Lodge Meetings Next Week.

456 Foresters , Uttoxeter 2555 England Centre , Weedon 469 Hundred of Elloe , Spalding 473 F ' ship & Sincerity , Shaftesbury Friday . 489 Benevolence , Bideford Board of Management , Boys School , 523 John of Gaunt , Leicester 2-30 600 Harmonv , Bradford . ' .

605 Combermere , Birkenhead 143 Middlesex , Albion 625 Devonshire , fllossop 975 Rose of Denmark , Kenmngton 659 Blai'don , Blyth 1962 London Rifle Brigade , And't ' n ' s . 663 Wiltshire of Fidelity , Devizes 2157 St . Mark ' s College , H'lbornRest 758 Kllesmere Runcorn 2346 Warrant Officers , F'masons ' -hall

761 St . John , Dursley 152 Virtue , Manchester 802 Repose , Derb y 155 Perseverance , Liverpool 833 Aian , \ beravon 271 Royal Clarence , Brighton 900 St . George , Tewkesbury 347 Noah Ark , Tipton 939 Pelham , Worksop 355 R > 1 . S'x . Emulation , Swindon 940 Philanthropy , Stockton 401 Royal Forest , Slaidburn 971 Trafalgar . Batley 404 Watford , Watford

1000 Priory , Southend 460 Sut'land Unity , N'castle-u-Lyme 1011 Richmond , Manchester 541 De Loraine , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1037 Portland , Portland 652 Holme Valley , Holmfirth 1042 Excelsior . Leeds 993 Alexandra , Levenshulme 1184 Abbey , Battle 1034 Eccleshill , Eccleshill 1299 Pembroke , Liverpool 1074 Underley , Kirkby Lonslade 1332 Unity , Crediton HQ 8 Royal Wharfedak , Otley

1386 St . Hugh , Lincoln 1311 Zetland , Leeds 1393 Hamer , Liverpool 1330 St . Peter , Market Harborough 1432 Fitz-Allan , Oswestry 1357 Cope , Sale 1459 Ashbury , West Gorton 1389 Fenwick , Sunderland 1470 Chiltern , Dunstable 1739 Carnarvon , Swadlincote 1512 Hemming , Hampton Court 1773 Albert Victor , Pendleton 1514 Thornhill . Huddersfield 1794 De Vere , Nottingham

1534 Concord , Prestwich 2063 St . Osyth Priory , Cl ' ctfn-on-Sea 1562 Homfray , Risca 2078 St . Lawrence , Scunthorpe 1594 Cedewain , Newtown , Mont . 2231 Talbot , Stretford 1763 St . Mary . Thame 2380 Beneventa , Daventry 1776 Landport , Landport 2447 Palatine , Manchester 1821 Atlingworth , Brighton 1869 SandownSandownI . of W'ht .

, , 1872 St . Margaret . Surbiton Saturday . 1887 St . Hilda , Wallingford 715 Panmure , Cannon Street Hotel 1892 Wallington , Sutton 1139 South Norwood , S . Norwood P . 2107 Etheldreda , Newmarket 1364 Earl of Zetland , Guildhall Tav . 2158 Boscombe , Boscombe 1641 Crichton , Camberwell 2189 Ashburton , Ashburton 1732 King ' s Cross , Anderton ' s

2226 St . David , Rhymney 2513 Sir Walter S . John , Cam well 2268 Hallamshire . Sheffield 149 Peace , Meltham 2302 St . Mary . Southwell 811 Yarborough , Brighton 2305 Stour , Ashford , Kent 1126 Oakwood , Romiley 2325 Rose of Lancaster , Southport 1871 Gostling Murray , Hounslow 2341 Clemency , Oldham 2035 Beaumont , Kirkburton 2430 Runnymede , Wraysbury 2548 Herga , Harrow

