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The summer banquet of the Paxton Lodge , No . 1686 , will take place in the Grand Saloon , Crystal Palace , , n Wednesday July 10 th . Dinner will be on the table at half-past four . Brethren only and their ladies will be admitted .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR Boys . — The prizes won at the Uuivcrsity of Cambridge Local Examination , were distributed on Thursday afternoon , at the theatre of the London University , Burlington-gardens , by Canon F ' arrar . Among the most distinguished boys in the first-class juniors were H . Bowler and E . T . Sage , of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF EAST

LANCASHIRE . —It should have been stated in thc Freemason ' s repoit of the meeting of this Masonic division of Lancashire that Bro . Edward Digglcs , of Burnley , was appointed Provincial Grand Standard Bearer by the Prov . Grand Master . The lifteen sections will be worked at the

Wellington Lodge of Instruction , held at the White Swan hotel , High-stieet , Deptford , on Monday next , the i ; th inst . The lodge will be opened at 7 p . m ., and thc chair will be occupied by Bro . Pulsford , P . M . The Boulogne Deep Sea Harbour Bill was unanimously passed in the Senate on Monday week . The own was decorated and illuminated .

The official adoption of the word " ticket " by the authorities of the Paris Exhibition has drawn attention to the numerous English words which have gradually been enrolled in the Parisian vocabulary , and a writer in the Illustration is very indignant that Frenchmen should ignore the riches of their own language and borrow from the " poor jargon of Great Britain . " Thus when a

boulevard dandy now speaks of his cane he te ' rms it mon stick , his overcoat he styles a coachman or a waterproof . At the restaurant he asks for " turtle soup" or " pale ale , " his fashionable amusement is the " skating rink , " while his sporting vocabulary is replete with Anglicisms , from Le Turf to un steeplechase or un jockey . The latest means of conveyance is termed officially a " tramway . " As regards

the ell f offending term , "ticket , " there is something to be said in extenuation of the French adoption of the word , as it is originally derived from the French word etiquette , which etymologists lcll us was embodied in our language in the time of good Queen Bess . The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol appeals for funds to aid in the work of restoration of Tewkesbury

Abbey . Information will be furnished on application by Bro . Sir Edmund Lechmere , R . W . G . M . for Worcestershire , 13 , Bolton-row , Mayfair , chairman of the RcstorationjCommittce , to whom , as also to Mr . C . W . Moore , hon . treasurer , Tewkesbury , subscriptions may be sent . Her Majesty reiceves daily most favourable

accounts of the Emperor eif Germany ' s health . The Emperor and Empress are greatly touched by thc universal sympathy shown in England on the occasion of the attempted assassination . Artistic amateurs mayjust'y pride themselves on the excellence of their work shown in the Annual

Exhibition of Paintings on China , now being held at Messrs . Howell and James's Art Pottery Galleries , and their productions can well hold their own against the specimens of professional execution included in the collection . Taking a general view of thc exhibition , floral subjects are as usual most numerous , and the flowers are more often treated in a natural than a conventional manner , the grouping

being well managed , while some of the backgrounds are deli g htful bits of colour . Amongst these designs wc may specially note two quaint floral chess-boards , by Miss Abbey as a very novel idea , the squares being ornamented by dainty insects and blossoms . Figure subjects are not so plentiful , nor as a rule so meritorious ; but there are some charming heads , mostly of a feminine character , and

several landscapes . Seascapes arc few in number , and there is a remarkable dearth of thc familiar Cupids and mythological subjects . Professionals are also represented on the walls , but we fancy the best of their work has been sent to Paris . China paintings find one of its warmest patronesses in the Imperial Princess of Germany , and the

special gold medal presented by her for this amateur competition has been won by the Countess of Warwick for a pleasing female head surrounded by apple-blossom . The bronze medal and monetary prizes are chiefly awarded to floral paintings , amongst which are two very bold stuelics of the blue and yellow iris .

