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UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE Quarterly Communication of the United Grand Lodge of the Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masona of England was held , nnder the presidency of Colonel Marmaduke Ramsay , District Grand Master of Malta ^ on Wednesday last , at the Hall , Great Queen Street , London ,

W . C . The ' - brethren were in Masonic mourning for the late Pro Grand Master the Earl of Carnarvon , whose portrait was draped in crape , as wero the pedestals , this being the first meeting of Grand Lodge since the death of that noble brother ; and His Royal Highness the Grand

Master had placed a resolution of condolence on the paper to be moved in his name . There was a large company of distinguished Grand Officers , and there were also visitors from American G . Lodges in the Grand Master of Pennsylvania , ( Brother Clifford P . MacCalla ) , the Grand

Master of Canada ( Brother Robertson ) , and the Past Grand Master of Louisiana ( Brother Horner ) , aud Officers of the Grand Lodge of New York . The visitors were accorded the salutations given to distinguished brethren , Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) leading the salutations . In reply , Bro . Clifford MacCalla said : —

In response to the most fraternal and distinguishing salutations which the brethren had just accorded to him he had only to offer that noblest , sweetest , and purest word " Mother , " for the United Grand Lodge of England was the mother of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , whioh he had the honour to represent in their midst

that night ; and not only so but the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was the oldest son of the Grand Lodge of England in America , and the oldest eon , according to English traditions , was entitled to no mean honour . It was his privilege to come across the seas from that city , which had been denominated for moro than 200 years the

city of brotherl y love , a name which to them as Freemasous had a significance far beyond that which it had to fche profane . He believed it was 159 years since a Grand Master of Pennsylvania had been welcomed with grand honours in tbe Grand Lodge of England , but fche records of the Grand Lodge of England proved that in the year

1731 Bro . Cox , tho Provincial Grand Mister of New York , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania , was present in the Grand Lodge of England , and was received with grand hononrs . He ( Bro . MacCalla ) had to apologise for tbe continued absence of the Grand Masters of Pennsylvania from the meetings ; but there was no time like the

present , and while he was with them , iu this distinguished presence , some of the brethren with whom he had been made familiar face to face , many of whom he had known for many years by reputation , he was proud to be within their midst , and he had but a few moments ago cabled to his Grand Lodgo , which met on that identical night , that

he was about to enter into that business , and that he had been honoured by an invitation thither . That Grand Lodge of Penn . sylvania , permit him in closing to say , had been most assiduous in copying the example of the Grand Lodge of England —( and why should nofc the eldest ; son copy the example of his father ?)—they

met on the same day for their Quarterly Communications as Grand Lodge of England met , and not only so , but they copied the nsages and customs of Grand Lodge of England ; and it had always been the boast of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania that as it was the oldest of the Grand Lodges of America , so it had maintained

continuously the usages and customs which had been originally delivered , so as to hand them down perpetually to their successors . He thanked the brethren most heartily for the kindness shown to him , and wbile he had said he had cabled his intention to be with the English brethren in accordance with their courteous invitation , when he met his

Grand Lodge , in December , as he trusted he should , by the will of the G . A . O . T . U ., he should narrate to them more afc length the kindness and fraternal spirit in which he had been received , and he should commend to them more than ever a continuance of their adherence to the ancient usages , customs , and landmarks of Freemasonry .

Bro . Robertson M . W . G . M . of Canada would only add a few words to what Bro . MacCalla had uttered . He had the greatest pleasure iu meeting the brethren that evening . They met in Canada as a Grand Lodge . They were nofc , perhaps , the oldest son of the Graud Lodge of England , bnt they were one of the sous , and he thonght they had

Masonic principles at heart , and they followed the tenets of Freemasonry . They endeavoured to copy the lines of the Mother Grand Lodge of the world , the Mother Grand Lodge of England . They had so lately heard from M . W . Bro . Walkein that it would be almost unnecessary for him to detain the brethren further , or intrude on

their time , or boast anything about the condition of the Canadian jurisdiction , bnt when he told them that thoy had nearly 8100 Lodges and 20 , 000 Craftsmen , and that in every possible manner they wera endeavouring to emulate the example and principles and tenets of tbe Order in their Lodges and outside of them , by a strict adherence to

the ancient charges , and by endeavouring to do as the Grand Lodge of England had been doing—for those who conld not help themselves —they had endeavoured iu this respect at least , though they had nofc the wealth of England to alleviate distress . Over in Canada the brethren had a heart for the brethren of England and for the mother

Graud Lodge of the world . They endeavoured to imitate its examplo , and without desiring to be egotistical , he said they had iu the last 30 years given over a quarter-million dollars in the cause of Charity . That being the case , he thought they could not say they wero

unmindful of tho cause of the distressed . He should convey to the Grand Lodge of Canada a pleasant report of the reception he had had that evening , and assured them that his reception would never be effaced from his memory .

