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golden brooches . As regards the other events that have occurred in connection with this Institution , there is little else to ! record than that the particular form which the Centenary Memorial Scheme shall take has been determined on , and that the works will be commenced at an early date ; that the half-yearly elections were held in April and October respectively ; while the successes of the Girls at those public examinations , for which they are
encouraged to enter , have been as usual gratifying , though it may be to a less conspicuous extent than in some other years . The services of Bro . Hedges have been deservedly recognised , and Bro , Grey has been presented with an address of thanks for the part he played as Chairman of the Centenary Executive Committee of Stewards ; and as regards' the future , there is every reason to anticipate that the prestige of the
Institution will be maintained and even enhanced , when the improvements and additions to the existing premises have been carried out . But on this point we need say little here . It was generally anticipated that the Boys' School Festival , which is the last of our great Anniversaries , would suffer by the overshadowing importance of that of its Sister School , which immediately precedes it , leaving in ordinary
years an interval of six or seven weeks for the Stewards to carry on uninterruptedly their work of canvassing , but which , on this occasion , was held at the beginning as that of the Boys' Institution was held at the end of the same month of June . It was further recognised that the series of violent attacks on the management which had been made during the preceding three months would certainly exercise a depressing effect on the Stewards , and
prove an obstacle to their obtaining anytnmg beyond a rather poor average of donations and subscriptions . But few were prepared for so signal a falling off from the preceding year , a strong belief pervading the Fraternity generally that , though the Festival would be less of a success than usual , it would yield sufficient for the absolute requirements of the year . However , when the day arrived , and the Stewards and their friends mustered in the hall
of Freemasons' Tavern , under the presidency of Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . of Devonshire , Bro . Binckes , P . G . S . B ., the Secretary of the Institution , found that the total of the donations and subscriptions accumulated by his Board of 218 Stewards amounted to no more than £ 8673 , the last time it had been his duty to announce a total of less than £ 10 , 000 having been in the year 1874 , when the boys in the School ,
instead of being nearly 260 , were only 153 in number . As to the other occurrences of the year now virtually ended , we have already mentioned the fact of a series of violent attacks having been made on the Executive during the first half of the year , but at the Quarterly Court held in July , it was resolved that a Committee of Inquiry , under Bro . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . Registrar , should have full power to inquire into the management ,
discipline , and expenditure of the Institution , it being left to Bro . Philbrick to select his own coadjutors , the sole restriction on his freedom of choice being that one half of the brethren so chosen should be taken from the Provinces . The Committee commenced its labours early in November . It has taken a mass of evidence , and will , in due course , hand in its report , but till that is done , our lips are closed . We may mention , however , that the work of the
School appears to have been carried on satisfactorily during the year , if the report delivered at the annual distribution of prizes , the appearance of the boys on that occasion , and the successes they have obtained at various examinations , are a criterion to go by . We may state also that the elections were held as usual in April and October , but as no additions to the strength of the establishment were possible , the list of candidates is still a heavy one .
PROVINCIAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS . The plan of establishing Charitable organisations for educating the children of poor and deceased brethren or providing small annuities for such members or their widows is continually growing in favour among the Craft , and , though we are not aware of any thing of a special character having happened in connection with these associations during the year , we
are gratified at finding ourselves in a position to speak in terms of warm commendation of the manner in which the brethren who are responsible for their management have discharged their duties . Our readers will , no doubt , recollect that Bro . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., in returning thanks as President of the Board of Stewards at the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School , for the toast of Prosperity to that Institution , laid
particular stress on the efforts which for some years past had been made , and made successfully , by the lodges and brethren in the Province of West Lancashire , over which he so ably presides , to relieve the wants of their own poor and educate their own necessitous children ; and it must be gratifying to his lordship to find that the various West Lancashire Benevolent and Educational Associations are carrying out their work with greater and still
greater success every year , while their invested capital is , at the same time , becoming steadily more and more considerable . The adjoining Province of East Lancashire can also boast of a similar organisation , which is also in a very prosperous condition . So , too , can the Province of Cheshire , while among the provinces which have followed in the wake of these , or have set up Associations by which brethren are able to contribute support to our great Central Charities without too heavily trenching upon their means , maybe
mentioned those of Devonshire , Hants and the Isle of Wi ght , Leicestershire and Rutland , Staffordshire , and Cambridgeshire . The relief which the one class of this Institution is able to afford by assisting their own necessitous brethren and families , and the assistance which the other class renders to the principal Charities by affording facilities for contributing to their funds , is of incalculable value , and all who are in any way engaged in their management deserve the thanks of the whole English Fraternity .
THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . It seems but the other day that Bro . John M . Clabon was inviting Grand Lodge to accept his scheme for dealing with the surplus of the Fund of Benevolence , which , if we remember rightly , amounted to about £ 40 , 000 . Since then , however , the applications to the Board which administers this Fund have been so numerous , and the cases they represented so serious ,
that very large inroads have already been made on this capital , and if the pressure continues at the same rate as recently for very much longer , there is every likelihood that the surplus will have disappeared altogether . So at least we are justified in inferring from the report which appeared in these columns last week of the latest meeting of the Board , when it was announced th it in order to keep pace with the demands made upon it , a sum
of £ 9000 or rather £ 12 , 000 had had to be sold out , and that before the Board commenced its labours at that meeting it was alread y £ 1100 in debt . However , without further speculating as to what the future may bring forth , we append a summary of the cases relieved during the year 1888 , and the amount distributed in relieving them . They are as follow : January , 27 cases relieved with £ 782 ; February , 4 6 cases with £ 1205 ; March , 35
Freemasonry In 1888.
cases with £ 885 ; April , 44 cases with £ 1075 ; May , 42 cases with £ 1015 ; June , 35 cases with £ 990 ; July , 32 cases with £ 1000 ; August , 27 cases with £ 637 ; September , 26 cases with £ 746 ; October , 45 cases with £ 1182 ; November , 38 cases with £ 984 ; December , 42 cases with £ 967 . Total 439 cases relieved with £ 11 . 468 .
MASONIC LITERATURE . Though no very remarkable additions have been made to our Masonic literature , the year 1888 has not been entirely barren in this respect . A few months since Bro . George Kenning had the honour of publishing a work by Bro . H . J . Whymper , entitled "The Religion of Freemasonry , " with an introduction by Bro . W . J . Hughan , and which , as Bro . Wh ymper
resides in India , was carefully edited by Bro . G . W . Speth . Whether the readers of Bro . Whymper accept his theory or not of the Christian origin of Freemasonry , they will have no option but to admit that he has shown great knowledge of his subject , and great ability in his treatment . There has also appeared , firstly in the columns of the Freemason , and subsequently in book form , a "History of the Royal Masonic Institution for
Girls , " from its foundation in 1788 to ils centenary in 1888 , by Bro . G . Blizard Abbott , whose series of Histories of our Institutions is thus complettd . A third work by Bro . John Finlay Finlayson entitled " S ymbols and Legends of Freemasonry" has also been issued from the press within the last lew days , the publisher in this case also being Bro . George Kenning . Lastly , we venture to think it will not be deemed presumptuous on our part
if we mention that with this number for the current week is completed the 21 st volume of the Freemason , which made its first appearance in January , 1869 , and will consequently enter upon the year of its majority on the 1 st prox . The fact that this journal has gone on increasing more and more abundantly every year in favour with the Craft , is a sure sign that it is doing its work well , and will undoubtedly be very gratifying to its enterprising proprietor .
OBITUARY . We cannot say that our tale of losses is heavier than in preceding years , or that the losses themselves are more severe ; but there is no doubt they have been both numerous enough andsevere enough to cause verygeneral and very sincere regret . Among the more distinguished who have left us must be mentioned Bro . E . Tyrrell Leith , the predecessor of H . R . H . the Duke of
Connaught in the District G . Mastership of Bombay , who died only a short time back at the comparatively early age of 46 years ; Bro . G . Parker Brockbank , P . G . Std . Br . of England , and one of the . great luminaries of our Order in East Lancashire , who had achieved much , and from whom even though he was more advanced in years than Bro . Leith , still further service might have been expected ; Bro . Edgar Bowyear , P . G . Std . Br .,
Treasurer of the R . M . Benevolent Institution , who , though in a different sphere of labour , had also striven most untiringly and successfully in behalf of Masonry and its Chairities ; Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., P . G . D ., who had done good service as a founder of the St . Botolph ' s Lodge , No . 2020 ; Bro . Griffiths Smith , Past A . G . D . C . ; Bro . J . Brook-Smith , M . A ., P . G . D ., D . Prov . G . Master of Gloucestershire , who was among the ablest of our
Provincial Masons , and deservedly popular among the lodges and brethren in his own province ; and Bro . Sir Charles Bright , P . D . P . G . Master of Middlesex . We may also be permitted to offer a brief tribute of respect , by including them in this memoir , to Bros . R . Crosskey , Prov . G . Treasurer of Surrey ; Charles Heywood , Past Prov . J . G . Warden of East Lancashire ; J . G . Woodward , P . Prov . S . G . W . Nottinghamshire ; Col .
