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in his own p lace to open the lodge at the appointed | url was well supported . There was a large attendance fthe members and visiting brethren , and the office-bearers ° -csent acted their parts with their usual ability . The B W . M ., Bro . J . B . Macnair , took the chair ; Bro . Murray , c ' tin ( r S . W . ; J . Mclnncs , the worthy Sec . of the lodge , acting T- w- i J- > Treas . The minutes of the lodge
re ve ; id l considered and confirmed . The case of a brother who had met with adversity was brought up . The members present seemed to take a deep interest in the brother , an d his case was met in that true spirit of brotherly love and charity which adorns our order . An application from gro . Birrell , wishing to become an affiliated member of this lodge , was made . His brother is an old member of
the lodge , and has filled various offices in it with great satisfaction to the members , so that , along with Bro . Birrell ' s known good character as a Mason , gained him admittance into the lodge as a member . There was no further business in this degree , and the lodge was passed to the F . C , and hence to the Sublime Degree , when Bro . Gill was proved and found worthy to receive this , which
was orven by Bro . Macnair , R . W . M ., with his accustomed precision and impressiveness . This finished the business of the evening , and the lodge was closed in due and ancient form . GLASGOW . —LODGE ST . GEORGE ( NO . 333 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held in the Freemasons ' Hall ( St . Mark ' s ) 213 , Buchanan-street , on the 8 th inst .
In the absence of Bro . Alex . Thomson , R . W . M ., Bro . J . Winton , P . M ., presided . Bros . J . Findley , S . M . ; J . Forsyth , S . W . ; R . Anderson , J . W . The meeting was well attended . On the lodge being opened , the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , and other formal business settled . An application from Mr . David Allan Arnot was read for admittance into the Order , his proposer and
seconder being Bros . J . M . Crosher and Edward Crosher . The application was sustained , and the gentleman received the First Degree ef Freemasonry , P . M . J . Winton , officiating . The business before the lodge being finished , it was closed in due and ancient form . GLASGOW . —LODGE ST . ANDREW ( NO . 465 ) . —A large number of the brethren of this lodge met at Bro .
Smart ' s on the 17 th inst ., under the presidency of Bro . Andrew Herron , to take farewell of Bro . Andrew Thomson , who is about to leave this country for New Zealand , anil to wish him prosperity in the country of his adoption , and to present him with a mark of the esteem in which he is held by the brethren he leaves behind him . The presentation was a very handsome Master Mason ' s Jewel with suitable
inscription . Bro . D . Anderson presented the jewel in a speech of great feeling . A very pleasant evening was spent amidst harmony and kind feeling towards the bro . ther about to leave , and the company broke up much pleased with the night's enjoyment . PARTICK . —PAIITICK CHAPTER ( No . 613 ) . —Theannual trip of the companions of this chapter took place on Friday
week . The chapter , largely represented , left the burgh at an early hour in the morning , and , proceeding to Glasgow , took the train to Dollar , where the party breakfasted at Castle Campbell Hotel . They afterwards had a most enjoyable couple of hours' walk in the romantic and beautiful glen , and were afterwards conveyed to Rumbling Bridge , returning to Dollar about three o ' clock , where " mine host "
of the Castle Campbell had dinner prepared . Bro . Halket occupied the chair , and Bro . Thomas Granger discharged the duties of Croupier . After a number of toasts had been proposed , the chairman gave a most interesting address on the history and antiquity of the scenery they had just viewed . The party returned to the burgh in the evening , very highly pleased with the day ' s enjoyment .
ROSSLYN ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER ( NO . 119 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of the above chapter was held in the Masonic Hall , Robertson-street , on Monday , the 6 th inst . A lodge of Mark Masons was opened . Minutes of last meeting having been read and confirmed , an application from Bro . James Strong , Master Mason of Lodge St .
Mungo , No . 27 , for admission into Royal Arch Masonry was unanimously agreed to . The brother being in attendance was admitted , and received the degree of Mark Master , Bro . George Thallin . Z . of the chapter , officiating in his usual impressive and intelligent manner . There being no further business before the lodge it was closed in due form .
