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the bosom of his mother lodge . Bro . Poynter , P . M . d Treasurer , in proposing "The Health of their Acting Sr M " took occasion to eulogise the ability of that brother ' s rki ' ng , a ° d to aga i" express the sense the lodge enterr ? d 0 ' f the services rendered by him during thc past 7 " The Health of the W . M . Elect " was responded ? \ y Bro . Taylor , S . W ., who expressed his gratification ° iL harmony prevailing among the brethren , which he

trusted would be augmented if possible rather than diminished under his sway . " The Health of the Treasurer " was very warmly received by the brethren , and responded to by that officer , Bro . Poynter , P . M ., •ho took occasion to express ' his sorrow at thc regrettable absence of the W . M . during his year of office , tne inconvenience

at the same time pointing out that nan been materially diminished in the Burgoyne Lodge by their possession of several capable P . M . ' s able and willing at a moment ' s notice to supply the place of president , and none more competent than the brother they saw in the chair that night . In the old ballad of "Chevy Chase " it was narrated that when thc Scottish king was informed of the death of his brave knight , Douglas , he

lamented that " search all Scotland through there was never another like he . " How did the English king receive similar tidings ? When the first emotion of his grief at the loss of the brave Percy , in the same battle , had subsided , he reflected with gratitude that in broad England lie had left him yet " five hundred as good as he . " A

similar sense was entertained in the Burgoyne Lodge of the value to it of its proved and tried P . M . ' s . In this lodge , as in Shakespeare ' s England , •' not Amurath an Amurath succeeds , but Harry , succeeds Harry . " Most of their Past Masters had shown the stuff they were made of before they came to the chair ; many of them , by serving the office of Secretary , had obtained a firm grip of the

business details of the dry financial administration of the association , and so in the best possible school had qualified themselves for those duties of the chair which , though less conspicuous than other labours , contributed , perhaps , an even larger share—if not to the fame and eminence of the lodge , at least—to its permanent prosperity and the happiness of its members . "The Officers' Healths" having

been duly given and acknowledged , the Tyler ' s toast brought a most agreeable evening to a rather late conclusion . Perhaps , however , the fact that tbe se ' ance was somewhat protracted may be attributable to some admirable singing by the members of the lodge , some marvellous and charming instrumental displays by Bro . Roe , a

new member , and two excellent recitations , one by Bro . Field , P . M ., of the late Major Whyte Melville ' s poem ( written as a ballad ) , " The clipper that stands in the stall at the top , " and the other by Bro . Wooidridge , a visitor , of a London scene from the Dagonet ballads ( " Sal Grogan " ) , a masterpiece of powerful declamation .

DUKE OF CONN AUGHT LODGE ( No . 1524 ) . —The first meeting of this flourishing lodge at its new quarters , the Moorgate-street Restaurant , was held on Thursday week , the 29 th ult ., upon which occasion a goodly company of brethren were present , it being the installation night , and more than ordinary interest was felt in the ceremony , as the W . M . elect , Bro . Brand , was the first initiate

of the lodge . The lodge was opened at five o ' clock by the W . M ., Bro . Neville Green , assisted bv Bros . Wm . Henry Brand , S . W ., W . M . elect ; Fred . Brastcd , J . W . ; Thos . C . Chapman , P . M ., Treas . ; W . H . Lee , P . M ., Sec . ; E . Dignam , S . D . ; Charles Lorkin , J . D . ; Arthur Ferrar , D . of C . ; J . J . Marsh , Tyler ; H . G . Moon , George Ferrar , W . Beasley , John Varney , James Syme , E . W . Silk , R .

Polac , A . Leoffilcr , James Hill , J . T . Larton , E . Harding , E . Woodman , G . J . Reynolds , A . R . Ollcy , S . Bonner , F . Fisher , and F . A . Kelly ( Freemason . ) . The following brethren were among the visitors : Bros . Henry G . Buss , Asst . Grand Sec . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; James F . Gorlock , W . M . 202 ; A . A . Pendlebury , P . M . 1194 ; E . Somers , P . M . 1602 ; W . F . Rogers , J . W . 704 ; Thomas

Cross , J . W . 1194 ; J . Ferdinando , 13 ; J . W . Dewnsnap , 188 ; E . J . Gale , 491 ; Fredk . T . Parkin , 749 ; F . Dickinson , 1298 ; C Burrow , 1424 ; F . A . Thome , 1489 ; A . Eldridge , 1585 ; H . G . Harris , 15 86 ; A . H . Chisnolm , 1602 ; G . W . Sarter , 1602 ; H . R . Russell , 1669 ; and J . Jones , 1681 . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , and the report of the Audit

