Provincial Grand Lodge Of The North And East Ridings Of Yorkshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF THE NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE .

MASONIC BAJSTQUBT AT SCARBOROUGH . Yesterday there was a great gathering of Freemasons at Scarborough , the Provincial Grand Lodge of the North and East Ridings having accepted the invitation of the Denison Lodge ,

Scarborough , to hold its annual assembly in that town . _ There was a numerous muster of Masonic celebrities in the Grand Hotel . It was arranged that the business of the lodge should be transacted during the afternoon , so as to

throw the banquet in the evening open to non-Masons . Accordingly the Provincial Grand Lodge was held in the spacious drawing-room of the hotel ; the business commenced at 1 . 30 , when the Provincial Grand Master , the Earl of

Zetland , followed by a large and brilliant retinue , passed in procession up the main staircase amid the flourish of trumpets . The procession was very imposing . In the evening a banquet was served up in the large dining hall , which was

appropriately decorated for the occasion , and which , when filled with its numerous distinguished assemblage , arrayed in Masonic costume , presented a brilliant appearance . Around the room was arranged groups of gay flags with

shields , Masonic emblems and devices , and there was a profuse display of flowers and other decorations . Nearly 200 guests sat down to the sumptuous repast . Lord Zetland occupied the chair , supported on his right by Bro . W .

Bell , M . D ., Hull , D . P . G . M . , of the North and East Ridings ; Bro . Sir H . Johnstone , Bart ., M . P ., P . P . G . W . ; Bro . Sir Charles Legard , Bart ., M . P . ; Bro . J . W . Teal , P . D . C . W . M ., No . 200 ; Bro . W . F . Rooke . M . D ., P . P . G . W . ; Bro . Peck , P . P . G . S . ; and on the left by Lord Londesborough , P . P . S . W . P . G . W . ; Major Bannister ,

P . P . J AV . j Bro . Chris . Sykes , M . P ., P . P . S . W . ; Bro . R . Bower , P . P . S . W . ; Bro . J . W . Woodall , P . P . S . W . ; Bro . Sir James Meek ; and Bro . Hollon , P . G . T . Amongst the company were brethren from Hull , Malton , Richmond , Leeds , York , including the Lord Mayor , and other lodges

in the district , and the brethren of the Scarbro ' lodges mustered in strong force in order to give a cordial reception to their Masonic brethren . Conspicuous among the guests by their uniform were Sergt .-Major Tallet and Farrier-Sergt . Thomas Lawrence ( 3 rd Dragoon Guards ) , York .

Pntchard ' s celebrated band performed selections of music during the banquet , which was served up in excellent style . Grace before and after meat was said by the chaplain , the Rev . W . Ballantine . At the close of the banquet , The noble Chairman proposed " The Queen

and the Craft . " Wherever a lodge of Masons existed , there he knew that toast would be received with enthusiam . The noble Chairman next proposed the health of the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , R . W .,

Deputy Grand Master of England , with the Present and Past Grand Officers . It was a somewhat painful duty to have to propose such a toast at the present moment , when the } ' might be said to have no Grand Master . At their last

Provincial Lodge they were honoured by the presence of their Grand Master , who bestowed upon him ( the Earl of Zetland ) the office he now held . That was a day he should always look back to with feelings of the utmost pleasure . From the marks of respect with which their

Worshipful Grand Master was then received it appeared that he was esteemed by every Mason . His loss would be severely felt not only in that lodge but throughout the country . With respect to Lord Carnarvon , many present were no doubt able to appreciate the interest he took in

Freemasonry . Lord Londesborough , who was received with loud applause , proposed— "The Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , R . W . Provincial Grand Master of the North and East Hidings of

Yorkshire . He felt sure that the name of Zetland would be well received in any part of the world , but more especially in Yorkshire . He congratulated the noble Lord on the office he had attained in the order , and hoped he would b

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come equally respected with his late father . ( Cheers . ) The noble Chairman appropriately responded to the toast , and referred to the connection that had so long existed between bis family and that

province , lie also spoke of the progress 01 Freemasonry . Sir John Harcourt Johnstone , M . P ., next proposed " The health of Bro . John Pearson Bell , Deputy Provincial Grand itaste of the North

and Last Ridings , ' and spoke highly of the services that gentleman had rendered Freemasonry in tlie province . Bro . Bell , in responding , dwelt upon the

advantages to be derived from Freemasonry , and complimented the- Provincial Grand Master on the excellent way in which the business of the day had been gone through under bis auspices .

