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as a result , if this mode of commemorating Queen VICTORIA ' S Jubilee be adopted , there will be established in perpetuity the means for providing for the education and maintenance of one poor or deceased Mason ' s daughter in our Girls' School , one poor or deceased Mason ' s son in our Boys' School , and an annuity of / 40 for one poor old brother , as well as an annuity of
£ 32 for the poor widow of a brother . There ought to be no difficulty between now and June next—if the requisite steps for establishing such a Fund are taken forthwith- in providing the sum necessary to secure the right , not only of one , but of two or more such perpetual presentations to each of our Schools and to each of the two Funds of the Benevolent
Institution , while as regards the mode by which these rig hts should be secured and exercised , and on whom after the QUEEN ' S death they should be devolved , it appears to us , so far as our very limited stock of legal knowledge enables us to form an opinion , that there would be needed no further formalities than have been observed in the case of such Perpetual
Presentations to our Schools as have been already established . * * # WE must leave our readers to form their own opinion of the plan we have shadowed forth in the preceding paragraph . But we may remark in passing that the proposal contains within itself many strong recommendations ; not
the least valuable of which is the illustration it will furnish to the world at large of the sincerity of our attachment to those grand principles of Loyalty and Charity , on which our illustrious GRAND MASTER very naturally laid so much stress at his installation . It will materially assist our Institutions , not so much , perhaps , pecuniarily , as by the greater degree of importance
it will be the means of bestowing upon them . It will afford the means of lightening through all time the sorrows and distresses of many among our poorer members and their families , and—what is of no small consequence in the estimation of some of us—it will be strictly in accordance with the solitary precedent that has occurred in connection with a British Sovereign's
Jubilee celebration during the existence of our modern system of Freemasonry . In October 1809 , when the 50 th anniversary of the accession to the throne of GEORGE III . —the QUEEN ' S grandfather—was on the eve of being celebrated , the Grand Lodge of the " Ancient , " or " Atholl " Masons
held aspecial meeting , at which it was unanimously agreed to present to the Institution for clothing and educating the sons of indigent " Ancient " Freemasons the sum of 200 guineas ( jf 2 io ) for the purpose of enabling its Committee to increase the number of boys on the establishment to fifty .
* * * IT only now remains for us to add , by way of conclusion , that , in the event of the proposal being favourably received by the brethren , we shall unreservedly place our columns at their disposal , so that they may have every facility it is in our power to afford—firstly , towards establishinga Committee ,
and then , when a Comm ittee has been established , for circulating the particulars of all its plans and arrangements in furtherance of the scheme among the lodges and members of the English Craft . We see no reason why the project , if well started and energetically pursued , should not prove a splendid success , and in their labours to ensure this desirable consummation the Craft may fully rely on our hearty sympathy and co-operation .
* * # TUESDAY and Wednesday next will be eventful days in the annals of the Isle of Man Masonry . On the former , a sixth lodge warranted by the Grand Lodge of England , namely , the St . Germans , No . 2164 , will be consecrated by Bro . Colonel S HADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary , assisted by
several other Grand Officers ; on the latter , the six English lodges in the Island will be constituted into a province , under R . W . Bro . GOLDEETAUBMAN , Speaker of the House of Keys , who will be installed in office as Provincial Grand Master by Bro . Colonel CLERKE . The latter event may be looked upon as the natural result of the greater activity which has been
shown by our Manx brethren during the last few years . So far as we have been able to trace it , the history of the Craft in the Isle of Man is comparatively of recent origin . The oldest lodge is of Irish Constitution , being No . 212 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and dates from the year 1857 . It is held in Castleton , and no doubt conducts its affairs with the
order and success which are characteristic of Irish lodges . The senior English lodge was warranted seven years later , and bears the style and title of the Athole , No . 1004 , its place of meeting being in the town of Douglas ; St , Maughold , No . 1075 , meeting in Ramsey , stands second on the roll , having been warranted in 186 = 5 , and then we have the Tynwald , No . 1242 , founded
in 1 S 68 , and meeting in Douglas . Till 1884 , these three lodges constituted the whole strength of our English Masonry in the island , but in the summer of that year Bro . Col . CLERKE , at the head of a deputation of Grand Officers , visited Douglas for the purpose of constituting two additional lodges , the Elian Vannin , No . 2049 , and the St . Trinian's , No . 2050 . On
this occasion the question of constituting the island into a province was raised , and the idea having been favourably considered , the plan is now on the eve of realisation , and after enlarging the roll on Tuesday by the consecration of a sixth lodge , the Grand Secretary will have the satisfaction of
adding a new province to the list of those holding under our United Grand Lodge . We have little doubt that the new organisation will be a great success . Our Manx brethren have our heartiest good wishes for the future well-being of their province , and may rely always on our exercising our best efforts to strengthen and promote their interests .
