Consecration Of The Cotehele Lodge, No. 2166, At Calstock.

which this lodge is established . The Provincial Grand Master concluded by offering some excellent advice to the W . M . and officers of Cotehele Lodge as to their future working , and asking them to remember , and to act upon , the words of Peter in the Scriptures— " Be well doing , that ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men . " ( Applause . )

The lodge was then placed in proper position for the purposes of consecration , and a hymn , specially written for the occasion and set to music by Bro . W . H . Rogers , of Colvton , vvas sung by the choir , which consisted of Bros . J . Hele , W . W . Dymond , G . Firks , T . Goodall , T . Gibbons , W , Sowden , and Jago . The Chaplain , the Rev . T . F . W . Wintle , offered musicthe

. prayer , and the lodge board having been uncovered , with solemn , Prov . G . M . proceeded with the ceremony of consecration with corn , wine , and oil , the choir chanting " Glory to God in the highest . " The vvhole ceremony was most effectually performed , and greatly impressed all the brethren present . elLod

The installation of Bro . H . Down as the first W . M . of Cotehe ge was next proceeded with . The duty of installing the W . M . was entrusted to Bro . J . R . Lord , P . P . G . S . B ., vvho went through the entire ceremony in a manner which showed a full appreciation of the duty he was called upon to discharge , and which elicited the admiration of the assembled brethren . It vvas a responsible and difficult task admirably performed , and Bro . Lord

more than justified the expectations formed of him when it was known that he had been requested to undertake the duty . The other officers invested for the ensuing year are Bros . J . Turner , I . P . M . ; G . Rowe , P . M ., S . W . ; N . Bray , P . M ., J . W . ; J . Samuels , S . D . ; R . Alford , J . D . ; W . Sowden , Sec . ; Rev . A . Campbell , Chap . ; and W . H . Bone , I . G . The remaining officers will be appointed at the next regular meeting of the lodge .

At the close of the business the brethren adjourned from Cotehele Hall to Durber's Ashburton Hotel , Calstock , and partook of an excellent luncheon which wasthereprovided . The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . G . M . . presided , and nearly a hundred brethren were present . In proposing " The Queen and the Craft" the P . G . M . remarked that the progress of Freemasonry during the past fifty years , not only in England but through the world , had been

wonderful . The regulations of the Craft were such that her Majesty could not be a member of it , but he was sure they were all proud of the fact that they had two of her sons members of the Order and rendering it active service and assistance , and from this service he believed that great good had been derived . ( Applause . ) As they were all aware , this vvas the Queen ' s Jubilee year , and a movement was on foot for celebrating the

Jubilee by the establishment of an Imperial Institute . He stated at at . Austell a short time since , and would repeat it now , that the brethren could not be expected to subscribe in the double capacity of citizens and Masons towards the celebration of the Jubilee . He thought , however , that every loyal brother should subscribe in some form or other towards the Jubitee . ( Hear , hear . ) The toast was drunk vvith musical honours .

' The Prov . G . M . next gave " His Royal Hig hness the Prince of Wales , Grand Master of England ; the Pro Grand Master , the D . G . M ., and the Grand Lodge of England . " The Prince of Wales , he said , had , ever since his initiation into the Order , taken the deepest interest in it , and had always entertained a kindly feeling towards the brethren . This toast vvas also received with musical honours .

" Success to Cotehele Lodge " was the next toast on the list , and in proposing it the P . G . M . said there had been a very gratifying attendance of brethren that day to assist at the consecration of the lodge , and he had no doubt that ihe officers and brethren of the new lodge would take encouragement from the interest which had been shown in their proceedings by so many brethren who had come from a distance . He desired to impress upon

them that they had undertaken real and earnest work , the ultimate success of which would depend upon the effort that they threw into it , and the spirit with which they entered upon it and persevered with it . He was sure that they all realised this , and he had no reason to doubt that , as the result of the opening of the new lodge , Masonry would progress and prosper in the neighbourhood . ( Applause ) .

