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Grand Lodge.
GRAND LODGE .
THE Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday , at tho usual hour . Iu the absence of tho Grand Master , R . W . Bro . Lord Leigh P . G . M . Warwickshire presided , as Pro Grand Master , and there were present , R . W . Bro . Major Ramsay , D . G . M . Punjanb as Deputy Grand Master , tho Earl of Dononghmore G . S . W ., the Hon . W . VV . Vernon G . J . W ., John Hervey G . Secretary ,
iEneas J . Molntyro Q . C . G . Registrar , the Rev . J . S . Browurigg G . Chaplain , Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) Grand D . of Ceremonies , T . W . Boord M . P . and E . J . Barrow Grand Deacons , J . B . Monckton President of the Board of General Purposes , together with the following brethren : the Earl of Shrewsbury aud Talbot P . G . M . Staffordshire , Lord Tenterden P . G . W ., Rev . Sir J . Warren Hayes , Rev . C . J . Martyn
and the Rev . R . J . Simpson P . G . Chaplains , Sir M . Costa aud Wm . Kuho P . G . Organists , S . Rawson D . G . M . China , H . G . Sandeman P . D . G . M . Bonibay r , Alderman Hadley P . G . D ., Lieut . Col . Creaton P . G . D ., J . Havers P . G . W ., Hyde Pullen P . G . S . W ., J . Clabon P . G . D ., J . Rucker P . G . D ., W . Ough , Thos . Cubitt , J . Smith and C . A . Cottebruno P . G . Pursuivants , J . E . Saunders P . G . D ., E . P . Albert
G . P ., S . Foxall A . G . P ., Dr . Erasmus Wilson F . K . S ., Raynham Stewart P . G . D ., C . Button Gregory P . G . D ., Brett P . G . P ., E . Gottheil , Haigh , Harty , F . Adlard , Littell , Bingemann , F . Binckes P . G . Steward , ^ . Terry , Capt . Phillips , E . Mather , H . Massey , J . Constable , H . M . Levy , S . Rosenthal , & c , & c . Grand Lodge was opened with the customary formalities . Tho minutes of the Quarterly Communication
of 1 st March and of Grand Festival were read and confirmed . The Pro G . M . announced , in relation to the Charity Jewel , certain alterations aud additions which had been sanctioned by tho Graud Master , to tho following effect . A brother who has servod tho office of Steward to any two of tho Charitable Institutions , and has personally subscribed at each stewardship at least the sum of ten guineas ( £ 10 in
tho case of the R . M . B . I . ) , shall bo privileged to wear the jewel suspended from a r . bbon one and a half inches in width , and coloured white and blno , white and red , bluo and red , or red , whito , and blue , according as ho shall have served , for the girls ( white ) , boys ( bluo ) , or R . M . B . I . ( red ) . He shall further bo entitled to wear a clasp for overy additional Stewardship ho may servo for oifcher of tho
Institutions , provided , however , he on each occasion repeats his personal subscription of ten guineas or pounds as tho case may be . A Vice-President of any ono or moro of the Institutions who is privileged to wear the said jewel is further entitled to wear a rosette above the jewel of the colour or colours mentioned , and a Vice-Patron , similarly privileged , may wear his jewel suspended from a ribbon ronud his
neck , of the same width aud colour . Lastly , every brother serving a Stewardship to any ono of tho Charities on behalf of a Provincial or Country Lodge , who personally attends tho Festival , and brings up contributions amounting to not less than oue hundred guineas shall have the same rights and privileges in respect of the jewel as though ho had personally subscribed ten guineas .
