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has been long and severe . The customary toasts were sjven and responded to , and a very pleasant day was * nent .
INSTRUCTION . LIVERPOOL . —Merchants' Lodge ( N 0 . 241 . )—A special meeting of the Lodge of Instruction in connection with the Merchants' Lodge , No . 241 . was held on Tuesday evening , the 3 rd inst ., at the Masonic Hill , Hope-street , Liverpool , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Bro .
Vounghusband , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . J . W ., on the emblems upon the ancient chairs belonging to ihe lodge . Bro . Vounghusband was the founder of this Lodge of Instruction , and the lecture , as might have been expected from his standing and experience in Masonry , proved most interesting and instructive , and was duly appreciated by the brethren .
Red Cross Of Constantine.
Red Cross of Constantine .
PORTSMOUTH . —Naval and Military Conclave ( No . 35 . )—The quarterly meeting was held at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday , the 26 th inst . The N . P . S ., Sir Kt . Jn . Harrison , was supported by Sir Kts . Dr . C . Knott , I . G ., Hants ; I . Clark , D . I . G . ; G . A . Green , Eus . ; C . G . Adarnes , S . G . ; W . Tuck , J . G . ; J . Clay , P . S . Treas . ; A . R . Robinson , P . S . R . ; Skeens , S . B . ; Past Sovs . VV . Sharp , C .
Croom , B . Sinister , and others . The conclave was duly opened and minutes of last convocation unanimously adopted . The ballot was then taken for P . M ., Bro . W . C . Rctlward and Bro . Jn . Brickwood , and proved unanimous in favour of each candidate . Bro . J . R . Crook ( an accepted candidate ) was then introduced , installed and proclaimed , and the Hist . Oration delivered by the Viceroy in
his usual masterly style . Bro . Brickwood was then announced at the portal , introduced , installed and proclaimed , when the Sir Kts . hail the second opportunity of appreciating the eloquence of the acting H . P . P . S . Clay then requested , in the name of a few subscribers , that the M . P . S . would kindly oblige the admirers of their old friend and N . Comp . P . S . Groom , by presenting to him a P . Sov .
j wel , at the same time stating he was one of the earliest installed members at the revival of the Red Cross Order , under Lord Kenlis some years since , and , so to speak , a veteran of the degree . M . P . S . Harri orr said it afforded him great pleasure to be the medium of conferring this token upon PS . Groom , and be sincerely hoped he \ vuvutl be long spared to continue his . membership of the conclave , and transmit this mark of their kindly feeling to his son .
In reply , P . S . Groom stated , with evident emotion , that he was more than grateful for this handsome mark of their appreciation of his humble services , and although he had done little in the past , it would be an incentive to him to do all that he possibly could in the future for the furtherance of the beloved Order , and so continue to merit their approval . The conclave was closed in solemn form until Tuesday , 25 th September next .
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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF KENT .
Continued from p . 278 . The Prov . Grand Master , in returning thanks for the toast of his health , which was proposed by Bro . J . S . Eastes , said : We have now met together for a good many years , and 1 am glad to sec that the cordiality with which this toast is greeted has not diminished . I should
be sorry if it were , because I should feel then that in failing to keep your regard and esteem I was doing harm to the Ciaft in the province . Having at my heart the wish to forward the welfare of the Craft in the province , tistliirig can be more grateful to me than to see as years go on your reception of me becomes not less . Believe me , brethren , on these occasions when we meet together for
i-ocial conference and for provincial festivities , it is very pleasant indeed to be so received ; and , as my Deputy was good enough to say , if you were good enough to endorse the sentiment , that he wished nie many years of health and strength to preside over you , so wish I ; and if by God's bltssing I have the health and strength to bear the cate ol the province , 1 hope u > do s-o . and to receive from
you approbation expressed 111 the same cordial manner . Then wc shall go on as a flourishing and united province , and tint is the object ol my vi its on these occasions . And now , biethrcn , I do not undertake at these meetings to make many rcinaiks about Freemasonry in the province ; it is so thoroughly understood that I make them at the preliminary meetings that wc have for business ,
