United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE annual meeting of Grand Lodge for the installation of the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the appointment and the investiture of Grand Officers for the year was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . In the absence of the Prince of Wales , the Earl of Lathom Pro Grand Master presided , and there was a very large attendance of Brethren .

The Prince of Wales was declared re-installed as Grand Master , and the customary proclamation was made . The Earl of Lathom was re-appointed Pro Grand Master , amidst loud applause , and was proclaimed and saluted . The Earl , of Mount-Edgcumbe having , on account of his numerous

engagements , expressed a wish not to be re-appointed Deputy Grand Master , the Prince of Wales appointed Earl Amherst in his place , and his lordship was obligated , invested , proclaimed , and saluted accordingly . The other appointments were as follow :

Major General Rt . Hon . Lord Metheun , C . B . - ) c . •TTT 3 C M G - - - - i Senior Warden Hon . Justice Gainsford Bruce - - Junior Warden Rt . Rev . Lord Bishop of Llandaff - - * | _ , . . Venerable Archdeacon Stevens - - } - ^ naplams William Heap Bailey - Treasurer

His Honor Judge Philbriek , Q . C . - - Registrar R . Horton Smith , Q . C . - - - - Deputy Registrar Edward Letchworth .... Secretary Lieut .-Col . A . R . Mark Lockwood , M . P . - " ) W . E . M . Tomlinson , M . P . - - - C Senior Deacons W . Smithett - . ¦ - - - \

J . C . Malcolm - - - - - *") E . D . Anderton - - - - - >• Junior Deacons George E . Lake - - - - - ) Rowland Plumbe .... Superintendent of Works Sir Albert W . Woods , K . C . M . G ., C . B ., Garter- Director of Ceremonies J . D . Langton ----- Deputy Dir . of Cers .

F . Gordon Brown - - - - * ) W . E . Chapman - - - - t Assistant Dir . of Cers . Ernest St . Clair - - - - - S Henry Lovegrove .... Sword Bearer Richard Newhouse .... Deputy Sword Bearer Major F . R . Newman - 1 e-. __^ . _ -i -o Standard Bearers

William A . Scurrah - - - - } Henry R . Rose - - """ - ' - - Organist William Lake - Assistant Secretary 0 . Kupferschmidt .... Asst . Sec . German Corres . James Boulton ----- Pursuivant James Kew ..... Assist . Pursuivant Henry Sadler - Tyler .

The following twenty : one Brethren also received appointment to office in Grand Lodge , to mark the completion of the Prince of Wales ' s twenty-one years of Mastership : The Rt . Hon . William Court Gully , - Speaker of the House of Commons - T , . , „ , The Rt . Hon . Sir Walter H . Wilkin - - " Past Wardens

Lord Mayor of London C . Swinfen Eady , Q . C . - - - - Past Deputy Registrar Sir William Abdy , Bart . - - - " * - Col . W . Campbell A . D . C . ... J . O . S . Thursby - Lt :-Col . F . 0 . R . Sewell ...

Col . Charles Hunter , F . R . S . - - - S- Past Deacons George Cowell , F . R . C . S . Henry Sutherland , M . D . - ' - R . E . Baynes , M . A . - - - . H . Homewood Crawford - - - J C D . Hill Drury , M . D . - ... George Mickley , M . B . ....

George W . Speth - - - . 1 Past Asst . Dirs . of Cers . a rederick Lawrence .... T . H . Gardiner .... Col . Hugh N . Gordon - - - - \ Major C . W . Carrell - - - - -r-. c -.-n J . M . McLeod .... \ P ^ st Sword Bearers . T . A . Bullock . - . ' . ' . ' . j The Grand Festival was afterwards celebrated .

Merthyr And The Grand Master.

MERTHYR AND THE GRAND MASTER .

AT a meeting on Thursday of last week of fche Loyal Cambrian Lodge , No . 110 , Merthyr , the desirability of presenting an address to H . E . H . the Prince of Wales upon the occasion of hia passing through the town in June was warmly affirmed , and as a result of the decision arrived at correspondence is now proceeding in the matter .

Position Of The Charities.

POSITION OF THE CHARITIES .

THE following interesting details in regard to the Masonic Institutions were given by Bro . J . M . McLeod , in hia response at the Grand Festival , on Wednesday : All were glad to know that the iirst Festival of the year had proved so successful . as to bring to the youngest—by no means

tbe least meritorious—of the three Institutions the magmficient sum of £ 20 , 000 . The work of the Benevolent Institution in providing Annuities for some 500 distressed Masons or the Widows of deceased Brethren needed no commendation from'him , for if it stood alone it would be a grand monument of our Masonic Charity .

The Girls School Festival will shortly be held , and the President , though young as a Provincial Grand Master , bore an honoured name and . was well beloved in his Province of Lincolnshire , which would nobly support him on the occasion . The Girls had again shown to the Craft how well they were trained and

educated ; and he knew that he was expressing the thoughts of all in saying that on her pending retirement , Miss Davis would carry with her the gratitude and thanks of the whole Craft for the brilliant successes gained under her direction of this most excellent School .

For the Boys , he could claim that so progressive an Institution as it had proved , especially of late years , deserved and would continue to receive their support . The results at recent public examinations which it has been his pride to circulate showed the excellence of the work , for it was seen that

our Boys of very young age could compete and be successful with their seniors . The increased demands upon the Institution had forced the question of removal of the School to the front , and that which was advocated in 1891 by the noble Chairman was at last to be realised . Much care and thought in this matter had been

taken by the Board of Management , consisting as it did of liberalminded and practical business men , and he felt assured fchat the Craffc would support tbem in their efforts to enlarge the scope of operations and give the great benefits fchey were now bestowing to a much larger number in the immediate future .

Herefordshire.

HEREFORDSHIRE .

SOME eighty Brethren attended the annual Provincial Grand Lodge , held . on Monday , at Kington , under the banner of the Arrow Lodge . Sir Joseph Bailey , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master was supported by Bro . H . C . Beddoe Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and a large number of present and past members of fche Provincial Grand Lodge .

A Craft Lodge was opened at 2 * 15 by the W . M . of the Arrow Lodge , and immediately thereafter the Provincial Grand Master and his Officers were announced , and the proceedings of Provincial Grand Lodge commenced in the usual manner . The minutes of the last Lodge having been read and

confirmed , and the muster roll of the Lodges in the Province having been called , the accounts of the Prov . Grand Treasurer ( which were of a satisfactory character ) were received and adopted , and Bro . J . E . S . Hewett was unanimously re-elected Treasurer .

Highly satisfactory reports were received and adopted from both of the local Masonic Charitable Institutions , after which the Provincial Grand Master appointed and invested his Officers for the ensuing year as follow :