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lodges in furtherance of preferment to Grand rank . An appointment of Committee to prepare the by-laws and consider the fees to be paid , and some other routine business ensued , ancl after a cordial vote of thanks to the M . AV . Grand

Master for his personal attendance on the occasion , the Provincial Grand Lodge was closed , ancl subsequently also the Percy Lodge . The brethren then repaired to the Angel Inn , where a plentiful banquet had been provided , and at which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts

were duly honoured . AVe augur great success for the new province , as the officers appointed are really zealous for Mark Masonry , and will doubtless see that the several lodges under their control are made

perfect in their work . As an instance of the interest taken in the new province , we may note the fact that , amongst other London lodges represented , one , the Macdonaid , No . 104 , had its AV . M . and six officers present , with their Tyler in attendance .

The Provincial Grand Master presided at the banquet , and left with the London brethren for return to town soon after nine o ' clock .

INSTALLATION MEETING OF MACDONALD LODGE , No . 104 . This lodge met on Saturday last for the installation of its newly-elected AV . M . at the Head-quarters 1 st Surrey Rifles , Brunswick-road , Camberwell . It was numerously attended , and had among its many

visitors some distinguished Masons . The Rev . John Huyshe , P . G . M . Devon ; F . Davison , Dep . P . G . M . Middlesex and Surrey , the A ' . AV . Bro Elsich , Grand AVardcn for the District of the Punjaub ; Capt . Barlow , P . G . AVardcn ; and the Rev . D . Shaboe , were of these ; and the members of the

lodge who were present were Bros . Jas . Stevens , P . G . J . O ., AV . M . ; Eugene Cronin , G . S . D ., S . AV ; S . Rosenthal , P . G . D . C , J . AV . ; G . AVaterall , A . AA ' olton , T . Meggy , P . G . M . O ., P . M . ; C . Hammerton , Grand Steward , Sec . ; T . AVhite , C . Fountain , G . New . ) man , E . H . Finney , E . H . Finney , jun ., C . I . Dean "

Alfred Williams , A \ . AVorrell , and AA . Newton . There were besides , Bros . G . Barlow , Bon Accord ; A . Geraldin , J . Jonas , H , Massey , P . M . 22 ; John Strachan , 1319 ; and G . B . Portcous , 1216 ; and others . The AV . M ., Bro . James Stevens , first advanced

Bros . Portcous , Geraldin , Strachan , and Jonas ; and having then read communications from Grand Lodge , next thanked the brethren for the assistance they had rendered him during his year of office , and afterwards presented a handsome P . M . jewel to Bro . T . Meggy , the first AV . M . of this lodge . Bro .

Meggy having acknowledged the gift , promised the lodge his future support , and Bro . James Stevens , having first read the dispensation from the M . W . G . M ., proceeded with the ceremony of installing Bro . Cronin as Master . At its conclusion , the AV . M . invested Bro . Stevens as I . P . M ., and

presented him with a P . M . jewel . The following brethren were afterwards selected to serve as officers of this lodge for the year : —Bros . S . Rosenthal , S . AV ; C . Hammerton , J . . ; G . AVaterall , M . O . ; A . AVolton , S . O . ; AV . AVorrell , J . O . and Organist ; T . Meggy , P . M ., Treasurer ;

Berridge , Registrar ; Thomas \ V . AVhite , S . D . ; G . Newman , J . D . ; Alfred AVilliams , I . G . j C . Fountain , D . C ; E . II . Finney , jun ., AA'ine Steward ; \ V . Newton , Steward ; and ' Grant , Tyler . Bro . the Rev . G . H . Portcous was elected Chaplain to the lodge , and Bro . Meggy having delivered the final

addresses , The Rev . John Huyshe complimented the lodge on the efficiency of all its officers , and on the admirable manner in which llro . Stevens had performed the ceremony of advancement . As the

oldest Mark Mason in the lodge , and the oldest Provincial Grancl Mark Master , it had of course been his lot to sec workings of all descriptions , but he had never , during his career , witnessed better working than had taken place in this lodge , nor , indeed , had he seen it equalled .

The brethren then assisted the AV . M . to close the lodge , and adjourned , when this ceremony was completed , to a choice little banquet , which was aided by the supply of some delicious wines , the gift of the newly-installed W . M . Grace was said by the Chaplain , and the usual toasts followed . Bro . T . Meggy , P . G . M . O ., P . M ., in replying to

the toast of the Grand Officers , remarked that Earl Percy , the Dep . ( irand Master , was a most energetic Mark Mason , and whenever he was engaged on Masonic matters , made himself thoroughly master of the subject he took in hand . AVhen ' evcr his lordship spoke in Grand Lodge , he was listened to with attention , and what he said was received with respect . So favourable an impression had he

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created that when the time came for the present Grand Master to leave the chair the brethren of the Mark degree would no doubt supply his place by electing Earl Percy , and would feel that in doing so they were only performing an act of justice . Bro . Meggy added that the officers of Grand Lodge did

their duty . It did not , perhaps , appear that they had much to do ; butitwasonlyby attention to the affairs of that body by the Grand Officers that everything went on so smoothly in it . AVhile their services were appreciated , the Grand Officers felt that they had their reward , ancl they asked for no other .

