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at two o ' clock iu the afternoon , go to Lodgo Brunswick , in the Unioii-. road , when a question of Masonic discipline has to be determined . At four o ' clock he presides at a Masonic dinner at Oliubb ' s Commercial Hotel , Old Town-street , and in the evening he will go to St . George ' s Hall , where there will be an encampment of Knights Templar . " I consequently eagerly looked over your Mai / azine on Saturday , but found no mention of the visit to decide disci p line at " Lodge

Brunswick , " or of the dinner , but the Encampment has its report . Did any visit to Lodge Brunswick on the score of correctional discipline take place , and if so , what was its nature and effect ? I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternall y , A DHVONSIIIRE INQUIRER .

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MASONIC MEMS . NEW Lonci"S . —The MAV . G . M . has been pleased to grant warrants for the following new Lodges since the publication of the Calendar for the present year . Xo . 1105 . St . Andrew . " , Swan Inn , Biggleswade . Xo . 1100 . Carnarvon , Black Dog , Ha van t .

Xo . 1107 . Hamilton , Spanish Town , Jamaica . Xo . 1108 . Homer , Smyrna , Asia Minor . Xo . 1109 . Cabbell , Star Inn , Xorwieh . Xo . 1110 . Salisbury , Salisbury , X . Brunswick . Xo . fill . United Good Fellowship , Rose and Crown , Wisbeach . Xo . 1112 . Craven , Private Room , Shipton . Xo . 1113 . Yarborough . Old Ship , Brighton .

Xo . 1114 . Eden Valley , King ' s Head , Appleby . Xo . Hlo . Xew Concord , Rosemary Branch , Hoxton . Xo . 1110 . Parritt and Axe , George Hotel , Crewkei'iie . Xo . 1117 . Blair , Raglan , Hulme , near Manchester . Xo . 3118 . Royds , Spring Gardens , Wandle . Xo . 1113 . Robert Burns of Australia , Sydney . Xo . 1120 . Philanthropic , Angel , Abergavenny .

Tin : R . W . Bro . Hall , P . G . Reg ., and Prov . G . M . for Cambridgeshire , will consecrate the Lodge of United Good Fellowship ( No . 1111 ) , at the Rose and Crown Hotel , "Wisbcach , on AVednesday next . TUP , fifteen sections will be worked at the Globe Lodge of Instruction , on the 12 th instant . Ox the 20 th instant , the fifteen sections will also be worked at the Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction entirely b y members of the parent Locke .

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Xi-rrrxn LODGE ( NO . 221 . —At a regular Lodge , held on Thursday , Mitrch -29111 , Bro . John Bougltey , AV . AI ., presided , ' and there was a large amount of business . Messrs . James fluke Gould , Edward Hughes , AVilliam Worth . Joseph Levy , and Alfred Lloyd , were initiated ; Bro , Pick was j Kissed to the second degree ; and Bros . Allingham , Constable , and Whittaker were raised to the degree of Master Mason . A proposal for a . joining member having been ottered , Bro . Bone , P . M ., gave notice uf his intention to move that tbe Lodge be limited to sixty members .

The labours of tlie evening having been gone through , the Lodge was duly closed , and the brethren adjourned to dinner . After the cloth was removed and the usual loyal and Masonic toasts disposed of , the AVorshi pful Master gave - Tlie " health of the Initiates , " and alluded to his gratification in having the honour to receive at one Loclge so many new members . To this , Bro . Hughes , in reply , said— ' ' Some were born to greatness , some achieved greatness , and some had greatness thrust upon them ; the last category was hisin havingon his first admissionto be

, , , the mouthpiece of four others ; embodying their feelings with his own , he was perfectly satisfied with his entrance into Masonry , and from his heart he thanked them . " Bro . Farran rose and called on the brethren to join in a toast to the health of the Worshipful Master ; the manner in which Bro . Boughey li-id gone through the arduous business of the day was , he was sure , highly gratifying to every one present . The AVorshipful Alaster , in responding , said no efforts should be wanting on his part for the maintenance of the high character wliich the Neptune Loclge had

for good work ; he was sensible that the brethren kindl y looked over his shortcomings and noticed his intentions ; however he was glad to find his diligence thus favourably rewarded . Bros . E . Muggeridge , P . M . X o 215 ; How , Prov . Dir . of Cers ., Herts ; R . II . Wilkius , No . 570 ; R . D . Verry , No . 1 , 07 ( 1 ; ]•' . Belcher , of a . Lodge afc Nuremberg ; Alfred How , No . loo ; and two Australian brethren , were present as visitors ; and in responding to the toast of welcome , Bro . How said , "As representing the guests , he was desired to convey the pleasure they all felt in having lieen enabled to witness the excellent working of the Worshipful Master and hU officers ; he referred to the notice to restrict the further increase of

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the Lodge , and noticed the example of the Old Concord , which , like the Neptune , hacl increased its numbers in a short space of time , until , having reached a hundred , rather than refuse the accessions constantly offered , had founded a Xew Concord , which was commenced with most favourable auspices . " In responding for "The Past Masters , " Bro . Osborn , the father of the Lodge , said ho ivas not disposed at present to fix a limit to its numbers , but rather adopt Bro . How ' s suggestion and , when they reached a hundred , found ; i Young Neptune . ( Cheers . ) The Tyler ' s toast concluded a most agreeable evening .

