Notices Of Meetings.

Wakefield P . M . was re-elected Treasurer , and Bros . Warner , Hinder , well , and Dixon appointed Auditors . A P . M . ' s jewel was vcted to Bro . Trappitt W . M ., and Bro . Very was re-elected Tyler . The brethren subsequently sat down to a well served repas * , which , a" usual , refiert : d grot credit on the purveyorship of Bro . Keen , the worthy host of tho E-i'lcn II < t" » l . After tbe usuil toasts , with musical intervals , the proceedings closed .

OLIVE UNION LODGE , No . 1304 . rPHE annnal meeting was held on the 5 th inst ., at tho Masonio JL Hall , Ilorncastle . Bro . the Rev . B . Cowbnrn was installed Worshipfnl Master the officiating Officer being Brother Mortimer , of

Lincoln . The W . M . invested the following as his Officers : —Brothers J . 11 . Ranby S . W ., J . E . Chatterton J . D ., Tom Poroher S . D ., Rev . H . S . F . » wssett J . D ., II . Tweed Sec , C . Dixon Treasurer , U . JelFery I . G ., Rev . J . Graham Chaplain , A . Marshall Tyler . A banquet was aftirwards served at the Ball Hotel .

BALDWIN LODGE , No . 1398 . rPHE 2 Ufc installation took place in the Lodge-room , at tho Castle , -L Dalton-in-Furuess * . This was tho largest Lodge of Freemasons ever held in Ddltnn , members and visitors being present from all parts of tho district , among thorn no less than 36 Pa ^ t Masters . The ocoision was to celebrate the 2 lat anniversary of the Lodge , and to do

honour to Colonel Baldwin , J . P ., C . A ., by installim ? him W . M . for the second time after a lapse of twenty years . Bro . H . Cook P . P . G . S . W . was the Installing Maat * r , and performed the impressive ceremony in a manner characteristic of his woll-krown abilities in connection with Freemasonry . At five o ' clock the company adjoin ned to fie Cavendish Hot **! , where a sumptuous banquet was held .

SALEM LODGE , No . 1443 .

ON tho lfitb inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Dawlish , Brother D . C . Powell was installed as W . M . by Bros . E . W . Locke and J . F . King . The Worshipful Master invested his Officers , as follow : — Brothers J . E . Hearn I . P . M ., G . F . Webb S . W ., A . J . Cox J . W ., H . L . Friend P . M . P . P . G . A . D . C . Chaplain , | J . Shapter P . M . Secretary , J .

J ! ' . J-Ung JC . M . urgamst , 11 . Lorain S . D ., H . Ball J . D ., W . Maeer Org ., F . Lear D . C , W . P . R . Rolestone and W . H . Cole Stewards , and J . Luscobe Tyler . Among tho visiting brethren were Brother E . M . Ellis P . M . and Secretary 666 P . G . A . Pur ., A . Rowe S . W . 666 . Brother Hearn the retiring W . M . was presented with a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , and the brethren afterwards partook of a sumptuous banquet at the Albert Hotel .

ARKWRIGHT LODGE , No . 1495 . ON tbo Tit ) inst ., the 19 th instillation was hold at the New Bith Hot . I , Matlock B . th , tho retiring W . M . being Bi \* . T . Cooper Diabble , and tin W . M . elect Bro . Joseph Sladen . The Installing Master was Bro . IT . B . Bong , assisted by Bro . Cox ( Derby ) . The new Worshipful Master invested tho following Officers : —Bro =. T . C . Drabble I . P . M ., II . G . IT-utley S . W .. G . B . Barton J . W ., Thos . Paiker

Treastirer , Henry Knowles Secretary , F . C . Lynn S . D ., A . J . Stoneman J . D ., H . B . ' Boag D . of C , John Dawes Organist , Thos . M'Minn I . G ., Georgo Peglar and Alfred J . Dawes Stewards , Jno . Kins ? Tyler . After the ceremony the brethren wero photographed in a group , and tho usual banquet , ably provided by Bro . T . Tyack , fo'Iowed . There were tho customary toasts .

TRAFFORD LODGE , No . 1496 . B RO . FRANCIS LONG was on Monday , 9 th instant , installed as W . M . Bro . Long , who baa been settled in Manchester for a lengthened period , has boon a member of the Trnfford Lodgo for 19 years . For 16 years of that period he declined offers of advancement , preferring to fill the post of Organist , for which hia musical talents fully qualify him .

EMULATION LODGE , No . 1505 . ON Monday , the 9 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope Street , Liverpool , Bro . Francis Simpson was installed W . M . for the year . The Installing Master was !? ro . J . Greonlees I . P . M ., who ably performed tho ceromouy . Tho W . M . invested his Officers . Tho brethren afterwards partook of a wall served diuner provided by Bro . Casey , some excellent music being rendered during the evening .

DRAMATIC LODGE , No . 1609 . ri" * iHE installation meeting was held in the Hope Street Temple ,

- *• JjiverpoDl , on tho atuh tilt ., iiro . H . Round occupying the chair . Bro . Albsrt Edward Wo-kuiau having been duly inatallrd W . M . for the coming year , appointed ; ii- Officers . Tao installation banquet was served by Bro . W . Vines P . P . G . D . C . Dating the evening a choica programme of musto was rendered .

Notices Of Meetings.

