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TABLE OF CONTENTS .

REPORTS OK MASOWC MEETINGS : - Craft Masonry 41 S K , Hits Templar 416 Scotland . . .... , •¦¦••• 4 if > 1 r . -cmasonrv in India 410 . I , TI ,- Health Congress at brusscls 417 Knic Hull in Halifax Nova Scotia 417 u ' i ' : itlhcr Say ol * iisinN . b 417

1 ' " ni "' Founder ' s Song 419 OiurrAivV : — liro . A . A . bhapland 419 Masonic Tidings 419 n ' narlnre of Our Royal Grand Master for India 419 ofc of Benevolence ..... 419 The ' American Roman Calhohc tablet 420 Masonic Chivalry 420 Puli'ic licallh Congress at Brussels 421 421

Arclm-oloqical Progress , \ iJrcaiHnl Crime 423 The Hoys' School 422 COKI'ESI'ON-DENCE : — Allilialion 42 = ( . ' rami "Masters ol hnglisu rreemasonry 42 : Minnies anil their Conlirmation 423 Masonic Notes ami Oucrics 423 IM-iwnic Meetings lor next week 423 Aiivevliscm'ints i . ii . iii . iv . v . vi ,

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METROPOLITAN . BURDETT COUTTS LODGE ( No . 1278 ) . —Thc brethren of this lodge met on the ifith inst ., at their usual quarters , the Approach Tavern , Victoria Park , to instal their seventh Master , and a very goodly attendance honoured the event . Of members and visitors thc folloyv ' mtr is the list : —J . G . Harris , W . M . ; J . I . Ashburner , I . P . M . fw .

| . Crutch , S . W . ; Wm . Toye , J . W . ; C . K . Crouch , S . D . ; A . Lazarus , I . G . ; Henry Lloyd , P . M . ; James Terry , P . M ., Treas . ; G . Ward Verry , P . M ., Sec . ; W . T . Christian , D . C ; Marx Gross , W . S . * , H . G . Buss , Barker , Defriez , Gould , Eyvin , Raven , Withcrick , Sleap , Davis , Ferry , Hasteloyv , T . Lloyd , Jennings , Chitson , Jones , Lloyd , sen ., Shcuhard , Aitkcn , Berry , Prestage , Birchall , Loveday ,

Macklin , Wallington , and Nicholson . Visitors : —G . Brooks , S . W . [ 902 ; J . Southyvood , J . W . 1260 ; W . Ii . Brand , 1524 ; W . Snoyvdon , D . C . 901 ; T . Lcyvis , (>;* ; G . Seddon , J . D . 174 ; M . J . Cooke , 23 * , B . Cundick , J . W . 1421 ; E . Wilks , 1305 ; J . Miles , 65 ; S . Davis , Joppa ; D . Barnett , 141 ; T . Austen , P . M . 933 ; W . Clouston , P . M . - ; , v , E . Payne , 142 ; W . M . Lee , W . M . 1524 ; E . J .

Allen , I . G . 733 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( "Freemason" ); and D . Hodges , 1382 . The yvork done yvas thc reading and confirmation of the minutes of thc previous meeting , the reception of the auditors' report , the election of Messrs . VV . Latham and W . Aitkcn for initiation , the election of Bros . J . J . Berry , 554 , and Thomas Jennings , 554 , as joining members , the initiation of Mr . W . Aitken , thc

passing of Bro . Ferry , and the installation of Bro . Crutch as W . M . The W . M ., Bro . J . G . Hauls , did thc initiation and passing , and Bro . James Terry , G . D . C , and Past G . S . B ., Herts , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and P . M . of this and several other lodges , installed Bro . W . J . Crutch . . The brethren appointed as his officers for the year yvere : —W . Toye , S . W . ; C . K . Crouch ,

