The Recent Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

Cheshire candidate with 2166 votes , and a Londoner , who had made four previous attempts , with 1999 votes , stood 29 th and 30 th respectively . No . 31 , from West Yorkshire , polled 1863 votes ; No . 32 , from London , i 8 i 2 votcs , of which 142 were already to his credit from last year ; and then , after a considerable fall in numbers , a third Kentish brother , who won the 33 rd and

last immediate vacancy , with 1448 votes . No . 34 ( London ) , No . 35 , who hails from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and had been on the list for 11 years , and No . 3 6 ( London ) obtained 1374 votes , 1300 votes , and 1278 votes respectively , and will be placed on the establishment as vacancies arise . Of the Unsuccessful candidates , the highest polled 95 S votes , and there were three others who have to their credit 755 , 6 73 , and 561 votes respectively ,

but the majority had less than 100 votes cast for them and some none at all . The votes brought , forward from 1891 were 13 , 852 , and the votes issued for this election were ton , 018 , making in all 113 , 870 available for this election , but of the new votes some 96 , 142 were passed by the Scrutineers , ( he number unused or spoiled being 3912 . For the

WIDOWS' FUND , the number of votes brought forward from 1891 was 40 , 904 , and the number issued gS , 6 ift , making 139 , 520 available for this election . But only 89 , 3 6 3 were passed by the Scrutineers , there being 9253 votes unusetl or spoilt . For this Fund there were 25 immediate and three deferred annuities to be competed for by 70 candidates , of whom 24 hailed from London and 46 from the Provinces , and here again London achieved a great , though a less

overwhelming triumph by carrying 13 out of the 24 , while of the 46 Provincial candidates only 15 secured places . The first group , consisting of five widows , polled upwards of 5000 votes . No . i , a Londoner , with 1103 votes to her credit from May , 1891 , obtaining further support to the extent of 4596 , making in all 5699 , while No . 2 was also a Londoner and increased her score of last year from 2905 to 563 S votes . The solitary Cheshire candidate , whose name has

been on the list for four years and who brought forward 2166 votes , obtained the 3 rd place with 5235 votes , and one of the eight Kent who had been as long a candidate as her Cheshire competitor and brought forward 2714 votes , took the 4 th place with a total of 5221 votes ; the remaining one of this group being the widow of a Norfolk brother , who started with 2220 voles and finished with 5177 . The next group of eight

polled upwards of 40011 but less than 5000 , the one who obtained the 5 th p lace hailing from Somersetshire , who had 9 votes to her credit from last year and polled altogether 4417 . No . 7 , from Sussex , increased her total from 364 in 18 91 , 104366 ; No . 8 , one of four liast Lancashire candidates who made her first appearance last F ' riday , polled 4342 votes ; and No . 9 , of London , having obtained 1749 votes from three previous attempts , had

the satisfaction ol increasing her ligures to 433 / . The one Oxfordshire widow , who began her candidature in 1890 and had to her credit 2119 votes , polled 2095 more , and thereby obtained the 10 th place with 4214 votes ; the next in order , who hails from London and has been on the list for 10 years , having the good fortune to increase her poll to 4196 votes . The remaining two of this batch scored 413 6 and 4077 votes respeclivelv , the

former being one of three Cornish candidates and starting with 2 S 04 votes , while the latter hailed from London , and had alread y standing to her credit as the result of two attempts 1607 votes . There were 11 candidates who polled under 4000 but over 3000 votes , the . highest , who stood 14 th on the list , being a Kentish candidate of eight years' standing , who started with 2399 votes , and finished up with 397 J votes , the next ( from Corfu ) having '

16 votes in hand from three attempts , scoring also 3971 votes . No 16 ( London ) began her candidature in 1890 , and starting on this occasion with 6 73 votes , made up her total 103911 . No . 17 , of West Yorkshire , scored 3789 , of which 11 were polled in 1 S 91 ; No . 18 , one of three Essex widows , and a candidate of three years' standing , polled 3731 votes , of which 1797 were brought forward ; No . 19 ( London ) polled 2517 votes , of which 1082

were obtained in iS < . ) nand 1 S 91 , and Nos . 20 , 21 , and 22 , all London candidates , polled 3545 , 3498 , and 3493 votes respectively , No . 20 bringing forward 796 votes from seven previous ballots , and No . 21 1661 votes from last year . Nos . 23 and 24 polled 3424 and 3307 votes respectively , the former , hailing from F . ast Lancashire , scoring all her votes but one on this occasion , and the latter from London having been a candidate for the first time in 1885 and bringing- forward 1721 votes . No . 25 , who was the last to receive an

immediate vacancy , was a London candidate , who had had her name on the list for four years , and started on this occasion with 708 votes , her total at the close of the poll being 2741 . The three who will be appointed to vacancies as they occur hailed from Essex , London , and Northumberland , the first being a new candidate and polling 2729 , the next an applicant of last year with 604 votes to her credit , who increased her number to 27118 , and the last an

applicant of three years' standing , who raised the 22 standing to her credit to 2485 . The highest- of the Unsuccessful obtained 2202 votes , and belonged to Ilants and the Isle of Wight , the next being from London , and having 1894 votes to carry forward , and the next , from Constantinopole , 1619 votes . There were three other widows who obtained upwards of mini , and seven who scored more than 5011 voles , while 14 polled less than ion or no votes at all .

United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

I he following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , the 1 st prox .: r . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 2 nd March for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 27 th April for confirmation . 3 . Appointment and investiture of President of the Board of General

Purposes . 4 . Flection of members of the Board of General Purposes . 5 . Flection of members of the Colonial Board , ft . P'lcction of Grand Lodge Auditor . 7 . Klection of members for the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for A ged Freemasons and Widows nl Freemasons .

