Prov. Grand Lodge Of Dorset.

Master thon appointed and invested his Officers for the ensuing year , as under : —

Bro , Pelly Hooper 170 ... „•Senior Warden C . Yeorsley 386 ... ... Junior Warden Rev . Edward G . Austen 1367 ... Chaplain R . D . Thornton ( re-elected ) ... Treasurer Freeland Filliter 386 ... ... Registrar R . Case ( re-nppointod ) ... Secretary J . G . C . Best 386 ... ... Senior Deacon

F . A . Sharp 137 ... ... Junior Deacon J . S . Stroud 417 ... ... Superintendent of Works W . J . Ingram 1168 ... ... Director of Ceremonies James Pope 1146 ... ... Assist . Director of Cers . B . A . Hogg 417 ... ... Sword Bearer Alfred Reynolds 170 ... ... Organist

A . Wilkins 1266 ... ... Parsuivant R . Smith 137 " 1 G . C . Filliter 386 | G . A . Samson 707 L Stewards v

W . Smith 170 f " " H . C . B . Frampton 622 ... | C . J . Freeman 1037 ... ... J F . Long 707 .., Tyler Votes of thanks having been accorded to the brethren of 386 for their labours in arranging for tho reception of

Provincial Grand Lodgo ; ( o Mrs Rodgott and the managers of tho Wareham National Schools for their kindness in giving the use of the School Buildings ; and to tho Visitors , the Provincial Grand Lodge was closed . The brethren then adjourned to a capital banquet , at the Town Hall , under the presidency of the Provincial Grand Master .

Prov. Grand Lodge Of Shropshire.

PROV . GRAND LODGE OF SHROPSHIRE .

THE Provincial Grand Lodgo for Shropshire was held on Friday , tho 27 th ult ., at tho Victoria Rooms , Oswestry , at which Sir Oflioy Wakcman Provincial Grand Master presided , and amongst the brethron present wero Bros . R . Veuablos D . P . G . M ., J . T . W . Claridge P . G . Chaplain , C . L .

Crump P . G . Treasurer , E . A . Hicks P . G . Registrar , W . H . Spanll P . G . Secretary , U . Roberts P . G . J . D ., F . Whitefoot juu . P . G . D . C , C . A . Manning P . G . S . B ., W . Belton P . G . O ., A . S . Townsond P . G . A . Secretary , J . Avery P . G . A . P ., George Bonner Tyler , T . Reunion P . G . S ., W . Weetcotfc P . G . S ., T . C . Bird P . G . S ., W . Major

P . G . S ., CoJonol George Gordon Warron P . P . G . S . W ., J . II . Redmau P . P . G . J . W ., II . C . Clarke P . P . G . R ., Rev . J . P . Meredith P . F . G . C , George Owen P . P . G . S . W ., J . Brnyn P . P . G . S ., J . Maclurdy P . P . G . S . W ., T . Roberts P . P . S . D ., N . Futman P . P . G . D ., R . Lewis P . P . G . R ., J . Englaud P . P . G . S ., J . II . Parsons V . V . Assist , G . S ., R . Lewis P . P . G . R ., C . K . Benson P . P . G . D . S . North Wales ,

J . U . Cooksey P . P . G . R ., E . J . Webb A . D . D . C , II . Millington P . P . G . D ., It . N . King P . P . Superintendent of Works , W . Lascelles Southwoll P . P . G . W ., W . E . Harding P . P . J . W . North Wales . After tho transaction of thc formal business , tho

following Officers were appointed for the ensuing year : — Bio . Rod ' King ... ... Senior Wardni John Avery ... ... Jnnior Wanlon hVv . 1 { . Lueay , LL . U . ... ) „ , , . i > it rii M r Chaplains Rev . 11 . Trevor Owen ... S l

V . C . C . Crump ... ,., Troaeurer H . G . U . Elliott ... ... Registrar W . H . Spaull ... ... Secretary William Belton ... ... Senior Deacon

S . Bennion ... ... Junior Deacon A . S . Townsend ... .,. Superintendent of Works Thomas Whitefoot juu . ... Director of Ceremonies H . Major ... ... Assistant Director of CorB .

F . Chubb ... ... Sword Bearer W . Wfstcotfe ... .- •)« . i - IT , Major T . C . Bird ... ... J Si anclnvd Beftrera nornco Southwell ... ... Organist Walter J . Ogg ... ... Assist . Secretary

At the conclusion of tho business the brethron adjourned to the Wynnstay Hotel , where a first-class banquet had been provided . Sir Offluy Wakeman presided , and the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts wero cordiall y honoured .

I he Langton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1073 , will resume work on Thursday , the 10 th instant , at the White Hart Tavern , Abchnrch Lane , E . C , at 5 * 30 p . m .

IIOT . I . OWAVS PUT , * . —Prevision . —As auturan treads on winter , slender , delicate , and pale-faced youths become listless , languid , and debilitated , unless an alterative , combined' with some tonic , bo administered to quicken their enfeebled organs . This precise requirement is supplied in these noted Pills , which can and will accomplish nil that , is wanted , provided the printed

instructions surrounding them meet with scrupulous attention . Holloway's Pills nre especially adapted t . supply the medical wants of youth , because his medicine acts gently , though surely 1 as a purifier , regulator , alterative , tonic , and mild aperient . A very few doses of these Pills will convince any discouraged invalid that his cure lies in his own hands , and a little pcrscvcranco only is demanded fur its completion .

The Theatres, &C.

THE THEATRES , & c .

