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SATURDAY , MAY 26 , 18 94

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The ordinary business which was submitted to the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution on Friday , the 18 th instant , was almost wholly confined to the election of a Treasurer for the ensuing 12 months and the consideration of the Report of the Committee of Management . As to the

former , Bro . J . A . Farnfield was re-elected , and briefly expressed his thanks to the Governors for such renewal of confidence in his zeal and ability ; while as to the Report , which we publish in full elsewhere , it is enough to say that it was approved and ordered to be entered on the minutes .

? * » As a matter of course , the main interest in connection with the meeting centred in the election of annuitants , there being 27 vacancies—24 immediate and three deferred—on the Male Fund to be balloted for from a list , as settled in February , of 65 candidates :

md for the Widows' Fund , 16 " vacancies—13 immediate itnd three deferred—to be elected from a list , similarly iirranged , of 54 candidates . However , since these lists were declared , they had been reduced by death or other cause to 59 males and 53 widows , and it was from these accordingly that the election was made . * * *

That the contest was a keen one , especially in respect of the Widows' Fund , the returns , as announced in our advertisement columns last week , must have clearly demonstrated to our readers . A Provincial candidate , hailing from Dorsetshire , headed the list

of successful ones on the Male Fund with 4524 votes , those returned at Nos . 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , and 6 being all London candidates , and polling 4377 , 4002 , 3846 , 3343 , and 3257 votes respectively . The brother who obtained the 27 th and last place in the same class obtained 2498

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votes , the three hig hest Unsuccessful Males being close up with 2492 , 2442 , and 22 S 0 votes , and emanating from Kent , Cornwall , and Warwickshire respectively . On the whole London scored the larger proportion of

wins , carrying 10 out of 18 candidates , while the Provinces had to content themselves with 17 out of 41 One London and live Provincial had disappeared from the list on the day of meeting .

As regards the contest for vacancies on the Widows ' Fund , London was almost equally successful . Of the 53 who went to the poll , 14 were London and 39 Provincial , and of the former seven obtained places , and only nine of the latter . Here London won the

hrst , second , and third places with 5907 , 5 S 25 , and 5768 votes respectively , the seventh with 5671 votes , and the tenth with 5523 votes , the intermediate places being filled by Provincial candidates with 5732 , 5708 , 5677 , 5585 , and 5576 votes respectively . The widow who obtained the sixteenth and last vacancy hailed from

London , and polled 5042 , the three highest unsuccessful being from the Channel Isles , West Yorkshire , and London , and polling 4996 , 498 S , and 4907 votes respectively . Here it will be seen that only 865 votes separated the first and sixteenth candidates , so that it must have required a tremendous amount of energy and influence to win a place at this election .

It remains to be added that the Unsuccessful candidates remaining on the lists who will go forward to next year ' s election , are 32 men and 37 widows , and that of the former six and ot the latter eight carry forward upwards of 1000 votes .

* * * Monday next , the 28 th instant , is appointed for the consecration of the Barnet Lodge , No . 2509 . The ceremony will take place at the Assembly Hall , New Barnet , and will be performed by the V . W . Grand Secretary , Bro . E . Letchworth , who will be assisted in

his duties by other Grand officers . The Worshipful Master designate is Bro . J . Morrison McLeod , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and the Wardens designate , Bros . Robert Cranston , and J . A . Witthaus . The proceedings will commence at 4 . 30 p . m .

* * * By no class of the community will the terribly sudden death of Bro . Edmund Yates , proprietor of the World newspaper , be more severely felt than by his brethren in Masonry , and by none will it be more truly

mourned . Bro . Yates was a Past Master of the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 778 , Hampton Court , and in 188 9 was appointed by the late Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., P . G . M ., to the chair of S . G . Warden of the Province of Middlesex . Ill-health had latterly prevented him taking an active part in Masonry as in

other pursuits in which he was interested . But what he had done for the Craft was greatly appreciated by the members of his lodge and Province , whose sympathy with the widow and family in their affliction will be as deep as their sorrow for the loss they have sustained is sincere .

The New York Dispatch thus congratulates the brethren of the Empire State on the prosperous condition of Masonry in that jurisdiction— " Within a few weeks the Grand Lodge will meet in its one hundred and thirteenth annual communication . It

will in some respects be one of the most important of all those that have been recorded in its long and interesting history . The reports of the officers will show a measure of prosperity never before attained . Every piece of property of the Grand Lodge is free from debt , and there is a large sum in cash on hand . The

Home , the establishment of which has been the one theme uppermost in the questions that came before the Grand Lodge is no longer a matter of hope ; it is in actual operation , and tho report of the trustees , giving their first year ' s experience , will be read with great interest . "

We congratulate the Rev . C . W . Gauley , of Mageney , Co . Kildare , on the vigorous attempt he has made to provide his brethren with a journal representing the Craft in Ireland , a copy of which he has been good enough to send us . It starts well in every respect , and

we can only hope that 7 'he Masonic Visitor will succeed in breaking down the somewhat unreasonable prejudice that exists amongst the authorities of the Irish Grand Lodge against the publication of Masonic news in any form .

