North And East Yorkshire.

bv his Deputy Col . E . G . Smith , and many present ancl past Provincial Officers . After the ordinary business of the year had been gone through , votes of condolence with the families of the late Bros , j B . Nichols and J . Marshall were unanimously passed , amidst general expressions of regret . ° The Provincial Grand Master afterwards appointed and invested the Officers for the year as follow :

Br 0 G . Lamb T . I . - - - - Senior Warden E . K . Sp iegelhalter 277 - - - Junior Warden H . C . Clarke 291 - Master Overseer J . Graham 276 - - - - Senior Overseer j . " R . Lane 281 .... Junior Overseer Bev . C . E . L . Wright T . I . - - - Chaplain A . W . Walker 277 - - - - Secretary

_ Holford T . I . - - - - Registrar of Marks J . T . Oliver 337 - - - - Senior Deacon J . Edgar 281 .... Junior Deacon J . M . Wilson 291 ... - Inspector of Works W . S . Meek 95 Director of Ceremonies F . R . Hansell T . I . - . - - Assist . Dir . of Ceremonies

J . W . Barry 337 ... - Sword Bearer B . Cass 95 .... Standard Bearer J . F . Watson T . I . - - - - Organist S . Ridge 277 .... Assistant Secretary J . T . R . Miller 277 - - - - Inner Guard

T . Hodgson 276 - - - - W . Hornsey 277 - - - - „ , „ , i ! W . Stephenson 281 - - - -Stewards T . Taylor 291 - W . Stockdale 277 - - - - Tyler .

The Brethren afterwards sat down to a banquet at the Talbot Hotel , the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett Provincial G . M . M . presiding .

West Yorkshire.

WEST YORKSHIRE

THE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons was held at the Masonic Hall , Great George Street , Leeds , on the 15 th inst ., under the presidency of the Provincial Grand Master Bro . C . L . Mason , of Leeds . More than usual interest was taken in the meeting in consequence of

the announcement thafc fche Earl of Euston Pro G . M ., accompanied by other Grand Officers , intended to pay a visit to the Lodge . There was a large gathering of Brethren , not only from this , but from other Provinces to meet his Lordship .

The proceedings commenced by the opening by the Worshipful Master ( Bro . Thomas Myers ) and Officers of the Copley Lodge . The Provincial Grand Officers were then received in due form , and the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened with the usual

ceremonial by Bro . Mason . The Pro Grand Master and Grand Officers were next received and saluted . The following address of welcome was read by Bro . Blackham , the Provincial Grand Treasurer , and presented to the Pro Grand Master by the Provincial Grand Master : —

MOST WORSHIPFUL SIR —We , the Provincial Grand Master , Provincial Grand Officers , and Brethren of West Yorkshire , tender to you a most hearty and sincere welcome on this , your first visit to this prosperous and harmonious Province . As the distinguished representative of our Most Worshipful Grand Master , we can assure vou that the Mark Masons of thu Wnsi * "R 5 Ama ni

Yorkshire yield to none in their loyalty and attachment to His Royal Highness and to the Officers of the Grand Mark Lodge of England . We esteem your presence here to-day , and that of the other Officers of Grand Lodge who accompany you , as a very high honour indeed , and we trust you will find , brief though vour soiourn amonsst us mav he . that wo finrlfn . vnnr

faithfully to carry out the true principles of Mark Masonry , that we recognise our duties and obligations , and that we rejoice to extend to you that hospitality and kindly feeling for which our county has obtained , we venture to hope , a not undeserved reputation .

Signed , on behalf of the Province , CHARLES LETCH MASON , Prov . G . Master . The Pro Grand Master acknowledged the address in suitable

terms , and expressed his pleasure at meeting the Brethren of . West Yorkshire . The Provincial Grand Master proceeded to invest the following Brethren as Provincial Officers for the ensuing year : —

Bro . T . Wrigley 14 Senior Warden M . J . Dodworth 53 ... Junior Warden Dr . S . Smith ... . Master Overseer Thomas Norfolk T . I . - - - Senior Overseer W . Hudson 58 Junior Overseer

Rev . G . H . Stock , M . A ., 398 - - Chaplain W . W . Clayton 374 ... Treasurer C . Middleton 111 - - - - Registrar J . Matthewman 110 - - - Secretary

inomas Uttley 14 - - - Senior Deacon Vv . J . Morris 58 - - - - Junior Deacon William Senior 127 ... Inspector of Works Alfred Leach 110 .... Director of Ceremonies

1 . B . Wilson 457 - - - - Assist . Dir . of Ceremonies 1- Tomlinson 111 .... Sword Bearer ^ - Lmgard 127 - - - - Standard Bearer Jjj- H . Woodhouse 398 - - Organist T . E . Groenhough T . I , - - - Inner Guard

West Yorkshire.

