in his Province has been very nearl CONTENTS. y doubled, and there has been LEADERS— PAGE. a proportionate increase in the Royal Arch. In the Mark Degree he West Lancashire and its Provincial Grand Master ... ... ... 507 is, and for the last 22 years has been , Prov. G. Mark Master The Recent General Court of Govenors of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... ... ••¦ ¦¦• ... 5°7 of Lancashire, and in addition , was for the three years from Provincial Grand Lodge of Berkshire ... ... " ... ... SoS 18 8 to 188 1 G. Master of the Mark G. Lodge. Till a year or Provincial Grand Chapter of Warwickshire ... ... ... ... 50S 7 Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire ... ... ... ... 509 two since he was Great Prior of the Order of the Temple, Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Hants and the Isle of Wight ... ... 510 Provincial Grand Chapter of Berkshire ... ... ... ... 510 of which he is still Kni ght Grand Cross, and for many Supreme Grand Chapter of England (Agenda Paper) ... ... ... 510 years has presided over the Supreme Council , °, of Consecration of the Windsor Castle Mark Lodge, No. 519 ... ... 510 33 Masters' Nigh t of the Doric Lodge, No. 2695, Harrogate ... ... 511 the Ancient and Accepted Rite, as its M.P. Sovereign Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 511 Grand Commander. As regards our Masonic Charitable Insti- MASONIC NOTES— tutions , he has always taken the greatest interest in their welfare Ouarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter (Agenda Paper) ... 515 , Masonic Banquet at the Mansion House ... ... ... ... 515 and has at various times presided as Chairman at their Festivals. Provincial Grand Lodge of Northumberland ... ... ... 515 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Middlesex ... ... ... 515 Above all , ever since the installation of H.R.H. the Prince of Masonic Service at St. Martin 's Church , Gospel Oak ... ... 515 WALES as M.W.G.M. and M.E.G.Z. of England Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire ... ... ... 515 , Lord LATHOM Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 516 has held high office in Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter—from Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ,,. 516 1875 to 18 as Deputy Grand Master and Grand H., and since Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 519 90 Mark Masonry ... ... .,, ... ... ... 519 the year 1S91 as Pro Grand Master and Pro Grand Z. In all Masonic Banquet at the Mansion House ... ... ... ... 519 Red Cross of Rome and Constantine ... ... ... ... 520 the various offices he has filled his first care has been to do his Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 520 utmost to further the interests of Freemasonry, Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 522 and we are glad to know that his fame as a Mason will be handed down to future generations of the Craft by the lod ges, chapters, and other WEST LANCASHIRE AND ITS PRO VINCIAL bodies which bear his name, or, rather, one or other of his titles, GRAND MASTER. as their designation. May the connection between Masonry and It must have been an unspeakable consolation to Bro. the him , which has resulted in so much honour to his lordship and such benefits to our Society, be preserved for many Earl of LATHOM , Pro G. Master, and Prov. G. Master of West years, notwithstanding the serious illness with which he has Lancashire, to know that , in the terrible domestic calamity which very just been overtaken of which the news reached us onl befel him , now about a twelvemonth since, he had the fullest , y a few hours after penning the above remarks ! The favourable reports that sympathy of his brother Masons, not only in his own Province of West Lancashire , but likewise throughout the whole English have since reached us are such as to justif y this hope. Craft. We both hope and believe , too, that having found him- self once again prepared to meet his brethren and resume , at THE RECENT GENERAL COURT OF GOVERNORS all events for a time, a portion of the many duties that OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INS TITUTEN devolved upon him he will derive additional comfort from the cordial welcome he received a short while since from the FOR BOYS. representatives of West Lancashire in Provincial Grand We regret exceedingly that the General Court of Governors and Lodge assembled. His lordshi p has always shown himself Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys should have so kindl y and sympathetic toward s all who have been adopted the course they did at their recent meeting of voting an brought in contact with him that he will not fail to honorarium to their Secretary out of the funds of the Charity. appreciate the more deep ly the kindliness and sympath y Let it be clearly understood that, in writing thus, we are not of others towards himself. Hence the feeling of pleasure with grudging the Secretary an honorarium. We have