D. JACQUES, P.G.S. & E.

Brighton, 28th July, 1823. I have read and do approve of the above Eeport, and command that the same be forthwith made known to every Lodge in my Province.
(Signed) " EICHMOND," &c., P.G.M. In consequence of the above Eeport and recent pro- ceedings of the Lodge, No. 587, the Master, Wardens, and Members of that Lodge have been suspended from all and every of their masonic functions, and their case referred to the Grand Lodge of England.
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Feom the " Freemason's Chronicle " of the 4th December, 1880.
OUR EOLL OF LODGES AND GHAPTEES.
T will have been seen from the Agenda Paper which appeared in our columns last week, that the newest of the Lodges holding under our United Grand Lodge is numbered 1886, and it is just possible that in the six weeks between the date on which the last return of. new Lodges was made up, and the end of the year the roll of Grand Lodge will have reached to No. 1 890. This, however, — assuming our anticipation proves correct — will by no means represent accurately the number of Lodges in full working order which yield a willing obedience to our Grand Lodge. A glance through the list in the new Freemason's Calendar will show there are some 130 Lodges which, since the last closing up in 1863, have been erased or have dropped from the EoU, either because they have transferred their allegiance to a newly erected Grand Lodge, as that of Quebec, or from some other cause. Hence we may take it there are, in fact, some 1760 Lodges, of which about 300 are held in the Metropolitan district, some 1,000 in the Provinces, and the remaining 460 in districts abroad, or as Military Lodges. If we allow an average of sixty members per Lodge — which, by those who have looked into the returns for different Provinces and Districts and the Metropolis, will be recognised as a liberal allowance — we have a total sub- scribing membership in the Grand Lodge of England of overLl05,000.
We have, in more than one previous article, dealt with figures in connection with this subject, but figures are always useful, and we do not know that we can do better than select the present occasion for submitting a fresh, but consistent, variation on the original theme of the condition
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of Freemasonry in this country. Premising that the numbers we are about to give are not exact, but approxi- mately so, it is, for instance, interesting to know there are 330 Lodges still in existence, whose Constitution dates from before the Union of Ancients and Moderns. Only six Lodges anterior to this epoch have dropped or been erased from the Eoll since 1863. There are remaining 140 Lodges warranted by H.E.H. the Duke of Sussex, during his Grand Mastership of the United Grand Lodge of England, from 1814 to 1843. Twelve have lapsed since 1863, whUe, doubtless, many other Lodges .established both before and after the Union, have been struck off, especially in connection with the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Canada, to say nothing of those which passed from the Eoll in 1832. Of the Lodges warranted during the Grand Mastership of the late Earl of Zetland, there are still some 750 in working order. Apart from those which lapsed in 1863, there are one hundred which have passed to other jurisdictions, or are in abeyance or dead since that year. About 1 80 Lodges were constituted during the period of the Marquess of Eipon's Grand Mastership, which may be reckoned to have lasted four years. Seven of these at this present moment are somewhere else than on the Eoll of Grand Lodge of England. Taking the Grand Mastership of the Prince of Wales as having endured during the six years 1875-80, both inclusive, we iindthat 360 new Lodges have been added to the list. The highest number for 1875 is 1528, the lowest for 1880 at Wednesday's Communica- tion of Grand Lodge was 1886, the exact number constituted therefore during that period being 359. We have it on the authority of His Eoyal Highness that latterly the average annual number of certificates granted to new members of our Society ha;s been 10,000. This, of course, represents an amazing increase to the strength of the Craft in this country, though to estimate the fuU value of our position,
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we should likewise he informed of the average annual retirements from active membership. It is also noteworthy that with -the Masters,, Wardens, and an average allowance per- Lodge of three Past Masters for these 360 Lodges, the representatives in Grand Lodge have been increased by some 2200 ! If we proceed further with our analysis in respect of these 359 Lodges, it will be found that of the sixty-six constituted in 1875, there were fifteen which were added to the strength of the Metropolis, with thirty-seven new Provincial Lodges and fourteen new Lodges in Districts. In 1876, sixty-nine new Lodges were warranted, namely, twenty-five Metropolitan, twenty-eight Provincial, and six- teen Districts Abroad. In 1877, the number still further increased to seventy-three, of which twenty-six were Metropolitan, twentj -three Provincial, and twenty-four Foreign. In 1878, of sixty-five new Warrants granted, eleven were for the Metropolis, thirty -three-for the Provinces, and twenty one for Abroad. Fifty-three were constituted in 1879, namely, eleven Metropolitan, twenty-one Pro- vincial, and twenty-one Abroad, while in the current year the number of new Lodges is thirty-three, of which fourteen have been added to the Provinces and nineteen to Districts Abroad. Thus in these six years, of the 359 newly consti- tuted Lodges, eighty-eight are Metropolitan, 156 Provincial, and 115 Foreign. Not a single Lodge has been added to the Metropolitan District this year.
