Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire.

Treasurer . The pecuniary loss to the Craft is more than was at first anticipated , A proposal has been placed on he agenda paper by the Provincial Grand Registrar and is successor for augmenting the charitable resources at he disposal of this Provincial Grand Lodge . My Deputy hin ks the time has arrived , and that this is a fitting opportunity , for the consideration of a fund of benevolence

r West Yorkshire . Should you be pleased to entertain he Registrar's moderate proposal , the paragraph would , when confirmed , become incorporated by attachment to that particular bye-law , and be construct ! as a part of it by affiliation . These brethren think , by this proposal , a foundation would be laid on which hereafter might be consolidated a " fund of Masonic benevolence , " solely

devoted to charity , worthy of the liberal and munificent traditions of this generous province . The proposal has for one of its objects the separation of the annual current expenditure of the administration of this province from the receipts , to be exclusively devoted to charitable purposes , such as are petitions for relief , & c . By placing the financial receipts of this proposal for the establishment of a

charitable fund under the control of the Charity Committee , the pecuniary influence and usefulness of this most representative body would be greatly and permanently consolidated , and its voting power at the elections year by year could be cumulatively increased and strengthened . Should there be anything in bye-law No . 42 which may on constitutional precedent hinder the promoter and seconder

introducing this proposal for discussion , I and my Deputy ask your permission for its temporary suspension , so as to enable this meeting of the Craft to take cognisance of and deal with this proposal to the extent contained within itself . Only one more topic must I touch upon which ought not to be passed over : I refer to the resolutions of Grand Lodge on the French question . These resolutions I have received

from London , and requested my Deputy to transmit them to the Worshipful Masters of all lodges under my jurisdiction , with directions to have them read in open lodge , at its next meeting after their receipt , and afterwards permanently fixed in the minute-book . With us a candidate cannot be admitted who is without belief in the G . A . O . T . U . The first article of our inco-11 parable Book of Constitutions says , "A Freemason of all men should best understand that

Jehovah seeth not as man seeth , for man looketh at the outward appearance , but Jehovah looketh at the heart . " Therefore there is no place in our lodges for one who has no belief in a Supreme Being . We are dependent on Him for life and health and all things . He demands the entire consecration of the intellect , the heart , the physical powers to His work and glory here , and that we may bc fitted for

the resurrection and the Grand Lodge above . ( Applause . ) These grand truths are nobly expressed with much force and beauty by the great Apostle , in his reference to the Greek poet Aratus—From God begin we . "Who can touch the string , And not give praise to Heaven ' s eternal King ? He animates the smart and crowded way ,

The restless ocean and the sheltered bay . Doth care perplex ? Is lowering danger nigh ? We are His offspring , and to Goe ! we fly . ( Loud applause . ) In conclusion permit me to say that , having examined the annual returns of the lodges , I finel an increase of eighty-eight new members admitteel over the numbers of the previous year . With 840 Worshipful

Masters and Past Masters on our rolls , the difficulty of choosing names for the entering year is one of anxiety and delicacy , because out of so large a list of meritorious brethren I am utterly unable , to my great regret , to provides them with Provincial Grand Lodge recognition ; therefore those loelges from whom members are about to receive the

appointment of office must accept and consider it in these brethren as equivalent to the highest honour in my power to bestow . Again I heartily thank the outgoing Provincial Grand Officers for the work they have accomplished and assistance rendered to mt and to my Deputy during their year of office . ( Applause . )

The Princess of Wales and the Crown Princess of Denmark , and the Princess Albert Victor and George , visited the Tower of London on Monday morning . The list of subscriptions received on behalf of the Licensed Victuallers' School during the year ending on the 18 th inst ,, amounted to upwards of £ 6500 . The Presentation of the Testimonial to Bro .

Henry Muggeridge will take place on Wednesday week , the 15 th inst ., at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham Street . Dinner will beon table at half-past 6 , the presentation being made immediately after by the Chairman , Bro . Samuel G . Myers , P . M . and Treasurer Panmure Lodge , No . 715 . Dinner tickets , the price of which , exclusive of wine , is 3 s . fid . may be obtained of Bro . F . Fellows , 19 , Montague Road East , Dalston .

