Provincial.

George Marwood , D . Prov . G . M ., presided , supported bv Bros . J . Malam , Past Prov . S . G . AA " ., as D . Prov . G . M . ; J . Woodall AA oodaU , Prov . S . G . AV . ; J . Smith ., Prov . J G . AV . ; Rev . H . AV . Kemp , B . A ., Prov . G . Chap . ; It . AA elch Hollon , Prov . G . Treas . ; J . Coltnian Smith , as Prov . G . Reg . ; J . Pearson Bell , M . D ., Prov , G . Sec . ; J . Coatsworth , Sen . Prov . G . Deacon ; T . AValton , Jun . Prov . G . Deacon ; II . Adams , Prov . G . Supt . of AVorks ; J . Green , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . A . Hepton , Prov .

G . Sword-bearer ; T . Thompson , Prov . G . Standard-bearer ; II . Deval , Mi ' . s . Doc , Prov . G . Org . ; J . Booker , Prov . G . Purst . ; AV . Johnson , Prov . G . Tyler . Bros . Charles Smith , 827 , AV . C . Gaggs , 913 , Geo . Holden , 926 , C . G . Bond , 958 , James Crannis , 1036 , \ V . H . AA aite , 65 , Grand Stewards ; V . AA . Bro . The Rev . John Denton , M . A ., Sen . Prov . G . AV . for Leicestershire , & c . " The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in form and with solemn prayerthe Prov . G . Sec . read the minutes of the

, last Prov . Grand Lodge , held at Malton , which were confirmed . The Prov . Grand Treasurer then read his financial report , showing a balance of £ 260 6 ? . 'id . in favour of the Prov . Grand Lodge , which having been audited by the AA'orshipful Masters of the two Senior Lodges , and found correct , was unanimously adopted . The returns were then received from the various lodges in the

province , all of whom , with the exception of the Zetland Lodge , were represented . Bro . Hollon then proposed the following motion , of which due notice had been given : — "That the AA ' orshipful Masters ofthe various lodges in the province be made life governors of the Boys' and Girls' Schools , and that all moneys in the hands of the Prov . G . Treas . above £ 50 be applied from time to time for that purpose . " Bro . J . C . Smith , P , Prov . G . Reg ., briefly seconded the motion

_ The R . AV . D . Prov . G . M . said he felt bound to express his disapproval of the motion as being an encroachment upon the privileges of the Prov . Grand Lodge . Although he thought they could not do better than devote th eir funds to charitable purposes , he did not see why for some years to come they should confine their liberality to two only of the charitable institutions . Bro . J . Coatsworth , Senior Prov . G . Deacon , then moved as amendmentand seconded b Croft

an , was y P . M . Bro . : — "That all moneys above £ 20 in ' the hands ofthe Prov . G . Treas ., be vested in the names of trustees , who shall place it out upon such security as they may deem advisable . That the trustees shall consist of the R . AA- ' . the Prov . G . M ., the V . AA . the D . Prov . G . M ., the Prov . G . Treas ., and the Prov . G . Sec . " The Prov . G . Sec . said that several of the provinces had separate benevolent funds attached to their Prov . Grand Lodges ,

from which they could vote to any charity or to individuals ; but , as he was not acquainted with their mode of working , he had x > laced himself in communication with their Secretaries . As a sum of fifty guineas was voted last year to the charities , if they delayed this year , they could not ' be thought uncharitable . He advised that at the next Prov . Grand Lodge some definite proposal should be brought forward . After Bro . Hollon had replied , the amendment was put and

carried by a large majority . Bro . Hollon gave notice of his intention , at the next Provincial Grand Lodge , to move " That a committee be appointed to frame bye-laws , for the Provincial Grand Lodge . " The Prov . G . Sec . said- he had already written for a cony of those being framed for the AA cst Riding Prov . Grand Lodge . The R . AA . D . Prov . G . M . then appointed the following brethren Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year ( with the exception of the V . AA . Bro . Hollon , the Prov . G . " Treas ., who was re-elected by the Prov . Grand Lodge ) : —

