Consecration Of The Leopold Mark Lodge No. 235.

1 It direction of Bro . F . H . Cozens , who was assisted by Bros . Hickie , Pulley , and Westell . After the lodge had been dedicated , Bro . Binckes concluded the installation ceremony , charming the brethren with his eloquent and impressive rendering of the various

addresses . The W . M . then invested his officers as follows : —Bros . VV H . Herbert , S . W . ; Chas . Stephens , J . W . ; A . Welch , M . O . ; G . Westall S . O . ; J . Egginton , J . O . ; Rev . C . R . Honey , Chaplain ; C . Stephens , Treas . pro tern . ; T . J . Pulley Sec . ; J . T . Stransom , Reg . of M . ; J . M . Dormor , S . D . ; W . G . Flanagan , J . D . ; S . Bradley , I . G . ; W .

Hickie , Organist ; W . Hemmings , Tyler . The W . M ., then rose , and said that he had the distinguished honour of proposing the first motion in the new lodsje , and it was that Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold be elected an honorary member . H . R . H . was gratified that the lodge was named after him , and was pleased to consent to the request that he would become an honorary

member of it . This proposition was seconded by thel . P . M ., and it is almost needless to add was carried by acclamation . Other business was then transacted , and after " Hearty Good Wishes " for the success of the new lodge being expressed , the lodge was closed in due form and with solemn prayer . A splendid banquet was provided at the Ship Hotel by

Bro . Bailey , in his usual excellent style , the tables being beautifully and artistically decorated . About fifty brethren sit down to the festive board , under the genial presidency of the W . M . The usual Mark Masonic toasts were proposed and responded to , the proceedings being enlivened by the instrumental and vocal performances of Bro . F . H , lozens and other brethren . The post-prandial

proceedings were thoroughly enjoyed by all present , and amongst its incidentals were the address of Bro . Eve , in proposing "The Health of the Consecrating Officer ( Bro . Binckes ) , " and " Success to the Mark Benevolent Fund , " and the eloquent reply of Bro . Binckes in acknowledgment . The W . M . expressed his intention to represent the new lodge as Steward at the next festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund , and the announcement gave general

satisfaction . Altogether the whole of the proceedings in connection with the consecration of the Leopold Lodge were carefully planned and carried out . Not a single hitch occurred during the day , and great credit is due to the Committee who bad charge of the arrangements , viz ., Bros . Margrett , Pulley , Stephens , and Westall .

The Old And Blind Wife (Or Widow) Of A Mason.

THE OLD AND BLIND WIFE ( OR WIDOW ) OF A MASON .

Queen Anne ' s Mansion , 5 th Dec , 1878 . Dear Sir and Brother , — Your kindness enables me gladly and gratefully to acknowledge the undermentioned sums , received up to this morning , to which may be added , a " blind pension "

of £ 10 . I shall still hope that the combined influence of Freemasonry , and the approaching Christmas , may cause me to have to trouble you , yet once again , with acknowledgements . I am , faithfully and fraternally yours , JOHN B . MONCKTON , Prest . Bd . G . P ., 32 " ,

Friends in Council Lot'g : i 383 Je-5 5 ° Brei . Lore ! Inverurie , 32 " . Pro G . M . Kincardine , Pro G . Sup . Forfar and Angus 300 ,. J . L . Thomas , A ( J . D . C 110 ,, Horace B . Marshi . il 300 „ An Old P . M 110 „ Alderman Hadlcy , P . A . G . D . C 100 ,, W . T . Howe , G . Purs 10

,, Frank Green 110 ,, Pirn 080 „ Ponder o 10 6 „ William Courtney , C . C o 10 0 „ Walter Monckton , o 10 6 ,, James Long , 026 Mr . Chambers o 10 6

„ Bush o 10 6 „ Cowan * o 10 9 „ Millwood 026 * But no unwelcome intruder on Masonry .

Dramatic Notes.

DRAMATIC NOTES .

