Provincial.

Bro . Harrison , P . M ., gave a portion of the traditional history ; after which Bro . Clarke retired , and on his return to the lodge Bro . Hargreaves , P . M ., resumed the traditional history : tiie working tools were given by Bro . Faviell , J . AV . Bro . Clarke having returned thanks , the lodge was- lowered to the second , and subsequently to the first degree . The D . Prov . G . AI ., having left the dais , proceeded round the lodge with Bro . Shaw , anil made a minute inspection of the

furniture , armorial bearings , decorations , & c . The AA ' . M . then thanked Dr . Fearnley for his attendance , and called upon the brethren to salute him with the royal sign , aud directed Bro . Shaw to lead the same , which was accordingly clone . The D . PEOV . G . M . rose and thanked the brethren for their hearty reception , and congratulated them on having possession of such a splendid and well-appointed lodge room , and expressed the pleasure he felt in being with them on such an icious

ausp occasion . He also warmly complimented Bro . E . AA . Shaw ou the skill and taste which he had shown in designing the lodge , & c . Bro . Dr . SEXIOE , then read a suitable portion of the Sacred "Volume , after which the lodge was closed in peace and harmony at 6 . 28 p . m . The brethren nest adjourned to the refectory , where a most sumptuous banquet was provided by the stewards ( Bro . L . Hicks ,

P . M ., and Bro . B . C . Bennett , P . M . ) , to whom too much credit cannot be given , the wines and viands being of a most recherche character . Covers were laid for fifty brethren . The W . M ., Bro . Freeman , presided , sup-ported on his right by the R . AV . the D . Prov . G-. M ., Dr . Fearnley , Dr . Senior , Bro . AV . Dixon , & c ; and on his left hy the Eev . A . F . A . Woodford , Bro . Thomas Eagland , and other eminent members of tbe Craft . After justice had been rendered to the banquet , the AV . M .

proposed the health of Her Majesty the Queen , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Army , Navy , and Volunteers , the heads of the Craft in England , including the Prov . G . M . the Right Hon . the Sari de Grey and Ripon , and his Deputy Dr . Fearnley , who suitably acknowledged the same , and complimented the AV . M . on the position to which the lodge had now attained under his presidency . Various other Alasonic toasts were given and duly responded to

by the AV . M . Dr . Senior and the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , who made an eloquent speech in defence of the landmarks ofthe Order . The brethren separated after having spent an agreeable and convivial evening . Bro . Roberts presided at the pianoforte . On the evening of Xovember 5 th , the brethren gave an entertainment entitled " An Evening at the Lodge , " to the members of the three Leeds lod their wivesdaughtersand

ges , , , lady-friends . The invitations were given for 8 P . M ., when shortly afterwards upwards of 120 guests had assembled , who on entering were ushered into a room , where tea , coffee , ices , & c , were provided . As each lady and gentleman retired they were conducted upstairs to the lodge room , at the door of which they were received by Bro . Harrison , P . M ., who duly presented them to the W . M . Bro . Freeman , who had on bis right Mrs . Charles Leethe relict of the late much esteemed and respected

, D . Prov . G . AI ., and Mrs . Hicks ; ou his left , his wife aud daughter . The reception was conducted iu a courtly and dignified manner , and drew forth many marks of commendation from the ladies , who also expressed their delight with the beautiful scene presented to their eyes —the colours and insignia of the Craft , Provincial and Eoyal Arch Masons , together with those of the Knights Templars , giving to the whole a very say and animated

appearance . The AV . M . aft & having explained to the ladies that there was nothing in Masonry , but what tended to elevate the mind and character of its members , and that in the midst of their work , the volume of the sacred law was always unfolded , gave a hearty welcome to the visitors . A short voluntary was then performed on the harmonium . By this time , half past nine , the whole of the company had

assembled , when the AV . AI . proceeded to fche room , prepared for the occasion , aud opened the ball , with Mrs . Charles Lee , to the enlivening strains of Spencer ' s Quadrille Baud . The entrance hall , ball and other rooms , were tastefully deeorated with mirrors , banners , and festoons of evergreens . The whole of the arrangements reflected the highest " credit upon Bro . Faviell , who well merited the encomiums passed upon him . The banquet and ball passed off with great eclat , and will he long remembered with pleasure hy those who were present .

