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* ^^^masoii SATURDAY , OCTOBER 14 , 1899 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Quarterly Court of the Governors and Subscribers " of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held in the great hall of the Freemasons' Tavern on ThnrsHav the 12 th instant , at the hour of 12

noon . Bro . Henry Smith , P . G . D ., P . P . D . G . M . West Yorkshire , occupied the chair , and there was , as is usual when an election is on , a full attendance of those interested in the several candidates . At 1 n . m the noil was closed , and later in the afternoon

the result was made known . The names of the 16 successful candidates—from an approved list of 33—will be found in our advertisement columns . The Boys' School election takes place to-day ( Friday ) , at the same place and time .

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwick-shire will be held in the County Hall , Warwick , under the auspices of the Unity Lodge ,

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No . 567 , on Monday , the 30 th instant , when , owing to a presentation to be made to Lord Leigh , Prov . G . Master , in honour of his golden wedding , the proceedings will be of unusual interest , and it is expected that there will be something like a record attendance

on the occasion . Prov . Grand Lodge will be opened at 2 . 45 p . m ., and at five o ' clock a banquet will be served at the Court House , tickets 5 s . 6 d . each , exclusive of wine , for which application must be made o . i or before Thursday , the 26 th instant . With their accustomed liberality the Great Western Railway

Company have arranged to run special trains , leaving Snow Hill ( Birmingham ) at 1 . 25 p . m ., and reaching Warwick at 2 p . m . ; and leaving Warwick at 8 p . m ., and reaching Snow Hill at 8 . 30 p . m . ; return fare 2 s . 3 d . * *

Our West Lancashire brethren have already been favoured with an insight into the manner in which their new Prov . Grand Master—the second Earl of Lathom—proposes to administer the duties of his office . On the 26 th ult ., the Liverpool Dramatic

Lodge , No . 1609 , on the occasion of its annual installation meeting , was honoured with a visit from his lordship , who not only congratulated the lodge on the manner in which the ceremony—and , indeed , the whole of the appointed work—had been performed ,

but further expressed the hope that in the course of time he should be able to visit all the lodges in the Province and so become acquainted with thebrethren . West Lancashire must be proud to have such a ruler to preside over its welfare . * * *

Another new lodge in the London district was ushered into existence on the 25 th ult ., when the Grand Secretary consecrated the St . Olave's Lodge , No . 2764 , the membership of which will be restricted to those directly or indirectly connected with a well

knewn scholastic institution located in the parish from which the lodge derives its title . As Bro . O'Deathan whom it would have been dillicult to find a moro experienced brother to serve as the first W . M . — said , in his speech of thanks for the toast in his

honour , there were upwards of 30 old Olavians desirous of becoming members of our Order , and so strong a reason may be held to justify the formation of a new lodge in a part of London which is , Masonically , not

overcrowded . We cordially echo the wish so well expressed by Bro . George Everett , Past G . Treasurer , that the newly-constituted St . Olave ' s Lodge may have before it a long and successful career . * * *

We congratulate the Los Angeles Freemason , not only on the success which has marked its career hitherto , but likewise on the enterprise it is exhibiting at the outset of its fourth year of existence by converting itself from a monthly into a weekly

periodical . What it says as to the news which is published in a monthly having become stale before it reaches its readers is true , and we hope the change into a weekly will please its constituents , and , at the same time , have the effect of strengthening its position

and inlluence as an organ of Masonic opinion . Southern California is large enough and wealthy enough to support a well-conducted paper such as our worthy Los Angeles contemporary has proved itself during the past three years .

We learn from the pages of the same contemtemporary that the late Voice of Masonry , whose decease , after a long and honourable career of over 35 years , caused us so much regret earlier in the present year , has been purchased by the Masonic

Review of Cincinnati , and that in future there will be published The Masonic Voice and Review , under the editorship-in-chief of Bro . John W . B , own , who , foi the last quarter of a century , had conducted the Voice in that capacity . The first number has , indeed ,

already appeared , and is pronounced by the Los Angeles Freemason to be " a worthy successor of both papers . " The news is most welcome . Both the Voice and the Review were among the best of the American Masonic papers , and we rejoice that the Voice has been revived .

