Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND .

The annual meet ng of the united Province of Cumberland and Westmorland was held at Millom , under the banner of the Whitwell Lodge , No . 1390 , on Friday , the 13 th inst . This is the first time the Provincial Grand Lodge has been held so fat south ; in fact . MUlom lays almost on the

borders of Lancashire , the smoke , furnaces , and tall chimneys of Dalton and Barrow being plainly visible . Only half-a-dozen years old , Whitwell Lodge , from very humble beginnings , has attained a very important position in Masonic affairs , notwithstanding the near proximity of so many lodges in North-West Lancashire . There is , however , room enough for all . both sides of the border ,

and the utmost " interne cordiale" exists between these branches of the two provinces . No doubt the extraordinary development of the iron trade furnishes the secret of Masonic prosperity in the comparatively new centres of industry in the south of Cumberland and North of Lancashire , for , in addition to the comparatively recent No . 1390 of the Millom Lodge , we have almost side by side with it

the No . 1021 and No 1225 of Barrow-in-Furness , and the No . 1398 of Dalton-in-Furness . Despite the extreme distance of Millom from the northern part of the province , the county town being fully seventy miles away , whilst Longtown is nine miles east of the border city , the trains from all parts to the scene of the day ' s proceedings fitted admirably , the only difficulty being the return journey ,

inasmuch as at least one half of the visitors hid to leave shortly after five o ' clock , and some at three , the bulk , however , of the north country contingent not requiring to leave till seven o ' clock . All the railway companies allowed single fares for the double journey , and , all things considered , the difficulties as to transit were reduced to a minimum . All the deputations from the different lodges had

reached Millom by shortly after twelve , at which hour the Charity Committee were summoned to meet . The Public Hall was metamorphosed into an excellent and capacious lodge room , which rendered the crowding and confusion , so annoying at other places , quite impossible , and over two hundred brethren were comfortably seated when the R . W . Provincial Grand Master rose to open the business of

the day . The Earl of Bective , M . P ., P . M . 1074 , R . W . Provincial Grand Master , took his seat on the throne at one o ' clock , and there were present the following members of Provincial Grand Lodge : —Bros . Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., P . M . 129 , R . W . Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Past Grand Warden of England ; Joseph Iredale , P . M . 310 , Carlisle , P . P .

Deputy Grand Master ; W . Kirkbrtde , P . M . 339 , Penrith , P . P . G . S : W ., as P . G . S . W . ; H . Cook , P . M . 119 , Whitehaven , P . P . G . Reg ., as P . G . J . W . ; Jos . Nicholson , P . M . and Treas . 371 , Maryport , P . P . G . S . W . ; G . W . Ken worthy , P . M . 119 , P . P . G . J . W . ; John Bowes , P . M . 129 , Kendal , P . P . G . J . W . ; Rev . Horace V . Thompson , 1074 , Kirkby Lonsdale , P . G . Chaplain ; Rev . W . E . Strickland , W . M .

1267 , Egremont , P . G . Assist . Chaplain ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M . 1002 , Cockermouth , P . G . Registrar { Freemason ); W . B . Gibson , P . M . 119 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . See . ; W . White , P . M . 119 , P . P . G . S . D . ; J . L . Burns-Lindow , P . M . 126 7 , P . G . J . D . ; J . J . Beattie , P . M . 902 , Workington , P . P . G Supt . of Works ; T . Atkinson , P . M . 872 , Whitehaven , P . G . D . C ; G . J . M'Kay , W . M . 129 , P . G . A . D . C . ; W .

Armstrong , P . M . 371 , P . P . G . D . C . ; E . Fearon , P . M . 119 , P . P . G . D . C ; J . Mills , P . M . 1390 , Millom , P . P . G . Sd . B . ; Dr . Page , P . M . 1074 , P . P . G . Sd . B . ; A . Walter , P . M . 371 , P . P . G . Sd . B . ; W . Shilton , P . M . 1002 , P . P . G . Sd . B . ; W . Court , P . M . 310 , P . P . G . Sd . B . ; J . W . Young , P . M . and See . 1403 , Harrington , P . G . Purst . ; J . W . Meredith , P . M . 1390 , P . P . G . Purst . ; T . Dodgson , P . M . 1390 , P . P . G .

