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cautioned him not to enter the lodge on thc occasion in question . The Board therefore ordered him to be reprimanded for his offence against the law and cautioned him to be more careful in his behaviour for thc future , and he was reprimanded by the President accordingly . ( Signed ) J . LLEWELLYN EVANS , President . Freemasons' Hall , 17 th May , 1870 .
Bro . LL . EVANS in moving the reception of thc report , wished to call attention to thc subject of complaint . The presence of more than one member of a lodge at the Board might , if both voted , be thc means of giving relief or preventing relief unduly , but in this case , thc brother complained of had not voted , and was present through
ignorance , and the Board had not thought fit to visit his error with severity . Thc report was adopted . The following paragraph was appended to thc report : — Thc President having quitted the chair , it was resolved unanimously— " That the most cordial thanks of this Board are eminently due to the V . W . Bro . John Llewellyn
Evans , not only for his unremitting attention to the duties which have devolved upon him as the President , and which he has fulfilled with great advantage to the Craft , but more especially for the courtesy and kindness which he has exhibited to all the members while presiding over them during the last twelve months . " ( Signed ) J B . MONCKTON , Vice-President .
I o the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at thc last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on thc 13 th May , 1870 , showing a balance in the hands of the ' Grand Treasurer of ^ 2 , 850 9 s . 9 c ! ., and in the hands ofthe Grand Secretary , for petty cash , £ 7 $ . The annual report of the Royal Masonic
Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons ancl thc Widows of Freemasons , dated 20 th day of May , 1870 , was laid before the Grand Lodge . On the report of the Committee on the Fund of Benevolence being brought forward , Bro . NUNN , in the absence of the President of that Committee , begged to ask that it be taken as read , which was acceded to . ( It was in the same
terms as given in our article last week . ) Bro . NUNN said it was necessary that the Board of Benevolence should have the fullest means at its command to relieve applicants properly . It was always difficult to decide how to distribute thc funds . Sometimes no doubt they gave below the mark , sometimes above it ; and as they wished always to be liberal , if the certificate was insisted on they would come nearer to a just gift than they were able to do now .
Bro . BENNOCH seconded it . Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART objected to that part of the certificate which referred to the future prospects of objects of relief . If that part were withdrawn , he would adopt the recommendation ; but it was difficult for a brother who had visited a case to say what were the future prospects . He hoped Iiro . Nunn would agree to strike out
those words , and then the certificate would be a wholesome check on recommenders of petitions . Bro . J AMES MASON supported Bro . Nairn ' s motion . If the Board of Benevolence should know how to mete out its funds , an applicant ' s future prospects would put them
in possession of that knowledge . If in the course of a month an applicant would come into a reversion of £ 2 , 000 or . £ 3 . ooo , there would not be a reason for giving him a large sum ; but if he was entirely destitute , a considerable sum might be necessary . Bro . WYNNE would vote for Bro . Stewart ' s
amendment . Bro . BENNOCH knew a case where a sub-contractor had sustained heavy losses , and who , having obtained a sum of money from the Board , was enabled to start himself in his former business of a butcher , anil became a
prosperous man 111 consequence . I he inquiry as to his future prospects induced them to give the money which was the cause of his re-starling in life . Therefore , ho supported Bro Nunn ' s motion . Bro . HAVERS knew there was no more difficult position to be placed in than on the Board of Benevolence . He had had a large amount of experience of it . He entirely
agreed with the views of Bro . Nunn as to the desirability of knowing whether the money they were going to give would stave off the wolf from the door for 10 or 12 days , lie believed it would do goo . l to inquire into the future prospects ofthe individuals . Bro . NUNN , in reply , assured the brethren that it was of the utmost importance for thc distribution of the Fund
of Benevolence thai the Board should know more of the cases than lhey did . For the last ten years he had been almost a constant attendant at that Board , and he would saythat uure than half the cases thai came before them they hailknownnothingwhatevcrabout , except the short petition which told ihem what the brother ' s or widow ' s portion was . They had voted large sums of monev , and they
would be doing injustice unless lhey had a perfect knowledge . It was necessary that every portion ofthe certificate proposed should be known to them , and he was quite sure that in twelve months hence lhey would find the board was in a different position to that it had been in for years pa-. ! . Bro . STEWART proposed 10 withdraw his amendment ,
but as that could not be done , it was put and lost . Bro . I ' RIIIEALW moved as an amendment the introduction of the words " according to thc best of his information and belief , " after the word " shall . " This amendment was put and carried ; and the original motion of Bro . Nunn , with thc addition of llicse words , was also put and agreed to .
