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SATURDAY , DECEMBER 17 , 18 9 8 .

We havo much pleasure in announcing that his Royal Hig hness , the . M . W . G . Master , has been pleased to appoint Edward , second Earl of Lathom , to be Prov . G . Master of West Lancashire ir . succession to his late lameti ' . ed father , the lirst Earl , vvho held the ollice from the 22 nd Novembt r , 1 7 , until his death .

The new Prov . Master has exhibited much interest in the Craft . In 1894 , when Junior G . Warden of England , his lordship , then known by the courtesy title of Lord Skelmersdale , represented his fatherwho at the last moment vvas prevented by a family allliction from fulfilling his engagement—as Chairman

ut the Festival on behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution fur Girls . In ickjG , being then Major in the Royal Horse Guards , he vvas installed lirst Deputy M . of thc Household Brigade Lodge , No . 2614 , of which the Prince of Wales is permanent W . M . Early

in the present year he installed the Earl of Halsburv ( Lord Hig h Chancellor of lingland ) as Prov . G . Mark Master of Cornwall in succession to Bro . Sir C . Graves-Sawle , Bart ., resigned , while on the " g lorious ioth June" he again represented his father

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as President of the Board of Stewards at the Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . We feel sure our West Lancashire brethren will receive vvith satisfaction the announcement of his lordship ' s appointment .

* * At last vve are able to gratify the very natural curiosity of the many brethren vvho were anxious to know what had become of the Board of Stewards at the recent Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic

Institution for Boys . In ordinary circumstances , a Board of Stewards holds its final meeting about a fortnight after the Festival for vvhich it does duty , and , having settled its accounts and disposed of any balance that may have remained over , goes through

the ceremony ot happy dispatch with such grace as it may be able to command . But the Boys' Centenary on the ioth June was no ordinary Festival , and its Board of Stewards no ordinary Board , and hence , we presume , a delay of six months has been found

necessary in order to determine when and where the final meeting should take place . At all events , it is satisfactory * ' to know that the said final meeting will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Tuesday , the 20 th

instant , at 4 p , m ., in order , as the circular-letter of the Hon . Secretary informs us , " to receive the Auditors ' Report vvith Statement of Accounts as audited , and to transact any regular business which may be brought before the meeting . ' ' #

* * There is still another reason why we receive vvith pleasure the news about the final meeting . Now that the Board of Stewards has plucked up courage enough to fix the day for its dissolution , perhaps the

authorities of the School may venture to enlighten us upon the subject of that other interesting query which has been raised , namely , why the amount of the honorarium which it was proposed to grant to the Secretary for his Centenary Festival services vvas specified in the notice of motion as printed on the paper of agenda at

the October Ouarterly Court of Governors , but not in the advertisements convening the said Court , which were published in the Press . The responsible authorities need not be shy of being too communicative ; we can assure them that any information they imy vouchsafe to give will be received vvith gratitude .

We publish elsewhere reports of the consecration of sundry new lodges . One of them —the Edward Terry Lodge , No . 2722—was to have been consecrated some time ago , but a domestic affliction of the distinguished brother after whom it is named , and who was chosen

to be its first W . M ., rendered a postponement of the ceremony unavoidable , and , hence , it was not till Thursday , the Sth inst ., that the lodge was inaugurated at the Cleveland Hall , Barnes , the ceremony being performed by the Grand Secretary , who subsequently

installed Bro . Terry in the chair of K . S . There was , as usual , a goodly muster of brethren on so interesting an occasion , and it is no exaggeration to say that no lodge , either in town or country , ever experienced a heartier send-off on its career than that

which bears the name of one of the ablest and most popular actors of our day , who , at the same time , is one of thc most distinguished and moit genial of Masons . We cordially echo the good wishes expressed by those who witnessed the consecration of the lodge .

