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Lodge No. 910, St. Oswald, Past Grand Deacon of England, • AS |Ughi Ittopttinfttl provincial (Sttand Jflas^r OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, At the ALBERT HALL, LEEDS, On FRIDA Y, the 24th day of APRIL, 188$. With Preface and Appendix. \\ Dedicated to the Brethren of the West Riding of Yorkshire, BY j Bro. CHARLES LETCH MASON, P.M. Lodge 304, J.W. 2069, i P. Prov. Grand Treasurer of West Yorkshire, ] P.Z. Chapter 304, 306, 380, P. Prov. Grand H. of West Yorkshire, P.M. Coplf.y Mark Lodge, No. hi, Prov. Grand Mark Master of West Yorkshire, &c, &c, &c. LEEDS: PRINTED BY INCHBOLD & BECK, 33, BOND STREET, 1885. ±UL 6-^7 - \s-ts- A^ 2.0 II 7 Entered at Stationers' Haix. TO THE BRETHREN OF THE PROVINCE OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. "T^HE 24th of April, 1885, may be considered one of the most memorable days connected with the Annals of Freemasonry in the Province of the West Riding of Yorkshire. On no occasion, with the exception of the Installation of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, in the Albert Hall, on the 28th day of April, 1875, has there been so large an assemblage of Brethren. It is in compliance with the generally expressed wish that some permanent record of so important and interesting an event should exist, that I have ventured to prepare this little book, which I trust will be received by the Brethren not only as an acceptable souvenir of the Installation of their Provincial Grand Master, but also as a reliable book of reference with regard to the leading events in the history of the Craft in 'the Province of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The preparation of this work has involved much labour and research; and I desire to return my sincere thanks to those Brethren who have so kindly assisted me in placing before my readers a reliable and succint Account of the Installation, and also a Chronological Table of Events relating to the history of Freemasonry, which I trust will be of use to all Masonic students, to whotn such landmarks of the Order will be of peculiar value. To the W. Deputy Provincial Grand Master {Bro. Henry Smith), and to the Provincial Grand Secretary {Bro. Herbert G. E. Green), I am indebted for valuable help in furnishing copies of the necessary documents, and also for the arrangement of Provincial Notes ; to the Provincial Assistant Grand Secretary {Bro. W. B. Alderson), for classification of the Names of Brethren who ivere present at the Ceremony ; to Bro. Wm. Watson, P.M., of Leeds, I desire to record my thanks for the help afforded to me in preparing the Preface and compiling the Notes referring to the Leeds Lodges. It will necessarily happen in a work like this, the main object of which is to provide a permanent record of a particular event, that some interesting matters will be omitted from the Provincial Notes. These deficiencies however may hereafter be supplied, and I trust and believe that the present work will prove an useful aid to any Brother who may undertake the task. C. L. M. 38, Great George Street, LeedS, May, 1885. Erratum.— Page 63, bottom line, read 1829, April 27th, INDEX Preface Installation of Provincial Grand Master Executive Committee Stewards Provincial Summons Names of Brethren present . Names of Visitors present Names of Members of Provincial Grand Lodge present Roll of Lodges Address to Lord Lathom Provincial Grand Master's Patent . . Proclamation, of Provincial Grand Master Address fram North and East Yorkshire . . Address from Brethren of Scarbro' Lodges Address from Brethren of Eboracum Lodge Provincial Grand Master's Address Letter from Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B. Deputy Provincial Grand Master's Patent Proclamation of Deputy Provincial Grand Master Address by Deputy Provincial Grand Master Provincial Officers, 1885-6 Order of Service at the Parish Church . . Sermon by Rev. Canon Bullock, Past Provincial Grand Char Collation at Victoria Hall . . Collation at Victoria Hall : Menu Collation at Victoria Hall : Speeches Letter of Thanks from Provincial Grand Master List of Provincial Grand Masters ; . List of Deputy Provincial Grand Masters List of Provincial Grand Secretaries Provincial Notes Notes on Leeds Lodges Appendix. — Copy of Circular to Brethren Order of Proceeding at the Albert Hall Order of Proceeding at the Victoria Hall lain PACK. V. I •- 4 •■ S .. 6 7 17, 20 .. 17 22, 61 • • 23 •• 2 S .. 26 .. 27 .. 27 .. 28 .. 28 ■• 33 .. 34 ■■ 34 •■ 35 •■ 36 .. 38 ■• 47 •• 52 •• 53 ■• 54 •• 59 .. 60 .. 60 .. 60 •■ 63 .. 78 .. 81 • • 83 ■ 9i. PREFACE. The origin of Freemasonry will probably ever remain an insoluble problem, but its existence as a speculative science in long past ages cannot be doubted. True, our evidence is but fragmentary, yet it cannot be deemed inconclusive in its way. It has to be remembered that the Fraternity of the olden time guarded their Archives with the utmost jealousy, and dis~ countenanced any access to, or record of, their proceedings. So recently as the commencement of the last century, a number of zealous but mistaken brethren, actuated with this idea of jealousy, destroyed valuable MSS., rather than respond to the desire of the Grand Lodge to possess them for compilation or publication, an act which the Craft will deplore to the end of time. Still, like beacons receding from us in the distance, there stand in view, through the mists of antiquity, evidences that Spiritual Masonry has in past ages shed its benign light, dim at times maybe, but true and steady, in the midst of the densest ignorance, bigotry, and superstition. The hand of Time, the storms of civil tumult, and the clash of war, have not entirely eradicated these relics and traditions of our Masonic forefathers. We have legendary accounts preserved amongst us of assemblies of Freemasons at very early periods of English history, such as the one at Verulam, A.D. 287, and that at York, A.D. 926. We have the evidence of Lodges, some of which are still in existence, meeting and working long before the advent of our present system. The Lodge of Edinburgh, (St. Mary's Chapel, No. 1,) whose minutes extend back to A.D. 1598, the old Mother Kilwinning of Scotland, the time immemorial Lodges of London, and the, now alas extinct, old Lodge of York. Previous, however, to A.D. 17 17, we have no authentic evidence of the regular organisation of the Craft, The Lodges, few and far between, had existed as comparatively isolated bodies, and were formed by gatherings of the brethren acting without warrant or supervision from any superior central authority in the Fraternity. Probably from the lack of that vivifying force and sympathy, which regular communication with each other would have induced, and also from the chilling influence of political commotions, the Craft towards the end of the seventeenth century had fallen into a languishing state, and it was in the year 17 17 that brethren of high intellectual attainments, whose names will live immortal in Masonic history, true to the maxim that, "Masonry is a progressive science," determined to effect a revival, and set forth that undying principle and glory of Freemasonry, the Universality of its application. Under the auspices of the Four Old Lodges of London, whose origin extends into the remote and unrecorded past, an assembly of brethren took place, an event, the issue of which was perhaps the most important and potential in its results which will ever be recorded by the Order, the formation of the "Grand Lodge of England," from which all other Grand Lodges throughout the world have directly or indirectly derived their origin. The creation of the "Grand Lodge of England" appears to have quickened the attention and roused the emulation of the old Lodge. at York, for that body shortly afterwards assumed the title of "Grand Lodge of All England." For a while these two Grand Lodges may have worked amicably together, but the London Grand Lodge being an Institution of vigorous growth, spread its influence and authority over the country. To enter into a notice of the Lodges established during the last century, even in this county only, would occupy space much beyond our present disposal ; we will, however, make a passing allusion to two of them which cannot well be overlooked. Vll. In the year 1729 the "Grand Lodge of England" established its First Yorkshire Lodge at Scarbro',which is noticed in the Grand Lodge Constitutions for a.d. 1738, as "at Viponts Long Room, constituted 27th August, 1729, and meet 1st Wednesday'.' This Lodge was subsequently known as No. 59, meeting at the "Three Tuns in Scarbro'," and finally at the time of its erasure, on November 29th, 1754, as "No. 52." The establishment of this Lodge was shortly afterwards followed by the founding of a second Yorkshire Lodge, appearing in the above-named Constitutions as at "Halifax, in Yorkshire, at the Black Bull, constituted 1st August, 1738." In the list for 1739 it occqrs as "No. 176, Bull's Head, Halifax, in Yorkshire, July 12th, 1738" (probable date of warrant). It is now known as No. 61, "Probity," and holds the proud distinction of being the oldest Lodge on the Roll of Lodges of the West Riding. The Grand Lodge of England very early after its formation saw the desirability of grouping and placing distant Lodges under the authority and supervision of some Brother deputed specially for this purpose. Provinces or districts were therefore constituted, and the first appointment of a Provincial Grand Master was that of Sir Edward Mansell, Bart., for South Wales, in 1726. It was in 1738 that the History of West Yorkshire as a Province commenced. In that year it is officially recorded that the Marquis of Carnarvon (afterwards Duke of Chandos) Grand Master, appointed "William Horton, Esq., for the West Riding OF the County of York." This honour was but briefly enjoyed, for in the "Constitutions" for 1756 we find mention of the appoint- ment in 1740, of "Edward Rooke, Esq., for the West Riding of the County of York, in the room of Horton deceased." Great obscurity rests on a considerable number of years following, and the office of Provincial Grand , Master most probably remained practically V11I. in abeyance until the year 1774, when the whole County was placed under the jurisdiction of Sir Thomas Tancred, under whose presidency an attempt was made at York to effect a communication amongst the Yorkshire Lodges. The learned John Noorthouck, in editing for the Grand Lodge the celebrated "Book of Constitutions" for 1784, mentions Sir Walter Vavasour, Bart., as Provincial Grand Master for Yorkshire, doubtless in succession to Sir Thomas Tancred. "In 1784 he was followed by Richard Slater Milnes, who was succeeded in turn by Robert Pemberton Milnes. In the "Grand Lodge Calendar" for 181 3 the name of this brother still appears, and we have no record of a further change until 1821, when the County of York was divided into two provinces : the North and East Ridings for the first time constituted a distinct province, under the jurisdiction of Lord Dundas (afterwards Lord Zetland), and the West Riding again, under Viscount Pollington (afterwards Earl of Mexborough). We will pause here, and reverting to last century, allude to what may justly be deemed the second great epoch in the history of English Freemasonry.- About 1738 a schism arose amongst a portion of the brethren under the "Grand Lodge of England," which ultimately resulted in a secession, and the formation of a rival Grand Lodge in 1750-3, We cannot enter into the merits of this unfortunate difference, suffice it to say- that the parent Grand Lodge in order to prevent the admission of the seceders into the Lodges which held to their allegiance, made temporary alterations in the landmarks. This gave an opportunity — seized on with avidity — to the seceders, of assuming the position of conservitors of the authentic working of the Craft, and they at once styled themselves "Ancient" Masons, and the followers of the parent Grand Lodge, " Moderns." This was a perversion of fact, but by these respective titles, for the sake of ready distinction, the two rival Grand Lodges are styled to this day. The supporters of the seceding Grand Lodge were IX. also known as "Atholl" Masons, from the name of their Grand Master, the Duke of Atholl. The " Ancient " or " Atholl " Grand Lodge wrongly professed to work under the countenance and sanction of the "Grand Lodge of All England," at York, and some of the members called themselves "York Masons," a title to which they had no claim whatever. The seceding Grand Lodge flourished amazingly under a series of Grand Masters, and established a large number of Lodges both at home and abroad. Their Warrants of Lodges (now working) are sometimes erroneously stated to have been issued by the " Grand Lodge " at York ; but there are now no Lodges in existence constituted by the "Grand Lodge" at York. About 1779 the "Lodge of Antiquity," owing to some difficulties with the Grand Lodge of England, withdrew therefrom and decided to act independently under the title of the "Grand Lodge of England, South of the Trent." We have thus the spectacle of four Grand Lodges in England at one and the same time. The " Lodge of Antiquity," however, shortly afterwards returned to its allegiance. In 1790-2 the "Grand Lodge of All England" at York, after a sometime fitful existence died out, thus leaving but two Grand Lodges, the " Ancients " and the " Moderns" ; when in 18 13, by the great influence and exertions of our illustrious brethren, H.R.H. the late Duke of Sussex, and H.R.H. > the late Duke of Kent, the two rivals were happily amalgamated under the title of the United Grand Lodge of Antient Freemasons of England. The Union then effected has remained undisturbed by secessions, and, like a great river, the stream of Freemasonry has since rolled forward, gathering prosperity and grandeur, spreading in its course the love of those principles founded on the volume of the Sacred Law, which will be the vital and sustaining power of the Institution until time shall be no more. As already stated, the West Riding of Yorkshire, as a Province, was re-established in 182 1. It was formally constituted at Wakefield, April 3rd, 1823, and Lord Pollington installed as Provincial Grand Master, when more than 200 brethren assembled and joined in the proceedings. A learned Brother who took part in this interesting event writes : — " The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form, and with solemn prayer. The Provincial Grand Master was then intro- duced in solemn form, and presented to the D.P.G.M. and the Lodge by the G. Master of Ceremonies. His Lordship's patent was then read aloud by the G. Secretary, after which, the duties it imposed upon him, and the obligations by which it bound him to the M.W. Grand Master and G. Lodge of England were distinctly stated, and his solemn pledge, diligently to perform the same, was received. His Lordship having retired, a Board of installed Masons was duly opened, when his Lordship was again introduced, and, after having entered into the customary obligations, was solemnly installed in the chair by the D.P.G.M. and his Assistant Officers. Being placed in the chair, his Lordship continued all the Provincial Grand Officers in their respective situations for the remainder of the year. The On January 29th, 1823, the Provincial Grand Master laid the foundation stones of the new Churches of St. Mary, and Christ Church, Leeds, on which occasion there was a public procession of the Craft through the streets of the town. The following is a list of the Brethren who then held appointments or acted as Provincial Grand Officers, with the Lodges they represented : — JOHN, LORD VISCOUNT POLLINGTON, PROV. G.M. (Fidelity). ROBERT CARR, D.P.G.M. (P.M. of Unanimity Lodge, Wakefield). C. Whiteley, J.G.W., as S.G.W. (Probity, Halifax). T. Sherwood, as J.G.W. (Fidelity, Leeds). Rev. M. J. Naylor, B.D. (Unanimity, Wakefield) ) Rev. C. Clapham, M.A. (Loyal and Pmdent, Leeds) j (jrand t - ha P lalns> J. Wood, as G. Treasurer (Alfred, Leeds). J. Jones, G. Secretary (Probity, Halifax). T. F. Foden, as G. Registrar (Fidelity, Leeds). W. Sadler, as G.D.C (Alfred, Leeds). J. H. Leach, J.G.D., as S.G.D. (Fidelity, Leeds). J. Wade, as J.G.D. (Fidelity. Leeds). G. H France, G. Supt. of Works (W.M., Unanimity, Wakefield). — Wheelwright, as G.S.B. (Alfred, Leeds). — Greenwood, Grand Organist (Fidelity, Leeds). S. Smithson, Grand Pursuivant (Fidelity, Leeds). Brothers Ainsley, Tyler, Clarkson (Unanimity, Wakefield), ) Worsey, Butterworth, Geo. Smith, P.M., Thos. Tute > t,ra nd , (Fidelity, Leeds), and Haigh (W.M., Hope, Bradford) as ) Awards. J. Balmforth (Unanimity, Wakefield), and J. Craven (Fidelity, Leeds),. Grand Tylers. XI. Board of installed Masons being closed, the junior Brethren were re-admitted, when the P.G.M. was proclaimed in the usual form, and his Lordship received the customary homage of his Officers and of the rest of the Brethren." Bro. Chas. Lee was appointed to the office of D.P.G.M., May 15th, 1837. In 1838 was formed the Fund of Benevolence for this Province; and on Sept. 20th, 1848, the new code of Provincial By-Laws received the signature of the M.W.G.M. On Sept. 22nd, 1851, the foundation-stone of St. George's Hall, Bradford, was laid by the late Lord Zetland, then M.W.G.M. The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened and presided over on that occasion by Bro. Chas. Lee, D. P.G.M. *Bro. Lee resigned his office, Oct. 1st, 1856, and was succeeded'by Dr. Fearnley, of Dewsbury. The R.W.P.G.M., the Earl of Mexborough, died on Christmas Day, i860, having held the office for nearly forty years. The installation of the Right Hon. Earl de Grey and Ripon took place May 22nd, 1861, at the Town Hall, Leeds ; and on March 30th, 1864, our lamented Bro. Bentley Shaw received his appointment as D.P.G.M. • Lord Ripon resigned office in 1874, and fBro. Bentley Shaw had charge of the Province pending a fresh appointment. *W. Bro. Charles Lee, P.M., P.P.D.G.M., died on the 6th day of November, 1856. To commemorate his long and valuable services, the Brethren placed a memorial window in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Leeds. At the bottom of the window is a handsome slab of black marble, on which is engraven in gold letters the following inscription : — In Affectionate and Grateful Remembrance of Personal Worth and Masonic Services, The Brethren of the Province of West Yorkshire have Erected This Memorial to their Valued and Lamented Brother CHARLES LEE, Who for Twenty Years Filled the High Office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, He Departed this Life on the Sixth Day of November, 1856, In the Sixty-Second Year of his Age. His Remains are Interred in the Family Vault in Adel Churchyard. +W. Bro. Bentley Shaw, P.M., on retiring from the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master, was appointed Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch. Masons of West Yorkshire, and on the 21st July, 1875, was presented with a silver Corbeille mix Fleurs, of the value of three hundred guineas, as a slight acknowledgment of his valuable services. He died on the 20th March, 1878 ; his remains were interred in Lockwood Churchyard, in the presence of a large assemblage of members of the Craft. The Brethren raised the sum of ^1050 to purchase a permanent right of presentation to the R.M. Institution for Girls, to be called the " Bentley -Shaw Presentation," as a mark of the appreciation in which .his 'memory is justly held. Xll. The 21st of April, 1875, was a memorable day for the ancient town of Halifax, for about 1,100 Brethren, representing fifty-eight Lodges of the Province, assembled in the Drill Hall of that town, under the banner of the old "Probity" Lodge, No. 61, to witness the installation of Lieut-Col. Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., D.L., P.M., 61, as Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire. The ceremony was performed by Major (now Colonel) Le Gendre N. Starkie,. J.P., D.L,, R.W.P.G.M., East Lancashire, after which, Bro. Thomas William Tew, J. P., Past Master of "St. Oswald's'' Lodge, Pontefract, No. 910, Past Senior Grand Warden of West Yorkshire, was invested W.D.P.G.M. At the time of the revival of the Province, in 1821, there were 23 Lodges (of which 19 are still in existence), which we give, show- ing the then numbers on the Roll, as follows : — No. Name of Lodge. Town. 84 Probity . . . . Halifax. 232 Britannia Sheffield. 247 Peace . . . . Dewsbury. Now at Meltham. 252 Unanimity . . Wakefield. 358 ThreeGrandPrincipi.es Dewsbury. 447 St. George's . . Doncaster. 489 Amphibious . . Millbridge. Now at Heckmondwike. *4go Newtonian . . Knaresboro.' 500 Nelson of the Nile Mirfield. Now at Batley. 503 Royal Yorkshire Keighley. 517 Harmony . . . . Huddersfield. No. Name of Lodge. Town. *52i Friendly . . . . Barnsley. *532 Loyal & Prudent Leeds. 546 Fidelity . . . . Leeds. 547 White Hart .. Huddersfield. Now called Huddersfield. 556 Royal Brunswick Sheffield. 565 Hope . . . . Bradford. 568 Philanthropic . . Leeds. 571 Alfred . . . . Leeds. ■ 573 Prince Frederick Hebden Bridge 574 Prince George . . Stansfield. Now at Eastwood. 642 Candour . . . . Delph. Now at Upper Mill. *749 St. Alban's .. Leeds. * Now Extinct. At the present time (1885), there are exactly three times the number — sixty-nine' — with 3,195 subscribing Members. Since 1822, the following Brethren have held the office of Provincial Grand Secretary : — Bro. J. Jones, 1822, with Bro. Geo. Green, of 252, Wakefield, as Asst. Prov. Grand Secretary; Chas. A. Watson, 1824; John Becket, 1826; Richd. Hird, of No. 252,. from 1828 ; S. T. W. Gawthorp, of No., 179, from 1837 ; Jas. Hargreaves, of No. 384, from 1840; R. R. Nelson, of No. 251, from 1857 (died March 5th, 1870);. Henry Smith, of No. 387, from 1870; Herbert G. E. Green, of No. 1019, was appointed April 24th, 1885 ; and it is interesting to note by the way that he is a grandson of the above- named Bro. Geo. Green. Bro. Henry Smith, who has just vacated that office for that of the D. Prov, G. Mastership, has been known to a large number of Brethren as Provincial Grand Secretary only. We cannot in this brief notice give even an epitome of his extensive and valuable services to the Craft during his long Masonic career. To his unwearied labours, untiring energy, unrivalled talent for organisation, grasp of detail, and, above all, warm and heartfelt love for the principles of the Craft, West Yorkshire is deeply indebted for the proud and enviable position she holds with regard to other Provinces, and in which her munificent contributions to our Charities have placed her. When we glance for a moment at a sum near;£ 30,000 voluntarily subscribed since the year 1870 in support of the Masonic Institutions, we must remember to give that meed of praise to our worthy Brother, whose zeal and perseverance have aided so materially towards producing this splendid result. Not only in West Yorkshire, but- in the Metropolis, and far beyond the limits of the Province, the announcement of his appoint- ment to the important office of W.D.P.G.M. was hailed with feelings of satisfaction and delight, as displaying how fully our newly-installed R.W.P.G.M. appreciated long, arduous, and faithful services to the Craft, in conferring the most exalted mark of his favour upon one so worthy to receive it. Let us pray that T.G.A.O.T.U. may long preserve our Rulers'in health, prosperity, and happiness, and "whilst we remain the peculiar objects of His care, may He continue to cement and adorn our Order with every Moral and Social Virtue." So MOTE IT be! n^u. ffrflbmrial (Irani) fotyz oi fffl&z&t ^BoxkBhm. jWW^fBJHEN, in the Autumn of 1884, it was announced that faikjKfl Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, on account of failing health felt compelled to retire from the chair of Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, universal regret was expressed, not only that we should lose the services of a genuine, true- hearted Brother, but that his health had compelled him to take that step. On the 15 th November, 1884, a Special Meeting of the Charity Committee was held, when it was decided " That in order to perpetuate the services of Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart, C.B., funds be raised to purchase a Presentation in perpetuity to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, at a cost of One Thousand Guineas, to be called the ' Sir Henry Edwards' Presentation.' " The high estimation in which Sir Henry Edwards was held was evinced by the ready response of the Brethren of the Province to the appeal. At the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge held at Dewsbury, on the 28th January, 1885, the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master had the satisfaction of announcing that the whole amount had been raised. May we hope that Sir Henry and Lady Edwards (with whom the nomination to the Presentation rests during their respective lives, and after to the Provincial Grand Master for the time being) may long have the pleasure of nominating to the Presentation. The first public announcement of the successor to Colonel Sir Henry Edwards was made in one of the Leeds evening papers of the 27th January, 1885, and at the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge held at Dewsbury the next day, the following Letter from the Grand Secretary was read : — Grand Secretary's Office, Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, LONDON, W.C., 14th January, fSSj. To Bro. T. W. TEW, P.G.D., Dy.P.G. Master, West Yorkshire. Dear Sir and Bro., The M.W. Grand Master having now formally accepted — with regret — the resignation by R.W. Bro. Col. Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., of his office of Prov. Grand Master of West Yorkshire, I am commanded to inform you that His Royal Highness has been pleased to confer upon you the high and distinguished office thus vacated, feeling confident that your future government of that important Province will amply justify the choice he has thus made. Your patent of appointment as Prov. Grand Master will be prepared as soon as possible, and when ready will be duly transmitted to you. Pray allow me to add my sincere personal congratulations on your attainment of this distinguished masonic position, which I trust you may hold for many years to come. Believe me to be, Dear Sir and Brother, Yours fraternally, SHADWELL H. CLERKE, Col., G.S. Carleton Grange, Pontefract. The Brethren of the Leeds Lodges were anxious that the Installation should take place in Leeds, not only on account of Leeds being the chief town in the Province, but also from its central position, and the ready means of access to it from all parts. The Brethren of St. Oswald's Lodge, No. 910, at Pontefract, were equally anxious to have the meeting in that town. After careful deliberation it was decided to have the meeting in Leeds, a decision which was fully justified by the large number of Brethren who assembled on the day of Installation. A meeting of the Masters, Past Masters, Wardens, and Secretaries of all. the Leeds Lodges was called, who formed themselves into a General Committee, and appointed an Executive consisting of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary, and three members from each Lodge, to make all the requisite arrangements. Although it is not necessary to go through all the various details, we may state it was decided for the Installation ceremony to take place in the Albert Hall, after which the Brethren, headed by the Leeds Constabulary Band, marched in Procession to the Parish Church, (kindly placed at the disposal of the Brethren by the Rev. John Gott, D.D., Vicar of Leeds), by way of Cookridge Street, Park Row, Bond Street, Commercial Street, and Kirkgate. A Collation was held in the Victoria Hall, at 4-30, at which upwards of 500 Brethren were present ; Ladies occupied the Orchestra of the Hall. During the Collation a selection of Music was played by the Leeds Constabulary Band. Each of the eight Leeds Lodges appointed eight Stewards, and the splendid manner in which all the arrangements were carried out was due to their kind and self-denying labours. As will be seen, the gathering on the day was one of the most important ; and the desire of distinguished Brethren to do honour to the new Provincial Grand Mas"ter may be inferred from the many letters he received, from amongst which the following are given : — HUNTROYDE, BURNLEY, Lancashire, April lotk, 188$. My Dear Sir, I am much obliged to you for your kind letter of the 8th. It is most kind of you pointing out the way to come to the Grange, which I will certainly avail myself of. I shall arrive at Tanshelf Station at 5.45 on the 23rd inst., Thursday. We had a most pleasant Masonic gathering at Derby, yesterday, on the occasion of the Centenary Warrant being given to the Tyrian Lodge. Your worthy D.P.G.M. Elect was there; he is as ubiquitous in his ways as he is in his name. With many thanks for your trouble, I remain, Yours truly, LE GENDRE N. STARKIE. Thos. W. Tew, Esq., &c, &c, &c. 41, Portland Place, W., April i6lh, /88j. Dear Sir and Bro., I thank you most heartily for your most kind invitation to Carleton for the 23rd of this month. The train you name will suit me admirably, and I shall be most happy to accept your hospitality. At present I cannot see that there is likely to be anything in the House of Lords to prevent my keeping my engagement, but of course in these anxious times something may happen at the last moment that may render my presence here necessary. Trusting that that may not be the case, and again thanking you for your most kind letter, I remain, Yours obediently and fraternally, LATHOM. Thomas W. Tew, Esq. GENERAL COMMITTEE. THE MASTERS, PAST MASTERS, WARDENS AND SECRETARIES OF THE EIGHT LEEDS LODGES. