Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.

And the Board of General Purposes unanimously agreeing with such Report do recommend the same to Grand Lodgo for adoption . 2 . Tho Board have had under their consideration aud that of the Premises Committee tho question of improving the accommodation in the Grand Secretary's office , and havo arrived at tho conclusion

that the best and most satisfactory modo of effecting the desired end wonld be to utilize the Lavatory on tho ground floor afc tho back of the Grand Staircase and the front room known as the Library , which , by means of communicating openings , wonld , in the opinion of tho Board , afford , for some timo to come at least , sufficient and proper

accommodation for carrying out tho work in the Grand Secretary ' s office , and more especially would provide a private office for the use of the recently appointed Assistant Grand Secretary , an arrangement greatly needed j and that tho Lavatory , & c , in tho rear of the present Waiting Room and Grand Secretary ' s office , be reconstructed , with enlarged accommodation .

3 . Ifc having been represented to the Board thafc a brother had been passed to the 2 nd degree in twenty-six days only , after his initiation , tho circumstances were fully enquired into , and it was ordered that tho brother be re-obligated , in tho second and third degrees , afc a due interval , and that the Lodge of Benevolence ( No . 489 , Bideford ) , be fined one guinea , and admonished to be more careful in future .

( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTON , President . FREEMASONS' HALt , LONDON , 21 sfc August 1877 . To tho Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge

Accounts at tho last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th day of August instant , showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer of £ 7 , 280 8 s 3 d 5 and in the hands of the Grand Secretary , for Petty Cash , £ 75 ; and for Servants' Wages £ 96 15 s .

The President will move : — 1 . —Thafc tho Report bo received and entered on the Minutes . 2 . —That Grand Lodge do adopt the recommendations of the Board of General Purposes with reference to the reconsfcifcution

of the Lodgo of Benevolence . 3 . —Thafc the Grand Registrar ho requested to make such alterations and additions in the Book of Constitutions as may bo necessary for tho purpose of such reconstitution .

4 . —That tho recommendations of tho Board of General Purposes with reference to tho proposed increased accommodation for the Grand Secretary ' s Office bo adopted , and that tho same be referred back to tho Board for execution under the direction of the Grand Superintendent of Works .

PROPOSED MOTION . liy Bro . John M . Clabon , P . G . D . ;—" That a grant of Ono Thousand Guineas bo mado to tho Indian Famine Relief Fund . "

List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by tho M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : — No . 1693 . —Kingsland Lodge . Islington . 1694 . —Imperial Lodge , Sloane Street , Chelsea . 1695 . —New Finsbury Park Lodge , Holloway .

1696 . —Lodgo of Friendship , Mauritius . 1697 . —Lodge of Hospitality , Waterfoofc , Lancashire . 1698 . —Unity Lodge , Allahabad , Bengal . 1699 . —Wannon Lodge , Coleraine , Victoria . 1700 . —Walhalla Lodge , Walhalla , Victoria . 1701 . —Lodge of Sincerity , Dandenong , Victoria .

1702 . —Sub-Urban Lodge , Great Stanmore , Middlesex . 1703 . —Windrush Lodge , Witney , Oxfordshire . 1704 . —Anchor Lodge , Southwark . 1705 . —Prince of Wales' Lodge , Gosport . 1706 . —Orpheus Lodge , Freemasons' Hall . 1707 . —Eleanor Lodge , Edmonton .

1708 . —Plucknett Lodge , Finchley . 1709 . —Aryan Lodge , Bombay . 1710 . —Remuera Lodge , Newmarket , New Zealand . 1711 . —Rodney Lodge , Warkwortb , Now Zealand . 1712 . —Sfc . John ' s Lodge , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . 1713 . —Wilbraham Lodge , Walton-on-the-Hill , Lancashire . 1714 . —Albert Edward Lodge , York Town , Surrey .

1715 . —Arthur John Brogden Lodge , Grange-over-Sands , Lane . 171 G . —All Saints Lodge , Poplar . 1717 . —Lodge of Ancient Carthage , Tunis . 1718 . —Centurion Lodge , Fleet bt-i-ee-.. 1719 . —Evening Star Lodge , Freemasons' Hall . 1720 . —Grcytown Lodgo , Greytown , Wairarapa , New Zealand . 1721 . —United Manawatu Lodge , Palmerston , New Zealand .

HOLLOWAH ' S 0 : ? miii 3 T ASD Pins . —Uheimiatism anil Gout . —Those purifying and soothing remedies demand the earnest attention of all person : ; liable to gout , sciatica , or other painful affections of the muscles , nerves , or joints . The Ointment should be applied after the affected rarts have heen patiently fomented with warm water , when the unguent should he diligently rubbed upon the

adjacent skin , \ mk" the frirliuii shouVl < "V ' . * p p ; - ' . ' ... ;! o' : iw . \ -.. ' .. '' . ' . i- „ L . i ,. i . 1 bo sin ; i : ' r ^> ron ! T ?! , v taken to reduce inflammation and to purify the Wood . This treatment abates the violence , and les ens the frecp . iency of gout , rheumatism , aud nil spasmodic diseases which spring from hereditary predisposition , or from any accidental weakness of constitution . This Qintmcnfc chocks tho local remedy , ' £ b , Q PiUi wstovs tjtw vital powers ,

Consecration Of New Lodges.

CONSECRATION OF NEW LODGES .

THE EVENING STAR , No . 1719 . THE ELEANOR , No . 1707 .

