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number of brethren as usual sat down to the dinner , the AA . M . presiding . Among the toasts of the evening the AV . M . proposed tho health of Bro . G . AV . Clarke , who would be installed in a few days as AV . M . of tho Lodge of Peace and Harmony , paying him a very high compliment for his zeal and ability as a Mason , and thanking him for the services he rendered tho Lodges individually , in addition to those duties he discharged as Secretary of the province . The toast having been drunk

with much enthusiasm , Bro . CLAUKI-: replied in a speech of considerable length aud eloquence , dwelling especially upon the advantages to he derived from the practice of Masonry , and ascribed all his efforts in its service to those elevating and ennobling principles , which having been once received and adopted , had never for one moment left him , Slid he trusted they never would . [ Bro . Booth is wrong ; the members of the so called Lodges of the

reformed order of Memphis do not hold charters from any recognized Grand Lodge , either at home or abroad , as we have more than once explained . A few foreigners met at a public house in the neighbourhood of Golden-square , and established what they called the Grand Lodge of . Pliiladelph . es , in order to make Masons at a lower charge than that existing under the Grand Lodge of England . AA ith equally good reason might Odd Fellows or Foresters claim admission to our assemblies lis these illicit Masons . —ED . ]

HUNTINGDONSHIRE . HUNTINGDON . —Socrates Lodge ( No . 511 ) . —The brethren of this Lodge assembled at their Lodge-room at tho Institution , on Tuesday , the 10 th instant , for tho purpose of installing Bro . G'luff the AA . M . elect . Bro . Smith , AV . M ., having raised a brother to the third degree , then vacated the chair , and the ceremony of installation was undertaken by Bro . Lewis Fox , P . M ., Royal Athelstan Lodge , No . lft , who attended for that purpose . At the conclusion of tho ceremony the AA . M . Bro . Cluff

, , appointed his officers for the year . The Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to dinner ; the remainder of the evening beingspent in a very agreeable manner . The visiting brethren were Bros . Geo . Cattel , P . M . ; AYaite and Farr , of St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 646 ; and Bros . Massey aud Deighton of the Three Grand Principles' Lodge , No , 645 .

LANCASHIRE ( EAST ) . BOMOU . —Lodge of Antiquity ( No . 170 ) . —The annual meeting of this Lodge , and celebration of the festival of St . John , was holden on Wednesday , the 11 th day of January , 1 S 60 , at the One Horse Shoo Inn , Marketsquare , Bolton , when the Lodge was opened in due form , at six o ' clock in the evening ; Bro . Jas . Johnson , AA . M ., presiding . The minutes of tho proceedings of the last meeting , at which the election of AV . M . for the

ensuing year was made , having been read , were duly confirmed . A Board of Installed Masters was formed under the presidency of Bro . John Tinman , Prov . G . See ., and Bro . Charlton , tho AV . M . elect being regularly presented , was forthwith installed and inducted into the Master ' s chair , being proclaimed aud saluted in antient form . The folio wing brethren having been nominated and appointed as officers for the ensuing year , were severally invested with the badges of their respective rank : —Bros . J . S . Scowcroft , S . AV . ; Thos . Glaistor , J . AV . ; Thos . Hope

Troa , ; H . T . Ainsworth , Sec .: 11 . Mitchell , Prov . G . S . B ., Dir . of Cers . ; Jas . Turnbull , S . D . ; Thos . Edgeler , J . D . ; Joseph A asey , Org . ; Robt . Yates , I . G . ; Danl . Yates , and L . AVhittaker , Stewards ; and T . Dawson , ancl H . Knight , Tylers . The installing Master took the opportunity of paying a high tribute of respect to the memory of Bro . Joseph AVood , AV . M . of Lodge No . 44 ( and a member of the town council ) , whose ' recent death has excited sensations of the deepest regret , not only in the Masonic community , where he was highly esteemed , but also among all classes of his fellow citizens . He also alluded feelingly to the absence of Bro . AV . H . AVright , a P . M . of the Lodge , to whose zeal aud energy no

little of the present prosperity of this Lodge is owing , and expressed ; ui earnest hope that he might soon be restored to his wonted health . The newl y invested brethren having been addressed as to the duties of their respective offices , the ordinary business of tho Lodge was then proceeded with . Tho Secretary reported that the auditors had examined the accounts of the past year , ancl certified that the same were correct , and therefore allowed . Several brethren signed and received then-Grand Lodge certificates in Lod The Lodge then adjourned

open ge . bom labour to the banquet at eight o ' clock , where the efforts of Bro . Sharp to cater to the wants of the 1 irethren were very successful , upwards of forty of the brethren sitting down to dinner . After the cloth was removed , the usual loyal aud preliminary Masonic toasts were proposed by the AY . M . ; and Bro . R . Mitchell , Prov . G . S . B ., proposed the health of Bro . S . Blair , Prov . G . M . East Lancashire ; Bro . J . S . Seowcroft , S . AY ., proposed the health of Bro . A . H . Royds , Dep . Prov . G . M . Tho Provincial

