The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

« o » MASONIC MEM .

The Prov . Grand Lodge of Northumberland and Berwiek-on-Tweed is appointed to be held on Friday next , in the St . David's Lodge-Room , Berwick-on-Tweed . THE GIRL'S SCHOOL . AYe , on Saturday , paid an unexpected visit to this excellent institution at AYandsworth , and certainly it would have been

impossible for it to have been in better order had the greatest preparation been made for the reception of royalty or the most august of visitors . A \ e inspected the school-room , the dining-room , the dormitories , the kitchen , the laundry , & c , and nothing appeared to be out of place , whilst in every department the utmost cleanliness and order prevailed ; indeed , to use a somewhat

hackneyed but homely expression , the floors were clean enough to take ones meals upon . At the time of our visit , the children wore generally recreating themselves , with the exception of the French Class , who , judging from tho little we were enabled to ^ observe , are making very satisfactory progress in their studies . Tho majority of the children

were in the garden or the covered play-ground , some gardening , some swinging , some working , some reading , or otherwise amusin " themselves , and all appeared as happy as it is possible for children to be , whilst their general appearance afforded a most pleasing picture of neatness aud health . But perhaps there is no part of the Institution that presents a

more gratifying appearance than the Infirmary , for though here , as in every other part of the building , the most perfect order prevails , there is happily not a single patient ; a circumstance that speaks volumes both for the locality and the management , considering that Miss Jarwood and Miss Souter have now under their care no less than seventy-eight ^ childrcn , —and happy is the family with one twelfth

of that number when all are free from illness . During our visit , Miss AViide , one of the pupils , by her playing on the p iano , evinced that tho teaching of Bro . Matthew Cooke has not been in vain . Such of our brethren who have not visited the School , wc advise to do so as early as possible , anil , if they are not already subscribers , they will be sure to determine to become so , before they leave the establishment .

Supreme Grand Lodge.

SUPREME GRAND LODGE .

QU ARTE ULY COMMUNICATION " . The Quarterl y Communication of ( fraud Lodge was held in Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday evening , when there were present the R . AA ., Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Prov . G . AI . for Hampshire , acting as Grand Master ; Bro . , T . AVillis Fleming , I'rov . G . AI . Isle of Wight , acting as D . G . M . ; Bro . Perkins , J . G . AA ., as S . G . AY . ; Bro . Philippe , P . G . I ) ., as . f . G . AV . ; Bro . Tomkins , G . Treas . ; W . Grav ClarkeG . Sec ; 'WheelerJ . G . I' : the RevARWard anil

, , ,. . . . if . A \ . Bowyer , G . Chaps . ; A . AY . AVoods , G . D . C . ; Dr . Harcourt , A . G . D ' . C . ; 11 . Bridges , G . S . B . ; AY . Farnfield , A . G-. Sec ; Adams , 0 . Purst . ; Farmer , Assist . G . Purst . ; If avers , President of the Board of General Purposes ; White , P . G . Sec . ; Scott , Slight , AVilson , Hopwood , Potter , and Uilall , P . U . B . ' s . ; Lc Yarn , LI . Evans , Pocock , Patten , and AYahnisIev , P . G . S . ff . ' s . ; . reiminirs , P . G . D . C ; Chapman , P . A . G . D . C . ; Breitlhig and Smith , P . G . Pm-its . ; and about 120 other

brethren . Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form , The GiiAxn Si-cwr . na- read a communication from the Af . W . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland , regretting that other cncr . igeincnts connected with his public duties necessitated his absence from Grand Lodu'C . _ SIR Lucius CURTIS conveyed to Grand Lodge a similar anoioijy from Bro . Lord Panmnre . The minutes of the last quarterl communication of Grand

y Lodge , as well as those of a special meeting of ( fraud Lodije , held at Middlesbrough for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone of" an Infirmary for the North . Killing of Yorkshire , were read aud confirmed . 'Ihe report of the Board of Benevolence stated that , at the meeting of the Lod ge of Benevolence , held in lime last , nine

petitioners were relieved to the extent of £ 125 ; that , at the meeting held in July , six petitioners were relieved to the extent of £ 50 ; ancl , at the meeting held in August , eight petitioners were relieved to the extent of £ 111 . This report having been adopted , Bro . Josisrit SMITH , P . G . Purst ., moved that £ 30 lie presented to the widow of a deceased brother , who had , while in Masonry , been an active supporter of the Institution .

