Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE .

THE Fourth Quarterly Communication for the year 1882 was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , when there were ahout 600 present . The Earl of Limerick presided , Lord Carrington acted as Grand S . W ., and Bro . Victor A . Williamson as Grand J . W . There were a large number of eminent Masons present , including , among

others , Bros . Beach , M . P ., General Brownrigg , Le Gendre Starkie , Sir Albert Wood , Col . Shadwell H . Gierke ; Bros . Sampson Peirce , Sandeman , Col . Creaton , Nunn President of the Lodge of Benevolence ; and Bro . Rucker President of the Colonial Board . Bro . Raymond Thrupp nominated H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Master .

which was received with great applause . The President announced that the Grand Master had appointed Brother Joshua Nunn to be the President of the Lodge of Benevolence , nnd Brother James Brett was elected Senior Vice President , Brother Charles Atkins' was elected Junior

Vice President , and the following twelve Past Masters were elected to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence : Bros Britten , Collier , Cull , Dairey , Garrod , Hogard , Klenck , Mann , Matthews , Ferryman , Stephens , and Storr . The reshlt of the presentation of the report of the Colonial

Board was , that four Lodges which had been inoperative for many years were ordered to be struck off the Register of Grand Lodge , namely 1068 and 1156 , Cairo ; 1154 , Alexandria ; and 1419 , Ramlah . The Lodge of Benevolence recommended eighteen grants of from £ 50 to £ 100 ,

for confirmation by Grand Lodge , and after some explanations had been demanded and given about some among them , they were all agreed to . Of these grants six only were

to brethren ( or widows of brethren ) of London Lodges , while twelve came from the Provinces , There were four grants of £ 100 , all upon petitions from the Provinces The whole amount of the votes so confirmed was £ 1100 .

The Report of the Board of General Purposes referred to the irregular conduct of a Provincial Lodge in having raised a Fellow Craft within a period of thirteen days from the time of his being passed to the second degree , and it appeared that the Board had ordered that tho

degeee so irregularly granted should be cancelled , and that the brother should be obligated in the third degree before being registered as a M . M . It appeared from the report that the balance at the credit of the Grand Lodgs accounts on the 17 th November , when the Finance Committee last

met , was £ 4187 12 s 4 d . Three appeals were considered . The first came from Brisbane , against the ruling of the District Grand Master , that a Lodge of Instruction can only be held in the same building as the Lodge under whose warrant it works , and the appeal was allowed on

the ground that the identical locus in quo , though desirable , was not prescribed by the Book of Constitutions : but it was stated that there was at present a proposal to amend the Book of Constitutions in that particular . The second appeal came from Jamaica , and- was against the ruling of

the Deputy District Grand Master , allowing an alteration in a Lodge ' s by-laws , although the alteration in question had not been submitted for the approval of the Deputy District Grand Master . This appeal was dismissed , Grand Lodge concurring with the view of the Deputy

District Grand Master that the alteration was not material within the meaning of Article 5 . The third appeal was from a brother at Plymouth , against the decision of the Prov . G . Master for Devonshire , refusing to call for information upon which a brother had opposed the election of the

appellant as Provincial Grand Treasurer . This appeal was dismissed . Upon Bro . Clabon ' s motion to raise the quarterages payable to Grand Lodge from 4 s to 6 s from Metropolitan , and from 2 s to 3 s from Provincial brethren , so as to increase the income of the Lodge of Benevolence ,

and enable them to continue the present liberal grants in aid , there was a long discussion . The opposition to the increase came entirely from the Provinces , which were strongly represented , and although Bro . Clabon , in his reply to the objections raised pointed to the fact above

referred to , that two-thirds of the grants just voted were to provincial brethren or their widows , the motion was lost ; the numbers being 182 for the motion , and 186

against it . Bro . Clabon then asked permission to withdraw the second motion of which he had given notice , that no part of the capital should be sold without tbe express order of a Grand Lodge , but this was opposed , and was only

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granted upon being put to the vote . Bro . Budden ' s motion that Grand Lodge should endow two Scholarships in the Royal College of Music was negatived . The President ruled that Bro . James Stevens' motion that the radius of the London district , which is now a distance of ten miles

from Freemasons' Hall , should be reduced to a distance of four miles , was out of order . The proper course , he said , would have been to propose an alteration in the Book of Constitutions ; otherwise they must have a resolution on

the minutes at variance with the Book of Constitutions . This was an abstract resolution , which , if carried , would have to be followed by an operative resolution . The matter was therefore not proceeded with , and Grand Lodge was closed at ten o ' clock .