OPERA COMIQUE . —I suppose there are few play-goers in London who have not seen Gilbert ' s Nautical Comic Opera , " H . M . S . Pinafore , " and enjoyed the subtile and quaint humour contained in the writing of this piece . The music , which is composed by Mr . Sullivan , cannot , however ,

he said by his best friends to be equal to any of his former works , nor by any means worthy of the piece io question , iiiel when to this it must be added that the artists engaged ire for the most unequal to the parts allotted to them , and 'hat in one instance , at least , namely , that of the leading lady , as a singer , is unequal to the role

she undertakes to fill . It becomes obvious that were it not for the exceedingly clever writing of W . S . Gilbert , this piece would have been a disastrous failure . [ A notice of the new Drama " No . 20 , or the Bastille of Calvados , " at the Princess's , is in type , and will appear in our next . ]

Owing to the pressure on our space , several important communications unavoidably stand over till next week . The Cosmopolitan Masonic Pocket Book for ' 879 is now ready , price , post free , 2 s . 2 d . Office , 198 , ' lect-street , London . —ADVT .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Somerset.

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF SOMERSET .

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Somerset was held at the Carnarvon Hall , Weston-Super-Mare , on Monday , Nov . 18 th . In the absence of the R . W . the Prov . Grand Mark Master the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , the V . W . the Deputy Provincial Grand Mark

Master , Bro . Captain F . G . Irwin , Past Grand M . Overseer , presided . There were present the following Mark Master Masons -. Major-General G . B . Munbee , D . P . G . M ., Master pro tern . ; Lieut . Col . H . Guyon , Prov . G . Sen . Warden ; J . Bond , Prov . G . Jun . Warden , pro tern . ; Dr . F . H . Woodford , P . G . M . O . ; Lieut . Col . J . R . Ford , P . G . S . O . ; John Fry , P . G . J . O . ; Rev . M . Shackleton , P . G Chap . ; E , T .

Payne , P . u . 1 reasurer ; B . Cox , P . G . Sec . ; Geo . Yates , P . G . Asst . Sec . ; A . G . Williams , P . G . J . G . ; Saml . Mills , P . G . Steward ; W . Cousins , P . G . Tyler ; also Bros . R . C . Else , P . P . G . S . Warden , and P . G . Steward ; Lieut .-Genl . E . II . Doherty , P . P . G . S . Warden ; Frcdk . Vizard , P . P . G . S . Warden ; W . Munro , P . P . G . S . Warden ; A . W . Scott , P . P . S . G . Warden ; W . B . Frampton , P . P . G . J . O . ; W . H .

Batten , P . P . G . J . O . ; Dr . W . W . Westcott , P . P . G . Reg . of Marks , J . B . Halford , P . P . G . Reg . of Marks ; W . Smith , P . P . G . Dir . of Cer . ; W . J . Nosworthy , S . Lewis , J . Chaffin , J . Dutton , Rev . J . C . Lyons , C . R . Bate , F . Wilkinson , C . W . Penly , C . W . Rodway , R . Skinner , besides visiting brethren < 5 f other provinces . The D . P . G . Masccr , having opened the lodge in due

form the Prov . G . Chap ., Bro . Rev . M . Shackleton , offered prayer , after which the D . P . G . Master apologised for the absence of the Prov . Grand Master . His Lordship , he said , had intended to be present but was unavoidably , and to his own regret , kept away by his public duties . It was hoped that Bro . the Rev . G . R . Portal , P . G . M . Master , of the Grand Mark Lodge would have been present to take

the place of the Prov . G . Master , but he , too , was unable to attend . The minutes of the P . G . Lodge held at Bith , Oct . 15 th , 1877 , were read and confirmed . The Piov . G . Treasurer , ( Bro . E . Turner Payne ) read his report showing a balance in favour of P . G . Lodge of £ 32 12 s . 3 d . ; there had , he explained , been a falling off

in the receipts , owing to the neglect of various lodges to make their returns and the omission on the part of some brethren to pay their fees of honour . The D . P . G . Master said it was very unsatisfactory to find that brethren appointed to Provincial Grand Lodge rank had not paid their fees of honour . The probability was that it was a mistake which would be rectified as soon

as it was pointed out . But it was a more serious matter that four out of the nine lodges in the province had failed to make their returns . He hoped this omission would soon be supplied and that it would not occur again . Upon the motion of the Deputy P . G . M ., seconded by Bro . A . W . Scott , the accounts of Che Treasurer were passed , and the lodges in default wilh their returns were ordered to

