Unveiling Memorial Windows At Winson Green.

UNVEILING MEMORIAL WINDOWS AT WINSON GREEN .

ON Monday , tho 12 th insfc ., Lord Leig h Provincial Grand Master of Warwickshire , assisted by tho members of the Provincial Graud Lodge and the brethren of fche Province , hold a special meeting in the Dudley-road Board Schools , and subsequently formed in procession and walked to St . Cnthbert ' a Church , whoro three memorial windows were unveiled . The windows have been

subscribed for by the Sunday schools ancl parishioners in memory of the late Vicar , Bro . fcho Rev . W . H . Tarleton P . P . G . Chaplain . The Officers of the Provincial Giand Lodge who accompanied Lord Leigh were Bros . J . T . Collins Deputy Provincial Grand Master , G . H . Booker Asst . B . C ., Mears S . B ., J . R . Jackson D . C , F . H . Reoco G . O .,

G . Beech G . S ., J . W . Matthews Asst Secretary , W . H . Wood G . P ., VV . E . Fowkea Asst . G . P ., and W . E . Mewis G . Steward There wero also present several Past Officers of Grand Lodge and members . Iu the course of the service Lord Leigh unveiled fche windows , which are situated in the Chancel , and consists of three lights each , with a

single figure in each light , the pedestals and canopies , in tho perpendicular style , being in keeping with tho architectural features of tho church . The subjects treated are Abraham , Moses , Elijah , John the Baptist , Oar Lord Jesus Christ , Sfc . Peter , Sfc . Paul , Sfc . Andrew , and

St . John . In the tracery of the centre window are Masonio emblems , and tho other traceries are treated in gresaille . The colouring is rich , bufc chaste ; the draperies are remarkable free and flowing , and the treatment of the whole ia broad and effective . Messrs . W . Pearce

and Company , of Bridge-street , Birmingham , executed the work , from the designs of their superintendent , Mr . Thomas Stacy . The whole chancel has been much improved , the walls have been stencilled a neat occlesiastial pattern , and the iron lights replaced by brass standards , by Mr . G . Hadloy , Mounment-road . Tho service afc tho

church was conducted by the vicar ( the Rev . Dr . McCann ) , Canon Bowlby , aud the Rev . T . W . Peart . In the course of a short sermon , based on 1 Corinthians x . 31 , the Vicar said the windows were more than the expression of living memories—thoy wero that of unforgofcten services rendered by one whose whole sympathy and

lovo were in the oharch he founded . At a subsequent meeting of the Prov . G . Lodge , on the motion of Lord Leigh , a sum of 10 guineas was voted from tho funds to the Sunday Schools . Luncheon waa afterwards served in fche school , and presided over by Lord Leigh . Amongst those present were the Revds . Dr . McCann , A . 11 . Vardy ,

W . B . Wilkinson , and T . W . Peart •Messrs . G . Beech , W . F . Tolladay , J . Bowen , and others . Apologies were announced from Viscountess Newport , the Marquis of Hertford , Lord Ernest Seymour , Mr . Dixon , M . P ., Mr . Jaft ' ray , Mr . Commissioner Philbriek , tho Mayor ( Alderman Barrow ) , the Mayor of West Bromwich ( Councillor Heelis ) ,

and Aldermau Manton . After the Loyal toasts , the Eov . Dr McCann proposed Lord Leigh and the Provincial Graud Lodgo of Warwickshire . He said that his Lordship waa one of the most popular men in the country , aud whenever ho was asked to do a kindness ho did it kindly . Iu reply , Lord Leigh said that hia

presence there that day had been for him a source of great pleasure , nofc unmixed with pain . They all remembered the first vicar of that pariah , aud ho could only say that , aa Freemasons , they felfc ifc a great honour to bo permitted to unveil tho beautiful windows subscribed for by tho children aud parishioners . It was seventeen yi-ars

since ho ( Lord Leigh ) had tho pleasnro of laying Masonically tho first stone of that church , and he know how anxiously their lato Bro . Tarleton exerted himself to obtain funds to build the church . Thoy all folb deeply his Ions , and rejoiced lo find that Bro ,

Toiladay had worked so excellently to get up thafc meeting , to which ho had asked tho attend mco of tho Prov . Graud Lodge . Tho Rov A . It . Vardy , iu proposing success to Sfc . Cnthbost ' fj Sunday Schools , said he kuow the late vio . u * as a pupil ab King Edward ' s School , and tnstifiod to tho earnestness of his work on bohalf of the

school and in the pariah . The labour of tho Sunday Schools was very important . Tuoro was a time when iu all schools religious instruction formed part of tho work . Lie regretted very much the changes whioh had recently taken place , and which had banished to a great extent Bitde-teaohing from tho

ordinary schoolroom . That only made the work and function of tho Sunday schools moro important , aud if the young generation wore to ho trained aright thay must be trained iu tho knowledge and fear of God . That work was being done most efficiently iu tbat parish in the large Sunday schools connected with

the Church . The erection of those windows was a striking illustration of the valuo the children placed on the services of the late vicar . It was a unique event that school-children should , by their scanty means , raise so noble and enduring a monument to one who

worked for thorn . Tho Rev . T . W . Pi-art responded on bohalf of Mrs . Peart , superintendent of tho Girls' Sunday School . A vote of thinks was passed to Mr . W . F . Tollsiday , for the excellent manner in which ho had carried out the arrangements . Several other toasts were proposed .

