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' A special meeting of Grand Lodge , pursuant to the notice inserted in last week ' s FREEMASON , was held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , on Wednesday , the 28 th inst ., at 7 precisely , for the purpose of disposing of Appeals .

- The throne was occupied by the R . W . Bro . the Rig ht Hon . the Earl De Grey and Bipon , ( Lord President of Her Majesty ' s Council ) , Deputy Grand Master , in the unavoidable absence of the Grand Master . His lordship was

supported by the R . W . and Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Limerick , P . G . M . for Bristol , as Deputy Grand Master . R . W . Bros . Henry Murray , D . G . M . for China , as S . G . W * . : J . G . Dodson , M . P ., J . G . W . ;

and J . Havers , P . G . W . ; Revs . T . F . T . Ravenshaw and C . J . Martyn , G . Chaplains ; J . LI . Evans , P . B . Gen . Purposes ; J . Hervey , G Sec . ; S . Leith Tomkins and J . Cooper Forster , G . Deacons ; J . TJdall , J . Savage , G . Cox , H . Browse ,

B . Head , J . M . Clabon , P . G . D . ' s ; A . W . Woods , G . D . C * C . C . Dumas , A . G . D . C . ; J . Nunn , G . S . B . ; T . Mason , P . G . S . B . ; W . Ough , G . P .

J . Brett , A . G P . ; J . Smith P . G . P . ; R . Spencer , P . G . S . ; F . Hockley , P . G . S . ; H . G . Buss , P . M ., 27 ; R . W . Little , P . M ., 975 ; J . Coutts , P . M ., 27 * M . Edershein , W . M ., 957 ; H . W . Hemsworth , W . M ., 190 : G . Townsend , W . M ., 820

J . E . Saunders , P . G . S . ; W . M . Bywater , P . M ., 19 ; C . Bennett , P . M ., 25 ; H . Dicketts , W . M ., 25 ; F . B . Davage , W . M ., 167 * F . Kemble , P . M ., 190 ; H . Carvill , P . M ., 201 ; J . Chamberlain , W . M ., 205 * J . J . West , W . M , 5 iS * F . Robinson ,

P . M ., 259 ; J . Henderson , P . M ., 700 ; J . B . A . Wolperb , WM . , 720 ; T . Bartlett , S . W ., 813 ; C . E . Thompson , J . W ., 1158 ; ' C . A . Cottebrune , W . M ., 1257 ; It . W . Marsh , W . M ., 119 G ; J . Stevens , P . M ., 720 .

The Grand Lodge was opened in due form , and the summons convening the meeting was then read by the G . Secretary . Bro . HAVERS , P . G . M ., moved that as the appeal of Bro . J . Gonzalez was short , it be read

for the information of the brethren , which was agreed to . Bro . HAVERS then said , that in the absence of tho G . Registrar , and having had the advantage

of that able officer ' s opinion aud council upon all the appeals , he should throw himself upon the indulgence of Grand Lodge , while he gave them as briefly as possible the conclusions which had been arrived at upon the several cases .

Bro . HAVERS recapitulated certain circumstances which had occurred in the Hoyal Phcenix Lodge , No . 911 , and out of which tho present appeal mainly arose . Bro . Gonzalez had been suspended hy the D . G . M . for Trinidad , for his

share in those transactions , and his suspension had been con finned by the Grand Lodge of England , until duo submission should have been made . A letter from Bro . Gonzalez to the D . G . M . was then read , and Bro . Havers concluded his

lucid and exhaustive synopsis of the case b y remarking that although thc letter of the suspended brother did not contain a specific acknowledgment of his faults , it was couched in res ;> ectiul language , and lis , Bro . Havers , would

therefore submit a resolution to the following effect for the adoption of Grand Lodge : —That in consideration of the long period , during which Bro . Gonzalez had been suspended , his submission be

accepted , and that he bo reinstated in his former Masonic privileges . Bro . EVANS , President of the Board of General Purposes , seconded the resolution , which was carried nemine contradicente .

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Bro . HAVERS then proceeded to state the substance of the second appeal , -which was that of Bro . Antonio G . Julia , against his alleged suspen - sion by the D . G . Master for Trinidad . It appeared that in consequence of the D . G . M . having

summoned the Treasurer of the Royal Phcenix Lodge to produce his books , the lodge took offence , and at a certain meeting unanimously resolved to return their warrant to Bro . D . Hart , the D . G . M . Bro . Julia and the otli 3 i * brethren of the lodge

were then very properly prohibited from visiting other lodges in the district more than once during their secession from the Craft , although it also appeared that in Bro . Julia ' s case , he had been

admitted to the D . G . Lodge as a P . D . G . Officer , aod ujion Bro . Havers' motion it was resolved that Bro . Julia s appeal could not be entertained , inasmuch as there was no evidence that he had

ever been suspended , and moreover , the D . G . M . distinctly denied that such supposed suspension had ever taken place . Bro . HATERS then entered into the case of the

Royal Phcenix Lodge itself , the warrant of which had been returned to the D . G . M ., and intimated that as a better feeling now prevailed amongst the brethren in Trinidad be should move that

the D . G . Master be empowered to restore the warrant within sixmo nths , upon proper submission being being made by the brethren , and there being reasonable ground for belief that the lodge would be better conducted in future .

