Consecration Of The De Tatton Lodge, No. 2144, Bowdon, Cheshire.

Bro . G . BOWEN , J . W ., in responding , said he felt strongly that the brethren who had been permitted to assemble there that day would owe a deep debt of gratitude to Bro . Bagot for the magnificent oration he had delivered . As one of the newly-invested brethren , he felt doubly thankful for the forcible and kindly fashion he had alluded to the newly-invested brethren . Personally , he felt a great honour had been conferred upen him

and it would be his aim in the future , as in the past , to promote Masonry generally , and especially in connection with the De Tatton Lodge . He must confess he was not so familiar with Masonic work as he used to be , but under the tuition of so excellent a Master he might help to make the De Tatton Lodge in a great lodge , and he felt sure that would some day

be accomplished . ( Applause . ) Bro . MORGAN , S . W ., also responded . " The Visiting Brethren " was responded to by Bro . STEER ; and The WORSHIPFUL MASTER also gave "The Health of the Acting Secretary , Bro . Ingham , S . D ., " who , he said , " had worked like a nigger " in getting up every detail necessary to make the affair a success .

" The Masonic Charities" and "AU Poor and Distressed Masons " concluded the toast list . The musical arrangements throughout were under the able direction of Bro . H . Miller , P . G . O ., and reflected the utmost credit upon that brother . He was ably assisted by Bros . N . Dumville , W . Dumville , A . Lewtas , Popplewell , and others . In the course of the evening Bro . Dottie gave one of his famous recitations , in his own unique style , from Elijer Goff ( Bro . Dawes ) . The jewels and clothing , which are most elegant , were manufactured by Bro . George Kenning , of 47 , Bridge-street , Manchester .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CORNWALL .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall was held on Tuesday , the 14 th inst , at Falmouth . The gathering took place in the new Iodge room , which is now completed . The spacious hall was greatly admired . It is a beautifully-designed building , and is fitted up in a very artistic manner . The members of the Falmouth Iodge , Love and Honour , No . 75 , are to be

congratulated on the successful issue of their efforts to obtain for themselves a comely and commodious habitation . Two points in connection with the new lodge room were particularly noticed . One was the fine organ , presented to the lodge by Bro . Denton ; and the other , the elegant carpet , given by Bro . Nicholas . The was a very large attendance of brethren , every lodge in the province being represented . The following were present : —

Bros , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , P . G . M . ; Sir Charles Graves-Sawle , Bart ., 330 , D . P . G . M . ; Hon . and Rev . J . T . Boscawen , Ogg , acting P . G . S . W . ; T . Hicks , 1529 , P . G . J . W .: Rev . W . H . Bloxsome , 31 S , acting P . G . C ; W . Rowe , 330 , P . G . T . ; E . D . Anderton , 331 , P . G . S . ; E . Poor , 1136 , P . G . S . D . ; E . Scantlebury . 856 , P . G . J . D . ; R . Lean , 131 , P . G . D . C . ; CommanderG . H . B . Reed , 75 , P . G . S . B . ; W . F . Creber , 1164 , P . G . S . B . ; T . A . Kistler , 589 , P . G . O . ; W . Bailey , 1544 , P . G . A . S . ; F . Bray , " 755 , P . G . P . ; J . W . Higham , 49 S , P . G . S . ; T . Gill , 067 , C . A . and P . G . S . ; W . I .

