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so much misrepresented , that he could not refrain from deploring that any Past Master of the Graft should have resorted to the unmasonic mode that had been adopted of attacking the Lodge . Had the P . M . been a true Mason , he would not have rushed madly into print , but would at once have put himself into communication with him ( the W . M . ) j and then , if anything had been done amiss , it could have been rectified or atoned for . But let not the members and visitors present suppose that any wrong had been committed ; so far from that , should the writer

of the letter to the Magazine , or any other stranger , present himself under similar circumstances , he should advise and approve the adoption of precisely a similar course of conduct as had been pursued on the occasion in question and it would indeed be well if a like caution were always used at the Porch , as nad been exercised by the S . W . and Tyler when the P . M ? presented himself . He ( the W , M . ) regret ted to have this unpleasant subject to dilate upon when proposing the health of the Visitors , but he took it for granted that the injury to the Lodge would he triflings if any at all , since among the visitors at their banquet that evening , three were almost unknown to every member , of itself a very significant fact , and one

which to his mind would carry conviction with it to the hearts of Bro . Dr . King and the other visitors who had honoured the Lodge with their presence , and who were right heartily welcome , that the Ganonbury Lodge did not deserve the character which had . been so unscrupulously thrust upon it by one who had not thought proper to sign his name to the charge he had invented . Bro . Dr . King in replying to the toast , which was most warmly received , stated that he would but slightly trespass upon the time and attention of the members . He fully endorsed every statement of the WCM ., so far as courtesy of conduct ,

politeness of behaviour , and Masonic decorum were concerned , whilst the very fostering of a falsehood would find a refutation by a visit to the Lodge . In Masonry , as in every other society or substance , dross might be discovered too impure to mix with the genuine ore , too light to form a component part of the body , when purified , from which it sprang , and too useless for art to apply to any practical or available purpose . The bubbles of the charge made against the members of the Canonbury Lodge were , like those blown by children in the hours of innocent recreation , the creation of a moment : with a momentary existence , they

burst and are for ever scattered in thin air ; and such would be , he doubted not , the effect of the pigmy slander of the unknown calumniator . The evening , notwithstanding this disagreeable contretemps , was well and happily spent , the Brethren maintaining an agreeable interchange of converse and of merriment , interspersed with a few songs , until the lengthened striking of the clock denoted that the pleasures of the evening were drawn to a close ; each Brother departing if not a wiser , at least a happier , and we trust a better man . Among the numerous visitors we noticed Bros . Dr . Xing , Bulgin , W . Underwood , T . W . Winter , William Willis , Wade , Haines , & c . & c .

INSTRUCTION . Albiont Lodge ( No . 9 ) . —This truly excellent Lodge of Instruction held the first anniversary festival since its removal to the Bed Horse Tavern , Old Bond-street , on the 2 nd April , Bro . Harrison , P . M . No . 202 , in the chair , supported by Bros . Couchman and Isidor Levinson as S . and J . Ws . There were upwards of forty Brethren present , who did ample justice to a splendid banquet provided by the worthy host , Bro . John Gurton , W . M ., ' St . James ' s Lodge . It was

remarked during the evening , that Lodges of Instruction were better attended of late , as the vast improvement in the working of many Lodges would testify ; for formerly Brethren would frequently pass from one office to another , and finally take the chair with no one recommendation for the office beyond that of gentlemanly bearing and Brotherly feeling . This was all very well in ordinary festive meetings , but in M ' asonic Lodges it was otherwise ; a certain amount of study was requisite , which could only be obtained at Lodges of Instruction . Among the Brethren assembled upon this occasion ; we observed Bros . . Levinson , W . M . No . 209 )