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Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE .

AT a meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge , holden in the George Street Chapel Schools , Heckmondwike ,

on Wednesday , the 5 th inst ., at 2 * 30 p . m ., under the banner of Amphibious Lodge , No . 258 , there were present the following Prov . Grand Officers : — Broa . Thomas William Tew , J . P ., Past Grand Deacon of England Master ; Henry Smith Past Grand Deacon of England Deputy Master

John Booth as S . W ., John Ambler J . W ., Rev . J . J . Needhnm as Chaplain , Rev . Thomas Greenbury Chaplain , John William Foumess Treasurer , J . Kitson Ibbetson Registrar , Herbert G . E . Green Secre . tary , C . E . Rhodes and John Foster S . D . ' s , G . E . Bennett J . D ., B . P . Parker as Deacon , Reuben Castle Superintendent of Works , Joseph

Dobson Director of Ceremonies , Thomas Denby Assistant Director nf Ceremonies , William Stott Sword Bearer , Thomas if . Holmes and Edwin Lee Standard Bearers , William Ash Organist , Job Harling Pursuivant , Francis Smith , Lewis B . Brierley , John W . Tarner ^ John Hobsonand Edmund Lord Stewards , Samuel Barrand Tyler , Thomas

Leighton Assistant Tyler , with many Past Provincial Grand Officers , and Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , A . cting Wardens and Brethren from Lodges in the Province . Several letters of apology for absence were announced . The following were present as Visitors : —Bros . John E . Le Feuvre D . P . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight , M . C . Peck

Provincial Grand Secretary North and East Yorkshire , John Chad , wick P . G . S . B . Provincial Grand Secretary East Lancashire , James Terry P . G . S . B ., Secretary Royal Masonio Benevolent Institntion London j James Etchells P . P . G . R . Norths and Hunts ; John Fetch and J . G . Cobb 1471 , London , and — Sohofield 967 Chester .

Bro . Thomas Wm . Tew , J . P ., Prov . G . M ., Bro . Henry Smith D . P . G . M ., and the Prov . Grand Officers entered at 230 , and Prov . Grand Lodge was opened in due form The R . W . Prov . G . M . and the W . D . P . G . M . were saluted according to ancient custom . The distinguished Visitors

were separately saluted ; the Roll of Lodges was called ; the Roll of Present and Past Prov . Grand Officers was called . The minutes of the meeting held at Huddersfield

on the 30 fch March 1887 , were presented for confirmation , when it was moved , seconded , and resolved that they be taken as read and confirmed . The R . W . Prov . G . M . then delivered the following address : —

BRETHREN , —Recent events of an important character to this Empire , and to Freemasonry , in connection with the celebration ot the 50 th year of the reign of our beloved Qaeen , have received their consummation in the metropolis and in every part of Her Most Gracious Majesty ' s dominions since this Provincial Grand Lodge assembled at

Huddersfield in March . If any outward sign were wanting amongst Freemasons of the loyal appreciation in which Her Majesty and the W . M . the Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , are held , I have only to refer to the marvf lions gatherings of the Craft at the Albert Hallon Monday , the 13 th day of Jnne ; at St . Peter ' s

, Westminster Abbey , on the 21 st Jnne ; and at the Exhibition Building at York , on the 14 th July , of representatives of the Order from English Provinces and many diverse parts of tbe World . These Jubilee commemoration gatherings were magnificent and brilliant

Successes , eclipsing in their grandeur and heartfelt enthusiasm anything of the kind ever before witnessed in this coamry . From the beg inning to the end of these days was one unalloyed gratification to a « who woro fortunate enough to bo present ; and tho circumstances

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in cont . n viuu with these events have now stamped their impress npon the history of the British Empire , and upon the history of thia our County of York , for the year A . L . 5887 . For the excellent result in the Albert Hall , we must acknowledge the skilful manipulation of Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) , Grand Director of Ceremonieij of the

Grand Secretary , and V . W . Bro . Fenn , President of the Board of General Purposes . The resolution of Grand Lodge , when your Provincial Grand Master , as Grand Master , had the honour , on the 7 th September , of occupying the chair of Grand Lodge , embodying tho thanks of the Craft towards these distinguished brethren for

their admirable labours , were well and richly merited . I hope also , to-ilay , that this Provincial Grand Lodge will move an analagous resolution , expressive of our gratitude to Lord Zetland , and the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire ; to the Dean of York , and to the " York " Lodge , No . 236 , for the Jubilee Meeting

at York , whereby many brethren who could not attend the greater demonstration in London , did avail themselves of this opportunity to attend the Masonio Jubilee Service in York Minster . I awaken your memories to these events to thank every Lodge and every brother in West Yorkshire for the generous manner in whioh yon ,

one and all , supported yonr Provincial Grand Master and Officers on thero memorable occasions . So far as our West York records tell us , 60 Lodges were represented in London , and 268 brethren . At the York Jubilee Meeting , 61 Lodges were present from West Yorkshire , reptosented by 359 brethren , of whom 72 were Present and Pant

