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CONTENTS .

LBADSRS 539 Alasonic Exhibition at Shanklin 540 Consecration of the De Tatton Lodge , No , 2144 , Bowdon , Cheshire 544 Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall 545

C ORRESPONDENCELodge Qnatuor Coronati , No . 2056 S 4 J Irish Masonic Institution for Boys 547 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry U 1 . Instruction 549 Royal Arch 55 °

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued)—Instruction jjo Mark Masonry 550 Scotland 550 India 550

Provincial Priory of Hampshire JJo Masonic Presentation 550 Initiation of the Hon . Francis Denison at Scarborough Jjo The Craft Abroad 551 Masonic and General Tidings ; 55 a Lodge Meetings for Next Week iii .

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THOUGH it is very natural that , on attaining the age of 75 years , a man should seek retirement from the more active pursuits of life , we are satisfied the news that Bro . Lord DE TABLEY has determined on resigning his office of Prov . Grand Master of Cheshire , will be received everywhere with feelings of sincere regret . His lordship has been associated for so many years

with our Cheshire brethren , his influence in all good works has been so beneficially exercised , and his personal relations towards the members of his province have been of so friendly a nature that his resignation will be looked upon as a serious detriment—for some years to come—to the well-being of our Craft , both generally throughout England and locally . But though we

may feel pained at his lordship's resolution to lay aside the cares and responsibilities of his office , we cannot help admitting its justice . Lord DE TABLEY was born in i 8 n , and initiated into Freemasonry in the Apollo University Lodge of Oxford , No . 357 , in 1831 , when a student at Christ Church . In 1850 the late Earl of ZETLAND appointed him Grand Senior

Warden of England , and in 1 S 65 , on the death of R . W . Bro . Lord COMBERMERE , Bro . Lord DE TABLEY , who had already made a name for himself among the Cheshire Masons , was chosen to succeed that popular nobleman as their P . G . Master . Three years after he was made their Prov . Grand Superintendent , and on the installation of H . R . H . the Prince of

WALES as Grand Z ., was appointed to the chair of Third Principal . He does not appear to have taken any part in the other branches of Masonry , but in whatever concerned its welfare and was likely to strengthen its influence for good , he was ever ready to lend a helping hand . He was a firm supporter of our Institutions , and it has been under his auspices that

the Cheshire Educational Charity has enjoyed a career of such uninterrupted prosperity . This brief summary of the chief events in Bro . Lord DE TABLEY ' Masonic career will justify the feelings caused by his retirement from active Masonic life , but we have at least this consolation , that while he is spared to us—and we trust that he will be for many years to come—his

experience will be always most readily at the disposal of those who need it . Our Cheshire brethren , indeed , will still have him in their midst and may still benefit by his wise counsels . Nor do we doubt that his lordship ' s interest in our proceedings will be as great as ever it has been during his 55 years' connection with Freemasonry , though the part he will henceforth take in them will be comparatively small .

»*« WE are now , as the hackneyed phrase hath it , within measurable distance of the School Elections , and as the voting papers have been issued , we may profitably devote a little space to a consideration of such matters contained in them as may be worthy of remark . The election for the Girls' School

will take place at the Quarterly General Court , which will be held in the great hall of Freemason s' Tavern on Saturday , the 9 th October prox ., that of the Boys' School taking place at a Quarterly Court on Monday , the nth of the same month . At the former there will be elected 16 girls from an approved list of 33 candidates , of whom nine remain over from the last

election , and will bring forward such votes as were then placed to their credit , while the remaining 24 are candidates for the first time . The proportion of vacancies to candidates is more unfavourable to the latter than it was in April j but such fluctuations are to be expected , nor , if the voting goes as we hope to see it—that is to say , in such a manner as not to exclude

any of the children whose claims have been deemed worthy from the hope of being ultimately received into the School—will there be any such disappointment as may not be repaired perhaps at some future attempt . No . 7 —a London candidate , who has 250 votesalready to her credit—will have her name removed from the list in the event of failure on this occasion ; but the

number of candidates hailing from Metropolitan lodges is unusually small , and with a little management on the part of those in charge of her interests there should be no difficulty in carrying her election . There are also three other girls who will have only this one chance allowed them , namely ,

No . 13 ( West Lancashire ) , No . 17 ( South Wales , East Division ) , and No . 32 ( Worcestershire ) . As to the parts of the country whence the candidates hail , London is responsible for five only , viz ., Nos . 5 , 6 , 7 , 23 , and 24 , and has a part interest with Hertfordshire in No . 18 . East Lancashire

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furnishes three candidates , Nos . 22 , 27 , and 31 . Hants and the Isle of Wight is responsible for Nos . 1 and 4 , Kent for Nos . 2 and 25 , and Sussex for Nos . 9 and 12 . Of the remaining 18 candidates 14 hail from as many different provinces or districts , namely .- Devonshire , Durham , Jersey , Lancashire West , Lincolnshire , Middlesex , South Wales ( East Division ) , Norfolk , Surrey , Warwickshire , Worcestershire , Yorkshire West . Antigua ,

