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strangled or hushed up . Those gentlemen should insist , as an officer would on a court-martial , on the matter being taken before the Board of General Purposes . He sympathised with them most deeply .

Although this discussion was going on in a Masonic lodge , it was unavoidable that its purport should ooze out to the public , and a very serious result might come about if some amendment were not passed , that

night , which should show that Grand Lodge did not want to hush up , or in any way to strangle , the inquiry ; but , on the contrary ,

demanded the proofs of the charges Bro . Cooke had brought forward . He should should strongly ' support the amendment of Bro . Bennoch .

Bro . E . J . Barron would appeal to Bro . Bennoch to allow a slight alteration to be made in his amendment . As it at present stood , he did not think it fully expressed the feeling of Grand Lodge . He thought

that , having this motion of Bro . Cooke s before them—which they all agreed was most objectionable in form , and had been most improperly supported ( he trusted he was not using an unmasonic term)—they

ought to make the amendment as strong as they could , and he would suggest that the words , " that this Grand Lodge , while strongly reprobating the terms of Bro . Coeke ' s motion , refers it , & c , " should be added .

Bro . Murton did not know anything with regard to the merits of the case of his own knowledge , but one thing appeared from Bro . Cooke ' s motion , that irregularities existed in the Grand Secretary ' s office . He

could but regret it . He could not state what they were ; and whether they liked it or not , it would go forth to the public that there were such irregularities . Therefore it was extremely advisable for the officials ,

that the matter should be inquired into , and if the amendment was carried , he hoped no additional words would be incorporated in it which would enable any one hereafter to say that the slightest opinion was expressed

on the charges made . Judgment should be reserved until the facts had been brought forward . Bro . J . M . Clabon , P . G . D ., thought the amendment unnecessary . Bro . Cooke

could bring his complaints before the Board without it . Grand Lodge could negative the motion , and then leave Bro . Cooke to

go before the Board . of General Purposes . Bro . H . Browse , P . G . D , also suggested that Bro . Bennoch should withdraw his amendment .

Bro . Hervey , G . S ., said : Most Worshipful G . M . in the chair , it is not usual for the Grand Secretary to make any observation in this lodge , but when he has been , I may say , so decidedly attacked as he has been

this evening , I think he may be excused if he makes two or three observations to Grand Lodge . ( Hear , hear , . and cheers . ) M . W . G . M ., I , and the officers who act under mej have no objection to any investigation

that can take place , and I can only say , we court it . But , M . W . G . M ., I object most entirely to the amendment that has been made , inasmuch as it insinuates that some investigation is necessary . ( Hear , hear . )

I wish the issue to be taken , and I should like it to be taken , if I might throw myself on the mercy of Grand Lodge . The

observations which Bro . Cooke has made to Grand Lodge , the attack he has made , wherein he has asserted that members of the Grand Secretary ' s office

sell—Bro . Matthew Cooke rose to order . He had been told he was out of order when so addressing Grand Lodge , and he ceased immediately .

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Bro . Binckes said that Bro . Cooke did use those words . Bro . Hervey continued : —I think , sir , that if those words were made use of by Bro . Matthew Cooke—and I believe they

were—then . I say , that I wish the issue taken by Grand Lodge , whether we of the Grand Secretary ' s office have ever sold information which we possess for the benefit of any Masonic tradesman . Most

Worshipful Grand Master , I will not trouble you further with any observations .- I feel strongly on the motion , and I say , take it on its original merits ; do not take it by a sidewind ; let us know what we have to

meet ; bring any charge you like against us , we are ready to meet it ; and I , as Grand Secretary of Grand Lodge , say to this Grand Lodge of England , I am ready to

abide by it .--Bro . Bennoch replied on his amendment , but could not see how he could withdraw it .

Bro . Clabon said , whether the amendment was put and carried , or put and lost , Bro . Cooke could still go before the Board with his complaint and have it fully investigated ; but it would be much better for the

officials ( " no , no " ) that Grand Lodge , feeling strongly their innocence of any betrayal of their trust , should refer it to the Board of General Purposes . ( Great confusion ) . Bro . Bennoch ' s amendment was then put , and declared carried .

Bro . LI . Evans , President of the Board of GeneralPurposesasked what was thequestion referred ? It was not the practice of the Board to enquire into hypothetical charges . If substantive charges were brought before

them it was their duty to enquire into them . At present none such were stated . The Acting Grand Master agreed with Bro . Evans , hut thought it a simple way of

getting rid of a very disagreeable subject . Bro . LI . Evans protested against the unbusinesslike way in which it had been brought forward .

