Consecration Of The York Mark Lodge, No. 334, At Cambridge.

On thc proposition ot the W . M ., seconded by Bro . A . II . MOYHS , Bro . Edmund J . Mortlock svas unanimously elected Treasurer . The lodge svas then dedicated and constituted . The W . M . proposed a vote of thanks to the Grand Master for coming to Cambridge to consecrate the lodge , svhile he had many other onerous duties to perform both in

connection svith Masonry and svith the House of Lords . He had conferred a great honour upon the lodge , for svhich he ( the W . M . ) svas greatly obliged . ( Cheers . ) The GRAND MASTER in reply expressed the great pleasure it had been to him to be present , though his private and public duties made it difficult for him to be svith them . He congratulated the VV . M ., and hoped his year of office svould be a prosperous one , and that the lodge svould go on increasing . Lodge svas then closed , a banquet being aftersvards held .

Annual Banquet Of The Henley Lodge Of Instruction.

ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE HENLEY LODGE OF INSTRUCTION .

'The annual banquet of the above lodgeof instruction took place on Friday , the iGth inst ., at the Three Crosvns Hotel , North Woolsvich , under the presidency of Bro . C T . Lesvis , W . M . of the mother lodge , and among those present svere Bros . 1 . Ives , P . M . ; A . T . Ives , S . VV . ; C . Jolly , J . VV . ;

1 . Paul , S . D . ; C . Hefford , J . Brightmorc , C . H . Canning , J . Fulford , Dosv , Gladding , VVood , Richardson , Knight , Ginnery , Losv , 700 ; and others . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts having been honoured , Bro . IVES , P . M ., proposed thc toast of "The VV . M . " in glosving terms , and in tesponse Bro . LESVIS assured the brethren that it gave him great pleasure to preside over them ,

and as VV . M . of the mother lodge he could safely say that it svas due to the instruction he had received that he svas able to fill the high office he held in it ; and they mi g ht depend upon it that those svho did not attend a lodge of instruction svould find their mistake out should they ever arrive at office in the mother lodge . No doubt most of them had heard that the Pope had been saying hard things of them ,

and that Masonry should " not be allosved to exist "; but svhilst he did not svant to say anything against the Pope , yet all the Popes in the svorld svould never break the firm grip of a brother's right hand when taken and given in " brotherly love , relief , and truth . " ( Applause . ) Masonry svas onepf the grandest institutions in the svorld , inasmuch as it gave help to the needy , shelter to the homeless , and

com-¦ fort to the svidosv , the fatherless , and thc afflicted , and svas too firmly founded to fear the attacks of even its most posverful enemies . Bro . Lesvis concluded a brilliant speech by appealing—and not in vain—for subscriptions to his list as Steward at the forthcoming festival of the Boys' School , and resumed his seat amid applause . Thc next toast svas " Prosperity , to thc Henley Lodge of

Instruction , " and in putting it the W ORSHIPFUL MASTER said that svhen he occupied thc chair at their annual banquet last year they had 20 members . Nosv thev had 30 good members . lie attributed the prosperity of the lodge to thc exertions of thc Preceptor , Bro . Paul , and his Deputy , Bro . West , and congratulated himself upon the efficiency of his officers , svhich efficiency had been gained at that

lodge of instruction . Bros . PAUL and WEST having responded , " ThcVisitors " svere honoured , and Bro . TOUR responded . The WORSHIPFUL MASTER then proposed " The Health of thc Secretary of the Lodge , Bro . J . Savage , " and exinc 01 ipugc at mt cmuiu

presscu sympatny me -u auscuee of that brother through illness . He spoke highly of Bro . Savage ' s valuable services , and svished him as peedy return to health . Bro . IVES , S . W ., having returned thanks on behalf of Bro , Savage , thc toasts of the " Past Masters ; " " Officers ;" and " Masonic Press " concluded a very pleasant gathering .

