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The P ROV . TREASURER reported that all the liabilities had been met , and there remained a satisfactory available balance in hand . Sir Knig ht F . C Frost was elected Treasurer . The Prov . Prior invested as his

officers—Sir Knight John Brewer ... Prov . Sub . Prior . Rev . G . T . Warner , M . A Prov . Prelate . „ H . Stocker ... Prov . Chancellor .

„ Jno . Chapman ... Prov . Constable . „ Josiah Austin ... Prov . Marshal . F . C . Frost ... Prov . Treasurer . II - — — .. _

„ J . Jerman ... Prov . Registrar . „ W . Trevena ... Prov . V . Chancellor . ,, Jno . Taylor ... Prov . Sub-Marshal . Rev . T . Russell ... Prov . Almoner and

Chap . H . J . Edwards , Mus . Doc . ... Prov . Herald .

„ F . Crouch ... Prov . Std . Br . ( Beau . ) . F . R . Thomas ... Prov . Std . Br . ( V . B . ) . „ J . Kinton Bond , B . Sc Prov . Prior's B . B .

J . B . Gover ... Prov . C . G . T . H . Wills ... Prov . S . B . „ H . B . Stark ... Prov . O . Frater J . Gidley Prov . Guard .

Sir Knight W . J . HUGHAN , who was cordiall y received as a distinguished visitor , said it was the first time such a meeting had been held at Torquay , and curiously on the occasion of its being the centenary of the Great Priory . Many priories of Kni ghts Templar had been held long before , but 1791 was the first occasion when a Grand Conclave had been held for England , and that

was held under that distinguished Sir Kni ght Thomas Dunckerley . Since then Kni ght Templary had made considerable progress in England . It vvas Masonry worked in connection with a Christian Order , and it was rather strange that it had not made even wider progress throughout Great Britain . In the United States of America and in Canada it had been taken up with greater enthusiasm . In the States there were not

less than 80 , 000 members , and there they were trained , and even drilled , after the manner of soldiers , and formed a disciplined and very important body of considerable influence in promoting the objects of the Order . In Canada they were also very well organised , and vvere very creditable to Masonry . With the progress of Masonic information in England he believed they might look forward also to a much wider extension of their numbers .

Sir Knight CHAPMAN thanked the Prior for selecting Torquay to hold his meeting at . That town had very interesting Knight Templar reminiscences . Near where they were then met many valiant kni ghts embarked to proceed to the Holy Land .

WAKEFIELD MASONIC LITERARY SOCIETY . The first meeting of the winter session of this flourishing society , of which the Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , Bro . T . W . Tesv , J . P ., is President , took place at the Masonic Hall , Zetland-street , Wakefield , on the 27 th ult . In the unfortunate absence of Bro . Tew , who is unable at present through illness to

discharge the active duties of his office , the chair was taken by Bro . Henry Smith , his Deputy . There vvas a good attendance , including Bros . Walter Fennell , W . M . 154 ; Schotten , W . M ., H . Oxley , P . M ., B . F . Glover , P . M ., H . Goodyear , P . M ., E . Pickersgill , P . M ., J . Martin , A . Leach , S . W ., Kingswell , T . Horner , and

P . Whittaker , of 495 ; H . G . E . Green , P . M ., Prov . G . Sec , J . J . Martin , P . M ., W . Hall , T . Gosney , and J . Matthewman , P . M ., of 1019 ; H . S . Childe , S . W . 154 ; the Secretaries of the Society , and others . The minutes of the last meeting held on the 20 th April , at which Bro . Jos . Binney , P . M . 139 , gave a very

interesting paper , with cleverly executed illustrations , on " Hiram Abif and the Temple , " vvere read and submitted for confirmation . After apologies for absence had been announced , Bro . HY . SMITH introduced the lecturer for the evening . This was Bro . E . Pearson Peterson , W . M . of the Acacia

