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INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .
ANGEL LODGE , No . 51 . » n «
A REGULAR meeting of this Lodge was held at tho Threo Caps Hotel , Colchester , on the 22 nd inst ., Bro . G . Harrison P . M . 1828 W . M . in the chair , and thero were also present the following Officers and brethren : —Bros . Quitter S . W ., Horsmau J . W ., Welch P . M . P . P . G . J . W . Treasurer , Railing P . M . P . G . A . D . C . England P . G . Sec . Essex Secretary , Eeichter S . D ., Ablett J . D ., Ives P . M .
P . P . G . A . Sec . D . C , Jones I . G ., Williams , Gray , and Francis Stewards , Wright Tyler , Sovvman P . M . P . P . G . J . W ., Hennemeyer P . M . P . P . G . S . W ., Sparling I . P . M ., Turner P . M . P . P . G . O ., Edwards P . M . 254 P . P . A . D . C . Warwickshire , Rix P . M . 697 P . P . G . Sword Bearer , Wright , Manley , Miller , Loyd , H . N . C . Hewson , G . M .
Howson , Becker , Peck . Visitor—S . Meech Secretary 2163 . The Lodge was opened in due form , and after the minutes of the last meeting had been confirmed , Bros . Becker and Peck were passed , the ceremony being efficiently performed by the W . M . Subsequently Bro . Welch P . M ., in a most able and impressive manner ,
gave the explanation of the Second Tracing Board , which was listened to with evident pleasure and interest , and at its close Bro . Welch was rewarded with , a special vote of thanks . Bro . Turner P . M . brought up the Beport of the Bye-Laws Sob-Committee , and
after a protracted debate on a few points at issue various amendments were made , and the By-Laws ordered to be sent to Grand Lodge for approval . An application for assistance was received from fche widow of a late brother , but it was nofc entertained . After the conclusion of tho business the brethren sat down to the nsual
spread , and the remainder of the evening was spent in a social manner , due attention being paid to the Loyal and Masonic toasts . Bros . Balling and Hennemeyer responded for the Grand and Provincial Grand Officers respectively , Bro . Sparling for the
Past Masters of the Lodge , Bro . S . Meech for the Visitors , Brothers Quilter and Horsman for the Officers , and Bro . Turner for the musical brethren . Dnring the evening the proceedings were enlivened by songs , rendered by Bros . Turner , Sparling , and Welch .
ALLIANCE LODGE , No . 1827
THE members of this Lodge on the 20 th entertained the Right Hon the Lord Mayor , Major and Sheriff Davies , Bro . Sheriff Higgs , aud a large and distinguished company , including a large number of present and past Officers of Grand Lodge . The Lodge was opened in due form by the W . M ., Bro . II . Squire , CO ., and the Lord Mayor , Sheriffs , and other distinguished guests were received , with Masonic
honours , in the body of the Lodge . The Lodge was then closed in ancient form , and the brethren and their numerous guests adjourned to the banquet-room , all the arrangements of which were placed under the able management of Bro . Wright P . M . and D . C . of the Lodge . The President ' s place wns occupied by the Master of the
Lodge , who had the Right Hon . tho Lord Mayor on his right , the Immediate Past Master ex-officio filling the sent on his left hand , and Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., occupying tho uoxt seat . The Senior Warden , Bro . H . Clarke , C . C , took the end of the righthand table , the J . W ., Bro . J . P . Godfrey , took euro of the left-hand
table , and the Secretary , Bro . J . E . Tnrner , faced tho Master at the centre table . In proposing " The Queen and the Craft , " the Chairman said that it was a toast which on these occasions was always hailed with satisfaction and loyalty . They were aware that recently Her Majesty had been much exercised in mind with regard to the
events which had taken place in Germany , where her son-in-law had now become Emperor of that groat nation . Tho present Emperor of Germany was a very excellent and much-beloved Mason ; in his country he was called Masonic Protector , and he evinced great interest iu the Masonry of this country . Three of the Queen ' s sons
were Masons , and therefore it was likely , as it was the fact , that she took a great interest—as much interest as a lady could—in the Masonic body of this country . He therefore gave them " The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Craft . " The toaafc was drunk wifch enthusiasm , and the Master proceeded
