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obey the Constitutions , & c , and declared each of the new lodges to be regularly and duly constituted The Consecration was then duly proceeded with , ancl was conducted with all that solemnity which always marks , in this province , this important ceremony . In the absence of the Prov . G . Chap . Bro . Elliott read tbe opening invocation and a portion of Holy Scripture . Tho whole of the work was beautifull y performed b

y the Rev . the Prov . Grand Master . After the final benediction the Prov . Grand Lodge was closed in due form . The Prov . G . Master , after partaking of refreshment , left amidst the heartiest greetings of all the brethren . Immediately after the Prov . Grand Lod go was closed , the Lodge of St . _ John ' s 1 , 217 , met for the purpose of installing the AV . M . and his officers . The whole working was adniirably ' dono

by Bro . Gover , P . M . who never seems to be at a loss in ' any of tbe work that devolves upon him . Bro . S . Head was elected AV . M ., and made the following appointments : —Bros James Bennett , S . W . ; R . P . Cnlley , J . W . ; J . H . ICeets , Treas .: J . J . Gover , P . Af , Sec , ; C . Sclden , S . D . ; J . Goad , J . D . ; P T Skelton , I . G . ; W . II . Browning and J . H . Davy , Stewards ' Smith , Tyler . J ;

Unfortunately the AV . M . elect of Dundas Lodge , Bro . T . BHarvey , P . Af . 156 . who was to have been installod ' as the Master of the Lodge , was , on his arrival , taken very unwell—we hope only temporarily—ancl was obliged to go home . He could not consequently be installed , and tbe appointment of the officers had to be deferred . The following are to be Ihe officers : —Bros T . B . Harvey , W . M . ; W . J . BallS . AV . ; F . R . TomesJ VV \ V

, , Bell , P . M . 15 G , Treas . ; J . AVilloughhv , J . W . 15 G , Sec M Patterson , S . D . ; W . Triplet ., J . D . ; James Hicks , I . G . ; Smith Tyler . The brethren then adjourned from labour to refreshment , and separated at an earl y hour in the evening .

LANCASHIRE ( WEST ) . LANCASTER . —Rowley Lodge ( No . 1 , 051 ) . — 'fhe regular meeting of the lodgo was held on Monday , the 1 st March , at the Masonic Rooms . Present , Bro . T . Mason , AV . M . Hall S . AV . ; Dr . Mercer , J . W . ; Bagnall , P . Af . ; J . Hatch . S . W 28 l ' as S . D .: E . Storey , AV . M . 281 , as J . D . ; J . Banning ; Dr ! Armistead , Taylor , aud Watson . The usual business of the lod

ge was transacted , and Bro . J . Barlow Simpson , of the Greaves House , Lancaster , was admitted as a joining member . The sum of three guineas was voted from the lodge funds towards the Zetland Commemoration Fund . Bro . Armistead ivas raised to the third degree . Bro . Jesse Banning addressed the lodge in favour of the Masonic Lifeboat which is to be taken up at next meeting . ULVERSTO > -. —Lodge of Fitness ( No . 995 ) . — A meeting of

this lodge was held on Tuesday , the 2 nd inst ., under the presidency of Bro . Koper , W . M .. assisted b y the other officers of the lodge , Bros . Dodgson , S . W . ; Pearson , J . W . ; Thompson , S . D . ¦ Paxton , I . G . ; also Bros . Butcher , Treas . ; James , Sec ; Wilson , ' S . S . ; Podmoor , J . S . ; Casson , Org . ; Proctor , Chap . ; Remington , I . P . M . ; and Bro . Barlow , P . AI ., and upwards of fort y other brethren . The minutes having been read and confirmedBro

, . Cook , P . M . 119 , delivered the lectures on the first and second tracing boards . Bro . Pearson , J . W ., was unanimously- elected Steward to represent the lodge at the inauguration festival on the 1-lth April next ; he very generously offering to pay all expenses attending it . The lodge was then closed . '

LEICESTERSHIRE . AsiniT-i ) i ; -T . A-Zorc ! i . —Ferrers and Ivanlwe Lodge ( So . 779 ) . —This lodge , established iu the year 1 S 59 , owed its existence in a great degree to the zeal and personal exertions of the late Bight Hon . Washington Sewallis Shirley , ninth Earl Ferrers whoso name forms pirt of its title ) , coupled with thc valuable aid of the late Edward Mammaft , Esq ., ) and other brethren .

