Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

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THE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Chapter was held on Wednesday , 13 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Cambridge , under the presidency of Colonel R . Townley Caldwell Provincial Superintendent , who appointed and invested the following Assistant Officers for the year : Comp . 0 . Papworth 88 - - - H .

W . G . Bell 859 ... J . W . H . Jarrold 88 S . E . F . Dewbery 441 - - . S . N . A . E . Chaplin 88 - - - Treasurer J . R . Clark 809 Registrar

G . F . Rogers 859 - - Principal Sojourner J . Royston 441 - First Assistant Sojourner C . H . Banham 88 Second Assist . Sojourner R . P . F . W . Simpson 859 - - Sword Bearer

J . R . Bambndge 809 - - - Standard Bearer F . W . Potts 441 - - - Director of Ceremonies A . W . Aldrich 88 Organist C . H . Ellis 859 ... Janitor .

o o , o St . MARTIN CHAPTER , No . 510 . . THE annual assembly was held on Tuesday , the 12 th inst ., at Liskeard . The Principals installed were S . Trohane Z ., R . H . Williams H ., and

W . H . Huddy J . Tne * Chapter has for some time been increasing in membership , and the position now attained has given much satisfaction to the Companions . After business , the annual banquet was admirably served by Comp . J . Cleave at the Stag Hotel .

u u o ST . HELEN CHAPTER , No . 531 . THE annual convocation was held at the Masonic Hall , Regent Square , Hartlepool , on Thursday , 14 th inst . Comps . R . Hudson P . G . St . B . Eng . P . G . S . E ., T . J . Johnson P . P . G . P . S . H ., and C . T . Watson J . were tho

presiding Principals . The Principals for the ensuing year , namely : —T . J . Johnson Z ., C . T . Watson H ' ., T . Richardson J . were installed by Comp . Hudson , who is one of the founders , and . was first Principal of the Chapter at its consecration in mm

The Prinoipal expressed the thanks of the Chapter to Comp . Hudson for his services' as Installing Principal . The annual banquet was afterwards held at the King's Head Hotel . o o o

MAEK MASONRY .

METHAM LODGE , No . 96 . THE annual meeting was held at Plympton , when Bro . R . Hambly S . W . was installed hy Bro . J . R . Lord P . M . 50 P . P . G . J . W . At the close of tho meeting the Brethren adjourned to the George Hotel , where an excellent supper was prepared .

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CANDIDATES FOR THE INSTITUTIONS . Announcements are inserted under this head at the rate of five shillings per inch , to appear each week from the time the ballot papers are issued up to the day of election , for cash with order . BOYS SCHOOL Your Votes and Interest are earnestly solicited on behalf of FREDERICK SAMUEL LANG ( Aged 10 ) 1 Second Application . Son of the late Frederick Alexander Giles Woolgar Lang , Master Tailor , of 114 Seven Sisters Road , Holloway , N ., who was initiated in the New Finsbury Park Lodge , No . 1695 , on the 17 th October 1882 , and was a subscribing member to the time of his death , October 1890 . Votes will be thankfully received b y Bros . T . G . Hodges , E . T . Mackrill , C . W . Allen ; and Mrs . F . Lang , 8 Bird Street , Oxford Street , London , W .

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GIRLS SCHOOL . ETHEL BRANDON STANFORD , Daughter of the late Edwin Ernest Stanford Past Master of the Paxton Lodge , No . 1686 , and Member of the Lodge of Union , No . 166 ; aged 7 j , earnestly desires your vote and interest for the above Election . Her father died suddenly at the early age of 36 , leaving a Widow and Three Children unprovided for .

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BENEVOLENT IN STI 1 UTION . Your Votes and Interest are earnestly solicited on behalf of BRO . THOMAS SAMUEL STOCKMAN , Who was born on 16 th May 1826 , and who has been a paying member for twenty-three years to True Love and Unity Lodge , No . 24 a , Brixham , Devon . Bro . Stockman has been confined to his bed with influenza and acute bronchitis for near a fortnight ; his wife also for two months ; previous to which he has earned very little—a mere pittance—by night watching , to which may be attributed his present illness .

Freemasonry In Quebec.

FREEMASONRY IN QUEBEC .

