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UNITED GRAND LODGE .
The following is thc business to be transacted at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , to bc held on Wednesday next , December 6 th . i . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 6 th September , 1 RS 2 , for confirmation . . ' . Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year .
3 . Appointment of a President of the Lodge of Benevolence . 4 . Election ol" a Senior ancl Junior Vice-President of thc Lodge of Benevolence . 5 . Election of twelve Past Masters to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence for thc year ensuing .
rt . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which . ire recommendations for tho following grants , viz . : The widow . if a brother of Ihe Eclectic Lodge , No . 1201 , London £ 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , Sunderland 50 o o A brother of the Royal Clarence Lodge , No . CS , Bristol 100 o o A brother of the Lotlge of Harmony , No . 29 S , Rochdale 50 o o A brother of the Koyal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 ,
London 50 o o A brother of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , Oxford 100 o o A brother of the Thames Valley Lodge , No . 14 G 0 , Hallifotd , Shepperton - 50 o o A brother of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , No . .-fin , Spalding ... 100 o o A brother of the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . S 77 . Jersey 100 o o A brother of the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , Hull 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Pythagorean Lodge , No . 79 ,
Greenwich 50 o o A brother of the Vitruvian Lodge , No . S 7 , London 50 o 0 The widow of a brother of the Britannic Lodge , No . 33 , London 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Asaph , No . 1319 , London 50 o o A brother of the Acacia Lodge , No . 1314 , Bromley , Kent ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the East Surrey Lodge of Concord , No .
4 6 3 , Croydon ... 50 o o A brother of the Enoch Lodge , No . 11 , London 50 o o A brother of the East Medina Lodge , No . 175 , Ryde , Isle of Wight 50 o o
REPORT OF THE BOARD OK GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have lo report the irregular conduct of . 1 Provincial Lodge who , acting on a paragraph in their bye-laws , recently raised a Fellow Craft to ihe Degree of a Master Mason , within a period of thirteen days from his having taken the former Degree .
As the bye-law in question was passed contrary to paragraph 7 , page Srt , of the Book of Constitutions , which requires an interval of twenty-eight days between the conferring of any two Degrees in England , the Board has ordered that the Degree so conferred on the brother in question be cancelled ,
and that he be re-obligated in that Degree previous to his being registered as a Master Mason ; and further , that the irregular bye-law be forthwith altered so as to be in accordance with the Book of Constitutions . ( Signed ) JOHN B MONCKTON , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , President .
21 st November , 1882 . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts , at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th day of November instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England of £ 4012 16 s . 4 d . and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 75 , and for servants' wages £ 100 .
REPORT OP THE COLONIAL BOARD . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to state that in the year 1877 , just previous to the dissolution of the District Grand Lodge of Egypt , the Deputy District Grand Master in charge reported on certain lodges in his district as follows : Lodge No . 1068—Cairo—In abeyance for four years , not possible to revive it .
„ No . 1154—Alexandria—Never met . Warrant believed to be lost . „ No . 1156—Cairo—In abeyance for many years . Warrant believed to be lost .
„ No . 1419—Ramlah—Dissolved by its own members . Warrant frequently applied for , but cannot be obtained . Since the above-named period no returns or other documents have ever been received from the said lodges , and there is no doubt that they have ceased to exist .
The Board , therefore , recommend to Grand Lodge that the Lodges No . 106 S , Cairo ; No . 1154 , Alexandria ; No . 1156 , Cairo ; and No . 1419 , Ramlah , be erased from the list of lodges on thc registry of the United Grand Lodge of England . ( Signed ) JOHN A . RUCKER , P . G . D ., Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , President . 7 th October , 1882 .
APPEALS . 1 st . From the Victoria Lodge , No . 118 G , Brisbane , Victoria , against the ruling of the District Grand Master . —That a Lodge of Instruction can only be held under thc v / arrant of the lodge under which it is sanctioned , and consequently not in any other building .
2 nd . From Bro . Lionel Mordecai , of the Friendly Lodge , No . 239 , Kingston , Jamaica , against the ruling of the Deputy District Grand Master , confirming a decision of Bro . John Ashenheim , P . M ., whilst acting as master of the lodge . —That an alteration made by the lodge in their bye-laws ,
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changing their day of Installation from December to January , was val'd notwithstanding that it had not been submitted for the approval of the Deputy District Grand Master , on the ground that it was not a " material alteration" as contemplated by Article 5 , page 6 3 of the Book of Constitutions .
3 rd . From Bro . J J AMES , P . M . of the Lodge of Fortitude , No . 105 , Plymouth , against a decision ofthe Provincial Grand Master for Devonshire refusing to call on Bro . Capt . El phinstone-Stone , Provincial Senior Grand Warden , to furnish thc information on which he had opposed the election of Bro . James as Prov . Grand Treasurer at the meeting of thc Provincial Grand Lodge on the ist August last .
