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Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
vidimus of the affairs of the Grand Lodge showed the net amount of its property and funds ( under deduction of debts heritably secured over Grand Lodge property ) to be £ 13 , 574 , and a similar ^ statcmerit as fo the Benevolent Fund showed upwards of £ 5000 . There had been 53 6 5 intrants to Masonry . Grand Lodge was closed in ample form .
On Monday aflernoon a number of the members of Grand Lodge waited on Sir Michael R . Shaw Stewart , the Grand Master Mason , in the Edinburgh Hotel , and presented to him a volume containing the requisition sheets that had been addressed to him from all parts of Scotland requesting him that he would permit the members of Grand Lodge to re-appoint him as their Grand Master , in
order to give him an opportunity of completing the work of reform which he had commenced . The volume was very handsome , bound in real morocco , and mounted with clasps of gold . It contained a copy of the requisition , illuminated and finished in superb style , and bore a suitable inscripfion . The presentation was made by Col . Campbell , of Blythswood , the Sub-Grand Master , who was
accompanied by a deputation of actual members of Grand Lodge , representing alike the north and south , east and west provinces of all Scotland . Colonel Campbell read the inscription and requisition , which contained an expression of gratitude to the Grand Master for the invaluable services he had rendered to Masonry in Scotland , " whereby at an important crisis , the honour and dignity of the
throne have been upheld , and the financial affairs of Grand Lodge retrieved from approaching ruin . " He remarked on the representative chaiacter of the signatures , and said that he was sure that when the Grand Master had that pledge of support from upwards of 400 leading membeis of the Craft , he must feel that in his responsible position he had the confidence of the brethren over whom he had
the honour to preside . In their name he now handed over a token of respect , and esteem , and gratitude towards their Grand Master , for undertaking the arduous duties which he was so well able to perform . The Grand Master , in replying , said that the circumstances under which had originated the movement with which that meeting was connected were very peculiar , and
he was sure they all felt with him that they should not look into lhat matter at this time —( hear , hear)—they were all anxious to keep it out of sight . He thanked them for this renewed maik of tbeir confidence , and expressed his earnest hope and belief that the members of Grand Lodge would now throw aside all harsh and local feeliwgs . These had come up to thc surface of late-, but he was sure
thc root was not deep . He was certain that th- ; brethren from Glasgow and other parts of Scotland had all been animated by the best desires for the good of Masonry , and that all that had been irritating would now at once fly away like down from a thistle . ( Applause . ) He concluded by urging tbe brethren to progress in doing all they could for the consolidation of Grand 5-odgc , and for the true interests of Masonry ,
Madame Worrell-Duval ' s annual evening concert takes place at South-place Institute on Monday next . The list of arti-tes includes the well known names of Miss Matilda Roby , Miss Bessie Stroud , Mr . Chaplin Henry , Mr . H . Horscroft , and others . We wish Madame Worrell-Duval a successful evening . The " Hospital Sunday " collections in Liverpool this year amounts to £ 10 , 044 , a slight increase on last year .
Bro . T . W . Boord , M . P ., will deliver his annual address to his constituents in the Lecture Hell , Royal-hill , Greenwich , on the evening of Monday , the 25 th inst . The annual ball in aid of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum will take place at St . James ' s Hall , on Thursday , January 16 th , 1879 . THE " PRINCESS ALICE " DISASTER . —The
Secretary of Slate for the Home Department has granted the sum of £ 146 for distribution amongst thc inspectors , sergeants , and private constables of thc R Division of Metropolitan and Dockyard Police doing duty at Woolwich Dockyard and town , as a recognition of their praiseworthy exertions in connection with the late collision between the Princess Alice and the By well Castle . Mr . Gladstone has fixed Saturday , November
30 th , for his visit to Greenwich , and 2 , 500 tickets are being issued for that day . Half ofthe villlage of J-angsfeld , near Eisenach —viz ., the Town-hall , school , post-office , and 60 houses has been ilcstioyed by fire . Ihe Qudcn lias been graciously p leased to signify her Majesty's intention of conferring the honour of knighthood on the Right Hon . Thomas Scamblcr Owden , late Lord Mavor ol London .
