Contents.

CONTENTS .

LEADERS S S provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall 166 Installation of Bro . Lord Euston as Provincial Grand Master of Northants and Hunts 56 ? Consecration of the Cherwell Chapter of Royal Arch Masons , No . 599 , at Banbury 568 Consecration of the Lindsay Chapter

i R EPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued)—Instruction 573 Royal Arch 574 Instruction , 574 Mark Masonry 574 Knights Templar S 74 Ancient and Accepted Rite 574 Rosicrucian Society of England 574 Allied Masonic Degrees 575

, No . 133 S , VVigan 569 Masonic Banquet at the Mansion House ... 6 9 Provincial Grand Mark Lodg-: of Somerset 56 } CORRESPONDENCEThe Masonic Charities 570 Browne ' s Master Key 571 Notes and Queries 571 R EPORTS O ? MASONIC MEETING *—Craft Masonry 571

Royal Ark Mariners f . 575 West Indies 57 s Malta 575 Board of Benevolence 575 Official Visit of the Provincial Grand Office's of Durham 575 Obituary 575 Masonic and General Tidings 576 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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THE week now rapidly approaching its end has been an event-6 "'" ful one , not only for the worthy townsfolk of Northampton Northampton . an ( j tne in ] iabitants of the county which bears its name , but

for the brethren of the Province of Norths and Hunts , who for a long time past have been but indifferently favoured as regards opportunities for displaying their zeal and ability as Freemasons . There was a grand gathering of the province in 1884 at Peterborough , when the first stone of the new tower about to be erected for the Cathedral was laid with Masonic

ceremonial , but with this solitary exception , there has not been , owing , we presume , to the frequent absence of the Provincial Grand Master on his colonial expeditions , much activity displayed in Norths and Hunts . VVe may look to see this changed no . v , to the credit both of the province and the Craft generally . On Monday , R . W . Bro . the Earl of EUSTON , a

young but energetic Mason , was installed in office as Provincial Grand Master , and from what passed on that occasion , from the spirit he manifested and the reception he experienced , there is small reason to doubt that Freemasonry in these counties will present itself forthwith under a new and more attractive aspect . On Tuesday , the

brethren again played the chief part in the event which had brought Prince ALBERT VICTOR of WALES , G . S . VV . of England , all the way from Copenhagen , and which gave Bro . the Earl of EUSTON and hi-s lodges an opportunity of exhibiting their enthusiasm under the new regime . The event itself , which is described at length elsewhere , needs no special

comment . It was the inauguration of a memorial of the Q UEEN ' Jubilee , which will benefit largely the poor inhabitants of the town and county of Northampton , It was fitting that the grandson of the QUEEN should perform the ceremony , and that , as he is a Principal Grand Officer of

United Grand Lodge , he should be supported by the Masons of the province . The proceedings passed off admirably , and we are confident the brethren of Norths and Hunts will long remain in their present mind that if Freemasonry is a pursuit worthy of being followed , it must be followed worthily .

FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Bros . Alderman Sir FRANCIS Hmse ^ an ' ue ' t WYATT TRUSCOTT , Sir J WHITTAKER ELLIS , Bart ., M . P ., Sir J STAPLES , K . C . M . G ., and others of his

distinguished predecessors in the Civic chair , Bro . Alderman Sir R . HANSON , Bart ., Lord Mayor of London , has entertained at a grand banquet at the Mansion House Bro . the Earl of LATHO . M , Deputy G . M . of England , and the Grand Officers Present and Past of United Grand Lodge . The meeting took place on Tuesday , when there was a numerous

gathering of brethren bent on doing honour to so worthy an occasion , and their efforts , as a matter of course , proved successful . These hospitable receptions by our Masonic Lord Mayors are a conspicuous and meritorious feature of our time . The latter are always most welcome when they visit our lodges and receive the honour which is their due , and it would seem

as though a Masonic banquet had become almost as much a fixture in the m ayoral entertainments of the year as those at which her Majesty ' s judges , or the men of literature and science figure as the chief guests . At all events , these banquets are calculated to prove mutually advantageous by strengthening the feelings of respect which host and guests entertain towards

each other , and we take this opportunity of congratulating Bro . Lord Mayor HANSON on the success of Tuesday ' s gathering . It was worthy ° ' the chief Magistrate and of the Fraternity whose principal dignitaries "e received so hospitably .

