The Right Of Perpetual Jurisdiction.

the circumstances behind the petition for that lodge and saw a local want would be supplied , they did their best to support it . Harrow-on-the-Hiil was one thing , but Harrow near the London and North-Western Railway was another . A great change had taken place in the past 20 years in that district , and therefore they were glad to support that petition . He had always had a rule—and it was one he should always try to

maintainthat people undertaking voluntary duties should perform them efficiently . That applied more particularly to Freemasonry , for the ritual should 62 rendered by those who had a knowledge of it , and they should moreover have sympathy with the expressions they contained . He detested and hated slipshod performances , and he therefore always watched with a critical eye the way in which the work was done in a new lodge . He had nothing but

praise to offer for the way in which the W . M . performed his duties . He was nappy to find that the brethren of that lodge , to use a vulgar expression , were " of the right sort . " He could only tell them what a great pleasure it was to him to be present , and he expressed the sentiments of every Prov . Grand Officer when he said they were satisfied with the work done , and were certain the members would add additional prestige to the old and historical town of Herga .

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER replied , and thanked the Provincial Grand Master for his reference to the circumstances under which the lodge was inaugurated , and the future before it . He was sensible of the honour conferred upon him as being the first Master of a lodge which had apparently such a splendid career before it . He was also sensible of the duty entailed upon him . There was no royal road to Masonry , and no man could

become an efficient Master of a lodge without a considerable amount of work and severe study . What little he knew of Masonry had been gained in the Willesden Lodge , for there he met with a body of earnest and devoted Masons , who showed him the real spirit , and induced him to go thoroughly into the matter and found this lodge . In the lodge referred to they paid little attention to the " Fourth Degree , " all their energy being

taken up with the working of the ritual and making it as impressive as they could . He took to heart the words used by the Provincial Grand Secretary in the impressive ceremony through which they had gone , and wished to impress upon the brethren the fact that the words of their ritual were idle and silly unless they had regard for the principles underlying them . He hoped in that lodge , as in other lodges , they should conduct their ceremonies with

all that reverence due to the principles they contained . It would be his endeavour as Master of the lodge to make the working as perfect as possible , and to endeavour to instill into the minds of the brethren that the great principles and truths connected with Freemasonry made it well worthy of following . There was more real brotherhood in Freemasonry than in any other religious body in the world . The popular world viewed with admiration their

great Charities . They could not understand them , and were still mote unable to define that indescribable something which made brethren—strangers to each other—meet together and harmonise as they did with the slightest possible acquaintance . He hoped they should lift Masonry in that lodge to its highest level , and that it would redound to the credit of those who had been good enough to preside at its birth .

" The Visitors" was acknowledged by Bro . Rev . P . HENDERSON AITKEN , Prov . G . Chap . ; Dr . B . C GOWAN , LASCELLES , P . P . G . D . C , and C . VEAL , P . P . G . D . Other toasts were given before the successful proceedings terminated . The musical arrangements—during theconsecration ceremony and after the banquet—were in the hands of the Schartau Part Singers , and it is needless to say that whether collectively or individually , their efforts met with the enthusiastic reception they deserved .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls And Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS AND BOYS .

The following was the resolution which was submitted to the Special General Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution on the 13 th instant : "That this representative meeting of the Boys'and Girls'Institutions having carefully considered the revised proposals for the amendment of the rules of the R . M . B . I . relating to the rank and voting powers of Lodges and

Chapters , & c . ( to be submitted to the Governors and Subscribers t f that Institution at a Special Meeting to be held this day ) , is convinced that if pasied into law they will prove prejudicial to the three Institutions , and this Meeting very fraternally expresses the hope that before adopting such proposals the Governors and Subscribers of the Benevolent Institution will

afford an opportunity for a conference between the three Institutions , as was suggested at the last meeting of Grand Lodge , by the appointment of a small Committee to confer with similar Committees from the other two , when it is hoped and believed that , by a friendly interchange of views , an understanding to the satisfaction and advantage of all concerned would b * arrived at .

