Notices Of Meetings.

closed in harmony . It muat not bo omitted that it was through tho exertiona of the Worshipful Master that Bro . Rowbottom gave thia lecture . We mnst congratulate Brother Evans and tho Fermor Hesketh Lodgo in inducing such a very able Bro . to deal with so complicated and profound a subject . By request of tho W . M . tho brethren adjourned to supper , whero , after the removal of

tho cloth , tho usual Loyal and Masonic toasts wore proposed and heartily received . To the toast of Prov . G . Lodgo Officers and Prov . G . L . Officers of Sister Provinces , Bros . Stevenson replied for Cheshire , Mollor for North Wales aud Salop , aud AVylie for West Lancashire ; after whioh Bro . Montgomery favoured tho brethren with a song . Tho VV . M . in a most cordial manner proposed tho health of

Bro . Eowbottom , who he was delighted to havo as his guest , and to whom all around that festive board must bo greatly indebted for the rare intellectual treat afforded them that evening . Tho toast was drunk with enthusiasm , and Bro . Rowbottom thanked tho brethren for tho honour done him ; ho waa greatly pleased to feel that hia efforts were fully appreciated . Tho subject had proven interesting

to all who had studied it . Before ho became a Freemason it had greatly helped him to understand what ho could not otherwise account for . Tho I . P . M . proposed tho health of tho AV . M ., who ho said was a pattern of regularity and punctuality ; ho had ever tho boat interests of tho Lodgo aud tho Craft at heart . Tho W . M . thanked the members : in tho discharge of his duties ho did his utmost , witk

pleasure , to promote every interest of tho Lodge , and if his work had proved acceptable , ho was rewarded . The same zeal whioh characterised his exertions in tho past , it wonld be his object to maintain in tho future . Tie felt ho waa powerless to carry on the affairs of tho Lod « o without the co-operation ofhis Officers , and to them ho was great ! v indebted ,

past and present ; he had much pleasure in uniting the names of Bros . I . P . M . Cooper and S . AV . with the toast . Bro . AVylio kindly favoured with a song . Tho I . P . M . returned thanks , lie regretted he was the solitary representative of P . M . ' s ou the occasion , but generally thoy were at their posts more punctually than the members . Ho had put himsolf to considerable inconvenience to bo present that evening , and regretted that Bro . Collinson , who had misled only ono

Lodge in seven years , had been prevented from attending through illness . Bro . S . AV . briefly returned thanks for his fellow Ollicers , and then the W . M . proposed the health of tho Visitors , uniting therewith the names of Bros . Keot , Danger , Davies , Newman , Williams , & c , all of whom returned thanks for tho hospitality shown , anil tho groat pleasure they had boon permitted to derive from tho interesting Lecture of Bro . Rowbottom . Tho Tyler ' s toast waa demanded and given , after which the brethren separated .

The Great City Lodge , No . 1426 . —The usual monthly meeting of Tho Great City Lodge , No . 142 G , waa held on Saturday evening , Sth February , at tho Cannon-street Hotel , and was numerously attended , both by members and visitors . Bros . James Freeman AV . M ., Blackie S . AV ., Catchpole J . AV ., and the junior Officers wero all present , besides Past Masters Stanway , Headon , Stevens , Sees ,

and Bro . Moody P . M . Secretary . After tho confirmation of tho minutes of tho last meeting , tho next business was tho passing of Bros . Lawcs and Robson to tho secoud degree . On the Lodge resuming to the first degree , a ballot was taken for Mr . Georgo Owen Mogridgo and Mr . Henry Parker King , candidates for admission to tho Order , and the ballot being unanimous in their favour , they wero separately

introduced , nnd in a most careful and correct manner wero initiated into the mysteries of Ancient Freemasonry . After some other business had been disposed of , tho Lodgo was closed in duo form , and tho brethren adjourned to tho banqnetting-room , whero a very substantial and excellent repast was produced . After tho withdrawal of tho cloth , the Loyal and Masonic toasts wore givcu , Bro . the Rov . 11 . J .

Simpson , Past Grand Chaplain and Chaplain of tho Lodge , responding on the part of the Grand Officers . Alluding to the two initiates , ho congratulated thorn upon becoming members of The Great City Loci ;' -, and remarked that ho know no Lodgo in which he met the members of it with greater pleasure , as they wero distinguished for thoir general temperance , general benevolence , general kindness , and

genial conduct , and it was impossible to find a higher tone of goodwill than was to be found amongst tho members of The Great City Lodgo . From the very first , every - Faster who had been installed into tho chair had set his face against making the Lodgo a mere place of festivity , and as it increased in interest , so it would bo their object to see that the quality of its members should increase also : aud

so carefully did the Masters aud Past Masters do all they conld to cement kindly feelings amongst the members , that they almost felt as if they wero all members of one family . Ho trusted that thoy would be able to givo as good an account of their Lodge in tho future as they had done in the past . Bro . J . Stevens P . M . said , in consequence of their immediate Past Master ( Bro . Stanway ) being compelled

to retire , the duty devolved upon him of having to propose tho health of Bro . Frooman , their Worshipfnl Master , llo was sure that they would all acknowledge the kind and genial spirit with which ho had presided over them , and the unvarying courtesy nnd goodwill which had distinguished his Mastership over them . In tho words of the poet , it might be said of him : —

