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CONTENTS .

United Grand Lodge 54 ¦ CISTS OF M ASONIC MEETINGS : — lv CraftMasonry 54 Instruction 55 Roval Arch 55 Mark Masonry 54 l ' cil Cross or Constantine 54 Kniirbts Templar 54

Scotland -. . - 54 ' y \ ct of Masonic Devotion 54 ,-iml Lodce of Benevolence .. 55 l .-l , e Present Aspect of the Masonic Struggle in France and ' | 3 c'K '" $$ Morbid Tastes 55 ' tinned Roman Catholic Attacks on freemasonry 55 ! - „ Rr < ESP"XDE N'CE : — Grand Lodge of Scotland 55 Admission of Candidates 55 The Masonic Brotherhood 55 Installation

The Engraving JJ The l . ate Bvo . George Dawson 55 CranJ Mark Lodge 55 Rival Masonic Inslitntion for Boys 55 Obituary 55 Reviews 55 nrcJ ; cntation to Uro . Wm . Worrell 55 Arciia'olog ical Section of the Falcon Lodge , Thirsk 55 , Masonic and General Tidings 551 Mason ' Meetings for next Week 551 Advertisements 55 6 , 557 , i . ii . iii . iy . v . vi

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The Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons ' gall . Lord Skelmersdale , D . G . M ., presided , Lord Donoughmore , S . G . W . ; Hon . W . Vernon , l . G . W . j ' Sir Albert W . . Woods ( Garter ) ,

G . D . C . ; JE . Mclntyre , Q . C ., G . R . ; Dr . Rhys Williams , A . G . D . C . ; J . B . Monckton , President of the Board of General Purposes ; Lieut .-Col . Birchall ; T . W . Boord , M . P . j N . F . Nettleship , E . J . Barron , J . M . Case , Capt . S . G . Homfray , Earl of Shrewsbury , W . W . B . Beach ,

R . Bagshawe , Col . Burdett , Dr . Hamilton , Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , Rev . C . W . Arnold , Samuel ' 1 ' omkins , S . Rawson , Rev . R . J . Simpson , Rev . | . Ii . Cox , Rev . A . B . Frazer , Hyde Pullen , Rev . Sir J . Warren Hayes , H . J . P . Dumas , Rev . C . 1 . Martyn , Brackstone Baker , Hon . R .

Giddy , Thomas Fenn , J oshua Nunn , f . R . Rucker , H . Grissell , J . M . Clabon , C . A . Murton , E . Snell , Wilhelm Kuhe , G . Org . ; James Mason , Dr . Erasmus Wilson , R . J . Spiers , fl . D . Sandeman , H . Browse , James Glaisher , | . C . Parkinson , John Symonds , F . A . Philbrick ,

U . C ., F . Pattison , Thos . Cubitt , John Eramens , George Kenning , P . G . D Middlesex j N . B . Headon , P . M . ; G . Freeman , P . M . Holden , W . M . 1 . 56 . 3 ; W-S . Whitaker , F . Keily , G . T . Middlesex ; J . M . Levick , Jno . Mason , Wm . Stephens , M . S . Larlham , H . A . Dubois , P . G . S . D .

-Middlesex ; W . Ramsay , C . F . Hogard , J . Bingemann , H . Dicketts , J . Boyd , P . G . P . ; Jas . Willing , Jno . Douglas , F . Rinckes , P . G . S . ; J . Terry , E . J . Harty , Jno . Peartree , Thos . Kingston , John While , J . Steedman , C . F . Moutrie , Horace Jones , J . W . Baldwin , J .

Baxter Langley , Capt . N . G . Philips , Major Shadwell Clerke , Griffiths Smith , H . Garrod , and John Hervey , Grand Secretary . Grand Lodge having been formally opened , Grand Secretary read the minutes of Quarterl y Communication of 6 th September , which were then confirmed .

