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F . Cook ; Hova Villa , 1466 , by Comp . Colonel Shadwell H . Gierke , Grand Scribe E ., assisted by Comps . J . H . Scott , thc Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C , who delivered the oration , and V ' * . P . Freeman , Prov . G . Sec . Sussex ; and thc

Carnarvon Chapter , 1572 , by Comp . Colonel Shadwell H Gierke , Grand Scribe E ., assisted by Comps . H G . Buss , Asst . Grand Scribe E . ; the Rev . A . F . A Woodford , M . A ., P . G . S ., who delivered the ora tion ; Comp . James Terry acting as D . of C .

NOVEMBER . The Supreme Grand Chapter met on thc 3 rd , when petitions for four new chapters were granted , and the hour of meeting agreed henceforth . On the 3 rd the installation meeting of the Alliance

Lodge took place , when Sir J . VV . Monckton , I . P . M ., was presented with a beautiful clock , bearing a suitable inscription , in acknowledgment of his services as W . M . On thc Sth Bro . George Kenning was unanimously re-elected

VV . M . of the Aldersgate Lodge , amid many expressions of regard and acknowledgment for his Masonic services . On the 1 ith the Quarterly Court of the Boys School took place , when sixteen , out of seventy , candidates were elected , leaving

fiftyfour unsuccessful , of whom some were last cliances . We think it right to remind our readers of the following facts : " At the Quarterly Court of the Boys ' School on Monday last Bro . Levandcr's motion dropped by common consent , and Bro . Dr .

Ramsay withdrew his motion . Bro . Binckes having referred to Collingwood's case , it was , by a most decisive majority , referred to the House Committee to report . The candidate was elected subsequently , conditionally on the report being in his favour . "

On the 12 th the Marquis of Londonderry was installed'Provincial Grand Master , and on thc 13 th Provincial Grand Superintendent of Durham . On the nth Sir J . R . Bailey , Bart ., M . P ., Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire , was installed Provincial

Grand Mastcr of Herefordshire , at the Shire HaU , Hereford , amid an assembly of the Craft never before witnessed in the " City of the Wye . " The ceremony was performed by thc Grand Secretary .

On the 17 th Lodge of Benevolence met , and voted £ 925 . At a meeting of the Mark Grand Lodge , on the 20 th , it was slated that there were 14 , 086 Mark Masons in England , and Lord Henniker was elected Grand Mark Mastcr Mason .

DECEMBER . On the ist the Quarterly Meeting of Grand Lodge was held , when Bro . R . Letchworth , P . M ., had the honour of nominating H . R . H . lhe Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . for thc ensuing year . The Grand

Secretary read the report of Committee appointed by Grand Lodge on the 3 rd of March for the purpose of purchasing property adjoining Freemasons ' Hall . Bro . / Eneas John M'Intyre , Q . C , M . P ., Grand Registrar , as one of the members of the

Committee , moved that the report be received and entered on the minutes , which motion was seconded by Colonel John Creaton , Grand Treasurer , supported by Sir John B . Monckton , I rcsidcnt Board of General Purposes , and carried . 13 ro . John

Messent , P . M . 231 , was declared successor to thc late Bro . F . H . McCalmont on thc Board of General Purposes . Lord Tenterden , acting M . W . G . M ., announced that H . R . H . had authorized him to declare that he . had re-appointed Bro . John M .

Clabon , P . G . D ., President Lodgeof Benevolence , and that Bro . Joshua Nunn , Past G . S . B ., would bc Senior Vice-President , and Bro . James Brett , Junior Vice-President . From thc statement submitted to Grand Lodge at this meeting , wc learn

that there is a balance of £ 4573 12 s . I id . in ihc Bank of England , and in the hands of Grand Secretary , for pctly cash , £ 75 , and for servants ' wages , £ 9 6 15 s . Bro . thc Rev . C . VV . Spencer Stanhope proposed a resolution conveying tlie

congratulations of Grand Lodge lo Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , 011 her thirly-sixth birthday ; the same was seconded by Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap ., and received with so much

heartiness and unanimity that the formal vote was dispensed with . At the meeting of thc Grand Mark Lodge , Lord Henniker was elected M . W . Grand Mark Master Mason for the ensuing year . The Festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improve-

