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The Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
EXACTLY one calendar month hence the first of our Anniversary l-cstivals for the current year , that of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , svill be held . In 1883 , this Benevolent Institution received its full one-third share of the total contributions obtained from all sources by our three Charities . This total svas , in round figures , £ 56 , 000 , of svhich the R . M . B . I , netted over £ 18 , 000 . But the Festival yielded only some £ 13 , 200 of this , and it is on the success of the Festival that Ihe Institution chiefly depends for its indispensable supply of cash .
* # * AND svhat is the amount of this "indispensable supply" —the supply svhich must be forthcoming if sve svould not leave our poor old folks to starve or seek refuge in the union ? The friendly " Cocker" tells us that 163 male annuities at £ 40 each cost £ 6520 ; 167 female annuities at £ 32 each £ 5344 ; and ig half male annuities , paid to certain widows , at £ 20 each , £ 380 ; total required forannuities , £ 12 , 244 . But even this is by no
means the limit of our " indispensable supply . " A large institution requires a large outlay , and the last published accounts shosv that , even svith the strictest regard to economy , a year ' s disbursements for salaries , rent , rates and taxes , repairs , printing and stationery , Sec , kc , amount to £ 3060 . Thus our grand total , made up of annuities £ 12 , 240 , and management £ 3060 , figures at the large sum of £ i . - ; , 30 o . * # *
OF this only £ 3 600 is permanent income , namely , from Grand Lodge , £ 1600 ; Grand Chapter , £ 150 ; interest on insisted moneys £ 1850 ; so that the big balance , thc " indispensable" balance , of £ 11 , 700 , must be raised , or one of the tsvo follosving courses must be adopted . Either the capital must be trenched upon , and Heaven knows that is little enough already ; or , the number of annuitants must be reduced ! But dare wc venture on either alternative ? To trench upon capital is a suicidal policy and means the permanent rcdsiction of fixed income . To reduce the number of annuitants
would be an act of cruelty and utterly at variance svith the solemn obligations sve contracted at our entrance into Freemasonry . And in this instance the cruelty svould be still more censurable . There are 126 old people appealing to us for help and only 17 can be assisted . Therefore , if sve do no more than raise this balance of £ 11 , 700—say , a round £ 12 , 000—109 of these indigent Masons and widows of Masons must remain 111 comparative or absolute penury for at least another 12 months .
• « WILL the Craft turn a deaf eartothc urgent entreaticsof these 109 old people for the bare necessaries of lifc , when a levy of only a few shillings all round will give them what they want ? We think not . At least wc trust not . Our hope is that when Bro . Grand Treasurer Allcroft , as Chairman , rises in his
place at the Festival on Tuesday , the 26 th hebruary next , and appeals to the assembled Stesvards and their friends for the "indispensable supply of cash" to keep the R . M . B . I , firm on its legs , it svill be forthcoming . And not only forthcoming , but that there svill be a fair margin over , so that not all the remaining 109 poor and almost penniless applicants , svho cannot otherwise be relieved , may be sent empty asvay .
Consecration Of The Tilbury Lodge, No. 2006.
CONSECRATION OF THE TILBURY LODGE , No . 2006 .
On Wednesday week , the iCth inst ., a nesv Masonic lodge for the Province of Essex svas consecrated at the Contractors' Offices on the works at thc site ot the Nesv Tilbury Docks . Thc ceremony was to have been performed by Lord Brooke , M . P ., the Grand Master of the Province of Essex , but as his lordship had received the Prince of Wales ' s commands to be elsesvhere , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , acted
in his stead . In that duty he svas assisted by Bro . R . Clowes , Prov . G . S . W ., as Senior Warden ; Bro . W . Sosvman , Prov . G . J . W ., as Junior Warden ; Bro . the Res * . C . H . Roberts , of Chigwell , Prov . G . Chap ., as Chaplain ; Bro . T . J . Railing , Prov . G . Sec , as Secretary ; Bro . A . Lucking , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., as Director of Ceremonies ; and Bro . T . F . Barrett , Past Prov . G . Reg ., as Inner Guard . Amongst thc other brethren svho attended , besides those above mentioned , svere
Bros . G . Corbie , P . M . 453 . P * P" > v . G . J . W . Essex ; J . 'Lewis-Thomas , F . S . A ., Prov . G . A . D . C . ; A . Durrant , P . M ., Prov . G . Treas . Essex ; R . D . Poppleton , P . M . 433 . P . Prov . G . S . D . Essex ; J . A . Wardell , P . M . 160 and 1000 , P . Prov . G . D . Essex ; Rev . H . J . Hatch , P . M . 1 C 0 , P . Prov . G . Chaplain ; G . Derry , P . M . 1000 , Prov . Grand Secretary ; VV . V . Willson , I . P . M . 1 G 0 , S . W . 1734 ; 1 . G . Lambart , P . M . 14 G 0 ; W . Bridgland , J . VV . 933 ; G . D . Dasvson , J . VV . JOOO ; H . Harper , P . M . 160 , P . G . S . B . ; R . M . Benson , 160 ; R . Pickerinir . P . M . 48 s ; A . Buck .
