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Article THE MASONIC EXHIBITION AT YORK. Page 1 of 1 Article PROVINCIAL GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF EAST LANCASHIRE. Page 1 of 1 Article THE DEATH OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF ALBANY, P.G.W., &c. Page 1 of 1 Article THE GRAND FESTIVAL. Page 1 of 1 Article Births and Deaths. Page 1 of 1
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The Masonic Exhibition At York.
THE MASONIC EXHIBITION AT YORK .
BY BRO . T . B . WHYTEHEAD . Continued from page 141 . Bro . J . S . Cumberland has been a collector of all kinds of Masonic relics for a considerable time , and has accumulated a very valuable scries of books and jewels . The latter especially he has made a feature of his collections , and a very large number of them -were exhibited at York . Amongst them were a massive silver Past Master ' s jewel .
with a brilliant set at the junction of the limbs , the jewel itself being suspended from the short limb , so that the longer arm hangs perpendicularly to the 47 th proposition . The silver Past Master ' s jewel of Lodge No . 520 ( No . 6 ) is very handsome ; from a sun within a circle we have a square suspended , with a segment of acircle over the limbs of thc square . It is marvellous that old lodges should allow their traditional jewels to be dispersed ; one would
have thought that , in these days especially , veneration for all that is at all antique in Masonry would have penetrated even as far as " The Rock . " Three W . M . ' s jewels ( Nos . 7 , 8 , and g ) are all good specimens . The first is Irish , and is silver gilt , _ and is engraved " G . M . L ., George Knox , Esq ., Worshipful Master Lodge No . 12 . " The next is silver , engraved " Joseph Gray , 1756 . " No . 11 in the catalogue is said to be very rare , and is described by
Marvin . Bro , Hughan has , 1 believe , expressed an opinion as to its date , which he p laces at from 1750 to 1760 , and says it is one of thc earliest known . It is 13 . S diameter , pierced . On one side is engraved , on the letter G , " T . Hunt , " and on the other " Veritas est intas . " No . 12 is dated 57 66 , and is a circular Mastcr Mason ' s jewel with emblems in open work in the centre , a variety of Masonic emblems , and the motto "Sit Lux et Lux fuit ; " on
the reverse is "Amor , Honor , et Justitia , " diameter 13 . 4 . No . 14 is another good specimen of an oval Master Mason's jewel ot more than a century ago . It has numerous emblems pierced and engraved , two columns , candlesticks wilh "J . " and "B . " on the left and right respectively ; both sides are alike and bear thc first motto of the last named jewel . No . 17 is I believe unique : it is a silver oval—on one side arc represented the
sun , moon , and stars , on a scroll is the name " Robert Maddock . " A cross inscribed " INRI" occupies the centre and is surmounted by the word " Supremus , " the cross is supported by an angel each side and beneath are three birds with wings displayed . On the right side are three crowns and on the left is a mitre with " LVX " engraved on the fillet . The emblems of mortality are also engraved . On thc reverse arc thc sun , moon , and stars ,
the All-Seeing Eye ; two Corinthian columns , standing on a chequered pavement . In the middle is a male figure seated near a table on which is the 47 th proposition , his arm resting thereon ; a beehive is also represented . Some of the emblems arc very significant and almost seem to point to a connection with thc Order or Society of Rosicrucians . Some of the Royal Arch jewels exhibited by Bro . Cumberland are very interesting , particularly one dated 1767 ,
depicting thc wrenching off of the third cope-stone . A hand holds a lifeline supporting a figure employed in removing the stone with a crowbar , with many emblems , and with the motto ( in what I suppose we must call Masonic Latin ) " Veritas est intas , vertute et silentis . " On thc reverse are shown a group of builders at work and thc legend " Anno lap . 5767 . The jewel is of metal gilt and is numbered 24 in the catalogue . No . 25 is very unusual and
is thought b y Bro . Hughan to have been used by those who worked the Mark Degree at York in former days . It is of silver in the shape of a keystone with thc square and compasses at the top . The usual Mark letters are engraved on a circle , as well as a ladder with " F . I 1 . S . " on its three steps . No . 37 is an antique Knight Templar ' s star of silver ; on the band in the centre are the letters , " ROHRDM , KDSH , KTP , HPR , LXXXI , " used doubtless by some
Preceptory at a period when the Rose Croix and Kadosh Degrees were conferred under thc authority of Templar warrants . In the collection was also a series of Masonic halfpenny tokens , of which a large number were struck in 1700 to commemorate thcclection in that year of thc Princeof VVales as Grand Mastcr . Amongst Bro . Cumberland ' s engravings and books were the large plate found in " Pickart s Ceremonies and Religious Customs of all Nations , " published
