Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

LANCASTER . — Duke of Lancaster Lodge , No 1353 . —The regular meeting of this young but flourishing lodge took place on Wednesdayevening , the 17 th inst ., at the Masonic Temple , Athenaeum , Lancaster . The AV . M ., Bro . Christopher Hartley , presided , and was supported by his officers as

follows : Bros . J . Barrow , S . W . ; J . Bell , J . W . ; W . Heald , Sec . ; R . Wulfenden , S . D . ( for Bro . Joseph Barrow ); J . Acton , J . D . ; J . Coulon , I . G . ; J . AVatson , Tyler ; Bulfield , Holmes , Williams , Parkinson , Banister , Forster , Hodgson ( Kendal ) , Carr , and J . Taylor ( 1051 ) as Organist . The lodge was

opened in due form in the first degree , and the minutes of the former meeting were read and ananimously confirmed . A ballot was then taken for Capt . John Jacobson , a candidate for initiation , which proved unanimous in his favour , and he was introduced and initiated into the mysteries of the

Craft , in an efficient and most impressive manner , by the AV . M . Bros . Hodgson , Carr , and Banister were questioned in the E . A . Degree , and the answers in each case proving satisfactory , the W . M . invested them separately with the test of merit , when the three candidates for advancement retired ,

and the lodge was opened in the second degree , and Bros . Hodson , Carr , and Banister were each separately initiated and advanced to the degree of Fellow-Craft , and immediately retired . Bro . Forster was then examined as to his proficiency by the AV . M . in the F . C Degree , which proving

satisfactory , he was entrusted with the test of merit and retired . The lodge was opened in the third degree , when Bro . Forster was introduced and raised to that sublime degree . The lodge was then closed to the first degree , when Bro . C . Hoyle ( 2 S 1 )

was proposed as a joining member , and Messrs . Barsby and Daniel Rushton Gardners were proposed as candidates . Hearty good wishes having been given by the S . AV . from 281 , and there being no other business before the lodge , it was closed in due form .

Orders Of Chivalry.

ORDERS OF CHIVALRY .

RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE . LIVERPOOL . —Liverpool Conclave , No . 55 . — An . assembly of this conclave was held on Thursday se ' nnight , at the Adelphi Hotel , by order of the M . P . S ., for the installation of approved candidates . Since its consecration a few months ago , this

conclave has prospered in a most remarkable manner , and the proceedings this evening were of such a character as to promise even greater success in the future . Amongst the officers present were III . Sir Kt . G . Turner , Int .-Gcn . AV . L . ; Sir Knts . J . Kcllett Smith , M . P . S . ; J . R . Goepcl , V . E . ; H . M .

Molyneux , S . G . ; R . AA ' ashington , H . P . ; J . AVood , Treas . ; Henry James , Rec . ; T . Clark and W . Doyle , Prefects ; and H . Nelson , S . S . The conclave was opened in due form by the M . P . S ., and the following brethren were received , admitted , and installed with solemn ceremonial : Bros . E . M .

Sheldon ( 1094 ) , S . J . B . Caldwell ( 1350 ) , J . T . Parkinson ( 1013 ) , F . Day ( 1013 ) , AV . H . Lee ( 673 ) , and E . Dutch ( 667 ) . 111 . Int .-Gen . Turner announced that , as an acknowledgment of the standing of the conclave , and as a recognition of the valuable services of the M . P . S ., the Grand Council had elevated

the M . P . S . to the distinguished position of a " Knight of the Grand Cross . " The compliment was suitably acknowledged by Sir Kt . Smith , after which the muster-roll was called , and the conclave was closed in peace and harmony . The Sir Kts . companions afterwards partook of an excellent tea ,

and during the evening a number of knightly toasts were proposed and cordially received . A spontaneous act of charityon the part of the knights resulted in a very substantial addition to the " Hospital Saturday " contributions , which will be transmitted to the Treasurer of the fund .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the AA eek ending Friday , February 2 , 1872 . The Editor will be glad to have notice from Secretaries of lodges and chapters of any change in place or time of meeting .

