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Provincial.

more peculiarly deserving ancl suitable could the provincial crown of Masonry be placed than those of Bro . John Etherington AA ' elch Rolls . The province appears to have been , unanimous in its expressions of approval of the appointment . Early on Thursday , the 29 th ult ., preparations were actively made at the Town Hall , Monmouth , for the above event , the lodge-room for the occasion being prepared in that hall . A considerable number of brethren from the Silurian and Isca Lodges ,

at Newport , arrived per special train from that town ; together with brothers from the Philanthropic , at Abergavenny ; the Bate and the Glamorgan , at Cardiff ; the AHtruvian , at Eoss ; and the Palladian , at Hereford . On arriving at the terminus , the brothers were welcomed by the Loyal Monmouth Lodge , the Monmouth A 7 " olunteer Eifle Band greeting thoir arrival with a burst of music , and escorting them to the Town Hall with inspiring strains .

The brotherhood congregated in the ball at high-noon , when the loyal Monmouth Lodge was assembled , and duly formed , under the presidency of AV . M . Bro . AAllliam Henry Price ; ancl after mutual salutations , the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge were ushered in , ancl the P . D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . De Bernardy , took the chair as installing master . The patent from the Grand Lodge was then road , appointing Bro . Bolls Prov . G . M . for this province . The imposing ceremony of installation

was then conducted throughout , and followed by the installation of Bro . Charles Lyne as the D . Prov . G . M . The other appointments were next made , the following being the complete list of the Prov . G . L . officers : —Bros . John E . AV . Rolls , Prov . G . M . ; Charles Lyne , D . Prov . G . M . ; Constantino AVm . de Bernardy , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; the Eev . George Eoherts , Prov . G . Chap . ; Edward Wells , Prov . G . S . W . ; James Pearce King , Prov . G . J . W . ; AVilliam PickfordProv . G . Treas . ; AVilliam AVilliams ,

, Sec . ; J . A . Rolls , Reg . ; John Maund , S . D . ; AVilliam Kinnard , J . D . ; V . Hancorn , Supt . of AVorks ; Bigginson , Dir . of Cers . ; James Pearce , Asst . Dir . of Cers . ; George Homfray , Sword Bearer ; Thomas Benyon , Purst . ; AVall , P . G . Org . ; Dyk , Hallen , Barton , AV . Jones , S . Steele , ancl P . Morgan , Stewards ; L . J . Preeee , Tyler . Among the notabilities of the Order present at the ceremomonial were Bros . Charles Kemeys Tynte , of Cefn Mably , Prov .

G . M . for the eastern division of South AVales ; Dr . Bowles , D . D ., Prov . G . M ., of Herefordshire ; and Chandos Wren Hoskyns , of Harewood , D . Prov . G . M . for Herefordshire . The installation ceremonial having been completed in strict accordance with the rules of the Grand Lodge , the brethren were requested to prepare for the procession to St . Mary ' s Church . At this time an immense concourse of spectators had assembled

in front of the Town Hall , eagerly awaiting the presence of tho Masonic body . The trumpets having sounded , the procession was formed in due order . The route lay from the hall through Priory-street to St . Mary ' s Church , where vast numbers of tiie lieges lined the pavements , clung to tbe railings of the churchyard , and filled the windows of all the adjacent houses , to observe the procession forming " open line" in the churchyard , through which the Grand Lodge entered into the sacred

edifice , amidst the melody of St . Mary ' s musical bells , and the strains of the National Anthem by the band . The church was crowded . The stir of the multitude within was suddenly bushed by the solemn tones of the fine organ , evoked by the Prov . G . Organist , Bro . AVall , in a grand voluntary . The lessons and prayers were delivered by the vicar , the Eev . F . Arney ; and a full choral service was rendered most effectivelby the able choirwho sang " Magnificat" ancl" Nunc

y , Dimittis , " from Ebden ' s services in C , together with the anthem , "But the Lord is merciful , " from . Mendelssohn ' s " Saint Paul . " The sermon was preached by the Prov . G . Chap ., the Eev . Bro . Roberts—a divine who recognises Masonry , wo believe , as only second to Christianity , and whose eloquence and enthusiastic delineations of the mysterious Craft , in the pulpit , have made

