The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEMS . The Prov . Grand Lodge of Surrey is appointed to take place at the Griffin Hotel , Kingston , on Wednesday the 8 th July , at three o ' clock in the afternoon . A special meeting of the governors and subscribers to the

Boy ' s School is convened for Monday next to consider various proposed alterations in the rules governing the Institution ; and to empower the House Committee to make arrangements for laying the foundation stone of the projected new School House at Wood Green . At the Lodge of Benevolence on Wednesday , Bro . Head , S . G . D ., presiding , ten petitioners were relieved with various sums amounting to £ 130 10 s ., and two petitions deferred for further information .

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

CoifFiDEJfCE LODG-E op IKSTIUJCTION ( NO . 22 !!) . —The above lodge held its annual banquet at Bro . Swainsfcons , "The Three Bucks , " Gresham-street , on Tuesday evening , the 9 th inst ., when thirty-eight brethren met , amongst whom were Bros . James Brett , P . M . ; Hayden , P . M . ; J . Emmens , P . M . ; T . Beard , P . M . ; E . Farthing , P . M . The evening passed off very amicably , enlivened by Bro . Vernon singing several songs . The lodge meets at the above address every Tuesday evening at 8 P . M .

Provincial.

PROVINCIAL .

LEICESTERSHIRE . ASHBX DE IA ZOOCII . —Ferrers and Jvanlioe Lodge ( No . 1081 ) . —The armiversay of this vapidly improving and rising lodge was held on Monday , June 8 th , 1863 . Nearly every member of the lodge was present , and a goodly number of visitors also attended to do honour to the occasion . The lodge was opened in the Town Hall at 2-30 by Bro . Rev . John Denton , Prov . S . G . W . and W . M . assisted by Bros . D . Dickens and S . Love as Wardens ;

, Bros . Lieut . Smith and Bobart as Deacons . The business of the lodge commenced by the W . M . calling on Bro . Redfern , P . M ., as Secretary , to read the minutes of the last lodge , at which the brethren had conferred on Bro . Rev . J . Denton the distinguished honour of re-electing him a second time W . M . of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge . The minutes having been confirmed unanimously , the lodge was opened in the third degree , and Bro .

W . C . Crofts was raised by Bro . Denton , the W . M ., to the sublime degree of a M . M , the ceremony making a great impression oil the brethren present , as indeed it cannot fail to do , being well denominated sublime , and the oftener it is witnessed the deeper impression it is calculated to make . Bro . Rev . John Denton , the re-elected W . M ., was re-instated in the chair and acknowledged and saluted by his brethren , thanked the

P . M . ' s present and file brethren for the high mark of their esteem , which they had evinced in re-electing him W . M ., asked them for their continued support and indulgence , and at the same time thanked them from his heart for the truly Masonic spirit in which they had submitted to his rule during the previous year , and he trusted that should the G . A . O . T . U . be pleased to spare them to see another anniversary he miht

g deliver up his high and responsible post to his successor with the satisfaction of feeling that the lodge was progressing in every way . Bro . Denton then nominated and invested the following brethren as officers of the lodge for the ensuing year : —Bro . Henry Etherington Smith , Prov . G . S . B ., S . W . ; Bro . W . M . Bobart , J . W . ; Bro . P . Brown , Prov . G . Purst , Treasurer ; Bro . the Rev . S . SmithD . D . Chaplain Bro . Francis

, , ; Hamp , Prov . G . D . C ., S . D . ; Bro . W . Carrick Crofts , J . D . ; Bro . Perry Dicken , M . D ., Secretary ; Bro . Edward P . Mammoth , I . G . ; W . Canner , Tyler . The propositions and other Masonic > msiness having been disposed of , the lodge was closed about five o ' clock with solemn prayer . The banquet was served at the

Queen ' s Hotel , in Bro . Love's best style , about six o ' clock , and " a larger number sat down than on any previous anniversary . Among the visitors were one of the Grand Wardens of Lancashire ,, the W . M . of Nuneaton Lodge , P . M . ' s from the Abbey Lodge , Burton-on-Trent , the Tyrian Lodge , at Derby , & c . The W . M ., S . W ., and J . W ., took their respective places at the festive board . After the cloth had been removed , and grace after meat said bthe Chaplainthe Rev . Bro . Dr . Smiththe healths

y , , of "The Queen and the Craft ; " "The Prince and Princess of Wales ; " "The Prince Frederick William of Prussia and rest of the Royal Family ; " "the Bishop and Clergy ;" " The Army , Navy , Yeomanry , and Volunteers ; " were given and cordially received by the brethren , and the latter two duly acknowledged . Next followed the several Masonic toasts . In proposing the health of Earl HoweProv . G . M . of Leicestershire ,