G . Jackson 137 - - - - W . A . Statter 110 - - - - - 0 fQ „ „ J . B . Parkin 352 ... - Stewards G . H . Clemons 274 - - - J . H . Newton 111 - - - - Tyler .

Afc the conclusion of the Lodge the Brethren adjourned to a banquet . After the toast of the Queen and Mark Masonry had been proposed , the Provincial Grand Master gave the health of His Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales M . W . Grand Master .

The Eight Hon . the Earl of Euston M . W . Pro Grand Master , the Eight Hon . Viscount Dungarvan E . W . Deputy Grand Master , and the Officers of Grand Mark Lodge was also proposed by the Provincial Grand Master .

The Earl of Euston , in responding , remarked that the Brethren had given him the most cordial reception that he had received in any Province of England . He congratulated the Provincial Grand Lodge on the steady progress in Mark Masonry since their present Provincial Grand Master first occupied the chair .

xn proposing the health of the Provincial Grand Master , he said Brother Mason had ruled the Province for twelve years , and by a unanimous vote they had selected him to rule them for three years longer .

The Provincial Grand Master , in replying , said it was due to the loyalty and support given by the different Lodges that the prosperity of the Province had been so greatly promoted . He suggested that the Mark Benevolent Fund should be placed on a basis similar to that of the Charities of the Craffc .

Bro . Cheves ( Past G . St . Bearer , of Sheffield ) proposed the Visitors , which was responded to by Bro . Woodall Prov . G . M . of North and East Yorkshire ; Bro . J . Masterman Deputy Prov . G . M . of Notts ; the Eev . Manley Power , of Leeds ; and Bro . Morton Prov . G . Secretary of Lincolnshire .

Bro . M . J . Dodsworth Prov . G . J . W . gave the Mark Benevo lent Fund , Bro . Matier Secretary of the Fund responding . — " Leeds Mercury . "

Among the candidates who will seek a seat on the Board of General Purposes , at the annual election on the occasion of the June Communication of Grand Lodge , is Bro . James Stephens , one of the best known Brethren of the metropolis , who has done

much to deserve the support of his fellows , not only by the active part he has taken in connection with the different Lodges with which he is associated , bufc also by his support of the Charitable Institutions , he being a Vice-Patron of all three , while his wife

has also done much for the different Funds , as we announced in referring to her services as a Steward at the recent Girls Festival . Bro . Stephens is W . M . and Founder Viator Lodge , 2308 , First Master Eothschild Lodge , 2420 , W . M .-elect and Founder

Cricklewood Lodge , 2361 , Founder and Secretary Fellowship Lodge , 2535 , P . M . 753 , 1425 , 1608 , 2150 , P . Z ., & c . We hope he will secure the seat he desires on the Managing Board of English Freemasonry .

A magnificent silver cup was given to Sir Charles Barrington ' Bart ., Provincial Grand Master of North Munster , by the Brethren of his Province , on the occasion of his marriage , the

presentation taking place on the 18 th insfc ., at the Masonic Hall , Limerick . The cup is no less than two and a half feet in height , weighs nearly three hundred ounces , and is suitably inscribed .

In our report of the annual visit of Stewards to the Girls School we stated that the Earl of Euston presided . Although Lord Euston was present , and evinced great interest in the gathering , he did not actually take the chair , Bro . Eoberfc Grey discharging the duties thereof , with his accustomed ability .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA ,

NEWS reached Pontefract on Saturday of the death , off Cape Verde , on the 6 th ult ., of Brother W . H . Burton Atkinson , senior partner of Carter , Atkinson and Bentley ,

Solicitors , Pontefract . He left Pontefract some weeks ago for a voyage to the Cape for the benefit of his health . He was Worshipful Master afc Pontefract three years ago , a member of the Eoyal Arch , and other branches of the Craft .

ON Friday , 17 fch insfc ., the remains of Bro . Thomas H . Trueman , a well-known tradesman of Whitby , were interred in Sneaton Churchyard . Bro . Trueman ' s family had been identified with the Craffc for an unbroken period of more than a hundred

years , his grandfather having been one of the founders of the Lion Lodge , in 1797 . For many years the late Brother Trueman officiated as Janitor of the Britannia Chapter , and Tyler of the local Mark Lodge .