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thanks to Br <* . Bev . F . W . Freeman , the actual P . M ., was ordered to be entered on the minutes , for his services daring the past year . Amongst the visitors we perceived Bro . J . Head , P . M ., No . 522 , P . P . G . J . W . ; Bro . E , Dorling , P . M ., No . 522 , Prov . G . Sec . ; Bro . J . Crispin , P . M ., No . 522 , Prov . G . Dir . Cr ., & c , & c . The banquet was served by Bro . J . Lockwood , Prov . G . Stw ., in his usual first-rate style , where peace , harmony , and good-fellowship reigned .

YOBKSHIBE . Bradford . —Lodge of Hope ( No . 379 ) . —On the 27 th of December last , the W . M . Elect , Bro . David Salmond , was installed according to ancient custom . He then invested his Officers in due form ; after which the Brethren adjourned to the Bowling-green Hotel , where they partook of a sumptuous repast , provided by Bro . J . Lupton , the worthy host . The evening was spent in true Masonic love and harmony , and terminated to the pleasure and satisfaction of all .

The Brethren of No . 379 have recently voted a donation of ten guineas to the Patriotic Fund , and also ten guineas for the relief of the suffering poor of Bradford . On March 5 th , Bro . H . Farrar , P . M ., delivered a lecture , which occupied an hour and a quarter ; the subject being , " What is Freemasonry , considered in its origin and history , its symbolical meaning , and its practical objects 1 " A great number of our own Brethren were present ; and among others who came from a

distance were Bro . C . Lee , B . W . D . P . G . M , and Bro . Dixon , P . G . Treas . of West Yorkshire ; also the W . M ., Officers , and many of the Brethren from the Lodge of Harmony , No . 874 . The lecture contained a great amount of valuable and interesting information , and was received with every demonstration of satisfaction froin the Brethren present . The lecturer concluded by saying : " Having feebly portrayed to you the divine origin of our ancient institution , coupled with an imperfect exposition of its symbolical and emblematical teaching , I solicit your attention for a few moments only to their practical or personal objects . I beg sincerely to thank

you for the kind attention which you have given me , and in conclusion to solicit your earnest study and meditation of the principles of our Order ; that by such means you may add an intellectual cope-stone to our beautiful moral superstructure . Those who have the will can always find the opportunity to add their mite to the treasury of Masonic knowledge , for it is in the power of all to give such direction to our Masonic labours as may dignify our profession , invest it with enduring interest , make it the depository of the arts and sciences , and the bright _ __ 1 _ J _ —_~ . , — . _ I —_ A —« j + l u . n . mn J m'm -m . . »< vk m l ~» . -fc * * - »«• -uk l- » ^ -v a- * ¦* - -4- iVfc y ~ v rf"v- « TT 1 \ m r ~* i"fc v ~ 4 ¦¦»» rf"V » I s * M m r + ^ N . 4 > l- » *¦* *» *• « - lar of moral and union hout the civilised world that it

. * * * exemp power throug ; so may be our boast that during the revolutions of many centuries , amid the fall of mighty empires and the destroying hand of time , it still survives , shedding a halo of light over its votaries , and promising to prolong its benign influence until all the nations of the earth shall unite as one people in praise and thanksgiving to their Creator ; when distinctive unions of men shall be no longer required , but froni the heavens again shall be sung the angelic anthem , — * Glory be to God in the highest ; on earth peace , good-will towards men . ' Think not , Brethren ,

for one moment , that you are disqualified to be useful labourers in the Masonic vineyard . All have talents , more or less , and there is ample work for their employment : duties to perform , various and extensive , and scope for their full exercise . Be it , then , your task to soften asperities , to promote the adjustment of differences , and to strengthen and otherwise develope our union , by promoting the study of the sacred law and the benign principles of our Order—by prudence , fortitude , temperance , and justice—but above all , charity „ Thus to soothe the afflicted and aid the distressed , to sympathise with them in the hour of trial , and

to join in tempered congratulations in their prosperity ; to give to the fraternity the hand of brotherhood , the foot of support ; to bend the knee in supplication for their welfare , to offer the breast of fidelity , and to afford them defence and protection when absent : so that we , as an Order and as a Lodge , may exemplify that divine saying , — A new commandment I give unto you , that ye love one another ; as I have loved you , that ye also love one another . ' So mote it be . " At the conclusion Bro . C . Lee , B . W . D . P . G . M ., proposed a vote of thanks to