to propose " The Health of the M . W . the Grand Master the Prince of Wales , " in doing which he said , he had been very much gratified by being allowed to attend the Right Hon . tho Lord Mayor and Sheriffs last week to Marlborough House , when they weufc to convoy the congratulations of the City of Loudon to their Royal Highnesses
the Prince gand Princess of Wales on the occasion of their silver wedding ; and he also reminded tho brethren that it was only last year that the brethren had assembled to the number of about 6 , 000 at Albert Hal ) , in commemoration of the Queen ' s Jubilee , which the Prince declared to bo tho most interesting assembly of Masons
at which ho had been present with the exception of tho occasion when he had been installed as Grand Master of English Freemasons . The toast of " The Grand Officers Present aud Past , " was replied to by the Rev . G . W . Weldon Grand Chaplain , who paid of Freemasonry that the more it extended throughout tho world the greater
Would be its power , and that in spite of the efforts of Socialists thero Was a loyalty to , and he might suy u religion about Freemasonry , which would prove a bulwark to the public order of tho State , and a safeguard to the liberties of the people . Bro . Eve ( the Grand Treasurer ) also responded for this toast . The Master in proposing " The
Health of tho Lord Mayor , " said thafc they never mot iu the City , whether at a Masonic or any other social gathering , without recognizing tho head and monarch of their city—tho Lord Mayor . And when , as in tho present instance , they had a Lord Mavor who
trod in the steps of his illustrious predecessors , : nul when tho * remembered tha *; he was the ( ii'Dth Lord Mayor , many ns had been the talented men who had occupied that position , history furnished them with no mention of any Lord Mayor who had f ' nllillr . d hi : duties move zpaloufdy , or kindly , or trior : ; ho-pitablv , «* r more to the
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satisfaction of the citizens , than the present Lord Mayor the Right Hon . Polydore de Keyser . In the Masonic world the brethren knew that the Lord Mayor took and felt a very great interest . He was Master of the Lodge which he so well represented , and considering his position it was also surprising that ho could still devoto time to
Masonry . It had been tho custom , the Master said , ever since the Alliance Lodge had been established , that when the Lord Mayor for the year was a member of tho Masonic body , for the Lodge to have the honour of entertaining him . It wns difficult for him , in the presence of tho Lord Mayor , to say as much as ho would have liked
to do , bufc ho was quite sure that the brethren would join him mosfc sincerely in drinking fco the health of the Right Hononrabte tho Lord Mayor , trusting that he might be spared , with health aud strength , to go throngh his arduous duties , which he had commenced with such credit and renown to himself . The Lord
Mayor in reply said , that he was almost overpowered at the very kind reception which those present had given to the toast which had just been proposed by their good Master . He believed from what he had heard of tho Alliance Lodge that every member of the Corporation , and certainly the Lord Mayor , ought to belong to
that Lodge , and he hoped that tho Lodge would give him the opportunity of becoming a member of it , and that in , that manner he might make up for what he believed to be a want in his education as a Mason . Although he was Master of his Lodge this year , he was not a young Mason ; he had been one for 25 years , and entirely
adopted and was inspired by those principles which had been enunciated by their Graud Chaplain . He thanked them for having , for the second time in the last ten years , to visit ; their Lodge ; he thanked them , nofc only as a Mason bufc as Lord Mayor , for their kind reception , and desired to express hia gratification at the honour
they had paid him . The health of the Master of the Lodge was proposed by the Lord Mayor , and the Master replied in suitable terms . The health of the Sheriffs was then proposed by the Master , and Major Davies , in replying , asked to be allowed to become a member of the Lodge , but said that he should not be satisfied if admitted
until he occupied the position of its Master . Mr . Sheriff Higgs also responded . The toast of the Visitors waa replied to by Dr . Egan , Bro . Broadley , and Bro . Hafeley ( of New York ) . Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton replied for the Past Masters of the Lodge . Bro . J . Maroham was toastmaster .
