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Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

— : o : — PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF DURHAM .

fTiHE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of - * - Durham of Royal Arch Masons was held on the 10 th instant , in the Masonic Hall , Durham . There was a large attendance of principals and other officers . The Chapter was opened in form by Comps . J . Horsley , W . Coxou , and

W . Brignal acting as Z ., H . and J . The Most Excellent Grand Superintendent of the Province ( Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart . ) was received by the Chapter standing . The financial statement presented by the P . G . Treasurer

( Comp . B . Boulton ) showed a balance of over £ 33 iu hand . Sums of £ 10 10 s were voted to the Royal Masonic School for Boys and thc Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows : and £ 6 16 s was voted to the Durham Masonic

Education Fund . The roll of chapters was called , and the reports presented by the various principals were of a satisfactory nature . The Provincial Grand Superintendent , in

a short address , referred to the satisfaction which the reports had afforded him , and briefly alluded to the position of the Chapters , and wished them every success . The following were afterwards appointed by Sir Hedworth

Williamson P . G . Supt . as the officers for the ensuing year : — Comp . B . Boulton P . P . G . Treasurer H . John J . Clay P . P . G . D . O . - J . E . Hudson ( re-appointed ) - S . E . E . F . Cook - - - S . N .

E . W . Halfnighfc - - Treasurer J . C . Moor ... Eegistrar T . J . Johnson . - - Principal Sojourner H . E . 0 . Mitller - - " ) . . , . 0 . C . Spencer - - . j Assistant Sojourners W . Mayson . - . Sword Bearer

George Robson . . Standard Bearer W . Locjan - - - Director of Ceremonies J . F . Uiller . . . Asst . Director of Cera . James Hudson - Organist Joseph Eobson Pattison - Assistant S . E . J . Curry ... Janitor

HUYSHE CHAPTER , No . 1099 .

rjlHE members of this Chapter hold their annual meeting on the 4 th JL inst ., at the Masonio Hall , Home-park , Stoke . The Principals elect were installed : —Comps . Thomas May as Z ., Henry Eogers H ., and J . H . Blackpll J . Comp . E . Aitkon-Davies P . P . G . Reg . wa 3 the installing officer , assisted by Comps . the Eev . T . W . Lemon P . P . G . P . S ., and W . J . Stanbury P . P . G . St . B ., with a Board of Past

Principals . The following Officers were invested : —Comps . Gilman S . E ., Page S . N ., Dillon P . S ., Foster 1 st A . S ., Stanton 2 nd A . S ., Stanbury Treasurer , Staton O ., Sprague D . C , Olver St . B ., Yeoman Steward , Rashbrook Janitor . Comp . the Rev . T . W . Lemon presented the Chapter with a pair of miniature hand-painted E . A .

tracing boards handsomely framed . The panels bear the inscription : "Presented to Chapter Huyshe , 1099 , H . R . A ., Stoke Dameral , by Ex-Comp . Rev . T . VV . Lemoo , M . A ., P . Z . 189 ( 70 , 223 , 494 , 2022 , Hon . ) P . P . G . P . S ., and P . P . 3 rd G . P . 4 th July 1888 .

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

— !( -V GRAND LODGE .

¦ TUESDAY , the 10 th inst ., was a red letter day in Mark Masonry in Gloucestershire , as the Moveable Mark Grand Lodge of England was hold at Cheltenham , for the purpose of installing Bro . Baron do Ferrieres P . G . M . O . as

Prov . G . M . M . There was a large assemblage of brethren in the handsome Masonio hall of the town , and punctually at 3 * 30 Provincial Grand Lodsre was opened by thc R . W . Prov . G . M . M . Bro . John Walker M . A . Tne annual business having been transacted , Grand Lodge was opened

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by the Most Hon . the Marquis of Hertford R . W . D . G . M . M . as the M . W . G . M . M in the chair . Bro . Baron de Ferrieres

was then duly iustalled Prov . G . M . M . of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire , and appointed his Officers , as follow : — Bro . H . Jell ' s P . G . I . G . - - - Deputy Master O . Shellard P . M . 243 - - Senior Warden J . Balcomb P . M . 10 - - Junior Warden

