Notices Of Meetings.

GREAT NORTHERN" LODGE , No . 1 * 287 . VN important meeting of this Lodge was held on Thnrslay , Go 17 th iuatant , , a t lie Git eniason-, ' Hall , G eat O . naot Street , jj ' asiuess ivas coaimeno d shindy ,-ifu ;¦ ( 5 p . m . by f fi . IV . M ., Bret ' .. Tin . mas Ivlis lSnlianad , who was supporu-d by Pros . It . Cane S . W ., Lancaster J . W ., S U ' eh ' o i \ M . Troa-nivr . J . IL Swum P . M . See .,

Kilgar S . D ., Hemming , U > ., K-v . 1 . li . Uo-, o I'm , plain , Ih'eoha I . G .. Paul D . C , Charles iv tnpton I . P . M ., ; iad tlio following Past Mnsua .-

—T . 1 L Heed , IGlwia Leu" a ( a ' , P . June , Th . mis Owen , and W . ( 'leghorn . The business (; f I ' - ' ,.. ,-er . ; ng- consisted of reading and ciadirming Lhe'mdaito .-i of the last Lodgo meeting ; to ballot for Mr . David Heebie Me Lett at , C . It ., who ivni propo- 'ed as a candidate Gr initiation bv Brother H . Lloya and yecc-nded by Cm S . W .

Tieproved to be unanimous iu the eatn . li-. uUe a favour , ine oye-laws wen next read , and tlie a tho brethren proceeded to elect a W . M . am Treasurer for the ensuing year . Brother Cane , by tlie nnanimon voice of tho Lodge , wns elected to the ollice of Worshipful Master , aud Brother S . Webb P . M . v . ois re-elected Tr'usurer ( for tlie iii ' teouU : time ) . Tlie Tyler was also re-elected . The names of two candidate ! -

weie proposed for election afc the next meeting . Bros . Cross ami BIyatt were propo-ed aud accepted as Auditors . Then came tho con . sid ' . ratiou of the notice of motion by Bra . Flint , ' -that that portion of tho minutes relating to the presentation of a , Past . Master ' s jewel to tho I . P . M . should be confirmed , " This had been

proposed by Brother Powell and seconded by Brother-A . C . Doiighiy on 15 th January lust . This proposition was eventually agreed io A jewel was also unanimously voted to the retiring W . il ., Bro ' h-. a Bathard . AH other business being ended , Lodge was closed and tin brethren retired for refreshment . Dr . Corrie JacksouP . il , OdGl tun Bro . Hill were present as Visitors .

EBOEACITM LODGE , No . 1011 , ON Monday , the 1 . 1 th inst ., this Lodge net in its Hull , St . SGe . a ' onr gate , York , for the i ltuc-ae ; ion of business . Bra . A . T . B Turner W . M . pr . aidod , and dent ; wero also present Pros . ')*' . H Whytehead P . M ., G . Simps , n P . M ., J . T . Seller P . M ., G . B-dnifo ., P . M . Treasurer , W . Brown S . W ., G . Chapman -J . W ., nod other officer : aud brethren . Successful ballets -. vet e taken for Bro . T . J . Chm ¦ ¦ - ' ¦

GGO , ancl for two candidates . Several presentations wore made to ilu Lodge , including a pair of handsomely carved oak chubs for th : Deacons , which wero given by Bros . fi . Thaekray and S . J . Delta . i . These have been made in harmony with the three Principals' chairs , and are upholstered in crimson velvet , and bear the emblems iu silvei

in the back panel . The old furniture of the Lodge is now placed ii one of iho lar-re reruns on the £ round floor , and is used for fcho Lodgi of Instrnction now held in connection with fcho Lodge . After bu .-inc-: tho brethren assembled as usual in the smoke room , and passe .. ! i

fraternal couple of hours . Before the close of the Lodge a eongrnfulafcory telegram was despatched to Bro . J . S . Cumbtrlnnd , a P . M . ot the Lodge , who had thafc day been installed first Master of Lh < . United Northern Counties Lodgo in London .