P . M . 4 S 3 , P . P . G S . VV . ; J . Child , P . M . 453 . Prov . G . S . of VV . Essex ; E . Davisson , 1626 ; R . Lloyd Williams , St . John ' s ; J . Taylor , jun ., S . VV . 1 S 17 ; D . Bartlett , W . M . 1343 j T . P . Guffin , P . M . 1 ; W . L . Dudgeon , 33 J W . J . Noad , 237 ; J . J . Berry , P . M . and P . Z . 254 ; VV . J . Cramp , W . M . 58 , P . G . Steward ; F . J . Wingross , S . VV . 134 * 1 ; J . T . Norris , J . W . 1343 ! J- While , P . M . 22 S ; O . Hacltford , P . M . ; R . C . Prickett , I . W . 1101 ; G . H . Hunt ; J . C . Dsvyer , 1328 ; J ., R . Jones , 5 , P . G . S . ; J . J . Cavill P . M . 1312 ; R . Payne , P . M . 132 S ; Bradshaw Brosvne , P . G . Stesvard , W . M . No . 1 ; and H . Massey , P . M . 619 and 1928 ( Freemason ) .
The brethren svho had petitioned the Grand Master for a warrant constituting the lodge were Bros ; Donald S . Baynes , S . W . 150 G ; A . Manning , 3 ; A . J . Dudgeon , 33 ; Joseph Randall , 913 and 1328 ; Frank Kirk , I . P . M . 1328 ; J . J . Hamilton , P . M . 150 G and 16 92 , P . P . G . S . W . Kent ; J . M . Ross ; W . H . Lockey , 1000 ; C R . Walker ; and W . Porter . After the lodge had been formally opened , Bro . PHILBRICK explained the cause of the absence of Lord Brooke .
Bro . the Res-. C H . ROBERTS then delivered the oration , in svhich he stated the principles of Masonry , and said that thc institution svas not a thing of svord , but a thing of the heart , and anyone entering into it in a proper and true spirit must be a better man in liie . He then exhorted the brethren to show the outer world by their acts and deeds that Alasonic secrets were brotherly love , relief , and truth .
The ceremony of consecration svas afterwards proceeded with and completed , and on the presentation of Bro . James Lesvis-Thomas , P . G . A . D . C , Bro . Philbrick installed Bro . Donald S . Baynes as Master of the lodge . The brethren invested as officers were Bros . Augustus Manning , S . W . ; Alexander Dudgeon , J . W . j Frank Kirk , P . M . 1328 , Treas . ; J . Randall , Sec ;
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J . M . Ross , S . D . ; Porter , I . G . ; Hamilton , P . M ., D . C ; and Rosve , Tyler . A vote of thanks svas aftersvards accorded to the Consecrating Officer and those svho assisted him , and they svere all elected honorary members of the lodge . Bro . PHILBRICK acknosvledged the compliment on behalf of himself and the other Grand Officers .