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ment was this year presided over by Sir W . VV . Burrell , Grand Master of Sussex , supported by a large bod ) ' of eminent brethren . The installation meeting of the Howe and Charnwood Lodge , No . 1007 , was held , Gen . Burnaby , M . P ., being installed

VV . M . At a meeting of the General Committee of the Boys' School , Bro . Raynham Stewart's motion for a Committee was unanimously carried , with a very necessary enlargement of the powers of the Committee , namely , to consider the propriety

either or purchasing or hiring an existing building . At a meeting of the Creaton Lodge a testimonial was presented to Bro . Cantle , the active Secretary , and one of its leading founders . The brethren of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , also

presented to Bro . VV . Murlis and to his wife certain valuable tokens of their affection and respect . Thus it will bc seen , as a remarkable feature in English Freemasonry , that the Lodge of Benevolence to the end of November had voted £ 8405

and , including December ' s vote of £ 958 , in all £ 9223 , which added to the Steward's List , £ 39 , 515 , for the Charities , raises the amount of English Masonic Charity to £ 4 8 , 738 . And when to this is added thc amount given by Prov . Grand lodges ,

Chapters , and Provincial Associations for education and relief , the charitable outcome of English Freemasonry deserves to be considered by those who often ask , what is thc good of Freemasonry 1 We have thus " epitomized " our Masonic

Summary for 1881 , feeling lhat amid much customary work and wonted routine , a \ ery prosperous season has , indeed , set in for our kindly and useful Order . Wgjjants for thirty-three lodges and twenty-one chapters have been granted in 18 S 0 . Thus ,

according to thc " Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket liook , " the number of lodges is 1 SS 6 , and chapters 1717 , and , in all probability , as we are informed , before the end of the year the number of lodges will have reached 1900 . But these numbers are

not strictly accurate . I here are not really 1900 lodges , owing to dormant and lapsed warrants . VVe think , therefore , that the time for re-numbering has arrived , and as Bro . Gould is luckily on the Board of General Purposes , and knows so much of

the subject , he can give his desirable aid to so good an end . Never before were English lodges so many and so peaceful ; never , at any period , was Freemasonry so much thought of by the outer world . That such a state of things has its

drawbacks as well as its advantages , its dangers as well as its " good things , " must bc patent to every thinking Mason . The world wants to know " too much of our goings on , " and too many , far too many , arc led to seek admittance into Freemasonry

from ephemeral motives of active curiosity , or material benefits , or from a persuasion that it is " respectable " to be a Freemason— " the thing lo do ; " an 4 thus numbers enter into our lodges without sympathy with our mission or " heart" in

our leaching and work . Still , it never does an )' good lo be discontented or cynical , to present possible evils or pourtray imaginary weaknesses . Freemasonry has much of greatness and strength in it , is marked by many noble characteristics , and

distinguished by not a few excelling virtues . It has everything in it to attract thc man of intellect and the man of science , to appeal to the philanthropist and patriot , to ensure the admiration of thc sludcut and the enquirer , and to content the

aspirations of thc lovers of humanity , the benevolent , and the large-hearted . As the Psalmist said of old the chronicler may well also repeat to-day , " Peace be within thy walls , and plenteousness within thy palaces . " In Ireland and Scotland

Freemasonry has equally progressed , we believe , though of the former jurisdiction we know little or nothing . In Scotland , under the able presidency of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , G . M ., and by thc effective aid of Bro . D . Murray Lyon , G . Sec ,

the Grand Lodge of Scotland is " setting its house in order , " emerging from weakness and confusion , and rising , as we hope it will ere long fully do , to lhe reality of its rc-organization , and thc necessity

of enlarged charitable efforts . In America and thc Canadas Freemasonry is still rapidly advancing , and promises to become a great " Factor" in the future history of those interesting and wonderful countries . There are now upwards of 700 , 000 Masons in

