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Cheshire.
CHESHIRE .
npHE Provincial Grand Lodge held its annual meeting I on Thursday of last week , in the Claughton Music Hall , Birkenhead . In the absence of the Provincial Grand Master Lord Egerton of Tatton , Bro . Sir Horatio Lloyd the Deputy Provincial Grand Master presided .
Bro . J . Salmon A . G . D . C . England and P . P . S . G . W . acted as Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and a large number of Brethren of high rank were present , the total attendance being about 550 .
The roll of Lodges was called , and it appeared that the whole—forty-six in number— were repieoented . The minutes of the annual meeting , held at fSantwich in
September last , and of special meetings held at Macclesfield , in October , and Birkenhead in February last , were confirmed .
Bro . T . E . Gibson Past Provincial Grand Treasurer presented the Auditors' report , which showed that the balances in the bank were as follow : —Fund of general
purposes £ 98 , as compared with £ 61 last year , being an increase of £ 36 ; fund of benevolence £ 167 , as compared with £ 117 last year , an increase of £ 50 , the two balances amounting to £ 266 .
The Provincial Grand Treasurer Bro . J . Jackson submitted his accounts in detail , showing balances as given above , and they were adopted , votes of thanks being accorded to the Provincial Grand Treasurer and the Auditors .
The annual report of the Committee of Benevolence stated that the receipts from all sources during the year amounted to £ 103 , making with the balance in hand a
sum of £ 220 . The expenditure had been £ 52 , leaving a balance in hand of £ 167 . In view of the fact that Lord Egerton the Provincial Grand Master had signified his intention of presiding at the Febtival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys , to be held in July next , the Committee recommended
that a grant of 100 guineas should be made from the Fund of Benevolence , in the name of the Province , for that Institution . Three petitions for relief had been presented , and in each case a grant of £ 20 was made . A girl and a widow had been elected on the funds of the Eoyal Masonic Institutions .
The second annual report of the Cheshire Masonic Benevolent Institution stated that the Institution had taken a fiim hold on the sympathies of members of the
Fraternity in Cheshire , and that the donations this year amounted to £ 507 . The lunds invested and standing in the bank amounted to £ 3 , 105 . The total amount of invested funds was now £ 2 , 9 o 8 , and the annual income
about £ 96 . Upon the motion of Bro . J . Salmon , the reports were adopted .
The Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in a brief address , said the absence of Lord Egerton was a misfortune , but at the same time the occasion of his
absence needed no condolence . He had , in fact , taken a wife and therefore could not come . Sir H . Lloyd was glad to find the condition of Freemasonry in the Province so satisfactory . There had been one additional Lodge
formed since their last annual meeting , and there was an increase of membership of 127 , as against 17 b in the preceding year . It was by no means so important that they should increase their numbers as that they should maintain the quality of those who became connected
with the Masonic body . The position of their Charitable Institutions was especially gratifying , and he urged that every step should be taken to give them that support which the good work they did so thoioughly justified . In conclusion , Sir H . Lloyd proposed that an address be presented to Lord Egerton on the occasion of his
marriage . The P . G . Secretary Brother B . Newhouse read the address , which was beautiiully engrossed and illuminated with the arms oi Lord Egerton and the Duchess
of Buckingham and Chandos . It conveyed expression of the esteem and regard of the Masomc Fraternity of Cheshire lor Lord Egeiton , and expiessed the desire that his mairiage might be crowned with every happiness .
The address was adopted , and the airangements for its presentation were leit with the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and the P . G . Secretary .
Cheshire.
Upon the motion of Bro . Skannett ( Mersey Lodge , 447 , Birkenhead ) , seconded by Brother T . Shaw ( W . M .
Wirral Lodge ) , Bro . E . Evans , of the Mersey Lodge , was elected P G . Treasurer . Auditors having been appointed , the Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year were appointed as follow : Bro . O . H . Brown 537 - - - Senior Warden Captain Cooper 2386 - - Junior Warden
Rov . R . Hodgson 321 - - ) „ , , . Rev . Hamilton King 2375 - j Chaplauu En » ch Evans 447 - - - Treasurer H . Nash - - - . Registrar R . Newhouse - - - Secretary G . F . Bird 1576 - - - Assistant Secretarv
J . Mills 425 - - - ) Q i-. P . Duff 605 - - - [ Semor Deac ° n 8 John Bell 104 - - - ) ,. _ , J . S . Appleby 941- - - J Jumor Deaoons H . Lomasl 957 - - - Superintendent of Works
H . Gordon Small 2368 - - Director of Ceremonies R . Stephenson 1166 - - Deputy Dir . of Cers . J . Holland 428 - - - ) J . Cooper 758 - - - \ Assistant Dir . of Cers . J . Hadden 2389 - - - ' George Fountain 267 - - Sword Bearer
H . Powell Jones 1957 - - ) ef „„/ 1 „^ r , A . S . Stringer 368 - - ) & tandar < - B ™™* Millward Hughes 2496 - - Organist T . Walker 461 - - - Pursuivant Thomas Perrin - - Assistant Pursuivant R . Olive - - - \ R . Powell - - -
A . Craig Wallace - - „ . , W . Richmond - - - f Stewards J . Simpson - - - J . Taylor - j S . Smith .... Tyler . Charity jewels were presented to several Brethren , and after the Deputy Grand Master had intimated that
the next annual meeting would be held at Northwich the Lodge was closed . Subsequently the members of the Order attended service at St . Mary ' s Church .