D . MacCliver , E . P . of the famous Baldwyn Preceptoryof Knights Templar of Bristol , who entertained the American Templar Pilgrims , during the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , at a banquet in London ; John H . Younghusband , P . P . J . U . W . West Lancashire ; and Jos . F . Lavies , M . P ., P . P . G . Warden of Surrey . Among less known but still worthy members we find Bros . J . R . Evans , W . M . 292 , Liverpool ; Chaplin Henry , the accomplished musician ;
Col . Duncan , M . P ., Sir R . J . Buxton , Bart ., an initiate of Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford ; Herbert Cuff , P . M ., P . Z . ; A . W . Strong , W . M . Royal Commemoration Lodge , No . 1585 ; Thos . Eustace , P . M . 6 97 ; J . F , White , P . M . 176 ; F . Buckland , P . M ., P . Z . 8 S 9 ; R . H . Townend , P . M . ; Geo . Andrews , P . M . 871 ; W . Phelps , P . M ., P . Z . Nottingham ; S . Siddorn , W . M . St . John ' s Lodge , No . 221 , Bolton ; John Butt , W . M .
903 ; Richard Wiltshire , P . M . 704 ; John T . Alston , P . M . 213 ; T . Lloyd Evans , P . M . ; H . Paulden , P . M . 204 and M . E . Z . 204 ; Dr . W . H . ll Evans , P . M ., P . Z . ; W . W . Dawson , P . M ., P . Z . ; John Trickett , C . E ., P . M . 1194 ; and last , but not least memorable , the patriarchal Bro . John Tresidder , of Penryn , Cornwall , who died in the 103 rd year of his age , and was initiated in the Lodge of Truth and Honour , No . 75 , Falmouth , on the 6 th August , 1805 .
SCOTLAND . The course of Freemasonry has run as smoothly to the North as to the South of the Tweed , and we must congratulate our Scottish brethren on the proceedings of a year , which , if not as eventful as some that we have known , has been marked throughout by solid and successful work . Only nine new lodges have been warranted , raising the number on the roll from 751 to 7 60 ,
and , as a set off against this , must be set the reduction which has taken place by the erection of the United Grand Lodgeof New South Wales , and which will take place if , as there is reason to believe is almost certain , a United Grand Lod ge of Victoria should be established likewise . However , the number of intrants—i . e ., of initiates—during the year has been nearl
4584 , or y 200 in excess of the number in 1887 , while the income amounted to £ 4543 . The scheme for establishing a Fund of Benevolence , which shall possess a capital of £ 10 , 000 , has made some headway , and , to judge from a hint let lall by Bro . Sir Archibald Campbell , Bart ., in returning thanks at the Grand Festival on St . Andrew ' s Day for his health , as Grand Master—to which office he has been elected for the fourth
timeit is on the cards that a great effort may be made throughout Scotland during the new year to raise the required amount . The most notable occurrence may be regarded as the presentation to the Queen , on the occasion of her visit to the Glasgow Exhibition , of an addresslo Sir A . Campbell , as Grand Master , on behalf of the Grand Lodge , in which the Scottish Fraternity expressed in appropriate terms its loyalty and devotion to our Gracious Majesty , and to this address her Majesty was pleased to return
her thanks . Another event of great interest was the bi-centenary celebration , in May , of the constitution of the Leith and Canongate Lodge , No . 5 , and we must also record that on the occasion of the Grand Festival , at the instance of Bro . Lord Saltoun , J . G . W ., a telegram was sent by the Grand Master to the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales , congratulating it upon its establishment , and expressing the heartiest good wishes for its future prosperity . Nor must we forget that , if the year has been , as we
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Freemasonry In 1888.
