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wine , and oil in Masonic and other consecrations is supported by the highest antiquity . Being all thc most important productions of the East , thrry were lookeel upon as symbolically representing the greatest riches of the people , ant ! from their very nature vvere csteenieel as the great supports of life , and means of refreshment . Bro . Harris , in a discourse , in aid of a charitable institution , says : —

" Wherefore , my brethren , do yru carry corn , wine , and oil in your procession , but to reminel you that , in tlie pilgrimage of human life , you are to impart a portion of your bread to feeel the hungry , to send a cup of your wine to cheer the sorrowful , ant ! to pour thc healing oil of your consolation into the wounds vvhich sickness has matle in the bodies , or affliction rent in the

heart of your fellow creatures . " Our Psalmist Caviel in enumerating the greatest blessings that we enjoy , speaks of them as " Wine that maketh glad the heart of man , and oil to make his face shine , and bread , which strengthened man ' s heart . " We are t'del that the tabernacle in tlie wilderness , and all the holy vessels were , in obedience to God ' s express command to Moses ,

consecrated wilh an holy anointing oil ; and , following the customs of lhc ancients , those kings , priests , and prophets were thus consecrated . The sovereigns of our own land , at their coronat'on , are consecrated with an holy oil . Loelges and Royal Arch Chapters , as emblematical of the holy ark , are at their formation solemnly consecrated to the secret purposes of the institution by the stewing of corn ,

and the pouring of wine and oil . They rcay be characterised as emblems of health , peace , and plenty , blessings csscnltal to the happiness of an individual and necessary for the success of a chapter . Thus e ' . oe . i this mystic ceremony instruct us to be nourished with the hidden manna of righteousness , tc be refreshed with the Word of God , ant ! to rejoice with joy unspeakable in the riches of grace .

And may all those blessings , vvhich are represented in the corn , wine , and oil of consecration ever found in the chapter . The remainder of the ceremony was then gone through in Ihe mosl impressive manner by the two consecrating Principals , the prayers incidental thereto being delivered by the Rev . Dr . Simpson . Finally , the new chapter was

dedicated and constituted . The three Principals were next installed , and upon re-admission , the Companions saluted them accoreling to ancient form . The other officers were appointed as follows : —Comps . Dr . D . Page , Scribe E . ; R . Godfrey , Scribe N . ; W . Tattersall , P . S . ; J . Atkinson , First Asst . Soj . ; W . James , Second Asst . Soj . ; W . James , Treas . The remaining officers slooel over for a future

meeting . The M . F .. Com )) 0 . Moore and Bowes vvere unanimously electee ! honorary members of Bective Chapter , 1074 , in recognition of their valuable services during the day , and they baling returned thanks , Bro . the Rev . H . Vincent Thompson , P . G . Chaplain Cuniberlantl , and Westmoreland , was proposeel as a candidate for exaltation .

Thc M . E . Corp . Moore then opened the Prov . Grand Chapter , for the installation of the Earl of Bective M . P ., as Provincial Gram ! Superintendent of Cumberland and Westmoreland . The Installing Officer having stated the object of the

meeting , the jroll of the several chapters was called , the Provincial Grand . Superintendent designate was announced and sent in his patent , dated June 3 rd , 1877 Afterwards Loitl Bective was indncled into the Provincial Chair with the usual formalities , and being obligated , his lordship was invested wilh the insignia of his office .

Thc proclamation over , the newly-installed Provincial-Grand Superintendent appointed and obligated the two Principals , or , rather , one was obligated , Comp . W . B . Gibson , Sun , Square , and Compasses Chapter , 119 , Whitehaven , P . G . See . Cumberland anel Westmoreland , being unavoidably absent . The following is a list of officers appointed and in

vested by thc Provincial Grand Superintendent . M . E . Comvi . Col . Whitwell , M . P ., P . G . H .-, M . E . Comp . W . B . Gibson , P . Z . 119 , P . G . J . ; Comp . G . J . McKay , P . G . S . B .-, M . E . Comp . ... Bowes , P . G . S . N . ; M . E . Comp . J . Lemon , P . G . Reg . ; M . E . Comp . W . Kirkbride , P . G . P . S . ; M . E . Comp . J . Talbot , P . G . ist A . S . ; Comp . J . Murchie , P . G . 2 nd A . S . ; Comp . W . F . Lamonby , P . G . S . B . ; Comp . W . Court , P . G . St . B . ; Comp . J . Godfrey , P . G .

