Provincial Grand Chapter Of Durham.

rnmos the first Earl of Durham , John Fawcett , the late Marquis of Wer ^ onderry , and the late Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart . This had L to him as the climax of hig h Masonic honours which had been conr A uoon him , and so long as God gave him health and strength he ! , Id fill ti \ e duties of his high office , so that Royal Arch Masonry might tinue t 0 flourish as it had done during the past decade , during which it vfa increased from 372 to 554 in the province . ( Applause . ) He thanked

"" " for their presence , ancl again reterrea to tne aisunguisnea nonour h ' ch his Majesty had been pleassd to confer upon him . ( Loud ^ 'Tpolog ies for absence were read , and the proceedings then concluded .

Provincial Grand Chapter Of West Lancashire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF WEST LANCASHIRE .

By direction of the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , P . G . S . N ., Grand Superintendent of the Prov . G . Chapter of West Lancashire , a convocation of the Order within the division was held on the 22 nd ult ., at the Cooperative Hall , St . Mary ' s-road , Garston , for the transaction of the important business usually attaching to these yearly gatherings of the Masonic Order .

There was a numerous gathering from all parts of the division , the business of the day being conducted under the presidency of the Grand Superintendent , Comp . the Earl of Lathom , and there were also present Comps . R . Wylie , Prov . G . H . ; the Rev . T . B . Spencer , Prov . G . J . ; John Hniddinsr . P . P . G . Soi .. P . G . T . ; W . Goodacre , Prov . G . S . E . ; I . E .

Williams , P . P . G . Soj . ; W . H . Dennis , P . P . G . Soj . ; P . Chambers , Prov . G . Std . Br . ; J . G . Holmes , P . P . G . S . B . •A . Pickford , Prov . A . G . S E . ; J . D . Murray , P . P . G . Treas . ; W . B . Sweetman , P . P . A . G . D . C ; f . Milne , P . P . G . S ., * T . Buxton , P . P . A . G . Soj . ; and others . The Prov . G . Chapter was opened in due form , after which the roll ol

Prov . G . Ollicers and chapters were called , when it was found that all were represented with only few exceptions . The minutes of the previous meeting , taken as read , were approved , and the Prov . G . Treasurer ' s statement of accounts was likewise passed . Comp . T . R . Parker was re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer . The following Prov . G . Oflicers for the ensuing year were invested :

Comp . J . W . Wearing ... ... ... Prov . G . H . „ C . H . Beaver ... ... ... Prov . G . J . „ W . Goodacre ( re-appointed ) ... ... Prov . G . S . E . „ J . H . Marsh ... ... ... Prov . G . S . N . „ T . R . Parker ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ T . J . Smith , jun . ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ A . Brierley ... ... ... Prov . D . G . Reg .

„ R . Rawlinson ... ... ... Prov . G . P . S . ••T . Hayward ) Prov . A . G . Ss . „ A . Cornell ... ... ... ) „ A . Smith ... ... ... ... Prov . G . S . B . „ J . Matthews ... ... ... Prov . D . G . S . B . „ J . Phelan ... ... ... ... *) „ T . Ormond ... ... ... > Prov . G . Std . Brs .

„ J . Proctor ... ... ... J „ G . Burslem ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . „ G . W . Hughes ... ... ... *) ,. J . B . Yonge ... ... ... [ Prov . A . G . D . Cs . „ J . Hargreaves ... ... ... „ J . Dawber ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ T . Burrows ... ... ... Prov . A . G . S . E . ,, W . J . Doran ... ... ... Prov . G . Janitor . On the motion of Comp . WYLIE , seconded by Comp . J . HOULDING , it

was unanimously resolved that the sum of 20 guineas be voted for the benefit of such Soldiers' Fund as the Grand Superintendent may decide . It was agreed that the next meeting of the Prov . Grand Chapter should be held at Prescot . The Prov . Grand Chapter was then closed .

The May Magazines.

The May Magazines .

we have received the following magazines for review in addition to those noticed in our last issue : Tho Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine , one of the very best of the American magazines , commences a new v olume this month . American views of the older peoples and countries of the world are always interesting , because taken from a different standpointand our readers will find instances of

, this in "' A Hamlet in Old Hampshire , " " Breakfast in Naples , " " Along the Paris Juais , " and , changing thc venue from Europe to Asia , " A Recovered City of A'wanderthe Great'" ( Prieve , in Asia Minor , founded about the ye * r 1000 u . c ) , , Visit to Nepaul , " " The Deserted Capital of RajpuUna , " "The Defiles of the Irrawaddy , " and " A Missionary Journey in China . " There is a most readable word portrait of M . Emile LoubetPresident of the French Republic ; and " The