him an oracle and a star amongst the brotherhood . The learned divine took as his text the words— " And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set up in the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven ; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it" ( Genesis , xxviii . 12 ) . The Eev . Chaplain in his sermon made a beautiful adaptation of the symbolical language of his text to the high purposes and principles of Freemasonry ; the brethren throughout evincing the most devout and earnest attention to the eloquent reasoning of the gifted preacher . The usual collection on behalf of the Masonic and local

charities followed , one portion of which it is intended to apply to the remedying of the defects lately discovered in tbe beautiful spire of St . Mary ' s Church . The procession reformed in tbe churchyard , and gratified the worthy lieges of Monmouth by a perambulation of nearly every street in the town , returning to the lodge-room in the county-hall , and resuming and closing the business of the lodge .

At about five o ' clock the banquet took place at the Beaufort Hotel . AA'hen the fragments , which had no longer an appetising interest in the eyes of the brotherhood , were taken away , Bros . Groves , AVall , and France sang "Non nobis Domine ; " and The Prov . G . M . rose , and in loyal terms proposed , " The Queen—the daughter of a Mason—and the Craft , " "The Most AVorshipful the Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of England ;" "The Riht AVorshiful Earl de Grey and

RiponDeputyg p , Grand Master of England ; " "The Right AVorshipful Dr . Bowles , Prov . G . M . of Herefordshire . " " Tho Right Worshipful Jolm E . AV . Eolls , Prov . G . M . of Monmouthshire , " was proposed by Colonel Charles Tynte , Prov . G . M . for the Eastern division of South AVales . The following were ' also given : — " Right Worshipful Colonel Tynte , P . Prov . G . M . of the Province of Monmouthshire ; " " The E . AV . Prov . G . M . for the

Eastern division of South AVales , Colonel Charles Tynte ;" " The E . W . Bro . Charles Lyne , D . Prov . G . M . of Monmouthshire . " These toasts received high Masonic honours , ancl were happily responded to , the band in the ante-room playing suitable airs , and the trio of vocal brothers singing appropriate Masonic songs . At eight o'clock , the signal for departure was given by vicechairman Bro . Edward AV ells , the representative of the Monmouthshire Railway Company , who persuasively intimated that " tides and trains " for no man waited . The proceedings then ¦ terminated .

YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . PEOVI - CCIAI , GRAND LODGE . A Provincial Grand Lodge was holden in the St . George ' s Hall , Bradford , on Wednesday , the 7 th October , 1863 . There was a large gathering of the brethrenamongst whom ive

, noticed— -the Eight Hon . the Earl de Grey and Ripon , D . G . M . and Prov . G . M . j Bros . George Fearnley , M . D ., G . D . and D . Prov . G . M . ; AV . Rothwell , Prov . S . G . W . ; Capt . J . Franklin , P . Prov . J . G . AV ., Halifax . Capt . J . Pepper , Prov . J . G . W . ; Eev . A . F . A . Woodford , G . C . ancl P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; L . Hicks , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; Eev . T . B . Ferris , M . A ., P . Prov . G . Chap . ; John Batley , P . Prov . G . Beg . ; AV . Spark , Mas . Doc ., Prov . G .

Org . ; Samuel Freeman , Prov . G . Steward , Leeds . James Peace , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; Bentley Shaw , P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; Joseph Batley , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; T . S . Bradley , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; AV , Smith , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; J . Thompson , P . Prov . J . G . D . ; AV . G . Dyson , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Brook , 'Prov . G . Purst . ; John Kirk , Prov . G . issist . Purst ., Huddersfield . Eev . J . Semor , LL . D . Prov . G . Chap ., P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; John Gill , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., AVakeficld . Henry Farran , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; AV . Gath , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; D . Salmond , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; Eev . AV . Fearnsides , B . A ., Prov . G . Chap . ; Eev . II . de L . AVillis , D . D .,

