Consecration Of The Silver River Chapter, No. 2329.

The founding members of the new chapter are : Comps . J . Co pas Clark , P . H . 1 553 ; A . Cozens , 8 7 6 ; J . Miller , 1553 ; C . Trevor Mold , P . Z . 617 , P . D . G . H . ; W . J . Hodge , P . Z . 617 , D . G . J . , * C . L . Edwards , 617 ; E . Hicks , 617 ; G . H . Clarke , 617 ; and C . E . Nunes , 823 . The following visitors were present :

Comps . F . Rider Hancock , H . 617 , D . G . Treas . ; G . Nelson , P . Z . 617 , D . G . SB . ; A . R . Leighton , P . Z . 617 , D . G . Std . Br . ; E . J . Klix , P . Z . 617 ; J . Saunders , 617 , P . Z . S 76 ; J . Oldham , 617 , P . Z . S 76 : T . L . Gray , 617 , acting D . G Org . ; E . P . G . Pope , 617 ; Percte Cowper , 617 ; E . If . Simpson , 617 ; A . A * G . Goodfellow , 617 ; T . Barkas , P . Z . 1553 , 1 st D . A . G . Soj . ; F . C . Marty , ] . ' 1553 ; VV . P . Pell , 1553 ; VV . Morsbach , 1553 ; J . Paton , 1553 ; and J , Russell , P . Z . 1572 .

During the consecration ceremony , an oration was delivered by Comp . F , C OULON DE MEURON , D . G . R ., in his usual clear and decisive style , extolling the grand princip les on which the Masonic art is founded which was much appreciated .

The following officers were then installed and invested : Comps . J . C Clark , M . E . Z . ; A . Cozens , H . ; J . Miller , J . ; C L . Edwards , S . E . ; E . Hicks , S . N . ( absent through illness ) ; W . J . Hodge , P . Z . 617 , Trea ^ . ; G .

H . Clarke , P . S . ; C E . Nunes , lit A . S . , * C T . Mold , P . Z . 617 , D . C . ; and E . S . S . Couturier , Janitor . Afterthe installation ceremony , the M . E . Z . addressed the chapter , and warmly complimented Comp . F . J . Morphy , G . Supt ., for the masterly way in which the ancient ceremonies had bean performed , and , following the usual custom in England , the G . Superintendent was unanimously elected an honorary member of the new chapter .

Propositions ware received for six candidate ; for exiltatun ; ani after many expressions of goodwill and wishes for the future success of the chapter / it was closed . The founding members subsequently entertained the companions at a banquet at " Ane ' s Keller" Restaurant , at whit h 34 companions were present . The usual complimentary toasts were duly honoured .

Comp . b . J . MORPHY , G . Supt ., proposed , in graceful terms , "The Prosperity of the Silver River Chapter . " Appropriate speeches were also delivered by Comps . J . C . CLARK , J . MILLER , A . COZENS , C T . MOLD , J . SAUNDERS , B . SWINDEN , and J . RUSSELL .

Truly a red-letter day for Royal Arch Masonry in the Argentine Republic , together with a very enjoyable evening , proving also that the social side of English Freemasonry is not forgotten in foreign lands .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of South Wales.

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF SOUTH WALES .

INSTALLATION OF BRO . SIR EDWARD STOCK HILL AS PROV . GRAND MASTER .

Bro . Sir Edward Stock Hill , K . C . B ., M . P ., was , on the 24 th instant , at the Masonic Temple , Cardiff , installed as Prov . G . Master of South Wales . The ceremony was performed by Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Euston , G . C . T ., Pro G . Master , and there were also present from Grand Lodge Bros . VV . VV . B . Beach , Past G . Master ; Alan de Tatton Egerton , P . G . M . Cheshire ; C N . Carrell , G . D . C . ; J . C Sladen , P . P . S . G . W . ;

Richard Peek , G . Chap . ; Charles Belton , P . G . M . O . ; H . E . Cousans , P . G . D . ; and C F . Matier , P . G . W ., G . Secretary . The following officers of the Prov . G . l . odge and visitors were also present : Bros . Lock , Dep . G . M . ; H . J . Gregory , Prov . J . G . W . ; David Bowen , Prov . Senior G . Overseer ; Tnomas Rogers , Prov . G . Overseer ; Walter James , Prov . G . Treas . ; S . G . Rogers , Prov . G . Registar of Marks ; De Vere Hunt , Prov . Asst .