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. W. Bro. W. L. JACKSON, M.P., Master 289, Chauman. W. Bro. EQWIN WOODHOUSE, J.P., Master 2069, Vice-Chairman. W. Bro. J. C. MALCOLM, P.M. 306, P. Prov. G. Reg., Treasurer. W. Bro. C. LETCH MASON, P.M. 304, P. Prov. G. Treas., Secretary. W. Bro. Rd. Wilson, P.M. 289. W. Bro. A. Williamson, P.M. 289. Bro. Alfred Scarth, J.W. 289. W. Bro. E. Woodcock, Master 304. W. Bro. S. W. Newsam, P.M. 304. W. Bro. Geo. Hill, P.M. 304. W. Bro. W. H. Thompson, Master 306. W. Bro. Alfred Austin, P.M. 306. W. Bro. John Dyson, P.M. 306. W. Bro. E. Crosby, Master 1042. W. Bro. R. V. Allison, P.M. 1042. W. Bro. Thos. Tyers, P.M. 1042. W. Bro. Chas. Scriven, Master 1211. W. Bro. Thos. Winn, P.M. 1211. W. Bro. John Jaques, P.M. 121 1. W. Bro. R. P. Brindley, Master 1221. W. Bro. Rd. Kingston, P.M. 1221. W. Bro. Jas. Marston, P.M. 1221. W. Bro. A. F. McGlLL, Master, 1311. W. Bro. Thos. Crossley, P.M. 131 1. W. Bro. Dr. Hollingsworth, P.M. 131 1. W. Bro. Rev. Dr. Smythe, P.M. 2069. W. Bro. Tudor Trevor, P.M. 2069. W. Bro. Wm. Watson, P.M. 2069. Bro. the Rev. Canon Bullock, 121 i, Prov. Grand Chaplain. W. Bro. J. W. Monckman, T.M. 1018, Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. W. Bro. Herbert G. E. Green, W.M. 1019, Prov. Asst. Grand Secretary. W. Bro. W. F: Smithson, P.M. 1001, Vice-Chairman Prov. Charity Committee. W. Bro. Dr. Spark, P.M. 289, P. Prov. Grand Organist. SUB-COMMITTEES. Albert Hall. W. Bro. Rd. Wilson, P.M. 289. W. Bro. Geo. Hill, P.M. 304. W. Bro. John Dyson, P.M. 306. W. Bro. Thos. Tyers, P.M. 1042. W. Bro. John Jaques, P.M. 1211. W. Bro Rd. Kingston, P.M. 1221. W. Bro. J. M. HOLLINGSWORTH,P.M.I3II W. Bro. Tudor Trevor, P.M. 2069. W. Bro. J. W. Monckman, P.M. 1018. Church. Bro. the Rev. Canon Bullock, 121 i. | Bro. the Rev. W. T. M. Sylvester, 1542. W. Bro. the Rev. Dr. Smythe, P.M. 2069. Victoria Hall. W. Bro. A. Williamson, P.M. 289. W. Bro. S. W. Newsam, P.M. 304. W. Bro. Alfred Austin, P.M., 306. W. Bro. E. Crosby, Master 1042. W. Bro. W. F. Smithson, P.M. 1001. Musical. W. Bro. Thos. Winn, P.M. 121 1. W. Bro. R. P. Brindley, Master 1221. W. Bro. J. M. Hollingsworth, P.M.1311 W. Bro. Wm. Watson, P.M. 2069. W. Bro. Wm. Spark, P.M. 289. I Bro. W. Wilkinson, 1221. W. Bro. W. B. Townsend, P.M. 1211. [ W. Bro. C. Anderson, P.M. 1311 Bro. J. W. Phillips, 139, Prov. Grand Organist. STEWARDS. Albert Hall. "Crypt." W. Bro. Jas. Dixon, P.M. 289. Bro. E. W. Smith, 289. Bro. Jose Rickard, 304. Bro. W. COCKERLYNE, 304. Bro. C. E. Brean, 306. Bro. B. Pounder, 306. Bro. Geo. Heuthwaite, 1042. Bro. T. Farrar, 1042. Bro.WM. Smith, 121 i. Bro. John Eli.is, 121 i. Bio. R. F. P. Harris, 1221. Bro. R. Lucas, 1221. Bro. W. Briggs, 1311. Bro. J. S. Webb, 131 1. Bro. R. Abbott, 2069. Bro. E. Holt, 2069. W. Bro. J. Dobson, P.M. 289. W. Bro. A. Williamson, P.M. 289 Bro. C. Norminton, 304. Bro. J. Grimshaw, 304. Bro. J. Shouksmith, 306. Bro. Edw. Howell, 306. Bro.WM. Grisdale, 1042. Bro. B. WOMERSLEY, IO42. Albert Hall, "Lodge Room." Bro. Joseph Stansfield, 121 i. Bro. Thompson Craister, 121 i. Bro. C. D. Swale, 1221. Bro. E. Eaglefield, 1221. W.' Bro. J. B. Hargreaves, P.M. 131 1. Bro. Geo. Cobb, 131 1. W. Bro. Tudor Trevor, P.M. 2069. W. Bro. Wm. Watson, P.M. 2069. W. Bro. D. R. Glover, P.M. 281 W. Bro. W. Greaves, P.M. 289. W. Bro. Geo. Hill, P.M. 304. Bro. J. Brownfoot, 304. Bro. Jos. Sutcliff, 306. Bro. J. B. Jowett, 306. Bro. W. T. Carter, 1042. Bro. W. J. Jowett, 1042. Church. W. Bro. J.W. Fourness, P.M. 121 1. Bro. Wm. Smith, 121 i. W. Bro. R. Kingston, P.M. 1221. W. Bro. Jas. Marston, P.M. 1221. W. Bro. J. M. Hollingsworth, P.M. 131 1 Bro. J. S. Webb, 1311. Bro. Rev. H. S. Butler, 2069. Bro. S. Scott Young, 2069. Victoria Hall, "Collation." W. Bro. Rd. Wilson, P.M. 289. W. Bro. W. Greaves, P.M. 289. Bro. W. H. Hewson, 304. Bro. J. K. Blakey, 304. Bro. Tom Batt, 306. Bro. G. T. Baines, 306. W. Bro. M. B. Yates, P.M. 1042. Bro. Thos. Thorp, 1042. Bro. Richard Riley, 121 i. Bro. W. J. Gwillam, 121 1. Bro. R. F. P. Harris, 1221. Bro. C. D. Swale, 1221. W. Bro. J. M. Hollingsworth, P.M. 131 1 Bro. W. S. Blackburn, 1311. W. Bro. Tudor Trevor, P.M. 2069. Bro. C. MlDDLETON, 2069. Pretoria! drano Jebgc at Sitest ftorbhire OF ANTIENT, FREE, AND ACCEPTED MASONS. St. John's, Wakefield, 16th April, 1885. Worshipful Sir and Brother, By command of the Right Worshipful Bro. Thomas William Tew, J.P., P.G. Deacon of England, Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, the Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge will be holden in the Albert Hall, Cookridge Street, Leeds, on Friday, the 24th April, 1885, at High Twelve, when and where you, with the Worshipful Past Masters and Acting Wardens of your Lodge are hereby convoked to attend to the Duties of the said Provincial Grand Lodge, and at which the Master Masons of your Lodge are invited to be present. The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened by the R.W. Deputy Grand Master, the Earl of ■ Lathom, Provincial Grand Master, West Lancashire, at 12-30 p.m. I remain, Worshipful Sir and Brother, Yours fraternally, HENRY SMITH, Provincial Grand Secretary. N.B. — Dark morning costume, black or white ties, and tall hats^ Immediately on arriving at the Albert Hall, Brethren will clothe, sign the Attendance Book, and obtain a Ticket to admit them to the Hall. Brethren must take their hats and overcoats into the Hall, in order to prevent delay in forming the Procession. BANQUET IN THE VICTORIA HALL, TOWN HALL, AT 4-30. BUSINESS. The Roll of Lodges will be called. The Roll of Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers will be called. The annexed Copy of the Minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge, holden at Dewsbury, on the 28th January, 1885, will be presented for confirmation. The Installation of the R.W. Bro. Thomas William Tew, J P., P.G. Deacon of England, Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master, as Grand Master of West Yorkshire, will be then performed by the R.W. Deputy Grand Master, the Earl of Lathom, R.W. Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire. The R.W. Provincial Grand Master will then appoint and invest his- Deputy. The Provincial Grand Treasurer will be elected. The Provincial Grand Officers will be appointed and invested. The Revised By-Laws of Provincial Grand Lodge, adopted at Dewsbury, January 28th, 1885, and approved of by the M.W. the Grand Master, will be presented for confirmation. The Annual Report of the Charity Committee will be presented for adoption. To consider the petition for relief of Mrs. B. W., Lodge 275. W. Bro. W. F. Smithson, P.M., loot, P.P.G.D., will move that a Grant be made to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, towards constituting this Provincial Grand Lodge Patron of the Institution. To transact the usual business. To receive applications for next Meeting (October). A Procession will be then formed and proceed to the Parish Church for Divine Service, where a Sermon will be preached by the Provincial Grand Chaplain. The Brethren will re-form the Procession and return to the Albert Hall, and close Provincial Grand Lodge. flwbintial drattb *§otyt oi Meat forksfe, ALBERT HALL, April 24TH, 1885. The doors of the Albert Hall were opened at 11 o'clock, and the interest taken in the day's proceedings was evinced by the earlyarrival of the Brethren to secure for themselves seats. The Master Masons occupied the Gallery of the" Hall, whilst the Body of the Hall was kept for the Masters, Past Masters, and Wardens of the various Lodges" in the Province, each wearing his Collar of Office. The following Brethren from the several Lodges in the Province signed the attendance book : — LODGE "PROBITY," No. 61, HALIFAX. NAME. HANK. ISAAC BOOTH .. P. Prov. G. Warden JAMES MENZIES .. P. Prov. G. Warden REV. I. PARKINSON P. Prov. G. Chaplain REV. BENJ. TOWN.. P. Prov. G. Chaplain WM. GAUKROGER .. P.Prov. G. Deacon B. W. JACKSON .. P.Prov.GSup. ofWks. GEO. SCARBOROUGH P.Prov. G. Sword B. JAMES W. DAVIS ..W.M. WILLIAM STOTT . . P.M. GEO. BUCKLEY, Junr. „ J. W. BALME .. .. S.W. CECIL CONOR.. .. J.W. LODGE " BRITANNIA,' W. H. BRITTAIN .. P. Prov. G. Warden NAME. KANK. HERBERT CROSSLEY Secretary G. S. SMITH .. J. H. SYKES EDWIN NAYLOR WALTER EMMOTT HARRY RICKARD .. FREDK. BUCKLEY .. FREDK. HORTON .. WILLIAM DOBSON .. JOSEPH SAGAR HARRY J. FRANKLIN S.D. Organist M.M. No, SIMEON HAYES G. W. HAWKSLEY THOS. COLLINSON J. W. PHILLIPS HENRY H. BEDFORD W.M JOHN PORTER ..P.M. WILLIAM JERVIS .. „ P.Prov. G Warden P.Prov.GSup. ofWks. P.Prov. G.D. of Ceres. Prov. G. Organist SHEFFIELD. M.M. 139: JOSIAH WILLIAMS . W G. ROPER .. CHAS. WESTBROOK . CHARLES DIXON . JOSEPH JACKSON . R. H. DUNBAR.. REV. VENIAH ODOM T. A. HAIGH .. WILLIAM HAIGH H. W. WRIGLEY JOHN ELLIS .. HENRY TODD WILLIAM GUDGER..J.D. LODGE " PEACE, ' ! . . P.Prov. G. Deacon . . P.Prov. G. Pursuivant . . P.M. . . S.W. No. 149, MELTHAM. JOSEPH GOODWIN .. M.M. J. W. POTTER THOMAS BROOK . . JOSIAH LOCKWOOD.. WILLIAM IREDALE.. LODGE "UNANIMITY," No. 154. EDWARD SIMPSON.. P.Prov. G. Warden I JOHN GERRARD J. HEATON CADMAN P.Prov. G. Registrar I M. B. HICK .. . P.M. LODGE R. I CRITCHLEY, J.P. P.Prov. G- Warden M. NEWSOME. J.P. . . P.Prov. G. Deacon JAMES FRANCE . , Prov. G. Standard B, W. D. QUARMBY ..W.M. W. R THOMPSON.. P.M. CHAS. E. RHODES .. „ BENJAMIN OATES.. „ THOMAS RICHARDS „ THREE GRAND PRINCIPLES," No. 208, DEWSBURY. T. R. VAUX .. .. P.M. T. BATEMAN FOX .. „ BENJAMIN EXLEY .. „ WILLIAM AUDSLEY.. „ G. CRAWSHAW . . . . M.M. GEORGE NEWSOME. . „ G- B. FEARNLEY .. „ JOHN TURNER .. .,, LODGE "ST. GEORGE'S," No. 242, DONCASTER. NAME. RANK- REV. J. BLAKE, M.A. P.Prov. G. Chaplain WILLIAM DELANOY P.Prov. G. Deacon C. M. HARTLEY .. P.Prov. G. Sup. of Wks. NAME. RA1 C. GOLDTHORP . . S.D. FREDERICK WEBB .. M.M. LODGE "AMPHIBIOUS," No. 258, HECKMONDWIKE. JOHN BOOTH .. .. P.Prov. G. Warden THOMAS PICKLES .. Prov-Ass.G.D of Ceres. JOHN ROYLE.. ..W.M. J. C. WHARTON .. P.M., Secretary. JOSEPH GOODALL.. „ AULAY MACAULAY . . S.W. JOSH. GARSIDE, Jun. J.W. JOSEPH GARSIDE . . M.M. GEO. ILLINGWORTH „ G. A. RUSHWORTH .. „ LODGE "NELSON OF THE NILE," No. 264, BATLEY. B. P. PARKER .. P.Prov. G. Pursuivant WILLIAM NORTH . W.M. A. GILL J.W. J. H. SENIOR . . P.M. SQUIRE DENTON .. „ CHARLES CLAFTON „ HENRY BROOKE .. „ C. NEWSOME . . . . „ JOSHUA GOMERSALL „ K. DKC..^ LODGE <-RO"S THOMAS HEATON W.M. WILLIAM S. GILL . P.M. WILLIAM DARLING „ EDWIN LEE .. „ JOHN H. ROPER . S.W. WILLIAM HARRISON J.W. EDWARD SHARP . S.D. ABRAHAM SHARP . J.D. JAMES BILTCLIFFE.. MM. WALTER BREAREY.. „ J. L. HEATON .. „ CHRIS. ROBINSON . „ MATT. WHITAKER .. „ GEORGE ELLIS .. „ JAMES SMITH E. CARR WILLIAM WATSON . . „ ARTHUR AVISON .. „ ROYAL YORKSHIRE," No. 265, KEIGHLEY. JOSEPH SMITH .. I.G. JAMES BOWERS .. M.M. ROBT. E. P. CRAVEN.. JOHN SUNDERLAND FREDERICK BINNS.. JOHN SPENCER J. H. TILLOTSON .. G. W. CARTER LODGE "HARMONY," No. 275, HUDDERSFIELD. WM. W. WIDDOP .. ED. ARMITAGE, J.P. JONAS CRAVEN .. COL. JOSHUA DAY.. REV. P. F. J. PEARCE CAPT.J. BOTTOMLEY JOS. LOWENTHAL .. THOS. RUDDOCK .. H. N. CROWTHER . . P.Prov. G. Warden P.Prov. G. Warden P.Prov. G. Warden P.Prov. G. Warden P.Prov. G. Chaplain P Prov. G. Registrar Prov. G. Deacon P. Prov. G. Deacon P.Prov. G. D. of Ceres GEO H. ROBINSON ..W.M. R. H. ARMITAGE . . P.M. A. WILLIAMSON . . J.W. F. W DAMMANN ..M.M. GEORGE HARPER .. J. D. TAYLOR. . HENRY B. KAYE .. W. J. SMELT .. R. W. JUBB .. LODGE "FIDELITY," No. 289, LEEDS. Rev. E. W. MAKINSON P.Prov. G. Chaplain J. D. KAY .. .. P.Prov G. Deacon D. R. GLOVER . . P Prov. G. Deacon W. J. BECK .. .. P.Prov. G. D. of Ceres. DR. WM. SPARK . . P.Prov. G. Organist W. L. JACKSON, M.P. W.M. JAMES DIXON . . P.M. J. DOBSON .. .. „ W. GREAVES , ALFD. WILLIAMSON „ JAMES MILNES ..S.W. ALFRED SCARTH . . J.W G. WOOD Secreury A. W. CHAPMAN R. JACKSON .. DAVIS BURROW C. WILLIAMS .. JOHN HALL .. EDWARD FLETCHER THOS. HEAD RIDGE.. E. WALES SMITH .. F. GREENWOOD WILLIAM FOX S.D. M.M. LODGE " HUDDERSFIELD," No. 290, HUDDERSFIELD. naIwh. rank. B. HUTCHINSON . . Prov. G. Deacon WILLIAM HARROP .. P.Prov. G. Deacon ALLEN HAIGH . P.Prov.G.D. of Ceres. JOSHUA LEE.. . Prov. G. Tyler C WHEAWILL . W.M. J. B. BRIERLEY . . P.M. J. J. VICKERS . S.W. C. F. MALLINSON. . Secretary E. HAIGH . . . . S.D. NAME. J. H. TAYLOR J. J. BROOK .. w. p. raynor george wilson john north., chas. lockwood w. w. nichols peter McGregor RANK. J-D. M.M. LODGE "ROYAL BRUNSWICK," No. 296, SHEFFIELD. H. W. PAWSON .. P.Prov. G. Deacon ROBERT SCHOTT . . Prov. G. Steward JOHN E. BINGHAM.. W.M. THOMAS HARRISON P.M. GEORGE B. WOOD ..M.M. W. T. STACEY .. „ LODGE "HOPE," No. 302, BRADFORD. BENJ. BRPUGHTON THOS. HILL .. W. W. BARLOW .. WM. BEAN LAND . . E. SEWELL, M.A. .. JOSEPH BEST T. G. ANDREWS C. J. SCHOIT JOHN TURNER P.Prov. G. Warden P.Prov. G Warden . Prov. G. Deacon . P.Prov. G. Supt. of W. . P.Prov. G. Organist . W.M. . P.M. . Secretary . M.M. A. HOWARTH .. T. B. WETHERILL . J. W. WATSON JOHN HILL .. FRANK McGOWEN . JOHN SPEAK .. H. WRIGHT .. WILLIAM WATKINS. M. LODGE "PHILANTHROPIC," No. 304, LEEDS. C. LETCH MASON ROBERT CRAIG F. HORSLEY .. JAMES BEDFORD P. Prov. G. Treasurer. P. Prov. G. Deacon. . P. Prov. G. Deacon. . Prov. G. Steward. EDMUND WOODCOCK W.M. JAMES YATES.. .P.M. S.T. OATES .. .. „ GEORGE HILL W. F. TOMLINSON . A. S. KIRK THOMAS MYERS .. S.W. JOHN BROWNFOOT . . J.W. Rev.T. GREENBURY .. Chaplain. JOSE RICKARD . . Secretary. CHAS. NORMINTON .. S.D. WM. COCKE RLYNE . . J.D. J. K.BLAKEY .. .. I.G. R. SCOTT .. JOHN MARSHALL JONTHN. GRIMSHAW F. H. LAWSON . . W. H. HEWSON J. W. BOOTH . . GEORGE CROSS G. STAMP TAYLOR ALFRED WOOD JOHN STEPHENSON JAMES WHITE .. WILLIAM CALLUM W. W. PARK CHAS. CROYSDAI.E W. J. CHEETHAM SAMUEL BARRAND LODGE "ALFRED," No. 306, LEEDS. J. C. MALCOLM . . P. Prov. G. Registrar. SAMUEL FREEMAN . P. Prov. G. Deacon. ALFRED AUSTIN . . Prov. G. Standard Br. W. H.THOMPSON .. W.M. G. H. STALLARD .. P.M. W. C. ELLISDON »» D. THOMPSON.. jj JOHN DYSON .. n J. THRIPPLETON . . S.W. J. E. BINNS .. . . J.W. C. E. BREAN .. . . Secretary. J SUTCLIFFE .. . . S.D. TOM BATT . . J.D. J. B. JOWETT . . .. I.G. W. HERAPATH . . . M.M. W. W. SLEIGHT ,, BENJ. POUNDER W. WETHERALD J. H. SHOUKSMITH E. W. STEVENSON JAMES PENNINGTON J. E. HININGS .. HENRY PARKIN WALKER WEBSTER THOMAS JACKSON WILLIAM McQUAT G. T. BAINES .. ARCHIBALD NIELL A. W. WILKINSON T. H. HYDE JOSEPH HIRST.. 10 LODGE "PRINCE FREDERICK," No. 307, HEBDEN BRIDGE. NAME. RANK- AUSTIN ROBERTS . . P.Prov. G. D. of Ceres. WM. COCKCROFT . . Prov.A. G. Pursuivant JAS. GREENWOOD .. P.M. FRED. RUSHWORTH StW. NAME. THOS. UTTLEY HERBERT KING MARK KING .. RANK. . . S.D. . . I.G. . . M.M. LODGE " PRINCE GEORGE," No. 308, EASTWOOD. THOS. WRIGLEY . . W.M-. | JOHN E. CRAVEN, P.M. LODGE "CANDOUR," No. 337, UPPERMILL. EDWD. FAIRBURN JOHN BUCKLEY CHARLES SHAW .. „ J. W. HESSLEGRAVE. „ WM. D. HALL .. .. „ JAMES YOUNG ..S.W. THOS. H. TANNER . . J.W. T. STOTT S.D. P. Prov. G. Sword B. P.M. W. MALLALIEU JAMES HINCHLIFFE . . Rev. HUGH DOIG WILLIAM BUCKLEY . . ROBERT DICKINSON.. SAMUEL BOOTH JOSEPH BRADBURY . . I.G. M.M. LODGE "INTEGRITY," No. 380, MORLEY. JOHN PATTISON .. WILLIAM SMITH .. SAMUEL RAYNER . . ALFRED VERITY .. JOHN H. RAYNER W.M. P.M. JAS. SHARP .. ..P.M. JOHN HAIGH .. .. S.W. TOM BARRON .. I.G. WILLIAM RAYNER . . M.M. LODGE "AIREDALE," No. 387, SHIPLEY. HENRY SMITH J. RAMSDEN RILEY ELIAS HEATON JOHN HEY Prov. G. Secretary. P. Prov. G.D. of Ceres. P.M. JOHN TILLOTSON ..S.D. A. BOOTH M.M. J. T LAST „ LODGE "ROYAL FOREST," No. 401, SLAIDBURN. R. W. Bro. COL. LE GENDRE N. STARK IE, P.M., R.W. Prov. G.M. E.Lancashire. LODGE "THREE GRACES," No. 408, HAWORTH. H. S. HOLDS WORTH . . Prov. Dep. G. D. of C. J.P.HANSON .. .. W.M. F. W. TURNER . . P.M. JOHN BRACEWELL.. S.W. JOSEPH TURNER . . J.D. WILLIAM LAMBERT.. I.G. HENRY WILSON . . M.M. IRVIN COOKE .. .. MM. THOMAS BOWLER .. „ LODGE "SCIENTIFIC," No. 439, BINGLEY. A. W. RAMSDEN J. L. ATHERTON SAMUEL BULMER . SAML. WHITE.. J. C. EASTWOOD G. G. FOULDS H. SCOTT WOOD P.Prov. G. D. of Ceres. P.Prov. G. D. of Ceres. W.M. , P.M. S.W. J.W. S.D. H. MEYER W. GREENWOOD CHAS. BRACEWELL.. TOM BRADLEY N. ANTILL J. BUCKLEY SHARP. LODGE "ST. JAMES," No. 448, HALIFAX. C TATE RHODES . . P. Prov. G. Deacon. THOMAS WHITAKER. Prov. G. Steward JOHN DRAKE .. G. H. RADCLIFFE . . RICHARD WORSICK . RICHARD JESSOP . . JAMES G. LEE.. J.T.SIMPSON.. JONATHAN JESSOP.. CHAS. GREENWOOD W.M. P.M. S.W. J.W. S.D. A. MALLINSON.. WALTER HANSON .. T. WOODS . . THOS. ROBERTSHAW . J. W. NORMANTON . , RICHARD HODGSON T. R. SANDERS WILLIAM SHAW ALF. ROBERTSHAW.. HENRY WILSON D. of C. I.G. M.M. 1 1 LODGE "AIRE AND CALDER," No. 458, GOOLE. NAME. RANK. JOSEPH CAWTHORN. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant WILLIAM BROOK . . W,M. CHARLES DENBY . . P.M. RALPH PEACOCK .. „ EZRA GOODERIDGE H.TREVOR GARDINER „ E J. FOSTER .. .. J.W. ROBERT DAYSON . . Secretary. NAME RANK. GEORGE DIXON .. S.D. R. CATHCART BRUCE . J.D. WILLIAM PORTER . . Chaplain. THOMAS EMPSON .. M.M. GEORGE ENGLAND .. „ THOMAS RIPPON, Jun. „ THOMAS SCOTT .. „ CHARLES CHAPPELL. „ LODGE "WAKEFIELD," No. 495, WAKEFIELD. COL. J. HARTLEY, D.L. P.Prov G. Warden W. B. ALDERSON . . P.Prov. G. Deacon Lieut.-Col. CHARLES- WORTH, J-P. . . W.M. WILLIAM WOOD . . P.M. WILLIAM GLOVER.. „ HENRY OXLEY .. „ BENJAMIN CRAVEN „ H. S GOODYEAR .. S.W. B. F. GLOVER ..J.W. T. HARGREAVES .. Secretary GEORGE CARBERT . . Organist. WILLIAM GILLOTT.. Tyler. P. BARRATT . . . . M.M. J. S. FLOWER .. .. J. MARTIN .. .. „ G. F. WILD .. „ FRANCIS STAFFORD ,, ALFRED LEACH .. ,. ED. NIXON .. .. „ LODGE "TRUTH," No. 521, HUDDERSFIELD. R. WILLIAMSON . . Prov. G. Deacon. ALLEN JACKSON . . P. Prov. G. Deacon. J. W. TURNER . . . . W.M. HENRY SHAW.. ..P.M. GEORGE MARSHALL „ J. B. MATTHEWMAN „ WM. HENRY JESSOP „ ABRM. ARMITAGE . . S.W. ABRAHAM GRAHAM . J.W. JAMES ECCLES . . S.D. HUMPHREY WOOD . . CHAS. NICHOLSON .. HENRY CLAYTON . . JOE T. SHEARD BENJAMIN WALKER . SAM. BUTTERWORTH. W. E. JOWITT .. SAMUEL CROSSLEY . E. A. BEAUMONT . ROBERT WRAY.. I.G. M.M. LODGE "HARMONY," No. 600, BRADFORD. C. CRABTREE.. JOHN BEANLAND JAMES WRIGHT C. E. HOFFER R. L. WATSON JAMES DEWHIRST. T. RILEY J. R. WELSMAN . MICHAEL MULLEN . P-Prov. G. Deacon . P. Prov. G. SupL of W. . Prov. G. Steward . W.M. . P.M. W. R. HININGS . . S.W. C- B. AMPT .. ..S.D. E. BECKER .. ..J.D. A. ASSENHEIMER .. I.G. EDMUND EARNSHAW M.M. MOSES HARRISON . „ W. KPNGDON . .. „ T. NORFOLK .. .. „ LODGE "ZETLAND," No. 603, CLECKHEATON. S. H. STOCKS . . W. T. FLATHER WILLIAM SHARP JOHN BERRY .. W. HUSTLER.. B. BRIGGS P. Prov. G. Deacon. . W.M. P.M. . S.W. WM. MORTIMER . . J.W. C. H. DOUTHWAITE . . Secretary. S. MORTIMER .. ..Organist. GEORGE BLACKBURN M.M. WILLIAM DODGSON.. „ LODGE "HOLME VALLEY," No. 652, HOLMFIRTH. Rev. J. T. WILKINSON P. Prov. G Chaplain. THOMAS BROOK .. W.M. GEORGE NORRIS , .. P.M. JOHN TINKER .. ,, S. H. SHAW J. R. MELLOR .. F. S. WHITTELL . S.W. . S.D. . M.M. 12 LODGE "FRIENDSHIP," No. 750, CLECKHEATON. NAME. RANK. RAWSON KELLEY . . P. Prov. G. Sword B. W. H. CLOUGH . . W.M. GEORGE T. BULL .. P.M. JOHN BIRKUY .. „ WILLIAM REARDON „ WM. ISHERWOOD .. „ REUBEN CASTLE .. ,, NAME. RANK. ALFRED HALL. .. P.M. SAMUEL BIRKETT . . S.W. B. WOODCOCK .. J.W. JOSEPH RICHARDSON J.D. D. BARRACLOUGH .. Organist. ROBERT NAYLOR . . M.M. LODGE "CRAVEN," No. 810, SKIPTON. GEORGE ROBINSON. THOMAS DAVIS JOHN THROUP GEORGE KENDALL.. JOSEPH SPEED THOS. STOCKDALE . . P. Prov. G. Warden. W.M. P.M. S.W. JOHN HOGG . . . . S.D. HENRY CALVERT ..M.M. T. P. INMAN .. .. „ THOMAS BRAYSHAW. „ THOMAS PROCTER .. ,, JOHN HARGRAVES . . „ LODGE "ST. JOHN'S," No. 827, DEWSBURY. Rev. W. APPLEYARD . P. Prov. G. Chaplain. D. ALLISON SHAW . . P. Prov. G. Registrar. A. E. BECKER.. .. W.M. EDWARD POPPLETON P.M. MARTIN EISMANN . . „ J. ASPDIN FRANZ LANDMANN.. P.M. HENRY BLACKBURN. S.W. EDWIN LEE .. ..M.SI. ROBERT LOVE.. .. „ THOS. VICKERMAN .. „ JOHN COBB LODGE "DE GREY AND RIPON," No. 837, RIPON. Rev. W. C. LUKIS, M.A. P.Prov. G. Chaplain R. E. COLLINSON.. P.Prov. G. Sword B. H. C. PICKERSGILL. . P.M. J. S. DAVIES .. .. „ FRANCIS SMITH .. „ HORATIO WOOD .. S.W. ARTHUR TUPMAN .. J.W. E. THORPE .. .. M.M. W. B. SMITH , WILLIAM STORK .. „ LODGE "PHOINIX," No. 904, ROTHERHAM. JOHN FAWCETT JAMES JENKIN F. CLEEVES . . T. W. ROOME WILLIAM DICKIE . P.Prov. G. Deacon . W.M. . P.M. S.W. P. B. COWARD .. J.W. R. J. BUTTINSHAW . . J.D. JOHN GIBBS .. .. I.G. T. FRANCE .. ..M.M. LODGE "ST. OSWALD," No. 910, PONTEFRACT. Rev. G. S. DUNBAR.. : W. SAVILE WOOD E. T. CLARK.. SAMUEL SLACK J. QUARTERMAN WILLIAM HALL G. P. MARTIN EDMUND LORD GEORGE MALCOLM R. D. RYDER .. Rev. EDWIN CASTLE C. ENGLAND.. Rev. C. E. STORRS.. W. A. GLOVER J. G. LYON .. W. WARDE .. RICHARD MOXON . . P.Prov. G. Chaplain HAYDN FISHER .. M.] P.Prov. G. Registrar JAMES DEACON .. „ P.Prov. G. Registrar THOMAS POULSON.. „ P.Trov. G. D.of Ceres. S. LOWDEN .. .. „ P.Prov.G. Standard B. W. H. B. ATKINSON.. „ P.Prov. G. Pursuivant T. M. LEAK .. .. „ W.M. R. FISHER .. .. „ P.M. C. W. BARBER .. „ J. ATKINSON , T. STUART RUSSELL „ S.W. GEORGE S. ROBSON.. „ J.W. ERASMUS BUTLER.. „ Chaplain. J. F. REAM , Treasurer RICHD. MOXON, Junr. „ S.D. WILLIAM J. FARR.. „ J.D. W. BRACKENRIDGE „ M.M. ISAAC KABERRY .. „ »3 LODGE "TRAFALGAR," No. 971, BATLEY. NAME. WILLIAM SHEARD RANK. . P. Prov.G. Pursuivant WILLIAM BREARLEY W.M. JIM SHEARD . . . . P.M. JOSEPH FOZARD DAVID HILDRED .. EDW. RICHARDSON. „ NAME. RANK. JOSEPH KEMP.. .. S.D. ROBERT F. WILSON.. I.G. JAMES COLBECK ..O.G. JOSEPH COLBECK ..M.M. MATTHEW GARNER . . , LODGE "PENTALPHA," No. 974, BRADFORD. Rev. J. CLARKE, M.A. P. Prov. G. Chaplain. W. H. EVANS, M.D. . . P. Prov. G. Deacon. JEREMIAH RHODES. P. Prov. G.D.of Ceres. EDWARD LINCK ..P.M. C. M. WILSON. .. „ W. C. LUPTON .. ..P.M. J. RIDLEY ODDY . . J.W. T. IBBETSON . . . . J.D. ROBERT L. MURRAY. . M.M. GEORGE BEANLAND . „ LODGE "HARROGATE AND CLARO," No. 1,001, HARROGATE. W. F. SMITHSON .. P. Prov. G. Deacon. JOHN RICHARDSON. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant ROBERT ACKRILL . . Prov. G. Steward. ALFRED J. BODMAN. W.M. JAMES POWELL . . P.M. J. T. WALKER . . . . S.W. C. J. B. JOHNSON ..J.W. G. THOMPSON . . . . Secretary. LODGE " SHAKESPEARE," C. J. BANISTER ..KG. Sw. B. of Eng. J. W. MONCKMAN. GEORGE ALTHORP. HY. J. SUTHERST . W. WROE A. B. PERKINS Prov. G. D. of Ceres. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant W.M. P.M. LODGE " SINCERITY," W. H. GILL. J.P. .. P. Prov. G. Warden J. WORDSWORTH . . P.Prov. G. Warden HENRY FRANCE .. P.Prov. G. D.of Ceres. GEORGE NEWTON.. P.Prov. G. D.of Ceres. H. G. E. ' GREEN . . Prov. Assistant G. Sec. J. MATTHEWMAN ..P.M. WILLIAM CLAYTON „ LODGE "ECCLESHILL," J. G. HUTCHINSON.. P.Prov. G. Registrar CHRIS. PRATT . . P:Prov. G. Supt.of W. WILLIAM PRATT .. P.Prov. G. Supt.ofW. GEORGE PEARSON.. Prov. G. Sword B. F. READ W.M. FRED. SMART ..P.M. JOHN RADFORD ..S.W. JOHN VIRR .. ..J.W. A. BUTTERWORTH S.D. THOMAS LAWRENCE. S.D. THOMAS MARSH ..Organist. A. ORLANDO JONES.. I.G. H.ALLISON . ..D.C. J. W. ACKRILL .. .. M.M. A. BODGER G. H. GIBSON .. .. „ No. 1,018, BRADFORD. G. H. SWITHENBANK P.M. CHARLES V. DAY .. Treasurer HERBERT ALLISON.. Secretary HENRY KUBLI .. S.D. J. L. STEWART ..M.M. WALTER DICKINSON „ No. 1,019, WAKEFIELD. WILLIAM PICKARD.. P.M. J. A. THORNTON .. „ A. W. STANFIELD, J.P. „ G. H. FRANCE . Secretary J. WARD M.M. J. H. LEE W. H. HALEY No. 1,034, ECCLESHILL. A. J. RAWNSLEY ..I.G. LODGE EDWARD CROSBY . . W.M. THOMAS TYERS .. P.M. SAMUEL STEAD .. „ ROBERT THOMPSON ., THOMAS JESSOP .. „ M. B. YATES , W. M. TYERS . . . . S.W. W. FLOCKTON.. .. J.W. W. BINGHAM . . . . Secretary. SAMUEL FARRAR . . S.D. W. T. CARTER.. .. J.D. B. BLACKBURN . . M'.M. •EXCELSIOR," W. JOHNSON .. J. HENDERSON JOSEPH LIGHTFOOT JOHN HALEY . . JOSEPHUS PEPPER N. W. WRIGHT RICHARD REVELL W. DOWNING .. No. 1,042, LEEDS ALFRED ATKINSON GEO. HEUTHWAITE B. WOMERSLEY WILLIAM GRISDALE J. W. BROSCOMB THOMAS THORP J. B. MAYS GEORGE TYERS T. HUNTLEY .. T. E. CRAVEN .. W. J. JOWETT H. BANKS M.M. M.M. 14 LODGE "MIRFIELD," No. 1,102, MIRFIELD. J. IBBERSON .. .. P. Prov. G. Registrar. JOHN BARKER . . P. Prov. G. Supt. of W. JOHN WALMSLEY W.M. ARTHUR A. STOTT .. P.M. JOHN T. BARRAS .. „ JAMES WALMSLEY ..P.M. T. B. FAIRCLOUGH . . S.W. J. H. SIMPSON .. .. J.W. E. W. H. ANDERSON .. M.M. LODGE "ROYAL WHARFEDALE," 1,108, OTLEY. I JOHN E. LOWREY .. Secretary. W. T. MARSHALL . W.M. W. LAYCOCK .. P.M. LODGE "GODEB Rev. Canon BULLOCK . Prov. G. Chaplain. G. F. CROWE . . P. Prov. G. Deacon. THOMAS WINN Prov. G. Supt. of W. CHARLES SCRIVEN. . W.M. J. W. FOURNESS . . P.M. JOSEPH CALVERLEV JOHN JAQUES.. „ W. B. TOWNSEND . „ A. W. YOUINGS S.W. WM. SMITH .. Secretary. JOHN ELLIS .. J.D. THOMP. CRAISTER . T.G. W. J. GWILLAM M.M. GODERICH," No. 1,211, LEEDS. M.M. J. R. FAWCETT ..W.M. THOMAS CANTRILL P.M. R. RILEY MARK STAINSBY WILLIAM WARREN .. JOSEPH STANSFIELD J. M. CLARKSON JOSEPH POTTS.. THOS. T. WHITELEY. W. FURZE B. W. HIGGINS.. W. HENRY AUSTIN . . WM. NICHOLSON .. J. MAYNARD .. LODGE "SCARBOROUGH," No. 1,214, BATLEY. I E. DEAN MM. LODGE "DEFENCE," No. 1,221, LEEDS. R. W. MOORE . . . . P. Prov. G. Sword B. R. P. BRINDLEY . . W.M. CHARLES BEEVERS . P.M. JAMES MARSTON\. „ R. KINGSTON , ROBERT LEES . . . . J. W. ROBT. F. P. HARRIS . Secretary. H. COLUMBINE ..S.D. E. EAGLESFIELD ..J.D. ROBERT LUCAS . . I.G. W. A. COLE . . M.M. J. H. TEALE . . >> HENRY CHILD » J. J. MARSH .. ..MM. GEORGE WHITAKER. HENRY MARSH CHARLES D. SWALE.. ROBERT GRAHAM .. TOM TOMLINSON .. W. WHITEHEAD A. M. RICHARDSON . . THOMAS S. USHER .. EDWARD SIMPSON . . A. T. HOLROYD H. H. CRIBB LODGE " SAVILE," F. CROSSLEY . . . . P.Prov. G. Sword B. ELIJAH FARNELL .. W.M. T. I. WALKER ..P.M. L. SAVILLE .. .. „ W. F. WILKINSON „ SAM. EMSLEY .. S.W. W. E. SMITHIES . . J.W. SAM. DYSON . . . . Secretary No. 1,231, ELLAND. T. WHALLEY, M.D. .. M.M. HENRY TAYLOR .. ALFRED MILLS T. BUCKLAND.. GLEDHILL HALLAS .. JOSEPH RHODES .. THOMAS FEATHER.. LODGE "WENTWORTH," No. 1,239, W. R. THOMAS, M.D. P.Prov. G. Deacon F. M. TINDALL . . P.Prov. G. Sword B. J. P. HEWITT . . W.M. G. E. BENNETT ..P.M. HY. T. E. HOLMES .. „ W. A. STYRING . . J.W. A. SIMONSON ..S.D. SHEFFIELD. .. M.M. G. H. DUNNILL T. E. BARKER THOMAS LEIGHTON V. G. S. DEARDEN M. J. DODWORTH .. T. H. VERNON J. NICHOLSON is LODGE "RYBURN," No. 1,283, SOWERBY BRIDGE. NAME. R. D. KENDALL J. MARSHALL.. J. J. GREEN .. ROBERT WOOD J. LONGBOTTOM SANK. . P.Prov. G. Pursuivant - . P.Prov. G. Pursuivant . W.M. . P.M. NAME. RANK. J. SUTCLIFFE.. ..P.M. JAMES CROWTHER.. JW. HENRY WHITLOW .. J.D. WILLIAM HAIGH . . I.G. W. H. THORPE ..M.M. LODGE " BRIGHOUSE," No. 1,301, BRIGHOUSE. C. S. SUNDERLAND.. Prov. G. Registrar. JAMES POWELL . . P. Prov. G. D. of C. ALFRED STOTT . . W.M. J. L. P. PUGH .. .. P.M FREDERICK LAXTON P.M EDWIN HEATON .. S.W B. H. THORP .. .. J.W THOMAS BARNETT . . M.M. LODGE "DE WARREN," No. 1,302, HALIFAX. GEO. NORMANTON P.Prov. G. Deacon FRED. WHITAKER . . P.Prov. G. Deacon WILLIAM COOKE .. P.Prov. G. A. D.ofC. J. SEED Prov. G. Pursuivant WILLIAM SWIFT ..P.M. WILLIAM ASQUITH P.M. WILLIAM SUTCLIFFE „ S. GREENWOOD .. S.D. ASA FAWTHROP ..IG. H. J. PRATT M.M. LODGE ''ZETLAND," No THOMAS CROSSLEY. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant A. F. McGILL . . . . W.M. J. M. HOLLINGS- WORTH.. P.M. CHRIS. ANDERSON.. „ W. E. ASQUITH .. „ J. B. HARGREAVES . . „ GEORGE COBB . J.W. 1,311, LEEDS. J. S. WEBB WILLIAM BRIGG W. S. BLACKBURN . JOSEPH SCOTT.. JAMES STABLES J. A. GODWIN .. WALTER D. HOLLIS. G. W. MORRISON . S.D J-D I.G. M.M. LODGE " WHARNCLIFFE," No. 1,462, PENISTONE. ED. SMITH ..W.M. H. FIELD ..P.M. G. HESKETH .. .. „ J. A. WOODHEAD . . „. J. W. WORDSWORTH „ W. T. BEANLAND.. „ HENRY BARDEN . . S. W. Rev. W. S. TURNBULL Chaplain. E. BILLINGTON ..J.D. GEORGE STONES .. M.M. J. BROWN HERBERT WARD R. RUFF ED. NIXON .. J. E. DICKENSON .. „ LODGE "FRIENDLY," No. 1,513, BARNSLEY. R. CARTER .. .. P.Prov. G. Warden JAMES H. GRATION. . Prov. G. Treasurer T. W. EMBLETON.. P.M. W. RIDGARD MASSIE P.M. C. F. SEWARD .. S.W. BENJ. SMITH.. ..J.W. A. W. GRATION .. Secretary THEO. ROGERS T. BRAITHWAITE . . BEN. GAUNT PETER WILSON E. J. MASSIE .. HENRY FOUNTAIN.. M.M. LODGE "THORNHILL," No. 1,514, LINDLEY. Rev. R. C. WILFORD P.Prov. G. Chaplain D. WALKER .. ..W.M. T. SHAW ..P.M. G. HORSFALL .. „ C. H. CROWTHER.. Secretary JAS. HIRST . . . . S.D. J. HAIGH .. .. I.G. F. COLLINS .. ..M.M. J. W. CALVERLEY ..M.M. J. A. STOCKS T. E. SYKES .. .. „ ELLIOTT HALLAS SAM. HIRST .. .. „ HENRY LEECH .. „ GEORGE WIMPENNY „ LODGE "OLICANA," No. i ; 522, ILKLEY. HENRY MORTON ,.W,M. I W. WEDGWOOD .. S.W, i6 LODGE "LEGIOLIUM," No CASTLEFORD. NAME. RANK. Rev.W.T.M. SYLVESTER Prov. G. Chaplain. W. W. MACVAT JAMES RICKARD EDWARD PEIRSON J. HARLING C. A. PHILLIPS .. FREDK. DUNNILL T. B. WILSON .. P. Prov. G. Sword B. W.M. . P.M. .. S.W. .. J.W. 1,542. NAMR. ALFRED WILSON GEO. FREDK. CARR . EDMUND GRAY A, SHUTTLEWORTH. T. CONSTERDINE . JOHN RIPLEY .. ARTHUR ATKINSON. GEORGE EARLE RANK. Secretary. Organist. M.M. LODGE "BAILDON' SAMUEL WADE ..W.M. T. M. HOLMES.. ..P.M. WILLIAM METCALFE ., FREDK. HOLMES . . S.W. No. i,S4S, BAILDON. W. J. WAUGH .. ..J.W. J. J. RUTHERFORD GEORGE BOEHING . Secretary. . M.M. LODGE "COLNE VALLEY," No. 1,645, SLAITHWAITE. E. DEAN .. .. P.M. I J. SHAW P.M. C. THORNTON .. „ ! SAMUEL WALKER .. M.M. LODGE "PRINCE OF WALES," No. 1,648, A. STEPHENSON J. H. LOVELESS J. W. BARBER P.Prov.G.D.of Ceres. P.Prov. G. Organist P.M. J. S. SWITHENBANK J.W. G. M. LOFT .. J. PELHAM BROWNE HENRY FIRTH BRADFORD. .. M.M. LODGE "ST. JOHN'S," No. 1,736, HALIFAX. J. HAIGH .. ..W.M. W. B. SPENCER ..P.M. ALFD. GOMERSALL , J. GREEN R. RILEY C. E. LAW .. .. „ J. H. BOLTON . S.W. JAMES DAVIS .. .. I.G. J. MACKIE .. .. M.M. FREDK GREENWOOD „ J. HITCHEN .. .. „ HY. JENKINSON .. „ G. HOWARTH .. .. „ W. J. TERRELL .. , LODGE "IVANHOE," No. 1,779, SHEFFIELD. J. BRAILSFORD, Jun., Piov. G. Steward. j ANDREW MACREDIE. . S.W. LODGE "ALBERT EDWARD," No. 1,783. HUDDERSFIELD. BENJAMIN OXLEY .. W.M. JOHN SHOESMITH .. P.M. H. GOODALL . . . . Treasurer. J. WRIGGLESWORTH M.M. C. H. RILEY J. W. RAYNOR .. .. M.M. SAMUEL WOOD , ROBERT METCALF A. MITCHELL WM SCHOFIELD WILLIAM FITTON LODGE "BEAUMONT," P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. . P.M. No. 2,035, KIRKBURTON. I BEN STOCKS .. J.W. LODGE "PRUDENCE," No. 2,069, LEEDS. ED. WOODHOUSE, J.P. W.M. TUDOR TREVOR . P.M. and Secretary. WILLIAM WATSON.. P.M. and S.D. Rev. H. S. BUTLER.. Chaplain Rev. J. E. PLAYER.. J.D. S. SCOTT YOUNG .. I.G. ROBERT ABBOTT Rev. J. ROSSER J. J.' FRETWELL GUY HAYLER . . C. MIDDLETON EDWARD HOLT LODGE "CASTLEBERG," No. 2,091, SETTLE. (Not Consecrated till the 11th day of May, 1885.) i7 Punctually at 12-30 the arrival of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire and other distinguished Visitors was announced by the sounding of the Bugles. They entered, and took their places in the following order : — VISITORS. R.W. Bro. The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lathom, Deputy Grand Master of England, and Prov. Grand Master of West Lancashire. R.W. Bro. Col. Le Gendre N. Starkie, D.L., Past Grand Warden of England, and Prov. Grand Master of East Lancashire. R.W. Bro. Major W. H. Smyth, D.L., Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire. V.W. Bro. The Rev. C. W. Spencer-Stanhope, P.G. Chaplain of England. V.W. Bro. The Very Rev. The Dean of York, P.G. Chaplain of England. V.W. Bro. J. Woodall Woodall, Grand Treasurer of England. V.W. Bro. Col. Shadwell H. Clerke, Grand Secretary of England. W. Bro. Baron de Ferrieres, M.P., Grand S.D. of England. VV. Bro. C. J. Bannister, Past G. Sw. B. of England. W. Bro. Dr. J. Pearson Bell, P.G.D. of England, D. Prov. Grand Master of N. and E. Yorkshire W. Bro. George Mellor, P.G.D. of Eng., D. Prov. Grand Master of East Lancashire. W. Bro. M. C. Peek, Prov. Grand Secretary, N. and E. Yorkshire. W. Bro. John Chadwick, Prov. Grand Secretary, East Lancashire. W. Bro. William Goodacre, Prov. Grand Secretary, West Lancashire. W. Bro. F. R. W. Hedges, Secretary, R.M.I, for Girls. W. Bro. Frederick Binckes, P. Grand Steward, Secretary, R.M.I, for Boys. W. Bro. James Terry, P.P.G.W. of Herts., Secretary, R.M. Benevolent Institution. PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MEMBERS. W. Bro. Richard Carter P.M. 15 13 P. as Prov. S. G. Warden. W. Bro. Benjamin Broughton . . P.M. 302 P. as Trov. J. G. Warden. W. Bro. William W. Widdop. . . . P.M. 275 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Edward Armitage, J. P. P.M. 275 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. George Robinson P.M. 810 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Thomas Hill P.M. 302 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Jonas Craven P.M. 275 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. John Booth P.M. 258 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. W. H. Brittain P.M. 139, 296 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. W. H. Gill, J.P P.M. 1019 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Isaac Booth _. P.M. 61 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. R. I. Critchley, J.P P.M. 208 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. J. Menzies P.M. 61 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Joseph Hartley, D.L. . . P.M. 495 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. John Wordsworth. ... . P.M. 1019 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Joshua Day P.M. 275 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Simeon Hayes. P.M. 139 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Edward Simpson, J:P. . . P.M. 154 P. Prov. G. Warden. W. Bro. Rev. Canon Bullock .... Chap. 121 1 Prov. G. Chaplain. W. Bro. Rev. W. T. M. Sylvester Chap. 1542 Prov. G. Chaplain. W. Bro. Rev. Wm. Appleyard . . Chap. 827 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. W. Bro. Rev. John Clark, M.A. . Chap. 974 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. W. Bro. Rev. G. S. Dunbar Chap. 910 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. W. Bro. Rev. E. W. Makinson . . Chap. 289 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. W, Bro, Rev, W. C, Lukis, M A. . P.M. 837 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. w. Bro. Rev. Israel Parkinson .. Chap. 61 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. w. Bro. Rev. Benjamin Town .. Chap. 61 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. w. Bro. Rev. R. C. Wilford . . . . P.M. I5H P. Prov. G. Chaplain. w, Bro. Rev. P. F. J. Pearce . . . . P.M. 275 P. Prov, G. Chaplain. w. Bro. Rev. J. T. Wilkinson . , Chap. 652 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. w. Bro. Rev. James Blake, M.A .. Chap. 242 P. Prov. G. Chaplain. w. Bro. James Henry Gration . . P.M. ISI3 Prov. G. Treasurer. w. Bro. C. Letch Mason . , -P.M. 3°4 P. Prov. G. Treasurer. w. Bro. C. S. Sunderland . P.M. 1301 Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. W. Savile Wood . . P.M. 910 P. Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. J. BOTTOMLEY . . P.M. 275 P. Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. Jo. Ibberson . . P.M. 1 102 P. Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. J. G. Hutchinson .... . . P.M. 1034 P. Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. P.M. 306 P. Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. D. Allison Shaw . . P.M. 827 P. Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. E. T. Clark . . P.M. 910 P. Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. J. Heaton Cadman . . . . P.M 1 54 P. Prov. G. Registrar. w. Bro. Henry Smith . . P.M. 387 Prov. G. Secretary. w. Bro. B. Hutchinson . . P.M. 290 Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. J. Lowenthale . . P.M. 275 Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. W. W. Barlow . . P.M. 302 Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. R. Williamson . . P.M. 521 Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. T. A. Haigh . . P.M. 149 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. S. Freeman . . P.M. 306 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. G. Norm anton . . P.M. 1302 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. S. H. Stocks , . P.M. 603 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. F. Whitaker ... P.M. 1302 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. M. Newsome, J.P . . P.M. 208 P. Prov.G. Deacon. w. Bro. F. Horsley . . P.M. 304 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. Allen Jackson . . P.M. 521 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. W. B. Alderson . . P.M. 495 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. T. Ruddock . . P.M. 275 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. J. Fawcett .. -P.M. 904 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. G. F. Oowe . . P.M. 1211 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. W. Harrop . . P.M. 290 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. W. F. Smithson . . P.M. IOOI P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. J. D. Kay P.M. 289 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. W. H. Evans, M.D . . P.M. 974 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. H. W. Pawson . . P.M. 296 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro C. T. Rhodes . . P.M. 448 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. Davis R. Glover P.M. 289 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. W. R. Thomas, M.D. . . . . P.M. 1239 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. W. Gaukroger . . P.M. 61 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. P.M. 304 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. Bro. Bro. Bro. C. Crabtree P.M. 600 242 1211 P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. W. Delanoy P.M. P. Prov. G. Deacon. w. P.M. Prov. G. Supt. of Works. P. Prov. G. Supt. of Works. w. Bro. Christopher Pratt . . . . P.M. io34 w. Bro. B. W. Jackson . . P.M. 6i P. Prov. G. Supt. of Works w. Bro. William Beanjland . . . . P.M. 302 P. Prov. G. Supt. of Works w. Bro. C. Mandell Hartley . . P.M. 242 P. Prov. G. Supt. of Works w. Bro. John Beanland . . P.M. 600 P. Prov. G. Supt. of Works w. Bro. William Pratt . . P.M. i°34 P. Prov. G. Supt. of Works w. Bro. G. W. Hawksley .... . . P.M. 139 P. Prov. G. Supt. of Works w. Bro. , . P.M. 1 102 P, Prov, G. Supt. of Works 19 W. Bro. J. W MONCKMAN P.M. 1018 W. Bro. H. S. Holdsworth P.M. 408 W. Bro. Thomas Pickles P.M. 258 W. Bro. Jeremiah Rhodes P.M. 974 W. Bro. H. N. Crowther P.M. 275 W. Bro. A. W. Ramsden P.M. 439 W. Bro. Henry France P.M. 1019 W. Bro. W. J. Beck P.M. 289 W. Bro. Thomas Collinson P.M. 139 W. Bro. Wm. Cooke P M. 1302 W. Bro. Samuel Slack P.M. 910 W. Bro. George Newton P.M. 1019 W. Bro. James Powell P.M. 1301 W. Bro. Allen Haigh P.M. 290 W. Bro. J. L. Atherton P.M. 439 W. Bro. Alfred Stephenson . . . P.M. 1648 W. Bro. J. Ramsden Riley P.M. 387 W. Bro. Austin Roberts P.M. 307 W. Bro. George Pearson P.M. 1034 W. Bro. Edward Fairburn P.M. 337 W. Bro. R. E. Collinson P.M. 837 W. Bro. F. Crossley P.M. 1231 •W. Bro. F. M. Tindall P.M. 1239 W. Bro. W. W. Macvay P.M. 1542 W. Bro. R. W. Moore P.M. 1221 W. Bro. Rawson Kelley P.M.' 750 W. Bro. George Scarborough . . P.M. 61 W. Bro. James France P.M. 208 W. Bro. Alfred Austin P.M. 306 W. Bro. J. Quarterman P.M 910 Bro. J. W. Phillips Org. 139 W. Bro. Dr. William Spark P.M. 289 W. Bro. J. H. Loveless P.M. 1648 W. Bro. E. Sewell, M.A — 302 W. Bro. Herbert G. E. Green . . W.M. 1019 W, Bro. John Seed P.M. 1302 W. Bro. W. Cockcroft P.M. 307 W. Bro. J. Cawthorn P.M. 458 W. Bro. J. Richardson P.M. 1001 W. Bro. W. Sheard P.M. 971 W. Bro. J. Marshall P.M. 1283 W. Bro. W. Schofield P.M. 2035 W. Bro. R. D. Kendall P.M. 1283 W. Bro. B. P. Parker P.M. 264 W. Bro. G. Althorp P.M. roi8 W. Bro. T. Crossley P.M. 131 1 W. Bro. W. Haigh .• P.M. 149 W. Bro. W. Hall P.M. 910 W. Bro. Robert Schott -. P.M. 296 W. Bro. Thomas Whitaker .... P.M. 448 W. Bro. Robert Ackrill P.M. 1001 W. Bro. James Wright P.M. 600 W. Bro. James Bedford P.M. 304 W. Bro. Joseph Brailsford, Jun. P.M 1779 W. Bro. Joshua Lee P,M- 290 Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. Prov. Deputy G. D. of Ceres. Prov. Assistant G.D.of Ceres. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Proy. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. P. Prov. G. D. of Ceremonies. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. P. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. P. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. P. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. P. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. P. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. P. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. P. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. P. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. Prov. G. Standard Bearer. Prov. G. Standard Bearer. P. Prov. G. Standard Bearer. Prov. G. Organist. P. Prov. G. Organist. P. Prov. G. Organist. P. Prov. G. Organist. Prov. Asst. G. Secretary. Prov. G. Pursuivant. Prov. Asst. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. P. Prov. G. Pursuivant. Prov. G. Steward. Prov. G. Steward. Prov. G. Steward. Prov. G, Steward. Prov. G. Steward. Prov. G. Steward. Prov. G. Tyler. There were also present the following Visitors Rank. Name. Henry Lodge Daniel Clarke Arthur H. Stamford R. Read John J. Clay John C. Moor Francis Preston No. of Lodge. 13 M.M, 21 50 70 91 97 104 ■PastG. Steward. M.M M.M P.P.G. Deacon . P.P.G. Deacon . Province. London. London. Leicestershire. Devonshire. Durham. Durham. John Holme 129 George J. McKay 129 W. Lake 131 J. W. Taylor, M.D 200 G. H. Walshaw 200 R. H. Peacock 200 J. Wanless . 200 Thomas Wells 200 C. F. Hogard 205 Joseph Todd 236 Mark Rooke 236 E. Carter 236 W. H. Godby 236 William Niell 237 Henry J. White 250 Thomas Cox 253 C. A. Kendall 271 Thos. D. Ruddock, B.A. 279 W. Robertson 393 J. P. Beck 395 Robert Moir 526 T. M. Humphries 539 The Rev. Henry Greeves 566 F. Dickinson 566 The Rev. A. B. Day 566 The Rev. W. Hutchinson 630 P.M Cheshire. P.P.G. Warden Cumbld. and Westld. P.P.G Supt. of W. . . Cumbld. and Westld. P.P.G. Registrar Cornwall. P.P.G. Warden N. and E. Yorkshire. P.P.G.D. cf Ceres. . . N. and E. Yorkshire. P.P.G.D of Ceres. . . N. and E. Yorkshire. W.M N. and E. Yorkshire. P.M N. and E. Yorkshire. P.P.G. S. of W., Essex London. P.P.G. Registrar. ... N. and E. Yorkshire. P.P.G. Deacon M.M M.M : M.M W.M P.P.G. Warden M.M N. and E. Yorkshire. N. and E. Yorkshire. N. and E. Yorkshire* So. Wales, East Div. N. and E. Yorkshire. Derbyshire. Sussex. J.W Leicestershire. M.M Northumberland. P.M Warwickshire. M.M P.P.G. Supt. of W.. P.P.G. Chaplain . . . P.P.G. Deacon . . . M.M. Staffordshire. Staffordshire. N. and E. Yorkshire. N. and E. Yorkshire. N. and E. Yorkshire. P.M N. and E. Yorkshire. J.W N. and E. Yorkshire. W.M N. and E. Yorkshire. J.W West Lancashire. P.P.G. Chaplain N. and E. Yorkshire. The Rev. William Boot h 630 N. and E. Yorkshire. R. Kennedy 630 W. Baldwin 630 Henry Darley 643 Morris Levi Cohen 673 John Richardson 876 J. H. Lawson 1235 J. B. Green 1248 R. H. A. Alleyne 1324 C W. Palliser 1337 W. S. Carr 1353 R. Ledson 1393 T. B. Whytehead 161 1 SirFREDK.MlLNER,Bt.,M.P. 1611 John Blenkin 161 1 B. Langley Mills 161 1 W. Brown 1611 W. Lackenby 161 1 George Lamb 1611 M.M . South America. P.P.G. Deacon . . . . Derbyshire. M.M . N. and E. Yorkshire. . Derbyshire. P.P.G. Supt. of W.. . N. and E. Yorkshire. Prov. J. G. Warden . . West Lancashire. P.M . West Lancashire- P.P.G. Warden . . .. . N. and E. Yorkshire. W.M N. and E. Yorkshire. P.M N. and E. Yorkshire. M.M N. and E. Yorkshire. J.W N. and E. Yorkshire. J.G N. and E. Yorkshire. M.M N. and E. Yorkshire. J. T. Morgan 1619 MM Sussex. J. B. Burnard 1662, 1766 P.M London. J. Bergmann 1671 P.M London. •W. Greatorex 1730 P.P.G. Pursuivant . . Cheshire; J. H. Hackers 1760 W.M N. and E . Yorkshire. Morris Rosenthal 1798 East Lancashire. G. P. Festa 1900 P.M London. Captain Rose R. A. Matthews P.P.G. Deacon Gloucestershire. A. G. Collins Prov. G.D. of Ceres.. West Lancashire. •J. W. Barrow Prov. G. Steward . . West Lancashire. The Provincial Grand Lodge of West 'Yorkshire was then opened by the R.W. the Deputy Grand Master of England, after which Bro. the Rev. Canon Bullock offered up prayer, and a portion of Holy Scripture was read by Bro. the Rev. W. T. M. Sylvester. The R.W. the Deputy Grand Master the Right Hon. the Earl of Lathom, the Prov. Grand Master of West Lancashire, was saluted. The R.W. the Prov. Grand Master of East Lancashire, Colonel le Gendre N. Starkie, D.L., was saluted. ■ The R.W. the Prov. Grand Master of Lincolnshire, Major William Henry Smyth, was saluted. The W. Deputy Provincial Grand Master of N. and E. Yorkshire, Bro. J. P. Bell, M.D., was saluted. Moved by W. Bro. James Henry Gration, P.M. 1513, Prov. G. Treasurer, seconded by W. Bro. John Heaton Cadman, P.M. 154, P.P. G.Reg., and resolved: — "That the minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge, holden at Dewsbur-y, on Wednesday, the 28th January, 1885, be taken as read." Moved by W. Bro. John Wordsworth, P.M. 1019, P.P.G. W„ seconded by W. Bro. Thos. Ruddock, P.M. 27s, P.P.G.D., and resolved : — "That the minutes be confirmed." Letters of Apology for unavoidable absence were read from the following Brethren: Col. Sir Henry. Edwards, Bart., C.B., Past Prov. G. Master, and Capt. Arthur H. Edwards, 61 ; Bartolome, Longden, and Burrows, 139; Tomlinson, 154; Blackburn, 264; Mellor, Keighley, and Freeman, 275; Druiy, and Moss, 296; Gott,Waud, and Armitage, 302; Rev. A. F. A.Woodford, 304; Rideal, 307; East, 458; Dr. Senior, and Hon. and Rev. P. Y. Savile, 495; Paley, 837; Bradley, 910; Briggs, 974; Harry, 1001 ; Latimer, 1018; Nicholson, 1034; Harrison, 121 1; Pickering, 1221; Woodhead, 1522. Letters of Apology were also received from the following Brethren from various Provinces : Major E. Locock, D.P.G.M., Lincolnshire; S. S. Partridge, D.P.G.M., Leicestershire; Benj. Vickers, Prov. G. Sec, Lincolnshire; Robert Hudson, Prov. G. Sec, Durham; General Brownrigg; A. J. Jones; T. W. C. Bush; A. Carter j A. McDowall; W. W. Morgan; J. S. Cumberland; W. B. Denison. The Roll of Lodges was called, viz., N °- L No Se I 2 3 4 5 6 7 Name of Lodge. 61 Probity, Halifax. 139 Britannia, Sheffield. 149 Peace, Meltham. 154 Unanimity, Wakefield. 20S 3 Grand Principles, Dewsbury 242 ST. George, Doncaster. 258 Amphibious, Heckmondwike. 8 264 Nelson of the Nile, Batley. 9 265 Royal Yorkshire, Keighley. 10 275 Harmony, Huddersfield. 11 289 Fidelity, Leeds. 12 290 Huddersfield, Huddersfield. 13 296 Royal Brunswick, Sheffield. 14 302 Hope, Bradford. 15 304 Philanthropic, Leeds. 16 306 Alfred, Leeds. 17 307 Prince FREDK.,Hebden Bridge 18 308 Prince George, Eastwood. 19 337 Candour, Upper Mill. 20 380 Integrity, Morley. 21 387 Airedale, Shipley. 22 401 Royal Forest, Slaidburn. 23 40i Three Graces, Haworth. 24 439 Scientific, Bingley 25 448 St. James, Halifax 26 458 Aire and Calder, Goole. 27 495 Wakefield, Wakefield. 28 521 Truth, Huddersfield. 29 600 Harmony, Bradford. 30 603 Zetland, Cleckheaton. 31 652 Holme Valley, Holmfirth. 32 750 Friendship, Cleckheaton 33 810 Craven, Skipton. 34 827 St. John's, Dewsbury. 35 837 De Grey and Ripon, Ripon. No. ™*> 36 37 38 39 Name of Lodge. 904 Phcenix, Rotherham. 910 St. Oswald, Pontefract. 971 Trafalgar, Batley. 974 Pentalpha, Bradford. 40 1001 Harrogate and Claro. 41 1018 Shakespeare, Bradford. 42 1019 Sincerity, Wakefield. 43 1034 Eccleshill, Eccleshill. 44 1042 Excelsior, Leeds. 45 1102 Mirfield, Mirfield. 46 1108 Royal Wharfedale, Otley. 47 1211 Goderich, Leeds. 48 1214 Scarborough, Batley. 49 1221 Defence, Leeds. 50 1231 Savile, Elland. 51 1239 Wentworth, Sheffield. 52 1283 Ryburn, Sowerby Bridge. 53 1301 Brighouse, Brighouse. 54 1302 De Warren, Halifax. 55 1311 Zetland, Leeds. 56 1462 Wharncliffe, Penistone. 57 1513 Friendly, Bamsley. 58 1514 Thornhill, Lindley. 59 1522 Olicana, Ilkley. 60 1542 Legiolium, Castleford. 61 1545 Baildon, Baildon. 62 1645 Colne Valley, Slaithwaite. 63 1648 Prince of Wales, Bradford. 64 1736 St. John's, Halifax. 65 1779 Ivanhoe, Sheffield. 66 1783 Albert Edward, Huddersfield. 67 2035 Beaumont, Kirkburton. 68 2069 Prudence, Leeds. 69 2091 Castleberg, Settle. When every Lodge in the Province was responded to. 23 The following Address of Welcome was then presented to the R.W. the Deputy Grand Master of England : — To the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF LATHOM, R.W. Deputy Grand Master of England, and R.W. Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire. The congratulatory, dutiful, and affectionate Address of Welcome of the 69 Lodges of Antient, Free, and Accepted Masons of the Province of West Yorkshire, assembled in the Albert Hall, Leeds, on Friday, April 24th, 1885, at the Installation of R. W. Bro. T. W. Tew, J.P., P. Grand Deacon of England, and P. Deputy Provincial Grand Master, offer to you 1 most cordial welcome, and the assurance of their loyal devotion to the Grand Lodge of England, which sentiment has ever animated the Masons in this Province. They also offer to you their warmest thanks for the compliment you have paid them in coming to perform this important Masonic ceremony, affording them an opportunity of acknow- ledging their appreciation of your devoted and distinguished services to the Craft for a long series of years. They desire to express their satisfaction that the ceremony has ' also been graced by the presence of your excellent neighbour and friend, Colonel Le Gendre N. Starkie, D.L., P. Grand Warden of England, R.W. .Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, who will take part in the proceedings of the day. Their pleasure is further augmented by the presence of W. Bro. Dr. J. Pearson Bell, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, who, in the name of the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland, represents the Province of North and East Yorkshire ; Colonel Shadwell Clerke, Grand Secretary, and many other distinguished Brethren. In conclusion, they again tender their obligations for your kindness in coming among them on this auspicious occasion, and they pray that the Great Architect of the Universe may prolong your useful life. HENRY SMITH, Prov. G. Secretary. Lord Lathom briefly acknowledged the compliment, and assured the Brethren that it gave' him great pleasure to visit Leeds on so auspicious an occasion. On such an interesting occasion he was proud to be the representative of His Royal Highness the Grand Master, and to have the honour of Installing Bro. Tew. (Loud cheers.) The arrival of the R.W. Prov. Grand Master designate was announced and his Patent sent in for examination. A deputation was formed consisting of the following : — Two Grand Stewards. The Gloves and Apron of the Provincial Grand Master on a Cushion, borne by W. Bro. G. P. Martin, W.M., 910. The Collar and Jewel of the Provincial Grand Master on a Cushion, borne by W. Bro. James Wm. Davis, W.M., 61. The Provincial Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies. The Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies. 24 Two Grand Stewards. W. Bro. W. H. Brittain, P.M., 139, P.P.G.W., Mayor of Sheffield. W. Bro. Lieut.-Col. J. E. Bingham, W.M., 296, Master Cutler, Sheffield. Bro. John Rhodes, 910, Mayor of Pontefract. W. Bro. T. Bateman Fox, P.M., 208, Mayor of Dewsbury ; W. Bro. Thomas Hill, P.M., 302, P.P.G. Warden. W. Bro. W. W. Widdop, P.M., 275, P.P.G. Warden. W. Bro. Lieut.-Col. Albany H. Charlesworth, J.P., W.M., 495. W. Bro. Edward Simpson, P.M., 154, P.P.G. Warden. The W. M. of the Zetland Lodge, No. 1311, W. Bro.A.F. McGill. The W. M. of the Goderich Lodge, No. 12 1 1, W. Bro. C. Scriven. The W. M. of the Alfred Lodge, No. 306, W. Bro. W. H. Thompson. The W.M. of Lodge Prudence, No. 2069, W. Bro. E. Woodhouse, J.P. The W. M. of the Defence Lodge, No. 1 22 1, W. Bro. R. P. Brindley. The W. M. of the Excelsior Lodge, No. 1042, W. Bro. E. Crosby. The W.M. of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 304, W. Bro. E. Woodcock. The W. M. of Fidelity Lodge, No. 289, W. Bro. W.L.Jackson, M.P. {Chairman of Installation Committee.) (Vice-Chairman of Installation Committee.') The R.W. Provincial Grand Master Designate, Bro. Thomas William Tew, J.P. Two Provincial Grand Stewards. The Provincial Grand Directors of Ceremonies. ' W. Bro. Thomas William Tew was escorted by W. Bro. W. L. Jackson, M.P., W.M. of Lodge Fidelity, 289, and W. Bro. Edwin Woodhouse, J.P., W.M. of Lodge Prudence, 2069, to the front of the Pedestal, when the R.W. Deputy Grand Master said : — I congratulate you, Bro. Tew, on having been called upon to assume the high position of ruler over this important Province. (Loud cheers.) I understand that the choice has fallen upon you unanimously, and this unanimity on the part of your Brethren will no doubt be a great help to you in performing the responsible and onerous duties of your position. Allow me to express the sincere hope that you may enjoy health and strength long to enjoy the position which you are now about to occupy. (Loud cheers.) 25 The Patent of Appointment was then read. ALBERT EDWARD, G.M. To all and every our Right Worshipful and Loving Brother, We, ©ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c.j &c, &c, &c, Grand Master of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England. Send Greeting, Know ye that we, of the great trust and confidence reposed in our Right Trusty and Well-Beloved Brother, Thomas William Tew, Esquire, J.P., &c, &c, &c, of Carleton Grange, Pontefract, Yorkshire, do hereby constitute and appoint him Provincial Grand Master for the West Riding of Yorkshire, with full power and authority to make Masons and Constitute and Regulate Lodges as occasion may require, subject nevertheless to our approval. And also to do and execute all and every such other acts and things appertaining to the said office as usually have been or ought to be done and executed by other Provincial Grand Masters. He, the said Thomas William Tew, taking special care that all and every the Members of every Lodge he shall constitute have been regularly made Masons, and that they and the Members of all other Lodges within his Province do observe, perform, and keep the rules, orders, and regulations contained in the Book of Constitutions, except such as have been or may be repealed at any Quarterly Communication or other General Meeting, , together also with all such Rules, Orders, Regulations, and Instructions as shall from time to time be transmitted by us or by our Deputy Grand Master, or by our successors, Grand Masters, or their Deputies for the time being ; And we so will and require you, the said Provincial Grand Master, to cause at least one General Meeting or Communication to be held in every year ; And that you promote on those and all other occasions whatever may be for the hontiur and advantage of Masonry and the benefit of the Grand Charity ; And that you yearly send to us or our successors, Grand Masters, an account in writing of the proceedings therein, and also so forthwith transmit to us a particular statement of what Lodges you constitute, and when and where holden, with a list of the several Members of the said Lodges, and copies of all such Rules, Orders, and Regulations as shall be made for the government of the same, with whatever else you shall do by virtue of these presents, and that at the same time you remit to the Treasurer of the Society for the time being, at London, ten guineas sterling for every Lodge you shall constitute, for the use of the Grand Lodge and other necessary purposes. Given at London under our Hand and Seal of Masonry this ioth Jan., A.L. 5885, A.D. 1885. By command of the Grand Master, LATHOM, D.G.M. Shadwell H. Clerke, G.S. The R.W. Provincial Grand Master was then obligated in accordance with antient form ; invested with the Apron, Chain, and Jewel by the R.W. Provincial Grand Master of E. Lancashire, Col. Starkie, and placed in the chair of the Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire by the R.W. Deputy Grand Master, the Earl of Lathom, when the applause was loud and long continued. 26 The Director of Ceremonies, Bro. J. W. Monckman, P.M. 1018, then proclaimed the Provincial Grand Master according to the antient form, as follows : — Brethren, — By command of the Right Honourable the Earl of Lathom, Installing Master, the Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master of England and the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire — and with the sanction and approbation of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, Colonel Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, D.L., investing officers — I do now, according to antient usage and established custom from time immemorial, proclaim and make known that Brother Thomas William Tew, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the West Riding of the County of York, of The Grange, Carleton, in the said Riding, and of the Manor of Rawcliife, in the North Riding of the County of York, Past Grand Deacon of England, and by Patent of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, K.G., dated the 10th day of January, 1885, the Provincial Grand Master Designate of the Province of West Yorkshire, who was initiated into Masonry on the 2nd day of October, 1856, in the Scarsdale Lodge, No. 981, now 681, at Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, and on the 7th of April, 1862, became Worshipful Master of the St. Oswald's Lodge, Pontefract, No. 1212, now 910 on the Muster Roll of the Grand Lodge of England, of which Lodge he was three times Worshipful Master, Provincial Grand Senior Warden of this Province, April 5th, 1865, Deputy Provincial Grand Master on the 21st April, 1875, has Deen duly Installed and now is the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of the Antient, Free, and Accepted Masons of the Province of West Yorkshire, in succession to Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart, C.B. and D.L., the last Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, now retired. I, therefore, by virtue of my office as the Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies in this Provincial Grand Lodge, and in accordance with the antient usage and established custom, do call upon all the Brethren here present in this Albert Hall, in this town of Leeds, to salute the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master, according to antient form ; and may the Great Architect of the Universe guide, direct, and prosper him in all his ways. The requisite salute was then given with much heartiness and effect. Colonel Starkie, on behalf of East Lancashire, congratulated the newly-installed Provincial Grand Master upon the exalted position he had attained in the Masonic body. The manner in which Bro. Tew had hitherto discharged the duties which had devolved upon him were sufficient to prove that the larger duties would be equally well performed, and West Yorkshire had reason to be congratulated upon the appointment 27 just made. (Cheers.) He expressed the hope of the Freemasons of Lancashire when he wished that the Provincial Grand Master might have a long and prosperous rule. His reign was sure to be distinguished by courteous acts and judicious principles, by which the prosperity and stability of the Order would be maintained. Might that great Province of West Yorkshire, under his genial rule, flourish and prosper ! (Cheers.) Bfo. Tew was sure to maintain with ability and zeal the traditions of the Order, and so gain the respect of all.. Might the white rose of Yorkshire, as emblematical of Freemasonry, shed its fragrance and rival the red rose of Lancashire, that both might be united in the garden of Freemasonry to spread abroad the fragrance of that flower to the benefit of Freemasonry in general ! (Loud cheers,) The following Addresses, of "Congratulation were presented: — By W. Bro. Dr. Bell, D.P.G.M. North and East Yorkshire. Address to THOMAS WILLIAM TEW, ESQ., J.P., Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of Antient, Free, and Accepted Masons, of the West Riding of Yorkshire. FROM THE Prov. Grand Lodge of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, 24th April, 1885. We, the Provincial Grand Master, Officers, and Members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, beg to offer our hearty congratulations upon your having been appointed by the Most Worshipful Grand Master His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to preside over the important Province of the West Riding of York- shire, which owes so much to your beneficial care and liberality. We sincerely pray that you may long be spared in health to occupy the high and honourable office with which you have this day been invested, and to advance the happiness and' prosperity of your Province, as well as that of the Craft generally, of which ■ you are so distinguished an ornament. We trust that the paternal relationship which exists between your Province and our own may long continue to their benefit and that of our universal Order, >^"^>. ZETLAND, P.G.M. (seal.) M. C. PECK, P.G. Sec. JOHN P. BELL, D.P.G.M. VU^ By W. Bro. Dr. Taylor, from the Brethren of the Scarbro' Lodges. To BROTHER THOMAS WILLIAM TEW, P.G.D. of England, &c, &c. We, the Brethren of the Scarborough Masonic Lodges, Old Globe (200), Denison (1248), Leopold (1760), and Royal Filey (643), beg leave to offer our cordial congratulations to you on your election , to the high and honourable position of Provincial Grand Master of the West Riding of Yorkshire. We entertain a lively sense of gratitude towards you for your untiring efforts in promoting the election of Brother John W. Woodall, of Scarborough, as Grand Treasurer of England. Those efforts have been crowned with success, and the result is not only important as establishing the recognition of *> principle deeply interesting to Provincial Masons, but is also flattering to a local Brother who is deserving of the highest honours the craft can bestow. We feel sure that the best interests of Freemasonry will be safe in your keeping, and we earnestly wish you health, happiness, and bountiful prosperity in the high position to which you have been called. Signed on behalf of the Brethren, Johnson Wanless .. W.M. Old Globe.. 