Purst . ; J . J . Robinson , P . M . 872 , P . G . Tyler ; W . Lamonby , W . M . 1073 , Keswick , P . P . G . Tyler ; E . Clark , P . M . 1267 , P . G . Steward ; J . M . Salisbury , P . M . 872 , P . G . Steward ; Rev . W . Barton . P . M . 1390 , P . P . G . Chap ., West Yorks ; Walter Crooke , P . M . 1390 ; Q-uartermaster Sergt . Noakes , 5 , 5 th Foot , W . M . 1532 , Carlisle ; J . Bewes , P . M . and Treas . 327 , Wigton ; T . Handle , P . M . 371 ; J . W . Bell ,

W . M . 1390 ; T . Dixon , P . M . 1400 ; W . Martin , W . M . 1660 ; J . B . Thwaites , W . M . 339 ; H . Court , P . M . 310 ; F . Blackburn , W . M . 412 , Longtown ; J . C . Hunter , P . M . 9 62 ; Rev . E . M . Rice , M . A ., P . M . 1002 ; J . W . Robinson , W . M . 371 ; Jo ? . Pearson , P . M . 327 ; E . Tyson , W . M . 119 ; W . H . Hoodless , P . M . 327 ; W . Lawrence , S . W . 1390 ; F . Hodgson , S . W . 872 ; ' W . Mason , S . W . 412 ;

Capt . Sewell , S . W . 1002 ; T . Bird , J . W . 1002 ; W . Bradley , J . W . 1390 ; W . Blaylock , J . W . 412 . The other members of the different lodges in the province , who attended , were as follows : —I . 'idge 119 , Whitehaven : Bros . W . Hollovvay , E . J . Fletcher , Jos . Fisher , [ . J . Atkinson , J . W . Miles , Sec . ; G . Sparrow , H . 11 . Hampton , W . Bewlay , I . G . ; and G . Fitzgerald , Tyler . Lodge

129 , Kendal : Bro . Jo ° . Wilkinson , S . D . Lodge 310 , Carlisle : Bros . Geo . Murchie , Sec . ; G . Mill , W . Blaylock , I . G . ; W . Cunningham , Tyler ; R . L . Court , S . D . ; J . Beaty , J . D . Lodge 339 , Penrith : Bro . Wilson Rawes . Lodge 371 , Marypoit : Bros . J . R . Banks and W . Skelton . Lodge 412 , Longtown : Bro . J . M'Vittie , S . D . Lodge 872 , Whitehaven : Bros . R . Twcntyman ,

S «; c . ; G . W . Smith , W . Spowart , John Nixon , A . M . Gill , A . Hard e , I . G . ; and W . R . Rogers . Lodge 1002 , Cockermouth ; Bros . H . Peacock , I . G . ; J . Hewson , T > Ur ; J , Bolton , H . Harrison , J . Borrowsc . ile , J . Towers , I . Evening , and J . Pears : n . Lodge 1073 , Keswick : Bros . Thomas Usher and F . Jackson . Lodge 1267 , Egremont : Bros . Jos . Goulding , J . J . Wilson , S : c . ; S . Br . iithwaite , Tyler ;

George 11 : 11 , and W . L . Towcrson . Lodge 1390 , Millom Bros . W . Atkinson , Sec ; J . E . Madden , f . G . Lewth . ivaite , Tyler ; John Burn , E . E . Atkinson , J . Holloway , Org . ; J . Calder , R . A . Mitchell , W . Perkins , S . D . ; R . Black , J . Cleator , II . Miller , I . G . ; H . Waiting , G , Baines , J . R . Beck , J . Hill , J . Christian , H . E . Johns , T . Carter , and J . Myers Meakin , Lodge 1400 , Harrington ; Bros . W . Carlyle , W . M . elect ,, John Back , and Jos . Hodg-

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son . Lodge 1660 , Frizington : Bro . R . Wilson . Two of the nineteen lodges were wholly unrepresented , viz ., No . 812 , Appleby , and No . 1220 , Silloth . The visiting brethren from other Provinces were : — Bros . R . W . Worral , P . M . 425 , Chester , P . P . G . S . B . Cheshire ; John Walton , P . M . 1398 , Daltoa-in-Furness ; S . I . Wade , P . M . So , Sunderland , ' P . P . G . D . C ., Durham ;

R . T . Taylor , P . M . 1021 , Barrow-in-Furness ; Thos . Trembath , S . D . 1398 , Dalton ; Solomon Birkett . Lodge 169 , Deptford ; John Soulby Sykes , 18 , Lodge 218 , Calcutta ; W . Dixon , Lodge 1353 , Lancaster ; T . Grieve , S . W . 1398 , Dalton ; and Henry Flask , Lodge Innocent , 224 , Cullen , Scotland . The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in due

form , the minutes of the half-yearly meeting , held at Penrith , last April , were read and confirmed . The Treasurer ' s statement of accounts , previously audited by the R . W . Prov . Grand Master , the R . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and Bro . Lamonby , Prov . Grand Registrar , were next presented by Bro . Gibson , P . G . Secretary , in the regrettable absence , through declining

health and advancing years , of Bro . John Lemon , P . M . 327 , P . G . Treasurer , ; who has held that office , with honour to himself and great advantage to the Province , for some years past . The principal items of expenditure were one hundred guineas from the general fund to the Boys' School , £ 20 to the " Indian Famine Relief Fund , " and Q 20 to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

The receipts to the general fund included a large balance from the previous year , as also over £ 100 for dues . The balance in hand amounted to £ 192 145 . 3 d . and as the Provincial Benevolent Fund was reduced to a balance of £ 18 gs . gd . it was suggested to transfer to it £ 50 from the general fund . On the motion of the R . W . Deputy Provincial Grand Master , seconded by the Prov .