Perhaps it will interest our readers to learn how this increase has graduated in these six years. In the year 1874, when the Marquess of Eipon resigned his Grand Mastership — and with the whole of which for the sake of convenience we credit him — forty-five new lodges were added to the roU, making, of the whole number constituted during his four years' tenure of office, as nearly as possible one-fourth part. In 1875, the first year the Prince of Wales was in office, the number was sixty-six, showing an
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iucrease of 47 per cent, on the preceding year. This rose, as we have shown, to sixty-nine in 1 876, and reached its culminating point of seventy-three in 1877. In 1878 it fell to sixty-five ; in 1879, to fifty-three ; and this year, up to the present time, to thirty-three ; or reckoning for the whole year, we may, perhaps, set down the new Lodges for 1880 as thirty-eight. We cannot but think this diminution is principally due to the additional precautions taken by the authorities to not unnecessarily multiply Lodges, especially in the Metropolitan area, where, as we have already said, there are, in round figures, some 300 already in working order. We will go further, and say that we think this greater caution must be largely due to the wise counsels of our late respected Bro. John Hervey, Grand Secretary, who never missed the opportunity of pointing out, in his kind and therefore the more impressive manner, how necessary it was the utmost care should be taken in order to keep Freemasonry select, that is, as regards worthiness of character. That new Lodges should spring up in the Provinces and Abroad is but natural, especially in the case of the latter as applied to our Colonial possessions and dependencies, where new centres of industry are always being created, and the old ones go on by leaps and bounds. It is noticeable, however, in the case of the Metropolis, that while the whole increase for the six years reached eighty- eight, sixty-six, or three-fourths of that number, were constituted in the first three years, and only twenty-two in the last three. A recapitulation of the actual figures for each year will prove instructive. In 1875, fifteen new Lodges; in 1876, twenty-five; in 1877, twenty-six; in 1878, eleven ; in 1879, eleven ; and in 1880, none.
We will now devote a brief space to the roll of Eoyal Arch Chapters. This contains as nearly as possible 600, each of which is attached to a particular Lodge, so that with 1760 Lodges — of which about 150 are not yet entitled to
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have Chapters — there are, on the average, about three Chapters to every eight Lodges. The distribution of the Chapters is as follows : in the Metropolitan District some 110, in the Provinces over 370, in Districts Abroad over 110. Comparing these figures with the Lodges, we find in the Metropolis the proportion is rather more than one to every three Lodges (110 Chapters to 300 Lodges) ; in the Provinces nearly two to every five (over 370 Chapters to 1000 Lodges), and in Districts Abroad, less than one to every four (over 110 Chapters to 470 Lodges). We do not know that, in the absence of further information, it is possible, even if it were desirable, to carry further the analysis of the Grand Chapter EoU and its comparison with that of Grand Lodge. We shall merely add, therefore, that though the work of Grand Chapter is done very quietly, the Degree has fairly kept pace with the Craft in respect of progress during the last six years.
From the "Freemason's Cheoniclb" of the 8th Januaey, 1881.
CUE INSTITUTIONS.
l^aE published last week the usual brief particulars of mem the amounts contributed to our three Masonic Charities during the past year. The total represented the magnificent sum of £49,762 : lis. 5d, which, as compared with the £44,731 : 9s. 3d. raised in 1879, showed an increase of £5,031 : 2s. 2d. We purpose now examining these particulars with some minuteness, so that our readers may be in a better position to judge for themselves what was done, and the better understand to what, if any, cause the differences in the incomes of the several Institutions are attributable.
The Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls, as first in the order of priority, as a matter of course, has the first claim
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on our attention. Under the head of " Donations and Subscriptions " is entered the sum of £14,726 : 8s. lid, hut large as this sum is, there are other amounts received by the School during the year, which, if they are to be placed in any category at all, must be looked upon as " Donations." There is, firstly, the Bentley Shaw memorial of one thousand guineas (£1,050), raised by West Yorkshire for the purpose of commemorating in perpetuity the virtues and Masonic services of the late Bro. Bentley Shaw, who for so many years was Deputy Grand Master of the Province, and who, from 1875 tiU his death, was likewise its Provincial Grand Superintendent of Eoyal Arch Masonry. Then the special vote of £300 by the Supreme Grand Chapter, and the Legacy of £100, cannot be deemed otherwise than gifts. Therefore, superadding these three amounts to the £14,726 : 8s. lid, we have a total of £16,176 : Ss. lid. to represent the " Donations and Subscriptions " to the Girls' School in J 880. The Permanent Income in the shape of Dividends was £1,245, to which must be added the Annual Grants by Grand Lodge (£150) and Grand Chapter (£10 : 10s), making the permanent revenue £1,405 : 10s. These two sources of supply strand to each other in the ratio of about eleven and a half to one. The Miscellaneous items amount to £205 : 12s, and swell the grand total for the year to £17,787 : 10s. lid.