# * * THE announcement we made last week that Bro . A . F . GODSON , M . P ., Dep . P . G . M . Worcestershire , will be proposed as a candidate for the Grand Treasurership for the ensuing year will be heartily welcomed by the Craft generally . A better choice could not have been made . Bro . GODSON is a
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man of weight and influence , socially and professionally , while as a Mason he has worked hard and successfully . In Worcestershire , where he is best known , he is the most highly appreciated , his services as Bro . Sir E . A . LECIIMERE ' Deputy having proved most valuable to the lodges in the province . In the Mark Degree , also , he has won fame , the latest
distinction conferred upon him being his elevation to the post of Provincial Grand Mark Master of Worcestershire . Asa supporter and promoter of our Institutions he stands in the front rank of the brethren , his last appearance in the two capacities having been in July last , when he presided at the iSth
Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund . Thus Bro . GODSON , in the event of his being elected Grand Treasurer in March next , will do honour even to so distinguished an office , while the brethren will do honour to themselves by electing him .
* « THE proposal is an excellent one and will no doubt command the approval and support of all classes , that of establishing permanently in London , the metropolis of the British Empire , an Imperial Institute for the Colonies and India as a memorial of the Jubilee year of her MAJESTY ' S happy and
glorious reign . There is no likelier way of cementing firmly together the various parts of our vast Empire than by exciting in the mother country a deep and enduring interest in the products and manufactures of its colonies and dependencies , and the Prince of WALES , who is the author of the proposal , well deserves the warm congratulations he is receiving on all hands ,
firstly for having proposed a step which will be fruitful of such beneficial consequences to all his fellow subjects of the Q UEEN , and secondly for having associated his proposition with an event so auspicious in the annals of the United Kingdom as the Jubilee celebration of Queen VICTORIA ' accession to the throne . There is undoubtedly a burning desire on the part of our
Colonies to become more closely knit , if possible , with the old country . This desire was exhibited as far back as the time of the Crimean war , when Canada sought and obtained permission to raise and equip a regiment for the service of the Empire . It was again and quite recently exhibited during the Soudanese Campaigns , when the Australian Colony of New South
Wales raised , equipped , and dispatched a battalion for service in the field ; while in the attempt to relieve the late General GORDON at Khartoum , no portion of the force under the orders of Bro . General Lord WOLSELEY did harder or more serviceable work than the Canadians under the late Bro . Col . KENNEDY , P . G . M . of Manitoba . The Colonial and Indian
Exhibition , now open at South Kensington , is a still more recent and even stronger evidence of the deep-seated desire everywhere existing throughout our colonies and dependencies for a closer and more intimate compact between them and the old country , these various evidences we have adduced all tending to show that there is a strong feeling , begotten of the
sense of a unity of interest , that the different peoples in the British Empire should be made one politically and commercially . Considering how many of our colonies have been established , and how all of them have been made more and more prosperous during the long reign of Queen VICTORIA , the existence of this universal desire for a still closer intimacy among the
various parts of the empire is no more than natural , and we have no doubt the desire will be very materially assisted if the proposal made public this week by the Prince ol WALES is carried out successfully . We repeat his Royal HIGHNESS deserves and will receive the hearty thanks of all British subjects for having suggested so admirable a scheme in connection with
the public commemoration of the Q UEEN ' S jubilee . Bro . Lord Mayor STAPLES also , as the head of the greatest commercial City in the world , deserves a word of praise for the promptness with which he has fallen in with the PRINCE ' S views , and the readiness he has shown to support and
promote it by every means in his power . Those who desire to inform themselves more particularly as to the nature and scope of the Prince of WALES ' proposal will find them fully described in his correspondence with Bro . Lord Mayor STAPLES as published in another column .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Worcestershire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WORCESTERSHIRE .
The annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge was held in the Corn Exchange , Stourbridge on Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., when there was a large attendance of brethren , including Bros . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . ; A . F . Godson , M . P ., P . P . G . S . W ., Dep . Prov . G . M . ; and Colonel Foster Gough , Dep . Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire .
On the recommendation of the Library and Museum Committee , it was decided to take the necessary steps for the purchasing of the " Taylor Collection . " The PROV . GRAND MASTER moved a resolution expressing the regret of the Provincial Grand Lodge at the loss sustained by the province in the death of Bro . Albert Brown , Prov . Grand Treasurer , and that a vote of condolence be sent to the family of the deceased brother .
The DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER seconded the resolution , which was carried . Bro . A . Green , W . M . of the Royal Standard Lodge , was elected Treasurer .
A very handsome illuminated address was presented Bro . G . Taylor , P . P . G . S . W ., Prov . Grand Sec , in recognition of valuable services rendered to the Prov . Grand Lodge . At the conclusion of the business , the brethren walked in procession to attend service at St . Thomas ' s Church , where an eloquent and instructive sermon was preached by Bro . the Rev . A . B . TIMRRELL , Prov . Grand Chaplain .
In the evening a banquet was held at the Talbot Hotel . The usual Masonic toasts were honoured , and were interspersed with glees and songs , effectively rendered by the Dudley Glee Union ( Bros . E . W . Smith , Alex . Smith , W . H . Fellows , and W . H . Smith ) , Bro . T . Troman , M . B ., P . G . O ., officiating as musical director .
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as a result , if this mode of commemorating Queen VICTORIA ' S Jubilee be adopted , there will be established in perpetuity the means for providing for the education and maintenance of one poor or deceased Mason ' s daughter in our Girls' School , one poor or deceased Mason ' s son in our Boys' School , and an annuity of / 40 for one poor old brother , as well as an annuity of
£ 32 for the poor widow of a brother . There ought to be no difficulty between now and June next—if the requisite steps for establishing such a Fund are taken forthwith- in providing the sum necessary to secure the right , not only of one , but of two or more such perpetual presentations to each of our Schools and to each of the two Funds of the Benevolent
Institution , while as regards the mode by which these rig hts should be secured and exercised , and on whom after the QUEEN ' S death they should be devolved , it appears to us , so far as our very limited stock of legal knowledge enables us to form an opinion , that there would be needed no further formalities than have been observed in the case of such Perpetual
Presentations to our Schools as have been already established . * * # WE must leave our readers to form their own opinion of the plan we have shadowed forth in the preceding paragraph . But we may remark in passing that the proposal contains within itself many strong recommendations ; not
the least valuable of which is the illustration it will furnish to the world at large of the sincerity of our attachment to those grand principles of Loyalty and Charity , on which our illustrious GRAND MASTER very naturally laid so much stress at his installation . It will materially assist our Institutions , not so much , perhaps , pecuniarily , as by the greater degree of importance
it will be the means of bestowing upon them . It will afford the means of lightening through all time the sorrows and distresses of many among our poorer members and their families , and—what is of no small consequence in the estimation of some of us—it will be strictly in accordance with the solitary precedent that has occurred in connection with a British Sovereign's
Jubilee celebration during the existence of our modern system of Freemasonry . In October 1809 , when the 50 th anniversary of the accession to the throne of GEORGE III . —the QUEEN ' S grandfather—was on the eve of being celebrated , the Grand Lodge of the " Ancient , " or " Atholl " Masons
held aspecial meeting , at which it was unanimously agreed to present to the Institution for clothing and educating the sons of indigent " Ancient " Freemasons the sum of 200 guineas ( jf 2 io ) for the purpose of enabling its Committee to increase the number of boys on the establishment to fifty .