lhe following were elected on the Board of General Purposes , namely , Bros . H . Bishop , H . A . Dubois , John Gibson , R . F . Gould , Eov . W . Taylor , Jones , E . March , A . Richards , J . B . Sorrell , as Masters ; as Past Masters , D . Betfcs , C . F . Ilogard , J . F . Hnggins , H . 0 . Levander , P . do L . Long , aud S . Poyntor ; for the Colonial Board , Bros . Brackstono Bakor , F . Bennoch , J . Brett , It . F . Gould , S . Poynter ,
Griffiths Smith , aud Dr . Erasmus Wilson . The following were nominated and elected to serve on the Committee of Management of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Instifcmion : Bros . J . Brett , C . A . Cottebrnno , T . Cubitt , J . A . Farnfield , C . F . Ilogard , J . G . Stevens , A . H . Tattcrshall , H . M . Levy , H . G . Warren , aud Thomas W . White . The Report of the Board of Benevolence , recommending grants to
the amount of £ 350 , was adopted aud confirmed . The Report of the Board of General Purposes having been adopted , Bro . Mclutyro G . R . proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . J . B . Monckton , President , which was carried uuanimously . The appeal of Bro . W . C . Rowc W . M . Lodge of Truth , No . 914
Bombay , against the decision of tho R . W . D . G . M . Bombay , censuring the Lodge for having passed and raised a brother at tho samo meeting , was dismissed , and the decision confirmed . The proposed alterations in the Laws of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent ; Institution , as recommended at the Special General Meeting , on the 25 th April , of the Governors and Subscribers of that
Institution , were agreed to . The Laws as altered now provide that"The amount of tho Annuity shall bo £ < 10 per annum" to tho men , and " Tho amount of tho Annuity shall be . £ 32 per annum" to the women . Tho Annual Report of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , dated 19 th May 1 H 76 , was then laid before Grand Lodge . Bro . John Havers then rose and proposed the resolution of which
he had given notice : — That this Grand Lodge desires to return its humble and heart y thanks to tho Almighty Architect of the Universe lor Due safe return to his native laud of their beloved Graud Master , His Royal Highucos the 1 ' RIXCI : OF WALES , and in memory of that happy event , determine to lievoto the sum of £ 2 , UUU '; lid of ttie resi . i ; if iou of the two
vnmctJto \ s uic-ti are mobl intimately connected with the history ot Freemasonry in England . ( 1 st . ) " That a sum of £ 1 , 000 bo granted from the Fund for " General Purposes towards the restoration of St . Paul ' s Cathe" dial , and the like sum of £ 1 , 000 from the same Fund towards " the restoration of St . Alban ' s Abbey . "
( 2 nd . ) " That a Committee , to consist of tho Pre Grand " Master , the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Treasurer , Grand " Registrar , President of the Board of General Purposes , and the " Grand Superintendent of Works , be and is hereb y appointed , " and such Committee ( after conference with the Restoration
" Committee of tbv respective Churches ) shall decide in what " manner tho gifts can best be made so as to carry out the wishes " of Graud Lodge . " In the course of his remarks , Pro . Havers remarked on the flourishing condition of Freemasonry as compared now with what it was twenty years ago , and urged that with au increasing annual income , Grand
Grand Lodge.
Lodge could vory well afford to voto the sum of £ 2 , 000 to great national objects . Tho purposes might not ; bo strictly Masonic , but nothing would be lost by occasionally departing from tho beaten track . Thero was no fear as to tho charities , which wero flourishing beyond the most sauguine expectations , and the success of which was assured . He combated the idea that the votes he proposed would bo
for denominational purposes . St . Alban was tho founder of the first Grand Lodgo in this conntry , and St . Paul ' s was tho work of Sir Christopher Wren , whose maul aud working tools wero now preserved and used by tho Lodgo of Antiquity . Moreover , he had reason to know that H . R . H . tho Grand Master entirely approved of his proposal .
