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I ^SiJSISS SATURDAY , F EBRUARY 23 , 1901 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
It is not often that the chiefs of so many British "rand Lod ges appear and take part in the proceedings of our Grand Lodge , but the especial meeting that was held at the Queen ' s Hall , Langham-place , on the ¦ Sth instant , was summoned for important purposes , ar ' it is a pleasure to find that the Grand Masters of
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Ireland—the Duke of Abercorn ; of Scotland—the Hon . James Hozier , M . P . j and Western Australia were in attendance , and personally expressed the sympathy of themselves and the jurisdictions they severally represent with the King and his family on
the death of her late Majesty , and their congratulations to the new Monarch on his accession to the throne . Bro . George Richards , District Grand Master of the Transvaal under the English Constitution , was also present , and if . we assume , as is not unlikely , that a
brother or brethren hailing from one or other of the Grand Lodges in the Dominion of Canada was also there , then the whole of British Freemasonryat home , in Canada , in Australasia , in New Zealand , and in South Africa—was represented .
We have said the meeting was an important one , and will be for all time memorable in the annals of English Masonry . Not only w ; s it called together for the purpose of expressing the sympathy of our Fraternity with the King on the death of his beloved
mother , and the severance of that tie which united our late Queen with the Craft for more than 60 years , and of congratulation to his Majesty on ascending the throne of his ancestors . But it was also held , as was known beforehand , or may easily have been
surmised , for the purpose of hearing from his Majesty ' s alter ego in Masonry—the M . W . Pro Grand Masterthat the King had resolved on following the precedent set by his great-uncle , George IV ., in similar circumstances , and vacating the office of Grand
Master , and assuming that of Protector of the English Craft . It was also known , or may have been as readily surmised , that the King's brother , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , M . W . Past Grand Master , would be put in nomination for the Grand Mastership , so that
the election for the ensuing year might take place in the usual course at the Quarterly Communication next month . Thus the meeting of Grand Lodge on the
15 th instant may be said to mark the commencement of a new era in English Freemasonry , and we both hope and believe that in the future as in the past our Craft will go on and prosper .
* * * As the Grand Lodge of Scotland meets on the first Thursday in the present month , there was no need for it to hold a special meeting for the purpose of condoling with the King—who is Patron of Scottish
Freemasonry—on the death of her late Majesty , and congratulating him on his accession to the throne . Hence the regular Quarterly Communication on the 7 th instant was taken advantage of to pass the necessary resolution , which will in due course be presented to his
Majesty as Patron of the Grand Lodgt . It will also be seen that meetings have been held of sundry Provincial Grand Lodges , both English and Scottish , at which similar resolutions have been passed , and no doubt as time goes on other Provincial meetings , either regular or special , will adopt a similar course .
It will be seen from the report which appears in another column that the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales , & c , held an especial communication at Mark Masons' Hall on Tuesday , the 19 th instant , for purposes precisely
similar to those for which the recent meeting of the Craft Grand Lodge was called . The Earl of Euston , M . W . Pro Grand Mark Master presided , and the resolution of condolence and congratulation with the King in the present circumstances having been
passed , his lordship announced that his Majesty had adopted the same course in respect of the Grand Mastership of the Mark as of the Craft , and would in future be known as Patron . Thereupon Mark Grand Lodge took the necessary steps in order that
the regular sequence of events might be observed , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught being nominated to succeed his Majesty as M . W . Grand Mark Master Mason for the ensuing year . In this case , also , we congratulate our Mark brethren on the manner in which the proceedings of this Grand Lodge passed off .
* * # One of the most interesting Masonic gatherings of thc year , and undoubtedly about the most instructive , will take place al Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the ist prox , We allude , of course , to the annual Festival of
the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , at which the Right Hon . the Earl of Warwick , Deputy Grand Master of England , Provincial Grand Master of Essex ,
has very kindly consented to preside . Doubtless many of our readers will be able to call to mind that his lordship arranged to take the chair at this most popular function last year , but was at the last moment prevented
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by illness from fulfilling his engagement , and his place was occupied , and very ably occupied , by his lordship's respected Deputy , Bro . Col . Lockwood , M . P ., P . G . D , England . It is probable that Lord Warwick regards his promise of last year as still binding , though he was unable to keep it at the time for the reason we have
stated . At all events , the regular attendants at the Lodge of Improvement , as well as those who can only spare the time for an occasional ^ isit , will alike rejoice that the Deputy Grand Master of England is desirous of encouraging , as far as he can , the careful study of our ritual as propounded in our quasi-official School of Instruction .
