Berkshire.

installing him into office that day , and for the handsome things he had been good enough to say with regard to himself . In conclusion , let him say it would be his pride and pleasure to do his best to serve them in that Province of Berkshire , with which he had so many friendly and even affectionate ties , as far as his health and strength would

permit . The health of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro J . T . Morland was also drunk with the utmost cordiality .

Cumberland And Westmorland.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND .

THE Provincial Grand Lodge met at Cockermouth on Friday , 7 th inst ., Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinek , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master presiding over a large representation of the Province . The new Provincial Grand Officers were appointed as follow : —

Bros . S . Spencer Broadbent - - - Senior Warden John Boper - - - - Junior Warden Bev . Canon Bawnsley - - - - j ch lalns Bev . Joshua Tyson - - - J B . J . Nelson .... Treasurer W . W . B . Sewell - Eegistrar George Dalrymple ... - Secretary

Thomas H . Winder - - - Senior Deacon James Winder ... - Junior Deacon William Leek - Superintendent of Works J . Dixon ----- Director of Ceremonies Solomon Hinde - Assistant Dir . of Cers . Serg .-Major Lockyer ... Sword Bearer Jordan Ashworth .... I standard _

BearQs Wilson Bawes - - - - ) W . H . Hoodless ... - Organist John Kasser - Assistant Secretary John Morton .... Pursuivant James W . Scott .... Assistant Pursuivant W . Pogson - - - - - \ J . E . Dowie .... BMonkhouse - - -

. - James E . Singleton - - - ^ Stewards H . Slade Wilson - . - W . Hannah .... John C . Hellon - - - - Tyler .

The Provincial Grand Master stated that the voting power of the Province was now the greatest it had ever been . The sermon was preached in All Saints' Church by the Provincial Grand Chaplain the Rev . G . B . Armes , of Cleator . — " Yorkshire Daily Post . "

West Yorkshire.

WEST YORKSHIRE .

AT the invitation of Truth Lodge , No . 521 , the halfyearly meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge was held at the Town Hall , Huddersfleld , on Wednesday afternoon of last week . The Right Hon . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master presided , and he was supported by Bro . J . C . Malcolm Deputy Prov . Grand Master .

There was a large attendance of past Provincial Grand Officers and Brethren from all parts of the Province , only six Lodges being unrepresented . Truth Lodge having been opened b y the W , M . Bro . J . Pyrah , the Prov . Grand Master , accompanied b y the present and past Officers , entered and opened Provincial Grand Lodge .

The Prov . Grand Master , in his address , thanked the Mayor of Hudderfield ( Bro . Jessop ) for having placed the Town Hall at their service , and the members of the Truth Lodge for the arrangements they had made . He added that Huddersfleld was an interesting place Masonically , for in no

other part of the Province had the work been carried on with greater zeal , order , and regularity , or had generosity and hospitality been more marked . This was the twelfth time in twenty-five years that Provincial Grand Lodge had met in the town of Huddersfleld . It formerly held the proud position of being the headquarters of the Province , and had

the honour of initiating into Masonry the Marquis of Ripon , who was formerly Grand Master of West Yorkshire , and eventually Grand Master of England . For reasons which Lord Ripon felt to be overpowering he left Masonry , but many other distinguished members of the Order had hailed

from that town . Referring to the Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , the Prov . Grand Master recalled the fact that the occasion was a record one . The Brethren contributed the handsome sum of £ 134 , ; if any

doubt existed as to what the Brethren did for those in need he thought that amount was a sufficient answer . Towards that sum West Yorkshire had contributed £ 6 , 100 , the largest amount contributed by any single Province to any single

West Yorkshire.

Charity . The previous record was £ 6 , 025 , contributed by West Yorkshire some years previously to the same Institution . The contribution of the West Yorkshire Brethren had largely increased the voting power of the Province , which stood far ahead at the elections , as the result of many years' careful

work . Dealing with the recent purchase of property in Leeds for a Masonic Hall and Provincial offices , by Bros . R . Wilson andT . Winn , he remarked that the Provincial Grand Lodge was under no liability with respect to it . He thought it was

possible to frame a scheme by which , while endeavouring to make the enterprise self-supporting , the Province should be free from responsibility except so far as the tenancy of the offices was concerned .

Bro . W . C . Lupton Chairman of the Charity Committee said he was in an exceedingly proud position as Chairman of the Charity Committee to be able to record the munificent sum which had been contributed by the Province to the Boys School . The whole of the £ 6 , 100 had been paid , with

the exception of about £ 130 . During the half-year one boy had been elected , one old man had been presented under the George Heaton presentation , and two men and three

women had been elected to the Institutions in London . He advocated the claims of the West Yorkshire Benevolent Fund , and said that many cases would come upon it in the no distant future .

Bro . A . H . J . Fletcher read the report of the Provincial Masonic Hall and Offices Committee , which stated that Bros . Richard Wilson and Thomas Winn had purchased the freehold estate in Park Lane , Park Street , and Oxford Street , Leeds , containing 1 397 square yards , for £ 10 , 000 .

, Bro . R . Wilson remarked that considerable difficulty was experienced in obtaining suitable property for the purposes of a Masonic Hall , for directly it was known that the Masons were on the look-out for a site the price of

property was raised . Bro . T . Winn said that the site , was admirabl y adapted for the purpose . Being near the railway stations , the Provincial Offices would be conveniently situated for Brethren from all parts of the Province .

The Deputy Provincial Grand Master moved that the report be adopted as the transaction of Provincial Grand Lodge , and that the Committee named in it , with power to add to their number , be the Committee , with liberty to propound a scheme .

The Mayor of Huddersfleld Brother W . H . Jessop P . Prov . G . D . seconded the motion , which was carried . The proceedings then terminated .

The Fifteen Sections.

THE FIFTEEN SECTIONS .

npHE Sections of the second and third Lectures will be worked I on Wednesday next , 26 th inst ., at the New Concord Lodge of Instruction , No . 813 , at the Farleigh Hotel , Amhurst Eoad , Stoke Newington . Bro . H . G . Gush P . M . 1541 Preceptor will act as W . M ., witb J . A . Powell 186 Treasurer as S . VV ., J . Anley J . W . 177 as J . W ., and T . Matthews 1585 Secretary . The following will take the different Sections :

Second Lecture : —Bros . Jacob 203 , Walkden P . M . 13 C 6 , Peters P . M 1227 , Powell 186 , Stallard P . M . 1 G 13 . Third Lecture r—Bros . Jeanes I . G . 548 , Anley J . W . 177 , Bray W . M . 1227

A pleasing event took place at this year's annual meeting of the Minerva Lodge , at Birkenhead , when Brother John Armstrong Prov . J . G . W . installed his son Bro . Edward Whitworth Armstrong as Master .

At the monthly meeting of the Rural Philanthropic Lodge , No . 291 , a formal presentation was made—for exhibition in the Lodge Room—of a handsome and costly

carved oak frame , containing the photos of the Past Masters , this being the gift of Bros . A . E . Burnett P . M . and H . Cox S . W . The gift was accepted on behalf of the Lodge by the W . M . Bro . F . W . Bishop .

At a meeting of the Walker Lodge , No . 1342 , on the 12 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Pilgrim Street , Newcastle , the Worshipful Master Bro . Alfred Cooper was presented with a very handsome timepiece , from the Brethren , on the

occasion of his marriage . Bro . Chard S . W . made the presentation in felicitous terms , and the Worshipful Master suitably responded . There were a large number of the members present .