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1841 ; the amount returned £ G 2 4 s . 6 d . In tne year 1842 was appointed Treasurer to the Committee for carrying out theatrical amusements , as ahove ; paid proceeds into the bands of the Treasurer of the Institution tbe sum of £ 62 2 s . Wd , Treasurer to the same , July ISth , 18-13 ; amount returned £ 25 13 * . 6 d . Treasurer to the same , October 15 th , 1844 ; amount returned £ -1112 s . That he received on each occasion

a vote of thanks from the Treasurer and Committee of the Institution . That be is a life subscriber to the same . In the year 1 S 4-5 appointed . Treasurer to an ejxcursion to the Rye House , Herts .- paid a portion of the proceeds to the Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children , the sum of £ 6 10 s . ; another portion to the Royal Benevolent Institution for Freemasons' Widows , £ 6 10 s . In the year 1835 , as honorary member of the Lodge of Prosperityacted on the committee

, for carrying out a theatrical benefit at the Pavilion Theatre , in aid of the funds for building tbe asylum for Aged Freemasons . Attended the dinner at Blackwall , and paid over to Dr . Crucifix ( Treas . ) the sum of £ 40 , and was a subscriber to the same . In the year 1845 was appointed Collector by the brethren of tbe Kent and United Mariners' Lodges ; their annual subscriptions in aid of the funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution

for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , and that , owing to his indefatigable exertions , he collected from 1845 to 1862 the sum of £ 175 . That himself and wife havo been annual subscribers thereto from the commencement of the Annuity Fund . That he is likewise a Royal Arch Mason ; was exalted in the Jerusalem Chapter ( No . 185 ); joined the Union Waterloo ( No . 13 ) , Woolwich ; and served the office of First Principal on two

occasions ; and is the father of the chapter . " The AV . M . having hrought the matter before the lodge , it was unanimously resolved , "That we , the undersigned , being the Master , Wardens , and Past Masters of the United Mariners' Lodge ( No . 30 ) , in open lodge assembled , do affirm that Bro . Richard Barnes , P . M ., was a regular subscribing member to this lodge for tbe space of thirty-five years ; passed the office of Master on two separate

occasions ; ww Treasurer twenty-one years and father of the lodge ; has on several occasions been presented with marks of esteem from this lodge . We therefore recommend our worth y and esteemed brother to the favourable consideration of tbe Governors and Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution foy , Aged Freemasons . Signed , Bros . A . F . Ablitt , AV . M . ; M . Marsden , S . AV . ; D . AViseman , J . W . ; Jesse Turner ,

P . M . ; Robert Taylor , P . M . ; Thomas Pickering , P . M . " The business of the evening being concluded , the lodge was closed in due form and the brethren adjourned to the banquet , which was enjoyed in the true spirit of the Craft .

Sr . GEORGE ' S LODGE ( NO . 140 ) . —The regular meeting of this old and prosperous lodge was held on AVednesday , tbe 15 th inst ., at tbe Lecture Hall , Greenwich . The lodge was duly opened by Bro . E . M . Hubbuck , I . P . M . ( in place of the W . M ., Bro . C . L . Smyth , who was out of town ) , assisted b y Bros . C . Badger , S . W . ; Tattershall , J . W . ; Edgington , P . M . Treas-G . N . Mourylian , P . M . Sec ; AV . Noak , S . D . ; E . AV . Pool ^ Hudson ton '

J . D . ; , I . G . ; II . A . Colling , P . M . ; AV . Scott , ILL ) ., P . M . ; Booth , P . M . ; and very many others . Ballots were taken for two gentlemen , candidates for Freemasonry , and declared to be unanimous in favour of their admission . Mr . Down being in attendance , was regularly initiated , the AV . M . rendering the ceremony in his usual admirable manner . It was agreed to unanimously that a petition bo sent to the Grand Masterthe Earl of Zetland

, , for permission for the members of this lodge to wear a centenary jewel . The lod ge completed its hundredth year of existence on the 29 th Juno last . There being no further business , the AV . M . duly closed the lodge , and the brethren adjourned for refreshment to the Globe Tavern , Royal-hill . Amongst a very large number of visitors were Bros . AV . C . Penny , P . M . 60 , P . M . and Treas . 79 ; F . Walters , P M . and Dir of Cers . 73 , 147 , Sec . 871 ; and J . Hasler , W . M . 79 .

