Contents.

CONTENTS .

Supreme Grand Chapter . , 487 Grand Banquet at the Mansion House 487 Grand Masonic Festival at Liverpool 487 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Lancashire 488 Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire 48 S Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire 4 Sg Province of North and East Yorkshire 490 New Masonic Hall at Hanlev 490

The Grand Lodges of Scotland and Quebec 49 a Consecration of the Shakespeare Mark Lodge , No . 40 490 Presentation to Bro . J . A . Witter 491 Mixed Maniagei 491 Red Cross of Constantine and the Appendant Orders 491 France 49 * Provincial Grand Lodge of Renfrewshire East 491 REPORTS or MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 491

Roval Arch 493 Red Cross of Constantine 493 LEADERS 494 The Status of Grand Officers 49 J CURRESPONDINCIThe Status of Grand Officers 49 S Ancient and Primitive Rite 495 Queries 496 Masonic Trading 496 Masonic Tramps 496 Grand Lodges of Scotland and Quebec 496 Answer to a Letter 406

Swimming Baths 496 Reviews , 496 Masonic Notes and Queries 496 Obituary 497 Mark Masonry 497 South Africa 497 Literary , Art , and Antiquarian Notes 498 Masonic and General Tidings 498 Mansion House Banquet—Plan of the Table 499 Lodge Meetings for Next Week joo Advetisements I ., II .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was holden at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday evening . The presiding Principals were Comp . S . Rawson , as Z . ; Comp . Ernst Emil Wendt , as H . ; and Comp . Peter de Lande Long , as J . The other companions present were Comps . Lieut .-

Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Scribe E . ; the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , as Scribe N . j C . A . Murton , as Principal Soj . j R . F . Gould , 1 st Assistant ; Frank Richardson , 2 nd Assistant ; Lieut .-Col . H . S . Somerville Burney , Sword Bearer j Magnus Ohren , Director of Ceremonies ; Thos . Fenn , James Lewis Thomas , H . J . P . Dumas , A . J . Duff-Filer , Joshua Nunn , J . M . Case , the Rev . C . W . Arnold

Robert Grey , John Henderson Scott , Grand Standard Bearer ; Henry G . Buss , Assistant S . E ., Past Standard Bearer ; Thomas S . Carter , P . Z . 403 , P . P . G . H ., Herts . ; George Haldane , P . Z . 349 , P . D . D . G . M . Malta ; E . Letchworth , P . Z . 1237 ; G . Tidcombe , jun ., M . E . Z . 1549 ; M . Gamble , Z . 13 ; George Lambert , P . Z . 7 and 21 ; Thos . Massa , H . 1203 ; Wm . StephensP . Z . 862 and 874 ;

, A . A . Pcndlebury , P . Z . 957 ; Neville Green , Z . 1524 ; W . H . Lee , P . Z . 1524 ; William Dodd , P . Z . 975 ; F . Adlard , P . Z . 214 ; John Mason , P . Z . 73 ; C . " Pulman , Z . 157 ; Charles Frederick Hogard , P . Z . 10 , H . 141 ; H . E . Frances , P . Z . 857 ; and H . Massey , P . Z . < 5 ig ( Freemason ) .

After Grand Chapter had been formally opened the minutes of the convocation of the 4 th August were read and confirmed . The report of the Committee of General Purposes was as follows : To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of

. England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 22 nd July to the 19 th October , 18 S 0 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows : To balance , Grand Chapter £ 167014 1 i ° » Unappropriated account ... 176 2 1 to subsequent receipts 276 4 o

£ 212 3 o 2 § y disbursements during the quarter ... £ 174 3 6 « y balance . 1767 9 1 "y » in unappropriated account ... 1 S 1 7 7 £ 212 3 o - W Tk ^?' ^ areintheBankof England , Western Branch . I he Committee hrtvinir rpnnrtprt that thpv hnd rprptvprl

