Mark Masonry.

KINTORE LODGE ( Nc . 333 ) . —The second regular meeting of this promising young lodge svas held at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell Nesv-road , on Monday , the 12 th inst . Present : Bros . G . H . Newington Bridges , W . AL ; T . Poore , acting LP . AL ; J . H . Hastie , J . VV . ; C . Fountain , AI . O . ; B . R . Bryant , G . Std . Br ., J . O . ; C . H . Nevili , Sec ; G . Norrington , S . D . ; R . C . Ingram , J . D . ; G . J . Venables , LG . ; J . VV . Routledge ,

R . M . ; R . A . Alarshall , D . C ; J . S . Terry , Stsvd . ; J . E . Tidd , and others . Visitors : Bros . V . T . A-lurche , S . D . 22 ; R . J . Voisey , VV . M . 22 "; J . Holliday , P . G . Std . Br . Middx . and Surrey , W . AI . 234 ; and Seymour Smith , Org . 22 . In the absence , through bereavement , of Bro . T . Edmonston , the chair of S . W . svas occupied by Bro . Nevili , and the minutes of the previous meeting having been read

and confirmed , the follosving brethren were advanced to the honourable Degree of M . M . M .: Bros . VV . S . R . Payne , VV . AI . 1 CG 9 ; and Sidney F . Hill , Org . 121 G . The beautiful ceremonial svas rendered in a manner for svhich this lodge , young as it is , is already becoming famous . The proposed bye-lasvs of the lodge svere then read and approved , and candidates having been proposed for advancement at the next meeting , the W . AL then announced that the Prov .

Grand Lodge of Aliddlesex and' Surrey had accepted thc invitation to hold the next annual meeting under the banner of the Kintore Lodge , and had fixed Alonday , the 1 st of June , for that meeting . On the motion of the J . W ., seconded by the W . W ., it svas agreed unanimously that the Secretary be instructed to forsvard a letter of condolence to Bro . T . Edmonston , S . W . The lodge having been closed , the brethren adjourned to

the banqueting room , svere a most enjoyable evening svas concluded . The beauty of the ceremonies in lodge , as svell as the enjoyment of the latter part of the evening , svere materially increased by the able manner in svhich Bro . Seymour Smith presided at the organ and piano .

The excellent svorking of the officers of this lodge is due mainly to the assiduity svith svhich they have attended the Kintore Lodge of Instruction , founded by them , and held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , * Camber \ vell , every Friday , at nine p . m ., under the guidance of VV . Bro . Thos . Poore , P . G . I . G ., Preceptor .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

MOUNT CALVARY ENCAMPMENT ( D . ) —This old encampment met at the Alasonic Hall , Red Lion-square , Holborn , on the gth inst . Among those present svere Sir Knights Robert Berridge , E . C . ; Dr . Sanders , M . D ., Prelate ; F . VV . Driver , ist Captain ; Graveley , 2 nd Captain ; VV . Paas , P . E . C , Treas . ; T . C Walls , P . E . C , G . C . of G ., Registrar ; Glenn , Expert ; J . H . Dodson , C of L . ; Alfred Tisley , ist S . B . ; Stohsvasser ,

2 nd S . B . ; H . J . Lardner , ist Herald ; E . Baxter , P . E . C ; Roebuck , P . E . C , P . G . H . ; Alfred Williams , P . E . C . -, E . Storr , Harris and others . Sir Knights C . F . Alatier , P . E . C , and Croft svere visitors . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , it svas reported that Sir Knight Colonel Shadsvell H . Clerke , Great Sub-Prior , svas in attendance . An arch of steel having been formed , he svas dulv escorted

to the dais , and ably installed Sir Knt . F . VV . Driver as E . C . for the year ensuing . The officers appointed and invested for the year 1 SS 5 svere as follows : Sir Knts . R . Berridge , Prelate ; Graveley , ist Captain ; Glenn , 2 nd Captain ; VV . Paas , Treas . ; T . C . Walls , Registrar ; J . H . Dodson , Expert ; Tisley , C . of G . ; Stohsvasser , ist S . B . ; Lardner , 2 nd S . B . ; Andresvs , ist Herald ; Wood , 2 nd Herald ; Harris , D . C . ; and Rasvles , Equerry .

