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from £ 240 to over £ 326 , or , including subscriptions and donations , promised bnt not paid , £ 340 19 s 7 d . On 2 nd January 1851 , Bro . A . J . Jones was installed Worshipful Master , and his predecessor was preseuted with the very handsome testimonial voted to him so gracefully on tho last occasion he presided in tho chair of tho Lodee . The various reports were submitted

and approved , with the exception of that of tho General Purposes Committee which , a 3 it contained two important propositions , was ordered to stand over for consideration . Of these propositions one was to the effect that tho ballot for candidates for initiation should be delayed as late as possible at a meeting , in ovder that it should take place in as numerous a gathering of members as possible—a most

wise resolution , which might be commended to other Lodges . The other proposal was to the effect that , owing to the great increase in the membership of the Lodge , the initiation fee shonld be increased to ten guineas , and the joining fee to five guineas . It will be seen in due course what was the fate of those proposals . At the February meeting a report of the Committee of General Purposes was

submitted . The first resolution was to the efFeot that a member and past Officer , who had been gnilty of conduct disrespectful to the Worshipful Master on the occasion of his installation , should be admonished , and as this part of the report was accepted , the sentence of admonition was recorded against him . The other resolution , which , however , was not accepted , was strong in its condemnation

of the brother who had undertaken to snpply tho installation banquet . We may imagine how strong was the feeling of the Committeo when it introduced into its motion such language as that " such a dinner was disgraceful for any professed cook to lay upon a table at a Public Festival . " In March it waa unanaimonsly resolved to subscribe one guinea annually to the Royal Masonic Institution

for Girls . At the May meeting we find among other candidates for initiation , and who were accepted , the name of Bro . S . B . Gompertz , and he and them were initiated accordingly the same evening . In November a recommendation of tho Committee of General Purposes was agreed to , that the initiation fee should thenceforward be seven guineas , and not ten guineas , as formerly suggested , while the

annual subscription was fixed at £ 2 10 s per member , with an additional seven shillings and sixpence in the case of those brethren who dined on installation night . In December Bro . Henry Lypns was elected Worshipful Master for 1855 , while the outgoing Master , Bro . A . J . Jones , was complimented in the usual manner . The latter also received the further honour of being unanimously elected on tho Committee of the Benevolent Fund .

On 1 st January 1855 Bro . Lyons was installed , and Bro . Jones decorated . The Anditors' report showed a balance in favour of the Lodge of over £ 74 , out of which it was unanimously agreed to present the sum of ten guineas to the Patriotic Fund . It was further agreed that the Worshipful Master should have the privilege of inviting six guests to the banquet instead of two . On this occasion

there were present no less than eighty-two brethren , including visitors . In February steps were taken with a view to moving to other quarters , and after due consideration and discussion , at an emergency meeting , it was resolved that a move should be made to the Albion , Aldersgate-street , tho present headquarters of the Lodge , and most excellent headquarters they are known to be . In

May a resolution was passed , on the motion of Bro . Past Master Selig , to the effect that a memorial should be presented to the Board of General Purposes , complaining against the President and Board of Stewards for refusing tickets to tho Worshipful Master and Officers of the Lodge for the last Grand Festival of the Order , held on the 25 th April . A reply was furnished to this , in which the

Grand Secretary stated that the said Board of General Purposes saw nothing in the memorial or resolution calling for its interference . In October the unusual incident of seven gentlemen beinc initiated on one and the same evening occurred , the Most Worshipful Grand Master ' s sanction having been previously applied for and granted , tho ground on which the application was made being that

some of them were on the point of leaving England . At an emergency meeting , held in the same month , two grandsons of the venerable Treasurer , Bro . D . Moses , were balloted for , and initiated . In November the Committee of General Purposes submitted a report to the effect that ( 1 ) the provision at the last banqnet had been prepared in accordance with ancient custom , so that a rumour to the

contrary had no foundation in fact ; ( 2 ) it wonld be necessary for each member to pay an additional halfcrown per quarter if it was intended to have five banquets in the year ; ( 3 ) tho Tyler ' s remuneration should be increased from nine to fifteen shillings . These several recommendations were unanimously accepted . The month following Bro . Risch was elected Worshipful Master for the year 1856

, while Bro . Beyfus was appointed a Trustee of the Benevolent Fund , vice Bro . Henry Levy P . M ., who was about to leave England . The Committee to the said Fund was elected by ballot , as usual , and a Past Master ' s jewel was unanimously voted to Bro . H . Lyons , in recognition of his services to the Lodge . ° At the meeting in January 1856 , after the installation of Bro .

