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many local advantages , ancl that its rulers vvere fully alive to its interests , vvas shown b y its abundant supply of excellent water , its parks and recreation grounds , and its expenditure on sanitation and sewage . The Yorkshire College , vvhich has its home at Leeds , the Public Library , the Art Gallery , the

Museums , all showed the powerful intellectual forces at work , as did also its daily press , which was acknowledged to hold a very high rank in journalism . Leeds had a great future before it , greater perhaps than other northern towns , owing to its excellent geographical situation , its facilities of railway and

canal accommodation , and its proximity to valuable coal and ironstone fields . " May the good old town , " continued Bro . Tew , " realise the expectations of her well-wishers , and that her future may be characterised by that prosperity and stability vvhich the enterprise and determination of her citizens so worthily deserve is

the aspiration of all here , and that of every citizen in every other town of the West Riding . " Bro . TEW then went on to say that the invitation on the part of the 420 Masons of Leeds , and its cordial acceptance , as illustrated by the brilliant gathering before him , was only the working out of truly Masonic

principles . The desire of Masons vvas Brotherhood , and they offered it ; Loyalty , and they showed it ; Peace , and they pursued it ; Charity , and they practised it . Further they desired Light , meaning knowledge , and as that Association banded together the deepest thinkers the closest reasoners , the most unwearied

experimentalists all uniting in one eager desire , the advancement of intellectual inquiry , surely that was a bond in common between them , for the true Mason sought to enlighten his understanding and to prosecute " researches into . the more hidden mysteries of nature and science . " As to the marvellous advance in science ,

language was feeble . It had modified , purified , sweetened life . It had created a band of enthusiastic devotees , who gave time , energy , aye sometimes even life itself to its pursuit . It had lightened man ' s manual labour , increased his facilities for transmission and locomotion , multiplied his creature comforts and

ameliorated the condition of the whole civilised human race . It had inspired the pen of the writer , touched the lips of the preacher with eloquence , and sent out the dauntless explorer to the ice of the Arctic Seas , to the unknown deserts of Central Australia , and to the untrodden wilds of the densest African forests .

Workers in so great a cause as the advancement of science should not then fail of a welcome in the town of Leeds . And foremost amongst those whom it deli ghts to honour Bro . Tew pointed out Sir F . A . Abel , C . B ., D . C . G ., Sc . D ., F . R . S ., President of the Association , who had not only rendered signal service to his country

as an eminently practical scientist , but had speciall y made his mark as chemist to the War Office and orig inator of economical reforms in the system of suppl y of war material . Next Bro . T . W . L . Glaisher , Professor of Mathematical and Physical Science , worthy son of the worthy Mason and world-renowned

. 'eronaut , James Glaisher , whose daring and successful balloon ascents have remained unequalled . Of others were named Professor T . E . Thorpe , whose work has placed him in the first rank of living experimentalists ; Professor A . H . Greene ( geology ) , to whose inquiries in the department of mining science the town of

Pomfret owes much ; Professor Milnes Marshall , of Biology ; Col . S- R . Lambert Playfair , of Geography ; Professor Alfred Marshall , M . A ., F . S . S ., of Economic Science and Statistics ; Capt . Noble , of Mechanical Science and Marine Engineering ; Professor John Evans , D . C . L ., LL . D ., & c , President of the

Anthropological Section , * and many others . To all , continued Bro . Tew , we Freemasons accord brotherl y friendship and fervent appreciation of their distinguished attainments in the liberal arts and sciences ; their devotion to which claims the respect and gratitude , not of the Craft alone , but of all mankind .

Bro . TEW concluded a very eloquent address , which was listened to with the closest attention , in the following words : "Not a word that is uttered by human lips can ever die ; the pulsations of the air once set in motion never cease ; its waves of sound travel the entire round of earth and ocean ' s surface ,

taking council of the stars and keeping company with the hours ; the air itself is one vast library on whose pages , as it were , are stamped in imperishable characters all that science has ever spoken or that man has ever whispered . These—until the heavens shall have been folded together like a screen , until the atmosphere

which now wraps our globo in its soft embrace shall have perhaps passed away for ever—will still live , the beautiful language of our scientists filling even the new heavens with their praises of Jehovah's wonders , and the new earth vvith their hallelujahs . This is the Mason ' s hope and this is our exceeding joy , that no

good work or word ever dies , that honest efforts to master the attributes of God and His creatures never fai \ , and that the Eternal One will not lose any of those even in the grave who have worked for His cause in love and mercy and for His children ' s good , but will cause them to ' rise from the tomb of transgression to

shine as the stars for ever and ever' in the firmament of the Grand Lodge above . To all members and associates then of this great British society of inquiry into science , whether it be to the brethren of our Craft or to the ladies whose presence is a charm and an

inspiration , we , the members of the Masonic lodges of Leeds and West Yorkshire , offer to-ni ght words of cheer , songs of praise , reciprocity of love and friendship , and respectful compliments . We acknowledge their ardent and devoted service to science and their persevering and unwearied search after truth . We

