Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

HYDE PARK LODGE ( No . 1425 ) . —A meeting was held Monday , the 4 th inst ., at the Prince of Wales Hotel , corner of Eastbourne-terrace and Bishop's-road , odrldington , W ., when there were present Bros . M . Rosenberg , W . M . j J . T . Haly , S . VV . j R . W . Board , , vV j H . Dehane . P . AL 1543 , Sec . j W . Hillier , PreiZtor 167 , S . D . j J . C . Conway , J . D . ; J . Powell , I . G . ; \ V . L . James , Stwd . ; W . J . Ferguson , P . M . 177 , Tyler j Major E . J . Reed , C . Godfrey , and H . Campbell . Visitor :

Br 0 . E . Clare , S . D . 1732 . _ 'fhe lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Reed being the candidate . Bro . Hillier , at the request of the VV . M ., assumed the chair . The lodge was opened in the Second Degree , and , after the usual preliminaries , the lodge was

opened in the Third Degree , and the ceremony of raising was rehearsed , Bro . Clare being the candidate . The lodge was resumed to the First Degree . Bro . Clare was elected a member , and acknowledged the compliment in very suitable terms . Bro . Haly was elected W . M . for the next

meeting—officers to be in rotation . A vote of thanks , to be entered on the . minutes , to Bro . Rosenberg for so ably presiding as VV . M ., was passed , which compliment was duly acknowledged . The brethren were invited to attend the opening night of the St . John's Lodge of Instruction . After " Hearty good wishes " the lodge was closed .

IVY LODGE ( No . 1441 ) . —The usual weekly meeting of the above lodge was held on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., at the Railway Tavern , Battersea Rise , S . W ., when there were present Bros . Hardiman , Preceptor ; Randall , W . AL ; Stafford , S . W . ; Carter , J . W . ; Wills , S . D . ; Walter George , l . G . and Sec ; Higerty , and Smith . The lodge was duly opened , and the minutes of the last

meetingread and confirmed . The lodge was opened in the Second Degree , when Bro . Smith answered the questions in a very satisfactory manner leading from the Second to the Third Degree , and was entrusted . The lodge was resumed to the First Degree . The ceremony of initiation was

rehearsed , Bro . Smith being the candidate . The lodge was called off and on . Bro . Carter gave the charge in his usual faultless style . The W . AL rose for the first and second times , when Bro . Stafford was unanimously elected W . M . for the next meeting . After a vote of thanks tothe W . M ., the lodge was closed .

CHISWICK LODGE ( No . 2012 ) . —A meeting was held 01 Saturday , the 2 nd inst ., at the Windsor Castle Hotel , King-street , Hammersmith , W ., when there were present Bros . J . Cummings , P . AL , W . M . ; E . Fox , S . W . j VV . Hillier , J . W . ; A . Williams , P . AL , Preceptorj VV . S . Whiteley , S . D . ; R . J . Williams , J . D . ; W . Hide , I . G . ; K . A . Barth , Stwd . ; R . Reid , and others .

The lodge was opened in the usual form , and the ceremony of initiation rehearsed , Bro . Reid being the candidate . The ceremony of passing was rehearsed , Bro . Reid being again the candidate . The lodge was opened in the Third Degree , and closed in the Third and Second Degrees . Bro . Fox was elected W . M . for the next meeting , and the lodge was closed .

HORNSEY CHAPTER ( No . 890 ) . —A meeting of this chapter was held on Friday , the ist inst ., at the Prince of Wales Hotel , corner of Eastbourne-terrace and Bishop'sroad , Paddington , W ., when there were present Comps . J . Cruttenden , 779 , M . E . Z . ; G . Alarch , P . Z . 733 . H . ; W . Hillier , 834 , J . J H . Dehane , P . Z . 890 , S . E . j J . C . Tilt ,

