Mark Masonry.

Roberton , M . O . ; Rutland , S . O . ; Sullivan , J . O . ; Lee , S . D . ; Halliday , J . D . ; Leftwich , I . G . ; Young , Tyler ; YV . Poland , and Manners . Visitors : Bros . Dashwood , Carter , and Willis , of the William Hickman Lodge . The W . M . opened the lodge , and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . Faulkner then assumed the Master ' s chair , and most efficiently advanced Bros . T . M . Taylor and E . Poland , 35 . Bro .

Airs then presented Bro . Mursell for installation , which was performed by Bro . Faulkner in a most beautiful manner , and the YV . M ., Bro . G . A . Mursell , P . P . G . I . G . and D . C , P . G . S . D ., was pleased to invest the following brethren as his officers for the ensuing year : Bros . Airs , I . P . M . ; Roberton , S . W . ; Rutland , J . W . ; Faulkner , Treas . and Sec ; W . Poland , Reg . of Marks ; Sullivan , M . O . ; Manners

S . O . ; A . E . Lee , J . O . ; Halliday , S . D . ; Leftwich , J . D . and Stwd . ; T . Taylor , I . G . ; and E . Y'oung , Tyler . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet room and partook of an excelient supper , provided by the Stewards , and the usual loyal and Masonic toasts and harmony brought a most enjoyable and successful meeting to a close .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

The Very Eminent Provincial Prior of Cheshire , the Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , M . A .,. held a Provincial Priory at the Macclesfield Arms Hotel , Macclesfield , on Wednesday , the 26 th ult ., under the banner of the St . Salem Preceptory , the following sir knights being present : The Eminent Sub-Prior Henry Bulley , Past Grand Expert of England ; Sir Knights F . K . Stevenson , P . G . Treas . ; H . Claud Side , P . G . Reg . ; Thos . Pattinson , Arthur C .

Meir , T . A . Daniel , Geo . Bland , YV . Astle , Otho N . Shaw , and others . The St . Salem Preceptory , No . 15 , having been opened in due form , the sir knights received the Eminent Prior under an arch of steel . Letters of apology for non-attendance from several sir knights were read , also one from Sir Knight E . G . Simpson , who at the same time tendered his resignation as Provincial Chancellor , which was accepted

with regret . Sir Knt . Stevenson , the Prov . G . Treasurer , then read a statement of his accounts , which was duly passed , and on the proposition of the Em . P . G . Prior , seconded by Sir Knight Brown , he was duly re-elected as Prov . G . Treasurer . The Em . P . G . Prior then addressed a few words to the sir knights present , and said that he was sorry he had not seen his way to call a meeting of the Provincial Priory last year , but as he heard that the

members of the St . Salem Preceptory were anxious to receive him this year , it gave him great pleasure to comply with their wish , and again to visit the town of Macclesfield . He regretted to say that the Degree in his province was not in so flourishing a condition as he shonld wish it to be , but he supposed the recent great depression ot trade was to a great extent the cause ; he hoped , however , trade would soon improve , and that then the preceptories would

be more prosperous , and that the attendance at Prov . Priory would be more numerous than at present . The Em . Prov . G . Prior then proceeded to appoint his Provincial Grand Officers as follows : Sir Knights Hy . Bulley , Em . Sub-Prior ; YV . Astle , Prelate ; F . K . Stevenson , Chancellor ; A . E . Cokayne , Constable ; W . S . Sutton , Marshal ; VV . A . Vaughan , Registrar ; Otho N . Shaw , Almoner ; E . G . Parker , Warden of Regalia ; T . A . Daniel , Sub-Marshal ; George Bland , Vice-Chancellor ; Capt . Meir ,

Capt . of the Guard ; YV . J . Bates , Sword Bearer ; Thos . Pattinson , Standard Bearer ; and T . H . Kirk , Organist . The Em . Prior said he would call the next meeting of the Provincial Priory , all being well , about the end of May or beginning of June next , that being considered a more convenient time of the year . Alms having been collected , the Provincial Grand Priory was closed in due form . The sir knights then adjourned to an excellent banquet , provided by the proprietor of the hotel , after which the usual loyal toasts were given and heartily responded to .

The Candidates For The Office Of Grand Treasurer.

THE CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF GRAND TREASURER .

