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CONTENTS .
LlADIRS 40 j Consecration of the Earl of Sussex Lodge , No . 2201 , by H . R . H . the Duke of Con . naught 403 provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire 407 Annual Festival of the Mark Benevolent
Fund 408 Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Berks and Oxon 411 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland 411 History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin to its Centenary , 1888 412
Annual Picnic of the Lodge of Affability , No . 317 413 Annual Picnic of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 413 The Order of the Secret Monitor 413 Ancient and Accepted Rite 413 CORRESPONDENCEThe Ancient and Moderns 4 U
Reviews 415 REPORTS UF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 416 Instruction 416 Roval Arch 415 Instruction 417 Masonic and General Tidings 417 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 418
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THE long-anticipated meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge Meeting of North and East Yorkshire took place at York on Thursday , at York . ^ j ^ ; nst ; antj when , in addition to the usual proceedings at such annual assemblages , an address to her MAJESTY , on the completion
of the Jubilee year of her reign , vvas unanimously voted , and other appropriate steps were taken in honour of the auspicious event . A full report appears in another part of our columns , and from this it will be seen that the brethren met in large numbers , about 1500—including the visitors Irom West Yorkshire , Durham , Lincolnshire—and elsewhere , being oresent . A
special service was held in the Miniter , which had been kindly placed at the disposal of the Craft for the occasion by Bro . the Very Rev . the Dean of YORK , Past Grand Chaplain of England , and in the evening there was a conversazione in the Exhibition building , every portion of the day ' s programme , thanks to the admirable
arrangements by Bro . M . C . PECK , Prov . G . Sec . and the committee of the York Lodge , No . 236 , being an unqualified success . In fact , this appears to have been the most important gathering of its kind in the provinces , and at the same time the most imposing and most successlul . We are glad this has been the case . York , like London , is a centre of attraction to all
Freemasons , and the brethren of England having had their Jubilee gathering in the latter , it was only reasonable and proper that those dwelling in the northern counties should have a corresponding meeting in the Masonic capital of the north , and we congratulate Bro . the Earl of Zetland , P . G . M , and his P . G . Officers and brethien on the brilliant result of their efforts to
do honour to our gracious Sovereign . # * # Consecration of THERE is probably not a Province under the Grand Lodge SiifsexTodse ° ^ England which does not envy Sussex its good fortune in No . 2201 . having H . R . H . the Duke of CONNAUGHT for its Prov . G .
Master . True , the overwhelming number of engagements which are the inevitable lot ol every Royal personage , and in the case of this particular member of the Q UEEN ' lamily , his military duties as well , render it impossible that he can olten personally take part in the proceedings oi the Province . But this disadvantage is more than counter-balanced by the pleasant
influences he exercises whenever he finds it possible to attend his Masonic duties . Sussex , for instance , has seen nothing ot its Prov . G . Master , the Duke of CONNAUGHT , since his brother the Prince of WALES , M . W . G . M ., installed him in office at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , last year , and this lor the best of reasons , that his Royal Highness has been on military duty
m India ever since . But all sense of regret at the year ' s absence was effaced on Friday of last week , when the Duke made a point of attending at Brighton and personally conducting the ceremony at the consecration of tne Earl of Sussex Lodge . The brethren were delighted at again meeting tneir illustrious chiel , who , as they were well aware , had been absent from
necessity , not Irom choice . They noted wilh pleasure the able manner in which he fulfilled the part of Consecrating officer , and having seen and heard him in the lodge and at the banquet , they will now patiently await ¦ 21 S return from a further spell of duty in India , wilh an abiding faith in his Koyal Highness ' s personal interest in their success , and vvith the knowledge that when he does come back to England the Masonic Province of Sussex will have a full share of his Royal Highness ' s attention .
