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he at the close of his term of office should descend from the chair with the same approval and appreciation of the brethren as had now the I . P . M ., Bro . Harrison . Bro . Harrison in acknowledging the high mark of respect paid to him , stated that he had tried to do his duty , which had evidently met with the approval of the members of the lodge , for which he was pleased , and he could only say that now passing into the senatorial benches , to mix with

those gone before , which ought to be the aim of every square Freemason , he could only conclude by offering the lodge " i learty good wishes . " He trusted that he should never disgrace the jewel presented to him , but do his best to adorn it with the holiest of virtues—Charity . The lodge was closed indue form and the brethren at once adjourned to the banquet table , which vvas laden with the choicest luxuries and viands . Good suit and service

having being done to the banquet the cloth vvas removed , and the W . M . gave the usual loyal toasts , which were heartily acknowledged . The Worshipful Master in proposing the toast of " The R . W . Pro G . M ., the Earl of Carnarvon , and the rest of the Grand Officers , " said that it was not necessary for him to dilate upon the qualifications of these brethren , it being accepted that thev filled their varied posts with satisfaction

to the Craft , and that was much to say . The toast vvas well received . Brevity is said to be the " soul of wit , " and this lodge is eminently prominent in that virtue . Certainly all the customary toasts were drunk and spoken to with enthusiasm , but the speeches of all were potentially short , but potential in power at the same time . The singing vvas most excellent on the part of every brother . You miaht have imagined they were all of the St .

Asaph Lodge , not amateurs , but professionals ; need it be qualified by stating that the Great Mackney vvas present , and created roars of laughter . The toasts of "The Initiates , " " The Past Masters , " " The Visitors , " and " The Officers " were all heartily drunk with due honours . Every one expressed themselves satisfied and delighted , and this charming gathering vvas brought to a close by the Tyler's toast , the company separating with " Hearty good wishes " to all at home , abroad , or wherever one and all might be .

DUKE OF EDINBURGH LODGE ( No . 1259 ) . —The anniversary festival and installation meeting of this successful lodge passed off with great success on the Glh inst ., at Bro . VV . Davies' . Cape of Good Hope Tavern , Limehouse , E . Bro . T . VV . Gilling , VV . M ., was well supported by his officers and the brethren , some Masons of influence also being present as visitors . The business before the brethren simply consisted of the performance of

the ceremony of installation on behalf of Bro . E . H . Rolfe , S . W . and W . M . elect . This proved a very effective " piece de resistance , " having been entrusted to the able hands of our highly esteemed Bro . James Terry , P . P . G . J . W . Norths and Hunts , P . P . G . S . W . Herts , & c , who had the honour and privilege of consecrating the lodge some thirteen years since . Bro . Terry was assisted in his pleasant task by Bro . Buchan , P . M ., as D . C , and Bros .

Atkins , P . M ., and Rowe , P . M . After receiving the salutations of the brethren Bro . Rolfe appointed the following brethren as his officers to assist him in carrying out the important duties he as W . Master had just undertaken : Bros . I . Charlton , S . W . ; Esmond , J . W . ; Wakefield , S . D . ; E . Jex , P . M ., Treas . ( re-appointed ); R . Bradbrook , P . M ., Sec . ( re-appointed ); L . Ettling , J . D . ; J . P . Moore , P . M ., l . G . ; Dixon , W . S . ; Buchan , P . M ., D . of

C ; G . T . H . Seddon , P . M ., Org . ( re-appointed ); and W . Very , Tyler ( re-appointed ) . The Installing Master gave the Three Charges in his wonted eloquent manner , and the ceremony concluded , gaining the applause of every listener present . Bro . Davis , 169 , vvas , alter successful ballot , duly elected a member . After fraternal greetings had been exchanged , lodge vvas closed . From our knowledge of Bro . Rolfe we can most heartily congratulate the

lodge upon possessing such a Worshipful Mas'er , and that brother in being W . M . of such a lodge as the Duke of Edinburgh . Subsequently the ministrations of the worth y host , Bro . W . Davis , were put to a severe test , and his skill as a caterer won for him fresh laurels . The usual toast list vvas gone through with all becoming loyalty to the throne and to our Masonic rulers . The toast of "The Masonic Charities , " feelingly given

by Bro . Rolfe , who is a Past Steward , evoked a splendid peroration from that champion of the three Masonic Charitable Institutions , Bro . James Terry , Sec . Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . " 1 he Past Masters' " toast , heartily welcomed , was responded to by Bro . R . Atkins ( Preceptor of the lodge of instruction ) , and the visitors generall y tendered their individual thanks for the excellent working in the lodge , and for the

quality of the banquet . A special toast vvas made in addition to that of the host , it vvas "The Health of Mrs ., or Sister , Davies , " and the warmth of the reception it met with was an additional proof , if such were required , of the popularity of that lady and the appreciation of her arrangements of the cuisine . Several other toasts were honoured , and they were all splendidly relieved by the musical efforts of several of the brethren . Among these may fairly be mentioned Bros .