Afc a recent meeting of Lodgo Canterbury , 1018 , G . O , hoij in tho Sfc . Augustine LLtil , Christchnrch , a motion allirruing fche desirabilit y of CdUblLhiug a United Grand Lod ge m New Zealand was carried b y a substantial majorit y .

Iho Shaftesbury re-opens , on tho * i 7 th inat ., with a now and ori ginal four act play of Modern English lit ' . ; , luititlod "Tlio Middle . Mian , " by Henry Arthur Jonrr-. Mr . ft . S . Willnrd will Im --Mppor ' od b y Messrs . Mackintosh and ft . W . ( Inrd' -n ; Minr * Maude Millet ! - , Miss Anuio * Hughes , Mrs . E . 11 . Brooko , aud Mis-i Agnca Verity .

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

iU * DERWENT LODGE , No . 282 . ON Wednesday , tho 7 th insfc ., tho annual meeting of thia Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Portland-square , Workington . Thero wore present : —Bros . Isaac Dickinson S . W ., Joseph Eden I . P . M ., John Paterson Treasurer , G . B . M'Kay Secretary , Joseph Harding S . D ., Josiah Purser J . D ., J . Howioson I . G ., William Whitehead Tyler , E . Loach , G . H . Smith , James Jolley , John Warwick , & c .

The Lodge was opened by Bro . Joseph Eden , after which Bro . Paterson took tho chair , and with tho assistance of Bro . Eden installed Bro . Dickinson S . W . as tho W . M . for the ensuing year . The W . M . afterwards invested the following brethren with collars of otlice : — Bros . Rev . E . M . Rice I . P . M ., G . P . M'Kay S . W ., J . Harding J . W .,

J . Paterson Treasurer , Rev . E . M . Rico Chaplain , J . Warwick Secretary , A . Ashmore M . O ., J . Purser S . O ., J . Howioson J . O . E . Loach S . D ., J . Jolley J . D ., S . Bethell I . G ., J . Cooper Organist ; , D . Simona Director of Ceremonies , G . H . S . Smith Rog . of Marks . VV .

Whitehead Tyler . Hearty good wishes were expressed for the newly installed W . M . from tho Provincial Grand Lodgo . Upon fche Lodgo being closed , the brethren , at tho W . M . ' s invitation , partook of a banquet , which was provided at fche Green Dragon Hotel , by Brother aud Mrs . Howieson . Tho W . M ., Bro . Dickinson , presided .

An Edict Against The Cerneau Scottish Rite.

AN EDICT AGAINST THE CERNEAU SCOTTISH RITE .

Washington , 28 fch July . rpiIE controversy whioh has boon general among the Masonic J- Fraternity throughout tho country respecting fche Cernean Scottish rite has culminated bore in the issue of an edict by Harrison Dingman , Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons of the District of Columbia , under date of 25 th July , pronouncing tbe Cerneau organisation clandestine and warning all membera of tbat

rite that they are liable to discipline from tho Graud Lodge unless they at once withdraw from said Cerneau body . The main reason for tho edict , aside from other questions arising iu tho Scottish Itito controversy , ia stated to bo thafc the Cernean

organization haa established relations ot amity and Masonio correspondence with tho Grand Orient of Franco , the governing body of Masons in that country , which is under tho ban of at least every English speaking Grand Lodgo in the world , because the Graud Orient haa stricken the name of God from ita

rituals . The Grand Lodgo of this country , it is said , have au additional grievance ag uuat the Grand Orient of France because the latter persists in recognising the negro Grand Lodge of tho United States . Grand Master Dingmau ' s edict directs that all

visitors to the Lodges in tho distiict of Columbia shall be required to state before admission that thoy are not members of tho Cerneau organisation . Tho meeting of the Cerneau organisation iu any Masonic hall ia a * so prohibited .

Fruit Of The American Masonic Anti Cerneau Mania.

FRUIT OF THE AMERICAN MASONIC ANTI CERNEAU MANIA .

Cedar llipid . - , IA ., "dUt ' i July . AN action was begun yesterday in tho district court at Marion that will siarblo Masonic circles moro thin anything oh-o perhaps of lit" years . Judtfo Pp'sfcoii , on Iho petition of Grand Officers of tho Iowa Consistory of that , branch of Scottish Rife M iso-try ominonly known as the Cerneau , ordered a temporary injunction against

tiio Grand Lodge of Iowa Anoieufc t'roo and Accepted Masons , restraining them from putting into efLofc tho legislation of the last Hussion of the Grand Lodsre , referring fco fcho Cerneau bodies and which commanded Master Masons to l « avo tho Consistory of Iowa of that Itito , nnder punishment of expulsion . Tho petition states that

ns the body represented by the plaintiffs does not confer the bine Lodge degrees and the Grand Lodge or its subordinate Lodges do not confer tho 20 higher degrees , tho Graud Lodge has no jurisdiction whatever , and its action ia illegal , arbitrary , oppressive , pros' -riptive of their individual consciences and Masonic relaMons , and hurtful to

their standing as good ancl roputnblo citizens . This is the first timo a Masonic body h-ts appealed to the state conns , and the action of the Supreme Court to which it will finally go will be a precedent for other States . The time for hearing the arguments for a perpetual injunction will be in tho 0 tobor term of court at Marion . Boston [ Massachusetts ] Advertiser , 30 th July 1839 .

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