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Masonic Notes.

Masonic notes .

SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 25 , 1899

The Quarterly Ctnr . municatlon of United Grand Lodge will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 1 st prox . The rrcelir , g will bc opened at 2 p . m ., when the minutes of ihe Grand Lodge on 7 th Decen . bcr last , to far as they relate to the election of

Grand Treasurer will be read and put lor confirmation . The candidates lor that office will bc formally proposed and the ballot proceeded with . At 7 p . m . the minutes of the last Grand Lodge will be read lor confirmation , and the brcthii-ti will at once deal with the business ei . tered in the paper of Agenda .

« * » We are looking . forward to a very keen contest for the Grand Treasurership for the ensuing year . The candidates are both of them good men , and have each of them a la'ge body of suppoiters . Bro . Alfred Bevan ,

Masonic Notes.

P . M . of the Eton Lodge , No . 2458 , Eton , Buckinghamshire , is held to be the London candidate , as he is a member of the Friends-in-Council Lodge , No . 1383 , while Bro . Harry Manfield , P . M . Eleanor Cross Lodge , No . 1764 , Northampton , hails from the Province of

Northants and Hunts and is looked upon as the Provincial candidate . As for ourselves , it is our duty to observe absolute neutrality in these contests , and hence we remain silent as to the claims put forward in behalf of the candidates .

* * * The Report of the Board of General Purposes is chiefly concerned with what has been recently done in regard to the intended enlargement of Freemasons Hall , with a view to provide additional

accommodation for the Secretarial Staff , for the Library and Museum , and for the Charitable Institutions . As the particulars are published elsewhere in this issue , there is no need for us to do more than refer those who may be curious as to what has been , and what is proposed to be done , to the particulars in question .

* » * WE gather from the Agenda that his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to grant warrants toi tbe constitution of 12 new lodges since the Quarterly Communication in December last .

Of these no less than nine—Nos . 2736 to 2744 , both inclusive—will be located in the Metropolitan district , one ( No . 2745 ) , in the Province of Cumberland and Westmoreland , one ( No . 2747 ) in Cornwall ; and one ( No . 2746 ) in the District of Western Australia .

» The Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons for England and Wales , & c , will be held at the Mark Masons' Hall , on Tuesday , the 28 th instant . The Agenda includes the election

of Grand Master and of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year , and as Bro . A . Bevan was the only brother nominated for the latter ollice , our Mark brethren will be spared the bustle and excitement by which contests for this post are ordinarily attended .

* - * * The Report of the General Board , which will be presented for adoption , is , as usual , very satisfactory . Warrants for three new Mark Lodges have been granted by his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Mark

Master since the Communication in December last , two of them being located in the District of Queensland , and No . 523 at Widnes , in the Province of Lancashire . There have also been issued 161 Mark certicates , raising the total number of Mark Master Masons

who have been registered to 39 , 192 . Warrants for four Royal Ark Mariner Lodges have also been granted during the same period , of which the Menatschim , to be attached to Lodge No . 224 of the same name , will be in London , and the Noel , to be attached to Lodge

No . 505 , in the Province of Surrey ; while Lodges Nos . 521 and 522 will be attached to the new lodges in Queensland , for which warrants have just been granted , The Royal Ark Mariner certificates issued were S 5 , making the total registered 5798 .

? * * Among the appointments which H . R II . the Grand Mark Master has bcen pleased to make are those of Bro . Col . Sir E . S . Hill , K . C . 1 S ., M . P ., as Prov . G . M . M . of South Wales , the ollice having been

vacant for some time ; the Earl of Lathom to be Prov . G . M . M . of Lancashire , in place of his lamented father ; and ¦ Bro . Chas . Hammcrton to be Dist . G . M . M . of Gibraltar . Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . G . M . M . of Hertfordshire , and Bro . W . A . F . Powell ,

Prov . G . M . M . of Bristol , have had their offices continued for a further term of three years . There is also a letter reported to have been received from the Earl oi Lathom in acknowledgment of the resolution oi condolence on the death of his father , which was adopted at the December Communication ,

The next meeting 0 Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 3 rd prox ., when in the course of the proceedings Bru . the Rev . J . W . Horsley will read a paper on " Intimations of Immortality . " The brethren will afterwards

dine together , as usual , at the Holborn Restaurant , Among the papers which are announced to be read at future meetings are one by the W . . Master , Bro . C . Purdon Clarke , on the " Building Societies in Persia , "

and another by Bro . R . F . Gould on " The Degrees of Pure and Ancient Freemasonry . " The other announcements relate to papers on " Freemasonry in Canada , " by Bro . I . Ross Robertson , PastJG . M . Canada ; "The

Masonic Notes.