Bradbrook , P . M . ; Dixon , Atkins , P . M . ; and others . Bro . G . Weige , P . M . SCo , lent his professional assistance in a most effective and enjoyable manner . Bro . Seddon , P . M ., was the life of the meeting by his ministrations upon the organ , and Bro . Very , the Tyler , gave his humorous account of the discursions of the three Hies and the disastrous consequences attendant upon roaming about , after which , we had almost written in consequence of which , the brethren separated , a memorable and enjoyable evening having been passed .

WEST KENT LODGE ( No . 1297 ) . —The last meeting for the session of this lodge vvas held at the Crystal Palace , Sydenham , on Saturday , the 27 th ult . There were present Bros . Thos . Perrin , W . M . ; Fullwood , acting S . W . ; Crump , J . W . ; Jas . Crowden , S . D . ; Philp , J . D . ; Jenkins , l . G . ; Bowler , Tyler ; Gardner , l . P . M . ; J . C . Woodrow . P . M . and Sec ; R . H . Crowden , P . M . ;

Hicks , W . S . ; Johnson , W . S . ; Vizettelly , Robins , Hands , Ancell , Uellis , and others : Bros . Rosenthal , P . M .,- Forman , P . M . ; Wilson , P . M . ; and H . Windybank , C . C . 'ihe minutes of the previous meeting were duly confirmed , when the Secretary announced the names of those brethren who were eligible for election for the Worshipful Master ' s chair . The choice fell upon Bro . Crump , who was almost unanimously elected . Bro . 11 . D . Stead , P . M .,

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vvas again elected Treasurer , and Bro . Bowler , Tyler . The VV . M ., Bro . Perrin , havinrr consented to stand as Steward at the next festival for the Benevolent Institution , , £ 10 10 s . was unanimously agreed to be placed on his list of donations . The lodge vvas then closed after greetings from the visitors , and the brethren afterwards adjourned to the banquet which was served in the Marble Hall . The

toasts were duly proposed by the VV . M ., and responded to by the various brethren , Bro . Crump , the VV . M . elect , coming in for a share of the honours . The toast of " The Visitors " vvas replied to by each , and amply done justice to ; in fact the remarks that fell from all were very favourably received by the brethren . It was decided that a jewel should be presented to the W . M . for the very satisfactory and efficient manner he had carried out the duties of the chair during his year of office .

ASAPH LODGE ( No . 1319 ) . —The installation meeting of this celebrated dramatic and musical lodge vvas held on Monday afternoon at Freemasons' Hall , when brethren to the number of 123 assembled to witness the admirable working of Bro . John Maclean , Worshipful Master . The lodge has now been in existence for thirteen years , and during that time it has been celebrated for the

excellence of its working , its liberal support of the Masonic Institutions , its Benevolent Fund , and the large number of its members , a very large majority of whom belong to the dramatic and , musical professions , for whose convenience it vvas that the warrant of the lodge vvas granted . It has thoroughly justified the reasons which actuated its founders , and it has studiously adhered to the lines laid down at its

starting , viz ., meeting almost every month in the year , assembling in the early hours of the afternoon , and dining only once a year—on the day of the installation of a new Master . The lodge met at half-past one on Monday , and before two o ' clock Bro . Maclean had begun the installation of Bro . Frederick Delevanti . The ceremony was splendidly performed by Bro . Maclean , and Bro . Meyer

Liitz , P . M ., admirably discharged the duties of Director of Ceremonies . The brethren appointed to office were Bros . John Maclean , l . P . M . ; Charles Tinney , S . W . ; H . Ashley , J . W . ; CharlesCoote , Treas . ; J . M . Chamberlin , P . M ., Sec . ; Kent , S . D . ; H . Tinney , J . D . ; Lestock Wooldridge , l . G . ; W . Smith , D . C . ; Hamilton , Org . ; H . J . Hitchinsand GeorgeFairchild , Stewards ; and John Gilbert . Tvler .

After the delivery of the address the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to Messrs . Spiers and Pond ' s , Freemasons' Tavern , where a very choice banquet vvas provided in the large hall , superintended by Bro . Dawkins . The usual toasts followed . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , in replying to the toast of " The Grand Officers , " of whom Bro . C . S .