Bro . Gould W . M . 92 , said : " I beg to second tho resolutions which have just been proposed by R . W . Bro . Havers , resolutions so good in themselves , and urged in so ablo a manner , as to induce mo to bespeak tho indulgence of Grand Lodge in trespassing ovon for a few moments upon its attention . It may , I think , bo taken as a fact that wo are all agreed as to tho
fitness of voting a sum of money , though a divergence of views may exist as to the purposes to which it should be applied . Without again going into subjects which havo beeu so ably and exhaustively dis . cussed by Bro . Havers , I may be allowed to say that , in my judgmont , there conld be no more appropriate way of celebrating our Grand Master ' s safo return than by adopting the resolutions now
before Grand Lodgo . The purposes proposed are simple and unostentatious . No elaborate machinery is required to carry them into effect , but thoy would demonstrate most forcibly the expression of our gratitude to tho Givor of all good , our fealty and attachment to our Grand Master , and our dosire to illustrate- those sentiments by aiding in tho restoration of two national edifices , whose histories , as
Bro . Havers has so eloquontly shown , aro inseparably connected with that of our Order , and who in a great measure owo their very existence to the labours and oxertions of our ancient brethren . " Bro . the Rev . 11 . J . Simpson then rose , and haring annonnced that it was his intention to withdraw tho resolution of which he had given notice , as ho was anxious tho voto of Graud Lodgo should
bo unanimous on the occasion , proposed as an amendment" That this Grand Lodge desires to return its hnmblo and heartythanks to the Almighty Architect of tho Universe for tho safe return to his nativo land of their beloved Grand Master , the Princo of Wales , and that a special committee be appointed to consider the best mode in which this feeling can bo perpetuated in some practicable and
charitable form , and to report thereon to this Grand Lodge . " Bro . Simpson objected to Bro . Havers ' s resolution , on the ground that a very largo number of Masons in England wero not members of tho Established Chnrch . Ho suggested scholarships for tho Boys' School , or a Priuco of Wales ' s Wing for the Institution of Aged Freemasons . Bro . Baxter Langley seconded the amendment .
Bro . Hntton Gregory supported tho resolution , and cited tho statuo of the Duke of Sussex as an instanco in which the funds of Grand Lodge had been expended on other than charitablo objects . Bros . Raynham Stewart , and Binckes spoke in favour of the amendment , the latter suggesting that Bro . Havers ' s motion should stop at " £ 2 , 000 , " and so leave its appropriation open to further consideration . Bro . Havers having briefly replied , and Lord Leigh bavin"
expressed his personal gratification at tho safe return of tho Grand Master , aud a hope that the visit would lead to a closer union between India aud this country , Bro . Simpson ' s amendment was put , and carried by an overwhelming majority . Bro Bonj . Head's motion , that the sum of £ 70 bo set apart from the Fund of General Purposes for the purpose of supplying coals to the inmates of tho R . M . B . I . during the winter months , having beon considered , Graud Lodgo was closed .
According to Ecbolcl , in his " Histoire des Trois Grandes Logcs de Francs-Masons en Francs , " the first places on the Continent where Masonry was introduced from England were Dunkirk and Mons , in both of which Lodges were constituted as early as 1721 . The Dunkirk Lodge bore
the title of L'Amitie et Fratemite , and was re-constituted 1 st March 1756 , by the Grand Lodge of France . The Mons Lodge was constituted the 4 th June 1721 , and bore tlie title of La Parfaite Union . 'Later it became Provincial Grand Lodge , under the English jurisdiction , for the
Austrian Netherlands , and itself constituted Lodges from 1730 . Ifc would be interesting to learn tlie evidence on which Heboid bases these statements . According to the same writer the first Paris Lodge was founded by Lord
Derwentwater , in 1 / 25 . It was known as Lodge "St . Thomas , " and was constituted in the name of the Loudon Graud Lodge , 12 i . ' u June 172 b' Its plnce of mating ^ ns in eatinsr-house or restaurant in the Rue des
Bnncheries-Saint-Germam , kept by one Hurre . A second Lodge was constituted in Paris the 7 th May 1729 . It was named Louis cVArgent , and met at Lebreton ' s , mine host of " Le Louis d'Argent . The third Paris Lodge was named Arts Sainte-Margueritc , and was founded 11 th December 1729 ;
while a fourth , known as the Lodge De Bussy , met at Landelles' Hotel of the same name , and after the initiation of the Duke d'Anmont , was called the Lodge D'Aumont .
Of these four Lodges Thory , iu "Acta Latomorum , " makes mention of the first , and he also states , under date of 24 th December 1736 , there were at that date four Lodges in Paris . Some of our readers , perhaps , may be ablo to throw light on these matters .
