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UNITED GRAND LODGE. Self and Satisfaction to the Craft would fill the high office with credit to him- UNITED GRAND LODGE. self and satisfaction to the Craft. Bro. Catling W.M. 2190 proposed Bro. Edward O'Connor Terry, IN accordance with the custom which has prevailed who hacl been a Mason for many years ; and has yet, for the last half dozen years all interest in the we hope, a long and brilliant career to look March Communication of the United Grand Lodge, forward to m the future. He was initiated , on the which took place at Freemasons' Hall, on Wednes- 26th May 1868, in the Eoyal Union Lodge, Uxbridge, fi n.v last. tnav hfi sa.id to h n.vp bfifin f>Ant,rpfl in the*. No. 382. He joined the Asaph Lodge, No. 1319, in Election of Grand Treasurer. The E.W. Bro. W. W. which he served all the offices , and was installed B. Beach, M.P., Provincial Grand Master for Hants W.M. in 1877. He is also a Past Master of the St. and the Isle of Wight, presided, and he was supported Alban's Lodge, No. 29. He has been a member, of by E.W. Bro. Thomas W. Tew, Provincial Grand the Savage Club Lodge, No. 2190, since its founda- Master for West Yorkshire, who acted as Deputy Grand tion, and is now its Treasurer. After giving Master, while Sir Edmund H. Lechmere, M.P., further particulars of Bro. Terry's Masonic career Provincial Grand Master for Worcestershire, filled Bro. CatlingKJ urgedK.J that these cmalificationsJ. of the chair of Past Grand Master ; Brigadier-General Bro. Terry entitled him to regard, ancl their posses- Alexander W. Adair acted as Grand Senior Warden ; sion warranted the brethren in seeking for his and Lieutenant-General the Hon. Somerset J. G. election. Bro. Lennox Browne seconded . Scrutineers nf tbfi bfl.llnf ; WAVA., +,V) An„„ nhr>SA*n n.nrl„,„, ... rlnlv riVilirrniprl Calthorpe as Grand Junior Warden. Grand Lodge „~^ „^** "-.^j v,«"D».«". was opened in form, and then Colonel Shadwell H. Later in the evening the result of the poll showed Gierke, the Grand Secretary, read the minutes of 5th that Bro. Terry had secured 841 votes, and Brother December meeting, which were duly confirmed. Everett 617. consecmentlv Bro. Terrv was declared Sir John Gorst, P.M. Drury Lane Lodge, then rose duly elected Grand Treasurer for the. year ensuing. for the purpose of proposing his Eoyal Highness the The recommendation for grants, as set forth in the Prince of Wales to be elected Most Worshipful agenda paper published by us last week, were then Grand Master for the ensuing year. He said : agreed to. With respect to the proposal from the M.W. the Grand Master in the chair, no words of Grand Mark Lodge for a lease of the premises, best mine are necessary to secure the unanimous accept- known as Bacon's Hotel, Lincoln's Inn Fields, ance by the brethren of this proposition ; but I think Bro. Thomas Fenn, President of the Board of General I shall be expressing the feelings of every one present Purposes, said the report of the Board of General when I say that they mark with pleasure ancl Purposes was presented to the Board of Masters satisfaction how, year by year, under His before the meeting of Grand Lodge of Mark Masters Eoyal Highness, Freemasonry is strengthened, and could be held to consider this question of lease, and the services he renders to the Craft are increased. the subject of the communication which he would read I 'am sure we all hope he will live many years to could not be included in the report of the Board. cement and adorn our Order. Bro. Thomas Hastings The communication enclosed the resolutions come to Miller briefly seconded the motion, and no other at the Special Grand Mark Lod ge. The request candidate being proposed, the Grand Master in the contained in this communication does not form a chair declared His Eoyal Highness the Prince of part of the Eeport of the Board, for the reasons Wales elected Most Worshipful Grand Master for the mentioned. I am, therefore, not authorised by the ensuing year. Bro. Sir Albert W. Woods (Garter), Board of General Purposes to bring that matter unde r Grand Director of Ceremonies, then proclaimed His your consideration at present, but your attention will Eoyal Highness in the customary formal way. be called to it after we have jtassecl the recommenda- Brother Lord George Hamilton, M.P., First Lord tion for your approval of the lease to the Grand of the Admiralty, Worshipful Master Chiswick Lodge, Lodge of Mark Masons. When the intimation of No. 2012, proposed for election as Grand Treasurer Messrs. Spiers ancl Pond was communicated to the Bro. George Everett P.M., a brother whose devotion Board they were under considerable anxiety as to the