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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
Grand Masters' Lodge ( No . 1 ) . —This Lodge closed its season on the 19 th May , when Bro . Arthur Harris , W . M ., presided . After the performance of some formal Masonic business , the Brethren adjourned to dinner , there being a large number of visitors present , amongst whom were Bros . Col . Stewart , St . John ' s Kilwinning , Edinburgh ; Col . Rathbone , No . 141 , Dublin ; Tooke , G . J . W . Pattison , P . G . J . W ; W . W . Beach , P . M ., No . 10 ; Head , P . M ., No . 5 ; Dangerfield , & c . & c . The evening ' s entertainment was much enlivened by the exertions of Bros . -Donald King , and Jolley .
Lodge of Antiquity ( No . 2 ) . —At the meeting of this Lodge , at the Freemasons' Tavern , on the 28 th May , Bro . W . Pulteney Scott , W . M ., presiding , his Grace the Duke of Manchester was duly initiated into the Order . There was a large number of visitors present . Lodge of Fidelity ( No . 3 ) . —A meeting of this Lodge was held on the 14 th May . The W . M ., Bro . Shackelton , occupied the chair , and passed three and raised three Brethren to their respective Degrees .
Eoyal Somerset-House and Inverness Lodge ( No . 4 ) . —This Lodge brought its season to a close on the 26 th May , when the W . 1 S ( L , Francis Roxburgh , raised three duly qualified Brothers to the 3 rd Degree . In the course of the evening the W . M .,. in the name of the Lodge , presented a very elegant silver snuff-box , of the value of twenty-five guineas , to Bro . George Elkington , on his retiring from the office of Secretary , bearing the following inscription : —'' Presented by the Royal Somerset-House and Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , to Bro . George Goode
Elkington , P . G . P ., on his retirement from the office of Secretary , which he held for thirteen years , and by his courteous and effective discharge of its duties won for himself the approbation and esteem of every Member of the Lodge . 26 th May , 1856 . " At the same time , an emblematic P . M . ' s jewel was presented to Bro . Locock Webb , the immediate P . M . About thirty of the Brethren afterwards dined together , there being several visitors present , amongst whom we observed Bro . Trios . Bisgood , P . M . No . 8 , and D . Prov . G . M . for Kent ; Bro . Faudel , P . G . D . ; Bro . Beach , P . M ., No . 10 , and P . Prov . G . W . for Oxfordshire , & c . & c .
British Lodge ( No . 8 ) . —The members of this distinguished Lodge met at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Monday , May 19 , when a Brother was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason , in a most able manner , by Bro . Bisgood , P . M . The Brethren then proceeded to banquet , after which the pleasures of the evening were greatly enhanced by the beautiful performances of the Bros . Ganz , from Berlin ; the one on the violin , and the other on the violoncello . The other visitors were Bros . Leask , of No . 3 ; Roberts , No . 319 ; and Johnson , S . W .. No . 778 .
Albion Lodge ( No . 9 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge met together at the Freemasons' Tavern , on the 6 th May , for the last time this season , when the W . M . very efficiently initiated three gentlemen—Messrs . Cassidy , Spicer , and Warr—into the Order , and passed Bro . Jackson to the 2 nd Degree . Westminster Key-stone Lodge ( No . 10 ) . — -The annual festival of this distinguished Lodge was held on Wednesday , May 7 th . In the absence of the W . M ., who was detained in the country by important private affairs ^ the business of the
Lodge was ably conducted by Bro . P . M . Beach . The report of the Audit Committee for the past year was read and approved . Bro . the Hon . W . A . Amherst was raised to the Sublime Degree of a M . M . ; and Pro . Samuel Lancaster Lucas duly passed to the 2 nd Degree . The W . M . elect , Bro . Wyndiham , S . Portal , was installed by Bro . Beach , in his accustomed efficient and impressive manner . The W . M . then appointed and invested as his Officers—Bios , the Earl of Carnarvon , S . W . ; R . A . Benson , J . W . ; . lie v . J 1 . C . Pettafc , Chap . ; lie v . G . II . Portal ,
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Metropolitan.
