Consecration Of The Chancery Bar Lodge, No. 2456, In The Presence Of The Prince Of Wales.

been of so much service to me , it is somewhat difficult to regard myself as a visilor in the Hall of Lincoln ' s Inn . So far as that is concerned , a kind friend reminds me that it mu * -t be so with all members of this Inn , and the sumptuous hospitality of Lincoln ' s Inn , especially in November . So far as the ceremonial is concerned , unfortunately it was not permitted to me to know all that took place to-night . To many of those to whom I am

speaking are aware , it often occurs in a Court of Justice that the time has arrived when women and children are requested to leave the Court . ( Laughter . ) When that occurs all that is young , all that is beautiful , andall that is innocent withdraws itself and themselves from the legal court . Those that were innocent left when the time was arrived at in the ceremonies of the lodge when they were to leave , and what took p lace after their withdrawal

I am not in a position to say ; but if that which occurred after was as elevating and invigorating as that which took place in my presence , I can only heartily congratulate those that had the privilege to be there . VV . M . and members of this lodge , let me in the name of those who have enjoyed your kindness and hospitality tender our most hearty thanks for your kindness .

Bro . CHAPMAN then gave the Ty ler ' s toast , which was heartily honoured , and the proceedings terminated . The M . W . G . M . and the other Grand Officers were enthusiastically cheered as they left ..

United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday , the 6 th instant : i . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 6 th September for confirmation . 2 . To read acknowledgment of the Address from Grand Lodge to H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master on the marriage of H . R . H . the Duke of York .

3 . Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year . 4 . Nomination of a Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . 5 . Appointment and investment of a President of the Board of Benevolence . 6 . Election of a Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence .

7 . Election of t 2 Past Masters to serve on the Board of Benevolence for the year ensuing . 8 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which there are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: The widow of a brother of the St . Milburga Lodge , No . 1120 ,

Ironbridge ... ... ... ... ... £ s ° o o A brother of the Lechmere Lodge , Mo . 18 74 , Kidderminster 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Unity , No . 69 , London ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Wickham Lodge , No . 1924 , Brockley ... ... ... ... ... 75 0 o

And a resolution of a vote of thanks to the President , V . W . Robert Grey , for the courteous manner in which he has , during the past year , presided over the ' meetings of the Board .

9 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . A complaint having been made in June last by the Stuart Lodge , No . 1632 , Camberwell , against Bro . Henry Edward Vickers , P . M . and late Treasurer , for neglecting to hand to his successor a balance of £ 53 14 s . s d ., the property of the lodge , which had been received by him in his official capacity , Bro . Vickers was

summoned to attend the Board to answer the charge , but pleaded illness . He was then summoned to attend the next meeting , and again failing to appear , a peremptory summons was issued , with which he also failed to comply or to give a sufficient reason for non-compliance . It was therefore resolved— " That Bro . Henry Edward Vickers be suspended from all Masonic functions and privileges for contumacy under the powers of Rule 274 of the Book of Constitutions . "

The Board beg to report that . the following lodges have failed to make returns for many years , notwithstanding repeated applications :

No . 447 , Pythagoras , Corfu ... ... Last return 1877 . 11 550 , Armistad Unida , New Granada ... ,, 1857 . ,, 6 72 , Southern Cross , Pernambuco ... „ 1871 . „ 73 6 , British , Mauritius ... ... „ 1887 . „ 806 , Homer , Smyrna ... ... ... ,, 1888 . „ 8 96 , La Victoria , Smyrna ... ... „ 18 S 0 . „ 952 , St . John ' s , Smyrna ... ... ,, 1863 .

„ 99 8 , Eleusinian , Ephesus ... ... „ no return . „ 1014 , Dekran , Smyrna ... ... ... „ 1876 . „ 1015 , St . George , Smyrna ... ... „ 1867 . „ 1340 , Sion , Smyrna ... ... ... „ 1876 . „ 1183 , Phut-nix , Berbice ... ... ... „ 1874 . 11 ' 535 . H . umony , Mauritius ... ... „ 1884 . Lodge St . Cybi , No . 597 , Holyhead , has also failed to make returns since 1889 , no notice having been taken of several applications .

The Board recommend that these lodges be summoned to show cause why they should not be erased .

The warrant granted to a lodge to be called the Reunion Lodge , Blenheim , New Zealand , No . 2445 , has been returned , arrangements having been made which rendered its use unnecessary . The warrant being therefore extinct , the Board recommend that the lodge be erased from the list . The Board reported to Grand Lodge in June last that a Sub-Committee had

been appointed in the previous year to enquire into the working of the Grand Secretary ' s office , and arising out of this report certain recommendations of the Board were then adopted . The labours of the Sub-Committee have now been completed , and their final report has been made to and adopted by the Board . The President will move :

1 . That the report be received and entered on the minutes . 2 . That the 14 lodges mentioned in the report as having failed to make returns be summoned to show cause why they should not be erased . 3 . That the warrant for a propose * 1 lodge , to be called the Reunion Lodge , No . 2445 , Blenheim , N . Z ., having been returned unused , be erased from the list .

4 . That the recommendations referred to in the report of the Sub-Committee for an increase in the salaries of the clerks and officials be adopted .