An examination of surgeons in the Royal Navy who are eligible and who may be desirous of qualifying for the rank of staff-surgeon will be held at the Royal Naval Hospitals at Haslar and Plymouth on thc 10 th of July . THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS . — Invitations haee been issued by the President and Fellows

for a conversazione , on Wednesday , 3 rd of July . Bro . Dick Radclyffe & Co . supplied the floral decorations for the banquet of the Crystal Palace Lodge , which were greatly aelmircd . At the Paris Exhibition Bro . Radclyffe and Co . exhibit a fernery in the Princes ' Pavilion with caverns , cascades , ferns , & c , in very pretty style . A window case near thc Avenue des Grands

Nations is prettily decorated with rockwork , ferns , fountains and waterfalls ; and also four cases of very handsome wreaths of dried natural flowers and grasses . Bro . Radclyffe and Co . have taken two medals at thc last two Horticultural Shows , and their has have been spoken of by several of the papers as the most pleasing features in the show .

Ihe River Ouse is to have a new bridge . Its foundation-stone was laid on Wedneselay by the Lord Mayor . The structure is to cost £ 40 , 000 and is to span that portion of thc river known at present ar > Shcldergate .

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At the meeting of the London Joint Stock Banks it was without discussion resolved to apply to the Bankers' Clearing House to call a meeting of the private and joint-stock banks to consider what action should be taken upon the abandonment of the official minimum b y the Bank of England . Mr . H . M . Stanley , the African explorer , was

present at a banquet on Wednesday evening , given at Brussels by the Belgian Geographical Society . A new esplanade in the western part of Hastings , constructed at a cost of £ 10 , 000 , was formally opened to thc public on Wednesday . The occasion was to have been celebrated with an aquatic fete and a grand

display of fireworks , but these portions of the programme had to be abandoned owing to the boisterous state of the weather . The directors of the Bank of England met on Thursday , as usual , but made no alteration in the rate of discount .

MASONIC SONGS . —A Selection of Masonic Songs , set to popular airs , written by Bro . E . Philpots , M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now reatly , forming a handsome volume , bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent post free from the office of this paper on receipt of stamps or post-office order

value 3 s . 2 d . —ADVT . The Registrar General reports that the duration of registered sunshine last week was only 25-3 hours , although the sun was above the horizon during 114 * 5 hours : the recorded duration of sunshine was therefore equal to 22 per cent , of its possible duration .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or day of meeting . For the Week ending Friday , June 21 , 1878 .

SATURDAY , JUNE 15 . Grand Lodge of Middlesex , Greyhound Hot ., Hampton Ct Lodge 1185 , Lewis , King ' s Arms , Wood Green . „ 1326 , Lebanon , Red Lion Hot ., Hampton . „ 1641 , Crichton , S . M . H .

LODGES OF INSTHUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzrny-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Ecclcston , Grosvcnor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , JUNE 17 . Lodge 1159 , Marquis of Dalhousie , F . M . H . Encampment 131 , Holy Sanctuary , 33 , Goldcn-sq . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland .

Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , VictoriaTav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe .

UpperNorwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . London Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . E . C , 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at 6 o'clock .

TUESDAY , JUNE 18 . Board of Gen . Purposes , F . M . H . Loelge 8 57 , St . Mark ' s , S . M . H . 11 1 . 3 . 39 , Stockwell , S . M . H . „ 1420 , Earl Spencer , Swan Hot ., Battersea Old Bge .

„ 16 95 , New Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park lav . Chap . 11 , Enoch , F . M . H . „ 186 , Industry , F . M . H . „ 1348 , Ebury , Morpeth Arms , Ponsonby-st ., S . W . Rose Croix , Oxford anel Cambridge , 33 , Golden-sq ,

LODGES OF INSTHUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Frcdk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . lohn's Wood .

Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woulwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone .

Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Eelgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's . Sir Hugh Mydellcton , 162 , St . John's-st .-rd .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 19 . Lodge of Benevolence . „ 700 , Nelson , M . IL , William-st ., Woolwich . ,, 1382 , Corinthian , George Hot .. Millwall Docks . Rose Croix , Bard of Avon , 33 , Goldcn-sq .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tav ., Railway-place , F ' enchurch-st . Burdett Coutts , Salmon and Ball , Bethnal Green-road . 1 Jordan , Devonshire Arms , Deyonshire . -st ., W ., at 8

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E . Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-st ., Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxfrrd-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rd .

Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston . E . United Strength , Hope and Anehor , Crowndale-rd , N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King's Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 8 r , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in theEast . George the 4 th , Ida-st ., Po plar . 7 . 30

THURSDAY , JUNE 20 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 1320 , Blackheath , Crown Hot ., Blackheath . Chap . 1326 , Lebanon , Red Lion Hot ., Hampton . Encampment , Observance , 14 , Bedford-row . ,, 128 , Ox . and Cambridge University , 33 , GoUen-sq .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Onion Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fii . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . ICbury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town .

The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-road , at 8 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , JUNE 12 . House Com . Boys' School , F . M . H . Lodge 6 , Friendship , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . » 975 > R ° se ° f Denmark , WhiteHart Hot ., Barnes . „ 1118 , University , F . M . H . Chap . 92 , Moira , Mansion House Restaurant . Mark Lodge 104 , Macdonald , Guildhall Tav . Gresham-st . Encamp . 6 , St . George's , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . Rose Croix , Invicta , ? 3 ? , Golden-sq ., W .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , DeptforeL Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st , at 7 .

St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Wcstbournc , Lord's Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , New Tanners' Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsty . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitcchapel-road , at 8 . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camelen Town , N . W .

St . Luke ' s , White Hart , Kmg ' s-nl ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd . Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ,, Gouborne-rd ., Notting-hill Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st ., Greenwich *

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . For the Week ending Saturday , June 22 , 1878 .

MONDAY , JUNE 17 . Lodge 1502 , Israel , M . H ., Liverpool . Everton L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . TUESDAY , JUNE 18 . Lodge 66 7 , Alliance , M . H ., Liverpool .

„ 1225 , Hindpool , Hartington Hot ., Barrow . „ 1325 , Stanley , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1570 , Prince Arthur , M . R ., N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . Bootle L . of I ., 146 , Berry-St ., Bootle . Merchants L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 19 . Lodge 178 , Antiquity , M . H ., Wigan . „ 428 , Sincerity , Angel Hot ., Northwich . „ 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1061 , Triumph , M . H ., Lytham . „ 1086 , Walton , Skelmersdale H ., Kirkdale . „ 1276 , Warren , Queen ' s Arms Hotel , Liscard . ,, 1345 , Victoria , Cross Keys , Eccles .

11 1353 , Duke of Lancaster , Athena : um , Lancaster . „ 1403 , W . Lancashire , Commercial Hot ., Ormskirk . „ 1730 , Urmston , Lord Nelson Hot ., Urmston . Chap . 86 , Lebanon , Crown Hot ., Prescot . „ 580 , Unity , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskirk . Mark 31 , Fidelity , Norfolk Arms , Hyde . De Grey and Ripon L . of I ., M . R ., N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . Downshire L . of 1 ., M . IL , Liverpool .

THURSDAY , JUNE 20 . Lodge 203 , Antient Union , M . H ., Liverpool . n 343 > Concord , Militia Mess Rooms , Preston . ,, 425 , Cestrian , M . R ., Chester . „ 605 , Combermere , Seacombe Hot ., Seacombe . „ 1299 , Pembroke , Rawlinson's Hot ., West Derby . Duke of Edinburgh L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . St . John's L . of L , M . H ., Liverpool .

FRIDAY , JUNE 21 . Lodge 1393 , Hamcr , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 680 , Sefton , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1086 , Walton , Skelmersdale H ., Liverpool . For Masonic Meetings throughout Scotland see S tlish Freemason , which can be obtained at the Offif * , f this paper . 198 , Fleet-street , London .