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tho duties of Consecrating and Installing Officer . On 12 th May 1880 , the Lodge was visited by Bro . Guest , M . P ., P . G . M . M . M . Dorsetshire , and Bro . Chas . Hambro was a Ivanced . In tho two years of its existence no less than seventy-two M . M . ' s havo received the degree , of whom twenty-five wero English , fifteen French , and

twenty-four Italian . The other Lodges aro also in a flourishing condition , the total numerical strength of tho five Mark Lodges being 162 . Thus tho P . G . Master has a numerous and very enthusiastic body to support him , and we have every reason to believe that with such chiefs , and such a following , Mark Masonry will go ou

prospering . Chapter IX , which is occupied with the consideration of " Christian Masonry " is fall of interest . Hero again , the late Bro . W . Rodwell Wright , first P . G . Master of Malta , plays the leading part . Ho , as may have already been gathered from our earlier articles on Brother Broadley ' s book , was a most enthusiastic brother , and as able as he

was enthusiastic . We have already seen that when , in 1807 , the late Duke of Kent executed a charter for the revival of " The Knights of the Exalted , Religions , and Military Orders of the Temple and Holy Sepulchre of St . John of Jerusalem , " & o ., Bro . Wright was elected the first Grand Master , and retained thafc office till 1812 , when ho resigned in favour of H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex . On Bro . Wright ' s

appointment to a high judicial post in Malta , as we have noted previously , he eagerly set himself to the task of placing Freemasonry there on a sure and solid basis . What he did for Craffc Masonry has been recorded , and Bro . Broadley , who is the most competent of living Craftsmen to form an opinion as to the extent of Bro . Wright ' s Masonic labours , has little doubt " that it was he" ( Bro . Wright )

" alone who introduced the working of Christian Masonry amongst the zealous and indefatigable founders of the Lodge Sfc . John and St . Paul , and the Melita Chapter attached thereto . " He considers he is justified in concluding , from facts which he is at the pains of describing subsequently : — " Firstly , that Bro . Wright , as ex-Grand Master of the Red Cross

and the Temple , sanctioned the working of these degrees in Malta between the years 1815 and 1825 . " Secondly , thai ; he made some considerable progress with his design of making Malta the head-quarters of a Grand Priory or Provincial High Council of the Order of the Red Cross . " Thirdly , that he contemplated in theory ( and probably carried

out in practice ) the working of the degrees of the Temple and the Hospital as an integral portion of the Red Cross System . " Fourthly , that ifc was from his authority the old Melita Grand Encampment took its rise , which , twenty years after his death was restored to something more than its pristine vigour by the labours of the present Grand Prior of Canada , Colonel McLeod Moore . "

Bro . Broadley finds his justification for having arrived at the foregoing conclusions in what he describes as " one of the most complete documents in the MSS . of Bro . Wright , " entitled " Red Cross of Palestine . —Provincial Division of Sfc . John . " For so much of this document as is given by Bro . Broadley in this Chapter we must refer our readers to the work itself . We may , however , state that two

draft Certificates are reproduced as attesting the working of the Red Cross degree in Malta under Bro . Wri ght ' s auspices . The first of these , dated " this — day of November A . L . 5826 , A . S . H . 1822 " is granted to Sir A . C . Harris by Bro . Wright , who is described as " at present Grand Prior , and heretofore Grand Master , of the Order of the Red Cross of Palestine and Division of St . George instituted in the

Kingdom of England , " and who certifies , "by virtue of the authority to him belonging iu his present character as Grand Prior , " that he has " communicated the secrets both of the Lesser and the Greater Cross of tbe said Order" to the aforesaid Sir A . C . Harris . The other is dated 19 th April 1824 , and certifies that our " Faithful and Beloved Brother Sir — Coates , whose name is written beneath our own

with his own hand , after having been duly received into the noviciate of the said Order by our Brother Sir John Daird , Knight of the Grand Cross thereof , in this Island of Malta , was regularly installed also a Knight of the Grand Cross in an occasional chapter thereof holden under our authority afc Valletta in the Island aforesaid , on the — day of — A . D . 1823 , and fully instructed in tho secrets to the said decree

of Kni ghts Grand Cross appertaining . " From 1827 to 1843 the history of Christian Masonry in Malta appears to have been " a complete blank , " but on the 10 th February in the " latter year " an encampment of High Knights Templars and Knights Hospitalers of St . John of Jerusalem , or Knigbts of Malta , was working with considerable activity and success afc Freemasons '

