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sented with a P . Z . jewel . The chapter was closed , and an excellent banquet was partaken of . Comp . J . Nunn , P . Z ., 720 , and Comp . *' . Walters , P . Z ., 73 , returned thauks for the visitors .

PROVINCIAL . WARRINGTON . —Chapter of Elias Ashmole , No . 148 . —A regular Convocation of this Chapter was holden on Monday last , the 8 ; h inst ., at the Chapter rooms , Sankey-street . The M . E . Z . Comp Johu Bowes , was supported by Comps . Robert Stevenson , H . ; D . W . Finney , J . ; W . Mossop , Scribe E . ; Syred , N . : W . Richardson , P S . ; Rev . H . P .

Stedman . Hev . J Nixon Porter , Jos . Maxneld , W . Woods , p . J . Kdel-tjn , W . Savage , W . Sharp and W . S . Hawkins . The Chapter was opened by the Principals , when the Companions were admitted , and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . The ballot box

was then sent round for Bros . Sharp , W . S . Hawkins and Jas . Hannah , which in each case was unanimously iu favour . Bros Sharp and W . S . Hawkins being present , Were duly exalted by the M . E . Z . There being no further business , the Chapter was closed with the usual sole-unities .

Instruction.

INSTRUCTION .

YAKBOTtoi'Gn LODGE OP INSTRUCTION , NO . 554 . ( 7 b the Editor of Ihe Freemason . ) Sm , —On Tuesday evening , the 2 nl inst ., Bro . John G . Stevens gave a reading in aid of the fund for thn relief of aged and decayed Freemasons , and the widows of Freemasons , in the lodge room , Greeu Dragon Tavern , Stepuey , as announced in your issue of the 30 th ult ,

and 1 am happy in being able to inform j'ou that the reading proved highly successful in every respect . The room was nearly filled before the time announced for commencement—45 brethren being present during the evening—and the following lodges were represented by the presence of one or more members of each lodge ; viz . the -Merchant Navy , British Oak , Crystal Palace ,

Conndencs , Camden , Sincerity , Industry . Jubilee , Perfect Ashlar , Upton , Victoria , Doric , and Yarborough ; all •present being residents iu the East of London , an I not one brother resident West of the Royal Kxchange graced •the gatheiing by his presence , or evinced sympathy with the object . It being th ; regular night of meeting , the lodso was

opened iu duo form , and the minutes of the preceding meeting were reid aud confirmed ; when the lodge was called from labour to refreshment , and at 7 . 45 the reading commenced amid the most marked silence of the auditory . As you are aware the subjects chosen were C . Dickens ' " Christmas Carol , " and " Boots at the Holly Tree Inn . "

The " Carol' is , perhaps , the author ' s best and most successful effort to awaken the sympathies of the indifferent and the selfish of the well-to-do portions of society on behalf of their needy and struggling fellow-citizens ; and it seems to me impossible to read or hear read ita soul-stirring pages without being constrained , Iiko " ScrOoge , " to throw aside our selfishness and apathy ,

to again mix freely with the world , and to feel that to do our best to render others happy is to sow seed from which we reap a rich harvest of ihe fame blessed state for ourselves . Badly indeed must the story be read , and pitiable indeed the condition of the hearer or reader , if it mi-sea the aim of its author ; and Bro . Stcveus entered fullv into the spirit of the story , especially in the

pathetic episode of " Bob Crackct and his poor , butwithin themselves — happy family . " I iny Tim , " as usual . drawing more than a tiny teir from tho eyes of most of tho * o present . The reading throughout was listened to with the most profound silence and attention—tho best of evidence that the re . ador had done justice to tho author—and at the conclusion of the story , tho audience

manifested ita sati-f . iction by a hearty round of applause . After a short interval , " Boots " was introduced aud told hi- Miius ' mg and mirth provoking story of the " Baby Lovers , ' ' and their elopement , not forgetting his own vile conduct in deceiving and betraying those iunocenti . How deep-rooti'd the viliany of the fellow , when not even the promise of " . £ 2 , 000 n-ycar , as their head-gardener " (!)

