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Grand Mark Lodge.
GRAND MARK LODGE .
ON Tuesday evening the Half-yearly Communication of Graud Mark Mastor Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies ancl Dependencies of tho British Crown was held , at the Holborn Restaurant , under the presidency of Lord Egerton of Tatton , Deputy Grand Master . The Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett officiated as S . W ..
and Lord Saltoun as J . W ., Bros . W . W . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight , P . G . M ., W . Kelly , Provincial Grand Master Liecestershive , as D . G . M ., and a numerous assembly of Provincial Grand
Masters and Officers . Grand Lodge having been formally opened , the Deputy Grand Master was saluted , when the minutes of the last half-yearly Communication were read and confirmed . The acting Grand Master called the attention of the brethren to a communication from the
M . W . Grand Mark Master , in which His Royal Highness proposed to confer Past Grand rank on some distinguished brethren , and he moved that the proposition be accepted by Grand Mark Lodge . This , on being seconded by Bro . the Rev . Dr . Smyth G . C ., was carried unanimously .
The acting Grand Master then intimated that he had received a communication from the Earl of Kintore , stating that , in consequence of his brother ' s sudden death , he had been obliged to go abroad , and regretting that he was unable to be present . The next business was to do that
which he was sure the brethren ivould cordially ageee to , as every body of loyal Englishmen had already done , to vote a congratulatory address to Her Majesty the Queen , on attaining the fiftieth year of her reign . No body of men in England or in the Colonies and Dependencies of the
British Crown were more loyal thau Masons or Mark Masons . In Freemasonry they had a living illustration of the extent of Her Majesty ' s sway , not only in these islands , but in all the habitable portions of the globe where the English language was spoken . With the \ itmost cordiality
they congratulated Queen Victoria upon the Jubilee of her reign , and thanked the Grand Overseer of the Universe for having preserved her so many years to reign over a happy and prosperous people . Might she be spared for many
years yet to come to exercise her wise and benign rule . He then read the address , and proposed that it be engrossed and illuminated , and presented to Her Majesty , he trusted by His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful the Grand Mark Master . The motion was seconded bv Bro . W . W .
B . Beach , M . P ., amidst applause . The Report of the General Board was then presented , taken as read , and ordered to be entered on the minutes .
We append the full text : — During the six months ending 31 st March last , there have been issued : —Mark certificates 566 ; total number registered 22 , 793 . Warrants for new Lodges 10 , viz .:
—No . 370 Jamestown , Sfc . Helena . „ 371 Waranga , Murchison , Victoria . „ 372 De la Pole , Seaton , Devon . „ 373 Ilkeston , Ilkeston , Derbyshire . „ 374 St . Chad , Leeds .
„ 375 Jubilee , Ulverston . „ 376 Hersohel , Slough . „ 377 Brentwood , Brentwood . „ 378 Invicta , Ashford . „ 379 St . Martin ' s , Liskeard .
Royal Ark Mariner Certificates 149 ; total number registered 2225 . Warrants for new Lodges , viz .: —Trent , attached to Fleming , No . 265 ; Fearnley , attached to Fearnley , No . 58 ; Sussex , attached to Royal Sussex , No . 75 ; Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed , atttached to Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed ( T . I . ) j
Wiltshire Anchor , attached to Wiltshire Keystone , No . 178 . The following re-appointments as Prov . Grand Masters have been made for a further term of three years : —R . W . Bros . Jack Sntcliffe , Lincolnshire ; R . I . Finnemore , Natal ; Hon . William Badgley , Quebec ; C . L . Mason , West Yorkshire ; Wm . Kelly ,
Leicestershire , & o . The Board recommend to Grand Lodge , that , as a token of personal affection and respect for His Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master , the sum of one hundred and fifty guineas be voted from the General Fund of Grand Lodge to the Masonio section of the " Imperial
Institute of the United Kingdom , the Colonies , and India , " being the National Memorial of the Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , originated by the Grand Master , and approved by Her Majesty . They further recommend that every Mark Master Mason who is a
subscribing member of a Mark Lodge on the 20 th June next , shall be permitted to wear on the hanger of the jewel of the Degree a Jubilee badge in gold or gilt , and enamel , sealed patterns of whioh
may be seen at the office . A Memorial has been received from the St . Ethelbert Lodge , No . 243 , Hereford , praying to be attached to the Province of Gloucestershire , and the R . W . Provincial Grand Master having signified his
Grand Mark Lodge.
consent , the Board submitted the Memorial to the M . W . Grand Master for his approval . It having been reported to the Board that fche Provincial Graud Secretary of Nottinghamshire had irregularly granted a dispensation to a brother of the St . Alban ' s Lodgo , No . 344 , and to a brother of
the Fleming Lodge , No . 265 , to fill tbe chairs of these Lodges , the said brethren not being qualified as Worshipful Masters of Craft Lodges , and suoh dispensations being the sole prerogative of the M . W . Grand Master —( see Article 99 , Book of Constitutions , ed . 1886 ) —on careful consideration , the Board resolved that the M . W . Grand
Master shonld be respectfully requested to direct the issue of regular dispensations , on payment of the usual fee of 21 s , and thafc the Prov . Grand Secretary be fined the sum of one guinea .