golden brooches . As regards the other events that have occurred in connection with this Institution , there is little else to ! record than that the particular form which the Centenary Memorial Scheme shall take has been determined on , and that the works will be commenced at an early date ; that the half-yearly elections were held in April and October respectively ; while the successes of the Girls at those public examinations , for which they are
encouraged to enter , have been as usual gratifying , though it may be to a less conspicuous extent than in some other years . The services of Bro . Hedges have been deservedly recognised , and Bro , Grey has been presented with an address of thanks for the part he played as Chairman of the Centenary Executive Committee of Stewards ; and as regards' the future , there is every reason to anticipate that the prestige of the
Institution will be maintained and even enhanced , when the improvements and additions to the existing premises have been carried out . But on this point we need say little here . It was generally anticipated that the Boys' School Festival , which is the last of our great Anniversaries , would suffer by the overshadowing importance of that of its Sister School , which immediately precedes it , leaving in ordinary
years an interval of six or seven weeks for the Stewards to carry on uninterruptedly their work of canvassing , but which , on this occasion , was held at the beginning as that of the Boys' Institution was held at the end of the same month of June . It was further recognised that the series of violent attacks on the management which had been made during the preceding three months would certainly exercise a depressing effect on the Stewards , and
prove an obstacle to their obtaining anytnmg beyond a rather poor average of donations and subscriptions . But few were prepared for so signal a falling off from the preceding year , a strong belief pervading the Fraternity generally that , though the Festival would be less of a success than usual , it would yield sufficient for the absolute requirements of the year . However , when the day arrived , and the Stewards and their friends mustered in the hall
of Freemasons' Tavern , under the presidency of Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . of Devonshire , Bro . Binckes , P . G . S . B ., the Secretary of the Institution , found that the total of the donations and subscriptions accumulated by his Board of 218 Stewards amounted to no more than £ 8673 , the last time it had been his duty to announce a total of less than £ 10 , 000 having been in the year 1874 , when the boys in the School ,
instead of being nearly 260 , were only 153 in number . As to the other occurrences of the year now virtually ended , we have already mentioned the fact of a series of violent attacks having been made on the Executive during the first half of the year , but at the Quarterly Court held in July , it was resolved that a Committee of Inquiry , under Bro . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . Registrar , should have full power to inquire into the management ,
discipline , and expenditure of the Institution , it being left to Bro . Philbrick to select his own coadjutors , the sole restriction on his freedom of choice being that one half of the brethren so chosen should be taken from the Provinces . The Committee commenced its labours early in November . It has taken a mass of evidence , and will , in due course , hand in its report , but till that is done , our lips are closed . We may mention , however , that the work of the
School appears to have been carried on satisfactorily during the year , if the report delivered at the annual distribution of prizes , the appearance of the boys on that occasion , and the successes they have obtained at various examinations , are a criterion to go by . We may state also that the elections were held as usual in April and October , but as no additions to the strength of the establishment were possible , the list of candidates is still a heavy one .
PROVINCIAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS . The plan of establishing Charitable organisations for educating the children of poor and deceased brethren or providing small annuities for such members or their widows is continually growing in favour among the Craft , and , though we are not aware of any thing of a special character having happened in connection with these associations during the year , we
are gratified at finding ourselves in a position to speak in terms of warm commendation of the manner in which the brethren who are responsible for their management have discharged their duties . Our readers will , no doubt , recollect that Bro . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., in returning thanks as President of the Board of Stewards at the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School , for the toast of Prosperity to that Institution , laid
particular stress on the efforts which for some years past had been made , and made successfully , by the lodges and brethren in the Province of West Lancashire , over which he so ably presides , to relieve the wants of their own poor and educate their own necessitous children ; and it must be gratifying to his lordship to find that the various West Lancashire Benevolent and Educational Associations are carrying out their work with greater and still
greater success every year , while their invested capital is , at the same time , becoming steadily more and more considerable . The adjoining Province of East Lancashire can also boast of a similar organisation , which is also in a very prosperous condition . So , too , can the Province of Cheshire , while among the provinces which have followed in the wake of these , or have set up Associations by which brethren are able to contribute support to our great Central Charities without too heavily trenching upon their means , maybe
mentioned those of Devonshire , Hants and the Isle of Wi ght , Leicestershire and Rutland , Staffordshire , and Cambridgeshire . The relief which the one class of this Institution is able to afford by assisting their own necessitous brethren and families , and the assistance which the other class renders to the principal Charities by affording facilities for contributing to their funds , is of incalculable value , and all who are in any way engaged in their management deserve the thanks of the whole English Fraternity .
THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . It seems but the other day that Bro . John M . Clabon was inviting Grand Lodge to accept his scheme for dealing with the surplus of the Fund of Benevolence , which , if we remember rightly , amounted to about £ 40 , 000 . Since then , however , the applications to the Board which administers this Fund have been so numerous , and the cases they represented so serious ,
that very large inroads have already been made on this capital , and if the pressure continues at the same rate as recently for very much longer , there is every likelihood that the surplus will have disappeared altogether . So at least we are justified in inferring from the report which appeared in these columns last week of the latest meeting of the Board , when it was announced th it in order to keep pace with the demands made upon it , a sum
of £ 9000 or rather £ 12 , 000 had had to be sold out , and that before the Board commenced its labours at that meeting it was alread y £ 1100 in debt . However , without further speculating as to what the future may bring forth , we append a summary of the cases relieved during the year 1888 , and the amount distributed in relieving them . They are as follow : January , 27 cases relieved with £ 782 ; February , 4 6 cases with £ 1205 ; March , 35
Freemasonry In 1888.
cases with £ 885 ; April , 44 cases with £ 1075 ; May , 42 cases with £ 1015 ; June , 35 cases with £ 990 ; July , 32 cases with £ 1000 ; August , 27 cases with £ 637 ; September , 26 cases with £ 746 ; October , 45 cases with £ 1182 ; November , 38 cases with £ 984 ; December , 42 cases with £ 967 . Total 439 cases relieved with £ 11 . 468 .
MASONIC LITERATURE . Though no very remarkable additions have been made to our Masonic literature , the year 1888 has not been entirely barren in this respect . A few months since Bro . George Kenning had the honour of publishing a work by Bro . H . J . Whymper , entitled "The Religion of Freemasonry , " with an introduction by Bro . W . J . Hughan , and which , as Bro . Wh ymper
resides in India , was carefully edited by Bro . G . W . Speth . Whether the readers of Bro . Whymper accept his theory or not of the Christian origin of Freemasonry , they will have no option but to admit that he has shown great knowledge of his subject , and great ability in his treatment . There has also appeared , firstly in the columns of the Freemason , and subsequently in book form , a "History of the Royal Masonic Institution for
Girls , " from its foundation in 1788 to ils centenary in 1888 , by Bro . G . Blizard Abbott , whose series of Histories of our Institutions is thus complettd . A third work by Bro . John Finlay Finlayson entitled " S ymbols and Legends of Freemasonry" has also been issued from the press within the last lew days , the publisher in this case also being Bro . George Kenning . Lastly , we venture to think it will not be deemed presumptuous on our part
if we mention that with this number for the current week is completed the 21 st volume of the Freemason , which made its first appearance in January , 1869 , and will consequently enter upon the year of its majority on the 1 st prox . The fact that this journal has gone on increasing more and more abundantly every year in favour with the Craft , is a sure sign that it is doing its work well , and will undoubtedly be very gratifying to its enterprising proprietor .
OBITUARY . We cannot say that our tale of losses is heavier than in preceding years , or that the losses themselves are more severe ; but there is no doubt they have been both numerous enough andsevere enough to cause verygeneral and very sincere regret . Among the more distinguished who have left us must be mentioned Bro . E . Tyrrell Leith , the predecessor of H . R . H . the Duke of
Connaught in the District G . Mastership of Bombay , who died only a short time back at the comparatively early age of 46 years ; Bro . G . Parker Brockbank , P . G . Std . Br . of England , and one of the . great luminaries of our Order in East Lancashire , who had achieved much , and from whom even though he was more advanced in years than Bro . Leith , still further service might have been expected ; Bro . Edgar Bowyear , P . G . Std . Br .,
Treasurer of the R . M . Benevolent Institution , who , though in a different sphere of labour , had also striven most untiringly and successfully in behalf of Masonry and its Chairities ; Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., P . G . D ., who had done good service as a founder of the St . Botolph ' s Lodge , No . 2020 ; Bro . Griffiths Smith , Past A . G . D . C . ; Bro . J . Brook-Smith , M . A ., P . G . D ., D . Prov . G . Master of Gloucestershire , who was among the ablest of our
Provincial Masons , and deservedly popular among the lodges and brethren in his own province ; and Bro . Sir Charles Bright , P . D . P . G . Master of Middlesex . We may also be permitted to offer a brief tribute of respect , by including them in this memoir , to Bros . R . Crosskey , Prov . G . Treasurer of Surrey ; Charles Heywood , Past Prov . J . G . Warden of East Lancashire ; J . G . Woodward , P . Prov . S . G . W . Nottinghamshire ; Col .
