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specify any one in preference to another . It will thus be seen that the writer has not pretended to suggest even , a Masonic l'brary but has merely tried to indicate one or two directions in hich the young Mason who desires to know more of the Craft nnd the science of Masonry than he can learn in lodge may commence his studies .

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SPECIAL GRAND LODGE .

A PPEARED IN OUR ISSUE OF THE I 6 TH INSTANT ( SECOND EDITION ) . An Especial Grand Lodge was held on Friday , the 15 th instant , at Oueen ' s Hall , Langham-place , London , for the purpose of voting a loyal S , d dutiful Address to his Majesty the King , tendering the respectful ictoria

"" oathy of the Craft on the death ot her late Majesty yueen v , ana further offering the respectful and fraternal congratulations of the Fraternity to his Majesty on his accession to the Throne . Other business was also before the Grand Lodge . A communication was to be received from the M . W . Pro Grand Master respecting the Grand Mastership and a motion was to be made thereon , § uch gprnniumcattcm wa ? to

be recorded on the minutes . Then there was a motion , " That the nomination for the office of Most Worshipful Grand Master , made at the last Quarterly Communication , having become inoperative , this Grand Lodge do now proceed to a fresh nomination . " The said nomination was the next item on the agenda .

Bro . Earl Amherst , M . W . Pro G . Master , presided , and some 3300 brethren were present . Grand Lodge was draped , and all the brethren appeared in mourning . The body of the hall and the galleries were full , and when the Grand Officers took their place all the seats on the dais were

occupied . The arrangements which had been made appeared to be perfect ; there was no confusion , and every one of the Grand Stewards and other acting Grand Officers perfectly fulfilled the duties assigned lo them . % To give the names of those brethren who attended would be impossible •n a limited space , but of those who officiated at the proceedings the principal were Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Hants and the Jsle pf Wight , acting as Dep . Grand Master ; Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P .,

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Prov . G . Master for Hertfordshire , as Past Grand Master ; Bro . Lord Templetown , S . G . W . ; Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W ., as J . G . W . j Bros . Frank Richardson , G . D . of C . ; E . Letchworth , G . Secretary ; w ! Like , Asst . G . Secretary ; J . H . Mat thews , T . H . Gardiner , John Evan Bowen , P . A . G . D . C . ; A . C . Spaull , P . G . Std . Br . ; John Strachan , K . C , G . Registrar ; E . Beaumont , Dep . G . Registrar ; and ' R . Clay Sudlow .

There was" a large deputation from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , headed by Bro . the Hon . James Hozier , Grand Master Mason ; Ireland was represented bv , among others , the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master ; Bro . Sir Gerard Smith , Grand Master of Western Australia , represented the Australian and New Zealand Grand Lodges ; and Bro . George Richards , Grand Master of the Transvaal , personified South African Masonry .

Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form , The GRAND SECRETARY , by command of the M . W . Pro G . M . read the notice convening the Especial Grand Lodge . Earl AMHERST then said it became his duty now to move a loyal and dutiful address to his Majesty the King , tendering the respectful sympath

y of the Craft on the death of her late Majesty Queen Victoria , and further offering the respectful and fraternal congratulations of the Fraternity to hn Majesty on his accession to the Throne . He need not on such an occasion delay Grand Lodge with any praises of her late Majesty , which they were all aware of . Those praises had been expressed in the Houses of

Parliament , in the pulpit , and , in the public press , and by all sorts and conditions of men . Consequently no words were necessary to express the loss every one had sustained . But he might remind the brethren that her late Majesty was a gracious and generous patroness of the Charities of the Masonic

Order , and she had entertained a good opinion of the Fraternity by allowing her sons and grandsons to become members of it , to the great advantage of the ancient Fraternity . At a time like this it was not necessary to state tbe heavy burden which had fallen on the people . Of course , when a mother had attained the years which her late Most Gracious M ijesty had attained , and after there had been premonitory symptoms of the end

approachingalthough we sustained a serious shock , there was not so serious a blow to the feelings as in other circumstances . Still it was a serious blow , and the first part of the address he had to submit to be presented to the Grand Master was to offer him the respectful sympathy of the Crate upon the misfortune which had befallen him . The second part of the address was to offer the respectful and fraternal congratulations to his