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Master , presiding . There was a good attendance . The only business of consequence before the meeting was the by-laws framed by the committee . These were submitted , and , having been considered seriatim , were adopted and passed as by-laws of the Lodge , and instructions given to have them confirmed by Grand Lodge . Brother Lord Saltoun brought before the notice of the

brethren the Grand Masonic bazaar to be held in Edinburgh next year in aid of the Scottish Masonic Benevolent Fund . He expressed the hope that the Lodge would take the matter up , and give instructions to provide a stall in the bazaar . The matter was adjourned for further consideration .

* * * The Marquis of Hertford will be installed as Provincial Grand Master of Antrim , in succession to the late Sir Charles Lanyon , on the 9 th inst . The ceremony will take place during the afternoon in the Exhibition Hall , Botanic Gardens , if the building is found suitable , and in the evening his Lordship will be entertained by the members of the Craft to a banquet in the Ulster Hall .

* * * Tlie Hon . Secretary of the Lodge of Concord , 323 ( Bro . T . Brookes , P . M ., P . P . G ., A . D . C ) , has obtained in donations 100 gs . from members of the Lodge , which amount he has sent to the Aged Freemasons' Institution to qualify the Lodge as a patron .

* * A large meeting of Freemasons was held on the 6 th ult . at the New Cross Public Hall , to consider a proposal to form a company with the object of erecting a Masonic temple and hall for the southeastern district . Bro . J . G . Thomas presided . It transpired that a

freehold plot of ground had been purchased on Deptford Bridge for £ 1 , 600 , on which it is proposed to erect the building . The capital will probably be ^ 6 , 000 in £ 1 shares , and already a great many have been taken up .

* * The remains of the late Bro . John Watson , of the Lodge Firth of Clyde , No . 626 , were interred in the New Gourock Cemetery on Saturday , the 6 th ult . There was a very large turn-out of the brethren , in full regalia , from the various sister Lodges in the district .

* * * The annual meeting o [ the Provincial Grand Lodge of Northumberland was held at Hexham . Over 200 members of the Craft , including the Grand Master ( Sir Matthew White Ridley , M . P . ) , assembled in the Corn Exchange , from whence they marched in full

regalia to the Abbey Church , where divine service was held . The officiating clergymen were the Rev . Canon Barker , rector of Hexham ; Rev . Mr . Bott , of Tynemouth , and Rev . Mr . Walker , of Walton . Mr . Bott preached the sermon , which was based upon Genesis i ., 3 , 4 . Masonry in the most sacred sense , he said , was a

science of light , and it derived its excellence from the first grand source of all light—the Almighty God , the everlasting Father , the Prince of Peace . It insisted upon and prized the daily practice of every moral , social , and religious virtue . Their Craft , most emphatically , should have for its aim the glory of God and the

good of mankind . It might be said by scoffers in the outside world that they had claimed too exalted a position for their Masonrythey made it almost a religion , or sought to put it in the place of one . Not so ; they made it what the brotherhood who had preceded them in the long vistas of ages gone by had made it—a handmaid

of religion , a guardian of civilization , and that only . Their Order was closed against none save those of absolute infidelity and bigoted scepticism . After the service the annual meeting was held in the Corn Exchange , and at its conclusion a banquet took place in the adjoining hall .

* * * Bro . Josiah Hughes , a P . M . of St . David ' s Lodge ( 3 84 ) , has entertained the W . M . the officers , and tlie P . M . ' s of the Lodge at

a banquet at the Castle Hotel , on the occasion of his leaving for a tour through the Australian colonies . In the course of the evening Bro . Plughes was presented with a P . M . jewel . * * * Sheriff Thorns , Prov . Grand Master of Caithness , Orkney , and

Shetland has laid the foundation-stone of a new Masonic Hall in Stromness . A large number ot Masons were present from Wick , Thurso , and Kirkwall .

* * Bro . Thomas Moss Shuttleworth , Clerk of Assize and Associate for the Northern Circuit , died suddenly of apoplexy on Saturday , the 14 th ult . Bro . Shuttleworth and his son left Preston for a few days' shooting on the Saturday ; but on arriving at the Ingleborough

Hotel , Ingleton , he was seized with apoplexy , and died almost immediately . In 1877 he , on the death of his father , Mr . T . S . Shuttleworth , was appointed Clerk of Assize and Seal Keeper of tht County Palatine of Lancashire . In addition he was the District Registrar of the High Court of Justice , and had a most extensive

private practice as a solicitor . He was one of the most prominent Freemasons in Lancashire , and at the time of his death was Senior Grand Warden of his province .

* * * A meeting of Lodge 766 , the William Preston Lodge , was held at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Thursday , the 26 th ult . Bro . G . F . Edwards , W . M ., presided . Mr . A . E . Samuell , solicitor , of n , Poultry , was initiated into Freemasonry . Bro . F . G . Barns , S . W .

( of Fore-street , and C . C . for Cripplegate ) , was unanimously elected Worshipful Master for the ensuing year . The musical arrangements after dinner were under the direction of Mdme Worrell , assisted by Miss Margaret Carlton , Bro . H . Guy , Bro . R . Odell , and Miss Williams , pianist .

* * * Members of Lodge True Love and Unity ( 248 ) met at the Masonic Hall , Brixham , on Monday evening , the 9 th ult ., to present Bro . the Rev . Elrington a P . M . ' s jewel and address . The latter , which was illuminated , read as follows : — " Presented to

W . Bro . the Rev . R . B . F . Elrington , P . M ., P . P . G ., Chaplain of Devon , by the W . M ., Wardens , and Brethren , of the True Love and Unity Lodge of Freemasons , No . 248 , Brixham , on the occasion of his leaving the town , as a mark of esteem and fraternal regard for his valuable services to the Lodge and to Freemasonry

generally , heartily wishing him health , long life , continued prosperity , and happiness . Signed on behalf of the Lodge by W . Bro . John Wheaton , W . M ., Bros . John T . James , S . W ., James Spark , J . W ., and the Officers and Brethren . " The jewel was a very pretty design , and bore an appropriate inscription ,

besides the crest of the recipient , a stork , in gold , on the ribbon . W . Bro . Elrington cordially thanked the brethren for their expression of good feeling and interest in his welfare , and spoke of the sincere regret with which he left Brixham , after residing in it for so many years . Bro . Rev . Elrington leaves Lower Brixham , of which he lias been the Vicar for thirty-five years , on retirement from active service . He was W . M . of True Love

and Unity for two years , in 18 S 6-7 , when the new hall was consecrated , and was initiated into Masonry forty-two years ago at the Shakespeare Lodge , No . 143 , Dublin , the Chaplain of which at that time was Dr . Magee , now the Bishop of Peterborough . Bro . Elrington is also M . M . M . and Third Principal of Torbay Chapter H . R . A . ( 13 . 58 ) Paignton .

, * * * A meeting of the Charity Committee of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire , which was very numerously attended , took place on the afternoon of the 13 th ult ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , under the presidency of Bro . R . Wylie .

Recommendations for grants from the P . G . Lodge Fund of Benevolence , to the amount of about £ 70 , for distressed brethren and widows of deceased Freemasons , were adopted , and the votes of the province for candidates at the forthcoming charity elections were