Proposed Articles Of Union Between The Grand Lodges ' Of Canada.

5 . The incorporated " Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada" shall bo composed of a just and perfect representation of the whole Masonic Fraternity of Canada , to be defined by the Constitutions of the said incorporated Grand Lodge . G . All Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers belonging to the said respective Grand Lodges on the day of the said union shall retain and hold their rank and privileges in the incorporated " Grand Lodge of AncientFree and Accepted Masons of Canada , " as Past Grand Officers . Their precedence shall be decided by subsequent mutual

agreement , and shall be duly registered ; and this shall be the order of precedence in all time to come . The Provincial and Past Provincial Grand Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodges of Montreal and William Henry , and of Quebec and Three-Rivers , shall be duly notified of the said union , and shall have the same right of rank and order of precedence , provided they declare allegiance to the said incorporated Grand Lodge within after receiving such notice ; bnt after the expiration of the said , the said Provincial Grand Lodges shall not be recognised as lawful and constitutional in Canada .

7 . The representatives of the several Lodges shall sit in the incorporated Grand Lodge , under their respective banners , according to seniority , which shall be determined by the dates of their original charters . Each Lodge shall be re-numbered and registered in the books of the incorporated Grand Lodge , and this shall for over be the order and rank of the Lodges . All existing Lodges in Canada , which do not , after having received due notice of the union aforesaid , cause themselves to be registered as aforesaid , but which shall subsequently become enrolledshall take

, rank after all the others , notwithstanding the dates of their respective original charters . And after the expiration of from the day of the said union , no Lodges assembling in Canada under charters emanating from any authority other than that of the incorporated " Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada " shali be recognised as lawful and constitutional . 8 . The seal and form of charter of Lodges of the incorporated Grand Lodge shall be the seal and form of charter now in use by the Grand Lodge of the first part to these articles , and known as "The

Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada . " 9 . The incorporated Grand Lodge being constituted , the first proceeding , after solemn prayer , shall be to read and proclaim the act of union , as previously executed and sealed with the seal aforesaid ; after which the same shall be solemnly accepted by the Fraternity , and deposited in the archives of the incorporated Grand Lodge . 10 . The Grand Master and Grand Officers elect , & c , shall , on the day of union , be solemnly installed and invested . 11 . The property of the said Grand Lod shall constitute one

ges common fund , by which the blessed effects of masonic benevolence may bo the more extensively secured . 12 . A revision shall be made without delay , of the Rules and Regulations now established aud in force in the said Grand Lodges , and a Code of Laws for the holding of the incorporated Grand Lodge , and generally for the whole conduct of the Craft , shall be forthwith prepared ; and a new Book of Constitutions be composed and printed under the superintendence of the Grand Officers , and with the sanction of the Grand Lodge .

NEW SOUTH WALES . —The P . G . L . assembled at Freemasons'Hall , Sydney , on Fob . 12 th , Bro . J . Williams , D . P . G . M ., in the Chair . The want of a resident P . G . M . is much felt , Sir S . P . Gibbes not having been in Sydney since his installation , but continuing to reside in New Zealand . The M . W . G . M . has been pleased to appoint Bro , William Henry Read , of Singapore , as Prov . G . M . for tite Eastern Archipelago *

Masonic Charities.

Masonic Charities .

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . The Quarterly General Court of the subscribers to this School was held at the offices on Thursday , April 8 th . Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbed presided ; supported by Bros . J . Hervey , Roberts , Young , W . Gray Clarke , Rev . W . Lyall , Patten , Spence ' r , G . Biggs , Barnes , Binckes , Paas , Robinson , Symonds , Udall , Davis , Barrett , & c ., & c . The minutes of the last Court and various committees having been reul . cheques were ordered to be signed for £ 390 Is ., the expenditure of the past quarter . Three children had died during the quarter , two in the school , and cue at liome with her friends ; and it was

remarkable that the deaths of the two in the school arose from the same cause , a flow of serum to the heart . Bro . Cabbeli , as chairman and treasurer , read a report , that , pursuant to the resolution of the General Court of the 14 th January , Messrs . Williams , Deacon , and Co ., had purchased on the 21 st January £ 28 18 s . 7 d . reduced three per cent consols , in the names of the trustees of the building fund , thus making the amount of stock so purchased £ 2 , 200 . This report having been received ,

