Contents.

CONTENTS .

EDITORIAL : UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND 51 MASONIC WEDDING 52 PUNJAB—The Craft Ritual 52 THE G RAND TREASURERSHIP—Portrait of W . Bro . EDWARD TERRY , Grand Treasurer Elect 52 THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTIONS 52

MASONIC POET " CORNER— " A Song for the Third Degree " 53 OUR TRESTLE BOARD 53 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE AND ANSWERS 54 NOTIFICATIONS 55 HIGH TWELVE 55

REVIEWS 55 POINT—LEFT—RIGHT ( By The Druid ) 56 ETHICS OF FREEMASONRY 56 R . M . I . FOR GIRLS—Statistics , 1882-88 57 REPORTS OF LODGES AND CHAPTERS 57 METROPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAL LODGE AND CHAPTER

MEETINGS FORTHCOMING 58 , 59 , 60 METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION ... 61 ADVERTISEMENTS Front cover , 50 , 62 , 63 , 64

United Grend Lodge Of England.

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NE of the largest gatherings in connection with the Quarterly Communications of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , on the 6 th

inst ., testified to the great interest taken by the Craft in the election of the Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year .

It is true there was also to take place what is certainly the much more important election of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , but the fact that no other nomination for

the position of " Chief head and ruler " had been made , and that the nomination of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales would assuredly have unanimous and enthusiastic

acceptance , precludes the suggestion that to that annual event alone was due the overflow attendance of members of Grand Lodge . A large assemblage , in consequence of

the necessity for personal ballot , on the election for Grand Treasurer must have been anticipated ; and here we may say that much better provision should have been made to

prevent the confusion and annoyances to which the want of disciplinary arrangement gave rise . To see a mass of persons crowding the corridors and approaches to the

Temple ; hindering the free passage of later arrivals to the ante-chambers ; and struggling for entrance when at the appointed moment the hall doors are thrown open , is not

an edifying sight , and does not favour the doctrine of the Craft that " all things should be done in order . " Amongst the Officers of Grand Lodge there must be many who are

practiced in the management and movements of large bodies of men , and surely they might be permitted to devise a plan whereby the recurrence of such unseemly

disturbance could be prevented . Probably in no other building provided for the reception of the representatives of any body or society of men , either in this or any other country , could such an example of " how not to do it , " in

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respect of admission to a place of deliberation , be found . Very shortly after six o ' clock the temple floor below the dais , and the gallery overlooking the same , were occupied to

overflowing , and the adjoining hall in the tavern was put under requisition . This also was filled to its utmost extent . As the hour approached for the commencement of business ,

the closely packed assembly began to exhibit signs of weariness , and when the appointed moment had passed , by several minutes , impatience of delay found utterances in

repeated and loud outbursts of " Time ! Time ! " which ceased only on the entrance of the Grand Officers , accompanied by the substitute Grand Master , the R . W . Bro .

W . W . B . Beach , 21 . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Hants and the Isle of Wight , who , on taking the chair , was supported by the R . W . Bro . Thomas W . Tew , Prov .

G . M . for West Yorkshire , as Deputy Grand Master , and tlie R . W . Bro . Sir Edmund II . Lechmere , Prov . G . M . for Worcestershire , as Past Grand Master .

The Grand Wardens' chairs were occupied by W . Bro . Brigr .-Genl . Alexander W . Adair , and W . Bro . Lt .-Genl . the Hon . Somerset J . G . Calthorpe , respectively . Grand

Lodge having been opened in form , the minutes of the previous Quarterly Communication were read by the Grand Secretary , and confirmed . W . Bro . Sir John Gorst , P . M .,

Drury Lane Lodge , following up his nomination on the previous occasion , proposed the re-election of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as Most Worshipful Grand

Master for the ensuing year , which was seconded by W . Bro . Thomas Hastings Miller , and carried . The usual proclamation of the Most Worshipful Grand Master was

then made by W . Bro . Sir Albert W . Woods , Grand Director of Ceremonies . W . Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., First Lord of the Admiralty , proposed , and W . Bro .

Ferguson seconded , W . Bro . George Everett , P . M ., for election as Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . W . Bro . Thomas Catling , W . M . Savage Club Lodge No . 2190 ,

proposed , and W . Bro . Lennox Browne seconded , W . Bro . Edward . O'Connor Terry for election to that high office , and scrutineers having been appointed and obligated , the

balloting cards were collected and the scrutineers withdrew . So also , en manse , did the major portion of the vast assembly ; and the crush and struggle for exit at the porch

was only a little less than that experienced on entrance . Those who remained in Grand Lodge speedily despatched the remaining business set forth on the agenda . The

recommendations for grants contained in the report of the Board of Benevolence , and which amounted to £ 925 , were agreed to . The report of the Board of General Purposes ,

which we published in full in our impression of the 28 th ult ., and which recommended the acceptance of an offer from the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , to rent the premises hitherto known as Bacon ' s Hotel , part of the