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the W . M ., Bro . Leresche , P . M . of 246 , and the minutes of the last lodge having been read and the election of Bro . Heath , as "W . M . for the ensuing year , being duly confirmed , Bro . Leresche entrusted his gavel to Bro . Jenkins , of 674 , late P . M , 252 , ancl P . Prov . G . D . C . of Berksand Bucks , who proceeded , assisted by Bro . Hine , P . M , 407 , to install Bro . Heath W . M . of the Zetland Lodge , until a successor should de duly elected and installed in his stead . The peculiar ancl impressive work connected

Avith this important ceremony having been completed in a very correct ancl workmanlike manner , the new AA . M . proceeded to appoint ancl invest his officers : Bro . Leresche , P . M . ; Bro . Holder , S . AV . ; Bro . Hey wood , J . W . ; Bro . Morris , S . D . ; Bro . Nicholly , J . D . ; Bro . Falkner , J . G . ; and Bro . Brassington , Sec . Bro . Johnstone having been elected Treasurer , and Bro . Cheadle , Tyler , were also invested according to ancient custom .

Two gentlemen ivere then suceesively introduced and initiated into the mysteries of the ancient ancl honourable fraternity . The lodge was then called from labour to refreshment , and the brethren , mustering nearly forty , proceeded to the banquetting room where a most magnificent and recherche entertainment awaited them . After the cloth was removed the usual loyal ancl Masonic toasts where done full justice to , ancl on " The " health

of Bro . Leresche " being drank , Bro . Hine took the opportunity of presenting him in the name of the members of the Zetland Lodge with a very h indsome P . M . 's jewel , bearing a suitable inscription , stating that it was presented as a token of regard and respect to their first AV . M . On time being called the lodge was closed , and the brethren departed in peace ancl harmony . We should also add that the festival was attended by several

brethren of eminence from the surrounding lodges , among whom we observed : Bros . Baldwin , P . M , 246 , 92 , and 916 ; Gibbons , 125 , 189 , P . M . 928 , and Prov . G . D . C . East Lancashire ; Thorley , P . M . 407 , and Prov . J . G . D . AVest Lancashire ; Percy , P . M . 399 ; Jones , W . M . 407 ; ; Robey , S . W . 375 ; and AVarren , J . AV . 52 ; who expressed their gratification at the manner in which the lodge Avas Avorked , and at the success which had attended the establishment of a lodge of Freemasons in Salford , move than twenty gentlemen having been initiated during its first year .

LEICESTERSHIRE . LEICESTEE . —John of Gaunt Lodge ( No . 766 ) . —A monthly meeting of this lodge was held at the Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday , the 16 th instant , when the following , among other "brethren , were present : —Sheppard , W . M . ; Kelly , P . M , ancl D . Prov . G . M . ; Brewin , P . M . ; Davis , J . AV . ; Bithrey , J . D . ; Green , Sec . pro . tem . ; Barwell , I . G . Visitors -. J . Adlington , 1033 ;

Derby , and Marris , AV . M . ; Gill , P . M , and Selby , I . G . of St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 348 ) . The lodge having been opened ancl the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed , a ballot was taken for Mr . Morley Hodges Lewin , of Great < rlen , who being unanimously elected , was afterwards initiated into tlie Order by the D . Prov . G . M . Bro . Daniel Oram , having been examined as an E . Awas passeel to that degree bPM

, y .. Brewin . The lodge was then lowered to the first degree , ancl a medical gentleman having been proposed as a candidate for initiation , and some business of a routine character transacted , the lodge was closed and the brethren adjourned to refreshment , when a few hours were passed very pleasantly , enlivened hy the musical powers of Bros . Adlington , Gill , Lloyd , ancl Selby .

NOBFOLK . NOEAVICH . —Three of the city lodges have celebrated their annual festival . At the Union Lodge ( No . 60 ) , Bro . AV . S . Boulton was installed as the AV . M . by Bro . the Rev . AV . F . Freeman , D . Prov . G . M . of Suffolk . Bro . Boulton appointed and invested the following members as his officers : —Bro . the Hon . F . AValpole , S . AV . ; Bros . P . Back , J . AV . ; Captain L'Estrange , S . D . ; Penrice , J . D . ; ancl Capt . Marsham , I . G . The installation

took place at the Norfolk Hotel , where Lodge 60 still continues to hold its meetings . —• The second is the Social Lodge ( 110 ) , of which we give a report below , and the third the Perseverance Lodge ( No . 258 ) , which held its meeting at the Assembly Rooms , when Bro . F . Colsey was installed as AV . M . by Bro . E . Hyams , P . M , Prov . G . Dir . Cers , who performed the ceremony in a most impressive manner . Bro . Colsey appointed the following officers : —Bros . J . Lallan Hanley , S . AV ,- E . Thorns , J . AV . ; Boyce , S . D . ; AV . Sacld , jun , J . D . ; and Hood , I . G . Bro . the Rev . S . Titlow , P . Prov . G . C , consented again to

fill the office of Chaplain , and Bro . AVicks , P . Prov . Dir . Cers , accepted the office of M . C . Several candidates for initiation and subscribing members were proposed . The banquet was numerously attended , and was provided in fust-rate style by Bro . AVoocls , who has been appointed Steward of the rooms by Bro . B . Bond Cabbell . AVe may here remark that Bro . AVoods ' catering for the brethren of the lodges which meet in the rooms has given universal satisfactionand that so far from the brethren