wh < n wc have the Masters and Wardens of the lodges assembled . Those rcmaiks are conveyed by those brethren to the other members of their lodges . I have been slack , I confess , in past years to refer to the subject I am now going to mention , but I sec that it has been done in other provincial lodges . In some quarters some importance is attached to brethren appearing at the Prov . Grand
Festivals not in proper costume . Now , I know that evening costume is laid down in the regulations as the proper coslunic ; but 1 do not think it necessary that wc should have it . Most of us who attend Provincial Grand Lodges have to leave our homes to come hire at a very early period in the morning , when evening costume is out of place , and I , myself , who live in London , if 1 wore it in the morning might be asked il I was not returning from some late
rtotwaV of the night before . Even it wc were to stait from our homes in morning costume , and dress after we got to lodge , we might nut find places of accommodation for the purpose , and there would Le serious inconveniences , and we might have , perhaps , the sad spectacle of one brother leaving with another brother's pair of trousers . What I would recommend is that we should appear in morning costume , with a black coat , a black or white waistcoat , and black trousers . I think we should then be
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more in conformity with the words of His Royal Highness the Grand Master . It is but a small point , but it is a small point which adds more dignity and seemlincss to our meetings , which we are all so anxious to maintain . With regard to other matters of the Craft , I have said I have no intention of making any long remarks . Suffice it to say the members of the Craft have not diminished ,
they have increased , during the last year . It has been my study to maintain the position of the Craft , and I am glad to see that with the increase in the numbers of the Craft there has been no degeneracy . We are strong enough now in numbers in the province of Kent to look less to the increase in the numbers of the brethren than to maintaining our respectability , not that I wish to see the numbers
flag in any degree . The impulse given to our progress by the Prince of Wales becoming Grand Master is an undoubted fact ; and as this circumstance has led to the addition of new lodges to the roll , it is my duty in this province to scrutinise carefully the grounds on which the petitions are based , and to see whether they are such as in my opinion are likely to promote the true interests of the
Craft . Wherever I find in an important and populous district there are those who if they joined our Order were alodge established in their neighbourhood would be likely to do honour to the Order , I have little difficulty in recommending a new warrant . I Lave been glad to recommend two such warrants in the past year ; and from what I saw when I attended the consecration
meetings of those two lodges , 1 think the province of Kent will have no reason to be ashamed of the new additions . On the contrary , I think they will find that these lodges will add considerably to our strength , and even perhaps more than that , to the position the Craft now holds in the province . But I do entreat the brethren not to allow themselves to be carried away by the ambition of making their
lodges the largest in numbers . We can afford now to pick our recruits . As in time of war , the standard by which men are chosen in the army goes down , so it is in Freemasonry . In times of peace the standard in the army goes up ; and in Masonry , whilst we are in a good position , kt us maintain a high standard . Then I shall have no fear that the recruits brought into the Order will be a credit to
it . Those two pieces of counsel arc the only two I wish to give . We are met for pleasure . Seldom have me met on a more pleasant or agreeable spot , and if we could not carry out the whole of the ceremonies of the Craft in the building we are now assembled in , we have perhaps some consolation from the circumstance that the abundance of openings have conduced to our physical comfort . And so ,
brethren , hoping that as years go on these annual meetings of pleasure may con'inue to be as enjoyable as the present ( I cannot say more enjoyable ) , that each brother in the Craft may enjoy himself as much , and that each new recruit to our ranks may be as creditable to the Craft as those who arc now in it , I have only to conclude by thanking you for the warm and cordial way in which you have
honoured this toast . The Prov . G . M ., in proposing " The Deputy Prov . G . M . and the rest of the Grand Officers , " trusted that the brethren who had been invested that evening would , at the end of their j ear of office , bear as pleasant recollections of their year of office as those brethren did who had been in office during the past year . .
