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THE SHADWELL CLERKE TRUST . TRUSTEES . The M . W . Pro G . M ., the Ricrht Hon . the EARL OF 1 LATHOM . The R . W . Deputy G . M ., the Risrht Hon . the EARL OF 1 MOUNT EDGCUMBE . The R . W . Bro . Sir ALBERT W . WOODS ( Garter ) , 1 P . G . Warden . CHAIRMAN . The V . W . Bro . THOMAS FENN , Pres . B . of G . P . TRKASURPR The V . W . Bro . ROBERT GREY , Pres . B . of B . SECRKTARV The V . W . Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , P . G . D . Cheques to be sent to the Treasurer , Bro . ROBERT G REY , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C . The next meeting of the Committee will be held here on M ONDAY , 4 th July , at FIVE o'clock ) spf which this is to be taken as notice . \ FRANK RICHARDSON , Freemasons' Hall , >^ Secretary . 3 rd May , 1892 . Nfe

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TOWN HALL , WESTMINSTER , FRIDAY , J 24 , 1892 . "LORDS AND COMMONS " ( From the Press Gallery ) . ' An Entertainment by the well-known Political Caricaturist , MR . F . CARRUTHERS GOULD , WILL BE GIVEN IN AID OE THE HENWOOD THOMAS TESTIMONIAL FUND , ON FRIDAY EVENING , J 24 , NEXT . Mr . B . C . MOLLOY , M . P . , in the Chair . The Lecture will be freely illustrated with Caricature Portraits , shown by the Oxy-hydrogcn Light . Doors open at 7 . 30 p . m . Lecture atS p . m . TICKETS , 5 s . and 2 s . Gd . each , may be obtained of the Hon . Secretary , Mr . TREGASKIS , 232 , High Holborn .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . JOHN GOW , LIMITED , J 86 , OLD BROAD STREET , E . C . ( late 17 , New Broad Street , E . C ) , 12 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , AND 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Best Quality at Lowest Prices . HIGH-CLASS PROVISION STORES ( NOW OPENED ) , 50 , 51 , and 52 , OLD BROAD STREET , E . C .

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Crown Svo . Price 2 s . ( by post 2 s . 2 d . ) SECOND EDITION . 'THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLIC 1 MASONRY . By BRO . JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z ., Mem . C . C . Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , & c , "This little brochure is a most welcome and opportune addition to the literature of the Craft ; the treatise is useful in many ways , and is the best thing of the kind extant , its handy size and generally trustworthy character being special recommendations . '' —Freemason . Bv POST FROM THE AUTHOR ONLY . —Address EVELYN , CATEORD , S . E .

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QREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . SUMMER EXCURSIONS . On SATURDAYS , JUNE 11 , iS , and 25 , SPECIAL DW EXCURSIONS , for 3 , 10 , or 17 days , will leave ^ ADDINGTON STATION at 7 . 45 a . m . to TAUNTON , 1 'i / erton , EXETER , Barnstaple , Torquay , Dartmouth , POU 10 UTH Newquay , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ives , ' t-N ^ ANCE , & c , and at 1 . 5 p . m . to BATH , BRISTOL , Weston-Super-Mare , TROWBRIDGE , Frame , YEOVIL , ? " < W , Dorchester , WEVMOUTH ( for the CHANNEL ISLA NDS , & c . . I'ckets and Bills may be obtained at the Company ' s ^ hons and Receiving Offices . HY . LAMBERT , General Manager .

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Q- EORGE REES . J ? NGRAVINGS by the Principal Artists . Eight Hundred Subjects in Stock . E Liberal Discount . 1 CHINGS , Large and Choice Variety on View by Leading Artists . Liberal - > Cash Discount . ^ PORTING PICTURES , both Old and New . Hunting , Racing , Coaching , & c . Large Assortment . Liberal Discount »» for Cash . P'CTURE FRAMES . Special Masonic Designs for Certificate Frames , & c , at Lowest Prices . ^ eiv Catalogue , with Prices , Sic , post free , Jd . Stamp . ^ OUGE REES , SAVOY HOUSE , 115 , STRAND . Established 30 Years .

