Startling Resolutions Adopted In The Great Masonic Convention.

to recognise one another , and are bound to support one another ; while their society , being a secret one , is condemned by the Church , and its members excommunicated , cut off from the Unity of the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church , and , if not reconciled with God before they die , excluded from God ' s kingdom for ever . —Irish Catholic .

French Masonry In England.

FRENCH MASONRY IN ENGLAND .

THE " Tawe " Lodge of Freemasons has just been successfully started in Swansea under a charter granted by the Grand Orient of France . The Lodge , which has its headquarters in the beautifully furnished club-room of the Longlands Hotel , has already a respectable number of members , and applications lor membership are numerous . The Lodge has been established to suit the convenience principally of the higher class of working men ,

and under the French Charter tho fees , & c , have been very considerably reduced to meet the pockets of working-men desirous of joining the great Masonic brotherhood . More comfortable headquarters than the Tawe Lodge possesses could scarcely be wished , and a banquet recently held at the Longlands Hotel , for the double purpose of presenting the Worshipful Master , Bro . Ll . M . Beynon ,

with a magnificiently woiked badge and apion of the Grand Orient of France and of bringing the members into social contact , was a most propitious event . The large dining-room at the Longlands was well filled by seven o ' clock , and a rare good banquet was set out . Bro . L . M . Beynon presided , and amongst those present were Bros . Edmonstone , H . and C . Beynon , J . Ferguson , senr . and junr .,

S . J . Griffiths , Hy . Jones , & c . The table having been cleared , the toasts were proceeded with , varied by a capital musical programme . Bro . W . G . Griffiths proposed " Ihe Grand Orient of Fiance , " to which the Chairman responded . He offered his congratulations upon this auspicious opening of a Masonic Lodge which respectable working men could join . The grand secret of the Orient of

France—of the whole Masonic brotherhood—was charity , sympathy with a brother in distress , and the alleviation of each other ' s difficulties and troubles . They could make a Lodge that would do them good , as the great Lodges of England and America , and ie continent did . Freemasonry , in the highest sense , meant sociability

and equality . Freemasonry was of particular advantage to them if they went abroad . He regretted the absence of their Warden Bro . F . J . Crawford through illness . Bro . John Griffiths ( Ystalyfera ) proposed the Federated Lodges , to which Bro . Thomas Williams responded .

Bro . W . J . Griffiths then called upon Bro . H . T . Williams to present the badge and apron to their chairman as a token of their respect and esteem , ancl as a mark of gratitude for the seivices which he had rendered to the Lodge . Bro . Ll . N . Beynon having suitably acknowledged the presentation , tho toast of the visitors , proposed by Bro . John B . Ferguson , and responded to hy Mr . W . Nicholson , succeeded , and the evening concluded with a vote of thanks to the host and hostess .

Messrs . Thos . Williams , H . W . Nicholson , W . Williams , J . Rodda , L . Brown , and others provided the musical programme . Mr . L . BroTvn acting as pianist . —Swansea Herald . '

The Clapton Chapter of Improvement , No . 1365 , meets every Thursday evening at b p . m ., at the lhiee bisters Hotel , Hackney Downs , under the Pieceptorship of

Comp . G . W . Knight P . Z . Comp . J . Wilson P . Z . P . P . G . A . S . is the Treasurer , and Comp . Percy Trickett the Scribe E . Eoyal Arch Masons will be most cordially welcomed at any of the meetings .

A meeting of the Committee working to secure the election of Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Dimsdale as Grand Treasurer was held on the 10 th inst ., when a

President , executive Committee , Chairman and "Vice-Chairman were chosen . Many city Masons are taking an active interest in Bro . Dimsdale ' s candidature .

A Masonic seivice is to be held at the church of St . James , Garlickhithe , Garlick Hill , E . G ., on Thursday next , organized by the "Whittington Lodge , No . 862 . The collection will be devoted to the Eoyal Masonic

Benevolent Institution without any deduction whatever , the expenses being guaranteed from ether sources . Contributions to be added to the collection may be sent by brethren unable to attend .

THE BUGLE SOUNDS THE CALL TO AKMS , and is always cheerfully responded to by the British soldier on active service ; never once has he failed his country in the hour oi need . It should therefore be a great honour to be called the soldier ' s friend , a title which has been well earned by Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment . In banacks ,

camp , or whilst on many a weary march in hostile country these medicines have been the stay and comfort of thousands of " Our Lads in Red . " In cases of dysentery , diarrhoea , fever and ague they have pcrfoimed wonderful cures , and never in any disease , When a fair trial has been given , have they failed to afford relief .

Reports Of Meetings.

REPORTS OF MEETINGS .

— : o : — CRAFT . GRAND MASTER'S LODGE , No . 1 .