P . S . 862 , P . S . j and A . J . Taylor , P . S . iSG . The chapter was opened , and thc minutes of the last convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Taylor being the candidate . Communications were read from Comps . Davies and Bailey The ofiicers were elected for the ensuing two weeks—Comp . Alarch as M . E . Z . After the usual risings , " Hearty good wishes " were accorded , and the chapter was closed .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

l'ROVINCIAL PRIORY OF KENT AND SURREY The annual meeting of the Provincial Priory of Kent and Surrey was held in the Masonic Temple , Canterbury , on Wednesday , the 15 th ult ., under the banner of the Black Prince Preceptory , the members of which fully maintained their well established character for

hospitality on this occasion . A considerable number of the members ' accepted an invitation to lunch at the Fountain Hotel prior to businesss . Black Prince Preceptory was opened at 3 p m ., its business transacted , and Sir Knight A . J . Crane eloquentl y installed into the office of E . P . by Sir Knight

H . Shirley , who officiated literally at a moment ' s notice , in the regretted absence of the retiring E . P ., Sir Knight Smythe , who was detained by military duty . The Prov . Sub-Prior , Sir Knight HORATIO WARD , having assumed the throne , the PKOV . REGISTRAR called the muster roll , and read the minutes of the last

meeting , which were duly confirmed . The SUB-PRIOR moved , and Sir Knight CUMMINGS , G . H . P . seconded , that an expression of the deepest regret of the members of the priory be entered on the minutes in respect to the lamented removal by the hand of death of the respected and beloved Prov .

' ' "or . Sir Knight Lieut .-Col . Geo . H . J . Haldane . The ^ ub-Pr . or had already written in the name of the Province to Mrs . Haldane , and had received a reply . Many letters and telegrams expressive of regret for bsence both from officers , members , and invited guests having been read , The Treasurer presented his annual statementwhich

, v as considered satisfactory , and approved . r > ~ ni ght Bateman was unanimously re-elected ° J' Treasurer . Notice was then given that the very High and r . ^!" . " the Great Prior of England and Wales , the p . , ' • " ¦ -urcai rrior or nngiana anu vvaies , me 0

waf 1 ° " ? e Earl of Lathom - G . C . T ., 33 , & c , & c , in .. , ? , demanding admission that he might Ad V - ' ' the Prov * Prior desi - nate . Q . P 1 'tation having been appointed to receive the rrior the arch of steel was formed at the north

Knights Templar.

side of the sepulchre , and that officer entered and assumed the throne . Sir Knight C . F . MATIER , acting as Sub-Marshal , then announced that Sir Knight Col . Gerard Noel Money , C . B ., 33 ° , was without , claiming admission to be installed into the chair of his province . The GREAT PRIOR having ordered that he be

admitted , the Prov . Prior nominate entered , preceded by his Sword Bearer , and followed by his Banner Bearer , with Standard furled . The patent of appointment having been demanded and read , and the usual formalities in such cases duly complied with , the Prov . Prior nominate was obligated by the Great Prior , invested and placed on the throne . The PROV . PRELATE having pronounced the Apostolic

Benediction , the HERALD proclaimed the newly-installed Prov . Prior , the sir knights saluted , and the PROV . PRIOR addressed the members of Provincial Priory , referring in feeling terms to his lamented predecessor , and craving the same personal loyalty that had been heretofore extended to Sir Knight Col . Haldane . The Provincial Prior appointed and invested his officers as follows :

Sir Knight Horatio Ward ... Prov . Sub-Prior . „ Rev . H . Cummings Prov . Prelate . „ Surg .-Major G . F . A . Smvthe ... Prov . Chancellor .

„ Col . Vincent Bailey Prov . Constable . „ A . J . Crane Prov . Marshal . „ A . H . Bateman ... Prov . Treas . & Reg . „ J . M . AlcLeod ... Prov . Sub-Marshal . „ Rev . J . M . Alaughan Prov . Almoner .

„ George K . load ... Frov . Herald . „ Major-Gen . Cuming Prov . Std . Br . ( Beau . ) ., R . Staines Davey ... Prov . Std . Br . ( V . B . ) „ Edward Lukey ... Prov . Prior ' s Ban . Br . R . T . Wheeler ... Prov . Capt . of Gd .

