Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

SOUTH WALES . CxRini'v . —Biite Lodge ( No . 9 60 ) . —On Friday , the 26 th ult ., the " members of this lodge assembled . at their lodge room , tor the purpose of presenting a Past Master ' s jewel , and an illuminated address to Bro . Jno . W illans , P . M ., P . Prov . G . J . D ., on the occasion of his leaving

Cardiff for London . The lodge was opened m due form by the W . M ., Bro . S . Weichert , P . Prov . G . D . C , who in presenting the address spoke as follows : —Brethren : We meet here this evening for the purpose of presenting one of our much esteemed ancl distinguished Past

Masters with a jewel ancl address , and it is worth noticing as a matter of great credit to the Bute Lodge , as well as agreeable to Bro . P . M . Jno . Williams , that at our last meeting , when he told us of his intention to leave Cardiff , thc brethren then decided upon doing that , which it is now

my very agreeable duty to perforin . Bro . 1 . M . Willans : I had the honour of having been initiated into Masonry in this lodge on the night your installation took place , since then we have frequently met , indeed it would be difficult for either of us to point to any lodge meetings when we have not had the pleasure of seeing

one another , and I can therefore say , that though the brethren of the Bute Lodge may look with extreme pride on the muster roll of our Past Masters , who , ever mindful of their obligation , have at all times performed their duties well , still it must be admitted by all of us with sincere pleasure , that your constant attendance and readiness at all times to assist every

W . M . has been of an exceptional merit . In asking you kindly to accept this address and P . M . jewel , as a token of our fraternal respect and esteem , I beg to accompany the same , in the name of the brethren , as well as for myself , with hearty good wishes for your personal good health

and success in all your undertakings , and finally to assure you that we shall never cease to remember that by your untiring zeal in the interest of Freemasonry in general , and this lodge in particular , you have greatly contributed towards the prosperity and the reputation of the Bute Lodge , No . 9 60 . Bro . [ no . Wilkins

responded in suitable terms , thanking the brethren for their unexpected kindness , and at the same time begged to state that if by his exertions Freemasonry or the Bute Lodge had bcen benefitted , the knowledge was to him a sufficient and ample reward . The jewel was of the best gold , of chaste and elegant pattern , the address , which was beatiff . llv illuminated in gold ancl colours ,

by Mr . R .. F . Banlill , of Cardiff , was placed 111 a splendid frame , designed and executed by Bro . F . W . Lane , of Cardiff . The lodge was then closed , and and the brethren adjourned to the Royal Hotel , where the much esteemed manager , Bro . Tissot , had awaiting them a supper served

in his best style . The chair was taken b y liro . S . Weichert , P . M ., supported by Bros . Past Masters , J . Harman , P . I ' rov . G . S . D . ; P . Bird , P . Prov . G . Reg .: W . Willans , P . Prov . G . D . C ; | . Willans , P . i ' rov . G . J . D . ; W . H . Maitin , P . Prov . G . S . D . ; andT . B . Bell , P . Prov . ) . G . W .,

of thc Bute Lodge ; Bro . Coalfee , W . M . Clarence Lodge , No . f ; 8 , Bristol ; and Bro . Hall , W . M , Commercial Lodge , No . 1 . 59 1 , Leicester , the vice-chair heing ably filled by the Senior "Warden , Bro . Thos . C ' Shelper . After supper he usual Masonic toasts were given and heartily

responded to , and tlie remainer of the evening enlivened with appropriate songs and recitations . Bro . F . Atkins , M . B ., Prov . G . Org ., and Org . of Rule Lodge , presided at the piano . Bros . T . B . Rell , P . M . ; J . Harman , I . P . M . ; Jno . Williams ,

H . Smith , R . Jones , F . W . Lane , E . W . Shackell , D . W . Thomas . II . Forsdike , ancl others , contributed greatly bv their kindness towards one of the most agreeable Masonic reunions ever remembered here .

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Mark Masonry .

