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held . Bros . Orr and Cannon , who had charge of the Grand Treasurer ' s papers , had obligingly permitted tho Committee to examine them , and the result was that the Committee were of opinion Bro . MCElwee was indebted to Grand Lodge in the sum of £ 211 63 7 d . A motion for the election of another brother as Grand Treasurer was nostpoued till the next meeting , and Bro Gavin Hamilton was then

elected , and installed in that offico . At tho September meeting B letter of sympathy from the Grand Lodge of Ireland was read in reference to the loss sustained by tho United States through the death of Washington . This letter contained a list of the Grand Officers , headed by Lord Viscount Donoughmore Most Worshipful Grand Master , and was accompanied by a letter announcing that an

Orphan School had boen established , under the patronage of their Grand Lodge , which had voted £ 200 towards its support . Commu . nications were also read from tho Grand Lodges of Lower Canada , Connecticut , Maryland , Georgia , Virginia , and North Carolina . We learn also that at this time in North Carolina there were forty Lodges , in New York fifty-four Lodges , in Connecticut thirty-seven Lodges ,

and in South Carolina forty-four Lodges . The election of prinoipal Grand Officers then took place , Bros . Smith and Israel being reelected Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master respectively . At an adjourned meeting on the 15 th December a motion for remnneratin" the Grand Seoretary for his services during the past four years with the sum of three hnndred dollars , and that in future ho be

paid at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum was ordered to stand over . It was then resolved that one-third oE tho Grand Lodge moneys should be considered as constituting the Charity Fund , and the other two-thirds the General Fund , Grand Treasurer having authority to invest the latter in some productive fund for the benefit of the Lodge . On St . John ' s Day the installation of the prinoipal and the

appointment of the subordinate Grand Officers was carried out with the usual formalities , and the motion with reference to the remuneration of the Grand Secretary was adopted , with the substitution of 120 dollars for 100 dollars as his future annual salary . At the adjourned Quarterly Communication on the 16 th March 1801 a resolution of Grand Royal Arch Chapter was submitted , and

approved by G . Lodge . It was to the effect that no candidate should be exalted in any Chapter held under the warrant of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , and under the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter thereof , unless his petition for exaltation was accompanied by a certificate from the Worshipful Master and Officers of his Lodge that the petitioner was a regular Past Master , having served the office of

Master of such Lodge , or having passed the chair by dispensation from the Grand Master . Sojourners , not residents in the State of Pennsylvania , to be admitted as before . There was also presented a Report of the proceedings of a special Grand Chapter , held on 21 st February , relating to certain matters connected with Chapter No . 52 , in which certain brethren had been exalted who

were not regular Past Masters . The error , however , was set right , and a motion hased on the report was passed to the effect , that for a brother to pass the chair of any Lodge he must either have been duly elected Worshipful Master of a Lodge , or have received a dispensation for the purpose from the Grand Master . Mention is made likewise of a Bye-Law of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut , that no

Warrant shonld be granted until the W . Master designate had been examined as to his knowledge by Grand Lodge or a Committee thereof , and that the Wardens designate must also previously be examined by the Officers of some neighbouring Lodge as to their Masonic pro . fioiency . It was further laid down in the Bye-Laws of the same Grand Lodge that a penalty of eight dollars was imposed on every Lodge

absent from a Quarterly Communication , and one of five dollars on one omitting to make its return to Grand Lodge at the proper time . At Extra Communications on 4 th and 18 th May respectively , the prayers of three petitions for establishing Lodges—in two instances , in the Island of San Domingo , and in the third , at New Orleans , were granted . On 15 th June application was made by Bro . David

Putnam , Secretary of American Union Lodge , No . 1 , held at Marietta , requesting that , as the house in which the said Lodgo had been accustomed to meet had been destroyed by fire , and the furniture , working tools , jewels , and charter burnt , a new Warrant shonld be granted j bnt as the request was not made in due form , Grand Secretary was instructed to write to that effect , and enclose

copy of the rules and regulations of Grand Lodge , so that the petition might be renewed in the manner prescribed therein , when there would be no hesitation in complying with it . In answer to a memorial praying for an inquiry into certain irregularities in the election of Officers in Lodge No . 59 , a Committee was appointed to make the requisite inquiries . A third prayer , of a curious kind , was submitted

and granted . A brother , " Henry Snider , otherwise known and called Henry Sharpe , had found out that he had been deceived by the woman who had brought him np , whom he had always conceived to he his mother , and who had always kept from him his real name ; that he had now found his name to be Snider , which he had adopted , and hence he had petitioned his Lodge for having his true name of Snider

substituted , and this had been done . At the instance of his Lodge , however , he besought Grand Lodge to endorse its action , and Grand Lodge acceded to the proposal . On the 23 rd June , after an application from a member of No . 2 Lodge for such materials to be furnished to him as would enable him to publish a half yearly Masonio Calendar for the jurisdiction had been ordered to lie on the table ,

notification was made that a letter from the Secretary of Lodge No . 7 , Jamaica , had been received , in which the writer cautioned the brethren against certain Masonic impostors whom he both named and described . The Committee of Inquiry into the alleged irregularities connected with the election of the Officers of Lodge No . 59 reported as to their having undoubtedly taken place , and it was ordered that the

Lod ge be directed to instal the Officers elect the following evening . At the meeting on St . John the Baptist ' s Day , 24 th June , it was Mentioned that Lodge No . 73 had resolved on holding but ono Election annuall y—on St . John the Evangelist ' 3 Day . At the same meeting the Committee appointed to arrange for the purchase or

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erection of suitable premises for G . Lodge reported that " a new and unfinished tenement and plot of ground in Arch-street , near to tho south-west corner of Ninth and Arch-street , " is for sale for 3250 dollars . Resolutions were accordingly passed that it shonld be

purchased , and that a deed of conveyance should bo made to the G . Master , Depnty G . Master , Grand Wardens , G . Secretary , and G . Treasurer as joint tenants in foe simple , and that they shonld execute a declaration of trust to G . Lodge . [" To be continued /]

Yarborough Masonic Association.

