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arch . xological and Masonic research , and which numbers on its roll many of our foremost Masonic writers , invites all Masons ( whether known to the members or not ) to attend on Thursday , the 3 rd June , and listen to a paper by Bro . R . F . GOULD . We can scarcely doubt that many will eagerly avail themselves of the opportunity , and we think we may safely promise them a treat . The invitation also extends to the subsequent meal , at which visitors

will be privileged to place themselves on the same footing as the lodge members , by each , according to ancient usage , paying his own scot and lot . We are informed that no part of thc lodge funds is ever spent upon refreshment , and that future meetings of the lodge will be equally open to all Craftsmen and announced in our columns . We need scarcely impress upon

all visitors unknown to the members the necessity ot providing themselves with their Grand Lodge certificates in order to insure their admission . It will be seen that this lodge has struck out a line for itself in more than one particular , and we wish its distinguished W . M ., Bro . Sir CHARLES WARREN , and the members generally , a pleasant meeting on Thursday next , and all the success their well meant and interesting experiment deserves .

* * * EVERYONE will rejoice at the good fortune which has lately attended Bro . T . B . WHYTEHEAD , who has just been appointed Clerk to the Chapter of York Minster and Registrar of the Deanery of York . Bro . WHYTEHEAD for some years past has been a conspicuous figure among the Craftsmen of this ancient city , and his inclination to the more abstruse studies of

Freemasonry is well enough known to justify the hope that , now he has such ready access to the venerable archives of the Minster , he may be able to spare the Masonic public an occasional paper or two on subjects connected with our archreology . We cannot conceive a better man for the post than Bro . WHYTEHEAD , nor one who , with such opportunities as he will now have of studying the records of a remote past , will be better able to fashion from them articles that will prove both instructive and valuable .

* # * THE Editor of the Freemason will esteem it a favour if visitors from the Colonies and India , who are now in London in connection with the Exhibition , and who happen to be members of the Masonic Craft , will communicate with him by letter , so that in the more than probable event of some of our distinguished Metropolitan lodges proposing to extend their hospitality to these brethren from afar , they may know to whom and where to address themselves .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next , June 2 nd , viz .: — 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 3 rd March for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 28 th April for confirmation .

-3 . Election of members of the Board of General Purposes . 4 . Election of members ot the Colonial Board . 5 . Election of a Grand Lodge Auditor . 6 . Election of members for the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of

Freemasons . 7 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants .- — A Brother of the Lodge of Industry , No . 1 S 6 , London £ i °° ° ° A Brother of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 959 , Ipswich ... 100 o o A Brother of the Duke of Connaught Lodge , No . 1524 , London ... 50 o o A Brother of the United Chatham Lodge of Benevolence , No . 184 ,

Old Brompton ... 50 o o A Brother of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 904 , Rotherham 50 o o A Brother of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 44 , Manchester ... 100 o o A Brother of the Lodge of St . John , No . 1306 , London 50 o o

8 . —REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES : To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 14 th day of May instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England of

£ 3425 os . gd ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 100 , and for servants' wages £ 100 , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 20 8 s . 6 d . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . President . 18 th May . 1886 .

At the meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , the 18 th of May , 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 the V . W . Bro . Thomas Fenn , as President of the Board of General Purposes . ( Signed ) RALPH GLUTTON , Vice-President .

9 . NoTice OF MOTION . By W . Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . Deacon : — 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 MasonicBenevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , to supply the inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .

List of brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes : — Bro . Tom Drew Bear , P . M . 1584 , nominated by Bro . Henry Martin , P . M . 15 ; Bro . James Tatlock , P . M . 142 , nominated by Bro . Edwin M . Lott , P . G . Org . ; Bro . Charles Belton , P . M . 165 , nominated by Bro . Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; Bros . George Bishop , W . M . 231 ; Robert Clay Sudlow , W . M . 263 ; Marcus Richard Sewill , W . M . 21 ; John R . Clipperton , W . M . 66 ; Eugene Monteuuis , W . M . 2060 ; George F . Marshall , W . M . 69 ; Richard Coleman Hallowes , W . M . 33 ; Augustus Taylor

Day , P . M . 166 ; Charles Belton , P . M . 165 ; William Bristow , P . M . Grand Stewards' Lodge ; John Lawrence Mather , P . M . 1471 ; Thomas Hastings Miller , P . M . 907 ; Charles Frederick Hogard , P . M . 205 ; and William A . Dawson , P . M . 1768 , nominated by Bro . Robert Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., P . G . A . D . C ; Bros . Charles Frederick Hogard , P . M . 205 , and Thomas

