Provincial.

" The folloiving gentlemen of the district were named for immediate initiation in the St . Tudno Lodge : —Price Jones , Esq ., M . D . Rhyl ; Robert Edward AVilliams , Esq ., solicitor , Rhyl ; and T , Sleight , Esq ., Rhyd , Rhyl ; with others from a distance .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

METROPOLITAN . ST . JAMES ' S CHAPTER ( NO . 2 ) . —The last convocation ofthe season was held on Thursday , June 6 , at the Freemasons' Tavern . Comps . Dr . Stuart Tulloch as Al . E . Z . ; Col . J . It . AVestern , H . ; Cipt . J . Creaton , J , Bro . Noel Henriquez , of the St . Domingo Lodge , French Constitution , was exalted into this sublime degree ; E . Comp . William Stuart , Prov . G . Sup . of Herts ; Comps . Colonel Stuart and AVPulteney ScottP . Z ' s . of the Chapter . Comps .

. , How and AATiichcord ivere visitors . The Chapter Avas closed until the first Thursday in December ; Comp . AA . R . AA'ood , JI . E . Z ., whom professional duties had prevented from earlier attendance , presided at the banquet , and in proposing the health of Comp . Henriquez , congratulated him on his admission to English Royal Arch Alasonry , expressing a hope that the Avorthy companion would he enabled to achieve the wish he had expressed of extending the

sublime degree into his oivn island . HAMPSHIRE . LTAIINGTON . —Constitution of the New Forest Chapter ( No . 401 ) . —This interesting eA-ent took place at the JIasonic Hall on the 3 rd inst ., Comp . J . Rankin Stebbing , Z . 152 , presiding , and conducting the ceremonies , assisted by Comps . D . G . Douglas , Z . 555 ,

as H ., and John Naish , P . Z . 90 , as J ., many other influential Companions from Southampton and AA inchester being present . Comps . the Rev . Georse BradshaiA-, M . A ., Prov . Grand Chaplain and AV . M . 401 , was installed Z . ; AVm . Hickman , AV . AI . of No . 555 , and Prov . G . Sec , H . ; and J . Hayivard , P . JI . 401 , and ex-mayor of Lymington , J . for the ensuing year . Bro . Stebbing , having declared the Chapter duly constituteddelivered the Alasonic oration

, customary on such occasions , and the business of the Chapter was entered upon with every prospect of permanent and successful results . Seven neiv members were proposed , and three candidates for exaltation . The Companions , to the number of tiventy , many from a distance , sat down to au excellent banquet , over ivhich the neivly installed Z ., the Rei ' . Bro . Bradshaii ' , presided with much ability .

Netherlands.

NETHERLANDS .

THE HAGUE . [ PROJI OUR AMSTERDAM CORRESPONDENT . ] At a meeting oi the Grand Orient of the Netherlands , which was held at the Hague on the 26 th of Jlay , under the presidency of HV > Aloyai HAgVvness Pi-mce EiedmtVck of tiie Netherlands , tiie 4 Sfch anniversary of his Grand Mastership was duly celebrated by the brethren . At tho solemn banquet held on thafc occasion the toast

to His Royal Highness iA-as proposed by Bro . J . A an Lemiep , Grand Orator , the Bro . ' Van Rappard , D . G . JI ., being prevented by illness from assisting . AVe are enabled by friendly communications to give the substance of the learned brother ' s speech , Avhich ivas said to express truly the feelings of all the Dutch brethren toivards their illustrious chief , the Nestor of the Grand Masters noiv existing . The customary wordssaid Bro . Van Lennepwith which a

, , Dutch Freemason concludes his toasts are these : —The number known only to us of three times three ; the words to begin mine should be , the number perhaps known to many , hut this day celebrated only by us , of five times 3 x 3 . " The stars encircling the inscription placed behind our G . Master ' s seat are 45 in number , alluding to the years during which he has held the staff of office . Surelit was a piece of daring audacitin our predecessors ivheii

y y in this same room where we are noiv assembled they raised to the dignity of G . JI . for life a young man of nineteen years ; but Ave , my brethren , have reason to give them praise and thanks for that audacity—Ave who knoiv hy experience that the symbols of authority could never have been committed to abler hands . I sincerely regret that our noble brother the D . G . JI . is not here , because he would have enlarged upon our worthy G . Master ' s merits in

much abler and more eloquent terms than I can do ; but if I admit my inferiority to him in every other respect , I never shall admit that I can he infeiior to him when it concerns the love and respect I bear to our worthy G . AI . ; and I am convinced that CA-ery brother in this room , nay , that every brother under tho allegiance of this Grand Orient , ivill say the same . During these 45 years , M . AV . G . M ., your High AVorthiness has seen many changes ; has lost many valuable brethren upon whose counsel and assistance your High AA orthiness could rely . Your High AA orthi-

