Lodge Meetings Next Week.

LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Fuller particulars as to place of meeting of the undermentioned Lodges are given in the . freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book ( pu . blish . ed by Grand Lodge for the benefit of the Charity Fund ) .

Monday . 219 Prudence , Todmorden 79 Pythagorean , Greenwich 249 Mariner , Liverpool 1615 Bayard , 33 , Golden Square ' ^ Trinity , Coventry 1745 Farringdon ( Without ) , Via . H'tJ ' # *> Naphtali , Heywood , „ o . , ,. , . 269 Fidelity , Blackburn 62 Social , Manchester 289 Fidelity Leeds 353 Roya Sussex , Winshill 2 g 4 Constitutional Beverley , f ? n £° * ° ' > Callmgton 296 Comberraere Union , Macclesfield nS 9 iyria "» ^ af ' j ° u ™ e 300 Minervaj Ashton-under-Lyne ¥ Zl r ? ' If ?**? - > 505 ApolloBecckes

, , , , ™ £ rlnce t 1 n ' . Mo 3 sle ^ 309 Harmony , Faraham 1258 Kenn & rd , Pontypool dl / Affability , Manchester ? n « ^ P ?' - J 3 u ^? n v . 360 Pomfret , Northampton iono ? ^ ence ' Ukehampton 362 j ;^ Grantham o ?™ ™ thom ' Southport 419 st jj Wolverhampton 2279 lhornham . 'lhornham 446 Benevolent , Wells

462 Bank Terrace , Accrington Tuesday . 509 Tees , Stockton 141 Faith , Anderton ' s 331 St - Helen , Hartlepool OQO v i * ¦ , « A 639 Bt - Matthew , Walsall 299 Emulation l ) jwtford 633 Yarborouga , Manchester SS S" ?^?^ \ , 657 Portland , Stoke-upon-Trent 5 ? I § . ' •Cybi , Holyhead 703 < jliftoa . Blackpool 792

,, ™ i ^^ ' £ alf ?™ D Peiham Pillar , Grimsby « S ^ , v ' ^ V ^ fl ^ 803 St . Andrew , Biggleswade 1566 Ellington , Maidenhead 856 Restormel ) Lostwithiel 1636 bt . Cecilia , Brighton 913 j , attison piumstead f ™ r S 6 u R A ^ lndr ° P 976 Royal Uarence , Bruton 1779 Ivanhoe , Sheffield _ , 1012 p rmce of Wales . Burv

, S ? 2 r ucUey ' ****** ' ° P 1231 SavUe , Elland 1942 Minerva Fenton 1284 Brent TopihMI 1 2351 Ermine Lincoln 1304 Qhn Uni Horacastle ™ l w ° t' , ^ . 1324 Okeover , Ripley 2414 VVychwood , Burford i 37 g Mar of ^ Darlington 2549 Benevolentia , Woodford 1384 Equft / Widnei

1473 Bootle , Bootle Wednesday . 1500 Walpole , Norwich 822 Victoria Rifles , Freemasons' -hall 1504 Red Rose of Lanc ' ster , Padilwin 898 Temperance in East , Poplar 1513 Friendly , Barnsley 1768 Progress , Freemasons ' -hall 1557 Albert Edward , Hexham 76 Economy , Winchester J ** £ ^ , ? ° ^ f > ^ T « A ; it * 1 * ™; + £ TiVotT „> rrVr . 16 S 9 Watlvag St ., Stony Stratford . JS SW !?* ?& £ & £ ^ : 1770 Vale of White HorwFaringdor

- _„ . „ , , , SiSr-i ^ T " - P ^' Bnstol 1829 Burreli , Brighton ' 304 Philanthropic , Leeds 18 ? 4 Lechnl ^ v \ , at Balsall H > th 439 SSfimW "" W-W W" * ? A ? £ , ^~ i „ 1 ^ 1 + ; - 2043 E . endrick , Reading 461 Fortitude , Newton ^ . ' ^ ^

BSock ^ econ gg £ " £$ fridge lull SS ^ t ^ ^ 42 E = o ^^ edon 1219 Stengeways , Manchester ||| f fcT ^ Kead 1283 Ryburn , Sowerby Bridge ^ Wurrdl > ^ kenneau .

