Contents.

CONTENTS .

LIAPIRS 49 $ United Grand Lodge of England 49 S "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum , " 1886-J—IV . 497 Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India 49 }

Provincial Grand Lodge of New Yoik under the "Ancients" 49 J The History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin , 1788 , to its Centenary , 1888—{ Continued ) 49 8 C ORRESPOND ENCICA Graeeful Compliment joi The Only Lady Freemason 501

Notes and Queries 501 RBPORTS OF MASONIC MEITINOSCraft Masonry £ 01 Instruction .., , 50 ,

Royal Arch , 50 a Queensland $ 02 Obituary joa Theatres 503 Masonic and General Tidings J 03 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 504

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As we anticipated in our remarks of last week , the proceedings r a ^ 'ifde ' Grand Lodge on Wednesday were mostly formal—that is , as we then explained , formal as regards the manner , though not as regards the spirit , in which they were dealt with . It was a matter of course that the thanks of Grand Lodge should be tendered to the GRAND

DIRECTOR of CEREMONIES and the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of GENERAL PURPOSES for their valuable services in connection with the great Jubilee Masonic gathering in the Royal Albert Hall on the 13 th June last ; but it was something more than a matter of course that the brethren who proposed the votes , and Grand Lodge which accepted them , should have exhibited a genuine spirit of heartiness that removed them as far as possible from the

class of compliment which people habitually pay each other whenever they wish to say something civil , and are careless whether they mean anything by it or not . The GRAND M ASTER ' S proposal for the suspension of Article 87 , in order that Prov . and Dist . Grand Masters might be permitted to confer Past Prov . or Dist . Grand rank on meritorious brethren was readily accepted , but in an extended form , the proportion of brethren to be thus honoured

to the lodges in Provinces and Districts being altered , on the motion of the GRAND TREASURER , from one for every six to one for every four . The P . M . Collar question was dispo-ed of to the manifest delight of everybody , those who care little about the collar being well rid of the question , and those who care much about it being well rid of the difficulty in the way of wearing it . But outside the programme of regular business to be

disposed of , the GRAND SECRETARY had the satisfaction ot announcing that a Deputation of Grand Officers , headed by H . R . H . the PRINCE of WALES , M . W . G . M ., had waited upon the Q UEEN at Osborne , on the 2 nd August last , and presented to her MAJESTY ihe address of congratulation voted by the Freemasons of England on the occasion of her Jubilee , and

that her MAJESTY had been pleased to accept it , and had acknowledged its receipt in most generous terms . It is needless to say that this announcement was received with enthusiasm by all present , and that a resolution was unanimously passed to the effect that the QUEEN ' acknowledgment of thanks should be recorded in the Minutes of United Grand Lodge .

* * * IN the Report on Correspondence—Comp . HENRY ROBERTSON , A Knotty Chairman—appended to the proceedings of the Grand Chapter yuestion . rr . « F of Canada for 188 7 , we find relerence under the head of " Maine" lo certain views expressed by Comp . J OSIAH DRUMMOND on the subject of "honorary membership in Grand Chapter . " It appears that the

Grand Chapter of Georgia has adopted a regulation by which " Companions of eminence and ability , coming from other jurisdictions , who have rendered service to the Craft , and who are residents within this jurisdiction , may , by a two-thirds vote of this Grand Chapter , be constituted members thereof , with such rank and distinction as may be thought proper , not exceeding the rank in the jurisdiction from which they come . " Under this

regulation Comp . LANSING BURROWS , a Past Grand King of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky , has been elected a member of the Grand Chapter of Georgia , with the rank of Past Grand King . But Comp . DRUMMOND , of Maine , in criticising the proceedings of the G . Chapter of Georgia , holds that the above regulation is " not in accordance with the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter , " under whose

system " Masonic rank acquired in one jurisdiction ought to follow a Royal Arch Mason when he becomes a member of a chapter > n another jurisdiction . " Consequently , he contends that "if Comp . BURROWS had become a member of a chapter in Georgia , we hold that heat the same time b y virtue of his rank became a member of the Grand Chapter ; and if he had not become a member of a Georgia Chapter , he ought not

to become a member of the Grand Chapter . " Without committing ourselves to an opinion as regards Comp . DRUMMOND ' S judgment in this Particular case , we take the opportunity of pointing out that much depends ° n the kind of honorary membership which has been cpnterred by the Grand Chapter of Georgia on Comp . BURROWS , a Past G , K . of Kentucky . If Comp . BURROWS has been made an honorary member of the said Grand

