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THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEMS . Bro . Stebbing has been elected A ice President of the Board of General Purposes . On Tuesday , the 25 th June , the children of the Freemasons ' Girls' School will visit the Crystal Palace , when we hope to see a . s many friends of the School as can make it it convenient to

attend . Col . Boultier , who " has given the invitation to them , will be present , with the House Committee ancl other friends . Our contemporary the Era , states that Bro . tbe Eev . C . Nairne , Rector of Bonby , many years D . Prov . G . Master for Lincolnshire , has been appointed ( by the G . M . of England , the Earl of Zetland ) to the distinguished office of . Grand Chaplain of England . AVe need

only state that this is pure imagination . The editor of the Era was" at Grand Lodge on the 24 th of April , aud ought to have known that the Grancl Chaplains appointed were the Eev . Bros . Senior and Bedford . So it was reported in the MAGAZIKE and in the Era . Is this announcement a genteel way of bidding for the office ?

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CitYSTAL PALACE LODGE ( No . 1044 ) . —The Installation meeting of this loclge took place on Thursday , the 6 th inst . The AV . M ., Bro . Handford , raised Bro . Matheson to the degree of Master Mason . Bros . Prior , Mallet , Madge , and Cook were passed to the second degree in a manner which reflected credit on the AV . M . The lodge was then called oft' for half an hour ; when resumed , Bro . P . M . Ealph Smith installed into the chair the AV . M . elect , Bro . Palmer ; Bro . AnslowP . M . in the S . AV . chairBroPurbrook

, , ; . , P . M ., in the J . AV . chair . This beautiful ceremony being very ably performed , ancl the addresses given by Bro . P . M . AVatson , the following brethren were appointecl : —Bros . Thompson , S . W . ; Oliver , J . AV . ; Smith , S . D . ; Bertram , J . D . ; Davidson , I . G . ; Acton , M . C . ; Finch , AVine Steward ; Hill , Treasurer ; Blackburn , Secretary ; and Crawley , Tyler . After balloting for tbe initiates and joining membersthe new MasterBro . Palmerwent through the of

, , , ceremony initiation in a manner that convinced every one that the Crystal Palace Lodge had lost none of its lustre in selecting so able and distinguished a brother to preside over them . Bro . John Fenge , No . 821 , and Bro . Thomas Turnstall , No . 23 , were admitted joining members , and Messrs . Nash , Bloomfield , Carring , and AVeeks , initiated . _ Five pounds voted from the lodge towards the AVatson Testimonial Fund , great credit being due . to that worthy and disbrother

tinguished for the admirable manner in which the working of the lodge is so ably conducted . Five pounds also voted for a Past Master ' s jewel to the immediate P . M ., Bro . Handford . The business being over , the lodge was closed in due form and solemn prayer , after ivhich the brethren , about eighty in number , retired to banquet in the new magnificent dining-room in the South AVin «" ( provided bBro . Strange ) . Among the visitors were BrosPottei °

y . P . M ., No . 11 ; Bates , No . 15 ; Whitehouse , No . 15 ; Harris , P . M . Nos . 15 and 33 ; Blomfield , No . 84 ; Southall , No . 118 ; Laughlin , AV . M ., No . 201 ; Emmens , No . 201 ; Pope , No . 209 ; Muggeridge , P . M ., No . 227 ; Gumming , P . M ., No . 228 ; Eumsey , No . 248 ; Wingham , No . 390 ; Goodwin , P . M ., No . 680 ; Bailey , No . 1035 ; Antrobus , No . 1051 . The brethren broke up about eleven o'clock .

EASEIAGH LODGE ( No . 1 , 136 . )—A meeting of this lodge took plaee on Tuesday , the llth , at the AVindsor Castle Hotel , Kingstreet , Hammersmith . Bro . P . M . Purbook raised to the degree of Master Masons , Bros . G . C . Green , Crouch , J . Fitzwater , Tanner , Meacock , and C . Fitzwater . Bros . Bean , J . C . Green , and J . L . Smith were passed to the degree of Fellow Craft . The W . M ., Bro . Clarke , initiated into the mysteries of the Order , Mr . Emmanuel H and Mr . Houghton in a able mannerThe

yman very . lodge was then called off , and the brethren retired to the banquet , ivhich gave general satisfaction . The usual toasts having been given , the AV . Master proposed the health of " The Immediate Past Master , " in a very eloquent speech , and , at the same time , presenting him , in the name of the loclge , with a very handsome Past Master's jewel , with the following inscription : — "Presented by the Ranehigh Ludge ( No . 1 , 136 ) , to Bro . H , J . Purbrook , for his

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valuable and efficient services as founder ancl first Master of the lodge , June 11 , 1861 . " Bro . Purbrook replied , thanking the lodge for the high compliment they had paid him , ancl trusted he should , as the AV . M . had stated , live long to wear it , and he hoped , to see many of his brethren around him receive the same high compliment they had that evening paid him . A notice of motion was given by Bro . Purbrook that five guineas be given from the loclge to the AVatson Testimonial Fund , ximong the visitors present were Bros . P . M . George States , P . M . Collins , Stephens , & c .