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r pHE usual meeting of this " Press" Lodge , was held on Saturday , tho 17 th inst , at Brixton Hall , Acre-lane , Brixton . There were present : Bros . J . C . Duckworth W . M ., Dr . Griffiths S . W ., Herbert Wright J . W ., H . Massey P . M . Treasurer , R . J . Albery Secretary : H . F . Bussey P . M ., Thomas Minstrell P . M ., W . F . Perkins S . D ..
C Basil Cooke I . G ., 0 . K . Moore W . S ., James M'Intyre , William MacDonald , Johu Bune , J . W . R . Brown , Peter Bruce , J . C Manning , Johu Allen , Charles Lock , G . F . Babington , H . J . Saunderson , W . E . Pitt , Wallace Husk , S . James , J . Masson , H . Ashenden , & c . Visitor Bro . Saunders J . W . 1257 . Bro . James Walker was elected a joining
member . Bro . Ashenden was raised to the sublime degree , the ceremony being performed in a most ablo manner by the W . M . Bro Wallace Husk was appointed Organist , and duly invested with the collar of his office . The brethren were requested by the W . M . to
support to tho utmost of their power the case of Mrs . Mary Cooke , widow of Bro . Cooke , late of tho Standard reporting staff . Iro . Duckworth , tho W . M ., also appealed to any Masons whose votes for the next election to the Masonic Benevolent Institntion were nofc
engaged to send them to Mrs . Cooke , 40 Wilson-road , Camberwe / I , as the caso was a most deserving one , aud strongly recommended . The business having been completed , the Lodgo was closed in perfect harmony , and the brethren shortly afterwards separated . A successful Cinderella dance followed the business proceedings .
1 ho Worshipfnl Master , Hro . J . C Duckworth , inaugurated his year of office by holding a ball , and since then tie has allowed two Cinderella dances to take placa in tho name of tho Lodge . Tho July meeting of tho Lodge is to bo of a purely formal character , as far aa Masouic work is concerned . The Lodge will meet early in the
morning , and adjourn to some pleasant place iu the country , the members being accompanied by their lady friends . The fact that ladies are admitted to so many of the social gatherings connected with tho Gallery Lodge is depriving Freemasonry of a great ; deal of its exclusivoness , and is making tho Gallery Lodgo exceedingly
popular amongst , tho ladies connected with tho knights of tho pen . At the Cinderalla dance ou Saturday last , there were present journalists representing almost every newspaper in the country .
Tho Worshipful Master and Mrs . Duckworth are to bo congratulated on the very great success of these gatherings . Thank- * are due to Bros . Perkins ( Secretary ) , C K . Moore and C Lock ( M . C . ' s ) , by whom the arrangements were carried out .
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rntlE installation meeting , was held at the Swan Hotel , Upper Nor--i- wood , on Wednesday , tho 2 l . st insfc . Brother Dr . Hooper W . M ., and the principal OHicors being invested . The gathering was a large one , many of tho brethren of tho Upper Norwood Lodge being present . The installation ceremony was splendidly pjrfbrmed by Brother H . Hartley .
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fpi'U Iirst annual installation banquet of this military Lodgo - & - took place on Friday , 23 : d March , at Dover , Assistant Commissary General Bro . Mooro being installed in the chair . Several military brethren , former members of tho Portsmouth Lodges , wero xinongr't fhofo present , also Bro . Jenkins , tho present Worshipful MdiPior of Hi--- ! rortsiimnf . il L"dgo , who attended to represent tho t * o * t *! ' - ' - > : ith brethivn , and roi , lied to tho toast of tho V ' 'itor .- < ,
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Installation Meetings, &C.
INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .
