Provincial.

Trott , P . M ., has been over thirty years a valuable member and instructor to the lodge , while the I . P . M ., Bro . J . S . Gissing , though a young man and Mason , has been a very able colleague , and frequently edifies the brethren with lectures and explanations on Freemasonry . As to the charities , we ivould say , it may be well for all provincial lodges to copy the example , and if it is within their means to exceed it . We have observedwith leasurethe accurate and attentive ivorking of

, p , this lodge , and we would say to every country lodge , not already prominent in this respect , " Go and do likewise . " YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . ECCJVESHILD . —Fceleshill Lodge ( No . 1034 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this eminent lodge was held on Friday , the 6 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall , Eccleshill . Bro . Chris .

Pratt , WM ., was supported by Bros . Thomas Hill , P . M ., P . Prov . S . D . ; James Lumb , P . M . ; J . Armitage , S . W . ; Edward Haley , J . W . ; Samuel Rhodes , Treas ., as Sec ; William Beanland , S . D . ; W . H . France . J . D . ; J . D . Sugden , as I . G . ; Joseph Lightfoot , O . G . ; Stead , Wright , and James Rhodes . Visitor : Bro . John Taylor , Lodge of Hope ( No . 302 ) , Bradford . The lodge was opened in due form according to ancient custom , and the minutes of the preceding meeting read and confirmed .

The lodge was then opened in the second degree , and Bro . J . Rhodes duly passed by the W . JI .,. assisted by Bro . James Lumb , P . M ., Bro . J . D . Sugden giving the working tools . The lodge was lowered to the first degree , and , after business of an important nature had been disposed of , Bro . Samuel Rhodes , Treas ., gave a descriptive reading of the various decorations and furniture of this beautiful lodge ; it is Egyptian

throughout . After labour , the brethren retired to tho banquet room , where each refreshed himself , and , after the usual Masonic toasts were given aud responded to , separated in harmony according to ancient custom .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE .

CHAPTER OF THE THIRTIETH DEGREE . A meeting of the Grand Council of the Illustrious Knights K . H . 30 ° , was summoned to be held at the Masonic Hall , 14 , Bedford-row , W . C , on Tuesday , the 10 th inst ., at four o'clock , for the reception of candidates , of which the following is a list —Members of the Metropolitan Chapter Rose » J<—Bros , the Viscount Kenlis , 24 , Grafton-street , Bond-street ; Scipion Brizzi ,

Bristol ; John Woods Diamond , Brighton ; W . Joseph Meymott , 4 , Albion-place , Blackfriars ; F . Martin Williams , 3 , St . James ' s-place . Members of the Mount Calvary Chapter Rose >{ . —Bros . John Henry Watts , Richmond , Surrey ; William Stone , Wood-street , City ; George Cockle , 77 , Onslow-square ; H . James Thompson , 9 , Little Britain . Members of the Vernon

Chapter RosetJ . —Bros . Samuel Roberts , JVest Bromwich , Staffordshire ; Charles Fendelow , Wolverhampton , Staffordshire ; Edwin Lander , Newhall-street , Birmingham ; W . H . Beaumont , Bennett ' s-hill , Manchester ; J . Alfred Beaumont , Bennett ' s-hill , Manchester : Benno Paraviso , Sumner-row , Birmingham . Members of the St . Peter and St . Paul Chapter Roseijl

—Bros . Rev . Walter W . Martin , Bridgwater , Somerset : Frederick King , Foutbill Bishops , Salisbury , JVilts ; Rev . R . Ernest Wallis , Wells , Somerset ; Henry Samuel Hall , Dublin . Members of the Invicta Chapter Rose >|<— Bros . Rose Lambert Price , Woolwich ; Sydney Millett , A . and N . Club . Members of the Liverpool Chapter Rose > J<—Bros . Thomas G . Blain , Liverpool ;

