Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cumberland.

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF CUMBERLAND .

_ he Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons was held on the 27 th ult ., at Maryport , under the auspices of tbe Whitwell Lodge , 151 , of which Bro . J . Gardiner is W . M . Prov . Grand Lodge was opened and presided over bv ' the Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Bective , R . W . P . G . M . M . M ., assisted by Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., W . D . P . G . M . M . M .,

and Bro . F . Binckes , G . S . M . M . M ., London . The usual business of the lodge having been transacted , the P . G . M . appointe d his Provincial Officers as follows : —Colonel Whitwell , D . P . G . M . M . M . ; J . Nicholson , P . G . S . W . ; W . Pratchit , P . G . J . W . ; M'iCay , M . O . ; Cooke , S . O . ; Henry , TO . ; Beeby , C . ; Wheatley , P . G . T . ; Pe de E . Collin , PG . R . M . and P . G . S . ; J . R . Tickle , P . G . S . D .-, J . Barr ,

PG . J . D , ; W . B . Gibson , P . G . S . B . ; Potter , P . G . D . C ; J . Smith , P . G . O . ; J . Gardiner , P . G . J . W . ; E . Tyson , P . G . I . G . The brethren subsequently sat down to a sumptuous banquet , prepared by Miss A . Banks . The lodge having been duly opened , the following brethren were advanced to the honourable Degree of M . M . M ., ., *» . —Rrns . T . Goodinp * . R . R . Hunter . Picklhall . Rnhsnn .

Watson and Grayson . The ceremony of consecration was then proceeded with in a most able manner by the Consecrating Officer . A board of Installed M . M . M . was then formed , and Bro . McKay was duly installed , the ritual being given in a very impressive manner . On the re-admission of the hrtthren the Newly-Installed Master received the usual

salutations , which were given under the direction of the Installing Master . The . W . M . then proceeded to install his officers as follows : —Bros . Godfrey , S . W . ; Cranston , J . W .-, J . Gooding , M . O . ; \ V . Hall , S . O ., pro Nelson ; Hunter , J . O . ; J . Pickthall , Treas . ; Robson , Reg . ; Watson , Sec . ; Grayston , S . D . ; Stanton , J . D . ; pro Lisson ; J Croskell , I . G ., pro Thonibcr . The Installing Officer having addressed the brethren in a most impressive

manner , it was unanimously resolved , on the motion of the W . M ., seconded by Bro . Godfrey , that Bros . Binckes , Dr . Moore , and E . Simpson , be made honorary members . The usual proclamations were then made , and the lodge closed according to ancient custom . The brethren then adjourned to the Commercial Hotel , and sat down to a sumptuous banquet , provided by the newly-installid officers . The usual toasts consequent on such a gathering were given , and a very pleasant evening was spent .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The monthly meeting of the Committee of this institution was held on Wednesday afternoon in the library , Freemasons Hall , Col . Creaton in the chair . There were also present Bros . S . Rawson , Benj . Head , H . G . Warren , Joseph Smith , W . Hale , Thos . W . White , J . Newton , M . Lew . C . A . Cottebrune . lames Brett . A . H . Tatters .

all , R . Wentworth Little , C . F . Hogard , Raynham W . Stewart , H . Massey ( "Freemason" ) , W . Hilton , Dr . Jabez Hogg , and James Terry , Secretary . The Secretary read the report , and afterwards authority was given to sign cheques which had been recommended oy the committee ' s report . In the report there was a recommendation for an increase of . £ 20 a vear in the salarv

of the clerk in thc Secretary ' s service . The petitions of four males and five females were then received , and the petitioners were placed on the list for next election , after which Col . Creaton gave notice of motion to come on at the next meeting of the Committee that thc Secretary ' s salary be increased £ 100 , to commence from December next . The Committee then adjourned .

Obituary.

Obituary .