The Mark Ben- ' '" ^ seen ^ rora t ' account we publish elsewhere of the evoient Fund 19 th Anniversary Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund that the celebration at the Holborn Restaurant on Wednesday Passed off with unwonted splendour . Not only did the proprietors of the
esiaurant provide generousl y for their guests , but the guests were in IJUsual force and spirit to appreciate the banquet . The occasion , too , and its surroundings were calculated to ensure a sense of steady enthusiasm n the part of all present . There was a most genial Chairman in the person uro . Earl AMHERST , with a strong and influential Province in the shape
br h ' t 0 ' 3 aC ^ ' 1 'm U P" ' ^ here was a strong array of distinguished Mark Dp i ^ > prominent amongst them being Bro . the Marquisof HERTFORD , C [ A * of ^ e Mark Grand Lodge , who has kindly consented lo take the s . at the 20 th Anniversary Festival in July , 1 S 88 ; and there was a lair F inkling of ladies to grace the festive board . Under these circumstances
call H S ° V 6 ry sur P nslng that 'he Secretary of the Fund should have been Ward Up ° n t 0 a . ni 10 unce so lar & e a tota - ot subscriptions as - £ 2260 , or upfj , s ot £ s > n excess of the highest amount ever previously recorded , it an ^ P ' ' one on which we congratulate all who took part in obtaining When t , trust ® ro " " Marquis of HERTFORD may be equall y fortunate cn he presides at the Festival of next year .
Consecration Of The Earl Of Sussex Lodge, No. 2201, By H.R.H. The Duke Of Connaught.
CONSECRATION OF THE EARL OF SUSSEX LODGE , No . 2201 , BY H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT .
On the 15 th inst ., at the Royal Pavilion at Brighton , there was a large assemblage ol brethren , not only those of the Province of Sussex , but also including a large number who came from London and other pans , to witness the ceremony of the Consecration of a new lodge in the Province of Sussex , it having been announced that the ceremony of Consecration was to be performed by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , who some twelve
months since was installed Grand Master of the province in the same place by his brother the Prince of Wales , Grand Master of English Freemasons . His Royal Highness , accompanied by his equerry , Col . Egerton , and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec , travelled by train from Victoria , and was met at the Biighton Station by Bro . Gerard Ford , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of bussex ; and the Right Hon . W . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., who conducted him to the Pavilion .
A number of officers of ihe Grand Lodge of England arrived by the same train , including Bros . W . M . Bywater , G . Sword Bearer ; C . F . Matier , P . G . Standard Bearer ; W . C . Beaumont , P . G . A . D . C ; Rudolph G . Glover , P . G . D C ; R . Turile Pigott , P . A . G . D . C ; Tnomas Fenn , President Board of General Purposes ; James Willing , jun ., P . G . Treasurer ; and others . Bro . Sadler , the Grand Tyler , who was in charge of the
consecrating vessels , arrived by an earlier train . It may here be mentioned that the Earl of Sussex Lodge has been founded by a number of local Freemasons , the names ol those who signed the peiiiion for . its authorisation being Bros . Gerard Ford , D . P . G . M . ; Lieui .-General C W . Randolph , P . P . S . G . W . ; the Right Hon . VV . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., P . G . S . ; Major Mortimer Hancock ; Richd . Clowes , P . t' . S . G . W .
Essex ; R . Pidcock , Prov . G . Reg . ; Major-General B . Ford , P . G . D . Bengal ; V . P . Freeman , Prov . G . Sec . ; VV . H . Hallett , P . P . S . G . W , ; C VV . Hudson , P . P . S . G . W . ; Capt . H . Kemball Cook , P . P . G . D . C ; A .-King , P . Prov . G . Organist ; Dr . H . G . Price , P . P . G . S . ; C . B . Warre , P . P . G . W . ; the Very ReV . E . Currie , Dean of Baitle , P . P . G . C . } and the names of the Master and Wardens designated in the petition .
were : Bro . VV . Gerard Ford , Deputy Prov . G . M ot Sussex , 10 be Alaster ; Bro . the Rig ht Hon . VV . T . Marriott , Q C , M . P ., P . G . Steward , to oe Senior Warden ; and W . Bro . R . Clowes , P . Prov . S . G . W . Essex , to be Junior Warden . The Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . FORD , by command of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master opened the especial lodge at about 11 . 30 , Bro . Smith occupying the chair of S . W ., and Bro . Hudson thai of
J . W . The lodge naving been opened in the lhree Degrees , the wnole assembly by command ol the W . M . stood to order , and on the entrance of the Prov . Grand Master , the Duke of Connaught , accompanied by a Deputation which had been formed for the purpose , he was hailed by the brethren with the greatest enihusiasm . Ou the approach of his Royal Highness Bro . Ford vacated the chair , which vvas then taken by ths Prov .