" And further , that this meeting is the more anxious that this course should be adopted Irom the fact that the revised Laws do not accord with Ihe evident views of Grand Lodge of December last , as ably set forth by Ihe V . W . Grand Registrar , when the pievious proposals were submitted for "s apDroval . "

Another Old Warrant—Athol, No. 133.

ANOTHER OLD WARRANT—ATHOL , No . 133 .

No . 133 . Kelly Grand Master »¦'«//» Dickey S . G . W . Wm Osborn D . G . M . Z £ "' Dermott iac J James Gibson J To all whom it may concern , We the Grand Lodge of the most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of free and Accented Masons , ( according- to the old Constitutions granted bv

is Royal Highness Prince Edwin , at York , Anno Domini Nine hundred twenty and six , and in the Year of Masonry , Four thousand Nine hundred R ' ty and six ) in ample Form assembled , viz . The Right Worshipful and J'ght Honorable Thomas Erskine , Earl of Kelly , Lord Viscount Fenton , aro n of Pittenweem in Great Britain Grand Master of Masons ! The

H , !?'" . ' - William Osborn Deputy Grand Master , The Worshipful G 7 ^ Dickey Senior Grand Warden , and the Worshipful James of tv ! ? snu ^ re Junior Grand Warden ( with the Approbation and Consent a d vv ^' . ranted Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London bel j ' nster ) Do hereby authorise and impower our Trusty and Welloved Brethren , viz . Mr . Thomas Wilson one of our Master Masons ,

Another Old Warrant—Athol, No. 133.

Mr . Anthony Lambert his Senior Warden , and Mr . John Morton his Junior Warden , to form and hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons aforesaid , at the sign of the Bel ! in Tioeedmonth in the County of Durham ( to be known by the Title nf St . Cuthbert and No . ofthis Warrant ) upon the first Wednesday in every Month on all seasonable Times and lawful Occasions : And in the said Lodge ( wnen duely congregated ) to admit and make Free

Masons , according to the most ancient and honorable Custom of the Royal Craft in all Ages and Nations throughout the known World . And we do hereby farther authorise and impower our said Trusty and Well-beloved Brethren , Messrs . This . Wilson , Anthony Lambert and John Morton ( with the Consent of the Members of their Lodge ) to nominate , chuse , and install their Successors to whom they shall deliver this Warrant , and invest them

with their Powers and Dignities as Free Masons , & c . And such Successors shall in like Manner nominate , chuse , and install their Successors , & c , & c , & c . Such Installations to be upon ( or near ) every St . John ' s Day during the Continuance of this Lodge for ever . Providing the above named Brethren and all their Successors always pay due Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge , otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force , nor Virtue .

Given under our Hands and the Seal of our Grand Lod ge in London , this thirteenth Day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred Sixty and Four and in the Year of Masonry Five thousand Seven hundred Sixty and Four . LAU : DERMOTT Grand Secretary . Note , this Warrant is s" \ registered in the Grand / \ Lodge Vol . y Letter C ( SKAL . 1

Through the courtesy of Bro . Ralph Thompson , of Berwick-on-Tweed , I am enabled to add the foregoing to the list of warrants of extinct Athol lodges . I believe it to be the earliest Athol warrant in existence in which the name of the lodge is given in the body of the document . The seal is in splendid condition , and from the photograph sent me I should judge that the warrant has been very carefully preserved . JNO . LANE .

General Committee Of Grand Lodge And Board Of Benevolence.

GENERAL COMMITTEE OF GRAND LODGE AND BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

The quarterly meeting of the General Committee of Grand Lod ge was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , Bro . Robert Grey , President of the B jard of Benevolence , in the chair ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P ., Junior Vice-President , and Bro . Frederick Hilton , G . P ., occupying the other two chairs . The other brethren present were Bros . E . Letchworth , G . Sec , W . Lake , W . Dodd , and W . H . Lee (

representing the G . Secretary'soffice ) , F . Mead , H . Garrod , G . B . Chapman , G . R , Langley , R . H . Evans , S . H . Goldschmidt , William Vincent , Robert A . Gowan , T . W . Whitmarsh , Alfred C Spaull , S . V . Abraham , Charles Dairy , R . Loveland Loveland , Wm . P . Brown , Charles H . Driver , W . Fisher , A . J . Trendell , James Bunker , Walter Martin , Thomas Minstrell , Richard Horton Smith , Q . C , H . Massey , G . J . Taylor , R . J . Honnell , E .

