Ancient And Accepted Rite.

Ancient and Accepted Rite .

Shadwell Clerke Chapter ( No . 107 ) . — The annual installation meeting of this chapter svas held on Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., at 33 , Golden square . 111 Bro . W . A . Scurrah , 30 , M . W . S ., occupied the chair , and there were likewise present 111 . Bros . Lovegrove , 30 ; John Read , 30 , M . W . S . elect : W . R . Palmer , 30 ; Bros . Dr . Goodchild , A . Scurrah , E . Storr , Leversedge , ancl others . 0

Visitors : V . 111 . Bro . Major Geo . Lambert , 33 ; Bros . F . Burgess , Capt . T . C . Walls , and Prosver . V . 111 . Bro . Col . Shadsvell H . Clerke , 33 ° , very courteously wrote a letter to the Recorder , expressing his regret at not being able to be present . The candidates for perfection not being present , 111 . Bro . Lovegrove , 30 , presented 111 . Bro . Read , 30 ° , to the M . W . S . for installation , which ceremony vvas performed by IU . Bro . 0

W . A . Scurrah , 30 , in a most efficient manner . A P . M . W . S . ' s jesvel was presented to 111 . Bro . W . A . Scurrah on his retirement from the chair svhich he had so ably filled during the past year , to svhich Bro . Scurrah made an appropriate reply . The M . W . S . appointed and invested the officers of the chapter for the ensuing year . _ The chapter svas then closed , and subsequently the princes dined at the Criterion .

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE . Royal Kent Chapter ( No . 8 ) . —The regular convocation of this chapter svas held on Friday , the 24 th ult ., at the Masonic HaU , Maple-street , under the presidency of E . and P . Bro . Carmon , M . W . S . The minutes of the last convocation being read and confirmed , Bros . J . B . Payne and J . A . S . Scott were perfected and aftersvards admitted to the L . C A ballot svas then taken for a M . W . S .

for the ensuing year , svhen E . and P . Bro . Dr . Hill-Drury vvas unanimously elected . The Treasurer and Outer Guard having been elected , a communication vvas received from the Inspector-General regretting absence osving to ill-health . The fratres expressed their sorrosv at Frater Banister ' s continued indisposition , but hoped he would soon be well enough to be again vvith them . Business being ended , the chapter svas closed , and the fratres adjourned to the usual "Red Herring . "

Order Of The Secret Monitor.

Order of the Secret Monitor .

Zacharie Conclave ( No . 9 ) . —A meeting was held on the 17 th ult . at the Holborn Restaurant , svhen there svere present Bros . H . W . Kiallmark , P . G . Std . Br ., Treas ., S . R . ; C M . Jessop , G . C , Sec ; M . A . Troughton , G . ; W . C . Canton , Stsvd . ; VV . A . Ellis , Org . ; F . Marshall , V . D . ; W . Amor , Sentinel ; and VV . J . Spratling ( Hon . Member ) , G . R . Visitors : Bros . C . B . Cooper , G . C , and

F . E . Lemon , P . G . Stwd . The Supreme Ruler elect , Bro . C . M . Jessop , G . C , svas installed by Bro . VV . J . Spratling , assisted by Bros . Kiallmark and Cooper . The Supreme Ruler nominated his officers for the First and Second Degrees , and invested thosevvho svere present . An alteration in the date of the meeting held in June from the third to the last Friday in that month , vvas approved of .

The Douglas Head Improvements.

THE DOUGLAS HEAD IMPROVEMENTS .

IMPOSING MASONIC CEREMONY .

In the presence of a large assembly of the brethren of the Isle of Man , West Lancashire , East Lancashire , West Yorkshire , and Cheshire , the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , Deputy Grand Master , Prov . Grand Master of West Lancashire , assisted b y numerous Grand and Provincial Grand Officers , laid the foundation-stone on Friday , the 24 th ult ., of the approach tower to the

Douglas Head Suspension Bridge . The English visitors accompanying his lordship , as the guests of the directors of the Suspension Bridge Company , were conveyed on Thursday from Liverpool on the Snaefell , which vvas specially chartered for the occasion . During the voyage , which vvas of the pleasantest description , music vvas supplied by the band of the 3 rd Cheshire Rifle Volunteers .

