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The School Quarterly Courts.
THE SCHOOL QUARTERLY COURTS .
The winter Quarterly General Courts of the two Masonic Schools were held at Freemasons' Hall on Friday and Saturday , the 30 th and 31 st ult ., respectively . At these meetings there is not , as a rule , any great amount of business to be transacted , but , as the reports we publish in another column will show , there
was , in each case , something unusual on the agenda . In the case of the Boys' School Court , which was held on Friday , it was the confirmation of the minutes of the previous Court in October last and therefore of the new code of rules for the o-overnment of the Institution , which had been then adopted , and
with the exception of a slight change in the hour of meeting for the Council or General Committee from 2 p . m . to 3 p . m ., the new laws were confirmed . It was also , and very properly , agreed to reduce the pension awarded to Miss HALL , formerly Matron , in consideration of her long service , in 188 5 , from ^ 75
to ^ 50 per annum , in consequence of the lady having married since her retirement and the grant of her pension . The business concluded with the declaration of 28 vacancies , to be rilled up at the Quarterly Court on 10 th April next from an approved list of 15 candidates .
At the Girls' School the extraordinary business was of a peculiarly pleasant character , a resolution being brought forward by Bro . J . H . MATTHEWS and unanimously adopted to confer the rank and privileges of an Honorary Patron of the Institution on Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON in recognition of the able and
successful manner in which he had conducted the recent negotiations with the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railway Company —negotiations which had resulted in the enrichment of the School funds b y the very substantial sum of ^ 5000 in exchange
for a very small parcel of land , the loss of which does not materially reduce the space on which the School premises stand or in the sli ghtest degree affect the comfort and convenience of the inmates . Bro . RICHARDSON has rendered many valuable services to this Institution—as Bro . MATTHEWS was careful to
point out—but he never rendered one more valuable than this and the compliment which has been paid him in recognition of its value is equally honourable both to the Court which conterred it and the brother on whom it was conferred . After sundry changes in certain laws had been agreed to , 19 vacancies
were declared and will be rilled up at the April Court from an approved list of 25 candidates . These figures , as well as the figures recorded in the case of the Boys' School , are satisfactory , snowing , as they do , that the Governors and Subscribers acted very wisely when they resolved on having a Petitions Committee . * .
The Antipodes.
THE ANTIPODES .
tor some time to come the proceedings of the newly-estabhshed Grand Lodges at the Antipodes will be watched with keen "iterest b y the brethren of this country , and the hope will be everywhere experienced that , when the task of organising the several jurisdictions has been completed , the Craft will continue
011 its way with an equal or even greater measure of prosperity under the new regime on which it has so boldly and successfully entered than it enjoyed during its connection with our own Grand -od ges . As regards the Grand Lodge of South Australia , we
a y reasonabl y assume , so far as it is possible to forecast the Ul'e , that its position is already assured , and that the bri ght Prospects apparently in store for it will be realised . But the constitution of the United Grand Lodges of New South Wales
re , ict ° na , and of the Grand Lodge of Tasmania is more cent . What they have done thus far has succeeded , even be-Q ° the most sanguine expectations of the brethren , but much n nec : - s ' y remains to be done before the machinery of governkno / i ' com P ' working order . However , it is gratriying to ] , W tnat considerable progress in the direction of completeness T a'readv been made . in the ease nf the Granrl l . nrlo-e nf
L 0 cj mania ) which is the youngest of the four Australasian Grand 0 £ 6 S ' ^ e first Quarterly Communication was held on the 23 rd B ° , j . Wnen a mass of routine work was disposed of , and the 01 General Purposes was instructed to take the necessary
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steps for compiling a Book of Constitutions , ft was decided to recommend to the Grand Lodges concerned the appointment of certain brethren to act as their representatives at the Grand Lodge of Tasmania , while representatives of the latter were appointed near the Grand Lodges of South Australia
and Victoria . It was also decided to adopt the English regalia for officers and members of private lodges , while the scale of fees payable to Grand Lodge and the date of the Annual Festival were likewise settled . While , too , we hear of the work of organisation proceeding thus satisfactorily , intelligence reaches us that the Grand Master and his officers had set out for
Mount Zeehan by steamer to consecrate a new lodge in that locality , on the 26 th November . The journey was to occupy about ten days , and part of it , Ave are told , would be rather arduous .
However , the proposed lodge was likely to start under favourable auspices , with a roll of about 30 members , so that those engaged in the trip would return with the satisfaction of having accomplished a work that Avas well calculated to promote the interests
of Freemasonry . In the case of Victoria , we note that two meetings were held in Melbourne in November last , one in connection with the Masonic Charitable Institutions in the colony , and the other for the purpose of founding a Masonic Literary Society . At the former the 23 rd Annual Report was laid before the subscribers ,
and adopted , while a letter was read from Bro . the Hon . G . S . COPPIN , P . G . M ., who was Grand Master of the former Victorian Constitution , in which , after congratulating the brethren on their establishment of an " Endowment Fund , " he suggested that the fund should be made permanent , and promised a donation of £ 50 .