Bro . James Stevens , P . G . J . O ., I . P . M ., proposed "The Provincial Grand Officers , " and eulogised the enthusiasm of Bro . Huyshe , who came all the way from Devonshire much more frequently than would generally be believed ; and of Bro . Davison , the Deputy Grand Master of a new province ancl

likewise a Mason who was very energetic . The Macdonaid Mark Lodge was composed of energetic Masons , and their labours were rewarded by grand office being conferred on many of its members . Their energy was shown by the presence of no less than nine of their members at the Moveable Grand

Lodge at Leicester , and the Master , the I . P . M ., the AV . M .-elcct , two Wardens , Secretary , and Tyler were at the constitution of the new province of Middlesex and Surrey at Guildford a few days ago . Being energetic themselves , they liked to receive energetic Masons , and . when such visited them ,

their humble table was under a deep debt of gratitude to them , especially when , as was the case today , among them were to be found brethren who hailed from a distant clime . This evening had been a most successful one—one especially , so , even among all the successful evenings that this lodge

had had during the last two years—and he had felt very much gratified that the Prov . G . Master for Devonshire , his native county , had recognised the quality of the working he had witnessed . Bro . Huyshe , Provincial Grancl Master for Devon , in the course of a lengthy reply , after

referring to the long time that he had been a Freemason—fifty years—asked whether any brother , however old a Mason he was , could say he regretted for one moment having become a Free and Accepted Mason . He did not ; but he should have had cause for regret if he had not become one , for

some of his clearest friends he owed to Masonry alone . AA'hcrcvcr he went , a brother held out " the right hand of fellowship . " He again expressed himself pleased at the working of the lodge , and hailed with peculiar satisfaction the appointment that day of a Chaplain . The value of such an

ofheer was very great , and he had no doubt the brethren would appreciate his services . Bro . Davison , Deputy P . G . M . Middlesex and Surrey , also responded , expressing his pleasure at what he had seen and heard , and regretting the absence of Colonel Burdctt , Prov . G . M ., from such

a treat , whom nothing but the most urgent circumstances , he was sure , would have kept away . Bro . Elsich ( District Grand AVardcn for the Pimjaub ) , who had been thirty years a Mason , and had during that time travelled in every part of the world , added his testimony lo the superiority of this lodge .

As he saw so many Grand Officers present , he would take the opportunity of laying before them for their consideration a hardship which he , in common with others in Her Majesty ' s service , laboured under . lie was constantly being shifted from one station to another , and this necessitated his paving joining

fees over and over again lo new lodges , lie thought that a remedy ought lo be found for this evil , because it became a heavy tax , and many officers could not afford it . Bro . the Rev . G . II . Portcous , Chaplain , replied for the newly-advanced brethren . He was convinced

that there was . 1 great deal of tiuth in the maxim , " Knowledge is power . " Every fresh fact gained , every new discovery made , every opening perception of the mind , every new aspiration developed in the soul , was power . It was to that extent delight , pleasure , being . Although we were not operative Masons ,

we were in some sense practical ones , and our knowledge attached itself to certain sentiments , impulses , and common hopes that belonged to visas men . If to entertain the creed of a Mason , know its formularies , understand its doctrines , search and be able to learn something of its symbolism , meant nothing

moie than the theoretical acquisition of a knowledge of its creed , formularies , doctrines , symbolism , then we were less than men and less than brethren . The knowledge we acquired was essentially a humanising power , its groundwork charily ; and if there was a philosophy at the back of our Masonic meetings , it

was this—thai our knowledge was to lead to practical consequences , to open-handed benevolence , to generous sympathies , to familiarity with the wants of the sick and the miserable , ' . he poor and the forsaken in every wav . It was to administer solace

lo those wiio were comfortless , homes to those who were houseless , and generosity to those whom Providence had cut off from kindness . As brethren , we ought to do a great deal on behalf of lhe Craft . Our Masonic art led to one sole object ,

how far could wc , in exchange for wit and wine , advance the interests of each other . It was not by preaching abstract doctrines , nor by enforcing ancient formularies , but by the genial intcrcoure of man with man , that the heart was opened to misery and suffering . As their Chaplain , he would preach

good-will towards men , and strive to impress upon them the grand distinctive principle of Masonry , cordiality — cordiality , having its background in charity ancl its sentiment in festivity . ( Cheers . ) Bros . Jonas ancl Strachan also responded . Bro . James Stevens proposed "The W . M . "