Bro . J . B . Eastes , who was the first to respond , after thanking the Prov . G . M . for the honour he had conferred upon him , said that though when he was first entrusted with the duties appertaining to the possession of the Deputy Prov . G . M . ' s collar , he had felt some diffidence , he had none now . Three years ago he was able to say he had visited every lodge in the province . Unfortunately ,
through illness , he had not been able to do the same in the last year ; but he trusted that no brother and no lodge could say that the interests of the one or the other had been in any way neglected . He had endeavoured to the utmost of his power to recommend to his lordship every brother who was entitled to promotion , and he trusted that what he had done had been satisfactory . He could
not hope to satisfy everybody , but he hoped that he had satisfied the larger number . All his energies would be devoted to the interests > of the Order . He loved Freemasonry from the bottom of his heart , and not only to the general interests of Freemasonry in the province , but to incite the brethren to do all they possibly could for the chaiiiies of the Order , he should use his best efforts .
Bros . Douglas and Spurrcll also responded . The Rev . W . A . Hill , Prov . G . Chap ., responded to a spcdal toabt proposed in his individual honour . After touching lightly on the subject of the proposed testimonial to him , he referred to the progress made by the Order , and said that the brethren should bear in mind that with prosperity dangers occurred . Let them keep to the good
old landmarks . Most of-them , no doubt , read the Fi eemwon . He had been invited to take the paper in , and he did ; but he was mortified at seeing many things in the paper , more especially with reftrenceto other lands . What had they to do with Milan and the Pope ? They looked b .-yond their own little frith , the silver streak bordering this province , on to the continent , across the Alps into the
glorious realm of Italy , and saw things which did not satisfy them . They might take objection to what the town of Milan and the Roman Catholic Church did wilh regard to Masonry ; but , although knowing how Masonry had been attacked and cruelly used by that body , it was contrary to the principles of Masonry to interfere and get up a cty against the religious worship of the Catholic
body . Let a cry be got up against it if they liked , but let them not bring Masonry into it . We have seen also in connection with the Grand Orient of France very sail quarrels , which we must look upon as very unsatisfactory , and wc should take them as a warning to ourselves , and say " Let brotherly love continue . " We should be on terms of friendship with each other , Masonry acting with us as the genial oil which ran down
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Aaron ' s beard even to the skirts of his garments . But they might bear in mind that it had been proposed b y the Grand Orient that the Masonic candidates should no longer be bound to their vows upon the Sacred Law . If that sort of tone was carried out here the people of England mig ht think Masons atheists . Masons left men free , but it required them to honour God and be loyal
to their Sovereign . If weseck the annals of Freemasonry wc should find it had always been so . If we took the time of the Virgin Monarch , whose life was something like ths life of Queen Victoria , except thjt Queen Victoria was the loving mother of a splendid family , we should find that there were many Masons , and Queen Elizabeth wishing to know something about them requested Archbishop Parker to ascertain
what sort of people the people the Masons were . The Arch . bishop was made a Mason and of course saw the proceedings . He reported to Her Majesty , and what was the report he made ? Not that they were disloyal to Her Majesty . He said " They are an honest and respectable body of men , loyal to their Sovereign and attached to God . " It was the same now , and if they kept to the old
lines and the old landmarks they would always be so . If they were they would be ready at any time for removal to the Grand Lodge above . Bro . Thorpe , Treasurer , in replying to the toast of "Treasurer and Secretary , " remarking on the progress Mas . onry had made in the province , said that when he first became its Treasurer the Provincial dues were in the year
£ 26 14 s ; but in the last year they were £ 400 . Bro . Spencer , Secretary , asked but three things of the brethren ; first to be attentive to the necessary communications to the Prov . Grand Lodge ; secondly , for each individual lodge to be careful whom it admitted ; and thirdly , not to form cliques . The Prov . G . M . proposed " The Lodge of St . John and ¦
St . Paul , the entertaining lodge . " . Bros . Dr . Spurrell , Knight , and Andrews responded . The Prov . G . M . proposed "The Masonic Charities , " charities being the raison d ' etre of Masonry . Bro . James Terry replied . Kent had in the present year contributed £ 1229 16 s . 6 d . to the three institutions : £ 493 35 . to the Benevolent ; £ ijs 4 s - Da to the Girls ;
and * 561 9 s . to the Boys . But Kent had ten boys m the Boys' School , who cost £ 42 a year each ( £ 420 ); ten old men on the Benevolent Institution , at £ 40 a year each ( £ 400 ) ; six widows at £ 32 each ( £ 192 ); and two widows receiving half their late husbands' annuities ( £ 40 ) , or £ ' 632 ; and five girls in the Girls' School at £ 3 6 each ( £ r 8 o ) . So that Kent was receiving yearly from the three institutions £ 1232 , or £ 2 . 4 s . more than she
had contributed in the present year . Kent was not such a large and important province as West Yorkshire , or East or West Lancashire ; but it had contributed to the charities a sum of which it might well be proud when comparing what it had done with what had been done by those important centres of Masonry . Looking at what it had done , every candidate it put forward was entitled to be successful . , The brethren shortly afterwards separated ,
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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CORNWALL
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge and General Communication of the Freemasons of the Province of Cornwall was held on Thursday , 5 th inst . The place of meeting was Launccston , or Dunheved , or Llanstephadon , as that ancient corporate township is variously recorded in its early history .
