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An Instruction meeting for the members of this Lodge was then appointed , to be held in the lectiire-room every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , and Bro . W . Smith , P . M . of the Huddersfield Lodge , No . 365 , P . G . D . C , was requested to take the superintendence of it , Bro , W . Smith has recently been unanimously elected an honorary member of this Lodge , as a mark of the esteem of the Brethren for him , and as an acknowledgment of the very valuable services he has rendered this Lodge ever since its formation .

After some other business the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren called from labour to refreshment . There was a numerous attendance of members , and a large number of visitors from other Lodges , including several of the Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire . The duties of the K . and F . Degree were not neglected , for a sumptuous supper was provided , to which about eighty Brethren sat down , and did full justice .

The Brethren then adjourned from the supper-rooms to the Lodge-room . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had received due honours , Bro . Moore proposed " Health and Success to the Allied Army and Navy . " It was enthusiastically received by all the Brethren , and responded to by Bro . Edward Clavequin , in an eloquent speech , on behalf of the French , and by Bro . Wigney , P . G . H ., P . M . No . 342 , for the British .

The pleasure of the evening was nrueh enhanced by the musical talent of the Lodge of Truth glee party , who gave several glees with their well-known ability . Bro . Wood , Officer of No . 763 , P . G . O . presided at the piano . A very harmonious and delightful evening was spent , and the Brethren separated at a late hour . The new building is a very handsome one , in the Italian style of architecture , and has cost , including furniture , & c , upwards of £ 1 , 000 . The room in which the Lodge is at present held is 33 feet by 21 feet , and 15 feet high , with a recess 8 feet by 6 feet , for the organ . The ground floor contains a committee and

lecture room , each 21 feet by 12 feet , and a large Steward's room . The basement contains the residence for the Tyler of the Lodge . Another room is to be added at the back of the present building , of the following dimensions , 66 feet by 33 feet , and 24 feet high , with large cove cornice and panelled ceiling . The walls are to be finished with clustered Corinthian columns , 10 feet apart , with panels in the centre containing the Masonic emblems . When this room is built the present Lodge-room is to be used as a supper-room . The building has been raised and furnished entirely by Freemasons , and does much credit to the Craft .

Lodge of Truth—Instruction meeting . —The first Instruction meeting in connection with the Lodge of Truth was held on Tuesday , the 9 th inst ., at the lectureroom of the Freemasons' Hall . Their able preceptor , Bro . P . M . W . Smith , P . G . D . C , as W . M . The following sections of the lecture in the First Degree were admirably worked : —first section , by Bro . Jowett ; second section , Bro . J . H . Bore ; third section , Bro . Wilkinson ; fourth section , G . Hardy ; fifth

section , Bro . Jackson . The sixth and seventh sections would have been worked , but time did not permit . The whole of the working was pronounced to be exceedingly correct , and the Brethren present warmly expressed the pleasure and gratification they had received , as well as their admiration of the light thus thrown on our ancient arts and hidden mysteries . It is to be hoped that the establishment of this Instruction meeting will be the means of increasing the present very limited number of working Masons .

The Ancient And Accepted Rite

THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE /

Weymouth . — -On Tuesday , Sept . 25 th , the Weymouth Chapter of Sov . P . R . ? £ < of H . B .. D . M . held a meeting at the Masonic Hall , Weymouth , which was presided over by Bro . Hancock , the M . W . S ., at which a Brother was admitted into the Order , the ceremony having been performed by the M . W . S . Hancock , in a most able and impressive manner . Amongst the visitors present on that occasion , there wore the Illus . Bro . H . Udall , Sir John De la Pole , C . J . Vigne , and H . Emly ( all of whom are Sov . Grand Insp . Gen . of the Thirty-third Degree ) ,