Bro. Rev. J. S. Brownrigg, P.G.C.

has filled the office of Deputy of that Province , and whose services in that capacity were so kindly recognised by the brethren at the annual meeting of Prov . Grand Lodge at Brentwood , on Tucsdav , the 26 th instant . In the remaining case

it is Bro . the Rev . J . S . BROWNRIGG , Past G . Chaplain , who has served as Dep . Prov . G . Master firstly of Berks and Bucks , and latterly of Bucks onl y , since the year iSyr , and who has now resigned a position , the duties and responsibilities of which are

somewhat exacting . Our Rev . brother has been for a long time past one of the most prominent figures in Masonry in the Metropolis and the counties adjoining . There is hardl y a new

lodge hereabouts at the inauguration of which the Rev . Bro . BROWNRIGG has not assisted as Chaplain , and the brief , but admirable orations on the nature and princi p les of Freemasonry which he has delivered on these numerous occasions would fill a

moderate-sized , and we venture to add—though there is little reason to do so—a most valuable and instructive volume . Our respected brother appears to have come to the conclusion that he has discharged the duties of a Deputy Prov . Grand

Master for a sufficiently long term of years , and that having done so under three Provincial Grand Masters , the late Bro . Sir DANIEL GOOCII , Bart ., Bro . Earl CARRINGTON , and his successor , Bro . Lord ADDINGTON , he is entitled to a

little rest , and all the more so , perhaps , from his work in Masonry having b y no means been restricted to the official labours of a Deputy with those of Consecrating Chaplain superadded for the sake of variety . Bro . BROWNRIGG has been

Prov . Grand Mark Master of Buckinghamshire since 1882 and Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masonry in the same county since 1 S 91 . At the same time he is Grand Prior in the Supreme Council , 33 ° , of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , as well as a Kniirht Grand Cross and Past Grand Prelate of the

Order of the Temple , and it is to be hoped that for many years to tome we shall have the opportunity of greeting him in some , if not in all , of these exalted offices . As regards the post he has just resigned , it must have given him the greatest pleasure

10 receive , at the hands of the Prov . G . M ., the address and other evidences of the kindl y feelings entertained towards him by the brethren of the Province , which it devolved on Lord ADDINGTON to present to him on their behalf . There can be no question

that the presentation meant , as Bro . BROWNRIGG himself interpreted it to mean , " the personal friendship and the personal affection which his work in Masonry had brought him from every one present then- that day , " and not onl y from cverv one

present , but likewise from those who from various causes were unable to attend the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge , and personall y assist at this most gratif ying incident in the

proceedings . We sincerel y trust that Bro . BROWNRIGG may be spared for many years to give Lord AnniNGTON and the Province ol Buckinghamshire the benefit ol his long and varied experience in Masonic work .

An Extinct Lodge.

AN EXTINCT LODGE .

Any reliable information about old and extinct lodges of the " Ancients " or " Atholl Masons " is always we / come , for which reason " Memorials of Lodge No . w ( Aiiticiits ) , Leicester , " by Bro . jno . T . Thorp , P . M ., \ c , the esteemed Stcretary of the Lodge of Research , No . 2429 , will be eagerly perused by all students of that famous organisation .

Excepting the few notices which are to be found in the late Bro . Kelly ' s History of the Province , we are practically without any information , save the particulars in Bro . Jno . Lane ' s " Masonic Records , 1717-1894 . " Bro . Thorp by his well-directed researches has discovered quite a number of interesting facts as to No . 91 , and made them known to the Craft in this handsomely got up brochure , which also contains several curious illustra

tions . 'lhe warrant was dated September 2 f > : h , 17 G 1 , and the lodge assembled in Leicester lor over half a century , its initiates and joining members exceeded 130 during that period , several being most zealous Masons , about whom and indeed about all , Bro . Thorp has given all details obtainable in a

list , arranged according to priority of admission from Robert Gray , the first Master and Petitioner in 17 ( 11 to Palin Simms , the last initiate in 1 S 13 . The lodge was the first warranted in Leicester under the " Ancients , " unless No . 87 , attached to the Leicester Militia , is included dated May 20 th of

lhe same year , which expired almost as soon as it came into life . 'J here were four petitioners in all , the second of whom —Wm . Liajuorish — had the satisfaction of greeting his son as an initiate of the lodge a little Inter en . I lis certificate , dated ioth September , 1 764 , now in the Leicester Frcema'ons' Hall Collection , is reproduced in this very interesting souvenir

An Extinct Lodge.

and is the oldest of the kind known . It is in Latin and English , and is signed by the Grand Secretary , Lau . Dennolt , G . Sec . I consider this curious little document , in facsimile , is alone worth the trifle fixed for the brochure , viz ., 2 ; . { being under cost ) . The lodge was in abeyance for 10 years , and was then renewed ( 1775 ) , Bro . Gray being again the W . M .