This suggestion was at once adopted . At the other meeting , at which Bro . W . T . C . KELLEY , Pres . Board of Gen . Purps ., supported by Bro . the Rev . D . MEADOWCROFT , G . Sec . for Foreign Correspondence , presided , it was resolved on the motion of Bro . Dr . JOHN MAFFEY- " That it is desirable to form a Masonic Literary Society
for the purpose of advancing Masonic literature and research ; acquiring a Masonic library ; cultivating a taste for Masonic music ; and offering facilities for the delivery of lectures and the discussion of Masonic subjects . " The scope of the resolution is a tolerably wide one , but not too wide to be attained if the
promoters set about their scheme in a practical fashion , and the subsequent proceedings convey the idea that they will do so . It was decided that the Society should consist of Master Masons who are subscribing members of lodges , and that it should be governed by a President , two Vice-Presidents , Treasurer ,
Secretary , and five members , to be elected annually , and be eligible for re-election . The subscription was fixed at half a guinea per annum , and the Acting Secretary , Bro . MEADOWCROFT , was instructed to make application to the Board of General Purposes
for a grant of money to purchase some Masonic standard works of reference for the Grand Lodge Library . We further learn that two new lodges , numbered 156 and 157 respectively , have been consecrated , the former on the 28 th October ancl the latter on the 12 th November . Thus the news we have received all
tends in the direction we have indicated , namely , that as the ! work of consolidation progresses , the likelihood of the Craft itself becoming more and more prosperous is increased .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . In the absence of the Three Grand Principals , the chairs were taken by Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., as M . E . G . Z . ; Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., as G . H . ; and Comp . Col . Robert Townley Caldwell , Grand Superintendent , Cambridge , as G . J . There was a large attendance of Companions .
The minutes of the November Quarterly Convocation having been read and confirmed , the next business on the paper was the consideration of the following communication from the M . E . the First Grand Principal : "The United Giand Lodge of England having , at its last meeting on the 3 rd
December , 1890 , conferred the rank of Past Grand Master upon Lieutenant-General H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master of Sussex , and District Grand Master of Bombay , on the occasion of his return from the East Indies , after completing a term of military service there as Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army .
" His Royal Highness the M . E . First Grand Principal now recommends to Grand Chapter that the corresponding rank of Past First Grand Principal be conferred by it on H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , K . G ., who has for some years held the office of Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masonry in the District of Bombay . "
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The School Quarterly Courts.
THE SCHOOL QUARTERLY COURTS .
The winter Quarterly General Courts of the two Masonic Schools were held at Freemasons' Hall on Friday and Saturday , the 30 th and 31 st ult ., respectively . At these meetings there is not , as a rule , any great amount of business to be transacted , but , as the reports we publish in another column will show , there
was , in each case , something unusual on the agenda . In the case of the Boys' School Court , which was held on Friday , it was the confirmation of the minutes of the previous Court in October last and therefore of the new code of rules for the o-overnment of the Institution , which had been then adopted , and
with the exception of a slight change in the hour of meeting for the Council or General Committee from 2 p . m . to 3 p . m ., the new laws were confirmed . It was also , and very properly , agreed to reduce the pension awarded to Miss HALL , formerly Matron , in consideration of her long service , in 188 5 , from ^ 75
to ^ 50 per annum , in consequence of the lady having married since her retirement and the grant of her pension . The business concluded with the declaration of 28 vacancies , to be rilled up at the Quarterly Court on 10 th April next from an approved list of 15 candidates .
At the Girls' School the extraordinary business was of a peculiarly pleasant character , a resolution being brought forward by Bro . J . H . MATTHEWS and unanimously adopted to confer the rank and privileges of an Honorary Patron of the Institution on Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON in recognition of the able and
successful manner in which he had conducted the recent negotiations with the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railway Company —negotiations which had resulted in the enrichment of the School funds b y the very substantial sum of ^ 5000 in exchange
for a very small parcel of land , the loss of which does not materially reduce the space on which the School premises stand or in the sli ghtest degree affect the comfort and convenience of the inmates . Bro . RICHARDSON has rendered many valuable services to this Institution—as Bro . MATTHEWS was careful to
point out—but he never rendered one more valuable than this and the compliment which has been paid him in recognition of its value is equally honourable both to the Court which conterred it and the brother on whom it was conferred . After sundry changes in certain laws had been agreed to , 19 vacancies
were declared and will be rilled up at the April Court from an approved list of 25 candidates . These figures , as well as the figures recorded in the case of the Boys' School , are satisfactory , snowing , as they do , that the Governors and Subscribers acted very wisely when they resolved on having a Petitions Committee . * .
The Antipodes.
