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their own accord have ceased to " trip it" until daylight fully appeared , if the more sedate had not significantly pointed out the time . Buoyancy seemed to be generally maintained throughout , and the dancers appeared as little fatigued at the close as they were at the beginning . A new feature was introdueed in the course of the evening—the Preston hand bell-ringers were

placed beneath a number of trees underneath the gallery stairs , and rung " merry chimes , " whilst the company were entering the building , and at intervals between the dances . At eleven o ' clock the Royal Arch Masons , who were far more numerous than anticipated , entered the room in their robes , and attracted considerable attention .

They danced No . 11 Quadrille together in the centre of the room . Shortly after twelve o ' clock the Knights Templars , Avith their swords by their sides , put in an appearance , and were the " observed of all observers . " They had purple sashes , and seemed quite comfortable in their singular attire . Four of the brethren from Kendal were very conspicuous—they were Red Cross

Knights and Knights of the Order of Constantine , and they seemed as highly pleased with the company as the company were with them . Bro . Col . Birehall , of Ribbleton Hall , ably officiated as Master of the Ceremonies , and the following brethren acted as stewards : — -Bros . Charles Fryer , P . M . ; Henry W . Johnston , P . M . ; Henry Steib , P . M . ; George

Lawson , P . M . ; Richard Robinson , P . M . ; Michael Quayle , P . M . ; Joseph Pritt , P . M . ; A . H . H . Whitehead , W . M . ; Dr . W . Smith , W . M . ; James AVorsley , AV . M . ; James Porter , AV . M . ; Henry P- AVatson , P . M ., hon . sec , and Thos . Jackson , assistant secretary . It is estimated that after all expenses have been met the amount to be handed over to the Mayor ' s Relief Fund is between £ 50 and £ 60 .

List Of Lodge, Meetings, &C., For Week Ending 12th March, 1870.

LIST OF LODGE , MEETINGS , & c ., FOR WEEK ENDING 12 TH MARCH , 1870 .

( Abbreviations . —F . M . H ., Freemasons' Hall ; M . H ., Masonic Hall ; M . T ., Masonic Temple ; Tav ., Tavern ; Ho ., Hotel ; Re Rooms ; L ., Lodge ; St ., Street ; Sq ., Square ) . METROPOLITAN LODGES AXD CHAPTERS . Monday , " March 7 th . LODGES . —Fortitude and O ' ld Cumberland , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . ; Robert Burns ' F . M . H . Royal Jubileei

, ; Anderton's Ho ., Fleet-st . ; United Lodge of Prudence , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . ; St . John's , Radley ' s Ho ., Bridgcst ., Blackfriars ; St . Luke's , Pier Ho ., Cheyne-walk , Chelsea ; Amity , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . ; Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . ; "Unions , F . M . H . CHAPTER . — A'ictoria , George Ho ., Aldermanbury . Tuesday , Marcli Silt .

LODGES . —Old Union , Radley ' s Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blackfriars ; Burlington , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . ; Union , London Tav ., Bishopsgate-st . ; Universal , F . M . H . ; Percy , Ship and Turtle Tav ., Leadenhall-st . ; St . Michael ' s , Albion Tav ., Aldersgatest . ; United Strength , Old Jerusalem Tav ., St . Jobn's-gate . Clcrkenwell ; Nine Muses , Clarendon Ho ., Bond-st . ; AVellington , AVhite Swan Tav ., Deptford ; Cosmopolitan , City Terminus

Ho ., Cannon-st . ; Doric , Anderton ' s Ho ., Fleet-st . Wednesday , March 9 th . Festival of the Royal Mas . Ink for Boys . Com . R . M . B . Inst ., at 3 . LODGES . —Enoch , F . M . H . ; ' Union AA aterloo , M . H ., AVilliam-st ., Woolwich ; Kent , Guildhall Coffee House , Greshaiu-st . ; A'itruvian , AVhite Hart , College-st ., Lambeth ; Justice , White Swan , High-st ., Deptford : Euphrates , George

Ho ., Aldermanbury ; Pilgrim , Ship and Turtle Tav ., Leadenhall-st . ; Belgrave , Anderton's Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdctt-rd ., Limehouse ; Lily Lodge of Richmond , Surrey ; Montelioi-e , F . M . H . ; Beacontree , Pri . Rooms , Leytonstone ; Hervey , George Ho ., AValhain-green . CiiAPTiiit . —Beadon , Gieyhound ifo ., Dulwich . Thursday , March lOt / t . LODGES . —Royal Athelstan , C' .:, y Terminus Ho ., Cannon-st . ; Regularity , F M . H . ; Friend-hip , Ship and Turtle Tav .,

List Of Lodge, Meetings, &C., For Week Ending 12th March, 1870.

