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EBrojSgtsoa ^ SATURDAY , MAY 22 , [ 8 97 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

It will be seen from the report we publish elsewhere of the first meeting of the Board of Stewards for the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys on the 30 th June next , that it has been arranged that the banquet shall be held at the Hotel

Cecil , at 6 for 6 . 3 o p . m ., and that the ladies will dine with the brethren in the grand hall . There will also be a concert provided and the arrangements generally , which have been entrusted to a Committee , will be about the same as in past years .

* Two other fixtures in connection with the Boy ; , ' Institution have been settled . The annual athletic meeting will take place , at the Institution , Wood Green , on Saturday , the 29 th inst ., at 3 p . m ., and tickets to admit visitors can be had on application to the

Secretary , Bro . ] . M . McLeod , at the offices , 6 , Freemasons ' Hall , W . C . The Stewards' visit to the School has been arranged for Tuesday , the 29 th June—the day preceding the Festival—when Lady Henry Cavendish Bentinck has very kindly consented to distribute the

prizes awarded during the past yoar . It will , doubtless , add considerably to the pleasure with which the latter announcement is received , if we state that her ladyship is not only the wife of the present Prov . G . M , ° f Cumberland and Westmorland , the Festival Chair-

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man for the present year , but also the daughter of his predecessor in office—the late Bro . the Earl of Bcctive , who , in his time , was one of the most zealous and popular of Masons . * * *

It isl with very great pleasure we announce that the Prov . Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland at its meeting on Friday , the 14 th inst ., voted a sum of 500 guineas towards the list of R . W . Bro . Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck , M . P ., Prov . G . M . as Chairman at the approaching Festival of the Royal

Masonic Institution for Boys , and on the same day the Provincial Grand Chapter voted 50 guineas . Considering that the Province musters only 21 lodges we can only describe the grant of Provincial Grand Lodge as , to use the word applied by Lord Llangattock to the result of the recent Girls' School Festival , " magnificent . "

* * * The city of Truro will be the scene of a very interesting Masonic function on Tuesday next , the 25 th instant , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . G . Master of Cornwall , having authorised the holding of an Especial Provincial Grand Lodge on that day for the

purpose of laying the foundation-stone of the Cornwall Central Technical Schools . His lordship is at the present time in Germany , and is , therefore , unable , to his great regret , to preside on the occasion ; but he has granted a dispensation to Bro . J . Passmore Edwards to lay the stone with the customary Masonic ceremonial .

We cordially reiterate the hope expressed by Lord Mount Edgcumbe , in the official announcement of the meeting , that all our Cornish brethren " who can conveniently do so will attend , and thus mark their appreciation of the many acts of beneficence shown by Bro . John Passmore Edwards , the munificent founder of the institution to this his native county . "

* » * The Prov . Grand Lodge will meet at the Central Hall , Truro , at 2 . 15 p . m . precisely , and will go in procession to the site of the proposed Schools , and the ceremony proper to the occasion will be carried out in accordance with ancient custom , Bro . Edwards being the central figure at the important and unusual gathering .

» * » The recent annual meeting at Sheffield of the Prov . Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire was in every way a great success . According to the report we published last week of the proceedings , the meeting

was the largest ever held in West Yorkshire . Every lodge in the Province was represented , and the Britannia , No , 53 , under whose auspices the gathering was held , did its utmost to give a cordial welcome to the Prov . Grand Master—Bro . C . Letch-Mason—and

his Prov . Grand Officers , as well as to those who cam e from other Masonic centres in West Yorkshire . More over , that most indefatigable of Masonic rulers —> Bro . the Earl of Euston , Pro G . Master—accompanied by sundry of his Grand Officers , was present , and he must

have been intensely gratified by the hearty welcome he received . In short , everything went admirably , and the occasion will long be remembered as one of the most enthusiastic , as well as one of the most numerous ever held in the Province .

* » ft was , naturally enough , in the order of things that the Provincial Grand Master should refer , with a peculiar sense of pleasure , to the Festival in July last in behalf of the Mark Benevolent Fund . He had the honour of being the Chairman at that festive

gathering , and not only did West Yorkshire exert itself with unprecedented success to support his advocacy and advance the interests of the Fund , but the Stewards generally must have put an extra amount of zeal into their labours , with the result that the amount of donations and subscriptions then realised was the

highest ever yet obtained at a Mark Benevolent Festival , Considering that West Yorkshire is very far from being , numerically , the strongest of our Provinces , the greatest credit is due to it for its services in this instance , and Bro . Mason must be sensible of the loyalty shown to himself by the lodges and brethren under his charge .

