United Grand Lodge.

J ohn Robertson Reep ... ... P . M . 1260 Thomas Henry Roberts ... ... P . M . 2502 James Bercsford Ryley , M . D . ... P . M . 1423 Arthur G . Sandberg , M . D . ... ... P . M . 3 James Speller ... ... P . M . 1677 Edwin Styles ... ... P . M . 704 William J . Songhurst . ... ... P . M . 227

John Sulley ... ... P . M . 1 S 04 J . D . Stuart Sim ... ... W . M . 2716-Frank P . Telfer ... ... P . M . 12 William H . Toye ... ... P . M . 1278 Japheth Tickle P . M . 1702 Charles J . Wilkinson-Pimbury ... P . M . 1007 Arthur Williams ... ... P . M . 8 34 James Willing , jun . ... ... P . M . 1987

List of Brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : Bros . John Briggs W . M . 45 , C . A . Cottebrune P . M . 7 ^ , W . D . Child W . M . 1437 , J- Campbell W . M . 1-366 , W . H . Hubbert P . M 1625 , Leonard Potts P . M . 1716 , J . S . Pointon P . M . 1901 , J . R . Reep P . M . 126 S , Jas . A . Shelton P . M . 2579 , F . 0 . Tubby W . M . 907 .

List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . No . 2845 .--The London Hospital Lodge , London . 2 S 46 . —The Forest Hill Lodge , London . 284 . 7 . —The Polytechnic Lodge , London .

2 S 48 . —The Victoria Lodge , Wolverhampton , Staffordshire . 2 S 49 . —The Beaconsfield Lodge , Beaconsfield , Bucks . 2850 . —The Robertson Lodge , Robertson , Cape Colony . 2 S 51 . —The Rosemary Lodge , London 2852 . —The Norfolk Lodge , London .

28 53 . —The Cherc Rcine Lodge , London . 2 S 54 . —The Tcmperantia Lodge , Whitehaven , Cumberland . 28 35 . —The Far Cathay Lodge , Hankow , China . 2856 . —The Regent Lodge , Barnsley , Yorkshire . 28 57 . —The Golden Square Lodge , London . 2858 . —The Astolat Lodge , Guildford , Surrey . 2859 . —The Chingford Lodge , Chingford , Essex .

MARK GRAND LODGE . THE Quarterly meeting of this Grand Lodge will be held on Tuesday next , 4 th inst , at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , W . C ., at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is the Agenda of Business :

1 . Read and , if approved , confirm minutes of Quarterly Communication of 5 th March 1901 . 2 . Report of the General Board . 3 . A motion will be made that the Report be taken as read . 4 . A motion will be made that the Report be received and entered on the minutes .

5 . Recommendations arising out of the Report : — " That the following words , to be called Rule 153 A , be added to the Book of Constitutions , immediately after Rule 153 : Any matter not specifically dealt with in these Constitutions must be governed by the general ru ' . es of Masonry

contained m the Book of Constitutions of Free and Accepted Masons under the United Grand Lodge of England , so far as such rules are not inconsistent with any of the regulations herein , and so far as they are applicable to the Mark Degree . " "That the sum of ^ 50 be voted to Bro . J . F . D ., of Ee-erton Lodge , No . 16 ? . "

"That the sum of ^ 25 be voted to the Widow of the late Bro . E . P ., of Lodge i \ o . no . " "That the sum of £ 20 be voted to the Widow of the late Bro . C . E . M . P . D . D . G . M . Bombay . 6 . A motion will be proposed that the Report be adopted . 7 . Installation of the M . W . Grand Master .

b . Appointment and investiture of Grand Officers . 9 . Nomination b y the M . W . G . M . of six members to serve on the General Board . 10 . Election , by Grand Lodge , of five members to serve on the

General Board . ( The following five only are nominated : Bros . Richard Clowes P . G . Overseer , Frederick West Dep Prov . G . M . Surrey , T . P . Dorman Dep . Prov . G . M . Norths . Hunts and Beds , Alfred F . Church P . G . Overseer , and T C . F . Tower Asst . G . D . C . ) J

The Grand Festival will be held in Freemasons' Tavern , at y o ' clock , and the M . W . Pro Grand Master will preside ! Tickets , 2 is each , may be obtained from the Grand Stewards .

