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for their arduous and successful labours in tho revision of the Provincial By-Liws . " The grand Superintendent said he was prepared to receive suggestions as to tho b \ st method of celebrating the Queen ' s Jubilee by this Province hi

1887 , and it was moved by Comp . Tew ( mind Superintendent , seconded by Comp . Dore , P P . G . D . C ., and resolved , "That it be left in the hands of the Charity Committee to prepare a scheme to be laid be fire next . Prov . Grand

Chapter in May 1887 " E . Comp . C . L . Mason proposed , and Comp . John Wordsworth seconded , '" That it be a recommendation from this Provincial Grand Chapter thit , in future , Chapters entertaining Prov . Grand Chapter allow

members attending to pay for refreshments . " Comp . Joseph Dobson , Z . 280 , on behalf of the Leeds Chapters , invited the Grand Superintendent to hold the Annual Meeting , May 1887 , in Leeds , after which Provincial

Grand Chapter was closed according to ancient custom . 108 Companions afterwards sat down to tea , the Grand Superintendent presiding . The nsual Loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured , and with the assistance of the Musical Companions a very harmonious evening was spent .

CONCORD CHAPTER , No . 896 . TPHE following Officers were invested and installed at the meeting J- of the Chapter of Concord , at the Masonic Hall , Southampton , on Thursday evening , the 25 th nit . Cnmpx . H <> rton Z ., J . Robertson H ., T . Dartnall J ., J . Cole Treasurer , Weston S . E .. R . W . Lees S . N ., S . Clarke P . S ., Osborne and Fewings A . S ., and Vare Janitor . The installation ceremony was performed by Comp . E . G . J . Coles . Thanks were accorded to the Z ., Comp . Arthur .

EBORACUM CHAPTER , No . 1611 . AT an emergency meeting of this Chapter , held on Monday , evening , the 15 th ult ., ar Freemasons' Hall , 8 fc . Saviourgare , York , Bros . Sir F . Milncr , Bart ., F . It . Stubbs . and W . Sharpe were exalted to the degree of Roval Arch Mason . Comps . T . B . Whvte . head P . Z . presided as Z ., G . Balmford P . Z . as H ., J . Blenkin " J ., Jas . Kay S . E ., G . Chapman S . N ., W . Brown P . S . ; G . Simpson P . Z .

and many other Companions were present . At the conclusion of the ceremony many of the Companions adjourned to the York Lodge , where a meeting was being held to receive the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett . The rest dined together and spent a pleasant evening .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of East Lancashire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF EAST LANCASHIRE .

THE half-yearly meeting of the Provincial Grand Lol < re of East Lan . cashire was held on Wednesday , 24 th ult ., in the Baths Assembl y Rooms , Lower Bridgeman-st'C"t , Bolton . Bro . Colon d Le Gendre N . Starkie , the Right Worshi pful Pfovincial Grand Master , presided , supported by the Worshipful Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Geor » e

Mellor . Bro . W . O . Walker Prov . S . G . W . and Bro . James Benrd Prov . J . G . W . were also present , and there was a Jarure attendance of provincial Officers Present and Past . Of the 95 Lodges in the Province only four were not represented . An important subject for consideration was as to the most desi rable method of commemorating by the Province Masonically the jubilee of Her Majesty ' s reign next year . The Provincial Grand Master said that several suggestions had been made as to the form such commemoration should takeOne

. was that the Masons of the Province should carry ont a portion of the work of restoration at the Manchester Cathedral . He had been personally to see what was the nature of the work , and he learned that there was a portion which they misrht undertake at a co . « t of £ 1 , 200 , and as an alternative there was the reqnired muniment room

which would entail an outlay of £ 3 . 00 J . Another proposition had been made that as th-re vvtis a Lfi-eil : want felt in the metropolis of the Province of a temple for the Masonic Order , an elfott should b 1 mde to raise the money wherewith to bndd a ni"re di / nified . md more commodious phiee of assembly than tlify now had in Manchester

