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him from their meetings without hearing him ? If they did , would that be justice ? Bro . BENSON , G . Reg ., thought the speech of tlie Deputy Grand Master was a most conclusive answer to the objections which had been raised , and his example of an Extradition Treaty was an

excellent illustration of the treaty proposed between this degree and the ethers . If brethren of the Jewish persuasion thought , that by an indirect side-wind some waft of Christianity would be introduced into Mark Masonry , it was an entire mistake . He for one would strongly protest against such a proceeding . If the great

historic race of the Jews , who were very powerful , had been even more powerful than they were , lie as a Christian would not hesitate to put his hand to a treaty with them . He thought that on consideration they would come to a different conclusion to that which they had expressed that evening .

Bro . M . A . LOEWENSTARK moved that the consideration of the subject be adjourned to next Grand Lodge . Another BROTHER having seconded the amendment ,

The GRAND MASTER , in reply , said he regretted that any Jewish brother should suppose there was anything in the treaty that would in any way prejudice them . It was merely a treaty of friendly recognition of the rulers of each body . It left the Mark where it found it , and the other

degrees were it found them . The Mark did not interfere with them , nor they with the Mark . It was as Masonic , as universal , as unsectarian as ever . Perhaps brethren were not aware that the Duke of Leinster , as G . Master of the Craft , was the head of all these degrees in Ireland ; and

it was so in France . The head of the Grand Orient , was the head of all the Orders , which were united in one confederation , and if any brother when he went home would take the trouble to look at the Grand Lodge of Ireland Constitutions , he would find that if a Knight

Templar there was adjudged by his council to have behaved in such a way as to unfit him for companionship with liis brethren , tlie fact was communicated to the Grand Chapter or Craft Grand Lodge , and the sentence was carried out in them ; because it was held , that

if a brother was not fit to be a member of one degree , he was not fit to be a member of another . Lately , Mark Lodge of England had had vast difficulties with Grand Chapter of Scotland . That Grand Chapter had several Mark Lodges in England , and refused to recognise this

Grand Lodge . It also set up rival lodges , and had within a fortni ght established a Provincial Grand Lodge in Lancashire . What would be the consequence ? No brother who was not a Scotch Mark Master would be allowed admission to Scotch Mark Lodges , which were

in open rebellion against English Mark Lodges . This he thought was the very height of illiberality . He was , some years ago , a member of the Apollo University Lodge of Oxford , in which city there was also a flourishing town lodge , and those lodges were on the most friendly

terms . It seemed perfectly legitimate that they should help each other , that Grand Lodge of Scotland should not stir up rebellion against English Grand Mark Lodge , and via versa . As to putting the consideration of the treaty off till next Grand Lodge , he thought it best not . He

was anxious to have the matter concluded ; it would help this degree exceedingly . Whatever they did that night must be put for confirmation at next Grand Lodge , and the brethren " would have an opportunity of raising tlie question again if there was the feeling which the

Jewish brethren supposed there was in the Masonic body , but which he ( the Grand Master ) did not think there was . It was very possible that if this lodge took no preliminary steps of going into treaty with these bodies within tlie next two months they might not do it at all .

1 hose bodies were trying to have a mutual treaty with one another , and they now offered the opportunity to this degree of entering into it . If they said , " No , wc must have an opportunity of considering it , " the time might slip by , and the advantage would be lost . This lodge did not sacrifice one iota by the treaty ; on the con-

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trary , it would be a gainer . No one would oppose more strenuously than he the introduction of anything into the Order that would affect the universality of Masonry ; and feeling confident that this treaty would not so affect Masonry , he thought it right that it should be entered into . The amendment was then put , and was supported by only three brethren .

