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Dyer , J . W . King , J . Elliott , S . Earl , E . Andrews , T . Bramweli , T . Felton , and others . Visitors : F . Walters , P . M . 73 ; W . Lacey , P . M . 174 ; A . Timewell , 54 * 3 * R - Bond , P . M . 1098 ; H . Griffiths , S . W . 1258 . Tha work , done in a correct , impressive manner , was raising Bro . T . F . Toovey , and passing Bro . A . Mole . Thc candidates for initiation were unable to attend . The brethren adjourned to the Albion Tavern , Russell-street , Coventgarden , to banquet .

ferusaleni Lodge , No . 197 . —This lodge held its regular meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the 24 th March , Bro . Charles HuttonGregory , P . G . D . and P . M ., in the chair . It is worthy of remark that all the offices of this lodge are held by Past Masters , in commemoration of the completion of their lirst centenary , and by a coincidence , quite accidental , the number of members present

at the centenary festival amounted , with their guests , to the exact number of one hundred . The Right Hon . the Earl of Fife , K . T ., proposed by the Worshipful Master , seconded by Bro . Admiral Currie , was elected a member of the lodge . Bro . Thomas Salmon , recently initiated , was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason . Bro . Salmon was introduced by his father , Bro .

William Salmon , who after an absence from the lodge for upwards of fifty years , rejoined his mother lodge for this especial purpose . The Treasurer , Bro . J . Van Norden Bazalgette , P . M ., in the name of his wife , presented the lodge with a bust of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , P . G . M ., bearing on the pedestal the following inscription : — *¦ Presented by Mrs . J . Van Norden

Bazalgette , to the Jerusalem Lodge , No . 197 , W . M . C . H . Gregory , P . G . D . and P . M ., to commemorate the celebration of its first Centenary in February , 1 S 71 , on which occasion His Royal Highness Albeit Edward Prince of Wales , P . G . M ., was pleased to visit the lodge and to become an honorary member . " The bust is from the studio of Marshall Wood , Esq ., and is considered to

be an admirable and correct likeness of His Royal Highness . Bro . Gregory , the Worshipful Master , presented thc lodge with the "dies " of a medal commemorative of the completion of the centenary . This medal is the result of the good taste and antiquarian and classical knowledge of the Worshipful Master , and of Bros . Horace Jones and Octavius Hansard , P . M . ' s . It

represents on the obverse the celebrated ancient castellated gateway of St . John , Clerkenwell , where the first meeling of the Jerusalem Lodge was held on the 20 th of February , 1771 . and bears aronnd on the top "No . 40 S A . D . 1771—No . 197 A . n . 1 S 71 ; " being the numbers in those respective years held by this lodge on the list ofthe Grand Lodge of England , and the words " Domus A ' atalis" on the lower

portion ofthe circle . I he reverse is a fac-simile ofan ancient Jewish gold coin , representing the porchway or entiance to King Solomon ' s Temple , with the Royal Chair of State . It bears the legend " Hierosolyma , mater Communis . " This classical and beautiful design has been admirably executed by Messrs . Warrington and Company , of Garrick-street , Covent Garden . Both of these presents

to the lodge elicited the highest expressions of admiration from ihe brethren and visitors , and cordial votes of thanks to the respective donors were carried by acclamation . After the leading of an interesting account of the proceedings of the Centenary Committee , cleverly written by Bro . Charles E . Hollingsworth , P . M . and Secretary , and a vote of thanks to Bro . Hollingsworth , thc lodge was closed in due form .

Whittington Lodge , No . S 62 . —The last meeting of lhis lodge for thc season was held at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleetstreet , on Monday , the 20 th ult . The W . M ., Bro . S . S . Davis , presided , and was supported by Bros . W . J . H . Jones , J . W . ; D . J . Davis , P . M . ; W . F . N . Quilty , P . M . ; J . Brett , G . P ., Wine Steward ; A . Frickenhaus , S . D . ; W . F . Smith , J . D . ; ' 1 ' . Kingston , D . C ; C .

Sterner , G . C . Pritchard , W . Choyce , J . D . Taylor , E . Kcru , L . M . Adutt , W . W . Anderson , T . Voight , C . Sissons , C . Walker , P . Bergheim , C . P . Lutchmccpathy Naidoo , and A . R . Haley . The visitors comprised Bros . J . Melzen ( 193 ) , C . W . Wilson ( 172 ) , and H . Shaw ( 039 ) .