Krauss , J . Cooper , Henry W . Lee , W . W . Westley , J . J . Thomas , C . M . I lagen , Joseph Cox , Charles H . Freyer , M . Rosenberg , E . W . Sinnett , Max Mendelssohn , Saul Wells , Edwin Francis , R . A . Moody , Charles Lock , J . Pickett , M . D ., Thomas Pargeter , W . John Longhurst , Charles Graham , R . Pnilip Upton , Edwin Evans , F . H . Cheesewright , John Wyer , John G .

McEwan , Heroert Sprake , Charles K . Killick , B . Sidney Wilmot , J . M , McLeod , Sec . R . M . I . B . ; O . Voyn , Havelock Collins , Samuel E . Southgate , S . Rashleigh , A . J . Cave , jun ., W . T . Potts , A . S . Ginger , Arthur Cox , A . F . Lay , VV . B . Vaile , A . C . White , Walter Sykes , W . Klingenstein , N . Syder , and J . Hattersley .

The agenda for Grand Lodge of March 6 th were submitted to the Committee , which was afterwards closed .

The Board of Benevolence was opened , and the recommendation to the Grand Master , made at the January meeting , to the amount of ^ 270 were confirmed . The new list comprised the names of 45 petitions , qualified through lodges in the London district , and at York Town , Eccles , Eastbourne , Jamacia , Lincoln , Rochford , Spilsby , Bromley ( Kent ) , Liverpool , Stockton-on-Tees , Indiana , U . S . A ., Singapore , Illinois , U . S . A .,

Lymington , Shoeburyness , Bombay , Dentford , Bangalore , Helston , Gateshead , Accrington , Ivybridge , Cordoba , Argentine Republic , Chorlton , Heaton Moor , Gorleston , Plumstead , Workington , Weymouth , Teignmouth , Sunderland , and St . Helens . Since the petitions were presented one of the petitioners died , and of the remaining 44 six of the cases

were deferred for further information , while one case was dismissed , and the petition in another case was withdrawn . The remainder were awarded a total of ^ 825 . One case was recommended to Grand Lodge for £ 60 and one for ^ 50 . Seven cases were recommended to the Grand Master for ^ 40 ea ch , and six for ^ 30 each . Six cases were relieved witn £ 20 each , one case for £ 15 , two cases tor £ 10 each , and four for £ 5 each . The Board sat for four hours .

Masonic Presentation To Bro. Fleld-Marshal Lord Viscount Wolseley, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.

MASONIC PRESENTATION TO BRO . FLELD-MARSHAL LORD VISCOUNT WOLSELEY , K . P ., G . C . B ., G . C . M . G .

On Friday evening , the 15 th inst ., the Military Lodge of Ireland , No . 728 held its annual installation dinner , when a ceremony which is unique in the annal of Masonry , at any rate in Ireland , took place . On this occasion , Bro . F . M . Lord Viscount Wolseley , Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland , vacated the chair of W . M ., which he had held for two years in succession by suffrage of

the brethren , the officers of the lodge willingly giving up their promotion for the last 12 months . This is also quite unprecedented in Irish Masonry , and does honour to the good feeling of these brethren , while it at the same time testifies to the depth and sincerity of the respect and esteem in which he is held by those of his brethren who were privileged to labour under his genial sway for twice 12 months .

1 o further accentuate the occasion , and mark in a permanent manner their appreciation of the I . P . M . ' s unremitting care and attention to his duties whilst W . M ., the brethren decided to present him with a Past Master ' s jewel .