The Growth Of Freemasonry.

The Angel Lodge , No . 51 , Colchester , has long enjoyed a high reputation for the liberality of its contributions to the Charitable Institutions of the Craft , and its present I . P . M . Bro . Claude E . Egerton-Green , being anxious to extend its work in this direction , has set himself the task of raising a

sum of two hundred guineas , in order to make the Lodge a Patron of the Boys School , in this the Centenary year of that Institution . Bro . Egerton-Green ' s project has already been well supported , subscriptions amounting to £ 132 having been promised , while among the business on the agenda for Thursday ' s meeting of the Lodge was a proposition by the

Worshipful Master , to grant a further sum of ten guineas from the Lodge funds for the purpose , and , best of all , Bro . Egerton-Green is able to announce to his fellow members that their Senior Warden Bro . Gilbert , who has already given twenty guineas in support of the idea , has promised .

that if the members of the Lodge raise half the balance required he will make up the rest . We congratulate the Angel Lodge on this splendid display of Masonic Benevolence , and the Boys School on the all but certain addition to be made to its Centenary total as a consequence .

The Masons' Ball held at Oxford , on Monday , was most enjoyable , and the Apollo Lodge , and more especially the Committee , deserve great praise for their arrangements , says the " Oxford Magazine . " Good music and a good floor are always secrets of success : the music could hardly have been

improved upon , seeing that it was provided by Wurm ' s well known "White Viennese Band" and the floor had just the necessary element of elasticity . The richness and variety of the Masonic clothing—the decorations of Arch , Rose-Croix , and Knight-Templar—did much to relieve the sombre black

of the male dress , and the set of lancers and the solemn march to supper under the " arch of steel" provided-an interesting spectacle . The Craft were there in all their glory j

and Viscount Valentia Deputy Provincial Grand Master , together with several distinguished former Officers of Grand Lodge , lent Masonic lustre to the proceedings . The numbers present exceeded anticipations , and fell only just short of 450 .

The Summer Outing of the Westbourne Lodge , No . 733 is arranged for Thursday next , 30 th inst ., the programme being to leave Paddington by 9 * 53 a . m . train to Taplow , thence from Maidenhead Bridge by launch to Reading , dine at the Queen ' s Hotel , and return by the 830 p . m . train for

London . Tickets , including all refreshments , dinner ( exclusive of wine ) , railway fare and launch , twenty-one shillings each . Further particulars may be had of the Secretary Brother S . R . Walker , 12 Wych Street , Strand , W . C . Ladies and friends are cordially invited .

The annual Athletic Sports of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at the Institution at Wood Green to-day ( Saturday ) , commencing at 2 * 30 p . m ., when it is expected a large number of friends of the Institution will be present .

The meetings of the Royal Jubilee Lodge of Instruction , No . 72 , have been discontinued until September next , when the weekly gatherings will be resumed at the Crown , Lambeth Road .

ON Wednesday , 25 th ult ., the Brethren o £ the Lodge of Antiquity , No . 178 , presented Bro . L . R . Eowbottom Past Provincial Grand Warden with a silver fruit bowl on ebony plinth and a silver cigar case beautifully inscribed , as a mark of their esteem and regard of the oldest Freemason in

PRESENTATION AT WIGAN .

the town , and Senior Past Master of the Lodge . After some introductory remarks by the W . M . Bro . 3 . Baynes , the presentation was made by Bro . C . B . Holmes P . P . G . P . who , in most felicitous terms , referred to Masonry as it existed iu Wigan . many years ago , -when the recipient was a most active member .

Bro . Rowbottom , in a feeling manner , acknowledged the kindly sentiments expressed toward him , and assured them that he should ever prize their gifts , and remember so long as . he lived that happy occasion , and tho kind expressions of brotherly love so practically and enthusiastically accorded to him on this occasion , as well as during the forty years he had been , a member of the Lodge . Bro . Rowbottom was the Master of the Lodge in 1 SG 2 , when the Brethren attended at the laying of the foundation stone of Preston Guild Hall .

In Memoriam.

In Memoriam .

MonoAN .-ln memory of Brother William Wray Morgan , founder of the FBEEMASON ' CHHONIOLE , who died 23 rd June 1893 .

Consecrations.

CONSECRATIONS .