NEW PUIH . IC SCHOOLS IN KILWINNING . Ihe following circular has been issued by Bro . R . Wylie , Secretary of Mother Kilwinning Lodge : — Dear Sir and Brother , — I have to inform you that on the invitation of the School Board of Kilwinning , the R . W . P . G . Master , Bro . Colonel Mure , has consented to lay the Memorial
Stone of the New Public Schools with Masonic honours , on Saturday , the 25 th inst ., when your attendance is particularl y requested . 1 he brethren are to assemble in the Kilwinning Temperance Hall , at quarter before three o'clock afternoon . I he Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire will be opened
at quarter past four o ' clock precisely . Hie members and friends will dine in the Eglinton Arms Hall at half-past four o'clock . Dinner ticket 4 s . As onl y a limited number can be accommodated perhaps you win kindly say before Thursday , the 23 rd inst ., " we may expect the pleasure of your company .
I remain , faithfully and fraternally yours , .. ROBERT WYLIE , Mother Lodge , Secretary . Kilwinning , 9 th Sept ., 187 s .
R , x Ro \ ) ert A - Carleton died on the 10 th inst ., at the th ° r \ " ational Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of was f * Ventnor > Undercliff , Isle of Wight , aged 49 . He Seer t I " y years resident in Constantinople , and Grand " Stanip * ° Freemaso : ls for tne District of Turkey . —
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Somersetshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOMERSETSHIRE .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of the Province ol Somerset was invested this year with peculiar interest , the death of the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Capt . Bridges , and the elevation of the P . G . S ., Bro . Else , having changed two of the chief permanent appointments . As a consequence , there was a large attendance of Masons at the meeting on
Monday , and to receive them Lodge 44 6 had prepared special accommodation by flooring over the Nisi Prius Court on the level of the Grand Jury Gallery . The capacious room thus formed was entirely filled , and when Grand Lodge was assembled , with the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master of England , on the throne , the scene was lively and brilliant . After the usual preliminary Masonic
business and a statement of Grand Lodge accounts , showing a direct expenditure upon charity of no less than £ 13 6 , and a balance of £ 119 to Grand Lodge funds , the P . G . M . directed Bro . Else to retire , and five of the oldest W . M . ' s in the province to introduce him for investment as Deputy Grand Master , in the place of our deceased brother , Capt . Bridges . This having been done , the P . G . M . invested Bro .
Else , saying he did so not only with pleasure to himself , but he was sure he might say also with the acquiescence and concurrence of all in that great province . " Under ordinary circumstances , " continued the Pro G . M ., "I should have closed here , but within the last few minutes a jewel has been placed in my hands , and it affords me great satisfaction that I now hand it you with confidence that it will
be worn with credit to the province , and with satisfaction to yourself . " The new Deputy Prov . Grand Master said -. Sincerely , very- sincerely , do I return thanks to your lordship for the great honour you have been pleased to confer upon me , and also for the kind and graceful manner in which you have been good enough to convey to me the wish that I should
succeed our late beloved and distinguished Deputy G . M . T am not insensible to , although I highly appreciate the honour of the position in the duties , the great responsibilities , and the difficulties of the office ; I pray that the Great Architect may give me health and strength so to carry out those duties that no shadow of regret will ever pass over your lordship ' s mind for having placed this collar round
my neck . I thank also most heartily my mother lodge , 291 , for this beautiful jewel . Although I wear several jewels upon my breast , which I hope I am not wrong in saying I have earned by Masonic work , there is no jewel which I prize like this—there is no reward which any Mason should prize more than the recognition of his services , however humble , by his own mother and parent lodge . I
thank you , my lord , and brethren , most sincerely and heartily . Bro . Turner Payne , of Bath ( who was unavoidably detained for an hour ) , having been heartily re-elected Treasurer , the G . M proceeded to appoint the P . G . L . Officers as follows : — Major J . W . Preston , P . M . 41 Prov . G . S . W .
