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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
The following is the business to be transacted in United Grand Lodge on the 3 rd prox .: i . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 4 th June for confirmation . 2 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants : A brother of the Lodg-e of Affability , No . 317 , Manchester ... £ 75 o o A brother of the Sir Francis Burdett Lodge , No . 1503 ,
Twickenham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 150 o o A brother of the St . Peter's Lodge , No . 476 , Carmarthen 75 o o A brother of the Burg-oyne Lodge , No . 902 , London 100 o o A brother of the Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , London 100 o o The widow of a brother of the British Lodge , No . 8 , London ... ioo o o A brother of the Lodge of Fortitude , No . 131 , Truro 50 o o A brother of the St . Marylebone Lodge , No . 1305 , London 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 , York 75 o o A brother of the Lodge of Hope and Charity , No . 377 ,
Kidderminster 75 o o A brother of the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , Feltham 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Royal St . Edmunds Lodge , No . 100 S , Bury St . lidmunds 100 o o
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . 3 . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to report that it has recently appeared from the return made by a country lodge that a higher Degree had been conferred on a brolher at a less interval , by one day , than lour weeks from his receiving the previous Degree , and , an explanation having been called for , it was
stated lhat the regular meeting of the lodge falling on a holiday it was summoned to meet the day before , under the new rule 165 , and it was considered that this rule allowed of the Degree being conferred at that meeting , although one day was wanting of the four weeks . The Board thereon decided lhat rule 195 remained unaltered , and in full force , notwithstanding rule 165 and the additional rule 130 , and that the brother irregularly advanced must be re-obligated before a certificate can be issued .
The Board beg to recommend to the Grand Lodge that a donation of 50 guineas be made to the fund now being raised for the restoration of the Church ol St . Giles's-in-the-Fields , in which parish the Grand Lodge buildings and premises are situated . I'he lioard ol General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the meeting of lhe Finance Committee , held on Friday , the ijlh day of August instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England of / , 477 o 5 s . iod ., and in the hands ol the Grand Secretary for
petty cash £ 100 , and for servants' wages ^ 100 , and balance of annual allowance lor library £ 14 is . 2 d . ( Signed ) RALPH CLUTTON , Freemasons' Hall , London , VV . C . Vice-President . 19 th August , 1 S 84 . The President will move : — 1 . —That the Report be received and entered on the minutes .
2 . —That a donation of 50 guineas be made to the fund now being raised lor the restoration of the Church of St . Giles's-in-the-Fields . 4 . — NOTICE OF MOTION : — By Bro . I HARLES F . HOGARD , P . M . No . 205 . To add to paragraph 19 of the Book of Constitutions—Election of Grand Treasurer—the lollowing words : — " In the same manner as the elected members of the Board of General
Purposes . LIST OF LODGES FOR WHICH WARRANTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY THE M . W . GRAND MASTER SINCE THE LAST QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE . No . 2049 . The Elian Vannin Lodge , Douglas , Isle of Man . „ 2050 . The St . Trinians Lodge , Douglas , Isle of Man . ,, 2 " * ii . The Springsure Lodge , Springsure , Queensland .
„ 2052 . The Douglas Lodge , Port Douglas , Queensland . „ 2053 . The Ngamotu Lodge , New Plymouth " , Wellington , N . Z . „ 2054 . The Wilson lies Lodge , Waltham Cross , Herts . „ 2055 . The Rose of Sharon Lodge , Sydney , N . S . W . „ 2050 . The Alexandra Lodge , Junee Junction , N . S . W . „ 2057 . The Mount Victoria Lodge , Mount Victoria , N . S . W . r ) nc 8 . Thr . RnQp I nil err , T * mrniy \ ,, Ut . M C ; \\ T ^— w , uvjv
, , - — ., —• - — —~ . w fo ............, . . . . _> .... „ 2059 . The St . Mark ' s Lodge , Carterton , Wellington , N . Z . „ 2060 . The La France Lodge , Regent-street . „ 2061 . The Lodge of Fidelity , Ranikhet , Bengal . „ 2062 . The Lodge Victory , Fatchgarh , Bengal . „ 2063 . The St . Osyth ' s Priory Lodge , Clacton-on-Sea , Essex . „ 2064 . The Smith Child Lodge , Tunstali , Staff .
