Mark Masonry.

Mark Masonry .

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Masters of Devonshire was held on Thursday , 23 rd ult ., at the Masonic Rooms of the Sincerity Mark Lodge , No . 35 , St . George ' s Hall , Stonehouse . The R . W . Bro . Major Tanner Davey , P . G . M . M ., presided , supported

by the following present P . G . L . officers : V . W . Bros , the Rev . P . H . Newnham , P . G . Chap , of England , D . P . G . M . pro . tem . ; J . E . Curteis , G . D . of England , P . G . S . W . pro . tern . ; W . Hugo , J . G . W . ; A . R . Sethbridge , P . G . M . O . ; 1 . B . Gover , P . G . Treas . ; V . Bird , P . M . O . of England , P . G . Sec . ; W . Bros . J . E . Moon , P . G . Reg . ; W . Merries , P . G . S . D . ; W . G . IT . Boon , P . G . D . C ; C . Cooper , P . G .

S . Wks .-, E . Butchers , G . Purs . ; R . Pengelley , P . G . St . ; W . H . Crimp , P . G . St . ; John Rogers , P . G . Tyler ; the following past P . G . L . officers : V . W . Bros . R . H . Rae , P . P . G . J . W . ; J . Latimer , P . P . G . J . W . ; the Rev . T . W . Lemon , P . P . G . Chap . ; T . S . Bayly , P . P . G . Treas . ; Lieut . Col . Fitzgerald , P . P . G . M . O . ; C . Leigh , P . P . G M . O . ; C . Godtschalk , P . P . G . D . C . ; W . J . J . Spry , P . P . G .

f . O . ; f . Baxter , P . P . G . S . D . ; E . Aitken Davies , P . P . G . ' f . D . ; W . Browning , P . P . G . J . D . ; J . N . Hifley , P . P . G . J . D . ; H . Miller , P . P . G . O . ; J . Way , P . P . G . O . ; S . Jew , P . P . G . Treas . ; J . Lynn , P . P . G . C . ; J . Phillips , P . P . G . D . C ; A . Latimer , P . P . G . S . B . ; D . Cross , P . P . G . S . B . ; L . D . Westcott , P . P . G . S . B . ; J . H . Toms , P . P . G . S . B . ; also W . Bros . P . B . Clements , W . M . 64 ; Lieut . W . H . Jolliffe , P . M . ;

H . Cochrane , W . M . 16 ; Bros . J . T . Avery , J . W . 50 ; J . Brewer , S . W . 9 ; H . Bridgeman , M . O . 91 ; J . R . Harris , J . O . 91 j J . H . Filmer , S . D . 16 ; J . James , J . O . so ; C . Croydon , J . O . 35 ; G . H . Evans , S . D . 50 ; C . Rodda , O . 50 ; H . Horton , I . G . 35 ; T . Gidley , Tyler 169 ; and the following were among the other brethren present : E . J Richardson , so ; R . Bird , 50 ; Lieut . Littleton , 48 ; E .

Prout , 35 . The Secretary ' s repcrt showed great improvement in the lodges making their returns , but stated that some of them were yet left much later in the year than was convenient . The Treasurer ' s receipts and expenditure for the past year shewed a balance in hand of , £ 14 us . On the proposition of Bro . C . Godtschalk , seconded by

Bro . J . E . Curteis , £ 10 was voted to the funds of the Institution in aid of Aged and Decayed Freemasons and their widows . On the proposition of Bro . J . Latimer , seconded by Bro . J . E . Curteis , a committee was appointed to obtain a new set of collars and jewels for the P . G . Lodge . The P . G . M ., the D . P . G . M ., the Secretary and Treasurer

for the ensuing year were appointed as a committee . Bro . L . D . Westcott was elected the Treasurer , and Bro . John Rogers the Tyler for the ensuing year . The following brethren were appointed the elective members of the Board of General Purposes : —XV . G . Rogers , P . P . G . J . W . 15 ; J . Latimer , 66 ; Samuel Jew , 66 ; J . B . Gover , 50 .

