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LEADERS 74 $ Masonic Tokens 74 6 Provincial Grand Lodge of Derbyshire ... 74 6 Provincial Grand Lrdge of Gloucestershire 74 6 Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex 747 Provincial Grand Chapter of Gloucestershire 747 Consecration of St . Paul's Lodge ( E . C ) ,

Limassol , Cyprus 747 COKKKKPONDEM E — " Bro . Woodward's Motions" 740 Field Lane Refu es and Ragged Schools 750 Rule 210 750 Notes and Queries 750 RUPOBTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry , 730 Instruction ,., 754

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REPORTS OF MASONIC M EETINGS ( Continued)—Royal Arch 754 Mark Masonry 555 Knights Templar ' . 755 Allied Masonic Degrees 755 Order of the Secret Monitor 755 Oueensland 7 . 16

India 756 An English Brewery in Upper India 756 Ancient and Accepted Rite 757 Gibraltar 757 Board of Benevolence 757 Obituary 757 Theatres 757 Masonic and General Tidings 75 8 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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WE are not of those who consider it unlucky to offer their The . . J Compliments congratulations or good wishes in advance of an anniversary , of the Season . b " ' J nor do we imagine it will in the slightest degree affect the

heartiness with which our friends and readers will receive , any more than it does the sincerity and goodwill with which we tender to them the usual Compliments of the Season which is on the eve of being celebrated . Neither does it occur to us that , in tendering these compliments generally , they will be less acceptable by those who may not regard the season of Christmas as

being of the same importance as we do . The closing days of one year and the commencement of another form together a common ground for rejoicing to people of all classes , of every grade of fortune , and of all religious seels . Those who have prospered during the 12 months just completed will look forward to the attainment of still greater prosperity in the year that is

coming , while those who have fared indifferently or ill will anticipate its approach at least with hope , if not entirely without anxiety . Certainly in the world of Masonry , we have every reason to rejoice over the events that have happened since last Christmas-iide , and though we cannot hope that the success which has attended the fortunes of our Society will be as

brilliant in the immediate future , the evidences around us point strongly in favour of a renewal of our good fortune . If we have lost many old friends , whose departure from among us we deeply deplore , we have gained many new ones , of whose addition to our ranks we have every reason to be proud . Many members of the great Masonic family of the Old Country have

severed their connection with the parent stock in order to set up establishments of their own ; but we take a natural pride in the strength and selfreliance which has enabled them to adopt this course , while the gaps which their retirement from our ranks has caused , will be , or rather are alread y being , rapidly filled up . In short , while we have little to regret beyond

the changes and losses which Time inevitably brings with it , we have much in the way of gains to be thankful for , and in' wishing all our friends the Compliments of the Season , we trust that all their hopes and anticipations in respect of the coming year may be as fully realised as have been those in which we indulged about a twelvemonth since in respect of the year which is now approaching its close .

The late Bro . THE news we published last week of the death of Bro . E . < PaTt Di ! t ' . G ! M' TYRRELL-LEITH , Past Dist . Grand Master of Bombay , will , of Bombay . we { ee j sur 6 j ^ e received everywhere throughout the Craft with the sincerest regret . The deceased was greatly esteemed and respected by those who enjoyed the privilege of his friendship or acquaintance .

and even where he may have been personally unfamiliar , his fame was sufficientl y known and appreciated . The services he had rendered to Freemasonry were many and important , his principal sphere of Masonic labour having been in the presidency of Bombay , over the lodge and brethren in which he presided as Dist . G . Master and G . Superintendent

from 1879 t 0 1887 . In those few years he had done much to strengthen the position of the Craft under his rule , and , if there were no new lodges created during his term of office , the evidences of his work will be found everywhere throughout the District in the improved organisation of the lodges he had ruled , and the more cordial spirit that prevailed amongst the

brethren as well as in the harmony which existed between the Masons of the English Constitution and those holding under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , Bro . LEITH was comparatively but a young man , being only 46 years old when he was stricken by the hand of death . His loss , therefore , is the Wore to be regretted from the fact that he was at an age when we mi ght

reasonabl y have hoped to retain his services for a further and prolonged Period . It has , however , been otherwise ordained , and there remains to us onl y the sad duty of paying our tribute of respect to his memory and ex-Pressing our . sympathy with his family and friends in their . sad and sudden bereavement .