Lord Skelmersdale then said that the next business on the paper was the nomination of II . W . G . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Gould , W . M . 92 , P . M . 153 , 570 , and / 4 . 3 . rose and said : M . W . G . M . in the chair , I beg 0 propose Bro . His Royal Highness the Prince

" 1 Wales , M . W . G . M ., for re-election as Grand Master for the ensuing year . ( Loud applause ) . After a short pause Lord Skelmersdale said Has any one the name of any other brother to nominate ? Ihis question was received with considerable

mernment . 1 'he next business on the paper being the nomination of a President of the Lodge of Benevolence , Lord Skelmersdale said : Bro . John * ' Clabon , P . G . D ., is appointed by the Grand Master as President of the Lodge of Benevolenc e . ( Cheers . )

B . ro . Joshua Nunn , P . G . S . B ., was re-elected . junior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevoenc e , and Bro . James Brett , Junior Vice-Presien t , no other brothers having been nominated ai t"e Board of Masters . ( . « e election of 12 Past Masters to serve on e Board being the next business , Bro . Hervey onM nced that * he nanies of i 2 Past Masters y had been given in , and consequently there

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would be no election . The names were Bros . Charles Atkins , P . M . 1 7 ; Henry Bartlett , P . M . i + 7 ; Herbert Dicketts , P . M . 25 ; Henry Garrod , P . M , 749 ; C . F . Hogard , P . M . 205 ; W . T . Howe , P . M . 144 ^ ; William Mann , P . M . 186 ; W . H . Myers , P . M . 820 ; Samuel Poynter , P . M . 1491 ; Griffiths Smith , P . M . 21 ;

William Smith , P . M . 33 ; and William Stephens , P . M . 1365 . This was put to the Grand Lodge and confirmed . The following grants , recommended b y the Lodge of Benevolence , were then separately moved , seconded , and carried : — A brother of the Lodge oE Loyalty , No . 243 ,

Guernsey £ 50 o a A brother of the Royal Navy Lodge , No . 429 , Ramsgate 50 o 0 A brother of the Athol Lodge , No . 74 , Birmingham 100 o o The widow of a brother of the Worcester Lodge ,

No . 280 , Worcester 50 o o A brother of the Cleveland Lodge , No . 543 , Stokesley 50 o o Tt . e widow of a brother of the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 , London ..... 100 o o A brother of the Globe LodgeNo . 2 ? London so o o

The foIlrTwing report of the Board of General Purposes was brought before Grand Lodge . "To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England : " The Board of General Purposes have to report that their attention has been called to several

instances of the issue of circulars on the part of proposed new lodges , prior to consecration , inviting members of the Craft to become joining members of such lodges . " The Board have the special directions of the

Pro Grand Master to make it known , that such proceedings meat with his lordship ' s entire disapproval , and entail the risk of the withdrawal of the warrant . ( Signed ) "J B . MOXCKTOU , President .

"Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., 2 ist November , 1876 . " To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on" Friday , the 17 th day of November last , showing a balance in

the hands of the Grand Treasurer of ^ 4086 ijs . lod . ; and in the hands of the Grand Secretary , for petty cash , Jl '/^ ; and for servants ' wages , £ 9 6 15 s . Bro . Monckton said that this report being in the hands of all the brethren , he begged to move that it be taken as read .

This having been seconded , was put and carried . Bro . Monckton said that there being nothing in the report to be confirmed on the part of Grand Lodge , he should content himself by moving that the report be received and entered on the minutes .

This motion also having been seconded , was put and carried . Two appeals were then brought on . The first was an appeal of the Sussex Lodge , No . 354 , Kingston , Jamaica , against the judgment of the District Grand Lodge of East Jamaica , directing

the lodge to rescind its minute of the 28 th of July , 1875 , accepting the resignation of a brother until certain charges alleged against him had been enquired into . Bro . A'l . J . Mclntyre , Grand Registrar , said that in the ordinary course of his duty he should

have to state to Grand Lodge the facts of this case , and the way in which the appeal came before them ; but it had been intimated to him that there would be present in Grand Lodge some of the members of the appealing lodge for

the purpose of supporting their claim . In that case they would be heard first , and he would state his case subsequently . Lord Skelmersdale having inquired if any such brethren were present , and receiving no

response . Bro . Mclntyre proceeded . He said this was not a very p leasing case to deal with on account of some complication of facts that might have to be stated ; but he thought the result at which

they must arrive was one which to some extent he must deplore , because he could not shut his eyes to the fact that some of the brothers , of the appealing lodge had behaved in a manner which was extremely disrespectful to the Dis-