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Grand Lodge.
GRAND LODGE .
THE Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday , at tho usual hour . Iu the absence of tho Grand Master , R . W . Bro . Lord Leigh P . G . M . Warwickshire presided , as Pro Grand Master , and there were present , R . W . Bro . Major Ramsay , D . G . M . Punjanb as Deputy Grand Master , tho Earl of Dononghmore G . S . W ., the Hon . W . VV . Vernon G . J . W ., John Hervey G . Secretary ,
iEneas J . Molntyro Q . C . G . Registrar , the Rev . J . S . Browurigg G . Chaplain , Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) Grand D . of Ceremonies , T . W . Boord M . P . and E . J . Barrow Grand Deacons , J . B . Monckton President of the Board of General Purposes , together with the following brethren : the Earl of Shrewsbury aud Talbot P . G . M . Staffordshire , Lord Tenterden P . G . W ., Rev . Sir J . Warren Hayes , Rev . C . J . Martyn
and the Rev . R . J . Simpson P . G . Chaplains , Sir M . Costa aud Wm . Kuho P . G . Organists , S . Rawson D . G . M . China , H . G . Sandeman P . D . G . M . Bonibay r , Alderman Hadley P . G . D ., Lieut . Col . Creaton P . G . D ., J . Havers P . G . W ., Hyde Pullen P . G . S . W ., J . Clabon P . G . D ., J . Rucker P . G . D ., W . Ough , Thos . Cubitt , J . Smith and C . A . Cottebruno P . G . Pursuivants , J . E . Saunders P . G . D ., E . P . Albert
G . P ., S . Foxall A . G . P ., Dr . Erasmus Wilson F . K . S ., Raynham Stewart P . G . D ., C . Button Gregory P . G . D ., Brett P . G . P ., E . Gottheil , Haigh , Harty , F . Adlard , Littell , Bingemann , F . Binckes P . G . Steward , ^ . Terry , Capt . Phillips , E . Mather , H . Massey , J . Constable , H . M . Levy , S . Rosenthal , & c , & c . Grand Lodge was opened with the customary formalities . Tho minutes of the Quarterly Communication
of 1 st March and of Grand Festival were read and confirmed . The Pro G . M . announced , in relation to the Charity Jewel , certain alterations aud additions which had been sanctioned by tho Graud Master , to tho following effect . A brother who has servod tho office of Steward to any two of tho Charitable Institutions , and has personally subscribed at each stewardship at least the sum of ten guineas ( £ 10 in
tho case of the R . M . B . I . ) , shall bo privileged to wear the jewel suspended from a r . bbon one and a half inches in width , and coloured white and blno , white and red , bluo and red , or red , whito , and blue , according as ho shall have served , for the girls ( white ) , boys ( bluo ) , or R . M . B . I . ( red ) . He shall further bo entitled to wear a clasp for overy additional Stewardship ho may servo for oifcher of tho
Institutions , provided , however , he on each occasion repeats his personal subscription of ten guineas or pounds as tho case may be . A Vice-President of any ono or moro of the Institutions who is privileged to wear the said jewel is further entitled to wear a rosette above the jewel of the colour or colours mentioned , and a Vice-Patron , similarly privileged , may wear his jewel suspended from a ribbon ronud his
neck , of the same width aud colour . Lastly , every brother serving a Stewardship to any ono of tho Charities on behalf of a Provincial or Country Lodge , who personally attends tho Festival , and brings up contributions amounting to not less than oue hundred guineas shall have the same rights and privileges in respect of the jewel as though ho had personally subscribed ten guineas .
