The Girls' School.

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .

A Quarterly Court was held on Thursday last , Bro . John Udall in the chair . The minutes of the last quarterly Court were confirmed , with the exception of that portion relating to Vice Presidents . The minutes of the various committees were read and confirmed . The Treasurer was authorised to sign cheques for the last quarter's expenses , amounting to £ 749 lis . Id .

On the motion of Bro . J . SYMOKDS , V . P ., it was resolved to alter rule 4-9 , relating to the meetings of the Audit Committee , by omitting the words twelve o'clock , and substituting half-past two o'clock , or such hour as the Committee may appoint . It was also resolved to amend rule 60 , relating to the qualification of Vice President , by omitting the words ' ¦ ' within three years , " and substituting the words " of not less than five guineas . " Five vacancies were declared for the election in April next ,

to be filled up from a list of thirteen approved candidates . Various communications were made and apian of Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson . P . G . D ., for enlarging and improving the ¦ school , at a cost of about £ 1300 , so as to accommodate 100 pupils , instead of SO , brought under consideration . Bro . Jno . SYMOJTDS , V . P . G . D . C ., moved , and Bro . LE VEAU , P . G . S . B ., seconded , that the alteration of the building to adapt it for twenty additional children , according to the plans laid

before this Court , be referred to the House Committee to carry out at an expense not exceeding £ 1300 . Upon which Bro . HOPWOOD , P . G . D ., moved as an amendment , which was seconded by Bro . ADLAM , that it be referred back to the Committee , to consider and report whether some and what portions of the works may conveniently and properly be disposed with , and thereby the large proposed expenditure materially reduced .

On a show of hands the amendment was lost , and the original motion carried by a considerable majority . After some further business , principally of a formal nature , the meeting adjourned .

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

OLD Coxcoitn LODGE ( NO . 201 ) . —The installation meeting ¦ of this lodge was held on Tuesday evening , Jan . 7 th , at the Freemasons' Tavern . Bro . the Rev . J . W . Laughlin , the W . M ., presided , supported by his officers , P . M . ' s George Gurton , Jackson , Kennedy , Maney , Swanstom , Emmens , and Nicholson , and the following visitors : —Bros . Dickie , P . M ., and Lewis , P . M . 53 , Stiong Man ; Marshall , 1055 ; Watson , "W . M ., No . 11 ; Stuart

P . M . 1 G 5 ; Kennedy 1115 ; Tate 1044 ; Cobham and Williams , 536 ; G . Miles , P . M . 57 ; G . Clerk and Robinson , 8 ; Osmond 118 ; Hadley 63 ; H . Norman , P . M . 23 ; Blackburn , P . M . 23 ; Eex , J . D . 22 ; Johnson , 150 ; Solomon and Parklmvst , 108 ; Allison , 214 ; Holingsworth 53 ; & c . The lodge having been opened and the minutes read , Mr . James Severn Bennett was introduced and most impressively initiated by the W . M . into the mysteries of ancient Freemasonry , the musical performances by Bro . Amos .

The W . M . then resigned thechair , it being taken by Bro . Emmens , the installing master , wdio proceeded to install Bro . Waters as W . M . for the year ensuing , and delivered the addresses in ti manner which elicited the warmest admiration . The W . M . -then appointed his officers as follows : —Bros . Hogg , M . D ., S . W . ; Davis , J . W . ; Corbin , S . D . ; Green , J . D . ; Dixson , I . G . ; Maguire , D . C . ; and Bros . Sallust and Cronin , Stewards . " Bros . Kennedy and Emmens were re-appointed as Treas . and Sec ;

Bro . Spaight was invested as Tyler . Bro . Laughlen was invested with the jewel voted to him by the lodge on his retirement from the chair as W . M ., for which he returned thanks . On the motion of Bro . MAXEY , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Hogg , S . W ., it was agreed that the sum of three guineas should be given from the funds of the lodge towards the relief of Bro . Dancock , who had' for many years filled " the office of hall porter at the Freemasons' Tavernhe being in very straitened