The morning opened beautifully fine , and from an early hour the Masonic visitors who were to take part in the ceremony at noon were to be seen leaving their hotels and lodgings and proceeding along the Promenade to viesv the site of the proposed Douglas Eiffel Tower . All the visitors were astonished to hear that ei ght days

ago the site was entirely covered by house property . The necessary land has been acquired for . £ 25 , 000 , and the property to be pulled down thereon is of a class the removal of which will not deprive Douglas of any of its architectural beauties . A space sufficiently large for the accommodation of fourteen or fifteen hundred

spectators had been cleared , and this space would have been much larger but for the fact that a portion of the property consisted of Customs-house buildings , and the authorities have not yet acquired new premises . In the centre of the site a square vault about 14 feet deep had been excavated , and it vvas at the bottom of this

that the foundatiod-stone was to be laid by Bro . the Earl of Lathom . Some difficulty had been encountered in preparing the foundations of this base , which will form one of 56 bases upon which the approach tower will rest . The quantity of water which vvas come to when the excavations were proceeded with was rather

more than had been bargained for , and consequently the necessary pumping occasioned considerable delay . However , everything was prepared by Friday morning , for the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone , an immense square block weighing over tsvo tons . A special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of the

Isle of Man was convened b y the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . John Senhouse Goldie Taubman , and at 11 o ' clock the brethren of the Provincial Grand Lod ge and their visiting brethren assembled at the Masonic Hall , Loch-parade . There were in all about 000 brethren of all ranks present ,

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The officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge included Bros . Major John Senhouse Goldie-Taubman , P . G . M . ; S . Webb , P . S . G . W . ; Rev . E . Ferrier , P . G . Chap . ; Frank J . Johnson , P . A . G . S . ; J . Hodgson , P . G . R . ; C . Morton Chatterton , P . A . G . D . C ; J . Hatton , P . G . R ; Thos . L . Ayton , P . A . G . P . ; T . Whiteside , P . G . S . ;

E . Pritchard , P . P . G . P . ; G . W . Quayter , P . P . G . S . ; Sidney May , P . G . S . ; and L . Hannay , P . P . G . D . The Province of West Lancashire was represented by , among others , Bros , the Earl of Lathom ; W . Goodacre , Prov . Grand Sec . ; George Harradon , Prov . Grand Treas . ; J . C . Robinson , P . P . G . D . C , acting

D . ofC ; J . Sutton , P . P . D . G . D . C ; Thos . Adams , P . P . G . D . ; A . D . Hesketh , P . P . G . S . B . ; James Platts , P . P . S . G . D . ; W . Laughlan , P . P . S . G . W . ; W . Foulkes , P . G . S . B . ; J . Champion Bradshaw , P . P . G . S . B . ; J . A . Cruichiland , P . P . S . G . D . ; Jos . Harling , P . P . G . P . ;

H . M . Molyneaux , P . P . G . D . C ; Joseph Bndgford , P . P . G . P . ; Thomas Salter , P . P . J . G . D . ; A . D . Hesketh , P . P . G . S . B . ; T . Eyre Mason , P . P . G . T . ; H . Crosby , P . P . G . P . ; and J . Tunstall , P . P . G . P . The Province of East Lancashire was represented by Bros . E . J . Cumings , P . P . G . S . B . ; J . Butterworth ,

P . P . G . D . ; J . Newton , P . P . S . G . D . ; W . H . Wakefield , P . P . G . S . B . ; E . G . Harwood , P . P . J . G . W . ; J . Arensberg , P . P . G . P . ; Joseph T . Richardson , P . P . S . G . D . ; Rawden Ashworth , P . P . G . P . ; T . H . Sleigh , P . P . G . S . B . ;

