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Centenary Of Lodge "Sincerity," Plymouth.
for the other charities £ 80 a year—one-half of which might be given to the General Masonic charity of the kingdom . They should give £ * 20 to the Grand Lxlges and- £ 20 more to the schools . He thought that they should have a meeting of the Grand Lodge purposely to consider this subject ( cheers ) . He did
not think that any brother in the province would object to an extra farthing a week—one shilling a year—being so appropriated ; aud he asked the Masters of the lodges then present to bring this matter before their lodges , and let him know what the brethren thought of if ( cheers ) . The R . W . Brother
then proposed , in warm terms of eulogy , the next toast , that of " The Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall , " whom he described as almost one of themselves , so warmly , so cordially did he enter into all Masonic matters which were interesting to them . The toast was most
enthusiastically received . The R . W . Bro . AT / GO - STUS SMITH responded in a speech marked by bis accustomed pleasantry of manner . He expressed his gratification at being present at the centenary meeting of Lodge Sincerity , and said that the year in which it was founded was
a memorable year in thehistory of Europe , for it was the year in which Napoleon —not memorable for " sincerity "—was born ; it was also the year iu which a man greater than he—AVellington , who excelled in the virtue of sincerity—also first saw the light ( cheers ) . He also spoke of its being the year
of the foundation of tbe Royal society , with which anear townsman of theirs , Sir Joshua Reynolds ' , fame was linked . He hoped that the lodge would live to celebrate a second centenary , and that its members might be able to look back with pleasure on that which had passed ( cheers ) . Bro . SPENCE BATE , P . M ., then proposed "The
R . W , the D . P . G . Master and Officers of the P . G . Lodge of Devon , " present and past , to which the R . W . Bro . Metham and Bro . Major Yates , on behalf of the officers , briefly responded , Bro . Metham reserving some further observations to a later hour . Bro . R . R . RODD , a P . M . and one of the Past G . officers of Cornwall , responded to a similar toast for that Province .
Bro . L . P . METHAM , the D . P . G . Master , next rose and said : As the one link which still connects the past history of our mother lodge with its present energetic life ; as the single remaining member who has walked and talked with brethren who , in their youth , had walked and talked with the still older
brethren who founded Lodge " Sincerity , " and who , on this day one hundred years ago , and probably at this very hour , held high festival in honour of its birth and consecration , I know you will hold me excused if , individually , I regard this , our centenary celebration , with feeling ;* of moro than usual interest ,
and if I dwell on the event at greater length than the toast entrusted to me , " The Worshi pful Master and Officers of Lodge Sincerity , " would at any other festival warrant . Of our AVorshi pful Master , I will only say that he bids fair to rival that long array of Masters who for a century have filled the
chair before him . He belongs to a sect which peculiarly professes peace , and he lias a strong and deep-seated religious feeling . Not only in the Master ' s chair but in every relation of life , I believe that all his thoughts and actions will be directed by prudence , chastened by temperance , supported bv
fortitude , and guided by justice . But ho and the other officers will excuse me if I again pass back to the subject of our festival to-day . The names of the brethren who founded thc lod ge , are doubtless , recorded in the books of the Grand Lodge , but to us they are unknown ; their doings and their sayings .
their outer life iu thc world , their inner life in the world , are to us as if they had never been . Their position in life , their talents , their virtues , their joys and sorrows , their failures or successes , are all a sealed book to us . In the charity of our craft wc must believe that they banded themselves together
in the hope of doing good in their generation , of erecting a column of mutual defence and safety , and of pursuing—in moral and upri ght lives , and " in the daily exercise of brotherly love , relief , and trnth the noble precepts of our Order . Ofthe decadence of the lodge in tho town of Devonportthen
Ply-, mouth Dock , where it was first planted , close to tho house iu which I was myself boru , wo can learn nothing . Most probably it but partook of that general decline of Masonry which took place about the close of the last century . Be that as it may , about fifty years ago the warrant was transferred to
Plymouth , and after a brief sojourn in the Masonic Hall , and in AVestwell-street , it found a home for some years in the Royal Hotel , where we are now assembled . In this town , Lodge Sincerity rose , almost at a bound , like a phoenix , from the ashes of neglect and decay to which it had been so long
condemned . On its books of that date are entered tho names of the foremost men of Plymouth aud tlio neighbourhood . Philanthropists , professional men , merchants , magistrates , country gentlemen , officers in the army and navy , and literary men , of whom Plymouth possessed a perfect galaxy in that day ,
Centenary Of Lodge "Sincerity," Plymouth.
