Eminent Masons At Home.

to tempt you again into lingering on beyond the requirements of your visit . Among all the houses of Bohemia—which gives so man ) ' of its subjects up to Masonry—there are but few overshadowed by the pcaceftilness that is apparent at Priory Lodge . Its owner wears his heart upon his arm , and in showing you the photographs of the " Homestead , " his former residence across the road—where

it shoulders itself against the walls of the old church , and carries one back a century and a half ago—you can detect a keen admiration for home and all its joys . There is no surplus vanity about Edward Terry ; none of the indescribable finnicking that makes many of his compeers on the dramatic stage somewhat detestable

to decent society , tie bears the stamp of a man who has conquered on liis upward path , and it is not luck alone that has made him succeed so rapidly and so surely . His views upon modern burlesque are too delicious to be shared with any one , and perhaps , after all , he was wise in turning his attention to other things upon the stage .

Mr . Terry is , ex-of / icio , a member of all the Committees connected with the three Masonic Institutions , and he is this very afternoon on his way to Wood Green to personally assist in the affairs of the Boys' School . He is sorry to let you go , for you have turned over the leaves of a well-worn book whose pages have many

pleasant memories whenever it is opened . As the old pug "Toby " rubs against your leg on departing , and you step into the brougham that a thoughtful hostess has had sent round to convey you to the station , you leave standing upon the steps of Priory Lodge a gentleman and his wife who have brought more good into the world than they can ever take out .

Masonic Lodges seem to be spreading in Volunteer Corps . The L . R . B ., Queen ' s , Victorias , ist Surrey , and other regiments have had Lodges for a long time past , and a few days since the London Irish Rifles received a warrant to form a Lodge in connection with their regiment . His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught is to be the permanent Worshipful Master , and Colonel Ward is the S . W . designate , and will be the Deputy W . M .

* * * An evening contemporary says : —The late Mr . J . F . B . Firth , M . P . for Dundee , was as good a man as his politics were bad . He was also a good Mason , and belonged to that charming little Lodge , the Ionic , No . 22 S , on the Books of the Grand Lodge of England , as the Masons , with all their unwisdom , proclaim it . The Ionic

Lodge meets at the " Ship and Turtle , " Leadenhall-street , although the Ship is conspicuous , as the late Robert used to say , by its absence . The presence of the turtle—thick and clear—delights what old Lord Palmerston used to call the paradise of diners . And the Ionic is not an altogether " Knife-and-Fork Lodge . " Bro .

Firth was also a Companion of the Royal Arch Chapter of Perseverance , No . 7 , where , with Bro . T . W . Boord , M . P ., Major George Lambert , and the late Grand Secretary , John Hervey , he played no insignificant part .

* * * From the Freemason of the 14 th ult .: We are sorry to record the death , after a few days' illness , of Bro . William Guthrie I ' orbes , P . M . 543 , in 1876 , and P . P . G . S . B . of East and North Yorkshire in 1888 . Bro . Forbes was a native of Scotland , where he studied for the medical profession , taking the degrees of M . B . and C . N . in 1868 ,

at the University of Edinburgh , when he at once went to reside at Stokesley , at first in conjunction with Bro . Handyside , " the Father of Freemasonry in Cleveland , " whose practice he took many years ago , and by his skill , attention , and kindness won for himself the \ o \ e as well as esteem of thousands . lie leaves a widow and two

children , with whom much real sympathy is universall y felt by the inhabitants of the ( own and vicinity , over which it is not too much to say that the death of our gifted brother has cast a general gloom . Many are the men and women who , like the writer of this brief but truthful notice , assert that to his skill and assiduous attention they owe their lives , and his 21 years of useful labor will long be remembered by people of all classes .