****************** There are others besides Virginia Masons who see no harm in dual membership . It is the custom in England , at least , and in the opinion of this writer , if a Brother wishes , and can afford , to belong to a dozen different Lodges , there is no good reason , Masonic or otherwise , why he should not —W . A . De Wolf Smith , British Columbia .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

SOUTH WALES has lost a distinguished worker in Bro . Dr . John Williams , S . W . Prince Llewellyn Lodge , who died on the 21 st ult , at Cardiff . At a meeting of the Duke of York Lodge the same evening Bro . A . H . Parker I . P . M ., who

presided in the absence of the W . M . Bro . Joseph Stanfield , made sympathetic reference , before the commencement of business , to the death of Bro . Williams , whose brilliant career and genial personality he warmly extolled . He moved that

a vote of condolence be sent to the Prince Llewellyn Lodge , with a request that the Duke of York Lodge should be included in the Masonic expression of sympathy extended to the widow . Bro . James Radley P . Prov . G . 'J . W . seconded , and the motion of condolence was carried in silence , the

Brethren upstanding . THE funeral of Bro . Gilbert Hastings Macdermott , the well-icnown music-hall singer , took place on the 14 th ult ., at Norwood . Immediately following the car was the deceased ' s private carriage , which contained many wreaths .

The wreaths sent by relatives and friends were disposed oyer the top and down the sides of the hearse , the whole being surmounted by a broken pillar composed of primroses and narcissus . On the top was a floral dove , in the mouth of which was placed a card bearing the words , " From mother

and the children . " Most of the members of the Pimhco Lodge , of which the deceased was a member , attended , and when the coffin had been lowered they performed the usual Masonic ceremony of dropping a sprig of acacia into the grave of their departed Brother .

THE funeral of Bro . Stanley Leighton , M . P ., took place at Oswestry Parish Church on the gth ultimo , amid every manifestation of sympathetic respect . The body arrived from London at 3 o ' clock , and was met by a representative assembly , including the mayor and corporation of the town ,

representatives of the county council and magistracy , the Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons , and deputations from various philanthropic , archaeological , and political societies . The service was taken by the Bishops of Bangor and Shrewsbury , with whom were Archdeacon Thomas ,

Canons W . H . Fletcher and Trevor Owen , and Prebendary Moss headmaster of Shrewsbury School . The vicar , the Rev . Norman Ogilvy , an intimate friend of Bro . Stanley Leighton , who was with him when he died , was unable to take part owing to indisposition .

THE death of Bro . Colonel J . Randle Ford , of Bath , occurred on the 22 nd ult ., in his 84 th year . Our late Brother was a P . M . of the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 53 and a Past S . G . Warden of the Province of Somersetshire , and had the distinction of being the first volunteer enrolled in that county .

He entered the army in March 1835 as an Ensign in the 95 th ( Derbyshire ) Regiment , of which he subsequently became Adjutant . He left the Army after only ten years service , through ill-health contracted in Ceylon , but he was to the day of his death always regarded by the present

officers of the 95 th—now known as the Sherwood Foresters —as the father of the regiment , and his wonderful memory was constantly applied to in matters concerning men who Imd belonged to it . One of the last public occasions at

which Colonel Ford assisted was the proclamation of King Edward VII ., and it is a remarkable fact that at' the accession of Queen Victoria , as a subaltern , he carried the Queen ' s colours at the mounting of the guard at Dublin Castle .

IN MEMORIAM . George William Speth . BY BRO . ROBERT FREKE GOULD P . G . D . THE passing away of such a notable Freemason as the late Secretary to the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , it has

been thought , should not be exclusively recorded in the journals of the Craft ; and that , in justice to his memory , some kind of notice , however brief and inqoerfect , of his really wonderful services to the Society he loved so well , ought to appear in the columns of the paper circulating in

the neighbourhood of his abode . Bro . Speth was best known as the Secretary of Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , and editor of its " Transactions ( Ars Quatuor Coronatorum )"; but there exists another Masonic Lodge with which he had even a longer connection ,