ANGEL LODGE , No . 51 . » n «
A REGULAR meeting of this Lodge was held at tho Threo Caps Hotel , Colchester , on the 22 nd inst ., Bro . G . Harrison P . M . 1828 W . M . in the chair , and thero were also present the following Officers and brethren : —Bros . Quitter S . W ., Horsmau J . W ., Welch P . M . P . P . G . J . W . Treasurer , Railing P . M . P . G . A . D . C . England P . G . Sec . Essex Secretary , Eeichter S . D ., Ablett J . D ., Ives P . M .
P . P . G . A . Sec . D . C , Jones I . G ., Williams , Gray , and Francis Stewards , Wright Tyler , Sovvman P . M . P . P . G . J . W ., Hennemeyer P . M . P . P . G . S . W ., Sparling I . P . M ., Turner P . M . P . P . G . O ., Edwards P . M . 254 P . P . A . D . C . Warwickshire , Rix P . M . 697 P . P . G . Sword Bearer , Wright , Manley , Miller , Loyd , H . N . C . Hewson , G . M .
Howson , Becker , Peck . Visitor—S . Meech Secretary 2163 . The Lodge was opened in due form , and after the minutes of the last meeting had been confirmed , Bros . Becker and Peck were passed , the ceremony being efficiently performed by the W . M . Subsequently Bro . Welch P . M ., in a most able and impressive manner ,
gave the explanation of the Second Tracing Board , which was listened to with evident pleasure and interest , and at its close Bro . Welch was rewarded with , a special vote of thanks . Bro . Turner P . M . brought up the Beport of the Bye-Laws Sob-Committee , and
after a protracted debate on a few points at issue various amendments were made , and the By-Laws ordered to be sent to Grand Lodge for approval . An application for assistance was received from fche widow of a late brother , but it was nofc entertained . After the conclusion of tho business the brethren sat down to the nsual
spread , and the remainder of the evening was spent in a social manner , due attention being paid to the Loyal and Masonic toasts . Bros . Balling and Hennemeyer responded for the Grand and Provincial Grand Officers respectively , Bro . Sparling for the
Past Masters of the Lodge , Bro . S . Meech for the Visitors , Brothers Quilter and Horsman for the Officers , and Bro . Turner for the musical brethren . Dnring the evening the proceedings were enlivened by songs , rendered by Bros . Turner , Sparling , and Welch .
ALLIANCE LODGE , No . 1827
THE members of this Lodge on the 20 th entertained the Right Hon the Lord Mayor , Major and Sheriff Davies , Bro . Sheriff Higgs , aud a large and distinguished company , including a large number of present and past Officers of Grand Lodge . The Lodge was opened in due form by the W . M ., Bro . II . Squire , CO ., and the Lord Mayor , Sheriffs , and other distinguished guests were received , with Masonic
honours , in the body of the Lodge . The Lodge was then closed in ancient form , and the brethren and their numerous guests adjourned to the banquet-room , all the arrangements of which were placed under the able management of Bro . Wright P . M . and D . C . of the Lodge . The President ' s place wns occupied by the Master of the
Lodge , who had the Right Hon . tho Lord Mayor on his right , the Immediate Past Master ex-officio filling the sent on his left hand , and Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., occupying tho uoxt seat . The Senior Warden , Bro . H . Clarke , C . C , took the end of the righthand table , the J . W ., Bro . J . P . Godfrey , took euro of the left-hand
table , and the Secretary , Bro . J . E . Tnrner , faced tho Master at the centre table . In proposing " The Queen and the Craft , " the Chairman said that it was a toast which on these occasions was always hailed with satisfaction and loyalty . They were aware that recently Her Majesty had been much exercised in mind with regard to the
events which had taken place in Germany , where her son-in-law had now become Emperor of that groat nation . Tho present Emperor of Germany was a very excellent and much-beloved Mason ; in his country he was called Masonic Protector , and he evinced great interest iu the Masonry of this country . Three of the Queen ' s sons
were Masons , and therefore it was likely , as it was the fact , that she took a great interest—as much interest as a lady could—in the Masonic body of this country . He therefore gave them " The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Craft . " The toaafc was drunk wifch enthusiasm , and the Master proceeded
