Occurrences Of The Year.

OCCURRENCES OF THE YEAR .

IST DECEMBER , 1 SS 9 , TO 30 TH NOVEMBER , 1890 . DECEMBER—1 SS 9 . 2 . —H . R . H . Duke of Connaught presented with patent of Honorary Past G . M . of All Scottish Freemasonry in India at Masonic Hall , Bombay . 3 . —Half-yearly Communication of the Mark Grand Lodge : £ " 105 voted to the Portal Memoral Fund .

Festival at Landport in aid of the Hants and Isle of Wight Masonic Educational Fund : Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., P . G . M ., in the chair : Proceeds £ 450 . 4 . —Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge : Grand Registrar's ruling re Resignation of Membership . Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of

Pennsylvania : Bro . Clifford P . McCalla re-elected Grand Master . 7 . —General Committee Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 9 . —Masonic Musical Service in Manchester Cathedral in aid of the East Lancashire Systematic Educational Benevolent Institution .

Foundation-stone of the New Masonic Hall of the Ashburton Lodge , No . 21 S 9 , laid by Bro . the Hon , R . M . W . Dawson , founder and first W . M . Annual Dinner of the City Masonic Club . 11 . —Committee of Management Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand

Sec , of the Borough of Greenwich Lodge , No . 2332 Bro . T . W . Boord , M . P ., first W . M . 17 . —Consecration by Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Herts , of the Ravenscroft Lodge , No . 2331 , Barnet : Bro . J . Thorn first W . M . Consecration by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Scribe E ., of the Mount Moriah Chapter , No . 34 Comp . A . Rixon . first M . E . Z .

Annual Meeting at Derby of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Derbyshire . 18 . —Board of Benevolence : 33 cases relieved with £ 7 82 . 19 . —Consecration by Bro . the Earl of Euston , President General Board , of the Scots Mark Lodge , No . 406 : Bro . C . F . Matier first W . M . 27 . —Bro . Thomas R . Patton , G . Treas ., presents 25 , 000 dollars to Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania as a fund to relieve distressed brethren ,

JANUARY—1 S 90 . I . —Entertainment to the Inmates of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at Croydon . 4 . —General Committee Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 7 . —Annual Meeting at Shanghai of the District Grand Lodge of North China .

S . —Statue of Godefroi de Bouillon presented and unveiled in Lichfield Cathedral by the Prov . Prior of Staffordshire , & c . Committee of Management Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . 10 . —Consecration by Bro . G . J . Ryan , District Grand Master Argentine Republic , of the Victoria Lodge ,

No . 2329 , Buenos Ayres : Bro . the Rev . G . Lennox Robertson first W . M . 11 . —Death of Bro . W . R . Pullen , East Medina Lodge , No . 175 . 13 . —Meeting at Christchurch of the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury ( N . Z . ) . 14 . —Annual Ball in Liverpool Town Hall in aid of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institute : proceeds ,

£ 355- . 16 . —Inauguration of the New Masonic Hall , Newtown , Montgomeryshire , for the Cedewain Lodge , No . 1594 . 17 . —Foundation-stone of the Airdrie Parish Church re-laid with Masonic ceremonial by Bro . A . Whitelaw , Depute Provincial Grand Master Middle Ward of Lanarkshire .

Memorial-stone of St . Paul ' s Church , Stockton , N . S . W ., laid by Bro . Rev . Dr . Camidge , Bishop of Bathurst , assisted by Lodge of Harmony , No . 15 . 20 . —Lecture by Bro . G . W . Speth on the Degrees of Ancient ( prK-1717 ) Freemasonry at the Wakefield Masonic Literary Society . 22 . —Board of Benevolence : 36 cases relieved with £ 775 .

23 . —Bazaar at Mirtieklinaidof the Building Fund of Lodge No . 1102 : proceeds , £ 300 . 24 . —Masonic Conversazione at Edinburgh by the Dramatic and Arts Lodge , No . 757 . Consecration at Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta , of the Empress of India Conclave , No . 16 " , of the Order of the Secret Monitor .