Ihe business performed consisted of one raising ( liro . Choyce ) , and three passings ( Hros . Steiner , Pritchard , and Bergheim ) , both of which ceremonies were rendered in a masterly style by the W . M . The lodge having been closed , the brethren adjourned to the banquet-room , and a fraternal and happy evening was spent by all present .

PROVINCIAL . SCARBOROUGH . —Old Globe Lodge , No . 200 . —This lodge held its regular meeting at the Masonic Hall , Globestreet , on Wednesday , thc 15 th of March , when thc following officers and a full lodge of brethren were present Bros . David Fletcher , W . M . ; G . II . Walshaw , S . W . ; J . W . Taylor , M . D ., J . W . ; H . C . Martin , P . M ., Sec . ;

J . W . Teale , S . D . ; W . Milncr , J . D . ; J . S . Cook , I . G .: and J . Ash , Tyler . The lodge was opened at 7 p . m ., and thc minutes were read and confirmed . Two gentlemen were balloted for , and elected unanimously , and being present , they were separately admitted nnd initiated by thc W . M ., who also explained thc working tools . Bro . Walshaw , S . W ., explained the tracing-board , and Bro .

Taylor , J . W ., gave the charge , all of which were listened to with marked attention . The brethren were unanimous in expressing their high opinion of the zeal and ability thus displayed by the W . M . and Wardens , this being only their second meeting in office . The lodge was now closed in due form , and the brethren spent a convivial and fraternal hour at the refreshment board , at which the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drunk and responded

to , and some capital songs sung . BATLEY , YORKSHIRE — Nelson of the Nile Lodge , No . 2 G 4 . —The regular monthly meeting of this loilge was held in the Freemasons' Hall , 1 'ark-road , on Monday , the 6 th March . The W . M ., Bro . Benjamin P . Parker , in the chair , assisted by his officers . The lodge being opened into the first degree , the minutes ofthe last regular lodge meeting were read and confirmed . The lodge was

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then opened into the second and third degrees , when Bro . Charles Clafton , after answering the usual test questions , was raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by the I . P . M ., Bro . J . H . Senior , iu his usual eloquent and impressive manner . After this , the lodge was closed into the second degree , and Bros . John Sheard and James Parker were passed to the degree of F . C . After some

formal business had been transacted , the lodge was duly closed . The annual festive gathering of this lodge was held in the same place on Wednesday , under the direction of the W . M ., as M . C , when about 160 brethren , their wives and lady friends , sat down to a good and substantial tea , followed by singing and dancing , which were kept up with unflagging spirit till four o ' clock a . m .

On Thursday , the gth ult ., the children ofthe members of the lodge held their annual festive gathering , and enjoyed themselves exceedingly in singing , reciting , and dancing till 11 p . m . With respect to the getting up of the tea and refreshments on both clays tlie lodge is greatly indebted to the Provisional Committee—Bros . Jacob

Senior ( purveyor for the lodge ) , I . P . M . ; Joshua Gomersall , and David Fitton . The committee for providing for the amusements of the evening also deserve the warmest thanks for the excellent way in which they managed the festival . It consisted of the following brethren J . A . Parr , S . W . ; W . II . S . Newsome , J . W . ; A . Parker , J . L . Heaton , J . D . ; S . Denton , and C . Winterbottom .

EAST STONEHOUSE . —Metham Lodge , No . 1205 . —On Monday , the 21 st ult ., the members of this lodge assembled in their beautiful temple at Stonehouse , for the purpose of installing the W . Master , Bro . Major H . R . Russell , of the 57 th Regiment , in the chair of King Solomon , and transacting other business . There was a good attendance of Past Masters and of visitors . Th is lodge was specially

formed to enable the members of the United Services to take official rank in a maimer more readily than they could otherwise do in ordinary lodges where the civilians , who are stationary , can establish claims to office which military and naval men , on account of their nomadic habits , are unable to sustain . Hence most of the members of Metham Lodge are either military or naval men ,

and it is something like a point of honour with them apparently , that if a brother fills one ofthe chairs , and is called away by duty to another part of the globe , lie is to be remembered on his return , and to take up , as far as possible , the position he occupied when he left . Thus , in the present case , Bro . Major Russell , owing to the removal of the Senior Warden , has passed from the J .