in ' . 1741 . It shows in a scries of labels the signs of all the hotels at which Masonic lodges were held , Nos . 1 to 129 . In thc centre is a medallion portrait of Sir Richard Steele , and in the foreground is a group of Freemasons clothed and at work . Another curiosity was Hogarth ' s engraving " The Mystery of Masonry brought to Light by ye Gormagons . " The great painter had small sympathy with the Craft , as is shown by his introduction into " Morning " of a drunken
Freemason reeling home through Covent Garden Market in the wee sma' hours . The selection of books was interesting , and included the second edition of " Mahabone , " 1766 ; "Browne ' s Master Key , " 1790 ; two editions of "Pritchard ' s Masonry Dissected , " Clavel ' s " Franc _ Maconnerie , " with the beautiful plates of ceremonies j the "Ahiman Rezon , " of 1756 ; an unusuall y good specimen of "Long Livers , " 1722 : several Rosicrucian works ,
photographs of aprons , old warrants , & c . Concerning some of the jewels mentioned , perhaps Bro . Hughan may have something to tell us , as several of them have been forwarded to him for examination . Bro . J . Atherton , P . M ., of Bradford , sent some very interesting articles . Amongst them were an old jug of an earl y type , covered with numerous Masonic emblems , including those of the "Chivalric " Degrees : a very
handsome punch-bowl in china , also bearing Masonic emblems ; a number of drinking glasses , well cut with Craft devices ; and a walking cane , dated 1 S 18 , carved with emblems . There was also a curious and valuable volume , much of it in neatly-written MS ., containing one of the old Constitutions engraved b y Pyne on copperplates , Drake ' s speech before the Grand Lodge at York , and other matters . Many of thc songs in MS . are most curious . Bro . J , Sampson , of York , exhibited a splendid specimen
of that extraordinary engraving , "A Freemason ' s Surprise ; or , tbe Secrets Discovered ; a True Tale from a Kfasons' Lodge in Canterbury , " in . which the chambermaid who has been eavesdropping is represented in the act of falling legs first through the ceiling of a room in which a lodge of Masons is meeting . Eboracum Lodge , « 6 u , has a copy of this very old engraving ; but that exhibited by Bro . Sampson is the cleanest , _ and in better condition than any I have seen . I believe it is forsale . ( To be continued , )
Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of East Lancashire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF EAST LANCASHIRE .
The yearly convocation was held on Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., in the Schoolrooms , Queen-street , Oldham , and was presided over by M . E . Grand Superintendent , Comp . Col . ¦ le Gendre N . Starkie , as Z . ; Comp . Clement , R . N . Beswick-Royds , as H . ; and J . H . Sillitoe , J . There were
also present Comps . G . P . Brockbank , P . P . G . S . E . ; W . H . Hopkins , P . Z ., S 15 , 1055 , P . P . G . D . C . ; Julius Arensbergh , P . G . P . Std . Br . ; Thos . Mason , P . Z . 126 ; John Roberts , P . Z . 204 ; Wm . Bagnall , P . Z . 4 G 7 ; G . T . Hardman , H . 2 S 3 ; Rev . W . D . Clayton , N . 42 ; Samuel Porritt , P . G . D . of C . ; Henry Paulden , P . S . 204 ; Richard Rushton , P . Z . 283 , S . E . 1145 : J . E . Steward , Z . 317 : James Dawson ,
P . Z . 317 ; Wm . Nicholl , P . Z . 317 ; John Greaves , P . Z . 467 ; J . A . Fayster , N . 62 ; C J . Schofield , P . Z . 204 ; John Halliwell , P . Z . 42 ; F . VV . Lean , 325 ; T . J . Hooper , P . Z . 152 ; Wm . Jaffray , P . Z . 752 ; Charles Heywood , P . Z . 152 ; Abraham Clegg , P . Z . 467 ; H . L . Hollingworth , P . Z . 4 67 ; Henry Thomas , P . Z . 4 67 ; Richard Nelson , P . Z . 126 ; C . VV . Godby , P . Z . 325 ; James Ingham , P . Z . 274 ; Inez * nti Hnrlinrr ' / .. oRt * fnhn \ Vilcnn 7 . " ? Srt Tnttn
_ _ Knowles , 126 ; J . Schofield , 29 S ; A . B . Whittaker , H . 204 ; Thos . Schofield , P . Z . 2 SS ; Samuel Barnes , Wm . Cartwright , S . E . 1235 ; Wm . Dumville , 152 ; Andrew Milne , 42 ; O . C . Crompton , 42 ; Joseph Clatton , 467 ; S . Bailey , Z . 42 ; S . Dawson , S . E . 325 ; T . A . Martin , Z . 350 ; C . Startup , Isaac Whittaker , P . Z . 350 ; Edmund Rees , 42 ; J . W . Hulley , S . E . 26 S ; W . Parker , Z . 003 :
R . L . McMillan , N . 350 ; T . Varley , 116 ; VV . Newton , P . Z . 268 ; F . N . Molesworth , 204 ; Edwin Sleigh , 210 ; W . Balmer , P . Z . 42 ; Ral p h Holden , J . VV . Duckworth , John Barrett , R . R . Lisenden , S . E . 317 ( Freemason ); and others . The Tudor Chapter , No . 4 ( 17 , was first opened with Comp . Henry Thomas officiating as Z . ; Abraham Clegg , H . ; and John Greaves , J . The Grand Superintendent
then entered attended by a number of present and past ollieers and was duly saluted , as were also the Prov . G . and and 3 rd Principals . The Prov . Grand Scribe E ., Comp . John Chadwick , called over thc names of the Prov . Grand Officers , when four were discovered absent , but , with the exception of Comp . Mestayer , who is abroad , letters of apology for non-attendance were read from these absentees .
