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is '• - ^^^ -tif- . ^ -J ^^^^^^ t ^ t ^—^ . ju ^ A ^ M ^ l i ^^ e eSas ^^ SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER IO , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Whatever differences of opinion may have existed or way exist as to the desirability of creating an additional % il office in Grand Lodge by the style and title of Grand Chancellor , " with precedence next after the Wardens , none will exist as to the oranrietv of the

additional adornment of the walls of Grand Lodge , to which the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe called the attention ° f the brethren on Wednesday . In December of last year it was resolved that a full length portrait of Bro . "re Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master , should be

painted and hung in Grand Lodge , and on Wednesday lhe counterfeit presentment of his lordship vvas to be S ( * n in the panel assigned to it , where we trust that ¦ or many , many years it will remain as a memorial ° one vvho , in all the various parts he has filled in ' ¦ isonry , has conscientiously done his duty .

Il is considerably more than 30 years ago since Lord a 'nom was made a Mason , and there is no member . 'he Craft in this or any other jurisdiction of whom a c an be said so truthfully , that from the day of his "Ution onward he has spared no effort vvhich vvas in

ly vvay calculated to promote the interests of Freesonry . His principal services have been rendered L " "is capacity ( 1 ) of Prov . Grand Master of West Cashire , and ( 2 ) in that of Deputy Grand Master ,

p which he had acted from the installation of the •^ n . ce Wales as M . W . G . M . in 1875 till April , 1891 , Q l " every post he has held , in private , provincial , or to tl , ^ te > h ' sole aim has been to serve the Craft lhe best and utmost of his ability .

Masonic Notes.

Thus it vvas a graceful act on the part of Grand Lodge to have requited such eminent service by directing that his lordship ' s portrait should be painted , and hung in our hall , side by side vvith those of the other leading dignitaries of our society vvho have laboured similarly in its behalf . No ceremony accompanied

the introduction of the picture , that is , there was no formal unveiling by the acting Grand Master ; but the few appropriate sentences in which Bro . Lord Mount Edgcumbe called attention to it vvere received with cheers from all parts of the hall—cheers which showed unmistakably how popular is the Pro Grand Master throughout the Craft generally .

* * * We cannot quit the subject without echoing in these columns the compliments so deservedly paid by the Deputy Grand Master to Bro . Marks , the artist to whom the commission had been entrusted . The portrait is

not only a life-like presentment of the noble Earl , but one that is as pleasing as it is faithful , and vve take leave to congratulate Bro . Marks both on the success of his labours , and the honourable manner in which that success vvas recognised .

# # # As regards the proceedings on Wednesday , the recommendation of his Royal Highness the Grand Master , that a sum of . £ 315 should be paid over to the Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late

terrible disaster at St . John ' s , Newfoundland , was carried without the slightest hesitation , and vve are glad to see that there is every likelihood that the brethren will be invited to make a further and special grant to the Masonic fraternity in St . John's , which will to some

extent aid them in repairing the losses they have sustained by the destruction of their hall and its contents . This is as it should be . We have borne our part in the general relief , and now we are preparing to help our own people . * * *

The other communication from the Grand Masten vvhich had been adopted and was recommended to Grand Lodge for adoption by the Board of General Purposes , vvas in the end withdrawn . An amendment by Bro . Past Grand Treasurer Eve to omit from the recommendation the proposed office of Grand

Chancellor was carried , and thereupon Bro . Fenn , the President of the Board , feeling that he would not be justified in carrying the proposal , which had been thus shorn of one of its most important parts , any further , in the undoubted exercise of his discretion withdrew altogether the scheme for the creation of sundry additional Grand Officers , and there the matter rests for the present .

* * * We say advisedly for the present , because we are of opinion that the scheme , vvhich is undoubtedly for the interests of the Craft , should be accepted , has fallen through in consequence of a general misapprehension .

We believe there was no strong objection on ils merits to the appointment of a Grand Chancellor , but the brethren clearly did not understand what it meant . The agenda offered no explanation beyond the fact that the Grand Chancellor vvas to rank after the

Wardens , and that his duties were to be those at present assigned to the Grand Registrar , leaving the brethren in doubt as to whether the Grand Registrar was to be retained or not , or what his duties , if any , were to be if retained .

