Contents.

CONTENTS .

L EADERS 4 " United Grand Lodge 411 Provincial Grand Lodge of Heron 411 Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham 412 Provincial Grand Chapter o £ West Yorkshire 4 ' 4 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of

Buckinghamshire ... 414 Annual Picnic of the , Huddersfield Lodge of Truth , No . e i jig Presentation to Bro . A . G . Ilavman , P . M . 973 , P . P . G . J . W . Somerset 415 Laying the Foundation Stone of a Church at Preston , Sussex 41 ^ The Theatres 415

CORRESPONDENCEMasonic Benefit Society 417 A Correction 417 St . John ' s Festival 4 ' A Knotty Point 41 S A Query 4 ' REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 41 S Instruction 4 I ,

Mark Masonry 419 Allied Masonic Degrees 419 Rosicrncian Society 41 Q Farewell to Earth 410 Boys' Preparatory School Fund 419 Presentation to Bro . the Rev . Percy F . | . Pearce 4 * 0 Masonic and General Tidings 420 Lodge Meetings for Next Week Cover .

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TUB Earl of LATHOM has installed Bro . Sir HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON Provincial Grand Master of Durham , in the room of his distinguished predecessor , the Marquis of LONDONDERRY . Bro . Sir II . WILLIAMSON is a zealous Freemason of somewhere about 40 years' apprenticeship to the Craft , and the son of an old Provincial Grand Master . Durham lias been

very lucky in its provincial rulers . Many can still recall the genial rule of the older Sir HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON , and the able adminslration of Sir CUTHBERT SHARP . Our old friend , that very worthy Bio . J FAWCETT , ruled the province well for many years , and the kindly sway of Lord LONDONDERRY was all too short , in the dispensation of T . G . A . O . T . IL We

doubt not that Bro . Sir HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON will emulate the fame and earnestness of older Provincial Grand Masters , and rule the important province committed to his charge fairly and well . We are glad to recall

to-day the names of many who in time long gone upheld the fame of Masonry , such as Bros . GAINFORTH and MATTHEW THOMPSON , HARDY , ANTHONY' WILKINSON , CUNDILL , STOKER , ALAN HUTCHINSON , WILSON , and many more , all good men and true .

# # WE rejoice to note that the Sussex * Freemasons , tinder their distinguished head , were employed last week in laying the foundation-stone of anew church . We are amongst those who always are glad to see Freeemasons employed in assisting , like our operative forefathers , to build up the

"houses of God in our land , " and to assist in all that can tend to advance enlightenment and culture , education and civilization . They cannot , we contend , be better employed . Our lodges are meant to be centres of light , good will , peace and improvement , and all that tends to help forward religion , to spread the great blessings of educational

influence , or a comprehensive welding together of all ranks , and even the most contrasted classes , deserves the sympathy ) and support of every enlightened Freemason . To suppose that we are only meant to meet together to do work and then adjourn to the social circle , has alwaysappeared to us the " paradox of Freemasonry . " Happily we live in better

days , and a more advancing age . Nothing can stand that is onl y ornamental not useful . Nothing can survive which has onl y presumptive sanction to commend it , if without vitality , reality , truth . In al ! that Freemasonry does to ? encourage the beneficial and

harmonizing , and civilizing tendencies of our age , it does weli , in that it attracts the doubting , and convinces the sceptical . And , therefore , we hail all such occasions , in which developing its useful side as before the world , it seeks to set forward and uphold the great conserving forces of Society and mankind .

# * ALE . COMP . TEW was installed , on Monday , at Huddersfield , by Comp . Colonel SHADWELL CLERKE , G . S . E ., Grand Superintendent of the Province of West Yorkshire , before one of the largest gatherings of Royal Arch

Masons ever held in that important province . Comp . Colonel SHADWELL CLERKE performed all the wonted ceremonial with his customary ability and lucidity , and the meeting was a remarkable success . We refer to a report elsewhere . Under M . E . Comp . 'FEW ' S able rule Royal Arch Masonry in West Yorkshire is pretty sure to progress and flourish .

# * OUR agenda paper for next Quarterly Communication is a curiosity . Practically only one appeal . Happy Freemasons , with nothing for Grand Lodge to do . Well , just now is the Freemason ' s holiday . May they all enjoy it thoroughly , for many have earned it well .

# * * J seems that Bro . Sir CHAS . WARREN is returning from Bechuanaland . That distinguished officer and member of our Order seems to have earned rightly every one ' s good word and opinion . We shall now soon be hearing , we fancy , of the consecration of the Ouatuor Coronati Lodge , of which he > s the W . M . elect .

