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EXCEPTIONAL activity was shown by the brethren of the ^ TTakT" Province of Cumberland and Westmorland on Friday and District . Saturday of last week . On the former day they met at Whitehaven under the banners of Lodges Nos . 119 and 872 . Bro . the Earl of BECTIVE , M . P ., Prov . G . Master , presided , and all the lodges but two

were represented . On Saturday the scene was changed to Windermere , and there was a numerous gathering of members to witness the constitution of the new Lodge , Windermere , No . 2217 , and the installation of Bro . G . J . MCKAY , the able and deservedly popular Prov . Grand Secretary , as its first W . Master , the occasion being rendered additionally conspicuous

by the presence of Bro . Col . LE GENDRE N . S TARKIE , Prov . G . Master of the adjoining Province of East Lancashire , who received a cordial greeting not only from his brother Prov . G . Master , Lord BECTIVE , but also from Bro . L . F . B . DYKES , D . P . G . M ., and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers and brethren assembled . On both days the proceedings passed

off . most successfully , the returns and financial statement of account presented to Provincial Grand lodge showing that Freemasonry was in a highly prosperous condition , while the address of Bro . the Rev . J . ANDERSON , as Prov . Grand Chaplain , at the consecration of the Windermere Lodge , like his sermon the previous day in Holy Trinity

Church , was a model of eloquence . But the most notable feature of the two gatherings was the hearty reception accorded by the brethren to Bro . Earl BECTIVE , whose valued services during the 20 years he has presided over them as their Prov . Grand Master are so generally appreciated ; nor will it create any feeling of surprise among our readers to learn that the

opportunity afforded by the visit of Bro . G EORGE KENNING to the Provincial Grand Lodge , in compliance with a special invitation , was turned to account , and that his lordship was presented by that brother with a Jubilee

medal of exquisite workmanship , which will serve the triple purpose of commemorating the Q UEEN ' S Jubilee , the services rendered to Freemasonry by the recipient , and the hospitality so generously extended towards his visitors .

¦ : ¦ * .. * * w WE have been favoured with a copy of the Report for 18 S 6 of the ' fie ^ evoielu proceedings of the Punjab Masonic Institution for Educating Association . t j ie Q ^ i ^ t -en 0 f Indigent Freemasons , and from the various returns and statements of account which are attached to it , we gather that

the Association is in a prosperous condition and admirably fulfils the purpose for which it has been established . It is true that some of the lodges contributed nothing during the year in question , while in the case of others there was an appreciable falling off in their subscriptions . But we are not inclined to lay much stress upon this point . We know that the

contributions of our own Charitable Institutions occasionally fluctuate in the wrong direction , but a year follows , sooner or later , in which there isa change in the direction of increase which fully , and sometimes more than , compensates for the previous diminution . On the other hand , there is now standing to the credit of the Association an invested capital of 50 , 600 rupees , and ,

what is better still , at the annual meeting in February last it was agreed to elect all the applicants for admission , so that there are at all events no rejected candidates lelt standing out in the cold . By this act the number of children which will be chargeable to the Fund during the current year is raised to 26 , and the estimated expenditure is set down in the budget as

6943 rupees , a large sum undoubtedly , but one which is well within the compass of the Punjab brethren to meet , as may be judged from the cash account for 18 S 6 . From this it appears that the receipts from all sourcesincluding not far short of 2000 rupees , interest on invested capitalamounted to over 10 , 44 1 rupees , which added to the balance brought

forward from previous account made a total of over 14 , 438 rupees . The disbursements for fees , & c , amounted to 5567 rupees , and there was also spent in the purchase of 4000 rupees 4 per cent . Government paper over 3973 rupees , the total expenditure thus reaching 9541 rupees , and the balance remaining in hand being 4897 rupees . With such a statement to

judge from , we imagine the Committee of Management will have no difficulty in making both ends meet at the close of the now current year . At all events , we congratulate the lodges and brethren in the district of the Punjab on the excellent work which is being done by their Masonic Association , and if more money is needed for its purposes , we are satisfied it will be forthcoming .

AMONG the many American brethren of long service and high c . Vlraves , p . " i ) . rank in the Craft who have been attracted to these shores , . , i tw or -, ( jyj .-j ^ g t j ne pre 3 en (; y by the festivities in honour of the OUEEN ' S Jubilee and the American Exhibition at West Brompton , certainly

not the least distinguished is Bro . J C . GRAVES , of Buffalo , New York , a brigadier-general of the State Militia of New York , and a Mason of 26 years' standing , who has filled many offices of honour and trust in Craft , Arch , and Templar Masonry , and , in addition to being a Past District Grand Master , 2 ** jth Dist ., is a Past Grand Standard Bearer and Past

Senior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge ot New York , and a member of the Standing Committee on Appeals , and has taken the 32 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . Bro . GRAVES , accompanied by his wife and daughters , is now in our midst , visiting the lions of our Metropolis , and prepared to

enjoy his sojourn among us to the utmost . We are assured he will experience a hearty welcome everywhere , especially among his brother Masons , and we trust the fates will be propitious , and that he will carry back with him to his New York home nothing but a series of recollections replete with unalloyed p leasure .

Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next : — The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation to be read for con firmation .

THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE or GENERAL PURPOSES . To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 20 th July to the 18 th October , 1887 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows .

To Balance , Grand Chapter ... £ 560 4 9 By Disbursements during * the „ „ Unappropriated Quarter £ 262 2 S Account 20 S 12 7 „ Balance 514 n 10 „ Subsequent Receipts ... 211 79 ,, „ Unappropriated 1 Account 303 10 7 £ 9 ^ 0 5 1 ! £ 980 5 1

Which balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branch . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received the following petition : —

From Comps . Henry Naunton Davies , as '/ ,. ; Richard Male , as H ; Robert Charles Hunter , as J . and six others , for a chapter to be attached to the Merlin Lodge , No . 1578 , Pontypridd , to be called The Naunton Davies Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Pontypridd , South Wales ,

( E . D . ) This petitition being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be granted . The Committee have also to report that they have received a memorial from the Chapter of Harmony , No . 632 , meeting at Devizes , praying to be

detached from the Lodge of Concord , No . 632 , Trowbridge , Wiltshire , and to be attached to the Wiltshire Lodge of Fidelity , No . 663 , Devizes , in the same county . Both lodges and the Grand Superintendent for Wiltshire having given their consent , the Committee recommend that the prayer oi the memorial be granted .

The Committee have further to report that they have received a petition from Comps . Alfred Parry , as Z . ¦ James Sparks , as H . ; Francis Barton , as J . ; and 20 others , for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Concord

No . 632 , Trowbridge , Wiltshire , to be called the Chapter of Concord , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Trowbridge , should the prayer of the memorial for the Chapter of Harmony , being detached from Lodge No . 6 32 , Trowbridge , and attached to Lodge No . 663 , Devizes , be granted .

This petition , being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be also granted . ( Signed ] ROBERT GREY , President , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., 19 th October , 18 S 7 .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cheshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CHESHIRE .

The annual session of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire was held on Friday , the 2 ist inst ., in the Town Hall , Crewe , under the presidency of Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , R . W . Prov . Grand Master . There was a good muster from the 40 and odd lodges in the county , the brethren present numbering between 300 and 400 . The session was opened under

the banner of the Lodge of the Four Cardinal Virtues , No . 979 , the members of which shortly after one o ' clock p . m . received Bro . Lord Egerton and the Prov . Grand Masters ( who were preceded by the Herald trumpeters , the Brothers Batley ) with due ceremony . Included amongst the brethren who attended upon the Provincial Grand Master were :

Bros . Hon . Horatio Lloyd , R . W . P . D . G . M . ; Hon . E . Tatton Egerton , M . P ., P . S . G . W . 1045 ; I hos . Sockett , P . P . S . G . D .: Rev . Montague C . Sanders , G . Chap , of India ; W . Mellor , P . J . G . D . ; H . A . Steer , P . P . G . Std . Br . North Wales ; T . Chesworth , P . P . G . D . C ; John Clayton , P . P . S . G . D . ; James P . Bryan , P . P . G . O . West Lancashire ; H . G . Little , P . G . S . P . North Wales ; J . H . Hardean , P . P G . S . ; W . S . Sutton , P . P . J . G . W . ; W . Ha-jue , P . P . G . B .: Thos . Bower ,. P . P A . G . D . C . ;

Wilmot Eardley , P . P . G . D . C ; P . A . Tait , P . G . S . ; D . Kinsey , P . P . G . T . ; Thos . Brookes , P . P . A . G . D . C ; John G . Parker , P . P . S . G . D . ; Wm . Price , P . P . G . S . ; FWalker , P . P . G . Standard Bearer ; John Blackhurst , E . Hulton , Prov . Senior Grand Warden ; H . Claud Lisle , P . P . S . G . D . ; Thomas Marwood . P . S . G . W . ; M . M'Nerney , P . S . G . D . ; J . K . Simm , P . G . T . ; J . P . PUtt , P . P . J . G . W . ; Rev . J . W . Newell Tanner , P . P . G . C ; J . Sheriff Roberts , P . G . S . ; Wallace Lumb , P . G . P . ; John Beach , P . P . G . P . ; Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , P . G . Chap , of England ; Rev . R . Hodson , P . G . C ; Robert Thatcher Bowden , P . P . G . S . of W .: Charles Vickers ,

P . G . S . ; Ii . Rush , P . G . S . ; II . Miller , P . G . O . ; J . Beresford , P . P . S . G . D . ; ]¦ Haywood Bellyse , P . P . J . G . W . ; H . Howard , P . P . J . G . D . ; Richard Newhouse , P . P . A . G . D . C ; Jas . Hamilton , P . P . G . S . of W . ; Jobn Siddeley , P . P . A . G . D . C ; Samuel Ihompson , P . P . G . P . ; J . T . Richardson , P . P . G . D . C . East Lancashire ; Thos . C . Bowman , P . P . G . S . of W . ; Lesley Ellis , P . S . G . D . ; Eustace G . Parker , P . P . G . D . ; P . Wadsworth , P . P . G . J . D . ; Thos . Moon , P . P . G . S . ; R . N . Bank , P . P . J . G . D . ; S . Blackihaw , P . P . G . S . B . ; H . Matthew , P . P . G . S . ; and Stanhope Ball , P . P . G . S . of W .

On the R . W . P . G . M . taking his seaton the throne , the usual Masonic honours were given to him and to the R . W . D . P . G . M . also . The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY read the minutes of the last session , which were confirmed , and the roll of lodges was afterwards called out , when it was found that every lodge in Cheshire was represented .

The PROV . GRAND MASTER , in addressing the assembled brethren , said , as he had already had the honour of speaking to them this year , on his installation , it would not be necessary for him to enter into great length about what had transpired in Freemasonry since their last session . He could not help saying it must be a great source of congratulation to all

Masons that in this Jubilee year of her Most Gracious Majesty the members of the Craft had shown their loyalty by liberal contributions on behalf of the Masonic Charities to the extent of ^ 26 , 000 . He was sure this must be an encouragement to them to go on in the path that had been laid down for them by the constitution of the Order . He trusted that those princip