Capt . Alfred T . Perkins , W . M . 446 ... Prov . G . J . W . Rev . T . Bailey , 261 , Prov . G . Chaplain Rev . Thomas James Gatehouse , 437 ... Prov . G . Chaplain E . Turner Payne , P . M . 53 Prov . G . Treas . W . Cox , P . M . 329 Prov . G . Reg . Francis R . Prideaux , P . M . 291 Prov . C . Sec . W . H . May , P . M . 13 K Prov . G . S . D .
William Bennett , W . M . 976 Prov . G . J . D . Benjamin Attwell , P . M . 537 Prov . G . S . Wks . T . S . Lord , P . M . 53 Prov . G . D . Cer . Robert Baker , P . M . 1197 Prov . G . As . D . C Capt . William Long , P . M . 1199 Prov . G . S . B . Albert Down , P . M . 772 Prov . G . Org . William Channing , P . M . 261 Prov . G . Purst .
John Thorley Night , P . M . 446 Prov . G . A . P . W . H . Forty , W . M . 291 Prov . G . Stewd , George Ricks , W . M . 135 Prov . G . Stewd John Fry , W . M . 437 Prov . G . Stewd A . W . Butler , S . W . 1222 Prov . G . Stewd T . Hyatt , J . W . 285 Prov . G . Stewd H . J . Taylor , S . D . 772 Prov . G . Stewd
William Woodard , Tyler 291 Prov . G . Tyler . Alfred John Salter , Tyler 53 Prov . G . A . Tyler The W . M . Pro G . M . then said : On these occa sions , as I have often said , I think it is unadvisable to make long speeches , but there are certain events which from time to time pass , which are either matters of congratulation or regret , and which interest all of us as a common
body , and it docs seem that when such an occasion arises it is not fitting it should be passed ovei in complete silence . One of those events has just taken place . We have lost in this province one who was not only familiar to us , but was endeared to us by his personal character , his long service , and his great Masonic abilities . For very many years our brother , Captain Bridges , who filled the office of
Deputy Prov . Grand Master , carried through his work with zeal and energy , and with great fidelity . When , a good many years ago now , I received the honour of the high office which I have since held in this province , I found Captain Bridges the Deputy Grand Master . He was then in comparatively full possession of health . Unremitting in work , he never spared himself , I may truly say , any
pain or trouble in the discharge of that work . In time , when illness laid its heavy hand upon him , and during the last few years , we all saw with great regret his strength failing ; that he was no longer equal to take on himself those duties which he had hitherto discharged with so much facility ; not that his interest in them slackened , for to the very last his thoughts were interested in Masonry .
If there was any one who was emphatically a true and zealous Mason it was our brother whose death we now deplore , and it does seem to me that when one who has lived so long , held so high an office , discharged , during the days of his health and strength , his work with so much energy and ability ; who when sickness incapacitated him from that great work , still followed us with his sympathy and thoughts—it does seem to me we cannot do
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less than express our regret in the most deliberate and solemn way at the first of these annual meetings after the melancholy event . Therefore , without using many words , what I would propose to do is to express my own regret , and the extreme regret which I am convinced animate . ! the whole of those present , in the most solemn and deliberate way . I therefore propose a resolution in these
terms : — " That this Prov . G . L . desires to place upon record its great sorrow at the death of its beloved and esteemed V . W . D . G . M ., Captain H . Bridges , and deep sense of the loss which Freemasonry has sustained thereby , I think I shall be interpreting the feelings of this Prov . Grand Lodge if , instead of asking for any seconder or
show of hands , without putting it to the vote I ask you to express your concurrence . The P . G . T ., Brother Payne , having entered the hall in the interim , then returned thanks for the honour done him by re-appointment , and then introduced a rcsolutior , which stood in his name , of congratulation to Brother Else as the new D . Prov . G . M He could not call to mind
any brother on whom more worthily could be bestowed or who would more unanimously receive this honour , than Brother Else . He had now for ten years carried on tlu business of Prov . G . L ., and during that time the failing health of the Deputy threw on him , not only aU his own duties , but the duties of Deputy Grand Master as well , He need say nothing of the way in which he had done his
work—that was shown by the honour that had been bestowed upon him . There was no need to mention his unflagging zeal , his energy , the concentrated interest which he had shown in his work , and which had so well marked him out for further honours . To speak of these things would almost seem to indicate that something need to be said . The appointment was one which in the hands
of his Lordship , received the unanimous approval of the province at large . Bro . Payne concluded with the following resolution : — " That this Prov . G . L . receives with cordial assent and hearty congratulations the appointment by the R . W ., the Prov . G . M . of Somerset , the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro . G . M . of their esteemed Bro . It . C ,
Else , to be D . Prov G . M ., of Somerset , in the room of their . lamented friend and brother , Capt . Henry Bridges , deceased . The labours of Bro . Else on behalf of the Province during many years are thus gracefully acknowledged , and the Prov . G . L . trusts that many years of usefulness may be granted to their valued brother in the more important office to which he has now been promoted .
