Royal Arch.

EOYAL AECH ,

CONCORD CHAPTER , No . 124 . ON Tuesday , 28 th ult ., the annual convocation was hold in the Freemasons Hall , Durham . The following were installed as the Principals by Comp . R . Hudson P . G . Std . B . England P . G . S . E .: Dr . L . Booth Z ., G . S . Shaw H ., H . Brown J .

Dr . Booth afterwards presided at a banquet , and gave a very cordial welcome to the Provincial Officers , and also thanked the Installing Principal Comp . R . Hudson , who , with Comp . F . Bennett , acknowledged the welcome they had received .

FIDELITY CHAPTER , No . 230 . THE annual meeting was held at Ebrington Hall , Devonport , on Friday , 24 th ult ., when Comp . W . V . Harris was installed Z ., Penberthy H ., and Routledge J . Tho ceremony was conducted by Comps . Pike , F . Orchard , W . Allsford , and J . R . Lord . After the business the Companions adjourned to the Refectory , whero the annual supper was admirably served by Comp . Bosworthick .

DINBYCH CHAPTER . No . 1177

THE annual meeting was held at the Masonio Rooms , South Parade , Tenby , on tho lGth ult . Comp . Robort Lock was installed Z ., he having for the second time been

elected by the members to tho highest office , to mark their appreciation of his services to R . A . Freemasonry . Comp . Bancroft and L . R . Wood were respectively installed second and third Principals . Tho ceremonies wore performed by Comp . Fred Sanders P . Z .

About twenty Companions attonded the banquet , which was in every respect worthy of the reputation so long hold by tho Royal Gate House Hotol . The usual R . A . toasts were honoured and responded to , and capital songs were given .

ALDERSGATE CHAPTER , No . 1657 . A MEETING was held on Monday , 20 th ult ., at the Albion Tavern , Comp . Arthur B . Hudson , CO ., presiding . The following Officers were invested for the year ensuing : —Companions G . Kenning 1 st Principal , G . Rawlinson 2 nd , J . Shottor 3 rd , E . Y . Jollifie S . E ., P . F . R . Saillard S . N ., J . Larkin Treasuror , Sheriff Hand P . S ., C Garton 1 st A . S ., H . B . Marshall CO ., J . P ., 2 nd A . S .

The next Council of Life Governors of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday next , at 4 p . m ., instead of the usual last Friday of the month , Law 48 of the Institution providing for such an alteration when the regular day of meeting falls on the Friday immediately before a Bank Holiday .

A Sprig Of Acacia.

A SPRIG OF ACACIA .

THE death occurred early in the week of Bro . Edmund White , one of the oldest citizens of Bath . Deceased , who was in business in the city for many years , bad reached his ninety-second year . He was at one time a member of the Town

Council , but resigned , and left Bath , taking up his residence at Weston-super-Mare . He was the oldest member of the Masonic Province of Somerset , having filled the Senior Warden ' s chair fifty-five years ago .

u'XTE regret to announce the demise of Brother Henry Nail , V V Levenshulme , which occurred last week . The deceased Brother , although not a contributing member at the time of his death , was some few years ago an enthusiastic worker in the Alexandra Lodge , No . 993 , being one of its earliest members ;

and upon resigning in consequence of business engagements claiming so much of his attention away from Manchester and neighbourhood , he was presented with a very handsome jewel , to mark the appreciation in which he was held by the Brethren He had been for many years in the service of Messrs . Eichardson ,

Tee , Eycroft , and Co ., a Manchester mercantile firm , and was deservedly respected . The funeral took place on Saturday , and was attended by many prominent Freemasons , the Alexandra Lodge being well represented , notably by the following : Bros . E . Timperley P . M . P . P . S . G . D ., J . Parker P . M ., E . E . Walker

P . M ., Bridge Hopkinson P . M ., Wm . Hy . Bibby P . M ., and Pickering . In the first instance , a service was held at 4 p . m . in St . Peter ' s Church , Levenshulme , among the congregation of which Bro . Nail was held in the highest respect , he having been churchwarden for a period of twenty-two years . The officiating

clergy were Eevs . H . Hickling , Eobinson , and Bro . John Henn . A choir , which included several members of the Craft , rendered the musical service in a very solemn and impressive manner , also singing one hymn at the graveside in the burial ground of St . Thomas ' s Church , Heaton Chapel , where the interment subsequently took place .

Mark Masonry.

MAEK MASONRY

ALDERSHOT ARMY AND NAVY LODGE , No . 349 . AT the ordinary meeting , held at the Masonic Hall , Aldershot , Bro . H Lehmann P . P . G . St . B . was installed W . M . The installation was ' performed by Bro . J . Youd P . M . P . P . G . J . D . W . M ., who was subsequently presented with his Provincial Grand Lodgo regalia , as a mark of esteem from tho Brethren of the Lodge . After the business of the meeting tho Brethren adjourned to the Banqueting Hall , whore a banquet was served by Bro . H . Stone .

Farmhouse, Seaside, And Country Lodgings.

FARMHOUSE , SEASIDE , AND COUNTRY LODGINGS .

LAST year the Great Western Railway Company issued a nicel y illustrated pamphlet , containing a list of Farmhouse , Seaside and Country Lodgings , Hotels , and Boarding Houses in Somerset , Dorset , Devon and Cornwall , showing tho accommodation obtainable , and the features of interest in the locality . This book was so successful that it has this year been extended to tho whole of tho districts served by the Great Western

Lino , including Jersey and Guernsey . Copies can be obtained free at the Company ' s London Receiving Offices , and at Paddington Station , and the principal Stations throughout the Line . The Company ' s Divisional Superintendents at Paddington , Reading , Bristol , Exeter , Plymouth , Penzance , Swansea , Llanelly , Cardiff , Pontypool Road , Hereford , Worcester ,

Birmingham , and Chester will forward pamphlets free on application , and copies can be obtained at Messrs . Smith & Son ' s bookstalls at the Stations on the Great Western Railway , at tho price of Id each . The pamphlet is published by Messrs . Walter Hill & Co ., of 67 and 69 Southampton Row , London , W . C .

Tho well-known saloon steamer , " La Marguerite , " which carried many thousands of pleasure seekers from London to Boulogne and back daily during the summer of 1894 , will commence running to-day , 1 st June . The managing owners have entered into a contract withiihe celebrated refreshment contractors , Messrs . Spiers and Pond , to cater for this steamer for the

summer season of 1895 , as well as for their other steamers , " Koh-i-noor " and " Royal Sovereign , " which will run to Margate , Ramsgate , Clacton and other ports on the Suffolk and Norfolk coast . We understand that Messrs . Spiera and Pond will inaugurate a novel feature in connection with these boats , by serving a popular afternoon tea daily in the saloon of the steamers .

The Juno part of " Our Bubble , " the coloured magazine for Boys and , Girls edited by Dr . Barnado , is sure to please the little folks who are so fortunate as to receive a copy , while it is likely to prove of even greater advantage from an educational point of view , the contonts being specially compiled with a view of improving the morals and tastes of the rising generation .

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