, the W . M . read a letter which he had received from him , full of his oft experienced kind feelings towards the Craft and regretting that he was unable to be present at the anniversary of the lodge , which he should much have liked to have done . In the course of the evening the health of the re-elected W . M . was given with full Masonic honours and met with a hearty response by the presentBro . CollinsP . M . and Prov . G . Warden of

company . , , Lancashire , replied on behalf of the visiting brethren and several other of the visiting brethren also followed him in short addresses . After the toasts of the past and present officers of the lodge had been given and warmly received several excellent songs and the meeting broke up shortly after ten o ' clock .

MIDDLESEX . HouxsLOW —DalJiousie Lodge ( No . 1167 ) . —This lodge held its installation meeting at the Town Hall , Hounslow , on Wednesday , 17 th inst . There were present , amongst the members , " Bros . Gillard , W . M . ; Willett , S . W . ; Frost , J . W . j Tarrant , Treas . ; Stacey , Sec . ; Richards , S . D . ; J . J . Hardy and "W . Watson , P . M ' s ., with about twenty other members . The visitors were Bros . E . S . SmithSnow Lodge ( No . 44 ) Iowa

, , , U . S . ; John Lane , Industry Lodge ( No . 219 ); Matthew Cooke , Sec . 23 ; W . Wilkins , P . M . Emulation Lodge ( No . 21 ); Benham , Middlesex Lodge ( No . 157 ); and W . S . Bird , P . M . St . Georges Lodge ( No . -186 ) . The business consisted of the usual audit and other routine matters . There were two passings , and Mr . Albert Day was initiated . Bro . Watson was then requested to assume the chair , and inducted Bro . Willett , S . W ., as

W . M . of the lodge , who , being already a P . M . of another lodge , was re-obligated and installed , to save time , without a board of Masters being formed . The W . M . was then pleased to appoint and invest the following brethren as his officers for the ensuing year : — Gilbard , I . P . M . ; Frost , S . W . ; Rickards , J . W . j Tarrant ( re-invested ) Treas . ; Stacey ( re-invested ) Sec . ; Hocknell , S . D . ; Keogh , J . D . ; Thomason , I . G . ; Pellatt and

Holloway , Stewards ; Hedges , Dir . of Cers . ; Rev . Dr . Emmerton , re-appointed , Chaplain ; and Beckett ( re-invested ) Tyler . Before the lodge was closed the W . M ., in eulogistic terms , presented Bro . Gilbard with a very neat P . M . ' s jewel , on behalf of

the lodge , and Bro . Gilbard expressed himself much gratified by the kindness of the lodge , and the W . M's . very pleasing comments . The lodge was then closed and the brethren proceeded to the banquet in the large room of the building . The dinner which was very excellent , being over the W . M . in terse and happy language proposed " The Queen , " that sovereign lady who was always first in the hearts of all classes of her subjects . Bro . WILI / ETTW . M . next paid a very flattering tribute to the

, , M . W . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland , who , he said he was very pleased to see for so many years at the head of the Craft , and whose recent declaration " that time was no object to him when the good of Freemasonry was in question , " showed that the noble Earl well deserved the recognition of the Craft , and long might he , whose health he then proposed , be hailed as itsM . W . G . M . — The W . M . felfe they were fortunate in having such a nobleman

as the Earl de Grey and Ripon to be their D . G . M . ; for public man as his lordship was , lie yet found time to take a very deep interest in Freemasonry , and was one of their very best rulers . He then proposed the health of the D . G . M . and the Grand Officers . He ( the W . M . ) next approached the most important toast of the evening—the health of Bro . Day , their initiate — He ( Bro . Willett ) believed Bro . Day would never regret having

become a Freemason , and he hoped the ceremony would be remembered for many years to come , and make a lasting impression on his mind . —Bro . DAY was obliged for the kind way they had received his health ; and from what he could then seee of Freemasonry , it confirmed him in his previous good opinion of it ,