Supreme Grand Chapter,

The Committee beg further to recommend that the sum of . £ 250 be voted , from the balance in the Bank to the credit of Grand Chapter , as a contribution from it towards the expenses incurred by the installation of the electric lighting at Freemasons' Hall . ( Signed ) ROBERT GREY , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 16 th July , 1890 .

The different recommendations vvere moved by Comp . ROBERT GREY , seconded by Comp . FRANK RICHARDSON , and carried . In moving the recommendation that ^ 250 be voted for the electric lighting , Comp . ROBERT GREY said he vvas sure that on such a hot night as that was the companions would feel the benefit of the electric li ght , and they could not do better than show their appreciation of it than by carrying the motion . The motion was carried .

Comp . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE said there vvas a vacancy on the Committee of General Purposes by the death of Comp . W . H . Ferryman , which occurred a few days ago . It vvas therefore necessary that the companions should elect another companion in his place . Comp . ROBERT GREY said that at the last meeting Comp . J . S . Cumberland

was proposed and seconded , but he gracefully retired in order that there should not be a contest . He therefore moved that Comp . J . S . Cumberland be elected . Comp . the Rev . J . STUDHOLME BROWNRIGG , Acting J ., seconded the motion . The motion was carried . Grand Chapter was then closed in form .

Consecration Of The Ubique Chapter, No. 1789.

CONSECRATION OF THE UBIQUE CHAPTER , No . 1789 .

The consecration of the above chapter , No . 178 9 on the roll of the Grand Chapter of England , took place on Monday , the 21 st ult , at the Cafe Royal , Regent-street—another triumph for the royal gunners , from whose ranks not only the founders but all joining companions and exaltees have and must spring . Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Scribe E , vvas the Consecrating Officer , and he was assisted b y Comps . Sir G . D . Harris , A . G . S , as H . ; Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . A . G . S , as J . ; and Frank Richardson , as D . of C . ; so that we need hardly say that the ceremony was most perfect and impressive . The following oration was delivered by Comp . Rev . J . S . BROWNRIGG .-

The name you have chosen for your chapter is associated , Companions , in your minds vvith a great and glorious past—it is your constant reminder that you are seeking a great and g lorious future . The standard of action you set yourselves is high , but it is not ideal—it is one distinctly within the compass of every honest and God-fearing manit is one most certainly in fittest harmony vvith the precepts and principles of our Order . Let us see what it means— " Ubique , quo fas et gloria ducunt . " The first word is governed and controlled by the after sentence . The full force of the word " fas " is

sometimes missed . It implies divine right , divine law , as contrasted vvith mere human right and human law . The true sense of your motto then is this . That you are ready to go anywhere and do anything if divine right and honour lead the way . Thank God , the English nation has never asked English soldiers to do anything inconsistent with these principles . I do not say that vve have not , like other nations , our national faults and our national failures , but I do thank God that English history is , at all events in modern times , clear of unjust wars . We are slow to rouse . It is not possible in England

to embark in any war without the approval of the country , and there is still that in the English character ^ vvhich prevents it giving its assent to any attack where it is not quite clear that divine right and national honour demand it . But , Companions , remember as men and as Masons , that the motto of your corps may be to you something more than an ornamental heading—something more than a general indication of tne policy vvhich governs the English nation—something more than a general expression of the single-hearted courage and perseverance vvhich has secured for the English soldier

the respect of the Universe . It should , I repeat , be something more to you than all this . Every action , every word , yes , even every thought , should be kept within the compass , and measured b y the rule of those words , "' Ubique , quo fas et gloria ducunt . " To every man life's duty is more or less hard . Each profession , each state of life , every society bring their own difficulties to be faced and overcome . It is only the moral coward vvho lets things slide and takes life easily . Life is action , but there is a false and a true action , there is no standing still . False action is a constant discontented uneasiness , never

satisfied and ever seeking change ,- pulling down and destroying old work without putting anything in its place ; undermining old foundations without considering the ruin that must follow . Some are going everywhere , ready to do anything upon these principles " quo nefas et infamia ducunt . " The world now more than ever needs men of honest , singlehearted purpose , of unflinching , persevering courage , ready to resist the evil and to advance the good . To do this not merely on great occasions when encouraged by the

applause and favour of the world , but in the commonplace ordinary round of daily life , when divine right and honour point in directions vvhich will render their followers singular and perhaps unpopular . Then to be true to our motto—then to say come what may one only course is onen to a God-fearing and honourable man , and having' said this , to carry it out in life , without cant and without shame , is to all most truly upon our motto , " Ubique , quo fas et gloria ducunt . "

The chapter having been dedicated and the patriarchial benediction pronounced , Comp . Shadwell H . Clerke installed Comp . Capt . W . A . Weston , R . A ., P . Z . 13 , as H , and Comp . W . R . Arnold , R . A , as J . The M . E . Z . designate , Comp . Major J . T . Richie , R . A , was , unfortunately , through illness , unable to be present , and Comp . Weston filled the chairof Z . ; Comp . G . Kennedy , P . Z . 13 , thechairof H . ; and Comp . Arnold that of J . The following officers were invested : Comps .

