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— : o : — PROV . G . CHAPTER OP WEST YORKSHIRE . INSTALLATION OF COMP . TEW AS P . G . SUPERINTENDENT .

ON Monday afternooa , 24 th inst ., one of the largest gatherings of Royal Arch Masons held in this province took place at Huddersfield , on the occasion of the installation of Excellent Companion Tew as Provincial Grand Superintendent , consequent on the resignation of Sir Henr-r Edwards , Bart . About 200 Companions

assembled , representing every Chapter in the province . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke G . S . 3 . officiated as First Principal , assisted by E . Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Registrar of the Supreme Grand Chapter of England , and D . P . G . M . Essex . After the opening of the Chapter Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke briefly referred to the

occasion of their meeting , and was sure all wonld share his regret that the meeting was consequent on the retirement from the post of Provincial Grand Superintendent of their worthy and earnest friend and Companion Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Edwards . So good a Mason as he , and one who had done so much for Freemasonry , could

not fail to be regretted . The patent of the Chief Superintendent having been handed in , E . Comp . Tew was admitted and installed in an impressive manner by Colonel Clerke , and after the investing of the newly-obligated Grand Superintendent , the Companions testified their approval by loud and prolonged applause . Colonel Clerke , in

addressing Comp . Tew , pnid a high tribute to his great worth to Freemasonry generally . He had already been selected to fill the high and honourable position of Grand Master of a province numbering 69 Lodges , and the third largest on the roll of our Constitution . It was dear that a brother so well recommended could not fail to find

favour with His Royal Highness to fill the other exalted position of Grand Superintendent of a province of Royal Arch Freemasons , numbering , as this did , 32 Chapters , and again the third largest on the roll . Most heartily did Colonel Clorke congratulate Comp . Tew

and the province on the appointment , and wished Royal Aroh Freemasonry in this province a long and prosperous reign . The Officers for the ensuing year were then appointed and invested by the Provincial Grand Superintendent as follows : —

W . H . Brittain P . Z . 139 - - - - H . Wm . Gaukroger P . Z . 61 - - - J . Henry Smith P . Z . 302 . . - - S . E . Joseph Mitchell P . Z . 1513 . - - S . N . Wm . Fredk . Tomlinson P . Z . 304 - - Principal Soj .

Alfred Austin P . Z . 306 - - - - 1 st Asst . Soj . Wm . Wilson Macvay P . Z . 495 - - - 2 nd Asst . Soj . Geo . Marshall 521 ( elected ) - - Treasurer John E . Craven P . Z . 308 ... Registrar Thomas Denby P . Z . 387 - - - Sword Bearer

Richard Jessop P . Z . 448 - Standard Bearer Edward Poppleton P . Z . 827 - - - Dir . of Ceres . William Ash 1019 .... Organist Henry Wm . Pawson P . Z . 296 - . - * ) William T . Beanland P . Z . 1462 - - -1 „ C . T . Rhodes P . Z . 448 - - . . ^ Stewards

William Delanoy P . Z . 242 - - . ) Joshua Lee P . Z . 290 ... - Janitor The Provincial Grand Snperintendant then addressed the Companions at some considerable length . To each and all he offered the aspirations of health , peace , and goodwill—health to enjoy length of

days ; peace , that contentment which passes all understanding ; and for goodwill towards all men , especially to the members of the Prov . Grand Chapter . Such , in brief , was the epitome of the interpreta . tion of the patent which had just been read to the Companions , signed by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Grand

Superintendent , and to whom we look up with feelings of unbounded loyalty , veneration , and respect , and whom may God preserve . He stood in that hall in Huddersfield on ground memorable by having been trodden by the feet of most eminent Grand Superintendents of the Province whose footsteps we can hear no more on earth , and to whose wise

counsels we can no longer listen . But the remembrance of these our former rulers is preserved with veneration in our hearts , and their wisdom still actuates our policy by the loftiness of their views and the generosity of their hearts . Lee , Fearnley , and Shaw have exchanged this mortal life for immortality j and whilst a noble

Marquess with sorrow left us for conscience sake , a noble Baronet suffers on a bed of sickness which has compelled him to resi ^ n'this distinguished office also , and we miss the genial familiar face ' s from our midst . May God give the noble Marqness health to devote himself to his country ' s service , and to carry out those philanthropic

aims so warmly espoused by him and worthy of his connection with the Craft , and to the noble Baronet renewed strength to lift himself up from his prostration wore the prayers of every Companion in West Yorkshire . Under the guidance of Sir Henry Edwards peace and goodwill have prevailed throughout our Chapters , which have

increased from twenty-six to thirty-two in number , and which are eminent in Supreme Grand Chapter for loyalty , fidelity , and obedience to the statutes of the Order . His retirement has been a subject of deep regret to all . The question of his successor was one of vital interest to this Province , aud it was his ( Comp . Tew ' s ) desire that

the new occupant of the chair of that Grand Chapter should be some other more competent and erudite brother than himself , and he had urged some reasons to Supreme Grand Chapter against tho concentratiou of the highest offices in one individual . He felt bound , however , to bend to the exigencies of circumstances , and to try to umi