Launccston stands on the main coach road through the centre , of Cornwall , but from one of those odd changes effected in railway times by the innovations of the iron road is now difficult of access from the greater part of Cornwall . Notwithstanding that inconvenience , there was , however , a large attendance of the officers of the Province at Thursday ' s meeting , many of them having slept at Plymouth or Tavistock the previous night . Over four hundred wcie
present . The room was tastefully fitted up with the banners ol the Order , the usual Masonic insignia , national colours , and festoons of foliage . The Provincial Gtand Lodge was opened at the Western Subscription Rooms , at 10 . 30 a . m ., by the R . W . the P . G . M ., the Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumb ; ,
supported by the acting officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , ofwhom the following were in their plac . s : R . V >' - Bro , E . T . Carlyon , P . P . S . G . W ., Deputy P . G . M ., pro . tern . ; W . Bros , the Rev . G . L . Church , P . S . G . W . ; E . Dixon Andcrton , P . J . G . W ; the Rev . J . . B . Jones , U . K ., P . J-GCnap . ; W . Tweedy , P . G . Treas . ; W . Jenkins , P . G . Registrar ; E . T . Carlyon , P . G . Sec . ; R . John , P . P . G . D . C ,
Assistant to Prov . G . Sec ; J . Cardcw , P . P . G . D . ; T . White . P . G . S . Wks . ; J . W . Chcgwidden , P . G . D . C ; T . Gill , P . A . G . D . C . ; J . Vivian , P . G . S . B . ; R . Carter , P . G . O . ; A . ' 1 Grant , P . G . Purs . ; W . Rooks , P . G . A . Purs . ; T . Webber , C . G . Archer , G . Barnes , T . C Polglaze , J . Burgess , W . Tonkin , T . C . Stephens , P . G . Stewards , and W . Rusdcn , P . G . Tyler . Among the other additional officers present were also
the following : —W . Bros . W . J . Hughan , P . P . G . Sec . P . G . D . England ; Col . Peard , P . P . G . S , W . ; J . G . Mason . P . P . S . G . W . ; F . J . Hext , P . P . S . G . W . ; T . Geach , P . P- &' J . W . ; I . Latimer , P . P . G . j . W . Devon ; H . G . Coin" . P . P . G . S . W . ; the Rev . G . Ross , P . P . G . Chap . ; the ««• W . S . Sloane Evans , P . P . G . Chap . Devon ; the Rev . H- ANo . l , P . P . G . Chap ., Aberdeen ; the Rev . W- H . Bloxsome . P . P . G . Chap . ; E . Holmes , P . M . 114 , P . P . G . Reg- PPGDCSuffolk WLakePPGRegC T . Pea «*
..... ; . , ... . ; . P . P . G . J . D . ; W . H . Bickford , P . P . G . S . D ; H ; Cochrane , P . P . G . J . D . ; S . Holloway , P . P . G . J . UD . II . W . Horlock , P . P . G . Reg . Oxon ; W . N . Glcncro * . P . G . S . Wks . Oxon ; W . D . Pearse , P . P . G . S . Wks . ; J " Aitken Davies , P . P . G . S . Wks . Devon ; Jno . Du rt '
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has been long and severe . The customary toasts were sjven and responded to , and a very pleasant day was * nent .