Arms of the Freemasons , " by Bro . W . H . Rylands ; " 17 th Century descriptions of the Temple , " by Bro . Professor S . P . Johnston ; and " Relics of the Grand Lodge of York , " by Bro . T . B . Whytehead .

There was a Fairly strong muster of the Dist . G . Lodge Officers , Present and Past , as well as of the representatives of the Private Lodges and visitors , at the Quarterly Communication of the Dist . G . Lodge of Queensland , which was held in Freemasons' Hall , Brisbane , on the 7 th December la , t , under the

presidency of Bro . the Hon . A . C . Gregory , C . M . G ., M . L . C ., District G . Master . The Dist . G . Treasurer ' s statement of account for the preceding quarter showed balances in hand amounting to £ 73 19 s . sd . on the General Account , and of £ 332 7 s . gd . on that of the Fund of Benevolence .

* * » The District Grand Secretary having announced that the Grand Lodge of New Zealand had been recognised by the Grand Lodge of England , and having read in full the terms and conditions on which recognition had

been granted to and accepted by the Grand Lodge of New Zealand , and the discussion which took place in our Grand Lodge on the occasion , the Deputy District Grand Master , Bro . B . L . Barnett , drew the attention ofthe brethren to a resolution of our Board of General

Purposes , to the effect that " in the event of the election of the Worshipful Master elect being confirmed , it would be competent for him on his installation to appoint his officers , notwithstanding the appointment of officers by his predecessor . "

* * * In the Report of the Dist . Board of General Purposes reference was made to the visit paid , in accord ance with previous arrangements and with the sanction of the Dist . G . Lodge , by the Deputy Dist . G

Master and the Dist . G . Treasurer to the Northern lodges in the jurisdiction of the Dist . G . Lodge , and the report furnished by those brethren is appended to the Board ' s Report . From this we gather that the Deputation were delighted with the reception accorded

to them by the lodges they visited ; and though there were many matters which they felt constrained to call attention to , they were able to report favourably on the whole of " the uniformly good working , high principle , and firm adherence to all our institutions displayed" by all of them , more especially

as the said lodges " are far removed from each other and without the means of frequent intercourse with any Masonic centre . " Under these circumstances , the Deputation , in closing their remarks congratulated the District Grand . Master "on being able to view this group of lodges as being so prosperous at present and promising for the future . " .

* * A long discussion then ensued on certain new B ylaws proposed by Bro . Alex . Corrie , Past D . S . G . W ., to be adoptod by the District Grand Lodge , more particularly that which required the business to be dealt

with at a Communication of the District Grand Lodge , to be communicated 14 days previously to the District Board of General Purposes . In the course of the discussion , it was pointed out that the Book of Constitutions , Articles 49 and 51 , delegated this duty to a

General Committee , which was in existence , and , therefore , that it could not be handed over to any other bod y ; and in the result , the proposed new By-law was rejected by a majority of three to one . The other

proposals were either withdrawn or adopted in an amended form , but an amended By-law relating to the election of members of the District Board of General Purposes was ruled by the District G . M . to be ultra vires , on which Bro . Corrie gave notice of appeal to Grand Lodge against thc ruling .

« * * We beg to acknowledge the receipt of copies of ( 1 ) the " Origin and Antiquity of Freemasonry , " by Bro . Albert Churchward , M . D ., P . M ., P . Z ., Sic ., & c , published by Sir Joseph Causton and Sons , Limited , 9

Eastcheap ; and ( 2 ) Volume I . of the " Medaillenwtrk" published under the auspices of the " Hamburgische Zirkel-Correspondenz . " Both works are handsomely got up , and the latter especially will be cordially welcomed on account of the number and excellence of the illustrations of medals with which it is

embellished and which are restricted entirely to Ger » many , as well as for the very full descriptions which accompany the illustrations . Brj . G . W . Speth has written an Introduction , and we hop 2 to be able to give a critical notice of the contents at an enrly date , as well as oi Dr . Chuichward's work .