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• II f all the brethren . During the year there had been ivillot troublesome questions , but they had been one te ( - in an agreeable manner . He thanked them s urmo , - jsome jewel , which he assured them he should ' ° rj e one of the greatest ornament" - he possessed . He Id only re-echo the wish of the W . M , that he should tor in tneir miast

ired to wear it many years . be | eivin ? " The Past Makers , " the W . M . observed , ? fW . brethren included in the toast were not only P . M . 's If also founders of thc lodge , Bro . Blasby , P . M ., having the first W . Master . Their merits and working ^ ties were s 0 we " known to tlle brethren that no words Id be needed to recommend the toast .

» ,. „ Blasby , P . M ., in response , said it vvas always a I asu ' re to rep ly to the toast in that lodge . They launched fhir lodffe f ° years a £° at the Station Hotel , and had Lrated to their present meeting place , where he hoped Sey would be located for many years to come . Bros . Digby- P . M ., and Phillips , P . M ., also replied .

" The Visitors" was next given by the W . M ., who xtended a cordial welcome to the visiting brethren , whom levvas p leased to see present in such large numbers . As he could not call upon them all to respond , he should be delighted to afford them the opportunity of replying on a future visit . Bros Jarvis , W . M . 1627 ; Worrell , P . M ., Sec . 766 ;

. Williams ' . P . M . 975 ; Crullenden , P . M . 503 ; and Shand , P lYI . 2030 , replied in suitable terms , eulogising the excellent working they had seen , and returning thanks for the profuse hospitality offered to them . " The Treasurer , Secretary , and Officers " having been given and responded to , the Tyler ' s toast closed a successful meeting .

The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . Rainbow , Org ., who vvas assisted by Madame Worrell , Mrs . W . Rainbow , Miss Jessie Hudson , L . A . M ., Bros . Eg bert Roberts , F . W . Stephens , and Arthur Weston . ______

QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE ( No . 2076 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 41 b inst . There were present Brvs . R . F . Gould , P . G . D ., W . M . j W . H . Rylands , P . G . Stwd . j G . VV . Speth , W . M . Bywater , P . G . Swd . B . j Professor T . Hayter Lewis , Dr . W . W . Westcott , Rev . J . C . Ball , E . Macbean , and F . H . Goldney , P . G . D . ; also the

following members of the Correspondence Circle , viz . Bros Rev . O . C . Cockrem , S . Richardson , J . W . H . Thompson , Rev . T . W . Lemon , Col . J . Read , J . Barber Glenn , C . Kupfcrschmidt , R . Eve , P . G . Treas . ; F . A . Powell , C F . Hogard , P . G . Std . B . ; S . Martin , Rev . J . F . Downes , R . A , Gowan , and B . A . Smith ; and as visitors Bros . G . R . Langley and J . K . R . Cama .

The following brethren were balloted for and elected members of the lodge , viz . : Bro . E . J . Castle , Q . C , late Royal Engineers , P . M . 143 , author of "Oiigin of Parochial Relief , " the " Law of Rating , " and other works ; Bro . Edward Macbean , of Glasgow , St . John ' s Lodge , No . 3 bis , author of " On Symbolism , " and many lodge

addresses ; and Bro . fred . Hastings Goldney , f . G . U ., author of " The History of Freemasonry in Wiltshire . " The following 47 lodges , brethren , and bodies were admitted members of the Correspondence Circle , viz .: Ihe Supreme Council of the A . and A . S . K . England ; the New Zealand Pacific Instruction LodgeWellingtonN . Z . ;

, , the Gtelong Lodge of Unity and Prudence , 545 , Geelong , Victoria ; the Distiict Grand Lodge of the Punjab ; St . Martins Lodge , 98 , Burslem ; Lodge of Otago , No . 844 , lJunedin , New Zealand ; Aldershot Camp Lodge , 1331 ; the London Library , St . James ' s-squarej and ' the INew Zealand Masonic Journal , Dunedin , N . Z . j and Bros . A . Walker

^ : , Maltonj Dr . A . E . Stocker , Philadelphia j d ! i " I- K - ™ bhaar - Philadelphia j W . A . Cochran , Philaueiptiiaj W . E . thompson , jun ., Morton , Pennsylvania ; & u ! ' 9- Cass ' Wimborne ; J . H . Sillitoe , P . G . rt ? ' , ng ' i F - Stanley , Margate ; B . A . Smith , temple , London ; Rev . R . Peek , Sweffling ; J . W . Wnson , York ; S . T . Solomon , Kimberley , S . A . j W . A . Kf ' r Klmb « leyj J . Perks , Kimberley ; J . Hampton