27 . —Quarterly Communication , Dtingannon , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Tyrone and Fermanagh . 29 . —Adjourned Meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Dedication by Bro . the Hon . VV . T . Orde-Powlett , Past Grand Warden , D . P . G . M . North and East Yorkshire , of the new Hall of the Wilberforce Lodge ,

No . 2134 , Hull . Memorial-stone of the chancel of the Cathedral Church of SS . George and Michael , Grahamstown , laid by the Governor , assisted by the W . M . and members of the Albany Lodge , No . 3 S 9 : offertory , £ 553 . 29 . —Special Communication of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria : Consideration of the Book of Constitutions .

30 . —Bro . C . Hammerton installed D . P . G . Mark Master of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Middlesex and Surrey . 31 . —Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ; agreed to raise a Pension Indemnity Fund of ^ 2500 , and to vote £ 255 to Bro . Rev . Dr . Morris .

FEBRUARY . 1 . —Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls : Bro . J . A . Rucker , P . G . D ., resigns membership of House Committee ; scheme for decoration of Centenary Hall windows adopted .

General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., invested D . P . G . M . of Sussex . 4 . —Bro . W . Eugene Chapman installed W . M . Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 .

Occurrences Of The Year.

5 . —Ouarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter . 6 . —Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland .. 7 . —Visit of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and Countess of Zetland to the Female Orphan Schools , Dublin .

Presentation by Lodge of Israel , No . 205 , of a Past Master ' s jewel to Bro . Lord Mayor Sir H . A . Isaacs . Death of Bro . Edward Baldwin , M . A ., P . J . G . W . England . General Committee of the West Lancashire Educational Institute . 8 . —Inauguration of the Liverpool Masonic Literary Society . 11 . —Bro . Lord Mayor Sir H . A . Isaacs installed W . M .

Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , at the Mansion House . 12 . —Annual Meeting of the Cornwall Masonic Charity Association . Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . 14 . —Meeting of the Dublin Masonic Glee Club under the presidency of the Duke of Abercorn , M . W . G . M . Centenary Celebration of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 175 , Greenock .

15 . —Ball by the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , in aid of the Masonic Charities . 16 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec , of the Sir William Harpur Lodge , No . 2343

Bro . C . F . Prior , M . D ., first W . M . 17—Death of Bro . Col . Turner , P . M ., P . P . G . Treas . West Lancashire . iS . —Consecration by Bro . E . Sayer , P . P . G . W . West Lancashire , of the Cycling and Athletic Lodge , No . 2335 , Wavertree : Bro . R . Foote , P . P . G . Treas ., first

W . M . 19 . —Board of Benevolence : 34 cases relieved with £ 920 . 21 . —Consecration by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Scribe E ., of the Fidelity Chapter , No . 269 , Blackburn : Comp . T . Preston first M . E . Z .

22 . —Lecture by Bro . G . W . Speth on the Degrees of Freemasonry before the Liverpool Masonic Literary Society . Consecration by Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , P . G . M . Durham , of the University Lodge , No . 2352 , Durham : Bro . Rev . Canon Tristram first

W . M . 25 . —Death of Bro . Alderman Stone , P . J . G . W . England . Consecration by Bro . Sir C . B . Graves-Sawle , Bart ., Prov . G : M . M . Cornwall , of the St . John the Baptist Mark Lodcre , No . 402 , Penzance : Kro . J . J . Ross first W . M . 26 . —Concert at Omagh in aid of the Masonic Orphan

Schools , Dublin . Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution : Bro . the Earl of Euston , Prov . G . M . Northants and Hunts ( for Bro . Lord Mayor Sir H . A . Isaacs ) , in the chair : proceeds £ 13 , 840 . 28 . —Annual Festival of the Emulation Lodge of

Improvement : Bro . T . benn , Pres . Board of General Purposes ( for Bro . Lord Mayor Sir H . A . Isaacs ) , in the chair . Consecration by Comp . the Hon . T . W . Orde-Powlett , Prov . G . H . North and East Yorkshire , of the Wilberforce Chapter , No . 2134 , Hull : Comp . T . Davis first M . E . Z .

