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3 , lS 62 ; Assistant Grand Secretary occasionally from April 29 , 1 S 54 ; Past Rank g iven to Grand Organists , and once or twice since , now to Grand Pursuivants , ancl so far not to Past Grand Pursuivants . Thc following provinces are affected by the proposal to increase Prov . Grand Oflicers * . — East and West Lancashire , Kent , West Yorkshire , ancl Devonshire .
* * WE have the Grand Lodge balance-sheet for 1 SS 0 to Dec . 31 , before us . As regards the Fund of Benevolence the expenditure has been for benevolence ¦ £ 9281 ; donation tothe Royal Benevolent Institution £ Soo ; printing £ 28 5 s . ; and old deficit £ 701 15 s . —in all £ 10 , 811 . The receipts from dividends
£ 1500 9 s . iod . ; contributions of lodges £ 7590 ios . 2 d . ; fees of house £ 129 3 s . ; for calendars ancl pocket books £ 50 ; balance against this fund , taken from "General Purposes , " £ 1540 17 s . Thus it seems that the Fund of Benevolence is to the debit £ 1540 17 s ., which sum it owes the General Purposes Fund , but when you deduct the £ Soo to the Royal Masonic
Benevolent Institution , and £ zS 5 s . for printing , the actual deficit is £ 711 5 s . As regards the Fund for General'JPurposes there has been received £ 19 , 825 9 s . 3 d ., ancl expended £ 15 , 010 19 s . 9 c ! ., leaving a balance to credit of £ 4814 19 s . 6 d . ; but this balance includes the £ 1540 17 s . due from the Fund of Benevolence . This expenditure includes £ 7775 paid for
the purchase of new premises in Great Queen-street and New-yard . There are now £ 50 , 016 ios . 6 d . Three per Cent . [ Consols on the Fund of Benevolence account , and £ 11 , 150 Three per cent . Reduced Annuities on the General Purposes account . During 18 S 0 , £ 6850 Three per Cent . Reduced Annuities have been sold ; the dividends amount to £ 326 16 s . od . ;
house property ancl lodge rents £ 2621 16 s . 6 d . ; contributions of lodges £ 7094 4 s . 2 d . ; fees of house , £ 17 iSs ., and the balance of ist January , 1880 , £ 1443 us- Thus the two accounts represent—receipts £ 30 , 630 9 s . 3 d ., and an actual expenditure of £ 25 , 821 19 s . gd . Comments are needless on the great financial prosperity of Grand Lodge .
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The following is the Agenda of Grand Lodge for Wednesday , 1 st June , 1881 . 1 . The minutes of thc Quarterly Communication of the 2 nd Alarch for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 27 th April for confirmation . 3 . Election of members of the Board of General Purposes .
4 . Election of members of the Colonial Board . 5 . Election of members for the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . ( Vide list of names of the brethren nominated for the several - Boards and Committees hereafter given . ) 6 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz . : —
The widow of a brother of the Berkhampstead Lodg * e , No . 504 , £ s . d . Berkhampstead ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 o 0 A brother of the Lodg-c of Virtue and Silence , No . 332 , Hadleigh ( P . G . Steward ) ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , No .
199 , Dover ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Hornsey Lodge , No . S 90 , London ... ... 150 o o A brother of the Jordan Lodge , No . 201 , London ... ... 100 o o A brother of the Lodgeof Harmony , No . 298 , Rochdale ... 250 o o A brother of the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 , London ... ... 150 o o The widow of a brother of thc Lodge of Social Friendship , No . 497 ,
H . M . 89 th Regiment ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Enoch Lodge , No . 11 , London ... ... ... 75 o o A brother of the Royal Standard Lodge , No . 129 S , London ... 50 o o A brother of thc Abbey Lodge , No . 945 , Abingdon ... ... 200 o o The widow of a brother of the Lily Lodge of Richmond , No . S 20 , Richmond ... ... ... ... ... ... so o o
7 . REPORT or THK BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . —To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to report as follows : — 1 . Twenty years having elapsed since a permanent addition was made to the number of Grand Officers , during which period a very large increase
has taken place , both in number of the lodges and members of the Order under the Grand Lodge of England , the Board are of opinion that the time has arrived when some addition may be properly and advantageousl y made to the list of Grand Officers annually appointed by thc M . W . the Grand Master . 2 . The Board therefore recommend that an addition be made
accordingly , that such addition take the form of the appointment annually of two Standard Bearers and a Deputy Director of Ceremonies , and that the same take effect on and after the Grand Festival of 1 S 82 . 3 . The Board also recommend that in provinces numbering forty lodges and upwards the Provincial Grand Masters shall be empowered to appoint annually four Deacons , instead of two as at present , and also a Deputy Director of Ceremonies .
