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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , J 23 , 189 S .

+ Our readeis must have heard with sincere regret and sympathy of the accident which occurred to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., on Monday , when he was

on the eve of returning to town from his visit to Bro . Ferdinand de Rothschild , M . P ., at Waddesdon . The accident is likely to confine his Royal Highness to the house for some little time , but the bulletins that have Been issued by his medical attendants are of an encouraging character , and we are all delighted to hear

that the Prince is progressing favourably under the circumstances . The greatest sympathy has been expressed with his Royal Highness and each day there is a continuous stream of enquirers after his condition . As a matter of course , he is unable to fulfil the

engagements he has made , and already there have been several instances in which there has been reason to regret his Royal Highness ' s absence from meetings he "id arranged to attend .

Masonic Notes.

Thursday , the 2 ist inst ., promised to be an extremely busy day at Sutton , in the county of Surrey , it having been arranged that the Prov . G . Lodge and Prov . G . Chapter should hold their annual meetings at the

Masonic Hall in that town on that day . The Prov . G . Chapter was appointed for three p . m ., and that of the Prov . G . Lodge at 4 . 45 p . m ., while the banquet which is customarily held on these important occasions was fixed for 6 . 30 p . m . at the Cock Hotel .

* * * The business to be transacted at the two meetings is for the most part of the ordinary description , but we notice that in the paper of Agenda at Prov . G . Lodge it was proposed " to consider the advisability of appointing resident Almoners in the various towns in the Province for the purpose of dealing with Masonic

Vagrants . " It is admittedly a move in the right direction and we trust it will be in our power to report that the proposal was adopted and that no time will be lost in appointing brethren who will be able to deal successfully with that perennial nuisance " the Masonic Vagrant . " * » *

There is-no reason why a proper scheme should not be adopted throughout the Provinces , which will have the effect of protecting the benevolent from these impostors ; but we do not see that any scheme will succeed which is not generally supported . This or that Province may be able to cope with the evil by

appointing Almoners or others to look after these fellows , but if there is no general scheme , all the vagrants will feel called upon to do is to give the well-protected Provinces a particularly wide berth , and look out for themselves localities where they are not likely , or but little likely , to be

molested by the too inquisitive Almoner . We have more than once suggested a plan which has found favour elsewhere , and which , at the cost of very little trouble , might be at once adopted , but " what is everybody's business is nobody ' s . " The brethren all desire to be protected , but they do not care to take the necessary trouble .

* * * We have much pleasure in calling attention to the success achieved by pupils of our Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at the recent examination in Musical Knowledge , Junior Division , of Trinity College , London . W . D . Coales , aged iaj years , gained 93 per

cent , of the marks in the " Honours " Section . Rogers , Niven , Pink , Dallas , and Holland have also passed , gaining respectively 88 , SS , 86 , 78 , and " 75 per cent , of the marks . We are also in a position to add that four boys have gained Pitman's third class certificates for shorthand .

* * * The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex will be held at Brentwood on Tuesday , the 26 th inst ,, and we have no doubt that the proceedings will be of a most satisfactory nature . Never before in the whole course of its history as a Province has Essex

been \ n such a prosperous condition , while as regards its record as a supporter of our Institutions it will need a tremendous effort to surpass the total it has this year raised on their behalf . At the Boys' Centenary Festival last month , the Province , represented by 82 Stewards , returned the magnificent sum of . £ 3926 , and

as it docs not comprise more than 38 lodges , the amount thus raised in donations and subscriptions averages upwards of . 6100 , and that in a county which depends largely on agriculture for its well-being . The minor contributions to the Benevolent Institution in February and the Girls' School in May carry the year ' s total bevond , £ 4000 .

* * * Less than 20 years ago , such an amount would have been looked upon as enormous even from a Province of more than twice the strength of Essex . But the greater requirements of our Institutions have necessitated greater and more urgent demands for ways and

means , and the ever-increasingly bigger contributions that have resulted from these demands have reduced our ability to be astonished at anything in the way of "bigness" almost to vanishing point . But so it is . About 14 years ago Essex was thought to have done

something unusually great when it raised £ 1000 for the Girls' Festival at which its then and present Prov . Grand Master occupied the chair ; to-day it raises nearly four times as much and the brethren smile as if nothing uncommon had been accomplished .