Masonic Exhibition And Soiree At Worcester.
MASONIC EXHIBITION AND SOIREE AT WORCESTER .
This interesting event , which our readers have during the past few weeks been made acquainted with through the pages of the Freemason , was inaugurated on Wednesday evening at the Town Hall , Worcester , and we have to record a decided success . The taste for Masonic arch .-cology , fostered as it has been in recent years by a small band of students , has now become an important fact in the
Masonic hie of to-day , and will , we believe , exercise an influence in the future that will tend to raise Masonry to a much higher level in the eyes of the uninitiated than it had hitherto occupied . Such gatherings as we have witnessed , first at York and now at Worcester , cannot be too often repeated in other great Masonic centres , and we have reason to believe that the excellent examples thus set will speedily be followed . Worcester has been specially fortunate in having , in the persons of the
1 rov . G . Master , Sir Edmund Lechmere , the Prov . G . S ecretary , Bro . George Taylor , of Kidderminster , and the Worshipful the Mayor , Bro . Williamson , most ardent and enthusiastic Masonic students . To Bro . I aylor especially the thanks of all who saw and admired the unique collection which his industry has gathered together nre especially due . The labour involved in such an undertaking can only be appreciated by those who have mid ™ taken . similar duties ; but the perfect success achieved will be ample reward for what has been to him a labour of love .
1 o Bro . Williamson , the Mayor , the conception of the idea is due , and although his year of oflice will no doubt carry pleasant memories of civic hospitality to his fellow citizens we venture to think that no event of the year will be more gratefully remembered than this gathering of his Masonic
Masonic Exhibition And Soiree At Worcester.
brethren in the good old city . The Prov . G . Master , too , has thrown himself most heartily into the work , and with the Mayor has shared the responsibilities attaching to the undertaking ; and it must be gratefull y remembered that to Sir Edmund Lechmere and Bro . Williamson the brethren are indebted for the generous hospitality with which they were entertained .
The Guildhall of Worcester is a most interesting , handsome building , constructed early in the last century . It is in the Italian style affected so much by that ancient Freemason , Sir Christopher Wren . On each side of the entrance are statues of Charles I . and Charles II ., and over the door is a third statue of Queen Anne . The Guildhall itself is a handsome room , and above it is a second beautifully decorated apartment , used for assemblies
and lectures . The walls are covered with portraits of kings and leading personages of the past . On Wednesday evening it was arranged for the reception of the guests , and it was gaily decorated with banners and flowering plants . At the top of the staircase was hung the Corporation banner , executed at the Old Windsor Tapestry Works , and which had just been presented to the City by the Mayor , and among thc other- objects of
interest in the reception room was an excellent bust of the Worshipful the Mayor , which had just come from the studio of Mr . Hadley , of that city . Over the entrance was fixed the Mayor's sword of state , and the banner of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcester , and beneath the shadow of these emblems Sir Edmund and Lady Lechmere and the Mayor and Mayoress of Worcester received the
visitors as they arrived . The acceptances were very numerous , and included the Dean of Worcester and party , Bro . Sir F . Burdett , Bart ., J . B . Brinton , M . P ., H . G . Budd , Rev . Canon Butler , Rev . Canon Cattley , Dean of York and Lady Emma Cust , Bros . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary ; F Binckes , Secretary Boys' School ; . Lord and Lady Alwyne Compton , J . S . Cumberland , Captain Dowdeswell , T . Francis , A . F . Godson , VV . J . Hughan , Dr . H . Hopkins , T .
Hawkins , Major Hill , Rev . A . Hill , T . Rowley Hill , M . P ., Major F . G . Irwin , Rev . J . A . Lloyd , Rev . Canon Knox Little , Rev . Canon Melville , A . J . Mclntyre , M . P ., P . G . Reg . ; Rev . Trevor Parkins , J . Ramsden Riley , VV . H . Rylands , Dr . T . Ringer , Dr . H . Swete , Dr . Strange , Henry Smith , T . W . Tew , J . P . ; T . B . Whytehead , Rev . J . B . Wilson , W . Lake , ( Freemason ); and others . Altogether the party numbered , with ladies , about 500 .