P . Prov . G . Chap . ; Thomas Senior , Prov . G . Reg . ; Thos . Hill , Prov . S . G . D . ; M . Eogorson , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; John AVard , P . Prov . J . G . D . ; AV . Mawson , P . Prov . G . Supt . of Works , Bradford . AV . AV . AViddop , P . Prov . J . G . AV ., Brighouse . Rev . J . Fearon , B . A ., Prov . G . Chap . ; AV . Dixon , Prov . G . Treas ., Morley . Charles Oldroyd , P . Prov . G . Beg . ; E . E . Nelson , Prov . G . Sec . ; J . Oldroyd Gill , P . Prov . G . S . AV . ; E . Chadwick , Prov . G . S . B . ; A . AVilson , Prov . G . Standard Bearer , Dewsbury . Thos .

Allatt , Prov . J . G . D . ; John Booth , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; AV . AVhite , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ; Henrv AVehster , Prov . G . Steward , Sheffield . JohnSiddall , P . Prov . G J ' urst ., Cleckheaton . T . AV . Tew * , Prov . G . Steward , Pontefract . T . Parker , P . Prov . G . D . ; Burnley . AV . Foster , AV . M . No . 974 ; Manoah Rhodes , AA ' . M . No . 302 ; John Burnley , W . M . No . 600 , & c „ and AV . Masters , Past Masters , Acting AA ardens , and brethren from the various lodges in the province .

The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in form by the Prov . G . M ., assisted by the Provincial Grand Officers , solemn prayer was offered , and a portion of Holy Scripture read . The minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge , holden in the Town Hall , Eipon , on AYednosday , the 1 st July , were read and confirmed .

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MOTHER KILWINNING. Article 1
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD. Article 2
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 4
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 6
CAN A WARDEN INITIATE, &c. ? Article 7
THE LUXURY OF FREEMASONRY. Article 8
ON THE CHRISTIANITY OF MASONRY. Article 8
THE ANTIQUITY OF MASONIC DEGREES. Article 8
Untitled Article 9
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 10
METROPOLITAN. Article 10
PROVINCIAL. Article 10
ROYAL ARCH. Article 16
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 16
CHANNEL ISLANDS, Article 16
Obituary. Article 17
Poetry. Article 18
DO THE THING THAT'S RIGHT, FRIEND. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Provincial.

more peculiarly deserving ancl suitable could the provincial crown of Masonry be placed than those of Bro . John Etherington AA ' elch Rolls . The province appears to have been , unanimous in its expressions of approval of the appointment . Early on Thursday , the 29 th ult ., preparations were actively made at the Town Hall , Monmouth , for the above event , the lodge-room for the occasion being prepared in that hall . A considerable number of brethren from the Silurian and Isca Lodges ,

at Newport , arrived per special train from that town ; together with brothers from the Philanthropic , at Abergavenny ; the Bate and the Glamorgan , at Cardiff ; the AHtruvian , at Eoss ; and the Palladian , at Hereford . On arriving at the terminus , the brothers were welcomed by the Loyal Monmouth Lodge , the Monmouth A 7 " olunteer Eifle Band greeting thoir arrival with a burst of music , and escorting them to the Town Hall with inspiring strains .

The brotherhood congregated in the ball at high-noon , when the loyal Monmouth Lodge was assembled , and duly formed , under the presidency of AV . M . Bro . AAllliam Henry Price ; ancl after mutual salutations , the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge were ushered in , ancl the P . D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . De Bernardy , took the chair as installing master . The patent from the Grand Lodge was then road , appointing Bro . Bolls Prov . G . M . for this province . The imposing ceremony of installation

was then conducted throughout , and followed by the installation of Bro . Charles Lyne as the D . Prov . G . M . The other appointments were next made , the following being the complete list of the Prov . G . L . officers : —Bros . John E . AV . Rolls , Prov . G . M . ; Charles Lyne , D . Prov . G . M . ; Constantino AVm . de Bernardy , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; the Eev . George Eoherts , Prov . G . Chap . ; Edward Wells , Prov . G . S . W . ; James Pearce King , Prov . G . J . W . ; AVilliam PickfordProv . G . Treas . ; AVilliam AVilliams ,

