Prov. Grand Lodge Cornwall.

Bro . J . Langdon 131 ... Assist . Pnrsnivant W . Phillips 1954 - - O W . E . Marohant 893 - - I

R . S . Langford 1785 - - } - Stewards J . M . Blarney 967 - - | J . W . Black 1136 - - -J R . Georgo 1954 - - - Tyler

On behalf of Bro . Oscar Gnttmann J . W . of Cornnbian , 450 , Hayle , the Provincial Grand Master presented the W . M . Bro . J . W . Wilkinson for the Lodge , a magnificent set of gavels ( in ebony and ivory ) for the three chairs . Invitations were extended for tbe Prov . Grand Lodge

to visit Redruth , Hayle , and Falmouth next year , and the P . G . Lodge was then closed . Tho annual dinner was held in a large marquee . The P . G . M . presided . About 250 sat down . Tbe loyal toasts

having been duly honoured , Bro . Anderton , in proposing tbe health of the Officers of Grand Lodge , said their noble P . G . M . was as warmly received in Grand Lodge as they received him in Cornwall . Bro . Sir Charles B . Graces

-Sawle referred to the able and genial way in which tbe Earl of Mount Edgcumbe presided over them . Tbe Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , in reply , said through the illness of the Earl of Lathom Pro Grand Master , heavy

responsibilities had been thrown on his shoulders , for the task of supervising the great institution of Freemasonry , which extended all over tbe world , was TIO light one . He was pleased to say that the relations which had existed between him and the Officers and members of the Province wore as

cordial and pleasant as ever . Other toasts followed . The W . M . and Officers of Moleswortb Lodgo were heartily congratulated on tbeir arrangements , whereby tbe day ' s gathering was sucb a success .

Prov. Grand Lodge Of Devon.

PROV . GRAND LODGE OF DEVON .

rl iHE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of _ L Devon is to be he held at tho Freemasons' Hall , Plymontb , on Tuesday , 5 tb September . The Committee of Petitions will assemble at noon , and , as far as possible , will arrange the business of the day . The Provincial

Grand Lodge will be opened by the R . W . Bro . Lord Ebrington at half past two , when reports will be received from the Provincial Grand Secretary ( Major Davie ) , Provincial Grand Treasurer ( Bro . Robert Bird ) , and other brethren representing the Fortescue Annuity Fund and the

Committee of Petitions . The banquet will be served at the Freemasons' Hall at 4 ' 30 p . m ., provision being made only for those who apply for tickets on or before Friday , 1 st prox . The local railway arrangements provide for return tickets , first and second class , at a fare and a quarter ,

for use from tho day before to tbe day after the 5 tb prox . The carefully prepared returns of tbe Provincial Grand Secretary show that there are considerably over 3 , 000 subscribing members connected with the 52 Lodges , being

an increase on previous years , and all the returns have been made . There are now eighteen Lodges in the three towns , the senior being No . 70 ( St . John ' s ) , and all meet in their own balls . Four of these have Centenary Warrants , and two of tbeir jewels are of special design .

The long-pending consecration and constitution of the Chancery Bar Lodge , which , by special permission of the Benchers , is to take place in the Hall of Lincoln ' s * Inn , is still standing over . The founders are , says the Daily

Telegraph , so anxious that His Royal Highness the Grand Master shall be present as promised , that the ceremony , which will donbtlesB be largely attended , will not take place until after the Prince of Wales ' s return to England .

We learn with great pleasure tbat Bro . Tom Wood , P . M . 1345 and 1458 is likely to be the recipient of Provincial honours at tbe next meeting of the Cheshire Province , to be held under the presidency of Lord Egerton of

Tatton Prov . G . M ., at the Town Hall , Nantwich , on Wednesday , 13 th proximo . As the Provincial Grand Assist . Dir . of Cers . Bro . Wood will occupy a position to which his former zoal in the Craft has fully entitled him , and we offer bim our hearty congratulations in advance .

Pic-Nic Of The Concord Lodge, No. 1534.

PIC-NIC OF THE CONCORD LODGE , No . 1534 .

