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L EADERSThe Kelly Memorial Fund ... ... ... ... ... 5 ' 9 Freemasonry in Cornwall ... ... ... ... ... 520 Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall ... ... ... ... 520 Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire ... ... ... ... 521 Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales ... ... ... ... 522 Provincial Grand Chapter of Lincolnshire ... ... ... ... 522 Provincial Grand Chapter of North Wales ... ... ... ... 522 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland ... ... 523 A New Home for Keighley Freemasonry ... ... ... ... 523 Interesting Extract from an "Old Masonian ' s" Letter to the Secretary R . M . I . B . _ ... ... ... ... ... ... 523 Freemasonry in Wiesbaden ... ... ... ... ... 523 Lodges and Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... 523 MASONIC NOTES— , The Schools Elections ... ... ... ... ... 525 Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland ... ... 525 Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire ... ... ... 525 Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall ... ... ... ... 525 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 526 Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... .,. ... ... 526 Craft Masonry ... ... .,. ... ... ,.. 526 Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 529 Consecration of the Beach Lodge , No . 2622 ... ,,, ... ... 529 Consecration of the Blackpool Rose Croix Chapter , No . 136 ,.. ... 529 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 530 CONTENTS . PAGE .

The Kelly Memorial Fund.

THE KELLY MEMORIAL FUND .

On the lamented death in 18 94 of Bro . Wll . LlAM KELLY , F . S . A ., I' . Prov . G . Master and G . Superintendent of Leicestershire and Rutland , steps were at once taken to determine whether any , and , if so . what kind of , memorial should be raised to

commemorate the many and valuable services he had rendered to Freemasonry , both generall y and in the Province of which he had been a member throughout his whole Masonic career . A special Provincial Grand Lodge was held on the 21 st November

following his death , and it was then and there unanimously decided that a memorial should be raised which should take the form of a Benevolent and Educational Fund and be known as " The Kelly Memorial Fund . " A Committee was formed to take the necessary preliminary arrangements for the establishment of this Fund .

and in due course a code of bye-laws was framed , which were unanimousl y approved and adopted at the annual Prov . Grand Lod ge held on the 6 th November , 1895 . At the same meeting it was announced that the promises of support which the Committee

had received were very favourable , and Bro . S . S . PARTRIDGE , P . A . G . D . C . England , Dep . P . G . Master , was appointed to act as Steward in behalf of the Fund , while a grant of £ 2 * , from the

funds of Prov . Grand Lodge was unanimousl y voted by way of inaugurating the long list of subscriptions which it is desired to accumulate . In fulfilment of this duty , Bro . PARTRIDGE is now

issuing a circular letter to thc lodges and brethren in Leicestershire and Rutland with a view to obtaining from them such donalions and subscriptions as they may be able and willing to make , hi doing this , he refrains from entering minutely into the particulars of our late Bro . KELLY ' S services . He is content to

s peak of him in general terms as having been " one whom all flighted to look upon as the 'Father of Freemasonry '" in the rovince of Leicestershire and Rutland , and he rests " his consent expectation that they " —the Masonic bodies and brethren

generall y throughout the Province— " will liberall y contribute to ake the Memorial an entire success " on the general tenour of ^ ° ' KELLY ' S career rather on any individual act , however J ! l ant or beneficial to the local Craft , which he may have done .

•« - untiring devotion and incomparable services of our departed brother , " writes Bro . PARTRIDGE in this circular letter , ' re too well known to even the youngest amongst us to render ) details of his services necessary for the purpose of this mm » nication . His name will continue a household word vvith

The Kelly Memorial Fund.

the brethren , and but little is needed to ensure favourable consideration for the Memorial . The objects will , I confidently believe , commend themselves to you , for , while preserving a permanent record of our dear Brother KELLY , we are

at the same time instituting a means of exercising what he always strenuously advocated—the active principles of Benevolence and Charity . " Bro . PARTRIDGE then proceeds to explain the purposes of the Fund , which are " to

supplement the benefits of the great Masonic Charitable Institutions by providing for such relief as these Charities may not be able to deal with promptly . Up to the present time , " he adds " the Charity Fund of the Province has sufficed to meet cases

coming under its notice , but , having regard to the great increase , locally , in Freemasonry , it cannot be expected that the benefits of that Fund will be adequate to meet future , claims , and it is consequently hoped that by the establishment of this Fund much Masonic distress may be alleviated . " We trust that Bro .

PARTRIDGE S appeal will meet with the success it deserves , more especially as measures have been adopted to ensure the permanency of the interest which the Leicestershire and Rutland lodges and brethren may exhibit at the outset in the Fund hy

granting votes at each election held during the year of recipients of the benefits conferred by the Fund to donors and subscribers in proportion to the amount of their subscriptions and donations . Thus a lodge or brother , who contributed five shillings will

receive one vote at every such election . A donor of two and a half guineas becomes a Life Subscriber and will receive two votes at each election for life ; the donor of five guineas becomes a Life Governor and receives four votes for life ; while the donor

of 10 guineas is designated a Patron and receives eight votes at each election for life . These arrangements concern individual donors , but lodges , chapters , and other Masonic bodies obtain the same privileges by paying double , that is to say , five

guineas to become Life Subscribers ; 10 guineas to become Life Governors ; and 20 guineas to become Patrons . Ladies and Lewises who are minors become Patrons and receive eight votes on payment of five guineas and four additional votes in respect

of every additional contribution of two and a half guineas . The scheme is an excellent one , and considering what manner of man our late lamented Bro . KELLY was , how able and experienced in every branch of Masonic work , how enthusiastic , in

fact , how entirely he was what is commonly designated "the heart and soul " of Freemasonry in Leicestershire and . Rutland for a full half-a-century , we have every confidence that when the time

comes to confer the benefits of the Fund on some deserving candidates , it will be found that Bro . PARTRIDGE ' appeal has not been made in vain .

Freemasonry In Cornwall.

FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL .

It is to be regretted that Bro . the Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE , Past Deputy G . Master of England , Prov . G . Master of Cornwall , was unable to be present in his place at the annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall on Tuesday , the 22 nd ult .,

more especially as the cause of his absence was illness . However , his respected Deputy , Bro . Sir CHARLES B . GRAVES-SAV \ LE , Bart ., ably presided in his stead and was in a position to assure

the brethren that though their Prov . Grand Master had gone abroad for the benefit of his health , his illness had never been dangerous and he was being rapidly restored to convalescence . This was subsequently confirmed by the Prov , Grand Secretary ,