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M.W. Bro. J. Ross Robertson, G.M., As A Masonic Author.
M . W . BRO . J . ROSS ROBERTSON , G . M ., AS A MASONIC AUTHOR .
" CRYPTIC AND KNIGHT TEMPLAR DEGREES . " As a writer and as a worker , Bro . Robertson ( of Toronto ) , the esteemed Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Ontario ) , is simply iinexhaustible , and appears to increase in vigour and capacity as the demands on his time , his abilities , and Irs energies multiply . Of his extraordinary generosity and benevolence I need not say a word now , as his overflowing goodness is known and appreciated far and wide . My object in this brief article is to refer to two works of a very important series now published and on sale ® ,
and to express the hope that we shall soon have the other two , in completion of the quartette of volumes , on the history of Craft , Royal Arch , Cryptic , and Knight Templar Masonry in Canada . Not that these exhaust his contributions as a literary Freemason , as there is still another book to be mentioned , viz ., "Talks with Craftsmen and Pencillings by the Wayside , 1890 . "
"THE CRYPTIC RITE . " I-confess it was a surprise to me to receive this volume , running to some 250 pages of closely printed matter , because it did not seem to me possible to devote so much space to such a subject and not be tedious . A perusal of the handsomely got up work , however , dispels any idea of weariness , and leads me to the conviction that it is the standard book in the English language concerning the Royal , Select , and Super-Excellent Degrees .
These ceremonies now conferred in Councils more or less separate , but virtually connected with Royal Arch Grand Chapters , were in early days given under the wings of Supreme Councils of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , though Bro . Robertson claims that the ) ' existed even prior to the formation of these liantes grades .
Capitular and Cryptic Masonry are hand in hand , as exponents of principles and ceremonies dear to both Rites , and generally speaking they appear to flourish side by side . In Division XIV . of the " History of Freemasonry and Concordant Orders , 1 S 91 , " - | " due attention is paid to the Cryptic Degrees by Dr . Grissom , who pays a graceful and well-earned tribute to Bro . Robertson , as also to Bro . T . H . Drummond , who contributes to the
volume by the latter Craftsman . It fell to my duty to write a brief account of those Degrees in England and Scotland for this new and very popular history of the " Fraternity Company , " but their career in this country of late years only dates from 1 S 71 , yet they evidently were worked—one or morein England at least a century ago , and possibly earlier . The best pamphlet
on the general subject is by Bro . C . K . Francis , of Philadelphia , U . S . A . ;} : The special features of Bro . Robertson ' s work are the abundance of facts furnished relating to all departments of the subject , and his readiness , not only to utilise the researches of his fellow labourers , but his generous acknowledgments for aid rendered , or light obtained from all sources , are scattered throughout its pages .
Such authorities as the revered General Albert Pike , the lamented Dr . Albert Mackey , and Bro . J . H . Drummond , the chief American writer on the historical side , are naturally and wisely frequently quoted and referred to by Bro . Robertson , besides which the origin and progress of all Grand Councils in the world are ably treated and carefully described at more or less length , as their age or importance demand . In fact , Bro . Robertson has been thorough from beginning to end .
"THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS . " Bro . Robertson has dedicated his " History of the Knights Templars of Canada " to our mutual friend the Grand Chancellor , M . W . Bro . Daniel Spry , P . G . M . of Canada , Sec . The terms of the compliment certify that
Bro . Spry is " A frater who has endeared himself to the author , through long years of personal friendship , and whose excellent qualities of heart and hand have raised him to a high p lace in the esteem of all Craftsmen . " This we all steadfastly believe , who enjoy the friendship of Daniel Spry as brethren and fellows of Chivalric Masonry .
The massive volume of 400 pages is rich in facts and bristling with statistics and information respecting the Knights Templars . Concerning the Order originally , Bro . Robertson , save in a brief introduction , has discreetly left that department in the hands of his numerous predecessors , but concerning the Masonic body , he has written so much and so well , that the work is the recognised authority for Canada , besides taking front rank with all the general treatises on the subject which have been issued of late
vears .
