Installation Meetings, &C.

INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .

GROVE LODGE , No . 410 . A MEETING was held on Saturday , tho 16 th inst ., at the Sun Hotel , Kingston , when there were present Bros . J . Eustace Smith W . M ., H . J . F . Dumas S . W ., H . J . P . Dumas J . W ., Hawkins S . D ., W . Worrell J . D ., C . Greenwood P . M . Secretary , W . E . Potter , C . D . Lister . Visitors—Bros . Whitehouse and E . Farman . Lodge was opened , and the minutes of last meeting read and confirmed .

Mr . Alfred Craven Greenwood , a son of the late Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Surrey , was a candidate for our mysteries . He was proposed by Bro . Charles Greenwood , and seconded by Bro . H . J . Hawkins . The result was iu favour of the candidate , who was duly

initiated by his brother , the Provincial Grand Secretary , Brother C . Greenwood . A report was presented by the Audit Committee , and Bro . Worrell was elected an honorary member . The Brethren after . wards adjourned to a banquet which was capitally served by Bro . Bond .

DORIC LODGE , No . 933

HPHE last meeting of this Lodge for the season was hold on Tuesday X evening , the 12 th instant , at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet Street . Tho following were present : Bros . A . Calver W . M ., J . West I . P . M ., C . Giddins S . W ., J . Smith J . W ., Wainwright P . M . Treasurer , J . Bowron P . M . Secretary , J . Hall Brown S . D ., J . Grey J . D ., W . Smith I . G ., G . T . H . Seddon P . M . Organist ; P . M . 's T . J . Baines

S . Crane , Geo . Hollington , E . Williams , R . Tucker , G . A . Payne , E . Ayton , G . Edney ; also Bros . F . Johnson , W . J . Harris , Scott , W . A . Hine , W . Caskke , C . J . Dance , J . L . Dale , J . Barber , E . E . Pearson , J . R . Hunt , J . Denn . Visitors—J . G . Monro P . M . 36 , J . H . Brown 1598 , J . W . Miller 1491 . The Lodge having been

opened in the first degree , a variety of correspondence was submitted by tbe Secretary , including an application from a former member , which , after consideration , was endorsed by the W . M . and chief Officers for submission to the Board of Benevolence . Two candidates were proposed for admission , and Lodge closed and adjourned until

October . The brethren then repaired to a well-served dinner , after which the customary toasts were honoured . A special toast was " The Joining Members , " which gave these brethren the opportunity of giving a hearty welcome to Mr . W . J . Harris , who aptly and

appropriately responded . Ihe proceedings were interspersed , as usual , with songs and recitations , by the W . M ., Bros . J . L . Dale , J . Smith , W . Smith , Giddins , Miller , and Scott ; Bro . G . T . H . Sjddon officiated at the pianoforte .

JOHN HERVEY LODGE . No . 1260

' PHIS Lodge met on Wednesday , the lDth instant , at the -L Freemasons' Tavern , tlie occasion being the installation of Bro . S . H . Bcirker as W . M . Prior to the event of the day , there was considerable work , Bro . Frank Tayler , CO ., in closing his year of office as W . M . having a good amount of work to do , in passin" the Rev . R . C . Lewis , M . A ., to tho second degree , and initiating

Messrs . F . G . Woods , E . A . Brock , and H . V . Cherry . The installation ceremony was conducted by the retiring W . M ., with the assistance of Bro . Latreille P . M ., J . B . Sorrell P . M ., and others . Abont 70 brethreu were present , and amongst them were Bros . H . Evans P . M ., Jas . Evans , W . F . Potter , Tucker P . M ., and Scott !

The installation ceremony having been impressively performed the W . M . invested the following Officers for the enduing year : Bros . II F . Frost S . W ., W . Henry J . W ., Dr . Jabez Hogg P . G . D . P . M . Treasurer ! Orlando L . M . Latreiile P . M . Secretary , Rev . R . C . Lewis , M . A ., Chaplain , F . J . Danjjerfield S . D ., Walter F . Potter J . D ., Walter

Symes Harris I . G , Major J . Heaton P . M . D . C , Walter C . Fox A . D . C Geo . Collins W . S ., T . C . Stevens A . W . S ., S . K . Eldridge Organist ! F . Varley Assistant Organist , Freeman Tyler . Lodge havin « been closed , the brethren adjourned to a recJurche banquet , after which

the customary toasts were honoured , the evening s enjoyment beinc materially augmented by the musical arrangements , made by Bro . W . Henry J . W ., who was assisted by Madame George , Miss Hipwell , and Bro . Wallis .