METROPOLITAN LODGE , No . 1507 . LOOKING back is not at all times a pleasing occupations bnt there are occasions when we may indulge in it with profit and pleasure , reviewing in regular order the events of days gone by , and associating them with the present in a manner that is produc'ive of the hig hest sense of enjoyment . Such an opportunity occurred on the occasion of our visit to the Metropolian Lodge on Wedne * day , to participate in the annual gathering , witness th . - *) installation ,

and tender our hearty good wishes to the new ruler of this distinguished and popular home of London Masonry . Wo can well remember the preparation of the first number of tho FKEEHASON ' S CHRONIC ** . ** , now nearly nineteen years ago , and some of the brethren with whom we first came into contact by reason of onr asf 02 iation with the paper were thos 3 whom we to-day seo nt the

head of affairs in this Metropolian Lodge , and in tho many off-shoots that have sprung from it , by reason of the vigorous growth and continned activity that has always marked it * career . Onr first issue contained a report of the third meeting of the Metropolitan Lodge , oven then described as a " flourishing" Lodge , presided over by Bro . James Willing who , on the evening in question , conferred tho

third degree on , among others , two brethren who w -re present a ; Wednesday ' s meeting , as vigorous as we knew them in their early days in the Craft : Bro . W . M . Stiles and Bro . C . J . Scile ? . Tra " , we were not then permitted to address them as brothers , for the reason that we were not of an age to allow of our initiation , bat they took an active share in our preparation for advancement when we were

admitted to Masonic Light a few months afterwards , and we have had the satisfaction of numbering them among our truest friends over since . The meeting of Wednesday saw the twentieth Master of the Lodge placed in the chair , and it is worthy of nets that of the nineteen who preceded him ten rose to the toast of the Past Masters , and tendered their wishes for the continued prosperity of the Lodge .

Of the absentees , Bro . Willing was away at one of the daughter Lodges , the Cricklewood , installing its W . M . ; others were prevented from one cause or another from being present , while otbera again have , alas , gone over to the great majority , among the latter b- ing another old friend , the first Senior Warden of th * 3 Lodge , Bro . J . J . Michael .

The meeting of Wednesday was held at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , nnder the presidency of Bro . W . Fraser W . M ., who was sop . ported by Bro . John G . MoEwen S . W ., R . Alaway J . W ., and other Officers of the past year , with the following Past Masters : —Bros . C . J . Scales , W . Davey , J . Edwards , W . F . Bates , G . W . Knight , T . C . Edmonds , W . M . Stiles , Henry Stiles , and Henry Lovegrove . Among

the visitors were Bros . C . E . Rorabaok 55 ( U . S . A . ) , Robert Young , W . Whitehead 24 , 11 , David Harfc 557 , W . flnnfc S . W . 127 , J . R . Ferguson 2182 , H . W . Weeks , W . A . Scurrah P . M . 167 , J . Wilson 2374 P . P . G . S . B . Essex , W . Price 28 , John J . Knight W . M . 2005 , R , J . Voisey P . M . 1329 , G . Griffiths VV . M . 1310 , G . A . Lewis P . M . 2206 , T . N . Lamble , 511 , Frank Herald P . M . 1056 , J . Kirby 1963 , W . R ,

Russell P . M . 72 , W . W . Morgan 177 . Due preliminaries having teen obseived , the W . M . conferred fche second degree on a candidate , and then proceeded to the more impoitint work of the day , the installation of Bro . McEweu as Worshipful M-iste-. Brr \ Fraser carried out the woik in true Metro , politan style , b ing mat' -rially assisted by Bro . P . M . Scilee , who

brought his abilities into play as Director of Ceremonies . In d * o courao the Muster appointed the assistint Office-s for the yea-, thes j inclnd ' ng Brop . Ala way S . W ., Sanndns , UV „ J . Wil . 'ii-g P . M , Treasnrer ( Bro . W . M . Stiles btiug investe 1 on bohult ' - 't ' Bro . Willin . - ) , Perks I ' . M . Secretiry , Tubby S . D ., Bite J . D ., Moggndge I . O ., Railing D . C , Whiting Tyler . Tho addresses werd next given au t

the Initalling M-ivfcjr resumed his a a * . Brr-. McEwan's first duly was to present to his predecessor the g ild P . M . jewel which had beoa vc ted by the Lodge as a mai k of the grat Ileation of tho members at the way in which the affairs had been managed daring the past TCir . Brr . McEwen feelingly expressed the

sentiments of the memberp , and concluded with the wish that tho Giver of all good would look a'tir tl o Immediate Past Master for many years to come , nnd edible him to wear their jewel aoioig them on many future occasions . The jewel bore the following inscription :

" Presented to Bro . R . W . FRASER P . M ., by the METKOI * , . TAN LODGE , No . 1507 , as a mark of esteem and in recognition of his able and valued services a 3 W . M . 1892-93 . "

The I . P . M . in reply said the appreciation of the brethren had really overcome him . He should always remember with satisfaction tho pleasing and kind expressions that had been showered npon him on the occasion of his joining the army of Past Masters , with the satisfaction of feeling that the brethren considered he had done his duty . The names of two gentlemen were submitted as candidates for

initiation . The resignation of a Brother now in bad health was accepted , and a vote of sympathy with him in bis sufferings was unanimously passed , coupled with the regret of the whole Lodge at the cause of his enforced withdrawal . Other matters of business were ( hen disposed of , after which tbe company , to the number of 80—51 members and 29 visitors—repaired to the banquet hall , whero

a splendid repast awaited them . Bro . Clomow , the proprietor , personally superintended the service aud secured thu satifaction of all present . At the conclusion of the banquet the usual toasts were given . Tho I . P . M . proposing the health of the Worshipfnl Master , spoke of the

estimable qualities of the new ruler—wall known to every member of the Lodge , of which he might justly ba said to bo a good friend . He might truly say that no Brother was more popular or more esteemed in tho Metropolitan Lodge tiian their Bro . McEwen , for whom they all wished a most successful term of offue . The Master replied , describing the moment aa one of tbe happiest