New Temple At Margate.

NEW TEMPLE AT MARGATE .

ON Tuesday , 6 th inst ., the ceremony took place of the laying of the memorial stone of the new Masonic Temple , now in course of erection in New Cross Street , ou ground at the rear of " The Limes . " A

procession of between fifty and sixty members of the Onion Lodge , and Brethren from Ramsgate , & c . was formed at the Lodge House , King ' s Head Hotel , collars , aprons , & c . being worn ; and on their arrival they found a large audience assembled on the site .

The ceremony commenced with the hymn " 0 God , our Help in ages past . " The Chaplain ( Rev . W . Taylor Jones ) having read a suitable prayer , Bro . Albert Latham ( the architect ) presented a silver trowel to the W . M ., who laid the memorial stone , which bears an inscription stating that

" This stone was laid by W . BRO . EDWIN CROSOER W . M . Union Lodge , No . 127 , *" 6 th November 1894 . " After performing the ceremony in a business-like way , Bro . Crosoer declared , in the name of the Great

Architect of the Universe , that the stone was well and truly laid . He said the stone marked an eventful epoch in the history of their Lodge , which had been in existence 130 years . During that time they had had no fixed home or habitation , but now , with those walls

rising around them , they would reach the height of their ambition . He hoped that there Brotherly love would flourish among them ; that they might have many brought into their ranks ; and , from that auspicious occasion , he trusted that Union Lodge , No . 127 , would have a long and very prosperous career before it .

The Chaplain offered a prayer of thanksgiving and pronounced the Benediction , after which the Old Hundredth Psalm was sung , and the ceremony ended . The procession re-formed , and proceeded , via Market Street and Marine Drive , to their Lodge Room .

The large Hall will be 44 ft . by 24 ft ., approached by a handsome and capacious hall ; and there will also be robing and candidates' preparation rooms , & c . It will be built of red brick , with stone dressings , and the roof

will be of open timber-work . On the north side will be the caretaker ' s cottage , consisting of two floors . The Hall will have a prettily decorated elevation , and no doubt it will be a great local improvement and an advantage to the neighbouring properties .

Inauguration Of The Ixion Instruction Lodge.

INAUGURATION OF THE IXION INSTRUCTION LODGE .

THERE was a large gatheriug at the Denmark Arms , East Ham ' , on Wednesday , 7 th inst ., the occasion being the inauguration of this new Lodge of Instruction , the proceedings being followed by a banquet . The

ceremonies of the day were performed by Bro . John Ives P . M ., who , in the course of his rehearsal installed Bro . H . F . Bromhead P . M . P . P . S . G . W . as Master . Bro . J .

S . Chapman was chosen as Treasurer , and W . W . Ives ( 4 Sibley Grove , East Ham ) Secretary . Bro . T . Cowell will act as Preceptor .

The banquet was catered for by Bro . Window , of Canning Town , who gave the greatest satisfaction to all the Brethren . During the evening selections on the piano were performed , and a delightful programme of toasts and songs rendered the meeting most enjoyable .

The Annual Supper of the Walthamstow Lodge of Instruction will take place on Monday , 26 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall of the Chequers Hotel , High Street ,

Walthamstow , at 6 * 30 p . m . precisely . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Registrar Deputy Provincial Grand Master Essex will take the chair , and Bro . Wm . Gower Deputy Preceptor 2374 and Bro . N . Fortescue I . P . M . 2374 the Vice-Chairs .

o o o Messrs . Cassell and Company will shortly publish "The People ' s Life of William Ewart Gladstone , " which , within the compass of a shilling volume , fully illustrated , will contain a . popularly written account of the career of the great statesman .

Church Services.

CHURCH SERVICES .

A DISPENSATION has been granted permitting the i \ wearing of Craft and Royal Arch clothing at a Set-vice for Freemasons to be held on Sunday , 16 th December , at St . Paul's , Harringay , when it is expected Bro . William Sinclair , the Ven . Archdeacon of London ,

will deliver an address . Bro . H . I . Abrahams 201 is acting as Treasurer , and Bro . J . J . Cummins ( 1 Upland Road , Ridge Road , Stroud Green , N . ) as Secretary in connection with the Service .

o o o rpHE Annual Masonic Service was held at 'Holy JL Trinity Church , Southport , on Sunday , when the Rev . T . Barton Spencer P . G . Chaplain of England

preached to about 600 Brethren who formed part of a full congregation . He stated that £ 110 had already been raised towards the endowment ( £ 700 ) of a cot in the new infirmary , and he appealed for a liberal offertory towards this object . The collection realised £ 36 5 s .

o o o ON Wednesday evening , the 7 th instant , the annual Service in connection with the Dungannon Masonic bodies was held in Killyman Parish Church , on the invitation of Bro . Rev . E . F . Campbell , M . A ., Rector .

This Service , says the " Irish Times , " is part of a scheme originated six years ago by Bro . Dr . J . C . Sugars Provincial Grand Senior Warden , for the purpose of founding in Dungannon vice-patronships and

vicepresidentships of the Masonic Orphan Schools . The scheme has been so successfully carried out that the local Lodges are now entitled to one vice-patronship

and five vice-presidentships . The Ven . the Archdeacon of Armagh preached an eloquent and impressive sermon from St . Luke x , 29 " But he , willing to justify himself , said unto Jesus , And who is my neighbour ?"

Re-Opening Newton Abbot Hall.

RE-OPENING NEWTON ABBOT HALL .

rriHIS Masonic Hall has been redecorated with great I splendour and artistic ability , says the " Western Morning News , " after designs by Bro . Lewis Stevens P . M ., who has devoted most of his spare time for some

months past to the work . The Devon Lodge , No . 1138 , to whom the hall belongs , and of which Bro . G . H . Hearder is the W . M ., will celebrate the re-opening of the Hall on Tuesday , 20 th inst ., by the holding of a

conversazione , under the patronage of Viscount Ebrington Prov . Grand Master of Devon , W . G . Rogers D . Prov . G . M ., Major C . Davie P . A . G . D . C . Prov . Grand Sec , Sir Stafford Northcote , M . P ., Prov . G . M . M ., and other

distinguished Masons . An exhibition of Masonic curios will be one of the features of the conversazione . Bro . F . J . W . Crowe P . P . G . O . will lend from his unique collection a complete series of the various certificates

issued by the " Regular , "Atholl , " and United Grand Lodges of England , and certificates , jewels , aprons , and sashes of Masonic grand bodies from all parts of the world . Bro . W . J . Hughan P . G . D . Eng . is preparing a

short lecture on Freemasonry in its connection with Newton Abbot and Newton Bushell . A dispensation has been granted for Brethren to appear in Masonic clothiDg .

The " Letters of Hargrave Jennings , " the wellknown Masonic writer ( author of the " Rosicriicians , " " Phallicism , " & c ) , are announced as being prepared for press by " Invictus " ( c / o R . H . Fryar , Bath ) . They are

submitted as forming the unabridged Correspondence with the Editor of the " Bath Occult Reprints , " between 1879 and 1887 , and intimately relate to all those extraordinary and recondite subjects on which Mr . Jennings

was such an adept , and contain views and opinions hitherto suppressed or only privately imparted to a select few . Prompted by this circumstance , the Publisher pledges himself never again to reprint them , and only in "

the present instance in a limited copyright edition , at a price ( 10 s 6 d ) that shall cover the cost of production , and secure , as far as possible , their circulation among '' those advanced thinkers for whom thoy are intended ,