Hughan , 131 , P . G . S . D . of England ; F . Binckes , P . G . S . of England . W . Guy , 49 6 , P . P . G . D . C ; W . F . Newman , 75 , P . P . G . J . W . ; F . Dinnis , s , P . P . C P . ; S . G . Moyle , 699 , P . P . G . S . ; T . Chirgwin , 131 , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . Niness , 6 99 ? P . P . G . R . ; T . Michell , 1006 , P . P . G . D . C ; W . L . Fox , 75 , P . P . G . R . ; J . Burgess , 100 6 , P . P . G . S . W . ; P . Giles , 49 6 . P . P . G . S . ; H . M . Harvey , 7 S 9 , P . P . G . J . W . ; J . F . Penrose , 331 , P . P . G . S . W . ; H . F . Whitefield , 1329 , P . P . G . R . ; I . W . Manger , 9 67 , P . P . G . O . ; S . G . Bake , 1151 , P . P . G . S . B . ; W . H . Dunstan , 75 , P . P . G . S . W . ; W . H . L . Clark , 1071 , P . P . G . S . D . ; W . H . Roberts , 1785 , P . P . G . S . ; W . Tonkin , 977 , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . Turner , 557 , P . P . G . A . D . C ; J . Denniss , 330 , P . P . G . J . D . ; G . H . Small , 121 , D n n c \\? . n- \ A ; n . kk _ - <;„ o a n 1 \\ t . 1 u I 7 .. _ ..: „ „_ .. t > D n D . \\ r u \ ,. ., .. .. i i 11 itllio l \ ¥

. ., , __ r . ^ . . __ . a _ u , ju .,, ... u . j . M ., j . . , ^! , . ., , u .. , » . ... Christoe , 331 , P . P . G . S . B . ; J . Bassett , 856 , P . P . G . S . ; S . Michell , 699 , P . P . G . S . ; J . G . Henwood , 970 , P . P . G . S . ; A . P . Davies , 977 , P . P . G . J . D . ; J . C . R . Ccewes , 131 , P . P . G . Asst . Dir . of Cers . ; M . Little , 75 , P . P . G . O . ; H . Tilly , 75 , P . P . G . Registrar ; T . C . Polglase , 75 , P . P . G . Asst . Dir . of Cers . ; G . Truscott , 496 , P . P . G . J . W ., Charity Representative for Cornwall ; S . Holloway , 131 , P . P . G . J . D . — Past Masters : Bros . W . Giles , 49 6 ; G . Timmins , 1006 ; G . B . Woodcock , 557 ; W . A . Bennett , 699 ; W . Ellis , 31 S ; J . Q . lames , 31 S : H . Trembath , 31 S : F . I . Hext .

330 ; W . E . Michell , 152 S ; A . B . Hams , 75 ; R . Adams , 330 ; J . H . Cousens , 557 ; C . Barnett , 1006 ; J . Pearce , 1071 ; G . B . Derry , 330 ; W . Andrews , 7 S 9 ; F . J . Lee , 1544 ; F . G . Harding , 17 SJ ; F . Johns , 1164 ; C . Parsons , 7 S 9 ; W . J . Tredinnick , 49 6 ; R . Parken , 1164 ; A . Luke , 977 ; N . Gray , 9 67 ; A . W . White , 1136 ; J . A . Bersey , 893 ; E . Herring , 1071 ; G . Stevens , 450 ; J . Sarah , 589 ; R . Wetter , 85 6 ; J . Martin , 1272 ; W . K . Baker , 1272 ; G . Tyack , 1006 ; G . Darke , is 36 ; J . Doney , 856 ; T . H . Gibbons , 856 ; W . B . Morris , 131

W . H . Pope , 1785 ; M . Sampson , 121 ; F . Rodda , 121 ; J . de C . Treffry , 977 ; W . Odger , 589 ; J . Wallace , 75 ; T . Bath , 857 ; W . Simmons , 131 ; T . C Mack , 131 ; T . J . Smith , 496 ; j . O . job . 49 6 ; H . C . Welsh , 967 ; J . M . Thomas , 967 ; J . Brewer , 49 6 ; H . B . Neame , 589 ; R . Parson , 977 ; and \ V . Huthnance , 430 . —W . M . ' s : Bros . R . Dunstan , 318 ; J . M . Carne , 75 ; G . T . A . Staff , 1272 ; S . G . Bennett , 557 ; J . H . Hoit , 856 ; J . Sobey , 1164 ; W . J . Collins , 1006 ; P . H . Dawe , 9 67 ; J . Price , 893 ; T . White , 7 S 7 ; H . P . Vivian , 509 ; W . Colenso , 121 ; T . S . Bailey , 1151 ; E .

