A Commemoration Installation Medal.

A COMMEMORATION INSTALLATION MEDAL .

We have to announce th . it in answer to many applications , Bro . George Kenning is about to issue a medal commemorative of the Installation of our Royal Grand Master , of which further particulars will be announced in the columns of the Freemason . The medals will be of gold , silver , and bronze , and will bear on one side the

bust of our Grand Master , in Masonic costume , and on the reverse , the date of the Installation , and his and our watchwords , Loyalty and Charity . Though , simple , the design appears to us to be most effective , and Bro . Kenning may be relied on to issue a medal which shall do credit to the occasion and the Craft .

Portrait Of Our Royal Grand Master.

PORTRAIT OF OUR ROYAL GRAND MASTER .

We have seen , with great pleasure , a photographic portrait of H . R . H . the Grand Master , taken by Bro . Charles Watkins , of Parliamentstreet . The likeness is most true , and the expression most happy .

The Masonic Magazine.

THE MASONIC MAGAZINE .

We have been requested to inform the Craft that the July number of this very useful and interesting periodical will be adorned with a portrait of our Royal Brother the Grand Master , and that subsequent numbers will also be illustrated by portraits of brethren distinguished in

Masonry . With the July number the Masonic Magazine will be permanentl y increased with eight pages of letter-press . We recommend our readers , if not subscribers , now to begin with the volume commencing July . We have also been requested lo state that the bound volumes for 1873 and 18 ^ 4 will shortly be ready .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The quarterly communication of Grand Lodge of England , was held on Wednesday evening in the Temple . The building was very full of the brethren , and as every meeting appears to increase tlie numbers of those who

attend , m an extraordinary degree , it is not unlikely that before another two years are past the Temple will not be nearly large enough to hold the brethren , leaving out of the question its capability to accommodate them with

comfort . On Wednesday evening , comfort formed no part of the proceedings , for although the brethren were seated to a larger number than on any previous occasion , the room was almost insufferably hot . The general appearance of

thc lodge was somewhat altered , and certainly not for the better . The magnificent throne was placed at the back of tlie dais behind the chair in which the acting Grand Master sat ; thus causing considerable inconvenience to the Past

Grand Officers ; while the Senior Warden ' s chair was placed to the left of the entrance to Grand Lodge , destroying the square ap : pearance of the assembly , and giving the notion of something or other being out of place . On the whole , Grand Lodge looked much like the

reception room of a London house , out of the season , which , on a sudden emergency arising , had been hastily and imperfectly arrayed for a party . The splendid carpet presented to Grand Lodge for the Installation ( for which , however , there was no vote of thanks proposed ) was laid down the centre of the room .

For some days previously it had been expected that the M . W . G . Master himself would be present to propose the vote of thanks which stood on the agenda paper in his name to the Committee of the Board of General Purposes ,

Bro . Sir Albert Woods , and Bro . Thomas Fenn , for the successful arrangements made by them for the Installation of H . R . H . on the 28 th of April . A great number of the brethren , no doubt , attended in that belief , but a great many more were probably influenced by a desire to

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vote for the members of the Board of General Purposes . Long before seven o'clock , the body of Grand Lodge was full , and at that hour , to the music of Bro . Kuhe , on the organ , the procession entered . The Prince of Wales , however , formed no part of it ;

neither did Lord Carnarvon ; but Lord Skelmersdale , for the first time in his Masonic career , appeared in the place of the Grand Master . His lordship was vociferously cheered as he entered and took his seat , surrounded by a large body of present and past Grand Ofiicers ,

amongst whom were the Marquis of Hamilton , G . S . W . ; Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., as G . J . W . ; Dr . Hamilton , as Dep . G . M . ; Bros . Sir Michael Costa ; W . Beach , M . P . ; Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) , G . D . C . ; H . D . Sandeman ; S . Rawson ; Thomas Fenn ; J . C . Parkinson ; Dr . Hogg ;

W . E . Gumbleton ; R . W . Stewart ; H . Browse Joshua Nunn ; James Mason ; John Havers ; R . J . Spiers ; Dr . Erasmus Wilson ; E . S . Snell ; W . Winn ; Revs . A . B . Frazer , Sir J . Warren Hayes , James Simpson , D . C . L ., S . R . Wigram , and C . J . Martyn ; Capt . Piatt ; J . B .

Monckton ; — Mclntyre , Q . C , G . E . ; Dr . Woodman , G . S . B . ; John M . Clabon ; Samuel Tomkins ; S . L . Tomkins j Hyde Pullen ; — 'Savage ; Brackstone Baker ; John Symonds ; John Hervey , G . S . ; Ough ; Brett ; Cubitt ; Jos . Smith ; Thomas Wright ; and E . P . Albert .

Grand Lodge having been formally opened , and the minutes read and confirmed , The Acting Grand Master "rose and said—Brethren , it is now my pleasing duty to propose to you three resolutions ; but before doing so , I must express to you the regret H . R . H . the

Grand Master wished me to convey to you , at not being able to be present on this occasion . He hopes to be able to attend more regularly in the future . I have also to regret that the Pro-Grand Master is not here to-night ; but wc all know how great a task it was for him to

perform that he undertook on the 28 th of April , and how little we ought to expect from him at present . The Grand Master wished me also to express to you his cordial assent to thc resolutions which I am about to propose to you . I need hardly dilate on them , for I think all who

were present on the 28 th of April must have expressed astonishment at the admirable way in which all the arrangements were carried out . ( Hear , hear . ) I will not detain you by saying any more on the subject , for I am sure you will endorse everything that has been said in public

and in private . I will read the resolutions to you . His lordship then read the following resolutions , which were put seriatim , seconded by Dr . Hamilton , and carried amidst great applause : " That the cordial thanks of the Grand Lodge are due and are hereby given to Bro . John B .

