The Dutchman As A Freemason.

May the Dutch Freemason , and all other Freemasons , remember that deeds , and not ivords , give force and character to bear aloft such a standard with honour and success . ( Applause . )

Mr . President , in one of our German lodges you will find this sentiment chiselled in the Perfect Ashlar , and I am sure you will pardon me , in conclusion , if I commend it to the Holland Society and its distinguished guests : " Wir sind alle bruder , wir sincl alle gleich . ( We are all brothers , we are all equals . )"—Liberal Freemason .

Consecration Of The Clemency Lodge, No. 2341, At Oldham.

CONSECRATION OF THE CLEMENCY LODGE , No . 2341 , AT OLDHAM .

The consecration of the above lodge took place on Thursday , the 6 th instant , at the Union Club , Union-street , Oldham . Some few months ago the first steps were taken to form a new lodge by the brethren of the three lodges then existing in that prosperous town , namely , the Friendship , Unity , and Tudor , the most prominent in the matter being Bro . Clement V . Haworth , I . P . M . 1868 , and from whose name the Clemency is derived , he being the first W . M .

I he brethren assembled at 3 o clock , and soon after that time the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , was announced , and , followed by a numerous retinue of Grand and Provincial Grand Officers , took the chair , and appointed as his officers for the occasion Bros . J . O . S . Thursby , P . S . G . W . ; N . A . Earle , P . J . G . W . ; Rev . E . T . Wigg , P . G . Chap . ; T . Woodcock , P . G . D . of C . ;

C . E . Collingwood , P . D . G . D . of C . ; John Chadwick , P . G . S . B ., P . G . Sec . ; W . O . Pettitt , P . G . Org . ; and J . Bridgford , P . G . P . He was also supported by Bros . Geo . Mellor , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and J . H . Sillitoe , P . G . Std . Br . England . The lodge having been opened in the Three Degrees ,

The Consecrating Officer , Bro . Col . STARKIE , P . G . Master , addressed the brethren , and said it was now 101 years since the first lodge was consecrated in that worthy town , and it was a pleasant matter to all of them who were connected with the growth of Oldham to know that , like other matters in the town , had increased until there was plenty of room for a fourth lodge to be added to the three already existing there .

The usual formalities having been observed , the PROV . GRAND CHAPLAIN gave a short oration on the nature and principles of the institution . The Presiding Officer proceeded to dedicate and constitute the lodge , and the ceremony was brought to a close with the final Benediction . The PROV . GRAND MASTER requested Bro . H . L . Hollingworth , P . P . G . Treas ., to take the position of Installing Master . Bro . Clement V . Haworth , P . M ., W . M . designate , vyas presented .

After the usual formula , a Board of Installed Masters having been constituted , Bro . Haworth was duly installed in the chair of K . S ., and invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows : Bros . Herbert Andrews , S . W . ; J . T . Turner , J . W T . J . Carson , S . D . ; Frank Lawton , J . D . ; James Hilton , Treas . ; W . Seel , ' Sec . ; J . H . Anson , I . G . ; and B . Seel and E . Buckley , Stewards .

I he ceremony of installation being complate , the lodge was closed , and the brethren , with their distinguished guests , celebrated the occasion with a festival . The whole of the musical arrangements were splendidly arranged and carried out under the conductorship of Bro . W . O . Pettitt , P . G . O . The whole of the jewels and ornaments of the lodge were manufactured specially for the occasion b y Bro . George Kenning , of 47 , Bridge-street , Manchester , and London .

The following brethren were present : Bros . Col . le Gendre N . Starkie , P . G . M . ; Georg * e Mellor , D . P . G . M . ; I . H . Sillitoe P . G . Std . Br . ; John Chadwick , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . Sec- J . O . S . Thursby , P S * G . W . ; N . A . Earle , P . J . G . W . ; E . T . Wigg-, Prov . G . Chaplain ; Thomas ' Woodcock , P . G . D . C ; Charles Collingwood , P . D . G . D . C ; L . Hollin ° -worth P . Prov . G . T . ; Hamlet Lees , Prov . S . G . D . ; W . T . Schofield , Prov . j . G . D