D . MacCliver , E . P . of the famous Baldwyn Preceptoryof Knights Templar of Bristol , who entertained the American Templar Pilgrims , during the year of the Queen ' s Jubilee , at a banquet in London ; John H . Younghusband , P . P . J . U . W . West Lancashire ; and Jos . F . Lavies , M . P ., P . P . G . Warden of Surrey . Among less known but still worthy members we find Bros . J . R . Evans , W . M . 292 , Liverpool ; Chaplin Henry , the accomplished musician ;
Col . Duncan , M . P ., Sir R . J . Buxton , Bart ., an initiate of Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford ; Herbert Cuff , P . M ., P . Z . ; A . W . Strong , W . M . Royal Commemoration Lodge , No . 1585 ; Thos . Eustace , P . M . 6 97 ; J . F , White , P . M . 176 ; F . Buckland , P . M ., P . Z . 8 S 9 ; R . H . Townend , P . M . ; Geo . Andrews , P . M . 871 ; W . Phelps , P . M ., P . Z . Nottingham ; S . Siddorn , W . M . St . John ' s Lodge , No . 221 , Bolton ; John Butt , W . M .
903 ; Richard Wiltshire , P . M . 704 ; John T . Alston , P . M . 213 ; T . Lloyd Evans , P . M . ; H . Paulden , P . M . 204 and M . E . Z . 204 ; Dr . W . H . ll Evans , P . M ., P . Z . ; W . W . Dawson , P . M ., P . Z . ; John Trickett , C . E ., P . M . 1194 ; and last , but not least memorable , the patriarchal Bro . John Tresidder , of Penryn , Cornwall , who died in the 103 rd year of his age , and was initiated in the Lodge of Truth and Honour , No . 75 , Falmouth , on the 6 th August , 1805 .
SCOTLAND . The course of Freemasonry has run as smoothly to the North as to the South of the Tweed , and we must congratulate our Scottish brethren on the proceedings of a year , which , if not as eventful as some that we have known , has been marked throughout by solid and successful work . Only nine new lodges have been warranted , raising the number on the roll from 751 to 7 60 ,
and , as a set off against this , must be set the reduction which has taken place by the erection of the United Grand Lodgeof New South Wales , and which will take place if , as there is reason to believe is almost certain , a United Grand Lod ge of Victoria should be established likewise . However , the number of intrants—i . e ., of initiates—during the year has been nearl
4584 , or y 200 in excess of the number in 1887 , while the income amounted to £ 4543 . The scheme for establishing a Fund of Benevolence , which shall possess a capital of £ 10 , 000 , has made some headway , and , to judge from a hint let lall by Bro . Sir Archibald Campbell , Bart ., in returning thanks at the Grand Festival on St . Andrew ' s Day for his health , as Grand Master—to which office he has been elected for the fourth
timeit is on the cards that a great effort may be made throughout Scotland during the new year to raise the required amount . The most notable occurrence may be regarded as the presentation to the Queen , on the occasion of her visit to the Glasgow Exhibition , of an addresslo Sir A . Campbell , as Grand Master , on behalf of the Grand Lodge , in which the Scottish Fraternity expressed in appropriate terms its loyalty and devotion to our Gracious Majesty , and to this address her Majesty was pleased to return
her thanks . Another event of great interest was the bi-centenary celebration , in May , of the constitution of the Leith and Canongate Lodge , No . 5 , and we must also record that on the occasion of the Grand Festival , at the instance of Bro . Lord Saltoun , J . G . W ., a telegram was sent by the Grand Master to the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales , congratulating it upon its establishment , and expressing the heartiest good wishes for its future prosperity . Nor must we forget that , if the year has been , as we