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of this place . And when around the banquet of brotherly love , some of you think of days long vanished , memory may treasure with all a Brother ' s rhapsody , the rich , the glowing , the elegant picture of a true Mason ' s life . The ladies then retired , and the Lodge was close tyled , when the P . D . P . G . M . proposed , in highly eulogistic terms , " The health of the two Wardens , Bro . Augustus Smith , of Scilly , and Bro . Reginald Rogers , of Truro , " and in doing so he referred particularly to the great improvement which Bro . Smith had effected

in the Scilly Islands , converting the inhabitants from almost a state of pauperism , to the condition of an industrious and intelligent community . The P . G . S . W ., Bro . Augustus Smith , returned thanks , and said ; whatever his measures had been at Scilly , the groundwork had been education , with a view to teaching others to assist themselves ; that all his plans had been regulated by true Masonic principles , and results having now proved their soundness , and given confidence , had he to do the work over again he should , in almost every particular , follow out the same course . The P . G . J . W ., Bro . Reginald Rogers , also acknowledged the

toast in suitable terms . " The health of the P . G . Chaplain" was next given , with thanks for the very excellent discourse he had that day delivered , conveying as it did moral lessons , and inculcating to the Brethren their duties as Christians as well as Masons . Bro . the Rev . Cuthbert E . Hosken acknowledged the toast , and gave " The better health of Bro . Grylls ; " and the next proposed was " The Masters of the different Lodges in the County , " which was responded to by Bro . Hodge , P . M . of the St . Austell Lodge . The Dep . Prov . G . M . next

proposed " The health of Bro . Heard , the P . G . Director of Ceremonies , " and bore testimony to the efficient assistance he had rendered to the Craft , and the able manner in which he had fulfilled the onerous duties devolving upon him . Bro . Heard responded , and said he should always be happy to perform the duties incumbent upon him as a Mason . Several other Masonic toasts were then given , amongst them " The health of the host , Bro . Dunn , " with thanks to him for the elegant repast he had provided . The Brethren spent the remainder of the evening in " peace and harmony , " and separated with every feeling of fraternal regard and esteem .

CUMBERLAND . Provincial Grand Lodge . —No precise period can be assigned as marking the introduction of speculative Masonry into this county , for although we have many public buildings remaining amongst us , as monuments of the handicraft of our ancient Brethren , yet Cumberland , being one of the border counties , was , until long after the accession of James I ., harassed by a system of predatory warfare , which caused the arts of peace and civil policy to be in a great measure neglected , so that amidst the general disorder incident to such a state of society , it is

scarcely probable that Freemasonry would find a permanent footing in the county . Whether Lodges composed of Cumbrian members were established prior to the year 1762 , the date of the warrant now held by the Whitehaven Lodge , No . 138 , is somewhat problematical . The Lodge of Unanimity , No . 424 , which now meets at Penrith , had its origin at Hackthorpe , near Lowther , in Westmorland , and is supposed to have been established , chiefly through Sir James Lowther ;

and as Sir James ' s local influence was equally felt at Lowther and Whitehaven , it is probable that the Hackthorpe and Whitehaven Lodges were originally contemporaneous . In addition to the Lodges just mentioned , there are in the Province of Cumberland the following : viz ., the Union Lodge , No . 389 , at Carlisle ; the Wigton Lodge , No . 409 , warrant dated 1809 ; the Holy Temple Lodge , No . 595 , at Longtown , warrant dated 1833 ; and the Victoria Lodge , No . 882 . Carlisle : the Lodge of Perseverance , No . 508 , at Marvport , which for No . 882 Carlisle ; the Lodge of Perseverance , No . 508 , at Maryport , which for

, some time past has existed only in name , is again showing symptoms of vitality , and the Brethren of the Old Lodge of Harmony , No . 241 , Carlisle , who , about five or six years ago , adjourned their meeting sine die , through circumstances which we need not here narrate , are contemplating the resuscitation of their Lodge under another name . In'June 1817 , George Blamiro , Esq ., was installed Prov . CM . of Cumberland \ Mr . Blamiro was succeeded by Sir James Graham , who , u p to 1833 , conducted the business of the Province without a Deputy . On tho