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Royal Somerset House and Inveeness Lodge ( No . 4 ) . —At the monthly meeting of this excellent Lodge , Bro . Francis Roxburgh ( who , by the by , it is reported is to be the future G . Reg . ) , passed three Brethren to the 2 nd Degree .
At the close of the business , the Brethren , to the number of twenty-three , adjourned to refreshment . During the evening , a pleasing compliment was
offered this Lodge by Bro . Slight , who presented the Brethren with a very beautiful ballpting-box . The W . M ., on behalf of the Lodge , acknowledged the compliment , and paid a well-merited tribute to the kindly feeling evinced by Bro . Slight towards this Lodge . St . Geoege and Coenee-stone Lodge ( No . 5 ) . — The Brethren of this very
respectable Lodge met at the -Freemasons'Tavern , on Monday , the . " ftt'h March , when the W . SE . y Bro . A . Perkins most ably initiated one gentleman into the mysteries of the Order . Other business having been disposed of , the Brethren retired to banquet . Among the visitors present we noticed Bro . H . K . Furnell ,
WJVi ; No . 275 . ; : Boyal York Lodge oe Perseverance ( No . 7 ) .- —Masonic Lodges , in common with other kindred bodies and societies , are liable to those alternations of fortune incident to every human institution ) and like empires and nations they have their rise and Ml— -they flourish and decay . It is often difficult , in some instances impossible , to account for the stream of prosperity running in any particular
channel ; equally so to assign any reasons why the tide of adversity should set in any specific direction . 'Knowing how impracticable the research into these
mysteries , the depths of which are past finding out , we will quit the region of speculative philosophy , and descend to dry matter of fact . The Royal York Lodge has enjoyed a long career of success ; but we question if it has ever equalled its present condition . What measure of prosperity is in store for it , we cannot pretend to determine ; but we are far from thinking it has attained its culminating point . At all events it gained additional renown on Wednesday , 18 th inst ,, when it was honoured by being selected as the medium for the introduction to that light which the " divine art" is so well calculated to afford , of a highly distinguished personage from a distant land , who oh that day carried
into execution a long-cherished wish of entering into the glorious fellowship of Freemasonry . A heavy day ' s ic work" was commenced by Bro . Hervey , P . M . and P . G . S . I ) ., who raised three Brethren to the Sublime Degree of M . M . Bro . J . Levinson , W . M ., then passed five Brethren to the 2 nd Degree ; after which he initiated Mr . G . Jackson , H . M . ' s Consul at Kertch , and Mr . E . Lees Coffey , Private Secretary to H . H . Meer Ali Morad Khan , Ameer of Scinde ; these ceremonies concluded , His Highness the Ameer was himself introduced , and initiated into the Order , —Bro . Coffey acting as interpreter . There was a numerous assemblage of members of the Lodge , and visitors , all of whom evidently felt a deep interest
in the proceedings . And surely the ceremony and the circumstances connected with it , were calculated to make a deep impression on the minds of all present . There stood an alien in country and iri blood , professing a strange creed , differing in colour , ignorant of our language , about to be admitted as a " friend , " and to i (
be received as a Brother" by the members of an institution , the branches of which are spread over the four quarters of the globe ; which knows no difference , and draws no distinction , between climes , creeds , colours , languages , requiring simply a reverence for the " good" and the " true , " with an acknowledgment of our Supreme Being . Considering the difficulties attending it , the ceremony was ably and impressively performed ; and at its conclusion the venerable chief , a native of Beloochistan , and belonging to a race supposed to be descendants of one
of the lost tribes of Israel , was congratulated on his reception into the folds of the " Universal Brotherhood . " The banquet followed in due course , and proved a most excellent repast . The interest of the proceedings was continued throughout the evening ; Bro . Coffey responding on behalf of H . H . Bro . Morad Khan , and affording much valuable information on the subject of Masonry in the East , and giving the result of his conclusions so far as he could deduce them , by the help of his hitherto vague ideas . Bro . Jackson replied on behalf of " Tho Initiates , " assuring tho Brethren how anxious he felt to improve his acquaintance with the vol . in , 2 q
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Metkopolita.It.