Bro . Sir John Bennett has purchased a house at Chislehurst , to which he is r . moving from the house he has long occupied on Dulwich-coiumon . Their Royal Hi ghnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to arrive at Sandriiigham today for the winter season , in time to celebrate the Prince of Wales's thirty-seventh biithday at the Royal Norfolk
seat . The late Mr . Edward Jones , of Port Hope , Ontario , Canada , has left a legacy of 3000 dols . to the National Lite-boat Institution of England . " Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free ami Acapted Masons , containing the- Charges ,
Regulations , E . A . Song tic . A copy should be in thc possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 s . at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent p ist frire to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Address , Publisher , 19 8 , Fleet-strccl , London , — [ ADVT . ]
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Leicestershire And Rutland.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND .
A General Communication of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland was held under the auspices of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 279 , at the Freemasons' Hall , Halford-strcet , Leicester , on Wednesday , October 30 th , the R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl
Ferrers , Provincial Grand Master , in the chair , supported by Bro . Wm . Kelly , F . R . H . S ., Past Provincial Grand Master ; Bro . George Toller , jun ., Past Grand Sword Bearer of England , acting as D . P . G . M . There were also present the Mayor of Leicester ( Bro . Clement Stretton ) , P . P . G . J . W . ; the Rev . Wm . Langley , P . " . G . S . W . ; the Rev . C . H . Wood ; W . Beaumont Smith , P . G . S . W . ; W .
Hardy , jun ., P . G . J . W . ; T . A . Wykes , P . G . Treasurer ; S . S . Partridge , P . G . Secretary ; Dr . Clifton , P . G . S . D . ; S . Cleaver , A . D . C ; G . T . Willan , P . G . S . B . ; W . Vial , P . G . Organist ; M . H . Lewin , P . G .- ' . ; J . Jessop , P . G . S . B . ; J . Farwtale and T . H . Pickering , P . G . Stewards ; R . Waite , P . P . G . J . W . ; G . W . Statham , W . M . 279 ; J . M . McAllister , P . P . G . S . D . ; C E . Strettcn , P . P . G . Sup . of Works ; J .
W . Smith , P . P . G . P . ; I . Hart , T . Coltman , J . D . ; S . A . Marris , Dr . Hunt , P . P . G . S . B . ; Dr . Meadows . Dr . R . B . Smith , S . D . Hinckley , R . W . Johnson , W . M . Melton Mowbray ; C P . Newcombe , W . M . 1265 ; R . Boughton Smith , P . P . G . S . D . ; Dr . T . Macaulay , P . M . ; J . H . Douglass , P . P . G . Reg . Market Haroorough , and many other Past Provincial Grand Officers and brethren .
The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened at 3 o clock , and the formal business of the meeting was promptly despatched . In the excellent report submitted by the Committee of General Purposes , and adopted , a touching allusion was made to the demise of the late Bros . F . Goodyer , P . P . G . S . W ., Chief Constable of this county ; f . B . Hall , P . G . D . C
and Thos . Cooper . P . P . G . J . W ., the latter of whom was initiated in the John O'Gaunt Lodge at the first meeting of that lodge , which was held on the nth May , 18 4 6 , ir the old Exchange , Market-plare , by permission of the Mayor , Bro . Alderman Edward Weston , an old member of St . John ' s Lodge . A pleasing feature of usefulness in the Masonic Craft ,
alluded to in the able repert of the Charity Committee , was thc election of a daughter of the late Bro . Dr . Bolton , and a son of the late Bro . J . B . Hall to the Masonic Schools , and the adoption of a schem r proposeel by Bro . George Tollar , jun ., by which such usefulness in future might
be considerably extended . The Royal Mason ' . c Benevolent Institution was reco-nmoivlerl for sp'cial support iu this province during the ensuing year , mil Bro . the Rev . \ V . Langley , M . A ,, P . P . S . G . W ., was appointed to represent the P . G . Lodge as Steward at the next Festival .