Lodge , No . 2321 , Bradford . Bro . PETERSON then gave a most interesting and instructive lecture on " Masonic Triads . " Commencing at the very earliest periods , he showed how the mystic number three permeated all reli gions and all systems of philosophy , and illustrated it by instances from those

of the Greeks and Romans , the Platomists , the Buddhists , the Egyptians , and the Druids . China and Japan , Hindostan and Scandinavia , Phoenicia and ancient Israel contributed each in their turn instances to show the prevalence of the Triad system . Coming to Freemasonry , examples without number vvere easily

re-called , most of them familiar to the mind of every brother . In a most pleasing manner Bro . Peterson kept the attention and sustained the interest of the brethren throughout his lecture , which vvas delivered without notes , and at its close comments were made

b y several of the audience of a very complimentary character . Discussion it could not be called , for there was nothing in the lecture which elicited any difference of opinion , but Bros . Oxley , Fenrell , Kingswell , Schotten , and others expressed their views and contributed cases which added other links to the chain of

evidence which has been so carefully compiled and so skilfull y arranged b y Bro . Peterson . _ A very hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer and a similar compliment to the Chairman closed the proceedings .

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After putting the last Bro . MATTHEWMAN gave notice that at the invitation of their President , the Very Rev . A . P . Purey-Cust , D . D ., Dean of York , P . M . 2328 , Past Grand Chaplain of England , had kindly consented to give an address to their Society at their next meeting , an announcement which caused

universal satisfaction . So eminent a divine and so good a Mason cannot fail to prove an immense attraction , and we venture to predict that the Craftsmen of Wakefield will extend to the Dean a welcome which will be as creditable to that city as it is characteristic of West Yorkshire .

. INTERNATIONAL MASONIC VISITATION . An interesting and important fraternal visit has recently been paid by the St . Nicholas Lodge , No . 1676 , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , to a lodge of Freemasons in Dublin . It appears that Bro . Thos . Pickering , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , who is a member of the St . Nicholas Lodge , and who was initiated into

Freemasonry in the Lodge of Israel , No . 126 , Dublin , put himself in communication with the officers of his mother lodge , who sent to the St . Nicholas Lodge an official invitation to visit Dublin , in response to which a trip was arranged by the St . Nicholas brethren , vvho invited members of other lodges to join them . Admirable

arrangements seem to have been made at both ends , and to have been thoroughly carried out . The start on the trip was fixed for 5 . 15 p . m ., on Sunday , the 18 th ult ., from the Central Station , Newcastle , where , on the muster roll being called , the following members of St . Nicholas Lodge vvere found to be present , viz

Bros . William Charlton , jun ., W . M . ; Edward Clark , P . M . ; Richard H . Holme , S . W . ; George Richardson , J . W . ; John Graham Cole , Sec . ; William A . Bell , S . D . ; Richard W . Cummings , P . M ., P . P . G . P ., D . C . ; Thomas Pickering , I . G . 24 ; Joseph Donkin , Robert W . Bell , J . D . Walker , Wm . Grant , Jas . Inman , John

Wilson , and Geo . Donkin ; and the follosving brethren from other lodges : Bros . W . E . Harker , W . M . 24 ; W . Cooper , P . M .. W . M . 1342 , P . P . G . D . ; J . Matthesvs , P . M . 1342 ; Peter Hastie , 1342 ; Thomas E . Smith P . M . 991 ; Robert Foggan , P . M . 1902 ; Rev . W . Davidson , Chap . 1902 ; James Carmichael , P . M . 6 59