were initiated in rapid succession . Again a period of considerable depression occurred , and when I was initiated , more than a quarter of a century ago , the meetings were infrequent and the numbers very greatly reduced , although those who still subscribed to the funds , without attending the meetings , were
men of influence , position , and elevated Masonic rank . I was initiated in a room within ten } 'ards of this in which we are now assembled , and the ceremony was performed by the then Acting Master , Bro . Major Symons , who had achieved for himself the proud position of Grand Warden of England ,
by his Masonic diligence , erudition and perfect oratory . Ofthe six or seven other brethren present , one other was a Grand Lodge officer , the others held hig h office in the province . When I took my place as the newly-initiated brother , it may easily be imagined tbat I drew a very dispiriting
comparison by my own lowly apron , no longer of pure and unsullied lambskin , but worn and sullied by repeated use , and the gorgeous array of gold and silver by which I was surrounded . But I was not discouraged for long , the desire to achieve equal honours grew upon me , with a strong belief that if I
deserved them they would come in their own good time . I bore with equanimity preference given to those whom I had myself initiated into Masonry , my own brother being in the number . Honours came at last , and then they came unsought , as one chief who sits by my side can testify , and they were the more prized because unsought . The low
numbers on the books at the time of my initiation , were a type of Masonry throughout the kingdon at the time , but Lodge Sincerity long before the period of general revival which came some years after , started forward on a career of prosperous success , which rivalled , even if it did not exceed , the period to which I have alluded . That I aided in that success
by unremitting , unflagging devotion to its interests , will always be a subject of pleasant retrospection . The young , who live for what the years to come may bring , and who find their greatest deli ght in ambitious charms and struggles which are to crown their future with happiness , think that the old have
no pleasures that cau equal theirs ; but that is a great mistake , for if memory carries with it no sting of an ill-spent and useless life , but if , on the contrary , there are green spots on memory ' s waste on which the mind can dwell with satisfaction , advanced life must possess many pleasures unknown to those
who have realized no hope , and who are yet struggling forward to the goal which we have reached . As in my private world , I live again in my children , and my children ' s children , so in my Masonic world , [ live over again many a happy hour spent , and many a firm friendship formed within the lodge ,
some broken by death , but hallowed by memory still , others lasting to this hour , defying time and distance alike . Our lodge carried to St . George ' s Hall , where it is now located , the prestige of its fame , and very few private lodges have enrolled so many members whose position iu life , and whose
mental and social qualities are so well calculated to sustain the reputation of their mother lodge . That Old Sincerity may long prosper , and that the brethren who meet to celebrate the close of the second century , which , . as I speak , is already some hours old , may find her happy in her sons , and united in
tho bonds of brotherly love , relief and truth , as we are who to-day place a footstep on either century , is my earnest prayer , and no effort of mine will ever be wanting to ensure the fulfilment of my hope and prayer . The event we celebrate to-day , and on which I still linger as if clinging to the past , in which
I have been myself a part , and in which I have louhd so much delight , like the knell which tells of the dying , and the joy bells which tell of the newborn year , will , I hope , awaken in each of us the enquiry , how have I fulfilled the mission I so solemnly took upon myself at my initiation , and how
can I best redeem mis-spent time and mis-used talents in the time to come 1 For myself , Masonry has brought to me much pleasure and much advantage ; it has softened asperities which otherwise would have been active ; it has awakened sympathies which otherwise would have been dormant ; it lias
taught me duties which otherwise might never havo been acknowledged ; it has given me influence which , I trust , I have exercised for good , which otherwise I should never have possessed . My regret is that 1 have done so little , and so much of that little wrong . My hope and prayer are that in the brief space of life
still permitted to me I may do more , and do it better ( prolonged cheers ) . There were several other toasts , including those of " The AVorshipful AV . Masters and Sister Lodges of the Three Towns ; " " The AV . Master and Officers of Lodge Sincerity , " " Our Visiting Brethren , " and " Our Poor and Distressed Brethren . "
IsitAF . r . LOOOE op ISSTIIUCTIO !* , No . 205 . — AVe are requested to inform our readers that the future meetings of this lodge will he held on AVednesday evenings instead of Sunday , at the Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road . Brother Isaac Saqui is the Preceptor .
