Lancashire.

R . H . Webster 161 ... Sword Bearer Christopher Ainsworth 189 - - Standard Bearer John H . Worsley 136 - - - Organist W . Goodacre 359 - - - - Assistant Secretary Max Boyd 268 - - - - Inner Guard

W . Connard 473 - Charles Watson 268 - - - ct _ , ™ _ , «?_ , R . W . T . Hatch 268 - - - Stewards P . Rawsthorne 473 ... J . J . Hankiu .... Tyler . Preston was selected for the next meeting . Lord Lathom subsequently presided at the banquet .

Lincolnshire.

LINCOLNSHIRE .

THE annual gathering of the Mark Masons of Lincolnshire was held at Lincoln , on Thursday , 17 th inst ., the Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire the Earl of Yarborough presiding . He was supporter by Brother Chas . Scorer Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Anderson Past Deputy Provincial Master , and other distinguished Lincolnshire Mark Masons .

The Treasurer s and Registrar ' s report having been read , stowing a satisfactory state of things in the Province , the Provincial Grand Master appointed and invested his Officers as follow :

Bro . G . Dashper .... Senior Warden B . T . Adlard .... Junior Warden W . Patrick ----- Master Overseer F . Barrett ----- Senior Overseer William H . Close ... - Junior Overseer Rev . G . S . Tyack .... Chaplain

William Hurst .... Registrar S . M . Peace .... Senior Deacon Stacey Middleton .... Junior Deacon H . Tweed ----- Inspector of Works W . Marton ----- Secretary W . W . Smith .... Treasurer

W . Mortimer - - - - Director of Ceremonies F . J . Eve ----- Assistant Dir . of Cors . George Dean Fell - - - - Sword Bearer F . J . Thornton .... Standard Bearer J . Wharton .... Organist

J . Jones ..... Inner Guard Lancaster ----- Tyler . Horncastle was selected as the next meeting place for the Provincial Lodge , which was regularly closed , a banquet being afterwards held , under the presidency of the Earl of Yarborough .

Sir Stafford Northcote , C . B ., M . P ., Grand Mark Master of Devonshire is expected to hold his next Provincial Lodge meeting at Newton Abbot on Tuesday , 5 th November .

CORNUBIAN LODGE , No . 87 . AT the usual meeting of the Lodge , held at Hayle , Bro . Thomas A . Taylor S . W . was unanimously chosen W . M ., and Bro . J . G . Osborn P . M . P . P . J . G . D . was unanimously re-elected Treasurer for the ensuing year .

ST . MARTIN LODGE , No . 414 . THE fifth festival of this Lodge was held in the Lodge Room at the George Hotel , Alfreton , on Monday , 14 th inst ., among those present being the Provincial G . M . M . of Derby Bro . Abraham Woodiwiss , J . P ., Bro . Percy Wallis Grand Treasurer , and many others .

The installation of Bro . G . Wild as Worshipful Master was impressively performed by Bro . Percy Wallis . After the duties of the Lodge tho Brethren sat down to the annual banquet , admirably prepared and served by Bro . Alfred Schofield , of the George Hotel , at the conclusion of which the usual toast list was honoured .

There is grief in the minds of reverential men who cherish the memories of the past . Alas ! the " Goose and Gridiron , " famed in song , nursed in merriment , having gathered together under its roof the merchant princes of the City and fche great official men of the West-end , has expired . It was the renowned

home of Freemasons , and here the first Grand Master of English Freemasonry was installed ; here , also , that great British luminary , Sir C . Wren , was wont to partake of his frugal meal ; also to hold high festival . Good Freemasons of our day are all called upon for their grief . Shall the honoured name of the

"Goose and Gridiron " be expunged ? Certainly nofc ; millions of money are now plentiful enough , and a great goose and a great gridiron ought again to be seen on a splendid mansion in our midst . Tbe missing link of the title and its meaning has

been piously preserved , thus it is recorded in the archives of the establishment thafc the name of the " Goose and Gridiron " was given in joking opposition to the popular sign of the " Swan and Harp . "—" Court Journal . "

An Old Lodge.

