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Metropolitan.

a vote of thanks be entered on the minutes for Bro . Filer ' s great care and attention as their Treasurer , and of the regret of the lodge that he had relinquished that office . —This was seconded by some half-score of members , and carried unanimously . —Bro . FILER , P . M ., and late Treas ., had heard the unanimous vote with pleasure and satisfaction . He had given up that distinguished mark of their confidence , only that he might be quite at liberty , for the duties of the office required a regular attendanceancl he

, also thought no one should monopolise any office for too long a period . He felt quite sure Bro . Cox would give satisfaction , as he had known him long before that brother had been initiated in their lodge . For the vote of thanks , ancl the way in which they had always received him , he tendered his best thanks . Before he sat down , he thought it was the proper moment to refer to the Festival of the Benevolent Institution , at which he

was present , when Bro . AVinn , their new J . W ., had presented one hundred guineas to the Charity , which , coupled with what he had done on a former occasion , showed how handsomely ho had come forward to support the lodge , and that he was entitled to their best thanks for so doing . Bro . Filer then proposed that the thanks - of the lodge be presented to Bro . AVinn , for his handsome manner in carrying out the stewardship of the lod

ge , and that the same be entered on the minutes . —This was also most numerously seconded , and carried by acclamation . — -Bro . WINN , J . AV ., returned thanks for the compliment , and declined the whole of the merits of the lodge list . A lady , Mrs . E . Cox , had come to their assistance , and made their list amount to £ 150 . and he hoped the lodge would allow that the vote they had just past , might be entered on the minutes to the ladies who had

contributed instead of in his name . The lodge was afterwards closed and the brethren adjourned to Bro . Todd ' s drawing-room , where a banquet was served with that elegance , good taste , ancl profusion , which are the characteristic of the Canonbury Tavern under Bro . Todd ' s liberal management . Upon the removal of the cloth , Bro . FILEE , P . M . and Treas ., gave the regular toasts , and then came to that of the visitors . He said they had many there from a distance , aud were highly honoured by their presence . The Canonbury Lodge had found great friendships from many brethren in the Craft . Bro . Binckes , P . M . of No . 10 had , when first he ( Bro . Filer ) knew him , belonged to the Enoch

Lodge , but he had long since gone to another , and it gave them all great pleasure to see him there . He felt there was no-need to tell them who and what he was , for they were known to be the upholders of the charities , and Bro . Binckes was connected with one of them . Here the AA . M . went through the list of visitors , making kind and ge . nial remarks upon each name , and concluded by greeting them all with a hearty welcome . —Bro . BINCKES said it was a great gratification to him to be present

, for he had the happiness to know many members of the lodge , and was present at its consecration . The visitors were greatlypleased to see it so flourishing , ancl the good example it set was not without its advantage in other cpiarters . He thought their appointments , made that night , were good , and he need not do more than allude to one of the votes of thanks they had heard to support him in that view . With such munificence they not

only prospered , but deserved to prosper . In the lodge their working was good , ancl at that table their hospitality was in no way neglected , so he , on behalf of the visitors , wish them a full measure of success , and expressed their satisfaction with the fraternal kindness they met with there . —Bro . FILEE said their new WM . was very unwell , and had been obliged to leave immediately on the conclusion of the ceremony . He had asked

him ( Bro . Filer ) , to preside for him and he did so with regret for the cause . Bro . Chancellor , their AA . M ., was a very excellent and worthy brother , an amiable man , and a credit to the lodge —( Hear , hear . )—and he was sure they would all agree with him in the toast . He proposed " The better health of their AA . M . "—Bro . FILEE remarked that if the duties of the P . M . ' s of the Canonbury Lodge were

light , they were none the less efficient . As young blood in a lodge was desirable , so was it amongst the P . M . ' s , and he gladly hailed an accession to their numbers that evening . The lodge had voted Bro . Warman its jewel , ancl it gave him ( Bro . Filer ) much pleasure to present it to him . —Bro . AVARMAN was verymuch obliged for the jewel he had just received , and hoped to wear it long in that lodge . —Bro . E . CoxP . M . and Treas . said

, , lie was so old a P . M . —now two years—that he would sum up all he had to say with God speed them one and all . —Bro . ENSOM , P . M ., was no long speaker , and contented himself by saying he thanked them all heartily . —Bro . BOHN , P . M . and Sec ., could only indorse Bro . Cox ' s good wishes , and , as he hoped

to have many other opportunities to thank them , would no longer trespass on their time . —Bro . E . Cox , P . M . and Treas ., rose to propose the next toast , which was one they all felt deeply interested in , it was "The Health of Bro . Filer , the first W . M . of the Canonbury Lodge . " ( Hear , hear . ) No doubt it had been to him a matter of great solicitude both as W . M . and their Treasurer ; the latter office he bad held for some years , and he need scarcely say how excellently those duties had been done .