The report of the Audit Committee having been received and adopted , Sir Knt . Colonel Shadsvell H . Clarke , P . S . P ., was unanimously elected an honorary member . A Past Commander's jesvel having been presented to Sir Knight Berridge , Comp . Spence , of R . A . Chapter No . 19 , svas installed a Knicht of the Order by Sir Knt . F . VV . Driver ,

the ceremony being well performed . Several letters of apology having been read , the encampment svas closed , and the sir knights adjourned to the banquet at the Holborn Restaurant . The long routine of toasts svas gone through , and an enjoyable evening spent .

Allied Masonic Degrees.

Allied Masonic Degrees .

METROPOLITAN COUNCIL . —A meeting of this prosperous council svas held at the Alasonic Hall , Red Lion-square , on the 17 th inst . Among those present svere Bros . Capt . G . Lambert , W . AL , & c ; Roy , S . W . ; Venn , J . W . ; Powell , Treas ., acting Sec . ; T . C . Walls , S . D . ; J . L . Alather , P . AL , S . G . W ., acting J . D . ; Graveley , I . G . j Dr . Alickley , and Shirley . Bro . J . S . Cumberland , P . M . of the Ebor Lodge , York , svas a visitor , and Bro . A .

Williams , D . G . M . of the Order , svas also present . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bros . Pigeon , 320 ( Alark ) ; Shilcock , 234 and 4 ( Mark ); and Spencer , Old Kent ( Mark ) , svere initiated into the Order of St . Lasvrence by the W . M . The lodge svas then opened in the degree of Knights of Constantinople , and the aforesaid brethren received that degree . The council svas then opened in the degree of Red Cross of

Babylon , and Comps . Shilcock , 403 , and Spence , 19 , svere duly installed as Knights of the Order . Bro . Roy svas unanimously elected W . M ., and Bro . Posvell , Treasurer , for the year ensuing . Bros . T . C . Walls and J . L . Alather were appointed Auditors . A Past Master's jesvel having been voted to the W . AL , it svas moved by Bro . Walls , seconded by Bro . Alather , and carried unanimously , that a

letter of sympathy be forsvarded to Bro . C . F . Alatier , P . D . G . M ., expressing a hope that he svill speedily recover from the effects of his recent severe accident . The lodge svas then closed in the degree of St . Lasvrence , and the brethren dined at the Holborn Restaurant , under the genial and able presidency of Bro . Lambert . The brethren sv . re then joined by Bros . F . Binckes , P . G . W ., and Williamson .

The annual meeting- of the Provincial Grand Chapter of the Province of Hampshire and Isle of Wight will be held at the Tosvn Hall , Ryde , on Friday , the 30 th inst ., at 2 o ' clock p . m .

China.

China .

At this time of the year , the election of Worshipful Alasters and their installations are quite common around this neighbourhood , and am pleased to say that Freemasonry is progressing most rapidly under the able presidency of our much respected District Grand Master , Right Worshipful Brother C . P . Chater . On the nth inst ., the installation . of the St . Alary Afagdalene Chapter of Sovereign Princes , Rose Croix of

H . R . D . M ., No . 73 , took place at the Alasonic Hall , Zetland street , svhen Most VVorshipfuI Sovereign VV . Danby svas installed , together svith the follosving officers , High Prelate , Dr . P . B . C . Ayres , Colonial Surgeon ; First General , F . E . C . George ; Second General , Paul Jordan ; Treasurer , J . Alelville Matson , ( Manager of the Nesv Oriental Bank Corporation , Limited ); Grand Marshall , E . Alackean ; Raphael . R . K . Leigh ; Captain of Guard , A . O'D . Gourdin ; Recorder , j . Hunt ; Equerry ,