United Grand Lodge.
Bro . J AMES STEVENS , P . M . No . 720 , brought forward his motion for a committee on the uniformity of ritual , but would leave it to the Grand Master to name the members of the committee , - ancl thought it would be far better that he should do so than name them himself . Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART thought so too , because any selection made by a private member of Grand Lodge
might not be acceptable to the Craft . They were all desirous to obtain uniformity of working , but unless Grand Lodge itself took the case in hand , they would never arrive at a satisfactory conclusion . Bro . GRAND REGISTRAR said no motion was before Grand Lodge . Bro . Stevens should have submitted a list of names , but as he had not done so , the motion must
drop . Bro . STEVENS maintained that he was quite right . Grand Lodge had affirmed the principle in one of the largest meetings ever held . Bro . SAVAGE thought Grand Lodge could name the committee , and that Bro . Stevens was in order . The feeling of Grand Lodge appearing to be against
Bro . Stevens being in order , and that his motion had lapsed , Bro . BENNOCH was of opinion that Bro . Stevens was hardly treated . The question was discussed by Grand Lodge last time , and a large number of names were submitted to it as being lit persons to form the committee . He felt that a conference should take place between
distinguished Grand Ofiicers , the Grand Registrar , and Bro . Horace Lloyd , and that the number should be reduced ; but the question of Bro . Stevens was carried by a large majority . The Rev . Bro . XV . TAYLOR J ONES seconded Bro . Stevens ' s motion . Bro . HORACE LLOYD opposed the motion . He had
considered the question very much since the last meeting . He had not been approached by Bro . Stevens , but had viewed it by his own lights , ami he had arrived at a conclusion adverse to the advisability of having a committee . He did not think that Brother Stevens had acted fairly in throwing off the duty of nominating the committee himself . Such a nomination was a difficult task . ' 1 he
Masonic working now was very good , and if there was any difference there was a sufficient resemblance , which he would rather see than any infallible form which this motion would set up . The EARL of LIMERICK agreed with Bro . Lloyd . Nothing more fatal lo Masonry in England could happen than an attempt being made to establish a hard and fast
line to be kept within all the lodges . Bro . Lloyd ' s amendment was subsequently carried . On the return of the Scrutineers , the following brethren were declared elected on the Board of General Purposes : Bros . Hemsworth , Long , May , Meggy , Monckton , Rucker , Stewart , Adlard , Barron , Bywater , E . Cox , Iladley , Poynter , and Saunders . Those nominated by
the Grand Master were Bros . Ll . Evans ( President ) , M'Intyre , II . Lloyd , Savage , Fraser , Tomkins , Woods , Fenn , Nunn , W . Young , and Joseph Smith . The under-mentioned brethren were nominated at the General Committee on the iSth May to be on the Colonial Board , and no others were named : Bros . Frederick Adlard ( 7 ) , Brackstone Baker ( 21 ) , Francis Bennoch ( 1 ) ,
D . G . Bruce-Gardyne ( 111 S ) , Edward Cox ( 657 ) , Philip Dakers ( 505 ) , James W . Halsey ( 134 ) . The under-mentioned brethren were nominated at thc General Committee on the iSth May to be on thc Committee of Managemement for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and thc Widows of Freemasons , and no others were named : Bros . James
Bret I ( 177 ) , Charles A . Cottebrune ( 733 ) , John A . farnfield ( 907 ) , Samuel Gale ( 19 ) , Henry Win . Hemsworth ( 190 ) , llyam A . Levy ( iSS ) , John George Marsh ( 28 ) , Richard Tanner ( 177 ) , Joseph G . Thompson ( S 62 ) , V . Walters ( 73 ) . Bro . R . W . STEWART called the attention of Grand Lodge to the want of proper arrangements for the
admittance of brethren entitled to attend the Grand Lodge on the 14 th May last , and lo the unseemly proceedings in the ante-rooms ami lobby of the hall , in order to prevent the recurrence of such a scene , but was satisfied with having brought the matter before the Grand Lodge . Iiro . John Udall ' s motion , introduced by Bro . J OSEPH SMITH , "That thc sum of , £ 50 be given from the Fund
of General Purposes . That the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Asylum of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons , to supply ihe inmates of Croydon with coals during the winter season , " was carried . Iiro . James Mason ' s motion , "That an organ be provided for and placed in Grand Lodge at an expense not
exceeding . £ 600 , and that it be referred lo the Board of General Purposes to make thc requisite arrangements , " was carried . The E \ ui . of CARNARVON said : Before I ask you to assist me in closing this lodge , I wish to say one word , which I omitted to say in the earlier part of the proceedings through fear of delaying the business of thc evening .
