Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

viding tbe inmates of the Asylnm at Croydon with coal during the winter months . It is also desirous of thanking , as it does most cordially , the honorary surgeons of the Institution , Henry John Strong , Esq ., M . D ., and E . Percy Middlemisfc , Esq ., for their kind and unremitting

attention to those of the annuitants , whether residents or non . residents , who have been unfortunately compelled to seek their medical advice and assistance . It is with the deepest regret that the Committee draws attention to the great loss sustained by the Institution throngh the unexpected

death in March last of Edgar Bowyer , Esq ., Past Grand Standard Bearer of England , and Patron , Treasurer and Trustee of this Institution . Ho was one of its most generous benefactors , besides being a most efficient Officer , and the Governors and Subscribers , like the Committee of Management , will probably derive some consolation in

the midst of their sorrow from the knowledge that his last official Masonic act was to preside at the final meeting of the Board of Stewards for the recent Festival . The Committee has to report thafc the building at Croydon will need this year the usual cleansing and reparation , which all such

buildings require , in order to preserve it in a sound condition . The audited Statement of Account for the year ended 3 lsfc March 1888 is appended . It has been compiled with the utmost care , and

has undergone a rigorous examination by the Audit Committee before being finally approved and passed , and the Committee of Management is confident the Governors and Subscribers , on inspecting it , will find the funds of the Institution havo been administered with a

due regard to economy . Iu conclusion , the Committee desires to express ifcs earnest hope that the efforts of the general body of English Freemasons in supporting this valuable Institution will be as successful in the future as they have been in the past . As waa remarked in the Report of

last year , it is inevitable there shonld be at all times a considerable number of brethren and widows of brethren in a condition of distress , more or less serious , which it is not in their own power to alleviate ,

and the Committee is firmly persuaded that there is no existing Masonic organisation which is able to cope so readily and efficaciously with all such cases as the Koyal Masonic Benevolent Institution . For this reason the Committee has every confidence that the earnest appeals whioh it is compelled to renew annually for the means to fulfil its work will always be responded to with a generous hand .

The ballot for annuitants was then proceeded with . A list of those who were successful will be found on page 312 of our present issue . We shall give further particulars of the day ' s proceedings next week .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Stirlingshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF STIRLINGSHIRE .

rpHE quarterly communication was beld on Tuesday , 24 th nit ., in _ L the Masonic Hall , Falkirk . In tho absence of Bro . tho Earl of Mar and Kellie , Bro . Georgo Christie P . G . D . M . occupied the chair . There was a fairly good attendance of brethren from neighbouring Lodges . The minutes of last quarterly commnnicatiou wore read and

approved of . Ihe treasurer ' s abstract st . temenfc of income and expenditure for past year was submitted . There being a few suggestions made as to arrears in dues , consideration of the statement was deferred until next quarterly commuuication . Lodge Carron , 139 , applied for permission to alter thoir place of meeting from

Grahamston to Lorno Hall , Falkirk , but the majority of tho brethren disapproved of the application . It was ultimately agreed that the matter lie over until next meeting , a recommendation at the same time being made that Lodge 139 in the interval look ont for suitable premises in Carron or the neighbourhood . The preponderance of

opinion , freely expressed , seemed to be that Lodge 139 could not be allowed to come to Falkirk , as their charter , granted in ]__ 31 , authorised their working in Grahamston until suitable premises could be procured in Carron district . The P . G . Lodgo was duly closed after a sitting of an hour .

The Great Pyramid And Freemasonry.

THE GREAT PYRAMID AND FREEMASONRY .

TN 1886 Mr . John Chapman P . P . G . D . ( of Devonshire ) delivered a J- lecture on this subject in the Grand Lodge -Room , Philadelphia , U . S . A . It has beeu admirably print -cl , in pamphlet form , and published , by request , copies being now on sale at 4 Bank Buildings Hastings , for the benefit of " Tho Devon Masonic Educational Fund . " The lecture , illustrated with coloured plates , by tho kind permission

of the Astronomer-Uoyjil for Scotland , is evidently the product of laborious study , and although it is spccioliy addressed to members ; of tho Masonic Order it has points of general interest to scientific students at large , and , indeed , to all who are interested in the facts connected with one of the wonders of the world . As an indication of

the line of thought taken by the author wo cannot do bettor than quote his own words . In his introductory remarks be says : — "In treating upon tho Great Pyramid and ifc .. inimitable masonry , we propose to deal with tho important truths ifc delineates , rather than with the links that connect it with the present system of speculative

Masonry , under whose " benign influence " we are so happily mat . Iu dealing , therefore , with the deductions that may be drawn from the proportions of this huge pile of masonry , it must bo distinctly understood tbat it is not our intention to try and proro thafc Freemasonry is inseparably connected with tho Grrafc Pyramid . If , however , ifc is

thafc the sabred truths it teaches have been inspired by " The Great Architect of the Universe , " and thai , tho architect of the Great Pyramid has tabulated those eternal truths in a Masonic form in this unique building , then the inference is that it is left for us to apply the connection thafc exists between fche two . "—Hastmis Times .

Royal Arch Masonry.

ROYAL ARCH MASONRY .

PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF N . AND E . YORKSHIRE .

