Derbyshire.

W .. Lqveropk . - - ... . - ^ Registrar A . J . Flint ---- - Treasurer Wm . Naylor - - - - Secretary W . H . Edwards - 'Senior"Deacon G . W . Howard - - - - Junior Deacon T . B . Smith - - - - Superintendent of . Works T . Berridge .... Director of Ceremonies W . Moulton - - - - Assist . Dir . of Oers .

•R . Beardmore .... i-Sword'Bearer S BSy :: : : ,: }» - *** * - ** T . "P . Hewitt - - - - Organist W . S .-Gilman ... . Assistant "Secretary J .. M'Naught _ avis - - - Pursuivant HepryBJole - - ,- - Assistant , Pursuivant A . A . Greig - - - - ,. \ A . D . O . Amos »

Walter Smith - - - „ . , T-J . Kitchens .- - ... - j- ^ 'wards W . Taylor - A . Cope ..... / * Aslinn ..... Tyler .

The Brethren afterwards dined together in the Lower Hall , under the presidency of "Bro . Cox .

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ROYAL ARCH .

DORSET .

THE annual , meeting , of tthe Provincial Grand Chapter was held at the . Masonic . Hall , Poole , on Thursday , 24 th ult . The -Provincial -SuperintendentCornp . Montague Guest presided . The business . of cthe-. Chapter was . of , the usual character , and included the investiture of Officers if or the ensuing year , among them being :

Comp . A . Graham - - - -J . W . Barlow Morgan ,- , - .- > Scribe E . A . C . Chapin .... Scribe . J ^ , J . H . Wh ' adcoat ... - P . S . There was a banquet afterwards , about thirty-five sitting down , under the presidency of Comp . Graham .

PHILBRICK CHAPTER , No . 1662 . W HILE the cry in many quarters , is that the Royal , Arch degree lacks support and encouragement , there are evidence ' s in others that under proper supervision and— _ we may say it—^ . fostering care it may be made both popular and , prosperous , the present condition of affairs at the recently

consecrated Philbrick , Chapter being . a , ca 8 e in point . . It is : true ithat ihe Chapter has for its chief one of the most popular Masons of the , day , in , the person of Comp . Shurmur Past Grand Standard Bearer of England , but we do not think even he -will -desire -to -take all the credit forthe way'inwhioh Arch Masonry is growing through the medium of this Chapter , named aftei the popular Royal Arch chief of . the Province of Essex .

Comp . Shurmur is supported in the chairs of the Chapter by Comps . J . H . Wildash and William Harris , while among its other Officers and prominent members are to be i fqundjmany . active supporters of the Degree , all of them vieing with each other in the desire to serve the best interests of Royal Arch Masonry in general and . their-own , Chapter , in-particular .

The meeting of this Chapter held on Saturday , 3 rd inst ., may , we think , be accredited as creating a record in Royal Arch Masonry , the names of no less than twenty-three Brethren appearing on-the summons as candidates for exaltation , while two others , whohad already been admitted to the Arch , were , candidates for joining , and we , think it ; safe . to . say that at no previous ordinary meeting of a Chapter has anything , like so large , an acquisition of strength been made .

A dispensation from the Grand Chapter giving authority 'for the convocation to be held , at . the Lord Brooke Hotel , Shernhall Street , Walthamstow , having been granted , the members . assqmbloda . t that hostelry , and business commenced punctually at five o ' clock . The Principals' Chairs were filled by Comps . William Shurmur M . E . Z ., John Henry Wildash H ., and William Harris J ., who were supported by a large number of members . and their . visitors .

After the minutes of the previous convocation had been read and confirmed , Comp . Shurmur proposed that his Honour Judge Philbrick Grand Superintendent of the Province of Essex should be elected as an Honorary Member of the Chapter , which was carried unanimously . The ballot was . then taken for the . twenty-three Bro _ . _» , _ , Q &_ J »_ a for the Arch degree , all of whom were approved .

Seventeen of the candidates on the list presented themselves for exaltation , and these Brethren were taken in four contingents , in -the following order :

( 1 ) Bros . George H . Pizey , Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 ; K . M . Yeoman , Pickwick Lodge , No . 2467 ; Frederick Robert Peck , and Robert Halestrap Tongue , Walthamstow Lodge , No . 2472 . ( 2 ) Bros . George Henry Perks and Joseph Tnkpen , Walthamstow Lodge ; Robert Walter Pettitt , Beaconsfield Lodge , No . 1662 ; and James Bishop , Victoria Lodge , No . 1056 .

