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Answers To Correspondents.

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ERRATUM . —Re Bro . Holmes , K . T . —In Bre > . Hutrli . Ws brief teview of Bro . Holme ' s Histoiy eif the Knights Templars , 300 years , shoulel be 200 , in reference to the Koyal Order of Se-ejtlaud .

Liverpool Theatres, &C.

LIVERPOOL THEATRES , & c .

Week ending May ¦ o . ROYAI . ALEXANDRA THEATRE , Liine-strcct . —Lessee Uro . E . Sakcr . Miss Nina Temple in " Komeo and Juliet . " ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE , Great Charlotte-street . —Lessee Bro .. H . Leslie . Mr : E . Falconer ' s newdrama " Killarney . "

PRINCEOF WALES .. THE 1 VI RE , Llaytou-si | uare . — s-. ee Mr . Sclton Parry . " 'Ihe 1 hippy I . a _ j " Le _ T ~~ HKATRE ROYAL Vi'iliian-ison-sr-uarc . —Lessee , Bro . De Freece . Hvirlesque ol" " I'hc C ' ori-ican Brothers , " vile l ' akir of Atfl , and Miscellaneous Entertainment .

ST . JAMES'S HALL , Lime-street . —Proprietor , Uro . J * -. Hague . Special Artistes and Easter Programme . N ~" liW STAR MUSIC HALL , WiillaixsBn . fqiiare . — : vlanai ; er , Uro . . Saundeis . Opera , the Fakir of Oolu and Special Easter ; Attractions , OTUNDATl-iEATRE and MUSTCTLALI . " . —Proprietor , Mr D . Grannell . Miscellaneous Entertainments .

/ QUEEN'S HALL , Mr . Mary I . Ltons' " Merrv Moments . '

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , MAY 3 , 1873 .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Leicestershire And Rutland.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND .

INSTALLATION OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL FERUF . RS AS PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER . A meeting of a very interesting character was

held at Freemasons' Mail , Leicester , on Friday , April 1 Sth , when the members of the late Provincial Grand Lodge , and the brethren of the Province , were summoned to attend and assist

at the installation of the Earl Ferrers as Provincial Grand Waster in succession to the R . W . Bro . William Kelly , F . R . Hist . Soc , who has recently resigned that office . There was a large

attendance of brethren on the occasion , including several visitors from other provinces . At 2 o ' clock , the Craft Lodge , St . John ' s ( No . 279 ) , was opened , and shortly after that

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hour , the R . W . Bro . Kelly , P . Prov . G . M . accompanied by the officers of the late Prov . Grand Lodge entered the HaU in procession , and tho P . Prov . G . M . having taken the chair , was

saluted with grand honours . Provincial Granel Lodge was then opened in due form , and the Rolls of Lodges and of Grand

Officers were calleel , every * lodge being well represented , and the following officers answering to their names : —Bros . the Earl Ferrers ,

P . D . P . G . M ., J . J . Fast , S . G . W . ; C . Stretton , J . . W . 5 Revds . P . Phelps , and W . J . Fry , G . Chaplains ; W . B . Smith , G . Treas . ; J . H . Douglass , G . Reg . ; S . S . Partridge , G . Sec . ;

E . J . Crow , G . S . D . ; E . Ison , G . J . D . ; J . B . Hall , G . Dir . of Cer . ; J . Halford , Asst . D . C ; Capt . H . B . Burnaby , G . S . B . ; W . J . Hewlett , G . Org . ; I . G . Bennett , G . Std . B . ; and J . M . Kew , and F . Grant , M . D ., G . Stewards , together

with upwards of 20 Past Grand Officers . Amongst the visitors present were Bros . Samuel Innis , D . P . G . M . ; S . Jacob , P . P . S . G . W . ; and Rev . F . H . Richardson , P . G . Chap , of Norths , and Hunts . ; 1 . L . Kennedy , P . M . 10 * 31 , ; A .

