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Contents.
CONTENTS .
IJADIRS • 97 CORRESPONDENCE ( Continued)—Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Re Juhiiee Jewel . „ . „ 101 the Isle of Wight 97 The Battle ' of the Collars 101 Royal Arch Masonry in Pennsylvania 98 The Queen's Jubilee 102 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 99 Notes and Queries 10 a Board of Benevolence 99 REPORTS at MASONIC MBKTINGSFirst Ballot the loppaLodge , NO . 188 99 Craft Masonry ioa fiall ry Lodg .- Ball 99 Instruction 10 J of the
The Fi ^ t Anniversary Festival Roval Arch 106 Eleanor Cross Lodge of Instruction , Mark Masonry 106 No . 1507 99 Knights Templar 107 The Leeds Lodges and the Queen ' s Jubilee 99 Ancient and Accepted Rite 07 CoRREsfONnENOn— Pcrinct et Fils 107 The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institu- Obituary 107 tion and its Funds 101 Masonic and General Tidings ... ., 108 The Imperial Institute 101 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iii .
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IT will be as well , perhaps , if we take a last look round and of note if the prospects of the Festival of the Royal Masonic Tuesday Next . Benevoient Institution , which will be held at Freemasons '
Tavern on Tuesday next , are as promising as some have reason to expect , or as the circumstances would seem to make imperative . We have pointed out on several previous occasions how serious are the demands now being made on the resources of the Institution . We have shown again and again how few are the actual vacancies which have been declared for the Election
in May next , and we mentioned last week that the Committee of Management have wisely resolved on making a considerable addition to the number of annuitants on the Widows' Fund , and electing 25—or with the three deferred—28 females on that Fund , instead of , if they had lacked the courage thus to face so grave an emergency , the three which are
available . Such an addition , as we have hinted , places on the brethren the responsibility of providing the additional £ 700 or £ 800 which will be required in order to fulfil the design of the Committee , and we are not without hope that the Craft will endorse the boldness and wisdom of the policy propounded . There are grounds for believing that the Board of
Stewards will outnumber those of all previous Festivals . There were at the time of our latest inquiries between 350 and 360 brethren on the Board of whom some 190 hail from the Provinces . We are aware that this is not neccessarily a criterion of the result that will be announced by Bro . Terry on Tuesday next , but it is encouraging to find that his unwearied exertions to
obtain a grand total , and our urgency in impressing on our brethren the importance of raising one have not been without their effects to this extent , and that if these 360 brethren amongst them contribute no more than the ordinary average of £ 50 per Steward , the sum total of their lists will just exceed the aggregate of the Festival for 1885—the
highest ever realised at a Festival of this Institution . These figures augur well for Tuesday next ; and , though we are not too sanguine ourselves , and are desirous that our readers should be as cautious , we must confess to being hopeful of a grand return for the Festival of the Jubilee year .
* * * The Chai ^ re i ' ^ tne Chairman , R . W . Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , and M . P ., and his Province of Hants and the Isle of Wight , we ¦
have no misgivings as to their leaving no stone unturned in order to score a signal success . Our experience of them on the two occasions —in 18 77 , when Bro . BEACH presided at the Boys' School Festival , and in ¦ 88 3 , when he pleaded the cause of the Girls' School , fully justifies us in our anticipations . It is on record what was done at these anniversaries , and the
grants already made by the P . G . Lodge and P . G . Chapter towards the funds ° « this Charity , as well as the number of brethren who have undertaken to represent the lodges in the Province , are tolerably strong indications that 'he amounts contributed by Hants and the Isle of Wight on the occasions in question , will certainly be equalled , and in all probability , exceeded . And
as we are persuaded that Bro . BEACH ' S efforts will be both loyally and generousl y seconded by a majority of the Provinces , and by a strong contingent ° f representatives from the Metropolitan lodges , we think it not unlikely
e record of past anniversaries will be beaten . However , as we have said e ore , we are hopeful without being unduly sanguine . The prospects are avourable , and a few days hence we shall know if the realisation of those prospects is commensurately satisfactory .
