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before , within the walls of the Freemasons' Tavern , has so great a compliment been paid to any brother as you , brethren , have to-night been pleased to pay me . Brethren , the jewel which now adorns my breast shall be cherished aud preserved in my family as a monument of your kindness towards me , aud when my sons are of mature age , and enter into this noble Order , may tbe inscription be an incentive to them to pursue the duties they may be called upon to perform , whether in Freemasonry or public lifeand I have no doubt they will meet with their due reward .

, My friend , the AV . M ., has spoken of my long services , but I never anticipated the spleudid testimonial I have received this night . I have been twenty years your Secretary , and d uring the whole period I have never been absent but onco , aud that was occasioned by the loss of one of the nearest and dearest to me ; for as a fond father is attached to his family , so am I attached to my Lodge ; as a dutiful child loves its mother , so do I love my mother Lodge . I feel that I cannot adequately thank youbut if my conduct has given you satisfactionI will henceforth redouble

, , my exertions for the welfare and happiness of the members . I thank you sincerely fortius mark of your approbation ; and W . M ., brethren , and visitors , may every happiness that the world can afford attend you and yours , may peace and contentment reign in your dwellings , and when we shall bo summoned from this sublunary abode , may you and I meet again in the grand Lodge above , where the world ' s Great Architect lives and reigns for ever . " ( Loud cheering ) . The toast of the Initiates was responded to by Bro . Wiseman ; and Bro . Young returned thanks for

the numerous visitors . Bro . Emmens proposed the health of the W . M . Bro . Maney said , if his conduct had given satisfaction he was amply repaid . Bro . Kennedy responded for the Past Masters ; aud , as Treasurer of the Lodge , he had never paid a hundred guineas with so much pleasure in Ids life as that to Bro . Emmens , which had been done , and yet their benevolent fund was left intact . Bros . Laughlin and Hales responded on the part of the Chaplains of the Lodge . The W . M . gave the Masonic Charities , aud Bro . Crew made a long address , enforcing the excellences

of these institutions . Bro . Swanston , S . W . returned thanks for the officers , and begged personally to offer to Bro . Emmens their sincere and heartfelt wish , that the acknowledgment ho had received for his past meritorious and gratuitous services , might , with his happiness , increase a hundredfold . The pleasures of the evening were greatly enhanced by the vocal performances of Bros . Woollans , Donald King , a , ud * D . Davis ; and Bro . Edney , of the Royal York Lodge , No . 7 , ably presided at the pianoforte . Great praise is due to Bro . Nicholson , Director of the Ceremonies , for the very excellent arrangements of the evening . The Lodge adjourned until October .

INSTRUCTION . E . vocil Lo . Dcm ( No . 11 ) . -The weekly meeting of this Lodgo was held at Bro , Rowland ' s , the Newton Hotel , St . Mnrtin's-street , Leicester-square , on Thursday evening , at seven o ' clock ; Bro . Sewell presiding as W . M ., assisted by Bro . Hides , S . W . ; Bro . Rowland , J . W . ; aud many members of tbe Lodge ; Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson , and several visitors being present . The Lodge was opened in due form , a ceremony worked , and the charge to the first degree given iu a very impressive manner by Bro . Garrod ; after which a discussion took place upon several points in Masonry . The fourth section was then worked by Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson , and the Lodge was closed in due form and adjourned .

ROBERT BURKS LODGE ( No . 25 ) . —This able Lodge of Instruction held its firstmeeting for the summer season , at Bro . J . IV . Adams ' s Union Tavern , Air-street , Regent-street , on Friday , May 6 th , 1859 . It having been resolved at the previous meeting that the Lodge of Instruction continue its meetings during the summer , the following brethren agreed to assist the future meetings to the best of thoir ability—Bros . J . A . Adams , Watson , T . Allen , Walkley , Sigrist , Le Gassick , Caulcher , Apted , Newton , Sedgwick , Gladwin , and others . Bro . Read ( No . 25 ) , a young Mason , filled the chair tins evening , and received the encomiums of the members present for the efficient manner in which the duties of W . M . were performed . The