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of her ornaments and exposed in her natural meanness ; you will then be convinced of the futility of these empty delusions . In the grave all fallacies are detected , all ranks levelled , and all distinctions done away . AVhile we drop the sympathetic tear over the grave of our deceased brother , let charity incline us to throw a veil over his foibles , whatever they may have been , and not withhold from his memory the praise which his virtues may have claimed . Suffer the apologies of human nature to

p lead in his behalf . Perfection on earth has never been attained ; the wisest as well as the best of men have erred . His meritorious actions it is his duty to imitate , and from his weaknesses we arc to derive instruction . Let the present example excite our most anxious thoughts and strengthen our resolution of amendment . Life being uncertain and all earthly pursuits vain , let us no longer postpone the important concerji of preparing for eternity , but embrace the happy moment while

time and opportunity offer to provide against change , when all the pleasures of the world shall cease to delight , and the reflections of a virtuous conduct yield the only comfort and consolation . Our expectations will not then be frustrated , nor shall we be hurried unprepared into the presence of an all-wise and powerful Judge , to whom the secrets of all hearts are known , and from whose dread tribunal no culprit can escape . Let us , while in this stage of existencesupport with propriet

, y the character of our profession , advert to the nature of our solemnities , and pursue with assiduity the sacred tenets of our order with becoming reverence . Let us supplicate the Divine protection , and ensure the favour of that Eternal Being whose goodness and power know no bounds ; aud when the awful moment arrives that we are about to take our departure , be it soon or late , may we he enabled to prosecute our journey

without dread or apprehension to that far distant country from which no traveller returns . By tho light of the Divine countenance we may pass without trembling- through the gloomy mansions where all things arc forgotten ; and at the great and tremeudous day of trial and retribution , when arraigned at the bar of Divine Justice , we may hope that judgment will be pronounced in our favour , and that we shall receive our reward in the possession of an inheritance where joy flows in one continual stream , and no mound to check its course . "

The brethren having responded to the invocations , aud each one thrown his sprig of acacia into the grave , Bro . Faulkner continued with the oration— "From time immemorial it has been the custom amongst the fraternity of free and accepted Masons , at tho request of a brother oii his death-bed , to accompany his corpse to the place of interment , and there deposit his remains with the usual formalities . In conformity to this usageand at the special request of our

, deceased brother , whose memory wo revere , and whose loss we now deplore , we are here assembled in the character of Masons , to resign his body to the earth whence it came , and to offer up to his memory before the world , the last tribute of our fraternal affection , thereby demonstrating the sincerity of our past esteem , and our inviolable attachment to the principles of our Order . AVith all proper respect to the established customs of the country

in which we live , with due deference to our superiors in Church and State , and with unlimited good will to all mankind , we here ^ appear clothed as Masons , and publicly express our submission to order and good government , and our wish to promote the general interests of mankind . Invested with the badge of innocence Ave humbly bow down to the Universal Parent to implore His blessing on all our zealous endeavours to extend

peace and goodwill , and earnestly pray for His grace to enable us to persevere in the principles of piety and virtue . The great Creator haviug been pleased out of his mercy , to remove our worthy brother from the cares and troubles of this transitory lifelo a state of eternal duration , and thereby weaken the chains by which wo are united man to man , may we who survive himanticipating our approaching fatebe more strongl

, , y cemented in the ties of union and friendship , and during the short space which is allotted to our present existence , wisely and usefully employ our time in the reciprocal intercourse of kind and friendly acts , and mutually promote the welfare and happiness of each other . Unto the grave we have resigned the body of our deceased friend , there to remain until the general resurrection in favourable expectation that his immortal soul

, will then partake of the joys which have been prepared for the righteous from the beginning of the world ; and may Almighty God , of His infinite goodness at the grand tribunal of unbiassed justice , extend His mercy towards him and all of us , and crown our hope with everlasting bliss in the expanded realms of a

boundless eternity . This we beg for the honour of His name , to whom be glory , now and for ever . " Tho Secretary having deposited his roll in the grave with proper formalities , the service was brought to a close with solemn prayer , and tho procession was then re-formed and returned to the lodge room , where the lodge was properly closed in the three degrees . Among those brethren who were present at this most sad and solemn ceremonialwere the following -. Bros . Capt .

