The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

SUPREME GRAND LODGE . , The Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge Avas held in Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday last , under the presidency of the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., supported by Bro . Hall , P-G . Reg ., Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , as D . G . M . ; Bro . Col . Brownrigg , CM ., P . G . W ., as S . G . W . ; Bro . NoA-elli , J . G . W . * Bro .

Tomkins , G . Treas . ; Bro . Roxburgh , G . Reg . ; Bro . Clarke , G . Sec . ; Bro . Mclntyre , G . S . D . and President of the Board of General Purposes ; Bro . Huttou Gregory , J . G . D . ; Bro . the ReA * . Dr . Senior , G . Chap . ; Bro . Hyde Pullen , G . S . B . ; Bro . Woods , G . D . C ; Bro . Daukes , G . Supt . Works ; Bro . Farnfield , A . G . Sec ; Bro . Adams , G . Pursfc . ; Bro . Farmer , Assist . G . Pursfc . ; Bro . Fleming , Prov . G . M . Isle of

Wight ; Bro . Col . Adair , Prov . G . M . Suffolk ; Bro . Col . Burlton , P . Prov . G . M . Bengal ; Bro . Dundas , M . P ., and Al Perkins , P . G . W ' s . ; Bro . White , P . G . Sec ; Bros . Havers , Slight , S . B . Wilson , Scott , Hervey , Phillips , Crombie Potter , Nelson , Savage , and Wheeler , P . G . D ' s . ; Evans , Le Veau , Bridges , Spiers , aud Patten , P . G . S . B ' s . ; Jennings and Harcourt , M . D ., P . G . D . C ' s . ;

Breitling and Smith , P . G . Pursts . ; Hugeuin , Rep . from SAvitzerland ; Hinxman , M . D ., W . M . of the Grand SteAvards Loclge ; several Present and Past Grand Stewards , and about 200 other brethren . The minutes of the last quarterly communication having been read ,

The PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OI- GENERAL PURPOSES ( Bro . Mclntyre ) saicl thafc at the last meeting the confirmation of the erasure of the Peveril of the Peak Lodge ( No . 940 ) had been delayedthree months , to enable it to make the necessary returns . That it had nofc yet done , but thafc morning the Grand Sec . hacl received a letter stating that they had enclosed the first half of a five pound note , and , on aw a . etaA . ovtUdgvn . ei \ t of Its STOOTJA , th < j ' other half and the balance of the dues

should be forwarded . But owing , he supposed , to an oversight of the Secretary of the Peveril of the Peak Lodge , for he could nofc imagine thafc it Avas a ruse to gain time , fche half of the five pound note was nofc enclosed ; he Avould therefore move that , to enable them to send up not only the one half , but the tAvo halves , of the note ( laughter ) , and any balance of dues there might be , that the consideration of the question of expunging thafc lodge be further adjourned until the next quarterly communication . The motion having been seconded , Avas carried nem . con .

TESTIMONIAL TO BEO . HAVERS . The M . W . G . MASTER said that before putting the- minutes for confirmation , he Avished to state thafc though not present at the communication in September , when the vote of thanks for his valuable services ivas passed to Bro . Havers , he most fully concurred in it , and that not only so , bufc he ivished to give notice thafc afc the Quarterly Communication in March nextit Avas his intention to

, move that they present a more solid appreciation of his services to that distinguished brother ( cheers ) , and that the exact words of his motion should be forivarded in time to be laid before the Board of Masters , prior to the meeting of Grand Lodge . ( Cheers . ) The minutes ware then put and confirmed .

NOMINATION OE GRAND MASTER . Bro . GREENHALGH , M . D ., No . 4 , had great pleasure in rising to nominate the M . W . Grand Master for re-election in March next . ( Cheers . ) For seventeen years the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland had filled that responsible and important position with credit to himself and honour to the Craft . ( Cheers . ) During that period the noble earl had occasionallhad many difficulties to contend Avith

y , requiring qualities of great tact , patience , and zeal to overcome , and yet he had so succeeded as to meet with the approbation and applause of every true Mason . ( Cheers . ) The noble lord hacl throughout his long career so acted as to conciliate the love and affection of the Craft , which had ample opportunities of judging of his high qualities , and therefore it ivas that he hacl great pleasure in nominating the Right Honthe Earl of Zetland for re-electiou

. as Grand Master . ( Cheers . ) THE EARL OE DAEKOAJSIE , P . D . GKAND MASTER . After a short pause the M . AV . GRAND MASTER saicl he did not k low whether any brother wished to nominate any other person for

the office of Grand Master . ( No , no . ) If not , he should call upon the G . Sec . to read a letter ivhich he had received from the late D . Grand Master , the Earl of Dalhousie . Bro . CLARKE , G . Sec , then read a letter dated Nov . 25 th , 1861 , stating thafc he ( the Earl of Dalhousie ) , hacl received a letter from the Grand Secretary , conveying a vote of thanks from the Grand Lodge , for his past services , for which he begged to tender

his best acknowledgments , regretting that the necessity of going south iu search of health would prevent him being present afc Grand Lodge to personally acknowledge their kindness , and if Ms life should be spared ancl his health restored , he trusted to be enabled to shoiv the Grand Lodge hereafter , that his thanks ivere not intended to be confined to mere words . ( Applause . ) On the motion of the M . W . Grand Master , fche letter of the noble P . D . Grand Master Avas ordered to be entered on the minutes .

