Lancashire.

The installation ceremony was performed by the Earl of Euston Pro Grand Master of England , and among those assisting him were Bros . C . Fitzgerald Matier G . Secretary , C . Belton P . G . M . O ., and H . Cousans G . D . C . There were also present Brothers the Hon . Alan de Tatton Egerton , M . P ., P . G . M . Cheshire , A . Woodiwiss P . G . M . Derbyshire , Rev . T . Barton Spencer P . G . Chaplain , Rev . J . Pimblett P . P . G . Chaplain , and others .

At the close of the ceremony the Earl of Lathom announced that he had appointed as Deputy Provincial Grand Mark Master ( in succession to the late Colonel Le Gendre N . Starkie ) Bro . Arthur H . Jefferis P . G . D ., of Manchester . The Prov . G . Secretary Bro . W . Goodacre presented a

satisfactory report as to the position of Mark Masonry in Lancashire , there being now in the county some forty Lodges , with upwards of one thousand subscribing members . Subsequently the Provincial Grand Master invested his Officers for the ensuing year , as follow :

Bro . L . S . Winsloe .... Senior Warden G . E . Marsden 447 - Junior Warden Major 3 . Booth .... Master Overseor R . Thompson 156 .... Senior Overseer J . Milne 65 - - - - - Junior Overseer Rev . H . C . Piggott 479 - - - / „ , , . Chaplains

Rev ! W . H . Healey 142 - -J Captain J . Barlow 123 - - - Treasurer W . Goodacre 359 .... Secretary R . Armitage 393 .... Registrar T . R . Wilkinson 490 ... - Senior Deacon W . Taberner 158 - Junior Deacon

J . Patten 523 .... Inspector of Works F . Armstrong 32 - - - - Director of Ceremonies J . W . Clough 189 - - - - Assistant Dir . of Cers . H . J . Franklin .... Sword Bearer F . Neill 466 .... Standard Bearer R . H . Pearson - - - . Organist

J . Relph 143 .... Assistant Secretary J . Coward 375 .... Inner Guard B . Taylor 296 - ... ) A . C . K . . Smith .... ( . Stewards A . R . Albert 34 . . . ) W . 3 . Doran .... Tyler .

It is worthy of being mentioned that the Lancashire Provincial Grand Lodge in the Mark degree was founded in 1867 . Bro . Thomas Entwisle was appointed first Provincial Grand Master in that year , with Bro . C . F . Matier as Deputy . In 1870 the late Bro . W . Romaine Callender succeeded Bro . Entwisle . Lord Lindsay , the present Earl of Crawford , was his Deputy until 1872 . Lord Skelmersdale

( the late Earl of Lathom ) then took the place of Lord Lindsay , retaining it until 1876 , when , upon the death of Bro . Callender , Lord Skelmersdale was installed Provincial Grand Master , with the late Bro . Colonel Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie as Deputy Provincial Grand Master . These two high Officers died within a few months of each other , and the places had to be filled simultaneously .

We understand upon good authority that Bro . J . H . Pollard , Crook Lodge , No . 2019 , is the only gentleman nominated for the office of Provincial Grand Treasurer of Durham . His appointment will be made at the Provincial meeting at Gateshead on the 26 th inst . Although the

appointment is a compliment to Mr . Pollard , his fellow Brethren and those in Masonic circles generally will readily admit that it is an honour that is most assuredly well

deserved . Bro . Pollard has done good service for the Crook Lodge , of which he is one of the Past Masters , and fellow Craftsmen in Durham generally will congratulate him upon the . honour which is shortly to be conferred upon him . — "Darlington Echo . "

For good or ill Freemasonry is a great power in Cornwall as elsewhere . There is a fear , which was expressed at the Provincial Grand Lodge at Launceston on Monday , that as the body becomes larger it may deteriorate , and , as the respected and beloved Provincial Grand Master put it , there

is a danger that men may be allowed to join it rather for the benefit they may get than for the benefit they may confer on others . Although the Grand Lodge was held so far off as Launceston , Truro and West Cornwall were very fairly represented . — " Royal Cornwall Gazette . "

