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best use of my time . Companions , again I thank you . Comp . Turner then took the chair , and requested all companions below Z . to retire . He afterwards installed Comp . T . Shaw as Z . ; J . W . Ballard , H . ; and W . Boulton , J ., in a manner not to be surpassed , if eq ualled , in any chapter in the province . Thc M . E . Z . invested the following officers : T . Ashmore , Treas . ; T . Webster , S . E . ; I . S .

Cuthbert , S . N . ; and W . Wilson , Principal Soj ., who invested Comos . Kin ^ f and Biesley as his Assistant S > j ' s . Comp . P . Ball was re-inve-tcd as Janitor . After several propositions from the members , and " Hearty good wishes " from representatives of various chapters , the chapter was closed in due form . The companions retired for refreshment , under the presidency of the Z .

Knights Cemplar.

Knights Cemplar .

CONSECRATION OF ST . CUTHBERT'S PRECEPTORY , DARLINGTON . The High and Eminent Great Sub Prior of England Sir Knight Lt . Col . Shadwell Clerke , consecrated the above Preceptory on the 26 th ult ., assisted by Sir Knt . Captain N . G . Philips , Pro , ' . Prior of Suffolk and Cambridge ; Sir Knight H . D . Sandeman . Prov . Prior of

Bengal , ; M . E . Sir . Knt . J . M . P . Montagu , Prov . Prior Dorset ; Sir Knt . C . J . Banister , Prov . Prior of Northumberland , Durham and Berwick-on-Tweed , in the Masonic Hall , Arthur-street , where a goodly muster of Sir Knights from the province and many visitors had assembled . After consecration V . H . and C . Great Sub-Prior installed Sir Knt .

Christopher Jackson as E . Preceptor , who appointed his officers . V . E . Sir . Knt . C . J . Banis'er , Pro Pnor , installed five of the candidates out of the ten proposed into the order , with his usual care . After business the Sir Knights adjourned to the King ' s Arms Hotel for the banquet , which was all that could be desired .

PROV . GRAND PRIORY OF NORTHUMBERLAND , DURHAM , AND BERWICK-ON-TWEED . This Provincial Priory was opened on the 26 th ult ., hythe High and Eminent Great Sub-Piior of England , Sir Knight Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Clerke , assisted by V . E . Prov . Prior of Suffolk , Cambridge , Bengal , Dorset ; P . E . C . Major W . Woodhall , Gilbert Wilkinson , and many

other Past Grand Officers . V . E . Sir Knight C . J . Banister was obligated and installed by the High and Eminent Great Sub-Prior most impressvely into the chair , his patent being effectively read by Rev . H . Trastrim , Canon of Datham Cathedral , and after being duly proclaimed , appointed Sir Knight John Trotter , Prov . Sub-Prior , and the rest of his Provincial Officers , first

proposing that a letter of condolence should be sent to the widow of the late E . Prior , Wm . Punshon , who had presided over the province so many years , which was carried unanimously . Reports were received from the preceptories in the province , which were all satisfactory . Business over , the Sir Knights dined together under the banner of the Sain * - Cuthbert ' s Preceptory .

Ancients And Accepted Rite.

Ancients and Accepted Rite .

CONSECRATION OF THE LEODENCIS CHAPTER ROSE CROIX , LEEDS . This chapter was consecrated by III . Bro . Capt . Philips , Lt . Gd . Commander , 33 , assisted by III . Bros . General Clerk , J . M . P . Montagu , Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Clerke , H . D . Sandeman , all members of thc Supreme Council , 33 ° ; 111 . Bro . C . J . Banister , 33 , with members of the 32 ° , ii °

and 30 ° . 111 . Bro . Shadwell Clerke installed the M . W , Sov ., Cap . Jno . Wordsworth , 30 , and perfected several members into the Order , 111 . Bro . C . J . Banister , 33 ° , assisting . Votes of thanks were unanimously passed to the illustrious brethren , making each honorary members of the chapter . After the chapter was closed , the brethren adjourned to

the dining hall , where an excellent banquet was prepared , presided over by the M . W . S ., who proposed in rotation "The Queen , " "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Grand Patron of the Order , " " The Supreme Council , " responded to by Capt . N . G . Philips , " Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Clerke , " who after responding for himself , proposed " The M . W . S . ' s Health , " in very appropriate terms , who

responded , hoping that the Supreme Council might soon visit them again , proposing " The Health of their friend and Bro . C . J . Banister , Inspector General ofthe Province , " who on responding gave the officers and members good advice respecting the degree . Other Masonic toasts were proposed and responded to , and all enjoyed themselves thoroughly .

