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March 6 fch . —The death of Bro . Lauder on fche previous day communicated to the lodge , ancl Bro . Timmins requested to study and deliver a funeral oration . The deceased brother was buried on the 9 th , in Moseley Chapel Yard . The members to meet the next night in mourning , and the lodge to be all clothed iu black . March 11 th . —Tbe manner of drinking toasts was to give

one , or a sentiment , each one in his turn . There were hufc very few practised , as the system was only just gaining ground wifch Masons . Those proposed on this occasion were " Our Royal Brothers , " " The Visitors , " " The Duchess of Cumberland and Success to the Cumberland School . "—[ Our present Girls' School , then under the patronage of her Royal Hihness the Duchess of

g Cumberland , and called after her ] . _ March 20 th . —The funeral solemnity and oration delivered by Bro . Timmins , with an elegy set to music , by Bro . Cresshull .

_ April 3 rd . —A Steward appointed to keep account , by tickets , of the reckoning , both in the lodge and the supper-room . _ April 10 . —The 4 th By-law dispensed with on that occasion in order that two candidates of unexceptionable character ancl well known by many present , " so they were elected at once and made , " as was also the Rev . E .

Lawrence , curate of St . Philips' Church , Birmingham . James Rollason , printer , dead . " Departed this life in hope of an eternal one . " Solemnity ordered . April 13 th . —Three brethren , each , passed and raised the same evening . Birmingham visiting brethren were to pay their share of the expenses on solemnities at tbe death of a brother .

April 17 fch . —A solemn stated lodge . Lectures in the three degrees and Oration by Bro . Timmins . The Elegy performed as a solo , followed by a chorus , and the whole encored ! The lodge was ordered to remain all the next morning for ladies and gentlemen to see ifc . Bro . Sketchley and the Tyler to ' be in attendance . The Rev . Bro . Lawrence appointed Chaplain . A paragraph on the 1

solemnity ordered to bedrawn up aud sent to the newspapers . Mayl . —The Chaplain declared free from payment of his subscription . June 12 th . —The Rev . S . Meor , ( F ) Vicar of Vardley , made . Dinner ordered for anniversary afc half-a-crown each , and then to adjourn to Wilday ' s Bowling-green

at the Shakespeare . Resolved to invite tbe St . Albans lodge again . September 3 rd . —The lodge was called , specially , in order to give Bro . Ruspini , and others , from London , opportunity of attending . [ The Chevalier Ruspini was the founder of the Cumberland , or Girl ' s School . ] December 4 fch . —A lodge certificate was agreed to . The ornamental border of it was left to the decision of a committee .

December 18 th . —Bro . J . Timmins elected W . M ., and Bro . Heaton appointed Deputy . 1790 , Januai * y 15 th . —The health of tbe candidates elected drunk with hearty good wishes , after which the lodge was closed . June 4 fch . —The King ' s birthday . The officer in command of a recruiting parfcy , in Birmingham , out of liment to

comp 'the lodge , ordered the fifes and drums to play the Entered Apprentice Tune , he being both a Eoyal Arch ancl Super-Excellent Mason . One third of the members required to be present to dispense wifch the 4 th by-law . June 25 fch . —Dinner afc Vauxhall . Bro . R . Covell , P . M ., Eoyal Arch , Rose Croix , & c , present .

July 2 nd . —The loclge again patronised Bro . Banks at the theatre , September 24 th . —Bro . Sketchley , the publisher , presented a copy , bound in red Morocco , of The Suffcrings ^ of John Goustos , for Freemasonry , in the Itiqiiisition in Spccin . The lodge was ordered to go into mourning , and remain so as long as the public mourning

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lasted , for the death of H . R . H . the G . M ., _ the Duke of Cumberland . The brethren to appear in mourning . Lectures on the 1 st 2 nd and 3 rd steps . An Elegy performed . Ou oration delivered , ancl a hymn sung . The room hung with black cloth , a pall , & c . One brother passed and raised that night . November 29 th . —H . R . H . thePrince of Wales elected

Grand Master . December 3 rd . —Arrears ordered to be paid . December 17 th . —Bro . James Timmins re-chosen "to fill Solomon ' s chair . " Bro . "Walker , Deputy Master . 1791 . January 7 th . —Officers installed and " homaged . " List of tho members ordered to be sent to Bro . W . White . [ Our present long-lived and respected P . G . Sec ]

February ISth . —The loclge room ordered not to be given up on lodgo nighfc for fche use of any meeting , either by order of the Master or any individual , but only by the unanimous consent of tho loclge . June 3 rd . —Anniversary dinner ordered . Invitations to be sent only to the present ancl former members of the lodge . The W . M . to see each of them , and no

advertisement to be inserted in the newspapers . Dinner for eighteen . Wines and spirits to be delivered into the Tyling-room in bottles . Arrears to bo paid . —NOTES BY AX OLD P . M . IRISH "MASOXIC PERIODICALS . Are there any Irish Masonic periodicals published of a similar nature to THE FREEJIASOXS' MAGAZIXE ?—A . G .

—[ We are nofc aware of any now . There was one formerly called The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine , containing plates and portraits , in seven vols ., 8 vo . Dublin , 1792-95 ] . LODGES AT STRASBOURG . What lodges formerly existed afc Strasbourg ? That city was , sol am told , one of the great centres of Masonry eighty years ago . —S .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor h not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUSSEX . TO THE EDITOll OP THE FI 1 EEJIASOXS MACAZIJCE AlfD MASONIC MIItKOK . DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —Can you be kind enough , in your nexfc publication to inform the Sussex brethren when they are to have the pleasure of reading the speech ,

& c , of the V . W . D . G . M ., as promised in your journal of October 4 th last . We should like to know , Mr . Editor ,, where the blame lies . It seems that some countiesone , for instance , that of Bucks and Berks , which took place so lately as October 28—can have a full report of speeches , sermon , & c , the same week : bufc the brethren

of Sussex are compelled to wait more than a month before they can have even the D . G . M . ' s speecti reported .. Is the fault that of thoso who reported the meeting as far as published could nofc get a copy , or is it that those who have the management will nofc let them have it , bufc like to keep fche Sussex brethren in suspense— " Masonic

Hall , " to wit ? I am , clear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , OBSERVER . [ We were officially promised a copy of the address in question , but have not yet received it . — -ED . ]

Knights Templar.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .

TO THE EDITOll OF THE EP . EE 3 IASOXS' 3 IAGAZIXE AWD 3 TASOyiC 3111111011 . DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —It may not be generally known that the Scottish Templars decline to fraternise with those of that degree who have received the same