Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

THE MASONIC MIRROR . * ^ * AU communications to he addressed to 10 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .

THE members of the Leeson Testimonial Committee will meet on Wednesday next , at balf-pasfc three . THE Council of the Masonic Archmologieal Institute will meet on Wednesday next , the 3 rd June . GBAXD LOD & E . —The nest quarterly communication will be held at the Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , on

Wednesday , June 3 rd , at seven , for eight o ' clock . Brethren should be in their places not later than a quarter to eight o ' clock . THE INSTITUTION OF Civm ENGINEERS . —Bro . Charles Hutton Gregory , the President , held the usual annual conversazione on Tuesday evening last . It was the most brilliant and numerously-attended meeting ever held in the rooms of the Institution .

THE Council of the Society of Arts have invited the members and their friends to a conversazione at the South Kensington Museum , on Wednesday , the 3 rd June , 8 . 30 p . m . It is expected that a large number of those who attend Grand Lodge Quarterly Communication on that evening will attend , as it is a very convenient hour after the meeting at Ereemasons' Hall .

THE Half-yearly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters of England and Wales , and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown , will be held at Freemasons ' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , W . C , on Tuesday next , the 2 nd June , at five o'clock precisely , under the presidency of Bro . W . W . Beach , M . P ., M . W . G . M ,

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

MOUNT LEBANON LODGE ( NO . 73 ) . —This old lodge met on the 19 th inst ., at the Bridge House Hotel , Wellington-street , Southwark ; Bro . T . J . Sabine , W . M ., presided , and did all the work in an able and proficient manner . There were present Bros . F . H . Ebsworth , S . W . j D . Rose , J . W . ; E . Harris , P . M ., Treas . ; J . Donkin , P . M ., Sec . ; M . A . Loewenstark , S . D . ; G . Free , J . D . ; G . J . Grace as I . G . ; Dr . Dixon , P . M . . F . Walters and others

, P . M . ; E . JN " . Levy , P . M . ; many . Amongst a largo number of visitors were Bros . Hyde Clarke , Sawyer , Brown , Lancaster , ancl very many others . Over forty-six sat down to the first-class banquet . LODGE OE JOEEA ( NO . JL 8 S ) . —A . meeting of the above lodge took place at the Albion Tavern , on Monday , the 11 th inst . Bro . M . Van Dippenheim , the worthy W . M ., presiding with his

usual ability , assisted by a large number of P . JI . ' s and other members of the lodge . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and passed , Bros . Henry Hyams , Isaac L . Salzado , and Stransky were questioned upon their apprenticeship , and raised to the second step in the Order . A similar favour was conferred upon Bros . Jose , J . C . Thwaites , Wagstaff , and Leader , they being raised to the highest degree below the chaira compliment deserved for their read lies to tha

cere-, y rep monial questions necessary to be answered before receiving tho degree of M . M . The working of the W . M . was much praised for the excellent and perfect manner in which he performed the heavy duties imposed upon his office . For years past it has become a stereotyped fact , that the Masters of the Lodge of Joppa have vied with each other in perfecting themselves in Masonic ritualism ; and a brotherly visit to the Joppa is only needed to endorse these remarks . The lodge was then closed

and the brethren adjourned to a sumptuous banquet , which was followed by the usual loyal and Masonic toasts . Bro . B . W . Aron , B . M . and Treas ., returned thanks on behalf of the Benevolent Fund , in a speech replete with eloquence and feeling ,

dilating at some length upon tbe usefulness of such funds attached to lodges , and particularly referring to the great amount of good done by the Joppa Benevolent Fund . The visitors were Bros . AV . Hunting , P . M . 749 ; W . Williamson , 200 ; Isaac , late of 188 ; L . A . Israel , P . M . 185 , and J . G . Froud , 749 . The last named brethren returning thanks for the visitor's reception . A pleasant evening was passed and the brethren separated in peace and harmony .