D . C . On the motion of Comp . Col . Whitwell , seconded by Comp . Bowes , Comp . John Barr . P . Z . Sun , Squarc and Compasses Chapter , 119 , Whitchaven . wis unanimously chosen as Provincial Grand Treasurer of the chapter . Comp . panion Tyson apologised ferr the unavoidable absence of Comp . Barr . The next business on the agenda paper was

the appointment of a committee to frame bye-laws for the new province , and ultimately it was resolved that the said committee consist of the three Principals and two Scribes . Before the Provincial Grand Chapter was closed , a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Comps . Moore and Bowes . On the motion of Comp . the Rev . Dr . Simpson , seconded by Comp . Lemon ; and the consecrating Comps . having

replied , Comp . Dr . Pape moved that the cordial thanks of the Provincial Granel Chapter vvere due to Comp . G . J . Mc Kay , for thc great amount of trouble he had taken in the preliminary arrangements of the meeting . This was seconeled by Coloni-l Whitwell , M . P ., anti agreed to with ther greatest unanimity . The Provincial Grand Chapter being then closed , and the customary proclamations matle in the Bective Chapter ,

Bro . Anderson , Tyler of Underley Lodge , was proposed as a candidate for exaltation as serving companion , and the working proceedings of the day , which throughout had been successful , were brought to a satisfactory conclusion at hall-past two o ' clock . Subsequently an elegant banquet was served at the Royal Hotel , presided over by Lord Bective , M . P ., the new Provincial Grand Superintendent . The usual toast list was observed , so far as time would admit , and the

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company bioke up in time for the last tram north and south from Kirkby Lonsdale , at a few minutes before six o ' clock . The proceedings of the d-iy undoubtedly augurs well for thc prosperity of Royal Arch Masonry in Cumberland and Westmorland , and now lhat the several Chapters are centralised , a wonderful change will he effected before long in the working , or we are much mistaken .

Provincial Grand Chapter Of Devonshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF DEVONSHIRE .

The annual Provincial Grand Chapter of the R . A . Masons of the Prov ince of Devon was held on Wednesday at Topsham . The selection of that little township for the holding thc Provincial Meeting this year arose from the local Lodge , Brent , No . 12 S 4 , desiring to add to its honours that of

possessing a Royal Arch Chapter . Topsham , although small in size , has been , and is now , a town of considerable commercial importance , in comparison with the number of its population . After the destruction of the original port of Exeter , Topsham became and remained for a lengthened period the resort of the Exeter shipping trade . The subsequent opening

of the Exeter shipping canal has , however , materially inteifered with that branch of Topsham's prosperity . In the parish church a fine monument by Chantry is erected to the memory of Sir John Duckworth , a distinguished naval officer , who died at Devonport early in this century , where he was long remembered as Commissioner

Duckworth through bis eccentricities . He had charge of that arsenal , for there were no Admiral-Superintendents then . When standing by to see the seamen Hogged , in answer to their screams for mercy , he usetl to say , " I am sorry for you , my man ; remember , it is not me , it is your country hat flogs you . "

The early Masonic records of Topsham , like that erf most other places are obscure . It is known that a warrant was granted for establishing a Craft Lodge there in 1764 , but how long that lotlge existed in thc town , whether it decayed or was removed , is apparently not recorded . The present lodge was founded iu 18 ( 19 , principally through the exertions of Dr . Brent , who was its first W . M .

and whose name it bears . For the accommodation of that Lodge a commodious Hall has been erected in thc immeilinte proximity of the Globe Hotel , one of the principal hostelries in the town . In that Hall thc meeting was convened on Wednesday . The interior of the Hall is very handsomely filled up for Masonic purposes , and contained , appropriately laid out , an elegant suite of Rojal Arch

furniture anel regalia that eiiel great credit to the taste and liberality of the promoters of the new Chapter . Provincial Grand Chapter was openeel in the afternoon . M . E . Comp . the Rev . Jno . Huyshe , M . A ., Past G . J ., Prov . G . Superintendent , presided , supported by the following officers : —Ex . Comps . XV . G . Rogers , P . P . G . J ., H . pro tem . ; Capt . W . E . Stone , R . N ., P . G . J . ; J . Stroud

Short , P . G . P . S . pro tem . ; W . F . Quickc , P . G . ist A . S . pro tem . ; W . Coath , P . G . 2 nd A . S . -, W . II . Triplett , Treas . ; R . M . Andrews , P . G . D . C , ; H . B . Stark , P . P . G . O ., Organist pro tem . ; P . Blanchard , P . G ., Janitor . The following Past P . G . and private chapter officers we re also among the companions present : Ex . Comps . H . Walrond , P . P . G . P . S . ; Samuel Jones , P . P . G . S . N . ; W . T . Maynard ,

