Provincial Grand Lodge Of Warwickshire.

time his lordship has devoted and the services he has rendered to the Craft . Your ladyship chose to have a portrait of your beloved husband as next to the original that which was most treasured in your heart . It may appear to have been somewhat delayed since the painting was first ordered , but as your ladyship is aware , this has been caused by circumstances beyond the control of the brethren and of this Committee . I have now the

pleasure in the name of the Freemasons of Warwickshire to ask your ladyship ' s acceptance of this portrait . I know I need not assure you that the task which now devolves upon a D . P . G . M . is one I highly honour . It is the most pleasing and gratifying task in my long career in Freemasonry that in the name of such a body of Freemasons as those of the Province of

Warwickshire I have to ask your ladyship ' s acceptance of this portrait . I need scarcely add that every Mason in this province is devotedly attached to their Proy . G . Master , and our prayer is thit you may long live to possess the original of the portrait , and may have the opportunity of comparing the original with the portrait aiid the portrait with the original for many years to come .

Lady LEIGH , in accepting thc portrait , used the following words : Mr . Beech and gentlemen , —I really feel quite at a loss to express to you , as representing the Freemasons of Warwickshire , my gratitude in return for the splendid present which you have made to me , and for the generous kindness that prompted the deed . You could not have agreed to give me anything more truly acceptable , and which will , while my life continues ,

bring to my mind the happy times which your gift is intended to commemorate . If you should be able to represent to the brethren assembled in another room some portion of what I feel , you wiff , indeed , gratify me , and their goodness in allowing my name to be connected with prizes to be given to meritorious young people in the admirable Schools with which it is your

generous pleasure to connect yourselves , also deserves my warmest thanks and is a source of pride as well as of pleasure to me . Will you be so good as to return my hearty thanks for both favours this dty done to me , to Lord Leigh's kind brethren , of whose generosity and kindness he may well be proud . The brethren afterwards partook of an excellent dinner at the Court House .

Provincial G. Mark Lodge Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.

PROVINCIAL G . MARK LODGE OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT .

The annual meeting was held in the Masonic Rooms , India Arms Hotel , Gosport , on Friday , the 27 th ult ., when there were present Bros . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Past G . M . M ., Prov . G . M . M . ; Richard Eve , Past G . M . O ., D . P . G . M . M . ; G . F . Lancaster , P . G . J . O . ; the Rev . F . B . N . Norman-Lee , Past G . Chaplain ; Captain C . D . Wise , P . G . D ., P . D . Dist . G . M .

Bombay ; Captain H . G . Giles , R . N ., Prov . S . G . W . ; H . Howell , as Prov . J . G . W . ; W . E . Soltau , P . Prov . G D . ; H . S . Duke , P . Prov . G . In . of Works ; R . H . Plattin , P . Prov . G . Std . Br . ; E . G . A . Nash , P . Prov . G . D . C ; T . Taylor , P . Prov . G . D . ; W . A . Rowe , P . Prov . G . R . ofM . ; and W . Bake , P . Prov . G . M . O . ; with other Provincial Ollicers , and the Masters , Past Masters , and representatives of the different private

lodges . Prov . G . Lodge having been opened , and the minutes of the last annuil meeting at Southampton read and confirmed , the Prov . G . Treasurer ' s statement of accounts for the past year , showing grants of KI guineas each to the Mark Benevolent Fund and the Hants and I . W . Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , and a balance of nearly , £ 44 in hand , was received , adopted , and ordered to be entered on the minutes .

Bro . Robert Boughton-Smith , P . M ., having been unanimously reelected Prov . G . Treasurer , the Prov . G . Master appointed and invested the following brethren as Prov . G . Oflicers for the ensuing year , namely : Bro . G . F . Lancaster ... ... ... •Prov . S . G . W . „ A . Mellage ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W . .. Maior C . W . N . aniir Claveiinsr ... ... Prov . G . M . O .

„ J . J . Coates ... ... ... Prov . b . U . U . „ C . Brown ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . O . „ Rev . F . B . N . Norman Lee ... ... Prov . G . Chap . ,, R . Boughton Smith ... ... ... Piov . G . Treas .

„ J . W . Gieve ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ D . O . Hobbs ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ E . J . Morgan ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ W . C . Pierce ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ S . P . Fleet ... ... ... ... Prov . G . L of W . „ C . Cullen ... ... ... ... Prov . G D . C . „ J . Miles ... ... ... ... Piuv . A . G . D . C . .. E . A . Swaine ... ... ... Piov . G . S . B .

„ A . H . Mare ... ... ... Piov . G . Std . Br . „ W . IL Barrel ... ... ... Prov . G . I . G . „ H . G . Peannan ... ... ... Prov . G . Stwd . „ J . Exell ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler . The other business having been disposed of , Prov . G . Lodge was closed , and the brethren dined together and spent a pleasant evening .

Scotland.

Scotland .

GRAND LODGE .

A Quarterley Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland was held in the Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on Thursday , the 2 nd instant , at three o ' clock p . m ., the Right Hon . Lord Saltoun , M . W . G . Master Mason , on the throne , Bros . Major F . W . Allan , S . G . W ., and the Hon . Chailes Maule Kamsay , J . G . W . There was a large assembly of brethren .

The M . W . G . MASTER moved the suspension of Standing Orders in order that a suggestion made by the G . Secretary might be acted upon , viz ., that Grand Lodge devote the sum of 100 guineas to the fund being

Scotland.

raised on behalf of the widows and orphans of Scottish soldiers killed in the present campaign in South Afr ' ca , and he moved accordingly . This was seconded by Bro . Colonel W . IVISON MACADAM , on the understanding that should further assistance be' required , Grand Lodge should aga n be appealed to . The motion was carried with great enthusiasm .