STUDHOLME CHAPTER , ROSE CROIX . —On Monday , the 21 st ult ., the 30 degree was conferred on Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , at 33 , Goltlensquare , in the presence of a limited number of members of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . Subsequently there was a meeting of the Studholme Rose Croix Chapter , when 111 . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , 30 , who had been

previously duly elected as M . W . S . of the Studholme Rose Croix Chapter , was presented by the 111 . Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Studholme Brownrigg , 33 ° , P . M . W . S . of the chapter , and was duly installed by the 111 . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Clerke , 33 . His Royal Highness then was pleased to appoint the following officers fc r the ensuing year : III . Bro . Kev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , 20 ° , as Pro Most VV .

Sovereign ]; 111 . Bro . Captain Leopold Victor Swainc , 30 , High Prelate ; 111 . Bro . the Earl of Donoughmore , 32 ° as First General ; Bros . C-plain M . Stu . lholme Brownrigg as Second General ; Dr . G . B . Brodie , 18 ° , as Grand Marshal ; Captain Leeson , j 8 ° , as Raphael ; H . II . Dobree , 18 , as Treasurer ; 111 . Bro . C . Grilhon , 31 ° , as Recorder ; Bros . H . Morse , 18 ° , as Almoner ; Travers Smith , 18 , as

Ancients And Accepted Rite.

Captain of the Guard ; Captain Ormsby , 18 , as Herald ; 111 . Bro . C . E . Willing , 30 , as Organist . The Immediate P . M . W . S ., 111 . Bro . Lieiit .-Col . Randolph , 30 , was then presented with a jewel of P . M . W . S . by His Royal Highness the III . M . W . S .

LIVERPOOL . —Liverpool Chapter Rose Croix . —The Supreme Council 33 visited this chapter , on the 20 th ult ., the following were present : — the M . P . S . Grand Commander , the Kt . Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , Lieut . G . Com . Captain N . G . Philips , 111 . Bros . General Clerk , J . M . P . Montagu , Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Clerke , Hugh D . l-aiidcman , also 111 . Bros . F . Fendclow , 3 * ° ; 0 0 0

C . J . Banister , 33 ; E . Pierpoint 32 ; H . S . Alpass , 32 ; C . A . Newnham , 32 ; J . D . Moore , 32 ° ; S . White , 31 ; S . Stanhope , 31 ; Walter Reynolds , 31 ; I . W . Woodhall , 31 ; II . Seebohm , 31 ° ; Lieut .-Col . Birchall , 31 ; a dozen members of the 30 ° , the M . W . S ., officers , and brethren .

Three candidates were perfected . All the members of the Council were elected hon . members . Afterwards all dined together at the Adelphi Hotel under the presidency of the M . W . S ., Bro . Robertson . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and responded to , and a very happy evening vvas spent by all present .

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE . — Royal Kent Chapter , Rose Croix . —The Supreme Council 33 ° visited this chapter and installed 111 . Bro . Major Monks , M . W . S ., who was presented by 111 . Bro . C . J . Banister , 33 ° , to III . Bro . Lieut . Col . Shadwell Clerke , who placed him into the chair of his predecessors , in the presence of III . Bro . Capt . N . G . Philips , Lieut . G . Com . 33 ° ; J . M . P . Montagu , 0

Gd . Ch . ; H . D . Sandeman , G . C . P . C 35 ; 111 . Bro . Major J . W . Woodhall , 31 ; 111 . Bro . R . J . Banning , 30 ; 111 . Bro . Geo . Robinson , Mayor of Newcastle , 18 P . M . W . S . ; and a fair muster of the members . After the officers were appointed , the M . W . S . proposed the 111 . brethren as honorary members of the chapter , and hoped that they would soon visit them again , for these meetings were calculated to do

much good in the provinces . After business was over the M . W . S . had prepared a sumptuous banquet , over which he presided , proposing all the loyal and Masonic toasts , which were suitably responded tn , not forgetting his worship the Mayor of that ancient borough , who had been so kind in showing the III . brethren about , after partaking of his hospitality .

