Contents.

CONTENTS .

LlADSRS 420 Supreme Grand Chapter of England 420 Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex 420 Provincial Grand Lodge of Somersetshire 421 provincial Grand Maik Lodge of Gloucestershire 422 Entertainment to American Brethren bv the

Anglo-American Lodge , No . 2191 423 The American Masonic Reception in York 424 Colonel MacLiver's Entertainment of the Mary Commandery K . T . Pilgrims 425 History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin to its Centenary ,

18 SS— ( Continued ) 42 $ Notes on the Minute Book of an Early Athol Lodge 42 J Victorian Jubilee Festival of the Domatic Lodge , No . 157 42 J C ORRESPONDENCESeniority of Initiates 429

CORRESPONDENCE ( Continued 'The Collar Question 439 REPORTS OK MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 429 Instruction 432 Royal Arch 432 Rosicrucian Society cf England 432

Queensland 433 Masonic Jubilee Celebration at Lancaster 433 Presentation tu Bro . R . I . Finnemore , R . M . 433 Masonic Picnic at Shearwater 433 The Annual Report of the "Old Masonians" 433

Summer Banquet of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 433 Masonic Ceremonv at Brixton 434 The Craft Abroad ' 434 Theatres 435 Masonic and General Tidings 43 $ Lodge Meetings for Next Week 436

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, „ , . THE third contingent of Knight Templar Pilgrims from the The American a r , , Templar United States has been among us For the last ten days , and Pignms . f ^ accounts we publish this week of the various receptions held in their honour , the reader will have no difficulty in resolving for himself that thus far , at all events , the pilgrimage has been a magnificent

success . It is difficult to see how a more generous programme of entertainment could have been compressed into the limited time at the disposal of the pilgrims , and still more difficult to suggest in what respect it could have been more fully and faithfully carried out . Indeed , so far as our memory serves us , there does not appear to have been a single deviation or

omission from the original plan as regards York , while as regards London , the only changes that have taken place have been in the nature of additions . In York every one of the thirty and six hours which the visitors spent in that venerable home of Freemasonry had its appointed task of labour or refreshment . Dinner on arrival at 6 p . m . on Tuesday

the 19 th instant was followed by an exemplification of Craft working in the Eboracum Lodge ; and lodge being closed , then came the customary period of social enjoyment . Wednesday till lunch time was spent in lionising , and after lunch the reception in the Ancient Ebor Preceptory , a visit to the Minster , a reception at the Mansion

House b y the LORD MAYOR and LADY MAYORESS , and , to crown all , a grand banquet by the Sir Knights of the Ebor Preceptory in the Guildhall . On Thursday morning the Pilgrims arrived in London , and since then there has been such a succession of entertainments as probably no other Society than ours could have organised , the Anglo-American Lodge , the

Rosicrucians , and the Baldwyn Preceptory of Knights Templar—who travelled especiall y from Bristol to London to entertain their American brother Kni ghts—vieing well with each other in their hospitable endeavours to do honour to their visitors and confer credit on English Freemasonry . We are pleased , though not surprised , that everything should have passed off so

satisfactoril y . These pilgrimages do an [ immense amount of good by strengthening the feelings of love and respect which the brethren on both sides of the Atlantic entertain for each other , in spite of the occasional

bickerings that arise between them ; and though our guests have not as yet quitted our shores , we trust the day may not be far distant when it will be in our power to extend a similar welcome to another , and equally genial , bod y of American brethren .

* " # _ WE publish elsewhere a short review of the first Annual Report Maso nians . " t' 1 e " Old Masonians , " but the Association , which bears this name and is composed of past pupils of our Boys' School , is

s ° worth y of every encouragement and support , that we cannot refrain from drawing attention to it somewhat prominently . The object of the Society is twofold—to help " old boys , " by obtaining employment for those in need 0 it and in other ways , and to promote goodfellowship amongst them ; and considering that the School sends forth into the world annuall tCH MUUl liUW 111 1111 tlHi Xl 111 Udl

now y I ""' ft » . * . HI * - U ^ SCUUD ULL V WULIU < iy etween 40 and 50 youths , who all have their way in the world to make , and •man y ° ' whom , therefore , will only be too glad to have encouragement it may be help in finding employment from such a source , the advan-¦ ges of this Association must be obvious to our readers . Again , as in the se of all our large public scholastic Institutions , whatever tends to

probe f i ° ° ^ l ^ School among those who have been educated in it , must i ° , advantage to the School itself . We Englishman are fond of cherishv-e h mern ? r'es > we do not seek to efface , but to preserve them , and when ¦ , attained to mature or old age , we have a habit of looking back

which pleasure on the Institution—be it School or College—in ev v we passed the greater part of our early life . Such a feeling deserves Maso •enco , £ ement > and we trust that the Association of " Old atten , nians ' " now that it has surmounted successfully the usual difficulties peritv " ° ' tS esta b'ishment , will go on year by year increasing in

pros-# * # p .. The WE have much pleasure in congratulating our Philadelphia A ' , J , S contemporary on the position it occupies in the Masonic press

it em ' ^ ^ ' d States . At the beginning of the current month Cond ered on its 21 st year , and the 21 st volume of its issue . It is a well-Well P P > always courteous , always kindly in feeling , and generally " ¦ ay hay 1 * trustworth y information . We sincerely trust the Keystone r ecei f J ^ anc * st . '" more honourable career before it , and that it may ^ ch ire ? M Cfaft in Pennsylvania that amount of generous patronage ¦ c so tull y deserves ,

Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next , the 3 rd prox .: — The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation to be read for confirmation : — THE REPORT 01 * THE COMMITTEE OF 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 April to the 19 th July , 1887 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows : — To Balance Grand Chapter ... £ 478 11 6 By Disbursements during the „ „ Unappropriated Quarter £ 240 18 6 Account 207 27 ,, Balance ... 560 4 9 „ Subsequent Receipts ... 324 1 g „ „ Unappropriated Account 20 S 12 7 Xiooo 15 10 £ 1009 is 10

Which balances are in the Bank of England ( Western Branch . ) The Committee have likewise to report that they have received the following petitions : — ist . From Comps . John Scrivener Palmer , as Z . ; John Potts , as H . ; Edward Prescott , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Cherwell Lodge , No . 599 , Banbury , to be called the Cherwell Chapter , and

to meet at the Masonic Hall , Banbury , in the county of Oxford . 2 nd . From Comps . William Watson , as Z . ; John Purser Griffin , as H . ; Thomas Watson , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Gundulph Lodge , No . 1050 , Rochester , to he called the Gundulph Chapter , and to meet at the King ' s Head Hotel , Rochester , in the county of Kent .

3 rd . From Comps . Thomas Mathews , as Z . ; Edward William Shackell , as H . ; Henry White , as J . ; aud ten others for a chapter to be attuiched to the Bute Lodge , No . 960 , Cardiff , to be called the Sir George Elliot chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Working-street , Cardiff , South Wales ( Eastern Division . )

4 th . From Comps . William Long , as Z . ; 1 homas Barnes , as H . j Thomas James Scoones , as J . •and eignt others for a chapter to be attached to the Coleridge Lodge , No . 1750 , Clevedon , to be called the Adair Chapter , and to meet at Regent House , Clevedon , in the county ot Somerset . 5 th . From Comps . the Rev . William Mortimer Heath , P . A . G . Soj ., as Z . ; John Mowlem Burt , as H . ; Henry James Mason , as J . ; and seven

others for a chapter to be attached to the de Moulham Lodge , No . 1146 , Swanage , to be called the de Moulham Chapter , and to meet in the Town Hall , Swanage , in the county ol Dorset . 6 th . From Comps . James Douglas Christie , as Z . ; Francis William VVhite , as H . ; Thomas Edwin Cocker , as J . ; and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the Star of Southern China Lodge , No . 2013 , Canton , China , to be called the Jubilee Chapter , and to meet at Canton , China .

The foregoing petitions being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received a memorial from the companions of the Chapter of Concord , No . 124 ,

Durham , praying lor a charter authorising them to wear a centenary jewel , in accordance with the resolution passed by the Supreme Grand Chapter on the 1 st February , 1882 . This memorial being in form , and the chapter having proved an uninterrupted existence of 100 years , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be granted .

The Committee have further received a memorial , with extract of minutes , on the removal of the Orpheus Chapter , No . 1706 , from the Freemasons' Hall , to the Holborn Restaurant . The Committee being satisfied of the reasonableness of the request , recommend that the removal of this chapter be sanctioned . ( Signed ) ROBERT GREY , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 19 th July , 1887 .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Essex.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF ESSEX .

The annual meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge took place at Romford on Tuesday , the 26 th inst ., under the banner of the Liberty of Havering Lodge , No . 1437 , and was a most successful and pleasant affair from every point of view . The road leading from the station to the court house , where the lodge was held , and thence onward to the Corn Exchange , where , after labour , refreshment came , was prettily and effectively decorated

with flags and streamers of all nations and colours , and if not quite so gorgeous a spectacle as the late Dartford exhibition , when Earl Amherst presided over the Prov . Grand Lodge of Kent , yet it showed unmistakably the warmth of the Essex brethren for their noble and distinguished Prov . Grand Master , Lord Brooke , and his esteemed and excellent Deputy , Bro . Philbrick , Q . C , & c .

The brethren having assembled in the Court House , a procession of the Present and Past P . G . Officers was lormed , and Lord Brooke was escorted to his chair on a raised dais ; Bro . Philbrick taking his seat on the immediate right of the Prov . Grand Master , and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers taking up their respective positions . Prov . Grand Lodge was then

opened in due lorm , and the Prov . Grand Master having been saluted , the minuies of the previous Prov . Grand Lodge meeting were read and confirmed . The roll ot the lodge was then called over , and responded to by the brethren of the lodges present . Several reports were adopted , and then the Prov . Grand Master addressed the brethren . Hjs lordship on rising was most enthusiastically received . He said it