N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be in the Grand Secretary ' s oflice till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for thc inspection nf thc brethren during oflice hours .
NOTICES or MOTION * . ( 1 ) By Bro . J CLABON , P . G . D . ( postponed from thc Granel Lod ge on the 7 th June last , that an opportunity might be given to thc Provincial Grand Lodges to consider whether an increase should be made in the quarterage at present paid to Grand Lodge ) :
That for the purpose of maintaining and extending thc Fund of Benevolence , ah the members of the lodges in the London district ( exrept military lodges ) shall pay quarterly one shilling and sixpence each to the fund , instead of one shilling as fixed by the Grand Lodge held on the 2 nd March , 1 S 14 . And that all members of lodges not within tbe London district ( except military , colonial , and foreign lodges ) shall pay quarterly , ninepence each to the fund , instead of sixpence , as fixed by Ihe said Grand Lodge .
( 2 ) . That no sale be made of all or any part of the Capital Funds of Benevolence without the express order of a Grand Lodge , confirmed by a subsequent Grand Lodge . ( 3 ) . By Bro . EDWIN T . BUDDEN , P . M ., No . 622 -. — Whereas one of the great and professed objects of Freemasonry is to promote the liberal arts and sciences ;
And whereas the Most Worshipful Grand Master His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is endeavouring to establish a great National Institution called The Roya [ College of Music , to consist partly of a charitable foundation of 100 or more Scholarships , for which His Royal Highness solicits the co-operation and assistance of all public Corporations and great associations throughout the land .
And whereas the Most Worshipful Grand Master has rendered great and valuable services to the Craft during his Grand Mastership , this Grand Lodge in recognition of such services agrees to endow Two Scholarships in the aforesaid Royal College of Music ; and that the Hoard of General Purposes be instructed to carry this resolution into effect at the proper time by two or more instalments , as the Board may decide . ( 4 ) By Bro . JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., No . 1216 - .
( I ) . That having regard to the great increase during the past twenty-five years of lodges within the London District , the present radius of ten miles from Freemasons ' Hall be now reduced to a radius of four miles from Freemasons' Hall . ( II ) . That the lodges between the four mile radius from Freemasons' Hall and the radius of ten miles from Freemasons' Hall be included in the respective Provincial Grand Lodges of Middlesex , Herts , Essex , Kent , and Surrey .
Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., has been nominated for election to the office of Senior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence . Bros . Charles Atkins , P . M . 27 and 1260 ; Henry Garrod , P . M . 749 ; George Pole Britten , P . M . 183 ; and Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . G . P ., have been nominated for election to the office of Junior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence .
The following Past Masters have been nominated to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence : Bros . Chailes Atkins , 27 ; George Pole Britten , 183 ; Joseph D . Collier , 1366 ; Thomas Cull , 1446 ; Charles Dairy , 141 ; Henry Garrod , 749 ; Charles F . Hogard , 205 ; John M . Klenck , 1339 ; William Mann , 186 ; James H . Matthews , 143 ; William H . Ferryman , 3 ; William Stephens , 1489 ; Edward Francis Storr , 22 ; and Edward White , 177 .
NEW LODGES . List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge * . — 1976 . The Umlazi Lodge , Pine Town , Natal . 1977 . The Blackwater Lodge , Maldon , Essex 1978 . The St . George Lodge , Herberton , Queensland .
1979 . The Lodge of Fidelity , Sydney , New South Wales . 19 80 . The Prince of Wales' Lodge , Muswell Brook , New South Wales . 1981 . The Arnold Lodge , East Molesey , Surrey .
19 82 . The Greenwood Lodge , Epsom , Surrey . 1983 . The Martyn Lodge , Southwold , Suffolk . 19 8 4 . The Earl of Clarendon Lodge , Watford , Herts . 1985 . The Light in Assam Lodge , Sibsagur , Assam , Bengal .
HARLEIAN MSS . —There arc two MSS . in the British Museum—both very important in the archreology of Freemasonry—Nos . 2054 and 1942 . The earliest is 2054 , which is said to be transcribed by Randle Holmes , Chester Herald , who flourished about 1650 . . lt , or the book in which it is contained , seems to have belonged to the Chester Municipality , and refers
to Constitutions and Charters of Chester Guilds and Companies . It is not at all unreasonable to suppose that we have the old Constitution of the Chester Guild of Masons . There are two attached folios , 33 , 34 , though clearly part and parcel of the Constitutions , in which the names of
initiates are given ; and allusion is made to the secrets of Freemasonry , " severall words and signes , " & c . Some of the amounts paid range from _ s . to £ 1 , clearly showing that in or about the middle of the seventeenth century thc Guild of Chester MS . admitted non-operatives , or speculative members . —Kenning ' s Cyclopaedia of Freemasonry .
