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Ifanal li : isoiTic | irstitutiairfor % hm , ~ WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . rililB MONTHLY MEETING of the General Committee will be L h"hl , by adjournment from Saturday , 3 rd August , on Saturday HUh August , at the Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , at the usual hour of four o'clock in thc afternoon , for the transaction of general business . By Order , FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . Sword Bearer ) , V .-Pat ., Secretary . Of HOE—6 Freemasons' HaU , London , W . C . 6 th August 1839 .

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To the Governors and Subscribers of tbe § 0 j ) dpHS 0 mc Institution far § op , WOOD GKREEN , LONDON , N . DJEAB MADAM OB SIR , The post of Surgeon to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Wood Green being now vacant , I desire to offer myself as candidate for the same . . I havo been residing within one minute ' s walk from tho Institution tor the last four years , and am intimately acquainted with tho working of it . I havo tho honour to append Testimonials of my professional life , and to state that if I am honoured hy being appointed to tho post , I shall always make it my best endeavour to work in harmony with my brother Officials . I have the honour to remain , Yours very obediently , Lordship Lane , Wood Green , U . F . TOMLIN , M . KC . S . Eng ., & c . August 1889 . Copies of Testimonials received by K . P . Tomlin , Surgeon . Devonport , 26 th May 1873 . ( this is to certify that Mr . Robert Francis Tomlin became my Articled tupil in September 1869 , and remained with me till October 1870 . During this time he was attentive to his duties and his studies , very punctual in his attendance , and always anxious to please . He has been with mo occasionally during the last three years , and I find ho is prosecuting his studies witli Exemplary Diligence , and gives proof of groat ability and unremitting application to his work . JOSEPH MAY , Surgeon , 21 Grosvenor , Bath , 23 rd July 1889 . I am p leased to state that Mr . R . F . Tomlin acted as assistant to my lato father-in-law , Dr . Leahy , of Bridgend , during thc years 1873 and 1871 , and gave him every satisfaction . He considered him most skilful and attentive | to his patients . The practice was chiefly amongst colliers , railway men , and iron-workers , so that his opportunities for surgical work were very great . W . S . STABLES , L . S . A , ( Uml ) . Becket House Wantage , 23 rd July 1889 . Having known Mr . R . F . Tomlin most intimately for the last Fourteen Years , I can bear every testimony to his Character and Abilities , both professionally and socially . After having been with me for four years as Assistant , ho joined mc in partnership , and it was with deep regret that , owing to circumstances relating solely to myself , our connection had to lie broken , and I need hardly say that ho took away with him the hearty good wishes of a large number of patients , by whom he had been much valued for his kind and skilful services . He is thoroughly qualified for thc post of Surgeon to the Masonic Schools , for which I understand he is a candidate , alike by his kindness and industry , as byhisprofesslon . il knowledge and experience , and I fool quite sure in him the Governors will find a most painstaking and efficient Officer . J . A . BALL , M . B . ( Land . ) Physician to St . Mary ' * Home , Wantage ; Consulting Surgeon to tin Stockport Infirmary .

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JJATO'S S 1 KW HOTKl EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION ( Adjoining the EAILWAY , and facing the RIVER and PALACE ) . BRO . JOHN MAYO haa ample accommodation in the new wing of this old-established and noted Riverside Hotel for Banquets for any mvmb ' ef ' np to 100 . Every convenience for Ladies' Gatherings . Spacious landing to river , whence Steam Launches can start . Specimens of Menus , With prices ,- sent on application . Three Lodges meet at the Castle Hotel , and reference may be made to tho respective Masters as to the catering , ic .

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GREYHOUND HOTEL , HAMPTON COURT ( MIDDLESEX ) . This Hotel , now entirely Redecorated and Furnished , contains tho best and most comfortable Suites of Apartments . SUPERIOR LODGE ACCOMMODATION , Three Large Banqueting Rooms . The Cuisine is of thc highest class , nnd tho cellars have been well stocked with the best known Brands of Wines , & c . BRO . J . B . MELLA will superintend personally the whole of tbe details of Management , in order to give full satisfaction , and is prepared from now to undertake any arrangements for Banquets or Beanfeasts , Luncheons , ic ., at the most reasonable charges . The Four-in-Hiuid Hotel Coach will leave daily from the Koyal Hotel , Blackfriars Bridge , and the Criterion Restaurant , for Hampton Court .

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MASONIC LITERATURE . WANTED . —To Purchase , for Cash , Or , t > BOOKS ON FREEMASONRY . State full Title , Date , and style of Binding ; with prices required . Address , F . W ., ilThornhill Square , Barnsbury , London , N . Four days' silence a negative .

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FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended . in London and Country , by Bro . G . A . HUTTON , 17 Newcastle Stroot , Strand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .

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SATURDAY , 10 TH AUGUST 1889 .

Sutherland Of Unity Lodge No. 460.

SUTHERLAND OF UNITY LODGE No . 460 .

