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remarks were elicited , especially from Comp . Havers ; and eventually it was resolved that the following Companions be the Members of the Committee , as representing the Supreme G . C .: —W . H . White ; J . H . Goldsworthy ; John Havers ; F . Pattison ; B . Dobree ; — Symonds ; and W . H . Absolon . In course of the discussion , the G . Scribe E . stated , that in order to qualify himself for entering on the investigation he had recently taken the Mark Degree at Newpoitj , in the Isle of Wight . No other business presenting itself , the Grand Chapter was then closed .

Metropolitan

METROPOLITAN

Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge ( No . 4 ) , Freemasons'Tavern . —At the regular meeting of the Lodge , Bro . C . Locock Webb , W . M ., Emelius A . Tulk , Esq ., was initiated , Bro . Cockle was passed to the Second Degree , and Bro . Wilkin [ raised to the Degree of a M . M . A Vote of Thanks , emblazoned and elegantly framed and glazed , which had been voted to Bro . Le Veau , P . M ., was presented . The meeting was very full , and highly satisfactory . Bro . Willett * Prov . G . M . for Dorset , was among the visitors , and all expressed themselves much gratified by the elegant and tasteful display of the banquet .

British Lodge ( No . 8 ) , Freemasons' Tavern . —The Brethren of this Lodge met on Monday , the 19 th of November . Bro . Bisgood , P . M ., and Prov . D . G . M . for Kent , who presided in the absence of Bro . Massey Dawson the W . M ., initiated into Freemasonry Thomas Fenn , Esq . Westminster and Key-stone Lodge ( No . 10 ) . —An emergency meeting was called for Tuesday , the 6 th of November , by the W . M . Bro . Be v . W . E . Lyall , for the purpose of forwarding the business preparatory to the regular Lodge Day , in December . Two Brethren , Members of the University of Oxford , were balloted for as joining Members .

Tuscan Lodge ( No . 14 ) , Freemasons' Tavern , Tuesday , November 27 , Bro . W . Moxon , W . M . —Bro . G . Lee was raised to the Third Degree . A ballot was taken for Mr . Mark Cattley and Mr . Frederick W . Moore , and for Bro . Thos . Grissell , as a joining member ; and Mr . Cattley being present , he was initiated into Ancient Freemasonry . It is at all times a most gratifying treat to a visitor i „ "L . " . T : 1 ; j . l _ * a _ a . _ cc lt . _ m . » a ? - _ . a- v » -i » j _ "i _ i j .. _ in honoured with invite to the the and character

being an " Tuscan ; " respectability of the Lodge is evinced by the countenance of ten Past Masters , among whom may be mentioned Bros . Herbert Lloyd and Stephenson ; the support the Lodge gives to our charities are of the noblest character . Bro . Henry Lee , S . W ., was elected W . M . for the year ensuing . Bro . Stephenson was also unanimously elected Treasurer . The Brethren , numbering twenty-six , adjourned to an elegant banquet at seven o ' clock , and an agreeable evening closed their proceedings .

Old Dundee Lodge ( No . 18 ) . —The Brethren met on their accustomed day , Tuesday , November 6 , Bro . Carter , W . M ., supported by Bros . Steele ; Brouse ; Cox ; and Gole , P . Ms . ; all his officers ; and above twenty of the Brethren . The business was only of the usual routine character . Robert Burns' Lodge ( No . 25 ) . —The Brethren assembled on Monday , the 5 th of November , in their accustomed Lodge Room , " The Crown" at the Freemasons '

Tavern , under the presidency of the W . M . Bro . John Dyte , who passed Bros . Bradley , Francis , Purkiss , and Ruttenger ; after which ceremony , Bro . Farmer , W . M . of No . 745 , and a Member of the Lodge went through the first section of the first lecture , and explained the Tracing Board . Two gentlemen were balloted for , and approved , for Initiation at the meeting in December ; and another was proposed , serving to keep up in its pristine strength this excellently worked Lodge .