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C . Watson , AV . M . 11 ; Marsh , P . M . 30 ; Beard , P . M . 118 ; Eogers , P . M . 228 ; Dewar , AV . M . 1017 ; Henry Grissell , 38 , & c . The ceremony was performed in a most excellent manner by Bro . Muggeridge , who was ably assisted by Bro . Packwood . The working of these two brethren , is now so well known in the Masonic world that it is unnecessary to give a detailed account of their efficiency on the present occasion . After the consecration , Bro .

Muggeridge installed Bro . Job Austen as the first AV . M . of the new lodge , who appointed Bros . Horner , S . AV . ; AV . H . AVreford , J . AV . ; E . H . Cockerton , S . D . ; H . AVebb , J . D . ; Sauter , I . G . ; Hunt , Sec . ; ancl Bro , Olemow was invested as Treasurer . Three gentlemen , viz ., Messrs . G . A . Cooper , Y . K . Steddy , and G . A . Bullock , were initiated . An excellent banquet followed , and after the preliminary toasts , Bro . MUGGERIDGE proposed " The Health of the AV . M . " and testified to his excellency as a Mason in his mother

, lodge , the support he had given to Masonic Charities , and the efficiency he had shown that evening . After referring at some length to his ( Bro . Austin's ) many good qualities he congratulated the lodge upon having such a AV . M ., and expressed his confident opinion tha under his direction the lodge would become highly prosperous . — Bro . AUSTIN returned thanks in appropriate terms , and after thanking the brethren for the distinguished position to which they had raised him , seid he would do his utmost to perform his duties

to the satisfaction of all . " The Health of the Initiates" followed , and was responded to by Bro . Cooper . The next toast was " The A'isitors , " to which Bro . Eogers replied . The AV . M . then proposed " The Health of Bro . Muggeridge , " and referred to the admirable manner in which he , in conjunction with Bro . Packwood , had consecrated the lodge . —Bro . MUGGERIDGE , in a very appropriate speech , returned thanks . The W . M . then proposed "The Officers , " to which Bro . Horner responded . Bros . AVreford and Cockerton also acknowledged the compliment in suitable terms . The harmony of the evening was enhanced by the excellent singing of Bros . G . and S . Webb , Watson , and others .

INSTEUCTION . OPENING OP THE BRITISH OAK LODGE ( No . 1133 ) . — On Tuesday evening the 17 th inst ., a new lodge of instruction , holding under the authority of the British Oak Lodge ( No . 1133 ) , was opened at the Eagle Tavern , East India Boad , Poplar . The meeting was called for five o'clock , and it was announced that Bro . Stephen Barton AVilson , P . G . D .,

would perform the ceremony of consecration , but owing xo his being detained at the Board of General Purposes , he did not arrive until after seven o'clock , and the ceremony of installation was substituted , much to the regret of some of the younger Masons present . The parent lodge brethren mustered strong on that occasion , there beins ; tbe following in the room , viz .: —Bros . S . B . AVilson , P . G . D . ; E . Fairbairns , AV . M . ; G . Norton , S . AA * . ; Bradley , Sec ; Hekkell , S , D . ; AA ' right , I . G . ; and Bros .

G . West , G . Davies , J . Chester , F . Hammond , J . Lugdahison , C . Harris , J . Hughes , J . Spooner , — Thompson , — Goodwin , J . Suffield , T . Suffield , F . Arnold , J . Bret-z , J . Hemmiiigs , ¦ — Zanders , and J . Hattersley . The visitors were Bros . Eule , P . G . P . ; Hampton , P . M . 812 ; Abbott , P . M . 264 ; Thompson , P . M . 203 ; Athei-ton , J . W . 63 ; Dee , 201 ; Thompson , AV . M ., Groombridge , P . M ., and Mason , 63 ; With , 1083 ; Boe , 1083 ; Knubbs , P . M . 203 ; Brown and Moon 198 ; Wilkinson and Currey 212 ; Matthew Cooke 23

, , , , & c ; Miles , SSG ; Peters and Barclay , 261 ; Marshall , 812 ; Dumlin , 26 ; Eoss , 68 ; Chievers , 78 ; Mason , 63 ; and Ayeres , 112 . The business performed was as follows : —Lodge was opened in the three degrees . Bro . S . B . AA'ilson apologised for his unavoidable late arrival . He addressed Bro . Fairbairns , AV . M . of the parent lodge , if he assented to the lodge of instruction meeting under his sanction , to whicli Bro . Fairbairns replied that it had his full and entire sanction and approbation . The ceremony of