J . R . Grimble . On the follosving night , Bro . R . K . Leigh svas installed VV . M . of the Victoria ' Lodge . No . 1026 , by the District Grand Alaster , svhen the follosving brethren svere appointed and invested svith their collars of office : Bros . H . E . Wodehouse , S . VV . ; A . O'D . Gourdin , J . W . ; A . Levy , Treasurer ; C . G . Brunker , Secretary ; W . F . D . Cochrane , S . D . ; VV . Boffey , J . D . ; C . S . Goodsvyn , Organist ; V . A . C . Hawkins , I . G . j C . H . Gordon and VV . Blake , Stesvards ; and J . R . Grimble , Tyler .

Liverpool Masonic Club.

LIVERPOOL MASONIC CLUB .

The annual meeting of the members of this club svas held on Friday , the 16 th inst ., at the hall in Hope-street , under the chairmanship of Bro . G . Morgan , Vice-President . A letter svas read from Bro . Lieut .-Col . G . Turner , the President , apologising for his absence on account of ill-health , and the members expressed their sincere sympathy svith

him in viesv of the cause of his absence . After the Treasurer's accounts had beets passed , Bro . G . Morgan svas unanimously elected President for the ensuing year ; Bro . H . H . Smith , Vice-President ; Bro . G . Broadbridge svas re-elected Treasurer ; and Bro . J . T . Calloss * , Secretary .

Bros . R . Martin , R . Rankin , and Dr . A . Samuels svere re-elected members of the committee , and Bro . R . Johnson svas unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy caused by Bro . H . H . Smith ' s appointment to the Vice-Presidency . Votes of thanks to the Executive Committee and the Auditors brought the proceedings to a close .

Coming Of Age Of Bro. Capt. Edgar Henry Bowyer.

COMING OF AGE OF BRO . CAPT . EDGAR HENRY BOWYER .

A grand ball svas given on Tuesday last , the 20 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Tavern , by Bro . and Mrs . Edgar Bosvyer , to celebrate the coming of age of their eldest son Bro . Captain Edgar Henry Bosvyer . 'The party , numbering nearly 200 , assembled from eight to nine o'clock in the

large hall , svhen dancing commenced to the strains of a very efficient band , and continued until 12 o'clock , svhen the company adjourned tothecrosvn roomsvherea recherche banquet svas provided . Bro . Edgar Bosvyer proposed the toast of "The Queen , T . R . H . Prince and Princess of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family . " The second toast svas "The Army , Navy , and Volunteers . " Bro . Col .

Shadsvell H . Clerke responded in a genial speech for the army ; Col . Penton for the volunteers . The toast of the evening , that of " The Health of Captain Edgar Henry Bosvyer , " svas next proposed by Bro . Edgar Bosvyer . It is needless to add that this toast svas very svarmly received b y all present , thus testifying to the respect and esteem in svhich the young captain is held .

Caut . Bosvyer having replied , Major Foster proposed "The health of Bro . and Mrs . Bosvyer , " congratulating them on the happy event they svere celebrating . This toast svas also received svith much applause . The toast of "The Ladies " follosved , and svas responded to in a humourous speech by Bro . Peter de Lande Long and A . Bosvyer . The company then returned to the large hall , svhen dancing svas

resumed and kept up until the morning had far advanced . Among those present svere Bro . Col . Shadss-ell H . Clerke , Airs . Clerke , and family j Bro . Col . Radcliffe , Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall and Airs . Marshall , Bro . James Lesvis Thomas and Airs . Thomas , Bro . Herbert Dicketts , Bro . Frank Richardson , Bro . VV . T . Ricksvood and Mrs . Ricksvood , Bro . C . F . Hogard , Bro . James Terry and Mrs . Terry , Bro . T . Hasting-Miller , Bro . CrutchBro . JAloon