* Petition from Comps . Richard Boggett , as Z . ; Thomas ^ ook , as H . ; Charles William Cheesman , as J ; and eight "tiers for a chapter to be attached to the De la Pole Lodge , ™ ° - 1605 , Hull , to be called the De la Pole Chapter , to meet at SS , Charlotte-street , Hull , in the County of York , n ° "" and East Ridings , Col . CREATON moved , and the niS-v W - ARNOLD seconded , "That the prayer of the Petition be granted . " The

motion was put and carried unanimously . trn '• CREATON moved , and Comp . R . GREY seconded , the k ranting of a petition from Comps . William Swallow , as . - < Ihomas 1-ryer , as H . ; William Harling Sissons , as Maffi . ! ? n others for achapter to be attached to the St . caulJuu S e F ' , - ' 447 , Barton-on-Humber , to be Hall n i ' Ma" » ew's Chapter , to meet at the Masonic ian , Barton-on-Humber , in the County of Lincoln , inis motion was also carried . w . CREATON likewise moved , and Comp . ROBERT

Supreme Grand Chapter.

GREY seconded , the granting of a petition from Comps . Edward Dean Davis , as Z . ; Addison Potter , as H . ; John Straker Wilson , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Northumberland Lodge , No . 6 S 5 , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , to be called the Northumberland Chapter , to meet at the Assembly Rooms , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , in the County of Northumberland . The motion was carried . Col . CREATON also moved , and Comp . J OSHUA NUNN

seconded , "the granting of a petition from Comps . George Penn , as Z . ; Samuel Henry Parkhouse , as H . ; William John Murlis , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , London , to be called the Earl of Carnarvon Chapter , to meet at the Ladbroke Hall , Ladbroke Grove-road , Notting-hill , in the County of Middlesex . There being no further business before the companions Grand Chapter was closed in ancient and solemn form , and adjourned .

Grand Banquet At The Mansion House.

GRAND BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE .

The following brethren received invitations , but were unable to be present : Bros , the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro G . M . ; Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., R . W . G . M . Berks and Bucks ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Limerick , R . W . G . M . Bristol ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Hardwicke ,

R . W . G . M . Cambridgeshire ; the Right Hon . Lord de Tabley , R . W . G . M . Cheshire ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Bective , R . W . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland ; the Right Hon . the Marquis of Hartington , R . W . G . M ; Derbyshire ; the Right Hon . Lord Ebrington , R . W . G . M . Devonshire ; the Right Hon . L ord Sherborne , R . W . G . M . Gloucestershire ; Thomas Fred . Halsey , M . P ., R . W . G . M .

Herts ; the Right Hon . Lord" Holmesdale , R . W . G . M . Kent ; the Right Hon . the Earl Ferrers , R . W . G . M . Leicestershire ; Major William H . Smyth , R . W . G . M . Lincolnshire ; His Grace the Duke of St . Albans , R . W . G . M . Nottinghamshire ; H . R . H . Prince Leopold , K . G ., R . W . G . M . Oxfordshire ; Col . Alex . Wm . Adair , R . W . G . M . Somerset ; The Right Hon . Lord Waveney , R . W .

G . M . Suffolk ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , R . W . G . M . Yorks N . and E . Riding ; John Fawcett , Past G . M . Durham ; Haughton C . Okeover , P . G . W ., Dep . G . M . Derbyshire ; Wm . Augustus Fred . Powell , P . G . D ., Dep . G . M . Bristol ; Right Hon . Col . F . A . Stanley , M . P ., Dep . G . M . Lancashire ; L . P . Metham , Past D . G . M . Devon ; the Rieht Hon . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Past G . W . of

England ; the Right Hon . Lord Donoughmore , Past G . W . of England ; the Right Hon . Lord C . Beresford , M . P ., Past G . W . of England ; Very Rev . Arthur Pury-Cust , Dean of York , G . Chap . ; the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Past G . Chaplain of England ; E . T . Carlyon , G . Sec . Cornwall ; Wm . James Hughan , Past G . Deacon of England ; Erasmus Wilson , M . D ., Past G . Deacon of England ;

