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Lambeth . The attendance was very numerous , and the meeting replete with harmony . Bro . Davidson , P . M ., presided , and laid before the meeting a statement of the receipts of the Lodge from its commencement , which amounted in round numbers to about £ 100 . This sum had been nearly equally divided amongst the Masonic charities . St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 196 ) . —The anniversary festival of this Lodge will take place at the Holly Bush , Hampstead , on the 18 th June .

Lodge of Stability ( No . 264 ) . —The anniversary meeting was held at Radley ' s Hotel , in Bridge-street , Blackfriars , on the evening of Priday , the 25 th of April . Brother Henry Muggridge , P . M ., No . 227 , the Preceptor of the Lodge , presided ; and the Lecture of the 1 st Degree was worked in sections by the following Brethren : —1 st section , Bros . John Cohaley , No . 21 ; 2 nd ditto , Samuel G . Myers , No . 125 ; 3 rd ditto , James Morris , W . M ., No . 66 ; 4 th ditto , Robert Farran , J . D ., Na 22 ; 5 th and 6 th ditto , Edward Bowman , S . W ., No . 125 ; 7 th ditto , Edward Spooner , P . M ., No . 237 .

Too much praise cannot be awarded to each and every Brother who took part in the ceremonies ; but , not to be invidious , although each was commended for the discharge of his particular duty , the clear enunciation and admirable explanation of the Lodge Board , by Bro . Bowman , was the theme of universal admiration . At the close of the business , Bro . John Havers , P . S . G . D ., the President of this Lodge of Instruction , took the chair , and announced that the surplus funds of the Lodge allowed the disposal , according to custom , of the sum of twelve guineas to the charities of the Order , which was accordingly voted thus

— £ 5 . 5 s . to the Girls' School ; £ 3 . 3 s . to the Boys' School ; £ 2 . 2 s . to the Male , and £ 2 . 2 s . to the Female Annuitants . A vote of thanks to Bro . Muggeridge and other Brethren , who had worked the Lecture , was carried unanimously . The Brethren then adjourned to the Supper-room , about 130 being present . Bro . John Havers , the President , in the chair , supported by Bros . T . K . White , P . S . G . D . ; U . Thiselton , P . M ., No . 2 ; G . Barrett , P . M ., No . 212 ; Cox and Brouse , P . M ., No . 18 ; How , P . M ., and Masterman , No . 82 ; Sotheran , P . M ., No . 227 , & c . & c . Bro . Bowman , S . W ., J . Morris , J . W ., and many red-aprons

were also present . After the health of her Majesty and the G . M . had been duly honoured , Bro . Havers , in proposing the D . G . M . said , that although still incapacitated from public and Masonic duties , hopes were confidently entertained of the Earl of Yarborough ' s l-ecovery . He ( Bro . Havers ) had seen his lordship lately , and the noble lord expressed his wish to be again among his Brother Masons . With the D . G . M . was also associated the past and present Grand Officers . He regretted that of that numerous body there wei * e but himself and Bro . T . R . White present to represent it on this important occasion . Bro . White , in

acknowledgment , said he considered it a duty incumbent on the Grand Officers to encourage Lodges of Instruction , to which the correct practice of Masonry was so much indebted ; indeed they were the ornaments of the Institution . Bro . Havers said he had then to propose " Success to the Stability Lodge of Instruction , and Bro . Muggeridge , its Preceptor . " He was sure that from every one present it would meet with a hearty response , contributing , as the Lodge did , to the preservation of the genuine tenets of the Craft . For more than half a century it had been in active work , and their lamented Bro . Peter Thompson brought into the

city , to witness his working , men who went there at no other time , for no other purpose . Although other Lodges differed somewhat in the working , yet intrinsically the ritual was uniform , and the great object to be attained was planting in the mind the principles of Masonry , and no matter what particular form of ritual was adopted , he who did most to effect that object did the greatest good . He now approached the most important part of the evening ' s business , and would

address himself to the worthy . Brother upon whom the mantle of Peter Thompson had fallen . < c Bro . Muggeridge , " he proceeded , " nothing can be more agreeable to me , or to the assembly of Brethren around me , than to present you with this purse , which is given , not as a reward in payment for your long and arduous services , but as an acknowledgment of our gratitude . In saying this I am sure I am but conveying the sentiments of every Mason present , and in delivering it ,