Reports Of Masonic Meetings.
Reports of Masonic Meetings .
THE CRAFT . METROPOLITAN * .
William Preston Lodge , No . 766 . —This lodge met at the Clarendon Hotel , Anerley , on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., when there were present , Bros . F . F / . Wilkinson , M . D ,, AV . M . ; J . Newton , P . M , acting as S . W . ; W . I . Miller , J . W . ; AV . H . Harper , S . D . ; G . Newman , J . D . ; also AV . Worrell , G . Leinan , A . Brand , li . Stiegerwald , R . H .
AVhiteman , M . D ., P . M . ; G . J . Kain , P . M ., Sec . and Treas . ; B . Abbott , P . M . ; J . Henley , G . Cragg , and A . Duke , M . D ., and visiting brethren John Sampson Pierce , P . P . M . 2 , aud P . G . S . ; James Stevens , P . M . 720 , S . W . 1216 ; H . Thompson , P . M . 742 ; Roberts , P . M . 181 ; L . B . Harvey , I . G . 9 ; R . Stanton , 181 ; C . Panlee , 33 ; D . Dore , 742 ; and Wimhurst , 917 . The lodge having been opened in
due form , the ballot was taken for Bros . Dr . Duke , 742 , and John Ledger , 463 , as joining members ; both brethren were unanimously elected . The office of I . G . being vacant , the VV . M . conferred the appointment on Bro . William Worrell , and invested him with the collar of that office . A P . M . jewel waa presented to Bro . J . Newton , the I . P . M ., the W . M . taking occasion to pass a well-deserved
eulogium upon the Masonic abilities of that worthy brother . A ballot was then taken for Mr . Peter Scherangers , proposed for initiation , and the same being unanimous and the candidate in attendance , the ceremony of initiation was most ably performed by the W . M . There being no further business before the lodge , it was closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned to banquet . The usual loyal aud masonic toasts were given and cordially
responded to , aud the evening was enlivened by the excellent vocal efforts of several of ihe brethren , accompanied on the piano by the newly-appointed I . G ., Bro . W . Worrell . To the very great satisfaction and enjoyment of all present , Bro . J . Stevens sang a Masonic song , written by himself , and the music composed by Bro . W . Ganz , which met with warm approval . The brethren separated at an early hour to return to their respective homes .
