Provincial Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons Of Middlesex.

Middlesex . He had as Deputy G . M . visited almost all the lodges , and he thought they had the material for making the finest province in England . He hoped they would all work thoroughly together . He promised the Pro G . M . that his next visit should be in a much larger room . The Prov . Grand Master in proposing " The Deputy

Grand Master and Prov . Grand Officers present and past " was sure all rejoiced to know that Col . Hanson , the son of their late P . G . M ., had accepted the office of Deputy G . M . They were indeed glad to have the name of Hanson still as an important officer to carry on the good work associated

with that name . All Mark Masons knew Bro . Stiles as an enthusiastic worker . Without such workers he could not hope to do the work he looked forward to doing . Bro . Col . Hanson felt the appointment was not given for his being a Mark Mason , but as an honour to the memory of his dear father . He was untried in the province , but he would do all he could to work on its behalf . The honour

was an incentive to second the efforts of the Prov . Grand Master . Bro . Stiles appreciated being made P . S . G . W ., but , being a modest man , he could only say he was not worth ) ' of all the good things which had been said of him , he could say that both he and the other Grand Officers would do all they

could to prove worthy . Bro . Knightley supposed they would like to know the present state of the province . During the first six months of the year they had received so many resignations that were really disheartening and he began to ask himself what was

the cause ? But suddenly he found that they were not upon the down grade , for much new blood had been introduced . So much depended not only upon the Grand Secretary but particularly upon the lodges having good Secretaries , and he was glad to say that many ( not all ) had thorough Masons in that office . He might , without being unfair to any lodge ,

mention Bro . Spencer Morris of the Keystone Lodge , No . 3 , a Secretary second to none , and who had stirred things up a bit in that lodge , and Bro . Godson , the Secretary , and now W . M . of the Emblematic , No . 350 , which lodge , in the short space of two years , when the charter was taken upafter being returned to Grand Lodge , had become the

strongest lodge in the province . He appealed to all the Secretaries to put their shoulders to the wheel and then he was sure they would have double the number . He was greatly pleased to see so many Grand Officers present , which spoke volumes as to their interest in the province . They

might have had three times as many present , but the room would not hold any more , but another year that should be remedied . He thanked them again for their presence , which was added to twenty fold by the present to his wife , who took such a keen interest in his work in Masonry . This would certainly cause him to take even a keener interest in the future .

The Prov . Grand Master said the toast of "The Visitors " was always acceptable , lie had had varied experience , and he always thought you could judge on the state of a lodge or province by the number and rank of its visitors . He was sure they had not wasted their time in helping on those tenets which they all had at heart .

Bro . Cleeves , P . G . M . West Vorks ., replied that when he looked on the Grand Officers present he almost felt afraid , but he could honestly say they were delighted with the way the ritual had been carried out . He assured the brethren that they in West Yorks . would see to it that Middlesex was not the strongest province in England , but Yorks . first . But

if they " should" succeed in becoming strong enough to take the Albert Hall , well ! might he be there to see . The Tyler ' s toast concluded a most enjoyable and successful evening .

Societas Rosicruciana In Anglia.

Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia .

SPECIAL GENERAL CONVOCATION .

f"pHE Supreme Magus attended by the Secretary General I and the Secretary of the Metropolitan College visited Newcastle on Saturday , the 17 th of June , for the purpose of installing R . W . Frater Seymour Bell as Chief Adept of Northumbria . The M . W . Supreme Magus and

his officers travelled from London on the previous day , arriving at Newcastle at 7 . 55 p . m ., where they were met by the Chief Adept designate and members ol" the Permanent Committee , who escorted them to the Hotel , where accommodation was provided by the Fratres of Northumbria . On

Saturday morning carriages conveyed the visitors to the beautiful Jesmond Dene , and afterwards to the Park Hotel at Gosforth , where luncheon was spread . The party then returned to Newcastle , arriving at the Masonic Hall , Maple Street at three o ' clock .

At half-past three o ' clock a special Convocation of Fratres of the VIII . degree was formed , and duly opened ; the members of the Grade present being : M . W . the Supreme Magus , Dr . Wm . Wynn Westcott , IX . degree ; R . W . Fratres , J . B . Whytehead , S . S . M . and C . A . of York ; James Smith ,

Secretary of York College ; John Robinson , H . C , York ; Alfred A . Murray , Celebrant at Edinburgh , Scotia ; R . S . Brown , Secretary General , Scotia ; W . J . Soughurst , Secretary , Metropolitan College ; W . F . Cannon , H . C . Newcastle ; Seymour Bell , C . A . designate , Newcastle ;

A . Cadbury Jones , Secretary General . The M . W . Supreme Magus then conferred the Grade on Fratres E . Fox-Thomas , H . C . York ; H . Fawcett Pudsey , Celebrant of York ; C . E . Macarthy , H . C . Newcastle ; and Thomas Pickering , Celebrant and Suffragan designate of Newcastle . Frater

Pickering acting as candidate , the new R . W . Fratres were entrusted and this Special Convocation was dissolved . At four o'clock the Newcastle College was opened by the Celebrant and Fratres , who then formed in double line ,

bearing white wands with which they formed the Arch of Life . At a given signal the lay visiting Fratres entered the Temple in couples ; a fanfare of trumpets then announced

11 . W . FRATER SEYMOUR HELL the procession of High Councillors and members of the VIII . degree : these having been placed , a further fanfare of trumpets announced the third procession , being that of