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SECRECV . —There is no objection to the custom you refer to . It is entirely a matter of individual taste ; nor , as illustrations of the jewels are published in the Bock of Constitutions—which anyone can purchase for the sum of is . M . —can there be any violation of that secrecy which is properly enjoined on all Masons .

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SATURDAY , FEBRUARY IO , igoo

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The fjuarlerly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , under the presidency uf Comp . Col . R . Townley Caldwell , G . Supt . Cambridgeshire . There was , as usual , a somewhat sparse attendance ; but the business was for the most part of a formal character , and did not occupy any great length ol time .

Masonic Notes.

The monthly meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will take place on Wednesday , the 14 th instant . The chief business will be the settlement of the lists of candidates ior the elections at the annual general meeting in May , and the declaration of the number of vacancies then to be balloted for .

* * * A convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Heitfordshiro will be held at the Freemasons' ( Hdll , Watford , on Wednesday , the 21 st instant , under the auspices of the Watford Chapter , No . 404 . The business that will be brought forward is of the usual

character . There will , however , be the installation of a new Prov . Grand H . in the person of Comp . F . Sumner Knyvctt , who has been chosen to succeed the late Comp . George E . Lake . The report of the Board of Finance shows that at the close of the year 18 9 8-9 there was a balance in the Prov . Grand Treasurer ' s hands of close upon £ 35 . The usual banquet will

follow , and companions who may desire tickets—price 21 s . each—are requested to make application to Comp . the Rev . O . C . Cockrem , London Orphan Asylum , Watford , 011 or before Monday , the 19 th instant , so that the necessary arrangements may be made for their accommodation . The summons reminds the companions that the Province is in mourning for the lamented Comp . George E . Lake , Prov . Grand H .

* » » Last week we had the pleasure of reporting the consecration of two new lodges , which start under such favourable auspices as to justify the belitf that their future will be exceptionally prosperous . Of these the John Brunner Lodge , No . 2799 , is located at Winsford ,

in the Province of Cheshire . It is thus named after Bro . Sir John Brunner , M . P ., the principal founder and first W . Master , and most appropriately the ceremony of consecration , which was performed by his Honour Judge Sir Horatio Lloyd , P . G . D ., Dep . P . G . M ., took place in the beautiful Guildhall recently

presented to the town of Winsford by Sir John . When the lodge was constituted , the W . M . was installed in office by Bro . F . liroadsmith , P . P . G . W ., and the officers for the year having been appointed and invested , and the remaining business disposed of , the customary banquet followed . The proceedings throughout were

satisfactory in all respects , the oration , which was delivered during the consccraion by Bro . the Rev . C . R . Nunn , Prov . G . Chap ., being a brief , but able exposition of the " Nature and Principles of the Institution . " The new lodge has our best wishes for its success .

* * The other new lodge was inaugurated at the Regent Masonic Hall under ( he style and title of the Lodge L'Entente Cordiale , No . 2796 , the ceremony being performed by the Grand Secretary , Bro . E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., who subsequently installed Bro . Captain H .

Mondehare as the first W . M . A banquet followed at the Cafe Royal , the proceedings giving every promise of a successlul future . The new lodge maybe considered as the necessary complement to Lodge La France , No . 2060 , in which the work is conducted in French , while its membership is restricted to brethren

of French nationality , who have fulfilled their military obligations in their own country . The La France Lodge , however , speedily became so popular that in order to meet the wishes of those numerous brethren who were debarred from joining its ranks , it was considered expedient to found a second lodge , the

work cf which should also be conducted in the French language , but the membership left open to brethren of all nationalities . Hence the new lodge , which has a numerous body of founders , and for whose success the omens are decidedly propitious . The members of L'Entente Cordiale , No . 2796 , have our hearty goad wishes for their success .

