Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.

In proposing " The Officers of Grand Lodge" his LORDSHIP alluded to the presence of Bro . Terry , the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , whose name he coupled with the toast . Bro . TERRY , in reply , said that that was his first visit to the province ,

and he was proud to know that they discharged their Masonic duties so well , especially in regard to the virtue of Charity . Bro . Sir CHARLES B . GRAVES-SAWLE proposed "The Health of the Provincial Grand Master , " and wished his lordship long life and longservice to the Province of Cornwall .

The PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER thanked them for the cheery way in which they always drank his health , and for the support they always gave him at provincial meetings . The business was interesting , and he was very glad to hear that the manner in which they were able to contribute to the

great Masonic Charities had struck his friend , Bro . lerry , as doing some credit to the province . He thought the charitable side of Freemasonry was taken up very warmly in the county ; but the attendance at that luncheon showed that there was something wrong with regard to the social side , which his lordship hoped would next year be remedied .

Bro . the Rev . FRASER-FRIZELL proposed " The Health of the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , " which was received with musical honours . Bro . Sir CHARLES B . GRAVES-SAWLE , in reply , said the infirmities of age prevented him attending to his Masonic duties as he should desire , and he thought the time had almost come when he should suggest to Lord Mount Edgcumbe that he must appoint a younger man .

The PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER next gave "The Provincial Grand Officers , " and , in the absence of Bro . Bernard Edyvean , P . S . G . W ., who was called away , he coupled with the toast the name of Bro . GUY , P . J . G . W ., who suitably acknowledged the compliment .

'Ihe next toast was " The W . M . and Lodge Peace and Harmony , who had given the Provincial Grand Lodge their hospitality that day ; and the PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER , in proposing it , thanked the brethren of that lodge for their reception . Bro . SIMON TRUSCOTT , W . M . 496 , returned thanks .

For "The Visiting Brethren , " Bro . MCLEOD , the recently-appointed . Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , was called upon to respond . He did so in a hearty speech , in which he thanked the brethren for the support he had received from Cornwall , and spoke thankfully of the present and hopefully of the future of the Boys' Institution . The T yler ' s toast , as usual , concluded the list , and the proceedings were brought to a close .

Grand Mark Lodge.

GRAND MARK LODGE .

Ihe Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown was held on Tuesday evening at Mark Masons' Hall , London . Bro . the Earl of Euston , Deputy Grand Master , presided , in the absence of the M . W . Grand Master and the Pro Grand Master . Bro . the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , P . G . Chap ., acted as Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Frank Richardson , G . Reg ., acted as G . S . W ., and Bro . Colonel A . B . Cook , as G . J . W .

After Grand Lodge had been opened in due form , Bro . MATIER , Grand Secretary , read the minutes of the last communication , which were then put by the D . G . M ., and confirmed . Bro . Col . A . B . COOK moved , and Bro . the Rev . J . S . BROWNRIGG seconded , that the following report of the General Board be taken as read , which was agreed to : —

During the three months ending 30 th June , iSgt , there have been issued : Mark certificates , 413 ; total number registered , 28 , 523 . Warrants for new lodges , three , viz : No . 431 , Hibernia , London . ,, 432 , Moonta , South Australia . „ 433 , Britannic , London . Royal Ark Mariner certificates , 84 ; total number registered , 3362 . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., has been pleased to

appoint—R . W . Bro . Charles Roper Martin , to be District Grand Master for Victoria , Australia , in succession to the late R . W . Bro . Henry Wallace Lowry , and R . W . Bro . the Honble . Judge Donald Grant MacLeod to be District Grand Master for Burma , in succession to the R . W . Bro . George Francis Travers-Drapes , whose term of office has expired .

The Broxbourne Lodge , 428 , was consecrated on 28 th April , 1891 , at the Crown Hotel , Broxbourne , by the Prov . Grand Master of Hertfordshire , under the impression that place was'in Herts . A question , however , having arisen in connection with the Craft lodges meeting there , as to whether the Crown Hotel was really in Herts or not , careful enquiry shows there is no doubt whatever that the Crown Hotel is in the parish of Nazing and county of Essex .