METROPOLITAN .
Grand Masters' Lodge ( No . 1 ) . —This Lodge closed its season on the 19 th May , when Bro . Arthur Harris , W . M ., presided . After the performance of some formal Masonic business , the Brethren adjourned to dinner , there being a large number of visitors present , amongst whom were Bros . Col . Stewart , St . John ' s Kilwinning , Edinburgh ; Col . Rathbone , No . 141 , Dublin ; Tooke , G . J . W . Pattison , P . G . J . W ; W . W . Beach , P . M ., No . 10 ; Head , P . M ., No . 5 ; Dangerfield , & c . & c . The evening ' s entertainment was much enlivened by the exertions of Bros . -Donald King , and Jolley .
Lodge of Antiquity ( No . 2 ) . —At the meeting of this Lodge , at the Freemasons' Tavern , on the 28 th May , Bro . W . Pulteney Scott , W . M ., presiding , his Grace the Duke of Manchester was duly initiated into the Order . There was a large number of visitors present . Lodge of Fidelity ( No . 3 ) . —A meeting of this Lodge was held on the 14 th May . The W . M ., Bro . Shackelton , occupied the chair , and passed three and raised three Brethren to their respective Degrees .
Eoyal Somerset-House and Inverness Lodge ( No . 4 ) . —This Lodge brought its season to a close on the 26 th May , when the W . 1 S ( L , Francis Roxburgh , raised three duly qualified Brothers to the 3 rd Degree . In the course of the evening the W . M .,. in the name of the Lodge , presented a very elegant silver snuff-box , of the value of twenty-five guineas , to Bro . George Elkington , on his retiring from the office of Secretary , bearing the following inscription : —'' Presented by the Royal Somerset-House and Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , to Bro . George Goode
Elkington , P . G . P ., on his retirement from the office of Secretary , which he held for thirteen years , and by his courteous and effective discharge of its duties won for himself the approbation and esteem of every Member of the Lodge . 26 th May , 1856 . " At the same time , an emblematic P . M . ' s jewel was presented to Bro . Locock Webb , the immediate P . M . About thirty of the Brethren afterwards dined together , there being several visitors present , amongst whom we observed Bro . Trios . Bisgood , P . M . No . 8 , and D . Prov . G . M . for Kent ; Bro . Faudel , P . G . D . ; Bro . Beach , P . M ., No . 10 , and P . Prov . G . W . for Oxfordshire , & c . & c .
British Lodge ( No . 8 ) . —The members of this distinguished Lodge met at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Monday , May 19 , when a Brother was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason , in a most able manner , by Bro . Bisgood , P . M . The Brethren then proceeded to banquet , after which the pleasures of the evening were greatly enhanced by the beautiful performances of the Bros . Ganz , from Berlin ; the one on the violin , and the other on the violoncello . The other visitors were Bros . Leask , of No . 3 ; Roberts , No . 319 ; and Johnson , S . W .. No . 778 .
Albion Lodge ( No . 9 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge met together at the Freemasons' Tavern , on the 6 th May , for the last time this season , when the W . M . very efficiently initiated three gentlemen—Messrs . Cassidy , Spicer , and Warr—into the Order , and passed Bro . Jackson to the 2 nd Degree . Westminster Key-stone Lodge ( No . 10 ) . — -The annual festival of this distinguished Lodge was held on Wednesday , May 7 th . In the absence of the W . M ., who was detained in the country by important private affairs ^ the business of the
Lodge was ably conducted by Bro . P . M . Beach . The report of the Audit Committee for the past year was read and approved . Bro . the Hon . W . A . Amherst was raised to the Sublime Degree of a M . M . ; and Pro . Samuel Lancaster Lucas duly passed to the 2 nd Degree . The W . M . elect , Bro . Wyndiham , S . Portal , was installed by Bro . Beach , in his accustomed efficient and impressive manner . The W . M . then appointed and invested as his Officers—Bios , the Earl of Carnarvon , S . W . ; R . A . Benson , J . W . ; . lie v . J 1 . C . Pettafc , Chap . ; lie v . G . II . Portal ,