A banquet , svhich svas splendidly prepared and served , svas subsequently partaken of at the Nesv Falcon Hotel , Gra \* esend , and the usual Masonic toasts svere proposed and honoured . In proposing "The Health of the Prosincial Grand Master , " the WOR - SHU'i'UL MASTER read the foWosv ' mg telegram he had received from Lord
Brooke : " Please express my great regret at my unavoidable absence . I shall be glad to attend the nesv lodge first opportunity . " They svere all execssiscly sorry his lordship had not been able to attend ; but they ss'cre p leased that in his absence Bro . Philbrick had officiated so admirably . Even if they had had Lord Brooke to do the work his lordship could not have done it better .
The WoRSHiri'iJL MASTER then proposed ' The Health of the Consesecrating Officer , " and said that the time which svas left to them to catch the train being short his speeches also wonld be short , and for this reason he svas unable to dilate fully on the Consecrating Officer ' s excellence , and must therefore ask Bro . Philbrick to excuse him for saying so little as merely to express thc gratitude of the brethren to him for coming dosvn to consecrate the lodge and install the W . M .
Bro . PHILBRICK in reply said it svas alsvays . 1 very pleasing duty for the Grand Ollicers of the province to stand up to reply to such a toast , but he felt under somesvhat peculiar circumstances because that evening he svas representing the head and chief of thc province , svho svould have been there in person but for the command of royalty , svhich no subject could disregard . The kindness of thc brethren and the invaluable assistance of the Grand
Officers—more particularly that of the Grand Chaplain svho , in addition to the performance of his sacred duties led the choir at the consecration svithout svhich the ritual svould have been incomplete—had enabled him to perform thc consecration properly . He might mention also the Director of Ceremonies , than svhom a more energetic and efficient officer did not exist . Hc svould thank the officers of the province for their efforts in bringing the
lodge into being and bringing it into thc position in svhich it now svas . Let him refer , not merely to the personal point of the consecration , but to the increase in the ranks of Masonry . The present addition to the lodges of Kssex was a healthy sign . Till to-day there svere 20 lodges in Fssex , there svere nosv 21 . He hoped the number would justify the granting of the svarrant . He entertained no doubt of it . Thc svork had been done
very svell , and if it svent on as it had begun and the " personnel" of the lodge continued to be as it was it svould not be long before the lodge svould has ; e its representatives standing up for the toast of the Provincial Grand Officers . And nosv let him say it svas not the number of the lodges that entirely constituted the strength of Masonry ; it svas the quality of those svho were adherents—thc state of the brethren . Masonry 2- ; years ago did not
take the prominent position which it nosv so justl y held in the eyes of those who belonged to it , and those who did not . The brethen of Essex well reflected , not only the feeling , the truth , and thc principles of Masonry , but they knesv svhat their tendency svas—to make men good citizens in every relation of life . The public judged of Masons very much as Masons judged of themselves . When the Prince of Wales became Grand Master
tlie puoiic lelt that svhatever Masonry might be in countries where it had lost sight of the first principles , here it svas true to its origin , and Masons were able to point to thc noblest in the land as willing * to accept thc throne of the Order . The Order had been very propcrous , but Masons had its reputation in their osvn hands . They had no necessity to multiply their adherents for the mere sake of numbers ; the privileges they possessed ought to be confined to worthy men alone , bnt to svorthy men they sverc only to glad to extend the right hand of svclcome .
They had nothing to do with politics . Under Bro . Baynes he svas sure the Tilbury Lodge svould succeed . For their election as honorary member of thc lodge hc ( Bro . Philbrick ) on behalf of himself and the other Consecrating Officers returned the best thanks , and he trusted they svould feel the honour not only as individual to themselves but to the Craft . He trusted that the future progress of the lodge might be all that they could ss'ish .
Bro . PHILBRICK next proposed " The W . M ., " of svhom all the brethren had seen enough in lodge , and at the banquet table , to be sure that he svould be a thoroughly good and efficient Master . The WORSIIII'IUL MASTER in responding said that the list of initiates svho were coming on in the Tilbury Lodge svas a good one , and if at the end
of the first year the consecrating brethren svould come dosvn to the lodge , they would find the founders had a good report to give . He trusted that although the lodge svas held in an out of the svay place it svould be as much an ornament to the province of Kssex as any other in the county . The toast of " The Visitors , " and other toasts follosved , and the brethren aftersvards returned to tosvn . The lodge svas furnished by Bro . George Kenning .
