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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . ( Held under Ihe sanclion of The Ledge ol Unions , No . 23 C ) COMMITTEE : V . W . Bro . EDWARD LETCHWORTH , F . S . A ., Grand Sec , Treasurer . W . Bro . ROBT . CLAY SUDLOW , P . G . Std . Br ., & c . W . Bro . F . T . RUSHTON , P . G . Steward . W . Bro . W . G . KENTISH , P . Prov . G . D . ( Middlesex ) . W . Bro . J OSEPH RUSSELL , P . G . Stwd , Secretary . Secretary ' s Address—2-j & 2 S , MILK STREET , E . C . THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL has been appointed to take place On FRIDAY , 2 S-. I 1 FEBRUARY , 1 S 9 6 , at which THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL BRO . THE RIGHT HON . LORD SKELMERSDALE , P . G . W ., has kindly consented to preside . Lodge will be opened at 6 o ' clock p . m ., in the Grand Lodge Room , the use of which has been kindly granted for the occasion . The Second Lecture will be woiked . After the Lodge is closed , the Brethren adjourn to the Banqueting Chamber , where Supper is served . None under the Degree of Master Mason are eligible to attend . Tickets for the Supper , imluding admission to the Lodge , but not including Wine , 5 s . each , may be obtained of the Secretary or of any Member of the Board of Stewards .

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WANTED VOLUMES Nos . 3 > 4 . 5 , 6 , and 13 . biund or unbound , of the Freemason . Address—iC and ifiA , Great Queen-st ., W . C

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WANTED—VOL . II . of GOULD'S HISTORY , in Morocco . Apply Ollice of the Freemason .

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TO ARCHITECTS . BUILDERS , AND 01 HERS . —BROTHER MASON ( Plumber ) requires work in Hotel , Club , or on Estate j would take piece or day-work from Builder . No objection to going abroad ; excellent Testimonials from first-class London firms . Age 33 . —PLUMBER R . P . C , 43 , Darlmoor- * Street , Kensington .

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ONLY THREE COPIES LEFT . 4 ' o . 440 pages . Cloth . Gilt Lettered . HISTORY OF THE LODGE OF EDINBURGH ( MARY ' CHAPEL , No . 1 ) , Embrac ' ng an acccunt of the lise and progress of Freemasonry in Scotland , By DAVID MURRAY LYON , Grand Secretary . PRICE C s .

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THE AEOLIAN VOCAL QUARTETTE . - * 1—* Miss MAUDE BALLARD , Soprano . Miss LILLIAN CLOSE , Contralto . Mr . HERBERT STOCKWELL , Tenor . Bro . CARL BRANDT , Bass . May be engaged for Concerts , At Homes , Installation Banquets , & c , & c . Complete Programmes provided . Accompanist included in party . For terms , please address : Bro . CARL BRANDT , 12 , St . Maik ' s Villas , Dalston , N . E .

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At Popular Prices , in BUFFET and RESTAURANT ( on First Floor ) , also Chops Steaks , Joints , Entrees , & c , in the GRILL ROOM

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Consisting of Tea or Coffee , Cut Bread and Butter , Jam , Cake , Pastry , ad lib ., at ls . per head , served from 4 till 6 in RESTAURANT ( First Floor ) .

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From 5 . 30 till 9 , at fixed prices ( 3 s . 6 d . and 5 s . ) and a la Carte .

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SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 15 , 18 9 G .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The annual meeting of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , like that of the Savage Club Lodge which precedes it by a week , is invariably a great attraction , and still more invariably a conspicuous success . It is an attraction , because the members comprising it are well known for the care and ability with which they

perform their duties ; it is a success because the Hon . Secretary and these charged with the preparation of the arrangements leave no stone unturned in order to ensure that everything shall pass off satisfactorily and in perfect Older . The meeting on Tuesday , which we report elsewhere , proved no exception to the rule , and Bro . Henry Neville had the pleasure of being installed

as W . M . of this well-known lodge in succession to Bro . Oscar Barrett in the presence of a numerous gathering of members , Grand Officers , and other brethren of distinction , and in a manner which , on the score of elocutionary ability , could not be too highly extolled . # * *

When we expressed our opinion of the exceeding merits of Bro . Lane ' s " Masonic Records " ( second edition ) , we did not bind ourselves to an acceptance of all his dieta concerning individual lodges . On the contrary , we expressly stated that we differed from him in mo-e than one instance as to the conclusions at which , after due consideration , he had felt himself bound to arrive . We published last week a full report

