Provincial.

Faulkner , Prov . G . Chap . ; J . G . Robins , P . Prov . S . G . W ; C . G . Procter , P . M . ; S . W . Cooke , P . M . ; N . Mulliner , P . M , Prov . G . Org . ; Heath , Clarke , Brown , Goodchild , Gardner , Rev . J . Lucy , Rev . T . L . Lane , Redfern , W . E . Hadon , Lieut . Edwards , Marriott , Routledge , Captain Vaughton , Pearson , Heathcote , Adams , Captain Strickland , Burgess , P . M , J . M . Cookes , Leaver , Bowen , Bolton , Watkin , Lieut . Marsland , Wyatt , Green , and Purser . The lodge was opened in ancient

form at four o ' clock , and a Board of Installed Masters having been formed , Bro . J . C . Heath was duly installed as W . M . for the ensuing year , the ceremony being performed by Bro . Capt . Machen , P . M . The W . M . the appointed and invested his officers as follows : —Bros . G . T . Robinson , S . W . ; Rev . H . B , Faulkner , J . W . ; Hev . J , Lucy , Chap . ; S . W . Cooke , Sec ; Rev . G . F . Clark , S . D . ; J . L . Brown , J . D . ; Goodchild , I . G . ?; W . H . Pay tonTreasCapt . MachenP . MDir . of Cers . ; F .

, . ; , , Tibbits , P . M ., and C . Redfern , Stewards ; W . Green , Tyler ^; and J . Purser , Assist . Tyler . Mr . Philip Lant Parsons was then introduced and initiated into Masonry , the ceremony being performed by the W . M . The labours of the day being ended , the brethren sat down to a liberal repast , provided by Bro . Baldwin , at the Warwick Arms Hotel . After the usual loyal toasts had been given , the W . M . proposed the health of the Earl of Zetland and the officers of Grand Lodge . The Rev . Bro .

R . Bedford , G . Chap , responded in an excellent speech . After expressing the gratification which he felt at the high position in the Masonic body which be had the honour to hold , Bro . Bedford alluded to the little knowledge which the brethren in the country possessed of the affairs of the Craft generally , and the manner in which the Grand Lodge business was conducted . He believed this arose not from want of interest in the Craft , hut from the inability of brethren in the country to attend the

meetings of Grand Lodge . From this cause the management of the Craft had fallen , until very recently , exclusively into the hands of the metropolitan brethren . He believed Bro . Elkingtou and himself were almost the first , if not actually the first , instances of provincial brethren being appointed to offices in Grand Lodge . The appointment of Bro . Elkington and himself was , he was sure , intended as a mark of the estimation in which the province of Warwickshire was held by Grand Lodge ,

and as some recognition of the noble efforts which that province had made on behalf of the Masonic Charities . Though justly proud of the honour which had been conferred upon them , Bro . Elkington and himself felt that the attainment of that honour was due , not so much to their individual deserts , as to the conspicuous performance of their Masonic duties by the brethren of Warwickshire . He felt sure that the brethren in London were anxious to see their country brethren amongst them , and to

have their co-operation in the management of the Craft , and he ( Bro . Bedford ) had the honour to bring forward a proposition at the last meeting of Grand Lodge which he thought would materially assist that object . It was that the brethren in the country should have voting -papers sent to them , and should thus be enabled to record their votes upon any question which was brought forward in Grand Lodge . He was glad to be able to say that this proposition had been favourabl y , received , and

he trusted that tho provincial brethren would muster strong at the next meeting of Grand Lodge , and show their interest in the question by attending to support his proposition . If carried , he was sure it would work well , by keeping the brethren better informed than they were at present of the affairs of the Craft , and thus increasing their interest in the proceedings of Grand Lodge . —The W . M . then proposed the health of the Provincial Grand MasterLord Leighexpressing his regret that absence

, , from this country prevented Lord Leigh's attendance that evening . —The W . M . next proposed the health of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and the officers of Provincial Grand Lodge . Bro . Elkington ' s services to the Craft were too well known to require any eulogium from him . Wherever there was work to be done , Bro . Elkington was always ready to assist and instruct his brethren in Masonry , and to give them the benefit of his great experience . —In responding to the toast ,