could seduce mm from his course of deception . May he remain a " Boots" to the end of his days , a fitting reward for his baseness . At the conclusion of the reading the lodge was recalled to labour , and upon the dues being colloctod , were announce I to amount to £ 0 Is . I Iu addition to this liberal subscription , many brethren placed their uamas

npon Bro . Roberts' list , in donors to the Institution . A very sati factory result of an hour or two ' s sport in a rational manner , and free from any selfish purpose . It being election night , Bro . Cbadvvick was unanimously •lected W . M . for the ensuing fortnight , when , upon the motion of Bro . II . Waiuwright , seconded by Bro . G Roberts ( W . M . 554 ) , tho thanks of the lodge were

voted to Bro . Stevens , "for his able and pleading reading . Bro . Waiuwright in the course of his introductory speech , remarking that , as a rule , we chiefly knew Bro . Stevens as a rollicking individual , full of fun and humour ; but his reading this evening proved tint fun and feeling wero not incompatible , and showed how intimately associated in the same breast , may be tho deepest pathos , and tha

most robustious fun . DM , Roberts then lose and said : We all know how ready and willing at all times Bro . Stevens was to do suit and service to the Craft , aud nid tho cause cf charity iu any direction , Masonic or otherwise , that this was nut the first time Bro . S . had rendered a similar

service for a like object , and we ought to mark our appreciation of such services by conferring upon hint the only honour which we , ns a lodge of instiuction , had in our power to bestow , namely , an Honorary llomburahip of the lidgo : that we could freely accord to him , aud as the chief value of the honour would lie in the spirit iu which the award was made he , Bro . R ., felt suro

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that thi motion he was about to make would be carried with unanimous acclamation ; he therefore moved , "That , as a slight acknowledgment of the valuable services rendered to this lodge this evening , and on previous occasions , by Bro . Stevens , he be elected an Honorary Member of the lodge . " This was seconded by Bro . Barnes , and carried with

entire unanimity . Bro . f'teveus , in a few but appropriate words , returned thanks for the warm support and kind attention given to him , and also for the honour of electing him an Honorary Member of the lodge and concluded by saying that he should always look back upon this evening as one of the happiest and proudest of his Masouio . life .

Bro . Roberts again rose , and after thanking in his own name the brethren present who were not members of the lodge and expressing a hope that it would not be long ere they did become members , moved that the thanks of the lodge be given to those visitors who had so kindly and liberally responded to the appeal of the

lodge . This was seconded by Bro . Scurr , and carried unanimously . The lodge was then closed in due form , aud the brethren dispersed highly gratified by the re-union and its results . ( On behalf of the Committee ) Tnos . J . BARNES .

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

METROPOLITAN ' . St . Marie's Lodge , No . 1 . —At t > e regular meeting of this lodge presided over by Bro . T . Wescombe , W . M ., ou 1 st . inst , at the George , Mdermaubury , Bri . R . W . Little , P . M . and Sec . read the minutes and the immediate P . M . Bro . H . C . Levanler . advanced I ' . ro . S . C . Davison , to the

Mark Degree . The Audit Committee ' s report was approved , and the brethren sat down to . 1 comfortable repast . The usual toasts were honored by the company , which though not large was enthusiastic and included besides the above mentioned brethren , J . G . Marsh , S W „ Rev . W . B . Church , J W and Chaplain , Carey , S . D ., F , Walters , R . of M . T . Cubitt , Treas ., and H . Massey .