whore they miyht bold their Lodges , their Encampment , and their various bi » h degrees ; more cetivenieiitlv than they could in the existing Masi-jih .- hall . i ! ro . John Va idwick , I ' m ? . Gratid Secretary , read the uiinuv < - ¦ , of a c"niini : ee tueeiinu :, he ! i in October Last , with ic- 'a . -. l to the ju ' ui , o ¦ a . ana t-aiorat i ,, n . From that »; pr ting a cucni . ii v ., is so ; , t f ... ho Lodges of < he Pruhoeo a-king for ther opinions . / , t , ; pi o i j' tin : ¦ : moi-iiue-of thf . e , . . ,., ; , £ ,,,, ,, „ >; ,.., _

day , replies tivm •'! . i , e V ;; , .,,,,.. , , | t of : iie--e , i \ v ,- > re ia favour of ihe establish ., ) i . nfc „ f -, riiii v .- 'f-: by ^ cljo ' .-u-shtp ft- <\ v . i non . s of Masons in ihe I ' m-in , . . ! K- . . . .. ,., ¦ ,, ;„ >; ..,.,,,,. „ f tho ereei . ion of :.. Masonic Temple in 'Uanohes-er , i ' we . L !_;¦ -: exiu-e ; ..-a | , l ( , definite view beyond t ! cir dos . ic to acn n , ,:, the o-tdin- of t . j , ¦ i'rovt ' nce one of the iies ted the ! ' tne nv i . a !

rep « ugu' < - - , a Cu . a ,, . ' : d > i \^ n inses . ,,,, t-fii . | . t . li ., t , ,, „ or me replies JB ^ KIIM c ; ., . ; irri .-iii mses , nother th tt a > i effort be made to incr ; ase t ! io i ) CM"vol 1 . ilr , fund to . fjIO . OOi . i , an I a tldnl that a wing bo adlal to o :-- of the J [ -H , „ ( CharitMble In .-uuri . tions . After eonsideritig the replies tha coa' . aiipet ! d .. fir | e , i to "

eeoinmend that wrr . iie . ver 1 'inoir . it could be r . iis .-. i i the Provinc ; . should be applied to the purchase of presentations , T IMMV , in the Institution fot Aged Freemasons and Widows . They further recononetnied thnb ;> great Masonic Festival , in the . shapa of a roeeptiou and ball , ba hel . J next year in Manchester , aud that a committee be appointed to carry

Provincial Grand Lodge Of East Lancashire.

ont the arrinsroments for snch Festival . The Provincial Grand M aster sai I that , recognising the fact that they did not all belong to the Church of England , ho thought , the subj 'ut of G ithedral restnrati m was not one for them . There were difficulties in tne way of the ei-eetion of a M ismie Temple in Manchester as a Provincial effort .

Th 'v belonged , however , to a charitable Order , and iu the matter of charitv ther > would bo no diffi'iilty . Bro . Jas . Eleelis , P . Prov . G . R . formally proposed that the jubilee bo celebrated by the establish . meat of a scholarship in the Victoria University , and this was seconded hv Bro . Jas . Beard Pr > v . J . G . W . Bro . J . L . tliue , P . Prov .

J . G . W ., moved as an amendment that the recommendation as to the purchase of presentations and votes for the Institution for Aged Freemasons and W dows be adopted . This was seconded by Bro . J . A . Birch P . Prov . J . G . W ., and on being put was voted for by a largo majority . A second amendment in favour of the acquisition

by pnrchase of St Mary ' s Church , Manchester , with the object of turning it into a Masonic Temple , was brought forward , but had no seconder , and Bro . ( line ' s amendment was carried as a substantive resolution . Tt was afterwards decided that the Charity Committee of the Prov . Grand Lodge , and als » theCh irity Representatives of the

Lodges of the Province connected wit h the East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Benevolent Institution , should form a general committee to arrange for next , year ' s jnbilee festival in Manchester . The Prov . Grand Master annonnced that the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge would be h « ld iu Manchester , on the 11 th or 18 th May