Plate 3 represents a clearance certificate granted by No . 91 , and dated 5 th January , 1 790 , with a tiny seal attached . A swarm from the lodge petitioned the " Moderns , " or regular Grand Lodge , for a charter , in consequence of which St . John ' s Lodge , now 279 , was started , and , happily , was never more active and prosperous than at the present time .

Some curious correspondence followed as to the custody ol the warrant of No . 91 , it having got into the " hands of the enemy ; " but eventually the "Ancients" secured their rightful property , and set to work again . Valuable information is afforded as to No . 18 , held in the 17 th Regiment , which has long been a puzzle . It will be news to many that in 1796 Bro . Leslie , Grand Secretary of the " Ancients , " wrote stating there was no objection to

a member of their organisation belonging " to any other Society " [ meaning the " Modems " ] , so long as he conducted himself properly . Of the other plates , mention should be made of the one devoted to a Royal Arch certificate of 1 S 01 , and others relating to seals of the lodge , Royal Arch , Atk Mariners , K . T ., & c , worked by the members , which add

much to the value of the pamphlet , though costly to produce . Brethren will find many interesting particulars as to the ¦ ' Ancients " generally , as well as relating to No . 91 , all skilfully intervowen by Bro . Thorp , who has done well to present them in such an attractive style , and he has again placed his Province under a debt of gratitude for his important services . W . J . HUGHAN .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of. North And East Yorkshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF . NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .

The Prov i ncial Grand Lodge of the above province was held in the Assembly Rooms , Blake-street , York , on the invitation of the York Lodge , No . 23 6 ; Kboracum Lodge , No . 1611 ; Agricola Lodge , No . 1991 ; and the Albert Victor Lodge , No . 2328 , on Thursday , the 14 th inst ., when there were present—Bros , the Most Hon . the Marquess of Zetland , Prov . G . M . ; the Right Hon .

Lord Bolton , P . G . VV . Eng ., D . P . G . M . ; jas . S . Moss , P . M . 312 , P . S . G . W . ; Wm-Richardson , P . M . 5 61 , Prov . J . G . W . ; the Very Rev . the Dean of York , P . M . 232 . 8 , P . G . C . Eng ., T . B . Whytehead , P . M . i 6 tt , P . G . S . B . Eng ., J . S . Cumberland , P . M . 1611 , P . D . Ci . S . B . Eng ., W . H . Cowper , P . M . 602 , P . G . Std . Br . Eng ., M . C . Peck , P . M . 2494 , P . G . Std . Br . Eng ., P . G . Sec , John Stevenson , P . M . 112 , Andrew Farmer , P . M . 1 S 4 S , H . B . Anderson , P . M . 630 , C . M . Forbes , P . M .

236 , \ V . Tesseyman , P . M . 57 , Rev . Henry Greeves , P . M . 566 , P . P . G . C , Major J . " A . Barstow , P . M . 2-56 , Wm . H . Rose , P . M . ( ifo , Herbert L . Swift , P . M . 232 H , and T . B . Redfearn , P . M . 1511 , P . A . G . Sec , P . Prov . G . VVs . ; R ; v . W . T . Robson , M . A ., P . M . S 43 , Prov . G . Chap . ; Rev . VV . G . Chilman , M . A . 660 , J . E . Torbett , B . A ., P . M . 123 , J . W . Dales , M . A ., P . M . 1 S 48 . E . Fox-Thomis , P . M . 123 , J . S . E . Cockburn-Hood , M . A ., 2610 , and E . Richards , M . A ., 1337 , Prov . G . Chaps . ;

Silvester Reed , P . M . 312 , Prov . G . Treas . ; J . H . Buchanan , M . D ., P . M . 1416 , Prov . G . Reg . ; Geo . ' Bohn , C . E ., P . M . 1010 , Chas . Waistell , P . M . 1337 , Wm . J . Watson , P . M . G 02 , J . Sykes Rymer , P . M . 236 , Samuel Border , P . M . 236 , Rob . VV . White , P . M . 312 , and VV . Lowther Carrick , P . M . 543 , Past Prov . G . Regs . ; Lars P . Brekke , P . M . 250 , and J . Winterschl . iden , P . M . 18 4 8 , Prov . S . G . Ds . ; J . H . Shouksmith , P . M . 1611 , Prov . J . G . D . ; Thomis Thompson , P . M . 57 , John