PROVINCIAL . LlVBarooL . — West Lancashire Lodge of Hark Wasters . No . 65 . —The annual meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Temple , on Monday , November 1 st . The lod <; e was opened in due form by the W M ., Bro Joseph Kellett Smith , M . D ., assisted by his officers and P . M . 's , viz ., William J . Lunt , S . W •Peter M . Larsen , J . W . ;

Chas . Leedham , I . M . P . and Past G . S . ; Bro . I . R . Goepel , Treasurer , PM . and Past G . S . O . ; Bro . Hamer , Registrar , P . M ., and Past G . M . O . ; Bro . May , P . M . and Graud S . ; Thos . Clark , Hon . Sec . ; It . Williams , S . O . ; James Taylor , J . O . ; H . Burrows , I . G ., & c , & c . The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed . The ballot was then taken for Bro . Alexander

Gray , of Craft Lodge , 24 !) , the result being unanimous in his favour . Bro . Gray being in attendance was admitted and duly advanced to the degree of Mark M . M . An installation was proceeded with , and Bro . Lunt , S . W ., who had been unanimously elected at the last regular meeting , was presented by Bro Hamer and Goepel , nnd installe 1 in accordance with ancient custom by the W . 1 L ,

Bro . Smith , who performed the ceremony in a very imposing nnd pleasing manner . Bro . Lunt , W . M , then invested his officers , P . M . Larsen , S . W . ; Thos . Clark , J . W . ; Thos . D . Price , Sec ; R . Williams , M . O . ; J . Taylor , S . O . ; G . Ladmore , J . O . ; Henry Burrows . S . D . ; Joseph Wood , J . D . ; W . Barr , I . G . The Treasurer then presented his accounts , which were audited , nnd showed the

lodge to be in a very flourishing state . A vote ot thanks was accorded to tho Treasurer , Bro Goepel , and after two candidates being proposed the lodge was then closed nnd the brethren partook of a very excellent banquet , provided by Bro . J . Ball , tho House Steward of the Temple . Tho usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given , which met with au enthusiastic response and closed the proceedings of a very pleasant evening at an early hour .

Religious And Military Order Of The Temple.

RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE TEMPLE .

SCOTLAND . Pwonr OP TIB LoTitiANS . —Installation of IIJ . II . the Prince llhodocannhis . —A special meeting of this Priory was held on the 20 th ult ., when Coinp . the Prince Rhodocanakis was received into the Order iu due aud ancient

form . There were present Sir Knts . Capt W . II . Ramsay , Venerable Prior Grand Secretary to the Chapter General ; H . Y . D . Copland , Marcchal ; Wm . Mann , Capt . Aylrner , L . Macker . sey , Dr . Cairns , Dr . Dickson , Dr . McCowen . Win . Haj' , and many others . Comp . Charles Fitzgerald Matier , was also installed a Knight of our venerable Order .

EMULATION LODOK OP IMPROVEMENT , under the sanction of the Lodge of Unions , 250 . The annual festival of the lodge will take place at Freemasons ' Hall , on Friday , November -Gtli , I 860 , on which occasion Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . I' ., G . M ., Berks and Bucks , will preside . The lodge will be , as usual , opened at 7 p . m . precisely , when the second section will be worked . Tickets for the

Banquet may be had of the Stewards , or of the Secretary , at 2 s . Cd . each . C . A . Murton , Sec . FAITH LODOE OF INSTRUCTION , No . 141 . —Tho annual festival of this Lodge of Instruction will be held at ita place of meeting , Bro . Fisher ' s

Restaurant , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria Station , on Tuesday , the 7 th December . Bro . Cottebruiie will be in the chair , and no doubt will be supported by a largo and influential assemblage of brethren . Tickets to be obtained of Bro . Fisher .

Obituary.

Obituary .

—* THE E . W . BRO . THE REV . EDWARD CHALONER OGLE , M . A .,

Provincial Grand Master for Northumberland . We have to record the decease of this lamented brother , who expired at his residence , Kirkley Hall , near Newcastle-on-Tyne , on . Sunday , the 7 Mi inst . Bro . O g le was a Mason of more than fifty years' standing , having been initiated in the

Apollo Universitv Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , on the 10 th of March , 1819 . On the 2 nd December , 1842 . he joined the Northern Counties Lodge , No . 406 , Newcastle-on-Tyne , of which he continued a member to the tiim : of his death .

