Grand Council Of The Allied Masonic Degrees.

GRAND COUNCIL OF THE ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES .

The annual meeting Jof the Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales , and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown , was held at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C . on Monday , the 6 th instant , at 6 . 30 o ' clock p . m ., when the following G . Officers were present : M . W . Bro . | the Right Hon . the Earl of Euston , G . M . ; R . W . Bros . Charles Belton , D . G . M . ; C . F . Matier , G . Sec , R . Loveland Loveland , P . D . G . M . ; and A . Woodiwiss , P . G . W ., as S . G . W . ;

W . Bro . R . J . Voisey , P . A . G . D . of C , as J . G . W . ; R . W . Bros . Baron de Ferrieres , P . G . W ., and Major C . W . Carrell , P . G . W . ; V . W . Bros , the Rev . Richard Peek , P . G . Chap ., as G . Chap ., and the Rev . C . E . L . Wright , P . G . Chap . ; W . Bros . William Bryant , S . G . D . ; William Vincent , G . D . of C . ; John Robinson , A . G . D . of C . ; Harry Tipper , P . G . I . G ., as G . I . G . ; and E . J . Mills , G . Tyler ; with representatives from many subordinate Councilsand manv nrivate members .

Grand Council was opened in ample form , and the M . W . Grand Master saluted according to ancient custom . The minutes of the last meeting of Grand Council were taken as read and , on motion duly proposed and seconded , confirmed . The following report was read by the Grand Secretary : The Grand Secretary has the pleasure to report that during the past year the great

majority of the councils on the roll have shown a large amount of energy and activity , which has resulted in a considerable addition to the roll of registered members . Among these councils may be honourably mentioned the Concord , at Liverpool ; the Veran , at Reading ; the St . Lawrence , at Pudsey ; the W . M . Sewell , at Cockermouth ; and the Four Kings , in London . The thanks of the Grand Council are due to these couucils and

10 the brethren by whose untiring energy this happy result has been attained . The concordat established last year between the Grand Council and Conclave of the Order of Secret Monitor and this Grand Council appears to have resulted in the utmost harmony , and all friction happily seems to have ceased . The M . W . Grand Master having been pleased to grant a warrant for a new council at Birkenhead , under the style and title of the Salem

Council , No . 28 , attended on the 23 rd February , 1 S 99 , accompanied by a large number of Grand Officers , and the council was by him constituted and consecrated in due and ancient form . Twenty-seven candidates were admitted to the various degrees under the control of the Grand Council , and the council , now numbering over 40 members , has started with every augury of prosperity and success .

TheM . W . Grand Master also was pleased to grant a warrant for a new council at Bradford , Yorks , to be called the Old York Council , No . 29 . The consecration took place on the 26 th May , 1899 , when his lordship , with all customary ceremonial , most ably discharged his duties as the Consecrating Officer , in which he was assisted by many Grand Officers , Present and Past . Twenty brethren presented themselves as candidates , and were

admitted to the various Degrees . This council has the advantage of having our distinguished Bro . C . L . Mason , the Prov . Grand Master ( Mark Masons ) West Yorkshire , as their first VV . M ., and may confidently be relied on to support the honour and dignity of the Grand Council . The Grand Secretary is directed to warn members of the Allied Degrees residing in the West of England against visiting two so-called councils of Knights ol

Constantinople in Devonport and Plymouth , which meet without any authority whatever , and profess to confer the Degree of Knight of Constantinople . I'he Grand Council has on several occasions made overtures to these so-called councils , and endeavoured to induce the members to accept warrants of confirmation , which would have legalised their action , but to no effect , and has no alternative but to declare that brethren professing to be members of these self-styled Councils , the Red Cross at Plymouth and

the St . Aubyn at Devonport , must not be permitted to visit any Council of the Allied Degrees , and that they are not legitimate Knights of Constantinople . This decision has been communicated to the Grand Councils of Scotland and the United States of America . The G . Master has much pleasure in thanking R . W . Bro . Charles Belton for his distinguished services as Dep . G . Master , to which office he has been pleased to re-appoint him for the coming year .

The M . W . G . M ASTER said considering the small organisation of the Allied Masonic Degrees , the report showed a remarkable increase in the progress and advancement of the various orders and degrees under the rule and government of the Grand Council . It was proposed by the R . W . Bro . the Baron de FERRIERES , seconded by Bro . W . H . ABDULLAH QUILLIAM , and carried unanimously , that the reoort be received and adopted .

The G . S ECRETARY : Bro . Gordon Miller , the G . ireasurer , owing to piessing professional duties , is detained at the Admiralty , and on his behalf it is my pleasure to present the most favourable financial statement - ever laid before the Grand Council : The Grand Secretary then read the following statement :

Balance forward ... ... £ 97 14 3 Receipts to date ... ... 116 16 6 ¦ £ 21 4 10 9 Cr . By Expenditure ... ... - £ 775 D 3

Balance ... ... £ 139 4 1 ( Signed ) , GORDON MILLER , G . Treas . 31 st October , -899 . Audited and found correct . H . THOMSON LYON , J SMITH , -irrl November . 1800 .

