Cycling Masons.

CYCLING MASONS .

VTI / E refer below to a smoking concert . given last T ? week by the Liverpool Masonic Cycling Club , which now enjoys a membership of 115 , and which induces us to agam ask the question—more than once

propounded in our columns—how is it that London and other' large centres cannot boast a similar . organisation ? .. It seems to us that the association of

Freemasonry and Cycling should form a splendid nucleus on which to build a number of prosperous clubs in the metropolis and other , large towns of the

country , and we know several Brethren , patrons of the wheel , who share that opinion , and yet the Liverpool Club is the only one we hear of in active existence .

We' should be very pleased to take a ' part in establishing a Masonic Cycling Club for the northern parts of the metropolis , and should like to . hear from

Brethren in the district . willing to co-operate , or from others outside of it who " would undertake a like duty for their neighbourhood and , later on , we should like to arrange- for runs of a distinctly Masonic character .

It has long been areproach to Freemasonry that its members spend most of the time they devote-to Masonic meetings around the festive board at their Lodge quarters , but there have been many signs of

changes in this respect in recent years , and it seems to us Masonic Cycling runs might advantageously take their share with summer outings and pic-nics in

bringing members of the Craft more into the light of day , and at the same time afford them the means of offering a little pleasure to those not yet permitted to participate in the privileges of the Craft .

Bro . Bowers , F . R . H . S ., will lecture on " King Solomon ' s Temple , its builders and destroyers , " at the Israel Lodge of Instruction , the Rising Sun Tavern , Globe Road , Bethnal Green , E ., one Sunday evening in April . Brethren should pay an early visit to the Lodge , to ensure an invitation .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Guelph Lodge of Instruction , No . 1685 , at the Plough and Harrow , Leytonstone Road , E ., on Wednesday , 22 nd inst ., commencing at 7 p . m . Bro . James Oxley P . M . 1306 will preside , and will be supported by some of the best known Section workers of the day .

For a long series of years the Brethren of the Hamer Lodge , No . 1393 , have annually had a reunion and ball , and that for the current season , held in the Liverpool Assembly Rooms , Hardman Street , on Wednesday , 22 nd ult ., was in every respect as enjoyable and successful as the best of its

predecessors . A capital programme of dance music had been arranged , and in the intervals songs were contributed by Bro . H . Fairfield , Mr . A . Hampson , and Miss Elmslie . Bro . J . Pilling P . M . P . P . G . St . B ., and Bro . F . E . Marshall were the

M . Cs ., and the various arrangements were in the hands of a Committee , of which Bro . A . E . M'Dougall W . M . was Chairman , Bro . N . Christensen P . M . Treasurer , and Bro . F . Minshull Secretary .

Consecration.

CONSECRATION .

COMRADES LODGE .

A NEW Lodge formed by the Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Household Cavalry , and the Brigade of Guards was , on Friday of last week , consecrated at the Holborn Restaurant , under the appropriate title of the Comrades , No . 2740 .

The consecration was most efficiently carried out by Bro . E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary , assisted by Bros . J . H . Matthews President of the Board of Benevolence as S . W ., Col . . J .. Davis A . D . C . P . Deputy G . D . C , as- . J . W * , Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , M . A ., P . G . Chap , as Chap ., Frank

Richardson P . G . D . asD . C ., Major J . H . N . Bridges P . G . S . B . as I . G ., and Henry Sadler G . Tyler as Tyler . - > Both in the Address and the Oration great stress was laid on the aptness of the title chosen by the Brethren ; the good fellowship and rivalry which exists between every regiment of Her Majesty's forces , and the great loyalty of all Military Brethren to the Craft . . .:

The founders were : Bros . G . H . Lister P . M . 2444 P . P . G . Swd . B ., J . W . Baldock . i 6 o 4 , „ J . C . Jordan 2444 , C . E . Harford 2444 , W . J . Carey P . M . 179 , S . " Wright 1331 , J . M . Walker 2444 , G . Lunt 2444 , E . Bungay 2444 , E . Daniels 2444 , C . Yeatrnan 2444 , R . Dixon 2444 , J . H . Browne 1604 , H . Border 2444 , T . Davie 2444 , C . Lloyd 2444 , W . Armstrong 2444 . . • ¦ . ¦¦

. After . the ceremony of consecration , Bro . G . H . Lister P . M . was installed as W . M ., and the following were invested as Officers : Bros . J . W . Baldock S . W ., J . C . Jordan J . W ., C . E . ¦ Harford Sec , J . Carey P . M . Treas ., E . H . Bungey S . D ., S . Wright J . D ., J . H . Browne I . G ., R . Dixon D . C ., G . . Lunt . Org ., C . Yeatman , E . Daniels , and J . Davie Stewards , and C . S . Plant P . M . Tyler .

The musical arrangements were very ably conducted by Bro . H . W . Schartau W . M . 1261 , assisted by Bros . Frank Tebbatt 2098 , W . Fell 1766 , and Geo . Stubbs 771 , the pieces rendered being highly appreciated .

The Visitors included Bros . Col . T . C . JPleydellCalley , Household Brigade Lodge , No . 2614 , Major E . G . Gordon-Gilmour 2614 , E . King P . M . " 2 G 9 P . P . G . Std . Br . Berks , W . Putrnan 2444 , J . Quigley 2621 , A . Leydeu 2621 , G . Handtey P . M . Sec . 2444 , W . Fitch S . W . 179 , J . A . Stock P . M . Sec . 1586 , J .

0 . Chamberlain 325 ( I . O . ) , J . W ; Harris 153 , E . W . Davis P . M . 1503 , G . Boulton P . M . 1604 , W . G . Vaughan l . G . 1329 , W . Hayes 1331 , W . 0 . Jones ' 1604 , A . J . Walklin 483 , 0 . P . Bowen 483 , Jas . Kew P . M . 179 P . A . G . Purs ., : J . Vowles 1614 , J . Hewison 483 , W . Archibald 160 ( S . O . ) , and W . Ht Eowntree 2621 .

A New Mark Province.

A NEW MARK PROVINCE .

IT is understood in well informed quarters , that a petition recently presented to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand . Mark Master , praying for the Mark Lodges of Essex to be . constituted into a Province , has been granted , and that

H . R . H . has appointed the Earl of Warwick to be the first Provincial Grand Master . It is expected that the installation of the new Prov . G . M . will take place about the middle of May , at Colchester . — "Essex County Standard . "

' The Liverpool Masonic Cycling Club , which has a membership of 115 , and which is rapidly gaining in numbers , , held a very successful smoking concert last week , at which Bro . A . Biinkhorn , late Hon . Se ' cretarv , was presented with

a valuable gold watch , in recognition of his services on behalf of the Club . One of the rales of the Club is that all surplus funds are to be given to local Masonic charities , and last year fifteen guineas were so disposed' of .