Lyceum . —Notwithstanding the splendid reception given to Mr . Irving's latest revival—The Dead Heart—we do not anticipate the work will secure a long run . Mr . Irving has undoubtedly brought to bear the full measure of his vast experience , and the stage pictures he has set before his patrons will bear favourable comparison with

any of his previous productions . Still there appears to be a something wanting in the conception of the play that will assuredly assert itself , and after a while the desire to see the favoured actor in an essentially new character will exhaust itself , and a change of programme will be the result . We can well understand Mr . Irving ' s

motive in aeleoting "The Dead Heart for revival . The part of Robert Landry is assooiatod with the name of one of the most emotional aotors the English stage has ever produced , but the tastes of the playgoers have materially changed since the days when the late Benjamin Webster was in

high favour with habitues of the theatre . Moreover , the play is stilted in its charaoter ; there is a lack of motif throughout ; and we can soarcely realise how even BO crafty and ingenious a sooundrel aa the Abbe Latour could for so many years sway the destinies of those whom he has made his dopes . His boasted love for Catherine

Dnval oounts for nought whon we find him ready to transfer her to the arms of bis rival , the Count de St . Valery , aud however much we may be inclined to favour Catherine , we cannot dismiHS from our minds the fact that Bhe is something of a flirt , and is readily consoled for the loss of Robert by her acceptance of the hand of St . Valery .

Still , it is almost too late in the day to bo captions as to the plot of a piece that has retained its admirers for a period of thirty years . Mr . Irving has revived the play , and it is of this revival we have now to write upon . As many of our readers may remember , " The Dead" Heart "

was written by the late Mr . Watts Phillips , but it haa been revised by Mr . Walter H . Pollock , and is now produced with that strict regard to detail that characterises all Mr . Henry Irving undertakes . ThiB gentleman ' s presentment of the crushed and heartbroken sculptor will long bo remembered by those who may have the

opportunity of witnessing it . To Mr . Banorofb has been entrusted the part of the Abbo Latour , but finished aotor as that gentleman unquestionably is , we noticed a certain " ponderosity" abont his assumption that left a regret that the light and airy David Fisher was not still with us . The staunch-hearted friend Legrand is

manfully portrayed by Mr . Arthur Stirling , and Mr . Haviland does the best he oan as the St . Count de Va ' ery . The male partp , however , when we except Landry and Latour , are not strong ones , and we are willing to concede that it is not possible to make more of them ; while the eccentricities of Ponpet ( Mr . E . Righton ) smack too much

of what used to be called " oarpenter ' s scenes" for au era when mechanical scenery is all the rage . As Catherine Duval Misa Ellen Terry has but few opportunities , but whon opportunity docs servo this lady nover loses it . Messrs . W . Telbin , flawes Craven and J . Harker

are responsible for the scenery , which is of tho highest order . The incidental music reflects great credit on Mons . Jacobi , tho composer ; while Mr . W . TI . Margetson and Mrs , Comyns Carr havo done all that they could in fashioning the dresses to the instructions of Mr . Joseph Grego .

Opera Comique . —Major George Cockle , a distinguished amateur who has taken the degree of Bachelor of Music at Oxford , presented last Wednesday his romantic opera , in three acts , entitled " The Castle of Como . " It is our old friend " Tho Lady of Lyons " set to music , and , after the manner of serious opera , the dialogue is *

carried on in recitative . The libretto , by Mr . Charles Soarle , ia arranged with considerable ability so as to embrace the principal details of the story , and commences with the marriage of Pauline and the " Prince of Como ; " then follows the Bcene in Widow Melnotte ' s cottage , while the third act of the opera closely portrays the fifth

act of the play . The music throughout is melodious and attractive , though it would be difficult to fix the particular school adopted , and reflects great credit upon the composer . The orchestration is rather noisy , and the " soul-stirring drum " somewhat over emphasised in parts , while the orchestra itself is too large for BO small a house . The

second act is decidedly the strongest , the principal morceaux in whioh are the Widow's cheery song , the confession of Claude , the villagers' chorus , which dies away in the distance , and final quartette for soprano , tenor , baritone and bass . Melnotte ' s song in tho last aot should become popular ,

and the dance musio is appropriately light and pretty . Most of the artistes engaged have made a reputation in the concert room , and in time will become more at eaBe in their respective oharacters . The Pauline , who is here of a more affectionate nature than Bulwer Lytton ' s disdainful beauty , is Madle . Rosina Isidor .

Mr . Cadwalader has a capital voice , but requires stage trainiug . Mr . Leo Stormont is satisfactory as Beauseant , and Mr . Donuell Balfe achieved a distinct success as Damas , while Miss Amy Martin makes a charming Widow Melnotte , and Mr . Henry Pope adequately fills the part of Deschapelles , The stage arrangements are well designed , but

fche actual realization of the Castle of Como that takes place in the first act should be omitted ; it is certainly not required , and tends unnecessarily to delay the action of the piece at an important moment . Major Cockle was called for at the termination of the opera , but ifc was stated he was not present , and the manager said he would communicate to him the success of bis work as soon as possible .

Anew farcical oomndy , in three acts , entitled "The Bungalow , " by Mr . Fred Horner , will bo produced at Toole's , on Monday . The following are in the cast : —Messrs . Chas . Glenny , Yorke Stephens , Compton Contte , Fred Kayp , the Misses Sallie Turner , Helen Forsyth , Cissy Grahame , Vane Featberstone , Cicely Richards , and M A . GifTord . " Caste " will bo revived at the Criterion to-night ( Saturday ) , when a capital preaeutnjtiiiD ia anticipated .