THE ABBEY LODGE , No . 2030 . . 4 N ordinary meeting of tin ' s Lodge was held on the 14 th instant ¦ XA . at the Town Ball , Westminster , when there vvso' a large attend , anco of members and visitors . Bro . Pal-an-, the W . M ., had befor . him a full agenda paper , involving the working of the ceremonies it tho three degrees . Bros . Sal way ( Lmkiii , and Shrives were rais- 'O

to the sublime degree of M . M . ; Bro . Thomas If . Gnomon was puss » d to tho degree of Fellow Craft , and Mr . David do Pinna , Mr . John Jacob Geisnll , and Mr . Augusta Hoffmann wore initialed ns Enteral Apprentices . The work \ va ; well done b y the W . M . , who was ably seconded by his principal Ollicers ami hy Deacons who thoroughly

understood their business . After the above ceremonies had been completed , Pro . Bull P . M . brought- forward a motion , id * which he had given notice , for ruining the initiation fee to fifteen gnine - " - " , and the joining fee fco ten guineas , and supp irfed his proposal bv die argument that the Lodgo was becoming numerous , and e . xpress ' ng lit

opinion that very large Lodges wore not desirable . Bro . Sugg S . W reminded the b'cthren that the Abbey Lodge was in fact a resnsei tation of a Lodge which was held for six hundred years in th . Chapter House afc Westminster , and ho thought that undtho circumstances they ought to be careful in doing anvthim . ' v . diie !

might prevent Westminster men from entering the Lodge . They had ninety-six members in all , which he did not consider ab all excessive ; ho him-elf belonged to one ( tin Domatic ) which numbered one hundred and thirty members , in which no inconvenience was experienced on this account , as t-e

members who actually attended fell very far short of the number on the roll . Bro . Burdett-Coutts I . P . M . said ho should likoio sny n word on this proposition . Not only tlie Master , but all the brethren would , he was sure , understand that , nobody could donbfc his fidelit' - to Freemasonry , cr his lovo to the Lodge : thero could be no one win ;

could havo the interest of the Lodge more deeply at heart than himself . He confessed that in view of the circumstance : under which the Lodge was founded , und He position ifc no- - . held , lie did imfc recognise the advantage of restricting ic to a small number of moaib . as . His own view .- •. as , ti-nt it shoold bee . nee n

great and representative Lodge of Fro masons in Westmiatn ei He felt a persona ! interest in the Lodge , nana ; -o {' a , r a , his own iniluc-nce went , ifc v . on Id bediivetod town a ! •; so -h a i ' i ; : [ i ! ii : -n of the fin lire of the Li . oge that if should bee-me inn a .-e anil r n- . -.. a

tativc ; because ou account of its i eiehl .-airhon-d and sur : ouiePng . there was a dimiity attached to it which took it oat of ten ordinary category of the Lodges of the metropoli ¦ :. An Westminster was a peculiar part of the metropolis , he thought the

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\ bbpy Lodge shonld be a peculiar Lodgo , and hi did not know how i ts imoollnr pos ' ti m could bo b-. ( O or maintained than bv making ifc •,.,-v lare-e an I vow rere'osont . r iv \ For th 'so reasons ho shou'd be '•¦ . •lined in rn ' s'o ! e ' s ' . - >!"> 'l" imsf fi •i > - nvltion thi' hoi boon

oroathf forward . If" d'd not d . bt tho . - 'io- p" civVer * sineormy hnu ' ' at Gait what thon ivopo ^ ed wmld be i . ir th •welfare of tho Ledge , but ! m thou r'd . it nther p' -em trare , t . hongh it . might bo aeeossiry at s a , i - ' uhii'i period . If any nlteri'timi were to bo made , ' a thonght ifc shored not be hy miking inai-r . ion in aro expensive ,

hut rutin- by lay ' ug a somo-vhat heavier tax upon those members of other lodges who wished to avail themselves oftho privi ' o - ; es of the Abbey Lodgo . Brother Bull said eo < c-iblv his motion had boon a little premature , however inevitable ifc might be at some time iu tho future , and

'ft . - -r tee expr'ssion of tha opinion of tho brethren which the eronosal had elicited , ho would , with tin W . M . ' s permission , withdraw : ho m ifc ' on . A proposal by BraShuid , Sierefciry , for raising tho vi-iting fee to a guinea on insfalt-itioti nights , mil fifteen shillings ou other ni"hts , w is agree 1 to . Hot' ire i hi closing of thoLolge Bro .

li-ikn- informed the br-dhren that In hod coos mf . nl to aocpfc a Stcward-shin for tho mxt Fesny . nl of the Boyal Masonio Benevolent Institution , and noon tin moti m or' th < LP M . a sum of ton guinea was voted from tin Lodge Funds in aid of that Ins'ituteoi . After -ho dintnr which followed the closing of tin Lodge , a number of Loyal

and Masonic toa ^ fc' were proposed from the cross table , and in proposing fcho health of fcho M . W . the Grind Master , and tho rest of the Grand Odiaer-i , Bro . B ik a- reminded tho brethren thafc the 14 th of December was an eventful dae ia tho 'dead Funilv , became ifc was on that day of the year that the father of their illustrious Grand