Board Of Benevolence.
BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .
The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence svas held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Joshua Nunn , President ; Bro . J . Brett , Senior Vice-President ; and Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Junior Vicc-Predent , occupied their respective chairs . The other brethren present svere Bros . Colonel Shadsvell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; H . G . Buss , Asst . G . Sec ; VV . Dodd , VV . H . Lee , F . R . Spaull , Henry Garrod , G . P . Britten , John Nohle , P . M . 075 ; Chas . Dairy , P . M . 141 ; W . H . Perryman , P . M . 3 ; George P . Gillard , P . M . C 57 ; Fredk , Binckes , P . M . Grand Stesvards Lodge ; D . Steinhauer , VV . M . 132 C ; James Wade
W . M . 1 G 04 ; VV . P . Brown , P . M . 90 ; Thos . Harper , P . M . 1216 ; J . H . Hammond , P . M . 17 G 5 ; T . VV . Eastpatc , W . M . 1563 ; A . Nicols , VV . M . 1974 ; John Skinner , I . P . M ; 538 ; W . B . Heath , P . M . 198 ; Thos . Bull , P . M . , ; George Bean , W . M . 188 ; Charles Wyatt Smith , P . M . 898 ; C . B . Smith , W . M . 13 S 2 ; George Chesv , P . M . 1 C 85 ; T . Holleyman , I . P . M . 1326 ; II . E . Frances , P . M . 452 ; W . F . Masters , W . M . 1339 ; Kbenzer Skett , W . M . 159 S ; John Davis , I . P . M . 879 ; E . W . Wilson , P . M . iG ; J . Mander , P . M . 1201 ; H . Sadler , Grand Tyler ; and II . Massey , P . M . 1928 ( Freemason ) .
GRAND SECRETARY first read the nesv Constitutions as far as they affected the Board of Benevolence , and stated that one of those rules requiring certificates of enquiry from the provinces from svhich petitioners hailed was the cause of so fesv cases being on thc list that evening . This list consisted of 20 cases only . The brethren then confirmed recommendations of the former meeting to the extent of £ 475 .
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The Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
EXACTLY one calendar month hence the first of our Anniversary l-cstivals for the current year , that of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , svill be held . In 1883 , this Benevolent Institution received its full one-third share of the total contributions obtained from all sources by our three Charities . This total svas , in round figures , £ 56 , 000 , of svhich the R . M . B . I , netted over £ 18 , 000 . But the Festival yielded only some £ 13 , 200 of this , and it is on the success of the Festival that Ihe Institution chiefly depends for its indispensable supply of cash .
* # * AND svhat is the amount of this "indispensable supply" —the supply svhich must be forthcoming if sve svould not leave our poor old folks to starve or seek refuge in the union ? The friendly " Cocker" tells us that 163 male annuities at £ 40 each cost £ 6520 ; 167 female annuities at £ 32 each £ 5344 ; and ig half male annuities , paid to certain widows , at £ 20 each , £ 380 ; total required forannuities , £ 12 , 244 . But even this is by no
means the limit of our " indispensable supply . " A large institution requires a large outlay , and the last published accounts shosv that , even svith the strictest regard to economy , a year ' s disbursements for salaries , rent , rates and taxes , repairs , printing and stationery , Sec , kc , amount to £ 3060 . Thus our grand total , made up of annuities £ 12 , 240 , and management £ 3060 , figures at the large sum of £ i . - ; , 30 o . * # *
OF this only £ 3 600 is permanent income , namely , from Grand Lodge , £ 1600 ; Grand Chapter , £ 150 ; interest on insisted moneys £ 1850 ; so that the big balance , thc " indispensable" balance , of £ 11 , 700 , must be raised , or one of the tsvo follosving courses must be adopted . Either the capital must be trenched upon , and Heaven knows that is little enough already ; or , the number of annuitants must be reduced ! But dare wc venture on either alternative ? To trench upon capital is a suicidal policy and means the permanent rcdsiction of fixed income . To reduce the number of annuitants
would be an act of cruelty and utterly at variance svith the solemn obligations sve contracted at our entrance into Freemasonry . And in this instance the cruelty svould be still more censurable . There are 126 old people appealing to us for help and only 17 can be assisted . Therefore , if sve do no more than raise this balance of £ 11 , 700—say , a round £ 12 , 000—109 of these indigent Masons and widows of Masons must remain 111 comparative or absolute penury for at least another 12 months .
