Eighth Annual Supper Of The Star Chapter Of Instruction.

, rovide a testimonial to one who so richly deserved it , and he was proud to see L at it had proved a grand success . The S . E . had been described as indefatigable ind irrepressible , and he was confident the duties of S . E . would be carried out in ' i same indomitable spirit as hitherto . Some excellent harmony was rendered by Comps . Telling , Plant , Barr , Stone , and Derham ( fUutist ) , and Bros . Tredray and C . W . Stone . Mr . Tredray and Comp . Harper were the able accompanist . ** * .

The inscription on the watch , a gold English lever , was— " Presented to Comp . Charles Hy . Stone , P . Z , by the members of the Star Chapter of Instruction 1275- as a token of their appreciation as Scribe E ., April 17 th , 1896 . " The insciiption on the timepiece was— " Presented to Mrs . Stone by the members of the Star Chapter of Instruction , 1275 , of Royal Arch Freemasons , in recognition of the valuable services rendered by her husband , Excellent Companion C H . Stone , P . Z ., is Scribe E ., April 17 th , 1 S 96 . "

The Grand Lodge Of Tasmania.

THE GRAND LODGE OF TASMANIA .

We mentioned in our "Notes" recently that our brethren in Tasmania had sustained a grave loss by the death of their M . W . G . M ., Bro . Dr . E . O . Giblin , who succumbed to a sunstroke he received at the ranges ofthe Tasmanian Rifle Association on the 271 b December , and was buried with military and Masonic honours on Sunday , the 29 th of the same month . Indeed , the death of their chief ruler was esteemed to be of such great

consequence that a Special Communication was called for the 20 th January in order to determine what , if any , steps should be taken to fill the office of Grand Master for the remainder of the year . It was , however , decided at the Special Meeting in question that , a > the government of Grand Lodge was legally vested in the Pro Grand Master , no such action was necessary , or , indeed , under the Book of Constitutions , possible . Accordingly , the

Annual Communication was held at the Masonic Hall , Hobart , on Thursdiy , the 30 th January , under the presidency of Bro . C . E . Davies , M . W . Pro Grand Master , there being present Bros . F . H . Wise and Leo Susman , Past Dep . G . Masters ; M . E . Robinson , Past Deputy Dist . G . M . ( Scotland ) ; W . Home , as S . G . W . ; John Clark , as J . G . W . , * the Rev . C . H . Talbot , G . Chap . ; J . G . Davies , P . S . G . W ., G . Treasurer ; E . H .

Butler , G . Reg . ; Edwin J . Rogers , Pres . Board Gen . Purps . ; H . LD'Emden , Vice-Pres . Bd . Gen . Purps . ; J ohn Hamilton , G . Sec . ; J oseph Bidencope , S . G . D . ; James Brickhill , Dep . G . Sec , as J . G . D . ; F . J . Jacobs , G . D . C . , * J . W . Gould , as G . Org . ; J . W . Israel , G . Purst . ; A . C . Hirst , G . Tyler ; W . T . Bates , as G . Trumpeter ; and the Masters ,

Past Masters , and Wardens of several lodges . Grand Lodge having been opened , and the minutes of the previous Communication on the 25 th July , 1895 , and of the Special Communication on the 20 th January having been read and confirmed , the roll of lodges was called .

The PRESIDENT of the Board of Gen . Purps . read the report , in the concluding paragraph of which sympathetic reference was made to the death of their respected Grand Master , Bro . E . O . Giblin , M . D . The report was adopted , as likewise were those of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Inspectors of Lodges , the latter being ordered to be published in the Proceedings of Grand Lodge .

Bro . C . E . Davies , Pro Grand Master , who had been nominated for the oflice of M . W . G . Master , was unanimously elected and installed by Bro . P . Barrett , M . W . Past Pro Grand Master , and , having been saluted with the customary honours , announced that he had appointed Bro . J . H . Room as M . W . Pro G . M ., and Bro . J . G . Davies as R . W . Dep . G . M ., the latter of whom was therefore , obligated , installed , and saluted .

The following were appointed and , in the case of those present , invested as Grand Officers for the ensuing year , namely - . Bro . John Clark ... ... ... ... S . G . Warden . „ W . R . Lisbey ... ... ... J . G . Warden . 1 , Rev . H . H . Anderson ... ... *) „ _ , , . ., Rev . G . F . M . Fielding ... j G . Chaplains . n H . L . D'Emden ... ... ... G . Treasurer .

