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a form of memorial to that effect at the next lodge meeting . The draft was so read . A A-ote ivas then taken , and carried unanimously , to adopt it , ancl that it should be signed ancl forwarded to the Grand Master through the Grand Secretary . The following is the reply : —

" Freemason ' s Hall , London , " 26 th Jan ., 1 S 70 . " Sir and Brother , —Your memorial to the M . W . Grand Master , praying permission to change the name of your lodge . His lordship has been pleased to accede to the applicationand the lodge will

there-, fore in future hear the name of the York Lodqe ( No . 236 ) . I am , Sir and Brother , "Yours fraternally , "JOHN HE EVE Y , G . Sec .

"To Bro . J . C . Swallow , " Sec . Lodge No . 236 , York . " These documents have been entered upon the minutes of the lodge , and the change is noAV an accomplished fact . Yours fraternally , JOHN CHAS . SWALLOW , Sec . of the York Lodge .

" To the Bight Son . the EAEL oi" ZETLAND , K . T ., Most Worshipful Grand Master . " We , the undersigned , the Master and Wardens of the Union Lodge ( No . 236 ) , meeting in the Masonic Hall , Duncombe-place , York , in pursuance of a resolution passed in open lodge at a regular lodge , held

on Monday , the 17 th day of January , A . L . 5870 , A . D . 1870 , humbly request your Lordship to grant permission that the name of this lodge may be changed from that of Union to the Yorh Lodge . " It has long been the wish of the brethren of this lodge that it should be more closely connected with

that of our ancient city , and with the Masonic glory with Avhich the name is associated . Our early traditions inform us that from the time of Prince Edwin , A . D . 926 , when the first lodge was held in the Norman crypt of the iork Minster , under a charter from King Athelstan , a Grand Lodge existed in an uninterrupted stream until about the year 1790 ; and although the York Grand Lodge then died out from the growing

importance of Masonry in the south of England , yet Masonry itself continued to flourish in the north , and gave birth to the Provincial Grand Lodge for Yorkshire , from which sprang the Union Lodge in 1777—one of the most influential lodges in the province . The Provincial Grand Lodge was ahvays held at York until the year 1821 when it was divided into separate

, provinces . On the 14 th of August , of 1821 , the first Provincial Grand Lodge , under the title of North and East Eidings of Yorkshire , was held in the Grand Lodge room in the city of York , and there regularly , until the year 1830 ; and it was not until the year 1835 that the Provincial Grand Lodge was held out of

this city , since Avhich time it has been held in various towns in the province , and at York in 1836 , 1838 , 1841 , 1843 , 1848 , 1851 , 1856 , and 1864 . Thus the importance of York , as having taken a prominent place in the history of English Masonry , the charges and regulations it has framed under the title of the York ¦ Constitutions , and the present appellation still given

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to those working under them of " Ancient York Masons , " entitle us to your consideration to make the required change . " That the name of our lodge should he more distinctive is by the brethren desired , as there are two Lodges of Union in London and nine in the country ,

beside eight of the same name in foreign parts . " For the desired name of Yorlc to distinguish our lodge by in future , we call your lordship ' s recollection to the fact that , throughout the world , this city has been , for a great length of time , regarded as almost the birthplace of Masonry , or at least as its

fostermother ; and we hope that this feeling , coupled with our strong desire , will be a sufficient excuse for sincerely hoping your lordship will grant oAir request . " We have the honour to be , my Lord , your Lordship ' s most humble and obedient servants , " THOS . GIBSON H AETLEY , W . M .

" JOSEPH TODD , S . W . " MATHEW COOPEE , J . W . " JOHN CHAS . SWALLOW , Sec . "

MEMOEIAL OF THE LATE BRO . OLIVBE . TO THE EDITOK 0 E THE EBEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —The first and centre window and brass in memorial of the late Bro . Dr . Oliver having been now placed in , I am obliged to ask those who have kindly promised subscriptions for them .

The window is much admired and very appropiate , and the brass of course explains ich y and hj whom it is dedicated to the Doctor's memory . The subscrip tions provided will be insufficient to entirely cover what has been done , but I must settle this , and hope hereafter to do more .

Yours fraternally , J . J . EEYNOLDS . South Hy keham Eectory , Lincoln .

SCOTCH MASONS .

TO THE EEITOE OE THE EBEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —I am a young Mason , and have to ask you to grant me a small space in your Magazine to state an experience , as 1 am desirous to learn if it is an exceptional one . Several years ago I promised a Scotch friend that if

I ever was made a Mason I Avould be made one in Glasgow , a place I often visit . I kept my promise , and allowed twelve months to elapse before making application ( in the town in England in Avhich I reside ) to be affiliated by a lodge . No objection was taken t btwo or three membersand that on

, excepy , the ground that I was a Scotch Mason . My application Avas at once withdrawn . I was not tested or declared incompetent . Yours fraternally , A SWBSCEIBEE .

In the monthly "Microscopical Journal" for March , is an obituary notice by Mr . Joseph Lister , F . H . S ., Professor of Clinical Surgery in the University of Edinburgh , of his father , the late Mr . J . J . Lister , F . H . S ., to whom science is so muck indebted for improvements in the microscope .