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THE MASONIC MIRROR .

* * All communications to be addressed to the EDITOR , nt No 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . —OCTOBER ELECTION . —Votes are earnestly solicited on behalf of William Grant Fabian , for tliis tlie fourth application . His father , Bro Augustus Fabian , lias been very zealous and energetic in the ¦ cause of Masonry , and has been instrumental in founding and ¦ resuscitating several lodges and chapters . He is a P . M . of the

Portsmouth Lodge ( No . 487 ) , P . Prov . S . G . Warden of Hants , Mark M ., Royal Arch , Rose Croix , and Knight Templar , but owing 'to sudden arid severe misfortunes , impossible to foresee or control , his circumstances are now very reduced , and his means are totally inadequate to maintain and educate bis large family , four of whom are entirely , and four partially , dependent on bis

¦ very limitod resources , and he is compelled to make this appear to the brethren and subscribers . This case is vouched for , and urgently recommended by a strong list of influential brethren as very deserving of support . Bro- Fabian will feel very grateful fov votes . Address , 8 , Waterford-terrace North , Walhamgreen , S . W . Girls' School or Benevolent Institution proxies

equally valuable for exchanging . YOTJB votes and interest are earnestly solicited on . bebalf of Henry Charles Bush , an orphan , aged eleven years . The candidate is the son of our late Bro . Henry Stibbs Bush , C , E ., who

held the appointment of chief engineer to the Corn-wall and West Cornwall Railway Companies up to the 24-th January , 1869 ; when he was cut off in the primo of life , after a very painful illness of six days duration ; leaving to fight the battles ¦ of this world five little orphans , the eldest of whom is ouly fourteen years . The children , three girls , aged fourteen , thirteen ,

and seven ; and two boys , eleven and nine years respectively are left without adequate means of support or education , and ¦ without relatives capable of rendering assistance . The case is strongly recommended by Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Eliot , M .. V , P . S . G . W . of E ., and P . M . of Eliot Lodge ( So . 1 , 163 ); Bro . Sir Daniel Goocli , Bart , M . P ., P . S . G . B ., and 1 ) . Prov . G . M-

"Wilts , Warwick -road , Maida-hill West ; and several other ¦ influential brethren . Proxies will be thankfully received by -Bros . H . Bridges , Bridgewater ; G . 0 . Budd , Great Winchesterbnildings ; R . Sharpe , 17 B , Great George-street , Westminster ; . and W . Wright , Lostwithiel , Cornwall . Votes are earnestly solicited for the boy Cottrell , whose father

for twenty-four years was a member of the Royal York Lodge , Brighton . They will be thankfully received by Messrs . C . Wren , Duke-street ; Cballen , King's-road ; Siuimlers , Northstreet ; and W . Curtis , Gazette Office , Brighton . This is the sixth application , and the case is a distressing one .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOB GllttS . — OCTOBER ELECTION , 1809 . —Your votes and interest are solicited on behalf of Amelia Charlotte Titus , aged 91- years . Her father , William Beale Titus , who was a commercial traveller , was initiated in the Belvidere Lodge , No . 503 , late 74-1 , on the 10 th November , 1857 , and continued a subscribing member till his death , which took place in November , 1 SC 5 , leaving a widow

and four children without means of support . This case is strongly recommended by the W . M ., officers , aud brethren of the Belvidere Lodge . Proxies will be thankfully received by Bro . Kite , W . M ., or Bro . Pearson , Sec . 503 , Maidstone . This is the second application .

PORTRAITS of the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Dalhousio , K . T G . C . JB ., M . W . G . M . Mason of Scotland , can now be obtained ai this office , price 3 s . Gd . each . Copies , with ornamental bordei and Masonic emblems printed in gold , on large size paper can be had , price 10 s . Gd .

WE omitted to state in our report of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Somersetshire in our last issue , that the jewel presented to the R . W . Bro . W . A . Adair , was a massive 18 caral gold hall-marked P . Prov . G . M . . jewel , from the Atelier of Bros A . D . Loewciistarlc and Sons , of Devereux-court , Strand , London , and who also supplied the jewels lately presented to the Prov .

Grand Secretary and Prov . Grand Treasurers of North Wales ane " Shropshire , also of massive 18 carat gold hall-marked , and which were so much admired from the chastcness and simplicity of the designs . PRESENTATION . —The members of the Isea Lodge 683 , Newport , Monmouthshire , at the last meeting presented to Bro .

Robert Bond , P . G . A . D . C . and P . M . 6 S 3 and 1 , 098 , a magnificent gold P . M . jewel as a mark of fraternal regard , and in recognition of best services connected with that lodge . THE ROBERT BURNS LODGE ( NO . 25 ) , will resume its meetings for the season on Monday next , the 4 th of October , 1869 . THE first regular meeting of tbeLion and Lamb Lodge No . 192

for the season will be held at the Cannon-street Terminus Hotel on the 7 th instant , -when the whole of the ceremonies will be wooked . THE Confidence Lodge of Instruction will meet on the 6 th

instant at Bro . J . Foster ' s Railway Tavern , Fcucbiu-ch-street . The consecration and exaltation ceremonies will be worked by Bro . J . Brett . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE , DURHAM . —Notices have been issued by the Prov . Grand Secretary summoning the annual Prov . Grand Lodge for Tuesday , the 26 th October next , at two

o'clock . The place of meoting will be at the Masonic Hall , West-street , Gateshead-upon-Tyne . The last Prov . G . Lodge hold in that town was on the 14 th November , 1859 . Tho railway accommodation since that time has vastly improved , and as the same now makes Gateshead easily accessible from all parts o tho province , we look forward to the plcasnro of being able to

announce that a large and influential body of brethren attended the lodge . TitE New Concord Lodge of Instruction , No . 813 , held at Bro . Gabb ' s , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , will commence its duties on Wednesday next , the Gth instant , at eight p . m . precisely .

A GRAND COUNCIL OP TIIE ILLUSTRIOUS KNIGHTS K . H . 30 ° will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-inn-Fields , at half-past four o ' clock , on Wednesday , tho 13 th inst .

LIST or CANDIDATES FOR ADVANCEMENT TO 30 ° . Metropolitan Chapter Rose » J < . —Bros . liYancis Walter Thoyts and the Rev . Charles William Spencer Stanhope . Iuvieta Chapter Rose » J < . —Bros . Magnus Ohren and Charles Allen . Alfred Chapter Rose > £ < . —Bro . Robert Bailey .

Talbot Chapter Rose ? £ < . — Bro . Thomas William Parker . Liverpool Chapter Rose > J < - —Bros . Robert P . Sparks , Wm . Charles Deely , Samuel White , and Edwin Slee . St . Auhyn Chapter Rose > % t . —Bros . Lieut .-Col . John Elliott and Captain George Joseph Shanks . Leeson Chapter Rangoon Rose > J « . —Bvo . Major Harvey Duncan . Royal Victoria Chapter > J < . —Bro . the Rev . Rt . Nicholas Sanderson .