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MANCHESTER—Lodge of Affability ( No . 317 ) . — The usual monthly meeting took place on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., in the Freemasons' H 4 II , Cooper-street . There were present Bros . J . Garside , W . M . j R . R . Lisenden , I . P . M .. Prov . G . Stwd . ; W . B . Akerman , S . W . j J . Robinson , J . W . ; VV . J . Cunliffe , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., Treas . ; E . WormleightonSec . ; E . Chesworth , S . D . ; J . M .

, Vultchoff , J . D . ; C . Datier , I . G . j ) . Sly , Tyler ; Wm Nicholl , P . M ., Prov . G . Treas . ; J . Dawson , P . M . ; H Walmsley , P . M . ; J . Wolstencroft , J . Read , and others Visitor : A brother from Tynwald , 1243 , I . of Man . The lodge was opened in the usual manner , and the min utes of the previous meeting read and confirmed . There being no business , the lodge was duly closed .

GLOUCESTER ;—Royal Lebanon Lodge ( No . 493 ) . — The installation festival of this lodge was held in the Masonic Hall , at the Bell Hotel , on the 2 nd inst ., when Bro . Renwick . S . W ., was installed in the chair by Bro . S . Bland , Prov . S . G . D ., assisted by other Past Masters of the lodge , in the presence of a very large gathering of the Craft . The W . M . appointed and invested as officers as

follows : Bros . Bland , I . P . M . ; W . Edwards , S . W . ; R . J . Weston , J . W . ; A . V . Hatton , P . P . J . G . W ., Treas . ; E . G . Woodward , Sec ; C . G . Clark , S . D . ; J . Herbert , J . D . ; C . L . Wilson , I . G . ; A . Woodward , P . P . S . G . D ., D . of C . j and Moss , P . P . S . G . D ., and G . H . Gould , Stwds . Among those present were Bros . J . Brook Smith , D . P . G . M ., P . G . D . ; R . V . Vassar-Smith , Prov . G . Charity Sec .

( Mayor of Gloucester ); J . L . Bretherton , VV . M . S 39 j I . C R . Taynton , Pierrepont Harris , P . P . S . G . W . Wilts ; and others . An incident of the evening's proceedings was the passing of a resolution congratulating the Prov . Grand Master , the Right Hon . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., on his restoration to health .

MANCHESTER . —Shakespere Lodge ( No . 1009 ) . —The usual meeting of this lodge took place on the 28 th ult ., in the Freemasons' Hall , Cooper-street . Present : Bros . J . Rome , VV . M ., P . G . Stwd . ; J . Halden , S . W . ; W . Brooks , J . W . ; G . Hunt , P . M ., Treas . ;• G . Carter , P . M ., Sec . ; G . Everett , S . U . ; E . Evans , J . D . ; E . Crossland , I . G . ; VV . Riddell , P . M ., Tyler ; G . Enticknap ,

I . P . M . ; C . S . Altott , P . M . ; G . F . Pringle , G . Capnel , J . Ouail , and A Helton . Visitors : Bros . A . H . Jefferies , P . M . 1161 , P . A . G . D . C ; E . W . Irving , P . M . 1170 , P . G . Stwd . ; A . H . Williams , VV . M . 2156 ; R . A . Eldershaw , P . M ., D . C . 204 ; J . E . Boden , P . M . 15 SS ; J . L . White , 337 , I 573 J P- B . Welch , J . W . 992 ; R . W . Baker , W . M . 1126 ; and R . R . Lisenden , I . P . M . 317 , Prov . G . Stwd .

The lodge was formally opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed . The ballot was taken for Mr . Pandeli G . Zolas and Mr . Constantine Kyriaco Hazzopulo , and declared successful in each case . The W . M . initiated Mr . Zolas into Freemasonry , and Bro . C . S . Allott , P . M ., initiated Mr . Hazzopulo . The VV . M . presented the working tools to both candidates , and Bro .

George Hunt , P . M ., delivered the E . A . charge . Prior to the lodge closing a P . M . ' s gold jewel was presented to the I . P . M ., Bro . Enticknap , for his services during the past year . Bro . Enticknap acknowledged the compliment in suitable terms . The jewel was purchased from Bro . George Kenning's establishment in Manchester . There being no further business , the lodge was closed in due form .