Warden ' s chair to that of the Worshipful Master , and it was pleasant to hear , in the course of ihe day , a sort of tacit pledge given that if the late S . W . returned at any proper opportunity the Master ' s chair should be placed at his service . The acting Worshipful Master on this occasion was the V . XV . Bro . Colonel John Elliott , who is the founder ofthe lodge , and is a most admirable worker ,

being learned in all the mysteries of the Craft . He performed all the ceremonials ofthe installation , and delivered the charges , in a most agreeable and efficient manner . On the completion ofthe installation , the W . Master was saluted with the customary honours , and the solemn service was much enhanced by the appropriate music that

was performed at intervals by Bro . Daniel Cross . After the installation , the following brethren received their collars : —Col . Elliott , P . M . 1029 , 1205 , P . P . S . G . W ., 30 , I . P . M . ; Wm . Powell , S . W . ; Daniel Cross , J . W . ; James Montgomery , P . M ., Treas . ; Henry Arbery , Sec . ; Henry T . Taylor , S . D . ; E . A . Northey , J . D . ; . Michael Sullivan , I . G . ; Lieutenant and Adjutant J . Phillips ,

D . C ; —Hunter and Wm . Howe , Stewards ; Thos . Shepherd , Tyler . After appointing his oflicers for the ensuing year , the Worshipful Master proceeded to raise one ofthe brethren to the sublime degree of a M . M ., and he performed this ceremony in a beautiful manner . Subsequently the brethren dined at thc Duke of Cornwall Hotel ,

under the presidency oft heir Worshipful Master . There was a good attendance , and many distinguished visitors had thc honour of receiving invitations . Amongst those present were : Bros . Colonel Elliott , P . M . 1029 , 1205 , P P . S . G . W . 30 ; R . R . Rodd , P . M . 189 , P . P . G . S . W . Cornwall ; Captain Shadwell Clarke , 2 lst F . P . M . 1205 , P . G . S . B . ; Lieutenant thc Hon . Walter Hylton Jolliffe ,

K . N . ; Stalf-Surgeon Ahmutey Irwin ; Capt Ilore , R . M . ; Lieut . Mcllwaine , R . M . ; Capt . Hallctt , 57 th Regiment ; Lieut . Beechy , R . M . ; John Sadler , P . M . 119 , P . P . G . S B . ; James Clase . P . M . 230 , P . P . G . D . ; E . W . Cole , P . M . io *; ; L . P . Metham , D . P . G . M ., P . G . D . ; I . Latimer , P . P . G . Sec . ; T N . Blake , P . M . 1205 ; II . Miller , P . M . 223 ; J . Mav , P . M 223 ; E . Murch , P . M . 202 , P . P . G . O . ;

L . D . Westcott , P . M . 70 . —Thc dinner was excellent , and was well and quickly served , doing great credit to the " management" of the hotel . After dinner , it being somewhat late , the Worshipful Master omitted some of the toasts , so as to reduce the number of speeches . Bro . Cross , J . W . again officiated at the piano , and thus added much to thc pleasures of thc evening . The usual loyal

and Masonic toasts were proposed , and some excellent speeches were made . —Colonel Elliott descanted on the value of the lodge for it would enable thc members , when abroad , to keep up lodges which hail often broken down for want of Masters lo govern them . —Bro . Clase spoke eloquently and feelingly , as he always does , ofthe cosmopolitan character of Freemasonry ; of its brotherhood

amongst all men , without regard to their politics or their religion ; and of the charitable princi ples which il inculcated , and which were so frequently evidenced wherever it was a living principle .- -Bro . Metham also enlarged upon this important point in the speech proposing " Our Poor and Distressed Brethren , wherever dispersed , speedy

relief to them "—a toast with which all banquets of Freemasons quietly conclude , and gave some touching instances of the benefits conferred by Masonry upon the orphan , the bereaved , and thc distressed brethren , upon whom the shafts of misfortune may have fallen . In the course of his speech , he referred to Ihe Children ' s Masonic

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Bed in the Albert Hospital , and called for the liberality of the brethren towards the maintenance of a charity of so much value . —We ought to state that the lodge has nearly a hundred members , and that its finances are in a flourishing condition . —Western Daily Mercury .

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MANCHESTER . — Chaffer of Virtue , No . 152 . —At a meeting of this chapter held on Friday evening , the 24 th March , Comp . Uriah Nichols , ist Principal , Comp . Robert M'Dowall Smith , Past 1 st Principal , was presented with a gold 1 st Principal ' s jewel . —Comp . John Smith , P . G . S . B ., in presenting the jewel , said the testimonial was the spontaneous gift of the companions of the

chapter , and that he but uttered the wish of every member when he asked Comp . M'Dowall Smith to accept it as the unanimous expression of their high esleem for him , and their acknowledgment of his valuable services during his year of office ; and that all joined in the prayer that he might be long spared to give the chapter the benefit of his great experience . —Comp . M'Dowall Smith , on

