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more peculiarly deserving ancl suitable could the provincial crown of Masonry be placed than those of Bro . John Etherington AA ' elch Rolls . The province appears to have been , unanimous in its expressions of approval of the appointment . Early on Thursday , the 29 th ult ., preparations were actively made at the Town Hall , Monmouth , for the above event , the lodge-room for the occasion being prepared in that hall . A considerable number of brethren from the Silurian and Isca Lodges ,

at Newport , arrived per special train from that town ; together with brothers from the Philanthropic , at Abergavenny ; the Bate and the Glamorgan , at Cardiff ; the AHtruvian , at Eoss ; and the Palladian , at Hereford . On arriving at the terminus , the brothers were welcomed by the Loyal Monmouth Lodge , the Monmouth A 7 " olunteer Eifle Band greeting thoir arrival with a burst of music , and escorting them to the Town Hall with inspiring strains .

The brotherhood congregated in the ball at high-noon , when the loyal Monmouth Lodge was assembled , and duly formed , under the presidency of AV . M . Bro . AAllliam Henry Price ; ancl after mutual salutations , the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge were ushered in , ancl the P . D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . De Bernardy , took the chair as installing master . The patent from the Grand Lodge was then road , appointing Bro . Bolls Prov . G . M . for this province . The imposing ceremony of installation

was then conducted throughout , and followed by the installation of Bro . Charles Lyne as the D . Prov . G . M . The other appointments were next made , the following being the complete list of the Prov . G . L . officers : —Bros . John E . AV . Rolls , Prov . G . M . ; Charles Lyne , D . Prov . G . M . ; Constantino AVm . de Bernardy , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; the Eev . George Eoherts , Prov . G . Chap . ; Edward Wells , Prov . G . S . W . ; James Pearce King , Prov . G . J . W . ; AVilliam PickfordProv . G . Treas . ; AVilliam AVilliams ,

, Sec . ; J . A . Rolls , Reg . ; John Maund , S . D . ; AVilliam Kinnard , J . D . ; V . Hancorn , Supt . of AVorks ; Bigginson , Dir . of Cers . ; James Pearce , Asst . Dir . of Cers . ; George Homfray , Sword Bearer ; Thomas Benyon , Purst . ; AVall , P . G . Org . ; Dyk , Hallen , Barton , AV . Jones , S . Steele , ancl P . Morgan , Stewards ; L . J . Preeee , Tyler . Among the notabilities of the Order present at the ceremomonial were Bros . Charles Kemeys Tynte , of Cefn Mably , Prov .

G . M . for the eastern division of South AVales ; Dr . Bowles , D . D ., Prov . G . M ., of Herefordshire ; and Chandos Wren Hoskyns , of Harewood , D . Prov . G . M . for Herefordshire . The installation ceremonial having been completed in strict accordance with the rules of the Grand Lodge , the brethren were requested to prepare for the procession to St . Mary ' s Church . At this time an immense concourse of spectators had assembled

in front of the Town Hall , eagerly awaiting the presence of tho Masonic body . The trumpets having sounded , the procession was formed in due order . The route lay from the hall through Priory-street to St . Mary ' s Church , where vast numbers of tiie lieges lined the pavements , clung to tbe railings of the churchyard , and filled the windows of all the adjacent houses , to observe the procession forming " open line" in the churchyard , through which the Grand Lodge entered into the sacred

edifice , amidst the melody of St . Mary ' s musical bells , and the strains of the National Anthem by the band . The church was crowded . The stir of the multitude within was suddenly bushed by the solemn tones of the fine organ , evoked by the Prov . G . Organist , Bro . AVall , in a grand voluntary . The lessons and prayers were delivered by the vicar , the Eev . F . Arney ; and a full choral service was rendered most effectivelby the able choirwho sang " Magnificat" ancl" Nunc

y , Dimittis , " from Ebden ' s services in C , together with the anthem , "But the Lord is merciful , " from . Mendelssohn ' s " Saint Paul . " The sermon was preached by the Prov . G . Chap ., the Eev . Bro . Roberts—a divine who recognises Masonry , wo believe , as only second to Christianity , and whose eloquence and enthusiastic delineations of the mysterious Craft , in the pulpit , have made

him an oracle and a star amongst the brotherhood . The learned divine took as his text the words— " And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set up in the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven ; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it" ( Genesis , xxviii . 12 ) . The Eev . Chaplain in his sermon made a beautiful adaptation of the symbolical language of his text to the high purposes and principles of Freemasonry ; the brethren throughout evincing the most devout and earnest attention to the eloquent reasoning of the gifted preacher . The usual collection on behalf of the Masonic and local

charities followed , one portion of which it is intended to apply to the remedying of the defects lately discovered in tbe beautiful spire of St . Mary ' s Church . The procession reformed in tbe churchyard , and gratified the worthy lieges of Monmouth by a perambulation of nearly every street in the town , returning to the lodge-room in the county-hall , and resuming and closing the business of the lodge .