Committee received , ballot was taken for the following candidates , Messrs . James Thomas Latter , Donald Munro , James William White , and Edwin Woodman , which proved unanimous in their favour . These gentlemen having been properly prepared , were admitted , and impressively initiated into thc mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry , the ceremony being

ably performed by Bro . Neville Green , W . M . Lodge was then opened in the Second Degree , and the W . M . elect ( Bro . Brand ) was presented to the Worshipful Master , Bro . Neville Green , for the benefit of installation . After the usual charges had been read by the Secretary , the lodge was opened in the Third Degree , when all the brethren below the rank of Installed Master withdrew . A Board of

Installed Masters having been formed , Bro . Wm . Henry Brand was impressively installed into the chair of King Solomon by Bro . Green , who was ably assisted by Bro . W . H . Lee , P . M . On the re-admission of the brethren , thc working tools of the several Degrees were presented , and the newly-installed Master was saluted in ancient form . Bro . Brand then appointed and invested the following brethren as his officers for thc ensuing year : —Bros .

F . Brasted , S . W . ; E . Dignam , J . W . ; C . W . Smyth , Treas . ; W . H . Lee , P . M ., Sec ; J . Lorkin , S . D . ; J . L . Payne , J . D . ; A . Ferrar , I . G . ; H . Polak , D . C . ; S . Hill and R . George , Stewards ; H . G . Moon , Org . ; and J . Marsh , Tyler . The Secretary having brought before the lodge the fact that the bye-laws were out of print , it was unanimously resolved that they be reprinted , and that Bros . Harding , Olley , and Beasley , in addition to the offi-

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cers , should act as a revision committee . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet table , where , under the presidency of thc W . M ., they partook of an admirable dinner , well served , under the personal superintendence of Bro . A . Kent . At thc conclusion of the banquet thc customary toasts were drunk . " The Queen and the Craft , " " H . R . H . the Prhceof Wales . M . W .

G . M . "" The Rt . Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , ProG . M ., Lnrd Skelmersdale , Dep . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " having all been duly honoured , Bro . Neville Green , I . P . M ., rose and said that it afforded him unusual pleasure to propose " The Health of the W . M ., " and he felt sure that the general feeling of the lodge was one of delight to sec Bro . Brand

holding the position . Bro . Brand was the first initiate of the lodge , and he ( Bro . Green ) could assure him that personally he felt great pleasure in that fact , and he was convinced that all the brethren would cordially join him in an expression of congratulation , and hope that his year of effice would be one of pleasure to himself and success to the lodge . ( Hear , hear . ) The toast

having been enthusiastically drunk , the W . M . thanked the lodge for having elevated him to his high position , and remarked that while he filled the chair nothing would be wanting on his part to deserve the marks of good wishes and friendship which the brethren had evinced by the cordiality of their response to the toast of his health . Brethren were sometimes apt to look upon his position

before they occupied it as something very light and easy to fill ; but he could assure them the little he had seen of it during the shoit time that he had filled it convinced him that it was a very onerous one . The W . M . was for the time being trustee of the honour and welfare of the lodge , which he was bound to study above everything else , and in this respect he would endeavour to prove himself worthy

of having been elected to the office . There was one thing that he had in his favour , and that was their removal from their old quarters to a better place of meeting . In conclusion he would ask them to drink to " The Health of the I . P . M ., " a toast which he was sure would fully meet their approval and support . Bro . Green had brought them through his year of office with great success , and

had acquitted himself in a most creditable manner . He ( the W . M . ) could only carry out the wishes of the lodge further with regard to the I . P . M . by presenting him with a Past Master ' s jewel , which thc brethren felt he so richly deserved . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Green appropriately acknowledged the toast and the presentation , observing that during his year of office he had not had a great amount of

work to do ; but what he had to do he had endeavoured to perform to the best of his ability , and he could not let this opportunity slip without acknowledging the hearty support and co-operation which tbe other officers had rendered him . He thought the removal of thc lodge from its old quarters marked a new epoch in the history of the Duke of Connaught Lodge . He thought so from the fact

that they had had six initiates since they had changed their quarters . With regard to the jewel which they had presented him with he felt he had been rewarded above his deserts , but he would wear it with the greatest pride during thc many years in which he yet hoped to take an active part in the affairs of the Duke of Connaught Lodge . " The Initiates" having been proposed , and acknowledged by them In a few graceful sentences , the W . M . next

proposed " The Visitors , " which was responded to by Bro . Cottebrune , P . G . P ., and several others . The remaining toasts , "The Past Masters , " "The Treasurer and Secretary , " " The Officers , " and the Tyler ' s toast , were then speedily gone through , and the brethren separated , having spent a most enjoyable evening . Between the toasts Bros . Lee , Warrington , Cross , Rogers , and Brasted contributed to the entertainment of the brethren by singing some excellent songs .