"None better knew the feast to sway , Or keep Mirth's boat in bettor trim , Aud Nature had but little clay Like that of which she moulded him . " ( Cheers . ) The AVorshipfnl Master , in replying , said ho almost felt at all times a diflidouco in speaking of himself , bnt that night he felt so more than

usual , aa that would bo the last time he should speak in the position he had then the honour to occupy . Ho shonld not be able to he present nt the next meeting , but , although absent in body , he shonld bo present with them in spirit . Although he might then bo in another country , and the sea might divide thorn , ho shonld still havo the pleasure of talking with them . He felt lie had

received many acta of kindness from tho brethren since he occupied the chair , and he hoped that ho had given all tho satisfaction they conld wish for . He believed he had given them satisfaction , nnd he felt assured that when he quitted tho chair he shonld havo the sympathy of every member of tho Lodgo . Tho AVorshipful Master said the next toast he had to propose was that of " The Initiates ;"

when ho looked around , and saw thoso who had been initiated in tho Lodge , he felt that he had no canse to bo ashamed of them , and he believed thoso whom he had initiated that evening wonld adorn any Lodgo to which thoy might belong . After a song by Bro . Hook , the initiates—Bros . Mogridgo and King—severally returned thanks for being admitted to the Lodge , and expressed their wish to

do everything in their power to promote the great interests of Freemasonry . The next toast was tho Past Masters of the Lodge , for which Bros . Headon and Sees rotnrnod thanks . Some other toasts wero given , aud tho evening was spent , in complete harmony , in the course of which Bro . Moody gave , in excellent style , Tennyson ' s wellknown " Balaclava Charge . " Tho Tyler ' s toast brought tho proceed , ings to a close .

Clapton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1365 . —A meeting was held on Friday , 7 th February , at the White Hart Tavern , Clapton . Present : —Bros . J . Forbes W . M ., McDowall S . W ., J . Cogan J . AV ., Soper Treas ., T . Goddard Seo ., Harvey S . D ., Endean

J . D ., Hepburn I . G ., also Bros . P . M . Cnsworth , McMillan , L . Conbro , Abrahams , and other brethren . Tho ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Goddard candidate . Bro . L . Conbro was passed to tha degree of P . O . Bros . Breveter of No . 72 nnd Norton of 1536 wero ol octet ! members .

Duke of Conaught Lodge , No . 1524 . —Tho instillation of W . M . took place on Thursday , tho 30 th nit ., at tho Havelock Hotel , Albion-road , Dalston . Bro . Lee P . M . installed Bro . Neville Green , and Bro . Green appointed his Officers as follow : —Bros . Brand S . W ., Brasted J . W ., Smyth Treasurer , Leo P . M . Sec , Dignnm S . D ., Lorkin J . D ., Payne I . G ., A . Fcrrar D . C , Polak Steward , Gilchrist

Tyler . The brethren sat down to a sumptuous banquet , served in a very satisfactory manner by Bro . W . Ferrar , host of tho Havelock . Bro . N . Green presided , and after tho cloth had been removed , the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts wero duly honoured , Bro . Bass A . G . Sec , returned thanks for the Grand Officers , and then proposed the health of tho nowly installed W . M . Ho congratulated him on

the cordiality and goad fooling which prevailed m the Lodge , and was convinced ho would havo tho co-operation of tho Past Masters . Pro . Green W . M . assured the brethren ho would do all in his power to promote the prosperity of the Lodge . The toast of tho Visitors was responded to by Bro . John Green P . M . 27 . When giving the Masonic Charities tho AV . M . stated that both Bro . Chapman P . M .

and himself had undertaken to represent tho Lodgo at tho Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; he hoped tho brethren would support them in thoir efforts . Bro . Tony Seo . Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution replied ; he sot forth the claims of the Masonic Charities to tho support of tho brethren . He trusted that as tho Lodgo would be represented by two Stewards

tho lists would be creditable to the brethren . This appeal was favourably responded to ; indeed a handsome sum was subscribed , liios . Leo aud Chapman responded for tho P . M . ' s , and Bro . Brand S . AV . for tho Officers , after which the Tyler ' s toast was given . Tlie proceedings of tho evening wero throughout of a highly satisfactory character .

Tho Fifteen Sections were worked in tho Lodge of Instruction at the above address on AVednesday , Gth February , by Bros . Ferrar , C . Lorkin , A . R . Olley , Brasted , W . II . Lee , G . H . Stephens , and Stephens ; Bros . Brasted , C Lorkin , Stephens , C . Lorkia and Stephens ; Bros . J . Lorkin , Brasted and Wallington . Votes of thanka to tho W . M . for his efficient working , and to tho brethren for their able assistance were unanimously carried .

Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 . —The regular meeting of thia Lodgo was hold on Manday last at York , when tho W . M . Bro . J . S . Cumberland presided . Tho roitine business of tho Lodge having been concluded the AV . M . announced that in consequence of serious illness their excellent brother Thomas Cooper P . M . P . P . G . S . B . would not bo able to attend tho Benevolent Festival as he had intended to

do on Wednesday . It was a grsat disappointment to their brother , who had got an excellent list , but ho shonld go up to tho Festival himself with Bro . Turner Assist . M . C , and they would bo proud to carry up with them a list of J 6 _ 0 from so young a Lodge . The announcement of Bro . Cooper ' s illness was received with many expressions of regret . Bro . Cooper was tho first Master of the Eboracum

Lodge and is a P . M . also of tho York Lodge 236 , besides having repeatedly passed through the Z . chair of the Zetland Chapter , and the chairs of nearly all tho Christian and Mark Degrees , and a reso . lntion of sympathy with him waa passed by tho Lodge . Bro . T . B . Whytehead P . M . presented to tho Lodgo library two Masonic works . Tho brethren afterwards passed a very social evening .

ROYAL FO _ _ CHNIC . —This old and popular establishment continnes to attract crowded audiences . The lectnres are of the usual attractive character , and not the least interesting item in the programme is tho oration , with practical illustrations , on tho Science of Memory , delivered by Professor Stokes , who , assisted hy his wonderful class of boys , simply astonish their listeners . Mr . Stokes supplements his lecture by another on the Art of Rapid Writing .