Sec ; F . H . Simpson , Prov . Asst . G . D . of C . ; John Hill , Prov . G . Std . Br . ; J Havard Morgan , Prov . G . Org . ; O . Leon , Prov . G . I . G . ; C . A . Carslen , Prov , G . Stwd . ; and Amos Jenkins , P . G . T . ; and among the visitors were : Bros . J Owen Marsh , P . G . M . Mon ; J . H . Taylor , Prov . S . G . W . Mon ; Arthur Daven port , P . G . R . Mon ; E . H . Bretherton , P . G . Treas . Mon .,- D . W . Havard , P . J G . W . Mon ; W . Morgan , P . J . G . O . ; and L . S . Abrahamson , P . G . S . Mon .

The history of Mark Masonry in South Wales extends back over very many years , and up to i 8 Gy the lodge established at Cardiff worked under the Royal Arch Chapterof Scotland . In that year , however , it transf erred its allegiance to the English Grand Mark Lodge . It was not until 1 SS 0 , however , that a Provincial Grand Mark Lodge was formed for the southern half of the Principality , and this was placed under the rule of the Grand Registrar of England . The first meeiing of this Provincial Grand

Lodge took place at Cardiff on April 19 th , 18 S 0 , and in the following year Bro . Sir Pr > sc-Pryse , ol Gcgerddan , was appointed by the M . VV . Grand Mark Master Prov . Grand Master , and Bro . N . D . Marks , of Cardiff , was appointed Prov . Grand Secretary , a position which he has held to this day . Bro . Sir Edward Stock Hill , K . C . B ., M . P ., succeeds Bro . Sir Pryse-Pryse , so that a similar event to that which took place on Monday last has not happened in South Wales for 19 years .

In addition to the installation of Bro . Sir Edward Stock Hill , there was another interesting ceremony , viz ., the recognition of Bro . Robt . Lock , P . P . b . G . VV ., as Prov . S . G . W . in charge of the province . Ihe Mark clothing and regalia is very striking , and the scene when all the Mark brethren who attended the ceremony were assembled was very picturesque .

After his installation , Bro . Sir Edward Stock Hill invested the Prov . G Officers as follows : tiro . Tom Payne Kerman , P . M . 2 S ,,. ... Prov . S . G . W . .. H . J . Gregory , W . M . 256 ... ... Prov . J . G . W . n Rev . David Bowen , P . M . 256 ... ,.. Prov . G . M . O . ., F . Martin , 28 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . O .

i > Ihomas Rogers , 2 c , ; ... ... ,,. Prov . J . G . O . .. Rty . « . L . Kowe ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap , ••J . Munday , P . M . 28 , P . P . S . G . W ., P . A . G . D . C . lingland ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas .. ^ imuel G . Rogers , 256 ... ... Prov . G . Reg . ., Ntlson D . Maiks , P . M . 28 , P . G . Std . Br . Eng . Prov . G . Sec . n Ihomas Walters , 116 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of South Wales.

Bro . Walter James , 28 ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ J . H . Ruddock , 28 ... ... ... Prov . G . L of W . „ Isidor Leon , 28 ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . „ F . H . Simpson , 28 ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C .

„ J . B . Mockford , 28 ... ... ... Prov . G . S . B . „ John Hill , 28 ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . ,, ] . Howard Morgan , 116 ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ Dr . De Vere Hunt , 28 ... ... Prov . Asst . G . Sec . „ Octavius Leon , 28 ... ... ... Prov . G . I . G .

„ Nathanie Hurley , 28 } p rov- G > Stewards . ,, Carl . Larlsen , 28 ... ... ... ) „ Amos Jenkins , 28 ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler . The functions were of a brilliant character , and Bro . John Munday , unon whose shoulders devolved nearlv the whole of the arrangements .

deserves high praise upon the success which attended the gathering . A banquet followed at the Angel Hotel , Bro . Sir Edward Hill , presiding . During the evening a well-arranged programme of music was gone through , under the direction of Bro . E . T . Roberts . Miss Rebecca Mander , R . A . M ., was pianist , and her brilliant playing was much commented upon .

Masonic Service In The City.

MASONIC SERVICE IN THE CITY .

On the 24 th inst ., at the church of St . Lawrence Jewry , a Masonic service was performed under the auspices of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , of which the rector of the parish , Bro . the Rev . J . Stephen Barrass , is the Chaplain . By dispensation obtained by the lodge from the H . R . H . Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., Masonic clothing was allowed to be worn by the brethren , and the privilege was taken advantage of not only by the members of the Gallery Lodge , but by numerous brethren belonging to other lodges . The general congregation was numerous , and the church was well filled . Bros . Alderman and Sheriff Alliston , P . M ., and

Lieut .-Colonel and Sheriff Probyn , L . C . C ., G . Treas ., attended in 'their civic robes cf ofiice and in Masonic regalia ; and Bros . Colonel T . Davies Sewell , P . G . Stwd ., and Alderman Smallman , P . M ., also occupied seats in the church . Among other breihren present were : Bros . Henry Lovegrove , P . G . S . B . ; Henry Garrod , P . G . Purst ., and the Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence ; Ernest A . Peachey , W . M . 1928 ; E . E . Peacock , P . M . ; George Tarran , P . M . and Sec . ; Percy W . Husk , P . M . ; F . W . Brodie , S . W . ; Cornwallis F . H . Smith , Alfred F . Robbins , Treasurer of the Gallery Lodge Benevolent Fund ; Herbert Wright , P . M . ; and Henry Massey , P . M .

