Obituary.

37 i ; G . H ; Warren , S . W ., 1 , 254 ; Paine , S . D ., 1 , 284 ; E . A . Northey , Plymouth , J . W ., 1 , 205 ; C . C . Kendrick , S . D . ; G . Huxham , T . ; B . Barbor , S . ; J . Badcock , W . G . Carter , C . Langdon , 1 , 254 ; H . F . Willey , Hutchings , H . J . Yelland , T . Lascelles , J . Taylor , E . Smale ,

Hooper , W . Bartlett , Blacking , A . H . Wills , S . Bastard , 1 , 284 j S . C . Halse , J . Stile , T . Chudleigh , J . Algar , H . Cross , Sturgess , H . Lake , Lang , George Jury , Long , Vicary , Bridge , 3 p ; W . R . Commings , 54 j R . Pidsley , 640 j Sobey , C . Titherley , Robinson , 106 ; J . Hill , 164 ; O .

Angel , 710 j R . Rouse , Serena , 1 , 28 ^; and Bradshaw , Leghorn Lodge . Following these were Messrs . W . J . Richards , Birkett , Sclater , Limpenny , 2 j Cowen , Rowdon , N . Bennett , G . Ward , Lisle , Mitchell , Savage , Reed , Kenshole , Yeo , W . Humphreys , S . Cross , Gill ,

Underbill , Henley , Turner , Carthew , Barker , Melhuish , Sampson , W . Norris , Perkins , J . Huxham , F . Pollard , H . Bennett , T . Day , Dr . Coxwell , Nosworthy , Moon , Uglow , Furze , Templar , and others . Then followed the hearse and mourning coaches . In the first coach were r

—Mr . Southcott , sen ., Mr . Robert Southcott , Mr . G . Southcott , and Mr . Pridham , ( nephew of the deceased ) . Second coach—Mr . W . Southcott , Mr . Richard Southcott , Mr . Henry Southcott , and Mr . Toby . Third coach—the two executors : Mesers , Harrison ( Topsham ) , and

Carr ( Exeter ) , ana Dr . Hunt . The outer cofhn was made of polished oak and panelled , with plated breast-plate , which bore the following inscription r— " John Pridham . Died May 5 th , aged 45 . " On the plate were also three Masonic emblems , and on the top of the coffin were white

camelias , and the cross of a Past Eminent Commander of Knights Templar , the gift of W . R . Woodman , P . M . At the grave the Freemasons threw their sprigs of acacia on the coffin . The . Rev . J . L . Gallon , Rector of St . Sidwell ' s ,

conducted the ceremony m a most impressive manner . Mr . J . Kenshole , of Heavitree , was the undertaker , and carried out his arrangements very satisfactorily . Messrs . West and Pedrick supplied the mourning coaches .

The New Grand Officers.

THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .

We have received the following from a correspondent * . — Bro . Rev . Robert Paul Bent , the new Grand Chaplain , was initiated in the Alfred Lodge , Oxford , No . 340 , in 184 P . In 1865 , he was W . M . of the Lodge of Unanimity , No . 102 , at North

Walsham , and in the same year , and in 1866 was Prov . G . Chaplain of Norfolk , preaching twice to the Provincial Grand Lodge , in 1865 at Great Yarmouth , in 1866 at East Dereham . In the latter year he served the office of Steward of the Boys' School , representing the province of

Norfolk . At the present time he is best-known in the province of Norths and Hunts , where he is frequently called upon to perform the office of Installing Master . His Masonic services came under the personal observation of the Grand Secretary , Bro . Hervey , at a Prov . G . Lodge at

Peterborough a few years ago ; hence probably his name being placed on the list of brethren eligible for the office of Grand Chaplain . Bro . Bent has been for the last few years a subscribing member of No . 10 , Westminster and Keystone . He

is the son of Bro . Major John Bent , an old Peninsular officer , who is probably one of the oldest Masons in England , having completed his 91 st year on the 24 th ult ., and who entered both thc Army and the Craft at the very beginning of the present century .