PROVINCIAL . AVAnai-soTON . — Lodge of Lights , No . 148 . —The regular monthly meeting of this lodge waa held on Monday evening last , at the Masonic Rooms , Sankey-street . Tho AV . M ., Bro . D . AV . Finney , waa supported by Bros . I . Hepherd , P . M . ; AV . Mossop , S . W . ; VV . Richardson , J . W . ; H . B . White , P . M ., P . Z ., Prov . O . S . Deacon ; Shaw
Thewlis , P . M ., Past Prov . S . G . D . ; Joa . Maxfield , P . M . ; John Bowes , P . M ., P . Z ., Past Prov . G . Reg . C . aud AV . ; W . S . Hawkins , S . D . ; Dr . Cooper . J . D . ; Dr . Pennington , Rev . J . Nixon Porter , Rev . W . Whitelegge . T . AValker Nelson , T . Mee Pattison , Org . ; John Wilson , William Smith , W . Fletcher-Wood , Robt . Richardson , Jas . Curry , Jua . Robinson , John Goodried , P . Pearse , J . Harding ,
C . Wood , B . P . Coxon , CE . ; J . Laithwaite , AV . Wooda , Thos . Morris , Jas . Jackson , W . Bryce , H . Syried , W . Savage . Geo . Blackhurst , Jas . Cassiday , Jaa . Hannah , Jas . Johnson , Tyler . Visitors : Bros . P . J . Edelsten , 1134 ; AV . Compton , 1250 , and H . Hoult , 1250 . The lodge waa opened iu due form , and the minutes of the last meeting read aud declared to be correctly recorded . Bro . Sec .
then read the by-laws according to annual custom . The W . M . announced that the next business was the election of W . M . for the ensuing year , and he would first call upon Bro Sec . to read the names of thoae brethren who were eligible for that olrice , aud then each brother would be supplied with a slip of paper upon which they would write the nauie ofthe brother in whose favour they voted . Tne ballot box was then sent round , aud on its
return to the Kast the W . M . declared Bro . William Smith , Past Senior Warden , duly elected . Broa . H . B . White , was re elected Treasurer , Mossop , S . W ., li . p . Coxon , were re-elected Auditors ; Coxon and Dr . Pennington were elected Stewards , James Johnson , waa re-elected Tyler . There being no further business , tbe lodge waa closed with the usual solemnities , and the brethren separated in harmony .
H ED DEN BRIDGE . —Pnnce Frederick Lodge , No . 307 . — The regular monthly meeting of thia lodge was held on Monday , the 22 nd . inst .. when there was a good attendance of the officers aud members . The lodge hiving been opened in the first degree , aud the miuutes read , the lodge wt * opened in the second degree , aud Broa . James Hoyle and It . Whitaker , paaaed their examination as F . C ' s ., after
which the lodge was opened in the third degree , and those two brethren raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by Bro . F . Whitaker , W . M ., in a very effective manner . The lodgo waa then closed in the threo degrees , in harmony , and the brethren afterwards spent an hour or two very pleasantly . The only visitors were Bro . J . Copley , P . G . !" . of VV ., 13 . Lane . ; and Bro . E . Hartley , of Todmorden .
TOUPOINT , CORNWALL . —Carevs Lodge , No . 1136 . —The regular lodge was held on Monday , Nov . 15 , to transact the business and to install the VV . M . for the ensuing year . Officers present : Bro . J . B . Ryder , W . M ., in tho chair ; Bros . March , S . W . ; Potts , J . W . ; W . Poor , S . D . ; E . Poor , J . D . ; Hicks , G . G . ; Mortimore , Tyler , & c . The VV . M . then announced that the first-business was to install
W . M .-elect for the year , Bro . W . H . Moses . The lodge having been opened and raised to the 2 nd degree , Bro . Kent , P . M . ; took the chair and proceeded in the preliminary part of the ceremony . All the brethren below P . M . having retired a Lodge of installed M ' s . was formed , when Bro . VV . II . Moses , was duly installed in the chair of King
Sol . in due and ancient form . The Lodge was then opened for admission of the brethren and was then Worked down to the first degreo by the newly-installed W . M ., who invested the following brethren as his officera for the year ensuing : Broa . Ryder , J . P . M . ; Potts , S . W . ; E . Poor , J . W . ; Smith , Sec . ; W . Poor , S . D . ; Hicks , J . G . ; Welsh , J . G . Mortimore , Tyler . It wan then proposed by Bro . Ryder ,
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Centenary Of Lodge "Sincerity," Plymouth.