DORSLTSHIR ! - ; . WiNCAxrov . —Lodge of . Science ( No . 128 ) . —On Thursday , the 25 th tilt ., this lodge held a meeting for th ' e election of W . M ., anti the advancement of brethren . The brethren imaniinoiislv re-elected Bro . W . S . Gillard , of Sher-

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borne , tis the W . M . for the ensuing year , after which five brethren were advanced to the honourable degree of Mark Master by the W . M . This young loelge now numbers upwards of thirty members , and is still progressing , several brethren being proposed for advancement .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

BENGAL .

PROVINCIAL GRAND CONCLAVE . A meeting of the Provincial Grand Conclave of the Royal , Exalted , Religious , and Military Order of Grand Elected Masonic Knights Temp lar , in the Province of Bengal , was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta , on the 9 th of March , at S . . " , o p . m .

Ihere were present : —V . E . Sir Knt . Hugh Sandeman , Prov . G . Commander ; E . Sir Knts . F . Powell , M . D ., Past I ' rov . G . Commander ; G . II . Daly , M . D ., Prov . G . ist Captain ; I . L . Taylor , Prov . G . 2 nd Captain ; W . B . Collins ,

Past I ' rov . G . ist Captain ; Capt . W . G . Murray , Prov . G . Chancellor ; John Mackintosh , Prov . G . Registrar ; I . J . Witty , ist Prov . G . Standard-Bearer ; D . MacGregor , Prov . G . Sword-Bearer ; C II . Compton , Prov . G . Organist ; and Frater Alexander , Prov . G . Equerry .

The visitors were : •—Sir Knts . W . McGowan , Capt . A . J . Filgatc , R . E ., F . W . Robertson , 107 th Regt ., Lieut .-Col . G . A . Searle , H . G . Newcome , R . A ., W . Girling , and W . R . Mac-Tavish .

Thc Provincial Grand Conclave having been opened in due form , apologies were read from Sir Knts . Col . Ford , Major G . 11 . Rasevi , Major C T . Hitchens , Rev . F . W . Robberds , S . Delpratt , M . D ., W . B . Fair , II . II . Locke , -and W . Bourne , CE .

Ihe minutes of the meeting held on Ihursday , the 2 nd of March , 1871 , wcre read and confirmed . The Provincial Grand Commander , in addressing the Sir Knights stated that from an examination ofthe Muster Roll , hc found that of the

three encampments working in the Province there was only oue ( Sepulchre ) which hael apparently done any work during the past year , as St . Augustine had had no addition to its members , ancl the Royal Kent only one , but he should be sorry il the Sir Knights were to think ,

from that , that these two encampments had been slothful , or that their Commanders had been wanting in their duty . Hc was , and had ever been of opinion , that in all degrees of Masonry gootl men , and only good men weie wanted and should he admitted , and he thought

Commanders of Encampments deserved the highest praise if they were able to look this matter fairl y in thc face , and have the moral courage to refuse * applications from Companions whom they were not well assured would do honour to the ranks ofthe Order . Since ISTO hc had been intimately

eonne'cted with two out of the three encampments ; as also with the Royal Kent , since its opening in 1862 , and it was his hearty wish to keep up the high tone of the encampments , and to see them flourishing , even more than they were at present doing . He thought that thc result o ! the elections for Commanders durini' * the ensuinsr

year , Sir Knts . "Mackintosh in the Sepulchre , W , Adlard in the St . Augustine , and D . MacGrcgoi in the Royal Kent , gave every prospect of success , to bring about which he was sure every Knight Templar in the Province would glatlU put his shoulder to the wheel ancl help as far a :

lay in his power , He had to bring to the notice ofthe Provincial Grand Conclave lhat a Treaty of Alliance hatl been made between the Supreme Grand Council of the . 33 rd , the United ( Irders ofthe Temple and Hospital , and the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , and he recommended the perusal of the treaty to every

companion of the Order , lie felt sure that a great deal of gootl woultl result from this intimate and close allivuce between these different governing botlies , and lie would point out that offences committed against one of them would be taken equally serious notice of by the others , should the offending brother he subject to their jurisdiction . This Treaty of Alliance , together with the pro-

