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NOTICES OF MEETINGS .

CALEDONIAN LODGE , No . 204 ( MANCHESTER ) .

A REGULAR meeting took plaoe in the Freemasons Hall on Wednesday , the 9 th inst . Present—Bros . Dnokwortb W . M ., Normanton S . W ., Roberta P . M . P . P . G . D . C . Treaa ., Cliffe Sec , W . G . fiagnall S . D ., Elderahaw P . M . Dir . of Cira ., Wataon I . G . ; Past Maatera Bros . Wm . BagnaJI , Thomaa , Gnthrie , Shorrook , Mallook , Sawer , and Hill : Broe . Thomhill , Sngden , Williams , Parker , Hiuchliffo ,

Orrall , Gueat , Gregory , and Gordon ; Visitora—Bros . Bromley P . M . Seoretary 1375 , Fryer S . W . 1375 , Rodman 2156 , and Sallon P . M . 633 . The Lodge was opened at aix o ' olook , and after tho minutea oa the previous meeting had been read and confirmed , Bro . Gordon waf raised to the third degree by Bro . Martin Thomaa P . M . There being no further business , the Lodge waa closed in poace and harmony at 8-30 .

Jordan Lodge, No. 1402.

JORDAN LODGE , No . 1402 .

THIS Lodge held ita annual meeting on the 8 th inst ., at the Masonio Hall , Torquay . The W . M . ( Bro . John Taylor ) preaided , and ably performed the ceremony of installation , assisted by the following Board of Installed Masters : —Bros . Lane P . M . P . P . G . Registrar , Dodge P . M . P . P . G . T ., and Willa I . P . M . Jordan Lodge , Beckett W . M ., Wakeham P . M . P . P . G . St . B ., Goaa P . M . St . John ' s ,

328 , Clarke P . M . 353 Royal Suaser P . P . G . S . W . ( Derbyshire ) , Warner P . M . 1348 Ebnry . The W . M . elect , Bro . WillB J . W ., having received the usual honours on his installation , appointed and invested his Officers aa follow : —Bros . Taylor I . P . M . and Secretary , Hersey S . W ., Winget J . W ., Hex P . M . Chaplain , Willa P . M . Treaanrer , West S . D .,

Risdon J . D ., Dodge P . M . P . P . G . T . D . C , Beer I . G ., Hill aud Pickard Stewards , Newton Tyler . The retiring W . M ., Bro . Taylor , waa presented with a handsome P . M . ' a jewel by Bro . Dodge on behalf of the Lodge in recognition of his Masonio zeal daring his year of office . The jewel bore the following inscription : — " Presented to Bro . John

Taylor , F . C . S ., P . M ., as a mark of their appreciation and esteem by tbe brethren of the Jordan Lodge , No . 1462 , Torquay , 8 th September 1891 . " Tho Treasurer ' s account , whioh waa adopted , showed the handsome balance of £ 61 in hand . The installation banquet followed iu the banqueting hall , a handsome repast being provided by Bro . W . J . Noaworthy .

Eldon Lodge, No. 1755.

ELDON LODGE , No . 1755 .

SATURDAY aftirnoon last was delightfully fine for tho large gathering of Freemasons who assembled at tho Royal Hotel , Purtiabeud , to witness the ceromouy of installation of the newl yelected Worshipful Master . The brethren proaent included the following : Sbapland W . M ., Davy S . W ., Thebridge Treaanrer , ThomaB P . M . P . P . G . Standard Bearer Secretary , Billing S . D ., Tonkin J . D .,

Appleton P . M . D . C , Harvey Steward , Dixon-Bramald Steward , Glaaepole P . M . P . G . Std ., Dando P . M ., Weatherloy , M . D ., P . M ., Minns P . M . P . P . G . P ., Rioo P . M ., Sonthwood , Stafford , Turner , Maby P . G . Organist , SirapkinH Tyler , and nalIOgam ' 3 t . Among the visiting brethren were the Worshipfnl D . P . G . M . of Somerset , Bro . Else P . G . D .

