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ensuing year showing , in a few words how the M . W . G . M . had in the past furnished ample proof of his high abilities for the office , how his time had always been at the disposal of the brethren , and how he had endeared himself to all Masons by the manner in which he fulfilled the duties of his high office .

Bro . GEORGE COPPIN , P . G . M ., seconded the proposition for two reasons . First , because of the universal satisfaction given by the'M . W . G . M . to the Craft in that colony , and , secondly , because it was an elective office , the election of Grand Master having been a landmark in Masonry long before Grand Lodges were in

existence . Then the lodges used periodically to elect a brother to preside over them . Anyone so elected had much larger powers than the M . W . G . M . now possessed —powers which were now delegated to the Grand Lodge and the Boards of General Purposes and Benevolence . He hoped that in future these boards and

the members of the Grand Lodge , who were the advisers of the M . W . G . M ., would be elected instead of appointed . The DEPUTY GRAND MASTER then put the motion , which was carried nem . con . and with great applause . The M . W . G . M ., Bro . Sir WILLIAM CLARKE , in

acknowledging the honour , stated that he had derived great pleasure from his visits to the various lodges of the colony . He begged to apologise to those whom he had not been able to visit , pleading that it was not because he did not desire to do so , but because of his inability to satisfy all claims upon his time . Whenever

he had an opportunity to visit a Masonic lodge , he did so with great pleasure . He had found many friends in Masonry , and had never regretted making one of them . Should the Grand Lodge elect another able brother as Grand Master at the end of the year , he promised him all the assistance in his power , and it would give him

the same pleasure to render it as it had given him to receive it from his colleagues . The Grand Director of Ceremonies and the Grand Trumpeters then proclaimed Bro . Sir W . J . Clarke , Bart ., duly elected as Most Worship ful Grand Master

of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Victoria for the ensuing year . During the ceremony hymns were performed on the organ and sung by the brethren . The hymns sung were composed by Bro . Spencer . The M . W . GRAND MASTER then announced that he

re-appointed Bro . George Baker , P . G . M ., as D . G . M . Bro . BAKER expressed his thanks for the hearty goodwill and co-operation he had received during his first year of , the United Grand Lodge , and felt convinced that the good feeling which had existed in the past would be confirmed in the future .

The D . G . M . having been proclaimed and saluted , Bro . A . Ellis , P . D . G . M ., was re-elected as Grand Treasurer , and that brother thanked the members of the Grand Lodge for having been returned unopposed . The" communications from Grand Lodges included two , the Grand Lodge of Carolina and the National

Grand Lodge of Denmark , both of which extended recognition to the Grand Lodge of Victoria . The report of the Board of Benevolence showed an expenditure of . £ 128 10 s . for the quarter , and was adopted . The next item was the report of the Board of General

Purposes . This was taken clause by clause and carried . The first five items related to complaints settled by the Board . Nos . 7 and 8 were that there being certain Grand Lodge Officers under the Scotch Constitution not included in offices of this Grand Lodge , the Board recommended the adoption of the following relative

rank : —Grand Architect as Grand Superintendent of Works ; Grand Jeweller , Grand Bible Bearer , Grand Bard , as Grand Director of Ceremonies ; Grand Marshall , as Grand Standard-Bearer ; Grand Director of Music , as Grand Organist . The Board recommended that the Grand Master ' s

apron , as sent from England , and which had been approved by the Grand Master and his Deputy , be adopted , the same being uniform with the other Grand Lodge clothing , and that the Grand Lodge be asked to rescind the resolution of the 17 th June last , which adopted the embroidery of the Grand Lodge of England .

The Board had sanctioned accounts to the amount of about ; £ 8 oo . The Auditor ' s report and balancesheet were taken as read and adopted . The Grand Treasurer ' s balance was declared to be about ^ 300 ; and although being quite satisfactory , a better mi ght be expected next year , as the amount of the 2 s . 6 d . fee

reached a total of . £ 1043 , while now lodges pay 7 s . and 5 s . per member . Before this report was finally adopted , the Grand Secretary for Foreign Correspondence , Bro . Rev . D . MEADOWCROFT asked the President of the Board how the Board had dealt with Bro . Coverlid ' s patent from the

Grand Lodge of Arkansas , to which the PRESIDENT replied that the Board had declined to deal with it , it having been presented in an irregular form . A spirited and very protracted discussion arose on the point whether it was binding for members to elect six country members out of the 14 to be elected for the

Board of General Purposes , and whether an equal number of Past Masters and Worshipful Masters had to be elected . Bro . A . ELLIS , G . Treas ., moved that six out of the 14 members should be country members , to be either Worshipful Masters or Past Masters .