AN OLD LODGE .

ri ^ HE 150 th anniversary of Lodge Edinburgh ( St . Andrew ) , I No . 48 , was celebrated on the 17 th . Born in that eventful year in the history of Scotland , 1745 , and cradled in the

historical Canongate as the Scots Lodge in Canongate , it would appear from the Charter that the first members belonged to the Bakers' Incorporation and the law profession . Since then the

Lodge has had its ups aud downs ; but to-day it stands firm and strong , with a loyal Brotherhood pledged under the St . Andrew ' s Cross to deeds of charity . At different times in its history the Lodge has been supported by different classes of the community . At one time it was essentially a merchants' Lodge ; at another

its membership consisted almost , if not entirely , of the law profession ; and again , at another period , the medical faculty seems to have been all-powerful in it . At other periods the military , and even the naval , element predominated ; and it looks from the roll as if all the musicians of the vaiious

regiments located in Edinburgh belonged to it . Poetry , music , architecture , the drama , literature , ahd other kindred arts and sciences have all been more or less associated with this Lodge , whose roll includes also the names of many well-known Edinburgh Magistrates and citizens , some of whom have filled the

civic chair as Lord Provost . The name also of one " Imperial Highness" is entered in the minutes as having passed into Masonry through her portals . Of notable incidents associated with its history the Lodge can boast of having first hailed Robert Burns as Caledonia ' s Bard , and thus prophetically foreshadowed

his future fame . Not less proud is she of her poet-architect Bro . George Meikle Kemp , the architect of the Scott Monument ; and among her present members none has reflected more honour upon her than Bro . Sir A . C . Mackenzie , Principal of the Royal Academy of Music , London .

One of her occasions of rejoicing it may not be amiss fco mention , for possibly it may attract the attention of some who were present . We refer to fifty years ago , when fche Centenary Celebration was celebrated on 14 th February 1845 . On that occasion the Lodge held high festival in the Music Hall , and the

Lodge records tell of it being an interesting and memorable event in the annals of local Freemasonry . The gathering must have been a brilliant one , with its torchlight procession and bands of music . The hall was beautifully decorated for fche occasion , the

Brethren of the band of the Scots Greys occupying the gallery , and discoursing music during fche proceedings . The chair was filled , in the absence of the W . M . Brother Lord Glenlyon , by the S . M . Bro . White Melville , supported by the Officers of Grand Lodge and the Earl of Strathmore , and others .

On the present occasion the Brethren of St . Andrew ' s have not thought it necessary to arrange for so imposing a demonstration as those did who were alive at the Centenary . Nevertheless the arrival of the 150 th anniversary of the Lodge is not to go

unmarked , and in honour of the occasion the office-bearers have had struck a handsome commemorative Lodge jewel in gold and blue enamel . They also arranged to hold a Masonic reception in the Freemasons' Hall . — " Edinburgh Dispatch . "

A donation of £ 50 has been presented by Sir Michael S . Shaw-Stewart towards the fund which is being organised for the purpose of building a new Masonic Hall ior Gourock .

A well-known Hampshire Freemason , the Rev . Sir Evan Nepean , Bart ., has resigned the Vicarage of Appleshaw , near Andover , to which he was appointed in 1868 .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA

THE death is announced of Alderman Champney Powell , of Cardiff , at the age of seventy-two years . Bro . Powell was an active member of fche Loyal Monmouth Lodge , and one of the founders of the Chapter attached thereto . He was a Life Governor of the Boys School , and had won renown in fche Order .

In public life he had occupied a seat on the Cardiff Town Council since 1880 , and was Mayor for three consecutive years , 1883 to 1885 . He was vice-chairman of the Gas aud Water

Company and School Board , and a Director of the Monmouth Steam Saw Mills Company . He leaves a widow , three sons , and one daughter , with whom very great sympathy is felt in their bereavement .

BRO . THOMAS DAY , who has for some time discharged the duties of manager of the Masonic Hail , Derby , died on Friday of last week , having nearly reached the alloted span of three score years and ten . He was a prominent figure in Derby Masonry , filling among other Offices that of Secretary of the Arboretum Lodge , No . 731 , and was generally respected by local members of the Craft and others who knew him .