District Grand Lodge Of Bengal.

The District Grand Master in the chair enquired of the ¦ n- - rt Grand Secretary whether any circular on the sub-•r had been addressed to the W . Masters of the lodges •the district , subsequent to the circular referred to as in in < r been issued , immediately after the receipt of the f iter from the Grand Secretary ot the United Grand Lodge ; H receiving a reply in the ' negative , he directed

upon I District Grand Secretary at once to refer to the Deputy iTstrict Grand Master in charge , relative to the advisability f" suing a second circular upon the subject . The Dis-•' t Grand Master in the chair thought that a second cirtn . jla , [ been rendered the more necessary by reason of CU circular letters , regarding the nomination of a brother W fll the office of District Grand Master , which had been brother who to his

irregularly issued by a appended V > nature the word " Chairman , Committee of Masters ; " body wholly unknown to the Constitutions , and in a o wa y authorised to address the W . Masters of lodges . The circulars so irregularly issued were , generally , misken for official communications from District Grand Lodge ; and they had had the effect of altogether paralysing

the action of many of the Mofussil lodges . VV . Bro . J . W . Browne , P . M . 218 , said that the circulars referred to by the District Grand Master in the chair had been issued by him ; but that before dispatching them to the VV . Masters of the lodges in the district he had shown them to the Deputy District Grand Master then in charge of the district , and had obtained his sanction to

their . There being no further business to be brought forward , the usual collection was made for the Fund of Benevolence . The amount collected was announced to be Rs . 68-8 , and vvas made over to the District Grand Treasurer . District Grand Lodge vvas then closed in form , and the

brethren were dismissed by the District Grand Master in the chair with the following exhortation : — "Finally , brethren , farewell . Be perfect , be of good comfort , be of one mind , live in peace , and the God of Love and Peace shall be with you . "—2 Cor ., xiii ., n .

Freemasonry In The United States.

FREEMASONRY IN THE UNITED STATES .

The triennial conclave of the Grand Encampment of Ihc United States of America ( Sir James H . Hopkins , Grand Master ; Sir T . S . Parvin , Grand Recorder ); will beheld at Cleveland , Ohio , on Tuesday , August 28 th ,

1877 . The Grand Commandery of Ohio has appointed a Committee , of which Grand Commander Sir Chas . C . Kieffer , of Dayton , is Chairman , and Sir Samuel Briggs , of Cleveland , Secretary , with local sub-committees in Cleveland , to secure quarters and accommodations lor

visiting commanderies and Knights . Philadelphia Commandery , No . 2 ; St . John ' s , No . 4 ; and St . Mary ' s , No . 3 ( 1 ; have already signified their intention to participate , and are making all the necessary arrangements to ensure this pilgrimage an enjoyable one . Full particulars will be published at an early date .

NF . W YORK . —Saturday evening , the 16 th June , Republic Lodge , No . 690 , met at the large Templar Hall at the Temple for the purpose of conferring the Third Degree of Masonry in full form , and when the ceremonial began there were present more than five hundred brethren , probably the largest gathering of Craftsmen ever met together

under the auspices of a single lodge . Among those present were Grand Master Couch , P . G . Masters'I home of New York , and Pembroke of New Jersey ; D . Deputies Conant , Addoms , Ehlers , and others ; Grand Marshal Jas . E . Morrison , Chas . D . Brown , Robert Boynage , William T . Woodruff , some twenty-five Masters of Lodges , and

delegations from Washington , Ohio , Lafayette , Jersey City , Pioneer , and Joppa Lodges cf New Jersey , and Beacon Light , Hiawatha , Altair , Montauk , Bedford , Brooklyn , and Adytum Lodges nf this jurisdiction . All the distinguished visitors and delegations were received with the honour and courtesy due to their positionsand the scene was

, largel y inspiriting as the evidence of good-fellowship and wide-spread interest in the workings of the Craft . Of the work done we need not speak , the fame of the Republic Lod ge being already established , and its Past Masters remaining as active at labour as when they respectively neld

the gavel of command . The committee previously a Ppointeda series of touching and appropriate resolutions ° n the death of the late Bro . Irah Chase , who was an honorary member of this lodge , which were unanimously adopted , and we may sum up the whole in the words ol ° urcaption , as a most noteworthy meeting . —Keystone .

