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Scotland .

ABERDEEN . SaltOUn Lodge ( No . 761 } . —The brethren of this lodge met on Tuesday , the 6 th inst ., in the Imperial Hotel , when the following brethren were present : Bros . Captain Lachlan Forbes , Alexander Wilson , P . M . ; J . H . Forshaw , P . M . ; P . Crombie , P . M . j W . Murrison , S . W .,-J . N . Sellar . J . W . ; James Saint , Sec ; J . W . Milne , Treas . j John Rust , S . D . ; Charles Milne , J . D . ; R . B .

Bateman , P . M . ( E . C ) , Ore .,- Horace Fildes , I . U . ; J . H . Butchart , Jas . Spence , J . H . Chinn , W . Dumolo , and A . Bayspoole . Visitors : Bros . John Whitehead , P . M ., P . Z ., G . Stwd . ( E . C . and S . C . ) 1425 , 2319 ; G . Mair Hood , 66 S ; J . D . Campbell , no ; Charles F . Forshaw , LL . D ., 2417 , 1214 , ( E . C . ); G . Forbes , 183 ( California ); A . Bartley , 93 ; Frank Whitehead , no ; and W . Osborne , 1789 . The ceremony of installing Bro . Capt . Forbes as R . W . M .,

was performed in able manner by Bro . Edward bavage , P . P . D . G . M ., who also installed the office-bearers for the ensuing year . Bro . Chas . F . Forshaw was elected an honorary member of the lodge . The lodge was closed , after which the brethren adjourned for refreshment . The menu card was an elegant one , and a unique feature was the original and appropriate verses , composed by Bro . Dr . Forshaw , introducing the various

dishes . The toast list was as follows : "The Queen and the Craft , " proposed by Bro . Capt . L . Forbes ; "The Prince of Wales , Patron of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , " by Bro . Capt . L . Forbes ; "The Grand Lodge of Scotland , " by Bro . Capt . L . Forbes ; "The Grand Lodges of England and Ireland " by Bro . Capt . L . Forbes , replied to by Bros . Whitehead and Dumolo ; "The Provincial Grand Lodge of Aberdeen , " proposed by Bro . Capt . L . Forbes , and replied

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toby Bro . J . H . Forshaw ; "The Sister Lodges , " proposed I by Bro . Capt . G . Forbes , replied to by Bro . Spence ; " The , Right Worshipful Master , " proposed b y Bro . Wilson , and ' replied to by Bro . Cap ! . Forbes ; "The Immediate Past , Master , " proposed by Bro . P . Crombie , and replied to by Bro . Wilson ; "The Installing Master , " replied to by Bro . ! J . H . Forshaw ; "The Visitors , " proposed by Captain i

Forbes and replied to by Bro . Dr . Forshaw . The other toasts were : " The Saltoun Lodge Officers , ' . ' the Tyler ' s toast , and " Auld Lang Syne . " Songs were contributed by Bros . Cooper , Sellar , Murison , Whitehead , Crombie , Brown , Smith , and Dumolo . Recitations were given by Bros . Wilson and Dr . Forshaw . Bro . Bateman officiated at the piano . A most enjoyable evening was spent .

Our Portrait Gallery Of Worshipful Masters.

Our Portrait Gallery of Worshipful Masters .

BRO . E . EDWARD GEFLOWSKI , W . M . of the Polish National Lodge , No . 534 , was initiated in the Mariners' Lodge , No . 249 , Liverpool , in 1864 , but took no active part in its working , as he left Liverpool for Rome soon after he was raised , and thence to India . On his return to England he joined the Polish National Lodge , No . 534 , in 1886 , and after

filling the various offices , was installed W . M . in May last . He was exalted in the chapter attached to the lodge also in 1886 . Bro . Geflowski's reputation as a sculptor can be best estimated by the fact that he has been entrusted with commissions for the Jubilee Bust of the Queen in the Kensington Town Hall , also a marble bust from life of Bro . Lord Roberts for the Merchant Taylor ' s Hall , and other important works .

BRO . RICHARD WAKE , of Victoria-street , Westminster , whose installation as W . M . of the Pimlico Lodge , No . 1772 , is reported in another column , was initiated in 1870 , being proposed by Bro . Jno . Newton , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Atkins , in the Sincerity Lodge , No . 174 . He joined the Pimlico Lodge in April , 1887 , in which he filled all the principal offices .

BRO . GEORGE FLINT , W . M . Great Northern Lodge , No . 1287 , was initiated in 1882 , and , after filling various offices , was installed W . M . in January last . Bro . Flint was exalted in the Prince Frederick William Chapter , No . 753 , and was one of the founders of the Queen's Westminster Chapter , No . 2021 . He is also a member of the

well-known Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , No . 2 , Edinburgh , and is a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution and the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . Our brother is also well known outside Masonry , having served 21 years as a Volunteer in the ist Middlesex Engineers , ist Surrey Rifles , and finally in the Queen's Westminster Rifles , from which he retired in 188 9 .

Provincial Charity Committee Of Surrey.

PROVINCIAL CHARITY COMMITTEE OF SURREY .

