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at the coming Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and asked donations and subscriptions to that excellent charity from the lodge and its members . The sum of five pounds was voted from the lodge funds to the Aged

Freemasons Chanty , on the proposition of Bro . E . Simpson , P . M . and Sec , seconded by Bro . Dr . Moore , P . M . Hearty good wishes were given in reply to the proclamations , from several lodges , and there being no other business to be transacted , the lodge was closed in due form .

ULVERSTON . —Lodge of Funics * ( No . 995 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this lodge took place in the Masonic Temple , Theatre-street . There were present the following officers : — Bros . R . Pearson , W . M . ; R . Dodgson , S . W . ; Wm . Harrison , J . W . ; Paxton , Sec .:

Broeklebank , Treas . j Postlethwaite , S . D . ; Gelderd , J . D . ; Whiteside , I . G . ; Bell , S . S . ; Lockett , J . S . ; T . Dodgson , I . P . M . ; J . Case , P . M . ; and a number of brethren . The lodge was opened in the first degree , when Bros . Grieve and Postlethwaite , candidates for the second degree , were

entrusted and retired . The lodge was then opened in the second degree , when the W . M . passed both candidates to the degree of Fellow Craft , the ceremony being performed in an impressive manner . The lodge was shortly afterwards closed . The business beinsr concluded at

a much earlier hour than usual , there was a large muster of the brethren in the club-rooms attached to the lodge , where an hour or two ' s pleasant conversation , enlivened with the pipe , brought the evening to a pleasant termination .

LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND . LEICESTER .- —St . fo / iti ' s Lodge ( No . 279 ) .

— I he monthly communication of this lodge was held in the Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday evening the 3 rd inst ., Bro . E . ] . Crow , W . M ., presiding . Among those present were : —Bros . Stretton , I . P . M . ; G . Toller , P . M ., Prov . G . S . ; W . Sculthorpe , W . M . 1 : 23 ; J . B . Hall , W . M .

1391 ; S . S . Partridge , Secretary 523 ; R . ' \ y . Widdowson , | . W . ; Dr . Clifton , Secretary 1 391 ; W . Wearc , P . M . Treasurer ; J . M . M'Allister , Secretary ; A . Palmer , J . Halford , J . W . 1391 R . A . Barber , I . G . ; C . " E . Stretton , L . L . Atwood , Rev . J . II . Smith , G . N . Stalham . The

working ability of the W . M . was severely taxed on this occasion , as the business before the lodge comprised the passing of Bro . Rev . J . II . Smith , B . A ., and the raising of Bros . Lewis , Scampton and Ellis . The ceremonies were amply rendered in that able manner which at all times

characterises the working of the W . M ., and cannot fail to impress the candidates with imposing solemnities of the sublime degree . The second degree was further amplified by the explanation of the tracing-board by Bro . Toller , P . M ., P . G . S . and

Preceptor to the Lodge of Instruction , established by the esteemed Provincial Grand Master , nearly thirty years ago . The names of two neophytes were submitted as candidates for initiation , and the lodge was closed in due form .

OAKHAM . —Ta / eo , f Catinos Lodge ( No . 126 ' , ) . —The usual monthly meeting was held at the Agricultural Hall , on the 27 th ult . The lodge was opened by Bro . Duncombe , P . G . A . D . C ., Northants and Hunts , P . G . J . D ., Leicestershire and Rutland , W . M . ; T . G . Bennett , S . W . ; Wm .

Hardy , JAN ' . ; Jos . Bennett , Secretary ; J . M . Kew , S . D . ; If . Tewson , as J . D . ; Bailey , Treas ., as I . G . ; and other brethren . Visitors , Bros . Orford , P . M . 4 66 , P . Prov . G . S . W ., Northants and Hunts ; Bloodworth and North , 4 60 . The minutes of the last meeting having been read

and confirmed , the lodge was opened in the second degree , and Bro . Keep , who was a candidate for the third degree , answered the necessary questions and was entrusted and retired , the lodge was then opened in the third degree , and Bro . Keep was raised to the sublime degree ol ' Master Mason , the ceremony being performed

and the lecture on the tracing board given in an impressive and exemplary manner by the W . M . The lodge was then closed down in due form , the brethren and visitors retired to refreshment , after which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to . Alter spending a pleasant evening the brethren separated at an early hour .