STOCKWELL LODGE , No . 1339

'I'HE installation meeting of this Lodge was held ou Tuesday last , X the 19 th inst ., ot the Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road There was a very large attendance of Craftsmen to do honour to the occasion , and our popular Bro . James Pain , the well-known Pyrotechnist , whoso services are fully appreciated by the members of the Stockwell Lodge , could but be gratified wifch fche influential

attendance of those who were present in his honour aud that of his sou . Bro . Herbert Moss , tho retiring Worshipfnl Master , presided , supported by Bros . H . J . Pain S . W . and Worshipful Master elect ! Past Masters J . M . Klenck ( lion . Member ) , H . E . Frances Secretary )! Jas . Pain ( Treasurer ) , W . ~ F . Masters , & c . Amongst tbe Visitors

were Bros . Percy Wallis Prov . Grand Warden Derbyshire , Frederick Binckes P . G . S ., Richard Eve Grand Treasurer-elecfc , Edwin Storr P . M . 167 , W . A . Scurrah I . P . M . 204 S , W . M . Stiles P . M . 1744 , J Youldon W . M . 1981 , J . J . Thomas J . W . 753 , T . Coltman S . W . 1265 , J . J . ilumpress W . M . 7 U 3 , M . S . Larlham P . M . 1216 , J . Stephens '

P . M . 1425 , John Ioi . s 860 , W . T . Winsor 1930 , G . W . Knight W M 1507 , W . W . Wesiley S . W . 186 , E . C . Massey P . M . 1297 , W W Morgan P . M . 211 , J . W . Curtis J . D . 733 , H . Doherty 51 , fl . Dickr-v W . M . 1744 , A . G . Cai . n P . M . 1539 , J . Hearsom I . G . 167 , A . W Lam 167 , T . G . Scott 933 , J , H . Woods 145 , Edgar H . Minns I G

Installation Meetings, &C.

1982 , John Humphrey 55 , Andrew Holmes P . M . 548 , G . Gosling 1673 , W . Newman 1385 , J . Glass P . M . 453 , Philip Sbarpe S . D . 869 , L . L . Attwood 1391 , C . Evans W . M . 1922 , Arthur Ball 1707 , G . Downie Sec . 2147 , J . D . Smith P . M . 1658 , A . Doig S . D . 1539 , W . Youldon P . M . 1658 , H . Mills 548 , Baker J . W . 2030 , Fryer 1624 , Ac .

Lodge having been opened and the minutes read , the ballet waa requisitioned for Mr . Louis Francois Godard ; it was unanimously in favour and the candidate was duly initiated into the Order . Advancing to the second , Bro . Gomm was passed to tbe degree of F . C ., the work being creditably carried out by Bro . Moas . The

report of the Audit Commitee , whioh was a satisfactory one , was submitted and approved , after which Bro . Moss vacated the chair in favour , of Bro . H . E . Frances P . M . P . P . S . G . D . Surrey , the Secretary of the Lodge , who officiated as Installing Master . The impressive ceremony was performed in the most elaborate and painstaking

manner by Bro . Frances , and at its conclusion the newly-installed Worshipful Master was proclaimed , and saluted with fall Masonic honours . The following Officera were invested for the year : — Bros . Herbert Moss I . P . M ., A . G . Boswell S . W ., G . Myers J . W ., Jamea Pain P . M . Treasurer , H . E . Frances P . M . Secretary , R . J .

