West Yorkshire.

WEST YORKSHIRE .

AT the invitation of the Brethren of Integrity Lodge , No . 380 , the half-yearly meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday , 14 th inst ., in the Town Hall ; Morley . The Provincial Grand Master the Right Hon . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., presided . As it was known that several questions of great interest

would be discussed , particularly the recommendation of the Provincial Charity Committee respecting the establishment of an Educational and Benevolent Institution for the Province , the occasion attracted an unusually large attendance of Provincial Grand Officers and Brethren .

The Craft Lodge was opened by Bro . M . Riley' W . M . of Integrity , and the Prov . Grand Master , accompanied by the Mayor of Morley , Alderman G . Johnson , wearing his chain of office , and the present and past Provincial Officers , entered , and proceeded to open Provincial Grand Lodge .

The Provincial Grand Master , in a short address , thanked the Mayor and Corporation of Morley for the use of the hall , and alluded to the progress the town had made during recent years . He announced that since the last meeting he had consecrated a new Lodge at Headingley , the number of Lodges in the Province being 78 .

He then proceeded to appoint the following Brethren to Past Provincial Grand rank in commemoration of the Prince of Wales having completed twenty-one years as Grand Master : —

George Henry Park P . M . 154 as P . P . S . G . W ., Alderman G . Johnson , Mayor of Morley , 380 as P . P . S . G . W ., C . Wheawell 290 as P . P . J . G . W ., S . Law 608 P . P . J . G . W ., J . B . Pawson 242 P . P . G . E ., G . Heaton W . M . 258 P . P . G . D ., F . Smith , J . P ., 837 P . P . G . D ., and H . Child 1221 P . P . G . D .

A long discussion took place on a proposition moved by Bro . W . Harrop P . P . G . W . Chairman of the Provincial Charity Committee , and seconded by Bro . W . G . Lupton P . P . G . D ., that an Educational and Benevolent Institution be formed in the Province , to be called the West Yorkshire Educational and Benevolent Institution , and that its objects should be the "

maintenance , clothing , and education of the children of deceased Freemasons , making grants towards the advancement of such children on their leaving school , making grants and granting annuities to aged and decayed Freemasons and the widows of Freemasons , and generally to promote the cause of Masonic Charity .

Several speakers regarded the time for establishing such an Institution as inopportune , and expressed a fear that it would interfere with the contributions of the great Masonic Institutions in London . The resolution was , however , carried by an overwhelming majority . The following Brethren were appointed to draw up and submit a scheme to the next meeting : —The

Prov . Grand Master and his Deputy , the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Charity Committee , the Prov . G . Secretary , W . F . Smithson [ ex officio ) , R . Wilson 289 , C . L . Mason 304 , W . Blackburn 306 , W . W . Clayton 1311 , Sir J . Cass 1034 , A . Stephenson 1648 , J . Binney 139 , W . H . Bntcain 139 , H . Thomas 296 , G . E . Webster 2268 , W . Gaukroger 61 , A . Eobertshaw 448 ,

G . H . Eobinson 275 , W . H . Jessop 521 , H . S . Child and G . H . Parke 154 , R . I . Critchley 208 , J . R . Fawcett 1214 , F . Cleeves 904 , J . Barker 1102 , S . Jacob 837 , W . Greenwood 439 , T . M . Holmes 1545 , Colonel Eobinson 1810 , G . Thompson 1001 , T . B . Wilson 1542 , A . Macaulay 258 , W . Cockcroft 307 , Dr . Bates 1522 , W . Laycock 1108 , C . Goldthorpe 242 , and Glover .

Bro . J . Binney P . P . G . R . proposed a resolution protesting against the sale of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and a purchase of a new site for the Schools , until steps had been taken to obtain the opinion of the general body of subscribers . This was seconded and carried .

A grant of £ 50 was made to the library fund , and another grant to a widow , and the proceedings terminated . — ' Yorkshire Post . "

West Lancashire Alpass Fund.

WEST LANCASHIRE ALPASS FUND .

AS briefly announced last week , the Lord Mayor of Liverpool , the Right Hon . the Earl of Derby , G . C . B ., P . G . W . Eng . P . D . P . G . M . took the chair on Tuesday , 6 th inst ., as President for the year at the annual festival of the West Lancashire Alpass Masonic Benevolent Institution , held at the Prince of Wales Hotel , South port .