Bro . EVANS seconded the proposition . Bro . H . MURRAY , D . G . Master for China , opposed it on the ground that it would be unworthy of Grand Lodge to ask a number of contumacious brethren to take back a warrant which had been

surrendered . Bro . F . ADLARD , P . M ., 7 , concurred with Bro . Murray ' s observations , and Bro . E . Cox , P . M ., 657 , also questioned the legality of reviving a warrant which was virtuallv extinct .

Bro . HAVERS explained that he had considered the question with the eye of a "judge , and not with that of an advocate ; he had no personal feeling whatever in the case , and left the matter entirely in the hands of Grand Lodge .

Bro . J . SAVAGE , P . G . D ., objected to the proposition as he considered the lodge defunct . Bro . J . MASON , P . G . S . B ., followed in a similar strain , and thought the warrant ought not to be restored .

Bro . J . M . CLABON , P . G . D ., supported Bro . Havers' motion , as a better feeling had been exhibited , and it would be advisable to afford the brethren an opportunity of retracing their steps .

Bro . J . NUNN , G . S . B ., called attention to tho statement that all the members of tho lodgo had concurred in thc surrender of the warrant—all tho members who attended that particular mcetingmighthavedoiieso , but if there had been even

only one absentee , who had not been consulted , it could not be said that the action of the lodgo was unanimous . He supported the motion . Bro . MURRAY , still objecting , Bro . Havers further explained that the object of the resolution

was to empower not to direct , the D . G . M ., to restore the warrant , and in order to temper justice with mercy he adhered to the resolution . After some remarks from Bro . S . L . TONKINS , G . S . D ., tho resolution was iiut and carried

by a considerable majority . The appeals by Bros . Brown and Patterson against sentences passed upon them by the St . George ' s Lodge , No . -140 , Montreal , were then entertained .

From the evidence adduced , it appeared that in a conversation held in the street , Bro . Brown made some remarks respecting thc conduct of the W . M . towards his father , whose funeral was

then taking place , and Bro . Patterson was guilty of hearing Bro . Brown ' s remarks . Upon this a Brother complained to tho lodge , who suspended Bro . Brown for twelve months ,

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and severely censured Bro . Patterson . It was unanimously resolved that the action of the Lodge was illegal , and the resolution was ordered to be entered on the minutes of , No . 440 , and

the sentences were directed to be erased therefrom accordingly . The Grand Lodge , which was very thinly attended , was then closed with the usual formalities .

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

Queries . —1 . Does it make any difference to a candidate which Masonic Rite he is initiated in , whether York , French , A . & A ., & o . 1—2 . Must a brother belong to some lodge . to be recognised as a Mason by the Craft , even supposing his life be spent travelling about ]—ASPIRANS .

When the Master of a Scotch Lodge dies or removes during the year , is it competent to elect a new Master immediately ? If not , who are the proper parties to carry on . the Lodge 1 Quote

authorities . The laws of Grand Lodge only authorize an " annual election , " but are quite silent on a temporary one . Could this silence be construed into sanctioning negatively an election at , say the present time ?—ELEIIORNAI .

The Labarum , —! beg to thank "R . W . L . " for his kind remarks at page 42 , and can assure him that , so far as circumstances will allow me the necessary time , I shall feel great pleasure in assisting in the elucidation of any masonic

subject I take up ; and although I feel bound to differ occasionally from some of my brethren or fellow-masonic-students , it is only because my views of the interests of truth and historical consistency compel me so to do . —LEO .

Masonic History . —Allow me to reproduce the following under the above heading : — " We want more lig ht as to the transactions of the Fraternity during the reigns of the Stuarts , and we desire to find traces of its existence in England

at a still earlier stage of our national history . ' Let those who are able and willing contribute to this desirable result . What we want are facts and records , not "Celestial Mysteries" and humbucr . " Leo" and others such are worth all the

" New Lig hts put together . —RES NON VERBA . Tlie Rosicrucians . —T should bo glad to learn the aim and object of the society of this name recently established in London . Does it claim any descent from the old association ? The

traditional history of the Rose Croix degree , under Baron Rancliffe , as given at Nottingham , referred to the liosicrucian brotherhood . The chief promulgator of tho opinions of this sect in A . D . 1300 was Raymond Lulli ; from him they passed to

Theophrastus Paracelsus Bombast , who styles himself " Monarch of Philosophers , Prince of Spagyrists , Chief of Astronomers , Paradoxical Physician , and Grand Master of Mechanical Secrets . " Cornelius Agrippa , about A . D . 1509 ,

belonged to a secret association holding like views , and the revived brotherhood published its existencein England about 1630 . The "Chemical Nuptials of Christian Rosy Cross , " seems to convey allusions both to Craft and Arch Masonry ,

and the Alchemists used the symbol now upon our Arch pedestal . Ashmole is the first Freemason and last Rosicrucian wc read of in England , but bitter allegations of Rosicrucianism wero

brought against Masonry between 1722 and 173 ) . The present brotherhood may find useful employment in trying to ascertain how far the ll . O . brotherhood usad and adapted Masonic organization . —JoitN YAKKEI * , Manchester .

NARROW ESCAI-E of Bro . Sir F . A . Gore Ousclcy , Bart , P . G . Chaplain of England . As this esteemed brother was passing an ironmongers shop in the High Street , Hereford , a few days since , a heavy rake which was suspended above the shop , suddenly fell and ,

grazed the Kev . gentleman ' s back so closely as to rend his coat to a considerable extent , fortunately without indicting any personal injury . Tlie rake was a heavy implement , and fell with such force upon the pavement as to fracture the stone , nnd damage the front of the building .