Honour To Bro. T. W. Tew, P.Gm. West Yorkshire.

HONOUR TO BRO . T . W . TEW , P . GM . WEST YORKSHIRE .

the Prov . G . Officers present were Bros . Thomas Whittaker , Austin Roberts , WaIker ( Halifax ) , Kenda !( Sowerby Bridge ) , and Wm . Cockroft ( Hebden Bridge . ) An address of welcome vvas presented by the W . Master to the Prov . Grand Master and his Deputy on the occasion of their first visit to the lodge , which was replied to in a very impressive and characteristic manner by the Prov . Grand Master , who

The members of the Prince Frederick Lodge , No . 307 , assembled at the White Horse Hotel , Hebden Bridge , near Halifax on Monday , the 20 th ult ., to welcome Bro . T . W . Tew , Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , his Deputy P . G . M ., Bro . Henry Smith , of Wakefield , and other Provincial Officers who had responded to the invitation of the lodge to pay a special visit to Hebden Bridge . Among

touched upon points of great interest to the Fraternity , and expressed the pleasure he and his Deputy felt at the hearty reception given them . He also complimented them on the antiquity of the lodge , its efficiency , and the beauty of its appointments . Bro . Winterbottom , the host , . supplied the company with a first class banquet . The visitors from other lodges included Bros . Rickard ,

Buckland ( Halifax ) , and Bro . Gaukrpger ( Sowerby Bridge ) , who gave songs and selections of music during the evening , aud Bro . I . Walker , P . M ., No . 1231 , The toasts , which vvere heartily honoured , included those of "The Queen , " "The Most VVorshipful Grand Master

of England , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G ., and the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " "The R . W . Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire , Bro . Tew , the R . W . D . P . G . M ., Bro . Smith , and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and "The W . M . of No . 307 , Bro . T . Uttley . "

Masonic Presentation To Bro. The Rev. J. A. Alloway.

MASONIC PRESENTATION TO BRO . THE REV . J . A . ALLOWAY .

At a meeting of the members of the Craigellachie Lodge , No . 241 , held in the Public Hall , Grantovvn , on Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., Bro . the Rev . J . A . Alloway , Ventnor , Isle of Wight ( who has been residing in the town for some time back ) , was presented with an album containing a choice collection of local views ,, by the members of the lodge , as a token of the respect and esteem in which he vvas held by the Freemasons of Grantovvn .

The R . W . MASTER ( Bro . John Stewart ) made the presentation on behalf of the brethren , and Bro . the Rev . J . A . ALLOWAY feelingly replied . The album bears the following inscription : " Presented tothe Rev . J . A . Alloway , Ventnor , Isle of Wight , by the members of the Masonic Lodge Craigellachie , No . 241 , as a memorial of his visit to Strathspey , and in token of the respect in which he is held by the Freemasons of Grantown . August 22 , iSSS . "

Opening Of New Lodge Quarters In Hull.

OPENING OF NEW LODGE QUARTERS IN HULL .

On Wednesday next , the 12 th inst ., the Kingston Lodge , No . 1010 , will assemble for the first time in their new premises , above the lecture hall , Kingston-square . This particular portion of the Old Protestant Hall has been leased for a term of years , conjointly by the Kingston and the De la Pole ( 1605 ) Lodges , and will in future be the house of the brethren of both bodies . Extensive

alterations have been made to adapt the new rooms to Masonic needs , and the change will be very welcome , particularly to the De la Pole members , whose hall in Charlotte-street vvas ill adapted for the dispensing of hospitality , the rooms in the first place being too small for a large meeting , and , what is more important still , the ventilation not being sufficient for an assembly of any size . The new premises

will not be consecrated till the latter part of September , when it is expected that Bro . the Earl of Zetland , Provincial Grand Master N . and E . Yorkshire , will be present to perform the ceremony . Pending the arrival of the day fixed for the consecration , his lordship has granted a dispensation to the two lodges , and the difficulty therefore as to their meeting in

the new premises till then has been obviated . The whole of the alterations has been carried out under the superintendence of Bro . B . S . Jacobs , architect . Bro . Jacobs is a Past Master of the Kingston Lodge , and his undertaking the task has been a guarantee that the new quarters will be in every respect adapted to the requirements of the Craft .