The Masonic Exhibition At York.

THE MASONIC EXHIBITION AT YORK .

Bv BRO . T . B . WHYTEHEAU . ( Concludedfrom page 221 . ) The Ancient Ebor Preceptory of Knights Templar disp layed their richly embroidered banner , presented to them by thc Pilgrims of Mary Commandery in 1 S 7 S , and thc sword given on the same occasion by Sir Knight Doran , and used by the preceptory at thc reception of novices .

Bro . VV . J . Hughan ' s loan collection occupied the space of half a large table , and comprised many objects of attraction . Amongst them svere facsimiles of the Engraved List of Lodges , 1725 ; the Calendar of 17 S 2 , and 1 S 13 ; facsimiles of the minutes of the old lodge at Banff , 1711 ; Bodc ' s Almanack , 1777 , containing plates of jesvels ; the Coin Collector ' s Companion , 1 795 , containing several

Masonic tokens ; facsimile of Mrs . Uodd's Mb . of 1739 ; photographs of the Aberdeen Mark Book from 1670 ; and a great number of p hotographs , engravings , Masonic medals , and other objects of interest bearing upon the history of the Craft . Bro . M . C . Peck occupied an entire table svith a large collection of relics of all kinds , principally books . Gavel ' s

Histoire Pittoresque , Zachanas s Medals , several editions of Jachim and Boaz , and svorks by Findel , Ragon , Cross , Neil , Rosenthal , Wood , & c , svere amongst these . Then there svas the Register of Marks of the Minerva Lodge from 1783 , some ancient jesvels , some remarkably svellengraved aprons of thc Chivalric Degrees ( French ) , a collection of medals , and , not by any means the least interest-Masonic

ing , a series of albums containing summonses , scraps , and fragmentary curiosities of ' all kinds bearing upon the Craft and its ' past early history . Bro , j . R . Riley , P . M . 307 , of Bradford , contributed some interesting objects , most of which were mounted and glazed . Amongst these svere some earl y jesvels and lodge furniturelast century certificates , both Royal Arch and

, Knight Templar , and a svarrant issued by S . Milnes , Esq ., Prov . G . M . of Yorkshire , to form thc Duke of York Lodge at thc Black Boy Inn , Doncaster , in 1778 , svith the seal of the Apollo Lodge at York attached thereto . Our svell known friend , Bro . J . II . Neilson , of Dublin ,

had a scries of ten certificates and svarrants ranging in date from 179210 1 S 21 , referring to various degrees and orders in Freemasonry , all of them of great interest and in good preservation . Bro . ' 1 . VV . Tesv , Past Grand Deacon , lent a very curious brass seal found near Temple Hirst , and believed by some to have had some connection svith thc Preceptory of Knights Templar formerly there established . The seal is

The Masonic Exhibition At York.

of brass and bears a Patriarchal cross svith the legend "v st : pl > ' RI : s' : PETRI : D ' : PIRO : KAI'A LLI : "— " The seal of the priest of St . Peter of Piro Rapalli . " A small but very attractive collection of medals svas exhibited by Bro . Chas . Williams , of Moseley , Birmingham . Amongst these svas an example of the interesting medal shosvn by Bro . Nesvton and supposed to have been struck bv the Grand Lodge of Scotland , svhich svas described in my

account of Bro . Ncsvton ' s exhibits . It is a very rare medal and only three specimens are so far knosvn . A small seal in this collection svas very interesting on account of its manifest rude antiquity and the evidences of long . usage svhich it bore . Bro . C . E . Wragg , Prov . G . Sec . Nottinghamshire , svas good enough to send a series of certificates of various dates , ranging from the close of last century , and some of

them illuminated in colours . In addition , he lent a very curious iron seal , traditionally the property of the old Knights Templar Preceptory at Nottingham . This seal is unquestionably of great age , and in an excellent state of preservation . It measures three inches by one and threequarters inches , and represents a monastic figure , the right hand pointing to the left breast , and surrounded by a Gothic canopy . The legend runs : " S' ad causas hospitalis S' Jo .