Bro . Joshua Nunn , P . G . S . B ., said the amendment had not yet been put as a substantive motion , and he should therefore move that the whole question be adjourned sine die .

Bro . Binckes seconded the amendment of Bro . Nunn , and called for a division on Bro . Bennoch ' s amendment as a substantive

motion . Bro . Edward Cox objected , that some of the brethren forming the majority had left the Lodge .

The amendment was then put when there appeared : —

For the amendment 75 Against ... 63 Majority 12 Bro . Joshua Nunn afterwards moved " That the whole question be adjourned sine die . "

Bro . W . S . Gover seconded the motion . It was a rule in public bodies that charges should not be made covertly behind a motion which did not express censure . By what they were doing that night they would

establish a precedent for the future whether a brother who wished to bring forward a charge against any other brother should construct a motion that should keep everybody in the dark till he brought it on . It

was their duty to deal at once with such a matter , that it might never occur again . Bro . Cooke , having made these charges , was bound in honour as a gentleman to bring them forward in a formal shape , but

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the only way of preventing the course he had taken occurring again , was to adopt Bro . Nunn ' s motion . After a few words from Bros .. Brackstone

Baker ; the Rev . R . J . Simpson , Brandt , Bennoch , Binckes , Algernon Perkins and Edward Cox , Bro . Nunn ' s amendment was put and lost , and Grand Lodge was closed in proper form .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The General Committee of the Boys ' School was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Saturday , the 2 nd inst . Bro . H . Browse , V . P ., occupied the chair , and there were also present Bros . B . Head , J . R . Sheen , G .

Snow , F . Walters , J . R . Stebbing , and R . Spencer , V . P . ' s ; H . Massey , F . Adlard , W . Young , J . Weaver , M . A . Loewenstark , A . D . Loewenstark , S . Rosenthal , J . Turner ,

and F . Binckes ( Secretary ) . The minutes of the last meeting were read and unanimously confirmed , and the minutes of the House Committee were read for information .

A candidate was placed on the list of boys seeking admission into the school . The interest of the Sustentation Fund not being equal to the demands made upon

it , the sum of £ 200 was unammonsly voted from the General Fund to the Sustentation Fund . The usual vote of thanks to the Chairman brought the meeting to a close .

THE Clapton Lodge , No . 1365 , for which a warrant has been issued , will be consecrated on the 20 th instant , at the White Hart- Tavern , Clapton . Bro . J . D . Taylor , of the Whittington Lodge , No . 862 , will be the first W . M . ; Bro . W . Stephens , of the Vitruvian Lodge , No . S 7 , the

first Senior , and Bro . Saunders , W . M . of the Burdett Coutts Lodge , No . 1278 , the first Junior Warden of the new lodge . Bro . Richard Buller , P . M . of the Albion Lodge , No . 9 , is the Secretary-designate . Bro . James Terry , P . M .

22 S , has been named by the M . W . Bro . the Marquis of Ripon as the Consecrating Officer , and the musical arrangements will be under the direction of Bro . Thomas , of the Urban Lodge , No . 1196 .

GOLDEN RULES FOR SMOKERS . —TO begin , a man with a bad appetite will , if he smoke , most assuredly eat still less—a noteworthy fact for smokers or others recovering from wasting illness or " eff their feed" from whatever cause . This effect of tobacco , by the way , while an evil to the sick man

who cannot eat enough , becomes . 1 boon to the starved man who cannot get enough to eat ; and ample illustration of this was furnished among the French and German soldiers in the recent war . Again , no man should smoke who has a dirty tongue , a bad taste in his mouth , or a weak or

disordered digestion . In any such case he cannot relish his tobacco . It should be a golden rule with smokers , that the pipe or cigar which is not smoked with relish had better not be smoked at all . Indigestion in every shape is aggravated by smoking , but most especially that form of it commonly known

as atonic and accompanied with flatulence . Diarrhoea , as a rule , is made worse by smoking . —Food Journal . BOOTS of the Period at BLAKEY ' S , Lime-street , Liverpool ( under the Alexandra Theatre ) . — [ Advt . j HOLLOWAY ' PILLS are admirably adapted for

the cure of diseases incidental to females . At different periods of life women are subject to complaints which require a peculiar medicine , anil it is now an indisputable fact that there is none so suitable for such complaints , as Holloway ' s Pills . They are invaluable to females of all ages , young or old , married or single . They purify the blood , regulate the secretions , give tone to the stomach ,

correct all suspended functions , and clear the complexion . The first approach of disordered action should be met with appropriate doses of these Pills ; which taking then no restriction need be placed over the patient . They contain nothing which can possibly prove injurious to the system . Tlicy act by purifying the blood , and regulating every organ . —[ Advt . ]