_ In all , about 250 ladies and Brethren were present , and the festival was one of the most successful of the lengthening series . After the banquet , the President gave the Loyal toasts

followed by that of the Provincial Grand Lodge . Bro . R . Wylie proposed the President of the Festival , referring to the services of the Earl , not only that evening , but in Provincial Grand Lodge , as Governor-General of Canada , and

West Lancashire Alpass Fund.

as Lord Mayor of Greater Liverpool . In each position , Lord Derby had won love and esteem , and though , it had been said with a sneer that Lancashire loved a lord , he was proud to think that the Masons of West Lancashire loved the noble Earl of Derby .

In responding , the President said than when hi 3 Masonic Brethren approached him with an intimation of a desire for him to preside at this Festival , he gladly availed himself of the opportunity , not only to restore some of his former connection with the Masonic work of the Province , but because he felt there was a kindness of heart which made one feel that , though years

had passed , some of the Brethren still felt towards himself those feelings of attachment which he himself had never ceased to entertain towards the Province . He was afraid he should have to speak now in the humble capacity of one of the youngest W . M . s in West Lancashire . As many present were aware , especially the numerous Brethren from Preston , there had been

a very promising child born this year , and its naming being attended by a number of distinguished sponsors , who gave it the name of the Stanley of Preston Lodge , No . 2600 . He did not refer to the Lodge on account of his own connection with it , but because its birth showed that where a new Lodge would promote the prosperity of the Province and would not interfere with the

legitimate working of other Lodges , the authorities of the Province would grant the necessary permission to found a Lodge . He hoped that by the next Festival further advances might be shown , and that the President , be he old Mason or young W . M ., would not fail to be impressed with the unanimity which brought them together . After a graceful reference to the presence of the many ladies , the President spoke of the origin of the Alpass

Institution as a memorial of a respected Provincial Grand Secretary , and in proposing the West Lancashire Alpass Benevolent Institution , said it had been doing a noble work for ten years , and had now forty-one widows on the foundation . He concluded with an appeal for the funds of the Institution , remarking on the importance of annual subscriptions , while the interest on investments was low .

Bro . C . A . Trevitt , in responding , read the Stewards' list , the various Lodges contributing from a guinea to £ 75 each , most of them sending at least ten guineas , which , with £ 165 from the Earl and Countess of Derby , made a grand total of £ 1 , 296 .

Bro . Lord Skelmersdale also responded , observing that the Institution was one of the most magnificent testimonies of good work a man could have either in England or in the world at large . He hoped the Institution would never have to go to the cost of a ballot .

Other toasts followed , and Bro . Thomas Shaw , No . 2316 , directed a highly acceptable musical programme . — " Liverpool Courier . "

W. Lancs. Educational Institution.

W . LANCS . EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION .

rilHE first meeting of the Committee charged with the

I arrangements in connection with the annual festival and ball in aid of the funds of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution was held on the 16 th , at the Masonic Hall , Hope Street , Liverpool , where Bro . Dr . Crawford P . P . G . Treas ., the retiring chairman of last year ' s assembly , presided over a numerous gathering . Bro . T . B . Newton P . G . Treas ., on

the motion of Bro . Dr . J . Kellett Smith P . P . G . R ., seconded by Bro . G . Broadbridge P . P . G . D . Cers ., and supported by Past Masters Harradon and Latham , was unanimously elected Chairman of the Ball 'Committee ; Bro . A . E . Povey P . M . 241 was appointed Vice-Chairman ; Bro . J . T . Darby P . M . 1380 Honorary Secretary ; and Bro . G . Broadbent P . M . 1013 Honorary

Treasurer . The Chairman and Executive Officers , along with Bros . J . Houlding , Dr . Smith , and Dr . Crawford , were appointed a deputation to wait on the new Lord Mayor in order to secure his sanction as to the date of the ball at the Town Hall , the application for the use of the building having meanwhile been

placed before the Finance Committee . It was resolved that the patrons of the last Festival be immediately communicated with , and the meeting was afterwards adjourned for a fortnight . — " Liverpool Mercury . "

Jubilee At Wolverhampton.

JUBILEE AT WOLVERHAMPTON .

THE celebration of the jubilee of the Lodge of Honour was continued on the 13 th , with a banquet held in the Exchange Hall , Wolverhampton , which was attended by about 140 Brethren , including Bro . J . A . Lloyd Master of the Lodge , who presided , the Earl of Dartmouth Provincial Grand Master Staffordshire , A . F . Godson , Q . C ., M . P ., Provincial Grand Master Worcestershire , Lieut-Col Bindley D . P . G . M . Staffordshirey & c .