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We fully agree with him that the revival of such a practice by our lodges generally would be most beneficial . It is necessary that young brethren should be ' educated and enlightened as " early as possible on the tenets and principles of our profession , " and it is difficult to see how that can be done by the mere repetition , Iodge meeting after lodge meeting , of our appointed

ceremonies . The further the young brother advances in his pursuit ol Masonry , the more necessary becomes this " enlightenment , " and to him , therefore , the occasional exposition of their true meaning and import will be invaluable , to say nothing of the relief it will afford him from thc monotonous iteration of the same formulrc . Like Bro . RILEY we are convinced

that the adoption of this old by-law , especially by our country lodges , would be a great benefit , and that the brethren would exhibit greater readiness to attend the duties of the lodge if they knew that some competent instructor would occasionally guide them to a better understanding of our work . By thus spreading " a better knowledge of our whole system , " there cannot fail

to be called forth "a truer appreciation of our principles as handed down to us , " and we sincerely trust the wise counsels of Bro . RILEY will be taken to heart by such of our lodges as are ordinarily content with the mere " parrot-like repetition of our ceremonies . " We trust this will not be the last experience we shall have of our worthy brother in the character of a lecturer on " Modern Freemasonry . ''

United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

The following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , the 7 th inst . * . 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 7 th September , 1887 , for confirmation . 2 . To consider the following Notice of Motion from the M . W . Grand Master :

That the sum of £ 500 be voted from the Fund of General Purposes as the contribution of Grand Lodge towards thc relief of the present distress amongst the deserving poor of the Metropolis . 3 . Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year . 4 . Nomination of a Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . 5 . Appointment and Investment of a President of the Board of

Benevolence . 6 . Election of a Senior and a Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence . 7 . Election of 12 Past Masters to serve on the Board of Benevolence for the year ensuing . S . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz . : —

A brother of the Abbey Lodge , No . 1184 , Battle . ... ... £ 50 0 o A brother of the Lodge of Prudence , No . 1550 , Plymouth ... 50 o o A brother of the Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , London ... 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Zetland Lodge , No . 511 , London ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge cf Stability , No . 217 , Lrndon ... ... ... ... ... 50 o 0 A brother of the Fletcher Lodge , No . io . ti , Birmingham ... 50 o o A brother of the Royal Oak Lodge , No . S 71 , London ... ... 100 o 0 A brother of the Lodge of Antiquity , No . 146 , Bolton ... 50 o o A brother of the Finsbury Park Lodge , No . 12 SS , London ... 75 o 0 A brother of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1446 , London ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Whittington Lodge , No . SG 2 , London ... ... ... ... ... 100 o 0

9 . REPORT OI * THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts , at the meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the nth day of November ultimo , showing a Balance in the Bank of

England of £ , 4443 15 s . 8 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , for Servants' Wages £ 100 , and Balance of Annual Allowance for Library ^ 20 193 . iod . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , i ^ th November , 1887 .

10 . NOTICES OP MOTION . 1 . By the R . VV . Bro . the Earl of LATHOM , Deputy Grand Master : That in commemoration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the marriage , or " the " Silver Wedding . day , " of their Royal Highnesses our Most Worshipful Grand Master the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales , vvhich vvill occur on the nth of March next , Grand Lodge do vote the sum of £ 500 for the purchase of some suitable gift to her Royal Highness , expressive of the affection and loyalty felt by all the members of the United Grand Lodge of England towards her Royal Highness and her illustrious Consort , their Grand Master , and that this gift be accompanied by an address of congratulation on the auspicious occasion .

2 . By Bro . MAURICE SPIEGEL , P . M . of the Joppa Lodge , No . 188 , London—That the Grand Lodge present a Congratulatory Address to his Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand ^ Master , and to her Royal Highness his gracious Consort , on the celebration of their Silver Wedding , the same to be enclosed in a suitable artistic casket .

APPEALS . 1 . By Bro . Stephen J . Thompson , W . M . of the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 440 , Montreal , against an order of Bro . Lieut .-Col . William Henry Hutton , P . G . D ., Deputy District Grand Masterof Montreal , suspending him from his office , on the ground that the said Lieut .-Col . W . H . Mutton had not been legally appointed Deputy District Grand Master of that district .

2 . By Bro . Frederick Lee , P . M . of the Unity Lodge of Sydney , No . 1169 , Sydney , N . S . W ., against the decision of the District Grand Lodge of New South Wales , on his complaint against Bro . John Frederick Hill , the W . M . of Lodge No . 116 9 , for refusing to admit him into the lodge , after he had been excluded therefrom b y resolution of its members ,

United Grand Lodge Of England.