At the social board Bro . Everett proposed " The Health of the two initiates , Bros . Zolas and Hazzopulo , " which was heartily drunk , after which Bro . C . S . AUott sang the "E . A . " song , and the initiates responded . Bro . George Hunt , P . M ., proposed the toast of "The Visitors" in felicitous terms , and Bros . A . H . Jefferis , Irving , Williams , and Lisenden responded . An enjoyable evening terminated with the Tyler ' s toast .

SALFORD . —Newall Lodge ( No . 1134 ) . —The twenty-first anniversary of the consecration of this lodge was celebrated at the Freemasons' Hall , Adelphi House , Adelphi-street , on Tuesday , the 1 st inst ., there being a good muster of provincial officers , brethren ol the lodge , and visitors from East and West Lancashire . The working of the lodge was most creditable to all

concerned , and from the excellent manner in which the W . M ., Past Masters , and officers performed their various duties , and the harmony and good feeling evinced , we are sure there is a bright future before the Newall Lodge . The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the last regular meeting read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was performed by Bio . Holrovd , W . M ., and that

of passing by Bro . Nichol , P . M . The S . W . ' s chair was then taken by Bro . Souter , P . M . 815 , the chair of J . W . being occupied by Bro . Smith , P . M . 1313 . Bro . Baiker , P . M ., P . P . G . Treas . East Lancashire , presented Bro . Waring , S . W ., VV . M . elect , who took the usual obligation . The brethren below the rank of Past Masters retired , and Bro . Waring was installed into the chair of King- Solomon

in a most admirable manner by the retiring W . M ., Bro . Holroyd . The brethren were re-admitted , and Bro . Waring , VV . M ., was proclaimed in the 1 hree Degrees by Bro . Barker , and saluted . The VV . M . invested the following brethren as his officers—Bros . Ayland , S . W . ; McClelland , J . W . ; iMchoI , P . M ., Treas . j Baiker , P . M ., Sec ; Duffin , S . D . j Hambleton , J . D . ; Dr . Anderson .

I . G . j Eckersley , Waterhouse , and Driver , Stwds . j and Kirk , Tyler . The duties ot their respective offices were explained by Bro . Nichol , P . M . The address to the W . M . was delivered by Bro . Barker , P . M ., and that to the Wardens and brethren by Bro . Nichol , P . M . "Hearty good wishes" were expressed from Lodges 148 , 204 , Si 5 , S 5 ~ , 1313 , 1345 , and others .

The lodge was closed in due form . A banquet followed , at which the toast of " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen " was proposed by the W . M ., and duly honoured by the singing of the National Anthem . The toasts of " The . Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family" and "The Prince of Wales " were also given by the VV . M ., that of the Prince of Wales bein <* received

in a most enthusiastic manner by the singing of 'God bless the Prince of Wales . " During the evening a jewel , the gift of the members , was Presented to the Installing Master , Bro . Holroyd , I . P . M ., J ? ^ cognition of the valuable services rendered by him to tne lod ge . The jewel , which was of excellent workmanship , w * manufactured and supplied by Bro . George Kenning , 47 . Brid ge-street , Manchester .

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The enjoyment of the brethren was much enhanced by appropriate music rendered during the evening by Bros . Cuthbert , Blacow , A . I . ewtas , and other members of the lodge and visiting brethren . MARKET RASEN . — Bayon ' s Lodge ( No . 12 S 6 ) . —The brethren of this lodge held a very interesting and most enjoyable lodge of emergency in the Corn

Exchange , on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst . The lodge was honoured with the presence of several distinguished officers of the province , among whom were Bros . VV . H . Smyth , D . L ., P . G . M . ; Major Locock , J . P ., D . P . G . M ., P . G . S . B . ; Gerard Ford , P . G . D ., P . P S . G . U ., D . P . G . M . of Sussex ; J . Fowler ( Mayorof Louth ) , P . P . S . G . W . ; J . M . Wilkinson ( Sheriff of Lincoln ; , P . P . S . G . W . ; H . E . Cousans

P . J . G . W . ; B . Vickers , P . G . Sec ; W . Mortimer , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; and H . A . Cottingham , VV . M . 13 S 6 . Alter the business of the lodge had been satisfactorily disposed of , the brethren retired to the Swan Hotel to partake of refreshments , prepared in Bro . Goodson ' s well known excellent style , and spent a very pleasant and agreeable evening .