Chapter of Georgia in the sense in which we use the term—that is t ° say , if he may attend its meetings , participate in its ceremonies and banquets , but have no share in the transactions of its businessthen it occurs to us that there is no need for him to become first of all a member of a private chapter in Georgia . On the other "and , if it is intended that he shall be at liberty to take part in the business

proceedings of the Grand Chapter , precisely as if he had held the office of « rand King in it , then it seems no more than just that he should first have irnself enrolled a member of a private chapter . In whatever State may be lif n 0 m'c '' e > we presume Comp . BURROWS will remain for the rest of his "e Past Grand King of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky . If the Grand apter of the State in which he resides is anxious to pay him a compli-. ent , we see no objection to their doing so , by conferring upon him a titular ais tinction as is often done , of a Past Grand Officer , But if it desires to have

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the benefit of his assistance in the transaction of business , as it has in the case of its own Past Grand Kings , and for that reason confers on him the rank and distinction of one , then he should be subjected to the same conditions as have been required of them . Perhaps , some of our readers may feel inclined to discuss so knotty a question .

* * * WE have more than once gone out of our way to illustrate The Bc 3 . utiC 3 of concurrent " the beauties" of that " concurrent jurisdiction" which Jurisdiction . " ex ; sts j n fjjost British Colonies , but which some of our

American contemporaries appear to regard as an impossibility . The idea that lodges holding under three different Constitutions can work side by side in the most perlect peace and harmony seems to have struck them as being supremely ridiculous . Yet we have proved our case to a demonstration , not only in those Colonies where the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , with the whole field belore them , set up lodge after lodge in

friendly rivalry and without a difficulty or difference aiising , but even in parts of that portion of the North American Continent which is under the British Crown and in which other Grand Lodges than the three in the old country exercise jurisdiction . To-day we are able to point to a more than usually conspicuous instance of these " beauties of concurrent jurisdiction . " In our news columns will be found particulars of the Quarterly

Communication of the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , held in the Masonic Hall , Bombay , on the 23 rd July last . In our account of the proceedings it will be seen that a letter was read at the meeting from Bro . HUSSEY , D . G . Sec . of the Dist . G . Lodge ( English ) of Bombay , in which the G . Master of the Scottish Grand Lodge was thanked tor his congratulations on the appointment of the Duke ol CONNAUGHT as D . G .

Master , and a hope was expressed that the cordial relations which had always prevailed between the two bodies would long continue . The DEPUT G . MASTER , who presided , remarked , in reference to this letter , that it was " very pleasant reading , " and re-echoed the hope that the two would always work together , in the future as in the past , "in a harmonious and fraternal manner . " Now what is possible in Bombay—and in other parts of

the Queen s dominions—between the Grand Lodges ot England and Scotland , which are in all things independent ot each other , should also be possible in Quebec between the Grand Lodges of England and Quebec , which are also independent ol each other . But this is not the case , and the explanation is to be found in the conduct of Quebec , which , in order to exalt its own dignity and importance , is always hammering awav in a most

undignified fashion at what it considers the unjust claims ot England to protect its own lodges . Could not Quebec take a leaf out ol the book we have just unfolded to its view of the brethren in Bombay under rival systems and rival supreme authorities , living together on trie friendliest terms imaginable , congratulating each other heartily on any piece ot good fortune that may befal one ot them , paying each other on occasion s , ome

well-deserved compliments , sharing the same Masonic Hall , and generally assisting each other to their own comfort and credit , and to the honour and advantage of Freemasonry as a whole ? We fear that we must say by way ot answer that , while we fully recognise that it is possible tor Quebec and England to lie down side by side after ihe manner ot the lion ano . the lamb in the Millennium which has not yet arrived , there is no indication at present —at least on the part ol Quebec—of its ever being probable .