C 01 . on . u 10 . —The fraternity of Georgetown , Colorado ave established a Masonic Cemetery . It illustrates the '" untainous character of the surroundings , to say that ic onl y levei piace that couW be securctl is four miles own the valley , at the head of which the city is located . crc l ' fraternity have laid off showy sitecovering lc

a , a , abnn , r J _ a a " J' a , l » - " *"'" S iihn , \ r acres - The p ' embraces a circular plot , in tl W " ornamental trees , and to which all the alleys exi > " "V ^ y Point . About S 1200 have already been in isr '" this " clly of tne dead" s ' mce its consecration t « - « , and several craftsmen are now lying there " between 1 —¦""»¦ e-imiouicii arc now lying mere uemat

n evergreen sprig " awaiting the resurrection . the i- number of Colorado Lodges at present is nineteen , Mgcst membership ( 125 ) being No . 5 . enconT ° ry is toW of tne difficulties the old Masons suitahl 1 ,, '" holding their lodges securely for want of Wtid „ v V , n Bou ' ler City a log cabin is still exhi'i-... ... llere the first meetintr in that winiw n »» Vi ^ M .

«» vesdrn W f , ° Und neceS £ a T to keep off " cowans and « rclc of J § ' 3 nd Sat'Sfy the * USt scru P les o £ a suspicious abow ? h ° rget ° , , od & e is held at a PO'nt 8120 feet the sea level . This is probably nearest heaven than

Freemasonry In The United States.

any terrestial lodge . It will be a pity indeed if any of the good fellows whom I met in that enthusiastic band should fail by neglect of privileges to reach heaven at last . —Masonic Journal . TENNESSEE . —In looking over the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee for 1857 , we notice that the subject of forming Grand Lodge Libraries was

agitating the Masonic mind . Virginia commenced forming a library in 1855 , by the purchase of a copy of the Universal Masonic Library . North Carolina did the same thing . Missouri commenced by asking donations of books . Massachusetts was reported as having 196 bound volumes on hand . Iowa had 100 volumes . Tennessee had nothing , but agreed to commence tbe formation of a

library . Arkansas , Maryland , Kentucky and Wisconsin had small libraries . In all fourteen Grand Lodges had concluded up to that date to have a Masonic library . Now there is not a Grand Lodge in America but what is forming a library . The older jurisdictions are adding year by year to their already large collections . In a literary point of view , Grand Lodges are improving their standard for intelligence . —Masonic Jewel .

Freemasonry In South Wales.

FREEMASONRY IN SOUTH WALES .

Last week we published a rumour which had been for some time past current that Sir George Elliot had offered the honourable and important office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of this province to Mr . Marmaduke Tennant . We are now able to state that Mr . Tennant has

determined to accept the office and the onerous duties imposed thereby , and in doing so we sincerely congratulate Sir George Elliot on the choice which he has made , as one certain to conduce to the interests of the province , and highly acceptable to the brethren generally . Mr . Tennant is well known as an accomplished Mason , and he has done good service to the charitable institutiorrs in

connection with the Order . The members of the " Afan " Lodge may look with pardonable pride upon the circumstance that from their ranks have sprung a Provincial Grand Master and Deputy Prov . G . M . of the Province of the Eastern Division of South Wales , and that a member of the lodge is also the Provincial Grand Treasurer . —Central Glamorgan Gaxelle .