As the author truly observes in his very short preface , " the work speaks for itself . The records are as complete as fallible man can make them . . . . . The archives of every preceptory from the Atlantic to the Pacific have been searched , and their records read and carefully examined . " More than this , many of the famous "Allocutions" delivered by the
beloved Col . YV . J . B . Macleod Moore , Grand Master , at the annual meetings are to be found in the interesting volume . These tend to make the work still more valuable , as , excepting in the " Fraternity Company ' s " History , those inimitable addresses b y the chief Masonic Templar authority in the world will be all the more welcome , since the lamented ruler has gone to his reward .
The old warrant of 31 st October , 1 S 00 , granted for Kingston " under the sanction of Lodge No . 6 , " is given in facsimile , and the documentary evidence else abounds . M y impression is that more material has been found and used in this grand volume than could be obtained for a similar work in this country , and I cannot conceive any intelligent Knight Templar in Great Britain and Ireland , after perusing Bro . Robertson ' s important
H . story , not wishing another such work was written by a brother equally well informed and competent in reference to the Degrees of Masonic Kni ghthood in this country . With all good wishes and thanks to Bro . Robertson , especially in advance for the two concluding volumes of the series on the Craft and Royal Arch , I am now awaiting the advent of the next book b y this accomplished and industrious Craftsman . W . I . HUGHAN .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND .
The annual meeting" of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held in the Assembl y Rooms , King ' s Arms Hotel , Wigton , under the banner of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 327 , on Friday , the 6 th inst ., when , in the absence of the P . G . M ., through indisposition , Bro . L . F . B . Dykes , P . G . D . England ,
D . P . G . M ., presided , with Bro . Col . Sewell , P . P . S . G . W ., as D . P . G . M ., and the following Present and Past Grand Officers \ vere in attendance : Bros . G . J . McKay , G . Std . Br . England , P . G . Sec , and W . F . Lamonb y , Past S . G . W . of Victoria . They were received in form , and saluted according to rank , and
Bro . W . F . LAMONBY thanked the D . P . G . M . and the brethren of his mother province , on behalf of the sister Grand Lodge of Victoria , for the hearty welcome they had given him on his return to his native country . It is just turned 19 years since the Prov . Grand Lodge assembled under the banner of No . 327 , which is one of the senior lodges of the province , its warrant bearing date 21 st April , 1809 . The followine members were also in attendance ;
Bros . Rev . J . S . Ostle , M . A ., P . G . Chap . ; Rev . J . Ewbank , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . J . Anderson , P . P . G . Chap . ; Dr . Muir , P . M . S 72 , P . S . G . D . ; J . B . Thwaites , P . M . 339 , P . J . G . D . ; F . Toombs , P . G . S . of W . ; H . Wynn , P . M . 1400 , P . G . D . C ; G . Hill , P . M . 1390 , P . A . G . D . C ; W . S . Ponton , P . M . 327 , P . G . Purst . ; J . Bewley , P . M . 19 S 9 , P . S . G . W . ; J . Sewell , P . G . Tyler ; E . J . Burgess , P . M . 327 , P . G . Stwd . ; W . Matthews , P . M . 1532 , P . G . Stwd . ; William
Armstrong , P . M . 1267 , P . G . Stwd . ; Captain Broadbent , W . M . 119 ; G . Starkey , P . M . 119 , P . G . Stwd . ; T . Richardson , 119 , P . P . G . Tyler : J . Baty , P . M . 310 ; W . Pogson , H . Court , P . M . ; J . T . Graham , J . W . ; J . J . Hamilton , J . Graham , R . A . Clarke , J . Robinson , P . M . 327 ; J- Gate , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg . ; J . Pearson , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; T . Richardson , S . W . ; J . W . Kirkland , P . M . ; R . Pearson , 327 ; J . Harris , P . M . 327 ; G . Smiley , 339 -, W . H . Hoodless , P . P . G . Purst . ; j . Lazonby ,