As for the Pro Grand Master , it was but natural that he should be called upon for an address , however brief , and Lord Euston , after warmly congratulating Bro . Mason and his Province on their past services , expressed it . as his opinion that similar services would

always be forthcoming at the proper time , and gave the lodges and brethren some excellent advice—nonetheless excellent , be it remarked , because there was nothing novel about it—as to the acceptance of candidates . His lordship warned them against the indiscriminate

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advancement of those who may apply to have the Degree conferred upon them . All applicants for the Mark must , as Lord Euston pointed out , be Craft Masons in the first instance . Discrimination may not always have been shown in the acceptance of

candidates for initiation , or when they have been accepted and initiated , the promise of excellence based upon their antecedents may not be realised . In any case , caution must be exercised , at least , as much for the Mark as for the Craft Degrees .

* * There is , as we have said , nothing new about this advice , but Lord Euston did well to bring it to the notice and impress it upon the minds of his hearers . There may be no great reason for the exercise of this

caution in West Yorkshire—the happy condition of the Province forbids the idea—but coming from so influential a quarter , the advice will carry with it all the greater weight , and may prove of service in the case of Provinces and lodges where the same feeling of harmony does not exist , or exists to a less extent .

» Among the many Masonic functions which are being organised in connection with the approaching commemoration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee , we are pleased to be in a position to announce that a service will be held in St . John's Church , Buckhurst Hill , on

Sunday , the zoth June—the 60 th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the Throne—when , by the invitation of the Rector , the Hon . and Rev . Canon Pelham 1 an oration will be delivered by . Bro . the Rev . T . Lloyd ( Rector of Theydon Garnon ) , Past Prov . G . Chaplain Essex . The Prov . G . Master of Essex , Bro . the Earl

of Warwick , who has granted the necessary dispensation for the brethren to appear in Craft or Royal Arch clothing , has consented to be the President of the Committee ; Bro . Col . Lockwood , M . P ., P . G . D ., P . P . G . W . Essex , Vice-President ; and Bro . C . C . Black , Past G . Steward England , Treasurer . The musical arrangements will be in charge of Bro . Walter

Barwell , Organist of the lodge , and the offertory will be divided between two most deserving institutionsthe Buckhurst Hill Village Hospital and the Medical Provident Home . Brethren are invited to become Stewards , the fee for which is 5 s . Full particulars of Bro . C . G . Cutchey , Hon . Secretary , High-road , Buckhurst Hill .

It is with very sincere regret that we find ourselves under the necessity of announcing the death of Bro the Earl of Hardwicke , Past Prov . Grand Master of Hertfordshire . His lordship had been in failing health , but had rallied , and it was not till early in the

present week that his condition again caused anxiety to his family and friends . He died on Tuesday evening , and is succeeded by his son , Viscount Royston , now sixth Earl of Hardwicke , who was born in 1867 , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales being one of the sponsors

at his baptism . The deceased , who served during the Indian Mutiny , was a thorough sportsman , and had held the office of Master of the Buckhounds . He was , too , one of the most genial ot men and extremely popular in the Province of Cambridgeshire , over which he presided for a period of 19 years , from 1872 to 1891 .

It is also with sincere regret we record the death of the Dowager Duchess of Atholl , one of the dearest friends of her Majesty the Queen , aud a former Mis . tress of the Robes and Lady of the Bedchamber . The deceased was widow of George , sixth Duke , and mother

of John , the seventh and present Duke . The former , who died in 1864 , was Grand Master of Scotland , when Lord Glenlyon , from 1843 to 1845 , and henceforward , on his accession to the Dukedom , till his death . The present Duke was initiated in the Lodge

of Dunkeld , on the morning of the 30 th November , 1858 , and the same evening was introduced by his father to Grand Lodge , his Grace subsequently serving for some years as Prov . Grand Master of Perthshire West .

* * * It may interest our readers to know that the sixth Duke of Atholl , the husband of the lady just deceased , was singularly jealous for the honour of the Craft and that on two occasions , as recounted in Bro . Murray Lyon's well known " History of the Lodge of

Edinburgh ( Mary s Chapel ) , No . 1 , " this jealousy brought him into collision with Royalty . The first was in 1851 , when Prince Albert was invited to lay the foundation-stone of the Fine Arts Gallery in Edinburgh , and the Duke " declined under protest to countenance the proceedings . " The second was in 1861 , when hearing it was the Prince Consort ' s intention to

lay the corner-stones of the new Post Office and Industrial Museum at Edinburgh , his Grace again protested in the strongest terms , but courteously against what he was pleased to designate his Royal Highness's " infringement of the ancient privilege of the Masonic Bodies to lay the foundation-stones of public buildings in Scotland . "