N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be in the Grand Secretary ' s office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open lor the inspection of the brethren during office hours . Names of brethren nominated for election to the offices of Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence * . Bros . James Brett , P . G . P ., as Senior Vice-President ; Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . G . P ,, as Junior Vice-President ; and none others vvere nominated . Names of Past Masters nominated to serve on the Board of Benevolence :

Bros . George Pole Britten , 1 S 3 ; William Peter Brown , 90 ; 1 nomas Cull , 1446 : George A . Cundy , 901 •Charles Dairy , 141 ; James Burgess Grieve , 1351 ; Lewis Christopher Haslip , 813 ; David D . Mercer , 1641 ; George Read , 311 ; Francis R . Spaull , 1768 ; Robert J . Taylor , 144 ; Alfred Cooper Woodward , 153 S ; and no more than 12 were nominated . List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . VV . Grand * Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : —

Lodge 2215 , The Anfield , Liverpool . „ 2216 , The Egerton , Swinton , near Manchester . ,, 2217 , The Windermere , Windermere . ,, 2218 , The Rickmansworth , Rickmansworth . ,, 2219 , The Mandalay , Mandalay , Upper Burma . ,, 2220 , The Albion , Woodstock , South Africa , W . D . ,, 2221 , The Te Avvamutu , Te Awamutu , Auckland , N . Z . „ 2222 , The Frederick West , East Molesey , Surrey . ,, 222 3 , The Monaro , Cooma , N . S . W . ,, 2224 , The Fairfield , Long Eaton , Derbyshire . ,, 2225 , The Perak Jubilee , Taiping , Perak , Malay Peninsula ,, 2226 , The St . David ' s , Rhymney , Monmouthshire . ,, 222 7 , The White Horse , Westbury , Wiltshire .

,, 2228 , The Dene , Cookham , Berkshire . ,, 2229 , The Lathom , Liverpool . „ 22 3 , The Centennial , Sydney , N . S . W . ,, 22 3 , The Talbot , Stretford , 'Lancashire , W . D

,, 22 3 , Ihe Stella , Vryburg , South Africa . „ 2233 , The Old Westminsters ' , Regent-street . „ 2234 , The Onslow , Guildford , Suney . ,, 2235 , The Port Curtis , Gladstone , Queensland

Provincial Grand Lodge Of East Lancashire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF EAST LANCASHIRE .

The half-yearly meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held on the afternoon of the 23 rd ult ., in the Assembly Room of the Free Trade Hal ! , Manchester . Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , R . W . P . G . M ., was in the

chair , and there was a large attendance of Provincial Officers , Present and Past . AU the lodges in the province , with the exception of five , were represented , those not answering to the call being Nos . 215 , 226 , 369 , 1519 , and 1634 .

The minutes of the annual meeting in May last were taken as read , and were confirmed .

Bro . J . L . HINE , P . P . S . G . W ., then said that he considered it his duty to call the attention of the Piovincial Grand Lodge to the fact that the minutes which had been taken as read , embodying the proceedings of the Charity Committee , contained a record of an attempt by that Committee to p lace upon the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys a son of a brother from

an adjoining province under the "Blair nomination , " and he begged to remind them they had no power to do any such thing . Unfortunately for him , as a member of that Committee , he was prevented by sickness from being present , not being at that time in England . The late Bro . Blair intended the nomination to be confined exclusively for the sons of brethren in the Province of East Lancashire , and he felt convinced that a Court of

Equity , if appealed to , would not sanction any such nomination , and so long as he ( Bro ; Hine ) lived , he should consider it his bounden duty ( in order to carry out the intention of the donor ) to oppose any future attempt that might be made to place a boy other than a son of a brother in the

Province of East Lancashire upon the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The RIGHT WORSHIPFUL PROV . GRAND MASTER said that Bro-Hine ' s remarks were most pertinent and that at the time the resolution for the nomination of a boy then alluded to was passed , he had grave doubts as to its legality ,

Nominations for the office of Prov . G . Treasurer next year was received , the following names being submitted : Bros . J . W . Edwards , P . M . Affability ; A . Williams , VV . M . Arthur Sullivan ; S . Warburton , P . M . Callender ; W . Bagnall , P . M . Caledonian ; J . W . Allison , P . M . Alexandra . VV . Livesay , Integrity ; W . Bagnall , Caledonian ; and C . D . Cheetham , jun ., Alexandravvere appointed Auditors of Prov . Grand Lodge accounts .

, The report of the proceedings of the Charity Committee was read by the Prov . Grand Secretary ( Bro . J . CHADWICK ) . Bro . J . A . BIRCH , P . Prov . G . W ., in proposing the adoption of the report , said that the elections in May last were extremely successful so far as East Lancashire was concerned . The province elected two old men and

three widows of deceased Freemasons to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows . Great help in achieving this result was afforded by the funds obtained by donations promised by lodges in commemoration of the Jubilee year . Bro . G . P . BROCKBANK , P . G ., Std . Br ., seconded the motion .

The PROV . GRAND MASTER , in putting the motion , suggested that those lodges which had not yet paid the special Jubilee contributions should do so as soon as possible . He understood that the promises were given that the money should be paid during the present year , and he had no doubt that 1 would be so .

The motion was earned . , Bro . VV . NICHOLL , Prov . G . Treas ., had in his name upon the agenda a number of suggested amendments of Provincial Grand by-laws , but , after a brief discussion , he consented to his proposals being first submitted to Committee for consideration .

The chief remaining business was the investment of 24 Past Mast vvith Past Provincial rank as Jubilee officers . Before doing so , the rRC' GRAND MASTER said the duty he had to perform gave him great P ' ^!\ u j It was gratifying to him to be able to reward a number of old fait