United Grand Lodge.

TITLE OR OBJECT . BY WHOM PRESENTED . The Orientation of Temples ... ... George W . Speth . P . A . G . D . C . History of Stability Lodge , No . 217 ... ... VV . R . Smith , P . M . 217 . Silver Masonic Medal , 17 S 4 ... ... James Terry , P . G . S . B . By-Laws and History of John of Gaunt Lodge ... J . T . Thorp , P . M ., P . G . D . Old Siver Masonic Medal ... ... ... John Aird , M . P ., 523 . Constitutions , & c , of Grand Lodge of Washington Thomas M . Reed , G . S .

P . M . Jewel 1 S 24 , of Peter Thomson , P . G . D . ... Harry N . Price , P . G . Std . Br . Service of the Knights Templar , & c , 1 S 50 ... H . Thomson Lyon , VV . M . 2563 . Freemasonry in Whitby , 1764-1 S 97 ... ... Rev . E . Fox-Thomas , P . P . G . C . Penological and Preventive Principals ... ... The Howard Association . Robert Burns and the Kilwinniag Lodge ... The Kilwinning Lodge , No . 2 . Freemasonry in Poole ... ... ... The Lodge of Amity , No . 137 . Britain's Historical Drama ... ... ... Emil Apelt , P . M . 1 S 6 .

The Board also submit a statement ot the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of August instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of £ 6139 4 s . 4 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash , . L'loo , and for servants' wages , £ 100 .

( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 17 th August , 1897 .

7 . NOTICE OF MOTION . By Bro . WILLIAM FARQUHARSON LAMONBY , P . M . 962—That the following addition be made to the Book of Constitutions : Canvassing for any elective offlce , personally , by letter , or by circular , is prohibited . Any candidate who shall , on appeal , be proved to the satisfaction of the Board of General Purposes , or of an appointed

Committee , after due enquiry , to have canvassed for votes , or to have been canvassed for by brethren , or other agents on his behalf , shall be held incapable of entering upon the duties of the office to which he may have been elected , and such election shall , in consequence , be void and of no effect . The vacancy so caused shall be filled up in the manner provided by the Constitutions .

List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : No . 2668 , The St . John ' s Lodge , Lagos , VVest Africa . 2669 , The Victoria Lodge , Bradford , Yorkshire . 2670 , The Sandgate Lodge , Brisbane , Queensland . 2671 , The Victoria Lodge . Windsor .

2672 , The Yeatman-Biggs Lodge , Calcutta . 2673 , The Lodge of Northern China , Newchang , Northern C hina . 2674 , The Ravensworlh Lodge , Gateshead , Durham . 2675 , The Victoria Diamond Jubilee Lodge , London . 2676 , The Royal Connaught Lodge , Eastbourne . 2677 , The Calcaria Lodge , Tadcaster , Yorkshire .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

1 he following is the business to be transacted on Tuesday next , the 31 st instant : 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm the minutes of quarterly communication of ist June , 18 97 . 2 . Report of the General Board .

3 . A motion will be made that the report be taken as read . 4 . A motion will be made that the report be received and entered on the minutes . 5 . A motion will be proposed that the report be adopted . 6 . Presentation of Charity J ewels to the Stewards of the last Benevolent Fund Festival .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CORNWALL .

The annual meeting of the above is to be held at Liskeard , on Tuesday , the 31 st inst ., at 11 . 15 a . m . The members are requested to assemble at 10 . 45 , so as to be in their places to receive the Provincial Grand Master , the Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , at the time stated , when thc Provincial Grand Officers will enter , and the Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened in due form at the Public Hall , the Parade .

The entertaining lodge is the St . Martin ' s , No . 510 , which was formed in 1845 , and owns the handsome Masonic Hall , which is entirely free from debt . The W . M . is Bro . Arthur E . Morcom , and the Secretary is the indefatigable Bro . R . A . Courtney , P . M ., P . Prov . S . G . W . There a e 30 lodges in the county , which returned i 368 membars for December , 1896 , being the largest number yet made , according to the Official Directory edited for the Province by Bro . I . C . R . Crewes , P . Prov . S . G . D .

The mother lodge of the county is No . 75 , Falmouth , chartered in 1751 , and the youngest is the Cotehele , No . 2166 , warranted in 1886 . The agenda is of a very full character , the business to be transacted being even more than usual ; and as at ordinary times it is not easy to conclude in the tirr . e specified , the well-known ability of the Prov . Grand Master in the chair will be called into requisition , and doubtless will secure brief speeches and prompt decisions .

After the several reports have been made and officers of the local funds elected for the ensuing year , several alterations wil be proposed in the rules of the Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund—which is in a most flourishing condition—one especially , concerning an increase in the amounts of theannuitants , will be sure to be favourabl y received by the brethren . Two annuit ' es are recommended to be granted to widows , and two educational grants , the Committee of Relief slating the amounts they deem suitable , though it is left to the subscribers to decide .

lhe Prov . Grand Lodge will be called off from work , and proceed to the Parish Church of St . Martin ' s at noon , when a sermon will be preached by Bto . the Rev . H . W . Millett , Prov . G . Chap . ; and on the conclusion of the teivice the precession will letuin to the hall , andthe remaining business will be transacted . The Province of Cornwall is to be congratulated on the appointment ol Bro . Bernard F . Edyvean to the rank of P . G . S . B . of the Grand Chapter

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.

of England by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , First Grand Principal . Sixty appointments were made for England and the colonies in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of her Majesty the Oueen , so that Cornwall is most fortunate in securing one of these special compliments . Bro . Edyvean is the able Charity Representative of the province and well deserves the honour , which is also looked upon as one granted to the Province .