Cullen S . D .. H . Tyrer J . D ., J . Pollard I . G ., R . Templeman P . M . D . O ., E . Horsey A . D . C , and A . Bowers Steward . The addresses to tbe Masters , Wardens and Brethren were delivered in eloquent and impressive style by the Installing Officer . It was then resolved that a vote of tkanks be accorded to the Worshipful

Master for presenting bis banner to the Lodge , and that the same be recorded on the minutes . The newly-inatalled W . M . next presented to his immediate predecessor a Past Master ' s jewel , which had been unanimously voted to him by the members of the Lodge as a mark of esteem , and iu recognition of the valuable

services he bad rendered during his year of office . He said it was a very agreeable duty to ask Bro . Moss ' s acceptance of that token of their esteem . The Lodge hitherto had been peculiarly happy in the selection of its Masters , but he thought they would all agree with him that they had never had one more popular , more up to his work , or more beloved than was Bro . Moss . He therefore affixed the

jewel to his breast with the heartiest good wishes of the brethren , and personally he expressed the hope that Bro . Moss might live long to enjoy the respect and esteem of all by whom he was surrounded . Bro . Moss briefly thanked the brethreu for the kind token of their appreciation of his services ; it would give him great pleasure to

wear it , and it would remind him of the many pleasant hoars he had spent amongst the members of the Stockwell Lodge . At the close of the Lodge the members and visitors sat down to an excellent banquet , under the presidency of tho newly-installed Worshipful Master , when fche Loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed . In

speaking to the toast of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , the W . M . said they had with them on that occasion the Grand Treasurer , elect ; this was the only Grand Office whioh the Blue Masons had the privilege of electing a candidate for . Bro . Eve had been chosen this year by an overwhelming majority . He was not vain

enough to think that Bro . Eve came there to do him honour , but it was gratifying to find that the Graud Treasurer-elect had honoured tho Stockwell Lodge by his presence . Bro . Eve said that all that the W . M . had said of the Grand Officers of the Graud Lodge of England was not too much for him to re-echo . The Grand Officers were

deserving of all his encomiums , and the thanks of the brethren . They discharged their duties fairly , faithfully , and well , and looking at the list of Grand Officers , it must be admitted that His Royal Highness had made a good selection . He ( Bro . Eve ) thought the W . M . had gone a little beyond the strict line in calling upon him to

respond , as , althongh elected , he had not yet been invested ; but be felt the offiee to be the most honourable that any brother could desire to attain . To be elected by the thousands , he was going to say hundreds of thousands , of brethren over whom the Grand Master swayed his sceptre , was an honour

which ho last year had no thought of attaining . He had to thank many brethren present for contributing in no small degree to that result , and he should be wanting in love of Freemasonry if he did not endeavour to discharge tbe duties of his office with efficiency and zeal , and in such a way as would reflect credit on the

choice tbe brethren had made . He was nofc sure that in one view the duties did not outweigh the honour , because a Grand Officer waa bound so to act as to show that Freemasonry was something more than a mere name . He felt that Freemasonry had a great work before it ; it had done a great deal in the past , and it

had got still greater things to do in the future . He thanked the brethren for the way they had received him . Bro . Frances proposed the health of the Worshipful Master . Bro . H . J . Pain had been elected by the unanimous vote of the Lodge , and considering that he was a son of Bro . Past Master James Pain , the Treasnrer

and one of the founders of the Lodgo , the duty of proposing bis health was a double pleasure . Tbeir newly-installed Mastor was a child of fche Lodge ; ho had been initiated in it , and had gone through all its offices . He was a good worker , and one of his ( Brother Frances' ) pupils . Bro . Frances concluded by apologising for the manner of

his speech , which must fall flat after that of Bro . Eve , who , he said , must have learned his eloquence in paradise , and practised ifc ever since . The W . M ., in responding , said he would .-ob detain them with a long speech : he would simply and heartily thank them for the kind manner in which his health had been proposed and received by

the brethren . Exactly seven years ago he was made a Master Mason ; at that time he had no expectation of becoming Master of a Lodge , but as they had placed him in the position , be would strive to leave the Lodge in the same good repute as that in whicb he bad received charge of ifc . He would do all he could

to promote the interests of the Lodge . The W . M . then proposed the health of the Initiate , whom he was pleased to sse admitted a member of the Stockwell Lodge , and trusted he might prove himself an ape student of fche Masonic art . Bro . Godard , in responding , said he esteemed ifc a honour to have been admitted to fche Lodge , and he should strive to do his utmost to become a useful member of ifc .