PC 7- -W . .- ' Bowley- Kimberley ; S . Martin , Her ; . ' T ^ V ? v- J- F- Downes , Prov . G . Chaplain BrarifnrY ' i- r . - TreS , Se ' Devonport ; J . T . MuggUstone , W « - vV , ! - h V l ^ ' "radlord ; J- Backer , r . P . G . W » c ¦ S J J \ ' Wheeler , Grand Secretary , Connec-I ™ n ! . f r ^? lce \? Cel , ia ' Ohi 0 S Rev - J- ° - 0 xlandi fc £ ' ,- n J 8 . * _ . Natal * W - ' « S"n , New York \ No man P ' p r ^ V , A > UzaruS > i ' outh Hackney ; G . R TJ " ' Y - "eg . Gloucestershire ; I . W . Goddard .

-0 ° hire . I VV u "* C - Powe " * P-G . Stwd . Mon-W . B wfli , ¦*• -higman , St . Austell , Cornwall ; Capt . aackm „ i ' n , J ^ - - P -G-W . Wo . cestershircj G . J . Du ^ B ?' r p S - TS NZ - Kev - W - Konaldson , dinj a „ * G : Gordon , Dunedin , - J . G . De Renzy , Dunem 's ions tl ' rl' n ?" ' Lonion- lhis ** st brin 8 s the ad " total of 30 S . " or Corr « pondence Circle to a notice nrev ?™ , ?! 10 ' ) Vestcolt » the " moved , according to H 'storv P n' ° Usly Pven- ' -That no lecture on Masonic l > e 15 " y'ecturenor discussion Masonic

BrepJ ,. . , on "fttad ™ ' r ori S '" and Secrets , be given or permitted in an | l that ' ih » c when '' ° Pened in the 3 rd Decree ; , leliv <* y and ri > ™ / ° - the Lodge shall specify the Lod ge T ? l ! , cussl V Lectures in a Master Mason ' s S ' - » Bro Bv » J [ esol " ° having been seconded by the ?? , »« ame ' ndmen er , <«^ Secretary , Bro . Speth , then moveo W . M ,,. " . ent-- " That it be lett to thcrti = r , f . i- „ m of

-h-[ elire fromX I 7 . ntered A PP rentices and Fellow Crafts to tS t ! le lectu ^ r g ? whenever there shall appear to him , V ? ° nic Serr « = u ° any br"ther , the least chance ol * < len Spe ech , > f ' Dg , m P roPef-y divulged . " In a 1 S - which ivnnU m H l " 0 wer - 'he loregoing amend-° > ^ 0 ! ° ? Poeticall y leave the procedure of the " > ft ki ,. AY ) v . "sts , was seconder ! anH « , „ . nnrf „ H k „

t ^ ated dsc " ln memb « ? ro- Goldney . P-G . D . Ai ? ° Part , anH en l * in wr , ich vari ° i" brethier , "'m , Y 'e brothl "' ably B , 'os- Ky , ands and tve , i" * applaud ' n ' '" - - elu [ I - address that was un 0 , ^ « f tette 7 in ex P at , a |« B with much force upon the ch ' d for and ? ' ° dge b * restrictions that were al | f , --r of the , „ Unne « S :-ary , and upon the sweeping M , "nic iK ? P 0 Sed '^ i ^ lation , which , by requiring M as ° n ' s Lodge vvn' ?^ , «»» "n"nicateu in a Mastei 8 , would exclude from attendance the bre-

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thren of the first two Degrees , even though the lecture of the evening was strictly pertaining to the ceremonial or historical development of one or the other of them . The W . M ., Bro . Gould , said his views on the subjtct temained the same as when he delivered the address at his installation . On that occasion he expressed a hope that a stries of elementary lectures might be read in the lodge , vvhich

would be comprehensible by the youngest Entered Apprentice . A second paper ( or lecture ) , and fashioned on these lines , vvas about to be read by Bro . Speth , and he should personally be much pleased vveie there brethren present who had only taken the first step in Masonry , as he should now have been inclined to deem the lecture of the evening , successful or the