United Grand Lodge Of England.

8 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter 111 which arc recommendations for the following grants : A brother of the Altred Lodge , No . 340 , Oxford £ 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge ot Emulation , No . 21 , London 7 S ° o The widow of a brother of the Polish National Lodge , No . 534 , London 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Enfield Lodge , No . 1237 ,

Enfield 50 o o A brother of the Neptune Lodge , No . 22 , London 50 o 0 The widow of a brother of the Burdett Lodge , No . 1293 , Hampton Court 50 o o A brother of the Ranelagh Lodge , No . 834 , London ... 50 o 0 A brother of the Leopold Lodge , No . 1571 , London ... 50 o o

9 . REI ' or THE B OARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board beg to report that a lodge at Guildford had returned the name of a brother as a joining member from the United Lodge , No . 697 , Colchester , who was not on the register , and on being informed of this , forwarded to the Grand Secretary ' s office the clearance certificate the brother had received from Lod ge 697 at the time of his resignation , stating that he joined the lodge in October , 1879 , continued a member until February , 1881 , when he resigned having previously paid all dues and demands .

The Board being unwilling to summon the officers of Lodge No . 6 97 to attend in London if it could be avoided , requested the Grand Registrar , who is also Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the province , to summon them before him , when he should be in Colchester , and to hear their explanation .

The Grand Registrar reported that the lodge had paid to him the amount due to Grand Lodge , and expressed their deep regret at the omission for which they were unable to account satisfactorily , the Secretary and others who had signed the clearance certificate being dead . ft appeared that the brother had joined the lodge from a lodge under the Scotch Constitution , but owing to the lodge at Colchester neglecting to register his name , he had not received a certificate under the English Constitution , to which he was entitled .

The Board , taking into consideration the lapse of time , and that probably few of the present members were members at the time of the offence , were of opinion that the justice of the case would be met by a resolution that the lodge be severel y reprimanded , admonished to be more careful in future , and fined the sum of £ 1 is ., and they resolved accordingly . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of May

instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Western Branch ) of . £ 8903 13 s . 8 d ., and balance of annual allowance for library ^ 33 5 s . 8 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 100 , and for servants' wages , £ 100 . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 17 th May , 1892 .

At the meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , the 17 th of May , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed : That the cordial thanks of the members of the Board of General Purposes be tendered to the President , V . W . Bro . Thomas Fenn , for the very able and courteous manner in which he has presided over the meetings of the Board

during the past year , and that the Board desire especially to express their appreciation of the services rendered to the Craft by Bro . Fenn in superintending , in conjunction with the Grand Registrar for upwards of two months , from the lamented death of the late Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , until the appoinment of his successor , the work of the Grand Secretary ' s office . ( Signed ) LENNOX BROWNE , Vice-President .

The annual report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged F ' rcemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated 20 th May , 1892 , will be laid before Grand Lodge . 11 . NOTICE oi- MOTION By Bro . J ALBERT FtRXi'ti-. i . n , P . A . G . D . of C . -

That the sum of / 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , to supply the inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .

12 . NOTICE or M OTION--B y V . W . Bro . ROBERT GREY , President ' » the Board of Benevolence : That in future the Board of Masters and Board of Benevolence do meet at 5 p . m . instead of 6 p . m . 13 . Ari'EAi . —B y Bro . J . Loins . Firstly , against a sentence of the District Grand Master of Bengal of the 3 rd and

7 th December , 1891 , suspending him from his rank and privileges as a Freemason for 12 months for un-Masonic conduct , and secondly , against his decision of the 6111 December , 1891 , refusing to entertain a complaint against W . Bros . Jones and Rustomjee , preferred by the said Bro . J . Louis in a letter dated the 5 !" December , 1891 . 1 . ist of brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes :

MASTERS AND PAST MASTERS . NOMINATED HV Bro . John Gabriel Albert , W . M . 1922 Bro . Frederick Mead , P . G . S . B . „ C . L . Hudson , M . D ., W . M . 143 „ Hubert L . M . Hancock , P . M . M . I T n r-. , o M « f ,, John Derby Allcroft , P . G . Treas-„ ] . P . Fitzgerald , P . M . 2168 .... W R . Shutt , P . M . 1702

„ F . E . Pocock , M . D ., P . M . 1891 ... | ,, George Read , P . M . 511 „ E . C . Mulvey , P . M . 179 ' „ Dorabjee P . Cama , P . G . Treas . „ John J . Thomas , P . M . 753 ... ,, Samuel Cochrane , P . M . 3 ... J

( „ Wm . M . Stiles , P . M . 1507 . „ Wm . Alfred Scurrah , P . M . 167 ¦] „ Co ) . Sir Francis Burdett , Burt ., ( . P . G . M . Middlesex . „ Frederick Burgess , P . M . 29 , ( ,, John March Case , P . G . D . P . G . Steward £ ,. Ralph Gooding , M . D ., P . G . I' .

„ Samuel Cochrane , P . M . 3 ... > „ George Ward Verry , P . M . 554- ••[ „ George Everett , P . G . T reas . „ John Joseph Thomas , P . M . 753 ) " ^•J ^ ° nW 2 12 i Dorabjee PCamaPG Trea .,

A ^; , : u ;^ ' „ . , .. „ Wm . Alfred Scurrah , P . M . 167 ) " """'"> ' " _ .... ,. f „ George Ward Verry , P . M . 554 ) „ John L . Mather , P . A . G . Direct „ George Gardner , P . M . 2012 ... J Ceremonies . . ,, „ George Ward Verry , P . M . « 4 „ Charles F . Hoearcl , P . G . i > t < l .