Reports Of Meetings.

Lodge ( they were supplied by the well known firm of C . Weeden and Sons , 2 Rydon Crescent , Clerkenwell ) . By special desire Bro . Weston invested the Officers , using the new collars ; Bro . S . A . Weeden acted as D . C . Bro . Weston , in highly complimentary and well deserved terms , thanked Bro . Murless , on behalf of the Lodge , for his elegant present , and at the same time expressed the hope that it would not be long before Bro . Murless would wear tho collar as Worshipful Blaster in the Lodge . He further proposed that a hearty vote of thanks should be " passed to Bro .

Murless , aud recorded on the minutes , for his kindly action , which , it is hardly necessary to state , was cordially and unanimously agreed to . It is pretty generally recognised that our Lodges of Instruction—in the metropolis more particularly—have a marked effect on the progress of Freemasonry , and it is such actions as are here recorded that go far to ensure their success . We can but add our good wishes to the many expressed on the occasion ; we hope the collars will be worn out in the cause of Freemasonry .

Bro . Murless said it was a great pleasure to him to have rendered the Lodge a service , and he was sure that he could not have done better than provide collars and jewels for actual use . It was a considerable advantage to be present at such meetings as they hold ; he knew several Brethren had greatly benefitted by the able instruction they had received from Bro . Weston , and he hoped the Brethren would attend as regularly as possible . He felt that a Lodge of Instruction in the neighbourhood had been greatly wanted .

Bro . Weston also proposed that a hearty vote of thanks be passed , and recorded on the minutes , for the able manner in which the W . M . had fulfilled the duties of the chair for the first time . Bro . Weeden , in appreciative terms thanked the Preceptor for his very kind expressions , and hoped in the future to do still better . Bro . Dewhurst proposed that Bro . Wynman be elected an Honorary Member , which was seconded by Bro . Murless , unanimously carried , and suitably acknowledged . Bro . W . Mitchell was elected W . M . for Wednesday next . '

We again remind our readers that the Byre Lodge of Instruction meets every Wednesday , at 8 o'clock , and is under the able preceptorship of Bro . H . J . Weston P . M . P . P . G . S . of W . Middlesex . Brethren seeking Masonio knowledge or Fraternal association could hardly do better than visit the Lodge ; they may rest sure of receiving a most hearty welcome .

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PLUME CHAPTER , No . 1024 . THE annual installation meeting was held at the ruins of St . Peter ' s Church , Malton , on Wednesday evening , 19 th inst ., when Comp . 3 . 3 . Turner installed Comp . C . R . Finch as M . E . Z ., Comp . Dr . Galpin as H ., and Comp . J . P . Sayer as J . The Installing Principal was assisted by Comp . T . J . Railing . The Companions subsequently dined at the Blue Boar Hotel , the banquet being , well served by Mrs . Hickford .

The universality of Freemasonry , especially as associated with the cause of charity , was once more attested at last night ' s meeting of the Board of Benevolence constituted by the Grand Lodge of England . There were thirty petitions before the Brethren , and the circumstance ' s of the different

cases were very distressing . While several of the petitioners were from Lodges in the London district , others hailed from New Zealand , the East and West Indies , and the Channel Islands , with a fair sprinkling from the Provinces , principally

the northern . A total sum of £ 690 was voted , and one of the petitioners relieved was the widow of a Brother who was drowned in the Stella disaster , and to whom a child has been born since . — " Birmingham Daily Post , " 21 st July .

A Committee of Scotch Brethren have been appointed to confer with the Railway Companies on the question of minimum fares to Edinburgh on the occasion of the Grand Lodge and Grand Committee meetings . If successful it is expected the concession will greatly increase the attendance at those meetings .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

HpHERE died on Tuesday , 18 th inst ., and was buried at JL Kensal Green , an eminent Brother , who was also a distinguished man outside the Masonic Order , Bro . Henry Maudslay , member of the Institute of Civil Engineers . The Maudslay firm of engineers is among the most celebrated in the world , and the fact that a very large numher of

Government contracts for the supply of marine engines go to them is the best testimony to the firm ' s fame . Henry Maudslay , as a Freemason , always stood in the first rank , says the "Birmingham Daily Post , " and one of his Lodges was a working engineers' Lodge , which appropriately bears the

name Vitruvian , it being an old Lodge , as its number ( 87 ) would convey . The Maudslay works are in Lambeth , and the Vitruvian Lodge used to meet in College Street , Belvidere

Road , and at one time it was largely composed of Maudslay ' s men , as many of these , before going out to engagements in India and the colonies , qualified for wearing the mystic badge .

