Grand Masonic Ball In Liverpool.

Tames Ramsden , W . P . Prov . G . S . W . West Lancashire ; 'John Prescott , W . P . Prov . G . J . W . West Lancashire . ; the Rt . Hon . Earl Bective , R . W . Prov . G . M . Cumberland aud Westmorland ; Sir Watkin Wynn , Bart ., M . P . R . W . Prov . G M . Shropshire and North Wales ; John Pearson , J . P . ; E . ' Samuelson , P . Prov . G . S . D . Cheshire ; W . J . A . Baldwin , Prov . G . S . W . West Lancashire ; H . R . Robertson ,

Prov . G . J . W . West Lancashire ; Sir A . B . Walker , W . Rathbone , M . P . ; Rt . Hon . Viscount Sandon , M . P . ; J , Torr , M . P . ; and Col . Ireland Blackburne , M . P . Additional interest was given to what invariably proves a p leasant and agreeable gathering to the brethren antl ladies , as well as to the public generally , by the fact that it will probably be the last at the head quarters of the

mayoralty , o . ving tortile recent action of the council , m closing the Town Hall against thefadmission of the " vulgar crowd , " and reserving it only for their own " sweet use . " Considering the bad times , the attendance was good , and the financial result will probably be such as to add to the funds of the noble institution . The arrangements were of the most complete and satisfactory character , thanks to

the indefatigable efforts of the Committee , the " principal members of which were Bros . R . Wylie , P . P . G . S . D ., ( Chairman ) ; J . M'Kune , P . M ., 216 ( Vice-Chairman ); and R . Martin , jun ., P . M ., 11 S 2 ( Treasurer ) . The onerous duties of Ball Secretary were admirably filled by Bro . Thos . Salter , J . W . of the Merchants' Lodge , No . 216 , to whose untiring efforts the success attending the ball for 18 79 is

greatly due . As usual , the duties of Master of Ceremonies were fulfilled with great tact and courtesy by Bro . H . M . Molyneux , P . M . 823 , who has for a great number of years g iven his assistance in this way . There were about 500 brethren and ladies present , and amongst the former were Bros . Councillors Pcet , Sheen , and Lunt , T . M'Cracken , & c . The members of the various orders appeared in full

dress Masonic clothing , with the jewels and insignia of their rank and office , and these added considerably to the fine effect of the gathering . Bro . John Houlding , P . M . 823 , was the excellent captain of a band of Stewards , about fifty in number , to whose efforts the general comfort of the visitors was largely attributable . The following were the Stewards on this occasion : —

Bros . H . Ashmore , C . Courtenay , F . Smitton , J . B . Mac Kenzie , A . C . Wylie , A . Mattison , G . Hulse , J . R . Goepel , R . Webster , J . Keet , G , Peet , J . Hocken , W . T . Smith , T . Roberts , J . Penney , A . Woobuch , II . P . Squire , W . H Watts , W . Newsome , J . L . Houghton , J . Whitfield , J . W , Burgess , J . H . Biadshaw , W . O . Jones , T . McCracken , S ,

Jacobs , D . Jackson , J . Hayes , J . Atkinson , T . Chirk , W . H . Cooper , H . H . Smith , ' W . Savage , W . T . May , T . H . Sheen , G . Hutchen , R . Wilson , W . M . Chudley , W . J . Lunt . The rcfreshmenting was done by Messrs . Fick and Fairhurst . The chef d ' orchcslre was Bro . G . A . WielopoUki Phillipps .

Order Of St. Lawrence.

ORDER OF ST . LAWRENCE .

A numerously attended meeting of the London section of this very oil degree was held at the Masonic Hall , Red Lion-square , on Saturday , the 1 ith inst . Among those in attendance we noticed Bros . S . Rosenthal , 3 V , W . M . ; VV . Roebuck , 30 , S . W . ; S . C . Dibdin , J . W . ; D . ' . Dewar , 18 ° , Secretary ; C . F . Matier , 32 , P . M . ; F . Binckes , 30 , P . M .,

G . Lambert , T . Keer . e , R . Roy . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the ballot was taken on behalf of a number of brethren well-known in Masonic circles , and having been declared unanimous , the six who were in attendance were duly admitted members of the Order . They were Bros . R . L . Loveland , 18 , A . Williams , 18 , T . C . Walls , ie > ° , Thomas Poore , R .

