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Next Week.

NEXT WEEK .

Further particulars as to place of meeting of the undermentioned Lodges are given in the freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book ( published by Grand Lodge , for the benefit of the Obai-ity i'undj .

Monday . 16 Eoyal Alpha , Metropole 1319 Asaph , Freemasons ' -hall 1321 Emblematic , Criterion 1924 Wickham , Brockley 1996 Priory of Acton , Acton 2535 Fellowship , Frascati 2578 National Artillery , Criterion

113 Unaiiimity , Preston 119 Sun , Sq . & Compass , Whiteh ' v ' n 156 Harmony , Plymouth , 328 St . John , Torquay 331 Phoenix Ho . & Prudence , Truro 431 St . George , N . Shields . 622 St . Cuthberga , Winiborne 850 St . Oswald , Ashbourne . 928 Friendship , Peterstield

977 Fowey , Fowey 1045 Stamford , Altrincham 1071 Zetland , Saitash 1077 Wilton , Blackley 1211 Goderich , Leeds 1239 Wentworth , Sheffield 1254 Semper Fidelis , Exeter 1264 Neptune , Liverpool 1452 St . Margaret , Lowestoft 1573 Carodoc , Swansea

1954 Molesworth , Wadebridge 2163 Jersey , Southall 2166 Cotckele , Calstock 2520 P . of Wales , Newcastle-on-Tyne 2586 St . Nicholas , Scarborough

Tuesday . Colonial Board , F . M . H ., at 4 171 Amity , Snip and Turtle 2524 Tram Bonus , n insbury Barr'ks .

70 St . John , Plymouth 1 U 6 Ueaulord , Bristol 124 lUarquis of Uranby , Durham 158 Adam , Skeerness 252 Harmonic , . Dudley 265 Royal xorkshire , Keighley 364 Cambrian , Neath 393 St . David , Berwick 421 Loyal of industry , S ' thmolton 510 So . martin , Lisiieard 5 o 8 Temple , i ' oiiiestone

660 Cajuiaiouununi , jNew Malton 673 St . John , Liverpool 734 Londesborouga , jinalington 804 Carnarvon , navant 847 Fortesque , Honiton 960 Bute , Uardirl : ' 974 Pentalpka , Bradford 1002 Skiddaw , Cockermouth 1244 Marwood , Redcar

1310 Harrow , Harrow 1619 Sackvilie , East Grinstead 1780 Albert Edward , Southampton 1785 St . Petroc , Padstow 1981 Arnold , East Molesey 2129 Dorothy Vernon , Bakewell 2490 Ampthill , Ampthill

Wednesday . Committee Boyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , F . M . H ., at 4 13 Union , Waterloo , Plumstead 820 Lily Richmond , Inns of Ct . Ho . 1629 United , Freemasons ' -hall 1827 Alliance , Guildhall Tavern 1986 Honor uak , Upper JNorwood 2 b 28 Lancastrian , Frascati 2581 Empress , Earl ' s Court

84 Doyle of Friendship , Guernsey 187 Rl . Sussex Hospitality , Bristol 274 Tranquility , Newchurch 277 Friendship , Oldham 281 Fortitude , Lancaster 288 Harmony , Todmorden 323 Concord , Stockport 498 Royal Standard , Dudley 654 Peveril of the Peak , New Mills 661 Fawcett , Seaham Harbour

666 Benevolence , Dartmoor 679 St . David , Aberdare 708 Carnarvon , Hampton Court 730 iillesmere , Choriey 731 Arboretum , Derby 755 St . Tudno , Llandudno 851 Worthing Friendship , Worthing

Next Week.

852 Zetland , Salford 906 Royal Albert Edward , Bath 1018 Shakespeare , Bradford 1091 Erme , lvybridge 1094 Temple , Liverpool 1107 Cornwallis , Chiselhurst 1140 Ashton , Heaton Moor 1181 De la Pole , Seaton 1209 Lewises , Ramsgate

1248 Demson , Scarborough 1331 Aldershot Camp , Aldershot 1342 Walker , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1356 Toxteth , Liverpool 1398 Baldwin , Dalton-in-Furness 1400 Curwen , Workington 1547 Liverpool , Liverpool 1643 Perseverance , Hebburn-on-Tyne 1855 St . Maurice , Plympton

1879 Lord Warkworth , Amble 1932 Whitworth , Spennymoor 1958 St . George , Portsea 2156 Arthur Sullivan , Manchester 2294 Wavertree , Wavertree 2330 St . Lawrence , Pudsey 2389 Avondale , Middlewich 2423 St . Mark , Connah Quay 2450 Loxheld , Uckneld 2483 Hadrian , Westham 2504 Earl of Warwick , Buckh ' rst Hill

Thursday . Quarterly General Court , Girls Sch . 122 / Upton , Ureat Eastern Hotel 1642 Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke-h .

