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The proceedings of the evening were much enlivened by the performance of some excellent music by Bro . Thomas Julian Adams . This Lodge of Instruction was established in 1853 , by Bro . Thomas Alexander Adams , then W . M . No . 196 , through whose energetic and unwearied exertions it numbers upwards of a hundred members , and its proceedings are conducted with the utmost exactness and regularity , and in it the true principles of Masonry are taught .

The Lodge meets every Wednesday evening , at seven , throughout the year ; and , from the picturesque and delightful situation of Hampstead , we have no doubt that it will be numerously attended by the Brethren from London as well as those in the neighbourhood , especially during the summer season . LoDaE of Harmony ( No . 317 ) , Greyhound Inn , Richmond , Swrey . —This distinguished Lodge held its anniversary meeting on Monday , the 16 th July , which was very numerously attended by the Brethren of the Lodge and by many visitors . The proceedings on this occasion were of an -exceedingly interesting character ,

and gave much satisfaction to those who were present . The W . M . Bro . J . A . D . Cox opened the Lodge , and , with the assistance of his officers , performed the ceremonies in the usual able manner in which the working of the Lodge is carried on . The Bev . Dr . Mazzuchelli was initiated into the order , a circumstance peculiarly interesting to the Craft , as Br . M . was formerly a priest of the Boman Catholic Church , and is now a minister of the Church of England . The ceremony was admirably performed , and the Charge , —too frequently omitted , but which in this Lodge is invariably given , wa $ delivered by Bro . the Bev . T . T . Haverfield , P . M ., in his usually impressive manner . to

A ^ valuable silver salver was presented the Y . W . Bro . H . A . Bowyer , P . G . M ., Oxford , by the members of this Lodge , in which he was initiated , and of which he is P . M ., as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by the Brethren . The W . M ., in addressing Bro . Bowyer , said , " It is now my duty as Master of this Lodge , and it is a duty which I fulfil with the greatest pleasure , to present to you , on behalf of the subscribers , this salver as a token of their esteem and regard . You have attended the meetings of this Lodge , and heard the expression of the feelings of the Brethren towards you too often not to be aware how fully your

kindness towards each member , and your services towards the Lodge generally , have been appreciated , and I am sure that I speak the sentiments of every brother , when I say that it is to them a greater pleasure to bestow this gift than it can be for you to receive it . Testimonials such as this are too often mere matters of course ; but , in this instance , the heart goes with the gift , and I assure you nothing could be more gratifying to any one than to have met the ready response to my letter respecting this testimonial , and the universal pleasure with which the proposition was hailed , and the many kind expressions of feeling towards yourself . The

occasion of your appointment as Prov . Grand Master for Oxfordshire has been taken for making this presentation , as it was thought a fitting opportunity , when the Grand Master had conferred that honour upon you as a mark of the estimation in which you were held by himself and the province in which you reside , that the Brethren of your own Lodge , in which you first saw the light , and in which you are so well known , should present you with some testimonial of the esteem in which you are held by them . I think I may say that few appointments have given greater satisfaction to the Craft in general than those which have been made in your person as Grand Master for Oxfordshire , and in that of your worthy cousin

and our excellent and esteemed friend Bro . Col . Vernon , as Prov , Grand Master for Staffordshire ; and it is a source of much pride to this Lodge to feel , that although we may in some respects be looked upon as only a country Lodge , yet that out of our comparatively small numbers , not less than , three of our members should fill such important offices as those of Grand Masters of Provinces . I trust , my Brother , that the G . A . O . T . U . may grant you a long life to use this gift , and that when you shall be summoned from hence , it may long be preserved in your family as a memento of the esteem and respect in which you were held by men who had the opportunity of knowing you well . " Bro . Bowyer , in returning thanks , said , that no circumstance in his life had