Jer'l ' m in Anglia . " An impression of this seal has been submitted to our Bro . the Rev . W . C . Lukis , of Wath , and to Mr , Franks , of the British Museum , and both of them pronounce it to be a genuine relic and highly interesting . To Bro . J . H . Sillitoe , of Manchester , sve svere indebted for the loan of some most interesting paper rolls of Constitutions and lists of officers of the Royal Lancashire Colne Lodge , No . 116 . Some of these date back as far as about

16 S 0 , and are very curious . There svere also some antique Royal Arch aprons , the property ol the Colne Chapter , svhich attracted a good deal of notice from the visitors from their singularity of design . Bro . M . VV . Clarke , of Hull , showed a case of Masonic jesvcllery , svhich , though not large , formed a most conspicuous object on account of the value of the objects exhibited . 'The jewels embraced almost all knosvn Masonic degrees ,

and many of them sverc set in brilliants and highly finished and decorated . Bro . Rasvling , P . M ., of Selby , sent to the Exhibition the candlesticks and other small furniture of the extinct Mariners l . odgc at Selby svhose history svas given by me in the Freemason some years ago . 'The Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Past G . Chap ., forsvarded a small collection ] of old Rosicrucian svorks , some of them

very rare . M y osvn contributions embraced engravings , coins , old jesvels , books , glasses , photographs , clothing , Sic , and sve svere indebted to several other minor contributors whose names appear in . the printed catalogue for relics of more or less value , svhich all added to the value and force of our Exhibition . If nothing else should arise from our effort , I think that such a movement svill not have been in vain if it has caused a register to be formed of thc

existence and history of numerous scattered Masonic relics , some of them of priceless value , and all of them tending to throsv light upon the history of the Craft . It had been my intention at the outset of ( these remarks to have gone at much greater length into descriptions of the exhibits than I subsequently found possible , and latterly

press of private business and other matters have compelled me to be very brief . Those svho sverc privileged to see the Exhibition knosv full svell that thc material collected in the York Masonic Hall on the 20 th February last would furnish material for the researches and pen of a Masonic svriter for thc rest of his life .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

'The General Committee of this Institution held its monthly meeting on Thursday last at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Col . Creaton , Past Grand 'Treasurer , in thc chair . 'There svere also present Bros . John A . Rucker , Samuel H . Parkhouse , A . H . Tattershall , J . H . Matthesvs , E . F . Storr , Frank Richardson , Robert Grey , Fredk . Adlard , II . Massey , Edgar Bosvycr , Col . Jas . Peters , E . Spooner , S .

G . Bake , Horace Brooks Marshall , and r . R . W , Hedges ( Secretary ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , Bro . Col . CREATON read' out the names of the brethren svho had been nominated for the House and Audit Committees , and no others having been nominated , he declared them duly elected . The follosving are the names of thc brethren nominated :

HOUSE C OMMITTEE . —Bros . Edgar Bosvyer , Ralph Glutton , Robert Grey , Charles Hammerton , Edsvard Letchsvorth , Peter de Lande Long , Edmund C . Mather , | . 11 . Matthesvs , Joshua Nunn , Lieut .-Col . James Peters , 1 'rank Richardson , and John A . Rucker . AUDIT COMMITTEE . —Bros . William Bailey , VVm . G . Chancellor , James Cutbush , E . C . Davies , Herbert Dicketts , 'Thomas Kingston , Henry C Levander , William

Roebuck , and Henry Venn . Tsvo petitions for placing girls on the list of candidates for the October election were passed , one petition svas deferred , and one rejected . The Chairman * svas authorised to sign cheques for salaries and amounts . On the motion of the CHAIRMAN seconded by Bro , ROBERT GREY , it svas resolved to invest /? 2 ooo for thc

