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The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEMS . During the past year 18 G 1 , no less than 4511 Craft certificates were issued from the Grand Secretary ' s office , whilst 5304 were paid for ; the discrepancy between the number paid for and issued being to some extent explained by the issue , under

recent arrangements , of blank certificates to some of the colonies , and which cannot he entered as issued in the Grand Secretary's books until the returns are made from the colonial lodges . As it is the number issued bears a favourable comparison Avith the year I 860 , when it Avas' 4061 , showing an increase in 1861 over 1860 of 447 . The number of Royal Arch certificates issued was

• 816 . The Annual Festival of the East Surrey Lodge of Concord Instruction ( No . 680 ) , will take place at the Railway Hotel , Addiscombe-road , Croydon , on Tuesday next . The case of Bro . Miller , for 47 years an inmate of the Queen's Bench for a debt whicli he disputes , is to come before the

Court of Bankruptcy on the 19 th inst . Bro . Masterman , P . M . No . 11 , has kindly taken his case in hand . The Tower Hamlets Engineers' Lodge ( No . 1204 ) is to he consecrated at the Ship and Turtle on Monday next .

NEW LODGES . Warrants for the following lodges have been granted since the publication of this year's Calendar : — 1189 . Leigh Lodge of Eiile Volunteers , Birmingham . 1190 . Lodge of Faith , Hope , and Charity , Roy Bareilly , Oudh . 1191 . Dobie Lodge , Kingston Surrey . 1192 . Hornsey Lodge , Stoke Newington .

1193 . Bulwer Lodge , Constantinople . 1194 . Royal Edward Lodge , Leominster . . 1195 . Meridian Lodge , Millbrook , Cornwall . 1196 . Mornington Lodge , Schnapper Point , Victoria . 1197 . St . John ' s Lodge , Warrnambool , Victoria . 1198 . Lodge La Victoire , Smyrna . 1199 . St . Helen ' s Lodge of Loyalty , St . Helen's , Lancashire . 1200 . Lodge of Temperance in the EastPoplar .

, 1201 . Union Lodge , New Westminster , British Columbia . 1202 . St . George ' s Lodge , Tewkesbury . 1203 . City of London Lodge , City of London Freemasons'Club . 1204 . Tower Hamlets Engineers' Lodge , Leadenhall-street . 1205 . Gosport Lodge , Gosport .

HARTLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT . We have received through Bro . Luckes £ 2 2 s . for the sufferers by the Hartley accident , from the brethren of the Sherborne Lodge , Stroud , and the Vitruvian Lodge , Ross .

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

TEMPLE LODGE ( NO . 118 . )—This highly distinguished lodge met for the first time this year on Tuesday the 4 th inst ., at three o ' clock in the afternoon , under the presidency of Bro . Edmund Farthing , W . M . The lodge was opened in due form Avith solemn prayer , when Mr . Joseph Tanner Avas duly initiated into the ancient and honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England ; and Bro . David Smith having

satisfactorily answered the usual questions , Avas duly passed to the degree of E . G . Bros . Corrick , Stiff , Craven , and Pardon having severally given proofs of their efficiency , were raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by the W . M . in a most admirable manner , eliciting the utmost approbation from the assembled brethren . The W . M . then rose and expressed his grateful and heartfelt thanks for the support and assistance he had received from them during his year of office . The chair was then taken hy Bro . Alfred Day , who proceeded to insfcal the W . M . elect ( Bro . Thos . Beard ) in his usual excellent manner , after Avhich

the W . M . invested his officers as follows : —Bros . W . Southall , S . W . ; Chas . Southall , J . W . ; Sisson , S . D . ; Lawrence , J . D . ; W . Wynne , I . G . ; Rice , Tyler ; W . Weedon , Treas . ; Edmund Farthing , P . M . The lodge was then called off to banquet , Avhen about sixty brethren gathered round the W . M ., and did ample justice to the excellent viands set before them by Bro . Painter , which were of the most recherche description . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been iven and dul