* « As announced in our advertisem ent columns , the work in lodge will consist of the First Lecture , the Seven Sections of which will be worked by Bros . G . R . H . Clark , J . F . Roberts , M . V . Cassal , J . H .
Jenks , T . W . Allsop , J . Collett Smith , and W . R . Barnett respectively , and when this portion of the evening ' s duties has been carried out , the brethren will make a move to the adjoining Tavern , where supper will be served , tickets for which , at 5 s . each , including lodge dues but exclusive of wine , may be
obtained of Bro . Joseph Russell , Secretary , 27 and 28 , Milk-street , E . C . To those who attend the meeting for the first time the proceedings are sure to prove a grand treat , nor will the regular habitues derive less pleasure from them because they are familiar with the work and what follows .
? » » A special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire will , by command of the Right Hon . the Lord Leigh , Prov . Grand Master , be held at the Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham , on Friday ,
the ist prox ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., for the purpose of passing a resolution of condolence with his Majesty King Edward VII . and the other members of the Royal Family on the lamented demise of her late most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria . A short address
will also be delivered on the occasion by Bro . the Rev . R . Spencer Aldridge , M . A ., Prov . Grand Chaplain . Provincial Grand Officers , Present and Past , and the representatives of the private lodges are summoned to . attend , and Master Masons who are subscribing members of a lodge within the Province are invited .
» •* The annual meeting of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , for the purpose of installing the W . M . for the ensuing year , of which a full report was published in our last week's issue , proved , as it invariably does , a
great success . There was the usual strong muster of members and visitors present , among the latter being quite a formidable array of Grand Officers . The work in lodge , comprising the initiation of two candidates by the outgoing W . M ., Bro . Rignold , and the
installation of his successor by Bro . Harry Nicholls , P . M ., Secretary , was a treat to witness , while the compliment to Field-Marshal Earl Roberts , K . G ., in electing him an honorary member of a lodge which numbers among its founders his lordship ' s successor
in the command of our armies in South Africa , reflects honour both on Drury Lane Lodge and the new Commander-in-Chief of the British Army . It remains for us to add that the dinner and after-proceedings harmonised perfectly with the earlier work of the day
••• A stated meeting of Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the ist prox ,, at five p . m ., when in the course of the
proceedings a paper will be read by the W . M , —Bro , E . Conder , jun . —on "The Mjracle Play . " The brethren will afterwards dine together in the Gordon Saloon of the Holborn Restaurant , tickets , exclusive of wine , being , as usual , 4 s . each .
A familiar figure in East London Freemisonry ha just passed away in the person of Bro . Thomas J . Barnes , P . M ., P . Z ., at the ripe age of 91 years . For some time past our late brother had ceased Irom active duty in the Craft , but years ago he was a
frequent visitor at our East London lodges of instruction , his presence being always most highly appreciated by reason of his great knowledge and experience as a ritualist . Bro . Barnes was initiated some time early in 1863 in the Doric Lodge , No . 933 , and was also a joining member of the Yarborough
Lodge , No . 554 . He had passed the chair in both lodge and chapter , and had served several Stewardships for and qualified as Life Governor of all our three central Masonic Institutions . We offer our sincere condolence with the family and numerous friends of our late respected brother .
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pOLD AND HUNGRY . FIELD LANE REFUGES AND MISSIONS . This cold weather brings great suffering to the very poor and homeless . The petitions for Coal and Bread Tickets are more than we can supply . OUR REFUGES ARE FULL . WILL YOU HELP US BY A DONATION ( HOWEVER SMALL )? Treasurer—W . A . BEVAN , Esq ., 54 , Lombard-st ., E . C . Secretary—PEREGRINE PLATT , Vine-street , Clerkenwell-road , E . C .