THE jubilee of thia Lodge , whose place of meeting is tbe Castle Hotel , Newcastle-under-Lyme , was celebrated on the 26 th ult . On tbo 26 th of Jane 1839 , there was a meeting of members of the Craft at Newcastle concerning the consecration of a new Lodge , but very little information ia supplied by the Lodge minute-books as to the nature of tho business transacted . From that little , however ,

and other circumstances , it would appear that William Mason was the leader of the movement for rallying together those gentlemen living in tho town who had already been initiated into the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry . Thero was originally an intention to name tho new Lodge the Sutherland , but some Burslem brethren ,

notwithstanding the existence of the old St . Martin ' s in tbat town , forestalled the Newcastle applicants for a warrant , and secured for themselves the name of Sutherland . The Freemasons in the oldj borough were obliged to submit , at the same time they determined to adhere to the name "Sutherland , " adding to it the words " of

Unity , " to distinguish it from tbe Lodge now numbered 451 . We are not aware that any confusion has been caused , thongh some years ago the proposal to change the name to the Anson was seriously entertained . Before the meeting referred to , the Lodge warrant had been granted , under date 26 th March 1839 , and the

consecration took place on 26 th July in the same year . Ia the war . rant William Mason was named the first W . M ., with John Woolley as S . W . aud John Boulton as J . W . It has sometimes beeu said that in tho early days oi the Lodge tbe brethren were more jovial than their successors , and that , in accordance with the custom of tho times .

later hours were kept , so that the brethren fixed the day of meeting on the Friday nearest the full moon in the hope of thereby getting home with greater safety . It is curious to notice that in the first year of the Lodge ' s existence tho brethren were summoned to ordinary meetings at irregular hours , sometimes at three , fire , six , or

seven o clock , and Bruce s Act not having come into operation , no doubt tho moon was a useful luminary to many after the Tyler ' s toast had been drunk , for many brethren had a long distance to walk and perhaps ou rough and lonely roads . It must not be inferred that in their hilarity the brethren showed any lack of charity , " tbo

characteristic of a Freemason ' s heart , for in their contributions to benevolent objects the members of the Sutherland Lodge of Unity have always kept pace with tho time ? . In the early daya of the Lodge a candidate after initiation had to bo regularly proposed , seconded , and voted for , before he could ba passed to a second degree ,

and ho had again to be formally proposed and elected before being raised to the sublime degree . But this arrangement was not long insisted upon . In 1810 John Bostock was initiated and passed tho same night , which was a common occurrence a little later , but has long since been contrary to the Book of Constitutions . Blackballing

was commenced in the same yeai " , and while several candidates woro elected on the llth of September 1840 , one was rejected as tho resnlt of the ballot . Blackballing has been practised at interval ? , though sparingly and not always wisely , ever since . Tho Lodge was in tho lirst instance numbere **! 674 on the registry of the Grand

Lodge of England , but in 1863 , in accordance with a resolution of Grand Lodge , all the Lodges on the register were brought forward in regular succession by filling np the numbers of those which had become vacant , either by voluntary surrender of warrants or by erasure . From that timo the number of the Sutherland of Unity

has been 460 . William Mason the first W . M . was , at tbe time of tho formation of the Lodge , Mayor of the borough , an office wh ' ch his father , John Mason , had held from the lst of January to tho 9 th November 1836 . He was in business with his father , as a hat manufacturer , employing a large number of hands , the site of tho factory

being at the present timo covered with the sugar refinery on tho London-road . William Mason presided over the Lodge till the end of 1840 , and in 1847 he was appointed P . G . S . W . He continued to take an active interest in Freemasonry nearly a quarter of a centnry after the founding of tho Lodge , and he was baried in St . Giles ' s

churchyard . Of the first Wardens , the senior ( Bro . John Woolley ) was only a member of the Lodge for a short time , and the junior ( Bro . John Boulton ) , thongh eligible for the chair , never took office as W . M . The first S . D . was Georgo Tait , the first J . D . Eobert Miller , and the Treasurer and Secretary were elected from brethren initiated after the consecration . The first candidate for initiation aa

a member of the Lodgo was Liddle Elliot , G . E ., and he waa the first Treasurer of the Lodge . Bro . Elliot was elected Mayor of Newcastle in IS 13 , and was afterwards chosen , by the promoters of a scheme for obtaining a sufficient supply of water for the townships of Hanley and Shelton , to make a survey aud report " as to tho

capability of the district to afford a sufficient supply of water for thoso townships and snch other districts of the Staffordshire Potteries as may be . deemed practicable . " We quote the words of the instructions to the engineer , which may bo said to be tho ori g in ol tho Potteries Waterworks Company , whose engineer Bro . Elliot

continued to be till tbe time of his death . In tho first year of the existence of tbe Ledge there were also initiated Itoberfc Fen ton , who became W . M . as early as 18 * 12 , aud P . G . S W . in 1818 ( Mayor of the

borough in 1814 ) ; John Hallam , who was W . M . iu 1843 and P . G . S . W . in 18-18 ( Mayor in 1847 ); Cffarlea Trubshaw , who was W . M . in 1810 , became P . G . S . W . in 1851 , and was well known for many years as tbo county surveyor for Staffordshire ; Robert Chapman , foe many years