FARRINGDON WITHOUT LODGE ( No . 1745 ) . —A meeting of this representative lodge was held on Monday , the 28 th ult ., at the Viaduct Hotel , Holborn . Among those in attendance were Bros . W . H . Jackson , jun ., I . P . M . and Secretary ; T . C . Walls , P . G . S . B . Middlesex , S . W . ; H . J . Lardner ; J . W . ; M . Samuel , S . D . ; E . Hart ( Honorary Organist ) ; Stokes , D . C , acting I . G . ;

and Parkinson , Tyler . Bro . Padwick , Crusaders , was a visitor . In consequence of the absence through indisposition of Bro . Charles Jacques , W . M ., the chair was taken by Bro . Jackson , jun ., I . P . M . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the I . P . M . vacated tbe chair in favour of Bro . Walls , who duly raised Bro . C . Richards to the degree of M . M . Several letters

of apology for non-attendance having been read , the Secretary reported that the draft bye-laws had been forwarded to the Grand Lodge , and that they were under consideration . The ballot was then taken on behalf of Bro . Lister as a joining member , and it having been proved to be unanimous , the lodge was duly and formally closed , and the brethren adjourned . There was no banquet .

ROYAL SAVOY LODGE ( No . 1744 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held at Ashley ' s Hotel , Henrietta-street , Covent Garden , on Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., Bro . John Douglass , W . M ., in the chair . There were a / so present Bros . James Willing , I . P . M ., Treas ., as S . W . ; W . Cook , I . D ., as J . W . ; W . M . Stiles , Sec . ; Hyland , S . D . ; F . W . Sillis , Org ., as J . D . ; Deller , I . G . ; A . Holt , W . S . ; and the following members : —Bros . Armstrong ,

Dickey , Johnson , Vaughan , Hone , Hurdle , Zampf , Smith , Hammond , Ellis , Parkes , Maby , Redstone , Cole , Tomkins , and others . The visitors included Bros . Ferguson , P . M . 177 ; H . Stiles , J . W . 1732 ; Knight , 1677 ; W . S . Kauffman , 1732 ; Abraham , 1178 ; Ashley ( Strand Theatre ) , 1319 ; Morgan , 138 5 ; and Peace , 890 . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , ballot was taken for eight gentlemen desirous

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of joining the Order . The ballot having been declared unanimous , the W . M . proceeded to pass Bros . G . C . Perugia , W . Bryant , and J . G . Ellis to the Degree of Fellow Craft . Bro . Douglass then raised in a very impressive manner Bros . C . Horton , J . T . Woods , J . N . Hare , T . H . Ellis , J . Gray , and J . Hone . The lodge was then opened in the First Degree , when Messrs . G . Bryant , W . Ponton ,

H . Howard , \ . Vcrdin , and H . R . Burton , having been properly prepared , were admitted , and regularly initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry . The W . M . having announced his intention of representing the lodge as Steward at the festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , Bro . Willing , P . M ., Treas ., proposed— " That a sum of £ 10 ios . from the funds of the lodge be placed on his list , " which proposition being seconded , was

earned unanimously . During the evening subscriptions to the amount of nearly £ 50 were promised . An excellent banquet was provided for the brethren , to which ample justice was done . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given from the chair , and duly honoured . An emer * gency meeting of this lodge will be held next Tuesday , for the purpose of initiating several gentlemen unable to attend the regular meeting .

DUKE OF CORNWALL LODGE ( No . 1839 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the 21 st ult ., at Freemasons' Hall . There were present Bros . Brooke , W . M . ; Corpe , S . W . ; Bott , J . W . ; Dewsnap , Treas . ; Cruse , Sec . j Smith , S . D . ; Smith , J . D . ; Stokes , D . C . ; Wilkins , I . G . ; Bauman , Steward ; Goddard , Tyler ; Maloney , acting P . M ., and others .

