Cheshire.

CHESHIRE .

IT is expected the installation of the new Provincial Grand Master the Hon . Alan de Tatton Egerton , M . P ., will take place in Chester on or about the I 7 th or 18 th December .

LORD ROBERTS AND THE GRAFT .

ON Thursday of last week the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , No . 2 ( Edinburgh ) held its first meeting in its altered and enlarged premises , St . John ' s Chapel , Bro . J . R . Burgess W . M . presiding . The Master proposed that the honorary membership of

the Lodge be conferred on Bro . Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Candahar , Past Master of Kyber Lodge , Peshawur , and Past Warden of the Grand Lodge of England . This was seconded by Brother A . A . Murray , W . S ., Secretary of the Lodge , who mentioned that he had been in communication

with Lord Roberts , and had received a letter in which his lordship signified that he would be . pleased to be a member of a Lodge with which his friends Lord Kitchener and Rudyard Kipling had become associated , and which had such a distinguished roll of members . The motion was carried with acclamation .

Wiltshire.

WILTSHIRE .

rPlHE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge was _|_ held at Meiksham , on Wednesday , 14 th' mst , r > ro . C . N . P . Phipps D . Prov . G . M . in charge presiding in the absence of the new Prov . G . M . Lord Radnor .

All the Lodges in the Province were represented . The D . P . G . M . having made feeling reference to the lamented death of the late Provincial Grand Master , a vote of condolence with the family was passed . At the same time mention was made that it was pleasing to know the mantle of his father as Prov . G . M . had fallen upon the son , the present Lord Radnor .

The report of the Prov . G . Registrar stated that the numerical strength of the Province was now 649 , as against 629 last year . All Offices having been declared vacant , the new Officers were appointed as follow :

BRO . E . B . Mernman ... Senior Warden J . H . Chandler ... Junior Warden Canon Wyld ... Chaplain F . Goldney ... Treasurer E . F . Streeten ... Registrar

H . Bevir ... Secretary C . Awdry ... Senior Deacon Snell ... Junior Deacon E- Hale ... Supt . of Works J . Chandler ... Dir . of Ceremonies W . J . Baldwin ... Asst . Dir . of Cers .

G . Ricketts ... Sword Bearer * B . H . Brinkworth ... Organist H . Goodall ... Pursuivant F . Dawes ... Assistant Pursuivant E . Lowther ( re-appointed ) ... Standard Bearer Dean ... Tyler .

A vote of condolence was also passed with the family , on the very sudden death of the late Bro . H . Merrick Prov . G . Officer , who , it was stated , had proved himself a very painstaking and . useful Brother in many ways .

The Provincial Grand Secretary Bro . Bevir received the hearty congratulations of the D . P . G . M . and Brethren on his appointment to high office in the , Grand Lodge of England , to which Bro . Bevir replied , saying how much he

appreciated the honour and the goodwill of his Brethren generally . The Provincial Grand Lodge was then closed , and the Brethren adjourned to a banquet at the Town Hall .

Dorset.

DORSET .

THE annual Provincial Grand Chapter was held at Weymouth , when there was a large gathering . The following appointments were made : COMP . Colonel Brymer , M . P . ... H . W . Davis ... T .

W . B . Morgan ... Scribe E . J . E . Crickway ... Scribe N . Rev . Mortimer Heath ... Treasurer F . P . Kitson ... Registrar A . Rayner ... Principal Sojourner

H . Crisp ... 1 st Assist . Soj . S . Pile ... 2 nd Assist . Soj . R . Groves ... Sword Bearer T . Hillier ... Standard Bearer E . Groves ... Organist The banquet took place at the Burdon Hotel .

Cornishmen in London have decided to co-operate with the authorities of St . Paul ' s with regard to a memorial to the late Brother Professor Shuttleworth . The Committee has appointed Mr . George , Hon . Secretary of the London Cornishmen , and Mr . N . J . West to represent that body ,

and Bros . L . jbarrett and Dr . Curnow will represent the Cornish Lodge of Freemasons at the meeting to be held in the Chapter nouse of St . Paul ' s on the 20 th mst . Already a subscription list has been opened by the Association , and no less than ^ , 500 has been subscribed or promised , for the

most part by Lornish people in the metropolis . It is thought that , considering the position in which Mrs . Shuttleworth and her family ot seven have been left , the greater proportion of Cornish subscriptions should be applied in a more practical manner than the erection of a memorial , but at

present the matter stands somewhat in abeyance . It is to be noted that as yet no general appeal has been made to Cornish people in the county with regard to the list , but

the matter is being heartily taken up by Sir Edwin Durning Lawrence , M . P ., and others , and doubtless the county will have an opportunity to show its appreciation of Professor Shuttleworth's splendid work in London .

* * * It is not every Mayor of' a Borough like Portsmouth that has the honour of occupying the position of W . M . of a Lodge during his year of oltice as chief magistrate . A day or two after his election as Mayor , in succession to Alderman

T . Scott Foster , J . P ., Bro . xlarold R . Pink was installed W . M . of United Brothers Lodge , No . 106 9 , and after a pleasant and successful year of office the ex-Mayor on Monday , 12 th inst , installed as his successor Bro . Alfred

Moth S . W . The ceremony was very ably carried out by Bro . Pink Prov . G . S . W ., who was cordially thanked , and also presented by the W . M . with a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , in recognition of his valuable services during the year .

• * The Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles , Dewsbury , gave a social and musical evening in the Masonic Hall , Longcauseway , on Friday of last week . A capital array of talent sustained an interesting programme .