The death is announced of two prominent brethren of the Grand Lodge of Egypt , Bro . Coraffan , 33 ° of the Lodge Minerva , No . 7 , member of the National Grand Lodge and the Supreme Council , and Brn . P . Gasotis , iS" , of the same lodge . The National Grand Lodge and the Supreme Council of Egypt delegated a commission to pay Masonic honours at the funeral , and

Bro . P . L . Dilberoglui , Orator of Lodge Minerva , delivered an oration over the grave . Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl Percy , M . P ., R . W . P . G . M ., has left town for Alnwick Castle to do duty with his regiment , the Northumberland Militia , which is out for its annual training . The Countess and family re . main in Grosvenor-square .

Professor Cavill , who failed to swim across the Channel last year , on Wednesday made an effort , as a preliminary to again attempting the feat , to swim from Southampton to Portsmouth , but he gave up at about two miles from shore .

THE POSTAL UNION . —Her Majesty ' s Postmaster-General has given formal notice to the Federal Council of Switzerland that the following British Colonies are desirous of joining the Postal Union : The Gold Coast , Gambia , Lagos , Sierra Leone , and the Falkland Islands . The Federal Council has communicated the application to the members of the Union , and if no objection is raised

within six weeks the colonies named will be admitted as desired . The Welsh Miners' Fund at the Mansion House , amounting to ^ 4 , 445 , was finally appropriated on Wednesday afternoon . It will be distributed by the Lord Mayor at Pontypridd on Friday , August 3 . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , R . W .,

Deputy Grand Master of England—accompanied by Lady Skelmersdale and family—have left town for their seat in Ormskirk , Lancashire . TESTIMONIAL TO BRO . GEORGE ABBOTT — A meeting of the Executive Committee will take place on the 27 th inst . It is requested that intending subscribers will forward their subscriptions , as the list will be closed

shortly after that date . MASONIC SONGS . —A selection of Masonic Songs set to popular airs , written by Bro . R . Philpots , M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now ready , forming a handsome volume bound in cloth , with gilt edges , price 3 s . Sent post free

from the office of this paper on receipt of Post-office Order for 3 s . 2 d . Reports of the Imperial George Lodge , No . 78 , Middleton ; Yarborough Lodge , No . 244 , St . Heller ' s , Jersey ; and Pattison Lodge , No . 913 , Plumstead , unavoidably stand over , but will appear in our next .

Roan , Gilt Edges , elastic band or tuck , price , post free 2 s . 2 d . The Cosmopolitian Masonic Calendar Diary and Pocket Book for 1877 . It contains lists of Lodges , Chapters , Encampments , Conclaves and Grand Councils , with the names of Officers in England , Scotland

Ireland , and all parts of the World . Single copies ordered by letter may be paid for by stamps j orders for more than one to be accompanied by Post Office Order payable at the Chief Office , London . Address Publisher , 198 , Fleet Street , London . ( Advt . )

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

Bro . the Rt . Hon . Lord Inverurie was installed on Wednesday last Provincial Grand Master of Kincardineshire , at Stonehaven . Bro . D . Murray Lyon , R . W , Grand Secretary of Scotland , having resigned the Proxy Grand Mastership of the West India Islands , Bro . John Baird has been nominated by the Prov . Grand Master , the Hon . J . K .

Wattley , as his successor . ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . —A . Provincial Grand Lodge will assemble on Thursday next , July 19 th , at 33 , Golden-square , W ., immediately after meeting of the Royal Bruce Chapter , for the purpose of promoting candidates , and for the appointment and installation of the Provincial Grand Officers . The dinner

will be on table at the Cafe Royal , Regent-street , at seven o'clock . The brethren will appear with the Star of the Order and the green ribbon under the coat . A special meeting of the R . A . companions of the Province of Kent , will be held on Wednesday next , in the Lecture Hall , Chatham , for the purpose of installing Comp . Lord Holmesdale , M . P ., as Prov . Grand Supt . His

lordship will be installed by the Most Excellent Comp . Wm . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Supt . of Hampshire . The Mark Benevolent Festival will bs held on Wednesday , the 1 st of August , not the 25 th of July , as previously stated . Der Freimaurer for the current month contains two interesting biographical sketches—one of the

Emperor Francis I ., the same who was initiated into Freemasonry in 1731 at an occasional lodge specially convened for the purpose at the Hague , and the other of Bro . Joseph Hayden , the celebrated composer , who was received into Masonry in 1785 , in the Lodge Zur Wauern Eintracht at Vienna . Of this lodge he remained a member till the day of his death , on the 31 st May , 1809 .

