Provincial.

Bailey , J . W . ; I . Evening , Treasurer ; W . H . Lewthwaite , See . ; J . Allison , S . D . ; J . Bolton , J . D . ; W . H . Smethurst , I . G . ; W . Potts , Tyler . The lodge was then closed in form , the working proceedings of the installation having been performed in a most artistic and eraftsinanlike style by Brother Morton , who , it should be observed , was assisted very materially by Brother Ken Ivor thy . Before the lodge was closedtho Provincial Grand

Secretary-, announced that the Grand Master had appointed the Provincial Grand Festival to be held at Kendal , sometime in the latter end of September , or beginning of October , and that the Right Rev . Dr . Magee , Lord Bishop of Peterborough , would be asked to preach on the occasion .

THE BANQUET . About two o'clock an adjournment was made to the Globe Hotel , where a first-class dinner had been provided by Brother Rapley . Brother Pearson , the newly-installed W . M ., presided , and was supported right and loft by Brothers Kenworthy , Tickle , Collin , Morton , Busher , and Robinson . The two wardens ( Bros . C . Mayson and II . Bailey ) occupied fche vice-chairs . After dessert had been placed upon the tables ,

The Worshipful Master proposed "The Queen , and the Craft , " aud in doing so said it required no effort on his part to secure the reception of the toast , inasmuch as Her Majesty formed the first subject of every Freemasons' gathering . The name of the Queen was at the head of every charity in connection with the Order . ( The toast was drunk with all the honours . ) The Worshipful Master next gave tins " Prince of Wales , and

and the rest of the Royal Family . " With respect to the connection of the Prince of Wales with the cralt , he ( the Chairman ) had no doubt that- should he ever be called upon to take the station so long held by the E-. irl of Zetland , His lloyal Highness would fill the office to the credit and admiration of the Order . ( The toast ivas drank with full Masonic honours . ) The WOKSHIPFUL MASTER then rose to propose " The Health of Earl de Grey and Ripon , Most Worshipful Grand Master of land

Eng . " Although his Lordship was very young in his high office , he ( the Chairman ) had no doubt that before long he would hold the office with credit to the same extent as did his predecessor , the Earl of Zetland . Earl de Grey and Ripon was not only a Mason of note , but had done great service to his country as a statesman . ( The toast was duly received with Masonic honours . ) The Worshipful Master then gave the toast of " The Deputy

Grand Master of England ( the Earl of Carnarvou ) and the Grand Officers . " The Deputy Grand Master was—like Lord de Grey and Ripon—on his trial ; bnt from what Brother Puxley had stated at Whitehaven the other day , His Lordship was a Mason likely to do honour and prove an ornament to the craft . With regard to the rest ofthe Grand Officers , he could only mention one present , in the person of Brother Busher , a man who had done more for Masonry iu this province than any brother be knew .

Brother Busher , in returning thanks , said lie was only sorry that the gentleman who represented this province as Deputy Grand Master ( Brother Colonel Whitweli , M . P . ) , and who had been honoured with a Grand Wardenship at the hands of the Grand Master of England , was unavoidably absent . He was happy to say that though their Provincial Deputy Grand Master had only just risen from a bed of sickness , he was at present in a fair way of recovery , thanks to tbe care and skill of Dr . Fox ,

one of Her Majesty ' s physicians . Returning thanks for himself he could only say it gave him great pleasure to meet the Cockermouth brethren , and as an instance of it , could assure the members of Skiddaw Lodge that he should do his best at tho next election board in London to secure tho election of au orphan daughter of one of their earliest members , The Worshipful Master followed with the Health of the "Grand Master of the Province , the Earl of Bective M . P ., " and in

doing so bore testimony to the zeal , evinced by His Lordship in the cause of . the craft . Though tbe Whitehaven lodges had had the honour of a visit from Lord Bective already , there was no doubt His Lordship would pay each lodge in the province a periodical visit . ( The toast was drank with all the honours . ) The Worshipful Master then gave tlie "Deputy Grand Master of the Province , Col . ; Whitwell , M . P ., and the rest of the Provincial Officers . " Brother Whitweli was a Mason of sterling worth ,