We cannot help thinking there were grounds for these misapprehensions . Had it been fully explained that it vvas not intended to promote the Grand Registrar from his present position in our Masonic table of precedence and place him above the Grand

Chaplains and Grand Treasurer , but to retain the Grand Registrar where he is , and while electing a fresh brother annually to that office , to create the new and still more important office of Grand Chancellor , vve are satisfied in our own mind that the proposal would

have been adopted , it not unanimously , at all events , by an overwhelming majority . In the absence of any such explanation , there were many who thought it was in contemplation to exalt the Grand Registrar at the expense of the Grand Chaplains and the Grand

Treasurer , while others were of opinion that the proposed office itself vvas not strictl y Masonic , and that , though it might find a place in the Order of the Temple or the Ancient and Accepted Rite , it ought not to be included among the officers of a Craft Grand Lodge .

However , vve see no reason why the proposal should not be renewed . We feel sure that nothing in the nature of an affront was intended either to H . R . H . the Grand Master , the Pro Grand Master , or the Board of General Purposes , and we have every confidence that ,

Masonic Notes.

with a fuller explanation of the proposal the brethren generally vvill be only too ready to accept a scheme which has been framed so considerately and , at the same time , so manifestl y in their interests .

Bro . H . Whymper has , vve are glad to note , been again appointed Deputy District Grand Master of the Punjab , on the retirement from that post of General G . Sandford , C . B ., C . S . L

# # # The Newcastle brethren are making great preparations for the reception on the 12 th , 13 th , and 14 th inst ., of the Israel Lodge , No . 126 , Dublin , vvho will be accompanied

by representatives from various other lodges of the sister jurisdiction . St . Nicholas Lodge , No . 16 7 6 , will play the part of Host , and from what we can gather from the programme , our Irish friends will have a good time . * * *

A round of visits to the principal places of interest . A meeting of the lodge in Granger Hall-street . A grand banquet at the Old Assembly Rooms , at which the

Prov . Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and other Grand Officers will be present , will sufficiently indicate the fraternal spirit in which the matter is taken up and which will , vve hope , add to many similar reunions .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

I We da not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed b y our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL GRAND OFFICERS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Nothing could be more unfortunate than the maladroit remarks of Bro . Eve at Grand Lodge . The

recommendation as to additional Grand Officers by no means originated with the Board of General Purposes , but entirel y vvith the Pro Grand Master in the interest of the larger and more crowded provinces , the brethren of vvhich will , I trust , bear the fact in mind . —Yours fraternally , P . G . O .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , It is to be hoped that the members of Grand Lodge who succeeded this evening in carrying the amendment to the proposition of the M . W . G . M . as brought forward by the Board of General Purposes are satisfied vvith their action . I much doubt whether the

Craft at large will be so satisfied . To my mind the speech and amendment of Bro . Eve were alike most ill-advised . He and his supporters have succeeded in postponing for the present—and who can say for how long ?—the very thing for which the Craft has been asking more or less openly , and in more ways than one , for many years past , viz ., an increase in the number of

Grand Officers annually appointed by the M . W . G . M . And on what grounds was the motion rejected ? As far as I could gather there were two objections raised . tst . Bro . Britten did not like the proposed Grand Chancellor ranking above the Grand Chaplains , as he considered it somewhat' * degrading" to the reverend brethren . This objection was I think disposed of very

gracefully by Bro . Brownrigg , the Senior Grand Chaplain present , a brother vvho is fully capable of representing the feelings of himself and of his brother Grand Chaplains on an occasion like the present . 2 nd . We had Bro . Eve , who " wanted to know " what we wanted a Grand Chancellor at all for . It was proposed that he should perform the duties now

appertaining to the Grand Registrar , as defined by Article 31 and 32 of the Book of Constitutions . What then , said Bro . Eve , would be the duties of the Grand Registrar in future V It seems to me that Bro . Eve entirely failed to grasp the fact that the M . W . G . M . vvas endeavouring to act in accordance with the wellunderstood wishes of the Craft , by increasing—largely

increasing—the number of appointments to Grand Office ; but he wished to do it in the manner which , in his opinion , would best result in benefit to the Craft . Bro . Eve and his supporters doubtless wished for the same result , but wanted it done in their way , in opposition to the expressed opinion of the M . W . G . M . It is , I think , not to be wondered at that Bro . Fenn ,

who was on this occasion acting somewhat as the accreditedambassadorof our M . W . G . M . when he found that the proposition as brought forward by him was not acceptable to the members assembled in Grand Lodge , withdrew the motion forthwith ; no other course of action , in my humble judgment , being open to him .