THE RT . HON . GEORGE , MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE . It is our painful duty to record the death of Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Marquis of Tvveeddale , Past Grand Master of Scotland , which sad event took place on Tuesday last , at his residence , Yester House , Haddingtonshire . The deceased peer , who was in his ooth year , had been ill for

: ° rne time , and recently he was severely burned by falling into the lire in his dressing room at Oxenford Castle , as noticed in our columns a short time back . He was the eighth marquis in the peerage of Scotland and a representative peer for Scotland . ' . having , as the result of a long military career , attained the distinction of Field-Marshal , knight of the Thistle , and the Grand Cross of the Bath .

LORD MAYOR ' DAY '— Subjoined is the "fhcia ! route of the forthcoming civic pageant on the 9 th ™ November , on the occasion of the Lord Mayor elect , Sir ' nomas White , going from the Guildhall to Westminster , 0 be presented to the Barons of the Exchequer . The cortege will leave the Guildhall about one o'clock , and proceed by way of King Street , Cheapside , St . Martin ' s le ... .. '" »_ Aldersgate Street , Jewin Street . Fore Street . London

IW „ ' Wormwoo-i Street , Houndsditch , Minories , r » n l ° ' Tower Hi ,, « Great Tower Street , Eastcheap , FWB ? tr t ' Paul's Churchyard , Ludgate Hill , Th * ' Strand ' Charing Cross , and Parliament Street . Q ur ^ 'v J 0 !* rn * -y wiU be by the Thames Embankment , Guildh h treet ' Queen Strcet ' and Kin S Street to

Lodt / T ? of the annual banquet of the Star cut b » c . . {!* struction ! No- I 27 S . 's unavoidably crowded > out will appear in the issue for the 21 s . super sedIrt '^ OI ? fort ' . economy promoted . Gas 'own 1 w irtL- ^ ' ? day'ig 1 " ""fleeted in dark

The Visit Of The Prince And Princess Of Wales To Glasgow.

THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES TO GLASGOW .

The arrangements at Renfrew for the reception of the Prince and Princess of Wales on the 16 th inst ., are now taking a somewhat definite shape , and there is every probability that the Royal burgh will for the time present a gayer appearance than on any previous occasion within

its ancient history . From the railway station to the new municipal buildings the road will be lined with the 2 nd Battallion Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers . At a point on the route will be erected two platforms at the expense of Colonel and the Hon . Mrs Campbell , for the convenience of the tenantry of the Blythswood estate , and the children attending the Blythswood Sunday school . The address ,

which is to be presented to the Royal visitors in front of the new municipal buildings , has been drawn out by Professor Robertson , assisted by Mr Herron ( town clerk ) , and Mr W . M . Wilson , writer , and it has been forwarded to the Prince of Wales for his approval . The municipal authorities of Renfrew intend on the occasion to depart from the usual stereotyped rule of presenting the address

in cither a gold or silver casket . They have been kin dly furnished by Lady Anne Speirs , of Elderslie , with a piece of the timber of the " Wallace Oak , " which grew at Elderslie , and from this they have arranged to have manufactured a handsome casket , which will bear the armorial crests of the burgh and a suitable inscription . For the purpose of permitting as many of the community

as possible to witness the ceremony of presenting this address , a platform to hold about 2000 persons will be erected in front of the Town Hall . On the same evening , a grand invitation ball will bc held in the Town HaU , at which it is expected there will be a gay anti fashionable assemblage , but it is not anticipated that either of the Royal visitors will attend it . The town will be

elaborately illuminated . A select party of distinguished ladies and gentlemen are to have the honour of dining with the Prince and Princess of Wales at Blythswood House in tl e evening , amongst whom will be the Duke of Buccleueh and Lady Mary Scott , Earl and Countess of Bredalbane ,

Earl of Dunmore , Lord and Lady Colville of Culross , Lord Carington , Sir Michael and Lady Octavia Shaw-Stewart , Lord Provost of Glasgow , and Miss Bain , Mr Sykes , M . P ., Mr . Andrew Cockerell , Miss Knollys , ladyin-waiting on the Princess of Wales , Mr . Knollys , Private secretary , and Col , Teesdale , equerry-in-waiting .