to propose " The Health of the M . W . the Grand Master the Prince of Wales , " in doing which he said , he had been very much gratified by being allowed to attend the Right Hon . tho Lord Mayor and Sheriffs last week to Marlborough House , when they weufc to convoy the congratulations of the City of Loudon to their Royal Highnesses
the Prince gand Princess of Wales on the occasion of their silver wedding ; and he also reminded tho brethren that it was only last year that the brethren had assembled to the number of about 6 , 000 at Albert Hal ) , in commemoration of the Queen ' s Jubilee , which the Prince declared to bo tho most interesting assembly of Masons
at which ho had been present with the exception of tho occasion when he had been installed as Grand Master of English Freemasons . The toast of " The Grand Officers Present aud Past , " was replied to by the Rev . G . W . Weldon Grand Chaplain , who paid of Freemasonry that the more it extended throughout tho world the greater
Would be its power , and that in spite of the efforts of Socialists thero Was a loyalty to , and he might suy u religion about Freemasonry , which would prove a bulwark to the public order of tho State , and a safeguard to the liberties of the people . Bro . Eve ( the Grand Treasurer ) also responded for this toast . The Master in proposing " The
Health of tho Lord Mayor , " said thafc they never mot iu the City , whether at a Masonic or any other social gathering , without recognizing tho head and monarch of their city—tho Lord Mayor . And when , as in tho present instance , they had a Lord Mavor who
trod in the steps of his illustrious predecessors , : nul when tho * remembered tha *; he was the ( ii'Dth Lord Mayor , many ns had been the talented men who had occupied that position , history furnished them with no mention of any Lord Mayor who had f ' nllillr . d hi : duties move zpaloufdy , or kindly , or trior : ; ho-pitablv , «* r more to the
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satisfaction of the citizens , than the present Lord Mayor the Right Hon . Polydore de Keyser . In the Masonic world the brethren knew that the Lord Mayor took and felt a very great interest . He was Master of the Lodge which he so well represented , and considering his position it was also surprising that ho could still devoto time to
Masonry . It had been tho custom , the Master said , ever since the Alliance Lodge had been established , that when the Lord Mayor for the year was a member of tho Masonic body , for the Lodge to have the honour of entertaining him . It wns difficult for him , in the presence of tho Lord Mayor , to say as much as ho would have liked
to do , bufc ho was quite sure that the brethren would join him mosfc sincerely in drinking fco the health of the Right Hononrabte tho Lord Mayor , trusting that he might be spared , with health aud strength , to go throngh his arduous duties , which he had commenced with such credit and renown to himself . The Lord
Mayor in reply said , that he was almost overpowered at the very kind reception which those present had given to the toast which had just been proposed by their good Master . He believed from what he had heard of tho Alliance Lodge that every member of the Corporation , and certainly the Lord Mayor , ought to belong to
that Lodge , and he hoped that tho Lodge would give him the opportunity of becoming a member of it , and that in , that manner he might make up for what he believed to be a want in his education as a Mason . Although he was Master of his Lodge this year , he was not a young Mason ; he had been one for 25 years , and entirely
adopted and was inspired by those principles which had been enunciated by their Graud Chaplain . He thanked them for having , for the second time in the last ten years , to visit ; their Lodge ; he thanked them , nofc only as a Mason bufc as Lord Mayor , for their kind reception , and desired to express hia gratification at the honour
they had paid him . The health of the Master of the Lodge was proposed by the Lord Mayor , and the Master replied in suitable terms . The health of the Sheriffs was then proposed by the Master , and Major Davies , in replying , asked to be allowed to become a member of the Lodge , but said that he should not be satisfied if admitted
until he occupied the position of its Master . Mr . Sheriff Higgs also responded . The toast of the Visitors waa replied to by Dr . Egan , Bro . Broadley , and Bro . Hafeley ( of New York ) . Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton replied for the Past Masters of the Lodge . Bro . J . Maroham was toastmaster .
