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United Grand Lodge Of England.
Committee on the subject of Uniformity of Ritual , and on Bro . Gabon ' s motion to set aside two-thirds of the annual surplus of the Fund of Benevolence for apprenticing the children of Freemasons when they leave tho two Schools . After Grand Lodge had been opened , and the minutes of
the last Quarterly Communication read , Bro . Frank Richardson , W . M . elect Grand Stewards' Lodge , nominated the Prince of Wales for Grand Master for the year ensuing . The nomination was received with the usual enthusiastic demonstrations of approval , and Col . Burdett
then stated that the Prince of Wales had again appointed Bro . J . M . Clabon as President of the Lodge of Benevolence , and that Bro . Joshua Nunn was again elected Senior Vice President of that Lodge , and Bro . James Brett Junior Yico President . The election of twelve Past
Masters to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence was the next business on the paper , but as only twelve had been nominated there was no necessity for an election . There were seventeen recommendations by the Lodge of Benevolence of grants to distressed brethren and widows ,
and on motions duly made and seconded sixteen of these were granted . In one case , however , Bro . Clabon stated that a letter had been received that morning from the Lodge to which the brother seeking relief belonged ,
protesting against the grant of £ 100 , and he recommended that the matter should be referred back to the Lodge of Benevolence for enquiry and consideration . Several brethren opposed this measure , and a long discussion ensued : but in the end it was resolved to refer it back to
the Lodge . Bro . Monckton then introduced the Report of the Board of General Purposes , a copy of which appeared in the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE last week , and after that Report had been agreed to be taken as read and received , and entered on the minutes , Bro . Monckton moved the
acceptance of tho resignation of Bro . Hervey . In a few short sentences he defcribed the excellent qualities of Bro . Hervey , the services he had rendered to the Craft , and the large increase in Masonry since he was appointed by Lord Zetland in 1868 . The motion was seconded by Bro .
next Levander , and carried unanimously . Bro . Monckton introduced the subject of the pension to bo granted to Bvo . Hervey . Instead of proposing £ 800 a year , ho divided the grant into a pension of £ 5- > 0 a year and an annual gratuity of £ 250 . This proposition met with strong
opposition . Bro . Montague J . Guest , Prov . G . M . for Dorset , leading it with a proposition that the retiring pension should be £ 300 . To this there was an equally strong opposition , £ 500 and £ 600 being suggested . After considerable delay , and many speeches on all the proposals , the
brethren divided , and it was resolved to grant Bro . Hervey , a pension of £ 500 a" year and a gratuity of £ 300 . The remaining portion of the Report was then adopted , the brethren loudly cheering the resolution that no charity jewel , clasp , ribbon , or rosette shall be obtained except
through the office of the Grand Secretary , to whom the Secretaries of the respective Institutions shall , aftei ; their several annual Festivals , hand lists of the names of brethren entitled to the same . Bro . Mclntyre recommended the dismissal of the appeal of Bro . Fallot , and Grand Lodge
adopted the recommendation . Bro . James Stevens brought on his motion for a Committee on Uniformity of Ritual , which was seconded by Bro . W . R . Marsh , but opposed by
Bro . A . F . A . Woodford , who moved the previous question . This was seconded by Bro . While , who spoke under some difficulty , as the brethren during the latter part of his remarks refused to hear him . Bro . Stevens ' s motion was
carried by a large majority , but the naming of the Committee was deferred . Bro . Clabon endeavoured to bring on his motion for dealing with the Fund of Benevolence , but after a short discussion upon whether his proposal came
within the term " Charity , " for which purpose only the Fund of Benevolence was established , Colonel Burdett held that it did , and as the hour of ten p . m . had arrived , Bro . Clabon agreed to postpone his motion till next Quarterly Communication . Grand Lodge was then closed .
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Grand Mark Lodge.
