The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEM . A special Provincial Grand Lodge of AA arwii : kshire will be held afc Coventry on tlie 9 th August , when the foundationstone of the Warwick aud Coventry Hospital will be laid by tlie R . AA . Prov . G . Master , Lord Leigh .

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

FLORENCE Niairrra-GALE LODGE ( NO . 706 ) . —This lodge hold its installation meeting afc the Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich , on Friday , June 24 th , 18 G » 1 . Present—Bros . Litle , W . M . j Col . Cleric , AV . Carter , P . Laird , J . li . Thomson , P . M . ' s ; Col . Field , S . AV . ; Hare , J . W . ; E . Bailey , Morris , Taylor , "N " elson , A . Farnfield , AV . AA ' ard , Column , Capt . Dadson , Matthew Coolce , Capt . McLaughlin , La Costo , Daniels , Brown , Frechet , and DrHughesThe visitors were— -BrosNormanAVM ;

. . . , .. AVescombe , S . AV . ; Bead , P . M ., and Graydou , P . M ., all of ] S o . 13 ; F . AA'alters , P . M . 73 ; and Hardwick , 700 . The loclge having been opened in the proper manner , Col . Field , S . AV ., W . M . elect , was presented by Col . Cleric , P . M ., and was installed by Bro . Litle , the outgoing AV . M . Col . Field was then pleased to appoint and instal his officers as follows : —Hare , S . \ A ' . ; DunlopT . A \ r . ; J . K . ThomsonP . M . Treas . ; Bodil See .

, , , , y , Bailey , S . D . ; Morris , J . D . ; Capt . McLaughlin , I . G . ; and Henderson , Tyler . The appeal of a poor brother Avas answered by a donation of three guineas . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to Bro . De Grey's , the Freemasons' Tavern , Avhere a handsome banquet was provided . The flowers on the table ivere of the choicest in blossom , aud so profusely provided that they were mentioned with encomium by almost all present .

Tho speeches ivere short ancl to the purpose , ancl the lodge bids fair to be not only prosperous but i-ery happy under its new AA ' . M . Bros . Carter , Frechet , J . It . Thomson , Colnian , and others sung some capital songs , and the evening ivas most agreeably spout by all present .

Provincial.

PROVINCIAL .

CUMBERLAND . CABEISEE . — Union Lodge ( No . 310 ) . —The monthly meeting of this loclge was held at the private rooms , Barwise-court , on Tuesday , Juno 2 Sth . The loclge was opened bv Bro . C . J . Banister , P . M ., Prov . G . S . B . ( in the absence of the AV . M . ) , assisted by the officers of the loclge . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . A . Johnston , wishing to take the second degreewas examined as to his proficiency

, in the former , received a test of merit , and retired , and was afterwards presented to the Acting AA ' . M ., who passed him to the second degree , in his usual impressive manner . Bro . Story's petition to the Fund of Benevolence was duly read and signed by the W . M . and brethren in open lodge . Several propositions of candidates were made , and the business of the loclge over , it was closed in solemn form . At refreshments , due honour was done to the loyal and Masonic toastsand the brethren separated

, after spending a happy evening . LEICESTERSHIRE . ASIIBY-DE-EA-ZOTTCII . —Ferrers and loanltoe Lodge ( So . 779 ) . —This loclge held its anniversary meeting on Tuesday , tlie 2 Stli June . The Rev . J . Denton , AV . M ., took the chair at four o'clock . After the minutes of the last meeting had been readBroAA "

, . . Kelly , tho D . Prov . G . M ., on behalf of the Earl Howe , many members of the Provincial Grand Loclge , ancl other brethren , presented to Bro . tlie Rev . J . Denton a most handsome Provincial Senior Grand AA'arden ' s locket jewel , and stated the pleasure it had given the Prov . G . M . ancl himself to see how " the Ashby-cle-la-Zouch Loclge had prospered during the two years that Bro . Denton had presided over it . Bro . Henry Efcherington

Smith , S . AA " ., then , on behalf of the Ferrers andlvanhoe Loclge , presented Bro . Denton with a very beautiful P . M . ' s jewel bearing the following inscription : — " Presented to Bro . the Rev . John Denton , M . A ,, by tlie members of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge ( No . 779 ) , in appreciation of his valuable services as