PANJIUKE LODGE ( No . 720 ) . —The annual festival of this lodge was held on Monday , the ISfch inst ., at the Balham Hotel , Balham-hill , under circumstances of a very gratifying character . After the termination of the ordinary business of the lodge , and the passing of a brother to the second degree , Bro . Hodges , W . M ., thanked the members for their loyal support and cooperation during his two years of office , then about to terminate . At his request Bro . ThomasP . M . the father of the lodgethen

, , , took the chair as Installing Master , when the W . M . presented his successor , Bro . J . H . Gates , to receive the benefit of installation . After the ceremony had been most effectively performed , and a Board of Installed Masters had placed Bro . Gates in possession of his chair of office , the newly-installed W . M . appointed his officers for the ensuing year , viz .: —Bro . Hodges , I . P . M . ; Walpert , S . W . ; Young , J . W . ; Moore , SD . ; Roberts , I . G . ; H . F . Hodges , W . S . ; Thomas , P . M ., Treas . ; W . P .

Moore , Sec . ; Bradley , Tyler . A vote of thanks to the Installing Master was ordered to be inscribed on the minutes . The report of the audit committee was received and adopted , and several propositions having been made of candidates for initiation and joining , the lodge was closed and the brethren adjourned to __ splendid banquet , served a la Susse in Bro . Lilley ' s best style , in every way worthy of himself and the lodge . Not only werethe tables profuseldecorated with the choicest flowers but ;

y , every brother on entering the room was presented with an elegant bouquet—a graceful and thoughtful compliment on the part of tho new W . M . The W . M . was supported bo the P . M . 's of his lodge ( Bros . Hodges , Thomas , Gardner , & c ) , and by numerous visitors , including Bros . Stevens , Francis , and Read , P . M . ; Palmer , W . M . elect ; Perrot , Turner , Robert Ord ( Sunderland ) , Otto Booth , & c : After banquet , grace " Deum Laudate" was sung , and after the first toast the National

Anthem was also given in splendid style . After " The Health of the Earl of Zetland , " came the glee , "Life ' s a bumper , " and after the toast of the D . G . M . the song of "Love ' s request , " ' magnificently rendered by Bro . Carter . " The Health of the Installing Master , " having been proposed and responded to , was followed by the part song , " When evening ' s twilight , " ( Hatton ) . In proposing the health of the Installing Master , the W . M . said no eulogies of his were required to render

welcome the mention of Bro . Hodges' name , and he was saved the necessity of making a lengthened speech by being the happy medium on that occasion of conveying to Bro . Hodges , in a more enduring form than words , a striking proof of the estimation in which he was held by his brethren . The W . M . then produced and affixed to Bro . Hodges' collar a magnificent Past Master's jewel of a perfectly original design , manufactured bBroPiattand tbe back of which contained a limentary

y . , comp inscription , relating to Bro . Hodges' two years' occupancy of the chair . The W . M . concluded by saying that he hoped the lodge would continue to have the benefit of Bro . Hodges ' services , and that he himself would he cheered during his year of office , by always having on his left the portly presence and jovial face of his esteemed predecessor . The toast was received with applause , and was followed by an original song entitled ,

" Mine host , " by the composer , Bro . Distin , who was loudlyencored . In returning thanks , Bro . Hodges , I . P . M ., said that the stereotyped phrases usual on such occasions were utterly inadequate to express his feelings , still he would use one—the old saying , that this was tbe happiest moment of his life . His twenty-first anniversary as a member of the Craft closed almost simultaneously with the cessation of his duties as Master , which and while he

he had discharged for two years in succession , could congratulate himself and tho lodge on having so worthy a successor as Bro . Gates ; it was also gratifying to know that the lodge was now in a ' most healthy state—that both the general account and the Charity Fund showed good balances in hand , and there was every prospect of the coming year being still more prosperous . He called upon the brethren to drink

the health of their new Master , who deserved all their support , and who would , he was sure , give them every satisfaction . Glee , " King Canute . " The W . M . replied modestly , contenting himself hy asking the brethren to suspend their judgment until