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examination of the books of the Provincial Grand Lodge xvas made . It being reported lhat the minutes xvere in perfect order and the accounts properly kept , the cash books shoxving very liberal grants from the funds , ' The GKANH M . XSTKR said that after such a very satisfactory report , he had the greatest pleasure in handing bark the mallet to the Provincial Grand Master , and

asking him to conduct his lodge as he had sboxvn he could do so xvell . Bro . Pearse then resumed thc chair , and immediately called the lodge from labour to refreshment . 'The loyal and Masonic toasts xvere subsequently proposed , folloxved by "'lhc Grand Lodge of Scotland , " coupled xvith the name of the Iiarl of Mar and Kellie . The Puov . GUANO MASTKK said that now the Masons

of Glasgoxv felt themselves identified xvith the Grand Lodge , xvhich had not been the case a few years ago . __ A great deal of this had been brought about by the late Grand Master of Scotland , Bro . Sir Michael R . Shaxv-Stexvart , and xvhen he assured them that the hon . baronet had xvritten , expressing his regret lhat he had not received his invitation sooner , so that he could havc accepted it , they xvould also be sorry that they had not secured his attendance . ( Applause . )

Bro . Sir Michael had brought the Giand Lodge out of a state of chaos . When he mounted the throne tile-Grand Lodge was in debt , but noxv it xvas not only relieved of this burden , but was prospering more than it had done for a very great many years . ( Applause . ) He had noxv handed over the government to the present Grand Master , the representative cf one of thc oldest earldoms in the kingdom . ( Applause . ) 'They were all gratified : o see the Iiarl of Mar and

and Kellie mount thc throne , and felt confident that under his government Scotch Masonry xvould prosper as much as , if not more than , it had clone at any time . ( Applause . ) Probably he would not have the same difficulties to surmount , but , on the other hand , there xvould be more-leisure to give eclat to Masonry throughout tbe kingdom . ( Applause . ) Ibis was evinced by the fact that he xvas noxv engaged visiting the various provinces xvhich had not been

done for many years past , ( Applause . ) 1 here xvas great need for such a course , as many of the provincial lodges xvere in a somewhat unsatisfactory condition , but that could not be said of Glasgoxv , xvheie they could boast of a benevolent fund having at its credit I , 1200 . ( Applause . ) 'The GKANH ' M . XSTI-: I ' , who , on rising to repl y , xvas received xvith loud and prolonged cheering , said that he hoped in the course of time to prove xvorthy ol the

compliments xxhich had been paid bim , but be had been hardly long enough in harness to hax-e earned them as yet . As to xvhat had been said about the Giand Lodge , he quite agreed xvith the Provincial Grand Master . Some twelve years ago no one could bave said much in praise of Grand I-odge , but thanks to his predecessor , and to his tact and determination to sift matters to the bottom , the Grand Lodge xvas brought into thorough xvorking order . ( Applause . )

lt xvas now not only nourishing financially , but was endeared to the Masons of Scotland . ( Applause . ) Having set their oxvn house in order , they had now commenced to look after their brethren outside xvho xvere not members ol Grand Lodge . Only one or two visits bad alread y been paid , but matters had been found , generally speaking , in a very satisfactory condition . Certainly Glasgoxv had proved second to none , and the Provincial Grand Master ,

although he had thirty lodges under his jurisdiction , had shown his duties xvere xvell attended to . ( Applause . ) Ihe Grand Lodge of Scotland had 52 'i lodges under its jurisdiction , and in these lodges there xvere 111 , 000 Masons . ( Applause . ) lie did not think that , hoxvever hard-working the Grand Master of Scotland might be , he could be expected to visit all these lodges , ( A pp lause . ) There were forty-tluce Provincial and District Grand Lodges , and it

xvould be hard enough xvork to get through them , and he did not expect to be able to visit them all , but hoped to get to as many as possible . ( Applause . ) _ If he found them all in as good and nourishing a condition as the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgoxv he certainly xvould be satisfied , ar . d the Masons of Scotland xvould be more than satisfied . ( Applause . ) lt xvas the duty of the Provincial Grand Master to see Masonry carried out thoroughly xvell , and no

