Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

ham and Noke , the Second by Bros . Scott , Walls , Bentley , Landficld and Noke ; and the Third by Bros . Mattocks , He Solla and Wingham . The working terminated at 11 p . m ., and the brethren separated , having spent a most intellectual and instructive evening . BEr . GiiAVE LODGE ( No . 749 ) . —The half-yearly " workjn cr" of the fifteen sections of this old established Lodge of

Instruction was held at thc " Lyceum " 1 avern , Strand , on -Friday thc 30 th ult ., and was fairly attended . The Precep tor of the lodge , Bro . Pulsford , P . M ., ( 749 ) , presided with his accustomed ability , assisted by Bros . Tolmin , S . VV . Wall , ( 141 , 1312 . & c ) , J . W . ; Gardner ( 749 ) , I . G . Scott , P . M . ( 749 ) , Secretary ; The Sections of the First T ecture were worked by Bros . Limebcer , Gardner , Rylcy ,

Watts , Walls , Tolmin and Harris ; thc Sections of the Second by Bros . Wise , ( W . M . elect 113 S ) , Tolmin , Saul , Pulsford and Walls ; and the Third Sections by Bros . Saul , Scott and Bentley . The whole of the proceedings were most ably carried out . Ln . v OK RICHMOND LODGE ( NO . 820 ) . —The annual working of the Fifteen Sections of this lodge was held at

the Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , on Monday , the 3 rd instant , and was numerously and influcntially attended . The proceedings commenced at half-past five o ' clock in the afternoon , and were held in the fine Masonic Hall . Amongst the visitors present were Bros . Colonel Burdett , P . G . M . of Middlesex , & c . ; Hammond , P . G . S . of Middlesex , W . M . 1512 , & c . j Landficld , P . M . 1343 ; Austin , P . M . and

q ^ 1443 ; Yetton , P . M . 933 ; Howe , P . M . 144 = ; , ecc . ; Ru ' gg , P . M . 781 ; Berry , S . W . 334 ; and Cundick , J . W . 1421 . Bro . Austin , P . M ., presided , assisted by Bros . Yetton , P . M ., as S . W . ; Cundick ,. as J . W . ; Myers , W . M . 820 , acting I . P . M . ; Phillipps , Secretary ; and Walters , 144 S , as I . G . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the work commenced ,

and was carried out m the following order—First Lecture , Bros . Horsley , 933 ; Walters , 1445 ; Burdett , 1293 ; Harris , 820 ; Cundick , 1421 ; Tetton , 931 , and Howe , 1443 . Second Lecture , Bros . Williams , 933 ; Berry , 334 ; Hubbard , I . G . 820 , & c . ; Tetton , 933 ; and Rugg , 781 . Third Lecture , Bros . Cundicjv ; Walls , W . S . 1381 , & c . ; and Howe . Thc manner in which thc beautiful ritual of the

lectures was carried out reflected great credit on all concerned . Thc visiting brethren who had assisted in the working were unanimously elected honorary members of the lodge , and a special vote of thanks passed to Bro . Austin for presiding , who made an able response . Bro . Felton replied on behalf of thc visiting brethren . Bro . Walls proposed and Bro . Myers seconded that Bro . Court

( 1303 ) should be elected a joining member , which was unanimously carried , and the brother returned thanks . The lodge was then closed in due form , and the brethren partook of an excellent cold collation , catered for by Bro . Palmer , and presided over by Bro . Myers . At the conclusion of the repast the remainder of the evening was devoted to harmony , which was contributed by Bros .

Perkins , Walls , Walters , and several other brethren , whose efforts to amuse appeared to give every satisfaction , and the proceedings , which were eminently successful throughout—thanks to the exertions of Bro . Myers , VV . M . of the mother lodge , who had carried out the whole of the arrangements , and given many country brethren an opportunity of spending an agreeable and instructive eveningterminated .

Royal Arch.

Royal Arch .