Royal Somerset House and Inveeness Lodge ( No . 4 ) . —At the monthly meeting of this excellent Lodge , Bro . Francis Roxburgh ( who , by the by , it is reported is to be the future G . Reg . ) , passed three Brethren to the 2 nd Degree .
At the close of the business , the Brethren , to the number of twenty-three , adjourned to refreshment . During the evening , a pleasing compliment was
offered this Lodge by Bro . Slight , who presented the Brethren with a very beautiful ballpting-box . The W . M ., on behalf of the Lodge , acknowledged the compliment , and paid a well-merited tribute to the kindly feeling evinced by Bro . Slight towards this Lodge . St . Geoege and Coenee-stone Lodge ( No . 5 ) . — The Brethren of this very
respectable Lodge met at the -Freemasons'Tavern , on Monday , the . " ftt'h March , when the W . SE . y Bro . A . Perkins most ably initiated one gentleman into the mysteries of the Order . Other business having been disposed of , the Brethren retired to banquet . Among the visitors present we noticed Bro . H . K . Furnell ,
WJVi ; No . 275 . ; : Boyal York Lodge oe Perseverance ( No . 7 ) .- —Masonic Lodges , in common with other kindred bodies and societies , are liable to those alternations of fortune incident to every human institution ) and like empires and nations they have their rise and Ml— -they flourish and decay . It is often difficult , in some instances impossible , to account for the stream of prosperity running in any particular
channel ; equally so to assign any reasons why the tide of adversity should set in any specific direction . 'Knowing how impracticable the research into these
mysteries , the depths of which are past finding out , we will quit the region of speculative philosophy , and descend to dry matter of fact . The Royal York Lodge has enjoyed a long career of success ; but we question if it has ever equalled its present condition . What measure of prosperity is in store for it , we cannot pretend to determine ; but we are far from thinking it has attained its culminating point . At all events it gained additional renown on Wednesday , 18 th inst ,, when it was honoured by being selected as the medium for the introduction to that light which the " divine art" is so well calculated to afford , of a highly distinguished personage from a distant land , who oh that day carried
into execution a long-cherished wish of entering into the glorious fellowship of Freemasonry . A heavy day ' s ic work" was commenced by Bro . Hervey , P . M . and P . G . S . I ) ., who raised three Brethren to the Sublime Degree of M . M . Bro . J . Levinson , W . M ., then passed five Brethren to the 2 nd Degree ; after which he initiated Mr . G . Jackson , H . M . ' s Consul at Kertch , and Mr . E . Lees Coffey , Private Secretary to H . H . Meer Ali Morad Khan , Ameer of Scinde ; these ceremonies concluded , His Highness the Ameer was himself introduced , and initiated into the Order , —Bro . Coffey acting as interpreter . There was a numerous assemblage of members of the Lodge , and visitors , all of whom evidently felt a deep interest
in the proceedings . And surely the ceremony and the circumstances connected with it , were calculated to make a deep impression on the minds of all present . There stood an alien in country and iri blood , professing a strange creed , differing in colour , ignorant of our language , about to be admitted as a " friend , " and to i (
be received as a Brother" by the members of an institution , the branches of which are spread over the four quarters of the globe ; which knows no difference , and draws no distinction , between climes , creeds , colours , languages , requiring simply a reverence for the " good" and the " true , " with an acknowledgment of our Supreme Being . Considering the difficulties attending it , the ceremony was ably and impressively performed ; and at its conclusion the venerable chief , a native of Beloochistan , and belonging to a race supposed to be descendants of one
of the lost tribes of Israel , was congratulated on his reception into the folds of the " Universal Brotherhood . " The banquet followed in due course , and proved a most excellent repast . The interest of the proceedings was continued throughout the evening ; Bro . Coffey responding on behalf of H . H . Bro . Morad Khan , and affording much valuable information on the subject of Masonry in the East , and giving the result of his conclusions so far as he could deduce them , by the help of his hitherto vague ideas . Bro . Jackson replied on behalf of " Tho Initiates , " assuring tho Brethren how anxious he felt to improve his acquaintance with the vol . in , 2 q