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THE MASONIC MIRROR .

* * All communications to be addressed to the EDITOR , at No . 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

TYLEES of Lodges , Janitors of Chapters , Equerries of Encampments , & c ., in England , Scotland , and Ireland , are requested to forward their names and addresses to the Publisher of THE FBEEMASONS ' S MAGAZINE , so that a complete Register and Directory may he compiled .

THE next meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex will take place on Saturday , May 7 th , on which occasion the Provincial Grand Lodge will he received "b y the brethren of Villiers Lodge ( No . 1 , 194 ) , Isloworth . THE HARROW LODG-E ( NO . 1 , 310 ) , will be consecrated on Friday , May 6 th , at tlio Railway Hotel , Harrow , Bro . John

Coutts , P . M . 27 , is tho W . M . designate . HERVEY LODGE OB INSTRUCTION , GEORGE HOTEL , AVALHAM GREEN . —The fifteen sections will be worked in the above Lodge of Instruction on Friday evening , 27 th May , Bro . George King , jvm ., "W . M . 1 , 238 , and P . M . 1 , 260 , in tbe chair . The lodge will be opened at seven o ' clock precisely . The Lodge of Instruction

meets every Friday evening , at 8 o ' clock , for working the ceremonies and lectures . The Chelsea Railway Station is within five minutes' walk of the Hotel , and tho Patney Bridge Omnibuses pass the door . ACACIA LODGE , NO . 1 , 309 . —Through unavoidable circumstances the consecration of this lodge did not take place on Tuesday last , the 26 th inst ., as arranged . It is expected that the consecration will take place next week , but the day is not fixed , as we learn from Bro . Frederick Walters , P . M .

THE UNIVERSAL MASONIC CALENDAR , . 1870 . —NOTICE . — In consequence of the meeting of Grand Lodge for the Installation of the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the appointment of Grand Officers for tho year 1870-1 having been postponed , the publication of the calendar is delayed , to enable the list of Grand Officers and other important information to bo included . VINCENT BIRD , P . M ., P . Z ., P . E . C , K . H ., having accepted

the office of administrator of casual relief to distressed Masons who may apply in either of the three towns of Plymouth , Stone " house , and Devonport , will be glad to communicate with any brother holding a similar appointment , so as to arrange some general scheme by which the charity of the brethren may not pass to other than deserving brethren .

JOHN RUST , formerly the publisher of this MAGAZINE , who was dismissed on the 7 th of October last , for being drunk and disorderly , was tried on the 1 st Feb ., at the Old Bailey , on the first of several counts , in an indictment—Regina v . Rust—and 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 MAG ^ ZINE . This notice has become necessary in consequence of communications received from various quarters , stating that

the prisoner had attempted to excite sympathy in his behalf and under that plea obtain monies from those with whom his duties , as an employe in this office , brought him into communication .

UNITED GRAND LODGE On Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., the meeting originally called for the purpose of installing the Grand Master elect , which was summoned for four o'clock , was held 2 > ro forma , there being but a small attendance of brethren present . The Most Worshipful the Grand Master entered tho Grand Hall punctually at five

o ' clock and ascended the throne , supported on bis right by the R . W . Bro . Thomas Henry Hall , Prov . G . M . Cambridgeshire , as Deputy Grand Master ; Bro . Algernon Perkins , as S . G . W . ; and Bro . Victor Williamson , P . G . J . W ., as G . J . W . j and the following present and past Grand Officers and brethren : — Bros , the R . W . R . J . Bagshaw , Prov . G . M . Essex ; S . Rawson ,

P . D . G . M . China ; Deane , P . D . G . M . Quebec ; Col . Burdett , Prov , G . M . Middlesex ; the Rev . Thomas , as G . Chap . ; Sir Albert A . AVoods , G . Dir . of Cers . ; John Havers , P . G . W . ; A . E . Mclntyre , G . Reg . ; S . L . Tomkins , G . D . ; J . L . Evans , President Board of General Purposes ; R . W . Wheeler , P-G . D . ; John Udall , J . Savage , Jabez Hogg , A . Browse , __ .. H . Patten , J .

Smith , C . C . Dumas , J . Nunn , G . S . B . ; Hyde Fallen , P . G . S . B ; W . Ough , G . Purst . ; J . Brett , Assist . G . Purst . ; and the following members , representing London aud Provincial lodges , Grand Stewards for the year , Bros . E . K . Bayley , No . 1 , President Board of Grand ' Stewards ; T . Meggy , 21 , G . S ., Hon . Sec ; F . Binckes , AV- Smith , C . F ., and Monckton , P . G . Stewards , as

G . Stewards ; J . Bennett , R . Spencer , and G . States , P . M . 's G . Steward's Lodge . Of the London Lodges : —Bros . F . Adlard , 7 ; S . Francis , 8 ; J . Freeman , and G . Burt , 18 ; J . Coutts , 27 F . AY . Shields , 33 ; R .- W . Colley , C . J . Rood , and H . Follett , 45 ; F . Walters , 73 ; Dawson , 144 . ; F . B . Dahage , J . R . Foulgei-, 177 ; H . AV . Hemsworth , 190 ; H . Carrole , 201 ; J . Terry , 228 ; W . H . AVarr , 231 ; H . Massey , 619 ; J . L . lung

657 ; R . Gray , 957 . Of the country lodges : —Bros . R . John 131 ; G . Stacey and R . G . Gibbons , 209 ; W . Cockin , 275 ; D . Macbinder , 422 ; G . Starmer , 426 ; R . W . Stewart , 453 ; E . Harbard , 457 ; P . N . Larsen , 594 ; J . Hockler , 673 ; T . AVilliams , 683 ; E . Powell , 723 ; E . B . Adams , 929 ; G . A . Brown and C . D . Owen , 998 ; AV . F . Cox , 1021 ; AV . Dodd , 1074 ; W .

Hancock , 1089 ; R . Bond , 1098 ; G . King , jun ., 1238 . The M . W . G . M . then proceeded to open G . Lodge in ample form , tho R . W . Rev . Bro . Thomas acting as G . Chap . ; ancl the G . Sec . having read the minutes of the last quarterly communication , they were put for confirmation , which was carried unanimously .

The Earl of Zetland rose and said , —Brethren , I believe it is hardly necessary for me to state that , in consequence of the most horrifying and barbarous murders which have been committed in the East , through which the Most Worshipful the Grand Master eleet and the Deput y Grand Master designate , the Earl of Carnarvon , have each lost a near relative , it is found

impossible to hold a Grand Festival on this day . As , however , the day is fixed by our laws , we were obliged to hold our Grand Lodge in order to get through the necessary business of confirming tbe minutes of tbe last meeting and making them binding-It is intended to hold the festival on a future day ; but that day cannot yet be named , as the funeral of one of the unfortunate

gentlemen , Mr . A yner , has yet to be celebrated in England , and our meeting cannot be held until after that lnouruful ceremony . I have now to inform you that Bro . Havers has my sanction to propose to you a resolution expressive of our sympathy with the noble Grand Master-elect , and I will at once call upon that brother to address you .

Bro . Havers then said that , after the sympathetic remarks of the Grand Master , no words were required in moving the isolation which had been entrusted to him , and which would mee t