The P . G . M . invested the following brethren as the officers for the ensuing year : —The Rev . P . H . Newnham , D . P . G . M ., 33 ; Major Shanks , R . M ., P . S . G . W ., 35 ; J . T . Shapland , P . J . G . W ., ^ ; H . Cochrane , P . S . G . O ., 16 ; John Brewer , P . J . G . O ., 9 ; the Rev . W . King ( vicar of South Molton ) P . G . Chap . 9 5 L . D . Westcott , P . G . Treas ., 50 ; R . M . Andrews , P . G . Reg ., 30 ; V . Bird , P . G . Sec , 64 ;

M . Rickard , P . G . S . D ., 64 ; E . Patten , P . G . J . D ., 76 ; J . T . Avery , P . G . D . C , 50 ; W . Crimp , P . G . A . D . C , 50 ; J . Tonkin , P . G . S . Works , 2 ?; J . B . Price , P . G . S . B ., 16 ; J . Billing , P . G . O ., 169 ; C . Croydon , P . G . Std . B ., 33 ; J . H . Filmer , P . G . Purst ., 16 ; Stewards—R . Pengelly , 50 ; J . Stocker , 15 ; S . Searle , 100 ; and A . Bodley , 15 . BATH . —Royal Cumberland Lodge ( Time

Immemorial ) . —A regular meeting was held at the Masonic Hall , on Thursday , Nov . 30 th . The lodge was opened at a quarter to eight by Bro . Carey , W . M ., supported by the following : —Bro . Jas . Dutton , l . P . M . ; Dr . Hopkins , Past G . J . W ., Chaplain ; Cater , S . W . ; John Dutton , J . W . ; Ruble , Secretary ; Braham , as

M . O . ; Major Preston , as S . O . ; Brown , as J . O . ; Murlis , S . D . ; Radvvay , J . D . ; Falkncr , Reg ., as I . G . ; Bigwood , Tyler . There were also present as visitors Bros . Munro , P . M . 119 ; Amor , 119 ; Moutrie ; and many members . The minutes of the previous meeting wcre read and confumed . A unanimous ballot was taken for Bro . Amor

as a joining member . A candidate for advancement , who was expected , sent a note at the last moment , satisfactorily explaining his inability to attend . The bye-laws were rcad , | also a circularannouncing the meeting of Grand Mark Lod ge on Dec . 5 th . Bro . Dr . Hopkins reported that he had represented the Cumberland Mark Lodge at Grand Lod ge meetings at Bristol and Birmingham , on both of

"hich occasions he had occupied the chair of G . S . W , Bro . Munro thanked the brethren for their kind reception ° f him as a visitor , and invited them to attend the Carnar . v on Lodge at Keynsham , on Dec . 14 th . Bro . Amor also expressed his gratification on his admission as a joining ¦ hembcr . Bro . Captain Moneypenny congratulated the lod ge on its present thriving condition and prospects .

which appeared very different from what they were when "t last attended a meeting a considerable time ago . Bros . Brown and Howes proposed three candidates for advancement , and Bros . Radway and Dingle gave the name of a nother . No other business offering , the lodge was closed j a quarter to nine , and the brethren adjourned for reheshment .

NEWPORT . —Keystone Lodge ( No . 109 ) . —By ar 'he largest gathering of Mark Masons ever held in the Province took place at Newport , on Monday , the 27 th u " 'i at the Masonic Hall , under the auspices of the Keystone Lodge , for the purpose of advancing duly qualified j ^ thren , and installing Bro . W . Wattaris as W . M . for c ensuing year . The lodge was opened by Captain

Mark Masonry.

