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t S c * publish elsewhere reports of the consecration of ™ " of the lodges for the constitution of which his ^¦ ¦ l Highness the M . W . Grand Master has recently ^ » pleased to grant his warrant , namely , the St . < Juerne Lod 2697 and the Alfred tne Altred SATURDAY , MARCH 12 , 18 9 S .

Y ,.,. l . £ . ° - , X ' ewi 1 ** " """ B **) " ° - » W , ana cth ge ' * 2 < 3 sG ' and * t 0 iud e e from the Kura * rdSt M CharaCttr ° ° P ** o « edings at the inau-• '" •'i <* in ° « r thcSC * ° d £ es ' we have ever > ' reason to •- •¦ th ! it , lhem a " ample measure of success . " da-V ' I A arC Whflt is common ' y spoken of as ¦ od ges ; that is to say , they have been founded

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for the especial benefit of those who are associated together in business or otherwise , and who desire to still further strengthen the ties which bind them together .

Of these the St . Michael le Querne Lodge , which , though junior on the roll of Grand Lodge was consecrated a few days prior to its fellow-lodge , is intended for brethren in the General Post Office , and is named after the parish in which the head-quarters of that

important department are situated . It starts under the auspices of an experienced brother—Bro . A . C . A . Higerty—who has already thrice occupied the chair of Master and will be able , therefore , to bring to bear in the discharge of his duties an amount of experience

which it is not always the good fortune of first WMasters of newly-organised lodges to possess . The lodge will have an immense body of men from which to draw its receuits , and what is of no small moment at the outset of a new lodge , the class of men who may be expected to enrol themselves as members are from the

very nature of their calling ; responsible men and men in reputable circumstances . This will materially assistthe lodge in its progress , and we trust it will be our privilege a year hence to congratulate the members of St . Michael Ie Querne on having attained a position of stability , from which it will be , humanly speaking , impossible to move them .

* ? * The other lodge , which ranks as Na . 2636 on the register of Grand Lodge , is known as th » Alfred Newton Lodge , after Bro . Alderman Newton who is atthe head of the great commercial undertaking—Harrod's

Stores—with which it is intended to be associated . Bro . Newton is also a Past Master , having filled the chair of K . S . in the Grafton Lodge , No . 2347 , sa that , in this case also the lodge will be presided over by a brother of experience during the first and most critical year of its existence . In this case also there

is an ample and trustworthy source from which the new blood that is so essential to the wellbeing of a Iodge is likely to be drawn , while in Bro . Naughton , the first Senior Warden , who occupies one of the highest and most responsible posts in Harrod's Stores , we may look to find an able successor to Bro . Alderman Newton in the chair of the lodge .

* * * We have pleasure in adding , as regards the Alfred Newton Lodge , that the anthem , " Behold , how good and joyful , " the " Sanctus , " and the anthem " O , how amiable , " which were performed at its consecration on

the 5 th instant , were specially composed for the occasion , and dedicated to the Worshipful Master , officers , and members , by Bro . William Windsor , who was honoured with the appointment of Organist . » ••

A third London Lodge—the Arcadian , No . 26 ( 36—was consecrated at the Hotel Cecil on Monday , the 7 th inst , the ceremony , as in the two other cases we have referred to , being performed by the Grand Secretary . This , too , is—at least , we imagine we must

describe it as—a " class " lodge , and is intended for the benefit of those who have an abiding faith in vegetarian diet a . s being the best calculated to promote a healthy existence . Whether the title " Arcadian " which the founders of the lodge have chosen is intended

as a compliment to the simplicity of the fare which the members prefer or to that of the faith that is in them we are unable to say . They , at all events , have our sincerest and best wishes for the success of a iodge , of which it may be said that the brethren belonging to it are , and always will be , Arcades omnes .

We are indebted to the courtesy of a correspondent in Jamaica for a full report of the proceedings at the celebration of the Centenary Festival of the Friendl y Lodge , No . 239 , which meets at the Sussex Hall , Kingston , and but for the heavy demands on our space

it would have given us great pleasure to publish it in our present number . The report is accompanied by a history of the lodge compiled by Bro . K . X . Leon , Past Dist . S . G . W . Jamaica , which c ui * ,. i :. s some vory interesting particulars about the eaiiy career of the

lodge . On referring to Grand Lodge Calendar , we remark that the date given for the constitution is 1809 , and the reader will naturally wonder how a lodge founded in that year can have been allowed to celebrate its one-hundredth anniversary in 1898 . Bro . Leon ' s narrative affords the needful explanation .