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GILLIAM ( Successors to Makepeace and Walford ) , SILVERSMITHS , JEWELLERS , AND DIAMOND MOUNTERS , DEALERS IN ANTIQUE PLATE & JEWELLERY . 6 , SERLE STREET , LINCOLN ' S INN , 44 6 , OXFORD STREET , NEAR ORCHARD STREET . Tho Freemason ot liny IGth , 1891 , says— " Messrs . Gilliam Bros ., Gold mid Silversmiths , of 8 , Serlo Street , Lincoln ' s Inn , have been very fortunate in securing so fine a site for their now establishment as iKi , Oxford Street ( near Orchard Street ) , and we congratulate them on the beauty and artistic design displayed in their new premises ; the stock is of tho most rave aud choice kind , and our brethren , who arc fond of old and good things in precious metals , would do well to pay them a visit . "

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications amongst others unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LOPOKS . —Peace and Harxony , No . 199 ; Gresham , No . Sag ; Strawberry Mill , No . 946 ; Rose , No . 1632 ; Hendon , No , 3 JO 6 ; St . Nicholas , No . 2259 ; and Doric , No . 3359 . ROVAL ARCH CHAPTER . — Duke of Connaught Chapter , No . 15 a-j . Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire — Centenary Celebration .

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^^ Rtip ^^^^^^^^^^^ S ^ SATURDAY , J 18 , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The net addition to the Board of Stewards for the approaching Boys' School Festival since our last week's report is a clear dozen , of which London is benefited to the extent of one-third , and the Provinces by

twothirds . One more has been added to the array of represented Provinces , while the London lodge list is strengthened by five lodges . We trust this means a substantial addition to the total forthcoming on the appointed day .

* * * Bro . George Everett , Past G . Treasurer , and the Treasurer of the Athletic Sports of " Our Boys , " is most anxious that a good number of brethren , with their lady and other friends , should attend the gathering at Kempton Park on Saturday , the 25 th instant .

Arrangements of a special nature have been made with the railway company and caterers , & c . A good band has been engaged , and one and all of the friends of the Institution are invited to see" Our Boys" at play . Particulars of the arrangements , invitation cards , & c ,

may be obtained from Bro . McLeod , the Secretary of the Institution , at 6 , Freemasons' Hall . Notwithstanding that a large number of invitations have been issued , it is possible that some friends of the Institution have been overlooked , in that case it is hoped that a reminder may be sent to the Secretary .

# # # The Earl of Haddington , Most Worshipful Grand Master of Scotland , and his Grand Officers , have accepted invitations for Thursday , the 23 rd inst ., to the Scots Lodge , No . 2319 , which will then hold a meeting at the Scottish Corporation Hall , London . * * *

The Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be "At Home " on Saturday , the 25 th inst ., to receive and heartily welcome all ex-pupils , and we trust those who are within measurable distance of Battersea Rise on that occasion will avail themselves of the invitation .

* * The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls well deserves the notice which is being so freel y bestowed upon it by illustrious personages and civic functionaries of exalted rank . Last year the Princess Mary Adelaide , Duchess of Teck , and her daughter honoured the

School with their presence , and they bestowed the highest encomiums on Ihe arrangements made by the School authorities , and were gratified by the evidence the children themselves afforded of the care bestowed upon them . Bro . Sir Joseph Savory , Bart ., when Lord Mayor , likewise exhibited his regard for the School by

entertaining the children at the Mansion House , and now Bro . Lord Mayor Evans , accompanied by the Lady Mayoress and the Sheriffs , has followed the example set by his predecessors in office and added his commendations to those they so liberally and so

cordially uttered . On Saturday last he paid the School a visit of state , and witnessing with equal pleasure what they had witnessed , was to the full as generous in recognising the merits of the Institution . May many similar visits be paid in future years , and may they always succeed in eliciting similar encomiums !

