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SAWYER'S ( LATE STATION ) RESTAURANT , 5 RAILWAY PLACE , FENCHURCH STREET , E . C . ENGLISH , FRENCH & GERMAN CUISINE . Hot and Cold Lv-mchecHvs on the Ground lTloor ; This Room will accommodate 100 persons . CHOPS , STEAKS , & c , FROM THE GRILL ; The Cirill Boom will sent 150 IUTSOUS . REID'S TREBLE STOUT . WORTHINGTON'S ALES , BERLIN TIVOLI BEER . TEA AND COFFEE ALWAYS READY . CHAMPAGNES OF THE BEST BRANDS . OLD BOTTLED TORTS . SHERRIES AND OTHER WINES OF THE BEST QUALITY . Bro . P . J . SAWYER , Proprietor . Late of Pimm ' s , and tho Crystal Palace .

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§ krpl lltasmtit f lrsiitetbtt for d > i . rk , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE . Office—5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C . Patron and President . His Eoyal Hig hness THK PIUNCE or WALES , K . G ., & c ., M . W . G . M . Patroness : Her Royal Hig hness THE PKINCESS OF WALES . THE NINETY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL ¦ WILL UK HELD AT THB FREEMASONS' TAVEBN , I .. O DST D O N , On Wednesday , 14 th of May 1879 . LIEUT . COLONEL JOHN CREATON , TBBASITBEB AHD THUSTKE TO THE IXSTaVTlOS , GBA . YD TKEASPBEK OP E . T GLAXV , IN THE CHAIR . Board of Stewards : President—TUV . Bro . Major MARMADUKE EAMSAY , D . G . M . Punjab . Acting President—V . W . ISro . Rev . A . F . A . WOODFORD , P . G . C . Treasurer—W . Bro . EDWARD COX , P . Prov . G . W . Norths and Hunts . And 2 M 0 Stewards representing Lodges in London and tho Provinces . Dinner on tlic table at Six o ' clock precisely . Brethren to appear in full Masonic Craft Clothing . Tickets—Ladies , lite 6 d . Brethren , JE 1 Is . May be obtained of the Stewards , and at the Olllce . F . R . W . HEDGES , Hon . Secretary to the Board sf Stewards . 6 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . R . M . B . I . FOR AGED FREEMASONS . ELECTION , I 6 TH MAY 1879 . No . 25 , R . H . MARSH ( HENRY MARSTON ) . No . 20 , AMELIA KING . Proxies to he sent to Bro . A . TISLEY , Hon . Secretary , L . M . C . A ,, No . 1 Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet Street , London , E . O .

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VITRUVIAN LODGE , No . 87 . BEO . ISAAC , who has for some time past provided for the requirements of this Lodge , begs to announce that he haa obtained pel-mission for tho removal of his license to the Belvedere-road , and that he is about to erect commodious premises there . Theso will comprise . A . SIF-A-CIOUS IMIA-SOZEsriC HALL . Willi ANTE BOOMS , LARGE BANQUETTING HALL , Together with every convenience for Masonic gatherings . Applications from Secretaries and others for accommodation to bo addressed G . ISAAC , " WHITE H . IBT , " COLIEGK STREET , LAMBETH , LONDON- , S . K .

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A CLERGYMAN aud his wife wish to tako tho charge of One or TH-O Young Children to bring up and educate with their own , between the ages of 3 ami S—Indian children preferred . Locality very healthy ; satisfactory references given and required . Address :-Bev . J . W . COLLINS , Clare Vicarage , Suffolk .

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NOTICE . —BACK NUMBERS . Brethren who desire to complete their sets of the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE , should make early application for Back Numbers . At present all are in print , but of some we have only a few copies left . Cases for bindinothe several volumes can be had at the Office , 67 Barbican .