GRAND MARK LODGE .
rpHE half-yearly Communication of Grand Mark Lodge was held , - * - on Tuesday , at Freemasons' Tavern . The Rev . G . It . Porta l P . G . M . presided . The following report of tlie General Board was taken as read : — The number of certificates issnod during tlie six months ending 30 th September last , is 496 , making the total of registered advancements 12 , 908 . In the same period five warrants for new Lodges have
been issued , viz .: —245 Simon de St . Liz , Northampton ; 24 ' ! Duko of Connanght , Derby ; 247 Alfred , Oxford ( city ) ; 248 Broadloy , Malta ; 249 Empress of India , Woolahra , N . S . Wales . During the year ending 30 th September there have been issued 167 certificates for Royal Ark Mariners , the register showing the total number of brethren elevated to this degree to be 507 ; and thirteen warrants for new Lodges have been issued , viz .:
—Mount Horeb , attached to St . Johns Lodge , T . I ., Bolton . Carnarvon „ Carnarvon „ No . 7 London . United Manchester „ St . Andrew ' s „ „ 34 Manchester . Mount Ararat „ Fidelity „ „ 98 Lahore . Panmure „ Panmure „ „ 139 Balham .
Grosvenor „ Grosvenor „ ,, 144 London . Olive Branch ,, Lebanon „ „ 207 Allahabad . St . Wilfred ' s „ St . Wilfred ' s „ „ 209 Alford . Ararat .. Ardvoirlich .. .. 219 Rawal Pindi . ..-ItULUU . U . JUIM . II 1 UU ~^ V i » . » .. « . -. ... v ...
„ ,, ,, Axe „ St . John ' s „ „ 221 Meean Meer . Refuge „ Garnet „ „ 228 Dinapore . Brixton „ Brixton „ „ 234 Brixton . Sane Elmo „ Broadloy „ „ 248 Malta .
The Treasurer s accounts , subjoined , show that tho receipts from all sources for six months wero £ 545 2 s 4 d , and that on the 30 th September the balances were—In favour of the General Fund £ 154 12 9 „ „ Benevolent Fund ... ... 42 10 5 „ „ Educational Fund 90 13 0
while investments have been mado—On account of Benevolent Fund 200 0 0 „ „ Educational Fund 200 0 0 ,, General Fund 200 0 0
That the objects proposed by tho establishment of tho Benevolent and Educational Funds are widely and increasingly appreciated and approved is convincingly manifested by the support extended thereto at the Anniversary Festivals , tho Festival hold at the Alexandra Palace , on Wednesday , 2 nd Jnly last , under the presidency of W . Bro . Lord Arthur Hill , Prov . G . S . W . of Sussex , having proved most
successful , tho proceeds of the 32 Stewards lists amounting to £ 512 . The first election of a boy for tho benefits of the Educational Fund took place on 20 th May last , when Harry Lowndes Edwards was elected , and is now being educated at the Manchester Grammar School . Two new Provinces have been constitute!—Tunis and Malta , Berks and Oxon . Bro . Alexander Moyrick Broadloy has been
appointed as R . W . Prov . Grand Master of tho former , and was installed at Malta on the 11 th September . No event of greater interest in the history of this Grand Lodge has occurred than flo establishment of a Mark Lodge , in the first place , and recently of a Province , in a locality rich in so many antiquarian associations as tho site of the world-renowned city of Carthago . Masonry in all
its branches is flourishing there , but no degree has attracted so much attention , or has been pursued with so much avidity , as that of the Mark , and with the details and information received from time to time , tho Board considers itself justified in thus making prominent mention of so exceptionally gratifying a circumstance , and in testifying to tho zeal and ability of tho R . W . Bro . Broad ley , whose exertions have tended so materially to produce snch successful
results . The Right Hon . tho Earl of Jersey P . G . W . has accepted tho appointment of Prov . Grand Master of Berks and Oxon , and there can be no doubt as to tho beneficial effect of his Lordship ' s rnle , supported by the ability and energy of the brethren who havo been instrumental iu fostering tho Order in tho United Province . The G . M . has also been pleased to appoint Bro . Thos . Troilopo , M . D ., to be Prov . G . M . M . of Sussex . In the same period tho following Provincial changes have occurred : —
CORNWALL . —Bro . Colonel John Whitehead Peard has beeu appointed R . W . Prov . Grand Master , vice Bro . Sir Frederick Martin Williams , deceased . KENT . —Bro . Rev . Thomas Robinson , M . A , has been appointed R . W . Prov . Grand Master , vice Bro . Rev , G . W . Sicklemore , resigned .