35 Medina , Cowes 130 Royal Gloucester , Southampton 216 Harmonic , Liverpool ooo Royal Preston , Preston 369 Limestone Rock , Clitheroe 3 fcll Harmony & Industry , Darwen 437 Science , Wincanton 546 Jitruscan , Longton bl 6 Royd , Littleburo ' 9 / 3 Ruyal Somerset , Frome yal l ' yne , Wailsend 10 aa Huysne , iStoke , Devonport

lllo Jiquaiity , Accrington 1182 Duke oi Edinburgh , Liverpool 1213 Bridgewater , Eccles 12 / 3 St . iviichael , fciittingbourne lotsY Chorlton , Choriton-cum-Jdardy 1416 Falcon , Thirsk 1495 Arkwright , Matlock Bath 1583 Corbet , Towyn lot )/ Hospitality , Waverfoot 1750 Coleridge , Olevedon 1916 Graystune , Whitstable

1992 Tennant , Cardirf , 2234 Onslow , Guildlord 2262 Daginar , Wraysbury 22 / 8 Kings wood , Broxbourne 2285 Eden , Workington 2343 Sir William iiarpur , Bedford 2372 James Terry , Waitiiam Cross 2420 Fd . de Rothschild , Waddesdon 2449 Duke of York , Manchester 2501 Ixion , Buckhurst Hill

Friday . Quarterly Court , Bojs School , at i . lt > 02 Sir Hugh Myddelton , Islington

81 Doric , Woodbridge 170 All Souls , Weymouth 458 Aire and Calder , Goole 526 Honour , Wolverhampton 1001 Harrowgate & Claro , Jiarr ' wg'te 1087 Beaudesert , Leighton * Buzzard 1102 iviirneld , Mirneld

1121 Wear Valley , Bishop Auckland 1428 United Service , Landport 1606 De la Pole , Hull 16 / 6 St . Nicholas , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1826 Parthenon , Croydon 1983 Martyn , Southwold 2554 Manchester , Manchester 2558 Furnival , Sheffield

Saturday . 1685 Guelph , Leyton 1686 Paxton , Camberwell 2384 Mitcham , Lower Mitcham 2579 Lewisham , Lewisham

869 Gresham , Chestnut Park 1415 Campbell , Hampton Court 1755 Eldon , Portishead 2006 Tilbury , Purfleet 2105 Cama , Hampton Court ) 2147 Grays Valley , St . Mary Cray 2246 Cyclist , Croydon 2326 Wigan , Wigan

We shall be pleased to receive particulars of Masonic meetings for insertion in our columns , and where desired will endeavour to send a representative to repoit Lodge or other proceedings .

Holiday Arrangements.

HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS .

THE Midland Bailway Company has published an extensive list of new arrangements which come into operation this month for the benefit of holiday travellers , not the least important of which is that by which passengers taking tourist tickets from stations on the Midland Eailway to Glasgow by the North British or Glasgow and South Western lines will be able to travel at their option on the return journey either by the Waverley route via Edinburgh , or by the Glasgow and South Western route via the Land of

Burns . New day and night expresses are being added to the alread y extensive time-table of trains between England and Scotland , and other ordinary express trains between these points will undergo improvement b y acceleration . The first and third class dining carriages will continue to run on the morning and afternoon express trains between London and Glasgow , and sleeping saloon cars on the night trains between London and