, circumstances . The lodge was then closed and the brethren adjourned to a well furnished banquet , to which eighty sat down . After the cloth had been drawn and the loyal and masonic toasts duly honoured , the W . M . said the next toast he . had to propose was one which always gave a great deal of pleasure to every W . M . of the Old Concord Lodge , which was " The Health

of their newly initiated Brother Bennett . " He could assure him that they received him with open arms and with a good heart , and from the little he had seen of Freemasonry he had no doubt it would imbue him with the belief that the practice of it would render him a good man , and necessarily a good Mason . By the practice of it he would find that it

embraced truth , honour and charity , and was the foundation of every moral and social virtue . —Bro . BEJJNETT thanked the brethren for the free and handsome manner in which they had drunk his health , and he regretted that he did not possess the talent and eloquence to express his sentiments as he could wish in returning thanks , but it would be his constant and dilegent study to make himself acquainted with the rules and principles of Freemasonry . — -The W . M . said

the next toast he was about to propose was one which always gave great satisfaction to tho members of the Old Concord Lodge . On that occasion they were honoured by numerous visitors , whose healths he was about to propose . Nothing gave them greater pleasure than to see members visit them they gave them a cordial welcome , and the oftener they visited them the better they should like them . They had with them that nightthe red ; blueand he thought

, , he saw the purple , and he trusted that their visits would neither be few nor far between . They were proud and happy to see them , and he hoped that happiness would continue as long as he should sit in the chair . —Bro . SIIAEOE returned thanks on behalf of the visitors for the hearty welcome they had received . —Bro . LATJGHHX , P . M ., said be felt it to be a very hard thing to give up the gavel which he had held for twelve months , and when in the course of the evening he heard some one address the

AV . M . he pricked up his ears and thought it referred to him , but the truth soon flashed upon him , that he was gone to his fathers , and another king reigned in his stead . Their brother Waters was an ornament to Freemasonry , andfrom the time he had devoted to it he was qualified to fill every office , from I . G . to the Master in the chair . Where , he would ask , was the man who had ever heard a word of unkindness from him , and he only said the words of truth that while lie had arrived at his present position by gradual steps externally , he had done so internally in their hearts , and he trusted he would eventually arrive at

that which was the summit of all their hopes which was to be a P . M . He was glad to see Bro . Bennett come amongst them , and he hoped that it would be the commencement of a lasting friendship , for all Freemasons were close friends to each other , all acting together as brothers , for the labour of Freemasonry was indeed a labour of love . In their lodges they promoted the Xirinciples of religion on that broad basis which wonld take in all mankindregarding- them all as members of one family with one

, restriction only , that they should believe in God . That they were not perfect they felt to be the case , but the more they became acquainted with the principles of Freemasonry the more they would become good and fit subjects , and for the early blessings given them the Great God and Architect of the Universe would call upon them to render a strict account , and the step their brother had taken that night contained the true

principles , the Alpha andjOmega , the beginning and the ending of true faith . As Chaplain of the lodge he had diverged from the toast before him , for which he hoped they would excuse him , and he now called upon them to drink " The Health of their W . M . " He trusted he might have a comfortable and satisfactory year of office , and when he should retire on his laurels that he might be happy in Freemasonry henceforth aud for ever . —The W . M . said it could not

be expected that he should be able to reply satisfactorily after the eloquent tribute which had been paid to him b y his esteemed and reverend friend Bro . Laughiin . He had spoken of his attention to Freemasonry , but if he had devoted treble the number of hours he had to it , he should have considered he had cheaply earned the position to which he had then arrived . No amount of study was too great , for while engaged in Freemasonry , the hours flitted by , aud he could not believe the time

went by so quickly . He thanked the brethren most cordially for the honour they had done him . —The W . M . then in very appropriate terms gave " The Health of the Past Masters of the Old Concord Lodge , " and took occasion to thank them for the way in which the funds had been administered , for although they had subscribed £ 130 to the different Charities , they had still £ 300 in their Benevolent Fund . —Bro . LATJGnLiN- returned thanks for the P . M . 's , and hoped they would always be punctual in their attendance to give their assistance to the W . M . in the chair . —The W . M . next gave " The Health of Bros .