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30 th August last , is , says a contemporary , London born , and at the age of eighteen commenced the study o law at the Inner Temple . ' # # > s > In i 860 he was called to the Bar , and attached himself to the Northern Circuit . It is said that the Gully ' s came

from Yorkshire , and that one of his ancestors combined the functions of M . P . and prize-figh ( er . A wag of the period penned the following lines : — " If anyone asks why should Pontefract sully Its name by returning to Parliament a Gully

The etymological cause I suppose is He ' s broken the bridges of so many noses . " © > s > < s > 111 i 860 , Bro . Gully became Recorder of Wigan , and in 1866 took silk , and in the same year entered Parliament for

Carlisle . At the Bar he did very well indeed , two of his most prominent cases being the defence of the Balham murderer , and also the defence of Sir Harry Billiard in his election petition . He was , however , little known in the House until he was spoken of as a candidate for the Speaker ' s Chair , in which position there can be little doubt that he is the right man in the right place .

© ® <® The great Assouan dam on the Nib , of which so much has lately been written , will be opened , thanks to the expedition with which the work has been carried out , by Bro . Sir John Aird , in November , in the distinguished presence of the Duke of Connaught and Lord Kitchener ,

who will both visit Egypt on their way to India for the Delhi durbar . It will be a source of gratification to Freemasons that this great engineering feat will be at least identified with men who are distinguished members of our Order , if it is not inaugurated with Masonic ceremonial .

<® «< s > © The honour of being the first Right Worshipful Master of the first Scotch Lodge established in Morocco belongs to Bro . Russell Eclye , whose installation immediately followed the consecration of the Coronation Lodge , No . 934 ( S . C . ) , on

the 23 rd August last . The ceremony was performed by the Provincial Grand Master of Gibraltar , in whose province the lodge is included . The proceedings were of an exceptionally interesting character , and the success of the new lodge may he considered as assured .

While Lord Zetland looks back upon his Irish viceroyalty as a brief but uncomfortable episode for which his marquisate was scarcely sufficient compensation , he has almost forgotten his subsequent and still shorter experience as a provincial mayor at Richmond . But there are two offices which he continues to hold with a proper pride

and a considerable amount of pleasure . As master of the Zetlands he feels that he fulfils his duty to his county , or at least to the part of it where ( hey hunt . It is , however , as Provincial Grand Master of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire that he is most at home . He has held this office

since 1874 , and in the interval he has won for himself a unique position in the estimation of the Order of which he is now a veteran member . The wealthiest representative of the old Scottish family of Dundas , Lord Zetland is a shrewd , active little sportsman , who rides to hounds in spectacles , and

who is quite devoted to fox-hunting in spite of his shortness of sight . —Taller . 4 ; <_¦ > *

lhe Freemasons of Colchester and the surrounding districts assembled at church on Sunday , the 26 th October , to return thanks for the King ' s recovery . The service had reached the point at which the sermon is usually delivered , when it was discovered that the preacher announced to occupy the pulpitBro . the Rev . Sir Borradaile Savory

, , had not arrived—a very awkward predicament indeed . To give the reverend gentleman a chance the brethren sang four hymns in succession , one of which by one of those happy coincidences which do sometimes occur outside the pages of a novel , contained the line : " The cry goes up .

How long ? lhe waiting seemed likely to be too long , but eventually a brother clergyman , who was one of the congregation , delivered a sermon . The Rev . Sir Borradaile Savory arrived just as the congregation was dispersing , dashing up to the church in a motor car . There was no explanation , but perhaps the motor could supply a moral in which petrol and punctures would figure . « 3 » * > 5 >

We regret to have to record the death after a short illness , of Bro . R . M . Sharpin , during his year of office as Worshipful -Master of the Royal Commemoration Lodge , No . 1585 . Bro . Sharpin presided as Worshipful Master at the meeting of his lodge so recently as 1 st October , but was taken ill on his way home and expired on the 7 th October .

He will be much missed by his brethren of the lodge , his genial disposition and earnest efforts in the discharge of his Masonic duties rendering him a general favourite . The funeral took place at Fulham cemetery on the 14 th October . , © . g . ,- $ ,

Among the numenous relics of the Transvaal war is one of Masonic interest in possession of Messrs . Spencer & Co ., 15 , Great Queen Street , London . It is a Past Master ' s jewel , made by them in 186 4 , of which we give a reproduction . It bears the following inscription : — " Presented to Bro . William Best , P . M ., by the members of

Lodge ' Star in the East , No . 918 , ' as a token of their esteem and appreciation of his services as their first W . M ., and to mark their sense of the valuable aid received from him in establishing this lodge . —Queenstown , C . G . H ., 6 th January ,

1864 . " This was purchased by a trooper , who subsequently sold it to them , from an old Boer prisoner , who had probably looted it , as he could not , or would not , give any account of how he became its possessor . It is a singular coincidence that after a lapse of so many years it should again come into their hands ; unfortunately its history in the intervening time must remain wrapped in oblivion .

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