In conclusion , allow me to say that though I hold the position of Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes , I am writing simply as a member of Grand Lodge , without consultation with any other brother whatever . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , F . ERNEST POCOCK , M . D ., P . M ., 1891 . 7 th September .

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p REAT WESTERN RAILWAY . CHEAP FAST EXCURSIONS will leave PADDINGTON STATION during JULY , AUGUST , and SEPTEMBER as under : EVERY FRIDAY , 10 . 15 P-m-, to EXETER , Dawlish , Teignmouth , PLYMOUTH , Newquay , Truro , FALMOUTH , St . Ives , PENZANCE , & c , for 3 , S , 10 , 15 , or 17 days . EVERY SATURDAY , 7 . 45 a . m ., to ILFRACOMBE and Barnstaple for 3 , 10 , or 17 days , and to EXETER , Dawlish , Teignmouth , TORQUAY , PLYMOUTH , Newquay , Truro , FALMOUTH , St . Ives , PENZANCE , & c , for 3 , 8 , to , 15 , or 17 days . S . o a . m . to NEWBURY , Marlborough , Devizes , TROWBRIDGE , Frome , & c , for 3 , 10 , or 17 days . 9 . 15 a . m . to WITHAM , Wells , YEOVIL , Dorchester , WEYMOUTH , & c , for 3 , 10 , or 17 days . 12 o noon to Bridgwater , TAUNTON , Minehead , BARNSTAPLE , Tiverton , Sic ., ior 3 , , or 17 days . 1 . 5 p . m . to Chippenham , BRISTOL , Yatton , Clevedon , Asbridge , Cheddar , and WESTON-SUPER-MARE , for 8 or 15 days . 2 . 30 p . m . to BATH , for S or 15 days , and to Swindon , EXE ITER , Dawlish , TORQUAY , PLYMOUTH , & c , for 3 , S , 10 , 15 , or 17 days . Tickets and Bills can be obtained at the Company ' s Receiving Offices and Stations . HY . LAMBERT , General Manager .

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pEORGE REES . ENGRAVINGS by the Principal Artists . Eight Hundred Subjects in Stock . Liberal Discount . ETCHINGS , Large and Choice Variety on View by Leading Artists . Liberal Cash Discount . SPORTING PICTURES , both Old and New . Hunting , Racing , Coaching , & c . Large Assortment . Libera ] Discount for Cash . PICTURE FRAMES . Special Masonic Designs for Certificate Frames , & c , at Lowest Prices . A New Catalogue , with Prices , & c , post free , £ d . Stamp . GEORGE REES , SAVOY HOUSE , 115 , STRAND . Established 30 Years .

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , "THE" STATIONERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . THE ROYAL COURTS NOTE PAPER . This is the cheapest paper ever introduced to the public , it being slightly tinted , thick , and pleasant to write upon . Price 4 s . per ream . THE VELLUM WOVE CLUB-HOUSE PAPER . The best paper made . Send for sample box of paper and envelopes , post free for 2 s . Catalogues Post Free .

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is '• - ^^^ -tif- . ^ -J ^^^^^^ t ^ t ^—^ . ju ^ A ^ M ^ l i ^^ e eSas ^^ SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER IO , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Whatever differences of opinion may have existed or way exist as to the desirability of creating an additional % il office in Grand Lodge by the style and title of Grand Chancellor , " with precedence next after the Wardens , none will exist as to the oranrietv of the

additional adornment of the walls of Grand Lodge , to which the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe called the attention ° f the brethren on Wednesday . In December of last year it was resolved that a full length portrait of Bro . "re Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master , should be

painted and hung in Grand Lodge , and on Wednesday lhe counterfeit presentment of his lordship vvas to be S ( * n in the panel assigned to it , where we trust that ¦ or many , many years it will remain as a memorial ° one vvho , in all the various parts he has filled in ' ¦ isonry , has conscientiously done his duty .