The St . Laurence Lodge , No . 2724 , is the second that has been added to the roll of Worcestershire since Bro . Sir A . F . Godson , M . P ., was appointed Provincial Grand Master—the first having been consecrated in the early part of last year at Moseley , and

named the Arter Lodge , No . 2054 , after our late respected Bro . T . R . Arter , who vvas one of the pillars of strength of Masonry in the Province , but died not very long after its inauguration . The St . Laurence , which raises the muster of lodges in the county to 15 ,

is located at Northfield , and there is every reason to believe that it will carve out for itself a useful and prosperous future . Thc Provincial Grand Master was assisted in hij task by his Deputy ( Bro . Col . Ottley ) and other of his Provincial G . Officers , and as soon as

the lodge was constituted , installed Bro . G . G . Poppleton as the lirsl W . M . There appears to have been quite a display of enthusiasm over the event , and , as in the case of the Edward Tetry Lodge , we wish it a long and successful career .

# # * There is still another lodge which has just been consecrated , namely , the Muswell Hill Lodge , No 2728 , which has been founded to meet the comfort and convenience of brethren resident in the district so

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named , but which was inaugurated at the Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , on Wednesday , the 14 th instant , the necessary dispensation for the purpose having been previously obtained . We have received a

full report of the proceedings , but are under the necessity of holding over till next week . In the meantime we have much pleasure in stating that the meeting was a successful one in every way .

* * The monthly meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , under the presidency of Bro . J . H . Whadcoat , J . P ., Patron . The

Secretary reported the deaths of three annuitants ( two men and one widow ) , and applications from two widows of recently-deceased annuities to be granted half of their late husband ' s annuitants were entertained . The Committee then gave full consideration

to the 14 petitions ( four male and 16 widows ) submitted to them , with the result that all were accepted , and the names ordered to be entered on the list for the election in May , 1899 , with the exception of two , one male petition being deferred for further information ,

and one petition from a widow , which could not be entertained for the present . There are now 110 candidates for the election in May next , namely , 57 men and 59 widows , while the vacancies that have occurred up to the present time fall short of 20 .

* * * With reference to the approaching Festival in February , 18 99 , on behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , for which we are pleased to be in a position to report a substantial increase in the Board

of Stewards during the last ten days , vve take the opportunity of reminding our readers thit next year the Widows' Fund will have been in existence for half a century . It was , in the first instance , intended to celebrate the event in a manner somewhat similar to

that which proved so successful when the jubilee ofthe Male Fund was celebrated in 1892 . Upon second thoughts , the Committee of Management—in our opinion , very wisely—rescinded the resolution vvhich pledged them to adopt this course , and the Festival at

which Bro . Lord Llangattock , P . G . VI . South Wales ( E . D . ) , has so kindly consented to preside on the 22 nd February next , will owe whatever good lortune may

attend it , to the genera ! merits of the Institution , not to its being the anniversiry of a particular event in its history . * * *

Still , in the circumstances in vvhich the Benevolent Institution will find itself placed next year , it will be a task of supreme difficulty for its Festival Stewards to raise the funds with whicii to carry oa its vvork . Hence , we do not consider it out of place to remind

our readers that 1899 will be the Jubilee year of the Widows' Fund and to express a hope that the knowledge of this fact may incline brethien to suppoit the Festival more generously than usual , particularly as it

is a matter of common knowlc dge that the Benevolent Institution and the Girls' School have kept themselves as much in the background as possible in 189 S in order that " Our Boys " might have a bumper Centenary .

* * » We have said that 18 99 will be the Jubilee year of the Widows' Fund , which , was started by Grand Lodge in 1849 , with an annual grant of / 100 , supplemented by one of , 635 by Grand Chapter , and the donations

and subscriptions of the brethren . The first batch of annuitants elected to receive its benefits Wdsfwe , who received annuities amounting in the aggrega e to . 675 . At the end of the first half of its career—that is , in 1 S 74—the number of widows had been augmented to

88 , each of whom received . £ 28 a year . In 18 75 this number was increased to 100 , and in 18 76 to no , the amount ol the annuity in the latter year being at the same time raised to its present figure of £ 32 . Noto there are 245 widows at £ 32 a year each , the sum

distiibuted amongst them annually being . £ 7840 , as compared with £ 75 at the outset . We are justified in asking the brethren to support generously a Fund whose benefits have been increased moro than a hundredfold in a career of half a century .

The Queen has been graciously pleased to smction the following appointment to the Order of the Hospital of St . John of Jerusalem in England : Knight of Justice—Bro . Captain Nathaniel George Philips ( promoted from Knight of Grace ) ,