J . W . j James Terry , Treas . ; G . W . Verry , Sec ; A . Lazarus , S . D . ; W . T . Christian , J . D . ; M . Gross , I . G . ; Burchell , D . C . ; Barker , W . S . ; and Gilchrist , Tyler . When the ceremony had been completed by the delivery of the addresses , the neyv W . M . proposed a vote of thanks to Bros . Terry and Verry , to the former for thc able way in yvhich he presided on thc occasion of the presentation of the chairs

to the lodge by the Baroness Burdett Coutts , and to thc latter for the great trouble and labour he had had as Secretary to the lodge in making the arrangements . The W . M . raid that the presidency on such an occasion required a great amount of tact and judgment , and much skill and ability . Every brother and every lady present on that Decision had yvitnessed such skill and ability , and

lo his management yvas in a great measure due the great success attained on that day . Every one yvas highly deli ghted yvith the yvay in yvhich all the arrangements yvere carried out ; and the distinguished guests of the lodge , including thc Baroness , had expressed their delight . Her ladyship testified to it by inviting the company to her garden paity thc following Monday , besides mentioning

before her departure yvhat a happy day she had spent . At that garden party , the members of the lodge , one and all , ivcrc greeted yvith the greatest cordiality , yvhich yvould ever ue remembered by them , and the day was spent as cheerfull y and harmoniously as any one could have desired . As for the general success thc brethren were under marked obli gations to Bro . Terry , he yvould move thc vote of

thanks yvhich he had proposed . Bro . J . G . Harris , i ' 1 ' . M ., seconded thc motion yvith the greatest cordiality , ami Bro . Lloyd , P . M ., having supported it , it yvas carried with acclamation . Bro . Terry in acknoyvledging thc com-I'Jimcnt in a very feyv yvords explained , that yvhile he yvas always happy to do anything that yvould contribute to the happ iness of the brethrenand the prosperity of thc lod

, ge , he was amply repaid for yvhat he had done at the presentation referred to by the gratification of having to preside 011 so important an occasion . He , however , could not take '" himself the acknoyvledgmcnts of the brethren for more '"¦ ¦ in he had done , and he must inform the brethren that lhe far greater labour had fallen on Bro . Verrv . Bro .

j is'iburner thought that a testimonial should be presented . ' , ' I , 0 tl 1 these brethren , but as this yvas not pressed , Bro . lT 0 * ulso acknowledged thc vote of thanks , and detailed I ""' t ' \ labours that had to be undergone in supervisn S the building of the chairs , and arranging for the prestation to the satisfaction of all the brethren . The

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brethren then closed doyvn , and adjourned to a capital banquet supplied by Bro . Thomas Lloyd . The customary toasts were proposed and honoured , and the intervals between the various toasts yvere occupied yvith some excellent singing , besides some choice instrumental music by Bro . G . T . H . Seddon , of 554 anil 933 . The initiate , Bro . Aitkcn , expressed his pleasure at being

admitted a member of thc fraternity , and Bro . Harris , I . P . M ., proposed " The Health of the W . M ., " expressing his confidence that thc lodge yvould be always yvell yvorked yvhile under his direction , as he had given ampleproofsih . it afternoon in investing his officers that he yvas a fluent deliverer of the ritual of Freemasonry . The W . M . replied that as thc brethren had placed him in the chair of thc lodge he thanked

them heartily for it , and he yvould endeavour to make the year prosperous . He looked upon it as a great pride to any Mason to become Warden ancl Master of thc lodge in which he was initiated , and as this yvas his mother lodge he yvould do all he could lo add lustre to its already brilliant names . Bros . W . II . Lee and Brooks replied for " Thc Visitors , " and a very handsome Past Master's jeyvel yvas presented to Bro . Harris , yvho has performed the duties

of the year most creditably , and to thc entire satisfaction of the brethren . Bro . Harris thanked thc brethren sincerely for their kindness , and yvas proud to say that he yvas thc second initiate of the Burdett Coutts Lodge that had passed through its chair . The toast of " The Officers " yvas afteryvards given , responded to by Bro . Toye , S . W . ; and Bro . Gilchrist having given the "Tyler's Toast , " the brethren separated .