reverse , very much in proportion to the degree of information attained from its delivery by the representatives of the class of brethren vvhich it vvas the desire of the mover of the resolution and his suppoiters to exclude from participation in the special labours of the lodge . Bro . Gould , after some further remarks , concluded by suggesting that both the original resolution and the amendment

should come before them for final consideration at the June meeting , which was agreed to . The Secretary announced the presentation to the lodge library , since the last meeting , of 215 books , pamphlets , and manuscripts , as per printed slips enclosed vvith the summons ; also of several books vvhich Bro . J . K . R . Cama had just brought with him on behalf of his

uncle , Bro . Cama , P . G . Treas . He further announced that he had discovered at Margate an hitherto unknown MS . copy of the "Old Constitutions of Freemasons , " and described its pcculiariiies . His attention had been called to it b y Bro . W . Jones Lane , of that town . Desirous of acquiring it for the lodge library he had been met by a relusal on the part of the owner to sell for money , who ,

however , agreed to accept a large number of male votes for the Benevolent Institution . Unable to provide them , Bro . Cama had kindly come to his assistance , and supplied him vvith the whole amount necessary . He exhibited the MS ., and congratulated the brethren on its possession , lt would in future he known as the Lama MS . A vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Bro . Cama . The

Secretary also exhibited a photographed facsimile of the Scarborough MS ., mounted in scroll form on linen , vvhich had been kindly procured for the lodge by their Correspondence member , Bro . J . G . Mason , Grand Secretary of the G . L . of Canada . Bro . Speth read a paper entitled "On Scottish Freemasonry before the Era of Grand Lodges . " The paper

was the second of the Elementary Historical Series inaugurated by Bro . Gould on the Sth November last , and was puiely descriptive , controversial matter beingavoided . We understand that , as printed in the transactions of the lodge , there will be no lack of statistics and references ; but these were judiciousl y omitted by the lecturer , as tending to destroy the cominuity of the narrative . Written comments

on the paper , from the pens of Bros . W . J . Hughan and J . Ramsden Riley , were read by the W . M . ; and Bros . Rylands , Goldney , Macbean , and Gould added valuable contributions to the consideration of the subject ; after vvhich a vote of thanks vvas accorded , and suitably acknowledged . A wax impression of the membership medal , now being prepared by Bro . George Kenning , vvas passed round and

much admired . The medal is intended to be worn either on the breast or on the watch guard by members of both the Inner and Outer Circles , and bids fair to prove a work of art . It is oval in form , about 1 5 inches long , by f inch broad , and presents on one side a reproduction , in high relief , of the miniature of the four martjrs from the I-abella Missal in the British Museum , with the name of

the Society , date of warrant , Sic , and on the other , four celestial crowns . The name of the owner will be engraved on the edge , and we are informed that the price has been fixed at 4 s . and 5 s . for bronze and silver respectively . This concluded the business of the evening , which was succeeded by an equally delightful two hours' chat over a modest repast in the adjoining tavern .

MANCHESTER . —Shakspere Lodge ( N 0 . 1009 ) . —The installation of Bro . Jeseph Halden took place , and the St . John ' s Festival vvas celebrated on Friday , the 4 th inst ., in the Freemasons' Hall , Cooper-street . There were present Bros . James Rome , P . G . Stwd ., W . M . ; G . Enticknap , l . P . M . ; J . Halden , S . W . ; W . Brooks , J . W . ; C S . Allott , P . M ., Chap . ; George Hunt , P . M ., Treas . ; G . Carter , P . M ., Sec . ; G . Everatt , S . U . ; E .

Evans , J . D . ; J . Grassland , I . G . ; G . D . Pringle and C W . Southwell , Stwds . ; W . Riddell , P . M ., Tyler ; Geo . W . Wilson , P . M . ; S . Stafham , P . M ., P . P . G . Treas . ; J . L . Hine , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . ; J . Quail , C C . Hilton , P . G . Zolas , C R . Hazzopulo , Capreel , J . A . Bodger , R . Pauley , and G . Floyd . Visitors : Bros . Carl Goetz , P . M , 645 , P . P . J . G . W . ; J . E . Lees , P . M . 645 , P . P . G . T . ; Jas , Walker , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . ; W . J . Cunliffe , P . M . 317 ,

r-. r . S . U . U . ; J . Wildgoose , P . M . 163 , P . P . J . G . D . ; W , Hardcastle , P . M . 1773 , P . P . G . D . C . ; T . R . Peel , P . M . 1147 , P . J . G . D . ; P . Duxbury , P . G . Swd . Br . ; R . R . Lisenden , P . M . 317 , Prov . G . Stwd . ; J . Schofield , P . M . 1287 , P . P . J . G . D . West Lanes . ; G . F . Smith , P . M . 1045 , P . P . G . Stwd . Cheshire ; J . Lowe , P . M . 325 ; H . B . Everett , P . M . 1140 ; M . Fairweather , P . M . 1147 ; C . D .