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deem them indeed not deserving of respect only , but of reverence for brethren beyond and before all others ; of them it may be said that ' these men see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep . ' " The address was supported b y Bro , the Rev . Canon BULLOCK , W . M . 1211 , who spoke in the name of his

colleagues , the Worship ful Masters of the Leeds lodges . Bro . T . W . L . GLAISHER , Professor of Mathematical and Physical Science , acknowledged the hearty welcome the members of the British Association had received in Leeds , and thanked his brethren as a Freemason for

the expression of their fraternal feeling , and as a scientist for the sympathetic appreciation of the work of the society of vvhich he had the honour of being a member . He assured the Masons of Leeds and of West Yorkshire that their abundant hospitality was duly appreciated and their kindly feeling warmly

reciprocated , and added in conclusion that the steadfast attention to scientific development shown by the hard-working business and professional men of Leeds had excited the admiration , not only of himself , but of all the earnest band of fellow workers whose names had been mentioned so respectfully by Bro . Tew and

received so enthusiastically by the assembly before him . Then followed a programme of excellent music , both vocal and instrumental , in vvhich a Leeds glee party , Bros . Blagborough , Rickard , and Dr . Spark took part . Refreshments of a recherche character

were provided , and shortly after eleven the brilliant company began to disperse . We ought not to omit to mention that the very arduous duties of Secretary in connection vvith the evening's entertainment were most ably discharged by Bro . J . W . Fourness , P . M . 1211 , P . P . G . Treasurer .

Obituary.

Obituary .

THE EARL OF ROSSLYN , PAST GRAND MASTER OF SCOTLAND .

The late Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Rosslyn , Past Grand Master Mason ot Scotland , to whose death we referred last week , and whose funeral took place at Kirkcaldy on the nth inst ., was initiated in the Lodge Oswald of Dunnikier , No . 4 68 , Kirkcaldy , in the year 1851 , at a meeting held at the residence of Bro . J . T .

Oswald , its R . W . M ., from whom we presume it derives its name , and in due course rose to be its Master . He also , according to the account in Bro . D . M . Lyon ' s "Freemasonry in Scotland , " held the . same office in one of our lodges in Malta , of which he had become a joining member , and by which , in recognition of his

services , he vvas presented vvith a collar and jewel . He was appointed Senior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1853 , Junior Grand Warden in 1854 , and Substitute Grand Master in 1855 . The lastnamed office his lordship held for 11 years , when , in 1867 , he vvas appointed Deputy Grand Master , and it

vvas while occupying this position that he entertained some 600 brethren with their wives and daughters and sweethearts within his ancestral domain at Roslin , near Edinburgh , the fete being honoured by the presence of the Countess of Rosslyn and the Grand Master ( the late Earl of Dalhousie ) and other dignitaries of our Order .

On the retirement of Lord Dalhousie , his lordship vvas elected to the office of Grand Master , one of his earliest official acts being to pay a grand visitation to the Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , on the 14 th January , 1871 . In the month of May following he vvas present at the celebration of the centenary of

Lodge St . Andrew , Kilmarnock . In February , 1872 , the Grand Lodge of Scotland recognised the Past Master ' s ceremonial of installation , its object in doing so being to remove the disqualification which heretofore had prevented Scotch Past Masters being present at the installation of Masters in English lodges . In

October , 1872 , his lordship laid the foundation-stone of the Watt Institute , Edinburgh , and in honour of the event vvas entertained at a public banquet , at vvhich Lord Ardmillan presided . His great desire , however , was to reduce the heavy debt of over ^ 13 , 000 vvhich then existed on the Grand Lodge buildings , and when

this was accomplished to apply the proceeds to the Institution of Charities forthe benefit of members of the Order . He , therefore , brought forward certain proposals calculated to have this effect , the principle of vvhich Grand Lodge recognised , and though the Earl of Rosslyn did not remain at the

head of our Society in Scotland to see his project carried out to a successful issue , it was continued by his successor ( Bro . Sir M . Shaw-Stewart , Bart . ) to the very great advantage of the Craft , both at the present time and for the future . His lordship was also , as we stated last week , representative of the Grand

