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UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE Quarterly Communication was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , under the presidency of Bro . George Richards District Grand Master of the Transvaal . The first three items on the Agenda of business as

published in our last issue were dealt with , and then H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught was nominated for re-election as Grand Master ; Bro . Thomas Wakley making the formal proposition , on behalf of a Brother who was absent on Circuit .

Capt . Barlow was alone nominated for the elective Office of Grand Treasurer , so that we shall be spared the excitement of a contest for that coveted post next March . We deal elsewhere with an item in the Report of the Board of General Purposes , the result of the vote of Grand

Lodge going against the Board being that the Appeal of the Regent ' s Park Lodge , No . 2202 was upheld . Taken altogether the meeting , which promised to be of a very quiet nature , proved to be one of the most exciting held in recent years . ****************** MARK GRAND LODGE .

AT the Quarterly Communication , held at Mark Masons ' Hall , on Tuesday , the Earl of Euston Pro Grand Master presiding , the Duke of Connaught was nominated for election for the second year as Grand Master , Bro . G . Phillips Parker being his nominator .

Bro . Frank Richardson G . Reg . having been appointed by the Grand Master to the Presidency of the General Board , was invested' with the insignia of his Office . Bro . F . G . Ivey was nominated for election as Grand Treasurer . Letters were read acknowledging , on behalf of the Duke

of Connaught , the vote of sympathy passed by Grand Lodge on the death of the Empress : Frederick , and , on behalf of Mrs . Beach , the vote with respect to the late Bro . W . W . B . Beach . The Earl of Euston announced that the Grand Master had appointed Bro . J . Strachan , K . C , Grand Registrar .

****************** Bro . Charles Carter is to be congratulated on his unanimous election to the mayoralty of the ancient borough of Poole . His Masonic experience and ability will stand him

in good stead , while the high estimation m which he is held generally should ensure for him a happy year of Office . His Brethren join in hearty good wishes and in the hope that the coming year may be one of prosperity to the town .

********** It has been arranged to give a complimentary farewell dinner , at the Prince ' s Restaurant , on the 12 th inst , to Bro . Hermann Klein Past Grand Organist , the well-known musical critic and professor of singing , previous to his departure for

America . The chair will be taken by Sir Arthur Trendell , C . M . G . Those Brethren who wish to be present on the occasion are requested to communicate with Sir Arthur Trendell , at 14 Ladbroke Square , or with Bro . Under-Sheriff Langton P . D . G . D . C , at 2 Paper Buildings , Temple .

********** Colonel Charles Lyne , of Brynhyfryd , Newport , twice Mayor of the Borough , and for many years head of the Craft in Monmouthshire , who died on' 23 rd July last , bequeathed to his daughter , Marion Alice Maud Lyne , £ 1 , 000 : to his

wife , £ 1 , 000 and his furniture and household effects , carriages and horses ; and to his son , Charles Robert Lyne , the plate presented to him by the Masonic Fraternity in Monmouth and his jewels , regalia , and clothing . The remainder of his property he left on trust to pay the income thereof to his wife during her life , and then in equal shares for his children .

********** It has long been felt that an abridged edition of Gould ' s History was wanted , and yielding to the general desire , Bro . R . F . Gould will shortly produce in one volume , a " Concise History of Freemasonry . " The book will be most welcome

, for the larger edition ! , the first volume of which was printed in 1882 , and the last in 1887 , is essentially a student ' s book . Messrs . Gale and Polden , of Paternoster Row , are the publishers of the " Concise " History . Bro . Gould is the author

also of " The Four Old Lodges , " " Military Lodges , " and other works . In 1858 he was W . M . of the Inhabitants Lodge , No . 153 , Gibraltar , some of the members of which last month received a Charter for a new Lodge , to be called the Robert Freke Gould , No . 2874 , Gibraltar ,

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It has been decided by the members of the Whittington Lodge of Instruction , No . 862 , which formerly met at the Red Lion , Poppins Court , Fleet Street , E . C , on Wednesday evenings ., at 8 p . m ., to remove to the Crown and Sceptre , Great Titchfield Street , near Oxford Street , W , and in future

hold their meetings there . Bro . Frame Heywood , who' was recently installed into the chair of the Parent Lodge , is the proprietor , and Brethren who can make it convenient to attend on Wednesday , at 8 p . m ., will meet with a hearty welcome . Bro . Pauncefort P . M . is the Preceptor and he will be happy to assist all desirous of gaining correct Masonic knowledge .

********** The cosmopolitanism of London , no less than the universality of Freemasonry , was illustrated at the installation of the new Worshipful Master ( Frere . Jules Oppenheim ) of the Lodge L'Entente Cordialej one of the two entirely French

Lodges in the metropolis—the other being La France—which work under Charters from the Grand Lodge of England . The very name of this body is of happy omen , and its friendly strength was illustrated by the presence at the function of many distinguished English members of the Craft , including

the Provincial Grand Master of Cambridgeshire Colonel Caldwell , the Grand Secretary of England Edward Letchworth , the Bishop of Barking Past Grand Chaplain , Major Woodall Past Grand Treasurer , James Fernandez and Imre Kiralfy Past Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies , and H . C . Richards , C . C , M . P , Immediate Past Master of the

Earl of Sussex Lodge , Brighton . More than one of the visiting Brethren expressed the keenest interest in and admiration for the " working "' of L'Entente Cordiale , which , of course , was entirely in French ; and while both that language and English were employed in the speeches during the

subsequent proceedings , the toast of the King could not have been received more enthusiastically in an entirely British assembly , while the cordial strains of " For he ' s a iolly good fellow , " with which ' the English visitors hailed the health of the Worshipful Master , were obviously enjoyed oy everyone present , of whatever nationality . — " Birmingham Daily Post . "

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