I have this evening been placed in this chair , in thc absence of the Grand Master . I have been obligated by an oath to which you have all been witnesses , and I desire low to express my own hope , that so long as I retain that office , I may be able to discharge all the duties depending upon it in truth and sincerity , and loyally to thc Craft . It has been a matter of great satisfaction to mc to feel thai I can render any small service in my power
to the Craft . It has been a satisfaction to me lo preside here this evening . It has been not less a satisfaction to me lo have been obligated , and to have been placed in this chair by my noble friend and brother under whom I served , whom 1 have known for so many years , ami whom I look upon , not merely as a brother Mason , but as one of my oldest friends , who has known mc from my infancy . Grand Lodge was then closed in due form .
Jottings From Misonic Journals.
Jottings from Misonic Journals .
—*—THE Chaine d' Union of Paris energetically supports the re-election of General Mellinet as Grand Master of the Grand Orient , there being another candidate for that honour in the person of Bro . Carnot , who appears to be one of those particulary zealous brethren roused from masterly inactivity to spasmodic life , as since his initiation in 1 S 20 his name docs not figure among the practical workers ofthe Order in France .
Two lodges in Brazil , whose names deserve to be recorded , Secret and Discretion , when celebrating their installations recently , purchased the freedom of several infant slaves who are to be maintained and educated at the expense of the lodges . AT the Rose Croix Chapter l'Etoile Progrcs held at Bordeaux , the Most Wise Bro . Hermitte delivered an address to the brethren in which he explained the
symbolism of the Order in a philosophical sense ; for instance , that the rose was thc emblem of silence and secrecy , the cross a symbol of immortality , and both combined signifying , in a hieroglyphic sense , the secret of immortality This will be news to many of our brethren in the iS \ THE Chapter Les Trinitaires , at Paris , held a concert on the 22 nd May for the benefit of a family in distress .
WE are requested by Bro . Isaac Saqui , to tender his warmest thanks to those brethren by whose exertions and votes his election as annuitant was secured at the recent election of thc Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , when , as our readers are aware , Bro . Saqui was elected at the head of thc poll .
THE Macdonald Lodge ( 1216 ) will meet at their lodge-rooms , Head Quarters 1 st Surrey Rifles , Brunswickroad , Camberwell , on Wednes lay next , Sthjune ; and on Saturday next , at 4 p . m ., thc Macdonald Mark Lodge ( 104 ) will assemble at the same place . MESSRS . TREDIN . NICK & Co ., Stock and Share Dealers , 3 , Crown-chambers , Thrcadneeillc-strect , E . C ,
furnishes the following : —lo make mining investments pay , sound judgment , with practical knowledge , well applied , good localities and ample capital are at all limes indispensable . Hope is the talisman , and perseverance the guarantee of success . The career of the "Van , " in Montgomeryshire , exhibits these facts in a forcible manner , and is an illustration of practical mining and speculative
energy rarely pourtrayed . There are other mines in the same locality of great promise , yet many of the satellites surrounding the "celebrity" will probably prove of ephemeral value only . The shares should be held with caution by all investing , at ruling quotations . Immense sums of money have been thrown away upon schemes destitute of promise , in fact devoid of the very elements of
success , and which practical experience should have condemned at starting ; it therefore behoves all to exercise judgment in their selection of undertakings . Wc may remark , by way of illustration , thai W est Chiverton pays ^ 24 , 000 annually , and sells for . £ 180 , 000 ; Minera , £ 26 , 200 , and sells for 200 , 000 ; whilst Tan-yr-Allt , Van Consols , and Taukcrville command market values of
, £ 66 , 000 , . £ 55 , , and , £ 210 , 000 respectively , and pay no dividend whatever . The latter are full of promise , but thc former arc genuine prizes . The first are bona file and the latter speculative undertakings . It must be remembered , however , lhat mining operations incur far less risks at the present day than in former years ; science and investigation have thrown great light upon the subject ,
whilst ample proofs can be produced that mining enterprize can be conducted with almost as much certainty as the daily transactions between our merchants trading at home , and in distant and colonial countries . Don Pedro North del Rey is a prominent example of thc success of foreign mining under English management , thc profits yielding cent , per cent , annually . There are mines in
Mexico that pay fabulous profits , as for instance —Rosario , formerly a section of the Real del Monte Mines , that yielded , £ 3 , 000 , 003 in 20 years , whilst Rosario at present pays , £ 200 , 000 annually . We know of mines in North Ilaly that pay immense profits , but , are ehielly held privately . The Monte Calhini , in Tuscany , worked for some time bv an Italian company , was purchase ! by an
English capitalist , and , upon trilling extra outlay , has recouped him fully , £ 500 , 00-. The mines of North Italy arc exceedingly rich , and no one shows such prospective promise as the Tavarone , now launched by an English company , in 6 , 000 shares of £ -, each , fully paid , and to whieh wc direct the attention of thc public , having recently inspected thc properly .
