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SATUEDAY , 27 TH OCTOBEE 1894 .

Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

THE monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons ' Hall , London . Brother Eobert Grey P . G . D . President of the Board presided , and the Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents Brothers James Brett and C . A . Cottebrune occupied their respective chairs . Bros . Edward Letchworth G . S ., W . Dodd and W . H . Lee attended from the Grand Secretary ' s Office , while the other Brethren present were Brothers the Eev . J . S .

Brownrigg , George B . Chapman , Charles Dairy , William Vincent , William Fisher , David D . Mercer , William P .

Brown , Henry Garrod , James Kench , F . Hilton , S . H . Goldschmidt , T . W . Whitmarsh , George E . Langley , George Graveley , James Bunker , E . C . Mulvey , Eobert A . Gowen , Walter Martin , T . C . Walls , George Powell ,

W . F . Cheesman , W . H . Elliot , E . E . Clarke , George E . Fairchild , John Noyes , A . A . Nottingham , W . Eussell , D . F . Wilson , A . E . Trew , Edward Blinkhorn , J . Pickett , M . D ., E . C . Younger , M . D ., Edward Margrett , J . W . Burgess , H . Massey , S . Wright , W . F . Bull , John P . C . Winkheld , J . T . Davies , W . P . Barnsdall , J . E . Allman , A . S . Wicks , Alfred Bannister , F . J . Street , K . Griggs , H . Wilkinson , G . J . Anderson , Henry Baldwin , Augustus Monteith Webb , A . N . G . Darch , W . H . Conlson , William P . Clark , George Naylor , Eobert E . Templeman , James Kew , S . G . Bonner , Henry Bond , A . Arrowsmith , Thomas Cull , Alfred Scarth , and Henry Sadler G . T . The Brethren first confirmed recommendations to the Grand Master made at the September meeting to the amount of £ 70 . They then dealt with the new cases , of which there were forty-nine on the list . These were qualified through Lodges in the London district , America , Sunderland , Ormskirk , Leeds , Todmorden , Skegcess , Dagshai , Taunton , Liverpool , Ilminster , Beading , East Molesey , Ipswich , Carlisle , Chapel-en-le-Frith , Newbury , Gibraltar , Eamsgate , Lowestoft , Birmingham , Jersey , Hampton Court , Scarborough , Chatham , Lincoln , Selby , and Nottingham . Two of the cases were dismissed as not coming

within the rules of the Board . The remainder were relieved with a total of £ 1 , 430 . This was composed of two recommendations to Grand Lodge for £ 100 each , one for £ 75 , one for £ 60 , and three for £ 50 each . There

were six recommendations to the Grand Master for £ 40 each , and eleven for £ 30 each ; and there were immediate grants made : fifteen of £ 20 each , seven of £ 10 each , and one of £ 5 . The Board sat more than four hours .

Masonic Sonnets. No. 104.

Masonic Sonnets . No . 104 .

BY Bao . CHAS . F . FOESHAW , LL . D ., 295 and 2417 ( E . C . ) Hon . Mem . 12 < 12 ( E . C . ) and 2 i ( S . C ) . — : o : — TEACHES US HOW TO DIE . — : o : —

AH Yes I Our Craft in mottoe's great and good , Portrays with Truth that none can ne ' er deny The glorious lifo that all the Brotherhood Should live to fit them for a Home on High , And when that life of care and woe and grief Draws to a close and Death bedims the eye , Our noble Art still gives the soul relief

And teaches all its votaries how to die ! Oh Faith sublime—Ob pure and perfect scheme That bids us live in Peace and Hope and Love , Preparing us for Life that is Supreme

In boundless mansions in the Grand Above . And Brethren mine it bids us live for this Blest Home beyond man ' s brightest dreams of bliss 1 Winder House , Bradford , llth October 1894 .

Reports Of Meetings.

REPORTS OF MEETINGS .

— : o : — , - METROPOLITAN . STANHOPE LODGE , No . 1269 . AT the usual monthly meeting hold at the Surrey Masonio Hall , Camberwell , on Tuesday of last week , there was a large attendance of Brethren and Visitors to witness the Installation of Bro . William Ivory S . W . as Worshipful Master for the ensuing

year . The Installation ceremony was beautifully worked by Bro Hy . Wood the Immediate Past Master , after which the W . M . appointed the Officers .

Bro . H . Wood I . P . M . was presented with a jewel as a mark of appreciation from the members of the Lodge for the very efficient manner in which he had carried out the duties of the chair for the past year .