P . P . G . P . S . ; J . B . Gover , P . P . G . P . S . ; P . B . Clemens , P . P . G . AS . ; L . D . Westcott , P . P . G . A . P . ; E . Aitken Davies , P . P . G . Reg . ; H . Woodgfttc , P . P . G . Reg . ; Jno . Sadler , P . P . G . S . B . ; A . Bodlry , P . l ' . G . St . B ., Jos . Page , P . Z . 444 Treas . 112 ; G . W . Ormerod , P . Z . 303 ; T . 13 . Patterson Z . 1125 ; Saml . Loram , II . 303 ; F . Horspool , II . 444 ; I , Latimer , H . 18 9 ; T . J . Shaplantl , H . 251 ; Geo . Evans ,

H . 847 ; W . C . Oliver , J . 251 ; W . E . Williams , J . 112 s ; Sydney Templar , J . 303 ; T . Freeman , J . 106 ; F . J . Pratt , J . 11 3 8 ; G . J . Bishop , Z . 106 ; H . S . Gil ) , J . elect , 1123 . Comps . H . Straivson , P . S . 39 ; F . Pollard , P . S . 112 ; Jas . Jerman , S . N . 112 ; II . Stocker , D . C . 112 ; T . Higgs , S . E , 106 ; Geo . Huxham , S . N . 444 ,- C . C . Kcndick , D . C . 444 ] W . Pidsley , A . S . 444 ; W . Brodie , ist . A . S . 444 ; W . Gregory , A . Huxtable , 112 ; Benj . Barber , 112 , 444 ; S .

Stewart Kersteman , 303 j Col . iFitzgerald . Business commenced with the constitution and consecration of the Brent Chapter . Ex-Comp . G . W . Ormerod , acting as S . E ., made the application to the P . G . Superintendent , who ordered the warrant for the constitution of the Chapter granted by Gram ! Chapter to the promoters of the Chapter lo be read . The members of the new Chapter , expressed their approval of the officers named in the

. Ex-Comp . W . G . Rogers , as H ., then delivered an oration to the companions on their duties . They were , he said , to admit no candidates to exaltation whom they would scruple to grasp with the right hand of fellowship . They were to keep the membership worthy of the Order that had gone before , and to do nothing that

woulel throw any blame on the fraternity in the future . P . G . S . E . then presented the following companions as the three Principals of the new chapter for the ensuing year , who were duly invested : —J . H . Warren , Z . ; F . Horspool , H . ; B . Barber , J . The Principals prodrceel a list of their officers ( for the present their investment was deferred ) : —F . Pollard , S . E . ;

George Huxham , S . N . ; H . Slravvson , P . S . ; W . Brodie , ist A . S . ; W . Pidsley , 2 nd A . S . ; W . F . Quickc , P . Z ., who was unanimously elected Treasurer ; W . Gregory , Chap . ; C . C . Kendrick , D . C ; W . Sampson , 1 st Steward ; W . B . Lanil , 2111 I Steward . The P . G . Superintendent declared

the Chapter duly constituted , ai d the ceremony of its consecration was then proceeded wilh . At the close of the consecration the P . G . Superintendent congratulated the companions of the new chapter on the promising appearance of their chapter . Tiie reports of the P . G . S . E . and of the P . G . Treas , were

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then submitted and adopted . The treasurer ' s report to gethcr with some payments that had been made that day ' shewed an available balance in hand of £ 34 , Ex-Comn ' W . C . Rogers proposed that £ 25 should be subscribed tri the Masonic Fund for the relief of the famine in India Ex-Comp . Samuel Jones secontlctl the Proposition , which was carried unanimously , and Most ex-Comp . the Rcv

John Huyshe added ten guineas to the donation . Comp Jones said Masonic donations to the distress in India were very appropriate , as some of the oldest lodges in the world existed there , and it would shew the Indian Masons chat their English brethren did not forget them . Comp JJ . _ . „ . jamin Barber was unanimously elected as theP . G . Treasurer for the ensuing year , and Ex-Comps . W . H . Triplett and

T . S . Bayly appointed the Audit Committee . A letter was read from Ex-Comp . L . P . Metham regretting his inability through illness , to be present , and another from him urging the claims of the Indian Famine Fund to the charity of the province . Tbe following Comps . were appointed tlie P . G officers for the ensuing year : —Ex-Co : nps . W . G . Rogers ' 112 , H . ; H . Walrond , 303 , J . ; G . W . Ormerod , 303 , S . E . '

Robert Brevvin , 112 , S . N . ; George Evans , 847 , P . S . ; J . | - |_ Warren , 1284 , ist A . S . ; G . W . Phillips , 202 , 2 nd A . S . ; ' I . Latimer , 189 , Reg . ; F . J . Pratt , S . B . ; Samuel Loram ' 303 , ist S-. B . ; G . I . Bishop , 106 , 2 nd St . B . ; F . Horsl pool , 1284 . D . C ; R . Pengelly , 70 , A . D . C . ; F .-Pollard ' O . ; J . S . Short , B . B . ; P . Blanchard , Janitor . In the evening the companions dined together at the Globe Hotel ; the P . G . Superintendent presiding .