The minutes ot Grand Committee included recommendations of brethren for nomination for election to the various offices in Grand Lodge , and the following were , at this present meeting , elected : Bro . the Hon . James Hozier , M . P . ... ... M . W . G . M . ,, the Hon . Charles Maule Ramsay ... ... S . G . W . ,, Alexander Archibald Speirs of Elderslie ... J . G . W .

,, the Rev . P . M'Adam Muir , D . D .... ... f „ , „ the Rev . Colin Campbell , D . D . ... ... j ' < - PS-,, William Monro Denholm ... ... S . G . D . 1 , John Carruthers ... ... ... J . G . D . „ John Whitehead ... ... ... G . Architect .

„ Robert K . Inches ... ... ... G . Jeweller . ' „ William Phillips ... ... ... G . Bible-Bearer . „ George Crawford ... ... ... G . D . of C ,, James Gunn ... ... ... G . Bard . ,, Cant . Geortre B . Wishart ... ... G . S . R .

,, Emile Berger ... ... ... G . D . of Music . „ Arthur J . Curie ... ... ... G . Organist . „ Robert N . Johnston ... ... ... G . Marshal . „ William Scott ... ... ... G . I . G . ,, George Hay ... ... ... G . Tyler .

The Right Hon . Lord SALTOUN said he could not allow the present occasion to escape without briefly expressing his deep regret at having to vacate the throne of that Grand Lodge , and thanked the brethren at large , and the officials of Grand Lodge for their hearty co-operation and support during the three years he had had the honour of occupying his present position . He was quite certain his successor was in every wav oualified ta

carry on the work in the most able mv . iner , and that the traditions of Grand Lodge would be upheld with dignity . In selecling Bro . Hozier as M . W . Grand Master elect they had hit upon a brother who was , in every sense of the word , the right man in the right place . He was an important membsr of the House of Commons , and well versed in the routine work of Grand Lodge , and would be certain to rule Grand Loige with great discretion .

Grand Committee further reported that " None of the lodges in thc under-noted provinces now meet in licensed premises : Metropolitan , Glasgow City , Renfrewshire West , Kincardineshire , Aberdeen City , Caithness , Orkney and Zetland , Dumfriesshire , and Suthsrlandshire . The lodges in the other home provinces are all making arrangements to remove their meetiiiL' places from licensed premises to halls their own or other suitable public halls . "

Edinburgh Freemasons And The Gordon Highlanders.

EDINBURGH FREEMASONS AND THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS .

An emergency meeting of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , No . 1 , was held in the lodge room , Hill-street , on the 3 i-, t ult ., for the purpose of conferring honorary membership on Bro . Colonel D jwnnian , commanding the ist Battalion ofthe Gordon Hi ghlanders . The RAV . M . of

the lodge , Bro . P . L . Henderson , presided , and there was a large attendance of the brethren in honour of the occasion , among those present during the evening being Bros . Lord Provost Mitchell Thomson , Sir Andrew M'Donald , Bailies Kinloch Anderson and Pollard , Treasurer Cranston , Convener Field , and Councillors Murray , Clark and Williams .

After the ceremony of electing Bro . Colonel Downman—his name following on the roll of honorary membership those of Bros . Lord Kitchener and the Duke of Aberorn—the R . W . M . proposed the toast of "The Gordon Highlanders and Bro . Colonel Downman . " In doing so , he said it was not difficult to understand the position which a Hi ghland regiment held to-day in the eyes of the world . Scotsmen looked upon their

tartanclad warriors with peculiar pride , regarding them as approaching more nearly to their ideal of the invincible than any other gallant corps of her Majesty ' s army . ( Applause . ) From the time when the Gordon Highlanders were raised in 1794 , when the gallant Duchess of Gordon distributed the recruiting colours with her own fair hand , and gave a kiss to every man who joined , the Gordons had shown that that emblem of the love and

devotion of their country had not been misplaced . ( Applause . ) In the Peninsula , Waterloo , the Crimea , and India , and later in Af ghanistan , Africa , Egypt , and the Soudan , the Gordons had played a prominent part , and in no instance had they tarnished the honour of their country or lost for a moment the esprit de corps which had its rise under such auspicious circumstances . ( Hear , hear . ) They must not forget in of the iments themselves

talking reg , the gallant officers who had always shown themselves , with true self-sacrifice and devotion to their country , not only directors of their nation , but leaders of the men themselves . ( Applause . ) Of late years we had had many striking examples of the power of such a united force of ofiicers and men working like one—at Tcl-el-Kebir , Dargai , and but yesterday —( loud applause )—in the Transvaal , where small forces had done almost miracles . CA OD I .-IU- ; P v

The severe losses mentioned that day in the papers , which they could not too much deplore , would yet be dearly paid for at the hands of the gallant Gordons , and in sending them out to that duty , they wished to accord their high appreciation of their past prowess and the faith and trust they placed in them , that they would do their duty and leave the mark of their valour with no uncertain effect in that land where Britons had suffered so mui ; h at the hands of the uncivilised Boer . ( Loud applause . )

Lo ) . DinvA ' . 'JAN , in reply , said that during the whole time the Gordons had been at home they had met with nothing but unending kindly feelinir and unending hospitality , which they had appreciated most deeply . 'I ' he Gordons , he mentioned , embarked on the 9 th at IJverpool foractive service after beinir 11 months at home , and he was proud to say that everv man «'("

their reserve who had been called out had put in an appearance . ( Applause . ) One man was at sea when the mobilisation was ordered , but he promptly rejoined when he arrived in port . Altogether he had 1150 men in his command in the Castle , and 950 of- them were to sail for South Africa where they would try to do their best . ( Applause . ) Col . Downman referred also