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ordinates . The brethren of Probity , however , with their old spirit of independence , considered the censure quito undeserved , and protested most strongly against it , a mass of correspondence resulting . It appears the irregularity consisted

in conferring the third degree on a brother seventy-four days after he had been passed to the second , this ceremony being unfortuuately postponed fromjjthe regular day , in consequence of the Lodge quarters not being available . Tho

W . M . of the Lodge communicated the facts of the case to the Board of General Purposes , and having satisfactorily explained the cause of the irregularity , tho censure was withdrawn , and matters appear to have been satisfactorily

arranged . From the brief details given in the Lodge History we think the brethren of Probity are once more to be congratulated on the result of their zeal , high handed

though it may appear to the ordinary observer . Even Provincial Grand Lodge felt it necessary to make a concession to the Probity over this censure , for in a kind

letter from the Deputy Provincial Grand Master it was hoped that the appointment of the worthy Senior Warden ( of Probity ) as Provincial Grand Sword Bearer would be accepted as the olive branch of peace by the Lodge . This complimentary appointment is all the more marked because it had not been customary in the Province of

West Yorkshire for such a post to bo given to any Brother not a Past Master . Since this time the Lodge has always been to the fore in taking part in public affairs , and has well maintained the energy for which it has always been famous . Among

other events in which the Probity Lodge took a part may be mentioned the laying of the foundation stone of All Souls' Church ( April 1856 ) , of the Soworby Bridge Town Hall ( May 1856 ) , tho corner stone of St . Augustine ' s Church ( 1873 ) . ( To be continued . )

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

npHE Quarterly Communication of Unittd Grand Lodge - *¦ of Free and Accepted Masons of England was held

on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . W . W . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight presided ; Bro . the Earl of Euston Prov . Grand Master Norths and Hunts acted as Deputy Grand Master ; Bro . Hu « h D . Sandeman Past District Grand Master of

Bengal , as Past Grand Master ; Bro . Sir Victor Hedworth Williamson as Senior Warden , and Bro . the Hon . W . W . Vernon P . G . J . W . as Grand Junior Warden . After the formal opening , the minutes of tho Quarterly

Communication of 4 th September were read and confirmed . Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs , Lord Mayor of London , then rose . He said I beg leave to nominate our Illustrious Brother the Prince of Wales to be the Most Worshipful Grand

Master of Freemasons for the ensuing year . Happy for me—indeed , I may say happy for this Lodge , and happy for the Craft—the nominor of such a nominee is perfectly independent of the aids of oratory or rhetoric , inasmuch as

the name of our Most Worshipful Grand Master is engraven upon tho heart of every true Mason . Lord Bacon said , " Princes are like to heavenly bodies which cause good or evil times , and which have much

veneration and no rest . " If I were asked to point to a Prince who in all history has earned and deservedly enjoyed more veneration than others , I should point to our Most Worshipful Grand Master . If I were

asked to point to the Prince who has least rest , whose mind is most occupied by good works , whose heart is moved by a desire to serve his fellow creatures , I should again point to His Royal Highnoss our Most Worshipful

Grand Master . Most Worshipful Grand Master in the chair , I feel I need say no more , and I formally nominate tho Most Worshipful Grand Master for the present to be our Grand Master for the ensuing year . Brother Sherriff

Harris—Most Worshipful Master in the chair , I have great pleasure in nominating for the post of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year a brother whose name is known throughout the length and breadth of the land—Brother Augustus

Henry Glossop Harris—a member of the London County Council , and of Drury Lane , Covent Garden , and other theatres . He has been for many years a Freemason , having been initiated , passed , and raised in the St . Clair Lodge , No . 349 , Edinburgh , in 1875 ; he afterwards joined the

United Grand Lodge.

Maybury Lodge , No . 969 , London ; and in 1885 became one of tho founders and the first S . W . of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 . In 1886-7 he served the office of W . M . of the Drury Lane Lodge . He is M . E . Z . of the Royal

Naval Chapter , No . 59 ; he is Life Governor of the three Masonic Charities ; he has given special prizes to tho Masonic Schools , the pupils of which he has entertained at Drury Lane Theatre . I beg to nominate Bro . Augustus

Henry Glossop Harris for the office of Grand Treasurer . No response was given to Bro . Beach's inquiry—Has any brother any other candidate to propose ? and we can therefore heartily congratulate Brother Harris on his " walk over . " Brother Beach , in re-investing Brother

Robert Grey as President of the Board of Benevolence , to which post he had been appointed , said—I congratulate you on having been again appointed by the Grand Master , and I congratulate Grand Lodsre on havin ?

a brother in the office whose services have been so cheerfully , willingly , and ably given . Bro . Beach announced that tho Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents of the Board of Benevolence who had been nominated by the brethren were Bros . James Brett and C . A . Cottebrune , and as those brethren were the only brethren nominated , he

declared them duly elected . The twelve Past Masters nominated for tho Board of Benevolence were : — Bro . BrowD , William Peter .... . 90 Bunker , James .... 1158 Chapman , George B . 27 Cnndy , George A . ... 901

Dairy , Charles .... 141 Grieve , James Burgess - - - ... 1351 Haslip , Lewis Christopher ... 813 Langley , George R . - ... 183 Read , George .... 5 H Sbedd , Ebenezer .... 276 Taylor , Robert J . - - - - - - 144 Woodward , Alfred Cooper - . . . 1538

and as only * twelve were required , he declared these brethren duly elected . Bro . the Rev . 0 . J . Martyn P . G . C . —Most Worshipful Grand Master in the chair , —Before the report of the Board of Benevolence is put , I should like to propose one vote , which I am sure will obtain the

approval of every member of this Grand Lodge ; it is that the hearty thanks of this Grand Lodge be given to Bro . Brett and Bro . Cottebrune , tho Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents of the Board of Benevolence , for the kind

attention and the constant and unwearied perseverance with which for many years past they have attended the meetings of the Board of Benevolence . It is all very well for us to talk about our grand Masonic Charity , and tho

way in which it is dispensed , and ifc is all very well to plume ourselves on the way we relieve , month after month , candidates who appear before us for help , but it is mainly to those , who , month after month , attend the

Board of Benevolence that our thanks are due , for the constant and unwearied attention they pay to those meetings . I therefore propose our hearty thanks to

Bro . Brett and Bro . Cottebrune , the Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents of the Board of Benevolence for their constant and unwearied attention to tho

Board of Benevolence for many years past . The Earl of Euston seconded the motion , which was carried nem con . The next business was the consideration of the report of the Board of Benevolence , the full text of

which we gave last week . Bro . Robert Grey , President , rose and said that beforo moving that the recommendations from the Board of Benevolence be confirmed , he would wish to call the attention of Grand Lodge to certain

irregularities that occurred , as far as the Board wss able to know , in the petitions that were set before the Board of Benevolence , and he ventured to think that that was the first time that it could be laid before the wholo Craft .

According to Section 244 , when a petition came before the Board from a Lodge , the Lodge which recommended the petitioner should state that " We , the undersigned , the Master , Wardens , and majority of tho members

of the Lodge , in open Lodge assembled , " recommend the case . Frequently petitions came before the Board of Benevolence signed by the Master and Wardens and one or two of the brethren . No doubt it was an

inadvertence on the part of the Lodge . Surely they could not think that the Master and Wardens carried the whole weight of the Lodge , or that that was sufficient . In fact they were not the majority , and although the Board had

not absolute proofs of it they believed that was the case . Now that he had called attention to the matter , he hoped