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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 26 , igoi .

Masonic Notes.

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In our Article Inst week on the School Elections , we drew attention to the lamentable failure ot London to carry any of its candidates for the Boys' School . Alter enumerating the votes given for sundry of the highest unsuccessful candid ites , of whom six hailed from the Aletropolitan District , we added : " Thus of

thc II purely London candidates not one succeeded in winning a place , and the cases from the Provinces and Abroad appear to have carried all before them , there being only two elected in which London had a part interest . " In our Correspondence columns in the * s . nne

issue there appeared a letter from Bro . J . Percy Fitzgerald , in which he drew attention to the same lamentable failure , and offered sundry suggestions , which , at all events , the London Governors and Subscribers will do well to consider .

* * Having regard to the fact that the Provinces organise their voting strength in such a manner as to oe able almost to command thc success of their candidates , it seems to be about time that London should be up and doing , and taking such steps as * may be

necessary in order to ensure the success of at least a fair proportion of its candidates at these elections . At the Girls' School Election it carried two of its lour candidates , and helped to secure the election of another Girl in which it had a joint interest with Malta , But this is a pcor sc ' .-off to the failure at the Boys '

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School Election , where , with as nearly as possible a third of the children relying on its efforts , either absolutely or jointly with a Province or Provinces , it had a hand in carrying the election of two out of the 20 that were successful .

Bro . Fitzgerald's suggestion for remedying this utter absence of organisation among the London voters is a very good one . He proposes that London should be " divided into four sections , each with its Committee , Treasurer , and Secretary , and presided

over by the most influential Mason possible to get in each , " and that supreme over these should be some kind of central authority , which should regulate and direct the voting powers of the four sections . There is no doubt that if some such organisation as this

could be formed , the result would be very advantageous to the London candidates for our Central Institutions . London is immensely strong in votes , but its strength is frittered away , because there is no one avail ible to regulate and direct it , so that it may be turned to the

best-scrount both immediately and for future elections . The question is—Can such a Central Organisation with sectional branches be formed ? There is no reison why it should notbs ; but past experience of a similar attempt is the reverse of encouraging .

London , as we have said , is a huge power as regards its voting strength . Except on very special orcasior . s , when Ue whole of the Provinces have been represented , its contributions to our three central Alasonic Festivals hive averagej , as a rule , about one

hall , or as nearly as possible , one half of the total sum contributed . It numbers at the present time juit over 500 lodge ? , or as many as are to be found in our six strongest Provinces of We .-t Lancashire , East Lancashire , West Yorkshire , Kent , Devonshire , and

Cheshire . These latter never have ' any difficulty in securing the election of their candidates when they have made up their minds to do so , but Lon lon , as a whole , seldom appears to know—or even carewhether its candidates are elected or not .

Bro . Fitzgerald's idea is an excellent one , and if the lodges in the North , South , East , and West of London can be brought to act together firstly in their ovn sections and then undir the guidance of the central directing power , there is no reason why it

should not , as a rule , carry its fair proportion of candidates . But Bro . Fitzgerald , equally with ourselves , is no doubt aware that some such plan as he is now

proposing was started some iS or 20 years since , and that after a precarious existence extending over two or three years , it died a natural death . # # *

Why the old schema came to an untimely cad is of no great moment . Our present purpose is to instil into the London voters such an amount of interest as will enable them to secure , as we have siid , the election of a fair proportion of their candidates . The

Provinces organise when they desire to elect their cases , while London , as on this occasion , has been left out in the cold—or rather its candidates have be ^ n so left—because there has been no central advisory Committee to direct them how to vote to the best advantage .

At the Boys' Election , on the I Ith instant , there were two candidates who polled over 4000 votes each , one over 3400 , and Ihree over 2500 each , the votes cast for the remaining five candidates ranging from ' 526 to 1237 , and yet not a single London boy obtiinei a

vacancy in thc School . Had there been some central directing power to regulate the distribution of votes , some of these boys might have been elected and the prospects of the others proportionately brightened . * * * .

Kent has lost a good man in Bro . Horatio Ward , Past Dep . G . S . B . England , who , though not originally a Kentish Alason , had been a prominent member of the Craft in that Ptovi ice for the last quarter of a century . Bro . Ward was hi ghly esteemed and

respected by all who knew him , and more particularly in Canterbury , where he resided , and was looked upon as one of the kindliest and most gonial members ol our Order . It will have been seen from the record we published last week that Bro . Ward had attained

to high rank in all the branches of our Alasonic system with which he was connected . He was prominent not only in the Craft and Royal Arch , but also in the Alark , the Order of the Temple , and the Ancient

and Accepted Rite ; and thc fact of his having been elected honorary member of so many Alasonic bodies shows how greatly his service , were appreciated . There are plenty of good Masons in Kent , but not many Horatio Wards .