already spoken which we recorded last week the leading incident at the recent so hi ghly and so often of the eminent services he has rendered meeting of our West Lancashire brethren , when , in recognition to the Institution , both generally, since he ( was elected Io of the many and signal services he has rendered to this Province oiTice and took up his appointment in August, 1890, and particu- during the last five and twenty years, they presented him with a larly, in respect of the Centenary Festival in June last, that only testimony of their love and respect that was alike worthy of those who will not see would dream of charging us with such his lordshi p and the donors. There is no need for us to dilate churlish intention. There is not, indeed , a word that Bro. EVE , upon these services, or the services lie has rendered to Free- as Chairman of the Board of Management, in moving the reso- masonry generally—these, we believe, have been more than once lution , uttered in praise of Bro. McLEOD 'S efforts in connection described at length in these columns—but we need not hesitate with that now historic event, and the splendid success which about mentioning the princi pal offices he has held , or still holds, crowned them, to which we do not most willingly subscribe. But in the several branches of our modern system of Freemasonry. though we yield to none in our estimation of those efforts, we are It ^ 35 years since his lordship was appointed by the then M.W. of op inion that the Court of Governors has adopted a wrong course Grand Master'—the late Earl of Z ETLAND —S.G.W. of England , in its mode of recognising them. In the first place, we know of receiving a few days later the appointment of Grand Princi pal no special reason why the practice of leaving to the Board of Sojourner of Supreme Grand Chapter. In November, 18 72 , after Stewards the pleasure of presenting some more or less substantial serving for a time as Dep, P.G.M. of West Lancashire, he was token of their gratitude to their own honorary Secretary chosen to succeed the late Bro. Sir T HOMAS H ESKETH . Bart.. out of the surp lus at their own disposal should not have ¦is Prov. Grand Master, and was formally installed in been followed in this instance. Remembering, as we do, office early in the following year, while his appointment as G. that the Board of Stewards for the Girls' Centenary and the Superintendent of R.A. Masonry in the same Province, dates Benevolent Jubilee had considerable balances at their disposal from the 27th January, 18 73. Since then the number of lodges after defray ing the Festival expenses, we have some difficulty in imagining that, in the case of the recent Boys' Centenary, there forget, in our anxiety to show our appreciation of what one of will not be an even more considerable balance still. The ex- the Secretaries of our three Institutions has done, the services of penditure will have been heavier, but so, too, will the Fee Fund. his two colleagues, which were received with equal enthusiasm at Hitherto it has been the proud boast of English Masons that the the time. Bro. HEDGES was held to have achieved great things Festivals annuall y held in behalf of our Charitable Institutions when he was able to announce a Return of over £50,000, or more have not cost those Institutions one single penny, the whole of the than twice the sum that had ever previously been raised at any- proceeds of each recurring Festival having been paid over to Masonic Festival ; and Bro. T ERRY 'S efforts in respect of the the Institution in whose interest it was held. It is no ligh t Benevolent Jubilee.when he ultimately announced a total of £CIQ,000, matter that, for no particular reason of which we have any were likewise and very justly appreciated. Nor must we entirely knowledge, this wise rule should have been broken through on forget the 29 years' devoted services of Bro. BlNCKES , who, by this occasion , and the honoraria to the Secretary and his staff his great energy and ability, may be said, not only to have made our voted, not by the Stewards themselves out of the surplus moneys Boys' School what it is, but also to have materially assisted the two of their own Festival Fund , but by the Court of Governors out other Charities in becoming the splendid Institutions which of the funds of the Institution. Again , it is our op inion that every one acknowledges that they arc. Those services of Bro. Bro. EVE assumed a responsibility which cannot belong to BlNCKES have been handsomely recognised by Bro. McLEOD him , when he declared that " if there were any surp lus " from himself , and we are not belittling the great things the latter has the Stewards'Fee Fund , after the expenses of the Festival had been certainly accomplished , when we point out that what Bro , defrayed, " it would go to the Institution , and not to the Secretary BlNCKES achieved during his protracted Secretary ship and the or Clerks." These Fees are the property of the Stewards, successes of Bros.