Consecration.

CONSECRATION .

— : o : — EAST SURREY LODGE .

ON Wednesday , 26 th inst ., the Earl of Onslow Provincial Grand Master of Surrey consecrated this new Lodge , No . 2769 , at Oxted . Brother T . H . Roberts was the Worshipful Master Designate .

The Provincial Grand Master of Devon the Hon . Sir S . Northcote , Bart ., C . B ., M . P ., has accepted an invitation of the Committee to open the new Victoria Wing of the Tiverton Infirmary , on 10 th August next , the day on which Provincial Grand Lodge will meet in that town . The ceremony , which

takes place at 12 o ' clock noon , will not be of a Masonic character , but the Provincial Grand Secretary Bro . John Stocker has been specially directed to invite the Brethren to attend and support him on the occasion . The Committee have intimated their intention of making no collection or appeal for contributions .

The current Proceedings ofthe Grand Lodge of Scotland contains a detailed list of the subscriptions from the daughter Lodges on behalf of the extended scheme of Scottish Masonic Benevolence and the Khartoum College Fund . For the Annuity Fund £ 494 3 s 7 d was subscribed from 202

Lodges , and subscriptions for the College Fund amounted to £ 301 15 s 4 d . The subscriptions from the Lodges in the Glasgow Province top the lists , with £ 94 13 s and £ ioz 3 s . The Princes Lodge ( 607 ) , while not subscribing to the home fund , appears as subscribing - £ 85 18 s to the College Fund .

We congratulate Bro . Charles Wyndham on the success that attended his farewell performance at the Criterion Theatre , the whole of the receipts of which—free of outgoings—he promised to devote to the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund , with the result that the handsome donation

of £ 1 , 485 8 s 6 d has been sent by our worthy Brother to aid the Fund inaugurated by our Grand Master . Surely we may repeat our query of a few weeks back : " Would not the occasion be a fitting time to announce our respected Brother as Sir Charles Wyndham ? "

The Province of Devon has a candidate for one of the vacancies in the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys in October , and Cornwall has another for the Royal Masonic

Institution for Girls . The applications are unusually few for the ensuing elections from the West of England , there being none from either Somerset or Dorset , and only one each from Devon and Cornwall .

Brother Major F . W . Allan S . G . W . presided at the July meeting ofthe Scottish Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund , held in Edinburgh , when sixteen cases were considered and grants made to fifteen of these in sums of from £ 3 to £ 10 , amounting in all to £ 84 . The remaining case was sent back for further information .

Each Degree's Great Lesson.

EACH DEGREE'S GREAT LESSON .

rriHE particular lessons developed in the ritual of each degree JL of the series of which the Eoyal Arch is the summit and perfection , may be summarised as follow : Entered Apprentice , secrecy ; Fellow Craft , science ; Master Mason , immortality ; Mark Master Mason , charity ; Past Master , self-control ; Most Excellent Master , reward of merit ; and the Eoyal Arch ,

realisation of the object of Masonic labour , the lost found . It is by aud through these steps and degrees that Masonic ritualism reveals the truth to the worthy . To the unworthy the doors of Freemasonry should never be opened , nor the veils of her

symbolism drawn aside ; but to the just , the upright and the humane , who would penetrate her arcanum and enlist in her service , the invitation still is : " Ask and it shall be given you ; seek , and ye shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you . " —George McGown , G . L . New York .

Garrick . —Dr . Conan Doyle ' s play " Halves" will conclude its summer season at this Theatre on Friday evening next , 4 th August , and resume its successful career the first week in September . The last matinee for tho present will take place on Wednesday next .