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CAPTAIN CHARLES S . F . SPRY . The funeral of Capt . Charles S . F . Spry , eldest son of Bro . Daniel Spry , Post Offic : Inspector , took place on the 20 th ult ., with military honours . The procession vvas one of the largest ever seen in Barrie . Among the mourners were Messrs . C . G . Foitier , Collector Inland Revenue , Hamilton , grandfather ; H . C . Fortier and W . H . Fortier ,

Toronto ; and H . D . Foitier , Hamilton , uncles of the deceased ; and J . Ross Robertson and James Greenfield , Toronto . The pallbearers vvere Major Rogers , Major Ward , Lieut . O'Brien , Lieut . Crease , Lieut . McKee , and Capt . Smith . The firing party , composed of members of Capt . Spry ' s late company ( No . l , Simcoe Foresters ) , was

commanded by Capt . Powell . Capt . Spry vvas the youngest officer at the front during the North-west rebellion , and at the time of his death vvas the youngest officer in the Canadian militia . [ VVe tender to M . W . Bro . D . Spry , Past G . M . of Canada , our sincere sympathy in his severe trial . — ED . P . M . ]

BRO . J . R . BOOK . Thursday , the ioth inst ., will be a memorable day in the village of Shepperton , as the sorrowing inhabitants then witnessed the funeral of one whose name will long be remembered in the parish as a most kindly and charitable gentleman , and one whose hand vvas never closed against a case of real distress . Bro . James Richard Boor , of

Italian Villa , vvas indeed a goo . i Mason , and in everything he did followed out the dictates of the Craft , and it will not be wondered at , therefore , that his brethien mustered in force to pay the last tribute in their power to his memory . For the past 20 yrars he had resided in the parish , and during that long time had held evsry local ofiice ; at the time of his decease he vvas churchwarden , an appointment

that he had held for something like 15 years , guardian of the poor , Treasurer of the parish Charities , & c . But although so well known locally , perhaps he vvas wider and better knosvn as a Freemason , and amongst the offices he held were Treasurer of the Provincial Priory , Kent and Surrey , Past Prov . Grand Swd . Br . Province of Surrey , and Past Master of St . George's Lodge and Chapter . He

was one of the founders of the Abbey Lodge , and vvas also a member of ihe Thames Valley and Richmond l . odgts . He was also Registrar of a Preceptory of Knights Templar . In his early life deceased had been udered abroad , and in the mercantile world vvas well known as the discoverer of the Wallaroo copper mines in South Australia . In his colonial business transactions he vvas closely allied

with the late Sir Walter Hughes , Bart ., of Fan Court , Chertsey , vvho died only a few months since . For some five or six years past Bro . Boor has been in very indifferent health , but it vvas not until about a month ago that very serious symptoms presented themselves , and only about six weeks ago he vvas present at the installation of Bro . Col . Dundas as W . M . of the Abbey Lodge . At the banquet

that succeeded the installation , deceased vvas esptcially happy in his remarks as to why he beame a Mason , and the pleasure he had experienced since being a member of the St . George and Abbey Lodges . The funeial was fixed for one o ' clock , and shortly after that time , the procession moved from Italian Villa in the following order , the Masons being in the van : —Bros . G .

Mason , Tyler 37 o , 2120 ; E . T . Madeley , D . C . ; W . Dix , Stwd . 2120 ; Kev . C . Sharp , Col . P . Murray , 370 ; Julian Howard-Vyse , T . J . Ravvlings , VV . Tranter , 2120 ; G . I \ Miles , 1929 ; Charles Welch , T . D . Fisher , Uig \; E . H . G . Crowdy , Theodore G . A . Burns , S . W . ; H . Clowes , * P . M . 356 ( S . C ); J . Wilson , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . Bucks ; W . H . Gardener , S . VV . 2120 , W . M . 1900 ; G . D . Lister ,

J . P . Flecknoe , A . VV . Crewdson , l . G . 2120 ; G . F . Spencer , S . D . 2120 ; D'Arcy S . Blackburn , W . M . 370 ; Col . Dundas , W . M . 2120 ; and Sir Patrick Colquhoun , Q . C , P . M ., 370 . The following members of the General Wood Lodge of Oddfellows , of vvhich deceased vvas an Hon . Member * . —P . G . Foxvvell , P . G . Cliiton , P . G . J . Dovvnham , E . S . Mitchell , V . G . Woolford , N . G . Killingley , Bro .