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WE publish elsewhere a short account of the career of this The late Bro . Sir r vv . Pearce , M . P . distinguished brother , who , we regret to say , has at length P . G . M . Glasgow . S . . . ... . ..,,.,,

succumbed to the very serious illness from which he had been for some time past suffering . But we feel that we should be wanting in our duty if we did not take this opportunity of expressing , on the [ part of our readers as well as for ourselves , the sorrow with which the mournful news

will be received throughout the Craft , and the sympathy which we know will be experienced on all sides with the family and friends and brother Masons of the deceased worthy brother . He was deservedly respected , and as

popular as he was respected ; and by his death the Scotch Fraternity , but particularly the important section over which he presided as Prov . Grand Master , has sustained a loss which will not easily be replaced .

* IT is evident from the very full report we publish elsewhere of Freem ! d « s ? '" the installation of his Excellency , Bro . Lord CONNEMARA , Governor of Madras , as District Grand Master of the

Presidency , that P ' reemasonry is not only well supported by the English , but likewise that it has firmly established itself , as in the other divisions of our great Indian dependency , in the good opinion of the native population We know from our old friend "The Cosmo "—which has just made its

appearance for the 19 th year in succession—that the lodges scattered about the Presidency are some 20 in number , of which nearly one half have Royal Arch Chapters attached to them , that several Mark lodges under a Provincial Organisation are in full working order , and that other branches

of modern Masonry are likewise efficiently represented . But some such event as the installation of anew District Grand Master appears , 10 have been needed in order to furnish that ampler information about the doings of the various lodges both severally and collectively , which always is

welcome but not always as readily obtainable as we could wish . However , it is very gratifying to us , and we feel sure will be equally gratifying to our readers , to hear that Freemasonry is faring so prosperously in Madras ; that the various lodges take a deep interest in

their work ; and , above all , that the District can boast of a well-organised Masonic Institution , which is capable of rendering important help to those who have been overtaken by misfortune . It is also manifest that in Bro . Lord CONNEMARA the brethren possess a ruler who will never weary of

doing his part towards promoting the welfare of the lodges over which he has been called upon to preside ; and we sincerely trust that , under his auspices , and with the assistance of able officers like Bro . Col . MOORE , his

Dep . Dist . G . Master , Freemasonry will continue in the path of progress and establish itself still more firmly in the affection and respect of the native population .

WE have much pleasure in drawing the attention of our Our Christmas readers to the Christmas Number of the Freemason , which was Number .

published on the 20 th instant , and which , we venture to think , will be found to contain an array of matter which is as readable and attractive as the contents of its predecessors . We have endeavoured to the best of our ability to meet the varied tastes of our constituents . There are tales

of the lighter class for those who hold that light literature is a necessary accompaniment of Christmas , while for those who prefer more solid pabulum we imagine that the carefully edited description , by Bro . W . J . HUGHAN P . G . D ., of the "Thomas W . Tew MS ., " which has now to be added to

our series of the "Ancient Charges , ' and Bro . G . B . ABBOTT ' S lighter sketch of the component members , from its constitution till now , of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No , 259 . will serve as a welcome addition to our store of analytical and historical exposition . The principal illustration is

taken from the late Bro . ROSENTHAL ' picture of " The Reception of the Prince of WALES in Grand Lodge as Past Grand Master , on the 1 st December , 186 9 , " while the musical element is represented by a Masonic Song , composed by Bro . F . W . DRIVER , and set to music b y Bro . W . S .

DUNKLEY , whose name alone is a guarantee of its merit . We have suggested—and we trust our suggestion will not prove to be very wide of the mark—that the contents of this number will serve to pass a leisure

halfhour very pleasantly ; and we need hardly add that our satisfaction will be . much enhanced if the pleasure thence derived is supplemented by ' some useful information , which has not hitherto been generally current .