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CONTENTS . LEADERS— PA *"***** The Province of North and East Yorkshire ... .,. ... 399 Grand Lodge Decisions ... ... ... ... 399 Supreme Grand Chapter of England ( Quarterly Convocation ) ... ... 4 00 Summer Gathering of the Old Masonians' Cricket Club ... ... ... 401

Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire ... ... ... ... 4 01 Provincial Grand Lodge of North Wales ... ... ... ... 4 Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex ... ... ... ... 402 Provincial Grand Chapter of North Wales ... ... ... ... 402 Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk ... ... ... ... 402 Provincial Grand Chapter of Wiltshire ... ... ... ... 403 An Address ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ° 3

MASONIC NOTESQuarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter ... ... ... 4 ° 5 Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ... ... 4 ° 5 Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex ... ... ... ... 405 Annual Communication oi Grand Lodge of British Columbia ... ... 405

Correspondence ... .,. .,. ... ... ... 4 ° « Craft Masonry . . ... ... ... ... ... 406 Ancient and Accepted Rite ... ... ... ... ... 407 Allied Masonic Degrees ... ... ... ... ... 407 Unfurling of a New Lodge Banner at Crook ... .., ... ... 407 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 40 S

The Province Of N. And E. Yorkshire.

THE PROVINCE OF N . AND E . YORKSHIRE .

I lie Province of North ancl East Yorkshire has every reason to congratulate itself on the proceedings which took place at tlie annual meeting of its Prov . Grand Lodge , at Whitby , on Thursday , the 15 th ult . It is only occasionally that we read of

a lodge celebrating the centenary of its constitution , yet this particular meeting of Prov . Grand Lodge was timed so as to coincide as nearly as possible with the date which the brethren of the Lion Lodge , No . 312 , had selected for commemorating the

centenary of their respected lodge , and thus the whole Province may be said to have taken part in the celebration . There are but seven lodges in North and East Yorkshire which have existed long enough and been able to satisfy the authorities of Grand Lodge

as lo such a continuity ol working as would justify the grant of a centenary warrant , the seven thus fortunatel y circumstanced being the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , which was warranted by the "Ancients" in 1756 ; the Lennox , No . 123 , Richmond , of

" Modern origin , and dating from 1763 ; the Old Globe Lodge , No . 200 , Scarborough— "Ancient "—dating from 1791 ; the York Lodge , No . 236 , York—the fortunate possessor of such of the old archives , & c , of the " Grand Lodge of all England " as

are still preserved—which was warranted by the " Moderns" in 1777 ; the Minerva Lodge , No . 250 , Hull , warranted in 1783 by the same Grand Lodge ; and the Constitutional , No . 254 , Beverley , dating from 1793 , and the Lion , No . 312 , Whitby , 1797 ,

having the same " Modern " origin . It is therefore the more commendable in the Province that it should have resolved on doing all the honour in its power to the brethren of a lodge which , through good and ill fortune alike , has upheld the

prestige of the Cralt , and is still , as it has been ever , a worthy exponent of the principles of Freemasonry . But this was not the only fortunate circumstance which was associated with this annual meeting . In the month of May the brethren met

together in York—as mentioned in our " Note " of last week—to celebrate the fifth anniversary festival of their Educational Institute , and as the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . the Marquess of ZETLAND , was unable to be present , his place as President was

ably filled by Bro . thc Very Rev . Dean of YORK , Past Grand Chaplain of England , under whose kindly auspices the handsome total of over £ ' 1050 was raised for this local Charity . Such a measure of success as this must have greatly pleased both the Prov . Grand Master and the lodges and brethren under

The Province Of N. And E. Yorkshire.

his rule , and we trust that future festivals in its behalf may be as productive , and that the claims of the Central Institutions will still be remembered to their advantage . If we add to this that the reports as to the state of the lodges in the Province

were satisfactory in every way—as regards membership , funds , ancl the regularity of their meetings , & c . —we can understand how it was that the recent annual meeting of our North and

East Yorkshire brethren was so well attended ancl why the proceedings were of so satisfactory a character . We trust that future annual meetings may be as successful ,

Grand Lodge Decisions.*

GRAND LODGE DECISIONS . *

There appear to be sundry matters in the first head or chapter which we had overlooked and to which it seems desirable we should call attention . Thus , there are notes at p . p . 17 and 18 on the " Recognition of New South Wales , " and

"Canvassing at Elections , " respectively , which , in our opinion , it would have been better to group together with the previous notes having almost precisely the same headings . The points considered may not be precisely similar , but as they relate to the

original cause of the decisions , it would have been certainl y better had they been so grouped , with a sub-head in each case to indicate the nature of the points considered . Thus , as regards the second decision connected with the question of recognising

New South Wales , the J . W . of a lodge having given notice of a motion for the discussion at a regular meeting of the question of the desirability of the Masons in N . S . Wales amalgamating , the Dist . G . Master very properly ordered the removal of the

notice from the Agenda and on appeal by the lodge , the Grand Lodge upheld the Dist . CL Master . Bro . LAWRENCE remarks that " if a new Grand Lodge is to be formed at all , there must be concerted action somewhere , " but at the same time , he

recognises that the discussion of such a question as that of seceding from the English Constitution in order to join another ought not to be conducted under the regis of an English warrant . To use his own words : " Let the brethren scheme for

independence , but let there be some show of decency about it . " Moreover , it was open to the members of this lodge to have met together informally and considered the course they should adopt ; and if , as the result of such important

meeting , it was deemed advisable to join the New South Wales Constitution , they could have surrendered their English warrant and petitioned for a New South Wales one , their conduct under such circumstances beinsr void of all offence

towards their parent G . Lodge . Our belief is that nine-tenths of the squabbles which arise in connection with the formation of new Colonial G . Lodges are caused b y the ignorance which prevails in lodges oi the laws they have sworn to obey . Being

ignorant , they set about what is a perfectly legitimate course in a wrong manner ; and being obstinate , they persist in their wrong-doing , and the result is dissension everywhere .

However , after the new laws adopted at the June Communication of Grand Lodge , there ought to be no ditliculty in carrying out thc arrangements preliminary to the formation of a new Colonial G . Lodge . The subject crops up again and incidentally