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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
The following is thc business to be transacted at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , to bc held on Wednesday next , December 6 th . i . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 6 th September , 1 RS 2 , for confirmation . . ' . Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year .
3 . Appointment of a President of the Lodge of Benevolence . 4 . Election ol" a Senior ancl Junior Vice-President of thc Lodge of Benevolence . 5 . Election of twelve Past Masters to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence for thc year ensuing .
rt . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which . ire recommendations for tho following grants , viz . : The widow . if a brother of Ihe Eclectic Lodge , No . 1201 , London £ 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , Sunderland 50 o o A brother of the Royal Clarence Lodge , No . CS , Bristol 100 o o A brother of the Lotlge of Harmony , No . 29 S , Rochdale 50 o o A brother of the Koyal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 ,
London 50 o o A brother of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , Oxford 100 o o A brother of the Thames Valley Lodge , No . 14 G 0 , Hallifotd , Shepperton - 50 o o A brother of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , No . .-fin , Spalding ... 100 o o A brother of the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . S 77 . Jersey 100 o o A brother of the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , Hull 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Pythagorean Lodge , No . 79 ,
Greenwich 50 o o A brother of the Vitruvian Lodge , No . S 7 , London 50 o 0 The widow of a brother of the Britannic Lodge , No . 33 , London 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Asaph , No . 1319 , London 50 o o A brother of the Acacia Lodge , No . 1314 , Bromley , Kent ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the East Surrey Lodge of Concord , No .
4 6 3 , Croydon ... 50 o o A brother of the Enoch Lodge , No . 11 , London 50 o o A brother of the East Medina Lodge , No . 175 , Ryde , Isle of Wight 50 o o
REPORT OF THE BOARD OK GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have lo report the irregular conduct of . 1 Provincial Lodge who , acting on a paragraph in their bye-laws , recently raised a Fellow Craft to ihe Degree of a Master Mason , within a period of thirteen days from his having taken the former Degree .
As the bye-law in question was passed contrary to paragraph 7 , page Srt , of the Book of Constitutions , which requires an interval of twenty-eight days between the conferring of any two Degrees in England , the Board has ordered that the Degree so conferred on the brother in question be cancelled ,
and that he be re-obligated in that Degree previous to his being registered as a Master Mason ; and further , that the irregular bye-law be forthwith altered so as to be in accordance with the Book of Constitutions . ( Signed ) JOHN B MONCKTON , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , President .
21 st November , 1882 . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts , at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th day of November instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England of £ 4012 16 s . 4 d . and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 75 , and for servants' wages £ 100 .
REPORT OP THE COLONIAL BOARD . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to state that in the year 1877 , just previous to the dissolution of the District Grand Lodge of Egypt , the Deputy District Grand Master in charge reported on certain lodges in his district as follows : Lodge No . 1068—Cairo—In abeyance for four years , not possible to revive it .
„ No . 1154—Alexandria—Never met . Warrant believed to be lost . „ No . 1156—Cairo—In abeyance for many years . Warrant believed to be lost .
„ No . 1419—Ramlah—Dissolved by its own members . Warrant frequently applied for , but cannot be obtained . Since the above-named period no returns or other documents have ever been received from the said lodges , and there is no doubt that they have ceased to exist .
The Board , therefore , recommend to Grand Lodge that the Lodges No . 106 S , Cairo ; No . 1154 , Alexandria ; No . 1156 , Cairo ; and No . 1419 , Ramlah , be erased from the list of lodges on thc registry of the United Grand Lodge of England . ( Signed ) JOHN A . RUCKER , P . G . D ., Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , President . 7 th October , 1882 .
APPEALS . 1 st . From the Victoria Lodge , No . 118 G , Brisbane , Victoria , against the ruling of the District Grand Master . —That a Lodge of Instruction can only be held under thc v / arrant of the lodge under which it is sanctioned , and consequently not in any other building .
2 nd . From Bro . Lionel Mordecai , of the Friendly Lodge , No . 239 , Kingston , Jamaica , against the ruling of the Deputy District Grand Master , confirming a decision of Bro . John Ashenheim , P . M ., whilst acting as master of the lodge . —That an alteration made by the lodge in their bye-laws ,
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changing their day of Installation from December to January , was val'd notwithstanding that it had not been submitted for the approval of the Deputy District Grand Master , on the ground that it was not a " material alteration" as contemplated by Article 5 , page 6 3 of the Book of Constitutions .
3 rd . From Bro . J J AMES , P . M . of the Lodge of Fortitude , No . 105 , Plymouth , against a decision ofthe Provincial Grand Master for Devonshire refusing to call on Bro . Capt . El phinstone-Stone , Provincial Senior Grand Warden , to furnish thc information on which he had opposed the election of Bro . James as Prov . Grand Treasurer at the meeting of thc Provincial Grand Lodge on the ist August last .
