United Grand Lodge.

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 November instant , showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer ol £ 3 > 3 l 1 8 s . 6 d . ; and in the hands of the Grand

Secretary , for Petty Cash , £ 75 ; and for Servants' Wages £ 9 6 15 s . io . Memorial from the Loyalty Lodge , No . 358 , Ireland Island , Bermuda , for a donation towards the fund for re-building their Masonic Hall . II . Resolutions of Condolence from the

Dalhousie Lodge , Newton , Mass ., U . S . A ., on the death of -the Earl of Dalhousie , Past Deputy Grand Master of England . . 12 . Proposed Motions : — By ; Bro . John B . Monckton , President of the Board of General Purposes : —

" That the hour of meeting of the Board of General Purposes on the third Tuesday in every month be altered from three o ' clock to four o ' clock , and that the word ' three ' in Article 6 , page 109 , of the Book of Constitutions , be altered to the word

' four' accordingly . By Bro . 'John M . Cfabon , President of the Lodge of Benevolence : — On consideration of the following Table , he will move— "That until Grand Lodge shall otherwise direct , one-third of the

annual surplus ofthe'Fund of , Benevolence shall be appropriated for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and another third for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , in forming funds for apprenticing the children of Freemasons

who have been in those schools , or in otherwise assisting them to commence life . " ' * ¦* Such one-third parts respectively shall be invested in the names of four trustees for each school , to be appointed by Grand Lodge , and

the dividends paid to the Treasurer of each school . " " The General Committee , on the recommendation of the House Committee of each school , may apply the dividends of the funds respectively appropriated to tin ; school , for the

benefit of children who have been at the school during the preceding twelve months , in apprenticing them to any business or profession , or otherwise aiding them to obtain employment ; or in applying any sum granted , by annual instalments , for a limited period , for the benefit of those proceeding to any college , school , or

university . " No sum exceeding twenty-live pounds shall be appropriated for the benefit of any child , without the consent of the Quarterl y Court of the school ; and such Court shall render to Grand Lodge an annual account of the receipts and expenditure on account of the said funds- "

Provincial Grand Chapter Of Middlesex.

PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF MIDDLESEX .

The Third Convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex was held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Saturday last . The Burdett Chapter ( No . 1293 ) , was first opened . Present Comp- R . Wentworth Little , Z . j Boyd , H-j Davison , J-jPhythian , Keily , White ,

Rucker , Parkinson , Rosenthal , Sanders , Levander , Buss , Dicketts , J . T . Moss , Dubois , Smeed , Charles Horsley , Potter , Storr , Kenning , and others . Bros . Wardale , Lucking , and four other brethren were exalted . The Provincial Grand Chapter was then

opened . Comp- R . W- Little officiated as Prov . G . Supt ., in the absence of M . E . Comp . Sir Francis Burdett . The following companions were invested as Provincial Grand Officers : —

Comp . J . C . Parkinson , G . H . ; Coutts , G . J . ; Buss , G . Treasurer ; Gilbert , G . Tyler . After the transaction of some other business , the Provincial Grand Chapter was closed , and the companions adjourned to the banquet .

Certain trifling flaws sit as disgraceful on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress . —LAVATBR .

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Province Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.

Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight .

FUND FOR THE BENEI ' IT OF THE WIDOW oi < THE LATE W . BRO . J . R . STEBBING , P . G . D ( ENGLAND ) AND D . Prov . G . M . PRESIDENT . —Ths Right Worshipful VV . VV . B . BEECH M . P ., Provincial Grand Master .

At a meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge , recently held at Landport , it was unanimously resolved that a Committee be appointed for the purpose of raising a fund , to provide a suitable memorial to our late deeply-lamented Bro .

Stebbing . In pursuance of the foregoing resolution , a meeting was held at Southampton , which was largely attended , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —

" That the Lodges and Chapters of the Province and Freemasons generall y be solicited to subscribe to a fund , to be appropriated ? s the Committee shall determine , for the benefit of the Widow of our late lamented Bro . J R .

Stebbing , whose circumstances at the time of his decease render this appeal absolutely necessary . " " That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to each Lodge and Chapter in the

Province , inviting their co-operation , as well as that of Brethren and Companions generally , in obtaining subscriptions to the fund . " " That a circular stating the circumstances be also transmitted to all other Lodges and Chapters in England . "

The name ofthe late Bro . J . R . Stebbing is so well known in all Masonic circles that it seems unnecessary to set forth at length his long and valuable services . For many years he was a constant attendant at Grand Lodge and

Grand Chapter , assisting the interests of the Brethren and Companions . He was Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes in n J 86 I , 1862 and 1863 , and also an active member of the Building Committee of the present Freemasons' Hall , London .

He was rarely absent from the elections in the various Charities , giving his valuable aid to the poor and distressed amongst the brethren and their relatives , contributing from his means to the advancement of those charities , in which

he had qualified as Vice-Patron of the Boys ' School , Life Governor of the Girls' School , and Life Governor of thc Benevolent Institution ; and it is sincerely hoped that the Widow of one

who was so actively engaged for the benefit of others ( herself a Life-Governor ot the Boys ' School ) should be placed in circumstances which will assist her in her present unexpected bereavement .

Subscriptions in aid of this fund may be transmitted to the Treasurer , Aldermoor House , near Southampton ; or to his bankers , Messrs .

Maddison , Atherly , Hankinson , and Darwin , Southampton . W . HICKMAN , Treasurer . J . E . LE FEUVRE , Secretary

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