Mark Masonry.

Mark Masonry .

Sir Francis Burdett Lodge , No . 181 . The installation meeting of this prosperous lodge was held at the Albany Hotel , Twickenham , on tbe iGth ult ., when there were present among others : Bros . Major T . C . Walls , P . P . G . W ., & c ., as W . M . ( in the unavoidable absence of Bro . 1 . R . Ubsdell ); A . O . Hemming , S . W .. Master elect ; Gerald Hertslet , J . W . ; VV . Fisher , 'P . M ., P . G . S .. Treas . ; J . Hill , I . P . M . ; C . H . Kohler , P . M ., P . P . A . G . D . C ; W . Thomas . P . M . P . P . G . O . ; I . T . Briggs , P . M ., P . G . Std . Br . ; G . Everett , P . M .,

, P . S . G . D . ; R VV . Forge , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; and F . F . Bonney , P . M . ; Bros . H . J . Lardner , P . M ., P . S . G . D ., and Austin were visitors . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , a brother was duly balloted for and advanced by the acting W . M . The Grand Master ' s dispensation having been read , Bro . A . O . Hemming , S . W ., was installed as W . M . by the acting VV . M ., assisted by Bro . Lardner as D . C . The following oflicers were appointed and invested : Bros . Gsrald Hertslet , S . W . ; Mitchell , J . W .: W . Fisher , P . M ., Treas . ; Major T . C . Walls , P . M .,

Sec . ; and . G . Harrison , Tyler . A vote of thanks was passed to the Installing Officers . Apologies for non-attendance were received from Bros . Ubsdell , LP . M . ; H . Higgins , P . M . ; W . Taylor , P . M . ; and others . The lodge was then closed . An excellent banqeet followed . Bro . George Everett , P . S . G . D ., responded on behalf of . " The Grand Mark Lodge Officers " in a neatspeech .

Bro . J . T . Briggs , P . P . G . D ., respondedfor "The Provincial Grand Officers . " "The Health of the W . M . " was given by the Secretary , in the absence of the

I . P . M . .... TheW . M ., in reply , expressed himself as being greatly gratified in being elected and installed W . M . in so good a lodge as No . iSt , bearing as it did so honoured a name . He had every reason to believe that his advent to the chair in so short a time was a record one . However , he had been for some time working hard to perfect himself in the work , and in September he hoped to perforin the ceremony of advancement

at least creditably . ; The toast ol " The Installing Master " followed , and was duly acknowledged . "The Advancee " was toasted , and brielly replied . In submitting the toast of " The Visitors , " the W . M . said that in the working of the ceremony of advancement that day , they had to thank Bros . Lardner and Austin for their valuable and efficient assistance . It was not the first time that those two worthy brethren had volunteered their services . Lardner and Austin

This pledge having been warmly received , Bros . modestly returned thanks . The health of" The Past Masters " was coupled with the names of Bros . 1 homas , Forge , and Hill . The toast of "The Treasurer and Officers , " was coupled with the names of Bros . W . Fisher and G . Hertslet . The proceedings , which were throughout most enjoyable , then terminated .

Ireland.

Ireland .

THE ENGLISH CRAFT IN DUBLIN .

The metropolis of Ireland has been chosen this year as the meetingp lace of the Association of Municipal Corporations , and the members of the Association from Great Britain have received an enthusiastic and hearty welcome . Banquets , conversaziones , excursions , have been _ the ordec of the day , and it is with peculiar pleasure that among these festivities we note the fraternal hand extended by the Grand Lodge of Ireland to the Freemasons of the English and Scottish Constitutions who came in the capacity of Munii ipal Guests .

Under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Instruction of Ireland , a Special Communication was held at Freemasons' Hall , Dublin , on W hit Monday for the purpose of illustrating , to such Masonic visitors as cared to see it , the Work and Ritual under the Irish Constitution . As is well known , the Irish Ritual is purely oral , and has never been written or printed . It depends for its impressiveness greatly on the personal characteristics of the

brethren to whom the duty of conferring Degrees is entrusted . In the present instance the visitors had no cause to complain for the work was under the control of Bro . W . J . Chetwode Crawley , LL . D ., who has just been re-elected Grand Secretary for Instruction , for the ninth year in succession . The Grand Lodge of Instruction opened in due form with the following oflicers : the R . W . Deputy G . Master of Ireland ( Bro . Sir James Creed

Meredith ) , V . W . M . ; R . W . Representative G . Lodge of Wisconsin ( Bro . Maurice li . Solomons , J . P . ) , S . W . ; Bros . Joseph H . Woodworth , P . M ., J . W . ; W . J . Chetwode Crawley , P . G . D ., G . Sec . Inst . ; the Right Hon . Lord Justice FifzGibbon , P . M ., S . D . ; Sir Charles A . Cameron , C . B ., J . D ., * Hobt . Macalistcr , LL . D ., P . M ., I . G . ; and A . S . Fuller , D . D ., Chaplain . Under the direction of the Dep . G . Master of Ireland , the Grand Lodge of Instruction opened as is prescribed for Grand Lodges under the Irish

