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eight years , and a member of the ] Board of General Purposes for six years ; is a Life Governor of all the Institutions , and has served eight Stewardships ; was a Steward at th » Royal Albert Kail at the Installation of th" ! M . W . Granl Master in 1 S 75 , was Preceptor of th-: Zetland and Ranslasjh Lodges 0 ? Instruction for 10 years to the year 18 7 S . and has been Preciptor and Tra isu rer of the Hyde Park Lodgeof Instruction from 1 S 73 to the present date , and is also Preceptor of the Kensington Lodge of Instruction .

Bro . Capt . T . C . WALLS , who was born 111 London , was initiated into creemasonry en the 3 rd of February , 1 S 74 , by the late Bro . W . Mann , in the Kennington Lodge , No . 13 S 1 , which then held its meetings in the Surrey Club House , Kennington Oval ; was installed W . M . in 1 S 79 ; joined the Francis Burdett Lodge , No . 1503 , in 18 74 ; VV . M ., 1883-4 ; and has held the ollice of Secretary since iSS 4 ; joined the Hemming Lodge , No . 1512 , in 1 S 75 ; VV . M . in 1 S 81 ; appointed Secretary in 1885 , and still holds that position ; joined the Faith

Lodge , No . 141 , in 1 S 75 ; VV . M . in 1882 ; was a founder of the Wolsey Lodge , No . 1656 , which was consecrated in 1 S 77 ; W . M . in 18 SS ; and he holds the office of Secretary to which he was appointed in iSyi ; the founder and first J . W . of thc Farringdon Without Lodge , No . 1745 , Which was consecrated in 1 S 7 S ; VV . M . in iSSo , and installed again in 1892 ; a founder of the Sir Charles Bright Lodge , No . 1793 which was consecrated in 1 S 79 ; VV . M . in 1 SS 5 ; joined the Peace and Harmony l . 'idge , No . 60 , in 1 S 85 , and , having filled the minor offices , was installed

VV . M . in October last ; assisted to consecrate and was elected an honorary member of the Honor Oak Lodge , No . 19 S 6 , in 1 S 82 ; was elected an honorary member of the Chiswick Lodge , No . 2012 , for similar services in 1 SS 3 ; was one of the consecrating officers of the Cama Lodge , No . 2105 ; elected an honorary member , and appointed D . C . in 1 S 85 ; was elected a member of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2026 , in 1 S 90 . He is also a member of the Emujation Lodge of Improvement . It will be seen by the above record that the subject of this

notice was for six consecutive years W . M . in as many different lodges , a circumstance , we believe , unprecedented in Craft annals . In his early Masonic career , Bro . Walls was a constant attendant at lodges of instruction , became an energetic worker of the Sections , an exponent of the lectures , and frequently acted as Preceptor ; was appointed P . G . Organist of Middlesex in 1877 ; Sword Bearer in 1 SS 0 ; and J . W . in 1 S 88 ; served as Steward ; and qualified as a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in 1880 ; served another Stewardship in

18 S 5 . and again at the Jubilee Festival in 1892 ; was Steward for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys in 1880 and 18 S 9 , and is a Life Governor ; served as S'eward to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls in 18 S 2 , and at the Centenary Festival in iS 8 S , and is a Life Governor ; was elected on the Board of General Purposes in 18 S 4-85-86-S 8-S 9-90-91-92 , and g . ^ . and was elected during those years to serve on the Finance Committee of Grand Lodge ; was appointed a member of the Grand Secretary ' s Office Committee in 1892 and 1 S 93 ; was elected on the

Colonial Board in 1836-87-88-89-90-91-92 , and 93 ; was apppomted a Special Steward at the Jubilee gathering held at the Albert Hall in 1 S 87 ; was nominated by No . 60 , the Peace and Harmony Lodge , as Grand Steward , and appointed by the Grand Master to that office at the Grand Festival in 1 S 93 ; and holds the office of Honorary Treasurer to the Board of Grand Stewards ; was exalted in the Jerusalem Chapter , No . 185 , in 1875 , M . E . Z . in 1 SS 2 , and installed again as its First Principal on the loth instant . Was an original joining

member of the Era Chapter , No . 1423 , in 1 S 76 , M . E . Z . in 1881 , and S . E . since 1 SS 4 ; an original joining member of the Francis Burdett Chapter , No . 1503 , in 18 77 , S . E . in 1882-3 4 , M . E . Z . in 1885 , and S . E . since ' 85 ; was a | founder and first S . N . of the Kennington Chapter , No . 13 S 1 , in 1880 , M . E . Z . in 1 SS 2 ; a founder and first P . S . of the St . Dunstan ' s Chapter , No . 1589 , in 18 S 0 , M . E . Z . in 1883 , and S . E . since 188 S ; was a founder and first S . E . of the Mozart Chapter , No . 1929 , in iSS v M . E . Z . in iSSS , and S . E . since iSSo : a founder and first M . E . Z .

