United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE Quarterly Communication was held on Wednesday , when Bro . General J . W . Laurie , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Western Division of South Wales presided , in the unavoidable absence of Earl Amherst Pro G . M . ; The acting Grand Master moved the vote of sympathy

and condolence with H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught Grand Master , on the death of the Empress of Germany . The motion was seconded by Colonel Davis , A . D . C ., Provincial Grand Master for Surrey , and carried , all the Brethren standing .

Bro . Strachan , K . G ., Grand Registrar supplemented the vote by another , conveying the heartiest sympathy of Grand Lodge with King Edward VII , late Grand Master , on the same sad event . This was seconded by Bra Littler , K . C ., and carried in the same form as the previous vote .

A resolution conveying the thanks of Grand Lodge to Sir Albert W . Woods Grand Director of Ceremonies , and Bro . Frank Richardson Past Deputy Grand Registrar , for the admirable arrangements at the Royal Albert Hall on the occasion of the Duke of Connaught ' s installation on 17 th

July was moved by General Laurie , seconded by Col . Davis , A . D . C ., and carried unanimously . Bro . Frank Richardson returned thanks for himself , Bro . A . C . Spaull , Bro . J . H . Matthews , Bro . Charles Hopkinson , and the numerous other Brethren , without whose able assistance , he said , he should not have been able to carry out the work . . The other business on the agenda was regularly disposed of , and Grand Lodge was closed .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

AT the Quarterly Communication , held on Tuesday , the Earl of Euston Pro Grand Master presided , and proposed a vote of condolence and sympathy with the Duke of

Connaught Grand Master , on the death of his sister her Imperial Majesty the Empress Frederic ; the vote to be recorded on the minutes of Grand Lodge and a copy to be

sent to the Duke of Connaught . The motion was seconded by Bro . Charles Letch Mason Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , and carried unanimously , all the Brethren standing .

A similar motion , made by the Earl of Euston , and seconded by Bro . W . E . M . Tomlinson , M . P ., as an old colleague in the House of Commons of the late Bro . W . W . B . Beach , first Grand Warden of the Mark Degree Deputy Grand Master from 186 3 to 1866 and Grand Master from

1866 to 1869 , expressing condolence with the widow and family on the death of the right hon . Brother , was also carried unanimously , all the Brethren standing . This vote was uKewise ordered to be recorded on the minutes and a copy forwarded to Mrs . Beach .

Cornwall.

CORNWALL .

THE annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Cornwall was held in the Guildhall , Looe , under the banner of St . Anne , No . 361 , on Wednesday , 28 th ult , when a full attendance included Bro . P . Colville Smith Dep . P . G . M . ( who presided in the absence of the Prov . G . M . the Earl of Halsbury ) .

The Guildhall was most tastefully arranged as a Lodge Room .

A grant of £$ 5 s was made to the Mark Benevolent Fund and £ 5 5 s was voted Bro . Colville Smith for the Girls Institution . Brother Sholto H . TIare was elected Charity Steward for the Province on the Mark Benevolent Fund . The following Brethren were invested as the Provincial Officers for the ensuing year ;

Cornwall.

Bro . H . Shapcott 351 ... Senior Warden W . Hammond 379 :.. Junior Warden J . Grossman 351 ... Master Overseer E . A . Broad 73 ... Senior Overseer A . Hancock 370 ... Junior Overseer

Ferris 73 ... Chaplain A . T . Hunter 351 ... Registrar W . J . Johns 78 ... Secretary J . C . Whetter 275 ... Senior Deacon Warrin 78 ... Junior Deacon ¦

W . Gundry 94 ... Dir . of Ceremonies Dunstan 175 ... Assist . Dir . of Cers . A . E . Morcom 379 ... Sword Bearer J . Harris 351 ... Standard Bearer R . Faull 379 ... Assistant Secretary

H . Harris 351 ... Inner Guard H . C . Johns 94 ... Steward Harrison 175 ... Ditto King 101 ... Ditto

Parsons 78 - ¦• Tyler . After the business the Brethren adjourned to the Drill Hall , where luncheon was served . Loyal and Mark toasts were honoured , and the D . P . G . M . complimented the Brethren of St . Anne's for the admirable arrangements made .

The visiting Brethren having been shown the picturesque town of Looe , including Hannadore and neighbourhood , left by special train , arranged by the Looe traffic manager , amidst general expressions of delight and pleasure .

Memorial To Lord Airlie.

MEMORIAL TO LORD AIRLIE .

THE . ceremony of laying ; the memorial-stone of a monument to be erected on Tulloch Hill , Forfarshire , to the late Lord Airlie , who was killed in South Africa , attracted a large and representative gathering on Saturday .

The late Earl was exceedingly popular , and had seen active service in India and the Soudan , as also on the veldt . The Tulloch Hill , on which the memorial is being constructed ,

is 1 , 230 feet high , and when the structure of 80 feet is completed the monument will be a conspicuous and picturesque object amid the beautiful surroundings of the home of the Ogilvy family .

Full Masonic honours were observed , about 400 Brethren representing Forfarshire Lodges taking part . The laying of the stone was performed by the Hon . C . M . Ramsay Deputy Provincial Grand Master .

The part of the " Annals of the Grand Lodge of Iowa " just received contains the last report of the esteemed Grand Secretary , the late Bro . T . S . Parvin , and at its conclusion our worthy Brother ' s , son , who was then Deputy Grand

Secretary added : —During the past few months that your Grand Secretary has been confined to his room , the most of the time to his bed , there has been brought to him tender messages and loving tokens from all parts of the country , and from correspondents of most every clime ; delegations

from neighbouring jurisdictions , have called to see him ; Masonic bodies have wired him their sympathy and well wishes for his recovery ; personal calls have been made by many of his associates in Office ; the red and the white rose , the carnation and the little forget-me-not , and even the first

flowers of spring , have been his constant companions ; the young and aged of both sexes have been frequent callers at his bedside ; the special letters which have touched a responsive chord in his breast have been the resolutions of

sympathy from our own Lodges and the letters from the rank and file of our own members whom he has served for more than half a century ; some of these coming from those whom he has known since their first advent into the Masonic Institution , many of them more than a quarter of a century ago , among whom are numbered -those who were students