Grand Lodge.

Tho amendment was negatived by a large majority , only five hands being hold up for it . aud the original motion carried . DEFAULTING LODGES . Bro . Havers moved that thc following Lodges-No . Date of last Return , 49 . Lodge of Concord , London December , 1 S 49 .

G 4 . Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love , Arundel March , 1 S 36 . 362 . Lodge of School of Plato , Cambridge . . December , 1 S 53 . 459 . Lodge of Benevolence , Sherborne .... December , 1 S 51 . G 58 . Marquis of Granby , Eastwood , Notts . . Warrant returned . 751 . Prince Edwin's Lodge , Eyo December , 1 S 49 . ffK . -n i T -i w ( Warrant granted February , , 05 . Roden Lodge , Worn ( lS 4 G-no return . 7 S 5 . -AnoholmoBriggLincolnshire .... Warrant returned .

, , 800 . Castlemartin Lodge , Pembroke .... December , 1 S 49 . owe , -ir > T i r-iiii i [ Warrant granted July , 1 S 52 S 7 S , Manners Lodge , Littlehampton . . . . -j return 9 * 10 . Peveril of the Peak Lodge , New Mills , near / Warrant granted July , 1855 Glossop 1 —no return . should be summoned to show cause , at the next meeting of Grand Lodge , why they should not be erased from the books of Grand Lodge . Since the notice had been

made public , three of the Lodges named in the list as originally published , had come in and made their returns , and he hoped the summons would operate beneficially in causing a great many others to follow their example . He might mention that those Lodges now on the list had been several times applied to within tho last twelve months , and although the Board of General Purposes , in its wish to afford them every indulgence , put off the present motion from time to time , no good had come of the delay .

Bro . Locoek Webb seconded the resolution . Bro . Stebbing hoped Grand Lodge would grant the defaulting Lodges three months more to make their returns , and condemned the motion as taking the Lodges by surprise . Bro . Gregory said , that if the motion was to erase those Lodges , they might complain of surprise , but such was not the fact . Each of them would next Grand Lodge have an opportunity of stating its case , and then Grand Lodge itself would have to decide whether the Lodge should be erased or not . Bro . Havers would again assure Grand Lodge , that every opportunity had been given , and would be given , to those Lodges to save their position . The motion was then agreed to .

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OE THE BOARD OE GENERAL PURPOSES . It being now past eleven o ' clock , no further business was proceeded with , but Grand Lodge in idleness waited some minutes for the return of the scrutineers , who made a report , giving the following votes , there being two lists canvassed forone containing fourteen names , all of whom were returned ; and the other , the four names immediately following : —

MASTERS . PAST MASTERS . Levinson ( No . 19 ) ... 159 Young ( No . 72 ) ... . 124 Farmer ( No . 25 ) ... . 156 Cotterell ( No . S ) .... 121 Stacey ( No . 211 ) . . . . 153 Gregory ( No . 233 ) . . . 110 Ladd ( No . 247 ) . . . . 153 Wheeler ( No . 324 ) . . . 10 S Molntyve ( No . 125 ) . . . 151 Snell ( No . 5 ) 107 Moore ( No . 329 ) .... 145 Webb ( No . 4 ) .... . 101 Tyerman ( No . 234 ) . . . 143 Symonds ( No . 21 ) . . . SS

Barrett ( No . 212 ) .... 02 Stebbing ( No . 152 ) ... 42 Biuckes ( No . 11 ) .... 38 Barnes ( No , 30 ) .... 37