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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over * . CRAFT LODGES—Anchor and Hope , No . 37 ; Zetland , No . 1157 ; Lagos , No . 1171 ; Saint Leonard , No . 1766 ; United Northern Counties , No . 2128 ; and St . Mark's College , No . 2157 .

ROYAL ARCH—Bayard Chapter , No . 1615 . INSTRUCTION —Covent Garden , No . 1614 ; and Warner , No . 2192 . The Poet Burns .

Fourth Annual Ball of thebehvyn Lodge , No . 1901 . Annual Supper of the Zetland Lodg * e of Instruction , No . 511 . Masonic Ball at Limassol , Cyprus . Complimentary Banquet to Bro . Henry Lynn , M . L . S . B .

BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " Masonic Chronicle , " " Masonic World , " " Freemasons ' Journal , " "Proceedings of the Grand Council , Royal and Select Masters of Massachueetts , " " Keystone , " and " Boletin Oficial . "

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'^^••^ g ^ m ^ v ' ^^^^ lg ^^ ral SATURDAY , MARCH 9 , 188 9 . * .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

ELECTION OF GRAND TREASURER . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Will you permit me through your columns to express my grateful thanks to those brethren who kindly recorded their votes in my favour at yesterday's election ? To the Provincial brethren who came long * distances , at , I fear , much trouble and inconvenience , my thanks are

especially due . Will you further allow me to state that immediately the result became known , a large and influential meeting of my supporters was held , at which I was strongly urged to again become a candidate . A resolution embodying assurances of support was unanimously adopted , to which I promised a most appreciative consideration , —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , GEO . EVERETT . March 7 lh .

Reviews.

Reviews .

CALENDAR FOR THE PROVINCE OF GLASGOW . 1 SS 9 . ( George Kenning , 9 , West Howard-street . ) This very useful and ably compiled guide for the Province of Glasgow has tbe largest circulation of any of the Provincial Calendars in Great Britain . It is adopted by the lodges and chapters , & c , the first page being altered in each case , so as to give the rolls of officers , days and places of meeting , of the particular Masonic bodies , so

that each edition varies as respects the beginning , but is the same else throughout . Then follows the Calendar for the year , and after that the regular Masonic matter , such as the " meetings of councils , chapters , priories , & c , officers of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , the Piov . Grand Lodgeof Glasgow , the Prov . Grand R . A . Chapter over the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire ( including Glasgow ) , with the

addresses of the Masters , First Principals , Secretaries , and S . E . 's , and a register of the lodge and chapter meetings in the-vicinity of the city . " The table , however , that must have been considerable labour to compile , and which is of great utility , is that giving all the meeting of the 34 lodges and the eight R . A . chapters in Glasgow for 18 S 9 , which is capitally arranged .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

Craft Jteonrg . ROYAL SOMERSET HOUSE AND IN . VERNESS LODGE ( No . 4 ) . —The installation meeting of this ancient lodge was held on Monday evening at Freemasons' Hall , when Bro . Dr . George Weldon , P . G . Stwd ., installed his successor , Bro . H . E . Pollard , G . Stwd ., in the chair of K . S . The arrangements were ,

as they always are in this hall , all that could be desired . The work of installation was ably performed by Bro . Dr . Weldon , who was thoroughly master of the ritual , which he went through with the utmost fluency , including the closing addresses to the Master , the Wardens , and the lay brethren . The officers appointed and invested by Bro . Pollard were Bros . Dr . Weldon , I . P . M . ; Hughes , S . W . ;

Herbert de Stern , J . W . ; Rev . G . W . Weldon , P . G . Chap ., Chaplain ; Capt . R . G . Hall , D . L ., Treas . ; F . West , P . G . D ., Sec ; Rev . A . W * Oxford , S . D . ; W . S . Hoyte , P . P . G . Org . Surrey , J . D . ; W . Ganz , P . G . O ., Org . ; A . Machin , Stwd . ; Freeman , Tyler . When the offices , with the exception of that of I . G ., which was left open for the present , had thus been filled ,

the W . M ., with a few appropriate words , presented Bro . Dr . Weldon with an I . P . M . jewel ^ that had been voted by the lodge at its previous meeting " ; and in acknowledging the gift . Dr . Weldon said that he was deeply sensible of the distinguished honour which had been done him , and should always appreciate the spirit of generosity in which it had been given .