Kennedy , Scribe E . ; Morris , Treas . ; and W . Shackleton , P . S . The other appointments being left over till the next meeting . There vvere a number of joining members and exaltees proposed , and the Consecrating Officers vvere accorded a cordial vote of thanks , for their services , and were also elected honorary members of the chapter , for which they severally returned thanks , and then the chapter was closed .

The founders are Comps . Major Ritchie , Capt . Weston , Capt . W . Richey , W . R . Arnold , W . Seager , E . Morris , J . Christian , W . Shackleton , Major General J . J . Williams , G . Kennedy , all of , or past Royal Artilerymen . The banquet , as usual , was handsomely served , and among the other companions present vvere Comps . C . F . Matier , P . G . D . C . ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; Capt . W . Richey , P . Z . ; Rev . R . Jamblin , M . A , P . Z . 18 37 , P . P . G . S . N . Kent ; C . H . Canning , H . 1472 ; R . F . Tyler , 913 ; W . C . Beaumont , P . G . Std . Br . ;

Major J . Sculley , H . De Gray , 13 ; Major C . Walker , 1174 ; and C . Jolly , P . Z . 1472 . "The Queen and Craft Masonry , " and "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , G . Z . of the Order , " having been drunk with honours , that of "The Earl of Lathom , G . H , and Lord Leigh , G . J , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " was proposed by the M . E . Z , who said they vvere honoured that ni ght by the presence of several of the most distinguished officers of Grand Chapter . He asked the companions to drink the toast heartil y , coupled vvith the name of

Comp . the Rev . J . S . BROWNRIGG , vvho , in response , said it was always a pleasant dut y to respond to the toast , and especially so among soldiers . He was the onl y one of his family that vvas not a soldier , although he was Chaplain of the 3 rd Middlesex Volunteers , and when he went down to Sheerness Garrison he was always received vvith the same hearty welcome that his father had ever received in that part of Kent . He cordially thanked them for their kind reception of the toast . The M . E . Z . then gave the toast of "The Installing Officer . " He said they

vvere all deeply impressed by the eloquent yet devout manner in which their esteemed Comp . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke had performed the ceremonies of consecration and installation . He deeply regretted the absence of Comp . Major Ritchie , who vvas as ill as a man could be . He , Bro . Weston , visited Comp . Ritchie that morning , and found him completely prostrated . He merely mentioned it because he knew how anxious Comp . Ritchie was to be present that night with them , and because he felt how much better Comp . Ritchie could have filled

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the chair than he could . However , they thanked Comp . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke and his esteemed assistants for their splendid services that day , and assured hhn and them that those services would long be remembered vvith pleasure by every companion privileged to be present . Comp . Colonel SHADWELL H . CLERKE , who on rising to respond was heartily cheered , said he could sincerely say that he and his colleagues had done the work

with a great deal of pleasure . For himself he could safely say that , as an old soldier of some 40 years' standing , his heart yearned towards the cloth , blue , white , or red . He had been greatly impressed by the interest and zeal evinced b y the W . M . of the Ubique Lodge , Bro . Major-General Williams , for the success of that certainly growing and important lodge , and he was glad of it . He was sorry that on account of a Garrison inspection , Comp . General Williams was unable to

be present , and he was also p leased to think he ( Comp . Clerke ) had a son in the Royal regiment at Aldershot vvho intended to join the Craft , and he hoped to have the pleasure before long of seeing him initiated in the Ubique Lodge . He thanked his colleagues for their very able assistance upon that and many other occasions , and the companions for the hearty way in which they had responded to the toast .

Comp . Col . S . H . CLERKE then proposed the toast of The M . E . Z . pro torn ., " and expressed his sorrow at hearing of the illness of Comp . Ritchie . It would have been a trying ordeal for him ( Comp . Ritchie ) to have gone through the three chairs ; let them hope , however , that at the next meeting he would be well enough

to go through them and take his place as M . E . Z . of the chapter . Comp . Ritchie had a good representative in Comp . Captain Weston , and if they would allow him , he ( Comp . Clerke ) would give them a double-barrelled toast , and would ask them to drink the health of the present Chairman , Comp . Capt . Weston , and the absent one that vvas to be Chairman , Comp . Major Ritchie .

