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^ ffeg Ss ^ g SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 28 , 18 9 6 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Regular Quarterly Communication ot United Grand Lodge will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the and proximo , but from the Agenda , which will be found in another column , it is evident there will be no very important business brought before lhe brethren . There will be the usual nominations for the offices of Grand Master and Grand Treasurer ,

• 'nd we shall be curious to know , as regards the ¦ alter , whether the excellent p lan adopted last year of nominating only one brother , and thereby avoiding the excitement of a contested election in March , will he repeated . We sincerely hope it will . There will a 'so be the appointment and investiture of a President ° f the Board oi Benevolence , but for the offices of

Masonic Notes.

Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents the only brethren nominated are Bros . D . D . Mercer , P . G . P ., and C A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; and as no more than 12 Past Masters have been nominated to serve on the said Board , so that in these cases there will be no contests .

# # # We note further that warrants for the constitution of 10 new lodges have been granted by his Royal Highness , the M . W . G . Master , since the September Communication . Of these , three are to be located in London , namely , the Guardian Lodge , No . 2625 ; the

Leyton Lodge , No . 2626 ; and the Byheld Lodge , No . 2632 . Two are to be located in the Provinces , namely , the Commercial Travellers Lodge , No . 2631 , Liverpool , in the Province of West Lancashire ; and the Tuthbury Castle Lodge , No . 2630 , Hatton , in the Province of Derbyshire . The other five are for Districts Abroad , namely , the Killarney Lodge , No .

2629 , Killarney ; the Jubilee Lodge , No . 26 33 , Brisbane ; and the Hopeful Lodge , No . 2634 , Canada , in the District of Queensland ; the District Grand Stewards' Lodge of Canterbury , No . 2627 , Christchurch , in the District of Canterbury ( N . Z . ); and the Lodge of Perseverance , No . 2628 , Molteno , in the District of South Africa ( E . D . ) .

* * * The Quarterly Communication of the Mark Grand Lodge will be held at the Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , on Tuesday , the 1 st prox . The business will be of the ordinary character and will include the report of the General Board , which will be submitted ,

as usual , for adoption . From this report it appears that during the quarter ended the 30 th September last there were issued 179 Mark Certificates , raising the total number of registered Mark Master Masons to 36 , 018 , and 34 Royal Ark Mariner certificates , raising the total of registered Royal Ark Mariners to 5030 .

It appears also that a warrant for a new Royal Ark Mariner Lodge—the Old York , to be attached to the Old York T . I . Mark Lodge , Bradford—has been granted . His Royal Highness , the M . W . G . Master , has likewise been pleased to re-appoint R . W . Bro . Col . George S . Tudor , as Prov . Grand Master for Staffordshire , for a further term of three years .

* » The report , after dealing fully with certain questions submitted to the Board by the District Grand Secretary of South Africa as to the status of Mark Masons under the Grand Lodge of Scotland and giving Grand Registrar's decision thereon , announces certain gifts to Grand Lodge , namely , of a gilt table by the Pro

and Deputy Grand Masters ; a portrait of the M . W . the Earl of Lathom , Prov . Grand Master of Lancashire , by Bro , Geo . W . Parke , of Lancashire and West Yorkshire ; and two sets of trophies , one consisting of two magnificent trophies of Chinese spears , and the other of Japanese adzes , tomahawks , and ancient knives , given by Bros . Capt , Hearn and R . Loveland Loveland respectively .

It is also announced that Bro . Colonel A . B . Cook , Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex , has very kindly promised to preside as Chairman at the 29 th Anniversary Festival , which will be held in the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday , the Sth July , 18 971

in aid of the Mark Benevolent Fund . This is good news , and will be appreciated all the more from the announcement having been made at so early a date , thus enabling thc lodges and Provinces to make their preparations betimes for this interesting celebration .

* * * We have much pleasure in announcing that among those whom the Lord Chancellor has called to the inner bar is Bro . John Strachan , who has accordingly taken silk as a Queen's Counsel . Bro . Strachan is a P . P . S . G . W . of Northumberland , and Hon . Treasurer of the Boys' School Scholarship Fund ,

By the way , the mention of this Fund reminds us that at the meeting held at Freemasons' Hall on the 30 th ult ., the Regulations for its administration were adopted . These regulations have now been published as an appendix to the list of Subscribers , and enable us to see more clearly what are the intentions

of the promoters in establishing the Fund and how it is proposed to give elfect to those intentions . Briefly , thc object is to enable boys of exceptional ability who had acquitted themselves during their career at the School , to have at their disposal means that would

enable them to compete , under more favourable conditions than were previously possible , against other boys of about the same age and capacity in the field of Higher Education , and win , if possible , some of the prizes awarded to the most successful students in that field .