Cheetham , jun ., P . M . 993 ; W . Craven , P . M . 1633 ; A . Pemberton , P . M . 1030 ; | . Crowther , P . M . 645 ; R . W . Baker , P . M . 1126 ; J . Wilson , P . M . 317 ; W . B . Akerman , W . M . 317 ; W . T . Allitt , W . M . 993 ; P . B . Welch , S . W . 992 ; G . T . Bowers , S . W . 993 ; G . R . Armstrong , S . D . 993 ; H . Swindells , 1375 ; A . Bond , l ' . W . Rostron , 1140 ; W . H . Mortimer , 2109 ; J . W .

Start , 1052 ; and H . S . Grundy , 344 . The lod ^ e was opened , and , after the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed , the ballot was taken for Mr . Besso , who vvas declared elected . Mr . Besso was thereupon initiated by the W . M ., Bro . Rome . Bro . G . W . Wilson , P . M ., then occupied the chair of K . S . for the purpose of installing Bro . J . Halden , VV . M . for the ensuing year , who vvas , after being presented to the

Installing Master by Bro . G . Hunt , P . M ., induced into the chair . Bro . G . Hunt , P . M ., then invested he following brethren officers for the year : Bros . VV . Brooks , S . W . ; G . Everatt , J . W . ; G . Hunt , P . M ., Treas . ( invested by the W . M . ); CW . Southwell , Sec ; E . Evans , S . D . ; J . Cro .-sland , J . D . ; G . W . Wilson , P . M ., D . C . ; G . F . Pringle , I . G . ; R . Pawley , F . A . Bodger , F . C Hilton , and J . Ouail , Stewards ; G . P . Zolas , Org . ; and W . Riddell , lyler ! The three addresses were delivered in a very impressive

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manner by Bro . George Hunt , P . M ., who concluded the ceremony of installation with prayer . More than a word of praise too is due to Bro . George W . Wilson for his ca reful rendering of the installation ceremony , every word being distinctly articulated , and plainly heard by a Board of 2 S Installed Masters . Tnere being no further business , the good old-fashioned custom of offering " Hearty good

wishes was indulged in by the numerous visitors , and the lodge was then closed . The brethren afterwards celebrated the Festival of St . John by partaking of a capital dinner , on the conclusion of vvhich the toast list was proceeded wich . Bro . Halden proposed " The Health of the Queen , and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " which was weil received

after which Bro . George Hunt , P . M ., proposed The Health of the Rt . H m . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , and the Present and Past Grand Officers . " The Worshipful Master next proposed " The R . W . Prov , G . Master of Fast Lancashire , Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie ; " and "The V . W . Deputy Prov . G . Master , Bro . George Mellor , and the Present and Past Prov . Grand

Officers . " Both toasts were well received and heartily drank , and in response Bros Joseph Wildgoose , P . M . 163 , P . P . J . G . D ., andS . Statham , P . M ., P . P . G . P ., replied . "The Immortal Memory of Shakspere" vvas most ably proposed by Bro . W . Brooks , S . W ., and drank in silence . Bro . Thomas Black , J . W . 1170 , here recited a selection

from "Julius Csesar , " which was well delivered and deservedly applauded . The I . P . M ., Bro . J . Rome , P . G . Steward , proposed "The Healthof the W . M ., Bro . J . Halden , " and in so doing spoke of the consistent and satisfactory manner in vvhich he had performed the various duties allotted him since his connection vvith the lodge . The members of the

Shakspere Lodge , Bro . Rome went on to say , were all confident that their W . M . would maintain the prestige the lodge had hitherto enjoyed , and perform his important duties satisfactorily to them and creditably to himself . In conclusion , Bio . Rome hoped the W . VI . 's path would be a prosperous and peaceful one , and called-upon the brethren to iise and drink heartily to the toast .