for the other charities £ 80 a year—one-half of which might be given to the General Masonic charity of the kingdom . They should give £ * 20 to the Grand Lxlges and- £ 20 more to the schools . He thought that they should have a meeting of the Grand Lodge purposely to consider this subject ( cheers ) . He did
not think that any brother in the province would object to an extra farthing a week—one shilling a year—being so appropriated ; aud he asked the Masters of the lodges then present to bring this matter before their lodges , and let him know what the brethren thought of if ( cheers ) . The R . W . Brother
then proposed , in warm terms of eulogy , the next toast , that of " The Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall , " whom he described as almost one of themselves , so warmly , so cordially did he enter into all Masonic matters which were interesting to them . The toast was most
enthusiastically received . The R . W . Bro . AT / GO - STUS SMITH responded in a speech marked by bis accustomed pleasantry of manner . He expressed his gratification at being present at the centenary meeting of Lodge Sincerity , and said that the year in which it was founded was
a memorable year in thehistory of Europe , for it was the year in which Napoleon —not memorable for " sincerity "—was born ; it was also the year iu which a man greater than he—AVellington , who excelled in the virtue of sincerity—also first saw the light ( cheers ) . He also spoke of its being the year
of the foundation of tbe Royal society , with which anear townsman of theirs , Sir Joshua Reynolds ' , fame was linked . He hoped that the lodge would live to celebrate a second centenary , and that its members might be able to look back with pleasure on that which had passed ( cheers ) . Bro . SPENCE BATE , P . M ., then proposed "The
R . W , the D . P . G . Master and Officers of the P . G . Lodge of Devon , " present and past , to which the R . W . Bro . Metham and Bro . Major Yates , on behalf of the officers , briefly responded , Bro . Metham reserving some further observations to a later hour . Bro . R . R . RODD , a P . M . and one of the Past G . officers of Cornwall , responded to a similar toast for that Province .
Bro . L . P . METHAM , the D . P . G . Master , next rose and said : As the one link which still connects the past history of our mother lodge with its present energetic life ; as the single remaining member who has walked and talked with brethren who , in their youth , had walked and talked with the still older
brethren who founded Lodge " Sincerity , " and who , on this day one hundred years ago , and probably at this very hour , held high festival in honour of its birth and consecration , I know you will hold me excused if , individually , I regard this , our centenary celebration , with feeling ;* of moro than usual interest ,
and if I dwell on the event at greater length than the toast entrusted to me , " The Worshi pful Master and Officers of Lodge Sincerity , " would at any other festival warrant . Of our AVorshi pful Master , I will only say that he bids fair to rival that long array of Masters who for a century have filled the
chair before him . He belongs to a sect which peculiarly professes peace , and he lias a strong and deep-seated religious feeling . Not only in the Master ' s chair but in every relation of life , I believe that all his thoughts and actions will be directed by prudence , chastened by temperance , supported bv
fortitude , and guided by justice . But ho and the other officers will excuse me if I again pass back to the subject of our festival to-day . The names of the brethren who founded thc lod ge , are doubtless , recorded in the books of the Grand Lodge , but to us they are unknown ; their doings and their sayings .
their outer life iu thc world , their inner life in the world , are to us as if they had never been . Their position in life , their talents , their virtues , their joys and sorrows , their failures or successes , are all a sealed book to us . In the charity of our craft wc must believe that they banded themselves together
in the hope of doing good in their generation , of erecting a column of mutual defence and safety , and of pursuing—in moral and upri ght lives , and " in the daily exercise of brotherly love , relief , and trnth the noble precepts of our Order . Ofthe decadence of the lodge in tho town of Devonportthen
Ply-, mouth Dock , where it was first planted , close to tho house iu which I was myself boru , wo can learn nothing . Most probably it but partook of that general decline of Masonry which took place about the close of the last century . Be that as it may , about fifty years ago the warrant was transferred to
Plymouth , and after a brief sojourn in the Masonic Hall , and in AVestwell-street , it found a home for some years in the Royal Hotel , where we are now assembled . In this town , Lodge Sincerity rose , almost at a bound , like a phoenix , from the ashes of neglect and decay to which it had been so long
condemned . On its books of that date are entered tho names of the foremost men of Plymouth aud tlio neighbourhood . Philanthropists , professional men , merchants , magistrates , country gentlemen , officers in the army and navy , and literary men , of whom Plymouth possessed a perfect galaxy in that day ,
Centenary Of Lodge "Sincerity," Plymouth.
