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will long enable . Bro . Henry Muggeridge to pursue his honorary labours , and imprint in the minds of present and succeeding Masons the beautiful " working " which he elaborates with the skill of a Master . Many men have the capacity to acquire knowledge , bnt all have not the same faculty of imparting it ; and this latter quality is especially observable in Bro . Muggeridge , who appears to succeed equally with the slow and plodding as with the apt and quick-witted , a

circumstance to be easily ascertained by attention to the Lodge of Instruction , where men , differing widely in . their mental calibre , succeed to their respective offices , and acquit themselves witl ) equal satisfaction to the Brethren and credit to their esteemed Preceptor .

Metropolitan

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. ' Westminster and Key-Stone Lodge ( No . 10 ) , Freemasons' Tavern , Constituted by Warrant , dated A . D . I 721 . —The attention of members of the Province of Oxford is invited to the above Lodge , which has "been lately revived with the view of supplying a want long felt , viz . : that of a London Lodge for Oxford Brethren ; and it is hoped that by this means the Masonic connection begun in Oxford may be continued afterwards . Besides their other meetings , the members

of this Lodge dine together on the days of the quarterly communication to enable those who are eligible to attend Grand Lodge . The entrance fee for members of the Province of Oxford is £ 5 . Por all others £ 10 . The annual subscription is £ 1 . Brethren wishing to join may communicate with Brother the Rev . G . It * Portal , 3 , Wilton Crescent , London ; Brother P . J . Spiers , or Brother W . Thompson , Oxford .

This Lodge , the warrant of which is dated as above , has been for some time in abeyance , its members having declined ; it has been recently revived by some Brethren connected with the University of Oxford . The Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire and his Deputy , Bro . Spiers ; Bros . Bev . G . It . Portal , Wyndham Portal , W . W . B . Beach , the Earl of Lincoln , with some twenty others , have already joined it . The festival of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , May 2 , when the Itev . W . H . Lyall was installed W . M . : the ceremony being admirably performed by Bro . W . W . Beach , P . P . S . G . W ., Oxon . The following

officers were then appointed : —Bros . It . J . Spiers , P . G . S . B ., P . M . W . ; W . Beach , Tr . ; Wyndham Portal , S . W . ; W . J . Evelyn , M . P ., J . W . ; G . E . Portal , P . P . S . CLW ., Oxon , Sec . ; P . A . Benson , S . D . ; F . Cox , jun . J . D . ; Charles Bigge , J . G . A . ballot was then taken for the following Brethren , as joining members—Bros . John Bobbins , Thomas Best , Willam Thompson , David Chapman , and they were declared unanimously elected . After the Lodge had been duly closed , the Brethren present adjourned to a banquet , at which the usual toasts were given . The next meeting will be held on the first Wednesday in this month ( June ) , at half-past four ; Lord North will be a candidate for initiation .

Enoch Lodge ( No . 11 ) . —An " emergency" meeting of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , the 16 th of May , for the purpose of receiving and considering a report from the Committee of P . M . and Officers , with reference to the approaching centenary , and the best mode of celebrating so interesting an occasion . The report recommended that a banquet be held at the

Brunswick , Black wall , to which ladies shall be invited , and contained various suggestions for the duly carrying out the arrangements connected therewith ; also a proposition that the M . W . G . M . be memorialized for his sanction to a jewel commemorative of the event , which all present members of the Lodge will have the privilege of wearing . The report was unanimously adopted , and a Board of

Stewards appointed to carry its provisions into effect . Various other matters were discussed , of interest only to the members , and the Lodge being duly closed , the Brethren , to the number of about fifty , adjourned to dine in the hall , under the banner of their W . M ., as Steward to the Girls' School festival .