Grand Lodge.

i < remand from the last quarterly communication , it was , on the motion of Bro . Havers , seconded hy Bro . Webb , received and entered on the minutes . Bro . Havers then moved an alteration in the Book oi Constitutions , removing the limit of two years after the death of a brother within which his widow can apply for relief to the Board of Benevolence . Bro . Locoek Webb seconded tho motion . Bro . Roberts , in supporting the resolution , mentioned an instance in which , had

it not been for the interference of another Lodge during the recess of the Lodge to which her husband had belonged , the widow of a brother would , by lapse of time , have been excluded from relief . The motion was then agreed to . Bro . Havers then moved that a friendly representation be made through thc D . Grand Master to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , asking it to prohibit the granting of degrees to English brethren visiting Scotland at shorter periods than they could be obtained in England . Bro . Locoek Webb , having seconded tho motion , it was unanimously approved of .

THE COLONIAL BOARD . The report of the Colonial Board remaining over from the last meeting of Grand Lodge was then read and entered on tho minutes . BENEVOLENCE . The following grants wore approved of : —• The widow of Bro . Thomas Hand , of Lodge No . 317 , Richmond , Surrey . , £ ' 100 The widow of Bro . David Freeman , of Lodge No . 6 S 0 , Croydon ... 50 Bro . "William Bush , of Lodge No . 2 Si , Loudon ....... 50 Bro . James 13 . Neweombe , of Lodge No . 10 , London 30

UKI'OM Ol- ' THE BOARD OE GENERAL l'UKl'OSEij . Bro . Havers moved that ' - ' That the office of Assistant Graud Pursuivant be created , and that tho toother appointed to that office shall assist the Grand Pursuivant in his duties , aud shall , during his tenure of office , wear the clothing of a Grand Officer , and take precedence immediately after tho Past Grand Pursuivants . " He justified the motion on tho ground that the duties of the office had increased tenfold since its establishment , nineteen years ago . With regard to the motion of which Bro . Barrett had given noticehe would submit that it was contrary to all

, Masonic practice , and would , in no remote degree , clip the privileges of the Graud Master . Bro . Locoek Webb seconded tho resolution . Bro . Joseph Smith had groat pleasure in supporting thc resolution . He had now held the office several years , and unless he could be inside the Lodge and outside it at the same time , it was impossible he could adequately discharge the duties which devolved on him .

Bro . Barrett moved , as a rider to the resolution , the following motion , of which he had given notice , "That on the ' appointment of an Assistant Grand Pursuivant , the election be in thc Grand Lodge , in the same manner as the election for Graud Treasurer . " He looked upon tho appointment as unnecessary , and only intended to increase the patronage of the Grand Master . He hoped soon to see tho Grand Lodge patronage equally divided between the Grand Master and the Craft .

Bro . the Rev . J . S . Sidebotham seconded the motion , as he could not conceive htm- the appointment of so subordinate au officer by Grand Lodge could derogate from the dignity of the Grand Master . Bro . Mchityro would give the proposal of Bro . Barrett a direct negative . When the 'M . W . the Grand Master improperly disposed of his patronage , then , and not till then , ought he be deprived of his just prerogative ; in fact , it was only an attempt to get in the small end of the wedge towards depriving the Grand Master of his most valuable prerogative . Bro . Sir Lucius Curtis also opposed Bro . Barrett ' s motion , as a dangerous precedent ,