SOMERSET . — -Bro . Gen . H . E . Doherty has been appointed R . W . Prov . Grand Master , vice Bro . tho Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , resigned . The Board , in testifying to tho admirable manner in which the duties of thoir responsible offices have been discharged by the distinguished brethren , tho loss of whose services thoy regret
have every confidence that the interests of Mark Masonry will be successfully promoted by the brethren whom tho M . W . Grand Master has selected as thoir successors . It is also with extreme gratification that the Board is enabled to report tho re-organisation of tho Province of Jamaica under the vigilant care of R . W . Bro . Dr . Hamilton ( 33 ° ) , and the consequent resuscitation of the Sussex Lodge , No . 42 ,
followed by tho establishment of three now Lodges—Clifton Mount Keystone , Kingston , No . 230 ; Royal Keystone , Kingston , No . 210 ; t'hoouix , Port Royal , No . 242 , —all of which are now in a nourishing condition , with every prospect of continued prosperity . The Board have very great pleasure in stating that official information of the recognition of this . Grand Lodge by tho Supreme Grand . Chapter of
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
Committee on the subject of Uniformity of Ritual , and on Bro . Gabon ' s motion to set aside two-thirds of the annual surplus of the Fund of Benevolence for apprenticing the children of Freemasons when they leave tho two Schools . After Grand Lodge had been opened , and the minutes of
the last Quarterly Communication read , Bro . Frank Richardson , W . M . elect Grand Stewards' Lodge , nominated the Prince of Wales for Grand Master for the year ensuing . The nomination was received with the usual enthusiastic demonstrations of approval , and Col . Burdett
then stated that the Prince of Wales had again appointed Bro . J . M . Clabon as President of the Lodge of Benevolence , and that Bro . Joshua Nunn was again elected Senior Vice President of that Lodge , and Bro . James Brett Junior Yico President . The election of twelve Past
Masters to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence was the next business on the paper , but as only twelve had been nominated there was no necessity for an election . There were seventeen recommendations by the Lodge of Benevolence of grants to distressed brethren and widows ,
and on motions duly made and seconded sixteen of these were granted . In one case , however , Bro . Clabon stated that a letter had been received that morning from the Lodge to which the brother seeking relief belonged ,
protesting against the grant of £ 100 , and he recommended that the matter should be referred back to the Lodge of Benevolence for enquiry and consideration . Several brethren opposed this measure , and a long discussion ensued : but in the end it was resolved to refer it back to
the Lodge . Bro . Monckton then introduced the Report of the Board of General Purposes , a copy of which appeared in the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE last week , and after that Report had been agreed to be taken as read and received , and entered on the minutes , Bro . Monckton moved the
acceptance of tho resignation of Bro . Hervey . In a few short sentences he defcribed the excellent qualities of Bro . Hervey , the services he had rendered to the Craft , and the large increase in Masonry since he was appointed by Lord Zetland in 1868 . The motion was seconded by Bro .