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PROVINCIAL .

HAMPSHIEE . LxMrSGTOX . —New Forest Lodge ( No . 401 ) . —The usual monthly lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , on Tuesday , the 18 th , when the talented W . M . the Eev . George Bradshaw , Prov . G . Chaplain , passed , with his usual proficiency , Bro . Newton Barton to fche to the degree of F . C . The election of a AA . M . being the next businessBro . Captain Johson proposed and Bro . Hayward secondedin

, , very eulogistic terms , the re-appointment of Bro . Bradshaw , who had so ably discharged the duties of the office since its resuscitation . Bro . Bradshaw said he was never more taken by surprise than afc that moment , as he had not even heard a hint from any one respectingthe wish for him to re-occupy the chair , but , if it was their wish he would most readily comply , if they thought it would be conducive , to the interests ofthe lodge . No other brother having been put in

nomination , the election of the Eev . brother was carried by acclamation . Bro . Hayward , on his re-appointment as Treasurer , took occasion to congratulate the brethren on the position of their loclge , having now completed the first year since their resuscitation , for , upon auditing the accounts , the receipts would be found to have been sufficient for . all their purposes , as they had a smallbalance in hand , and every account paid . For this position they were mainly

indebted to the following brethren for their handsome lodge presents : to Bro . Tichbourne for a splendidly carved and gilt oak chair for the AV . M . ; to Bro . Innman the chair for S . W . ; to their late lamented Bro . Blake , the J . W . chair , all ofthe same chaste design . To Bro . Geo . Perkins , the bible and cushion : to Bro . Innman ,

silver square and compasses ; to Bro . Hartley ancl Pattern , the window curtains and floorcloth ; to Bro . Hayward , the gas chandelier ; Bro . Doman , the Pooh of Constitutions ; to Bro . Preeee , three dozen hods . (?) Those brethren had at different times received the thanks of the lodge , and he was quite sure that every brother had its well-being so much at heart that he thought they might now think themselves safely landed aud in good working order ; butbefore he sat downhe begged to express hisancl he was sure

, , , he might add the heartfelt regret of all , at the loss they had sustained in the death of their highly esteemed aud dearly beloved Bro . Blake ; ifc had pleased the G . A . O . T . U . to remove from this world both those old friends , who , with himself , some thirty years ago , undertook the safe keeping of the warrant of that lodge ; he now stood alone—the sole survivor of all those who , in former years , had worked under its banner , ancl he felt the loss they had sustained ,

more actually than any of them , for in him he had lost both an old and valued friend , as well as a true and faithful brother ; he , therefore , moved that a vote of condolence be forwarded to the widow from fche brethren , feeling sure that it has pleased the G . A . O . T . U . to remove him to that Grand Lodge above , where the world ' sgreat Archi « tect rules and reigns for ever . The AV . M . said that he was sure that Bro . Hayward had but spoken the feelings of that loclge in . his expressions of sympathy with the widow for the loss she had

sustained in the death of their departed brother , one of those kind worthy brothers who had , for 30 years , kept this loclge from falling into decay . That two had been called to the G . A . above was but too true ; in Bro . Blake they had all lost a friend , and they all sincerely trusted that it would be many years before they were deprived of Bro . Hayward's services . The death of Bro . Blake cast quite a gloom over the feelings of the brethren , Bro . Hayward being particularly affected during his address to the loclge ,

MIDDLESEX . UXEEIDGE . —Eoyal Union Lodge ( No . 536 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held at the Chequers Hotel on Monday last , under the able presidency of Bro . J . B . Newall , the AV . M ., when Bros . Williams and Little were passed to the second degree , and Bros . Herring and Gaball raised to the third degree—the ceremonies being most admirably performed by the AV . M . At the conclusion of the business , the brethren generally took advantage of a beautiful afternoon for a stroll through the quaint old town , now shorn of much of its former importance by the railway system , and reassembled at