Consecration Of The Shurmur Ceapter, No. 2374.

that pertained to the office—that of proposing the health of the W . AT . or Principals of the lodge or chapter they consecrated . They all knew how well Comp . Shurmur had worked and with what excellent results . He svould not say that evening vvas the crowning proof , but Comp . Shurmur would have a very difficult task to pick an occasion on vvhich all vvere more anxious

to do him honour than the present . He believed that the petitioners who had elected him as their head , and the companions vvho had ranged themselves under Comp . Shurmur as their First Principal , had not risked very much . They knew that the chapter was bound to go under such efficient management . He had much pleasure in proposing " The Principals . "

Comp . AVM . SHURMUR , AI . E . Z ., in response , said the Principals vvere extremely grateful for the very cordial reception given the toast proposed in such eloquent and complimentary terms by their worthy chief . It vvould ever be their constant aim to make this chapter worthy of the province and svorthy of the Grand Superintendent . They ss'ere delighted that 20 guineas

had been generously voted to the Boys' School , but this reminded him that there vvas a drop of bitterness in the cup , for one of their founders had died and left a large family . He hoped the Provincial Charity Committee svould take the matter up , but if not they vvould see it did not go far short . Comps . GRAA ' ELEY , H ., and DRING , J ., also responded .

" The Visitors" and " The Officers" vvere given , after vvhich the Janitor ' s toast closed a successful and p leasant meeting . The Celia Quartet contributed several excellent musical selections during the evening . Apologies-for non-attendance vvere received from Comps . Lord Euston ,

Sir Augustus Harris , Hamon Le Strange , Thomas Fenn , Edsvard Lctchsvorth , Frank Richardson , C . F . Alatier , J . Derby Allcroft , D . P . Cama , A . Barfield , Geo . Everett , Saml . Cochrane , G . E . Fairchild , T . Hastings Miller , Robert Berridge , Geo . Ward Very , J . McLeod , Chas . H . Driver , Geo . Reed , W . Peter Brown , Andrew Miller , F . Ernest Pocock , and Jabez Hogg .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

The Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mark AIaster Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown was held on Tuesday evening , at Alark Alasons' Hall . The Marquess of Hertford , Pro Grand Master , presided . Bro . Sir Lionel Darell acted as S . G . W ., and Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , J . G . W . Among

the numerous other brethren present were Bros , the Earl of Yarborough , Sir Stafford Northcote , Col . Noel Aloney , C . B ., Col . A . B . Cook , Major Woodall , the Hon . T . Orde-Powlett , Donald AIcLeod , Burma ; C H . Driver , Jack Sutcliffe , Richard Eve , Gordon Aliller , Frank Richardson , C . F . Alatier , G . Sec . ; and R . Loveland Loveland , President of the General Board .

After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of September 6 th , the following report of the General Board was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes , on the motion of Bro . LOVELAND , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON : During the three months ending 30 th September , there have been issued : Mark Certificates , 273 ; total number registered , 30 , 168 . Warrants for new lodges , viz .: No . 447 , Clarence , Liverpool .

„ 448 , Hampton Court , Hampton Court . „ 449 , Mid Sussex , Horsham . Royal Ark Mariner Certificates , 47 ; total number registered , 3717 . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , M . W . the Grand Master , has been pleased to re-appoint R . W . Bro . Sir C . B . Graves-Sawle , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master for Cornsvall for a further term of three years .

R . W . Bro . Charles Letch Mason , Provincial Grand Master for West Yorkshire for a further period of three years . The V . W . Bro . L . G . Gordon Robbins , P . G . O ., having reijuested the opinion of the Board as to the disposal of the funds and property in his custody , as Pros ' . Grand Treasurer of the late Province of Middlesex and Surrey , the Board have fully considered the matter , and recommend to Grand Lodge that Bro . Gordon

Robbins be and is hereby authorised and empowered to hand the same , after payment of all liabilities , to the Grand Treasurer for the time being , to hold until such time as the nesv Provinces or Grand Lodge shall decide svhat shall be done with the same , and they ask Grand Lodge to resolve that the receipt of the Grand Treasurer for the time being , shall be a full and sufficient discharge to Bro . Gordon Robbins .