Worshipful Master , from June 1862 to June 1864 . "" Bro . Smith , iu presenting this part of the testimonial , dwelt ou the service * which Bro . Denton had rendered the lodge , on the position which the loclge had acquired , and the number of new member * which it had obtained during his two years of office ; ancl also on the respect and esteem which he ( Bro . Denton ) has personally gained , by the admirable ivay in which he had discharged all the duties of his office . Bro . Rev . J . Denton

havingresponded , and thanked the brethren both of this and other lodges , who had so kindly helped to commemorate his years of office , gave a brief review of the progress of Masonry in Ashby ,. and concluded by trusting he should always act up to that great motto of their Order , "A Mason forgets only injuries ,, never benefits . " Bro . T . H . Bobart , the P . M ., then presentee ! the AV . M . elect , ancl Bros . S . F . Brown and Rev , J . Denton ,, installed himin the usual manner and according to ancient

, custom . The new AA ' . M . appointed and invested the following officers : —Bros . Francis Hariss , S . AV . ; AA" . Garrick Crofts , S . A \ . ; John Beard , S . D . ; Rev . Dr . Smith , J . D . ; J . Halford Snelson , Sec . ; Edward Ison , I . G . The Rev . J . Denton , as installing master , invested Bro . Henry Etherington Smith , who had been elected Treas ., and Bro . AA . Carver , who had been elected Tyler . Bro . Dr . Morris , of the Royal Monmouth Loclge , having been proposed as ajoining member , the lodge was closed .

SOUTH WALES . CAHDIKF . —Bute Lodge ( So . 960 ) . —Thursday , the 30 th June , was a memorable clay for this lodge , and one that will always be conspicuous in its annals , as well as long remembered with pleasure and pride by those who shared in the festivities connected with the celebration of its first anniversary . At high noon upon that clay twelvemonth , the loclge was consecrated by Bro . Samuel Bryant , Prov . G . Commander Iv . T . Bristol , & c ,

and tlie labours of the enthusiastic AV . M . then installed , and of many of his officers , have been well nigh incessant ever since , concluding at little short of the same hour upon the day of our present report . At nine o'clock a . m . a lodgo of emergency was held for the purposes of initiating a master mariner , about immediately to proceed to sea . The AA . M . presided , supported by his officers , ancl thus very characteristically wound up the business of this most extraordinary year . Some idea of the

amount of work performed by these indefatigable Masons will be gathered when we record that this was the seventy-first candidate initiated within the first year of the lodge ' s existence , that the lodges ancl lodges of emergency held have been over fifty ( at every one of which the AV . M . has presided ) , and thafc the receipts have during the same period amounted to J 315 Sresults altogether unprecedented in this , or , we should imagine ,, any other province . At four o'clock p . m . the brethren

reassembled at tlie Masonic Hall , Consulate Chambers , where they have met during the past year , and which was throughout the present meeting crowded to excess . Indeed , this comparatively commodious and beautifullv-decorated building

( some account of tlie perfect appointments-of which we gave in our report of the consecration ceremony ) has long been felt , owing to the rapidly-increasing growth of this flourishing loclge , to be altogether inadequate to the requirements of tlie brethren ; and a most eligible site having been placed at their disposal by the Trustees of the Marquis of Bute , a Joint Stock Company has been formed , and nearly the whole of the capital subscribed for the building of a very handsome ancl commodious Temple

, the plans and designs of which were now for the first time exhibited in the loclge , ancl which secured for the architect , Bro . Hancorn , P . M ., the warm eulogiums of the brethren . Additional interest was created in the present meeting by the expected visit of the recently-appointed D . Prov . G . M ., Bro . T . M . Talbot ( son of the deservedly popular Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan ) , who also , owing to a severe domestic affliction in the family of

Bro . Xynte , is at present Acting Prov . G . M . Bro . Xalbot is an initiate ancl Past Senior Warden of the Apollo Loclge , Oxford , as well as founder and thrice Master of tho Allan Lodge , Aberavon ; and although , no doubt , the most juvenile brother ever appointed to so important a Masonic post , his zeal , ability , and comparative experience amply compensate for his youthancl he is likely to prove a valuable acquisition to a

, Provincial Grand Lodge in the highest offices of which talented working Masons have not superabounded . Upon tlie present occasion , the able and accomplished founder , as well as Past Master of the Bute Loclge , Bro . J . C . Thorp , having been unanimously re-elected to the chair , no installation ceremony was requisite , lie having been already installed and proclaimed