Centenary: St. Michael's Lodge.

manfully , loyally , and Masonically as ttie P . Ms , had done in the past . As Bro . P . M . Green was going to give them a history of the Lodge , he would not trouble the Brethren with further

remarks , but in giving the toast ot St . Michael s Lodge he would hope that the Lodge would still have a splendid career for the next 100 years , and that the Brethren ' s children and children ' s children might look with pleasure on this auspicious occasion .

Bro . A . Green P . M . and Treasurer , in responding to the toast , thanked the W . M . for coupling his name with it on a night which was the centenary of a Lodge which had accomplished 100 years of useful Masonic work . He thought there was a great deal of truth in the saying that we are all creatures of

circumstances , for it was owing to circumstances over which he had no control that he was the senior P . M . of the Lodge . In drinking the toast they were drinking the pious memory of those who in

former days , with honour , fidelity , and uprightness , placed the Lodge on a sure and firm foundation . Hoping not to weary the Brethren he would give a sketch of the history of the Lodge , which we reproduce on page 222 of this issue .

Brother Cockrell W . M . next proposed the Past Masters , who had done good work . They were good men , and true to their Masonic obligation to uphold the honour and integrity of the St . Michael ' s . After they were out of office they had always given the benefit of their experience and knowledge to the

Brethren who required assistance , and were always ready to take the chair if the W . M . could not attend . He would couple with the toast the name of Bro . Dickson , who was one of those

W . M . ' s who did the work in the Lodge in a splendid manner , giving the Charges and the explanation of the Tracing Board . What these Brethren had done in the past he was sure they would do in the future .

Bro . Dickson P . M ., responding , said that the W . M ., in proposing the toast , had in mind a grateful remembrance of the long list of Past Masters who had come down with the Lodge through the years of the last ceutury , and that he had recalled with admiration their many valuable services co this Lodge in

particular , and to Freemasonry in general . The Past Masters , of course , could not be unconscious after the very kind and personal reference the W . M . had made , that he was tendering to them his respects , and for himself and his colleagues he returned his and their sincere and fraternal regards . Bro . Green had

taken them hand in hand in the details he had given through a long vista of Past Masters of the Lodge , and it would be repetition if he were to follow him , but he endorsed all that Brother Green had said , and he must remark that the history had been well compiled . It showed what an important part the Past Masters

had played in using their influence . Such influence either made or marred a Lodge ; but in the case of the St . Michael ' s it had made the Lodge . There had always been a body of Past Masters in the Lodge willing to take upon themselves the duties they had

discharged when they were in the chair , and at the advent of new members discharged their obligation to maintain the Lodge ' s dignity , to render their services with intelligent unostentation , and to hand down the ritual pure and undefiled . He claimed for himself no one could have more sincere regard for the Lodge .

Bros . Mount , Meggy and Webb responded to the toast of the Visitors , and Bro . McLeod to that of the Masonic Charities , contrasting the position of those Institutions in their earlier years with what it was now . Bro . Eatcliffe P . M . and Secretary replied to the toast of the

Treasurer and becretary , assuring the Brethren that the fulfilment of his duties in the latter capacity was a labour of love . He threw all his energies into his work , and did everything he possibly could . He would not go over the ground trodden by the Treasurer in recapitulating the good work the Lodge had

done in the past . As his ( Bro . Eatcliffe ' s ) health had been honoured he supposed the Brethren naturally thought he ought to say something about himself , well , he could only say he was initiated in the Lodge twenty years ago , and served the office of Worshipful Master in 1880 . Since 1883 he had

been appointed Secretary by the Worshipful Master for the time being , and he supposed those successive Brethren thought he could , perform the duties of the position , or they would not have appointed him . Ever since he was introduced to Masonry no one had taken a livelier interest in its welfare

than he , and as long as he was a member of the Lodge his ambition would be to do all he could for its future welfare . There were many duties in connection with the position of the Secretary that Officer had to perform , which he hoped he would do to the satisfaction of every Brother of the Lodge ; but the

Brethren might rely upon this—he spoke from his heart when he said it—he was proud to be a P . M . of the Lodge- —this old and distinguished Lodge . He was pleased to bear his humble part in this day ' s celebration , and he thanked the W . M . and all the

Brethren for their kind expressions concerning him . He hoped that at the end of the present W . M . ' s term of office he would be able to say it had been a happy term , and he would now conclude by saying he drank to the success of the St . Michael ' s Lodge for the next hundred vears .

Centenary: St. Michael's Lodge.

The toast of the Officers followed , and the S . and J . W . having responded , the Tyler ' s toast , given by Bro . W . Barnes , closed the proceedings of a most successful gathering .

Grand Lodge Scotland.

GRAND LODGE SCOTLAND .

THE Quarterly Communication was held in Edinburgh , on Thursday , 7 th inst ., the Grand Master Mason of Scotland Sir Charles Dalrymple of Newhailes , Bart ., M . P ., presiding over a large attendance . A statement by the Grand Cashier showed that the income

during the past quarter had been £ 878 , and the expenditure £ 549 , and that there had been 1 , 100 entrants to the Order . There had been £ 135 voted from the fund of benevolence for needy Masons or the widows of Brethren , Charters were granted for ten new Lodges .

Grand Lodge then proceeded to the nomination of Brethren for election as office-bearers at the annual meeting , and the Grand Master was unanimously nominated for re-election . The Grand Master , in accepting this , said the great wish on his part was not only that justice should be done to individual Brethren , but that the interests of the Craft should not suffer .

In regard to the question of honorary membership in Lodges it was resolved to set aside the former ruling , and that an obligation shall be taken by the recipients of this honour . On the

motion of Bro . W . Officer S . S . C , it was resolved to suspend the standing orders as to the alteration of laws , and to give effect to a long list of alterations on the Constitution , which had been approved by Grand Committee .

Grand Lodge approved of the appointment by Grand Committee of a Committee to consider and report upon a proposal that Grand Lodge initiate a fund to be raised by general

subscription among the Brethren of Scotland to provide at least one life-boat , to be placed at a point subsequently fixed upon , in the name of the Freemasons of Scotland . Grand Lodge was subsequently closed .

The meetings of the Hampstead Lodge , No . 2408 , will re-commence for the session on Tuesday next , at the Vestry Hall Hampstead , and will be continued on the third Tuesdays in January March , and May .

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