Next in order is the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Insti- tution with £16,301 : 4s. Here, again, the Donations and Subscriptions, amounting to £13,200 : 8s. 6d, must be swelled to £13,600 : 8s. 6d. by the addition of the Special Grant (£300) by Supreme Grand Chapter, and the Legacy of £lt)0. Taking the several sources of Permanent Income we find they together reach £2,682 : 16s. 4d, made up of Dividends and interest £1,732 : 16s. 4d, and Annual Grants by Grand Lodge (£800) and Grand Chapter (£150). Miscellaneous items are insignificant, being only £18.
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Comparing the Donations with the fixed income, we find, the former is to the latter in the ratio of about five to one.
The Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys brings up the rear with £15,673 : 15s. 8d. Of this amount £14,318 : 8s. 5d. are set down as Donations and Sub- scriptions. To this add the Legacy of £100 and the Special Grant of Grand Chapter (£300), together with £357 for purchased admissions, and we arrive at a total under this head of £15,075 : 8s. 5d. The Permanent Ineome is very limited, consisting of the Grand Lodge Annual Grant of £150, the Grand Chapter Grant of £10 : 10s. and Dividends £381 : 10s. 9d., making a total of £542 : Os. 9d. The Miscellaneous items reach £56 : 6s. 6d.
If we now compare our several Institutions one with another as regards these three different heads of revenue, we arrive at the following results. In respect of Donations and Subscriptions, the Girls' School stands first, with £16,176 : 8s. lid. Next in order is the Boys' School, with £15,075:8s. 5d. and last, the Benevolent,with £13,600: 8s. 6d. In respect o.t Permanent Income, the Benevolent Institu- tion is a long way in front, with the sum of £2,682 : 16s. 4d., the Girls' School following £1,405 : 10s., and then the Boys' School, with £542 : Os. 9d. In Miscellaneous, the Girls' School is first, with £205 : 12s. ; the Boys' School second, with £56 : 6s. 6d., and the Benevolent third, with £18. It results from this that, while the Girls' School met with the largest amount of support last year, its Permanent Income is little more than one-half of that of the Benevo- lent, while it is rather more than double that of the Boys' School. The Boys' School, with the next largest share of donations, is most wofully behind in respect of Permanent Income. As, indeed, our readers are well aware, it is only in consequence of the brilliant success of last year, that it has been enabled to raise the amount of its investments somewhat beyond the figure they stood at when it was
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resolved on erecting the present School, and the whole of its funded property was sold out in order that it might form the nucleus of the fund to be raised for building. It has now invested exactly £15,000 stock, which, at the average rate of four per cent., gives £000 a year, the difference between which sum and that actually received in 1880 being accounted for by the fact that, from the latest invest- ment having been made within the' last six months, the Institution cannot as yet have derived any benefit from the providence of its rulers. The Subscriptions, &c. stand to its Permanent Income — as indicated by the receipts for 1 880 — in the ratio of about twenty-seven to one ; or, if we take the full amount at £600, at about twenty to one, as compared with the eleven and a half to one of the Girls' School, and five to one of the Benevolent. In other words, the Benevolent is about four times, and the Girls' School not far short of twice, as well off in the important source of income as the Boys' School. No doubt, in the course of years, these differences will be lessened ; but for some time to come it will behove the Craft generally to bear this fact in consideration. There is one otiier point to which we feel justified in drawing attention. The Benevolent receives annually from Grand Lodge £800, and Grand Chapter £150 ; or, together £950 ; while each of the Schools receives only £150 from the former and £10 : 10s. from the latter. The Benevolent, therefore, receives nearly three times as much from these Bodies as the IBoys' and Girls' Schools, taken together. We are speaking from memory, but we believe we are correct in saying that the grant of £150 per annum to each School was fixed as a kind of annual com- position in lieu of half-a-crown per head for each gentleman . initiated into Freemasonry in the year. This plan was adopted in 1839, when the average annual number of initiates must have been at the very outside 1,200. Now, at the Masonic banqtuet given by ex-Lord Mayor, Sir F*
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W. Truscott, G.J.W., His Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales, G.M., in speaking of the amazing progress of Tree- masonry during these latter years, mentioned in illustration of his point, that about 10,000 gentlemen were annually received into the Fraternity. Thus, if the old half-crown payment per initiate were now in force, each of the Schools would receive about £1,250 a year, or eight and one-third times as much as it actually receives. Now, we do not wish to see any one of our Institutions too Uberally patronised by Grand Lodge at the expense of the others, but it strilces us as being only reasonable it should treat all three of them with equal liberality. We can well under- stand Grand Lodge should have given more largely to the Benevolent till within the last few years, for was it not mainly established by Grand Lodge itself ? But there is no sufficient or satisfactory reason now why all three should not receive an equal measure of support from both Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter. All three would then fare about equally well in respect of Permanent Income.