be written to . The next business being the election of Treasurer , the V . W . Bro . R . C . Else , said it woulel be impossible to do better than to re-elect Bro . Payne , he was so well known and highly esteemed , not only in the Mark but in every other Masonic degree , his duties were always faithfully performed , and in such a cordial and fraternal manner , as to

enelear him to every Masonic heait . He trusted that if reelected every Mark Lodge would save the P . G . Treasurer and Secretary trouble by sending in their returns with greater regularity . The V . W . Bro . Major-General Gore B aland Munbee , second the resolution , which was carried by acclamation , the D . P . G . Master remarking that it would not be possible

to find a more energetic Grand Treasurer than Bro . Payne if only he woulel oblige the lodge by accepting the office , and he was sure the brethren would all be very grateful to him . Bro . Payne thanked the D . P . G . M . and brethren for the kind things which had been said of him , and said whatever the duties of Prov . G . Treasurer were he should have great pleasure in performing them .

The D . P . G . Master declared all the offices vacant and appointeel the feillowing officers for the ensuing year : — Lieut .-Col . J . K . Ford , 177 , Prov . G . S . W . | . Bond , ( W . M . of 102 ) Prov . G . J . W . W . H . Bater , ( W . M . elect of 191 ) ... Prov . G . M . O . Dr . G . Long of 128 Prov . G . S O . F . Wilkinson , ( T . l . Loelge Bath . ) ... Prov . G . J . O .

Rev . T . J . Gatehouse , 128 Prov . G . Chap . Rev . J . C . Lyons , 191 Prov . G . A . Chap . E . T . Payne , ( re-elected . ) Prov . G . Treas . W . W . Westcott , 162 Prov . G . R . of Mks B . Cox , ( re-appointed . ) Prov . G . Sec . Geo . Yates , ( re-appointed . ) Prov . G . Asst . Sec W . Smith , ... ... Prov . G . S . Deacon

R . C . Bate , 19 Prov . G . J . Deacon E . S . Blundell , 102 Prov . G . I . of W W . E . Perret , 102 Prov . G . D . of C S . Mills , 102 Prov . G . S . B . W . Munro , 119 Prov . G . S . B . S . Lewis I ' roi . G . l . G . ( pro tern . )

W . J . Nosworthy Prov . G . Organist Walter Cousins , ( reappointed ) ... Prov . G . Tyler . In recognition of their services rendered to the Mark Degree the collars of Past Provincial Grand Senior Warden was bestowed upon Bros . Dr . F . H . Woodford and John Chaffin , and that of Past Provincial Grand Junior Warden upon Bro . W . Nosworthy and A . G . Williams .

Upon the motion of the Provincial Grand I reasurer , and seconded by W . Bro . A . W . Scott , a sum of ten guineas was voted to the Girls' School to be adeleel to the list of the V . W . Bro . General E . H . Doherty , one of the stewards of the next festival . The D . P . G . Master undertook to write to the W . Bro . Sir Eaniel Gooch , chairman of the Great Western Railway

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Somerset.

Company , asking him to cause a general order to be issued throughout the G . W . R . system that brethren when attending P . G . Lodge may be supplied with return tickets at single , fires on production of their P . G . Lodge summonses . The Prov . G . Chap . ( Bro . Rev . J . C . Lyons ) having offered prayer the D . P . G . Master closed the lodge in due form .

A great number of the brethren subsequently dined together at the Royal York Hotel , Bro . S . Mills catering for them with his well-known liberality and taste . The V . W . the D . P . G . M . presided , supported on the right by a veiy old and worthy Mason ( V . W . Bro . General Munbee ) , and on the left by V . W . Bro . R . C . Else ( D . l \ G . M . of the Craft for the province of Somerset ) .

After the banquet the toasts , incielental to such a meeting , were proposed , that of the P . G . M . being given from the chair , the D . P . G . M . speaking very highly of the eminent services his chief had rendered to all degrees of Freemasonry . "The Health of the D . P . G . M . " was given in the heartiest possible manner by Bro . General Munbee , who

acknowledged the obligations which Freemasonry owed to Captain Irwin , remarking that he had done more for it than any other member of the Order . He also expressed his sense of the value of the services rendered b y him as D . P . G . M . of the Mark Degree . The D . P . G . M . briefly acknowledged the compliment ,

and reciprocated the kind feeling and brotherly sentiments of Bro . Munbee , in whom , he said , he had ever fjund a loyal , faithful , and true co-worker . The healths of the principal officers were honoured , as also were " The Visitors , " on whose behalf Bro . J . J . Eardlcy Willmott returned thanks .