United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

The Quarterly Communication ol United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C . R . W . Bro . Thomas W Tew , P . G . D ., Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire , acted as M . W . G . M . ; R . W , Bro . Hugh D . Sandeman , P . Dist . G . M . ot Bengal , acted as Deputy G . M . ; Bro . the Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C , as S . G . W . ; and Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C , D . P . G . M . for Suffolk , as J . G . W . Some 500 brethren attended , among whom

were—Bros . Lieut .-Gen . Hon . Somerset J . N . Calthorpe , P . G . W . ; Aubrey Saunders , P . D , G . M . Madras ; Rev . T . C . Smyth , G . Chap . ; Rev . G . W . Weldon , G . ohap . ; Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . Chap . ; Kev . W . K . R . Bedford , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . R . N . Sanderson , P . G . Chap . ; Rev . T . Cochrane , P . G . Chap . ; Canon Portal , P . G . Chap ; Rev . W . A . Pickard , P . G . Chap . ; Richard live , G . Treas . ; D . P . Cama , PIG . Treas . ; T . Fenn , President Board of General Purposes ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; E . E . Wendt , G . Sec . German Correspondence ; Robert Grey , President

Board of Benevolence ; George Cooper , S . G . D . ; F . S . Knyvett , J . G . D . ; V . P . Freeman , J . G . D . ; J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ; F . Richardson , P . G . D . ; H . Maudslev . P . G . D . ; P . De L . Long , P . G . D . ; C . VV . C . Hutton , P . G . D . ; J . M . Case , P . G . Df ; F . Davison , P . G . r > . ; T . H . Devonshire , P . G . D . ; C . A . Murton , P . G . D .: J . S . Eastes , P . G . D . ; J . Hogg , P . G . D . ; J . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . D . ; R . Gooding , P . G . D . ; K . VV . Stewart , P . G . D . ; J . E . Saunders , P . G D . ; F . H . Goldney , P . G . D . ; H . Smith , P . G . D . ; P . j . Dumas , P . G . D . ; Gerard r < o .. JP . G D

, R . l . osia , P . G . D . ; Major J . S . Peirce , P . G . D . ; W-Wnntiey , P . G . D . ; VV . \ . b . Powell , P . G . D . ; C . H . Driver , G . Supt . of Works ; Sir Albert Woods , G . D . of C . R . G . Glover , P . Depury G . D . C . ; J . L . Mather , A . G . D . C ; K . H . Thrupp , P . A . G D . CW . S . Adams , P . A . G . D . C ; T . J . Railing , P . A . G D . „ . ; S . S Partridge , P . A . G . U . C . ; W . M . Bywater , G . S . B . ; Geo . Beech , G . S . rt . ; W . Roebuck , P . G . S . B . ; E . Goble , P . G . S . B . ; F . R . W . Hedges , P . G . S . B . ; James Terry , P . G . S . B . j C . F . Mitier , P . G . S . B . ; H . Bue , P . G . S . B . ; A . Spencer , P . G . S . B . ; C . F . Hogard , P . G . S . B .

li . Bowyer , P . G . S . B . ; W . R . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; Lieut .-Col . G . Haldane , P . G . S . B . ; Major G . Lambert , P . G . S . B . ; Butler Wilkins , P . G . S . B . ; H . Green , P . G . S . B . F . Mead , P . G . S . B . ; G . Kelly , P . G . S . B . ; J . E . Dawson , P . G . S . B . ; E . M . Lott , Mus . Doc , P . G . Org . ; A . A . Pendlebury , A . G . Sec . ; W . H , Perryman , G . P . ; W . Hopekirk , A . G . P . ; A . Lucking , P . G . P . ; J . Brett , P . G . P . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; S . G . Foxall , P . G . P . ; T . Cubitt , P . G . P . ; H . Garrod , P . G . P . ; and Heavy Sadler , G . Tyler . After the formal opening of the Grand Lodge Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , G . Sec ,, read the minutes of the last Quarterly Communication