United Grand Lodge.

No . 2607 . —The Prosperity Lodge , Johannesburg , South African Bepublic . 2608 . —The Headingly Lodge , Leeds . 2609 . —The Travellers Lodge , Chester . 2610 . —The Beresford Peirse Lodge , Bedale . 2611 . —The London School Board Lodge , London . 2612 . —The Navy Lodge , London . 2613 . —The Amity Lodge , Charters Towers , Queensland . 2614 . —The Household Brigade Lodge , London . 2615 . —The Zodiac Lodgo , London .

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MARK GRAND LODGE .

THE regular Quarterly meeting of Grand Lodge will be held in Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C , on Tuesday next , 2 nd June , at 5 for 6 p . m . The Grand Festival will be held in Freemasons' Tavern , at 7 o ' clock , under the presidency of the Pro Grand Master . The following is fche Agenda of the business :

1 . Read and , if approved , confirm Minutes of Quarterly Communication of 3 rd . March 1896 .

2 . REPORT OF THE GENERAL BOARD . During the three months ending 31 st March 1896 , there have been issued : —Mark Certificates , 517 ; total number registered , 35 , 502 . Warrants for New Lodges , four , viz .: — 494 Sfc . Pancras , Holloway . 495 Keystone , Barrackpore , Bengal . 496 Zuriel , Naraungunge , Bengal . 497 Sir John Edge , Cawnpore , Bengal .

Royal Ark Mariner Certificates , 133 ; total number registered , 4 , 880 . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to appoint His Excellency the Lord Sandhurst , Governor of Bombay , to be B . W . District Grand Master for Bombay , in the place of Pv . W . Bro . the Hon . Mr . Justice H . J . Parsons , who has ruled over the District during the last ten years with the greatest advantage to the Mark Degree , and to whom the thanks of Grand Lodge are due on his retirement from active ofiice .

H . R . H . the Grand Master has been pleased to appoint the R . W . Bro . the Viscount Dungarvan Deputy Grand Master , to be Provincial Grand Master for Kent , in succession to the late R . W . Bro . the Rev . Thomas Robinson .

His Royal Highness has been pleased to appoint the W . Bro . John Owen Marsh Deputy Provincial Grand Master in Charge , to be Provincial Grand Master for Monmouth , in succession to the late R . W . Bro . Captain S . G . Homfray . His Boyal Highness has been pleased to re-appoint for a further term of , three years . — Bt . Hon . the Earl of Badnor as Provincial Grand Master for Wiltshire .

Most Hon . the Marquess of Hertford as Provincial Grand Master for Warwickshire . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., & c , & c , & c , as Provincial Grand Master fox Sussex .

V . W . Bro . C . H . Driver P . G . Ov ., having retired from the office of Grand Inspector of Works , in which position his professional services have always been at the command of the Board and of Grand Lodge , His Royal Highness the Grand Master has been pleased to confer on him the rank and dignity of a Past Grand Warden .

The Board recommend that the Kirby Lodge , No . 285 , who has neglected to comply with the requirements of the Book of Constitutions , Article 150 , and who has , in consequence thereof been summoned to appear in Grand Lodge to show cause and has not replied , should be erased . The Honorary President of the Board of Festival Stewards of 1895 ,

having reported to the Board that a Brother who had been appointed Grand Steward had refused to pay his proportion of the deficit of the Festival in June 1895 , the Board have no option but to recommend the Most Worshipful Grand Master to cancel the appointment , and to rule that the Brother is not entitled to assume the rank or wear the clothing of a Past Grand Steward .

The Board have to report , with great regret , the death of their old and valued colleague V . W . Brother Jabez Church P . G . Overseer a member since 1891 .

FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . The Board have the pleasure fco announce that fche twenty-eighth Annual Festival will be held on Wednesday , 8 th of July . R . W . Bro . Charles Letch Mason Provincial Grand Master , for West Yorkshire has most kindly consented to preside , and the Grand Secretary will be happy to receive the names of Ladies and Brethren willing to act as Stewards . The following cases have been relieved :

Mrs . E . P ., Widow of a Brother of Lodge No . Ill ... £ 10 Mrs . M . H ., Widow of a Brother of Lodge No . 226 £ 15 Bro . B . H . S ,, Lodge No . 351 ... ... ... £ 10 Bro . R . S ., Lodge No . 126 ... ... ... £ 5 Bro . d . F . C , Lodge No . 92 and 317 ... ... £ 5 and the Board recommend to Grand Lodge , £ 25 to Bro . 0 . J . W ., Lodge No . 266 . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND President .

FRANK RICHARDSON , Vice-President . C . FITZGERALD MATIER , Grand Sec . 7 th May 1896 . Afc the conclusion of the ordinary business , the following resolution was

passed : — "That the cordial thanks of the members of the General Board be and are hereby tendered to their President V . W . Bro . B . Loveland Loveland , for the very able and courteous manner in which he has presided over the meetings of the Board during the past year . " CHARLES BELTON , Acting Vice-President .

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3 . A Motion will be made thafc the Report be taken as read . 4 . A Motion will be made thafc the Report be received and entered on the Minutes . 5 . Recommendations arising out of the Report : — ( A ) That the Kirby Lodge , No . 285 , be erased . ( B ) Fund of Benevolence—Grant recommended : — £ 25 to Bro . 0 . J . W ., Amherst Lodge , No . 266 .

6 . A Motion -will be proposed that the Report be adopted . 7 . Installation of the M . W . G . M . 8 . Appointment and Investiture of Grand Officers . 9 . Nomination by the M . W . G . M . of Six Members to serve on the General Board .

10 . Election , by Grand Lodge , of Five Members to serve on the General Board , the following five being the only ones nominated : Richard Clowes P . G . Overseer , A . Stewart Brown G . J . D ., Frederick West Dep . Prov . G . M . Surrey , ' ! . P . Dorman G . I . G ., Frederick Cleeves P . G . Std . B ., of whom the first three are present Members of the Board .

Criterion Theatre . —It is always interesting to see Mr . Charles Wyndham in a new character , and iu " Rosemary , " the new play by Messrs . Louis N . Parker and Murray Carson , he presents us with an entirely fresh impersonation . The authors could not , however , take him out altogether from the line in which he has made his mark , and hence we first see him in his old role of the gay , light-hearted butterfly ; but later as a nonagenarian , still light-hearted and gay , though with a touch of sadness as he remembers

old friends . The plot is simplicity itself . A runaway couple break down outside Sir Jasper Thorndyke ' s park ; he comes to their assistance , and incontinently falls in love with the lady , until rescued by an old friend , who points out his folly . Tho girl gives him a leaf from her diary , and a sprig of rosemary , and thus they part . Fifty years later old Sir Jasper finds himself alone in the world , and the accidental discovery of the paper brings to his remembrance the little episode of his life previously narrated . This scene is

acted almost entirely by Mr . Wyndham ; it is a perfect study of cheerful old age , with its affecting reminiscences , and adds yet another portrait to his extensive gallery . As the period of the story opens at the time of the Queen ' s coronation , the costumes are those of 1837 , and Miss Mary Moore presents a pretty picture as the love-sick girl in her quaint dresses and ringlets . Her

sweetheart , William Wesfcwood , is capitally played by Mr . Kenneth Douglas , ' and Mr . J . H . Barnes is excellent as the kindly adviser , Professor Jogram . The humourous element is sustained by Mr . Alfred Bishop , who admirably represents an old choleric naval captain ; hy Miss Carlotta Addison , as his wife ; by Miss Annie Hughes , as an old-time domestic ; and by Mr . James Welch , as a post boy .

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