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Bro . Sir Michael Hicks Beach , who is the Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire , last week attended the Jubilee celebration of the Cotteswold Lodge , Cirencester , of which he is the senior member , and also senior Past Master , having been elected in 1855 and occupied the chair in

1861 . Sir Michael ' s son , Bro . Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach , was , during the evening , elected a joining member of the lodge , having been initiated in the St . Helena Lodge , during his period of service in that island with the 4 th Gloucestershire Regiment ,

During the last 23 years the Cotteswold Lodge , with a membership of less than 60 , has subscribed ^ 2500 to the Masonic Charities . Among the brethren present were Earl Bathurst , the S . W . of the Iodge , and the Hon . A . B . Bathurst , M . P ., a Past Master .

* * * The petitioners for the new Ioige , to be called the Robert Freke Gould Lodge , No . 28 74 , Gibraltar , are all members of the Inhabitants Lodge , No . 153 , Gibraltar , of which Bro . Gould was W . M . ( on its revival ) in 1858 . The Inhabitants Lodge , No . 153 , now consists of 208 members , of whom 120 are resident at Gibraltar .

We have much pleasure in announcing that the Maiden Lodge , No . 2875 , New Maiden—the latest addition to the Surrey lodges—is to be consecrated on Saturday , the 2 nd prox ., by the Provincial Grand Grand Master , R . W . Bro . Col . John Davis , A . D . C , assisted by his ollicers . The ceremony takes place at The Cottage , New Maiden , by kind permission of Bro . Streeter , P . M . of St . Mark ' s Lodge .

The Toronto Freemason states in one of its Editorial Notes in its September issue that " the representative ofthe Grand Lodge of Canada at the installation ofthe Dukeof Connaught as G . M . of England had to pay his own expenses , and it is now in order for Grand Lodge to recoup R . W . Bro . Bennett . " We are not in a

position to say what amount of expense " R . W . Bro , Bennett'' may have incurred in attending the meeting in the Royal Albert Hall on the 17 th July last , but unless he came all the way from Canada for the purpose , it cannot have been very serious , and probably

amounted to a few shillings for cab hire . In English Masonry there is nothing in the shape of mileage allowance to those attending a great Masonic function . Those who attend pay their own expenses . •••

From the several accounts WJ have read of the fun . r . l of the late Bro . R . B . Hungerford , M . W . G . M . Canada ( Province of Ontario ) , who died of paralysis on the 9 th September , the proceedings appear to have been of the most solemn and imposing character , and yet marked by great simplicity . The

wreaths sent as marks of respect to our deceased brother were very numerous and very beautiful . There was a large attendance of the general public in the church where a poi tion of the service was conducted , while mr . u g the pill-bearers were Past Grand Masters VV . G . bson , Hugh Alurray , and E . T . Malone , with

other prominent members of the Order . Tne Masonic service at the graveside was conducted by Bro . Judge Harding , D _ p . G . M ., acting as Grand Mister , while those unable to be present , among whom were Bros . J . Ross Robertson , Past G . M ., * J . 1 . Mason , Past

G . AL ; Henry Robertson , Past G . AL ; Comp . G ; o . O . Stanton , G . Z . ; and others , sent telegrams of regret at their inability to attend . In short , every possible respect was sho * , vn to cur late distinguished biother .

The Freemasons of Bjrmudi assembled fro . * n a ' . I parts of the colony to celebrate the 100 th anniversary of the Prince Alfred Lodge , which was held at Somerset , Bermuda , on the 28 th ult . The band of the Warwickshire Regiment headed the procession to and from St . James ' s Church , at which Divine Service was held , Bro . the Ven . Archdeacon Tucker , ALA ., a

Mason of 40 years' standing , preaching from the text " Let brotherly love continue . " Tne offertory taken up at the church was handed over to the Cottage Hospital . A largely-attended banqiet was subsequently held in the Alasonic Hall , during the progress of which the band of the Warwickshire Regiment again entertained the brethren .

A largely attended Lodge of Sorrow was held at Osawatoinie , Kansas , 011 the 26 th ult ., in connection with the sad death of the late Bro . William McKinley , President of the United States , at which a memorial

address , distinguished for its grace and feeling , was delivered Dy Bro . C . F . Scott , of lola , who described their late brother as one who was true lo his conscience , his countiy , his wife , and his friends , and as one who was at the same time a gentleman and a man of the people .