YORK . —St . Hilda ' s Chapter , Rose Croix . —To give e ' clat to this chapter , the Supreme Council 33 visited it on thc 23 rd ult . to instal the M . W . S . and perfect the candidates . The S . C . consisted of 111 . Bro . Capt . N . G . Philips , Genl . Clerk , J . M . P . Montagu , Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Gierke , H . D . Sandeman , also C . f . Banister , 33 ; Major S . W . Woodhall , 31 ; Walter Reynolds , 31 ; 0 0

H . E . Voegt , 30 ; T . Marwood , 30 ; Major W . H . Marwood , 31 ; G . Wilkinson , 30 ° , and others . The M . W . S ., Bro . Thomas Cooper , was presented by 111 . Bro . C . J . Banister , 33 , to III . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Clerke , 33 ° , who installed him as M . W . S . After the officers were invested , the 111 . brother delivered an excellent charge to the

M . W . S . and brethren of the chapter , which was listened to with marked attention . Three candidates were perfected . The members of the Council were unanimously elected honorary members , thanking them for their presence that day . Bro . T . B . Whytehead kindly took the 111 . brethren to the many great objects of interest in the ancient city .

A Worthy Tribute.

A WORTHY TRIBUTE .

In the early part of the present year thc late Bro . Daniel McDonald died leaving a family of five children , who have now neither father or mother . The brother was an exemplary member , not only nf Progressive Lodge but of the community in which he lived . The lodge , feeling the necessity of assuming the care of the helpless children ,

assumed the responsibility with alacrity , and set about straightening the afMrs of the deceased brother for the benefit of the children . Among the labours connected with the case was the administering to the affairs , in a legal way , through the Surrogate ' s Court of King ' s County . These matters were placed in the hands of Mr . Thomas F . Farrell , a clerk in that office , who lost no time

in completing all the necessary papers , and subsequently secured th < : probate without cost to the lodge or the estate . The other evening R . W . Bro . Thomas R . Le Count invited Mr . Farrell and W . Bros . Decker , Pickett , and Simonson ; and Bros . Irwin , Haslam , sen ., Crane , Guthrie , McKee , and Rowe , of the Brooklyn limes , to spend the evening with him at his residence . About 0 p . m ., the gentlemen

above named were seated in the parlour of the R . W brother , when Bro . Rowe arose and presented to Bro . Farrell a set of handsome resolutions , very beautifully engrossed in album form , and bound in extra Russia , expressive of the sense of Progressive Lodge , No . 354 , toward Mr . Farrell , for his kindness and gentlemanly traits in thus aiding them in so noble a manner without hope of fee or reward

in the cause of true charity . Mr . Farrell , somewhat astonished at the way the visit was turning , hardly knew what to say or do at first ; but upon assurance that it was real , he thanked the lodge , through the gentlemen present , in thus noticing a profane , and added that he hoped at no distant dav to be able to call those present and others " brothers in the mystic tie . "

but if this never came to pass he would always be as willing and as ready to assist the poor , the orphan , and the homeless as he has always been before . The eentleman and brethren then spent an hour or so in social reflection , and retired , aglow with satisfaction , believing that while there was a Le Count and a Farrell thc poor and needy would not always suffer . —New York Dispatch .

The celebrated cricketer , Julius Caesar , died on Wednesday , after a lingering illness , aged 48 .

Loyal Society Of Ancient Britons .

LOYAL SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRITONS .

The Festival of the Most Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons , which took place on St . David ' s Day , was presided over by Sir George Elliot , Bart ., M . P ., Pro Grand Master for South Wales ( Eastern Division ) , and was remarkable for the many distinguished Masons who supported him . The vice-presidents were Viscount

Castlereagh , George W . Elliot , Esq ., M . P ., Lord Harlech , Robert Jones , Eiq ., Joseph C . Parkinson , Esq ., and James Lewis Thom ? s , Esq . Among those present were : Mr . S . Holland , M . P ., General Brownrigg , Mr . Heath , M . P ., Mr , M'Intyre , Q . C , Mr . Samuel Pope , Q . C , Mr . Wm . Beattie , W . M . of St . Thomas ' s Lodge , Lieut . Richard Douse , H . M . 12 th Regt . of Foot . C . W . Williams Wynn ,