The Board also recommend to Grand Lodge , that a meeting be summoned of the Executive Committee of the late Province of Middlesex and Surrey , and of the Executive Committees of the present provinces respectively of Middlesex and Surrey , to take into consideration the disposal of such funds and property , and that the resolutions of such meeting be reported to next Grand Lodge , to enable the Grand Treasurer for the time being to act thereon .

FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . The Sub-Committee on education have carefully considered the annual reports of the Head Masters and Mistresses of the schools at svhich the various pupils on the Fund are being educated , and have awarded the silver medal for proficiency in studies and general excellence , to Elizabeth Prince , educated at the St . Mary ' s Lower Middle School , Abbots Bromley , Rugely , and Ernest Richard Graham , educated at the High School , Oxford .

The Board have elected on the Educational Fund without a poll—Charles E Hills , Cambridge , and John Garrett Bussell , Newark . The following cases have been relieved :

Bro . R . H ., Lodge No . 334 ^ , o Mrs . S . A . L ., widosv of a brother of No . 22 ... 500 Mrs . M . E ., svidosv of a brother of No . 34 ... 500 Bro . A . H . N ., Lodge Northumberland and Berwick ( T . I . ) 500

The Board recommend thc sum of / " 20 to Mrs . L . M . B ., widow of Bro . W A . B ,, No . 224 . R . Loviii . ANO LOVELAND , President . FRANK RICHARDSON , Vice-President . C . FITZGERALD MATIKR , G . Secretary .

Bro . LOVELAND , in moving the first recommendation— " That the Provincial Grand Treasurer of the late Province of Middlesex and Surrey be authorised to hand the funds and property to the Grand Treasurer , " said the motion rose out of the ALAV . G . M . having used his prerogative of separating thc joint Province of Aliddlesex and Surrey , and making them

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into tss'o distinct provinces . The late Prov . Grand'Treasurer , Bro . Gordon Robbins , then found himself in the peculiar position of having funds in his hands , but nobody to whom he could hand the funds . Therefore , he wrote to the General Board asking their opinion as to what he vvas to do with the funds . The General Board entertained the application and formed a Board of Consultation to report on it . That Board reported , and the report came back to the General Board , and as a result , the General Board now recommended that the Provincial Grand Treasurer of the late Province of

Aliddlesex and Surrey be , and is hereby authorised to hand the funds and property , after paying all liabilities , to the Grand Treasurer for the time being of Grand Lodge , and that the receipt of the Grand Treasurer for the time being shall be a full and sufficient discharge to the Prov . Grand Treasurer .

Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , Grand Registrar , in seconding the motion , said there vvas nothing hc could add to what the President of thc General Board had mentioned . The motion was carried . Bro . LOVELAND next moved— "That a meeting of the several executive

Committees be summoned to take into consideration the disposal of such Funds and Property . " It vvas within his knowledge that the'Provincial Grand Alasters of Aliddlesex and Surrey had each appointed a Committee to take this subject into consideration , and see what proportion they might hand over to the provinces .

Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON seconded . It vvas generally intended that the lodges now in the London district should form part of the Committee , so that the Committee would really consist of three bodies . The motion svas carried , and the other recommendations having been accepted , the report ss'as adopted .

Bro . EUGENE MONTEUUIS then said : M . W . Pro Grand Alaster in the chair , it is vvith very great diffidence , but at the same lime vvith very great pleasure , that I rise to nominate his Royal Highness , our Alost Worshipful Grand Alaster , for re-election as our Grand Alaster for the next year . I think the mention of his name is quite sufficient , and it need no words of mine to recommend it . ( Cheers . )

Bro . GORDON MILLER , P . G . T ., said that in the absence of the Grand Treasurer , he begged to nominate Bro . Frederick Mead , P . G . T ., of Middlesex , Vice-President of the Board , vvho had served five Stewardships , Past Grand Sword Bearer , as Grand Treasurer . Many brethren had had the advantage of knowing what a thoroughly good Alason Bro . Alead was , and he therefore had great pleasure in nominating him .