Hastings Miller , P . M . 907 , nominated by Bro . Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . B . ; Bro . John George Horsey , P . M . 186 , nominated by Bro . Edward F . Storr , P . M . 22 ; Bro . Thomas Charles Walls , P . M . 13 81 , nominated by Bro . H . J . Lardner , P . M . 1745 ; Bro . James Terry , P . M . 228 , nominated by Bro . Giovanni P . Festa „ P , M , Ji 90 o ; Bro . Chas . Dairy , P . M . 141 , nominated

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by Bro . Jas . Brett , P . G . P . ; Bro . John S . Cumberland , W . M . 2128 , nominated by Bro . John L . Mather , P . M . 1741 ; Bros . Edward F . Storr , P . M . 22 , Jas . Willing , jun ., P . M . 1987 , and John Lawrence Mather , P . M . 1471 , nominated by Bro . James Brett , P . G . P . ; Bro . John Thomas Griffiths , M . D ., P . M . 161 , nominated by Bro . Augustus Charles Sadler , P . M . 14 ; Bros . William Alfred Scurrah , W . M . 2048 , and James Wentworth T .

Chapman , P . M . 1922 , nominated by Bro . Robert John Taylor , P . M . 144 . List of brethren nominated for the Colonial Board : —Bros . Tom Drew . Bear , P . M . 1584 ; James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Lieut .-Col . George Haldane , P . M . 1615 ; Thomas Charles Walls , P . M . 1381 ; Alfred Cooper , P . M 1591 ; Thomas W . Whitmarsh , P . M . 1150 ; and Albert Escott , P . M . 1593 . nominated by Bro . Robert Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., P . A . G . D . of C .

List of brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : —Bros . Samuel Brcoks , P . M . 1608 ; Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . M . 733 ; John E . Dawson , P . M . 404 ; Captain Alfred Durrant , P . M . 5 69 ; Albert Fish , P . M . 1366 ; Thomas Mount Humphries , P . M . 539 ; William J . Murlis , P . M . 1642 ; Alfred H . Tattershall , P . M . 140 ; Japheth Tickle , P . M . 1702 ; and Hugh Cotter , P . M . 554 , nominated by Bro . Thomas Hastings Miller , P . M . 907 .

List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : —

Lodge 2141 , The Burnaby , Donald , Victoria . „ 21 4 2 , The Lowan , Nhill , Lowan , Victoria . „ 2143 , The Orient of Lilydale , Lilydale , Victoria . „ 2144 , The De Tatton , Bowdon , Cheshire . „ 2145 , The Justice , Abu Road Station , Bombay .

„ 2146 , The " surbiton , Surbiton , Surrey . „ 2147 , The Grays Valley , St . Mary Cray , Kent . „ 2148 , The Walsingham , Wilmington , Kent . ,, 2149 , The Gordon , Hanley , Staffordshire . „ 2150 , The Tivoli , Strand , London . „ 21 5 , The , Wallsend , New South Wales . „ 21 5 2 , The Duke of Connaught , Richmond , Ne > v South Wales .

,, 2153 , The Hope , Gosport , Hampshire . ,, 2154 , The Joshua Nunn , Halstead , Essex . „ 2155 , The Makerfield , Newton-le-Willows , Lancashire ( W . D . ) „ 2156 , The Arthur Sullivan , Manchester . ,. 2157 , The St . Mark ' s College , Westminster , London . „ 2158 , The Boscombe , Boscombe , Bournemouth , Hampshire .

Consecration Of The Tivoli Lodge, No. 2150.

CONSECRATION OF THE TIVOLI LODGE , No . 2150 .

An addition was made on Tuesday last to the roll of lodges within the metropolitan district , by the consecration of the above lodge at the Tivoli Restaurant , Strand . The ceremony was perlormed by Bro . Col . Shadwell

H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , who was assisted by Bro . Ralph Gooding , M . D ., P . G . D ., as S . W . ; Bro . Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br ., as J . W . ; Bro . the Rev . J . N . Palmer , Grand Chaplain , as Chaplain ; and Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., as Dir . of Cers . ; Bro . A . A . Pendlebury , P . M . 1056 , acted as I . G .