On tho 10 th February , 1 S 4 S , Bro . Og le was appointed Provincial Grand . Master for Northumberland , the duties of which , hig h office he fill filled with great zeal and ability . Tt is understood that Earl Percy will succeed to the post thus vacated .

Encounter Between A Baronet And A Valet.

ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A BARONET AND A VALET .

On Saturday morning , a young man , a valet in the service of . Mr . J . Faticett , of the Bailey , Durham , was charged before the Durham borough magistrates with having assaulted and beaten Sir Hed worth Williamson , ou the previous evening . It appears that Mr . Kancett and Sir Hed worth were present at a

masonic dinner at Chester-le-Street on Friday afternoon , and the defendant accompanied them to that place . On the conclusion ol the dinner proceedings , defendant ' s muster requested the valet to secure the surplus wines ; which in unction , it would appear , he carried out , to a certain extent , in the most

effectual manner ; for he—doubtless with the same object : is Margery of old , viz : to keep out the cold —swallowed a lair portion of it . The wine was of the choicest quality , and , consequently , it very soon had such 11 powerful effect on the said "Jeames , " that he almost immediately began to manifest outward

visible indications of the inward and invisible state of his inner man , and he was in such a helpless condition by the time fixed for his master's return home , that he had to be lifted on to his usual perch on the ' •dickey . " A sharp drive of six miles in a pelting rain—although it had the effect of making

the obfuscated flunkey a little steadier on his legshad not . it seemed , assisted in the least ill clearing his muddled brain , for his first act in the discharge of his usual functions , on reaching terra firma at his master ' s residence in the Bailey , was to deal Mr . Fawcett ' s noble , but plethoric guest a tremendous

blow in the pit of the stomach , which , it is hardly necessary to state , sent Sir Hed worth reeling in a doubled up position for a considerable distauce . This conduct on the part of a menial was too much even for such a good-natured baronet ns Sir Hedworth to calmly brook ; and the honourable baronet , who , it

it is whispered , is not altogether ignorant of the manly art , at once , on recovering his equilibrium , closed with his assailant . After a violent and somewhat protracted struggle , with varying results , Sir Htdwortli "grassed "—or rather "flagged" —his man in gallant style with what is known to the

initiated as a well-timed " bobby ' s twister . The pugnacious valet having been thus spread-eagled on the broad of the back in his master ' s passage , his more accomplished and powerful opponent at once threw himself ou the prostrate flunkey , aud held him in that position till the arrival of a policeman , who very considerately accommodated the valet with a

night 8 lodging in the city lock-up . On the following morning , as already stated , the valet was placed before the Borough Bench , and presented a very seedy appearance after his night ' s incarceration . No one , however , appeared to prosecute , and defendant ,

after the above facts had been deposed to by the apprehending officer , and after a twenty minutes ' search for a complainant , was discharged from custody , no doubt a wiser but a sadder man . — Northern Daily Express .

TUB COUNTKSS PERCY , tho wife of the Earl of Percy , P . S . G . W . of England , was safely delivered of twins , both girls , at Alnwick Castle on Sunday morning . Both mother and children are doing remarkably well . BREAKFAST . —Errs ' s COCOA . —Grateful and Comforting . —The very agreeable character of this preparation

has rendered it a general favourite . The Civil Service Gazette remarks : — ' •The singular success which Mr . Kppg attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa litis never been surpassed by any experimentalist . By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operation ! of digestion and nutrition , anil by a careful application of tha

fine properties of well-selected cocoa , Mr . Kpps has provided onr breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctor's bills . " Made simply with hiiling water or milk . Sold by the Trade only , in \ lb ., 4 lb . nnd 1 lb . tin-lined packets , labelled JAMKS Errs & Co ., Homoeopathic Chemists , London . ADVT .