He coupled with the toast the names of Brothers C . Morton , Kenworthy , Busher , and R . Robinson . Brother Kenworthy having returned thanks , Brother R . Robinson followed . He said he wished to pay Brother Whitweli , their worthy D . Prov . G . M ., a well deserved compliment . The zeal and ability shown hy that gentleman , whether in consecrating a lodge , installing a master , or the manner in which he had performed the other duties of his high

office , entitled him to all the praise which had been bestowed upon him to-day . It was highly gratifying to every lodgo iu the province that his merits had been recognised at head-quarters , by au appointment to one of the highest offices in the Grand Lodge of England—and that' while they all lamented his severe illness , they were glad to bo informed by Brother Busher that he was in a fair way to recovery . Another proof of the excellent judgment shown by the Provincial Grand Master in the selection

of his officers was that of the J . G . W ., Brother Kenworthy , than , whom there was not a more zealous mason iu tho province . With regard to himself ( the speaker ) , the honour of a provincial office conferred upon him last November , he took as a compliment to the lodge to which he belonged , rather than to any merit of his own . In common with them all , he rejoiced that they were honoured to-day by the presence of an officer of the Grand Lodge of Euglandwhoin the multilicity of his

engage-, , p ments , had found time to be there to do honour to their newlyelected Master . He was also glad to see around that festive table so many brethren from other lodges ,, evincing , as it did , not only the deep interest which they took iu the welfare of the Craft , but a desire to promote that social intercourse which could not fail to cement them still closer in the fraternal bonds of the Order , But if peace and harmony reigned at that convivial boardthey conld not forget that many thousands of their

, brethren bad lately met in fliat deadly conflict which had spread the pall of sorrow over the continent of Europe . That minister who talked of going to war with a light heart , must , by this time , know that hearts of another and a sadder kind had darkened many a home . Who could depict the horrors and the misery of that gigantic struggle ? Beautiful Paris , once renowned as the queen of cities , had been shorn of her grandeur by fiends

in human form—beautiful Fiance , rich in vines and every blessing that a bountiful Providence could send for the sustenance of man , had been laid waste hy the tramp of au invading host . Numberless thousands of their fellow-mon had been cut down by the needle gun , the chassepofc , and other engines of destruction , the names of which ho could not pronounce . Countless thousands of widows and orphans were thrown on the world , bereft of those who were their only support . When these stupendous conflicts

were to end was known only to Him who sits on the highest throne , and in whose hands are the fates of all kings and dynasties on earth . But , whatever calamity might have befallen the two contending powers , he rejoiced that not one drop of English blood was mixed in the unholy strife . What became of their boasted Christianity and civilization , when men , who professed and called themselves Christians , were engaged in that atrocious and inhuman butchery ? As Masonsprofessing brotherlloveit was

, y , their duty on every fitting occasion to protest against the murderous warfare . If , ' * by the exercise of brotherly love , they were taught to regard the whole human species as one family , and the high , low , rich , and poor as all created by the same Almighty Parent , and sent into the world for the mutual defence and protection of each other , " let them endeavour to carry that grand principle into practice . Surely , man was created for a higher and a holier purpose than to kill and maim

each other , to appease the gory appetites of ambitious kings . and unscrupulous and intriguing ministers . Let them , theu , get rid of that passion for war ; let them cultivate that friendship and kind feeling which ought to exist amongst men of every race and of every clime . They could then join in the song of the heavenly host— " Glory to God in the highest , on earth peace , good will toward men . " Brother Busher likewise returned thanks .

Brother R . Robinson , in proposing the health of the newlyinstalled Master , Brother Pearson , bore testimony to the services of that gentleman in a public sense , ( particularly asChairman of the Board of Guardians . As a Mason , ho had been a regular attendant at all their meetings , and had that day received the highest honours a Mason could receive afc the hands of fche members of his lodge . ( The toast was drank wifch all honours . ) The Worshipful Master , in response , said it almost unnerved