On the roll of chapters being called it was found that three were unrepresented . The minutes of the last meeting held at thc Baths Assembly Rooms , Bolton , were taken as read and confirmed . _ The Prov . Grand Treasurer presented a statement of his accounts for thc past year , which showed an income of £ 84 ios ., against £ 76 15 s id . the preceding year , and disbursements , £ ? $ Ss . sd ., against
£ S $ 13 s . 6 < I ., leaving a balance in the bank of £ 31 7 s . 4 d . A proposition was put and carried that thc Treasurer ' s accounts bc passed , and on thc motion of the Grand Supt . a vote of thanks to the P . G . Treasurer was seconded and carried . The election of P . G . Treasurer for the ensuing year was next proceeded with , and the name of Comp . IT , L . Hollingworth having been brought forward he was unanimously elected . The following companions were
then appointed oflicers for thc ensuing 12 months , and were invested by thc Grand Superintendent : Comp . Clement R . N . Beswicke-Royds Prov . G . H . „ James H . Sillitoe Prov . G . J . „ John Chadwick Prov . G . S . E . „ Charles Heywood Prov . G . S . N . „ Abraham Clegg Prov . G . P . S .
„ James Dawson ., Prov . G . ist A . S . „ Wm . Jaffrcy Prov . G . andA . S . „ H . L . Hollingsworth Prov . G . Treas . „ 1 . A . Foystcr Prov . G . Reg . „ John Halliwell Prov . G . Swd . Br . „ Richard Nelson Prov . G . Std . Br . „ John Roberts Prov . G . D . of C T ____ . ___ .-U n _ i (»_ . _ . D __ .. _ r » f \ Clatton
„ Joseph Prov . G . Org . „ Thomas Mitchell Prov . G . Janitor . „ John Greaves " ) „ C . W . Godby £ Prov . G . Stwds . „ William Todd J Comps . Abraham Clegg and John Greaves were appointed Auditors . The PROV . GRAND SECOND PRINCIPAL read a report
of thc result of his visits to various chapters during the past year , and referred to thc condemnablc practice of several chapters in neglecting to send out circulars convening their meetings at the proper times , and for holding their meetings on different nights to those set down in the calendar . The GRAND SUPERINTENDENT censured these practices
very strongly , and said he trusted that at the next meeting of Prov . Grand Chapter there would be no complaints of a like nature made to him . Centenary warrants were presented by the Grand Superintendent to representatives of thc Chapter of Unanimity , No . 42 , Berry , and the Chapter of Nativity , No . 126 , Burnley , who were congratulated on the
possession of such valuable documents . Centenary jewels were also presented to Comps . J . H . Sillitoe , John Halliwell , Andrew Milne , S . Bailey , VV . O . Walker , J . Kenyon , O . C . Compton , Rev . W . D . Clayton , Balmer , and Edmund Rees , all of the Chapterof Unanimity , ' and to Comps . Richard Nelson , John Knowles , and Robert Harrison , of the Nativity Chapter .
The GRAND SUPERINTENDENT here rose and said he had a very pleasing duty to perform , which was to personall y thank Comp . Sillitoe for his arduous labours in bringing to light the old records and papers in connection with the two chapters which had just received centenary warrants , and which entitled them to those precious documents , and he felt extreme pleasure in movinir that a vote of
thanks be accorded Comp . Sillitoe for his valuable services not only with regard to these two chapters , but Royal Arch Masonry generally . The proposition was seconded by Comp . W . O . WALKER , and carried unanimously with applause , after which Comp . SILLITOE returned thanks . The sum of £ 30 having been voted to the East
Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution from the funds of Prov . Grand Chapter , Comp , R . Rushton , on behalf of the companions in Accrington , invited the Prov . Grand Chapter to hold its next meeting in that town , and there being no further business , Prov . Grand Chapter was closed in due form . A banquet was afterwards served in the Freemasons' Hail » presided ever by Col , Starkie .
The Death Of H.R.H. The Duke Of Albany, P.G.W., &C.
THE DEATH OF H . R . H . THE DUKE OF ALBANY , P . G . W ., & c .