P . P . G . Std . Br . ; E . Foster , P . M . 659 ; J . Tweedie , S . W . 659 ; and J . Thompson , 659 . A saloon carriage having been provided by the North-Eastern Railway Company , the party entered , when each one was presented vvith a very handsomely got-up programme and time-table of the visit , giving every detail ,

including a descriptive guide to the places of interest intended to be visited and of the city of Dublin . The book ( svhich had been prepared vvith great care by Bro . J . J . Irwin , P . M . of the Dublin Lodge , and a native of Gateshead-on-Tyne ) vvas supplied by the Dublin brethren at their own cost . The cover bore at the top

the coat-of-arms of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , in the centre the Masonic arms on a shamrock , and at the foot the coat-of-arms of the city of Dublin , and interlacing these devices were the words " Caed mille failthe" ( a hundred thousand welcomes ) " to St . Nicholas Lodge and brethren from

Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the Lodge of Israel , No . 126 . Dublin , October , 1891 . " The programme was prefaced vvith the following cordial welcome ' - — " To the visiting brethren from Newcastle-on-Tyne . " Brethren , —In presenting this detailed programme

of your visit , vve give you all a hearty and fraternal welcome to the tents of Israel and to our ancient city . We esteem it as a great honour that this lodge should have been selected to exemplify Irish working , and also as being the one chosen in Dublin to receivesuch an official fraternal visit from a lodge of the sister

Constitution . May vve express the hope that your time with us will be pleasant and profitable , and that it may tend to still further strengthen the ties of love and goodwill vvhich cement and unite us as members of a grand and ancient Order . "The programme , as sketched herewith , is of

necessity brief , owing to the short time at your disposal . Many of our scenic beauties are outside the city , and although you cannot view them at this time , vve will express the hope that this present glimpse of Erin may induce you to return and explore still further a land vvhich has been called the

First flower of the Earth And first gem of the Sea . ' " The centenary celebration of the Masonic Orphan Girls' School , to beheld in May , 1892 , will be a favourable time to visit Dublin , and to witness the spirit

prevailing generally in our Irish Order . Commending you to the care of the Great Architect ot the Universe , and wishing for each brother a time of peace , love , and harmony , —We are , dear brethren , your fraternally , The W . M . and brethren of

Lodge of Israel , No . 126 . " By the Norlh-Eastern Railway Company the party was conveyed to Carlisle , where they joined the London and North-Western Railway Company ' s ( Edinburgh to London ) mail , by which they vvere taken ( in a reserved carriage ) to Warrington , where saloon carriages awaited them , and in these latter carriages

they were taken via Chester to Holyhead . It vvas intended that they should be conveyed from Holyhead to Kingstown by the Dublin Steam Packet Company ' s steamer Connaught , but that vessel having been delayed ( as it afterwards transpired ) by a break down in her machinery , caused by a storm she met in crossing from Dublin , the party were taken on board the com-

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pany ' s handsome new steamer Ireland , and conveyed via Kingstown to Dublin ( Westland-row Station ) , where they arrived about 8 a . m . on the 19 th ult . The party having been met and greeted at the station by officers of the Dublin lodge , proceeded by jaunting cars to the Gresham Hotel in Upper Sackvilie-street ,

where arrangements had been made for their accommodation . After having had a wash-up and breakfast , to which each one did justice , the party at 9 . 30 a . m . mounted jaunting cars at the hotel door , and drove through the principal streets of the city to the entrance of the

People ' s Gardens . There they ali ghted , and having walked through the gardens , rejoined the cars at the north side , and drove past the Headquarter Barracks of the Irish Constabulary ( where the constables were at drill ) , through Phcenix Park , passing Viceregal Lodge , Chief Secretary ' s Lodge , Phcenix Monument ,

Ordnance Survey Depot , Hibernian Military Academy , Palmerstown Asylum , Magazine Fort , Wellington Memorial , and the spot where Cavendish and Burke were killed , thence by North Circular-road Gate ( passing Richmond Asylum , St . Peter ' s Roman Catholic Church , and crossing Royal Canal at Glasnevin