The company began to arrive about hall-past seven , and during the evening two bands ot instrumentalists discoursed sweet music downstairs ( where there was a refreshment buffet ) , in the Guildhall , and upstairs in the refreshment room . The Masonic exhibits , numbering about 1200 , were cleverly arranged in two rooms in the wings of the Guildhall . The more
valuable documents and jewels were arranged in glass cases , whilst the walls were covered with rare old engravings and banners , and upon a set of long tables were arranged numerous curious books relating to Masonry and other secret and quaint hermetic associations and guilds of byegono centuries . No such collection has ever before been accumulated . The
catalogue was quite a formidable affair , and will remain a valuable addition to Masonic libraries , not only as a register of the whereabouts of the rarities therein described ; but in consequence of the explanatory notes contained in it , which were furnished by Bro . W . J . Hughan , whose knowledge of Freemasonry and its intricacies is not surpassed by any member of the Order living , and whose fame is world-wide . It consists of nearly So large quarto
pages , and is very neat and comprehensive . Proceeding into the room devoted to the exhibition of Masonic jewellery , ancient and modern , the visitor is at once struck with the lavishness of the Craft , as well as with the weal | £ of beauty , both in design and detail , to be observed in the numerous attractive objects spread before the eyes . As examples of modern elegance we have the cases of Bro . George Kenning , of Little Britain , and other
Masonic jewellers . These are such as are now worn in lodges and chapters and other bodies working the various degrees . Here are the emblems of thc Craft or blue degrees of Apprentices , Fellow Craft , and Master Mason . The triple tau and interlaced triangles of the Royal Arch , the cross , patee , and skull and crossbones of the Knights Templar , the keystone of the Mark Mason , the Alpha and Omega of the Red Cross , and
inverted triangle of the Cryptic Degrees , the lozenge and cross of the Rosicrucian , the rose and pelican of the Rose Croix , the eagle and patriarchal cross of the Thirty - third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , and numerous other decorations unknown to the outside world , but which spaikle with information for the well-informed Mason . But the antiques amongst the jewelry afford most interest , partly because
of their obsolete though often graceful designs , and partly because in many cases the knowledge of their histories and uses has been lost in the lapse of time and the changes wrought thereby . One of the most extensive collections of these objects had been sent by Bro . J . S . Cumberland , of York , and several of his examples are believed to be unique , a few had also been contributed by Bro . T . B . Whytehead , of York—some very rare . The
York Lodge , No . 236 , sent a small but interesting selection , including the silver snuffers of the Old Grand Lodge at York , thc seals of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , an old twenty-four inch guage and square , dated 1663 , 'he silver jewels of the Three Tuns Lodge at Scarbro' , dated 1729 , & c . The Eboracum Lodge . 1611 , had on view its monstrous pewter flagon , dated 1694 , with Masonic emblems , a noble-looking vessel . Several
examples of jugs and mugs in Liverpool and Leeds ware ; curious and obsolete aprons , the Bible of the Old Grand Lodge at York , dated 1761 , and other objects of interest . Bro . T . W . Tew , lhe Deputy Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , showed an ancient brass seal , found near Temple Newsham , probably the property of a Knight Templar . The engravings , books , and aprons were displayed in a different room to the jewellery , and the visitors were both astonished and amused by the marvellous
illustrations of Masonic ceremonies which were depicted in some of the engravings , and doubtless the lady spectators felt very much enlightened as to the internal economy of Freemasons' lodges . Bro . Cumberland , of York , had a large collection of books on Masonry , engravings , photographs , and diagrams . It . would of course be quite impossible to describe in any- > thing like details the contents of this remarkable exhibition , which contains articles forwarded even from the United States and from all parts of England and Ireland .
