Provincial Brand Lodge Of Cambridgeshire.

Provincial Brand Lodge of Cambridgeshire .

COLONEL R . Townley Caldwell , Provincial Grand Master , presided at the annual meeting held at the Lion Hotel , Cambridge , on Friday , December isl , and was supported by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master ( Bro . Rev . J . H . Gray , Past Grand Chaplain of England ) , and

many of the Provincial Grand Officers , present and past . In the course of the proceedings , Bro . H . G . Comber , P . G . Registrar , presented a return of the lodges for the past year , which showed the present strength in the seven lodges to be 614 , against 600 last year .

The Provincial Grand Master appointed and invested the Provincial Grand Officers for the present year as follows : — Bros . Rev . Dr . W . Cunningham , S . W . , J . F . Symonds , J . W . ; Preb . Ingrain and Rev . E . C . Pearce , Chaplains ; W . Snidali , Treasurer ; J . Bester , Registrar ; W . P .

Spalding , Secretary ; J . R . Roxburgh , S . D . ; W . M . Powell , J . D . ; C . F . Mooch - , Supt . Works ; F . Dewberry , D . C . ; H . W . Dewberry , " Assist . D . C . ; A . N . Fynes Clinton , S . B . ; A . H . " Langridge , St . B . ; W . Saint , Purst . ; J . L . George , Organist ; II . A . Tidman , C . E . F .

Copeman , G . B . Tatham , H . B . Roderick , and O . E . Griffiths , Stewards ; and C . H . Ellis , Tyler . A banquet followed .

The Marquess Of Hertford.

The Marquess of Hertford .

PROV . GUANO MASTIC R OK WARWICKSHIRE .

r pHE appointment of the Marquess of Hertford to succeed I the late Lord Leigh , as Provincial Grand Master of Warwickshire , is in every respect a fitting and acceptable recognition of his position as a County Magnate and an earnest member of the Craft . Coinciding as it does with

the honour conferred on him by the King , of appointment , also in succession to Lord Leigh , of Lord-Lieutenant of the county , it cannot fail to give the' greatest satisfaction to all Warwickshire Masons . Lord Hertford has long held distinguished positions in

the Craft , and has always displayed the keenest interest and livliest sympathy in all matters relating to Freemasonry . For this reason , his lordship will he assured ol a warm and loyal welcome from the brotherhood in Warwickshire . He was initiated in the United Lodge , No . 1629 , in July ,

18 79 , when he was known bv the courtesy title of the Karl of Yarmouth , and sat in the House of Commons as one of the members of the southern division of Warwickshire . In that lodge he successively lilled the chairs of Junior and Senior Warden , and was elected Worshipful Master in 188 5 ,

and in the same year was appointed Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of England . He also , while representing county Antrim , as a Member of Parliament , lilled the

The Marquess Of Hertford.

olfice of Provincial Grand Alaster of the province of Antrim , under the Grand Lodge of Ireland . Yet another distinction was to fail to his share , for on May 19 th , 1886 , his lordship became Provincial Grand Master ol the Mark Masons of Warwickshire , and has held that position ever since . He is a Past Grand Master of the

Grand Mark Lodge of England , of which , too , the late Lord Leigh was a Grand Master . He is also a member of the Thirty-third Degree . The Marquess of Hertford has presided over more than one of the Masonic charities , and manifests the keenest

interest in them . He has shown it by promising to preside at the next Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , at which the late Lord Leigh was to take the chair in June , 1906 . His lordship has always kept himself in touch with local

Freemasons , and is a regular attendant at the Provincial meetings .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Sussex.

Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex .

The annual meeting ol the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex was held in the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on November 30 th . In the unavoidable absence of the Provincial Grand Master , the R . W . Bro . the Duke of Richmond and Gordon , KG ., C . 13 ., the Deputy Provincial Grand blaster Bro . Thomas Weller Poley , P . G . Deacon , presided over the

large gathering of members of the various lodges throughout the county , and was supported by the Provincial Grand Officers . The reports of the Board of Finance and the Chanties Committee were received and adopted , and other business of a purely formal character was transacted . The following Provincial Grand Officers were appointed for the ensuing vear

.: — Bros . E . A . Smithers , P . M . 271 , S . W . ; A . C . Roberts , P . M . 916 , J . W . ; Rev . W . N . Willis , P . M . 1110 , and W . J . Hermann Newman , 38 , Chaplains ; A . J . Carpenter , P . A . G . Sec ., P . M . 1829 , Registrar ; J . M . Reed , P . A . G . D . C , P . M . 732 , Treas . ; J . P . Slingsby Roberts , A . G . D . C ., P . P . S . G . W ., P . M .