Lodgeof Scotland at the Grand Lodge of England , and in that capacity was present in the Royal Albert Hall in April , 18 75 , on the occasion of the installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master ; Past Grand First Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Scotland ; Grand Master of the Order

of the Temple ; Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , of the Ancient and Accepted Rite ; and Deputy Grand Master and Governor of the Royal Order of Scotland , and an honorary member of Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 , as well as of many other

lodges , chapters , & c . Thus his lordship had obtained the highest offices in all the various branches of Freemasonry , and as he was only in his 58 th year , the Craft in Scotland by his death have sustained a very great loss , the loss of a most distinguished member , who

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had done it brilliant service in the past , and who from his age we might have expected would be able to render it equally if not more brilliant service in the future . His funeral took place on Thursday , the nth inst ., and was attended not only by the members of the family and his friends , but also by representatives of

her Majesty the Queen , the Prince of Wales , the Hon . Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms , of vvhich he had been captain , and of the various Masonic Orders and many lodges in Scotland ; among those present being Lord Loughborough and the Hon . Fitzroy St . Clair-Erskine , the eldest and second sons of the late Earl ; the

Marquisof Stafford , Bros . Lord A . Gordon-Lennox and Lord Brooke , and Mr . Randolph Wemyss , who acted as pallbearers ; the Countess of Rosslyn , Lady Loughborough , the Marchioness of Stafford , Lady A Gordon-Lennox , Lady Brooke , Lad y Sybil St . Clair-Erskine , Lady Angela St . Clair-Erskine , Sir H . Ewart , K . C . B . (

representing her Majesty the Queen ) , Col . George Gordon ( representing Prince and Princess Christian ) , Col . Oldham ( representing the Hon . Corps of Gentlemenat-Arms ) , and Sir A . Haskett . The funeral vvas conducted with Masonic ceremonial , there being present representatives of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and

the various bodies to which the late Past Grand Master belonged , while among those who sent wreaths were the Prince of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , the Duke and Duchess of Buccleugh , and others . Our deceased brother vvas a most courtly

gentleman and accomplished scholar , and in the various capacities he had filled—as Ambassador-Extraordinary to the late King of Spain , as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Episcopal Church of Scotland—had borne himself always with the utmost dignity .

The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

The production of a new comic opera by Planquette , the author of " Les Cloches de Corneville " and " Rip Van Winkle , " is always regarded vvith interest . His latest work , " Captain Therese , " which is running at the Prince of Wales ' s Theatre , is exhilirating as a spectacle , and is well acted and sung by competent artistes . However , we confess to a feeling of disappointment in the new contralto , Miss Attallie Claire ,

who hails from Canada . She seems nervous in manner and her voice is thin , not rich and full , like Miss Huntington , who vvas sprung upon English musical audiences at the same theatre two years ago . Miss Claire has a becoming face , and is possessed of good stage manners , but her singing , vvhich is refined and of

excellent quality , is , while sympathetic , weak , and we fear from this her capabilities to be the prima donna . Mr . Hayden Coffin is , as of yore , the deli g ht of the ladies . He sings vvith ardour and gallantry "The Song of the Butterfly" ancl in many duets . To our mind one of Mr . Coffin ' s best features is that the words of his sungs can

always be heard distinctly . Mr . Joseph Tapley ' s tenor voice is heard vvith much appreciation , particularl y in the love ballad , " Therese , Therese . " Bros . Henry Ashley and Harry Monkhouse are very droll in the comic parts , of which they have made the most , for Mr . Burnand has not supplied the opera with many quips .

Mr . Burnand s humour is best seen when he is burlesquing another play . Miss Phyllis Broughton , who ought not to attempt singing , g ives several most graceful and piquant dances . The scenery of " Captain Therese " is pretty , the dresses picturesque , and the chorus

singing excellent . Mr . Charles Harris is responsible for the production , which is done in his efficient and , we have no doubt , costly way . " Captain Therese , " though not one of their strongest pieces , quite deserves to rank amongst the repertoire of the Carl Rosa Light Opera Company .

Many contributions have recently been received towards Bro . the Lord Mayor's fund for the relief of the sufferers by the fire at Salonica , while the Sultan has formed a Relief Committee at Salonica under his Majesty's presidency , and has himself contributed jt ' 500 to the fund . According to the latest reports , 2000 houses , valued at ^ 4 80 , 000 , were destroyed , and the lives of many aged and sick people and women and children were lost .

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