We will only carry our examination one step further. The Boys' School Festival last year was the most pro- ductive, and yielded over £14,000. The Girls' School stood next with about £13,800, and then came the Benevolent Institution with over £12,000. Thus of the total Subscriptions, &c. of, in round figures, £44,500, quite £40,000 were contributed at the Festivals. Other £1,200 comprise the Special Grants of £300 each by Grand Chapter and the three Legacies of £100 each. The Bentley Shaw Memorial accounts for £1,050, and Purchased Admissions for £357. Adding these together we get a total of £2,607, which leaves about £1,900 as representing the subscriptions sent in apart from the Festivals, and the greater portion of this would appear to have gone into the coffers of the Benevolent and "Girls' School. What, if any, amount of promised subscriptions remains still outstanding at the end
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of the year we have no meaDS of determining. We should imagine that, as the Boys' School Festival was the last of the three that was held, the bulk of what may yet have to be received will have to be credited to that Institution. We will conclude by expressing a hope that as the aggregate of 1880 exceeded by £5,000 and upwards that of 1879, so the results of the year we have just entered upon may be even more satisfactory still.
Tkom "The Fkeemason" of May 8th, 1880.
THE DEPUTY PEOVINCIAL GEAND MASTEE.
EO. John Henderson Scott, the Deputy Prov. Grand Master of Sussex, was initiated into Freemasonry in the " Eoyal Clarence " Lodge, No. 271, February 18th, 1853. He has filled every otiice in the Lodge from T.G. upwards, and has been thrice elected W.M. and occupied the chair in the years 1859, 18G5, and 1877. In the Prov. G. Lodge he was appointed Prov. SG.D. in 1859; Prov. J.G.W. in 1861 ; Prov. S.G.W. in 1865-6 and 7 ; Prov. G. Sec. 1873 to 1876, and Dep. Prov. G. Master in 1877 ; and at the Annual Festival of Grand Lodge in April 1880, he was appointed one of the Junior Grand Deacons of England. Bro. Scott has always been looked up to as one of the best working Masons in Sussex. Having been in- structed by the late Brothers G. E. Pocock and Stephen Barton Wilson, he has adopted the working of the " Emulation Lodge of Improvement." He has installed thirty-two W.M.'s ; consecrated five new Lodges, and assisted at the consecration of thirteen other new Lodges, and has worked every section of the Three Lectures. He is a Life Governor of each of the Masonic Charitable Institutions. In 1877, he was a Steward for the Boys' School and presented a list amounting to £270 : 6s, Od,
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At the Annual Festival of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution in 1880, he represented the Province of Sussex as Steward, when his list amounted to £610.: 10s. ; he also represented the Province as one of the Stewards on the occasion of the Installation of H.E.H. the Prince of Wales as M.W.G.M. of England at the Albert Hall. In Eoyal Arch Freemasonry, Bro. Scott has heen equally distin- guished and energetic. He was exalted in the Lennox Chapter, No. 271, in 1857, and has served the office of M.E.Z. twice, H. four times, and J. three times. With but few exceptions he has installed all the Principals and exalted the majority of the Companions of that Chapter since 1862. He is father of the Eoyal Sussex Chapter, No. 732, of which he was M.E.Z. in 1869. He Was the founder and the first M.E.Z. of the Cyrus Chapter, No. 38 ; he has assisted at the consecration of three new Chapters, was appointed Grand Standard Bearer of the Supreme Grand Chapter of England in May 1880, and Prov. G.H. at the resuscitation of the Prov. G. Eoyal Arch Chapter of Sussex in April last. To show the appreciation in which he is held by the Brethren of the Province, he has been elected an honorary member of almost all the Lodges and Chapters in Sussex.
THE
HOWAED LODGE OF BEOTHERLY LOVE,
1^0. 56.
A HISTORY
No. 56, ARUNDEL, SUSSEX.
Constituted 2ist day of December, 1736.
31 pt^mjjrtctl
Of the Centenary Festival held on the 19TH December, 1878.
BY
THOyVLAS FRANCIS, W.jM.
Bro. Henry Lewis, Machine Printer, High Street. 1883.
THE
No. 56.
HE original Charter or Warrant having been lost or destroyed, it is impossible to give a transcript of "what would have been a rare and interesting
document ; and, as no record of the same exists in Grand Lodge, we are also unable to give the names of those members of the society who were the founders of the Lodge, and the first Master and Wardens.
In the year 1736, when the Craft was under the rule of John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, we find that a Lodge was constituted on December 21st, and numbered 151, meeting at the " Black Dog," Castle Street, Seven Dials, on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday ; Master's Lodge every Sunday ; of the eighteen Lodges warranted during the year of the Grand JMastership of that nobleman, but .three now remain, and it is only by a reference to the numerous lists of Lodges that were published during the last century that we can trace the existence of the above Lodge.