» * * That the lodge was warranted by the " Atholl , " or " Ancient , " Gr . ind Lodge in 18 J 9 , is perfectly true , th *; actual date , as given in Bro . Lane ' s "Masonic Records , " beiiiL ' the 31 st January of that year . It is

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also to be found in the list appended to the " Ahiman Rezon , " or "Ancient " Book of Constitutions , where it figures under the head of "Jamaica , " as " No . 8 , Friendly , Kingston " —see Bro . Gould ' s "' Atholl ' Lodges . " But , nevertheless , it is a fact that the Iodge

had been in existence by virtue of a warrant , or dispensation , granted by the Prov . Grand Master of Jamaica , under the "Ancient" Constitutions for 10 years preceding the publication of the before-mentioned edition of " Ahiman Rezon . "

» * These particulars are set forth in the petition for the privilege of wearing a centenary jewel , which was drawn up at a regular mee . ing on the Sth February , 1897 , and forwarded to his Royal Highness , the

M . W . Grand Master for his gracious consideration . From these we learn that " in the year 1797 several Brethren of the Union Lodge , No . 257 , Provincial No . I , holding in Kingston , after correspondence with the Secretary of the ' Atholl' Grand Lodge , availed

themselves of the power conferred by patent issued in 179 6 by the 'Atholl' Grand Lodge to Bro . William Blake , appointing him Provincial Grand Mister , with power to him and his successors to form a Provincial Grand Lodge , and to constitute new lodges , to obtain a local

Warrant and constituted the Friendly Lodge Provincial No . 2 , the granting of which Warrant or Dispensation wasduly reported to and registered in the ' Atholl ' Grand Lodge , as is shown by their earliest published list of Lodges ( The Himan Rezon ) . " It is ; further

shown from the old minutes now in possession of the lodge that in the record of proceedings of a meeting on the 13 th April , 179 ? , reference was made to something which had occurred on the preceding ijth February , * that on the 21 st June , 1798 , the

meeting was held for the installation of the Worshipful Master and officers , and in those days a new W . M . was installed every six months . On this occasion the new men were installed in office and the outgoing W . M . and officers made their returns for the

previous six months , the principal of them , who had been installed in December , 1797 , being Bros . A . D'C . Alvarenzi , W . M . j A . P . Mendes , jun ., S . W . ; and S . Bonito , J . W . » *

The further evidence adduced shows that in December , 1803 , payments were made f jr 15 members of the Friendly Lodge Provincial , No . 8 , anl on the 13 th January , 1806 , payment was remitted to the Atholl Grand Lodge for 62 members . On the iSth January

of the same year application WAS made to Grand Lodge for an engraved warrant , which was granted , as already shown on 31 st January , 1809 , the number of the warrant being 3 | 3 , which at the Union beca-ne No . 43 S ; in 1832 , No . 291 , and in 1863 , No . 239 .

On the strength of the circumstances thus detailed the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to grant the prayer of the petitioners , and issue a centenary warrant , accompanying this graceful act with the usual privilege accorded to all subscribing members being

Master-Masons of wearing the Centenary Jewel . We hope to publish the report of the centenary meeting next week , and shall add any further particulars which , in our opinion , are likely to prove of interest to our readers . * * ?

The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution held their meeting for the current month at Freemasons' Hali on Wednesday , under the presidency of Bro . J . A . Farnfield , P . A . G . D . C , Patron and Treasurer . The Secretary ,

after reporting the deaths of one mile annuitant , one widow half-annuitant , and two accepted candid ites for the Widows' Fund , announced that at the Festival held on the 22 nd ult ., the total of Donations and Subscriptions which was then stated to be ^ 9413 25 .

had been s ' wee increased by new and outstanding lists and otheradditions to , £ 9 602 19 s . A vote of thanks to Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Jersey , G . C . M . G , Prov . G . Master Oxfordshire , for his kindness in presiding , was carried ncm . com ., and ordered to be

engrossed on vellum for presentation to his lordship . We may add that the final meeting of the Board of Stewards took place on Friday the 4 th instant , when the accounts were submitted and ordered to be paid and votes of thanks to the officers unanimously passed , after which thc Board was disiolved .

THE ANNIVERSARY of the marriage of T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales was ob-eived on Thursday at Windsor . The beils of the Curfew Tower , at the Castle end of the parish church , were rung , and a Royal salute was lired in the Long Walk . The Princess , accompanied by the Princess Victoria , lelt Sandringham on Thursday for Marlborough House .