Sustentation Fund . Bro . Controller BAKE gave notice of the follosving motion for the next Ouarterly Court in July : "That in future it be understood that svhen the voting paper has been signed b y subscribers and passed on for the purpose of being used on polling day , that the vote shall stand gpod although thc subscriber may have died betsveen the

period of having signed the voting paper and the day named in it for polling ; or , that should a subscriber die before the day of polling named in the voting paper the votes shall be null and void , although the subscriber may have duly received the voting paper , signed it , and passed , it on prior to his decease .. This to be put in the rules in red ink . " A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .

liro . tlie Right Rev . the Bishop of Peterborough has deputed to his coadjutor Bishop Mitchinson during his long illness the care of his diocese , and the latter has this sveek . been actively at svork in the tosvn of Leicester .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

Craft Jflasonrg . ' MOUNT MORIAH LODGE ( No . 34 ) . —This lodge held their usual monthly meeting on . Thursday , thc 22 nd inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Robert Alexander Meyer in the chair . As therasvas no particular svork before . the lodge , an explanation of the Second Tracing Board svas given , and the VV . M . opened and closed the lodge in thc *

Three Degrees . The lodge passed a vote of condolence to Mrs . Desvar , svife of the late lamented Bro . Desvar , and also voted five guineas as a contribution to the fund nosv being raised . The customary banquet follosved , after svhich "The Health of the VV . M . " and the other Masonic toasts sverc duly honoured . Amongst the guests svere Bros . A . M . Broadley , H . Faija , Perceval , and others .

DUKE OF ALBANY LODGE ( No . 1963 ) . — Some tsvo years since sve chronicled the consecration of this young and flourishing lodge , and the installation of its first VV . M ., Bro . Robert J . Voisey , svho had already gained his experience in the chair of the Crichton Lodge , 1641 . We ventured at that time to predict for it a very prosperous future , and from our observation at the installation of its third VV . M . on Thursday , thc 15 th inst ., sve

have no hesitation in declaring our prediction amply verified . The installation svas held in the lodge room of the Shaftesbury Hall , Lavender-hill , a building dedicated from the first to Masonic purposes , though the first svarrant granted to a then eminent brother svas cancelled . ' It svas , hosvever , taken up by this lodge in May , 1 SS 2 , and a Masonic centre svas formed in a district svhence nearly all former lodges had fled . That a lodgcshouldhavc prospered

in such unpromising looking quarters speaks well for those svho have so far nourished and cherished it , for svhether sve take into consideration thc number , discipline , and loyalty of its members , thc appointments and furniture , or , above all , thc true spirit of fraternal union svhich binds thc units in more than ordinary brotherhood , there is no more happily found lodge svithin the London district . 'The lodge svas opened by the VV . M ., Bro . Robert James

Vincent , and there svere in attendance during thc evening Bros . Robert James Voisey , I . P . M . ; C . Wilson , S . VV . ; R . Stokoe , J . W . j V . T . Murchii , S . D . ; Harrap . J . D . 5 George Gill , LG . ; Pink , D . C . ; Beaven , W . S . ; Harvey , A . S . ; F . Kerry , Treas . ; J . J . White . Sec . ; Donaldson , F . Smith , R . T . Darling , Butcher , Nash , Bromley , Beavis , . Judd , Purchase , King , Bosvlcy , Bird , Jeffries , Forster , lames , Allen , Phillips , Coltman , and Icnkins . The

follosving visitors svere also present : Bros . F . Binckes , P . M ., P . G . Stsvd . : Whitley , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . Middx . ; Drinksvatcr , W . M . 1531 ; Hamlyn , W . M . 1622 ; T . Gardiner , VV . M . 144 6 ; D . Rose , P . M . 73 ; R . J . Taylor , P . M . 144 ; Phiip , P . M . 1 S 6 ; Runacrcs , P . M . 1922 ; R . 1 . Wishart , S . VV . 1 7 S 9 ; Coffin , S . VV . 1395 ; Collick , J . VV . 15 S 5 ; Stiles , P . M . 1732 ; Castell , J . D . 902 ; Hernaman , I . G . 1329 ; Jacques , I . G . 1744 ; ' Chamberlain , . 0015