P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; D . White , W . M . 327 ; Rev . Wm . Cree , 339 . 1074 , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; J . Simpson Yeates , 339 ; E . B . Penrice , P . M . 371 ; J . Dickinson , P . M . 371 , P . P . G . D . C . ; T . Mandle , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C ; J . Abbott , P . M ., P . P . G . Stwd . ; Rev . W . T . Melrose , 371 , P . P . G . Chap . ; J . Messenger , P . P . G . Tyler ; J . Ward , P . M . ; J . Reed , W . M . 371 : H . Murphy , T . Ormiston , P . M . 310 , P . P . A . G . D . C ; D . Atkinson , W . M . S 72 ; J . Moffatt , P . M . ; E . Pattinson , S . W . ; VV . H . Brockbank , E . Loach
, W . M . 9 62 ; D . H . Windeler , T . Mason , P . M . 1002 , P . P . G . P . ; ] . Hewson , S . W ., P . P . G . Tyler ; J . Towers , f . W . j Rev . H . D . Rawnsley , P . M . 1073 , P . P . G . Chap . ; W . Hodgson , P . M ., P . P . G . S . ' of W . ; ] . K . Lawies , J . Gibson , F . Treeby , J . F . Hope , J . D . ; T . Usher , P . P . G . Tyler ; H . Hallowell , I . G . ; J . Scott , C . Chnstopherson , J . Forester , 1220 ; G . Brooker , 1073 , P . P . G . Purst . ; E . K . Bouch , 1025 ; J . Nelson ,
P . M . 1267 , P . P . G . S . W . ; W . Armstrong , P . M . ; W . Irving , S . W . 126 7 ; J . Mills , P . M . 1390 , P . P . S . G . D . ; J . Kerly , P . M . 1400 ; T . B . Roxby , Tyler ; J . Nicholson , S . D . ; VV . Bellingham , J . R . Bell , F . Neill , T . E . Bedford , T . J . Richardson , W . M . 1532 ; John Wakefield , W . M . 1660 ; E . Jackson , J . D . ; J . Singers , D . C ; J . Dickinson , I . P . M . 19 S 9 ; C . Gowan , P . M . P . P . G . S . B . ; T . Temple , Tyler ; G . Watson , S . D . ; T . A . Andes , P . M . 2217 , P . P . G . Reg . ; and others .
The Prov . Grand Lodge was opened , and the roll of lodges called , when all were represented , with one exception . The muster from the other 19 lodges was all that could be desired , many having travelled a distance of nearly 100 miles to be present . The minutes of the last half-yearly meeting , held at Whitehaven last May , were read and confirmed .
In the unavoidable absence of the P . G . Treasurer , Bro . MCKAY read a statement of accounts , which showed a balance to credit of ^ 57 9 s . Fifty guineas and 10 guineas having been voted to two Institutions during the year , on the motion of Bro . Col . SEWELL , seconded by Bro . SPITTALL , P . S . G . W ., the accounts were passed as read .
Bro . Col . SEWELL moved , and Bro . SPITTALL seconded , that Bro . R . J . Nelson , P . M . 129 , be again elected P . G . Treasurer , which was unanimously carried . The D . P . G . M . then invested the following as Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year : —¦
Bro . T . A . Argles ( High Sheriff of Westmorland ) ... Prov . S . G . W . ,, Henry Bewes , P . M . 327 ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ Rev . T . Ewbank , 1002 ... ... •••7 D- „ r ru 1 ; , Rev . W . Cree , 1074 j Prov . G . Chapla . ns . „ R . J . Nelson , P . M . 129 ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ John Nelson , P . M . 126 7 ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ G . ] . McKay , G . Std . Br . England ... Prov . G . Sec . „ G . Starkey , I . P . M . 119 ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ Dr . White , W . M . 327 ••••¦•-. Prov . J . G . D . „ T . } . Richardson , VV . M . 1532 ... ... Prov . G . S . of W . ,, E . J . Burgess , P . M . 327 ... ... Prov . G . D . C .