The Board , having considered the case of Bro . Charles F . Johnson , who , by inadvertence , occupied the chair of Peveril Lodge , No . 323 , for eleven months , recommend the Grand Lodge to confirm him in , the rank and privileges of Past Master on payment of a fine of one
guinea . The Board having been informed that Bro . Arthur H . Marsh had been installed in the chair of Howe Lodge , No . 21 , on the 2 nd July , 1885 , and that he had not served the fall period of twelve months , his successor having been installed on the 20 fch May 1886 , recom .
mend him to Grand Lodge for confirmation in the rank and privileges of Past Master on payment of a fine of two guineas . The Board record with the deepest regret the death of 111 . Bro . Albert Gallatin Goodall , 33 ° , New York . Bro . Goodall had acted for many years as General Representative of this Grand Lodge in the
United States of America , and from the time of his acceptance of that appointment had been in every way mindful of its interests . The General Grand Chapter of the United States of America , acting in support of the unconstitutional pretensions of the Grand Chapter of Quebec , have withdrawn their recognition of this Grand
Lodge . It is satisfactory to find that a minority of 65 against 99 refused to concur in this attack on ancient landmarks . Should , however , this action of the General Grand Chapter be found to involve any practical injury to English Mark Masters in the United States , which ifc is earnestly hoped may not be the case , this Grand
Lodgo will be reluctantly compelled to give them its support in working the Mark Degree . It having come to the knowledge of the Board that a testimonial is about to be presented to R . W . Bro . Binckes , on the part of a numerous body of his friends , the Board recommend thafc , in
recognition of his services to this Degree during 29 years , 26 of which as Grand Secretary , an honorarium of £ 50 be voted to the R . W . Brother from the General Fund of Grand Lodge . The Nineteenth Anniversary Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund will be held at the Holborn Restaurant on the 20 th July ,
and the M . W . Bro . the Earl Amherst has most kindly consented to preside . In tho Jubilee year of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , the Board cannot entertain any misgiving as to the result of the labours of the Board of Stewards , who will on that occasion support the noble brother who will occupy the chair .
Walter Ernest Qninn , being the only candidate , has been placed on the Educational Fund without proceeding to the formal election , which , in the ordinary course , would have taken place on the 7 th of April last . The election of annuitants , in the usual course , would have taken
place on 5 th May , but as there was only one approved candidate—Bro . Alexander Mole , 69 years of age , for 14 years a subscribing member of Nos . 8 and 173—the Board have placed him on the Annuity Fund without proceeding to the formal election . The Board acknowledge with thanks the gift to the library of two
volumes by Bro . George Cooper P . G . D ., and receipt of copies of the Proceedings of Grand Chapters of Washington , Illinois , Maryland , Colorado , Arkansas , Michigan , Nebraska , Missouri , Scotland , and
the General Grand Chapter U . S . A . The Board have ordered the investment of £ 700 on behalf of the Annuity Fund , and £ 200 on behalf of the Benevolent Fund , making the total invested funds as follow : —
Bro . T . P ., No . 5 - - . . 10 0 0 A . M ., Nos . 8 and 173 - . . 12 0 0 T . W . A ., No . 176 - - - 15 0 0 Mrs . C . A . J . 15 0 0 E . M . G . 10 0 0
( Signed ) G . R . PORTAL , Past G . M . M . M . President . Appended are the accounts of the Grand Treasurer for the halfyear ending 31 st March 1887 : —
DR . GENERAL FUND . £ s d To Half-year's Receipts - - - 1009 0 11 Interest on Investments - - - 58 0 0 Bonds realised .... 500 0 0 1567 0 11
CR . GENERAL FUND . By Overdrawn , 30 fch September 1886 - - 371 9 11 Expenditure - - - 727 19 6 Balance 467 11 6 1567 Oil
General Fund .... 2400 0 0 Benevolent Fund ... . 1500 0 0 Edncational Fund .... 1900 0 0 Annuity Fund ..... 2000 0 0 The Board have relieved the following cases : —
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Grand Mark Lodge.