Glasgow and Edinburgh . The third class passengers will he able to accommodate themselves with pillows . The tourist traffic to the Western Highlands and Islands is being well provided for by the running of a new through express from London ( St . Pancras ) at 10 p . m . for Greenock , the Firth of Clyde , & c , and a daylight service co Eothesay will also be given from St . Pancras at half-past ten in the morning , enabling passengers to

arrive at Eothesay at 9-30 p . m . Through carriages will run from London ( St . Pancras ) to the north-west of Scotland over the new West Hi ghland Eailway , a distance of over 500 miles . Irish passengers are accommodated by a new express service leaving St . Pancras at half-past ten , enabling them to arrive in Belfast by the short sea route via Stranraer and Lame the same evening . A corresponding service will also be afforded in the opposite

direction . An improved service will also be given to Belfast via Barrow-in-Furness ( the picturesque route by the borders of the Lake District ) leaving London ( St . Pancras ) at 2-10 p . m . The services to the Isle of Man , the English Lake District , the Peak District of Derbyshire , and the numerous other holiday resorts served by the Midland Eailway , have also undergone careful supervision , and improvements affected both in time occupied on the journey and comfort en route . All these improvements are enumerated at

length in the Midland Company s time tables for July , and for holiday companions travellers cannot do better than secure copies of the publications which have just been issued by the Midland Eailway Company , including "Pocket Guide to the Midland Eailway , " "Holiday Tours in the British Isles , " " Pocket Diary and Guide to the Isle of Man and English Lake District , " " List of Furnished Lodgings in Farmhouses , Country Villages , & c , " ' < The Peak of Derbyshire , " & c .

THE Midland Company has also arranged to run excursions to Ireland , from St . Pancras on the 23 rd inst ., and to Scotland and the north of England on Friday next , return tickets to Scotland being issued by this trip at a single fare for the double journey , available for any period up to sixteen days . The Company also announces trips each Saturday to Lancashire , the Isle of Man , the Peak of Derbyshire , the Lake District and other parts , for particulars of which we refer lour readers to our advertisement column .

THE London and North-Western Eailway Company announces a number of special excursions on Friday and Saturday of next week , to different Stations in Ireland and Scotland , the latter being available for the popular system of issuing return tickets to the north at a single fare

for the double ] ourney , available for return at any time within sixteen days . There are also excursions to-day , and on every Saturday until further notice , to the Isle of Man , North Wales , Lancashire , and the English Lake District , for different periods as set out in our advertisement columns .

ON Wednesday night the West Coast commenced their service of quick running trains to Scotland . They took twenty minutes off the time . The eight o'clock train from Euston , with four stops , ran into Carlisle at 1-50 on Thursday morning , beating the East Coast by eleven minutes . The run from Wigan to Carlisle over Shap Fells , a distance of 105 miles , was accomplished in 1 hour 50 minutes , which is the best record on the North-Western's Northern Section .

THE North Eastern Eailway has arranged to issue , every Saturday in July , August , and September , commencing to-day , excursion tickets at special fares , available for three , eight , ten , fifteen , or seventeen days , from London ( King ' s Cross ) to Bridlington , Filey , Scarborough , Robin Hood ' s Bay , Whitby , Saltburn , Eedcar , Seaton Carew , Tynemouth , Whitley and Cullercoats . The tickets , which will be available by the

8 ' 45 a . m . train from London , are quoted for the double journey at a little in excess of the ordinary third class fare . For the benefit of commercial travellers the Company are now issuing first and third class return tickets to enable them to visit their homes at week-ends at a single fare for the double journey , under conditions which may be learned

by application to Mr . John Welburn , Superintendent of the Line , at York Station . The same source of information is recommended to golfers desiring to take advantage of the North Eastern Company's new system of issuing annual certificates to members of recognised golf clubs , enabling them to obtain first class return tickets at special fares .

PRESENTATION TO BRO . HUGHAN . AT the annual meeting of the Coryton and Eougemont Chapter of Eose Croix , held at Exeter , on Tuesday , 16 th ult ., Bro . J . Taylor , J . P ., 30 ° , who presided , presented to Bro . W . J . Hughan 32 ° , of Torquay , an illuminated address as an honorary member of the Chapter . Bro . Taylor briefly referred to the distinguished career of the recipient , and to the great interest he displayed in the welfare of all young Masons . The name of Hnghan was known the world over for his Masonic research .

Bro . Hughan , in accepting the address , expressed the pleasure it gave him to receive such a pleasing memento of the high esteem in which they held him . Amongst the many addresses he had received from his Brethren in Freemasonry that was the first from those of the Ancient and Accepted ¦ Rite .

The Chapter was honoured hy the distinguished presence of the Inspector General of the District , Bro . Eev . H . A . Morse , M . A ., of Barnstaple , 33 ° , and at the instance of Bro . Taylor a special vote of thanks was accorded to Bro . Moise for his presence . The ceremony of installation was then proceeded with .

