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Grand Lodge would agree with him that the sum of 500 guineas would show the respect and affecticn the brethren felt for her late Majesty , and the affection and devotion they had for the late Grand Master and to their present honoured ruler , and that it could never be absent from their minds . He trusted , therefore , that Grand Lodge would agree with him in his proposition . ( Applause . ) ., _ ... The Earl of WARWICK , D . G . M ., in seconding Ihe vote , said he had

been much impressed with the able manner in which the Pro G . Master had put before the brethren this motion . It was needless for him to say many words in support of it . But he should just like to say , in seconding the motion that he thoroughly agreed with every word his lordship had said about the Masonic funds . He thought they ought most jealously to watch the allocation of Masonic money to other than charitable purposes ; but he

thoug ht the proposal was an occasion , as the Pro G . Master had mentioned , to mark their deep sympathies with the relations of their late beloved Oueen . He had very great pleasure in seconding the motion . ( Applause . ) *"' The motion was carried unanimously , all the brethren standing . - Bro . HORACE BROOKS MARSHALL , G . Treas . ; Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master , without waiting to have the vote confirmed at next Grand Lodge , I shall take upon myself as Grand Treasurer to pay the amount at

once . ( Loud applause . ) Bro . J . STRACHAN , K . C , G . Reg ., moved "That Rule 8 7 , Book of Constitutions , bo altered by inserting after the words'Nor can he confer on any brother the rank of a Past Provincial or District Grand Officer , ' the words ' Unless specially empowered to do so by the Grand Master on an important commemorative occasion . "'

He said it would be in the remembrance of many members of Grand Lodge that on two occasions , in 1887 and in 1897 , the Jubilee years of her late Majesty ' s reign , Grand Lodge suspended Rule 87 so far as the latter part of the sentence therein contained was conceived . The first sentence was " the Provincial or District Grand Master is empowered to appoint for his province or district the following Provincial or District Grand Officers , and Provincial

no others ; nor can he confer on any brother the rank of a Past or District Grand Officer . " The portion prohibiting the Provincial or District Grand Master conferring Past rank was suspended on those occasions . Lately attention had been drawn to the mode of doing this , and he ( Bro . Strachan ) certainly enteitained a strong feeling that Grand Lodge could not suspend any of the laws . They might alter the law , or do away

with it altogether , or they must carry it out . If they could suspend one law or suspend another it was a very , very bad thing for any free country to do . Therefore , to enable a Grand Master on proper occasions to do what it was not his prerogative to do without the consent of Grand Lodge would tie to enable him to commit an irregularity . He had , with the co-operation of the officers of the Grand Master , given notice that the rule be altered by

inserting after the word " officer " the words " unless specially empowered to do so by the Grand Master on an important commemorative occasion . " That would allow the conferring of Past rank in provinces or districts when the Grand Master on an important commemorative occasion should think proper to grant the privilege ( 0 Provincial or District Grand Masters . He must say in moving this that he had had an opportunity of confening with a brother representing

one of the largest provinces who objected to the words " on an important commemorative occasion , " as he considered they might not be necessary , and after that conference he thought it would be be'ter to leave the discretion of the Grand Master absolutely unfettered . Therefore , it would be scarcely proper to allow the Grand Master ' s discretion to be fettered , and as he ( Bro . Strachan ) would have no objection to the amendment of the brother being moved , he should simply move his motion of which he had given notice .

Bro . VESEY FITZGERALD , K . C , Dep . G . Reg ., seconded the motion . Bro . W . GOODACRE , P . G . S . B ., Prov . Grand Sec . West Lancashire , in moving his amendment to leave out the words mentioned by the Grand Registrar , said he had heard the remarks of the Grand Registrar with mu . h pleasute , and he would propose the amendment .

Bro . Sir J B . MONCKTON , P . G . W ., said he was not in the habit of agreeing with the Grand Registrar ; but he thought there was a g . eit deal in what that V . W . Brother had said . He thought the discretion of the Grand Master should be left unfettered , and there were occasions when such discretion should be unfettered .

The amendment was then put and carried , and Bro . Strachan ' s motion , as amended , was unanimously adopted . Earl AMHERST then called upon Bro . Col . G . J . PARKYN , P . G . S . B ., to move the following motion : " That Rule 210 , Book of Constitutions , be amended by adding to the words ' attend and be heard , ' in the seventh line , the words ' such

notice shall be considered duly served if proved to have been sent by post and registered . '" Col . Park yn said that in bringing the motion forward he did not think it required many words from him . The motion explained itself and he submitted it to Grand Lodge . Bro . GEORGE RICHARDS , Dist . G . M . for the Transvaal , said he did not JLA * " mot ' went far enough . He thought that if the last known address was employed and the letter sent by registered post that should be

considered sufficient notice . It was necessary that brethren ' s privileges should be safeguarded , and he thought that if the lttter was addressed to lohn Smith , Johannesburg , or any other town it would not be enough . Bro . STRACHAN considered that if a letter was sent by post registered that ought to be considered sufficient service if the last known adJress of a brother was used and that would get over the difficulty . The motion was carried .

T IJ ro * --- OVELAND LOVELAND , with reference to the motion of Bro . Thomas J * Hutchinson , P . M . 1392 : '

That it be a recommendation to the Board of General Purposes to take into , consideration the present mode of electing the Grand Treasurer , and to report to Grand Lodge at the next Quarterly Communication what alterations the Board would recommend whereby the members of Grand Lodge could more conveniently exercise their privileges . "

said before the Pro G . Master called upon Bro . Hutchinson , he desired to say that this question had been before a Sub-Committee of the Board of ¦ general Purposes , which would have to report to the Committee on the subject , and this had not yet been done . He therefore appealed to the Tl . _•?' k " ng on tne m ° t' ° n until 'he report had been received . * pe GRAND SECRETARY said he had received a communication from

United Grand Lodge.