In the year 1740, the list of Lodges was re-numbered for the first time since the revival in 1717, and the Lodge was then numbered 136, stUl meeting at the " Black Dog," in Seven Dials, but it was shortly afterwards located at
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" The Crown and Angel," Cateaton Street. At the alteration of numbers in 1756, it was placed as " 85, The George," Ironmonger Lane, and still meeting on the second and fourth Tuesday. In 1766, the place of meeting was at " The Star," Coleman Street ; at the re-numbering of Lodges in 1770, it was placed as "ISTo. 71," Ironmonger Lane, and in 1774, the place of meeting was again " The Star," Coleman Street. It was about this period that Lodges began to adopt some particular name or title, very often after the sign of the house in which they assembled ; in a list of 1779, this Lodge first appears under the title of ''Lodge of Brotherly Love," The Blue Boar, Eussell Street, Bloomsbury.
The following extract is from the "Freemason's Magazine," Vol. VI., 1859, and is worth reproducing here as a specimen of Lodge procedure last century.
ANCIENT EECOEDS. " Lodge of Fortitude," held at the Eoe Buck in Oxford Street, "Wednesday, the 2nd August, 1780, being the third night in the Quarter. The Lodge was opened in due form, and the minutes of the last Lodge night were read and confirmed. Present— Bro. Artz, E.W.M., Bro. Connor, S.W., Bro. Moze, J.W., Bro. Stokes, P.M., Bro. Poole, Treas., P.T. (pro tem) Bro. Maze, Sec, (pro tem) Bros. Smyth, Tatham, Hewson, Smeeton, Mackay, Martin, Bradby, Taylor, Devenet. Cash Brought forward £2 8 3
House Bill and Tyler 14 9
Cash in hand £1 13 6
" Business being over, the Lodge was closed in due form. J. H. Maze, Sec.
" ' Lodge of Fortitude,' held at the Eoe Buck in Oxford Street, Wednesday, the 16th August, 1780,
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being the fourth uight in the quarter. The Lodge was opened in due form, and the minutes of the last Lodge were read and confirmed. Present — Bro. Artz, E.W.M,, Bro. Connor, S.W., Bro. Moze, J.W., Bro. Taylor, P.M., P.3., Bro. Poole, Treas., P.S., Bro. Harrison, Sec, Bros. Tatham, Smeeton, Hewson, Devenet, Bradby, Martin, Tozer, Williams. Visitor — Bro. Moody, W.M. of the ' Lodge of Brotherly Love.' Cash brought forward £1 13 6
Visitor 0-9
£1 14 3
House Bill and Tyler 12 8^
£1 1 6i
"Business being over, the Lodge was closed in due
form. Harrison, Sec."
It appears by Ihe foregoing that one Bro. Moody was Master of the Lodge at the period, for there was no other Lodge then bearing the same title ; he is credited with the modest sum of ninepence, probably the value of the refreshment he received.
" The Lodge of Fortitude " was constituted in February 1722, and was at this time No. 6 on the roll, it became No. 12 at the Union in 1813, and still retains that position as "Fortitude and Old Concord" Freemasons' Hall, London.
In 1781, the Lodge of" Brotherly Love " was numbered 55, the place of meeting in 1783 being at the " Bedford Arms," Bedford Street, and in 1788, at the "King's Head," Holborn.*
It appears by the Grand Lodge Eecords, that the two last members registered in 1788 were residents in Sussex,
* This last place of meeting in London was kindly communicated by Bro. E. F. Gould, P.M., author of the "Four Old Lodges," but too late to appear in the Petition for the Centenary Warrant.
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viz., on" December 15th, John Bradby, Victualler, Petworth, and William Keane, Coachmaker, Arundel," and it is probable that these two Brethren, in conjunction with others, were the cause of the Lodge being removed to Arundel in the next year, 1789 ; for the next roU of Brethren registered commences as follows : " A list of those Brethren of the ' Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love,' No. 55, who have been registered in the Grand Lodge since the Lodge has been removed from London to Arundel in Sussex," which is found in a register book still in the Lodge's possession ; the first entry being James Holmes Goble, May 6th of that year, a transcript of which is given at the end of these pages*
The members now adopt the prefix " Howard " to the name of Brotherly Love, by which title the Lodge has been known ever since ; so named, according to the statement of the late Bro. John Wilson, P.M., in honor of the Eighth Duke of Norfolk, who was installed Grand Master on January 29th, 1730. In "the Book of Constitutions," A.D. 1756, appears the following : —
" Grand Lodge, which was held in due form at the '-Devil's Tavern" aforesaid, on 29th January, 1731, with former Grand Of&cers, and those of thirty-one Lodges. Deputy Grand Master Blakenby acquainted the Lodge, that though our Eight Worshipful Grand Master was now at Venice, he was not unmindful of the Brotherhood, but had sent three kind presents, namely :
1. Twenty pounds to the Fund of Masons' Charity.
2. A large Folio Book of the finest Writing Paper for the Eecords of the Grand Lodge, most richly
* According to the records of the " Royal Clarence " Lodge, Brighton, William Henby was Master of the Lodge in August, 1789 ; he was an Attorney at-Law of Clifford's Inn, and is registered as a joining member on the 18th December, 1786.