DratATic LODGE ( NO . 177 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held on Friday evening , November 10 th , at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , and was numerously attended by members and visitors *? The lodgo was punctually opened at half-past four o'clock by Bro . J . B . Osborne , W . M ., assisted by Bros . Simpson , S . W . ; Pulsford , J . AV . ( pro tern . ); several other oflicers , and Bro . Thompson , I . P . AL There were soon afterwards

present Bros . Carpenter , P . M . ; Elmes , P . M . ; Marshall , P . M . ; Brett , P . M . ; Smith , P . M . and Treas ., & c . Soon after the lodge was opened the AV . M . read a special dispensation granted by the M . W . the Grand Master , authorising him to

initiate Mr . Charles Edwin Thompson , a minor , into tbe ancient and honourable Order of Freemasonry , which was in itself a great compliment paid to Bro . Henry Thompson , the I . P . M . of the lodge . Also , in acknowledgment of the privilege due to him , the W . M . determined that the candidate so brought before them should be taken first in the order of business , and he was duly initiated into the secrets and mysteries of Freemasonry . At the conclusion of this ceremony Mr . AVams was introduced

and initiated into the Order . The initiates having retired , the lodge was opened in the second degree hy Ero . Thompson , I . P . M ., and Bros . Coathupe , Cruse , and Bennett were passed to the second degree . The lodge was then opened in the third degree , and Bros . Stack aud Sivil were impressively raised tothe sublime degree . The lodge was lowered to the first degree , and the next business was to elect a AV . M . for the ensuing year ,,

and the choice unanimously fell upon Bro . Simpson , the present S . W ., no less than sixty-one brethren voting for his election . Bro . Simpson returned thanks for the honour thus conferred upon him by being unanimously elected by the votes of sixtyone hrethren , and said that he would do the utmost in hispower to discharge the duties and promote tbe prosperity of the lodge . The next business was the election of Treasurer , and

Bro . J . Smith was unanimously re-elected to that office . Hereturned thanks for that renewed mark of confidence of the brethren , that heing the twenty-first time he had been elected to that office . The W . M . ( Bro . Osborne ) volunteered to servethe office of Steward , and to represent this lodge at the annual Festival for the "benefit of Aged Freemasons and their Widows ,, to be held in January next . The lodge was now closed , and

the brethren adjourned for refreshment . On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given , Bro .. Joseph Smith returning thanks for that of " Earl De Grey and Ripon , Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers . " The AV . M . said the next toast was a most pleasing : one to him to propose , as it was the " Health of their Brother Initiates , " and he must say that from what he had seen of

them they promised to become good Masons . The toast was well received . Bro . C . E . Thompson expressed his thanks tothe brethren for their kindness in admitting him amongst , them , and said that by always acting on the square he hoped

one day to come up to the level of the AV . M . ( Hear , hear ) . Bro . Warns also briefly returned thanks . Bro . Thompson ,. I . P . M ., asked tbe brethren to fill bumpers for the toast which it was his privilege to propose , and although he should then do so for the last time , he never did so with greater pleasure than on that occasion . That was the last time their AV . M . would preside over them at the banquet , and he was sure from the kindness and courtesy he had invariably displayedthat

, he would quit the chair with tbe respect and good will of every one of the members . His year of office had been a most successful one , and it must ever be to him a source of the highest gratification . For himself , he ( Bro . Thompson ) , must express his sense of the great kindness be had received from him , and particularly when he was desirous of having his son ,, although a minor , introduced into the lodge during his year

of office . Having spoken to the W . M ., he expressed his willingness to aid him by every means in his power , and informed him that iu the event of his obtaining the necessary dispensation from the . Grand Master , that he should not only havepleasure in initiating him , hut would second his nomination as a candidate . For these reasons , on bis own part , he felt deeplindebted to tho W . M . and should always remember the

y , courtesy he had received from him . AVhile on this subject he might just observe that when they saw tbe pleasure he had derived from having bis son initiated into their Order , that it might be some answer to the slanders with which Freemasonry was assailed by those who were ignorant of the great principles upon which their Order was founded . He hoped that his son would become a good Mason , that he would not be

merely one in name but in acts , and if he did not , it should not be his ( Bro . Thompson's ) fault . Returning to tbe toast , he had to inform the brethren that that night be brought down a request from Bro . Farnfield , the Assistant Grand Secretary , that this lodge should send a Steward to represent it at the Festival for Aged Freemasons and their AVidows , which will take place in January nextwhen their AV . M . without

, hesitation at once said he would undertake that office , which was at least a most graceful act at the close of his official career in the service of the lodgo . That being the case , he trusted that the W . M . would be well supported on that occasion , and he hoped they would then join with him in doing justice to