ADAIR HOUSE . —This freehold mansion of the Adair family , situate in Pall Mall and St . James ' ssquare , was , after a very spirited competition , sold by Messrs . Rushworth , Abbott , and Co . for the sum of £ 3 5 , 500 .

fjKDAnBST . — I he only guaranteed cure for 1 iu * tl * . * ui * e . -11 . i » ex-Iraor-linary application , marvellous in its elicits , aive _ . inuuecliate relief , witliout injuring the tncitli , and forms a temporary stopping . is . li-X .: post free is . 3 d . ThcCoR . M . j iv : TOOTH WASTE , ' for cleansing and improving the teeth , imparts a natural redness to the gums , aud gives' hrilliancy to the enamel . Price is . ( id . The Kov . M . ljF . > : T''Tm-E . prepared from a recipe as T . ^ eil hy her . \ I : i ; e-tv , gives Cite 1 . eth a peail-likc whiteness , and imparts a deiicioi's' iVa ' crancc , rt , ( he hreath . Price is . Gd . . Sold hy all chemists and pet ' iimcis nnd hy the nruprietors , MESSHS . CJAIIRU : ! ., the old-cstahlUhcd ¦ Jcntists , J 2 , Ludgate-hill , and jo , Harky-street , Cavendish-icjiiare , ( . option ,

The New Grand Officers.

OUR RAILWAYS . —Captain Tyler , in his report to the Board of Trade upon the capital , the traffic , and the working expenditure of the Railway Companies in the United Kingdom during the year 1871 , remarks that the train mileage receipts increased to a greater extent than the expenses j

and hence it may be inferred that the average amount of work done by each train was greater , or , in other words , that the traffic in each country was in that respect more economically worked in 1871 than in 1870 . This economy was greatest in England and least in Ireland .

PEACE CONFERENCE IN SCOTLAND . —A conference of delegates from trades and other societies in Scotland , representing a constituency of 116 , 000 men , was held in Glasgow , on Monday last , in connection with the Workmen ' s Peace Association . Resolutions were adopted condemning war , and approving of the plan proposed

by the Workmen ' s Peace Association , of a Hig h Court of Nations for the settlement of all disputes between nations . A Committee , entitled the Scottish Department of the Workmen ' s Peace Association , was appointed . A memorial to the House of Commons in favour of Mr . Henry Richard's motion upon international arbitration was adopted .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , May 30 , 1873 . The Editor will be g lad to have notice from Secretaries of Lodges and Chapters of any change in place or time of meeting .

Saturday , May 24 . Sphinx Lodge of Instruction ( 1329 ) , Castle Tavern , Cam berwell-road , at 7 ; Bros . John Thomas and E . Worth ington , Preceptors . Lily Ledge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound Hotel , Rich mond , Surrey , at 7 .

Monday , May 26 . Lodge 4 , Koyal Somerset House and Inverness , Freemasons' Hall . „ 26 , Castle Lodge of Harmony , Willis ' s Rooms , St James . ., 183 , Unity , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street .

„ 831 , British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile End . „ 902 , Burgoyne , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Chap . 25 , Robert Burns , Freemasons' 1 fall . Final meeting of the Board of Stewards to settle accounts of the late Festival of the Girls' School , at 5 .

Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern

Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Rcyal Hotel , Mile end-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of l-jicr . etshif Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction C 180 ) , h > ise ai . f .

Groom Tavern , Winsley-street ( opposite the Pantheon ) , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . U . Stacey , Preceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern Deptford , at 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . 1155 Preceptor . St . John o £ Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( no 6 ) , Gun

Tavern , High-street , Wapping , at 8 ; Bro . T . Mortlock . Preceptor . VVest Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . High Cross Lodge of Instruction , Coach and I lorses Tavern , Ltiwer Tottenham .

