Red Cross Of Rome & Constantine.

Sir Knight F . Wiliams ... ... ... Marshal . „ G . H . Dowsett ... ... ... Prefect . ,, W . H . Burney ... ... ... Inspectorof Regalia . ] . G . Dunkley ... ... ... ist Std . Br .

,, A . RoIIington ... ... ... 2 nd i > td . _ br . 1 . O . Pook ... ... ... Sword Br . ,, W . Jones ... ... ... Organist . „ F . J . Down" ... ... ... Herald . Frater Spinks ( elected ) ... ... ... Sentinel .

The INTENDANT GENERAL then announced that he had reported to the Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign of the Order that Sir Knig ht Dr . Burney , P . G . D . Treas ., had performed many and signal services for the good of the Order in general , and the division of Kent in particular , and had retained his office of Recorder and Treasurer to the Invicta Conclave , No . 148 , for

many years , instead of proceeding to the chair , and recommended him for the honorary rank of Past Sovereign , as provided by the statutes of the Order ,- also that such recommendation had been graciously accepted , and that he had accordingly received special dispensation to confer that rank on the knight named . . .

A College of Viceroys was accordingly formed , and Sir Knight Dr . Burney was formally consecrated to that office , and a Senate of Princes being estahli-hed , the further rank of Most Puissant Sovereign was conferred , and Sir Knight Burney duly enthroned on the seat of Constantine , according to ancient usage , by the ' intendant General in his well-known eloquent and perfect styie . The new PAST SOVEREIGN feelingly returned thanks for the honour , and

promised unremitting continuance of his interest . Divisional Grand Conclave being closed , the Saye [ and Sele Conclave resumed and completed its business , and the sir knights then adjourned to refreshment , under the presidency of the Intendant General , supported by Sir Knight Jewson in the vice-chair . The loyal and Masonic toasts usual to Christian Masonry were duly given and suitably responded to , and the proceedings much enlivened by some excellent music discoursed by the talented M . P . S . of the Saye and Sele Conclave , Sir Knight Jewson .

Entire satisfaction was expressed at the admirable accommodation and service provided at the new head-quarters by the proprietor , Mr . Parsons , and the hope expressed that the greater accessibility would lead to considerable increase in numbers to this very interesting and ancient Christian Masonic Order . The present address of the Recorder , Bro . A . H . Bateman ( formerly of Belvedere ) is Amberley , Rosenthal-road , Catford , S . E .

Obituary.

Obituary .

THOMAS RIX , P . M ., SEC . 6 97 , P . P . G . S . B . ESSEX . A very old officer of the Province of Essex was laid to rest in Colchester Cemetery on the 9 th inst ., in the person of Bro . Thomas Rix , P . M ., Sec . 697 , P . P . G . S . B . Initiated in the United Lodge , No . 697 , Colchester , in 1867 , he passed through various offices , and was installed as W . M . in 1872 . In the following year he was appointed Secretary , and continued to hold the office till his death—nearly

23 yeari . In recognition of his services , the members in 1888 subscribed for , and presented him with , a handsome marble clock , which was one of his most cherished possessions . The first portion of the burial service was held in the Church of St . Botolph ' s , Colchester , of which he had for some years been Parish Warden . The vicar , the Rev . J . R . Corbett , officiated , assisted by the curate , the Rev . W . 0 . E . Oesterley . Psalm xxxix . was chanted by the surpliced choir , and

hymns 257 and 401 were sung . During the service most of the business establishments in St . Botolph ' s-street were partially closed , and a large number of the members of Lodge No . 697 attended , including Bros . F . J . Motum , W . M . ; A . Gosling , P . M . ; G . A . Eustace , P . M . ; J . T . Bailey , P . M . ; H . J . Skingley , P . M . ; J . G . Renshaw , P . M . ; John Howe , P . M ., D . C ; G . J . Booth , P . M . ; R . G . Cooke , P . M . ; J . Lewis , P . M . ; James Bradbury , P . M . ; J . G . Bryan , S . W . ; \ ir __ i . M-... 1 c rv . c \\ T r > : _ . un _ - _^_ . in . I u l _ , l . _ , c _ , _ , 1 n Pnt-fnn P VVdlLUI ± 1 11 \ 11 ¦ \/ t

iTIclJ'HeW , J . U . ; . VV . ^ . I <» UJ , * .. . , J . x * . . . » J . I , J . v _ . _ . W .. VII , .-.. Emson , W . Chambers , C . J . Cole , J . F . Flux , R . J . Godfrey , I . W . Godwin , R . W . Mutton , ] . Brown . J . Rayner , D . Prior , I . Leach , C H . Archer , J . T . Wade , F . G . N . Offord , J . G . Smith , H . M . Ommanney , and A . Wright , Tyler . The Angel Lodge , No . 51 , was represented by Bros . T . J . Railing , P . M ., Sec . ; W . Sowman , P . M . ; R . H . Ives , P . M . ; S . D . C Ablitt , P . M . ; W . Blatch , Wm . Peck , and J . E . Cheese . The members of the United Lodge sent a very handsome floral wreath ; the card attached was inscribed as follows : " A token of high esteem

and sincere regret from the W . M ., officers , and brethren of the United Lodge of Freemasons , NO . 697 , of which lodge Brother Rix was the trusted Secretary for nearly twenty-three years . " Several brethren were prevented attending the funeral , including the Mayor ( Bro . Claude E . Egerton-Green , W . M . 51 ) , Bros . ' Rev . E . H . Crate , J . P . Lewin , Captain McKenna , and others . Besides his Craft Masonry , the late Bro . Rix was P . Z . of the Patriotic Chapter , attached to Lodge No . 51 , and a founder and many years Registrar of the Constantine Lodge of Mark Masters .