Grann Registrar , the Treasurer ' s statement of accounts was adopted . The next business was the election of a Provincial Grand Treasurer , and the R . W . Deputy Provincial Grand Master , alluding to the long and valuable services of Bro . John Lemon , and also regretting the circumstances under which the province was forced to lose his assistance , proposed the

name of Bro . Geo . Kenworthy , P . P . G . J . W ., as one whom he had every confidence would prove a most efficient successor to Bro . Lemon . Bro . John Bowes , P . P . G . J . W ., seconded the motion , which , it is needless to say , was carried with the most cordial unanimity . Bro . Kenworthy , in acknowledging the compliment

conferred upon him , said that although conscious of his inability to fill the office of Provincial Grand Treasurer as worthily as Bro . Lemon , assured the members of the province that his utmost endeavours should be put forward to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor . The next item on the agenda paper was the election of the Provincial Grand Tyler , and the Provincial Grand

Secretary proposed Bro . J . M . Salisbury , one of the oldest Masonsjin the province , and a P . M . of Lodge 872 , to the office . Bro . T . Atkinson , P . M . 872 , P . G . D . C ; seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . The officers for the year were next invested as follows : — H . Cook , P . M . 119 Prov . G . S . W .

J . R . Bain , P . M . 1400 Prov . G . J . W . Rev . W . E . Strickland , W . M . 126 7 Prov . G . Chaplain . Rev . W . Barton , P . M . 1390 Prov . G . Asst . Chap . G . W . Kenworthy , P . M . 119 ... Prov . G . Treasurer . J . L . Burns-Lindow , P . M . 12 C 7 ... Prov . G . Registrar . W . B . Gibson , P . M . 119 Prov . G . Secretary . J . Mills , P . M . 1390 Prov . G . S . D .

E . Clark , P . M . 1267 Prov . G . J . D . J . Gardiner , P . M . 371 Prov . G . Supt . Works . G . J . M'Kay , W . M . 129 Prov . G . D . C . J . M . Sergt . Noakes , 55 th Foot , W . M . 1531 Prov . G . A . D . C . H . Bewes , P . M . 327 Prov . G . Sd . Br . J . Holloway , 1 390 ... ... Prov . G . Organist .

E . J . Nelson , P . M . 129 Prov . G . Purst . J . M . Salisbury , P . M . 872 ... Prov . G . Tyler . G . Potter , P . M . 1532 ; W . B . Cowman , P . M . 872 ; G . T . Archi- Provincial bald , P . M . 9 62 ; Dr . Horan , Grand P . M . 119 ; W . H . Hoodless , P . M . Ste wards .

327 ; T . Mandle , P . M . 371 . The Provincial Grand Secretary brought up the Charity Committee ' s report , which included a grant of £ 10 to the widow of a brother of Lodge 371 , Maryport , who quite recently was killed on the railway , in the discharge of his daily avocations , leaving four children , the eldest of whom is only four years of age , and the youngest an infant , born

after its father ' s untimely death . The Charity Committee likewise recommended Lodge 371 to prepare a petition to Grand Lodge Fund of Benevolence , which they would support . The sum of £ 5 was also recommended to be given to the aged widow of a Whitehaven brother , and £$ to an aged brother in the same town .

The report , on the motion of the R . W . Deputy Provincial Grand Master , seconded by Bro . G . J . McKay P . G . D . C , was passed nem . dis . The Provincial Grand Secretary next , referring to the minutes of the previous Provincial Grand Lodge , said that permission had then been granted to Bro . W . F . Lamonby , P . G . Reg ., to search the books of the province in the compilation of his intended work on the " History of Craft

Masonry in Cumberland and Westmorland . " That permission being then granted , on condition that a committee of revision be appointed at the ensuing Provincial Grand Lodge , and the MS . of the work being now ready to hand over , he suggested , with the concurrence of Bro . Lamonby , that the committee consist of the R . W . Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the Provincial Grand Wardens , and the Provincial Grand Secretary . This was agreed to ,

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland.

