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was brought forward and raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M ., the lecture being delivered by Bro . Bristow , the immediate P . M . JSTothing further offering , the meeting adjourned till Tuesday , the 1 st July , at six P . M . The supper was served up by Bro . Roberts , in his usual excellent manner , and the loyal , & c . toasts , including that of the visitor , Bro . J . Davies , No . 435 , heartily given and cordially responded to .

Royal Standard Lodge ( No . 730 ) . —Eighteen Brethren honoured this Lodge with their presence on Tuesday , the 10 th June ( including Bro . T . B . Cooper , W . M . of No . 313 , visitor ) , when important business was transacted . The Lodge was opened by the Rev . Bro . A . J . Davies , W . M . and P . G . C . The minutes of the previous Lodges having been confirmed , the election of officers for the ensuing year was proceeded with . Upon the nomination of Bro . Wainwright , P . M . and P . G . S . W ., the esteemed Secretary of the Lodge , Bro . Manfield , P . M . and P . G . T ., was unanimously elected W . M . Bro . Bateman . was then likewise

unanimously re-elected to the office of Treasurer , and Bro . Jeffs to that of Tyler . Bro . Pigott ' s resignation ( owing to his removal to Walsall ) was read and accepted with regret . Bro . Tricketts , having proved himself proficient in the former Degrees , was brought forward and raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M ., the historical lecture being delivered by the W . M . in a manner which must be heard and seen to be appreciated . Messrs . D . Johnson , surgeon , and William Finch , paper-manufacturer , were afterwards initiated to the First Degree , the

lecture being admirably given by Bro . E . A . Gwynne , J . D . ( W . M . of No . 435 and Prov . G . Chaplain of Staffordshire ) . Seldom has it been the lot of the members to witness more delightfully-performed ceremonies , and the subject-matter of regret , that this was the last full night of Bro . Davies , was only modified by the fact of so excellent a man and Mason as Bro . Manfield being selected to succeed him . Bro . Manfield has before filled the chair of the same Lodge , the number of Masons attending it testifying as to the suitahleness of that Brother for that high and honourable office .

The New Lodge ( No . 819 ) . —A Lodge of Emergency under the "Clive warrant is to be held at Bromsgrove on the 30 th June , to arrange finally for the transfer of its warrant ( with the sanction of the Prov . GJI . ) to Dudley . In addition to this the W . M . and other officers have to be elected ; a committee formed for the revision of the byedaws ; candidates for initiation proposed ^ & c . We hope in our August number to be able to record its first meeting in its new district wider favourable auspices , and with considerable eclat . Its proposed list of officers is admirable , and nothing seems wanting to them in their entrance upon a long and prosperous career .

Perseverance Lodge ( No . 838 ) . —This Lodge met on the 21 th May , at the Freemason ' s Tavern , Stone-street , Dudley , at six p . m . Lodge was opened by Bro . W . Harrison , jun ., the W . M ., in due form . Bro . E . Whitfield , spade-munufacturer , was examined as to his proficiency , and passed to the degree of Bellow-Graft . The ceremony was gone through in Bro . Harrison ' s welhknown perfect style of working , and he likewise delivered the lecture of this degree . The other routine business having been disposed of , Lodge was closed , and the meeting adjourned . The Brethren , upwards of twenty in number , afterwards sat down to an excellent supper , where harmony reigned supreme .

YORKSHIRE . Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkhiilhn . —By command of tho W . Bro . Charles Lee , D . Prov . Cl . M ., acting under the patent and authority of the llight lion , the Bail of Mexborouoh , K . W . Prov . ( L'M . of Wo-st Yorkshire , a Prov . ( \ rand Lodge will be held in tho new Lodge-room of the Lodge of Candour , at the Swan Hotel , Doboross , tfaddleworth , on Wednesday , tho 2 nd day of July next , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .

. 11 ( ILL . —Hnmber Lodge ( No . ( if )) .- —Tho annual mooting of this bodge was held at the Masonic Hall , on the 17 th of May last , to commemorate the laying of the foundation-stone of the present Lodge ; after the business of the evening was concluded , the Lodge was adjourned to tho P ) tli May , that being the day on