The Official Programme.

THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME .

The official programme of the order of proceedings to be observed by the members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , thc Masters of Lodges , and the brethren generally upon the occasion of the demonstration of Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., at the laying of thc memorial stone of the new Post Office buildings in George Square by His Royal

Highness the Prince of Wales , his just been issued by Bro . John Laurie , Grand Secretary , under order of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master Mason of Scotland , Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart , Bart . It announces that the members of Grand Lodge will assemble in the Albany Academy , 44 , West Cumberland Street , at 1 . 30 p . m . precisely , when and where Grand Lodge will be opened , and

thereafter adjourned for the ceremonial of the day . The daughter lodges will muster in Burnbank Grounds , Great Western Road , at half-past twelve o ' clock noon , the lodges being enjoined to eater by the north-east gate , where they will be received by the assistant Marshals and conducted to their respective divisions . Any lodges arriving after 1 . 30 p . m . will have to take the junior position in the

procession ; and after the leading column has marched off no lodge will be allowed to join in . Thc Grand Lodge having been adjourned , the members thereof will put themselves under the immediate direction of the Grand Director of Ceremonies . The daughter lodges will be under the entire control of the Grand Marshals , and will be arranged according to seniority on the roll . Upon a given signal

the procession will move off in the following order , viz .: — Band of music , office-bearers and members of daughter lodges , four abreast , the senior lodge in front , the commissioned officers of Provincial Grand Lodges , according to the seniority of their provinces on the roll ; the officebearers of the Grand Lodge . The route of the procession will be by Woodlands Road , Lynedoch Street , Park Street

East , Park Circus , Park Street West , Park Terrace , Kelvingrove Park , Park Gardens , Claremont Terrace , Woodsidc Terrace , Woodside Cresent , Sauchiehall Street , West Nile Street , St . Vincent Street , a nd St . Vincent Place . When the procession has reached the triumphal arch at George Square it will halt , take open order , and the whole of the lodges in the rear will follow the

like example , so that Grand Lodge may pass through the ranks to the platform . The whole line of brethren will " stand fast" in their rank until His Royal Highness returns down the same , en route to the residence of the Lord Provost . The ceremony being over , the Grand Lodge will proceed by the north side of George Square , George Street , and John Street , to the City Chambers in

Ingram Street , where Grand Lodge will be closed . The brethren will then disperse . Full Slasonic costume is enjoined on the occasion , viz ., —Black , with white gloves and white tie . Bands of music brought by lodges are to consist of not less than eight performers , and all must be under the complete control of the Grand Director of

Music as to their place in the procession . We may add that the major portion of the lodges in the province are exhibiting their anxiety to make as creditable a show as possible on the auspicious occasion , and we think it only wants the element of favourable weather to render the day a memorable one in the annals of the Craft in Glasgow ,

Freemasonry In Canada.

FREEMASONRY IN CANADA .

GREAT PRIORY OF CANADA . The first meeting of this body held under the warrant issued by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , was held in the City of Montreal on Thursday , the 10 th August , Col . W , J . McLeod Moore presided . The patent of this appointment as Great Prior of thc Dominion of Canada was

presented and read , after which he was duly presented and installed in accordance with the rites of the Order . After the reading of his address , the election of officers was proceeded with , and the following is a b ' st for the present year : —Col . W . J . McLeod Moore , Supreme Great

Prior ; S . B . Harman , Great Sub-Prior ; Daniel Spry , Toronto , Chancellor ; F . J . Menet , Toronto , Constabb ; J . Greefield , Kingston , Marshal ; Edson Kemp , Montreal , Registrar ; J . R . Kerr , Toronto , Provincial Prior , Central Ontaria ; James Seymour , St . Catharines , Provincial Prior , Western Ontario .

