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Metropolitan.
LA TOLEEANCE ( No . 784 ) . —This Lodge hold its last meeting for the present season at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday the 30 th . Bro . Dubois , the W . M ., w as in the Chair , and , assisted by Bro . P . M . Boura , a candidate for the mysteries of Freemasonry Avas duly initiated into the Ox'der . The ceremonies of passing and raising were also most ably gone through . There was an unusual amount of
business , Avhich afforded a treat to those Brethren , who had not previously had an ojiportunity of seeing the peculiarly impressive ceremonies of a French Lodge . The season was concluded by a a very elegant supper .
STABILITY LODGE OE INSTBCCTION , meeting usually at the " George and Vulture , " Cornhill , on every Friday evening , at 7 o ' clock , from September to April inclusively , held their annual meeting on Friday , the 26 th , at Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars , Bro . Henry Muggeridge , the preceptor and Treasurer , acting as W . M . We have never witnessed a more satisfactory meeting , or
one more creditable to the craft . The attendance , full in the first instance , kept increasing , till the two handsome rooms were croAvded with Brethren . The business of the eA'ening ( which occupied nearly three hours ) , consisted of the explanation of the Tracing Board of the three degrees , respectively by Bros . Richard Sharpe , P . M . of Lodge 225 , by Br . Muggeridge , P . M . of Lodge 227 , and Bro . Charles W . Steel , W . M . of Lodge 18 . The work Avas performed
with an accuracy seldom Avitnessed ; scarcely the least hesitation occurring in a single instance , and the answers being given with a promptitude and readiness that made the whole affair an intellectual treat , which we hope we may enjoy again , when the lectures are resumed . It is especially interesting that Bro . Muggeridge is the preceptor of the whole Lodge , and too much credit can hardly be given to the perseverance and industry of this " much working and little feeding" Lodge .
The lectures finished , the following liberal grants were voted out of the funds of the Lodge , viz ., five guineas to each of the four folloAving Societies , the Girls' and Boys' Schools , and the Annuity and Widows' Funds . When we reflect that like sums are voted from far wealthier Lodges , this , from a Lodge where the joining fee is only one shilling , is indeed beyond praise . Several brethren of various Provinces , among Avhom were Bros .
Rev . Theodore Alois Buckley , Past Chaplain of the Apollo , and Br . Douglas Thompson , of the Alfred Lodges , Oxford , were then proposed , and received as joining members , and the Brethren adjourned to the banqueting-room . Here everything Avas pleasantly set out , but the attendance could hardly haA'e been worse . On occasions like the present , great care should be taken to provide-a competent staff of waiters . In some cases it was utterl y impossible to get what was
wanted . But if there Avas this deficiency , there was none on the part of the Brethren , either in music , mirth , or good fellowship . Br . John Havers , P . S . G . D ., was Chairman , supported on his right
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Metropolitan.
LA TOLEEANCE ( No . 784 ) . —This Lodge hold its last meeting for the present season at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday the 30 th . Bro . Dubois , the W . M ., w as in the Chair , and , assisted by Bro . P . M . Boura , a candidate for the mysteries of Freemasonry Avas duly initiated into the Ox'der . The ceremonies of passing and raising were also most ably gone through . There was an unusual amount of
business , Avhich afforded a treat to those Brethren , who had not previously had an ojiportunity of seeing the peculiarly impressive ceremonies of a French Lodge . The season was concluded by a a very elegant supper .
STABILITY LODGE OE INSTBCCTION , meeting usually at the " George and Vulture , " Cornhill , on every Friday evening , at 7 o ' clock , from September to April inclusively , held their annual meeting on Friday , the 26 th , at Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars , Bro . Henry Muggeridge , the preceptor and Treasurer , acting as W . M . We have never witnessed a more satisfactory meeting , or
one more creditable to the craft . The attendance , full in the first instance , kept increasing , till the two handsome rooms were croAvded with Brethren . The business of the eA'ening ( which occupied nearly three hours ) , consisted of the explanation of the Tracing Board of the three degrees , respectively by Bros . Richard Sharpe , P . M . of Lodge 225 , by Br . Muggeridge , P . M . of Lodge 227 , and Bro . Charles W . Steel , W . M . of Lodge 18 . The work Avas performed
with an accuracy seldom Avitnessed ; scarcely the least hesitation occurring in a single instance , and the answers being given with a promptitude and readiness that made the whole affair an intellectual treat , which we hope we may enjoy again , when the lectures are resumed . It is especially interesting that Bro . Muggeridge is the preceptor of the whole Lodge , and too much credit can hardly be given to the perseverance and industry of this " much working and little feeding" Lodge .
The lectures finished , the following liberal grants were voted out of the funds of the Lodge , viz ., five guineas to each of the four folloAving Societies , the Girls' and Boys' Schools , and the Annuity and Widows' Funds . When we reflect that like sums are voted from far wealthier Lodges , this , from a Lodge where the joining fee is only one shilling , is indeed beyond praise . Several brethren of various Provinces , among Avhom were Bros .
Rev . Theodore Alois Buckley , Past Chaplain of the Apollo , and Br . Douglas Thompson , of the Alfred Lodges , Oxford , were then proposed , and received as joining members , and the Brethren adjourned to the banqueting-room . Here everything Avas pleasantly set out , but the attendance could hardly haA'e been worse . On occasions like the present , great care should be taken to provide-a competent staff of waiters . In some cases it was utterl y impossible to get what was
wanted . But if there Avas this deficiency , there was none on the part of the Brethren , either in music , mirth , or good fellowship . Br . John Havers , P . S . G . D ., was Chairman , supported on his right