• « WILL the Craft turn a deaf eartothc urgent entreaticsof these 109 old people for the bare necessaries of lifc , when a levy of only a few shillings all round will give them what they want ? We think not . At least wc trust not . Our hope is that when Bro . Grand Treasurer Allcroft , as Chairman , rises in his
place at the Festival on Tuesday , the 26 th hebruary next , and appeals to the assembled Stesvards and their friends for the "indispensable supply of cash" to keep the R . M . B . I , firm on its legs , it svill be forthcoming . And not only forthcoming , but that there svill be a fair margin over , so that not all the remaining 109 poor and almost penniless applicants , svho cannot otherwise be relieved , may be sent empty asvay .
Consecration Of The Tilbury Lodge, No. 2006.
CONSECRATION OF THE TILBURY LODGE , No . 2006 .
On Wednesday week , the iCth inst ., a nesv Masonic lodge for the Province of Essex svas consecrated at the Contractors' Offices on the works at thc site ot the Nesv Tilbury Docks . Thc ceremony was to have been performed by Lord Brooke , M . P ., the Grand Master of the Province of Essex , but as his lordship had received the Prince of Wales ' s commands to be elsesvhere , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , acted
in his stead . In that duty he svas assisted by Bro . R . Clowes , Prov . G . S . W ., as Senior Warden ; Bro . W . Sosvman , Prov . G . J . W ., as Junior Warden ; Bro . the Res * . C . H . Roberts , of Chigwell , Prov . G . Chap ., as Chaplain ; Bro . T . J . Railing , Prov . G . Sec , as Secretary ; Bro . A . Lucking , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., as Director of Ceremonies ; and Bro . T . F . Barrett , Past Prov . G . Reg ., as Inner Guard . Amongst thc other brethren svho attended , besides those above mentioned , svere
Bros . G . Corbie , P . M . 453 . P * P" > v . G . J . W . Essex ; J . 'Lewis-Thomas , F . S . A ., Prov . G . A . D . C . ; A . Durrant , P . M ., Prov . G . Treas . Essex ; R . D . Poppleton , P . M . 433 . P . Prov . G . S . D . Essex ; J . A . Wardell , P . M . 160 and 1000 , P . Prov . G . D . Essex ; Rev . H . J . Hatch , P . M . 1 C 0 , P . Prov . G . Chaplain ; G . Derry , P . M . 1000 , Prov . Grand Secretary ; VV . V . Willson , I . P . M . 1 G 0 , S . W . 1734 ; 1 . G . Lambart , P . M . 14 G 0 ; W . Bridgland , J . VV . 933 ; G . D . Dasvson , J . VV . JOOO ; H . Harper , P . M . 160 , P . G . S . B . ; R . M . Benson , 160 ; R . Pickerinir . P . M . 48 s ; A . Buck .
P . M . 4 S 3 , P . P . G S . VV . ; J . Child , P . M . 453 . Prov . G . S . of VV . Essex ; E . Davisson , 1626 ; R . Lloyd Williams , St . John ' s ; J . Taylor , jun ., S . VV . 1 S 17 ; D . Bartlett , W . M . 1343 j T . P . Guffin , P . M . 1 ; W . L . Dudgeon , 33 J W . J . Noad , 237 ; J . J . Berry , P . M . and P . Z . 254 ; VV . J . Cramp , W . M . 58 , P . G . Steward ; F . J . Wingross , S . VV . 134 * 1 ; J . T . Norris , J . W . 1343 ! J- While , P . M . 22 S ; O . Hacltford , P . M . ; R . C . Prickett , I . W . 1101 ; G . H . Hunt ; J . C . Dsvyer , 1328 ; J ., R . Jones , 5 , P . G . S . ; J . J . Cavill P . M . 1312 ; R . Payne , P . M . 132 S ; Bradshaw Brosvne , P . G . Stesvard , W . M . No . 1 ; and H . Massey , P . M . 619 and 1928 ( Freemason ) .