Il is considerably more than 30 years ago since Lord a 'nom was made a Mason , and there is no member . 'he Craft in this or any other jurisdiction of whom a c an be said so truthfully , that from the day of his "Ution onward he has spared no effort vvhich vvas in

ly vvay calculated to promote the interests of Freesonry . His principal services have been rendered L " "is capacity ( 1 ) of Prov . Grand Master of West Cashire , and ( 2 ) in that of Deputy Grand Master ,

p which he had acted from the installation of the •^ n . ce Wales as M . W . G . M . in 1875 till April , 1891 , Q l " every post he has held , in private , provincial , or to tl , ^ te > h ' sole aim has been to serve the Craft lhe best and utmost of his ability .

Masonic Notes.

Thus it vvas a graceful act on the part of Grand Lodge to have requited such eminent service by directing that his lordship ' s portrait should be painted , and hung in our hall , side by side vvith those of the other leading dignitaries of our society vvho have laboured similarly in its behalf . No ceremony accompanied

the introduction of the picture , that is , there was no formal unveiling by the acting Grand Master ; but the few appropriate sentences in which Bro . Lord Mount Edgcumbe called attention to it vvere received with cheers from all parts of the hall—cheers which showed unmistakably how popular is the Pro Grand Master throughout the Craft generally .

* * * We cannot quit the subject without echoing in these columns the compliments so deservedly paid by the Deputy Grand Master to Bro . Marks , the artist to whom the commission had been entrusted . The portrait is

not only a life-like presentment of the noble Earl , but one that is as pleasing as it is faithful , and vve take leave to congratulate Bro . Marks both on the success of his labours , and the honourable manner in which that success vvas recognised .

# # # As regards the proceedings on Wednesday , the recommendation of his Royal Highness the Grand Master , that a sum of . £ 315 should be paid over to the Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late

terrible disaster at St . John ' s , Newfoundland , was carried without the slightest hesitation , and vve are glad to see that there is every likelihood that the brethren will be invited to make a further and special grant to the Masonic fraternity in St . John's , which will to some

extent aid them in repairing the losses they have sustained by the destruction of their hall and its contents . This is as it should be . We have borne our part in the general relief , and now we are preparing to help our own people . * * *

The other communication from the Grand Masten vvhich had been adopted and was recommended to Grand Lodge for adoption by the Board of General Purposes , vvas in the end withdrawn . An amendment by Bro . Past Grand Treasurer Eve to omit from the recommendation the proposed office of Grand

Chancellor was carried , and thereupon Bro . Fenn , the President of the Board , feeling that he would not be justified in carrying the proposal , which had been thus shorn of one of its most important parts , any further , in the undoubted exercise of his discretion withdrew altogether the scheme for the creation of sundry additional Grand Officers , and there the matter rests for the present .

* * * We say advisedly for the present , because we are of opinion that the scheme , vvhich is undoubtedly for the interests of the Craft , should be accepted , has fallen through in consequence of a general misapprehension .

We believe there was no strong objection on ils merits to the appointment of a Grand Chancellor , but the brethren clearly did not understand what it meant . The agenda offered no explanation beyond the fact that the Grand Chancellor vvas to rank after the

Wardens , and that his duties were to be those at present assigned to the Grand Registrar , leaving the brethren in doubt as to whether the Grand Registrar was to be retained or not , or what his duties , if any , were to be if retained .

We cannot help thinking there were grounds for these misapprehensions . Had it been fully explained that it vvas not intended to promote the Grand Registrar from his present position in our Masonic table of precedence and place him above the Grand

Chaplains and Grand Treasurer , but to retain the Grand Registrar where he is , and while electing a fresh brother annually to that office , to create the new and still more important office of Grand Chancellor , vve are satisfied in our own mind that the proposal would

have been adopted , it not unanimously , at all events , by an overwhelming majority . In the absence of any such explanation , there were many who thought it was in contemplation to exalt the Grand Registrar at the expense of the Grand Chaplains and the Grand

Treasurer , while others were of opinion that the proposed office itself vvas not strictl y Masonic , and that , though it might find a place in the Order of the Temple or the Ancient and Accepted Rite , it ought not to be included among the officers of a Craft Grand Lodge .