The Prov . Grand Master said : It is my extremely pleasing duty to put this proposal to the vote , but I shall not be exceeding the limits of the observations which should fall from the chair if I say , confident of the way in which it will be received , I , for one , give it my hearty support . 1 am not unwilling to say one or two words up an it . In the appointments which arc so fully entrusted to the Prov .
Grand Master it is always a question of some anxiety tu feel assured that the appointments which he has made are ratified by the voice of the province . In more Ihnn any other case is it desirable that in the case of the Deputy Grand Master , he should not only confer honour and distinction upon the person most fitting to receive it , but also on whom the province recognises as the most fitting to
receive it , and when those two things go together in the mind of the Prov . Grand Master , as directing his choice , it is obviously a very happy and satisfactory feeling , and I do not fail to think it is so upon the present occasion . ( Cheers ) . The province is fully and fairly represented here on this subject to-day . As far as I am concerned , I am quite certain I have placed this day the collar upon the
neck of thc . man who , in the estimation of the Prov . G . Lodge , was most fitted to wear it . But I will not stop here , for I will say , if I had not Bro . Else , there arc many men whom I might have selected , with regard to whom my choice would have been a good one , and would have been ratified by you to-day . And it is well for a province when such is the case , and when a single man docs not make
an irreparable gap . We rejoice that here , as 111 England generally , no man's life is so valuable that he cannot be spared . But we do rejoice when the choice which it is the privilege of one individual to make , is endorsed promptly and heartily by the full voice of the whole province . ( Cheers ) . I rejoice at this for many reasons . I have been thrown into constant habits of business familiarities
with Bro . Else . I know he did his work ; how well he did it ; how thoroughly he did it—that is not a mere profession of doing the work , but that it is actually done , and nothing has fallen more truly from any one than that which was ultered by Bro . Payne when he said that during the illness of the late Bro . Bridges the principal work of the
province fell on the shoulders of our Bro . Else . And he carried it like a second Atlas ! He never flinched under it ; whatever trouble he might have given him or work imposed upon him , I always found there was an undeveloped capacity for work still latent in him . ( Cheers ) And my motto in this matter is
" Palmam qui meriut ferat . " Let the man who does the work bear the honour anil distinction . ( Loud applause . ) Acting upon that principle , I did not for one moment hesitate to confer this distinction upon our Bro . Else , and I hope and trust he will continue to enjoy it for many years to come—that , whilst I have the
privilege of presiding over the province as Prov . G . Master , I may still receive from him the same free , full , zealous , unstinted , measure of help which I have had for so many years . ( Loud applause . ) The motion having been agreed to with acclamation , Bro . Else again returned thanks , in a suitable speech , for
the honour done him . W . Bro . Captain A . Perkins , W . M . 446 , proposed" That a subscription be set on foot in the province to provide a memorial to our late V . W . D . P . G . M ., Bro . IT . Bridges , the memorial to take the form of a scholarship at one of the Masonic schools , should the subscription be to a sufficient
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in his own p lace to open the lodge at the appointed | url was well supported . There was a large attendance fthe members and visiting brethren , and the office-bearers ° -csent acted their parts with their usual ability . The B W . M ., Bro . J . B . Macnair , took the chair ; Bro . Murray , c ' tin ( r S . W . ; J . Mclnncs , the worthy Sec . of the lodge , acting T- w- i J- > Treas . The minutes of the lodge