BRO . MAJOR J . WOODALL WOODALL , J . P . Bro . Major YVoo & all , proposed as a candidate for election to the Grand Treasurership , has been a most active and energetic Craftsman for not far short of thirty years , having been initiated as far back as 1 S 56 in the Old Globe

Lodge , No . 200 , Scarborough . He was elected to the chair of YV . Master in 1 S 60 , and the year following was honoured by the late Earl of Zetland , in his capacity of Prov . G . M . North and East Yorkshire , with the appointment of G . J . Warden of that province . He was a founder , in 1 S 68 , of the Denison Lodge , No , 1248 , Scarborough , and has continued a subscribing member ever since , and in 1 S 72 joined

the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 . He was exalted to the R . A . Degree in the Old Globe Chapter , No . 200 , in 1 SG 2 , and in 1 S 66 , 1 SG 7 , and 1 S 6 S passed successively through the chairs of theThree Principals , while at the present time he is Prov . G . Treasurer of the P . G . Chap . North and East Yorkshire . He was advanced in the Minerva Mark Lodge , No . 12 , Hull , in 1 S 66 , and the same

year was appointed to the Senior Warden s chair in the Star-in-the-East Mark Lodge , No . 95 , Scarborough , and in 18 G 7 was elected to that of its VV . Master . He was appointed G . M . O . of the Mark Grand Lodge in 1 S 69 , and crowned his achievements in this Degree in 18 S 1 , when he was chosen as P . G . M . M . M . of North and East Yorkshire . Bro . Woodall has also won distinction in other branches of

Freemasonry , being an Intendant General of Division unattached in the Degree of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine , and a 32 in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite . YVe may state that Bro . Woodall is a Vice-President of all our Institutions , and lias served as Festival Steward four times for the Boys' School and twice in each case for the Girls' School and Benevolent Institution .

BRO . JAMES WILLING , JUNIOR . r Bro . James Willing , who has been nominated one of the candidates for the office of Grand Treasurer , was initiated in the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , on the nth March , 1 S 70 , was appointed Secretary in 1874 and elected as W . M . in 1877 .

, In the interim—in 18 74—he became founder and first W . Master of the Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 , and four years later , founder and past W . Master of the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 1744 ; of both these lodges he is at the present time Treasurer , In 18 S 3

The Candidates For The Office Of Grand Treasurer.

he assisted to found the Strand Lodge , No . 19 S 7 , and was designated in the warrant of constitution its first W . M . ; and this year , at the conclusion of the usual term of service , his brethren were so highly impressed with the manner in which he had discharged his duties that they unanimously re-elected him to the chair . He is likewise a joining member of the Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 . In R . A . Masonry Bro . and Comp . Willing has played a similarly

active part . He was exalted in the Victoria Chapter , No . 1056 , in 1 S 72 , was a founder and subsequently Z . of the Priory Chapter , No . 1000 , Southend , and founder and First Z . of the Metropolitan Chapter , No . 1507 . On retiring from the chair of First Principal , he was elected to the office of Treasurer , and only resigned that responsible post during the present year in order to resume , for the second time , by the choice of his companions , the chair of First

Principal . Quite recently Bro . Willing was advanced to the Mark Degree in the Old Kent , Time Immemorial , Lodge , and no doubt he will in due course make his mark in his branch of Freemasonry , as he has already made it in the Craft and Royal Arch . He is likewise a member of the Board of General Purposes , and since 1 S 77 has been on the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . As regards our Charities , Bro .

Willing has constituted himself a Life Governor of each of them , and has five times served the office of Festival Steward , namely , for the Benevolent Institution in 1 S 76 and 1 SS 3 , for the Girls' School in 1 S 79 , and for the Boys ' School in 1 S 77 and 1 SS 2 . In the outer world Bro . Willing has secured the esteem and respect of all with whom he is

brought in contact , nor is it so very long since we reported in these columns a very pleasant gathering , the most prominent figure at which was our esteemed brother , to whom , in recognition of their high sense of his personal worth , his friends presented a very handsome testimonial , consisting of a silver epergne and fruit stands to the value of 300 guineas .