g y honoured , the "W . M . 's health was proposed in a neat and effective speech by Bro . Earthing , and was cordially responded to . —The W . M ., in his reply , said the duty devolved on hira , ancl he did it with unfeigned pleasure , having known Bro . Earthing for many years , of presenting him with the very handsome jewel voted by the lodge at its last meeting in December . He congratulated the brethren in having had so

excellent a Master to preside over them , and in attaching it to his breast he sincerely Avished him health , prosperity , and a long life to wear it ; and that when it should please the G . A . O . T . U . to summon him to the Grand Lodge above , he hoped and trusted that his children's children would treasure it as a proud memento of the esteem in which he Avas held in Ereemasonry . Tho inscription on the jewel is : "A tribute of gratitude and esteem from the brethren of the Temple Lodge

( No . 118 ) to Bro . Edmund Earthing , for the zeal , ability , and assiduity with AA'hich he promulgated the tenets and principles of Freemasonry during his year of office as Worshipful Master , 1861 . " Bro . PAETHISTG- in reply , said the present Avas one of the proudest moments of his life , and Avords were totally inadequate to express what he then , felt on taking office , he assured them he would endeavour to do what every Englishman ought to do—his duty . If he had iven the brethren

satisg faction in the performance of those duties , and he felt he must have done so or they wonld nothave voted him a jewel double in value to those of any of his . predecessors , how much greater was his own satisfaction in having , so pleased them ; it was a convincing proof of those

lines" Honour and rank from no condition rise , Act well your part—thez-e all the honour lies . " The harmony of the evening was much enhanced by the excellent singing of Bros . Perrin , Laivrence , H . Wild , and others . Tbe hrethren separated about eleven o'clock . PHCENIX LOBGE ( NO . 202 . )—The first meeting of this lodge for the year Avas held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Saturday '

last thesth inst ., Bro . J . Bell McEntire , W . M ., presiding . Bros . Thos . Wilson , No . 852 ; W . H . Hubbard , late of No . 168 ; and Jas . Batsford , No . 166 , were duly balloted for and elected as joining members . Mr . J . H . Slater , ancl Mr . J . M . Grimshaw Avere then balloted for as candidates for initiation , and afterwards admitted into the Order in due form , the ceremony being performed by Bro . Watson , P . M ., owing to the indisposition of

the W . M . Bro . Hubbard ivas appointed to the office of S . D ., Bro . Williams , P . M ., who Avas appointed at the installation , having resigned in consequence of having already passed the chair . A petition having heen presented for relief for Bro . Dancock , for many years connected with the tavern , who is incapacitated for work by rheumatism , £ 2 2 s . were voted . A petition for an American brother was also taken into consideration and attended to by the brethren . At the close of business ,

the hrethren adjourned to an elegant banquet , served under the personal superintendence of Bros . Shrewsbury and Elkington . The usual toasts were given , and appropriately responded to , the W . M . in proposing " The Past Masters , " expressing his deep regret that they Avere deprived of the presence of two of them hy domestic affliction , the death of the daughter of one , and consequently the niece of the other , having taken place on the previous Thursday . Bro . Adlard , P . M . No . 7 , acknowledged

the toast of the Visitors , himself and Bro . Lawler of No . 109 , expressing the gratification he experienced at witnessing the prosperity of a lodge which he had before visited with pleasure . A very agreeable evening was spent , enlivened by the musical exertions of Bros . Theodore Distin , Weeks ( professionally Percy ) , G . T . Carter , Lawler , ancl Slater . ST . ANDBEW ' S LOD & E ( NO . 281 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday

, 6 fch inst . The business was the installation of Bro . W . H . Warr , as W . M ., and the initiation of Dr . Edward Thomas Wilson and Mr . Thomas L . Ingram into the mysteries of the first degree . Bro . St . Aubyn having initiated the candidates , aud a full board of Installed Masters being present , Bro . J . Messent , P . M . of the Lodge , performed the ceremony of instal-

