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dcred that the W . M . should sign for , and in the name of the lodge . Now it was not competent for brethren to meet , and by means of their warrant , to try and subvert the constitution from which they held their warrant ; it was a violation of Masonic principle to do so . He had spoken to Bro . McClure , and asked him why he had asked certain brethren to join in this movement . Was it not simply because their position as Prov . G . Officers gave them a standing in the Masonic body ? And

they acted wrong in lending the sanction of their official position to subvert the constitution which conferred that position . If those brethren were sincere let them retire from their present position , and call a public Masonic meeting . They would be then free to form what constitution they pleased . The Grand Lodge of Ireland had some time ago , when granting some extension of power , stated that they were prepared to grant any amount of liberty or power on their colonial brethren

commensurate with their requirements , and he believed if it could be shown that the establishment of a Grand Lodge of Victoria would tend to the advancement of Masonry , that the Grand Lodge of Ireland would grant it . But he hoped that the Masons of Victoria ft-ould not separate from their brethren in Britain . He had seen in the Masonic Journal an argument in f-ivour of a Victorian Grand Lodge , that we would have the management of our own funds , and tiiat would be a benefit . He thought otherwise . He thought we could not keep up a

staff' of officers to do necessary duties as cheaply as those duties are done for us at home ; and he did not think that the warrants and summonses could be obtained as cheaply as in England . He had hopes that the movement would not go on . A brother , heading the movement , had stated that it would come to nothing , and that his motive for joining in it was to bring the matter to an issue . He ( the prov . G . M . ) had no desire unless to be useful , and was prepared to resign if his brethren thought

his person or his office was in the way of the advancement of Masonry . Another reason put forward in support of the movement was , that we would have the appointment of our Grand Masters ; but it must be considered that although the Prov . G . M . ' s were appointed by the Grand Master , yet , they received that appointment at the expressed wishes of their brethren . All he wanted was to be put in a proper position with regard to the lodge , and his capacity of Prov . G . M . He could not , as a

private member of the lodge , vote for a movement he should bo obliged to oppose in his official capacity , and therefore requested his name to be removed from the list of members of the lodge of Hiram , if that lodge should at any future date do any act contrary to the warrant under whicli they were assembled . Bro . Horwitz , S . W ., in a few words , explained that ' the committee did not intend making any change , but simply wished to ascertain the opinions of their brethren on this subject . Lodge closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned to the London Tavern for refreshment .

WASHINGTON LODGE ( NO . 368 , I . C . )—The regular meeting of this lodge was held at the lodge rooms , Ulster Hotel , on Monday , 1 st June . The following business was notified on the summons : — " 1 . To ballot for , and , if elected , to initiate Mr . H , Solomon . 2 . Installation of officers . 3 . To consider correspondence read at last meeting relative to formation of a Grand Lodge Victoria . 4 . Initiations , passings , and raisings . " The principal business being the installation of officers , a vote was adopted—¦

" That all other business should be postponed until the next meeting of the lodge . SANDKIDGE . —Marine Lodge ( E . C . )—Theregularnieetingof this lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Sandridge , on Wednesday , May 27 th . The Prov . G . M . ( E . C . ) attended , and was accompanied by liis Prov . G . S . W . Bro . Weatherstono was passed to the second degree ; aud the lodge elected the officers for the ensuing twelve months . The W . M . Bro . Beresfordwas unanimousl

, , y re-elected ; the Treasurer and Tyler were also re-elected . Few lodges are better worked than tiie Sandridge Marine Lodge , and the re-election of Bro . Beresford to the oifice of W . M ., marks the high opinion the members of the lodge entertain for his zeal in the ruling and management of the lodge . Tho Prov . G . M . expressed himself much gratified with the manner in which the business of the lodge was conductedand complimented the W . M .

