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partial convalescence , and we pray that the G . A . 0 . T . U . may be pleased to restore you speedily to perfect health , and preserve you for many , many years to rule over us . " Given under our hands and the seal of the Lodge , at Leicester , this Seventh day of May , A . L . 5855 , A . D . 1855 . ( Signed ) " FREDERICK GOODYER , Worshipful Master . ( L . S . ) " W . B . SMITH , Senior Warden . " WILLIAM MILLICAN , Junior AVarden . "

NORTHUMBERLAND . NORTHERN COUNTIES LODGE , NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE ( NO . 586 ) . —The brethren of this Lodge assembled on AA ednesday the 25 th April , in their Lodge room in the Freemasons' Hall , Newgate Street , Newcastle-on-Tyne , for the installation of Br . Wm . Dalziel ( P . M . 706 , and P . G . D . C , for Northumberland ) , the AV . M . elect for the ensuing year . The ceremony of installation was impressively and admirably performed by

Br . E . D . Davis , P . M . 56 . At the conclusion of the installation ceremony , the AV . M . proceeded to appoint and invest with the various insignia of office , the following brethren as officers for the year , viz : —Brs . H . P . MiSrk , P . M . ; G . D . Davies , S . W . ; John P . M . Harrison , J . W . ; AVm . Punshon , Treasurer ; G . W . Fenwick , Secretary ; John Clay Gibson ( P . G . S . D ., for Northumberland ) , D . C ; John Shield , S . D . ; George Hartley , J . D . ; Henry Bell ( P . M . 706 ) , I . G . ; Luke Haslam , S . S . ; Edwd . Holloway , J . S . ; Alex . Dickson , Tyler . After the appointment and investiture of

the various officers , Br . E . D . Davies , P . M . 56 , and S . AV . of this Lodge , presented to the Lodge three beautiful Tracing-boards in gilt frames , for which handsome presentation the brethren feel under the livliest obligation . The brethren then proceeded to the Queen ' s Head Hotel , Grey Street , where Br . Miller had a sumptuous entertainment provided for them , with dessert comprising every delicacy , and wines of recherche quality . Upwards of forty brethren dined on the occasion , and did full justice to the ample spread of the social board . The AV . M . presidedsupported on

, his right by Brs . Rd . Medcalf , D . P . G . M . for Northumberland , and AVm . Penshon , P . M . 586 , and treasurer of the Lodge ; and on his left by Brs . H . P . Mork , P . M . 586 , and Wm . Berkley , P . M . 586 , and P . G . S . AV . for-. Northumberland . The vicechairs were ably filled by the S-AV- and J . AV . Amongst the company we observed Brs . Geo . AVeatherhead , P . P . G . J . W . for Northumberland ; J . S . Challoner , P . G . J . AV .

for Northumberland ; Geo . Fenwick , P . G . S . B . for Northumberland ; John Hodge , P . M . 24 ; AVm . Johnson , AV . M . 24 ; F . P . Jonn , P . M . 56 ; John Hopper , P . M . 614 ; John Cook , W . M . St . Peter's Lodge , 706 ; D . AV . Spence , J . W ., 614 ; and Neimitz , J . AV . ; 706 . The following Masonic and loyal toasts were ably given and warmly responded to . " The Queen , Prince Albert , and the rest of the Royal family ; " " the G . M . of England and the D . G . M . the Earls of Zetland and Yarborough ; " "the G . Ms , of Scotland and Ireland , the Dukes of Athol and Leinster . " The AV . M . again rising , said

brethren , I call upon you to fill a bumper . AA e drank the last toasts most enthusiastically with Masonic honours , I now call upon you to do honour to the toast I am about to give you , I mean the health of " the G . M . of the U . S . America , " and I will couple with the toast the health of " Br . Lee , " whom I am happy to see present today . Br . Lee made a neat and truly Masonic reply , thanking the brethren for the high compliment paid to the G . M . of the U . S ., and for the honour they had done himself ( Br Lee ) in drinking his good healthAfter a short the ' AVMrose and

said—, . pause , .. brethren , the last toast was the health of a distant G . M ., we will now with pleasure come nearer home , I give you with extreme satisfaction "the health of Br . John Fawcett , P . G . M . for the province of Durham . " Thanks were returned by Brs . E . D . Davis , P . M . 56 , and Brignall , of the Granby Lodge . The AV . M . next gave "the health of the P . G . M . for Northumberland , " whom they all loved , he said , as a Mason , and respected as a man . Drunk with Masonic honoursAgainbrethrensaid the WMI must

_ . , , .., rise , and in calling for a bumper for the forthcoming toast , I do so with peculiar pleasure . I beg to give you "the health of our much respected , much loved D . P . G . M . Br . Rd . Medcalf , " who has honoured us with bis presence to day —( cheers ) . He is always ready to give advice , and available to every one . The health , then , brethren , of