A splendid banquet followed , about forty Brethren sitting down . The usual Loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and received with true Masonic enthusiasm , each toast being interspersed with some capital songs and glees .

o o o ECCLESTON LODGE , No . 1624 . AT a largo gathering held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Wednesday , 17 th inst ., Bro . F . Arnold in the chair , Bro . James Dotterill was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year . Tho Installation ceremony will take place at the Criterion , on the third Wednesday in November . O O O

ALL SAINTS LODGE , No . 1716 . 1 1 HE Annual Installation festival of this successful Lodge took _ place at the Offices of the Poplar District Board of Works , on Thursday of last week , when , owing to the popularity of the W . M .-ele ^ t , a large number of Brethren assembled to take part in the interesting ceremony . The out-going W . M . Brother Bolingbroke Ayres Moore presided , boing supported by his Officers , and the following : Bros . C . J . R . Tijou P . A . G . P ., J . W . Gibbs I . P . M . 1804 , Ben Johnson P . M . 1805 , W . Boyce P . M . 1679 , G . E . Warn W . M .

1805 , A . G . Duck P . M . and Secretary 898 , T . G . Scott P . M . 933 , Orlton Cooper P . M . 211 , G . J . Anderson W . M . 781 , S . W . Timson P . M . 781 , J . W . Moorman P . M . and Secretary 1981 , J . Z . Cabill 183 , H . Myer 1298 , W . G . Adcock 2202 , J . G . Chapman 1421 , John Bennett 1765 , P . Shapland 898 , G . Olley and W . Harper 1306 , T . Sidney Smith 700 , A . Aves 698 , and Past Masters of the Lodge : Leonard Potts , Snowden Kirk , J . Kemp Coleman , C . W . Raymond , J . Wilshaw , & c .

The Lodge was opened with due form in the first and second degrees by Bro . Moore , after which the chair was taken by Bro . J . Kemp Coleman , to whom Bro . Francis John Waterson W . M .-elect was presented to receive at his hands the benefit of Installation . Bro . Waterson , having signified his assent to the ancient charges and regulations , was then placed in the Chair with the usual ceremony , in the presence of a large Board of Installed Masters , Bro . Leonard Potts P . M . acting as D . C .

On the re-admission of the Brethren , tho new Master was saluted in the various degrees , and subsequently invested his Officers for the year : C . R . Allen S . W ., J . C . Carpenter J . W ., W . H . Farnfield P . M . Treasurer , James Y . Mosey Secretary , Ernest Jones S . D ., William Bland J . D ., F . W . Whitlock I . G ., John Grout Organist , W . S . Duff D . C , W . C . Forman , F . Butler , J . Wiseman and W . A . Madeley Stewards , and C . Patrick Tyler .

Bro . J . Kemp Coleman then delivered tbe grand addresses to the W . M ., the Wardens and the Brethren , in a most impressive manner , which elicited the cordial approval of the assembly . The P . M . ' s jewel of the Lodge , together with a collar and jewel of office , was presented to Bro . B . A . Moore for his services in the chair , which was suitably acknowledged .

The report of the Audit Committee was received and adopted ; and the new W . M . having been congratulated by the Visitors the Lodge was closed . The company afterwards proceeded to the Holborn Restaurant whore , in the spacious Venetian Chamber , the banquet took place .

The menu cards presented somo special features and were greatly admired . Under tho Lodge crest was printed " the Pilot ' s Flag , " in allusion to the profession of tho W M ., while each course of the meal was introduced by a phrase from the Masonic ritual , a happy thought of Bro . J . Kemp Coleman , which we do not remember to have seen before .

Upon tho termination of the banquet the customary Loyal and Masonic toasts were submitted by the W . M . and duly acknowledged by the Brethren . Bro . C . J . R . Tijou responded for the Grand Officers , and said

those Brethren had many duties to perform besides attending banquets , and he believed the great body of the Craft were perfectly satisfied with the manner in which those duties were performed . He had witnessed the last eleven Installations of the All Saints Lodge and hoped he might be able to attend many more .

Bro . B . A . Moore in felicitous terms proposed the health of the W . M . He said that in Bro . Waterson they had a most earnest and enthusiastic Mason , who would prove a credit to the Lodge , because he knew the work thoroughly and could render it perfectly . Ho had been a constant attendant at the Lodge of Instruction , which was the only way to acquire the ritual . He was suro that under his auspices thc Lodge would continue its successful career .