N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be in the Grand Secretary ' s oflice till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for thc inspection nf thc brethren during oflice hours .
NOTICES or MOTION * . ( 1 ) By Bro . J CLABON , P . G . D . ( postponed from thc Granel Lod ge on the 7 th June last , that an opportunity might be given to thc Provincial Grand Lodges to consider whether an increase should be made in the quarterage at present paid to Grand Lodge ) :
That for the purpose of maintaining and extending thc Fund of Benevolence , ah the members of the lodges in the London district ( exrept military lodges ) shall pay quarterly one shilling and sixpence each to the fund , instead of one shilling as fixed by the Grand Lodge held on the 2 nd March , 1 S 14 . And that all members of lodges not within tbe London district ( except military , colonial , and foreign lodges ) shall pay quarterly , ninepence each to the fund , instead of sixpence , as fixed by Ihe said Grand Lodge .
( 2 ) . That no sale be made of all or any part of the Capital Funds of Benevolence without the express order of a Grand Lodge , confirmed by a subsequent Grand Lodge . ( 3 ) . By Bro . EDWIN T . BUDDEN , P . M ., No . 622 -. — Whereas one of the great and professed objects of Freemasonry is to promote the liberal arts and sciences ;
And whereas the Most Worshipful Grand Master His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is endeavouring to establish a great National Institution called The Roya [ College of Music , to consist partly of a charitable foundation of 100 or more Scholarships , for which His Royal Highness solicits the co-operation and assistance of all public Corporations and great associations throughout the land .
And whereas the Most Worshipful Grand Master has rendered great and valuable services to the Craft during his Grand Mastership , this Grand Lodge in recognition of such services agrees to endow Two Scholarships in the aforesaid Royal College of Music ; and that the Hoard of General Purposes be instructed to carry this resolution into effect at the proper time by two or more instalments , as the Board may decide . ( 4 ) By Bro . JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., No . 1216 - .
( I ) . That having regard to the great increase during the past twenty-five years of lodges within the London District , the present radius of ten miles from Freemasons ' Hall be now reduced to a radius of four miles from Freemasons' Hall . ( II ) . That the lodges between the four mile radius from Freemasons' Hall and the radius of ten miles from Freemasons' Hall be included in the respective Provincial Grand Lodges of Middlesex , Herts , Essex , Kent , and Surrey .
Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., has been nominated for election to the office of Senior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence . Bros . Charles Atkins , P . M . 27 and 1260 ; Henry Garrod , P . M . 749 ; George Pole Britten , P . M . 183 ; and Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . G . P ., have been nominated for election to the office of Junior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence .
The following Past Masters have been nominated to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence : Bros . Chailes Atkins , 27 ; George Pole Britten , 183 ; Joseph D . Collier , 1366 ; Thomas Cull , 1446 ; Charles Dairy , 141 ; Henry Garrod , 749 ; Charles F . Hogard , 205 ; John M . Klenck , 1339 ; William Mann , 186 ; James H . Matthews , 143 ; William H . Ferryman , 3 ; William Stephens , 1489 ; Edward Francis Storr , 22 ; and Edward White , 177 .
NEW LODGES . List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge * . — 1976 . The Umlazi Lodge , Pine Town , Natal . 1977 . The Blackwater Lodge , Maldon , Essex 1978 . The St . George Lodge , Herberton , Queensland .
1979 . The Lodge of Fidelity , Sydney , New South Wales . 19 80 . The Prince of Wales' Lodge , Muswell Brook , New South Wales . 1981 . The Arnold Lodge , East Molesey , Surrey .
19 82 . The Greenwood Lodge , Epsom , Surrey . 1983 . The Martyn Lodge , Southwold , Suffolk . 19 8 4 . The Earl of Clarendon Lodge , Watford , Herts . 1985 . The Light in Assam Lodge , Sibsagur , Assam , Bengal .
HARLEIAN MSS . —There arc two MSS . in the British Museum—both very important in the archreology of Freemasonry—Nos . 2054 and 1942 . The earliest is 2054 , which is said to be transcribed by Randle Holmes , Chester Herald , who flourished about 1650 . . lt , or the book in which it is contained , seems to have belonged to the Chester Municipality , and refers
to Constitutions and Charters of Chester Guilds and Companies . It is not at all unreasonable to suppose that we have the old Constitution of the Chester Guild of Masons . There are two attached folios , 33 , 34 , though clearly part and parcel of the Constitutions , in which the names of
initiates are given ; and allusion is made to the secrets of Freemasonry , " severall words and signes , " & c . Some of the amounts paid range from _ s . to £ 1 , clearly showing that in or about the middle of the seventeenth century thc Guild of Chester MS . admitted non-operatives , or speculative members . —Kenning ' s Cyclopaedia of Freemasonry .