PROVINCIAL . SMALLBRIDGE . —PROBITY AND FREEDOM LODGE ( NO . 367 ) . —This lodge held its monthly meeting on Thursday , thc iCth of September , at the Bull ' s Head Hotel , Smallbridge , near Rochdale . Present : Bros . John fames Ashyvorth , W . M . ; William Schofield , S . W . ; William J . Kinder , S . D . ; Alfred Thos . Shore , J . D . ; William

Bcsyvicke , Sec . ; C . M . Jones , P . M ., Treas . The lodge was opened in due form at 7 . 30 p . m . by the Worshipful Master . The minutes of last regular meeting yvere read and declared faithfully recorded . Thc ballot having been taken for Mr . Henry Ashyvorth , was declared favourable , and he yvas initiated b y Bro . Jones , P . M ., in a very impressive manner . Bro . Syvift yvas passed to thc Second

Degree by Bro . Davies , P . M . Thc lodge was closed in peace and harmony at 9 . 30 p . m ., yvhen the brethren sat doyvn to a banquet . STOKESLEY . —Ci . Evm . ANn LODGE ( No . 543 ) . —The monthly meetings of the Cleveland Lodge yvere resumed after the summer recess on Monday evening , at thc Golden Lion Hotel , when all the officers yvere present , and

there yvas a fair attendance of other brethren . The W . M ., besides thc labour of opening and closing in the three degrees , had a raising , a passing , and an initiation , thc yvholc ofthe ceremonies being performed in a very creditable manner . Though living many miles ayvay in Glaisdale , yvith a yvidc practice as a coifhtry surgeon , Bro . Richardson has rarely missed the meetings of his lodge

since his initiation , and since he yvas elected to thc chair of K . S . his devotion to his duties has won him the admiration of all his brethren in thc lodge , yvho trust his good example yvill long be folloyved . HARWICH . —STAII OF THK EAST LODGE ( NO . 050 ) . — The annual meeting of this lodge was held at the Pier Hotel , 1 Iarwich , on Monday , 13 th inst ., yvhen Bro . G . Gard

Pye , S . W ., Angel Lodge , Colchester , was installed as Worshipful Master . The installation ceremony yvas ably and impressively performed b y Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain of England , there being present Bro . W . Clark , R . W ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Essex . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex yvas also represented by Bro , I . Wright Carr , P . G . Sec . At thc conclusion of thc

ceremony the neyvly-elcctcd W . M . proceeded to invest his officers as folloyvs : —Bros . James Durrant , I . P . M . and D . C ; Jonathan Dunlop , S . W . ; S . Dutton , jun ., J . W . ; S . Dutton , sen ., Sec . and Treas . ; J . Cartlcdge , S . D . ; W . Oxenham , J . D . ; S . J . Newton , I . G . ; W . Downs and G . S . Smith , Stewards ; R . Barloyv , Tyler . There yvas a large attendance of visiting brethren , chiefly from Colchester ; and

letters regretting their inability to be present yvere read from the R . W . thc P . G . Master ( Bro . R . J . Bagshayv ) and others . The brethren afteryvards had a banquet , admirably provided by host Brice . W . M . Pye presided , and in a felicitous manner proposed thc loyal and other toasts suitable to the occasion . The evening yvas passed in a most harmonious manner , and thc company separated before eleven . Among

the brethren present ( in addition to those already named ) were : —Visitors : Bros . W . F . Laxton , P . Prov . G . S . D . Middlesex , and P . M . 1238 ; W . Westgate , P . Prov . G . D . C . Suffolk ; A . Welch , W . M . 51 ; A . R . Clench , W . M . 697 ; T . Eustace . P . M . and S . W . ' 6 97 ; W . Rivers , P . M . 74 ; W . Richey , P . M . 700 ; T . J . Railing , Sec . 31 ; J . Hanly , P . G . S . and I . G . ¦; 1 ; F . Wright , 213 , 697 , 1500 ; A . Tennant ,