„ J . Kerly , P . M . 1400 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . ,, VV . Armstrong , P . M . 126 7 ... ... Prov . G . S . B . ,, T . S . Moffatt , P . M . 872 ... ... ) D r C ( , ., " -, ' . T , „' r s , nr' \ Prov . G . Std . Brs . ,, h . Loach , W . M . 902 ... ... ... ) „ E . Kassell , W . M . 1074 ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ Geo . Dalrymple , P . M . S 72 , 1660 ... ... Prov . A . G . Sec . ,, Joseph Dickinson , P . M . 1989 ... ... Prov . G . Purst . ,, John Wilkinson , P . M . 1660 ... ... Prov . Asst . G . Purst . ,, Capt . Broadbent , W . M . 119 ... ... " )
„ A . C . Hardy , W . M . 129 ... ... { ,, J . Wharton , W . M . 310 ... ... •••ID r c Aa -n » . i- \\ 7 \/ t T „„„ > -Prov . G . Stewards . ,, i . Atkinson , W . M . 1002 ... ... ' „ G . Brooker , W . M . 1073 ,, Wm . Heathcote , W . M . 1989 „ J . Wakefield , W . M . 1660 ... ... Prov . G . Tyler .
The P . A . G . SECRETARY read the report adopted by the Charity Committee , which showed three local grants , viz ., six , five , and three guineas , which were unanimously confirmed as read . The P . G . SECRETARY read his annual report , which showed the province was still moving in the direction of prosperity . The annual returns and
collection of votes had been well attended to , and two brethren represented the province at the Boys' Festival last June—Bros . Dalrymple and Paterson —with lists ; the former £ 161 3 s . 6 d . and the latter £ 10 $ ; and two boys were elected to the School last month , not leaving a candidate upon the list . As many of the brethren were aware , it would soon be the silver wedding 01 the P . G . M . as chief of the province , and also another matter they could not
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M.W. Bro. J. Ross Robertson, G.M., As A Masonic Author.
M . W . BRO . J . ROSS ROBERTSON , G . M ., AS A MASONIC AUTHOR .
" CRYPTIC AND KNIGHT TEMPLAR DEGREES . " As a writer and as a worker , Bro . Robertson ( of Toronto ) , the esteemed Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Ontario ) , is simply iinexhaustible , and appears to increase in vigour and capacity as the demands on his time , his abilities , and Irs energies multiply . Of his extraordinary generosity and benevolence I need not say a word now , as his overflowing goodness is known and appreciated far and wide . My object in this brief article is to refer to two works of a very important series now published and on sale ® ,
and to express the hope that we shall soon have the other two , in completion of the quartette of volumes , on the history of Craft , Royal Arch , Cryptic , and Knight Templar Masonry in Canada . Not that these exhaust his contributions as a literary Freemason , as there is still another book to be mentioned , viz ., "Talks with Craftsmen and Pencillings by the Wayside , 1890 . "
"THE CRYPTIC RITE . " I-confess it was a surprise to me to receive this volume , running to some 250 pages of closely printed matter , because it did not seem to me possible to devote so much space to such a subject and not be tedious . A perusal of the handsomely got up work , however , dispels any idea of weariness , and leads me to the conviction that it is the standard book in the English language concerning the Royal , Select , and Super-Excellent Degrees .
These ceremonies now conferred in Councils more or less separate , but virtually connected with Royal Arch Grand Chapters , were in early days given under the wings of Supreme Councils of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , though Bro . Robertson claims that the ) ' existed even prior to the formation of these liantes grades .