, Manners , W . M . 151 ; J . Poore , P . M . 151 , and P . Prov . J . G . W . ; H . Thompson , P . M . 177 ; J . Reed , P . M . 151 ; H . D . Caldecott , 151 ; Capt Caldecott , 357 ; Dr . Bannister ; T . AV . Faulkner , P . M . and Treas ., 35 , and Prov . J . G . W ., S . H . Harris , P . M 35 ; C . Airs , AV . M . ; T . Hurling , P . M . ; Luter , P . M . ; Dawson , P . M . ; G . H . Cooke , P . M ., all of 35 ; and about -fifty other brethren .

LANCASHIRE ( WEST ) . WAEBINGTON . —Lodge of Lights ( No . 14 S ) . —Tho regular monthly meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Rooms , Sankey-street , on Monday night last . In the absence of the AV . M . Bro . I-I . B . White , P . M ., Prov . G . Stew , ruled the lodge and was supported by Bros . W . Smith , S . W . ; Robert Stevenson , J . \ A . ; John Bowes , P . M . ; Rev . J . Nixon Porter , S . D . -

David Finney , J . D . ; Ohvistoph Eckert , Org . ; AVilliam Mossopas I . G . ; AV . Richardson , Charles Wood , John Anderton , AV . Savage , H . Cunningham , A . Waring , H . Syred , John Warrington AA ood , W . AA oods , P . Pearse , Jabez Plinston , Moses Walker , Dr . Penningtan ; J . Robinson aud James Johnson , Tvlers ; E .. Smith , J . AA . 201 , W . Blake 368 , aud Daniel Shaw , 1 * 055 , visitors . The lodge was opened in due form and the minutes of

the last regular meeting read and declared to he correctly recorded . The ballot was then taken for Bro . A . H . Beckett of No . 758 as a joining member and afterwards for Mr . Moses AValker , a candidate for initiation . In both cases the vote was unanimously in favour . Mr . Walker , being in attendance , was introduced according to the ancient custom and duly initiated , by the acting W . M . The chair was now assumed by Bro . John Bowes , P . M ., & cwhen Bros . Charles Wood and John

Warring-, ton Wood presented themselves and claimed preferment . The claim being sustained they were entrusted and retired . On re-admission they were duly passed to the degree of F . C . After some routine business the lodge was closed Avith theusual solemnities , and the brethren adjourned to Bro . Jabez . Hughes' for refreshment .

YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND EAST ) . ¦ SCAKBOEO u Git . — Old Globe Lodge ( No . 200 ) . —This lodge met on A \ ednesday evening , the 19 th of September instant , Present : Bros . Godfrey Knight , W . M . ; AA'ni . Foster Rooke , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; AVm . Bean , P . M . ; W . B . Stewart , P . M . ; James Fred . Spun-, P . M . ; J . IV . Woodali , P . M ., Treas . ; H . C . MartinP . M . Hon . Sec ; A . SleedP . Prov . S . G . W . (

Gloucester-, , , shire ); Dr . jirmitage , as S . W . ; J . M . Crosby , J . AV . ; AVm . Peacock , as S . D . ; J . W . D . Middleton , J . D . ; J . Paper , 1 . 6 . j Saudars and Ash , Tylers ; and about twenty other brethren , amongst whom was Bro . Ord , of Guisbro . The lodge was opened in the first degree , when the minutes ivere revised and confirmed . Mr . James Ivirby , of Scarborough , builder , Avas ballotted for , and initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry ,

Mr . L . Kaliski , of Leeds , who was proposed a candidate at the lodge , was withdrawn ; the lodge intending in future not to accept any one who resides within the length of a cable-tow from another lodge , and who has not a place of abode in Scarborough or its vicinity . The lodge was opened in the- second and third degrees , when Bro . Browning was raised to the sublime degree of M . M . The provincial grand meeting was announced to be held at Richmond , Yorkshire , on AVednesday , the 3 rd of October . The lodge was closed in harmony at nine o ' clock .

ROTHEMIA - : — Phoenix Lodge ( No . 904 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of the Lodge was held on the last Thursday in August , at the Ship Hotel . The lodge was opened by Bro . AV . I . T . Goutloy , AV . M ., supported by Bros . J . G . Needham , S . AV . ; F . W . Hoyle , J . W . ; John Oxley , P . M . ; Edward Farrar , P . M . ; T . AV Parker , Sec . ; J . Kenyon , S . D . ; AV . Savilie , J . D . ; C . II . Perrot , I . G . ; and Bros . A . Hirst , R . T . Barras , A . Wall , K . Firth , & c . The lodge was opened in due

form iu the three degrees , and instruction given in each . The lodge being closed to the first degree , Bro . Goatley , AV . M ., called the attention of the brethren to what he considered the principal business of the evening , —viz ., the presentation of an