1466 , 2201 , Sec . ; H . W . Smithers , P . M . 14 ( 16 , S . D .: R . Nicholson , P . M . 1947 , SG . ; Bro . II . A . Butt , P . M . 56 , J . G . : G . A . Hunt , P . M . H . U , J . G ; F . G . Dive , P . M . 1110 , Supt . oi Works ; W . N . Oldham , P . M . 2483 , D . C ; J R . Gwatkin , P . M . 1036 , Dep . D . C ; H . Ttm , P . M . 1303 , A IXC . ; W . J .

Palmer , P . M . 341 , Swd . B . ; A Cawlcy , P . M . 1797 , and S . T Lewonski , P . M . 2187 , St . Bearers ; A . G . Whitehead , P . M . 56 , Organist ; A . Seymour , P . M . 1726 , Pursuivant ; J . W . Gould , P . M . 2450 , Asst . Pursuivant ; C J . . Tacomb-Hood , P . M . 271 , W . II . Burt , P . M . 916 , P . A . Houghton , P . M 1465 ,

C . Somers Clarke , P . M . 1466 , II . W . Ingledew , P . M 1821 and J W . Limb , P . M . 2676 , Stewards ; H . II . Hughes and T . Howell , Tylers . The brethren afterwards adjourned to an excellent banquet , U 13 Deputy Provincial Grand Master again presiding .

Ad01801

CITY OF LONDON TRUSS

SOCIETY35 , PINSBURY SQUARE , E . C

Instituted 1807 . Patron—HIS MAJESTY THE KING . Vice-Patron-H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G . TKEASCKKK—JOIIX XONJJUKY , K . sy . DANKKKS—LLOYD'S ll-AXK , LIADTF . D , 72 , Lonili ; iid Street . THK OBJFCT OF THIS CHARITY is to relieve sncli poor persons throughout the Kingdom .-is ; ire al'llicted with rupture by providing them gratuitously with Surgical advice , with Trusses for every kind of Rupture , with bandages and other instruments fur all cases of prolapsus , and by performing every necessary operation in connection with Hernia . Detwcei ) 9 , 000 and 10 , 000 Sufferers arc annually supplied with the Instruments required for their relief . Since the Establishment of the Society over Half a Million Patients ( 602 , 500 ) have been benefited . Additional Funds are greatly ncct / cd to meet Ike increasing cleinaiitis on I lie Charily . Premises , recently enlarged , now provide a long-needed separate entrance iimf 'li ' iii / iiijI-ruoiii / iir / i'iHii / i' patients , ami there is a female atteiiilmil for llieni . AN AWVCAI . SrnscKii'Tiox oi- - ONK GUINEA entitles to Four Letters of Recommendation .

Donation , Subscriptions , and Bequests are earnesllv solicited , and will be , Lombard Street ; or by the Secretary , at the Offices of the " Society .

gratefullv received by the B . in' . ; ers , LLOYDS' HANK , Limited ' JOHN VVHITTINQTON , Secretary .

FORM OF BEQUEST . ' ¦ I give to Tin-: CITY OF LONDON Turss SOCIETY , Finsbury Square , London , the sum of free of Legacy Duly , to be paid out of such part of my Lstalc as 1 may bequeath to charitable- uses , as soon as may be possible after my decease . "

. , 72 ^^¦ a ^^ B ^^ HH ^^ MH ^^^ i ^ HHa ^ HBMI ^ BHHHH ^^ BM ^ H ^^ HB ^^ HH ^^^ B ^^ HHi ^ HI ^^^ B ^^ n ^ MiBH ^ HI ^ SBHMadB ^ i ^