Hall ( also styled Templars' Hall ) , No . 43 , Strada Zaccaria , Valefcfca , ' the principal officers being Fra . Sir Knights William J . B . McLeod Moore G . C ., Edmund Goodenough Kfc . B . C . G . M ., Charles Line G . P ., Edmund Stephen Thomas Bart . C . G ., Thomas Flack 1 st Captain ' James Smyth 2 nd Captain , R . Tbomsefcfc Recorder , T . Flack Chancellor , Thomas Seddall Warder . In 1850 the Melita Encampment

, ' placed itself under the banner of , and obtained a charter from the Supreme Grand Conclave of England and Wales , " which , on the elec tion in 1846 , of Colonel Kemys Tynte as Grand Master of the Templars in England , had at once shown " signs of revival , " and had shortl y become so powerful that the Melita Encampment took the step we have described . Sir Knight McLeod Moore was the first E .

Commander under the new regime . Among those who have filled the chair of E . Commander and Prior of this Melita Grand Preceptory and Priory , we find in addition to that of Sir Knight Moore , the names of Sir Knights Captain N . G . Philips , St . J . Edwards formerly D . G . M Malta , E . Rosenbusch D . D . G . M ., W . Kingston D . G . M ., Colonel Boldero , and A . M . Broadley P . D . D . G . M . There is also a Provincial Priory of the Mediterranean , Colonel Boldero having been installed as

the first Provincial Prior in 1875 . When he left tbe island in 1877 , Sir Knight W . Kingston was appointed his successor . The Calpe Preceptory , Gibraltar , is on the roll of the Provincial Priory . The same distinguished Brother is Intendant General of the Red Cross Uegree , and has issued a provisional warrant for the working of a Conclave to be known as the Wignacourfc . Be it added thafc there is a Kose of Sharon Chapter of Rose Croix , the 18 th Degree A . and A .

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Rite , and also a Prov . Grand Council of tho Allied Degrees with Bro . Broadley as P . G . M . Thero is an Appendix , which contains much interesting official and statistical information respecting the different branches of Freemasonry in tho island . We havo purposely treated Bro . Broadley ' s history thus in full

because wo aro always glad of an opportunity of placing before our readers anything iu tho shape of Lodge histories . We cannot , however , conclude our remarks without expressing an opinion that Bro . Broadley ' s work is most valuable , and , as wo said afc tho outset , ifc has been most diligently put together . Nor can we omit to say a few

words as to the style in which Bro . Kenning has done his part . Tho book is as well printed and as neatly and elegantly bound together as any of its kind wo have seen . It is , in short , a most workmanlike production , whether wo look at it from a literary or a printer ' s point of view .

Installation Meetings, &C.

INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .

ROYAL LODGE , No . 643 , FILEY .

HPHE Installation Meeting of this flourishing Lodge was hold afc tho - * - Lodgo Room , Crescent Hotel , on Monday , the 14 th instant . The Lodge was opened at 3 . 15 p . m . The following brethren were present : —Bros . J . Winfindale W . M . ( in the chair ) , W . B . Jackson I . P . M ., R . Dobson P . M ., W . Bndd P . M . as I . G ., Val . Fowler S . W ., R . Land J . W ., Walter Fisher P . M . Hon . Seo . 200 and 1760 , T . M . Lee S . D .,

W . Cranswiok J . D ., W . Jefferson T yler ; Bros . John McFaden , E . Har . land , W . Hawkes , H . Darloy , E . H . Green , W . H . Russell , W . S . Meek , H . A . Darb y , T . Pickering , J . Barwick , John Dale ; Visitors _ Bros . H . J . Morton , J . Knaggs , J . R . Dippe , A . W . Cass , J . Varley T . Brunton , A . Parkinson , E . Kitchen , J . W . Harrison , Gilbert Wilkinson , S . W . Fisher , R . Y . Powley , R . H . Peacock , T . H . Dunn