RIPLEY . —Okeover Lodge ( No . 1324 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday , 3 rd inst ., at the Town Hall . The chair was occupied by Bro . Douglas Upton , VV . M ., and was supported by all his officers except Bro . F . C Corfield , J . W ., who was unavoidably absent , and a number of members and visitors as follows : Bros . Henry Lomas , I . P . M . ; J . H . Uay , S . W . ;

H . Barker , as J . W . ; Geo . Day , P . M ., P . P . G . S . D ., Treas .: ; Wm . H . Fisher , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B ., Sec ; Joseph Cook , S . D . ; John Jealby , J . D . ; Frank Alllrey , D . of C . j Wm . Oakland , I . G . ; Wm . Sutton , Org . ; John H . Lomas , and Thos . Farnsworth , Stewards ; John Stour , Tyler ; John Clark , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . ; Thomas Goodwin , P . M . ; Jas . Crossley , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; Alfred Arthur , Frederick

Geo . Clark , Arthur Day , Frederick Tarr , William Charles Briggs , W . Abbott , W . J . Co iper , J . B . Slack , Thomas Cox , P . M . 253 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . Treas . ; j . Bland , P . M . 731 , P . P . G . S . D . ; Edgar Home , I . P . M . 731 , P . P . G . Og . ; G . R . 'lurner , P . M . 506 , P . G . S . B . ; H . B . Boaz , W . M . 1 495 ; John Dawes , 1 495 , J . W . ; C Trollope , 1495 ;

John Archbold , P . M . 1493 ; J . Woodward , 731 ; B . W . Pike , S . D . 10 S 5 ; Chas . Shaw , 102 S ; J . N . lurner , P . M . 506 ; W . L . Dodd , 10 S 5 , P . P . G . O . ; Geo . Wild , 1028 ; Wm . B . Woodlorde , W . M . 7 S 7 ; Tnos . Stacey , J W . 1739 ; E . J . H . Haskyns , I . P . M . 7 S 7 ; Thos . Hardstaff , S . D . 102 S ; J . T . Shardlaw , J . D . 102 S ; Thos . Salisbury , P . M . 1179 ; Wm . Elphtnstone , W . M . 506 ; R . Wilkes , 506 ;

W . B . Taylor , 102 S ; J . Lee , 102 S ; John Holbrook , 506 ; A . C . Brentnall , 1028 ; S . Taylor , J . W . 731 ; and C . W . Southern , J . W . 7 S 7 . The lodge having been formally opened , and the minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed , the installation ceremony was then proceeded with , when Bro . John Henry Day , S . W , was presented as W . M . elect by his father ,

Bro . Geo . Day , P . M . and P . P . b . G . D . Derbyshire , and Bro . T . N . Turner , P . M . 506 . The ceremony was performed in a very impressive and efficient manner by Bro . Upton placing Bro . J . H . Day in the chair with that solemnity and power that was very gratifying to all the biethren present . The VV . M . then appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . D . Upton , I . P . M . ; F . C .

Corfield , S . W . ; Joseph Cook , J . W . j Rev . H . F . Goffe , Chap . ; Geo . Ddy , P . M ., & c , Treas . ; W . H . Fisher , P . M ., Sic , Sec ; John Jealby , S . D . ; Frank Allfrey , J . D . ; William Oakland , D . of C . j Arthur Day , Org . ; VV . Sutton , I . G . ; J . H . Lomas and Frederick Tarr , Stewards ; and John Stour , Tyler . Four names were then proposed as candidates for initiation , and the lodge was closed in due form , when 51 of the brethren adjourned to the White Lion , where one of

those substantial and well-served banquets was laid by Mrs . Chamberlain , so well known for her catering to Masonic brethren . The VV . M . then gave "The Queen and the Craft , " "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . Grand Master ; the Pro Grand Master , and Officers of Grand Lodge , Present and Past , " "The R . W . P . G . M . of Derbyshire , Rt . Hon .

Marquis of Haitington ; the R . W . Uep . Prov . G . M . of Derbyshire , Bro . H . C . Okeover , P . J . G . W . Eng . j and other Prov . Grand Officers , Present and Past . " Bro . Thomas Cox , P . M . 253 , P . P . S . G . W . and P . G . Treas ., responded , remarking on the very able and efficient manner in which tne ceremony had been conducted by Bro . Upton .