Farringdon Without Chapter , No . 1745 , in 1885 , and S . E . since 1886 ; joined the Fidelity Chapter , No . 3 . in 18 77 , and is its S . N . He was appointed P . G . Organist of the R . A . C . Middx .. in 187 S , P . G . D . C . in 1 SS 0 , P . G . P . Soj . in 1 SS 5 , and served for some years on the Audit Committee of the Province . He is an honorary member of the West Smithfield Chapter , No . 1623 ; was elected on the Committee of Grand Chapter in 1887-88-8 9-90 91-92 , and 93 . Advanced to the Mark Degree in the Francis Burdett Lodge , No . 181 , in 18 76 ,

W . M . in 1883 , and Secretary since 1885 . Founder and first J . W . of the Hammersmith , now the Earl of Carnarvon , Mark Lodge , No . 211 , in 18 77 , VV . M . in 1880 , and Secretary since 1882 . A founder and first S . W . of the Prince Leopold Mark Lodge , No . 238 , in 1 S 79 , W . M . in 1 S 80 , and Secretary since 1 SS 8 . An original joining member of the Grand Master's Lodge , in 1 SS 2 , and has served all the minor offices to that of Master Overseer ; assisted to consecrate the Earl of Kintore Mark Lodge , No . 33 ^ in 1884 , and was elected an honorary

, member . He has been an honorary member of the Mallet and Chisel Mark Lodge , No . s , since 18 S 5 , as well as of the West Smithfield Alark Lodge , No . 223 . He served on the Grand Mark General Board in 1 S 79-80 , and was appointed Grand Sword Bearer in 1882 . He was appointed P . G . Steward Middlesex and Surrey in 18 S 0 , P . G . D . C . in 1 SS 2 , and P . J . G . W . in 18 ^ 4 , and was elected on the Provincial Board of General Purposes in 18 S 3-4-5 . He served as Steward to the Mark Benevolent Fund in 18 S 1 , and again in 1886 , and is a Life Governor , He was elevated

as a Royal Ark Mariner in lhe Old Kent Ludge in 1 S 79 and for services rendered had the honorary rank of VV . C . N . conferred upon him . He was appointed a Grand Councillor of the Degree in 18 79 80 ; a founder and first W . C . N , of the Prince Leopold Lodge , No . 238 , R . A . M ., in 1886 , and Scribe since 1888 . He was install d as a Knight Templar in the Mount Calvary Encampment , D , in 1878 , and installed Eminent Commander in 1 S 81 by the late Sir Knight Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S . P . He took the Malta Degree in the Mount Calvary

Priory in 18 79 , and sened as Eminent Prior in 1 SS 1 . He has been Registrar _ -ii . ee 18 S 4 ; was appointed Capt . of the Guard in Great Priory in 18 ^ 3 ; joined the Hi yal Naval Preceptory , No . 2 ( Portsmouth ) , in 188 9 ; was perhcted in the Ancient and Accepted Rite in the Mount Calvary Chapter in 18 7 8 ; installed . M . W . S . in 188 4 , and Recorder sii , ce 1885 ; took the Decrees of Must Excellent Master , Royal Master , Select Master , and Super-Excellent Mister in Cryptic Masonry in the Grand Master ' s Council , No . 1 , in 1 S 79 ; was appointed

Deputy Master in 1879-80-81 ; was elected Thrice Illustrious Master in i 8 , S 2-8 . j , and has been Recorder since 1884 ; was appointed P . G . C . of Works in ' 80 , G . III . Master in ' 82 , Grand Recorder { pro tern . ) in ' 8 4 , and in recognition of his zeal in the cause of Cryptic Masonry , the Grand Master in ' 85 and ' 86 conferred upon him the distinguished rank of R . P . Deputy Grand Master . At a meeting of lhe Grand Council in ' 8 7 , the late Reverend Canon Portal , G . M ., personally moved a ; pecial vote of thanks to Comp . Walls for his services to the Order . He also

li . / Uls the patents as a representative in this country of the Grand Councils of Verm mt and Kentucky ( U . S . A . ) . For services rendered at the resuscitation uf the Const mine Council in 1886 , he was elected an honorary member ; was installed by tiie Provincial Grand Master , the late Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , as a knight of the Royal Order of Scotland in the Provincial Grand Lodge in ISSJ , and appointed Grand Guarder in ' 88 and ' 89 ; was installed a Kni g ht of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine in the Premier