BOARD ov GRAND STEWARDS . —At the meeting of the Board held at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday , it ivas proposed by the President , Bro . J . W . Fuller , and seconded by the Secretary , Bro . A . Torkington : " That a vote of condolence on the death of H . R . H . the Duke of
Albany be sent to H . R . H . the Grand Master , through the Secretary , Col . Shadwell H . Gierke . " ETONIAN LODGE , NO . 209 . —At the meeting held at the Masonic Hall , Windsor , on Tuesday last , the W . M ., Bro . Joseph Andrews , moved " That the Worshipful Master , officers and brethren of the Etonian Lodge , No . 209 , of Freemasons , desire to offer with the most
heartfelt and sincere feelings of profund sorrow their condolence to Her Most Gracious Majesty in the loss she has recently sustained in thc lamented death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Albany , and to assure her Alajesty they fervently trust the Great Architect of the Universe will sustain and comfort her in this her sad bereavement , a prayer they are well assured will meet with a response from every
subject throughout the length and breadth of the Empire over which her Majesty reigns . " A similar vote of condolence was passed to H . R . H . thc Duchess of Albany . NEW CROSS LODGE ( NO . 1559 ) . —At the regular meeting to be held at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich , on Thursday next , W . Bro . Ernest E . Smith , P . M ., Sec , will move the following resolution in connection with the death
of R . W . Bro . the Dukeof Albany , K . G ., P . G . W ., & c . : — " That a respectful letter of condolence from the Past Masters , officers , and members of this lodge be addressed tothe Most Worshipful the Grand Mastcrupon theoccasion of his recent bereavement in thc death of his youngest brother , the R . W . Bro . H . R . H . the Dukeof Albany , K . G ., P . G . W . & c , & c , and that the same be recorded on the minutes of the lodge . " By order of the W . M ., the lodge will go into mourninir .
ROYAL LEOPOLD LODGE , NO . 1669 . — Thc birthday banquet , arranged for the 7 th inst—the anniversary of the consecration of the lodge , as well as tho birthday of the late lamented Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany—will not take place . Thc lodge will meet , as usual , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , and Bro . Edgar Preston ( son
of the Secretary of thc lodge ) will be raised to the Third Degree . Election of Mastcr for the ensuing year will then take place , and Bro . Edmondston will propose that a Past Master ' s jewel of the lodge pattern be presented to the retiring W . M . Thc lodge will wear Masonic mourning for six months .
ROYAL CLARENCE LODGE , NO . 1823 . —A lodge of emergency was held on Monday last , for thc purpose of expressing sympathy and condolence with the Royal Family on the death of H . R . H . the Dukeof Albany and Earl of Clarence , the W . M . Jof this lodge for the present year . The lodge furniture was draped with crape , and there was a full attendance of brethren , all of whom wore
mourning . The W . Deputy Master , Bro . Major-General Cecil Ives , P . Prov . G . S . Oxon , presided , and was supported b y the V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C , Dep . P . G . M . Suffolk , and Bros . Dr . Sedgwick , P . G . C : CCookc . P . P . G . J . D . ; C . H . Vincent , I . P . M ., Sec ; T . E . Barnes , S . VV . ; Rev . B . B . Syer , j . W . ; B . L . Tandy , Treas . ; T . Stokoe , D . of C j W . L . Fenner , J . D ., and other brethren .
Hro . General Ives referred m feeling terms to the loss sustained by the Royal Family , thc nation , and thc Craft , and especially by that loj ^ e , in thc sad event which had so unexpectedly deprived it of its head . He also mentioned that the portrait which the Duke had recently promised to the lodge was received at Moyns Park within an hour or so of the painful intelligence of the death of his
Koyal Highness . 11 was ordered that the brethren should wear Masonic mourning for thc rest of thc year , and it was resolved that the next regular meeting' of the lodge should be postponed until May . Suitable addresses of condolence were adopted , and on thc motion of V . W . Bro . Martyn , seconded by Bro . Cooke , P . M ., it was resolved that they should be signed by the W , Dep . Master and Secretary ,
and forwarded to her Majesty and H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany , and also to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master of England . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren dispersed . BURGOYNE LODGE OV INSTRUCTION , NO . 002 . —At the weekly meeting , held on the 2 nd inst ., the following resolution was proposed by the VV . M ., Bro . Salter , and
seconded by the Preceptor , Bro . Frost : " That { the members of this lodge of instruction are desirous of expressing their great regret at the sudden decease of H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , Prov . G . M . Oxfordshire , & c , and offer their sincere condolence to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and the Duchess of Albany on their sad bereavement , the same to be entered on the minutes of the
lodge . " J OPPA ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER , NO . ISS . —At a convocation held on Mor . day , at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , on the motion of the First Principal , Comp . L . Lazarus , the chapter voted a letter of condolence to the Prince of Wales , Grand First Principal , on his sad bereavement by the death of the Duke of Albany .
The Grand Festival.
THE GRAND FESTIVAL .
A meeting of the Board of Grand Stewards was held at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday , Bro . Jno . VV . Fuller , President , in the chair . Satisfactory arrangements are being made for the forthcoming Festival , invitations for which will be
issued forthwith by the Secretary , Bro . Abner Torkington . We stated in a former issue that the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , would probably preside . It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that the Grand Stewards are now in a position to announce the fact , and look forward to a very successful meeting .
Births And Deaths.
Births and Deaths .