Under the circumstances , the M . W . Grand Master , with the concurrence of the Prov . Grand Master of East Anglia , M . W . Bro . Lord Henniker , Past G . M ., has been pleased to sanction the Crown Hotel , Broxbourne , being considered as part of the Province of Herts , so far as regards the existing lodge , No . 428 , with the stipulation that all future lodges to be established at the Crown Hotel , Broxbourne , either by consecration or removal , shall belong to the Province of East Anglia . The total amount received on behalf of the Portal Memorial Organ Fund is X 210 6 s . 2 d .

FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . The 23 rd Annual Festival was held at Freemasons' Tavern on the 22 nd July under the presidency of R . W . Bro . the Viscount Dungarvan , P . G . W ., and the sum of ^ 185 6 os . 6 d . was announced . The Board have relieved the following cases : Bro . A . R ., No . 91 £ I 0 0 0

„ J . R ., No . 165 1000 Mrs . S . E . B . ( widow of a brother of No . 6 ) ... ... 10 o o ( Signed ) A . B . COOK , President . FRANK RICHARDSON , Vice-President . C . FITZGERALD MATIER , G . Secretary .

Bro . Col . A . B . COOK , in moving that the report be received and entered on the minutes , said there was nothing particular arising out of this report , but if any brother would like to ask him any question on it he should be happy to reply . There was one point which arose out of an old subject , the consecralionof the Broxbourne Lodge at Broxbourne b y mistake that Broxbourne was in Hertfordshire . It so happened that the same mistake was made in the Craft , but it was a very simple matter . The Crown Hotel ,

Grand Mark Lodge.

Broxbourne , was out of the county . The town of Broxbourne was just over the bridge and the other side of the river which divided Hertford and Essex , and the Crown Flotel was in the Province of East Anglia . Under the circumstances it was thought advisable to have the same thing done as was done in the Craft , and as was referred to in the report of the General Board , which he now moved be received and entered on the minutes .

Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON seconded the motion . The Earl of EUSTON said this question had been before the General Board , and it was decided that Lodge 428 should belong to Herts , although at present it met in Essex . The President of the Board was quite right in what he had stated—that the same course had been followed as was followed in the Craft .

The motion was put and carried . Bro . ROBERT BERRIDGE moved , and Bro . A . B . COOK seconded— " That the report be adopted . " The motion was carried , and Grand Lodge was closed in due form .

Bro. Lane's New Work.*

BRO . LANE'S NEW WORK . *

We have been favoured , in response to our request , with the advance sheets of the new work by Bro . John Lane , entitled , " Centenary Warrants and Jewels : comprising an account of all the Lodges under the Grand Lodge of England to which Centenary Warrants have been granted , together with illustrations of all special jewels , by John Lane , P . M ., P . Z ., & c , Past

Senior Grand Warden of Iowa , U . S . A ., Past Prov . Grand Registrar of Devonshire , & c , & c , & c . Author of 'Masonic Records , 1717-1886 , ' ' Handy Book to the Study of the Lists of Lodges , ' & c , & c , with an Introduction by William James Hughan , Past Senior Warden of Iowa , U . S . A .,

Past Senior Grand Deacon of England , & rc , & c . London : George Kenning , 16 , Great Queen-street , 1891 , "—and have been highly gratified with our perusal thereof . The valuable information is varied and interesting , as well as accurate and exhaustive .