4 . The Board have to report further that their Premises Committee have laid before them a statement that an opportunity occurs of acquiring a freehold stable and premises in New-yard , adjoining the property of Grand Lodge ; that £ 1000 has been asked for these premises , which the Committee consider far in excess of its value , but , after careful consideration ,
are of opinion that for the sum of £ 600 the premises in question would be a useful acquisition to Grand Lodge , and thc Board agreeing wilh the Premises Committee in their opinion recommend Grand Lodge to authorise the purchase of the said freehold premises ( containing some 450 feet superficial ) at a price not exceeding £ 600 . 5 . The President will move accordingly .
The Board of General Purposes , to whom it was on the 2 nd day of March last referred to investigate the appeal involved in the following motion proposed to Grand Lodge by Bro . Tudor Trevor and to report thereon to the next meeting of Grand Lodge : —
" That in consideration of the very exceptional circumstances of his application for pecuniary assistance , and that he lias been much embarrassed by the unmasonic litigation which ensued in defiance of thc principles of the Craft , and especially of No . 0 of Antient Charges and Regulations , consequent on the part he took in thc exclusion from his Lodge , No . 1511 , of an offending brother ( which exclusion was approved by the Provincial Grand Master ) , this Grand Lodge is pleased as a Special Case to direct the
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grant of £ 150 from the Fund of General Purposes , to Bro . Tudor Trevor , P . M ., & c ., in aid cf his costs in defending the action ' Bro . Voigt versus Bros . Carr , Laking , and Trevor , ' tried at Leeds in August last , and in respect of which costs Bro . Trevor affirms that he has already paid £ 169 4 s . 1 id ., and that he has been greatly impoverished thereby , "
beg to report thereon as follows * . —¦ 1 . At the request , and for the better convenience of Bro . Tudor Trevor , who represented his inability to appear in London on the ordinary days of meeting , thc Board held a special meeting on a day selected by him , for the purpose of considering the reference on the 6 th day of May inst ., at which were present the following members : —
Bros . Sir John B . Monckton , President ; Frank Green , Vice-President ; Sir Albert W . Woods , Garter ; Henry C . Levander , Robert F . Gould , Frank Richardson , Lieut .-Col . Hugh S . Somerville Burney , Frederick A . Philbrick , Q . C . ; John * A . Rucker , Thomas Fenn , Peter De Lande Long , John Messent , Charles XV . Thompson , Charles Atkins , Lieut .-Col . Francis C . Wemyss , Alfred Meadows , M . D . ; Edward B . Grabham , Henry Bishop , and John G . Stevens .
2 . Bro . Tudor Trevor , Bro . Voigt , and also the W . Master of the Alexandra Lodge , No . 1511 , Hornsea , all received an intimation of the meeting , and all availed themselves of the opportunity of being present . 3 . Bro . Tudor Trevor and Bro . Voigt were heard at length , and the W . Master of the Alexandra Lodge was also heard in reply to several questions it was thought necessary to put to him .
4 . After a careful investigation of the matter referred , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — , 1 — " That the principle of Grand Lod ge devoting any portion of its funds towards defraying the cost of legal proceedings , not incurred by its authority or that of the Board of General Purposes ( as its executive Board ) , would be an innovation constituting a very inconvenient precedent , and leading to most undesirable results . " '
2 . — " That there does not appear to be any sufficient ground or reason why ' the case now under investigation should be specially excepted from the operation of the principle laid down in the preceding resolution . "
5 . And the above resolutions are recommended by the Board for the adoption of Grand Lodge accordingly . ( Signed ) J B . MONCKTON , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 17 th May , 1881 . At the meeting of the Board , held on Tuesday , the 17 th of Ma )' , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed , viz . : —
" The members of the Board unanimously desire to express their sense of the ability and courtesy uniformly displayed on all occasions by thc V . W . Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , as President of the Board of General Purposes . " ( Signed ) FRANK GREEN , Vice-President .
