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of founding a scholarship in connection with university education . Many other Avell knoAvn brethren Avere present , including Bro . J . Passmore EdAvards . < S > - # » « i > The passing away of R . W . Bro . Sir John Monckton ,

P . G . Warden , and the sympathy Avhich has gone out from the Avhole Craft at that sad event , reminds us that he has left behind him , in the person of Bro . Lionel Monckton , a son Avhose talent has long been recognised in the musical and dramatic professions . We are reminded of the tale which

Bro . Lionel Monckton relates regarding the late-lamented Bro . William Terris , Avho once made him a present of a grandfather ' s clock . On the clay that poor Terriss AA * as assassinated , Lionel Monckton arrived home to find his clock stopped , and on em uiry he found that it had ceased to go at the ver \* minute that Bro . William Terriss met his death .

The arrival of R . W . Bro . Lord Llangattock , P . G . Master South Wales ( E . D . ) , and Lady Llangattock in toAvn , is the subject of an interesting note in a contemporary , Avhich we cannot forbear from quoting : — " Lady Llangattock AA * as Miss Georgina Maclean , daughter of Sir Charles Maclean , of Morvarenand as she is Scotch and her husband Welsh ,

, their marriage Avas someAvhat of a union of races . The pronunciation of their title and of their home in Wales proves a puzzle to many . The correct mode is as folIoAvs : ' Llangattock ' should be ' Hlang-a-tock ' and ' The Hendre ' must be 'The Hendref . ' Their abode in London is a

treasurehouse of arts and curios collected during foreign travel . The drawing room is said to be an exact copy of a reception room in the German Emperor ' s palace at Berlin ; and another apartment has a frescoed ceiling painted at a great cost . " < o- «¦ ¦

The Loxiield Lodge , No . 2450 , at Ucklield , possesses a very elaborate and massive oak tracing board , of which the above is an illustration . It Avas designed by W . Bro . S . Denman , P . M . 732 , 2450 , P . P . G . D ., and presented to the lodge by W . Bro . C . J . Hayes , P . M . 619 , / 708 , who , by the way , is qualifying for Vice-Patron to the three Charities this

year . The tracing boards , which slide in at the back , were painted in oils by the Senior Deacon of the lodge , Bro . E . J . Earp , a noted Sussex artist , and together form a very handsome and pleasing asset of the lodge furniture . The Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which was held at the Freemasons' Hall on the 27 th February , Avas a great success . - R . W . Bro . Sir Augustus

1 'rederick Godson , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Worcestershire , presided , and he Avas supported by a Board of Stewards numbering nearly 700 . It A \* as announced by

THE C'HAIUMAX , BRO . SIR A . F . GODSON * . the Secretary of the Institution , Bro . James Terry , that the list of contributions sent in amounted to the magnificent sum of . £ 24 , 575 , of Avhich sum London had contributed £ " , 995

and the provinces £ 12 , 580 . The Chairman's Province of Worcestershire , although numbering only fifteen lodges , had evinced their loyalty to the Provincial Grand Master and their interest in the Institution by contributing £ 28 74 to the grand total . It Avas stated that there Avere tAventy-eight Lists

still to come in , and that there AA * as little doubt that the sum , large as it Avas , AYOUUI still be considerably augmented . The chairman had the gratification of announcing that , in vieAV of the generous response that had been made to the appeals of the SteAYards on this occasion , the Management Committee

had decided to place the additional number of live brethren and five yyidows to be elected on the 16 th May , in honour of the coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII ., Grand Patron of the Institution .

«> * «< Even in these days of record breaking Ave think it Avould he difficult to find a brother who could vie with Bro . J . F . Stokes , Secretary of the Lodge of Benevolence , No . 1168 , Sherborne , in the matter of regular attendance . The lodge meets monthly , and he has not been absent on any -single

occasion of the lodge meetings for thirty years ; a regular consecutive attendance for 3 60 nights . Bro . Stokes was initiated in 1870 , and filled the chair in 1876 . For the past tAventy-four years he has acted as Secretary ,

© No decision has yet been made knoAvn as to any special arrangements come to in connection with the Coronation ceremonies , but in vieAV of the close connection which exists betA \* een Royalty and Masonry , it is not improbable that some special notice will be taken of the event by the Craft .

The office of Town Clerk at the Guildhall has not , in consequence of the lamented death of R . W . Bro . Sir John Monckton , P . G . W ., been alloAved to cease its associations with Freemasonry , the present temporary holder of the office , Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney being a well known member of the Craft . A popular candidate for the office , Avhich

the late Bro . Sir John Monckton filled so long and well , is Bro . Sir Homewood Crawford , the present City Solicitor ,, who is a Past Grand Deacon of England .