The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

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Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

The next Annual Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Canada will be holden at St . Catharine ' s , in August , 186 G . The next meeting of the Grand Lodge of Canada will bo held in Montreal . The Provincial Grand Encampment of the Royal Exalted and Military Order of Masonic Knights Templar and Malta , held

its annual assembly at Prescott on Wednesday , the 9 th ult ., the "Very Eminent Provincial Grand Commander , Col . W . J . E . McLeod Moore , presiding at head-quarters in the East . The annual meeting of the Grand Chapter of Eoyal Arch Masons , the Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons , and the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of Ohio , take

place this year , 5 fch of September instead of October , tlie Grand Lodge of Ereemasons of Ohio meeting as usual at the same place ( Columbus ) , on the 17 th of October . The Grand Encampment ofthe Knights Templar of the United States—meeting every three years—meets at tlie date named , at Columbus , Ohio . The General Grand Chapter of the United States , of

which Dr . Maelcey , of South Carolina , is presiding officer , ivill meet in the same place on Thursday , the 7 th of September next . It has been several years since some of these organisations held their regular meetings , on account of the war , and this being the first held since the rebsllion was suppressed , it is expected that many distinguished Southern

represeutatives will be present . John C . Cauldwell , Esq ., of Cincinnati , is the Grand Secretary of all these bodies . We learn from the Paris correspondent of the Daily News that the last appearance of ilbd-el-Kader was at a magnificent fete given by the Grand Orient of Prance .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

The following is the official Agenda of the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , September Oth : — 1 . The minutes of the quarterly communication of the 7 th June to be read , and put for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of the Special Grand Lodge , held at Tottenham on the Sth July , to bo read and put for confirmation .

3 . Letter from tho M . W . Grand Master the Earl of Zetland , n answer to the address of condolence on the death of the Countess of Zetland . < t . The Grand Master will lay before Grand Lodge a communication from the Provincial Grand Master of Kent , reporting the suspension of the Belvidere Lodge ( No . 503 ) , Maidstone ;

after the reading of which , a motion will bo made to continue the suspension . 5 . The report ofthe Board of Benevolence for tho last quarter , in which is a recommendation for a grant of £ 10 to Pro . Charles Carpenter Cole , of the Howard Loclge of Brotherly Love No . 56 ) , Arundel .

6 . REPOBT or THE BOAED OF GENEKAI , PUEIOSES . Fo the United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Maso us of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to report as follows : — 1 . A complaint was preferred by the Lodge of Benevolence against the Domatic Lodge ( No . 177 ) , for having neglected at two consecutive meetings of the Lodge of Benevolence to ttenA

iu support of the petition of the widow of a deceased brother which had been certified and recommended by the lodge . The Master attended the Board , but having omitted to bring with him his warrant and the lodge books , though duly summoned so to do , the Board declined to proceed to investigate the case , but ordered him to attend the next regular meeting of the Board therewith , and charged him meanwhile to be careful to attend the Loclge of Benevolence and support the widow ' s petition . At

the next meeting of the Board the Master acccordingly attended , ancl produced the warrant and books of his lodge , ancl , in reply to the complaint , expressed his great regiet for having neglected his duty by not having attended in support of the Avidow ' s petition , whereby the consideration thereof had been deferred and relief delayed . He however stated that he had attended the last meeting of the Loclge of Benevolence in support of the petition ,

ancl that the widow had been relieved with the sum of ten guineas . AVith respect to his not having obeyed the summons of the Board on the former occasion to bring with him the warrant and books , he expressed his regret , but said he had relied on information i-eceived from the Secretary of his lodge that under the circumstances it would not be necessary to produce

them . The Board being satisfied that the Master had not intentionally acted with disrespect towards the Board , and accepting his explanation as to non-attendance on the part of the lodge in svmpovt of the petition , and considering that he had ultimately

attended and that relief had been granted , returned him the warrant and books , but cautioned him , and through him his lodge , to be inore careful for the future in complying with the requisitions of the " Book of Constitutions , " should there be a petition for relief recommended from his lodge . 2 . The Master of the New Wandsworth Lodge ( No . 10 «) attended pursuant to summons to explain why he had presumed

to cancel the appointment of a brother to serve as Junior Warden made by the M . W . the Grand Master in the warrant of the loclge , and to appoint another brother in hia stead to that office . The warrant ancl books having been produced , the Master admitted he had committed an error , but without any intention of disregarding tlie authority of the M . W . the Grand Master , and that he had made the appointment by reason of the brother named in the warrant having expressed his unwillingness to

serve . The Board resolved that the brother named in the warrant as Junior Warden having declined to undertake the duties thereof the office is vacant , and that the brother appointecl in his phce by the Master is not the Junior Warden of the loclge , and it was the duty of tlio Master , under the circumstances , to havo reported the case to the M . W . the Grand Master , and to

have prayed tlie appointment of some other brother in lieu of the brother so declining to serve . The Board further resolved , that the Master bo reprimanded for having presumed to act as he had done . The Master having been recalled was reprimanded accordingly , ancl was informed that the office of Junior Warden of his lodge was vacant , and that his proper course was to pray

the M . W . the Grand Master to appoint another of the petitioners to the office in lien of the brother appointed in the warrant , ho having declined to undertake the duties of the office . ( Signed ) J . LLEAVEILYN EVANS , Freemasons' Hall , President . August 21 st , 1865 .