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OPIERS AND pOND'S OTORES ( NO TICKETS REQUIRED ) . QUEEN VICTORIA STREET , E . C . Opposite Blackfriars Station ( Dist . Ry . ) and St . Paul ' s Station ( L . C . and D . Ry . ) PRICE BOOK ( 1000 pages , illustrated ) , free on application . FREE DELIVERY in Suburbs by our own Vans . LIBERAL TERMS FOR COUNTRY ORDERS . For full details see Price Book .
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I ^SiJSISS SATURDAY , F EBRUARY 23 , 1901 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
It is not often that the chiefs of so many British "rand Lod ges appear and take part in the proceedings of our Grand Lodge , but the especial meeting that was held at the Queen ' s Hall , Langham-place , on the ¦ Sth instant , was summoned for important purposes , ar ' it is a pleasure to find that the Grand Masters of
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Ireland—the Duke of Abercorn ; of Scotland—the Hon . James Hozier , M . P . j and Western Australia were in attendance , and personally expressed the sympathy of themselves and the jurisdictions they severally represent with the King and his family on
the death of her late Majesty , and their congratulations to the new Monarch on his accession to the throne . Bro . George Richards , District Grand Master of the Transvaal under the English Constitution , was also present , and if . we assume , as is not unlikely , that a
brother or brethren hailing from one or other of the Grand Lodges in the Dominion of Canada was also there , then the whole of British Freemasonryat home , in Canada , in Australasia , in New Zealand , and in South Africa—was represented .
We have said the meeting was an important one , and will be for all time memorable in the annals of English Masonry . Not only w ; s it called together for the purpose of expressing the sympathy of our Fraternity with the King on the death of his beloved
mother , and the severance of that tie which united our late Queen with the Craft for more than 60 years , and of congratulation to his Majesty on ascending the throne of his ancestors . But it was also held , as was known beforehand , or may easily have been
surmised , for the purpose of hearing from his Majesty ' s alter ego in Masonry—the M . W . Pro Grand Masterthat the King had resolved on following the precedent set by his great-uncle , George IV ., in similar circumstances , and vacating the office of Grand
Master , and assuming that of Protector of the English Craft . It was also known , or may have been as readily surmised , that the King's brother , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , M . W . Past Grand Master , would be put in nomination for the Grand Mastership , so that
the election for the ensuing year might take place in the usual course at the Quarterly Communication next month . Thus the meeting of Grand Lodge on the
15 th instant may be said to mark the commencement of a new era in English Freemasonry , and we both hope and believe that in the future as in the past our Craft will go on and prosper .
* * * As the Grand Lodge of Scotland meets on the first Thursday in the present month , there was no need for it to hold a special meeting for the purpose of condoling with the King—who is Patron of Scottish
Freemasonry—on the death of her late Majesty , and congratulating him on his accession to the throne . Hence the regular Quarterly Communication on the 7 th instant was taken advantage of to pass the necessary resolution , which will in due course be presented to his
Majesty as Patron of the Grand Lodgt . It will also be seen that meetings have been held of sundry Provincial Grand Lodges , both English and Scottish , at which similar resolutions have been passed , and no doubt as time goes on other Provincial meetings , either regular or special , will adopt a similar course .
It will be seen from the report which appears in another column that the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales , & c , held an especial communication at Mark Masons' Hall on Tuesday , the 19 th instant , for purposes precisely
similar to those for which the recent meeting of the Craft Grand Lodge was called . The Earl of Euston , M . W . Pro Grand Mark Master presided , and the resolution of condolence and congratulation with the King in the present circumstances having been
passed , his lordship announced that his Majesty had adopted the same course in respect of the Grand Mastership of the Mark as of the Craft , and would in future be known as Patron . Thereupon Mark Grand Lodge took the necessary steps in order that
the regular sequence of events might be observed , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught being nominated to succeed his Majesty as M . W . Grand Mark Master Mason for the ensuing year . In this case , also , we congratulate our Mark brethren on the manner in which the proceedings of this Grand Lodge passed off .
