United Grand Lodge.

J , " — _ The papers relating to this appeal will be in the Grand cretary ' s office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , A onen for the inspection of the brethren during office The report of a special general meeting of the Governors ' A Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institu-^ / or A ^ ed Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , Md at Freemasons' Hall , on Tuesday , thc 25 th day of \ iril 187 ^ 1 will t > e lalci before Grand Lodge , and the

folvinjr proposed alterations in the rules which were then " orced to will , in accordance with the b . ws of the institution be submitted for the approval of Grand Lodge . That Law 4 , page 12 , be altered by substituting the figures " £ 4 ° " f ° £ 36 1 and that Law 4 , page 13 , be also altered by substituting the figures " £ 32 " for £ 28 . The laws as altered now read thus : — " The amount of the annuity shall be £ 40 per annum , " and " The amount of the annuity shall be £ 32 per

annum . The annual report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated the 19 th of May , 1876 , will be laid before Grand Lodge .

PROPOSED MOTIONS . By R . W . Bro . John Havers , P . G . W .: That this Grand Lodge desires to return its humble and hearty thanks to the Almighty Architect of the Universe for the safe return to his native land of their beloved Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , and , in memory of that happy event , determine to devote

the sum of £ 2000 in aid of the restoration of the two churches which are most intimately connected with the history of Freemasonry in England . Resolved therefore—( 1 st . ) That a sum of £ 1000 be granted from the Fund for General Purposes towaids the restoration of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , and the like sum of £ 1000 from the same fund

towards the restoration of St . Alban ' s Abbey . ( 2 nd . ) That a committee , to consist of the Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Treasurer , Grand Registrar , President of the Board of General Purposes , and the Grand Superintendent of Works , be and is hereby appointed , and such committee ( after conference with the Restoration Committee of the respective churches )

shall decide in what manner the gifts can best be made so as to carry out the wishes of Grand Lodge . By W . Bro . Benjamin Head , P . G . D .: That the sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of thc Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , to supply

the inmates of the asylum at Croydon with coals during the winter months . By Bro . Henry Greene , P . M . 256 : That thc death of the late Bro . William Farnfield , Past Assistant Grand Secretary , having left his widows and two daughters in very restricted circumstances , he having

been unable—in consequence of the expenses incidental to ll ! C l / ll , > gl » £ ^ UJ . o £ I .. J llilttl . ivud fuillitjr < lv .. l Co VMdllO suitable provision for them , that an annuity of £ 100 per annum be granted to Mrs . Farnfield during the pleasure of Grand Lodge . By V . W . Bro . the Rev . Robert James Simpson , P . G . Chaplain :

Resolved—( 1 . ) That this Grand Lodge desires to record its humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God for the preservation and safe return of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master of English Freemasons , and that with a view to testifying to this loyal and devout

feeling in a more united , public , and solemn manner , this Grand Lodge resolves ( with the approval of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master and with thc kind permission of the proper authorities ) to hold on some convenient day a service of praise and thanksgiving in St . Paul ' s Cathedral .

( 2 ) That as a thank offering on this occasion this Grand Lodge votes from its fund the sum of £ 1000 , which , together with the offerings made at the service in St . Paul ' s , shall be devoted to the benefit of such charitable object in India as may be recommended by the

Most Worshipful Grand Master . In the event of the above resolutions being passed , Hesolvcrl—^ ( 3 ) That the following brethren constitute a special Committee to carry out the Resolutions , viz . ' . —

H . W . Bro . Lord Skelmersdale D . G . M H . W . Bro . Earl of Donoughmore G . S . W R . W . Bro . Honourable Wm . W . Vernon G . I . W V . W . Bro . / Eneas J . Mclntyre , Q . C G . R H . W . Bro . John Havers P . G . W V . W . Bro . John B . Monckton Prcs . B . G . P W . Bro . John M . Clabon P . G . D H . W . Bro . Sir Albert W . W . Woods ,

