Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

- - •;¦ THE MASONIC MIRROR . % * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street Strand , London , AV . C .

MASOXIC LIFEBOAT . —At tho suggestions of numerous brethren , ¦ wo liavo opened a subscription list for tbo above very laudable purpose , and ivo aro sure that it need only bo mora fully known to ensure a hearty rcspouso from tho whole Craft . Subscriptions will bo received by the publisher of tho FUEIMASOXS' MAGAZINE , at tho publishing office , 19 , Salisbury-street , and % vill bo duly

acknowledged . Money uniy bo remitted by post-olUeo orders or crossed cheques , payable to tho order of John Rust , publisher FREEMASOXS' MAGAZINE . Ol * Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., there will be a convocation of the Union Chapter , 310 , Carlisle , at about 10 a . m . ; also a Mark meeting at 1 . 30 p . m . The annual meeting of the Union

Lodge of Craft Masons will celebrate the Festival of St . John on the above date , when it is expected that there will be one raising and two initiations , in addition to the installation of Bro . John Slack as WM . for the ensuing year . The dinner will be held in the evening , at the Coffee House Hotel .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

The Quarterly Communication of the United Grand Lodgo of England took place on Wednesday evening , the -I-th inst ., in Freemasons' Hall , ancl was very numerously attended by members of the Craft . The Right Hon . Bro . the Earl de Grey ant ? Ripon presided as Grand Master , Bro . Lord Eliot , M . P ., S . G . W ., and Bro . Perkins as J . G . W ., Bro . Dobic , Prov . G . M .

for Surrey , as Deputy Grand Master , and we observed on the dais Bros . Lord de Tabley , Prov . G . Master for Cheshire ; Kev . J . Huyshe , Prov . G . Master for Devonshire ; Havers , P . G . W . ; Savage and Hopwood , P . G . D . 's ; Itevs . J . F .- Thomas and J . Simpson , Grand Chaplains : E . S . Snell , P . G . D . ; Llewellyn Evans , President of the Board of General Purposes ; Mason ,

P . G . S . B .: Emmens , P . G . Purst . ; J-lncas J . Mclntyre , Grand Registrar ; J . M . Clabon , P . S . G . D . ; Patten , P . G . S . B . ; A . W . Woods , G . Dir . of Cers . ; Dr . Jabez Hogg and Metham , J . D . ' s ; J . R . Spiers , P . G . S . B . ; Gray Clarke , G . Sec . ; Farnfield , P . G . Assist . Sec ; and many others whoso names we were unable to ascertain . The body of the hall was also fully occupied .

Precisely at eight o ' clock the Grand Director of Ceremonies , Bro . A . AVoods , announced the approach of the officers of Grand Lodge , and a procession was formed in the usual order . As intimated above , in the absence of the Right Hon . Bro . the Earl of Zetland , the throne was occupied by the Right Hon . Bro . the Earl de Grey and Ripon .

The Grand Lodge was then opened in duo form and with solemn prayer , Bro . the Rev . R- Thomas , Senior G . Chaplain , invoking a blessing on the proceedings .

THE MnroTES or THE LAST QUARTERLY Cormn-xrcATiox . Bro . GEAT CLARKE , G . Sec ., read the minutes of the last Quarterly Communication of the 4-th of September , which were put to the vote , and unanimously confirmed . IS 01 II >* ATIOX OE GllAXD MASTER . Bro . J . SHARPE , D . C . L ., said : I rise to propose the nomination of the Most Worshipful the Earl of Zetland as Grand

Grand Lodge.

Muster of Masons for the ensuing year . I feel that it would bo a want of supererogation in me- to say anything in favour of one who loves Masonry so well , and n love which lias been fully reciprocated by us as Masons during the twenty-six years that his lordship has filled that office , and , therefore , I propose his nomination as Grand Master tin- the ensuing year .

Bro . Colonel DmrAs seconded the nomination . Bro . MATTHEW COOKE , Sec . 23 , said he rose to make another nomination . Iu March last , his lordship who was then in the chair called him to order when he was about to make a similar motion , telling him that he was too late in his opposition to the re-election of the Most Worshipful Grand Master .

Bro . BRACKSTOXE B AKER rose to order , but the Grand Master ruled that Bro . Cooke was perfectly in order . Bro . COOKE then proceeded , ancl said on that occasion when his lordship called him to order , he informed him that he was not at liberty to criticise the appointment made by the Grand Master , however prejudicial ho might think them to be , as it

was his lordship ' s prerogative , and he was perfectly at liberty to do as he might think fit . In deference to that ruling , he ( Bro . Cooke ) gave way . He then held in his hand an extract from the Grand Steward ' s book , and in that he found that ai a Grand Lodgo held in I 77 ' . L it was passed that no brother should hold a Grand Lodgo appointment unless he belonged to the

Grand Stewards' Lodge at the time of bis appointment . He might be told that the rule was obsolete , but if he looked at the "Book of Constitutions" he did not find that it was considered as obsolete , for there it was required that an increased fee should be paid to Grand Lodge by those who had not served tho office of Grand Steward . i oiv those who sent Grand Stewards had rights to maintain , and ho , as a member of a red

apron lodgo , found that for twenty-six years but two members of Unit lodge had been chosen lor the honour of becoming Grand Officers . Ho said that they had one Grand 0 dicer who ruled the Craft with a rod of iron . ( Cries of " Xame , name . " ) Oh , they need not fear , he would name him . He was their own servant and Secretary , but instead of meeting them in a kind

and generous spirit when they sought his counsel , those who went to him only wished to get out of his office and return to their own business as soon as possible . Well , then , as thoy could not get rid of the Grand Secretary , because the Grand Mastsr would always re-appoint him , what they had to do , as was done in many other instances , was to get rid of the Grain !

Master , so that by those means they might get rid of the Grand Secretary . He had , however , a still stronger reason why they should get rid of him , when ho found tliatono of the employes of the Grand Secretary was playing fast and loose with the allegiance of that Grand Lodge . One of his own clerks , whom they paid for what ho was doing , had the Grand Secretary ' s

countenance for what he was doing , in endeavouring to establish another jurisdiction in the Craft . He contended that it was not right that through Bro . Clarke , the Grand Muster should thus be dragged through the mire . Ho said distinctly that they must mark their sense of such tilings , which he should do by proposing another candidate for the oliicc c Grand Master . Ho should therefore propose himself as a candidate for the office of Grand Master .

The ACTIXG G . . MASTER-. Who seconds the nominations ' After a pause , he said , " As no one seconds the motion the nomination falls to the ground . " Bro . WARREX : It was held two or three years ago that a nomination does not require seconding , and that was the ruling of the Grand Master . The matter then dropped .