The new premises are situate on the first floor of the building , which used to be called Protestant Hall , now styled the Public Rooms Lecture Hall . They have a separate entrance and staircase , and are entirely cut off "Om the other approaches to the building , and every precaution has been taken to prevent the sound rising from the lecture hall on the ground floor . The lodge room is

in the form of a double cube , 46 feet long and 23 feet wide , with a raised platform at the east end and down the two sides . Adjoining the lodge is a large ante-room 24 feet by 18 feet , and a candidates' room . The banqueting room is 36 feet by 25 feet , and is arranged to seat 100 Brethren . Attached to the banqueting room are two

Rewards' stores , two store closets , and a hoist leading « om the kitchens . The remainder of the floor is taken up oy the lavatories , & c , and the kitchen staircase . Above the banqueting room is a large kitchen , with two pantries and store rooms . Both lodge and banqueting room are " ^ ted by high pressure hot water pipes , and fitted up w 'th fresh air shaits and foul-air extractors .

Freemasonry In South Africa.

FREEMASONRY IN SOUTH AFRICA .

t K , Goldfield Times writes of the celebration of St . thr s - Day ( 2 4 th J ) by the English and Dutch brenren m South Africa as having passed off with unusual PioM and in a raanner " wIlich shews that on the Gold ext v as elsewhere > brotherly love exists to the fullest nn j I ° ng the widespread membership of that ancient fi n j . "t * *»** ' " uv . jpiv . au II _ V , II . UV . _ . _ , ___ I _> ui mai . auuicm

Co " . honourable body of whatever nationality . " It then fom ? j " Re 8 ardless of the dissension and racehatred ali _> ¦• by the conduct of the Government towards Aiw fi in this State ' Dutch and El , glish > celpk , " ? - " ' Germans ' et hoc genus omne' united in Dratln & the great day of the Order in brotherlv

Freemasonry In South Africa.

love and unity in a manner which is in strong contrast with the feeling shown by the rulers of this land , who , one vvould have thought , should have been the first to set such a beneficent example . While our Government are sowing broadcast the seeds of race hatred and tolerance , events are too strong for them , and the community cf interests and of feeling engendered by close

companionship is fast welding together the various nationalities which together form the vast communities whose energy is fast converting the sleepy Transvaal into one vast workshop . Mr . Taljaard , for instance , vvould have been disgusted to see his compatriots , speakers of his darling 'taal , ' joining with the detested uitlanders not only in worship of the Great Architect of the Universe , conducted

in the ' cackling ' language he so much detests , but in the working of a Dutch Lodge of Freemasons , carried on , it is whispered , in the same degraded tongue , and presided over , horrible to relate , by a v de Engelschmann ! The sight vvould have driven him into a fit , and vvould probably have convinced our worthy Vice-President , had he been there also , that the end of the world

was verily at hand , and that the time had indeed come for him to sacrifice himself for the maintenance of the taal by precipitating himself down the nearest shaft , or placing his venerable head under one of the Central Company's stamps ; while an act vvould probably have been promptly rushed through the Raad for the instant suppression of such pestilent Societies , and the immediate decapitation of

those who took part in such rites as could possibly undo the great work of the Raad , and [ promote brotherly feeling and good fellowship where hatred and dissension should prevail . Fortunately for those gentlemen ' s feelings they were absent , and can only learn the dreadful news from our columns and those of our contemporaries , if , as is extremely improbable , they ever peruse them , or areeven

able to do so . The sad fact , however , remains , and however much vve may harrow the feelings of our legislators by recording the fact , it nevertheless is the case that , recent ' resolutions' notwithstanding , Dutch and English live and work together in the utmost harmony , talk English together , and transact all their business in the same fearful language with a perfectly

blasphemous disregard for Raad edicts or any other futile ' brutum fulmens . ' This will no doubt be regarded in Pretoria as a very dreadful state of things , and as the Raad is still sitting , our officials will probably soon be in receipt of further instructions to prevent a spread of any such disastrous amicability . The Worshipful Master of Lodge Jubilee , No . — , will no doubt receive