INSTRUCTION . LIVERPOOL . —Merchants' Lodge ( N 0 . 241 . )—A special meeting of the Lodge of Instruction in connection with the Merchants' Lodge , No . 241 . was held on Tuesday evening , the 3 rd inst ., at the Masonic Hill , Hope-street , Liverpool , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Bro .
Vounghusband , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . J . W ., on the emblems upon the ancient chairs belonging to ihe lodge . Bro . Vounghusband was the founder of this Lodge of Instruction , and the lecture , as might have been expected from his standing and experience in Masonry , proved most interesting and instructive , and was duly appreciated by the brethren .
Red Cross Of Constantine.
Red Cross of Constantine .
PORTSMOUTH . —Naval and Military Conclave ( No . 35 . )—The quarterly meeting was held at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday , the 26 th inst . The N . P . S ., Sir Kt . Jn . Harrison , was supported by Sir Kts . Dr . C . Knott , I . G ., Hants ; I . Clark , D . I . G . ; G . A . Green , Eus . ; C . G . Adarnes , S . G . ; W . Tuck , J . G . ; J . Clay , P . S . Treas . ; A . R . Robinson , P . S . R . ; Skeens , S . B . ; Past Sovs . VV . Sharp , C .
Croom , B . Sinister , and others . The conclave was duly opened and minutes of last convocation unanimously adopted . The ballot was then taken for P . M ., Bro . W . C . Rctlward and Bro . Jn . Brickwood , and proved unanimous in favour of each candidate . Bro . J . R . Crook ( an accepted candidate ) was then introduced , installed and proclaimed , and the Hist . Oration delivered by the Viceroy in
his usual masterly style . Bro . Brickwood was then announced at the portal , introduced , installed and proclaimed , when the Sir Kts . hail the second opportunity of appreciating the eloquence of the acting H . P . P . S . Clay then requested , in the name of a few subscribers , that the M . P . S . would kindly oblige the admirers of their old friend and N . Comp . P . S . Groom , by presenting to him a P . Sov .
j wel , at the same time stating he was one of the earliest installed members at the revival of the Red Cross Order , under Lord Kenlis some years since , and , so to speak , a veteran of the degree . M . P . S . Harri orr said it afforded him great pleasure to be the medium of conferring this token upon PS . Groom , and be sincerely hoped he \ vuvutl be long spared to continue his . membership of the conclave , and transmit this mark of their kindly feeling to his son .
In reply , P . S . Groom stated , with evident emotion , that he was more than grateful for this handsome mark of their appreciation of his humble services , and although he had done little in the past , it would be an incentive to him to do all that he possibly could in the future for the furtherance of the beloved Order , and so continue to merit their approval . The conclave was closed in solemn form until Tuesday , 25 th September next .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Kent.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF KENT .
Continued from p . 278 . The Prov . Grand Master , in returning thanks for the toast of his health , which was proposed by Bro . J . S . Eastes , said : We have now met together for a good many years , and 1 am glad to sec that the cordiality with which this toast is greeted has not diminished . I should
be sorry if it were , because I should feel then that in failing to keep your regard and esteem I was doing harm to the Ciaft in the province . Having at my heart the wish to forward the welfare of the Craft in the province , tistliirig can be more grateful to me than to see as years go on your reception of me becomes not less . Believe me , brethren , on these occasions when we meet together for
i-ocial conference and for provincial festivities , it is very pleasant indeed to be so received ; and , as my Deputy was good enough to say , if you were good enough to endorse the sentiment , that he wished nie many years of health and strength to preside over you , so wish I ; and if by God's bltssing I have the health and strength to bear the cate ol the province , 1 hope u > do s-o . and to receive from
you approbation expressed 111 the same cordial manner . Then wc shall go on as a flourishing and united province , and tint is the object ol my vi its on these occasions . And now , biethrcn , I do not undertake at these meetings to make many rcinaiks about Freemasonry in the province ; it is so thoroughly understood that I make them at the preliminary meetings that wc have for business ,
