Consecration.

The oration was followed by an anthem , the first portion of the Dedication Prayer , the Invocation , the scattering of corn , the pouring of wine and oil , the sprinkling of salt , the Dedication , the Constitution , and the Benediction , the musical accompaniments being ably rendered by Bro . G . H . Hearder Prov . G . Org .

This portion of the ceremony being completed , the next business of the newly-dedicated Lodge was to instal Bro . the Rev . Jas . Henning P . M . P . Prov . G . C . the first Worshipful Master , and this was very ably performed by Bro . F . J . W . Crowe I . P . M . 328 P . Prov . G . O .

The W . M . then invested the Officers for the year , as follow : Bro . Lord Churston P . M . 248 P . P . S . G . W . acting I . F . M ., W . Pierpoint Roberts P . M . S . W ., W . E . Windle P . M . P . P . G . C . J . W ., Rev . T . H . I . Child P . M . 1750 328 P . P . G . C . Somerset Chap ., T . C . Lindop 328 Treas ., F . J . W . Crowe

P . M . 328 2076 P . P . G . O . Sec , W . Sykes 242 S . D ., PL P . V . Wiggin 328 J . D ., PI . Square P . M . 2641 D . C ., A . H . Dymond P . M . 112 P . P . GReg . Organist and Rep . on Committee of Petitions and Charity Steward , Rev . T . H . Jones 2641 I . G ., J . Michelmore P . M . Tyler .

The Founders of the Lodge are the above mentioned first Officers and Brothers Rev . E . C . Atherton P . M . 328 P . P . G . C , Judge Woodfall P . M . 2022 P . G . D . England , R . H . Grimbly P . M . 1138 P . P . G . D ., W . J . Roberts 109 , Leonard Lees 1358 , and Harold G . Michelmore 1138 .

A hearty expression of thanks was accorded to Bro . W . J . Hughan for his Oration , which was frequently applauded during its delivery , and the W . M . expressed the hope that he might live to hear many such from Bro . Hughan , as the more

he heard of that Brother ' s Orations the more interested he became in the past history of Freemasonry . The Officers who officiated at the Consecration were likewise thanked for their services .

Honorary membership of the Lodge was conferred on the Provincial Grand Master Lord Northcote , C . B , G . C . I . E , his Deputy Col . G . C . Davie P . G . D . Eng . Acting Prov . G . M , the Grand Secretary of England Bro . E . Letchworth , Bro . Vv . J . Hughan P . G . D , and the Provincial Grand Secretary Bro . J . Stocker .

The Lodge being closed , the Brethren adjourned to the Western Hotel , where an excellent banquet was provided by Bro . J . B . Gilley , and participated in by nearly fifty Brethren .

The usual Loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured . The Lodge of the Three Pillars is the sixtieth in the Province of Devonshire , which is now the fifth largest in England .

Dublin Female Crphan School.

DUBLIN FEMALE CRPHAN SCHOOL .

T PIE half-yearly meeting of the Board of Governors of the Masonic Female Orphan School was held on the 5 th inst , at the Schoolhouse , Ball ' s Bridge , when the report of the scrutineers of the ballot for the election of nine children was read , and those highest on the list were declared duly elected .

North And Hunts.

NORTH AND HUNTS .

f 8 } HERE was a large attendance of Brethren at the annual JL Provincial Grand Lodge held at Wellingborough , on ' i nursday afternoon , 7 th inst , at the invitation of the Wentvvorth Lodge , No . 737 .

The chair was taken by the Right Plon . the Earl of Euston , D . L , Provincial Grand Master , and about 140 signed the roll . Subsequently a banquet took place in the Drill Hall , the Provincial Grand Master presiding .

Devonshire.