Tiro . ELKiff & TOU' congratulated the brethren of the Shakespeare Loclge upon the successful result of their efforts to provide a room for the meetings of the lodge . The lodge had made great progress , and he hoped would continue to do so , and he was sure they would not regret the step they had taken , in moving from an hotel to rooms specially devoted to Masonic purposes . As a mark of appreciation of their efforts , and to celebrate the establishment of the Shakespeare Masonic Rooms , he proposed to hold the next meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge

at Warwick . Before sitting down , he wished to propose the health of their W . M , who , from the manner in which he had entered upon his duties that evening , would , he felt sure , uphold the character of the lodge . —In the course of the evening the W . M . proposed the health of the Chaplain of the lodge , Bro . Lucy , the other officers of the lodge , and the visitors . —Bro . Capt . Machen , P . M , proposed the health of the newly-initiated brotherand BroCookePMSW the Entered

Appren-, . , ., ., gave tice's song . —Bro . Dickens , P . M , proposed the health of Bro . Machen , referring to the valuable services which he had rendered to the lodge , and particularly in the arrangements which had resulted so satisfactorily in the removal of the lodge to their present commodious rooms . The brethren separated at half-past ten , after having spent a most harmonious evening . This meeting forms interesting event in the history of the Shakespeare

an Lodge . Having been constituted in the year 1791 , under the title ofthe "Eoyal Arch Lodge , " in the old regiment of Warwick Militia , it was carried hy that regiment to Ireland , and brought back by them upon their return to Warwick after serving in the Irish rebellion . Tbe lodge then became stationary at Warwick , and has , until the present time , been held at some hotel in the town . The recent increase in the number of its two houses

members has , however , induced the brethren to secure in the centre of the town , the upper rooms of which , being thrown together , have produced a commodious lodge room , with anteroom , refreshment room , & c The lodge has already experienced the benefit of this step in a large accession of new members ; and it is worthy of notice that many of the officers of the 1 st Warwick Militia , whose head-quarters are now located at Warwick , have recently been initiated into Masonry in the lodge which was established by the regiment so many years ago .

YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . PBOVINCIAI GEAUD L ODGE . Tbe Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire was held at Dewsbury on Wednesday last . Lord de Grey being absent , his deputy , George Fearnley , MJ > . and Mayor , took the chair . Major Edwards , M . P . for Beverley , S . W . The lodge voted SO guineas to the Lancashire Relief Fundas well as several sums

, for the relief of distressed brethren and widows , varying from £ 5 to £ 10 each . Bro . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Chairman of the Charity Committee , announced that there were about 40 Stewards for the Boys' School Anniversary for this province , and he hoped Lord de Grey , the Prov . G . M , would have 1000 guineas to go up with .

Scotland.

SCOTLAND .

AYRSHIRE . MAYBOLE . —Maybole St . John Lodge ( No . 11 ) . —This lodge bears a number on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Scotland of which the men and brethren of Carrick may justly be proud . Next to Mother Kilwinning , St . John Maybole is the oldest existing lodge in Ayrshire -. it was raised in 1737 , and is one of the very few lodges whose charters show the holograph of St . Clair of Roslin , the last hereditary Grand Master Mason of

Scotland . Until the erection in 1797 , of Girvan St . John , that of Maybole was the only lodge in Carrick , and its membership embraced many of the good men and true of that ancient bailliarie . After a brilliant career of prosperity , its light became obscured , its strength impaired , and its beauty so defaced as to render its recognition by its own sons scarcely possible . For many a long years St . John Maybole , remained a hostage in the hands of the NWtill certain responsibilities on the part

., of its sons were discharged . This was effected through the spirited exertions of Bro . Rennie of the King's Arms , Maybole , and a smell band of worthy brothers , who rested not in their praiseworthy efforts to repair the dilapidated walls of their mother lodge until every breach had been huilt and the A . replaced in the E . of a perfect lodge of M . M . ' s . The first public made bNo 11 after its resuscitationwas at

appearance y . , , the inauguration of the Neil Monument of Ayr , in October of 1859 , and under the leadership of Bro . Hannay , R . W . M , right well did it on that auspicious occasion sustain the prestige of its former fame . Since the ; period of its revmcation , so harmoniously has the Lodge St . John , worked with its younger