* the duties ot this other high office in this Province . He would throw himself on the indulgence of the Chapters , and ask their forbearance and support in the discharge of the duties . He had written no history of Freemasonry like Bro . Gould , of the antiquities , "ymbola , constitutions , and customs of tho Craft ; no papers liko

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Canon Tristram of Durham , on the theology and philosophy of the Craft ; but if diligence and industry to govern the Craft be not nn . worthy aspirations in tho place , these efforts are at tho service of the Province , and his ample reward would be tho satisfaction of the Companions . They would find him a faithful man and Mason , for hia

leading thought was service for tho Craft . Masonic government was a blending of autocracy and democracy in a unique system which insures the maximum of order , while it preserves in the highest degree all personal rights of the brethren . He confessed with this sentiment that ho never refleoted upon the regularity of

the Chapters without feeling that it reacts upon the Lodges , its beauty and its calm making this ancient institution a potent teaoher of conservative citizenship and a substantial bulwark of free institutions . Evil powers felt the antagonism of its spirit , and he prayed that it might survive to benefit mankind when super .

stitions sentiments and maledictions against its principles and organisation had passed away into the oblivion of forgetful ness . He appealed to all to aid him in promoting the prominent characteristics—mystery without mischief , subjeotion without servitude , establishment without display , and aspiration without

pretension , so that a wholesome control might be exercised in the development of the excellence and grandeur of the Masonic spirit of thia most beautiful degree . In concluding his remarks he felt bound to acknowledge the obligation the province was under to Colonel Shadwell Clerke for his presence on that occasion , and also that of the

learned Recorder of Colchester , whose genial influence was like the silver and softening light of the moon at full upon us . West Yorkshire desired most loyally ever to be in perfect harmony and friendly relations with the Grand Officers . The difficult duties of his office commenced wich the appointment of Officers for the current year .

He wished it were in his power to number more on that list . He concluded an earnest and eloquent address by expressing the great gratification and pleasure he felt at that reunion of the Chapters , and his gratitude for the warm welcome and salutation totlieirnew Grand Superintendent , as well as for the many kindnesses he had ever

received at the hands of his Campanions . He accepted that new office as a sacred trust , and would do his best never to permit it to be used for any other purpose than was implied in his patent , and

safely transmit it to his successor in office in prosperity and harmony . After the Chapter was closed the Companions were entertained to a sumptuous tea by their newly-installed Provincial Grand Superintendent , after which the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts were given .

Patriotic Chapter, No. 51.

PATRIOTIC CHAPTER , No . 51 .

AT the quarterly meeting of this Chapter , held at the Cups Hotel , Colchester , on Tuesday evening , the 26 th inst ., the following Officers were unanimously elected for the ensuing year : —Comps . W . Sowman P . G . A . S . Z ., J . J . C . Turner P . G . O . H ., R . Clowes J ., S . Munson Janitor . The installation takes place in November .

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AUGUSTUS FREDERICK G . M . % a all stub t & crg our gliglit Mors ^ iuful brethren :. liilc PRINCE AUGUSTUS FHEDERTCK OF BRUNSWICK LUNENHUKGH £ luk ai SusSDf Earl of Inverness Baron of Arklow Knight of the Most Noble Order of tho Garter & c . & c .

GRAND MASTER Of the most Antientand Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England SEND GREETING . © b / ereas it appears by the Records of our Grand Lodge that a Warrant bearing date 4 th January 1774 was issued under the Seal

of Masonry authorising certain Brethren therein named to open and hold a Lodge of Free Masons in His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Artillery ancl which was then No . 148 . And whereas by the Union of the two Fraternities of Masons the 27 th December 1813 , the said Lodge became No . 181 . And whereas the said Brethren

composing the said Lodge have by their Memorial repre - No . 181 . sented to us that they are all now residing in or near the Town and Garrison of Gibraltar . And that it would tend No . 132 . to the advantage of the said Lodge and to the convenience of its individual Members if the said Military Warrant

No . 115 . were exchanged for a civil Warrant and they have accordingly surrendered up the said Military Warrant . Jpo & j lurotu )) t that we having taken the subject into our serious consideration aud being satisfied with the reasonableness of the request do hereby grant this our renewed Warrant unto our right

trusty and well-beloved Brethren John Nicholls , Jonquin Bayam , John Rombado , Edward Chapman , Nicholls Travonon ( sic ) , Thomas Truth , and Manuel Aparicio and the other Brethren composing the Lodge authorising and empowering them and their successors to assemble and hold a Lodge of Free aud accepted Masons at Gibraltar aforesaid under the title or denomination of

® bc . ^ o . fjgc of ill . , | foljn on the second Wednesday in each month aud at such other times as to the said Brethren may appear necessary and there when duly congregated to make pas 3 and raise Free Masons according to the

antient Custom of tho Craft in all ages or nations throughout the World the said Master Nicholas Traverso being the present Master of the said Lodge the said Thomas Truth Senior Warden and the said Manuel Aparicio Junior Warden and who are to continue in office until such time only as another Maflter shall be duly elected aud