The annual excursion and pic-nic of the Barrie Masonic fraternity being fixed to come off yesterday August 9 th , on board the Steamer Lady of the Lakes , to and at Longford , great preparations were previously made for a pleasant and agreeable time , and when the auspicious morning arrived , the brethren and friends , with their wives , families and other social connections , turned out in such numbers

as to fill both the lower and upper decks of the well trimmed and capacious Craft , Lady of the Lakes , as she cast loose from her moorings at the Northern Railway Wharf , on the morning of August the 9 th . The party was accompanied by excellent brass and quadrille bands , and the trip to Longford was thoroughly enjoyable . On reaching the secluded but lovely spot selected for the

pic-nic , the scene that presented itself to the view was really grand . Little groups were here and there scattered on thc green sward , screened from old Sol ' s scorching glances by the umbrageous foliage of convenient trees , to the number of at least 300 people—all enjoying the luxuries which their well-filled baskets afforded . After their appetites had been thus satisfied , the band struck up

exhilirating music , and soon a merry crowd were exercising themselves to its measured time , in the mazes of the dance , on a large platform erected for that purpose . Under the management of the committee the arrangements were all well carried out , and gave general satisfaction . Everybody seemed well pleased with the day ' s amusement . — " Barrie Examiner . "

At tbe meeting of Holy Land Conclave , of the Order of Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , held in the Masonic Hall , Toronto-street , Toronto , the following were elected officers for the ensuing year : —Bros . J . B . Nixon , 18 , Sov . ; R . J . Hovenden , 32 , V . S . ; Wm . Brydon , 32 ist G . ; John McKee , 2 nd G . ; F . J . Menet , 32 , Treasurer ; J . Ross Robertson , 18 , Recorder ; A . ' S . Irving , 18 ° , 0

Herald ; Joseph Purvis , 18 , Prelate ; George Watson 18 Prefect ; J . L . Dixon , Sentinel . The officers were duly installed by the M . P . S ., Bro . Daniel Spry , 32 ° . The Order of Red Cross has been organized and in working order in this city for some years , and is in a flourishing condition . This is the oldest of the outside orders ot Masonry , its establishment dating back to A . D . 313 . Its

ritual is beautiful and impressive , and year after year the order increases in efficiency and numerical strength . The Order bids fair to become eventually the leading as it is believed to be the most valuable Order of Knighthood in existence , not only on account of its sublime teachings and beautiful ceremonies , but because of its undisputed ancient origin . — " Toronto Telegram . "

A New Intelligence Department.

A NEW INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT .

The following letter appeared in the " Times" of October 6 th , and alludes to a paragraph which we published last week : — Sin , —In the interesting little note of your issue of today headed " A New Intelligence Department , " taken from " Allen ' s Indian Mail , " it would appear that the

natives about Dmapore , Patna , and neighbourhood have lately been seized with the belief that the British soldiers have orders to decapitate all natives found abroad after sunset or found in secluded places , the heads being deposited in the Masonic lodges , and by their means intelligence can be gained of any political intrigues . How like one Asiatic people are to another , to believe such childish

nonsense , is seen from the fact that some years ago , when I resided in the city of Batavia , gas was introduced there , and while the streets were all opened preparatory to laying the pipes and the gasworks were being erected , the natives got an idea into their heads that under each gasometer two barrels full of children ' s eyes were to be put ; a sort of ghost called a " choelik " going abroad at

night and scooping them out of the children ' s heads ; and this impression wis so general that like the natives of Patna and Dinapore , the Malays of Batavia would not issue from their homes at night . The Dutch authorities at last got tired of this folly , which really seized the immense native population of Batavia like a mania , and severely punished one or two of the natives , who ought to

have known better , and possibly did , and after this the nuisance abated . " Allen ' s Indian Mail" says that the fact that the natives can believe such things of our soldiers is very significant , but it is only significant to any thoughtful mind how very unfit such people are to rule

themselves . Just one word more about Masonic lodges . The Universal name for them among the Malays is " Roema Setan "—Devil's Houses . I remain , your obedient servant , J PERT . Thatched House Club , St . James ' s-street . October 5 th .