Officers were then duly honoured , and the toast was responded to by Bro . Tunnah , Prov . G . Sec , also by Bro . R . Mitchell , Prov . G . S . B . ( who in the course of his reply took the opportunity of calling the attention of the brethren to the Masonic Benevolent and Annuity Fund , and with such success that above thirty of the brethren gave iu their names to tho Secretary as subscribers ) . Bro . R . A ates , Prov . G . Steward , aud Bro . Thomas Dawson , Prov . G . Tyler , also responded . Bro . TUNNAH , Prov . G . Sec , in proposing the health of Bro . P . Charlton , W . M . of the Lodge , expressed his gratification at finding that as he visited the Lodge year by year tho name spirit animating

its members and their zeal nowise abated ; ho dwelt particularly upon the peculiar fitness of the present AA . M . to fulfil with honour aud credit the duties of his high position , and wished he might have a happy and harmonious year of office . The brethren having drunk the health of the AA ' ORSHIPFITL MASTER , he then rose to respond and said that he was , as on all other occasions , unprepared adequately to express ¦ the profound sense iu which he held tho honour they had that day cou-| ferred upon himby placing him in his exalted positionand the few

, , remarks he might make would arise , as was well said in a certain book , " as the spirit giveth utterance . " He felt deeply the great responsibility under which lie now rested , but would claim the generous support of the brethren to sustain the dignity of the office , and prevent its becoming impaired in its character whilst in his hands . His successful career as a Mason ( being one of only four years' standing ) notwithstanding the position of many of his brethren who might have been expected to have arrived at the distinction ; could only he accounted for by the

neglect on their part of the meetings for practice , and which circumstance was the cause of the brethren having their advancement in Masonic knowledge so deficient as not to warrant them in pushing on their promotion , which otherwise would have been done ; and the secret of his own advancement lay in the fact of his constant ancl uniform attendance at those meetings . Indeed it was the fact that many of the brethren who now seemed to be overlooked in their appointment to office , may charge it in a measure to their own neglect , in not making use

of the means of Masonic knowledge which the Lodge had provided ; certainly no brother can worthily hold any office unless he can fairly perform the duties peculiar to that office , and no brother can learn tho duties of the office unless he attends the meetings for practice ; so the secret of success lies in a nutshell , and that is , " attend the practice . " He rejoiced in the great number who had that day taken part in the beautiful and imposing ceremony of installation , so nobly performed by Bro . Tunnahthe Prov . G . Secand he could not conceive why any

, , Mason who had witnessed that , and the other magnificent ceremony , and in addition had listened to the sacred teachings of Freemasonry , as given in the Lodge ,. could ever turn their back or become careless with respect to the institution ; they might be likened to the birds , who lightly skim the surface of the water , but who had failed to

penetrate its depths , and gather the gold and the gems which were contained ill the treasury beneath . He now most especially claimed the assistance of his officers for the ensuing year , and , from the well known intelligence of them all , he was warranted in believing such support would be cheerfully given , and believed and hoped that at the termination of his year of office the Lodge would in none of its characteristics recede from the high social and truly Masonic position it then held . He prayed that this might be a year characterized by the " practice of every moral

and social virtue , " and that the numerous brethren who were now be fore him would become animated byi the determination to call into exercise no sentiments antagonistic to that of kindness and brotherly love . Bro . GEAISTOR , J . AV ., proposed " The Visiting Brethren , " which was responded to by Bro . James Brunelow , of Hong Kong ( a native of this town ) , who expressed his high satisfaction , after seventeen years absence from England , again to meet his townsmen , aud his pleasure was greatly enhanced by the fact that he met them as a brother . The

AA . M . then asked the brethren to pledge the Past Master , whose kind and genial manner of presiding , together with unremitting attention during the last year , must ensure for him . the lasting respect of every member of the Lodge , and he ( the AY . M . ) should endeavour to follow in his footsteps , and hope to be as fortunate in securing their approbation . Bro . JAS . " , 1 OHNSOU briefly but feelingly responded , expressing his gladness that the members of the Loclge were satisfied with his exertions ; he assured them he had endeavoured faithfully aud honourably to discharge the trust imposed upon him , aud if he had in aught offended , he trusted they would forgive ; for his own part ho could not think of retiring into

quiet membership , but should attend the various practice meetings , and strive to render such good service as he was able to his worthy successor . Tho officers of the Lodge were then proposed and responded to , and after the last usual toasts the Brethren separated . MANCHESTER . —Lodge of Affability ( No . 390 ) . —The anniversary of St . John ' s day was held at the Masonic Lodge rooms , Cross-street , on Thursday , January 5 th . There were present Bros . J . L . Hine , AV . M . ; AVright , Higginbottom , Titmas , Percy , Powell , Daniel ] , Porcival , Holder , Heath ,

Williamson , Lord , Rideout , and Hutchinson . Visitors—Bros , Booth , Matthews , and Bold . The Lodge was opened in the usual form . The minutes of the last regular Lodge were read and confirmed . The auditors announced that they had examined the accounts for the previous year , and found them correct . Bro . J . L . Hine , AA . M ., introduced Bro . Samuel Titmas , J . AV ., as AV . M . elect , after which Bro . Titmas was duly installed ( in a most impressive manner ) AVorshipful Master , by Bro . J . L . Hine . Bro . Titmas , AV . M ., then appointed ancl invested the following officers :

Bros . Samuel Percy , S . AV . ; J . Pereival , J . AA . ( pro tern . ); Heath , S . D . ; Holder , J . D .: L . AVright ( P . M . ) , Sec ; J . Williamson , I . G . ; Fogg , Tyler . Bros . Rideout and Hutchinson , after undergoing a satisfactory examination , retired , and the Lodge was then opened in the second degree and Bro . Hutchinson was admitted and passed to the degree of Kellow Craft by Bro . Samuel Titmas , AV . M . Bro . AVilliam Powell having passed a satisfactory examination in open Lodge , the Lodge was then opened in the third degree , when Bro . Powell was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason by Bro . Samuel , Titmas , AV . M . The admirable manner in which these beautiful ceremonies were performed bv the new AYor-