S . Geo . Homfray , P . M . M ., in the unavoidable absence of the W . M . Several brethren were duly advanced , and the beautiful ceremony of the Mark Degree was magnificently rendered by the presiding W . M ., who is also the D . P . G . M . of the province , and P . A . G . D . C . of England . The installation of Bro . W . Watkins was then proceeded with , and it is not too much too say that this grand ceremony was

given to perfection , and after being duly installed , Bro . Watkins invested his officers , viz .: Bros . L . A . Homfray , as l . P . M . ; Captain S . Geo . Homfray , D . C . ; Captain A . T . Perkins , S . W . ; R . J . Chambers , J . W . ; W atter West , M . O . ; Jas . Horner , S . O . , P . Evans , J . O . ; Rev . J . H . lakes . Chaplain : T . Campbell . Sec .: W . Pickford . Treas . ;

W . H . W . Homfray , Registrar ; H . J . Groves , Org . ; A . McMahon , S . D . ; H . Richards , J . D . ; A . Taylor , I . G . ; IT . Fletcher , Tyler ; and XV . Hopton , A . Tyler . The lodge was then closed in due form , the brethren being impressed that such a meeting augurs well for the future of Mark Masonry in the province .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

A meeting of the Tancred Preceptory was held at Cambridge on Thursday , November 30 th , Sir Knight Professor Kalley Miller , presiding . Comp . John Arthur Fowler , of the Euclid Chapter , received the honour of knighthood , and Sir Knt . Robert Townley Caldwell , Fellow and Bursar of Corpus Christi College , was elected Eminent Preceptor for the ensuing year .

Red Cross Of Constantine.

Red Cross of Constantine .

A meeting of the University Conclave of Knights of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine was held at Cambridge , on Thursday , November 30 th . Sir Knt . Cuthbert Edgar Pee k was installed as Sovereign , and Sir Knt . Professor Kalley Miller « s Viceroy fcr the ensuing year .

Scotland.

Scotland .

GLASGOW . —Lodge Mother Kilwinning ( No . o ) . —On Friday , the 24 th ult ., the brethren of the Mother Lodge resident in Glasgow and vicinity inaugurated a series of meetings proposed hereafter to be held monthly in various districts of the town , for the purpose of bringing them periodically in closer fraternal intercourse than what has hitherto subsisted . The initial

meeting was held in the house of Bro . Charles Scobie , Roseneath Cottage , Paisley Road , where about forty assembled , under the presidency first of Bro . J . A . Ferguson , Proxy Senior Warden of the lodge , and afterwards of Bro . John Clark , Treasurer for the associated Glasgow brethren . In the course of a specially pleasant evening , the Secretary ( Bro . John Walker ) briefly explained the

object of the gatherings thus auspiciously commenced , as above indicated , and which met with the hearty approval of all present . It is a part of the scheme , moreover , that short papers on subjects more or less directly bearing on Freemasonry shall be read at each of the future meetings , thus usefully blending the intellectual with the social element amongst the brethen when monthly they "

assemble a ' . " Before breaking up it was announced to the meeting that the annual reunion of the Glasgow-resident members of the Mother Lodge was fixed to be held this year on the evening of the 8 th December , in Lodge St . John's Hall , No 213 , Buchanan Street . Bro . Captain M'Cosh of Dairy is to occupy the chair , and it is expected that Bro . Colonel Mure of Caldwell will also be present .

GLASGOW . —Lodge St . John ( No . 3 i ) . —The regular meeting of this ancient lodge was held in St . John ' s Hall , 213 , Buchanan-street , on Tuesday , the 21 st ult ., Bro . D . M . Nelson , W . M ., presiding , supported by Bros . Scllars , S . W . ; Brownlie , J . W . ; William Bell , l . P . M . ; Fletcher , P . M . ; Smillie , P . M . ; T . B . Bell , S . M ., and a large muster of members and

visiting brethren . After the minutes had been read and approved of , Mr . James Cuthbert received the E . A . Degree , Bro . Bell , I . P . M ., officiating . Bro . D . McGlashan was then admitted into the lodge as a joining member by Bro . D . M . Nelson , W . M ., and Bro . Cuthbert . Arthur and Galloway received the Fellow Craft Degree , the ceremony being gone through in a most careful and

