Notices Of Meetings.

Stuart Lodge of Instruction , No . 1632 . —On Thursday , 17 th October , afc the Moorgate , Finsbury Pavement . Bro . Friion W . M ., Morgan ( Secretary ) S . W ., Baldwin P . M . J . W ., Brown S . D ., Walker J . D ., Linley I . G ., Spiegel P . M . Preceptor ; also Bros . Vickers P . M ., Nicholson P . M ., Petil P . M ., Wehnerfc , Davies , Oldenovv , Lamm , Siebert , Behrous , & o . Tho Lodge wa 3 opened in duo form

and the minutes read and confirmed . The ceromouy of initiation waa rehearsed , and tho 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , aud 5 th sections were worked by the Preceptor , aaaisted by the brethren . Bro . Morgan S . W . was elected W . M . for the eusuing week . A vote of thanks waa proposed by Bro . Spiegel P . M ., to bo recorded on the minutes , for tho

able and effioient manner the W . M . had discharged the duties , for tho first time in this Lodge of Instruction ; this was seconded by Bro . Baldwin P . M ., and carried . The W . M . returned thanks , and after hearty good wiahea the Lodge adjourned till Thuraday , at 7 o'clock .

Langton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1873 . —The first meeting of the sossion waa held on Thursday , the 10 th inst ., afc tho White Hart Tavern , Abchnrch Lane , E . C . Present : —Bro ? . II . M . Hobba Preceptor , Gaze W . M ., A . Toulmein S . W ., Southwell J . W ., Mopleton Secretary , Denfc S . D ., Bnlcombe J . D ., Simmons I . G . Bros .

Burne , Webb , S . L . Smith , Dr . Causton , Marshall , Voieey , Godfrey , Gordon Smith , and Buckley . Lodge was opened , and tho minntos of the last meeting read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation Was rehearsed , Bro . Smith acting as candidate . Bro . S . W . was elected W . M . for the next meeting , when the ceremony of passing

and the explanation of the tracing board will be given . The following brethren were elected as tho permanent Officers for the ensuing year : —J . Langton Treasurer , Burne , Hobba , and Marshall Preceptors , J . D . Langton and C . W . Maploton Secretaries , Dr . Caustou , Fraser , and C . W . C . Webb Committee , S . L . Smith and Tolmein Auditors .

Duke of Cornwall Lodge of Instruction , No . 1839 . —The weekly meeting waa held on Tuesday , the 22 nd inst ., at the Queen's Arms , Queen Street , Cheapside . Present : —Bros . A . Ashby W . M ., C . H . Cox S . W ., C . J . Davison J . W ., W . Belchamber Preceptor , G . Scotfc Miller Secretary , A . H . Jakins S . D ., S . Klingenstein J . D ., Max Mendelssohn I . G . ; P . M . ' s Bros . C . Taylor , VV . Martin , II .

Cattermole , W . B . Marcus , A . Williams ; alao Broa . W . Wright , L . Weil , J . Bladon , II . Saqui , J . W . Ray , E . A Smith , Morria Hart , A . J . Holland . The Lodge waa opened in due form , and the minutes of the preceding meeting were read aud confirmed . The ceremony of initiation waa rehearsed , Bro . Ray acting as candidate . Bro .

Belohamber , with the aasistance of Bro . Martin , worked the second and third sections of the lecture . The Lodge waa opened in the second aud third degree and closed in the first . Bros . C . Taylor 1624 , J . W . Ray 1624 , H . Saqui 2264 , A . J . Holland 619 , and E . A . Smith 2303 wero elected members . Bro . Cox waa appointed W . M . for the ensuing meeting .

The following address was delivered by Bro . Thomas William Tew , J . P ., on Wednesday , the IGfch instant ; , afc the Provincial Grand Lodgo of West Yorkshire , hold afc tho Freemasons' Hall , Fifzwilliara Street , Huddersficld : — BRETHREN , —In accordance with tho Bye-Laws of the We .-t York .

shire Provincial Grand Lodgp , the W . Past Masters and Acting Wardens are convoked to nttond to tho duties of our Masonic Autumnal Sossion , and at which all Master Mas-ana of the seventy four Lodges are invited to be present . Before this Provincial Grand Lodgo waa closed , at Leeds , on tholOth April , tho invitation of the

