Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

BRITISH , FOREIGN , AND COLONIAL . Br . o . F . BINCKES has been appointed by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Canada , their representative at the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons .

PRESENTATION TO A PAST MASTER . —Prompt recognition of valuable service is not the least prominent feature of the brotherhood , and as evidence of this may be noticed the presentation of an illuminated address to Bro . Joseph Skeaf ,

P . G . O . ofthe province of AVest Lancashire , and P . M . of the Harmonic Lodge , No . 216 . Bro . Skeaf , during his Masonic career , has rendered excellent musical service , and fulfilled the duties of the chair of No . 216 , last year , in a manner

which has elicited the approbation and admiration of every brother under his authority . In recognition of his valuable work , the brethren of the Harmonic * Lodge , at their last meeting , presented him with a splendid illuminated address ,

accompanied by a handsome P . G . O . ' s jewel . The address was as follows : — " To Bro . Joseph Skeaf , I P . M . Harmonic Lodge , No . 216 , P . G . O . of AVest Lancashire , from the ollicers and memof the Harmonic Lodge , No . 216 , accompanied

by an Organist ' s jewel , iu recognition of his musical ability , and uniform kindness , in rendering valuable services to this his mother lodge . The address was subscribed b y Bros . J . J ones , AV . M . ; J . MeKune . P . M . ; T . Armstrong , P . M . ; T . Beesley ,

S . AV . G . R . Smith , J . AV . AV . Laidlaw . Treas . ; J . Turner , Sec . ; T . W . Willett , S . D . ; A . C . Whyte , J . D . ; J . Maddock , D . C ; | . North , I . G . j I . Nicholson , S . ; AV . F . Naylor , Org . ; AV . H . Ball , Tvler . The address was

illuminated by Mr . James On- Marples , Liverpool and London Chambers , in . 1 hi gh !}* artistic manner , Masonic insignia occupying each corner , and the sacred quotation , " Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity , "

occupying spaces at the side of the addresswhich are peculiarly appropriate , as Bro . Skeaf has written a Masonic anthem of great beauty ,

anti taken these words as his groundwork . The address was presented in an effective manner by the AA ' . M ., and was acknowledged with great feeling and sincerity by Bro . Skeaf " .

GENERAL POST On-ICE . —The heads of the various departments in the General Post Ollice , together wilh various officials connected with the telegraph departments , and the Peninsular and Oriental Mail Company , gave a dinner on

Monday evening , at Willis s Rooms , on the occasion of his retirement after twenty-five years' service , to Bro . Edmund Yates , late chief of the missing letter office . Air . Frank Scudamore , C . B ., occupied the chair . Air . Yates contemplates visiting the United Slates in August .

ALDERMAN AND SHERIIT BROTHER SIR l \ AV . TRI . ' SCOTT and Sheriff Bro . Sir John Bennett have issued invitations to a large circle of friends , including the whole of the members of the Corporation , to meet Her Majesty ' s Judges ,

at a grand banquet , on Thursday the 27 th inst ., at Freemasons' Tavern . The number of invitations is thus much larger than usual , this being the first time the honour has been extended to the whole of the Corporation .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , Juno 28 , 1 S 72 . Thc Editor will be glad to have notice from Secretaries ol Lodges and Chapters of any change in place or time of meeting .

S . trumnv , jesr . 22 . Lodge 13 ( 14 , F . arl of Zetland , St . Thomas's "flail . Hackney . Homan Eagle Ked Cross Conclave , Audeiton's I lotel , Flcetst icct . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Grnnbv .

New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . S . Dilley , Prccepto ' i * . Sphinx Lodge o ! Instruction ( 1329 ) , Stirling * Castle , Camberwell , at 7 30 ; Bros . Thomas and Wo ' ithington , Preceptors . Mount Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , at 8 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Manchester Lodge of Instruction , Yorkshire Grey , London Street , Fitzroy-Square , at 8 ; Bro Ash , P . M ., Preceptor .

MOSDAY , J UNE 24 . Lodge 831 , British Oak , Beaumont Hall , Beaumont-square , Mile-end . Chap . 1 S 8 , Joppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . „ 005 , De Grey and liipon , Angel I lotel , Great Ilford . Mount Calvary K . T . Encampment , Freemasons' Tavern ,

Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's Gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 ; Bro . James Terry , Preceptor . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern ,

Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Koyal I lotel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Pieceptor . British Oak Lodge of fnstruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern , "Mile End , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodgeof Instruction ( 1 S 0 ) , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , ( opposite the Pantheon ) ,

Oxford-street , at S ; Bro . J . It . Stacey , Pieceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , at S ; Bro . C . G . Willey , P . M . 1155 , Preceptor . St . John of Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1306 ) , Gun

Tavern , Hig h-street , Wapping , at 7 ; Bro . T . Mortlock , Precciitor . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 120 , 7 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . II . W . Lindus , Preceptor .