, and officers on the efficiency attained b y them in their Masonic working . PEAUEAN . —United Tradesmans' Lodge ( I . C . )—An adjourned meeting of this lodge was held at the Lodge-room , Duke of York Hotel , Prahran , on Wednesday , 10 th June , for the purpose of installing the W . M . and officers for the ensuing six months . The lodge was called for half-past seven , but did not open until

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half-past eight o ' clock . The Prov . G . M ., Bro . J . T . Smith opened the lodge , and performed the ceremony of installation , assisted by the D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . E . L . Crowell , and five Past Masters . Bro . M'Clure , P . D . Prov . G . M ., filled the Past Master ' s chair . After the W . T . I ., Bro . E . L . Vail , was duly in - stalled and the brethren re-admitted , the following officers were invested with the collars of their several chairs , and the usual charges read by the Prov . " G . M .: —Bros . E . L . Vail , W . M . ;

J . B . Crews , S . W . ; Thomas W . Pullam , J . W . ; Thomas Leckenby , S . D . ; F . Green , J . D . ; Henry Harewood , I . G . ; William Harewood , Treas . ; Edmund Roberts , Sec ; A . J . Cohen . Tyler . The Prov . G . M . congratulated the W . M . on his being elected to the chair of the United Tradesman ' s Lodge , and expressed the gratification he fe . lt to see so many members and visitors in attendance . The lodge closed in due form . GISBOENE . — -Lod' / e of Mount Macsdon ( No . 1050 ) . — On

Monday evening , 1 st June , the anniversary meeting of the above lodge took place at the Masonic Hall , Gisborne , for the purpose of installing the W . M . elect . Bro . Eobert Levick , P . M ., of Melbourne , having been invited to perform the ceremony , proceeded to Gisborne for that purpose . > Bro . Levick having heen invited so take the chair , opened the lodge at halfpast seven o ' clock , and initiated into tbe Order Mr . Page , of

Gisborne , and also passed Bro . Sherwin to the degree of Fellow-Cratt . Bro . Carroll , the W . M . elect , although an old Past Master , was desirous that the whole ceremony of installation should be given ; and , having been duly presented , Bro . Levick proceeded with the ceremony , and concluded by giving the various charges , to which the brethren paid strict attention . After the lodge was closed , the brethren sat down to a sumptuous banquet in their hall , which was provided by the different members

of thelodge . Amongst the several visitors present , who were received with the kindest hospitality , was Bro . Sands , W . M . elect of the Kyneton Lodge . A most delightful evening was spent by the brethren , who separated about twelve o'clock .

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PEOVINCIAL GEAND LODGE ( SCOTTISH CONSTITUTION ) . At a communication held at No . 1 , Grant-buildings , Colaba , on Saturday , May 30 , 1863—present , Bros . G . R . Ballingall , Acting Prov . G . M . ; J . Anderson , Offg . Prov . G . S . W . ; J . Irvine , Off . Prov . G . J . W . ; G . A . Summers , Prov . G . Sec ; C . M'Kinlay , Offg . Prov . G . S . W ; A . Jordon , Offg . Prov . G . J . D . ; C . Stephens , Prov . G . f . G . ; H . G . Wilcox , Offg . Prov . G . Tyler ; R . B . Barton , Prov . G . M . elect , — -the Provincial Grand Lodge having been

opened in due and ancient form , the summons convening the meeting , and the proceedings of the communication held on the 10 th August , 1 S 61 , were read , and tbe latter confirmed . The Provincial Grand Secretary submitted to the Provincial Grand Lodge the following summary of proceedings since the last communication : —¦ Summary of Proceedings since the Meeting of the 10 th August , 1861 .

Lodge Hope , Kurraahee , in . reply to the communication of the 29 th June , 1861 , replied on the 7 th September , 1661 , soliciting that , in consideration of the difficulties Lodge Hope is labouring under , and consequent inability to meet the demand of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Western India , that Lodgo Hope may he allowed tho indulgence of a remission of the past dues , and be authorised to submit fees and returns commencing from 1 st June 1861 . Informed that the Prov . G . M . of Western

, India much regretted to find that Lodge Hope had been so very much neglected , as represented ; and that it was selfevident that the occupants of the chair in the east , during the time the reported irregularities arose , had paid no heed whatever to the assent they had accorded to the ancient charges and regulations read to them at their installation , and that if punishment were to be awarded , nothing less than a total deprivation of all Masonic privileges would be a sufficient decree against

them . With a view , however , of encoiiranging the W . M . elect to the fulfilment of the laborious task he has undertaken of restoring the lodge to order and good fellowship , the Prov . G . M . of Western India , as a special case , was pleased to accord his sanction to the request made , with a hope that , thus assisted , Lodge Hope would in future be punctual in the performance of its allegiance to its parent institution . The W . M . Lodge Faith , Neemuch , in reply to his coiutnuni-