Provincial Grand Lodge Of Fife.

"Happy to meet , sorry to part , and happy to meet again . " It is hardly necessary to say that the brethren were highly gratified with the excellent arrangements and work performed under the direction

0 f P . G . M . Whyte-Melville , whose devotion to the Order is well known and highly appreciated by all Freemasons . In the evening a ball was given in the hall , when good fellowship was observed—the old

maxim of the Order " We meet on the level , and part on the square , " was evidently not forgotten by the brethren present . Everything went on successfully , and the " Guy Fawkes' day" of 1 S 73 , wi'l we are sure , be long remembered in and about Crossgates .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Derbyshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DERBYSHIRE .

¦ ' The Provincial Grand Lodge of Derbyshire Freemasons held their annual meeting on Wednesday the jth inst ., at the Assembly Rooms , Market-place , Derby . The attendance was not so large as usual . The lodge was opened at 2 . 30 by Bro . H . C .

Okeover , D . P . G . M ., in form , prayer being offered up by Bro . the Rev . A . A . Bagshawe , M . A ., Vicar of VVormhill , Buxton , R . D ., and Provincial Grand Chaplain . The minutes ofthe two previous Grand Lodges were read and confirmed . The Worshipful

Masters of the numerous lodges react their annual reports , from which it appeared that Masonry had very much increased during the past year . The Masonic Hall Committee presented their report , which was adopted . Bro . T . Cox was unanimously re-elected

Treasurer . A proposition was made that a sum of £ 2 50 be transferred from the funds of the Provincial Grand Lodge to the Derbyshire Masonic Hall fund . On the motion of Bro . J . CROSSLEY , P . P . G . S . W ., seconded by Bro . the Rev . A . A . BAG

SHAWE , P . G . Chaplain , the sum of ££ 250 was unanimously adopted . The Acting Grand Master then appointed the following as his officers for the ensuing year : — Rev . A . A . Bagshawe Prov . G . S . W . G . Hazlehurst Prov . G . J . W . Rey . M . H . Middleton Prov . G . Chaplain . J . M . Moore Prov . G . II .

J . D . Calder Prov G . S . D . S . Whitehead Prov . G . J . D . J . L . Gibbon Prov . G . S . of W . W . H . Marsden ... Prov . G . Sec . Milligan Prov . G . D . C . P . G . Hammond Prov . G . A . D . C . Allen Prov . G . Organist . Simpson Prov . G . S . B . J . Pym Prov . G . P .

G . Staley Prov . G . S . B . T . Slinn Pvov . G . T yler . Thos . Merry Prov . G . Steward . G . Woodiwise „ „ W . C . Watson „ „ „ Robinson „ \ P » ,, J . T . Eaton „ „ Amongst those present at the Grand Lodge were the following brethren . —H . C . Okeover

Wm . Naylor , Augustus A . Bagshawe , Wm . H Marsden , T . A . Jackson , James McAdam , G . H . Sheffield , W . Webb , M . D ., J . W . Web ster , W . L . Dodd , Geo . Garnham , J . S Writham , Wm . Welbourn , Thos . Slinn , F Campion , T . W . Moore , W . M . Hewitt , Geo

Waslehurst , Frank Iliffe , Thomas Horsley , G . T . Wri ght , J . Kinder , Joseph Pegg , W . H . Burton , Saml . Taylor , R . Waite , J . Hornsey Casson , John Maxwell , John Farnsworth , Jas . D . Calmer , Charles Parkin , Fredk . Turner , W . Certes * gg > M . H . Humphreys , A . W . Brentnali .

~ - R . Colvile , Isaac Bownier , James Worsnop , Samuel Whitehead , J . H . Jackson , J . Barr ° wby , B . A ., W . Knight , Wm . Brammall , Arthur Strutt , W . C . Watson , Thomas Merry , John Brown , J . C . Merry , Wm . Dawson , p ? ' Holmes , Jas . Hindle , Robt . Bindley , E . ^ "ndrod , Geo . Woodiwiss , J . Allen , Walter J-overock , Samuel Pipes , Geo . Pipes , W . E .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Derbyshire.