IlOLt . OWAv ' S OlNl ' . MEN'TAND Pft . f . S . —Lumbago , Rheumatism , Tic D ilereux . —All excruciating pains of the mus . les and nerves are relieved with astonishing rapidity by the use of this extraordinary Ointment . The parts afleeted , previously fomented with warm water , have only to b . c rubbed with this Slothing unguent to obtain instant case . The Pills much assist in banishing
the tendency to rheumatism and similar painful disorders , whilst the ointment cures the local ailment . The Pills remove thc constitutional disturbances , and regulate every impaired function of every organ throughout the human frame . The cure is neither temporary nor superficial , but permanent ami complete , and the disease rarely recurs , so perfect has been the purification performed yb
these searching yet harmless preparations . —[ Advt . ] Reports of the Premier Conclave , the Consecration of Brent Lodge , No . 12 S 4 , the P . G . Lodge of Berks and Bucks , No . 299 Darlford , No . 50 Hinckley ; L . Ilyncnun ' spaper , the "Mither Lodge , " I . ainento ' f an M . M ., and other communications will appear next week , also a resumi of the great Masonic meeting at Leicester .
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United Grand Lodge.
cautioned him not to enter the lodge on thc occasion in question . The Board therefore ordered him to be reprimanded for his offence against the law and cautioned him to be more careful in his behaviour for thc future , and he was reprimanded by the President accordingly . ( Signed ) J . LLEWELLYN EVANS , President . Freemasons' Hall , 17 th May , 1870 .
Bro . LL . EVANS in moving the reception of thc report , wished to call attention to thc subject of complaint . The presence of more than one member of a lodge at the Board might , if both voted , be thc means of giving relief or preventing relief unduly , but in this case , thc brother complained of had not voted , and was present through
ignorance , and the Board had not thought fit to visit his error with severity . Thc report was adopted . The following paragraph was appended to thc report : — Thc President having quitted the chair , it was resolved unanimously— " That the most cordial thanks of this Board are eminently due to the V . W . Bro . John Llewellyn
Evans , not only for his unremitting attention to the duties which have devolved upon him as the President , and which he has fulfilled with great advantage to the Craft , but more especially for the courtesy and kindness which he has exhibited to all the members while presiding over them during the last twelve months . " ( Signed ) J B . MONCKTON , Vice-President .
I o the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at thc last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on thc 13 th May , 1870 , showing a balance in the hands of the ' Grand Treasurer of ^ 2 , 850 9 s . 9 c ! ., and in the hands ofthe Grand Secretary , for petty cash , £ 7 $ . The annual report of the Royal Masonic
Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons ancl thc Widows of Freemasons , dated 20 th day of May , 1870 , was laid before the Grand Lodge . On the report of the Committee on the Fund of Benevolence being brought forward , Bro . NUNN , in the absence of the President of that Committee , begged to ask that it be taken as read , which was acceded to . ( It was in the same
terms as given in our article last week . ) Bro . NUNN said it was necessary that the Board of Benevolence should have the fullest means at its command to relieve applicants properly . It was always difficult to decide how to distribute thc funds . Sometimes no doubt they gave below the mark , sometimes above it ; and as they wished always to be liberal , if the certificate was insisted on they would come nearer to a just gift than they were able to do now .
