The Masonic Mirror.

Tho AVidow of Bro . AVm . Gillam , of No . 279 , Calcutta £ 100 Bro . Joseph Hahisworth , of No . 365 , HuddevsEcld 30 The report of the annual audit of Grand Loclge accounts . REroivr as THE BOARD or UENEUAII ruuroses . To tho United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to report that they have received and adjudicated upon the following complaints preferred by the Board of Benevolence , viz : —

1 . Against the Phcenix Lodgo , No . Ill , Sunderland , for having certified to the petition of a Brother , that he had been a regular contributing member for the space of twenty-nine years , whereas the Grand Loclge dues had been paid for only twenty-seven years . It appeared from the books , that the Brother iu question had joined the Loclge in Nov ., 1828 , and in tho following month had heen appointed to . office , yet that his name had not beou included iu any return made to Grand Loclge until the year 1 S 31 ; the Board ordered tho arrears for two years to be paid up , and imposed a

fine of one guinea to the Fund of Benevolence . 2 . Against the St . John ' s Lodge , ' No . 409 , 'Wi gton , for certifying to the petition of a Brother , that ho had been a contributing member for the space of twenty years , whereas the Grand Lodge dues had been paid for seventeen and a half years only . The Board , believing that the error had arisen from au accidental circumstance , ordered the arrears for two and a half years to be paid , and that tho AV . M . and Officers be admonished to be more careful for the future .

3 . Against the Ilobert Burns Lodge , No . 25 , London , for certifying to tho petition of a Brother that he had been a regular contributing member for the space of six and a half years , whereas the Grand Lodge clues had ouly been paid for five and a half years . The AV . Master and his AVardens having attended pursuant to summons , it was shown to the satisfaction of the Board that there had been an accidental error in making the return , and that no money had been retained which was the property of tho Grand Lodge , the Board cautioned tho AV . Master and Officers to be careful for the future in ascertaining the accuracy of their certificates .

i . Against the Lodge of Economy , No . 90 , AAlnchester , for certifying to the petition of a Brother , that he had been a regular contributing member for the space of fifteen years , whereas Graud Loclge clues had only been paid for thirteen years . The Loclge admitted their error , and explained that it had occurred in consequence of some irregularity in the books about the year 1 S 2 S . The Board ordered the arrears for two years to be paid up , aud admonished the AA . Master and Officers to be moro careful for the future .

Complaints having been made of the facility with which degrees may be obtained in Scotland , and it having been alleged that occasionally three degrees have been conferred on English Masons on the same evening , the Board , believing that such practice is likely to lead to very injurious results , beg to recommend that a friendly representation be made to the Graud Lodge of Scotland , drawing the attention of that Grand Lodge to the circumstances , and suggesting that private Lodges in Scotland should not he permitted to confer degrees upon English Masons visiting that countrywithin the periods prescribed by the Constitutions of the Grand

, Lodge of England . The Board has also to report that their attention has been directed to the hardship which may possibly occur from the limitation of the period to two years , within which the widow of a deceased Brother may petition the Board of Benevolence for relief , and , for the purpose of removing this limitation , thoy beg to recommend that the following alterations bo made in the Book of Constitutions .