The toast he gave them was long life and happiness to their first W . M ., and , till that day , Treasurer , Bro . Filer . —Bro . FILER , who made a very humourous and effective reply , said the duties he had undertaken he had always performed with a great deal of pleasure , and he felt the compliment that had been paid him very sincerely . —The AV . M . had to bring before their notice the new officers . The S . W ., Bro . Turner , had risen a step , as well as Bro . Winn , the J . W . ; from what he knew of them he

was sure they would study their duties . He then went through the list , and concluded by adding that in Bro . Bohn , their P . M . ancl Sec ., they had an invaluable aid . There never was , he said , such a Secretary . He was most minute in all he did . He put their minutes into excellent language , and afterwards wrote them in a hand as good as could be written . The W . M . then added their new Treasurer's name to the toast , and proposed "Long life and happiness to the present Officers of the Canonbury Lodge . "—

Bro . TURNER , S . AA \ , for the kind manner in which he had been spoken of was very grateful , and would do his best to support the AV . M . —Bro . WINN , J . W ., in a very neat allegorical sea-faring speech , said he hoped to do his duty and navigate the vessel safely into port . The junior officers each spoke for themselves . Bro . E . Cox , would promise but one thing that was to do his best , but , as he knew that the office of Treasurer was no

sinecure , he should claim their indulgence for any shortcomings . —Bro . BOHN , P . M . and See ., on his own behalf said if liis past services had been of the slightest value to the lodge , he could assure them they should be continued with unabated zeal . ( Hear , hear . )—Bro . BOIIN , P . M . ancl See ., found it his greatest pleasure to appeal to them so successfully on behalf of the charities . That seemed to be a toast that attached to him , personally , in that lodge . They had now regularly sent Stewards for some years , and Bro . Chancellor , their AV . M ., had kindly

come forward to serve for the Boy's School . Their Bro . Winn took up a list of £ 150 at the Festival for the Benevolent Fund and he should like to see a similar amount at next festival in March . He believed if every lodge would send a Steward to each of the charities , and every brother would send a guinea hy him , their charities would be more , prosperous still . He concluded by proposing " Success to the Masonic Charities and Bro . Binckes . " —Bro . BINCKES was afraid that he could not do

justice to the toast in a lodge like No . 955 , where the higher principles of relief were so well understood . He had to plead the cause of one who was ill , their AV . M ., and he feared less effectively than Bro . Chancellor would have done . It had been said that ingratitude was the sin of withchcraft , but on account of the Boy's School , that could never be laid at his door for he was deeply grateful to Bro . AVinn for the last Festivaland wished that every

, lodge could boast one or two such members . Bro . Winn had made a reference to a lady ' s assistance to his list , and he ( Bro . Binckes ) was glad to see u disposition on the part of the fair sex to come forward on such occasions . Novelty as it was , a lady had positively enrolled her name amongst tbe Stewards for the Boy ' s Festival , and he did not see any incongruity in it ; for theythe sterner sextook great interest in the Girl ' s School

, , , and for his own part he had always been warmly attached to that Charity ; so he thought if he could but win the ladies for the Boy's , the exchange was nothing but mutual . The ladies often declared that Freemasonry took their husbands from home ; but he advocated the plan of giving them some share in the practical plan of doing good . He was happy to say the AV . M . 's list had just been commenced iu that room , and he found four

members putting down their names as follows . —The W . M ., twenty guineas ; their Treasurer , twenty guineas ; their J . W ., twenty guineas ; and Bro . Kirkham , ten guineas — a total of seventy guineas , in less than five minutes . He hoped to get a large surplus fund this year , for they had many wants . In three years he wanted accommodation fcr 100 hoys , and now they could only admit 72 . There would be seven vacancies in October ,

but there were many more applicants . He knew he had but to ask there , and have ; for their lodge had been quoted as one of the most munificent . He was gratefnl to them for the past , and hopeful for the future ; and in the name of those Charities for