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Bro . Horner P . M . W . G . M . Louisiana , said it would be presumptuous in him to add more than a few words to what had fallen from the lips of his brethren who had just spoken , one from Pennsylvania aud the other from the djsert land of Canada . He was from a warm land , where they had not only warm hearts but warm hands , and everything else there was warm . He felt he ought to say to the

brethren how very proud he was to stand in the Grand Lodge of England , aud to he able to say how proud he was fco think h < w much he loved them , aud how he could tender to the 'irethren fcna love of the brethren he represented . They lived many thousand miles away , but still they loved the English brethren . They bad many ties with the Grand Lodge of England . Other brethren came

there from Colonies under the reign of the same magnificent woman who governed them all . But he represented a Grand Lodge whioh was not in any manner whatever under the Grand Lodge of England . On the contrary , his Grand Lodge was founded mainly by Lodgea working under Lodges owing allegiance to the Grand Orient of France , a body which they all regretted had now

severed itself from everything that was principally recognised in Masonry . Their Grand Lodge waa founded in fche year 1812 , and its proceedings were conducted in the French language until the year 1848 , so thafc Grand Lodge of England could claim very little fatherahip or mothership with them . But they might say—and ho might say—with pride , that the majority

of the Masons of Louisiana , both in the number of members and the number of Lodges , worked the same work that he had seen and explained in Lodges twice this week in England . Tho time was not far distant when there would be no other work recognised than the work performed in England . Iu his Graud Lodge the regulations prevailed so far as the means of recognition and the ties that bound

them together wero concerned . They wore absolutely and imperalively the same as they were in England . Might he allude to one other little matter . The ties of brethren of the South in Louisiana were connected with some of the wealth thafc was represented by the Grand Lodge of England . In Louisiana they raised a little material called cotton , of which they sent large

quantities to the English market ; . Between the two he thought they made a very good thing of it . He thanked the Grand Master in the chair and the brethren for their kind reception . It was a very proud moment of his life to come among the brethren of Grand Lodge of England , and when he returned to the far sooth of the United States he would feel that he was not very far away in heart from the English Masonio brethren .

Colonel Marmaduke Ramsay said that the proceedings of the evening hitherto had been of a very pleasant nature , but he was sorry fco say the next business on the paper was anything but whafc conld create a pleasant feeling . In fche name and on behalf of his Royal Hig hness the Prince of Wales M . W . G . M .. he had to move :

That Grand Lodgo has received , with tho most profound regret , tbe sad intelligence of the decease of the late Right ELmourable fcho Earl of Carnarvon , who for upwards nf 15 ypars had held the exalted position of Pro Grund Master iu tho Order in this jurisdiction , and it desires to place on record its grateful Appreciation of the invaluable services rendered by him to English Freemasonry daring the whole

of that period . His wise advice , his jnsfc ruling , and his unfailing courtesy will long be remembered by Graud Lodgo , over whoso deliberations he has so often presided with conspicuous ability , whilst his unceasing exertions for , and devotion to the best interests < f the Craft , will ever be recognised as having signally contributed to tho high position ifc now ocotipi' - 'S . " Tho words of the resolution wero

such that it required no words from him to bring ifc before the brethren . He was snre that they ail agreed with every word , and it must be with the most sincere and unfeigned regret that they looked to the loss that they had sustained by the death of their late Pro Grand Master , fie would not detain the brethren any longer , but would simply propose the resolution as it stood on the agenda paper .

Ho would ask the Right Worshipful Bro . Sandeman , who was acting as Deputy Grand Master , to second the resolii'inn for this special reason , —as it was his proud privilege to instal their late Pro Grand Master and to obligate him in the distinguished office which he held in the Craft . Bro . EI . D . Sandeman said thab , occupying ns he was for the nighfc

the position of Deputy Grand Master , he begged to second the resolution which the acting Grand Master had given , in the name and ou behalf of EI . R . tL the' M . W . G . M .. Little did ho think sixteen years ago whpn he had the honour of filling the place of acting Graud Master , and of obligating the late Earl of Carnarvon as Pro Grand Master , that he should live

—for he was a much older man than the Earl cf Carnarvon- — to see the day when thev lamented his death . That they did lament his death he folt confident , for there was not a man in the whole length and breadth of the Masonic world who did nofc feel that in the departure of their lato Pro Grand Master they had met with a ' very serious and a very ureal loss . Tbe late Eirl of Carnarvon was

esteemed by all Masons , ho thought his lordship was loved by them . Their lato brother was always conrtonus and affable in h'S manner , and was a man who won th-3 hearts of all with whom ho cams in contact . The motion was carried nnanimonsly . Bri . Marmaduke Ramsay next movedaud Bro . Sandeman secondedthe following resolution ,

, , which was unanimously adopted— "That a copy of this resolution bo transmitted to tho Countess of Carnarvon , with tho expression of the deep sympathy felt by Grand Lodgo with hor in her sad bereavement . " Too report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter

as printed by us last week , was adopted . Bro . Sir John Monckton , in introducing the application From a body styling 1 itself the Grand Lodge of New Z .-aland , dated the 1 st May 18 UU , requesting its recognition by the Graud Lodge oi England aa tho aole Miujouic Junsd . ofciuu iu that colony , apologia *