BIRTH . TOWSE . —On the 22 nd ult ., at Clacton-on-Sea , the wife of Bro . W . W . Towse , of a son . DEATH . SLADEN . —On Feb . 22 , at Geelong , Victoria , Sir Charles Sladen , K . C . M . G ., LL . D . Cantab , and Melbourne .
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The Masonic Exhibition At York.
THE MASONIC EXHIBITION AT YORK .
BY BRO . T . B . WHYTEHEAD . Continued from page 141 . Bro . J . S . Cumberland has been a collector of all kinds of Masonic relics for a considerable time , and has accumulated a very valuable scries of books and jewels . The latter especially he has made a feature of his collections , and a very large number of them -were exhibited at York . Amongst them were a massive silver Past Master ' s jewel .
with a brilliant set at the junction of the limbs , the jewel itself being suspended from the short limb , so that the longer arm hangs perpendicularly to the 47 th proposition . The silver Past Master ' s jewel of Lodge No . 520 ( No . 6 ) is very handsome ; from a sun within a circle we have a square suspended , with a segment of acircle over the limbs of thc square . It is marvellous that old lodges should allow their traditional jewels to be dispersed ; one would
have thought that , in these days especially , veneration for all that is at all antique in Masonry would have penetrated even as far as " The Rock . " Three W . M . ' s jewels ( Nos . 7 , 8 , and g ) are all good specimens . The first is Irish , and is silver gilt , _ and is engraved " G . M . L ., George Knox , Esq ., Worshipful Master Lodge No . 12 . " The next is silver , engraved " Joseph Gray , 1756 . " No . 11 in the catalogue is said to be very rare , and is described by
Marvin . Bro , Hughan has , 1 believe , expressed an opinion as to its date , which he p laces at from 1750 to 1760 , and says it is one of thc earliest known . It is 13 . S diameter , pierced . On one side is engraved , on the letter G , " T . Hunt , " and on the other " Veritas est intas . " No . 12 is dated 57 66 , and is a circular Mastcr Mason ' s jewel with emblems in open work in the centre , a variety of Masonic emblems , and the motto "Sit Lux et Lux fuit ; " on
the reverse is "Amor , Honor , et Justitia , " diameter 13 . 4 . No . 14 is another good specimen of an oval Master Mason's jewel ot more than a century ago . It has numerous emblems pierced and engraved , two columns , candlesticks wilh "J . " and "B . " on the left and right respectively ; both sides are alike and bear thc first motto of the last named jewel . No . 17 is I believe unique : it is a silver oval—on one side arc represented the
sun , moon , and stars , on a scroll is the name " Robert Maddock . " A cross inscribed " INRI" occupies the centre and is surmounted by the word " Supremus , " the cross is supported by an angel each side and beneath are three birds with wings displayed . On the right side are three crowns and on the left is a mitre with " LVX " engraved on the fillet . The emblems of mortality are also engraved . On thc reverse arc thc sun , moon , and stars ,
the All-Seeing Eye ; two Corinthian columns , standing on a chequered pavement . In the middle is a male figure seated near a table on which is the 47 th proposition , his arm resting thereon ; a beehive is also represented . Some of the emblems arc very significant and almost seem to point to a connection with thc Order or Society of Rosicrucians . Some of the Royal Arch jewels exhibited by Bro . Cumberland are very interesting , particularly one dated 1767 ,
depicting thc wrenching off of the third cope-stone . A hand holds a lifeline supporting a figure employed in removing the stone with a crowbar , with many emblems , and with the motto ( in what I suppose we must call Masonic Latin ) " Veritas est intas , vertute et silentis . " On thc reverse are shown a group of builders at work and thc legend " Anno lap . 5767 . The jewel is of metal gilt and is numbered 24 in the catalogue . No . 25 is very unusual and
is thought b y Bro . Hughan to have been used by those who worked the Mark Degree at York in former days . It is of silver in the shape of a keystone with thc square and compasses at the top . The usual Mark letters are engraved on a circle , as well as a ladder with " F . I 1 . S . " on its three steps . No . 37 is an antique Knight Templar ' s star of silver ; on the band in the centre are the letters , " ROHRDM , KDSH , KTP , HPR , LXXXI , " used doubtless by some
Preceptory at a period when the Rose Croix and Kadosh Degrees were conferred under thc authority of Templar warrants . In the collection was also a series of Masonic halfpenny tokens , of which a large number were struck in 1700 to commemorate thcclection in that year of thc Princeof VVales as Grand Mastcr . Amongst Bro . Cumberland ' s engravings and books were the large plate found in " Pickart s Ceremonies and Religious Customs of all Nations , " published