City Of London Orchestral Union.

CITY OF LONDON ORCHESTRAL UNION .

THE Concert given by this Musical Society on the evening of Wednesday , 29 th ultimo , was one of the most successful we have attended , and wo heartily congratulate Brother G . T . H . Seddon , the conductor , ou the result achieved . The Union was established in Jnne 1867 , and in the course of its existence it has sent into the ranks of the musical profession many artists who have mado their

mark . We scarcely know a similar society where members have so steadily aud persistently worked together , or where a more harmonious feeling has existed . The programme of the evening under notice comprised the following items : — PART I . — Overture , "Cosifan tutte , Mozart ; Larghetto , "Symphony No . 2 , " Beethoven ; Ballet Music , "Faust , " Gounod—No . 2 Adagio , No . 3 Allegretto

No . 4 Moderate ; Grand Selection , " La Grande Dnchesse , " Offenbach , with Solos for flute , piccolo , oboe , clarionet , horn , cornet , trombone , and euphonium , by Messrs . Toussaint , Fisher , Shuckard , Hunter , Johnson , Pringuer , Herring , and Oxenham . PART II . —Overture , " Martha , " Flotow , Horn Obligate , Mr . Johnson ; Grand Selection , " Cinq Mars , " Gounod , with Solos for flute , piccolo , oboes , clarionet

horns , cornet , and euphonium , by Messrs . Toussaint , Fisher , Shuckard , Coldwell , Hunter , Johnson , Jones , Pringuer , and Oxenham ; Danse Romanesca ( in F ) Muscat ; Fest Marsch , " Tannhauser , " Wagner . The most successful of the numbers was unquestionably the "Ballet Music , " Faust ; but during the evening Gounod was in the ascendant ; —the execution of the several solos in the Grand Selection , " Cinq Mars , " evidenced great care had been paid to the rehearsals . During

the evening Madame Clara West sang two or three songs , as likewise did Mr . R . Emslie . Miss Lottie West , whoso name was in the programme , was prevented from attending through indisposition . In , conclusion we may state that the Society meets every Wednesday evening throughout the year , at the Albion Hall , London Wall , and that any amateur who is desirous of joining may learn all particulars from the conductor ( Bro . G . T . H . Seddon ) , or the librarian ( Mr . Gt , H . Hillman ) .

The Fifteen Sections

THE FIFTEEN SECTIONS

WILL BE WORKED By the brethren of the Egyptian Lodge of Instruction , No . 27 , at Bro . Maidwell ' s , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall-street , on Thursday , 14 th of December , by Bros . I . P . Cohen P . M . 205 ; C . H . Webb P . M . 1607

I . P . M ., T . J . Barnes P . M . 933 S . W ., W . Mnsto P . M . 1339 J . AV ., L . Norden Hou . Sec . First Lecture—Bros . Gartley , Norden , Davis , Norden , Stephens , Webb , Pringle . Second Lecture—Bros . Paton , Moss , Richardson , Musto , Taylor . Third Lecture—Bros . Phillips Maidwell , Da Silva .

The regular meeting of the Doric Lodge , No . 316 , G . R . Canada , was held on the 17 th November , at the Masonic Hall , Toronto . The following were elected Officers for the ensuing year : —Bros . Pear , son W . M ., Ritchie jun . S . W ., Gilbert J . W ., Collins Treasnrer , Adlard Secretary , Rev . Dr . Wild Chaplain , Cowan Rep . on Hall Board .

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