Bro . BENNOCH seconded it . Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART objected to that part of the certificate which referred to the future prospects of objects of relief . If that part were withdrawn , he would adopt the recommendation ; but it was difficult for a brother who had visited a case to say what were the future prospects . He hoped Iiro . Nunn would agree to strike out
those words , and then the certificate would be a wholesome check on recommenders of petitions . Bro . J AMES MASON supported Bro . Nairn ' s motion . If the Board of Benevolence should know how to mete out its funds , an applicant ' s future prospects would put them
in possession of that knowledge . If in the course of a month an applicant would come into a reversion of £ 2 , 000 or . £ 3 . ooo , there would not be a reason for giving him a large sum ; but if he was entirely destitute , a considerable sum might be necessary . Bro . WYNNE would vote for Bro . Stewart ' s
amendment . Bro . BENNOCH knew a case where a sub-contractor had sustained heavy losses , and who , having obtained a sum of money from the Board , was enabled to start himself in his former business of a butcher , anil became a
prosperous man 111 consequence . I he inquiry as to his future prospects induced them to give the money which was the cause of his re-starling in life . Therefore , ho supported Bro Nunn ' s motion . Bro . HAVERS knew there was no more difficult position to be placed in than on the Board of Benevolence . He had had a large amount of experience of it . He entirely
agreed with the views of Bro . Nunn as to the desirability of knowing whether the money they were going to give would stave off the wolf from the door for 10 or 12 days , lie believed it would do goo . l to inquire into the future prospects ofthe individuals . Bro . NUNN , in reply , assured the brethren that it was of the utmost importance for thc distribution of the Fund
of Benevolence thai the Board should know more of the cases than lhey did . For the last ten years he had been almost a constant attendant at that Board , and he would saythat uure than half the cases thai came before them they hailknownnothingwhatevcrabout , except the short petition which told ihem what the brother ' s or widow ' s portion was . They had voted large sums of monev , and they
would be doing injustice unless lhey had a perfect knowledge . It was necessary that every portion ofthe certificate proposed should be known to them , and he was quite sure that in twelve months hence lhey would find the board was in a different position to that it had been in for years pa-. ! . Bro . STEWART proposed 10 withdraw his amendment ,
but as that could not be done , it was put and lost . Bro . I ' RIIIEALW moved as an amendment the introduction of the words " according to thc best of his information and belief , " after the word " shall . " This amendment was put and carried ; and the original motion of Bro . Nunn , with thc addition of llicse words , was also put and agreed to .
United Grand Lodge.
Bro . J AMES STEVENS , P . M . No . 720 , brought forward his motion for a committee on the uniformity of ritual , but would leave it to the Grand Master to name the members of the committee , - ancl thought it would be far better that he should do so than name them himself . Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART thought so too , because any selection made by a private member of Grand Lodge
might not be acceptable to the Craft . They were all desirous to obtain uniformity of working , but unless Grand Lodge itself took the case in hand , they would never arrive at a satisfactory conclusion . Bro . GRAND REGISTRAR said no motion was before Grand Lodge . Bro . Stevens should have submitted a list of names , but as he had not done so , the motion must
drop . Bro . STEVENS maintained that he was quite right . Grand Lodge had affirmed the principle in one of the largest meetings ever held . Bro . SAVAGE thought Grand Lodge could name the committee , and that Bro . Stevens was in order . The feeling of Grand Lodge appearing to be against
Bro . Stevens being in order , and that his motion had lapsed , Bro . BENNOCH was of opinion that Bro . Stevens was hardly treated . The question was discussed by Grand Lodge last time , and a large number of names were submitted to it as being lit persons to form the committee . He felt that a conference should take place between
distinguished Grand Ofiicers , the Grand Registrar , and Bro . Horace Lloyd , and that the number should be reduced ; but the question of Bro . Stevens was carried by a large majority . The Rev . Bro . XV . TAYLOR J ONES seconded Bro . Stevens ' s motion . Bro . HORACE LLOYD opposed the motion . He had
considered the question very much since the last meeting . He had not been approached by Bro . Stevens , but had viewed it by his own lights , ami he had arrived at a conclusion adverse to the advisability of having a committee . He did not think that Brother Stevens had acted fairly in throwing off the duty of nominating the committee himself . Such a nomination was a difficult task . ' 1 he