United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

r 'pHl £ Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of England was -L held on Wednesday evening , the 4 th ult ., at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Major Goldie-Taubman , Prov . G . M . of the Isle of Man , presided . Tiro . Col . Marmaduke Ramsay , Dist . G . M . of Malta , acted as D . G . M . ; Bro . Hugh D . Sandcman , P . Dist . G . M . of Bengal , as P . G . M . ; Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , as S . G . W . ; Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , as J . G . W . ; Bros . Sir Henry Morland ,

Grand Master of All Scottish Freemasonry in India ; John Cave Orr , President of the Board of General Purposes for the Province of Bengal ; and John Fen wick ( Brisbane ) , District Grand Secretary Queensland , were among the Brethren present . After the formal opening of Grand Lodge , and the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of 5 th June ,

Major GOLDIE-TAUHJIAN said the next notice on the agenda paper was one of a motion in the name of the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , and he ( Major Goldie-Taubman ) was authorised to say how very much Lord Carnarvon regretted not being able to be present to make the motion in person . To him , personally , it was a very great source of regret that Lord Carnarvon was not present , as the noble Earl would have done much more justice to the

proposition than he could ; but he trusted the proposition commanded such S 3 'inpn . thy among- all Masons that it was unnecessary for him to say more than a few words upon it . They recollected that not only the people of England but Masons especially took particular interest in anything in which the Royal House of their Grand Master was concerned . They looked forward to the happiness , not only of himself and the Princessbut of all his family , and the

, marriage of his eldest daughter with Bro . the Duke of Fife , he thought he might say , on behalf of Masonry , would be not only a good marriage , but a happy one in the future . He begged to propose the motion in the name of the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon

—That an address be presented by Grand Lodge to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master , on the auspicious occasion of the marriage of his eldest daughter , her Royal Highness the Princess Louise of Wales , with his Grace the Duke of Fife , K . T ., Provincial Grand Master of Banffshire , offering the most hearty congratulations and good wishes of its members on the happy event .

Col . MARMADUKE RAMSAY , Dist . G . M . Malta , had much pleasure in seconding the proposition which the M . W . acting Grand Master had just brought before Grand Lodge . It must be an additional source of gratification to them , as Masons , that the bridegroom , the Duke of Fife , was a member of their Order , and not only that , but that he had attained the high rank of a Provincial Grand Master in the Order .

The motion was carried unanimously amidst loud applause . The following recommendations of grants by the Board of Benevolence were , on the motion of Bro . ROBERT GREY , President , seconded by Bro . J AMES BRETT , Senior Vice-President of the Board , confirmed : — A Brother of the Lodge of Prudent Brethren , No . 145 , London £$ 0 o o

The widow of a Brother of the Bute Lodge , No . 960 , Cardiff , 50 o o A Brother of the Lodge of Sincerity , No . 943 , Norwich ... 50 o o The widow of a Brother of the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 491 , Jersey 50 o o A Brother of the Star Lodge , No . 1275 , Greenwich 50 o o

The following Report of the Board of General Purposes was then taken : To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England : — The Board have had under their consideration the price hitherto charged for the " Charity Jewel" permitted to be worn by Brethren who have served as Stewards for two or more of the three Masonic Institutions , and they have

communicated with Mr . Spilling , who has for many years been authorised to supply them lo the Craft on the Certificate of the Grand Secretary , in accordance with page 144 of the Book of Constitutions . The Board have now to report that Mr . Spilling has , consequently , reduced the price of the jewel from £ 2 . 10 s ., the present amount , to £ 2 , Hall-marked . The material and workmanship to be as before . The Board submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accountsat the last

, meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , August 16 , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Western Branch ) of , £ 5 , 744 . 12 s . 3 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash ^ , 100 , and for Servants ' Wages £ 100 , and balance of Annua ! Allowance £ » - r Library , £ 26 . 17 s . nd . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemason ' s Hall , London , W . C , August 20 , 1889 .

After some informal remarks from Bro . J . S . Cumberland as to the quality of manufacture and the price of the jewel , the report was adopted . Bro . THOMAS FENN , in the absence of Bro . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Registrar , next brought up an appeal by Bro . Samuel Adolphus Roach , of the Hervey Lodge , No . 178 S , Port of Spain , Trinidad , against a decision of the Colonial Board , upholding his exclusion by the Lodge for improper conduct .

The appeal , he said , introduced no new circumstances , though the papers were so voluminous that they would take half a day to read . The real statement on which the Colonial Board formed its decision had never been contradicted in any way . The Master of the Lodge charged Bro . Roach with