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ANTIQUITY OF MASONIC DEGREES. Article 1
CHRONOLOGY VIEWED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ASTRONOMY AND FREEMASONRY. MASONRY. Article 2
NEW MATERIALS FOR THE LIFE OF JOHN FLAXMAN, R.A. Article 3
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 5
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 7
METROPOLITAN. Article 8
PROVINCIAL. Article 11
SCOTLAND. Article 14
MARK MASONRY. Article 15
ROYAL ARCH. Article 16
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 16
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 16
WEST INDIES. Article 16
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Metropolitan.

a vote of thanks be entered on the minutes for Bro . Filer ' s great care and attention as their Treasurer , and of the regret of the lodge that he had relinquished that office . —This was seconded by some half-score of members , and carried unanimously . —Bro . FILER , P . M ., and late Treas ., had heard the unanimous vote with pleasure and satisfaction . He had given up that distinguished mark of their confidence , only that he might be quite at liberty , for the duties of the office required a regular attendanceancl he

, also thought no one should monopolise any office for too long a period . He felt quite sure Bro . Cox would give satisfaction , as he had known him long before that brother had been initiated in their lodge . For the vote of thanks , ancl the way in which they had always received him , he tendered his best thanks . Before he sat down , he thought it was the proper moment to refer to the Festival of the Benevolent Institution , at which he

was present , when Bro . AVinn , their new J . W ., had presented one hundred guineas to the Charity , which , coupled with what he had done on a former occasion , showed how handsomely ho had come forward to support the lodge , and that he was entitled to their best thanks for so doing . Bro . Filer then proposed that the thanks - of the lodge be presented to Bro . AVinn , for his handsome manner in carrying out the stewardship of the lod

ge , and that the same be entered on the minutes . —This was also most numerously seconded , and carried by acclamation . — -Bro . WINN , J . AV ., returned thanks for the compliment , and declined the whole of the merits of the lodge list . A lady , Mrs . E . Cox , had come to their assistance , and made their list amount to £ 150 . and he hoped the lodge would allow that the vote they had just past , might be entered on the minutes to the ladies who had

contributed instead of in his name . The lodge was afterwards closed and the brethren adjourned to Bro . Todd ' s drawing-room , where a banquet was served with that elegance , good taste , ancl profusion , which are the characteristic of the Canonbury Tavern under Bro . Todd ' s liberal management . Upon the removal of the cloth , Bro . FILEE , P . M . and Treas ., gave the regular toasts , and then came to that of the visitors . He said they had many there from a distance , aud were highly honoured by their presence . The Canonbury Lodge had found great friendships from many brethren in the Craft . Bro . Binckes , P . M . of No . 10 had , when first he ( Bro . Filer ) knew him , belonged to the Enoch

Lodge , but he had long since gone to another , and it gave them all great pleasure to see him there . He felt there was no-need to tell them who and what he was , for they were known to be the upholders of the charities , and Bro . Binckes was connected with one of them . Here the AA . M . went through the list of visitors , making kind and ge . nial remarks upon each name , and concluded by greeting them all with a hearty welcome . —Bro . BINCKES said it was a great gratification to him to be present

, for he had the happiness to know many members of the lodge , and was present at its consecration . The visitors were greatlypleased to see it so flourishing , ancl the good example it set was not without its advantage in other cpiarters . He thought their appointments , made that night , were good , and he need not do more than allude to one of the votes of thanks they had heard to support him in that view . With such munificence they not

only prospered , but deserved to prosper . In the lodge their working was good , ancl at that table their hospitality was in no way neglected , so he , on behalf of the visitors , wish them a full measure of success , and expressed their satisfaction with the fraternal kindness they met with there . —Bro . FILEE said their new WM . was very unwell , and had been obliged to leave immediately on the conclusion of the ceremony . He had asked

him ( Bro . Filer ) , to preside for him and he did so with regret for the cause . Bro . Chancellor , their AA . M ., was a very excellent and worthy brother , an amiable man , and a credit to the lodge —( Hear , hear . )—and he was sure they would all agree with him in the toast . He proposed " The better health of their AA . M . "—Bro . FILEE remarked that if the duties of the P . M . ' s of the Canonbury Lodge were

light , they were none the less efficient . As young blood in a lodge was desirable , so was it amongst the P . M . ' s , and he gladly hailed an accession to their numbers that evening . The lodge had voted Bro . Warman its jewel , ancl it gave him ( Bro . Filer ) much pleasure to present it to him . —Bro . AVARMAN was verymuch obliged for the jewel he had just received , and hoped to wear it long in that lodge . —Bro . E . CoxP . M . and Treas . said

, , lie was so old a P . M . —now two years—that he would sum up all he had to say with God speed them one and all . —Bro . ENSOM , P . M ., was no long speaker , and contented himself by saying he thanked them all heartily . —Bro . BOHN , P . M . and Sec ., could only indorse Bro . Cox ' s good wishes , and , as he hoped

to have many other opportunities to thank them , would no longer trespass on their time . —Bro . E . Cox , P . M . and Treas ., rose to propose the next toast , which was one they all felt deeply interested in , it was "The Health of Bro . Filer , the first W . M . of the Canonbury Lodge . " ( Hear , hear . ) No doubt it had been to him a matter of great solicitude both as W . M . and their Treasurer ; the latter office he bad held for some years , and he need scarcely say how excellently those duties had been done .