Webster , Henry Burn , W . J . Gothard , Thomas Henry Warner , P . J . Hammond , George Sperrey , John Hancock , Jos . Pym . D . Douglas , Jos . Fearn , Jonn Nield , James Ollerenshaw , R . Darwin , P . P . I . G . VV . Previous to the assembling of the Grand Lodge ,

the Hartington Lodge , held at the St . James ' s Hotel , vvas consecrated in ancient and solemn form by Bro . Okeover , D . P . G . M ., when Bro . the Rev . A . A . Bagshawe , P . G . C , delivered a very appropriate oration .

The banquet was held at the St . James s Hotel , at five o ' clock in the evening , under the presidency of H . C . Okeover ; Bro . the Rev . A . A . Bagshawe being in the vice chair . The usual Masonic toasts were given and duly responded to .

Consecration Of A New Lodge At Crosshill, Glasgow:

CONSECRATION OF A NEW LODGE AT CROSSHILL , GLASGOW :

Crossbill and Queen ' s Park , though fashionable suburbs of Glasgow , are not in the County of Lanark , but in the Masonic Province of East Renfrewshire . It having been thought desirable to open a lodge there , for the benefit of those who reside on the south side of

the city , Bro . J . D . Parkins , P . M . of 360 , with the assistance of Bro . Giles , and Findlater , set about raising a lodge , and in order that it mi ght be completed , they also determined to get up a hall of their own . The labours of the officers for the last few weeks have been unremitting , to

get the hall , fitted , painted and decorated , but the covp d ' teil presented , when it was opened fully repaid them £ for their trouble . The roof wants a little more attention to make it complete , but with that exception the arrangements were nearly complete . The chairs are massive ,

and covered with purple . Irfstead of the usual pedestals in front , they have followed the description of the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia by having at the right side a pillar with a wide top repsenting respectively the Doric Ionic , and Corinthian columns , the centre of the room was

covered with crimson cloth , the walls were tastefully draperied and ornamented with rosettes and evergreens . The hall is lighted from the roof , and perfectly ventilated . At half-past 4 o ' clock Col . Campbell , M . P ., P . G . M . of Renfrewshire East , entered the Hall , accompannied by H . Lee Hervey , P . G . D . M . ; W . Robertson ,

P . G . S . M . ; O . G . McGregor , P . G . S . W . ; J . Caldwell , P . G . J . W . ; Jas . B . Lamb , P . G . A . ; Rev . Stephen , P . G . Chap . ; Alex McLeod , P . G . S . D . ; Jas . Buchanan , P . G . S . B . ; John

Creswick , P . G . M . ; and Thos . Bustad , P . G . T . Amongst the visitors we recognised : —J . C . Spiers , Mother Kilwinning No . io ; T , J . Smilie R . W . M . No . 3 ; J . Miller , R . W . M . 87 ; A .

Burton , R . W . M . 109 ; J . Thickwood , R . W . M . r 57 J J- W'son , R . W . M . 219 ; G . McNaught , R . W . M . 273 ; J . Carringham , R . W . M . 357 ; J . Mere , R . W . M . 390 ; J . Anderson , R . W . M . 370 ; J- Miller , R . W . M . 413 ; J . Walker , R . W . M . 524 ; and C . Jum , P . M . 2 ( I . C ) . While the Royal Arch was represented by the

following Principals . J . Miller , Z . $ 0 ; J . Duthie , P . Z . 67 ; G . W . Wheeler , H . ' 73 ; J . Singleton , P . Z . 87 ; Thos . Holthet , 113 ; G . Thollon , Z . 119 ; and above 200 brethren . The

lodge having been opened in due form by the P . G . M . and his Wardens , the P . G . Chap , gave the invocation , the choir sang the Anthem " Ye gates lift up your heads . " The P . G . M . then gave an Oration on Masonry , in the course of which he narrated the history of Freemasonry

from the early days of Egyptian Masonry , stating that during his recent travelling in Egypt and the East , he was fully convinced that the necessity of organization at the building ofthe Pyramids and Temples of of antiquity had led to the establishment of Masonic Lodges . Let any one stand as he had at

the Temple of Avema and gaze at the statues of the gods , cut from the solid rock , with that gracious smile on their faces , as , like our J . W ., they sit with their backs to the rays of the sun , and then say that there is nothing in the alleged antiquity of our Order . This old fraternity of Masons had travelled all over Europe , and in our

