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APRIL ELECTION , 18 8 8 . The votes and interest of the Governors and Subscribers of the $ opI liteajamt JiT 8 titotx 0 tt bx ( Skis are earnestly solicited on behalf of PRISCILLA MINNIE SWAEBE , ( AGED 9 TEARS LAST JUNE ) , Daughter of the late Bro . DAVID S WAEBE . He was initiated in the Joppa Lodge , No . 188 , in January 1851 , and continued a subscribing member to 1871 . He joined the Euphrates , No . 212 , and subscribed for 17 years , until his decease , which took place in May 1887 . He has left a widow and 6 children unprovided for . The case is strongly recommended by the brethren of the Joppa Lodge , No . 188 , and by Bro . Rt . Hon . POLYDORE DE KEXSEB , Lord Mayor , Mansion House , London . Bro . Sir HEXBT A . ISAACS , Alderman , 27 Belsize Park , N . W . * Bro . T . GBOVES P . M . Clarendon Lodge 1769 , St . Bernard ' s , Longley Road , Lower Tooting . Bro . H . HABRIS P . M . Israel Lodgo , 58 Newington Causeway . * Bro . W . KIINGENSTEUT P . M . 73 and 1510 , V . P . R . M . I . G . Bro . W . W . MOKOAN P . M . 211 , 44 Thornhill Square , Barnsbury , N . * Bro . C . F . HOOABD P . M . 205 483 P . G . S . Br . and P . P . G . S . of West Sussex , 89 Balfour Road , Highbury . * LBWIS LAZABUS P . M . and Secretary Joppa Lodge 188 , 815 Sandringham Road , Dalston . Proxies will be thankfully received by those marked * .

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Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

PEOV . G . CHAPTER OF EAST LANCASHIRE

THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Royal Arch . Masons of the Eastern Division of the count y of Lancaster was held in the Blackburn Town Hall , on the 29 th ult ., when there were about 120 present . Comp . Col . Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie , Most Excellent

u . superintendent , occupied the chair , ancl was supported by Comps . Souter , Clegg , and a large array of Provincial Officers . The Provincial Grand Superintendent expressed his pleasure afc seeing so many present . The day being next to Good Friday was mosfc convenient , and everv

Chapter except one was represented . The one not represented was Stoneclough , and in that case if a satisfactory explanation was given the matter would be overlooked , but « nofc the Chapter would be fined . The minutes of last ^ fleeting were read and confirmed . The report of the Mosfc H . and J . read

^ xcellent Principals was by the Mosfc Excellent Principal H ., supported by Comp . J ., and alter a few remarks was confirmed . Tho Provincial Grand J-reasurer ' s accounts were presented , showing an increase *¦ in tne tne

- < w oanK on year s working . Un the nomina"ou of P . Z . Brockbank , of Bolton , seconded by P . Z . f ranklin Thomas 345 , Comp . Samuel Lawton Buckley ^ as unanimously appointed Prov . G . Treasurer . The investiture of Officers then took place , at the hands of the wand Superintendent , as follow : —•

c omp . j . . Sillitoo - . . H . Abraham Clegg . . J . John Chad wick - - E . Jatnos McLaren . . X

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James Wilson ... P . S . R . Sonter - - - First A . S . R . Harrison - - Second A . S . Samuel L . Buckley 345 - Treasurer Jas . Heelis - - - Registrar

S . Goldstone 345 - Sword Bearer J . Heap 345 - - Standard Bearer W . Newton - - - D . C .

W . Cooper - - - A . D . C . James Newton - Assistant Secretary W . Tattersall 345 - - Organist Thomas Higson - - - Janitor

Comps . Halliwell ( 345 ) and Priestley were appointed auditors . On the nomination of Comp . Brockbank , of Bolton , the sum of £ 10 was contributed from the funds of the Provincial Grand Chapter to the East Lancashire

Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , and further a sum of £ 20 was contributed from the funds of the Provincial Grand Chapter to the Girls' Institution in London , this being the Centenary year of its existence . Bolton was unanimously adopted as the place afc which to

hold the next regular meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter . This completed the bnsiness and the Chapter was closed . Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement . —At the

meeting on Tuesday , 27 th ult ., at the White Hart , corner of Abchurohlane , Cannon-street , Comps . Gillard as Z ., E . C . Beedell H ., S . Haslip J ., Brown Scribe E . and Preceptor , J . S . Fraser S . N ., C . H . Webb P . S . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Sohadler aa candidate . The Officers were perfect in their work , and elicited praise

from a large number of listeners who were present , many of them being old members , who had previously obtained their knowledge of R . A . ritual at this Chapter . Comps . Wood and Arnold , both of the Crystal Palace Chapter , 742 , were elected members ; they were proposed by Comp . Allen P . Z . 742 . It was agreed that the next meeting

of the Chapter should be on fche 9 th of April , at half-past five o ' clock , when the installation of Principals will be rehearsed . Comp . C . H . Webb P . Z . 1549 in the Z . chair , Comp . Gillard P . Z . 19 the H . chair ,

and Comp . J . S . Fraser P . Z . 214 the J . chair . These Companions respectively represent the Provinces of Middlesex and Essex , and the London District . The exaltation ceremony will be rehearsed on the same evening , at half-past six o ' clock .

A meeting of the Governors of the Cheshire Masonic Educational Institution was held at the Crewe Arms Hotel , on Wednesday , the 28 fch ult ., when fche numerous grants

recommended by the Committee , which met at Birkenhead a fortnight earlier , were agreed to , thus making the amount expended annually in the education of the children of deceased Masons to about £ 280 for fche Province . The

Provincial Grand Treasurer ( Bro . Gibson ) presented a plan for the division of the Province into eight districts , under the charge of district secretaries , and this was adopted , several distinguished brethren being appointed to act .

The members of fche Provincial Fund of Benevolence for the Province of Cheshire also held a meeting afc fche Crewe Arms Hotel , on the same day , when one candidate was elected to the Boys' Masonic School , in Wellington ,

and another candidate was placed upon the list conjointly with the Province of West Lancashire . Several grants were made to assist aged Masons , and the cordial thanks of fche members of the Court were given to Bro . Piatt , of Birkenhead , the active and efficient chairman of the Committee .

The "Kermese , " or fancy fair , in aid of the Masonic Charities of Nice , took place on Saturday , the 24 fch nib ., at fche Casino . The winter garden had been handsomely decorated , and in the evening was illuminated , presenting a

fairy-like spectacle . There were stalls for the sale of flowers , cigars , & c . ; but the principal attraction was the tombola , where the receipts were deservedly large . Later

on the comedy , " Durand efc Durand , " was played wifch much spirit by the Casino Company , after which a concert was given . The evening wound up with a ball , dancing being kept up till daybreak .

The Fifteen Sections

THE FIFTEEN SECTIONS

WILL UK IV OKKEJ ) By fclio Brethren of fche Tredegar Lodgo of Instrnction , No . 1625 , on the following dates : —At the Beacontree Lodge of Instrnction , Green Man , Leytonstone , 13 th April , at seven p . m . ; Tredegar Lodge

of Instrnction , Wellington Arms , Wellington-road , Bow , 19 th April , at half-past sev a p i . ; and at the Corinthian Lodge of Instruction , George , Glengall-road , Millwall , 27 th April , afc seven p . m ., on which occasions Brethren are earnestly invited to attend .