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Masonic Notes .

It is generally about this time of ihe year thit the annual meeiing of the Piov . Grand Lodge of Durham is held , and the custom will bo followed on 'Tuesday , thc 25 th instant , when the brethren will assemble in the Lecture Hall , Palace Green ,

Durham , at die hour of 2 . 30 p . m ., and ivhen thc business of the day is over , refreshments will be served at the Castle Hall at 4 . 15 p . m ., tickets for which , at 3 s ., must be applied for—if application has not already been made—to-day ( Friday ) , at latest . That the proceedings , so far as they relate to the

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work done by the lodges during the past year , and the progress the Craft may have made both numerically and financially , will be of the usual gratify ing character , there can be no question . But one familiar figure

will be absent from its accustomed place of honourthat of the late respected and beloved Grand Master of the Province ( Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart . ) , who , when his health permitted , made a point of presiding over thc duties of the day .

* * * It will , indeed , be impossible for those brethren who may attend the gathering on Tuesday next not to recall to their minds that at the preceding annual Provincial meeting , which was held in Gateshead on

Tuesday , the 26 th September , 18 99 , their lite chief presided in person , and in the course of the remarks he addressed to them , congratulated the Province on its prosperous condition . In fact , he may be said to have reviewed the work done by the Province during the years he had been in charge of it , contrasting the

posiiion as regards lodges and membership on that occasion with what it had been in 1 SS 5 , when he was appointed to office , and showing that during that period " Masonry had been going on most satisfactorily , not by leaps and bounds , but by that steady increase he had always advocated . " * *

Doubtless , also , they will remember that he referred in terms of affectionate sympathy to the losses which the Craft had sustained through the deaths of his old fiiends the Earl of Lathom and Lord Herschell . He hail also the pleasure of referring to the success which

had attended the Festival in aid of their Provincial Educational and Benevolent Fundi , a Festival at which he had himself presided , and which had been honoured with so generous a measure of his support ; ind encouragement j and after declaring that "the

chances were ten to one that their next Grand Lodge would be held at Durham in 1900 , " the Prov . Grand Master concluded his speech in words to the effect that " he was obliged to them for the kind way in which they had listened to his remarks . If he was

spared till next year , he hoped he would find the Province of Durham in the same satisfactory state as he found it this year . " That , as regards the Province itself , the hope so kindly expressed by its late chief for a continuance of its prosperity , has

been realised there can , we think , be no question , but the genial and kindly brother who guided its destinies so well and worthily for 15 years has , alas ! not been spared to witness the progress that has since been made .

Thus the proceedings at Durham on Tuesday next will most certainly be influenced by a feeling of general and sincere sorrow that the ruler to whom the brethren had been accustomed to look for counsel and ruidance during the la-t 15 years and to whom they

were indebted for so much of their prosperity is no longer amongst them ; and the stronger the evidence that may be then forthcoming that the past year has been a successful one , the deeper and more sincere will

be their grief that he is not present to rejoice with them in their progress . " In faith " he was " a worthy gentleman , " and no doubt the Province will find a ready means of commemorating the virtues he exhibited and the services he rendered .

* » * The annu . 1 meeting the other day at Torquay of the Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 , one part of the proceedings , ii which Bro . W . J . Hughan played the leading part , was in like manner and for a like reason influenced by

feelings of grief and rejoicing—of grief that its most distinguished member , the late Bro . John Lane , who less than nine months ago was apparently in the full enjoyment of his usual health and in the possession of all his intellectual vigour , was no longer with them -, and

of rejoicing that a way had been found of worthily and , it may , indeed , be said with perfect truth , most apprjpriately , commemorating his valuable services to the Craft generally , ai , d in particular to the Jordan Lodge , of which he was an initiate . The task which it

fell to the lot of Bro . Hughan to perforrri was a simple ont , but we may be sure it was none the less gratifying to him on that account . He it was who made the suggestion , whic ' i led to his being invited to attend and unveil the memorial to his late friend and collaborator , and in the course of the brief address he delivered on

the occasion , he had the pleasure of an ouncing that the widow and family of their deceased member "were wholly satisfied and gratified" with the form of the memorial which the lodge had raised in honour of Uro . Lane . It is , indeed , difficult to imagine what better mode of commemorating the great literary services

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which Bro . Lane rendered to Freemasonry could have been found than for his Tiother lodge to have purchased his library , and dedicated it to the use of the members for so long as there shall be a Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 , on the register of the Grand Lodge of England .