The original motion , that Lord Carnarvon and the Grand Master be authorised to enter into the treaty , was therefore put and carried . The report of the General Board was read by Bro . BINCKES , and Grand Lodge proceeded to consider the special report , made in accordance

with the conclusions come to at the last Grand Lodge , on the Royal Ark Mariners' Degree . Bro . BINCKES read a summary of the recommendations of the committee , which included a proposal to join the Ark Mariners' Grand Lodge to the Mark Grand Lodge , and the terms on

which it should be done . The committee found that the Ark Mariners' degree was very ancient , and had been worked in different countries ; that there was nothing to prevent it being worked here under Mark Grand Lodge ; that it was not desirable to have extra supreme jurisdictions

that Mark Lodges desiring to work the degree should petition Grand Mark Lodge ; that a warrant should be granted for 10 s . 6 d . ; and that the certificate and registration of a Royal Ark Mariner should be 5 s .

Bro . NUNN moved the adoption of the report , Bro . ABRAHAMS seconded it , and it was carried unanimously . The clauses of the report of the General Board were then put separately and carried .

Ihe GRAND MASTER , before closing the lodge , said , as it was the last meeting before the winter , he wished to say that it would be his duty to issue a very solemn protest against the action of the Grand Chapter of Scotland in creating Lancashire into a Province of Scotch Mark

Masonry , 111 defiance of this English Mark Grand Lodge . As soon as his protest had been sent to the Grand Chapter of Scotland , he would forward a copy of it to the Master of every English Mark Lodge . He also begged

to say that it would give him great pleasure during the autumn to visit the whole of the London Mark Lodges . The Grand Lodge was then formally closed and adjourned .

A HUSBAND'S LOVE . The touching incident recorded in this sonnet recently occurred within thc knowledge of my friend and neighbour , the Rev . J . M . Williams , Rector of Burnby , who communicated it to me . The young wife of a barrister ,

in the extremity of weakness , was only saved from death by the " transfusion" of her husband's blood into her veins . lie fainted twice , but she recovered . Instances of recovery by this extreme remedy are not unknown in medical annals , but this incident , with its peculiar attendant circumstances is worthy of record .

Lower and lower he beholds her sink In mortal weakness , till life's dragging wheels Refuse to move ; and in despair he feels Her all but lost—on danger ' s utmost brink . From love ' s forlornest hope he does not shrink ; Out of his own warm veins the blood he steals ,

Pouring it into hers , while his brain reels : 'Twixt wife and husband , oh , how dear the link ! He gave his blood , and saved his darling wife ; Great was the love , the self devotion rare ; Dim shadow of His love beyond compare ,

Who not forfriends poured forth the pride of life , But enemies , and made of them His Bride , To walk in white for ever at His side ! RICHARD WILTON , M . A . —Leisure Hour .

HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —A large and important class of society suffer year after year , and has life robbed of half its pleasures through subjection to some cutaneous complaint readily remediable by HoIIoway ' s treatment . His wonderful productions have now become so appreciated in every part of the world , that they form

a complete household treasure . The worst cases of ulcers , wounds , and every variety of skin diseases , for which so many remedies have been tried without effect , readily succumb to their power ; they act so miraculous l y on thc system as to be considered a complete phenomenon in thc healing art . For this reason they arc advocated by many modem practitioners after everything else has proved unsuccessful . —[ Advt . ]

Consecration Of A New M.M. Lodge At Guildford.

CONSECRATION OF A NEW M . M . LODGE AT GUILDFORD .

On Thursday week a new Mark Lodge—the Percy Lodge , No . 144 — was consecrated at the Angel Hotel , Guildford , which promises to be one of the most flourishing , as well as distinguished , in the South of England , the Right Hon . Earl Percy , M . P ., D . Grand Mark Master , having consented to be the first W . M ., and to allow the

lodge to be called after him . The consecration ceremony was performed by the Rev . G . R . Portal , M . W . G . Mark Master , assisted by Bro . W . Beach , M . P ., Past G . M . M . ; Bro . Binckes , G . Sec , & c . Bro . Beach then installed Earl Percy , afterwhich Bro . Binckes , with his usual ability , advanced Bros . Nealds , Drewett . Piggott , Cookson , Botting ,

Mason , Molyneux , Charrington , and Neate . Seven candidates for advancement were announced for the next meeting . The W . M . appointed Bros . Riversdale Grenfell and Rev . L . O . Bigg , Wardens ; Captain James , R . E ., and Bros . Drewett and Wells , Overseers . After the business the brethren adjourned to a banquet presided over by the W . M ., which was served in Bro . Michaux ' s well-known style .

