The Benevolent Elections.

THE BENEVOLENT ELECTIONS .

THE following is a list of the unsuccessful candidates at the elections last week , with the number of votes brought forward and then recorded on behalf of each . As usual the votes will be carried forward for the next contest :

MALES . No . on List . Name Votes : Forward . Polled . Total . 40 Maidwell , Thomas John ... 20 3305 3325 34 Walesby , William Warne ... 38 3270 3308 9 Eastabrook , Joseph ... ... 2045 871 2916 41 Fenner , Alfred William ... 20 2436 2456 27 Pilgrim , Abel ... ... 597 1497 2094

8 Brown , George Thomas ... 1533 99 1632 28 Wilson , Henry ... ... 1041 405 1446 19 Smith , Edward ... ... 678 725 1403 1 Musham , John ... ... 699 97 796 21 Ransom , Alfred ... ... 417 151 568 6 Moxon , John ... ... 505 58 563 23 Day , Richard ... ... 185 345 530

55 Dawson , John William ... 488 488 52 White , John ... ... 410 410 2 Nichol , Robert ... ... 360 33 393 3 McLean , William John ... 252 15 267 51 Hose , Samuel James ... ... 20 238 258 16 Mott , James ... ... 208 40 248 4 Winsor , Henry ... ... 139 28 167

7 Graham , William B . ... ... 110 8 ' 118 36 Simmonds , Richard ... ... 63 63 11 Hatton , Peter Valentine ... 36 17 53 5 Stockman , Thos . S . ' ... ... 13 30 43 38 Benson , Richard Hodge ... 36 36 25 Delve , John ... ... 21 — 21 33 Carpenter , Edward ... ... 7 14 21 18 Richmond , William Miles ... 5 4 9

48 Cartmel , William ... ... 8 8 29 Williams , William ... ... — 7 7 43 Webb , Edward Joseph ... 5 5 46 Gee , Nathaniel ... ... 4 4 •60 Crosby , Henry ... ... 3 3 45 Frew , James ... ... 1 1 17 Kessell , Solomon ... ... —22 Hooper , Thomas ... ... Dead 47 Let ton , Charles ... ... Dead

WIDOWS . 20 Randal , Margaret Vernon ... 906 158 1064 50 Hood , Mary Ann ... ... 940 940 52 ' Rowe , Jane " ... ... 519 S 19 41 Clinch , Martha ... ... 439 439 23 Dickinson , Eliza Emma ... 337 56 393 12 Wagner , Katharine E . ... 286 61 347

13 Blight , Sarah ... ... 345 7 352 2 Mannington , Eliz . Atkinson ... 285 48 333 32 Burfleld , Mary Ann ... ... 315 315 1 Salisbury , Jane ... ... 146 161 297 5 Russell , Olivia ... ... 259 35 294 3 Foot , Mary Ann ... ... 243 28 271 11 Meader , Sarah ... ... 170 94 264

7 Cowell , Nancy ... ... 209 17 226 45 Tarling , Ann ... ... 130 130 6 Olive , Elizabeth ... ... 106 8 114 10 Cartledge , Annie ... ... 82 16 98 9 Clarke , Elizabeth ... ... 49 32 81 4 Ionn , Elizabeth ... ... 47 20 67 15 Snart , Mary Ann ... ... 35 7 42

22 James , Clara ... ... 33 7 40 19 Deller , Arabella ... ... 26 10 36 18 Scholfield , Ruth ... ... 30 2 32 26 Reid , Mary ... ... — 21 21 8 Lemon , Charlotte ... ... 17 3 20 27 Sargent , Agnes Adelaide ... 12 8 20 14 Miller , Margaret ... ... 11 8 19

24 Banning , Ann ... ... 11 2 13 48 Fitzgerald , Matilda Ann ... 8 8 29 Wright , Martha Frances . ... 16 7 43 Wadsworth , Hannah ... ... 7 7 44 Nottelle , Matilda ... ... 7 7 49 Woolley , Mary ... ... — — 25 Huxham , Ann Catherine ... Dead

Presentation At Sheffield.