We have received a copy of the " Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar "for 1 S 79 , published by Bro . George Kenning , of 198 , Fleet-street , Londo . i . The contents of this annual are too well-known to » . rcquire any lengthened notice . We may remark that , with due allow ance for unavoidable errors , the information is satisfactory , and of a most extensive character , embracing as it does

particulars of all the Masonic bodies at home and abroad It contains the latest changes , such , for example , as the list of Office Bearers of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , anel of the Supreme Council , of Golden-square , as re-constituted , with a quantity of new matter , especially in connection with Foreign Grand Lodges , or Orients . But the principal feature by which the " Cosmopolitan Masonic

Calendar , for 1879 is distinguished from us predecessors is the insertion of the dates of constitution of the still existing Lodges of " ancient" oiigin in the Roll of Lodges holding under our Grand Lodge . This is certainly a matter on which Bro . Kenning may plume himself . —Touchstone Nov . 30 U 1 . —Price , post free 2 s . 2 d .

YORK LODGE , NO . 236 . —At the regular meeting of this lodge , held on Monday evening , Bro . A . Buckle , J . W ., was unanimously elected to the office of Master of the lodge , and Bro . J . Todd , P . M ., was unanimously re-elected Treasurer . The installation will take plice on the iGth inst ., and the annual banquet on S ' John ' s Day .

A New Royal Arch Chapter is in course of formation in connection with Lodge of Perseverance , 371 , Maryport , Province of Cumberland and Westmorland . The proposed title , " Nicholson , " is very apropos , and out of compliment to Companion Joseph Nicholson , P . M . 371 , & c , one of the oldest Craftsmen in the North , who

is the M . E . Z . designn •«• . At the last meeting of the Dobie Lodge , held at the Griffin Hotel , Kingston-on-Tlianits , Sjrrey , Bro , W . II . Saunders , P . M . 1503 , P . G . S . D . of Middlesex , P . M . W . S . of the St . George , Rose Criox , and Life Governor of all the Masonic Charities , was unanimously elected W . M . for the year ensuing . THE LIVERPOOL MASONIC BALI The

annual ball of the Masonic fraternity 111 Liverpool , will take place at the Town Hall , on the 14 th January next , and the fashionable fraternal assembly will again be in aid of the funds of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institutian . The Secretary of the ball committee tuis year is Bro . Thomas Salter , J . W . 241 ; a most zealous and expert brother . The following resolutiuu was passed on

the 20 th September last , at the General Committee , and confirmed at the Annual Court of Governors of the Charity , on the 2 nd ult ., viz .: — " That the W . Ms , of lodges , the first Principals of chapters , the Eminent Preceptors of Knights Templar Preceptories , the Right Worshipful Masters of lodges of Mark Masons , Sovereigns of the Rose Croix and the Red Cross of Rome and Coiistmtine , tec

meeting within this province , with the members of this committee , constitute the Ball Committee , with power to add to their number . " The Duke of Connaught will , says Truth , be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland as soon after his

marriage as an opportunity occurs . The December meeting of the St . Leonard Lodge , No . 1766 , which is progressing in a very satisfactory mannner , was held on Wednesday evening last , at the Town Hall , Shorcditch , Bro . L . Stcau in the chair of K . S . A report of the proceedings will appear in 0111 next .

HOLLOWAV ' S FILLS—l ' rovi-ion—As autimn treads on winter , slender , delicate , anel pale-lace J youths become listless , languid , and debilitated , unle-s an alterative , combined wilh some : t ., nic , be administered to quicken th ; ir enfeebled u ^ ans . This precise requirement is supplied in thee u ited pills , which cm and will accomplish all that is wanted , ptonded the printed instructions

surrounding ll'em meet with scrupulous attention . Hull-Avay s Pills are especially adapted to supply the medic . il wants of yuw ' tll , because ; liis medicine acis gently , ihouuh siiicly , as a puiiiicr , regulator , alterative , tonic , and mild aperient . A" very few doses of these pills will convince any discouraged invalid that bis cuie lies in his own hands , and a little perseverance only is elemandcd lur its completion . —f Ace 1 . 1