Cornwall.

CORNWALL .

A MEETING of this Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons was held at Truro , on the 13 th inst ., when Earl Halsbury was installed as chief of the Province by Viscount Skelmersdale P . G . W ., and then appointed the following as his assistant Officers : Bro . P . Colville Smith - Deputy John Tonkin .... Senior Warden

Percy T . Chirgwin - Junior Warden John M . Richards - Master Overseer - Henry Shapcott - Senior Overseer Henry Opie .... Junior Overseer Rev . Townsend - - - - Chaplain S . Trehane ----- Registrar

E . M . Milford - - - - Treasurer W . J . Johns ... - Secretary A . O . Michell ... - Assistant Secretary J . O . Eva - - - - - Senior Deacon W . J . Collins - - - - Junior Deacon B ,. P . Couch . - - Director of Ceremonies W . Wales ----- Inspector of Works

Major Shanks - Sword Bearer T . A . Taylor - Standard Bearer J . H . Bunt ----- Organist E . Benney ----- Inner Guard R . Pease - - - - - ' - ^ B . Gregg - - - - - £ Stewards E . W . Newton - - - - > J . Paul ----- Tyler .

Bro . W . L . Chegwidden was appointed Auditor , and other business was transacted , of which we propose to give details next week .

New Hall At Rugby.

NEW HALL AT RUGBY .

ON Monday afternoon , 4 th inst ., one of the most interesting and , at the same time , most important ceremonies in connection with the Lodge of Rectitude , No . 502 , took place , when the new Hall in Castle Street , Rugby , erected

by the Brethren of the Lodge in honour of Her Majesty ' s Jubilee , at a cost of nearly £ 1 , 700 , was dedicated , with all Masonic ceremonies , to Freemasonry , by Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire .

The Hall itself is built of red brick with stone facings , and on the ground floor there is a dining-room 22 feet square , with two convenient ante-rooms , cooking kitchen with large range , and the other usual offices . The Lodge Room , which is a handsome , well-proportioned apartment , is 40 feet long

by 22 feet wide , and lighted by ceiling lights . The artificial light is supplied b y incandescent gas burners , and altogether the building , which was designed by Mr . Wilson ( the architect for the Hospital of St . Cross ) , and built by Messrs . Linnell and Son , is apparently well adapted for the purpose

for which it is intended , being both comfortable and conveniently arranged . The floors , it might be mentioned , are in each case laid with noiseless wood blocks . Altogether the builders and architect are to be congratulated upon the way that they have carried out their respective duties .

The dedication ceremony , in the absence of Lord Leigh , was performed by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master Brother George Beech P . G . Sw . B . of England , assisted by

Provincial Officers . As a souvenir of the occasion the Deputy Provincial Grand Master was presented by the Worshipful Master of the Lodge Bro . T . Duke with an elegant silver trowel , bearing the inscription : —

Presented to Deputy Provincial Grand Master BEECH P . G . SW . B ., by the Lodge of Rectitude . 4 th April 1898 . A banquet followed the ceremony .

We are informed that an Instruction Lodge will shortly be held on Sundays , at Bro . G . H . Croutage ' s , the Crown and Staghound Hotel , Dulwich , where several professional Brethren are expected to attend , and a well known Past Master will officiate as Preceptor .

The Brethren of Gravesend having decided to build a Masonic Hall , would be greatly obliged to the Secretaries of other Halls if they would kindly favour them with estimates

of cost , plans and articles of association of their respective buildings . Address Bro . J . P . White ,- ' Whitehall Place , Gravesend .

New Hall At Rugby.

The future meetings of the St . Michael Lodge of Instruction , No . 211 , will be held at the Richmond Hotel , Shepherd ' s Bush Road ( five minutes' walk from Uxbridge Road and Shepherd ' s Bush Railway Stations ) . The first meeting at the new quarters is fixed for Monday next , 18 th inst ., at 8 o'clock .

Brother Henry Sadler Grand Tyler and Sub-Librarian of the Grand Lodge of England , will deliver a lecture at the Evening Star Lodge of Instruction , at the Rutland Hotel , Perry Hill , Catford , on Saturday , 30 th inst ., at 8 p . m .

sharp , on "Tylers and Tyling . " A good attendance is earnestly requested , it being the only means of marking the appreciation of the members of Bro . Sadler ' s kindness in visiting the Lodge , the meetings of which will terminate for the session on this night .

Residents of this district , without exception , [ must be interested in the progress and doings of the Freemasons . Although a close corporation the Masonic body is not , in any true sense , a secret society , and the few who object to it as such need not be taken very seriously . We look upon this

most ancient Craft as upon a body existing for social and charitable purposes , mainly , and we rejoice to hear of its increasing popularity and growth . On Tuesday evening last , at the Wandsworth Town Hall , there was a brilliant assemblage of local and other Masons , whose object ,

delightfully realised , was to usher into the world a little stranger , in the form of a new Lodge . It was indeed an interesting occasion , and needless to say there was considerable feasting and rejoicing . From beginning to end the proceedings , merry as a marriage bell , passed off without the semblance

of a hitch . One of the most beautiful and touching sights familiar to the eye in this locality is the procession of young girls belonging to the Masonic Orphanage , at Clapham Junction . As they take daily exercise on the adjacent commons , or march in their hundreds to Church on the

Sabbath , their robust yet refined appearance , with their wellbred deportment , is pleasing in the extreme . Institutions which thus care for the orphan are a constant reminder of the

rare advantages conferred by our old English form of government , under which people of every class and creed enjoy absolute freedom and protection . —'" South Western World" ( Clapham ) .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

" A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

ri THE mortal remains of the late Bro . Walter Davies , of JL Burntash Lane , Lee , who died on the 19 th ult ., after a protracted illness , in his fifty-first year , were consigned to their last resting-place at Forest Hill Cemetery on Thursday , 24 th . The deceased occupied a prominent position in South

London Masonic circles , having been one of the founders of the Selwyn Lodge , and a Founder of the Royal Arch Chapter of the same name . The procession was met at the cemetery by the W . M . Bro . F . Pow and several Brethren . ON the 5 th inst . the funeral of Bro . F . Goulding took place at the Worksop Cemetery . The Worshipful

Master Bro . J . W . Spedding P . M . and Brethren of the Pelham Lodge , No . 939 attended , and the service both in the Priory Church and at the graveside was conducted by the Chaplain of the Lodge Bro . the Rev . W . F . Boot P . M .

There was a very large attendance . Numerous floral tributes were sent , including wreaths from the Pelham Lodge and from the Worksop Conservative Association , relatives and friends .

THE remains of Bro . John Gray Whyte were interred on the 12 th inst ., in the Necropolis , West Derby-Road , Liverpool . The respect in which the deceased was held was shown by the attendance of a numerous gathering of Masonic and other friends . He was one of the oldest

members of the Harmonic Lodge , No . 216 , and , although repeatedly asked , he refused to take office therein , preferring to remain one of the private members . Numerous wreaths were sent by relatives , friends , Masonic Brethren , employes , and servants .

ON the afternoon of Monday , 4 th inst ., the remains of Bro . Joseph Biddulph Parker , who died suddenly in his fifty-nmth year , were interred at St . Mary ' s Church , Bootle , in the presence of a large gathering of Masonic Brethren and other friends , including representatives of St . John Lodge , No . 673 , and Lodge No . 1570 , together with several Brethren of outside districts .