Monckton , the President , and to the members of the committee appointed by the Board of General Purposes to assist the Grand Director of Ceremonies , for their successful exertions in carrying out the arrangements for the installation

of H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master , at the Royal Albert Hall , on thc 28 th April last , and to the Grand Secretary and the excutive generally for their willing and able assistance on the occasion . "

" That the best and most cordial thanks of this Grand Lodge are eminently due and are hereby given to Bro . Sir Albert W . Woods , Garter , P . G . W ., Grand Director of Ceremonies , for the most able manner in which he conceived and carried out thc details of the ceremony of

installation of H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master , at the Royal Albert Hall , on the 28 th day of April , 1875 . " " That the cordial thanks of Grand Lodge are due and are hereby given to Bro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . D ., for the very able manner in which he

carried out the duties of superintending the arrangements relating to thc admission and seating of the brethren on the occasion of the installation of H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master , at the Royal Albert Hall , on the 28 th of April ,

1875 , and for his indefatigable exertions in the discharge of that duty . " His Lordship observed , on putting the motions , that he was sure he need hardly put them , as he knew the brethren were of the

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same opinion as himself with regard to thewhole arrangements on the 2 Sth of April . On the election of Trustees of Grand Lod <* Funds coming on . Dr . Hamilton said , he begged to propose the Right Hon . thc Earl of Carnarvon , Pro-Grand

Master , the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale Deputy Grand Master , and thc Right Hon . the Marquis of Hamilton , Senior Grand Warden . as such trustees . Bro . Hugh D . Sandeman seconded the pro . position , which was put and carried .

The election of members of the Board of General Purposes was then taken , and scrutineers appointed . There was no contest for the membership of the Colonial Board , or the Committee of Management of the Benevolent Institution , the

requisite number only having been nominated . They therefore stand as follows : Colonial Board . —Bros . BrackstoneBaker ( 2 i ) ; James Brett ( 177 ) , J . M . Case ( 1 ) , H . GrOning ( 197 ) , J . G . Marsh ( 28 ) , W . F . Nettleship ( 14 ) , and S . Poynter ( 1491 ) . Committee of Management of the Benevolent

Institution . —Bros . James Brett ( 177 ) , C . A . Cottebrune , ( 733 ) , T . Cubitt ( 157 ) , J . A . Farnfield ( 256 ) , 11 . M . Levy ( 1 S 8 ) , J . G . Stevens ( 554 ) , A . H . Tattershall ( 140 ) , H . G . Warren ( 173 ) , and Thomas White ( 21 ) . Bro . Hervey afterwards read the report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the followinsr

grants , viz . r—A brother of the lortitude and Old Cumberland Lodge , 12 , London , £ 100 ; a brother of the St . Paul ' s Lodge , 374 , Montreal , Canada East , ^ 50 ; the widow of abrother ofthe Lodge of Sincerity , 189 , East Stonehouse , ^ 150 ; the widow of a brother of the Belgrave

Lodge , 749 , London , . £ 50 ; a brother of the St . Thomas ' s Lodge , 142 , London , ^ 100 . All these grants were then proposed by Bro . John M . Clabon , president of the lodge , and four of them were seconded by Bro . Joshua Nunn , Senior Vice-President . Bro . H . Garrod

seconded the fourth on the list . All the grants were confirmed . Bro . John B . Monckton , P . G . D ., President of the Board of General Purposes , moved that the following report of thc Board of General Purposes , printed on the agenda paper , be taken as

read , which was agreed to : — To thc United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes have to report as follows : —It appeared from the return of its members made to the Grand Secretary by a Provincial

Lodge , that the names of initiates were withheld from such return . This being in contravention of the Constitutions ( Art . 14 , page 66 ) , the attention of the Lodge was called to the circumstance ancl an explanation requested , and it was stated in reply ( and upon investigation the

Board have every reason to be satisfied with the bona fides of the statement , ) that the belief had always prevailed in the Lodge that members ought not to be returned until raised to the third degree . The Board have received the strongest expressions of regret that such a

mistake should have occurred , and have admonished the Lodge in respect to it . It is thought right to report the matter to Grand Lodge , as a warning to other lodges in case a similar misapprehension prevails elsewhere . ( Signed ) John B . Monckton ,

Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . President . 18 th May , 1875 . In moving that it be received and entered on the minutes , Bro . Monckton said , that though it had been taken as read , he trusted that no member of Grand Lodge would be satisfied

without reading that report in its entirety , because it contained that which without being intended to be at all severe on the lodge in question , was brought before Grand Lodge as a warning to lodges that might not be so well-informed as others of their responsibilities and liabilities . ( Hear , hear . )

Bro . John Savage , P . G . D ., seconded the motion , which was put by the Acting Grand Master , and carried . Bro . JE . J . Mclntyre , Q . C , G . R ., said that as-