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Summary Of News For June.

tinuous yearly increase in the Company ' s business , which at' present amounted t & 20 , 000 / . per annum . _ The Quarterly Meeting of the Conservative Land Society was held at Exeter Hall , on Wednesday , Lord Ranelagh presiding , when Br . Guireisren read a report , from which it appears the amount-of land sold 'during the past quarter has been 6 , 427 / . 10 s . ; the total amount of land sold since the commencement of the society is 109 , 111 / . 10 s , ; the gross cash receipts up to Lady-day , 1855 , are 165 , 613 / . 10 s . 6 rZ . ; ditto ,

from Lady-day to Midsummer , 1855 , 12 , 377 / . 12 s . 4 d . ; total -receipts 177 , 991 / . 2 s . 10 d . ; whilst the total-amount of withdrawals unto Midsummer , 1855 , have only amounted to 16 , 723 / . Is . id .-, the total shares in progress , or uncompleted , taken up to Midsummer , 1855 , were ' 9 , 458 / . ; shares completed , to the same date 1 , 584 / ., ; total number of shares issued on the 24 th June , 1855 , 11 , 042 / . The return ' s up to Midsummerof the register of order of rights are as follows : —completed , 1 , 584 . ; .

, drawn , 1 , 886 ; seniority , 953 ; total , 4 , 423 . ; deduct rights exercised on estates , ¦ 2 , 128 ; unexercised -rights , 2 , 295 . A most favourable account of the prospects of the Society was given , and an announcement made , that the Hounslow estate wouldbe allotted on the 19 th inst . The . quarterly-drawing for choice of allotment was then proceeded -with—the result of which will be found in our -advertising columns .

MISCELLANEOUS . Sir Joseph Paxton ' -has submitted a plan to tho city authorities for a proposed arcades covered with glass , and railway round London , at an estimated cost of £ 34 , 000 , 000 . On the 13 th , the New Metropolitan Cattle Market , in Copenhagen Fields , was opened by H . R . H . Prince Albert , assisted by the Corporation of the City of London . An Irish labourer , named Jeremiah Foley , has been committed for the murder cf a womannamed Hannah Bellat Limehouse . - -

, , There was an out-door demonstration in Hyde Park on Sunday the 24 th , against the Sunday Suppression Bill . An order in Council was issued oil the -28 th , doubling the pay of the British Army whenever engaged hi , the field .

AMUSEMENTS OF THE MONTH . At the -Haymarket Theatre , a new Opera , entitled , "Berta , orthe Gnome of Hartzberg" was produced on the 2 nd of Juno . As the name bespeaks , the opera is founded on a German story , — -the libretto being by Fitzball , and of that the less that is said the better . The music by Henry Smart is light , graceful and spirited , ancl owing to that and the excellence with which Br . Buckstone put ' it upon the stage it met with a complete success .

A now play by . Mr . Saunders , entitled , "Love ' s Martyrdom , " was produced with a fair success ; the principal characters being sustained b y Miss Helen Faucitt and Mr . Barry Sullivan . A now play by Tom Taylor , -entitled , " Helping Hands , " has been produced at tlie Adelphi , with complete success . The -Crystal Palace Company have opened the nine : upper fountains , which now play dailyand add considerablto the beauty of the Gardens whichat this of

, y , season the year form , irrespective of the Palace , a most attractive exhibition . The lower fountains are expected to he-opened towards theclose of August . The season at Cremorne is now at its height ,-and the excellent performances in the Cirque National nightly attracts crowded audiences . 4

Obituary.

OBITUARY .