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Next Week.

NEXT WEEK .

Further particulars as to place of meeting of the undermentioned Lodges are given in the freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book ( published by Grand Lodge , for the benefit of the Obai-ity i'undj .

Monday . 16 Eoyal Alpha , Metropole 1319 Asaph , Freemasons ' -hall 1321 Emblematic , Criterion 1924 Wickham , Brockley 1996 Priory of Acton , Acton 2535 Fellowship , Frascati 2578 National Artillery , Criterion

113 Unaiiimity , Preston 119 Sun , Sq . & Compass , Whiteh ' v ' n 156 Harmony , Plymouth , 328 St . John , Torquay 331 Phoenix Ho . & Prudence , Truro 431 St . George , N . Shields . 622 St . Cuthberga , Winiborne 850 St . Oswald , Ashbourne . 928 Friendship , Peterstield

977 Fowey , Fowey 1045 Stamford , Altrincham 1071 Zetland , Saitash 1077 Wilton , Blackley 1211 Goderich , Leeds 1239 Wentworth , Sheffield 1254 Semper Fidelis , Exeter 1264 Neptune , Liverpool 1452 St . Margaret , Lowestoft 1573 Carodoc , Swansea

1954 Molesworth , Wadebridge 2163 Jersey , Southall 2166 Cotckele , Calstock 2520 P . of Wales , Newcastle-on-Tyne 2586 St . Nicholas , Scarborough

Tuesday . Colonial Board , F . M . H ., at 4 171 Amity , Snip and Turtle 2524 Tram Bonus , n insbury Barr'ks .

70 St . John , Plymouth 1 U 6 Ueaulord , Bristol 124 lUarquis of Uranby , Durham 158 Adam , Skeerness 252 Harmonic , . Dudley 265 Royal xorkshire , Keighley 364 Cambrian , Neath 393 St . David , Berwick 421 Loyal of industry , S ' thmolton 510 So . martin , Lisiieard 5 o 8 Temple , i ' oiiiestone

660 Cajuiaiouununi , jNew Malton 673 St . John , Liverpool 734 Londesborouga , jinalington 804 Carnarvon , navant 847 Fortesque , Honiton 960 Bute , Uardirl : ' 974 Pentalpka , Bradford 1002 Skiddaw , Cockermouth 1244 Marwood , Redcar

1310 Harrow , Harrow 1619 Sackvilie , East Grinstead 1780 Albert Edward , Southampton 1785 St . Petroc , Padstow 1981 Arnold , East Molesey 2129 Dorothy Vernon , Bakewell 2490 Ampthill , Ampthill

Wednesday . Committee Boyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , F . M . H ., at 4 13 Union , Waterloo , Plumstead 820 Lily Richmond , Inns of Ct . Ho . 1629 United , Freemasons ' -hall 1827 Alliance , Guildhall Tavern 1986 Honor uak , Upper JNorwood 2 b 28 Lancastrian , Frascati 2581 Empress , Earl ' s Court

84 Doyle of Friendship , Guernsey 187 Rl . Sussex Hospitality , Bristol 274 Tranquility , Newchurch 277 Friendship , Oldham 281 Fortitude , Lancaster 288 Harmony , Todmorden 323 Concord , Stockport 498 Royal Standard , Dudley 654 Peveril of the Peak , New Mills 661 Fawcett , Seaham Harbour

666 Benevolence , Dartmoor 679 St . David , Aberdare 708 Carnarvon , Hampton Court 730 iillesmere , Choriey 731 Arboretum , Derby 755 St . Tudno , Llandudno 851 Worthing Friendship , Worthing

Next Week.

852 Zetland , Salford 906 Royal Albert Edward , Bath 1018 Shakespeare , Bradford 1091 Erme , lvybridge 1094 Temple , Liverpool 1107 Cornwallis , Chiselhurst 1140 Ashton , Heaton Moor 1181 De la Pole , Seaton 1209 Lewises , Ramsgate

1248 Demson , Scarborough 1331 Aldershot Camp , Aldershot 1342 Walker , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1356 Toxteth , Liverpool 1398 Baldwin , Dalton-in-Furness 1400 Curwen , Workington 1547 Liverpool , Liverpool 1643 Perseverance , Hebburn-on-Tyne 1855 St . Maurice , Plympton

1879 Lord Warkworth , Amble 1932 Whitworth , Spennymoor 1958 St . George , Portsea 2156 Arthur Sullivan , Manchester 2294 Wavertree , Wavertree 2330 St . Lawrence , Pudsey 2389 Avondale , Middlewich 2423 St . Mark , Connah Quay 2450 Loxheld , Uckneld 2483 Hadrian , Westham 2504 Earl of Warwick , Buckh ' rst Hill

Thursday . Quarterly General Court , Girls Sch . 122 / Upton , Ureat Eastern Hotel 1642 Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke-h .