Constitution , on S . D . of M . M .. and was called down to the First Degree . Mr . Gilbert Smyly , M . A ., Fellow of Trinity College , Dublin , one ot the most popular of the younger Dons of Dublin University , was admitted to thc li . A . Degree by the Grand Secretary for Instruction ( Bro . Chetwode Crawley , LL . D . ) and the Right Hon . Lord Justice Fitz Gibbon . The practised eloquence of these eminent brethren formed a great treat lor the visitors , who took advantage of this unique exposition of Irish ritual . Appended is a list of the brethren from Kngland , Scotland , & c , who attended the communication :

Ireland.

Bros . Right Hon . Lord Mayor of York ; . Right Hon . Lord Mayor of Dublin ; Lord Mayor of Belfast ; Sir Homewood Crawford , Solictor City of London ; J . Sykes Rymer , Lord Mayor of York ; Hedley Baxter , ex-Mayor of Bradford ; Alderman Edwards , J . P ., Mayor of Longton ; C . H . Joynson , J . P ., Mayor of Wednesbury ; A . M . Scullhorpe , Mayor of Tamworth ; Walter Newton , P . P . G . D . Cheshire , Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne ; Alderman Norman , P . P . S . G . W . Gloucester , Mayor of Cheltenham ; Frank Jarratt . I . P . M . 341 , Mayor of Rye ;

W . C . Lupton , J . G . D . Eng ., Mayor of Bradford ; W . J . Bruce , P . P . S . G . D ., Mayor of Middlesborough ; Alderman J . P . Griffiths , Mayor of Southport ; Alderman B . Kilner , P . M . 1019 , Mayor of Wakefield ; Alderman Tuppenney , Mayor of Hastings ; Frank Treasure , Mayor of Gloucester ; George Holman , P . M . 311 , P . P . A . G . P . Sussex , Mayor of Lewes ; \ V . R . Goate , Mayor of Coventry ; J . M . Molesworth , Mayor of Leamington ; A . I * . Barber , 771 , E . G ., Mayor of Windsor ; Frank W . Stone , P . P . S . G . W . Kent , Mayor of Tonbridge Wells

-Alderman G . J . Allen , P . M ., Mayor of Croydon ; Sir Jas . Szlumper , P . P . G . W . S . Wales ; E . Hewitt , P . P . G . D . Berks , Mayor of Maidenhead ; Alderman ] . F . Morland , P . G . D ., E . G ., Mayor of Abingdon ; G . C . Kent , P . G . D . of C , E . G ., Town Clerk of Longton ; J . H . Nightsales , Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees ; A . Eyles , Mayor of Lichfield ; Alderman R . C . Bentley , Mayor of Doncaster ; 1 . J . Peal , Deputy Mayor of Hythe ; F . F . Ramuz , 2442 , E . G ., Mayor of Southend-on-Sea : Edmund Vaughan , Mayor of Maidstone ; T . Loftus ,

P . Deputy G . Registrar West Lancashire , Town Clerk of Blackpool ; Councillor J . Byrom , Mayor [ of Bury ; Councillor J . J . Forster , Sheriff of Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Alderman Siddull , P . P . S . G . W . Lanes ., Ashton-under-Lyne ; R . H . Mason , Mayor of Oswestry ; John Matthews , Town Clerk of Tamworth ; J . Harrop White , Deputy Town Clerk of Mansfield ; J . B . Ashwell , P . P . S . G . W . Staffs ., Town Clerk Stoke-upon-Trent ; Thomas Dyson , P . P . G . D . of C . Berks . ; Alderman Windson ; M . B . Dudds , P . P . G . Reg . Durham , Town Clerk

Stocktonon-Tees ; A . Provost , Dep . Mayor Southend-on-Sea ; Geo . Baxter , Asst . Sec . to Association ; Alderman A . Hawkes , P . P . G . S . B : Brighton ; J . H . Cookery , P . J . G . W . Shrop ., Town Clerk Bridgnorth ; 1 ** * . A . Dunsford , Southampton ; Ripon ; F . E . Stafford , Brighton ; F . J . Tillspone , Brighton ; Councillor Wilson , Leeds ; K Kindis , Leeds ; W . J . Ivers , Peterborough ; R . P . Culley , Droitwich ; F . Tonsley , Northampton ; Dr . Sherburn , Hull ; W . F . Wooton , Loughborough ; Alderman Martin . P . P . G . D . ( E . C . ) Reading ; B . F . Meadowy Geo . Carrick ; and others .