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TWICKENHAM . —Villiers Lodge ( No . 1194 ) . — The first meeting of this lodge for the season , was held at the Grotto Hotel , on Saturday , the 6 th inst . The lodge was opened punctually at 4 by the I . P . M ., Bro . Dodd . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , ballots were taken for

Messrs . T . Cross , and Frank Arliss , for initiation , and also for Bro . Hy . Parker , of Lodge 435 , as a joining member—and proved unanimous in each case . Messrs . Cross and Arliss , being in attendance , were initiated into the myteries of the Craft . The chair was then taken by

Bro . Little , Prov . G . Secretary , and Bros . Lawson , and Plimsaul were raised . The lodge being then resumed , several subjects were discussed , and the lodge duly closed by Bro . Clark , P . M . and Treasurer , in brotherly love and harmony . The brethren adjourned to banquet , under the

presidency of the I . P . M ., and spent a few hours at the social board . The usual toasts were drunk , and duly responded to , interspersed by the harmony of the brethren , although the absence of a pianoforte in the banqueting room of the Grotto is always felt to be a want , and is

especially so now , the lodge having received into its rank Bro . Hy . Parker , ihewell-known brilliant pianist , and Bro . Cross , the musical instructor at the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Amongst the brethren present , were noticed , Bros Osbaldeston , S . W . ; Lancaster , J . W . ; Smale , S . D . : Steel , J . D . ; Harvey , I . G . ; Dalby , D . C ;

E . Clark , P . M . and Treasurer ; Little , Prov . G . Secretary ; S . Verity , Woodbridgc , Ridge , 'Jones , and Green . Visitors , Bros . F . Lancaster , 1044 ; l ' eterkin , 704 ; and Bro . Fisher of the lodge at Deny , under the Irish Constitution , who in returning thanks remarked that he had not enjoyed a visit to a lodge so much since he had been in England .

SUFFOLK . Ii'swicii . —British Union Lodge ( No . 114 ) . — A lodge of Emergency was held at the Masonic I fall , Ipswich , on the 5 th inst ., for the purpose of passing Lord Mahon , M . P . for East Suffolk ,

to the second degree . Amongst those present were Bros . C . F . " Long , W . M . ; the Revd . E , J . Lockwood , D . P . G . M . ; the Revd . R . N . Sanderson , P . Prov . G . C ; P . Cornell , P . G . J . D . ; C . Boby , P . M . ; | . Spalding , P . M . Sect ., Acting J . W . ; limn Holmes , P . G . A . D . C . Acting I . G .

A . D . George , S . D . etc . The ceremony was performed by the 1 ) . P . G . M . with his usual ability , and Lord Mahon was duly passed to the degree of Fellow Craft . His lordship expressed himself as deeply sensible of the kindness of the brethren

in having n special lodge for his convenience . He would , however , not trouble them to call another emergency meeting , as he intended coming to the lirst regular lodge after he was eligible to take the third degree . No other business being on the summons the lodge was closed in the usual form , with solemn prayer .

BURV ST . EDMUND s . —St . Edmund ' s Lodge ( No . 1 , 008 ) . —The eighth anniversary of this lodge took place on Friday last , ( in the new and spacious room which it has been found necessary to erect , to accommodate their increasing numbers ) at the Angel Hotel , Bury St . Edmund ' s . Bro .

J . N . York was reinstated as W . M . for the ensuing year . There was a large gathering of the members of the lodge , who were joined by a number of brethren from Ipswich , Stowmarket , and . Sudbury . Among the brethren present were Bros . Cant ' . I luddleston , P . Prov . S . G . W : A " .

Tracev , P . Prov S . G . W . ; S . Wright , P . Prov . I . G . W . ; G . S . Golding , P . G . S . B . ; W . H . Lucia , P . Prov . J . G . W ., and Prov . G . Sec ; W . E . Bailey , P . G . A . Sec ; W . Armstrong , and J . F . Hills , Prov . G . Stewards ( all of the Province ol Suffolk ); | . D . Perrott , P . Prov . S . G . W . ( South

Wales ) ; Warner , W . M . of the Stowmarket Lodge , kc . The re-installation was impressivel y performed b y Bro . the Rev . ] . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain of England . The oilicers appointed by the W . M . for the ensuing year were Bros . W .

E . Bailey , S . W . ; ( : ;] .,. C . | . T . ( Jakes , J . W . J . Iledley I 5 e \ an , S . D . ; A . Last ; J . D . R Pottle , I . G . ; the Rev . Di \ Bennett , Chaplain ; J . B . Fitch , D . C ; W . H . Lucia , Sec ; F . Fearnside , Organist . The brethren re-elected Bro . T .