BRO . D . P . CAMA . A third candidate for the Grand Treasurership was proposed in the person of Bro . Dorabjee Pestonzee Cama , G . S . B . Middx ., whose connection with Freemasonry dates from the year 1 S 69 , when he was initiated in the Courage with Humanity Lodge , No . 392 , Calcutta . In 1 S 71 he joined the Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1159 , and at the present time is its senior Past Master and subscribing

member . He joined the Harmony Lodge , No 255 , Richmond , Surrey , in 1 S 74 , and in the course of the present year the Sir Francis Burdett Lodge , No . 1503 , besides being an honorary member of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . IG 42 . In the Royal Arch he is a founder and senior P . Z , of the Sir Francis Burdett Chapter , No . 1503 , and Z . of the Iris Chapter , No . 255 ; and in the Mark a member of Hiram Lodge , No . 12 , and honorary member of the Hammersmith

Mark Lodge . In addition , he has had conferred upon him Provincial honours in all these three Degrees , being a P . G . S . B . of Surrey and Middlesex , and G . M . O . in Mark P . G . Lodge of Middlesex and Surrey , and is besides a Grand Officer in the Cryptic Degrees of Freemasonry . Bro . Cama has further shown his zeal for the Craft by constituting himself a Patron of all three Institutions , having likewise served the office of Festival Steward on more than

one occasion for each of them . But apart from his connection with Freemasonry , it will be found that the name and family of Cama is well known . Our brother is known as a member of several scientific and other societies , as well as by numerous acts of public and private benevolence , while his father , who is also a member of the Craft , presented to our London charities sums amounting in the aggregate to £ 12 , 000 in 1 S 63 , and since then has founded , at a cost of nearly ^ 2 o , ooo , the Bombay Hospital for Women ,

the foundation-stone of which was laid by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . YV ., on the second day of his arrival in Bombay , the ceremony , however , owing to the shortness of the notice afforded to His Royal Highness , not being accompanied by any Masonic ceremonial . But we need not concern ourselves so much with what Bro . Cama ' s father has done as Bro . Cama ' s personal claims on our consideration , and wc think it will be generally conceded that these constitute a most honourable record .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The regular Committee Meeting was held at Freemasons ' Hall on Thursday last . The chair was taken by Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D ., Patron , and among those present were Bros . J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; F . Richardson , P . G . D . ; A . H . Tattershall , J . L . Mather , A . E . Gladwell , C . F .

Matier , & c , and I ' . R . YV . Hedges , Secretary . Before the commencement of the usual business , the Chairman rose for the purpose of expressing the deep regret which he , and he was satisfied every brother then present must feel , at the absence of Bro . Col . Creaton , whose figure in that chair was so familiar . Bro . Creaton's time , energies , and purse had / or many years past been most valuably

applied in the interest of their Institutions , and ne hoped it might please the G . A . O . T . U . to grant their respected brother a safe recovery from the serious illness which had stricken him down , so that in due time they might once again see him in their midst . As our readers well know , this hope has unfortunately not been realised , but the memory of Bro . Creaton will long remain in the minds of

his fellow-workers in behalf of this and the other Masonic Institutions . As regards the business , we may state that , on the report of the House Committee , it was resolved that with a view to meet the small occasional repairs required at the Institution , a workshop should be set up and the necessary appliances purchased at an expense of about £ 50 , and the services of a workman engaged at 35 s . per

week , it being considered that by the adoption of this course an outlay of something like £ 100 per annum would be saved to the Institution . Miss Barron , one of the assistant governesses , having tendered her resignation from Christmas , notice of motion was given with a view to provide the necessary increase of salary to those receiving promotion in consequence , and also to vote a sum of £ 25

to Miss Barron in recognition of the valuable services she has rendered , as recommended by the House Committee . Five petitions were approved , as well as those of the two YV . Lancashire girls referred to in our last report , and which had since been found in order , and one was deferred . Nothing else of consequence was brought before the Committee , and the usual vote of thanks to Bro . Grey for his services in the chair brought the proceedings to a close .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . LIEUT .-COL . CREATON , P . G . TREASURER , lime , the Destroyer , has this year been playing sad havoc in the ranks of our most distinguished members . Not only has it claimed as its victims brethren who have reached or surpassed the ordinary span of life , but it has likewise taken from our midst the young and the mature , the continuance of whose active and able service had somewhat reconciled us to the demise of our more aged

brethren . The most recent , and one of the severest of our losses during a year which is now itself on the eve of passing away , is that of Lieut .-Col . Creaton , who , though he had been ill for some time past , died rather unexpectedly on Thursday last , the 27 th ult ., in the Ggth year of his age . YVe feel we are not exaggerating when we say that , though the loss of no man can be regarded as quite irreparable , that of Col . Creaton is one which it will take a

very very long time to repair . Our deceased brother was very fortunately circumstanced . Not only had he both the will and the ability to render help , where help was needed in the multitudinous concerns of Freemasonry ; but he had likewise the requisite leisure time to devote to its service . Not only was lie a most efficient member of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , and of the lodges and chapters to which he was affiliated , but , probably more