( COMMUNICATED ) . THIS year ' s was , perhaps , one of the most interesting pio-nios ever held in connection with this Lodge . The place selected was the well-known Yorkshire Spa of Harrogate , aud although the distance from Manchester wa 8 oyer 60 miles , the facilities which the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company possesses for annihilating space , enabled tho party to reach their destination in

easy timo for a very early and excellent dinner , which had been provided at Barber's George Hotel , Harrogate Wells , an excellently sheltered hostelry , in close proximity to the various sulphur baths and springs , so bounteously provided here for the recuperation of shattered nature . Shortly after 1 p . m ., coaches were in waiting to convey ns to

Aidborough nnd Boronghbridge , both in the East Riding of Yorkshire . The former was the Isnvium of the ancients , and capital of the county before York was founded , and the latter is a fairly populous town on the sonth bank of the River Ure , which is here navigable . On tho way to these places we passed through Kuaresborough on the river Nul , a distriot identified with the uame and crime of the notorious

schoolmaster and scholar Eugene Aram ; and saw the ruins of tho castle , said to have been erected soon after the Conquest . Boronghbridge , so named from an ancient bridge erected over the Ure at the time of the Conquest , was formerly a borough returning two members to Parliament , the right of election , previous to its disfranchisement by the Reform Bill being held by 74 individuals

desor ' ibed as burgage-tenants , wholly under the influence of the Duke of Newcastle . The carriages whioh had conveyed ns here drew np at the Crown Hotel , and while the horses were enjoying a rest , the members of onr party set off to view the variona objects of interest with whioh the place abounds . Having heard a wonderful account of the Devil ' s Arrows , sitnated about half-a-mile away , several of ns

paid a visit to them . They are rude , monumental pillars , in the form of obelisks , being composed of oommon rag-stone . They stand in a straight lino , which is divided by a vicinal roadway , and measure respectively 18 , 22 , and 31 feet high . Camden , Leland , and Drake say they were the work of the Rimans , while Dr . Stillingfleet regards them as ancient British deities .

Prom inquiries whioh I made , it would appear that a remnant of superstition still lingers and seems to be perpetuated here , which carries us back to the palaeolithic or neolithic ages and their prehistoiio traditions , vshen stone axes and arrow-heads , found in such quantities in various countries , were taken for olf-bolts or fairyarrowB , asseited by the ancients to havo been shot down from tho

skies ; or maybe they were some of the thundnrboUs suid to have been manufactured for driving Satan and his angels from heaven into the fiery regions below ; or tho ceranni or stone-celts formed in mid-air during a Storm , which Pliny has described ; or meteorites reverted to by Tollius ( circa 1649 ) as being considered by naturalists to have been " generated in the sky by a fulj-nrons exhalation

conglobed in a cloud by the circumfused humour , which are as it werr , baked by intense heat , " a sentence which contains a jargon of words , even if it is not very explicit . We , howevor , swallowed the stories with the usual grains of salt , and washed the same down with a friendly glass at a neighbouring tavern , after which we were rendy for the return jonrney .

I need not linger over a description of tho beautiful pastoral scenery which abounds in this locality , of the exquisite verdure of award and copse , aud the fiuo sweep of undulating meidow-land , relieved here aud there by a wealthy foliage of trees , indicating that life must necessarily glide peacefully ond serenely along . Upon arrival at the George rlutel , Harrogate , cur company

partook of tea , after which they divided into parties , ultimately meeting at the railway station prior to their departure for Manchester . I must not omit to state that the liberality of the Officers ( prominent amongst whom were Bro .=. W . VV . Briggs W . M . and Jno . W . Thompson P . M . P . P . G . S . B . Secretary of the picnic ) had

provided everything which could enhauce the pleasure , or minify the tediousnoss of the railway journeys ; and before final separation , the general opiaion was that a finer outing it would have been impossible to have chosen . Besides those already meutioned , there were present : —Bro . Rd .

Hothersall P . M . P . P . G . D . C , and wife ; Bro . Ed . S . Done J . D . ; Bro . W . Ogden I . G ., and wife ; Bro . John Walkden P . M ., and wife ; Bro . Mallinson , and wife ; Bro . Ash worth , and wife ; Brother 0 * en ; Mr . C . R . Briggs ; Mrs . Barrett ; and Bro . E . Roberts P . 31 . Assistant Prov . G . T . ( F REEMASON ' S CHRONICLE ) . ' -

At a regular meeting ofthe Meridian Lodge , at Millbrook , on tbe 14 th inst ., the sum of £ 5 was voted to the Victoria Fund , the Lodge regretting not having sent ib before , owing to pressure of business .

The installation of the Right HOD . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., of Allerton Hall , Chapel Allerton , as Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire has been fixed to take place at Leedson Weduesday , ' 27 th September . The Earl of

, Lathom Pro Grand Master of England , will officiate on the occasion , and an immense gathering of tho Craft , not merely from the numerous Lodges of West Yorkshire , but from tbe whole country , will be present on the occasion .