That the editor considers the task of conciliating " the powers that be" will not be an easy one , is clear from his introduction , in which he states that " every care and precaution lhat everything Masonic that should be

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tyled will be watchfully excluded , and in order to secure this , it will be required that all reports , & c , shall be fully authenticated and sanctioned by duly appointed offices of such bodies . " A very excellent resolve indeed , but one which will we think be found somewhat cumbrous in practice . However , it is something to have so far overcome the ungrounded fears of

the official mind as to 'issue a Masonic journal at all , and if , as we trust , this worthy candidate for the support of the Irish Brotherhood has come to stay , ^ it will not be long before the wise and eminent rulers of the Craft , like many before them , will wonder at the fears that possessed their minds as to "Masonic Publication . "

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I have now succeeded in obtaining a complete set of Grand Lodge proceedings from the Union to the commencement of the octavo series in 1869 , with the

exception of the following six numbers , viz ., the four of 1814 and the other two of 1 st December , 1858 , and 7 th . December , 1864 . Can any brother find these amongst his private papers or amongst the " waste " papers of his lodge ? If so , and could spare them to me , I should be very grateful . —Yours fraternally , S . R . BASKETT . Evershot , Dorchester .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

1052 ] — AN OLD INSCRIPTION . In looking over the few old brasses on tombs which happened to escape the plunder and sacrilege of the Cromwellians at the old parish church ( St . Mary the Virgin ) , Cheshunt , Herts , I found one with the following inscription ( the letters are of old 16 th century style ) :

Here lyeth Bvried Ye body of Elizabeath Garnett Ye Wife of Edward Collen Citizen and Freemas 6 of Londo Who Dyed Ye 24 th daye of Septeber 1609 beinge 33 Yeres of age . Above this inscription is in copper a lady kneeling

in front of an open bible which is upon a scroll rest . 1 forward you this , thinking it may be interesting to members of the Craft generally , and of the various Hertfordshire lodges in particular , especially the three meeting in the parish of Cheshunt , Nos . S 6 9 , 1327 , and 2372 . —Yours fraternally ,

J . TYDEMAN , P . M ., Sec . 2372 . 1053 ]

SELF-NOMINAT ON FOR GRAND MASTER .

I believe that on one occasion the late Bro . Matthew Cooke , to constitutionally ventilate some grievance , nominated himself for the Grand Mastership . Can any brother inform me the date of this r And also if there has been , and , if so , when , any similar case of nomination for a similar purpose . LEX SCRIPTA .

Reviews.

Reviews .

" JornNus — A Magazine for Collectors . " —This is Part 2 of a new venture , which deserves the success it U obtaining , and should have still more . Its usefulness is apparent , for this racy quarterl y is meant to fill , and does fill , a field practically unorcupied in journalism , and is evidently a magazine that will be extended , improved , and made still more interesting as the years roll on . On : of the

most entertaining articles this time is on the celebrated " Brownfield Vase , " which was finally completed , notwithstanding the adverse prophecies , and was literally a triumph over stupendous difficulties . The history of its origin , progress , and completion is well told , and , as it was destroyed through a most unfortunate fire , this capital sketch is all the more welcome . Other articles of an attractive character

are ' * I he Eggs of the Great Auk , " " Stamp Collecting , " the "British Museum , " and the "Windsor Tapestry Works . " The most instructive paper on " The New British Imperial Gold and Silver Coinage , " which was commenced in Part 1 , is now concluded , and , being illustrated , is all the more valuable . Mr . Hazlitt ' s work on " The Coinage of the European Continent" is carefully reviewed , and by a competent hand , for several alterations and

additions are suggested which prove the writer s knowledge of the subject . The " Numismatic Jottings " might well be increased in another part , and so the Pnilatetic Notes , and the concluding summary , entitled "Miscellaneous Jottings , " is tantalisingly brief . Copies may be had , pjst free , from Mr . Henry Garside , JOI , Burnley-road , Accrington , for sevenpence , and we strongly advise our readers to obtain this part for themselves .

"THE WEST LANCASHIRE MASONIC CALENDAR , 1 S 1 J 4-5 . Price one shilling . Wigan , R . Piatt , Printer , 17 , Wallgate . " —This extraordinary compilation is edited by Bro . W . Goodacre , the courteous Prov . Grand Secretary , and most ably has he discharged the duties of that onerous and important position . The difficulties incident to

such labour may be imagined , when it is remembered that the province is the largest in England , or just on a par with that of its very close relation , East Lancashire , each numbering over 100 lodges . The method adopted is as follows 1 , Index ; 2 , Calendar from April , 1 S 94 , to March , 1 S 95 , giving all the days of meeting of all the lodges and chapters , with a pajre for " Engagements " under each month