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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications stand over for want of space . •' HAFT I . UIIUES . —St . Oswald , No . 910 ; Alexandra , No . 98 J ; "tliiigworth , No . 1821 ; Citadel , No . 189 I ; Tennant , No . 1992 ; KiiiBswooil , No . 2278 ; Ataeia , No . 2321 ; ami William Shurmur , N " - y ? 4-K'lY . U . AKCII CH . U-TKU . —Duke "f l- 'ilV , No . 2345 . AUo several Lodges and Chanters uf Instruction .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , OCTOBER 27 , 1894 . — +

1 he recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lod ge of Leicestershire and Rutland must have been , " > one particular respect at all events , a mournful one . ll was the first time the members of the Province had j " et since the death of the lamented Bro . William * % ¦ who for upwards of half a century had been the

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central figure in their Provincial Grand Lodge , had held successively all its principal offices , and more than any other Mason in the counties constituting the Province had contributed to the strengthening and extension of its interests . " The Veteran " has at length gone hence

to his eternal rest , and it was impossible that such a meeting could be held but each member present must have felt that the death of so true and good a Mason was a loss to himself personally as well as to the general body .

That in writing this we are not adopting a tone o exaggeration will have been seen from the report we published last week of the proceedings at this annual gathering . When the business proper to such an occasion had been transacted , the question uppermost

in every one s thoughts was : How shall we , the Masons of Leicestershire and Rutland in Prov . G . Lodge assembled , most suitably and lovingly commemorate the signal services which our late brother rendered to the Craft of Masonry and to which we in particular

are so largely indebted for our present prosperity ? A complete answer to this proposition will be forthcoming by and bye . In the meantime , however , it has been determined that a memorial should be raised to perpetuate those services , it being left to the Provincial

Commmittee of General Purposes to decide what precise form the said memorial shall take . We have no doubt the recommendations of this Committee will be such as will do honour , not only to the memory of Bro . Kelly , but to the Province of which for so protracted a term of years he was a loyal member .

The roll of Provincial Grand Masters was completed early in the present month by the installation of Bro . Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck as Prov . G . Master of Cumberland and Westmoreland in succession to the late Bro . the Earl of Bective . His lordship is

halfbrother of the Duke of Portland , who was appointed S . G . Warden of England in 1 S 92 , and son-in-law of his predecessor in office . Hence , though only a young Mason , his associations with the Craft are such as will

ensure for him the kindly consideration as well as the willing obedience of those he has been appointed to preside over , while the enthusiasm with which his installation as Prov . G . Master was greeted augurs well for t he success of his administration .

# # # The report of the installation of a new Grand Master of the so-called Grand Lodge of New Zealand , which appeared in the Keystone ( Brisbane and Sydney , N . S . W . ) foi the month of August last is valuable

chiefly on account of the statistics it furnishes in connection with the establishment of this unrecognised body . At the outset of the movement in support of the Masonic independence of the colony , 18 of the 19 lodges that met under the presidency of Bro . Gillon

on the ist August , loop , gave in their adhesion to the proposal , and we are told that not long afterwards this number was increased to 92 , out of a total ot 147 . At a convention held in Wellington on the nth September the number of lodges represented was 64 , namely ,

36 English , 21 Scottish , and 7 Irish . In October , Bro . the Earl of Onslow , Past S . G . W . of England , the then Governor of the Colony , was approached with a view to enlisting his sympathy on behalf of the

scheme , but his lordship , considering that " practical unanimity " was very far from having been attained , suggested a delay of 12 months , and the promoters agreed to wait for three .

In February , 1890 , his lordship was again sounded , and was invited to become Grand Master if the scheme was supported by 100 lodges , but he declined unless 120 gave in their adhesion . Thereupon the promoters selected Bro . H . Thompson , one of the English Dist .

Grand Masters , for their Grand Master , and the socalled Grand Lodge was constituted on the 30 th April , 1890 , the number of lodges which threw in their lot with the new body being only 37 . This number has been since increased to 05 , of which 80 derive their

warrants from the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland ) and Scotland , while 15 have been constituted by the so-called Grand Lodge itself . It lollows from these statistics that the number of English , Irish , and Scotch lodges still remaining true to their old allegiance is 67 .