A . H . Jefferis , P . P . G . D . C . ; C . D . Cheetham , jun ., P . P . G . D . ; J . VV . Abbott , P P G . D . C ; Walter H . Vaughan , P . P . G . R . ; John Greaves , P . P . G . S . of VV . ; Joseph Bridgford , P . G . P . ; Jos . Butterworth , P . ] . G . D . ; W . O . Pettitt , P . G . O . ; H . 'Taylor P . G . S . B . ; Chas . Wood , P . P . G . P . ; John VV . Thompson , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; lames Newton , P . A . G . Sec . ; J . W . Kenyon , P . P . G . S . of W . ; E . Hardman , P . G . D . ; Win Cartwright , P . A . G . P . ; E . W . Irving , P . P . G . S . ; Ashworth Law , P . G . S . ; James Cookson

, P . G . S . ; Thos . Higson , P . G . T . ; C . V . Haworth , I . P . M ., Joseph Broadbent VV . M ., W . Edwards , P . M ., W . T . Mitton , P . M ., John S . Glover , P . M ., H . Palleran ' P . M ., Jas . Hilton , S . W ., Geo . Lees , Org ., J . VV . Chadderton , S . Worthington , I T ' Turner , T . H . Anson , A . Broadbent , N . N . Haigh , B . Seel , R . T . Wood , W . Seel R * Buckley , and A . Whitehead , of 1 S 6 S ; J . Lord , T . J . Carson , L . Firth , J . Hudson , T H ~ Duckworth , P . M ., J . Wild , and F . Lawton , of 277 ; C BarkerP . M . A . B . Chadwick

, , S . W ., T . Collins , ] . Harrop , H . Murphy , S . D ., S . Davidson , H . Taylor , I . Riley VV * Potts , P . M ., G . BuIlerant , and T . Stevenson , I . P . M ., of 467 ; A . H . Williams , P . M , Treas ' F . W . Lean , P . M ., and C . Block , of 2156 ; G . S . Smith ; P . M . 1170 ; E . Goodwin ¦; 6- > ' - W . J . Kinder , P . M . ion ; W . H . Kershaw , P . M . 266 ; E . Buckley ; F . VV . Sutcliffe and J . Carter , J . D ., of 2279 ; J . Ashworth , W . M . 2 S 6 ; F . Henry , 33 6 ; and I Broadbent , P . M . 337 . J *

Consecration Of The Jersey Lodge, No. 2334, At Bicester.

CONSECRATION OF THE JERSEY LODGE , No . 2334 , AT BICESTER .

This interesting ceremony took place at Bicester , on Monday , the 10 th inst ., under circumstances rarely equalled for success , and auguring a bright future in the annals of Masonry in the Province of Oxfordshire . Masonry was not unknown to Bicester , as from " E . L . Hawkins ' s History of Masonry " ( W . R . Bowden ) we

learn that a lodge existed , No . 185 ; date of warrant , 5 th March , 1774 ; ancl appearing in the lists of 1807 and 1813 , and in the Union list as 224 , but erased before re-numbering in 1832 ; but no records of the lodge are known to exist . The D . P . G . M . earnestly hoped that some brethren of the lodge would unearth these treasures to local Masonry .

The consecration ofthe lodge was held at St . Eadburg ' s Hall soon after the arrival of the 4 . 15 train from Oxford , the place of meeting being everything that could be wished for , and as furnished with the necessary furniture and the brilliancy of the Masonic clothing of Grand , Provincial Grand , and Craft Officers , the scene was most impressive .

A programme of the form of consecration and of the music to be observed had been arranged and drawn up by Bro . W . R . Bowden , P . P . G . Org ., under the direction of the Dep . Prov . G . Master , Bro . Reginald Bird . The Prov . Grand Organist , Bro . W . H . Tarrant , of the Windrush Lodge , presided at the organ during the consecration , and Bro . W . R . Bowden at the installation following .

Consecration Of The Jersey Lodge, No. 2334, At Bicester.

The Deput y . Prov . G . Master assumed his position in the east , and appointed his consecrating officers as follows : Bros . Rev . H . Sayers , as S . W . ; A . C . Clark , as J . W . ; M . R . Weyland , as Dir . of Cers . ; and Rev . R . W . M . Pope , as Chaplain . After the lodge was fully opened , the Earl of Jersey , Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire , was announced , and , on being admitted , was heartily welcomed and saluted .

