The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

GRAND LODGE . QUAETEELY COMMUNICATION . The regular quarterly meeting of Grand Lodge was held on Wednesday last , and was much more numerously attended than 5 s usual at the June meetings , owing to its being known that

the discussion relative to the Grand Lodge property was to come on . The throne was occupied by the M . W . Grand Master , who was supported by tbe Deputy Grand Master , Earl de Grey and Ripon ; Lord Skelmersdale , S . G . W . ; Bros . Legb , M . P ., J . G-W . ; Revs . Jno . Huyshe and A . F . A . Woodford , G . Chaps . ; Tomkins , G . Treas . ; Mclntyre , G . Eeg . ; J . LI . Evans , President

of the Board of General Purposes ; W . Gray Clarke , G . Sec . ; B . Head , S . J . D . ; Simpson and Webb , J . G . D / s ; A . W . Woods , G . D . C . ; Banister , G . S . B . ; Farnfield , Assist . G . Sec . ; Stimpson , G . Org . ; Farmer and Dickie , G . Pursts . ; Bros . Fawcett , Prov . G . M . Durham ; Bagshaw , Prov . G . M . Essex ; F . Dundas , J . Havers , and A . Perkins , P . G . W . 's ; Rev . E . J . Cox , P . G . Chap . ;

Hervey , Gregory , Scott , Hopwood , Potter ,. J . N . Tomkins , Creaton , Savage , Crombie , and Udall , P . G . D . 's ; Daukes , P . G . S . W . ; Jennings , Bradford , and Symonds , P . G . D . ' s C . ; Le "Veau , Patten , Pollen , C , Elkington , Spiers , Bridges , and Simpson , P . G . S . B . 's ; Adams , Breitling , and Smith , P . G . Pursts . ; and nearly 300 other brethren .

The Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form and solemn prayer , The Grand Secretary read the minutes of tho last quarterly communication , which were put by the Grand Master and confirmed unanimously . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 29 th of April were "then read and confirmed .

GRAND LODGE OP PRUSSIA . The Grand Master announced that Bro . Frederick Dundas had been appointed representative of the Royal York Grand Lodge of Prussia . ( Applause . ) BOARD OE GENERAL PURPOSES AND COLONIAL BOARD . The Grand Secretary read the names of the brethren nominated as members of the Board of General Purposes and Colonial

Board . BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . The report of the Board of Benevolence was received , and recommendations for the following grants were agreed to unanimously : — Bro . T . L ., St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 407 ) , Pendleton £ 30 S . L . Joppa Lodge ( No . 223 ) London 50

„ , , „ J . S ., Lodge of Relief ( No . 50 ) , Bury 30 „ S . L ., Lodge of Industry ( No . 219 ) , London 50 The widow of Bro . W . C , Lodge of Freedom } ( No . 91 ) , Gravesend j Bro . II . C , Portsmouth Lodge ( No . 7 l 7 ) , Portsmouth 30

REPORT OE TUB BOABD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . The President of the Board of General Purposes moved that \; he report , which had been printed , be taken as received , which was put and agreed to . The President of the Board then referred to tbe third paragraph of the report , which mentioned the erasure of the Sussex Lodge ( No . 705 ); and he stated that it had

regularlcony tributed to the Grand Lodge , and , by some accident , it had been erased . He moved " That the Sussex Lodge , Dorchester , New Brunswick , having been erased in error , be reinstated ancl restored to its former position , and to all its Masonic privileges . " The motion was unanimously agreed to . Bro . Evans then moved— " That tbe Board of General Purposes be authorised to prepare and publish a fresh edition of the

Booh ; of Constitutions , both in Svo . and 32 mo ., embodying therein such alterations and new laws as have been made and passed subsequent to the issue of the last edition , the price to remain the same as at present , and the copyright to be vested in the Grand Secretary . "

To the Report is subjoined a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee held on the 15 th instant , showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer of £ 2131 19 * . Sd ., and in the bands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 50 . Of these sums there belongs to the Fund of Benevolence £ 853 19 s . 3 d ., to the Fund of General Purposes £ 891 Is , Id ., and in the unappropriated account £ 13613 * . id .

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GEAND LODGE PEOPEETY , On this subject being arrived at , Bro . HAVERS said as the report of the Committee on the Grand Lodge Property was very long , and as it was in the hands of every brother , be would move that it be taken as read . Bro . Dr . D . JOKES said , although they had the report in their hands , as it had only been received as they entered the roomand as they had had no opportunity of reading ithe

, , suggested that it ought to be read plainly , deliberately , and audibly , so that every brother might know its contents . Bro . M'INTYRE said , this report had been sent round to the master of every lodge in the kingdom , and it was the duty of the master to lay it before tbe brethren . Bro . Dr . D . JONES . When was it sent to the lodges . Bro . HAVERS . Last Saturday week , and it has also been printed in the FEEEMASONS' MAGAZIKE .

Bro . AVATEES was most desirous that the report should be read . Bro . SARGOOD hoped the Grand Master would take upon himself to order that the report should , be read . Bro . HATERS said he would withdraw his motion . The report was then read in extenso by the Grand Secretary , but upon his being about to read the notices of resolutions by the committee appended to it .

Bro . SARGOOD rose and said he wished to obtain the opinion of the Grand Master as to a point of order , or Grand Lodge might find itself placed in an awkward position in the discussion in which they would be involved that evening . The report of the committee by the ordinary mode of proceeding , should be received with the signature of the chairman appended to it , but he submitted that as regarded notices of motion under tbe 8 th . rule of the book of Constitutionseach notice required a

signa-, ture . Therefore he contended that notices formed no portion of the report , and that , in discussing the report , they ought not to bo embarvased with any prospective resolution . Bro . HAVERS said the committee had followed the ordinary practice , ancl the brother who had just addressed them had never

before objected to it . He therefore asked Grand Lodge to proceed to the important business before them , and not entertain objections which might be almost interminable , and which were contrary to all their former practice . In discussing the reception of the report , it bound them to nothing . Bro . Dr . JONES said it would , if the Grand Lodge received the report . Bro . HAVERS said certainly not . The reportby being put

, on the minutes , bound them to nothing . Bro . SARGOOD wished to ask his lordship if the notices of of motion formed a portion of the report . If his lordship ruled that they did , he bad no desire to pursue the question further , but he contended that they formed no portion ofthe report . If his lordship decided that they did , he would bow to his decision . Bro . STEHBLNG wished to say , before his lordship gave his

decision , that the question bad been settled by tbe report of the Board of General Purposes ; for he found on the paper a paragraph , which concluded by the following notice of motion : — " That the Sussex Lodge , Dorchester , New Brunswick , having been erased in error , be reinstated aud restored to all its Masonic privileges . " That motion so recommended was received and carried b

y Grand Lodge , aud be could see no distinction between that and the resolutions in this case . He therefore hoped that they would , without further delay , assert the privileges of Grand Lodge . Tbe GRAND MASTER said he was about to state that he considered the report of the Committee on the Grand Lodge Property stood in exactly the same position as the report of the

Board of General Purposes . Therefore he ruled that the resolutions stood iu the same position as the resolutions of the Board of General Purposes . Bro . HAVERS then rose and said , under ordinary circumstances be should have contented himself by simply moving that the report be received and entered on the minutes , but he had reason to believe that there were some present , and very many