Masonic Intelligence.

INSTRUCTION . EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . The Annual meeting of this excellent Lodge of Instruction for Master Masons only , held under the warrant of the Loclge of Unions , No . 318 , took place at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 30 th ult . —as stated by us in No . 2 of the "Masonic Mirror . " Br . W . F . Beadon , P . G . W ., occupied the chair as W . M ., supported by nearly 200

brethren—including Br . Gooch , D . Pr . G . M ., for Wiltshire ; Br . Rev . J . Campbell , Pr . G . C , Do . ; Br . Stephen Barton Wilson , P . G . W ., for Essex ; Br . Hervey , G . S . D . ; Br . Le Veau , P . G . S . B . ; Br . Tomkins , W . M . G . S . Lodge , & c , & c . The Lodge having been duly opened , the second and third lectures w-ere most ably worked in sections , Br . Stephen Barton Wilson putting the questions . The second lecture was worked by Brs . Artus ; Absolon ; Rixon ; Hervey ; and Simmonds : and the third by Brs . Palmer ; Oram ; and S . B . Wilson , Junr .

The Masonic business having concluded , the Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to supper . At the conclusion of the repast , which was very elegantly served , the memory of Br . Peter Gilkes , was drunk in solemn silence . The W . M . next rose to propose the Queen—a toast which Masons always received with the utmost respect and loyalty . If ever there was a time when her Majesty , whose excellent qualities had endeared her to all her subjects , was more entitled to

their loyal and undivided support than another , it was when she was engaged in a great contest , from which he trusted this country would soon come out victorious —( Cheers ) . He gave them , the Queen and the Craft . —( Cheers ) . The next toast was tho health of the Earl of Zetland , W . M . G . M ., of Masons . The W . M . said the noble Earl had held his distinguished position for many years , with honor both to himself and the craft—and he trusted it would be many years before they lost his valuable services —( Cheers ) . The W . M . would propose the Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., who was a most liberal supporter of all their charities—and the rest of the Grand Officers .

With that toast he begged to couple the name of Br . Le Veau , who richly deserved the honors bestowed upon him by the M . W . G . M . Br . Le Veau returned thanks for the honor conferred upon the Earl of Yarborough , who he knew in every respect to be a thoroughly conscientious Mason , and the other G . officers . He felt proud at having had his name associated with the toast , ancl , on behalf of the G . Officers , begged to assure the brethren that no zeal or exertion x \ -onld ever be wanting on their part to promote the interests of the craft , and merit their

approbation —( Cheers ) . The W . M . had now to propose , what he might call the toast of the evening—it being Prosperity to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement —( Cheers ) . That Lodge had now been in existence more than 30 years , having been established in 1823 as the Royal York . Lodge of Instruction . Seven or eight years afterwards , apphcation was made to the Grand Lodge , for a distinct Charter—but the late G . M . the Duke of Sussex objected to granting itbeing of inion that all Lodges of Instruction should

, op be held under the Charter of a regular Lodge , which must be answerable for its proceedings—and they therefore came under the patronage of the Lodge in whose name they now met . The brethren were aware that the chief object of their meeting that evening , was not so much to celebrate then- anniversary , as to do honor to their respected Br . John Hervey , whoso name he would associate with the toast —( Cheers ) . He w-as sure that there was no one who knew that worthy Br . who did not highly esteem and respect himand it was therefore with great leasure he had now to erform the

, p p duty of presenting a testimonial of respect to their worthy Br ., from tho Emulation Lodge of Improvement —( Cheers ) . He thought that such a testimonial came with peculiar grace from that Lodge , inasmuch as Br . Hervey first saw the light of Masonry in the Royal York Loclge , ancl had now been for some years a P . M . of the Lodge of Unions . —( Cheers ) . Br . Hervey was not a very old Mason , having seen the light for the first time in 1844 , but they all knew how assiduously he had devoted himself to all the duties required of him by the craft—ancl how well he deserved the honour con-