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Bro . A . G . Davies ( P . M . No . 730 , and Prov . G . Chaplain for Worcester ) , W . M . ; Bros . W . Wiggington ( S . D ., No . 730 , and Sec ., No . 313 ) , Treas . ; and J . Jeffs ( Tykr , No . 730 ) , Tyler , Lodge was closed , and the meeting then adjourned .

YORKSHIRE . Hull . — Minerva Lodge ( No . 311 ) . — -On Wednesday , the 25 th of June , the members of the Lodge assembled at the Royal Station Hotel , for the purpose of celebrating the seventy-third anniversary of the Lodge , the warrant having been granted , in 1783 , by H . R . H . the Puke of Cumberland , who at that time held the office of M . W . G . M . of Masons . Grace having been said by the Prov . G . Chaplain , about forty of the Brethren sat down to an excellent dinner provided by Mr . Brodie , at which the W . M ., Bro . A . O . Arden , presided . During the

evening many excellent speeches were made , and the proceedings were enlivened by several Masonic songs , glees , and madrigals , which were very ably sung by Bros . Wake , Gleadon Jacobs , Gibson , Preston , Astley , Westerdale , and Sweeting ; Bro . Skelton presiding at the piano . Previous to the banquet , the W . M , and other officers-. of the Lodge for the ensuing year were installed into their respective chairs in the Masonic Hall , Prince-street , in the presence of a large assemblage of the Brethren , amongst whom were several past srnd present Prov . Grand Officers and visiting Brethren from York , Howden ,

Beverley , and other neighbouring towns . The beautiful and imposing ceremony of installation was very ably performed by Bro . P . M . Dr . Bell , assisted by the W . M . of the Humber Lodge , Bro . W . Croft , and Bro . P . M . Hay ; the Rev . William Hutchinson , M . A ., kindly officiating as Chaplain , in the unavoidable absence of the Rev . R . H . Parr , M . A ., the Chaplain to the Lodge . A Masonic anthem , composed expressly for the occasion by Bro . Skelton , Frov . G . Org ., having been sung by the Masonic choir , the installing Master delivered a short but excellent address , in which , after taking a brief

resume of the progress of Freemasonry during the past year , he referred especially to the highly prosperous condition of the Minerva Lodge , which has , during the last two years , not only doubled the number of its members , but has also been the means of initiating into the mysteries of the Craft some of the most respected of our townsmen . The Masonic Hall , which is remarkable for its architectural beauty and the Masonic symmetry of its proportions , has been

greatly enlarged and re-decorated , and may now be considered as one of the most beautiful Lodge rooms in England . A fund of benevolence has also been formed for the relief of the poor and distressed Masons ; and there is every reasonable hope that if the members continue to use the same exertions which they have been making for the last few years , the Minerva Lodge will soon stand pre-eminent in the Province . So mote it be !

Amongst the assembled Brethren were Bros . C . Preston , the retiring Master ; the Rev . W . Hutchinson , M . A ., Prov . G . Chap . ; Dr . Bell , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; C . Arden ( Beverley ) , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; R . W . Hollon ( York ) , P . G . S . ; F . W . Hudson , S . P . G . D . ; W . B . Hay , P . Prov . J . G . D . ; W . P . Astley , P . Prov . G . S . W . ; C . Wells , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; J . G . Skelton , P . G . O . ; W . Croft , W . M . ( No . 65 ); 8 . T . Hassell , P . M . ; B . Jacobs , P . M .. < N o . 65 ) ; S . Moseley , S . W . ; J . H . Gibson , J . W . ; R . Glover , J . W . ( No . G 5 ); C . L . Brereton ( Beverley ) , S . W . ( No . 371 ) ; C . Simpson , D . C . ; J . W . Clappison , S . D . ; T . Massano , J . D . ; T . Carter , S-D . ( No . 072 , Goole ) ; J . G . Sweeting , LG . ; R . C . Cattley , R . Harrison , T . J . Snowden , A . Donaldson , F . Hall , W . Day , & c . The Brethren again assembled in the Lodge on the 9 th of July , being the regular bi-monthly meeting , when the newly-installed Master , Bro . Arden , presided for the first time . The Lodge having been duly opened , the following distinguished Brethren , who had previously signified their consent , were unanimously elected as members of the Lodge : —The Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M . and Prov . G . M . for Lincolnshire ; the R . W . G . Mar wood , of

Busby Hall , D . Prov . G . M . for N . and E . Yorkshire ; the Right Hon . Viscount Goderich , S . G . W . of England ; and John Gleadon Fearne , of . Hull . The Lodge having been opened on the 2 nd Degree , Bro . II . F . Ellah was passed by the W . M . to the Degree of a Fellow-Craft Freemason . The Lodge was then