Consecration Of A New M.M. Lodge At Newport.

CONSECRATION OF A NEW M . M . LODGE AT NEWPORT .

Under the designation of the Keystone Lodge , No . 109 , a new lodge of Mark Master Masons was opened at Newport , on Monday week . The impressive ceremony of consecration was performed at the Masonic Hall , by V . W . Bro . Frederick Binckes , of London , Grand Secretary of the Order . There were twenty-eight candidates

advanced , and six brethren were admitted as joining members , making a total of thirty-four . Colonel Lyne , D . P . G . M . ofthe Monmouthshire Fraternity of Freemasons , was installed as W . M . of the new lodge , and nominated the following officers : Bros . H . Hillier , S . W . , * W . Watkins , J . W . ; W . Randall , M . O . ; E . Esp , S . O . ; G . Fothergill , J . O . ; S . Fox ,

Chaplain ; W . R . Pickford , Treasurer ; C . W . Ingram , Registrar ; W . Williams , Secretary ; C . Oliver , S . D . ; R . J . Chambers , J . D . ; Jas . Horner , D . C . ; E . Tapson , Organist ; H . J . Gratte , I . G . ; W . McFee , Tyler . After the ceremony , the brethren adjourned to the King ' s Head Hotel , where Mr . Gretton had

provided a most magnificent banquet . The W . M ., Col . Lyne , D . P . G . M ., presided , and among the company present were : Bros . F . Binckes , G . S . ; J . H . Jukes ( Chaplain for Hereford , ) , F . Langley ( Cardiff ) , T . G . South ( Cardiff ) , W . Pickford , B . Thomas , C . H . Oliver , S . T . Hallen , C . W . Ingram , T . M . Cole , W . Watkins , H . Sheppard , Charles Homfray , R . S .

Roper , G . Homfray , H . Hillier , R . J . Chambers , W . R . Matthews , LI . Gravener , H . Williams ( Swansea ) , Reuben Evans , E . Esp , W . Randall , G . Fothergill , E . J . Tapson , S . Coombs , W . Williams , G . J . Jacob , J . James , E . J . Thomas , A . Taylor , J Horner , H . J . Gratte , D . L . James , — Willans ( Cardiff ) , D . Roberts , J . Phipps ( Cardiff ) , A . Isaacs , and

Capt . Utlez . The following toasts were duly proposed and acknowledged : — " The Queen and the Craft , "" The Prince of Wales and all the Royal Family , " "The M . W . the G . M ., the R . W . the D . G . M ., and Grand Lodge of England , " " The M . W ., the G . M ., and the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , " " The D . P . G . M ., and the P . G . Lodge of Monmouthshire , "

"The W . M . 109 , '' "The V . W . Bro . Binckes , G . Secretary , " " The Visitors , " " The Members of 109 , " " The Masonic Lodges in the Province , " " The Masonic Charities , " " The Press , " " The Ladies , " and " To all Poor and Distressed Masons , " & c . A very pleasing evening was spent , and it was considered that thc new lodge had been floated under very encouraging auspices .

THE summer meeting of the British Oak Lodge , No . 831 , will take place at the King's Head , Chigwell , on "Monday , thc 8 th day of August . Banquet on table at 2 o ' clock precisely . TRADING IN DISEASED MEAT . —Not a week passes but brings before us more and more urgently the necessity for stricter regulations respecting the sale of

diseased meat . From Leicester comes the case of a whole family poisoned , and with difficulty recovered , by eating putrid sausages . From Turvey , in Bedfordshire , we have a story of a cow being slaughtered in the last stage of disease , and sent up to the metropolitan market for the benefit of the meat-eating Londoners . Ancl we do not hesitate to say that , for every case of the sort of which

wc hear , there are twenty which do not reach us , but which are overlooked or hushed up . Wc require a very much more stringent law , to reach every person who dabbles in diseased meat , including the salesman who receives it , the inspector who passes it , the butcher who kills it , and , above all , the owner—for whom imprisonment without a fine would not bc at all too severe a punishment , — Food Journal .