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banqueting room , where a first class supper had been laid out , and under very able presidency of the AV . M . A few happy hours were spent . The new lodge room in High Street is to be dedicated in due form in May next .

NORTH AVALES AND SHROPSHIRE . WEESJHAM . — CONSECRATION OP SQUARE AND COMPASS LODGE ( No . 1336 ) . The ceremony of consecrating this , the first lodge held in the populous town of Wroxham , was performed at tbe Wynnstay Arms , Tuesday , 14 th ult ., by the R . AV ., Bro . Sir AVatkyn AV . Wynn , Bart ., the Provincial Grand Master of North AVales and Shropshire , assisted by by Bro . E . G . AVilloughby , P . Prov .

J . G . W ., Cheshire . There were also present Bros . Dr . Goldboro , P . Prov . S . G . AV . ; Bently , Prov . G . Chap . ; AVilliams , Prov . S . G . AV ; Piatt , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; Bulley , P . Prov . J . G . AV . ; and a numerous attendance of Past and Present Provincial Grand Officers and brethren of the province , and visitors of tbe neighbouring provinces . The consecration was conducted according to the ancient formulaand was accompanied with appropriate music bthe choir .

, y Bro . J . F . Edisbury , presided at the organ . The W . M . designate Bro . S . Lewis , P . Prov . S . G . D ., having been duly installed in the chair of K . S ., appointed and invested his officers as follows : —Bros . AV . Jones , S . AV . ; A . Bury , J . AV . ; Dr . Jones , S . D . ; J . P . Edisbury , Treasurer and Organist ; A . Reid , J . D . ; W . Sherratt , I . G . ; J . Bury , Sec ; Munro , Tyler . About a hundred brethren attended the banquet , which was held in the ball room of the hotel . The Provincial Grand

Master occupied the chair , supported by the P . Prov . S . G . W ., and the newly installed AV . M . of the Lodge . On the removal of tbe cloth , the usual loyal toasts were gievn and responded to . In proposing the health of the M . W . Grand Master , the Chairman alluded to the mission of the noble earl to the United Stetes , and hoped his visit to that country would have a conciliatory effect , and end tbe quarrel between two of the greatest

nations on earth . Bro . Lewis , AV . M ., in proposing the health of the Provincial Grand Master , alluded to the fact that twenty years ago Sir Watkin accepted the office of S . W . under him when he was Master of the Cestrian Lodge , and he afterwards installed him as his successor . He had also exalted Sir AVatkin to the First Principal ' s chair at Birkenhead . Bro . AA'illoughby , who was present , had initiated him into Masonry , and by a singular

coincidence they , along with Bro . Griffith , bad acted as Graud Officers at Shrewsbury , with Lord Combermere , when their chairman was installed iu office as head of the province . AVhen their chairman took office there wero on } y three lodges in North Wales and Shropshire , and now , including the one that day consecrated , there were fourteen , and that spoke more than anything be could say of the manner in which tbe Provincial Grand Master had discharged his duties . The Provincial Grand Master made a suitable response . Several other toasts were given and responded to , and complete harmony prevailed to the close of the proceedings .

SURREY . , ^ y ? SUTTON . —Lome Lodge ( No . 1340—The marriage day of tiie Marquis of Lorno and the Princess Louise was celebrated at Sotton , Surrey , by the consecration of a lodge named after the noble bridegroom . Tbe Lorno Lodge , 1 , 357 , was consecrated at the Station Hotol , Sutton , Surrey , in the presence of a i- . umerous and distinguished circle of Masons , who had gathered

from the metropolis , as well as the vicinity , in order to bo present at an event at all times interesting to the brethren of the " mystic tie . " Tbo consecrating master on this occasion was Bro . Dr . Harcourt , P . G . D ., and P . D . G . M . of Surrey , who was supported by Bros . Parsons and Wooton , the Provincial Grand Wardens , in their respective positions . The warrant of Grand Lodge , authorising tho meeting , having been read by Bro . Greenwoodthe Provincial Grand Secretarythe of

