The History Of American Union Lodge, No. 1, Ohio.

one of the original members , mado prisoner by tho British on Long Island , —Putnam initiated 1771 , and deceased 1824 , and Heart slain in battle with the Indians in 1791 , in the unfortunate St . Clair expedition . May its future career be as prosperous , and may its members always be worthy of its distinguished founders !

Bro. Heath's Candidature For The Grand Secretaryship, Scotland.

BRO . HEATH'S CANDIDATURE FOR THE GRAND SECRETARYSHIP , SCOTLAND .

BUT few , if any , of our readers who havo carefully studied Bro . Heath ' s letter , which appeared last week in these columns , will deny that he has a grievance . He has stated his case fairly and dispassionately . He vouches for the accuracy of his statements . Let the Committee of Grand Lodge , or whom it may most particularly concern ,

adduce , if possible , rebutting evidence , and we venture to say Bro . Heath is not the man we take him to be if he does not at once , and without arriere pensee , withdraw that portion of his letter which places certain officials of Grand Lodge , Scotland , in so ridiculous a light .

The case , as stated by him , is very simple . The office of Grand Secretary was declared vacant in Grand Lodge on 5 th February , and it was , he suggests , pretty generally believed that only a Scotchman would be considered eligible to fill it . But an advertisement was inserted in the London

Times of the 3 rd ult ., inviting applications from efficient members of the Graft , " such application , with testimonials to be lodged at Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , not later than Saturday , 10 th March . " Under these circumstances Bro . Heath considered himself at liberty to enter the field . He

procured several of the highest testimonials which a brother could have procured , and lodged them , with his formal application , as desired , on the 10 th ult ., for which purpose , acting on the advice of his friends , he visited Edinburgh in person . On his arrival , however , he found " the

appointment was really a foregone conclusion , and had been so for some iveeks "—the italics are our own—and he argues very justly that the Committee had no right to have inserted a meaningless advertisement in a leading London journal , when they knew the choice of the electors had been already

made , virtually , if not formally . Bro . Heath puts the matter in a worse light still by his statement , " that even the greater number of the brethren constituting the Grand Committee had actually pledged themselves to one or other

of those candidates , even before waiting to ascertain the result of the advertisement they themselves had sanctioned . " As the case stands , and it will require some very convincing evidence to upset it , Bro . Heath has placed the Grand Committee on the horns of a dilemma . If—and we

do not for one moment presume to suggest otherwise—they issued the advertisement bond fide , they of all men had no business to pledge themselves until they had ascertained its result . Or , if their minds were already made up in favour of this or that candidate , they should have issued no

advertisement whatever ; or so penned it that no man of ordinary common sense could possibly have mistaken it for anything but a mere form of procedure , which the authorities were bound to observe , but which would have not the slightest influence on the result of the election .

As regards this portion of his letter , we consider Bro . Heath has a right to complain of the Grand Committee , unless they can disturb his statements , which he tells us are statements of facts . But we cannot say we think he has any reason to be surprised at their conduct . In the

singleness of his heart , he appears to have regarded the matter strictly from a Masonic point of view . He considered the invitation of brethren to brethren had some meaning attached to it , or it would never have been issued . On the other hand , the Committee appear to have

considered the invitation they issued was either a joke or a mere matter of form , which it was their duty to observe , but which no one wonldjever dream of taking seriously . We shall be curious to learn what , if any , answer tho Grand Committee can make to Bro . Heath ' s statements .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of South Wales (Eastern Division.)

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH WALES ( EASTERN DIVISION . )

ON Wednesday Sir George Elliot , M . P ., who had been appointed by His Eoyal Highness the Prince of Wales to be the Provincial Grand Master of the Eastern Division of South Wales , was duly installed into that high office At a Provincial Grand Lodge held at Aberdare ,

Provincial Grand Lodge Of South Wales (Eastern Division.)

That the office thus conferred npon Sir George Elliot is esteemed of srreat honour , is to be seen from the names of the other Provincial Grand Masters at tho present time , these including Prince Leopold ( Oxfordshire ) , the Earl of Carnarvon ( Somersetshire ) , Lord Harting . ton , M . P . ( Derbyshire ) , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe ( Cornwall ) , Lord do Tabley ( Cheshire ) , the Duke of St . Albans ( Lincolnshire ) ,

the Earl of Limerick ( Bristol ) , Lord Skelmersdale ( Western Division Lancashire ) , Viscount Holmesdale , M . P . ( Kent ) , the Earl of Ferrers ( Leicester and Eutland ) , Lord Suffield ( Norfolk ) , tho Duke of Man . Chester ( Huntingdonshire ) , Earl Percy , M . P . ( Northumberland ) , the Duke of Newcastle ( Nottinghamshire ) , the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot ( Staffordshire ) , Lord Pelham , M . P . ( Sussex ) , Lord Leigh

( Warwickshire ) , Lord Methuen ( Wilts ) , the Earl of Zetland ( North and East Rifling of Yorkshire ) , the Earl of Bective ( Cumberland and Westmoreland ) , Lord Waveney ( Suffolk ) , Lord Sherborne ( Glonces . tershire ) , Sir D . Gooch , M . P ., Mr . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Mr . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Sir W . W . Wynn , M . P ., Colonel Burdett , Sir H . Ed . wards , General Brownrigsr , Colonel E . C . Malet de Carteret , & o .