Master died : it was on that day ot tho year that In lost his sister ! ho Princess AHeo , and ifc was also on thafc day of fcho year that occurred tho turning point in his own severe illness which occasioned such acute , snch intense anxiety to the whole body of the English oeoole A ' " tor referring to the rest of the Grand OlFners who had

been associated in this teas ' , Bra . Baker said that thoy were renrosonfnd on thafc oeoisioo by Br .. Simos m P . G . Chaplain , who ho would ask to respond for them . L \ replying , Bro . Simpson said thafc •he Worshipful Master hud referred to tho fact that their I . P . M . Bro . Bnrdott-Coidts had hnd the honour , afc hut Grand Lodge , of

orop sing fh > re-election of * the Prince of Wales as Most Worshi pful Grand Master , bnfc he confessed that ho took a deeper interest in anofcln'r incident , that ocurred at Grand Lodge , which was that a b-ofchnr made an o ? Goiiporfi proposition thafc tlie I . P . M . of fcho Abbey Lodco should bo elected Grand Treasurer of England . Bnfc whether .

ifc was r . - . i tempore or no * , ho would venture to say thafc fcho reply was ono which conferee 1 great dignity upon their I . P . M . ; it was an answer g iven with wisdom , strength , and beauty—wisdom for obvious reasons—strength , because however strong Bro . Burdett . Contts stood as Past Mnsfcer of thafc Lodge , he would stand still stronger after

that reply—and in beauty , became nothing was more g .-acefnl than truehnmility . In proposing the health of the Master , Bro . Burdett-Coutts said that Bro . Bnker was well able to fill his position with credit to the distinguished surroundings of the Lodge , and he asked 'lie brethren fco drink to their Worshipfnl Master ' s health with

enfchusiasm . Referring fo what hud fallen from Bro . Simpson , he said that ho fully recognised the good feeling displayed in the incident illnded fco , and he wns very grateful to fcho distinguished brother who made fcho proposition for the hononr he had designed to do him . Without , taking credit to himself for wisdom , strength , or humility ,

ho had done what as a Mason he thought to be right , ancl his decision had boon ju "tifie-1 by the kindly approval which had been given by Grand Lodge . When , in declining that intended hononr , he had stated thafc his only claim fco distinction asa Mason was , that he was the one who had first , held the office of Master nf the Abbey Lodge ,

the name of the Abbey Lodge was reo-ived with cheering throughout Grand Lodge , and therefore ho thought he might say that the appreciation of fche Abbey Lodge had gone beyond the members , and beyond the visitors , and into the dignified and sacred precincts of Grand Lodge itself ; and in order thafc that feeling might be

maintained thoy ( the brethren of tho Lodge ) would render themselves worthy of it . and of their Lodge , ami he thought they could not take any slop more conducive to fh it end than by th 'ir taking care in the future that their Master i wore moo who would maintain the character oftho Lodge . Their present Master was fully fitted to maintain

with credit , and he might say with lustre , the high reputation which the Abbey Lodge had attained , and lie hoped that he might be , -ucceed ' d by a long line of men who would do their utmost to keep np the liiadi reputation of lhe Lodge . Bro . Baker having returned his acknowledgments for fho manner in wh ' ch his health had been

proposed by fche I . P . M . and received liy the bretnren , proposed the health of the Past Masters , which included Bro . Spinks , the first acting Past . Master , which received a very hearty response from the brethren 5 "I'd Bros . Burdett . Coutts and Spinks spoke at some length in reply . Several other toasts were proposed , including the Initiates ,

the Visitors , the Masonic Chanties , tne Treasurer aitrl Secretary , and the Officers . There were eighty-five Visitors present , several of whom replied to Ga- toast of their health , including Bros . Austin , Walker , Germaiue , Huberts , S , Hunter and Newman ,

ERRATUM . —Tn onr renori- of tlie meeting of The Great ; City Lo-fga ., in hint week's in-jjuv . ' . ssn ' ot ! , n , strange inacaracy r-i-i'pt in . in A' \ o eoti ' it ; ' or t is o f"W ob . serv . -itiijns made by Broihcf Kta . 'b ' e tin' oiaaa'iairv wlitaein lie spoke of his

inlie- ' , il : is it-porN" ! ' * ho had to wait , npon the Master and ! o keep him up G > ! . ' ..- ' post . '' . Now . almost all our readers know Mint The Groat City Muster's need no spur ; if , tiit'tt'fore . thoy wjil siib .-iiru'c tlio word ¦¦¦ printer" for •'Master" the apparent inaccuracy will be remedied .