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THE MASONIC MIRROR . - * * All communications to be addressed to the EDITOR , ut No . 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , Al . C .

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THE installation of the M . W . G . M ., the Earl de Grey anil Ripon , will tnl . e place on Wednesday , May 27 th . THE M . W . G . M . has appointed Comp . Witty as Prov . G . Superintendent for AViltshire . The installation will take place in June at Swindon . THE UNIVEESAE MASONIC CAIENHAE is now- in the pi-essaud

, will shortl y be published . AA e shall be glad to receive from our correspondents any information of alterations , so that it may be corrected up to the moment of publication . It has been decided that in future the publication of the CALENDAE shall take place after the installation of the M . W . Grand Master and appointment of Grand Officers .

THE votes of the brethren are solicited on behalf of Mary Cornwall Palmer , at the April Election of the Girls' School . The candidate is a daughter of the lute Bro . AV . J . Palmer , of Old Hall , in the parish of Pencoyd , Herefordshire , who died in 1864 , leaving his wife and three children , aged 11 , 13 , and 15 , in destitute circumstances . Bro . Palmer was initiated in the

Boscawen Lodge ( Xo . 600 ) , Chacewater , Cornwall , in 1 SG 1-Proxies will be thankfully received by Bros . II . Luckes , of Boss , and Thos . Donne , of the same town . The ease is strongly recommended by numerous Prov . G . Officers in Herefordshire , Monmouthshire , Somersetshire , and Gloucestershire-.

A LODGE of Instruction is hold in connection with the Medina Lodge , Cowes , Isle of Wight , every Monday evening . EOTAD MASONIC INSTITUTION I-OK BOYS . —API . IL ELECTION-—Votes are earnestl y solicited on behalf of AVilliam Grant Fabian , for this , the fifth application . His father , Bro . Augustus Fabian , has been very zealous and energetic in the cause of

Masonry , and lias been instrumental in founding and resuscitating several loclges and chapters . He is a . P . M . of the Portsmouth Lodge ( No . 487 ) , P . Prov . S . G . Warden of Hants , Mark M . Koyal Arch , Pose Croix , and Knight Templar , but owing to sudden and severe misfortunes , his circumstances are now very reduced , and his means are totally inadequate to maintain and

educate his large family , four of whom are entire ! v , and four partially , dependent on his very limited resources , and he is compelled to make tin ' s appeal to the brethren and subscribers . This case was second on the list of unsuccessful candidates last election and is vouched for , and urgently recommended by a strong list of influential brethren , as very dewing of support Bro . Fabian will 1 U-1 very grateful for votes . Address , 8 , Watcrford-terracc North , Walham-green , S . AV . Girls' School or Bonevolent Institution proxies equally valuable for cxchan ^ -iii" -.

JOHN I . XTST , formerly tho publisher of this MAGAZINE , who was dismissed on the 7 th of October last , for being drunk and disorderly , ivas tried on the 1 st Feb ., at the Old Bailey , on the first of several counts , in an indictment—llcijina v . Husl—ixud was found guilty of embezzlement , and sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour . The prisoner , for

some time past , by advertisement and otherwise , solicited aid from the members of the Craft , upon false representations , and with malicious motives . The prosecution in question did not originate , and has no connection with the Proprietors of this MAO ^ . This notice has become necessary in consequence of communications received from various quarters , stating that

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he prison or had attempted to excite sympathy in his behalf and under that plea obtain monies from those with whom bis duties , as an employe in this office , brought him into communication . A AA Ai . itANi has been granted for a Mark Master's Lodge , to be held in Newport , Monmouthshire , and to be called the

" Keystone " Lodge . We hear the first meeting will take place in the coarse o £ ton or twelve days . TYELKS of Lodges , Janitors of Chapters , Equerries of Encampments , & -c , iu England , Scotland , and Ireland , are requested to forward their names and addresses to the Publisher of THE FEEEMASONS ' S MAG-AznJE , so that a complete Register and Directory may be compiled .

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KENT LODGE ( No . 15 ) . —The brethren of this lodge met on-AA ' ednesday , the 9 th inst ., as the Guildhall Tavern , King-street , Cheapside , Bro . C . C . Gibbs , W . M ., iu the chair , assisted by Bros . . 1 . C . Woedrow , as S . W . ; aud W . C . Powell , J . W . The lodge having been opened , the minutes of the previous meeting and the report of the audit committee were read and confirmed . This being the night for the installation of the AA . M . elect , Bro . A \ . C . Powelln Board of Installed Masters was opened

, , sixteen being present . On the re-admission of the brethren , the newly-installed W . M . was saluted in tbe three degrees , and the ceremony ivas admirably and impressively rendered by the retiring AV . M ., Bro . C . C . Gibbs . The W . M . then invested his officers as follows . —Bros . J . Sennett , S . W . ; E . P . Barlow , J . W . ; J . Binder , S . D . ; W .. Linger , J . D . ; S . Hay worth , P . M ., Treas . ; 11 . E . Barnes , P . M ., Hon . Sec . ; J . Barlow , Dir . of Govs . ;

T . B . Webb , Steward ; and F . Beckett , Tyler . It was resolved unanimously , "that the thanks of the lodge are especially due , and hereby tendered to Bro . C . C . Gibbs , P , M ., for his kindness in performing the duties of Installing Master , the very able and efficient manner he had discharged those duties , and also to mark the estimation , he is held ill by the brethren , that tbe lodge pri - sent hi in with the life governorship of the Eoyal Benevolent-, Masonic Institution . " Business concludedthe lodge

, was closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet , at which tho usual loyal and Misonic toasts were given and responded to . Bros . 11 . A . Wright , P . M . 50 : 1-, Prov . S . G . D . Herts ; 11 . A . Steeman , PA , ! . 75 ; J . Sbayler , I'M . 177 ; G . Palmer , P . M . 70-1 ; G . AV . Avery , P . M . ( SI ?; * J . C . Scott , P . M . 9-1 ; aud others , were present as visitors .

MOUNT LEBANON LODGE ( NO . 73 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this lodge was held on Tuesday , tbe 15 th inst ., at the Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . In the absence of the AV . M ., the lodge ivas opened by Bro . F . AA . ilters , P . M . The minuter having been road and confirmed , two members of No . J G 9 , who wished to join the Mount Lebanon Lodge , and one gentleman who was a candidate for initiation , were subjected to tin . ordeal of ' i . he ballot-box , the result being successful in

each c . ise . The chair was then assumed by Pro . I ) . Pose , I . P . M ., who raised Bro ; . Phillips , llaydon , and AVhiiaker to the M . M . degree , and then gave place to the W . M ., Bro . P . H . Ebsworth , who had arrived , and jiresided during the rest of the evening . Bro . Angel received tiie second degree , and the initiation was postponed iu consequence of the absence of the candidate . The sum of thirty guineas was voted from the lodge funds to the Masonic Charities . The business of the lodge being concluded , between twenty and thirty brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet .

PiEDi-oitD LODGE ( NO . 157 ) . —Tho brethren of this lodge met on Friday , the 11 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall , Bro . J . Smith , A \ . M ., in the chair , supported by Bros . J . Hills , S . W . ; Wm . Holland , J . AV . ; and P . M . 's Levan ' der , Treas . ; aud S . Hill , Sec . The lodge was- opened , and the minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . Millis performed the ceremony of raising Bro . Selby in a very excellent manner . Mr . J . T .