1714 Albert Edward , y / orktown 1775 Leopold , Church Friday . 1793 Sir Charles Bright , Teddington 90 St . John , Albion 1953 Prudence & Industry , Chard 142 St . Thomas , Ship and Turtle 1989 Stirling , Cleator Moor 554 Yarborougu , Fenchurch Street 2064 Smith Child , Tunstall 890 Hornsey , Anderton ' s 2186 StriguilChepstow 1489 Marquess of Ripon , Highbury

, 2330 St . Lawrence , Pudsey 1627 Royal Kensington , F masons -h . 2571 Holmes , Newcastle-on-Tyne 2233 Old Westminster , Cafe Royal 2467 Pickwick , Anderton ' s 2511 St . John at Hackney , Hackney Thursday . 44 friendship , Manchester 10 W'minster & Keystone , F . M . H . 242 St . George , Doncaster 45 Strong Man , Guildhall Tav . 306 Alfred , Leeds

192 Lion & Lamb , Cannon St . Hotel 521 Truth , Huddersfield 227 Ionic , Criterion 574 Loy . Berkshire Hope , Newburj 231 St . Andrew , Freemasons ' -hall 0 Ul St . John , Wellington , Salop 538 La Tolerance , Freemasons ' -hall ^ gg Ryde , Ryde 1178 Perfect Ashlar , Southwark 709 Invicta of Ashford , Ashford 1216 Macdonald , Camberwell 751 Eastnor , Ledbury 1351 St . Clement Danes , Holb'n R ' st . 837 De Grey and Ripon , Ripon

1361 United Service , Cafe Royal 936 Adair , Aldeburgh 1425 Hyde Park , Paddmgton . 998 Welchpool , Welchpool 1672 Mormngton , Holborn Via . H'tl . 1009 Shakspere , Manchester 1707 Eleanor , Great Eastern Hotel 1230 Barnard , Barnard Castle 1724 Kaisar-i-Hind , Cafe Royal 1295 Gooch , New Swindon 1765 Trinity Col ., 13 , Mandeville PI . 1375 Architect , Ohorlton-cum-Hardy 1772 Pimlico , Westminster 1405 Southwell , Nottingham

1790 Old England , Thornton Heath 1458 Truth , Manchester 2271 St . Pancras , Midland Grand Ho 1551 Morecambe , Morecambe 2291 West Ham Abbey , Stratford 1648 Prince of Wales , Bradford 2411 Clarence & Avondale , L'yt ' nsfn 1664 Gosforth , Gosforth 2512 Fulham , Fulham 1754 Windsor , Penarth 2550 Piccadilly , Piccadilly 1838 Tudor Rifle V ' nt ' rs ., W'v'h'pton 2580 Crouch End , Highgate 1993 Wolseley , Manchester

24 Newcastle O . T ., Newcastle 2433 Minerva , Birkenhead 31 United Industrious , Canterbury 2491 White Rose of York , Sheffield 38 Union , Chichester 2494 Humber Installed Masters ' , Hull 41 Royal Cumberland , Bath 2569 St . Trillo , Colwyn Bay 110 Loyal C'brian , Mertkyr-Tydvil 114 British Union , Ipswich Saturday . \? Z Lennoi , Richmond , forks 1572 Carnarvon , Albion 195 Hengis ; , Pournemouth 1622 Rose , Camberwell

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

1928 Gallery , Anderton ' s 1550 Prudence , Plymouth 1949 Brixton , Kennington 2096 George Price , Croydon 2466 Cheerybles . Freemasons ' -hall 2493 Vale of Eden , Appleby 1388 Canynges , Bristol 2499 North Kent , Bexley Heath 1466 Hova F . cclesia , Brighton 2541 St . Andrew , Avonmcttth

Reports Of Meetings.

REPORTS OF MEETINGS .

We shall be pleased to receive particulars of Masonic meetings for insertion in our columns , and where desired will endeavour to send a representative , to report Lodge or other proceedings .

. u . CEAFT : METEOPOLITAN .

METROPOLITAN LODGE , No . 1507 . rpHE regular meeting of this Lodge was held at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet JL Street , E . C ., on Wednesday , 17 th inst ., Bro . Barry I . P . M . acting as Master , in the absence through illness of Bro . Hawkins W . M . There was a goodly array of Officers , Brethren and Visitors , among the

former being Bros . E . G . Steer S . W ., A . C . Bradbury J . W ., F . J . Perks Sec , W . R . Thompson S . D ., T . L . Eames I . G ., and Whitehead Tyler ; and among the latter Bros . Thos . Gibbs J . W . 2754 , W . Inman S . D . 2216 , H . S . Inwood 2332 , H . G . Hart Secretary 2506 , F . J . Oliver 834 P . P . G . Organist , W . W . Small W . M ., G . Stevens Organist 2417 , and C . J . Simmons-Jacques 1524 .