, . , Bro . Baker , Bro . F . Binckes , Bro . George Kenning and Airs . Kenning , Bro . Rev . C . W . Arnold , Bro . Rev . Dr . Alorris , Bro . Rev . Rose , Bro . Rev . Maguire , Bro . Joyce Alurray , Col . Alorris and Mrs . Alorris , Bro . Col . James Peters , Bro . S . H . Soper and Miss Soper , Bro . Matthesvs and Airs . Alatthews , Bro . J . E . Dasvson , Bro . J . S . Eastes and Airs . Eastes , Air . and Mrs . Bonner , Bro . Captain George Lambert , and others .

The Craft Abroad.

The Craft Abroad .

THE NETHERLANDS . We learn from a communication in La Chaine cl ' Union for December from the correspondent of that journal in the Hague that the scheme originated by some zealous brethren of Amsterdam for the purpose of au-rmentinir thi > fnnrU r , t

the "Louisa Stichting Orphanage" by means of an exposition and art lottery , proved very successful , the amount settled by the committee of management , and by them remitted to the executive of the Orphanage , being upwards of 42 , 000 francs ( £ i 6 So ) .

AIASONIC INSTRUCTION . We read in the current number of the Voice of Masonry that Bro . John R . Thomas , Grand Alaster of the Grand Lodge of Illinois , has appointed that schools of instruction shall be held at certain places on certain days in January , February , and Alarch , the object of such meetinirs beine

to enable Alasters and other officers of the lodges of this grand jurisdiction , as far as possible , to witness a full exemplification of the ceremonials incident to the conferring of the various degrees of Symbolic Masonry , and to learn the svork and lectures as adopted by the Grand Lodge . The Grand Master points out that " it is not only the privi-

The Craft Abroad.

lege , but also the first duty of every lodge officer to become proficient in the standard svork of the jurisdiction , " and he expresses a hope that "each locality svill be fully represented , " and that the brethren svho attend " svill come determined and prepared to study and svork , so that the most progress possible svill be made . "

GRAND CHAPTER OF VIRGINIA . The Seventy-seventh Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Alasons in Virginia svas held in Lexington tosvards the close of last October . M . E . Comp . W . H . H . Lynn presided as acting Grand High Priest , and fifteen chapters svere represented . Action in reference to the Anglo-Quebec difficulty svas deferred for a year , it being very svisely considered that the parties in

disagreement svere competent to settle their osvn differences svithout trying " to involve the svhole Masonic svorld in their petty quarrel . " We should like to see more of the American Alasonic bodies animated by the same spirit as this Grand Chapter . Had there been little or no hope on the part of pigmy Quebec that the outer svorld svould sympathise svith it in its contest svith the giant England , sve should probably have heard nothing of this " petty quarrel , " and sve should have been all the better for hearing nothing .

Obituary.

Obituary .

R . W BRO . WILLIAM ELIOT , P . P . G . M . DORSETSHIRE . We announce svith regret the death of R . W . Bro . William Eliot , Past Prov . G . Master of Dorsetshire . Bro . Eliot , svho svas aged 91 years , svas initiated in the All Souls Lodge , No . 170 , Weymouth , in 1 S 16 , and svas installed W . M . in 1 S 19 . In the year 1 S 39 , the late Duke of Sussex

appointed him Prov . G . Alaster of Dorsetshire , svhich office he resigned in 1 S 46 . He svas also a P . Z . of All Souls Chapter , No . 170 , Weymouth , and P . Prov . G . Superintendent of R . A . Alasons in Dorsetshire during the years 1 S 41-45 . Bro . Eliot had continued a subscribing member of his mother-lodge from the date of his initiation till bis death on Monday , or for 6 9 years , svhich is probably a

longer period of subscription than is to be found in the case of any other living Mason . The lodge of Friendship and Sincerity , No . 472 , Shaftesbury , svhose svarrant bears date the 17 th of October , 1 S 40 , still flourishes as a memorial of the Masonic doings in Dorsetshire , in the days long since gone by svhen our late brother svas the respected Alaster of the Province .