Robert Caldwell , P . P . G . S . B . ; S . Statham , P . P . G . T . ; and J . Brogford , P . P . G . P . Among the Past and Present Provincial Grand Officers of the Province of Cheshire present were Bros . G . M'Clelland , P . J . G . D . ; Eustace G . Parker ,

P . P . G . P . ; G . F . Smith , P . P . G . S . ; L . W . Whalley , P . P . G . O . ; E . Hardman , P . P . S . G . D . ; J . Beresford , P . P . S . G . D . ; H . E . Heywood , P . G . S . B . ; David Kinsey , P . P . G . T . ; S . Newton Brooke , P . D . G . D . of C . ; Joel Foden ( Mayor of Altrincham ) , W . M . ; and W . H , Macefield , P . P . G . O .

There vvas a large assembly of Worshipful Masters and Past Masters of lodges in each of the provinces , as well as a numerous and representative gathering of the rank and file of the Masonic brotherhood of Lancashire , Cheshire , and the Isle of Man . Prov . Grand Lodge having been duly opened , a

procession vvas formed from the Masonic Hall , outside which a vast crowd had assembled , and were being entertained by the music of the 3 rd Cheshire Rifle Volunteers ' band . A public Masonic ceremonial is quite a redletter day in the island . There has only been a single previous one , and that at Peel a year ago . Since then

the brethren have never walked in procession , except once from lodge at Douglas to church , and on that occasion , as the rain was pouring down , they ran rather than walked . Such an unusual sight as that presented by five or six hundred Freemasons attired in full Masonic Craft clothing had been eagerly anticipated ,

and when shortl y after 11 o clock the rain began to fall great disappointment was occasioned . However , there vvas not sufficient to spoil either the procession or the ceremony , although the brethren had to resort to a pretty general use of umbrellas from leaving to returning to the lodge rooms . The procession went

not along the Promenade , but through Finch-road , Prospect Hill , and Victoria-street , so as to traverse the principal streets of the town . All along the route was lined with spectators , vvho were much interested in the sight afforded by the brilliant pageant . The military band headed the procession , which vvas

formed in the usual order . The visitors and provincial officers led , all the others following according to rank , the Provincial Grand Master of the Isle of Man , and the Deputy Grand Master bringing up the rear . At the entrance to the site the brethren divided to the right and left , forming an avenue , through which the

Earl of Lathom and Major Goldie-Taubman passed , the order of procession then being inverted , and the Grand Officers of England and the Provincial Grand Ofiicers following his lordshi p into the enclosure . The rank and file of the brethren brought up the rear , the place of the officiating brethren having been assigned

while the heralds were announcing the arrival of the Deputy Grand Master by a flourish of trumpets . The ceremony was commenced by the singing of the " Old Hundredth . " Mr . Thomas Floyd , the engineer , presenting the Earl of Lathom vvith a handsome silver trowel , which had been manufactured b y Bro . George

Kenning , requested his lordship to lay the foundationstone , which was then raised by means of a powerful tripod crane and carefully adjusted . After prayer had been offered by the Grand Chaplain , the Psalm " Except the Lord build the house " was sung , and then the Provincial Grand Secretary read the

inscription on the brass plate to be affixed to the foundation-stone , and the Prov . Grand Treasurer descended the vault and deposited in the stone a phial containing the usual collection of newspapers and coins . The Deputy Grand Master then laid the stone according to Masonic ritual , strewing thereon the corn

contained in the cornucopia , and pouring upon it the wine and oil contained in the ewers , which had also been carried in tbe procession . " Prosper the Art " having been sung , prayer was offered by the Prov . G . Chaplain , and the engineer then presented the plans of the tower approach to his lordship , who delivered fchem to the engineer , exhorting him to proceed without loss

of time to the completion of the work in conformity with the plans . The Masonic version of the National Anthem , joined in by the band , brethren , and spectators , concluded the ceremony , and the procession was then re-formed , and the Provincial Grand Lodge vvas duly closed at the Masonic Hall , which was reached b y way of the Promenade . A rumour was freely circulated in Douglas to the effect that the Earl of Lathom