MARCH . 1 . —General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys : Head Master ' s and other Reports presented . 3 . —Annual Assembly of the Grand Imperial Council of the Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine .

5 . —Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lod ge Bro . Augustus Harris elected Grand Treasurer . Gift by Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton of a portrait of himself to Grand Lodge . Quarterly Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland . 6 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie ,

Prov . G . M . East Lancashire , of the Lodge of Clemency , No . 2341 , Oldham : Bro . C . V . Haworth first W . M . 7 . —Farewell Banquet by District Grand Lodge to the Duke of Connaught , D . G . M ., on leaving Bombay for England . S . —Presentation by Chiswick Lodge of Instruction , No .

2012 , of a testimonial to Bro . George Gardner . Consecration by Bro . W . Goodacre , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . Sec . West Lancashire , of the Corinthian Lodge , No . 2350 , Hindley : Bro . C . E . Baxter first W . M . 10 . —Conversazione by Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary's

Chapel ) , No . 1 , in aid of Scottish Masonic Fund of Benevolence . Consecration by Bro . the Earl of Jersey , Prov . G . M . Oxfordshire , of the Jersey Lodge , No . 2334 , Bicester Bro . Viscount Valentia first W . M .

12 . — -Committee of Management Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Consecration by Bio . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , of the Grafton Lodge , No . 2347 : Bro . C . F . Matier first W . M . Consecration by Bro . Lord Brooke , M . P ., P . G . M . Essex , of the Mistley Lodge , No . 2330 , Manningtree : Bro . J . T . Bailey first W . M . 13 . —Centenary Celebration of the Prince of Wales Lodge ,

No . 259 : Prince of Wales , W . M ., in the chair . 16 . —Death of Bro . the Rev . P . H . Ernest Brette , D . D ., P . G . D . Consecration by Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg ., D . P . G . M . Essex , of the Easterforof Lodge , No , 2342 , Kelvedon : Bro . the Rev . T . Lloyd , P . P . G . C . Staffordshire , first W . M .

17 . —Bro . Sir W . J . Clarke , Bart ., re-elected M . W . G . M . United Grand Lodge of Victoria . 19 . —Board of Benevolence : 32 cases relieved with £ 650 . 20 . —Annual Meeting at Manchester of the Provincial Grand Chapter of East Lancashire . 21 . —Annual Meeting of the Committee of the East Lancashire Systematic Educational Institution and the

Provincial Grand Lodge Charity Committee . 25 . —Adjourned Committee of Management Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution : Rules revised . Consecration by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Scribe E ., of the Old Concord Chapter , No . 172 -. Comp . C . T . Fleck first M . E . Z . 26 . —Death of Bro . J . A . Rucker , P . G . D .

Occurrences Of The Year.

27 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , of the Warrant Officers' Lodge , No . 2346 : Bro . M . A . Mclnerny first W . M . 28 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , of the Lombardian Lodge , No . 2348 : Bro . S . J .

Attenborough first W . M . 29 . —Annual Dinner and Tea to the Poor of Margate by the Lodge of Union , No . 127 . 31 . —Consecration by Comp . Frank Richardson , G . D . C ., of the Anglo-American Chapter , No . 2191 : Comp . Adolphus Clark first M . E . Z .

APRIL . 2 . —Centenary Celebration of the Lodge of Confidence , No . 193 . Reception of the Duke of Connaught by the District Grand Lodge of Southern China . 5 . —General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . S . —Reception at Shanghai of the Duke of Connaught by

the District Grand Lodge of Northern China . 9 . —Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . 11 . —Presentation of Portrait to Bro . Z . Milledge , P . M . All Souls Lodge , No . 170 , Weymouth . 12 . —Consecration by Bro . W . Goodacre , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . Sec . West Lancashire , of the Wigan Lodge , No . 2326 , Wigan : Bro . H . E . M . Tomlinson , M . P ., first

