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? SATURDAY , J ANUARY 25 , 1896 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Deep and general sympathy will be felt by all classes and conditions of people with our gracious Sovereign , the Princess Beatrice , and the other members of the Royal Family in the sad and sudden loss they have sustained by the death of Prince Henry of Battenberg . The Queen and the Prince and Princesses of her house have endeared themselves to the nation by their

numberless acts of kindness , and the services they have so willingly rendered at all times in promoting the welfare and happiness of tho community , and at this moment , when tlicy have bien stricken with grief at the calamity which has befallen them , high and low , rich and poor , will vie with each other in the attempt to offer consolation , more especially to the widowed Princess and her children .

* * * What intensifies the sorrow they must feel is the terrible suddenness with which the news has come upon them . According to the latest advices all was going well wilh Prince Henry . On Friday , the 171 b instant , he embarked at Cape Coast Castle on one of her Majesty's cruisers for Madeira , there to recruit his

health and strength . He had borne the passage through the surf satisfactorily , and as he was young and possessed a strong physique , there was every reason to hope that in a shorl time he would be enabled to return to England , and once again resume his place at tbe Court he had graced for the last 11 years as the husband of thc Queen ' s youngest daughter .

Masonic Notes.

But it has been ordained otherwise by the Supreme Ruler of all things . On Monday a relapse set in , and in a few hours the Prince breathed his last , to the consternation of those attending him . Our bloodless victory at Coomassie has been dearly purchased ,

seeing it lias brought so grievous a calamity upon our beloved Queen and her family . May tho Great Architect of the Universe endue them with strength to bear the great affliction by which for the moment they must be prostrated . ' * * *

Quite a number of new lodges have been constituted within the last few days . Last week we published a full report of the consecration on the 15 th inst . of the National Artillery Lodge , No . 257 8 , while in the present number will be found records of the proceedings at the consecration of the Borough Lodge , No .

25 Scj , and the Prince Llewellyn Lodge , No . 2570 , Cardiff , by Bro . Lord Llangattock , Prov * . G . M . South Wales ( Eastern Divison ) , as well as of the Baliol Chapter , No . 12 3 , Barnard Castle , by Comp . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., Grand Superintendant for Durham . Hut this is not al ) . On Wednesday next , the 2 gtfi

instant , the Old Priory Lodge , No . 2594 , will be consecrated at the Masonic Hall , Nottingham . The ceremony will be performed , by dispensation of his Grace the Prov . Grand -Master of Nottinghamshire , by Bro . E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Sec , who will be assisted in his duties by Bro . his Honour Judge

Masterman , D . C . L ., P . G . D . Eng . ; Bro . Lieut .-Col William Newton , J . G . D ., Dep . P . G . M . Notts ; and other Officers of the Grand Lodge of England and Prov . Grand Lodge of Notts . The principal officers designate are Bros . Dr . VV . Wright , P . M ., P . Z .,

W . M . ; Dr . W . J . Sprott , S . W . ; and James Harrison , J . W . We trust the new lodge and those we have previously mentioned , as well as Chapter No . 1230 , will have a long and prosperous career . * * *

We beg to announce that the annual general meeting of the East Lancashire Systematic Educational and Benevolent Institution vvill be held at Freemasons ' Hall , Cooper-street , Manchester , at 3 p . m . on Mondiy next , the 27 th instant , under the presidency of Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov . G . M . The reports

of thc Financial and Audit and Almoners' Committees and the Treasurer's statement of account and balance-sheet will be submitted , and , if approved , adopted and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The accounts for the past year will be exceptionally

favourable , owing to the lirst festival ever held in behalf of the Institution having taken place in July last , when the total of donations and subscriptions vvas announced as amounting to upwards of . 64000 , a sum which , ive undertand , has since been very substantially increased .

* * # It is our mournful duty to announce the death of Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z . The sad event occurred quite suddenly on Saturday last , the iSth inst . Only a few djys previously . our brother was , to all . appearances , in the enjoyment of his usual health , and had arranged

to repeat his lecture on " The Symbols of the Craft Degrees in Freemasonry , " with limelight illustrations by Bro . W . C . Tyler , S . D . 862 , which on a previous occasion—in November last—had been so greatly appreciated , in the Hornsey Lodge of Instruction , No . b ' 90 . We tender our most respectful sympathy to the widow and family in their great bereavement .

* * * VVe deeply regret to learn , from the Proceedings of the Unrecognised Grand Lodge of New Zealand , at its half-yearly meeting , on the 30 th October last , that Bro . T . Sherlock Graham , District Grand Master Otago , and Southland , under the English Constitution .

in acknowledging receipt of sundry English lodge warrants returned to him by the Grand Secretary of the said ( Grand Lodge , should have considered it incumbent upon him to reply as discourteously as possible . The Rev . Bro . Ronaldson , in returning the warrants , was helping to remove a difficulty existing between the

District Grand Lodge and some of its former lodges , and , under the circumstances , we think Bro . Graham would have done well to omit such expressions as " your honied phrases , " . " conduct exhibited ( to your full knowledge ) in offence against the dignity of the Grand Lodge el England . '' As for his statement that he will " proceed lo ileal with those particular Masters

as directed , and leave the ultimate decision as to their Masonic fate " to the Grand Lodge of England , it strikes us as being silly in the exlrtme . Thrse tx-Worshipful Masters have withdrawn from English Masonry , and , therefore , the fate reserved for them cannot seriously affect their position as New Zealand Masons .