than any other Freemason it had been our privilege to know of late years , he was a most earnest and diligent participator in the business arrangements of our Institutions . His services to Freemasonry proper had been handsomely recognised both by a former Grand Master , when he appointed him to the office of a Grand Deacon , and by the Craft generally , when in 1 S 79 and for the three following years it elected him its Grand Treasurer . But in

respect of his services to our Charities no such recognition was possible , because it would have been well nigh impossible to find anything at all approximating to a just recognition of the good he had done for them during the last quarter of a century at all events , if not indeed from the very outset of his Masonic career . Lately his name has not figured among those of the brethren present at the various Committee and

other meetings of our three Charities , but latterly his health had suffered , and his presence , therefore , on the important occasions had been an impossibility . Until this happened , however , it would be difficult to find the record of such a meeting at _ which lie had been present and in the proceedings of which he did not take an active and even the foremost part . In fine , not only was he a most generous contributor to the funds of all our Institutions , but he gave

also to the affairs of each the benefit of his personal supervision and direction . This , then , is the brother , whose somewhat unexpected death we are now lamenting , and if , as we have alread y suggested , his loss is not entirely irreparable , we are satisfied our readers will fully endorse the statement that in Col . Creaton our English Freemasonry has lost a brother , whose place it will be extremely difficult to supply . As to the mere detailsof his Masonic career , they

may be very briefly described . Col . Creaton was initiated into Freemasonry in the Phcenix Lodge , No . 173 , in 1 S 53 . Subsequently he became a joining member of Antiquity , No . 2 , had twice filled the office of YV . Master , and for many years past had been its Treasurer ; indeed , it was only last week our columns contained the announcement of his re-election to that important position . He was exalted in the St . James's Chapter , No . 2 , had occupied

successively the three Principals' Chairs , and as in old Antiquity , was at the time of his death , and had been for many years , its Treasurer . In 1 SG 2 he was appointed a G . J . Deacon of Grand Lodge , and was also a P . G . Swd . Br . of Supreme Grand Chapter . In i 87 g-So-Si-S 2 he was unanimously elected Grand Treas ., and it was from no diminution in the personal respect in which he was universally held , but from deference to a principle of which he happened not to be the

chosen representative , that he was not again returned to the same office . His position in regard to our Charities was even more conspicuous . He was a Patron of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; a Vice-Patron of Boys' School , and Vice-Patron and Treasurer of the Girls ' School , aad Trustee of all three Institutions . He had served very many Festival Stewardships , and had onee had the good fortune to preside as Chairman of Girls' School

Anniversary . But though probably the majority of the brethren will judge of him rather by the places of honour and trust , which he had been chosen to fill ; those who knew him best and most intimately were consequently in a better position to form a true estimate of his work , know also that it was the constant unremitting service which he

rendered indiscriminately to all our Charities , and of which the outer world could know little or nothing that will make his memory to flourish for many and many a year in our midst . May time be far distant when the honoured name of Creaton shall no longer be " familiar as a household word" in the homes of our English Craft .

BRO . H . C LEVANDER , P . G . D . Another and similarly severe loss is that of our distin guished Brother H . C . Levander , M . A ., the news of whose death reached us late on Thursday afternoon , when it came upon us most unexpectedly . Brother Levander's sphere of labour was different , perhaps , from that which occupied Bro . Col . Creaton , yet there would seem to have been this quality in common between them , nameh ' , that neither of

them was quite contented unless he had on his hands Masonic work of some kind or other . To do full justice to Bro . Levander ' s career , it is necessary that we should have some little time at our disposal . We must , therefore , hold over a more detailed sketch till next week , and in the meantime we may state that he was initiated in the Economy Lodge , No . 7 G , Winchester , on Sth November , 1 S 54 , and exalted to the R . A . Degree in the Economy

Chapter on 2 Sth October , 1 S 5 G . He was a member of several other Lodges and Chapters , Prov . G . Secretary and Prov . G . Scribe E . of Middlesex , and a P . G . D . and P . G . Swd . B . ( Supreme Grand Chapter ) England . Nor were our deceased brother ' s labours confined to constitutional Masonry . On referring to the "Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , Diary , " & c , for 1 SS 5 , we find that he was

Grand Registrar in the Grand Lodge of M . M . M . England and YVales ; a member of the Grand Master's Royal Ark Council ; a 32 in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite ; Grand Treasurer and P . G . Viceroy of the G . Imperial Council of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine ; Treasurer-General of K . H . S . and St . John the Evangelist Patriarchal Council j and Senior Substitute Magus in the High Council