W . M . 14 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , of the Duke of Fife Lodge , No . 2345 : Bro . S . Cochrane first W . M . 16 . —Annual Meeting at Sheffield of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire . Installation of Comp . Lieut-General C . W . Randolph

as Grand Superintendent of Sussex . Consecration by Bro . S . G . Sinclair , P . P . G . W ., of the West Lancashire Century Lodge , No . 2349 , Blackpool : _ Bro . E . H . Cookson first W . M . 17 . —Annual Meeting at Bury of the Provincial Priory of Lancashire . 18 . —Consecration by Bro . C . F . Matier , G . Sec , of the

Eclectic Mark Lodge , No . 410 : Bro . J . A . Gartley first W . M . _ Special Meeting of Convent General of the Order of the Temple . 21 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , of the Ermine Lodge , No . 2351 , Lincoln : Bro . H . E . Cousans first W . M .

22 . —Consecration by Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., P . G . M . Herts , of the Broxbourne Lodge , No . 2353 , Broxbourne : Bro . E . C . Mulvey first W . M . 23 . —Board of Benevolence : 37 cases relieved with £ 800 . Consecration by Bro . F . E . Clarke , LL . D ., M . D ., Deputy P . G . M . North Connaught , of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 495 , Mohill : Bro . R . Devenish first W . M .

25 . —Quarterly General Court Royal Masonic Institution for Boys : 30 candidates elected from a list of 68 . 26 . —Quarterly General Court Royal Masonic Institution for Girls : 22 candidates elected from a list of 43 -. Bro H . Smith , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , elected Tieasurer . 2 S . —Meeting at Newcastle-on-Tyne of the Provincial

Priory of Northumberland , Durham , and Berwickon-Tweed . Death at Annan of Bro . John Jardine , aged 90 years , initiated in Lodge No . 23 S ( S . C ) in 1821 . 29 . —Annual Meeting at Helston of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cornwall .

Lecture by Bro . John Yarker before the Liverpool Masonic Literary Society on the " Historical Value of the Ancient Documents of the Craft . " 30 . —Grand Festival of United Grand Lodge . Consecration by Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . Devon , of a New Masonic Hall at Ashburton .

MAY . I . —Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , Presentation to Bro . G . Reynolds , P . M ., by the brethren of the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 . 3 . —Convocation at Leeds of the Provincial Grand Chapter

of West Yorkshire . General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 5 . —Consecration by Bro . C . F . Matier , G . Sec , of the Hertford Mark Lodge , No . 408 , Birmingham : Bro . the Marquis of Hertford first W . M . 6 . —Annual Meeting at Stafford of the Provincial Grand

Lodge of Staffordshire . 7 . —Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter . Death of Bro . E . Dresser Rogers , P . M . 15 . Lecture on " Masonic History and Symbolism " by Bro . I . L . Carson , S . W . Sgi , in the Town Hall , Enniskillen . S . —Fourth Annual Dinner of the " Old Masonians . " 9 . —Annual Meeting of the Grand Priory of England , and Meeting of Convent General .

13 . —Half-yearly Meeting of the Governors of the Masonic Boys' School , Dublin : 6 candidates elected from a list of 20 . Convocation of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , A . and A . Rite . 14 . —Special General Meeting of the Governors of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution : Revision of the Laws . Meeting of the Committee of

Management . Annual Meeting at York of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge North and East Yorkshire . 16 . —Annual Meeting of the Governors of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution : 19 men elected out of 65 candidates , and n widows out of 84 candidates . 20 . —The 102 nd Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls : Bro . Sir F . Burdett , P . G . M .

Middlesex , in the chair : proceeds £ n , oio . 21 . —Board of Benevolence : 25 cases relieved with £ 555 . Annual Meeting at Burnley of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire . Annual Meeting at Middlesborough of the Provincial Grand Chapter of North and East Yorkshire . 26 . —Annual Meeting at Gloucester of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire ; Divine Service in the Cathedral .