Among the members were Bros . J . W . Edey , T . Tinsley , F . Read , A . R . Aston , F . A . Sharp , C . A . Weeden , C . Larder , H . Allen Ashton , G . T . Williams , Thos . Turner , Sydney Presburg , W . J . Griffin , A . G . Ohadwick , W . Wittenbridge , E . Blackney , H . Wells , J . W . Houndball , A . Moore , W . J . Rundle , E . A . Gosnay , H . Shorton , W . E . Rickards , G . B . Perry , J . W . Timberlake , J . Hess , A . P . Innocent , G . A . Allock , A . Clayton , G . J . Jones , & c .

The minutes of the previous Lodge meeting were read and confirmed . Three ceremonies were performed , namely Bro . Alfred John Carpenter was raised ; Bros . Sydney Presburg , Moise Bril , and Ernest Blackman passed ; and Mr . Wm . J . Sellick Easterbrook initiated . On the motion of the Secretary £ 5 5 s was unanimously voted to the " Daily Telegraph" Soldiers Widows and Orphans Fund , thus regularly confirming a previous gift of that amount . The acting W . M . gave a good and impressive rendering of the three

. At the banquet which followed , Bro . Barry I . P . M . gave the Queen and Craft , the Grand Master and other Officers , the Visitors , the initiate and other customary Masonic toasts , which were interspered with songs , recitations , & c . Bro . 0 . J . Simmons-Jaques recited Ray-Brown's racing poem " Kissing Cup * s race " and the acting W . M . sang " The Absent-minded Beggar " in good style .

LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE LODGE , No . 1962 . THIS Lodge , which has now entered on the eighteenth year of its existence , held its installation meeting on Friday of last week , at Anderton ' s

Hotel . Named after the celebrated volunteer regiment of the metropolis , the London Rifle Brigade , its membership is confined to officers , non-commissioned officers , and men of that corps , says the " City Press . " Since its consecration it has never lacked recruits from that famous military body , and it has produced some of the finest workers in the Masonic Craft , besides being an enthusiastic supporter of the charities of Freemasonry .

It was presided over on Friday evening at the opening by its Worshipful Master Bro . Farnham Flower Grimes . Several of the Brethren wore their volunteer long service medals . The first work of the Lodge was the passing of Bro . T . Merritt and Bro . C . Folliott to the second degree , a ceremony performed , as usual in this

Lodge , by the Worshipful Master with great ability . Bros . H . E . Warcup and 0 . E . Taylor were unable to be present , as they had joined the City Imperial volunteers , and had to attend the service at St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Much regret was expressed at their enforced absence , as the Lodge was anxious to wish them God-speed .

The Audit Committee ' s report was adopted , and then Captain A . Haig-Brown P . M . and Secretary was asked to perform the installation ceremony . Captain Haig-Brown thereupon took the chair of W . M ., and , on presentation by Bro . A . H . Huding P . M . D . C ., installed Bro . William Henry Latham S . W . and W . M .-elect as the Worshipful Master of the Lod » e for the ensuing year .

Bro . C . W . Potter , who had been selected by the W . M . as his Inner Guard , had joined the City Imperial Volunteers , and was among those who left for South Africa on Saturday week . Consequently , as he was not able to attend to be invested , another Brother was appointed to act for him , so that he might not lose his seniority as an Officer of the Lodge .

A handsome jewel of a Past Master was presented to the Immediate Past Master , who returned his acknowledgment . After this a hearty vote of thanks was ordered to be recorded on the minutes to the Immediate Past Master for his handsome present to the Lodge of new collars and chains for the W . M . and his Wardens . The Worshipful Master said he felt exceedingly proud at being the first wearer of the new collar .

The Lodge was then closed , and the Brethren adjourned to a banquet , afterwards honouring the usual toasts . The music with which they were interspersed was performed by Mr . Arthur Court , Miss Masie Rivcrsdale , Mr . Rowland Henry , aud Miss Gertrude Macaulay . Mr . Frank Svvinford P . M . P . Prov . Grand Organist Middx . acted as the musical director . A special toast was drunk " To our Comrades in South Africa . " In the

course of the evening Br <> . Haig-Brown P . M . Secretary presented his New Year ' s card to all the Brethren . It wag in the following words : '' The Secretary tenders to the Members and Friends of the London Rifle Brigade Lodge , No . 1962 , Hearty and Affectionate Greetings . May the New Year be Happy and Prosperous to All , and Our Brethren Soldiers of the Queen have a Safe and Glorious Return to Dear Old England . January 1900 . ' '

Instruction.

INSTRUCTION .

CONFIDENCE LODGE , No . 193 , THE usual weekly meeting was held at the Bunch of G-rapes , Lime Street , on Wednesday , and was well attended , Bro . Simeons W . M , of the Mother