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tf ^^^^ Mi ^^ a SATURDAY , 26 TH FEBRUARY 1898 .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

A QUARTERLY Communication of Grand Lodge is to be held on Wednesday next , 2 nd March , at Freemasons ' Hall , London , at six for seven in the evening . The following is the Agenda of

BUSINESS . 1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 1 st December for confirmation . 2 . Communications from the Most Worshipful Grand Master . ( 1 ) The Most Worshipful Grand Master has been pleased to sanction the following addition to the Eegulations respecting the Charity

Jewels , at Page 143 of the Book of Constitutions , and has ordered that the same be inserted immediately after the paragraph relating to Vice-Patrons . " A Patron of any one or more of the Masonic Institutions may have embroidered on the right and left side of the ribbon referred to in the preceding paragraph , a sprig of Acacia one and a half inches long , meeting in the centre , over the colour

appertaining to the Institution of which he is a Patron , and the Jewel ensigned with a representation of the Coronet of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master ; the sprig of Acacia and the Coronet to be of Silver for a Patron of any one of the Institutions , of Gold for a Patron of two , and enamelled in their proper colours for a Patron of the three Institutions . "

( 2 ) The Grand Secretary has been commanded by the Grand Master to communicate to the Grand Lodge , that Bro . George Edwin Fairchild has been convicted of felony , for which he is now undergoing penal servitude , and to submit to Grand Lodge the

propriety under the circumstances of removing the said Brother from the Bank of Past Assistant Grand'Director of Ceremonies , to which office he was appointed in 1895 . 3 . To read a communication from the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master .

4 . Election of Most Worshipful Grand Master . 5 . Election of Grand Treasurer ; Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Clifford Probyn P . M . of Lodge No . 18 , London , the only nomination . 6 . Eeport of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: — The Widow of a Brother of the Eoyal St . Edmunds Lodge , No . 1008 , Bury St . Edmunds ... . . .. . ... £ 50 0 0 A Brother of the Nelson Lodge , No . 700 , Plumstead 50 0 0

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A Brother of the Mayo Lodge , No . 1406 , Secunderabad ... 75 0 0 A Brother of the Derwent Lodge , No . 40 , Hastings 50 0 0 A Brother of the Friends in Council Lodge , No . 1383 , London 100 0 0 A Brother of the Southdown Lodge , No . 1797 , Hurstpierpoint 50 0 0 A Brother of the Bock Lodge , No . 1289 , Birkenhead 100 0 O The Widow of a Brother of the Albert Edward Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 1429 , Newport , Mon 100 0 0

7 . EEPOET OF THE BOAED OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of

England . The Board have to report that the following Presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks : — Title or Objeot . By whom Presented . An Old Masonic Certificate . —James Terry P . G . Swd . Br .

An Old Silver Collar Jewel . —Felix Kite P . P . G . D . C . Kent . Eoyal Arch Medal , 1825 . —Mrs . Horatio Nelson . Centenary Jewel of No . 124 . —W . Logan P . P . G . Registrar Durham . Sundry Masonic Calendars and Pamphlets . —Mrs . Gerard Ford . Centenary Jewels of Nos . 97 and 111 . —Eobert Hudson P . G . Swd . Br . Old Silver Deacon's Jewel . —J . C . Main P . M . and Sec . No . 157 .

Programme of Consecration of Victoria Diamond Jubilee Lodge , No . 2675 , Woodford . —C . J . Smith W . M . No . 2675 . Bible and Church Service , Black Letter , 1616 . —L . E . B . Halcrow J . D . No . 1538 . Address to Harmony Lodge , No . 156 . —Frank Mabin , No . 105 . Portrait of William Watson P . G . S . -Henry L . Davis P . M . No . 25 . Two Old Masonic Aprons , Collars and Jewels . —John S . Abbott W . M . No .

2077 . Constitutions of Grand Lodge South Carolina . —G . L . of South Carolina . Old Masonic Apron . —A . G . Browning P . M . No . 33 . History of the Oak Lodge , No . 190 . —The Oak Lodge , No . 190 . A Scarce Masonic Medal ( French ) . —Wm . J . Hughan P . G . D . An Old Masters' Lodge ( A Reprint ) . —Wm . J . Hughan P . G . D .

Sir Henry Harbin ( A Biographical Sketch ) . —Eobert F . Gould P . G . D . An Old Mark Jewel ( Silver Gilt)—George Graveley A . G . D . C . R . A . Centenary Jewel of No . 137 . —A . C . Chapin P . M . No . 137 . Engraved Portrait of the Earl of Zetland . —John G . Stevens P . M . 933 . Large Seal of Chapter No . 313 , Bengal . —William Baddeley W . M . No . 25 . Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal ( Silver ) . —M . Carteighe W . M . No . 2394 . A Masonic Halfpenny Token . —E . L . P . Valeriani P . G . Std . Br .

The Board also submit a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts presented to the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 11 th day of February instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch , ) of £ 9 , 865 17 s lOd , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , and for Servants' Wages £ 100 . ( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 15 th February 1898 .

List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted ^ by M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . No . 2686—The Alfred Newton Lodge , London . 2687—The Italia Lodge , London . 2688—The Wythenshawe Lodge , Northenden , Cheshire . 2689—The King ' s Court Lodge , Gillingham , Dorset .

' 2690—The West Kirby Lodge , West Kirby , Cheshire . 2691—The Lodge of Israel , Cape Town , S . Africa . 2692—The Hastings Lodge , Hastings , Sussex . 2693—The Pellipar Lodge , London . 2694—The Justinian Lodge , London . 2695—The Doric Lodge , Harrowgate , Yorkshire . 2696—The Arcadian Lodge , London .

2697—The St . Michael le Querne Lodge , London . 2698—The Brondesbury Lodge , London . 2699—The Wandle Lodge , London . 2700—The Old Masonians Lodge , London . 2701—The Radclifie Lodge , Eadclifie , Lancashire . 2702—The Hollingworth Lodge , Oldham , Lancashire . 2703—The Wallsend Lodge , Wallsend , Northumberland . 2704—The True Blue Lodge , Motihari , Bengal .

Invasion Of An Oxford Freemasons Lodge.

INVASION OF AN OXFORD FREEMASONS LODGE .

AN unusual scene was witnessed at a Lodge meeting which was being held in the Masonic Hall , Alfred Street , Oxford , on tho night of the 10 th inst . The account , however , which appeared in an evening contemporary is , we are informed , highly coloured . An Officer of the Lodge who was present supplies us with the following information :

" One of the Past Masters of the Lodge was speaking when we heard a tremendous hubbub and scrambling on the stairs . Judging from the noise that those ascending were intruders an Officer went to the door , and was just in time to prevent the party from entering the room . They were told that they could not possibly enter , as a Masonic Lodge was being held , at which they appeared very much amused . We appealed to them as gentlemen not

to interfere , and the party withdrew with the exception of one individual , whom it was found necessary to eject by main force . He hung to the balusters like grim death , and it was only with the greatest difficulty that he was got outside . Everything was done in the best humour . Had it been a boating or cricket club dinner the intruders would probably have been very roughly handled , but the Brethren maintained their dignity by treating the matter as a huge joke . No blows were struck , and everything was taken in