* * * The I .,.,., ) ,. ^ Leeds brethren have arranged their plans for celebrating QueM ' sYuhii the QUEEN ' S Jubilee . A meeting ( of which a report will be * found elsewhere ) was held at their Masonic Hall on the 9 th •) when a series of resolutions was adopted to meet the requirements of
pled 00035 ' "' By the firSt ° f them the W-M- ' s ' M '& > and Wardens gtd themselves to recommend their several lodges to contribute a modest m per member towards the establishment of the Imperial Institute . The jg arranged for a tea being given to 800 men and women born before of th ^ brethren tobe present in Masonic clothing and attend to the wants eir guests , and their lad y friends to provide for , and preside at , the
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tables . A third resolution provided for a supper to be held by the brethren , at which non-subscribing Masons should be invited to be present as guests , and it was also announced in a communication from the Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire that a Masonic Festival for the brethren of the Northern Counties would take place at York in the month of July . This is
in all respects an excellent programme . While the character of the festivity is chiefly Masonic , the brethren show they are not unmindful of the GRAND MASTER ' wishes in respect of the Imperial Institute , and are likewise
anxious to contribute towards the enjoyment of their poorer non-Masonic neighbours . We trust the scheme will be carried out in its entirety , and with all the success it deserves . *»*
. THE Ancient and Accepted Rite pursues the even tenour of its Rose Croix way very successfully , and the intelligence that a new body Chapter . unf ] er jts ru i has been constituted is always most welcome . Such an event happened on Friday , the nth instant , when a Chapter of Rose Croix , bearing the style and title of the Adoniram Chapter ,
No . 101 , was consecrated , with Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., as its first M . W . S ., by Bro . HUGH D . SANDEMAN , 33 , Past District Grand Master of Bengal , Grand Secretary General to the Supreme Council . There was a full gathering of members of the Rite , prominent among them being Captain N . G . PHILIPS , 33 ; Major-General
CLERK , 33 ; Colonel ADAIR , 33 ; Colonel SHADWELL H . CLERKE , 33 ; Lieutenant-Colonel SOMERVILLE BURNEY , 33 ; General BROWNRIGG , 33 ; Major GEORGE LAMBERT , P . G . S . B . —whom we congratulate on his recent
appointment to the 33 ; and Bro . C . F . MATIER , 31 , the Recorder ol the new body , on whom devolved most of the hard work in connection with the meeting , and who merits a due share of praise accordingly . We trust the new chapter may have before it a long and prosperous- career .
» We are very pleased to see a very thoughtful article given the Quebec ' s p | ace 0 f honour in the "Voice" ( Chicago ) , written by the Past Grand Master BROMWELL , and entitled "Quebec ' s Divarication . " The writer alludes to the decree of non-intercourse with the
three English Lodges in Montreal , promulgated by the Grand Lodge of Illinois ( to which Bro . BROMWELL belongs ) . It seems that there is no quarrel between the Grand Lodge of England and the Grand Lodge of Illinois—the Illinois action was entirely in accordance with the law on the subject , and was only against the three lodges . At least this is the plea
urged by those who support the aforesaid action . Bro . BROMWELL points out the fact that such a resolution , must of necessity , and logically include the Grand Lodge itself , as lo exclude any subordinates , whether few or many , should be rightly accepted as directed against the supreme authority as well . The article is an able defence of the Editor of the " Voice of
Masonry , " who , throughout , has sided with England , and has proved one of the most efficient champions of the rights of minorities . Bro . BROMWELL asks " what American jurisdiction ever demanded the surrender of lodge charters older than itself , and its claim was allowed by general voice of the Grand Lodges of the world ? " He considers that
Quebec , and those who have supported its action , are out of court as respects any common Masonic law to justify them , and tells those who have so opposed the Grand Lodge of England to " take courage from the assurance of the venerable coloured apostle to his parishioners—that in the worst condition 'dere is always one place whar we kin find consolation for shuah , and that is
in de dictionary '" We have no desire to " keep on keeping-on " about this matter in dispute between the Grand Lodges of England and Quebec . We only do so now to emphasize the fact that in the United States there is
not that universal support of the Quebec action as some suppose ; but that two of the leading Masonic organs—the Voice of Masonry and the Keystone —and some Grand Lodges refuse to agree to any resolution which seeks to compel the three lodges in Quebec to leave their Mother Grand Lodge .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Hampshire And Isle Of Wight.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT .
On Monday , the 31 st ult ., a special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Isle of Wight was held at the Guildhall , Winchester , under the presidency of the R . W . Bro . W . W . B . Beach ,. M . P ., and there were present—Bros . J . E . Le Feuvre , D . P . G . M . j G . Dunlop , P . S . G . W . ; G . Felton Lancaster , P . G . Ret ; .: R . 1 . Rastrick , P . G . Treasurer : E . Goble , P . G . Stcittaiy : H . h . Loader ,
P . S . G . D . ; H , l . ashmore , P . 3 . G . D . ; J . Biickwood , P . J . G . D . ; J . Lowe , P . J . U . D . j F . Powell , P . G . D . C ; H Kimbcr , P . G . Swd . B ,. ; W . J . i-ix , P . G . SwJ . Br . ; J . Jackson , P . G . Purst . j J . T . Bun . hett , P . P . A G . Purst . ; H . Pigeon , jun ., P . G . Urg . ; E . Burlage , F . Sanders , J . Palmer , W . H . Jacobs , and J . Duswell , P . G . M « ds . ; J . Exell and R . Eames , P . G . Tylers ; J . N . Palmer , G . Chap , of En . ; L . Orley , P . M . i 34 i , P . G . D . Swd . Br . Hong Kongand South China ; T . W . Faulkner , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . ; G . A . Mursell , P . M ., S . D ., A . Barfield , P . M „ R . Cullingford , J . D ., A . Perry , and H .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
IJADIRS • 97 CORRESPONDENCE ( Continued)—Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Re Juhiiee Jewel . „ . „ 101 the Isle of Wight 97 The Battle ' of the Collars 101 Royal Arch Masonry in Pennsylvania 98 The Queen's Jubilee 102 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 99 Notes and Queries 10 a Board of Benevolence 99 REPORTS at MASONIC MBKTINGSFirst Ballot the loppaLodge , NO . 188 99 Craft Masonry ioa fiall ry Lodg .- Ball 99 Instruction 10 J of the
The Fi ^ t Anniversary Festival Roval Arch 106 Eleanor Cross Lodge of Instruction , Mark Masonry 106 No . 1507 99 Knights Templar 107 The Leeds Lodges and the Queen ' s Jubilee 99 Ancient and Accepted Rite 07 CoRREsfONnENOn— Pcrinct et Fils 107 The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institu- Obituary 107 tion and its Funds 101 Masonic and General Tidings ... ., 108 The Imperial Institute 101 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iii .
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IT will be as well , perhaps , if we take a last look round and of note if the prospects of the Festival of the Royal Masonic Tuesday Next . Benevoient Institution , which will be held at Freemasons '
Tavern on Tuesday next , are as promising as some have reason to expect , or as the circumstances would seem to make imperative . We have pointed out on several previous occasions how serious are the demands now being made on the resources of the Institution . We have shown again and again how few are the actual vacancies which have been declared for the Election
in May next , and we mentioned last week that the Committee of Management have wisely resolved on making a considerable addition to the number of annuitants on the Widows' Fund , and electing 25—or with the three deferred—28 females on that Fund , instead of , if they had lacked the courage thus to face so grave an emergency , the three which are
available . Such an addition , as we have hinted , places on the brethren the responsibility of providing the additional £ 700 or £ 800 which will be required in order to fulfil the design of the Committee , and we are not without hope that the Craft will endorse the boldness and wisdom of the policy propounded . There are grounds for believing that the Board of
Stewards will outnumber those of all previous Festivals . There were at the time of our latest inquiries between 350 and 360 brethren on the Board of whom some 190 hail from the Provinces . We are aware that this is not neccessarily a criterion of the result that will be announced by Bro . Terry on Tuesday next , but it is encouraging to find that his unwearied exertions to
obtain a grand total , and our urgency in impressing on our brethren the importance of raising one have not been without their effects to this extent , and that if these 360 brethren amongst them contribute no more than the ordinary average of £ 50 per Steward , the sum total of their lists will just exceed the aggregate of the Festival for 1885—the
highest ever realised at a Festival of this Institution . These figures augur well for Tuesday next ; and , though we are not too sanguine ourselves , and are desirous that our readers should be as cautious , we must confess to being hopeful of a grand return for the Festival of the Jubilee year .