one had attended to this more elticiently than Hro . Pearce . ( Applause . ) It all the Provincial Grand Masters xvorked as xvell as he did every individual might be proud to be a member of the Craft . ( A pplause . ) Hio . SHAXV-S TKXVAKT proposed " The Grand Lodges of linpland and Ireland , " and urged that the Scotch lodges should emulate the linglish Order . As regards Ireland , he remarked that ihe Grand Lodge of Ireland xvas about

the only thing that xvas prosperous in that unfortunate country . The toast xvas drunk xvith enthusiasm . The GKANH M . xsnri' proposed the toast of " 'The Provincial Grand Master of Glasgoxv . " He congratulated the lodge on tbe possession of a Masterof extraordinary energy and devotion to the Craft . He deprecated the unmasonic practice of admitting to the Brotherhood men unworthy of

the felloxvslnp . 'The PROVINCIAL G KANH M . xs-n-ru . responded amid general applause , and reciprocated the sentiments of thc Grand Master in advocating the test of admission , xvhich xvould constitute so materially to the benevolent funds of the Older . . ,.. ,, Uro . Sri-rxVART proposed " Ihe Sister Grand Lodges . " In thc course of his remark's , he stated that the Grand

Lod"c had 52 'i lodges in active operation , xvith an aggrcgatcTmembcrship of 111 , 000 . 'These lodges were governed by the Grand Master Ma .-on and forty-three Provincial or District Grand Masters , fourteen of xx horn xvere resident in the colonics and in foreign parts . The oldest Prov . Grand Masterxvas Bro . Whyte Melville , xvho had been at the head of the Province of Fife for the long period ot forty-one years . Next in seniority came Sir Ii . Mackenzie of Kilcoy , xvho had presided over Ross and Cromarty since 1 . S 47 . Third

or . the list xvas Sir M . Shaxv-Stexvart , xvho was appointed to Rcnfrexvshire Weston 71 I 1 February , 1 S 4 S , his rule in that province having extended over a period of thirty-four years , during eight of xvhich he was also Grand Master , llavin" - forty-one lodges within its jurisdiction , Ayrshire xvas numerically the largest home province under the Grand

Lodge . Glasgoxv came next xvith thirty-one lodges , and lidinburgh third , having t-. venty-six lodges 0 : 1 its roll . Our Indian Empire had thirty-four lodges , Nexv South VVales txventy-seven , and Nexv Zealand ( South ) txventy-four . 'The Grand Lodge exchanged representatives xvith thirty-seven sister Grand Lodges . 'There xvere four Past Grand Masters alive , the eldest being Bro . Whyte Melville , xvho is also the

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oldest Ciaftsman in thc Grand Lodge . He xvas initiated more than sixty years ago in the Lodge Holyrood House . Seventy Grand Masters had preceded Lord Alar , and tlie present Grand Secretary was tenth in succession . Bro . DALKYMI'I-E DUNCAN proposed the toast of "The Secretary of the Grand Lodge , " and passed a high euloginm upon the zeal and energy of Bro . Murray Lyon , who acknowledged the compliment .

Bro . tbe Kev . J WATT proposed "'Ihe Daughter Lodges of the Province , " and contented himself xvith translating a line from Horace , describing the subject of his toast as " Beautiful daughters of a more beautiful mother . " Bro . MORGAN * responded . Bro . GRAHAM proposed thc toast of " The Visiting

Brethren . " The toast xvas responded to by Bros . CRICHTON and GORDON . The proceedings xvere brought to a close xvith the usual formalities . The Grand Master during bis stay in Glasgoxv xvas a guest ofthe Provincial Grand Master .

Masonic Ball In Liverpool.

MASONIC BALL IN LIVERPOOL .