Grand Master . Alter the brethren assembled had sung the hymn " Hail , Eternal , by whose aid , " the R . W . PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER rose and said : " Brethren , a year has now elaps d since your Alosi Woisiiiplul Grand Master installed me as your Prov . Grand Master . 1 regret mat since that time my absence upon duty in India . has prevented uw Irom coming among you , but 1 have now greal pleasure in coining nere ior tne
purpose ot inaugurating this new lodge . 1 am sure that under ihe able guidance of Bro . Gerard Ford all success vvill attend the new lodge . I selected Bro . Ford for the office to replace a mucn loved and deeply-lamented broiher , Bro . John Henderson Scott , and I am sure that under Bro . Ford the lodge will rise to a position worthy of this place and province , and attain a high position among the lodges of this country .
The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY then addressed his Royal Highness , informing him that certain oreihren had petitioned to be constituted into a Masonic iodge , whereupon the Presiding Officer directed that the brethren referred to should appear before him , and they were accordingly ranged in order in front of the pedestal . The Prov . G . Secretary then read the petition and also the warrant , which had in consequence been granted by the M . VV .
the G . M ., stating the names of the Master and Wardens chosen for the first year . His Royal Highness inquired of the brethren belore him whether they still approved of the appointment of the officers namsd in the warrant , and they having signified llieir assent in Masonic : form , the Prince called upon the Prov . Giand Chaplain lor an oration regarding the principles of Freemasonry .
The PROV . GRAND CHAPLAIN said that time would not permit him to enlarge upon the principles ot Masonry , or on the import ot Masonic words , but he might be allowed to congratulate the brethren of ihe lodge now being erecled on the fact that it commenced its caieer in the Jubilee year of the reign ol her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , and would be one ot the Jubilee lodges of the Province ot iussex . li was also a suoject of
congratulation to-day that they had the advantage ol the presence ot the R . VV . Prov . G . M , H . R . H the Duke ol Connaught , and lie was quite sure that under the care and guidance of Bro . Ford tne new lodge would enjoy a large measure 01 success . He would not dilate there on the pi inciples of Freemasonry , which was familiar to all ol tiiobe pieseiu , but the
occasion would remind ihem ot the day when tiiey were brought up to tne pedestal seeking and asking for light , and tliey bhould novv a ? k tiicinaelves whether they had since that day acted up to lile principles which were then imparted and explained to them . Those principles were embodied in the volume of the sacred law , and if Masons acted up to that law , no brother could possibly err . It was their duty to rejoice with them that rejoiced , and .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LlADIRS 40 j Consecration of the Earl of Sussex Lodge , No . 2201 , by H . R . H . the Duke of Con . naught 403 provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire 407 Annual Festival of the Mark Benevolent
Fund 408 Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Berks and Oxon 411 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland 411 History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin to its Centenary , 1888 412
Annual Picnic of the Lodge of Affability , No . 317 413 Annual Picnic of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 413 The Order of the Secret Monitor 413 Ancient and Accepted Rite 413 CORRESPONDENCEThe Ancient and Moderns 4 U
Reviews 415 REPORTS UF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 416 Instruction 416 Roval Arch 415 Instruction 417 Masonic and General Tidings 417 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 418
Ar00100
THE long-anticipated meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge Meeting of North and East Yorkshire took place at York on Thursday , at York . ^ j ^ ; nst ; antj when , in addition to the usual proceedings at such annual assemblages , an address to her MAJESTY , on the completion
of the Jubilee year of her reign , vvas unanimously voted , and other appropriate steps were taken in honour of the auspicious event . A full report appears in another part of our columns , and from this it will be seen that the brethren met in large numbers , about 1500—including the visitors Irom West Yorkshire , Durham , Lincolnshire—and elsewhere , being oresent . A
special service was held in the Miniter , which had been kindly placed at the disposal of the Craft for the occasion by Bro . the Very Rev . the Dean of YORK , Past Grand Chaplain of England , and in the evening there was a conversazione in the Exhibition building , every portion of the day ' s programme , thanks to the admirable
arrangements by Bro . M . C . PECK , Prov . G . Sec . and the committee of the York Lodge , No . 236 , being an unqualified success . In fact , this appears to have been the most important gathering of its kind in the provinces , and at the same time the most imposing and most successlul . We are glad this has been the case . York , like London , is a centre of attraction to all
Freemasons , and the brethren of England having had their Jubilee gathering in the latter , it was only reasonable and proper that those dwelling in the northern counties should have a corresponding meeting in the Masonic capital of the north , and we congratulate Bro . the Earl of Zetland , P . G . M , and his P . G . Officers and brethien on the brilliant result of their efforts to
do honour to our gracious Sovereign . # * # Consecration of THERE is probably not a Province under the Grand Lodge SiifsexTodse ° ^ England which does not envy Sussex its good fortune in No . 2201 . having H . R . H . the Duke of CONNAUGHT for its Prov . G .