Risch as W . Master , the appointment and investitnre of Officers , and the presentation to Bro . H . L yons I . P . M . of a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , with an illuminated vote of thanks for his services , the Reports oftho Audit Committee and Benevolent Fnnd Committee were submitted and passed . The former showed a balance to the good of over £ 73 , and from the latter wo learn that the net amount ' received in

185 o was £ 84 16 s lid . At the February meeting , a Report was presented with reference to having a ball , and it was resolved on making the necessary arrangements for one to take place on the 18 th March . The Committee of General Purposes submitted a Report on the subject of the price to be paid per head for banquets , and also in respect of which had

an application been made to the Worshipful Master for his recommendation in favour of a new Lodge . The Committee reported as to the latter business that Bro . Risch had declined to meet the wishes of the applicants until he had the opinion of the Committee and the Lodge . Tho recommendation of the former was to the effect that the Master and Wardens be authorised to sign the

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petition , with the proviso that as the principal point urged , by tho applicants for a new Lodge was that the Lodge of Joppa was " uncomfortably numerous , " tho application of the petitioners for the Warrant , and tho election of others who might join it , should be considered " tantamount to a resignation from the Lodge of Joppa , " in tho event of the prayer of

tho petitioners being granted , as that would be the only means of carrying out tho genuiuo objects " tho brethren had in forming the new Lodge . This recommendation , in spita of an amendment to lion , confirm it , was endorsed by the Lodge by a very large majority . On 7 th April Bro . S . M . Lazarus tendered his resignation of the Secretaryship , and Bro . Selig P . M . was appointed in his slead . In May

the sum of two gnineas was voted towords the Girls' School Festival , and it was resolved to subscribe one guinea annually towards that admirable Institution . At this meeting a brother appealed for relief , and also that his petition to the Lodge of Benevolence should be supported by the Lodge . Both applications were acceded to , but we gather from the minutes of the June meeting that the brother

died before the petition could bo presented to tho Lodge of Benevolence , and tho widow therefore prayed the Lodge to support her petition . This roquest was promptly attended to , and the poor lad y ' s wishes were satisfied . At an emorgency meeting on the 16 th October , a report from tho Committee of General Purposes , recommending that the members pay fifteen shillings per quarter instead of twelve shillings

and sixpence was submitted . Tho recommendation was discussed at length , and adjourned on the motion of Bro . Beyfus P . M ., on the ground that a great deal of time had been spent in debate , and that dinner was waiting . The brethren then adjourned to the banquetting hall , where they " partook of dinner with ample dessert and wine , & c , " and doubtless with an appetite increased a thousandfold by the

labours of discussion . Tho December meeting must have been a monvnful one , the W . M ., Bro . Risch , having died since last meeting . Tho funeral service was read as a tribute of respect to his memory , and after considering virions plans for further honouring their deceased Worshipful Master , it was resolved to erect by private subscription among the members a monument over their brother ' s grave ,

The sum of £ 27 was then and there collected towards this purpose , and it was further resolved to have a resolution of regret for the un . timely demise , after a brief illness , of Bro . Risch , entered on the minutes , and a similar resolution on vellum framed aud glazed , and hung np in the Lodge room , as a perpetual memorial in his honour . Bro . L . Alexander was elected W . M . by a majority of votes , and tho

same brethren who had ocoupied those offices for many many years were re-elected Treasurer and Tyler . In January 1857 took place , with the customary ceremonial , tho installation of the new Master Bro . Lewis Alexander , among his officers being Bros . E . P . Albert S . D . —promoted from J . D . in 1856—and H . M . Levy I . G . The Audit Report showed a balance in favour

of the Lodge , after every outlay had been provided for , of £ 107 12 s 8 d , while that of tho Benevolent Fund showed that £ 77 2 s 6 d was added to that fund in 1856 , and after dinner a further sum of fifteen guineas was subscribed to it . At the April meeting a son of Bro . Henry Lyons was initiated , by dispensation from the M . W . G . Master , he being a minor of eighteen years and up . wards . At the same meetine a motion was submitted for the removal

of the Lodge from the Albion , but an amendment , that no sufficient reasons had been assigned for the removal , and thn t therefore it should remain in its present quartets , was carried , and the motion thus fell to the gronnd In May a motion to increase the annual subscription from £ 2 10 s to £ 3 3 s was lost , as it was agreed to by only 14 votes to 9 , and the Bye-Laws required a two-thirds majority of those present in all questions affecting the amounts to be paid to the Lodge . [ To be continued . ]

A Deserving Case.

A DESERVING CASE .

To the Edttor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR STR , —Allow me the space of a few words in behalf of a widow of a Freemason who seems to be much neglected , although much deserving the support of the Masonic fraternity . She is named Naomi Gamble , of Plymouth , making her fourth application , and standing No . 5 on the list of candidates for election

to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Widows of Freemasons in the month ensuing of May 1881 . Her late husband , as I am credibly informed , spent much of his money , for nearly a quarter of a centnry on Masonry ; and his poor widow is now left out in the cold forsaken , unless she can find a friend to help the helpless . I shall be glad to receive proxies in her favour . Yours faithfully ,

DANM ACE , D . D ., F . R . A . S . Langhton Vicarage , Gainsborough , 26 th April 1881 .

We have received a further able letter from Bro . Sims P . M ., and also one from another Officer of the Sir Hugh MyddeltoB Lodgo , No . 3602 , on the "Attendance of Past Masters . " As Bro . Sims courteously accepts Bro . E . Van Donop ' s apology for having unintentionall y -wounded the

feelings of Bro . Sims and his brother Past Masters , and concludes his letter with the two very excellent pieces of advice— "Don't do it again , " and " Be merry and wise , " and as we think uo advantage will be gained by the

publication of these letters , we close the correspondence with this acknowledgment of the recei pt of said letters , and express the hope the writers will be content with this recognition of their contents .