W . L , and the Bahamas , while as regards the other four , one may hope to obtain support from North and East Yorkshire and Durham , one from Middlesex and Cornwall , one from Cheshire and West Yorkshire , and one from Worcestershire and Staffordshire . In eight cases the father had been a subscriber to or Steward for one ormore of our Institutions , and in some 15 cases he had been a subscribing member to a lodge or lodges for a period ranging from 10 to 21 years . Four of the children have loat both parents

and a fifth has a stepmother ; four have both parents living , and 24 have lost only their father . Lastly , as regards the nine candidates remaining from the April election , the two children who head the list had their first experience of the ballot in October , 1885 , No . I having 175 votes , and No 2 , 51 votes to her credit . Nos . 3 to 9 , both inclusive , also bring forward votes from April last , when they stood their first election , but in no case is the number credited very high , the No . 7 to whom we have before referred having 25 votes to the good , and Nos . 5 and 4 , 203 votes and 212 respectively .

»* # FOR the Boys' School Election on Monday , the nth October prox ., there is an approved list of 44 candidates , of whom 16 were unsuccessful at the election in April , and bring forward such votes as were polled for them at that and previous elections , while the remaining 28 are candidates for the first time , and in the case of Nos . 36 , 38 , and 43 , hailing from East

Lancashire , West Yorkshire , and Warwickshire respectively , for the last time as well . Of the old candidates , Nos . 1 and 2 have made four previous attempts , and have standing to their credit 20 votes and 50 votes respectively . No . 3 , who has 13 votes to the good , has been to the poll three times already , while Nos . 4 , 5 , and 6 have stood two elections with somewhat better luck than their older competitors , No . 4 having 333 votes to the good , No . 5 , 173 votes , and No . 6 , 117 votes . The remaining ten—Nos . 7 to 16 , both

inclusive—made their first attempt in April , No . 9 securing—and of course bringing forward to his credit at this election—1301 votes , Nos . 12 and 11 being close at his heels with 1299 votes and 1259 votes respectively , while No . 7 scored 1175 votes , and No . 8 1068 votes , so that all these five children stand a very good chance of success on the present occasion . The other five did little or nothing , Nos . 13 , 14 , and 15 having only 86 votes , 9 votes , and 45 votes to the good respectively , while Nos . 10 and 16 polled no votes at all . There are seven of the candidates whose names will be

removed from the list in the event of failure in this instance—namely , No . 2 ( East Lancashire ) , No . 3 ( Hants and the Isle of Wight ) , 4 ( London ) , and 10 ( West Lancashire ) , and Nos . 36 , 38 , and 43 , to whom we have referred already . As regards the distribution of candidates among London and the different provinces or districts abroad , n of them , or exactly one-fourth , hail from London—namely , Nos . 4 , 5 , , 17 , ig , 20 , 21 , 27 , 32 , 37 , and 41 .

East Lancashire sends four—Nos . 2 , 35 , 36 , and 42 ; Durham , Hants and the Isle of Wight , and West Lancashire send up , each of them , three candidates , the Durham trio being Nos . 8 , 14 , and 33 ; that of Hants and the Isle of Wight , Nos . 3 , 16 , and 25 ; and the West Lancashire , Nos . 6 , 10 , and 28 . Cornwall , Essex , Norfolk , and West Yorkshire send up two eachnamely , Nos . 24 and 40 , Cornwall ; Nos . 15 and 26 , Essex ; Nos . 18 and

22 , Norfolk ; Nos . 30 and 38 , West Yorkshire . The remaining 12 candididates hail from Berks and Bucks , Bristol , Gloucestershire , Kent , Middlesex , North Wales , Northumberland , South Wales ( East Division ) , Warwickshire , and Wiltshire at home , and Cape of Good Hope and King William ' s Town abroad . As regards other noteworthy features , we remark that four of the 44 candidates have lost both parents , 37 have lost their

father , and two their mother , and that one has both parents living . Six of the boys have each a sister in the Girls' School—namely , Nos . 6 , 7 , 8 , 16 , 29 , and 37 , and in the case of ten the father has done service , either as contributor or Festival Steward , in behalf of one or more of the Institutions . In some 20 cases the father was subscribing member to a lodge or lodges , either continuously or for broken periods amounting in the aggregate to from

10 to nearly 20 years . These constitute the features which are specially worth remarking of the list of 44 candidates from whom there are to be elected , on the appointed nth October prox ., a batch of 32 boys , who will be received into lhe School at the close of the coming Christmas holidays . Of these 32 boys , 22 will take the place of as many who have , or will have , left the School on attaining the age of 15 , and the others will be

added to the present strength of the establishment in accordance with the resolution passed at the Quarterly Court in July , and we shall content ourselves with adding the expression of a very natural hope that the result of the poll will so shape itself as to include among the successful all whose names will otherwise disappear from the list , and so reduce the amount of disappointment arising from failure to the lowest possible point .