Pkovincxal,

alluded to my services to this Lodge and the Craft , and for the very handsome and to me most gratifying recognition of those small services which you now make in presenting me with this elegant snuffbox , I beg to offer my most sincere thanks . Believe me , I shall ever cherish it as a most valuable proof of your fraternal regard and friendship , and as often as I look at it , so frequently will the flattering inscription and the Masonic hieroglyphics so beautifully engraved ,

recall to my mind the many happy days I have spent in your society , and fill my heart with sensations of gratitude in the recollection of the uniform leniency with which you have treated my frequent deficiencies , and your readiness at all times to acknowledge my feeble efforts in aid of the Craft . Brethren , ever since I have knowhyou , as Masons or in society generally , you have been ready to extend the hand of good-fellowship and affectionate regard , and this is only another

manifestation of your good feeling , and for this I beg you again to accept my most cordial thanks . Yet , I should be wanting in good taste and feeling if I were to sit down without expressing my admiration of the beautiful manner in which the engravings have been executed , and of thanking Bro . Harland for the trouble he must have taken in rendering the work so perfect in all its details . I beg to repeat to you my sincere thanks for your kindness to me at all times , and especially for this mark of your regard . " ( Loud cheers . )

Bro . Boys , at the request of the W . Master , again addressed the Lodge , and presented to Bro . Beeching , P . M . and P . O . Assist . Dir . of Cer . for Kent , a P . M . ' s Jewel , with a suitable and complimentary inscription . Bro . Boys alluded to the honest , manly , and straightforward way in which Bro . Beeching had acted in preserving the Lodge Warrant , and in assisting Bro . Phipps in restoring the Lodge to its pristine vigour . Besides his Masonic virtues , he could not do otherwise than direct attention to Bro . Beeching ' s manliness and English daring in the recent trials of the Northumberland life-boat .

Bro . Beeching made a suitable reply ; and after passing a rational evening , the Brethren adjourned . We heartily wish success to the Bamsgate and Margate Lodges ( comparatively one ) and are rejoiced to find that the Margate Chapter will resume its Convocations early in December . The W . Comp . Phipps is the 2 nd Principal of that Chapter . »

• LANCASHIRE . Blackburn . —Lodge of Fidelity ( No . 336 ) .- —The usual meeting of this Lodge took place on Friday evening , November 14 , the W . M . Bro . Whewell presiding . Bro . Shayler , of Manchester , was of the visiting Brethren . The list of business was this evening unusually small , and nothing but the regular routine was transacted , but the Brethren laudably devoted their time to the purpose of instruction , whereat Bro . Shayler bore a distinguished part . The Lodge was closed in the usual feelings of good harmony , and afterwards a very pleasant evening was spent .

Lodge of Perseverance ( No . 432 ) . —This Lodge held its regular monthly meeting on the 4 th November , the attendance of members and visitors being pretty good , among the latter we observed Bros . Eaves , P . M ., & c . ; and Chatburn , of No . 336 ; : tnd Walsh , P . M ., & c , of No . 350 . The Lodge having opened in due form and the routine business of the Lodge transacted , Bro . Backhouse , S . W ., waB unanimously elected W . M . for the year ensuing , and Bros . Pilkington ,

P . M ., and Pearson , P . M ., were respectively unanimously re-elected Treasurer and Tyler . Bro . Ibbotson was then passed to the 2 nd Degree , by Bro . Clough , P . M ., & c ., assisted by Bros . Houlker , P . M . ; and W . Ilarrisda , J . W . ; Bro . Eaves , No . 336 , acting as B . D . A gentleman was proposed for initiation and membership , and a Brother as a rejoining member , after which the Lodge adjourned , and spent a most agreeable evening .

LANCASTER . —Lodge of Fortitude ( No . 350 ) . —An interesting meeting of the Brethren of this flourishing Lodge took place on the evening of Wednesday , Nov . 12 , at the Assembly Booms , when four gentlemen were initiated into the mysterk- p