Masonic working now was very good , and if there was any difference there was a sufficient resemblance , which he would rather see than any infallible form which this motion would set up . The EARL of LIMERICK agreed with Bro . Lloyd . Nothing more fatal lo Masonry in England could happen than an attempt being made to establish a hard and fast
line to be kept within all the lodges . Bro . Lloyd ' s amendment was subsequently carried . On the return of the Scrutineers , the following brethren were declared elected on the Board of General Purposes : Bros . Hemsworth , Long , May , Meggy , Monckton , Rucker , Stewart , Adlard , Barron , Bywater , E . Cox , Iladley , Poynter , and Saunders . Those nominated by
the Grand Master were Bros . Ll . Evans ( President ) , M'Intyre , II . Lloyd , Savage , Fraser , Tomkins , Woods , Fenn , Nunn , W . Young , and Joseph Smith . The under-mentioned brethren were nominated at the General Committee on the iSth May to be on the Colonial Board , and no others were named : Bros . Frederick Adlard ( 7 ) , Brackstone Baker ( 21 ) , Francis Bennoch ( 1 ) ,
D . G . Bruce-Gardyne ( 111 S ) , Edward Cox ( 657 ) , Philip Dakers ( 505 ) , James W . Halsey ( 134 ) . The under-mentioned brethren were nominated at thc General Committee on the iSth May to be on thc Committee of Managemement for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and thc Widows of Freemasons , and no others were named : Bros . James
Bret I ( 177 ) , Charles A . Cottebrune ( 733 ) , John A . farnfield ( 907 ) , Samuel Gale ( 19 ) , Henry Win . Hemsworth ( 190 ) , llyam A . Levy ( iSS ) , John George Marsh ( 28 ) , Richard Tanner ( 177 ) , Joseph G . Thompson ( S 62 ) , V . Walters ( 73 ) . Bro . R . W . STEWART called the attention of Grand Lodge to the want of proper arrangements for the
admittance of brethren entitled to attend the Grand Lodge on the 14 th May last , and lo the unseemly proceedings in the ante-rooms ami lobby of the hall , in order to prevent the recurrence of such a scene , but was satisfied with having brought the matter before the Grand Lodge . Iiro . John Udall ' s motion , introduced by Bro . J OSEPH SMITH , "That thc sum of , £ 50 be given from the Fund
of General Purposes . That the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Asylum of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons , to supply ihe inmates of Croydon with coals during the winter season , " was carried . Iiro . James Mason ' s motion , "That an organ be provided for and placed in Grand Lodge at an expense not
exceeding . £ 600 , and that it be referred lo the Board of General Purposes to make thc requisite arrangements , " was carried . The E \ ui . of CARNARVON said : Before I ask you to assist me in closing this lodge , I wish to say one word , which I omitted to say in the earlier part of the proceedings through fear of delaying the business of thc evening .
I have this evening been placed in this chair , in thc absence of the Grand Master . I have been obligated by an oath to which you have all been witnesses , and I desire low to express my own hope , that so long as I retain that office , I may be able to discharge all the duties depending upon it in truth and sincerity , and loyally to thc Craft . It has been a matter of great satisfaction to mc to feel thai I can render any small service in my power
to the Craft . It has been a satisfaction to me lo preside here this evening . It has been not less a satisfaction to me lo have been obligated , and to have been placed in this chair by my noble friend and brother under whom I served , whom 1 have known for so many years , ami whom I look upon , not merely as a brother Mason , but as one of my oldest friends , who has known mc from my infancy . Grand Lodge was then closed in due form .
Jottings From Misonic Journals.
Jottings from Misonic Journals .
—*—THE Chaine d' Union of Paris energetically supports the re-election of General Mellinet as Grand Master of the Grand Orient , there being another candidate for that honour in the person of Bro . Carnot , who appears to be one of those particulary zealous brethren roused from masterly inactivity to spasmodic life , as since his initiation in 1 S 20 his name docs not figure among the practical workers ofthe Order in France .
Two lodges in Brazil , whose names deserve to be recorded , Secret and Discretion , when celebrating their installations recently , purchased the freedom of several infant slaves who are to be maintained and educated at the expense of the lodges . AT the Rose Croix Chapter l'Etoile Progrcs held at Bordeaux , the Most Wise Bro . Hermitte delivered an address to the brethren in which he explained the
symbolism of the Order in a philosophical sense ; for instance , that the rose was thc emblem of silence and secrecy , the cross a symbol of immortality , and both combined signifying , in a hieroglyphic sense , the secret of immortality This will be news to many of our brethren in the iS \ THE Chapter Les Trinitaires , at Paris , held a concert on the 22 nd May for the benefit of a family in distress .