The River—A Simile.

THE RIVER—A SIMILE .

Nascitur exigniis , sed opes acquirit etuido , Qiiliijuc Jlnit multas ticcipit amnis aoutis . Yon stream , majestic in its course , Rolling with unrestrained force , Had but , at first , an humble source ,

And lowly bed . Deep in a lone , sequestered dell , Where from a spring the waters well , And tiny rills the streamlet swell , It lifts its head .

And onward , hid from human sight , Now deep in shade , now bathed in light , The silver wave , so clear and bright , Rolls tar and wide ; Though but a crystal spring unsought , Each babbling brook with music fraught , Its tributary waters brought To swell its tide .

Till now a river on whose breast The fleets of many a nation rest , Which commerce calls from east and west , In busy throng ; Proudly its swelling waves contend ,

While to the sea their course they bend , And in the wond ' rous ocean blend , Swift borne along . That stream , with others , is designed To form when meeting and combined The ocean pathway of mankind ,

( May tempests spare !) The awful main whose depths unknown Unfathomable riches own , Which countless ages there have sown , But none may share .

Thus small , unnoticed as the rill , Which gently glides beneath the hill , Knowledge her lowly stream will fill From font obscure : » WW »^ bU . w

. .... , Yet still increasing as it goes , The stream a mighty river grows , And onward without ceasing flows , In strength secure .

To the vast Ocean without bounds , The sea of wisdom which surrounds The Throne , where Mercy ' s voice resounds Frail man to spare ; The wide expanse in Heaven above , Whose depths , unfathomed , none can prove , The countless riches of His love , Which all may share . F . W . DRIVER , M . A ., P . M . 62 , Lancaster-road , Notting Hill , W .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

Lodge Acacia , No . 2321 . A regular meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Rawson-square , Bradford , on Thursday , the 5 th inst . Bro . S . A . Bailey , P . M ., W . M ., presided , and there were also present Bros . Saml . Robinson , I . P . M . ; John Niven , P . M . ; Alfred Stephensen , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; C . H . Ellis , P . M ., Treas . ; J . T . Last , P . M ., Sec . ; R S . Hird , S . W . ; Jno . W . Bland , J . W . ; T . P . Sykes , J . D . j Fred . Kinder , as S . D ., and Stwd . ; John Harland , as I . G . ; R . B . Nichols , Org . ; A . E . Harris , John Morton , J . B . Fearnley , W . Durrance , C . Wood , and W . H . Townend . Visitors Bros . J . C . Pierce , P . M . 1753 , P . P . G . D . C . Devonshire ; and John C . Cooper , 169 S , Allahabad ( E . G . ) .

After the lodge had been opened and the minutesof the previous meeting confirmed , pursuant to notice Bro . Bland moved a resolution , which , if carried , would have completely revolutionised the custom of the lodge as regards refreshment after labour , it having been established upon the peculiar lines of such lodges as the King Solomon Lodge , at Manchester , the Londonderry Lodge , at Sunderland , and the Prudence Lodge , at Leeds . The resolution having been seconded , was stoutly opposed by a number of brethren , who alleged that they had joined it entirely on account of its peculiar lines , and that it would be manifestly unfair tochange ita

_ character , unless the members of the lodge were practically unanimous that it should be done , which was far . from the case at present . After a prolonged discussion , the resolution was withdrawn without taking any vote thereon . The W . M . expressed the gratification it had given him at the resolution having bsen withdrawn . Pursuant to notice , a resolution was passed voting a sum of £ 10 ios . from the lodge funds to the recently * established West Yorkshire Masonic Educational Fund . The Committee was appointed for auditing the Treasurer ' s accounts , and notice given regarding a joining brother . After " Hearty good wishes " from the visitors , the lodge was closed .

After dining together , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured . In responding to the toast of "The Visitors , " Bro . J . C . Pierce , P . M . 1753 , Divon , expressed the pleasure it had afforded him to visit the lodge , and , as an outsider , to listen to the interesting debate in the lodge ; he also referred to the advantages which lodges in large towns enjoyed as compared with the lodge in a small country town . The former by combining could jointly use a fine Masonic hall at a comparatively small expense to each

individual lodge , whereas , the latter frequently an : l almost of necessity was compelled to be content with thc somewhat restricted accommodation provided by the local hotel . He thanked the brethren for thc very cordial nnnner thc visitors had been received and intimated that the hospitality hc had enjoyed that evening would be as cordially recipro . cated by the members ol the Obedience Lodge , Okehampton , if any of the brethren would honour his lodge with a visit .

The Tyler ? s toast concluded a pleasant meeting , at which the various toasts were interspersed with songs and music by Bros . Kinder , Sykes , Pierce , Last , Nicholls , Holmes , and Durrance .