were initiated in rapid succession . Again a period of considerable depression occurred , and when I was initiated , more than a quarter of a century ago , the meetings were infrequent and the numbers very greatly reduced , although those who still subscribed to the funds , without attending the meetings , were
men of influence , position , and elevated Masonic rank . I was initiated in a room within ten } 'ards of this in which we are now assembled , and the ceremony was performed by the then Acting Master , Bro . Major Symons , who had achieved for himself the proud position of Grand Warden of England ,
by his Masonic diligence , erudition and perfect oratory . Ofthe six or seven other brethren present , one other was a Grand Lodge officer , the others held hig h office in the province . When I took my place as the newly-initiated brother , it may easily be imagined tbat I drew a very dispiriting
comparison by my own lowly apron , no longer of pure and unsullied lambskin , but worn and sullied by repeated use , and the gorgeous array of gold and silver by which I was surrounded . But I was not discouraged for long , the desire to achieve equal honours grew upon me , with a strong belief that if I
deserved them they would come in their own good time . I bore with equanimity preference given to those whom I had myself initiated into Masonry , my own brother being in the number . Honours came at last , and then they came unsought , as one chief who sits by my side can testify , and they were the more prized because unsought . The low
numbers on the books at the time of my initiation , were a type of Masonry throughout the kingdon at the time , but Lodge Sincerity long before the period of general revival which came some years after , started forward on a career of prosperous success , which rivalled , even if it did not exceed , the period to which I have alluded . That I aided in that success
by unremitting , unflagging devotion to its interests , will always be a subject of pleasant retrospection . The young , who live for what the years to come may bring , and who find their greatest deli ght in ambitious charms and struggles which are to crown their future with happiness , think that the old have
no pleasures that cau equal theirs ; but that is a great mistake , for if memory carries with it no sting of an ill-spent and useless life , but if , on the contrary , there are green spots on memory ' s waste on which the mind can dwell with satisfaction , advanced life must possess many pleasures unknown to those
who have realized no hope , and who are yet struggling forward to the goal which we have reached . As in my private world , I live again in my children , and my children ' s children , so in my Masonic world , [ live over again many a happy hour spent , and many a firm friendship formed within the lodge ,
some broken by death , but hallowed by memory still , others lasting to this hour , defying time and distance alike . Our lodge carried to St . George ' s Hall , where it is now located , the prestige of its fame , and very few private lodges have enrolled so many members whose position iu life , and whose
mental and social qualities are so well calculated to sustain the reputation of their mother lodge . That Old Sincerity may long prosper , and that the brethren who meet to celebrate the close of the second century , which , . as I speak , is already some hours old , may find her happy in her sons , and united in
tho bonds of brotherly love , relief and truth , as we are who to-day place a footstep on either century , is my earnest prayer , and no effort of mine will ever be wanting to ensure the fulfilment of my hope and prayer . The event we celebrate to-day , and on which I still linger as if clinging to the past , in which
I have been myself a part , and in which I have louhd so much delight , like the knell which tells of the dying , and the joy bells which tell of the newborn year , will , I hope , awaken in each of us the enquiry , how have I fulfilled the mission I so solemnly took upon myself at my initiation , and how
can I best redeem mis-spent time and mis-used talents in the time to come 1 For myself , Masonry has brought to me much pleasure and much advantage ; it has softened asperities which otherwise would have been active ; it has awakened sympathies which otherwise would have been dormant ; it lias
taught me duties which otherwise might never havo been acknowledged ; it has given me influence which , I trust , I have exercised for good , which otherwise I should never have possessed . My regret is that 1 have done so little , and so much of that little wrong . My hope and prayer are that in the brief space of life
still permitted to me I may do more , and do it better ( prolonged cheers ) . There were several other toasts , including those of " The AVorshipful AV . Masters and Sister Lodges of the Three Towns ; " " The AV . Master and Officers of Lodge Sincerity , " " Our Visiting Brethren , " and " Our Poor and Distressed Brethren . "
IsitAF . r . LOOOE op ISSTIIUCTIO !* , No . 205 . — AVe are requested to inform our readers that the future meetings of this lodge will he held on AVednesday evenings instead of Sunday , at the Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road . Brother Isaac Saqui is the Preceptor .