Blenkin , P . M . 1611 , H . Longford , M . D ., P . M . 1416 , Geo . Limb , P . M . 1611 , Wm . A . Hutchence , P . M . 543 , J . W . Tindell , P . M . 1605 , Henry Chapman , P . M . 1 S 4 S , Chas . Gray , P . M . 734 , Geo . Garbutt , P . M . 236 , William Draper , P . M . 236 , Joel Edgar , P . M . 294 , L . E . Stephenson , P . M . 250 , and [ ames Wildbore , P . M . 57 , Past Prov . G . Ds . ; j . M . Bottomley , P . M . 1848 , Prov . G . S . of VV . ; Chris . P . illiser , P . M . 1337 , Geo . Taylor , P . M . 1618 . Thompson

Foley , P . M . 294 , and ] ohn Harrison , P . M . 1244 . P . ist Prov . G . S . of VV . ; j . G . Wallis , P . M . 2494 , Prov . G . D . C ; G . Potter-Kirby , P . M . 236 , G . E . Martin , P . M . 124 S , and H . Foster , M . D ., P . M . 2-tf , I ' . P . G . D . Cs . ; J . Holland , P . M . 2391 , Prov , D . G . D . C ; I . G . Loam , P . M . 630 , Prov . A . G . D . C . ; T . Muir Goldie , P . M . 660 , ] . Mackaill , P . M . 2134 , N . Shaw , P . M . 630 , and W . Storey , P . M . 1611 , P . P . G . S . Bs . ; J . M . Wilson , P . M . 734 , and ] . T . Belt , P . M . 2134 , Prov . G . Std . Brs . ;

G . Leigh , P . M . 2134 , and S . W . Close , P . M . 121 , P . P . G . Std . Brs . ; VV . S . Child , 1 6 11 , P . P . G . O ., acting Prov . G . Orjr . ; G . Balmford , P . M . 236 , and F . Wilson , M . D ., 57 , P . P . G . Orgs . ; Walter Highmoor , P . M . 1040 , Prov . G . Purst . ; Geo . Chambers , P . M . 1760 , J . E . Wilkinson , P . M . 1991 , and D . Young , P . M . 1991 , P . P . G . Pursts . ; H . H . Hamilton , ioi 8 , T . Whitehead , 1760 , S . F . Thompson , 1848 ,

J . Press , 1991 , Win . Ward , 2134 , and F . Shann , P . M . 232 s , Prov . G . Stewards ; G . Travess , P . M . 1428 , Provincial Grand Tyler ; and the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and many brethren of the various lodges in the province . Visitors : Bros . H . Smith , P . G . D . Eng ., P . D . P . G .. M . W . Yorks ; Rev . S . M . Thompson , P . P . G . C . Durham ; E . Hudson , P . M . 7 64 , P . P . G . D . C . Durham ; and A . T . Akeroyd , P . M . 1432 , P . P . G . D . D . C Shropshire .

The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in due form , the Prov . G . D . C . called upon the brethren to salute the Prov . G . Master , the Dep . G . Master , and the Past Djp . P . G . M . of W . Yorkshire , with grand honours . The P . G . Officers of England were also saluted . The minutes of the last Prov . Grand Lodge , held at Whitby , on 13 th July , 1897 , and of the spec ' al meeting held at York , on 5 th January , 1 S 9 8 , were taken as read and confirmed .

The annual balance-sheet having bsen audited and found correct , was unanimously adopted . The PKOV . G . SI-XRKTARY read the annual report of the Board of Benevolence . The report was unanimously confirmed . Bro . G . POTTKK-KIRIIY , P . P . G . D . C , proposed the election of Bro . A . Jones , P . M . 236 , as Prov . G . Treasurer .

This was seconded by Bro . T . B . WiivruiiKAo , P . G . S . B . England , an " carried . Bro . A . J ONKS returned his best thanks for the unexpected honour thus conferred upon him . Two representatives of Provincial Grand Lodge on the Charities' Asse > - : iation—Bros . Wm . Tesseyman , P . P . G . W ., and S . Border , P . P . G . Reg .- ~ ivere unanimously elected .

Bro . T . B . WHYTEHEAD , P . G . S . B . England , proposed there-election ) f Bros . E . Corris , P . P . G . Reg ., and J . E . Walker , P . M . 250 , as Auditors , . vhich was secconded by Bro . the Rev . W . G . CHILMAN , P . P . G . Chap ., and : arried .