35 Medina , Cowes 130 Royal Gloucester , Southampton 216 Harmonic , Liverpool ooo Royal Preston , Preston 369 Limestone Rock , Clitheroe 3 fcll Harmony & Industry , Darwen 437 Science , Wincanton 546 Jitruscan , Longton bl 6 Royd , Littleburo ' 9 / 3 Ruyal Somerset , Frome yal l ' yne , Wailsend 10 aa Huysne , iStoke , Devonport

lllo Jiquaiity , Accrington 1182 Duke oi Edinburgh , Liverpool 1213 Bridgewater , Eccles 12 / 3 St . iviichael , fciittingbourne lotsY Chorlton , Choriton-cum-Jdardy 1416 Falcon , Thirsk 1495 Arkwright , Matlock Bath 1583 Corbet , Towyn lot )/ Hospitality , Waverfoot 1750 Coleridge , Olevedon 1916 Graystune , Whitstable

1992 Tennant , Cardirf , 2234 Onslow , Guildlord 2262 Daginar , Wraysbury 22 / 8 Kings wood , Broxbourne 2285 Eden , Workington 2343 Sir William iiarpur , Bedford 2372 James Terry , Waitiiam Cross 2420 Fd . de Rothschild , Waddesdon 2449 Duke of York , Manchester 2501 Ixion , Buckhurst Hill

Friday . Quarterly Court , Bojs School , at i . lt > 02 Sir Hugh Myddelton , Islington

81 Doric , Woodbridge 170 All Souls , Weymouth 458 Aire and Calder , Goole 526 Honour , Wolverhampton 1001 Harrowgate & Claro , Jiarr ' wg'te 1087 Beaudesert , Leighton * Buzzard 1102 iviirneld , Mirneld

1121 Wear Valley , Bishop Auckland 1428 United Service , Landport 1606 De la Pole , Hull 16 / 6 St . Nicholas , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1826 Parthenon , Croydon 1983 Martyn , Southwold 2554 Manchester , Manchester 2558 Furnival , Sheffield

Saturday . 1685 Guelph , Leyton 1686 Paxton , Camberwell 2384 Mitcham , Lower Mitcham 2579 Lewisham , Lewisham

869 Gresham , Chestnut Park 1415 Campbell , Hampton Court 1755 Eldon , Portishead 2006 Tilbury , Purfleet 2105 Cama , Hampton Court ) 2147 Grays Valley , St . Mary Cray 2246 Cyclist , Croydon 2326 Wigan , Wigan

We shall be pleased to receive particulars of Masonic meetings for insertion in our columns , and where desired will endeavour to send a representative to repoit Lodge or other proceedings .

Holiday Arrangements.

HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS .

THE Midland Bailway Company has published an extensive list of new arrangements which come into operation this month for the benefit of holiday travellers , not the least important of which is that by which passengers taking tourist tickets from stations on the Midland Eailway to Glasgow by the North British or Glasgow and South Western lines will be able to travel at their option on the return journey either by the Waverley route via Edinburgh , or by the Glasgow and South Western route via the Land of

Burns . New day and night expresses are being added to the alread y extensive time-table of trains between England and Scotland , and other ordinary express trains between these points will undergo improvement b y acceleration . The first and third class dining carriages will continue to run on the morning and afternoon express trains between London and Glasgow , and sleeping saloon cars on the night trains between London and

