Provincial Grand Chapter Of Cornwall.

With their views he could not , however , entirely agree ! , go far as he had studied the matter , he believed the origin of the degree went back to a far earlier period than was generally deemed . He would admit that probably it was not worked exactly in the manner now adopted by the present chapters , but pointed out circumstances which seemed to imply that parts of it were the work of a

combination of the learning of the Egyptian , Hebrew , and Syrian priesthood . He had an idea that in parts of it could be traced the early development and progress of order and religious sentiment , under the then limited condition of the human intellect , somewhat after the manner in which geology gave the history of material matter . Some of the geometrical terms adopted he also showed to

be of considerable interest . The disquisition of the Prov . G . Superintendent , which exhibited considerable research , a rid afforded very interesting information to the companions , was listened to by them with much interest . At the close of this address and some further business peculiar to the order , Earl Mount Edgcumbe installed Sir F . M . Williams as H ., and the Rev . G . Ross as J . of the

chapter for the ensuing year . Ex . Comp . William Tweedy , 021 , was e lected and invested as Treasurer . The Prov . G . Superintendent then invested the following officers : E . T . Carlyon , 331 , Prov . G . S . E . ; R . John , 331 , Prov . G . S . N . ; W . J . Jenkins , 331 , Prov . G . P . S . ; George Kerswill , 510 , Prov . G . 1 st S . ; John Paul , roofi , Prov . G . 2 nd S . ; W . I . Johns . 331 , Prov . G . Reg . - , W . Guy , 49 6 , Prov .

G . S . B . ; N . J . West , 450 , Prov . G . S . B . ; R . A . Courtney , 510 , Prov . G . M . C . ; J . Niness , 1006 , Prov . G . Org . ; I . Levin , 121 ; C . Truscott , Jun ., 196 ; J . Bedford Kerswill , 1164 ; T . C . Stevens , 151 , Prov . G . Stewards ; W . Rooks , Prov . G . Jan . I he following committee was appointed to revise the

bye-laws of the chapter : —Ex . Comps . the Z ., H . and J ., the S . E ., S . N ., and Treas . of the Prov . G . Chap ., and the Z . of every private chapter in the province . Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from several companions , including Comp . Hughan , who offered the assistance of a collection of

bye-laws he had gathered , for revising the bye-laws of the chapter . [ A vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Ex . Comp . Metham for bis services on that day . This was duly replied to , and the chapter was adjourned . During the holding of the

chapter a very brilliant effect was produced in the appearance of the assembly by a large number of the Principals and Past Principals of the private chapters attending in comp lete costume in their official robes . In the evening a large party of the companions dined together at the Red Lion Hotel .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The following is the Agenda of business in Grand Lolge on Wednesday , 7 th March , 1877 : — The regulations for the government of Grand Lodge during the time of public business will be read . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 6 th December , 1876 , will be read and put for

confirmation . The minutes of the Especial Grand Lodge of the 3 rd January , 1877 , will be read and put for confirmation . The M . W . Grand Master will move that the following recommendatinns of the Especial Grand Lodge , holden at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Wednesday , the 3 rd day of January , 1877 , be received and adopted , viz . : —

1 . That the sum of £ 4000 be voted to the Royal National Life Boat Institution for the purpose of founding and furnishing two Lifeboat Stations in perpetuity , in such localities on the English coast , as the Sub-Committee , hereafter mentioned , shall decide . 2 . That a Sub-Ccmmittee , consisting of the M . W . the Pro Grand Master , the R . W . the Deputy Grand Master ,

and the R . W . the Senior Grand Warden , be appointed to confer with the Secretary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , with full powers to arrange all matters as to locality , detail , & c . 3 . That a memorial tablet be erected in Grand Lodge in commemoration of the event .

