The Province Of Cheshire.

and was supported by several Provincial Grand Masters on that memorable occasion . Lord Egerton was initiated in the " Unity " Lodge , No . 321 , in 1862 , becoming the Worshipful Master in 1866 , and was Deputy Provincial Grand Master from 18 77 for some

years of the province to which he has been so much attached and was such a genial ruler . His lordship resigned as Provincial Grand Master in 1900 to the great regret of all the brethren , but was followed by his brother , who has made a very worthy successor , and filled an extremely difficult position with great acceptance generally .

The Hon . Alan de Tatton Egerton , M . P . ( P . S . G . W . of England ) , was duly installed as Provincial Grand Master on 17 th December , 1 9 , by the esteemed Grand Secretary ( Sir Edward Letchworth , P . G . D . ) , in the unavoidable absence of the Past Provincial Grand Master , and to the great satisfaction of the members . Sir Horatio Lloyd , P . G . D .,

was again appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , the veteran Craftsman , Bro . Richard Newhouse , P . D . G . S . B . of England , becoming once more the indefatigable Provincial Grand Secretary .

Our dear brother , the Provincial Grand Secretary , was initiated in No . 439 , Stoneclough ( now No . 350 , Farnworth , E . Lane ) , in 18 33 , becoming its Worshipful Master seven years later . In 186 4 he became connected with the Province of Chester , by being a founder of the " Stamford , " No . 1045 , and has been its capable Secretary from the year 186 5 to the

present time . Thirty years ago our brother was invested as Provincial Grand Assistant Director of Ceremonies of Cheshire b y Lord de Tabley ; in 188 7 was selected for the onerous but honourable position of Provincial Grand Secretary by the Earl of Egerton , and again was invested with that collar by

the Hon . Alan de Tatton Egerton , M . P ., in 1900 . In evidence of the spread of the Craft locally during the 50 years and more of Bro . Newhouse ' s membership of the Fraternity , it may be noted that lodges in Cheshire have quite trebled in number since he first saw the "light . "

The " Provincial Charity Guide " for 1904 contains such evidence of the beneficent operations of the province , that it will take a special article to do them even bare justice , so the pleasure of referring to those excellent institutions must be deferred for a time . I have said nothing of a Provincial Grand Lodge that was formed by the " Ancient" Grand Lodge for the Counties

Hiio . XEWIIOCSE . of York , Chester , and Lancaster , in 17 81 , as so far as evidence goes it existed but on paper . It was the only one of its kind in this country . W . J . HUGH , \ x . ( 7 ' o Ac continual . )

Some Continental Lodge Jewels .

Some Continental Lodge Jewels .

BY F . J . W . CROWE , P . P . G . REG . DEVON , G . ORG . ENG .

IN England wc are accustomed to seeing a very large number of jewels won 1 , and the first impression would he that ourown branch of the Fraternity was extremely rich in specimens of the Masonic- adornments . On closer observation , however , we find that the chief difference is in design , and that the bulk of them are Past Masters' and founders' jewels , the remainder

( I speak only of Craft Masonry ) , those of Grand or Provincial Grand Lodge Officers , past and present ; Royal Arch jewels ( which may be worn in lodge ) , Charily jewels , centenary jewels , and in a very few eases a special lodge jewel . On tlie continent , however , under nearly all the jurisdictions ,

each lodge has its own special jewel , which is worn by all the members , and the result is of much greater interest and variety than with us . If each of our : J 0 O 0 odd English lodges bad a distinctive jewel , one trembles to think what the result would be under

our system of unlimited lodge membership . " Walking jewellers shops , " as many of our brethren are irreverently called , are all too common , and with this addition made possible they would probably be bespangled from bead to foot .

Happily , however , we are spared this infliction , and abroad there is no danger , as brethren rarely belong to more than one lodge . Amongst the most artistic , and to collectors the rarest , arc those of the Grand Lodge and extinct Grand Orient of Hungary , of which I am the fortunate possessor of an unusual number .

A few examples I will describe : — No . 1 is the jewel of Lodge Egyessig a llazahon , or " Unity in the Fatherland . " The obverse shows two clasped bands issuing from clouds , with the sun above , and surrounded by the name ol' the lodge in Hungarian . The reverse has a similar inscription in German , around a laurel wreath , and the

date 18 ( 58 . The jewel is worn suspended from a ribbon of the national colours , green , white , and red . This lodge was established in Pest in LSfiK , by brethren who had been initiated in Gel-many , and afterwards became the mother lodge of the St . John ' s Grand Lodge of Hungary , founded in 1870 . The lodge is now extinct . 1 have specimens in gill metal and in

bronze . No . ' 2 is the jewel of Lodge Laszlo Kiralv , founded at . Xagyvarad , in Eastern Hungary , in 1 N 70 , and has on the