Frater George Harrison ... Prov . Equerry . The alms were collected , a donation of £ 5 5 s . was voted—on the proposition of the TREASURER—to the Mark Benevolent Fund , a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to Sir Knight Matier for his able services and admirable management as Acting D . C , a vote of thanks was passed to the E . P . and officers of the Black

Prince Preceptory for so hospitably entertaining the members of Provincial Priory , andthe same was closed . The members subsequently adjourned to a recherche banquet at the Fountain Hotel . The Prov . Prior , Sir Knight Col . Money , C . B ., presided , supported on his right by the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , Capt . Philips , Prov . Prior East Anglia ,

and F . Lawrence , P . G . H . ; and on his left by Sir Knights the Rev . H . Cummings , C . F . Matier , and R . Clowes . Sir Knight Crane , E . P . of the Black Prince Preceptory , occupying the vice-chair . Time being limited , the Prov . Prior gave the toasts briefly but pithily , and able but similarly short responses were given by the respective speakers .

Amongst those present , in addition to those whose names have already been given , were Sir Knights Cobham , Lethbridge , Sankey , Newton , Weightman , Monteuuis , G . S . B . England , and R . Percy Clowes .

The Quatuor Coronati Reprints.

THE QUATUOR CORONATI REPRINTS .

The next reprint to be issued by the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , forming Vol . IV . of the Quatuor Coronatorum Antigrapha , will be exceptionally interesting , as will be seen by the following : It will contain " Full Facsimile and Transcript of the Grand Lodge Roll No . I of the Constitutions . " This roll is dated

25 th December , 1583 , is the oldest one extant with a date attached , presumably the third or fourth oldest known , and its text is of especial value ; insomuch that in Dr . Begemann ' s now received classification it gives its name to the most important family of these documents , and to the most important branch of that family .

" Full Facsimile and Transcript of the Grand Lodge Roll No . 2 of the Constitutions . " The MS . has only lately been acquired by the Grand Lodge and is probably of about 1650 . Its great value , apart from its beauty , is that it corroborates the text of the Harleian No . 1942 MS . ( reproduced by No . 2076 Q . C . A ., II ., ) whose authority has been 30 severely called in question

by some students of these documents . It has never been published in any form hitherto . " Full Facsimile and Transcript of the Buchanan Roll of the Constitutions , " also in the Grand Lodge Library . The date of the AIS . would presumably be about 1670 , and has been once before printed , in Gould ' s " History . "

" Full Facsimile of ' The Beginning and First Foundation of the Most Worthy Craft of Masonry , with the Charges Thereunto Belonging Printed for Mrs . Dodd .... 1739 . ' " This is also a recent acquisition of the Grand Lodge Library , and the print is so rare that only two other copies are certainly known to exist , and these are both in the

United States of America . " Partial Facsimile and Full Transcript of the Harris No . 2 MS . of the Constitutions , " bound up with a copy of the " Freemasons'Calendar " of 1781 in the British Museum . Although of so late a date , the additions to the ordinary text presented by this version are of great

interest and curiosity . Masonic students owe a lasting debt of gratitude to the zealous Secretary of the lodge and editor of its Transactions , and we trust the prosperity of this enterprise will enable him to continue his valuable labours in the interest of Masonic Arch .-eolcgy .

New Work By Dr. Spark , Mus. Doc.

NEW WORK BY DR . SPARK , MUS . DOC .

Bro . Dr . Spark , whose name is associated with , perhaps , the best volume of Masonic music ever issued , does not limit his talents to musical composition only . As Organist of the Town Hall , Leeds , editor of The

Organists' Musical Journal , and conductor of large musical enterprises , he has naturally gained much knowledge and experience of men and things , and following in the wake of others in recent years , he is about to publish his " Reminiscences . " It is sure to

be smart , for Bro . Spark has the " trick of the pen , " and during a long and exceptionally active professional life , he must have accumulated much that will be of

interest to the general as well as the musical reader . The work is to be uniform with the author ' s " Life of Smart , " and the price to subscribers will be 5 s . Dr . Spark ' s address is—Newton Park , Leeds .