wh < n wc have the Masters and Wardens of the lodges assembled . Those rcmaiks are conveyed by those brethren to the other members of their lodges . I have been slack , I confess , in past years to refer to the subject I am now going to mention , but I sec that it has been done in other provincial lodges . In some quarters some importance is attached to brethren appearing at the Prov . Grand
Festivals not in proper costume . Now , I know that evening costume is laid down in the regulations as the proper coslunic ; but 1 do not think it necessary that wc should have it . Most of us who attend Provincial Grand Lodges have to leave our homes to come hire at a very early period in the morning , when evening costume is out of place , and I , myself , who live in London , if 1 wore it in the morning might be asked il I was not returning from some late
rtotwaV of the night before . Even it wc were to stait from our homes in morning costume , and dress after we got to lodge , we might nut find places of accommodation for the purpose , and there would Le serious inconveniences , and we might have , perhaps , the sad spectacle of one brother leaving with another brother's pair of trousers . What I would recommend is that we should appear in morning costume , with a black coat , a black or white waistcoat , and black trousers . I think we should then be
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more in conformity with the words of His Royal Highness the Grand Master . It is but a small point , but it is a small point which adds more dignity and seemlincss to our meetings , which we are all so anxious to maintain . With regard to other matters of the Craft , I have said I have no intention of making any long remarks . Suffice it to say the members of the Craft have not diminished ,
they have increased , during the last year . It has been my study to maintain the position of the Craft , and I am glad to see that with the increase in the numbers of the Craft there has been no degeneracy . We are strong enough now in numbers in the province of Kent to look less to the increase in the numbers of the brethren than to maintaining our respectability , not that I wish to see the numbers
flag in any degree . The impulse given to our progress by the Prince of Wales becoming Grand Master is an undoubted fact ; and as this circumstance has led to the addition of new lodges to the roll , it is my duty in this province to scrutinise carefully the grounds on which the petitions are based , and to see whether they are such as in my opinion are likely to promote the true interests of the
Craft . Wherever I find in an important and populous district there are those who if they joined our Order were alodge established in their neighbourhood would be likely to do honour to the Order , I have little difficulty in recommending a new warrant . I Lave been glad to recommend two such warrants in the past year ; and from what I saw when I attended the consecration
meetings of those two lodges , 1 think the province of Kent will have no reason to be ashamed of the new additions . On the contrary , I think they will find that these lodges will add considerably to our strength , and even perhaps more than that , to the position the Craft now holds in the province . But I do entreat the brethren not to allow themselves to be carried away by the ambition of making their
lodges the largest in numbers . We can afford now to pick our recruits . As in time of war , the standard by which men are chosen in the army goes down , so it is in Freemasonry . In times of peace the standard in the army goes up ; and in Masonry , whilst we are in a good position , kt us maintain a high standard . Then I shall have no fear that the recruits brought into the Order will be a credit to
it . Those two pieces of counsel arc the only two I wish to give . We are met for pleasure . Seldom have me met on a more pleasant or agreeable spot , and if we could not carry out the whole of the ceremonies of the Craft in the building we are now assembled in , we have perhaps some consolation from the circumstance that the abundance of openings have conduced to our physical comfort . And so ,
brethren , hoping that as years go on these annual meetings of pleasure may con'inue to be as enjoyable as the present ( I cannot say more enjoyable ) , that each brother in the Craft may enjoy himself as much , and that each new recruit to our ranks may be as creditable to the Craft as those who arc now in it , I have only to conclude by thanking you for the warm and cordial way in which you have
honoured this toast . The Prov . G . M ., in proposing " The Deputy Prov . G . M . and the rest of the Grand Officers , " trusted that the brethren who had been invested that evening would , at the end of their j ear of office , bear as pleasant recollections of their year of office as those brethren did who had been in office during the past year . .