Berridge , and C . E . Soppct . The interesting and quaint ceremony was well performed , Bio . Matter ' s rendering ot the historical lecture appertaining to the degree being exceedingly good . Upon the conclusion of ihe ceremony , a long discussion ensued , and several propositions were fully considered as to what steps should ba adopted for tbe immediate formation in London of a governing body .

Ultimately , upon the advice of Bros . Binckes , Matier , and Lambert , the whole matter was referred to a Committee , to fully consider and to report at the next meeting , to bc convened on Saturday , April 19 th . It was afterwards suggested by one of the newly admitted brethren that the Secretaty should immediately place himself in communication with the numerous country lodges , in order that united

action might be taken with the object of reviving this unquestionably old degree and establishing it upon a thoroughly sound and independent basis . This was approved . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to an excellent repast at the Albion Hotel , Theo . bald's-road , where the usual toasts were done full justice

to . " The Health of the W . M ., and Success to the Order of St . Lawrence , " was proposed in very happy and exhaustive terms by Bro . Binckes , and duly responded to . " The Initiates , " and " The Officers " followed , and those toasts having been warmly received and briefly acknowledged , the proceedings , which were throughout thorougly enjoyable , terminated .

EBOR LODGE OF ST . LAWRENCE THE MARTYR . The installation meeting of this lodge was held at York on Wednesday , the Sth inst ., Bro . T . B . Whytehead , R . W . M ., presiding . Several candidates having been admitted to the degree , Bro . G . Simpson , S . W . and R . W . M . elect , was presented and questioned , and

a Board of Installed Masters having been opened , hewas duly enthioncd in the chair , and the brethren being re-admitted , he was saluted in due form . Bro . Simpson then appointed and invested his officers as follows : —Bros . T . B . Whytehead , I . P . M . and D . C ; J . S . Cumberland , S . W . ; T . Cooper , J . W . ; Rev . W . C . Lukis , Chap . ;

Order Of St. Lawrence.

A . T . B . Turner , Recorder and Treas . ; T . Humphries , S . D . ; W . Palry , J . D . ; G . H . Simpson , Org . ; W . P . Husband , Keeper of the G ., and J . Ward , Tyler . The brethren afterwards met at supper and passed a social evening .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . W . H . BARTLE . We regret to announce the death of Bro . W . 11 . Bartle , the only son of Bro . H . Bartle , at the early age of twentysix years . Bro . W . H . Bartle , who was a young man of great promise , was one of the first initiates in the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 . His death

took place on Monday last at hi * father's residence , 236 , Lancaster-road , Notting Hill . His remains will be interred at Kensal Green Cemeteiy this ( Saturday ) afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock . The fiiends of the family and brethren will meet at Lancaster-road , at half-past one , and other brethren at the cemetery by half-past two .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

MOUNT CALVARY PRECEPTORY . — The installation meeting of this very old encampment of the Knights of the Temple was held on Friday , the 10 th inst . „_ at Freemason ' s Tavern , Great Queen-street . There were present amongst others Sir Knights J . Tanner , E . C . ; C . Jacques , Prelate ; W . Paas , P . E . C ., Almoner ; D . Dewar , P . E . C ., Secretary ; Morgan , ist Captain ; Driver ,

