United Grand Lodge.

United Grand Lodge .

''PHK Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge was held I on the 4 th September at Freemasons' Hall . The chair was occupied by R . W . Bro . General Laurie , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master for South Wales ( Western Division ) , who was supported by R . W . Bro . Colonel Davis , A . D . C ., Provincial Grand Master for Surrey , as Deputy Grand Master , while

Bros . Sir John Monckton , P . G . W ., and Robert Grey , P . G . W ., filled the chairs of Senior and Junior Grand Warden respectively . W . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . D . G . Registrar , acted as Grand Director of Ceremonies . Grand Lodge having been opened , Bro . William Lake ,

Assistant Grand Secretary , read the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of June 5 th and of the Especial Grand Lodge at the Albert Hall on July 17 th . These having been duly confirmed , Bro . Lieut-General Laurie moved the first resolution , which had been placed on the business paper by

the M . W . Pro Grand Master" That this United Grand Lodge of England ( including the Supreme Order of the Royal Arch ) desires to offer to His Royal Highness , the Most Worshipful Grand Master , its most fraternal and sincere

condolence and sympathy on the great loss and afflicting bereavement His Royal Highness , together with His Majesty the King ( Protector of the Order ) and the Royal Family , has sustained by the lamented death of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Frederick of Germany . "

The resolution , which was seconded by R . W . Bro . Col . Davis , Provincial Grand Master Surrey , was carried , the ¦ whole of the brethren spontaneously rising . A second resolution was moved by the Grand Registrar , expressing the heartiest sympathy of Grand Lodge with His Majesty , who had been their Grand Master so long and who

was also closely related to the august lady who had recently died and whom the nation mourned , and the Most Worshipful Grand Master was respectfully requested to convey to His Majesty the sympathy of the Craft as expressed in the resolution .

This was seconded by V . W . Bro . R . D . M . Littler , C . B ., Past Deputy Grand Registrar , and carried , the brethren again rising . The next business on the agenda was to consider a message from the M . W . G . Master in reference to- the action

ot the Grand Lodge ot Hamburg in warranting a lodge in Danish territory contrary to the expressed will of the Masonic authorities of Denmark . It having been made clear that the Grand Lodge of Hamburg had invaded the rights of the latter body , the Acting Grand Master moved the following resolution : —

" That a body calling itself ' Lodge Christian Z 11111 Pahnbaum , ' or ' Lodge Christian til Palmatneat , ' and meeting in Copenhagen , having been declared illegal and irregular by the Grand Lodge of Denmark , all Masons under the United Grand Lodge

of England are hereby warned that they cannot visit such irregular Body , nor can any lodge under this jurisdiction admit , as a visitor or joining member , any member of such irregular body ,

without respectivel y incurring the penalty attaching to a grave Masonic offence . " Following this , the Acting Grand Master proceeded to move a resolution which received the cordial assent of all the brethren present : — " That the cordial thanks of this Grand Lodge are due ,

and are hereby given , to R . W . Bro . Sir Albert Woods , K . C . B ., ' . C . M . G . ( Garter ) , Past Grand Warden , Grand Director of Ceremonies , and to V . W . Bro . Frank Richardson , Past Deputy Grand Registrar , for the most able manner in which they

conceived , and carried out the arrangements generally , on the occasion of the ceremony of installation of his Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master , at the Royal Albert Hall , on the 17 th day of July , 1901 . "

Bro . Frank Richardson returned thanks on behalf of Sir Albert Woods and himself , and at the same time paid a generous tribute to those who had rendered much valuable assistance in bringing to a successful issue the laborious work in connection wtth the great function at the Royal Albert Hall .

The formal erasure from the Registrar of Grand Lodge of the whole of the lodges forming the late District Grand Lodge of Western Australia , thirty-five in number , and also of certain English lodges which had ceased to work , completed the business of the evening , and Grand Lodge was closed in form .

Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.

Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons .

'"pHE Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of I Mark Master Masons was held at Mark Masons' Hall , on the 3 rd September . The M . W . Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Euston , presided , and Bro . Charles Letch Mason , Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , acted as Deputy Grand Master . Other offices were filled b y Bro . Charles

Belton , as Senior Grand Warden ; Bro . Harry J . Sparks , as junior Grand Warden ; and Bro . John Strachan , K . C ., as G . M . O . Grand Lodge was opened in ample form , and the minutes of the Grand Lodge of the 4 th of June having been read b y

the Grand Secretary , Bro . C . Fitzgerald Matier , were dul y confirmed . The M . W . Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Euston , before proceeding with the business on the agenda , moved in sympathetic terms a vote of condolence with the M . W . Grand Master on the death of the Empress Frederick of Germany .

This was seconded by the Acting Deputy Grand Master , and unanimously agreed to—the brethren standing . The Pro Grand Master then referred to the great loss the Order had sustained by the death of M . W . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , Past Grand Master , whose career as a Mark Mason had extended over half a century , and who

was one of the founders of the present Grand Lod ge , filling the office of Senior Grand Warden in 18 57 , ' becoming Grand Master in 1866 , besides being Provincial Grand Master for Hants and the Isle of Wight from 188 9 to the time of his death . The Pro Grand Master concluded b y

moving a resolution of condolence with Mrs . Beach and the family . The resolution was seconded b y Bro . W . E . M . Tomlinson , M . P ., and carried with every expression of sympathy , the brethren standing . The remainder of the business which was mostl y of a routine character , was duly carried out , and Grand Lodge was closed in ample form .