Lodge Albert Edward , No . 1783 , was accepted by tho Provincial Grand Lodgo , to assemblo under ita banner during this month . This Lodge was consecrated on tho 12 th December IS 7 S , and ii is tho first time this Provincial Grand Lodge has been brought under its banner . Our acknowledgments aro due to tho W . M . and members for fcho

arrangements they havo made for our convenience and comfort . The Provincial Grand Officers not only greet thn four prosperous Lodges in Huddersficld , Nos . 275 , 290 , 521 , and 17 S 3 , but . alao Motham Lodge , No . 119 , Lindloy Lodge , No . 1514 , Kirkburton Lodge , No . 2035 , and Milnes Bridgo Lodgo , No . 2261 , numbering some J 00 Masons .

who have well responded to tho Roll Call I bin day . Wo offer to orm and all of them onr earnest and fraternal wiahea for thoir prosperity and perpetuity . On tho 20 th Jnne , afc Worksop , this Provincial Grand Lodgo had the hononr of installing tho Iiov . Frodk . Bcapcll , of Mulderton , as the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of NnUii . duun .-jhiiv .

A little later on—21 th July—it had tho pleasure , at Hull , of wUnean . ing the presentation of an address of congratulation to the now Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , the Earl of Zetland , in hia Provincial Gram ! Lodgo of North and East Yorkshire . At the Fidolifcy Lodge , Leeds , on the 1 st August , tho Crafo presented a stirring address La

Bro . Hamilton Murrcll , Captain of tho ss . " Miftsouri , " in recognition of his bravory , on tho Uth April last , in rescuing tho pnartt .-ngora aud crew of the ship " Danmark" in mid-ocean . On tlio 28 ' .-h Sep ' -. ioh - o * , this Provincial Grand Lodgo consecrated a now Lodgo at Bradford , the Acacia , No . 2321 on tho Roll of tho Grand Lodge of England ; and

on the 3 rd October many West Yorkshire members supported the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of North and EaJt Yorkshire , v , hi ! .- * t ho dedicated tho new Masonic Hall of S . Cuthbcrt , at Ilo-vdcn . Oar Librariau will alao announce some valuable presents and tho moro comfortable accommodation provided at Wakefield for our . Masonic

books and curiosities . lie and I are now in cooperation with tho Lodge of Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 . Wo have tho Library Catalogue of that Lodge , and are iu possession of their litorarv e . i-javs and

proceedings . It is my fervent desire to acquire , at Wakefield , a collection of Masonic works , books , and writings , as shall supply a much needed literary guide for the information of Lodges and Provincial Grand Officers . I mention those matters to show thc activity and

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influence of Freemasonry in the County of York . But , Brethron , tho objects for which wo are most particularly gathered together within these walls is to consider the report of our Charity Committee , and the two most important resolutions on onr agenda paper . I desire most emphatically to impress upon your attention the

recommendations involved in these resolutions . I nay relate to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , at Wood Green ; and thoy havo bean framed , so as to bring for tho first time before the Provincial Graud Lodgo tho Report of the London Committee of Investigation , which I now lay on the eastern pedestal of this Provincial Grand Lodge . This

Committee of seven gentlemen , with Bro . Frederick A . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Registrar of England , as Chairman , was appointed under resolution of tho Quarterly Court of 27 tli July 188 S . This Committeo presented thoir report to tho Quarterly Couit , held in London , on tho 26 th April 1 S 89 . Bofore this Report , showing the gravity of affairs

at Wood Green , was distributed to tho Craft gonerally , thia Proviuco did , at its first half-yearly Charity Committee mooting , boll at Dewsbury , ou 6 tli April 1889 , and acting on the suggestion of Bro . Malcolm , tho loarued Coroner for Leeds , who generously placed his timo aud services at tho disposal of West Yorkshire and the London Committeo

of Investigation , nominate nine brethren , being Lifo Governors of the Boys' School , as a precautionary measure , in order that these Weat Yorkshire representative brethren should be in au authorised position to receive such London Report when issued , and , if requisite , to consider ita provisions aud to propose to t hia Provincial Grand

Lodgo whsit steps it should tako to euforco any recotnmaudationa that such London Report might advocate . This waa necessary on tho part of West Yorkshire , because Provincial Grand Lodge might not meet until the month of October , oxcepton an emergency , until some six mouths after such Report might be issued to the Craft . This

special West Yorkshiro Committee waa confirmed by Provincial Grand Lodge on 10 th April , afc Leeds . Tho members aro Bros . W . H . Smithson of No . 1007 , J . B . Fox of No . 208 , W . Harrop of 290 , C . L . Mason of No . 201 , 11 . S . Critchleyof No . 208 , J . D . Kay No . 289 , A . W . Stansfiold No . 1019 , W . C . Lupton of 974 , and John Francis Moss