re ve ; id l considered and confirmed . The case of a brother who had met with adversity was brought up . The members present seemed to take a deep interest in the brother , an d his case was met in that true spirit of brotherly love and charity which adorns our order . An application from gro . Birrell , wishing to become an affiliated member of this lodge , was made . His brother is an old member of
the lodge , and has filled various offices in it with great satisfaction to the members , so that , along with Bro . Birrell ' s known good character as a Mason , gained him admittance into the lodge as a member . There was no further business in this degree , and the lodge was passed to the F . C , and hence to the Sublime Degree , when Bro . Gill was proved and found worthy to receive this , which
was orven by Bro . Macnair , R . W . M ., with his accustomed precision and impressiveness . This finished the business of the evening , and the lodge was closed in due and ancient form . GLASGOW . —LODGE ST . GEORGE ( NO . 333 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held in the Freemasons ' Hall ( St . Mark ' s ) 213 , Buchanan-street , on the 8 th inst .
In the absence of Bro . Alex . Thomson , R . W . M ., Bro . J . Winton , P . M ., presided . Bros . J . Findley , S . M . ; J . Forsyth , S . W . ; R . Anderson , J . W . The meeting was well attended . On the lodge being opened , the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , and other formal business settled . An application from Mr . David Allan Arnot was read for admittance into the Order , his proposer and
seconder being Bros . J . M . Crosher and Edward Crosher . The application was sustained , and the gentleman received the First Degree ef Freemasonry , P . M . J . Winton , officiating . The business before the lodge being finished , it was closed in due and ancient form . GLASGOW . —LODGE ST . ANDREW ( NO . 465 ) . —A large number of the brethren of this lodge met at Bro .
Smart ' s on the 17 th inst ., under the presidency of Bro . Andrew Herron , to take farewell of Bro . Andrew Thomson , who is about to leave this country for New Zealand , anil to wish him prosperity in the country of his adoption , and to present him with a mark of the esteem in which he is held by the brethren he leaves behind him . The presentation was a very handsome Master Mason ' s Jewel with suitable
inscription . Bro . D . Anderson presented the jewel in a speech of great feeling . A very pleasant evening was spent amidst harmony and kind feeling towards the bro . ther about to leave , and the company broke up much pleased with the night's enjoyment . PARTICK . —PAIITICK CHAPTER ( No . 613 ) . —Theannual trip of the companions of this chapter took place on Friday
week . The chapter , largely represented , left the burgh at an early hour in the morning , and , proceeding to Glasgow , took the train to Dollar , where the party breakfasted at Castle Campbell Hotel . They afterwards had a most enjoyable couple of hours' walk in the romantic and beautiful glen , and were afterwards conveyed to Rumbling Bridge , returning to Dollar about three o ' clock , where " mine host "
of the Castle Campbell had dinner prepared . Bro . Halket occupied the chair , and Bro . Thomas Granger discharged the duties of Croupier . After a number of toasts had been proposed , the chairman gave a most interesting address on the history and antiquity of the scenery they had just viewed . The party returned to the burgh in the evening , very highly pleased with the day ' s enjoyment .
ROSSLYN ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER ( NO . 119 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of the above chapter was held in the Masonic Hall , Robertson-street , on Monday , the 6 th inst . A lodge of Mark Masons was opened . Minutes of last meeting having been read and confirmed , an application from Bro . James Strong , Master Mason of Lodge St .
Mungo , No . 27 , for admission into Royal Arch Masonry was unanimously agreed to . The brother being in attendance was admitted , and received the degree of Mark Master , Bro . George Thallin . Z . of the chapter , officiating in his usual impressive and intelligent manner . There being no further business before the lodge it was closed in due form .