Bro . J . O . NEUMANN , P . G . S . B ., contended that it was not legal for the Grand Lodge to consider any resolution of which no notice had been given , and which had not passed the General Committee . The resolution was finally put and carried , and ballot papers for 14 members of the Board of General

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Purposes and for 12 members of the Board of Benevolence were issued , and the ballot-box closed . Bro . C . B . FINLAYSON , P . S . G . W ., moved that the office of Grand Secretary for Foreign Correspondence be abolished , so as to save the outlay of ^ 100 per

annum . A length y and angry discussion ensued , at the end of which a vote was taken , and with the result that the motion was defeated by a very large majority . Bro . A . ELLIS , P . G . D . M ., G . Treas ., moved— " That in lieu of the holding an annual banquet this year , the anniversary of the formation of the United Grand

Lodge be celebrated by a grand Masonic ball , to be held prior to the end of May , and that the Grand Stewards for the year and the Past Grand Stewards be hereby authorised to make the necessary arrangements for same , the net proceeds to be devoted to the Fund of Benevolence of the Grand Lodge . " This was carried .

Bro . W . F . LAMONBY , P . S . G . W ., had a notice of motion on the agenda to the effect that the Grand Lodge of Victoria join the Correspondence Circle of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 ( E . C ) , but , on account of the late hour , it was postponed till the June corhmunication . Another notice of motion , by Bro . COVERLID ,

reducing the Grand Secretary s outlay from £ 600 to ^ 400 per annum for the present was withdrawn . The Grand Officers for the year were appointed , invested , and inducted into their several positions . The office of Senior Grand Warden was conferred on Sir M . H . Davies , K . C . M . G ., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly .

Presentation To Bro. Wm. Mann.

PRESENTATION TO BRO . WM . MANN .

The brethren of the Shakespeare Lodge , Warwick , No . 284 , have shown their appreciation of the worth of their House Steward , Bro . Wm . Mann , by subscribing a purse and presenting it to him with a written testimonial on the occasion of his departure from Warwick , to take up his residence in Brighton . Bro

Mann by his uniform courtesy and straightforward conduct has won for himself the respect and esteem of the whole of the members of his lodge , and his departure has been deeply regretted by the brethren . The testimonial is worded as follows : — " It was resolved that the thanks of the brethren be given to

Bro . William Mann for the efficient manner in which he had carried out his duties as Tyler of the lodge for the period of 11 years , and that the brethren be invited to subscribe to present Bro . Mann with a small token of their appreciation of the honesty , civility , and

trustworthiness always shown by him as Steward of the Masonic Rooms at Warwick . J . SPILSBURY , W . M . S . W . COOKE , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W . Warwickshire , Secretary No . 284 .

Bro . W . Drewett , Editor of the Kingston and Surbiton News , sends us the following extract from his paper referring to incidents in which two members of the Dobie Lodge , No . 889 , Kingston-on-Thames , and of which he is a Past Master , took part : " Such of my readers who are within the pale of

Freemasonry will feel a special interest in what I am about to relate .- In last week ' s Kingston and Surbiton News Mr . James Edgell , who holds office ( S . D . ) in the Dobie Lodge , which meets at the Griffin Hotel , and of which the affable post-master of Kingston is the present W . M ., told how he had fallen in with a brother in

the Craft , and had been invited to the installation meeting of a lodge in Naples , where he was received with the greatest kindness , and treated with the utmost courtesy . In that was an instance of the unexpected pleasure which a Freemason often experiences when many miles away from his home . On the day

before Mr . Edgell ' s communication from Naples was printed , I had a letter from Mr . Kenneth Campbell , at present in Capri , and who , like Mr . Edgell , is also a member of the Dobie Lodge . From it I found that at the very time Mr . Edgell was enjoying the company of brother Masons in Naples , Mr . Campbell was

watching by the death-bed of one whom he had known as a brother artist , and also as a brother in Freemasonry . Summoned by telegraph , Mr . Campbell crossed over in an open boat from Capri to a little fishing village on the Bay of Naples to tend this friend and brother in his last moments , for he had but one relative near him .

On the fourth night death released the sufferer—who was himself a doctor , and had taken a chill when crossing over the mountains to see a poor peasantand then , as no other friends were near , Mr . Campbell performed all the last sad offices for the dead . That done , the next day he superintended the removal of

the body to Capri for interment . The crossing was accomplished in a violent storm , which threatened destruction to the boat and its crew , and at times the hurricane was so fierce that Mr . Campbell crept under the tarpaulin which covered the coffin to escape from its fury . Capri was reached after a long and hazardous

journey , and the following day the remains were laid to rest in the non-Catholic portion of the cemetery , and over the grave , for the comfort of the sorrowing brother and sister of the deceased , the friend and brother read the Burial Service of the Church of England . That is another side of the ties which pure Freemasonry forms and maintains . "

Bro . A . Leon Emanuel , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Hants and Isle of Wight , was , on Thursday , the 8 th inst ., sworn in before a very full bench at Portsmouth as one of the Borough Magistrates ,

Whitsuntide Holiday Arrangements.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS .

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . The Great Western Railway Company announce that a fast excursion train for the West of England will leave Paddington at 7 . 45 a . m . on Saturday , May 24 th , reaching Exeter in 5 i hours , and Plymouth in 7 . } hours , and that excursions will also be run on the same day to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth ( for the Channel Islands ) ,

Gloucester , Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , New Milford , and other stations on the Great Western system ; passengers will also be booked at excursion fares to certain stations in the South of Ireland . Excursions will also be run to London from most of the principal

stations , and cross country trips have also been arranged . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , May 24 th , the company will run in duplicate , the 9 . 0 , 11 . 45 a . m ., 1 . 0 , 3 . 0 , 5 . 0 , and 9 . 0 p . m . trains from London to the West of England ; and the 3 , 45 , and 6 . 30 p . m . trains from London to the North ; the 10 . 20 a . m ., 12 . 0 noon , and 0 . 15 p . m . trains to Weymouth ,

Hereford , and South Wales . The first portions of the 9 . 0 a . m ., 5 . 0 , and 9 . 0 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at S . 55 a . m ., 4 . 55 , and S . 57 p . m . respectively , but the first parts of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minutes afterwards , the long distance passengers being as far as possible taken in ( the first portion , but with a few exceptions both trains will

stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers . Passengers for Windsor who are usually conveyed by the 6 . 20 p . m . train from Paddington , will be taken by the 6 . 30 p . m . train instead . On Bank Holiday , excursions will be run to Reading , Bath , Bristol , Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , and other stations . Arrangements have been made for the issue of tickets during the week preceding Whit Sunday ,

at the Company's City and West-end offices , viz .: 193 and 407 , Oxford-street ; 23 , New Oxford-street ; Holborn-ciicus "; 29 , Charing-cross ; 269 , Strand ; 26 , Regent-street j 5 , Arthurstreet East , London-bridge , 82 , Queen Victoria-street j 43 and 44 , Crutched-friars ; 67 , Gresham-street ; and 4 , Cheapside . The booking offices at the Paddington station will be open all day on May 21 st , 22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th , when passengers can obtain tickets at any time for use on either day .

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that on Saturday , May 24 th , cheap three or six days' excursion trains will be run from London ( King ' s Cross Station ) to Huntingdon , St . Ives , Lynn , Wisbech , Norwich , Cromer , Yarmouth , Spalding , Lincoln , Nottingham , Derby , Sheffield , Manchester , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds ,

Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , York , Scarborough , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , & c . On Whit Monday , May 26 th , cheap excursion trains will be run from Victoria ( London , Chatham , and Dover ) , Moorgate-street , King ' s Cross ( Great Northern ) , & c , to Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , St . Albans , Hitchin , and Cambridge . Cheap fast excursions will also be run on Saturday , 24 th , and Monday ,

26 th May , from Moorgate-street , Farringdon-street , King ' s Cross , Finsbury Park , to Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . Three or four days' tickets will be issued by the excursion on Saturday , available for return by the excursion on Monday , or by one ordinary train on Tuesday . Manchester Races . —On Thursday night , May 29 th , a fast excursion for two days will be run from Moorg-ate-street ,

King ' s Cross , Finsbury Park , & c , to Manchester . To prevent inconvenience from crowding at the company ' s principal terminal station—King ' s Cross—tickets dated in advance will be issued at King ' s Cross ( Great Northern ) , Victoria ( London , Chatham , and Dover ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate-street , Aldersgate-street , Farringdon-street , and Finsbury Park Stations , and at the following ticket offices :

2 S 5 , Oxford-street ; Star Office , 138 , Victoria-street , Pimlico ; Albert Gate Office , i , William-street , Lowndessquare ; Royal Oak Office , 6 , Porchester-road , Westbourne Grove ; 111 , Strand ; Bee Hive , Whitecross-street ; 80 , Bishopsgate-street Without ; Charles-street , Farringdonstreet ; 22 , Wood-street ; 26 4 , High Holborn ; 90 , Tottenham Court-road ; 95 , High-street , Borough ; igoA ,

Westminster Bridge-road ; 44 , Broad-street , Cannonstreet ; 1 , Whittington-avenue , Leadenhall-street ; 3 , King Edward-street , Newgate-street ; 16 , Fish-street Hill ; 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars ; Great Northern Company ' s Poplar Docks Station , Preston-road ; Royal Victoria and Albert Docks ( Great Northern Company ' s Office ) , and at the offices of Messrs . Swan and Leach , Limited , 3 , Charing Cross and 32 , Piccadilly-circus .

Prince Albert Victor rejoined his regiment ( the ioth Hussars ) at York on Tuesday , and will receive a congratulatory address from the Corporation of the City on his return from India . His Royal Highness will also next month open the new north sea wall and marine parade at Scarborough , which has just been completed .

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