impressive manner by Bro . Bell , S . M . The lodge was then called to refreshment , and the usual toasts given and responded to most enthusiastically . During the evening some most excellent songs were given , the songs of Bros . Rogers and Leslie , the celebrated solo vocalists and duettists , being most effectively rendered , to the admiration of all present . The W . M ., before closing the lodge , notified

that Bro . Rutnerford , photographer , had presented three very handsome photographs , framed , taken at the last annual excursion of the lodge of those brethren that were present on that occasion . It was then proposed and carried that this present should be recorded on the minutes . This brought the meeting to a close . GREENOCK . —Lodge Greenock St . John

( No . 175 ) . —The annual general meeting of this lodge was held on the evening of Monday , 27 th ult . Bro . Alex . McMaster , W . M ., occupied the chair . After some routine business the following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing year : Bros . Pollock , W . M . j Urie , D . M . ; Alex . McMaster , P . M . ; Anderson , P . M . ; Duncan

Mclntyre , S . W . ; Archibald Cameron , J . W . ; William Wright , jun ., See . -, James Rodger , Treas . ; Rev . John Balfour Robertson , Chap . ; John R . Fleming , S . D . ; David Anderson , J . W . ; Norman Buchanan , ist Senior Steward ; Charles J . Sergeant , and Senior Steward ; Stevenson Stewart , I . G . ; Alex . Cruden , Tyler . The newly . elected R . W . M ., Bro . Pollock , having been duly installed , took

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the chair , and presided with much ability throughout thS remainder of the evening . The other office-bearers wens ' then installed , and took up their respective positions in the lodge . The various reports were handed in and adeptedr and after other business was transacted , hearty votes o thanks were accorded to Bro . McMaster , for his long services in the lodge , and to Bro . Urie , for acting as

Depute Master so efficiently , which compliments were duly acknowledged . After a cordial vote of thanks to the other retiring office-bearers , responded to by Bro . T . N . Douglas in appropriate terms , the lodge was duly closed by the W . M . The meeting , which was a very large one , was of an exceedingly cordial and enthusiastic character . St . John , 175 , is in a very flourishing

condition , and much of the prosperity and success which attends it is due to the fact of its being fortunate in always possessing any number of able and hardworking brethren ready to fill the chair , as well as the other offices , and to the devotcdness , competent knowledge , and conciliating courtesies of the indefatigable Secretary , Bro . Wm . Wright , jun ., who is well supported by the painstaking and judl »

cious Treasurer , Bro . Rodger . CAMPSIE . —Caledonian St . John ' s R . A . Lodge ( No . 195 ) . —The annual meeting of the members of this lodge was held on Friday evening , the 24 th ult ., in their lodge-room , Lennox Arms Hotel , Lennoxtown , W . M . Peter Robertson presiding . The principal business transacted was the election and installation of

office-bearers for the year commencing on St John ' s Day in December . The following brethren were duly elected and installed : —R . W . M ., J . A . King ; P . M ., Peter Robertson ; D . M ., R . Graham ; S . M ., Andrew Hosie ; S . W ., James Gray ; J . W ., David Rodger ; Treasurer , Francis Paterson ; Secretary , James Martin ; Chaplain , John Morrison ; S . D ., James Ewing -, J . D ., James C . Fulton ;

Bible-bearer , William Brown ; Jeweller , Alexander White , head ; I . G ., John Bennie ; Tyler , Alex . Lindsay . CAMBERNAULD . —Lodge St . An drew ( No . 199 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held on Thurse day , the 30 th ult ., for the election of office-bearers for the ensuing year , when the following brethren were elected , namely , Bros . George Stark , R . W . M . ; Andrew