W . R . Porcher P . M . 10 - . M . O . J . Marohant P . M . 243 - - S . O . Dr . Gregory Treasurer 10 . J . O . Rev . Dr . Lynes P . M . 340 - - Chaplain W . L . Bain P . M . 10 ( elected ) - Treasurer J . Davies P . M . 243 . . Registrar

U . JNorman U . U . 1 \ M . IU - . Secretary C . Coldwell I . P . M . 243 - . Senior Deacon E . Lea W . M . 218 - - Junior Deacon W . Forth P . P . D . G . M . - - Director of Ceremonies W . C . Ferris P . M . 218 - - Asst . Director of Cers . T . E . Gaudy 10 - . . Organist W . R . Felton P . P . G . M . O . . Steward H . Phillips - - . Tyler Grand Lodge having beeu resumed , the M . W . G . M . M . in

the chair moved , and Bro . Canon Portal seconded , an address of condolence to the M . W . G . M . M . the Prince of Wales on the death of the Emperor Frederick , this being the first meeting of Grand Lodge since that deplorable

event . Grand Lodge then retired , and on the motion of the R . W . Prov . G . M . seconded by Bro . Shellard Prov . G . S . W ., an address was voted to Bro . John Walker , in recognition of the services he had rendered to Mark

Masonry during the nine years he had ruled the Provincesix years as Deputy , and three years as Prov . G . M . M . Provincial Grand Lodge was then closed . The brethren subsequently dined together , under the presidency of the Marquis of Hertford , in the handsome dining-hall of the Lodge .

Prov. G. Lodge Of Hampshire And Isle Of Wight.

PROV . G . LODGE OF HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT .

THE annual Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight was held at the Masonic Hall , Commercial-road ,

Portsmouth , on Monday , the 2 nd instant , under the presidency of the Rev . Canon G . R . Portal Provincial Grand Mark Master , who was supported by tin Deputy Provincial Grand Mark Master Bro . R . Loveland Loveland , the

Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Craft Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre P . G . M . O . of England , Bro . Matier Secretary of the Mark Benevolent Fund , and the following present and past Officers of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge . — Bros . C . W . A . Jellicoe , F . Newman , G . F . Lancaster ,

F . Powell , A . R . Holbrook , D . O . Hobbs . M . E . Frost , Rev . A . M . Walker , Rev . H . J . " Mason , R . Dampier-Ohild , Gordon Miller , R . Cullingford , C . Reynolds , H . P .

Holley , H . Stone , W . Green , Rev . J . N . Palmer Past Grand Chaplain England , J . B . Atkinson , S . Clarke , A . Dash wood , H . Crisp , J . Conner , E . E . Street , J . C . Airs , J . W . Willmott , F . Sanders , R . J . Turney ,

J . Donne , Dr . F . V . Pax ton , J . E . Buck , J . Westaway , H . J . Guy , & c . Satisfactory reports were presented of the progress of Mark Masonry in the Province , and it transpired that the number of advancements during the year

was double that of the year preceding , and all the Lodges appeared to be in good working order . The Lodge of CEeonomy at Winchester , which had been in abeyance for many years , has been resuscitated through the zeal of

Bros . Loveland and Le Feuvre , the latter of whom has accepted the office of W . M . for the year . The Lodge resolved unanimously again to recommend the Rev . Canon Portal to the Grand Mark Master for appointment as the

Provincial Grand Master , and Bro . R . J . Rastrick was also unanimously re-elected to the office of Treasurer , a resolution being at the same time affirmed , thanking him for his past services , and sympathising with him iu his

serious illness . On the proposition of the Rev . Canon Portal , the sum of ten guineas was voted to the Mark Benevolent Fund , and it was agreed to place this amount on the list of Bro . Loveland , who accepted a stewardshi p

for ine coming Festival of the Gnarity . Bro . Canon Portal mentioned that it had recently beeii decided to

increase the nous ton for aged Mark Masons to ten shillings weekly , and for widows fo eight shillings weekly ; twentysix \ ioyn and . girls v / > vo now being educated from the fund . The Hollowing wero appointed as tho Provincial Grand Officers for tho ensuing year : —