However , vve see no reason why the proposal should not be renewed . We feel sure that nothing in the nature of an affront was intended either to H . R . H . the Grand Master , the Pro Grand Master , or the Board of General Purposes , and we have every confidence that ,

Masonic Notes.

with a fuller explanation of the proposal the brethren generally vvill be only too ready to accept a scheme which has been framed so considerately and , at the same time , so manifestl y in their interests .

Bro . H . Whymper has , vve are glad to note , been again appointed Deputy District Grand Master of the Punjab , on the retirement from that post of General G . Sandford , C . B ., C . S . L

# # # The Newcastle brethren are making great preparations for the reception on the 12 th , 13 th , and 14 th inst ., of the Israel Lodge , No . 126 , Dublin , vvho will be accompanied

by representatives from various other lodges of the sister jurisdiction . St . Nicholas Lodge , No . 16 7 6 , will play the part of Host , and from what we can gather from the programme , our Irish friends will have a good time . * * *

A round of visits to the principal places of interest . A meeting of the lodge in Granger Hall-street . A grand banquet at the Old Assembly Rooms , at which the

Prov . Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and other Grand Officers will be present , will sufficiently indicate the fraternal spirit in which the matter is taken up and which will , vve hope , add to many similar reunions .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

I We da not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed b y our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL GRAND OFFICERS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Nothing could be more unfortunate than the maladroit remarks of Bro . Eve at Grand Lodge . The

recommendation as to additional Grand Officers by no means originated with the Board of General Purposes , but entirel y vvith the Pro Grand Master in the interest of the larger and more crowded provinces , the brethren of vvhich will , I trust , bear the fact in mind . —Yours fraternally , P . G . O .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , It is to be hoped that the members of Grand Lodge who succeeded this evening in carrying the amendment to the proposition of the M . W . G . M . as brought forward by the Board of General Purposes are satisfied vvith their action . I much doubt whether the

Craft at large will be so satisfied . To my mind the speech and amendment of Bro . Eve were alike most ill-advised . He and his supporters have succeeded in postponing for the present—and who can say for how long ?—the very thing for which the Craft has been asking more or less openly , and in more ways than one , for many years past , viz ., an increase in the number of

Grand Officers annually appointed by the M . W . G . M . And on what grounds was the motion rejected ? As far as I could gather there were two objections raised . tst . Bro . Britten did not like the proposed Grand Chancellor ranking above the Grand Chaplains , as he considered it somewhat' * degrading" to the reverend brethren . This objection was I think disposed of very

gracefully by Bro . Brownrigg , the Senior Grand Chaplain present , a brother vvho is fully capable of representing the feelings of himself and of his brother Grand Chaplains on an occasion like the present . 2 nd . We had Bro . Eve , who " wanted to know " what we wanted a Grand Chancellor at all for . It was proposed that he should perform the duties now

appertaining to the Grand Registrar , as defined by Article 31 and 32 of the Book of Constitutions . What then , said Bro . Eve , would be the duties of the Grand Registrar in future V It seems to me that Bro . Eve entirely failed to grasp the fact that the M . W . G . M . vvas endeavouring to act in accordance with the wellunderstood wishes of the Craft , by increasing—largely

increasing—the number of appointments to Grand Office ; but he wished to do it in the manner which , in his opinion , would best result in benefit to the Craft . Bro . Eve and his supporters doubtless wished for the same result , but wanted it done in their way , in opposition to the expressed opinion of the M . W . G . M . It is , I think , not to be wondered at that Bro . Fenn ,

who was on this occasion acting somewhat as the accreditedambassadorof our M . W . G . M . when he found that the proposition as brought forward by him was not acceptable to the members assembled in Grand Lodge , withdrew the motion forthwith ; no other course of action , in my humble judgment , being open to him .

In conclusion , allow me to say that though I hold the position of Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes , I am writing simply as a member of Grand Lodge , without consultation with any other brother whatever . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , F . ERNEST POCOCK , M . D ., P . M ., 1891 . 7 th September .

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