Provincial Grand Lodge Of Wiltshire.

tion worthy of consideration . Now eduoation had been brought home to every one by the State , it became to his mind a subject of serious moment , and ono deserving the best attention of Masons , whether from the large fnnda at their disposal they might not do more to foster a higher education , and advance the cause of science to a greater extent than thev had done , and thus endeavour to walk in the

ways of the great originator of our Order . Funds wero often wasted by distribution in small sums without producing any great result , wbereas added together they might perhaps enable us to give a helping hand to enable fome ono individual—perhaps in a very humble position , but one who only wanted help—to rise to a foremost placo in the higher branches of knowledge .

Some of our greatest men , somo of those who hnd done most ; for England's greatness , had begun life in very lowly circumstances ; they had struggled , they had persevered through difficulties , and had at last attained to prominence and eminence aliko creditable to their nation and to themselves . Might we not have the power of helping euch as these in their early struggles . Now , if a boy at school shows

great talent , and we could give him an exhibition of £ 60 or £ 70 a-year for two or three years , what a chance it wonld give him not only for his own advantage , bnt for elevating Masonry in the view of the whole world , by showing that it is a body which by its noblo acts fosters science , and thereby does good service to the country ; for science ho believed was at the bottom of our success as a nation . If tho

Committeo that day appointed could , amongst other things , show them the way to devote some of their funds in the direction indicated , he believed it wonld be well received and bo of great benefit . We should thus be building bridges which wonld unite one class of the community with the other , and should be doing onr best to perpetuate the wisdom of the great founder of our Order . The D . P . G . M . then

proposed the health of the R . W . the P . G . M . Lord Methuen . Bro . E . T . Payne P . G . D . England , P . S . G . W . Wilts , proposed the health of the Worshipfnl Bro . Lord H . F . Thynno P . G . W . Eng . and P . G . E . A . Superintendent Wilts , to which his Lordship briefly responded . Bro . Gen . Doherty P . S . G . W . Wilts gavo the health of the other Provincial Grand Officers Past and Present , and this was responded to

by Bro . F . H . Goldney P . S . G . W . and Bro . Walter Long P . J . G . W . Bro . W . Long then proposed the Visiting Brethren , many of whom , of distinguished eminence , he was pleased to see amongst them . He coupled with that toast the names of the V . W . Bro . Capt . Homfray D . P . G . M . Monmouth , Eev . J . A . Lloyd P . G . C . Oxon , R . N . Howard P . G . Sec . Dorset , and R . M . Worlock P . G . Sec . Bristol . Capt .

Homfray , in replying , said it gave him great pleasure to come here to thank them and their Charity Committee on behalf of the Provinces of Monmouth and Bristol for tbe valnable aid given to their candidate at the last election , which secured her success . He was glad to testify , from personal experience in London at tbe elections for the Charities , to the excellent way in which those elections were worked on behalf of

his Province by the Secretary to the Committee , his excellent Brother William Nott , who by his exact calculations managed to secure the success of their candidates without any waste of votes . He felt that so loDg as the Provinces in the neighbourhood united together in the way they were now doing they wonld be enabled to secure their fair share of the benefits of the Charities . Afc the last election they had

been enabled to aid a London caudidate , thereby showing that the Provinces had no ill feeling towards the metropolis , and establishing a claim for reciprocity at some future time . He hoped that nothing would be done to weaken our three noble Institutions , and he felt sure that if there were any well founded complaints against them it was only necessary that representation should ba made to Grand

Lodge to ensure a reform . Bro . Howard and Bro . Worlock likewise returned thanks , the latter also expressing the gratitude of the Province of Bristol to the Wiltshire Charity Organisation Committee . Bro . the Rev . A . Headley proposed the toast of the Masonic Charities , dilating warmly on the excellencies and advantages thereof , and Btating that as Masons they were bound to respond to the constant

cry of " Give ! Give ! " which must proceed from those institutions BO long as the claims upon them were so much greater than they could meet , a 3 at present . Bro . William Nott , in responding , did so with very great pleasure , and was glad of the opportunity of expressing bis hope that nothing he had done with reference to a local Benevolent Fund would , in any way , interfere with these grand

Charities . Did he think so he would never for a moment support such a scheme ; but he believed that Charity , begun and developed at home , would expand and widen in such a way as to embrace within its scope aid to these greater institutions from quarters whence none was at present forthcoming . He thanked them on behalf of the Charities , and also for the support afforded him in his oapacity as

Steward for two of them , by which he was enabled to take np an aggregate sum of £ 500 . Bro . S . Gauntlett also thanked the brethren on behalf of the Charities , and for the support accorded to him as Steward . The D . P . G . M . proposed the health of the P . G . Sec . Bro . Henry C . Tombs , which was most warmly received . Bro . Tombs , in responding , said that it was a satisfaction to him that he had

occupied for the last eleven or twelve years the position of P . G . Sec , for it was an honourable one . He cheerfully performed the duties of the office , chiefly because he knew that Masonry was founded on high and religions principles . He knew of no other which recognises , as Masonry recognises , the Volume of the Sacred Law , the Book which should direct all our labours , and ever be borne in mind , and so tend

to elevate onr Order , and cause the outside world to acknowledge that there is something in onr meetings and services which tends to make ns better men and citizens . This idea should endear us to Freemasonry , and make ns strive to maintain its character . The toast of the " Wiltshire Lodges " and " the Tyler ' s " brought a most successful meeting to a close .