GRAND MARK LODGE .
ON Tuesday evening the Half-yearly Communication of Graud Mark Mastor Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies ancl Dependencies of tho British Crown was held , at the Holborn Restaurant , under the presidency of Lord Egerton of Tatton , Deputy Grand Master . The Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett officiated as S . W ..
and Lord Saltoun as J . W ., Bros . W . W . Beach , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight , P . G . M ., W . Kelly , Provincial Grand Master Liecestershive , as D . G . M ., and a numerous assembly of Provincial Grand
Masters and Officers . Grand Lodge having been formally opened , the Deputy Grand Master was saluted , when the minutes of the last half-yearly Communication were read and confirmed . The acting Grand Master called the attention of the brethren to a communication from the
M . W . Grand Mark Master , in which His Royal Highness proposed to confer Past Grand rank on some distinguished brethren , and he moved that the proposition be accepted by Grand Mark Lodge . This , on being seconded by Bro . the Rev . Dr . Smyth G . C ., was carried unanimously .
The acting Grand Master then intimated that he had received a communication from the Earl of Kintore , stating that , in consequence of his brother ' s sudden death , he had been obliged to go abroad , and regretting that he was unable to be present . The next business was to do that
which he was sure the brethren ivould cordially ageee to , as every body of loyal Englishmen had already done , to vote a congratulatory address to Her Majesty the Queen , on attaining the fiftieth year of her reign . No body of men in England or in the Colonies and Dependencies of the
British Crown were more loyal thau Masons or Mark Masons . In Freemasonry they had a living illustration of the extent of Her Majesty ' s sway , not only in these islands , but in all the habitable portions of the globe where the English language was spoken . With the \ itmost cordiality
they congratulated Queen Victoria upon the Jubilee of her reign , and thanked the Grand Overseer of the Universe for having preserved her so many years to reign over a happy and prosperous people . Might she be spared for many
years yet to come to exercise her wise and benign rule . He then read the address , and proposed that it be engrossed and illuminated , and presented to Her Majesty , he trusted by His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful the Grand Mark Master . The motion was seconded bv Bro . W . W .
B . Beach , M . P ., amidst applause . The Report of the General Board was then presented , taken as read , and ordered to be entered on the minutes .
We append the full text : — During the six months ending 31 st March last , there have been issued : —Mark certificates 566 ; total number registered 22 , 793 . Warrants for new Lodges 10 , viz .:
—No . 370 Jamestown , Sfc . Helena . „ 371 Waranga , Murchison , Victoria . „ 372 De la Pole , Seaton , Devon . „ 373 Ilkeston , Ilkeston , Derbyshire . „ 374 St . Chad , Leeds .
„ 375 Jubilee , Ulverston . „ 376 Hersohel , Slough . „ 377 Brentwood , Brentwood . „ 378 Invicta , Ashford . „ 379 St . Martin ' s , Liskeard .
Royal Ark Mariner Certificates 149 ; total number registered 2225 . Warrants for new Lodges , viz .: —Trent , attached to Fleming , No . 265 ; Fearnley , attached to Fearnley , No . 58 ; Sussex , attached to Royal Sussex , No . 75 ; Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed , atttached to Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed ( T . I . ) j
Wiltshire Anchor , attached to Wiltshire Keystone , No . 178 . The following re-appointments as Prov . Grand Masters have been made for a further term of three years : —R . W . Bros . Jack Sntcliffe , Lincolnshire ; R . I . Finnemore , Natal ; Hon . William Badgley , Quebec ; C . L . Mason , West Yorkshire ; Wm . Kelly ,
Leicestershire , & o . The Board recommend to Grand Lodge , that , as a token of personal affection and respect for His Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master , the sum of one hundred and fifty guineas be voted from the General Fund of Grand Lodge to the Masonio section of the " Imperial
Institute of the United Kingdom , the Colonies , and India , " being the National Memorial of the Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , originated by the Grand Master , and approved by Her Majesty . They further recommend that every Mark Master Mason who is a
subscribing member of a Mark Lodge on the 20 th June next , shall be permitted to wear on the hanger of the jewel of the Degree a Jubilee badge in gold or gilt , and enamel , sealed patterns of whioh
may be seen at the office . A Memorial has been received from the St . Ethelbert Lodge , No . 243 , Hereford , praying to be attached to the Province of Gloucestershire , and the R . W . Provincial Grand Master having signified his
Grand Mark Lodge.
consent , the Board submitted the Memorial to the M . W . Grand Master for his approval . It having been reported to the Board that fche Provincial Graud Secretary of Nottinghamshire had irregularly granted a dispensation to a brother of the St . Alban ' s Lodgo , No . 344 , and to a brother of
the Fleming Lodge , No . 265 , to fill tbe chairs of these Lodges , the said brethren not being qualified as Worshipful Masters of Craft Lodges , and suoh dispensations being the sole prerogative of the M . W . Grand Master —( see Article 99 , Book of Constitutions , ed . 1886 ) —on careful consideration , the Board resolved that the M . W . Grand
Master shonld be respectfully requested to direct the issue of regular dispensations , on payment of the usual fee of 21 s , and thafc the Prov . Grand Secretary be fined the sum of one guinea .
