North And East Yorkshire.

NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .

THE Marquis of Zetland Provincial Grand Master North and East Yorkshire held a Provincial Grand Lodge and General Communication of the Freemasons of the Proviuce in the Grand Hall , the Spa , Scarborough , on Wednesday . There was a large attendance of Brethren from all parts of the two Ridings .

The Provincial Grand Secretrary ( Bro . M . C . Pejk ) reported that the Board of Benevolence made grants of £ 20 each to distressed Masons in the Province , and one

of £ 20 to the Widow of a deceased Brother . A vote ol thanks was accorded the editors of " The Antient York Rolls of Constitutions , " the issue of which , it was stated , had been a financial success .

Bro . W . F . Smithson P . G . D . England was elected the representative of the Province , in conjunction wifch the West Riding Province , on the Masonic Boys School Committee . Bros . J . W . Woodall and T . B . Whytehead were elected the representatives of the Province on the

Charifcy Committee of the Grand Lodge of England . Bros . Arthur Jones ( York ) and Spetch ( York ) were elected the Auditors . Brothers J . W . Woodall , T . B . Whytehead , Watson , Rhyme , and Toozes were re-elected members of the Board of General Purposes .

The Provincial Grand Master then invested the following Brethren as his Officers for the year : — Bro . Henry Cowper 602 - - Senior Warden Charles M . Forbes 236 - - Junior Warden Rev . C . H . C . Baker , D . D ., 200 - ) r -L „ , , „ Rev . L . Pawson 561 - - / Chaplains Herbert Woodhouse 1010 - - Registrar

M . C . Peck 57 Secretary S : ^ Wa is 1 i 7 aw 200 I - " } Senior Deacons W A . Hutchence 543 - - [ . ^ Thomas Barlow 543 ~

G . P . - ) " Walker Stead 1337 - - Supt . of Works H . Foster 236 - - - Director of Ceremonies Robert Dobson 643 - - Deputy Dir . of Cers .

Robert Launcelot 1241 - - Assist . Dir . of Cers Gibson Poole 2391 - - Sword Bearer SaSkSSJll : : } ^ andard Bearers

Thomas R . Redfearn 2134 - Assist . Secretary F . Wilson 57 Organist John Walton 1618 - - - Pursuivant Hood 1244 .... Assist . Pursuivant Fred J . Lambert 1010 - - Tyler

The Marquis of Zetland gave a short resume of the work of the Craft in the Province since the last Grand Lodge . Having intimated that he had accepted the invitation

of the St . Germain ' s Lodge , No . 566 , Selby , to hold the nexfc Provincial Grand Lodge under its banner , a Masonic anthem was sung , and Provincial Lodge was closed in due form .

New Hall At Lincoln.

NEW HALL AT LINCOLN .

ON the 27 th ult . there was an imposing ceremony at Lincoln , the occasion being the laying of the foundation stone of new Masonic buildings to be known as the Freemasons' Rooms . The movement originated wifch fche Witham Lodge , the members of which desired

to celebrate the Centenary of the Lodge in a permanent manner . The present Lodge rooms being somewhat cramped , ifc was decided to erect more commodious and suitable quarter's for fche meetings . The members of the

St . Hugh Lodge lenfc their aid to the undertaking , and the building was sufficiently advanced for the laying of fche memorial stones by Major Smyth , of Elkingtou Hall , Louth , fche Provincial Grand Master .

In a procession from the Lodge rooms to the scene of the ceremony the P . G . M . was attended by a large number of Provincial Officers , Officers of the Lodges , and Visiting Brethren from neighbouring towns .

The procession was headed by Brothers Sergeant-Major Whittaker and Colour-Sergeant Fredericks , acting as Tylers with drawn swords . Then followed the visiting brethren , the members of the three Lincoln Lodges , the

Masters of the Lincoln Lodges with trowel and gavel , the Stewards , the Building Committee ( Brothers Read , Rayner , and Shaw ) , the Architect ( Brother W . Mortimer ) , Provincial Officers and Deacons , the P . G . M . being followed by the Provincial Grand Tyler , and flanked by thc Stewards .

New Hall At Lincoln.

The stone was laid with the customary Masonic ceremony , and an invocation delivered by the P . G . Chaplain ( the Rev . J . Graham ) . The brethren then returned to the Lodge room , and subsequently partook of luncheon at the Saracen ' s Head Hotel .

The new buildings , which are situated at the corner of Mint Street and Newlaud Street , are being erected by Messrs . H . S . and W . Close , Lincoln , from the designs of Messrs . W . Mortimer and Son , Architects . They will have a frontage of 50 feet to Mint Street . On the

ground level there is fco be a spacious banqueting room , with kitchens and other conveniences . On the first floor there is to be an office for the transaction of Provincial business , and a Lodge room of ample proportions , wifch fche requisite ante-rooms . Externally there will be

nothing to denote the special character of the premises . The elevation is to be of a quiet type of Georgian , ia specially made local red brick , with Ancaster stone

dressings , and carvings sparingly introduced . The plans also provide for two good-sized shops below , and fche plans indicate thafc an awkward site has been cleverly utilised . — " Nottingham Daily Express . "

Centenary: Royal, No. 207.

CENTENARY : ROYAL , No . 207 .

( Continued from p . 233 . ) AFTE R votes to the Grand Lodges , Past Master E . X . Leon moved a vote of welcome to Sir Henry A . Blake . He said there were peculiar circumstances connected with the pleasure Masons must feel at His Excellency

coming among them . The Masonic Fraternity was struck on His Excellency ' s first landing among them in the city of Kingston with evidence of his being a Member of the Craft . The peculiar language used by him in his first address to the inhabitants of Jamaica convinced Masons who had assembled to welcome him that he was a Brother . If His Excellency had intended

to tell them that he was a Mason he could not better have done so than in using the words that were part of a Masonic formula . The last act of His Excellency was to accept an invitation to come among them ; the peculiarity of His Excellency ' s visit and the pleasure were enhanced from the fact of the Royal Lodge having

had its first Warrant from the Irish Constitution , of which His Excellency was an illustrious Past Master . The first Provincial Grand Master was a Blake , and there might perhaps be a tie of relationship between them . On the celebration of their Centenary they were pleased

to have the pleasure of welcoming the first , he would not only say Brother , but the first gentleman in the island . He would also ask His Excellency to permit the Lodge to have the honour of recording him on its rolls as an

honorary member . He had pleasure in moving a vote of thanks . Bro . J . M . Simpson seconded the vote and re-echoed in all respects what the mover had said .

Bro . Blake said : This is a very unexpected position for me here to-night . I feel that in the first place the thanks are on my side for the sympathy and kindness shown to me by the Brethren here assembled , and gratitude for fche way iu which the Brethren have received the

mosfc kindly mention of my name by Bros . Leon and Simpson . In looking over the history of this Lodge ifc seems to me that my name crops up in a curious way . I find the first Prov . Grand Master was Brother Blake , and that he was speaker in bhe House of Assembly . I

feel my connection is something more than the flitting one , even of a governor so intimately connected with fche Island during the period of his administration . In the history of the celebration which has been read , allusion is made to the trying time when some changes

were first formed . I mean when my kinsman , the Marquis of Sligo was the Governor of the Island , and my uncle came out with him as Private Secretary and was appointed afterwards Sfcipendary Magistrate for the

special protection of the slaves . He died , and now rests in Morrant Bay , so you will see I have something more than a flitting connection in Jamaica , and I feel most grateful for the vote of thanks thab has been proposed for my attendance here to-night . I thank you , Worship-