Bro . H . M . Levy P . M . 188 , well known to many o £ our readers , desires us to announce that he has removed from 24 Southampton-row to 7 Torrington-square , London , W . C .

Diary For The Week

DIARY FOR THE WEEK

We shall be obliged if the Secretaries of the various Lodges throughout the Kingdom will favour us with a list of their Days of Meeting , & n ., as we have decided to insert only those that are verified by the Officers of the several Lodges .

SATURDAY , 22 nd NOVEMBER .

Special Gen . Court , Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . Freemasons' HaU , afc 12 198—Percy , Jolly Farmers' Tavern , Sonthgate-road , N ., at 8 ( Instruction ) 1624—Eocleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , Pimlico , at 7 ( Instruction ) Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union , Air-street , Regent-street , W ., at 8 308—Prince George , Private Rooms , Bottoms . Eastwood 1464—Erasmus Wilson , Pier Hotel , Greenhitho

MONDAY , 24 th NOVEMBER

4—Royal Somerset , House and Inverness , Freemasons' Hall , W . C . -15—Strong Man , New Market Hotel , West Smithfleld , at 8 ( Instruction ) 171—Sincerity , Railway Tavern , London-street , E . C . at 7 ( Instruction ) ISO—St . James's Union , Union Tavern , Air-street , W ., at 8 ( Instruction ) 186—Industry , Bell , Carter-lane , Qoctors-cominons , B . C ., at 6 . 30 ( Inst . ! 518—Wellington , AVliite Swan , High-street , Deptford , at 8 ( Instruction ) 70-1—Camden , Red Cap , Camden Town , at 8 ( Instruction )

1306—St . John of Wapping , Gun Hotel , High-st ., Wapping , at 8 ( Instruction ) 1425—Hyde Park , The Westbonrno , Craven-rd ., Paddington , at 8 ( Instruction ) 1489—Marquess of Ripon , Pembury Tavern , Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , at 7 . 30 ( In . ) 1615—Bayard , Masonic Hall , 33 Golden-square 1623—West Smithfleld , New Market Hotel . King-st ., Snow-hill , at 8 ( Inst . ) 1625—Tredegar , Royal Hotel , Mile End-road , corner of Burdett-road ( Inst . ) 1632—Stuart , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell 1818—Clapbnm , Alexandra Hotel , Clapham Common

48—Industry . 34 Denmark-street , Gateshead 61—Probity , Freemasons' Hall , St . Johns-place , Halifax 62—Social , Queen ' s Hotel , Manchester . 148—Lights , Masonic Rooms , Warrington 261—Nelson of tho Nile , Freemasons' Hall , Batley 408—Throe Graces , Private Rooms , Haworth 467—Tudor , Red Lion Hotel , Oldham 613—Unity , Masonic Hall , Sonthport 721—Rnrhv- Mn * nn ! n ITnll T . i " irovnnnI of a fTnstrnetion )

820—Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . 30 ( Instruction ) 999—Robert Burns , Freemasons' HaU , Manchester 1177—Tenby , Royal Assembly Rooms , Tenby , Pembroke 14 tfl—Royal Military , Masonic Hall , Canterbury , at 8 . ( Instruction . ) 1542—legiolinzn , Masonic Hall , Carlfcon-strect , Castleford 1575—Clive , Corbet Arms . Market Drayton R . A . 241—Friendship , Masonic HaU , Liverpool R . A- 448—Regularity , Freemasons' Hall . St . John's-place , Halifax R . A . 827—St . John . Masonic Temple , Halifax-road , Dewsbury M . M . 146—Moore Masonic Rooms , Athenjeum , Lancaster

TUESDAY , 25 th NOVEMBER

14—Tuscan , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C . 65—Constitutional , Bedford Hotel , Southampton-bklgs ., Holborn , at 7 ( Inst . ) « 5—Prosperity , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall-street , E . C , at 7 ( Instruction ) 92—Moira , Criterion , Piccadilly , W . 141—Faith , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , E . C . 145—Prudent Brethren , Freemasons' Hall , W . C 177—Domatic , Surrey Masonic Hall . Cambonvoll , at 7 . 30 ( Instruction ) 186-Indnstry , Freemason's Hall . W . C .