A PROVINCIAL Grand Chapter and general communi-**¦*•cation of Royal Arch Masons of the Province of North and East Yorkshire was held on Wednesday , 9 th inst . ( on the invitation of the Old Globe and Denison Chapters , Nos . 200 and 1248 ) , in the Masonic Hall ,

Scarborough . Companion the Earl of Zetland was present , and there was a large attendance . A draft of the revised byelaws for the Provincial Grand Chapter was adopted , after whioh officers were appointed and elected for the ensuing year , and other business transacted . The Companions afterwards lunched at the Royal Hotel .

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THB installation meeting was held afc fche Koyal Forest Hotel , - Chingford , on Friday , 4 th inst . It was resolved that the sincere sympathy of the Companions be given to Comp . Adlard , on the irreparable loss ho had sustained on the death of his wife . The sum of five guineas was voted to the Royal Masonio Institution for Girls . The Comps . then proceeded to elect the Officers for the ensuing year ,

as follow : —Comps . Imbert Terry M . E . Z ., Page H ., Dr . Wiles J ., Cooper P . A . G . S . S . E . ( 19 th year ) , Eev . N . Bromley S . N ., Baron P . G . S . B . Treasurer ( 22 nd year ) , Quennell P . S ., Hobson 1 st Asst . Soj ., Dr . Gayton 2 nd Asst . Soj ., Very Janitor . The Principals having been installed , the M . E . Z . invested the Officers . The Companions then adjourned .

Mare Masonry. St. Anne's Lodge, No. 357.

MARE MASONRY . ST . ANNE'S LODGE , No . 357 .

THE annual meeting was held on Tnesday , Sth inst ,, afc the Masonic Hall , East Looe , to instal Bro . John Hill S . W . as Worshipful Master for the year ensuing . The ceremony was impressively rendered by Bro . J . Doney the retiring VV . M . The Officers wero invested , as follow : —Bros . Doney I . P . M ., Shapcott S . W ., Cook J . W ., Hunter M . O ., Lillicrapp S . O ., Maddock J . O ., Olver Treasurer ,

Trehane Reg . of Marks , Henwood P . M . Secretary , Shapcott S . D ., Congdon J . D ., Cook I . G ., Walters Dir . of Cers ., Hocken Asst . Dir . of Cers ., Edgcumbe S . Sfcwd ., Streather J . Stwd ., Oliver Tyler . Afc the close of the meeting tho brethren adjonrned to Bro . Cook ' s , Ship Hotel , whero an excellent dinner was provided .

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rpHIS Lodge held its installation meeting at tho White Hart Hotel , JL Brentwood , on Thursday , 10 . h inst ., when there were present Bros . Philbrick , Q . C ., WM . , Cooper S . W ., Imbert Terry J . W ., Binckes G . Secretary . Visitors — Bros . Ramaay , Page , Landon , Eirle , Quennell , Cowcll , Missen , Wills , Meggy , Hasten ( Bon Accord Lodge ) . Bro . Binckes took the chair , and in his usual faultless manner

installed Bro . Cooper as W . M . for the ensuing year . The following were appointed Officers : —Imbert Terry S . W ., Ramsay J . W ., Graves M . O ., Page S . O ., Earlo J . O , Landon Secretary , Quennell Reg . of Marks , Goodo S . D ., Morant J . D ., Wallis Organist and D . of C , Cowell I . G ., Mallett Tyler . The brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . ARTHUR F . ROBERTS P . M . P . Prov . G . A . D . C . Middlesex .

WE regret to have to record the death of the above wellknown brother , after a brief but severe illness , on the 10 th inst ., at the age of 49 . Bro . Roberts was initiated in Tho Gnat City Lodge , No . 1426 , in January 1876 ,

and subsequently joined the Suburban Lodge , No . 1702 , in which he obtained tho rank of Past Mnster , and was honoured by appointment a _ Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies in the Province of Middlesex . His interment

took place at Lee Cemetery , on the 10 th inst ., and was attended by numerous brethren , amongst Avhom were Bros . J . Stevens P . M . representing The Great City

Lodge , W . T . Buck P . M . 1792 , P . Prov . G . Snpt . Works ., representing his Lodgo ancl Province , R . W . Bilby , P . M . 615 , Nelson Reid P . M ., G . W . Strawson P . M ., and members of sundry other Lodges .

'lor . LOW . ti" s Pr . r . s . —Health ' s Fountain . —It cannot surely bo necessary to remind any in i .-llijruut reader tha . the purity of the blood determine :- , every perso ; . ' .- .. health and vigour . Hollov > .. y ' s medicine , searches out tho slightest tftinfc in tlio vital fluid , and ncatmli .-vj-j or expels ! if , so that the circulation suppoits the system in place of sowing the seeds of decay . When epidemic *

fire advancing , : i . ncl disease is steadily ( in the increase , it , behoves every one to have a . restorative , like these Pills , ready to set riiiht auy irregularity in stomach , live ; , bowels , or kidneys . Holioivay ' s treatment " is especially suitable fur the yoiiuir , delicate and nervoua , who are most susceptible of auy prevailing sickness , aud whom violent measures v / ouJd endanger little less than the epidemic .