" lhe Health of the W . M ., " proposed by Bro . Douglas Upton , I . P . M ., brought out some ot those worthy remarks on Masonry and the duties of Worshipful Master and Officers , also the qualities of the newly-installed W . M . The remarks were very appropriate and well received . The W . M . responded in very Ieeling terms , thanking the I . P . M . and brethren for the honour conferred upon him ,

remarking on the pleasure it gave him to be W . M . of the Okeover Lodge , also on the difficulty on succeeding Bro . Upton in the chair , but with the assistance of his officers and brethren he hoped to leave the chair on his term of office expiring satisfactory to the brethren of the Okeover Lodge . The W . M . called upon Bro . J . B . Slack to propose the

toast of " lhe I . P . M . and Installing Master , Bro . Douglas Upton . " Bro . Slack said no toast could have afforded him greater pleasure to propose than that . Bro . Upton was a true and taithful and worthy Mason . He ( Bro . Slack ; rejoiced in his elevation to the chair a year ago , and they all testified to the zeal and ability with which he had

discharged his high and impurtant functions during his term of office . On leaving the chair that day he ( Bro . Upton ) had installed his successor—a worthy successor . The manner in which Bro . Upton had conducted the ceremony that day reflected credit upon the lodge and honour upon himself , 'lhe ceremony of installing the W . M . of a lodge was in itself a very solemn and impressive one , and Bro .

Upton's eloquence and ability that day had done justice to that ceremony . We must not , ho . vever , in our admiiation of the efficiency and earnestness of the officiating Master forget that all the ceremonies of Freemasonry have a significance which is both real , deep , and secret . We

describe our Craft and Art as "a system ot morality , veiled in allegory , and illustrated by symbols . " But , alas , whilst of course the meanings of our ceremonies , and allegories , and symbols are daik and veiled mysteries to the outside world , their true significance is at the same time often almost as much hidden from many of those who

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have been regularly initiated amongst us . If we study the principles of our Craft we shall find that there is a deep meaning in all its rites and forms , and that every sign , and symbol , and jewel , and insignium had its own deep meaning . Freemasonry was old : how old , they knew not . Some enthusiasts claimed that its traditions had been handed down from Adam , the

father of their race . It would , he thought , be difficult to trace the pedigree . But Fieemasonry based its claims and rested its influence not upon its venerable antiquity , but upon its own intrinsic worth and its innate usefulness . It had not always basked in the sunshine of the favour of those in high places as it did that day . In 1740 , Philip V ., the King ot Spain , committed the brethren of their Order

to the galleys for life—a punishment worse than death itself—or to death and torture . Ferdinand VI . made Freemasonry high treason , with death as the penalty . Then , after a period of cruelty , Ferdinand VII . persecuted Freemasons with relentless cruelty . The 17 th and iSth centuries recorded persecutions of Freemasons in many lands , in Spain , Italy , S vi zerland , Sweden , and in Poland . But

that day Freemasons were to be found the wide world over . The days of persecution were almost ancient history ; they could afford to laugh at Papal denunciations , and they reckoned their brethren by millions . The fires of persecution , whilst they intensified the zeal and ardour of their victims , acted as purifying and ennobling influences upon the system . That day they could see , if they looked

carefully , that their principles had a beneficent and humanising tendency wherever they had play . The Freemasons amjngst the Turks were , they were informed , more civilized , more moral , more religious than other orientals . Their views of religion were higher than the doctrines ot Islam or the creed of Mahomet . They rejected polygamy and respected woman . They were told that at their

banquets their wives appeared unveiled , though , as a rule , no Tuikish woman would unveil herself before any other man than her own husband . Such was the confidence and trust which that system of brotherly love inspired . Freemasonry regarded neither political parties nor religious sects . Neitner the differences of politics nor the mides of religious faith and practice could be discussed there ,

but Fieemasonry could produce a powerful and blessed result outside by causing those of them who took an interest in those debateable matters to argue them without bitterness , without acrimony , without personalities , and without ill-will or ill-feeling towards one another . Let it accomplish that , as it would , and it would have done much even for their England of that day in a direction not