* * * IT only now remains for us to add , by way of conclusion , that , in the event of the proposal being favourably received by the brethren , we shall unreservedly place our columns at their disposal , so that they may have every facility it is in our power to afford—firstly , towards establishinga Committee ,
and then , when a Comm ittee has been established , for circulating the particulars of all its plans and arrangements in furtherance of the scheme among the lodges and members of the English Craft . We see no reason why the project , if well started and energetically pursued , should not prove a splendid success , and in their labours to ensure this desirable consummation the Craft may fully rely on our hearty sympathy and co-operation .
* * # TUESDAY and Wednesday next will be eventful days in the annals of the Isle of Man Masonry . On the former , a sixth lodge warranted by the Grand Lodge of England , namely , the St . Germans , No . 2164 , will be consecrated by Bro . Colonel S HADWELL H . CLERKE , Grand Secretary , assisted by
several other Grand Officers ; on the latter , the six English lodges in the Island will be constituted into a province , under R . W . Bro . GOLDEETAUBMAN , Speaker of the House of Keys , who will be installed in office as Provincial Grand Master by Bro . Colonel CLERKE . The latter event may be looked upon as the natural result of the greater activity which has been
shown by our Manx brethren during the last few years . So far as we have been able to trace it , the history of the Craft in the Isle of Man is comparatively of recent origin . The oldest lodge is of Irish Constitution , being No . 212 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and dates from the year 1857 . It is held in Castleton , and no doubt conducts its affairs with the
order and success which are characteristic of Irish lodges . The senior English lodge was warranted seven years later , and bears the style and title of the Athole , No . 1004 , its place of meeting being in the town of Douglas ; St , Maughold , No . 1075 , meeting in Ramsey , stands second on the roll , having been warranted in 186 = 5 , and then we have the Tynwald , No . 1242 , founded
in 1 S 68 , and meeting in Douglas . Till 1884 , these three lodges constituted the whole strength of our English Masonry in the island , but in the summer of that year Bro . Col . CLERKE , at the head of a deputation of Grand Officers , visited Douglas for the purpose of constituting two additional lodges , the Elian Vannin , No . 2049 , and the St . Trinian's , No . 2050 . On
this occasion the question of constituting the island into a province was raised , and the idea having been favourably considered , the plan is now on the eve of realisation , and after enlarging the roll on Tuesday by the consecration of a sixth lodge , the Grand Secretary will have the satisfaction of
adding a new province to the list of those holding under our United Grand Lodge . We have little doubt that the new organisation will be a great success . Our Manx brethren have our heartiest good wishes for the future well-being of their province , and may rely always on our exercising our best efforts to strengthen and promote their interests .
# * * THE announcement we made last week that Bro . A . F . GODSON , M . P ., Dep . P . G . M . Worcestershire , will be proposed as a candidate for the Grand Treasurership for the ensuing year will be heartily welcomed by the Craft generally . A better choice could not have been made . Bro . GODSON is a
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man of weight and influence , socially and professionally , while as a Mason he has worked hard and successfully . In Worcestershire , where he is best known , he is the most highly appreciated , his services as Bro . Sir E . A . LECIIMERE ' Deputy having proved most valuable to the lodges in the province . In the Mark Degree , also , he has won fame , the latest
distinction conferred upon him being his elevation to the post of Provincial Grand Mark Master of Worcestershire . Asa supporter and promoter of our Institutions he stands in the front rank of the brethren , his last appearance in the two capacities having been in July last , when he presided at the iSth
Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund . Thus Bro . GODSON , in the event of his being elected Grand Treasurer in March next , will do honour even to so distinguished an office , while the brethren will do honour to themselves by electing him .
