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— - SATURDAY , MARCH 23 , 18 95 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

It will be seen , from the report we publish elsewhere , that Comp . Earl Ferrers has been installed Grand Superintendent for Leicestershire and Rutland in succession to the late Comp . William Kelly , F . S . A . His lordship has held the oflice of Prov . Grand Master since 18 73 , when Bro . Kelly resigned the post .

* There is also another change to be reported in a neighbouring Province . Bro . Major William H . Smyth , D . L ., who waa appointed Prov . Grand Master of Lincolnshire in succession to the Duke of St .

Albansnow Prov . Grand Master of Nottinghamshire—in 1878 , has resigned ollice , and the vacancy has been filled by the appointment of Bro . the Earl of Yarborough , who was S . G . W . of England in 1893 . His lordship is a young Mason , but the connection of his family with

the Craft is of long standing , his grandfather , the late Earl of Yarborough , having been Grand Master of the same Province from 1 849 to 1862 ; S . G . W . of England in the year of the Girls' School Jubilee ( 1838 ); and Deputy Grand Master , 1846-56 , while his

great-grandfather , the first Earl of Yarborough , was Prov . Grand Master of the Isle of Wight—18 * 36 to 1848 . The selection of his lordship for so important a position is certain to be most popular , and we trust he will preside over the Craft for many years to come with signal

success . * * * Thc Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was the scene of great enjoyment on Wednesday evening , the 13 th inst , when an amateur troupe of dark minstrels

of unusual excellence gave a capital entertainment of negro song and dance . The clever company , who are known as thc U-no-hoo Minstrels , are good and spirited in all they undertake , and the children were delighted

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with the performances and lavish in their applause * The House Committee were represented by Bros . Richardson , Matthews , and Sir John Monckton , the latter of whom moved a eulogistic vote of thanks to thc U-no-hoos at the evening ' s conclusion . In common with many institutions , the school has been visited by a mild form of influenza , but the little patients arc happily all doing well .

There is one point in connection with the Grand Registrar ' s ruling , re Resignation of Membership , to which we had not space to refer in our "Notes" of last week . In the course of the speech in which hc gave his exposition of the subject , the Grand Registrar is reported to have said— " the Secretary was only an individual member of the lodge . Individually , the

letter —of resignation —was to the Secretary , and it was nothing . It had not been communicated to the lodge , of which the Secretary was the channel of communication , and until that letter was communicated to the lodge it was a mere expression of intention , which the member making use of it had a ri ght to withdraw . "

Here it seems to us lhat the Grand Registrar has involved himself in a very serious difficulty , to extricate himself from which will need the exercise of all his acknowledged skill and ingenuity . Had the member addressed his two letters—of resignation and withdrawal—to the brother who held the office of Secretary ,

in his capacity as an individual member of the lodge , not in ^ his official—that is his secretarial—capacity , wc should raise no objection to this view . But as thc second letter was read in full by the Grand Registrar , it is clear that both letters must have been addressed to the Secretary as the regular channel of communication between the Iodge and its members individually .

They were , in fact , official communications , which , on their receipt , it became the duty of the Secretary to communicate to the lodge . Had he ( the Secretary ) omitted to communicate them , he would have exposed himself to the very serious charge of wilful neglect of his duty , and if action had followed against him for the suppression of these official letters he would have had no one to blame for it but himself .

* » » That the two letters were addressed to the Secretary in his official and not in his individual capacity is shown by the one which , as we have said , the Grand Registrar read in open Grand Lodge , and which was as follows : " Dear Sir and Brother , —Yesterday , when in a passion ,

I wrote to tender my resignation of Lodge Zetland in the East , but upon second thoughts , I beg leave to withdraw that resignation sent to you by me . —Yours fraternally . " Can any one , in his senses , affirm that this was not an official communication addressed to the officer appointed to act as the regular channel of

communication between the lodge and its members '** And as thc first letter—that of resignation—must have been addressed in like manner to the same officer in his same capacity , and was communicated to the lodge , what becomes of the Grand Registrar's contention in 1889 , that a resignation , once it was communicated to the lodge , was final ' i To us it seems that there are no

circumstances connected with this particular case which justify its being treated as an exception to the rule laid down absolutely by the Grand Registrar himself in 1889 , and by his predecessors . Perhaps some of our readers may be inclined to give us the benefit of their views on the subject . * * ' *

The annual meetings of the Grand Council of R . and S . M ., the Grand Chapter , and the Grand Lodge of Tennessee were held in the Masonic Hall , Nashville , in the month of January , that of the Grand Council of R . and S . M . taking place on Monday , the 28 th , when Bro . T . S . Morris was succeeded as Grand Master by

Bro . J . G . Aydelott . On the same day was the convocation of Grand Chapter , and Comp . A . G . Kembrough was elected and installed G . H . P . in succession to Comp . McAlister . On Wednesday , the 30 th of the month , the Grand Lodge met in annual communication , the session being continued during the two following days .

A notable feature in Wednesday's proceedings was the concert given before Grand Lodge by the children of the Masonic Home in the afternoon , Grand Lodge having been called off for the purpose . On the last day Bro . George H . Morgan , of Cookeville , was installed M . W . Grand Master for the ensuing year .

* * The annual meetings of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Alabama were held at the Masonic Hatl , Montgomery , early in the month of December last . Bro . F . L . Petters , M . W . G . M ., presided at the form sr and in the course of his address congratulated the