Few brethren will be prepared to find such a vast number of details connected with the history of the old lodges in this volume , and all Masonic students will rejoice with Bro . Hughan in his Introduction , that the reproach has in part been removed from English Craftsmen " of neglecting the very interesting subject of Masonic medals . "

According to the information supplied in the very useful Introduction , 42 lodges have obtained warrants to wear centenary jewels of a distinctive design , " 40 being still on the English register , one having been cancelled , and the other is now under the Grand Lodge of Quebec . " The whole of these / or ^ -i ' wo medals are illustrated in Bro . Lane ' s artistic

volume , the frontispiece , in colours , appropriately being devoted to the centenary jewel of the ordinary or uniform pattern which has generally distinguished centenary lodges from 1867 . Of the latter class nearly 140 have been granted , so that there have been

179 lodges empowered by the M . W . G . M . to either wear the special or ordinary centenary medals , the whole of which are particularised by Bro . Lane , chronologically in relation to their date of origin , as respects their centenary warrants , with full information as to the grounds on which such grants were based .

ihe author is critical , besides being descriptive , and when occasion appears to him to demand a reconsideration of the evidence which led to certain " lodges being granted centenary warrants , he is not slow to urge objections to the status of such , and furnishes weighty reasons why they

should not have been issued . The facts presented are at times startling in character , and as Bro . Lane has thoroughly investigated all the points upon which he so abl y dilates , the work is especially valuable to all who desire authentic information about our old lodges .

The dozen plates of the medals arc a most artistic feature of the beautiful volume , and cannot fail to be most welcome to the studious brethren in this country who hitherto have been unable to secure authoritative sketches of the ojd lodges , which arc the pride of the English Craft . The following special jewels of the lodges named are represented in the plates , ancl are alone well worth the price of the work :

1 kites I . —Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , London , No . 7 ; Albion Lodge , London , No . 9 ; Westminster and Keystone Lodge , London , No . 10 ; ancl Enoch Lodge , London , No . 11 . II . —Kent Lodge , London , No . 15 ! Albion Lodge , Quebec , No . 17 ; Old Dundee Lodge , London , No . iS ; and Neptune Lodge , London , No . 22 . III . —Globe Lodge , London , No . 23 , and St . Alban ' s Lodge , London , No . 29 . IV . —United Mariners Lodge , London , No . 30 ; Medina Lodee . Cowes . No . « : and St . Tnhn thp Rnnrist

Lodge , Exeter , No . 39 . V . —Royal Cumberland Lodge , Bath , No . 41 ; St . Paul ' s Lodge , Birmingham , No . 43 ; and Old Union Lodge , London , No . 46 . VL—Ncwstead Lodge , Nottingham , No . 47 ; St . Mary ' s Lodge , London , No . 6 3 ; and Lodge Star in the East , Calcutta , No . 67 . VILSt . John ' s Lodge , Plymouth , No . 70 ; Lodge of Economy , Winchester ,

iNo . 70 ; Foundation Lodge , Cheltenham , No . 82 ; and Lodge of Loyalty , Prescot , No . 86 . VIII . —Lodge of Regularity , London , No . 91 ; Burlington Lodge , London , No . 96 ; Palatine Lodge , Sunderland , No . 97 ; and Shakespeare Lodge , London , No . 00 . IX . —Lodge of Fortitude . Plvmotith ,

No . 105 ; Lodge Industry and Perseverance , Calcutta , No . 109 ; Restoration Lodge , Darlington , No . 111 ; and St . George ' s Lodge , Exeter , No . 112 . X . —Palladian Lodge , Hereford , No . 120 ; Marquis of Granby Lodge , Durham , No . 124 ; Union Lodge , Margate , No . 127 : and Caledonian

Lodge , London , No . 134 . XL—Lodge of Amity , Poole , No . 137 ; Britannia Lodge , Sheffield , No . 139 ; St . George ' s Lodge , London , No . 140 ; and Lodge of Lights , Warrington , No . 148 . XII . —Inhabitants' Lodge , Gibraltar , No . 153 ; Jerusalem Lodge , London , No . 197 ; and Princeof Wales ' s Lodge , London , No . 259 .

I he volume will be ready in a week or so . Printed on thick art paper , demy Svo , 126 pages , with 13 full-page plates , containing 43 illustrations of jewels , bound in blue cloth , gilt lettered , price to subscribers 12 s . 6 d . post free , from the author , Banncrcross , Torquay , or Bro . W . J . Hughan , Dunscore , Torquay . Only 200 copies will be published , so that early app lication is necessary . We regret that the edition is so limited .