Bro . Lieut .-Colonel W . E . MICHELL proposed , amidst loud applause , " The Health of the Prov . G . M ., " and his lordship retired amidst the hearty cheering of the brethren , and returned to Mount Edgcumbe in his steam launch , the Armadillo , accompanied by the brethren from Cornwall , for whom his lordship had considerately provided this accommodation , and who

were landed at Saltash in good time to catch the down train from Plymouth . The Cornish brethren were also conveyed in the morning from Saltash to Cotehele in the Armadillo . The visiting brethren from the Three Towns returned home in the Aerial , all having had a thoroughly enjoyable trip on the . ever-attractive River Tamar .

Consecration Of The Ashburton Lodge No. 2189, At Ashburton.

CONSECRATION OF THE ASHBURTON LODGE No . 2189 , AT ASHBURTON .

A special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodgeof Devonshire was held on Thursday , 14 th inst ,, at Ford ' s Commercial Hotel , North-street , Ashburton , for the purpose of considering in vvhat form the province should cele ' rate the Queen ' s Jubilee , and also to constitute and consecrate the Ashburton Lodge , No . 2189 . There was a lairly large attendance . This is the first Masonic lodge in Ashburton , and a room at Ford ' s Commercial Hotel has been nicely fitted up as a lodge room .

The P . G . M ., the R . W . Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., was accompanied by W Bros . Walter G . Rogers , P . M . 112 , D . P . G . M . ; George C Davie , P . M . 251 , P . P , ] G . W ., as S . G . W . ; Robert LSrewin , P . M . 112 , 444 , P . P . S . G . D ., as J . G . W .: the Rev R . B . F . Ebrington , W . M . 248 , P . P . G . C , as P . G . Chap . ; D . Cross , P . M . and Treas . 1205 , P . G . Treasurer ; John Brewer , P . M . and Secretary 251 , P . G . Secretary ; J . Bradford , P . M . 1358 , Prov . G . Reg . ; H . L . Mallett , P . M . 1885 , P . G . S . B . ; W . Powell tivi 1205 rvcioerr

-.. ; namoiy , r . M . I 855 ; and Ihomas Ford , jun ., P . M . 1125 , P . G Stewards ; William Vicary , P . M . 1138 , P . P . G . Reg . ; William Langley Pope , D . D 1138 , P . P . G . Chap . ; G P . Martin , P . M . 910 ; E . Aitken Davis , P . M . 1099 , P . P . G . S . Wks . ; John Lane , P . M . 14 . 12 ; R . F . Loosemore , W . M . 1125 ; John Parnell , W . M 135 8 ; Arthur W . Palk , P . M . 1358 ; Hy . Marley , I . P . M . 135 S ; William E . Warren P . M . 1358 , P . P . G . O . ; William Trevenna , P . M . 159 and 1255 , P . P . G . D . C ; H L Friend , P . M . 1443 , P . P . A . G D . C ; John Olver , P . M . 1138 , P . P . G . S . B . ; John G ' Henwood Cornwall

, P . M . 970 , P . P . G . D . C . ; Jasper John Amery , W . M . i 486 ; Daniel D H Sutherland P . M . 7 , 0 , P . G . S . B . ; John Cole , W . M . 710 ; John Callard , 710 ; J . U . Valentme , P . M . 303 , P . P . G D . C ; Charles Atkins , P . M . 27 , and Secretary 248 G * C * Sa 5 ? i , M * J 10 * 2 4 ; J- S . Saunders , P . M . 1138 ; W . Bennett Maye , P . M . 710 , P . P . G . D . C . ; W . Brown , P . M . 248 ; the Rev . J . Powning , P . M ., Chap . 710 P P G C R . Woodgate Tucker , P . M . 847 ; A . J . Watts , W . M . 1212 ; John Pearse , P . M . i 2 « : ' w ' L , Lavers , P . M . 1255 ; G . T . Goad , W . M . 1855 ; J . Drennan , P . M . 710 ; W . Gregory ,

Consecration Of The Ashburton Lodge No. 2189, At Ashburton.