The consecration ceremony was then carried through in a remarkabl y correct and solemn manner , one especially remarkable feature being the oration given bv the Chaplain , Bro . Rev . R . W . M . Pope , P . G . C . of England , descriptive as it was in beautiful oratory of the power and general influence of the principles of the Order .

The founders of the lodge were Bros . Viscount Valentia , Fred Smith , W . Shillingford , James Roots , James Grant , Thomas Sare , and J . Cannon , and these brethren were afterwards appointed as the first officers of the lodge . The following brethren were present :

Bros , the Earl of Jersey , P . G . W . England ; Viscount Valentia , P . G . W . England , D . P . G . M . ; Reginald Bird , P . G . D . England ; Rev . H . A . Pickard , P . G . C . England ; F . P . Morrell , P . G . D . England ; A . C . Clark , W . M . Apollo Lodge ; A . R . Badcock , Alfred Lod ° e ; E . M . Bevers , VV . M . Churchill Lodsre ; VV . R . Bowden , VV . M . Bertie Lodge ; VV . J . Johnson , W . M . Churchill Lodge ; Rev . H . C . Habgood , W . M . Windrush Lodge ; Rowbottom , P . M . 102 S ; R . E . Baynes , P . M . 357 and 478 ; E . Butler ,

P . M . 1390 ; E . I ' . Greenwood , P . M . 1515 ; J . Bartlett , P . M . 1703 ; F . Ryman Hall , P . M . 340 ; A . Rowley , P . M . 340 and 1399 ; J . Coles , 1703 ; VV . E . Wood , P . M . 599 ; C . A . Doggett , P . M . 624 and 1 704 ; Harry Robbins , P . M . ' 399 > J-M . Davies , 47 S ; E . H . Cartwright , 357 ; W . S . Larver , 340 ; Cuthbert Shields , 473 ; Walter Harris , 1515 ; R . H . Marychuich , 1515 ; T . R . Knowles , 1515 ;

J . Hastings , 1515 ; W . H . Fan-ant , 1703 ; C . T . Brown , 340 ; H . W . Turner , 1515 ; W . Dunning , 375 ; A . E . Hunt , 1515 ; J . Swingburn , 1703 ; W . Brooks , 1 703 ; Alfred Buck , 1703 ; F . A . Hieatt , 1703 ; Capt . J . P . Airey , 340 and 1515 ; Philip Colville Smith , 357 ; H . P . Symonds , 47 S ; W . T . Rowe , 591 ; F . F . Selmann , 591 ; J . H . H . Fowler , P . M . 591 ; Lewis Barker , 591 ; and L . N . Simms , 591 , the five last brethren being visitors from other provinces .

The new Master , after his installation , appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . Fred . Smith , S . W . ; W . Shillingford , J . W . ; James Roots , Sec ; James Grant , S . D . ; Thomas Sare , J . D . ; J . Cannon , I . G .: and John T . Stewart , Tyler .

" Hearty good wishes " were given for the success of the lodge and the noble Viscount in the chair by the several visitors , Worshipful Masters , and from Grand and Provincial Grand Lodges , and ( " but that I am forbid to tell the secrets of my prison house , " & c . ) a long- list of worthy names was given in of coming Masons as future members of the Jersey Lodge .

The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Corn Exchange , where Bro . Cannon , as host , provided a banquet in every way worthy of the occasion , indeed , his efforts for the comfort of his guests could not have been surpassed . Bro . Viscount Valentia presided , having the Earl of Jersey on his right , and the other Grand Officers and distinguished visitors to right and left .

The customary loyal and Masonic toasts were given and received , and a very happy evening , enlivened by some songs from the brethren , terminated the day ' s proceedings . Bro . T . Sare , who had acted throughout as Secretary pro tem ., must be heartily congratulated on the result of his painstaking endeavours in so capitally arranging all the details .

Consecration Of The Wilberforce Chapter, No. 2134, Hull.

CONSECRATION OF THE WILBERFORCE CHAPTER , No . 2134 , HULL .