2 nd Captain ; Neall , Expert ; T . C . Walls , C . of the Lines ; S . Rosenthal , P . E . C . ; J . Hervey , P . E . C ., and Rawles , Equerry . Sir Knight R . Stewart was a visitor . The minutes of the previous encampment having been read and confirmed , companion Saunders was dulyadmittcd and installed as a Knight of the Order by Sir Knight Dewar , who most ably installed Sir Knight Morgan as E . C . for

the year ensuing , both ceremonies being most ably performed . The officers appointed were Sir Kni ghts Tanner , Prelate ; Paas , Almoner ; Dewar , Secretary ; Driver , ist Captain ; Neall , 2 nd Captain ; Walls , Expert ; Williams , CL . ; Rawles , Equerry . There being no other business before the preceptory , it was duly closed , and the Sir Knights adjourned to the banquet . Tile usual routine of toasts

were duly proposed and honoured . Sir Knight Rosenthal responded on behalf of the Grand Officers . " The Health of the E . C . " was warmly proposed by Sir Knight Tanner , most heartily received , and duly acknowledged . "The Newly-installed Knight" was given in a fe-. v chosen sentences by tbe E . C , and having been received with excellent " fire , " Sir Knight Saunders briefly responded by expressing the great pleasure it had afforded him at being

present that evening to receive the privileges of the Order , and at the same time he wished to convey to the Sir Knights the great impression the ceremony had made upon him , thanks to tbe very able way in which it had been performed . " The Visitor " was acknowledged by Sir Knight R . Stewart , and "Tha Officers , " by Sir Knight Driver . The Equerry ' s toast at an early hour terminated the proceedings .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

We are pleased to announce that Bro . Samuel Poynter will contribute the following papers to the March , April , and May , numbers of the " Masonic Magazine : " — "A Native Nuisance , " a sketch founded on fact ; " Under the Garland ; " " Tuif Smoked , " a Masonic sketch . CONSECRATION CI : RI _ MONV . —We think many of our readers will be interested to learn that the above

ceremony , followed by the " installation , " will be worked at the Upper Norwood Lodge of Instruction No . 1586 , White Hart Hotel , on Monday evening the 3 rd February , at 7 . 30 . precisely , by Bro . Francis , P . M ., P . P . G . S . D ., Hon . Preceptor to the loilge . The mus'cal arrangements necessary for the proper working of the ceicmony have been placed in the hands of some competent brethren . Bro .

Frances is so well known for his masterly rendering of all the Masonic ceremonies that we confidently recommend this as a really good opportunity of hearing the impressive ceremony of " consecration . " Full Masonic clothing . The name of the Lord Mayor of the City of London ( Bro . Sir C . Whetham ) has , on the recommendation of the Lord Lieutenant ( Lord Shaftesbury ) been placed

by the Lord Chancellor on the Commission of the Peace for the County of Dorset . We are asked to state that the Duke of Connaught Lodge of Instruction , No . 155 8 , meets every Wednesday evening at eight o ' clock , at the Faunce Arms , Faunce-street , South-place , Kennington Park . Bro . James Dann , P . M . 72 and 1558 , is the'Preceptor .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Southwark Lodge of Instruction , No . 879 , on Wednesday next , the 29 th inst ., at the Southwark Paik Tavern , Bermondsey , by Bro . William Beavis , assisted by several other brethren .

'lhe installation meeting of St . James s Lodge takes place this ( Saturday ) afternoon at the George Inn , Enfield Town . Bro . Thomas J . Cusworth is the W . M . elect . A report of the proceedings will be given in our next . Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of

Free and Accepted Masons , containing the Charges , Regulations , E . A . Song , & c . A copy should bc in the possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 s , at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent post free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Adtlress , Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London . —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings.

A meeting , which was strongly attended , of the brethren of the Province ol Devon , was held on Tuesday last , in the Huyshe Masonic Temple , Plymouth , for the purpose of considering the propriety of establishing a fund for clothing , educating and advancing in life of the children of distressed or deceased brethren of the province , Bro . L . P . Metham , Dep . P . G . M ., presided . A full report o £ the proceedings will appear in our next .