Tuesday , May 27 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , Freemasons' llall . „ 92 , Moira , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . „ 259 , Prince of Wales , Willis's Rooms , St . James . „ 1158 , Southern Star , Montpcllicr Tavern , Walworth . „ 1 ,-148 . Ebury , Morpeth Arms Tavern , Millbank .

Chap . 21 , Cyrus , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street . „ 167 , St . John ' s , City Terminus I lotcl , Cannon-street . „ 180 , St . James ' s Union , Freemasons' I lall . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tav .,

Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 8 ; Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . Faith Lodgeof Instruction , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace I lotel ) , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor .

Yarbarotigh Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . f . J . Barnes , P . . M ., Pieccptor . " Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 7 * 53 ; , Knights of St . John tavern , St . John ' s-wood ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , King Edward , Triangle Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . J . Saunders , Preceptor . Florence Nightingale Lodge of Instruction , Masonic Hall William-street , Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . Within , ax . 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton ( W . M .

1227 ) , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s -wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . •A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Lodge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey ( P . M . 180 ) , Preceptor .

Wednesday , May 28 . Lodge 2 , Antiquity , Freemasons' Hall . „ 212 , Euphrates , Masons' Hall , Basinghall-street . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Horns Tavern , Kennington . „ 7 ^ Prince Frederick William , Knights of St . John

, Hotel , St . John ' s-road . „ 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters Tavern , Page Green , Tottenham . ,, 8 9 8 , Temperance in the East , 6 , Ncwby-place Poplar .

Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange Greenwich , at 8 ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafto Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-toad , ai 7 . 30 ;

New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 Confidence Lodge of Instruction , Railway Tav ., Londonstreet , City , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . T . A .

Adams , Preceptor . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham , at 8 ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor .

Thursday , May 29 . General Committee Girls' School , Freemasons ' , Hall at 4 Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , Londonst ., Tottenham Court-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Apg- ' rrs' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road t Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes

Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ; , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at 8 ; Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 188 , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern ,

Mileend-road , at 8 ; Comp . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodge of Instruction , Bro . Palmer ' s , 12 , Ponsonbvst .. Millbank . Union Club of Instruction Windsor Castle , Victoria Station , at 8 p . m . H . Ash , P . M . Instructor . Highate Lodge of Instruction ( No . 1366 ) , Bull and Gate ,

Kentish-town , Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor , at 8 . Friday , May 30 . Chap . 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , LeadenhalI- * -t . St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction , ( 140 ) , for Master Masons , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill , Greenwich . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern Air-st ' Regent-st ., at 8 : Bro . W Watson P . M

Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoria road , Deptford , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 8 ; Bro . Geo . W . Verry , Preceptor .

Clapton Lodge of Instruction , White Hart , Clapton , at 7 . 30 Bro . John Saunders , Preceptor . Royal Standard Lotlge of Instruction ( 1298 ) , The Castle Tavern , Holloway , at 8 ; Bro . R . Lee ( P . M . 193 , W . M . 1298 ) , Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . W . West Smith ,

Precep tor . Westbourne Lodge of Instruction ( 733 ) , Horse and Groom Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction Portugal Hotel , Fleet street , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor . United Pilgrims Lotlge of Instruction , Antelojie Tavern Lorn-road , Brixton , at 7 ; ' Sro . J . Thomas , P . M

Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Bro . D . S . Potts , Preceptor St . James ' s Lodge of Instruction , Gregorian Arms Tavern , Jamaica-road , Bermondsey , at 8 ; Bro . Howes , P . M ., Preceptor . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Hotel , Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Bro . Pulsford , Preceptor .

Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile end-road , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Burgoyne Lotlge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Piince o ' Wales ' s-road , N . W ., at S . Bt . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 I , Two Brewers , 33 Bi'timpton-rnad , S . W Chigwell Lodge ol Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel Buckhurst-hill , at 8 .