Comp . WESTON , in response , said that he should the next day see Comp . Major Ritchie , and carry to him their sympathy and regrets and their kind wishes for his speedy recovery . He vvas sure that the chapter started that day would bring credit upon Royal Arch Masonry . When the Ubique Lodge vvas started 12 years ago there vvere many ominous rumours as to its inherent weakness and its early collapse , but let them look out now , vvith a Major-General for its W . M , and among its members the flower of the Colonels , Majors , Captains , Lieutenants , and Warrant

Officers of the grand old regiment , and so it would be vvith that chapter , for there were now no less than 16 candidates ready to join it or be exalted within it . It was only the preceding Friday that Comp . Matier consecrated a new Mark lodge , the Ubique , founded from amongst the brethren of the mother lodge . That lodge would thrive and so would the chapter , because they intended to carry out the motto of the Royal Artillery— " Ubique , " and spread its influence and thc influence of Masonry through it , all over the world .

Comp . J AMBLIN , in responding for the Visitors , was extremely glad to be present , and must confess that military . lodges and chapters were getting extremely fashionable . He vvas an old soldier , for when he was a slim , buoyant youngster , he vvas a captain of a public school at North Anglia , where he learned and afterwards taught the soldier ' s first duty , obedience . He wished the chapter every prosperity , and its M . E . Z . designate a speedy recovery .

Comp . DE GRAY was pleased to be present , also because he was present at the consecration of the mother lodge , and hoped for many years to come amongst them and rejoice at their prosperity . Comps . WALKER and CANNING also responded . Comp . MORRISON , responding for " The Officers , " said they were very few in number that night , owing to the exigences of the service , vvhich kept many of

them that night at Woolwich at their military duties . He knew a little of military matters , and had had a good deal of military experience . He had been in every station , from the ranks up to the position that not everyone could attain , and that vvas to have the management of officers' affairs , and whenever he met one of his old officers he felt that he was meeting a friend . He had had the honour and priviledge of serving personally every crowned head in Europe , and upon one

occasion General Fleury said that he had never received such courtesy and kindness anywhere as he had at the hands of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich . That might be a little outside Masonry , but it was something he prized and was proud of . Now , with regard to the Ubique Lodge , they had been very quiet and had cleared themselves from debt , and vvere in a position to help the Charities . They had 120 members , and he trusted soon to see the chapter in the same flourishing condition . For himself and the officers , he thanked them most heartily .

A hearty reception of " The Masonic Press" was responded to by Comp J OLLY , and then the Janitor ' s toast concluded the proceedings . Comp . Tyler presided at the organ during the ceremony of consecration .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Dorsetshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF DORSETSHIRE .

The annual meeting vvas held under the banner of St . Mary ' s Lodge , Bridport , No . 121 , at the Masonic Hall , Bridport , on Tuesday , thc 22 nd ult . The Prov . Grand Master , Bro . the Rev . W . Mortimer Heath , was supported by Bros . Sir R . N . Howard , D . P . G . M . ; J . M . P . Montagu , P . G . D , W . } . Nosworth y , P . G . Org . ; and a large number of brethren . Provincial Grand Lodge was formally opened , and the roll of the lodges was called over , when it was found all were represented .

The Prov . Grand Treasurer ' s accounts having been received and passed , the P . G . M . shortly addressed the brethren on the state and prospects of Mark Masonry and the general business of the province . The PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER then proposed that a sum of . £ 5 be subscribed from Provincial Grand Lodge funds towards the Portal memorial organ to

be erected in Grand Mark Lodge . This vvas seconded , by ^ Bro . W . J . NOSWORTHY , P . G . Organist , and supported by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and carried nem . con . The Provincial Grand Treasurer , Auditors , and Tyler were re-elected . The Provincial Grand Master then proceeded to appoint and invest his officers , as follows :

Bro . Sir R . N . Howard ... ... ... ... D . P . G . M . „ S . R . Baskett ... ... ... ... Prov . S . G . W . „ Dr . Allan McLean ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W , „ Rev . W . C . Browne ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ G . Habgood ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ C . G . Nantes ... ... ... ... Prov . G . M . O . H . Cooke ... ... ... ... Prnv . Sr . fl

„ E . Mills ... ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . O . „ W . B . Morgan ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ H . F . Harvey ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ R . R . Samson ... ... ¦¦¦ ... Prov . S . G . D . „ R . Toleman ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ W . J . Fletcher ... ... ... ... Prov . G . I . of W . „ R . Cox ... ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C .

„ W . J . Nosworthy ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ Reid ... ... ... ... Prov . G . I . G . ,, R . Simmonds ... ... ... ... Prov . G . T yler . The Prov . Grand Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Town HaU , where an excellent banquet was served . The Prov . Grand Master presided , and the toasts proper to the occasion were duly honoured .