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland , which was held at Maryport on Friday , the 14 th instant , differed , as regards its general business , from none of its predecessors . But there appears to have been a stronger

muster of brethren than usual and greater interest in the proceedings , owing , no doubt , to the fact that the Prov . Grand Master—Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck , M . P ., who has just returned from the seat of war in South A rica—was expected to be present , and

the members were anxious to give his lordship a hearty welcome . His lordship , as our report informs us , was present and was most enthusiastically received , the bright feeling that prevailed being made still brighter by the announcement that his lordship proposed to consecrate the Alston Lodge , No . 2794 , on Tuesday

the 2 nd prox . These circumstances and the very satisfactory nature of the reports that were laid before Provincial Grand Lodge as to the state of the Craft in the Lake country threw greater life and warmth into the proceedings than we usually remark at what are for the most part meetings for the transaction of business .

1 he day was not , however , permitted to pass without a slight infusion of sadness into the proceedings , which in all other respects were matter for rejoicing . It was mentioned towards the end of the business that the Provincial Grand Secretary—Bro . George Dalrymple ,

Past G . Std . Br . —owing f > the break-down of his health , found himself under the necessity of retiring from office at an early date . ' When the late Earl of Bective appointed Bro . G . J . McKay his Deputy , Bro . Dalrymple was chosen to succeed the latter as

Provincial Grand Secretary , and during the eight years that have since elapsed his administration of that office has redounded greatly to his credit , and at the same time proved decidedly beneficial to the Province . Moteover , our Central Institutions bad in Bro .

Dalrymple one of their staunchest friends and wellwishers . It was greatly due to his efforts that Cumberland and Westmorland was able to make so brave a show when Lord Henry Bentinck occupied the chair at the Boys' School Festival in 1897 , and fairly outdid

all its previous performances , creditable as many of them had been . Thus his retirement from an office he has so long held , and with the duties of which he is so thoroughly conversant , will be a distinct loss to the

Province , and we trust our worth y Bro . Lamonby ' s suggestion that Bro . Dalrymple ' s work should be worthily recognised , irrespective of tbe honorarium which will be proposed at the next meeting of the Province , will be carried out successfully .

The Mark Degree in West Yorkshire appears to be establishing itself right firmly , thanks to the energy displayed by the brethren generally , but mo re especially by Bro . C . Letch Mason , the respected Prov . Grand Mark Master , and his able Deputy , Bro . Barker . Hence

thc recent half-yearly meeting at Ripon of the Prov Grand Lodge , under the auspices of the Prince Leopold Lodge , No . 352 , appears , from the report we publish elsewhere , to have been a great success . Indeed , as regards its social aspect , no such meeting

would seem to have been held before , it having been resolved to invite ladies and non-Masons to be present at the non-Masonic part of the day ' s proceedings . To this is due the large attendance of ladies and gentlemen residing in the city or hail ng from other parts of the Province , and to judge

from the tenour of most of the speeches , we are inclined to think that what in this instance was an experiment will be repeated . If so , we hope there will not be so great a hurry to get through the work of Provincial Grand Lodye as our report would lead us to believe was exhibited at the meeting . * * *

Wc liivc much pleasure in announcing , anrl we d « ' < bt not our leaders will feel equall y pleased in learning , that the fourth and last volume of Bro , Arthur LovclTs able and interesting work— "Ars Vivendi , " is now in the press , and will be published some time during the month of October . The volume

will also contain as an appendix a free rendering of " Patanjali ' s Yoga Aphorisms , " with original notes for the use of students . The previous volumes of Bro . LovelPs work have met with a favourable reception in the Masonic world , and we venture to think the concluding one will be received as favourabl y .