On the proposition of R . W . Bro . CHARLES BELTON , seconded by R . W . Bro . R . L OVELAND-LOVELAND , the accounts were received , adopted , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . Bro . W . VINCENT proposed , Bro . ABRAHAM WOODIWISS seconded , the re-election of Bio . Gordon Miller as G . Treasurer . There being no other candidate nominated , the M . W . G . M . declared Bro . Gordon Miller duly elected as Grand Treasurer ,

Grand Council Of The Allied Masonic Degrees.

The M . W . G . M . then appointed and invested the following Grand Officers :

Bro . Charles Belton ... ... ... ... D . G . M . ,, Charles Letch Mason ... ... ... S . G . W . ,, Vincent Paine Freeman ... ... ... J . G . W . ,, Charles FitzGerald Matier ... ... ... G . Sec . .. Gordon Miller ... ... ... ... G . TYP * - * - ** .

„ Rev . C . C . Bluett ... ... ~ lr rv . „ Rev . F . Bethune N . Norman Lee ... ^ u . Chaps . ,, George Adams Harradon ... ... ... S . G . D . ,, H . Thomson Lyon ... ... ... J . G . D . „ William Vincent ... ... ... G . D . C . „ Charles Samuel Brewer , M . D . ... ... A . G . D . C . „ Maxwell Hall Boyd ... ... ... G . S . B . ,, Johannes Sybrand Buck ... ... ... G . Std . Br . „ Alfred King , Mus . Doc . ... ... ... G . Or ? .

,, Charles Cromack ... ... ... G . I . G . „ William Briggs .., ... ... ... G . Stwd . „ E . J . Mills ... ... ... ... G . Tyler .

Grand Council was closed in ample form . A banquet was subsequently held at the Freemasons' Tavern , at which the M . W . Grand Master presided .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE

The half-yearly meeting of the above Prov . G . Lodge was held in the Town Hall , Skipton , on Wednesday , the iSth ult ., when there were present Bros . Richard Wilson , PM . 289 , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M ., Acting Prov . G . Master John C . Malcolm , P . G . D ., Past D . P . G . M ., as Dep . Prov . G . M . ; Henry Smith , P . M . 387 , P . G . D ., Past D . P . G . M . ; Francis Fleming , P . M . 61 , Prov . S . G . W . ; Charles Crabtree , P . M . 2669 , Prov . J . G . W . ; W . F . Smithson , P . G . D . ; C . L .

Mason , P . M . 304 ; W . C . Lupton , P . M . 974 ; Wm . Watson , P . M . 61 , Hon . Librarian ; and Joseph Harrison , P . M . Sio , P . G . Stwd ., P . ' Prov , G . Ws . the Rev . S . C . Walley , S . W . 154 , Prov . G . W . ¦ the Rev . Wm . Wilkinson , P . M . 1214 , as Prov . G . Chap . j the Rev . L . S . Calvert , S . W . 208 , P . Prov . G . Chap . ; Thos . Woods , P . M . 26 95 , Prov . G . Treas . ; Wm . Hy . Hewson , P . M . 304 , Prov . G . Reg . j Wm . Jas . Waugh , P . M . 1545 ; Thos . Brayshaw , P . M . 2091 ; and Jas . H . Pawson , P . M . 242 , P . Prov . G . Regs . ; Capt . H . G . E . Green , P . M . 1010 , Prov .

G . Sec . ; Arthur Holmes , P . M . 1522 , and Dr . Geo . Hoyle , P . M . 1231 , Prov . S . G . Ds . ; John P . Hewitt , P . M . 1 239 ; J . Pelham Browne , P . M . 164 * 8 ; and C . W . O . Smith , P . M . 974 , Prov . J . G . Ds . ; J . W . Balme , P . M . fii ; Alfred Robertshaw , P . M . 44 S ; Davis R . Glover , P . JL 289 ; Fountain Read , P . M . 1034-Wm . Blackburn , J . P ., P . M . 306 ; H . S . Wood , P . M . 439 ; Wm . D . Shoebridge , P . M . 44 8 ; and John Lund Brayshaw , P . M . 2091 , P . Prov . G . Ds . ; Charles Scriven , P . M . 1211 . Prov . G . Supt . of Works : Iohn Barker . P . M . 1102 : lames

Lawton , P . M . 337 ; and J . H . Bolton , P . M . 1736 , P . Prov . G . Supts . of Works ; Wilkinson Greenwood , P . M . 439 , Prov . G . D . of C . ; C . H . Crowther , P . M . 2261 , Prov . D . G . D . of C . ; Edward Mackay , P . M . 600 , Prov . Asst . G . D . of C ; J . W . Monckman , P . JL 101 S ; Joseph Dobson , P . M . 289 ; Wm . Hy . Dawson , P . M . 110 S ; G . P . Sunderland , P . M . 1736 ; Joseph Wrigglesworth , P . M . 1783 ; and Joseph R . Mellor , P . M . 652 , P . Prov . G . Ds . of C ; William Gudger , P . M . 149 , Prov . G . S . B . ; Herbert Columbine , P . M . 1221 , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; William