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America and the Canadas , and we feel sure that each succeeding year will onl y devclope lhat strength , union , and importance , and witness to their happy increase and triumphant march . They have put down already prejudice and persecution ; they have now , if a few anomalies to redress and

some evil tendencies to restrain , the noblest position and the truest work that it was ever granted Freemasons to hold or to perform . May all of good

go with them . In France and the Continent generally Freemasonry is comparatively tranquil , after the excitement of the last few years . The firmness and tact of the Grand Conseil of the

" Rite Ancien et Accepte , " at Paris , has saved , we trust , that body from the downfall which has attended the unwise and un-Masonic course of the Grand Orient of France . VVe are glad to note especially , that most of the jurisdictions of

the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite are standing firmly in the " oldpaths , " and rejecting manfully childish compromises and Jesuitical evasions in respect of the fundamental landmarks of their own widely spread Order . One fact is very

remarkablefortheMisonicstudent , —the onward and rapid steps of Christian Masonry , It is rapidly assuming a very leading position , and it is possible that this movement , this recurrence to the earlier teaching of Christianized Guilds , without intolerance of

other teaching , is destined to be a " mark " of the age in which we live . And thus another year has run away in the history of English Freemasonry . It has outlived weakness and abuses , Ultramontane wrath or popular persecution , thc ridicule of the

ignorant or the censure of thc bigot , nnd once again proclaims before a world which is beginning to realize , to appreciate , and admire , that it has not swerved from its principles or its work , that it

still humbly seeks to proclaim the " Fatherhood of the Most High , " the "Brotherhood" of " us all Children of the Dust , " that its Christmas Carol is , still as ever , the angelic strain , GLORY TO Gon IN THE HIGHEST , AND ON E . VRTII PEACE ,

GOODWILL TOWARDS MEN . VVe have to deplore the deaths of some very excellent and distinguished brethren during 1880 , some of whom deserve most special mention in the Freemason . First on the list in almost every

sense comes our lamented Bro . John Hervey , whose services to English Freemasonry were great , whose loss we all lament . VVe may also fitly record Bro . the Rev . John Huyshe , an old and much loved Mason , eminent for his services to his province and

Grand Lodge , and a distinguished member of the Templar body . We can also recal thc life and memories of Bros . T . J . Sabine , who died actually on December 29 th , 18 79 ; E . Booth , Joseph Stohwasser , Chas . Horsley , Lieut .-Col . Arthur Pickard ,

Dr . Robert Hamilton , the Marquis of Dalhousie , Edward Cox , E . Snell , F . H . McCalmont , Colonel VV . Mure , M . P ., Colonel J . VV . Peard , J . Whitwell , M . P ., and Alderman John March . VVe have also with deep regret to note the loss of the following

worthy members of our Order , many of whose services in Freemasonry in their own quiet spheres of work and duty were very valuable and very true . But , alas 1 as the world runs on and time fleets with each dying year , the " mourners go about the

streets , " and many kind faces disappear from our midst , and many warm hearts we miss sadly : — Bros . David Pullen , December 15 th , 1879 ; James Coward , P . G . O ., January 22 nd , 1880 ; VV . Clark , P . M . 17 , Past S . G . W . Bengal , January 22 nd ; H . VV . Lindus , Senior P . M . and Sec . 1269 , Senior P . Z . and S . E . 1269 , January 31 st ; F . Hickson , S . VV . 581 , February 6 th ; R . Helsdon , P . M . 733 , i 549 > February 14 th ; Col . H . P . Le Strange , G . Supt . Norfolk ; William Sendell , February 12 th ;

John Batty Lambert , P . M . 298 , 580 , 613 , 1403 , P . Z . 580 , and P . G . D . E . Lancashire ; A . Macgilivray , J . D . 1559 ; John Wood , P . M . 1073 . PflSt G . Org . Cumberland and Westmorland ; S . VV . Dankes . P . M . 162 , Past G . S . of VV . Kent ,

March Sth ; Chas . Coote , P . M . 205 , 1319 , P . Z . 753 , Past G . O . Middlesex ; VV . H . Hall , 1351 ; C . Geary , P . M . 19 ; G . Cop land , April 3 rd ; Alderman Bull , of Bedford , April