THERB are one or two considerations affecting the Scheme for Giris e schooi celebrating the Centenary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls which , though they have not been referred to in our

ecent articles on the subject , have by no means been overlooked , and may easonabl y claim our attention , while the proposal is before our readers in all s earl y freshness . One of these is the alleged unwisdom in . embarking on rther building operations on the ground that , as the space at the disposal tn e authorities is limited , and the neighbourhood is being rapidly built

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over , it will become necessary sooner or later to remove the School further from London . If there were a strong likelihood of such a contingency happening , it would show that the authorities had acted most improvidently in approving the present Centenary project and submitting it for the approval of the general body of subscribers . But it must be manifest to

all , from what Bro . FENN said at the Quarterly Court on the 8 th inst ., that the question of removal has not been lost sight of either by the Special or the General Committee , and , that being so , the inference we naturally draw from the conduct of both is that the possibility of the Institution having to be removed further from London is so remote , that it may safely be

left out of account in any scheme for the re-arrangement and extension of the present premises . The available space at St . John ' s Hill is ample for the requirements of the School ; the site is one of the healthiest near London ; access to it from all parts of England and the Metropolis is easy ; and when the existing premises have been altered and enlarged , the School ,

both as a building and educationally , will be one of the finest in the country . Of course , it would have been very much better if , 35 years ago , when the authorities set about purchasing the ground at St . John ' s Hill , and erecting the original portion of the existing premises , they had secured more of the former and made the latter more commodious . But we must not blame them too

severely if , at a time when money was not obtainable in such large amounts as now , they reduced their appeal for funds to as modest limits as possible , neither must we lay it to their charge as a serious error that they did not foresee and provide for the amazing increase which has since taken place in the numerical strength of the School : no one could have foreseen that .

However , as we have said already , the present space is ample , and the outlay thus far incurred—amounting , we believe , to upwards of £ 60 , 000 — being vastly in excess of any sum that could be realised by the sale of the premises , even if an extravagant price were paid , the contingency of a removal into the country may be dismissed from our minds altogether .

There need not , therefore , be a moment ' s hesitation on the part of the Craft about supporting the Centenary proposals of the Committees . There will be no removal of the School from where it stands now , except under compulsion , and in that eventuality , a proper sum would be paid to the authorities by way of compensation .

* * * As usual , Bro . T . W . TEW , Prov . Grand Master of West !^ udress ' S Yorkshire , took advantage of the opportunity afforded by the meeting ot his Provincial Grand Lodge at Heckmondwike , on

the 5 th inst ., under the banner of the Amphibious Lodge , to deliver one of those admirable addresses to which he has accustomed us since his installation in office , and as the events of the past summer afforded him ample material ( or the exercise of his eloquence , his address on this occasion was listened to with more than ordinary interest by his numerous hearers and

will have been studied with more than ordinary pleasure by our readers The current year has been indeed an eventful one with the West Yorkshire brethren . Not only have they borne their part honourably , as is their custom , in all ^ the principal events in Masonry which have marked its progress—such as the Festivals of our Institutions , the Communications of

Grand Lodge , and the meetings of Provincial Grand and private lodges , which are part and parcel of our ordinary life—but the excellence of their organisation , and the zeal they manifest for everything Masonic , have made themselves even more conspicuous than usual . They were strongly represented at the great Masonic meeting in the Royal Albert Hall on the 13 th

June ; they took a still more prominent part in the similar meeting held at York on the 14 th July ; they have contributed liberally towards the Imperial Institute—the national memorial of the Q UEEN ' Jubilee ; and , above all , they have out-Yorkshired West Yorkshire in their generous support of our Institutions , among which in average years they distribute about ^ 2000 ,

, but for which during this year of Jubilee they will have raised fully twice that sum , the additional 2000 guineas being devoted to the purchase of two Perpetual Presentations to the Widows' Fund of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . With such a record as this to comment upon , it was to be expected that Bro . TEW ' address at this meeting would be of an

exceptionally eloquent character , and no one who has read his speech as reported in our columns last week will have doubts as to Bro . TEW having risen to the occasion and acquitted himself worthily . The brethren , too , must have been pleased at having for their ruler one so capable as Bro . TEW of estimating as well as recounting their services . It may be all very well to

talk to people of angelic disposition about " virtue being its own reward ; " but it is a pardonable frailty among men of average calibre , that they should rejoice to find their endeavours to fulfil their duty are recognised , and especially when those endeavours have been unusually successful . West

Yorkshire , we repeat , has outdone itself in this year of Jubilee , and the jubilant tone of Bro . TEW ' admirable address at Heckmondwike was in strict accordance with the facts of this memorable epoch . There is one other circumstance which must not be overlooked , and particularly as Bro .