, Uroken Necklace ; a Lesson on the Government of Distant Colonies , " is an Th w profound interest to allwhowish well to our sugar-producing Colonies in tne West Indies , though the political opinions of the writer m . iy not be generally endorsed in this country . The fiction in this month ' s number comprises the

¦ onc usion of tho serial " The Helmet of Navarre , " the continuation of " D'Ri ¦ ina 1 , and the complete tales " A Mistake in the Count , " " Jismine Court and a "iRh Ranger , " by Ian MacLaren , "A J .-ipanese Illusion , " " An Unnecessary ' 7 ' ., . Vankee Teacher in the South . " The humorous sketches , verse , and illustrations are as good as ever .

to h ~ acMillan ' B Magazine contains the opening chapters of what promises " 3 , [ ' cnter'aining serial , entitled " Princess Puck , " also the complete tales , rciflp - 'fi r l ' " and " When thc Cholera came to Santa Cruz . " The wrre if 1 3 fascinatin ' ? article in "History at Play , " which reveals as it whirh t £ 1 e kaleidoscopic revolution in Scottish thought and character Free Ph if I * : inB the < - e'i tl" * y between the Jacobite rising of 1845 , and the ¦ •md '' TIIH SC C m , S 43 * Am « s « ns : papers < " •" The art of fiction made easy , " by sidi . u , i > r l Comm ° ns i its methods and its temptations , " are found side I . ' ib'lv 1 nr' a cha " cter ¦ s ( u'Jy of 'he Pree State Boer , by an Imperial Yeoman , ' •snei'iall „ f ? of r war * and ' - Paper on stage presentations of Coriolanus , more IM L ' { ; , f ° K ' - 'i-ble , Kean , and Macready . There is not a single dry l '" & ph m the whole of this number .

The May Magazines.

Temple Bar this month is as voluminous as ever , but we think its readers will agree with us that not one of its 144 pages could well be spared . Further chapters of the current serials , " The Firebrand , " by S . R . Crockett , and " The Secret Orchard , " by Agnes and Egerton Castle , are accompanied by the following excellent complete tales by various authors : " The Ro'andstein Duel , " " Nature ' s Step-child , " " Concerning an Indian Fort , " "A Roman Haunting , " " On a little

Music , " "A Drawn Bet , " and "The Key of the Door . " Lady Georgiana Bathurst's " Recollections of Queen Adelaide ' s Coronation , " are of interest in view of the approaching coronation of Queen Alexandra . There are also scholarly articles , one by May Byron , entitled , " The Burden of the Song , " which deals with the ancient folk-songs , and another by R . C . Witt , on the immortal artists Gorgione and Veronese .

New Grand Chapter Officers.

NEW GRAND CHAPTER OFFICERS .

DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Comp . FREDERICK ATKINSON POWELL , F . R . I . B . A ., F . S . I ., appointed Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies , was initiated in the Loyal Monmouth Lodge , No . 457 , in 1884 , became Master in 1887 , and was appointed G . Senior Warden for the Province of Monmouthshire in 18 95 . He is a founder and P . M . of the Hiram Lodge , No . 2416 , and a member of the Globe Lodge , No . 23 . He was

exalted in the Royal Arch in the Mount Edgecumbe Chapter , No . 1446 , and was M . E . Z . in JSO . 0 . He is a founder and P . Z . of the Loyal Monmouth Chapter , No . 457 ; founder of the St . Stephen ' s Chapter , No . 1802 ; founder and P . Z . of the Hiram Chapter , No . 2416 ; Scribe E . and M . E . Z . elect of the Panmure Chaoter , No . 720 . In the Mark Degree he is a P . M . M . of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 4 , and Grand Steward designate ; a P . G . N , of the Prince of Wales Ark Mariners '

Lodge , No . 4 ; a founder and P . W . S . of the Alleyn Chapter Rose Croix , No . 139 , and a member of the 30 ; a member of the Bard of Avon Preceptory , No . 127 , and a Knight of Malta , Received into the Allied Degrees in 18 97 , and is W . M . of the Four Kings Council , No . 7 , and A . G . D . of C . for this year . He was elevated into the Plantagenet Conclave , No . 2 , of the Knights of Rome and Rel

Cross of Constantine ; received in the Constantine Council of Royal and Select Masters ; a member of the Metropolitan Council of Rosicrucians , and a member of the Royal Order of Scotland . He is a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys with seven Stewardships , a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution with four Stewardships , and a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls with two Stewardships .