Bro . Hutchinson to the effect that he was not able to be present on that occasion , and the motion would not be brought on . Bro . J A . FARNFIELD , P . A . G . D . of C , moved : " That the sum of ^ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purpo . es , and that the money be placed in . the hands of the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons to supply the inmates of this Institution at Croydon with coal during the winter season . "

Bro . HY . LOVEGROVE , P . G . S . B ., seconded the motion , which was carried . Bro . STRACHAN next brought forward the following two appeals * . 1 . —By Bro . R . H . FORMAN , of the Rangoon Lodge , No . 1268 , and 13 other members ,

Against a refusal by the District Grand Master of Burmah ( R . W . Bro . J . Copley Moyle ) to order the re-he ^ ring of a complaint . 2 . —By Bro . F . J . SCARD , W . M . of the Union Lodge , No . 247 , Demarara , Against decisions of the R . W . District Grand Master of British Guiana ( Col . Daly ) and his Deputy ( Bro . Bankart ) concerning honorary membership .

He stated that they were very complicated , and extended over a great many closely printed pages , and after summarising them advised Grand Lodge to dismiss the first and allow the second . The PRO GRAND MASTER stated that the Scrutineers of the ballot had

not yet completed their labours , but he would take their report in his private room . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form . The following is the result of the election for the Board of General Purposes . *

Bros . Arthur Blenkarn , 307 ; James SpelUr , 372 ; William Cleghorn , 366 ; James Beresford Rvley , M . D ., 284 ; Robert Manuel , 272 ; William j . Batho , 265 ; Arthur Williams , 245 ; James Willing , jun ., 228 ; Edwin Styles , 213 ; William Furner Bates , 201 ; Arthur G . Sand r ei-g , M . D ., 194 ; Frederick Atkinson Powell , 189 ; Thomas Henry Roberts , 187 ; Arthur Geo . Duck , 185 ; Henry W . Roberts , M . D ., 174 ; Bernard Groner , 167 ; John Robertson Reep , 151 ; and Frank Adams , 137 .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

The Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons ot England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown was held on Tuesday evening at Mirk Masons' Hall , London , the M . W . Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Euston , presiding . Among other brethren who were present were—Bros . C . Letch Mason , as Dep . G . M . ; Lord Doneraile , S . G . W . ; C . Belton , as J . G . W . ; Sir James Buchanan , Baron de Ferrieres , J . A . Farnfield , Rev . W . R .

Finlay , Dr . Austrinleck , Frederick Cleeves , Lord Herst : hell , Imre Kiralfy , Col . II . VI . Hozier , H . Lovegrove , R . Loveland Loveland , C . F . Matter , Frank Richardson , Col . Clifford Probyn , Gordon Miller , Harry Nicholls , Admiral W . H . St . Clair , John Strachan , K . C ; Major-Gen . A . F . Terry , Frederick vVe > t , Major J . Woodall Woodall , A . Woodiwiss , Rev . H . V . Thompson , Frank Iliffe , T . H . Gardiner , Dr . Clement God-01 , W . J . Fisher , Major C . J . Kniylnley , C . l . A . C . Hansard , Col . W . Hart , and Col . J . C . Ftoroy Tower .

The Report of the General Board was , on the motion of Bro . LOVEL . ND LOVELAND , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes , and the following words , to be called Rule 153 A , were added to the Book of Constitutions , immediately after Rule 153 : " Any matter not specifically dealt with in

these Constitutions must be governed by the general rules of M isonry contained in the Book of Constitutions of Free and Accepted Masons under the United Grand Lodge of England , so far as such rules are not inconsistent with any of the regulations herein , and so far as they are applicable to the Mark Degree . " The report was then adopted .

The meeting was the annual occasion for the installation of the M . W . Grand Master and the appointment and investiture of Grand Officers ; but his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , who was elected to that distinguished position on March 5 th , was not able to be present , and the Earl of EUSTON announced that the installation would take place in October or November .

His Royal Highness was , however , proclaimed as having been installed , and the appointment of the other Grand Officers afterwards took place as follows : Bro . The Earl of Euston ... ... ... Pro G . M .

„ The Hon . Alan de Tatton Egerton , M . P . ... Deputy G . M . „ Lord Herschell ... ... ... S . G . W . ,, Harry James Sparks ... ... ... J . G . W . „ Frederick West ... ... ... G . M . O . „ Dr . Clement Godson ... ... ... S . G . O .

„ William James Fisher ... ... ... J . G . O . „ Rev . E . Laffan Garvock Houndle 1 Chaplains < ,, H . b . Cronin , B . D . ... ... ... ) r „ Harry Manfield ... ... ... G . Treas . „ Frank Richardson ... ... ... G Reg . „ R . Loveland Loveland , K . C . ... ... Pres . Gen . Board . „ C . FitzGerald Matier ... ... ... G . Sec . „ James Ernest Lane ... ... '" IsGDs , ,, D . C . Lloyd Dawson ... ... ... J „ Ernest St . Clair ... ... " { I G . Ds . .. Richard Luck ... ... ... ) J '

" , Henry Arthur Hind ... ... ... G I . of W . „ Henry Edward Cousans ... ... G . D . C „ John Badger Cook ... ... ... 1 AGD C # ,, Imre Kiralfy ... ... ... ) ,, Col . Frank Gordon ... .., ... G . S . B . " J * n Tricks Spalding } G . Std . Br . „ Alfred Lloyd ... ... ... ) „ William Kipps ... ... ... G . O g . „ William Griffin ... .., ... G . i . G . ,, Sholto Henry Hare ... ... ... Asst . G . I . G . „ E . J . Mills ... .,. .,. ... G . Tyler ,