OLD CONCORD LODGE ( XO . 201 . )—At a meeting of this flourishing Lodge , held on Tuesday , April 3 rd , Bro . W . Swainston , W . M ., presided , and was well supported by all his officers ancl several"Past Masters ; Messrs . Joseph J . Jay , and Charles W . Booscy , were Initiated . Bro . W . Dawson was passed to the second degree , and Bros . Lee , Sandow , Roberts and Stubbs were raised to the degree of M . M . On the W . M . rising prior to the close of the Lodge , Bro . E . W . Davis , J . D ., read the following letter which he had received from Bro . Morin—who had undertaken

the stewardship of the Girls School Festival—then on the continent . " Worshipful Master and Brethren—In answer to the question asked , and the challenge so to speak given , allow a brother to reply that he has something very important , highly beneficial , and preeminently for the good of Freemasonry in general , and of this Loclge in particular , urgently to bring before you upon this evening . I shall show you in the first place , what is so greatly for the good of our worthy and Worshipful Lodge iu particular ; we are a superlatively worthy Lodge ;

no brother , I feel sure , but estimates it as such : our renown is good in the provinces , as a visitor on a recent occasion told us . AVe are a numerous Lodge ; is not that a sign of our worth 1 We are a business-like Lodge , an industrious brotherhood ; is not that a sign of our worth ? AVe are a prosperous Lodge ; is not that a sign of our worth 1 We are an harmonious Lodge ; and is not that a sign of our worth ! Tes , brethren , harmonious by name , aud doubly harmonious by nature ; we are agreeably , sociably and amicably harmonious ; we meet together as brethren of

our ancient Order ought to do ; we dine together , we dance together , we combine business and pleasure . I said we are doubly harmonious —witness the soul-inspiring Masonic song of our worthy Secretary , as he can and does sing it , and the free and welcome harmonies of our musical brethren , and then say if the Lodge to which you have the happiness and good fortune to belong is not a most worthy and Masonic body , and properly entitled The Old Concord Lodge . Xow AA . M . and brethren all , seeing we are members of such a Lodgeit isI humbly submit , our

, , duty , as well as I trust our earliest desire , to uphold our Lodge , and that not in a niggardly sense . It is for the good of this Lodge in particular that I address you , as present in spirit among you . Let us now and at all times uphold the reputation of our Lodge , and in so doing stimulate others to do the same , and so uphold the good of Freemasonry in general . X ow to the ' profit ; ' what is , my brethren , to those who are newly initiated and are able , so great and glorious a gift as to have tlie heart ever ready to receive the appeals of the needy , and the hand ever

ready to assist the distressed . Let us all who have the opportunity , listen to Bro . Crew ' s eloquent address . My business now is to exhort you to foster and aid me , your own ambassador , as Steward for the approaching festival on behalf of the Girls School . There is no charity so entitled to our support as this ; and therefore I pray you let your sympathy flow in behalf of your less fortunate brothers' offspring . Let . the overflowing streams of your compassion leave a golden sediment behind , an auriferous deposit , which I hope to find settled down in

tangible hard cash , on the occasion of my rendering an account of my stewardship . I hope no initiate has come among- us but with a desire to do himself aud his chosen Lodge honour . I trust every brother on our roll will answer my appeal , and that no desertions may be recordedthat it may be said the Old Concord is as noble as it is numerous : Xow on my way to the sunny south , AV . M . and brethren—farewell . T . MORIN . ' After some general business and receiving proposals for admission of new membersthe Lodge was closed in peaceharmony , and

bro-, , therly love . The brethren present , numbering about fifty , shortly afterwards reassembled around the AA ' . M . at their well spread dinner , and after the removal of the cloth , and" an expression of gratitude to the G . A . O . T . U ., from the Chaplain and S . AV ., the W . M . gave " The Queen and the Craft , " which was followed by the National Hymn . The W . M . then in proposing "The M . AV . Grand Master , " referred to his observations at ° the last meeting , and said that the result of the election proved the universal good feeling all entertained for the Earl of

Zetland . " Tlie heitlth of the Initiates" having been given with liiueli kindness and cordial greeting by the AVorshipful Master , Bro . JAY first rose , aud said he could not but feel , as every Englishman must necessarily , the warm and gratifying manner in which he had been received into the charmed circle of Masonry , and that such a reception deserved thanks of no ordinary kind ; in truth lie was compelled to acknowledge that the favour and benefit was not only above his merit but even above his gratitudeif that were to be judged by words that must

, express ft . He was then so overpowered that he must trust on some future occasion better to acquit himself . Bro . Booscy gave expression to similar sentiments , and offered his grateful thanks for the kind reception he had met ; with . The AVoRsiui'i- 'Ul . MASTEII then said that the Old Concord was second to none in' the hospitable reception of visitors , and he called on the brethren to give a <\> rdial greeting to Bros . How , Stuart , Oehse , of the Minerva Lodge of Cologne , and Marshall . To this Bro . How . having been called ou , in reply tendered the united thanks of th «