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at Prov . Grand Lodge : —Bros . Crawford , Dalziel , Popplewell , Johnson , Tulloch , Franklin , Ludwig , Past and Present Grand Officers , and many Past Masters and brethren of the province . On the removal of the cloth the healths of the Queen , Royal Family ; G . M . the Earl of Zetland ; Deputy Grand Master , Earl de Grey and Ripon ; the Grand Masters of Scotland and Ireland were given from the chair . The D . PROV . G . M . rose and proposed the health of their well

. beloved and highly venerated " Prov . Grand Master . " —( Loud and repeated applause . ) It would be superfluous for him to say how much the province ioved their Grand Master , or how he was endeared to them by his kindness and urbanity . His presence was always hailed with pleasure among them ; how Masonry prospered under his reign , they had before them in the reports of each lodge . The Masons of Northumberland had thought that a small token of their regardof a substantive formto commemorate their

apprecia-, , tions of the Grand Master , and to show the mutual regard of Masters and W . M's ., should be presented to him at the united festival of lodges 24 and 793 , on St . John ' s Day—provided that met with his convenience . ( Loud Applause . ) He concluded hy giving them the " R . W . Prov . G . M ., " ( Drunk with full honours and rounds ¦ of applause . ) On the R . W . G . M . rising to return thanks he was honoured with long and repeated applause . He spoke as foltows : —V . W . D .

Prov . G . M . and Brethren . It seems to me I have little to say in returning you my "best thanks for the manner you have received the proposal of my health , because I can only have to confess what I have done repeatedly since I have had the honour of being imnointfid tn TVrP . Kldp . nvpr vnn tlinf . vmi lmvp n"h \ "ivQ nvpvlnnVorl m \ r irjr j UVUUUUUJ

L - •— j "" , " - ' . — j . . . . . . . . . . . .. ~ ... ... defects , and that whatever good has been derived by the province during my fourteen years tenure of this office , I owe entirely to your kind co-operation and able support , without which I could not have succeeded in bringing the province to its present prosperity . However , taking a retrospective view of our labours during my tenure of office , I see that—the first object that I desired to introduce in the province , after some difficulty of

was inaugurated in 1849 , viz ., the ^ Provident Fund Benevolence , and the report of to-day has shown you the fund amounting to £ 550 , or nearly £ 100 better than 1860 . Another object I have fondly cherished to see established , but as it requires larger funds than the preceding one , has not yet been established , but I should be willing on its being established , to lay down my staff in the conviction that I had done sufficientl dut

y my y , -and this second object is a Freemasons' School for the province . An unexpected and most surprising intimation has been hinted at by the D . Prov . G . M ., something of a testimonial that you intend to present me . I must say , brethren ( here the Prov . G . M . showed evident signs of great emotion ) , that I cannot see why I should be thus selected , but as I know yet nothing of what it is your pleasure to present meand as 1 feel deeplthis renewed evidence of

, y your attachment to me , and as it proves me that as you have always been kind to me you intend to commemorate such kindness , so that I might not , if even I could , forget my brethren and friends , now around me . I will not say more at present on this subject , but thank you again , brethren and friends , for your good wishes for . my health . ( Applause , long and repeated applause ) .

P . Prov . S . G . W . PUNSHEON , rose to propose the D . Prov . Grand Master's health , and said he could not as yet say much for his exertions in the post he now fitled , only having been a year in it , hut all who know his energies and Masonic work in his previous offices , could not huthope that great things were to be expectedfrom the Deputy . In the meanwhile he threw out to him the following suggestion : —That he should obtain the Prov . G . M ' s . consent to hold under his ( the D . Prov . G . M ' s ) presidencyquarterlor half-yearl

., , y y Prov . G . Lodges ; thus he might hear all the different lodges bad to propose for the good of Freemasonry in the province . Have , in fact , all the routine work also done , and at the annual meeting , when the Prov . G . Master came among them , he would hear the work was done , and notify his approval , if it was merited . He concluded by proposing the "D . Prov . Grand Master's health , wishing it might be better . "

The D . PROV . G . M ., in rising to return thanks , though willing himself to meet the brethren quarterly , or oftener , thought that their G . M . would not be satisfied by only revising their work , for he wished to take part in it as he had always done . However if the G . M ., allowed it and the brethren wished it , he was always ready to work for the benefit of the Craft . In fact he was very anxious to see in all lodges an uniformity in working , and & v this purpose he would visit lod to see if this could not be

every ge carried out . He had spoken to the Grand Secretary , Bro . Grey Clarke , on the subject , and his reply was that he doubted his succeeding . " We have , " Bro . Clark'added , "in London what are called iour Model Lodges , and still in each the working is slightly different , and still each maintains its own to be the most correct ; now