PRESENTATION AT SHEFFIELD .

ABOUT seventy Brethren met at the Masonic Hall , Surrey Street , Sheffield , on Saturday , 9 th inst ., under the presidency of Bro . Ensor Drury P . M . 296 , for the purpose of acknowledging in a permanent and substantial manner the great and indefatigable services rendered to Freemasonry by Bro . H . J . Garnett , during a period extending over nearly forty years .

Supper was served , and on the removal of the cloth , the usual Loyal toasts having been honoured , Bro . A . Drury introduced the chief business of the evening , which was the presentation of his portrait to Bro . Garnett , on behalf of the Masons of Sheffield , in recognition of his many years service and devotion to the Craft . Bro . Drury gave an account of the origin of the presentation . It had long been , he said , the wish of the Brethren in Sheffield to recognise in some permanent manner the very great and valuable services of

Bro . Garnett . A committee was formed , with Bro . E . T . Barker as Honorary Secretary—to whom thanks were due for the great trouble he had taken in this matter—and after consideration of the best means to carry out the wish of the Brethren it was decided to commission Bro . Ernest Moore to paint Bro . Garnett ' s portrait . He was sure that the Brethren would agree when the portrait was unveiled that the artist had carried out his commission very faithfully , and to the satisfaction of everyone concerned . In addition to the portrait the committee decided to present Bro . Garnett with an illuminated address , containing the names of all the subscribers to the

Presentation At Sheffield.

portrait , and to hand over the unexpended balance to Bro . Garnett , to be dealt with in supplementing the testimonial in such a manner as he might think best . Bro . Drury went on to give a resume of the career of Brother Garnett in Freemasonry : Initiated in 1859 , he was elected Worshipful Master of the Britannia Lodge , No . 139 , in December 1865 . His other Masonic honours included : —Prov . G . S . B ., 1873 ; . Founder and first W . M . Wentworth Lodge 1868 ; Z . Loyal Chapter , 1869 ; Z . Paradise , 1871 ;

, Prov . G . H ., 1888 ; Mark Master , 1870 ; G . D . of England , 1882 ; E . P . De Furnival Preceptory , 1869 ; First Grand Standard Bearer Eng ., 1891 ; Hon . P . M . Ivahhoe , Phcenix , and White Rose of York Lodges ; Hon . P . Z . Phcenix and White Rose of York Chapters ; N . W . S . Rose Croix ; M . P . S . Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . At the conclusion of his speech Bro . Drury unveiled the portrait . It was received with loud and prolonged applause . He asked Bro . Garnett ' s acceptance of it on behalf of the Brethren in Sheffield .

Bro . Garnett , in reply , began by thanking the Immediate Past Master of the Britannia Lodge Bro . Dickenson for his constant kindness , and the amount of labour he had expended in connection with this object ; and he thanked the Masonic Brethren for this very high mark of their esteem , which he greatly valued . Bro . Drury and himself , he said , were initiated in the same year , and from 1859 until the present time they had always pulled well together . They started with the intention of becoming good Masons , and

they had a grand Preceptor to teach them , in the person of the late Brother Danbv , one of the finest workers in the Craft . Alluding to his own career , he said that after being fully initiated he was at once put in office in the Britannia Lodge , and he had remained in harness ever since . The first great honour that fell upon him was that of being elected W . M . of the Britannia Lodge . On his installation in 1865 there was a great gathering of old Masons , who he felt sure had come to censure him for his

presumption in undertaking the responsibility of so high an office while so young a Mason , but after the ceremony was over he was agreeably surprised to receive , instead of censure , great congratulation . Bro . Dr . Wood was present on that occasion , and no one who knew Bro . Wood would say that he would pay a compliment unless it was well deserved , but it was his good fortune to receive Dr . Wood ' s congratulations as well as those of others . The same year was celebrated the centenary of the Britannia Lodge , when there were present several of the Brethren of the Brunswick Lodge , who

invited him to their own Lodge centenary when that occurred . The Britannia centenary was in 1865 , the Brunswick in 1893 . He believed that of those , present at the Britannia centenary in 1865 only three were present that evening namely , Bros . Arnison , Drury , and himself . In 1867 he received an illuminated address and a gold Past Master ' s jewel containing three diamonds , and could there be any wonder that after that he stuck loyally to Masonry ? In conclusion , Brother Garnett asked the Worshipful Master of the Britannia Lodge , his Mother Lodge , to accept the portrait , to be kept in memory of the occasion .