A very satisfactory report on the P . G . treasurer ' s account having been received , was duly adopted , and a vote of thanks accorded to Bro . Wykes for his past services . Bro . Wykes was , at the same time , reelected as P . G . Treasurer for the ensuing year .
The R . W . Provincial Grand Master appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows : — Clement Stretton Prov . G . S . W . R . Winter Johnson ... .. ... Prov . G . J . W . Rev . F . H . Richardson , Rev . C . H .
Wood ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Chaplains . T . A . Wykes Prov . G . Treas . C P . Newcome Prov . G . Reg . S . S . Partridge Prov . G . Sec . F . Amatt Prov . G . ^ . D . S . E . Johnson Prov . G . J . D . R . Taylor Prov . G . S . of W . T . Macaulay Prov . G . D . C .
G . W . Statham Prov . G . A . D . C . A . C Smith ... Prov . G . S . B . W . Vial Prov . G . Org . | . M . Kew Prov . G . Purst . E . Fuller Prov . G . A . Purst . G . Odell Prov . G . Std . Br . Thos . Marson , M . A . Cooke , F . Wood , lt . Lawton , VV . W . Wartnaby , J . A .
McDonald ... ... ... Prov . G . Stewards . Thomas Dunn ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler . James Tanser ... ... ... ... Prov . G . A . Tyler . An invitation was tendered by Bro . A . Balmforth , W . M . 779 , to the R . W . P . G . Master , to hold the next summer half-yearly meeting of P . G . Lodge at Ashby-de-la-Zouch , under the banner of the Feners and Ivanhoe Lodge .
The Provincial Grand Lodge was then closed in due form , and a banquet followed , which was well attended , and at which the It . W . P . P . G . M . Bro . W . Kelly , F . R . Hist , Sic , prcsi led , in the - absence of the Provincial Grand Master ; tile S . and I . W's . cliaiis being
filled by his worship ihe Mayor of Leicester , Bro . Clement Stretton , P . G . S . W ., and Bro . " . Winter Johnson , P . G . J . W . The ¦ irity jewel was pres . 1 red to Bro . S . S . Partridge , on his i . . nig coinpleinl his second year ' s Stewardship as represent Hive of the P . G . Lodge at the Buys' School Festival in 1877 , anil that of the Girls' Institution in 1878 .
The installation of Bro . Capt . J . G . I ' . Richardson as W . M . of the Albert Edward Lodge , No . 1560 , took place on Thursday , the 7 th inst . A report will appear in cur next , Bro . Samuel Pointer ' s contribution to the Christmas number of lb' - " Mn-onic Magazine " is a paper
entitled , " 1 low I was first prepared to be made a Mason . " An emergency meeting of the Eclectic Lodge , No 1201 , will be held at the Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday , next , the 14 th inst ., A banquet will be given after the meeting in the Duke ' s Saloon , Holborn Restaurant , at which the lady friends of the brethren arc invited .
The Second Tottenham, Edmonton And Enfield Masonic Charitable Association.
THE SECOND TOTTENHAM , EDMONTON AND ENFIELD MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION .
A supper in connection with this Association was partaken of by tne members and their friends on thc ni ght jf the 31 st ult . at the Seven Sisters , Page Green , Tottenham , in the large room . The Association has been working so well and successfully that seventy guineas were in hand , seven appropriations were , therefore , at the disposal
of the members , giving seven Life Governorships of either of the Masonic Institutions . This is one more instance of the value of such Associ . ations , which we are happy to find are becoming very numerous . They do a great amount of good to the valuable institutions of the Order ; they press very lightly on the contributors ; and above all they give to the brethren
and ladies who obtain Life Governorships through them , permanent voting power at the elections of the Institutions , wbich the annual subscriptions of a guinea or two guineas do not give . The Life Governorships and Life Subscriberships , together with the Vice-Presidentships , are the great power which the provinces wield at the elections , and which have enabled them to carry so many more
candidates than the metropolis , although London subscribes much the larger sum . London , however , seeing the disadvantage it labours under , has , at last , awakened to its fault , and instead of individual yearly subscriptions , the votes for which expire with the year , is obtaining by immediate payments of five and ten guineas , enduring votes . The associations , like the
Tottenham , Sec , Sec , Association , are working this out , so that before long we may expect to see London placed on as firm a foundation as the provinces , with respect to the elections . The officers of the Tottenham Association are Bros . David Roberts , P . M . and Treas ., 71 . 4 , H . 405 , P . P . G . S . B . Herts , President ; John Mailer , P . M . 734 , ' Vice-President ; | . H . Thompson , P . M . r 237 , P . P . G . S . B . Middx .,
S . W . 1707 , Treas . ; J . Garrod , Hon . Sec . ; W . Dance , P . M . 754 ; J . Wells , P . M . 754 ; j . Tanner , W . M . 1707 , P . P . G . D . Essex ; C . Olliver , Treas . 1707 ; G . Burford , S . W . 754 : J . Farrin , J . W . 754 ; J . Ramsey , I . G . 1707 ; G . H . Jaffa , S . D . 1579 ; J . Everdell , I . G . 1379 ; . 1- H - Peach , 1237 ; E . Poore , 1237 ; G . Poulton , 1489 ; Committee .
At the supper , which took place on Thursday week , Bro . David Roberts presided , when he was surrounded by about sixty friends . Alter the supper , he announced that seventy guineas were in hand , and that seven appropriations would be made . He also announced that he was going to be Steward for the next festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and he should be happy if
the ladies and brethren who obtained the appropriations would place their names on his list . The toasts then followed . Bro . John Mailer proposed "Success to the Association , " which , he said , he was sure all who were present had at heart . When they looked at what had been done that evening , as well as what had been done at previous times ,
for the benefit of the noble charities of Freemasonry , it would be unnecessary for him to say another word about the Association . He would but add that he hoped all those who were not Life Governors of those Institutions soon would be . Bro . Garrod , in replying , said that the Association was a success in every shape and way . The Society had been
in existence eight months . It was commenced by the small payment of a shilling a week , and in eight months they had got together over £ 120 . For the information of those visitors who were not acquainted with the object of the Association , he would say that draws took place for the purchase with the money of Life Governorships in the Institution , which gave the power to vote at the election of
whichever Institution the successful drawer selected to give his draw t >» . The Institutions were a school for boys , a school for girls , ami an institution for giving annuities to old men and women . The Association was very grateful for the support that had been given to it . It had now seventy-five members , composed of gentlemen , most of them Masons , residing in the neighbourhood , and ladies .
I wo ladies were Vice-Presidents . Bro . F . Binckes , in proposing " The Health of thc President and Vice-Presidents of the Association , " referred to the great services which had been rendered by Bro . David Roberts and Bro . John Mailer . Speaking for himself he said nothing gave bim so much pleasure as participating iu the great work of furthering Masonic Charity . Having
done so to a large extent he knew how arduous were the duties which tlevi Ived 011 brethren like Bros . Roberts and Mailer . Their posts vvere posts of honourable distinction , but tbey involved a large amount of responsibility . He did not know of any brethreu who more capably and faithfully discharged those duties than the two brothers he
had named . He afterwards explained the excellent work which had been done by associations like this in thc great effort of Masonic Charity . Bros . Roberts and Mailer responded in a very few words , and some other toasts having been honoured , the brethren separa ted .
plisbed without prejudice to other candidates , the sum of £ 340 having been pair ! by the Mansion House Committee 10 put chase the two presentations . Serjeant Burton , of the Royal Artillery , who was drowned in the " Piinccss Alice , left three children , and he being also a Freemason it is intended to provide for them in a similar manner .
