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which every one must acknowledge , had never been surpassed . " The health of the Grand Stewards , and thanks for their conduct of the banquet . " Bro . Scott could only say , that if the arrangements had met with the approval of the M . W . G . M . and the Brethren , the Stewards were amply rewarded .

The M . W . G . M . then retired , some of the Brethren adjourned to the glee-room , and many others remained at the festive board when we retired at eleven o ' clock . It is but doing justice to Bros . Watson , Coggin , and Banks , that we heard from all around great praise for the manner in which the banquet was served , and the Stewards were indefatigable in their attention ,

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

Boyal Somekset House and Inverness Lodge ( No . 4 . )—The members of this excellent and now numerous Lodge met on Monday , April 23 rd , Bro . Charles Locock Webb , W . M . presiding , when James Cockle , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , was initiated into Preemasonry , and a ballot was taken for William Colley , Joseph H . Fancourt , and Thomas Wheeler , Esqrs ., to be initiated at the next Lodge . Enoch Lodge ( No . 11 ) . —At the meeting of this Lodge , on Wednesday , April 11 , the W . M . ( Bro . Spooner ) passed two Brethren to the second , and raised four to the third degree . On the motion of Bro . Bincks , S . W ., seconded by Bro .

W . Young , P . M ., the sum of £ 5 was voted towards the building fund for the c < Asylum for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , " at Croydon . It having been resolved at the last meeting that the Brethren should dine in the hall under the banner of the W . M ., steward for the Girls' School Festival , on the 16 th of May , there was no banquet on this occasion , the regular season being thus brought to a close . During the " session , " a more than average amount of Masonic business has been performed , several gentlemen having been initiated , who it is hoped may shed a lustre on the Order , while various alterations and improvements have been effected with a view to enable the executive to increase the

efficiency of the Lodge , and to add to the high character it has so long borne in the Craft . Though this is one of the old Lodges , whose constitution is from " time immemorial , " the date of the warrant under which it at present acts is June 18 th , 1755 , and we have much pleasure in making the c ( preliminary announcement" that it is in contemplation to commemorate the interesting centenary in a manner worthy the occasion .

Globe Lodge ( No . 23 ) , Freemasons Tavern . Thursday , April 19 , this Lodge held its monthly meeting , Bro . Humphrey , W . M ., initiated Messrs . Samuel A . Emery , James Search , and Captain Sinclair Thompson Loutet into the Order , and passed Bros . Moore and W . T . Steel . The votes of the Lodge for the Aged Men ' s Institution were given in favour of Bro . Collard , of Bamsgate , whose case has been strongly recommended by the Prov . Grand Officers of Kent . After the business of the Lodge the Brethren adjourned to banquet ; the visitors were Crew , No . 1 ; Bennett , No . 25 ; and Bros . Aznavours , No . 237 .

Lodge op Unity ( No . 82 ) , London Tavern . The assemblage of this Lodge on Monday , April 2 , was more numerous than on any former occasion , since the Centenary in 1842 . Bro . A . L . Bellinger , W . M . presided , and passed Bros . Cookney and Ruston ; Bro . Bev . J . E . Cox , P . M . initiated J . N . Goren , Esq ., barrister , and Bro . How , P . M . initiated W . J . Dunsford and Charles Winsdale , Esqrs ., and raised Bro . Funge to the third Degree . The most interesting event to the members of this Lodge was the presentation of a jewel of singularly elegant design to each P . M ., nine in number ; the form of the jewel is a golden star emblematic of the five points of Fellowship , and is , we believe , the first instance