The Provincial Grand Secretary , in accordance with notice of motion , then proposed the addition of the following paragraph to Bye-law XII ., of the provincial rules : — " To enable the Provincial Grand Secretary to keep a correct register , it will be necessary for each lodge , immediately after each installation , to furnish him with a copy of return to Grand Lodge , as regards newly-appointecl

Worshipful Master and Wardens . " This addition , he remarked , had more than ever become necessary , from the fact of some lodges in the province having for years neglected to make the necessary returns to Grand Lodge , as provided by the " Book of Constitutions . " Bro . Lamonby , P . P . G . Reg ., in seconding the resolution , said he might be allowed to state that it was a

modification of a notice of motion sent by him to the Provincial Grand Secretary , and he would explain how it arose . In June last he attended the Quarteily Communication of Grand Lodge , and , in looking over the register books of members qualified to sit in Grand Lodge , found that several lodges in this province had neglected to make the required returns , for periods varying from two up to eighteen

years . This was a serious matter , and he had considered it his bounden duty to bring the subject before Provincial Grand Lodge . No brother , otherwise qualified , would relish the idea of being excluded or denied admission to Grand Lodge , through neglect on the part of officers in sending in returns , and he hoped that this motion of the Provincial Grand Secretary , modified as it judiciously had

been , to serve a double purpose , would be the means of making Worshipful Masters and Secretaries of lodges better acquainted with the provisions of the " Book of Constitutions " than they hitherto appeared to have beer . The motion was carried without any further comment . On the proclamations being put , "Hearty good wishes " were tendered by the visiting brethren from other provinces

and a cordial welcome to Cumberland and Westmorland was given by the R . W . Provincial , Grand Master , who thereupon closed the Provincial Grand Lodge in due form . The brethren were then marshalled in order of procession , and , headed by the Holborn Hill Royal Brass Band , marched to the handsome new church dedicated to Saint George , which is situated on the summit of an eminence ,

from which an extensive view is obtained of the magnificent range of mountain scenery in South Cumberland and North Lancashire . The sacred edifice was crowded by the general public , in addition to the Masons . The service was full choral , including Whiteley's well-known anthem , " Behold , how good and joyful , " beautifully sung by the surpliced choir attached to the church . Prayers were read

by the Rev . W . Barton , Incumbent , P . G . Assist . Chaplain ; the lesson by the Rev . W . E . Strickland , P . P . G . Chaplain ; and the sermon was preached by the Rev . H . V . Thompson , P . P . G . Chaplain , from Psalm exxxix ., v . 23-4 : — " Search me , O God , and know my heart ; try me , and know my thoughts ; and see if there be any wicked way in me , and lead me in the way everlasting . "

The offertory was divided between the Masonic Charities and the Slillom Parish Sunday Schools . After church service , the procession was reformed to the Public Hall , and at half-past three a large company sat down to an excellently prepared banquet , in the large and new hall , attached to Bro . Waiting's Castle Hotel . The Earl of Bective , M . P ., presided , but , after dessert

had been placed upon the tables , was obliged to leave , in order to reach Underley Hall the same evening . His lordship , however , prior to vacating the chair , expressed his warmest thanks , and those of the province generally , for the admirable arrangements made by the brethren of Whitwell Ledge , and he retired from the hall in a " blaze of fire . "

Colonel Whitwell thereafter took the chair , and under his genial presidency , a couple of hours were passed in the most harmonious manner , the company , however , having grown wonderfully smaller by degrees and beautifully less , as the hour approached for the departure of the

last train . All things considered , the proceedings were highly successful , and , in fact , the W . M . and brethren of Lodge No . 1390 deserve great credit for their systematic efforts and arrangements , on the first occasion of the Provinclal Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland going so far south .

Freemasonry In Scotland.

FREEMASONRY IN SCOTLAND .

On Wednesday last a meeting was held in the Trades ' Hall , Glassford-street , to take into consideration the proceedings at the last Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The chair was occupied by Colonel Campbell , of Blythswoorf , Substitute Grand Master of

Scotland , and Prov . G . M . of Renfrewshire East , and there was a large attendance of brethren—from 300 to 400 being present . Colonel Campbell , on taking the chair , said he felt gratified at the kindness which had been shown him , and said he was perfectly willing to place his services at the

disposal of the brethren . ( Applause . ) Before entering on the business he called upon Bro . Morgan to read some letters of apology for absence . Bro . Morgan said it would delay the business of the meeting too much to read the letters of apology for absence , but he might say that amongst them they had

numerous expressions of cordial sympathy in the movement in which they were engaged . Amongst those who had promised them support were the Earl of Rosslyn . the Earl of Mar and Kellie , Sir James Alexander of Westerton , Bros . Whytc-Mclvillc , Charles Dalrymylc , M . P ., and

a number of others . He had a great pile of letters on the table , many of them with half-a-dozen names attached , expressing their wish to have Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart nominated for re-election . The Chairman said they were aware that on the 5 th August last , at the quarterly communication , there was