The consecration of this chapter , which took place at the Masonic Hall , St . Luke-street , Hull , on Friday , the 28 th ult ., created an unusual amount of interest , and brought together a very influential assembly of Royal Arch Masons . The novel feature of the Wilberforce Chapter is that it will be conducted on temperance principles ; that is to say no intoxicating liquors will be allowed to be consumed at

refreshments by members of the chapter . However , it does not follow that the members are all total abstainers ; nevertheless , the profane will not be able to say there is any temptation at this Masonic Hall for " nipping , " of which our worth y companion , Comp . T . B . Whytehead , speaks of in his letter " Hotels v . Halls , " which appeared in the Freemason of the ist inst .

In the absence of Comp . the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , Grand Superintendent of the Province of North and East Yorkshire , Comp . Lieut .-Col . the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett , P . G . Scribe E . England , P . P . G . H ., was the Consecrating Officer , and was assisted by Comps . W . Tesseyman , P . Z . -57 , P . G . H .. as H . ; M .

C . Peck , P . Z . 250 , P . A . G . D . C . Eng ., as J . ; T . Thompson , P . Z . 57 , P . P . G . J ., as S . E . ; F . Fullerton , P . Z . 1010 , P . P . G . Std . Br ., as S . N . ; John Clark , M . E . Z . 57 , P . G . P . S ., as P . S . ; W . Gillett , P . Z . 1605 , as ist Asst . Soj . ; M . Haberland , P . Z . 57 , P . P . G . N ., as and Asst . Soj . ; Walter Reynolds , P . Z . 250 , P . G . Treas ., as D . C ; D . J . O'Donoghue , P . Z . 57 , P . P . A . G . S ., as A . D . C ; J . R . Stringer , 57 , P . G . O ., as Org . ; T . Hewson , P . Z . 57 , P . P . A . G . S ., as S . B . ; and F . J . Lambert '

1010 , P . G . Janitor . The following Principals and Past Principals were also present : Comps . S . Rutter , H . 57 ; R . R . Hawley , H . 250 ; H . F . Pudsey , H . 1010 ; J . Chappell , M . E . Z . 1605 ; W . Stratford , J . 1605 ; J . R . Ausdell , P . Z . 1605 , P . P . G . S . B . ; and G . Spink , H . 1511 .

The acting M . E . Z . and other Principals and Past Principals entered the chapter bearing corn , wine , oil , salt , & c , and the chapter was opened . The following companions then entered and saluted the Principals : Comps . T . Taylor , J . Thyer , J . Mackaill , C . Borrill , J . Hargraves , J . Priest , L . Keller , W . W . Fletcher , and W .

Cuthbert , of 57 ; J . T . Fowler , G . Dimbleby , L . E . Stephenson , G . Leigh , G . Quibell , J . Dawson , O . Tholander , W . Fillingham , J . Meanwell , C . T . Capes , T . T . Davis , V . King , T . B . Redfearn , and W . Clayton , of 250 ; T . Foley , 294 ; T . A . Haigh , 1511 ; J . W . Tindell , A . Peat , A . W . Cook , G . Taylor , T . K . Brown , F . Winter , G . Fetch , J . Jennison , and G . W . Greenwood , of 1605 .

The CONSECRATING OFFICER stated the object of the meeting , and the PROV . G . S . E . asked him to consecrate the chapter . The petition and charter of constitution having been read , and the officers approved of , Comp . M . C . PECK delivered the following oration :

Excellent companions : On this auspicious occasion , it seems fitting that a few observations should be offered concerning the supreme Order of which this day a new chapter is consecrated to the service of the Most High . The exact origin of the Royal Arch is unknown , for although our most learned students have endeavoured to fix approximate data , yet references are frequently being discovered ( amidst the active investigations now in progress ) which carry the date further back . At one time , it was supposed

that the Degree was invented by the Ancient or Athol Masons , when Grand Lodge was founded , about 1750 , but the Royal Arch is referred to in a very rare work by Dr . D'Assigny , published in 1744 , and that in connection with the City of York . 'The early affection which York Masons have preserved for this Degree has been continued to the present time , and the establishment of this new chapter introduces the 16 th in connection with the roll of 30 Craft lodges , a proportion , I believe , exceeding that of any other province in England . The Supreme Degree of the Holy Royal Arch has ever been considered