for thirty years to the cause of Freemasonry well future of these premises. We could make no use entitled him to that high honour. Bro. Ferguson of them for ourselves, with the Tavern intervening ; seconded the motion. He had had the honour and the offer, therefore, of the Grand Lodge of Mark pleasure of the acquaintance and friendship of Master Masons, was received by the Board of General Bro. George Everett many years, and could vouch for .Purposes as a solution—a welcome solution—oi the his value as a Mason, both with regard to the teaching difficult y. They undertake to put the place in repair. o± the ritual and with regard to his charitable work. The sum which the Grand Mark Lodge pro- Bro. Everett had served an apprenticeship to the poses to lay out is £3000, and probably it will duties of Treasurer ; he had been the Treasurer be more. The expenditure of money will, no doubt, of the Domatic Lodge for several years, and Treasurer render this property permanently of greater value, also of numerous other Lodges. In all capacities he and, of course, they could not be expected to lay out had proved himself a most worthy Brother, and he this sum of money if they had these premises only on (Bro. Ferguson) felt satisfied that Bro. Everett a 16 years' lease. If we exceeded that time it appeared to us to be of very little moment to what as a non-reading sect — at least there is plenty of extent we gave them the lease. In fact , knowing that material at hand, and it hardly seems possible that we should have good tenants in the Grand Lodge of the supply should be kept up, and even augmented Mark Master Masons, it seemed to us that the longer from time to time, unless there was an active demand for term for which the lease was granted the better ; we, it. As a consequence, it would appear more consistent to conclusion that it was the regard the members of the Craft as liberal patrons of class therefore , came to the literature, and, as far as possible endeavour to remove the wisest course to accept their offer , and I feel sure that imputation which has so long been associated with the this Grand Lodge will feel the same. I have heard Order, and which certainly does not redound to the credit that it is said this evening there is an objection on of its members. the part of some of the Craft brethren to having the Among the literary productions of recent years are to Mark Masons under the same roof. I have several bo found several devoted to matters of Masonic History, answers to that. We have them not under the many of them treating of the past career of Private Lodges, same roof—it is quite distinct ; and the wall of the others of a more pretentious character. Both produce Tavern is between. ±sut suppose we aia ; aitnougn items of general interest ; indeed in most cases the care we do not acknowledge the Mark Degree as a part of and research of the authors have resulted in really Ancient Freemasonry, we cannot ignore their interesting compilations being issued, the facts included existence ; we are on perfectly friendly terms with in the general summaries being of universal, rather than them. Many of our most eminent Cralt Masons are of local importance, while in not a few cases facts have been brought to light which have gone far to clear up members of the Mark, and our Grand Master the some of the mysteries which are associated with the earlier Prince of Wales is their Grand Master. Altogether, doinsrs of the Masonic Craft. it seems to me verv much like letting the premises to We have before us the History of the Boyal Union ourselves. I, therefore, at once, without further Lodge, now No. 246, of Cheltenham, compiled by Bro. comment, beg to propose that this Grand Lodge do George Norman, one of its Past Masters, with an Introduc- approve of the lease of the premises known as Bacon's tion by Bro. William James Hughan. This affords ua Hotel to Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons. ample opportunity of demonstrating the truth of what we Bro. the Earl of Euston, Provincial Grand Master have already stated , as the book abounds with items of for Norths and Hunts, seconded the proposition. interest, and well repays perusal. In fact, were it possible Airer some remarKS irom &ro. naynmim vv. otewarc to get together such a history in connection with all our P.G.D., the motion was put and carried. Bro. older Lodges we should find that Freemasonry had been much wider in its scope than is at present supposed, while Thomas Fenn : Having read to you the communica- many points would be cleared up which are now enveloped tion from the Assistant Grand Secretary of the Mark in doubt.
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