Clifton , Bro . Carr , Bro . Dollery , Bro . Appleby , Bro . Hughs , Bro . Goldhawk , and Bro . Shears ; the choir , the clergy , the body , borne on an open bier , the coffin being covered vvith floral decorations ; the mourners : Mr . Ed . Boor ( brother and executor ) , Mr . Leonard Boor and Mr . Sidney Boor , jun . ( nephews ) , Mr . H . J . Bidwell ( personal friend and executor ) , and Mr .

Callingham ( deceased s co-churchwarden ) . In the rear were Mrs . Lindsey ' s and several other private carriages . The coffin was taken from the bier and carried through the ranks of the Masons into ihe church , where the service was read by the Rev . J . Langhorne , curate in charge , the Rev . W . Martin , vicar , who is a member of the St . George ' s Lodge , being abroad . The Psalms read vvere the 39 th and

90 th , the hymns sung being " When our heads are bowed with woe " and " Days and moments quickly flying . " Miss Mayo ably presided at the organ , and p layed funeral odes both as the coffin vvas being borne into and from the church . The procession vvas then re-formed , and wended its way to the cemetery , where the remainder of the service was completed . At the conclusion , the choir sang " Brief

life is here our portion , and'the Masons then hied singly by the vault , each dropping a sprig of thyme on to the coffin . Wreaths and crosses were sent by Rev . W . and Mrs . Martin , Mrs . W . H . Martin , Mrs . Freeman , Mrs . Whitmore , Mrs . Whinford and family , Mrs ! Russell , Mr . and Mrs . Gurney , Mrs . Shears and family , Mr . and Mrs . Barbrook , Mrs . Beveridge , the St . George's Lodge , the

Abbey Lodge , Mr . D'Arcy Blackburn , Mr . Lester , Mr . and Mrs . Hall , Mr . and Mrs . Baldwin and family , Mrs . De Luca , Dr . Viney , Ethel and Beatrice Bidwell , Misses O'Donnell , Mrs . Boor , Mr . and Mrs . Sidney Boor , Mr . and Mrs . Crewdson , Miss Winch , Mr . and Miss Boor , Mr . L . Boor , and Mrs . and Miss Kempson . The coffin vvas of polished English oak , vvith brass furniture . The plate bore

the follovvirg inscription : " James Richard Booi , born Aug . 31 , 1823 , died March 4 , 1 SS 7 . " Deceased ' s Masonic apron and collar were buiied with him . At every house in the village blinds vvere drawn down , and amongst the many persons who assembled in the cemetery vve noticed Ur . Viney , Mr . and Mrs . Steele , Mr . J . Russell , Mr . Rutter ,

Mr . and Mrs . Whinfield , Mr . Hall , Dr . Roper , Mrs . Whitmore , Mr . Goddard , Mr . and Miss New , Mr . Appleby , Mr . Purser , and many others . After the funeral the procession was reformed in reverse order . The whole of the arrangements vvere ably carried out by Messrs . Waterer and Sons , of Chertsey . In the evening a muffled peal vvas rung on the parish church bells ,

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BRO . JOHN MALLER , P . M . 754 . The funeral of the late Bro . J . Mailer , P . M . of the High Cross Lodge , No . 754 , took place at Tottenham Cemetery on Saturday , the 5 th inst . Deceased , who was an old inhabitant of Tottenham , and a member of the Burial Board , vvas highly respected by all vvho knew him . From the great interest he took in all matters of Charity

