Our Grand Master's Twenty-Fifth Year.

OUR GRAND MASTER'S TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR .

THE Prince of Wales was re-installed on Wednesday as head of the English Craft , and to mark the fact that this was the twenty-fifth occasion on which he had been so honoured by the Masons of England

His Royal Highness conferred Past rank on twentyfive Brethren , those selected for this special distinction being : Mr . Justice Bigham , Mr . Justice Bucknill , and

Sir John Edge , Q . C . ( late Chief Justice , North-West Provinces ) , Past Grand Wardens ; the Hon . and Very Rev . the Dean of Hereford - the Rev . R . Peek , M . A .

( Newton Abbot ) , and the Rev . E . R . Parr , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplains •Bros . George Pitt Lewis , Q C , Edmund Owen , F . R . C . S ., Captain Charles H . Garnett

( Wryeside , Lancashire ) , W . J . Walsham , F . R . C . S ., C . A . Bathurst Bignold ( Norwich ) , and J . Hepburn Handyside , Past Grand Deacons ; F . B . Westlake ( Plymouth ) , Past Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies ; W . F . Lamonby ( the " Field" newspaper ) , C . F . Matier ( Grand Secretary of Mark Masons ) , Imre

Kiralfy , James Fernandez ( the actor ) , and Thomas Catling ( editor " Lloyd ' s Weekly Newspaper " ) , Past Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies ; R . Gresley Hall , C . H . Hoblyn , and James Newton ( East

Lancashire ) , Past Grand Sword Bearers ; V . C . L . Crump ( Shrewsbury ) and H . A . Tobias ( late of Liverpool ) , Past Grand Standard Bearers * and Lionel Monckton ( " Daily Telegraph" ) and Hermann Klein ( dramatic critic ) , Past Grand Organists .

Grand Lodge was held under the presidency of the Pro Grand Master Earl Amherst , who was supported by Rear-Admiral A . Hastings Markham , who acted as Past Grand Master ; General Wimburne Laurie , M . P ., as Deputy Grand Master ; Sir John Monckton P . G . W . as S . G . W ., and Rev .

C . J . Martyn P . G . C . as J . G . W . After the opening of Grand Lodge , and the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the March meeting , so far as they related to the election of Grand Master and Grand Treasurer , Bro . Thomas Fenn , acting as Grand Director of Ceremonies , proclaimed the Prince of Wales duly re-installed as Most Worshipful Grand Master .

Earl Amherst then informed the Brethren that the Prince of Wales had been pleased to re-appoint him Pro Grand Master . His lordship was then proclaimed , and duly saluted . Next his lordship announced that the Grand Master had been pleased to again appoint the Earl of Warwick as Deputy Grand Master , and the usual proclamation took place .

The other Brethren appointed as Grand Officers for the year were :

The Earl of Stradbroke - - . Senior Warden Viscount Milton , M . P . ... Junior Warden Eev . W . Gardiner , B . D . - - - )„ ,,. Rev . F . B . N . Norman - - - { . Chaplains Alfred H . Bevan - Treasurer

John Strachan , Q . C . - - - . Registrar Sir Forrest Fulton , Q . C . ... Deputy Begistrar R . Loveland-Loveland , Q . C . - - Pres . Board Gen . Purp Edward Letchworth , F . S . A . - - Secretary

James Henry Matthews - - - Pres . Board Benevl Capt . R . G . W . Chalonor , M . P . - - * ) Bear-Admiral W . H . 0 . St . Clair - - y Senior Deacons P . Colville Smith - - - . S

Our Grand Master's Twenty-Fifth Year.

Hurhert Spencer Glutton - - - \ T . Poultnoy Griffin - - - - [ Junior Deacons J . H . Salter ----- J Henry L . Florence - - - - Supt . of Works Sir Albert W . Woods , K . C . B ., K . C . M . G . - Director of Ceremonies Edmund Arthur Smith ... Deputy Dir . of Cers .

G . W . E . Barnard - - - - } T . P . Baptie - .... , -Assistant Dirs . of Cers . Henry Clarke - - - - > Leiut .-Col . George P . Parkyn - - Sword Bearer Edward Roberts . . . . Deputy Sword Bearer ^ t ^ wXrd : ' :::} ******

W . H . Cummings - Organist William Lake .... Assistant Secretary C . Kupfersohmidt .... Assist . Sec . Ger . Corres . W . Wright -- --- Pursuivant W . Fisher ----- Assistant Pursuivant H . Sadler -- --- Tyler .

Earl Amherst announced that the Prmce of Wales , at the express desire of Sir Albert Woods , had been pleased to appoint Bro . Frank Richardson , in the absence of Sir Albert W °° ds , to wear the clothing and discharge all the duties of Grand Director of Ceremonies during the ensuing year . Bro . Frank Richardson was therefore invested , and acted for the rest of the evening .

The New Mark Province.

THE NEW MARK PROVINCE .

AT the installation meeting of the Constantine Lodge of Mark Masons , No . 145 , held at Colchester—when Bro . Claude E . Egerton-Green was installed as W . M . for the ensuing year by Bro . J . P . Lewin P . M . P . G . Std . B . P . Prov . G : Treas . —the Secretary Bro . T . J . Railing P . M . P . G . D . Eng . P . P . G . Treas . P . P . G . O . reported that the petition

presented to H . R . H . the Grand Master in favour of forming the Mark Lodges of Essex into a separare Province had been granted , and the Earl of Warwick had been appointed Provincial Grand Master . His Lordship vvas to be installed at Colchester by the Earl of Euston ( Pro Grand Master ) on

Wednesday , 24 th May , on which occasion it was hoped there would be a large gathering of Mark Masons . Almost the first official act of Lord Warwick after his installation would

be to preside at the annual festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund , and Bro . Railing made an earnest appeal to the Brethren to contribute to the fund . As a result nearly £ 30 was subscribed before the proceedings closed .

My Masonic readers will be great ! } ' interested in the visit which is to be paid to Exeter in the middle of June by the famous Quatuor Coronati Lodge . This is a very exclusive body . There are but forty members . To gain membership a man must have literary , artistic , or scientific

distinction . The present Master of the Lodge is Mr . Purdon Clarke , C . I . E ., the director of South Kensington . Beyond the forty there is a correspondence circle , and this numbers 2 , 800 members , who are spread over all parts of the world . The four Lodges in Exeter will give the members of the

Quatuor Coronati a hearty reception , and the arrangements are being made by Messrs . J . Gould , C . R . M . Clapp , S . E . Marsh , and Dr . Russell Coombe , the Masters of the Lodges . The summer excursion of the Quatuor Coronati is always to a centre of historic , antiquarian , or Masonic interest .

Exeter has claims on all three grounds . The city will be the headquarters of the visitors , but there will be excursions into the county , including a visit to Two Bridges . While the local Masons will entertain the visitors , the latter on

their part propose to act as hosts on one night during their stay in Exeter . I am quite certain no effort will be wanting to make a pleasant impression upon the visitors , and I wish my Masonic Brethren well in the efforts they are making . — " Devon and Exeter Gazette . "