Tile Annual Festival Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Improvement.

generally , I shall be most happy to do . As my brother officers are waiting to return their own thanks individually , I shall simply thank you , and leave it to them to say what they see fittest to this occasion . Comp . John Boyd . —For the honour you have

done me as an officer of the Chapter in proposing this toast , my best thanks are due . What I have done in connection with this Chapter is but an earnest of what-1 will do . I p ledge myself on some future occasion to show -you something greater than you have yet seen . This is only a passing way of exhibiting our art . I trust on the

next occasion it will be proved that this will only be a stepping-stone to some further improvement in this Chapter of Improvement , and that when vou come again to a similar meeting to that over which you , Most Excellent , have so ably presided , you will be able to discover some superior work ina :.

Comp . Geo . S . States . —I own I took some little trouble in forming this Chapter of Improvement , but what trouble I took is most heartily at your service . It has been amply recompensed , and it was from the first a labour of love . The Companions then separated .

The " Freemason" Lifeboat.

THE " FREEMASON" LIFEBOAT .

( MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE . ) At the meeting which took place on the 6 th ult ., Bro . E . Gottheil having expressed his wish to be relieved of the duties of Hon Sec , it was proposed and agreed upon that Bro . D . Davis ,

141 , who announced his willingness to accept the post , should be appointed . The report in The Freemason , of Nov . 18 , 1871 , . shows a balance in the hands of Bro . D . Davis , Treasurer , of— ^ 21 1 . 3 o

Received since that date : — Angel Ledge , 51 r 1 o Devonshire—Glossop ^ 8 o

Union , 24 6 1 1 o Keystone M . M . 10 1 1 o Unanimity Chapter , 82 1 1 o Collection by Bro . Wm . Forth 1 15 o

Total £ , 3 , 3 o o Communications are henceforward to be addressed to D . Davis , 230 , Whitechapel-road , E .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , March 8 , 1872 . The Editor will be jrlad to have notice from Secretaries of T . idges and Chapters of any change in place or time of meeting .

SATL'llDAY , AlAIU'll 2 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas ' s . Chap . 0 . 75 , Hose of Denmark , Star and Carter , Kew Budge . General Committe Boys' School , at Freemasons' flail , at 5 . Stai Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 : Bro . C . S . Dillcv , Preceptor ,

Sphinx Lodge of Instruction C' ^ 29 ) , . Stilling Castle , Camberwell , at 7 ; Bios . Thomas and Woithington , Preceptors . Mount Sinia Chapter of Instruction , Union Ta \ em , Airstreet , at 8 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . MONDAY , MAHCII 4 . Lodge 12 , Fortitude and Old Cumberland , Ship and

Tuitle , Leadeuhall-street . „ 25 , Robert Burns , Freemasons' flail . „ 72 , Hoyal Jubilee , Andeiton's I lotel , Fleet-street . „ 8 . 1 , United Lodge of Prudence , Albion Tavern , Aldcrsgate-street . „ 144 , St . Luke's , ' . Masons' Hall , Basinghafl-street .

„ 171 , Amity , Ship 1 lotel , Greenwich . „ 188 , J oppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . „ 256 , Unions , Fieemasons' flail . „ 1 3 , Asaph , Freemason's Hall . Chap . 174 , Sinceiity , Cheshire Cheese Tavern , Crutched

J'nars . „ 1056 , Victoiia , Masons' Hall , Masons' A \ enue , Basinghall-street . Piemier Conclave , lied Cross , Freemason's Tavern , Great O : ej : 11-st cet .

Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fencluucli-stieet Station , at 7 . Strong -Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavein , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 ; Bro .

James Terry , Pieceptor . Camden I-odgc of instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Haverstock-hill , at < S ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 05 ) , Royal Motel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bio . E . Gottheil , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile End , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction ( 180 ) , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , ( opposite the Pantheon ) , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor .

Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , at 8 ; Bro . C . G . Willey , P . M . 1155 , Preceptor . St . John of Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1306 ) , Gun Tavern , High-street , Wapping , at 7 ; Bro . T . Mortlock , Preceptor .