Memorial To Stephenson.

MEMORIAL TO STEPHENSON .

There is no name which the industries of this country ant ! the civilized world should hold in more enduring estimation than that of George Stephenson . His life was a history of the progress of locomotion . All that wt have been doing in that direction since his first travelling engine was placed on the rails in 1814 has been but a

development of his invention . His experience of that elate showed that a revolution had been effecteel in the means of transport , anel with thc passing of the Bill for thc Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1816 that system of locomotion was inaugurateel which has since extende-d itself , to the glory of England and the immortal honour of George Stephenson . He was born at thc Wylaiu

Colliery , near Newcastle , which is far distant from Chesterfield , in Derbyshire -, but there is nothing inappropriate in a memorial being raised to George Stephenson by the inhabitants of the latter town . In Derbyshire , amid his birds ami his horticultural pursuits , he spent the quiet evening of a laborious life , anel in the churchyard of Chesterfield his ashes now repose . It was a happy thought ,

then , of those who arc interesting themselves in the cause of industrial education in Chesterfield to dedicate to the memory of Stephenson the building in which such education is to he afforded . The ceremony of laying the fountlation slonc of the memorial was held on Wcdncstlay , ant ! it was conducletl in a manner which rendered it in every way a success . It

is not easy to impart novelty 111 thc laying of a fountlation stone . The tiling is of frequent occurrence in these elays , and there arc certain set proceedings which one expects to see duly gone through whenever a founelation stone is laid . But on this occasion the Fret masons of the Masonic province in which Chesterfield is situated , with Lord Hartington , as Prov . Grain ! Master , at their

head , imparted an imposing grandeur to the ceremony , which raised it far above the ordinary level of " functions " of this kind . It is but justice to thc inhabitants of the town anil to a large concourse from the suriemneling neighbourhood , to say that they eliel their part in seconding thc successful exertions of the Masonic body . Two o ' clock was the lime appointed for the mustering of tlie procession which was tn

take the leading part in the ceremony . Punctually at the appointed hour the excellent bantl of thc 3 rd Derbyshire Volunteers was in the Market-place , and to its music various bodies , several of them wearing bright scarves ami other emblems of thc brotherhood , vapidly fell into their places and got into marching onler . There were the friendly societies of Chesterfield , four abreast , thc

Committee of the Science and Art Classes , the Committee and Members of the Mechanics' Institute , the Committee of the University Extension Classes , the Council nnd members of the Cliesteifielel and Derbyshire Institute of Mining , Civil , and Mechanical Engineers , the tradesmen of the town of Cliesteifielel , the Stephenson Memorial Committee " , the contractors , the architect , the Mayor and Corporation

of Chesterfield , the borough magistrate s , the members for the county , the county magistrates , the local gentry , I " " vate Loelges of Freemasons with their respective banners , the officers wearing their collars and jewels , and lastly , the Provincial Grantl Lotlge of Freemasons , with the Right Worshipful the Marquis of Hartington , Provincial Grand Master of thc Province of Derbyshire , all in full Masonic costume . The site of the memorial is on the brow of ther

hill beneath the church , the spire of vvhich is , in its way , almost as curious an object as the Leaning Tower of Pi . * - Owing , it is saiel , lo tlic warping of the woodwork m _''• ' interior , this spire has assumed an extraordinary twist , anil leans very decidedly out eif the perpendicular , thoug h not , it is to hopeel , at a sufficient angle dangerously affect its centre of gravity . Arrived at the site of tnc memorial , the procession halteel anel formeel an avenue .

through which the Provincial Grand Master passe . l to '' C spot where the foumlalioii-stoiie was suspended . _ '"; officiating brethren took up positions at the four sides 0 the stone , the Provincial Grant ! Master standing at one enf ant ! the Provincial Grand Chaplain , bearing the Sacrei Law on a cushion at the other . An anthem having been chanted by a choir , a silver trowel was presented t ° _ Ll !^ Hartington ; then a prayer was read by the Pr ° * Grand Chaplain , and various coins of the present reig