Obituary.

OBITUARY .

Bro . GENERAL J . S . BROWNRIGG , C . B . The announcement of tho death at Colombo , on the 1 st inst ., of the R . AV . Prov . Grand Master for Surrey , Bro . General J . S . Brownrigg , C . B ., who wns always a staunch supporter of our Order , has been received with general regret , and more particular by the bretliren connected with the Masonic Province over which he has ruled since 1871 . Our distinguished brother was a Past Grand

AVarden of England , a Past Master of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 6 , and also held elevated positions in several of the higher degrees of Freemasonry . His health had been for some time failing him , and a visit to Australia was taken by him in the hope that it might prove beneficial . It was on the return journey from Melbourne that his demise took place , at Colombo , where he was interred with full military honours .

Bro . the REV . CANON GEORGE RAYMOND PORTAL , M . A . By the very sudden decease of Bro . the Rev . Canon Geo . Raymond Portal , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge , and M . AV . Past Grand Master of Mark Master Masons , Freemasonry suffers a great loss , particularly that section of the Craft which is identified with Mark Masonry . Our deceased brother was more actively associated with the degree of Mark Masters , and devoted

much time nnd labour to its interests . It is mainly to his efforts in conjunction with those of Past and Present Mark Grand Officers , and notably those of the Grand Secretary of the Order , Bro . F . Binckes , that such great progress has been made in so few years . Even so lately as the last half-yearly communication of Mark Grand Lodge , Bro . Portal ' s advice and guidance materially assisted to

secure for the Order the premises in Great Queen Street , which will presently be devoted to the purposes of its Grand Lodge . He will be sadly missed when the occasion for the inauguration of the building shall have arrived . Bro . Portal was educated at Rugby and Christchurch , Oxford , andhis deathfrom syncope took place on the 5 th inst . His honoured remains were interred on the Sth inst . in Burghclere churchyard , near Newbury , in the presence of a great concourse of persons of all classes , including the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon ,

Sir Edmund Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., Sir Frederick Garden , Bart ., Sir Alexander Arbuthnot , K . C . S . I ., tho Rev . the Hon . Horatio Nelson , the Mayors of Newbury and Basingstoke , Bro . Binckes , Grand Secretary Of the Grand Lodge of Mark Mr . sons , numerous Masonic deputations , and a large gathering of the clergy and gentry . The burial service was conducted by the Bishop of Guildford ( Dr . Sumner ) , assisted by the Rev . A . Sladen and the Rev . F . C . Gosling .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

The Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the province of Somerset , which contains a calendar for the year 188 !) and four months of 1800 , and has for a frontispiece a capital portrait of the M . W . Pro Grand Master the Rt . Hon . tho Earl of Carnarvon , has been admirably compiled by W . Bro . C . L . Fry Edwards , a Past Grand Treasurer of Somerset , and P . P . G . S . of W . Oxon . The work

is full of information relating to the officers of the Grand Lodge and of tho Provincial Grand Lodge , Avith lists of officers , number of members , and dates of festival and other meetings ' of each lodge in the province . It has similar information in respect of Royal Arch Masonry , and of the several other masonic degrees . A most useful epitome of the annual returns required to be made by each lodge

forms a neAV feature in the compilation cf this Avork . The total of votes held by this proAdnce , in Avhich there are 1 , 111 members of the Craft , are—boys , 1 , 071 ; girls , 820 ; aged brethren , 511 ; and AvidoAvs , 524—making a total of 2 , 929 votes amongst the three masonic institutions . The Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the Province of

Oxfordshire . 1889-90 , published by Bro . W . R . BoAvden , High Street . Oxford , is also replete Avith the varied information so serviceable , not only to the brethren of that particular province but also to the general masonic reader . Lists of governors and subscribers to the respective Craft and Mark Charitable Institutions , Aviththe number

of votes to which they are entitled , appear in its pages , and by their aid the voting poAver of the province can be ascertained . It Avould be a very useful addition to the excellent features of this Avork if these lists could be summarised in future editions , as is done in other provincial directories .

Metropolitan Lodge And Chapter Meetings For The Current Week.

Metropolitan Lodge and Chapter Meetings for the Current Week .

" All Lodges held within Ten Miles of FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , are LONDON LODGES . "—General Laws and Begulations . ¥° ° l NAME OF LODGE AND CHAPTER . PLACE OF MEETING . Lodge NAME 0 F LODGE AND CHAPTER . PLACE OP MEETING .

( THIS DAY ) ( 2 nd ) THURSDAY , APRIL llth . 19 Royal AthcMan Cannon Street Hotel , E . C . 31 Regularity F . M . H . 206 Friendship Ship and Turtle , E . C . 238 Pilgrim F . M . H . 263 Rank of England Albion TavAldersgate StreetEC

., , .. 534 Polish National F . M . H . 057 Cannnbury Albion Tav ., Aldersgate Street , E . C . 860 Dalliousie Anderton ' s Hotel , E . C . 879 Sonthwark Bridge House Hotel , S . E . 1076 Capper Guildhall Tavern , Gresham St ., E . C . 1216 Macdonald Hd . Qrs ., 1 st Surrey Rifles , Camberwell 1471 Islington Cock Tav ., Highbury , X . 1558 Duke of Comiauglit Surrey MHCamberwell

. „ 1599 Skelmersdalc Ship and Turtle Leadenhall ftreet 1804 Cofoorn Vestry Hall , Bow 2047 Beekenham Public Hall , Beckenham 2090 Hammersmith Vestry Hall , Hammersmith R . A . C . 140 St . George ' s Trafalgar Hotel , Greenwich 619 Beadon It . H ., Masons' Avenue , E . C . 813 New Concord Guildhall Tav ., Gresham Street , B . C .