» » » At the December Quarterly Communication of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , Bro , Lord Brassey , M . W . G . M ., announced his approaching departure for England , on the completion of his term of service as Governor of the Colony , and the severance of his

connection with its prosperous Grand Lodge . In the course of his remarks , his lordship expressed the regret which he felt at leaving , complimented the Craft on the admirable manner in which Grand Lodge had been conduced whenever he had the opportunit y

of presiding , and thanked the members generall y for the personal kindness he had always received from them . His lordship concluded by nominating as his successor the Pro G . M ., Bro . A . J . Peacock , to whose va ' uable services to Victorian Freemasonry he paid a we' 1-merited compliment . It being the only nomina-

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tion , Bro . Peacock may be looked upon as virtually the Grand Master-elect , and , in thanking the brethren for the very great honour they had conferred upon him , he said " he only accepted the position in the hope that in the near future a member of the Royal Family

would be occupying the position of Governor-General of their United Colonies , who would also fill the position of Grand Master of this Grand Lodge . " In the course of the proceedings , the Grand Lodge adopted

the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes to add a cottage to the Freemasons' Charitable Institution , to be known as the " George Baker Memorial Cottage , " in honour of the late lamented Bro . George Baker , D . G . M .

» * It is in every way crediUble to the Educational and Managerial Staffs of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , that the pupils should have acquitted themselves so well at the recent English Education

Exhibition , at the Imperial Institute , which was opened by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales—who is President of the Institution—on the 5 th ult ., and was closed on the 27 th ult . The School was invited to take part in the Exhibition , and though the

invitation came somewhat late , we understand from the report which was furnished to us , and will be found on another page , that several of the Boys exhibits have been selected for the purpose of being included in the English portion of th 2 Educational Section of the approaching Paris Exhibition .

In the old days—by which we mean nothing ' more formidable than some 15 or 20 years ago—when Mark Masonry , though a growing body , was by no means so stror . g and influential an organisation as it is now , its Grand Lodge was content with half-yearly

communications and periodical meetings known as " Moveable Grand Lodges , " which were held in the more active Mark Centres in the Provinces . La ' . terly , the Mark Grand Lodge has held quarterly communications , and we have heard nothing—or at all events , but little—of the "Moveable" gatherings . They have not , how .

ever , been abolished , as the announcement has reached us that such a grand lodge will'be held at Dukinficld , Province of Cheshire , on Saturday , the 17 th instant , at which the Earl of Euston , M . W . Pro Grand Master , will consecrate and re-constitute the Ashton District Lodge Time Immemorial .

* * * Our readers will no doubt remember that this was the lodge which caused such a rumpus in Mark Masonry last year . It had been working , some say for about a century , but certainly since 1830 , in the

old fashion , that is , under the sanction of a Craft warrant , ft had been invited to place itself under the banner of the Mark Grand Lodge , but unavailingly . Last year , however , the latter body went for the Ashton Mark in grand style , and , knocking it

completely out of tim ; , declared it to be a " spurious and clandestine " body , with which no Mark Mason with a becoming sense of the duty he owed to his Grand Lodge , might , could , would , or should hold any communication whatever . * # »

When the contest was on , the parties did what they should have done in the first instance . They met together , and , after a friendly chat , arranged for the restoration of the Ashton Mark Lodge to all its rights and privileges , but under the supreme authority of the Mark Grand Lodge , and ranking fifth among the T . I ,

Lodges on its Register . Hence this Moveable Grand Lodge that will be held in the Province of Cheshire on the 17 th inst ., when the "spurious and clandestine " of last year will be declared a legitimate Mark Lodge , and , as wc most sincerely hope , will go on its way rejoicing . " All ' s well that ends well . "

* * » As will be seen from the full report on another page , the Logic Club continues to make great progress and its beneficial influence is extending far and wide , more especially so since increased facilities have existed for the study of Logic working . The rehearsals are

conducted with solemnity and thoroughness , the attendances are large , and the members zealous and enthusiastic . The Preceptor , Secretary , and Cummittec arc to be congratulated on the good work they arc doing . * * #

60 . MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO LIF . ' .-GKNKRAI . BRO . SIR CHARLES WARREN , W EDNESDAY , FEBRUARY / .