Bro . Halden , who is exceedingly popular and much liked by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance , received quite an ovation , vvhich vvas sustained during the singing of that delightful refrain " Here ' s to his Health in a song . " After Bro . Halden had made a very appropriate reply , Bro . Crossland , J . D ., proposed "The Visitors , " which was replied to by Bros . W . Hardcistle , P . M . 1773 , P . P . J . G . D .,

and J . L . Hine , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . Bro . G . Everatt , J . W ., proposed "The Masonic Charities , " which was responded to by Bro . J . L . Hine , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . The W . M ., after eulogising the manner in which Bro . Rome , I . P . M ., P . G . Steward , had performed his duties as W . M ., presented him , in the name of the lodge , vvith a P . M . ' s gold jewel ( manufactured by Bro . George Kenning ,

47 , Bridge-street , Manchester ) , as a token of esteem , and in recognition of his services . Bro . Rome returned thanks for the jewel and the kind remarks uttered by Bro . Ha'den . Other toasts , including "The Installing Masters" ( Bros . G . W . Wilson and G . Hunt ) , "The Past Masters , " "The

Officers , " and "The Initiates , " were proposed and responded to . A most enjoyableevening vvas spent , the intervalsbetween the toasts being enlivened with songs from Bros . Mortimer , G . W . Baker , Hilton , Scofield , and Bro . Lisenden gave a selection on the English conceitina .

RIVERHEAD . —Amherst Lodge ( No . 1223 ) . — The installation meeting of this lodge vvas held on Saturday Ia ^ t at the Amherst Arms . Bro . J . I . Biich , the W . M . ( who came up from Portsmouth in the interval of pressing official duties ) , opened the lodge , assisted by all his officers save one , and , after the formal business had been transacted , the W . M . expressed his regret that the pressing avocations of his calling had prevented him from attending to the

duties of his office as he would have liked , lt was his wish to see his successor installed in his stead , and he had come for the express purpose , but must leave them immediately after the ceremony to return whence he had come . Bro . E . Strange , I . P . M ., took the chair of K . S . for the installation ceremony , with the following officers : Bros . Carnell , P . J . G . D ., as S . W . ; W . Drewett , W . M . 8 S 9 ,

J . W . ; E . J . Dodd , P . M ., P . P . G . O ., I . G . ; and Duret , P . M ., P . S . G . D ., D . C . Bro . Sparrowhawk , who had been previously elected , vvas then presented and placed in the chair in the prescribed manner , the Installing Master doing his work perfectly . Alter the W . M . had been saluted he appointed and invested his officers , viz .: Bros . A . H . Lee , S . W . ; ] . Hamlin , J . W . ; Dartnell , P . M ., Treas . ; J . H .

Jewell , P . M ., Sec . ; F . P . Lee , S . D . ; D . J . Kent , J . D . ; C . Hooker , I . G . j W . H . Pascoe , Org . j H . S . Strange , D . C . ; W . Burfoot , Stwd . ; and W . South , Tyler . The addresses were next given by Bro . Strange , and the only remaining business vvas to elect a member of the Charity Committee , the choice falling without dissentient on the worthy brother who had acted as Installing Master on this

occasion . After ' Hearty good wishes " had been given to the W . M ., the lodge was closed , and the brethren reassembled to partake of the excellent banquet prepared by Bro . Waller , mine host of the Amherst Arms Hotel . This was most welcome , for the greater part of those present had come some distance , and the oldest members of the lodge said they had had many excellent dinners , but that

surpassed all . The newly appointed junior officers , whose duty it was to attend to the creature comforts of the guests , amply justified their appointments , tor never were visitors better cared for . The " old hands" —viz , the"Amherites " —did that for themselves , being " at home . " A very pleasant evening was spent , the only regret being that neither the Prov . CM ., the Earl Amherst , nor his able Deputy , Bro . Smith Eastes , could attend .

As a kind of set-off the brethren welcomed vvith genuine heartiness one who had been absent a long time—Bro . the Hon . Smalman Smith , Resident Magistrate at Lagos , West Africa . His reappearance among the brethren , on the roll of whom he stands tilth in order , was marked by a special toast . The W . M . was very happy in the tew remaiks he made , and , in the most unselfish way , passed the gavel about so that the oratorical honours should be the more divided .

In propooing "The Health of the W . M ., " Bro . C E . Birch made a felicitous reference to the fact that it was the 49 th anniversary of the birthday of Bro . Sparrowhawk .