Bro . Sir E . A . H . LECHMERE , in welcoming the visitors , said , Bro . the Very Rev . A . C . Purey Cust ( Dean of York ) had consented to say a few words to them upon the Masonic museum which had been collected and arranged with so much skill and ability by their valued brother George Taylor . On his own behalf , as Provincial Grand Master , he ventured to offer them all a most hearty welcome . He trusted that the arrangements which had been made for their reception might be generally satisfactory to them all . He thought they were indebted very much for the initiation of that museum to
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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
The following is the business to be transacted in United Grand Lodge on the 3 rd prox .: i . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 4 th June for confirmation . 2 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants : A brother of the Lodg-e of Affability , No . 317 , Manchester ... £ 75 o o A brother of the Sir Francis Burdett Lodge , No . 1503 ,
Twickenham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 150 o o A brother of the St . Peter's Lodge , No . 476 , Carmarthen 75 o o A brother of the Burg-oyne Lodge , No . 902 , London 100 o o A brother of the Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , London 100 o o The widow of a brother of the British Lodge , No . 8 , London ... ioo o o A brother of the Lodge of Fortitude , No . 131 , Truro 50 o o A brother of the St . Marylebone Lodge , No . 1305 , London 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 , York 75 o o A brother of the Lodge of Hope and Charity , No . 377 ,
Kidderminster 75 o o A brother of the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , Feltham 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Royal St . Edmunds Lodge , No . 100 S , Bury St . lidmunds 100 o o
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . 3 . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to report that it has recently appeared from the return made by a country lodge that a higher Degree had been conferred on a brolher at a less interval , by one day , than lour weeks from his receiving the previous Degree , and , an explanation having been called for , it was
stated lhat the regular meeting of the lodge falling on a holiday it was summoned to meet the day before , under the new rule 165 , and it was considered that this rule allowed of the Degree being conferred at that meeting , although one day was wanting of the four weeks . The Board thereon decided lhat rule 195 remained unaltered , and in full force , notwithstanding rule 165 and the additional rule 130 , and that the brother irregularly advanced must be re-obligated before a certificate can be issued .
The Board beg to recommend to the Grand Lodge that a donation of 50 guineas be made to the fund now being raised for the restoration of the Church ol St . Giles's-in-the-Fields , in which parish the Grand Lodge buildings and premises are situated . I'he lioard ol General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the meeting of lhe Finance Committee , held on Friday , the ijlh day of August instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England of / , 477 o 5 s . iod ., and in the hands ol the Grand Secretary for
petty cash £ 100 , and for servants' wages ^ 100 , and balance of annual allowance lor library £ 14 is . 2 d . ( Signed ) RALPH CLUTTON , Freemasons' Hall , London , VV . C . Vice-President . 19 th August , 1 S 84 . The President will move : — 1 . —That the Report be received and entered on the minutes .
2 . —That a donation of 50 guineas be made to the fund now being raised lor the restoration of the Church of St . Giles's-in-the-Fields . 4 . — NOTICE OF MOTION : — By Bro . I HARLES F . HOGARD , P . M . No . 205 . To add to paragraph 19 of the Book of Constitutions—Election of Grand Treasurer—the lollowing words : — " In the same manner as the elected members of the Board of General
Purposes . LIST OF LODGES FOR WHICH WARRANTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY THE M . W . GRAND MASTER SINCE THE LAST QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE . No . 2049 . The Elian Vannin Lodge , Douglas , Isle of Man . „ 2050 . The St . Trinians Lodge , Douglas , Isle of Man . ,, 2 " * ii . The Springsure Lodge , Springsure , Queensland .
„ 2052 . The Douglas Lodge , Port Douglas , Queensland . „ 2053 . The Ngamotu Lodge , New Plymouth " , Wellington , N . Z . „ 2054 . The Wilson lies Lodge , Waltham Cross , Herts . „ 2055 . The Rose of Sharon Lodge , Sydney , N . S . W . „ 2050 . The Alexandra Lodge , Junee Junction , N . S . W . „ 2057 . The Mount Victoria Lodge , Mount Victoria , N . S . W . r ) nc 8 . Thr . RnQp I nil err , T * mrniy \ ,, Ut . M C ; \\ T ^— w , uvjv
, , - — ., —• - — —~ . w fo ............, . . . . _> .... „ 2059 . The St . Mark ' s Lodge , Carterton , Wellington , N . Z . „ 2060 . The La France Lodge , Regent-street . „ 2061 . The Lodge of Fidelity , Ranikhet , Bengal . „ 2062 . The Lodge Victory , Fatchgarh , Bengal . „ 2063 . The St . Osyth ' s Priory Lodge , Clacton-on-Sea , Essex . „ 2064 . The Smith Child Lodge , Tunstali , Staff .
