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which his health ^ ad been received , and the way in which the business of the Lodge was conducted , he would , he was quite sure , be proud to have it in his Province . He , at the same time , would strongly urge the Brethren generally to meet the V . W . Prov . D . G . M . at Chichester at the next Prov . Grand Meeting , as he felt meeting together more frequently was the only way to carry out Masonic principles as they ought to be . He concluded by wishing " Success to the Royal York Lodge . "

The W . M . rose and said , the next toast was one which he had very great pleasure in proposing , and felt satisfied the Brothers would in receiving : it was " The Healths of the newly-initiated Brothers , " seven of whom were present on the right of the W . M . Bro . John Cordy Burrows rose to return thanks . He said the sublime language which he and his Bro . Apprentices had that day heardjoaust make a lasting impression on them ; and he trusted , as they progressed in the mysteries of the Order , they would be found to be worthy of that honourable society they had that day been admitted into ;

The W . M . having next proposed " The Visitors , Bro . Streeter replied in a neat and appropriate speech . The other Masonic toasts having been drunk , the Brethren separated , after having spent one of the most pleasant evenings in Masonry at which it has been our lot to be present .

WORCESTERSHIRE . Dudley . —Harmonic Lodge ( No . 313 ) .- —The Brethren of this Lodge assembled at the Freemasons' Tavern , Stone-street , on Tuesday , the 1 st of July , when Lodge

was opened by Bro . W . Bristow , P . M ., in the unavoidable absence of the W . M 0 Bro . T . R . Cooper . Bro . Beakin was raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . ; Bro . Bristow , P . M ., afterwards giving the explanations on the tracing-board Bro . Manfield announced the proceeds of the last Masonic ball to be £ 19 . 9 s . 8 dc

( afterwards made up to £ 20 by this Lodge ) , which the committee had appropriated as follows : —In the Lying-in Charity , £ 5 ; Sick and Indigent , £ 5 ; and the remainder to the Dispensary . The visitors present were Bros , the Rev . A . G . Davies , P . M ., No . 730 , and P . G . Chap , ; J . Fitzgerald , W . M ., No . 523 ; and the Rev . E . A . Gwynne , P . M ., No . 435 , and P . G . Chap , for Staffordshire . Lodge was closed in due form , and the Brethren adjourned to banquet .

Royal Standard Lodge ( No . 730 ) . —A large number of Brethren attended the installation meeting of this Lodge on Tuesday , the 6 th of July , including several visitors . Lodge was opened by Bro . the Rev . A . G . Davies , W . M . ( P . G . Chap . ) , assisted by the whole of his officers ; Bros . W . Finch , and D . Johnson were then passed to the 2 nd Degree ; the working of Bro . Davies being greatly eulogized by the visitors present , as well as by the members . Bro . W . Manfield , P . M ., was then duly installed as Master of No . 730 , and received the customary

salutations of the Brethren . The following officers were afterwards invested : —Bros . M . Dennison , P . M ., S . W . ; H . Howells ( W . M ., No . 435 ) , J . W . ; John Bateman , P . M ., Treas . ; E . Dudley , P . M ., Sec . ; W . Wigginton , S . D . ; F . Saunders , J . D . ; W . Barns , P . M . ^ M . C . ; T . Steedman , Steward ; Shipton , I . G . ; Jeffs , Tyler . The visitors present were Bros . Henry , J . W ., No . 760 ; Walker , No . 769 ; W . Bristow , P . M ., No . 313 , and P . G . S . B . ; and R . Light . After the transaction of ordinary routine business , the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren adjourned to a sumptuous banquet , prepared by their worthy hostess , Mrs . Alice Smith .

Bbomsgrovb . —The Olive Lodge ( No . 819 ) . —At the Lodge of Emergency convened at the Golden Cross , Bromsgrove , for the 30 th of June , the Lodge was opened by the Rev . Bro . J . H . lies , W . M . The business upon the circular was then proceeded with , and the transfer of the warrant to Dudley ( subject to the permission of the Prov . G . M . ) , unanimously agreed upon . Fourteen Brethren were then elected joining members , and other necessary business disposed of . It was also unanimously . resolved , that the name of the Lodge bo altered from the " Clive" to the "Vernon , " out of respect to the Prov . G . M . of the Province . The following Brethren were then elected to the following offices : —the Rev .