United Grand Lodge 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 OBJECT . BY W HOM PRESENTED . Silver Medal , Nelsonic Crimson Oakes J . S . Cumberland , P . M ., & c . Old Manuscript of Craft , Royal Arch , and K . Ti Lectures , & c James Newton , P . M ., & c . Illustrations of the Emblems of the 33 Degrees of " V

the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite ... tj . H . Forshaw , Prov . G . Master Freemasonry in Inverness , & c I Aberdeenshire . History of the Aberdeen Incorporated Trades ... J Past G . Deacon's Jewel , of the late Peter Thomson , S . G . D ., 1 S 44-5 James Terry , Past G . S . B . History of the Rural Philanthropic Lodge , No . 291 The Brethren of No . 291 . Old Masonic Certificate , ... H . G . Gush , P . M . Jubilee Reign of her Majesty Queen Victoriain

, Jamaica W . A . Feurtado , P . M ., Jamaica . Several French Masonic Books and Calendars ... E . St . Clair , P . M . Seven Masonic Prints Arthur Betts , P . M . ' . Fifty years of Freemasonry in Luton J . Gladwcll , P . M ., P . P . G . W . Beds . An Old Apron , with Emblems , & c J . W . Freeman , P . M . History of the Combermere Lodge of Union , No . 295 _ ... R . Brown , P . M ., & c . Portrait of Thomas Sandby , R . A ., Grand Architect

177 G-179 S William Sandby , Lsq . Old Masonic Certificate George Powell , P . M . Miscellaneous Pamphlets , Calendars , & c John Green , P . M . ™ . ct . * ui . . i _ « T t -. ( General G . C . Connor , P . G . M . The Shibboleth . A Templar Monitor j Tennesse . ( Signed ) T HOMAS FENN , President .

Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 22 nd November , 18 93 . 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 ( Law Courts Branch ) of , 66648 igs ., and balance of annual allowance for library . £ 9 9 s . iod ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash , £ 100 , and for servants' wages . £ 100 .

Names of brethren nominated for election to the offices of Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence : Bros . James Brett , P . G . P ., as Senior Vice-President ; and Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . G . P ., as Junior Vice-President . And none others were nominated . Names of Past Masters nominated to serve on the Board of Benevolence . PAST MASTERS . NOMINATED Bv

Bro . George R . Langley , 2381 Bro . Wm . M . Bywater , P . G . S . B . „ Robert A . Govvan , 202 9 „ Robert Harding Evans , 1139 " ™* n- rffif' I r - .. Ia ™« Brett , P . G . Purst . „ William Belchamber , 193 " J ' „ George B . Chapman , 27 „ Charles Dairy , 141 ... _

„ Ebenezer Charles Mulvey , 2353 Asher Barfield , P . G . Treas . „ Walter Martin , 879 ) „ George Read , 511 £ „ Henry Garrod , P . G . P . „ George Graveley , 898 J „ Simon H . Goldschmidt , 1329 ... \ " fe v * *" ' V . f- ,. Wm . Peter Brown , P . G . Std . Br . „ William Vincent , 1194 I " „ Alfred C . Woodward , 1538 J

List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : No . 2487 , The St . Michael ' s Lodge , Stone , Staffs . „ 2488 , Tne Eccentric Lodge , London . ,, 2489 , The VVillesden Lodge , Willesden Green . ,, 2490 , The Ampihill Lodge , Ampthill , Bedfordshire . ,, 2491 , The White Rose of York Lodge , Sheffield . „ 2402 , The Concordia Lodge , VVendover , Buckinghamshire .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of North And East Yorkshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .

On Monday , the 27 th ult ., a Special Prov . Grand Lodge of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire was held at the York Lodge , No . 236 , York , for the purpose of electing a Gr ^ nd Treasurer for thc province , in the place of the late much respected and lamented Bro . Walter Reynolds , of Hull . Bro . J . Todd , 236 , P . P . G . W ., was unanimously elected to the vacant position , as also to the same office in the Prov . Grand Chapter , which was also previously held by the late Bro . Reynolds .

Other formal business having been transacted , Prov . Grand Lodge was closed . We heartily congratulate Bro . Todd on his well-merited appointment , and also compliment the Prov . Grand Lodge on their wise selection .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of East Lancashire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF EAST LANCASHIRE .

There was a very large assemblage of Provincial Grand Officers and Craftsmen at the half-yearly meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge , held on Friday , the 24 th ult ., at the Assembly Rooms , Frectrade Hall , Manchester . Bro . Le Gendre Starkie , Prov . G . M ., entered the capacious hall at three o ' clock , attended by about 180 Provincial Grand Officers , and he at once declared the Provincial Grand Lodge open .

The minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting held last May were read and confirmed . Upon the roll of lodges being called , 101 were represented . All the Provincial Grand Officers were present with the exception of one or two who sent letters of regret . Upon the selection of Auditors , the choice fell upon Bros . S . Shorrock , Priest , and Brown . The nomination of a brother to represent the province at the Board of Management of the Boys' School , was deferred for the time being .

Bro . J . H . SILLITOE , P . G . W . and Chairman of the East Lancashire Systematic and Benevolent Institution , read a very satisfactory report ol that noble Institution . Altogether thc meeting was a most satisfactory one .