Leadenhall-st . ; Bank of England , Radley's Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blackfriars ; Polish National , T . M . H . ; Canonbury , Haxell's Ho ., AVest Strand ; Dalhousie , Anderton ' s Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Capper , Marine Ho ., A ictoria Dock , AVest Ham . CHAPTERS . —Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Kcnnington ; Yarborough Green Dragon , Stepney .

Friday , March llth-LODGES . —Britannic , F . M . H . ; Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . ; Bedford , F . M . H . ; Domatic , Anderton's Ho ., Fleet-st . Saturday . March VMli . LODGES . —London , F . M . H . ; Phcenix , F . M . H . METROPOLITAN" LODGES AMD CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION .

Monday , March 7 th-Temple , Old George , St . Mary Axe , E . C . ; Justice , Royal Albert , New Cross-id , Deptford ; Old Concord , Turk's Head , Montcombe-st ., Delgrave-sq . ; Sincerity , Railway Tav ., London-st . ; St . James ' s Union , Swan Tavern , Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq . ; Industry , Dick's Coffee House , Fleet-st . ; Crystal Palace , City Arms Tav ., AA est-sq ., Southwark ; AVestbourne , the Grapes , Duke-st ., Manchester-sq . ; High Cross , AVhite Hart Ho .,

Tottenham ; Tower Hamlets Engineers , Duke of Clarence , Commerci-. il-rd ., East ; Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdctt-rd ., Mileend-i-d . ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Haverstock Hill ; British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End .

Tuesday , March Sth . Faith , Fisher ' s Restaurant , Metrop . Dist . Rail ., A'ictoria Station ; Domatic , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor-park , Camberwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Canonbury ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; Prince Frederick William , Knights of St . John ' s Tav ., St . John's-wood ; Dalhousie , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney ; Royal Albert , AVhite Hart , Abchurchliine ; City of LondonShepherd and Flock Tav . Bell-alley .

, , Mooi-gate-street ; New Wandsworth , Freemasons' Ho ., New AA andsworth ; Rose of Denmark , George Ho ., Aldermanbury ; Mount Sion , AAliito Hart , Bishopsgate-st . ; Royal Union , Duborg ' s Ho ., Haymarket . CHAPTER . — Robert Bums , Sussex Stores , Upper St . Martin ' s-lane ,

Wednesday , March 9 th . Confidence , Railway . Tav ., London-street ; United Strength , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town ; Ivew Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Mark ' s , Mawby Arms , Mawby-sf ., S . Lambeth ; Peckham , Edinhoro' Castle Tavern , Peckham Rye ; Pythagorean , Pii . lce of Orange Hotel , Greenwich ; Temperance in the East , George the Fourth , Catberine-st ., Poplar ; Prosperity , Gladstone Tav ., Bishapsgate-strcet . CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION . —St . James's Union , Swan Tav ., . Alount-st ., Grosvenor-sq .

Thursday , March 10 th . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., Fitzioy-sq . ; Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark ; United Mariners , Three Cranes , Mile-end-rd . ; Altruvian , White Hart , College-st ., Lambeth ; St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , Jolm-st ., Berkeley-square ; Tranquillity , SugarLoaf Tav ., Great St . Helen ' s , E . C . ; AVhittington , Thatched House Tav ., 9 , Red Lion-st . ; Royal Oak , Royal Oak Tavern , Deptford . CHAPTER OP INSTRUCTIO ? :. —Joppa , Prospect of AVlutby Tav ., 57 , AVapping-wall .

Friday , March llth . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . ; St . Luke's , Pier Ho ., Cheyne-walk , Chelsea ; Temperance , A'ictoria Tav ., A ictoria-rd ., Deptford ; Stability , Guildhall Tav ., S 3 , Gresham st . ; Unions ( Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ) , Freemasons' Hall ; United Pilgrims , Horns' Tavern , Kcnnington j Wellington , Lord Duncan Tavern , Broadway , Deptford ; Florence NihtingaleFreemasons' Tav . AA ' oolwich ;

g , , Ranelagh , AVindsor Castle Hotel , King-st ., Hammersmith ; Belgrave , Duke of AA'ellington , Spring-gardens , Chai-ing-cross ; St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row , Bei'inoiidsey ; Doric , Three Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; Rose of Denmark , White Hart , Barnes , Surrey : A ictoiia , George Ho ., Aldermanbury ; Hervey , George Ho ., AA alham-green .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

SEVERAL communications stand over till our next . H . —There is no objection to a brother holding a subordinate office in two lodges . The prohibition alluded to only applies to the W . M .