898 Temperance-in-the-East ... 6 , Ncwby Place , Poplar , E . 1472 Henley Three Crowns , North Woolwich 1642 Earl of Carnarvon Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill 1716 All . Saints' Vestry Hall , Fairlield ltoad , Bow Mark . 86 Sampson and Lion M . IL , Masons' Avenue , E . C . R . C . U . 44 Bard of Avon 33 , Golden Square , AV .

( 2 nd ) FRIDAY , APRIL 12 th . 134 Caledonian Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall St ., E . C . 157 Bedford F . M . H . 1201 Eclectic Ditto 1559 Now Cross Portland Hotel , Greenwich H . A . C . 33 Britannic FMH

. . . It . Croix 3 Mount Calvary 33 , Golden Square , W . 101 Adoniram 8 a , Hod Lion Square , W . C . K . T . 45 Temple Crossing- Bridge House Hot ., S . E . ( 2 nd ) SATURDAY , APRIL 13 th .

108 London Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall St ., E . C . 173 Phn'liix F . M . H . 1440 Mount Eilgeumbe Bridge House Hotol , London Bdg ., S . E . 1607 Loyalty London Tav .. Fenchurch Street 1612 West Middlesex Lyric Hall , Ealing 1671 Mi / . pah Albion Tav ., Aldersgate Street , E . C . 1743 Perseverance Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet Street , E . C . 1839 Duke of Cornwall FMH

. . . R . A . C . 1928 Gallery Brixton Hall , Acre Lane ( 3 rd ) MONDAY , APRIL 15 th . 1 Grand Masters F . M . T . 8 British F . M . H . 185 Tranquility Guildhall TavGresham StreetEC

., , .. 907 Koyal Albert F . M . H . 1506 AVhito Horse of Kent Holborn Viaduct Hotel , E . C . R . A . C . 12 Prudence Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall St ., E . C . 1319 Asaph F . M . H .

( 3 rd ) MONDAY , APRIL 15 th— continued . Mark . | 173 Temple | Green Dragon , Stepney . 239 Royal Naval ' 8 a , lied Lion Square K . T . 131 Holy Sanctuary j 33 , Golden Square , W .

( 3 rd ) TUESDAY , APRIL Kith . 30 United Mariners Guildhall Tav ., Gresham Street , E . C . 95 Eastern Star Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall St ., E . C . 162 Cadogan F . M . H . 194 St . Paul ' s Cannon Street Hot ., E . C . 435 Salisbury F . M . H .

1330 Stockwell Surrey M . H ., CsvmberweU 1695 New Finsbury Park Cock Tav ., Highbury , N . 2022 Haven Lyric Hall , Ealing 2045 Wharton Willesden , Middlesex 2191 Anglo American Criterion , Piccadilly , W . R . A . C . 1604 Wanderers F . M . H . Mark . 238 Prince Leopold Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , E . C .

( 3 rd ) WEDNESDAY , APRIL 17 th . Grand Stewards | F . M . H 171 Sincerity Guildhall Tav ., Gresham Street , E . C . 190 Oak V . M . H . 700 Nelson M . H ., AVoohvich 969 Maybury Inns of Court Hot ., AV . C . 1150 Buckingham and Chandcs ... V . M . If . 1349 Friars and TurtleLeadenhall Street

Ship , , E . C . 1382 Corinthian George Hot ., Cubitt Town , E . 1673 Langton Holborn Viaduct Hotel 1681 Londesboro' CaftS Royal , Regent Street , AV . 1716 All Saints 117 , High St ., Poplar 1 S-03 Cornhill London Tav ., Fenchurch St ., E . C . R . A . C . 192 Lion and Lamb Cannon Street Hot ., E . C .

( 3 rd ) THURSDAY , APRIL ISth . 25 Globe F . M . II . 49 Gihon Gullnhall Tav ., E . C . 55 Constitutional Cannon Street Hot ., B . C . 63 St . Mary ' s F . M . H . 110 AVhite Swan TavDeptford

, Temperance ., 179 Manchester Anderton's Hot ., E . G . isi Universal V . 31 . II . 733 AVestboumo Lord ' s Hotol , St . John ' s AVood 813 New Concord Guildhall Tav ., E . C . 1287 Groat Northern V . M . II . 1475 Peckham Surrey M . IT ., Camberwell 1598 Lcyspring Anderton's Hot ., Fleet Street , E . C . 1901 Scl ' wyn East Dulwich Hot ., East Dulwich

R . A . C . 79 Pythagorean Ship Hot ., Greenwich Mark . Bon Accord 8 a , Red Lion Square N . B . — We will insert hours of meeting of London Lodges , if summonses are sent tn us in suffieiitnt time . —ED . M . S .