Star In The East Lodge, No. 650.

Eoyal Commemoration Lodge of Instruction

No . 1585 . —On Monday , 19 th inst ., at the Railway Hotel , Putney . Present : —Bros . Sapsworth W . M ., Featherstone S . W ., Langley J . W ., Grnndy Sec , Bond S . D ., Gompertz J . D ., Taylor P . M ., Grant I . G . ; Past Masters Bros . Williams , Carter , Webb ; Bros . Colliok , Custance ,

Dare , Harling , Spooner . After preliminaries the ceremony of raising was rehearsed , Bro . Harling candidate . The auditors' report was presented and passed . Bro . Featherstone waa elected W . M . for ensuing week , on which occasion P . M . Preceptor Taylor will rehearao the inatallation ceremony .

Kingsland Lodge of Instruction , No . 1693 . —On Mon

day , at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , N . Bros . Fluok W . M ., Barnett S . W ., Keogh J . W ., Casely S . D ., Collingridge J . D ., Dixie Acting Preceptor ., The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Moore , house candidate . Lodge was called off and on . Bros . Ball and Dix ,

initiates of the mother Lodge , answered fche questions leading to the second degree . Bro . Dix was elected a member , and Bro . Barnett W . M . for Monday next . Lodge was closed iu due form and adjourned .

Creaton Lodge of Instruction , No . 17 91 . —On Thursday , 21 st instant , at the Wheatshoaf Hotol , Goldhawk Road . Present—Bros . Cochrane W . M ., Anstin S . W ., Josey P . M . J . W ., Chalfont P . M . Secretary , Allman S . D ., Jennings J . D ., Whittle I . G ., Davies Preceptor ; Past Masters Bros . Purdue , Child , Spiegel , Sims ;

Visitor—Bro . Thompson 1425 ; also Bros . Brietbart , Wood , Cross , Marsh , Ridgley , Stroud , Head , Love , Cavers , Craggs , Williams . & c Lodge opened and the minutes were read and confirmed . Tho ceremony of initiation waa rehearsed , Bro . Ridgley candidate . The W . M . gave the charge after initiation . Lodge opened in the second degree , and

the first section waa worked by Bro . Spiegel , the queationa being answered by Bro . Cochrane . Lodge opened in the third degree , and the first section of the lecture was worked by Bro . Davies , assisted

by Brother Austin . Lodge resumed to first degree ancl was thon closed . Brother Anstin was elected to the chair for the meeting on Thursday week . Next Thursday the fifteen sections will be worked here ; Lodge will be opened at 7 o ' clock .

Brother the Rev . 0 . J . Martyn , Past Grand Chaplain , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Suffolk , Rector of Long Melford , Sudbury , has been appointed Honorary Chaplain to Her Majesty .

The North London Chapter of Improvement held its weekly convocation at the Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul's Road , Canonbury , on Thursday . Comps . Brasted M . E . Z ., Strugnell H ., Russell J ., Sheffield S . E ., Lewis S . N ., Radcliffe Preceptor . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed in a masterly manner by the above named Officers .

Bro . Gerald A . Shoppee , M . A . and LL . M . ( Cantab ) , has for some years past been associated in business with the late Bro . Richard Herve Girand , and will , in accordance

with an arrangement made with him during his lifetime and confirmed by his will , succeed to his practice , which will in future be carried on at 7 Eurnival ' s-inn , London , under the name or style of " Giraud and Shoppee . "

Saturday , the 30 th inst ., has been appointed for the private view of the Autumn Exhibition of the 19 th Century Art Society , at the Conduit-street Galleries , and the Exhibition will open to the public on Monday , the lst November . Mr . Boehm , R . A ., has executed a bust in bronze of the late

Mr . Christopher Pond , which has been mounted on a pedestal of red scagliola , and fittingly adorns tho grand staircaae of the Criterion . The aculptor haa dealt very effectively with nineteenth century costume , ancl also produced an excellent likeness , the modelling of the face meriting especial commendation .

Messrs . Dean and Son have in the press a charming gift book , entitled " Sunshine and Stream , " written and illustrated by Mrs . Bishop-Cnlpepoc . This book relates to the adveutm-ss of four children durin £ r a summer visit to their uncle ' s riverside house . The

illustrations consist of sixteen pages monotint , in addition to numerous etchings , to depict their boating excursions , country rambles with the dops , & c . The size is crown 4 to , ancl the price will be bnt half . a . nrown .

Where a brother uses language he ought nofc to use against another brother , in the conrse of a Lodge trial , and subsequently apologises therefor in open Lodge , this apology shonld settle it . But brothers should remember , when the assnult is mado and it is really insulting , that it will take a long time for the brother insulted to got over it .

Be may accept the apology at the time , but there may never again be that cine feeling of respect which shonld exist between them . If a brother wants to keep a friend for ever , he should never insult him , cor wound his feelings . It takc ^ but little to destroy friendshipthe most trifling act may sometimes do it—that a lifetime cannot full y repair ,

Obituary.

Obituary .

BROTHER R . H . GIRAUD P . G . S . D .

A BROTHER who has done good suit and service to Freemasonry for many years past ' , in the person of Brother Richard Hervo Giraud , has passed away . Our deceased brother was an initiate of the Grand Masters' Lodge , No . 1 ,

and was admitted a member of the Order upwards of sixty years since . He was among the founders of the Asylum for Aged Masons , and was for many years honorary solicitor to both the Boys' and the Girls' Schools . H . e was

the first W . M . of the recently consecrated Huguenot Lodge , and was Treasurer of both the Grand Masters ' Lodge and Chapter , having held the office in the Lodge for

upwards of fifty years . In many ways , both within the Masonic circle and outside of it , our deceased brother had won for himself the respect and esteem of his fellow men .

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