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Farbourg , Treas * . ; and Geo . Hooper , re-elected Hon . Sec , which office he has filled for several consecutive years , to the satisfaction and benefit of the Lodge . Two gentlemen , Messrs . David Henry Owen and Henry Be ws , were initiated , and appeared duly impressed with the ceremony . A feeling appeal was made by Bro . Geo . Hooper , on behalf of the Girls' School , soliciting the aid of some

Brother as a Steward for the next festival . Bro . Newson , with that kindness which has always distinguished him , immediately proffered his services , and was accepted as the representative of this Lodge at the Girls' School , on the 13 th of May next . All Lodge matters being ended , the Brethren adjourned to the banquet , at the conclusion of which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to , the W . M ., Bro . Egan , most ably and eloquently introducing the various toasts .

Peince of Wales LoDaE ( No . S 24 ) . — -The annual meeting of this distinguished Lodge was held on Tuesday , February-, 24 th , at the Thatched House Tavern , in St . James ' s-street ; the B . W . Bro . Thomas Henry Hall , Prov . G . M . of Cambridge , P . M . of No ^ 224 , presided ; and Bro . Robert Wooner Wheeler , the W . M . elect , was presented by Bro . Mortimer , and duly installed , proclaimed , and saluted . The W . M . then appointed the following Brethren to the respective offices : — George Atty , PM . ; J . D . Rigby , S . W . ; Mereweather , J . W . --Mortimer , Sec . ;

Simpson , S . D . ; Ruddock , J . D . ; Sutton , I . G . ; Powell , Steward ; Bromton , M . G . ; Bro . Itfelson , Prov . G . D ., who was re-elected Treas ., was also hrvested . Bro . Mereweather was elected to be returned as G . Steward . The application of the committee of the Royal Benevolent Institution , soliciting a Steward irom the Lodge for the festival in June , having been read , the W . M ., who has already served the stewardship for the other institutions , most readily offered himself to represent the Brince of Wales Lodge for that admirable charity- —Bro . Wheeler

was already passed through the chair—the Castle Lodge of Harmony , No . 27 . All business being concluded , the Lodge was closed at seven o ' clock , and the Brethren adjourned to banquet . The W . M . was supported by Bros . Atty , Thomas Jones , S . G . D . ; John Nelson , Bro v . S . G-. D . ; Mortimer , and others ; and among the visitors were Bros . Henderson , Prov . G-. Beg . ; and William Farnfield , Asst . G . Sec . ; and the health of those distinguished Brethren having been honoured , Bro . Henderson , in reply , congratulated the Lodge on the accession to the chair of so

excellent a Mason and munificent a patron of the charities as Bro . Wheeler , whose careful and correct attention to the ceremonials and workings were worthy of all praise . Bro . Wheeler , who first- saw the light of Masonry on the banks of the Cam , was now elevated to the highest position in the Order , in the most celebrated of the metropolitan Lodges . Bro . Atty , in proposing the health of the W . M ., bore testimony of Bro . Wheeler ' s efficiency in the different offices through which he had passed , and he hoped the example of the W . M . would be followed

by those who would succeed him . The W . M ., in a brief reply , assured the Brethren that nothing should be wanting on his part that might contribute either to the efficiency of the working of the Lodge , or the happiness of the Brethren , whilst he had the honour of ruling . The health of the other visitors , Bros . W . R . Wood , G . Folkard , J . How , Room , Sec ., was acknowledged by Bro . Wood ,

who eulogized his friend Bro . Wheelers devotion to Masonic business , and whose care and correct working he had many opportunities of witnessing . The visitors generally expressed their pleasure at the elegant hospitality which they had received , and truly kind and brotherly feeling evinced by all around . Bro . Young and two other Brethren contributed , by some capital singing , to a most pleasant and agreeable evening .

Bank of England Lodge ( No . 329 ) , — This distinguished Lodge met at Radley ' s Hotel on Thursday , the 8 th January , when Bro . S ., W . Hopwood , S . W ., was installed in the chair as W . M . for the ensuing year , the ceremony being most ably performed by Bro . Graves , one of the B . Ms , of the Lodge . The W . M . appointed the following Officers : Bros . Arthur M . Moore , S . W . ; Z . Watkins , J . W . ; W . L . Wright , P . M ., Treas , ; G . Chance , P . M ., Sec . ; O . Donovan , I . G . ; W . Murie , D . O . Bro . G- * Chance was presented with a handsome Gold P , M / s Jewel , having the following inscription : " Presented td Bro , Geo . Chance ,