Bro . J . B . Eastes , who was the first to respond , after thanking the Prov . G . M . for the honour he had conferred upon him , said that though when he was first entrusted with the duties appertaining to the possession of the Deputy Prov . G . M . ' s collar , he had felt some diffidence , he had none now . Three years ago he was able to say he had visited every lodge in the province . Unfortunately ,
through illness , he had not been able to do the same in the last year ; but he trusted that no brother and no lodge could say that the interests of the one or the other had been in any way neglected . He had endeavoured to the utmost of his power to recommend to his lordship every brother who was entitled to promotion , and he trusted that what he had done had been satisfactory . He could
not hope to satisfy everybody , but he hoped that he had satisfied the larger number . All his energies would be devoted to the interests > of the Order . He loved Freemasonry from the bottom of his heart , and not only to the general interests of Freemasonry in the province , but to incite the brethren to do all they possibly could for the chaiiiies of the Order , he should use his best efforts .
Bros . Douglas and Spurrcll also responded . The Rev . W . A . Hill , Prov . G . Chap ., responded to a spcdal toabt proposed in his individual honour . After touching lightly on the subject of the proposed testimonial to him , he referred to the progress made by the Order , and said that the brethren should bear in mind that with prosperity dangers occurred . Let them keep to the good
old landmarks . Most of-them , no doubt , read the Fi eemwon . He had been invited to take the paper in , and he did ; but he was mortified at seeing many things in the paper , more especially with reftrenceto other lands . What had they to do with Milan and the Pope ? They looked b .-yond their own little frith , the silver streak bordering this province , on to the continent , across the Alps into the
glorious realm of Italy , and saw things which did not satisfy them . They might take objection to what the town of Milan and the Roman Catholic Church did wilh regard to Masonry ; but , although knowing how Masonry had been attacked and cruelly used by that body , it was contrary to the principles of Masonry to interfere and get up a cty against the religious worship of the Catholic
body . Let a cry be got up against it if they liked , but let them not bring Masonry into it . We have seen also in connection with the Grand Orient of France very sail quarrels , which we must look upon as very unsatisfactory , and wc should take them as a warning to ourselves , and say " Let brotherly love continue . " We should be on terms of friendship with each other , Masonry acting with us as the genial oil which ran down
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Aaron ' s beard even to the skirts of his garments . But they might bear in mind that it had been proposed b y the Grand Orient that the Masonic candidates should no longer be bound to their vows upon the Sacred Law . If that sort of tone was carried out here the people of England mig ht think Masons atheists . Masons left men free , but it required them to honour God and be loyal
to their Sovereign . If weseck the annals of Freemasonry wc should find it had always been so . If we took the time of the Virgin Monarch , whose life was something like ths life of Queen Victoria , except thjt Queen Victoria was the loving mother of a splendid family , we should find that there were many Masons , and Queen Elizabeth wishing to know something about them requested Archbishop Parker to ascertain
what sort of people the people the Masons were . The Arch . bishop was made a Mason and of course saw the proceedings . He reported to Her Majesty , and what was the report he made ? Not that they were disloyal to Her Majesty . He said " They are an honest and respectable body of men , loyal to their Sovereign and attached to God . " It was the same now , and if they kept to the old
lines and the old landmarks they would always be so . If they were they would be ready at any time for removal to the Grand Lodge above . Bro . Thorpe , Treasurer , in replying to the toast of "Treasurer and Secretary , " remarking on the progress Mas . onry had made in the province , said that when he first became its Treasurer the Provincial dues were in the year
£ 26 14 s ; but in the last year they were £ 400 . Bro . Spencer , Secretary , asked but three things of the brethren ; first to be attentive to the necessary communications to the Prov . Grand Lodge ; secondly , for each individual lodge to be careful whom it admitted ; and thirdly , not to form cliques . The Prov . G . M . proposed " The Lodge of St . John and ¦
St . Paul , the entertaining lodge . " . Bros . Dr . Spurrell , Knight , and Andrews responded . The Prov . G . M . proposed "The Masonic Charities , " charities being the raison d ' etre of Masonry . Bro . James Terry replied . Kent had in the present year contributed £ 1229 16 s . 6 d . to the three institutions : £ 493 35 . to the Benevolent ; £ ijs 4 s - Da to the Girls ;
and * 561 9 s . to the Boys . But Kent had ten boys m the Boys' School , who cost £ 42 a year each ( £ 420 ); ten old men on the Benevolent Institution , at £ 40 a year each ( £ 400 ) ; six widows at £ 32 each ( £ 192 ); and two widows receiving half their late husbands' annuities ( £ 40 ) , or £ ' 632 ; and five girls in the Girls' School at £ 3 6 each ( £ r 8 o ) . So that Kent was receiving yearly from the three institutions £ 1232 , or £ 2 . 4 s . more than she
had contributed in the present year . Kent was not such a large and important province as West Yorkshire , or East or West Lancashire ; but it had contributed to the charities a sum of which it might well be proud when comparing what it had done with what had been done by those important centres of Masonry . Looking at what it had done , every candidate it put forward was entitled to be successful . , The brethren shortly afterwards separated ,
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CORNWALL
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge and General Communication of the Freemasons of the Province of Cornwall was held on Thursday , 5 th inst . The place of meeting was Launccston , or Dunheved , or Llanstephadon , as that ancient corporate township is variously recorded in its early history .
