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first tracing-board in a very creditable manner . The lodge was then closed , and the meeting declared adjourned to the Monday neatest the full moon in February , emergencies excepted .

YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . HEBDEN BRIDGE . —Prince Frederick Lodge ( No . 807 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this lodge was held at the AVhite Horse Hotel , on Monday , the 17 th inst . The AV . M ., Bro . F . AVhitaker , opened the lodge at 6 p . m ., after which the miuutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , and some communications considered . The W . M . then requested Bro . AA CookeP . M . 438 ( who had attended for the purpose of installing

, the AV . M . elect ) , to take the chair . Bro . Austin Roberts , S . W ., having answered the usual questions , and the brethren below the chair having withdrawn , a Board of Installed Masters was opened , and Bro . Roberts duly placed in the chair of K . S . The brethren then returned , and the new AV . M . subsequently invested the following officers for the ensuing year : —Bros . G . Sutcliffe , S . AA . ; R . AVorsick , J . AV ., L . Crabtree , P . M ., Treas . ; F . AVhitaker ,

P . M ., Sec ; T . AVhitaker , S . D . ; R . AVhitaker , J . D . ; D . Heap , P . M ., I . G . ; and J . Dewhirst , Tyler . The usual salutation having been accorded the W . M ., tho brethren adjourned to the diningroom , where most excellent provision had been made by the worthy host , Bro . Jackson , a very old P . M . of the lodge . The usual formal toasts having been given , the health of the new AV . M . was proposed by Bro . F . Whitaker , the I . P . M . Bro . Roberts ,

after cordially thanking the brethren for selecting him to occupy the chair of K . S ., expressed his desire to have a fortnightly instruction meeting , that the officers and younger members might have opportunities given them of becoming efficient in the various ceremonies of the mystic art . Bro . Sutcliffe , S . W . ( who has recently returned from a tour in Palestine ) , in responeing to the toast of " The AVardens and Officers of the Lodge , " exthe

pressed pleasure he had derived in meeting with Brother Masons in his travels , and , oven in cases where he could not converse with them in their own language , he had received great kindness , assistance , and instruction at their hands . He also stated his intention of supporting the AV . M . in the fortnightly instrucaion meetings . Several other toasts followed , '' The Visitors" being responded to by Bros . Bates , P . M ., Cooke , P . M ., Norinanton , P . M ., P . J . G . D ., Miiligan , and Hayes , all of No . 54-8 , the only visitors present . The National Anthem brought an exceedingly pleasant evening to a close .

Scottish Constitution.

SCOTTISH CONSTITUTION .

GLASGOW . PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . _ This lodge met on the 13 th inst ., Bro . Barrow , S . P . G . M ., presiding . B y commission ii-oin the Provincial Grand Master—Bro . W . M . Neilson—the following brethren were nominated as office-bearers : —Bros . F . A . Barrow , Depute Master ; Captain M'Ausland , of Gartcraig , Substitute Master ; James Steele , T

S . W . ; D . Kiughorn , J . AA . ; Rev . G . Stewart Burns , Chap . ; A . M'Taggart , M . A ., Sec . The following were nominated by the members : —Bros . J . AVallace , S . D . ; J . Anderson , J . D . ; J . Leith , Dir , of Cers . ; R . Bobb , Marshall ; J . B . AValker , Treas . ; AV . Alexander , Jeweller ; D . P . Low , Architect ; R . Craig , Bible-Bearer ; R . Donaldson , Dir . of Music ; J . Gillies , Sword Bearer ; J . Balfour , I . G . ; J . Pollock , Tyler ; J . Thomson , Treas . Benevolent Fund , 13 , Holmhead-street . The meeting for election takes place on the 26 th inst .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

ENGLISH CONSTITUTION , METROPOLITAN . MOUNT SIGN CHAPTER ( NO . 22 ) . —The companions of this chapter met at Eadley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars , on Monday , the 10 th inst ., on which occasion there were present , Comps . AV . H . Partridge , R , H . Townend , J . Johnson , E . Spooner , A . Pratt , J . Ashwell , G . A . Taylor , and AV . B . Heath , all P . Z . ' s ; H . Muggeridge , P . G . S . B ., P . Z ., and S . E ., with a number of other companions . The visitors present were ,

Royal Arch.