an intimation that the lodge being held under the Dutch Constitution , he must consider himself an 'official , ' and the lodge a species of Government office , in which nothing but , Dutch must be spoken ; and vve shall then hear the dire news that our Landdrost , on forcing his way into the lodge to enforce this order , vvas promptly placed upon a red-hot gridiron , or stabbed to the heart by

the ' Tyler , ' as a stranger and an outcast . It only requires some such extension of the present style of legislation to still further strengthen the bond of unity that is now being forged all over the Transvaal between the burghers and the uitlanders . Community of interests has already done

its work in this direction , and our wise Government appear determined to bring about their own downfall by inflicting upon them a community of suffering which is certain to complete the work . Having carefully sown the wind , they will in due time , have the pleasure of reaping the whirlwind . "

The Earl Of March On Free Masonry.

THE EARL OF MARCH ON FREE MASONRY .

On Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., the Earl of March opened a two days' bazaar in the Town Hall , Dufftown , promoted for the purpose of paying off a debt of over £ 300 on a hall recently erected by the brethren of the Dufftown St . James ' s Lodge . The Earl of MARCH said that , as a native and resident of the immediate vicinity , he vvas glad to do anything he could to assist the town of Dufftown in any way , and , in

addition , as a Mason himself , it gave him special gratification—although he belonged under the English Constitution , and not to the Scottish Grand Lodge— to do what he could to assist Masonry there or in any part of the country . He referred to the fact that the first lodge hall in Dufftown was built 16 years ago , and from that time , with certain fluctuations in the way of members , it had gone on increasing and

prospering , and he had no doubt that in course of time it would not only be a benefit to the inhabitants of Dufftown , but to Masonry in the north of Scotland . He could not help knowing that the Freemasons vvere looked upon with a certain amount of suspicion by those who were not members of the Order . He thought it vvas the duty of every Freemason to try to explain away any such feeling as that ,

because he vvas divulging no Masonic secrets when he told them that there vvas nothing in the principles of the Order which might not be preached from every pulpit in every church in all the four corners of the globe . He thought it said something for the principles which guided their Order when they looked at the extraordinary way in which Masonry had spread its arms through every civilised

nation , and through nations in Africa and Asia ; and as soon as the discovery of America was made it had taken root there , and there was no country in the World where once they got a Freemason lodge established where they did not find that benefit accrued , not only to the immediate neighbourhood , but also to their parent lodges , and thereby increased the

prosperity of Masonry'in general . He supposed many of those whom he was addressing were not aware of the enormous amount of money which had been spent by Masons in Charity . He did not mean by individual Charity , but by degrees the funds belonging to Masons having reached such a considerable amount , they had founded large orphanages , some for boys , some for girls , hundreds of

whom were educated and got that start in life which enabled them to fight the battle of life , and without which help they might have found no career open to them , and they might have degenerated into paupers . There vvas one other consideration which he thought was not out of place , and that vvas that at the present time , more

especially even than of late years , when political considerations entered so much , so bitterly , and so deeply into every association almost which vvas formed , they as Masons were superior to any considerations of that kind . Politics vvere notallowed in the smallest degree to hold any sway over their deliberations or over their decisions .

St. John's Day In The South African Gold Fields.

ST . JOHN'S DAY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD FIELDS .

The officers and members of Dutch Lodge , the "Jubilee , " which vvas established by provisional charter on 17 th June , 1 SS 7 , and of which Bro . Joseph Verey is the honorary Master , a position almost without precedent in South Africa , attended Divine Service at the English church ,

Barberton , South African Republic , on the 24 th June last , being St . John the Baptist ' s Day , special arrangements for their accommodation having been made , and the centre aisle of the building almost entirely devoted to the Craft . This was the first Iodge established on the De Kaap Gold Fields , and now musters about 50 members , including nearly all the local , and several Pretoria , officials .

Financially , it is in a healthy condition , being comparatively without liabilities , and holding a large balance to the credit of its benevolent account , besides possessing one of the most complete stocks of lodge furniture and jewels , the cost of which has been fully defrayed . On this occasion the insignia vvere worn in church , and the scene , therefore , was a most picturesqueione .

