Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

THE MASONIC MIRROR . * * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbin-y-sfcreefc , Strand , London , W . C .

WE are informed by the secretary of the Royal Albert A * ylum for Idiots and Imbeciles , Lancaster , that any lodge contributing the sum of five guineas will be entitled , through its W . M ., to a vote at each election of candidates , for twenty-five years ; and for a donation of ten guineas to a vote as long as such lodge shall be in existence .

THE chief corner-stone of a new Masonic Hall , in St . Juhn ' splace , Halifax , was laid on Tuesday , the 30 th ult ., by Bro . Lieut .-colonel Sir Henry Edwards , P . Prov . G . W . We have received a report of the proceedings , and if space permits shall publish it in our next . AT a meeting of the Anglesea Lodge , No . 1 , 113 , on 5 th May

lust , Bro . J . C . Fourdrinier , I . P . M ., P . Prov . G . W ., was presented , in the name of the lodge , by Bro . William Bulkeley Hughes , M . P ., P . Prov . S . W ., with an address , a P . Prov . G . J . W . ' s jewel , and a purse of money , as a token of the esteem in which he is held for the service lie lias rendered to the province . We have received a report of the interesting

proceedings , hut in consequence of its great length we are reluctantly compelled for the present to allow it to stand over . IN answer to numerous inquiries of the whereabouts of Bro . Robert Morris , we beg to inform our readers that he left England for America on Tuesday , after a sojourn in London of only five days . We regret to learn that a serious illness in Syria , from which he only partially recovered ,, is the cause of his abrupt departure . j

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

Iu consequence of want of space last week we were unable to give the whole report of the proceedings of the emergency meeting of the Grand Lodge , which we now supply . THE GRAUD MASTER . Bro . the Rev . Robert J . Simpson , G . Chap ., brought forward the motion of which he had given notice : —

"That the following brethren constitute a committee to carry out the resolutions passed at the last Grand Lodge in reference to the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the M . W . Grand Master ' s accession to office as Grand Master of England : Deputy Grand Master , all the Provincial Grand Masters ex otjicio ; Lord Eliot and J . Havers , P . G . W . 's ; Rev . R . J .

Simpson , G . Chap . ; S . Tomkins , G . Treas . ; M . J . Mclntyre , G . Reg . ; J . LI . Evans , President of Board of General Purposes ; A . W . Woods , G . Dir . of Cers .: Hervey , Savage , Head , G , Cox , P . G . D . ' s ; Symonds , P . G . Assist . Dir . of Cers . ; Young , P . G . S . B . ; J . Smith , P . G . Purst . ; Mason , P . G . S . B . ; Sliarpe , LL . D ., P . G . S . ; B . Baker , P . G . S . ; E . Cox ; Bennocb , P . G . S . ; Adlird ; Rev .

Sir J . Hayes , Prov . G . Chaplain Berks ; Cope , Prov . G . S . B . Cheshire ; Deighton , Prov . G . D ., and Evans , Cambridge ; Powell , Bristol ; S . Leith Tomkins , P . G . S . ; Metlmm , P . G . D . Devonshire ; Coombs , Dorset ; Crosby , Durham ; Meggy , Essex ; Newrnarch , Gloster ; Stebbing , P . G . D . Hants ; Hyde Pullen , P . G . S . B . Isle of AVight ; R . CullenderE . Lancashire ; Kell

, y , Leicester ; Rev . C . Martin , Norfolk ; Dr . Goldsbro ' , N . Wales ; Inns , Northampton ; R . Allen , Nottingham ; Earl Percy and Spiers , P . G . S . B . Oxford ; Bridges , P . G . S . B . Somerset ; David Williams , South Wales ; Dorling , Suffolk ; Morrison , Surrey ;

United Grand Lodge.

G . E . Pocock , P . G . S . B . Sussex ; E . Busher , P . G . S . B . Westmoreland ; C . E . Winnington , Warwick ; Sir D . Gooch , P . G . S . B . Wilts ; Dr . Bell , Yorkshire ( North and East ); Bentley Shaw , G . D ., and Nelson , Yorkshire ( West ) ; W . Gray Clark , G . Sec . ; with power to add to their number . "

I Before the rev . brother proceeded with his statement , The G . Master said .- As to the motion of Bro . Simpson , it is a mutter iu whicli I am concerned , and I have attended here as a point of duty , but upon such a subject I ought to give no opinion . I therefore ask Bro . Fawcett , Prov . G . M . for Durham , to place the question before the Grand Lodge , and although I shall occupy the chair , as there are some other matters to be

disposed of , upon this I shall abstain from taking any part in the proceedings . Bro . the Rev . J . Simpson then proceeded , and said he must crave the assistance and indulgence of Grand Lodge in bringing forward this motion , because he felt incompetent to the task he had undertaken , and would gladly have placed it in other hands .

He had pressed it upon seveial members of Grand Lodge , older and of mere experience than himself , but they would not take it upon themselves . He claimed the assistance of Grand Lodge on that ground , and on another , as that was the first time he had spoken in Grand Lodge , as he had not been able to attend their meetings , although he had been long a member of the

Craft , except within a few years . Although not able during a career of something like twenty years as a Mason to attend , yet notwithstanding he had been an attentive observer of the illustrious nobleman and true English gentleman who had presided over the Craft during that eventful period . When be looked at the number of lodges , at the increased number of members ,

the extension of their Fraternity in the colonies , the marked improvement in the tone of members towards each other , and the expansion of their charities , he felt thankful to the Great Architect of the Universe for the favours they had received , and which marked the annals of the most

venerable society in the world . Its success , however , like many other good things , had heen achieved through trials and difficulties . Masonry had been tried in many ways . It had been assailed with allocutions and statements put forward by men in high places , who , like one of Milton's characters , preferred darkness , and hated the light which beamed from Freemasonry . Masonry , however , had survived

them all , and would , survive them still . If those walls could speak they would tell them that great and knotty points had at times been raised in that Grand Lodge . There might have been hasty words uttered , but the harmony was never disturbed , and their honoured chief , like another , was able to take up the refrain of the song , and say , "Fear not , but trust in

Providence wherever you may be . " Whether they looked at the improvements which had taken place in their great institution , or the difficulties which had beeu got over , they would have ample means for coming to a conclusion that for the manner in which their Grand Master had presided over their institution for twenty-five years right well and worthily , he

was entitled to their respect and esteem . He ( Bro . Simpson ) was compelled to speak in the presence of their Grand Master , and he should not do so in terms of fulsome adulation , but he should ask them to express that esteem in something more than words in paying the tribute of respect to their Grand Master . He trusted that there would be a fitting occasion when the

members might rejoice together , and while recently a great monarch held a celebration for his silver wedding , he hoped they would also celebrate the patrimonial alliance which for a similar time had existed between the Grand Master and the Masons of England . He trusted that the committee would be