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Masonic Mem.

MASONIC MEM .

KOTAIi AKCH . —Lancashire West . —The consecration of tho Elias Ashmole Chapter ( No . 148 ) , Warrington , is appointed for tiro o'clock on the 26 th inst . AA o miclerstnnd it is the intention of the M . E . Prov . G . Supt . to summon an emergency convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter on this occasion .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

At the quarterly communication on AVednesday , the 5 th inst ., Bro . Bagshaw ( in tho ahsenoe of the Earl of Zetland ) on tho throne , and Bro . the Rev . Sir John Hayes , Bart ., officiating as DepAity Grand Master , the proceedings consisted singly of reading the minutes of tho last quarterly communication , the report of the Board of Benevolence for the . months of June , July , and August , aiAd the report of the Board of General

Purposes , whicli were severally put for confirmation , and adopted unanimously . The report of the Board of General Purposes is as follows : — 1 . A complaint was preferred by the Lodge of Benevolence against the Samaritan Lodge ( No . 368 ) , Sandbach , for having certified that a brother had heen a regular contributing

member thirty-six years , Avhereas it appeared from the Grand Lodge hooks that dues had been paid for the said brother for twenty-throe and a-half years only . The Master and Wardens were summoned to attend the Board Avith the Avarrant and

books , but the same being sent up , personal attendance Avas ciisii . nsect with . Prom the written explanation furnished , and from the hooks , It appeared that the lodge had been in abeyance between the years 1 SS 3 and . IMS , and that during those periods no monies had heeii received by the Treasurer , or paid by the lodge . On consideration of all the facts , the Board ,

. finding that although the statement made by tho lodge as to the brother's membership was not entirely correct , yet inasmuch as there was nothing to show that any money , the property of Grand Lodge , had been retained , accepted the explanation , and ordered the warrant and books to bo returned to the Master . 2 . A complaint Avas preferred against the Eaton Lodge

( No . 533 ) , Congleton , for having certified that a brother had been a regular contributing member for four years and six HIOAAUIS , -whereas it appeared from the Grand Lodgo books that dues had been paid for * the said brother for one year only . The Master and AA ardens were summoned to attend the Board Avith tAie YSMTCMA HAVA hooks , hut personal attendance was

dispensed with on the same being sent up . It appeared from the Avritten explanations furnished , and from the minute hook that the brother in CTMSUOIA was initiated in 1846 , and his name appeared from time to time as talcing part in the business of the lodgo , and as holding office down to the year 1 S 50 , and he was stated to have left the neighbourhood in the heginniug of

1851 , after which no mention of his presence in the lodgo is recorded . The Treasurer's hook w .. s very imperfectly kept , no separate entry being made of the names of brethren paying money , and no signature or attendance book appears to have been kept . There being no evidence to show that the said brother had been a member ( or a longer period than that stated by the lodge , and dues , on his behalf , for the full period having

Grand Lodge.

been sent up as soon as tho lodge ivas made aware that the same had not been paid at the time , the Board , after consideration of all tho circumstances , resolved— "That the lodge he admonished , and be ordered in future to keep a fuller and more regular record of its proceedings in the Tcoiavvfee hook , and to procure an attendance hook for the signature of brethren

attending the lodge , and that with reference to the Treasurer's book , it he required that separate entries he vnacAe of the _\ im _ paid by each member ; and that the lodge be also admonished to be more regular in making its returns and payments to Grand Lodge . The Board directed the above admonitions and requirements to be communicated to the Master , and the

warrant aud hooks to bo returned to him . " 3 . Tho Book of Constitutions being out of print , the Board have ordered an immediate reprint thereof , and have embodied in the same , iu their proper places , the new laws that have recently heen passed hy the Grand Lodge , and ha ve also made sueli verbal alterations and transpositions of paragraphs as

appeared necessary to render tho sense more clear . The Acting G . MAST ___ said he had to make a communication from the Earl of Zetland , viz ., that his lordship grants the rank of Past Assistant Grand Secretary to Bro . A \ m . Farnfie . tl . with the same precedence which he now has . This announcement was received with evident manifestations

of approbation by every one present in Grand Lodge . There being no subject before Grand Lodge which could give rise to any discussion , the proceedings terminated very early .

Provincial.

PROVINCIAL .

DEAONSHIRE . PKOVIXCIAII GBASD LODGE . Dedication of the Huyshe Masonic Temple and Consecration of two lodges . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire vras holden on Thursday , the 30 th ult ., at Plymouth . The duties commencedat half-past ten amtho first part of the business being to

.. ; dedicate tho Huyshe Masonic Temple , and to consecrate two new lodges , the Erme , No . 1 , 091 ; and the Huyshe , Ko . 1 , 099-The Temple is a building in Princess-place , formerly a picturegallery , but recently purchased for the Order , and converted fettle purposes of Preemasonry . The now lodges are the Huyshe ,-the one recently opened at Stoke , and the Ernie , the lodge ' recently opened at Ivybridge . The attendance Avas very large , crowded

the ante-rooms and retiring rooms being closely . A few visiting members from other provinces also attended , among Avhom Avero the very worshipful Bro . . 'Eneas John Mclntyre , tho Grand Registrar of England , and standing conspicuously among his brethren , was tho portly figure of Colonel Peard , Garibaldi's Englishman , tho S . G . AV . of the Provincial Grand Lodgo of CornwallBrosLord EliotMP Capt . Edye ; R . J . Laity

; . , .. ; , ex-Mayor of Devonport : Rev . J . E . ' , Bisk , P . Prov . G . Chap ., At eleven the Grand Lodgo assembled on the floor of the Temple , the representatives and members that attended of tho various lodges of the province Avere summoned and admitted , and the lodge was duly opened . The Grand Registrar , the Provincial Grand Master , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and tho officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge were marshalled CeremoniesThe

to their respective seats by the Director of . Grand Registrar appointed his Wardens pro . tem . The Provincial Grand Master requested the Grand Registrar to dedicate the Temple . To this the Grand Reg istrar assented , and with the aid of Bro . the Rev . G . Ross , vicar of Tywardreath , Prov . G . Chap ., and other Provincial Grand Officers , proceeded with the ii ancient formTho Templealthough a fine

ceremony : . , building , unusually largo for a Freemason's lodge , was denselycrowded , and found insufficient to contain the brethren assembled , between 400 and 500 being present , AA'hen the Tylers Avero directed to tylo the lodgo tliey were obliged to tylo at the entrance of the vestibule of the lodge , in order to accommodate all the brethren , and the screen vras raised in order that all tho