Our Boys.

not a little to do with the successes that have been announced there in years gone by and which will , we hope , be repeated on the 27 th of this month to an even more gratifying extent than hitherto .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE usual Quarterly Communication will be held on Wednesday , when the business as set out in the Agenda , published elsewhere in this issue , will be brought

forward for consideration . The special items of interest include the offer by Bro . John Lane of the copyright of a second edition of his " Masonic Becords , " which the Board of General Purposes favourably recommends to the notice of Grand

Lodge . We shall be pleased to see the suggestion of the Board adopted , as showing an interest in Masonic literature that has not hitherto been manifest , and also because labours such as those of Bro . Lane are deserving of something in the way of official recognition .

A notice of motion has been given by a Past Master of No . 243 , Guernsey , that Eule 218 of the Book of Constitutions be expunged . This rule provides that

" The Grand Master shall not be applied to on any business concerning Masons or Masonry , except through tho Grand Secretary , " and is to be cut out , we may presume , in order that the

Grand Master may be worried over some matter that the authorities deem unworthy or unsuited for his notice . It is to be hoped the proposal will be rejected , as the work of Freemasonry should be conducted on

strictly constitutional lines , and it is perfectly safe to leave it to the channels that have hitherto proved sufficient for all purposes . Fifteen new Lodges have been Warranted during the past quarter , bringing the total up to No . 2518 .

Grand Mark Lodge.

GRAND MARK LODGE .

THE usual Quarterly Meeting will be held on Tuesday , a copy of the Agenda being given in this issue . The Grand Festival will be subsequently held in the Freemasons' Tavern , at 7 o ' clock , when the Right Hon . the Earl of Euston Pro Grand Master is expected to preside .

Consecration: Barnet, No. 2509.

CONSECRATION : BARNET , No . 2509 .

, THI S new Lodge was inaugurated under very favourable auspices at the Assembly Booms , New Barnet , on Monday , the ceremony of Consecration being

performed by the Grand Secretary in a most exemplary manner , while the names of his assistants in the chief duties of the day are sufficient guarantee that their part of the work was also well carried out .

The following Brethren were present : CONSECBATING OFFICEBS . —E . Letchworth Grand Secretary as W . M ., George Everett Past Grand Treasurer as S . W ., James Terry Past Grand Sword Bearer as J . W ., Fiank Richardson Past Grand Deacon as D . C ., Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg Past Grand Chaplain as Chaplain , George Read Grand Standard Bearer as I . G .

FOUHDEBS . —J . Morrison McLeod , William Bclchamber , Robert Cranston , J . A . Witthaus , H . T . Matthews , C . C , F . S . Plowright , John Falconer , F . E . Witthaus , William Baddeley , Harold Imray , W . Sargeant Lee , William Fitch , Frank Attrce , J . McLeod Rainsford , J . Spencer Chapman .

VISITORS . —Henry Tombs P . G . D . P . P . S . G . W . Wilts ., F . R . W . Hedges P . G . Sw . B ., Alfred C . Spaull P . G . Stand . B ., H . Sadler G . Tyler , H . Whale 771 , Samuel Grist 702 , T . W . Scales 18 G , W . Lake P . M . 131 P . P . G . Reg . Cornwall , W . A . Scurrah P . M . 167 P . P . G . S . of Works Middlesex , W . Lewis P . M . 1385 P . P . G . A . D . C . Herts , J . Stephens Prov . G . S . D . Bucks ., E . Valeriani P . M . 1687 , S . R . Lovett

P . M . 3 , B . G . Elliott W . M . 2020 , Frank W . Bateman 206 , W . P . Barnsdall W . M . 25 , J . Brittain P . M . 1385 P . P . G . W . Herts ., G . B . Abbott P . M . 1385 , James F . Haskins P . G . O . Essex , C . T . Orchard , J . Euerby P . M . 1385 , Rev . F . Matthews 292 ( S . C . ) , Henry J . Kluht , J . H . Gunn W . M . 2331 , William Baker , W . Blankley W . M . 1298 , R . Davidson 289 ( S . C . ) , J . Cooper S . W . 3 , Ernest Loder I . G . 179 , W . Hucks 834 , F . C . Collingwood W . M . 1385 , J . Carey , J . Lowthin P . M . 1385 P . P . G . W . Herts ., F . G . Mason 1385 , W . W . Morgan 177

H . J . Tibbatts P . M ., G . T . Cox W . M . 3 , L . Mantcll , Bullen Spicer 1385 , Daniel Price 1928 , George May 20 C 0 , Maldwyn Humphr } s 2168 , A . H . Bateman 100 , J . Percy Fitzgerald P . M . 1364 , 2168 , jai A . Vittorio .