John Gibson , F . R . I ., B . A ., G . Supt . of Wks . England ; John Coutts , Past G . P . England ; Thomas Boord . M . P . ; Lord Carington ; Major Gen . Clerk , F . R . S . ; Sir Michael Costa ; Gen . Sir Charles Danberry , K . C . B . ; Rev . Charles Raikes Davy ; Justice Field ; A . L . Fernandes , Lodge No . 1 ; Earl of Fife ; George Findlay ; J . W . Fuller , Lodge No . 1 ; Edmund I . Furner , M . D . ; Sir Gilbert Greenall , Bart . ;

Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P . ; A . Staveley Hill , Q . C .. M . P . ; Sir Harcourt Johnstone Bart ., Lord Kensington , M . P . ; Lord Lindsay ; Col . Hon . R . J . Loyd Lindsay , K . C ., M . P . ; Lord Londesborough ; H . Mapleson , 1 ; J . H . Mapleson , 1 ; J . Daniel Moore , M . D . ; W . F . Nettleship ; Rev . Sir Fredk . Gore Ousley , Bart . ; Sir P . Cunliffe Owen ,

K . C . M . G ., & c ; Earl Percy , M . P . ; Right Rev . Lord Bishop of Peterborough ; Francis Robinson ; Col . Hon . Sackville-West ; G . H . Salisbury , 1 ; Sir Bruce M . Seton , Bart . ; J . W . Sewell , 1 ; T . Speechley , 1 ; M . W . Thomas , 1 ; Henry C . Vernon , 1 ; and Edmund Yates . Among the guests present we omitted to mention the names of Bros . Thomas Fenn , Sec . Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , No . 259 , Past G . D ., and Montagu Williams .

Grand Masonic Festival At Liverpool.

GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL AT LIVERPOOL .

Certainly the most enjoyable , unique , and successful social Masonic gatherings which have beetj witnessed in Liverpool for many years , took place on Wednesday evening , the 27 th ultimo , at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , the special occasion being the opening of the Grand

Banqueting Room , which has been magnificently decorated at a great expense . The exceedingly pleasant re-union comprised a dramatic , literary , musical , and scientific soiree , conversazione , recherche supper , and a grand ball as a '' wind up ; " and the arrangements for this series of pleasant specialities , carried out by a numerous and willing body of brethren , were of the most satisfactory

and complete character . Before detailing the thousand and one " features of the entertainment , however , it may prove interesting to our Masonic readers to give a description of the most artistic and elaborate decorations of a room which probably has no equal in any Masonic building in the kingdom . These

decorations were entirely designed by and carried out under the superintendence of Bro . Francis Smith , P . M . 201 , P . G . S . of W ., P . G . J . Cheshire , whose work must elicit the universal and hearty admiration of all connoisseurs , and add greatly to the very high reputation he has already acquired in this and other departments of _ decorative art . The ensemble of the interior is charming in the extreme ,

Grand Masonic Festival At Liverpool.

and" the motif of the whole decoration must form an interesting study for the thoughtful Mason . Bro . Smith , who is a Master in Masonic art , published a short descriptivesummary of the elaborate decorations , in which he says" Whoever attentively considers the nature and tendency of the Masonic Institution must readily perceive its general utility . Masonry is an art , useful and extensive . In every art there is a mystery which requires a progress of study

and application before we can arrive at any degree of perfection . Without much instruction , and more exercise , no man can be skilful in any art ; in like manner without an assiduous application to the various subjects treated in the different lectures on Masonry no person can be sufficiently acquainted with the true value of . the Institution . To endeavour clearly to illustrate some of the great principles of Freemasonry has been the object of the decoration

hereinafter described . " The grand banqueting hall is fifty-two feet in length by thirty feet wide , and is twenty-five feet high , with a spacious ladies' gallery . On the entrance side of the room is the grand entrance door , with lesser doors on either side . Above these are placed the balcony to the gallery . The opposite side walls have three lofty windows , and the wall formed into panels by double pilasters , whilst at the end of the