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INSTALLATION OF NEW GRAND MASTER OF FRANCE . Article 1
LIGHT. Article 1
MASONIC FACTS. Article 2
MASONIC ORATION. Article 6
PRIVILEGES OF MASONRY. Article 7
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 8
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 9
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 11
METROPOLITAN. Article 11
PROVINCIAL. Article 12
SCOTLAND. Article 13
CHINA. Article 14
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 15
MARK MASONRY. Article 15
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 15
Obituary. Article 15
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Article 16
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 16
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. Article 17
Poetry. Article 17
THE WEEK, Article 17
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEMS . During the past year 18 G 1 , no less than 4511 Craft certificates were issued from the Grand Secretary ' s office , whilst 5304 were paid for ; the discrepancy between the number paid for and issued being to some extent explained by the issue , under

recent arrangements , of blank certificates to some of the colonies , and which cannot he entered as issued in the Grand Secretary's books until the returns are made from the colonial lodges . As it is the number issued bears a favourable comparison Avith the year I 860 , when it Avas' 4061 , showing an increase in 1861 over 1860 of 447 . The number of Royal Arch certificates issued was

• 816 . The Annual Festival of the East Surrey Lodge of Concord Instruction ( No . 680 ) , will take place at the Railway Hotel , Addiscombe-road , Croydon , on Tuesday next . The case of Bro . Miller , for 47 years an inmate of the Queen's Bench for a debt whicli he disputes , is to come before the

Court of Bankruptcy on the 19 th inst . Bro . Masterman , P . M . No . 11 , has kindly taken his case in hand . The Tower Hamlets Engineers' Lodge ( No . 1204 ) is to he consecrated at the Ship and Turtle on Monday next .

NEW LODGES . Warrants for the following lodges have been granted since the publication of this year's Calendar : — 1189 . Leigh Lodge of Eiile Volunteers , Birmingham . 1190 . Lodge of Faith , Hope , and Charity , Roy Bareilly , Oudh . 1191 . Dobie Lodge , Kingston Surrey . 1192 . Hornsey Lodge , Stoke Newington .

1193 . Bulwer Lodge , Constantinople . 1194 . Royal Edward Lodge , Leominster . . 1195 . Meridian Lodge , Millbrook , Cornwall . 1196 . Mornington Lodge , Schnapper Point , Victoria . 1197 . St . John ' s Lodge , Warrnambool , Victoria . 1198 . Lodge La Victoire , Smyrna . 1199 . St . Helen ' s Lodge of Loyalty , St . Helen's , Lancashire . 1200 . Lodge of Temperance in the EastPoplar .

, 1201 . Union Lodge , New Westminster , British Columbia . 1202 . St . George ' s Lodge , Tewkesbury . 1203 . City of London Lodge , City of London Freemasons'Club . 1204 . Tower Hamlets Engineers' Lodge , Leadenhall-street . 1205 . Gosport Lodge , Gosport .

HARTLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT . We have received through Bro . Luckes £ 2 2 s . for the sufferers by the Hartley accident , from the brethren of the Sherborne Lodge , Stroud , and the Vitruvian Lodge , Ross .

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

TEMPLE LODGE ( NO . 118 . )—This highly distinguished lodge met for the first time this year on Tuesday the 4 th inst ., at three o ' clock in the afternoon , under the presidency of Bro . Edmund Farthing , W . M . The lodge was opened in due form Avith solemn prayer , when Mr . Joseph Tanner Avas duly initiated into the ancient and honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England ; and Bro . David Smith having

satisfactorily answered the usual questions , Avas duly passed to the degree of E . G . Bros . Corrick , Stiff , Craven , and Pardon having severally given proofs of their efficiency , were raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by the W . M . in a most admirable manner , eliciting the utmost approbation from the assembled brethren . The W . M . then rose and expressed his grateful and heartfelt thanks for the support and assistance he had received from them during his year of office . The chair was then taken hy Bro . Alfred Day , who proceeded to insfcal the W . M . elect ( Bro . Thos . Beard ) in his usual excellent manner , after Avhich

the W . M . invested his officers as follows : —Bros . W . Southall , S . W . ; Chas . Southall , J . W . ; Sisson , S . D . ; Lawrence , J . D . ; W . Wynne , I . G . ; Rice , Tyler ; W . Weedon , Treas . ; Edmund Farthing , P . M . The lodge was then called off to banquet , Avhen about sixty brethren gathered round the W . M ., and did ample justice to the excellent viands set before them by Bro . Painter , which were of the most recherche description . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been iven and dul