To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of thc Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th inst ., showing a balance in the Bank of England of £ 5766 12 s . 5 d . ; and in tjje hands of thc Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 75 , and for servants' wages £ 9 6 15 s .
8 . APPEAL . —Appeal by Bro . Charles Edward Torrance , P . M . of the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 440 , Montreal , against a sentence of exclusion passed on him by the lodge for non-payment of dues , and which appeal the District Grand Master of Montreal had declined to entertain .
N . B . — 1 he papers relating to this appeal will be in the Grand Secretary ' s oflice till thc meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the brethren during office hours . 9 . PROPOSED MOTIONS . —1 . Further consideration of motion b y Bro . Tudor Trevor , P . M . No . 944 , Bombay , now of No . 41 , Bath and late of No . 1511 , Hornsea ; referred at last Grand Lodge , on 2 nd March , for investigation and report by the Board of General
Purposes"That in consideration of the very exceptional circumstances of his application for pecuniary assistance , and that he lias been much embarrassed by the unmasonic litigation which ensued in defiance of the principles of the Craft , and especially of No . 0 of Antient Charges and Regulations , consequent on the part he took in the exclusion from hi * lodge , No . 1511 , of an offending brother ( which exclusion was approved by the
Provincial Urand Alaster } , tliis . drand Lodge is pleased as a Special Case to direct the grant of £ 150 from the Fund of General Purposes to Bro . Tudor Trevor , P . M ., & c , in aid of his costs in defending the action 'Bro . Voigt versus Bros . Carr , Laking , and Trevor , ' tried at Leeds in August last , and in respect of which costs Bro . Trevor affirms that he has already paid £ iCy 4 s . nd ., and that he has been greatly impoverished thereby . "
2 . By V . W . Bro . Lieut .-Col . John Creaton , Grand Treasurer" That the sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be phred in the hands of the Secretary of thc ' Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution of Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , ' to supply the residents of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter months . "
3 . By Bro . Major Edwin Bond , J . W . No . 887 , Birmingham" That the Fund of Bencvolencebedecentralised so far as the provinces are concerned , and that a moiety of the subscriptions now transmitted to Grand Lodge by the country lodges be paid direct into the several Provincial Grand Lod ges for the purpose of meeting thc numerous local claims for immediate relief which are now so constantly ma ' de to those bodies . "
List of brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes : Masters —Bros . George Calkin Andrew , 92 ; Wm . Coppard Beaumont , 1826 ; Wm . Henry Boswell , 16 S 6 ; George Bernard Brodie , M . D ., 26 ; James Robert Cassell , 46 ; Charles Harding , 778 ; Richard Loveland Loveland , 1869 ; Frederick John Sawyer , 1339 ; Herbert Thos . Steward , 143 ; and James Walter Waldron , 13 S 3 . Past Masters—Bros . Frederick Adlard , 7 ; Charles Atkins , 27 ; Albert Joseph Altman , 165 7 ; Henry Bishop ,
66 ; H . Richard Cooper-Smith , 1731 ; Henry Arthur Dubois , 1777 ; Henry Edmund Francis , 857 ; Ralph Gooding , M . D ., 1 ; Edward B . Grabham , 19 ; Frank Green , 1567 ; Frederick Mead , 227 ; John Messent , 231 ; Robert Turtle Piggott , D . C . L ., 11 ; George Pitt-Lewis , 165 ; Wm . Roebuck , 463 ; Wm . Smallpiece , 1395 ; William Stephens , 1489 ; John G . Stevens , 554 ; Alfred H . Tattershall , 140 ; and Charles W . Thompson , 969 . ,
List of brethren nominated for the Colonial Board : Bros . James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Ralph Gooding , M . D ., P . M . 1 ; Edward Letchworth , P . M . 1579 ; James Henry Matthews , P . M . 143 ; Alfred Meadows , M . D ., P . M . 4 ; Samuel Poynter , P . M . 902 ; and Griffiths Smith , P . M . 21 .
List of brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons * . Bros . Charles Atkins , P . M . 27 ; James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Thomas W . C . Bush , P . M . 1728 ; William Clarke , P . M . 114 ; Chas . A . Cottebrune , P . M . 1257 ; William F . C . Moutrie , P . M . 11 ; George Penn , P . M . 1642 ; Alfred H . Tattershall , P . M . 140 ; Henry George Warren , P . M . G . S . L . j and James Willing , jun ., P . M . 1507 .