Consecration Of A New Lodge At Crosshill, Glasgow:

own land they had left their marks in such places as the old Abbey of Thelwinny and the grand Cathedral of St . Mungo , in Glasgow ; the old Masons had done much fbr the exterior of it and the munificence of Masons and others had now so added to its interior magnificence , that it

stands a glorious memorial of the old Masonic art . No one can gaze on the old Masonic piles , and see the Mason marks left on them by the builders of former ages , and then go away and say there is nothing in Masonry , or that it is merely a thing of the present day . But the days

of the old operative Masonry are past , and now it is only mural temples that we have to build . These temples are built in our various lodges on the solid foundation of the open volume of the Sacred Law , and on this point he would ask them to bear in mind the grand address given them by

their own G . W . M . elect at the first meeting of the lodge . With such a Master , and such principles to guide them , he had no fear for the future prosperity of the Marie Stuart Lodge , but was sure that it would prove a blessing , not only to the brethren belonging to it , but to the whole

of the inhabitants of Crossbill , and even extend its influence to the City of Glasgow . After the lodge had been properly consecrated , the P . G . M . proceeded to install the following brethren as officers of the lodge : J . D . Porteus , R . W . M . ; Wm . Gillies , Depute Master ; John Johnston ,

Substitute Master ; J . Bro die , S . W . ; W . M . Mason , J . W . ; Thos . Renton , Treas . ; S . Findlater , Sec . ; James Stanning , S . D . ; and J . Fraser , J . D . The charge to the Masters was given by the P . G . M . in a masterly style , and with the address to the Wardens and Officers

elicited repeated cheers . The newly installed R . W . M . briefly thanked the P . G , M . for his kiodness in coming to conduct these ceremonies in person , and requested him to kindly continue to fill Hie chair during the remainder of the proceedings . Col . Campbell having resumed the

chair , the lodge was called from labour to refreshment , in the course of which the R . W . M . proposed "The Prov . Grand Lodge of Renfrewshire East , " expressing the thanks of the lodge to the brethren , most of whom had come from a considerable distance to assist in thee

ceremonies , Col . Campbell , M . P ., P . G . M . in reply expressed his pleasure and that of the Provincial Grand Lodge at the admirable arrangements that had been madefor their comfort , also for that of the numerous brethren , not only from their own Province , but from the Sister Province of

Glasgow who had to come to give eclat to the proceding Masonry , he said , was growing rapidly in his province , this was the seventh lodge he had consecrated in six years , and professed to be one of the best . He would now give , " Success to the Marie Stuart Lodge , with the Health of

its First Master . Bro . Porteus in replying invited the Sister Lodges in the Provinces of Glasgow , to visit them when they should be settled down to their ussal work . They had till the present been working under a dispensation , and then sickness had been great , but the large attendence

to-day he took as a augury- of even better things in the future , and it would be the constant care of himself and officer to see that Masonry did not suffer in any way to the establishment of the Maire Stuart . The lodge having been recalled to labour was shortly after closed by the P . G . M . in accordance with ancient custom . The

conceremonies were much enhanced by the excellent singing of the brethren who had volunteered to form the choir , amongst who we recognised Bros . Robert Faazer , J . Miller , 250 ; J , Mc-Phie , R . Robertson , Bolman , R . Seak , and others . Bro . Thompson presided at the Harmonium .

Am TO HAPPINESS AND HEALTH . —Bilious affections , with all their concomitant annoyances , induced by atmospheric changes , or too liberal diet , should be checked at once , or serious consequences may ensue . When any one finds his Mens less clear thnvi usual , his eyesight dimmed , and his head dizzy , with indisposition for all exertion .

physical or mental , lie may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some cooling and purifying medicine . Let him send at once for a box of Ilolloway's Pills , which will free him from his sufferings , and speedily recover his usual healthful feelings . If the bowels be irritable , 1 Jolloway ' s Ointment should be diligently rubbed over the stomach and liver every night and morning . —AUTT .