PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND- 177 On the 23d of August, 1830, Masons laid the corner-stone of the Queens county jail at Charlottetown . On May 16, 1843, ac_ cording to a request made to the master of St John's Lodge by His Excellency Sir Henry Vere Huntley , lieutenant governor, the lodge assisted in laying the corner-stone of the Provincial building. In January, 1871, Adam Murray , Esq., was appointeddistrictgrandmasterof Prince Edward Island by the Right Honorable the Marquis of Ripon, most worshipful grand master of England . On July 1, 1887, the grand master, Hon . John Yeo , escorted by the Royal Arch chap¬ ter and a large number of the brethren from different subordinate lodges, headed by the band of the Eighty-second Battalion, marched to the market square where the flocktgtt ? were assembled to celebrate the Queen's juiblee. After an address by the lieutenant governor, the different socie-. ties started in procession, the Masons being last, and marched through the principal streets, ioi then to the site of the public building, where halt was made, and the dif¬ ferent societies opened out, facing inwards, and the grand master, supported by the grand officers, marched through to the site and as¬ cended the platform raised at the northeast corner, where the building is to be erected, the brethren forming a hollow square near the platform. Proclamation was made. The Hon . T. Heath Haviland , mayor of the city of , then presented the most worshipful grand master with a handsome silver trowel, bearing the . following in¬ scription : Presented by the City Council of Charlottetown to the Hon . John Yeo , Grand Master Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Edward Island, on his 12 Laying the Foundation Stone of the City Building on the CelebraUon of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1st July, 1887. An emergent communication of the Grand Lodge of Prince Kdward Island was held in Charlottetown on the 24th day of May, 1892, for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of the new Masonic Temple , D. Darrah. M. D. , grand master. On this oc¬ casion the past grand chaplain, the Rev. Brother W. W. Brewer , delivered a very elo¬ quent address, which, did space permit, we would be pleased to transfer bodily to these pages. We quote the following as a speci¬ men of the reverend brother's eloquence and excellence of Masonic teaching: If we would preserve and beautify our ancient and illustrious order, we must not be satisfied with the name, parade, and mere outward trap¬ pings of the craft 'We must live Masonry , if It be of any value to the world or ourselves. Wear¬ ing an apron does not make a man a Mason, or even a correct knowledge of our working tools or ritual—these are but the emblems of those grand principles which constitute Freemasonry. Applied Masonry is the need of the hour. Be It ours to imitate our ancients, evidences of whose skill and faithfulness remain to the present day in those stately cathedrals which adorn and beau¬ tify the fatherland. Examine them, and in every perfectly finished arch, every quaint capital, every bit of carven satire, you will see evidences of the life and freedom of the workmen. You will find no mechanical slave labor, no details carelessly finished, no part, because it was unseen or incon¬ spicuous, cramped or left bare and rough; but every niche of tracery shows that the soul of the craftsman was in his work; there was principle in the touch of his chisel, honor in the stroke of his gavel, self-sacrifice in the nice adjustment of his compass. And shall we to whom, the Great Architect has committed the erection of a far more superb and majestic edifice, fall behind the operative mason In the quality of our work? God forbid. On August 3, 1893, Most Worshipful Thomas A. MacLean , grand master, con-