and othors . After some formal buainesB of the Lodge had been arranged , Bro . Davey waa regularly installed into the ohair of the Worshipful Master by Bro . Else D . P . G . M . P . G . D . of England . Bro . Davey at once proceeded to appoint and invest his Officers for the ensuing year aa follow : —Brothers Shapland I . P . M ., Carey Senior Warden , Billing Junior Warden , Thebridge Paat Maater , TreaBurer re-elected , Thomaa P . M . Sec . re-appointed , Tonkin S . D ..

of England ,. Symea J . D . 1953 , Grubb P . M . 68 P . P . G . P ., Smith P . M . 1388 P . G . A . D . C ., Makepeace 1388 , Hill 103 , Coombe 814 , Powell 1205 P . P . G . P ., Fnlford 686 , Webley W . M . 68 , Carrington J . D . 686 , Britt I . P . M . 1388 , Lewis 68 , Reeco 1199 P . G . D . C , Powell 103 , Galpin P . M . 68 , Maohon Secretary 68 , Pfeiffer W . M . 1388 , Habgood 68 , Card P . M . 68 P . S . G . W ., Will 1750 , Clark P . M . 1750 , Heal 1388 ,

nazell J . D ., Harvey I . G ., Stafford and Jeffreys Stewards , Simpkins Tyler re-eleoted . Bro . Rice was chosen aa delegate to serve on the Provincial Charity Organisation Committee , and it was a pleasing act on the part of the Lodge to vote the oontosts of the alma bag for this day to Borne local Charitable Schools of whioh Bro . Rice is one of the Pillars . An excellent banquet waa Berved by Mra . Boulter , widow of tho late respected Bro . Boulter .

Warner Lodge of Instruction , Mo . 2192 . —At Bridge Chambers , Hoe Street , Walthamstow , on the 14 th inst ., there were preaent Broa . Horat W . M ., Briginahaw P . G . S . S . W ., Beatow J . W ., Weatfield Acting Preceptor , Fortescue Treasurer , Trickett S . D ., Ivea P . M . J . D ., Short I . G . ; Bros . Allen Seoretary , Bateman Steward , Bird Organist , Dnnbar . Oakden , Fuller . Dickinson . Staoev . Brown . PB

..:.-Mann , Jeremy , Clark . After preliminariea the ceremony of initiation was rohearsed , Bro . Oakden candidate . The Lodge was opened in TWM D ( 3 , and Br ° ' 0 ttkden a ^^ ered questions leading to degree of M . M . Bro . Briginshaw waa unanimousl y elected to occupy the ohair at ensuing meeting . Lodge was then closed , and adjourned until Monday , 21 st , at 8 p . m . J

A meeting of the 3 rd Walthamstow Charity Association was formed , Bro . Dr Dunbar occupying the chair . Several Life SubscriberBb . ps were balloted for .

Burns And Canongate Kilwinning Lodge

BURNS AND CANONGATE KILWINNING LODGE

SIB , —The paragraph in reference to thiB subject , whioh appeared under the "Mems . for Freemasons" in last Tuesday ' s " News , " is of great intereat , not merely to Freemasons , but to all who hononr the memory of Burns , and to every atudont of hiatory in general . From what Bro . D . Murray Lyon , tho R . W . Grand Secretary , aays , it would appear that a downright imposition has been palmed off upon . tne

the public aa a veritable historical fact . Tbia piotnre or prtueuoeti installation or "inauguration" of Burns aa "Poet Laureate" of No . 2 Lodge it now appeara ia purely mytbioal . And the laurel orown never existed until depicted upon the oanvaa long after the poet waa dead . Inatead , therefore of Burna being ahown ns in tho aot of receiving a orown , he ought to have been depicted in tho ant irora too muster

of receiving the right nana ot leuowanip w n . <* Lodge in aooordanoe with the minute of hia " assumption" on tho lat February 1787 . Thia " aaaumption , " or being " assumed a member , " waB probably equivalent to what we would now deaignate aa being made an honorary member . Bro . Lyon aaaerta that the firet Poet Laureate of No . 2 was Hogg , the Ettriok