The Board , having considered the case of Bro . Charles F . Johnson , who , by inadvertence , occupied the chair of Peveril Lodge , No . 323 , for eleven months , recommend the Grand Lodge to confirm him in , the rank and privileges of Past Master on payment of a fine of one
guinea . The Board having been informed that Bro . Arthur H . Marsh had been installed in the chair of Howe Lodge , No . 21 , on the 2 nd July , 1885 , and that he had not served the fall period of twelve months , his successor having been installed on the 20 fch May 1886 , recom .
mend him to Grand Lodge for confirmation in the rank and privileges of Past Master on payment of a fine of two guineas . The Board record with the deepest regret the death of 111 . Bro . Albert Gallatin Goodall , 33 ° , New York . Bro . Goodall had acted for many years as General Representative of this Grand Lodge in the
United States of America , and from the time of his acceptance of that appointment had been in every way mindful of its interests . The General Grand Chapter of the United States of America , acting in support of the unconstitutional pretensions of the Grand Chapter of Quebec , have withdrawn their recognition of this Grand
Lodge . It is satisfactory to find that a minority of 65 against 99 refused to concur in this attack on ancient landmarks . Should , however , this action of the General Grand Chapter be found to involve any practical injury to English Mark Masters in the United States , which ifc is earnestly hoped may not be the case , this Grand
Lodgo will be reluctantly compelled to give them its support in working the Mark Degree . It having come to the knowledge of the Board that a testimonial is about to be presented to R . W . Bro . Binckes , on the part of a numerous body of his friends , the Board recommend thafc , in
recognition of his services to this Degree during 29 years , 26 of which as Grand Secretary , an honorarium of £ 50 be voted to the R . W . Brother from the General Fund of Grand Lodge . The Nineteenth Anniversary Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund will be held at the Holborn Restaurant on the 20 th July ,
and the M . W . Bro . the Earl Amherst has most kindly consented to preside . In tho Jubilee year of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , the Board cannot entertain any misgiving as to the result of the labours of the Board of Stewards , who will on that occasion support the noble brother who will occupy the chair .
Walter Ernest Qninn , being the only candidate , has been placed on the Educational Fund without proceeding to the formal election , which , in the ordinary course , would have taken place on the 7 th of April last . The election of annuitants , in the usual course , would have taken
place on 5 th May , but as there was only one approved candidate—Bro . Alexander Mole , 69 years of age , for 14 years a subscribing member of Nos . 8 and 173—the Board have placed him on the Annuity Fund without proceeding to the formal election . The Board acknowledge with thanks the gift to the library of two
volumes by Bro . George Cooper P . G . D ., and receipt of copies of the Proceedings of Grand Chapters of Washington , Illinois , Maryland , Colorado , Arkansas , Michigan , Nebraska , Missouri , Scotland , and
the General Grand Chapter U . S . A . The Board have ordered the investment of £ 700 on behalf of the Annuity Fund , and £ 200 on behalf of the Benevolent Fund , making the total invested funds as follow : —
Bro . T . P ., No . 5 - - . . 10 0 0 A . M ., Nos . 8 and 173 - . . 12 0 0 T . W . A ., No . 176 - - - 15 0 0 Mrs . C . A . J . 15 0 0 E . M . G . 10 0 0
( Signed ) G . R . PORTAL , Past G . M . M . M . President . Appended are the accounts of the Grand Treasurer for the halfyear ending 31 st March 1887 : —
DR . GENERAL FUND . £ s d To Half-year's Receipts - - - 1009 0 11 Interest on Investments - - - 58 0 0 Bonds realised .... 500 0 0 1567 0 11
CR . GENERAL FUND . By Overdrawn , 30 fch September 1886 - - 371 9 11 Expenditure - - - 727 19 6 Balance 467 11 6 1567 Oil
General Fund .... 2400 0 0 Benevolent Fund ... . 1500 0 0 Edncational Fund .... 1900 0 0 Annuity Fund ..... 2000 0 0 The Board have relieved the following cases : —