Prov . Grand Officers of this Province . Then , again , the occurrence of tlie Boys' Festival , at the Crystal Palace , on the day immediately following the Albert Hall Gathering , yon supported me generously as the President of that Festival , at whioh £ 11 , 764 was raised , West Yorkshire contributing the handsome sum of £ 671 , and taking

the l- * ad of every other Province in the amount of its contributions , and this , too , when we had raised for the Girls £ 374 , and had further pledged ourselves to £ 2100 as a special Jubilee Offering to the "Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution , " and a further sum of £ 826 at its regular February Festival . Bro . Terry is here to-day , and we

shall listen to him with attention . I may be allowed to say that , if ever a Chairman of a Festival was entitled to support and indulgence , it was myself on the occasion of the Boys' Festival , because I was called upon suddenly and unexpectedly to fill that delicate and onerous office . Truly did the Most Worshipfnl the Grand Master say ,

in tho Albert Hall , that " Brotherly Love and Charity" are two of the pi incipal tenets of our Order . The former yon have exemplified largely towards this office I have held , and the latter to the Charities . Further , I had the honour of transmitting , through the Grand Secret arv , towards the Prince of Wales' scheme for the " Imperial

and Cjlonial Institute , " the sum of £ 150 , and which , I believe , will be considerably augmented , before the close of the year , from thia Province . It affords me much pleasure to announce to you that on the 13 th June the M . W . the Grand Master conferred the rank of Past Grand Deacon of England npon V . W . Bro . Henry Smith , Deputy

Prov . Grand Master of this Province , and that of Past Grand Sword Bearer npon Bro . William H . Brittain , who had both done so much for Freemasonry and for the Charities ia this Province . Following out this precedent , the M . W . the Grand Master submitted a communication on the 7 th September to Grand Lodge— " That if it thought

proper to suspend the Article 87 of the Book of Constitutions " ( which Grand Lodge did ) " Provincial and District Grand Masters desirous of commemorating the Jnbillee Year of Her Majesty's reign , might confer Past Provincial or District Grand rank on brethren in their respective Provinces or Districts . " This most gracious

communication was extended and adopted in the following manner , viz .: — " The number of appointments shonld be one for every six Lodges in the Province or District ; where a Province or a District contains more than thirty Lodges , such special appointments shall be one for every fonr Lodges , with one additional for a broken

nnmber . " I avail myself to-day of this welcome boon , to recognise the services of most worthy brethren , by conferring Past Prov . Grand rank upon eighteen Past Masters , out of 681 on the Roll of the Past Masters of this Province . I trust , in the accomplishment of thia most difficult and delicate doty , no Lodge will accuse the

exercise of my prerogative with the slightest bias of partiality of a personal selection . My regret is that I have no power to do more , but there will be next year no Lodge in West Yorkshire withont one Acting or Past Provincial Grand Officer . I must now ask you to allow me to allude to this gathering to-day , by the invitation of the

Amphibious Lodge , No . 258 . Two applications were made at Huddersfield—one from Mirfield Lodge , No . 1102 , and the other from 258 . Mirfield Lodge is building a new Masonio Hall , a handsome , commodious , and an appropriate building , and will reflect npon its projectors infinite credit . I hope , at an

early date , some steps may be taken to inaugurate , in a suitable manner , the opening of the Hall . After grave consideration , the invitation was accepted to come to Heckmondwike . This Lodge , whose Warrant was signed by Bro . John Codrington , on 16 oh Jane 1786 , was opened at the Buttling Honse Marine Barracks ,

Devon , 22 ucl August 1786 , when James George Power was elected , "worn , and invested the first Wor . Master . It was established as a Military and Naval Lodge , for the Officers of both services on " land and water . " It appears from the' minntes to have been of frequent or'cnrrence , if a person were what is called a " transient" man

( permanently on active service ) to ballot for , initiate , pass , and raise him on the same evening . Hence the name of the Lodge " Amphibious . " As a Yorkshire Lodge , the " Amphibious " dates only from 2 nd May 1803 . I had hoped to-day to celebrate here the one-hundredth year on the centenary of the working of this old

Lodge , but nothing can be done until the year 1903 , it being evident from the Lodge Minnte Books , and the Grand Lodge Registers , tbat " Amphibious ceased to exist in 1792 , and that previous to , or in 1803 ,

8 ' > me Yorkshire brethren got hi'ld of the books and Grand Lodge Warrant , and started what was virtually a new Lodge , with an entirely new set of members . Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire met on tho 2 nd May 1803 , to consecrate and dedicate thia