SUSPENSION EROM THE ORDER . The M . W . G . M . then said that he had received a notification from the Prov . G . M . of the Isle of Wight , setting forth that he hacl suspended a brother for having , AA'hen a bankrupt , used the lodge-room at NeAvporfc to secrete his goods from his creditors . He had , he said , fully considered the case , ancl looked upon it as one of gross deliquencyand he had UOAV to bring it forward as a matter

, of privilege , else the offending brother ivoAild escape Avith a suspension of a Aveek or tAvo . He ivonld call upon the Grand Secretary to read the letter of the Prov . G . M ., ancl also the evidence in the case . Unless offences of this kind ivere promptly and energetically dealt ; with , great discredit ivould be brought upon the Craft . ( Hear , hear . ) He AA'O UIC ! leave Grand Lodge to deal Avith the case , but he Avould recommend that the suspension pronounced by the Prov .

G . M . be continued until the next meeting of Grand Lodge , to which the brother in question should be summoned to SIIOAV cause Avhy he should not be expelled the Craft . The G . SEC having read the papers connected AA'ith the charge , Bro . ROXBURGH , G . Reg ., moved a resolution in support of the recommendation of M . W . the G . M . The M . W . G . M ' . then saicl it Avas bufc fair that ho should

mention that the brother Avhose conduct they > vere called upon to investigate , had been , as he had been informed by the Prov . G . M ., up to the occurrence HOAV complained ofj an exceedingly good Mason . It AA'as a painful thing to see a man so fall aAvay from duty ancl principle , but there Avas , he belived , no other course open to Grand Lodge than that Avhich it Avas UOAV proposed they should adopt . Bro . MCINTXRE having seconded the motion , ifc Avas unanimously approved of .

THE BOARD OE BENEVOLENCJ- . The following brethren Avere then appointed as the Board of Benevolence for the ensuing year . — ' Frederick Adlard , No , 1 ; Geo . Barrett , 212 ; James Brett , 206 ; Charlent Cottebrune , 1036 ; Samuel Gale , 19 ; Thos . G . Dickie , 53 ; Benjamin Head , 5 ; Charles Lee , 9 ; Morris Levinson , 19 ; Henry Potter , 11 ; James R . Sbeen , 237 ; Thos . Tyrrell , 168 .

The report of the Board of BeneA'olence Avas then brought up and agreed to . Bro . GALE rose to oppose the next vote , but Avas called to order , it not having been moved . Bro . MCINTVRE proposed that the recommendation of the Board to the effect that £ 50 be voted to the relief of the AvidoAV of the late Bro . T M , of the Royal Yorkshire Loclge ( No . 332 ) ,

KeigbAey . Although there had nofc been a vei-y large attendance of the Board on the night the recommendation Avas made , still the case had been fully investigated ; ancl although there had been some difference of opinion Avith respect to the amount , a largo majority AA'as in favour of recommending a vote of £ 50 to the petitioner , instead of £ 30 as originally proposed , as the AvidoAV Avas in deep distress , and he hoped Grand Lodge ivould not run counter to the recommendation of the Board .

Bro . ALGERNON PERKINS , P . G . W ., seconded the proposal . Bro . GALE moved as an amendment , thafc the vote be reduced to £ 20 . The brother , Avhose Avidow they proposed to relieve , had not , during his Masonic career , made any extraordinary exertions in the cause of benevolence , ancl if Grand Lodge noAV voted the amount recommended , it Avould be an encouragement to every obscure Mason in Yorkshire and the other provinces to apply to

Grand Lodge for assistance . They should in votes of this kind , look to Avhafc had been the position of the deceased brother . Bro . M had been for several years the Tyler of his lodge , and had been supported by Masonry . Bro . SAVAGE seconded fche amendment , bufc ivished the amount to be £ 30 instead of £ 20 . He Avished to have the petition read , that Grand Loclge might itself judge of the merits of the case . He had not been present at the Board of Benevolence Avhen the case had been investigated . He had , hoAvever , since heard of it , and he believed £ 20 Avas as much as it deserved ; £ 30 AVOUIC ! be