The toast he gave them was long life and happiness to their first W . M ., and , till that day , Treasurer , Bro . Filer . —Bro . FILER , who made a very humourous and effective reply , said the duties he had undertaken he had always performed with a great deal of pleasure , and he felt the compliment that had been paid him very sincerely . —The AV . M . had to bring before their notice the new officers . The S . W ., Bro . Turner , had risen a step , as well as Bro . Winn , the J . W . ; from what he knew of them he

was sure they would study their duties . He then went through the list , and concluded by adding that in Bro . Bohn , their P . M . ancl Sec ., they had an invaluable aid . There never was , he said , such a Secretary . He was most minute in all he did . He put their minutes into excellent language , and afterwards wrote them in a hand as good as could be written . The W . M . then added their new Treasurer's name to the toast , and proposed "Long life and happiness to the present Officers of the Canonbury Lodge . "—

Bro . TURNER , S . AA \ , for the kind manner in which he had been spoken of was very grateful , and would do his best to support the AV . M . —Bro . WINN , J . W ., in a very neat allegorical sea-faring speech , said he hoped to do his duty and navigate the vessel safely into port . The junior officers each spoke for themselves . Bro . E . Cox , would promise but one thing that was to do his best , but , as he knew that the office of Treasurer was no

sinecure , he should claim their indulgence for any shortcomings . —Bro . BOHN , P . M . and See ., on his own behalf said if liis past services had been of the slightest value to the lodge , he could assure them they should be continued with unabated zeal . ( Hear , hear . )—Bro . BOIIN , P . M . ancl See ., found it his greatest pleasure to appeal to them so successfully on behalf of the charities . That seemed to be a toast that attached to him , personally , in that lodge . They had now regularly sent Stewards for some years , and Bro . Chancellor , their AV . M ., had kindly

come forward to serve for the Boy's School . Their Bro . Winn took up a list of £ 150 at the Festival for the Benevolent Fund and he should like to see a similar amount at next festival in March . He believed if every lodge would send a Steward to each of the charities , and every brother would send a guinea hy him , their charities would be more , prosperous still . He concluded by proposing " Success to the Masonic Charities and Bro . Binckes . " —Bro . BINCKES was afraid that he could not do

justice to the toast in a lodge like No . 955 , where the higher principles of relief were so well understood . He had to plead the cause of one who was ill , their AV . M ., and he feared less effectively than Bro . Chancellor would have done . It had been said that ingratitude was the sin of withchcraft , but on account of the Boy's School , that could never be laid at his door for he was deeply grateful to Bro . AVinn for the last Festivaland wished that every

, lodge could boast one or two such members . Bro . Winn had made a reference to a lady ' s assistance to his list , and he ( Bro . Binckes ) was glad to see u disposition on the part of the fair sex to come forward on such occasions . Novelty as it was , a lady had positively enrolled her name amongst tbe Stewards for the Boy ' s Festival , and he did not see any incongruity in it ; for theythe sterner sextook great interest in the Girl ' s School

, , , and for his own part he had always been warmly attached to that Charity ; so he thought if he could but win the ladies for the Boy's , the exchange was nothing but mutual . The ladies often declared that Freemasonry took their husbands from home ; but he advocated the plan of giving them some share in the practical plan of doing good . He was happy to say the AV . M . 's list had just been commenced iu that room , and he found four

members putting down their names as follows . —The W . M ., twenty guineas ; their Treasurer , twenty guineas ; their J . W ., twenty guineas ; and Bro . Kirkham , ten guineas — a total of seventy guineas , in less than five minutes . He hoped to get a large surplus fund this year , for they had many wants . In three years he wanted accommodation fcr 100 hoys , and now they could only admit 72 . There would be seven vacancies in October ,

but there were many more applicants . He knew he had but to ask there , and have ; for their lodge had been quoted as one of the most munificent . He was gratefnl to them for the past , and hopeful for the future ; and in the name of those Charities for

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