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our esteemed Bro . Dr . Bartolotne , one of the oldest Masons in West Yorkshire , but for some reason no account appeared of the same for a month subsequently . It is in the Freemason for June 24 th . AU passed over most satisfactorily , and we wish all success to this good work . The

Llanidloes Lodge , 15 82 , was also consecrated in June by our worthy and respected Bro . Sir W . W . Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., D . G . M . for North Wales , amid an unprecedentedly large and enthusiastic gathering of the brethren . The arrangelrents were admirable , and the speeches most

effective . The anniversary meeting of the Boys School took place at the Alexandra Palace on the 20 th , when nearly 700 ladies and gentlemen assembled under the presidency of Lord Leigh , P . G . M . for Warwickshire . The festival was a success , and greater credit is due to Bro . Binckes

alike for his " coup d ' ceil " and his " coup de maitre , " in respect of the gathering at the Alexandra Palace . £ 12 , 700 was announced at the meeting , but since that the actual amount has exceeded £ 14 , 000 , so that the whole amount of our charities for 1876 has risen to above

£ 32 , 000 . The meeting was a very happy and pleasant one , and a practical reply to that perverse system of personal attack , which might , had it not been for the good sense of Freemasons generally , have severely damaged tbe school .

J . —The Cripplegate Lodge , No . 1613 , was opened , as reported in the Freemason oi July ist , by Bro . James Terry , at the Albion Hotel , Aldersgate-street , and everything seems to have gone off , as usual under his able presidency , with singular good feeling and success .

In the Freemason of July Sth appeared the report of another consecration by Sir W . W . Wynn , Bart ., P . G . M . of North Wales , the very day after his consecration of the Llanidloes Lodge . This lodge , the Cydewaen Lodgo , No . 1594 , was duly opened and dedicated by him at Newtown ,

where he was surrounded by a most enthusiastic gathering of thc brethren . The monument to Bro . Graden was unveiled on the ist July in the Nantwich cemetery , which had been erected by his brethren to commemorate his long and valuable services to Freemasonry . The

proceedings were very interesting . Wc heard { wm Scotland of an impressing Masonic demonstration at Rossie Priory , where the brethren of East Perthshire and others assembled in goodly numbers to do honour to Lord Kinnainl , P . G . M ., when they were most kindly

entertained by Lord and Lady Kinnaird . In the Freemason for July 15 th , appeared a very remarkable pamphlet , which the D . P . G . M . of West Yorkshire had thought fit to issue . The Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire met at Huddersfield , and there , despite one or two

perverse attempts to keep up and fan the flame of discord , the great good sense of the West Yorkshire brethren prevailed , as they all evidently wished to put an end to unseemly language and unmasonic proceedings . Having said our say honestly , we made "" our bow

decorously , in , as we humbly venture to conceive , the best interests of the Craft in general , and of "West Yorkshire in particular . The West Middlesex Lodge , No . 1612 , was consecrated on July the 15 th , by Bro . John Hervey , G . Sec , and the ceremonies were very interesting . His

remarks , always worth perusal , were very weig hty and appropriate . Our worthy Bro . Sutcliffe , of Grimsby , an old West Yorkshire Mason , issued a circular with reference to the painlul question of the pamphlets , & c , but though we have been compelled , as the chroniclers

of the year , to explain what led up to the meeting of April , yet we wish to be understood as suggesting , as Bro . Gill so well put it at Huddersfield , that these discussions should close . It is impossible in our record of the year to pass them over , and it was not right to do so ,

but we . have written all that we have written in good spirit , fraternal feeling , and above all , with hearty good wishes for the Boys' School , and our West Yorkshire brethren . The Masonic Knights Templar in America held during the

Exhibition a grand Centennial Reunion in Philadelphia , which was a wonderful success and a very effective demonstration . The Exhibition at Philadel p hia not being purely Masonic , hardly comes within our programme , but we congratu-

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late our brethren there alike on its great interest and its happy results . The question of the Lodge Philadelphes et Concorde Reunis again cropped up , but it became quite clear that whatever the body might be or call itself , it was not a legal Masonic association , and English brethren

conld not safely or properly attend its meetings . In this month our Dutch brethren celebrated , we believe , the sixteenth anniversary of their Grand Master ' s rule—Prince Frederick of the Netherlands . Some of us may remember a remarkable speech made by our Imperial Bro . the

Crown Prince of Germany amid a most brilliant gathering of Masons . AUGUST . —On the 6 th of August Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , G . M . of the Irish Freemasons , received a fraternal address at the Masonic Hall , Tuckey-street , from the Provincial Grand

Lodge of Munster , headed hy Lord Bernard , his distinguished brother , who was warmly received by 2 , 00 brethren , gave an equally fraternal reply , in his wonted effective and genial manner . In August we had again to deal with a papal encyclical , but yet after all the question may fairly be

asked , what does it all signify ? Bigotry against Masonry is not confined , however , to the Roman Catholics , as we hear from America of the cry of some utter fanatics of Protestant denominations " Down with Masonry !" Idle clamour ! useless aspiration ! At Guernsey ,

in August , the foundation stone of a proposed memorial to Admiral Lord de Saumerez , was laid with Masonic honours , by Bro . Gillemore , P . D . P . G . M ., in the presence of the Governor , General the Honorable St . George Foley , and his staff , and Bishop Brvau , and a large number of

the clergy . Chester Cathedrrl was opened also in August , the Freemasons in Chester munificentl y contributing to several portions of the needed restoration . The Royal Kensington Lodge was consecrated on Friday , the nth August , by Bro . Hyde Pullen , P . G . S . B ., with great effect , the addresses subsequently given being

very striking . The Eboracum Lodge , 1611 , was consecrated at York , August 7 th , by Lord Zetland , D . G . M ., amid much genuine Yorkshire loyalty and good feeling . The Ecclestone Lodge , 1624 , was consecrated by Bro . Hy de Pullen , on the 16 th August , when a large number of brethren and visitors assembled to do honour to the occasion . Thc work and

addresses were thoroughly good . The Tredegar Lodge , 1625 , was consecrated on August 16 th , by Bro . John Hervey , G . S . This lodge , intended for the convenience of brethren at the East End , has apparently every prospect of great ' promise and usefulness before it . The reports of the