Masonic Notes.

His Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master has given his sanction to the formation of a literary and scientific lodge , to be called the Minerva Lodge , No 2433 , to meet on the first Friday during the winter months in the Masonic Chambers , Birkenhead . The lodge will be on the model of the Quatuor Coronati ,

with which it will be associated , a distinctive feature being the reading and discussion of papers on Masonic history and archaeology . A number of influential brethren from both sides of the Mersey are amongst the founders , and from the large support it is receiving

it gives every promise of being a great success . The first principal officers recommended are Bros . Squire Chapman , P . P . G . D ., as W . M . ; Dr . Arthur Samuels , P . P . G . D ., as S . W . ; and Henry Buxton Browne , P . P . G . D ., as J . W . * * *

1 he annual festival of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent will be held at the Granville Hotel , Ramsgate , on Friday , the 24 th inst ., under the banners of the Royal Navy Lodge , No . 420 , and the Lewises Lodge , No .

1209 . * * * In our report of the proceedings at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Bedfordshire last week , we inadvertently omitted the name of the Grand Secretary , Bro . E . Letchworth , from the list of Grand Officers present . * * *

Bro . T . W . Tew , J . P ., Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , whose long and severe illness has caused universal grief and anxiety amongst his numerous friends , Masonic and otherwise , is , we are rejoiced to say , so far improved in health that he is

able to leave Carleton Grange , Pontefract , for change of air and scene . We sincerely hope that a sojourn of some weeks at Southport will restore him to health , and enable him to appear again amongst his West Yorkshire brethren , whose sympathy with their beloved Provincial Grand Master has been so generally shown .

? * * The Hertford Lodge , No . 403 , has recently sustained a great loss by the death of its senior member and Past Master , Bro . Stephen Austin , of whose career we gave a short account a fortnight since , and who wa initiated within its walls on the 19 th October , 1829 ,

about six weeks after the lodge itself—which occupies the premier place on the roll of the Province of Hertfordshire—was consecrated . During the earlier part of his career , Bro . Austin occupied successively some of the minor offices , but it was not till some 15 years after his initiation that he set himself steadily in the road to become W . M . He was elected

and installed W . M . towards the close of the year 1847 , and in November , 1878 , when the lodge was entering upon the jubilee year of its constitution , and he on the jubilee year of his connection with Freemasonry , the brethren again elected him to the chair , and in October of the year following he had the honour of presiding at the jubilee banquet of the Hertford Lodge .

• » * His last appearance in connection with any Masonic function was at the annual meeting at Hertford in July , 18 91 , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Herts , when he took his place in a bath chair in the procession which accompanied the Provincial Grand Master on his

way to lay the foundation-stone of a new Parish Hall , his presence at the ceremony being the subject of hearty congratulation by his brother Masons not onl y of the Hertford , but likewise of the other lodges in the Province . * * *

But the great feature about our late brother ' s connection with Masonry lies in the fact that from the date of his initiation in October , 1829 , till the day of his death only a short while since , Bro . Austin remained a subscribing member of his mother lodge . Other brethren have been members of the Craft for a longer period—there is indeed still living a Past Grand

Chaplain of England ( Bro . the Rev . Sir J . Warren Hayes , Bart . ) , who was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , in 1819 , the year that lodge was consecrated . But the cases on record are few in which a brother has remained from first to last—and that , too , for a period of nearly 63 years—a member of one and the same lodge . * * *

It is also worthy of note that Bro . Austin ' s career as a Mason was very nearly coeval with the career of Masonry in Hertfordshire during the present century . When he was a young man of 25 years there was not

a single lodge in Hertfordshire . There was a Provincial Grand Master , the late Bro . George D . Harvey , who was appointed in 1803 , in succession to Bro . Forssteen , but his office was a sinecure . Towards the close of 1829 the present Hertford and Watford lodges