The two children of Captain Grinstead , the master of the steamer " Princess Alice , " haie , the Sunday Times states , been admitted into the Masonic Schools . The father was a Freemason , and bis brethren have naturally interested themselves in behalf < f his family . The admission of the two children , a boy and a girl , has be-eii accom-
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Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
vidimus of the affairs of the Grand Lodge showed the net amount of its property and funds ( under deduction of debts heritably secured over Grand Lodge property ) to be £ 13 , 574 , and a similar ^ statcmerit as fo the Benevolent Fund showed upwards of £ 5000 . There had been 53 6 5 intrants to Masonry . Grand Lodge was closed in ample form .
On Monday aflernoon a number of the members of Grand Lodge waited on Sir Michael R . Shaw Stewart , the Grand Master Mason , in the Edinburgh Hotel , and presented to him a volume containing the requisition sheets that had been addressed to him from all parts of Scotland requesting him that he would permit the members of Grand Lodge to re-appoint him as their Grand Master , in
order to give him an opportunity of completing the work of reform which he had commenced . The volume was very handsome , bound in real morocco , and mounted with clasps of gold . It contained a copy of the requisition , illuminated and finished in superb style , and bore a suitable inscripfion . The presentation was made by Col . Campbell , of Blythswood , the Sub-Grand Master , who was
accompanied by a deputation of actual members of Grand Lodge , representing alike the north and south , east and west provinces of all Scotland . Colonel Campbell read the inscription and requisition , which contained an expression of gratitude to the Grand Master for the invaluable services he had rendered to Masonry in Scotland , " whereby at an important crisis , the honour and dignity of the
throne have been upheld , and the financial affairs of Grand Lodge retrieved from approaching ruin . " He remarked on the representative chaiacter of the signatures , and said that he was sure that when the Grand Master had that pledge of support from upwards of 400 leading membeis of the Craft , he must feel that in his responsible position he had the confidence of the brethren over whom he had
the honour to preside . In their name he now handed over a token of respect , and esteem , and gratitude towards their Grand Master , for undertaking the arduous duties which he was so well able to perform . The Grand Master , in replying , said that the circumstances under which had originated the movement with which that meeting was connected were very peculiar , and
he was sure they all felt with him that they should not look into lhat matter at this time —( hear , hear)—they were all anxious to keep it out of sight . He thanked them for this renewed maik of tbeir confidence , and expressed his earnest hope and belief that the members of Grand Lodge would now throw aside all harsh and local feeliwgs . These had come up to thc surface of late-, but he was sure
thc root was not deep . He was certain that th- ; brethren from Glasgow and other parts of Scotland had all been animated by the best desires for the good of Masonry , and that all that had been irritating would now at once fly away like down from a thistle . ( Applause . ) He concluded by urging tbe brethren to progress in doing all they could for the consolidation of Grand 5-odgc , and for the true interests of Masonry ,
Madame Worrell-Duval ' s annual evening concert takes place at South-place Institute on Monday next . The list of arti-tes includes the well known names of Miss Matilda Roby , Miss Bessie Stroud , Mr . Chaplin Henry , Mr . H . Horscroft , and others . We wish Madame Worrell-Duval a successful evening . The " Hospital Sunday " collections in Liverpool this year amounts to £ 10 , 044 , a slight increase on last year .
Bro . T . W . Boord , M . P ., will deliver his annual address to his constituents in the Lecture Hell , Royal-hill , Greenwich , on the evening of Monday , the 25 th inst . The annual ball in aid of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum will take place at St . James ' s Hall , on Thursday , January 16 th , 1879 . THE " PRINCESS ALICE " DISASTER . —The
Secretary of Slate for the Home Department has granted the sum of £ 146 for distribution amongst thc inspectors , sergeants , and private constables of thc R Division of Metropolitan and Dockyard Police doing duty at Woolwich Dockyard and town , as a recognition of their praiseworthy exertions in connection with the late collision between the Princess Alice and the By well Castle . Mr . Gladstone has fixed Saturday , November
30 th , for his visit to Greenwich , and 2 , 500 tickets are being issued for that day . Half ofthe villlage of J-angsfeld , near Eisenach —viz ., the Town-hall , school , post-office , and 60 houses has been ilcstioyed by fire . Ihe Qudcn lias been graciously p leased to signify her Majesty's intention of conferring the honour of knighthood on the Right Hon . Thomas Scamblcr Owden , late Lord Mavor ol London .