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TO THE GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION for Aged Freemasons and Widows . SECOND APPLICATION . Your votes and interest are solicited on behalf of LUCY WHILE , Aged sixty-one years , Widow of the late Bro . JOHN WHILE , Journalist , who died on January 20 th , 1892 . Bro . While was initiated in the Lodge of Uuited Strength , No . 223 , on December 10 th , 1867 , and became W . M . of that Lodge in 1875 , continuing a member of it until the time ol his death . He was also for two years a member of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 ; was a Royal Arch Mason , exalted in the William Preston Chapter , No . 766 , and a P . Z . of the Chapter of United Strength . He was a subscriber to tbs three Masonic Institutions , and in 1875 a Steward of the Benevolent Institution , of which ho was a Life Governor . His widow is also a Life Governor of this Institution . The case is strongrly recommended by—B . W . Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W ., Guildhall , E . C . W . Bro . 3 . C . Parkinson , P . G . D ., P . D . P . G . M ., Middlesex , Reform Club , S . W . W . Bro . Lennox Browne , F . R . C . S ., P . D . G . D . C ., 15 Mansfield Street , W . W . Bro . Thomas Catling ( Editor Lloyd's Weekly ) , P . M ., 2190 and 2127 . W . Bro . John Northcotb ( Daily Chronicle ) , P . M ., 2190 . Bro . John Lobb . G . C ., M . L . S . B ., 228 , 4 St . Bride Street , E . C . W . Bro . Robert Griggs , P . M ., 228 , 11 Grays Inn Square , W . C . * W . Bro . George J . Dawson , P . M ., 1853 , 41 Holland Road , Brixton , S . W . W . Bro . E . E . Peacock ( Morning Post ) , P . M . and P . Z ., 1928 , I . G ., 2190 . W . Bro . Orlton Cooper , P . M ., 211 , H ., 1928 , M . E . Z .. 483 , Tilbury , Essex . W . Bro . George Kenning , Patron , P . M . and P . Z ., 192 and 1657 , P . Prov . G . D . Middlesex , Upper Sydenham , S . E . Bro . C . P . H . Smith , 1928 ( late 223 ) , 42 Blvthwood Road , Crouch Hill . Bro . J . Bune , 1923 , Clent , Thurlow Park Road , West Dulwich . Bro . J . D . Irvine , 1928 , 149 Acre Lane , Brixton , S . W . W . Bro . W . T . Perkins , P . M ., 1928 , 36 Norwood Road , Heme Hill , S . E . Bro . William Senior , 2190 , 9 Parkbill Road , N . W . W . Bro . Percy W . Husk , P . M ., 1928 , P . Z ., 1928 , 125 Brixton Hill , S . W . * Bro . W . W . Morgan , 177 , New Baraet . * W . Bro . H . Massey , P . M . and P . Z ., 619 and 1928 , 1 Clifford ' s Inn , E . C . Votes will be thankfully received by tho Brethren against whose name a * is marked , and by the candidate , 19 Knighton Park Road , Sydenham , S . E .

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LODGE OF PRUDENT BRETHREN , No . 145 . ON Tuesday , 23 rd ult ., Bro . T . P . Warwick was installed as the Worshipful Blaster of this Lodge , which has for its motto , " Caritas , Justitia , Prudentia " It is a fine Lodge to be the Master of , as it possesses a record of a century and a quarter , and Bro . Warwick is its 126 th chief Officer , says the

" City Press . " For thirty-one years it has had a Royal Arch Chapter attached to it , a Chapter which is very successful—like the Lodge—and under its first M . E . Z ., the late Companion JohD Boyd , of Jermyn Street , had as many as seventeen candidates foe exaltation on its first working night . It was under the late Bro . Boyd that the Lodge attained to excellent working . That character has been maintained ever since , and it now can compare favourably with any Lodge iu this respect .

Bro . H . B . Spaul W . M . first initiated Mr . W . P . Armstrong as a Mason , and then performed the installation ceremony , Bro . T . P . Warwick being , of course , the central figure . A handsome jewel of a Past Master was presented to Bro . Spaul , a gift which he acknowledged in very graceful terms .

