Contents.

CONTENTS .

E DITORIAL : UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND Front page THE RITUAL ( continued ) .. .. .. .. 236 MASONIC POET ' S CORNER—SALUTATION TO AN ORIENTAL BROTHER .. .. .. .. .. 237 NOTIFICATIONS—OUR TRESTLE BOARD .. .. 237 O RIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE AND ANSWERS .. .. 238

" HIGH TWELVE "—EVENINGS ABROAD .. .. 239 OUR C ITY ARTICLE .. .. .. .. .. 239 REPORTS OF LODGES AND CHAPTERS .. .. .. 240 ANTI-M ASONIC VICAR .. .. .. 241 & 242 MARK M ASONRY .. .. .. .. 242

REPORTS , & C , RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION .. 242 THE GRAND TREASURERSHIP , 1889 .. .. .. 243 METROPOLITAN LODGE , & C , MEETINGS FOR PRESENT WEEK 243 PROVINCIAL LODGE MEETINGS FORTHCOMING .. 244 & 245 METROPOLITAN LODGES OF INSTRUCTION FOR PRESENT WEEK 246 A DVERTISEMENTS .. Front cover , 234 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 . 252

United Grand Lodge Of England.

United Grand Lodge of England .

HE Quarterly Communication of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England was held at Freemasons ' Hall , London , on the 5 th inst ., the Et . Hon .

The Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro G . M ., on the throne of K . S . The large hall was fully occupied by a brilliant assembly , amongst A \ hom Avere Bros . W . W . B . Beach , M . P . , R . W . Prov . G . M ., Hants and the Isle of Wight , who

officiated during the first part of the meeting as Deputy Grand Master , and subsequently as M . W . G . M . in the chair ; Lieut .-Col . The Hon . W . T . Orde-PoAvlett , P . G . W ., as Grand Senior Warden in the absence of the Lord High

Chancellor ; The Rev . C . J . Martyn , Dep . G . M . for Suffolk as Grand Junior Warden , in the absence of Bro . Lord John Taylour ; and a large number of Grand and Past Grand

Officers . The usual preliminaries having been obseiwed , a letter from His Majesty the King of SAveden acknoAvledging the presentation of the insignia of his rank as Past Grand Master of English Freemasons , and expressing the hope

for the continuance of the friendly relations existing between the Grand Lodges of England and Sweden was read , recei \ 'ed Avith much enthusiasm , and recorded . The Pro Grand Master , The Earl of Carnarwon , submitted , in

most felicitous terms , a resolution on behalf of The Most Worshipful Grand Master , His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales , for the recognition by the United Grand Lodge of England of the recently constituted United Grand Lodge

of NCAV South Wales , over which our greatly distinguished and popular brother , Lord Carrington , the Governor of the Colony , has been appointed , and Avas recently installed

M . W . G . M . In the course of his most admirable speech the Pro Grand Master inadvertently stated that the ceremonial of the Installation of His Excellency Lord Carrington took place in the presence of betAveen 100 and

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500 Masons . His Lordship really meant thousands , the Illustrated Sydney News , of the 27 th Sept ., stating that the Exhibition Building , Prince Albert Park , occupied by above

" 4 , 000 Masons , each wearing more or less regalia , made the scene indeed an imposing one , and one which will not easily be forgotten . " Referring to the almost perfect unanimity Avith

which the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales had been formed , the Pro Grand Master stated that , so far as was known , no single lodge in the Colony was dissentient ,

although tAVO or three lodges had not yet assented . There are 82 English lodges , 56 Scotch and 51 under the formerly dissentient Grand Lodge Avhich have accepted the

Union , and there can be no doubt that the self-government which they have secured by such Union "will tend greatly to the prosperity of the Order in that part of the Avorld . We

greatly regret that our limited space prevents a verbatim report of the Avhole of the Pro Grand Master ' s address , for it was in eA'ery respect worthy of the important occasion .

It is almost needless to add that , after a brief but lucid exposition of the principle of recognition betAveen Grand Lodges by the V . W . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand

Registrar , who seconded the proposition , the resolution was carried enthusiastically . The subsequent announcement made by the Pro Grand Master , that His Royal Highness

the M . W . Grand Master had consented to become the Patron of the United Grand Lodge of NCAV South Wales , Avas also most cordially received . Bros . Sir J . H . Gorst , Q . C ., and

Under Secretary of State for India , W . M . Drury Lane Lodge , in a speech which Avas listened to with great attention , nominated His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ,

M . W . G . M ., as Grand Master for the ensuing year . The Earl of Carnarvon , being on the eve of a journey , then

retired amidst the plaudits of the assembled brethren , and the R . W . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , took the Grand Master ' s chair .

Bro . EdAvard O'Connor Terry , P . M ., Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 , & c ., & c , and Bro . George Everett , P . M ., Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , & c , were nominated for the office

of Grand Treasurer by , respectively , Bro . Sir J . R . Somers Vine , W . M . Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 , and Bro . Ferguson , P . M . Domatic Lodge , No . 177 . The speech of

each nominator set forth the Masonic qualifications of the candidate nominated , and Ave reproduce both in another column . The M . W . G . M . having reappointed Bro . Robert

Grey , President of the Board of Benevolence , that brother was reinvested by the acting Grand Master ; AVIIO then announced that Bros . James Brett , P . G . P ., and Chas . Alexander

Cottebrune , P . G . P ., had been re-elected Senior and Vice Presidents respectively of that Board , upon Avhich Avere also elected to serve : —Bros . George Pole Britten . 188 ; William