The nobie Chairman then proposed " The Denison Lodge , No . 1 , 240 , and the various Lodges m the Province . " ITis Lordship expressed his gratification at the splendid reception accorded to them by the Scarboro' Lodee .

Lro . Delamere suitably lesponded . Mir . Christopher Sykes , M . Ik , proposed "The Visiting Brethren , " which was responded to by Bro . Henry Smith , Provincial Grand Secretary of West Yorkshire .

Sir Charles Legard , M . P ., in a humorous speech , proposed " 'The Ladies , ' which toast was humorously responded to by Mr . Christopher Sykes . This brought the proceedings to a close .

Masonic Pilgrimage To Shakespeare's Tomb.

MASONIC PILGRIMAGE TO SHAKESPEARE'S TOMB .

There set forth from Paddington Station the other morning a pilgrimage of unwonted character , the purpose being to offer , on part of

the "Masonic Brotherhood of Lnglaud , a tribute lo the memory of England ' s great poet . A special meeting of the Provincial ( . ' rand Lodge of Warwickshire had been convoked by Lord Leigh , the Provincial Grand Master of the

county , to meet the ' •pilgrims , ' all ol whom . without exception , were Masons . Primarily the pilgrimage had been organised by the Bard ol of Avon Lodge ( whose present . Master is Sir George Elliot , M . P . ) to unveil a window which

the lodge , which is chiefly composed of literary and artistic brethren , had placed in this shrine of one whose written works have discovered to the eyes of all who have had the benefit ol Masonic light and teaching that he himself had

practical knowledge of the craft . The pilgrims yesterday from Paddington were , headed by the Worshipful Master of the Bard of Avon Lodge' , Sir George Elliot , M . P ., and among those with him were Bros . Prince Lskander Khan ( son of

the King of Afghanistan ) ; Colonel Burdett ( the Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex ); W . P . Frith , R . A . ; Edward Piggot ( the Examiner of Plays ) ; Edmund Yates ; G . A . Sala ; J . < A Parkinson ( of the Grand Lodge , Deputy Grand

Master of Middlesex ) ; . J . B . Monekton ( Town Clerk of the City of London ) ; -Eneas M'intyre Q . C . ( the Grand Registrar ); Thomas Renn John Hervey ; Dr . Ramsay ; Major Harding it . G . Glover ; Alfred Layt ' on , P . M ., 1 S 1 : W .

Donne , P . M ., 1 S 1 ; F . Gray ; De Ross Hyde ( Bard of Avon Lodge ); Captain Cotton ( Hard of Avon Lodge ) ; Oetavius Hansard , P . M ., 1 S 1 , W . Burgess , Re , R'c . Before the " retained" carriages provided by ihe Great Western

Company had arrived at Sliutiord-on-Avon , the Provincial Grand Lodge had been , by the special permission of the mayor , in the Town-hall of Stratford , and the members of the lodge went

forth to meet their masonic brethren at the station , providing carriages to convey them and other brethren to the house where Shakespeare was born . Thence on the invitation oi' the

Yicar of Siratford , the Rev . Dr . boms , Grand Provincial Chaplain of Warwickshire , after the brethren had been formally met in the Townhall , procession ' ¦ in clothing" was ma . de to the church . A full choral service was held in the

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historic shrine , and Dr . Goliis preached a short sermon—a discourse fitted to die occasion , the place , and the hearers . The brethren th . •. ¦ ::. broke off for a time , the window was unveiled , a tablet placed beneath it shown , and the pilgrims had an opportunity of once more looking

upon the treasures of the erst V . anciesiure hamlet , where the stone lies which , on pain of the poet ' s curse , stops human cariosity sue ! nil posthumous honours which humanity would give . Beneath the monument which Shakespeare ' s daughter erected , and which John ARM , tie fore'oiien leader of the siroAm : ' p ;' . vers . ti . J

fain or oi : '/ : c ;\ o ; m ) Rs re-ereetea , ; w . Co ;;; : ; recti a paper showing the need of restoration ol t io church , if il is lo be preserved . In . the evemug the pilgrims dined at tlie Red Horse Hotel ( famous through Washington Rving ' s pilgrimage ) , the Master of the Bard of Avon Lodge . Sir

