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CONTENTS .

f . E . 'DERS ft ) Supreme Grand Chapter of England ,. 57 S Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire 578 ' Provincial Grand Lodgeof Ctimherlam ! and Westmorland ijo Consecration of the Windermere Lodge ,

No . 2317 381 Provincial Grand Lodg-: of Leicestershire and Rutland 5 S 3 Consecration of the Horsa Lodge , No . 330 S , Bournemouth 583 Centenary of the Grand Lodge of Maryland -It : S 84 . ' 3 -t

Sale of Second Portion of the Pythagoras Lodge Library , New York $ 84 Old Warrants . —IV ; Sj Royal Masonic Institution for Girls— ' Financial Table , 1 SS 1—1 SS 7 _ S _ CORRESPONDENCEThe Freemasons' Monitor and Preston ' s ¦ Masonry < 86

CORRESI ' OXDE . VCE ( Continued)—Browne's Master Key 5 S 7 Wilful Mis-statement versus t- ' act 5 S 7 The Giving of Toasts 5 S 7 R-trlv Evidence of tne Roval Arch < S 7 An Old Certificate " . 5 R 7 Attendance Books at Provincial Grand

Lodge 587 The Masonic Charities 587 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 58 ? Instruction 589 Royal Arch Jno Mark 590

Masonry Ancient and Accepted Rite _ qo Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 591 The Alpass Benevolent Institution 591 Masonic Reception of the Pro Grand Master at Natal -rgr Presentation to a Liverpool Pressman 591 Masonic and General Tidings SQ 3 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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„ . „ , THE visit to Truro next week of the Prince of WALES , M . W . The Grand / -. »» ,, r Master ' s Visit to G . M ,, for the purpose of being- present at the consecration rnro * of the Cathedral , which has been in course of erection during the last seven years , is an event which cannot fail to excite a considerable

amount of interest in Masonic circles . As our readers will remember , his Royal Highness laid the foundation stones of the edifice with full Masonic ceremonial in the summer of 1 SS 0 , when there was a grand concourse of brethren from all parts of England assembled , not only to do honour to their illustrious chief , but likewise to take part , even though it might be

silently , in a function which is unique in the history of modern Freemasonry . The architects of the Middle Ages , from whom and the Guild of Masons which executed their designs our Society traces its descent , were constantly engaged in the erection of cathedral and other churches , and of the ecclesiastical buildings that were planned and carried out by them , a very large

number remain to this day as monuments of the rare skill and . ability of their architects and builders . But since their day , with the solitary exception of St , Paul ' s , no cathedral has been built in England , and consequently there has been no such opportunity for a Grand Master of English Speculative Masons to exhibit his interest in ecclesiastical architecture , and , at the

same time , his respect for the work of those Operative Masons from whom we trace our descent . The foundation stone of many public buildings , including churches , have been laid Masonically by Grand Masters of our Fraternity ; but till the Bishopric of Truro was founded it had never fallen to the lot of any one of them to perform a like ceremony for a cathedral of

the Anglican Church . This circumstance will no doubt be prominent in the thoughts of our GRAND MASTER and those gentlemen who are members of our Society who will be present with his Royal Hi ghness next week , when the Cathedral Church of the see of Truro is solemnly dedicated

to the sacred purposes for which it has been erected and we doubt not the fact that the brethren in Cornwall have contributed generously towards the building will have the effect of enhancing the interest of our readers in the dedication of a work which was begun under such brilliant Masonic

auspices . ** ¦ . - . * Premium Votes N ° J eclion can reasonabl y be raised to the adoption on Girls' ' special occasions of the practice of offering additional induce' c oo ! ' ments to the brethren , either to act as Festival Stewards or to contribute more freely than usual toour Charitable Institutions . When a

particular object , thewisdom orexpediencyof which is universally recognised , has to be met and satisfied offhand , somethingoutof the ordinary routine course of proceeding must be done in order to raise the wherewithal to carry out that object . Thus a few years since , when it was found imperative that the Boys'School must be enlarged in order to keep pace with the increasing

demands for admission to its benefits , and the Executive resolved on erecting a New Hall and a Preparatory , or Junior , School , it was thought necessary that some special attraction should be held out to the brethren to induce them to subscribe forthwith the requisite sum , in addition to the yearly amount needed for the ordinary expenditure of the School . Double votes

therefore were assigned to all who contributed to the Preparatory School Building Fund / and as a result , the work was taken in hand at once , and the ¦ said School is now in full working order . The present case of the Girls ' School Centenary Scheme , though differing in details from that of its sister Institution to which we have just alluded , resembles it in its essentia ! feature . s

Ihere may not be so heavy a demand for admission as was the case with the ^ Boys' School , when the Executive bethought them of erecting additional premises , but this is to be explained by the fact that the Girls ' ^ cnool Executive have found it necessary to augment the number ° t children so often , and to such an extent during the last

e w years , that the inmates have become too numerous for the uilding . A re-arrangement and extension of the premises has consequentl y ecome a necessity , in order that the children whom the Craft has taken th- ltS - P rotection may be maintained in health , and it must be allowed dt » while the Committee are engaged in this work , it will be an act of conomy if , wj th their latest experiences to guide them , they make provision

