Some Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No. 23, And Of The "Red Apron.''

having died before the installation meeting in | an ., 1836 , the Lodge elected Br . Bell , the preceding Master , to continue in the chair for another vear , and Br . Hazard was at the same time elected Grand Steward in the place ol Br . Knowles . At the meeting on March the 8 th , 18 38 , Br . Clarkson

stated that lie had been 4 8 years a member of the Lodge , but according to the Grand Lodge Register it should have been 40 . In June , 18 41 , it was agreed to adjourn the Lodge till December next , thus reducing the meetings to six , and in

the following year they were further reduced to live , by omitting the June meeting . In January , 1842 , it was resolved "That a cash account showing the then state of the funds of the Lodge be submitted for the inspection of the brethren at each future meeting of the Lodge . " Notwithstanding that this motion

is said to have been carried unanimously , it appears to have been ignored so far as the minutes are concerned , although it may have been read from the Treasurer ' s book , but nothing in the nature of a cash account is entered in the minute book until 18 4 8 , in which year several changes were made in the Lodge as will appear hereafter .

At the meeting in May , 18 43 , the Secretary called the attention of the Lodge to the fact that the name of Br . Paine had not been submitted to the Pro Grand Master at the last Grand Festival , as the Grand Steward elected to represent this Lodge at the ensuing Festival , and states that to the best of his belief he had left at the Grand Secretary ' s

office in March last a letter containing the usual return with the name of Br . Paine as Grand Steward elect . The Grand Secretary , however , said he had not received anv such letter , and it was thereupon resolved to memorialize the Pro Grand . Master immediately explaining the circumstances . The memorial is duly entered in the minutes of the next

meeting , Dec . 14 th , together with a reply thereto from the Grand Secretary , in which he stated that the Pro Grand Master had full y considered the circumstances set forth in the memorial , and had been pleased to receive the nomination of Br . [ ohn Davis Paine as Grand Steward for the year 18 44 .

For several years past the Lodge appears to have been on the decline , a considerable amount of arrears being on the book's , very few members attending , and the officers seldom at their posts at the time for commencing business , notwithstanding that efforts had been made to bring them up to the scratch by means of lines for their absence .

In May , 18 44 , the Rev . Dr . Knapp and four oilier members sent in their resignations , the former referring to some "irregular , illadvised , if not un-. Masonic proceedings which have taken place . "

At the installation meeting in January , 18 43 , only nine members and one visitor were present , and on the next Lodge night there not being a sufficient number of members present the Lodge was not opened , but " the brethren adjourned to the banquet . " Something appears to have been amiss with the Master installed in January , 18 45 , [ . D .

Paine , for he does not appear to have attended any subsequent meeting of the Lodge . In January , 18 4 6 , there not being three Past Masters of the Lodge present , the installation was postponed until the next monthly meeting , when the Master was installed but only appointed the Wardens , Secretary , and Deacons , two

of whom appear not to have been present at the meeting . In 18 47 the appointment of officers was again deferred until February , when the Wardens , Secretary , and Deacons were appointed , the Junior Deacon having been previously raised at the same meeting . Instead of an Inner Guard the . Master appointed Br . Marsdcn " Orator . " This appears to have been the only occasion on which an Orator was

appointed in the Globe Lodge , although in some of the old country Lodges the office was known as far back as 17 61 . In February , 18 4 8 , there being only a Past Master and the Secretary present the Lodge was not opened . Xo attempt appears to have been made to hold a meeting on the usual day in March , but on the . 34 th of that month a Lodge ol Emergency \ v ; is held , seven members being

present , with the former Orator as Inner Guard . From this meeting may be dated the return of the prosperity ol the Lodge , eight joining members were elected headed by William Watson of the Robert Burns Lodge . "The W . M . expressed his desire to be relieved from the duties ot the chair , and requested the brethren would , at the next meeting

of the Lodge , elect a successor , " the Treasurer also giving expression to a similar desire . At the next regular meeting the new members were all elected . Br . Watson was chosen Master , and Br . Thomas Tombleson , a celebrated worker , also of the Robert Burns

Lodge , Treasurer . Br . Watson then proposed six other members . This infusion of new blood having been previously noticed little need be said about it , except that Bro . Watson and his friends continued for many years the main support of the Lodge . The by-laws were revised , the meetings fixed

I'UKIIHIlH'K A . I'OWKl . l ,, 1 'AST ( i . STAX 11 . \ I ! 1 ' I SKA K Kli , W . M . „ f tl „ - < II „ „ - / . , „/ , „ . , x „ . ' . ; . iwa-i . for the 3 rd Thursday , and the annual subscription reduced to two guineas . The new members included the most famous Masonic workers in London , and as a natural

sequence lectures and sections in the Globe Lodge became the order of the day , when lime admitted , as they had been in the earlier period of its career when Peter Gilkes was to the fore . At an emergency meeting on the 3 rd of October , 18 49 , the sanction of the Lodge was given for a Lodge of

Instruction to be attached to it , and to hold its meetings at The Turk ' s Haul , Motcombe Street . It subsequently met at The Red Horse in Old Bond Street , and was noticed in the Grand Lodge Calendar down to 186 9 , when we assume it had died out . On the 1 Nth of March , 1852 , it was proposed and carried

that a P . M . jewel of the value of £ 3 3 s . be presented to Br . Blackburn for his efficient services as W . M . for the memorable year , 1851 . This is the first occasion recorded of the presentation of a P . M . jewel by the Globe Lodge , and the practice appears to have been continuous . In 18 53 the annual subscription was raised to three guineas .