Capitular and Cryptic Masonry are hand in hand , as exponents of principles and ceremonies dear to both Rites , and generally speaking they appear to flourish side by side . In Division XIV . of the " History of Freemasonry and Concordant Orders , 1 S 91 , " - | " due attention is paid to the Cryptic Degrees by Dr . Grissom , who pays a graceful and well-earned tribute to Bro . Robertson , as also to Bro . T . H . Drummond , who contributes to the
volume by the latter Craftsman . It fell to my duty to write a brief account of those Degrees in England and Scotland for this new and very popular history of the " Fraternity Company , " but their career in this country of late years only dates from 1 S 71 , yet they evidently were worked—one or morein England at least a century ago , and possibly earlier . The best pamphlet
on the general subject is by Bro . C . K . Francis , of Philadelphia , U . S . A . ;} : The special features of Bro . Robertson ' s work are the abundance of facts furnished relating to all departments of the subject , and his readiness , not only to utilise the researches of his fellow labourers , but his generous acknowledgments for aid rendered , or light obtained from all sources , are scattered throughout its pages .
Such authorities as the revered General Albert Pike , the lamented Dr . Albert Mackey , and Bro . J . H . Drummond , the chief American writer on the historical side , are naturally and wisely frequently quoted and referred to by Bro . Robertson , besides which the origin and progress of all Grand Councils in the world are ably treated and carefully described at more or less length , as their age or importance demand . In fact , Bro . Robertson has been thorough from beginning to end .
"THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS . " Bro . Robertson has dedicated his " History of the Knights Templars of Canada " to our mutual friend the Grand Chancellor , M . W . Bro . Daniel Spry , P . G . M . of Canada , Sec . The terms of the compliment certify that
Bro . Spry is " A frater who has endeared himself to the author , through long years of personal friendship , and whose excellent qualities of heart and hand have raised him to a high p lace in the esteem of all Craftsmen . " This we all steadfastly believe , who enjoy the friendship of Daniel Spry as brethren and fellows of Chivalric Masonry .
The massive volume of 400 pages is rich in facts and bristling with statistics and information respecting the Knights Templars . Concerning the Order originally , Bro . Robertson , save in a brief introduction , has discreetly left that department in the hands of his numerous predecessors , but concerning the Masonic body , he has written so much and so well , that the work is the recognised authority for Canada , besides taking front rank with all the general treatises on the subject which have been issued of late
vears .
As the author truly observes in his very short preface , " the work speaks for itself . The records are as complete as fallible man can make them . . . . . The archives of every preceptory from the Atlantic to the Pacific have been searched , and their records read and carefully examined . " More than this , many of the famous "Allocutions" delivered by the
beloved Col . YV . J . B . Macleod Moore , Grand Master , at the annual meetings are to be found in the interesting volume . These tend to make the work still more valuable , as , excepting in the " Fraternity Company ' s " History , those inimitable addresses b y the chief Masonic Templar authority in the world will be all the more welcome , since the lamented ruler has gone to his reward .
The old warrant of 31 st October , 1 S 00 , granted for Kingston " under the sanction of Lodge No . 6 , " is given in facsimile , and the documentary evidence else abounds . M y impression is that more material has been found and used in this grand volume than could be obtained for a similar work in this country , and I cannot conceive any intelligent Knight Templar in Great Britain and Ireland , after perusing Bro . Robertson ' s important
H . story , not wishing another such work was written by a brother equally well informed and competent in reference to the Degrees of Masonic Kni ghthood in this country . With all good wishes and thanks to Bro . Robertson , especially in advance for the two concluding volumes of the series on the Craft and Royal Arch , I am now awaiting the advent of the next book b y this accomplished and industrious Craftsman . W . I . HUGHAN .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND .
The annual meeting" of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held in the Assembl y Rooms , King ' s Arms Hotel , Wigton , under the banner of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 327 , on Friday , the 6 th inst ., when , in the absence of the P . G . M ., through indisposition , Bro . L . F . B . Dykes , P . G . D . England ,
D . P . G . M ., presided , with Bro . Col . Sewell , P . P . S . G . W ., as D . P . G . M ., and the following Present and Past Grand Officers \ vere in attendance : Bros . G . J . McKay , G . Std . Br . England , P . G . Sec , and W . F . Lamonb y , Past S . G . W . of Victoria . They were received in form , and saluted according to rank , and
Bro . W . F . LAMONBY thanked the D . P . G . M . and the brethren of his mother province , on behalf of the sister Grand Lodge of Victoria , for the hearty welcome they had given him on his return to his native country . It is just turned 19 years since the Prov . Grand Lodge assembled under the banner of No . 327 , which is one of the senior lodges of the province , its warrant bearing date 21 st April , 1809 . The followine members were also in attendance ;
Bros . Rev . J . S . Ostle , M . A ., P . G . Chap . ; Rev . J . Ewbank , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . J . Anderson , P . P . G . Chap . ; Dr . Muir , P . M . S 72 , P . S . G . D . ; J . B . Thwaites , P . M . 339 , P . J . G . D . ; F . Toombs , P . G . S . of W . ; H . Wynn , P . M . 1400 , P . G . D . C ; G . Hill , P . M . 1390 , P . A . G . D . C ; W . S . Ponton , P . M . 327 , P . G . Purst . ; J . Bewley , P . M . 19 S 9 , P . S . G . W . ; J . Sewell , P . G . Tyler ; E . J . Burgess , P . M . 327 , P . G . Stwd . ; W . Matthews , P . M . 1532 , P . G . Stwd . ; William
Armstrong , P . M . 1267 , P . G . Stwd . ; Captain Broadbent , W . M . 119 ; G . Starkey , P . M . 119 , P . G . Stwd . ; T . Richardson , 119 , P . P . G . Tyler : J . Baty , P . M . 310 ; W . Pogson , H . Court , P . M . ; J . T . Graham , J . W . ; J . J . Hamilton , J . Graham , R . A . Clarke , J . Robinson , P . M . 327 ; J- Gate , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg . ; J . Pearson , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; T . Richardson , S . W . ; J . W . Kirkland , P . M . ; R . Pearson , 327 ; J . Harris , P . M . 327 ; G . Smiley , 339 -, W . H . Hoodless , P . P . G . Purst . ; j . Lazonby ,
P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; D . White , W . M . 327 ; Rev . Wm . Cree , 339 . 1074 , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; J . Simpson Yeates , 339 ; E . B . Penrice , P . M . 371 ; J . Dickinson , P . M . 371 , P . P . G . D . C . ; T . Mandle , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C ; J . Abbott , P . M ., P . P . G . Stwd . ; Rev . W . T . Melrose , 371 , P . P . G . Chap . ; J . Messenger , P . P . G . Tyler ; J . Ward , P . M . ; J . Reed , W . M . 371 : H . Murphy , T . Ormiston , P . M . 310 , P . P . A . G . D . C ; D . Atkinson , W . M . S 72 ; J . Moffatt , P . M . ; E . Pattinson , S . W . ; VV . H . Brockbank , E . Loach
, W . M . 9 62 ; D . H . Windeler , T . Mason , P . M . 1002 , P . P . G . P . ; ] . Hewson , S . W ., P . P . G . Tyler ; J . Towers , f . W . j Rev . H . D . Rawnsley , P . M . 1073 , P . P . G . Chap . ; W . Hodgson , P . M ., P . P . G . S . ' of W . ; ] . K . Lawies , J . Gibson , F . Treeby , J . F . Hope , J . D . ; T . Usher , P . P . G . Tyler ; H . Hallowell , I . G . ; J . Scott , C . Chnstopherson , J . Forester , 1220 ; G . Brooker , 1073 , P . P . G . Purst . ; E . K . Bouch , 1025 ; J . Nelson ,
P . M . 1267 , P . P . G . S . W . ; W . Armstrong , P . M . ; W . Irving , S . W . 126 7 ; J . Mills , P . M . 1390 , P . P . S . G . D . ; J . Kerly , P . M . 1400 ; T . B . Roxby , Tyler ; J . Nicholson , S . D . ; VV . Bellingham , J . R . Bell , F . Neill , T . E . Bedford , T . J . Richardson , W . M . 1532 ; John Wakefield , W . M . 1660 ; E . Jackson , J . D . ; J . Singers , D . C ; J . Dickinson , I . P . M . 19 S 9 ; C . Gowan , P . M . P . P . G . S . B . ; T . Temple , Tyler ; G . Watson , S . D . ; T . A . Andes , P . M . 2217 , P . P . G . Reg . ; and others .
