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would be advised by circular . Bro . Pierpoint then gave notice of motion for changing the night of meeting . No brother having anything further to propose for the good of Masonry , the loclge was called off for refreshment at 5 o'clock , and the brethren , to the number of forty , adjourned to the intended new lodge room , where they partook of the banquet provided by Bro . Bather . Grace before meat was said by Bro . the Rev . R . Garland , L . L . B ., S . W . of Lodge 997 ( Wednesbury ) , ancl ran as follows : —

" 0 source of the purest light ! 0 Lord of Glory ! Great , incomprehensibly great , are Thy handiworks ; Thou gavest to us at the building of the Temple . »¦ Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty ! Thou gavest to us vitality , pleasure , meat , and drink ! To Thee , therefore , be glory , honour , praise , and thanks . " So mote it be !

After dinner , the Grace following was said by the same Rev . brother : — " God be praised ! Thou hast thought on us this day also ; Be praised for this day ' s blessings ; Oh , protect us fatherly , according to Thy grace and power , In happiness and in sorrow , in all our ways , And bless this night . " So mote it he !

The following toasts were then proposed by the W . M . from the chair : — "The Queen ! " ( the daughter of a Mason ); "Albert Edward , Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family ;" "The M . W . G . M ., the M . W . D . G . M ., and the Grand Lodge of England ; " "The R . W . Prov . G . M ., the R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., and the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire ; " " The Prov . G . M . 's of East LancashireCheshireand the

neighbour-, , ing Provinces and their Grand Officers ; " "Bro . Thomas Wylie , Prov . G . Sec , and Bro . James Hamer , Prov . G . Treas . ; " "Bro . Gilbert Greenall , Esq ., M . P . for the Borough of Warrington ;" "Bro . James Hepherd , Esq ., Mayor of the Borough of Warrington . " Bro . WYLIE , Prov . G . Sec , in responding , made a very impressive and elaborate speech , and concluded by assuring the brethren that the proceedings of this day had afforded him

very great pleasure . He intended to adopt Bro . Harness plan of visiting all the lodges in the province by turns . —Bro . HAJIEB , Prov . G . Treas ., said he should not forget the reception he uniformly met with at the hands of the brethren of 173 . If he hud been of service to the loclge , he was gratified . It had pleased the G . A . O . T . U . to place him in such a position in life that he could give all his time to the interests of Masonry . He made it his constant studyand nothing afforded him so much leasure

, p as to be of use to the Craft . He had attended , he believed , all their lodge meetings of 173 for the last twelve months , and although they had now a W . M . whose heart was in his work , and who was a thoroughly efficient Mason , yet he should not forsake them . Bro . Hamer sat down amid a complete storm of Masonic salutes . —Bro . GBEENALL , M . P ., in responding to his

health , said he was proud to say he was a Free aud Accepted Mason , because there was no society whose precepts were more truly noble . He revered the principles of the Craft , because Charity was the pinnacle of all true excellence in Masonry . He hoped his conduct had always been in harmony with her teachings . _ He thanked the brethren for tbe truly fraternal—nay , affectionate—manner in which they had received him . He knew he fell short of his dutto lod 173 but he was sure

y ge , they would not do him the injustice to construe his absence from their meetings as indicating indifference . He promised them that he would always attend when not prevented by his parliamentary duties . The remarks of this brother were characterised by much warmth of feeling , and it is needless to say were received in a truly Masonic maimer . —Bro . JAMES HEEEIEEDMayor of Warringtonafter responding to his own

, , . health , as an old member of the Lodge of Lights ( No . 173 ) , thanked the W . M . for the zeal which he had manifested in behalf of Masonry in general , and their own lodge in particular , since he came to reside in Warrington . There could be no doubt that that day marked the beginning of a new era in their existence as a Masonic lodge . He congratulated the members on the prospect of so early ing Private RoomsThat

occupy . was a step in the right direction , and he should be disappointed if , when they held their Centenary Festival in 1865 , they did not double theii present number of members . —Bro . GEEENALL , M . P ., then rose to propose the next toast , "The Health of Bro . Henry Brown White , P . M . of No . 173 . " He said he did so with extreme pleasure . Bro . White was the most efficient