The brethren svho had petitioned the Grand Master for a warrant constituting the lodge were Bros ; Donald S . Baynes , S . W . 150 G ; A . Manning , 3 ; A . J . Dudgeon , 33 ; Joseph Randall , 913 and 1328 ; Frank Kirk , I . P . M . 1328 ; J . J . Hamilton , P . M . 150 G and 16 92 , P . P . G . S . W . Kent ; J . M . Ross ; W . H . Lockey , 1000 ; C R . Walker ; and W . Porter . After the lodge had been formally opened , Bro . PHILBRICK explained the cause of the absence of Lord Brooke .
Bro . the Res-. C H . ROBERTS then delivered the oration , in svhich he stated the principles of Masonry , and said that thc institution svas not a thing of svord , but a thing of the heart , and anyone entering into it in a proper and true spirit must be a better man in liie . He then exhorted the brethren to show the outer world by their acts and deeds that Alasonic secrets were brotherly love , relief , and truth .
The ceremony of consecration svas afterwards proceeded with and completed , and on the presentation of Bro . James Lesvis-Thomas , P . G . A . D . C , Bro . Philbrick installed Bro . Donald S . Baynes as Master of the lodge . The brethren invested as officers were Bros . Augustus Manning , S . W . ; Alexander Dudgeon , J . W . j Frank Kirk , P . M . 1328 , Treas . ; J . Randall , Sec ;
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J . M . Ross , S . D . ; Porter , I . G . ; Hamilton , P . M ., D . C ; and Rosve , Tyler . A vote of thanks svas aftersvards accorded to the Consecrating Officer and those svho assisted him , and they svere all elected honorary members of the lodge . Bro . PHILBRICK acknosvledged the compliment on behalf of himself and the other Grand Officers .
A banquet , svhich svas splendidly prepared and served , svas subsequently partaken of at the Nesv Falcon Hotel , Gra \* esend , and the usual Masonic toasts svere proposed and honoured . In proposing "The Health of the Prosincial Grand Master , " the WOR - SHU'i'UL MASTER read the foWosv ' mg telegram he had received from Lord
Brooke : " Please express my great regret at my unavoidable absence . I shall be glad to attend the nesv lodge first opportunity . " They svere all execssiscly sorry his lordship had not been able to attend ; but they ss'cre p leased that in his absence Bro . Philbrick had officiated so admirably . Even if they had had Lord Brooke to do the work his lordship could not have done it better .
The WoRSHiri'iJL MASTER then proposed ' The Health of the Consesecrating Officer , " and said that the time which svas left to them to catch the train being short his speeches also wonld be short , and for this reason he svas unable to dilate fully on the Consecrating Officer ' s excellence , and must therefore ask Bro . Philbrick to excuse him for saying so little as merely to express thc gratitude of the brethren to him for coming dosvn to consecrate the lodge and install the W . M .
Bro . PHILBRICK in reply said it svas alsvays . 1 very pleasing duty for the Grand Ollicers of the province to stand up to reply to such a toast , but he felt under somesvhat peculiar circumstances because that evening he svas representing the head and chief of thc province , svho svould have been there in person but for the command of royalty , svhich no subject could disregard . The kindness of thc brethren and the invaluable assistance of the Grand
Officers—more particularly that of the Grand Chaplain svho , in addition to the performance of his sacred duties led the choir at the consecration svithout svhich the ritual svould have been incomplete—had enabled him to perform thc consecration properly . He might mention also the Director of Ceremonies , than svhom a more energetic and efficient officer did not exist . Hc svould thank the officers of the province for their efforts in bringing the
lodge into being and bringing it into thc position in svhich it now svas . Let him refer , not merely to the personal point of the consecration , but to the increase in the ranks of Masonry . The present addition to the lodges of Kssex was a healthy sign . Till to-day there svere 20 lodges in Fssex , there svere nosv 21 . He hoped the number would justify the granting of the svarrant . He entertained no doubt of it . Thc svork had been done
very svell , and if it svent on as it had begun and the " personnel" of the lodge continued to be as it was it svould not be long before the lodge svould has ; e its representatives standing up for the toast of the Provincial Grand Officers . And nosv let him say it svas not the number of the lodges that entirely constituted the strength of Masonry ; it svas the quality of those svho were adherents—thc state of the brethren . Masonry 2- ; years ago did not
take the prominent position which it nosv so justl y held in the eyes of those who belonged to it , and those who did not . The brethen of Essex well reflected , not only the feeling , the truth , and thc principles of Masonry , but they knesv svhat their tendency svas—to make men good citizens in every relation of life . The public judged of Masons very much as Masons judged of themselves . When the Prince of Wales became Grand Master
tlie puoiic lelt that svhatever Masonry might be in countries where it had lost sight of the first principles , here it svas true to its origin , and Masons were able to point to thc noblest in the land as willing * to accept thc throne of the Order . The Order had been very propcrous , but Masons had its reputation in their osvn hands . They had no necessity to multiply their adherents for the mere sake of numbers ; the privileges they possessed ought to be confined to worthy men alone , bnt to svorthy men they sverc only to glad to extend the right hand of svclcome .