Mark Master Masons will be pleased to learn that the first regular meeting of the Duke of Connaught Mark Lodge of Instruction was held at the Havelock Hotel , Albion Road , Dalston , on Thursday , July 5 th , at 8 . 30 p . m . Present : —Bros . J . B . Shackelton , W . M . ; Jas . Lovelock , S . W . ; J . Stokes , J . W . ; Ernest Dietrich , M . O . ; O . Dietrich , S . O . ; Geo . Ferrer , J . O . ; F . Bonner , S . D . ; C . Johnson , J . D . ; F . Delafous , I . G . ; aud others . Lodge

vvas duly opened , and the ceremony of advancement rehearsed . Bye-laws were duly disrussed , and it was arranged that the future meetings for Instruction should be held on the first and third Thursday in each month . Lodge was then closed , and adjourned until the 19 th inst . Bro . the Rt . Hon . Lord Suffield , R . W . P . G . M . Norfolk , has presented the Rev . H . J . Bodington , M . A ., of Queen ' s College , Oxford , to the Rectory of Suffield .

It is expected the Queen will leave Windsor for Osborne on Tuesday next . Sir Stafford Northcote has promised to preside at the two hundred and thirteenth anniversary festival of the Scottish Corporation , which will take place on St . Andrew ' s day , Nov . 30 . THE COLORADO BEETLE IN IRELAND . —The

C"Iorrt ; lo beetle made its appearance on the Dublin quay on Tuesday last , close to the Liverpool Docks . The specimen discovered was a large one , and was found crawling on a rope . —Dublin Express . LAMBETH PALACE . —His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annual dinner on Wednesday , at Lambeth Palace to the Stewards of the Festival

of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy . A large and distinguished company was present . By command of the Queen a State Ball was given on Wednesday evening at Buckingham Palace , which was attended by the Prince and Princess ofWales and other members of the Royal family . Bro . His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , R . W .

P . G . M ., Oxfordshire , laid the first stone , on Wednesday , of the New Infirmary of the Asylum for Idiots at Earlsw ood , Surrey , and afterwards presided at a dejeuner given by the managers of the institution . A meeting of the Frederick Lodge of Unity , No . 457 , will be held on Tuesday next , the 17 th inst ., at the Greyhound Hotel , Croydon . Lodge will be opened at four o ' clock .

The Attorney-General has appointed Bro . Douglas Straight junior counsel for the Treasury at the Central Criminal Court , in place of Mr . W . C . Beasley , resigned . Bro . Alderman Hadley has promised to preside at the general meeting and midsummer election of the Asylum for Fatherless Children , to be held at the Cannon-street Hotel on Tuesday next .

GUELPH LODGE No . 168 5 . —The first regular meeting of this new lodge will be held on Saturday at 4 o ' clock at the Red Lion Hotel , Leytonstone , a report of which will appear in our next . An Emergency meeting took place on Friday . Letters from Caprera state that General

Garibaldi , whose health has not been good for some time past , is now in a precarious position .. "We state with the very heartiest goodwill that these PENS are nothing less than a literary indulgence , which makes the very act of writing a pleasure . " —Hereford Journal ,

" They ccme as a boon and a blessing to men , The Pickwick , the Owl , and the Waverley Pen . " 6 d . and is . per box , at all Stationers . Specimen Box , containing full assortment of all the kinds , by post for 13 Stamps . , Patentees : —MACNIVEN AND CAMCRON , 23—33 , Blairstreet , Edinburgh .