( more particularly the Masonic Institutions ) , his loss will be deeply felt . He vvas one of the founders and Treasurer or the First Tottenham and Enfield Masonic Charitable Association , serving also respectively as Vice-President and President of the two succeeding Associations . He was a Life Governor of each of the Institutions , to vvhich also he continued to subscribe very liberally ; the whole of his

family are also Life Governors of one or other of them . Among those present were Bro . Birkin , W . M . 754 ; and the following Past Masters and brethren of the lodge : Bros . J . Wells , P . M . ; J . Linzell , P . M . ; H . V . Clements , P . M . ; VV . Dance , P . M . ; G . Burford , P . M . ; A . G . Fidler , P . M . ; E . Lovell , J . Oddy , M . Barnes , J . Smith , and J . Very ; also Bros . J . Driscoll , P . M . 30 ; G . legg ,

P . M . 1237 ancl 1579 ; R . Mathison , P . M . 1237 ; J . H . Thompson , P . M . 1237 and 1707 ; VV . Binnie , P . M . 209 and 1237 ; Dr . Hall , H . B . May , VV . Cooper , R . W . Chapman , G . Richaids , J . Howlett , D . D . Rees , S . Parsons , J . Smith , and others ; and Messrs . Bullard ,

Henderson , Avery , Coventry , A . Taylor , Dyer , Foster , and other inhabitants of the neighbourhood . The floral wreaths and crosses , vvhich vvere placed in the coffin , were numerous and elegant ; nutably one from the members of the High Cross Lodge of Instruction , of which the deceased vvas Treasurer .

BRO . ALBERT GALLATIN GOODALL , 33 . It is vvith deep regret that vve announce the death of our late esteemed Bro . A . G . Goodall which occurred very suddenly at his private residence in New York , U . S . A ., on the 19 th ult . Ihe obsequies were performed on the alternoon of the following VVednesday at the Masonic Temple in New York City , U . S . A ., vvith a solemnity and

impressiveness fully becoming the occasion ar . d the surroundings . All the trans-Atlantic Masonic Bodies of which our late illustrious brolher vvas a member , vvere in numerous attendance . The Morton Commandery , No . 4 , K . T ., of vvhich the deceased was Past Eminent Commander , marched in as escort of the Body . Previous Io the observance of the Masonic funeral rites , a private service was held at Bro .

Goodall s late residence , at vvhich the Rev . Dr . Chas . F . Deems , P . G . C . of the Grand Lodge , officiated . At the latter service there were delegations present from sixty Masonic Organisations . Over 200 of the employees of the American Bank Note Company , of vvhich the deceased had acted as President for some years past , attended , and the Trustees sentalarge delegations . At least 1000 people were

in the hall during the exercises , vvhich included several hymns and dirges sung by a male quartett from the lodge . Alter the service , the remains were viewed by nearly everybody present . The floral pieces were very elaborate . For the past seven-and-twenty years the late Bro . Albert G . Goodall occupied a prominent position in Masonic circles on both sides of the Atlantic . He was a Past Master of

the Holland Lodge , No . S ; High Priest of the Jerusalem Chapter , No . 8 , R . A . M . ; Past Grand Sword Bearer ot the Grand Lodge of the State of New York ; Most Venerable President of the Masonic Veteran Association ; Grand Representative of ihe United Grand Lodge of England ; Grand Representative of the Supreme Council of England and Wales ; and Very Eminent Deputy Grand Commander

of the Grand Commandery of the State of New York , of vvhich offices , the last four mentioned , hc vvas holding at the time of his decease . Our late lamented brother vvas born sixty years ago at Montgomery , Ala . When young he served as midshipman in the Texas Navy , before that Slate vvas annexed to the United States . He afterwards went to Havana , where he

engaged in theengraving business . 1 hence became to New Yoik , and connected himself vvith the old firm of A . Cousland and Co ., the original organisers of the American Bank Note Company , vvith vvhich he was associated during the past 30 jear ; , in the last 12 of vvhich he held the office of President . It is worthy of mention , as a fact of interest , perhaps not generally known , lhat Bro . Goodall received

trom the Grand Matter of the Grand Lodge of New York , in 1 S 69 , an extraordinary honour—accorded , vve believe , but once before—to wit—the appointment of General Forei gn Representative of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York near all Grand Masonic Bodies in amity with it throughout the world . His honourable discharge of the important duties so confided to him is a matter ot -histoiy ,

antl the dignity of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York was gracefully upheld and subserved at every Grand East at vvhich Bro . Goodall presented his credentials . By request of prominent members of the Fraternity in England , Bro . Goodall obtained permission from the Masonic authorities of the State of New York , and assisted by the then Grand Lecturer , HI . Bro . Jackson H . Chase ,