5 . Election of a M . W . Grand Master . 6 . Election of a Grand Treasurer . 7 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: — A brother of the Lodge of Nine Muses ,

235 , London £ ° ° ° A brother of the Union Lodge , 129 , Kendal £ 200 o o A brother of the Angel Lodge , 51 , Colchester , £ 50 o o A brother of the New Forest Lodge , 319 , Lymington £ 50 o o A brother of the Apollo University Lodge ,

357 , Oxford £ ' 5 ° ° ° A brother of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , Co , London £ iS ° ° ° 8 . Report of the Board of General Purposes to the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England : — The Board of General Purposes beg to Report that it

having come to their knowledge that the Tyndall Lodge , ^ ° - ' 363 . Chipping Sodbury , had been guilty of Masonic irregularity by passing and raising brethren at shorter intervals than the period prescribed by the Book of Constitutions , the Board investigated the circumstances , and ,

m result , ordered that the brethren in question be duly n :-obli gated and their certificates withheld until that be done ; and , further , that the lodge be fined one guinea fur the offence . The Boatd further report the investigation by them of a similar Masonic irregularity on the part of the Royal

United Grand Lodge.

Alfred Lodge , 1028 , Alfreton , a brother having been raised in such lodge at a shorter interval than prescribed by the Book of Constitutions , and that in result they have ordered the brother in question to be re-obligated , and his certificate to be Withheld until that be done ; and further that the lodge be fined one guinea for the offence .

Signed , J B . MONCKTON , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., 20 th February , 1877 . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 16 th day of February , 1877 ,

showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer ° f £ 6 997 19 s . 2 d . ; and in the hands of the Grand Secretary , for petty cash , £ 75 ; and for servants' wages , £ tf ' S . 9 . Report of Bro . R . P . Harding , Auditor of Grand Lodge accounts , of receipts and disbursements during the year 1876 .

10 . Appeals : — 1 . Appeal of Bro . Edmund Waller , M . D ., the then W . Master of St . Peter ' s Lodge , 442 , Peterborough , against the judgment of Bro . Butler Wilkins , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire , relative to dissensions which have arisen in the lodge , arising chiefly on the subject of the powers and privileges of the W . Master .

2 . Appeal of Bro . the Rev . William T . Hobson , of the Tynvvald Lodge , 1242 , Douglas , Isle of Man , against a resolution of the Board of General Purposes declining to interfere between himself and Bro . John A . Brown in a complaint submitted to them in a matter not relating to

the Craft . N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be in the Grand Secretary ' s office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the brethren during office hours .

11 . Notices of motions : — 1 . By Bro . the Rev . Henry John Hatch , W . M . 160 , — " That a committee , consisting of the Present and Past Grand Officers , the Provincial Grand Masters , and such other members of the Craft as the said committee shall , in their discretion , deem fit from time to time to add to their numbers , be appointed to consider what steps should

be taken to promote the building , either on the Thames Embankment , or in some other conspicuous part of London , of a Masonic Temple , which , while offering more extended accommodation for the present requirements of Grand Lodge , shall be at once worthy of the rank , wealth , and increasing importance of Freemasonry ; an ornament to the chief city of the world , and a lasting

memorial of gratitude to the G . A . O . T . U ., not only for the safe return from India of" our M . W . Grand Master His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , but for the success of his visit in eliciting and confirming throughout that vast territory a feeling of universal loyalty and attachrrent to the Imperial rule of England . "That such committee shall be invested with full powers

to procure plans and estimates for such a building ; shall consider the best means of raising the necessary funds ; and shall continue to act and report to every succeeding Grand Lodge , until the Grand Lodge shall think proper to discontinue the said committee . " 2 . Bro . Benjamin Mallam , P . M . 108 : — " That a sum of money be given out of the funds

towards the funds of the Alexandra Orphanage , sufficiently large in amount to allow of the committee to place one of the blocks of the buildings apart for the use of infant orphans of Freemasons . " The following is a list of lodges for which warrants havet been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the las Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : —

No . 1652 . Inverell , Inverell , N . S . W . 1653 . Prince of Wales , Sydney , N . S . W . 1654 . St . Leonards' Samaritan , St . Leonards , near Sydney , N . S . W . 1655 . Corinthian , Thames , Auckland , New Zealand . 165 G . Wolsey , Hampton Wick , Middlesex . 1657 . Aldersgate , Aldersgate Street . 16 5 8 . Skelmersdale , Camberwell .

