Installation Meetings, &C. Polish National Lodge, No. 534.

Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge of Instruction , 1602 . — A meeting was held on Thursday , 9 th insfc ., afc the White Horse Tavern , Liverpool-road , N . Present—Bros . Turner W . M ., Homan S . W ., Snook J . W ., Hughes Secretary , Everett S . D ., MoMillen J . D ., Weeden Preceptor , Browne I . G . ; and others . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Everett acting as candidate . This

brother , as candidate for passing , answered the questions , but was not entrusted . The first section of the lecture was worked by Bro . Dixie . Bro . Cook , of fcho Highgate Lodge , was elected a member . It was announced that in future the Lodge meetings be adjourned

over fche third Thursdays in January , April , July and October , in consequence of the room being required for other purposes . Lodge was then closed , and fche meeting adjourned until Thursday , 23 rd April .

Chiswick Lodge of Instruction , No . 2012 . —A meeting

was held on Saturday , 11 th instant , at the Hampshire Hog , Kingstreet , Hammersmith . Present : —Bros . Craggs W . M ,., Brown S . W ., Furze J . W ., Gardner Treasurer , Strong Secretary , Wood S . D ., Tilbury I . G ., Weeks Tyler ; P . M . 's Ayling 975 , Mann 186 , Tipper 2090 , Stroud 2090 , Sims 834 , Perdue W . M . 834 , Williams 834 .

Lodge was opened and fche minutes of the lasfc meeting were read and confirmed ; fche W . M . rehearsed fche ceremony of initiation , Brother Williams candidate . Bro . Brown S . W . was duly elected to fill the chair for fche ensuing week . The Preceptor made arrangements for working the Fifteen Sections . Bro . George Reid P . M . was appointed

S . W ., and W . Mann P . M . J . W . for the occasion , viz ., Saturday 2 nd May . The following brethren will assist : —Bros . H . Sanfield P . M ., Causton P . M ., Westley P . M ., H . Perdue W . M ., J . Greenway , A . Stenger , J . Brown , H . Furze , R . Harvey , H . Price , D . Stroud , W . W . Williams , A . Williams . Nothing further offering , Lodge was closed in perfect harmony .

Old Warrants (G)."Ancients."

Old Warrants (G )."ANCIENTS ."

No . 140 . KEI / LY Grand Master . BICHD . SWAN S . G . W ., WM . DICKEY D . G . M ., RICHB . SWAN } , _ , for War . CLARKE J to w

S-n all fojjmn it mag Canwrn . We the Grand Lodge of fche mosfc Ancient and Honourable Fraternifcy of Free ancl Accepted Masons ( according to fche Old Constitutions granted by His Royal Highness Prince Edwin , at York , Anno Domini Nine Hundred Twenty and Six , and in the Tear of

Masonry Four Thousand Nino Hundred Twenty and Six ) in ample Form assembled , viz ., Tho Right Worshipful and Right Honourable THOMAS ERSKINE , EARI . OF KELLY , LD . VISCOUNT FENTON , BARON OK PrrrENWEiii IN GREAT B RITAIN , Grand Masfcar of Masons ! The Worshipful Mr . WILLIAM D ICKEY , Deputy Grand Master , The

Worshipful Mr . RICHARD SWAN , Senior Grand Warden , and the Worshipful Mr . WILLIAM C LARKE , Junior Grand Warden ( with the approbation and Consent of the Warranted Lodges held within tho Cities ancl Suburbs of London and Westminster ) , Do hereby authorise and impower onr Trusty and Well beloved Brethren , viz ., THOMAS TODD ,

one of our Master Masons , WILLIAM BURN his Senior Warden , and FRANCIS COLLINGWOOD his Junior Warden , to form and hold a Lorlge of Free and accepted Masons aforesaid , at the Masons Arms in the Town of Ford and County of Northumberland , to be known by the Title of Sr . John Ilussey Delavel's Lodge , upon the first Monday of event

Kallendar Month , on all seasonable Times ancl lawful Occasions . And in the said Lodge ( when duly congregated ) to admit and make Freemasons , according to the mosfc ancient and honourable Custom of the Royal Grift in all Ages and Nations , throughout the known world . And we do hereby further authorise and impower our said Trusty

and Well-beloved Brethren , Messrs . THOMAS TODD , WILLIAM BURN & FRAS . COLLINGWOOD ( with fche consent of the members of their Lodge ) to nominate , chuse , and install their Successors to whom they shall deliver this warrant , and invest fchem wifch their Powers

and Dignities as Freemasons , & c . Aud such Successors shall in like manner , nominate , chuse , and install their Successors & c . & c . & c . Such Installations to be upon ( or near ) every St . John ' s Day during the Continuance of the Lodge for ever .