of No . 296 . Most able brethren , who have mot sevoval times , and will , through their spokesman , shortly move tho most important of the resolutions on the Agenda Papor , and makes a statement to thia Prov . Grand Lodgo . Thirf West York-shire Sub-Committee , on tho 30 th May 1889 , met tho representatives of the Provinces of West

and East Lancashire aud Cheshire , at Manchester , and framed a resolution for the London Quarterly Court of tho 6 th June , and which was seut to every Subscriber to the Boys' School , iu their respective Provinces , recommendatory of tho Report of tho Committee of Investigation of the Boya' School . I ahali try to narrow

this discussion by a brief synopsis of occurrences since thia Prov . Grand Lodge mot iu April last , and I trust that spitit of fairness and impartiality which distinguishes our Order in ita discussions in onv Charity meetings , will be to-day as free from bias aa posaible , and that your good sense will reliove yonr Prov . Grand

Maxtor of tho responsibility he feels iu attempting to gnido tho deliberations of thia Prov . Grand Lodge iu ita conaidcratiou of ono of tho most difficult and thorny quostious that I suppose , with regard to this School , havo evor perplexed its subscribers , or wa 3 brought before a Graud Lodge . It was my duty to present thia London

Report of tho Cummitfcae of Investigation Lo tho ni in members of the West Yorkshire Committee , on the Lit May , at Harrogate , lb has been their property aiuco thia date . I bolieve , moreover , that every Subscriber , Contributor , or Lifo Governor Ins had . a copy of thia Loiid-m ttcporfc for his reading aud study , and therefore it may

be taken as read . Tho Prov . Grand Officer , the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of tho Cha-ity Committeo and your special West Yorkshire Committee aro of opinion , I believe , that in consequence of ; t most important meeting in Loudon , to be hold ou Friday , tho 25 th tf this month , in reference to thn Provisional Management

Committee of the affairs ot tho Boys School ( "fur tin position of this Committeo may bo compromised by faction , and perhaps havo to resign , which ' .-lould stultify tho kbonrs of tho Roport of tho Committee of Management * , and undo the work of ro-organkafciou , which ia going o : i atuhfaetorily" ) , that tint Provincial Graud Lodgo

should havo thia opportunity of expressing ita opinions upon tho London Ropirt ' , as well as on tho statement and roajltitiou of Wost Yorkshiro—for tho observation of the Vice-Chairman aud tho Chairman of onr Charity Committee , tho latter who is aiso our representative on tho London Provisional Management Committee of the Boys ' School : and , if necessary , and called upon , our Lifo Governors ami

conttibutor-t may bo in Freemasons' Hall en fcho 25 th inar ., and by our influence tmdorao tho recommendations of the Provisional Maiingeu . K'iit Committee , presided over by fc' -e Earl of Euafcon , with idro . F . A . Philbrick as Vieo Chairman , in cirrying out the opinions on ptores I'i aud 47 of the Loudon Iuvaatigafcr :, u Import . The seven brethren wd . o drew up tho Report ; of tho Loudou Committee , of LiV ' -sti ¦ * it'on summarised their exhaustive oxaniinatioua iuto fcho

management of thc Boys School by seven opinions , tho moat important of which , on page 46 , ia fchna c-rprosaod , " that an out-ire change in administration and a thorough breaking away from thy in-oscnt pnv . ' . fcicu mu-Jt take plnoo before tho managemjnt , discipline ,

mid expenditure of thc Institution will bo satisfactory . ' In a Province like Weat Yorkfthiro , thy passing of a formal resolution ! i !! i- * mut ! ro or otherwise of these seven rocouim Midationa , and only confirming ifc hereafter upon tho Prov . Gr ^ nd Lodgo ' * Miuufc-js , " like many Provinces , and taking no further nation to euforco

the views of this Provincial ( . rand L > -. ! g- > , wotil I hardly bo cornrufcil .- ' a with our desire"' for tho welfare of this School , considering the largo amount of money contributed by tho Lodge-3 which , ninoo 187 ] , is upwards of £ 12 , 000 . Xor wonl 1 ifc bo in tv . 'cord oico with out * sens * . ' of otpiity und 'gonorosily to abstain from t ' ao annual

eontiibutiona for the educational beuoata thia Province receive .-. * from this Institution in the maiuf .-na . nce of tho 2 ! - Wo-fc Yorkshiro orphan boys in the School , aud three more seeking our voter ; for admiasiou therein . I have over been anxious for reformation in tho management of tho School , bus not for thc abandonment of it . Thia must