MELTON MOWBRAY . —DE MOWUHAY CHAPTER ( NO . 1130 ) . —A convocation of this chapter was holden at the George Hotel on thc 15 th April last . There were present Comps . I Iy . Deane , Prov . G . R ., M . E . Z . ; J . H . Duncombe , II . ; Wm . Adcock , J . elect ; I * . P . Newcome , l ' . Z ., acting J . ; Rev . Wm . Langley , P . G . P . S ., P . Z . ; , | . J . Fast , Prov . G . S . B ., P . Z . ; E . J . Orford , P . Z .,

1 reas . ; R . Boughton-Smith , S . E . ; Turvilie , Janitor . The first business was to instal Comp . Wm . Adcock in the chair of J ., he being unable to attend at the last installation meeting . The companions being admitted , the M . E . Z ., assisted by his oflicers , exalted Bro . A . J . Dale ( Rutland Lodge ) , the ceremony being most excellently well performed . The election of Principals and Officers for the ensuing year then took place with the following result : —

Comps . J . C . Duncombe , M . E . Z . ; Wm . Adcock , 11 . ; . I . E . Bri ght , J . ; R . Boughton-Smith , S . E . ; Bugg , S . N . ; Norton , P . S . ; E . J . Oxford , P . Z ., Treas . ; J . B . Uadbeater , M . C ; Hill and Dale , Stewards ; Turvilie , Janitor . 'Phis being the whole of the business before the chapter it was closed , and the companions sat down to an excellent banquet , served by Bro . Childs iu a most creditable and satisfactory manner .

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Mark Masonry .

METROPOLITAN . TEMPLE LODGE ( No . 173 ) . —A meeting of the members ™ the above lodge was held on Monday , May 3 rd , at nro . Mortlock ' s , the Lord Tredegar , Tredegar-square , Mile End , Ii . ; Rro . W . Lacey , W . M ., in the chair . It was proposed to form a Lodge of Instruction under thc sanction

• i" ( l wanant of the above lodge , which was accordingly "one , Bro . T . Hacley Prestage consenting to act as Sec'" •• ry . aml Bro . Mortlock , P . M ., as Treasurer . The amount entrance fee and other preliminaries were discussed , jnd it was decided that the lodge meet as above on the » rst Monday in every month , at 8 p . m .

, PROVINCIAL . MELTON MOWBRAY . —Ho WE LODGE ( NO . 21 ) . — ' lie annua ] meeting of this lodge was held at Melton Mowbray , on Thursday , April 25 th ult . The lodge was "l'cned b y the VV . M ., Bro . J . E . Bright , assisted by his mcers , among whom were V . W . Bro . Wm . Langley , ¦ ^ . Chaplain of England , I . P . M . ; Bros . J . J . Fast , P . M . ;

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I . C . Duncombe , P . Prov . M . O ., S . VV . ; R . Boughton-Smith , Prov . G . S . D ., M . O . ; J . B . Leadbeater , Treas . ; A . Childs , J . D . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . The ballots for advancement were unanimously in favour of all the candidates , and Bros . Wm . Vial and A . J . Dale being present , were duly advanced . V . W . Bro . Langley then took the chair , and

proceeded to instal Bro . J . C . Duncombe in thc Chair of Adoniram . The installation of the W . M . being [ finished , the Board of Installed Masters was closed and the brethren admitted . The W . M . then appointed the following officers , and invested those that were present : —Bros . R . Boughton-Smith , S . W . ; J . ii . Leadbeater , J . W . ; Wm . Adcock , M . C ; C . P . Newcome , S . O . ; J . Selby , J . O . ; Rev . Wm . Langley ,

Chaplain ; J . B . Leadbeater , Treas . ; Wm . Vial , Sec ; R . B . Smith , A . Sec ; A . Childs , S . D . ; II . J . James , J . D . ; VV . Vial , Org . ; A . J . Dale , I . G . ; Wm . turvilie , jun ., Tyler . This being the whole of the business , the lodge was closed by the new W . M ., and the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet , provided by Bro . Childs , and a pleasant evening was spent .

Scotland.

Scotland .

GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . The quarterly communication of this body was held last week in the > -Freemasons' Hall , George-street , Edinburgh . There was a large attendance of the brethren . In the unavoidable absence of the Most Worshipful the Grand "Master ( Sir Michael R . Shaw Stewart , Bart . ) , the thione was occupied by Bro . J . White-Melville of Bennochy and

Strathncss , R . W . P . G . M ., who was supported by Sit Molyneaux Nepean , Bart ., Colonel W . M . Neilson , Major Hamilton Ramsay of Carton ; Bro . F . A . Barrow , acting Junior Grand Warden ; Rev . Dr . Gray and Rev . A . T . Grant , Joint Grand Chaplains ; W . Hay , J . D . ; A . Hay , G . J . ; D . Robertson , Bible Bearer . Besides thc Most Worshipful the Grand Master , the Earl of Rosslyn , the Earl of Kellie , Bro .