The spacious Grand Lodge room was filled with a large contingent of Irish brethren to do honour to the visitors . Numerous as was the attendance , it would have been still more numerous , though it could hardly have been more representative , if the Whitsuntide holidays had not removed so many brethren from the City of Dublin . After the esoteric ceremonies had been concluded the " Grand Lodge of Instruction was closed in Peace , Love , and Harmony , " to quote the oldworld formula .

The Grand Lodge of Ireland subsequently entertained the visitors in the new banqueting hall attached to the Grand Lodge premises in Dublin . The guests , 103 in number , expressed high approval of the new and magnificent hall in which the banquet was served . After the banquet the guests attended a conversazione held in their honour in the neighbouring halls of the National Museum of Ireland .

The Craft Abroad.

The Craft Abroad .

Excelsior Lodge , No . 617 . The 500 th regular meeting of this lodge was held on the 19 th April at Prince George ' s Hall , Buenos Ayres , Argentine Republic . Present : Bros . C . Lewis Edwards , W . M . ; A . Eccott , S . VV . ; A . Macdonald , J . W . ; H . Joseph , P . M ., Chap . ; F . Rider Hancock , P . M ., Treas . ; A . Whittaker , acting Sec . ; J . Laidlaw , acting S . D . ; J . Tyre , J . D . ; J . Montcith Drysdale , P . M ., acting D . of C . 5 E . Wri-ht , Org . ; G . Ryan , I . G . ; M . Pearse and E . White , Stwds . ; E . Couturiev , Tyler ; C . Trevor Mold , P . M . ; VV . J . Corrales , P . M . ; F . J . Morphy , P . M . ; F . Coulon de Meuron , P . M . ; T . B . D . Fowler , 1025 , P . M . ; E . B . G . Pope , A . Elburn , S . A . Soley , A . L .

Thomas , A . Rochaix , M . Hassan , D . Hassan , J . A . Brown , D . Fraser , A . Mackinnon , M . C . Mitchell , G . E . Palmer , A . W . Boote , and A . Williams . Visitors : Bros . C . F . Mermegen , P . M . 131 , P . G . Chap . Cornwall ; W . Ravenscroft Betteley , P . M . 4 S 2 and 1411 , * A . li . Greenwood , P . M . S / G ; F . VV . Salmon , P . M . 1553 ,- E . Hicks , I . P . M . 1025 ; W . J . Hodge , P . M . 1025 ; E . M . Simpson , P . M . 1025 ; A . R . Leighton , P . M . 1025 ; G . H . Clarke , VV . M . 2329 ; N . E . Davis , S . W . 1025 ; E . Danvers , S . VV . 2329 ; J . T . Schultz , ex C 17 ; P . Biidger , 2517 ; T . Benbow Phillips , Philantropia , U . S . A . ; W . A . Harper , 1025 ; C E . Nunes , 1025 ; P . R . Walsh , 1025 ; F . E . Jennings , 1025 ; VV . G . Marr , 2329 ; A . Barr , 2329 ; E . W . Theobald ; G . B . Pearson . 2329 ; and J . F . B , Taylor , Greenock Kilvening , No . 12 .

The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , and the general business transacted , the Dist . G . Master , Bro . C . Trevor Mold , accompanied by the following officers of the Dist . G . Lodge , were announced : Bros . F . j . Morphy , P . D . D . G . M . ; II . Josephs , P . D . D . G . M ., D . G . Chap . ; VV . I . Hodge , D . S . G . W . ; VV . J . Corrales , P . D J . G . W . ; F . Rider Hancock , P . D . S . G . W . ; F . Coulon de Meuron , D . G . Reg . ; A . R . Leighton , Pres . D . B . G . P . ; F . W . Salmon , P . D . A . G . P . ; E . Simpson , P . D . G . P . ; and E . Hicks , D . G . Stwd . Thc W . M . addressed the lodge , welcoming the visiting brethren , who had honoured them with their presence in the

celebration of the gooth regular meeting of the lodge . The Iodge was founded on the 19 th January , 1 S 54 , the warrant being dated ioth June , 1 S 53 . Since its foundation 9 S 2 meetings had been held , S 2 having been emergency , whilst 50 S names had been inscribed in the lodge register , of whom 450 had been duly associated with the lodge . The W . M . referred to the fact that , so far as he knew , this was the first lodge under the Grand Lodge of England

bearing the name Excelsior , although many were now in existent-: with the same name . After mentioning many historical facts connected with the lodge , the W . M . stated that it was thought a fitting opportunity on the 900 th meeting , to present the lodge with a banner , which it had not hitherto possessed , and which during his recent visit to England , he had obtained and offeied to the brethren . The W . M . then asked the Dist . G . M . to kindly present and dedicate the banner . The

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