"William Horner , 34 , South Castle-street , Liverpool ; Charles Cotesworth , 21 , Tower-buildings , Liverpool . Member of the Kent Chapter Rose > J<—Bro . R . Joseph Banning , Gateshead , Newcastle . Member of the Vectis Chapter Rose *|<—Bro . Thomas Middleton , " Hill-house , Dulwich . Member of the St . Aub yn Chapter Rose > J (—Bro . F . G . Irwin , Devonport . The Supreme Grand Council of England and Wales held its usual bi-annual meeting , to admit brethren to the thirtieth

degree , at the Masonic Union Club , on Tuesaay , the 10 th instant , when the following members of the Ancient and Accepted Rite were present : —Dr . H . B . Leeson , M . P . Sov . G . Com . 33 ; Lieut .-Colonel H . A . Bowyer , Lieut . G . Com . 33 ° ; H . C . Vernon , G . Treas . Gen . 33 ° ; Lieut .-Colonel H . Clerk , G . Chancellor 33 ° ; Captain N . G . Philips , H . E . 33 ° ; the Rev . W . H . A . W . Bowyer , H . E . 33 ° ; and Bro . C . J . Vigne , retired , 33 ° ; Hyde Pulleiu

Sec . Gen . Sup . G . Cons . 32 ° ; Charles Goolden , 32 ° ; Dr . R . H . Goolden , 32 ° ; W . Bollaert , 31 ° ; and Dr . Ttilloeb , Major Finney , Colonel Daubeny , George Lambert , F . Binckes , II . Kollingsworth , Captain P . Dadson , the Rev . J . H . Grice , R . Speneeis Dr . O'Donnavan , J . de Dios Merino Beimvente , M . H . Shuttleworth , and Matthew Cooke , Org . and Master of the Ceremonial

to the Sup . G . Cons ., all of the 30 ° . The following Ex . and Perf . S . P . ' s R . * J < . were balloted for , unanimously elected , and advanced to the grade of Grand elected Knts . K—h : —W . J . Meymott , Metropolitan Chapter ; W . Stone , G . Cockle , H . J . Thompson , Mount Calvary Chapter ; S . Roberts , C . Feudelow , JS . Lander , J . A . Beaumont , G . Lingard , Vernon Chapter ; F . King , S . Peter and S . Paul Chapter ; T . G . Blain , W . Horner , C . Cotesworth , Liverpool Chapter ; T . Middleton , Vectis Chapter ,- J .

Rogers , Talbot Chapter ; and Lieut . Iiealey , Chapter . The ceremony was most ably performed by Colonel Clerk , assisted by Bro . Hyde Pullen , who officiated as G . Marshal . Nothing was wanting in its dignity ' ' and impressiveness ; and the other members of the Council who took their parts in it performed the little that fell to their share with an earnestness and propriety very rarely witnessed amongst officials not

actively engaged . After the ceremony was concluded thirty-one brethren sat down to a dinner , served a la jRusse , such ns has never before been equalled at Bedford-row . Captain Philipsundertook the entire management of this important part of the proceedings . He ordered the dinner ; bad it cooked , as such delicacies should be cooked , by an experienced firm ; engaged

civil and attentive waiters , who moved about inquiet , and anticipated every want ; and lie provided the most exquisite wines , from a well-known house . It was very generally remarked that such a dinner was never seen before at any Masonic gathering , and several brethren present suggested that—supposing Captain Philips ivould not be annoyed at it—they should petition the

Supreme Grand Council to create the special office of Director of the Feast and appoint the gentleman to it who had laboured so successfully in the cause that day .

After the cloth was cleared , the president , Colonel CEEHK , intimated that there should bo but two toasts , and , in his usual terse and happy manner , proposed , as the first of them , " The Queen , God bless her . " This [ was received , as it always is amongst Freemasons , and appropriately honoured . Colonel Clerk next said that having , as good subjects and loyal

Freemasons , drank the toast of tho Sovereign of the realm , they would naturally revert tp that of the Sovereign of the Order . How much every member , holding under the Ancient and Accepted Rite , was indebted to their M . P . Sov . G . Commander , Dr . Leeson , for bis extensive knowledge of the Rite , equalled by very few but surpassed by none , his zeal in its propagation ,

and the indefatigable exertions he had made for it , was well known to them all , and if he ( Colonel Clerk ) were to discourse on the theme for an hour he should be unable to tell them anything new on the subject—anything with which they were unacquainted , or induce them to think one whit more highly of Dr . Leeson than any one there , or throughout the Order ,

did . Therefore , as he had himself laid down the rule , there were to be but two toasts , and those short and pithy , he called upon thein to join him in doing honour to the health of tha M . P . Sov . G . Com ., Dr . Leeson .