Providing the above-named Brethren and all their Successors always pay due Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge , otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force , nor Virtue .

Given under Hands and the Seal of our Grand Lodge in London , this Twentifourth Day of January , in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred Sixty and Six , and in the Year of Masonry Five Thousand seven hundred Sixty and Six .

LAU . DERMOTT Grand Secretary . NOTE . —This Warrant ia registered in fche Grand Lodge . Vol . 5 th , Letter E .

[ " Lord Delavafs Lodge " was 140 ou origin to 1814 , when ifc became 169 , and soon after collapsed . The portions which aro written on fche Charter appear in italics in fche oregoiug transcript , which has been made from the o ^ ginal , in the possession of Bro . John Smith P . M . 280 W . C . ) , to whom we offer our best thanks , —Ed . F . O . ]

Old Warrants (G)."Ancients."

A " regular" Communication of fche District Grand Lodge of Northern China was held at fche Masonic Hall , Shanghai , on Wednesday , 7 th January last . Our brethren in the land of the Celestials seem to have a peculiar idea of

time ; fche District Grand Lodge was nofc opened until a quarter pasfc nine at night , and the business lasted until within half an hour of what we mav term " low " twelve .

E . W . Brother C . Thorne , after having held the position for seven years , had previously given notice of his intention to cease to preside as District Grand Master , and was only waiting a letter from Bro . Shadwell H . Gierke , Grand

Secretary , notifying the acceptance of his resignation . This had been received and was read . It expressed regret at the retirement of Bro . Thorne , and directed that the Lodges in the District should be summoned for the purpose

of selecting a successor , whose name should be submitted without delay to His Royal Highness the Grand Master . The courtesy of leaving unfettered in tho hands of the District Grand Lodge the appointment of a new District

Grand Master was mnch appreciated . The R . W . District Grand Master received the expression of the District Grand Lodge for what he had done for Masonry in the District with gratitude , and in reply , said he should always be

prepared to give all the advice and assistance in his power to the District Grand Lodge of Northern China . W . Bro . J . I . Miller Deputy D . G . M . was appointed to take

charge of fche district , but he gracefully handed over the gavel on this occasion to R . W . Bro . Thorne , for probably the lasfc time . Comparing the list of Officers present with .

the list of those subsequently appointed it appears that

some additions were made , about nine altogether . This ought to be a healthy sign . It points to the fact that the candidates for honour are increasing , and thafc the time has arrived for gratifying the natural and reasonable ambition of tbe brethren . To show that the brethren were in earnest they nofc only sanctioned the additional number of

Officers , but ordered that fche necessary regalia should be obtained from Bro . Spencer , without delay . Wo are glad

to add that the finances seemed to be in a prosperous condition . The mosfc interesting part of tho proceedings was the discussion that look place relative to tlie Masonic School Scheme . The idea first originated in tlio Tuscan

Lodge , No . 1027 , and was taken up by tho R . W . District Graud Master . At his instance a meeting of representatives of the various Lodges in tho District was called , aud a sub-Committee appointed , who now brought np a report .

Tlie scheme is a hybrid one . The school will nofc be " entirely Masonie bufc it was intended ifc should be under fche patronage and control of Masons . " The details arc by no means clear . For instance , we do not know whether

the school is to be for girls as well as for boys . Some figures are given representing possible cost and condition : - ; , but they are not definite enough , and so thought fche District Grand Lodge , for whilo they were prepared io

subscribe 100 tads ( somewhere about £ 80 ) towards a guarantee fund , they wanted " more information than was supplied in the report . According to this document about 3000 taels will bo required for the first outlay , and

notwithstanding the figures that follow , it is impossible to say how the scheme is to be worked . There is nothing put down for rent and management , aud although it is said that the school " will prove an inestimable boon to the

Masonic Fraternity in Northern China , and supply a home for fche children of indigent and deceased brethren under fche immediate supervision of the respective bodies to whose charge fchey may be left , " there is no machinery provided

for carrying this theory into practice , nor are we told how the necessary funds are to be provided . It is supposed that the school will be self-supporting after the first outlay ,

but how that is to be accomplished is uot made known . Are non-Masons to pay for Masons' children , or aro the latter , where indigent , to be kept afc the expense of ti * e L *> dgo to which the father belonged ? The scheme seems to be in a

most inchoate condition . The object is right , and the means may be forthcoming , but assuredly a great deal still remains to be done before the scheme can be ripe for operation ,

The Revised Book of Constitutions ; Critically Considered and Compared with the Old Edition . London : Simpkin , Marshall & Co ., 4 Stationers' Hall Court , B . C . Sent on receipt of stamps , One Shilling , by W . W . Morgan , Freemason ' s Chronicle Office , Belvidere Works , Hermea Hili , Pentonville