153 ( late 179 , Gibraltar ) ; T . M . Middleton , 51 ; John J . C . Turner , Org . 51 ; T . II . Naylor , 6 97 ; Mills ( Cape of Good Hope ) , Hennemcyer , 6 97 ; H . Everett , 6 97 ; W . G . Siggcrs , 697 ; T . Doyvning , 6 97 ; C . Gunner , 51 and 6 97 ; A . J , Staines , i * r . Members of 650 : Bros . R . Guy , T . II . Naylor , j " . H . Robinson , W . O . ' Ward , P . M . ; C . Lucas , W . Nickerson , W . Walker , C . J . F . Barker , J . W . C . Butcher

P . M . ; R . T . Dickson , P . M . ; G . L . Jackson , J . Warren , and S . A . Wymark , P . M . RUNCORN . —E 1 . 1 . ESMEHE LODGE ( No . 7 . 1 * 8 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this lodge yvas held at thc Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , Sept . 15 th , 1871 * , at halfpast six o'clock . Thc following is a list of the oflicers and

others present : —Bros . Robert Rigby , W . M . ; Edyvard Aston , S . W . ; James Warburton , | . w ' . ; William Garnett , S . D . ; Charles Gcrrard , J . D . ; J . Fothergill , P . M . ; William Wass , I . G . * , Horsfall , Sec , I . W . Lig hlbuvn . Org . ; Geo . Purvtr , Tyler ; George Moss , William Mellor , William Lyon , Thomas Gregson Giles . The minutes of the previous meeting yvere read and unanimously confirmed , yvhen the

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W . M . informed thc members that Bro . Couth was a candidate for being raised , yvho , after giving satisfactory proofs of his efficiency in the former degree , yvas entrusted and retired . During his absence the lodge yvas opened in the Third Degree . On Bro . Couth's re-admittance , he yvas raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason , through yvhich Bro . Fothergill , P . M officiated in the place of the

Worshipful Master of the lodge , yvho yvas indisposed . The working tools , as yvell as thc - "Tracing Board , yvere also lucidly explained yvith effect and impression . The lodge having been closed at 8 . 15 , the brethren subsequently adjourned to an excellent supper provided b y Bro . Jonathan Wilson , at the Commercial Motel . After the repast , Bro . , | . Fothergill , P . M ., gave the toasts of" 'I he Cluccn , " " Bro .

I I . U . I I . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., and the rest of the Hoyal Family , " and "Our Masonic Rulers , Supreme and Subordinate . " The next yvas "The Worshipful Master . " He yvas certain it yvould be received yvith enthusiasm , yvhich he yvell deserved . All yvho had yvatched Bro . Rigby ' : * . career yvould be yvell pleased to see him occupy the honourable position yvhich he now did , and every one

must yvish that he mi ght long be spared to adorn the Order to yvhich he belongs . The W . M . said he could hardly find yvords to express the gratitude he felt for the manner in yvhich his health yvas proposed , and the enthusiastic manner in yvhich it had been responded to . If his humble efforts during his year of oflice could in any yvay justify their good opinion , he yvould use them to the utmost . His endeavour

yvould be to further the best interests of the lodge , and promote the harmony and good fclloyvship of every member . Thc W . M . next gave " The Health of the P . M ., " to yvhich Bro . Fothergill responded . " The Ncyvly-initiated Brother , " to which Bro . Couth responded . The next toast given yvas "The Oflicers of the Lodge , " to yvhich all officers responded . " The Visitors " yvas the next , responded to by Bro . IDiggs ,

W . M . of St . John ' s Ledge . The evening yvas greatly enlivened by excellent songs being given by Bros . W . Garnett , S . D . ; James Warburton , J . W . ; and C . Gerrard , J . D . At 10 . 30 thc brethren parted , having spent a very pleasant evening together . WARRINGTON . —GILBERT GUEENAI . I . LODGE ( No . 1250 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge yvas held on the