Haigh , P . M . 1283 , as Prov . G . Std . Br . ; John Niven , P . M . 2321 , Prov . G . Std . Br . ; T . M . Holmes , P . M . 1545 ; John Throup , P . M . 810 ; John Hy . Roper , P . M . 265 ; and Hy . Beaumont , P . M . 1301 , P . Prov . G . Std . Brs . ; Samuel Thornton , P . M . Sio , as Prov . G . Org . ; Dr . S . Jacob , P . M . 837 , and Walter Bailey , P . M . 1102 , P . Prov . G . Orgs . ; J . R . Barton , P . M . 306 , Prov . A . G . Sec ; J . T . Robinson , P . M . 458 , Prov . G . Purst . ; Geo . M . Marchant , P . M . 1783 , Prov . A . G . Purst . ; John Seed , P . M . 1302 ; Wm . Cockcroft , P . M . 307 ; F . W . Turner

P . M . 408 ; Thos . Gaukroger , P . M . 12 S 3 ; Chas . Cromack , P . JL 2 * 530 ; and Wm . Buttctworth , P . JL 1302 , P . Prov . G . Pursts . ; Chas . F . Bennett , P . M . 2268 , Walter C . Fox , P . M . 2263 ; W . E . Gray , P . M . 296 ; Joshua Milner , P . M . 1102 ; and Chas . Middleton , P . M . 2069 , Prov . G . Stwds . j Thos . Leighton , Tyler 139 , Prov . G . Tyler ; and 'thos . Chester , Tyler 904 , Prov . Asst . G . T yler . Also W . Masters , Past Masters , acting Wardens , and brethren from Lodges Nos . 61 ,

M 9 . ' 54 , 208 , 242 , 258 , 264 , 265 , 289 , 296 , 302 , 304 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 337 , 3 80 , 387 , 401 , 408 , 439 , 448 , 458 , 49 s , 521 , 600 , 603 , 652 , 810 , 827 , S 37 , 904 , 971 , 974 , IOOI , IOl 8 , IOI 9 , IO 34 , IO 4 2 , 1102 , IIOS , 1211 , 1221 , 12 3 1 , 1239 , 1283 , 1 3 , 1 3 , 1 3 , 1514 , 1522 , 1545 , 1648 , 173 6 , 1779 , 1783 , 2069 , 2091 , 2259 , 2261 , 2263 , 2268 , 3321 , 2330 , 2608 , 2669 , and 2695 . Bro , Thos . Robinson , 97 , Past G . S . D . Durham , was a visitor .

The following lodges were unrepresented , viz .: 139 , 275 , 290 , 75 ) , yio , 1214 , 1462 , 1513 1542 , 1 645 2035 , 2491 , 2558 , and 26 77 . 14 The Acting Prov . G . Master , Bro . Richard Wilson , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M ., the Acting Dep . P . G . M ., Bro . John C . Malcolm , P . G . D ., Past D . P . G . M ., and the Officers af Prov . G . Lodge entered at three o ' clock n . m . snlpmn

prayer was offered , and a portion of Haly Scripture read by the Prov . G . Chaplains . The Prov . G . Master , the Dep . Prov . G . Master , and Officers of Grand Lodge were saluted . The roll of lodges was called . The roll of Present and Past G . Officers was called .

Apologies were received from licos . the lit . Hon . W . Lawies Jackson , M . P ., Prov . G . M , ; Rev . T . H . Greenhalgh , 275 , Prov . G . Chap . ; William Crowther , M . P . 1645 . Prov . S . G D . ; ] . J . Parker , P . M . 264 , Prov . A . G . D . of C . ; Clas . Hayner , P . M . 380 , Prov . A . G . D . of C . - Charles Lingard , P . M . 1513 , Prov . G . Stwd ; and 95 P . Prov . G . Officers , W . Ms ., P . Ms ., and brethren . The minutes of the annual meeting , held at Wakefield , on Wednesday , Anril 10 h , iSno were presented for confirmation .

Proposed by Bro . CHARLES SCRIVEN , P . M . 1211 , Prov . G . Supt . of Works , seconded by Bro . THOMAS WOODS , P . M . 26 95 , Prov . G . Treas ., and resolved , " That the minutes be tiken as read and confirmed . " The Acting PROV . G . M ., in addressing the brethren , said - . My first duty is to read a letter I have received from the Prov . G . M .:

"Allerton Hall , Leeds , ioth October , 1899 . " My Dear Deputy , —I feel that I must obey the summons which I send herewith . It is an imperative duty under the circumstances , much as I regret that it will prevent my being present at Provincial Grand Lodge on the 18 th . But I have no option , and I hope , therefore , it will be possible for you to act as my substitute at Skipton . I beg you to convey to the brethren my deep regret at my inability to be with them . —Yours very truly and fraternally , " W . L . JACKSON . "