lhe following were elected on the Board of General Purposes , namely , Bros . H . Bishop , H . A . Dubois , John Gibson , R . F . Gould , Eov . W . Taylor , Jones , E . March , A . Richards , J . B . Sorrell , as Masters ; as Past Masters , D . Betfcs , C . F . Ilogard , J . F . Hnggins , H . 0 . Levander , P . do L . Long , aud S . Poyntor ; for the Colonial Board , Bros . Brackstono Bakor , F . Bennoch , J . Brett , It . F . Gould , S . Poynter ,
Griffiths Smith , aud Dr . Erasmus Wilson . The following were nominated and elected to serve on the Committee of Management of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Instifcmion : Bros . J . Brett , C . A . Cottebrnno , T . Cubitt , J . A . Farnfield , C . F . Ilogard , J . G . Stevens , A . H . Tattcrshall , H . M . Levy , H . G . Warren , aud Thomas W . White . The Report of the Board of Benevolence , recommending grants to
the amount of £ 350 , was adopted aud confirmed . The Report of the Board of General Purposes having been adopted , Bro . Mclutyro G . R . proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . J . B . Monckton , President , which was carried uuanimously . The appeal of Bro . W . C . Rowc W . M . Lodge of Truth , No . 914
Bombay , against the decision of tho R . W . D . G . M . Bombay , censuring the Lodge for having passed and raised a brother at tho samo meeting , was dismissed , and the decision confirmed . The proposed alterations in the Laws of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent ; Institution , as recommended at the Special General Meeting , on the 25 th April , of the Governors and Subscribers of that
Institution , were agreed to . The Laws as altered now provide that"The amount of tho Annuity shall bo £ < 10 per annum" to tho men , and " Tho amount of tho Annuity shall be . £ 32 per annum" to the women . Tho Annual Report of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , dated 19 th May 1 H 76 , was then laid before Grand Lodge . Bro . John Havers then rose and proposed the resolution of which
he had given notice : — That this Grand Lodge desires to return its humble and heart y thanks to tho Almighty Architect of the Universe lor Due safe return to his native laud of their beloved Graud Master , His Royal Highucos the 1 ' RIXCI : OF WALES , and in memory of that happy event , determine to lievoto the sum of £ 2 , UUU '; lid of ttie resi . i ; if iou of the two
vnmctJto \ s uic-ti are mobl intimately connected with the history ot Freemasonry in England . ( 1 st . ) " That a sum of £ 1 , 000 bo granted from the Fund for " General Purposes towards the restoration of St . Paul ' s Cathe" dial , and the like sum of £ 1 , 000 from the same Fund towards " the restoration of St . Alban ' s Abbey . "
( 2 nd . ) " That a Committee , to consist of tho Pre Grand " Master , the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Treasurer , Grand " Registrar , President of the Board of General Purposes , and the " Grand Superintendent of Works , be and is hereb y appointed , " and such Committee ( after conference with the Restoration
" Committee of tbv respective Churches ) shall decide in what " manner tho gifts can best be made so as to carry out the wishes " of Graud Lodge . " In the course of his remarks , Pro . Havers remarked on the flourishing condition of Freemasonry as compared now with what it was twenty years ago , and urged that with au increasing annual income , Grand
Grand Lodge.
Lodge could vory well afford to voto the sum of £ 2 , 000 to great national objects . Tho purposes might not ; bo strictly Masonic , but nothing would be lost by occasionally departing from tho beaten track . Thero was no fear as to tho charities , which wero flourishing beyond the most sauguine expectations , and the success of which was assured . He combated the idea that the votes he proposed would bo
for denominational purposes . St . Alban was tho founder of the first Grand Lodgo in this conntry , and St . Paul ' s was tho work of Sir Christopher Wren , whose maul aud working tools wero now preserved and used by tho Lodgo of Antiquity . Moreover , he had reason to know that H . R . H . tho Grand Master entirely approved of his proposal .
