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Thursday , 22 nd .- —Lodges } Grenadiers' ( 79 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Shakespeare ( ll 6 ) , Albion Tavern . Chapters , pomatic ( 206 ) , Falcon Tavern ; Polish ( 778 ) , Freemasons * Tavern . House Committee Girls ' School at 12 . Friday , 23 rd . —Lodges , Universal ( 212 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Fitzroy ( 830 ) , Royal Artillery Company . Saturday , 24 th . —Lodge , Unity ( 215 ) , London Tavern . ,-[ The appointments of Lodges of Instruction will appear in the last number of each month . ]
Albion Lodge ( No . 9 ) . —A meeting of this Lodge took place at the Freemasons ' Tavern , on Tuesday , April 6 ; Bro . Perry man , W . M ., presiding * , assisted by an efficient staff of officers , and supported by Bros , Hackstraw , Manning , Lee , Woods , Valentine , and Burton , P . Ms . The Lodge being opened and the minutes of the last meeting read and confirmed , Bro . Worrell was introduced , and after answering " the usual questions , was passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft . The Bros . Coste
were then raised as Master Masons , having shown considerable proficiency in the former degrees ; The working of the Lodge was admirably carried out under the able presidency of the worthy Master . The Lodge being closed , the Brethren adjourned to banquet , which was followed by the ordinary toasts , coniplimentary allusions being made to the exertions of Bros . Hackstraw and Lee , as Secretary and Treasurer of the Lodge . A pleasant evening resulted , enhanced by some excellent singing from Bros . Burton ; Stevens , and Cheswright ( the only visitor ) .
Westminstek aj ^ d Keystone Lodge ( No . 10 ) . —One of the most successful meetings of this influential Lodge , since its re-establishment , was held at Freemasons ' Tavern , on Wednesday , the 7 th instant , our noble Brother the Earl of Carnarvon presiding as W . M . Ballots having been taken for one gentleman for initiation , and four Brethren as joining members , — -all of which were in the affirmative— -Mr . George Langham Christie , Preston Deanery , Northampton was introduced and initiated , —the ceremony being performed by Bro . W . W . Beach , P . M . and Treas ., in his usual able and impressive manner . The W . M . then
opened the Lodge up to the 3 rd Degree , and proceeded to raise Bro . Lloyd to the Degree of Master Mason , receiving the compliments of all present for the manner in which the ceremony was performed . We would wish to direct attention to this fact as bearing upon a question often discussed—the qualifications for a W . M . Many excellent Brethren , fully recognizing the principle of advancement as a reward of merit , are yet often disposed to excuse the possession of Masonic knowledge for the sake of obtaining a Master of rank and position ; as if competency for the discharge of the high duties of the chair was only to be looked
for in Brethren of a comparatively subordinate walk in life , and the influence of a name was to be taken as a sufficient substitute . But why should our beautiful ritual be held in such slight estimation as to be thought unworthy the attention of a Brother of superior attainments and exalted position ? The noble W . M . of No . 10 is an apt instance that it is not always so . The cares of government and the duties almost exacted from the possessor of rank and station , so far from interfering with the discharge of those he owes to the Craft in general and this Lodge in particular , have only served to prove how deep is his lordship ' s interest in all that concerns the welfare of the time-honoured institution of which he is so
distinguished a member , —as evinced by his active share in the proceedings of Grand Lodge , the punctual attendance at the private Lodge meetings , and the admirable manner in which he presides over this section of the Fraternty , which has marked its appreciation of his lordship ' s exertions by re-electing him as W . M . for the year ensuing . All business having been brought to a conclusion , the Brethren , in number thirty-five , adjourned to a banquet , which was excellently served . The visitors were--Bros . W . Farnfield , Asst . G . Sec . ; Pilcher , No . 4 ( 30 ; and Kearns . No . 730 .
Robert Buhns Lodge ( No . 25 ) .- —The usual monthly meeting of this numerous Lodge took place on Monday , the 5 th instant , at the Freemasons' Tavern , when there was a good attendance of the membeiB ; Bro . Charles Bennett , W . M ., presiding , supported by his officers and a large party of P . Ms . The business coir , sisted of the raising of Bros . Grafftley and Stevens , and passing to the Fellow
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Metropolitan.