Master . True , the overwhelming number of engagements which are the inevitable lot ol every Royal personage , and in the case of this particular member of the Q UEEN ' lamily , his military duties as well , render it impossible that he can olten personally take part in the proceedings oi the Province . But this disadvantage is more than counter-balanced by the pleasant
influences he exercises whenever he finds it possible to attend his Masonic duties . Sussex , for instance , has seen nothing ot its Prov . G . Master , the Duke of CONNAUGHT , since his brother the Prince of WALES , M . W . G . M ., installed him in office at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , last year , and this lor the best of reasons , that his Royal Highness has been on military duty
m India ever since . But all sense of regret at the year ' s absence was effaced on Friday of last week , when the Duke made a point of attending at Brighton and personally conducting the ceremony at the consecration of tne Earl of Sussex Lodge . The brethren were delighted at again meeting tneir illustrious chiel , who , as they were well aware , had been absent from
necessity , not Irom choice . They noted wilh pleasure the able manner in which he fulfilled the part of Consecrating officer , and having seen and heard him in the lodge and at the banquet , they will now patiently await ¦ 21 S return from a further spell of duty in India , wilh an abiding faith in his Koyal Highness ' s personal interest in their success , and vvith the knowledge that when he does come back to England the Masonic Province of Sussex will have a full share of his Royal Highness ' s attention .
The Mark Ben- ' '" ^ seen ^ rora t ' account we publish elsewhere of the evoient Fund 19 th Anniversary Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund that the celebration at the Holborn Restaurant on Wednesday Passed off with unwonted splendour . Not only did the proprietors of the
esiaurant provide generousl y for their guests , but the guests were in IJUsual force and spirit to appreciate the banquet . The occasion , too , and its surroundings were calculated to ensure a sense of steady enthusiasm n the part of all present . There was a most genial Chairman in the person uro . Earl AMHERST , with a strong and influential Province in the shape
br h ' t 0 ' 3 aC ^ ' 1 'm U P" ' ^ here was a strong array of distinguished Mark Dp i ^ > prominent amongst them being Bro . the Marquisof HERTFORD , C [ A * of ^ e Mark Grand Lodge , who has kindly consented lo take the s . at the 20 th Anniversary Festival in July , 1 S 88 ; and there was a lair F inkling of ladies to grace the festive board . Under these circumstances
call H S ° V 6 ry sur P nslng that 'he Secretary of the Fund should have been Ward Up ° n t 0 a . ni 10 unce so lar & e a tota - ot subscriptions as - £ 2260 , or upfj , s ot £ s > n excess of the highest amount ever previously recorded , it an ^ P ' ' one on which we congratulate all who took part in obtaining When t , trust ® ro " " Marquis of HERTFORD may be equall y fortunate cn he presides at the Festival of next year .
Consecration Of The Earl Of Sussex Lodge, No. 2201, By H.R.H. The Duke Of Connaught.
CONSECRATION OF THE EARL OF SUSSEX LODGE , No . 2201 , BY H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT .
On the 15 th inst ., at the Royal Pavilion at Brighton , there was a large assemblage ol brethren , not only those of the Province of Sussex , but also including a large number who came from London and other pans , to witness the ceremony of the Consecration of a new lodge in the Province of Sussex , it having been announced that the ceremony of Consecration was to be performed by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , who some twelve
months since was installed Grand Master of the province in the same place by his brother the Prince of Wales , Grand Master of English Freemasons . His Royal Highness , accompanied by his equerry , Col . Egerton , and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec , travelled by train from Victoria , and was met at the Biighton Station by Bro . Gerard Ford , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of bussex ; and the Right Hon . W . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., who conducted him to the Pavilion .
A number of officers of ihe Grand Lodge of England arrived by the same train , including Bros . W . M . Bywater , G . Sword Bearer ; C . F . Matier , P . G . Standard Bearer ; W . C . Beaumont , P . G . A . D . C ; Rudolph G . Glover , P . G . D C ; R . Turile Pigott , P . A . G . D . C ; Tnomas Fenn , President Board of General Purposes ; James Willing , jun ., P . G . Treasurer ; and others . Bro . Sadler , the Grand Tyler , who was in charge of the
consecrating vessels , arrived by an earlier train . It may here be mentioned that the Earl of Sussex Lodge has been founded by a number of local Freemasons , the names ol those who signed the peiiiion for . its authorisation being Bros . Gerard Ford , D . P . G . M . ; Lieui .-General C W . Randolph , P . P . S . G . W . ; the Right Hon . VV . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., P . G . S . ; Major Mortimer Hancock ; Richd . Clowes , P . t' . S . G . W .