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bound in Turkey and gilded, and on the Frontispiece in yellum the Arms of Norfolk amply displayed with a Latin inscription of his noble titles. And on the end the Arms of Masonry likewise amply displayed and illuminated.
3. The old Trusty Sword of Gustavus Adolphus, X King of Sweden, that was worn next by his successor in War the brave Bernard, Duke of Saxe- Weimar, with both their names on the Blade, which the Grand Master had ordered Bro. George Moody (the King's Sword Cutler) to adorn richly with the Arms of Norfolk in Silver on the scabbard ; in order to be the Grand Master's Sword of State for the future.
The Lodge express'd grateful acceptance in their own agreeable manner.
The Feast was again postponed." Before the end of the year six individuals had joined the Lodge; in 1790, ten more; and in 1791 but four. In 1792, the numbers were again altered and the Lodge placed No. 51 on the roll, thas being raised on the list by one hundred places since its constitution in 1736 ; that number of Lodges which held priority of the one under review having been struck off during that period ; the place of meeting was at the " Grown Inn," and at the end of the next year there was no increase of numbers ; in 1794, two candidates appear to have joined, and the next three years are a blank ; in the latter, 1797, it appears by a list published that year, that the Lodge was still at the same place of meeting, and that the days of meeting were first and third Saturdays in Winter, and the first Saturday in Summer.
In 1798, three names were added to the list ; in 1799, five ; in 1800, seventeen, the last year of the century being credited with the greatest increase of membership that the records extant show ; the next two years appear likewise to have been far above the average, viz., an increase
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of ten and eleven respectively ; in 1803, four; in 1804, blank; and in 1805, three; in 1806, two; the next two years but one in each; in 1809, there are seven names registered and one entered " not registered," but the reason is not stated ; in this year, Bro. John Wilson was initiated on October 20th, and he was a member for over 50 years ; the place of meeting being the " Wheat Sheaf," where the Lodge was located for upwards of twenty years ; the days of meeting being then the first and third Mondays.
In 1810, eleven members were either initiated or admitted, six or seven of them being from Chichester or its vicinity, then without a Lodge, and their object in joining was probably for the purpose of petitioning for warrant for, constituting in 1811 the " Lodge of Friendship," No. 624, Grand Lodge, "Moderns," which in the year 1828 joined the "Harmony Lodge" constituted in 1812, as " No. 35," under the Grand Lodge " Ancients " and is now " Union Lodge, No. 38.*
There was but one member registered in each of the three foUowing years 1811-12 and 13 ; in the latter year, the two Grand Lodges " Moderns " and " Ancients " were united under the title of " The United Grand Lodge of England," and a new roll of Lodges was issued, when the " Lodge of Brotherly Love " was placed 72 ; in 1814 no members were added to the list, and only two in 1815, when the list ends.
On the fly leaf of this register book is found the following entry, under the date of February, 1811, and, if this be an example of an annual custom, it woidd prove that the brethren were not unmindful of those in distress.
"Account of money sent from the " Lodge of Brotherly Love " to London in February, 1811.
• The Grand Lodge founded in 1717 was known as the " Modems," the rival Grand Lodge founded in 1750-1 as the " Ancients."
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To the Liquidation Fund £3 16
Hall Fund 2 12 6
„ Charity Fund 110
Cumberland Schools* 2 1 "
The first amount, paid to the liquidation fund for the discharge of the debts of the society, viz., of two shillings per member, was instituteti by the Grand Lodge, in 1798, and was abolished in December, ] 810, and it proves that the Lodge had at this time thirty-eight members on its roll ; a very creditable number for a country Lodge at that period.
At the other end of the book is a list of members in 1809, continued as initiated or admitted up to the end of 1821 ; there are thirty-seven names in the list up to the end of 1809, and against several of them are the initials RA., as well as against three of those registered in 1810 : these letters appear to have been subsequently added, and evidently allude to the Eoyal Arch Chapter, some relics of which are still in possession of the Lodge. On one of the Jewels are the dates 1810 and 2346, the former denoting the year of constituting the Chapter, the latter being merely the date of the deliverance of the Israelites from the Babylonish Captivity, viz., 536 B.C. + 1810; all records of this Chapter are lost, and as there are none in Grand Chapter, it is possible that it may have emanated from the Extinct Chapter constituted at Chichester in 1790.
In 1816 no members were registered, but in 1817 there were three; in 1818 three; in 1819 one; 1820 six; and in 1821 three : the remainder of the list is extracted from the two minute books still extant. There is also a book of Bye-Laws, printed in 1822, at the Sussex Advertiser Office, Lewes; they appear to have been carefully drawn up, are rather minute as to detail, provision being made in cases of emergency which might arise in the case of death
• Now theiloyal Masonic School for Girls.
