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resumed , and Bros . Wyville and Millsom answered the questions leading to second degree and retired . The Lodgo was opened to the third degree , and closed to tho first . Thursday , 18 th December , was set apart for the purpose of having the Fifteen Sections worked , of whioh due notice will be given . The Secretary read a letter from

Mrs . H . Kyezor , thanking the brethren for their expression of sym . pathy and condolence with her on her bereavement , and the Secretary was requested to enter the letter on the miuutes of the Lodge . Bros , Millsom and Bellamy were eleoted members of this Lodge of Instruction . Bro . H . E . Tucker was elected W . M . for the next meeting .

The Crusaders' Lodge , No . 1677 . —The first meeting of this Lodge after the Installation was held on Wednesday evening , tho 12 th of November , at the New Market Hoi-ol , West Smithfield . Bro . G . Goode W . M . presided , and the other officers present were : — Bros . Hunter I . P . M ., J . W . Simmonds S . W ., Rothschild J . W ., Maples Treas ., Defriez Sec , Mill ward S . D ., Calderwood J . D ., Gay D . C ,

Rushton Org ., Pigot I . G . The only visitors present were : —Bros . H . Thompson 1426 and P . M . 177 and 1158 , A Thiemans P . M . Faith 144 , and Lehmeyer W . M . Urban . The minutes of the Installation meeting of the Lodge were read and confirmed , after which the Lodge was opened in tho second degree , when Bro . Thomas Mount Keiler Gilbert was examined and entrusted . The Lodge being opened in

the third degree , he was , in a most impressive manner , raised to the degree of M . M . The Lodge was then lowered to the second degree , and Bros . Budden and Lennard were passed to the degree of F . C . A ballot then took place for Mr . Augustus Thomas Buckingham , the well-known and social host of Clerkenwell-green , which proving to bo unanimous , he was introduced and most impressively initiated by the

W . Master into the mysteries and privileges of anoient Freemasonry . Several of his friends , who came to witness the ceremony , congratulated him upon his admission to the noble Order . Somo other business having been disposed of , the Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the large hall for refreshment , and a very ex . cellent and substantial repast was served up , in first-rate style , the

viands "being good and tbe attendance excellent , leaving reall y nothing to be desired . Bro . Butt ( the worthy Host ) personally superintended all the arrangements . After the withdrawal of the cloth , graoe having been said , the W . M . gave the first loyal toast , which was that of "The Queen and the Craft ; " this was most heartily responded to , followed b y the National Anthom , Bro . Lehmeyer

presiding at the pianoforte . The next toast was that of " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons , " a toast -which was most enthusiastically responded to . The other formal toasts having been given , Bro . Hunter ( Immediate Past Master ) proposed the health of the W . M ., aud descanted on the very able manner in which he had discharged the duties in the chair . The

W . M . said he had been suffering from illness , which prevented him from going through the business in the way ho could wish , but ho trusted to be better able to discharge them in the future ; he sin . corely thanked the brethren for the honour they had conferred upon him . The next toast was that of their brother initiate ( Bro . Buckingham ) . In giving his health , the W . M . said ho believed that he would

prove a good and worth y Mason . This tonst was likewise enthusiastically responded to . Bro . Buckingham thanked the brethren for the honour conferred upon him by admitting him a member of their ancient Order ; he could assure them that he would do all in his power to prove himself a good Mason . The health of the Visitors was then proposed by Bro . Senior Warden , who congratulated the

Lodge on having amongst them , aa visitors , some of the most wellknown members of the Craft . Bro . H . Thompson , in acknowledging the toast , congratulated the Lodge on possessing so efficient a Master ; having witnessed two of the ceremonies performed that evening he , as a somewhat old Mason , could say with confidence that the Lodge had good reason to be proud of their Master , and of his

having that night added another link to the great fraternal chain of Freemasonry . He thanked them for the kind hospitality they had shown him , and although that was his first , he trusted it would not be his last visit to the Crusaders' Lodge ; that evening had been to him one of unalloyed pleasure . Bros . Thiemans and Lehmeyer also re .

turned thanks . In the course of the evoning Bro . Lehmeyer delighted the members with some choice solos on the pianoforte , particularly so by Thalberg ' s " Home , sweet home , " with variations . Some other toasts were given , songs sung , and thus a very happy meeting was brought to a close .

West Smithfleld Lodge of Instruction , No . 1623 . — At the weekly meeting , at Bro . Butt ' s , New Market Hotel , West Smithfield , on Monday , Bros . Van Raalte W . M ., Valentine S . W ., Greenwood J . W ., Mallett P . M . Secretary , D . Moss S . D ., King J . D ., Silvester I . G ., Pennefather P . M . Preceptor . Lodge was opened and the minutes wero read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Willis candidate . Bro . D . Moss worked the first

and second sections of the lectnro , and P . M . Stuart the third , assisted by the brethren . Bro . Willis of 1326 was elected a member . £ o 5 s was voted from the funds of tho Lodge of Instruction , to be placed on the list of Bro . G . H . Stephens , who has undertaken a Stewardship at the next Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Monday next will be " Preceptor ' s Night ; " on Monday , 1 st December , Bro . Valentine will preside .

