United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

The following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday nfixt i- ~~ i . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 4 th March for confirmation . ... < . ,.. 2 . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 29 th April for confirmatio n . 3 . Appointment and investiture of President of the Board of General Purposes . 4 . Election of members of the Board of General Purposes .

5 . Election of members of the Colonial Board . 6 . Election of Grand Lodge Auditor . 7 . Election of members for the Committee of Management © if the " Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . " 8 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , ' , ™ whiich are recommendations for the following grants , viz . . — A brother of the Lodge of Justice , No . 147 , Deptford ... ; 675 o o A brother of the Peckham Lodge , No . 1475 , London .... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Angel Lodge , No . 51 ,,

Colchester ... ... ¦ •••••¦ 5 ° o o The widow of a Past District Grand Master .:. ... 100 o 0 A brother of the Victoria Lodge , No . 1056 , London ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Highbury Lodge , No . 2192 , London ... ... •••••¦ 5 ° ° °

A Past Grand Deacon ... ... ••••••200 0 o The widow of a brother of the Faithful Lodge , No . 473 , Birmingham ... ... ••••••5 ° ° ° A brother of the Arnold Lodge , No . 1799 , Walton-onthe-Naze ... — - — 5 ° ° ° The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 , London ... ... ••••••50 o o

At the meeting of the Board of General Purposes , held on Tuesday , the 19 th of May , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed , viz : — " That the cordial thanks of the members of the Board of General Purposes be tendered to the President , V . W . Brother Thomas Fenn , for the very able and courteous manner in which he has presided over the meetings of the Board during the past year . " ( Signed ) THOMAS H ASTINGS MILLER , Vice-President .

10 . The annual report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated 15 th May , 1891 , will be laid before Grand Lodge , also further ' report , including the following alterations in the laws , dated the 20 th May , 1891 . Rules 19 , 20 , 23 , and 25 to be altered as follows , and to be in force only up to and including the 30 th day of June , 1892 :

SPECIAL PRIVILEGES Attainable by donors giving donations and subscriptions to the funds , viz .: — USUAL NUMBER OF VOTES . J UBILEE FUND . Brethren or gentlemen having attained , or on attaining , rank as—Subscriber of ... £ 1 1 0 ... 4 Votes . Subscriber of £ 1 1 o ... 5 Votes . Donor of ... 550 ... 2 „ Donor of ... 5 5 o ... 3 Votes for life . Life Governor .. 10 10 o ... 4 ,. For each £ 5 5 s . to this Fund 4 „ „

Vice-President 52 10 0 ... 20 ,, ,, „ „ >> ,, S ,, „ Vice-Patron ... 105 o o ... 60 „ „ „ „ „ „ 12 „ „ USUAL NUMBER OF VOTES . J UBILEE FUND . Ladies and " Lewises " ( being minors ) having attained , or on attaining , rank as—LifeGovernor ... £ 5 5 0 ... 4 Votes . Donorof ... £ s 5 o ... 6 Votes for life . Vice-President ... 26 5 o ... 20 „ Foreachi 55 s . tothisFund S „ „ Vice-Patron ... . 52 10 o ... 60 „ ,, „ „ 16 „ „ ,, ,, t > 24 ,, ,,

USUAL NUMBER OF VOTES . J UBILEE FUND . Lodges , Chapters , & c , having attained , or on attaining rank as—Governors ... £ 1010 o ... 2 Votes . For each £ 10 ios . to this Fund ... 4 Votes . Vice-President 52 10 o ... 10 „ „ „ „ ... S „ Vice-Patron ... 105 o o ... 30 „ „ „ „ ... S „ That a brother serving as a Steward for the first time have four votes in addition to those mentioned above . For second or subsequent Stewardships six votes . For every 20 guineas collected by a Steward , in addition to his personal donation , 3 votes for life .

11 . APPEALBy Bro . Thomas Barnes-Cooke , of the Morning Star Lodge , No . 1439 , Palumpore , against a sentence of suspension , with a fine , passed on him by the District Grand Lodge of the Punjab for un-Masonic conduct . 12 . NOTICE OF MOTIONBy Bro . J ALBERT FARNFIEI . D , P . A . G . D . C . — " That the sum of X 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 . " List of brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes—MASTERS AND PAST MASTERS . N OMINATED BY Bro . Robert Main , W . M . 1593 ... Bro . Brackstone Baker , P . G . D .

„ John S . Cumberland , P . M . 2128 ) „ George Gardner , P . M . 2012 ... [ „ John L . Mather , P . A . G . D . C . „ George Ward Verry , P . M . 554 ... ) „ John S . Cumberland , P . M . 2128 „ Thos . B . Whytehead , P . G . S . B .