g y honoured , the "W . M . 's health was proposed in a neat and effective speech by Bro . Earthing , and was cordially responded to . —The W . M ., in his reply , said the duty devolved on hira , ancl he did it with unfeigned pleasure , having known Bro . Earthing for many years , of presenting him with the very handsome jewel voted by the lodge at its last meeting in December . He congratulated the brethren in having had so

excellent a Master to preside over them , and in attaching it to his breast he sincerely Avished him health , prosperity , and a long life to wear it ; and that when it should please the G . A . O . T . U . to summon him to the Grand Lodge above , he hoped and trusted that his children's children would treasure it as a proud memento of the esteem in which he Avas held in Ereemasonry . Tho inscription on the jewel is : "A tribute of gratitude and esteem from the brethren of the Temple Lodge

( No . 118 ) to Bro . Edmund Earthing , for the zeal , ability , and assiduity with AA'hich he promulgated the tenets and principles of Freemasonry during his year of office as Worshipful Master , 1861 . " Bro . PAETHISTG- in reply , said the present Avas one of the proudest moments of his life , and Avords were totally inadequate to express what he then , felt on taking office , he assured them he would endeavour to do what every Englishman ought to do—his duty . If he had iven the brethren

satisg faction in the performance of those duties , and he felt he must have done so or they wonld nothave voted him a jewel double in value to those of any of his . predecessors , how much greater was his own satisfaction in having , so pleased them ; it was a convincing proof of those

lines" Honour and rank from no condition rise , Act well your part—thez-e all the honour lies . " The harmony of the evening was much enhanced by the excellent singing of Bros . Perrin , Laivrence , H . Wild , and others . Tbe hrethren separated about eleven o'clock . PHCENIX LOBGE ( NO . 202 . )—The first meeting of this lodge for the year Avas held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Saturday '

last thesth inst ., Bro . J . Bell McEntire , W . M ., presiding . Bros . Thos . Wilson , No . 852 ; W . H . Hubbard , late of No . 168 ; and Jas . Batsford , No . 166 , were duly balloted for and elected as joining members . Mr . J . H . Slater , ancl Mr . J . M . Grimshaw Avere then balloted for as candidates for initiation , and afterwards admitted into the Order in due form , the ceremony being performed by Bro . Watson , P . M ., owing to the indisposition of

the W . M . Bro . Hubbard ivas appointed to the office of S . D ., Bro . Williams , P . M ., who Avas appointed at the installation , having resigned in consequence of having already passed the chair . A petition having heen presented for relief for Bro . Dancock , for many years connected with the tavern , who is incapacitated for work by rheumatism , £ 2 2 s . were voted . A petition for an American brother was also taken into consideration and attended to by the brethren . At the close of business ,

the hrethren adjourned to an elegant banquet , served under the personal superintendence of Bros . Shrewsbury and Elkington . The usual toasts were given , and appropriately responded to , the W . M . in proposing " The Past Masters , " expressing his deep regret that they Avere deprived of the presence of two of them hy domestic affliction , the death of the daughter of one , and consequently the niece of the other , having taken place on the previous Thursday . Bro . Adlard , P . M . No . 7 , acknowledged

the toast of the Visitors , himself and Bro . Lawler of No . 109 , expressing the gratification he experienced at witnessing the prosperity of a lodge which he had before visited with pleasure . A very agreeable evening was spent , enlivened by the musical exertions of Bros . Theodore Distin , Weeks ( professionally Percy ) , G . T . Carter , Lawler , ancl Slater . ST . ANDBEW ' S LOD & E ( NO . 281 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday

, 6 fch inst . The business was the installation of Bro . W . H . Warr , as W . M ., and the initiation of Dr . Edward Thomas Wilson and Mr . Thomas L . Ingram into the mysteries of the first degree . Bro . St . Aubyn having initiated the candidates , aud a full board of Installed Masters being present , Bro . J . Messent , P . M . of the Lodge , performed the ceremony of instal-

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