On Friday evening , thc 3 rd inst ., thc members of the three lodges meeting in the northern part of Liverpoolthe Piince of Wales ' Lodge , No . 1035 ; the Walton Lodge , No . io . N ( i ; ' and the Kirkdale Lodge , No . 173 6 , held their annual ball in the Skelmersdale Masonic Hall , Westminsterroad , Kirkdale . There xvas a large attendance , among

those present being his Worship the Mayor of Bootle ( Bro , Poulsom ) , Mrs . Pcuilsom , Uro . Alderman J . F . Newell , P . P . S . G . W . ; Airs . Newell , * Bros . John Houlding , P . P . G . R . ; Lexvis Peakc , S . VV . 1035 ( Chairman of the Committee ) ; ] . Gricrson , VV . M . 175 O ; | . D . Reader , VV . M . 10 S 6 ( Hon . iicc ); G . Ii . Hanmer , P . M ., P . Z ., loSCij G . J . Townsend , P . M . 10 SO ; J . Bunting , P . AI . 1035 ; li . Johnston ,

P . M ., P . Z ., 1736 and 203 ; J . J . Savage , LP . AL 10 S 9 ( Matter of Ceremonies ) , and others . Proceedings xvere commenced by thc band ( under the direction of Bro . Sxvinnerton ) playing the National Anthem , after wbich dancing was begun and kept up with spirit to an early hour . At the opening of the second part of the programme , Bro . Hargreaves Gill , 10 S 0 , gave a very

tasteful performance on his fairy bells . Bro . VV . Vines , P . M . 15 . 5 " , P . P . G . Director of Ceremonies , catered to thc satisfaction of all , and the gathering xvas a decided success , thanks greatly to ihe efforts of Bro . J . I ) . Reader , the Secretary , a substantial addition to the decorating fund , in aid of xvhich the ball was held , being a certainty . The looms were decorated xvith Hags , evergreens , Src , very tastefully by Bros . Gricrson and Txvccdley , 173 ( 1 .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . CHAS . MARSH , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . S . D . SOMERSET . < n Sunday afternoon last there passed away from this life , in response to the call of 'T . G . A . O . T . U ., Bro . Charles Marsh , at the ripe age of ninety-three , xvho , for the past livcnty-fivc years , has resided at Tunbridge Wells . He xvas born at Bath , January iStli , 17 S 1 J , xvhere he spent fiftylive years of his life , and folloxved the profession of a miniature painter and engraver , lie was the oldest free

citizen of the ancient city . He xvas initiated in the Royal Cumberland Lodge , No . 41 , Bath , on August ( 1 , 1 S 10 , and xvas present the same year at the dinner to U . K . II . the Duke of Sussex , Grand . Master , when he visited Bath to open the Alasonic hall there , in company xvith the Duke of Leinster . liight hundred brethren sat doxvn in full regalia , xvliich xvas an event of unknoivn precedence , lie passed thc chair in 1 S 27 , and xvas P . Z . ol the Royal Arch

Chapter . In 1 S 32 , Bro . Col . Tinte , P . G . AI ., appointed him P . S . D . for the county of Somerset . He unfortunately became reduced in circumstances through standingsecurity for friends , and left Bath for Liverpool , October , 1 S 44 , and xvas present there xvith the Prov . Grand Lode'c of Lancashire at the laying of the foundation-store of tlic Sailors ' Home by His Royal Highness the late Prince Consort . He left there xvith his family for Sydney , Nexv South

Wales , in Alay , 1 . S 53 , and xvlule there assisted at the foundation of thc Zetland Royal Arch Chapter . In December , 1 S 55 , he returned to lingland , and on , June ioth , 1 S 5 O , two months after his arrival in London , he List his sight . 'The folloxving spring he went lo reside at Tunbridge Wells , and in February , 1 S 62 , xvas one of the seven brethren who formed the Holmesdale Lodge , No . S 74 , and continued a subscribing member to tlic day of his death .