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trict Grand Lodge of Jamaica , and they had not , as far as he could judge from the papers which had been laid before him , carried out the principles of the Craft . On the other hand , when he stated the facts Grand Lodge must come to the conclusion that the appeal must be allowed and the decision of the District Grand Master

reversed . 1 he facts of the case were that the brother , who was J . W . of the Sussex Lodge of Jamaica , had had certain charges preferred against him before the Deputy District Grand Master of Jamaica , which shewed that he had been guilty of a violation of his obligation as a

M . M . Somehow or other , probably by letters , it had come to the knowledge of this brother that this charge would be preferred , and accordingly before the charge ^ was brought before his lodge the brother tendered his resignation as J . W . of the lodge . One of the senior brethren ,

a P . M . of the lodge , who was then in the chair , moved that it should be referred to a family lodge to consider whether this resignation should be accepted or not . It was agreed by the members then present that the family lodge , or lodge of emergency , should be summoned- A lodge

ought to have been summoned in due course by the S . W ., as the Master was absent . He did not summon the lodge , and the P . M . who had moved the resolution that a family lodge should be held , wrote to the Secretary and caused the summons to be issued . A discussion arose as

to whether that brother should be allowed to resign his office of J . W . The S . W . who had neglected his duty took the objection that as he had not summoned the lodge it was not properly summoned , and could not go into the investigation ; and upon that it seemed to be

conceded by the brethren then present that no business couldjbe transacted at that lodge , and the lodge broke up . After that the S . W . did summon a lodge of emergency , but on the evening before the lodge , which was called an informal lodge , met , a letter was read from the

District Grand Master , which contained the charges made against the J . W ., and that letter was not brought under the consideration of the lodge at all , but was kept in the possession of the Secretary or the S . W . On the 9 th August , when the lodge of emergency assembled , it

turned out that the J . W ., in addition to his letter resigning the lodge , had sent a letter on the 28 th July resigning his position as member of the lodge . On the 9 th August , when the lodge met , the Master was not present , nor a P . M . of the lodge , and the brethren put into the

chair a brother who had never been a Master of an English lodge , but had been a Master of a lodge under the Scotch Constitution . He , although a member of the lodge , was not a Past Master of any English lodge . In that respect the brethren seemed to have violated the

constitutions , because if there were no P . M . ' s of the lodge present the S . W . was to rule the lodge . In this state of things they received the second letter from the J . W . resigning his membership , and by their bye-laws , if a brother resigned and had paid his dues , he was allowed to resign .

They then entered upon their minutes a resolution that the resignation should be accepted . They did not go into the matter referred to by the District Grand Master to consider the conduct of the brother who was impugned . In this respect the lodge behaved in a manner which

was illegal and improper . But the lodge having accepted the resignation , and having caused that to be entered on the minutes , various protests were made , and an appeal was made to the District Grand Master , and referred by him to the District Grand Lodge . He ( Bro . Mclntyre )

thought there could not be a doubt about this , that the lodge having behaved in the way it had , it was perfectl y competent for the District Grand Master to have summoned the officers of the lodge before him , and to have dealt with them as he might be advised . But what he did was this , —he summoned the officers of the lodge , and

when their minutes were produced before him , he required them to rescind the resolution at which they had arrived , and expunge from thoir minutes the resolution which was therein * recorded , that they had accepted the resignation of the J . W . It appeared to him ( Bro . Mclntyre ) that inasmuch as the S . W ., backed up to a considerable extent