The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEM . A Provincial Grand Lodge for West Yorkshire , is to be holden in the Masonic Hall , Dewsbury , on Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., . at eleven a . m ., for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of the Dcwsbury Public Baths . The brethren will move in procession to the site of the intended building , where the stone

will be laid by R . AV . D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Br . Feamley , Mayor , assisted by the Provincial Grand Officers . This being also the day of the Annual Exhibition of the Dewshury Floral aud Horticultural Society , a marquee will he specially set apart , contiguous to the Show Ground , for the brethren , shareholders , and friends who may be present .

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CUMBERLAND . CARLISLE . — Union Lodge ( No . 389 ) . —The C :: riisle Lodge of Instruction was held in the Masonic Rooms , August 12 . There was a good muster of the brethren ; they proceeded to business , the officers being appointed , the lodge was opened in the first degree . The brethren of the lodge executed a great amount

of work in the least possible time , and with the most minute care . The officers as appointed for tho night were : —Bros . L . W . Hay ward , P . M . ; L . M . Murray , W . M .: Milbourne , S . W . ; Fisher , J . W . , Blacklock , S . D . ; Hall , J . D . ; Eitson . I . G . ; Storey , Tyler . Our visiting Bro . Gregory , from New York , gave , in the American style , the sections of the first degree , with quotations from the volume of the Sacred Law , and very plainly and clearly defined every portion of them . Tho brethren spent half an hour in refreshment ; after which , the Tyler ' s toast closed the entertainment , and they parted in good fellowship .

DEVON . THE FORTESCUE MEMORIAL FUND . The following is a copy of the report from the Local Committee of the three towns of Plymouth , Devonport , and Stonehouse , read by Bro . It . Itodda , and adop ted by the Provincial Grand Lodge at Dartmontb , on Tuesday , the 12 th inst . To tho report was appended a complete list of the donors and subscribers

to the fund connected with the eight lodges of the three towns , and which amounted in the aggregate to the very liberal sums of—donations , £ 163 2 s . Gd . ; subscriptions , £ 114 9 s . The donations from Lodge Sincerity include a sum of £ 30 given by the Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe . The Local Committee ' s report is as follows : —

Report of the Local Committee for tlie Three Toivns of Plymouth , Devonport , and East Slonehouse . In reporting to this Provincial Grand Lodge the result of their labours on behalf of this excellent fund , the Local Committee appointed for the three towns above-named , beg to state that they were assigned their office in the month of November , 1 S 61 ; but no effective action was taken until after the l'Tth day

of June last past , when the Local Committee was enlarged by the R . W . D . Prov . G . M . The first step taken was to call a meeting of the brethren at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth , which was numerously attended , and the merits of the movement were fully and favourably discussed ; the Worshipful Masters of the lodges consented to become exofficio members of the Local Committeeand pledged themselves

, to use every effort to promote the interests of this fund ; which 2 >! edge lias been faithfully redeemed . No time was lost in laying the scheme before the various lodges as opportunity occurred , and also of personally canvassing the brethren , for the purpose of obtaining their support and co-

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operation , and the result has been most satisfactory . It has been very gratifying to the Local Committee to find that generally the Forteseue Memorial Fund has been hailed with approbation , and has met with a greater amount of support than had been anticipated . The Local Committee would not presume to take any credit to themselves for this ; they attribute it entirely to the reverence and love which the brethren of this province bore to deepl

our y lamented Prov . G . M . the Right Hon . the Earl Forteseue , K . Q ., and to their great anxiety to keep his honoured name before them , to perpetuate his memory by this scheme to generations yet unborn , and to their desire to carry out in practice the lessons of charity they have learnt in their lodges . To promote this object in the three towns above named , the Local Committee feel that they have done what they could ,

and they say to every brother in the province— " go and do thou likewise . " The Local Committee cannot close this report without expressing a hope that every lodge in the province , and that every individual Freemason who can , will liberally and substantially assist in this labour of love , as the Great Architect of the Universe has prospered them , not forgetting that those who are strong should bear the infirmities of the weakand that it is

, more blessed to give than to receive . This scheme is so consonant with the principles of our Eoyal Order , and is on its own merits so praiseworthy , as to press itself on the sympathies of every true Mason , apart from our duty to raise a lasting memorial to the memory of the inimitable noble deceased whose revered name has already been mentioned in this report , who stood pre-eminent for his works of philanthrophy and for alleviating the sufferings and promoting the

happiness of his brethren , and whose name was known and honoured wherever human misery was found ; and in the opinion of this committee it only requires to be looked upon calmly , fairly , and dispassionately in the spirit of brotherly love and relief , in order to be generally accepted and supported by the brethren , and made to be as extensively useful to those whom it is designed to assist in their seasons of adversity , suffering , and want as it is consonant with the genius of Freemasonry in the

loyal and reverent feelings out of which " it has grown . The great liberality of the brethren which has already been displayed is a matter of very sincere gratification to the Local Committee , and they look forward with confidence to its continuation and increase , being fully persuaded that their support to this fund will be both larger and more general as it becomes more developed , and as its usefulness is practically illustrated .

The Local Committee feel bound to declare their opinion that there is no institution with which Masonry is distinguished and adorned which deserves a higher patronage , nor one that has a stronger claim upon the brethren of this province , or that more deserves their liberality and support ; and they trust that a project conceived in so much wisdom by our Right Worshipful D . Prov . G . M ., and which must be fraught with jileasing results ; will be received by their brethren in the other lodges

of the province with manifestations of benevolence and zeal equal to those shewn by the brethren of the three towns , the practical results of whose generous response this committee has now had the pleasure of placing before the Grand Lodge . JAMES ROWE . JAMES J . CLASE , P . PSOT . G . D . C . R . ROBIKSON RODD , P . PROV . G . D . L . T . TRIPE , P . PROV . G . D . RICHARD RODDA , J . W ., 122 .

' SOUTH WALES ( EASTERN DIVISION ) . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . The Provincial Grand Lodge of the Eastern Division of South Wales took place on Wedesday , August 13 , at the Bush Hotel , Merthyr , at twelve o'clock , when the lodge was opened ; after which , at half-past one , the members walked in procession to St . David ' s Church . Prayers were intoned by the Rev . Canon

Jenkins , of St . John's , Oxford ( formerly of Merthyr ) , and the evening service was chanted by the choir exceedingly well ; a capital sermon was preached , the Very Worshipful the Rev . E . Dennis Bun-owes , M . A ., LL . D ., Prov . G . C ., the minister selecting bis text from Hebrews xiii . c , v . 14 . The tenor of the sermon went to show that Freemasonry was not intended to supplant religion , but its aim was to enforce its truths and precepts on the mind in unison with those of the Gospel . On