Launccston stands on the main coach road through the centre , of Cornwall , but from one of those odd changes effected in railway times by the innovations of the iron road is now difficult of access from the greater part of Cornwall . Notwithstanding that inconvenience , there was , however , a large attendance of the officers of the Province at Thursday ' s meeting , many of them having slept at Plymouth or Tavistock the previous night . Over four hundred wcie
present . The room was tastefully fitted up with the banners ol the Order , the usual Masonic insignia , national colours , and festoons of foliage . The Provincial Gtand Lodge was opened at the Western Subscription Rooms , at 10 . 30 a . m ., by the R . W . the P . G . M ., the Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumb ; ,
supported by the acting officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , ofwhom the following were in their plac . s : R . V >' - Bro , E . T . Carlyon , P . P . S . G . W ., Deputy P . G . M ., pro . tern . ; W . Bros , the Rev . G . L . Church , P . S . G . W . ; E . Dixon Andcrton , P . J . G . W ; the Rev . J . . B . Jones , U . K ., P . J-GCnap . ; W . Tweedy , P . G . Treas . ; W . Jenkins , P . G . Registrar ; E . T . Carlyon , P . G . Sec . ; R . John , P . P . G . D . C ,
Assistant to Prov . G . Sec ; J . Cardcw , P . P . G . D . ; T . White . P . G . S . Wks . ; J . W . Chcgwidden , P . G . D . C ; T . Gill , P . A . G . D . C . ; J . Vivian , P . G . S . B . ; R . Carter , P . G . O . ; A . ' 1 Grant , P . G . Purs . ; W . Rooks , P . G . A . Purs . ; T . Webber , C . G . Archer , G . Barnes , T . C Polglaze , J . Burgess , W . Tonkin , T . C . Stephens , P . G . Stewards , and W . Rusdcn , P . G . Tyler . Among the other additional officers present were also
the following : —W . Bros . W . J . Hughan , P . P . G . Sec . P . G . D . England ; Col . Peard , P . P . G . S , W . ; J . G . Mason . P . P . S . G . W . ; F . J . Hext , P . P . S . G . W . ; T . Geach , P . P- &' J . W . ; I . Latimer , P . P . G . j . W . Devon ; H . G . Coin" . P . P . G . S . W . ; the Rev . G . Ross , P . P . G . Chap . ; the ««• W . S . Sloane Evans , P . P . G . Chap . Devon ; the Rev . H- ANo . l , P . P . G . Chap ., Aberdeen ; the Rev . W- H . Bloxsome . P . P . G . Chap . ; E . Holmes , P . M . 114 , P . P . G . Reg- PPGDCSuffolk WLakePPGRegC T . Pea «*
..... ; . , ... . ; . P . P . G . J . D . ; W . H . Bickford , P . P . G . S . D ; H ; Cochrane , P . P . G . J . D . ; S . Holloway , P . P . G . J . UD . II . W . Horlock , P . P . G . Reg . Oxon ; W . N . Glcncro * . P . G . S . Wks . Oxon ; W . D . Pearse , P . P . G . S . Wks . ; J " Aitken Davies , P . P . G . S . Wks . Devon ; Jno . Du rt '