, finding that their removal from the hotels has diminished their comfort in respect of the agremens ol conviviality , they have been considerably better off ancl better attended to . AVe have heard but one opinion expressed with reference to the banquets of Lodges 110 and 258 , that they could nofc have been better at the very best hotel . Reverting to the banquet of the latter bodywe have only to say that the new AV . MBro . F . Colsey

, , , discharged the duties of the chair with characteristic spirit and oonhommie , ancl that the brethren spent one of the pleasantest evenings ifc is possible to conceive . —The Cabbell Lodge ( No . 1109 ) , is to celebrate the Festival of St . John next Thursday evening , when Bro . Harry B . AVoolsey will be installed as W . M .

NORWICH . —Social Lodge ( No . 110 ) . —The meeting of this excellent lodge , for the purpose of installing Bro . Geo . Elward Simpson , AV . M . for the ensuing year , took place at the Assembly Rooms , on Tuesday , 14 th inst , when upwards of sixty brethren were present , including Sir Henry Stracey ; Hon . Fred . AValpole ; Revs . F . S . Hodgeson , Prov . G . Chap , S . Tillow , P . Prov . G . Chap , ancl Aldridge ; the AV . M . ' s and brethren of the various lodges in the city . The lodge being opened by the W . M , Bro .

J . D . Ellis , the AV . M . elect , Bro . G . E . Simpson , Avas presented by P . M . Redgrave for installation , ancl was placed in the chair with all the ancient honours ; the solemn and impressive ceremony being most ably conducted by P . M . B . A . F . Morgan , Prov . G . S . AV . The addresses to the AV . M , officers , and brethren were delivered in a masterly style . The W . M . then appointed his officers for the year in the following order : —Bros . C . L . Nursey , S . AV . ; AV . Smith , J . AV . ; the Rev . F . S . Hodgeson , Chap . ; F .

Keith , S . D . ; R . I . Culley , J . D . ; and Donald Dalrymple , M . D ., I . G . On the conclusion of tho ceremony , the hrethren adjourned to the splendid ball room , where a banquet was provided by Bro . AVoods with his customary care and attention , fifty-eight brethren sitting down to table . The cloth being removed and grace said by the Chaplain , the AA . M , who presided , gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , after which the AV . M . gave the ' Health of the Riht AVorshiful Prov . G . Master of Norfolk . "

g p After calling the attention of the brethren to the fact that it was through the kind permission of the E . AV . Prov . G . M , who had purchased the building , that this and all other lodges in Norwich were enabled to hold their meetings in these splendid rooms , he observed that the best way in which the brethren could testify their sense of the many acts of kindness and

benovolence which the E . W . Prov . G . M . had constantly displayed towards the province , would bo by affording all Masons the great pleasure of seeing the portrait of the Prov . G . Master , in full orders , placed at the east end of the lodge room , and that he trusted , ere long , to see this suggestion carried into effect ; and he was sure it would have the genuine and hearty support of every Mason in the province . The brethren all rose and responded to the toast with great enthusiasm , which evinced the

high estimation in Avhich the E . AV . Prov . G . Master is most deservedly held by the "brethren of the province . The chairman then proposed the " Officers ancl Past Officers of the Prov . G . Lodge of Norfolk , " including therein the health of Sir Henry Stracey , Bart ., P . S . AV . of the Prov . Grand Lodge , who returned thanks , at the same time congratulating lodge 110 on the appointment they that day had made in electing and installing as their AA . M . so excellent and disinterested a brother as George

Elward Simpson , whom he had known for many years , and than whom a better man and Mason never lived . AVith hearty good wishes he proposed his health . After the usual Masonic honours , the AV . M . returned thanks first to Sir Henry Stracey for his kind wishes , assuring the brethren that he Avould do all in his power to support the true principles and tenets of the Order . Before lie sat down he would propose that they drank the health

of their kind and excellent Prov . G . Chap , Bro . Francis Stone Hodgeson , who to clay he hael had the honour and pleasure of appointing Chaplain totheSocialLodge ( No . HO ) . —Bro . Hogeson lost no time in returning thanks and delivering his remarks , which delighted the brethren and caused cheerful merriment . There are many Christian anecdotes of the Eev . F . S . Hodgeson that make him highly respected as a pastor , and most deservedly be-