HOLLOWAY ' PILLS AND OIXTMENT . —The most effectual cure for Gout and Rheumatism . —A frequent cause of these complaints is the inflammatory state of the blood , attended with bad digestion , lassitude , and great debility , she wing ihewantof proper circulation of the fluid , and > hnt impurity of the blood greatly aggravates these disorders . Hollowa-Zs Pills are of so purif . ving a nature that a few doses taken in time are an effectual preventive agnirst gout

and rheumatism , but any one that has an attack of either should use Holloway's Ointment also , the nowerf ul properties of which , combined with the effects of the Pills , ensure a certain cure . The Ointment should be thoroughly rubbed iuto the parts affected at least twice a day , after they have been sufficiently fomented with warm water to open the pores to facilitate the introduction of the Ointment to tho glands .

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NESTOR ( Bro . "W . Hyde Pullen , 33 deg ., Past G . S . B ., Past Dep . P . G . M . Hants , Assistant Secretary Sup . Council A . and A . Rite . ) THE STATESMAN

( The Right Hon . Earl of Carnarvon , 33 dog ., Pro Grand Master , Pro Grand Z ., Past G . M . M . M ., and Past M . P . S . G . Commander A . and A . Rite . THE TREASURER ( Bro . P . Adlard , P . M . and Treasurer

Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 ) . THE DEPUTY ( The Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , 33 deg ., Deputy G . Master . Grand H ., G . M . M . M ., Great Prior of the Temple , and M . P . Sov . G . Commander and Rite

A . A . . ) A . PROVINCIAL MAGNATE ( Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . ' G . M . andG . Sup . Hants and Isle of Wight , Past G . M . M . M ., and Prov . G . Prior of the Temple , for Hants ) . TlME uanuAaibn

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OUR NOBLE CRITIC ( The Right Hon . Lord Leigh , 30 deg , Prov . G . M . and G . Sup . Warwickshire , Past G . M . M . M . ) OUR PERIPATETIC BROTHER ( Bro . C . Fitz Gerald Matier , 30 deg ., G . Stoward Scotland , and Past

G . S . Warden . Greece ) . A BOLTON LUMINARY ( Bro . G . Parker Brockbank , 31 dog ., Past Prov . G . S . D ., and P . Prov . G . Treas . [ Arch ] E . Lancashire . A . WARDEN OF THE FKNS ( The late Bro . John Sutcliffe , Past

Prov . G . S . Warden , and Prov . G . M . M . M . Lincolnshire ) . A WARDEN OF MARK ( The Right Hon . the Earl of Dononghmore , 32 deg ., Past G . S . Warden , and Dep . G . M . M . M ) . A MASTER OF CEREMONIAL

( Bro . Thos . Entwisle , 30 deg ., Past Prov . G . S . of Works E . Lan . ) OUR COSMOPOLITE N BROTHER ( Bro . Samuel Rawson , 33 deg ., Past Dist . G . M . and G . Sup . China ) .

A GREAT ARITHMETICIAN ( Bro . R . B . Webster , Mombev of the Finance and Audit Committees of the R . M . Girls' and Boys * Schools . )

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Division of South Wales ) . A DEVON CRAFTSMAN ( Bro . J . E . Curteis , 30 deg ., Past Prov . G . S . Warden Devon ) . SIR EHADAMANTH ( Bro . J . M . Pulteney Montagu , J . P ., D . L ., 33 deg ., G . J . Deacon ,

Past Dep . Prov . G . M . and Prov . G . Sup . Dorsetshire , and G . Chancellor Supreme Council A . and A . Rito ) . HIPPOCRATES ( Bro . J . Poarson Bell , M . D ., Past G . Deacon , Dep . Prov . G . M . and

Prov . G . Sup . N . and K . Yorkshire ) . A CESTRIAN CHIEF ( The Right Hon Lord de Tabley , Past G . S . W ., Prov . G . M . Cheshire , Grand J ., and Prov . G . Sup . Cheshire ) .

A HARBINGER OF PEACE ( Bro . Charles Lacey , P . M ., Past Prov . G . J . D . Herts ) . THE LORD OV UNDERLEY ( The Earl of Bective , IIP , Prov . G . M ., Prov . G . Sup ., and Prov . G . M . M . M . Cumberland and

Westmoreland , and Past . G . Sov . of the Order . of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine ) . A BOON COMPANION ( Bro . E . C . Woodward , P . M . 382 , 1037 , & c . ) A GRAND SUPERINTENDENT

( Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., 30 dog ., Prov . G . M . and G . Sup . Berks and Bucks ) . 2 ESCULAPIUS ( Bro . J . Daniel MooreMD . 32

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