Bro . Sir John Bennett has purchased a house at Chislehurst , to which he is r . moving from the house he has long occupied on Dulwich-coiumon . Their Royal Hi ghnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to arrive at Sandriiigham today for the winter season , in time to celebrate the Prince of Wales's thirty-seventh biithday at the Royal Norfolk
seat . The late Mr . Edward Jones , of Port Hope , Ontario , Canada , has left a legacy of 3000 dols . to the National Lite-boat Institution of England . " Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free ami Acapted Masons , containing the- Charges ,
Regulations , E . A . Song tic . A copy should be in thc possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 s . at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent p ist frire to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Address , Publisher , 19 8 , Fleet-strccl , London , — [ ADVT . ]
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Leicestershire And Rutland.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND .
A General Communication of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland was held under the auspices of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 279 , at the Freemasons' Hall , Halford-strcet , Leicester , on Wednesday , October 30 th , the R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl
Ferrers , Provincial Grand Master , in the chair , supported by Bro . Wm . Kelly , F . R . H . S ., Past Provincial Grand Master ; Bro . George Toller , jun ., Past Grand Sword Bearer of England , acting as D . P . G . M . There were also present the Mayor of Leicester ( Bro . Clement Stretton ) , P . P . G . J . W . ; the Rev . Wm . Langley , P . " . G . S . W . ; the Rev . C . H . Wood ; W . Beaumont Smith , P . G . S . W . ; W .
Hardy , jun ., P . G . J . W . ; T . A . Wykes , P . G . Treasurer ; S . S . Partridge , P . G . Secretary ; Dr . Clifton , P . G . S . D . ; S . Cleaver , A . D . C ; G . T . Willan , P . G . S . B . ; W . Vial , P . G . Organist ; M . H . Lewin , P . G .- ' . ; J . Jessop , P . G . S . B . ; J . Farwtale and T . H . Pickering , P . G . Stewards ; R . Waite , P . P . G . J . W . ; G . W . Statham , W . M . 279 ; J . M . McAllister , P . P . G . S . D . ; C E . Strettcn , P . P . G . Sup . of Works ; J .
W . Smith , P . P . G . P . ; I . Hart , T . Coltman , J . D . ; S . A . Marris , Dr . Hunt , P . P . G . S . B . ; Dr . Meadows . Dr . R . B . Smith , S . D . Hinckley , R . W . Johnson , W . M . Melton Mowbray ; C P . Newcombe , W . M . 1265 ; R . Boughton Smith , P . P . G . S . D . ; Dr . T . Macaulay , P . M . ; J . H . Douglass , P . P . G . Reg . Market Haroorough , and many other Past Provincial Grand Officers and brethren .
The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened at 3 o clock , and the formal business of the meeting was promptly despatched . In the excellent report submitted by the Committee of General Purposes , and adopted , a touching allusion was made to the demise of the late Bros . F . Goodyer , P . P . G . S . W ., Chief Constable of this county ; f . B . Hall , P . G . D . C
and Thos . Cooper . P . P . G . J . W ., the latter of whom was initiated in the John O'Gaunt Lodge at the first meeting of that lodge , which was held on the nth May , 18 4 6 , ir the old Exchange , Market-plare , by permission of the Mayor , Bro . Alderman Edward Weston , an old member of St . John ' s Lodge . A pleasing feature of usefulness in the Masonic Craft ,
alluded to in the able repert of the Charity Committee , was thc election of a daughter of the late Bro . Dr . Bolton , and a son of the late Bro . J . B . Hall to the Masonic Schools , and the adoption of a schem r proposeel by Bro . George Tollar , jun ., by which such usefulness in future might
be considerably extended . The Royal Mason ' . c Benevolent Institution was reco-nmoivlerl for sp'cial support iu this province during the ensuing year , mil Bro . the Rev . \ V . Langley , M . A ,, P . P . S . G . W ., was appointed to represent the P . G . Lodge as Steward at the next Festival .