Masonic Exhibition And Soiree At Worcester.
MASONIC EXHIBITION AND SOIREE AT WORCESTER .
This interesting event , which our readers have during the past few weeks been made acquainted with through the pages of the Freemason , was inaugurated on Wednesday evening at the Town Hall , Worcester , and we have to record a decided success . The taste for Masonic arch .-cology , fostered as it has been in recent years by a small band of students , has now become an important fact in the
Masonic hie of to-day , and will , we believe , exercise an influence in the future that will tend to raise Masonry to a much higher level in the eyes of the uninitiated than it had hitherto occupied . Such gatherings as we have witnessed , first at York and now at Worcester , cannot be too often repeated in other great Masonic centres , and we have reason to believe that the excellent examples thus set will speedily be followed . Worcester has been specially fortunate in having , in the persons of the
1 rov . G . Master , Sir Edmund Lechmere , the Prov . G . S ecretary , Bro . George Taylor , of Kidderminster , and the Worshipful the Mayor , Bro . Williamson , most ardent and enthusiastic Masonic students . To Bro . I aylor especially the thanks of all who saw and admired the unique collection which his industry has gathered together nre especially due . The labour involved in such an undertaking can only be appreciated by those who have mid ™ taken . similar duties ; but the perfect success achieved will be ample reward for what has been to him a labour of love .
1 o Bro . Williamson , the Mayor , the conception of the idea is due , and although his year of oflice will no doubt carry pleasant memories of civic hospitality to his fellow citizens we venture to think that no event of the year will be more gratefully remembered than this gathering of his Masonic
Masonic Exhibition And Soiree At Worcester.
brethren in the good old city . The Prov . G . Master , too , has thrown himself most heartily into the work , and with the Mayor has shared the responsibilities attaching to the undertaking ; and it must be gratefull y remembered that to Sir Edmund Lechmere and Bro . Williamson the brethren are indebted for the generous hospitality with which they were entertained .
The Guildhall of Worcester is a most interesting , handsome building , constructed early in the last century . It is in the Italian style affected so much by that ancient Freemason , Sir Christopher Wren . On each side of the entrance are statues of Charles I . and Charles II ., and over the door is a third statue of Queen Anne . The Guildhall itself is a handsome room , and above it is a second beautifully decorated apartment , used for assemblies
and lectures . The walls are covered with portraits of kings and leading personages of the past . On Wednesday evening it was arranged for the reception of the guests , and it was gaily decorated with banners and flowering plants . At the top of the staircase was hung the Corporation banner , executed at the Old Windsor Tapestry Works , and which had just been presented to the City by the Mayor , and among thc other- objects of
interest in the reception room was an excellent bust of the Worshipful the Mayor , which had just come from the studio of Mr . Hadley , of that city . Over the entrance was fixed the Mayor's sword of state , and the banner of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcester , and beneath the shadow of these emblems Sir Edmund and Lady Lechmere and the Mayor and Mayoress of Worcester received the
visitors as they arrived . The acceptances were very numerous , and included the Dean of Worcester and party , Bro . Sir F . Burdett , Bart ., J . B . Brinton , M . P ., H . G . Budd , Rev . Canon Butler , Rev . Canon Cattley , Dean of York and Lady Emma Cust , Bros . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary ; F Binckes , Secretary Boys' School ; . Lord and Lady Alwyne Compton , J . S . Cumberland , Captain Dowdeswell , T . Francis , A . F . Godson , VV . J . Hughan , Dr . H . Hopkins , T .
Hawkins , Major Hill , Rev . A . Hill , T . Rowley Hill , M . P ., Major F . G . Irwin , Rev . J . A . Lloyd , Rev . Canon Knox Little , Rev . Canon Melville , A . J . Mclntyre , M . P ., P . G . Reg . ; Rev . Trevor Parkins , J . Ramsden Riley , VV . H . Rylands , Dr . T . Ringer , Dr . H . Swete , Dr . Strange , Henry Smith , T . W . Tew , J . P . ; T . B . Whytehead , Rev . J . B . Wilson , W . Lake , ( Freemason ); and others . Altogether the party numbered , with ladies , about 500 .