BRO . DANIEL EDWARDS , P . M . The Craft in general , and East Lancashire and Manchester in particular , has sustained a loss by the somewhat sudden death of Bro . D . Edwards at the early age of 53 . He was initiated in the Callender Lodge , No . 1052 , many years ago , and served as W . M . in the year 1 875-7 6 . Since that time he has served many successive Masters as Secretary , and it is not too much to say he was a

model Secretary . Although by no means bigotted , our deceased brother was a life long abstainer , and , lo further the cause of the cardinal virtue , temperance , conceived , and to a great extent assisted in forming , a lodge on temperance principles in Manchester—the Wolseley , No . 1993 . The "fourth degree" was almost an insurmountable object , but this was ultimately overcome through the co-operation and untiring energy of Mrs . D . Edwards—the much-respected wife of our departed brother—who undertook the catering for the brethren on temperanc ,

1 nss . So well and ably did both work for the Wolseley Lodge in its early days that the brethren saw fit to recognise their assiduity by presenting Mrs . Edwards with a diamond bracelet and Bro . Edwards with a marble timepiece and oil painting of himself and both with a handsomely-illuminated address setting forth their appreciation and good wishes . On the suggestion of Bro . Edwards , Bro . Lord Wolseley kindly permitted Lodge No . 1993 to b ; named after him , and he also attended at the consecration , it he did not perform the ceremony . On that occasion there was a large and distinguished gathering of the Craft in Lancashire

Obituary.

and our brother who has just passed away was the first W . M . of the new lod ge We have no date of his exaltation to the Royal Arch Degree . That he was a sincere and enthusiastic Mason is very certain , and we have known him negotiate a bicycle run of nearly 200 miles to be present at an installation in which he was interested . As an illustration of the certainty of the teachings of the Third Degree we may say that our friend and brother had arranged to celebrate his silver wedding by a visit to Paris and Switzerland , and was about starting when

he was struck down by paralysis , from which it was destined he was never to rise again , and , a blood vessel bursting upon the brain , he succumbed . He was laid to rest in a quiet and unostentatious manner in a quiet country cemetery a few miles from Manchester on a recent Saturday , the mourners including three sons—Frank , Harry , and Arthur , nephaw—Mr . Edwards , Bros . Roger Walker P . M . ; Harry Darbyshire , P . M . ; A . J . Tonkin , P . M . 1755 ( Somerset ) ; W . Sharpe

C . J . Tonkin , 1755 ; Mr . J . C Linney-Caunce , and others . A large representatn e body of brethren of the above lodges met the cortege at the cemetery gates but we were not successful in obtaining the names of the many brethren . There ' were numerous floral tributes of respect and handsome wreaths from the lodges . At the last regular meeting of the Callender Lodge , No . 1052 , it was the painful duty of Bro . Roger Walker , P . M ., to propose that a letter of condolence be sent

from the lodge to Mrs . Edwards and family , and this he did in feeling and sensitive terms . The place of Bro . Edwards in the Callender Lodge , and his place in Masonry generally , will be hard to fill . No single individual will ever know his acts of kindness and charity ; his many quiet and unperceived ways of relieving distress ; his method of frequently doing a little bit of good here and there , and

his sincere , thorough , and hearty manner of extending the right hand of fellowship in act and deed to a friend and brother—ot studying him first and self afterwards—these and other actions on similar lines have gone to make up the life of the true and worthy Mason . Besides the three sons named above , our brother leaves a widow and daughter to mourn his loss .

THE DEATH has taken place of Bro . Alderman Powell , three times Mayor of Monmouth , in his 73 rd year . His sister presented him the last time he was Mayor with a massive gold chain and badge , and each successive Mayor has added a link to the chain . He was an active Mason , a Life Governor ot the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , Vice-Chairman of the School Board , and held a number of municipal offices .

THE DEATH is announced , at the ripe age of 92 , of the Rev . C . Bury , who till a year ago was vicar of Teckhill , Yorkshire . The deceased was a descendant of Sir William Bury , the celebrated Roundhead captain , and of Sir Thomas Bury , Lord Chief Baron ot the Exchequer in the reign of George I . He was a contemporary at Oxford of the late Lord Winemarleigh and the Bishop of Chichester , and was ordained % years ago .

Reviews.

Reviews .

