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CONTENTS . PAGE . L EADERSUnited Grand Lodge ... ... ... ••¦ 3 < 7 The New District Grand Master of Barbados ... ... ... 317 A Remarkable Volume ... ... ... ... ••¦ 31 S United Grand Lodge of England ... ... ... ... 3 'S Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons ... ... ••• 3 ' 9 Provincial Grand Ledge of Guernsey and Alderney ... ... ... 320

Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... ... 3 21 Consecration of the Travellers' Lodge , No . 2609 ... . ... 321 Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset ... ... ... ... 321 Royal Arch Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 321 M ASONIC NOTESQuarterly Communication of Grand Mark Lodge ... ... ... 323 Annual Athletic Sports of Boys' School ... ... ... ... 323 New Ledges warranted by Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... 323

Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex ... ... 323 Consecration of the Sympathy Chapter , No . 4 S 3 ... ... ... 323 Annual Communication of the (' rand Lodge of New Jersey ... ... 323 Annual Convocation of Grand Chapter of New York ... ... 323 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 324 Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 324 Islington Lodge of Instruction , No . 1471 ... ... ••• 324

Outing of the York College of Rosicrucians ... ... ... ... 324 National Society for Employment of Epileptics ... ... ... 32 5 Consecration of the St . George ' s Mark Lodge , No . 492 ... ,.. 325 Craft Masonry ' ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 l > Order of the Secret Monitor ( Agenda Paper ) ... ... ... 32 7 Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 2 7 Obituary ... ... ' ... ... ... ... ... 327 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 32 S

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

There was an exceptionally full attendance of brethren at Grand Lodge on Wednesday , the vote of congratulation to H . R . H . the Prince of WALES , on completing 21 years of service as M . W . G . Master , being largely responsible for the presence

of so large a number , while there is no doubt that the election of members to serve on the Board of General Purposes and the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic benevolent Institution had likewise much to do with it . As

regards the business , the report we publish elsewhere contains a full account of what was clone . The suggestion by the M . W . Grand Master , that Grand Lodge should suspend Article 8 7 of the Book of Constitutions , in order to allow of Provincial and District Grand Masters appointing a certain

number of brethren in their respective Provinces or Districts to Past Provincial or District Grand rank was adopted without the slightest feeling of dissent , while the resolution , in which Grand Lodge tendered its hearty congratulations to his Royal Highness on having reached the 21 st anniversary of his

installation , was moved by the Deputy Grand Master , on behalf of the Pro Grand Master , and adopted , amidst the greatest enthusiasm . We arc also pleased beyond measure to record that the arrangements as to the pensions lo be granted to Bros . LEE and GREEN on their retirement , after 23 years ' faithful service in the office of the Grand

Secretary , as recommended by the Board of General Purposes , were adopted instanter , and junior clerks in their stead at salaries of £ 100 each will be appointed . The motion of which Bro . C . E . KEYSER , P . G . D ., had given notice to the effect that a - » m of 50 a guineas be voted from the funds of Grand Lodge

'owards the re-Endowment Fund of Guy ' s I lospital which is now being raised under the auspices of the Prince of WALES , was ¦ 'ilso carmed by acclamation . As for the elections , the list of 'he brethren returned as members of the several Boards will be found in our report .

The New District Grand Master Of Barbados.

THE NEW DISTRICT GRAND MASTER OF BARBADOS .

We augur well for the progress of Freemasonry under the ' "ispiees of Bro . J LOCKE , the new Dist . G . M . of Barbados . " is but a small District over which he has been called upon to l'i ' esicle . The island itself has but a ' limited area and population , , ln < l if , in the course of the next few weeks or months every eligible "hilt male who dwells upon it were enrolled as Masons , the

The New District Grand Master Of Barbados.

numerical strength of Masonry would be nothing very remarkable . Our auguries are based rather on the kindly tone and admirable character of the address he delivered after his recent installation in office . A full report of the special meeting

convened for the purpose of his induction into the chair of District Grand Master appeared in our columns last week . There was no formidable attendance of the brethren , for there are but three English lodges on the island , nor was there anything special in

the manner in which the ceremony was carried out , unless , indeed , wc lay stress upon the fact that the Governor of the island—his Excellency , Sir J AMES SHAW HAY , K . C . M . G . —was the Installing Master . The prominent feature in the proceedings was the

address which , as we have said , Bro . JOHN LOCKE delivered immediately after his installation , and in which , after he had paid a well-merited tribute of respect to Bro . Col . ELLIOTT , C . B ., C . M . G ., his immediate predecessor , he- went on to review the

condition of the Craft in the past , and take stock , as it were , of the prospects awaiting it in the near future . His first remark had reference to the increasing extent of the exchange of fraternal courtesies among the several lodges which had become

manifest since the revival a few years since ol the District Grand Lodge under Bro . Col . ELLIOTT . This exchange , he pointed out , had been productive of the greatest good , '' both in the relations of business and social life , by bringing into contact

brethren who , perhaps , would seldom otherwise have had the opportunity of knowing each other , thereby enabling them to discover good qualities that they otherwise might possibly have remained ignorant of . " This alone , he said , would justify the

existence ol a District Grand Lodge . In respect of Charity , which is rightly considered especially binding upon Freemasons , though he realised that it was " practised freely in" all the lodges , " he held that it was desirable there should be established

with as little delay as possible a District Grand I odge Benevolent Fund , which , in view of the limited number of lodges , might fulfil collectively with advantage the work now done by each , not in relieving their members so much as in dealing with

appeals for relief from those who are not subscribing members , and more especially from those " wandering brethren , whose cases often require closely looking into to prevent unworthy would-be recipients obtaining the relief due to worthy men

alone . " As regards the material progress of the Craft , be did not think it was such as many of tlieni might have anticipated . Good men , no doubt , had been received into the Order , men who had proved valuable acquisitions , " both as regards their Masonic

work , as well as their worth and merit as private individuals . ' Great depression , however , had prevailed everywhere during the last two years , and , while he did not attribute the falling off in the number of candidates to any diminution in the estimation in which Frecmasonrv was held

he thought it not improbable , in view of the prosperity which seemed to be awaiting them , for a time at all events , that they might expect to be approached by men anxious to be enrolled as members , and he counselled them to be cautious whom they

admitted , so that the prestige and efficiency of the lodges might not suffer by the acceptance of unworthy persons . He also referred at some length to the necessity for brethren being punctual and regular in their attendance at the appointed lodge

meetings , while , as regards their relations towards each other , he urged upon them to observe a conciliatory frame of mind and disposition at the same ; lime always most carefully distinguishing

'' minor and incidental matters from those in which offences against the laws of God or the ordinances of the realm are concerned ; They were never to publish to the world the wealoestes