The first meeting of this newly-constituted body was held on the 7 th inst ., at the Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street . In the absence of the Prov . G . M . and the D . P . G . M ., Bro . Hobbs was elected Chairman , and the other members of the Committee present were

Bros . Lancaster , 2317 ; Edgell , 889 ; Sheppard , 2246 ; Miles , 2234 ; Scott , 452 ; Burgess , 1556 ; Hall , 209 S ; Adams , 2096 ; Jackson , 1564 ; Alfred Lambert , 1556 ; and J . D . Langton , Sec . It was decided that Secretaries of lodges and S . E . ' s

of chapters should be members of the Committee until their lodges or chapters had held a meeting , and had an opportunity of electing a Charity Representative . A Sub-Comniittee , consisting of Bros . Hobbs , Lancaster , Hall , and Langton , was appointed to draft the by-laws of the Committee . '

Provincial Charity Committee Of Surrey.

It was unanimously resolved that the Committee should support the case of Laura Lendrim , daughter of the late Sergeant-Major W . J . Lendrim , V . C ., a candidate for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . The next meeting of the Committee will be held at Mark Masons ' Hal ) on Wednesday , January nth , at four o ' clock .

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Bro . SPETH responded , and kindly offered to give another lecture to the lodge , if requested , at some future convenient opportunity . Amongst the several members of other lodges who were present in response to the announcement that Master Masons might attend were Bros . Col . J . Mead , W . M . 785 ; Walter Hancock , W . M . 2191 ; F . W . Potter ,

P . M . 2241 ; R . W . Forge , P . M . 1 793 , Prov . G . D . C . Middx . ; Stephen Richardson , P . M . 1 S 3 ; F . Jacob , P . M ., S . W . 1851 ; C . W . Noehmer , P . M . 507 ; and others . After the lodge had been closed , the members and their visitors dined together , Bro . Speth occupying the post of honour on the right of the W . M ., and meeting with a hearty reception from all present .

In response to the toast of "The Visitors , " the brethren were favoured b y an admirable address from the W . M . of the Anglo-American Lodge , Bro . HANCOCK , who expressed his high appreciation of the instructive and interesting ' lecture he had heard , and greatly commended the lodge for providing ,

through so able a lecturer as Bro . Speth , such an opportunity for acquiring knowledge of the past and present connection of Craft Freemasonry . He hoped that many more such pleasant evenings might be in store for him and others through the instrumentality of The Great City Lodge . The Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings .

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the Fellow Craft , or " Fellow of the Guild" as the final proof of proficiency , and of the necessary qualification and the necessary qualification in operative workmanship or craft . What the nature of those stages or degrees probably were , Bro . Speth admirably illustrated , and pointed out their connection the one with the other , and with the subsequent system of

Speculative Freemasonry , by a lucid and logical exposition of ancient " Chamber " secrets and modern " Lodge " ritual . These we are , of course , prohibited from alluding to further than to remark that the lecturer ' s remarks were comprehensive and convincing , and were fully understood by his audience . The lecture is one of considerable interest . It engaged the

earnest attention of the brethren during the hour and a half placed at Bro . Speth ' s disposal , and at its conclusion a hearty burst of applause testified to the gratification his discourse had afforded them . After a few remarks from the W . M ., Bro . D . T . KEENE , Bro . ] . K . GWYN , T . W ., moved "That the best

thanks of the members of the Great City Lodge , and its visitors present on this occasion be given to W . Bro . Speth for the interesting and most instructive lecture delivered by him , and that the same be recorded on the minutes . " This was seconded by Bro . J AMES STEVENS , P . M ., Sec , and carried by acclamation .

The Degrees Of Ancient (Pre 1717) Freemasonry.

THE DEGREES OF ANCIENT ( PRE 1717 ) FREEMASONRY .

An exceedingly interesting lecture under the above title was delivered by W . Bro . G . W . SPETH , P . M . 183 , a founder and present Secretary of the well-known Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , at the regular meeting of The Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , at the

Cannon-street Hotel , London , onSaturday , the iothinst . By a careful dissection and comparison of the evidence extant , such as the old Manuscript Constitutions , extracts from the 17 th century writers and diarists , the earliest Book of Constitutions , and old Rituals , the lecturer drew conclusions as to the number and nature

of the Degrees and Ceremonies of Freemasonry previous to the Revival in 1717 . That ceremonies of some sort in connection with the ancient Guilds of Operative Masonry were practised by those from whom the Speculative or Freemasons of the present day are descended he proved beyond a doubt , but whether

those ceremonies were compressed into what we should now term a " Degree , " or were extended throughout two or more grades of progress is admittedly still a subject for further investigation . The result of his own research led him to the conclusion that there were two stages only—those of the Master Mason , first , and

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

STOCKTON-ON-TEES . Mount Grace Preceptory ( No . 118 ) . — The regular meeting of this preceptory was held in the Freemasons' Hall , on Monday , the 5 th instant , Sir Knight Macdonnell , E . P ., presiding . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed , and a ballot was then

taken for Comp . Dr . Foss , which being unanimously in his favour , he was admitted and duly installed , the ceremony being performed by Sir Knight Dr . Hill Drury . Sir Knight E . Hudson was then elected as E . P , for the ensuing year , and Sir Knight Macdonnell as Treasurer . The pre ceptory was then closed , and the sir knights adjourned to the refectory .

The Crown Prince of Roumama , to whom the Princess Marie of Edinburgh has been betrothed , was met on landing at Dover by Col . the Hon . J . Colville on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh and the Councillor of the Roumanian Legation , and at Charing Cross by the Roumanian Minister . The Prince has since visited the Queen at Windsor . The marriage will take place early next month .