Consecration: Barnet, No. 2509.

At the conclusion of the usual ceremonies of Consecration Bro . T . M . McLeod was installed as first Master of the Lodge , and the following appointed as the assistant Officers : —R . Cranston S . W ., J . A . Witthaus J . W ., H . T . Matthews , C . C . ( elected ) Treasurer , F . S . Plowright Secretary , J . Falconer S . D ., F . E . Witthaus

J . D ., W . Baddeley I . G ., W . S . Lee P . M . D . C ., Harold Imray and W . Fitch Stewards , L . G . Bernhardt Tyler . The Master , Wardens , Treasurer , Secretary , and Bro . Imray ( Steward ) were elected as the Committee to frame

the Bye-laws ; three propositions were handed in for initiation ; and then the W . M . proposed a hearty vote of thanks from the Lodge to Bro . Letchworth and the others who had assisted him in the Consecration . Bro .

McLeod further proposed that the Grand Secretary and his assistants should be elected Honorary Members , and , as a memento of the day ' s proceedings , begged Brother

Letchworth ' s acceptance of one of the Founder ' s Jewels of the Lodge , which the Brethren were anxious to present him as some tangible expression of thanks for what he had done on their behalf .

Bro . Letchworth tendered his sincere thanks , both on behalf of the very distinguished Grand Officers who had assisted him that day , and also on his own behalf ,

for the vote of thanks and the high compliment the members had paid them in electing them Honorary Members . He should retain the jewel as a pleasing memento of a very interesting occasion . -

A letter of regret at inability to attend was read from Bro . T . Halsey , M . P ., who said he wished with all his heart that the new Lodge could have been in his

Province ; but he trusted , nevertheless , that as a London Lodge it might have a great and distinguished future before it . He also desired the Secretary to express to the Brethren his heartiest good wishes .

Bros . Keyser , Smithson , Thorpe , Oliver Papworth , Eve , Stanley Attenborough and others also wrote expressing their inability to be present .

Hearty good wishes having been tendered on bealfh of the many Visitors , the Lodge was closed and banquet was subsequently served . The banquet was provided by Messrs . Spiers and Pond , under the personal supervision of Bro . Mantell , the manager at Freemasons ' Tavern , and the efforts of himself and staff were certainly

deserving of the warmest praise . The rapidity with which the Hall was cleared and the banquet tables arranged was particularly noticeable , especially when compared with many experiences in the past , the whole being accomplished in a few minutes over the half-hour .

Messrs . Spiers and Pond certainly excelled themselves in this display of energetic and efficient outdoor catering . The comfort of the Visitors was also enhanced by the arrangements made for their journey to and from

London , the Great Northern Company putting saloon carriages on for the occasion , and Mr . Holmes , the Station Master at New Barnet , doing all in his power to second the efforts of those who had the management of the day ' s proceedings .

After the banquet the Worshipful Master introduced as the first toast : the Queen , God bless her ; the Craft , may it flourish , root and branch .

In proposing the health of the Grand Master he said the Barnet Lodge , the youngest on the roll of England , was proud of the Grand Master , and hoped they would not soon lose his services for Masonry .

A few more words were needed in proposing the next toast—that of the Grand Officers . The Master was delighted in having such a goodly array of distinguished Masons around him . They could not expect the Grand Master himself to attend and open their Lodge , but they

had had the Grand Master ' s representative in Brother Letchworth , and he ventured to say—with all loyalty , he could assure them—that the Grand Master himself could not have done the work better than Brother Letchworth had done . Their Brother Brownrigg was in reality a

Grand Chaplain , one who was respected far and near ; Brother Everitt was the chosen Treasurer of Grand Lodge , and the honour conferred on him was richly

deserved ; Brother Richardson was a model Director of Ceremonies ; while another of the acting Officers , Brother Read , was well deserving of the appointment lately conferred upon him , and would no doubt add to the

reputation already enjoyed by the Grand Officers . They had also other distinguished members of the body among