? » * There is evidently a keen desire on the part of our Northumbrian brethren to become better acquainted with the Irish Craft , and past experience tells us that the feeling is very warmly reciprocated by the

latter . Last week we had the pleasure of recording a visit paid by the W . Master and brethren of the Blagdon Lodge , No . 659 , Blyth , to the Ultonia Lodge , No . 29 ( I . C ) , Belfast . Previous visits have been paid—we believe , by the St . Nicholas Lodge , No . 16 7 6 , Newcastle-on-Tyne—to Dublin , but this is the

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first occasion that a Masonic excursion has been made to Belfast , and we shall gladly see these courtesies repeated between our Irish and English brethren . The Ultonia Lodge discharged its duties as host most admirably . During the three days over which the visit extended the visitors were shown all the leading sights in Belfast , nor , does Lodge No . 20

appear to have left undone anything that was likely to give pleasure to their guests , who doubtless enjoyed to the full the arrangements that were made in their honour . In the United States and Canada there is far more of this interchange of visits , and we should gladly see an extension of the practice among the Masons of the three Constitutions in the United Kingdom .

* * * The sooner the differences which have lately arisen between the Ashton Mark and the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons for England and Wales , & c , are determined the better it will be for all concerned . The manner in which the latter body has administered

the affairs committed to its charge can . - . ot be too highly extolled , and so far it strikes us that for this , if for no other reason , the Ashton Mark will be well advised if it loses no time in taking steps to unite itself with what Bro . Foreman calls" The Royal Mark , " especially as some of the brethren are

members of both bodies . We are still of opinion that Mark Grand Lodge made a mistake when it declared spurious and clandestine a body which has been in existence for close on 70 years , if not for longer , which it was prepared to accept as regular in 18 70 , and whose constitution it has recognised as such as recently as the 28 th December , 1887 . But

there is no reason why a difference should be continued , with every likelihood of its becoming more and more acute , because one or both parties to the difference have done something which had better have been left undone . What is now needed is that the dispute shall be terminated as soon as possible in a manner that shall reflect no discredit on either party ,

* * » As for Bro . Armstrong ' s letter of last week , he corroborates Bro . Foreman ' s statement as to the early use of the word " Grand " in the title of the Ashton , while at the same time , he , to a certain extent , justifies the description contained in his history of the Joppa

Mark Lodge of the manner in which the Mark was worked under the Ashton-under-Lyne Constitution . But , as we have said in the preceding Note , it is before all things desirable that the difference should be ended , and whoso finds the best way of bringing about this happy consummation will deserve well of Mark Masonry .

» » On referring to Bro . Lane ' s " Masonic Records , 1717-1894 " for any particulars that might be discoverable about the Union Lodge , No . 7 on the register of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) , " a report of whose Centennial Celebration from the

columns of the Masonic Sun appeared in our last week ' s issue , it appears that it was established under a Provincial Warrant in 1796 , which Warrant is further described as " No . 15 Athol Provincial ; " that subsequently our United Grand Lodge granted it a Warrant bearing date 23 rd September , 1822 , by virtue of which it

became No . 7 61 on our Register ; that on the closing up of numbers in 18 32 , it became No . 494 , and was finally erased from our Register in 186 3 . No doubt the original Provincial Warrant may have been granted in 179 6 , but we take it that Bro . Drope , who gave a short history of the lodge ' s career on the occasion , must be right when he says it was instituted

and the officers installed on the 17 th December , 1799 . According to our English Masonic ideas , however , it would not be able to claim a Centenary Warrant , as it was in abeyance from 1827 to 1854 , in which latter year it was resuscitated by R . W . Sir Allan MacNab , Bart ., at the time Prime Minister of Canada , who performed the ceremony of installing the officers .

# * * The history of the Iodge , as recorded by Bro . Drope at the first part of the meeting—to which , by t ie way , the public were admitted—contains much ii . tcresting information as to the founders and early members , the rules and regulations for its government ,

& c , & c . ; but possibly not the least interesting of the episodes connected with it occurred at the meeting itself . When Bro . Drope and others had finished their remarks—according to the fuller account of the proceedings , which is published in the Canadian Ciaftstnati , a note was sent up to the Chairman—Bro .

William Gibson , Past Grand Master—which read as follows : " The grand-daughter of Colonel Nelles , the first Master of the Union Lodge , is in the audience and joins in giving you a hearty welcome . " ( Signed ) ' " Mary Wilson . " '