Reports Of Masonic Meetings.
Reports of Masonic Meetings .
THE CRAFT . METROPOLITAN * .
William Preston Lodge , No . 766 . —This lodge met at the Clarendon Hotel , Anerley , on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., when there were present , Bros . F . F / . Wilkinson , M . D ,, AV . M . ; J . Newton , P . M , acting as S . W . ; W . I . Miller , J . W . ; AV . H . Harper , S . D . ; G . Newman , J . D . ; also AV . Worrell , G . Leinan , A . Brand , li . Stiegerwald , R . H .
AVhiteman , M . D ., P . M . ; G . J . Kain , P . M ., Sec . and Treas . ; B . Abbott , P . M . ; J . Henley , G . Cragg , and A . Duke , M . D ., and visiting brethren John Sampson Pierce , P . P . M . 2 , aud P . G . S . ; James Stevens , P . M . 720 , S . W . 1216 ; H . Thompson , P . M . 742 ; Roberts , P . M . 181 ; L . B . Harvey , I . G . 9 ; R . Stanton , 181 ; C . Panlee , 33 ; D . Dore , 742 ; and Wimhurst , 917 . The lodge having been opened in
due form , the ballot was taken for Bros . Dr . Duke , 742 , and John Ledger , 463 , as joining members ; both brethren were unanimously elected . The office of I . G . being vacant , the VV . M . conferred the appointment on Bro . William Worrell , and invested him with the collar of that office . A P . M . jewel waa presented to Bro . J . Newton , the I . P . M ., the W . M . taking occasion to pass a well-deserved
eulogium upon the Masonic abilities of that worthy brother . A ballot was then taken for Mr . Peter Scherangers , proposed for initiation , and the same being unanimous and the candidate in attendance , the ceremony of initiation was most ably performed by the W . M . There being no further business before the lodge , it was closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned to banquet . The usual loyal aud masonic toasts were given and cordially
responded to , aud the evening was enlivened by the excellent vocal efforts of several of ihe brethren , accompanied on the piano by the newly-appointed I . G ., Bro . W . Worrell . To the very great satisfaction and enjoyment of all present , Bro . J . Stevens sang a Masonic song , written by himself , and the music composed by Bro . W . Ganz , which met with warm approval . The brethren separated at an early hour to return to their respective homes .