JUBILEE MASTERS LODGE . NO more appropriate day could have been selected for the consecration of this , the latest addition to the long list of metropolitan Lodges , than the sixty-first anniversary of the accession of Her Mosfc Gracious Majesty to the throne . This Lodge is unique in the annals of the Craffc , as ifc will consist

entirely of Worshipful Masters , who can only become members during the time they are occupying the chairs of their respective Lodges , and the Pounders were limited to those who were actually Masters on 20 th June 1897 . They form a long list , but as this is a historical occasion and shows the great interest with which the

project was taken up , we submit them for the information of our readers : —Bros . Major Eustace Anderson , Joseph Bate , Captain Thomas Edward Carey Bates , Richard Cato Bayne , Thomas Jas . Bolton , James Boulton , William H . Bourke , M . D ., William Briant , Henry Thomas Brickwell , Charles Oft ' ord Burgess ,

John Robert Cleave , Robert Daniel Cumrnings , Henry L . Davis , Henry John Davis , Walter Dennis , Edmund Robert Bartley Denniss , Arthur Charles Doughty , Edward Durrant , Lancelot Fielding Everest , George Henry Fennell , Louis Samson Genese , Dr . Frederick Hendebourck Gervis , Bertrand

Grant , Henry Joseph Gregory , John Arthur Harrison , Capt . George Hearn , William Singleton Hooper , William Hunt , Frederick Jackson , Theophilus Henry Thomas Jarvis , Frederick Augustus Jewson , George Helmore Jones , William George King , Imre Kiralfy , Octave Lamore , Dr . Frederick Lawrence , Rowland

Davis Longworth , Henry Charles Lonsdale , Harold Thomson Lyon , Jethro Medcalf , George Scott Miller , John Harold Milton , John Mitchell , Alderman Walter Vaughan Morgan , Thomas Nixon Morris , Harry Courfchope Munroe , Henry Gartside Neville , Harry Nicholls , Constant Edward Osman , Frederick Page , Harry

Pearse , Albert-Pettitt , George Pidducky Mostyn T . Pigott , Edwd . William Pillinger ,, James Alfred . Randall , Capt . Frederick ; Chas Richmond-Parry , Francis Edwin Rosher , Arthur Edward Samuell , James Alfred Shelton , Francis Watson Smyth , John Henry

Stark , Alfred Streeter , John Frances Tee , William Thomson , Lieut .-Col . Charles Henry Reid Todd , James Tollworthy , Fredk . Conkling Van Duzer , Frederick Varley , James Watts , Francis George Webster , Joshua Watson Westmoreland , Thomaa Whitford , Thomas Moore Wright , Arthur Frederick Wrightson .

The Visitors numbered considerably over 200 , so we may be forgiven if we plead want of space in this particular—sufficient to say that among the distinguished guests present were : Bros . Hon . C . E . Davies Grand Master of Tasmania , Thomas Fenn P . G . W ., Hon . Justice Kennedy P . G . W ., Rev . J . S . Brownrigg

P . G . C , Ven . Archdeacon Sinclair P . G . C , Very Rev . Dean Hole P . G . C , Col . Probyn Grand Treas ., Alderman Sir J . Dimsdale P . G . Treas ., W . M . Stiles P . G . Treas ., J . Strachan , Q . C , Grand Registrar , J . H . Matthews Prest . Board of Benevolence , Frank Richardson P . G . D ., F . West P . G . D ., Alfred Cooper P . G . D ., P . A . Nairne P . G . D ., H . L . Florence Grand S . of W ., 0 . Belton

P . Dep . G . D . C , H . G . Neville A . G . D . C , Dr . F . Laurance P . A . G . D . C , H . Lovegrove P . G . S . B ., T . A . Bullock P . G . S . B ., Major C . W . Carrell P . G . S . B ., R . Clowes P . G . Stand . B ,, R . C . Sudlow P . G . Sfcd . B ., C . F . Matier P . G . Std . B ., W . Shurmur P . G . Std . B ., W . Lake Assist . Grand . Sec , Kelso King , Arthur Grey G . Reg . Punjab , & c , & c .

To show the interest and favour of Grand Lodge , no less than eight Grand Officers were appointed to take part in the ceremony , viz .: Bros . Edward Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary , as Consecrating Officer , assisted by Sir John Monckton , F . S . A .,

P . G . W . as S . W ., Thomas Fenn P . G . W . as J . W ., Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg G . Chap . as Chaplain , Frank Richardson P . G . D . as D . C , J . D . Langton P . Dep . G . D . C . and Gordon Smith P . G . Std . B . as Assistant Dirs . of C , R . Clay Sudlow P . G . Std . B . as I . G .

A Lodge having been formed by Bro . Letchworth it was opened in the three degrees , and the favourite hymn " Hail Eternal , by whose aid" was sung " con amore" by the Brethren . The Consecrating Officer then addressed those present as follows : We are met together to-day on an occasion of peculiar interest , for the purpose of constituting a new Lodge , which has been established to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee ot our Gracious

Queen—an event that occurred last year—and we all trust that the result will justify the hope of the Founders in extending the particular objects of Freemasonry . The Lodge is about to be dedicated—as all Lodges are—to the service of Almighty God , and I will therefore call upon the Grand Chaplain fco offer up a prayer . This was done , and then fche Warrant from the Grand Master was read by Bro . Frank Richardson .

The ceremony proceeded on the ususl lines , a very effective and impressive oration being delivered by Bro . Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg . The Lodge was then dedicated in accordance with ancient