THE installation meeting was held on the 15 th , at Freemasons ' Tavern , under tho presidency of Bro . Charles Belton P . D . G . D . of C . W . M ., who installed Major-General Frederick Gadsden as his successor . At the banquet which followed the working of the Locrge Bro . Richard Eve P . G . Treas ., in responding for the Grand Officers , strongly urged the brethren to support the

candidature of Brother Aldeiman Dimsdale for the Grand 'lreasurer & hip , one of the most honourable in the list of Grand Offices . He knew of no one , he said , who could fill it better than Bro . Dimsdale , and ihe more the brethren knew him the more they felt he would become a shining light in Freemasonry . The position

was next to that of G . Master ol England , as the Grand Treasurer , like the Grand Master , was elected by the whole Craft . General Gadsden , in replying to the toast of Worshipful Master , said ho was initiated in the Lodgo 16 th May 1853 , and had consequently been

a member of the Cralt for 41 years . Wherever he had been , whether in India or Australia , he had joined a Lodge , and he had ever kept up his connexion with this Lodge . He was sorry to say he could find but one brother on the muster roll who was a member when he was initiated .

MEDINA LODGE , No . 35 . THE installation was held at the Lodge Room , Cowes , on the llth , when Bro . G . Cottell was installed , the ceremony being performed by Bro . T . M . Taylor . Tbe new W . M . invested his Officers .

A banquet was afterwards held at the Town llall . The afterdinner proceedings were of the usual convivial character , and an excellent repast was supplied by Bro . T . Richardson . o o o

LOVE AND HONOUR LODGE , No . 75 . BRO . W . J . M . Gooding was installed W . M . at the annual festival held at the Masonic Hall , Falmouth , on the 8 th . Bros . T . R . Grylls and J . M . Come officiated , supported by a large Board of Past Masters . The new Master invested his Officers ior

the year . Subsequently the brethren adjourned to the Royal Hotel , whero the annual banquet took place . There was a large company . A most enjoj able evening was spent , the usual Masonic toasts being honoured . o o o

LODGE OF FREEDOM , No . 77 . GREAT regret was felt at the meeting of this Lodge , held at the New Falcon Hotel , Gravesend , on the 15 th inst . for the absence of the W . M ., Bro . George Rackstraw , through illness , and hopes were expressed for his speedy recovery . Bro . the Rev . A . Jackson , M . A ., I . P . M . and P . G . C . for Kent presided , and was assisted by the following brethren : —Thos . Nettleingham S . W ., J . A .

Whitfield J . W ., J . Willoughby Brown , J . P ., P . M ., Joseph Solomon P . M ., Jonas Hill P . M ., A . Ronaldson P . M ., J . C . Biggs P . G . D . C . Secretary , W . H . Hedger P . M ., R . J . Beamish P . M ., R . C . Fowle S . D ., George Masters I . G ., W . Martin Org ., and several other members in addition to many visiting brethren . After the Lodge had been opened Bro . Thos . Holt Sheppard , having proved his

proficiency , was passed to the second degree , and Bro . J . G . Caddell was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason . Three brethren were accepted as joining members ; the sum of ten guineas was voted for the W . M . ' s charity list , and the business of the Lodge being finished the brethren adjourned to the banquet room , where a pleasant evening was spent .

DORIC LODGE , No . 81 . THE anniversary meeting was held at the Masonic Hall , Woodbridge , on Friday , the 12 th inst ., when Bro . A . W . Cobbold was installed W . M . lor the ensuing jear . The installation ceremony was perfoimed by Bro . Walter Brooke , in the unavoidable absence of Sir John Monckton . Ihe Worshiplul Master afterwards appointed and invested his Officers for the year .

The installation banquet followed at the Bull Hotel , when Bro . Miles provided a splendid spread for the brethren . The toast of the Prov . Giand Master , Lord Henniker , was proposed by Bro . W . P . T . Phillips , who alluded with much sj nipathy to Lord Henniker ' s recent family bereavement . They all

knew , he said , what a thorough Mason Lord Henniker was , and the interest he evinced in the Province , not only in a Masonic sense , but in county business . He was sure it would be a very long time before they could get a successor as good as Lord Henniker in every relation to Masonic life . The toast was drunk in silence as a mark of sympathy with the Provincial Grand Master .

Bro . Tracey in the course of his remarks , in reply to the toast of Provincial Grand Officers , stated he had received two or three letters from Lord Henniker since his bereavement , and he had expressed very strongly his reciprocation of tie sympathy which the members of the Lodges , individually and collectively , had extended towards him in his trouble . Bro . Brooke , in submitting the toast of the evening , the Worshipful Master , said Bro . Cobbold had filled the position of S . W . under him