P . M . and Treas . 1 254 ; C . H . Fulford , W . M . 1254 ; Quartermaster-Sergeant Willi Kennedy , R . M . L . I ., W . M . 1205 ; C C . Vicary , P . M . 113 S ; H . Martin , P . M . u . C . Stevens , P . M . 1138 ; C . Pope , P . M . 113 S ; E . Huxtable , P . M . 113 S ; J . Murrin P . M . 1138 ; H . Steele , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . ; Rev . G . T . Warner , P . M . 1138 , P . P ' Chap . ; L . Stevens , S . W . 1138 ; H . Sitters , S . W . 1205 ; F . Hearn , S . W . 1254 ; Q Lee , S . W . 1255 ; VV . T . Hocking , S . W . 70 ; A . Ponsford , J . W . 113 S ; A . Troi ,- * '

J . W . 1205 ; J . Shapter , J . W . 1443 ; F . R . Thomas , S . D . 189 ; C . D . Dobell , P . J . ty ' 1138 ; John G . Scevill , P . J . VV . 24 S ; C . G . S . Acock , Sec . 2189 ; A . Goodman , J , Q " 1550 ; A . J . Truscott , Sec . 1254 ; W . Davy , j . D . 710 ; S . E . Endacott , Sec . 1133 ' . R . Light , S . D . 1358 ; T . T . Parker , P . J . W . 1136 ; H . Stockman , 1138 ; John T ' Hughes , 1358 ; J . Whitmore , 2189 ; J . G . Mabey , M . Underhay , J . Rice , J Hayivood , G . Hellens , and T . W . Haydon , all of 1138 ; J . Down , 156 ; W . Smeeth ' 159 ; H . Stevens , 2189 ; Rev . R . McCheane , 2189 ; and W . Pengelley , 21 S 9 . '

The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in due form , The PROV . GRAND MASTFR mentioned that the first business on the agenda was the consideration as to how the Masons of the province should , celebrate her Majesty ' s Jubilee . He mentioned that , in accordance with the request of the Pro Grand Master , Lord Carnarvon , he had sent out circulars to the lodges in the province embodying the proposals of his Royal

Highness as to how the Jubilee should be celebrated , and a large majority of the lodges had intimated their readiness to subscribe as proposed to the Imperial Institute . ( Hear , hear . ) Other lodges had decided to celebrate the Jubilee in some local manner . ( Hear , hear . ) The fact that so many lodges in the provinces were going to subscribe to the Imperial Institute rendered it impossible that they could look for large subscriptions from lodges for a celebration by the province .

Bro . D . CROSS , P . G . Treas ., as representing one of the oldest lodges in the province , loooked forward to something being done by the Prov . G , Lodge in the Western part of the province to commemorate the Jubilee . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not in a position to say that the thing could be done , but it struck him that an appropriate way of celebrating the Jubilee would be for the Prov . Grand Lodge to attend the laying of the foundation stone of the new Masonic Hall which was about to be built at Plymouth . ( A p-

plause . ) If the applause which greeted his remarks was to be taken as any criterion , he thought the proposal was likely to meet with favour at the hands of the brethren . ( Hear , hear . ) A meeting was to be held at Plymouth the iollowing evening with reference to the Masonic Hall , and an excellent sue had been offered them . He thought it would be a good thing ior Freemasonry if they had a Masonic procession on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone under the auspices of the Prov . G . Lodge . ( Applause . ) They had not had a Masonic lodge in Plymouth for some years .

