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recorded on the minutes to Bro , Cooke , for the instruction ' affbrded to the brethren . Bro . Cooke and Bro . AA arren ( nn old member of tho Lodge ) were unanimously elected honorary members . ST . JOHN ' LODGE ( NO . 10 fi ) . —Tho annual festival of this highly efficient and popular Lodge of Instruction , was celebrated on the evening of the ICth inst ., at the Holly BushHampstead . The intimation that the fifteen sections were to be

, worked , under the superintendence of Bro . T . A . Adams , P . M . of the regular Lodge , coupled with the high Masonic character of the Stewards , Bros . Cormick , AV . M ., No . 196 ; Robinson . W . M ., No . 237 ; Adlard , P . M ., No . 7 ; Collard , P . M ., So . 209 ; Farmer , P . M ., No . 25 ; Avliss , P . M ., No . 237 ; Davies , P . M ., No . 812 ; Smith , S . AV ., No . 196 ; and Aldrich , P . M ., aud Honorary Secretary , No . 190 ' , brought together a numerous attendance of the Craft . Tho brethren of the parent Lodge mustered in great force ; for besides those of its members already mentioned ,

we recognized among others , Bros . Hamilton , Slimy and Thompson , P . Ms . ; Bros . Pritchard , S . D . ; Douglas , J . D . ; Colling * , I . G . ; Bros . Dr . Alfnter , Chad wick , and Gilbro . The following Lodges wore also represented on the occasion , namely , No . 9 . by Bro . J . Harris , P . M . ; No . 19 , by Bro . M . Levinson , P . M . ; No . 25 , by Bro . Gladwin , S . AV . ; No . 201 , by Bro . Maney , AV . M . ; No . 202 , by Bro . ATilliams , AV . M . ; No . 367 , by Bro . AValklcy , P . M . ; No . 711 , by Bro . Orford , P . M . ; and No . 715 , by Bro . Thomas , most of whom , if not all , are also members of the St . John ' s Lodge of

Instruction . Punctually to the minute anuouueed , Bro . Adams opened the Lodge , and tho work of the evening was at once proceeded with , aud disposed of iu a mauuer highly to the credit of the working brethren , most of whom received their Masonic instruction at the hands of Bro . Adams himself . His zeal and energy in inculcating the genuine principles of the Order , are too well known to need any praise from us . The following is the order in which the sections were worked : —1 st lecture—1 st section , Bros . Sewall ; 2 nd , Chad wick ; 3 rd , Hughs ; 4 th , Robinson ; 5 tli , Farmer ; 6 th , Levinson ; 7 th , AValkley . 2 nd lecture—1 st section , Bros . Jackson ; 2 nd , Gladwin ; 3 rd , Allen ; 4 t-h , Smith ; 5 th , Thomas . 3 rd lecture—1 st section .

Bros . Shury ; 2 nd , Thomas ; and 3 rd , Farmer . The work of the Lodge having been completed , the brethren repaired to refreshment , served in excellent style . As in the Lodge , so at the banquet , Bro . Adams presided , supported on bis right by Bro . Williams , AV . M ., No . 202 ; Bro . Elisha D . Cooke , representative of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky ; and on his left , bv Bro . Cormick , AA . M ., No . 196 ; and Bro . Hamilton , P . M ., No . 196 . Bro . Smith " acted as S . A \ . ; and Bro . Farmer as J . AV . The AV . M ., iu proposing "The Queen and the Craft , " said it was unnecessary for him to speak to them of Her Majest ' s many estimable

y qualities , for they were known to all her subjects ; but to add , if possible , to their enthusiasm , he would mention that she was the mother-in-law of a distinguished Mason . " The health of the M . AA . Grand Master " was then drunk with all the honours as was that of '" The E . AV . Deputy Grand Master and the rest of the Grand Officers . " Bro . Elisha D . Cooke , who was elected an honorary member of the Lodge , returned thanks on behalf of the visitors . He said that the AV . M . was kind enough in proposing his health , to say that he had honoured the Lodge by becoming a

member of it ; but they would permit him to say the boot was on the other leg , for it was they who had honoured him by the truly Masonic and hospitable manner in which they had received him among them and enrolled his name among those of the distinguished brethren belonging to the Lodge . He could assure them that if they ever visited Louisville in Kentucky , there was one brother at least there , Bro . Rob Morris , who would bo delighted to give each and all of them a similar reception . He had come to this country to observe the working of the different

Lodges , and he was bound to say that in their banquets the English Masons were far in advance of those in America . Their working , too , was excellent . He had had the honour of being admitted into several Lodges ; in all he had been received with the same courtesy and with a degree of respect to which , as a young Mason , he was scarcely entitled . As he had been treated by the Lodge 3 , so had he been treated by the Earl of Zetland , who had honoured him with a private interview and given him an invitation to attend the next meeting of Grand Lodge , on tho 23 rd inst . Several other toasts followed , relieved by some excellent singing , and the brethren separated at an early hour ,