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SATURDAY , J ULY 27 , 1901 .

Masonic Notes .

Masonic Notes .

Dn Monday will be published our special "Installation Number . " Our readers must judge for themselves as to the contents , but there are sundry illustrations to which we desire to call particular attention and one

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especially which represents the children of our Royal Masonic Institution for Girls and which possesses additional interest from the fact of its having been taken from a photograph by our late Bro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . Warden , who during his long Masonic career was ever a sterling friend of our Institutions , the Girls'School , of whose House Committee he was

for many years a member , being a great favourite of his . There are also several views of the Schoo l buildings which have been selected from a number taken by Messrs . Bolus and Co ., by their celebrated " collatype" process . That we have been able to publish these in the Number , is due to the courtesy of Bro . F . R . W . Hedges , the Secretary of the Institution .

* * * We also give two illustrations in connection with the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , of which one shows the School as it is at Wood Green , and the other as it will be at Bushey , Herts . For the originals of these we are indebted to the courtesy of

the Secretary of the Institution , Bro . J . M . McLeod , P . G . S . Br Lastly , there will also be found in reference to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution a number of illustrations , for which we are indebted to Bro . James Terry , the Secretary , who placed at our disposal quite a number , from which those we publish

have been selected . Among them is a group of the inmates of the Asylum at Croydon , one of the interior of the Hall at the Asylum , and a third which represents the Stewards and their friends on the occasion of the usual visit paid by the brethren who have helped to gather in the harvest of donations and subscriptions for the year .

There are also two other full-page illustrations , one of his Majesty the King , as Prince of Wales , being installed Most Worshipful Grand Master in 1875 , and the other of the Prince , the Duke of Connaught , the late Prince Albert Victor , Lord Lathom , Dep . Grand Master , and other eminent Masons , who were grouped

together and photographed after the installation of the Duke of Connaught as Provincial Grand Master of Sussex in 1886 . This and others of the illustrations in our Special Number have not , so far as we are aware , appeared in any Masonic Journal , and will , therefore , help to make it more worthy of

appreciation . Our one regret is that we have been unable to furnish the record of the Masonic services rendered by all the brethren on whom , in commemoration of the auspicious event of Wednesday , the 17 th instant , his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to confer Past Grand Rank . The G . Secretary ,

with his usual courtesy , has furnished us with all the information it was in his power to give , and for this , which was invaluable , we gladly take the opportunity of expressing our very sincere thanks . * •• The annual meeting of the Provincial G . Lodge of

Suffolk , which was held at Eye on the irjth instant , under the banner of the Hartismere Lodge , No . lG 6 j , was shorn of many of its attractive features , and as regards the absence of one dear familiar face must have been attended with many regrets on the part of the brethren of the Province . Lord Henniker ,

who has rcccntlysustained two severe domestic bereavements , had intended presiding , but was prevented at the last moment from fulfilling his intention . The well-known form of his late Deputy , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain , was also absent from a place which will know him no more , but his able and worthy successor , Bro . Nathaniel Tracy , who

till the beginning of the year had occupied the responsible post of Prov . G . Secretary . He , of coarse , had to be installed in office , and the ceremony was impressively performed by the retiring Prov . S . G . W . Bro . Alex . Gibb , who acted as Prov . Grand Master pro- tern . Then Bro . Tracy proceeded with the business arranged for the meeting . * * t

The feature of this part of the proceedings , which must have given the greatest satislaction , was the annual report of the Suffolk Masonic Charity Association , from which it appeared that the total raised by the Province for the Festivals this year of the three Central Institutions was upwards of

, £ 2600 , or considerably more than such a Province could be in reason expected to contribute . However , Suffolk has always been a generous supporter of our three Institutions , and hence we congratulate it most warmly , without , however , being very greatly

surprised at its having bjatcn its previous best . We must also congratulate the new Deputy Prov . Grand Master upon his induction into office , and express a hope that he may enjoy health and strength to discharge his duty for many years .

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We briefly announced in are last week ' s issue that the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex had been h eld at Loughton , on Thursday , the iSth instant , under the presidency of the Earl of Warwick , Prov . Grand Master , and that in the course of the proceedings , Bro . James Terry , on behalf of the

Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , presented his lordship with a beautifully illuminated address of thanks in album-form , for the very great services he had rendered by presiding at the recent annual Festival . His lordship expressed his great appreciation of the gift and also

congratulated the meeting on the generous part which the Province had taken in ensuring the success of the Anniversary . His lordship further announced that all the preliminary arrangements had been made for the visit of the brethren to Warwick Castle , where he hoped that he and the Countess of Warwick would have the opportunity of welcoming the brethren .

» * * As regards the other business that was transacted , the reports that were presented and the statistics as to the lodges and members , our report shows that Essex is still advancing and becoming stronger . It has gained in membership , the number on the lodge rolls totalling up to upwards of 2500 . The Prov . G . Master

also mentioned that he had recommended that a petition for a new lodge at Chingford , intended especially for residents in the town , should be granted , and that he hoped shortly to see it consecrated , and then the lodges in Essex would muster 45 . There are several lodges already meeting at Chingford , but the proposed new one is not likely to affect them or their stability .

* * # This week it is our misfortune that we should be under the necessity of reporting the death of a brother who held a foremost position among the members of the legal profession , who , indeed , was at the head of the Parliamentary Bar , and who at the same time was

a distinguished Mason , and 15 years since had the honour of being appointed S . G . Deacon of England . We allude , of course , to Bro . Samuel Pope , K . C , who died suddenl y on the 22 nd instant . Bro . Pope was a genial and able Craftsman , and was as highly

respected in Masonry as he was by the members of his profession . A full report , which we hare quoted from a morning paper , and also the particulars of his Masonic career , which we published at the time of his appointment to Grand Office , will be found in another column .

# # # One of the ablest members of our Society for the United States has just died , and a report of his funeral in the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette of the 2 nd inst , has been sent us , from which we hope to make some excerpts later . The brother in question is none other

than Bro . T . S . Parvin , Past G . Master of the Grand Lodge of Iowa , and for the last 50 years its Grand Seer etary . It was owing to his energy that the famous library connected with that Grand Lodge was established ; nor do we think there can be found another Iowa Mason who has or could have

accomplished what our late lamented brother has accomplished for the promotion of F ' reemasonry , not only in his State , but also generally throughout the United States of America . We tender our most respectful sympathy , as well to the Grand Lodge of Iowa , as to the family and friends of our late brother .

The annual Festival of the Order of the Secret Monitor was held at the Hotel Cecil on Tuesday , the 23 rd instant , under the presidency of the Earl of Warwick , G . S . R . Everything passed off admirably , but the demands on our space are such , that to our great regret , wc find ourselves under the necessity of holding over our report cf the proceedings till next week .

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