200 Sam. N. Fisher .. W.M. Denison .. 1248 John Henry Hackers W.M. Leopold .. 1760 Henry Darley.. .. W.M. Rpyal Filey 643 28 By W. Bro. Sir Fredk. Milner, Bart, M.P., from the Brethren of the Eboracum Lodge, York, No. 1611. The Right Worshipful BROTHER THOMAS WILLIAM TEW, J.P., Past Grand Deacon, Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire. We, the Worshipful Master, Wardens, Past Masters, and Brethren of the Eboracum Lodge of Freemasons, No. 161 1, beg to congratulate you on the recognition by the Grand Master of your Masonic worth and services in his selection of you for the important office in which you have this day been installed. We fervently hope that you may be spared by the Great Architect of the Universe for many years to be the guide and ruler of the Brethren of our sister Province, and to continue your inestimable services to our beloved Craft. Signed on behalf of the Lodge, . W.M. J. S. Cumberland P.M. Jno. Blenkin . . . I.P.M. . C. G. Padel P.M. Alfd. T. B. Turner . . S.W. T. T. Sellar .. P.M. Geo. Balmford . . . P.M., Treas. Geo. Simpson . . P.M. T. B. Whytehead . P.M. T. Kay .. Secretary York, sjlh April, 1883. These having been suitably acknowledged, the R.W. Prov. Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew, delivered the following Address: — •Lord Lathom, Provincial Grand Officers, and Brethren : We are met together on no ordinary occasion to the Craft, and for no ordinary Masonic purpose, but one fraught with interest to the Freemasons in this Province of West Yorkshire. The circumstances which have assembled together so numerous and so influential a body of the Brotherhood from all parts of England must be regarded as of the utmost significance to the Order to which we are proud to belong. In obedience to the laws of the Craft, with the sanction of the M.W. the Grand Master, and the acquiescence of the Grand Lodge of England, our duty has been to comply with the Patent of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and to place a Provincial Grand Master in the Chair of this Provincial Grand Lodge, vacated by our beloved and late gallant Commander-in-Chief, Col. Sir Henry Edwards, C.B., D.L., J.P., &c. Our first duty is to render our tribute of respect to that honoured Baronet, who has done so much for the County of York, and who has retired from active service in the Craft, only through inadequate health. May the G.A.O.T.U. grant him perfect recovery from his indisposition, and that some day we may again greet him in this Provincial Grand Lodge, is the sincere hope of each and all of us. We must also acknowledge, in no doubtful language, the high compliment paid to this Province by the presence of the Right Hon. The Earl of Lathom, the R.W. the Deputy Grand Master of England, and to thank him for the pleasure he has conferred upon us by his presence on this, eventful occasion. Our welcome to Lord Lathom is not only 2g in appreciation of his qualities as an admirable worker in the Craft, but also a homage to his virtues as an English nobleman, and to his eminent position in the House of Lords. To Col. Le Gendre N. Staikie, of Huntroyd, our obligations are due for so kindly coming to meet Lord Lathom, and also for the important part he has been good enough to take in the Ceremony of Installation. His ripe experience, his sagacity, his local knowledge and influence, his devotion to the interests of the Craft, are of infinite value to the Province of East Lancashire, over which he presides with such singular ability, impartiality, firmness, and courtesy ; but, as the friend of Sir Henry Edwards, we especially greet him, and thank him for his visit to Leeds. To Col. Shadwell Clerke,the Grand Secretary; Baron de Ferrieres, M.P., Sir Fredk. Milner, Bart., M.P., Dr. Bell, the D.P.G.M. of North and East York- shire, and other numerous and distinguished guests who have so generously condescended to grace this Albert Hall with their presence, and lend eclat to this scene, we also express our deep sense of the pleasure it has given us to receive them. To the Very Reverend the Dean of York ; the Provincial Grand Chaplains, Past and Present ; and the Chaplains of the various Lodges : We are proud that Freemasonry has this opportunity of showing its attachment, not only to their sacred offices, but as the symbolization of our devotion to the Volume of the Sacred Law, which rules and governs the Craft, and our . belief in the principles of the Christian Faith. Our attendance at the Leeds Parish Church, so nobly lent by the Rev. Dr. Gott, the Vicar, will cement this sentiment of feeling, which so fervently pervades the Craft in this Province to the softening, humanising influences of religion, and from which I hope never to see Freemasonry divorced. To the Masters and Past Masters of the Eight Leeds Lodges : We can never requite them for the unselfish energies and singleness of heart actuating the whole Masonic body in this Town for the work of organisation in perfecting the details of this Ceremonial, and in endeavouring to provide for the comfort of the visiting Brethren, from whom applications to be present have come in to the committee of management too numerous to be accommodated. We ask Bro. W. L. Jackson, M.P., the W.M. of "Fidelity" — the oldest Lodge — and Bro. Alderman E. Woodhouse, J. P., the W.M. of the " Prudence " — the youngest Lodge in Leeds — to accept our thanks, and, to convey to all the good and true Masons here our appreciation of the zeal and ability with which they have carried out their arduous and self- imposed duties. To the Provincial Grand Officers, Past and Present: I, as your late Deputy Provincial Grand Master cannot praise in too eulogistic terms the wonderful assistance and co-operation Sir Henry Edwards and I, during the past ten 3° years, have received from year to year. I am unable, from emotional feelings, to convey my intense appreciation of the splendid value of their services rendered consecutively during this period of time. The unity of this Province, the harmony prevailing amongst the Brethren in the forty-two towns in which are the sixty-nine Lodges, tells of the efficiency of their influence and the estimation in which they are always regarded by every one of us; and, if I may add, the most fraternal relations which exist between this Province and all surrounding Provinces and London, is evidence of the universality of the Craft, and its power of combining with other Provinces for every good, charitable, and benevolent object, and this happy feeling is due in large measure to the operative labours of the , Provincial Grand Officers. The policy of this Province in the future, as in the past, will be to work to still greater perfection this unity of purpose, and to cultivate brotherly friendship in every possible direction ; to mould the Lodges as component parts of one vast system under one reign of equal law; so that the identical interests of Masonry can be moved by one general impulse throughout the whole body on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England. Such are the aspirations which to-day actuate the feelings of your new Provincial Grand Master. In obedience to these instincts, I acknowledge the salutations the Brethren have so generously accorded to my new position in the West Riding. May their goodness and cordiality towards this office never be misplaced : and may the congratulations of so many kind, generous and eminent Brethren, for which I am unable to thank them sufficiently, be amply justified in the years permitted to me to occupy this chair. I cannot but express the regret with which I have vacated the office of Deputy Grand Master; but circumstances over which I had but little control, combined with the pressure and good wishes from many quarters, have induced me to accept the most honourable position it was in the power of the M.W. the Grand Master to bestow — that of this Provincial Grand Mastership. In 1875, I accepted the Deputyship only for three months, and at the request of Sir Henry Edwards, until he could appoint some more appropriate Brother possessing the entire confidence of this Province, to fulfil Brother Bentley Shaw's responsible duties. Little did I think that probationary term was to extend for ten years, and now perhaps longer, subject to your judgment, or until that time when all links must be sundered in this world, and engagements terminated. You then took me a comparatively unknown Mason, only thrice W.M. of "St. Oswald's" Lodge, No. 910. I have tried to win your confidence and to merit your esteem. If I part with these bright and sparkling jewels in the office now accepted by me tell me your opinion frankly; because only by the universal assent of the Craft, and the co-operation of the 3i Provincial Grand Officers, could this government of Masonry be conducted with satisfaction to the West Yorkshire Lodges, and the affairs of this Province administered with the approbation of all of you. If I part with these, then, let me retire, and carry with me into that retirement the esteem of faithful allies and friends. To keep your affections and loyalty will be the work of my proudest efforts. ■ I accept this higher trust only at your hands with a sense that a great honour has been conferred upon me ; yet, I must look back upon the Deputyship with feelings of affection for the friendships made and the marvellous forbearance and kindness shown me, and I envy my successor in the occupancy of that most agreeable Chair. Could my own views have been regarded, I could have wished that a Royal Prince, or some distinguished nobleman, had succeeded Sir Henry Edwards. I would have tried as faithfully to carry out the instructions of such a Provincial Grand Master with the same loyalty as I and my Provincial Grand Officers have endeavoured to accomplish the wishes of previous Provincial Grand Masters. To see in our midst Masonry flourish, whether under the Earl of Mexborough, the Marquess of Ripon, Sir Henry Edwards, or any other Provincial Grand Master whom His Royal Highness the M.W. Grand Master may designate, is the only ambition of every one of us in West Yorkshire ; and we should ever delight to show our fidelity and zeal to one as much as to another selected to rule over us ; therefore, I hope the Grand Lodge has not erred in departing from precedent in placing in this Chair your late Deputy Provincial Grand Master, but that your co-operati6n and assistance may be continued to him as overfiowingly and ungrudgingly as it has been accorded his predecessors during the past sixty years. The presence of so many eminent visitors and Provincial Officers- and Masters from many Provinces, and of Brethren in this Hall, may be interpreted as an assurance of the perfect confidence you are willing to repose in the new occupant of the Chair of this Provincial Grand Lodge, and that I may, without any misgivings, enter upon these responsibilities with your complete assent and sympathies. A retrospect of the doings of the Craft in this Province will testify to the sincerity of the character of our Order, and its determination to make the principles of Masonry applicable to the good of our fellow-creatures. I have but to remind you that on the 28th- October, 1868, when a Convalescent Home was founded by Charles Brooke, of Meltham, Lord de Grey .and Ripon and this Provincial Grand Lodge laid the chief corner-stone of that magnificent Institution. When the Church of East Hardwick was commenced, to perpetuate the deeds of a good man who lived 300 years ago, a Noble Marquess and three other Cabinet Ministers — all Members of the Craft — thought it not beneath their rank and duty to the State to 3 2 take the initiative and fix the foundation-stone. When a Dispensary at Pontefract was to be reconstructed, Her Majesty's then Minister of War, the Right Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers, a Brother of "St. Oswald's" Lodge, inaugurated that work by laying its first stone. When the Clayton Hospital was thought of, it was our late Brother J. C. D. Charlesworth, with the assistance of this Provincial Grand Lodge, who set in an operative manner the great stone of that edifice. When the plinth-stone of the Dewsbury Infirmary was fixed, it was Sir Henry Edwards and this Provincial Grand Lodge who performed that Masonic ceremony. So also, when the grand old Parish Church of Halifax was renovated, it was our then Provincial Grand Master who promoted and fostered that generous work of restoration, which is a record of his liberality and munificence. Did Delph, in the west highlands of Yorkshire, require a Literary Institute for the recreation and mental improvement of the toilers in those valleys ? It was Bros. Hirst and Blackwell and the Masons' Lodge there who invited this Provincial Grand Lodge to set the principal stone at the north-east corner of the building. Does a Royal Prince visit Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, or Huddersfield — to inaugurate a College; to countenance a Musical Festival; to open an Art Exhibition at one town, or an Industrial Exhibition at another, illustra- tive of the skill and genius of the West Riding ? The Craft and the Lodges take the most prominent places in the labours of organisation, and are foremost with skilful arrangements to make these visits of Royalty successful, and, by cordial greetings and heartfelt welcomes, show the love and loyalty and devotion of the Freemasons of Yorkshire to the Royal Family of England, and how cordially we appreciate the significance of these Royal visits to this County. Is it a new Bishop whom the G.A.O.T.U. has ordained to the spiritual welfare of this Diocese, and who for the first time makes our acquaintance? Then do we see towns like Huddersfield and Wakefield vieing with each other which can accord the more hospitable welcome. Is it necessary to supplement the means of education, or the maintenance pf those who through unforeseen misfortune or bereavement appeal to our sympathies, and who may be deprived, as it were, of all fatherhood, except the Fatherhood of God ? Then does the Craft try and help those who are bequeathed to us as legacies for our charity and benevolence. Do we wish to mark our sense of the affection in which our late Provincial Grand Master is regarded? In two months a Perpetual Endowment is provided at one of our Charities, and named after him, by means of which, one orphan girl in turn shall love his memory to remotest time. Is it our late Brother Oates, or another Past Master of one of our Leeds Lodges, or one or other of the 73 Brethren of this Province who, during last year, were removed by death from amongst us? Then do the Masons mark their sorrow for these visitations of Providence, and follow their departed friends to their silent tombs. 33 But, I shall weary you with these instances of our humanising influences, — to "rejoice with those who do rejoice, and to weep with those who weep." This silver trumpet must not itself sound the deeds of Masonry too loudly or too long, lest the ear tire of its own laudations : but we can echo this aspiration that it may be our good fortune to emulate these works of the past, and that the future may be so prolific of noble works of usefulness and good-will, that all outside our mystic circle may appreciate the excellence of our efforts to render this Brotherhood extensively serviceable to our fellow-creatures. A Brotherhood animated by such sentiments is, I am constrained to say, worthy of all that estimation which the language of eulogy can bestow upon it. To be permitted, then, to share in this emulation of generous principles is indeed an honour such as the Sovereign on the throne m'ight think not unworthy of participation. To guide the energies of such a philanthropic Order is an aspiration of the loftiest kind. Into this position of responsibility you have enthroned me to-day. The Chain placed around my neck strengthens the links of attachment that have bound me to you for the past twenty-five years in bonds of friendship more indissoluble than ever. The Collar wil.1 be the symbol to remind me of another's wants ; and the Apron, that badge of mutual co-operation between us, to labour for the welfare of the Craft, without distinction of office or without asperity of opinion, only to be laid aside when, by the mutability of Time, these things are cast away — " When this mortal must put on immortality;" when "death is swallowed up in victory;" when the tomb of transgression is burst at the Resurrection dawn; and when, by the mercies of the "Sun of Righteousness," we are permitted, in the " Grand Lodge above, to shine as the stars for ever and ever." (Loud cheers.) The following Letter from Sir Henry Edwards, P. Prov. Grand Master, was then read by Bro. Henry Smith : — Dear Sir and Bro., Pye Nest > Halifax, zist April, iSSj. As the time approaches for the Installation of our Provincial Grand Master, I find there is little chance of my being able to be present at the ceremony, this I regret most deeply, as I wished to have had the opportunity personally to thank the Brethren of West Yorkshire for the splendid munificence they have shown in subscribing to a testi- monial to commemorate my period of service as their Provincial Grand Master, a testimonial which must ever afford me the deepest gratification, and which I hope in future generations will be a means of aiding that noble cause of charity which it is the greatest pride of the craft to encourage and support to the best of their ability. Had I been able to attend I would have told you that during the whole of my time of office, I have received the greatest possible assistance and co-operation from Bro. Tew, as my Deputy, without which assistance it would have been absolutely impossible for me to have conducted the affairs of this great Province, and that I owe him a debt of gratitude which will never be forgotten. I wish, therefore, formally and before you all, to offer him my thanks and warmest congratulations on his accession to the office of Provincial Grand Master, and my most i hearty good, wishes in the career which lies before him. I remain, yours faithfully and fraternally, HENRY EDWARDS. Henry Smith, Esq., Prov. G. Sec., W.Y. 34 The R.W. Prov. Grand Master then appointed W. Bro. Henry Smith as his Deputy Provincial Grand Master, and directed his Patent to be read. PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE. TO ALX TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS WILLIAM TeW, Justice Of the Peace, Past Deacon of the United Grand Lodge of England, and Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, do appoint Henry Smith, of St. John's, Wakefield, in the County of York, Past Master of Lodge Airedale, No> 387, Shipley, in the said .Province, Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Antient, Free, and Accepted Masons of West Yorkshire, to execute all the functions of the office of Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire. And I, by this Patent, under my hand and seal, invest him with all the requisite powers during pleasure. Given at the Grange, Carleton, Pontefract, in the said County. 24th April, A.D. 1885, A.L., 5885, THOMAS WILL. TEW. C. S. Sunderland, Prov. G. Reg. Bro. Henry Smith was then invested with his Collar and Apron and duly Installed Deputy Provincial Grand Master, amid great cheering. He was proclaimed as follows : — Brethren, — By command of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, I now proclaim Bro. Henry Smith, 'of St. John's, Wakefield, who has been obligated by the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, and in the presence of the Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master of England, and of the Antient, Free, and Accepted Masons of this Province, to be the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Province of West Yorkshire, in succession to the late Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Thomas William Tew, exalted to the office of Provincial Grand Master. Furthermore, be it known unto all whom it may concern, that Bro. Henry Smith was initiated into Masonry in the Lodge of Hope, Bradford, No. 379, now 302, on 3rd May, 1852, and raised on the 2nd day of August following, and subscribed 33 years to this date. Joined the Airedale Lodge, Baildon (now at Shipley), No. 543, now 387, June, 1854, Installed Worshipful Master 1857, and subscribed 31 years to this date. The Earl of Mexborough, the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, appointed him Provincial Grand Deacon, 1859 ; Bro. Dr. Fearnley being then the Deputy Provincial Grand Master; Earl de Grey, now Marquess of Ripon, appointed him Provincial Grand Secretary on the death of Bro. Nelson, in March, 1870, and during the succeeding deputyship of Bro. Bentley Shaw, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B. and D.L., re-appointed him in April, 1875, under the deputyship of Bro. Thomas William Tew, and he has discharged the duties conscientiously, with zeal and fidelity, and with the esteem and respect of every Lodge and Brother, until this day the 24th day 35 of April, 1885. He was one of the founders of the West Yorkshire Charity Committee in 1859, is a vice-patron of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, to which he has served nine times steward at the anniversary festival, contributing ^127 10s. He is a vice-patron to the Girls' Institution, to which he has served seven times the office of steward, contributing ^105, and he is also a vice-patron of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, to which, at the anniversary festivals he has served six times the office of steward, contributing ^102 10s. For these services he deserves well at the hands of the Craft, and I therefore, by virtue of my office as the Grand Director of Ceremonies of this Provincial Grand Lodge, do call upon all the Brethren present to salute our Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master five times, according to antient form and established custom. The W. Deputy Prov. Grand Master, Bro. Smith, having been saluted in due form — Expressed his gratification' on his appointment to the high office of D.P.G.M. He yielded to no one in his desire to help the P.G.M. in all his plans for the promotion of the interests of the craft in this province, and to share the burden of his responsibilities as far as possible. He hoped that the experience he had acquired would inspire confidence in the brethren that the duties attached to the office would be discharged to their entire satisfaction. If they would forgive him for being slightly egotistical for a moment, he would state that he had been Provincial Grand Secretary for the last 15 years, and for several years previously he had assisted the late Brother Nelson, with whom he was associated in the formation of the Charity Committee in 1859. Since 1870, 58 Provincial Grand Lodge Meetings had been held, all of which, with only one exception, he had been able to attend. During the same period the Charity Committee had had 45 Meetings, the whole of which he had attended. Of the 59 Elections in London during the same time he had been absent but once, so that he might fairly say that he did not enter upon his new duties without some little experience gained in all these years. It would be his earnest endeavour to maintain this great province in its present state of efficiency, and to accomplish this he hoped he might rely upon the sympathy and support of every Brother which had hitherto been freely accorded to him. Again he tendered his sincere thanks. (Loud Cheers.) Moved by W. Bro.- Jas. H. Gration, P.M. 1513, P. Prov. Grand Treas., seconded by W. Bro. J. G. Hutchinson, P.M. 1034, P. Prov. Grand Registrar, and resolved : — "That W. Bro. Thomas Ruddock, P.M. 275, be elected Prov. Grand Treasurer.'' 36 The R.W. Prov. Grand Master then appointed and invested his Officers, as follows : — Prov. S. G. Warden Wm. Lawies Jackson, M.P. 289 Leeds. Prov. J. G. Warden Lt.-Col.AlbanyH.Charlesworfh./i 3 . 495 Wakefield. Prov. G. Chaplain Rev. John James Needham 910 Pontefract. Prov. G. Chaplain Rev. John Arthur Naylor 2 90. '..Huddersfield. Prov. G. Treasurer . . . Thomas Ruddock (Elected) 2 7 5 • ■ • Huddersfield. Prov. G. Registrar Alfred Wm. Stanfield, J.P. 1019 Wakefield. Prov. G. Secretary ...Herbert G. E. Green J OI 9 Wakefield. Prov. S. G. Deacon RightHon.HughC.E.ChilderSjJ/ii 5 . 910 Pontefract. Prov. S. G. Deacon Robert Schott '. 296 Sheffield. Prov. J. G. Deacon Wm. Charles Lupton 974 Bradford. Prov. J. G. Deacon..... "James Bedford 304 Leeds. Prov. G.Supt. of Works. John Shaw 139 Sheffield. Prov.G.D.OFCEREMONiEsEdward Poppleton 827 Dewsbury. Prov. Deputy G.D. of C. George Sykes 2035... Kirkburton. Prov. Asst. G. D. of C... Thomas Whitaker 448 Halifax. Prov. G. Sword Bearer. Thos. Bateman Fox 208 Dewsbury. Prov. G. Stand. Bearer Joseph Brailsford, Jun 1779 Sheffield. Prov. G. Stand. Bearer .Thomas Tyers 1042 Leeds. Prov. G. Organist Arthur Simonson 1239 Sheffield. Prov. Asst. G. Secretary Wm. Brewin Alderson 495 Wakefield. Prov. G. Pursuivant ...James Wright 600 Bradford. Prov. Asst. G. Pursvt.... Robert Ackrill 1001 Harrogate. Prov. G. Steward Thomas Wm. Embleton, C.E. ...... 15 13 Barnsley. Prov. G. Steward Joseph Binney 139 Sheffield. Prov. G. Steward Thomas Woodhead 1522 Ilkley. Prov. G. Steward Henry Trevor Gardiner 458 Goole. Prov. G. Steward Wm. Thos. Sugg 149 Meltham. Prov. G. Steward John Tinker 652 Holmfirth. Prov. G.Tyler Joshua Lee 2 90... Huddersfield. Prov. Asst. G. Tyler ...Jim Sheard 971 Batley. The R.W. Prov. Grand Master, Bro. Thos. W. Tew, on behalf of the Province, signed the Agreement with the Trustees of the R.M. Institution for Girls, completing the "Sir Henry Edwards' Perpetual Presentation." Moved by W. Bro. C. S. Sunderland, P.M., 1301, Prov. Grand Registrar, seconded by W. Bro. W. W. Widdop, P.M. 275, P. Prov. Grand Warden, and resolved : — "That the Revised By-Laws, adopted at Dewsbury, January 28th, 1885, be confirmed." 37 Moved by W. Bro. John Wordsworth, Chairman Charity Committee, seconded by W. Bro. W. F. Smithson, Vice-Chairman Charity Committee, and resolved : — "That the Charity Committee Report (which had been previously printed and circulated) be adopted." The Chairman of Charity Committee moved, and the Vice- Chairman of Charity Committee seconded : — "That the R.W. Prov. Grand Master be invited to exercise his privilege and suspend By-Law 42." The R.W. Prov. Grand Master having complied— Bro. John Wordsworth, 1019, moved, Bro. George Sykes, 290, seconded, and it was carried : — "That the sum of ^10 be granted for the relief of Mrs. M. W., Lodge 275." Moved by W. Bro. W. F. Smithson, P.M. 1001, P.P.G.D., seconded by W. Bro. Benj. Broughton, P.M. 302, P.P.G.W. and resolved : — " That a sum not exceeding ^60 be granted from the funds of this Prov. Grand Lodge to the R.M.I, for Girls, towards constituting this Prov. Grand Lodge ' Patron ' of the Institution." The Prov. Grand Secretary read the following Letter from Mrs. Batley, in reply to the vote of condolence sent by this Prov. Grand Lodge, on 28th January. Vernon House, Huddersfield, 4th February, iS5j. Dear Sir, Please convey to the Provincial Grand Lodge the sincere thanks of myself and my family for their resolution of condolence with us in the sad loss which we have sustained by the death of my late dear Husband, and allow me at the same time to thank you for your personal sympathy. I know very well the great attachment of my Husband to Freemasonry, and it is very gratifying to us to gather from the terms of the resolution the high esteem in which he was held by his Brethren of the Province. I remain, yours sincerely, Henry Smith, Esq., Secretary, ' . MARY BATLEY. Provincial Grand Lodge, West Yorkshire. The Brethren then formed in Procession to the Parish Church, which had been kindly placed at the disposal of the Craft by the Vicar of Leeds, the Rev. John Gott, D.D. 38 zzl&B farish (Ehxtrch, ORDER OF DIVINE SERVICE. T EXHORT that first of all, Supplications, Prayers, Intercessions, and giving of Thanks, be made for all men; for Kings, and for all that are in Authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty: For this is good and acceptable unto God our Saviour. I Tim., ii. I, 2, 3. II A General Confession. To be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy name. Amen. H The Absolution, or Remission of Sins. To be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. A LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce, to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. M Then the Minister shall kneel, ana" say the Lord's Prayer ; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. (~)UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil; For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen, 39 IT Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Priest O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. IT Here all standing up, the Priest shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. PSALM LXVIII. T ET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered : let them also that hate him flee before him. 2. Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away : and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. 3. But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God : let them also be merry and. joyful. 4. O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his name : magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise him in his Name JAH, and rejoice before him. 5. He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows : even God in his holy habitation. 6. He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity : but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness. 7. O God, when thou wentest forth before the people : when thou wentest through the wilderness. 8. The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God : even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of Israel. 9. Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance : and refreshedst it when it was weary. 10. Thy congregation shall dwell therein : For thou, O God, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor. 11. The Lord gave the word : great was the company of the preachers, iz. Kings with their Armies did flee, and were discomfited : and they of the household divided the spoil. 13. Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove : that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold. 4<5 14. When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake ': then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 15. As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill : even an high hill as the hill of Basan. 16. Why hop ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell : yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels : and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai. 18. Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men : yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 19. Praised be the Lord daily : even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 20. He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation : God is the Lord, by whom we escape death. 21. God shall wound the head of his enemies : and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. 22. The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again, as I did from Basan : mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies : and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same. 24. It is well seen, O God, how thou goest : how thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25. The singers go before, the minstrels follow after : in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26. Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the congregations : from the ground of the heart. 27. There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their counsel : the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. 28. Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee : stablish the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us. 29. For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem : so shall kings bring presents unto thee. 30. When the company of the spear-men, and multitude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver : and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war; 31. Then shall the princes come out of Egypt : the Morians' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32. Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth : O sing praises Unto the Lord ; 4i 3'3- Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning : lo, he doth send out his voice, yea, and that a mighty voice. 34. Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel : his worship, and strength is in the clouds, 35. O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places : even the God of Israel; he will give strength and power unto his people; blessed be God- Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to, the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. FIRST LESSON, 1 Kings, v. A ND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2. And Solomon sent to Hiram saying, 3. Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house .unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4. But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurent. 5. And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. 6. Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon ; and my servants shall be with thy servants : and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 7. II And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day; which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. 8. And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for : and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 9. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and I will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. 1 o. So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according tosll his desire. 11. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 42 t2. And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 13. II And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the leyy was thirty thousand men. 14. And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses : a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home : and Adoniram was over the levy. 15. And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 16. Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. 17. And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18. And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers : so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. MAGNIFICAT, St. Luke, i. Hopkins in F. lV/TY soul doth magnify the Lord : and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him : throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm : he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel : as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. SECOND LESSON, 1 Peter, ii. VVTHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2. As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby : 3. If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 43 4- To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious. 5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious; and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious : but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient : whereunto also they were appointed. 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew, forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 10. Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God : which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; 12. Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles : that, whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 13. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king as supreme; 14. Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. ' 15. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men ; 16. As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. NUNC DIMITTIS, St. Luke, ii., 29. Hopkins in F. T ORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace : according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen : thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared : before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall, be : world without end. Amen. 44 IT Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing. T BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell ; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of Sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. IT And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 7 Then the Ministers, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. /^\UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom ^^^ come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. IT Then the Priest standing up shall say, O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, save the Queen. Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Priest. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful. Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Answer. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. 45 A LMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life ; Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. f~\ ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation ^^^ of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. /^\ GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just ^-^ works do proceed ; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen. T IGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord ; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. ANTHEM Glory, honour, Mozart. Glory, honour, praise, and power, be unto God for ever. Praise to Thee, Thou Great Creator, Praise be Thine from every tongue. Young and old, Thy praise expressing, Laud Thy Name in joyful song. Praise the Lord, ye Heavens adore Him, Sun and moon rejoice before Him, Praise Him all ye stars and light : Praise His mercy, His salvation, Heaven, and earth, and all creation, Praise Him, Angels in the height. As the Saints in Heaven adore Thee, As Thine Angels bow before Thee, And extol Thine endless Love, We, Thy servants, lowly bending, Pray Thee, let Thy Grace descending, Fit us for the realms above. 4 6 Let the realms of all creation, Praise the God of our salvation, For the hope of future joy; Sound His praise through earth and Heaven, For ten thousand blessings given : Sound the Saviour's praise on high. A Prayer for the Queen's Majesty. f~\ LORD our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord ^"^ of lords, the only Ruler of Princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and so replenish her with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in health and wealth long to live ; strengthen her that she may vanquish and overcome all her enemies; and, finally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and felicity*; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Royal Family. A LMIGHTY God, the fountain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family : Endue them with thy holy Spirit ; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; prosper them with all happiness : and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Clergy and People. A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. A LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests : Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. T 2 Cor. xiii. HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. 47 HYMN. All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell, Come ye before Him, and rejoice. The Lord, ye know, is God indeed; Without our aid He did us make; We are his flock, He doth us feed,' ' And for His sheep He doth us take. O enter then His gates with praise, Approach with joy His courts unto ; Praise, laud, and bless His Name always, For it is seemly so to do. For why? the Lord our God is good; His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven and earth adore, From men and from the Angel-host Be praise and glory evermore. Amen. The SERMON by Bro. the Rev. CANON BULLOCK, M.A., Vicar of Holy Trinity, Leeds, Past Prov. G. Chaplain. ' Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted before the world."— J ames i. 27. Outside the Craft very few would admit the claims which Masons make for an historic past running back into prehistoric times. We have been told that our Brotherhood must seek for its birthday amid the religious convulsions of the 16th century, when the Order of Jesus began to wield its tremendous power, and the far-sighted ambition of Ignatius Loyola invented the almost irresistible force of his well-organised secret society. Some, who have known more of the inner life of Masonry — its high moral teaching and generous aims — tell us that we shall find our origin when princes and peasants alike banded themselves together for the Crusades to the Holy Land. While, however, it is possible that the Crusaders availed themselves of our system, the very constitution of Freemasonry, as well as 48 the objects it has in view, forbid the possibility of a military origin. So, too, should we decline to accept the position of a secondary order in chivalry, though we readily admit, that here too it may have played an important part. Least of all can a free and accepted Mason for one moment suppose that he will find the source of his Order in an attempt, by secret and far- reaching organisation, to upset duly constituted authority, or to destroy those obligations of true religion and morality, so essential to our happiness here and hereafter. The science of Masonry, can only be second in time to that of agriculture; and moreover the science of Masonry, as distinguished from manual skill, must have occupied attention and study at a very early period indeed. We are very sure that in Egypt, in India, and in the Holy Land, architecture had been reduced to a science, and that a highly cultivated one, in very early ages. The Volume of the Sacred Law, as well as our own traditions, teach us that our Master Hiram was skilled, not only in the actual use of the working tools of a practical mason, but also was himself a scientific architect, who could avail himself of the skirrit, . pencil, and compasses ; and so could choose a suitable site, could delineate a plan for the guidance of the workmen, and could ascertain and determine the limits and proportions of the several parts of the building proposed with accuracy and precision. The strong and numerous resemblances between our own Masonic secrets and ceremonies and those of early periods justify the conclusions that the principles and practices of our Order carry us back to times when historic accuracy is impossible, and that, under different forms and various names, our Craft may claim a past which Masonry itself cannot measure. Though we claim Hiram as our first Master, we must not forget that he was sent for as one already specially trained, and had himself served, in all probability, as an Entered Apprentice and Fellow-Craft Mason. We cannot now in detail point out the strong resemblances, familiar to many of you, that unquestionably link Freemasonry with the early builders of Egypt; with the priests of Ceres at Eleusis ; with the Essenes, during their long and important history ; and with various other building guilds which have left their mark on the centuries as they have rolled away. But generally, we may say that the members of these confraternities could always recognise each other under any disguise or circumstances, by words and signs;, they were divided into regular lodges, distinguished by different names ; they met in houses erected and consecrated for their own use, under Masters and Wardens ; they used ornaments and ceremonies like those distinctive of our Order to-day ; they made provision for the wants of their poorer brethren ; and assembled at times for splendid entertainments, celebrated with great pomp and magnificence. 49 To these two last characteristics we venture specially to direct your attention on this important occasion, and in this consecrated building. We select them as bringing before us the duty of charity, and yet, at the same time, warning us against a danger to which we are exposed. Our text points out for us, directly and indirectly, the same duty and danger — positive and negative obligations, which are binding upon us as Masons and Christians — the positive active duty of visiting (I suppose, to relieve) the orphan and widow in their affliction, as well as the negative but not less important one of keeping ourselves " unspotted from the world." We cannot honestly say that we think our banquets and social gatherings are entirely free from danger ;. and if we believe this to be so, we who are older Masons ought to be constantly on our guard, for the sake of others as well as on our own account, and, above all, for the credit of our Order. When there is ample provision, together with bright, cheerful company, what is harmless to one may be fraught with the greatest danger to another. Young men who are present at our social board may allow liberty to run into licentiousness, and temperance and soberness into excess. We are anxious not to be mis- understood, either by our Brethren or by those who are not members of our Craft. We are not condemning our social gatherings, nor are we charging mischief upon that which is innocent in itself. We can say with more than a quarter of a century's experience, that we have never yet witnessed excess at a Masonic gathering ; but, from a quarter of a century's observation, we feel bound to add, that there is some danger of our good- fellowship injuring souls for whom Christ died. We believe that the true line of safety lies in the observances of those principles which are at once Masonic and Christian — Prudence should guide us, Temperance chasten us, and Fortitude support us. We would venture- to urge these considerations very earnestly on our older and more influential Members who may be present. As life draws nearer to its eventide, the sense of responsibility increases. The nearness of the Great Assize is brought home to us every time we follow one of our fellows to the grave. You, my Brothers, who are fellow-travellers with me, and are descending the hill of life, will bear with me while I press home the necessity that there is for you and for me to mark the setting sun which reminds us as Masons, whether Senior Wardens or not, to see that every Brother has had his due— his right to a good example in your life and mine of moderation and temperance. The second duty of keeping ourselves "unspotted from the world," urged upon us by the text, we have ventured to put first, because, on this occasion we prefer to speak of that last which we can speak of as Masons with satisfaction, and without presumption. Our text bids us "To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction," a command positive and divine. With no niggard hand certainly does our Craft dispense its alms ; nor do 5° we spoil our gifts by making the recipient conscious of his or her dependence. We are not a benefit society, out of whose resources needy brethren or their widows and orphans can claim their own. We have no elaborate schemes for premium, bonus, or capital sum, payable in the event of sickness or death. The Mason is not, as such, a provident man, professing to lay by through the instrumentality of his Craft for a rainy day : nor does he claim credit on this score. As the Jewish Talmud describes the entrance upon life, so does the can- didate for admission into Masonry begin his Masonic life, with open hands, without metal or money to clutch. Poverty-stricken he is taught that, if he has that which a Brother has not, that such Brother may claim his assistance ; that as the one was poor and penniless when Masonry first made him her child, so has the needy Brother a right to expect his help. While however, Masonry is not an organisation for the relief of want, to minister to those who are in want has ever been its first and foremost work. A visit paid to the Girls' Masonic Schools in Dublin, about a year ago, will not readily be forgotten. One of the Lords Justices of Appeal, a chief amongst the law officers of the Crown in Ireland, took a pride in showing us over that Institution, where much of his own spare time was spent. The orphan children there, known each to him by name, were taught to feel that, though deprived in God's wisdom of their natural guardians, they were yet cared for, watched over, and loved. On all hands the arrangements plainly showed that the object had not been to provide as cheaply, but as generously as possible, for the comfort and education of those fatherless ones. Still we are told that the munificent provision for our Irish orphans is quite eclipsed by that which is made for our own boys and girls here at home. Nor are our charities occupied only in behalf of the young and helpless : in all cases of sorrow, sickness, and death, the rule of our Lodges is ever the same. If one Member suffer, all the Members niust suffer too. As Masons, we try to "rejoice with those that do rejoice, and weep with those that weep." The object, which you have chosen to devote your alms to on this occasion reminds us, and tells others, that we do not wish to confine our generosity within the pale of Freemasonry alone. To-day is a red-letter day indeed in the history of Masonry in West Yorkshire. Let its records be emblazoned in letters which are imperishable — in a book which is eternal — where all is registered in the court of heaven. , Outside the confines of Freemasonry there is pain, agony, and dying, aggravated by poverty, in the midst of this busy, teeming population. The ravings of fevered lips ; the cries called forth by sharp pain ; or the fainter moans of the dying, might almost be heard mingling with our hymns of praise to-day. White faces, contracted with suffering, are turned upon you and asking with an eloquence all their own for your help — and, mystery of mysteries ! little forms are stretched on little cribs, and tiny heads, wearied 5i and worn with pain, are restless on their pillows, and are looking straight into your eyes for sympathy with baby-pleading looks. By our generous gifts towards our Medical Charities for the relief of men, women, and children defeated by sickness, let us show outsiders what Masonry really is — what Masons can and will do when their help is needed and asked for. To the world to-day we have shown that Masonry is real and powerful ; to our God and His sick and suffering ones let it be made known that we recognise Him in all, and their claims because they are His. One building, in which we have just now been gathered, reminds us of the activity of intellectual life in our restless, ceaseless toil; in this building, rendered famous throughout the world by one man's influence and name, you are met for the worship of our God ; presently, we shall assemble for our festivities in our grand Municipal Hall, which assures us of the growth of municipal life ; — let us not forget that fourth and beautiful building, which tells us of the power of Christianity, and its desire to fulfil its Master's wishes for the relief of the sick and suffering ones, ever remembering that the inmates are His — nay, He Himself to us — " I, even Jesus, was sick and ye visited me." HYMN. Blessed city, ■ heavenly Salem, Vision dear of peace and love, Who of living stones art builded In the height of heaven above, And with Angel hosts encircled, As a bride dost earthward move. From celestial realms descending, Bridal glory round thee shed, Meet for him whose love espoused thee, To thy Lord shalt thou be led : All thy streets, and all thy bulwarks, Of pure gold are fashioned. Bright thy gates of pearl are shining, They are open evermore; And by virtue of His merits Thither faithful souls do soar, Who for Christ's dear Name in this world Pain and tribulation bore. Many a blow and biting sculpture Polished well those stones elect, In their places now compacted By the heavenly Architect, Who therewith hath willed for ever That His Palace should be decked. % 52 Laud and honour to the Father, Laud and honour to the Son, Laud and honour to the Spirit, Ever Three and ever One, Consubstantial, Co-eternal, While unending ages run. Amen. The Alms, for the Leeds Medical Charities, were collected and amounted to £82 16s. They were presented by the R.W. Prov. Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew, at the Holy Table. The Blessing was given by the Rev. John Gott, D.D., Vicar of Leeds. The Brethren having re-formed in Procession and returned to the Albert Hall, Provincial Grand Lodge was closed at 4-45 p.m. Jratohtrial dratti) JrrtiJ^ oi litest g-crrkshire, VICTORIA HALL, LEEDS, April 24TH, 1885. FTER the Provincial Grand Lodge was closed, the Provincial Grand Master and other distinguished Visitors and Brethren to the number of upwards of 500, assembled in the Victoria Hall, where a Collation was provided. The Hall itself required no decoration, but the Orchestra was furnished with a large number of plants. The Tables were most carefully arranged and adorned with a great profusion of flowers in elegant vases. The Collation was provided by W. Bro. A. E. Powolny, P.M., 121 1. in his usual excellent manner, and gave great satisfaction. W. Bro. Dr. Spark, P.M. 289, P.P.G. Org., presided at the organ, and the Leeds Constabulary Band occupied the Balcony of the Hall, and played a selection of music during the Collation. The members of the Leeds Harmonic Union gave an enjoyable selection of Glees. W. Bro. W. B. Townsend, P.M. 121 1, presiding at the Pianoforte. The Orchestra was occupied by a number of Ladies, who kindly graced the proceedings by their presence. 53 Installation of jim §xo. %. m. <&eto, $.$., froir. to* Paster of Wtst fork. Sunn. Sherkv. 1 Julienne Soup. ( Mock Turtle Soup. Hock. j Salmon, Hollandaise. { Fillets of Soles, Aspic. Claret. Champagnes. ( Oyster Patties. < Galantine Victoria. ( Quenelles of Chicken. | AvaU 1 Boar ' s Head " Quarters of Lamb. ~ < Truffled Turkey. Perrier Jouet's. Qx Tongues. — \ Sirloin of Beef. Moet's Green Seal. — | Pigeon in Jelly. — < Spring Chickens. ( Yorkshire Ham. La Rose. — ( Fruit Tarts. ! | Cheese Cakes and Tarts. Dessert. Town Hall, Leeds, Friday, 24 April, 1S85. a.p., Leeds. 54 The R.W. Provincial Grand Master in rising to propose the first Toast said : — I give you the health of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, the Patroness of our order. Long may she live and long may she reign. That under her we may be Godly and quietly governed in the maintenance of true religion and virtue, and that T.G.A.O.T.U. may be her keeper and defender from all dangers, giving her the victory over all her enemies, are the fervent aspirations of every one in this Loyal Assembly of Freemasons. The .Chairman proposed the health of the M.W. Grand Master of England. In doing so he said : — I give you the toast of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England. His Royal Highness is not the first of his royal race who has graced the chair of the Grand Lodge of England, and now we, to-day, who have the privilege of calling ourselves the Masonic subjects of His Royal Highness, are no less to him than were our predecessors in the craft to the Duke of Sussex and to the Duke of Kent. The craft has ever allied itself to social peace and social order, to the maintenance of jeligion because of its importance to the virtue and happiness of mankind, to the cultivation of the liberal arts and sciences, to the benevolent and charitable institutions of the country, and to the crowning institution of all, the monarchy itself. Therefore I ask you to drink the health of the Prince of Wales, who gives such lustre to his great name and position, and who reflects such honour on the craft by his occupancy of the chair of Grand Lodge. He has recently initiated his son, Prince Albert Victor, into our order, and he has given us under the revised Book of Constitutions, " Wise Laws, Pure Justice, and Blessings Rare,'' for which his mastership will be for ever memorable. In him we have a Royal Grand Master who upholds the honour, the dignity, and integrity of this most noble and most antient fraternity. We thank him for these inestimable benefits, and we drink his health with cordiality and enthusiasm. In submitting the Toast of the Grand Lodge of England, the Chairman said : — The toast I now wish to submit to the consideration of this assembly is that of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of England, and I desire to associate with this toast the following names : — The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon, Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master, and Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of Somerset. He visited Airedale Lodge on the 2nd October, 1878, on the opening and dedication of a new Masonic Hall, and his visit is still looked back upon with pleasure by West Yorkshire. The Right Honourable the Earl of Lathom, Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master and Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire, under whose auspices the Installation ceremony has this afternoon been conducted, and who has laid this Province under immense obligations to him for his presence on this occasion. Colonel Le Gendre N. Starkie, Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, we thank for the important part he has taken in the proceedings in the Albert Hall, and who we well remember installed Colonel Sir Henry Edwards as Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, at Halifax, on the 21st April, 1875; also Colonel Shadwell H. Clerke, the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England, tc whom we owe obligations which can never be adequately repaid ; the Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire; the very Reverend the Dean of York ; Sir Frederick Milner ; the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of North and East Yorkshire, and other visitors for whose presence we acknowledge ourselves sincerely grateful. We cannot too earnestly appreciate the significance of their visit to Leeds. The officers of the Grand Lodge of England deserve well of the craft. Grand Lodge numbers amongst its members noblemen and gentlemen of the highest political, social, and scientific attainments; of the most benevolent and unbounded liberality, and charity. Grand Lodge is a vast and compact organisation. It ranks as a power of no mean force in the social community for good. It is a bulwark against certain disintegrating and discordant elements of turbulent democracy. , Its occupation is to disseminate by means of the 2091 Lodges on its roll call, a universal spirit of brotherly love and truth; to possess its parchment certificate of membership, to wear its badge, which is "more honourable than the Star, Garter, or any other order in existence," is a privilege. I ask you then, Brethren, to shew your loyalty, your devotion, and your attachment to the Grand Lodge of England, by drinking this toast with your most earnest enthusiasm. The R.W. the Deputy Grand Master, the Earl of Lathom, responded. He said : — That although a member of the Grand Lodge of England, he was not an active working member, and could therefore say without egotism that the officers of that Lodge did their work thoroughly. No ceremony in which he had ever taken a part had been better performed than that which had called them together that day. It was by far the largest gathering in the Provinces that had been held, and included representatives from many districts. East and West Lancashire were there — two Provinces which, with West Yorkshire, were the largest in England, and which combined would be able to stand against the world. 