A very satisfactory report on the P . G . treasurer ' s account having been received , was duly adopted , and a vote of thanks accorded to Bro . Wykes for his past services . Bro . Wykes was , at the same time , reelected as P . G . Treasurer for the ensuing year .
The R . W . Provincial Grand Master appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows : — Clement Stretton Prov . G . S . W . R . Winter Johnson ... .. ... Prov . G . J . W . Rev . F . H . Richardson , Rev . C . H .
Wood ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Chaplains . T . A . Wykes Prov . G . Treas . C P . Newcome Prov . G . Reg . S . S . Partridge Prov . G . Sec . F . Amatt Prov . G . ^ . D . S . E . Johnson Prov . G . J . D . R . Taylor Prov . G . S . of W . T . Macaulay Prov . G . D . C .
G . W . Statham Prov . G . A . D . C . A . C Smith ... Prov . G . S . B . W . Vial Prov . G . Org . | . M . Kew Prov . G . Purst . E . Fuller Prov . G . A . Purst . G . Odell Prov . G . Std . Br . Thos . Marson , M . A . Cooke , F . Wood , lt . Lawton , VV . W . Wartnaby , J . A .
McDonald ... ... ... Prov . G . Stewards . Thomas Dunn ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler . James Tanser ... ... ... ... Prov . G . A . Tyler . An invitation was tendered by Bro . A . Balmforth , W . M . 779 , to the R . W . P . G . Master , to hold the next summer half-yearly meeting of P . G . Lodge at Ashby-de-la-Zouch , under the banner of the Feners and Ivanhoe Lodge .
The Provincial Grand Lodge was then closed in due form , and a banquet followed , which was well attended , and at which the It . W . P . P . G . M . Bro . W . Kelly , F . R . Hist , Sic , prcsi led , in the - absence of the Provincial Grand Master ; tile S . and I . W's . cliaiis being
filled by his worship ihe Mayor of Leicester , Bro . Clement Stretton , P . G . S . W ., and Bro . " . Winter Johnson , P . G . J . W . The ¦ irity jewel was pres . 1 red to Bro . S . S . Partridge , on his i . . nig coinpleinl his second year ' s Stewardship as represent Hive of the P . G . Lodge at the Buys' School Festival in 1877 , anil that of the Girls' Institution in 1878 .
The installation of Bro . Capt . J . G . I ' . Richardson as W . M . of the Albert Edward Lodge , No . 1560 , took place on Thursday , the 7 th inst . A report will appear in cur next , Bro . Samuel Pointer ' s contribution to the Christmas number of lb' - " Mn-onic Magazine " is a paper
entitled , " 1 low I was first prepared to be made a Mason . " An emergency meeting of the Eclectic Lodge , No 1201 , will be held at the Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday , next , the 14 th inst ., A banquet will be given after the meeting in the Duke ' s Saloon , Holborn Restaurant , at which the lady friends of the brethren arc invited .
The Second Tottenham, Edmonton And Enfield Masonic Charitable Association.
THE SECOND TOTTENHAM , EDMONTON AND ENFIELD MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION .
A supper in connection with this Association was partaken of by tne members and their friends on thc ni ght jf the 31 st ult . at the Seven Sisters , Page Green , Tottenham , in the large room . The Association has been working so well and successfully that seventy guineas were in hand , seven appropriations were , therefore , at the disposal
of the members , giving seven Life Governorships of either of the Masonic Institutions . This is one more instance of the value of such Associ . ations , which we are happy to find are becoming very numerous . They do a great amount of good to the valuable institutions of the Order ; they press very lightly on the contributors ; and above all they give to the brethren
and ladies who obtain Life Governorships through them , permanent voting power at the elections of the Institutions , wbich the annual subscriptions of a guinea or two guineas do not give . The Life Governorships and Life Subscriberships , together with the Vice-Presidentships , are the great power which the provinces wield at the elections , and which have enabled them to carry so many more
candidates than the metropolis , although London subscribes much the larger sum . London , however , seeing the disadvantage it labours under , has , at last , awakened to its fault , and instead of individual yearly subscriptions , the votes for which expire with the year , is obtaining by immediate payments of five and ten guineas , enduring votes . The associations , like the
Tottenham , Sec , Sec , Association , are working this out , so that before long we may expect to see London placed on as firm a foundation as the provinces , with respect to the elections . The officers of the Tottenham Association are Bros . David Roberts , P . M . and Treas ., 71 . 4 , H . 405 , P . P . G . S . B . Herts , President ; John Mailer , P . M . 734 , ' Vice-President ; | . H . Thompson , P . M . r 237 , P . P . G . S . B . Middx .,
S . W . 1707 , Treas . ; J . Garrod , Hon . Sec . ; W . Dance , P . M . 754 ; J . Wells , P . M . 754 ; j . Tanner , W . M . 1707 , P . P . G . D . Essex ; C . Olliver , Treas . 1707 ; G . Burford , S . W . 754 : J . Farrin , J . W . 754 ; J . Ramsey , I . G . 1707 ; G . H . Jaffa , S . D . 1579 ; J . Everdell , I . G . 1379 ; . 1- H - Peach , 1237 ; E . Poore , 1237 ; G . Poulton , 1489 ; Committee .
At the supper , which took place on Thursday week , Bro . David Roberts presided , when he was surrounded by about sixty friends . Alter the supper , he announced that seventy guineas were in hand , and that seven appropriations would be made . He also announced that he was going to be Steward for the next festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and he should be happy if
the ladies and brethren who obtained the appropriations would place their names on his list . The toasts then followed . Bro . John Mailer proposed "Success to the Association , " which , he said , he was sure all who were present had at heart . When they looked at what had been done that evening , as well as what had been done at previous times ,
for the benefit of the noble charities of Freemasonry , it would be unnecessary for him to say another word about the Association . He would but add that he hoped all those who were not Life Governors of those Institutions soon would be . Bro . Garrod , in replying , said that the Association was a success in every shape and way . The Society had been
in existence eight months . It was commenced by the small payment of a shilling a week , and in eight months they had got together over £ 120 . For the information of those visitors who were not acquainted with the object of the Association , he would say that draws took place for the purchase with the money of Life Governorships in the Institution , which gave the power to vote at the election of
whichever Institution the successful drawer selected to give his draw t >» . The Institutions were a school for boys , a school for girls , ami an institution for giving annuities to old men and women . The Association was very grateful for the support that had been given to it . It had now seventy-five members , composed of gentlemen , most of them Masons , residing in the neighbourhood , and ladies .
I wo ladies were Vice-Presidents . Bro . F . Binckes , in proposing " The Health of thc President and Vice-Presidents of the Association , " referred to the great services which had been rendered by Bro . David Roberts and Bro . John Mailer . Speaking for himself he said nothing gave bim so much pleasure as participating iu the great work of furthering Masonic Charity . Having
done so to a large extent he knew how arduous were the duties which tlevi Ived 011 brethren like Bros . Roberts and Mailer . Their posts vvere posts of honourable distinction , but tbey involved a large amount of responsibility . He did not know of any brethreu who more capably and faithfully discharged those duties than the two brothers he
had named . He afterwards explained the excellent work which had been done by associations like this in thc great effort of Masonic Charity . Bros . Roberts and Mailer responded in a very few words , and some other toasts having been honoured , the brethren separa ted .
plisbed without prejudice to other candidates , the sum of £ 340 having been pair ! by the Mansion House Committee 10 put chase the two presentations . Serjeant Burton , of the Royal Artillery , who was drowned in the " Piinccss Alice , left three children , and he being also a Freemason it is intended to provide for them in a similar manner .
The two children of Captain Grinstead , the master of the steamer " Princess Alice , " haie , the Sunday Times states , been admitted into the Masonic Schools . The father was a Freemason , and bis brethren have naturally interested themselves in behalf < f his family . The admission of the two children , a boy and a girl , has be-eii accom-