generally considered to be immediately within its aim . The ethics of their morality were simple— " Love to God and love to man . " Their maxims were clear , distinct , religious , namely , " Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . " It should be their high aim to be ever actuated by those ethical motives and inspired by the spirit of those maxims in their every day relationships . Benjamin Franklin said well that the tenets

of Masonry had produced good effects , which " wereestablished by the most incontestable facts of history . " They have stayed the " uplifted hand of the destroyer ; they have softened the asperities of the tyrant ; they have mitigated the horrors of captivity ; they have subdued the rancour of malevolence , and broken down the barrier of political animosity and sectarian alienation . On the field of battle , in

the solitudes of the uncultivated forest , or in the busy haunts of the crowded city , they have made men of the most hostile feelings , the most distant regions , and diversified conditions rush to the aid of each other , and feel special joy and satisfaction that they have been able to afford relief to a brother Mason . " They inherited those tenets ; they had been handed down faithfully to them .

Could they not in their lodges instruct each other more tnan they had done in the art and morals of that high philosophy ? Could they not do mure to explain and unfold the revealed beauties and hidden meanings of their impressive rites ? Surely alter such a service as that they had attended that day , a service at which tiro . Upton was the officiating minister , they must , the humblest and lowliest of them , be

encouraged to persevere and to prove themselves worthy of their heritage of privileges . He asked them to show their appreciation of the zeal , skill , woitniness , and success of their I . P . M . by heartily and gladly accepting the toast of his ngnt good health . br j . D . Upton responded to " His Health " by thanking his Past Utficers lor their attendance on all occasions he wished to meet them , and to the brethren generally .

lhe toast of " The Visitors " was given by Bro . Cooper , and responded to by Bros . Edgar Home , I . P . M . 731 ; W . Elphinstone , W . M . 506 ; Thos . Salisbury , P . M . 1179 ; J . Archibote , P . M . 1493 ; B . VV . Pike , S . D . 10 S 5 ; and Thos . Hardstaff , S . D . 102 S . Bro . Salisbury ' s remarks on our Masonic charities were exceedingly well timed and well received .

The VV . M . then gave "The Officers , " which was responded to by Bro . J . Cook , J . W . The Tyler's toast brought one of the most successful meetings to a close that has ever taken place at these Anniversaries . The evening ' s proceedings were enlivened by an unusually varied and meritorious programme of vocal and instrumental music , which gave great satisfaction .

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FIDELITY LODGE ( No . 3 ) . —At the usual weekly meeting of this lodge , held on Wednesday , ihe soth ult ., at the Alfred , Roman , road , lianisbury , Bio , H . J . nklns , J . W . 800 , occupied the chair of W . M . There were also present Bros ' . C . J . Fox , P . M . 201 , as S . W . ; H . BleakUy , 12 S 7 , as J . W . ; Gregory , case , Tliwaites , Ferguson , Silvester , and uunsdaie as the other officers ; and a very lar ^ c muster ot other oreihcen , After prcliminaiics , the Fifteen Sections were worked by Bro . Jenkins in an excellent manner , assisted ny the following Drethren :

Li os . F . W . Uimsddle , K . Ross , \ V . H . Messer , F . Silvester , J . Tliwaites , VV . J . Ferguson , T . U . Hodges , H . li . Case , J . Hill , A . ( Jiadmgs , C . J . Fox , P . Sharpe , N . Salmon , and H . lileakley . At the conclusion , hearty vntes ot thanks were accorded to the brethren who worked the Sections , ind the principal officers were unanimously elected honorary members , several other brethren having been elected juining members , lodge was closed . lhe ceremony of installation will be rehearsed at this lodge on Wednesday , lhe ssid inst .

JUSTICE LODGE ( No . 147 ) . —A meeting was held on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., at the Brown Bear , High-street , Deptford , when Iherc were present Bros . VV . li . Diiley , VV . iVI . ; Lcng , S . W . ; Dandriilge , J . W . ; Speight , P . M ., Sec . ; Dixon , S . D . ; Penrose , J . D . ; Wtcky , I . G . ; Htuchings , P . AJ ,, Preceptor ; J . J . Pitt , P . M . ; Keylock , Faulkner , and Jenkins . The lodge was opened in the First Degree , and , after the con-