TUKSIUV , MAHCII J . Colonial Board at 3 o ' clock . Lodge 7 , Royal York and Perseverance , Freemasons '

Hall . „ 9 , Albion , Freemasons' Mall . „ 18 , Old Dundee , London Tavern , Bishopsgatestreet , „ 101 , Temple , Ship and Tuitle , Leadenhall-strcct . „ 172 , Old Concord , Freemasons' Hall . „ 217 , Stability , Andeiton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 7 5 > Kt - James ' s . „ 1257 , Grosvcnor , Victoria Station , Metropolitan

District Railway , Pimlico . „ 1259 , Duke of Edinburgh , New Globe Tavern , Bow-road . „ 1261 , Golden Rule , Masons' Hall , Masons ' -avenue . „ 1298 , Royal Standard , Marquess Tavern ,

Canonbury . Chap . 1 fig , Temperance , White Swan , Tavern Deptford . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Poitugal Hotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tav ., Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . _ Faith Lodge of Instruction , Aitillery Arms , Rochester-row ,

at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) Knig hts of St . John's Tavern , St . John ' s Wood ; 15 ro . V . G . Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , King Edward , Triangle ,

Hackney , at 7 . 30 . Bro . J . Saunders , Preceptor . Sydney Lodge of Instruction , ( , 829 ) , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 . Ben Johnson Lodge of Instruction , Ben Johnson , Goodman's-yard , at 8 . Florence Nightingale Lodge of Instruction , Masonic I Jail ,

William-street , Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton , ( W . M . 1227 ) , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

VVKIINESIIAV , MAHCII 6 . Quarterl y Communication Grand Lodge , at f > for 7 p . m . Lodge 511 , Zetland , Andeiton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at 8 ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales' Road , Kentish Town , at 8 :

Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavein , 1 loxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodge of Instruction , Railway Tav ., Londonsticet , City , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom

Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham ; Bro . David Rose , Pieceptor . Temperance in the Fast Lodge of Instruction , George the Fouith , Catheiine-stieet , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerly , at 7 . 30 . p . m . ; Bro . II . W . Lindus , Preceptor .

InuiiSD . VY , MAHCII 7 . Lodge 10 , Westminster and Kev stone , Freemasons '

Hall . „ 27 , Egyptian , Andeiton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 45 , Strong Man , Old Jerusaleum Tavern , St . John ' s Gate . „ 136 , Goorl Repoit , City Terminus I . Iotel , Cannonstreet . „ 192 , Lion and Lamb , City Terminus Hotel Cannon-street .

„ 227 , Ionic , Ship and Tuitle , Leadenhall-strecl . „ 231 , St . Andrew's , Freemasons' Hall - „ 53 8 , La Tolerance , Freemasons' Hall . „ 554 , Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepnev .

„ 822 , Victoria Rifles , Freemasons' I lall . „ 115 S , Excelsior , Sydney Arms , Levvisham-road . „ 1351 , St . Clement Danes , 265 , Strand . „ 13 ( 10 , Royal Aithur ' s , Duke of Edinburgh Hotel , New Wandswoith .

Chap . 2 , St . James's Freemason' Hall . Annual Festival of the General Grand Conclave of Knights of the Red Cross of Constantinopel The R . A . Chapter of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Ceremony , explanation of R . A . Jewel and Solids , pait sections . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 2 ) , Goat and Compasses ,

Euston-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Bal- < ham , at 7 ; Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . Finsbuiy Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , Bath-stivct > City-road ; Bio . Stcan , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes , Mile-cnd-roatl , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . St . George's Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 8 . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at 8 : Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 188 ,

Preceptor . Chigwell Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Buckhurst Hill , at 7 . 30 . General Grand Conclave and Annual Festival of the Grand Imperial Council of the Knights of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , Freemasons' Tavern .

FRIDAY , MARCII 8 . Lodge . } , } , Brittanic , Freemasons' Mall . „ 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadeivhall street . „ 1 57 , Bedford , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1 77 , Domatic , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvemet for M . M . s

Freemasons' I lall , at 7 . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Hotel , Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Br . Pulsford , Preceptor . Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mileend-road , at 8 ; Bro . Tsaac Saqui , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instruction , Guildhall Tavern , 33 ,

Gresham-street , at 6 ; Bro . Muggeridge , Preceptor . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , Regent-st ., at 8 ; Bro . W . Watson , Preceptor . Burgoyne Lodge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Prince of ' Wales ' -road , N . W ., at 8 . St . Luke's Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , Gladstone Tavern , Brompton-road , S . W .

United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Edinburgh , Shepherd ' s-Iane , Brixton , at 7 ; Bro . J . Thomas , P . M ., Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Br . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . St . James' Lodge of tnstruction , Gregorian Arms Tavern , Jamaica-road , Bermondsey , at 9 .

Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoria . road , Deptford , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 8 ; Bro . Geo , W . Verry , Preceptor . Clapton Lodge of Instruction , White I fart , Clapton , at 7 . 30 ;

Bro . John Saunders , Preceptor . Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction ( 1298 ) , The Castle Tavern , I Iollowa ) , at 8 ; Bro . R . Lee , ( P . M . 193 , W . M , 1298 , ) Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . W , West Smith , Preceptor .

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Hb & frtisemcitts . ELECTION , MAY , I 872 . R OYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . KOIv AGED I'KI ' . K . MASONS OR Til KIR WIDOWS . The favour of vour Votes ami Interest is earnestlv solicitul on behalf of WiLLIAM ALLISON , AciKD 02 YKAKS . He has been a Mason 27 years , having been initiated into the Har * ton Lodge , No . 723 , in Hamilton , Canada West , in 1 H 44 ; Kxalted in the Royal Arch Chapter , Xo . 733 , in 1845 ; Joined the Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 , in 1 S 4 S . Meeaine a Knight Templar in 1 S 56 . He sutiered a considerable time from disease of the throat , rendering it necessary for him , thirteen years ago , to undergo an operation " ; the result of which , and old age , unfits him to contribute anything Inwards his own support . He is entirely dependent on the small sum he recches from three Lodges and one Chapter as Tyler . He was formerly in good circumstances , having been a Foreman hi a Hoot anil Shoe Makers * Warehouse , in Canada . The case is stronglv recommended bv—ISro . the Right Worshipful Frederick Pottison " , P . G . W . 157 Old Ihoud-strcer . K . C . 7 I ) . ) u > inm , J \ M . 109 , J 47 , uiS , l \ Z . 109 ; Russell-street , Kothcrhithe . t C . Coupland , P . M . 913 , A . S . No . 13 Chapter ; Burrage-road , PlumsU ; id , S . K . t Samuel , M ; iv , 1 \ M ., P . G . S . 33 , 101 , 780 , 87 , uS ? , Grand Stewards , Lodge , V . ' F . 1 * Hdward Arnoulin , P . SAV ., No . 12 , 172 ; St . JohnVstreet , Clerkenwell . t C . W . Ashdov . n , S . W . 107 ( 1 ; Lime Villa , Gurncv-road , Stratford , K . t J' \ T . P . Jiirts , 13 , P . M . S 29 ; Powis-stveet , Woolwich G . IL Davis , W . M . 13 ; Wellington-street , Woolwich | . Dellagane , P . JAW , No . 12 , 172 ; St . John ' s-street * C . A . KllU , P . Mland W . M . No . 912 ; I 9 Vicarage Park , Plum-Mead . JohnGraydon , P . M . 13 and 913 , P . Z . and M . L . Z . 13 Chapter , V . Prov . G . S . l ) . Kent ; Royal Arsenal , Woolwich . t W . J , Graham , W . M . 700 ; Albion-terrace , Charlton . t . ]¦ Henderson , P . M . 13 , 829 , 913 , no 7 , jP . Z . 13 ; 33 LIcanor-road , Woolwich f McKicrman , 192 , 128 S ; 62 St . John ' s-snuarc , Clerkenwell f KnighL W . M . 1107 , J . W . 913 , V . G . S . Kent . 1 George Kenning , (\ . 1 * ., ; P . M . 192 , F . J . W . G . I ) . 1293 , Middlesex ; Upper Sydenham , S . K . t S . IL Pain , S . W " . 913 , 1107 ; ArtilL-ry-placc , Woolwich f Picking , P . M . 13 and 1227 , J 076 ; zH Victoria-Grove , South Horn * scy . f J . Rowland , P .. M . 700 I ' . J . Sutton , P . M . 55 and 1107 , P . Prov . G . A . lLC . Kent ; s 6 S C itv-road . t Kdwaid We . rf , W . M . 1337 , P . M . 107 ; ., S . G . lL , Herts : NoTth Woolwich GeiiUeincn against whose names t will be thankful lo receive ; proxies ou bdiaU' of William Allison , 44 Willam Street , Woolwich . ( Joys and Girl's Proxies will be gladly received for the purpose of exchange , at Bro . W . Francis * , No . S , Red Lion * . scjnare , London ; Pro . Kd . West , North Woolwich ; and IJro . Kenning , Upper Sydenham , London .

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jy [ R . RICHARD RING , Solicitor , of 26 f '' rei ! ei'iek-.-, ticct , Gniy ' . s-inn , kegs to inform his clients that he has opened an office at 23 , Worship-street , Einsbury , and that Divorce Cases are conducted . Arrangements with Creditors promptly made under the present Bankruptcy A ct ,