11 E . H . Butler ... ... ... G . Registrar . 11 Edwin J . Rogers ... ... " ... Pres . Bd . Gen . Purps . n F . J . Jacobs ... ... ... ... *) / -. 1 rr J ., G . P . Milsom ... ... jG . Inspc . of Lodges . 11 J . Bidencope ... ... " \ 1 . Dr . Frank Cole ... S . G . Ds .

•i W . C . Grubb ... ... * ) , ^„ .. Charles Adams ... ... ... ' j ; J- G . Ds . 11 J . W . Israel ... ... - 1 _ „ , ...

. 1 H . Berresford ... _ * J * a * 0 I Ws-. 1 W . O . Wise ......' . ' . ' . I nn c r . .. B . Thomas ... ... ... . ... j G . D . of Cs . n R . Coldstream ... ... - , _ _ _ -I C . K . Ellis ... ... ... '" G . S . Bs .

n A . R . Crowhurst ... ... > _ , _ . . » A . H . E . Bowden ... ... ... ) , 0 r £ - " T . R . Marsden ... ... .. , G . Purst . « Dr . F . C . Allport ... ... 1

" J' Harrison ... ... ... ... £ G . Stwds . " A . H . Johnston ... ... ... J " H * A . E . Westbrook ... ... .. ' . G . Trumpeter . " ,, A * C . Hirst ... G . Tyler . v .. 11 members of the Board of General Purposes and the Auditors having abr ? f u **? ' Br 0 , Sir W * J * CLARKE , Bart ., M . W . G . M . of Victoria , del . vered . .. i but interestine-address , after whir-h Rrn . r R n . iA'iu < M u ; a . iu

M Wr „? grand P ane vric of their departed Bro . E . O . Giblin , M . D ., distin •u"' '" the course f which he described the Masonic career of their hi = ,, Sulshed brother , and expressed the deep sorrow which ail must feel at 15 unexpected death . j rand Lodge was afterwards closed .

tali , !^! A !? ln , 0 NCiERS' COMPANY have made a grant of i . 105 towards the funds of Ko Ml Albert Orphan Asylum , Bagshot .

Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Robert Grey , President of the Board , in the chair . Bro . D . D . Mercer , S . V . P ., and Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , J . V . P ., occupied the Vice-Presidents' chair . Bros . E . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; W . Lake , A . G . Sec . ; W . Dodd , and W . H . Lee represented the Grand Secretary's department . There were also

present , among ' others , Bros . Henry Garrod , George Graveley , C . J . R . Tijou , J W . Burgess , Walter Martin , C . Jolly , Charles Dairy , William Vincent , C . E Keyser , Percy W . Husk , George Everett , R . Watts , H . Massey , James Bunker , J H . Matthews , C . H . Webb , S . Vallentine , and John Newton . The Board was well attended , notwithstanding the busy season of the yeir .

The brethren first confirmed recommendations to the Grand Master made at the March meeting to the extent of £ 490 . There were 42 cases on the new list , coming irom the London district , the Argentine Republic , Calcutta , Portsea , Salford , Bermuda , Hayle , Hertford , Plumstead , Aberavon , Batley , Weston-super-Mare , North Woolwich , Colchester , Chislehurst , Beckenham , Sunderland , Egutpoorah , Dover , South Norwood , Topsham , Brecon , and Liverpool . Although the number of petitions was so large , there were only three which

were deferred , in the course of a four hours' sitting , until next meeting for further information , and not a single petition was dismissed . The whole of the grants , or recommendations , were very liberal , and a total of £ 960 was awarded . There was one recommendation to Grand Lodge for the widow of a late brother ° f £ 7 i , and two recommendations of £$ 0 each . The Grand Master was advised to sanction four grants of £ 40 each , seven of £ _ o each , and one sum of £ 25 . Fifteen petitions met with a response of £ 20 each , and seven of £ 10 each , while two other petitioners got respectively £ i _ and £ _ .

Annual Festival Of The Grand Master's Mark Lodge Of Instruction.

ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE GRAND MASTER'S MARK LODGE OF INSTRUCTION .