The Percy Lodge of Instruction , No . 198 , has resumed its weekly meetings for the season at the Perseverance Hotel , South gate Road , N . Bro . J . A . Powell P . M . is the Preceptor and Bro . F . Stallard P . M . the Secretary . Meetings are held every Saturday , at 8 o ' clock .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

DURHAM . r * pHE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Chapter JL was held at the Masonic Hall , Stockton , on Saturday afternoon , 16 th inst ., the Provincial Grand Superintendent Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., presiding . The Chapter was opened in the first instance by Comps . A . S . Fowler P . P . G . H ., J . C . Moor P . P . G . J ., and W . E . Moffatt P . P . G . R . The roll of Chapters was called , and reports were given by the principal Officers of the several Chapters .

The Provincial Superintendent expressed his pleasure at seeing so large an attendance , and at the steady progress of the numbers within the Province , which now reached 528 , as compared with 503 last year . He made a sympathetic reference to the death of Earl Lathom , and referred to the success of the great Charity demonstration at Durham last April .

Comp . T . Harrison was elected Prov . G . Treasurer , and Comps . G . B . Hall and J . C . Moor were appointed as the Auditors .

The Provincial Grand Superintendent then invested the following Officers for the ensuing year : — Comp . John Holt 509 - - - - H . Sir T . Richardson 531 J . R . Hudson ..... Scribe E . W . Barlow 764 Scribe N .

T . Harrison .... Treasurer W . J . Malcolm 97 - - - - Registrar I . Burrell 124 . . . . Principal Sojourner H . Jackson 48 lst Assistant Sojourner N . Lee 80 - - - - - 2 nd Assistant Sojourner T . Henderson 240 .... Sword Bearer

R . Jack 531 --- - - Standard Bearer E . Lautebach .... Director of Ceremonies D . Anderson 1119 .... Assist . Dir . of Ceremonies J . M . Moore 1230 .... Organist C . T . Johnson .... Assistant Scribe B . T . Grieve - Janitor . The Provincial Grand Chapter was afterwards closed in regular form .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

fi ^ HE funeral of Bro . George John Glasscock , J . P ., who JL died suddenly at his residence at Shoeburyness , on the 4 th inst ., took place on Friday afternoon , Sth , amid many tokens of S 3 'mpathy and respect . The coffin , covered with beautiful flowers , was removed from the house on a Washington car , preceded by a large number of Freemasons ,

and followed by the mourners . The Brethren present included representatives of the St . Andrew Lodge , No . 1817 ; - the Priory , No . 1000 ; the Unity , No . 132 ; the True Friendship , No . 160 ; the Trinity , No . 1734 ; the Albert Lucking , No . 2717 , & cc . The Freemasons formed up on either side of

the churchyard walk whilst the body was borne into the church , which was completely filled . Bro . W . H . Stevenson , who presided at the organ , played " O rest in the Lord ; " and the beautiful chorale , "Hail , eternal , by whose aid , " was feelingly sung by the Brethren . The Burial Service was read

by the curate , and followed by the closing chorale , "Abide with me . " The "Dead March " was played by Bro . Stevenson and the coffin was taken to the graveside , where a very large concourse of sympathisers had assembled . According to custom , each Freemason threw on to the coffin a sprig of

. THE funeral of the late Bro . Ephraim Andrews , of Sudbury , who died on Saturday , took place at the Sudbury Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon . The deceased had been a member of the Stour Valley Lodge , No . 1224 for

twenty years , and a number of its members preceded the funeral cortege on the way to the Cemetery . The preliminary service was held in St . Peter ' s Church , by the

Rev . E . S . King , who also officiated at the graveside . At the conclusion of the religious rites the Masons dropped a sprig of acacia upon the coffin , as a Masonic tribute to their departed Brother .

THE death is announced of Superintendent Rowthorn W . M . of the Peace and Harmony Lodge , at Southampton , and who was installed in the chair last

January . The last instance of a Southampton Mason dying during his year of office as Master was that of Bro . F . H . McCalmont , who was W . M . of the Southampton Lodge at the time of his death .