The Prov . Grand Lodge was opened , and the roll of lodges called , when all were represented , with one exception . The muster from the other 19 lodges was all that could be desired , many having travelled a distance of nearly 100 miles to be present . The minutes of the last half-yearly meeting , held at Whitehaven last May , were read and confirmed .
In the unavoidable absence of the P . G . Treasurer , Bro . MCKAY read a statement of accounts , which showed a balance to credit of ^ 57 9 s . Fifty guineas and 10 guineas having been voted to two Institutions during the year , on the motion of Bro . Col . SEWELL , seconded by Bro . SPITTALL , P . S . G . W ., the accounts were passed as read .
Bro . Col . SEWELL moved , and Bro . SPITTALL seconded , that Bro . R . J . Nelson , P . M . 129 , be again elected P . G . Treasurer , which was unanimously carried . The D . P . G . M . then invested the following as Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year : —¦
Bro . T . A . Argles ( High Sheriff of Westmorland ) ... Prov . S . G . W . ,, Henry Bewes , P . M . 327 ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ Rev . T . Ewbank , 1002 ... ... •••7 D- „ r ru 1 ; , Rev . W . Cree , 1074 j Prov . G . Chapla . ns . „ R . J . Nelson , P . M . 129 ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ John Nelson , P . M . 126 7 ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ G . ] . McKay , G . Std . Br . England ... Prov . G . Sec . „ G . Starkey , I . P . M . 119 ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ Dr . White , W . M . 327 ••••¦•-. Prov . J . G . D . „ T . } . Richardson , VV . M . 1532 ... ... Prov . G . S . of W . ,, E . J . Burgess , P . M . 327 ... ... Prov . G . D . C .
„ J . Kerly , P . M . 1400 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . ,, VV . Armstrong , P . M . 126 7 ... ... Prov . G . S . B . ,, T . S . Moffatt , P . M . 872 ... ... ) D r C ( , ., " -, ' . T , „' r s , nr' \ Prov . G . Std . Brs . ,, h . Loach , W . M . 902 ... ... ... ) „ E . Kassell , W . M . 1074 ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ Geo . Dalrymple , P . M . S 72 , 1660 ... ... Prov . A . G . Sec . ,, Joseph Dickinson , P . M . 1989 ... ... Prov . G . Purst . ,, John Wilkinson , P . M . 1660 ... ... Prov . Asst . G . Purst . ,, Capt . Broadbent , W . M . 119 ... ... " )
„ A . C . Hardy , W . M . 129 ... ... { ,, J . Wharton , W . M . 310 ... ... •••ID r c Aa -n » . i- \\ 7 \/ t T „„„ > -Prov . G . Stewards . ,, i . Atkinson , W . M . 1002 ... ... ' „ G . Brooker , W . M . 1073 ,, Wm . Heathcote , W . M . 1989 „ J . Wakefield , W . M . 1660 ... ... Prov . G . Tyler .
The P . A . G . SECRETARY read the report adopted by the Charity Committee , which showed three local grants , viz ., six , five , and three guineas , which were unanimously confirmed as read . The P . G . SECRETARY read his annual report , which showed the province was still moving in the direction of prosperity . The annual returns and
collection of votes had been well attended to , and two brethren represented the province at the Boys' Festival last June—Bros . Dalrymple and Paterson —with lists ; the former £ 161 3 s . 6 d . and the latter £ 10 $ ; and two boys were elected to the School last month , not leaving a candidate upon the list . As many of the brethren were aware , it would soon be the silver wedding 01 the P . G . M . as chief of the province , and also another matter they could not