,, Samuel Cochrane , P . M . 3 George Everett , G . 1 reas . „ John Barnett , jun , W . M . 2 , 92 ... < « j ^^& S ^ „ Capt . Thomas C . Walls , P . M . . 41 { ;; ^ Coh t HaMaSe " , FSS . B .

„ George Gardner , P . M . 2012 Lord G . Hamilton , M . P ., P . G . W . ( „ John March Case , P . G . D . „ F . Burgess , P . G . Stwd ., P . M . 29 ] „ Charles F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . ( . „ George Kelly , P . G . S . B . „ William Shurmur , W . M . 2374 ... I „ Arthur Orwin , M . D ., W . M . 149 1 „ H . Ffrench Bromhead , W . M . 2318 i T D „ ,. „ 0 ;; G . Cecil Herbert , W . M . 2108 ... " Lennox Browne , P . M . 2108

„ W . Browne Heagerty , W . M . 907 „ W . Eugene Chapman , W . M . 2190 „ F . E . Pocock , M . D ., P . M . 1891 ... ~ „ George Read , W . M . 1681 „ Tom Drew Bear , P . M . 1584 ... I D p . r p r T „ E . Charles Mulvey , W . M . 2353 ... f " U ' ^ eston g < -ama , f . G . I reas .

„ John J . Thomas , W . M . 2150 ... „ Wm . Alfred Scurrah , P . M . 16 7 ... „ F . E . Pocock , M . D ., P . M . 18 91 ... } „ . . , n ,, , " E . Charles Mulvey , W . M . 2353- 1 " SamUel H Parkhouse > P - - l 6 4 2 „ Gordon Smith , M . A ., W . M . 2243 „ Frank Richardson , P . G . D . „ E . Charles Mulvey , W . M . 2353 ... „ Asher Barfield , P . G . Treas .

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f Bro . Robert G . Webster , S . W . 2271 I „ Edwin M . Lott , P . G . Org . Bro . James Percy Fitzgerald , P . M . 2168- ' „ Joseph Corbett , P . M . 22 ,, Richard Glasspool , P . M . 723 „ John Derby Allcroft , P . G . Treas .

„ E . M . Money , P . G . S ., W . M . 23 ... ' „ Henry Pritchard , P . M . 1415 Y „ Edward O'C . Terry , P . G . Treas . „ George E . Fairchild , P . M . 1196 ... < ,, Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ( . „ James Terry , P . G . S . B . S „ William F . Bates , W . M . 1507 „ William H . Hosegood , W . M . 2202 „ Charles H . Holland , W . M . 1 744 .. Samuel Lloyd , W . M . 2 qo 8

17 J J T A 1 . 1 . \* r i \/ r c ^ f ., Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . „ Edward J . Acworth , W . M . 2265 ... ^ » John L . Mather , P . A . G . D . C . „ Lennox Browne , P . M . 2108 ... ¦ ) „ E . Beaumont Cox , W . M . 1305 ... \ „ Ralph Gooding , M . D ., P . G . D . „ F . Burgess , P . G . Stwd ., P . M . 29 )

;; wm -J AiieT sc ^ VM ^ ::: } ¦> w ^ i- , ™ . ^ „ George Read , W . M . 1681 Asher Barfield , P . G . Treas . „ Henry Pritchard , P . M . 1415 ... ) Histinp-s Miller G S B „ Charles E . Keyser , P . M . 2323 ... j " Mastlngs Mlller > ^ - iirir A o 1 r > AT * r f ,, Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P . „ William A . Scurrah , P . M . 107 ... j " prw ' >

„ William E . Chapman , W . M . 2190 " „ Edward B . Cox , W . M . 1305 ... „ Geoffrey C . Herbert , W . M . 2108 „ William B . Heagerty , W . M . 907 „ Robert Main , W . M . 1593 .. E . M . Monev . P . G . S .. W . M . 21 ...

„ Gordon Smith , W . M . 2243 ... ^ „ Robert Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., „ Tom Drew Bear , P . M . 1 584 ... P . A . G . D . C . „ Frederick Burgess , P . M . 29 „ Lennox Browne , P . M . 2108 „ George Gardner , P . M . 2012 „ Charles E . Keyser , P . M . 2323 ... „ F . E . Pocock , M . D ., P . M . 1891 ... „ Henry Pritchard , P . M . 1415 „ Ebenezer Shedd , P . M . 276 James Brett , P . G . Purst .

List of brethren nominated for the Colonial Board : Bros . Major-Gen . Fredk . Gadsden , P . M . 434 , James Brett , P . M . 177 , Reginald St . A . Roumieu , P . M . 1537 , Albert Escott , P . M . 1539 , Capt . Thomas Charles Walls , P . M . 141 , John Speight Cumberland , P . M . 2128 , and Lennox Browne , P . M . 2108 , nominated by Bro . Ral ph Gooding , P . M ., P . G . D . ; and Bro . Major-General Frederick Gadsden , P . M . 434 , nominated by Bro . Charles Belton , P . D . G . D . C .