room are single pilasters only . The capitals to the pilasters are composed of the acanthus leaf , with Masonic emblems . Above the pilasters is the architrave , frieze , and entablature . Above this is a lofty cove nine feet high . The ceiling is set out into a centre panel nearly square , with oblong panels at sides . These panels are separated by a double guilloche border style , fourteen inches wide , running round entire ceiling , separating the same from the cove , and

passing down the cove to the capitals of pilasters—thus setting out the said cove into one large panel , with two lesser ones at either side , whilst the end coves have one lftrge panel . In the centre of the ceiling is placed a richly-designed centre flower , from which is suspended a magnificent chandelierof brasswork , and at each end of the room are fixed two handsome bracket lights , also of brasswork . The panels on the walls are on a Blue ground , with a massive enriched cold

framing around same , and an inner gold moulding on the panel . These panels are embellished with an original design , painted in gold and colour tints , with the Grand Master ' s jewel ( the compasses ) , also the double triangle device , or emblem , & c . A style surrounds these panels connecting pilasters , under which is a dado of a deep Sienna marble , with a band or cresting on top of same , composed o Masonic emblems , finishing with a deep moulded skirtiner .

The pilasters are of light Sienna marble , with the capitals richly etched in gold . The several members of architrave and cornice are relieved with gilding and tones of colour with diaper work , whilst the frieze has an ornamentation painted on a blue ground , with medallions bearing jewels of the various Orders in Freemasonry . The work on doors and architraves is executed in enamel , with enrichments in the panels , & c . At the windows hang rich tapestry

curtains , with valances embroidered with ornamentation and the five-pointed star , & c . The centre flower is perforated for ventilation , and composed of ornamentation , with Masonic symbols , placed at intervals , with stars , & c . Around this centre flower is the guilloche moulding before named . From this is painted on the ceiling rich ornamentation with leaves of the acacia . At the corners of the panel is elaborate ornamentation , in which are encircled medallions with figures , emblematical

of geometry , astronomy , grammar , and arithmetic . At either side of the above medallions are seated figures bearing emblems and trophies in Masonry ; they are seated on a tapestry banner , which is placed on an enriched style border on a blue ground , running around the entire panel . At the sides of this panel are placed medallions showing the " square , " " compasses , " "level , " and " plumb rule . " Around the medallions are clustered ears of corn and grass , leaves , & c , the whole of . which have their several symbolic

meanings . Around the side panels on ceiling is an enriched border style on a blue ground , with elaborate ornamentation in gilding , Sic . At the four corners are the medallions bearing the devices appertaining to the office of the Chaplain , the Deacon , the Organist , and the Steward . Within the above the panels are set out with large shaped panels in the centre with allegorical subjects . At the sides of the above

panels are placed shaped panels with the globe in centre , supported at each side with figures representing the Genius of Freemasonry with Masonic emblems . These figures are seated on cornucopias with scroll ornamentations , & c , and all have symbolical significations . The side panel or ceiling , left hand of entrance , being a counterpart of right hand panel , it is only necessary to describe the panel in its centre , which represents architecture , painting , sculoture , music .

and poetry . In the four large panels on the cove at ends and sides of room are shown in the centre the " All-seeing Eye , " under which is placed the "Circle and Triangle , " and under the above is an altar , in the centre of which is a mystical emblem . At the sides of the altar is a figure of " Truth , " from which springs a rich scroll ornamentation , with ears of corn , & c . Here also is shown the pot of incense . This ornamentation terminates with a pendant trophy composed of the " Mirror of Truth , " the Tuscan

column and serpent . At the ends of this cove panel are suspended Masonic trophies , in which again are grouped the Tuscan column , the " Mirror of Truth , " and serpent . To those who can see below the surface , the emblems de-E icted on the walls and ceiling of this banqueting-room will e a constant study , and the designer hopes that many a useful lesson will be learned from the work , incomplete though it be , whilst his brethren are enjoying themselves around the well-spread board . The object of the festive gathering was not only to cele-