They had nothing to do with politics . Under Bro . Baynes he svas sure the Tilbury Lodge svould succeed . For their election as honorary member of thc lodge hc ( Bro . Philbrick ) on behalf of himself and the other Consecrating Officers returned the best thanks , and he trusted they svould feel the honour not only as individual to themselves but to the Craft . He trusted that the future progress of the lodge might be all that they could ss'ish .
Bro . PHILBRICK next proposed " The W . M ., " of svhom all the brethren had seen enough in lodge , and at the banquet table , to be sure that he svould be a thoroughly good and efficient Master . The WORSIIII'IUL MASTER in responding said that the list of initiates svho were coming on in the Tilbury Lodge svas a good one , and if at the end
of the first year the consecrating brethren svould come dosvn to the lodge , they would find the founders had a good report to give . He trusted that although the lodge svas held in an out of the svay place it svould be as much an ornament to the province of Kssex as any other in the county . The toast of " The Visitors , " and other toasts follosved , and the brethren aftersvards returned to tosvn . The lodge svas furnished by Bro . George Kenning .
Board Of Benevolence.
BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .
The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence svas held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Joshua Nunn , President ; Bro . J . Brett , Senior Vice-President ; and Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Junior Vicc-Predent , occupied their respective chairs . The other brethren present svere Bros . Colonel Shadsvell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; H . G . Buss , Asst . G . Sec ; VV . Dodd , VV . H . Lee , F . R . Spaull , Henry Garrod , G . P . Britten , John Nohle , P . M . 075 ; Chas . Dairy , P . M . 141 ; W . H . Perryman , P . M . 3 ; George P . Gillard , P . M . C 57 ; Fredk , Binckes , P . M . Grand Stesvards Lodge ; D . Steinhauer , VV . M . 132 C ; James Wade
W . M . 1 G 04 ; VV . P . Brown , P . M . 90 ; Thos . Harper , P . M . 1216 ; J . H . Hammond , P . M . 17 G 5 ; T . VV . Eastpatc , W . M . 1563 ; A . Nicols , VV . M . 1974 ; John Skinner , I . P . M ; 538 ; W . B . Heath , P . M . 198 ; Thos . Bull , P . M . , ; George Bean , W . M . 188 ; Charles Wyatt Smith , P . M . 898 ; C . B . Smith , W . M . 13 S 2 ; George Chesv , P . M . 1 C 85 ; T . Holleyman , I . P . M . 1326 ; II . E . Frances , P . M . 452 ; W . F . Masters , W . M . 1339 ; Kbenzer Skett , W . M . 159 S ; John Davis , I . P . M . 879 ; E . W . Wilson , P . M . iG ; J . Mander , P . M . 1201 ; H . Sadler , Grand Tyler ; and II . Massey , P . M . 1928 ( Freemason ) .
GRAND SECRETARY first read the nesv Constitutions as far as they affected the Board of Benevolence , and stated that one of those rules requiring certificates of enquiry from the provinces from svhich petitioners hailed was the cause of so fesv cases being on thc list that evening . This list consisted of 20 cases only . The brethren then confirmed recommendations of the former meeting to the extent of £ 475 .