Shepherd , and he waa not made such till 1835 . It ia very ounona how ao many aooietiea , with great pretenaioua to morality , yet for the sake of a little aelf-glorifioation condeaoend to tamper with tha truth . In a hiatory of No . 2 Lodge , recently published by Bro . Maokenzie , it ia atated on page 110 that : — " In oonrse of the evening , the R . W . Maater . Alexander Ferguaaoa of Craigdorrooh , advocate ,

hero of the'Song of the Whiatle , ' conferred upon him ( Burna ) tho title of Poet-Laureate of the Lodge , and the minute ia signed by tha Maater , " & o . Now , as in the copy of this minute of lat Maroh 1787 , no mention whatever ia made of Burns , and the minute itaelf states that no buainesa except giving certain degrees waa done , we may well ask Bro . Maokenzie why he did not publish thia minute of

1 st Maroh 1787 aa it atanda iu the old minute book in plaoe of , or in addition to , what ia aaid on pagea 110 and 111 of hia " Hiatory ? " In conclusion I may obaerve that in the July iaBue of the " SootfciBh Maaonic Record " the Glasgow Saints Johu Lodge atill holda forth the ridiouloua pretension that it waa " Couatituted by King Ma ' oahu

III ., 1057 . " It might aa well aaaert that it waa chartered by . Noah , and that the firat meeting of the Lodge waa held in the Aro , B . C . 2349 . Hiatorioal impostures when they once get a start are hard to kill . Like the oats , they have nine lives . I am , & o . HlSTOJUCUS . 31 at August 1891 .

At a Lodge meeting tho other evening , a brother hailing from the American constitution made leffrenoo to tho extracta I published recently from a letter aent home from the States by a memb-r of 553 . Tbe brother , says onr American visitor , is wrong in h'H estimation , and with some force refers to the oharitalila institutions eoinirfcted with Masonry in America in proof that their system iB not all show

and glitter . No ono with the least knowledge of Masonry in Amwio <* can do other than admire tho great works accomplished by th » brethren there , but while there can be only ono opinion in ihnua results , there is room for many opinions in the mods of Lodge work pure and simple , and it was to these , more than to the wider principle of the Craft , that the brother of 553 referred .

A propoa , Puck , New York , is at present devoting space to a series of aketohes on the " Cranks of tho Day , " and the third of the series ia illustrative of the " Secret Society Crank , " and , though no doubt exaggerated , there is , even after making allowance , abundant evidence that thero ia a desiro for display among a certain clans of our American < ousins . The central figure in tbe sketoh is so

resplendent in the uniform of ft member of the "Noble Hidalgos of tbo Rising Sen" that Borne sable posaera-by are in the act of worshipping him aa a gcd . How far this ia carried into Masoury of oourso I cannot say , but in defence of our brother reoently of Glasgow I would recommend to any who may feel aggrieved at his remarks Burns ' * receipt for "foolish notions "— "See themsel's aa ithera see ihom . "The Mallet .

The number of " Caasell a Saturday Journal , to be published on the 23 rd inst ., will form the commencement of a new volume , and will contain the opening chaptera of two new serial stories , entitled respectively "Tracked to Doom" ( a Detective Tale ) , by "Dick Donovan , " and "An Excellent Knave , " by J . Fitzgerald Molloy . Among the leading contents of thia number will be a peraonal akotoh

of Mr . J . R . Robinson , of the Daily News ( forming the firat of a series of artiolea on " Editora of To-day " ) ; " Parisian Cafea and their FrequenterB "; " The Tell-Talo Hand , " a complete story by Richard Dowling ; " All for AH , " a new feature , containing a variety of entertaining notes ; humorous illustrations by Frederick Barnard and J . F . Sullivan , & c .

A representative collection of stories of all agea and all countriea is about to be published by Measra . Cassell and Company under the title of " The World of Romance . " The serial will be edited by Q , author of "Dead Man'a Rock , " " The Splendid Spur , " & c , and will be fully illustrated with new and original engravings . Part 1 will be published , with the October Magazines at the end of this month .

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