J . P . Oswald of Dunnikier , Captain Colt of Gartsherne , and the Grand Secretary sent apologies for absence . The Grand Secretary ' s absence was caused by severe indisposition . The usual preliminary business having been disposed of , there w ? . s submitted a report by the deputation appointed to represent Grand Lodge at the Installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the Freemasons of

England , from which it appeared that the deputation had been received with every possible honour and attention , and that the ceremonial on the occasion was of the most imposing character . Charters for new lodges were ordered to be expede for Manoah , Sydney , New South Wales ; Southern Cross , Calicut , Madras ; and Morland , Secunderabad . A petition from Glasgow , for ' the erection ofa lodge in connection with the brethren associated together iu thc

drama in that city , was remitted to the Provincial Grand Lodge ofthe district to report upon . Bro . Ch . Dalrymple , M . P ., was appointed unanimously Prov . Grand Master for Argyle and the Isles . Bro . Dr . J . T . Loth presented his credentials as representative from the Grand Orient . France , and was duly confirmed in that appointment . A motion for the admission of immediate Past Masters as members of Provincial Grand Lodges , was considered and adopted . Thereafter Grand Lodge was closed in due form .

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF GLASGOW . The quarterly convocation of this body was held in St . Mark's Hall , Buchanan-street , - on the 29 th ult . The Provincial Grand Depute Master , Bro . F . A . Barrow , presided , with Bro . Wm . Bell , R . W . M ., 3 * , , as acting S . W ., and Bro . George M'Donald , R . W . M . 73 , acting J . W . There was a numerous attendance of office-bearers and

members of the P . G . L . The lodge having been opened by the P . G . D . M ., Bro . Archd . McTaggart , P . G . Sec , read the minutes of last quarterly meeting , and also of the various meetings of the Benevolent Fund Committee from 1 ith January last , which were duly passed . The next business on the card was with reference to the laying of thc memorial stone of the new Public Halls for

Glasgow , on the 22 nd inst ., with reference to which the chairman said that it had been arranged that the Masons ol Glasgow intending to be present would muster at 2 o ' clock p . m ., in thc Queen's Rooms . Further arrangements had not yet been completed ; but as soon as they were a programme would be issued , and each lodge in the province

would be furnished with a copy of it ; and might he ask them to have as large an attendance as possible on the occasion . It had been communicated to him only yesterday that the memorial stone of the new Merchants' Hall , at the corner of George-square and West George-street , was also to be laid with Masonic honours in a fortni ght or three weeks after that of the Public Halls—that

was to say , on the 3 th or 12 th June next . They would thus see that two very important buildings in Glasgow were to be laid under their auspices , which he thought the Craft in the province migiit regard as an honour . Further , he might mention that the memorial stone of the aquarium at Rothesay was to be similarly laid . As he understood , Mr . Dalrymple , M . P . for the county of Bute ,

was to be appointed Prov . Grand Master for Argyle and the Isles , and in laying the memorial stone at Rothesay he would have the honour of performing his maiden ceremonial . In reference to the billet of business for the quarterly meeting of Grand Lodge in Edinburgh on Monday next , thc Chairman reminded them of the motion he was there and then to bring forward with reference to giving LP .

Masters of lodges a status in Provincial Grand Lodge ; and asked those of them who approved of the same to go through and support it . Bro . G . M'Donald , acting S . W ., brought up the subject of the movement , originated some time ago , for the erection ofa lodge dramatic within the province . The petition of the promoters , he said , was presented to him in due form ; and in looking over it he could sec no objectionto signing it—on the conditions , however ,

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that the entrance fee should not be less than three guineas , that thc lodge should not be open after midnight , and that no office-bearers should be appointed who were non-resident in Glasgow . With reference to this matter , the Prov . G . Sec , Bro McTaggart , said he could not forbear saying that it was a very great hardship indeed that members of the dramatic and musical professions could

not meet with their brethren occasionally . He thought it would be doing no injury to any lodge in the province to grant their petition , and he hoped the brethren going through to Edinburgh would give it their warm support . In answer to a question as to the opening of the new pier at Dumbarton , on the Sth inst ., to which the Glasgow Masons have been invited , the Chairman said

that , under the circumstances , it would be most unmasonic to go . Unless the head of tlie Masonic body in the province performed any such ceremony , Masons should not turn out in clothing—they had no right , as Masons , to be there . After a short conversational discussion as to the filling up of certain vacancies in the list of office-bearers of the Prov . G . Lodge , Bro . J . F . "Mitchell , R . W . M , 102 ,

moved to the effect that the Provincial Grand Depute Master ( the . chairman ) by unanimous voice of the lodge , be asked to reconsider his announced resolution of retiring from office . The motion having been carried by acclamation , the Chairman said that he did not feel prepared tc give a final reply that evening , but he might say that he would take the matter into consideration . It was then