14 th inst ., at the Masonic Rooms , Sankcy-strect . Thc W . M . ( Bro . Richardson ) took thc chair at 6 . 30 o'clock , and was supported by Bros . Reid , S . W . ; Crosier , J . W ., other officers and members , and several distinguished visitors . 'I he minutes of the last meeting yvere read and confirmed , and there being no regular business , thc W . M . proceeded to present Bro . D . W . Finney , P . M ., yvith a testimonial for

his services as Hon . Secretary to the lodge from its formation . Thc testimonial consisted of a very handsome skeleton drayving-room timepiece and a P . M . 's gold jeyvel . 'The timepiece bine thc folloyving inscription : — " Presented to Bro . D . W . Finney , P . M ., VOL ., clc , by the brethren of the Gilbert Greenall Lodge of Freemasons , Warrington ( of yvhich he yvas one of the founders ) , in recognition of his

services as Hon . Secretary for the past six years . " 'The W . M . said he yvas very pleased to be the mouthpiece of thc lodge on that occasion . As one of the founders of thc lodge he yvas associated yvith Bro . Finney , and others who yvere then in the room ; and he yvell remembered the arduous duties yvhich devolved upon the Secretary in those early days , and he could say from personal knowled gc

that all those duties had been discharged by the worthy brother in a most highly satisfactory manner . It yvas not his intention to make a long speech , but he could say yvith the greatest confidence and satisfaction that the late Secretary yvas eminently entitled to this substantial mark of esteem at their hands . lie hoped he might live long , and that these things might become mementos to his

children of the third and fourth generation . Bro . Finney yvas grateful to thc lodge for the very handsome testimonial yvhich had just been presented to him , and for thc very flattering yvay in yvhich thc W . M . had been pleased to speak of his humble services as Secretary . lie should always look back yviMi pride and satisfaction to the time yvhen he yvas Secretary of the lodge . He was reminded

by yvhat had fallen from the W . M . of the time , noyy nearly seven years ago , yvhen a feyv of them met in that room to discuss the advisability of forming a neyv lodge . 'The lodge yvas consecrated on the 12 th April , 1 S 6 9 , and from that time up to thc present it had been his pleasure to act as its Secretary . He had alyvays tried to do his duty and to support the dignity of Masonry , and yvhether he had

been successful or not he must leave them to judge , but of this he yvas sure , he had had the honour of serving under six W . Masters , yvho yvould under any circumstances have done credit to any lodge . He yvas not prepared to make a long speech , and he would conclude by yvishing every prosperity to thc Gilbert Greenall Lodge . Another pleasing feature in thc programme yvas thc presentation of a

very handsome gold P . M . 's jeyvel to Bro . R . Brierley , I . P . M ., yvho also returned thanks . The brethren afteryvards sat doyvn to an excellent supper supplied by Bro . Arthur Potters , after yvhich thc usual loyal and Masonic toasts yvere given and responded to , and the brethren separated in perfect harmony . GREAT STANMORE . —AiiEiicoRX LODGE ( NO . 1549 ) .

— The last regular meeting of this lodge for the season yvas held at thc Abercorn Hotel on thc 7 th inst ., Bro . Robert Helsdon , W . M ., in the chair ,. supported by the officers . The lodge yvas opened in solemn prayer to the First and Second Degrees at 2 . 30 p . m . Bros . Best , Swatton , and Felton , after a successful examination , yvere impressively and separately raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M .

'The lodge was then resumed , and Bro . Eversden having shoyvn great proficiency , yvas passed to thc Second Degree , and the 'Tracing Board fully explained . The ballot yvas then unanimously taken for Messrs . 'Thompson , Lloyd , and I lacUncy , and they yvere respectively initiated to thc First Degree . 'The usual business being completed , the lodge yvas closed at 6 . 30 , and the brethren met at banquet in perfect harmony , the usual musical contributions