Bro . WARREN did not think the proposal , that the Prov , Grand Lodge should contribute towards a Masonic Hall for Plymouth , would meet generally with the favour of the brethren in the Eastern part of the province . ( Applause . ) Bros . CROSS said Bro . Warren was under a misapprehension as to what he had proposed ; he only suggested that the foundation of the new hall in Plymouth , which would be built by the brethren of the Three Towns , should be laid under the auspices of the Prov . G . Lodge . ( Applause . )

The DEPUTY PROV . G . MASTER gave notice that at the next meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge he would move that an address be presented to her Majesty on the Jubilee of her reign . ( Applause . ) The PROV . GRAND MASTER said he had received a suggestion from Bro . Brewster , tnat an additional annuity in the Fortescue Annuity Fund should

be provided by the province in commemoration of her Majesty ' s Jubilee , ( Hear , hear . ) The brethren of the Three Towns might approve oi Bro . Cross ' s suggestion , but the brethren in other parts of the province might no , fall in wilh it . ( Hear , hear . ) He , therefore , moved the appointment of a small Committee to receive suggestions and report thereon to the Prov . G . Lodge . ( Applause . )

W . Bro . DAVIE , P . P . J . G . W ., seconded the resolution , which was carried . The D . P . G . M ., the P . G . Treasurer , and the P . G . Secretary were appointed as the Committee .

The consecration of the lodge vvas then proceeded with . The P . G . SECRETARY announced to the P . G . Master that certain brethren having obtained a warrant , desired to be constituted into a regular lodge in ancient lorm . The P . G . Secretary then read the warrant , vvhich contained the names of the following brethren as iounders ot the lodge : Bros . Hon . Rd . Maitland Westenra Dawson ( Master ) , Henry Steele , Walter

Soper Gervis , Rev . Charles Foster , Henry Stevens , Rev . Robert McCheanet jun ., and Charles George Scott Acock . The brethren of the new lodge having signified their assent to the officers named in ihe warrant , the D . P . G . M . delivered a short oration on Masonry . He dwelt on the extreme antiquity of the Order , remarking that the principles and tenets of Freemasonry were the same novv as they were centuries ago , before the earliest

book was written . He enjoined upon them the necessity of paying strict attention to the moral principles which were inculcated in the Order . He impressed on their minds that Masonry was not only the grandest , but the earliest system of eclectic philosophy every instituted in the world . He trusted that Masonry would continue , as it always had been , to be the great guiding principles of human nature .

The P . G . M . then pledged the Master and members of the new lodgo to obey the laws and constitutions of the Grand Lodge . Psalm cxxxiii . was chanted , after the P . G . Chaplain offered the first part of the dedication prayer . The P . G . M . delivered the invocation , and the P . G . Chaplain read II . Chronicles ii ., 1-16 . After this the lodge board was uncovered , and the P . G . Chaplain placed the sacred name on the lodee . Then followed the

ceremony of consecrating the lodge with corn ( as an emblem of plenty and abundance ) , wine ( an emblem of joy and gladness ) , and oil ( an emblein of peace and prosperity ) . The P . G . M . offered the second part of the dedication prayer , during which the W . M . and Wardens of the Ashburton Lodge deposited the working tools of the three Degrees upon the lodge . ^ f portions of Scripture having been read , the P . G . M . declared the lodge duly

consecrated and dedicated , and pronounced the final benediction . The ceremony of installing the Master designate , Bro . the Hon . £ Dawson , P . M . 1629 , was then ably performed by Bro . C . W . Davie , " x ' J . G . W . Bro . Cross , P . G . T ., took the S . W . ' s cnair during the ceremony * J'he W . M . then invested Bro . H . Steele , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , as S . W ., a « o

Bro . W . S . Gervis as J . W ., the appointment oi the remaining officers D * "' B adjourned , through press of time , to the following meeting . . Propositi ons were received from four candidates for initiation , and ;) lodge was closed after the W . M . had received the " Hearty good wishes of the visiting brethren present . . u . The brethren then adjourned to Bro . W . Hill ' s London Hotel , A * burton , where they sat down to a banquet . The lodge was furnished by Bro , George Kenning , London ,