* * * The Chai ^ re i ' ^ tne Chairman , R . W . Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , and M . P ., and his Province of Hants and the Isle of Wight , we ¦
have no misgivings as to their leaving no stone unturned in order to score a signal success . Our experience of them on the two occasions —in 18 77 , when Bro . BEACH presided at the Boys' School Festival , and in ¦ 88 3 , when he pleaded the cause of the Girls' School , fully justifies us in our anticipations . It is on record what was done at these anniversaries , and the
grants already made by the P . G . Lodge and P . G . Chapter towards the funds ° « this Charity , as well as the number of brethren who have undertaken to represent the lodges in the Province , are tolerably strong indications that 'he amounts contributed by Hants and the Isle of Wight on the occasions in question , will certainly be equalled , and in all probability , exceeded . And
as we are persuaded that Bro . BEACH ' S efforts will be both loyally and generousl y seconded by a majority of the Provinces , and by a strong contingent ° f representatives from the Metropolitan lodges , we think it not unlikely
e record of past anniversaries will be beaten . However , as we have said e ore , we are hopeful without being unduly sanguine . The prospects are avourable , and a few days hence we shall know if the realisation of those prospects is commensurately satisfactory .
* * * The I .,.,., ) ,. ^ Leeds brethren have arranged their plans for celebrating QueM ' sYuhii the QUEEN ' S Jubilee . A meeting ( of which a report will be * found elsewhere ) was held at their Masonic Hall on the 9 th •) when a series of resolutions was adopted to meet the requirements of
pled 00035 ' "' By the firSt ° f them the W-M- ' s ' M '& > and Wardens gtd themselves to recommend their several lodges to contribute a modest m per member towards the establishment of the Imperial Institute . The jg arranged for a tea being given to 800 men and women born before of th ^ brethren tobe present in Masonic clothing and attend to the wants eir guests , and their lad y friends to provide for , and preside at , the
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tables . A third resolution provided for a supper to be held by the brethren , at which non-subscribing Masons should be invited to be present as guests , and it was also announced in a communication from the Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire that a Masonic Festival for the brethren of the Northern Counties would take place at York in the month of July . This is
in all respects an excellent programme . While the character of the festivity is chiefly Masonic , the brethren show they are not unmindful of the GRAND MASTER ' wishes in respect of the Imperial Institute , and are likewise
anxious to contribute towards the enjoyment of their poorer non-Masonic neighbours . We trust the scheme will be carried out in its entirety , and with all the success it deserves . *»*
. THE Ancient and Accepted Rite pursues the even tenour of its Rose Croix way very successfully , and the intelligence that a new body Chapter . unf ] er jts ru i has been constituted is always most welcome . Such an event happened on Friday , the nth instant , when a Chapter of Rose Croix , bearing the style and title of the Adoniram Chapter ,
No . 101 , was consecrated , with Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., as its first M . W . S ., by Bro . HUGH D . SANDEMAN , 33 , Past District Grand Master of Bengal , Grand Secretary General to the Supreme Council . There was a full gathering of members of the Rite , prominent among them being Captain N . G . PHILIPS , 33 ; Major-General
CLERK , 33 ; Colonel ADAIR , 33 ; Colonel SHADWELL H . CLERKE , 33 ; Lieutenant-Colonel SOMERVILLE BURNEY , 33 ; General BROWNRIGG , 33 ; Major GEORGE LAMBERT , P . G . S . B . —whom we congratulate on his recent
appointment to the 33 ; and Bro . C . F . MATIER , 31 , the Recorder ol the new body , on whom devolved most of the hard work in connection with the meeting , and who merits a due share of praise accordingly . We trust the new chapter may have before it a long and prosperous- career .
