Supreme Grand Chapter.

were left to Grand Lodge . But with respect to the late Comp . Beach , who was Third Principal in Grand Chapter , a resolution , moved by Canon J . S . Brownrigg , and seconded by Comp . Robert Grey , was unanimously carried and ordered

to be transmitted to Mrs . Beach , recording the deep sorrow of Grand Chapter at the loss Royal Arch Masonry had sustained by the sad and sudden death of Comp . Beach , who always had the best interests of the Order at heart , and which he always did his utmost to promote .

The Grand Chapter was draped , and at the end of the proceedings Comp . Walmsley Little , the G . Organist , played the "Dead March ' in " Saul" on the organ , all the Companions standing .

Cheshire Charities.

CHESHIRE CHARITIES .

ON the occasion of the joint Festival in . connection with the Masonic Charities of Cheshire , held at Knutsford last month , Bro . F . Broadsmith , in proposing the health of the

Provincial Grand Master , said the Cheshire Masonic Educational Institution had been formed many years . The Benevolent Institution came into existence within the last fifteen years , and was formed to meet a growing desire that there should be a provision for old and indigent Masons and

Widows of Masons pending their being placed on the foundation of the London Institution . The Provincial Grand Master , by virtue of his Office in the Province , but still more by reason of his own personal inclination , had become the President of both Cheshire Institutions , in order to further

the interests of Masonic Charity in the Province , and to enlist the sympathies of the Brethren on behalf of the fatherless and widows and the distressed . The Benevolent Institution was the offspring of the Provincial Grand Master ' s

immediate predecessor in Office , Earl Egerton of Tatton , who rightly conceived that there was something to be done far away beyond the education of children , in providing for the needy old men and old women connected with the Order in the Province .

The Provincial Grand Master , responded . He said he had little to say on the subject of their Charities , seeing that he had so recently taken the position of Provincial Grand Master . But after the many long years of work that his brother , Earl Egerton , had given to the Province , and the

record that his lordship had made , he should do his level best to live up to it . That festival was the second which had been held in the Province . It was instituted practically at Lord

Egerton ' s instance , in Order to make it possible that fitting objects of their charity might be helped at once , instead of having to wait even the short time that was necessary to secure for them the benefits of the London Masonic

Charities . With regard to this matter , he could only say that he should follow in the footsteps of his predecessor to the very best of his power . Bro . Egerton- afterwards proposed the toast " Success to the Masonic Charitable Institutions of the Province , " coupling

with it the name of Bro . Henry Jackson Chairman of the Committee , to whose energy and organising ability , he said , the success of the gathering was in his opinion due . The han . dsome sum which had been recorded had been contributed by the Brethren as a result of the work of the Committee , with Bro . Jackson at its head .

Bro . FI . Jackson , who was cordially received , said the sum raised by the Lodges and the Stewards was very gratifying ' , particularly when they remembered that the Province of Cheshire , which was but a small Province in point of numbers as compared with some of its nei ghbours , had during

the past two years spent something like 10 , 000 guineas upon the various Masonic Charities in the country . Their Cheshire Educational Institution was educating upwards of sixty ' boys and girls who had been left fatherless . Their Benevolent Institution was paying annuities to twelve or fourteen

annuitants , as a stepping-stone to the recipients being placed upos the London Charities . With regard to their educational organisation , they had with them its veteran Hon . Secretary Bro . F . K . Stevenson , who Had devoted himself to its interests

for over thirty years . A large number of Brethren had determined to show their appreciation of Bro . Stevenson ' s efforts , and on their behalf he asked him to accept a purse of something over ninety guineas . Bro . F . K . Stevenson expressed thanks for this token of regard .

Bazaar At Menai Bridge.

BAZAAR AT MENAI BRIDGE .

OWING to several causes which cannot rightly , perhaps , be described as " unfortunate , " the Anglesey Lodge , No . 1113 is in debt to the extent of £ 400 . The bulk of this is stated to have been incurred in connection with the erection

of a new Temple of Masonry at the Bridge . Such an mcubus is one which no self-respecting Lodge could be expected to sit quietly down under , and the Anglesey Lodge , remembering its past traditions , could least of all be expected to accept such a condition of things as inevitable . Least of all

could it be expected that such a state of things could be ¦ endured with equanimity with such a man as Brother T . Westlake-Morgan as W . M . of the Lodge , and therefore it is not surprising to find Ithat an effort was made to get rid of the mountainous load of debt with which the Lodge was

encumbered . The special effort made to get rid of this debt took the form of a three days' bazaar , which , to finish with the matter in a sentence , was " worked tip " by the W . M . with all the zeal and energy which his character justified his friends in expecting him to display , and on Thursday of last week

the bazaar was formally opened by the Grand Master of the Province of North Wales Lord Flarlech , in the presence of a very large and fashionable gathering . The bazaar , which was arranged in the New Hall , was suitably described as the " Empire Bazaar , " a happy conceit very appropriate to the

present time , and die stalls were so arranged as to represent the principal Colonies of the Empire on which the sun never sets . Those represented were Canada , Egypt , Hong Kong , South Africa , Australia , and India , whilst with a significance which was , perhaps , not altogether recognised , the remaining stall , the refreshment stall , was named the " Victoria . "

The energetic W . M . Brother T . Westlake-Morgan , in addition to his other efforts in aid of the object in view , arranged a series of " Astounding Scenes and Revelations , " entitled " The only Female Freemason , " in the course of which he told the amazing story of the only lady who ever

achieved a perfect knowledge of , and was made a member of the mysterious Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons . The opening ceremony on Thursday was fixed for 2 . 30 p . m ., and by that time the hall was comfortably filled . Lord Harlech was supported on either side by the Marquis of

Anglesey and Colonel Charles Hunter . Brother Westlake-Morgan addressed those present He said they were assembled that afternoon to witness the inauguration of a bazaar which would , he trusted , not only prove attractive to' those present , but which would assist those whp promoted it to

obtain funds to meet the end which they had in view . He thought the Freemasons of that part of the country ought to feel highly complimented that Lord Harlech had come there to perform the opening ceremony . It happened toi be within his knowledge that Lord Flarlech had come there at

considerable personal inconvenience , and , indeed , at one time it looked as if they would not have the honour and the pleasure of his lordship ' s presence , but his lordship , being present in the district on other business , made it a point , at considerable personal inconvenience , to came there and assist

them in the work they had in hand . Fie wasi sure his lordship ' s presence would have the effect of opening as widely as possible the purses of many of the friends he saw before

him . Pie felt he ought also toi allude to the presence amongst them of Lord Anglesey , who had been exceedingly kind to them , and he hoped his lordship ' s presence would create such a stimulus as would enable them to clear off their debt .

Lord Harlech , who was received with cheers , thanked Bro . Westlake-Morgan very heartily for the kind remarks he had made about him , as well as the audience for the manner in which they had received those remarks . He came there certainly at some little inconvenience , but , as he happened

to be the Provincial Grand Master of North Wales , and was in the neighbourhood the previous day , he felt it was not only his duty but a high pleasure to attend there that day at their Bazaar , an , d to assist his Brethren in their trouble . He was informed that he had to thank the ladies who had so well

assisted in bringing the bazaar toi its present excellent state . They had worked very hard indeed , and they would be very remiss in their duty if they did not express their gratitude

to the ladies . It was one of their moralists who had said that there was no nobler sight than a brave man battling with adversity . If that was the case with one man , what must it be when a Lodge like the Menai Lodge having gol ;