. _ BR . CHARLES Fox . —This brother , who has been long well known in the Craft , expired on . the 11 th June , at the Stafford Arms , Pimlico—of which he had been the landlord for some years past ~ at the age of 60 . Br . Fox was initiated by Br . Hardy at bunilerland , about the year 1825 , and continued a subscribing member whilst remaining in that portion of the country . Br . Fox subsequently went abroad , and on

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MARK MASONRY. Article 1
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL. Article 2
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 3
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 10
BROTHERLY LOVE. Article 15
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 23
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 29
ROYAL ARCH. Article 51
THE COLONIES. Article 52
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 53
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR JUNE. Article 55
OBITUARY. Article 58
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 59
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Summary Of News For June.

tinuous yearly increase in the Company ' s business , which at' present amounted t & 20 , 000 / . per annum . _ The Quarterly Meeting of the Conservative Land Society was held at Exeter Hall , on Wednesday , Lord Ranelagh presiding , when Br . Guireisren read a report , from which it appears the amount-of land sold 'during the past quarter has been 6 , 427 / . 10 s . ; the total amount of land sold since the commencement of the society is 109 , 111 / . 10 s , ; the gross cash receipts up to Lady-day , 1855 , are 165 , 613 / . 10 s . 6 rZ . ; ditto ,

from Lady-day to Midsummer , 1855 , 12 , 377 / . 12 s . 4 d . ; total -receipts 177 , 991 / . 2 s . 10 d . ; whilst the total-amount of withdrawals unto Midsummer , 1855 , have only amounted to 16 , 723 / . Is . id .-, the total shares in progress , or uncompleted , taken up to Midsummer , 1855 , were ' 9 , 458 / . ; shares completed , to the same date 1 , 584 / ., ; total number of shares issued on the 24 th June , 1855 , 11 , 042 / . The return ' s up to Midsummerof the register of order of rights are as follows : —completed , 1 , 584 . ; .

, drawn , 1 , 886 ; seniority , 953 ; total , 4 , 423 . ; deduct rights exercised on estates , ¦ 2 , 128 ; unexercised -rights , 2 , 295 . A most favourable account of the prospects of the Society was given , and an announcement made , that the Hounslow estate wouldbe allotted on the 19 th inst . The . quarterly-drawing for choice of allotment was then proceeded -with—the result of which will be found in our -advertising columns .

MISCELLANEOUS . Sir Joseph Paxton ' -has submitted a plan to tho city authorities for a proposed arcades covered with glass , and railway round London , at an estimated cost of £ 34 , 000 , 000 . On the 13 th , the New Metropolitan Cattle Market , in Copenhagen Fields , was opened by H . R . H . Prince Albert , assisted by the Corporation of the City of London . An Irish labourer , named Jeremiah Foley , has been committed for the murder cf a womannamed Hannah Bellat Limehouse . - -

, , There was an out-door demonstration in Hyde Park on Sunday the 24 th , against the Sunday Suppression Bill . An order in Council was issued oil the -28 th , doubling the pay of the British Army whenever engaged hi , the field .

AMUSEMENTS OF THE MONTH . At the -Haymarket Theatre , a new Opera , entitled , "Berta , orthe Gnome of Hartzberg" was produced on the 2 nd of Juno . As the name bespeaks , the opera is founded on a German story , — -the libretto being by Fitzball , and of that the less that is said the better . The music by Henry Smart is light , graceful and spirited , ancl owing to that and the excellence with which Br . Buckstone put ' it upon the stage it met with a complete success .

A now play by . Mr . Saunders , entitled , "Love ' s Martyrdom , " was produced with a fair success ; the principal characters being sustained b y Miss Helen Faucitt and Mr . Barry Sullivan . A now play by Tom Taylor , -entitled , " Helping Hands , " has been produced at tlie Adelphi , with complete success . The -Crystal Palace Company have opened the nine : upper fountains , which now play dailyand add considerablto the beauty of the Gardens whichat this of

, y , season the year form , irrespective of the Palace , a most attractive exhibition . The lower fountains are expected to he-opened towards theclose of August . The season at Cremorne is now at its height ,-and the excellent performances in the Cirque National nightly attracts crowded audiences . 4

Obituary.

OBITUARY .

. _ BR . CHARLES Fox . —This brother , who has been long well known in the Craft , expired on . the 11 th June , at the Stafford Arms , Pimlico—of which he had been the landlord for some years past ~ at the age of 60 . Br . Fox was initiated by Br . Hardy at bunilerland , about the year 1825 , and continued a subscribing member whilst remaining in that portion of the country . Br . Fox subsequently went abroad , and on

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