THE Most Worshipful Grand Master of Quebec , in delivering his annual address at the meeting on 30 th January last , referred to the fact that this was the : 45 th annual Communication , the Grand Lodge having been organised on 20 th October 1869 . He continued : It is an epoch in our history which encourages to retrospection aud comparison . It cannot be doubted that when

the gavel sounded the birth of this Grand Lodge there was no little uncertainty as to those who would become its adherents in this province , or as to the nature and probable success of its struggle for supremacy . Trie only thing absolutely certain was , that a position had to be conquered , and , so to speak , with raw troops

and with no immediate resources , at least such as would disturb the serenity of the Grand Treasurer . Tracing forward , the change is highly gratifying and fully justifies the course then taken . We have fraternal relation with more than fifty Grand Lodges ; our supremacy is secure ; our charitable funds are

considerable ; our revenue for Craft work is ample ; our aid to distressed Brethren is adequate ; our numbers have more than doubled despite well-known and deplorable drawbacks here and there over the province ; wherever a Lodge is located are well furnished and equipped Lodge Rooms and Masonic Halls , and

now , our beautiful Temple , shortly to be occupied by the city Lodges and kindred Masonic organisations . Nor should we ignore as assets our twenty-four volumes of Grand Lodge proceedings and our own Masonic history . The subordinate Lodges in this province were widely scattered , with small

membership , when this Grand Lodge was formed . The opportunity to gain experience in so large , a body as our Mother Grand Lodge were not commensurate with the zeal , laudable ambition and capacity of those entitled to sit therein who

promoted our organisation . We all realise the stimulus which comes from responsibility , as well as the value of the experience gained in official work , and the incentive to study methods of Craft Government while gaining that experience .

Deprived of those opportunities , a condition of indifference is likely to result . Such a condition existed in this pr 0 virice „ in Craft circles when our Grand Lodge was organised . Such a condition does not exist to-day , and this result is fairly due to the creation of this Grand Lodge , and the opportunities thereby

afforded to young Craftsmen to become habituated to Craft Government . Recognising this advance in Craft matters , and the causes to which it is due , let us not , in our felicitations proper to the occasion , forget those distinguished and zealous Brethren , who , little more than twenty-five years ago " builded

better than they knew , " when they risked so much to found this Grand Lodge . Probably less than a score of them are with us here to-day . Let us , then , with due Fraternal respect , cherish and honour that Remnant of the old guard—thankful beyond measure that their whims are few and their virtues many . In

view of the occasion and the merits of the distinguished Brother , I directed the Grand Secretary to send , on the anniversary of our natal day , a congratulatory letter to our first Grand Master , M . W . Bro . J . H . Graham , LL . D . —to whose ability , courage and untiring efforts our success was so largely due—from whom a fitting Fraternal acknowledgment was received .

Speaking on foreign relations , the Grand Master said : Our desire for harmonious Fraternal relations with other Grand

Lodges has had two drawbacks during the past year—one apparently of a slight , temporary character , and the other of long standing and of a more serious nature—both of which are subjects for your present consideration . About a year ago an alleged Masonic Lodge was started by a few foreigners in this

city , claiming to have a warrant from some Grand body in Spain . Its adherents were said to be engaged in hawking and peddling through the country . No satisfaction was had from correspondence with the Grand Lodge of Spain , and to prevent deception as to their Fraternal standing a proclamation was issued declaring

the bogus Lodge clandestine and illegal and forbidding intercourse with its members . As to the state of affairs between this Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of England , due to the continuance of the three English Lodges in this city , it may be characterised as harmony on suffrance . I have received no communication

from the distinguished Brother , who , at his own suggestion , was named mediator as to the progress made . I hesitate to express an opinion at this time , as to the vigour necessary to prosecute mediation in such cases . It is now about six years since it began , and " no results" has been the annual announcement at each

subsequent communication . The position is serenely peaceful , but scarcely dignified or consistent with self-respect . An eminent Masonic authority in the U . S . quite recently wrote : " Grand Lodge sovereignty cannot be recognised if there is rebellion in its jurisdiction against it , for then the . Grand Lodge lacks the chief

element of its character , supremacy . That appears to be the established rule , on this continent at least . It is for the Grand Lodge to decide as to action in this important matter . " Reieience was made to the action of the Grand Lodges of Iowa , Kentucky and Wyoming abolishing the system of Grand