* * # One of the most interesting Masonic gatherings of thc year , and undoubtedly about the most instructive , will take place al Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the ist prox , We allude , of course , to the annual Festival of
the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , at which the Right Hon . the Earl of Warwick , Deputy Grand Master of England , Provincial Grand Master of Essex ,
has very kindly consented to preside . Doubtless many of our readers will be able to call to mind that his lordship arranged to take the chair at this most popular function last year , but was at the last moment prevented
Masonic Notes.
by illness from fulfilling his engagement , and his place was occupied , and very ably occupied , by his lordship's respected Deputy , Bro . Col . Lockwood , M . P ., P . G . D , England . It is probable that Lord Warwick regards his promise of last year as still binding , though he was unable to keep it at the time for the reason we have
stated . At all events , the regular attendants at the Lodge of Improvement , as well as those who can only spare the time for an occasional ^ isit , will alike rejoice that the Deputy Grand Master of England is desirous of encouraging , as far as he can , the careful study of our ritual as propounded in our quasi-official School of Instruction .
* « As announced in our advertisem ent columns , the work in lodge will consist of the First Lecture , the Seven Sections of which will be worked by Bros . G . R . H . Clark , J . F . Roberts , M . V . Cassal , J . H .
Jenks , T . W . Allsop , J . Collett Smith , and W . R . Barnett respectively , and when this portion of the evening ' s duties has been carried out , the brethren will make a move to the adjoining Tavern , where supper will be served , tickets for which , at 5 s . each , including lodge dues but exclusive of wine , may be
obtained of Bro . Joseph Russell , Secretary , 27 and 28 , Milk-street , E . C . To those who attend the meeting for the first time the proceedings are sure to prove a grand treat , nor will the regular habitues derive less pleasure from them because they are familiar with the work and what follows .
? » » A special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire will , by command of the Right Hon . the Lord Leigh , Prov . Grand Master , be held at the Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham , on Friday ,
the ist prox ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., for the purpose of passing a resolution of condolence with his Majesty King Edward VII . and the other members of the Royal Family on the lamented demise of her late most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria . A short address
will also be delivered on the occasion by Bro . the Rev . R . Spencer Aldridge , M . A ., Prov . Grand Chaplain . Provincial Grand Officers , Present and Past , and the representatives of the private lodges are summoned to . attend , and Master Masons who are subscribing members of a lodge within the Province are invited .
» •* The annual meeting of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , for the purpose of installing the W . M . for the ensuing year , of which a full report was published in our last week's issue , proved , as it invariably does , a
great success . There was the usual strong muster of members and visitors present , among the latter being quite a formidable array of Grand Officers . The work in lodge , comprising the initiation of two candidates by the outgoing W . M ., Bro . Rignold , and the
installation of his successor by Bro . Harry Nicholls , P . M ., Secretary , was a treat to witness , while the compliment to Field-Marshal Earl Roberts , K . G ., in electing him an honorary member of a lodge which numbers among its founders his lordship ' s successor
in the command of our armies in South Africa , reflects honour both on Drury Lane Lodge and the new Commander-in-Chief of the British Army . It remains for us to add that the dinner and after-proceedings harmonised perfectly with the earlier work of the day
••• A stated meeting of Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the ist prox ,, at five p . m ., when in the course of the
proceedings a paper will be read by the W . M , —Bro , E . Conder , jun . —on "The Mjracle Play . " The brethren will afterwards dine together in the Gordon Saloon of the Holborn Restaurant , tickets , exclusive of wine , being , as usual , 4 s . each .
A familiar figure in East London Freemisonry ha just passed away in the person of Bro . Thomas J . Barnes , P . M ., P . Z ., at the ripe age of 91 years . For some time past our late brother had ceased Irom active duty in the Craft , but years ago he was a
frequent visitor at our East London lodges of instruction , his presence being always most highly appreciated by reason of his great knowledge and experience as a ritualist . Bro . Barnes was initiated some time early in 1863 in the Doric Lodge , No . 933 , and was also a joining member of the Yarborough
Lodge , No . 554 . He had passed the chair in both lodge and chapter , and had served several Stewardships for and qualified as Life Governor of all our three central Masonic Institutions . We offer our sincere condolence with the family and numerous friends of our late respected brother .