The company began to arrive about hall-past seven , and during the evening two bands ot instrumentalists discoursed sweet music downstairs ( where there was a refreshment buffet ) , in the Guildhall , and upstairs in the refreshment room . The Masonic exhibits , numbering about 1200 , were cleverly arranged in two rooms in the wings of the Guildhall . The more
valuable documents and jewels were arranged in glass cases , whilst the walls were covered with rare old engravings and banners , and upon a set of long tables were arranged numerous curious books relating to Masonry and other secret and quaint hermetic associations and guilds of byegono centuries . No such collection has ever before been accumulated . The
catalogue was quite a formidable affair , and will remain a valuable addition to Masonic libraries , not only as a register of the whereabouts of the rarities therein described ; but in consequence of the explanatory notes contained in it , which were furnished by Bro . W . J . Hughan , whose knowledge of Freemasonry and its intricacies is not surpassed by any member of the Order living , and whose fame is world-wide . It consists of nearly So large quarto
pages , and is very neat and comprehensive . Proceeding into the room devoted to the exhibition of Masonic jewellery , ancient and modern , the visitor is at once struck with the lavishness of the Craft , as well as with the weal | £ of beauty , both in design and detail , to be observed in the numerous attractive objects spread before the eyes . As examples of modern elegance we have the cases of Bro . George Kenning , of Little Britain , and other
Masonic jewellers . These are such as are now worn in lodges and chapters and other bodies working the various degrees . Here are the emblems of thc Craft or blue degrees of Apprentices , Fellow Craft , and Master Mason . The triple tau and interlaced triangles of the Royal Arch , the cross , patee , and skull and crossbones of the Knights Templar , the keystone of the Mark Mason , the Alpha and Omega of the Red Cross , and
inverted triangle of the Cryptic Degrees , the lozenge and cross of the Rosicrucian , the rose and pelican of the Rose Croix , the eagle and patriarchal cross of the Thirty - third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , and numerous other decorations unknown to the outside world , but which spaikle with information for the well-informed Mason . But the antiques amongst the jewelry afford most interest , partly because
of their obsolete though often graceful designs , and partly because in many cases the knowledge of their histories and uses has been lost in the lapse of time and the changes wrought thereby . One of the most extensive collections of these objects had been sent by Bro . J . S . Cumberland , of York , and several of his examples are believed to be unique , a few had also been contributed by Bro . T . B . Whytehead , of York—some very rare . The
York Lodge , No . 236 , sent a small but interesting selection , including the silver snuffers of the Old Grand Lodge at York , thc seals of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , an old twenty-four inch guage and square , dated 1663 , 'he silver jewels of the Three Tuns Lodge at Scarbro' , dated 1729 , & c . The Eboracum Lodge . 1611 , had on view its monstrous pewter flagon , dated 1694 , with Masonic emblems , a noble-looking vessel . Several
examples of jugs and mugs in Liverpool and Leeds ware ; curious and obsolete aprons , the Bible of the Old Grand Lodge at York , dated 1761 , and other objects of interest . Bro . T . W . Tew , lhe Deputy Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , showed an ancient brass seal , found near Temple Newsham , probably the property of a Knight Templar . The engravings , books , and aprons were displayed in a different room to the jewellery , and the visitors were both astonished and amused by the marvellous
illustrations of Masonic ceremonies which were depicted in some of the engravings , and doubtless the lady spectators felt very much enlightened as to the internal economy of Freemasons' lodges . Bro . Cumberland , of York , had a large collection of books on Masonry , engravings , photographs , and diagrams . It . would of course be quite impossible to describe in any- > thing like details the contents of this remarkable exhibition , which contains articles forwarded even from the United States and from all parts of England and Ireland .
Bro . Sir E . A . H . LECHMERE , in welcoming the visitors , said , Bro . the Very Rev . A . C . Purey Cust ( Dean of York ) had consented to say a few words to them upon the Masonic museum which had been collected and arranged with so much skill and ability by their valued brother George Taylor . On his own behalf , as Provincial Grand Master , he ventured to offer them all a most hearty welcome . He trusted that the arrangements which had been made for their reception might be generally satisfactory to them all . He thought they were indebted very much for the initiation of that museum to