in ' . 1741 . It shows in a scries of labels the signs of all the hotels at which Masonic lodges were held , Nos . 1 to 129 . In thc centre is a medallion portrait of Sir Richard Steele , and in the foreground is a group of Freemasons clothed and at work . Another curiosity was Hogarth ' s engraving " The Mystery of Masonry brought to Light by ye Gormagons . " The great painter had small sympathy with the Craft , as is shown by his introduction into " Morning " of a drunken
Freemason reeling home through Covent Garden Market in the wee sma' hours . The selection of books was interesting , and included the second edition of " Mahabone , " 1766 ; "Browne ' s Master Key , " 1790 ; two editions of "Pritchard ' s Masonry Dissected , " Clavel ' s " Franc _ Maconnerie , " with the beautiful plates of ceremonies j the "Ahiman Rezon , " of 1756 ; an unusuall y good specimen of "Long Livers , " 1722 : several Rosicrucian works ,
photographs of aprons , old warrants , & c . Concerning some of the jewels mentioned , perhaps Bro . Hughan may have something to tell us , as several of them have been forwarded to him for examination . Bro . J . Atherton , P . M ., of Bradford , sent some very interesting articles . Amongst them were an old jug of an earl y type , covered with numerous Masonic emblems , including those of the "Chivalric " Degrees : a very
handsome punch-bowl in china , also bearing Masonic emblems ; a number of drinking glasses , well cut with Craft devices ; and a walking cane , dated 1 S 18 , carved with emblems . There was also a curious and valuable volume , much of it in neatly-written MS ., containing one of the old Constitutions engraved b y Pyne on copperplates , Drake ' s speech before the Grand Lodge at York , and other matters . Many of thc songs in MS . are most curious . Bro . J , Sampson , of York , exhibited a splendid specimen
of that extraordinary engraving , "A Freemason ' s Surprise ; or , tbe Secrets Discovered ; a True Tale from a Kfasons' Lodge in Canterbury , " in . which the chambermaid who has been eavesdropping is represented in the act of falling legs first through the ceiling of a room in which a lodge of Masons is meeting . Eboracum Lodge , « 6 u , has a copy of this very old engraving ; but that exhibited by Bro . Sampson is the cleanest , _ and in better condition than any I have seen . I believe it is forsale . ( To be continued , )
Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of East Lancashire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF EAST LANCASHIRE .
The yearly convocation was held on Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., in the Schoolrooms , Queen-street , Oldham , and was presided over by M . E . Grand Superintendent , Comp . Col . ¦ le Gendre N . Starkie , as Z . ; Comp . Clement , R . N . Beswick-Royds , as H . ; and J . H . Sillitoe , J . There were
also present Comps . G . P . Brockbank , P . P . G . S . E . ; W . H . Hopkins , P . Z ., S 15 , 1055 , P . P . G . D . C . ; Julius Arensbergh , P . G . P . Std . Br . ; Thos . Mason , P . Z . 126 ; John Roberts , P . Z . 204 ; Wm . Bagnall , P . Z . 4 G 7 ; G . T . Hardman , H . 2 S 3 ; Rev . W . D . Clayton , N . 42 ; Samuel Porritt , P . G . D . of C . ; Henry Paulden , P . S . 204 ; Richard Rushton , P . Z . 283 , S . E . 1145 : J . E . Steward , Z . 317 : James Dawson ,
P . Z . 317 ; Wm . Nicholl , P . Z . 317 ; John Greaves , P . Z . 467 ; J . A . Fayster , N . 62 ; C J . Schofield , P . Z . 204 ; John Halliwell , P . Z . 42 ; F . VV . Lean , 325 ; T . J . Hooper , P . Z . 152 ; Wm . Jaffray , P . Z . 752 ; Charles Heywood , P . Z . 152 ; Abraham Clegg , P . Z . 467 ; H . L . Hollingworth , P . Z . 4 67 ; Henry Thomas , P . Z . 4 67 ; Richard Nelson , P . Z . 126 ; C . VV . Godby , P . Z . 325 ; James Ingham , P . Z . 274 ; Inez * nti Hnrlinrr ' / .. oRt * fnhn \ Vilcnn 7 . " ? Srt Tnttn
_ _ Knowles , 126 ; J . Schofield , 29 S ; A . B . Whittaker , H . 204 ; Thos . Schofield , P . Z . 2 SS ; Samuel Barnes , Wm . Cartwright , S . E . 1235 ; Wm . Dumville , 152 ; Andrew Milne , 42 ; O . C . Crompton , 42 ; Joseph Clatton , 467 ; S . Bailey , Z . 42 ; S . Dawson , S . E . 325 ; T . A . Martin , Z . 350 ; C . Startup , Isaac Whittaker , P . Z . 350 ; Edmund Rees , 42 ; J . W . Hulley , S . E . 26 S ; W . Parker , Z . 003 :
R . L . McMillan , N . 350 ; T . Varley , 116 ; VV . Newton , P . Z . 268 ; F . N . Molesworth , 204 ; Edwin Sleigh , 210 ; W . Balmer , P . Z . 42 ; Ral p h Holden , J . VV . Duckworth , John Barrett , R . R . Lisenden , S . E . 317 ( Freemason ); and others . The Tudor Chapter , No . 4 ( 17 , was first opened with Comp . Henry Thomas officiating as Z . ; Abraham Clegg , H . ; and John Greaves , J . The Grand Superintendent
then entered attended by a number of present and past ollieers and was duly saluted , as were also the Prov . G . and and 3 rd Principals . The Prov . Grand Scribe E ., Comp . John Chadwick , called over thc names of the Prov . Grand Officers , when four were discovered absent , but , with the exception of Comp . Mestayer , who is abroad , letters of apology for non-attendance were read from these absentees .