Installation was then performed by Bro . Stephen Barton AVilson , who installed Bro . Fairbairns as the first W . M . of the Lodge of Instruction . The lodge was closed down , and a large number of those present were elected members . Afterwards there was a supper , of which about forty-eight brethren were partakers . The cloth having been removed , the AA ' . M . sent round the poor-box , and called upon the Tyler for his toast . The collection amounted to 23 s ., and the AV . M . said he had reversed the order of

things , taking the last toast first , because several of the brethren ivere about to leave . Half a guinea was sent to a brother minus an arm and three fingers of the other hand . The AV . M . said the last time they had met in the mother lodge all seemed prosperous and happy ; but a week ago the first man in the country , the husband of the Queen , had been taken from her . As Masons and Englishmen it was almost needless to say how deeply they sympathised with her Majesty's bereavement . He would give the

toast of " The Queen and the Craft , wishing her Majesty a long good health . The fire was taken on the cuff . "The Health of tho M . AV . G . M . the Earl of Zetland , " followed , and was received with the accustomed honours . " The Health of Earl De Grey and Eipon , D ' . G . M ., and the Grand Officers" was next proposed . —Bro . STEPHEN BARTON AA ' ILSON , P . G . D ., as tho Senior Past Grand Officer present , was very proud to have to respond to the toast . The noble Earl , since his appointment to his distinguished office ,

had exhibited the same zeal for the Craft which he liad hitherto shown in the affairs of the country . The comparison between the late and the present D . G . M ' s . must he very great , but if the Earl De Grey ancl Eipon continued in the way he had begun , he could not fail to win the applause of every Mason , For himself , he could not but feel highly gratified in being asked to inaugurate that lodge under the parent lodge , and with the co-operaion of the W . M . ancl Bro . Bradley , the Secretary ; he felt quite sure that it

would be a pattern for all lodges of Instruction in the East , where it was necessary to have a leader . He knew , from the zeal and intelligence of the AV . M ., and the members of theparent lodge , that they would make it a pattern for lodges of Instruction under the Grand Lodge of England . If they followed the example of their AV . M ., they would try and perfect themselves in the system of working which he thought most correct . In twenty different ledges there were as many modes of working ;

but he contended all should have hut one system for the ceremonial . The lectures might , however , be left to a brother to explain as he thought fit , so long as he kept himself within the hounds of Freemasonry . He hoped that tho British Oak Lodge of Instruction would rank as No . 1 , and be followed by the rest at the East end . The AA ' . M ., he knew , would do his best to show the true and proper mode ; therefore , he held him up as a pattern to all . — Bro . BULB acquiesced in every word that had fallen from Bro .

AVilson . The ceremonies should be given line for line , and word for word , the same in all lodges . He would allow any latitude in the lectures if they kept within the landmarks , but the Masters ought to illustrate the' symbols . The Hemming system was . too ^ abstruse and too long , but he adopted it with the others . He never interfered in lodges where he went , however they might work , for he held that , seeing various systems , every one must gain in intelligence . — Bro . S . B . AA ' ILSON , P . G . D ., spoke as follows : —The AA ' . M ., Bro . Fairbairns , was one he had before spoken of , and he now repeated that if the brethren emulated him

they could not go wrong . He , Bro . AVilson , had known their W . M . for a year or two , and respected him for his zeal . As AV . M . he had initiated no less than thirty Masons , and would soon go out of office . If the SAY . would take Bro . AVilson's advice , he would tread in the AA ' . M . 's steps and win an equal share of support and approbation . Bro . AVilson felt it an honour , and was proud to be a member of the British Oak Lodge , and he was sure the prestige of the mother lodge would be carried on by the daughter , and could

not fail to be the first at the East End of the Metropolis . The W . M . had shown his interest by sanctioning its meetings , and Bro . Wilson had great pleasure in jiroposing , " The Health of the W . M ., Bro . Fairbairns . "—Bro . En LB made a few remarks , having been present at several meetings of the British Oak Lodge , which he wound up by saying that its first AV . M . did all tbat a Mason could do , and there had never been more done by any man . The AA ' . M . ' s health was then drunk with the accustomed honours . —Bro . FAIEBAIKNS ,

AV . M ., was at a loss how to address them after Bro . AVilson's eulogium . It was true he did look back with pleasure , seeing they now mustered sixty members in the mother lodge , three fourths of whom were initiates during the last year . That day twelvemonth Bro . S . B . Wilson consecrated their lodge , since which time he had initiated thirty-one brethren and had passed and raised several for other lodges . He would be happy to go through the same amount of work again with as pleasurable

feelings . They had had a prosperous year , and although some lodges tried to thwart it , yet they succeeded , and he should turn it over to the S . AV . nearly out of debt . Before he sat down he should give the toast of " The A'isitors , " and although one lodge refused to aid them , another came forward , and two of its P . M . ' s were members . They had no cause to be ashamed of their conduct , and the Lodge of Sincerity had clone itself much honour by their judicious proceeding . For the visitors from that lodge he claimed the

pre eminence ancl called upon Bros . Knubbs and Thompson to reply . — Bro . KNUBBS , on behalf of himself and lodge , was gratified they had signed the petition with proper Masonic feeling , and was pleased to hear the lodge flourished , and hoped their Lodge of Instruction would follow in its wake . The AV . M . then said he had divided the visitors toast because they looked upon the Lodge of Sincerity as their Masonic sponsors . He now

proposed " The Health of the rest of the Visitors , " who were so numerous in attendance .- —A BROTHER of the Constitutional Lodo-e , the junior member , was delegated by the other members of that lodge to return thanks on behalf of the visitors . He said that