Contrast these ligurcs with the cases of tiouth Australia , New South Wales , and Tasmania , where the lodges ware absolutely unanimous in their desire for indepuu . dencc , and of Victoria , where only one lodge declined

to join out of—if our memory serves us—upwards of 150 , and we need not go far for a justification of the action of our Grand Lodge in declining to recognise the so-called Grand Lodge of New Zca . kr . 2 . '

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Our promising young contemporary , The Masonii Visitor ( Dublin ) , has strangely misunderstood our friendly notice of the reproduction by Bro . R . Jackson , of Leeds , of the rare engraving of the Hon . Elizabeth Aldworth , " Our only Sister . " We had no

intention of reciting tbe long account of the initiation of this lady , but mentioned that particulars were given in Bro . Hughan ' s valuable introduction to Bro . Jackson ' s reprint in full facsimile of Dr . Dassigny ' s engraving of 1744 .

We certainly stated that precisely when and inhere this lady was initiated is not quite clear . There is not a uniform testimony as to tbe year when , or as to

the lodge in which , she was admitted , neither is it quite clear as to the room in which the ceremony occurred . That it did occur , however , appears to be fully established .

We are now told by the editor of this paper that" It appears strange that the leading organ of English Freemasonry should not be acquainted with the history of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth ; still more strange that Bro .

Hughan , now so eminent as a writer on Masonic subjects , should make any mistake regarding a subject so well known in Masonic circles as the initiation of Elizabeth Aldworth . "

* This is really very amusing . We have long been familiar with the " story , " as the editor terms it , through

an admirable sheet issued many years ago by the late Bro . Richard Spencer , and so widespread has been its circulation that it would be difficult to find any reading Mason in England who was ignorant of the event .

* * But why , Bro . Editor , do you bring Bro . Hughan into your article , and what mistake has he made ' : We believe he wrote an interesting sketch of the initiation of " Our only sister " some thirty vears ago , and we

venture the opinion that he is well versed in all that has been written on the question . His commendation of Bro . Jackson ' s reproduction of the portrait is no mistake for certain , and it seems left to our Irish contemporary to accuse him of a historical error 1

Bro . G . V . Greatbach , P . P . G . S . of W . Staffordshire , delivered an interesting address at the Masonic Hall Hanley , last week , on the " History of Menturia Lodge , " which included much valuable information on Freemasonry in Staffordshire . Considerable interest

was evinced in the subject as was shown by the presence of nearly too brethren . Although the lecture was mainly of concern to the Staffordshire brethren , it contained much matter of interest to the Craft at large , and , we believe , that , in accordance wilh the general desire , it will be printed .

# # # The Lodge of Fellowship , for which a wircant lias just been granted by the M . W . the Grand Master , will

be consecrated at an earl y date . It will take up its quarters at the Frascati Restaurant , Oxlord-street . The petition has been signed by a number of well known Masons , and bids fair to become a success .

* Bro . C . R . Lyne , solicitor , Newport , was installed Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Monmouthshire , at the Masonic Hall , Newport , in succession to the late Bro . Capt . Homfray , who filled the position for many years

I he ceremony took place under the banner of the Silurian Lodge , with which Bro . Lyne has been connected lor many years , in the presence of a large number of the brethren from all parts of the province .

I he new Deputy Provincial Grand Master is one of the elder sons of Bro . Col . Lyne , who has held the position of Provincial Grand Master of the province for upwards of 20 years .

An interesting event occurred in connection with St . Oswald Lodge , Pontefract , on the loth instant . The transfer of the warrant , banner , and other insignia of the Order to new premises was made the occasion of a special meeting and ceremony , the interest in which

was much increased by the presence of tbe Past Prov . Grand Master , R . W . liro . Tew , who nut only louk an active part in the proceedings , but delighted the brethren by the delivery of one of tliuse thoughtful addresses which were so marked a feature of his term

of office as Prov . Grand Mas . er . We have read the address with much pleasure and profit , and trust it may be taken as some evidence of the restored health of one who even in his retirement is a tower of strength to the Brotherhood in West Yorkshire .