.,,, Garter P . G . W . and G . D . C ^• vv . Bro . John Hervey G . Sec v . W . Bro . Rev . Spencer R . W igram G . Chap W . Bro . Dr . Erasmus Wilson Dept . W . M . No . 2 W . Bro . Standish Grove Grad y P . M . No . 14 viw « ' General clerkc P . M . No . 706 " •• W . Bro . Rev . R . J . Simpson P . G . Chap

kindUn ™ S Fl * - " T O ' NTMKNT . —Protracted suiTcrin of anv detcrmi " ; *' v . < "vn ihe strongest frame , and weakens the most ¦ wav " t " iLT ' ' . dropping of water will in time wear I'owerskf . i ? 'd " B "' te , so will persistent pain wear away the ' licted Jlii i 6 tro . t ! c ! t m'ml - Ut ° > "' crefore , who are afsore , " Tn , ! T r ° nrc , rlieumairc , or neuralgic pains , or old painful Jesuair h ,, » ¦ ' ¦ 'rat ' ?" ' ¦'' h'c 1 ' rcml ' - 'r "lc ' r life miserable , yield to fairtrSi » . " . e inestimal ) le twin remedies a steady and 'n « tevcrv . hin'i '' " ' ? i l , av '' donc 1 ° f | * aWn S Previously tried al-« the ch ? n ~ I . ¦ * " £ '" ' * ¦ relief' bave bcen deiisntcd and amazed '' he are rnf , L ? I , ^^ «' , V ' -. which has been the result of their use . ¦ are mialuable in skin diseases ,--AuvT .

United Grand Lodge.

Copies of the" Freemason " for May ist and 8 th , 1875 , containing a full account of the proceedings at the Installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , as Most Worshipful Grand Master and First Grand Principal , are still obtainable at thc office , 19 S , Fleet-street .

The " Masonic Magazine" for the current month , contains an engraving of the first church built in England , A . D . 61 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , June 9 , 1876 . 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 , JUNE 3 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Chap . 975 , Rose of Denmark , Star and Garter , Kew . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Grqrhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-square . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd .

MONDAY , JUNE 5 . Lodge 16 , Royal Alpha . Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . „ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate St . „ 1319 , Asaph , F . M . H . Chap . 1056 , Victoria , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . Red . Cross Con ., Premier , Regent M . H ., 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 To .

Eastern , Royal Hot ., Milc-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Sydney , White Hart Ho ., Church-rd ., Upper Norwood .

TUESDAY , JUNE 6 . Lodge 171 , Amity , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . 11 I 3 & 3 , Friends in Council , 33 , Golden-sq . ,, 150 G , White Horse of Kent , 33 , Golden-sq . „ 1549 , Abercorn , Abercorn Hot ., Great Stanmore . Chap . 126 9 , Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Grand Lodge M . M . M . ' s , 33 , Golden-sq . —See Advt .

LODOES OF INSTRUCTION . Yarborough , Green Diagon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-ioad . Faith . ? .. Westminster Chamber * -, - ^ Victoria-of . Prince Frcdk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , r , Camomile-st ., Bishopsgate .

St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontrec , Red Lion , Leytonstonc , at 8 . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Encelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 7 . Quarterly Com . Grand Lodge , at 6 , tor 7 p . m .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Alt . 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 . 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 . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-strect , St James ' s . Islington , Crown and Cushion , London Wall . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn .

THURSDAY , JUNE 8 . Lodge 10 , Westminster and Keystone , F . M . H . „ 1216 , MacdonaUl , Hd .-qrtrs . ist Surrey Rifles . „ 1558 , Duke of Connaught , Surrey M . H .

„ 1599 , Skelmersdale , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . Chap . 72 , Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Kennington . „ 619 , Beadon , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . K . T . Precep ., 11 7 , New Temple , Inner Temple . Rose Croix Chap ., St . George ' s , 33 , Golden-sq .

LODCES ov INSTRUCTION . Egyptian , Hercules , Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , 111 , Cheapsidc . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Rcgent-st . Marquis of Ripon , Albion Tav ., Albion-rd ., Dalston . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , JUNE 9 . Lodge 1420 , Earl Spencer , Northcote Hot ,, New . Wandswh . Chap . 6 , Friendship , 'Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . » 33 > Britannic , F . M . Tav . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Lyceum Tav ., 354 , Strand . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . Westbourne , Horse & Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st

Metropolitan , Pentonville-road . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , New Tanners'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . VT .

St . Luke ' s , Commercial Tav ., King ' s-road , Chelsea . Chigwell , Bald-faced Stag Hot ., Buckhurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , Finsbury Park Tav ., Holloway . Ranelagh , Clarendon Hot ., Hammersmith . Pythagorean Chapter , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday June 10 , 1876 . MONDAY , JUNE 5 . Lodge 133 , Unanimity , Bull Hot ., Church-st ., Preston . „ 613 , Unity , Palatine Buildings , Southport .