On the roll of chapters being called it was found that three were unrepresented . The minutes of the last meeting held at thc Baths Assembly Rooms , Bolton , were taken as read and confirmed . _ The Prov . Grand Treasurer presented a statement of his accounts for thc past year , which showed an income of £ 84 ios ., against £ 76 15 s id . the preceding year , and disbursements , £ ? $ Ss . sd ., against
£ S $ 13 s . 6 < I ., leaving a balance in the bank of £ 31 7 s . 4 d . A proposition was put and carried that thc Treasurer ' s accounts bc passed , and on thc motion of the Grand Supt . a vote of thanks to the P . G . Treasurer was seconded and carried . The election of P . G . Treasurer for the ensuing year was next proceeded with , and the name of Comp . IT , L . Hollingworth having been brought forward he was unanimously elected . The following companions were
then appointed oflicers for thc ensuing 12 months , and were invested by thc Grand Superintendent : Comp . Clement R . N . Beswicke-Royds Prov . G . H . „ James H . Sillitoe Prov . G . J . „ John Chadwick Prov . G . S . E . „ Charles Heywood Prov . G . S . N . „ Abraham Clegg Prov . G . P . S .
„ James Dawson ., Prov . G . ist A . S . „ Wm . Jaffrcy Prov . G . andA . S . „ H . L . Hollingsworth Prov . G . Treas . „ 1 . A . Foystcr Prov . G . Reg . „ John Halliwell Prov . G . Swd . Br . „ Richard Nelson Prov . G . Std . Br . „ John Roberts Prov . G . D . of C T ____ . ___ .-U n _ i (»_ . _ . D __ .. _ r » f \ Clatton
„ Joseph Prov . G . Org . „ Thomas Mitchell Prov . G . Janitor . „ John Greaves " ) „ C . W . Godby £ Prov . G . Stwds . „ William Todd J Comps . Abraham Clegg and John Greaves were appointed Auditors . The PROV . GRAND SECOND PRINCIPAL read a report
of thc result of his visits to various chapters during the past year , and referred to thc condemnablc practice of several chapters in neglecting to send out circulars convening their meetings at the proper times , and for holding their meetings on different nights to those set down in the calendar . The GRAND SUPERINTENDENT censured these practices
very strongly , and said he trusted that at the next meeting of Prov . Grand Chapter there would be no complaints of a like nature made to him . Centenary warrants were presented by the Grand Superintendent to representatives of thc Chapter of Unanimity , No . 42 , Berry , and the Chapter of Nativity , No . 126 , Burnley , who were congratulated on the
possession of such valuable documents . Centenary jewels were also presented to Comps . J . H . Sillitoe , John Halliwell , Andrew Milne , S . Bailey , VV . O . Walker , J . Kenyon , O . C . Compton , Rev . W . D . Clayton , Balmer , and Edmund Rees , all of the Chapterof Unanimity , ' and to Comps . Richard Nelson , John Knowles , and Robert Harrison , of the Nativity Chapter .
The GRAND SUPERINTENDENT here rose and said he had a very pleasing duty to perform , which was to personall y thank Comp . Sillitoe for his arduous labours in bringing to light the old records and papers in connection with the two chapters which had just received centenary warrants , and which entitled them to those precious documents , and he felt extreme pleasure in movinir that a vote of
thanks be accorded Comp . Sillitoe for his valuable services not only with regard to these two chapters , but Royal Arch Masonry generally . The proposition was seconded by Comp . W . O . WALKER , and carried unanimously with applause , after which Comp . SILLITOE returned thanks . The sum of £ 30 having been voted to the East
Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution from the funds of Prov . Grand Chapter , Comp , R . Rushton , on behalf of the companions in Accrington , invited the Prov . Grand Chapter to hold its next meeting in that town , and there being no further business , Prov . Grand Chapter was closed in due form . A banquet was afterwards served in the Freemasons' Hail » presided ever by Col , Starkie .
The Death Of H.R.H. The Duke Of Albany, P.G.W., &C.
THE DEATH OF H . R . H . THE DUKE OF ALBANY , P . G . W ., & c .