GALLERY LODGE . No . 1928
r pHE usual meeting of this " Press" Lodge , was held on Saturday , tho 17 th inst , at Brixton Hall , Acre-lane , Brixton . There were present : Bros . J . C . Duckworth W . M ., Dr . Griffiths S . W ., Herbert Wright J . W ., H . Massey P . M . Treasurer , R . J . Albery Secretary : H . F . Bussey P . M ., Thomas Minstrell P . M ., W . F . Perkins S . D ..
C Basil Cooke I . G ., 0 . K . Moore W . S ., James M'Intyre , William MacDonald , Johu Bune , J . W . R . Brown , Peter Bruce , J . C Manning , Johu Allen , Charles Lock , G . F . Babington , H . J . Saunderson , W . E . Pitt , Wallace Husk , S . James , J . Masson , H . Ashenden , & c . Visitor Bro . Saunders J . W . 1257 . Bro . James Walker was elected a joining
member . Bro . Ashenden was raised to the sublime degree , the ceremony being performed in a most ablo manner by the W . M . Bro Wallace Husk was appointed Organist , and duly invested with the collar of his office . The brethren were requested by the W . M . to
support to tho utmost of their power the case of Mrs . Mary Cooke , widow of Bro . Cooke , late of tho Standard reporting staff . Iro . Duckworth , tho W . M ., also appealed to any Masons whose votes for the next election to the Masonic Benevolent Institntion were nofc
engaged to send them to Mrs . Cooke , 40 Wilson-road , Camberwe / I , as the caso was a most deserving one , aud strongly recommended . The business having been completed , the Lodgo was closed in perfect harmony , and the brethren shortly afterwards separated . A successful Cinderella dance followed the business proceedings .
1 ho Worshipfnl Master , Hro . J . C Duckworth , inaugurated his year of office by holding a ball , and since then tie has allowed two Cinderella dances to take placa in tho name of tho Lodge . Tho July meeting of tho Lodge is to bo of a purely formal character , as far aa Masouic work is concerned . The Lodge will meet early in the
morning , and adjourn to some pleasant place iu the country , the members being accompanied by their lady friends . The fact that ladies are admitted to so many of the social gatherings connected with tho Gallery Lodge is depriving Freemasonry of a great ; deal of its exclusivoness , and is making tho Gallery Lodgo exceedingly
popular amongst , tho ladies connected with tho knights of tho pen . At the Cinderalla dance ou Saturday last , there were present journalists representing almost every newspaper in the country .
Tho Worshipful Master and Mrs . Duckworth are to bo congratulated on the very great success of these gatherings . Thank- * are due to Bros . Perkins ( Secretary ) , C K . Moore and C Lock ( M . C . ' s ) , by whom the arrangements were carried out .
HONOR OAK LODGE , No . 198 G
rntlE installation meeting , was held at the Swan Hotel , Upper Nor--i- wood , on Wednesday , tho 2 l . st insfc . Brother Dr . Hooper W . M ., and the principal OHicors being invested . The gathering was a large one , many of tho brethren of tho Upper Norwood Lodge being present . The installation ceremony was splendidly pjrfbrmed by Brother H . Hartley .
JUBILEE LODGIil . No . 2105
fpi'U Iirst annual installation banquet of this military Lodgo - & - took place on Friday , 23 : d March , at Dover , Assistant Commissary General Bro . Mooro being installed in the chair . Several military brethren , former members of tho Portsmouth Lodges , wero xinongr't fhofo present , also Bro . Jenkins , tho present Worshipful MdiPior of Hi--- ! rortsiimnf . il L"dgo , who attended to represent tho t * o * t *! ' - ' - > : ith brethivn , and roi , lied to tho toast of tho V ' 'itor .- < ,