* « THE proposal is an excellent one and will no doubt command the approval and support of all classes , that of establishing permanently in London , the metropolis of the British Empire , an Imperial Institute for the Colonies and India as a memorial of the Jubilee year of her MAJESTY ' S happy and
glorious reign . There is no likelier way of cementing firmly together the various parts of our vast Empire than by exciting in the mother country a deep and enduring interest in the products and manufactures of its colonies and dependencies , and the Prince of WALES , who is the author of the proposal , well deserves the warm congratulations he is receiving on all hands ,
firstly for having proposed a step which will be fruitful of such beneficial consequences to all his fellow subjects of the Q UEEN , and secondly for having associated his proposition with an event so auspicious in the annals of the United Kingdom as the Jubilee celebration of Queen VICTORIA ' accession to the throne . There is undoubtedly a burning desire on the part of our
Colonies to become more closely knit , if possible , with the old country . This desire was exhibited as far back as the time of the Crimean war , when Canada sought and obtained permission to raise and equip a regiment for the service of the Empire . It was again and quite recently exhibited during the Soudanese Campaigns , when the Australian Colony of New South
Wales raised , equipped , and dispatched a battalion for service in the field ; while in the attempt to relieve the late General GORDON at Khartoum , no portion of the force under the orders of Bro . General Lord WOLSELEY did harder or more serviceable work than the Canadians under the late Bro . Col . KENNEDY , P . G . M . of Manitoba . The Colonial and Indian
Exhibition , now open at South Kensington , is a still more recent and even stronger evidence of the deep-seated desire everywhere existing throughout our colonies and dependencies for a closer and more intimate compact between them and the old country , these various evidences we have adduced all tending to show that there is a strong feeling , begotten of the
sense of a unity of interest , that the different peoples in the British Empire should be made one politically and commercially . Considering how many of our colonies have been established , and how all of them have been made more and more prosperous during the long reign of Queen VICTORIA , the existence of this universal desire for a still closer intimacy among the
various parts of the empire is no more than natural , and we have no doubt the desire will be very materially assisted if the proposal made public this week by the Prince ol WALES is carried out successfully . We repeat his Royal HIGHNESS deserves and will receive the hearty thanks of all British subjects for having suggested so admirable a scheme in connection with
the public commemoration of the Q UEEN ' S jubilee . Bro . Lord Mayor STAPLES also , as the head of the greatest commercial City in the world , deserves a word of praise for the promptness with which he has fallen in with the PRINCE ' S views , and the readiness he has shown to support and
promote it by every means in his power . Those who desire to inform themselves more particularly as to the nature and scope of the Prince of WALES ' proposal will find them fully described in his correspondence with Bro . Lord Mayor STAPLES as published in another column .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Worcestershire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WORCESTERSHIRE .
The annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge was held in the Corn Exchange , Stourbridge on Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., when there was a large attendance of brethren , including Bros . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . ; A . F . Godson , M . P ., P . P . G . S . W ., Dep . Prov . G . M . ; and Colonel Foster Gough , Dep . Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire .
On the recommendation of the Library and Museum Committee , it was decided to take the necessary steps for the purchasing of the " Taylor Collection . " The PROV . GRAND MASTER moved a resolution expressing the regret of the Provincial Grand Lodge at the loss sustained by the province in the death of Bro . Albert Brown , Prov . Grand Treasurer , and that a vote of condolence be sent to the family of the deceased brother .
The DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER seconded the resolution , which was carried . Bro . A . Green , W . M . of the Royal Standard Lodge , was elected Treasurer .
A very handsome illuminated address was presented Bro . G . Taylor , P . P . G . S . W ., Prov . Grand Sec , in recognition of valuable services rendered to the Prov . Grand Lodge . At the conclusion of the business , the brethren walked in procession to attend service at St . Thomas ' s Church , where an eloquent and instructive sermon was preached by Bro . the Rev . A . B . TIMRRELL , Prov . Grand Chaplain .
In the evening a banquet was held at the Talbot Hotel . The usual Masonic toasts were honoured , and were interspersed with glees and songs , effectively rendered by the Dudley Glee Union ( Bros . E . W . Smith , Alex . Smith , W . H . Fellows , and W . H . Smith ) , Bro . T . Troman , M . B ., P . G . O ., officiating as musical director .