Tbe Earl was nominated in the warrant as the first W .. M ., but , unfortunatel y died , after a short illness , before the lodge ' was consecrated , when Bro . Mammatt , the S . W ., succeeded to that office , but who did not long survive his year of rule as W . M . The Earls Ferrers have been members of ' the Craft for several generations , and the present Earl , Sewallis . 10 Iward . who attained his majority last year , determined to follow the example of his predecessors , and chose the lodge founded under the auspices of his father in which to see the light . Having , according ly , been previously proposed and balloted for , a lodge of emergency was

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held at the Town Hall on Monday , the Sth inst ., when the D . Prov . G . M , accompanied by several Prov . G . officers , paid an official visit to the lodge , and was received -with the usual honours . There were present , Bros . W . Kelly , D . Prov . G . M . - Rev . S . Pyemart . D . D ., Prov . S . G . AV ., ancl AV . AI . ; Rev . John Denton , M . A ., P . Prov . S . G . W . ; II . E . Smith , J . P ., as J . D . ; S . Love , P . M . anil Treas . ; G . F . Browne , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; E .

F . iMammatt , Prov . G . Reg . ; E . Ison , J . W . ; J . H . Garnar , S . D . ; 11 . Blood , I . G . ; W . Cauner , Tyler ; together with other members of the lodge . A'isitors . Bros . F . Goodyer , I ' . Prov . G . Sec W . Weare , P . Prov . G . D . ; A . AI . Duff . Prov . J . G . I ) . ; AV . s ! Bithrey , P . Prov . G- Org . ; Rev . Francis Stewart , Apollo University Lodge , Oxford ; Albert 0 . AVorthington , J . W . Royal Sussex Lodge ( No . 353 ); Major , AV . M . Abbey Lodge ( No . 621 ) ;

John Upton , G 2 t ; AV . J . Gothnrd , P . M . G 2-1 ; 11 . 11 . Bellamy , S . W . 621 ; ancl J . F . Bahlock , Arboretum Lodge ( No . 731 ) ' Derby . Tbe lodge having been opened by the AVAL , Earl Ferrers was initiated , the I ) . Prov . G . M . delivering the charge , the explanation of the working tools , and , subsequently , the lecture on the tracing board . The W . M . delivered the charge on the conclusion of the ceremony , after which the lod was

go closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Queen ' s Head Hotel to an elegant banquet , the W . M . being supported on his right by the D . Prov . G . AI , and by the Earl Ferrers on his left . Tho ceremony of the day appeared to have made a dee ]) impression upon the mind of the youthful Earl , whoso modest , pleasing manners , and amiability of disposition augur well for his future popularity in the province .

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A _* TIGTJA . —St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 492 ) . —The brethren of this lodge celebrated St . John ' s day on December 2 Stli , 1 SGS , by the observance of the usual formalities . The brethren proceeded to thc Cathedral , where a discourse was delivered by Bro . the Rev . AV . J . Read . The preacher announced as his text , Gen . 1 c . 3 v ., " And God said let there he light , and there was light . " After remarking that these words were not the creation of light , but only its revelation to the worldhe gave a

passino-, vindication of the first part of the -Mosaic record of creation , pointing out how while the earth was in a state of fusion , life was impossible , and the waters could only exist as clouds and vapours , dense enough to shut out all li ght from beyond . As the rocks cooled and the waters condensed , the clouds would thin , and light might steal through them before the sun and moon themselves became visible . Then ho turned to his

immediate subject—Li ght and its Revelation . He spoke first of natural li ght , shewing more fully than we can report here , how light is in itself a Trinity in Unity , embod ying and expressing in its nature tbe mystery of the Triune nature of God . He spoke also of the beauty and glory of light in its usefulness to mini , and of the tidings it has brought us , according to recent discoveries of thc constitution of many of the heavenly bodies . Then he passed on to light in its figurative meanings , dwelling up : m the light of truth , and the light of love . In luieakinn- of

the light of rational truth , he illustrated the process of learning , as li ght from outside stealing through mists and clouds of ignorance , and found God ' s word of this— "let there be light " in man ' s enquiring nature , in the hel )) of teachers and booksand even in suggestive coincidence of natural things with minds fitted to evolve their principles—instancing Newton ' s great discoveries . From this he passed on to the liht of iritual truth

^ g sp , asserting in a forcible and striking manner the possibility of spiritual communications from God to man , their necessity and their reality . Of this li ght God speaks , he said , in His word , the evidences of which as being the word of God , both internal ' and external , be sketched briefly but distinctly . Of spirituul truth , God speaks especiall y in the teaching of his word . He then passed on to the light of love—drawing an ingenious , but

daring analogy between tho visual ray of natural light , and the light of reason , the active or formative ray , and the li ght of faith , the calorific heating ray , and the light of love , the three , reason , faith , and love , being bound together in tho true unit y of personal consciousness . To this light of love he traced all the joys of social and domestic life , and described God as speaking of this in the kindly actions of men , and especiall y in the human life and example of our Lord Jesus Christ . He then extolled Masonry as a witness for the li ght , of spiritual truth , and a hel p in the diil ' usioii of the light " of love , omitting