Masonic Notes.

The proposal , at the outset , is to give a Scholarship or Exhibition of the value of . { " 35 for one year , but renewable for a second and third year , to the boy who passes first in one of two groups of subjects , namely , Group I—English , French , German , or other Modern

Language , Latin , and Greek ; Group II—Mathematics , Physics , and Chemistry ; it being understood , however , that no award will bj made to a boy who has not passed both in Latin and in Mathematics before the examiners appointed to make the award , or in the

same subjects in the Higher Oxford or Cambridge Local or similar Examinations . The Scholarship is tenable at any University approved by the Governors ; at one of the Inns of Court ; at any ot certain specified places of higher Technical education , or any of a like

nature approved by the Governors ; or at any one of certain specified places of professional training or any of a like nature approved by tbe Governors . The age at which boys in , or who have left the School , are eligible to compete for a Scholarship ranges from 15 to 19

years , and the holder of a Scholarship who is guilty of serious misconduct or idleness , who fails to maintain a fair standard of proficiency , or who wilfully fails to pursue his studies is liable to be deprived of any further benefits arising from his Scholarship .

fhe regulations as to the election of Trustees , Governors , Hon . Treasurer , and Hon . Secretary do not need to be recapitulated , but we may mention that the first group of three Trustees includes Bros . Earl Amherst , Dep . G . M . ; Sir John B . Monckton , Past

G . Warden ; and C . E . Keyser , Past G . Deacon ; that the first group of 10 Governors includes Bros . Richard Eve , George Everett , Frank Richardson , G . E . Fairchild , J . H . Whadcoat , W . Ramsey , John Glass , Walter

Martin , D . Edwards Radclyffe , and Mr . R . E . Chandler ( old Masonian ) . Bro . John Strachan , Q . C , is the first Hon . Treasurer , and Bro . James Morrison McLeod the first Hon . Secretary .

The annual meeting ot the Prov . Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire will be held at the Masonic Hall , Nottingham , at 3 p . m ., on Thursday , the ioth prox ., when the new Prov . G . Officers will be appointed and other business of importance transacted . On the same

day , but at the hour of 4 . 30 p . m ., and in the same hall , there will be held the annual convocation of Prov . G . Chapter , when Comp . his ^ Honour Judge W . Masterman , Past G . Std . Br . of England , will be installed in the ollice of G . Superintendent , which has been vacant

since the death of Comp . Sir Henry ^ Bromley , Bart . The Installing Officer will be M . E . Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Grand J . and G . Superintendent of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . When Prov . G .

Chapter has been closed there will be served a banquet for R . A . Masons , tickets for which , price ios . each , must be obtained , previous to ihe Sth prox ., of the Prov . G . Scribe E ., Comp . Arthur Stubbs , Journal Chambers , Pelham Street , Nottingham .

It is with great pleasure we publish in another column resolutions passed by the Prov . G . Lodges of Jersey and Derbyshire , at their annual meetings on Friday , the 20 th inst ., and Wednesday , the 25 th inst ., respectively , approving of the action of the Board of

Management of the R . M . Institution for Boys in purchasing a new site for the School premises . These raise the number of resolutions of this kind passed between the 7 th and 25 th inst ,, both inclusive , to four ,

and though three of the Provinces which have passed them are not large , they and Derbyshire are generous supporters of the School , and as such their votes will materially strengthen the hands of the Executive in the course they are pursuing .

* ? * We are sorry to learn that the Duke of Connaught ' s illness was severe enough to prevent his visit to Hastings and St . Leonards after all . He had intended to take part in some important Masonic ceremonies , and

preparations were made by the Mayor ( Major Weston ) and the Town Council for his becoming reception . Decorations were also undertaken , but late on Wednes - day morning a message was received to the effect that the Duke would be unable to pay his promised visit owing to a severe bronchial attack .

Bro . LORD HALSBURY was entertained at dinner by the St . Stephen ' s Club , of which his ljrdship is an original member—on Wednesday , a celebration of his being for the third time Lord Chancellor of England . Bro . VV . Ellison Macartney , M . P ., presided , and amjng those present were Bro . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., and Sir E . Clarke , M . P .