W . Peacock , J . Hargrave , H . A . Williamson , J . H . Hackefct , W . Milner , J . W . Taylor , H . Chapman , Jos . Shaw , John Inskip , W . B . Richardson , A . Neimans , J . A . Rines , R . Mitchell , H . P . Neimans , George Woodall , John Bowes , A . Frazer , John Woodall , Ivor Murray , M . D ., George Dippe , George Dixon , W . Tonks , James Townend , E . Cooper , and many others . There was one joining member balloted

for and accepted , and two candidates were then prepared and initiated by the W . M . Bro . Valentine Fowler S . W . was presented by the W . M . to the Installing Officer , Bro . J . W . Woodall P . M . P . P . G . S . W ., and was duly installed in the chair of K . S . He appointed as his Officers Bros . J . Winfindale I . P . M ., R . Land S . W ., W . Granswick J . W ., R . Dobson P . M . Treasurer . Walter Fisher P . M . Hon .

Sec , T . M . Lee S . D ., H . Darley J . D ., E . H . Green Organist , W . S , Meek and W . Dunn Stewards , John Dale I . G ., W . Jefferson Tyler . After the closing of tho Lodge , the brethren safc down to a most excellent banquet , provided by that well-known excellent caterer , Bro . Varley , of the Crescent Hotel , the newly-elected W . M . Bro . Valentine Fowler being in the chair , and tho I . P . M . acting as vice .

After the health of our Most Gracious Queen and the Craffc had been given with much fervour from the chair , and most loyally received by all present , the W . M . g / tve H . R . H . the Prince of Wales M . W . G . M ., the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon M . W . Pro G . M ., and the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom D . G . M . The next toast on the list was the Right Hon . the Pari of Zetland R . W . P . G . M . of North

and East Yorkshire , and the other P . G . Officers . Bro . Murray , M . D ., responded . The next toast from the chair was the Installing Officer , Bro . J . W . Woodall , who responded in very appropriate terms . Next in succession was the W . M . of the Royal Lodge , and the newlyappointed Officers , each of whom returned thanks in warm expressions for the honours conferred upon them . Then came the retiring W . M .

and his Officers , the highly-respected and worthy I . P . M . responding in a genial and humorous speech , each of the retiring Officers following in the same strain . After the "Masonic Charities , " the " Visiting Brethren " was drank , to which Brothers J . Harrison , Ivor Murray , and G . Wilkinson severally replied . Success to the Old Globe 200 , the Denison 1248 , and the Leopold

1760 , having been proposed , the Worshipful Masters of those Lodges respectively returned thanks . Bro . Dobson ' s health was drunk on his appointment as Treasurer , and on his accession as the oldest P . M ., to which he gave a well-worded and appropriate response . The indefatigable and intelligent Hon . Secretary , Bro . W . Fisher , was nexfc toasted , amidsfc loud applause ; a warm eulogium was pronounced

on his unceasing efforts to promote the well-being and prosperity of the Lodge . He returned thanks in a short , but feeling and excellent address . The health of Bro . Darley , the oldest member of the Lodge , was proposed by Bro . J . W . Woodall , and drank with all the honours , Brother Woodall afc the same time presenting Bro . Darley with a purse of money , which had been

contributed by the brethren present . Brother Darley , who had travelled from his distant home to pay his annnal visit to his mother Lodge , is above eighty-two years of age , and returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him by drinking his health , as also for the generous donation so kindly presented him . He assured the brethren that so long as his life might be spared

by tbe G . A . O . T . U ., he should always endeavour to be present afc the Installations in his mother Lodge . Everything that could tend to promote the harmony and good feeling existing amongst the brethren , was contributed by each present , and the members who possessed the giffc of a melodious voice , vied with each other in giving some

most excellent songs with great effect , and which were received by their less gifted brethren with unbounded applause . Upwards of sixty brethren safc down to banquet , and this most successful and enjoyable meeting will long live in the memory of the brethreu of the Royal Lodge . A rather singular coincidence occurred on the occasion of Bro . Fowler being installed as W . M . His Christian name is