, , ceremony consecration was commenced and completed by Bro . Harcourt in it satisfactory manner . The music incidental to the ceremony was ably presided over by Bro . James Coward , Grand Organist , and executed with great effect by several members of the chcir of Westminster Abbey . The consecrating ceremony was succeded by that of installation , and Bro- Richard P . Atkins , P . M ., of the Constitution Lodge , 55 ,

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and P . Prov . G . Registrar of Kent , was in due form and accordingly to ancient custom , enthroned as the first Master of the-Lome Lodge , who then proceeded to appoint and invest Bros . Gweus and Swaine , of Lodge 55 , as his Senior and Junior Wardens , and Bro . Edmund Farthing , jun ., of Lodge 101 , as his Senior Deacon ; the other officers are yet to be appointed . The usual compliment was paid to the consecrating master b

y creating him an honorary member of tbe lodge . The brethren , alter the closing of the lodge , sat down to an excellent entertainment . In the course of the evening a special toast was drank with thorough heartfelt enthusiasm to tbe health and happiness of the young couple who had that day been united , and whose name in loyalty and honour they had chosen as that of their lodge . Amongst the company we observed : —Bros , Binckes

F . , P . G . S ., and Secretary to the Boys' School ; Price , T > . G . Treas . ; Chancellor , P . Prov . G . D . ; AVoodward , P . Prov . G . J . W . ; Blenkin , P . Prov . G . W . ; G . Snow , P . Prov . G . W . „ Kent ; James Terry , P . M ., 228 , and P . Prov . G . S . B ., Herts ; . Dosell , Dwarber , Gilruth , and many other members of the Constitutional Lodge , and Bros . Russell , 77 ; Hamilton , 555 ; and F . Walters , P . M . 73 .

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA .

DISTRICT GRAND LODGE . A Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Flinders Street , Adelaide , on Wednesday , 4 th January , 1871 . W . Bro . Henry Edward Downer , Deputy District Grand Master , in tbe chair , supported by the District Grand Officers and many other brothers and visitors . The R . AV . Dist . G . M . was prevented by illness from attending . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed

. The report of General Committee , October , 1870 , was received ! and adopted . The following report of General Committee was received and adopted . " To the R . W . the District Grand Master and District Grand Lodge of South Australia . " Your committee report : —That in pursuance of the authority

to prepare report in the matter of the Freemasons' Hall , vested in them by the resolution of District Grand Lodge on the 5 th of October last , they appointed a sub-committee to act in this matter , who had applied to the Secretary of the Trustees for some particulars which they judged it necessary that they should be iu possession of to enable them to look into the matter , and that , in consequence of their not having as yet received the same , they have been unable to report .

" That during the past quarter dispensations have been granted to the Clare Lodge to attend a concert in aid of the AA ar Fund in regalia , and to the Lodge of Truth to initiate Mr . Lionel S . AA'icksteed , the son of a Mason , in his 20 th year . " Tbe following brothers have had their names erased from the books of the Mount Gambier Lodge for non-payment of dues : — AVilliam Elliott and Peter Christian Jegav . " They havo also to record that the Most Worshipful the Grand

Master has been pleased to assent to the raising of the quarterage to 9 d ., aud of the joining fees to 2 s . 6 d . " The W . D . Dist . ' G . M . invested the Dist . G . Treas . and Dist . G . Sword-Bearer . The Dist . G . Sec . informed the lodge that AV . Bro . Botting ,. Past Dist . G . Treas . had declined the Dist . G . J . AV . chair . The AV . D . Dist . G . M . stated that he would consult the R . AV . the Dist . G . M . as to filling the vacancies . There being no further business before the lodge it was closed in due form .

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INSTRUCTION . The annual banquet of the Mount Sinai Chapter of Instruction was held on Saturday evening the 18 th ult ., at the Union Tavern , Air-street , Piccadilly . Comps . J . Boyd , P . Z ., 45 , M . E . Z . ; J . Brett , P . Z . 177 , H . ; Thomas , H . 13 , J . ; Finney , Sen ., 214 , P . S . ; AVoodstock , P . Z . 180 , S . E . About thirty sat