moved by Bro . John Munro , R . W . M . 300 , and unanimously agreed to , that the P . G . Secretary be instructed to transmit a copy of the minute containing Bro . Mitchell's motion to the Provincial Grand Master . There being no further business toward , the Prov . G . Lodge was then duly closed . GLASGOW . —LODGE ST . J ( NO . 3 % ) held their

bi-monthly meeting in their hall , No . 213 , Buchananstreet , on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., Bro . W . Bell , R . W . M ., presiding . J . D . Young , S . W . ; D . Home , J . W . ; T . Fletcher , I . P . M . ; D . M . Nelson , D . M . ; R . B . Dalzell , Treas . ; J . Dick , Sec . ; P . Brownlie , S . D . ; R . Craig , P . M . ; J . Reid , J . D . ; A . Cameron , I . G . ; J . Wright , Tyler * , and as usual a very large attendance of members and visiting

brethren . The lodge was opened by the R . W . M ., Bro . W . Bell , and the Secretary read the minutes , which were approved of . Mr . VV . Baird and Mr . John Murray , who had been regularly proposed and seconded for initiation into Freemasonry , and there being no objection raised , entered and duly received the E . A . Degree , Bro . W . Bell , R . W . M ., officiating in a most efficient ma . mcr . Bro . John Dick ,

Sec , Intimated that any members cf the lodge who were about or had changed their residence , would much oblige by intimating the same to him . Bro . Bell , R . W . M ., then called upon the brethren to select a spot for the annual trip on the 24 th June . After several suggestions had been thrown out , and several spots proposed , it was decided in favour of going to the Falls of Clyde ; the

following brethren being appointed as committee to carry out the same , viz ., R . D . Samuels , D . M . Nelson , J . Dick , R . B . Dalzell , J . D . Young , D . Home , J . Anderson , J . Fletcher , and J . McMillan . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment , and with toast and song spent a most enjoyable evening . GLASGOW . —LODGE ST . MUNGO ( NO . 27 ) . —The

regular meeting of this lodge was held in St . Mark ' s Mall , No . 213 , Buchanan-street , on Thursday , 6 th inst . Bro . Dugald Butler , R . W . M ., occupied the chair , Bro . A . Bain , ( P . M ., Lodge Union , and Crown , No . 103 , acting S . W . ; Bro . G . McComb , J . W . ; Bro . Archibald McTaggart , D . M ., Prov . G . Sec ; and the other office-bearers in their respective places . The Secretary read the minutes of last regular

meetingjvvluch were approved of . The business before the meeting being the initiation of Mr . R . L . Morrison , who was duly vouched for and approved of , and thc raising of Bro . John McCuiagh to the sublime degree of M . M ., the ceremony being most ably performed in both cases , and There being no further business , the lodge was closed in due and ancient form .

GLASGOW . —LODGE UNION ( NO . 332 ) . — -The regular bi-monthly meeting of this lodge was held in the Masonic Hall , 170 , Buchanan-street , on Monday the 3 rd inst . In the absence of Bro . J . B . Macnair , R . W . M ., and the Senior and Junior Wardens , who were at Edinburgh , at the quarterly communication of the Grand Lodge , Bro . Robert Mitchell , P . M ., opened the lodge , Bro . Murray

acting S . W . ; Bro . J . Mclnnes , J . W . The minutes of last meeting , also those of an emergency meeting , having been read and approved of , the lodge was raised to the F . C . degree , and Bro . J . B . Macnair , R . W . M ., and his S . W . then entered and occupied their respective places . One brother was then passed to the degree of F . C , and

two raised to the sublime degree of M . M . In both cases the ceremony was performed in a most able and impressive manner ; the F . C degree by Bro . R . Mitchell , P . M ., and the M . M . degree by the R . W . M ., Bro . J . B . Macnair . There being no other business before the meeting , the lodge was closed .

The Red Cross Of Constantine In York Shire.

THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE IN YORK SHIRE .

A Charter of Constitution has been granted by the Grand Imperial Council of the Masonic and Military Order of Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine and appendant Orders , to certain members in Sheffield , to hold a conclave there , to be called the " White Rose of York , " No . 120 ; Em . Sir Knight , W . H . Brittain , 31 , M . P . S ., designate ; Em . Sir

Knight , Wm . Roddewig , 30 ° , V . E ., designate . The consecration is to take place early in June next . This being the first conclave in Yorkshire , and the White Rose being adopted as a distinctive emblem upon all the insignia , it is anticipated the degree will go with great e ' clat . Any brother wishing to take the degree of Knight of the