NEW PUIH . IC SCHOOLS IN KILWINNING . Ihe following circular has been issued by Bro . R . Wylie , Secretary of Mother Kilwinning Lodge : — Dear Sir and Brother , — I have to inform you that on the invitation of the School Board of Kilwinning , the R . W . P . G . Master , Bro . Colonel Mure , has consented to lay the Memorial
Stone of the New Public Schools with Masonic honours , on Saturday , the 25 th inst ., when your attendance is particularl y requested . 1 he brethren are to assemble in the Kilwinning Temperance Hall , at quarter before three o'clock afternoon . I he Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire will be opened
at quarter past four o ' clock precisely . Hie members and friends will dine in the Eglinton Arms Hall at half-past four o'clock . Dinner ticket 4 s . As onl y a limited number can be accommodated perhaps you win kindly say before Thursday , the 23 rd inst ., " we may expect the pleasure of your company .
I remain , faithfully and fraternally yours , .. ROBERT WYLIE , Mother Lodge , Secretary . Kilwinning , 9 th Sept ., 187 s .
R , x Ro \ ) ert A - Carleton died on the 10 th inst ., at the th ° r \ " ational Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of was f * Ventnor > Undercliff , Isle of Wight , aged 49 . He Seer t I " y years resident in Constantinople , and Grand " Stanip * ° Freemaso : ls for tne District of Turkey . —
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Somersetshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOMERSETSHIRE .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of the Province ol Somerset was invested this year with peculiar interest , the death of the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Capt . Bridges , and the elevation of the P . G . S ., Bro . Else , having changed two of the chief permanent appointments . As a consequence , there was a large attendance of Masons at the meeting on
Monday , and to receive them Lodge 44 6 had prepared special accommodation by flooring over the Nisi Prius Court on the level of the Grand Jury Gallery . The capacious room thus formed was entirely filled , and when Grand Lodge was assembled , with the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master of England , on the throne , the scene was lively and brilliant . After the usual preliminary Masonic
business and a statement of Grand Lodge accounts , showing a direct expenditure upon charity of no less than £ 13 6 , and a balance of £ 119 to Grand Lodge funds , the P . G . M . directed Bro . Else to retire , and five of the oldest W . M . ' s in the province to introduce him for investment as Deputy Grand Master , in the place of our deceased brother , Capt . Bridges . This having been done , the P . G . M . invested Bro .
Else , saying he did so not only with pleasure to himself , but he was sure he might say also with the acquiescence and concurrence of all in that great province . " Under ordinary circumstances , " continued the Pro G . M ., "I should have closed here , but within the last few minutes a jewel has been placed in my hands , and it affords me great satisfaction that I now hand it you with confidence that it will
be worn with credit to the province , and with satisfaction to yourself . " The new Deputy Prov . Grand Master said -. Sincerely , very- sincerely , do I return thanks to your lordship for the great honour you have been pleased to confer upon me , and also for the kind and graceful manner in which you have been good enough to convey to me the wish that I should
succeed our late beloved and distinguished Deputy G . M . T am not insensible to , although I highly appreciate the honour of the position in the duties , the great responsibilities , and the difficulties of the office ; I pray that the Great Architect may give me health and strength so to carry out those duties that no shadow of regret will ever pass over your lordship ' s mind for having placed this collar round
my neck . I thank also most heartily my mother lodge , 291 , for this beautiful jewel . Although I wear several jewels upon my breast , which I hope I am not wrong in saying I have earned by Masonic work , there is no jewel which I prize like this—there is no reward which any Mason should prize more than the recognition of his services , however humble , by his own mother and parent lodge . I
thank you , my lord , and brethren , most sincerely and heartily . Bro . Turner Payne , of Bath ( who was unavoidably detained for an hour ) , having been heartily re-elected Treasurer , the G . M proceeded to appoint the P . G . L . Officers as follows : — Major J . W . Preston , P . M . 41 Prov . G . S . W .
