Province Of West Yorkshire.

ceremony ot installation , was my right file in the procession , and seated on my immediate right hand at the banquet . Under these circumstances the omission of his name certainly seems singular , and I hope you will do me the favour of inserting this in your next number , as I should be deeply pained if our R . W . Bro . or his colleagues should for a moment think us insensible of the high honour

conferred upon us by their presence on that occasion . Yours faithfully , GEO . EEAEXIET , M . B ., D . Prov . G . M . Dewsbury , June 3 , 1 S 61 . West Yorkshire . [ It is not singular that in so large an assembly some of the names of even well-known brethren should have been omitted , especially seeing the very little care those in authority took to obtain a faithful record of their visitors , and prevent the intrusion of strangers . ]

Knights Templar.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .

TO THE EDITOR OP THE PfiEEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAKSIE , —In your report of theproceedings of Grand Conclave , yon report that addresses of congratulation were presented from the Provinces of Kent , Staffordshire , Lancashire , Northumberland , and several private encampments , naming them , but you donot notice the Observance Encampment . This omission I hope you will rectify , as I should much regret

that the encampment of which our most E . Commander is a member , should appear to the world as not participating in the general rejoicings at the installation of our dearly beloved Bro . Sir Knt . Stuart . I beg , therefore , to inform you that I had the honour of presenting for that ancient encampment an address expressive of the fealty of the Knts . of the Observance Encampment . I remain , Dear Sir , yours truly and fraternally , X : ¦ H . J . HIXXMAX , M . B ., E . C . Observance .

DEAR , SIR EST ., —In your report of Grand Conclave , held on the 10 th ult ., we find several new officers created , viz ., Grand Seneschal , Earl of Carnarvon ; Grand Mareschal , Lawrence Ormerod ; Grand Provost , Rev . E . G . Boiling . To whom are we indebted for these , as no such officers are named in the Book of Statutes . I of course admit the authority of the Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master ,

but am led to believe that to some sub-officer Lord Carnarvon owes the honour of being appointed Grand Snperintendant of Feasts , otherwise GrandBuTMin . Willhehave to uncork our wine at the banquets ; of Grand Mareschal and Grand Provost , as both would be head of a department , why place them so low in the scale of officers ? I am , yours truly and fraternally , A LOVER OE REGULARITY .

MICHAEL AXOEIO AXD POPE Jrarus . —Through the envious intrigues of Bramante , M . Angelo was engaged to paint the ceiling of the Sistlne Chapel . In vain he represented that his art was sculpture , and proposed Raphael in his stead . The Pope was inflexible , and in May , 150 S , the ceiling was commenced . Being ignorant of fresco painting , M . Angelo at first engaged mediocre artists to assist him with his work ; but one day in a fit of irritation he drove them awayand erased all they had lished . Another

, acomp difficulty was caused by the scaffolding . Hitherto the rude plan had been adopted of nailing a beam from timber to timber , which , being pulled down after the painting was completed , loft the unsightly marks of the nails' indentures in the plaster . 'This did not satisfy M . Angelo . His ready wit designed a scaffolding , which should meet every necessity , and which is the model of those used with but slight alteration at the present day . Meanwhilehe shut

, himself up alone in the chapel , exciting the curiosity of the Pope , and disputing angrily with his messengers . Julius was in a fever of excitement . The man who had boasted that he " was lord and master of human cattle" had at last found one not so ready to bend to the yoke . " AA'hen will you have done ? " roared the Pope's legates . " AVhen it is convenient , " epiietly replied the painter . At last they tore down the scaffolding , and amidst a clamour of

admiration , the Dante of painting was revealed to the world . In November , 1509 , " Borne itself , " says Vasari , " rushed to the Sistlne Chapel . " Julius was the first to go . "You must put a little gold on tho figures , " said he . " My chapel will seem very poor . " "Those whom I have painted were the poor of this world , " proudly rejoined M . Angelo . And the paintings remained untouched . —Fclectie Sevieio .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

THE GIRLS' AST ) BOYS' SCHOOLS . The election for Secretary to each of these institutions took place at the Freemasons' Tavern , wdien Bro . E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B ., was elected as Secretary to the Girls'School , and Bro . Binckes , Secretary to the Boys' School .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