The 12 th annual festival of the Grand Master's Lodge of Instruction for Mark Master Masons was held on Wednesday evening at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C , when a very large number of Mark brethren assembled to witness the working nf the Degree prior to banqueting together . Besides the brethren who took part in the working of the ceremony of advancement there

were present Bros , the Earl ' of Euston , Pro G . M . ; Gordon Miller , P . G . Treas . ; Ramsay , P . G . D . ; Sir Simeon H . L . Stuart , W . M . 47 6 ; Powell , Bevan , Dr . Cooper , W . M . Stiles , P . G . S . B . ; Henri Bue , P . M . 459 ; E . St . Clair , P . M . 459 ; his Highness Sampatrao Guikwardi , James Speller , W . Price , and Major Elwes .

The disposal of the brethren who performed the work of the lodge was as follows : Bros . W . Vincent , P . M ., P . A . G . D . C , W . M . ; J . Reynolds Green , P . M ., P . G . Stwd .. S . W . ; C I . Knightley , P . M ., G . S . B ., J . W . j J . S . Tamburini , P . M ., G . Stwd ,, M . O . ; H . Sadler , W . M . 176 , S . O . ; G . J . Thomas , P . M ., P . P . G . O . Middx ., J . O . ; Rev . V . P . Wyatt , P . M ., Prov . G . Chap . Northants , Hunts , and

Beds , Chap . ; C . F . Matier , P . G . W ., G . Sec , Treas . ; E . M . Money , P . M ., P . G . Stwd ., Reg . of Marks ; John Smith , W . M . 406 , G . Stwd ., Sec ; G . E . Smith , J . O . 47 6 , S . D . ; Percy Clifford Probyn , 47 6 , J . ., H . T . Lyon , P . M ., D . C ; H . R . Rose , P . G . Org ., Org . ; W . Briggs , I . G . 112 , I . G . ; and E . J . Mills , P . M ., P . A . G . I . G ., Grand Tyler , Tyler .

The ceremony was the Degree of advancement , and Bro . W . S . Penley ( "Charley ' s Aunt" ) was the candidate . All the work was beautifully performed , and at the conclusion of the ceremony Bro . J SMITH , Secretary , delivered the Lecture of the Degree . At the closing of the lodge , the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern

to banquet , at which they were presided over bv Bro . the Earl of Euston , in place of Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., Dep . Prov . G . M . Middlesex , who has been obliged to go abroad for the benefit of his health . The banquet was admirably selected and splendidly served , and it met with general approval . When it had been disposed of , the customary toasts were briefly given , it being announced at the beginning that they were all to be short .

After Bro . MATIER had proposed "The M . W . Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Euston , " Bro . the Earl of EUSTON replied , and , in the course of his remarks , said that the brethren had always received him cordially , especially during the last six years while he had been either Deputy or Pro Grand Master . After he had served his time it might be that somebody else would reign in his stead . If that

should bc the case , and he ( the Earl of Euston ) should become one of the Past Grand Masters , he hoped he would not be less a worker among the Mark brethren than he had been . While he had been connected with the Degree he had done his very best for it . At first he took no part in the organisation of any Degree beyond his own province . There was one thing he would say , that he thanked the whole of the brethren most heartily fbi the great kindness they had shown him ,

and for the support they had given him , and he thought that when they looked at the hall in which they met that night , and looked back to 1887 , when they met at Red Lion-square , they would say that thc Mark Degree had prospered immensely . In conclusion , he assured the brethren that so far as in his power lay , if he could do any good for the Mark Degree he would do it , and whatever part of England he might be in , if they would only let him know they wanted him he would come .

Bro . SIR SIMEON STUART proposed "The Deputy Grand Master , Viscourt Dungarvan , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and called upon Bro . Gordon Miller to respond , lie thought it must be to every brother a great satisfaction to see so miny present that evening . To the Grand Officers it was an immense gratification to witness such a large number of brethren following the example ofthe Pro Grand Master , and the Deputy Grand Master , that was saying something very important .

Bro . GORDON MILLER , P . G . Treas ., acknowledg ing the toast , said it was a special privilege to have been able to hear the ceremonies performed so perfectly . Thc style was perfectly free from that stiffness which sometimes characterised thc working of Masonic ceremonies . Thc work that evening had been extremely entertaining , and he was much impres ; ed with the candidate . The candidate was the principal character in a play which was " still running . " He was glad to be able to think that Mark Masonry was running , not walking , and he hoped it would