Before the Lodge closed letters of apology and regret for absence were read by the Secretary from Bro . Alderman Alliston , Bro . Alderman Truscott , the Rev . P . Clernenti-Smith ( rector of St . Anne ' s , Blackfriars ) , Bro . S . White , Bro . G . Rawlinson , Bro . C . H . Harris , and Dr . Duncan . The Brethren afterwards banqueted at the Freemasons' Tavern , and honoured the customary toasts .

The toast of the Worshipful Master was proposed by Bro . Spaul I . P . M ., who said that eleven years had passed since he and the W . M . entered Masonry together in the Lodge . They had gone on in Office , and were known as the twins . They agreed , as their names followed alphabetically , that he ( Bro . Spaul ) should take precedence of Bro . Warwick . Bro . W arwick started now on a year of glory , and he hoped it would be a year of glory for the Lodge , with plenty of prosperity and numerous Initiates—good and sound men who would take an interest in Masonry , and occupy Office in the Lodge .

Bro . Warwick , iu acknowledging the toast , said he and Bro . Spaul had walked together not only in Masonry but in charitable circles ; they had been bosom , friends , and would go out of their way to serve each other . He was pleased to occupy the proud position of Master of the Prudent Brethren Lodge , and , if he could do anything in his little way in the next twelve months to further the interests of the Lodge , he would do it with the utmost pleasure .

Bro . Spaul responded to the toast of the Immediate Past Master , and said that , while thinking that in the course of 125 years the Lodge ought to have amassed a large invested fund , he should do his best to bring it into a very flourishing condition .

-BOROUGH LODGE , No . 2589 . THIS Lodge has not been constituted more than five years , and during that short period it has drawn to its ranks adherents who represent the leading professions and trading interests in Southwark and Newington . Particular interest centred in the Installation on Wednesday , 17 th ult ., of

Bro . James A . Cannon , in that he bears a name honoured in Newington , and , moreover , associated—in the person of his father—in the local life of the parish . There was a large muster of members and of visitors at the ceremony , which took place in the Lodge Room of the Bridge House Hotel , London Bridge .

The retiring Worshipful Master Bro . Henry W . Bulpitt was unfortunately laid aside by an attack of influenza , and his position was filled by Bro . Roots P . M ., who also undertook the duties of Installing Master . In addition to the installation , there was the initiation of a candidate and

the passing of a second , the ceremony of the latter being conducted by Bro . A . Atkins P . M . A handsome Past Master ' s jewel had been purchased for Bro . Bulpitt , as a mark of the Lodge ' s appreciation of his year's services . The Officers of the Lodge were deputed to wait upon him and make the presentation .

. The installation banquet subsequently held was a recherche function , and at its conclusion the Loyal toasts were given from the chair , and honoured with enthusiasm . Bro . A . Atkins followed with the health of the Worshipful Master , paying a tribute to the assiduity with which Bro . Cannon had entered into the instructional duties so necessary for a proficient discharge of the Master ' s functions . He predicted the Lodge was in for a year ' s good work .

The W . M . replied , remarking that ever since the Borough Lodge had been founded be had thrown , himself heart and souL into its affairs . He felt so much interest in it that the more work they gave him the better he would be pleased . The W . M . gave the Visitors , and Bro . Mullens W . M . of the Dagmar Lodge , in acknowledgment , congratulated , as an old friend of his family , the W . M . on his attainment to the chair .

Bro . W . G . Cannon , who was also called upon to respond , expressed in feeling terms his pride at seeing his eldest sou iu the chair of the Lodge . It seemed only a fevv month * ago that he initiated his two sons in the Dagmar Lodge , and that evening ' s event was something unique in the history of his family . The Treasurer and Secretary was proposed from the chair , and Bro . Hattersley , replying for tbe former , congratulated the Lodge on the satisfactory state of the finances .

Bro . O'Dea Secretary reminded tne company that their present W . M . started in the new Lodge as I . G ., and it was a matter of pride that he had reached the chair . They commenced the Lodge with nine members , and now had forty-two on the roll , which , with a good balance at the bank , was an oxcellent record .