The quarterly communication of Grand Lodge was held in Ereemasons' Hall on AA ednesday last , the M . AV . Grand Master , the Eight Hon . the Earl of Zetland , on the throne ; the E . AA ' . D . G . M ., the Right Hon . the Earl de Grey and Eipon ; Bros . Lord Eichard Grosvenor , J £ i > ., S . G . AA . ; Novell ! , J . G . AV . ; the Eev . Dr . Senior , G . Chap . ; S . Tomkins , G . Treas . ; Eoxburgh , G . Eeg . ; AA . G . Clarke , G . Sec . ; Mclnt S . G . D . GregoryJGDDaukesGSupt

yre , ; , ... ; , . . of AA ^ orks ; AA ' oods , G . D . C . ; Symonds , A . G . D . C ; Hyde Pullen , G . S . B . ; AA " . Earnfield , Assist . G . Sec ; Adams , G . Purst ., and Farmer , . Assist . G . Purst . There were also present Bros . Lord Leigh , Prov . G . M ., Warwickshire ; Col . A ernon , Prov . G . M ., Staffordshire ; H . C . Ar ernon , Prov . G . M ., AA orcestershire ; Eawcett , M . P ., Prov . G . M ., Durham ; and Bagshaw , Prov . G . M ., Essex . Bros . E . Dundas , and A . PerkinsP . G . AV ' s . Bro . the Rev . Sir AVarren HayesPGChap

, ; , . . . ; Bros . Havers ( President of the Board of General Purposes ) , Slight , Scott , T . H . "White , Crombie , Savage , Hopwood , Potter , Giraud , Udall , Phillips , and King , P . G . D ' s . ; Bros . Jennings and Chapman , P . D . G . C ' s . ; Bros . Evans ( President of the Colonial Board ) , Spiers , Bridges , Patten , Le Veau , and \ A almisley , P . G . S . B's . ; Bros . Smith and Breitling , P , G . Pnrsts . ; Dr . Hinxmau , AV . M . Grand Steward's Lodge , and a large number of other brethren .

The minutes having been read and put for confirmation . Bro . GEEGOET , J . G . D ., rose to put a . question to the Grand Master on a point of order . AAlthout in any way wishing to interfere with the vote of £ 200 to Bro . Watson , he had given notice of a motion for altering the fund from which it was to be taken . AA'hat he wished to he informed was , whether he could so frame a motion , or whether in the confirmation of the minutes , a resolution must be confirmed or rejected in its entirety .

The M . AV . G . M . said that on the question for confirming the minutes , it was competent for any brother to move the omission of any part of them , but he had ruled in 1858 or 1859 , he could not tell which , that a resolution once passed must be confirmed or rejected in its entirety ; and though in his own opinion the proper

fund for the grant to have been made from would have been the Benevolent Eund , they could not now alter it , and the resolution as passed at the last Grand Lodge must he confirmed or rejected in its integrity . The minutes were then put and confirmed , as were also those of the Grand Festival . The scrutineers for the election of the Board of General Purposes were appointed

. ROYAL BEKEVOLEXT INSTITUTIOU- JOB AGED MASOSS AXD THEIR AA IBOWS . The M . AA . G . M . rose , pursuant to notice , to move , — " That Article 4 ; page 17 , of the Rules and Regulations for the Widows' Eund of the Royal Benevolent Institution be altered by omitting the words ' not exceeding the age of 65 years , £ 15 , ' and 'from 65 to 70 years , £ 20 / and inserting in place thereof'from the age of 55 to 70

, years , £ 20 . '" He had great pleasure in proposing this resolution , which had been unanimously passed at the Annual Meeting of tho Governors and Subscribers of the Eoyal Benevolent Institution on the 17 th ult ., and wdiich he hoped would he approved by Grand Lodge . Bro . HorwoOD , P . G . D ., warned the brethren to be cautious how they increased the annuities granted by the Benevolent Institution ,

lest they should go beyond their means . They naturally desired to extend their charity to the utmost , but they must be caretul to see that in increasing the annuities they did not endanger their means of giving them altogether . Bro . SmoxDS , Asst . G . Dir . of Cers ., trusted he might be allowed to call the attention of Grand Lodge to the real position in which tho motion came before them . The Annual General Meeting of the Benevolent Institution had unanimously agreed to

this increase , but it could not he acted upon until the resolution had been submitted to Grand Lodge . Now , though it was necessary to have the approval of Grand Lodge to their resolutions , in order that laws should not be passed inconsistent with the principles on which the institution was established , he took it for granted that Grand Lodge would never wish to interfere with the