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SATURDAY , J UNE IO , 18 99 .

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The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lod ge was held , at the usual hour , on Wednesday evening , under the presidency of Earl Amherst , Pro Grand Master . 'There was an exceptionally numerous ¦ ittcndaiice , caused principally by the interest taken by

'he brethren in the election of members to serve on the Board of Gener * il Purposes . The motion , of which Kro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., had given notice , and which received the full endorsement of the Board of General Purpose .- * , was adopted almost unanimously ,

*»* ¦ amendment by Bro . D . D . Mercer , P . G . P ., that it be referred back to the Board , meeting with only a very - mall measure of support . The appeal against the decision of the Dislrict Grand Master of Queensland , ¦ n declining to receive certain motions for proposed alterations in thc by-laws of District Grand Lodge , "

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was , on the motion of the Grand Registrar , allowed-A full report of what passed at the meeting will be found in another column . * * * The Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons for England and Wales , & c , & c , was held at Mark Masons' Hall on Tuesday ,

when the Grand Officers for the ensuing year were appointed and invested , and when the business " of the day was concluded , the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern , and held their Grand Festival , under the presidency of the Earl of Euston , Pro G . Master , whose efforts in behalf of Masonry , but more

particularly for the Mark Degree , cannot be too highly eulogised . As regards the investiture of Bro . A . H . Bevan—who had been unanimously elected to the office at the previous Communication—as Grand Treasurer , it is worthy of note that though other

brethren , such as the late Bro . Sir Augustus Harris and Bros . W . M . Stiles and Col . Clifford Probyn have served the office in Craft , Royal Arch , and Mark Masonry , Bro . Bevan is the first who has held the three concurrently . * * *

The resolution declaring a certain " Honourable United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Mark Master Masons , Ashton District , " a "spurious and clandestine Body , " and prohibiting all Mark Master Masons holding under the Mark Grand Lodge from interchanging visits with or countenancing its members , was carried unanimously , and if the

attention of the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . Master is drawn to the circumstances so far as they affect the Craft lodges which sanction the meetings of this body of " Ancient Free and Accepted Mark Master Masons , " on a day not provided for in their by-laws , it will probably not be very long before we hear the last ot those who have now been proclaimed " spurious and clandestine . "

We have much pleasure in announcing that his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to appoint Bro . Lord Stanley , M . P ., eldest son of Bro . the Earl of Derby , who was J . G . Warden of England in 1 SS 3 and for many years Dep . Prov . G . Master of West Lancashire , to be Prov . G . Master of East Lancashire in succession to the late lamented

Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie . His lordship was initiated in the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , in 1 S 91 , is a joining member of the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 37 , Bolton , and was a founder of the Household Brigade Lodge , No . 2614 . He filled the ollice of J . G . Warden of England in 1 S 97 , and the previous year was S . G . Warden of the Mark Grand Lodge . ••»

We publish in another column , 1 full account of the recent installation , at Preston , of Bro . the Earl of Lathom as Prov . G . Master of West Lancashire , in succession to his father , the first Earl , who , in 1 S 73 , when Lord Skelmersdale , was appointed to that office , and subsequently became in succession Dep . G . Master ind Pro G . Master of England . The ceremony was

performed by Bro . Earl Amherst , Pro G . Master , Prov . G . Master of Kent , in the presence of about 1500 of the brethren , and we have every reason to believe that Lord Lathom will fully realise the high expectations that have been formed of him by those who know him best , and will prove in every way a worthy successor to his revered father . * »

It will be seen from the ample report we publish this week of the proceedings at the recent annual convocation at Dewsbury ot the Prov . Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire that the G . Superintendent ( M . E . Comp . Vf . L . Jackson , M . P . ) is quite as anxious as hc was last year that greater interest should be taken in

Royal Arch Masonry , and that Craft Masons should exhibit a greater desire than they appear to do at present to be exalted into this necessary branch of Constitutional Masonry . We trust that his recurrence to the subject will have the desired effect , though , as we pointed out some time ago , the position of West

Yorkshire in Royal Arch Masonry--- !! least , as regards the number of its chapters—already compares very favourably with that of other Provinces . It will also be noted that Comp . Richard Wilson has been appointed Prov . G . H . in succession to Comp . 1 . C .