rising , said he could scarcely find words to express his feelings towards the brethren on that occasion ; but he accepted their gift as a kindly proof of their good feeling towards him . He had only done his duty ; and if he had by so doing been of any service to the chapter , he was more than repaid by the knowledge that his efforts had met with the approval of his brethren . He trusted he

might be able to cjntinue in the chapter for many years . He should be proud to wear the jewel ; and hoped that , after he had ceased to meet with the brethren , his children might treasure it as a memorial of the honour which had been conferred on him , and that it might be the good fortune of some of his sons to enter the Virtue Chapter , and afford that assistance which it had been his

great pleasure to give . —After the toast of " The Past 1 st Principals" had been given , Comp . T . R . Williams , in ' acknowledging the toast , said he also had a pleasant duty to perform . There were few in Lancashire who had not heard of John Duffield—his position in the musical world and his connection with so many public offices had made his name almost a household word . It was no ordinary

honour to number Bro . Duffield as a Past ist Principal of the Virtue Chapter . He had , therefore , very great pleasure in asking Comp . Duffield to accept from the chapter a gold Ist Principal ' s jewel ; and he trusted he would long wear it , and afford the brethren the benefit of his counsel and experience . —Comp . Duffield replied in a very feeling manner , and regretted that the pressure of his many public duties had prevented his meeting with the

brethren as often as he could wish . He should prize the jewel as the visible expression of many of the most pleasant memories of his life , ami he hoped he should be spared to unite in promoting the prosperity of the chapter . —The evening was enlivened with the harmony of several of the musical brethren , and the companions separated more than ever convinced that their chapter was a bond that united them in the furtherance of true Masonic principles .

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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . ROCHDALE . —Albert Encampment , No . 3 . —The annual meeting of this encampment was held in the Masonic Room , Rochdale , on Thursday , the 16 th ult ., on which occasion the Sir Knights were honoured with the presence ofthe Deputy Grand Commander and the Grand Chancellor for Lancashire . The encampment was opened at 6 . 30 by the E . C . Sir Kt . Clement Molyneaux Royds ,

assisted by his officers and a good attendance of Sir Knights , amongst whom we noticed the fo'lowing : W . II . Wright , D . G . C . ; G . P . Brockbank , G . Chancellor ; W . Roberts , P . P . G . C ; W . H . Prince , G . Expert . The CE . having vacated the chair , the D . GC , Sir Kt . Wright , in a very able and effective manner , performed the ceremony of installing Sir Kt . Holroyd , as E . C , for

the ensuing year , after which the E . C . appointed the following Sir Knights as hisofficers , viz .: —W . II Prince , P . E . G ., Prelate ; William Ashworth , Ist Captain ; H . Turner , 2 nd Captain ; William Roberts , P . E . C ., Ree . ; C . M . Jones , P . E . G ., Treasurer ; E . Woodcock , Expeit ; John Fothergill , Capt . ofthe Lines ; Robert Whitworth , Almoner ; Robert Butterworth , ist Standard Bearer ;

Thomas Oakden , 2 nd Standard Bearer ; T . B . Ashworth , 1 st Herald ; John Ashworth , jun ., 2 nd Herald ; Ed . Wrigley , P . E . C ., Organist ; John Ashworth , sen ., Equerry . The immediate P . E . G ., Sir Kt . Royds , presented the encampment with £ 5 5 s . to purchase a vote for the Boys'School , in commemoration of his having sat

as E . C . in thc encampment , named after his uncle , Sir Kt . Royds , the Grand Commander for Lancashire , the vote to be vested in the CE . for the lime being of the Albert Encampment . The encampment having been closed , the Sir Knights adjourned to banquet , provided by Sir Kt . Butterworth , of the Golden Fleece Hotel ,

GIBRALTAR . — The Calpe Encampment , No . 60 . — Under the authority of a dispensation from the M . E . Grand Master , a special meeting of this celebrated encampment was held on the 3 rd ultimo , for the purpose of installing the Eminent Commander-elect . There was a strong muster of thc knights , and the ceremony was most impressively carried out by P . E . C . Sir Kt . the Rev . George Alton , assisted by P . E . C . Sir Kt . G . Dantz .

Sir Kt . J . Balfour Cockburn , M . D ., having assumed the insignia of his office , and taken his position as Emineit Commander , proceeded to elect his officers nominating Sir Kts . B . Carver , Prelate ; Capt . St . Leger , Ist . Capt . ; Captain Allfrey , 2 nd Capt . : Captain Kichardson , Expert ; and Lieutenant Todd , RE ., Capt . of the Lines . The proceedings of the evening terminated with a splendid champagne collation , provided by the generous liberality of the Eminent Commander .