next Levander , and carried unanimously . Bro . Monckton introduced the subject of the pension to bo granted to Bvo . Hervey . Instead of proposing £ 800 a year , ho divided the grant into a pension of £ 5- > 0 a year and an annual gratuity of £ 250 . This proposition met with strong
opposition . Bro . Montague J . Guest , Prov . G . M . for Dorset , leading it with a proposition that the retiring pension should be £ 300 . To this there was an equally strong opposition , £ 500 and £ 600 being suggested . After considerable delay , and many speeches on all the proposals , the
brethren divided , and it was resolved to grant Bro . Hervey , a pension of £ 500 a" year and a gratuity of £ 300 . The remaining portion of the Report was then adopted , the brethren loudly cheering the resolution that no charity jewel , clasp , ribbon , or rosette shall be obtained except
through the office of the Grand Secretary , to whom the Secretaries of the respective Institutions shall , aftei ; their several annual Festivals , hand lists of the names of brethren entitled to the same . Bro . Mclntyre recommended the dismissal of the appeal of Bro . Fallot , and Grand Lodge
adopted the recommendation . Bro . James Stevens brought on his motion for a Committee on Uniformity of Ritual , which was seconded by Bro . W . R . Marsh , but opposed by
Bro . A . F . A . Woodford , who moved the previous question . This was seconded by Bro . While , who spoke under some difficulty , as the brethren during the latter part of his remarks refused to hear him . Bro . Stevens ' s motion was
carried by a large majority , but the naming of the Committee was deferred . Bro . Clabon endeavoured to bring on his motion for dealing with the Fund of Benevolence , but after a short discussion upon whether his proposal came
within the term " Charity , " for which purpose only the Fund of Benevolence was established , Colonel Burdett held that it did , and as the hour of ten p . m . had arrived , Bro . Clabon agreed to postpone his motion till next Quarterly Communication . Grand Lodge was then closed .
HOLLOTVAY ' S OINTMENT A > -I > PIT . T . S . —Sure Relief . The weak and enervated suffer severely from nervous alfuctions when storms or electric disturbances agitate tho atmosphere . Neuralgia , trouty pangn , and flying pains , very distressing to a delicate system , may be readily removed by rubbing this Ointment upon the nff-cted psirt after it IKIS been fomented with warm water . The Pills , taken occasionally in the doses prescribed by the instructions , keep the digestion in order , excite a free How of healthy bile , and regenerate the impoverished blood with richer materials resulting from thoroughly assimilated food—wa ' . 'ting which , tlie strongest must inevitably soon sink into feebleness , and the delicate find it difficult to maintain existence . Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills are infallible remedies
Grand Mark Lodge.
GRAND MARK LODGE .
rpHE half-yearly Communication of Grand Mark Lodge was held , - * - on Tuesday , at Freemasons' Tavern . The Rev . G . It . Porta l P . G . M . presided . The following report of tlie General Board was taken as read : — The number of certificates issnod during tlie six months ending 30 th September last , is 496 , making the total of registered advancements 12 , 908 . In the same period five warrants for new Lodges have
been issued , viz .: —245 Simon de St . Liz , Northampton ; 24 ' ! Duko of Connanght , Derby ; 247 Alfred , Oxford ( city ) ; 248 Broadloy , Malta ; 249 Empress of India , Woolahra , N . S . Wales . During the year ending 30 th September there have been issued 167 certificates for Royal Ark Mariners , the register showing the total number of brethren elevated to this degree to be 507 ; and thirteen warrants for new Lodges have been issued , viz .:
—Mount Horeb , attached to St . Johns Lodge , T . I ., Bolton . Carnarvon „ Carnarvon „ No . 7 London . United Manchester „ St . Andrew ' s „ „ 34 Manchester . Mount Ararat „ Fidelity „ „ 98 Lahore . Panmure „ Panmure „ „ 139 Balham .
Grosvenor „ Grosvenor „ ,, 144 London . Olive Branch ,, Lebanon „ „ 207 Allahabad . St . Wilfred ' s „ St . Wilfred ' s „ „ 209 Alford . Ararat .. Ardvoirlich .. .. 219 Rawal Pindi . ..-ItULUU . U . JUIM . II 1 UU ~^ V i » . » .. « . -. ... v ...
„ ,, ,, Axe „ St . John ' s „ „ 221 Meean Meer . Refuge „ Garnet „ „ 228 Dinapore . Brixton „ Brixton „ „ 234 Brixton . Sane Elmo „ Broadloy „ „ 248 Malta .