Wright , 10 3 , Walter Spencer , 263 , anel W . Simmonds , 445 . A communication from the Grand Secretary Bro . John Hervey was then rend , announcing

that the M . W . G . M . had accepted tlie resignation by Bro . Kelly of the office of Prov . G . Master , with expressions of regret that the state of that brother ' s health had compelled him to relinquish

the post , and intimating that Bro . Kelly had not held the appointment for the prescribed period of five years whieli would entitle him to Past Rank , the Grand Master felt that the Craft in

tins Province had derived so much advantage from his guidance that it gave him pleasure , under the circumstances , to confer on Bro . Kelley , Past Rank , with the same seniority , rierhts , and

privileges as if he hail actetl for the full prescribed term of years . A resolution that the Grand Secretary ' s letter should be entered on the minutes , was carried bv acclamation , Bro . the

Rev . Jno . Denton , P . P . S . G . W ., the mover of the resolution very eloquently expressing the sentiments of gratification on the part of the brethren , at this graceful act of the M . W . G . M ., in

conferring a well-earned distinction on the worth y P . Prov . G . M ., and read a congratulatory resolution on the subject from the members of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge , Ashby-de-la-Zoneh .

Bro . Kelly as Prov . G . M ., called on Bro . S . S . Partridge , I ' rov , G . Sec , to read the patent of appointment of the Right Hon . and R . W . Bro . the Earl F ' errers as Prov . G . M . A deputation

was sent to receive his lordship , and he was conducted into the lodge and presented for installation by the acting D . P . G . M ., Bro . the Rev . J . Denton . After giving his assent to the ancient

charges , anel taking the obligation , his lordship was duly installed and invested as Provincial Grand Master , saluted with grand honours , and proclaimed by his several titles , by the Prov .

G . D . C , Bro . J . B . Hall . The newly-installed Prov . G . M . returned thanks to the brethren for their support and

attendance in such large numbers on that im portant occasion . lie felt deeply the re-sponsi bility devolving on him as their rulerin Masonry

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The Province under t \\ p _ =. ' .- » elirection of the respected P . Prov . G . M :, had attained a pitch of excellence which he was sure could not be excelled , but which he hoped might be

maintained by the brethren working together with him in the endeavour to promote that object ; and concluded by assuring the brethren that no

efforts on his part should be spared to promote the harmony ancl prosperity of the province . The officers of the late Provincial Grand

Lodge were requested by the Prov . G . M . to retain their respective posts until the next annual general meeting , when their year of office would expire .

The minutes of the last annual general communication having been confirmed , the next business on the agenda paper was to present a testimonial , consisting of a purse of 130 guineas

( the subscription being limited ) , and an illuminated address from the brethren of the province te ) Bro . Kelly on his retirement from the office of Prov . G . M . Bro . 'he Rev . J . Spittal , P . P . S . G . W .,

in making the presentation , alluded in a very eloquent manner tt ) the long and distinguished Masonic career of Bro . Kelly , anel to his ei . - ' nent services in promoting the prosperity e . f the

Oreler in this co-. * . Referring to the great progress which i . ..-. masonry had made in the province , and to the trul y fraternal fee-ling whieli

existed beween the several leidges , the Rev . Bro . attrilr * * .-. . ' . it in a large m .. sure to the influence ol the worthy P . P . G . M . It was the work of no

ordinary man to give the satisfaction which Bro . Kelly had tlenie ' . The brethren all felt him to be their common friend , and so freely were his services given that they sometimes failed to

appreciate their real value . In requesting acceptance of the testimonial , Bro . Spittal said the gift was but small , and hatl been made purposely se ) ( the subscription being limited to a very small

sum ) , and was a very inadequate return for thc obligations which the province owed to Bio , Kelly . He trusted that that Bro . would not

measure the gift ly its pecuniary value , but would regard it imply as a symbol of the high esteem and resp . ct in which he was universall y held in the province .

The address , which was in the form of a book , most elaborately and beautifull y illuminated and very handsomely bound , was as follows : —

" To the R . W . Bro . Kelly , Past Provincial Grand Master of Leicestershire and Rutland . "R . W . Sir and Brother , — " The brethren of the Province of

Leicestershire and Rutland , ever bearing in mind , that during the lengthened period of your connection wilh our Craft you have laboured zealously to promote its welfare both in the Town of Leicester

and in all the lotlges of the Province , cannot allow you to sever that connection and resign your honourable office of Provincial Grand

Master without placing upon record their hearty appreciation of the manner in which you have til ways managed their affairs .

"The M . W . G . M . of England ready at al times to reward merit , has conferred upon you Past Rank , and in his graceful tribute to your

services we greatly rejoice , feeling certain that it must be gratifying to your feelings tt ) know that they have met with acknowledgement from the