THE ANTIPODES .
tor some time to come the proceedings of the newly-estabhshed Grand Lodges at the Antipodes will be watched with keen "iterest b y the brethren of this country , and the hope will be everywhere experienced that , when the task of organising the several jurisdictions has been completed , the Craft will continue
011 its way with an equal or even greater measure of prosperity under the new regime on which it has so boldly and successfully entered than it enjoyed during its connection with our own Grand -od ges . As regards the Grand Lodge of South Australia , we
a y reasonabl y assume , so far as it is possible to forecast the Ul'e , that its position is already assured , and that the bri ght Prospects apparently in store for it will be realised . But the constitution of the United Grand Lodges of New South Wales
re , ict ° na , and of the Grand Lodge of Tasmania is more cent . What they have done thus far has succeeded , even be-Q ° the most sanguine expectations of the brethren , but much n nec : - s ' y remains to be done before the machinery of governkno / i ' com P ' working order . However , it is gratriying to ] , W tnat considerable progress in the direction of completeness T a'readv been made . in the ease nf the Granrl l . nrlo-e nf
L 0 cj mania ) which is the youngest of the four Australasian Grand 0 £ 6 S ' ^ e first Quarterly Communication was held on the 23 rd B ° , j . Wnen a mass of routine work was disposed of , and the 01 General Purposes was instructed to take the necessary
The Antipodes.
steps for compiling a Book of Constitutions , ft was decided to recommend to the Grand Lodges concerned the appointment of certain brethren to act as their representatives at the Grand Lodge of Tasmania , while representatives of the latter were appointed near the Grand Lodges of South Australia
and Victoria . It was also decided to adopt the English regalia for officers and members of private lodges , while the scale of fees payable to Grand Lodge and the date of the Annual Festival were likewise settled . While , too , we hear of the work of organisation proceeding thus satisfactorily , intelligence reaches us that the Grand Master and his officers had set out for
Mount Zeehan by steamer to consecrate a new lodge in that locality , on the 26 th November . The journey was to occupy about ten days , and part of it , Ave are told , would be rather arduous .
However , the proposed lodge was likely to start under favourable auspices , with a roll of about 30 members , so that those engaged in the trip would return with the satisfaction of having accomplished a work that Avas well calculated to promote the interests
of Freemasonry . In the case of Victoria , we note that two meetings were held in Melbourne in November last , one in connection with the Masonic Charitable Institutions in the colony , and the other for the purpose of founding a Masonic Literary Society . At the former the 23 rd Annual Report was laid before the subscribers ,
and adopted , while a letter was read from Bro . the Hon . G . S . COPPIN , P . G . M ., who was Grand Master of the former Victorian Constitution , in which , after congratulating the brethren on their establishment of an " Endowment Fund , " he suggested that the fund should be made permanent , and promised a donation of £ 50 .
This suggestion was at once adopted . At the other meeting , at which Bro . W . T . C . KELLEY , Pres . Board of Gen . Purps ., supported by Bro . the Rev . D . MEADOWCROFT , G . Sec . for Foreign Correspondence , presided , it was resolved on the motion of Bro . Dr . JOHN MAFFEY- " That it is desirable to form a Masonic Literary Society
for the purpose of advancing Masonic literature and research ; acquiring a Masonic library ; cultivating a taste for Masonic music ; and offering facilities for the delivery of lectures and the discussion of Masonic subjects . " The scope of the resolution is a tolerably wide one , but not too wide to be attained if the
promoters set about their scheme in a practical fashion , and the subsequent proceedings convey the idea that they will do so . It was decided that the Society should consist of Master Masons who are subscribing members of lodges , and that it should be governed by a President , two Vice-Presidents , Treasurer ,
Secretary , and five members , to be elected annually , and be eligible for re-election . The subscription was fixed at half a guinea per annum , and the Acting Secretary , Bro . MEADOWCROFT , was instructed to make application to the Board of General Purposes
for a grant of money to purchase some Masonic standard works of reference for the Grand Lodge Library . We further learn that two new lodges , numbered 156 and 157 respectively , have been consecrated , the former on the 28 th October ancl the latter on the 12 th November . Thus the news we have received all
tends in the direction we have indicated , namely , that as the ! work of consolidation progresses , the likelihood of the Craft itself becoming more and more prosperous is increased .
Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . In the absence of the Three Grand Principals , the chairs were taken by Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., as M . E . G . Z . ; Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., as G . H . ; and Comp . Col . Robert Townley Caldwell , Grand Superintendent , Cambridge , as G . J . There was a large attendance of Companions .
The minutes of the November Quarterly Convocation having been read and confirmed , the next business on the paper was the consideration of the following communication from the M . E . the First Grand Principal : "The United Giand Lodge of England having , at its last meeting on the 3 rd
December , 1890 , conferred the rank of Past Grand Master upon Lieutenant-General H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , K . G ., Provincial Grand Master of Sussex , and District Grand Master of Bombay , on the occasion of his return from the East Indies , after completing a term of military service there as Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army .
" His Royal Highness the M . E . First Grand Principal now recommends to Grand Chapter that the corresponding rank of Past First Grand Principal be conferred by it on H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , K . G ., who has for some years held the office of Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masonry in the District of Bombay . "