Conclave in 1879 . Subsi qui-r . tly received by dispensation the titular ranks of Viceroy Eusrbius and Puissant Sovereign . Served as M . P . S . in 1885 . Took the Degrees of K . H . S . ar . d St . John the Evangelist in 1880 . For several years was elected 0 : 1 the Grand Senate , and subsequently appointed by the Grand Sovereign to ser ^ e on that body . Has lu-IJ . among other important offices on tne Grand Senate , the positions of G . Sub-Almoner , G . Prelate , and G . Examiner . He has a ) .-o been a 111 mber o ! lhc Gland Executive sin ; e 1884 . Upon the death of Sir Knight II . Pullen , Deputy Int . Gen , Middx ,, in 18 S 7 , the Grand Sovereign

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appointed Sir Knight Walls to that office . In 18 S 8 he was appointed on the Grand Council , and has filled the offices of G . Architect , G . Almoner , and G . Junior General . Received the Degrees of St . Laurence , Knight of Constantinople , Knight of the Red Cross of Babylon , and High Priest in the Metropolitan Council ( T . I . ) in 1 S 79 , W . M . in 1 SS 7 , and Secretary since 1 S 91 . Was appointed Assistant Director of Ceremonies in Grand Council in 18 S 7 . VVas admitted by

the Supreme Magus , the late Dr . Woodman , to the grade of Zelator in the Metropolitan College of the Rosicrucian Society in 1879 . Elected Deputy Master of the Temple in 18 S 7 . In 18 SS the Supreme Magus conferred uoon him the Degree of Theoricus . He was also elected Master of the Temple in that year , and had the rank of Magister Honoris Causa 8 " given to him . In 1892 he received the highest grade in the Order , viz ., M igus Honoris Causa 9 "; was a founder of

the Alfred Meadows , now the Premier Conclave of the Degree of Secret Monitor , in 1 SS 7 , and is its Supreme Ruler . In 1890 was unanimously elected and served the office of Grand Steward , and in 1 S 91 the Grand Supreme Ruler appointed him a Past Grand Standard Bearer . The subject of this notice , we believe , is still on the active list of all the lodges , chapters , & c , above enumerated . Capt . Walls , with a trifling interregnum , has been since April , i 860 , an efficient member in several regiments of the Volunteer Service , and has figured as a

successful shot at many rifle meetings . He has also found time to engage in literary pursuits . He is the author of divers novelettes and poems that have received favourable press notices , and for many years has contributed letters , reviews , short articles , &• :., upon subjects of a Masonic , military , ceramic , and antiquarian interest to various journals and magazines in London and thc provinces . He was elected a member of the Grand Stewards' Lodge on the 18 th inst . We may add that Bro . Walls , who p ossesses a voice of singular resonance , is a ready speaker , sings a capital song , an d is an elocutionist of no mean powers

GRAND ORGANIST . Bro . VV . S . HOYTE , who has been appointed to succeed Bro . Sergison as Grand Organist , was initiated in the Orpheus Lodge , No . 1706 , in 1880 , and served as Worshipful Master in 1887 . He was one of the founders of another musical lodge , the Sterndale Bennett , No . 2182 , which was consecrated in 1886 , and was elected Worshipful Master in 1890 . He joined the Somerset House and Inverness

Lodge , No . 4 , in 1 S 85 , and filled the chair in 1892 . The Prov . Grand Master of Surrey , the late General Brownrigg , appointed Bro . Hoyte as P . G . Organist in 1887 . He was exalted in the Granite Chapter , No . 1328 , and is at present H . of ths Royal Somerset House and Inverness Chapter , No . 4 . Lastly he has served Stewardships for the Boys' and Girls' Schools and is a Life Governor of each . He is Grand Organist of the Temple and has filled the chair of E . P . in the Kemeys

Tynte Preceptory . In Mark Masonry he has filled the chair of W . M . in the Mallet and Chisel Lodge , No . 5 , and is Past Grand Organist of England . In the musical profession Bro . Hoyte has achieved high distinction , being Organist of All Soul ' s , St . Margeret ' s , a Professor of the Royal College of Music , Professor of the Guildhall School of Music , a Fellow of the College of Organists , and was selected to conduct the great Masonic Festival on the occasion of the Girls' School Centenary at the Albert Hall in 18 SS .