M . P . ; Mr . G . A . Sala , Mr . J . R . Kenyon , Q . C . ; Mr . Edward Rhys Wingfield , Mr . Thomas Woo 1 ( Grenadier Guards ) ; Major Jones , R . E . ; Captain Ivor Herbert , ( Grenadier Guards ) ; Mr . D . R . Harris , Mr . John Edmond , etc . The Welsh schools , in behalf of which special contributions are raised in connection with the

anniversary , arc situated at Ashford , Middlesex . From the report for the past year it appears that since the institution was founded in the year 1737 . 2525 boys and 809 girls have passed through the institution , and of thee , 9 6 boys and 84 girls are in the present establishment . On the ist of January this year the society had £ 50 , 000 ., the result of gradual accumulations , invested in the funds ;

but it is nevertheless to a large extent dependent on donations and annual subscriptions . The Chairman in proposing " Prosperity to the Welsh Charity Schools and Perpetuity to thc Honourable and Loyal Societies of Ancient Britons , " described a visit which he had just paid to the schools , and said the sole exception to his fa \ Durable impressions was the feeling that

there was a deficiency of funds . Although not a Welshman , he had , he saitl , a strong interest in , and deep sympathies witb , the Welsh people , and he much regretted that the benefits of the institution were not more widely diffused among them . He hoped that large employers of labour in the Principality would have their attention directed to the matter , and that its usefulness

would in consequence be greatly increased . Welshmen in London ought to exert themselves in order that Welsh children might have the benefit of more liberal subscriptions , many of thc children now being of another nationality in consequence of the necessity of making thc institution pay . The musical performances were under the special direction of Mr . Brindley Richards , who kindly

lent his aid on the occasion , and the music was of a national and very interesting character , one feature in it being the song of " The Men of Wales " ( solo by Miss Mary Davies ) , which vvas written last year and set to music by Mr . Brindley Richards , in aid of the Tynewydd Miners' Fund . Two celebrated native harpers —Griffydd and his daughter— " Y Fronfraith Fach "

were deputed to attend the elinner by Lady Handover . Griffyd is domestic Harper to Lady Hanover , and Welsh Harper extraordinary to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , The vocalists , in addition to Miss Mary Davies , were Miss Lizzie Evans , Mr . John Williams , Mr , J . Lucas Williams , anel a select Welsh choir , conducted by Mr . William Davies ( Mynorydd ) . An ode by Sir F . H . Doyle , adapted

to the ancient Welsh melody of " Liwn On , " by Mr . Brindley Richards , was sung by the children ofthe school . The band of the Royal Artillery played an excellent selection of / music . The total amount of the donations announced by the Secretary , Mr . C . B . Shaw , was upwards of jCiooo , including 100 guineas from thc Queen ,

200 guineas from the Chairman , in addition to a previous donation ; 50 guineas from the Earl of Powis , £ c , o from Lord Tredegar , 50 guineas from Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , M . P ., 50 guineas from Lord Penryn , 10 guineas from Mr . J . C . Parkinson , anel the same amount from Mr . G . W . Elliot , M . P ., and Mr . James Lewis Thomas , F . R . G . S ., in addition to his annual subscription .

The installation meeting of the Royal York Lodge , No . 315 , took place on Tuesday last , but owing to the pressure upon our columns this week , a report of the proceedings stands over . Also reports of lodges 78 , 571 , 1275 , 862 ( Instruction ) , Red Cross Conclave , 36 . The ship Windsor Castle , one of Messrs . Green ' s Blackwall Line , has just arrived from Brisbane , having made the passage in 78 days , the fastest time on record .

The Hon . Corps of Gentlemen-at-arms mustered the other day intheir new ante-room with the view of receiving a large oil-painting of their late captain , the Earl of Shrewsbury . Lord Shrewsbury attended and read a feeling letter from his mother , the Countess ,

presenting the portrait to the corps , acknowledged the gift on behalf of the members of the corps in a few appropriate words . The likeness is painted by Mr . Halle ( son of the composer ) , and represents Lord Shrewsbury in the full uniform of the corps . The portrait on the whole is very successful and effective . —The TVorld

In our report of the Prov . G . Chapter of Middlesex last week , the word Middlesex , was omitted from the remarks of Comp . Wiggington . The sentence should have read : — " Middlesex stood very high in the Craft , anel he the M . E . Z ., believed that it would in time also hold a very distinguished position in the Royal Arch . " Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of

Free and Accepted Masons , containing the Charges , Regulations , E . A . Song , & c . A copy should be in the possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 s . at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent free to any part of the United Kingdom , on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Address , Publisher , 19 8 , Fleet-street , London . — ADVT .