The Treasurer s accounts , subjoined , show that tho receipts from all sources for six months wero £ 545 2 s 4 d , and that on the 30 th September the balances were—In favour of the General Fund £ 154 12 9 „ „ Benevolent Fund ... ... 42 10 5 „ „ Educational Fund 90 13 0
while investments have been mado—On account of Benevolent Fund 200 0 0 „ „ Educational Fund 200 0 0 ,, General Fund 200 0 0
That the objects proposed by tho establishment of tho Benevolent and Educational Funds are widely and increasingly appreciated and approved is convincingly manifested by the support extended thereto at the Anniversary Festivals , tho Festival hold at the Alexandra Palace , on Wednesday , 2 nd Jnly last , under the presidency of W . Bro . Lord Arthur Hill , Prov . G . S . W . of Sussex , having proved most
successful , tho proceeds of the 32 Stewards lists amounting to £ 512 . The first election of a boy for tho benefits of the Educational Fund took place on 20 th May last , when Harry Lowndes Edwards was elected , and is now being educated at the Manchester Grammar School . Two new Provinces have been constitute!—Tunis and Malta , Berks and Oxon . Bro . Alexander Moyrick Broadloy has been
appointed as R . W . Prov . Grand Master of tho former , and was installed at Malta on the 11 th September . No event of greater interest in the history of this Grand Lodge has occurred than flo establishment of a Mark Lodge , in the first place , and recently of a Province , in a locality rich in so many antiquarian associations as tho site of the world-renowned city of Carthago . Masonry in all
its branches is flourishing there , but no degree has attracted so much attention , or has been pursued with so much avidity , as that of the Mark , and with the details and information received from time to time , tho Board considers itself justified in thus making prominent mention of so exceptionally gratifying a circumstance , and in testifying to tho zeal and ability of tho R . W . Bro . Broad ley , whose exertions have tended so materially to produce snch successful
results . The Right Hon . tho Earl of Jersey P . G . W . has accepted tho appointment of Prov . Grand Master of Berks and Oxon , and there can be no doubt as to tho beneficial effect of his Lordship ' s rnle , supported by the ability and energy of the brethren who havo been instrumental iu fostering tho Order in tho United Province . The G . M . has also been pleased to appoint Bro . Thos . Troilopo , M . D ., to be Prov . G . M . M . of Sussex . In the same period tho following Provincial changes have occurred : —
CORNWALL . —Bro . Colonel John Whitehead Peard has beeu appointed R . W . Prov . Grand Master , vice Bro . Sir Frederick Martin Williams , deceased . KENT . —Bro . Rev . Thomas Robinson , M . A , has been appointed R . W . Prov . Grand Master , vice Bro . Rev , G . W . Sicklemore , resigned .
SOMERSET . — -Bro . Gen . H . E . Doherty has been appointed R . W . Prov . Grand Master , vice Bro . tho Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , resigned . The Board , in testifying to tho admirable manner in which the duties of thoir responsible offices have been discharged by the distinguished brethren , tho loss of whose services thoy regret
have every confidence that the interests of Mark Masonry will be successfully promoted by the brethren whom tho M . W . Grand Master has selected as thoir successors . It is also with extreme gratification that the Board is enabled to report tho re-organisation of tho Province of Jamaica under the vigilant care of R . W . Bro . Dr . Hamilton ( 33 ° ) , and the consequent resuscitation of the Sussex Lodge , No . 42 ,
followed by tho establishment of three now Lodges—Clifton Mount Keystone , Kingston , No . 230 ; Royal Keystone , Kingston , No . 210 ; t'hoouix , Port Royal , No . 242 , —all of which are now in a nourishing condition , with every prospect of continued prosperity . The Board have very great pleasure in stating that official information of the recognition of this . Grand Lodge by tho Supreme Grand . Chapter of