Commencement of the Stage Coaching Season . —A large number of persons assembled on Wednesday , at the White Horse Cellars , Piccadilly , to witness the inauguration of the stage coaching season . The first coach which left was the Guildford , followed by the Dorking . The Hapid , from Beckenham , the horses driven by Lord Arthur Somerset , arrived , and the Portsmouth

( Captain Hargreaves ) made its journey up to London . Coaches to Windsor , Oxford , and other places will shortl y be put on thc road . Rfadings in the Temple . —The Master of the Temple ( Dr . Vaughan ) will resume his public readings in

the Greek Testament on Tuesday , the 7 th inst ., at eight o'clock in the morning , in the lecture room of the Middle Temple , and continue them for three weeks , on Tuesdays , Wednesdays , Thursdays , and Fridays , at thc same hour . Thc subject will be " St . Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians . " The lectures are not restricted to members of the Temple *

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves ' & c , of any change in placeor day of meeting . For the Week ending Friday , May 10 , 1878 .

SATURDAY , MAY 4 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas , Cannon-street Hot . „ 1194 , Villiers , Grotto Hot ., Twickenham . „ i 5 *> 9 > New Cross , New Cross Hall , S . E . Chap . 1185 , Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Woon Green .

LOOGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , MAY 6 . Bro . Hedges ' s Committee Morning Room , F . M . Tav . at 12 . Lodge 16 , Royal Alpha , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . „ 25 , Robert Burns , F . M . H . „ 18 S , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 256 , Unions , F . M . H . „ 1319 , Asaph , F . M . H . „ 1670 , Adelphi , 4 , Adelphi-terrace , Strand . Mark 139 , Panmure , Balham Hotel , Balhcm .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st .

Perfect Ashlar , VictoriaTav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amhcrst-rd ., Hackney . I .-i'ighborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . Vvht Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Le . J Ion Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . E . G ., 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at 6 o ' clock .

TUESDAY , MAY 7 . Colonial Board . Steward's Visit R . M . B . I . at Croydon , 12 a . m . to 4 p . m . Lodge 171 , Amity , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . „ 765 , St . James ' s , Old White Hart Hot ., Boro . ,, J 2 S ? , Grosvenor , F . M . H .

„ 1261 , Golden Rule , Regent M . H ., Regent-st ., W . „ 1298 , Royal Std , Wellington Cb , Wellington-st ., N . ,, 1472 , Henley , Three Crowns Hot ., Woolwich . „ 1668 , Samson , F . M . H . Chap . 507 , United Pilgrims , Horns Tav ., Kennington . Mark ' 1 , St . Marks , F . M . Tavern , Gt . Queen-st . Sane . K . H . S . 1 , Mount Carmel , F . M . Tavern .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatie , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord's Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney .

Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone .

Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , ig , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s .

WEDNESDAY , MAY 8 . Com . R . M . B . I ., at 3 . Loelge 3 , Fidelity , F . M . H . „ 13 , Union Waterloo , M . H ., Woolwich , „ i ' e , Kent , F . M . H .

„ 238 , Pilgrim , 101 , Queen Victoria-street . „ 708 , Carnarvon , Mitre Inn , Hampton Court . „ 781 , Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burelett-rd ., E . „ 820 , Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond . „ 1228 , Beacontree , Private Room , Leytonstone . „ 1306 , St . John of Wapping , Gun Tav ., Wapping .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tav ., Railway-place , Fenchurch-s \ Burdett Coutts , Salmon anil Ball , Bethnal Green-roael . Jordan , Devonshire Arms , Devonshire-st ., W ., at 8 . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E . Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton .

La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxfrrd-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park .

Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .

THURSDAY , MAY g . Lodge ig , R . Athelstan , Bridge House Hot . „ 223 , Bank of England , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 6 57 , Canonbury , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 870 , Southwark , Southwark Park Tav .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Lodge 1076 , Capper , Marine Hot ., Victoria Docks . ,, 1216 , Macelonald , Hd .-qrs ., ist Surrey Rifles . „ 1288 , Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav . „ 1 3 , Emblematic , Tulse-hill Hot ., Tulse-hill . „ 1471 , Islington , Cock Tav ., Highbury .

„ 1528 , St . Mary Magdalen , Ship Hot ., Greenivich . „ 1558 , Duke of Connaught , S . M . H . ,, 16 42 , Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke H ., Notting-hiII . Encamp . 43 , Temple Cressing , Bridge House Hot . „ 117 , NewTemple , The Inner Temple , London .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach e * i Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmcr Casth Hot ., Peckham-road , at 8 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , MAY 10 . Anniversary Festival , R . M . I , for Girls , F . M . H . Lodg ; 33 , Britannic , F . M . H . „ 1 * 54 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 157 , Bedford , F . M . H . Chap . 6 , Friendship , Willis ' s Rooms , King-st ., W . Encamp . 26 , Faith and Fidelity , Cannon-st Hot . P . G . C . and R . O . of Scotland , 33 , Golden-sq .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st , at 7 .

St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wooel . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , New Tanners' Arms , Grange-re ! ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 7 g , Whitechapel-road , at 8 . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W .

St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rel . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . Gcorge-st ., Edgware-rd . Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Gouborne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st ., Greenwich

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . For the Week eneling Saturday , May 11 , 1878 . MONDAY , MAY 6 . Lodge 113 , Unanimity , Bull Hot ., Preston . „ 1045 , Stamford , T . H ., Altrincham . „ 1051 , Rowley , M . R ., Lancaster . „ 1264 , Neptune , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1380 , Skelmersdale , Queen ' s Hot ., Waterloo . Everton L . of I , M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , MAY 7 . Lodge 673 St . John ' s , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 995 , Furness , M . T ., Diversion . „ 1476 , Blackpool , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . Chap . 203 , St . John of Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool . Bootle L . of I ., 146 , Berry-st ., Bootle . Merchants L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , MAY 8 . Lodge 281 , Fortitude , Athenrcum , Lancaster . „ 10 9 , Temple , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 135 6 , De Grey and Ripnn . M . H ., * N . Hill-st ., L ' pool „ 1547 , Liverpool , M . H ., Liverpool Chap . 178 , Harmony , M . H ., Wigan . > i 1345 , Victoria , Cross Keys , Eccles . Neptune L . of I ., M . IL , Liverpool .

THURSDAY , MAY 9 . Lodge 216 , Harmonic , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . 11 333 < Royal Preston , Royal Hot ., Preston . „ 477 , Mersey , M . R ., Birkenhead . „ 786 , Croxteth , United Service , M . H ., Liverpool „ 950 , Hesketh , Royal Hot ., Fleetwood . ,, 10 3 2 , Townley Parker , Howards Arms , Whittle .

„ 1035 , Prince of Wales , M . H ., Kirkham . ,, 10 7 0 , Starkie , Black Horse Hot ., Kirkham . „ 1182 , Duke of Edinburgh , M . IL , Liverpool . ,, 1213 , Bridgewater , Cross Keys , Eccles . „ 1384 , Equity , Alford Chambers , Widnes . ,, 1576 , Dee , Union Hot ., Park Gate . Chap . 220 , Harmony , Garston . Mariners L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . FRIDAY , MAY 10 . Lodge 1289 , Rock , Bedford House , Rock Ferry .

For Masonic Meetings throughout Scotland see Scottish Freemason , which can be obtained at the Office of this journal , 108 , Fleet-street , London .

The following stand over : —Reportsof Lodges 131 , 14 ° 205 , 540 , 809 , 1609 ; "Instruction 198 , 248 , 548 ; Mark Lodge 211 Cumberland ( T . I . ) ; Prov . Grand Lodge of Cumberland ; Prov . Grand Chapter of East Lancashire ; Freemasonry in Jamacia .