» We are very pleased to see a very thoughtful article given the Quebec ' s p | ace 0 f honour in the "Voice" ( Chicago ) , written by the Past Grand Master BROMWELL , and entitled "Quebec ' s Divarication . " The writer alludes to the decree of non-intercourse with the
three English Lodges in Montreal , promulgated by the Grand Lodge of Illinois ( to which Bro . BROMWELL belongs ) . It seems that there is no quarrel between the Grand Lodge of England and the Grand Lodge of Illinois—the Illinois action was entirely in accordance with the law on the subject , and was only against the three lodges . At least this is the plea
urged by those who support the aforesaid action . Bro . BROMWELL points out the fact that such a resolution , must of necessity , and logically include the Grand Lodge itself , as lo exclude any subordinates , whether few or many , should be rightly accepted as directed against the supreme authority as well . The article is an able defence of the Editor of the " Voice of
Masonry , " who , throughout , has sided with England , and has proved one of the most efficient champions of the rights of minorities . Bro . BROMWELL asks " what American jurisdiction ever demanded the surrender of lodge charters older than itself , and its claim was allowed by general voice of the Grand Lodges of the world ? " He considers that
Quebec , and those who have supported its action , are out of court as respects any common Masonic law to justify them , and tells those who have so opposed the Grand Lodge of England to " take courage from the assurance of the venerable coloured apostle to his parishioners—that in the worst condition 'dere is always one place whar we kin find consolation for shuah , and that is
in de dictionary '" We have no desire to " keep on keeping-on " about this matter in dispute between the Grand Lodges of England and Quebec . We only do so now to emphasize the fact that in the United States there is
not that universal support of the Quebec action as some suppose ; but that two of the leading Masonic organs—the Voice of Masonry and the Keystone —and some Grand Lodges refuse to agree to any resolution which seeks to compel the three lodges in Quebec to leave their Mother Grand Lodge .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Hampshire And Isle Of Wight.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT .
On Monday , the 31 st ult ., a special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Isle of Wight was held at the Guildhall , Winchester , under the presidency of the R . W . Bro . W . W . B . Beach ,. M . P ., and there were present—Bros . J . E . Le Feuvre , D . P . G . M . j G . Dunlop , P . S . G . W . ; G . Felton Lancaster , P . G . Ret ; .: R . 1 . Rastrick , P . G . Treasurer : E . Goble , P . G . Stcittaiy : H . h . Loader ,
P . S . G . D . ; H , l . ashmore , P . 3 . G . D . ; J . Biickwood , P . J . G . D . ; J . Lowe , P . J . U . D . j F . Powell , P . G . D . C ; H Kimbcr , P . G . Swd . B ,. ; W . J . i-ix , P . G . SwJ . Br . ; J . Jackson , P . G . Purst . j J . T . Bun . hett , P . P . A G . Purst . ; H . Pigeon , jun ., P . G . Urg . ; E . Burlage , F . Sanders , J . Palmer , W . H . Jacobs , and J . Duswell , P . G . M « ds . ; J . Exell and R . Eames , P . G . Tylers ; J . N . Palmer , G . Chap , of En . ; L . Orley , P . M . i 34 i , P . G . D . Swd . Br . Hong Kongand South China ; T . W . Faulkner , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . ; G . A . Mursell , P . M ., S . D ., A . Barfield , P . M „ R . Cullingford , J . D ., A . Perry , and H .