Comps . the Rev . — Shaboe , Z . 554 ; aud Attwood , 279 . Comp . Muggeridge installed Comp . J . H . Cox into the chair of Z . ; and the following companions were appointed to the several offices : —Comps . C . II . Fielder , N . ; A . Bryant , Z . ; AV . H . Partridge , P . Z ., Treas . ; H . Muggeridge , P . G . S . B ., P . Z ., S . E . ; J . H . Townend , S . N . ; and B . A . AA right , P . S . Bros . Alfred Partridge , of Lodge 22 , and Cyril AA yche , 715 , were exalted to

this holy degree . CAVEAO CHAPTER ( NO . 176 ) . —The regular convocation of this chapter was held at Radley's Hotel on Tuesday , the 11 th inst ., ancl the principal chair was occupied by Comp . i . Lacey , Z ., who was supported by Comps . P . H . Nairne , H ., and F . AValters , P . Z ., as J . ; Bros . F . H . R , Godsell and AV . D . Barnett , both of Lodge 176 , and AV . S . tt ' yimui , of 409 , were exalted into this

supreme degree , tho ceremony being most admirably performed by all concerned . At the banquet which followed the close ofthe business the usual loyal and masonic toasts were given and responded to .

Make Masonry.

MAKE MASONRY .

LEICESTERSHIRE . MELTON MOWBRAT . —Mowe Lodge ( No . 21 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday , the 13 th inst . Two brethren—Bro . Chester Peon Newcome , of the Doric Lodge , Grantham ; and Bro . J . Clark Duncomb , of the Lodge of Merit , Stamford—were advanced to the honourable degree of a Mark Master by the AV . M ., Bro . Langley . Bro . H . Douglas , S . AV ., was then elected AV . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . J . B . Leaclbeater , Treas . The lodge was closed , two propositions having been made , at seven o'clock , after which a Craft lodge was held .

Literature, Science, And Fine Arts.

LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND FINE ARTS .

THERE are no fewer than sixty-five competitors for the vacant Head-mastership of Abingdon Grammar School , whichwill be filled up in a lew days . The appointment is worth about £ 500 per annum . THE DUKE OE Ricmraxn has given his casting vote in the matter of the election to the Lord Rectorship of Aberdeen University in favour of Sir A \ illiam Stirling Maxwell , though Mr . Grant Duff had the greatest number of individual votes . The Duke's right to vote ceased on AVednesday last . The new Rector had expressed a desire that Mr . Dull' might be elected ..

Masonic Festivities.

MASONIC FESTIVITIES .

MASONIC BALL AT LIVERPOOL .

The twenty-first ball of tho Freemasons of Liverpoo and neighbourhood took place at the town hall on Tuesday evening last , and the character of tho attendance on the occasion was up to the mark of any of its predecessors-It first recommendation lies in the fact that a noble charity- —dear to every true Mason—the AVest Lancashire Educational Institution , annually receives

substantial aid as the result of the pleasant gathering .. The latest re ] : > oi'fc from ihe deservidg institution is that it continues to thrive , there being now between forty and fifty children of deceased Freemasons who are educated by its means ; and all who were present on this occasion will have ever a next-morning pleasurs added to their over-night enjoyment when it is stated that between

twenty and twenty-five little ones annually receive a good education , imparted at any school which may be chosen , if approved of by the committee , soly from the proceeds of tho different balls . The general arrangements were of the most practical and entertaining kind , and the refreshment department was ably presided over by Mr . Vines of the Canton Hotel .