YARBOROUGH MASONIC ASSOCIATION .

THIS Association , in connection with tho Yarborougb Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , hold its monthly meeting at Bro . A . Walter ' s , Green Dragon , Stepney , E . Bros . T . J . Barnes P . M . President , J . J . Berry P . M . Vice President , J . G . Stovens P . M . Hon . Seo . There were also present—Bros . E . W . Walter W . M . 554 , J . Taylor , W . Cross , J . R . Shingfield , A . Walter , S . Poynter , & o .

After the usual routine business , tho ballot was proceeded with for Life Governorships ; these resulted in favour of Bros . A . Packer and J . R . Shingfiold . Bros . Walter and Shingfield were elected to conduct tho annual audit , and the question of the Auuiversary meeting having been discussed , it was fixod to take place on the 24 th of May . From the remarks whioh fell from Bro . J . G . Stevens , it was gathered that during the existence of tho Association , no loss than forty-nine

Life Governorships had been oreated . Of this number eighteen havo been apportioned to tho Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons , seventeen to tho Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and fourteen to the Royal Masonio Institution for Girls . The total amounts contributed , exclusive of the two ballots just takon , were £ 502 5 s . The officers of the Yarborougb . Masonio Charitable Association are to be congratulated upon the success which has attended their exertions to aid and sustain our Masonic Institntions .

Collins' Music Hall.

COLLINS' MUSIC HALL .

BRO . HERBERT SPRAiKE , the General Manager of this Hall , took his annual benefit on Thursday evening , in presence of an audienoe that was crowded to overflowing . In fact , the Hall , which is none of the largest , might have been filled half-a-dozen times over with the friends of the beneficiary , who were bent on paying him a

well-deserved compliment on so important an occasion . One of the most liberal programmes we have seen was provided , and among those who tendered their services were a majority of the ablest and best known musio hall artista of the day . Under the head of " comic " was ranged the names of the Great MaoDermott , the Great Vance , T . W . Barrett , Herbert Campbell , Sidney Franks , Victor Liston .

Among the seno-comios were Jenny Hill , Ethel Victor , Nellie Farrell , Ida Morris , and Amy Francis . The " Specialities" included Mab Chambers , the Wonderful Banjoist and Laughing Artiste ; Pattie Haywood , Burlesque Actress ; Chirgwin , the White-eyed Kaffir ; Vento , Ventriloquist ; and J . Maccann , Concertina Soloist . There were in addition Dnettists and Trios , and Negro Artists , the whole of the arrangements being under the charge of Mr . Stephen Medcalf , of

the Manor House , Green Lanes , who was assisted in his arduous duties by Messrs . Walter Laburnum and Fred . Williams , while the stage was under tho able direction of Mr . W . Palmer . Everything passed off most satisfactorily , and as Collins ' s Music Hall is known lo be one of the best managed in the metropolis , it goes without saying that all who were fortunate enough to be present enjoyed themselves most thoroughly .

The M . W . CM . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has been pleased to grant a Warrant for a new Lodge to be called the Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 , to be held at the

Inns of CourtHotel , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields . The R . W . P . G . M . for Dorsetshire and P . G . D ., Bro . Montague I . Guest , M . P ., being one of the Pounders . Bro . W . H . Dean P . M . 417 and P . P . G . S . B . Dorset is the W . M . designate .

We have very great pleasure in announcing that on Monday evening , at the Greyhound , Richmond , of which Bro . Mouflet is host , the opportunity was taken of recognising the valuable services which Bro . Phillips , P . M . of the Rose of Denmark Lodge , No . 975 , has rendered for

some considerable time past to the Lily of Richmond Lodge of Instruction , No . 820 , as its Preceptor , or , to phrase it more complimentarily , as its " guide , philosopher , and friend . " On the occasion in question , and in the

presence of a numerous gathering of the brethren , Bro . Phillips was made the recipient of a testimonial , -which the W . Master for the evening presented after a brief but eulogistic speech , and which Bro . Phillips acknowledged very warmly .

HOLIOWAT ' S OINTMENT AND Puis will be found the best friend to persons afflicted with ulcerations , bail legs , sorea , abscesses , fistulas and other painful and complicated complaints . Printed and very plain directions for the application of the Ointment aro wrappedvound each pot . Holloway ' ss alterative Pills should be taken throughout the pi ogress of the cure , to maintain the blood in

a state of perfect purity , and to prevent the health of the whole body being jeopardised by the local ailments ; bad legs , old age's great grievances , are thus readily cured , without confining the patient to bod , or withdrawing from him thenntritious diet and generous support so imperatively demanded , when weakening diseases attack advanced years , or constitutions evincing premature decrepitude ,