As he xvas the only one xvho had passed the chair , he became first acting LP . AL In April , 1 . S 79 , his mother lodge hearing that he was still alive , made him an honorary member and forivardcd notices of all meetings to him , the last being received the morning of his decease . Two months later thc Holmesdale lodge sought to do him honour b y resolving to have his portrait painted in Masonic costume and hung on the xvalls of the lodge . Bro . D . R . Everest .

of Worthing , and late of Tunbridge Wells , took the portrait on July ioth of the same year , Bro . Marsh then being ninety-one years of age and a Alason sixty years . 'The folloxving Christmas the " Alasonic Record " ol Allahabad , N . W . India , issued the portrait with a sketch of his life . His genial disposition and patient resignation under h's heavy difficulties gained him numerous friends among the resident gentry . Dr . Barker , Bishop of Sydney , N . S . W .,

xvhen on a visit to lingland , made a point of having an interview xvith Bro . Marsh , and so renewing the friendshi p formed in Australia . He only took to his bed the Sunday preceding his death . He xvas conscious to very nearly the fast , but xvas too weak to speak the past fexv hours , and quietly breathed his last in thc presence of his sorroxving family . Bro . Marsh xvas a lineal descendant of the Lord ¦ Protector , Oliver Croimvell , his great grandfather , a VVelsh

gentleman , of the ancient family of the . Marshes , of VVales , settled in Glastonbury . His son , 'Thos . Marsh , an officer in the Somerset Militia , and gentleman of position in the county , married in April , 1757 , Frances , daughter of John Croimvell , and granddaughter of George Cromwell , xvho xvas married by banns at Rodney Stoke Church , Somerset , 24 th January , 16 93 . lie xvas grandson of Oliver , Lord Protector . The ollicers of the ilolmesdale Lodge held a meeting , and desired to obtain a " dispensation " for a Masonic funeral , but on knoxving that the xvishes of thc

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deceased were contrary to the same , they have decided to assemble at the house , 17 , Albion-road , in mourning dress , xvith white gloves and sprig of acacia , and precede the corpse to the cemetery , at txvo o ' clock , on Saturday .

BRO . JOHN GEORGE HUTCHINSON . Bro . John George Hutchinson , of 57 , Aldersgate-street senior churchwarden ot St . Botolph , Aldersgate-street . died a few days ago in tlie seventieth year cf his a ^ c . Bro . Hutchinson had been unwell for some little time , but xvas not confined to his bed long . He had been for years a

respected inhabitant of the parish , xvheie every respect has been sboxvn . On Sunday the church of St . Botolph xvas draped in black ( xvhich xvill be kept up till after Sunday next ) , and reference xvas made to the late churchwarden by the vicar , the Rev . S . Flood Jones . The funeral took place on Wednesday , at Abney Park Cemetery . Uro . Hutchinson xvas a member of the Fitzroy Lodge , No . 569 .

BRO . WILLIAM BULKELEY HUGHES , M . P . VVe have to announce the death of Bro . William Bulkeley Hughes , M . P ., R . W . Deputy Grand Alaster of the Province of North VVales and Shrops ., of Plas Coch , Anglesea , which took place on Wednesday . He was the oldest member of the House of Commons , though not the "faiher " of the House , that honour being reserved fcr Bro . C . R .

AL 'Talbot , the member for Glamorganshire , xvho has occupied a seat in Parliament since 1 S 30 . He claimed to trace his descent from Lloxvarch-op-Bran , Lord of the Commot of Alena , in Anglesea , xvhere his ancestors had been seated since the txvellth century , and xvas the eldest son of the late Sir William Bulkeley Hughes , of Plas Coch , by his union xvith lili / abcth , second daughter and co-heiress of the late

