Todd , l ' . M . 27 ; James March , 1238 j John Josey , 1706 ; F . Tebbutt , 2098 ; E . E . Peacock , P . M . 1928 , I . G . 2190 ; F . Higgledine , 88 , P . M . 2098 ; O . Cooper , P . M . 211 ; Rev . E , Lionel Walsh , 2032 ; Godfrey E . P . Hertslet , 1656 ; B . F . Stratton , P . M . 49 ; O . Talbot , 65-, T . Foster , 1656 ; F . Mann , 2029 ; A .

W . Tribe , 1732 j Herbert Johnson , 2190 ; R . A . Brooking , 2032 ; E . j . Partridge , 2032 ; G . Loosen , 1656 ; E . S . Crick , P . M . 2192 ; John Ambrose , 2032 ; J . A . Ashton , 2032 ; Frank Richardson , S 3 ; F . O , Tubby , 907 ; W . N . Green , 1178 ; D . C . Lethem , 362 ; F . Bland , P . M . 1672 ; R . Messum , 20321 A . Aldin , P . M . 2032 ; Gerald Maxwell , W . M . 2127 : Thomas Crefney , 823 ; C . Hammerton , 2650 ; Wm . Lowe , 2264 ; R . W . Rice , P . M . 1656 ; W . Master , J . W . 452 ; F . W . Dimbleby , 2032 i J . B . Churchill , 1017 ; G . Mead , P . M . 2162 ;

T . Fewkes , 2162 ; James Fernandez , P . M . 2127 ; T . Pritchard , 20 3 , P . P . G . Std . Br . Bucks ; Alfred Lambert , P . M . 1556 , P . P . S . G . W . Surrey ; L . Courlander , 463 ; Eustace Anderson , P . M . 49 and 715 ; J . Franco , 704 ; J . E . Lawler , 907 '• Henry Sadler , 2148 , G . Tyler ; J . Ellwood , P . M . 179 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 and 192 S ; Herbert Schartau , S . W . 12 G 1 ; George Elkington , P . M . 2416 ; Dalgety Henderson , 2190 ; G . A . Pickering , 29 , P . G . S .,- George Evans , P . M . 172 ; R . Barrett , P . M . 172 ; D . Jammins , 1853 ; T . W . Fullstone , 1910 ; Sir John B . Monckton , and Thomas Skewes-Cox , M . P .

The founders of the lodge were : Bros . Edward Terry , P . M . 29 , P . G . Treas . ; William Hunt , P . M . 172 , I . P . M . 2512 and 2702 ; Maurice Roche , 172 ; Samuel Case , 40 and 1539 ; Stampa Walter Lambert , P . M . 1556 , P . P . G . Reg . Surrey ; fohn Eustace Anderson , P . M . 18 and 255 ; William Thomas Peat , P . M . 1656 , P . P . G . Org . Middx . ; C T . Rotheram , S . W . 907 ; Hugh Shirreff , 704 ; Thomas Grylls , 975 ; Gerald Spencer Hertslet , 1656 ; John Spencer , 823 ; James HUI , 975 ; P . E