Though the Grand Master's position is yearly an elective one , that of Provincial Grand Master is an appointment by the Grand Master under Letters Patent , and is bestowed upon those members of the Craft who have distinguished themselves in " Craft Masonry , " and are connected with the Provinces . Sir George Elliot is a Past Master of the Bard of Avon Lodge , held in Middlesex ; was Deputy Grand

Master of Middlesex , and is a member of St . David ' s Lodge , held in Aberdare— a Lodge which , with his aid and the aid of his relative , Mr . J . C . Parkinson , has been raised to a high position . Sir George is connected with tho industrial enterprise of this part of Wales , and his accession to this dignity was hailed with pleasure by all . Thero were great numbers of visitors from all parts of the country ,

especially from the neighbouring Province of Monmouth . Tho Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in the Temperance Hall , which had been specially prepared for the occasion . The Grand Registrar of England , Brother iEneas M'Intyre , Q . O ., was the acting Grand Master , and was assisted by Brother J . C . Parkinson , Past Grand Deacon of England , Past Depnty Grand Master of Middlesex ,

and Brother Thomas Fenn , Past Grand Deacon of England , Colonel Burdett , Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex , aud Bro . John Monck . ton ( Town Clerk of London ) , President of the Board of General Pur . poses of Grand Lodge of England . The Lodge having been opened in dne form , the Letters Patent conferring his high rank having been read , the Acting Provincial Grand Master appointed a deputation to

meet the Provincial Grand Master elect , who was then brought into the Lodge amid great cheering . Having given the nsual solemn pledges to uphold the rights of the brethren of the Province , and to discharge the duties of the office , Sir George was regularly installed and invested , and was greeted in the customary form by the largo assembly . The newly . installed Grand Master of the Province then

nominated his officers , as follows : —Bros , J . Jones Hewson Prov . G . Reg ., J . E . Price Prov . S . G . W ., J . Rogers Prov . J . G . W ., F . G . Glass Prov . S . G . D ., D . Hopkins Prov . J . G . D ., J . Jones Prov . G . Treas ., the Vicar of Aberdare Prov . G . Chap ., W . P . Garrett Prov . G . D . of Cers ., George Butterwell Prov . G . Tyler , J . R . Robinson Prov . G . S . of Works , R . Webb Prov . G . Sword B ., G . H . Webb Prov . G . Purs . The officers

having been greeted in form , the nsual congratulations were offered , and Sir Georgo , assisted by his officers , duly closed his Lodge . The visitors then proceeded to the Market Hall , where a banquet was spread , and the usual speeches customary on the occasion were made . Bro . J . C . Parkinson , as Past Master of the St . David ' s Lodge , whose members had made all tho arrangements of the day , gave the

visitors cordial welcome , and in the course of his speech touched upon the principles of the Craft as known to Englishmen in its symbolical teachings of the highest principles of pure religion , and its requirement in its members of a strict observance of the laws and a ready obedience to the rulers in the land . Hence , he said , Freemasonry in England was a bulwark and a support to the institutions

of the nation . The gathering was entirely successful , and the town in the evening waa in gala array . —Times . We gather the following additional particulars from the South Wales Daily News : —Sir George Elliot was born at Gateshead , and through life has been associated closely with the coal trade of Durham . Without following the details of his first years , we may

safely assume that Sir George Elliot firmly established a determination in early life to " dare and do . " By indomitable perseverance , he beat down the barriers to fame and fortune , and by a sure and rapid process eventually developed into one of the leading men of the county of Durham . As one of the members of that county he is now , and has been for many years , returned to Parliament in the

Conservative interest , where his conduct has earned for him universal respect . It is only necessary to observe further that Sir George Elliot is a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant , not only for Durham , but for the county of Glamorgan ; he is a member of the St . David ' s Lodge , Aberdare , and has been well known in the eastern division from his connection with the Powell's Duffryn Coal Company , the

Alexandra Docks , Newport , and other local commercial undertakings . Sir George was initiated as a Mason many years ago in the city of Durham , where his constant activity in Masonic matters made him an esteemed and conspicuous member of the district Lodges of the north . With all Sir George ' s strong will for good work , his efforts might not perhaps have been so successful , bnt for the happy

promptings and guidance of his son-in-law , Bro . J . C . Parkinson . Some years since , when the Freemasons of Stratford-on-Avon resolved upon resigning the warrant of the Bard of Avon Lodge , Bro . J . 0 . Parkinson P . G . D . Engd . P . D . Prov . G . M . Middlesex , applied that , in lieu of the warrant being surrendered , it should be transferred to the Province of Middlesex , which was subsequently effected , and ho was

appointed as its first Master . Sir George Elliot at that time occupied the position of Senior Warden , but was soon installed as W . M . Almost simultaneously , we believe , Bro . Parkinson , Sir G . Elliot , and Lord Limerick founded the Bard of Avon Chapter . Sir George is a staunch supporter of our charities , being vice-patron of the three institutions . Sir George took a prominent part in the ceremony , which took placa