205—Israel , Cannon-street Hotel , E . C . 654—Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ( Instruction ) 753—Prince Frederick William , Lord's Hotol , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ( Inst . ) 860—Dalhousie . Sisters' Tavern , PownaU-road , Dalston , at 8 ( instruction ) 1011-Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hotel , St . Ann ' s-hill , Wandsworth ( Inst . ) lina—Urban , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's Gat-, Clerkenwnll , E . C 1319—Friars , Liverpool Arms , farming Town , at 7 . 30 ( Instruction ) 1300—11 oval Arthur . Prinno's Head , Battersca Tark , at 8 ( Instruction ) 14 H—Iw , Surrey . Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . F ..

1116—Mount Krtgcurabe , 19 Jcrmyn-street , S . W ., at 8 ( Instruction ) 1171—iHlintrtriTi . Three Bucks , 23 Gresham-street , E . C , at 7 ( Instruction ) 1472—Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 ( Instruction ) 1507—Metropolitan , Moorgate Station Restaurant , Moorgatc-st ., at 7 . 30 ( Inst . ) 1558—D . Connaught , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , Camberwell , at 8 ( In . ) 1002—Sir Hugh M . yddolton , Crown and Woolpack , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at 8 ( In . ) 1707—Eleanor , Trocadero , Broad-strect-buildings , Liverpool-street , 6 . 30 ( Inst ) 1741—Royal Savoy , Ashley's Hotel , Covent Garden ( Installation ) Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement , Jamaica Coffee House , Cornhill , 6 . 30 .

24—Newcastle-on-Tyne , Freemasons' Hall , Graingcr-st ., Newcastle , 7 . 30 ( In 51—Angel , Three Cups Hotel , Colchester 117—Wynnstny , Raven Hotel , Shrewsbury , at 8 ( Instruction ) 126—Silent Temple , Cross Keys Inn , Burnley 211—Merchants , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 0 . 30 ( Instruction ) 253—Tyrian , Masonic Hall , Gower-street , Derby 299—Emulation , Bull Hotel , Dartford 310—Union , Freemasons' Hall , Castle-street , Carlisle

357—Apollo University . Masonic Hall , Oxford 373—Socrates , George Hotel , High-street , Huntingdon 403—Hertford , Town Hall , Hertford . 573—Perseverance , Shenstone Hotel , Hales Owen 024—Abbey , Masonic HaU , Union-street , Burton-on-Trent 779—Ferrers and Ivanhoe , Town Hall , Ashby-dc-la-Zouch 897—Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Helens , Lancashire 986—Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croston 1016—Elkington , Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham

1214—Scarborough , Scarborough Hall , Caledonia-road , Batley 1353—Torbay , Town HaU , Paignton 1560—Ellington , Bell Hotel , Maidenhead 1587—St . Giles , Royal Oak Hotel , Cheadle 1 B 09—Dramatic , Masonic Hall , Liverpool 1675—Antient Briton , Masonic HaU , Liverpool R . A . 158—Adam , Masonic Rooms , Victoria Hall , Trinity-road , Sheerncss R . A . 721—Grosvenor , Masonic-chambers , Eastgatc-row-north , Chester R . A . 1091—Temple , Masonic Hall , Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , 2 fith NOVEMBER

193—Confidence , Railway Tavern , London-street , at 7 ( Instruction ) 201—Jordan , Devonshire Arms . Devonshire-street , W ., at 8 ( Instruction ) 212—Euphrates , Masons Hall , Basinghall-street , E . C 228—United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Cvowndale-rd ., Carnuen-town , 8 ( In . ) 507—United Tilgrims , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E . 538—La Tolerance , Green Dragon , 2 Maddox-streot , W ., at 7 . 45 ( Inst . ) 791—Merchant Navy , Silver Tavern , Burdett-road , E . at 7 . 30 ( Instruction )

814—New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgato-road , N ., at 8 ( Instruction ) ¦ W 2—Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-conrt , Fleet-street , at ( Instruction ) 8 1185—Lewis , King ' s Arms Hotel , Wood Green , at 7 ( Instruction ) 1278—Burdett Coutts , Salmon and Ball , Bethnal Green-road , at 8 ( Inst . ) 1288—Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-road , Holloway , at 8 ( Instruction ) 1524—Duke of Connaught , Havelock , Albion Road , Dalston , at 8 ( Instruction ) 1708—Progress , Freemasons' Hall , W . C R . A . 177—Domatic , Union Tavern , Air-street , Regent-st ., at 8 ( Instruction ) 32—St . George , Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool 86—Loyalty , Masonic Hall , Prescot , Lancashire