Air . Rice Thomas , of Coerhelen , Carnarvonshire . He xvas born on July . -Oth , 1797 , was educated at Ilarroxv , and xxas called lo ihe Bar at l . incoln ' s-inn in 1 S 24 , xvhen he chose the Oxford and Chester Circuits . In July , 1 S 37 , he xvas returned as a Liberal-Conservative for the Carnarvon district , which he represented till June , 1 . S 39 , when he xvas unsuccessful . 1 Ie xvas , however , rc-elcctufin July , i ! -r » s , and at

each succeeding elec tion up to and including the last , gcnerally xx ithout opposition , the last time ofhis rclu 111 being contested being in ir-G ; - ' , xvhen he xvas returned in the Libeial interest by a majority of 350 volts over his opponent . Bro . Hughes , xvho succeeded lot he family estates in 18 3 G , was in the commission of the peace and a deputy-lieutenant tor the counties of Carnarvon and Anglesta , of xvhich latter county he

was High Sheriff in ir-di . lie xvas twice married—firstly in 1 * 25 , 10 Elizabeth , daughter and heiress oi the late Air . Jonathan Nettie-ship , oi Matterscy Abbey , near Uaxvtry , Nottinghamshire , and widow of the late Mr . llany Wormald , of Woodhouse , near Leeds , and alter her death , xvhich occurred in WH 13 , in iKO u , Elizabeth , second daughter of Mr . VV . Donkin , of Rothbury , Northumberland .

Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

f 1 lie charge is 2 s . Cd . tor announcements not exceeding Four Lints under this heading . J

BIRTHS . Cll . xi'i . irswoKHi .-Oii the 4 th inst ., at Wcstliny , Hawkchurch , Axminster , the wife ol Mr . William Charlesxvoilh , of a son . LOKAI . NI- * . —On the , - , rd inst ., at 7 , Alontagu-square , Lady Loraine , of a daughter . M . vx . v . —On the 4 th inst ., at Sidcup , Kent , Mrs . VV . W . Alann , of a son . Rl-rirs . —On the 4 th inst ., at Gadlys Cottage , AbcrdaVe , the wife of Air . William T . Rees , ol a daughter .

MARRIAGES . LANK—VV . xuir .-On the 7 th inst ., at St . Nicholas' Church , Norton , Malton , by the Rev . C Jackson Chapman , B . A ., Charles Shciiffe Lane , of Newstead House , West Hartlepool , to Mercie , second daughter of the late

George Wade , Esq ., of llenorlh Gieen , York . TlliruNtr—LAWS . —On the 4 th inst ., at St . Saviour ' s , South Hampstead , by the Rev . G . A . Herklots , VV . II . L . J . lheune , of Stettin , Germany , to Louisa Emma Laws , daughter of the late Mr . Charles Laws , of 11 , Fellows-road , South Hampstead .

DEATHS . HUGHES . —On the Sth inst ., at Plus Coch , Anglesea , Uro . VV . Bulkeley Hughes , ALP ., K . W . U . G " \ L , North VV ales and Shrops , aged isj . HuTciiixsox . —Bro . John George Hutchinson , of 57 , Aldersgate-street , in his 70 th year .

MARSH . —On the 5 th inst ., at Tunbridge Wells , Bro . Charles Alarsh , aged 93 . MOU . VTC-ASTLE . —On the ' 4 th inst ., at 12 , Wavcrlcynlace , St . [ ohn ' s-xvood , Mr . Robert Alountcastlc , in his 79 th year . VV 11 . uAMS .-On the Gth inst ., at Alcnaifron , Anglesey , Canon Wynn VV illiams , in his { 54 th year .

Masonic Meetings In Dublin.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN DUBLIN .

For the Week ending Saturday , March lis , 1 SS 2 . All meetings take place at the Masonic Hall , Moleswortfistreet , Dublin , except where otherwise stated . . MONDAY , MARCH 13 . Lodge too , Dublin . | K . A . C 2 , Dublin .

TUESDAY , MARCH 14 . Lodge 245 , Dublin . | K . A . C . 500 , Dublin . Boys' School Board . WEDNESDAY , MARCH 15 . Lodge 33 , Dublin . I Lodge 730 , Dublin Garrison . THURSDAY , MARCH if .. Lodge 12 , Dublin . [ Lodge , 13 , Dublin .

FRIDAY , MARCH 17 . Lodge 225 , Dublin | Lodge 72 S , Dublin . K . A . C . 120 , Dublin . SATURDAY . MARCH iS . Lodge 53 , Dublin . | Lodge 2 G 9 , Malahidc .