56 The R.W. the Deputy Grand Master, the Earl of Lathom, in proposing the health of the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, said that Brother Tew was far better known to them than to himself; yet rumour had brought to him something of the good works in which their newly- appointed Provincial Grand Master had been engaged. There could be no doubt that the choice of the Grand Master was the choice of the Brethren and he would have great satisfaction in informing His Royal Highness of that fact. The R. W, Prov. Grand Master, Bro. Tew, responded. He said : Lord Lathom, Officers, Brethren, Rev. Sirs, and Ladies, The Prov. Grand Officers, past and present, beg, Lord Lathom, that you will acquit us of affectation when we say that it is not without consider- able feelings of emotion that we receive this expression of your goodwill and sympathy in coming to Leeds to-day, and in performing the ceremony of Installation of a new Provincial Grand Master for the West Riding of the County of York. These feelings of emotion are further intensified by the warmth of the expressions and the eloquence of the terms with which you have been good enough to propose this toast. Your visit has done much to knit the hearts of West Yorkshire Masons to yourself as the Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master, as well as to the Most Worshipful the Grand Master, and the rest of the Officers of the Grand Lodge of England. We tender to your lordship our warmest acknowledgments for the work you have accomplished in the craft during the long series of years in which you have been associated with its interests, as well as for the generous words you have addressed to us this afternoon. I wish also as your Provincial Grand Master to convince you, Brethren, with what cordial feelings of gratitude I receive this too liberal and too indulgent appreciation of the manner you have responded to the allusions the Installing Master has made to my name. I am not worthy of the enthusiastic ovation this brilliant assembly has rendered to me in acknowledging this toast, and it is no slight addition to its value to 'have heard it proposed from the lips of one who himself fills a similarly anxious office in his own Province of West Lancashire, to the one into which he has installed me. Following, as I now have to do, such eminent Past Provincial Grand Masters as the Earl of Mexborough, under whom there were but nineteen Lodges; the Marquess of Ripon, who was installed in this Victoria Hall, on the 22nd of May, 1861 ; and our late gallant and beloved commander-in-chief, Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, who have each and all rendered eminent services to the craft, and added such lustre to the Masonic Order, I hesitated to accept this high and important office when Colonel Shadwell Clerke, on the 14th of January, intimated the intention of His Royal Highness the Grand Master to confer it upon me. 57 In occupying the chair of this Provincial Grand Lodge, I venture to appeal to the 923 Past Masters and Worshipful Masters, and to the 2272 other Subscribing Members in the 69 Lodges of this Province, to support me in the duties and additional responsibilities by which this position in the craft is surrounded. I hope I may claim from every Brother the most fraternal co-operation to enable me to discharge, with justice to the Lodges and in imitation of my distinguished predecessors, the functions and obligations expected from a Provincial Grand Master. In the firm belief that I have your good opinion, I have most deferentially accepted this position of a trustee of our antient landmarks, symbols, and ceremonies, and will endeavour to the best of my abilities, and with the assistance and co-opera- tion of the Provincial Grand Officers and of my esteemed and respected Deputy, Brother Henry Smith, to carry out the responsibilities of the office with dignity. The Masonic records of this county teem with the handiwork of the Craft. There is hardly a church, a school, a convalescent home, infirmary, hospital, dispensary, or benevolent institution of any kind, that the Freemasons during the past sixty years have not either inaugurated, promoted, fostered, or assisted in some way or other in a beneficial manner, and which are now monuments of their liberality all over the county, in attestation of their principles and evidences of their goodwill to the sincerity of their masonic obligations. During the Grand Mastership of the Prince of Wales the English Freemasons throughout the world have contributed to the three London Masonic Charities no less a sum than ,£350,000, of which amount, since 1870, West Yorkshire has voluntarily subscribed near £30,000 in support of these Masonic Institutions. Whatever may be my duration of the occupancy of the chair of this Provincial Grand Lodge, I hope I may rely upon your continued generosity in the support of these noble institutions, for without this munificence on the part of the Lodges, our charity towards those, who except for us would have no fatherhood but the fatherhood of God, would be but " as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal," and that appeals to your sympathies in the future may be as handsomely responded to as have those made in the past by previous Provincial Grand Masters, are my most fervent desires and my confident convictions. To win your affections and regards in this office which you have called upon me to fill would be an honour and a life-long pleasure, and I thank you, one and all, for your presence on this eventful occasion in my life. The R.W. Prov. Grand Master of Lincolnshire, Major William Henry Smyth, proposed the Toast of the W. Deputy Prov. Grand Master, and the Prov. Grand Officers, past and present. 58 The W. Deputy Prov. Grand Master in responding, said:— It -might not be out of place to state, that in the year 1852, when he was initiated, there were but 29 Lodges in the Province, with 995 Subscribing Members, now there were 69 Lodges and 3,195 Members, of whom 923 were Past Masters. During the past sixteen years he had registered the names of 5,000 new Members, whilst 918 had been removed from the Register by death. It had always been the ambition of the executive that this Province should be a model of discipline, regularity, and of loyalty to the Book of Constitutions and to the Grand Lodge of England, and he confidently appealed to the highest authority, viz., their excellent Grand Secretary, Colonel Shadwell H. Clerke, to say if they had accomplished this high standard of duty. On his own behalf, and of the Present and Past Provincial Officers, he tendered hearty thanks. The Prov. Grand Senior Warden, Bro. W. L. Jackson, M.P., W.M. of Lodge Fidelity, 289, proposed the Visitors ; he said : — It was gratifying to learn that all the Lodges in the Province were represented on that occasion. He trusted that the arrangements made for their reception had proved adequate. The Dean of York, in response, thanked the Brethren of Leeds for their hospitality. During the 37 or 38 years in which he had belonged to the craft he had always found Freemasonry to be of benefit. In these days, when men were so apt to become estranged from one another, the advantages of Masonic fraternity could not be exaggerated. Bro. Woodall, Grand Treasurer of England, also responded. The Toast of the Masonic Charities was ably proposed by, the Worshipful the Mayor of Sheffield, W. Bro. W. H. Brittain, P.P.G. Warden. Bro. F. R. \V. Hedges, in replying on behalf of the R.M. Institution for Girls, thanked the Province generally for its support, and more especially for the vote passed that day. He expressed his deep appreciation of the fact that when the Province was anxious to pay a mark of respect to its late chief, it was the Girls' School they chose as the channel through which to accomplish it, and it was that institution which they sought to benefit thereby. He thanked the Brethren for their hearty welcome, and assured them that while there were many who would congratulate the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master in more eloquent terms, none were more sincere than the congratulations of the Secretary of the Girls' School. 59 Bro. Frederick Binckes, Past Grand Steward, Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institute for Boys, could only express his gratification at once again being present at a meeting of the Brethren of West Yorkshire, after an absence of something like eleven years, and renewing on their own ground, old friendships which had commenced long before that time. He remembered the successful rule of former Provincial Grand Masters, whose services could never be forgotten, and to whom he acknowledged that the deepest gratitude was due for large, generous, and sympathetic support to the Institution with which he was associated, and he sincerely hoped that the new ruler, installed under such favourable auspices this day, would be equally prosperous. There must, of necessity, be something of melancholy in retrospect— the bygone time could not be recalled without feelings of regret, whether the attendant circumstances were for good or ill, favourable or unfavourable. Not heaven itself upon the past hath power ; What has been, has been, and I have had my hour. The present they could all congratulate themselves upon, and he would fain hope that it was an augury of a happy future. He thanked them most sincerely for a warm reception and a truly friendly fraternal greeting. Worshipful Bro. James Terry, Past Provincial Grand Warden of Herts., Secretary for the Royal Masonic Institution, congratulated the Province upon having had installed as its ruler a Brother sd distinguished as Brother Tew, whose evety exertion had, during the time he had held an important position, been for the promotion of Masonry in general, and he thought he might say for the Charities in particular. Long might the Province continue to have the advantage of his experience. He trusted, however, that next year the Benevolent Institution might receive a larger amount from West Yorkshire than it had done at the recent Festival, when a sum of ,£143 17s. only was announced as the Steward's collection, against a receipt by the Province of nearly ^1,400 annually. The Meeting shortly afterwards broke up, and thus terminated one of the most eventful days to the Craft in West Yorkshire. PROVINCE OF WEST YORKSHIRE. The Right Hon. The Earl of Lathom, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, on leaving the Grange, Carleton, expressed his high appreciation of the splendid reception and hearty welcome accorded to him by the Brethren, at Leeds, on Friday, April 24th, and desired that the W. Masters of the sixty-nine Lodges of the Province should be informed of the very great pleasure the visit had afforded. Most sincerely I join in this expression of congratulation and of thanks. THOMAS WILLIAM TEW, HENRY SMITH, Prov. Grand Master. Deputy Prov. Grand Master. 28th April, 1885. 6o 8* &> °0 S M * «. • ^— *. ■o J p s o V 1 o *5 *-< tn — 'w *?" in " < X ^ •g: z m H M Si •> « a - a t, zz a a g B OS W p^ i_) a .oo p Coo goo § P m H < o « B pq o cn p; 1-1 CA H iJ a < X "1 £u in M N & £■ Oi S S r iJ Q r Q - ri - S „ g a s s 1 H d Z ^ S « g a l> , •—> 3 a H S O ."3 "u .2 o 111" J !> — ii 2 « S ■S -12 z- K^* ° Sp^ £ w Z d & rj . CA < g „p« «« J3 „ < & oou J3 o o E-i H O H d . co co^-, ** ,S'C •° >, 1^3 00 .Tj .2? ca 00 Q^ "2^ "SB, oo C At; c "< < 6i tjst of Jflb&eB tit tht Jrobinte, With number of Members on Roll on 31st December, 1884. Lodge No. 61 139 149 154 208 242 258 264 265 275 289 290 296 302 304 306 307 308 337 380 387 401 408 439 448 458 495 521 600 603 652 750 810 827 837 904 910 971 974 1001 Name of Lodge Town. Probity ... . ... Halifax Britannia . Sheffield .. Peace ... Meltham ... Unanimity .. Wakefield ... 3 Grand Principles ... Dewsbury ... St. George ... Doncaster ... Amphibious . . . Heckmondwike Nelson of the Nile ... Batley Royal Yorkshire ... Keighley Harmony ... Huddersfield Fidelity ... ... Leeds HUDDERSFIELD . . . Huddersfield Royal Brunswick ... Sheffield ... Hope Bradford . . Philanthropic ... Leeds Alfred , . Leeds Prince Frederick ... Hebden Bridge Prince George . . Eastwood . . . Candour ... Upper Mill Integrity ... Morley Airedale ... Shipley Royal Forest ... Slaidburn ... Three Graces ... Haworth Scientific ... Bingley St. James Halifax Aire and Calder ... Goole Wakefield ... Wakefield. ... Truth . . . Huddersfield Harmony ... Bradford Zetland . . . Cleckheaton Holme Valley ... Holmfirth ... Friendship ... Cleckheaton Craven ... ... Skipton St. John's . . Dewsbury . . De Grey and Ripon ... ... Ripon Phcenix .. Rotherham ... St. Oswald ... Pontefract ... Trafalgar ... Batley Pentalpha ... Bradford Harrogate and Claro ... Harrogate ... No. of Members. .. 66 .. 117 .. 56 27 .. 67 52 .. 62 .. 66 ■■ 57 .. 81 - 47 . 80 .. 74 ■■ 75 .. 68 .. 58 ■• 3i ■• 35 .. 66 .. 29 •■ 5' 22 .. 3° • 30 .. 66 .. 66 •• 49 .. 83 55 ■• 55 •■ 33 •■ 35 - 27 •• 54 .. 47 ■■ 39 .. 60 37 .. 38 ■• 39 62 LIST OF LODGES IN THE PROVINCE— Continued. L.oage No. Name of Lodge. Town. 1018 Shakespeare ... Bradford 1019 Sincerity WakeHeld 1034 Eccleshill Eccleshill 1042 Excelsior Leeds . 1102 MlRFIELD Mirfield 1108 Royal Wharfedale ... Otley 1211 GODERICH ... Leeds 1214 Scarborough Batley 1221 Defence Leeds 1231 Savile Elland 1239 Wentworth Sheffield 1283 Ryburn ... Sowerby Bridge 1301 Brighouse Brighouse 1302 De Warren ... Halifax 1311 Zetland ... Leeds 1462 Wharncliffe ... Penistone 1513 Friendly ... Barnsley 1514 Thornhill Lindley 1522 Olicana ... Ilkley 1542 Legiolium ... Castleford .. 1545 Baildon ... Baildon 1645 Colne Valley Slaithwaite 1648 Prince of Wales Bradford 1736 St. John's Halifax 1779 Ivanhoe Sheffield 1783 Albert Edward Huddersfield 2035 Beaumont Kirkburton 2069 Prudence • •• Leeds 2091 Castleberg Settle, Consecrated nth No. of Members. •■ 32 .. 56 • 39 ■ 54 ■ 42 20 52 19 • 5° • 38 74 • 27 . 28 23 • 32 . 40 61 • 44 21 • 29 26 79 • 3 6 • 25 40 • 3i • 32 • 15 May, 1885. 3195 63 PROVINCIAL NOTES. ( Where a Second Number occurs, the First is the Number oj the Lodge at the time, the Second, in. brackets, the Number in 18S5.) 1821. Re- Constitution of the Province of the West Riding, and appointment of the Right Honourable John, Lord Viscount Pollington, as Provincial Grand Master. 1822. Nov. 1 8th. — First meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, Bro. Robt. Carr, P.M., 252 (154), appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; Bro. Joshua Jones, Provincial Grand Secretary; and Bro. George Green, 252 (154), Assistant. 1823. Jan. 29th. — Foundation Stones of St. Mary's Church, and Christ Church, Leeds, laid by the Provincial Grand Master, Lord Pollington, in the presence of the Mayor and Corporation of the Borough, the Vicar of Leeds, and a large number of Provincial Officers and Brethren. April 3rd. — The Right Honourable John, Lord Viscount Pollington, Installed Provincial Grand Master, in the Music Saloon, Wakefield, in the presence of 200 Brethren ; Divine Service in the Parish Church ; Sermon by Bro. the Rev. M. J. Naylor, D.D., Chaplain. 1824. Oct. 18th. — Bro. Charles Alfred Watson, 252 (154), appointed Provincial Grand Secretary. Oct. 20th. — Cost of Provincial Regalia, ,£148 ijs., raised by subscription. Brethren of Lodge 489 (258), Milnsbridge, reported they had defended an action against them for forcibly ejecting intruders, costs incurred, £j gs. \\d. 1825. Mar. 15th. — Ordered that each Lodge send " representative to the Provincial Grand Lodge. April 7th. — Sheffield, Thursday, Seven Provincial Grand Officers being absenf, substitutes were appointed to serve remainder of year. June 13th. — Foundation Stone of intended enlargement of Mirfield Church laid. The Brethren marched in procession to Church ; Sermon by Bro. the Rev. M. J. Naylor, D.D., Provincial Grand Chaplain. 1826. April 17th. — Treasurer and Secretary's Fees abolished. Bro. John Becket 252 (154) appointed Provincial Grand Secretary. Sep. 13th. — Lodge of Peace 247 (149), removed from Honley to Meltham. Brethren attended Service in Meltham Church, Sermon by Bro. the Rev. M. J. Naylor, D.D., Provincial Grand Chaplain. 1827. April 9th.— Address to King George IV. on death of his brother, the Duke of York. April nth.— Airedale Lodge, 814 (387), opened at Baildon. 1828. April 23rd.— Bro. Richard Hird appointed Secretary, salary £10 per annum. Provincial Grand Chaplain requested to form Rules for Provincial Grand Lodge of Benevolence. 1829. Jan. 26th. — The Provincial Grand Master having tendered his resignation, a Meeting of delegates from different Lodges in the Province was held, when regret was expressed at Lord Pollington's resignation, and an Address signed praying him to resume office. Aug. 18th.— Royal Forest Lodge, 846 (401), opened at Slaidburn. 1830. April 27th.— Lodge of Benevolence formed. 64 1830. July 15th.— The Brethren attended Divine Service in Wakefield Parish Church, on the occasion of the Funeral of King George IV., Sermon by the Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. the Rev. M. J. Naylor, D.D. Oct. 4th. — Address of condolence presented to King William IV. on death of King George IV. 1831. Aug. 24th. — New Warrant granted to the Lodge Three Graces, 862 (408). The Lodge was originally opened at the Seven Stars, Bamoldswick, Sep. 25th, 1792. Oct. 24th. — Letter from Sir Robert Peel, Secretary to King William IV. accepting Address of condolence, passed 4th Oct., 1830. Resolved that a deposit Account be opened with Messrs. Leatham & Co., Wakefield. 1832. Aug. 13th. — The Lodge Nelson of the Nile, 500 (264), removed back from Mirfield to Batley, having been moved from the latter place to Mirfield in June, 1818. Brethren attended Divine Service in Batley Parish Church ; Sermon by the Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. the Rev. M. J. Naylor, D.D. Sep. 5th. — Lodge Numbers altered by Grand Lodge. Oct. 8th. — Bro. the Rev. M. J. Naylor, D.D., Provincial Grand Chaplain read his Masonic researches. 1833. Sep. 2nd. — Masonic Rooms opened at Haworth. The Brethren, 125 in number, , attended Service in Haworth Church. Sep. 23rd. — Annual Contributions of Members raised from 1/- to 2/-, commencing from Dec. 27th, 1833. 1834. June 23rd. — Lodge Three Grand Principles, 251 (208), removed from Thornhill to Dewsbury. Brethren attended Dewsbury Parish Church ; Sermon by the Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. the Rev. M. J. Naylor, D.D. 1835. Mar. 5th. — Foundation Stone of Steeple and enlargement of Meltham Church laid. The Brethren afterwards attended Service ; Sermon by the Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. the Rev. M. J Naylor. D.D. Mar. 16th. — Lodge of Integrity, 529 (380), removed from Brighouse to Morley. 1836. Dec. 16th. — Foundation Stone of St. George's Church, Leeds, laid with Masonic honours by Bro. John Heselton, W.M. of Fidelity Lodge, 364 (289), on behalf of Lord Mexboro'. 1837. Mar. 20th. — Harmony Lodge 342 (275) removed from Halifax to Huddersfield. May 15th. — W. Bro. C. Lee, P.M., 364 (289), appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Bro. S. T. W. Gawthorp 179 (154) appointed Provincial Grand Secretary. May 24th.— Foundation Stone of the Corn Exchange, Wakefield, laid by the Provincial Grand Master. 1838. April 29th — Dispensation granted to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Victoria's coronation, on the 28th of June. May 7th. — W. Bro. C. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master presented with his Patent in Provincial Grand Lodge. July 30th.— Celebration of the Centenary of the Probity Lodge, 73 (61). Brethren marched in procession to Halifax Parish Church ; Sermon by the Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. -the Rev. M. J. Naylor, D.D. 65 1838. Oct. 29th. —Loyal and Antient St. James, 656 (448), at Thornton, consecrated by W. Bro. C. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. 1840. March 16th — Corner stone of Blanket Hall, Heckmondwike, laid. May 18th.— Bro. James Hargfeaves 384 (306), invested Provincial Grand Secretary. Proposed and seconded, that Provincial Grand Officers' fees be discon- tinued, motion lost by large majority. 1841. Feb. 10th.— Tudor Lodge, 688, Saddleworth (now extinct), consecrated. June 2nd.— Dispensation granted to appoint Dr. Senior, W.M. (third year) of Lodge Nelson of the Nile, 330 (264), Batley. June 23rd. — Consecration of Scientific Lodge 642 (439), by W. Bro. C. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Brethren attended Bingley Parish Church, Sermon by the Provincial Chaplain. Oct. 14th. — Aire and Calder Lodge, 672 (458), Goole, consecrated by W. Bro. C. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Address to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex. Resolved that a tribute of esteem be presented to Earl of Mexboro.' Oct. 20th. — Address presented to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, Grand Master, at York. Banquet at the Guild Hall, Earl Zetland, Pro Grand Master and Provincial Grand Master North and East Yorkshire, in Chair. 200 present. Dec. 27th. — Britannia Lodge Room 162 (139), Sheffield, consecrated by W. Bro. C. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master." Service in St. Paul's Church, Sermon by Rev. C. Clapham. 1842. May 23rd.— Rev. C. Clapham resigned and Rev. P. Y. Savile appointed Chaplain by resolution, Lord Mexboro' declining to exercise his prerogative. Proposal to always hold Provincial Grand Lodge in Leeds negatived. Dispensation granted to Dr. de Bartolome to remain W.M. (third year), of Lodge 162 (139). Oct. 14th. — Candelabra presented to Earl Mexboro', by Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, in accordance with resolution of 14th October, 1841. 1843. May 4th.— Funeral of H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, Most Worshipful Grand Master. Procession of 250 Brethren to Parish, Church, Leeds. Sermon by Rev. W. F. Hook, D.D., Vicar. Oct. 16th. —Minutes of 23rd May and 14th October, 1842, and 4th May, 1843, confirmed. New Officers appointed. 1844. April 8th. — Foundation stone of All Saints' Church, Robert Town, laid. Resolved that Pursuivants' clothing be paid for by Provincial Grand Lodge. June 24th. — New Freemasons' Hall, Three Grand Principles, 251 (208), Dews- bury, consecrated. Sermon at Parish Church by Rev. P. Y. Savile, Pro- vincial Grand Chaplain. Oct. 23rd. — Provincial Grand Lodge, Old Assembly Rooms, Talbot Inn, Halifax. Resolved that Grand Tylers' clothing be paid for by Provincial Grand Lodge. Procession, to Royal Hotel, 200 brethren at Banquet. Earl of Mexboro', on behalf of the Brethren of West Yorkshire, presented Bro. C. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, with two vine pattern silver vases, for flowers. 300 ladies in gallery. 66 1845. April 17th.— Wakefield Lodge, 727 (495), "» Thornhill Street, consecrated by W. Bro. Chas. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master A procession to Parish Church, Sermon by Rev. T. A. Walker ; afterwards a Banquet. April 27th.— Ball in the Assembly Rooms, Crown Street, Leeds, under the patronage of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, the Earl of Mexborough, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the formation of the Alfred Lodge, 384 (306). May 21st— Deputy Provincial Grand Master read code of By-Laws for con- sideration of Members of Provincial Grand Lodge. Resolved, that the banking account be removed from Messrs. Leatham, Tew, and Co. to Messrs. Beckett and Co., Leeds.' Petition to Grand Lodge against raising quarterages. 1847. May 3rd.— Rev. P. Y. Savile resigned, and Rev. A. W. Cassels appointed Pro- vincial Grand Chaplain. Resolved, that a Past Masters' Lodge be held quarterly in this Province on 1st Monday July, October, January, April, first meeting at Dewsbury. £50 voted to Royal Masonic Institution for Boys and £10 to make Worshipful Deputy Provincial Master a Life Governor R. M.B.I. July 5th. — By-Laws discussed and determined upon. Provincial Grand Secretary's Salary raised from ^io to ^20 per annum. Oct. 4th. —Provincial Grand Lodge By-Laws passed at last meeting read seriatim and severally confirmed. Resolved, that a. printed copy be forwarded to each Lodge. 1848. Jan. 3rd — Resolved, that present Provincial Grand Officers pay fees as set forth in New Provincial Lodge Grand By-Laws. May 15th. — Roll of Lodges called over ; one or two defaulters admonished. By- Laws of seven Lodges confirmed ; Lodge 373 (296), removed to Masonic Hall, Sheffield, 382 (304), to Masonic Hall, Briggate, Leeds, and 384 (306), to Griffin Hotel, West Bar, Leeds. By-Laws of Provincial Grand Lodge not confirmed by Grand Lodge, slightly altered. Treasurer's accounts audited, ^478 os 6d. balance in banker's hands. July 5th. — Provincial Grand By-Laws having received sanction of Most Worship- Grand Master, the alterations and additions passed at last meeting read and confirmed ; copies to be printed and circulated gratuitously to each Lodge, and copies on sale, 1/- per copy. Resolved, that a proper Provincial Grand Lodge, Banner be provided. Several Lodge By-Laws confirmed. Oct. nth. — W.M.'s of several Lodges gave date of their Warrant, so that a history might be appended to Provincial Grand Lodge By-Laws. 1849. Feb. 28th. — Resolution passed that the Provincial Grand Lodge Banner be 5 feet, and broad in proportion, and of blue satin. Mar. 7th. — Provincial Grand Lodge Banner adopted, the Crest to be the Provincial Grand Master's Jewel and the white rose to be introduced below the shield. May 30th. — Design for Provincial Grand Lodge Banner discussed. Bro. G. H. France, P.P.S G.W. and P.M. 179 (154), elected Honorary Member of Provincial Grand Lodge. Four Lodges in default. Provincial Grand Lodge invited to lay Foundation Stone of Church at Saddleworth ; also of the Masonic Hall, Heckmondwike. Proposed and carried that this Provincial Grand Lodge subscribe Twenty Guineas to Girls' School, and Ten Guineas to Boys' School. The Provincial Grand Officers reappointed. 67 1849. June 4th.— Christ's Church, Friesland, Saddleworth, First Stone laid by the Bishop of Manchester, Second by W. Bro. C. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. June 2 1 st. — W. Bro. C. Lee, on behalf of Provincial Grand Lodge, laid Foundation Stone of Masonic Hall, Amphibious Lodge, 322 (258), Heckmondwike. Oct. 1st. — Resolved to give Provincial Grand Master's Votes for Girls to Bro. Gibbins, London, no West Yorkshire candidate. Bro. Wm. Beckwith resigned office of Provincial Grand Treasurer, Bro. Wm. Dixon, elected. 1850. Jan. 7th. — St. Germain's Lodge, Selby, 827 (566), constituted without knowledge of Deputy Provincial Grand Master, or Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master West Yorkshire. Provincial Grand Officers agreed to patronise Ball given by Lodge Wakefield, 727 (495). May 15th.— First Foundation Stone of New Church, at Heptonstall, laid by John Foster, Esq., Second Stone laid by W/Bro. C. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. June 21st. — Masonic Hall, at Heckmondwike, consecrated and dedicated by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Charles Lee. 1851. Sep. 22nd. — The Foundation Stone of St. George's Hall, Bradford, laid by the Most Worshipful Grand Master of England, the Right Honourable the Earl of Zetland. 1852. Jan. 5th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Halifax. April 7th. ,, ,, Bradford. Lodge Harmony 874 (600), consecrated bv the Worshipful Deputy Provin- cial Grand Master, Bro. C. Lee. April 14th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Thirty-one Lodges in West Yorkshire, ^619 14s. 2d in Messrs. Beckett & Co.'s Bank, Leeds. July 7th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. July 21st. ,, ,, Huddersfield. Honorary Members have no status. Lodge of Truth, 763 (521), Huddersfield, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Chas. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Warrant dated 3rd December, 1845. Oct. 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Doncaster. 1853. Jan. 5th. ,, „ of Improvement at Heckmondwike. April 6th. ,, ,, at Huddersfield. July 6th. ,, ,, Cleckheaton. Lodge Zetland, 877 (603), Cleckheaton, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Chas. Lee, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Oct. 5th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Bradford. 