Bro . Gould W . M . 92 , said : " I beg to second tho resolutions which have just been proposed by R . W . Bro . Havers , resolutions so good in themselves , and urged in so ablo a manner , as to induce mo to bespeak tho indulgence of Grand Lodge in trespassing ovon for a few moments upon its attention . It may , I think , bo taken as a fact that wo are all agreed as to tho
fitness of voting a sum of money , though a divergence of views may exist as to the purposes to which it should be applied . Without again going into subjects which havo beeu so ably and exhaustively dis . cussed by Bro . Havers , I may be allowed to say that , in my judgmont , there conld be no more appropriate way of celebrating our Grand Master ' s safo return than by adopting the resolutions now
before Grand Lodgo . The purposes proposed are simple and unostentatious . No elaborate machinery is required to carry them into effect , but thoy would demonstrate most forcibly the expression of our gratitude to tho Givor of all good , our fealty and attachment to our Grand Master , and our dosire to illustrate- those sentiments by aiding in tho restoration of two national edifices , whose histories , as
Bro . Havers has so eloquontly shown , aro inseparably connected with that of our Order , and who in a great measure owo their very existence to the labours and oxertions of our ancient brethren . " Bro . the Rev . 11 . J . Simpson then rose , and haring annonnced that it was his intention to withdraw tho resolution of which he had given notice , as ho was anxious tho voto of Graud Lodgo should
bo unanimous on the occasion , proposed as an amendment" That this Grand Lodge desires to return its hnmblo and heartythanks to the Almighty Architect of tho Universe for tho safe return to his nativo land of their beloved Grand Master , the Princo of Wales , and that a special committee be appointed to consider the best mode in which this feeling can bo perpetuated in some practicable and
charitable form , and to report thereon to this Grand Lodge . " Bro . Simpson objected to Bro . Havers ' s resolution , on the ground that a very largo number of Masons in England wero not members of tho Established Chnrch . Ho suggested scholarships for tho Boys' School , or a Priuco of Wales ' s Wing for the Institution of Aged Freemasons . Bro . Baxter Langley seconded the amendment .
Bro . Hntton Gregory supported tho resolution , and cited tho statuo of the Duke of Sussex as an instanco in which the funds of Grand Lodge had been expended on other than charitablo objects . Bros . Raynham Stewart , and Binckes spoke in favour of the amendment , the latter suggesting that Bro . Havers ' s motion should stop at " £ 2 , 000 , " and so leave its appropriation open to further consideration . Bro . Havers having briefly replied , and Lord Leigh bavin"
expressed his personal gratification at tho safe return of tho Grand Master , aud a hope that the visit would lead to a closer union between India aud this country , Bro . Simpson ' s amendment was put , and carried by an overwhelming majority . Bro Bonj . Head's motion , that the sum of £ 70 bo set apart from the Fund of General Purposes for the purpose of supplying coals to the inmates of tho R . M . B . I . during the winter months , having beon considered , Graud Lodgo was closed .
According to Ecbolcl , in his " Histoire des Trois Grandes Logcs de Francs-Masons en Francs , " the first places on the Continent where Masonry was introduced from England were Dunkirk and Mons , in both of which Lodges were constituted as early as 1721 . The Dunkirk Lodge bore
the title of L'Amitie et Fratemite , and was re-constituted 1 st March 1756 , by the Grand Lodge of France . The Mons Lodge was constituted the 4 th June 1721 , and bore tlie title of La Parfaite Union . 'Later it became Provincial Grand Lodge , under the English jurisdiction , for the
Austrian Netherlands , and itself constituted Lodges from 1730 . Ifc would be interesting to learn tlie evidence on which Heboid bases these statements . According to the same writer the first Paris Lodge was founded by Lord
Derwentwater , in 1 / 25 . It was known as Lodge "St . Thomas , " and was constituted in the name of the Loudon Graud Lodge , 12 i . ' u June 172 b' Its plnce of mating ^ ns in eatinsr-house or restaurant in the Rue des
Bnncheries-Saint-Germam , kept by one Hurre . A second Lodge was constituted in Paris the 7 th May 1729 . It was named Louis cVArgent , and met at Lebreton ' s , mine host of " Le Louis d'Argent . The third Paris Lodge was named Arts Sainte-Margueritc , and was founded 11 th December 1729 ;
while a fourth , known as the Lodge De Bussy , met at Landelles' Hotel of the same name , and after the initiation of the Duke d'Anmont , was called the Lodge D'Aumont .
Of these four Lodges Thory , iu "Acta Latomorum , " makes mention of the first , and he also states , under date of 24 th December 1736 , there were at that date four Lodges in Paris . Some of our readers , perhaps , may be ablo to throw light on these matters .