, Sec . ; J . A . Rolls , Reg . ; John Maund , S . D . ; AVilliam Kinnard , J . D . ; V . Hancorn , Supt . of AVorks ; Bigginson , Dir . of Cers . ; James Pearce , Asst . Dir . of Cers . ; George Homfray , Sword Bearer ; Thomas Benyon , Purst . ; AVall , P . G . Org . ; Dyk , Hallen , Barton , AV . Jones , S . Steele , ancl P . Morgan , Stewards ; L . J . Preeee , Tyler . Among the notabilities of the Order present at the ceremomonial were Bros . Charles Kemeys Tynte , of Cefn Mably , Prov .

G . M . for the eastern division of South AVales ; Dr . Bowles , D . D ., Prov . G . M ., of Herefordshire ; and Chandos Wren Hoskyns , of Harewood , D . Prov . G . M . for Herefordshire . The installation ceremonial having been completed in strict accordance with the rules of the Grand Lodge , the brethren were requested to prepare for the procession to St . Mary ' s Church . At this time an immense concourse of spectators had assembled

in front of the Town Hall , eagerly awaiting the presence of tho Masonic body . The trumpets having sounded , the procession was formed in due order . The route lay from the hall through Priory-street to St . Mary ' s Church , where vast numbers of tiie lieges lined the pavements , clung to tbe railings of the churchyard , and filled the windows of all the adjacent houses , to observe the procession forming " open line" in the churchyard , through which the Grand Lodge entered into the sacred

edifice , amidst the melody of St . Mary ' s musical bells , and the strains of the National Anthem by the band . The church was crowded . The stir of the multitude within was suddenly bushed by the solemn tones of the fine organ , evoked by the Prov . G . Organist , Bro . AVall , in a grand voluntary . The lessons and prayers were delivered by the vicar , the Eev . F . Arney ; and a full choral service was rendered most effectivelby the able choirwho sang " Magnificat" ancl" Nunc

y , Dimittis , " from Ebden ' s services in C , together with the anthem , "But the Lord is merciful , " from . Mendelssohn ' s " Saint Paul . " The sermon was preached by the Prov . G . Chap ., the Eev . Bro . Roberts—a divine who recognises Masonry , wo believe , as only second to Christianity , and whose eloquence and enthusiastic delineations of the mysterious Craft , in the pulpit , have made

him an oracle and a star amongst the brotherhood . The learned divine took as his text the words— " And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set up in the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven ; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it" ( Genesis , xxviii . 12 ) . The Eev . Chaplain in his sermon made a beautiful adaptation of the symbolical language of his text to the high purposes and principles of Freemasonry ; the brethren throughout evincing the most devout and earnest attention to the eloquent reasoning of the gifted preacher . The usual collection on behalf of the Masonic and local

charities followed , one portion of which it is intended to apply to the remedying of the defects lately discovered in tbe beautiful spire of St . Mary ' s Church . The procession reformed in tbe churchyard , and gratified the worthy lieges of Monmouth by a perambulation of nearly every street in the town , returning to the lodge-room in the county-hall , and resuming and closing the business of the lodge .

At about five o ' clock the banquet took place at the Beaufort Hotel . AA'hen the fragments , which had no longer an appetising interest in the eyes of the brotherhood , were taken away , Bros . Groves , AVall , and France sang "Non nobis Domine ; " and The Prov . G . M . rose , and in loyal terms proposed , " The Queen—the daughter of a Mason—and the Craft , " "The Most AVorshipful the Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of England ;" "The Riht AVorshiful Earl de Grey and

RiponDeputyg p , Grand Master of England ; " "The Right AVorshipful Dr . Bowles , Prov . G . M . of Herefordshire . " " Tho Right Worshipful Jolm E . AV . Eolls , Prov . G . M . of Monmouthshire , " was proposed by Colonel Charles Tynte , Prov . G . M . for the Eastern division of South AVales . The following were ' also given : — " Right Worshipful Colonel Tynte , P . Prov . G . M . of the Province of Monmouthshire ; " " The E . AV . Prov . G . M . for the