M . Downing , 131 ; J . A . Blarney , 1785 ; J . Pearce , 1136 , ] . James , 1529 ; J . T . Rodda , 1544 ; J . G . Blight , 496 ; and j . Bazeley , 450 . —S . W . ' s : Bros . S . Tresidder , jun ., 75 ; C . Hudson , 318 ; B . F . Edy vean , 330 ; T . Turner , 1006 ; J . Julian , 331 ; H . Worsdell , 967 ; W . H . Parsons , 1272 ; W . H . Huddy , 510 ; T . D . Pearn , 893 ; J . S . C . Simpson , 121 ; F . Kitt , 1151 ; 1 . Stribley , 1785 : A . K . Collins , 1136 ; J . Tonkin , 131 ; H . Bowden , 1071 ; J . McTurk , 496 ; S . White , 970 ; A . Bate , i ? 44

and C . Kent , 699 . —J . W . ' s : Bros . G . T . Olver , 75 ; E . F . Whitley , 1529 ; J . M . Richards , 318 ; H . Lavin , 9 67 ; W . R . Toms , 856 ; J . Black , 1136 ; G . Williams , 1272 ; W . T . Hawking , 131 ; and E . A . P . Broad , 450 . Bro . W . ROWE , P . G . Treasurer , reported that the year commenced with a balance of , £ 181 , and there was a balance now carried forward of £ 125 .

Bro . ANDERTON reported that since last meeting a new lodge had been opened , namely , Cotele , No . 2166 . As there were now 30 lodges in the province , the Grand Lodge was entitled to three additional officers , namely , two Deacons and a D . C . The number of members in the province was •465 , against 1473 last year , a decrease of eight . There were 77 initiations for the year , as against 92 last year . There had been lost by death during the last year more Provincial Officers than in any previous year .

Bro . CHIRGWIN submitted the report of the Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund . The amount received for the year from the lodges in subscriptions and donations was , £ 158 . Tbe total receipts for the year , including the balance brought forward , were £ 578 , the balance now left being , £ 227 . The total amount invented was ^ 3811 , bringing in an annual income ° f £ > 7 > the balance at the bank was . £ 297 , and the capital had been increased by . £ 150 .

Bro . ANDERTON read the Relief Committee ' s report , £ 10 grants being recommended for Hayle , Fowey , and Callington lodges , and the widow of a brother at Redruth . During the year only one grant of £ 2 had been made to a brother of Lodge Fortitude . Bro . ANDERTON reported that the grants received from the Grand Lodge of Benevolence amounted to £ 185 , which had been given to widows of bre-

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thren at Callington , Tywardreath , Newquay , and Torpoint , and to brothers at Launceston and Hayle . Bro . Anderton also reported that the following additional subscriptions had been received during the year towards the Truro Cathedral Fund : ^ 20 fro m Lodge Fortitude , £ g collected by Bro . Simmons , £ 10 interest on money invested in Consols , £ 5 from Bro . Treffry , and £ 10 from Bro . Boscawen .

The R . W . GRAND MASTER said the total amount now actually con tributed to the Cathedral Fund was £ 534 .

All the reports submitted to the meeting were unanimously adopted . The R . W . GRAND MASTER , in declaring open the new lodge-room of Lodge Love and Honour , congratulated that Iodge on now possessing such a commodious building , which was one of the finest lodge-rooms , if not the

finest , in the province . ( Applause . ) The Grand Master also referred in feeling terms to the decease of the late Bro . Tweedy . Alluding to the fact that there were now 30 lodges in the province , he said almost every place in the county had now its Freemasons' lodge ; and , he was happy to say , almost every lodge had now its own lodge-room . ( Applause ) .

Bro . ANDERTON said that it was customary for miners and others who had gone to America and had been initiated there , when they returned to join the home lodges . As he thought some difficulty might arise in certain cases as to the certificates , he wrote to the Grand Secretary of England for his opinion as to whether such American Masons , having been initiated

under a different Constitution , required to go through the English initiation ceremony on joining an English lodge ? The Grand Secretary replied that no obligation was required in such cases , provided a regular certificate was produced . Care , however , should be taken to prove that the certificate was a regular one , and not simply a demit .