Netherlands.

ness has seen generations pass by and arise , but you havo experienced as we have , that in that whole lapse of time there never was the slightest complaint raised against you ; but , on the contrary , words of praise and thanksgiving were constantly upon the lips of every brother—words that arose from the heart . I may say more , in the palaces of the great as in the huts of the poor the name of Prince Frederick is never mentioned without awakening feelings of veneration and love ; and nobodthinks of him without thinking of the

y man who sets to his countryman the example of a good Prince , a loving husband and father , and a loyal subject . AVhen the principles of JIasonry are discussed and ill-judged by the uninitiated , we have only to point at our G . M . to make them confess that a society of which he is proud to be called the head cannot be guided by a false doctrine or by unworthy motives . Jly brethren , I know that you will cheerfully join in tho toast I proposed to our illustrious

G . JI ., a toast which will be fired off with all JIasonic honours . Our first volley will be a fire of gratitude to the G . A . 0 . T . U . for preserving our most beloved G . JI ., during his long JIasonic career , iu the same healthy state of mind and body , uniting as he does theprudence and experience of years with the strength , the zeal , and . ardour of youth ; and what is still more , showing constantly the same kindness and affection to his brethren . Our second volley will ,

he a fire of brotherly , nay , of filial love and devotion towards him who more than any man living deserves it , and whose kind behaviour Ave can never repay but by using our best endeavours to deserve it . Our third and last volley is a fire of hope , that it may please Him who is the Fountain of all good things to lengthen the days of our illustrious G . M . so that he may continue to be , as he is

noAA-, the pride and honour of his country , of his Royal Family , and of tho brotherhood . It Avill be unnecessary to add that the toast was followed by the cheers and applause of the brethren , and that His Royal Highness expressed his thanks to them in his usual affable and affectionate manner . Amongst other toasts afterwards proposed there ivas one . which we mention here for the sake of the effect produced by it . Bro . Schuymer , D . M . of the William Frederick Lodgo

( Amsterdam ) , proposed the health of Her Royal Highness the Princess , reminding the brethren that she was the Royal Consort , and her family ivas cited everyivhere as an example to all families in the Netherlands . To this toast His Royal Highness ansivered , —I sincerely thank Bro . Schuymer for his toast , and I have only to say ( here the tears trinkled in the Princes eyes ) that I wish to every brother JIason such a good wife as I have got . During the iveek subsequent to the meeting of the Grand Orient ,

an exhibition was held in the JIasonic Hall of Masonic curiosities , arranged in a very beautiful way by the care of the Great Archivist , Jno . Noordrich . The catalogue of the JIasonic engravings , portraits , printed book , manuscripts , coins , medals , joivels , ribbons , tools , signets , seals , & c , exhibited , hears not less than 576 numbers ; forming a collection as interesting and valuable , perhaps , as auy in Europe . Should any of our English brethren ever make a

stay at the Hague , Ave can only advise them nofc to lose the opportunity of visitiiig the archives of the Grand Orient and the treasures they contain , to ivhich admittance will he given by applying to Bro . Noordrich . AVe have not the least doubt but they Avill find the trouble they take amply repaid .

Fine Arts.

Fine Arts .

Air . Alayall of Regent-street , is publishing a series of photographs : of the most eminent statesmen of the day , and has commenced with the Earl of Derby . The position of the noble Earl is natural ,, and unconstrained , the likeness excellent , and the execution all that could be desired . AA'hat Air . Mayall is doing for statesmen , Bro . Poulton of the-Strandappears disposed to do for ivell-kuoivn Jlasons onlou

, y , a smaller scale . AA ' e have IIOAV before us an excellent full length Album portrait of Bro . E . H . Patterson , P . G . S . B . the IIOAV Secretary to the Girls' School , the fidelity of which cannot be excelled . Bro Patten is represented in his private costume , and from the respect in which he is held in the Craft , and the loiv price at ivhich the portrait it published , we have no doubt that Bro . Poulton will experience a good demand for it . The show-rooms of Bro . Poulton

ivill Avell repay a visit from those who take an interest in the photographic arfc . AA e have now in preparation an engraving of tho Right Hon Earl Dalhousie , P . D . G . AI . from a photograph by Mayall , which wil be presented with an early number of the next volume of the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE . Brethren desirous of possessing this portrait , which will be executed in the first style of art , should at once enrol their names as subscribers to the AIAGAZINE .