WE havo once already ottered sundry remarks on the subject of Lodge Nomenclature , and the consecration of two Lodges this week induces us to return to the subject . Wo do so with a full sense of tho difficulties by which brethren who found a new Lodgo must find themselves surrounded ; at the same time , wo think onr readers will agree with us that , how rapidly soever Freemasonry may continue multiplying itself—and during the last two or three years its

progress has beeu astounding—theso difficulties aro nofc insuperable . Nor do wo caro to criticise too minutely tho names which aro bestowed . We do not care to see too many Lodges derive thoir names from brethren , albeit these may have achieved certain distinction in onr ranks . We know thero is a limit to titles which indicate a respect for abstract qualities , and as soon as there aro two or three Lodges

in one and the same locality there will be some slight difficulty in finding suitable names for all . One of tho Lodges that has just been consecrated is the Eleanor , Edmonton , and from the locality iti which ifc is situated we may infer that it was chosen because of its proximity to the site of one of thoso crosses erected to commemorate the places where the body of tho good Queen Eleanor rested on its way to bo

buried in London . If this inference of ours is jnst , smd our readers will admit that it is a natural one , then must wo ask the question , What connection is thero supposed to bo between the memory of tlio good Queen Eleanor and Freemasonry ? What had she to do with our Craft , or what the Craft with her , except in so far as that our operative predecessors of that period must have erected these crossesP

But surely so trivial a circumstance as this , which happened , too , at so remote a period , can havo had little or nothing to do with the consfcitution of a now Lodge afc Edmonton in the year 1877 . Why not as well have called ifc tho John Gilpin , in honour of Cowper ' s hero ? or the Bell , after tho well-known hostelry of thafc name , or tho Edmonton , as being located there ? " Eleanor , " we admit ,

sounds prettily , and that is , perhaps , its chief recommendation . A more objectionable title is that set clown for No . 1718 , which , when , consecrated , will bo the "Centurion" Lodgo . Tho Centurion was a Roman officer in command of a hundred men , and would about correspond with our Captain , but what connection thero is between a Roman officer and Freemasonry wo aro unable to say .

As to 1719 , tho Evening Star , which was consecrated at Freemasons ' Hall on Tuesday , we see nofc tho slightest objection to the name j indeed , it would be difficult to find one moro appropriate , but wo think the founders have mado a mistake in laying it down that only men connected , directly or indirectly , with gas companies aro eligible to become members . In 1853 , a somewhat similar

restriction was proposed to he enacted in the Apollo University Lodge , and had it been approved by the Prov . Graud Master , only members of the University of Oxford would have been eligible into that Lodgo . But the Prov . G . Master did not sanction the proposal , though wo believe the restriction is virtually maintained . Ifc is obviously opposed to the true spirit of Freemasonry to suggest tiny '

limitations beyond those contemplated by our Constitutions . However , the founders of tho Evening Star Lodge aro not very stringent iu their proposed exclusion . They will experience no great difficulty in arriving at a limit to tho number of secretaries , eugiueors , directors , or managers of gas works , but tho number who aro "directly or indirectly connected with gas companies" is well nigh

illimitable . The shareholders arc , of course , connected with fcbedi , and very directly too ; while every person who burns gas in his house or pays rates—which include lighting—is so connected . In fact , tho gas burners , be they parochial or domestic , are tho constituents ou whom the gas companies rely for support , and tho connection , therefore , ia of the most intimate character . Nay , wo will go further

and declare thafc every living being , cuceptis excipiendis , is eligible even in the face of this attempted restriction ; for every human body has its gases—its oxygen , its hydrogen , its chlorine , aud its nitrogenas visitors to South Kensington aro perfectly well aware . Thus , tho whole human race is one huge gas company , aud as the companies whoso members are eligible are nofc specified , ifc follows thafc members

of the great Gas Company of Humanity , which moreover comprehends all the rest , shonld be eligible for admission into the Evening Star Lodge . However , we think any such restriction , of any kind whatever , is as certainly impolitic as ifc is unconstitutional , while the announcement is obviously unnecessary , seeing that a proper means is provided for the exclusion of any person

whom the members of tho Lodgo may nofc desire to havo associated with them . Just as in a Military Lodge we must expect to find only military men , in the Apollo University only Oxford men , in the Isaac Newton only Cambridge men , so in a Lodge founded by directors and engineers of gasworks , & c , & c ., wo should naturally expect to find only members who are connected with gas works aud

gas companies . But any attempt to exclude others , except by tho prescribed constitutional process , strikes nsas being unnecessary , an . wise , and unconstitutional . Ifc is unnecessary , because the Lwl ' ul means aro sufficient ; it is unwise , because Freemasonry should be an inclusive body , as regards reputable people , and only exclusive as against thoso who are found unworthy ; it is unconstitutional ,

because the restrictions are clearly defined in our laws , and the exclusion of any person on the score of his occupation ia not one of them . Wc may add to these objections , th . it tho Lodge will find itself in a quandary the very first time an attempt is made to define who are , and who are not , directly or indirectly ,

cou-; .-. •j ! ' ; . - ' ! •. ••;¦!' . g" =: COT . 7 : ni ¦¦<» . Mr . A . •"T . -n— . us gas in his house , aud , to our mind , i * as diivctly comiccc ! wifb " 'ii-fviefc flas funiiainv a' ) is the pipe which supplies his house wiih the main whicii supplies the district . Mr . B . has no gas in his house , but ho contributes towards ike coat of lighting the hig hways in his district , and so he , j ^