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or resignation of any of the officers, and commence "with the following " Introduction " : —
"Masons are but men, and Laws are therefore necessary to point out to them their duty, to deter them from the violation of it, and to punish the con- tumacious. The Master, Wardens, and Brethren, have enacted for themselves the following Bye-Laws, subject to such alterations and additions as shall hereafter be deemed expedient."
The first Bye-law alludes to the " Jewels, Decorations, and other Property," it is divided into four sections, and pro- vides for the safe keeping of the Lodge paraphernalia : the second is headed " Times of Assembling," and is divided into five sections ; the first states that the place of meeting was the " Wheat Sheaf Inn," at six o'clock in the evening on the second and fourth Mondays in every month, between Michaelmas and Lady-Day, and at seven o'clock on the second Monday in every month, between Lady Day and Michaelmas ; ■ the third section refers to the keeping of the Festivals of the two SS. John, unless it shall be determined to the contrary at the two next previous regular Lodge nights, (and the minutes prove that the Festival of St. John the Evangelist was not kept " in consequence of many of the brethren being engaged during the Christmas week,") it also states " that Summonses are to be sent to all the Mem- bers, when it is agreed by the Lodge to celebrate either of the Festivals ; " this shows that the brethren were not summoned to the regular meetings, and the fine for not attend- ing the Festival was " two shillings and sixpence." Section four refers to the fines for non-attendance at the regular meetings, a member not attending within an hour of the time fixed for assembling to be fined " Threepence ; " and if he did not attend during the evening " Sixpence ; " but this rule did not extend to those residing beyond three miles from the Lodge. The third law relates to the
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" Master," and sets forth the "day of his election, viz., on the Festival of St. John the Baptist, and requires him to have served the office of Senior Warden of some Lodge ; the second and third sections are similarly worded to the Constitutions with respect to his death, and the time of installation, and appointment of his ofi&cers ; and the fourth and last section alludes to the fine of Ten shillings, should he refuse to take office after being duly elected ; the next law is respecting " the Wardens," also in four sections, and the fine for refusing to serve after appointment is Five shillings ; the next refers to " The Treasurer " and is the longest in the book, being divided into eight sections, one of which sets forth that he shall bind himself, his execu- tors, &c., by bond, to guard against any loss of the property ■which might happen to the property in his -hands; and the last section gives the amount of the fine for refusing to act after being appointed as Ten Shillings, but he shall not be liable to serve twice.
The law relating to the Secretary is also divided into eight sections ; the fine in case of his refusing to serve office is Five Shillings, and the forfeit for " Stewards " and " Deacons " refusing to serve is One Shilling and Sixpence ; it appears that the Tyler was paid One Shilling and Sixpence for each night of meeting, not a very handsome remunera- tion, but probably considered sufficient at that period.
According to the law respecting " Candidates " it appears that the initiation fee was Three Guineas, this being the minimum for Country Lodges, as fixed at the Union in 1813, which, strange to say, still reraains so, and we venture here to remark that we think it might, with advantage to the Craft in general, be doubled. The fee for a joining member was One guinea. Military gentlemen being exempt from the rule, as they were allowed to become members on paying their first visiting fee. An y qualified Brother coidd visit the Lodge at the
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discretion of the Master and Brethren, on paying a sum not exceeding the above amount, at the option of the W. Master and Brethren present. The law respecting " Contributions " is a long one, divided into six sections, it gives the amount of subscriptions to be paid by quarterly instalments at eight shillings per annum, per member, residing within three miles of the Lodge, and ten shillings per annum for those beyond that distance, exclusive of sixpence per quarter to the fund of Benevolence ; it also permits every member at each meeting to expend what he likes, but not less than sixpence. The sixteenth Bye-Law is headed " Charity," and as it is so curt and pithy we think it worth reproducing here ; " Charity is neither to be defined nor enforced : but it should never be lost sight of by Masons. It is significantly noticed here to remind the Brethren of this Lodge, from time to time, that it is the great end of all our laws'' The seventeenth and last refers to the reading and amendment of the Bye-Laws, and then follows the " Charge of a Freemason," extracted from the Book of Constitutions as well as the form of declaration and description of aprons.
The following particulars of the working of the Lodge are extracted from the two minute books which record the transactions of the Lodge up to 1838, and do not furnish any subject of importance to the Craft in general.
The first entry is under date of January 14th, 1822, and it appears Bro. Edwin Lee was the W.M., and we find that the following members were P.M.'s at this period, viz., Bros. Blanch, Jas. Seller, and J. Wilson ; the latter filled the chair on this occasion, the W.M. being absent. Bro. Crees was the S.W. and Bro. Tarrenden was J.W. pro. tem., the rest of the officers were not initialed, if present ; there were ten members at this meeting, inclading the Tyler, Bro Finch, who held this office every year till the Lodge ceased working.
It appears it was the custom to propose and second that a candidate be initiated or advanced, and on this
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occasion after the minutes were confirmed, it was proposed and seconded that Bros. Calkin and Hindle be raised at the next Lodge, and this appears to be all that took place; indeed there are many occasions on which confirming the minutes was all that occurred.