Scotland.

SCOTLAND .

GRAXD LODGE . ( From our own Correspondent ^ A Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge was ' held in the Freemasons' Hall , on Monday , the 3 rd inst . The lodge being opened , several proxy Commissions were sustained , una presents received from tbe Grand Lodges of England , Canada , the Netherlands , and Xew York . The nomination of Office-hearers and

Grand Stewards for 1 S 62-3 was proceeded with , his Grace the Duke of Athols being again named as G . M . Among other business transacted at this meeting , his JIajesty Bro . the King of Denmark was named as an Honorary Member of the Grand Lodge of Scotland : and a charter was granted for a lodge at Goring , Lambing Flat , Xew South AVales . Certain alterations were made in the Laws of Grand Lodge , which it is thought will prove beneficial to the Craft . Notwithstanding that Truth

is one of the cardinal principles of Freemasonry , too many of the returns presented to Grand Lodge exhibit in their composition a sad want of thafc necessary element . This remark applies principally , nay , almost exclusively , to the "Annual Return of Intrants , " wliich the office-hearers of every lodge under the Scottish Institution are bouiid to send up to headquarters . The non-recording of intrants , besides defrauding Grand Lodge of its rightful dues , and rendering impossible the

production of reliable statistics of the Order ' s progress in any given year , inflicts a yet deeper and more permanent injury upon the brethren whose names have been withheld from the records of the Supreme Head of the Order in the country in

which they may have received Masonic birth . Masonic baptism , so to speak , has thus been denied him . Frequent instances have come under our notice of the disadvantages to brethren who have emigrated to foreign lands , arising from this , to say the least of it , most unbusinesslike mode of conducting the affairs of many lodges in tbe Mother country . In some cases the evil can to a certain extent be remedied , but in the great majority of them it is quite beyond the power of lodge officials

to afford the slightest aid to the injured brother , who must either suffer involuntary and unmerited suspension from Masonic privileges , or knock anew at the portal of the outer court of the temple for admission into the sanctum sanctorum of a Master Mason . The merest tyro in Masonry knows that a Grand Lodge Diploma is the passport into the bosom of any lodge in wliich the holder of it may not personally be known , and thafc no diploma can he obtained unless the applicant for

the same has been duly recorded in tbe books of the Grand Lodge . Yet scores , we believe , of our Scottish-made Masons are , through the gross carelessness of those who ought to have known better , permitted to leave their native shores with no authoritative documentary evidence of their initiation by which they can obtain recognition as a regularly entered member of the Order . AVith a view to guard against the perpetuation of such manifest injury towards brethren , and at the same time to preserve ifcs pecuniary interests , the Grand Lodge of Scotland at its meeting on Monday unanimously passed the following statute : —

" It being of the utmost consequence for the properity and welfare of Masonry in this country that all Freemasons should he registered on the Roll of the Grand Lodge , and become thereby entitled to all the privileges connected with the Craft , this Grand Lodge resolves" 1 . That it shall be imyeratiue on all the Daughter Lodges holding of this Grand Lodge fco register in the books of the Grand Lodge , in terms of the Grand Lodge Laws , chapter 22 ,

sections 1 , 2 , and 3 , the name of every brother who has passed the First Degree of St . John ' s Masonry . " 2 . It shall also henceforth be imperative upon all lodgesholding of this Grand Lodge to present every brother who has passed the Master Mason ' s Degree with a Grand Lodge Diploma , which diploma shall be the certificate of his having been properly made a Master Mason . " 3 . That the method hitherto in use of assessing fees for

Registration and Diplomas separately shall henceforth he abolished , and in lien thereof one fee to the amount of eight shillings shall be exigible , the payment of which shall entitle the intrant to registration in the Grand Lodge Book , as also his diploma from the Grand Lodge when he shall have become a Alaster Alason . " 4 . That the returns of initiations in each lodge shall be made to the Grand Secretary on the 31 st December of each year , with the payment ofthe fees due to that date .