At about five o ' clock the banquet took place at the Beaufort Hotel . AA'hen the fragments , which had no longer an appetising interest in the eyes of the brotherhood , were taken away , Bros . Groves , AVall , and France sang "Non nobis Domine ; " and The Prov . G . M . rose , and in loyal terms proposed , " The Queen—the daughter of a Mason—and the Craft , " "The Most AVorshipful the Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of England ;" "The Riht AVorshiful Earl de Grey and

RiponDeputyg p , Grand Master of England ; " "The Right AVorshipful Dr . Bowles , Prov . G . M . of Herefordshire . " " Tho Right Worshipful Jolm E . AV . Eolls , Prov . G . M . of Monmouthshire , " was proposed by Colonel Charles Tynte , Prov . G . M . for the Eastern division of South AVales . The following were ' also given : — " Right Worshipful Colonel Tynte , P . Prov . G . M . of the Province of Monmouthshire ; " " The E . AV . Prov . G . M . for the

Eastern division of South AVales , Colonel Charles Tynte ;" " The E . W . Bro . Charles Lyne , D . Prov . G . M . of Monmouthshire . " These toasts received high Masonic honours , ancl were happily responded to , the band in the ante-room playing suitable airs , and the trio of vocal brothers singing appropriate Masonic songs . At eight o'clock , the signal for departure was given by vicechairman Bro . Edward AV ells , the representative of the Monmouthshire Railway Company , who persuasively intimated that " tides and trains " for no man waited . The proceedings then ¦ terminated .

YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . PEOVI - CCIAI , GRAND LODGE . A Provincial Grand Lodge was holden in the St . George ' s Hall , Bradford , on Wednesday , the 7 th October , 1863 . There was a large gathering of the brethrenamongst whom ive

, noticed— -the Eight Hon . the Earl de Grey and Ripon , D . G . M . and Prov . G . M . j Bros . George Fearnley , M . D ., G . D . and D . Prov . G . M . ; AV . Rothwell , Prov . S . G . W . ; Capt . J . Franklin , P . Prov . J . G . AV ., Halifax . Capt . J . Pepper , Prov . J . G . W . ; Eev . A . F . A . Woodford , G . C . ancl P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; L . Hicks , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; Eev . T . B . Ferris , M . A ., P . Prov . G . Chap . ; John Batley , P . Prov . G . Beg . ; AV . Spark , Mas . Doc ., Prov . G .

Org . ; Samuel Freeman , Prov . G . Steward , Leeds . James Peace , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; Bentley Shaw , P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; Joseph Batley , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; T . S . Bradley , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; AV , Smith , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; J . Thompson , P . Prov . J . G . D . ; AV . G . Dyson , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Brook , 'Prov . G . Purst . ; John Kirk , Prov . G . issist . Purst ., Huddersfield . Eev . J . Semor , LL . D . Prov . G . Chap ., P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; John Gill , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., AVakeficld . Henry Farran , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; AV . Gath , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; D . Salmond , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; Eev . AV . Fearnsides , B . A ., Prov . G . Chap . ; Eev . II . de L . AVillis , D . D .,

P . Prov . G . Chap . ; Thomas Senior , Prov . G . Reg . ; Thos . Hill , Prov . S . G . D . ; M . Eogorson , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; John AVard , P . Prov . J . G . D . ; AV . Mawson , P . Prov . G . Supt . of Works , Bradford . AV . AV . AViddop , P . Prov . J . G . AV ., Brighouse . Rev . J . Fearon , B . A ., Prov . G . Chap . ; AV . Dixon , Prov . G . Treas ., Morley . Charles Oldroyd , P . Prov . G . Beg . ; E . E . Nelson , Prov . G . Sec . ; J . Oldroyd Gill , P . Prov . G . S . AV . ; E . Chadwick , Prov . G . S . B . ; A . AVilson , Prov . G . Standard Bearer , Dewsbury . Thos .

Allatt , Prov . J . G . D . ; John Booth , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; AV . AVhite , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ; Henrv AVehster , Prov . G . Steward , Sheffield . JohnSiddall , P . Prov . G J ' urst ., Cleckheaton . T . AV . Tew * , Prov . G . Steward , Pontefract . T . Parker , P . Prov . G . D . ; Burnley . AV . Foster , AV . M . No . 974 ; Manoah Rhodes , AA ' . M . No . 302 ; John Burnley , W . M . No . 600 , & c „ and AV . Masters , Past Masters , Acting AA ardens , and brethren from the various lodges in the province .

The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in form by the Prov . G . M ., assisted by the Provincial Grand Officers , solemn prayer was offered , and a portion of Holy Scripture read . The minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge , holden in the Town Hall , Eipon , on AYednosday , the 1 st July , were read and confirmed .