Bro . Horwoon , P . G . D ., having seconded the motion , it was unanimously agreed to . The report of the Board of General Purposes having been taken as read , The PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD or GEXERAI . Puiirosrs moved that the report be received , and reminded the brethren present that , in agreeing to that motion , they were in no wise committed to any principle involved in the document before them . He ,

nevertheless , was desirous to call their attention to an accidental error in the report , the blame of which might be considered to vest with him . Like other people who had been severel y worked , he had . been taking his holidays , and had only that evening returned to town , when it was too late to reply to some letters which had been addressed to him ; he , however , was happy in being able to take that opportunity of explaining , in reference to tho complaint against tho Ionic Lodge , that it was in consequence of an irregularit

y which took place many years since , and that there were at present iu the Loclge only two members who belonged to it at that time , and he hoped the Grand Sec , in forwarding to the brethren the the summary of their proceedings that evening , would take care to mention that the subject of complaint occurred long before the reign of the present excellent Master of that Loclge . Bro . SLIGHT , P . G . I ) ., seconded the motion . Bro . BARXARD , P . M ., 275 , thought the brethren would

sympathise with him , as a member of the Ionic Lodge , iu having some alteration made in the minute of the proceedings . The offence for which they had been called to account , occurred eighteen years since . A brother who joined that Lodge , shortly after the return was made to Grand Lodge , being unfortunate , left the Lodge before the close of the year to proceed to Australia , where he continued to be unfortunate , and , returning in the same condition to this country , became an applicant for relief eighteen years after tho cessation of his membership . It now appeared that the Lodge had omitted to pay the five shilling fee for his joining ; and

it was for that neglect they were now censured in a manner which might lead the Craft to think the offence was one of recent occurrence . He would , therefore , propose an amendment , mentioning the time when the neglect occurred , the amount of fee neglected to be paid , and the fact that the brother iu question had almost simultaneousl y with joining the Lodge ceased to be a member of it . Such an amendment was but just to the Ionic Lodge , which was as regular as any lodge in the Craft in respect to the payment of its clues to

Grand Lodge , as it would certainly be a sad censure upon them if such a resolution were allowed to remain upon the books of Grand Lodge . Bro . TOMMCINS , P . M ., 275 , seconded the motion . Bro . SIEUBIXO , P . M ., 152 , was rejoiced to see the . brethren zealous for the reputation of their respective lodges . He belonged to a lodge which were not only censured but fined a guinea for an offence committed 21 years ago , and therefore lie considered that if

any alteration was made in tho report with respect to the Ionic , lodge , a . similar indulgence ought to be granted to the Royal Gloucester , and if so the matter would grow into au inconvenient precedent . Tin : PHESIDEXT or THE BOARD or GKXERAT , Puiirosr . s considered the amendment out of order . It was competent to any brother to move that the paragraph be struck out of the , report of the Board of General Purposes , but they had no right ' to propose

that it be altered or modified . It was the duty of the Board of General purposes to call all the lodges , holding under the constitution of Grand Lodge , over the coals when they neglected to pay the tecs , and it did not matter how many years might have elapsed since , the occurrancc of the neglect , they were bound the first moment they discovered it to bring it under the notice of the Craft . He had gone out of his way to exonerate the present AA ' . M . of the Ionic Lodge , but , as Bro . Barnard was one of the two survivors who were

members of tho lodge at the time in question , the remonstrance against the report came as he ( Pro . Havers ) thought with a very had grace from him . Bro . Barnardadniitteil file fact ,- ; , but he asked Grand Lodge to modify them , but lie forgot to mention that the brother whose petition led to the discovery of the error , after his election as a joining member of the lodge , was appointed its , 1 unior Warden , and . was returned to Grand Lodge as such , without the payment of his joining fee . Bro . , Sn ; Lucius CURTIS ruled that tho motion of Bro . Barnard was inailiiiissable as an amendment to the original resolution , which was then put and carried unanimously .