SATURDAY , JAN . 27 . Red Cross Conclave , Rose and Lily , Masons' Hall Tav ., Mason ' s-avenue , Basinghall-strcet . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . S . Dilley , Preceptor . Sphinx Lodge of Instruction ( 1329 , Stirling Castle ,

Camberwell , at 7 ; Bros . Thomas and AVouhington , Preceptors . Mount Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , at 8 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . South-Eastem Masonic Charitable Association , New Cross Branch .

MONDAY , JAN . 29 . Lodge 79 , Pythagorean , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . ,, 831 , British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Bancroft-place , Mile I .- ' nd . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-strect Station , at 7 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at S ; 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 ) , Royal Hotel ,

Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 , Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern . Mile End , at 7 for 8 . St . James' Union Lodge of Instruction ( 180 ) , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street ( opposite Pantheon ) ,

Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , at S ; Bro . C . G . AVilley , P . M . n 55 , Preceptor . St . John of AVapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1306 ) , Gun Tavern , High-street , AVapping , at 7 ; Bro . T . Mortlock , Preceptor .

TUESDAY , JAN . 30 . Lodge I 4 r , Faith , Anderlon ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . MetroprlLan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . DomaticLodgeof Instruction , PalmerstonTav ., Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Artillery Arms ,

Rochesterrow , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) Knights

of St . John ' s Tavern , St . John ' s-wood ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . John Saunders , Preceptor . Sydney Lodge ot Instruction ( 8 zg ) , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 . Ben Jonson Lodge of Instruction , Beit Jonson , Goodman ' s-yard , at S .

Florence Nightingale Lodge of Instruction , Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton ( AA . M . 1227 ) , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

WEDNESDAY , J . 3 r . Festival of Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Lodge 89 S , Temperance in the East , 6 , Newby-place , Poplar . Pythagorean Lodge or Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at 8 ; J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 22 S ) , the Grafton

Arms , Prince of AVales Road , Kentish Town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globeroad , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Iloxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodge of Instruction , Railway Tav .,

Londonstreet , City , at T / i . Peckham Lodge of instruction , Maismorc Arms , Parkroad , Peckham ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . II . AA . Lmdus , Preceptor .

THURSDAY , ED . I . Lodge 27 , Egyptian , Anilwlon ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 45 , Strong Man , Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell . ,, 192 , Lion and Lamb , Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . ,, 227 , Ionic , Ship & Turtle Tav ., Lcadenhall-st . ,, 331 , St . Andrew ' s , Freemasons' Hall .

,, 53 S , La lolerance , freemasons Hall . >> 554 . Varborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . ,, § 22 , Victoria Rifles , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 1155 , Excelsior , Sydney Arms , Lewisham-road . „ 1178 , Perfect Ashlar , Gregorian Arms , Bermondsey ,, 1351 , St . Clement Danes , King ' s Head Ittl ., Strand Chap . 2 , St . James's , Freemasons' Hall .

,, 9 , Moriah , Albion Tavern , Aldcrsgate-slreet . The R . A . Chapter of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Instatallation of three Principals and Ceremony . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Goat and Compasses , Euslon-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 ; Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . Finshury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern ,

Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stcan , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes , Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . St . George's Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill Greenwich , at 8 .

Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Holbom , at S ; Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 1 S 8 , Preceptor . Cliigwell Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Buckhurst Hill , at 7 . 30 .

FRIDAY , FEU . 2 . Lodge 706 , Florence Nightingale , Masonic Hall , AVilliam street , Woolwich . „ Sgo , llomsey , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Chap . 8 , British , Freemasons' Hall .

! . 259 , Prince of AA'ales , AA'illis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . Unions Emulation Lodge ot Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Metropolitan L-jdge of Instruction , Portugal ILL , Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro , Brett , Precentor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Htl . Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Br . Pulsford , Preceptor Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile end-road , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instruction , Guildhall Tavern , 33 , Gresham-street , at 6 ; Bro . H . Muggeridge , Preceptor . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air ,

street , Rcgent-st ., at 8 ; Bro . W . Watson , Preceptor . Burgoyne Lodge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Prince oi Wales' Road , N . W ., at 8 . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , Gladstone Tavern , Brompton-road , S . AV . United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Edin . burgh , Shepherd ' s-Iane , Brixton , at 7 ; Bro . 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' Lodge of Instruction , Gregorian Arms Tavern , Jamaica-road , Bermondsey , at S . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoriaroad , Deptford , at 8 .

Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 8 ; Bro . Geo . W . Vcrry , Preceptor . Clapton Lodge of Instruction , White Hart , Clapton , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . John Saunders , Preceptor .

Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction ( 1298 ) , The Castle Tavern , Holloway , at 8 ; Bro . R . Lee , P . M . 193 , W . M . 1298 . Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . AV . Wes Smith , Preceptor .

HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Urgent Necessity . —These preparations afford the best and cheapest means of removing all ordinary surgical and medical maladies , both in this country and the colonies . In the latter , the Ointment and Pills are invaluable , for none but the careless would be without an antidote to the accidental injuries and the many ailments to which the settler must

be more or less exposed when at a distance from all professional help . Sprains , cuts , burns , skin diseases , ulcers , abscesses , and varicose veins are readily cured hy Holloway's Ointment . The Pills , too , furnish a perfect pharmacopoeia for subduing all internal derangements of the viscera—from simple irritation of the stomach to confirmed liver disease , or the more disastrous dysentery . —[ Advt , ]

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i ^ irutriisjnunfs . Wilton College , Forest Hill , Kent , ( Near the Crystal Palace . ) Principal : BRO . DR . JULIUS KLEIN , M . A ., PH . D ., M . C . P ,, M . S . A . "VTOUiYG LADIES receive at this Establish-X ment a SOUND EDUCATION combined with a practical knowledge of Modern Languages . They also enjoy the comforts of a good home , Mrs . KLEIN superintending the domestic arrangements . Terms from Seven Guineas per Quarter . There is now an Articled Pupil required , who would be prepared by Professors of high repute for the University of Oxford or Cambridge Examinations . Premium very moderate .

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THIRD APPLICATION . Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . ELECTION ' , Ai'fili ., 1872 , THE \ otcs and Interest of the Governors and Subscribers arc respectfully solicited on behalf of WILLIAM RAMSEY PARKER , AGED 10 YEARS . His Father , Bro . WILLIAM RAMSEY PARKER , formerly Wine and Spirit Merchant , Worksop , Notts ., now out of business and in ill-liealtli , was initiated in Peace and Unity Lodge , Preston , in 1861 , and from that time , up to the end of 1867 , was a member of three lodges in Sheffield and Doncaslcr ( AA ' est Yorkshire ) ; he was the Founder of the Pclham Lodge , Worksop , ami great credit is clue to him in the way he accomplished it ; afterwards W . M . of the same lodge . He was also a member of the R . A . Chapter of Paradise , Sheffield ; a Knight Templar ; and a member of the Rose Croix Encampment , Sheffield . He has a family of Five children ( eldest a girl , under 13 ) and unable to earn a livelihood , or jirovide any education for the four boys . 7 lie arse is one deserving the sympathy of the Craft , and strongly recommended ly the following Brethren : — Tuos . CLOSE , J . P ., D . P . G . M . Notts . ; Nottingham . + F . BECK , 25 , Laurence Pountney Lane , City . + GEORGE BECK , 25 , Laurence Pountney Lane , City . IT . AV EHSTER , P . M . 939 , P . P . G . I . D . Notts . ; Worksop . II . HORNCASTLE , P . M . o ^ q , P . P . G . Sup . WUs . Not ! .-. ; Whitemoor , Ollerton . TC HAULKS W . AVILSO . V , P . M . 939 ; AA'orksop . EDWARD HAWLEY , Chaplain 939 ; Vicarage , Worksop . C . FENDELOW , W . M . 526 , P . M . 419 , I ' . P . S . G . D . Staffordshire , 31 . tMajor WEBSTER , P . M ., P . P . G . R . ; Sheffield . tAA . H . BRITTAIN ' , P . M ., AV . M . 139 ; Sheffield . The Brethren marked thus 'V will be happy to receive Voting Papers ,