Mark Masonry.

At the same time , we regret the loss of brethren who have been active workers amongst ns in West Yorks . Bro . Henry William Wrigley , P . M . Trnth Lodge , 137 , and Bro . William Beanland Spencer , S . W . Fearnley Lodge , 58 , have been summoned by the Great Overseer . Bro . Wrigley worked hard for Mark Masonry in Hnddersfield , aud

to his arduous and continnons labours I believe the Truth Lodge owes much to-day . Bro . Spencer I invested as one of my Provincial Officers in October of last year , and he waa one whom the brethren of Fearnley Lodge anticipated would ere long have ruled over them as their Worshi pful Master . Let me offer to the brethren of Truth

Lodge , 137 , and Fearnley Lodge , 58 , my deep sympathy with them in their respective loss , and may we hope thafc when oar brethren presented their several " Life work , " fchey received thafc approving mark of the Great Overseer of the Universe as fitted to dwell in that house uot made wifch hands " eternal in the Heavens . " Tu

distributing the various collars for the ensuing year , I have endeavoured to divide them , as far as possible , equally amongst fche nine Lodges in the Province . Ifc gives me very great pleasure to offer a collar to one who has been upwards of thirtv-two years a Mark Mason , one who has worked aud laboured hard for the welfare of Masonry , both

m England and also in India , and one to whom we , as a Province , owe a debt of gratitndo for that admirable address delivered at tho Consecration of Princo Leopold Lodge , No . 352 , at Ripon—I mean our Brother the Rev . Thomas Cartwright Sniythe , D . D . I trust this Provincial Grand Lodge will long have the benefit of his services ,

and I desire to assure Bro . Dr . Smytho of tho sincere sympathy of every member of this Prov . Grand Mark Lodge in his recent severe and irreparable loss . I am happy to report a gradual increase in the Order ; dnring 1883 there were eighteen new Lodges added to the roll , and , rather singular , a like nnmber in 1884 ; and up to the

commencement i f August in this year a farther thirteen . Tn our own Province , dnring the pnrit year , we have added one and resuscitated two , nnd tho whole of tho Lodges are now in working order , with gradually increasing lists of members , but a more detailed statement shall be published with the balance-sheet . At the same time I

cannot but regret that the Order is not so popular as in fche adjoining county of Lancashire , not that I am urging any rapid increase . I much prefer solidity to rapidity , and I have no doubt that when the principles on which our Order is founded are more generally known , it will be held in higher esteem . As Mark Masters our Order

points out to ns and teaches ns practical lessons . We are taught not to be discouraged by want of success . We as men and Masons may toil and labour , yet all seems of no avail . Our work does not meet with the approbation of our fellow citizens and brethren , and in the hour of sadness , when our motives are misconstrued , we are apt to exclaim

" Alas , alas , my labour is lost ! " But is it really so ? Remember those words of old , " Cast thy bread upon the waters , and thou shalfc find it after many days . " Even our own Order has had to undergo great difficulties : it has been rejected and still is rejected by many worth y Masons . The merits it possesses are to them unknown , yet

still we have signs that prejudice is melting away . Those who ordered it to " be cast away amongst the rnbbish as useless" are now holding out the hand of friendship . Then again our Order teaches ns encouragement ; your labours at present are of no avail , yefc still the time will come when they will be acknowledged . How many of our

Craft Lodges in tracing back their records find that to one or two brethren they owe fcheir present Lodge , and its position on the roll of Grand Lod « e of England . A Craft Lodge with which I am connected owes its existence to two worth y brethren who for a few years kept the Lodge entirely together , and when the

Lodge celebrates its centenary , now near at hand , the labours of those two worth y brethren will be duly appreciated and their names wil ] be honoured and perpetuated . They laboured under great difficulties ; we now reap the benefit of their labours . As Mark Masons let it be our duty to make our conduct such as shall stand the test of the

Great ; Overseer ' s square , and fit ourselves for the place for which we are destined . Let us learn not to judge by appearances , let us remember our own ignorance , and be more ready to approve than condemn . Animated by these principles we shall not seek to obtain that to which we have no right , but if our work be real let us not

give way to despair , even though all seem to be misunderstood and we ourselves left unnoticed . Through the sunshine of prosperity prepare for the storms of adversity , for sooner or later fchey will come , * and when again the clouds pass away , when our work is acknowledged

and approved , when what we have striven for , through good report and ill report , is able to stand fche test of the criticism of our fellow citizens and brethren , then we can one and each take np the words of a Fellow Craftsman of old , "Thanks be to God , I have my reward . "

The roll of Lodges was then called , and representative ? from all were present . The minutes of the Provincia Mark Lodge , held at Wakefield , on the 13 th May last , wen

confirmed ; Bro . G . Norman ton , Past Grancl Inspect ™ of Works , "was unanimously re-elected Treasurer for th ' ensuing year . Tbe Provincial Grand Mark Master ther appointed and invested tbe following Officers : —

Bros . Rev . W . Collings Lukis , M . A . - . Deputy Mark Master Henry France , 110 - - - Senior Warden John Lister P . Pugh , 137 - - Junior Warden Rev . Dr . Smythe - - - Master Overseer

George Henry Radoliffe , 58 - - Senior Overseer John William Bailey , 111 - - Junior Overseer Rev . Edwin Castle , 111 . - - Chaplain Geora-e Normanton P . G . I of W .. 55 - Treasurer

William Frederick Tomlinson , 111 - Registrar "William Coke P . G . S . O ., 58 - - Secretary Thomas Clarke , 53 - - Senior Deacon John Turner , Old York ( T . I . ) - Junior Deacon James Henry Gration , 137 ¦ - Inspector of Works William R . Maaaie , 127 ••Dir . of Ceremonies

Mark Masonry.