Essex ; R . Pidcock , Prov . G . Reg . ; Major-General B . Ford , P . G . D . Bengal ; V . P . Freeman , Prov . G . Sec . ; VV . H . Hallett , P . P . S . G . W , ; C VV . Hudson , P . P . S . G . W . ; Capt . H . Kemball Cook , P . P . G . D . C ; A .-King , P . Prov . G . Organist ; Dr . H . G . Price , P . P . G . S . ; C . B . Warre , P . P . G . W . ; the Very ReV . E . Currie , Dean of Baitle , P . P . G . C . } and the names of the Master and Wardens designated in the petition .
were : Bro . VV . Gerard Ford , Deputy Prov . G . M ot Sussex , 10 be Alaster ; Bro . the Rig ht Hon . VV . T . Marriott , Q C , M . P ., P . G . Steward , to oe Senior Warden ; and W . Bro . R . Clowes , P . Prov . S . G . W . Essex , to be Junior Warden . The Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . FORD , by command of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master opened the especial lodge at about 11 . 30 , Bro . Smith occupying the chair of S . W ., and Bro . Hudson thai of
J . W . The lodge naving been opened in the lhree Degrees , the wnole assembly by command ol the W . M . stood to order , and on the entrance of the Prov . Grand Master , the Duke of Connaught , accompanied by a Deputation which had been formed for the purpose , he was hailed by the brethren with the greatest enihusiasm . Ou the approach of his Royal Highness Bro . Ford vacated the chair , which vvas then taken by ths Prov .
Grand Master . Alter the brethren assembled had sung the hymn " Hail , Eternal , by whose aid , " the R . W . PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER rose and said : " Brethren , a year has now elaps d since your Alosi Woisiiiplul Grand Master installed me as your Prov . Grand Master . 1 regret mat since that time my absence upon duty in India . has prevented uw Irom coming among you , but 1 have now greal pleasure in coining nere ior tne
purpose ot inaugurating this new lodge . 1 am sure that under ihe able guidance of Bro . Gerard Ford all success vvill attend the new lodge . I selected Bro . Ford for the office to replace a mucn loved and deeply-lamented broiher , Bro . John Henderson Scott , and I am sure that under Bro . Ford the lodge will rise to a position worthy of this place and province , and attain a high position among the lodges of this country .
The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY then addressed his Royal Highness , informing him that certain oreihren had petitioned to be constituted into a Masonic iodge , whereupon the Presiding Officer directed that the brethren referred to should appear before him , and they were accordingly ranged in order in front of the pedestal . The Prov . G . Secretary then read the petition and also the warrant , which had in consequence been granted by the M . VV .
the G . M ., stating the names of the Master and Wardens chosen for the first year . His Royal Highness inquired of the brethren belore him whether they still approved of the appointment of the officers namsd in the warrant , and they having signified llieir assent in Masonic : form , the Prince called upon the Prov . Giand Chaplain lor an oration regarding the principles of Freemasonry .
The PROV . GRAND CHAPLAIN said that time would not permit him to enlarge upon the principles ot Masonry , or on the import ot Masonic words , but he might be allowed to congratulate the brethren of ihe lodge now being erecled on the fact that it commenced its caieer in the Jubilee year of the reign ol her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , and would be one ot the Jubilee lodges of the Province ot iussex . li was also a suoject of
congratulation to-day that they had the advantage ol the presence ot the R . VV . Prov . G . M , H . R . H the Duke ol Connaught , and lie was quite sure that under the care and guidance of Bro . Ford tne new lodge would enjoy a large measure 01 success . He would not dilate there on the pi inciples of Freemasonry , which was familiar to all ol tiiobe pieseiu , but the
occasion would remind ihem ot the day when tiiey were brought up to tne pedestal seeking and asking for light , and tliey bhould novv a ? k tiicinaelves whether they had since that day acted up to lile principles which were then imparted and explained to them . Those principles were embodied in the volume of the sacred law , and if Masons acted up to that law , no brother could possibly err . It was their duty to rejoice with them that rejoiced , and .