Shaw , P . M . ; Alexander Smelhe , D . M . ; John Longwell , S . W . ; James Stark , J . W . ; Archibald Young , Treas . ; Robert Jack , Sec . -, David Couts , Clerk ; Rev . Hugh Park , Chaplain ; MatV . ew Kirkwood , S . B . ; William Leashman S . S . ; John Kinnabrough , J . S . ; James Stewart , Tyler After the election was over , and the various office-bearers duly installed , the lodge was closed . The brethren

afterwards assembled in their lodge-room , when an elegant supptr was partaken of , the W . M . in the chair , while the Senior and Junior Wardens acted as Croupiers , members of various lodges being present , including Lodge Star , 219 , Glasgow ; St . John ' s , 3-J , Glasgow ; St . Andrew ' s , 176 , Denny , and others , when a most enjoyable evening was spent , the company adjourning at 11 . 30 p . m .

VALEOFLEVEN . —Alexandria and Bon hill St . Andrew ' s R . A . Lodge ( No . 321 ) celebrated its twelfth anniversary on Friday evening , the 24 th ult ., by a supper and ball in Dalmonach Hall , Bonmll . Fully 100 were present . Bro . Stewart , W . M ., presided , supported by Bros . Moir , Turnbull , Hodge , Sec Letters of apology were read from Bro . Smollett , P . G . M ., Arch .

Orr Ewing , and John Orr Ewing . The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were duly honoured , and the National Anthem sung . Amongst the other toasts were " The Provincial Grand Lodge , " to which Bro . Moir , C . P . G . L ., replied ; " The Visiting Brethren , " by Bro . M'Kenzie , reply by Bro . Hodge , W . M ., No . 80 . An assembly followed , and the evening was most harmoniously spent .

RUTHERGLEN . —St . John's Operative Lodge ( No . 347 ) . —A meeting of this lodge took place on Friday night , the 24 th ult ., when the following brethren were duly elected : —David Smart , W . M . ; J . Cunningham , P . M . ; M . Abbot , D . M . -, John Murdoch , S . M . ; Thos . Alston , S . W . ; W . Young , J . W . ; W . Gardiner , Treasurer ; Alex . Warnoch . Secretary . A . Robertson .

S . D . ; Peter Ross , J . D . ; Andrew Brown , P . G . S . ; Hugh Aiken , S . S . -, M . Sparks , J . S . -, Andrew Pearson , Chaplain ; J . Terris , B . B . ; James B . Shields , S . B . ; Wm . Carlin , I . G . ; John Cairns , Tyler . BRIDGE OF ALLAN . —Lodge Abercromby ( No . 531 ) . —At the annual election , which took place at the Royal Hotel , the following were dulv elected

as the office-bearers for the ensuing year . viz . : —Bros . Wm . McCowan , W . M . ; John Carmichael , P . M . ; Robt . Don , D . M . ; Thomas Hamilton , S . M . ; Robt . Philp , jun ., Proxy Master ; James Simpson , S . W . ; J . Cramb , J . W . ; Wm . Henderson , Treas . j P . Mclldowie , Sec . ; Rev . John Reid , Chaplain ; G . McColl , S . D . ; Wm . McGregor , J . D . ; A . Anderson , S . S . B . ; G . McKenzie , J . S . B . ; A . B , Haldane , I . G . ; L . McKinnon , Tyler .

An Act Of Masonic Devotion.

AN ACT OF MASONIC DEVOTION .

Bro . Hubert , in his December number of the"Chaine L'Union , " gives a gallant example of Masonic devotion on the part of Bro . Lebouleiller , of the R . F . Dieppe , of the French Mercantile Marine , on the 29 th of August last . It appears that the French vessel Louise de St . Servan ,

Captain Chevallicr , was struck by a tornado while on the Bank of Newfoundland , and sinking . Capt . Lebouleiller rescued the captain and crew , in all 21 , by a desperate effort , in a heavy sea ; but when he got them on board he found he had not sufficient provisions for them if he remained there , the Louise having foundered almost

immediately after the crew was taken aboard the R . F . He therefore gave up bis own fishing and returned to France with the crew he had saved , entering the Gironde September 26 th . Those who like to read this narrative in the simple French will find it in an early " Masonic Magazine . "