* * There is , however , one matter that will be brought prominently before the Provincial Grand Lodge which will cause a deep feeling of regret among the brethren . We referred to it in our Notes of last week ; but the matter is one that cannot be dismissed with a mere

Masonic Notes.

casual reference . At the consecration of the Weald Lodge , No . 2707 , on the 2 nd instant , Bro . the Earl of Warwick , Prov . Grand Master , mentioned that Bro . Philbrick had ceased to act as his Deputy , and that Bro . Colonel Lockwood , M . P ., had been offered and

accepted the vacant post . Thus next week will disappear from the ranks of Masonry in Essex a brother who has achieved distinction not only as the legal

adviser of Grand Lodge , but also as one of the main supports of the Craft in this particular Province , and the severance of a tie which has lasted for so many years must indeed be the subject of deep regret .

? # # It must be quite 17 years since Bro . Philbrick was appointed D . P . G . M . of Essex by the late Lord Tenterden , Prov . G . Master . In 1882 , Lord Brooke—now Earl of Warwick—was chosen to succeed Lord

Tenterden , deceased , and Bro . Philbrick was re-appointed to and has ever since retained the office of Deputy . At the time cf his appointment Bro . Philbrick was a Past G . Deacon of some years' standing in Grand Lodge , and Past Grand Asst . Sojourner in Supreme

Grand Chapter . Early in 1883 , he was appointed G . Superintendent of Royal Arch Masonry , and the year following was selected to succeed Bro . Mclntyre as G . Registrar of England both in Craft and Royal Arch Masonry . Thus Bro . Philbrick has held uninterruptedly

for a long period of time three of the most important offices in Masonry which it is in the power of any one to attain to and those who are conversant with the records of the Craft during this period know well how capably and at the same time how genially he has

discharged the important duties pertaining to those offices . Our readers , therefore , will have no difficulty in imagining how deeply our Essex bre ' . hren must regret the retirement of one to whose presence in their midst at all important Masonic gatherings they had grown to be so accustomed .

• * » We also referred last week to the retirement from active service of another distinguished Mason—Bro . Lord Suffield , who has presided over the fortunes of the Craft in the Province of Norfolk for upwards of 20

years . His lordship was appointed to office in April , 18 7 6 , in succession to Bro . the Hon . Frederick Walpole , deceased , and had the honour of being installed and invested by his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master in person . In 1877 , he was appointed Grand

Superintendent , and under his auspices both Craft and Royal Arch Masonry in Norfolk have fared prosperously . A successor has already been found in the person of Bro . Hamon le Strange , P . G . D ., who for some time has acted as Deputy of the Province , and

who moreover has done excellent service by his able and interesting " History of Masonry in Norfolk . " At the meeting at which Lord Suffield announced his resignation and the selection of Bro . Ie Strange as his

successor , it was resolved—as mentioned in the repor t we publish elsewhere—to take steps to formally recognise his lordship ' s services ; but some time will elapse ere it will be settled what form the recognition shall assume . * * *

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire was held at the Town Hall , Heme ! Hempstead , on Wednesday , the 20 th instant . Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master , presided , and

was supported , as usual , by his Deputy , Bro . George E . Lake , P . G . D . ; Bros . F . Sumner Knyvett , P . G . D ., Prov . S . G . W . j Charles Bullock , Prov . G . Sec ; James Terry , P . G . S . B ., Piov . G . D . C . ; and a fairly good muster of the brethren . In the course of the

proceedings a sum 01 100 guineas was voted , on the proposition of the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , seconded by the Prov . S . G . W ., to the Royal Masonic Institution

for Boys , in connection with its recent Centenary Festival . The annual banquet followed ; but not a very large number of those who attended Provincial Grand Lodge remained to partake of it .

* * We have been favoured with certain correspondence relating to the case of a certain candidate for the benefits of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls who had the good fortune to be elected into the School

at the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers in April . We fail to see what good purpose will be served by publishing this correspondence , and thereby formally reopening a case which has been

considered and reconsidered by a competent Committee , and ultimately sanctioned and approved by the governing body . We are , therefore , under the neces * sity of declining to insert the communication ,