Eastern division of South AVales , Colonel Charles Tynte ;" " The E . W . Bro . Charles Lyne , D . Prov . G . M . of Monmouthshire . " These toasts received high Masonic honours , ancl were happily responded to , the band in the ante-room playing suitable airs , and the trio of vocal brothers singing appropriate Masonic songs . At eight o'clock , the signal for departure was given by vicechairman Bro . Edward AV ells , the representative of the Monmouthshire Railway Company , who persuasively intimated that " tides and trains " for no man waited . The proceedings then ¦ terminated .

YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . PEOVI - CCIAI , GRAND LODGE . A Provincial Grand Lodge was holden in the St . George ' s Hall , Bradford , on Wednesday , the 7 th October , 1863 . There was a large gathering of the brethrenamongst whom ive

, noticed— -the Eight Hon . the Earl de Grey and Ripon , D . G . M . and Prov . G . M . j Bros . George Fearnley , M . D ., G . D . and D . Prov . G . M . ; AV . Rothwell , Prov . S . G . W . ; Capt . J . Franklin , P . Prov . J . G . AV ., Halifax . Capt . J . Pepper , Prov . J . G . W . ; Eev . A . F . A . Woodford , G . C . ancl P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; L . Hicks , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; Eev . T . B . Ferris , M . A ., P . Prov . G . Chap . ; John Batley , P . Prov . G . Beg . ; AV . Spark , Mas . Doc ., Prov . G .

Org . ; Samuel Freeman , Prov . G . Steward , Leeds . James Peace , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; Bentley Shaw , P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; Joseph Batley , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; T . S . Bradley , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; AV , Smith , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; J . Thompson , P . Prov . J . G . D . ; AV . G . Dyson , Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Brook , 'Prov . G . Purst . ; John Kirk , Prov . G . issist . Purst ., Huddersfield . Eev . J . Semor , LL . D . Prov . G . Chap ., P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; John Gill , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ., AVakeficld . Henry Farran , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; AV . Gath , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; D . Salmond , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; Eev . AV . Fearnsides , B . A ., Prov . G . Chap . ; Eev . II . de L . AVillis , D . D .,

P . Prov . G . Chap . ; Thomas Senior , Prov . G . Reg . ; Thos . Hill , Prov . S . G . D . ; M . Eogorson , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; John AVard , P . Prov . J . G . D . ; AV . Mawson , P . Prov . G . Supt . of Works , Bradford . AV . AV . AViddop , P . Prov . J . G . AV ., Brighouse . Rev . J . Fearon , B . A ., Prov . G . Chap . ; AV . Dixon , Prov . G . Treas ., Morley . Charles Oldroyd , P . Prov . G . Beg . ; E . E . Nelson , Prov . G . Sec . ; J . Oldroyd Gill , P . Prov . G . S . AV . ; E . Chadwick , Prov . G . S . B . ; A . AVilson , Prov . G . Standard Bearer , Dewsbury . Thos .

Allatt , Prov . J . G . D . ; John Booth , P . Prov . S . G . D . ; AV . AVhite , P . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers ; Henrv AVehster , Prov . G . Steward , Sheffield . JohnSiddall , P . Prov . G J ' urst ., Cleckheaton . T . AV . Tew * , Prov . G . Steward , Pontefract . T . Parker , P . Prov . G . D . ; Burnley . AV . Foster , AV . M . No . 974 ; Manoah Rhodes , AA ' . M . No . 302 ; John Burnley , W . M . No . 600 , & c „ and AV . Masters , Past Masters , Acting AA ardens , and brethren from the various lodges in the province .

The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in form by the Prov . G . M ., assisted by the Provincial Grand Officers , solemn prayer was offered , and a portion of Holy Scripture read . The minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge , holden in the Town Hall , Eipon , on AYednosday , the 1 st July , were read and confirmed .

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