Glasgow and Edinburgh . The third class passengers will he able to accommodate themselves with pillows . The tourist traffic to the Western Highlands and Islands is being well provided for by the running of a new through express from London ( St . Pancras ) at 10 p . m . for Greenock , the Firth of Clyde , & c , and a daylight service co Eothesay will also be given from St . Pancras at half-past ten in the morning , enabling passengers to

arrive at Eothesay at 9-30 p . m . Through carriages will run from London ( St . Pancras ) to the north-west of Scotland over the new West Hi ghland Eailway , a distance of over 500 miles . Irish passengers are accommodated by a new express service leaving St . Pancras at half-past ten , enabling them to arrive in Belfast by the short sea route via Stranraer and Lame the same evening . A corresponding service will also be afforded in the opposite

direction . An improved service will also be given to Belfast via Barrow-in-Furness ( the picturesque route by the borders of the Lake District ) leaving London ( St . Pancras ) at 2-10 p . m . The services to the Isle of Man , the English Lake District , the Peak District of Derbyshire , and the numerous other holiday resorts served by the Midland Eailway , have also undergone careful supervision , and improvements affected both in time occupied on the journey and comfort en route . All these improvements are enumerated at

length in the Midland Company s time tables for July , and for holiday companions travellers cannot do better than secure copies of the publications which have just been issued by the Midland Eailway Company , including "Pocket Guide to the Midland Eailway , " "Holiday Tours in the British Isles , " " Pocket Diary and Guide to the Isle of Man and English Lake District , " " List of Furnished Lodgings in Farmhouses , Country Villages , & c , " ' < The Peak of Derbyshire , " & c .

THE Midland Company has also arranged to run excursions to Ireland , from St . Pancras on the 23 rd inst ., and to Scotland and the north of England on Friday next , return tickets to Scotland being issued by this trip at a single fare for the double journey , available for any period up to sixteen days . The Company also announces trips each Saturday to Lancashire , the Isle of Man , the Peak of Derbyshire , the Lake District and other parts , for particulars of which we refer lour readers to our advertisement column .

THE London and North-Western Eailway Company announces a number of special excursions on Friday and Saturday of next week , to different Stations in Ireland and Scotland , the latter being available for the popular system of issuing return tickets to the north at a single fare

for the double ] ourney , available for return at any time within sixteen days . There are also excursions to-day , and on every Saturday until further notice , to the Isle of Man , North Wales , Lancashire , and the English Lake District , for different periods as set out in our advertisement columns .

ON Wednesday night the West Coast commenced their service of quick running trains to Scotland . They took twenty minutes off the time . The eight o'clock train from Euston , with four stops , ran into Carlisle at 1-50 on Thursday morning , beating the East Coast by eleven minutes . The run from Wigan to Carlisle over Shap Fells , a distance of 105 miles , was accomplished in 1 hour 50 minutes , which is the best record on the North-Western's Northern Section .

THE North Eastern Eailway has arranged to issue , every Saturday in July , August , and September , commencing to-day , excursion tickets at special fares , available for three , eight , ten , fifteen , or seventeen days , from London ( King ' s Cross ) to Bridlington , Filey , Scarborough , Robin Hood ' s Bay , Whitby , Saltburn , Eedcar , Seaton Carew , Tynemouth , Whitley and Cullercoats . The tickets , which will be available by the

8 ' 45 a . m . train from London , are quoted for the double journey at a little in excess of the ordinary third class fare . For the benefit of commercial travellers the Company are now issuing first and third class return tickets to enable them to visit their homes at week-ends at a single fare for the double journey , under conditions which may be learned

by application to Mr . John Welburn , Superintendent of the Line , at York Station . The same source of information is recommended to golfers desiring to take advantage of the North Eastern Company's new system of issuing annual certificates to members of recognised golf clubs , enabling them to obtain first class return tickets at special fares .

PRESENTATION TO BRO . HUGHAN . AT the annual meeting of the Coryton and Eougemont Chapter of Eose Croix , held at Exeter , on Tuesday , 16 th ult ., Bro . J . Taylor , J . P ., 30 ° , who presided , presented to Bro . W . J . Hughan 32 ° , of Torquay , an illuminated address as an honorary member of the Chapter . Bro . Taylor briefly referred to the distinguished career of the recipient , and to the great interest he displayed in the welfare of all young Masons . The name of Hnghan was known the world over for his Masonic research .

Bro . Hughan , in accepting the address , expressed the pleasure it gave him to receive such a pleasing memento of the high esteem in which they held him . Amongst the many addresses he had received from his Brethren in Freemasonry that was the first from those of the Ancient and Accepted ¦ Rite .

The Chapter was honoured hy the distinguished presence of the Inspector General of the District , Bro . Eev . H . A . Morse , M . A ., of Barnstaple , 33 ° , and at the instance of Bro . Taylor a special vote of thanks was accorded to Bro . Moise for his presence . The ceremony of installation was then proceeded with .

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