DEVONSHIRE .

fjpHE annual Convocation of the Provincial Grand J _ Chapter is . to be held at -the Freemasons' Hall , Gandy Street , Exeter , on Wednesday next , 20 th inst , and Comp . Major G . C . Davie P . AssistG . Soj . of England , the

Acting Grand Superintendent , is expected to preside . This is the first Provincial Grand Chapter to be held since the appointment of Lord Northcote , G . C . I . E , & c , as Governor of Bombay . Already his lordship has captivated the Brethren in that dependency , and there is a possibility of

Devonshire.

his being elected by the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh as Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , as well as being appointed as Pro District Grand Master of Bombay , to act as such in the absence of the Duke of Connaught

( Past Grand Master ) , who has long been the District Grand Master . It is hoped that the railway arrangements will permit of Companions travelling to Exeter to attend the Provincial Chapter' at reduced rates as usual .

Certain classes of Freemasons appear to be still in doubt upon matters in which there should be no doubt at all . A little too much generosity in high quarters may , perhaps , have led to a somewhat lengthening of the cords , which has certainly not conduced to a strengthening of the

stakes of the venerable Craft of Freemasonry . Dispensations have for the last twenty years been too freely granted for the wearing of Masonic clothing at special church and other services , as well as at balls , ladies' banquets , and other entertainments where the uninstructed or popular world who

are not Masons have the right to participate . These dispensations have now , very wisely , been refused for a time , but still the leaven which has been for . years leavening the whole lump is not yet eradicated , if we may judge from the report of the Board of General Purposes presented at the

meeting of Grand Lodge on the 6 th inst . it is the principal subject the report deals with . Within the last three months the Board have had before them two Lodges which have had proposed , and responded to , Masonic toasts in a Masonic manner , in mixed companies of Masons and non-Masons .

The Board have clearly pointed out that this is an infringement of the rules of the Order , and must not be permitted . It is only of comparatively recent years such a breach of regulation would have been dreamed of . It is the ordinary practice that during Masonic toasts even the waiters who

remain in the room must be rreemasons . An instance of strictness was within my own observation many years ago , where one of the old-fashioned genuine Freemasons , who was a visitor at a suburban Lodge , called attention to the fact that the windows of the banquetting room on the first

floor of the hotel were open , it being a blazing hot summer night in August , and that what was said might be heard outside . The Board of General Purposes is now appearing to be quite as strict as my old and deceased friend Brother Muggeridge . — " Birmingham Daily Post . "

* * * There was a large gathering of the members of the Royal Brunswick Lodge , No . 296 , and other Freemasons of the city , at the Masonic Hall , Surrey Street , Sheffield , last month , on the occasion of the unveiling in the Lodge Room

of a portrait of Bro . Robert Arnison P . M . a . he Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro . Richard Wilson , of Leeds , attended , as did many members of Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire . The unveiling ceremony was preceded by a graceful address from Bro . Ensor Drury , who eulogised

the service rendered to Freemasonry , provincial and local , by Bro . Arnison during the forty years over which his connection with the Lodge extended , mentioning , among others matters , his long tenure of the Charity Stewardship . Bro . Arnison replied in feeling terms . The portrait , which

is to be placed in the Lodge Room , is from the brush of Mr . Ernest Moore ( who is responsible for two portraits already hanging there ) , who may be heartily congratulated on the excellence of the likeness he has secured , and the high quality of his work from an artistic point of view .

At a recent meeting of Lodge Plarmony , No . 156 , held at the Masonic Hall , Plymouth , a handsome silver-mounted salad bowl and servers was presented to Bro . A . G . Huddy .

The bowl bore the inscription , Presented to Bro . and Mrs . Huddy , on the occasion of their wedding , from his Masonic Brethren of Lodge Iiarmony , No . 156 , Plymouth , together with their best wishes for their future happiness . "

* * * The first Lodge to be added to the roll of Essex Mark Lodges since the formation' of the county into a separate Province about a year ago has been consecrated at Dunmow by Col . Lockwood , M . P , D . P . G . M . Bro . J . P . Lewin P . M . 145 342 P . G . Std . Bearer , & c , is the Master of the new Lodge ,