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OUR Craft will read with much regret the account of the outrage recently offered to five British subjects at Frankfort-on-tlie-Maine by the mistaken zeal of the German police . Our distinguished Bro . Major CHARLES HARDING has received with his fellow sufferers , one his daughter , very harsh and undeserved treatment indeed . In fact , if such disgraceful proceedings in

any respect are likely to become normal , English travellers will do well to give Germany a wide birth . Thanks to the seasonable appearance and active exertions of Bro . FRESHFIELD , and the English vice-consul ,

whoenergeticall j' interfered , these innocent persons were removed from ignominious treatment and uncalled-for incarceration after nine hours of pain and suffering . Our Foreign Office will no doubt think it its duty to instruct Sir EDWARD MALET to demand immediate and effectual redress for what Bro .

HARDING well terms one of the greatest outrages on record , in the right and liberty of English citizens travelling abroad . It seems the German police were in search of actual criminals connected with a Hamburg bank robbery , and so they pounced on Five English citizens travelling abroad for health and amusement .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday , the 2 nd prox .: — 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 3 rd June for confirmation . 2 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants : —

The widow of a brother of the Hudderslield Lodge , No . 290 Huddersfield ... ... ... ... ... £ 50 o o A brother of the Sykes Lodg-e , No . 1040 , Driffield ... ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 275 , Hudderslield ... ... ... ... ... 75 o o

A brother of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1445 , Southwark ... 50 o o A brother of the Hornsey Lodge , No . S 90 , Hornsey ... ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Pleiades Lodge , No . 710 , Totnes ... 50 o o A brother of the Lodge True Love and Unity , No . 34 S , Brixham ... 50 o o A widow of a brother of the Southern Star Lodge , No . 115 S ,

Southwark ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o The widow of a _ brother of the Grosvenor Lodge , No . 93 S , Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... 100 o o A brother of the Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 , London ... ... 60 o o A brother of the Arboretum Lodge , No . 731 , Derby ... ... 50 o o A brother of the St . Alban ' s Lodge , No . 20 , London ... ... 75 o o

3 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts , at the meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 14 th day of August inst ., showing a balance in the Bank , of England of ^ 3734 5 - 3 ^' and m tne hands of the Grand Secretary , for petty cash ,

; £ ioo , and for servants' wages , £ 100 , and balance of annual allowance for library , £ 11 . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 18 th August , 1 S 85 . 4 . APPEAL .

By Bro . William Hilson Pigott , P . M . of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 1 G 53 , Sydney , New South Wales , against the ruling of the District Grand Matter of New South Wales , that a motion proposed by the said Bro . W . H . Pigott for discussion at the District Grand Lodge was irregular , and could not be considered thereat . L IST OF L ODGES FOR WHICH W ARRANTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY THE M . W . G RAND MASTER SINCE THE LAST Q UARTERLY COMMUNICA - TION OF GRAND L ODGE .

2102 . The Lodge of St . John , Mosgiel ( District of Olago and Southland ) , New Zealand . 2103 . The Bungendore Lodge of Australia , Bungendorc , New South Wales . 2104 . The Whitwell Lodge , Wellington-street , Stockton-on-Tees . 2105 . The Cama Lodge , Hampton Court , Middlesex .

210 O . The Elopura Lodge , Elopura , North Borneo . 2107 . The Etheldreda Lodge , Newmarket . 2108 . The Empire Lodge , Piccadilly , London . 2109 . The Prince Edward Lodge , Heaton Moor , near Manchester . 2110 . The Aurora Lodge , Sydney , New South Wales . 2111 . The Hunters Hill Lodge , Hunters Hill , New South Wales .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devon.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVON .

The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon was held on the 21 st inst ., at Torquay . The business commenced at one o ' clock , when the Committee of Petitions assembled at the Bath Saloon . The following representatives of lodges of the province were present : — Bros . L . D . Westcott , P . P . G . S . of Works , 70 ; J . T . Browning , P . G . Treas ., 105 : Samuel Jones , P . P . G . J . W ., 113 ; Rev . W . Whittley , P . P . G . S . W ., 15 O ; Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A ., P . P . G . Chap ., 1 S 9 ; H . Welch , P . P . G . P ., 202 ; R . Cawsey , Prov . G . J . D ., 230 ; G . Merrifield , P . P . G . S . of Works , 2 S 2 ; W . Taylor , P . M . 328 j Captain