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3 , lS 62 ; Assistant Grand Secretary occasionally from April 29 , 1 S 54 ; Past Rank g iven to Grand Organists , and once or twice since , now to Grand Pursuivants , ancl so far not to Past Grand Pursuivants . Thc following provinces are affected by the proposal to increase Prov . Grand Oflicers * . — East and West Lancashire , Kent , West Yorkshire , ancl Devonshire .
* * WE have the Grand Lodge balance-sheet for 1 SS 0 to Dec . 31 , before us . As regards the Fund of Benevolence the expenditure has been for benevolence ¦ £ 9281 ; donation tothe Royal Benevolent Institution £ Soo ; printing £ 28 5 s . ; and old deficit £ 701 15 s . —in all £ 10 , 811 . The receipts from dividends
£ 1500 9 s . iod . ; contributions of lodges £ 7590 ios . 2 d . ; fees of house £ 129 3 s . ; for calendars ancl pocket books £ 50 ; balance against this fund , taken from "General Purposes , " £ 1540 17 s . Thus it seems that the Fund of Benevolence is to the debit £ 1540 17 s ., which sum it owes the General Purposes Fund , but when you deduct the £ Soo to the Royal Masonic
Benevolent Institution , and £ zS 5 s . for printing , the actual deficit is £ 711 5 s . As regards the Fund for General'JPurposes there has been received £ 19 , 825 9 s . 3 d ., ancl expended £ 15 , 010 19 s . 9 c ! ., leaving a balance to credit of £ 4814 19 s . 6 d . ; but this balance includes the £ 1540 17 s . due from the Fund of Benevolence . This expenditure includes £ 7775 paid for
the purchase of new premises in Great Queen-street and New-yard . There are now £ 50 , 016 ios . 6 d . Three per Cent . [ Consols on the Fund of Benevolence account , and £ 11 , 150 Three per cent . Reduced Annuities on the General Purposes account . During 18 S 0 , £ 6850 Three per Cent . Reduced Annuities have been sold ; the dividends amount to £ 326 16 s . od . ;
house property ancl lodge rents £ 2621 16 s . 6 d . ; contributions of lodges £ 7094 4 s . 2 d . ; fees of house , £ 17 iSs ., and the balance of ist January , 1880 , £ 1443 us- Thus the two accounts represent—receipts £ 30 , 630 9 s . 3 d ., and an actual expenditure of £ 25 , 821 19 s . gd . Comments are needless on the great financial prosperity of Grand Lodge .
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UNITED GRAND LODGE .
The following is the Agenda of Grand Lodge for Wednesday , 1 st June , 1881 . 1 . The minutes of thc Quarterly Communication of the 2 nd Alarch for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 27 th April for confirmation . 3 . Election of members of the Board of General Purposes .
4 . Election of members of the Colonial Board . 5 . Election of members for the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . ( Vide list of names of the brethren nominated for the several - Boards and Committees hereafter given . ) 6 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz . : —
The widow of a brother of the Berkhampstead Lodg * e , No . 504 , £ s . d . Berkhampstead ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 o 0 A brother of the Lodg-c of Virtue and Silence , No . 332 , Hadleigh ( P . G . Steward ) ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony , No .
199 , Dover ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Hornsey Lodge , No . S 90 , London ... ... 150 o o A brother of the Jordan Lodge , No . 201 , London ... ... 100 o o A brother of the Lodgeof Harmony , No . 298 , Rochdale ... 250 o o A brother of the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 , London ... ... 150 o o The widow of a brother of thc Lodge of Social Friendship , No . 497 ,
H . M . 89 th Regiment ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Enoch Lodge , No . 11 , London ... ... ... 75 o o A brother of the Royal Standard Lodge , No . 129 S , London ... 50 o o A brother of thc Abbey Lodge , No . 945 , Abingdon ... ... 200 o o The widow of a brother of the Lily Lodge of Richmond , No . S 20 , Richmond ... ... ... ... ... ... so o o
7 . REPORT or THK BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . —To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to report as follows : — 1 . Twenty years having elapsed since a permanent addition was made to the number of Grand Officers , during which period a very large increase
has taken place , both in number of the lodges and members of the Order under the Grand Lodge of England , the Board are of opinion that the time has arrived when some addition may be properly and advantageousl y made to the list of Grand Officers annually appointed by thc M . W . the Grand Master . 2 . The Board therefore recommend that an addition be made
accordingly , that such addition take the form of the appointment annually of two Standard Bearers and a Deputy Director of Ceremonies , and that the same take effect on and after the Grand Festival of 1 S 82 . 3 . The Board also recommend that in provinces numbering forty lodges and upwards the Provincial Grand Masters shall be empowered to appoint annually four Deacons , instead of two as at present , and also a Deputy Director of Ceremonies .