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THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GBEAT QUEEN STEEET , LONDON , W . C . The nclmirable ana unrivalled accommodation provided at this Establishment for IMZJLSOIETIC ! ZB ^ nSTQTTIETS , PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DINNERS , WEDDING BREAKFASTS , BALLS , Ac . Is too well known to need comment . The entire management has been changed , and tho Establishment in nil its branches thoroughly re-organised . The attention of the Masonio Body Is directed to tho many advantages offered . CUTSIlSrE OF THB HIGHEST CHARACTER . WINKS PERFECT IN CONDITION AND QUALITY . N . B .-DINNERS PROVIDED FROM 3 / -. RESTAURANT , WINE , SMOKING & RETIRING ROOMS . The fullest measure of public confidence anti support ensured . ALFRED BEST , PROPRIETOR .

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Fourth Revised Edition , 12 mo , 5 s . THE BOOK OF THE LODGE , By Rev . GBO . OMVEB , D . D . Moat useful to new-made Masons and to Officers . IHTBKDED AS A GUIDE TO ALL THE CEEEM 0 NIES , WITH RITUALS OF INSTALLATIONS , FUNERALS , WORKINGS , & c , & c .

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Also , prico 10 s , THE FOUR OLD LODGES . By Bro . R OBERT F REKE G OULD , Barristcr-at-Law . London : SSEHCEB & Co ., 23 A Great Queen Street , W . C .

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Free by Post for 12 Stamps . AFTER THE TURTLE . —Thirty-one Years' Ministerial Policy , as set forth at LOBD MAYOB ' S DAY BANQUETS , from 1818 to 1878 . Collected by RICHABD SEYD , F . S . S . London : W . AV . MOBGAK , 67 Barbican , E . O .

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M , ^ . -- ^ -.- ^ . - ^^^ JBI 67 BARBICAN , E . C .

C0nsecbati0n Of The Arnold Lodge, No. 1799.

C 0 NSECBATI 0 N OF THE ARNOLD LODGE , No . 1799 .

NEW LODGES . — : o : —¦

THE prospect of a sea-side trip when the air is full of sleet and a biting Nor ' -Easter is driving in your teeth , is enough to make the sturdiest land-lubber hesitate ; and , however jolly it may be to saunter along the foreshore at Walton-on-the-Naze in sunshiny pic-nic weather , it required somo considerable fortitude to undertake the journey on Wednesday last , notwithstanding the pressing invitation we had received to " assist" at the consecration of the new Arnold Lodgo . We have been at this little Essex Watering-place when the summer sun has shono fiercely down upon the tawny shore , and when the sea beyond haa lansrnidlv invited us to woo the

cooler currents which at times raised their tiny ripples on the green expanse . But as tho brethren nestled back into their hansoms , out of the way of the hail and snow which drove in gusts along the London streets on Wednesday forenoon , there could be but little hope of realising any of those mild delights whioh are associated with the ordinary visit to a watering-place . It was evident that tho brethren who had plucked up sufficient courage to faco "rude Boreas , " and to breast the nipping wind at this exposed edge of tho coast , had " come properly prepared" with overcoats and wraps ; for , instead of the second week in May , the meteorological aspect was that of November . It was like the interpolation of a mid-winter day into a month whioh , according to the poets , is the " merriest" of all the year ; and although a stern sense of duty nerved

the brethren of many Lodges to fulfil the invitation they had accepted at the hands of the Officer ' s of tho new-formed Lodge , yet it could only bo accomplished by the aid of foot-warmers and other means of making a seventy-mile ride endurable in any weather . Having said so much upon a subject that was inevitable , and without retailing the conversation that beguiled our journey en route , wc may mention it had been ascertained , and known throughout tho Provinco of Essex , that located round about Clacton . on-Sea and Walton were

several members of the Craft who had long desired that a Freemasons' Lodge shonld bo established for their mutual p leasure and convenience ; and more especially had attention been called to this matter since Clacton had been made tho head-quarters of the lifeboat . During the thirty-throe years' reign of the late Bro . Dr . Bagshaw as Prov . Grand Master of Essex the progress of Masonry in tho Province had spread somewhat , in spite of tho Doctor ' s oftexpressed objection to any rapid growth in the number of Lodges ; but now , under less moral restraint , and with the number of robust and active Masons in the fine old county of Essex , it may be expected