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how you can succeed with less advantages in the Provinces I am at a loss to make out . " However he ( the D . Prov . G . M ., ) thought that one thing surely could be made uniform and verbatim , that was the opening and closing , and he trusted that he would be able to see that in Northumberland . In conclusion he thanked the brethren . Bro . W . BERKLEY , then proposed "The Past Officers of the year , with the health of the oldest Mason in the Province , " and one whoin all the degreeshad done much for Masonryand more

, , , than any other man in the north , he alluded to Bro . J . W . Punsheon , P . Prov . Sec . ( Applause ) . The selection of the last year's officers was unexceptionable , and so much so that many of the officers from their great attention to their duties , some were promoted , others re-elected , and others re-appointed . A better test could not be had , especially as the plaudits of the brethren in Grand Lodge proclaimed this .

Bro . PUNSHEON , P . Prov . S . G . W ., returned thanks for himself and his late colleagues , and assured them that a man always met bis reward if he did his duty , and if not at once , he finally obtained it while he had the approval of his conscience to reward him . Iu this Prov . Grand Lodge he had seldom seen it fail , though to some it might come slowly . The ProvSGWBroTHOMPSONresponded ou his own

be-. ..., . , half and that of his colleagues . He said he thanked the Prov . G . M . for thus rewarding his services and making him the first officer in the province . ( Applause . ) He thanked the ' brethren for their approval , for it showed that the duties of Prov . Grand Secretary , which he had held for the last three years , had been met with their recognition , and that while he bad striven to discharge

his delicate and arduous duties with impartiality , he trusted he had succeeded , if not to please everyone , at least not to have made a single enemy ; and turning to the D . Prov . G . M ., he said , " V . W . Sir , last year you made the same promise to visit each lodge , and to endeavour to introduce an uniformity of working—this you have again repeated this year—well , as this was not done last year , I will , if you wish , join you , we wiil visit officially each lodge , and it shall be my pleasureas well as my dutyto assist you to bring

, , an uniformity of working in the lodges , and at the same time to assist them with our counsel in all those points which we might find our assistance required . ( Applause repeated , the brethren , well knowing that the Prov . S . G . W . is one of the best working Masons in the province , and always ready to give a helping hand in Masonic good work , both in the rituals as in the financial workings ) . Brethren , Masonry has greatly flourished in Northumberland , and

notwithstanding the rifle movement , that has taken so many of us from our business duties to drill , we have not done amiss even this year . I hope , however , that our brethren are now well up in their drill , and that they can attend Masonry more— -and that as the flow has turned again towards Masonry , that our next year will be even a more prosperous one than last . I am certain that my colleagues and myself will do all in our power to continue to have the good opinion of the Prov . Grand Lodge , and to merit a continuance

of your approval . " With the toast of " The Visitors , " responded by Bro . Powell , of Yorkshire , and that of " The Lodges of the Provinces , " responded to by the W . M . of Lodge 24 . Bro . Legg , the happy meeting was brought to a close as the time of the last train was up . YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . SHEEEIELD . —Royal Brimsioiclc Lodae ( No . 373 ) . —The regular

monthly meeting of this lodge was held in the Freemason ' s Hall , Surrey-street , on Monday , 11 th inst . Bro . T . Danby , P . M ., officiated as W . M ., and was supported by Bros . Dr . Bartolome , P . M ., P . Prov . S . G . D . ; Wm . White , jun ., W . M . 162 , Prov . G . D . C . ; H . Harrison , S . W . ; E . Drury , J . W . ; F . W . Primrose , Sec ; G . Stuart , P . Prov . G . O ., J . D . ; H . J . Garnett , I . G . ; E . P . Hornby , No . 162 ; and Capt . Sheringham , No . 147 . Mr . Seaton Edward Ricks _ ( 16 th Regiment ) , and Mr . Harry Holdsworth , were severally initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry . Bro . Henry Harrison was elected W . M ., and Bro . Dr . Bartolome Treasurer , for the ensuing twelvemonths .

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JERSEY . —Lodge la Cesaree ( No . 860 . )—An extraordinary meeting was held on Wednesday , October 30 th , under the Presidency of Bro . Baudains , W . M ., the chairs of S . and J . W . being occupied respectively by the proper officers , Bros . Dixon Le Couteur and Philip Le Sueur . The lodge having been opened in the first degree , the circular convening the brethren was read , announcing that the object