BOARD ov GRAND STEWARDS . —At the meeting of the Board held at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday , it ivas proposed by the President , Bro . J . W . Fuller , and seconded by the Secretary , Bro . A . Torkington : " That a vote of condolence on the death of H . R . H . the Duke of
Albany be sent to H . R . H . the Grand Master , through the Secretary , Col . Shadwell H . Gierke . " ETONIAN LODGE , NO . 209 . —At the meeting held at the Masonic Hall , Windsor , on Tuesday last , the W . M ., Bro . Joseph Andrews , moved " That the Worshipful Master , officers and brethren of the Etonian Lodge , No . 209 , of Freemasons , desire to offer with the most
heartfelt and sincere feelings of profund sorrow their condolence to Her Most Gracious Majesty in the loss she has recently sustained in thc lamented death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Albany , and to assure her Alajesty they fervently trust the Great Architect of the Universe will sustain and comfort her in this her sad bereavement , a prayer they are well assured will meet with a response from every
subject throughout the length and breadth of the Empire over which her Majesty reigns . " A similar vote of condolence was passed to H . R . H . thc Duchess of Albany . NEW CROSS LODGE ( NO . 1559 ) . —At the regular meeting to be held at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich , on Thursday next , W . Bro . Ernest E . Smith , P . M ., Sec , will move the following resolution in connection with the death
of R . W . Bro . the Dukeof Albany , K . G ., P . G . W ., & c . : — " That a respectful letter of condolence from the Past Masters , officers , and members of this lodge be addressed tothe Most Worshipful the Grand Mastcrupon theoccasion of his recent bereavement in thc death of his youngest brother , the R . W . Bro . H . R . H . the Dukeof Albany , K . G ., P . G . W . & c , & c , and that the same be recorded on the minutes of the lodge . " By order of the W . M ., the lodge will go into mourninir .
ROYAL LEOPOLD LODGE , NO . 1669 . — Thc birthday banquet , arranged for the 7 th inst—the anniversary of the consecration of the lodge , as well as tho birthday of the late lamented Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany—will not take place . Thc lodge will meet , as usual , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , and Bro . Edgar Preston ( son
of the Secretary of thc lodge ) will be raised to the Third Degree . Election of Mastcr for the ensuing year will then take place , and Bro . Edmondston will propose that a Past Master ' s jewel of the lodge pattern be presented to the retiring W . M . Thc lodge will wear Masonic mourning for six months .
ROYAL CLARENCE LODGE , NO . 1823 . —A lodge of emergency was held on Monday last , for thc purpose of expressing sympathy and condolence with the Royal Family on the death of H . R . H . the Dukeof Albany and Earl of Clarence , the W . M . Jof this lodge for the present year . The lodge furniture was draped with crape , and there was a full attendance of brethren , all of whom wore
mourning . The W . Deputy Master , Bro . Major-General Cecil Ives , P . Prov . G . S . Oxon , presided , and was supported b y the V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C , Dep . P . G . M . Suffolk , and Bros . Dr . Sedgwick , P . G . C : CCookc . P . P . G . J . D . ; C . H . Vincent , I . P . M ., Sec ; T . E . Barnes , S . VV . ; Rev . B . B . Syer , j . W . ; B . L . Tandy , Treas . ; T . Stokoe , D . of C j W . L . Fenner , J . D ., and other brethren .
Hro . General Ives referred m feeling terms to the loss sustained by the Royal Family , thc nation , and thc Craft , and especially by that loj ^ e , in thc sad event which had so unexpectedly deprived it of its head . He also mentioned that the portrait which the Duke had recently promised to the lodge was received at Moyns Park within an hour or so of the painful intelligence of the death of his
Koyal Highness . 11 was ordered that the brethren should wear Masonic mourning for thc rest of thc year , and it was resolved that the next regular meeting' of the lodge should be postponed until May . Suitable addresses of condolence were adopted , and on thc motion of V . W . Bro . Martyn , seconded by Bro . Cooke , P . M ., it was resolved that they should be signed by the W , Dep . Master and Secretary ,
and forwarded to her Majesty and H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany , and also to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master of England . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren dispersed . BURGOYNE LODGE OV INSTRUCTION , NO . 002 . —At the weekly meeting , held on the 2 nd inst ., the following resolution was proposed by the VV . M ., Bro . Salter , and
seconded by the Preceptor , Bro . Frost : " That { the members of this lodge of instruction are desirous of expressing their great regret at the sudden decease of H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , Prov . G . M . Oxfordshire , & c , and offer their sincere condolence to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and the Duchess of Albany on their sad bereavement , the same to be entered on the minutes of the
lodge . " J OPPA ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER , NO . ISS . —At a convocation held on Mor . day , at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , on the motion of the First Principal , Comp . L . Lazarus , the chapter voted a letter of condolence to the Prince of Wales , Grand First Principal , on his sad bereavement by the death of the Duke of Albany .
The Grand Festival.
THE GRAND FESTIVAL .
A meeting of the Board of Grand Stewards was held at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday , Bro . Jno . VV . Fuller , President , in the chair . Satisfactory arrangements are being made for the forthcoming Festival , invitations for which will be
issued forthwith by the Secretary , Bro . Abner Torkington . We stated in a former issue that the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , would probably preside . It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that the Grand Stewards are now in a position to announce the fact , and look forward to a very successful meeting .
Births And Deaths.
Births and Deaths .
BIRTH . TOWSE . —On the 22 nd ult ., at Clacton-on-Sea , the wife of Bro . W . W . Towse , of a son . DEATH . SLADEN . —On Feb . 22 , at Geelong , Victoria , Sir Charles Sladen , K . C . M . G ., LL . D . Cantab , and Melbourne .