Visitors : Bros . Major Dunbar , 437 ; Higgins , P . M . 1381 ; Kohler , S . W ., W . M . elect 1381 ; and others . The minutes were read and confirmed , and Bro . J . H . Owen , of Ashbury Lodge , 1459 , was balloted for , and unanimously admitted a joining member . Bro . Tannahill was proposed for raising to the Degree cf a Master Mason , and Bro . Alexander Williams was raised to the Third Degree . Bro .

Tannahill was introduced and raised to the Third Degree . The lodge was then resumed to the Second Degree . Bro . Bauman proposed two names as candidates for initiation . The W . M . then proposed that a letter of congratulation should be sent to Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Clerke , who had been installed Grand Secretary , and it was seconded by the S . W . The lodge adjourned , and the brethren and visitors afterwards dined together .

WINCHESTER . —Lodge of Economy ( No . 76 ) . —A lodge of emergency was held on Thursday , the 29 th ult ., for the purpose of installing the W . M . for the current year , Bro . James Harris , P . M ., Prov . G . S . W . The retiring Master , Bro . F . Raymond Bryan , having initiated a candidate , Bro . E . D . Godwin , P . M ., in the presence of the Prov . Grand Master , W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., and many

of his officers , the Board of Installed Masters , numbering nearly thirty , and including brethren from Portsmouth , Southampton , Andover , Basingstoke , & c , duly installed Bro . Harris in a manner which afterwards elicited the marked approval of the Prov . Grand Master . The following were invested as the officers for the year : Bros . F

Raymond Bryan , I . P . M . ; J . Murray , S . W . ; G . F . Nixon , J . W . ; Gaptain Hall , S . D . ; W . H . Jacob , J . D . ; T . Stopher , P . M . Treasurer ; W . Gamon , P . M ., Secretary ; J T . Clifton and H . Ventham , Stewards ; S . R . Ereritt , P . M ., D . C ; S . Newman , P . P . G . D . C , I . G . ; and W . Sims , Tyler .

KENDAL . —Union Lodge ( No . 129 ) . —The annual meeting of this old lodge—the oldest in the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland—took place at the Masonic Hall , Stramongate , on Thursday , the 29 th ult ., at four o'clock in the afternoon . The lodge was opened by the W . M ., Bro . Banks , who was assisted by bis officers and a goodly number of members and visitors .

After the confirmation of the minutes a gentleman was initiated by Bro . McKay , P . M ., and subsequently a brother was raised by Bro . Nelson , P . M . The W . M , then invited Bro . John Bowes , P . M ., P . P . G . J . W ., to take the chair as Installing Master . Bro . McKay then presented Bro . Watson , S . W ., W . M . elect , for the benefit of installation . The presentation being attended to , a Board of Installed

Masters was opened in ample form , in due course , the Installing Master being assisted by Brcs . McKay and Nelson . Bro . Watson having been placed in the chair of K . S . according to ancient custom , he was greeted , proclaimed , and saluted in the various Degrees . Each officer , after investment by the W . M ., was placed in his chair , and addressed as to his situation , duties , & c , by the Installing Master . The final addresses to the W . M ., Wardens , and brethren

were delivered by Bro . McKay . The ordinary business of the lodge being completed , Bro . T . Wilson , P . M ., proposed , Bro . McKay seconded , and the W . M . supported , a cordial vote of thanks to Bro . Bowes for his invaluable services as Installing Master . The lodge having been closed , the W . M . invited the brethren to his private residence to dinner , and we need not say that a most enjoyable evening was spent under his hospitable roof .

BOLTON . —Lodge of Antiquity ( No . 146 ) . — The installation meeting and festival of St . John the Evangelist took place on Wednesday , the 14 th ult ., at the Bull's Head Hotel , in Bradshawgate . The lodge was opened with solemn prayer at four o'clock p . m ., and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The following brethren were present : Bros . R . Horridge , W . M . ; J .

Dooley , S . W . ; W . Cooper , J . W . ; G . Taylor , S . D . ; R . Duxbury , J . D . ; W . Heywood , Org . ; H . Broughton , S . S . j Thos . Rimmer , J . S . ; J . Galloway , I . G . ; F . Williams , Tyler ; J . Morris , P . M . ; T . Higson , P . M . ; W . Nicholson , P . M . ; J . Wild , P . M . ; H . Ainsworth , P . M . ; T . Collins , P . M . ; Thos . Banks , A . Morris , W . Tilzley , J . Skelton , E . Herd , J . Holden , F . Wingfield , J , Constantine , T . Etskine ,