The Afarquess of HERTFORD , before closing Grand Lodge , called attention to a slight difference that had been adopted in the opening of Grand Lodge , and also of the closing . The General Board put this slight alteration before him , and he agreed in thinking it vvas quite as well that Grand Alark Lodge should , as far as possible , assimilate its proceedings to the proceedings of United Grand Lodge . The alterations svere very sli ght , but he thought they made the proceedings a little more in form . Grand Alark Lodge vvas then closed .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Lincolnshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF LINCOLNSHIRE .

INSTALLATION OF BRO . THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH AS PROV . GRAND AIASTER .

A Provincial Grand Alark Lodge , under the auspices of the Sutcliffe Lodge , No . 188 , svas held in the Alasonic Hall , Grimsby , on Monday , the 14 th ult ., the Prov . Grand Alaster , Bro . Jack Sutcliffe , presiding . The occasion svas the installation of the Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough as Prov . Grand Alaster by the Earl of Euston , Deputy Grand Alaster , and a number of distinguished brethren had assembled to witness the ceremony ,

Amongst those present svere Bros , the Earl of Euston , Deputy * -. M . ; Colonel Cooke , President of the Board of General Purposes ; Viscount Dungarvan ; C F . Matier , G . Sec ; Frank Richardson , G . D . C ; Anderson Bates , Deputy Prov . Grand Master ; VV . Alison , P . S . G . W . ; Mortimer , P . J . G . W ., acting as P . G . D . C . ; Rev . E . M . Wergall , acting as P . G . C ; G . A . Gamble , as P . A . G . D . C ; and other Prov . Grand Officers , besides about 100 brethren from different lodges in the province .

The business of the Provincial Grand Lodge having been concluded , Bro . the Earl of Euston , as Deputy Grand Master , entered vvith the Grand Officers , and " svas escorted to the chair . The patent of Lord Yarborough ' s appointment from the Prince of Wales , Al . VV . G . AL , having been received , the Grand Director of Ceremonies and Bros . E . P . Dallon , W . AI . 177 ; VV . Alason , VV . M . 172 ; VV . R . F . Morton , 188 ; John Davis , 326 ; A . Wykes , Urania Lodge ; and Rev . E . M . VVeigall , 387 , retired , formed procession , and introduced thc Provincial Grand Alaster designate , the Earl of Yarborough , who vvas duly addressed , installed , and saluted .

I he Provincial Grand Alaster appointed Bro . R . Cotton Carline Deputy Provincial Grand Alaster , and invested his officers as follows :

Bro . Rev . E . M . Wiegall ... ... ... Prov . S . G . W . „ E . Percy Dalton ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ James B . Morton ... ... ... Prov . G . M . O . „ Walter Beard ... ... ... Prov . S . G . O . „ G . S . Woodward ... ... ... Prov . J . G . O . „ Rev . H . Fawsett ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ W . W . Smith ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas .

„ A . Wykes ... ... ... ... p „ v . G . Reg . „ VV . R . K . Morton .., ... ... Prov . G . Sec . ,, George Lister ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ R . C . Pearson ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ W . Mortimer ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . ,, Edsvin Carter ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C .

„ C Fox ... ... ... ... Prov . G . L of VV . „ H . VV . Hibzen ... ... ... Prov . G . S . B . „ Taylor Sharpe ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . ,, Joseph Dodds .., ... ,,, Prov . G . Org . „ J . Fletcher ... ... ... ... Prov . G . I . G . „ Rigal ... ... ... ... ) Hartley ... ... ... f r

,, ... , ^ ~ . „ W . Hill ... ... ... " 7 Prov . G . Stsvds . ,, Brunyee ... ... ... ,,, ) „ VV . Lancaster ... ... ... p . G . T yler . The brethren afterwards dined at the Royal Hotel , under the presidency of Lord Yarborough .