Malcolm , just as a littl 2 back he succeeded him as Dep . P . G . Master in Craft Masonry , it being Comp . Alalcolm ' s opinion—and we think he is right—that the two offices should , if possible , be held by the same person . * * *

1 here is a very full programme of business to be transacted in the near future by the Province of Kent . On Monday , the 12 th inst ., the Prov . Grand Master—Bro . Earl Amherst , Pro G . M . —will lay the first stone of

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the Convalescent Home established by Bro . Passmore Edwards at Herne Bay . On Wednesday , the 14 th instant , the annual meeting of Prov . Grand Lodge will be held at Sevenoaks . On Friday , the 23 rd instant , his lordship will consecrate the new St . John ' s Lodge , No . 2753 , at Margate , and on Friday , the 14 th July , the Prov . G . Chapter will hold its annual convocation at Plumstead .

The Excelsior Chapter , No . 1155 , which will meet at the Holborn Restaurant , will be consecrated on Thursday , the 15 th instant , when no doubt the ceremony will be performed by the Grand Scribe E ., Comp . E . Letchworth . The Principals Designate are Comps . A . A . Frigout , M . E . Z . ; William G . Simmonds , H . ; and Thomas Bugler , J .

The Aldermaston Lodge , No . 2760 , will be consecrated at Aldermaston on the 19 th instant , and as soon as the lodge has been constituted , Bro . Charles E . Keyser , J . P ., P . G . D ., will be installed as the first W . Master . This will augment the number of lodges in the Province of Berkshire to 17 . * * *

We are exceedingly glad to note among the recipients of Birthday Honours the name of the Deputy Grand Master of Ireland , henceforward Sir James Creed Meredith . There were only four Irish gentlemen nominated by the Lord Lieutenant for the honour of Knighthood , and it is a high tribute to Sir James

Creed Meredith's personal character , as well as a source of just pride to the Irish Fraternity , that he was selected for so conspicuous a mark of his Sovereign ' s favour . We heartily congratulate both the Deputy Grand Master and the Grand Lodge of Ireland , over which he so worthily presides .

•* » Apropos of Irish Freemasonry , we learn from another source that the Grand Lodge of Ireland , at its last Quarterly Communication , approved and adopted the revised Book of Constitutions , on which Bro . W . J . Chetwode Crawley , LL . D ., has been so long engaged . From the known reputation of Dr . Chetwode Crawley

in the threefold schools of Law , History , and Literature , we anticipate a lucid exposition of the Statute Law as well as of the historical tenets of the Craft-No brother is more conversant with the ancient land marks and their speculative development , and we shall take an early opportunity of discussing the result of his labours . * * *

We learn from the Australasian Keystone that the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales , at its Quarterly Communication in March last , adopted a resolution to the effect "That the practice of attending Church services in regalia meets with the disapproval of this Grand Lodge , and should be discontinued . "

This is a much more decided pronouncement against the practice than is to be found in the circular-letter addressed by our Grand Secretary to the Worshipful Masters of lodges under the Grand Lodge of England , to which we drew attention in our article of last week ,

But it shows that the practice , which has latterly attained to such dimensions as to lead to the deprecatory intervention of ouv Grand Lodge authorities , is not confined to the jurisdiction of England , and that our Grand Lodge docs not stand alone in its desire to discourage it .

Our worthy contemporary stoutly opposes " the parading in public with regalia and jewels , " and declares that it " cannot be too strongly condemned , " on the ground that " it appeals to tw 6 very ignoble emotions of the human mind—that of vanity in the wearer and of curiosity in the spectator . " It concludes its remarks by expressing the hope that a similar

resolution will be adopted by the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , " by way of an expression of opinion for the guidance of our rulers , " and with a view to securing that "Ihe dignity , the honour , and the reputation of our Institution may be preserved from such de * riditions . " » •#

We do not go the same length as our contemporary ¦ Hid we greatly prefer the courteous invitation of our Grand Secretary to the lodges to restrain the tendency they have latterly exhibited to appear in public as Masons tothe sterner resolution of Grand Lodge . But equally with the Australasian Keystone we are desirous

to see these public appearances restricted to the occasions which were customary , say , 30 or 40 years ago . We do not look upon these invitations to which we referred last week to parade ourselves in Masonic costume as a compliment to Freemasonry , and for this reason also we are glad the attention of our lodges has been called tc thc subject .