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Th « First Masonic Festival of the Ensuing Tear WILL BK IHiT OF THE MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION TOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , Grand Patron aud President : Kit ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WAGES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . WHICH WILI . TAKB PLACS AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , 29 TH FEBRUARY 1888 , CPOlf WHICH OCCASION SIR GEORGE ELLIOT , Bart ., M . P ., R . W . PROV . G . M . SOUTH WALES ( EAST DIVISION ) , kas be « n pleased to signify his intention of Presiding . BRETHREN are earnestly iuvitad to nccept the office of Stewards upon this occasion , and they wilt greatly oblige by forwarding their names amd Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will f ladly gire any information required , and supply them with the neccosary circular * , Ac . It it fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the largo number of applicants and th « few vacancies . Brethren wili uso their influence to obtain donation * towards tho funds of the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present timo . Expenditure in Annuities alone £ 15 , 000 . Permanent imcom * only £ 3 , 600 . JAMES TERRY , Vice-Patron , P . G . S . B . Secretary . Omca : —4 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . O .

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IjbplUteffmxfttsiitttiiattferr(Sirls, ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : His BOYAL HIGHNESS THK PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OP WALES . FOUNDED 178 8 . CENTENARY CELEBRATION 1888 . Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion will greatly oblige by sending in their names as early as convenient . F . It . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Of « c»—5 Froomasons' Hall , Great Queon Street , W . C .

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THE LODGE OF SINCERITY , No . 174 , WILL SHORTLY PUBLISH ITS HISTORY FOR THE LAST 103 YEARS . By Brother JOHN NEWTON , P . R . A . S . P . Jf . 171 ( and late Secretary ) , P . M . 1007 , P . Z . 171 , 975 , & c , & c . Price to SUBSCRIBERS , 5 s nett ; by post 5 s 6 d . Royal 8 vo , Bound in Cloth . Tho Subscription List will close on 18 th January , for printing , after which date the price will be 7 s , by post 7 s 6 d . Applications for Copies , with Remittance , to be addressed to the Secretary , Bro . C . H . WEBB , 3 Wharf Road , Cubitt Town , E .

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United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

rglHE December Quarterly Communication was held on J- Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . W . W . B . Bench , Prov . Grand Master of Hants and Isle of Wisrht

preside 1 . Bro . Thomas W . Tew Prov . Grand Master for West Yorkshire acted as Deputy ' Grand Master , and Bro . H . I ) . Saudeman Past District Grand Master of Bengal as Past Grand Master .

li ; e minutes of the last , Communication were read and confirmed . Bro . !> f : ici ' i , before , commencing tho rngular business of

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the evening , said there was a pleasing duty which devolved upon him as the representative of the Most Worshipful Grand Master . Tho brethren had all heard in the minutes just read of Grand Lodge in September cordial votes of

thanks were recorded to two distinguished brethren , Sir Albert W . Woods ( Garter ) P . G . W . G . D . C ., and Bro . T . Fenu P . G . D . President Board General Purposes , for their valuable services afc the ereat Masonic Jubilee at the Albert

Hall on the 13 th June last ; it was then ordered that these votes should be suitably illuminated and formally presented . The documents had accordingly been prepared , and he had now the pleasure of presenting them , together with

illuminated copies of tho vote accorded to them by Grand Lodge in June 1875 , on the occasion of the installation of tho Prince of Wales as Grand Master , but which , from some

inadvertence , had not hitherto been prepared and presented . In offering the testimonial to Bro . Sir Albert Woods , Bro . Beach said he knew full well Sir Albert would

appreciate it as tho testimony not only of the respect and affection entertained for him by Grand Lodge , but as a slight token of the thanks the brethren owed to him for his valuable services in connection with those great Masonic occasions which he had mentioned .

In making the presentation to Bro . Fenn , Bro . Beach said he knew there was no Mason who was ignorant of the valuable services Bro . Fenn had rendered to Masonry in presiding over the Board of General Purposes . To a great

extent he was responsible for the government of the Craft . The Brethren made this presentation in recognition of the important services he had rendered to the Brethren on the great Masonic occasions to which he had already alluded .

Bro . Sir Albert W . Woods , in acknowled ging the gift , said he could but renew to the Brethren the thanks he

had offered in Grand Lodge when they conveyed their recognition in the kind and handsome vote of thanks for the services he had performed during the very many years that ho had held the office of Grand Director of Ceremonies .

To him it must be a sincere gratification indeed to know that his humble services had been appreciated by this Grand Lodge ; he assured them that as long as he had the power those services would ever be given to Freemasonry , and especially to the Grand Lodge .

Bro . Thomas Fenn said he did not at all expect to be again called upon to return thanks for the kind vote which the Brethren had accoixled to him on the last

occasion . Were he to repeat what he had said it would be tedious to the Brethren , as well as unnecessary ; he could only say the success of that great event , for which they had given their vote of thanks , had been a great

pleasure to him and those who so kindly assisted him . He thanked them for the very substantial manner in which they had that day recorded and presented him with the vote of thanks .

Bro . Beach said he had a proposition to make , which ho did with a full knowledge that he would have the entire approval of the M . W . the Grand Master , which was that these votes of thanks just presented to their Brethren bo

accompanied , in each case , by a Masonic Jubilee jewel . The Brethren having unanimously signified their assent , the jewels were presented to Bros . Sir Albert Woods and Feim .

Bro . Beach said he had now a proposition to make on behalf of the Grand Master . It came in the shape of a notice of motion ,

That the snm of £ 500 be voted from the Fund of General Purposes tu the contribution of Grand Lodge towards the relief of the present distress an'ong the deserving poor of the metropolis .

Masons were very proud of distributing their Charity among members of their Order who might be deserving , and on those who mi ght be dependent upon them and reduced to distress , ancl that relief was given with no

stinted hand . But though Masons were very glad on every occasion to mete out the funds at their disposal to those of their Order who required it , still there wero certain occasions when it was by no means inexpedient and

was extremel y fitting that they should recognise the claims of Charity from other quarters , ancl show that as Masons they could sympathise with distress in whatever quarter it mi ght arise . In an immense City like London , the

population of which was numbered by millions , it could not but be that distress would arise at particular times . It would ba quite impossible that employment should be meted out to all , but there had been occasions , and of late during the beginning of this winter , when there had been a dearth of