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had promised to use his influence with H . R . H . the Prince of Wales to prevail upon the Heir Apparent , as the Grand Master of the Freemasons of England , to open the approach tower when completed . The proceedings of this most important day in the annals of Manxland were concluded vvith a banquet at

the Castle Mona Hotel , svhere 200 guests partook of the hospitality of Dr . Abbots , the Chairman , and the directors of the Douglas Head Suspension Bridge Company . Bro . Major J . S . Goldie-Taubman presided , and vvas supported by Bros , the Earl of Lathom , W . Goodacre ,

J . C . Robinson , Thomas H . Nesbit , and G . Harradon , and the Chairman and directors of the company . At the conclusion of the banquet , the toasts of " The Queen" and "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . Master , " were given and duly honoured , after which The CIUIRM . SN proposed " The Health of the Right

Hon . the Earl of Lathom , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . " The Manx Freemasons , he said , esteemed it a great honour that the Deputy Grand Master of England had consented to come there and lay the foundation-stone of the approach bridge . He hoped that his lordship had formed a

good impression of the Manx brethren , and also that the visitors would carry back a good account of Freemasonry in the Isle of Man . Bro . the Earl of LATHOM , in replying , said that he had been exceedingly pleased to be able to come over to the island to see the working of that young

Provincial Grand Lodge . The lodge was in its childhood , but it vvas a very lusty childhood , for already in the course of four years the province had actually doubled itself . This showed how thoroughly Freemasonry was prospering in the island . He hoped that that would long go on , and that that province would prove a formidable

rival to West Lancashire , just over the border . It was vvith the greatest pleasure that he came to perform the public function , feeling that the tower and bridge vvas not only a work which was likely to be a benefit to Douglas and the Isle of Man , but that it was one thoroughly within the bounds of Freemasonry . As he

understood that scheme , which he hoped would be carried out in its entirety , it was one which would not only give work to ' men on the island at a time vvhen work vvas scarce , but would be of immense advantage to the inhabitants and to the many visitors vvho came there every year . It would add to the great

attractions of the island . His own experience dated back over 19 years , when he first had the pleasure of coming over with Sir Henry Loch . Since then he had been 17 or 18 times , and he need hardl y tell them that he admired the island . He considered it a great health resort , so much so that he had sent his then young

family every year . Since his last visit , 10 years ago , improvements had been made in the town which had perfectly astonished him . In conclusion , his lordship said .- He wished all prosperity to the island , and prosperity to the Freemasons of the island . Other toasts followed , including those of "The

Council and House of Keys of the Isle of Man , " The Town and Trade of Douglas , " and " Success to the Douglas Head Suspension Bridge . " Responding to the second-named toast , Mr . W . Proctor , Chairman of the Town Commissioners , expressed the entire approval of that body of the scheme which had been that day so successfully initiated . ?—

Bro. Alexander Watson's Recital.

BRO . ALEXANDER WATSON'S RECITAL .

On Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., at Steinvvay Hall , before an enthusiastic audience , Bro . Alexander Watson commenced his annual series of dramatic and humorous recitals . On this occasion he was assisted in the programme by two of his pupils—Messrs . Howard Settle and W . H . Jones—who made their debut with not a

little success . Bro . Watson excelled especially in his fine clear delivery of "The Slave who Saved St . Michael ' s , " and by the humour , not unmixed with pathos , which he displayed in "An Ostler ' s Story" ( A . H . Miles ) , he carried the audience b y storm . Nothing new can be said about Bro . Watson ' s rendering of

The Kelpie of Cornevreckan , but high praise must be accorded him for the judicious selection he gave from Mr . Jerome ' s " Three Men in a Boat , " and for the dramatic delivery of Mdlle . de Mensiaux ' s " Fire ! Fire ! " Of the newcomers , Mr . Settle pleased the

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