Cornwall.
CORNWALL .
ri ^ HE deferred meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge 1 has been fixed by the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe for Tuesday , 16 th October , at Eedruth . The arrangements made by the late Prov . Grand Secretary ( Bro . Thomas Chirgwin , J . P . ) will practically remain unaltered ,
says the " Western Morning News , " so that it will be a melancholy satisfaction for the members to know that they will be carrying out the programme as arranged by their esteemed Secretary , whose decease occurred a few
days prior to the day fixed for the original meeting . Thirty Lodges will be represented on the occasion , and as it is twenty-one years since the appointment of the present popular luler ( the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe ) , the reports also being satisfactory , there should be a
good gathering under the auspices of the Druid ' s Lodge , No . 5 b 9 . Eedruth .
Durham.
DURHAM .
ri ^ HE Annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge JL was held on Tuesday , 25 th inst ., in the Assembly Hall , Darlington , there being a very large attendance of Provincial Officers , and Masters and Brethren of the several Lodges .
The Bight Worshipful Provincial Grand Master Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., presided , and be was supported by his Deputy Eev . Canon Tristram , D . D . The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened ,
the P . G . M . and the Deputy were saluted . The minutes of the Fund Committee were read by Bro . B . Hudson P . G . S ., and the Committee ' s recommendations were
adopted , namely , that seventy guineas be given to each of the following Charities : —The Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys , the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls , and the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons ; fifty guineas to the Durham Masonic
Education Fund ; and grants of £ 20 each to the widows of two deceased Brethren . The Eev . Canon Tristram moved the adoption of the report , which was agreed to .
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Cheshire.
CHESHIRE .
npHE Provincial Grand Lodge held its annual meeting I on Thursday of last week , in the Claughton Music Hall , Birkenhead . In the absence of the Provincial Grand Master Lord Egerton of Tatton , Bro . Sir Horatio Lloyd the Deputy Provincial Grand Master presided .
Bro . J . Salmon A . G . D . C . England and P . P . S . G . W . acted as Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and a large number of Brethren of high rank were present , the total attendance being about 550 .
The roll of Lodges was called , and it appeared that the whole—forty-six in number— were repieoented . The minutes of the annual meeting , held at fSantwich in
September last , and of special meetings held at Macclesfield , in October , and Birkenhead in February last , were confirmed .
Bro . T . E . Gibson Past Provincial Grand Treasurer presented the Auditors' report , which showed that the balances in the bank were as follow : —Fund of general
purposes £ 98 , as compared with £ 61 last year , being an increase of £ 36 ; fund of benevolence £ 167 , as compared with £ 117 last year , an increase of £ 50 , the two balances amounting to £ 266 .
The Provincial Grand Treasurer Bro . J . Jackson submitted his accounts in detail , showing balances as given above , and they were adopted , votes of thanks being accorded to the Provincial Grand Treasurer and the Auditors .
The annual report of the Committee of Benevolence stated that the receipts from all sources during the year amounted to £ 103 , making with the balance in hand a
sum of £ 220 . The expenditure had been £ 52 , leaving a balance in hand of £ 167 . In view of the fact that Lord Egerton the Provincial Grand Master had signified his intention of presiding at the Febtival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys , to be held in July next , the Committee recommended
that a grant of 100 guineas should be made from the Fund of Benevolence , in the name of the Province , for that Institution . Three petitions for relief had been presented , and in each case a grant of £ 20 was made . A girl and a widow had been elected on the funds of the Eoyal Masonic Institutions .
The second annual report of the Cheshire Masonic Benevolent Institution stated that the Institution had taken a fiim hold on the sympathies of members of the
Fraternity in Cheshire , and that the donations this year amounted to £ 507 . The lunds invested and standing in the bank amounted to £ 3 , 105 . The total amount of invested funds was now £ 2 , 9 o 8 , and the annual income
about £ 96 . Upon the motion of Bro . J . Salmon , the reports were adopted .
The Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in a brief address , said the absence of Lord Egerton was a misfortune , but at the same time the occasion of his
absence needed no condolence . He had , in fact , taken a wife and therefore could not come . Sir H . Lloyd was glad to find the condition of Freemasonry in the Province so satisfactory . There had been one additional Lodge
formed since their last annual meeting , and there was an increase of membership of 127 , as against 17 b in the preceding year . It was by no means so important that they should increase their numbers as that they should maintain the quality of those who became connected
with the Masonic body . The position of their Charitable Institutions was especially gratifying , and he urged that every step should be taken to give them that support which the good work they did so thoioughly justified . In conclusion , Sir H . Lloyd proposed that an address be presented to Lord Egerton on the occasion of his
marriage . The P . G . Secretary Brother B . Newhouse read the address , which was beautiiully engrossed and illuminated with the arms oi Lord Egerton and the Duchess
of Buckingham and Chandos . It conveyed expression of the esteem and regard of the Masomc Fraternity of Cheshire lor Lord Egeiton , and expiessed the desire that his mairiage might be crowned with every happiness .
The address was adopted , and the airangements for its presentation were leit with the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and the P . G . Secretary .
Cheshire.
Upon the motion of Bro . Skannett ( Mersey Lodge , 447 , Birkenhead ) , seconded by Brother T . Shaw ( W . M .
Wirral Lodge ) , Bro . E . Evans , of the Mersey Lodge , was elected P G . Treasurer . Auditors having been appointed , the Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year were appointed as follow : Bro . O . H . Brown 537 - - - Senior Warden Captain Cooper 2386 - - Junior Warden
Rov . R . Hodgson 321 - - ) „ , , . Rev . Hamilton King 2375 - j Chaplauu En » ch Evans 447 - - - Treasurer H . Nash - - - . Registrar R . Newhouse - - - Secretary G . F . Bird 1576 - - - Assistant Secretarv
J . Mills 425 - - - ) Q i-. P . Duff 605 - - - [ Semor Deac ° n 8 John Bell 104 - - - ) ,. _ , J . S . Appleby 941- - - J Jumor Deaoons H . Lomasl 957 - - - Superintendent of Works
H . Gordon Small 2368 - - Director of Ceremonies R . Stephenson 1166 - - Deputy Dir . of Cers . J . Holland 428 - - - ) J . Cooper 758 - - - \ Assistant Dir . of Cers . J . Hadden 2389 - - - ' George Fountain 267 - - Sword Bearer
H . Powell Jones 1957 - - ) ef „„/ 1 „^ r , A . S . Stringer 368 - - ) & tandar < - B ™™* Millward Hughes 2496 - - Organist T . Walker 461 - - - Pursuivant Thomas Perrin - - Assistant Pursuivant R . Olive - - - \ R . Powell - - -
A . Craig Wallace - - „ . , W . Richmond - - - f Stewards J . Simpson - - - J . Taylor - j S . Smith .... Tyler . Charity jewels were presented to several Brethren , and after the Deputy Grand Master had intimated that
the next annual meeting would be held at Northwich the Lodge was closed . Subsequently the members of the Order attended service at St . Mary ' s Church .
Cornwall.
CORNWALL .
ri ^ HE deferred meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge 1 has been fixed by the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe for Tuesday , 16 th October , at Eedruth . The arrangements made by the late Prov . Grand Secretary ( Bro . Thomas Chirgwin , J . P . ) will practically remain unaltered ,
says the " Western Morning News , " so that it will be a melancholy satisfaction for the members to know that they will be carrying out the programme as arranged by their esteemed Secretary , whose decease occurred a few
days prior to the day fixed for the original meeting . Thirty Lodges will be represented on the occasion , and as it is twenty-one years since the appointment of the present popular luler ( the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe ) , the reports also being satisfactory , there should be a
good gathering under the auspices of the Druid ' s Lodge , No . 5 b 9 . Eedruth .
Durham.
DURHAM .
ri ^ HE Annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge JL was held on Tuesday , 25 th inst ., in the Assembly Hall , Darlington , there being a very large attendance of Provincial Officers , and Masters and Brethren of the several Lodges .
The Bight Worshipful Provincial Grand Master Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., presided , and be was supported by his Deputy Eev . Canon Tristram , D . D . The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened ,
the P . G . M . and the Deputy were saluted . The minutes of the Fund Committee were read by Bro . B . Hudson P . G . S ., and the Committee ' s recommendations were
adopted , namely , that seventy guineas be given to each of the following Charities : —The Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys , the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls , and the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons ; fifty guineas to the Durham Masonic
Education Fund ; and grants of £ 20 each to the widows of two deceased Brethren . The Eev . Canon Tristram moved the adoption of the report , which was agreed to .