Among the brethren present were Bros . Joseph Verey ( Hon . Master ); A . Ochse , W . M . ; T . A . R . Purchas , D . W . M . J ; A . Ewing , S . W . ; J . H . Woods , J . W . ; F . W . Forbes , Treas . ; L . B . Chesterton , Sec ; L . Gace , K . S .: H . Steeds , D . C ; E . H . A . Cohen , A . D . C . ; J . G . Louw , S . D . ; P . J . S . Van der Byl , J . D . ; ' Melvill , I . G . j W . Steers and H . W . Neale , Stewards j and H .

Smith , Tyler . The choir had been augmented , Mr . Clifford Hall £ contributing two sweetly rendered solos to the musical portion of the service . The sermon was preached by Bro . Rev . H . Adams , Hon . Chaplain , the lessons being read by Bro . Verey . Bro . A . W . Bayly , Hon . Organist , presided at the

organ with his accustomed ability . At the close oi the sermon Sullivan's sacred song " Thou art passing hence" vvas rendered with much feeling by Mr . Clifford Halle , and after a collection in aid of the Church funds had been made , a recessional bymn , sung by the choir , and joined in by the congregation , brought the service to a close .

Masons' Marks.

MASONS' MARKS .

At the present year's meeting of the British Archaeological Association at Glasgow , on the evening of August 31 st ., Professor HAYTER LEWIS , F . S . A ., submitted a paper on the subject of Masons' Marks . He said that Scotland possessed a larger number of such marks than could be shown down south . They were found cut on the stonework of nearly every medieval building of importance , and on

very many buildings of greater antiquity such marks were now used as much as they ever were , but they were hidden . Proceeding , he said that the first point was to ascertain whether they were hereditary , descending from fatherto son , with such slight alterations as rang htserve to distinguish them from each other . Certainly in many cases it vvas not so . On the other hand , there vvere cases in which the same

marks vvere used at the present day by members of distinctly the same family , there being some slight differences for the sake of identification . The next point vvas—was there any distinct mark which vvould serve to distinguish the members of any particular lodge or company , and he might say shortly that he could see no sign which would thus define a separate group of workmen—such a sign , for example ,

as that of the crown above the hammer , so well known on Scottish tombstones . Yet there were certain cases in which one would expect to find them if , as vvas generally supposed , the companies were under clerical guidance . The only method left by which one could tracethe work and the progress of any particular lodge or fraternity from one building to another , or from one date to another , so as

to ascertain the progress of an art by the consecutive history of two or more buildings , was by taking a group of separate but well ascertained marks in one of them and tracing out the same marks , if possible , in another . All evidence seemed to point to there having been bands of skilled workmen attached to great monastries , cathedrals , and in later times large

cities , whose example and training influenced the districts around . When works of great magnitude were in hand , these bands vvere , no doubt , increased j and when the works ceased , they were lessened in number , the members dispersing here and there , and leaving their marks in various places , much as Masons now did at the finish of some great work . But he found no distinct trace of the

general employment of large migratory bands of Masons going from place to place as a guild or brotherhood . As to whether they could find any distinct change between the marks of the 12 th and 13 th centuries , when the great change took place in the tooling and the style generally , he felt bound to say that he could not see any distinct or general sign of change . Generally it was found that the

same forms which vvere used in early times vvere continued in the later , though they were then made more ornate . Putting together the information which they had , they found that certain definite methods of marking the general surface of the stones characterised the Masonry of the style which was called Norman j that in the 13 th century

there vvas introduced with the early pointed style an entirely different method of finishing the surface , and that the source of this method vvas apparent from the East ; that Masons' marks did not appear to have been commonly used in Europe until late in the 12 th century , and that some of the most prominent of those marks appeared to have been used continuously from very early times in Eastern countries .

SINGULAR DISCOVERY AT MARGATE . —A discovery of human remains has been made at Margate , in a rather remarkable manner . A man vvas engaged in digging a hole in a field adjoining Trinity Church , when his pickaxe suddenly penetrated a cavity and fell from his hand . He just managed to move before the earth gave way , and exhibited a large subterranean chamber about 13

feet in height . Upon examination it was found to contain a number of human and other remains , and there is also a long underground passage , probably connecting the chamber with the sea-shoie . Within a hundred yards of the spot there are some very remarkable smugglers' caves , and there is little doubt that the present discovery is an obscure portion of this retreat . How the skulls and bones came there , however , is an unsolved mystery ,