GRAND PURSUIVANT . Bro . ABRAHAM GREEN was initiated in Harmonic Lodge , No . 252 , in 1871 , and afterwards raised in the Royal Standard Lodge , No . 498 , of which he became Master in 1882 and again in 1 SS 5 . He was also a founder of Godson Lodge , No . 2385 . In 1 SS 3 he was appointed Asst . D . of C . of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire , and , in 1885 , Prov . S . G . D . In 1886-7-8 , he was elected Prov . G . Treas ., and the following year he was appointed Senior Grand Warden . He was

exalted in Dudley Chapter , No . 252 , in 1875 , and joined the Royal Standard Chapter in 1877 , becoming First Principal in 18 S 7 . Bro . Green has served Stewardships for the Girls ' , Boys ' , and Benevolent Institutions and is a Life Governor of all three . For many years Bro . Green has been a leading spirit in Freemasonry in his own Province , is an excellent worker and has materially assisted in raising Freemasonry to the high standard it occupies in the Province of Worcestershire . The appointment , we feel sure , will be most gratifying to members of his own Province , and in an almost equal degree to Warwickshire and Staffordshire Masons .

ASSISTANT GRAND PURSUIVANT . Bro . FREDERICK HILTON was initiated in 1 S 77 in the Peckham Lodge , No , 1475 , and in 18 7 8 joined the Rose Lodge , No . 1622 , in both of which he has filled the office of Worshipful Master , his installation in Peckham Lodge being in 18841 and in Rose Lodge in 1886 . He was exalted in Stanhope Chapter , No . 1269 , in

1879 , and has fil led the offi ce of First Principal in the Star Chapter in 1887 , thc Rose Chapter in 1892 , and the Old Concord Chapter in 1893 . Bro . Hilton has not been unm indful of the Charitier , having served as Steward for the Benevolent Institution in 1884 , 18 90 , and 1892 ; the Boys' in 1886 ; and the Girls' in 18 S 7 , 1892 , and 1893 . He is a Vice-President ot the Girls' School and Benevolent Institution , and Life Governor of the Boys' School .

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1 he following is the business lo be transacted on Wednesday next . The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation to be read for confirmation Installation of Principals , Election of Treasurer , and appointment and investiture of officers for the ensuing year .

IHE REI'OKT np THE COMMITTEE of ( JE . VEKAI . PUKI ' OSES . To the Supreme Grand , Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 17 th January to the 17 th April , 1 S 94 , both inclusive , which they find lo be as follows .

To Balance , Grand Chapter \ L 543 i _ n By Disbursements during the ,, „ Unappropriated Quarter £ 357 ' J - Account uji i ) 2 ,, Balance O 95 1 ' ' ¦ ' „ Subsequent Receipts .. , si < 5 117 „ ,, Unappropriated Account 200 11 s £ ' ^ 53 - s ' £ ' 253 : S

whicli balances are in the Bank of England , Law Courts Branch . The Committee have likewise to report they have received the follow . Hg petitions : ist . From Comps . John Evan Bowen , as Z . ; William Eugene Chapman , ti ' IL ; Henry Percy Harris , as J . ; and 11 others for a chapter to ba attached to the Herschel Lodgt , No . 1 S 94 , Slough , to be called the Herschel Chapter , and

to 111-et at the Masonic Hall , Slough , Buckinghamshire . 2 nd . From Cornp . s , James Albin Roberts , as Z . ; Albany Richard Grieve , as II . ; Rufus James Weston , as j . ; and 17 others for a chapter to be attached to the Sherburne Lodgj , No . 702 , Stroud , to be called the Sherborne Chapter , an ' to meet at the Subscription Rooms , Stroud , Gloucestershire . 3 rd . From Comps . Henry Stones , as Z . ; William Henry Arnott , as H-j John Adams , as j . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Makerfield Lodge , No . 2155 , Newton-le-Willows , to be called the Makerfield Chapter , and to meet at the Pied Bull Hotel , Newton-lc-Willows , Lancashire ( Western Division ) '