33 , established the Degrees of Most Excellent Master , under jurisdiction of the Grand Mark Lodge cf England , and organized a Grand Council of Royal Select and Super-Excellent Masters , in London , August 4 th , 1 S 71 , for England , Wales , and Dependencies of Great Britain . He attained the Degrees cf the Royal Order of Scotland , H . K M ., in the Provincial Grand Lodge and Chapter cf

that Order in London , August ist , 1 S 73 ; vvas honorary member of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States , England and VVales , and Dependencies of Great Biitain , Italy , Greece , Brazil , and Peru ; Grand Representative of several Supreme Councils near the Supreme Council , for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States ; also Representative of the Grand Mark

Lodge of England , with rank of Past Grand Warden , and the Grand Council of Royal , Select and Super-Excellent Masters near all the bodies of those Degrees in the United States ; and in 1 S 76 he vvas made a member of "The Masonic Veterans" in the State ot New Yoik , and at the time of his death vvas the presiding officer of that body . We have thus endeavoured to give , however imperfectly , something of the secular and Masonic experience of one

vvho might have been emphasised as the architect of his own fortunes ; master of his destiny ; in fact , a self-made man ; and , though thrown upon his own resources at an eaily age , failed not to appreciate the situation and rose superior to its embarrasments , and step by step , from youth to manhood , maintained his self-respect and commanded the unbought regard of his fellows . As President of the American Bank Note Company he attained a secular

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status of which the most exalted ambition might have been justly proud , while as an active member of the Supreme Council of the North he stood second to none in Mason ' - dignity and honour . In social life the subject of our sketch combined vvith native modesty and genial disposition all the graces and ease of a true and noble gentleman , all of the olden time .

Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

~^ - *^ i Bro . Fred . H . Cozens , Professor of Music , has removed to Eversleigh , Vernon-road , Clapham . Bro . Ex-Sheriff Clarke has announced hU in . tention of becoming a candidate for the Aldermanic Govv rendered vacant hy the resignation of Bro . H . J . Waterlow . Bro . VV . A . Higgs , Coleman-street . F .. C , will preside at a popular concert which will be given to-morrow

( Saturday ) at the Lecture Hall , New Barnet . Bro . Lord Herschell , S . G . W ., has kindly consented to preside at a banquet to be held at the Hotel Metropole to-morrow ( Saturday ) in aid of Dr . Barnardo ' s Home for Little Boys , Farningham and Swanley , Kent . Bros , the Lord Mayor , Lieut .-Col . and Sheriff Kirby , Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler ., Bart ., M . P ., Deput y

East , G . Shaw , R . C . Halse , and H . H . Bridgman vvere among the gue . ^ ts at the dinner of the Coal and Corn and Finance Committee at the Guildhall Tavern on Tuesday . According to the annual report , published a few weeks since , the capital of the Leeds Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution amounts to close on £ 1350 , 'Ihere being on the funds 13 boys , and five girls .

Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., has contributed £ 105 and Bro . Alderman De Keyser £ 100 to the fund now being raised at the Mansion House by tlio . the Lord Mayor lor the Imperial Institute and Commercial Museum for the City .

Bro . Lieut . H . E . Price of the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 1744 , passed his examination for promotion as Captain in the 4 th West Surrey Volunteer Corps , before a board of Officers , at Wellington Barracks , on Wednesday , the gth insr . Bro . Price had the satisfaction of passing vvith honours .