1659 . Fidelity , Grand Bank , Newfoundland . 1660 . Arlecdon , Frizington , Cumberland . 1661 . Newton , Newark-upon-Trent , Nottinghamshire 1662 . Beaconsfield , Walthamstow . 1663 . Hartismere , Eye , Suffolk . 1664 . Gosforth , Gosforth , Northumberland . 1665 Natalia , Pietermaiitzburg , Natal . 1666 . Akaroa , Akoroa , Canterbury , New Zealand . 1667 . Hutt , Lower Hutt , Wellington , New Zealand .

Metropolitan Mosonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MOSONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , March 9 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or time of meeting .

SATURDAY , MARCH 3 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas ' s , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 1572 , Carnarvon , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st , „ 1607 , Loyalty , Alexandra Palace , N . „ 1 O 22 , Rose , S . M . H . Chap . 975 , Rose of Denmark , Star & Garter , Kew Bridge .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W .

Metropolitan Mosonic Meetings.

MONDAY , MARCH 5 . Lodge 12 , Fortitude and Old Cumberland . ,, 25 , Robert Burns , F . M . H . „ 72 , Royal Jubilee , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1 44 , St . Luke's , M . H ., Basinghall-st . ,, 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st .

„ 256 , Unions , F . M . H . „ i 3 ' 9 , Asaph , F . M . H . Chap . 91 , Regularity , F . M . H . „ 1056 , Victoria , M . H ., Basinghall-st . Mark Lodge , 139 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham . Red Cross Con ., Premier , 68 , Regent-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John's Gate . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Tc wn . Sastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st .

Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-street . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-street .

TUESDAY , MARCH 6 . Colonial Board , at 5 . Lodge 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . H . „ 18 , Old Dundee , Bridge House Hot ., Lnd . Brdg . „ 101 , Temple , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st ; „ 172 , Old Concord , F . M . H . „ 217 , Stability , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 765 , St . James's , Bridge House Hot .

„ 1259 , Duke of Edinburgh , C . of G . Hope Tav ., E . „ 1261 , Golden Rule , Regent M . H ., W . „ 1298 , Royal Standard , Wellington Club , N . „ 1381 , Kennington , Surrey Tav ., Kennington Oval . n 138 3 , Friends in Council , 33 , Golden-sq . „ 1397 , Anerley , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . „ 1472 , Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich . „ 1506 , White Horse of Kent , 33 , Golden-sq .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John's Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney .

Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn ,, Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , MARCH 7 . Quart . Com . Grand Lodge , at 7 . Lodge 511 , Zetland , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 158 5 , Royal Commemoration , StarSGarter , Putney . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION , Confidence , Blue Anchor Tavern , Coleman-street . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd .

Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . Royal Union , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rd .

Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Islington , Crown and Cushion , London Wall . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King's Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .

THURSDAY . MARCH 8 . Lodge 10 , Westminster and Keystone , F . M . H . ,, 19 , Royal Athelstan . „ 91 , Regularity , F . M . H . „ 206 , Friendship , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 263 , Bank of England , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 534 , Polish National , F . M . H .

„ 6 57 , Canonbury , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 860 , Dalhousie , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 8 79 , Southwark , Southwark Park Tav . „ 1076 , Capper , Marine Hot ., Victoria Dock . „ 1288 , Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., N . „ 1321 , Emblematic , Tulse Hill Hot ., Tulse Hill . „ 1425 , Hyde Park , 1 , Craven-rd ., W .

„ 1457 , Bagshaw , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst Hill . „ 1471 , Islington , Cock Tav ., Highbury . „ 1558 , Duke of Connaught , S . M . H ., Camberwell . ,, 1599 , Skelmersdale , M . H ., Masons' Avenue , LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Egj ptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fii . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road .

Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . I ! bury , 12 , Ponsonhy-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st .