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guished members , amongst whom were Br . Bisgood and Br . Gill , and he felt still greater pleasure on the present occasion in coupling it with the Provincial Grand Lodge of Herefordshire , he having the honour of a visit from Br . Bowles , P . G . M ., and also Br . Westmacott , D . P . G-M . He trusted that from what they had seen of the Lodge they would be induced to pay it another visit . Br . Westmacott , in acknowledging the toast , expressed his thanks for the kind and hospitable manner in which he had been received , and assured the brethren that he should feel the greatest delight in receiving

a visit from them in Herefordshire , and returning the kind welcome he had received . Br . Cooper then proposed the health of the W . M ., and expressed himself much amused by the manner in which he had discussed Masonry in its most ancient forms . He ( Br . Cooper ) had always held in high estimation the present system of Masonry , as he considered it did a vast amount of good in the way of charity , and on the principle laid down by their late G . M . the Duke of Sussex , constituted au universal club , extending liberality and good-fellowship all over the world . In conclusion , he

thanked the W . M- for the able manner in which he had discharged his duties during his past and present year of office . The AV . M . thanked the brethren for the compliment paid him , and observed that , with regard to his lecture , if he had been able to display either wit or learning to a sufficient extent to afford instruction and amusement , lie was sufficiently repaid for his exertions . He then proposed the health of the P . Ms ., and thanked them for their numerous attendance , distinguished as they were for their standing in the world , their position in Masonry , and also for their

readiness at all times to render their assistance to the Officers of the Lodge when called upon . Br . Bisgood , in acknowledging the toast , admitted that the P . Ms , were ever ready to render their assistance to the Lodge on all occasions when necessary , but he felt great satisfaction in the conviction that , under its present government , their exertions were not required . The W . M . then called upon the brethren to drink the health of the Treasurer , Br . Nokes , and the Secretary , Br . Robinson , and to thank them for the able manner in which they discharged the duties of their respective offices , the more particularly the Treasurer , Br . Nokes , who had held the office for upwards of twenty-seven years . Br . Nokes thanked the Lodge on behalf of himself and Br . Robinson , for drinkinsr their healths , and assured the brethren that he could

not picture to himself a greater calamity than feeling he had lost tho esteem of his fellows in Masonry . The W . M . then called the attention of the Lodge to that which was always considered in the British , the toast of the evening , " The Visitors , " more especially on the present occasion , when honoured with the presence of so many distinguished members of the Order , two of whom from their position had been already noticed , but there was another present whom they were equally happy to see , namely , Br . Cornwall , P . M ., 802 , and he hoped to have the pleasure of meeting all the visitors for

many years to come . Br . Cornwall expressed his regret in not being able to receive the Brethren in his Province with the same Masonic splendour displayed that evening , owing to the want of a P . G . M ., that office having been vacant since the death of the late lamented Duke of Beaufort . It had not yet pleased the M . W . G . M . to appoint a successor , and he earnestly solicited the brethren who might have interest with the M . W . G . M . to suggest the propriety of such an appointment being made , as the brethren in his Province were both numerous and influential , and true Masonic

hospitality existed amongst them in its fullest sense . After drinking the health of the Officers , for which the J . W ., as locum tenens for the S . W . , returned thanks , the brethren separated in perfect harmony . ALBION LODGE ( NO . 9 ) . —The monthly meeting of this Lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 8 th May , when three Gentlemen were dul y initiated into the Order—a fourth Candidate being prevented attending in consequence of meeting with an accident . The brethren next took into consideration the subject of

a summer excursion , and it was resolved that the members of the Lodge should dine at Br . Parry ' s , Willesden Green , on Tuesday , 17 th July . It was also resolved that a Lodge of Emergency should be held at the Freemason ' s Tavern at half-past 11 on the morning of the same day to pass the newly initiated brethren , and initiate the gentleman who had been prevented attending that night . The brethren afterwards adjourned to refreshment , and spent a pleasant evening . Br . C . R . Harrison , W . M ., No . 202 , and other visitors , were present .