List of brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : Bros . Stanley J . Attenborough , W . M . 2348 , Charles Alex . Cottebrune , P . M . 733 , Hugh Cotter , P . M . 554 , Charles George Dilley , P . M . 1155 , Lieut .-Colonel Alfred Durrant , P . M . 569 , Charles Kempton , P . M . 128 7 , Alfred H . Tattershall , P . M . 140 , Isaac Dixon , P . M . 1567 , Robert Griggs , P . M . 228 , and William Henry Hubbert , P . M . 1625 , nominated by Bro . George Edwin Fairchild , P . M . 1196 .

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

No . 2399 , The Ordnance Lodge , Plumstead , London . „ 2 4 , The Brentford Lodge , Brentford , London . ,, 2 4 , The Klip River County Lodge , Ladysmith , Natal , South Africa . „ 2402 , The St . George ' s Lodge , Larnaca , Island of Cyprus . „ 2403 , The Borneo Lodge of Harmony , Sandakan , British North Borneo ; ,, 2404 , The Lord Charles Beresford Lodge , Chatham , Kent .

Distribution Of Prizes At The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

Lady Carrington , who was accompanied by Lord Carrington , P . G . M . of Bucks , attended on the 12 th inst . at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , St . John ' s Hill , Battersea-rise , to distribute the prizes to the successful scholars of the last year . The ceremony took place in the new Alexandra Hall , the exquisite beauty of which was seen to the best advantage , the day being brilliant , and a lovely lig ht pouring on every part of the building . A large company attended , but no inconvenience was experienced , the capacity of the hall admitting of a much larger number of

visitors . Among the company present were Bro . Sir William , Lady and Miss Whiteway , from Newfoundland ; Bro . Chief Justice Way , of South Australia ; Bro . Thomas W . Tew , P . G . M . West Yorkshire , and Mrs . Tew ; Bros . H . Smith , Dep . P . G . M . West Yorkshire ; the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , P . G . C . ; and J . Gardiner . of

The visitors were received by Bro . Ralph Clutton , Chairman for the month the House Committee ; Bros . Sir John B . Monckton , Peter de Lande Long , IMonteuuis , Frank Richardson , H . Bue , E . Letchworth , J . H . Matthews , James Moon , Edward Terry , P . G . Treas . ; H . A . Hunt , and Rev . J . Toone , Chap lain to the Institution .

The proceedings commenced with the singing of the hymn " Now thank we all our God , " which was followed by 24 girls playing on eight pianos Hay dn s "Romance de la Symphoine La Reine , " then 16 on eight pianos , and eig ht gif ' on eight pianos , all the work being done with wonderful precision . The recitations also were good , and so was the part singing . The prizes , which were presented by Lady Carrington , were taken as follows :

PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTION . Gold Medal for Proficiency ( with £ 5 by the late Bro . William Winn)—Lucy Smith . Silver Medal for Good Conduct ( with £ 5 by the late Bro . William Winn)—A ™ J Cutbush . _ . Cambridge Local Examinations ( 21 entered , 20 passed ) . Senior Examination . —Man " Hill , Ethel Fallding , Edith Mathews , and Caroline Weare . Junior Examination-Class I . Honours . —Lucy Smith and Amy Cutbush . Class II . Honours . — w ^ . Chapman and Bertha Dean . Class III . Honours . —Beatrice Knott , Mary Tan " , , t n te Olive Hurst . Satisfied Examiners . —Louisa Pincombe , Minnie Woodward , Charlo Webb , Kate Allatt , Emily Carruthers , Lucy Harrison , Beatrice High , Fanny White , an Mary Nicholson . _ ,.., j College of Preceptors' Examination ( 37 entered , 3 6 passed ) . Prize Winners . —

Gillett , Edith Tanner , Jessie Beilby , and Florence Bexlield . , - General Proficiency in Lower Classes . —3 rd , Nellie Cooper ; 4 th , Katne Grindley ; 5 th , Mary Baverstock ; 6 th , Fanny Campbell ; 7 th , Edith Hopgoood . Needlework . Second Prizes . —Ellen Humphries , Ethel Vowles , and May F "' [^ Lel Order and Attention ( as proved by conduct marks throughout the year ) . — Knight and Sybil Spalding-.

PRESENTED BY FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTION . , t Religious Knowledge ( as distinguished at Cambridge Examination ) ( Br 0 ; A , [ ary Grey)—Maude Hill , Lucy Smith , Ettie Chapman , Bertha Dean , Beatrice Knott , Tanner , and Bessie Locke . Dean-Arithmetic and Mathematics ( Bro . Thomas Fenn)—Lucy Smith and Bertha