Bro . Binckes brought up a report from a sub-committee , appointed on the 28 th of January to inquire into the propriety of enlarging the course of education in the school . The committee , after a few opening remarks , say : — " The inquiry We were commissioned to undertake is comprised under the four following heads : — " 1 . The system of education adopted in similar institutions . " 2 . The nature of the household arrangements pursued therein .

" 3 . The expense and modes of instruction in French and music . " i . the nature of the duties , and the kind of employment , undertaken by children who have left this institution during the last ten years . " 1 . The system of education adopted in similar institutions . " With the object , not only of placing the governor and subscribers in possession of the facts as regards the subjects embraced in the system of education adopted in other similar establishments , but of affording them the means of instituting a fair comparison as to the

respective advantages , we append a tabulated statement of the branches of study in the Freemasons' Girls' School , as received from Miss Sonterthe schoolmistress , and in other schools , as communicated by the principals and secretaries with whom We have been in correspondence . "Freemasons' Girls' School . — 'Scripture , church catechism , reading , writing , arithmetic , geography , grammar , English history , ancient history ( to 1 st class ) , needlework , domestic duties . " Royal Asylum of St . Ann's Society . —All subjects connected with an English education , sufficient to enable them to pass the government inspector's examination for a pupil teacher for the first year ;

needlework , French , and drawing ( to 1 st class ) . Music is an extra paid for by parents or friends of those who learn . "Commercial Travellers ' . —Scripture history , geography , English history , grammar and analysis of sentences , arithmetic , useful general knowledge , needlework , French to the two npper classes , the school being divided into three classes . "London Orphan Asylum , Clapton Reading , writing , arithmetic , history , geography , chronology , grammar , composition , drill , needlework , household duties , music " , French .

"London Freemen ' s Orphan . —Reading and spelling , writing , arithmetic , English grammar and composition , geography , history , French , drawing , music ( as far as the mistress may be able to teach it ) , needlework , religious knowledge . " Of these we have personally visited the London Orphan Asylum , Clapton ; the Royal Asylum of St . Ann's Society , Brixton ; and the City of London Freemens' Orphan School , Brixton . Iu the first , in which are from 140 to 150 girls , about forty of whom are receiving instruction in instrumental musicwo find that French and music

, have for some time been taught , though not formally recognized by the committee of management . By the kind assistance of friends , three or four pianos were provided , the mistress teaching two or three of the children , by whom others were in turn instructed . An opportunity was afforded us of judging of the skill and ability of the pupils , and we cannot speak too highly of the proficiency displayed , in itself the best evidence of the excellence of the system adopted . Within the last month , however , the committee , impressed with the beneficial results even thus partially developed , have resolved that music shall

constitute a portion of the stated system of education , the expense forming a regular charge on the funds of the institution . Those pupils only are selected for tuition , the position in life of whose parents is , or has been , such as to warrant the expectation that a proficiency in musical knowledge will prove a benefit to them ; and by judicious management on the part of those charged with the duty of selection , all feeling of discontent in the children not selected is avoided . On this point , we direct the attention of the committee to a letter from Miss Brandenburger , the head governess of the Asylum .

'" London Orphan Asylum , 30 th March , 1858 . "' My dear Sir , —Will you allow me to trouble yon with a few lines on the subject respecting which you visited the Asylum yesterday . "' I trust you did not leave with the impression that I am disposed to over-estimate the importance of instrumental music as a part of the education of this school .