George Hill , 111 - - - Assist . D . of Cere . Jame-i Gooding Lee , 58 - - Sword Bearer Henry A . Styring , 53 - - - Standard Bearer John N . Pickering , 53 - - Organist

E . J . Massie , 127 - - - Inuer Guard Charles Greenwood , 58 - - " ) George Althorp , Old York ( T . I . ) - [ Stewards F . Smith - - - - )

j The Wardens ancl Overseers were elected to serve on the | General Purposes Committee for the ensuing year , after which Provincial Grand Mark Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned for refreshment . Tho usual toasts

were duly proposed , and a very pleasant and enjoyable evening spent . Bros . Holdsvvorth , Wood , Rhodes , Midgloy , Greenwood , Whitaker , and Hodgson adding much to the enjoyment by their songs , recitations and music .

Percy Lodge, No. 114.

PERCY LODGE , No . 114 .

"TTHrJ installation meeting of this Lodge was held at the Angel X- Hotel , Guildford , ou Wednesday , 14 th insfc . Amongst those present being Bros . Binckes G . S ., Piggott P . P . G K ., Drewitt , Wells , Collier , Day , White , Thomson , & o . The Lodge having bsen opened accord in i ? to ancient custom by the W . M ., Bro . Charles Belton P . P . G . Supt . Wks ., and the revised copy of the Bye-laws having

been duly confirmed , Bro . Binckes G . S . proceeded to instal Bro . D . P . Camn , Grand Steward ( the well-known and mueh . es ' eemed Pursee merchant ) in the chair . The ceremony was performed by the Grand Secretary in his usual masterly manner , and although suffering from indisposition , he came expressly from London to instal

Bro . Camn , who has done so much for onr Masonic Charities . The Worshipful Master then invested his Officers and gave the addresses in the m > st effective and impressive manner . Several candidates for advancement , and a-t joining members , having been proposed , the

next meeting of the Lodge was announced tor the third Thursday in November . The musical arrangements , both during the ceremony , nnd at the subsequent banquet , were most efficiently carried ont by Bro . G . S . Graham P . P . G . O .

Australian Freemasonry.

AUSTRALIAN FREEMASONRY .

rilHE Victorian Freemason , of Australia , thus speai-cs oi JL Enp * 1 and ' s recognition of the Grand Lodge of South Australia , ancl tbe complications it is likely to lead to : — "The intelligence that the Grancl Lodge of South Australia has been recognised as a Sister Grand Lodge by the Grand Lodge of England must be pleasing to all who have watched the progress of

Masonic events recently in the Colonies , and although it may be urged that as every Lodge in South Australia had joined the neworganisation , England had not a leg to stand upon in refusing recognition , yet we think that the majority of Masons will be ready to forget that fact in tho pleasure of finding ono , at any rate , of the

Colonial Grand Lodges recognised by the parent . "To those who objected to the plan of tho formation of out * Colonial Grand Lodge on the plea that the authority to do HO should come from tho mother Grand Lodges in the fust inst-mce , the acknowledgment of South Australia must , be convincing proof that

the steps taken in declaring independence were tho proper ones . And it must not be forgotten that South Australia followed exactly i-i the steps of New Sonth Wales and Victoria in tho form irion of hoi Grand Lodge , there being only this difference—that iu South

Australia no despotic order was issued to restrain tho Lodges from fully and freely dealing with the subject , neither was there a mendacious print issued teeming with misstatements concerning the proposal to found the Grancl Lodge .

' •It is nofc our desire , however , to rake up pasfc things that had better be forgotten . Still wo would be untrue to onr calling did wc nofc , in passing , mention the difference between the circumstances attending South Australia ' s Graud Lodge formation and thoso of New South Wales aud Victoria , if only as a justification of the

lafcter ' s action . We feel sure thafc the brefcnren , generally , will congratulate the South Australian brethren upou fche early settlement of friendly relations with tho mother coun t ry , and we think it takes not a very prophetic intelligence to foresee the beginning of tho end as regards the full development of Grand Lodges for each of the

colonies . " The recognition of South Australia by England will add another peculiarity to the present position of Masonic affairs . At tbe present time , juid nntil official intimation reaches the colonies , the Lodges under the English , Irish , and Scotch Constitutions aro not allowed

ro co-mingle with the South Australian Masons , nor interchange visits in their Lodges . The members of the Grand Lodges of New South Wales , Victoria , and South Australia are in friendly relationship . We will shortly , therefore , have the peculiar state of things that , the ErnWish LodafS in the colonies must admit members of the South

Anst-alian Constitntion , whilo shutting out ; the New South Wales and Victorian Constitution Masons ; and Irish and Scotch Lodgo * will , n"til they receive instructions , still have to exclude South

Australians . Again , South Australian Masons may visit Lodges tinder the Grand Lodge of Victoria one evening and English Lodges tho ne : ; c . although English Masons are still forbidden to enter Vic ; ori-m . Lodges . "

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