The petitioners for the lodge were Bros . XV . T . Farthing , P . M . 55 ; M . S . McDonnell , 20 ; G . R . Bolton , 1314 ; C . F . Pidcock , P . Prov . G . S . W . Worcester , P . M . 280 ; T . L . Smith , P . Prov . G . D . Worcester , P . M . 280 ; G . Wilson , P . M . 173 ; H . W . Davie , W . M . 173 ; S . S . Phillips , P . M . 173 ; E . W . Allen , P . M . 173 ; W . Williams , P . M . 1791 ; A . Krussmann , 1929 ; H . L . Wolters , P . M . 538 ; C . Hurler , 173 ; L

T . Lacey , P . M . 49 ; E . H . Brown , J . W . 55 ; E . Kennedy , 173 ; W . H . Gulliford , P . M . 1614 ; J . F . Paddon , 1608 ; Lord Headley , 10 ; John Jacobs , W . M . 1614 ; John Hart , 1348 ; A . A . F . Boehr , P . M . 1585 ; VV . M . Clear , 538 ; T . Thomas , 1420 ; W . T . Morphew , P . M . 1585 ; G . Campion , P . M . 19 ; W . S . Plimsaul , P . M . 1194 ; F . Freeman , 55 ; H . E . Warren , 3 61 ; T . J . Robertson , P . M . 1538 ; T . A . Dickson , 1614 . In addition to the founders there were

present—Bros . Sir Wm . Clarke , D . G . M . Victoria ; W . H . Dipstale , I . G . 55 ; VV . G . Oxfield , 250 ; A . Gamman , P . G . Swd . Br . Suffolk , P . M . 20 ; B . Kauffman , S . W . 1732 ; W . H . Lee , Prov . A . G . Sec . Middx , W . M . 1 S 97 ; A . Pendlebury , P . M . 1056 ; W . F . Hammond , 5 69 ; T . B . Linscott , P . M . 55 ; J . Blyth , P . M . 173 ; J . Millin , W . M . 173 ; F . Foxley , 173 ; F . E . VV . Collard , P . M . 19 ; G . Snow , P . M . 55 ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; L . Solomon , P . M . 1732 ; Jubal Webb , P . M . 55 ; F . Seazer Hunt , M . P .,

W . M . 2030 ; W . R . Uenham , 195 , New York ; W . Williams , P . M . 1791 ; L . Smith , P . M . 2 S 0 , P . P . G . D . ; Humphrey Wood , P . M . 20 , P . P . G . S . W . Kent ; J . F . Lewis , P . M . 20 ; W . Holcombe , 173 ; J . T . Funnel ! , VV . M . 20 ; S . Field , S . W . 20 ; C . Howell , W . M . 1425 ; W . h . R . Uandali , 1424 ; G . Davis , P . M . 1642 ; W . Thomas , I . W . 2045 ; M . J . Green , 19 S 7 ; W . J . Stratton , 173 ; C . R . Wicken , W . M . 733 ; S . Humlnes , 733 ; G . Campion , P . M . 19 ; H . de Jersey , 1251 ; R . P . Atkins , P . M . 55 ; VV . W . Lee , 1 S 07 ; and others .

The music used during the consecration ceremony was most efficiently conducted under the direction of Bro . James Kift , who was assisted by Bros . H . Schartau , Arthur Thompson , Arthur Thomas , and Franklin Clive . The lodge having been formally opened , the hymn " Hail Eternal by whose aid" was sung .

The GRAND SECRETARY , then addressing the brethren , said : We are , as you arc aware , assembled on a very interesting occasion . It is to dedicate to Masonry a new lodge , the warrant for which has just been granted by H . R . H . the Prince ol Wales , M . W . G . M ., in response to the petition of a large number of brethren whose places of business are in the neighbourhood . It is in the present time very difficult to obtain a new

lodge in London as there are already 350 lodges meeting in the metropolitan district , and the Grand Mastsr has a very proper feeling that that number is sufficient . All ruins , however , have exceptions , and the brethren are to be congratulated that H . R . H . has listened to their prayer . There are amongst the brethren who signed the petition , many who have rendered valuable service to the Craft , and they have made a wise choice in selecting Bro . Farthing to preside over them , fur he will , no doubt , prove himself an

excellent occupier of tlie chair of K . S . I would , however , add one word of caution . I ask you not to be in any hurry to enlarge your number . Be very careful to consider the character of every gentleman proposed , for I find that those who bide their lime always reap their reward , and that in a lodge thus constructed every member is a good and trusty brother . I will not detain you longer now , as you will have some excellent words from the Grand Chaplain . Bro . the Rev . J . N . PALMER , Grand Chaplain , then delivered an oration on the nature and principles of the Order , and , after alluding to