Mason amongst them , and therefore he received only what he richly merited when they gave him the chair . He ( the W . M . ) possessed an amount of enthusiasm for Masonry , which did him infinite credit . A Masonic revival had been inaugurated by him in Warrington , and it was a fact , which could not be gainsayed , that to Bro . White's energy , determination , aud industry they were indebted for accommodation in that beautiful room ,

which had been redecorated under his immediate and sole superintendence . The toast was received with Masonic honours , given in the heartiest manner . —Bro . H . B . WHITE , the WM ., in responding to his health , said that he felt that to he the proudest moment of his life . He assurred the brethren that his very heart and soul was with the Craft . He felt sensibly his present position , and regretted that he could not command words to express what he felt—he used those words in their fullest

meaning . With the aid of his officers , the hearty co-opevation of the members , and crowned by the blessing of the G . A . O . T . U . he hoped the year before them would prove a prosperous one to the Lodge of Lights ( No . 173 ) . Nothing , he said , should be wanted on his part to make Masonry felt and respected by the outside world . The W . M . sat down amidst . cheers which Masons know so well how to render . —Bro . HEEHEED , Mayor of Warrington , proposed "The P . M . 's , Wardens , and Officers

of 173 , " which was responded to by Bro . R . G . Stringer , the senior P . M . piresent , and Captain John Knight , S . W ., who in the course of some excellent remarks , expressed the pleasure he felt at being associated with the W . M . of 173 , as his senior officer . He should ever feel it a duty he owed to the lodge , to render himself thoroughly equal to the duties he had most willingly undertaken , so that the precision of the working of the W . M . and the prestige of Lodge 173 , should not , through

him , become impaired . — " The Visiting Brethren" was next proposed and responded to by Bro . Rigby , W . M . of No , 1060 , in a truly fraternal manner . He mentioned how much the Runcorn brethren were indebted to the brethren of Lodge 173 , for obtaining for them a regularly constituted lodge at Runcorn . — Bro . GEOBGE HADDOOK , PI-OV . G . Supt . of Works , next proposed " The Ladies , " and afterwards the " Army , Navy , ancl Volunteers , " which was responded to by Bro . Captain Cartwright . In the course of the evening , the W . M . announced that Bro .

Greenall , M . P ., had kindly promised to give the sum of £ 10 to the lodge , to be paid to the Funds of the Educational Institution for West Lancashire , in the name of the W . M ., that he ( Bro . White ) , might become a Life Governor of that Institution . After an evening spent in true ancl uninterrupted harmony , much enlivened by admirable songs from the Prov . G . Org . and Bro . Woods , I . G ., the lodge was called to labour and closed in form with solemn prayer , at ten o'clock , after which the

brethren separated with due decorum . We are glad to be able to publish the foregoing report . Warrington is Masonically a place of great interest . Bro . Ashmole , founder of the Ashmolean Museum , at Oxford , was initiated at Warrington , 217 years ago . We understand the present Hon . Sec . of the loclge , Bro . Bowes , intends to compile a history of Masonry in Warrington , and , if lie can obtain the requisite permission , publish the same for distribution at the centenary celebration in 1865 .

OBMSKIEK . —Lodge of Harmony ( No . 845 ) . —The lodge was opened on December 31 st , by Bro . Thomas Wylie , Prov . G . Sec , as W . M ., assisted hy Bros . James Hamer , Prov . G . Treas ., as S . W . ; C . J . Banister , Prov . G . D . C ., as J . W . ; and the officers of the lodge , also the R . W . M . Bro . Sir Thomas G . Hesketh , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . J . W . and D . Prov . G . M . ; Bourne , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; also W . M . ' s of Mersey Lodge ( No . 201 ) , and Everton Lodge ( No . 1125 ) , the S . W . of 267 , Bro . Leedham , Bro . W . Lambert , P . Prov .

G . Deacon , East Lancashire , and P . M . 889 , and a full attendance ofthe brethren of the lodge . The minutes of last lodge and lodge of emergency were read and confirmed . This being the night to install the W . M . elect , Bro . J . Baxendale , he was presented by P . M . Bro . Lambert , to tbe installing Master , Bro . James Hamer , who obligated and installed him into the chair of K . S ., with his accustomed care and impressiveness , in the presence of a full board of Installed Masters . The brethren in each degree were admitted

and severally saluted tbe W . M ., and after he had been thrice proclaimed the following officers were each invested with the collars of their offices -. —Bros . Jackson , 'P . M . ; T . Thomas , S . W . ; Terry , J . W . ; Sharpies , Treas . ; Young , Sec ; Gibson , S . D . ; Colley , J . D . ; Glover , I . G . ; Lambert , P . M . 845 and 889 , Dir . of Cers . ; Wilks , Tyler . As each officer was invested the Installing Master delivered an appropriate charge to each , and a truly Masonic charge to the brethren generally , which was listened to with great attention , after which the brethren were