We understand lhat Bro . Adol phus E . Church , P . M . 51 , P . P . G . P . Essex , has been appointed Clerk of the Peace tor the Borough of Colchester , of which the Grand Registrar of England , Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , is Recorder . Bro . Church has for s & me years held the appointment of Borough Coroner .

Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has engaged to deliver his lecture on "The Ritual and Ceremonial of the Symbolic Degrees of Freemasonry " at the Masonic Club , Norwich , on the iSth April , under the auspices and at the invitation of the Cabbell Lodge , No . 807 . The members of the several provincial lodges in Norfolk will be invited to attend on this occasion .

On Monday afternoon , Alexandra House , which has been erected on a site presented by thc Commissior . cts of the 1 S 51 Exhibition for the accomodation of French students attending the vaiious ait , science , and music schools at South Kensington , was foimally opened by H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , vvho vvas accompanied by the Piince of Wales ar . d Prince Albert Victor and Princess Victoiia of VVales . The ceicmony passed off very pleasantly .

IHE ABBEY LODGE , NO . 2030 . —The election meeting of the above lodge was held on Monday last , at the Town Hall , Westminster , Bro . F . Seager hunt , M . P ., W . M ., in the chair , vvhen tro . W . Sugg , b . W ., vvas unanimously elected W . M . for tbe ensuing year . bro . W . H . Baker , I . P . M ., vvas elected Treasurer in place of Bro . J . F . W . Rogers , resigned . A full report will appear in our next .

One of the most brilliant and successful Masonic gatherings in South Australia took p lace in the Academy of Music , Adelaide , in October last , in aid ofthe 1 'und of Benevolence ot the Grand Lodge oi South Australia . The concert was held under the auspices of Bro . the Hon . Chief Justice Way , M . W . G . M ., ancl the chief dignitaries of the Order , the hall being crowded to excess in almost

every part , and it is expected that the result will be highly beneficial . In December last , R . VV . Bro . Sir VV . Clarke , Bart ., D . G . M . and P . G . M . of the several Constitutions in Victoria , vvas entertained at a banquet at the Masonic Club , Melbourne , on the occasion of his return from visiting the

Old Country . Covers were laid for 50 guests , who weie aU Masons , though not neces .-aiily all members of the club , among the visitors being Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . DEngland . " The Health of the Chief Guest" was drunk with great enthusiasm , and heartily responded to by Bro . Sit VV . Clarke , while Bro . Richardson was the first to acknowledge the toast of "The Visitors . "

Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P * ( Master ) , will preside at a Livery Dinner of the Loriners ' Company at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , to-day ( Fiiclay ) . Among those vvho have accepted invitations to be present are bros . the Lord Mayor , Aldeiman and Sheriff Laacs , Lieut .-Col . and Sheriff Kirby , Alderman Sir H . E . Knight , J . H . Puleston , M . P ., Aldeiman Oe Keyser , Augustus Hanis , Ex-Sheriff Burt , Ex-Sheriff Clarke , and Ex-Sheriff Clarence Smith .

CONSECRATION OF THE ARDWICK LODGE ,-N ° - 2185 . —On Monday , the mh inst ., this new lodge was consecrated at the Public Hall , Ardwick , Manchester , by Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , R . W . Prov . Grand Master ot East Lancashire , assisted by Bros . J . Gibb Smith P . P . G . W ., acting as S . VV . ; J . H . Sillitoe , P . P . G . W ,, acting as J- VV . ' , Rev . T . G . Reeve , P . G . Chaplain ; and Bro . J . W . Abbott . P . G . D . C . At the conclusion of the ceremonyof

conse-, cration , Bro . John Chadwick , P . G . Sec , installed Bro . J ; T . Richardson , P . M ., as first W . M ., and Bro , Sillitoe invested Bro . J . A . Wilson , as S . W . ; Bro . S . Chester Thompson . as J . W ., and the rest of the officers . The addresses were delivered by Bros . Smith , Sillitoe , and Abbott , about i 5 ° brethren vvere preseni , including Bro . G . P . Brockbank , P . G . Standard Bearer of England , and many Provincw Grand Officers present and past ,