"THE MINERVA LODGE DIRECTORY , 1 S 95 . "—This hand y lodge manual is in its " Fifteenth Year of Publication , " and , as usual , is printed and published by the ; esteemed firm of M . C . Peck and Son , Hull . The present roll of members of the lodge begins in 1 S 4 S ( William Thompson ) , 11 being credited to 1 S 95 , so that the lodge is as ' active as ever , and flourishing as the '' green bay-tree , " being in its second centenary . Tbe roll of W . Ms , from 1782 is unbroken , and makes a most pleasant page to look at , suggestive as it is of continuous working . The present membership of the Royal Arch

chapter begins in 1856 ( Thomas Massain ) , and six companions are entered to the present year , the names of the First Principals being given from 17 S 5 without a break . The Mark Lodge , No . 12 , existed long b : fore the inauguration of the Mark Grand Lodge , the W . M ., previous to 1 S 53 , being also the Mark Master , if in possession of the Degree . _ The names run on from that year regularly to 1895 , and the register of members begins with Bro . M . C . Peck , P . M ., in 1 S 61 , nine names being the work for the portion of 1 S 95 to date of publication . The Knights T . Degree is worked under very old

auspices , the Eminent Commanders being traced back to 1784 , the senior on the present roll of members being the Earl of Londesborough , seven additions being made during this year . The Rose Croix chapter was originally worked under the wing of the Knights Templars , the present list of members and M . W . Sovereigns being from its union with the Supreme Council , the former having Bro . M . C . Peck , 30 , as its oldest member , and Bro . W . Reynolds , 32 , heading the roll as M . W . S . in 1876-7 . The annals are continued from the Directory of 1 S 91 , and are ably compiled .

"THE BELFAST FREEMASONS' CALENDAR AND DIRECTORY FOR THE YEAR 1 S 95 . "—This complete and well-arranged annual has been compiled from official sources by Bro . William Stanfield , P . P . S . G . D ., the Assistant Sec . Prov . Grand Lodge Antrim , and is published by Olley and Co ., of 8 , Royal-avenue . The ordinary calendar for notes , which contains the meetings of all the Masonic bodies in Belfast , runs from January to December : then come four pages of a calendar only , for the Province of Antrim

and Down ( country districts ) , the names of the places of meeting being alphabetically arranged , there being a column lot the numbers of each lodge , another for the day ofthe week , and then 12 for the days of the months . This table must have meant a lot of labour . The information relative to the Provincial G-and Lodge , historical and official , is most valuable and interesting , and so as to all the Djgrees worked in Antrim and Down , over 90 pages being well filled with a lot of most useful and entertaining facts , which should be much appreciated locally . Copies are sold at fid . each , bound in cloth .

THE "VOICE OK MASONRY "—John W . Brown , Editor and Publisher , Chicago , 111 . —for the current month has for its frontispiece a portrait of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , the lad y Freemason , and a number of minor illustrations . Among its articles we note in particular one by Bro . William H . Upton , Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge 0 ) . Washington , entitled "If not this , then what ? " in which the writer very ably considers the question of the origin of Free and Accepted Masonry , and a further instalment 0 !

Bro . Gruther's " What is Freemasonry ? " The number is stronger than usual in i » " Masonic Gleanings , " and the author ' s notes are rather more varied than we have ordinarily found them . There are , of course , the usual epitomes of lodge , Graiw Chapter , and Grand Commandery proceedings , but , at the same tim : there are " n ( lr 5 addresses and matters of ^ a cognate character , which are not so frequently to be found in the " Gleanings " of this admirable periodical .

In the "SCOTTISH FREEMASON " for October—Glasgow "ScottishFreemasonry ¦ Publishing Company—will be found several contributions of considerable merit , as we as the usual Notes and News . Perhaps the most valuable is the " Historical Sketch 01 St . John's Operative Lodge , Banff , No . 92 , " which is announced to be continueH i future numbers . The earliest record of this bdge dates from the year 176 . ) , but i'ilj ^ " ( in existence , we are told , for a number of years prior to that date as " a pong' . Operative Masons ( no doubt working the same degrees as lodges of Free and Af ? ' < Masons ) , for at a meeting-on the Gth lanuarv . mt . we find one ( Alexander Goroe '

present , who was entered a member of the lodge 17 years before . " There is a ' " account of a '' Masonic Demonstration and Bazaar at Langham , the former ta » * place on the occasion of the inauguration of a new Masonic Hall , while the latter wa aid of the building fund for tbe Hall , and was opened by the Duchess of ^^ i '' One other paper calls for notice , namely , that in which , " Masonry among the Negro is traced back to the initiation of Prince Hall and 14 other coloured men in an a lodge in Boston , on the Oth March , 1775 , from which simple facts thc existing " * Grand Lodges in the United States , with an aggregate membership of over 30 , 000 , 0 their origin .

THE "AUSTRALASIAN KBYSTONE "—2 OS-2 [ O , Little Lonsdale-street , Melbo"r . ra ([ well maintains in its September number the high character it has 1 jng held anion ; , ) Jw periodicals . Among the most valuable of its contents is a further instalment 0 ( a j the Rev . E . Rodda's "Sketches sf Freemasonry in Port Phillip ( Victoria ) , h ^ n , 1 1850 , " in which is continued the ' * History of the Australian Felix Lod ^ e ol « 1