Bro . J . D . Allcroft , M . P ., presided on Monday week at a congregational meeting in connection with St . Paul ' s Church , Upper Holloway . The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon , whose ni'ptuals took place on the 26 th of last month , at Greystoke , Cumberland , returned to his lordship . ' s Hampshire seat , Highclere Castle , near Newbury , on Friday week ,

after spending their honeymoon at Pixton Park , Somersetshire . The reception given them was a magnificent one . Prince Louis Napoleon , accompanied by the Duke de Messina , arc on a visit to Viscount Holmesdale , M . P ., R . W . P . G . M . Kent , at Linton Park , near Maidstone . Her Majesty the Queen and H . R . H . the

Princess Beatrice are expected to return to Windsor , from the Isle of Wight , on or about the 14 th of February . It is expected ( so says the Whitehall Rcvieiv that on the resignation of the Marquis of Hertford , he will be succeeded as Lord Chamberlain by Lord Skelmersdale , who will be created a Viscount .

We have received a copy of 'The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , Diary , and Pocket-book for 1879 . ' To Freemasons this portable little volume is indispensable . It is neatly bound , and gives , in a very concise form , an amount of valuable Masonic information and

statistics not procurable elsewhere . The object of the ' Calendar ' is to give Freemasons a synopsis of all that relates to home and foreign Masonic bodies , and in this , the publisher ( George Kenning , Freemason . Office , 198 , Fleet-street ) has eminently succeeded . But even those who cannot lay claim to initiation into the mysteries of Freemasonry will acquire much useful knowledge in respect of this ever-increasing and important brotherhood from a perusal of its pages . —May fair , Jan . 2 ist .

"lhe Norwich Argus" states that a handsome antique silver salver was presented by the Union Ledge of F ' reemasons , No . 52 , to Bro . Gardiner Stevens , at the recent banquet on the installation of Bro . C Cubitt , W . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Stevens has been Secretary and Treasurer of the lodge more than twenty years , and the opportunity was taken to make the

presentation to him as a slight recognition of his valuable services . The presentation was made by the retiring W . M . Col . B : > ileau , who in a very complimentary address expressed the great esteem in which Bro . Stevens was held by the lodge . The salver weighs 52 ozs ., and was subscribed for by 52 members , the figures thus curiously corresponding with the number of the lodge . With the

salver was a vellum scroll , beautifully illuminated , upon which the jewels of the offices held by Bro . Stevens , and the names of the subscribers were embossed . The annual Masonic Ball given by the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , will be held at the Grand Hall of Gymnasium , Paddington Baths , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater ( close to the Queen's-road and Royal Oak

Railway Stations ) , on Friday , 21 st February , under the management of Bros . S . H . Parkhouse , W . M . ; W . Gordon , M . P ., P . J . W . ; Charles Locock Webb , Q . C , P . G . D ., and a long list of Stewards . The whole of the proceeds will be devoted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Tickets can be obtained of any of the Stewards , of Bro . G . Penn , P . M ., Treasurer , and Bro . W . J . Mutlis , Hon . Sec , 154 , Lancaster-road , W . Bros . Coote and Tinney ' s

band is engaged for the ball . At the annual meeting of the Duke of Leinster Lodge , 3 6 3 , I . C , held at the Alfred Masonic Hall , Wcymouth-strcet , Adelaide , on Tuesday , November 10 th , the following were the officers elected for the ensuing year : — Bros . A . F . W . Klaner , W . M . ; J . Butterworth , S . W . ; T S . Lang , J . W . ; H . Dehlmann , S . D . ; W . Foxwocd , J . D . ; W . Bickford , I . G . ; A . Tucker , Tyler ; R . J . Pinlcr , Sec . j W . Stratton , Organist ; A . O . Hatch , Steward .

We understand that Bro . Lieut .-Col . Sir J . McGarel-Hogg , M . P ., Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works , is to be raised to the peerage . The Annual Ball in aid of the Builders ' Benevolent Institution will be held at Willis's Rooms , King-street , St . James ' s , on Thursday next , January 30 th . The annual ball in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers' Schools , will take place at St . James's Hall on Thursday next .

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Guide in Horticulture , " the most pratical work on gardening yet published . It should be read by everyone who has a garden , and may be had post free from Messrs . Sutton and Sons , the Queen's Seedsmen , Reading , for 15 stamps or for is . at all Railway Bookstalls .

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