,, 703 , Clifton , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . „ 1043 , Stamford , T . H ., Altrincham . „ 1051 , Rowley , M . R ., Athenreum , Lancaster . „ 1264 , Neptune , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1380 , Skelmersdale , Queen ' s Hot ., Waterloo . Everton , L . of L , M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , JUNE 6 . Lodge 673 , St . John ' s , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 9 86 , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croston . „ 995 , Furness , M . T ., Ulverstone . „ 12 5 , Fidelity , Bull Hot ., Poulton-le-Fylde . „ 147 6 , Blackpool , Clifton Arms Hot ., Blackpool . Chap . 203 , St . John of Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool . Mark Lodge , Walton , Croylands-st ., Kirlcdale . Merchants' L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 7 . Lodge 86 , Loyalty , M . H ., Prescot . „ 4 84 , Faith , Gerard's Arms , Ashton-in-Wakefield . „ 5 80 , Harmony , Wheatsheaf , Ormskirk . „ 730 , Ellesmere , Royal Oak Hot ., Chorley . ,, 75 8 , Ellesmere , M . H ., Runcorn .

„ 1013 , Royal Victoria , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1335 , Lindsay , 20 , King-st ., Wigan . „ 1354 , Marquis of Lome , M . R ., Leigh . De Grey and Ripon L . of L , N . Hill .-st , Liverpool . Downshire L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Harmonic L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , JUNE 8 . Lodge 333 , Royal Preston . Vic , Garrison Hot ., Fulwood „ ; 86 , Croxteth , United Service , M . H ., Liverpool , ti IO 35 I Prince ot Wales , Kirkdale , Liverpool . „ 1182 , Duke of Edinburgh , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1213 , Bridgewatcr , Cross Keys Hot ., Eccles . Mariners' L . of I ., M . H ., Liveperool . FRIDAY , JUNE 9 . Lodge 1 280 , Rock , Bedford House , Rock Ferry .

Masonic Meetings In Glasgow And West Of Scotland.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND .

For the Week ending Saturday , June 10 , 1876 . All the Meetings take place at Eight o ' clock . MONDAY , JUNE : . „ I 24 , Kilwinning , Union Tav ., Ayr .

„ 1 2 9 , St . Mirren ' s , St . Miiren ' s Hall , Paisley . „ 138 , Operative , Blue Bell Hot ., Ayr . „ 237 , St . John , Masonic Arms , Girvan . n 33 2 , Union , 170 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . Chap . 53 , Dumbarton , Elephant Hot , „ 1 ig , Rosslyn , 25 , Robertson-st ., Glasgow .

TUESDAY , JUNE 6 . Lodge 3 I , St . John , 213 , Buchanan-st . Glasgow . „ 7 , Hamilton , Kilwinning M . H . „ 68 , Doric , 44 , Church-st ., Port Glasgow . 11 73 , Thistle and Rose , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . „ 87 , Thistle , 30 , Hope-st ., Glasgow . .. ' 73 , St . John , M . H ., Largs .

„ 117 , St . James ' s , M . H ., Coatbridge . „ 233 , Hamilton , Spaldings Hot ., Hamilton . „ 406 , St . John , Dalziel , M . H ., Motherwell . „ 433 , St . Thomas , Eglington Hall , Dalmellington . „ 437 , Govandale , Portland Buildings , Govan . „ 442 , Ne-V ^ , M . H ., Ardrossan . „ 497 , St . John ' s , Brewery Hall , Catrine .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 7 . Lodge o , Mrther Kilwinning , M . H ., Kilwinning . „ 4 , Glasgow Kilwinning , 170 , Buchanan-st . „ 21 , Old St . John , M . H ., Lanark . „ 86 , Navigation , Commercial Hall , Troon . „ 126 , St . Andrew , George Hot .

„ 128 , St . John , M . H ., Shettleston . „ 1 C 6 , St . John , 29 , Graham-st ., Airdrie . „ 198 , Royal Arch , King ' s Arms , Maybole . » 33 t ) St . Peter ' s , Portland Arms , Galston . „ 354 , Caledonian Railway , 30 , Hope-st ., Glasgow . „ 571 , Dramatic , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . Cha . 87 , Shamrock and Thistle , 12 , Troon .

THURSDAY , JUNE 8 . Lodge 88 , New Monkland , T . H ., Airdrie . „ 109 , St . Marnock , T . H ., Kilmarnock . „ 203 , St . John ' s , Olive II ., Airdrie . 11 334 i St . John ' s , Castle Inn , New Cumnock . „ 557 , Blantyre Kilwinning , Craigie Hall , Blantyre . „ 570 , Kcnmuir , Balgray Hall , Springburn . Chap . 50 , Glasgow , 213 , Buchanan-s ., Glasgow .