Bro . B . J acobs , pr 0 v . S . G . AVarden . „ F . Burrell prov . J . G . AVarden . „ Rev . J . E . M . Young , M . A . Prov . G . Chap . „ R . AA . Hollon Prov . G . Treas . „ AA . Lawton Prov . G . Reg . „ J . P . Bell , M . D Prov . G . Sec . „ H . B . Anderson Prov . S . G . Deacon . 5 C . Smith ProvJGDeacon

, . .. . „ M . C . Peck Prov . G . Supt . of AVorks „ D . Morley Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . „ J . Fountain Prov . G . Sword-bearer . „ J . N . Lawson Prov . G . Standard-bearer F . S . Jackson Prov . G . Org . J . Booker Prov . G . Pursuivant . AV . Johnson Prov . G . Tyler .

Provincial.

Six Prov . Grand Stewards are to be nominated by the six following lodges , viz .: —the Lennox , Globe , Union , Minerva , Constitutional , and Lion ; and the names of the brethren nominated to be transmitted to the Prov . Grand Sec , for the approval of the M . AV . Grand Master . The R . AV . D . Prov . G . M . said that in consequence of an invitation from the AVorshipful Master and brethren of the Constitutional Lodgethe M . AA . Grand Master had determined upon

, holding the nest Prov . Grand Lodge at Beverley , where he hoped to see as large an assembly of the Craft as on the present occasion . The R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., alluding to the unavoidable absence of the M . AV . G . M ., briefly reviewed the progress of the Craft in this province during the } iast year . It was gratifying to find that there had been only one complaint submitted to him , and

this was soou amicably arranged . He exhorted the brethren particularly to support the AA . M . s of their various lodges , by following which course many trials and difficulties might be avoided , and that harmony preserved which was so essential to the prosperity of their institution . Hearty good wishes having been expressed , the Prov . Grand Lodge was then closed in due form , and with solemn prayer . The banquet was held the same evening , at the Royal Station Hotel , and of which upwards of 160 brethren partook . The usual loyal and Masonic toast were duly honoured , and a most agreeable evening spent .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER . The following is the Report of the Committee of General Purposes , to be laid before Grand Chapter on AVednesday next -. — " The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 16 th July to the 15 th October , 1862 , which they find to be as follows : —

Balance , 19 th of July , 1862 £ 340 12 7 Subsequent Receipts 109 2 5 £ 44-9 15 0 Disbursements , including a Purchase of £ 200 Three per Cent . Consols 283 12 3 Leaving a balance of . £ 166 2 9

which balance is in the hands of Messrs . "Willis , Percival , and Co ., Bankers of the Grand Treasurer . " The Committee beg also to report that they have received a petition from Comps . William Robert George Key , as Z . ; Joseph Fletcher , as II . ; Henry Spencer , as J . ; and six others , for a Chapter to be attached to the Sun , Square , and Compasses Lodge , No . 138 , AVhitehaven , to be called the " Sun , Square , and

Compasses Chapter , " to meet at the Masonic Hall , AVhitehaven , on the second Friday of every month . "This petition being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be granted . " The Committee have also to report that the present edition of the Regulations , of which only a few copies remain , is but of little use , in consequence of the numerous alterations and additions that have been made to the laws since the work was

printed in the year 1852 ; and they recommend that directions be given them to revise the existing Regulations , to prepare a fresh edition , embodying the various alterations and additions already made , and to introduce therein such other alterations and additions for the consideration of Grand Chapter as the Committee may deem necessary for better defining the Laws and Regulations for the government of the sublime degree , and to submit the same , when ready , to Grand Chapter , for consideration . "

MASONIC HONOTJE . —The Past Grand Z . of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland , Comp . J . AVhyte Melville of Bennochy , having been pleased to grant a special dispensation for the installation of Comp . D . Murray Lyon as a First Principal of the Royal Arch Degree , that rank ( with right to all the privileges pertaining to it ) has accordingly been conferred upon that companion , in consideration of his energetic zeal and ability as a member of the Order . —North British Daily Mail . —[ Wo trust such a system of brevet rank without work will never be introduced south of the Tweed . —ED . ]