28th January. The W.M. was present and ten other members ; also as visitor, Bro. Stephen Farrenden, of "Lodge of Friendship," No. 624, Chichester. Bro. Parish was present but his name is not in the register book, so he was probably initiated in the preceding year ; the complaint of the Lodge in committee at Liverpool was taken into con- sideration, and it was resolved that the whole of the Lodge be formed into a committee, five to be competent to act, and the Lodge was to be guided by its decision on making their report. The raising of Bro. Calkin was postponed, and Bro. WeUs (late 52) was proposed as a joining member.
February 11th. The joining member was elected, the report of the committee appointed at the last Lodge was ordered to be produced as soon as convenient, and it was again proposed that the two.F.C.'s should be raised the next Lodge night, as well as Bros. Dyer and Booker, if in attendance.
25th February. After the Lodge was opened into the Second Degree, it was again proposed, that Bros. Calkin and Booker being in attendance, be raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason this evening, on their giving the usual proofs of their qualification. The Lodge was opened in the Third Degree and they were raised in due form.
11th March. Thirteen members present, including the Tyler, Bro. Hindle, were raised.
25th March. A Petition for relief from the widow of a deceased member was deferred to another Lodge.
8th April. Bro. Parish was, on proposition duly made and seconded, passed to the Second Degree, and the con- sideration of the widow's petition agaia deferred, Bros. S.
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Farrenden and W. Mustin, visitors, but the name or num- ber of their Lodges is not given; the former was from Chichester, and probably the latter.
13th May. Mr. Hore, officer of the Privateer Cruiser, was proposed as a Candidate for initiation, and Bro. Taylor proposed, " That Mr. George Faulkner, who was duly ballotted for as a Candidate for Masonry, on the 9th January, 1821, may now be initiated into the Society, which was seconded by Bro. Crees, whereupon it was ordered to be taken into consideration at the next Lodge night."
"The petition of the widow was again deferred on account of the lateness of the hour." This appears to have been the mode often adopted to shelve a proposition brought before the Lodge, but what they reaUy did to take up their time seems a mystery.
10th June. According to the list of members present at this meeting it shows that Bro. Smart was the Junior Warden, for at all the previous meetings some member had temporarily filled that office. After the minutes were con- firmed the proceedings of the Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge, dated 6th March last, were read, and this appears to have been a general custom.
Mr. William Hore was elected, and then the case of Mr. Faulkner was gone into, and it states that he was restrained from appearing in due time to be initiated, in consequence of being prejudiced against the Society by Bro. G. D. — ; whereupon it was proposed and seconded, that " Bro. D. — be summoned to attend the next regular Lodge to answer the accusation, and to show cause Why the Lodge should not inflict some punishment for such improper con- duct," and the ballot tor Mr. Faulkner was again postponed. The case of the widow was again discussed, and several brethren stated that she was not in such distressed cir- cumstances as was represented; it was resolved not to
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relieve her any more from the funds of the Lodge. It was also proposed and seconded ".That the ensuing Festival of St. John be celebrated by a Dinner, to be on the table precisely at half-past four o'clock, and that summonses be sent to all absent Members to assemble at 4 o'clock," to which the Lodge unanimously agreed. Bro. Edward Wills was proposed and seconded as a joining member ; there is no entry of his election, though his name afterwards appears as a Member.
24th June, being St. John's Day. There were twelve members present, besides the Tyler and two visitors, Bros. Wm. Mustin, and S. Farrenden. This being the day for the election of the W.M. for the year ensuing, two candidates were proposed, viz., Bro. Wilson and Bro. Crees, and so they proceeded to ballot, and the result was the former polled nine and the latter five votes ; it is evident that the two visitors were allowed to vote, a very irregular proceeding. Bro. Wilson was declared duly elected by a majority of four, after which the Brethren sat down to a substantial dinner and spent the remamder of the day in " harmony, hilarity, and social mirth ; " at a late hour the Lodge was closed in due form.
8th July. The W.M. elect assumed the duties of his- office, — already a P.M. — and communicated to the Brethren" present that he had appointed the following to be his officers: Bros. T. Crees, S.W. ; Wm. Calkin, J.W.; T. Farrenden, S.D. ; C. C. Cole, J.D. ; J. Hersee, I.G. ; W. Harmer, Steward ; J. Finch, O.G. ; E. Lee, P.M.. Secretary ; the latter was also elected Treasurer.
12th August. At this meeting there was a good attendance, thirteen in all. Wm. Hore was initiated. As Bro. D.— did not attend to answer the charge of prejudicing a candidate against the Society, it was resolved " That Bro. D.— be again summoned to attend the next Lodge to answer the accusation, and to show cause why the Lodge should
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not inflict some punishment for such improper conduct ; " and at the next Lodge, on the 9th September, it was resolved that Mr. Faulkner having allowed twelve months to elapse without stating any reason for not attending, he could not be initiated without a fresh proposition. Bro.