The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

Most plays which are popular when produced have an interest merely for the time being , and it is risky to revive them ; but there are exceptions to every rule . Every now and then an author of to-day writes a piece which becomes a standard work , and may be classed with the old English comedies . Such a play is Mr . Grundy ' s " A Pair of Spectacles , " which ever since

Bro . Hare first brought it out at his theatre has been welcomed on revival , and we venture to think that Bro . Hare ' s patrons will almost demand a few weeks of this pretty play annually . It may now be placed amongst such pieces as "School for Scandal" and "The Rivals , " for like them it is a perennial , and whilst Bro . Hare , Mr . Chas . Groves , and Aliss Kate Rorke are at

hand to act in it , " A Pair of Spectacles" will be as fresh as the flowers that bloom in the spring . We sat at the feet of the brothers Benjamin and Gregory Goldsmith a few evenings ago where we have sat so often before , and , though we knew every line as it was

uttered , it was time most pleasantly spent . When circumstances permit of another visit to the Garrick , it will be another treat to hear " I know that man , he comes from Sheffield , " and to witness the fine acting of Bro . John Hare , Air . Charles Groves , Bro . Sydney Brough , Mr . Rudge Harding , and Miss Kate Rorke .

* * » Mr . Eille Norwood has taken Bro . Terry ' s Theatre for a short season , and finding that at a trial matinee " A Noble Art , " by himself , was spoken well of , he has put it into the evening bill together with "Chalk and Cheese , " also by himself . The latter is a short piece in which Mr . Norwood plays in conjunction with pretty

Miss Ethel Norton , who is seen to much advantage , and gives promise of better things later on . " A Noble Art" has a short story , which is that a young man in good society has embarked his inheritance in running a music-hall , and thinks it advisable not to tell his wife or his uncle who is his trustee . The lady soon finds it out through her sister , who is a most precarious young

person . In order to obtain a further supply of money trom the uncle , the nephew engages a professor of mesmerism , and gets him to put the uncle under his influence , in which state he does many odd things . He shows to his neices and nephews how he sowed his wild oats , and goes on the music-hall stage as a prize fighter in the place of a professional who has failed to

appear . There is much scope for Bro . Arthur Williams and Mr . Julian Cross ' s humour , one as the uncle and the other as the mesmerist . Neither of them overdoes it , and " A Noble Art" goes well all through , and in these hot days makes one laugh . 'The third act is the best , which is unusual in farcical comedies . We wish Mr . Norwood success for his summer season .

* * * " The Private Secretary " was revived at the Comedy on Monday with every sign of re-entering the lists for another popular run . We know no reason why it should not , and many reasons why Mr . C . H . Hawtrey ' s clever adaptation of Von Aloser ' s farcical comedy should again furnish the bill for a good long period .

Bro . W . S . Penley in his old part as the Rev . Robert Spalding shows he has not lost any of his cunning . All his old points told with his audience , " D ' you know , " " I don ' t like London , " " If you are discovered all is lost must be a pass word . " The people laughed as heartily as ever at these wheezes . His make-up and expression were as grotesque as ever , and to many

" The Private Secretary " is quite new . To those who remember the wonderful run of this piece a few years ago at the Globe sad memories are brought up . We miss poor Bro . W . J . Hill , the Air . Catterniole . Mr . VV . F . Hawtrey now takes the part , and shows himself an apt pupil of the late Bro . Hill . Bro . C . H . Hawtrey has not cast himself in the part of the nephew , and is

much missed , for we know no actor who could supersede him in any character he has created . The other parts are sufficiently well played . We are sure the woes of the timid and long forbearing curate as depicted by Bro . W . S . Penley ( S . W . 1319 ) will afford amusement to many in these sultry evenings at the Comedy Theatre .

The Princess Alary Adelaide Duchess of Teck , the Duke of Teck , and their daughter the Princess Victoria have arrived at the White Lodge , Richmond , from Germany .