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THE MASONIC MIRROR . * All communications to be addressed to the EDITOR , at No . 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , AA . C .

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

AT the meeting of Graud Lodge on Wednesday , 1 st June , the ¦ election of members of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board will take place , as also the Committee , of Management of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution . KNIGUITS TEMPIAH . —The Provincial Conclave of Suffolk and Cambridge will be held in the Prudence EncampmentIpswich

, , on AA eduesday , the 25 th inst ., under the baton of Sir Knt . Capt . N . G . Philips , Prov . G . Commander . A large attendance of Knights Templar is expected . A WARRANT has been granted by the Supremo Grand Chapter for a ltoyal Arch Chapter to be attached to Tynwald Lodge ¦ No . 1 , 242 , DouglasIsle of Man .

, ON the 31 st inst ., a new lodge will be consecrated at Topsharo , Devonshire , of which Col . Brent is the AA . M . designate , who , ¦ we are informed intends to present the lodge with a Master ' s chair , at a cost of £ 50 . MAKE MASONRY . —NEWPORT . — . Keystone Lodge ( No . 109 ) . —

This lodge will be opened and consecrated , and AV . M . installed on the 30 th inst . THE Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex , will he hold on Tuesday next , the 31 st inst ., at the Castle Hotel , Woodford , under tho presidency of R . W . Bro . Bobt . J . Bagshaw , Prov . G . M . Lodge will be opened at two o ' clock . Banquet at four .

TrcE Hervey Chapter will be consecrated on Saturday , the 11 th June , at half-past three o ' clock , by Comp . J . Hervey , the Grand Scribe E ., as Z . ; Comp . J . Boyd , as II . ; Comp . J . Brett , ns J . ; and Comp . B . W . Little , Dir . of Cers . The musical arrangements will be provided by Comp . W . Dawson . Comp . G . ¦ King , jun ., is the M . E . Z . designate ; G . ICine , II . ; and E . A .

Saber , J . THE Grand Lodges of Mark Masters of England and Wales , will hold the summor half-yearly communication at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday , 31 st inst . The Past Grand Masters , Lord Leigh , Lord Carnarvon , Lord Holmesdale , and W . W . B . Beach , will each be invested with the jewel of Past Grand Master . All regularly registered Mark Masons , may attend with permission .

Trims of Lodges , Janitors of Chapters , Equerries of Encamp , ments , & c ., in England , Scotland , and Ireland , are requested to forward their names and addresses to the Publisher of THE FREEMASONS ' MAGAZINE , so that a complete Register and Directory may be compiled .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The following is the agenda of business to be transacted in Grand Lodge , on Wednesday , 1 st June , 1870 : — 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 2 nd March for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of the Grand Lodge of the 27 th April for confirmation .

3 . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the l'lth May for confirmation . 4 . The M . W . Grand Master will announce that ho has appointed Bro . AVilliam Ougli , late Grand Pursuivant , to take rank as , and wear the clothing of , a Past Grand Pursuivant .

5 . Election of members of the Board of General purposes . 6 . Election of members of the Colonial Board . 7 . Election of members for the Committee of Management of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons . S . Beport of the Board of Benevolence for tho last quarter ^

in -which are recommendations for the following grants , viz . : — The widow of tho late Bro . J . W . ST .. of the St . George ' s Lodge ( No . 431 ) , North Shields £ 30 0 0 Bro . J . C , of the Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland ( No . 12 ) , London SO 0 0 The widow of Bro . E . R . N ., of the Lodge of Three Grand Principles ( No . 208 ) , Dewsbury , Yorkshire ISO 0 0

9 . The report of tho Board of General Purposes . —To the United Grand I-iodgo of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England : —The Board of General Purposes beg to report that the Board of Benevolence having preferred a complaint against two brethren , viz ., the AV . M ., and Bro . B . A . D . Bain , a Past Master of the Vitrnvian Lodge ( No . 87 ) , London , for having

been both present at the same time at the meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence on the 20 th day of April last , in contravention of the law as laid down in tho Book of Constitutions , both brethren were summoned to attend . It appeared that the W . M . was rightly in his place at the Lodge of Benevolence , and the Board therefore dismissed the complaint as against him .

Bro . Bain admitted his fault , but said he had erred through ignorance , and had not voted . It appeared that the W . M . had cautioned him not to enter tho lodge on the occasion in question ' The Board therefore ordered him to be reprimanded for his offence against the law and cautioned him to be more careful in his behaviour for the future , and he -was reprimanded by tihe President accordingly . ( Signed ) J . LIEWELIYN E VANS , Freemasons' Hall , President .

17 th May , 1870 . The President having quited the chair , it was resolved unanimously : — " That the most cordial thanks of this Board are eminently duo to the V . W . Bro . John Llewellyn Evans , not only for his unremitting attention to the duties which have devolved upon him as President , and which he has fulfilled with

great advantage to the Craft , but more especially for the courtesy and kindness which lie has exhibited to all the members while presiding over them during the last twelve months . " ( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTOX , Vice-President .

To the report is subjoined a statement of tho Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on the 13 th Ma } -, 1 S 70 , showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer of £ 2 , S 50 9 s . 7 d . ; and iu the hands of tho Grand Secretary , for Petty Cash , £ 75 . 10 . The annual report of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent

Institution for Aged Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons , dated the 20 th day of May , 1870 , will bo laid before the Grand Lodge .

11 . REPORT or THE CounnirEE oy THE FUND oi ? BENEVOLENCE . To tho United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England : —The Committee on the Fund of Benevolence beg to report that they have considered the terms of the certificate proposed by Bro . Joshua Nunn , P . G . S . B ., to be sent

in by every applicant for relief , referred back to this committee at the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , and recommend the same to be adopted , viz .: —