WE are requested by Bro . Isaac Saqui , to tender his warmest thanks to those brethren by whose exertions and votes his election as annuitant was secured at the recent election of thc Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , when , as our readers are aware , Bro . Saqui was elected at the head of thc poll .
THE Macdonald Lodge ( 1216 ) will meet at their lodge-rooms , Head Quarters 1 st Surrey Rifles , Brunswickroad , Camberwell , on Wednes lay next , Sthjune ; and on Saturday next , at 4 p . m ., thc Macdonald Mark Lodge ( 104 ) will assemble at the same place . MESSRS . TREDIN . NICK & Co ., Stock and Share Dealers , 3 , Crown-chambers , Thrcadneeillc-strect , E . C ,
furnishes the following : —lo make mining investments pay , sound judgment , with practical knowledge , well applied , good localities and ample capital are at all limes indispensable . Hope is the talisman , and perseverance the guarantee of success . The career of the "Van , " in Montgomeryshire , exhibits these facts in a forcible manner , and is an illustration of practical mining and speculative
energy rarely pourtrayed . There are other mines in the same locality of great promise , yet many of the satellites surrounding the "celebrity" will probably prove of ephemeral value only . The shares should be held with caution by all investing , at ruling quotations . Immense sums of money have been thrown away upon schemes destitute of promise , in fact devoid of the very elements of
success , and which practical experience should have condemned at starting ; it therefore behoves all to exercise judgment in their selection of undertakings . Wc may remark , by way of illustration , thai W est Chiverton pays ^ 24 , 000 annually , and sells for . £ 180 , 000 ; Minera , £ 26 , 200 , and sells for 200 , 000 ; whilst Tan-yr-Allt , Van Consols , and Taukcrville command market values of
, £ 66 , 000 , . £ 55 , , and , £ 210 , 000 respectively , and pay no dividend whatever . The latter are full of promise , but thc former arc genuine prizes . The first are bona file and the latter speculative undertakings . It must be remembered , however , lhat mining operations incur far less risks at the present day than in former years ; science and investigation have thrown great light upon the subject ,
whilst ample proofs can be produced that mining enterprize can be conducted with almost as much certainty as the daily transactions between our merchants trading at home , and in distant and colonial countries . Don Pedro North del Rey is a prominent example of thc success of foreign mining under English management , thc profits yielding cent , per cent , annually . There are mines in
Mexico that pay fabulous profits , as for instance —Rosario , formerly a section of the Real del Monte Mines , that yielded , £ 3 , 000 , 003 in 20 years , whilst Rosario at present pays , £ 200 , 000 annually . We know of mines in North Ilaly that pay immense profits , but , are ehielly held privately . The Monte Calhini , in Tuscany , worked for some time bv an Italian company , was purchase ! by an
English capitalist , and , upon trilling extra outlay , has recouped him fully , £ 500 , 00-. The mines of North Italy arc exceedingly rich , and no one shows such prospective promise as the Tavarone , now launched by an English company , in 6 , 000 shares of £ -, each , fully paid , and to whieh wc direct the attention of thc public , having recently inspected thc properly .
IlOLt . OWAv ' S OlNl ' . MEN'TAND Pft . f . S . —Lumbago , Rheumatism , Tic D ilereux . —All excruciating pains of the mus . les and nerves are relieved with astonishing rapidity by the use of this extraordinary Ointment . The parts afleeted , previously fomented with warm water , have only to b . c rubbed with this Slothing unguent to obtain instant case . The Pills much assist in banishing
the tendency to rheumatism and similar painful disorders , whilst the ointment cures the local ailment . The Pills remove thc constitutional disturbances , and regulate every impaired function of every organ throughout the human frame . The cure is neither temporary nor superficial , but permanent ami complete , and the disease rarely recurs , so perfect has been the purification performed yb
these searching yet harmless preparations . —[ Advt . ] Reports of the Premier Conclave , the Consecration of Brent Lodge , No . 12 S 4 , the P . G . Lodge of Berks and Bucks , No . 299 Darlford , No . 50 Hinckley ; L . Ilyncnun ' spaper , the "Mither Lodge , " I . ainento ' f an M . M ., and other communications will appear next week , also a resumi of the great Masonic meeting at Leicester .