ASSISTANT G . DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Comp . J . J . SIMCOX was initiated in the Wycombe Lodge , No . 1501 , in January , 1888 , and was appointed Prov . G . Org . of Bucks in 1894 . He was W . M . of the same lodge in 1897 . He was a founder and St . of Victoria Lodge , No , 2671 ; a founder and first I . P . M . of Marlow Lodge , No . 2752 ; a founder and first LP . M . of Bowen Lodge , No . 2810 ; and was elected Prov . G . Treasurer of Bucks

in 18 99 . He was exalted into R . A . Masonry in 1891 in the Buckingham Chapter , No . 591 , and was M . E . Z . in 1898 . He was a fonnder of the Wycombe Chapter , No . 1501 , of which chapter he is a P . Z ., and at the present time holds ths office of H . ; a P . Z . of Herschel Chapter , No . 1894 ; and a P . S . of Chapter No . 771 . He received the collar of Prov . G . Organist in the Prov . Grand Chapter in 18 92 , which office he served for several years . He has been P . A . G . S ., and is now Prov .

G . P . S . of the same province . He is a P . M . of Wycombe Mark Lodge , No . 480 , a P . M . of Windsor Castle Lodge , No . 519 ; S . W . of Jersey Lodge , No . 235 ; and J . W . of Herschel Lodge , No . 376 ; and has held the office of Prov . G . Org . in the Prov . G . Mark Lodge of Bucks for several years , and has held the offices of Prov . S . G . D . and Prov . S . G . O ., and is now Prov . J . G . W ., of the same province . He

is a member of the Four Kings' Council , Royal and belect Masters , and a member and J . D . of the Veran Council , Allied Degrees . He is Dir . of Cer . ot the Leopold Lodge , Royal Ark Mariners , and Prelate of the St . John the Biptist Rose Croix Chapter . He is a Life Governor of , and has served once as Steward for , the Girls' School ; a Life Governor , with three Stewardships , of the Boys' School ; and a Vice-President , with five Stewardships , of the Benevolent Institution .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

Faith Lodge , No . 141 . There was a meeting of this ancient lodge at Anderton's Hotel on the 30 th ultim *> This lodge dates from 1774 , and there are many interesting details connected with it . Originally founded at Woolwich , in course of time it migrated to London , holding its meetings for many years at the Gun Tavern , Pimlico . For some time up to the present it has been at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street . It need hardly be said that the lodge holds its centenary warrant . The furniture , ancient and massive , is its own ; it formerly oossessed a comolete set of officers' iewels . but the onlv ones now in existence are thnu

of the LP . M . and Treasurer ; they are of silver , missive and handsome . It is worthy of note that in the working of the Third Degree after the raising there is a transparency exhibited showing the defeat of Death ( impersonated ) and the delivery of the soul from earthly fetters , and its entrance into regions of eternal bliss . The lodge was opened by the VV . M ., Bro . Harry Hudson , and amingst those present were Bros . G . C . Hudson , P . M . ; A . F . Salmon , LP . M . j A . C . While , P . M .: R . F . Jordan , P . M . j S . N . Isaacs , P . M . j J . Moss , P . M . ; F . W . Driver , M . A ., P . M . •IS ; andG . Thomas , P . M . n < u .

Bros . D . C . Marriott and Chas . Hull , candidates fir raising , were etimined , and raised by the W . M . in a most impressive manner to the Third Degree . Bros . William James Holledge and Richard Gilson , candidates for passing , were examined and passed to Second Degree by the W . M ., who afterwards gave the lecture on the tracing board Second Degree . The W . M . reported the death of the wife of the Secretary , Bro . R . T . Godfrey , P . M . A vote of condolence on the brother ' s domestic a liliction was proposed by W . M . and unanimously carried by the brethren . Thelodge was closed by W . M .

After an excellent banquet in thc Pillared Hall , the VV . M . gave the usual loyal an ! Masonic toasts . Thetoastof "The W . M . " was given by Bro . A . F . Salmon , I . P . M . He said the ability of their excellent W . M . was too well known by the brethren of the lodge to need any eulogium on his part . The W . M . had well maintained the reputation and dignity of the Faith Lodge , which was renowned for the perfect manner in which the ceremjnies were worked .

The W . M . replied . He thanked the I . P . M . and the brethren of the lodge for their warm welcome and kind appreciation of his eff jrts . That Masonry was a labour of love with him . II he had been so fortunate as to merit their approbation , he was sufficiently repaid for any trouble he had taken . The W . M . gave " The Visitors , " assuring them of a hearty welcome from the lodge .

Uro . tne Kev . C l ' . Marriott spoke ot some of the lodges he had visited . He alluded to the fact that one of the candidates raised that evening was his son . He had already begun to have ambitious longing to worthily occpuy the cnair of his lodge . He the Rev . brother , hoped he might be spared to witness it . Bro . T . G . Balls also replied . Other customary toasts were proposed and responded to , and several songs and recitations were given by brethren present .