1887 . Four brethren wore nominated for the offi te of Prov . Grand Treasurer , viz .: —Bros . W . Nlcholl P . M . 317 , W . W . Warburton P . M . 7 f 53 , Evan Williams P . M . 327 , and Samuel Warburton P . M . 1052 . The appointment will be made in May next . The latter p irt of the proceedings was presided over by the Deputy Provincial Grand

. Vl ister , Colonel Sfcarkio being compelled to leave early . Bro . E . W . Irving P . M . S . W . 1170 presented to the Provincial Grand Lodge a set of consecrating vessels . The gift was acknowledged by the Depnfcy Provincial Grand Mister , and a vote of thanks was

ace > r led to Bro . Irving , and was recorded upon the minutes . Before separating the brethren voted 200 gnineas from the funds of the Provincial Grand Lodge to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of-Freemasons , in the proportion of 100 guineas to each fnnd . —Manchester Coutier .

Allied Masonic Degrees.

ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES .

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\ I'EK IING of this Council was held on Thursday , the 18 th inst ,, A iit Freemasons' Hall , St . Saviour . rate , York . Amongst those present were Bros . J ? . Langlov Mills , M D ., W . M ., T . B . Whytehead P . M . Treisurer , G . Simpson P . M ., EI . C . P ck'rsgill S . W ., William Brown J . D ., Major McGachen I . G ., J . T . Seller and M . Millington . Successfnl ballots were tiken for Bros . H . E . Caisans P . M . and

Donald Grant , and those brethren were admitted to tho several degrees for which they were qualified , tho chair work being done by Bro . T . B . Whytehead . At the proper interval a banquet was served , anil at the conclusion of the ceremonies the members met and enjoyed a few social hours together .

Bro . James Stevens P . M . P . Z . will give a discourse on the Ritual and Ceremonial of the Third Degree in Freemasonry at the Rosslyn Lodge , No . 1543 , at the Saracen ' s Head Hotel , Dunmow , Essex , on Wednesday next , the 8 th instant . The Lodge will be opened at 6- $ 0 p . m . precisely , and the W . M ., Bro . Walter Rowe ,

trusts that all members of the Lodge and sister Lodo-es in the locality will avail themselves of this opportunity for acquiring Masonic knowledge .

; In our report of tho meeting , last week , of Lodge No . 1 />() , it was unintentionall y referred to as tho 149 th , instead . of the 1 . !>• % ' ) anniversary . The Lodge was constituted iu 1 December 17-3 G .

' [ :. c ( - ( lic . fucy « , !' . M , ^ , ii ; , , ; ,,,, ,. ,,, ;; CO : i ; sut in its numbers . It is ! l ; '' ' . '> » ' ' 'parti 1 / , i hi ' , ( I ti-i-.-iii / •(¦ - \ power . The chi-el of steel l '' '' - ¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦ i' ' !; ' < : ¦• ¦ ci ' : -f , bar of hoi :, and a Lodge uf thorough Masons — ' » ' thren ¦ ., HI have a I'ortv , de-p . an I aoidi ig love of the Craft—¦ ' ¦ I ! exceed in pin r , iidl . uuco , ; i' : d u | : imit . oly in numbers , any u <> ¦(• - i of ttaif-he .-wte-i and feeble ' , ia » o ; is , no nia'ter what th-v may

!'"' lo- . s , , v .. c ) ,, y , or u . i . lef iviiitt ausp i ' .-es , they assemble . A ¦ ' )¦ .: v ' of . [¦ ¦ -nut . ; ii ; E ' -Jy is svd t . o boar a oloso resemblance to Frtv-i ! :-, 'if . at I i o a- re , ,,, | , ! b ,--r | j , practices , synb > ls , & C . Tho I : < il >¦ :--.: l' \ ri .-h ; u : i : r i > u bii ; he ( in IJomo— designates this society a ; "Black Masons , " and iiilamatrv , that it includes a class of the

fraternity who have little love -if liberty or progress . The Grand Ihohi / e of Canada ( Ontario ) during the past , year relieved ilri nece .-sinc .-i of . j' /; brr , tboiv , 272 widows , Mill 41 orphans , at a cost of l ; i , li . l (> dollars ( abjut £ 2 , 70 ' 3 ) exclusive of other unrecorded charities .