Dublin Orphan Schools , admirable institutions , issued this month , gave us much hope for their future usefulness , and also to the Craft in Ireland . SEPTEMBER . —The Quarterl y Communication was held on the 6 th of September , and Bro . R . J . Simpson ' s Committee with some essential aud

needed additions , were carried unanimously . On Thursday 7 th , the foundation-stone of the new wing of the Girls' School was laid by Bro . Colonel Creaton ; a very interesting ceremony , and admirably carried out . A charge was brought in this month against the French

Freemasons , of encouraging surreptitious marriages , which charge , Bro . Caubet , G . S . of the Grand Orient of France , declared to be a " canard , " and a calumny . During this month the Margate Watch Committee made Freemasonry a bar to appointment as Chief Constable .

Such a proceeding is as silly as it is un-English and unjust . We have heard no more of it , so we must trust that they are ashamed of themselves . The West Smithfield Lodge was consecrated in King-street , Snow Hill , by Bro . John Hervey , and in the presence of a large and

important assemblage of brethren . Bro . the Rev . P . M . Holden gave a very fine oration . By a return it seems that in twelve months the pupils of our Boy ' s School have attended three examinations , that of the Cambridge local examination , the examination of the Society of Science

and Arts , and the Oxford local examination . We congratulate Dr . Morris , and wish him success in his arduous labours . On September 16 th , the new lodge buildings of the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 804 , were dedicated by Bro . W . W . Beach , the Prov . Grand Master . Wc recorded the laying of the foundation stone in April last , and

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now the work being completed , Bro . Beach and the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire were requested to open them formall y , the meeting was very numerously attended , and everything passed off * to the satisfaction of the brethren , and let us trust the stability of Freemasonry in

that important district . In OCTOBER , we have to record what we always are glad to do , the commencement of a new Masonic Hall at Redruth , and the opening of the Aberdeen Masonic Hall . The consecration of the Kilburn Lodge by Bro . Terry , took

place this month , as well as the consecration of the Friends in Council Chapter , No . J" 385 , Jby Bro . Major-General Brownrigg . Prov . Grand Master and P . G . Supt . Surrey . The visit of our Royal Grand Master to Glasgow was remarkable in that it brought out so unmistakably

the feeling of the Scottish people for the House of Brunswick . He reviewed the volunteers and laid the foundation stone of the Glasgow New Post Office , and his Royal Consort and himself were everywhere received with enthusiastic demonstrations .

The gathering of the Masons was very fine indeed , numbering about 8000 , and everything passed over happily and well . It will be a day long remembered by all who were present . On the and of NOVEMBER , the Canterbury Lodge , 1635 , was consecrated by Lord

Skelmersdale , D . G . M ., at the Hall , Golden-square . Bro . the Rev . J . Robbins , D . D . Jwas then installed first W . M ., and all passed off with much gratification to a numerous assembly . The Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , was consecrated by Bro . John Hervey , G . S ., in the midst

of a numerous assembly of Provincial Grand Officers and visitors and brethren . A full report . of the proceedings appear in the Freemason of the nth November . Bro . John Hervey ' s remarks were most seasonable and effective , and the brethren passed a very pleasant evening .

Our estemed Bro . Murlis is the first W . M ., and is surrounded by a most zealous staff of Officers , including Bro . the Rev . C . Darby Reade , Chaplain , and Bro . Gordon , M . P ., S . D . Bro . John Hervey on the nth , consecrated the Crichton Lodge , No . 1641 , at the Surrey

Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road , atifi gave , in somo excclli - int remarks of his , a friendly warning to the Grand Orient of France , which , by a perversity peculiar to Continental Masonry , is bent apparently on raising a burning question , which will set Freemasonry , so to say , in

flames , from one end of the world to the other For the Grand Orient of France has now remitted to the lodges the question , whether the existence of God and the immortality of the soul shall be recognized by the French Constitution at all . Much idle waste of time , and great

logomachy at the least , are involved in such sterile discussions , independently of the fact that such a proceeding stirs up the consideration of first principles , and may lead to very serious consequences . If the Grand Orient of France erases these words from its constitution it closes

the door of communication between it and the English Grand Lodge , inevitably , in our humble opinion . The consecration of St . Andrew ' s Lodge , Gorleston , Suffolk , took p lace with great ceremonial on the 13 th November , Bro . Lord Waveny , P . G . M . for Suffolk , consecrating the

lodge , and presiding at the large gathering with his customary urbanity and ability . A lady Freemason was made in a lodge recently at Pesth , a Countess Hiidick , and the Grand Orient of Pesth has declared the act " null and void . " We think that it ought to have suspended the lodge ,

as there is much doubt of its power to declare such an act " null and void . " It is far better , in our humble opinion , to treat it as a purely exceptional case . On the 12 th November H . R . H . the Grand Master installed Lord Suffield , P . G . M . for Norfolk , before a very large assemblage ofthe

brethren . His Royal Highness had previously taken part in a meeting at St . Andrew ' s Hall , for the benefit of the infirmary , where he spoke as usual most effectively . All the proceedings went off with the greatest success , and every

satisfaction was expressed by the brethren . The annual festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement took p lace on Friday , the 23 rd November , when probably the largest number of brethren ] ever known