( 3 ) Bros . John P . Watts , Charles Thomas Papworth , Walton Hardy and Donald . James , Walthamstow Lodge ; and A . Attwell , Beaconsfield Ijqdge . ( 4 ) Bros . Alfred George Hopkins and William Washington West , Beaaonsfield Lodge ; Nathaniel Fortescue jun ., Walthamstow Lodge ; and Frank Goetze , South Middlesex Lodge , No . 858 .

The whole of the ceremony waa carried out in each case without abridgment , the lectures being delivered by Comps . Graveley P . G . A . D . C . England ( who gave the historical one ) , James Speller P . P . G . Soj . Essex ( who gave the symbolical ) , and William Shurmur P . G . S . B . ( who gave the mystical ) , and with such experienced expounders of the ritual they were most ably and impressively rendered .

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. Comp . Ben Johnson P . Z . and Comp . James Clark Scribe E . of the , Shurmur . Chapter , No . 2374 , were admitted as Joining members , and thus the day ' s work of the Chapter resulted in an increase of twenty members to its roll—Judge Philbrick having honorary rank conferred upon him , seventeen being exalted , and two accepted as Joining members . A vote of condolence . with the family of the late beloved Pro G . Z . the , Eari of Lathom was passed by the Companions .

Previous to the closing of the Chapter five names were submitted as candidates for exaltation , so that the next meeting gives every promise of being -as •busy n , one as thia was , the following six candidates having already been ^ approved onjthe ballot , andeaeh of them having expressed regret at inability , to attend on this occasion : Bros . George Savory Fulford , Walthamstow Lodge ; William Lane , Jasper James Keif , Frederick B . E . Amos , and Louis

'Leopold Yexley , Beaconsfield Lodge ; and Henry Austin Penstone , Eleanor jLodge . JSo . 1707 . Before , concluding our report of this , most interesting meeting we feel a word of special praise should be given to the Scribe E . Comp . James Clark , whose zeal and energy in connection with the meeting was in great measure -the cause of ita success .

Bro . Julius M . Price has just published his experiences -of . the trip he made in the spring of this year through British Columbia to the goldfields , under the title from " Euston to Klondyke . " The book contains some fifty illustrations , reproduced . from sketches and photographs taken on the spot . Bro . Price was accompanied on this journey by Bro . Lionel Harris , , the present W . M . of the Eccentric Lodge .

GAS . LIGHT CRICKET CLUB . AT the second annual ^ dinner of the Gas Light , ( Kilburn ) Cricket Club , . . held at the Holborn Restaurant , on Saturday last , Bro . A . Wyatt ( of the Royal Commemoration and Elliot Lodges ) President occupied the . chair , supported by Bros . T . V . Fenn , A . E . Horstead , P . Davis , Harry Willsmer , iS . Pardee , M .. Strang , Percy House , J . Golby , S . A . Pardoe , OE . H . Keighley , , 3 ) . Matthews , and a , company numbering upwards of 140 .

, An illuminated Testimonial—an excellent specimen of the illuminator ' s art , supplied by Bro . W . > H . Toye—was presented to Bro . Wyatt President of ¦ the Olub , tin-token of the appreciation of his many kindnesses , and the . hearty supportjhe has . always , accorded the officers and members ; together with a handsome book , in which . the names , of over 100 subscribers appeared . An excellent programme of music , under the direction of Bro . Robert Dennant , assistedby a quartette of excellent artistes , added to the en joy-, ment of a record evening .

THB-Directors of Spiers and Pond Limited announce that the Debenture Stock transfer books will be closed , frora ; the 13 th to the 31 st : inst ., both inclusive , for the purpose of preparing the interest warrants for the half-year ending 31 st December 1898 , on the five per cent . First Mortgage Debentures , the " A " 'Mortgage Debenture Stock , the "B" Mortgage Debenture Stock ,

. and . the " C " First Mortgage Debenture Stock of the Company . T hey further : announce . that the Share transfer books will be closed from the 13 th to the 31 st inst ., both inclusive , for the purpose of preparing dividend warrants for the second instalment of four-shillings per share , less inepme tax , payable on 1 st January next , making eight shillings per share paid on . account of ihe dividend for . the year ending 31 st March 1899 .

We are compelled . to hold over several reports and items of news , in consequence of the pressure on our space .

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