PROVINCIAL . AVAnai-soTON . — Lodge of Lights , No . 148 . —The regular monthly meeting of this lodge waa held on Monday evening last , at the Masonic Rooms , Sankey-street . Tho AV . M ., Bro . D . AV . Finney , waa supported by Bros . I . Hepherd , P . M . ; AV . Mossop , S . W . ; VV . Richardson , J . W . ; H . B . White , P . M ., P . Z ., Prov . O . S . Deacon ; Shaw
Thewlis , P . M ., Past Prov . S . G . D . ; Joa . Maxfield , P . M . ; John Bowes , P . M ., P . Z ., Past Prov . G . Reg . C . aud AV . ; W . S . Hawkins , S . D . ; Dr . Cooper . J . D . ; Dr . Pennington , Rev . J . Nixon Porter , Rev . W . Whitelegge . T . AValker Nelson , T . Mee Pattison , Org . ; John Wilson , William Smith , W . Fletcher-Wood , Robt . Richardson , Jas . Curry , Jua . Robinson , John Goodried , P . Pearse , J . Harding ,
C . Wood , B . P . Coxon , CE . ; J . Laithwaite , AV . Wooda , Thos . Morris , Jas . Jackson , W . Bryce , H . Syried , W . Savage . Geo . Blackhurst , Jas . Cassiday , Jaa . Hannah , Jas . Johnson , Tyler . Visitors : Bros . P . J . Edelsten , 1134 ; AV . Compton , 1250 , and H . Hoult , 1250 . The lodge waa opened iu due form , and the minutes of the last meeting read aud declared to be correctly recorded . Bro . Sec .
then read the by-laws according to annual custom . The W . M . announced that the next business was the election of W . M . for the ensuing year , and he would first call upon Bro Sec . to read the names of thoae brethren who were eligible for that olrice , aud then each brother would be supplied with a slip of paper upon which they would write the nauie ofthe brother in whose favour they voted . Tne ballot box was then sent round , aud on its
return to the Kast the W . M . declared Bro . William Smith , Past Senior Warden , duly elected . Broa . H . B . White , was re elected Treasurer , Mossop , S . W ., li . p . Coxon , were re-elected Auditors ; Coxon and Dr . Pennington were elected Stewards , James Johnson , waa re-elected Tyler . There being no further business , tbe lodge waa closed with the usual solemnities , and the brethren separated in harmony .
H ED DEN BRIDGE . —Pnnce Frederick Lodge , No . 307 . — The regular monthly meeting of thia lodge was held on Monday , the 22 nd . inst .. when there was a good attendance of the officers aud members . The lodge hiving been opened in the first degree , aud the miuutes read , the lodge wt * opened in the second degree , aud Broa . James Hoyle and It . Whitaker , paaaed their examination as F . C ' s ., after
which the lodge was opened in the third degree , and those two brethren raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by Bro . F . Whitaker , W . M ., in a very effective manner . The lodgo waa then closed in the threo degrees , in harmony , and the brethren afterwards spent an hour or two very pleasantly . The only visitors were Bro . J . Copley , P . G . !" . of VV ., 13 . Lane . ; and Bro . E . Hartley , of Todmorden .
TOUPOINT , CORNWALL . —Carevs Lodge , No . 1136 . —The regular lodge was held on Monday , Nov . 15 , to transact the business and to install the VV . M . for the ensuing year . Officers present : Bro . J . B . Ryder , W . M ., in tho chair ; Bros . March , S . W . ; Potts , J . W . ; W . Poor , S . D . ; E . Poor , J . D . ; Hicks , G . G . ; Mortimore , Tyler , & c . The VV . M . then announced that the first-business was to install
W . M .-elect for the year , Bro . W . H . Moses . The lodge having been opened and raised to the 2 nd degree , Bro . Kent , P . M . ; took the chair and proceeded in the preliminary part of the ceremony . All the brethren below P . M . having retired a Lodge of installed M ' s . was formed , when Bro . VV . II . Moses , was duly installed in the chair of King
Sol . in due and ancient form . The Lodge was then opened for admission of the brethren and was then Worked down to the first degreo by the newly-installed W . M ., who invested the following brethren as his officera for the year ensuing : Broa . Ryder , J . P . M . ; Potts , S . W . ; E . Poor , J . W . ; Smith , Sec . ; W . Poor , S . D . ; Hicks , J . G . ; Welsh , J . G . Mortimore , Tyler . It wan then proposed by Bro . Ryder ,