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visions thereof , had been duly incorporated into the Statutes of the Order , and it was henceforth of the same force and effect as the other Statutes of the Order , notwithstanding anything therein contained to the contrary . There hatl been an addition made to the statutes which he would give at length , and he trusted all Commanders

of Encampments would have it carried out to the letter , all the more so that the above Treaty of Alliance obliged them to exercise a very strict scrutiny as to the antecedents of all companions , candidates for installation as Knights of the Order . The addition was . — "That the Registrars of all Encampments do send a copy of the usual Summons to the Provincial Grand

Commander of the District , or , in his absence , to his Deputy , tit least seven clays before such meeting , and that no candidate bc proposed for ballot who who shall have been disapproved by the Provincial Grand Commander or his Deputy . " The Provincial Grand Commander stated that

hc had received the report of General Meeting of Subscribers to the Bengal Masonic Association for Educating Children of Indigent Freemasons , " held on Wednesday , the 6 th December , 1871 ; and that inasmuch as it hacl been printed

in the several proceedings of the District Grand Lodge and District Grand Chapter , and hacl been circulated to all subscribers , it would be unnecessary to reprint it in the body of these proceedintrs .

The Provincial Grand Commander , in making the following appointments for the ensuing year , took the opportunity of thanking the present Provincial Grand Officers for their services during their year of office .

G . II . Daly , M . D 1 ) . Prov . G . Com . Major G . II . Basevi ist Prov . G . Capt . J . Mackintosh 2 nd Prov . G . Capt . Rev . F . W . Robberds , B . A . Prov . G . Prelate . Capt . W . G . Murray Prov . G . Chancel . W . Adlard ' . Prov . G . Reg . W . Bourne , CE Prov . G . Expert . Major G . C . Roweroft ... ist . Prov . G . St . B . D . MacGregor 2 nd Prov . G . St . B . Major CT . Hitehins Prov . G . Almoner . W . ' ll . MaeGowan Prov . G . Capt . of L . Capt . G . G . Nelson Prov . G . Sword B . W . Girl ing 1 st Prov . G . Herald . Capt . R . G . Smyth 2 nd I ' rov . G . Herald . Frater Alexander Prov . G . Equerry . It was proposed by V . E . Sir Knt . H . D . Sandeman , ancl seconded b y E . Sir Knt . G . H . Daly , that E . Sir Knt . 1 . L . Taylor be re-elected Provincial Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year ,

and that the thanks of the Provincial Grand Conclave bc tendered to him for his past services . Carrieil unanimously . Thc cash account of the Provincial Grand Conclave for the past year was read by the Provincial Grand Chancellor , and on being put to the vote was passed .

The Provincial Grand Commander announced that the ncxt meeting of Provincial Grand Conclave woultl be held on Saturday , the 8 lh day of March , 187 . 3 . The Provincial Grand Commander intimated that as the Sandeman Priory was not going to meet that evening , and there was no work of

any sort to be done , there would be no meeting of the ( hand Priory of Knights of Malta . Hc woultl therefore intimate that all those Kni ghts Templar who had been appointed members of the Provincial Grand Conclave would also hold corresponding rank in the Grand Priory of Kni ghts of . Malta , viz . : —

G . 11 . Daly , M . D . D . Prov . G . Prior . Major G . II . Base i Prov . G . Capt .-Gen . J . Mackintosh I ' rov . G . Lt .-Gen . Rev . F . W . Robberds Prov . Prelate . Capt . W . G . Murray Prov . G . Chan . W . Adlard . ' I ' rov . G . Reg . I . L . Taylor Prov . G . Treas .

W . Bourne , CE Prov . G . Marshall . D . MacGregor Prov . G . St . Bearer . Major C . T . Hitehins Prov . G . Almoner . W . 11 . MaeGowan Prov . G . First . Lt . W . Girling * Capt . R . G . Smyth ) l rov * ° * H ^ Us . Frater Alexander Prov . G . Guard . There being no other work before Provincial Grand Conclave , it was closed according to due and ancient form .