Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

AS we anticipated would be the case there was a very large attendance at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge on Wednesday , upwards of a thousand members of the Craft being present under the chairmanship of Earl Amherst Deputy Grand Master .

Bro . Sir John B . Monckton moved the resolution standing in his name , to vote a sum of £ 8 , 000 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty ' s reign , Bro . Biehard Eve Past Grand Treasurer seconding . The . motion was carried with

unanimity , with the addendum that a recommendation be made to the Secretaries of the Girls and Boys Schools that a scholarship in each be established , to be called " The Victoria

Diamond Jubilee Scholarship , " and in the case of the Benevolent Institution a pension be added , to be called " The Victoria Diamond Jubilee Pension . "

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

THE Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of England , the Colonies and Dependencies , was held on Tuesday night , at Mark Masons' Hall . The Earl of Euston Pro Grand Master presided , Viscount Dungarvan Deputy Grand Master occupying a seat on his immediate right .

After the Grand Lodge was opened , and before any other business was proceeded with , the Earl of Euston proposed that a loyal and dutiful address be voted to her Majesty on the completion of her sixty years' glorious and prosperous reign .

The motion was seconded by Viscount Dungarvan , and carried unanimously . The address having been read by Bro . C . E . Matier Grand Secretary , it was ordered that it be engrossed on vellum and presented to her Majesty . Afterwards the Prince of Wales was declared installed as

Most Worshipful Grand Mark Master , Lord Euston Pro G . M ., and Viscount Dungarvan D . G . M . Lord Addington and Sir J . C . Dimsdale were made Wardens , and among the other Brethren appointed to office were Bros . Col . Chas . Lyue , Loveland Loveland , C . P . Matier , Dr . A . Orwin , G . H . Parke , A . F . Church , Bowland Plumbe , Col . Davis , and Major Carrell .

The Boys School.

THE BOYS SCHOOL .

THE monthly meeting of the Council of Life Governors was held at Freemasons' Hall , W . C ., on Friday , 28 th ult ., and proved of more than usual interest , there being over one hundred present , presided over by Bro . Eichard Eve Patron and Trustee . Amongst those attending were Bros . G . E . Keyser , Thos . Fenn , J . H . Matthews , E . Terry , J . W . Woodall , E . Letchworth ,

Frank Bichardson , O . Philippe , Stanley J . Attenborough , Geo Everett , LeFeuvre , Cummings , John Strachan , Q . C ., W . F Lauaonby , W . S . Emden , J . W . Burgess , Jas . Stephens , Col Clifford Probyn , J . Lewis Thomas , Bowland Plumbe , W . Vincent , W . A . Scurrah , Dr . Geo . Mickley , A . J . Thomas , Richard Luck , William Thomas , E . M . Money , J . S . Cumberland , Major Bridges , G . Blizard Abbott , S . B . Baskett , & c .

Ten Petitions were accepted for the October election , and one rejected , the case being ineligible on account of the short subscription of the father . The business which had evidently attracted so large an attendance was the extraordinary election of a member to serve on the Board of Management . Two Candidates were proposed , and on a show of hands 57 voted for Bro . John Strachan , Q . C .,

The Boys School.

and 37 for Bro . H . Thomson Lyon . The former was declared duly elected . On the minutes of the Board of Management it was reported that the six Architects selected to send in designs for the new School , at Bushey , had accepted the invitation to compete , and that the designs would be ready by the end of the year .

Also a statement by the Treasurer Bro . Charles E . Keyser , with reference to his offer to build the new Chapel , as follows : — He regretted than an unauthorised statement should have appeared in the Press with reference to supposed conditions attaching to his offer to build the new Chapel at Bushey , and

that a letter such as one referred to had been written . He wished clearly to state that the only condition he attached was that the Chapel should be erected on the site provided by the successful competing Architect , but under his own supervision , and from the design , and under the direction of his own Architect .

The question of associating a permanent record with the Provinces with which he was especially identified was one for the subscribers to determine upon as they might be pleased , for himself , he wished to repeat that he desired no " quid pro quo , " and his offer , except on this single point , was unconditional .

A PBELIMINABY meeting of the Board of Stewards for the coming Festival was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , 14 th ult ., and was attended by a large number of Brethren , Bro . Stanley J . Attenborough Patron and Honorary Solicitor being in the chair .

The Secretary announced that as a result of his appeal , the Board of Stewards was 100 short of the number at the corresponding period of 1896 , but hoped this would be remedied before the date of the Festival , as it was important a successful Festival should be secured this year .

The Board of Stewards then appointed the following Officers : — HONORARY PRESIDENTS . —Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart ., Prov . G . M . Shropshire V . Pres . of Inst ., Eobert Gray P . G . W . V . Pat , of

Inst ., Bev . Dr . Childe G . Chaplain V . Pres . of Inst ., Biehard Eve P . G . Treasurer Trustee and Patron of Inst ., Edward Terry P . G . Treasurer Patron of Inst ., Charles E . Keyser P . G . D . Treasurer ' and Patron of Inst .

PRESIDENT . —Colonel F . E . Sewell P . G . Deacon D . P . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland . ACTING VICE-PRESIDENTS . —Stanley J . Attenborough Patron and Honorary Solicitor of Inst ., George Dakymple P . P . S . G . W . Prov . G . Secretary Cumberland and Westmorland .

HONORARY TREASURER . —John Glass Vice-Pres . of Inst P . P . G . S . Wks . Essex .

HONORARY SECRETARY . —J . Morrison McLeod P . G . S . B . Secretary and Vice-Patron of Inst . It was unanimously resolved to hold the Festival , on the 30 th June , at the Hotel Cecil , Strand , W . C ., the ladies to dine with the Brethren in the Grand Hall . A concert to be provided ,

and general arrangements as in previous years , which were left to a Festival Committee , comprising Bros . J . W . Burgess , T . J . Bolton , T . A . Argles , W . B . Fendick , B . J . ' Nelson , O . Philippe , J . Speller , J . Stephens , H . Thompson Lyon , E . L . Valeriani , T . Blanco White , and J . W . Westmoreland ' , with the addition of the Honorary Officers .

The Grand Master At Canterbury.

THE GRAND MASTER AT CANTERBURY .

THE Prince and Princess of Wales , with other members of their family , paid a visit to Canterbury on Saturday , for the purpose of re-opening the Chapter House of the Cathedral , which has just been renovated . The Royal visitors met a hearty reception , both from the civic authorities and those more intimately connected with the Cathedral , at the head of the latter being the Dean and Chapter , the Primate of all England , & c .

Dean Farrar , in the eloquent language of which he is master , gave an address conveying the salient points of the history of the Chapter House and its rastoration . At Canterbury they were