The AV . M . : I thank you very much indeed for the kind and cordial way in which you have received me to-night ; in fact , I think I am not egotistic when I say I expected nothing else , because I know how kindly you have behaved to mc ever since I have belonged to the lodge . I

really feel what a responsible position I am placed in , but more especially as I have seen what a very high position the Macdonaid Lodges have held , both in Mark ancl Craft Masonry , ever since they were founded , I never go anywhere ancl mention the name of the Macdonaid lodges , without being well

received ancl the lodges well spoken of . I am consequently highly pleased to belong to both . I do not know how I shall fill this chair ; I will , however , always try to do my best , and I am sure that what I fail in the Past Masters will help me in . At all events , you will know that if I fail my failing will

not come from want of good-will . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Meggy replied for the P . M . ' s , and Bro . Blight ( of Exeter ) for the visitors . This latter brother expressed his gratification at the style of work in the Macdonaid Lodge , and hoped he should see it introduced into the AA ^ est of England .

Bro . Davison , Deputy Prov . G . Master Middlesex and Surrey , offered himself as Steward for this lodge at the Grand Mark Festival , and his offer was received with much cordiality . Bro . S . Rosenthal responded for the Officers , and the meeting , which was a most delightful one from beginning to end , broke up .

CONSECRATION OF THE FURNESS LODGE , lJARROW' -IN-FURNESS . The Supreme Grancl Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland some time ago were pleased to grant a warrant for a Mark lodge to be held at Barrow , but owing to several unforeseen occurrences the

consecration was postponed until Friday , the 9 th instant . The brethren duly met at the Royal Hotel , and the lodge was formally opened by the R . AV . M .-designate , Bro . Rclph , assisted by the future officers . Amongst the visitors present were Bros . Thomas Entwisle , 1 S , R . AV . Prov . G . M . M . Lancashire ; C . Fitzgerald Matier , 30 , D . Prov . G . M . M . ; G . P . 3

Brockbank , 30 , Prov . G . S . AV . ; and J . AA . Taylor , Prov . G . Sec . Two only of the candidates who had been approved of were able to attend , Bros . Cook and Lewes , P . M . ' s , and on their introduction they were advanced to the degree of Mark Master by the P . G . M . M . The secrets , working tools , and congratulatory charge were given by the D . P . G . M . M .

The Prov . Grancl Officers then retired , and a procession was formed—Bro . Dr . Allison , P . G . J . D . ; Bro . Relph , P . G . J . O ., bearing corn ; Bro . Taylor , P . G . Sec , bearing wine ; Bro . Brockbank , P . G . S . A \'„ with the oil ' ; and Bro . Matier , D . P . G . M . M ., can-vim' the thurible and incense . The Provincial

Grand Mark Lodge of Lancashire was then opened in due form by Bro . Thomas Entwisle , who immediately proceeded to the ceremony of consecration , which was gone through with the utmost solemnity and perfection of ritual by all engaged . Bro . Entwisle then declared ancl proclaimed the

Furness Lodge , No . 24 , S . C , duly open , consecrated and dedicated . The Prov . Grand Lodge was then closed , ancl the officers retired in regular order . On their re-entry , the chair was taken by Bro . Matier , and Bros . Taylor and Brockbank presented

Bro . Relph for the benefit of installation . 1 he usual preliminaries having taken place , all brethren below the chair retired , and Bro . Relph was formally installed in the chair of Adoniram . On the return of the brethren , the newly-installed R . AV . M . was proclaimed and saluted , and the following officers were

invested by , and received the appropriate addresses from , Bro . Matier : —Bros . Dr . Allison , S . W . ; T . Kendal , J . AV . ; T . Ormandy , M . O . ; G . Cornfield , S . O . ; J . Morris , J . O . ; J . Fisher , Treas . ( elected ) ; Henry Bagot , Sec ; \\ . F . Cox , Conductor ; J . Ituartson , S . D . ; T . McKnight , J . D . ; R . F . Taylor ,

Organist ; M . llaslem , Time-keeper ; T . Gabbatt , Tyler ( elected ) . ' Bro . Matier then addressed the R . AV . M ., officers , and brethren in his most impressive manner , ancl concluded tlie ceremony of installation .

Hearty good wishes were given by the visitors , and the lodge was closed . The brethren then proceeded to banquet , served by Bro . Brownrigg , of the Royal Hotel , who kindly assisted in the administration of the creature comforts . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were