George Elliot , presiding . Tne toast d ' ¦ ihe Queen rend the Craft" was duly honoured , and then Bro . Parkinson , lite Grand Deacon ol ii' . e Grand Lodge of England , hi ywepoRe . g , by R . e Worshipful . Master ' s command , the toa .-t of " due

New Ruler oi the Crab , tne 1 since o ; V , ; : ; es , ' ms . de a speech , in which he said : —In piope . smg the toast of "The Lea' Ruler of the Crab , the

Prince of Wales , '' it is not necessary to eiv . vll upon the circumstances which have led to h ; s Royal Highness now fining the position of Crve . v . l Master . It uiav be well-known , anil not

inappropriately in conneeoon with the name of the constituted , chief oi the b ;' ceii ; : ; s . ses who is destined to be the future 1 Render o ! the Faith in Lnabuid . that ike . eaamo

memorial , ihe erection of vdiieh in the chancel of ShAiespeai'c ' s church we have celebrated to-day , speaks of a k > iig-. > tui : tkng cod close connection between Re--mosomv and i ie

Cnuren 0 : s . iieiaini . cspcciaoy in tins ps . ee . . ; : _•late vicar of thrulRrd w : s an old and ardent Freemason , and was chspism to ike Paid ol Avon Lod- ; o , ;; position m wReh ! :,- ; s :. ; : ee ,. o ! .,:

by tne preseot vu'ar , v . oo is ; o o 1 roi i . n .. 'i Grand i'ho Aim of Middle . ' . Ii 1 ; on , e ; s-. ; . 10 times like these to Glow tl . i 1 here is : a iking ; ¦ xeo ' i'donul iri ibis union i et . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; il ' .. iV . a . o- ' . o . i

Cliui ' - ' ii alio i'lvei . i . 'iso-ury ; las ; > c ncmoer slingubho ' . l breilneii up- n iR'bench , e' R-R . ps , and that in all parts of this realm tlie e-ru , i and the reformed , religion go hand R-hsnd , ioct ; :-catille the same duties . in ; piiiu ; ' liie same h a a . s .

and impressing upon their ah A iviiis that broad charity and that lively faith in good works in which sensible men are content to live and die . ( Cheers ') . There was a time—a lime which measured by the years of our l ' . atiorsd life , was not so very Ions' ago . when the limdi .-. h clcrev liuRht

have felt diilioulty ill bee-lining 1 ' reeili : i .--ons , because of the absolute obedience lo duly c . restituted auilioi'ily and lo the law of the I . mil 10 which our brotherhood is coinimUod . The ! Ru :-c of Commons , after the fall of Wobey complained that the cler ; y made lews in RooveesiA : ! for

disobedience to which ihe l . uly wxre e . \ o . m . anniented . Vol tho . ^ ela . w- wm ' c often at variance with the laws of the nodm . Archbishop Wurham sa . ikl he was sen IT for ibis ; but a ; the laes made by the cb . rgy Were abs . }'; in < miena my with the wiibsf God , the law- ; of th . ; lxahu had only to lie ab-i ' ed for the difficulty to vani ; h . ' A .

laugh ) . Wk . ii might tlie liu-toiT . ei a , k wh ... t iiiu-i have been the p i . Rioii of lb .: eler . y in ( lie ibkte-s ol their power when th- 'y oafd spoil : thus mi the eve of their prostrabon . 'file public of L . i -

Land heal been warned rc ' erRy . and by hi . i authority , that ihe oppo hug prim-i p R :. oi' s .. e-. rshalling Uieir i ' e peetive fo ; . s -. , ::. ei lb . > En ' osi in . ; v be called ui .-Oii to : S . r a i " . iodic o . . or ..

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