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W . Cooper as Treasurer . At the conclusion of the business of the lodge the brethren sat down to a recherche banquet , prepared by Bro . W . G . Guy . It was exactly 100 years since the old St .

Edmund s Lodge was instituted . After banquet the Charity Box , as usual , was passed round , and sufficient was subscribed to purchase for the lodge a Life Governshi p of the Masonic Boys ' School .

YORKSHIRE ( WEST . ) BRADFORD . —Shakesperc Lodge ( No . 101 S ) . —The installation meeting of this young but prosperous lodge ( consecrated in 1 S 64 ) was held at its hall , Salem-street , on the 10 th inst . Bro . E . Clifton , I . P . M ., presided , and went through the ceremony of installing his successor , Bro . A .

Nicholson , into the chair of K . S ., in a most impressive and eloquent style , alike creditable to himself and the Shakesperc Lodge , and we wish that other W . M . ' s would frequentl y follow the example of Bro . Clifton in the installation of their successors . The W . M . then invested his

officers for the ensuing year , namely : —Bros G . Althorpe , S . W . ; Chas . E . Taylor , J . W . Rev . Thos . Miller , Chaplain ; Jos . W . Monck man , Treas . ; W . Wroe , P . M . Sec ; Wm . Longley , S . D , ; Jos . W . Monckman , J . D . ; W . Mor gan , I . G . ; R . F . Harrison , Tyler ; Hen . R . C

Latimer and G . II . Swithenbank , Stewards ; S . W . Whaley , Supt . of Works ; Thos . B . Thugworth , Organist ; and W . Wroe , P . M ., M . C , The brethren afterwards adjourned to a banquet served up in excellent style in their refreshment room , by Bro . Spink , the menu giving the

greatest satisfaction to all present , amongst whom we noticed the following and many other visitors , namely : —Bros . W . W . Barlow , W . M . Hope , 302 ; J . W . Wright , W . M . Harmony , 600 ; Robert Richardson , W . M . Pentalpha , 974 ; Ed . Smith , W . M . Eccleshill 1034 ; W . Pratt , P . M .

1034 , ! '• I ' rov . G . S . D . ; W . Beanland , P . M . 1034 ; and J . A . Unna , P . M . 600 , P . Prov . G . R . Bro . A . Nicholson , W . M ., presided , and was supported in the vice-chair b y his S . W . and J . W . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given . Bro . C . 1 . Bannister , P . M . 1018 , P . G . S . B ..

m proposing the toast of " The W . Past Masters " took occasion to say how much pleasure it would afford him to meet any of the brethren entitled to be in Grand Lodge whenever they might be able to attend . Bro . J . A . Unna , P . M ., P . Prov . G . R ., proposed " " The W . M . ' s

and P . M . ' s of the Visiting Lodges , " in an able and eulogistic speech , which met with a warm reception from the brethren . Bro . W . W . Barlow , AV . M . Hope , 302 , was called upon by the W . M . to respond , as representing the oldest lodge . In doing so , he made allusion to the fact

that one of the youngest lodges had probabl y installed that evening the youngest W . M . in the Craft , he having been initiated as a Lewis , at the age of eighteen , in 1865 , by dispensation from Grand Lodge , of which the following is a copy : — " Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire of

Antient b ree and Accepted Masons . " I George Frederick Samuel , Earl de Grey and Earl of Ripon , eve , eve , Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire . " Send greeting , " Whereas , it having been notified to me

by the \\ orslnpful Master of the Shakespere Lodge , No . 1018 , holden at Bradford , that an application had been made unto him to initiate into Freemasonry Mr . Alfred Nicholson , of Bradford , the son of a brother of the said lodge , namely Bro . John Nicholson , and it being the

desire of the brethren of the said lodge that the said Mr . Alfred Nicholson should be admitted a member of , and initiated into Freemasonry in the said lodge , lie not being full age of twent yone years , namely , only eighteen years of age , that being the son of a brother Mason , and claiming therefore the privilege of a Lewis to be

admitted at that age . " Now know ye , that being desirous of promoting the practice of our Antient Art , and b y virtue of the power delegated to me , I do hereb y grant license and dispensation to the Worshi pful Master of the said Shakespere . Lodge , No . 1018 , to initiate the ' said Mr . Alfred Nicholson