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HOARD of GENERAL PURPOSES . Bro . IAMES STEPHENS respectfully thanks his many f . iends for the kind interest displayed by them in securing his re-election to ' the above . As the figures have not been published , fnr the information of those who did not remain in Grand Lodge on the -rd inst . to hear the result , and in response to several inquiries tl be furnished with the particulars , I append them . Elads , Maida Vale , London , W . p ' ELECTED ' N Pon ? 527 Stephens . James 1 404 Mulvey , Ebenfzer Charles 2 301 Mason , William James 3 362 Blenkarn , Arthur 4 351 Thomas , John Joseph 5 2 S 4 Cleghorn . William 6 2 S 3 Willing , James , jun 7 2 S 2 Fendick , William Barnes S 24 6 Williams , A rthur 9 240 Reep , John Robertson ... 10 237 Sandberg . Arthur G ., M . D n 211 Laundy , Richard Philip James 12 177 Buxton , Frederick 13 162 Pulman , Charles 14 157 Burgess . James Whittaker 15 13 S Powell , Frederick Augustus 16 125 Lamonby , William Farquharson ... 17 124 Barrett , John Leach iS NOT ELECTED . 11 S VVilkinson-Pimbury , Charles James ... ig 97 Harrison , Joseph 20 § 2 Gubbins , Major Charles Edgeworth ... 21

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^^^ fe ^ M^ SSATURDAY , J 6 , 18 9 6 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Quarterly Communication of Mark Grand Lodge was held at Mark Masons' Hall , and the Grand Festival of the Order at the Freemasons' Tavern adjoining , on Tuesday , the 2 nd instant . Bro . the Earl of Euston , Pro Grand Master , presided , both in Grand Lodge and at the banquet table , and everything passed off with

the g reatest success . The business , as shadowed forth in tic paper of agenda in our last week's issue , was carried out strictly in accordance with the several recommendations , while , as regards the Festival , we need not say more than that the Stewards well merited the compliments paid to them for the excellence of their arrangements . # #

* The annual athletic sports of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will , by the kind invitation of Bro . George Everett , Past Grand Treasurer , be held at Kempton Park on Saturday , the 13 th instant . The arrangements are about the same as they were last year . A special train will leave Waterloo ( North )

Station , No . 8 Platform , at 12 . 45 p . m ., and , calling at Vauxhall at 12 . 50 , Clapham Junction at 12 . 55 , and Richmond at 1 . 13 , will arrive at Kempton Park Station at 1 . 30 p . m . Return fares , first class , 2 s . ; second class , is . 6 d . Tickets will Onl y be issued lo holders of invitation cards , and will also be available by the ordinary trains at 125 and 2 . 15 p . m . from Waterloo to Sunbury , which will specially stop to set

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down at Kempton Park . There will be ample provision on the ground for those who need refreshment the catering being in the hands of . Messrs . Bertram

& Co ., the charge for dinner being 3 s . 6 d . each , and for tea is . The band of the T Division of Metropolitan Police will play from I p . m ., and there will be dancing in the Pavilion from 6 . 30 p . m .

Of the 13 new lodges for which warrants of Constitution have been granted since the March Communication of Grand Lodge , five are located in London , namely : The London County Council , No . 2603 ; the London School Board , No . 2611 ; the Navy , No . 2612 :

the Household Brigade , No . 2614 ; and the Zodiac , No . 2615 . Five are located in the Provinces , namely The Wyreside , No . 2605 , in Lancashire ; the Fforest No . 2606 , South Wales ; the Headingley , No . 2608 Leeds , West Yorkshire ; the Travellers ' , No . 2600

Cheshire ; and the Beresford-Peirse , No . 2610 , Bedale , in Yorkshire . The following three are located abroad : The Moore , No . 2604 , Bangalore , in the District of Madras ; the Prosperity , No . 2607 , Johannesburg , in the District of the Transvaal ; and the Amity , No . 2613 , in Queensland .

The Royal Clarendon Hotel , Gravesend , will be the scene of an interesting Masonic function on Monday next , the 8 th inst ., when the Sympathy Chapter , No . 4 . 83 , will be consecrated . The ceremony will be performed by Comp . Earl Amherst , Grand Superintendent

for Kent , who will be assisted by the officers of his Prov . Grand Chapter . Subsequentl y the Principals designate will be installed , and there will be the customary banquet at 5 p . m . The hour fixed for the consecration is 2 . 45 p . m .

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex will be held at the Public Hall , Harrowon-the-Hill , ou Saturday , the 27 th instant , under the presidency of Bro . the Right Hon . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master . The hour fixed

for opening Provincial Grand Lodge is 3 . 45 p . m ., and a dinner will be served in the Assembly Room adjoining the King ' s Head Hotel , for which tickets , price 6 s . each , exclusive of wine , must be applied for to the Provincial Grand Secretary , Bro . H . H . Room , 19 , John-street , Adel p hi , not later than Friday , the 19 th instant .

The 109 th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey was held in Trenton on the 29 th and 30 th January last , under the presidency of Bro . C . Belcher , M . W . G . M ., among the visitors present being the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of New York ,

and the Grand and Deputy Grand Masters , the J . G . Warden and Grand Secretary of Pennsylvania . In the course of his address the Grand Master is reported to have announced that he had suspended three W . Ms , from office for gross irregularity in work and disciplined

four lodges for neglecting to comply with the law . He also reported that he had made a Mason at sight , which the Voice of Masonry regards as " an inexcusable thing , " it being its opinion that a Grand Master possesses no such prerogative . Grand Lodge declared

—and very properly—that " the use of robes or costumes in conferring the degrees of Symbolic Masonry" was " an innovation , " while the Grand Master was given very plainly to understand that he has no power " to annul a regular election of officers ,

nor to order a new election for the stations and places filled by them , and that such new election was a nullity and conferred no authority upon the brothers chosen thereat . " The number of lodges on the roll of this Grand Lodge is 165 and the nnmber of subscribing

members 15 , 686 . Bro . Belcher was succeeded as Grand Master by Bro . George W . Fortmeyer , while Bro Thomas 11 . R . Redway remains at his post of Grand Secretary . * * *

The Grand Chapter of New York held its 99 th Annual Convocation in Albany , on the 4 U 1 and 5 th February , Comp . M . L . Greenwood , G . H . P ., presided , and in addition to the Grand Officers , Present and Past , there attended the representatives of uSj

chapters . The G . H . P ., in the course of his address , referred to the near approach ol the Centenary of the Grand Chapter . The sum of 250 dollars was voted towards the erection of a monument to the memory of the late Comp . John L . Lewis , Past G . H . P . There

are 1 S 6 chapters on the roli , with an aggregate of 19 , 000 subscribing members . Comp . George E . W . Stivers is the G . H . P . for the present year , and Comp . Christopher G . Fox still occupies the post of Grand Secretary .