Capt . Alfred T . Perkins , W . M . 446 ... Prov . G . J . W . Rev . T . Bailey , 261 , Prov . G . Chaplain Rev . Thomas James Gatehouse , 437 ... Prov . G . Chaplain E . Turner Payne , P . M . 53 Prov . G . Treas . W . Cox , P . M . 329 Prov . G . Reg . Francis R . Prideaux , P . M . 291 Prov . C . Sec . W . H . May , P . M . 13 K Prov . G . S . D .
William Bennett , W . M . 976 Prov . G . J . D . Benjamin Attwell , P . M . 537 Prov . G . S . Wks . T . S . Lord , P . M . 53 Prov . G . D . Cer . Robert Baker , P . M . 1197 Prov . G . As . D . C Capt . William Long , P . M . 1199 Prov . G . S . B . Albert Down , P . M . 772 Prov . G . Org . William Channing , P . M . 261 Prov . G . Purst .
John Thorley Night , P . M . 446 Prov . G . A . P . W . H . Forty , W . M . 291 Prov . G . Stewd , George Ricks , W . M . 135 Prov . G . Stewd John Fry , W . M . 437 Prov . G . Stewd A . W . Butler , S . W . 1222 Prov . G . Stewd T . Hyatt , J . W . 285 Prov . G . Stewd H . J . Taylor , S . D . 772 Prov . G . Stewd
William Woodard , Tyler 291 Prov . G . Tyler . Alfred John Salter , Tyler 53 Prov . G . A . Tyler The W . M . Pro G . M . then said : On these occa sions , as I have often said , I think it is unadvisable to make long speeches , but there are certain events which from time to time pass , which are either matters of congratulation or regret , and which interest all of us as a common
body , and it docs seem that when such an occasion arises it is not fitting it should be passed ovei in complete silence . One of those events has just taken place . We have lost in this province one who was not only familiar to us , but was endeared to us by his personal character , his long service , and his great Masonic abilities . For very many years our brother , Captain Bridges , who filled the office of
Deputy Prov . Grand Master , carried through his work with zeal and energy , and with great fidelity . When , a good many years ago now , I received the honour of the high office which I have since held in this province , I found Captain Bridges the Deputy Grand Master . He was then in comparatively full possession of health . Unremitting in work , he never spared himself , I may truly say , any
pain or trouble in the discharge of that work . In time , when illness laid its heavy hand upon him , and during the last few years , we all saw with great regret his strength failing ; that he was no longer equal to take on himself those duties which he had hitherto discharged with so much facility ; not that his interest in them slackened , for to the very last his thoughts were interested in Masonry .
If there was any one who was emphatically a true and zealous Mason it was our brother whose death we now deplore , and it does seem to me that when one who has lived so long , held so high an office , discharged , during the days of his health and strength , his work with so much energy and ability ; who when sickness incapacitated him from that great work , still followed us with his sympathy and thoughts—it does seem to me we cannot do
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less than express our regret in the most deliberate and solemn way at the first of these annual meetings after the melancholy event . Therefore , without using many words , what I would propose to do is to express my own regret , and the extreme regret which I am convinced animate . ! the whole of those present , in the most solemn and deliberate way . I therefore propose a resolution in these
terms : — " That this Prov . G . L . desires to place upon record its great sorrow at the death of its beloved and esteemed V . W . D . G . M ., Captain H . Bridges , and deep sense of the loss which Freemasonry has sustained thereby , I think I shall be interpreting the feelings of this Prov . Grand Lodge if , instead of asking for any seconder or
show of hands , without putting it to the vote I ask you to express your concurrence . The P . G . T ., Brother Payne , having entered the hall in the interim , then returned thanks for the honour done him by re-appointment , and then introduced a rcsolutior , which stood in his name , of congratulation to Brother Else as the new D . Prov . G . M He could not call to mind
any brother on whom more worthily could be bestowed or who would more unanimously receive this honour , than Brother Else . He had now for ten years carried on tlu business of Prov . G . L ., and during that time the failing health of the Deputy threw on him , not only aU his own duties , but the duties of Deputy Grand Master as well , He need say nothing of the way in which he had done his
work—that was shown by the honour that had been bestowed upon him . There was no need to mention his unflagging zeal , his energy , the concentrated interest which he had shown in his work , and which had so well marked him out for further honours . To speak of these things would almost seem to indicate that something need to be said . The appointment was one which in the hands
of his Lordship , received the unanimous approval of the province at large . Bro . Payne concluded with the following resolution : — " That this Prov . G . L . receives with cordial assent and hearty congratulations the appointment by the R . W ., the Prov . G . M . of Somerset , the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro . G . M . of their esteemed Bro . It . C ,
Else , to be D . Prov G . M ., of Somerset , in the room of their . lamented friend and brother , Capt . Henry Bridges , deceased . The labours of Bro . Else on behalf of the Province during many years are thus gracefully acknowledged , and the Prov . G . L . trusts that many years of usefulness may be granted to their valued brother in the more important office to which he has now been promoted .