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of the celebration by the Prince Frederick Lodge , No . 307 , of the Centenary of its Constitution . From tlie brief sketch by Bro . J . W . Shaw , S . W ., of the career of this lodge , which formed so important a part of that report , it appears that the lodge was Constituted on the 28 th January , 1796 , as the " Loyal

Halifax " Lodge , and met at the " Ring of Bells , an inn at that ti ne of considerable importance in Halifax , " from that date until April , 1804 , when it removed to the Rose and Crown in the same town . In 1 S 0 S it fell into straitened circumstances , and several brethren residing at Heptonstall who were desirous of

forming a lodge of their own , succeeded , " after a few little difficulties had been settled , " in having the warrant transferred to them , and the lodge removed its quarters from the Rose and Crown , Halifax , to the Stag ' s Head , Heptonstall , in 1 S 00 , and was rechristencel the " Prince Frederick . " Here it remained till 1822 when it removed to Hebden Bridge .

All this is clear enough , and , as his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to grant a centenary warrant to the lodge , it is evident that the Grand Lodge authorities must have satisfied themselves that the lodge which now ranks as No . 307 had worked continuously under the warrant of January , 179 6 , for the full term of one hundred years .

* # But a reference to Bro . Lane ' s " Masonic Records , " page 233 , shows that in the estimation of that brother , present Lodge No . 307 dates no further back than 17 th July , 1 S 09 , l ' " Loyal Halifax , " which was warranted on 28 th January , 1796 , as No . 549 , and met at the

Ring of Bells , Halifax , aforesaid , having ' * lapsed about 1806 . " Bro . Lane ' s version is that the " Loyal Halifax" met at the Ring of Bells till 179 8 , when it removed to the "Sun , Woolshops , " in Halifax . In 1 S 03 it again removed to the " Rose and Crown , " and

as we have before said "lapsed about 1806 . " The " Prince Frederick " working under the same warrant and retaining its place on the roll as " No . 549 , " met at the Stag ' s Head , Heptonstall , the date of the unthority for its meeting here being the " 17 th July 1809 . "

Here , then , we have a very decided difference of opinion between Grand Lodge and Bro . Lane . The former holds that the warrant granted to the Loyal Halifax Lodge , No . 549 , in January , 1796 , never lapsed at all , but was regularly transferred under proper authority from Halifax to Heptonstall in 1809 : while

Bro . Lane is of opinion that the " Loyal Halifax " died , after a precarious existence , " about 1 S 06 , " and that the warrant was renewed to the brethren at Heptonstall after an interval of about three years , during which the original warrant was void and of none effect . * * *

But who shall decide , when doctors disagree " r We have r . ot the data at our disposal for determining which of these opinions is correct , but doubtless Bro . Shaw who compiled the very interesting account of the Prince Frederick Lodge , which was read at the recent centenary celebration of its constitution , will be in a

position to furnish those particulars which , in the opinion of Grand Lodge , justified the grant of the centenary warrant . Either Bro . Lane has been too exacting as to what constitutes a lapse of the warrant in the case of this particular lodge , or Grand Lodge too lax in its determination of what constitutes continuity of working ,

? * * Though the Grand Lodge of California d ^ tes only from the year 1849 , the proceedings at its 46 th Annual Communication , in San Francisco , on October , 18 95 , as reviewed in the columns of the Voice of Masonry make it very clear that her present position is most

prosperous . The number of lodges on the roll is 24 O , while the number of subscribing members is 17 , 431 , and what , doubtless , will delight sundry of our American officials , the present age of non-affiliates who have rejoined Masonry stands as high as 88 . The increase for the previous year , including a balance

brought forward , amounted to 24 , 183 dollars , and the expenditure to 21 , 697 dollars . The sum of 7290 dollars was appropriated to Masonic Relief during the year , while the value of the Masonic Homeland is set down at 33 800 dollars . A circumstance of a peculiarly gratifying nature is recorded by the Grand

Secretary in his report , namely , that 391 bound volumes had been added to the library during the year . Thia shows that our Californian brethren take an interest in Masonic literature . The new Grand Master is Bro . E . Myers Preston , and Bro . George Johnson remains at his post of Grand Secretary .