Dennis , 1 SS 1 ; Crozier , 195 ; Harman , 1507 ; Kettlewhite , 1641 ; VVm . Briant , Org . 1641 j Morton Taylor , 1420 ; Earl , iS 6 ; Tyrrell , 14 ^ 71 ; Lynn , 217 ; Whikley , 1513 , Leonard , 1777 ; Girling , 1641 ; Sykes , 1641 ; Dunnctt , 400 ; Costello , 765 ; White , 975 ; J . C . Reynolds , Treas . 1329 ; and Errington , 172 . The minutes of the last meeting having been duly confirmed , Bro . ' Bromley svas passed to the Second Degree by

theW . M ., svho , through the svhole year of Mastership , has brought great skill and ability to every department of . Masonic work , and has set his successors an example svhich cannot fail to influence the after life of the lodge for many years to come . The I . P . M ., Bro . Voisey , then presented Bro . C . _ Wilson , S . W ., to thc VV . M . for the benefit of installation , and the manner in svhich the ceremony svas given reflects the highest credit on Bro . Vincent , both for

careful ceremonial detail and impressive utterances . Thc newly-invested VV . M . invested his ofliccrs as follosvs 1 Bros . R . ) . Vincent , I . P . M . ; R . Stokoe , S . W , ; V . T . Murchii , J . W . ; F . Kerry , Treas . ; R . J . Voisey , P . M ., Sec . ; T . Harrap , S . D . ; G . Gill , J . D . ; Pink , I . G . ; j . J . White , D . C . ; Beaven , W . S . ; and Harvey , A . S . Immediately after thc investment the choir , consisting of Bros . Earl , Leonard , Philp , and Voisey sang the anthem " Behold hosv

good and joyful , " Bro . Voisey giving the bass solo svith grand effect . These brethren kindly performed the music in all the Degrees , and at thc banquet . Bro . VVm . Briant , Org . 1641 , conducting and accompanying svith his usual excellence . After thc delivery of the addresses Bros . Phillips , Coltman , and Jenkins svere initiated into thc mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry . Wc have rarely known the First Degree no \ M 1 done , and

especially on a first night . Perhaps the most interesting feature of the evening svas that svhich occurred after the second rising , svhen Bro . Vincent , I . P . M . ' , svas allosved to resume the chair for a short time to present to the lirst Master of the lodge an outward and visible testimony of thc gratitude and esteem of his brethren . Bro . Voisey sacrificed much and did excellent service in thc founding and rearing up the

superstructure ot me lodge , and dis discreet and amiable conduct , consistent bearing , and correct svorking deserved , in thc opinion of its members , some substantial recognition . Gratitude has been defined as a " lively sense of favours to come , " but this is not the version of the Duke of Albany men . Their gratitude took the form of an illuminated address on vellum , mounted and framed , and an exceeding handsome and valuable drasving room clock and side vases ,

in gold ormolu , svhich sverc presented to Bro . Voisey by the I . P . M . in a most sympathetic and able speech . Bro . Voisey svas utterly overcome svith the emotion natural under thc circumstances , but his thanks svill be given in deeds rather than in svords . An excellent banquet was served up by Bro . Slawson , of the Old Kent-road , to svhich full justice svas done . In

proposing "The Health of the I . P . M . " the W . M . presented him svith the handsome lodge jesvel as a token of appreciation and esteem . Bro . Binckes returned thanks . for "The Visitors , " and took occasion to interest the . brethr ' en in that Institution for which the VV . AI . is Stesvard , and to provoke substantial aid tosvards its maintenance and support .