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for a further augmentations of numbers . To do all this a sum of at least ^ 20 , 000 over and above what is required for the present annual expenditure , is needed , and hence the Premium votes now offered by the Executive as an inducement to the brethren to furnish that amount . That this inducement has been conceived in a proper spirit of liberality may not be questioned

The Festival Stewards are to receive , in addition to the Premium votes already conferred under the first clause of Law 24 , two Premium votes for the first 10 guineas , and one such vote for every additional 5 guineas ; while , instead of being allowed one additional vote for every 25 guineas subscribed in excess of their own personal donation , as provided by the third clause of the same

law , they will have two Premium votes lor every 20 guineas on the gross total of their lists . It is also pioposed that the ordinary Steward ' s Badge shall be converted into a centenary jewel of a special design , to be approved by the M . W . G . MASTER . Again , as regards annual subscribers who commence their subscriptions on the list of a Centenary Festival Steward , and continue

them annually , every such subscriber is to receive for every 6 guineas so completed , all the privileges of a donation of 5 guineas in one sum , " notwithstanding he shall have received votes as an annual subscriber in the meantime , "

These are generous as well as perfectly justifiable inducements which the Committee have offered , and we trust they will have the desired effect of raising the large additional sum required to carry out the Centenary Scheme they have propounded .

* * * WE heartily congratulate Bro . Lord MOUNT EDGCUMBE , recmasonr ) p _ Q ^^ our corn * sh brethren generally , on the success of Cornwall . t _ j-, jr receru annual meeting at Bodmin , and more especially on

the evidence furnished by the various reports , financial , statistical , and benevolent , of the admirable manner in which the proceedings of the Craft in this distant province are carried out . The noble Earl , who has directed the fortunes of Freemasonry in this county for the last 15 years , has exhibited both geniality and tact as well as ability in the discharge of his duties .

He has been readily and capably seconded in his efforts by his Provincia Officers , and the lodges and brethren have been always most desirous both of observing the principles of the Craft , and loyally fulfilling the wishes of their chief . Under these circumstances , it is not surprising that when , in accordance with established usage , the Prov . Grand Lodge holds its annual

meeting , the record of the previous 12 months should be favourable , and the proceedings at the meeting itself a fine example of that harmony and unanimity of feeling which mostly prevails throughout the various sections and sub-divisions of the Masonic Fraternity . But it rarely happens , even in so well ordered a province as Cornwall , that the record of a past year ' s

doings is so satisfactory , the harmony exhibited so general , and the promise of future and even greater success so marked as at this Bodmin gathering . The numerical returns showed an average of close on 50 members per lodge , there being a slig ht increase in the aggregate returns of membership over those of the preceding year . The amount subscribed to the Cornwall

Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund , which was established in 1864 , showed a slight decrease of £ 12 , but there was an increase in the capital account of ^ 133 . Bro . G ILBERT P EARCE had the gratification of being able to show a large increase in the returns of the Cornwall Masonic Charity Association , which , though it has been in existence for only two years , has raised

£ 619 for our Central Charities , and musters , including lodges and chapters , 205 subscribing members , the second year showing an increase over the first year of 137 guineas in subscriptions and 47 in members . And , thanks to the signal success of this Association , Bro . PEARCE was in a position to add that his three Stewardships for the current year had realised the very

considerable aggregate of . £ 704 towards the funds of the three great Charitable Institutions . Then the Report of the Truro Cathedral Fund Committee showed that the amount already subscribed was ^ 549 , and this having been raised by a donation from Bro . the Hon . and Rev . J . T . BOSCAWEN to £ * , _& , Provincial Grand Lodge , on the motion of Bro . W . J .

HUGHAN , unanimously made up the total to £ 600 , the £ 4 6 required for the purpose being voted from the funds of Provincial Grand Lodge . The chief business of the meeting having been thus satisfactorily despatched , the PROV . GRAND MASTER appointed and invested his officers for the year , and then , in accordance with the proposition of the G RAND MASTER , as

endorsed by the resolution of Grand Lodge , proceeded to confer Past Provincial honours in commemoration of the Q UEEN ' Jubilee oii five brethren , Bros . W . J . HUGHAN and Controller S . G . BAKE being made Past Prov . Senior Grand Wardens ; Bros . RICHARD CARTER and W . ROWE , Past Prov . Junior Grand Wardens : and Bro . J . H . HOIT , Past Prov . Grand

S . B . The name of Bro . HUGHAN is so familiar throughout the Craft of Masonry , by reason of his great ability and ardour as a literary brother , and his almost equally conspicuous zeal for our Institutions , that even those who know him not personally will unite with us in the agreeable duty of tendering him our sincere congratulations on this latest addition to the many

well-deserved honours already conferred upon him ; while to Controller S . G . BAKE , whose name has oftentimes figured in the Festival Stewards ' lists for some years past , and the three other brethren associated with him in the list of Jubilee honours , we are also pleased to have the opportunity of congratulating them on a stroke of good fortune they so richly merit .