As the offertory was to go towards restoring the organ , the expense of which s estimated at about £ 1000 , the service was highly musical , and a magnificent choir of over 30 voices rendered the musical portions of the ceremony to perfection . The service commenced with the processional hymn , " Light ' s Abode .

Celestial Salem , after which Bro . Rev . J . Stephen Barrass intoned the Exhortation , » the Confession , the Lord ' s Prayer , the preces , and the responses . The Archdeacon of London , the Archdeacon of Essex , and Canon Ingram were among those who took part in the service . The Archdeacon of Essex read the lesson which followed the special Psalms of the day , the 133 rd and 138 th . The magnificat was Gadsby in C , and the anthem , " The Wilderness " ( Isaiah xxxv . ) .

Archdeacon SINCLAIR preached the sermon from 2 Kings , iii ., 15 , " But now bring me a minstrel . And it came to pass when the minstrel played that the hand of the Lord came upon him . " After giving a brief outline of the circumstances under which Elisha refused to comply with Jehosaphat ' s request that he should prophesy until music was played , the Archdeacon discoursed eloquently on the charms of music , on its soothing influences on mankind in general and on its great aid in devotional services . Its generally acknowledged power he illustrated

by reference to Carlyle , Bach , Mozart , and numerous other writers , from whom he gave numerous quotations ; and he did not omit Milton ' s " 1 'Allegro , " upon which he made a copious draft , concluding with the lines , " Dissolve me into ecstasies , And bring all Heaven before my eyes . " He concluded by a strong exhortation to the brethren to support the fund for repairing the organ , which was built in 1681 by Father Harris , who was a contemporary of Father Smith , the builder of the organ at the Temple Church .

During the collection of the offertory , the hymn , " O Lord of Heaven and Earth and Sea" was sung , and this was succeeded by a powerful execution of the solo , " Be Thou Faithful unto Death , " by Bro . Herbert Grover . The Archdeacon then pronounced the Benediction .

Dinner Of The Loyalty Lodge Of Instruction, No. 1607.

DINNER OF THE LOYALTY LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , No . 1607 .

The members of the above lodge of instruction and their friends , to the number of about 50 , assembled at the Holborn Restaurant , on ^ Friday , the 21 st irst ., when a most enjoyable evening was spent . Among those present were Bros . Wheldon , Brown , Patten , Robinson , Foster , H . G . Moore , Coram , Wright , S . Moore , Reeve , Mumford , Lawson , Hodgson , Loveday , E . Pelfield , Brasted , Paul , Jenkinson , Holsworth , A . Cunnington , W . Barker , Jameson , A . P . Clark , Bailey , Hetherington , Dunstan , Powter , A . F . Jones , Judd , Dickson , McLachlan , L . Cole , Coates , Rose , Day , Selby , Lowry , Knowles , G . H . Clark ,, W . Binns , F . Binns , W . Evans , and Raven .

Dinner was served in the Duke ' s Saloon , Bro . Geo . Cunnington , W . M . of the mother lodge and Preceptor of the lodge of instruction , presiding . The toasts of " The Queen and the Craft " and " The Grand Officers " were proposed by the CH . UK . MA . V . Bro . POWTER , P . M ., gave the toast of "The Loyalty Lodgeof Instruction and the Preceptor . " The CHAIRMAN responded . " The Loyalty Benevolent Association" was next given by Bro . HUGH

MCLACHLAN . Bro . ROSE , P . M ., replied . The CHAIRMAN gave "The Visitors . " All the visitors present responded , expressing their appreciation of the recep tion accorded them . Bro . J AMES MUMI * OKD proposed "The Mother Lodge . " Bros . LAWSON , P . M ., and E . HOLSWOKTII responded . The toast of "The Secretary and Treasurer" was next proposed by Uro HETHEEINUTON .

Bros . A . J . CLARK ., P . M ., and W . L . BARKER , P . M ., responded . An excellent musical programme had been arranged . Bros . W . Binns , W . Evans , Coram , A . Cunnington , J . Cole , and Powter favoured the company with songs , Bros . Rose and Knowles , recitations , and Bro . Hetherington gave two readings in the Yorkshire dialect , all of which were highly appreciated ; and a most successful evening concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chairman , given with musical honours .