Masonic Intelligence.

Rev . Sir M . Hayes , P . G . Chap . ; R . J . Spiers , P . G . S . B . ; G . P . de Rhe Philipe , P . G . S . B . ; G . W . K . Potter , P . G . S . B ; E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B . ; A . A . Le Vean , P . G . S . B . ; Geo . Biggs , P . G . S . B . ; Jno . Masson , P . G . S . B . ; & c , & c . A very elegant repast was prepared by Brs . Watson , Coggen , and Banks ; upwards of two hundred brethren sat down to the dinner , and the gallery was filled with elegantly dressed ladies .

The cloth having been removed the M . W . G . M . rose and said , that there was one toast always acceptable in every committee of Englishmen , but especially so among Masons , the health of the Sovereign —( applause ) . He begged , therefore , to propose her most gracious Majesty "Tho Queen . " The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm , the M . W . G . M . proposed the health of "His Royal Highness Prince Albert , Albert Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family "—( applause ) . The M . W . G . M . said there was another toast which he had great pleasure in

proposing . Perceiving that there were a great many brethren present from Ireland and Scotland , he begged to propose "The Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland" — ( applause ) . Br . Thomas Henry Hall , P . G . M " . of Cambridge , then rose and said that he had the permission of the M . W . G-M . to propose a toast which was one that he had no doubt every brother present would drink with enthusiasm . By the cordial manner in which they had drank the health of the Queenthey had shown their attachment to their

, Sovereign , and he was sure there was no brother present who would not exhibit t same feeling towards their Masonic Chief , on whom they had conferred the hon that day of placing him , for the twelfth time , in the G . M's . chair —( loud cheer The services which the M . W . G . M . had conferred upon the Craft were fresh in t ' recollection of all , and it would be strange if one who had so much Masonic blood hi liis veins , should be wanting in those qualities and feelings associated and identified ivith Masonry —( applause ) . There was no one more sensible of the duties of his

station than the G . M ., and there was no one who had taken the obligations devolving upon him in virtue of that office with more readiness and goodwill —( hear , hear ) . He ( Br . Hall ) , appealed to the brethren whether the G . M . had not fulfilled his obligations , and whether the brethren had not been justified in confiding to him the honour s . iid interest of their Order . He was also happy to be able to state that nothing could

exceed the prosperity which had attended the Order since the W . G . M . had assumed his office —( applause ) . Since that period no fewer than 200 new Lodges had been opened in England , in addition to a great number in the Colonies . The reign of Masonry was essentially a reign of peace , and whatever quarrels might rage without , they could never in this free country intrude upon tho threshold of the Temple of Masonry —( applause ) . Long might this state of things last , and long might their G . M . enjoy the confidence , affection , and lovalty of the brethren —( applause ) . He begged

to propose "Tho health of the M . W . G . M . " The toast having been responded to with every demonstration of cordiality , The M . W . G . M . returned thanks in the following terms : —Brethren , I sincerely thank you for the kind manner in which you have drunk the toast just proposed . On every occasion when I have presented myself to you , I have always had to acknowledge your kindness , and to express my gratitude for the cordial manner in which you have received me . I assure you , I feel deeply the kindness and confidence reposed in me ,

and the more so , when I find that during a period of 12 years that confidence has not been diminished . Brethren , my worthy friend and brother on my right , has told you that ours is a reign of peace . It is so essentially , and if we look at the progress of Masonry all over the world , you will find that those nations which have longest preserved peace are the free nations in which the principles of Masonry have been received and approved —( applause ) . Brethren , I do not mean to verge upon politics but I must ask what nations are reallfree in which is not

; you y Masonry encouraged ? Brethren , whatever other nations may think of Masonry , this we know , that wherever one Mason meets another , even if it be among a nation hostile to us , he will be received as a brother —( applause ) . Our object is peace and good-will towards men . It is , I assure you , most gratifying to me to be assured that Masonry has not only improved in the number of Lodges , and in the number of members fre-