BRO . LIEUT .-COL . BURNABY . Bro . Col . Burnaby svho svas slain in the battle svith the Alahdi ' s forces , svhich took place on Saturday last at the Abu Klea Wells , was one of the most brilliant as well as one of the most popular officers in the British Army . He received his first commission in the Royal Horse Guards in 1859 , svhen iS years of age , and having risen through

the intermediate grades , svas promoted Lieut .-Col . in 1 SS 1 . He svas present at the battle of EI Teb last year , and svas the first to mount the parapet of the fort svhich the Soudanese had erected , being , with Baker Pasha and others , severely svounded on the occasion . In the present expedition he was attached to the Intelligence Department of Sir Herbert Stesvart's force , and the latest news received

about him svas to thc effect that he had successfully conducted a convoy from Korti to Gakdul . Our late brother , hosvever , svill be chiefly remembered by his famous " Ride to Khiva , " and " On Horseback through Asia Minor , " the former expedition having been undertaken in 1 S 75 , and having first brought him into public notice . He svas in Plevna during the Russo-Turkish svar in 1 S 77 , and , in fact ,

had taken every opportunity of acquiring a practical knosvledge of the profession of svhich he svas so bright an ornament . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Burnaby svas initiated in the Alma Mater Lodge , No . 1644 , Birmingham , on the 21 st November , 1879 , but the busy life he had since led had prevented him taking an active part in the proceedings of the Craft . ¦

Bro . JOHN WHICHCORD , P . G . A . D . C . Bro . John Whichcord , F . S . A ., Past A . G . D . of C , whose funeral took place at Kensal Green Cemetery , on Thursday , the 15 th inst ., svas initiated in the Jerusalem Lodge , No . 197 , and svas its Treasurer for many years . He svas a founder and acted as the first P . M . of the Buckingham and Chandos Lodge , No . 1150 , in 1 SG 7 , and in 1873 occupied

the chair of First Principal in St . James ' s Chapter ( R A . ) , No . 2 . In 1 S 73 he svas appointed G . Assistant Director of Ceremonies in United Grand Lodge . He was a Life Governor of the Benevolent Institution ( Female Fund ) and Girls' School , and a Life Subscriber of the Boys' School , and had served the office of Festival Stesvard once for each

of the three Institutions . Among those svho attended the obsequies of our deceased brother , svere Bros . Sir John B . Alonckton , P . G . J . W . and Sir C . Hatton Gregory . K . C . M . G ., P . G . D ., the President and several members of the Council of the Institute of British Architects , and deputations from he Institute of Civil Engineers , & c , & c .

Births, Marriage, And Deaths.

Births , Marriage , and Deaths .

BIRTHS . ENGLISH . —On the 19 th inst ., at Wisbeach , the svife of A . English , of a son . HERON . —On the 17 th inst ., at Riverdale , Bedford , the svife of Capt . F . M . Heron , of a daughter . OLDHAM . —On the 18 th inst ., at Elmer's End , Beckenham , the svife of H . Oldham , of a son . WORMALD . —On the 20 th inst ., at Morden Park , Surrey , the svife of J . Wormald , of a son .

MARRIAGE . BURN—AITKEN . —On the 2 oth'inst ., at Pittensveem Episcopal Church , Capt . W . Burn , late 14 th Hussars , to Fanny , daughter of the late J . C . Aitkin , Esq .

DEATHS . AICINTYRE . —On the 15 th inst ., at Clarence Lodge , St . Heliers , Jersey , Charlotte Susannah Melntyre , svidosv of Maeas Alclntyre , LL . D ., F . L . S ., and mother of Bro . / Eneas John Alclntyre , Q . C , M . P ., aged 87 . SHEPPARD . —On the iSth inst ., at Fairbridge-road , Upper Hollosvay , N ., Shearman Sheppard , in his 60 th year .