Bro . BAIL KIT , on behalf of the Camborne Lodge , invited the Provincial Grand Lodge to visit Camborne next year . At this stage of the proceedings , the brethren marched in procession to the parish church , where an appropriate sermon , by Bro . the Rev . F . K . Kendall , P . G . C , was read by Bro . the Rev . M . J . SUTTON , Asst . Prov . Grand Chaplain .

On the lodge re-assembhng , Bro . G- B . PFARCE submitted a report respecting the Cornwall Masonic Charity Association , which stated there was now 163 memberships , representing 214 guineas . There were 143 individual subscribers , of whom 11 were ladies . ( Applause . ) Through

the Associatian 60 votes had been obtained for the province , 51 for life , and 9 in perpetuity to the lodges . Bro . Pearce said that every lodge could , if it would , become a contributing member to the Association . He sincerely hoped he would soon be able to say the Association embraced every lodge in the province .

Bro . ANDERTON mentioned that Bro . Pearce had paid the whole of the preliminary expenses of forming the Association out of his own pocket , and Bro . Gill had done the printing for nothing . ( Applause . ) Bro . TRUSCOTT reported respecting the Masonic Charities , stating that the total amount of subscriptions from that province to the great Charities for the year was ^ 448 , as against £ 436 last year .

Bro . BAKE considered that belore any further sums be granted to those Institutions , a Committee should go into the whole question . Education was now on quite a different footing to what it was when those Institutions were established , and he thought the best plan now would be to give the money to the parents for educational purposes , instead of to the Institutions . As he had given no notice , he was unable to move any resolution .

Bro . TRUSCOTT moved that thirty guineas be granted to the Boys School , thirty to the Girls' School , and twenty to the Benevolent Institution This was carried .

In connection with the Royal Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund , Bros . Milford Cock , was elected Treas . ; T . Chirgwin , Sec . ; Crewes , Assist . Sec . ; and Rees and Higman , Auditors . Bro . N . West was elected P . G . Treas ., with Bros . W . Bailey and G . Stevens , as Auditors . The Grand Master then invested the following brethren as Prov . Grand Officers : — Bro . Sir Charles Graves-Sawle , Bart . ... ... D . Prov . G . M .

„ Dr . Adams , 330 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . W . „ VV . B . Pearce , 450 ... ... ... Prov . G . J . W . „ Rev . E . K . Kendall , 677 ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ Rev . M . J . Sutton , 75 ... ... ... Prov . G . J . Chap . „ N . West , 450 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ E . D . Anderton , 331 ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec .

„ J . Brewer , 490 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . A . Sec . „ R . Carter , 75 ... ... . ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ W . K . Baker , 12 72 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . D . „ A . Luke , 977 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . S . D . „ C . Parsons , 189 ... ... ... Prov . G . J . D . ., W . B . Morris , nI ... ... ... Prov . G . LD .

„ J . Bassett , 8 56 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . of W . „ J . G . Henwood , 970 ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . „ VV . D . Rogers , 75 ... ... ... Prov . G . D . D . C . „ W . Giles , 496 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . A . D . C . „ M . Sampson , 121 ... ... ... Prov . G . Org .

„ N . Gray , 967 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Swd . Br . „ G . Morgan , 557 ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . „ G . Darke , 1136 ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . „ J . Pearce , 10 71 ... ... ... Prov . G . Purst . „ J . Langdon , 131 ... ... ... Prov . G . A . Purst .

„ Dr . Andrew , 789 ... „ J . C . Burrow , 1544 .:? . 6 ?™ T 8 B % . 977 Z Z y / . ^ ov . G . Stwds .

„ H . B . Neame , 589 „ VV . Simmons , 131 „ J . N . Francis , 75 .........' Prov . G . Tyler . Bro . VV . ROWE , on behalf of the Bodmin Lodge , invited the Provincial Grand Lodge to Bodmin next year . The PRO GRAND MASTER said he would consider the two invitations received .

The brethren , after the Iodge was closed , dined together at the Town Hall , the caterers being Bros . A . E . Webberand H . Liddicoat . The chair was occupied by Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and the usual Masonic toasts were duly honoured . The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and Sir Charles Graves-Sawle having to leave by the mail train , the remainder of the proceedings took place under the presidency of Bro . E . D . Anderton .