Bridge ) to Glasnevin Cemetery . Here the most prominent memorial is that to Daniel O'Connell , in the form of an Irish round tower , upwards of 160 feet in height . His remains are in the crypt underneath , where the visitors vvere shown the coffin containing them . Mr . Parnell ' s grave was also visited , and it

seemed to be an object of very great interest , for the party experienced some difficulty in getting through the vast crowd vvhich even at that date surrounded it . The party , on leaving the cemetery , proceeded to Glasvenin Botanic Gardens , and having there inspected the mammoth palm house , orchid , and other houses ,

journeyed back to their hotel for dinner , vvhich was served at 2 p . m . After dinner they remounted their cars and went off to Messrs . Powers' Distillery . Here they were met by the partners of the firm , vvho personally conducted them through the premises and explained everything , finall y coming to the offices ,

where the visitors vvere entertained by the firm . In the evening the party visited the Masonic Hall , in Molesworth-street , where , after inspecting and admiring the very handsome and complete building , they attended the meeting of the lodge of Israel and witnessed the working of Masonry under the Irish Constitution .

On the morning of the 20 th the visitors , at the invitation of Lodge of Israel , again visited the Masonic Hall , where they vvere , vvith several of the Irish brethren , photographed in a group . The photograph vvas arranged for by the members of the Lodge of Israel , who intend to present a copy to each visitor .

After being photographed , the party proceeded in brakes to the Masonic Orphan Boys' School at Richview , Clonskeagh , where they were received b y Bro . Oliver Fry , Hon . Sec , and Bro . J . Holdbrook , Head Master of the school . The boys vvere drawn up in line to receive the visitors in front of the school , and

went through a drill which vvould have done credit to an experienced army of soldiers . Bro . Charlton , the W . M . of St . Nicholas Lodge , having addressed a few words of encouragement and advice to the boys , asked and gained from the Head Master permission for the boys to have a holiday for the remainder of the day .

The building was next inspected , and aftersvards the boys treated their visitors to an athletic exhibition in the gymnasium attached to the school . The party next proceeded to the Masonic Orphan Girls' School at Ballsbridge , where they vvere received by Lord Justice Fitzgibbon ( of the Irish Bench ) , svho

is one of the most active Governors of the Institution , and by Bro . S . Eaves , Hon . Sec , Mrs . Neale , the Matron , and Miss Triggs , the Head Governess of the school . After an inspection of the premises by the visitors the girls went through their calisthenic exercises , and gave a sample of their musical talent , both vocal and

instrumental , the whole proceedings being thoroughly enjoyed by their visitors , svho all expressed their admiration of the perfection of the arrangements of the building and of the efficiency of the pupils . Bro . DAVIDSON , the Chaplain of St . Cuthbert ' s Lodge , No . 1902 , having on behalf of the visitors

addressed the children , and the Head Governess having by request granted the girls holiday for the remainder of the day , the visitors left the building , followed by the hearty cheers of the juveniles . The Bank of Ireland vvas next visited , and after an inspection of that building ( vvhich , by the way , is the

old Parliament House of Ireland , and contains intact even nosv the chamber of the Irish House of Lords ) , and having seen the manufacture of Irish bank notes , the party returned to their hotel for luncheon . In the afternoon Trinity College and the new Science and Art Museum vvere visited , and in the evening a

banquet was given by the Lodge of Israel in the Masonic Hall in honour of the visitors . Bro . George Metcalfe , W . M . of Lodge of Israel , presided . The company numbered about 150 , and included Bros . Lord Justice Fitzgibbon , Alderman Thomas Sexton , Professor Meredith , LL . D ., and several other

distinguished members of the Order in Ireland . A letter was read from Bro . Lord Wolseley regretting that he could not avail himself of the invitation to be present . The toast of " Our Visiting Brethren " was responded

to by Bros . CHARLTON , W . M . 16 7 6 ; CLAKK , P . M . 16 76 ; and MARKER , W . M . 24 ; each of whom expressed his appreciation of the truly Irish and fraternal welcome extended to the party . The arrangements for their visit they said were simply perfect , and the