1854. Jan. 4th. ,, ,, Dewsbury. April 5th. „ ,, Huddersfield. Provincial Officers invested. July 5th. ,, „ Leeds. July 31st. — Worshipful Bro. Chas. Lee, Deputy Provincial Gran 1 Master, appointed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons. Oct. 4th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Batley. (Of Improvement.) F 68 1855. Jan. 3rd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Halifax. April nth. ,, „ Huddersfield. July 4th. „ „ Keighley. Oct. 3rd. ,, „ Bradford. 1856. Jan. 2nd. „ ,, Dewsbury. April 9th. ,, ,, Huddersfield. April 21st. „ „ Holmfirth. Foundation Stone of the Holmfirth Flood Monumental Almshouses laid by Bro. C. S. Floyd. July 2nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Saddleworth. Oct. 1st. ,, ,, Bingley. Worshipful Bro. C. Lee, P.M., Deputy Provincial Grand Master, resigned. Worshipful Bro. Geo. Fearnley, M.D., appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Nov. 6th. — Worshipful Bro. Chas. Lee, Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master, died, aged 61. His remains buried in Adel Churchyard, in the presence of a large number of Brethren. 1857. Jan. 7th — Provincial Grand Lodge at Heckmondwike. April 8th. „ ,, Huddersfield. Bro. Richard Reed Nelson appointed Provincial Grand Secretary. July 1st. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Holmfirth. Holme Valley Lodge, 937 (652), Holmfirth, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Geo. Fearnley, M.D., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. July 6th. — Loyal and Antient St. James Lodge 636 (448), removed from Thornton to Halifax. Oct. 14th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. Brethren attended Holy Trinity Church ; sermon by Bro. Rev H de L. Willis, D.D., Provincial Grand Chaplain. Inauguration of Memorial Window, at the west end of the south aisle of the Church, to Bro. Chas. Lee, late Deputy Provincial Grand Master. 1858. Jan. 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Bradford. April 14th. ,, „ Huddersfield. May 5th. „ ,, Dewsbury (Emergency). Worshipful Bro. Geo. Fearnley, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, installed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons, at Dewsbury. June 12th. - Provincial Grand Lodge at Dobcross. Foundation Stone ol Mechanics' and Literary Institute laid at Uppermill, by Worshipful Bro. Geo. Fearnley, M.D., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. July 7th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Holmfirth. t Aug. 4. — Provincial Grand Chapter By-Laws settled and adopted. Oct. 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. 1859. Jan. 5th. ,, „ Dewsbury. April 13th. „ ,, Huddersfield. Provincial Grand Officers' fees of honour altered ; Charity Committee formed. July 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Cleckheaton. Lodge Friendship, 1052 (750), consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Geo. Fearnley, M.D., Deputy Provincial Grand Master, 6 9 1859. Sept. 22nd.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Oct. 5th. „ ,, Huddersfield. Foundation Stone of New Mechanics' Institute laid by Right Hon. Earl and Countess De Grey and Ripon. 1860. Jan. 4th, — Provincial Grand Lodge at Doncaster. ,£105 voted to Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, in name of Provincial Grand Master and Deputy Provincial Grand Master. March 28th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. July 4th. „ „ Halifax. Oct. 1st. — St. John's Lodge, Dewsbury, 1 129 (827), consecrated by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Geo. Fearnley, M.D. Oct. 3rd— Provincial Grand Lodge at Morley. Dec. 25th— Lord Mexborough, Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, died, aged 77. 1861. January 2nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Heckmondwike. Letter of condo- lence with family of late Lord Mexborough ordered to be sent. April 10th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. May 22nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. The Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon installed Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, and Bro. George Fearnley, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Richd. Reed Nelson, Provincial Grand Secretary ; procession to St. George's Church ; sermon by Hon. and Rev. P. Y. Savile; collection for General Infirmary amounted to £56. July 5th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. Oct. 2nd. „ ,, Wakefield. Committee formed to revise By-Laws. 1862. Jan. 1st. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Batley Carr. April 23rd. ,, ,, Huddersfield. July 2nd. „ ,, Holmfirth. Aug. 27th. „ ,, Dewsbury. (Emergency.) Foundation Stone of Dewsbury Public Baths laid by Worshipful Bro. Dr. Fearnley, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Oct. 1st — Provincial Grand Lodge at Doncaster. £105 voted to Boys' School. 1863. Jan. 7th. „ ,, Dewsbury. £52 ioj. voted to Lancashire Cotton Famine Fund. Mar. nth. — Boys' Festival, ,£4,500, of which West Yorkshire raised £1,500, Earl de Grey and Ripon presiding. April 8th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Provincial By-Laws under discussion. June 30th. — The De Grey and Ripon Lodge, 1139(837), consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Geo. Fearnley," M.D., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. July 1st. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Ripon, and Banquet in cloisters of Fountains Abbey. July 6th. — Lodge numbers altered by Grand Lodge. Oct. 6th. — The Pentalpha Lodge, Bradford, 1276 (974), consecrated by Bro, Geo. Fearnley, M.D., Deputy Provincial Grand Master, 7° 1863. Oct. 7th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Bradford. Revised Provincial By-Laws read and referred back to Committee. Dec. l6th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Dewsbury. Foundation Stone of a Drinking Fountain at Dewsbury, and Baths at Batley, laid by Worshipful Bro. Dr. Fearnley, the Mayor of Dewsbury, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. 1864. Jan. 6th.— Phoenix Lodge, 1206 (904), Rotherham, consecrated by W. Bro. the Rev. Dr.. Senior, P.M. 495, Past Grand Chaplain of England. Jan. 15th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Dewsbury. Funeral of late Worshipful Bro. Dr. Fearnley, Mayor, Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; large procession of Brethren. Worshipful Bro. R. R. Nelson, Provincial Secretary appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master, by Patent, ad intei-im. Mar. 30th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Worshipful Bro. Chas. Oldroyd as Provincial Grand Secretary. Bro. R. R. Nelson resigned Deputy. Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., P.M., 275, appointed and Invested Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Second Report of By-Law Committee presented. April 15th. — The Harrogate and Claro Lodge IOOI, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Stephen Barton Wilson, Past Grand Deacon of England. June 15th.— The Shakespeare Lodge, Bradford, 1018, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw t D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. June 22nd. — Lodge Sincerity 1019, Wakefield, consecrated by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Bentley Shaw, D. L. July 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Pontefract. Lodge St. Oswald, 1212 (910), Pontefract, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Oct. 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. Provincial Grand Lodge By-Laws put seriatim, amended and adopted. 1865. Jan. 4th. — Provincial Grand Lodge in Philosophical Hall, Leeds. By-Laws still under discussion. Lodge Excelsior, 1042, Leeds, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. March 10th. — Lodge Eccleshill, 1034, at Eccleshill, consecrated by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L. March 16th. — Lodge Trafalgar, 1273 (971), Batley, consecrated by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L. April 19th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Foundation Stone of the Mechanics' Institute, Lockwood, laid by the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, the Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon. July 5th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Goole. ^105 voted to Boys' School. Oct. 4th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Halifax. Oct. 5th. — The Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon installed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons at Halifax. 1866. Jan. 3rd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. New Masonic Hall'in Gt. George Street consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L. An Address by Worshipful Bro. the Rev. A. F. A. Woodford, Past Grand Chaplain of England and Past Provincial Grand Warden. 7i 1866. April 4th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. 44 Lodges and 1,800 Masons in West Yorkshire. April 29th. — Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master, appointed Senior Grand Deacon of England. June 1st.— Mirfield Lodge, 1102, Mirfield, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; Bro. H. Smith, as Secretary. June 4th— Wharfedale Lodge, 1 108, Otley, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. July 4th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Harrogate. Provincial Grand Lodge By-Laws still under consideration. Oct. 3rd.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Ripon. Letter read from the Grand Secretary, Bro. Wm. Gray Clarke, to the Earl de Grey and Ripon, on rapid increase of Freemasonry. 1867. Jan. 2nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. May 15th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Address of condolence prepared to be sent to Earl de Grey and Ripon on the death of his mother, the Dowager Duchess. Revised By Laws confirmed and ordered to be printed and circulated in the Province. July 3rd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Skipton. Lodge Craven, 1112 (810), Skipton, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Nov. 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge in St. George's Hall, Bradford. Wakefield property sold for ^625. 1868. Jan. 22nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. March 2nd. — Lodge Goderich, 121 1, Leeds, consecrated in Alfred Rooms, Albion Street, by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. April 15th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. May 21st. — Lodge Scarborough, 1214, Batley, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. July 1st. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Holmfirth. Oct. 28th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Meltham. 500 Guineas voted towards clearing off debt on Boys' School ; Committee formed to further the Zetland Commemoration Fund ; Convalescent Home at Meltham (gift of Chas. Brook, Esq.), Foundation Stone laid by Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon. Nov. 12th. — Lodge Savile, 1231, Elland, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Dec. 1st. — Lodge Defence, 1221, Engineer Head Quarters, Leeds, consecrated by the Right Worshipful the Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon, Provincial Grand Master, assisted by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Dec. 7th. — Lodge Wentworth, 1239, Sheffield, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. 1869. Jan. 20th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. March 31st.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. The Provincial Grand Secretary announced that ^12,000 had been raised at the Boys' Festival, West Yorkshire contributing ^3, 050. 72 1869. July 7th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Hebden Bridge. Nov. 19th.— Lodge Ryburn, 1283, Sowerby Bridge, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Nov. 24th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Halifax. Dedication of new Masonic Temple, St. John's Place, Halifax. 1870. Jan. 19th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Rotherham. Foundation Stone of Rotherham Hospital and Dispensary laid by the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, the Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon, K.G. March 5th.— Bro. Richard Reed Nelson, Provincial Grand Secretary, died, aged 47. April 20th.— Bro. Henry Smith, P.M., 387, Invested Provincial Grand Secretary; commenced to raise £2, 100 to be named the De Grey and Ripon Presentations to Boys' School. April 27th. — The Right Honourable the Earl de Grey and Ripon installed Most Worshipful Grand Master. May 2nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge of Emergency at Huddersfield. Vote of condolence to Earl de Grey and Ripon . and his family on the murder of Mr. Vyner, by Brigands, in Greece. June 4th. — Lodge Zetland, 131 1, Gt. George Street, Leeds, consecrated by Worshipful Brother Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. June nth. — Lodge De Warren,- 1 302, White Swan Hotel, Halifax, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. July 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge, at Goole. Circulars prepared by Provincial Grand Secretary on Initiation and Joining, see By-Laws 47 and 48, adopted. Sept. 24th. — Lodge Brighouse, 1301, at Masonic Rooms, Brighouse, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Oct. 26th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Thornton, near Bradford. Foundation Stone of St. James' Church laid by the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master, the Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon, K.G. Banquet St. George's Hall, 350 Brethren present. ^105 voted to the National Fund for the relief of sick and wounded in the war between France and Prussia. 1871. Jan. 25th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. April 1 2th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Provincial Grand Secre- tary ordered to furnish each Lodge with an Official Register. July 12th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Ripon. 1st De Grey and Ripon Presen- tation to Boys' School completed. Dinner in cloisters at Fountains Abbey, 900 Ladies and Brethren present. Oct. 18th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Bingley. Congratulations of Provincial Grand Lodge offered to the Provincial Grand Master on being raised to the rank of the Marquess of Ripon. The 1 00 guineas voted for the sick and wounded in the Franco-Prussian War not having been paid, it was decided to vote it to the 2nd Presentation, to be named the Marquess of Ripon Presentation to Boys' Schools. 1872. Jan. 24th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Wakefield. Resolved that a letter of congratulation be sent to Her Majesty the Queen, on the recovery of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ; also one to himself. 73 1872. Feb. 23rd. — Foundation Stone of Masonic Hall, Carlton Hill, Leeds, laid by Bro. William James Beck, W.M., Lodge Fidelity, 289. April 3rd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. ^100 voted to Provincial Grand Secretary for two years' past services, and salary fixed at £100 per annum. July 17th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. Oct. 23rd.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Pontefract. Foundation Stone of St. Stephen's Church, East Hardwick, laid by the Most Hon. the Marquess of Ripon, K.G. 1873. Jan. 22nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Harrogate. 2nd (or) Marquess of Ripon Presentation to Royal Masonic Institution for Boys completed, cost ^1,050. Congratulatory address to Earl de Grey and Ripon on attaining his majority. Jewel and full set of Masonic Clothing presented to Provincial Grand Secretary, as a slight recognition of his exertions for the charities. April 16th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. The Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master signed the Marquess of Ripon Presentation agreement. May 6th.— The Right Honourable the Earl of Zetland, Past Most Worshipful Grand Master, died. July 30th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Uppermill. Oct. 22nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Halifax. 1874. Jan. 3rd. — Lodge Wharncliffe, 1462, Penistone, consecrated by Rev. E. Boteler Chalmer, Past Master, 139, Provincial Grand Chaplain. Jan. 21st. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. Vote of condolence to Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L. , on the death of his eldest son. July 8th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Doncaster. Official bag to be provided for the Provincial Grand Registrar. Sept. 2nd.— The Most Hon. the Marquess of Ripon, K.G., Most Worshipful Grand Master and Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, resigned, having gone over to the Romish Church. Dec. 10th. — Friendly Lodge, 1513, Barnsley, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Dec. nth. — Thornhill Lodge, 1514, Lindley, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L., Deputy Provincial Grand Master. 1875. Feb. 10.— Olicana Lodge, 1522, Ilkley, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D.L, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. April 21st. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Halifax. Installation of Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., D.L., P.M., 61, as Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, by Major Starkie, Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, East Lancashire; Bro. Thos. Wm. Tew, P.M., 910, appointed Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; Bro. Henry Smith re-appointed Provincial Secretary. Brethren marched to Parish Church; Sermon preached by Bro. the Rev. A. W. Hamilton, Provincial Grand Chaplain. April 28th.— H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., installed Most Worshipful Grand Master, at the Albert Hall, London, in the presence of 10,000 Brethren. 74 1875. July 2ist. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Dewsbury. A silver "Corbeille aux Fleurs " presented to Bro. Bentley Shaw, subscribed by members of Pro- vincial Grand Lodge (at a cost of ^306 OS. 6d.) Provincial Grand Secretary's salary increased to .£150. Aug. l6th. — An Address presented by the Brethren of the Sheffield Lodges to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Most Worshipful Grand Master, on the occasion of his visit to that town, accompanied by H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, to open a Public Park presented by Mr. Mark Firth. Aug. 17th. — Baildon Lodge, 1545, Baildon, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. T. W. Tew, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Aug. 30th. — Legiolium Lodge, 1542, Castleford, consecrated by Worshipful Bra T. W. Tew, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Oct. 20th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. A Committee appointed to investigate the management and expenditure of Boys' School. ^100 voted to Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, and ^105 to RoyaL Masonic Institution for Girls. Nov. 10th. — Worshipful Bro. Bentley Shaw, D. L., Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Installed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons, at Dewsbury, by Most Excellent Companion John Hervey, Grand Scribe E. 1876. Jan. 26th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. April 5th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Wakefield. Illuminated address presented to Bro. Thomas Hill, P.M., 302, P.P.G. Warden, on his retirement from the Chairmanship of the Charity Committee. May 23rd. —Dr. M. M. de Bartolome, P.M. 296, P.P.G. W., laid Foundation Stone of the New Masonic Hall, Surrey Street, Sheffield. May 29th— Hope Lodge, 302, and Pentalpha Lodge, 974, removed to New Masonic Hall Darley Street, Bradford. Nov. 25th. — Foundation Stone of Clayton Hospital at St. John's, Wakefield, laid by Provincial Grand Master, Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart, C.B., and Colonel Charlesworth, P.M., 495. Dec. 22nd.— Prince of Wales Lodge, Bradford 1648, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. T. W. Tew, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Dec. 23rd.— Colne Valley Lodge, 1645, Slaithwaite, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. T. W. Tew, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. 1877. July 1 8th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. Provincial Grand Lodge clothing ordered to be repaired. New Masonic Hall, Surrey Street, opened. Oct. 10th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Ripon. Procession to the Cathedral ; Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Burfield ; ^45 collection for Jepson's Hospital. 1878. Jan. 9th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Wakefield. Grand Orient of France avow disbelief in the Great Architect of the Universe. Worshipful Bro. Tew, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, presented to Provincial Grand Lodge a complete set of Masonic Clothing, at a cost of ^120 16s. 6d. Bro. John Beanland, P.M., 600, Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works, presented a tin case to contain the same. March 20th.— Bro. Bentley Shaw, Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master, died, aged 62. March 23rd. — 200 Brethren attended the funeral, and marched in procession from Lodge, South Parade, to Woodfield House, thence to Lockwood Church. 75 1878. April 18th.— St. John's Lodge, 1736, Halifax, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. T. W. Tew, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. 63 Warrants for new Lodges and 8,465 Grand Lodge Certificates granted during 1877. Resolution to commence a "Bentley Shaw Presentation" to Girls' School passed, at a cost of ^1050. Letter of condolence with Bro. Bentley Shaw's family adopted. Oct. 2nd. — Dedication of the New Masonic Hall (off Westgate), Shipley, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon, Pro Grand Master. Oct. 16th — Provincial Grand Lodge at Halifax. Resolution passed to grant £10 10s. annually to Provincial Grand Secretary, for office rent. Oct. 29th. — Ivanhoe Lodge, 1779, Sheffield, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. T. W. Tew, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Oct. 30th. — Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., installed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons, at Sheffield^ by Colonel Le Gendre N. Starkie, Provincial Grand Superintendent of East Lancashire. Dec. 12th. — Albert Edward Lodge, 1783, Huddersfield, consecrated by Worshipful Bro. T. W. Tew, Deputy Provincial Grand Master. 1879. Jan. 15th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Barnsley. April 2nd. ,, „■. Huddersfield. Oct. 8th. ., ,, Batley. 1880. Jan. 28th. ,, ,, Pontefract. Announcement made that the Bentley Shaw Memorial Presentation to the Girls' School had been completed, and agreement signed. April 14th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Dewsbury. May 26th. — Foundation Stone of Masonic Hall, Zetland Street, Wakefield, laid by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew. Oct. 6th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Doncaster. The Provincial Grand Master, Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., presented Centenary Jewels to the Brethren of St. George's Lodge, 242. The Brethren attended the Parish Church, when a Sermon was preached by the Rev. Canon Blakeney, M.A., Vicar of Sheffield, and Provincial Grand Chaplain, after which a collection was made amounting to £40, on behalf of the Doncaster Infirmary. 1881. Jan. nth. — Masonic Hall at Cleckheaton opened. Jan. 1 2th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. Feb. 23rd. — The Provincial Grand Master, Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., presided at the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, when the sum of £14,242 was announced; West Yorkshire contributing £3560, with 166 Stewards. April 6th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Bradford. Vice-Patrons of one, or Vice-Presidents of two of the Royal Masonic Institutions, and Brethren who have filled the office of Chairman of the Charity Committees, and who are Life Governors of all the three Institutions, elected permanent members of Charity Committee. May 25th. — The Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew, laid the Foundation Stone of the New Masonic Hall, at Meltham. 7 6 1881. July 14th.— Provincial Grand Lodge at Dewsbury. Corner Stone of the Dewsbury and District Infirmary laid by the Provincial Grand Master, Col. Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B. October 5th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. New edition of Provincial Charities "Red Book" published. Dec. 2 1 st. — New Font, purchased by the Freemasons, Unveiled in the Parish Church at Sheffield. 1882. Jan. 18th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Leeds. April 12th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. Resolution passed, and an Address prepared for presentation, expressive of indignation at the attempt on the life of Her Majesty the Queen, on March 2nd, 1882. June 23rd.— An Address, presented by the Bradford Brethren, to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Most Worshipful Grand Master, on the occasion of his visit to that town to open the new Technical School Buildings Oct. 4th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Holmfirth. Committee appointed to consider revised Book of Constitutions. Dec. 6th. — Bro. J. M. Clabon's motion to increase quarterage from 6d. to 9d. defeated in Grand Lodge. 1883. Jan. loth. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Report of Committee on revised Book of Constitutions accepted. April 5th. — Dedication of New Masonic Hall, Zetland Street, Wakefield. April nth. — Provincial Grand Lodge in new Town Hall, Wakefield. April 25th.— Worshipful Bro. T. W. Tew, J.P., Deputy Provincial Grand Master, appointed Senior Grand Deacon of England. May 4th. — Masonic Temple, Freemason's Hall, London, destroyed by fire. Aug. 4th. — Foundation Stone of New Mechanics' Institution at New Delph laid by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew, J. P. Oct. 3rd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Ripon. Collation in Crypt of Fountains Abbey. Oct. 15th. — Especial Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, at Huddersfield, to welcome H.R.H. the Duke of Albany, K.G., K.T., Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master Oxon. Dec. 5th. — Scheme for expending £40,000 in rebuilding Freemasons' Hall, London, and granting a. 50 year's lease of part of the property successfully opposed. 500 Provincial Brethren 'attended. Revised Book of Constitutions confirmed. 1884. Jan 16th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Halifax. March 7th. — Dedication of New Masonic Rooms, Nether Hall Road, Doncaster. March 14th.— Bro. Herbert G. E. Green appointed Assistant Grand Secretary. April 16th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Huddersfield. Vote of Condolence passed to Her Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany, on the death of H.R.H. the Duke of Albany, K.G., at Cannes, March 28th. A handsomely-bound copy of the revised Book of Constitutions, presented by Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., to each of the 67 Lodges, for the Master's Pedestal. He also presented to Provincial Grand Lodge, three full sets of Clothing and Jewels, for new offices of Assistant Secretary and Standard Bearers, with two embroidered Standards. 11 1884. May 8th. — Consecration of the Lodge Beaumont, 2035, at Kirkburton, by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew, J. P. June 1 8th. —Resignation of Col. Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., as Provincial Grand Master. Sept. 17th. — Foundation Stones of St. James' Church, Whitwood, were laid by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew, J. P. Sept. 24th. — Masonic Hall, Great George Street, Leeds, renovated and re-opened. Oct. 22nd. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Sheffield. Nov. 8th.— Consecration of Lodge Prudence, 2069, Great George Street, Leeds, by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew. J. P. 1885. Jan. 28th. — Provincial Grand Lodge at Dewsbury. The Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master announced that the 1000 guineas for the purchase of a perpetual presentation to the Girls' School, to be called the " Sir Henry Edwards' Presentation," had been subscribed. Bro. Captain Arthur H. Edwards received on behalf of Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., a beautifully illuminated and framed Address, on his retiring from the office of Provincial Grand Master. March 4th. — Bro. Major J. Woodall Woodall, P.M. Lodge 200, Scarbro', elected Grand Treasurer of England, being the first Provincial Brother elected to that distinguished office. 150 West and 100 North and East Yorkshire Brethren attended. Bro. Major Woodall, North and East Yorkshire . . 745 votes. Bro. James Willing, Junr., London .. .. 424 ,, Bro. D. P. Cama, London . . . . . . . 89 ,, Mar. 17th — H.R.H. Prince Albert Victor Edward, of Wales, initiated in the Royal Alpha Lodge, No. 16, by his father, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Most Worshipful Grand Master. April 24th Provincial Grand Lodge at I^eds. Installation of Bro. Thomas William Tew, J. P., as Provincial Grand Master, by the Right Honourable the Earl of Lathom, Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master, and Provincial Grand Master West Lancashire, in the Albert Hall, Leeds. Appointment of Bro. Henry Smith, P.M. 387, as Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Installed by Right Worshipful Bro. Colonel Le Gendre N. Starkie, D.L., Provincial Grand Master East Lancashire. Appointment of Bro. Herbert G. E. Green, W.M. 1019, as Provincial Grand Secretary, and Worshipful Bro. W. B. Alderson, P.M. 495, P.P.G. Deacon, Assistant Secretary. 