Brother Middelton W . M . 139 , received the portrait on behalf of the Britannia Lodge , speaking a few suitable words of gratitude for the present ; and the speech-making concluded with the toasts of the health of Bros . Arnison and Barker . In the course of the evening the proceedings were enlivened by song from several Brethren . — " Sheffield Independent . "

Lecture At Gateshead.

LECTURE AT GATESHEAD .

ON the 7 th inst . Brother William James Hughan , of Torquay , P . G . D . of England , the well-known Masonic historian , gave a lecture in the Industry Masonic Hall , Gateshead , on " The Old Lodges of Great Britain and Ireland . " There was a large attendance , under the presidency of Bro . R . B . Reed .

Bro . Hughan , in the course of his lecture , maintained that Lodges had existed in Great Britain from the fourteenth century . Having spoken upon the relationship of the three degrees , and the fact that the " Mason ' s word ' , ' was a term met with in the ancient records , he quoted a number of most interesting minutes of the Mason ' s Company in London ; the initiation in Newcastle in 1641 , during the time the Scottish army was in Newcastle and had some time on their hands , when they initiated General Moray a 3 a Speculative Mason . The date of their oldest dooument was of the fourteenth

century , which was a manuscript in the British Museum . There were several Lodges in Scotland and elsewhere which were not connected with any Grand Lodge . This was the case with the ancient Lodge at Alnwick . In time these Lodges joined Grand Lodges in Scotland and London , and there were fraternal visits between those of the Lodges who had joined the Grand Lodges , and they were received just as those who had been in the Lodges which were previously connected with the Grand Lodge . Bro . Hughan also referred to the initiation of Mrs . Aldworth , the lady Freemason , in the eighteenth century , of which they had authoritative records .

Bro . W . Logan moved , and Bro . R . Hudson seconded , a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer , which was passed with hearty acclamation ; and Bro . Hugh Jackson proposed , and Brother W . J . Hughan seconded , a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was given with enthusiasm . —" Newcastle Journal . "

Farewell Supper At Lostwithiel.

FAREWELL SUPPER AT LOSTWITHIEL .

THE Master and Brethren of Restormel Lodge entertained Bro . C . Haddy at supper on Thursday , 14 th inst ., prior to his leaving the Post Office , Lostwithiel , for a more lucrative position at Shaftesbury . Proposing Our Guest , the W . M . feelingly referred to Bro . Haddy ' s early departure , and assured him he would take away the best wishes of all the Brethren for his health and happiness , and would leave behind him an example of Masonic consistency which it would be well to emulate .

Bro . Haddy , in his response , spoke of the pleasant time he had had at Lostwithiel , and the sympathy and . good cheer of the Brethren of 856 . Having been honoured with the highest position the Lodge could bestow on any member he thought it very unlikely he should soon dissociate himself from it .

AN APPEAL is being made on behalf of the Princess Louise Home—National Society for the protection of young girls—which , since its establishment , in 1835 , has rescued some 1700 young girls from all parts of the kingdom from bad surroundings . The annual subscriptions , which some thirty years ago averaged £ 700 , are now under £ 300 a year , and help is asked for in this direction . In addition it is proposed to expend a sum of £ 3 , 000 in additions and improvements in the home at Kingston Hill , the charitable public being urged to supply the funds for the good work . Further particulars may be had of the Secretary , 32 Sackville Street , Piccadilly , W .