4 . The Board have to report further that their Premises Committee have laid before them a statement that an opportunity occurs of acquiring a freehold stable and premises in New-yard , adjoining the property of Grand Lodge ; that £ 1000 has been asked for these premises , which the Committee consider far in excess of its value , but , after careful consideration ,
are of opinion that for the sum of £ 600 the premises in question would be a useful acquisition to Grand Lodge , and thc Board agreeing wilh the Premises Committee in their opinion recommend Grand Lodge to authorise the purchase of the said freehold premises ( containing some 450 feet superficial ) at a price not exceeding £ 600 . 5 . The President will move accordingly .
The Board of General Purposes , to whom it was on the 2 nd day of March last referred to investigate the appeal involved in the following motion proposed to Grand Lodge by Bro . Tudor Trevor and to report thereon to the next meeting of Grand Lodge : —
" That in consideration of the very exceptional circumstances of his application for pecuniary assistance , and that he lias been much embarrassed by the unmasonic litigation which ensued in defiance of thc principles of the Craft , and especially of No . 0 of Antient Charges and Regulations , consequent on the part he took in thc exclusion from his Lodge , No . 1511 , of an offending brother ( which exclusion was approved by the Provincial Grand Master ) , this Grand Lodge is pleased as a Special Case to direct the
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grant of £ 150 from the Fund of General Purposes , to Bro . Tudor Trevor , P . M ., & c ., in aid cf his costs in defending the action ' Bro . Voigt versus Bros . Carr , Laking , and Trevor , ' tried at Leeds in August last , and in respect of which costs Bro . Trevor affirms that he has already paid £ 169 4 s . 1 id ., and that he has been greatly impoverished thereby , "
beg to report thereon as follows * . —¦ 1 . At the request , and for the better convenience of Bro . Tudor Trevor , who represented his inability to appear in London on the ordinary days of meeting , thc Board held a special meeting on a day selected by him , for the purpose of considering the reference on the 6 th day of May inst ., at which were present the following members : —
Bros . Sir John B . Monckton , President ; Frank Green , Vice-President ; Sir Albert W . Woods , Garter ; Henry C . Levander , Robert F . Gould , Frank Richardson , Lieut .-Col . Hugh S . Somerville Burney , Frederick A . Philbrick , Q . C . ; John * A . Rucker , Thomas Fenn , Peter De Lande Long , John Messent , Charles XV . Thompson , Charles Atkins , Lieut .-Col . Francis C . Wemyss , Alfred Meadows , M . D . ; Edward B . Grabham , Henry Bishop , and John G . Stevens .
2 . Bro . Tudor Trevor , Bro . Voigt , and also the W . Master of the Alexandra Lodge , No . 1511 , Hornsea , all received an intimation of the meeting , and all availed themselves of the opportunity of being present . 3 . Bro . Tudor Trevor and Bro . Voigt were heard at length , and the W . Master of the Alexandra Lodge was also heard in reply to several questions it was thought necessary to put to him .
4 . After a careful investigation of the matter referred , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — , 1 — " That the principle of Grand Lod ge devoting any portion of its funds towards defraying the cost of legal proceedings , not incurred by its authority or that of the Board of General Purposes ( as its executive Board ) , would be an innovation constituting a very inconvenient precedent , and leading to most undesirable results . " '
2 . — " That there does not appear to be any sufficient ground or reason why ' the case now under investigation should be specially excepted from the operation of the principle laid down in the preceding resolution . "
5 . And the above resolutions are recommended by the Board for the adoption of Grand Lodge accordingly . ( Signed ) J B . MONCKTON , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 17 th May , 1881 . At the meeting of the Board , held on Tuesday , the 17 th of Ma )' , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed , viz . : —
" The members of the Board unanimously desire to express their sense of the ability and courtesy uniformly displayed on all occasions by thc V . W . Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , as President of the Board of General Purposes . " ( Signed ) FRANK GREEN , Vice-President .