1000 Brethren marched in procession to the Parish Church, in full regalia, headed by the Leeds Constabulary Band and escorted by police on foot and on horseback; the Sermon was preached by Bro. the Rev. Canon Bullock, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Leeds, Past Provincial Grand Chaplain, and a collection made in aid of the Leeds Medical Charities, amounting to £82 16s. After Service the procession re-formed and marched back to the Albert Hall, when Provincial Grand Lodge was closed ; shortly afterwards upwards of 500 Brethren assembled in the Victoria Hall to partake of a Collation. May nth.— Consecration of the Lodge Castleberg, 2096, at Settle, by the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, Bro. T. W. Tew, J.P., Past Grand Deacon of England. 7§ NOTES ON THE LEEDS LODGES. The first Lodge formed in Leeds was numbered 243 on the Roll. It was founded March 8th, 1754, and met at the "Old Parrot," in Cow Lane (now Call Lane). This house was pulled down and rebuilt a few years ago. On the List for 1 756-9 it appears as 181. In 1770 as 142. It was erased by Grand Lodge previous to 1781. The Lodges at this time, with a very few exceptions, had no distinctive names as at present, but were known only by a number and the public house where the place of meeting might happen to be. Names to Lodges became generally applied during the latter portion of last century. There is very little trace remaining of this Lodge beyond the fact that it was founded by a number of French Brethren, who had been drafted here as prisoners of war. The following members attended, in 1763, as visitors at the next named Lodge : Frederick Pain, Adam La Porte, Francois du Pree, Francois Fournett, Etienne La Porte. No. 258, founded January 8th, 1761, and "opened at Bro. John Thompson's, at the sign of the 'Talbot,' at Leeds, in the County of York." The founders were Sir Henry Ibbotson, Master ; Lewis Bastide, Senior Warden ; George Lawman,. Junior Warden; Samuel Devonport, Jos. Fountain, John Barron, John Bedford, junr., Jonathan Priestley, Horatio Cataneo, James Horrocks, Thos. Woodcock. The Warrant was signed by Lord Aberdour, as Grand Master ; John Revis, Deputy Grand Master ; and Samuel Spencer, Graiid Secretary. The Lodge met subsequently at the " Golden Lion," in Briggate, and appears on the 1770 List as 205. The last record of any meeting is dated August 13th, 1783, and the Lodge shortly afterwards died out. An attempt was apparently made in February, 1788, to effect a resuscitation, but without success. In Cole's Engraved List of Lodges for 17^7) the two Lodges above-named are noticed, and as the book is exceedingly rare we give fac-simile of each entry. 5k / MAE '754 neHr the Bridge -fixate 3X8 gits Until 1790 there then appears to have been no regular Masonic body in Leeds, when the " Unity " Chapter, 72, of Royal Arch Masons, of which very little is known, was founded. It is shown in the official List for 1814 and then disappears. At the time of its foundation a Chapter was not necessarily attached to any particular Lodge, as at present, but had an independent existence, and a number of its own on the Grand Chapter Roll. No. 584, fo.unded 1791, and called the "Loyal and Prudent" Lodge. Meeting at one time at the aforesaid " Golden Lion " Inn, which seems to have been a favourite place for Masonic assemblies; it had for some years but a precarious existence, and probably died out before 1830. 79 Fidelity, 289, founded in 1792, originally numbered 512, met at the "Old George" in Briggate. At the '"Union," in 1813, of the two Grand Lodges, when the numbering of all the Lodges had to be re-arranged, it took its place as 546. Altered in 1832 to 364, and in 1863 to 289. After many removals from one place of meeting to another, it finally entered into a building of its own in Carlton Hill, Leeds, in November, 1872. The Foundation Stone laying and the opening took place under the Mastership of Worshipful Bro. W. J. Beck, Past Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies. Architect, Bro. William Bakewell. The Lodge meets on the first Thursday in every month. Present Worshipful Master. Bro. W. L. Jackson, J. P., M.P. The Minutes in a complete state from the foundation of the Lodge have fortunately been preserved, and in themselves display an interesting record of Masonic events in the town. The members appear to have met under a Dispensation until the year 1806, when a Warrant was issued by Grand Lodge. Philanthropic, 304, founded 1794, originally 542, in 1814 as 568, in 1832 as 382, and in 1863 as 304. Meets on the last Wednesday in every month. .Present Worshipful Master, Bro. E. Woodcock. This Lodge is the owner of one of the most handsome Masonic Halls in the County, erected in Great George Street in 1865, by Messrs. Perkin and Sons, Architects, at a cost of ^4,500. It contains a lofty and spacious Lodge Room 60 feet by 30 feet, fine Banqueting Hall and Ante-Rooms, replete in every respect with those accessories so desirable in the observance of our rites ; few buildings of the kind can claim to be its equal. The Hall was consecrated and solemnly dedicated to Masonry on the 3rd January, 1866, by Brother Bentley Shaw, Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, on which occasion, Bro. the Rev. A. F. A. Woodford, Past Master, Past Grand Chaplain of England, and Past Provincial Grand Senior Warden, delivered an oration. In October last, after a large sum had been expended in alterations and renovation, the Hall was reopened under the auspices of the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Thomas William Tew, J.P., Past Grand Deacon of England, and a large assemblage of distinguished Brethren. The Lodge Room has been beautifully decorated. The symbolical ornamentation especially displaying great artistic merit. Of the eight Lodges of the town, five meet here. It is also the place of assembly of other Masonic bodies. Alfred, 306, founded 1795, appears in the Roll originally as 546, in 1814 as 571. in 1832 as 384, and in 1863 as 306. The meetings take place on the first Friday in every month, at the Masonic Hall, in Kelsall Street. Present Worshipful Master, Bro. W. H. Thompson. St. Albans, 749. First Meeting of which we have any record is dated April 26th, 1821, and taking place at the "White Swan " Inn. This Lodge is peculiar as having been formed of operative Masons. It enjoyed but a brief existence, having disappeared before 1830. Savile, 677, founded 1839, had also a short life, being erased by Grand Lodge in 1851. Excelsior, 1042, was founded in 1864, at the Alfred Lodge Rooms, in Albion Street, now meets on the third Thursday in each month, at the Philanthropic Hall, in Great George Street. Present Worshipful Master, Bro. E. Crosby. 8o Goderich, 121 1, founded in 1866, at the Alfred Lodge Rooms, Albion Street, now meets on the first Monday in each month, also in Great George Street. Present Worshipful Master, Bro. Charles Scriven. Defence, 1221, founded in 1868, at the Head Quarters of the Engineer Volunteer Corps, off Claypit Lane. Although not constituted under what is termed a. " Military Warrant " (which conveys special privileges and restrictions, as explained in the Book of Constitutions), it was formed for the particular benefit of Officers in the auxiliary forces. The Lodge, however, in 1872, removed to the Fidelity Hall, in Carlton Hill, extended its basis, and decided to admit Masons of a general class. Meets on the second Monday in each month. Present Worshipful Master, Bro. R. P. Brindley. Zetland, 1311, founded in 1870, at the Masonic Hall, Great George Street. The Banquet takes place before the Lodge business commences. The Warrant was the last one signed by the late Lord Zetland before retiring from the office of Most Worshipful Grand Master of England. Meets on the third Friday in each month. Present Worshipful Master, Bro. A. F. McGill. Prudence, 2069, consecrated on the 8th of November, 1884, by the Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Thomas William Tew, J. P., at the Masonic Hall, Great George Street. This Lodge was formed to meet the views of many Brethren who have objections to the use of intoxicating beverages at refreshment, and who prefer to assemble at an earlier hour than is customary with the other lodges in the town. Wor- shipful Master, the ex-Mayor, Bro. Alderman Woodhouse, J.P., Past Master. Senior Warden, Bro. the Rev. T. C. Smyth, D.D., Past Master, and Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Eastern Archipelago. Junior Warden, Bro. C. L. Mason, Past Master, and Past Provincial Grand Treasurer. Meets on second Saturday in each month, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 8i APPENDIX. f xobinu of WLtxi ^otkskxtt INSTALLATION OF PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER, APRIL 24th, 188 5. Masonic Hall, Great George Street, Leeds, March 30///, 1885. Dear Sir and Brother, I beg to inform you that the Installation of W. Bro. Thomas William Tew, J.P., Past Grand Deacon of England, as Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, will take place in the Albert Hall. Cookridge Street, Leeds, on Friday, the 24th day of April, 1885, at 12 o'clock at Noon, by the R.W. the Deputy Grand Master of England, The Earl of Lathom. By the kind permission of the Rev. John Gott, D.D., Vicar of Leeds, there will be Service in the Parish Church, at 3 o'clock. The Brethren will occupy the body of the Church, the Galleries being reserved for Ladies (the Wives, Sisters, and Daughters of Masons), admission to which will be by Ticket. Application must be made, on the accompanying form. The Collection will be for the Medical Charities of the Town. There will be a Collation in the Victoria Hall, at 4-30 p.m., Tickets, 5/- each. Brethren requiring Tickets are requested to apply at once, on form herewith. There will be a ballot for places, on Tuesday, 14th of April, i88g. Brethren desiring to be ballotted for together, must state the same at the time they apply for their Tickets. There will be accommoda- tion for 500 Brethren. No Tickets for the Collation will be issued after Tuesday, 2 1 st April. An early application is requested. Yours faithfully and fraternally, C. L. MASON, P.M., P.P.G. Treas. Secretary to the Installation Committee, 82 rotoinc* of MtBt 'Baxkskixz. -•>■ »^»- INSTALLATION OF PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER, APEIL 24th, 1885. Please forward me One Ticket for admission to the Gallery of the Church. Name... Address No. of Lodge.. Should any Brother require two Tickets, please state, and, if possible, they will be sent. Please reserve me a Ticket for the Collation, for which I enclose ^s. Name.. Address No, of Lodge Full Masonic Rank.. To C. L. Mason, P.M., 38, Great George Street, Leeds. s*$ mumMWm HHf iiBsiiavs tu ORDER OF PROCEEDING Provincial Grand Lodge OF West Yorkshire OF ANTIENT FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND, AT THE ALBERT HALL, LEEDS, On FRIDAY, the 2tfk APRIL, 1885, THE DAY APPOINTED FOR THE INSTALLATION SEEL $r0tta; Ihflm&s Siillmm <3[eto, j.p., PAST GRAND DEACON OF ENGLAND, Provincial Grand Master. ijjp Iff Suns THE CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED BY The RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF LATHOM, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. j\?_ b. — When the Bugles sound, silence must be maintained. 84 i The Provincial Grand Lodge will enter the Albert Hall at 12-30 p.m., in the following order :— (Bugles.) The Provincial Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies. Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies. Two Provincial Grand Stewards. Past Provincial Grand Pursuivants. Provincial Grand Pursuivants. Past Provincial Grand Organists. Provincial Assistant Grand Secretary. Past Provincial Grand Standard Bearers. - Past Provincial Grand Sword-Bearers. Past Provincial Grand Directors of Ceremonies. Past Provincial Grand Superintendents of Works. The Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works. Past Provincial Grand Deacons. Provincial Grand Secretary. Past Provincial Grand Registrars. The Provincial Grand Registrar. Past Provincial Grand Treasurers. The Provincial Grand Treasurer. Past Provincial Grand Chaplains. The Provincial Grand Chaplains. Past Provincial Grand Wardens. Distinguished Visitors. Provincial Junior Grand Deacons. The Provincial Junior Grand Warden. The Provincial Senior Grand Warden. Two Provincial Grand Stewards. The Grand Secretary, V. W. Bro. Col. Shadwell H. Clerke. The Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, R. W. Bro. Colonel le Gendre N. Starkie, D.L. The Provincial Senior Grand Deacons. Provincial Grand Standard Bearers. The Provincial Grand Sword-Bearer. The R. W. Deputy Grand Master, the Right Hon. the Earl of Lathom, Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire. Two Provincial Grand Stewards. The Provincial Grand Directors of Ceremonies. 8S 2 The following Hymn will be sung during the 1'rocession : — Behold ! how pleasant and how. good, For Brethren such as we, Of the accepted Brotherhood, To dwell in unity. "Tis like the oil on Aaron's head, Which to his feet distils, Like Hermon's dew, so richly shed On Zion's sacred hills. For there the Lord of light and love A blessing sent with power ; Oh ! may we all this blessing prove, E'en life for evermore. On Friendship's akar rising here, Our hands now plighted be, To live in love,, with hearts sincere, In peace and unity. 3 The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened by the R. W. Deputy Grand Master, the Earl of Lathom. 4 The Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. the Rev. Can ON Bullock will offer up prayer. 5 The Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. the Rev.W.T.M. Sylvester, will read a portion of Scripture. 6 The R. W. the Deputy Grand Master, the Earl OF Lathom, Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire, will be saluted. (Bugles.) 7 The R. W. the Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, Colonel le Gendre N. Starkie, D.L., will be saluted. (Bugles.) 8 The W. Deputy Provincial Grand Master of North and East Yorkshire, W. Bro. J. P. Bell, .M.D., will be saluted. (Bugles.) 9 The Minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge holden at Dewsbury on the 28th January, 1885, will be read by the Provincial Grand Secretary for confirmation. 10 The Right Hon. the Earl of Lathom will be presented with an Address by the P. G. Sec. of West Yorkshire. n The R. W. the Earl of Lathom, Deputy Grand Master,. will address the Provincial Grand Lodge, and state the special business of the Meeting. 12 The arrival of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Thomas William Tew, J. P., Past Grand Deacon of England, will be announced. ,( Bugles.) 13 The R. W. the Deputy Grand Master will demand his Patent. 14 The Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies will retire and bring in the Patent, and present it to the R. W. the Deputy Grand Master for examination. 86 15 The R. W. the Deputy Grand Master will direct a deputation, consisting of the Worshipful Masters of the Leeds Lodges,, to retire, with the Provincial Grand Director, Deputy Grand and Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies, and other distinguished Brethren, and introduce the R. W. Provincial Grand Master Designate. (All the Brethren standing to order, as A/.M.'s.) (Bugles.) 16 A Procession having been formed will move up the centre of the Hall, halting at the Pedestal, the Brethren singing " Hail ! Masonry sublime ! " Hail ! Masonry sublime ! Glory of ages shine, Long may'st thou reign ! Where'er thy Lodges stand May they have great command, And always grace the land ! Thou Art divine ! Great Fabric ! still arise And grace the azure skies ; Great are thy schemes ! Thy noble orders are Matchless beyond compare : No art with thee can share, Thou Art divine ! Hiram, the Architect, Did all the Craft direct, How they should build ; Solomon, Israel's King, Did mighty blessings bring, And left us cause to sing Hail ! Royal Art ! Two Grand Stewards. The Gloves and Apron of the Provincial Grand Master on a Cushion borne by Bro. G. P. Martin, W. M., 910. The Collar and Jewel of the Provincial Grand Master on a Cushion borne by Bro. JAMES Wm. Davis, W. M., 61. The Provincial Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies. The Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies. Two Grand Stewards. W. Bro. W. H. BRITTAIN, P.M., 139, P.P.G.W., Mayor of Sheffield. W. Bro. Lieut.-Col. J. E. Bingham, W.M.,296, Master Cutler, Sheffield Bro. John Rhodes, 910, Mayor of Pontefract W. Bro. T, Bateman Fox, P.M., 208, Mayor of Dewsbury. W. Bro. Thomas Hill, P.M., 302, P.P.G. Warden. W. Bro. W. W. Widdop, P.M., 275, P.P.G. Warden. W. Bro. Lieut.-Col. Albany H. Charlesworth, J.P., W.M., 495. W. Bro. Edward Simpson, P.M., 154, P. P. G. Warden. *7 The W. M. of the Zetland Lodge, No. 131 1, W. Bro. A. F. McGill. The W. M. of the Goderich Lodge, No. 121 1, W. Bro. C. Scriven. The W. M. of the Alfred Lodge, No. 306; W. Bro. W. H Thompson. The W.M. of Lodge Prudence, No. 2069, W. Bro. E. Woodhouse, J.P. (Vice-Chairman of Itislallaiio7i Committee.) The W. M. of the Defence Lodge, No. 1221, W. Bro. R. P. Brindlev. The W. M. of the Excelsior Lodge, No. 1042, W. Bro. E. Crosby. The W.M. of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 304, W. Bro. E. Woodcock. The W. M. of Fidelity Lodge, No. 289, W. Bro. W.L.Jackson, M.P. {.Chairman 0/ Installation Committee.) The R. W. Provincial Grand Master Designate, Bro. Thomas William Tew, J.P. Two Provincial Grand Stewards. The Provincial Grand Directors of Ceremonies. 17 The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Installation Committee, W. Bro. W. L. Jackson, M.P., and W. Bro. E. Woodhouse, J.P., will present the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master Designate. 18 The Provincial Grand Registrar will be directed to read the Patent. 19 The Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. Rev. Canon Bullock, will offer prayer. 20 The Provincial Grand Chaplain, Bro. Rev. W, T. M. Sylvester, . will read a portion of Scripture. 21 The R. W. Deputy Grand Master will address the R. W. Provincial Grand Master Designate, and enquire if he can conscientiously under- take the duties of the office, and discharge the same with fidelity and zeal. 22 The R. W. Deputy Grand Master will then request the R. W. Pro- vincial Grand Master Designate to take the obligation of office. 23 The R. W. Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, Col. STARKIE, will, at the request of the R. W. Deputy Grand Master, invest the R. W. Provincial Grand Master with the Apron, Chain, and Jewel of Office. 24 The R. W. Deputy Grand Master will then place the R. W. EE©»incial Grand Master in the chair of Provincial Grand Master. 25 The R. W. Deputy Grand Master will be conducted to his chair on the left of the R. W. Provincial Grand Master. 26 The R. W. Provincial Grand Master will be proclaimed by the Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies,who will call upon the Brethren to salute the R. W. Provincial Grand Master according to antient form. (Bugles.) 27 The R. W. Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire will offer his congratulations to the Provincial Grand Master, on his appoint- ment by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 28 The W. Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Bro. J. P. Bell, M.D., in the name of the Right Hon. the Earl OF ZETLAND, the Provincial Grand Master of N. and E. Yorkshire, will offer the congratulations of his Province on the appointment by H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, the M. W. G. M. of England, of Bro. Thomas William Tew, J.P., and P. G. D. of England, as the Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire. 29 The R. W. Provincial Grand Master will acknowledge the Salu- tation and the congratulatory Addresses. 30 Bro. Captain Arthur H. Edwards, on behalf of Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., C.B., Past Provincial Grand Master of W. York, will also offer his congratulations, and address the Provincial Grand Lodge. 31 The Provincial Grand Master will appoint his Deputy, and direct his Patent to be read by the Provincial Grand Registrar. 32 The W. Deputy Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, will be conducted by W. Bro. Thomas Hill, P.M., 302, P.P.G. Warden, to the Pedestal, and will be obligated by the R. W. the Provincial Grand Master of East - Lancashire. 33 The Provincial Grand Chaplain. Bro. Rev. Canon BULLOCK, will offer up prayer. 34 The W. Deputy Provincial Grand Master, will be placed in his chair, proclaimed, and saluted according to antient form, and presented and invested with his Regalia. (Bugles.) 8 9 35 The W. Deputy Provincial Grand Master will acknowledge the salutation. 36 The Provincial Grand Treasurer will be elected. 37 The R. W. Provincial Grand Master will appoint and invest his Officers. 38 The Revised By-Laws of Provincial Grand Lodge, adopted at Dewsbury, January 28th, 1885, will be presented for confirmation. 39 The Chairman of the Charity Committee will present the Report, and petitions for relief will be considered. 40 Resolutions and votes of thanks will be proposed, and any o.ther business will be considered. (Bugles.) 41 The Brethren will then march in procession, juniors first, to the Parish Church, where a Sermon will be preached by Bro. the Rev. Canon Bullock, M.A., Vicar of Holy Trinity, Leeds, Provincial- Grand Chaplain, and a Collection made on behalf of the Leeds Medical Charities. 42 The Brethren will then form in reverse order and return to the Albert Hall. (Bugles.) 43 The Provincial Grand Lodge will be closed. 44 The following Hymn will be sung during the time Provincial Grand Lodge is retiring from the Hall. Now let my soul eternal Kintj, To Thee its graceful tribute bring ; My knee wiih humble homage bow, My tongue perform its solemn vow. When death shall close our earthly songs , And seal in s.lence mortal tongues, O. Thou in whom we put our trust, Receive us to Thyself at last. So mote it be. O let my heart, O let my song, To endless years Thy praise prolong ; Let distant climes Thy name adore Till time and seasons are no more. HENRY SMITH, P.M., 387, 302, Provincial Grand Secretary. J. W. MONCKMAN, P.M., 1,018, Provincial G. D of Ceremonies. N.B — When the Bugles sound, silence must be maintained. 9° etural Information The doors of the Albert Hall will be opened at II a.m. Every Brother, other than a Present or Past Provincial Officer, is requested to be in his place before 12-15 p.m. Before doing so, they must sign their names in the Attendance Books. Provincial Grand Officers, past and present, will attend in the room appointed, sign the Book, and be ready to form in Procession at 12-15 P- m - The Body of the Hall will be reserved for Masters, . Past Masters, and Wardens, who must wear their Blue Collars. The Dai's and Eastern side of the Hall will be reserved for Grand Officers, Provincial Grand Officers, past and present, and distinguished Visitors. The Master Masons will occupy the Gallery round the Hall. The Brethren are to appear in Dark Morning Dress, Tall Hats, and White Gloves, and wearing their Aprons outside their Coats. The Chaplains to wear Surplices. In order to facilitate the formation of the Procession, the Brethren are requested to take their Hats with them into the Hall. Provincial Grand Lodge will enter the Albert Hall at 12-30 p.m. The Church doors will be open at 2 o'clock. Ladies are requested to be in their seats not later than 2-45 p.m. A Collation will be served in the Victoria Hall, at 4-30 p.m. HENRY SMITH, P.M., 387, 302. Prov. Grand Sec. J W. MONCKMAN, P.M., 1,018, Prov. G. Director of Ceremonies. IV. B. — When the Bugles sound, silence must be maintained. m V'X mo SSStSSKM M ■[ ~ St. li COLLATION The Town Hall, Leeds, ON THE OCCASION OF THE INSTALLATION R.W. PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER, $ro. ^honras film, leto, JJ., PAST GRAND DEACON OF ENGLAND, BY THE R.W. DEPUTY GRAND MASTER, THE EARL OF LATHOM, Provincial Grand Master ok West Lancashire, FRIDAY, 24th APRIL, 1885, 9 2 (During the Collation, the following Music will be played by the Leeds Constabulary Band. -«*PROGRAMME.^ Grand March . . . " God bless the Prince of Wales.'' ... Hartman. Overture " Belisario " ... Donizetti. Selection ... " Romeo e Guilietta " Gounod. Valse "Mon Ami" Gassner. Selection "Carmen" Bizet. Valse " Estudiantina " Waldleufel. Selection From the Comic Opera " Falka " ... Chassaigne. Galop "Ruby" H. Murray. Bandmaster Mr. HENRY MURRAY. Masonic Grace ... ... Adapted from the German by Bro. Dr. Spark. {During the singing of which, please stand and be silent). "T^OR these and all Thy mercies, God's Holy Name be praised. May the Great Architect give us grateful hearts, and relieve the wants of others. So mote it be ! 93 wsmmivummmsamammmiyis List of Toasts. On the entrance of the P. G. M. to the Banquet Hall, Bro. Dr. Spark, Borough Organist, will play the " Masonic Festival March," from the " Liber Musicus." *** When the Bugles sound, please maintain silence. {Bugles. ) i. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Proposed by Th? Provincial Grand Master. Solo and Chorus ... '' God save the Queen.'' .. God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen. Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us. God save the Queen. Dr. J. Bull. {Bugles.) 2. The M. W. the Grand Master of England, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Proposed by The Provincial Grand Master. Song and Chorus "Long live our Prince " Rro. Dr. Spark. Oh ; masonry, our hearts inspire, Warm us with thy sacred fire, Our Prince obedient to thy laws, With joy we hail him to the cause. Long live our Prince, Just, true, and wise, God bless the Prince, Masonry cries ! We are obedient to our laws, Zealously to support our cause ; Like him we feel a brother's woe, And feeling comfort we bestow. Long live our Prince, Just, true, and wise, God bless the Prince, Masonry cries ! ., 94 (Bugles.} 3. The M. W. the Pro Grand Master, the Earl of Carnarvon ; the R. W. the D. G. M., the Earl of Lathom ; and the Grand Officers, Past and Present. Proposed by The Provincial Grand Master. Responded to by The R. W. Deputy Grand Master, the Earl of Lathom. Song What better theme than Masonry " Bro. Wm. Gam What better theme can claim our lays, And lend its aid to Harmony ; What noble art sheds brighter rays, Than glorious Freemasonry ? What other virtues can compare With those 'tween compasses and square ? For Faith, and Hope, and Charity, Brotherly Love and Unity, With Order, Peace, and Harmony, Are found in true Freemasonry. And next, as Master Masons, We share the sublimest mystery, And prove how potent then can be Fortitude and Fidelity. The terrors of the darkest hour Are lessened by the mystic power, And Virtues portal opens wide Our steps to Honour's fane to guide, Whilst Mercy pleads upon our side To him who rules Freemasonry. (Bugles.) 4. The R. W. the Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire, Bro. Thomas William Tew, J. P., Past G. D. of England. Proposed by The R. W. Deputy Grand Master, the Earl of Lathom. Song Responded to by The Provincial Grand Master. "The Worthy Mason." . . ... Bro. Dr. Spa>-k. Come, let us join in chorus, And now our voices raise For one whose deeds amongst us Have won our warmest praise ; For one e'er kind and ready To take a neighbour's part : To aid a Friend and Brother With true and gen'rous heart. Then hail to thee our Brother, Bright may thy future be ; Long thus enjoy the honour Our Prince now gives to thee. From acts like thine we triumph, And rise to higher things ; From those who love and cheer us Our sweetest pleasure springs. The good and true and faithful, Who come at duty's call, Who join the mystic circle, And seek the good of all. Then hail to thee our Brother, Bright may thy future be ; Long thus enjoy the honour Our Prince now gives to thee. (Bugles.) The W. D. Provincial Grand Master, Bro. Henry Smith, and Provincial Grand Officers, Past and Present. Proposed by R. W. Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire, Bro. Colonel Le Gendre N. Starkie, D.L. Responded lo by The Deputy Provincial Grand >Mas!Per. 95 Song ' Let Masonry from Pole to Pole " Bro. E. Walton. Let Masonry from pole to pole Her sacred laws expand Far as the mighty waters roll, To wash remotest land. That virtue has not left mankind, Her social maxims prove, For stamp'd upon the Mason's mind Are unity and love. Ascending to her native sky Let Masonry increase ; A glorious pillar raised on high, Integrity- its base. Peace adds to olive boughs entwin d, An emblematic dove, As stamp'd upon the Mason's mind Are unity and love. (Bugles. ) 6. The Visitors. Proposed by The Prov. Grand Senior Warden, Bro. W. L. Jackson, M.P. Responded to by tvx. Very Rev. the Dean of York. Baron de Ferrieres, M.P. Grand Organ ... "Handel Commemoration March." Composed in celebration of Handel's Bicentenary. .. Bro. Dr. Spark. 7. The Masonic Charities. (Bugles.) Proposed by The Worshipful the Mayor of Sheffield, Bro. W. H. Brittain, P.M. Responded to by W. Bro. F. R. W. Hedges, Secretary for the Royal Masonic Institute for Girls. W. Bro. Fred Binckes, P. G. Steward, Secretary for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys. W. Bro. Jas. Terry. P.P.G.W. of Herts, Secretary for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. Song "The Masons' Temple." C. F. Zelter. In wisdom and m Power, Did God the world bring forth. And cloth'd with Beauty's dower Each work of highest worth. All form one glorious Temple, With Love and Goodness fill'd, A great and grand example, For him who seeks to build. Within its precints holy Beneath its lofty Dome, No shade of Melancholy, No soul in night shall roam. So noblest minds that wandered Long years in Sorrow's thrall, Shall gather round One Standard, And Joy shall reign o'er all ! N.B. — When the Bugles sound, please maintain silence. LEEDS ; Printed by Inxhbold & Beck, 33, Bond Street.