Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.

that his Royal Highness tho Prince of Wales be re-elected our Grand Master . The motion was carried with acclamation , and Sir Albert Woods proclaimed the Princo of Wales duly elected . Bro . John Glass , P . M . 4-53 , said : that following his

nomination at last Grand Lodge he now proposed Brother George Everett , P . M . 177 , to bo the Grand Treasurer for the vear ensuing . He was sure Bro . Everett was so well known that tho brethren would accord him the honour .

He was glad to find Bro . Everett was able to attend on this occasion , though he was absent when he was nominated . Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . Treasurer , seconded the motion , which was put and carried .

The report of tho Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , which we published last week , together with the recommended grants was adopted .

The report of the Board of General Purposes was adopted , as was also the report of Bro . Smith , Audilor of Grand Lodge account . Bro . Philbrick brought forward the following appeal : —

By Lodge Rewa of Viti , No . 2238 , Nausori , Rewa Viti Levu Fiji , against the ruling of the Colonial Board on the complaints of Bro . James Harding of tho said

Lodgeand against the decision of the Board cancelling his exclusion from the Lodge and ordering him to be reinstated therein . Bro . Philbrick said Art . 217 of the Book of

Constitutions laid down the following rule : — "Any Lodge or Brother who feels aggrieved by the decision of a Provincial Grand Master , a District Grand Master , or District Grand Lodge , or of any Board or Committee , or of any other Masonic authority or jurisdiction whatsoever , may

appeal against such decision to the next practicable meeting of Grand Lodge . " In the present case the Lodge had not appealed within the specified time , or nearly six months after , and therefore he moved that the appeal be dismissed .

Bro . T . Hastings Miller seconded the motion , and it waa put and carried . Bro . Philbrick then stated that the Fiji Lodge declined by a unanimous vote to accept the brother as a reinstated member , on the ground thafc he was guilty of somo conduct

that they did not approve of , and then they said that sooner than admit him they would surrender their warrant . Under these circumstances they musfc be informed that they would be required to make obedience to the Colonial Board , and unless they complied , this refractory Lodge must be erased . Grand Lodgo was then closed in form .

WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC MUSICAL UNION . —A concert under the auspices of this union , and in aid of the Masonio Charities , was given at tbe Masonio Hall , Birm i ngham , on thc 25 th ult . The vocalists were Miss Lanra Taylor and Mastor Leonard Hulrae ( Chorister of Christ Church , and Town Hall conceits ) , Mr . Percy Stranders , silver medallist , B . A . M ., acted as accompanist , nnd

Mr . Cockerill , solo harp , while the services of the Dudley Gleo Union had been obtained . The programme commenced with a part song , "The Chapel , " by the Glee Union , whicb was well received . Then followed a pianoforte solo by Mr . Stranders , " La Cascade , " performed in a meritorious manner . A song , " Queen of the Earth , "

whioh was very much enjoyed , was next given by Bro . Ales . Smith , followed by a recitation by Bro . Thomas E . Shaw P . M . Miss Laura Taylor sang " Say what is Lovelier , " and was encored . Mr . Cockerill gave two harp solos , and Bro . James Booker I . P . M . also recited . The efforts of the Glee Union and the remaining items on the programme were deservedly well received .

The brethren will be interested in a discovery which has placed Lodge St . Andrew ' s , Edinburgh , in possession of a valuable relic . It was well known that tho late George Kemp , the gifted architect of the Scott Monument , was an enthusiastic Mason , but , curiously enough , it was not ascertained till the other day to what Lodge ho belonged . In making inquiries , for the purpose of a work whioh will

be published by-and-by , his nephew , Mr Thomas Bonnar , a popular citizen , satisfied himself that his uncle was a member of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge . The minute-book disclosed the fact that Kemp , on his admission , supplied a chair for the R . W . M ., and further investi gations led to the recovery of this piece of furniture from a

cellar attached to the hall where the Lodge meets . It is said , indeed , to have had a narrow escape of being broken into firewood duriug the coal famine consequent upon the railway strike . Tbe chair , which bears Kemp ' s stamp , is made of oak , and is full of symbolism ; and it has been repaired by Mr Bonnar and re-prcsented to the Lodgo , which uatarally values it vory highly .

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