The Prov . Grand Master said : It is my extremely pleasing duty to put this proposal to the vote , but I shall not be exceeding the limits of the observations which should fall from the chair if I say , confident of the way in which it will be received , I , for one , give it my hearty support . 1 am not unwilling to say one or two words up an it . In the appointments which arc so fully entrusted to the Prov .
Grand Master it is always a question of some anxiety tu feel assured that the appointments which he has made are ratified by the voice of the province . In more Ihnn any other case is it desirable that in the case of the Deputy Grand Master , he should not only confer honour and distinction upon the person most fitting to receive it , but also on whom the province recognises as the most fitting to
receive it , and when those two things go together in the mind of the Prov . Grand Master , as directing his choice , it is obviously a very happy and satisfactory feeling , and I do not fail to think it is so upon the present occasion . ( Cheers ) . The province is fully and fairly represented here on this subject to-day . As far as I am concerned , I am quite certain I have placed this day the collar upon the
neck of thc . man who , in the estimation of the Prov . G . Lodge , was most fitted to wear it . But I will not stop here , for I will say , if I had not Bro . Else , there arc many men whom I might have selected , with regard to whom my choice would have been a good one , and would have been ratified by you to-day . And it is well for a province when such is the case , and when a single man docs not make
an irreparable gap . We rejoice that here , as 111 England generally , no man's life is so valuable that he cannot be spared . But we do rejoice when the choice which it is the privilege of one individual to make , is endorsed promptly and heartily by the full voice of the whole province . ( Cheers ) . I rejoice at this for many reasons . I have been thrown into constant habits of business familiarities
with Bro . Else . I know he did his work ; how well he did it ; how thoroughly he did it—that is not a mere profession of doing the work , but that it is actually done , and nothing has fallen more truly from any one than that which was ultered by Bro . Payne when he said that during the illness of the late Bro . Bridges the principal work of the
province fell on the shoulders of our Bro . Else . And he carried it like a second Atlas ! He never flinched under it ; whatever trouble he might have given him or work imposed upon him , I always found there was an undeveloped capacity for work still latent in him . ( Cheers ) And my motto in this matter is
" Palmam qui meriut ferat . " Let the man who does the work bear the honour anil distinction . ( Loud applause . ) Acting upon that principle , I did not for one moment hesitate to confer this distinction upon our Bro . Else , and I hope and trust he will continue to enjoy it for many years to come—that , whilst I have the
privilege of presiding over the province as Prov . G . Master , I may still receive from him the same free , full , zealous , unstinted , measure of help which I have had for so many years . ( Loud applause . ) The motion having been agreed to with acclamation , Bro . Else again returned thanks , in a suitable speech , for
the honour done him . W . Bro . Captain A . Perkins , W . M . 446 , proposed" That a subscription be set on foot in the province to provide a memorial to our late V . W . D . P . G . M ., Bro . IT . Bridges , the memorial to take the form of a scholarship at one of the Masonic schools , should the subscription be to a sufficient