Before the lodge was closed , Bro . Hughes , S . VV ., was appointed Grand Steward for the lodge , and undertook to do all that was required of him in that capacity . As customary in this lodge , there was an excellent programme of anthems and hymns ( arranged by Bro . Fred . VVest , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Surrey , P . M . and Sec . ) sung during the ceremony , including Moore ' s " Angel of

Chanty" ( Handel ) , which was charmingly sung by Bro . Thurley Beale . The musical arrangements were , at the request of Bro . Hoyte , Org ., entrusted to Bro . Stedman , who was assisted in lodge by Bros . J . Browne , Chas . Chilley , and Thurley Beale , and later in the evening by Miss Margaret Hoare , Bro . Stedman ' s choir boys , Bro . Victor Buzian ( violin ) , Bro . VV . S . Hoyte ( solo piano ) , and

Mr . Augustus Toop , accompanist . When the lodge had been closed , the members and their numerous visitors dined together in the adjoining building , where an elegant entertainment had been prepared , with the refined and bountiful hospitality for which the Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge is distinguished . The remainder of the evening was devoted to disposing

of those loyal and Masonic toasts which are customary on these occasions , but particular attention having been paid to the musical department , the speeches were not unduly prolonged , so that the delightful programme of music claimed quite as much attention as the speeches . The opening toast , "The Queen and the Craft , " having been proposed in a few loyal words by the W . M ., and

enthusiastically drunk by the company , the National Anthem followed , the solos being sung by Master Lionel Wynne , one of Bro . Stedman ' s best boy voices . "The Health of the M . W . Grand Master" having been dul y proposed and welcomed , was followed by Rossini ' s recitative and aria " Bel raggio , " beautifully sung by Misa Margaret Hoare .

In proposing "The Health of the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon ; the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Lathom ; and the Presentand Past Grand Officers , " the W . M . pointed out the zeal and ability which the first two Grand Officers displayed in taking the onus of presiding at Grand Lodge , when his other engagements prevented the Grand Master from himself presiding . He reminded

the brethren that they had several Grand Officers present on that occasion as visitors , besides having several Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers on the roll of the lodge , to vvhich the Grand Master had been very good in that respect . He concluded by coupling the names of Bro . Shadwell Clerke , G . Sec , and Bro . Berridge , P . G . D ., with the toast .

In reply , Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke said that the toast with which his name had been coupled by the W . M . was no doubt a most important one , as it comprised the names of the best workers in the Order ; but , fortunately for him on that occasion , that toast was so continuously being given that there was nothing fresh or novel about id Everything that he could say had been said better a

thousand times before , and he would therefore confine himself to thanking them forthe kind way in which it had been proposed . The Grand Officers were always trying to do their best in the Order , and endeavouring to show that the favour that they had received at various times from the Grand Master had not been undeserved . It was a great honour to the Grand Officers to be present at the

installation meeting of an old lodge like this , whose history was lost in the mist of ages , and whose Master stood up with them as a Grand Officer of Grand Lodge ; that was a great honour which this old lodge possessed . Bro . Berridge , P . G . D ., also said a few words in reply . Bro . Dr . Weldon , I . P . M ., said it now became his special privilege to propose a toast which he felt warranted in

saying he was confident would meet with a cordial response . It was that of " lhe W . M ., " who had the best interests of Masonry at heart , and especially those of that lodge . Ha had deeply studied Masonry in its ceremonial details , and the brethren of this old lodge would see the work carried on most creditably while under his control . He had given that evening an earnest of his working power , and they

might , therefore , congratulate themselves upon his accession to the chair . He called upon the brethren present to drink the health of thc Master in a bumper . Bro . Pollard , in reply , said the I . P . M . having proposed his health , and the brethren having responded to it so

cordially that he could hardly find words to respond to it , he assured them that he felt it a very great honour and privilege to be in the chair of such a grand old lodge as tbat VVhen he entered the lodge Bro . Mackintosh was in the chair , and initiated Bro . Woods and himself . Since that time Bro . Pollard said he had met with nothing buV