Thursday , 22 nd .- —Lodges } Grenadiers' ( 79 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Shakespeare ( ll 6 ) , Albion Tavern . Chapters , pomatic ( 206 ) , Falcon Tavern ; Polish ( 778 ) , Freemasons * Tavern . House Committee Girls ' School at 12 . Friday , 23 rd . —Lodges , Universal ( 212 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Fitzroy ( 830 ) , Royal Artillery Company . Saturday , 24 th . —Lodge , Unity ( 215 ) , London Tavern . ,-[ The appointments of Lodges of Instruction will appear in the last number of each month . ]
Albion Lodge ( No . 9 ) . —A meeting of this Lodge took place at the Freemasons ' Tavern , on Tuesday , April 6 ; Bro . Perry man , W . M ., presiding * , assisted by an efficient staff of officers , and supported by Bros , Hackstraw , Manning , Lee , Woods , Valentine , and Burton , P . Ms . The Lodge being opened and the minutes of the last meeting read and confirmed , Bro . Worrell was introduced , and after answering " the usual questions , was passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft . The Bros . Coste
were then raised as Master Masons , having shown considerable proficiency in the former degrees ; The working of the Lodge was admirably carried out under the able presidency of the worthy Master . The Lodge being closed , the Brethren adjourned to banquet , which was followed by the ordinary toasts , coniplimentary allusions being made to the exertions of Bros . Hackstraw and Lee , as Secretary and Treasurer of the Lodge . A pleasant evening resulted , enhanced by some excellent singing from Bros . Burton ; Stevens , and Cheswright ( the only visitor ) .
Westminstek aj ^ d Keystone Lodge ( No . 10 ) . —One of the most successful meetings of this influential Lodge , since its re-establishment , was held at Freemasons ' Tavern , on Wednesday , the 7 th instant , our noble Brother the Earl of Carnarvon presiding as W . M . Ballots having been taken for one gentleman for initiation , and four Brethren as joining members , — -all of which were in the affirmative— -Mr . George Langham Christie , Preston Deanery , Northampton was introduced and initiated , —the ceremony being performed by Bro . W . W . Beach , P . M . and Treas ., in his usual able and impressive manner . The W . M . then
opened the Lodge up to the 3 rd Degree , and proceeded to raise Bro . Lloyd to the Degree of Master Mason , receiving the compliments of all present for the manner in which the ceremony was performed . We would wish to direct attention to this fact as bearing upon a question often discussed—the qualifications for a W . M . Many excellent Brethren , fully recognizing the principle of advancement as a reward of merit , are yet often disposed to excuse the possession of Masonic knowledge for the sake of obtaining a Master of rank and position ; as if competency for the discharge of the high duties of the chair was only to be looked
for in Brethren of a comparatively subordinate walk in life , and the influence of a name was to be taken as a sufficient substitute . But why should our beautiful ritual be held in such slight estimation as to be thought unworthy the attention of a Brother of superior attainments and exalted position ? The noble W . M . of No . 10 is an apt instance that it is not always so . The cares of government and the duties almost exacted from the possessor of rank and station , so far from interfering with the discharge of those he owes to the Craft in general and this Lodge in particular , have only served to prove how deep is his lordship ' s interest in all that concerns the welfare of the time-honoured institution of which he is so
distinguished a member , —as evinced by his active share in the proceedings of Grand Lodge , the punctual attendance at the private Lodge meetings , and the admirable manner in which he presides over this section of the Fraternty , which has marked its appreciation of his lordship ' s exertions by re-electing him as W . M . for the year ensuing . All business having been brought to a conclusion , the Brethren , in number thirty-five , adjourned to a banquet , which was excellently served . The visitors were--Bros . W . Farnfield , Asst . G . Sec . ; Pilcher , No . 4 ( 30 ; and Kearns . No . 730 .
Robert Buhns Lodge ( No . 25 ) .- —The usual monthly meeting of this numerous Lodge took place on Monday , the 5 th instant , at the Freemasons' Tavern , when there was a good attendance of the membeiB ; Bro . Charles Bennett , W . M ., presiding , supported by his officers and a large party of P . Ms . The business coir , sisted of the raising of Bros . Grafftley and Stevens , and passing to the Fellow