I L'F . SIIAY , J 25 . Audit Committee , Girls' School , at 2 . 30 . „ 1 St ) , Industry , Freemasons' Hull . ,, 2- *; n , Piince of Wales , Willis ' s Booms , St . James ' s . ,, 1 , 14 8 , Eburv , Morpeth Arms Tavern , Millbank . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel ,

Fleet-street , at 7 ; Com ;) . Brett , Preceptor . Domatie Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tav ., Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 8 ; Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Refreshment Rooms , Yictoiia-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace I Intel ) at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Pieceptor .

Yarborough Lodge ol Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Pieceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 75 . *;) , Knights of St . John Tavern , St . John ' s Wood ; Bio . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Loilge of Instruction , King Edward , Tttangle , Hacknev , at 7 . ^ , 0 . Bro . | . Saunders , Preceptor .

Florence Nightingale Lodgeof Instruction , Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton , ( W . M . I 227 ) , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-stieet , St . John ' s Wood , at S ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

WEDNESDAY , JINE 26 . Lodge 2 , Antiquity , Freemasons' Hal ) . ,, ^ 07 , United Pilgrims , I loins Tavern , Kcnniiigtonpark . ,, 7 : 4 , High Cross , Seven Sisters Tavern , Page-green Tottenham .

,, SijS , lemi'eiauee m the Ka ^ t , ( 1 , Nevvhy-plaee , Poplar . Chap . 1 . ; , Union of \\ ateiloo , Freemasons' llall , Williamstreet , Woolwich . ,, S 20 , Lily uf Richmond , Gievhound Hotel , Richmond . Pythagoiean Loilge of Instruction ( 70 ) , Piince of Orange-Greenwich , at S ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United . Strength Lodge of Instnietion ( 228 ) , the Grafton

Arms , Prince of Wales ' s Koad , Kentish Town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodge of Instnietion , Railway Tav ., Londonstreet , City , at 7 . 30 .

Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Peckham Lodgeof Instruction , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham at 8 ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in tlie East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction . Thicket Hotel , Anerly , at 7 . jo . p . m . ; liro . II . W . Lindus , Preceptor .

TIIL ' IISDAY , Ji'NK 27 . General Committee Girls- School , Freemasons' I lall , at 4 . Lodge . -J 4 , Mount . Moriah , Freemasons' llall . „ 60 , Peace and Harmony , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . ,, fi : ; , Piosreiitv , Guildhall Coffee-house , Grcsham-st .

„ 858 , South Middle-ex , Beaufort House , Noi iii lind , I ' u'ham . Chap . 177 , Domatie , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-st . Mark Lodge 3 , Keystone , Ship and Tunic , Leadeuhall-st . „ 118 , Northumberland , Giotto Hotel , Twickenham .

The R . A . Chapter of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 ; Com ]) . Brett , Preceptor . Ceremony , explanation of li . A . Jewel and Solids , part sections . FkViity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , Londonst ., Tottenham Court-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Bal ham , at 7 30 ; Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes ,

Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at S ; Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 18 S . Preceptor . Chigwell Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Buckhurst Hill , at -,. 30 .

FRIDAY , J 28 . Chapter 749 , Belgrave , Audeiton ' s Hotel , Flcet-st . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoria road , Deptford , at 8 .

Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 8 ; Bro . Geo . W \ Verry , Preceptor . Clapton Lodge of Instruction , White Hart , Clapton , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . John Saunders , Preceptor . Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction ( 1298 ) , The Castle

Tavern , 1 lolloway , at 8 ; Bro . It . Lee , ( P . M . 193 , W . M . 1 298 , ) Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . W . West Smith , Preceptor . Westbourne Lodgeof Instruction ( 733 ) Horse and Groom , Winsley-street , Oxford-Street , at 8 .

"Metropolitan Lodge of Instructio ., Portugal Hotel , Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Hotel , Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Bro . Pulsford , Preceptor . Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mikend-road , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern ,

Airstreet , Regent-st ., at 8 ; Bro . W . Watson , Preceptor . Burgoyne Lodge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Piince of ' Wales's-road , N . W ., at 8 . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , Gladstone Tavern , Brompton-road , S . W . United Pilgrims Loilge of Instruction , Duke of Edinburgh ,

Shepherd ' s-lanc , Brixton , at 7 ; Bio . J . Thomas , P . M ., Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Br . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . St . James ' s Lodge of Instruction , Gregorian Arms Tavern , Jamaica-road , Bermondsey , at 8 ; Bro . Howes , P . M ., Preceptor .

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