To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of thc Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th inst ., showing a balance in the Bank of England of £ 5766 12 s . 5 d . ; and in tjje hands of thc Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 75 , and for servants' wages £ 9 6 15 s .
8 . APPEAL . —Appeal by Bro . Charles Edward Torrance , P . M . of the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 440 , Montreal , against a sentence of exclusion passed on him by the lodge for non-payment of dues , and which appeal the District Grand Master of Montreal had declined to entertain .
N . B . — 1 he papers relating to this appeal will be in the Grand Secretary ' s oflice till thc meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the brethren during office hours . 9 . PROPOSED MOTIONS . —1 . Further consideration of motion b y Bro . Tudor Trevor , P . M . No . 944 , Bombay , now of No . 41 , Bath and late of No . 1511 , Hornsea ; referred at last Grand Lodge , on 2 nd March , for investigation and report by the Board of General
Purposes"That in consideration of the very exceptional circumstances of his application for pecuniary assistance , and that he lias been much embarrassed by the unmasonic litigation which ensued in defiance of the principles of the Craft , and especially of No . 0 of Antient Charges and Regulations , consequent on the part he took in the exclusion from hi * lodge , No . 1511 , of an offending brother ( which exclusion was approved by the
Provincial Urand Alaster } , tliis . drand Lodge is pleased as a Special Case to direct the grant of £ 150 from the Fund of General Purposes to Bro . Tudor Trevor , P . M ., & c , in aid of his costs in defending the action 'Bro . Voigt versus Bros . Carr , Laking , and Trevor , ' tried at Leeds in August last , and in respect of which costs Bro . Trevor affirms that he has already paid £ iCy 4 s . nd ., and that he has been greatly impoverished thereby . "
2 . By V . W . Bro . Lieut .-Col . John Creaton , Grand Treasurer" That the sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be phred in the hands of the Secretary of thc ' Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution of Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , ' to supply the residents of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter months . "
3 . By Bro . Major Edwin Bond , J . W . No . 887 , Birmingham" That the Fund of Bencvolencebedecentralised so far as the provinces are concerned , and that a moiety of the subscriptions now transmitted to Grand Lodge by the country lodges be paid direct into the several Provincial Grand Lod ges for the purpose of meeting thc numerous local claims for immediate relief which are now so constantly ma ' de to those bodies . "
List of brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes : Masters —Bros . George Calkin Andrew , 92 ; Wm . Coppard Beaumont , 1826 ; Wm . Henry Boswell , 16 S 6 ; George Bernard Brodie , M . D ., 26 ; James Robert Cassell , 46 ; Charles Harding , 778 ; Richard Loveland Loveland , 1869 ; Frederick John Sawyer , 1339 ; Herbert Thos . Steward , 143 ; and James Walter Waldron , 13 S 3 . Past Masters—Bros . Frederick Adlard , 7 ; Charles Atkins , 27 ; Albert Joseph Altman , 165 7 ; Henry Bishop ,
66 ; H . Richard Cooper-Smith , 1731 ; Henry Arthur Dubois , 1777 ; Henry Edmund Francis , 857 ; Ralph Gooding , M . D ., 1 ; Edward B . Grabham , 19 ; Frank Green , 1567 ; Frederick Mead , 227 ; John Messent , 231 ; Robert Turtle Piggott , D . C . L ., 11 ; George Pitt-Lewis , 165 ; Wm . Roebuck , 463 ; Wm . Smallpiece , 1395 ; William Stephens , 1489 ; John G . Stevens , 554 ; Alfred H . Tattershall , 140 ; and Charles W . Thompson , 969 . ,
List of brethren nominated for the Colonial Board : Bros . James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Ralph Gooding , M . D ., P . M . 1 ; Edward Letchworth , P . M . 1579 ; James Henry Matthews , P . M . 143 ; Alfred Meadows , M . D ., P . M . 4 ; Samuel Poynter , P . M . 902 ; and Griffiths Smith , P . M . 21 .
List of brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons * . Bros . Charles Atkins , P . M . 27 ; James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Thomas W . C . Bush , P . M . 1728 ; William Clarke , P . M . 114 ; Chas . A . Cottebrune , P . M . 1257 ; William F . C . Moutrie , P . M . 11 ; George Penn , P . M . 1642 ; Alfred H . Tattershall , P . M . 140 ; Henry George Warren , P . M . G . S . L . j and James Willing , jun ., P . M . 1507 .