Jekyll , a member of the lodge , vvas one , said it vvas by no means one of the least of the pleasures and privileges of a Grand Officer to find that this toast was invariably unanimously received and acknowledged so heartily , and he hoped the Grand Officers would never fail to deserve that considera tion and compliment . The Grand Officers vvereonly too happy to be present at the meetings of the Craft to witness the

extension of the Order ; hut it vvas an especial pleasure to be present at a meeting such as they had to-night—the meeting of the Lodge of Asaph , a lodge which had now existed about 14 years ; but he was happy to say that within those few years it had achieved an unparalleled success . It had arrived now deservedly at a very high position among the London lodges . He had had the

pleasure that evening of seeing the installation of the VV . M . performed in a most admirable manner by Bro . John Maclean , and he understood that Bro . Maclean had during his year of office performed the other ceremonies incidental to his position in a similarly admirable manner . He was bound to say that Bro . Maclean had only followed in the footsteps of worthy predecessors , because the Lodge

of Asaph had been fortunate enough during its existence to select good , able , and true men to hold the office of its W . M . To-night they had not departed from the rule . They had chosen a good man and brother in Bro . Delevanti to succeed Bro . Maclean . In the ceremonies which fell to Bro . Delevanti's lot at the concluding part of

the evening he gave the brethren a very good foretaste of what his work vvas to be , and it now only remained for him ( Col . Clerke ) to congratulate him most sincerely upon having the good fortune to arrive at the position of W . M ., and to wish the Lodge of Asaph every possible success in the futnrfi .

Bro . John Maclean , I . P . M ., in proposing "The Health of the VV . M ., " said Bro . Delevanti ' s capacity to perform his work , and his good fellowship , were so well known that he need not there expatiate on his excellencies in either way . While asking the brethren to drink his health , he would liketo draw attention to the fact—rather a melancholy one—that for some years past he had been suffering from a

very great affliction—partial loss of sight . They knew how good a musician he was , and they could imagine how much better he might have done if he had had his eyesight of four or five years ago . But , while they sympathised with him in his suffering , he was happy to say they could congratulate him on being in a fair way of recovery , and on his elevation to the office he now held . They would drink to

his good health in the future , and hope that he might in due time be restored to the perfect blessing of material light so necessary to the real enjoyment of this life . The Worshipful Master in reply said it was his duty and delig ht to return thanks for the great honour they had conferred on him , an honour which it had taken him a large part of his life to arrive at , and it would take him a long

time to forget . Indeed , he could not forget the kindness of every brother in the Lodge of Asaph , and of every brother he had met in Masonry . To the Lodge of Asaph he vvas specially devoted as to his mother . He had missed but one meeting since he had the honour of being introduced as a member of the lodge . He had had the honour of serving every office in the lodge , from that of Organist upwards , and it had been his especial delight to witness

not only the good working , but the hard working and good feeling , which he thought was the great feature of Masonry , which money could never purchase or take away , cementing friendship which might never have arisen without it . This had imbued him with the idea that Freemasonry would one day take an enormous place on this earth . In the Lodge of Asaph it was the object to work with brotherly feeling , and there was that feeling in the theatrical profession , though it had been thought that their interests were inimical to it . This

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was not a society of animals which opposed each other and they felt that with men of intelligence there should be one thought and one idea , and an aiming at good feeling and good fellowship . He thanked the brethren both for placing him in the chair and for drinking his health in a cordial and brotherly manner . As their goodness to him was unbounded , his duty to them should be unbounded . It should be his duty to emulate those who preceded him , and

they might reckon upon it that he should try as he had tried to do the best he could and he hoped at the end of his year the brethren would not regret having selected him for the office of W . M . The Worshipful Master in proposing the toast of " Bro . Maclean , I . P . M ., " described it as the most prominent toast of the evening . The brethren all knew what Bro . Maclean had done in other lodges as well as in the Lodge of Asaph .

He vvas a pattern of courtesy and kindness ; he vvas made of good stern honourable stuff , and vvas known to ordinary men as Leon ; he vvas a pillar of the lodge , he had an extreme sense of honour , and it vvas to be hoped he would long be spared to be an ornament to the lodge . Although most distinguished Masters had preceded him the brethren were sure that he had not been excelled by any who had passed the chair . The lodge vvas a lodge of honour , peace

, and harmony . Bro . Maclean had contributed towards so making it ; and in calling attention to the toast he ( the W . M . ) asked the brethren to drink it as to a brother who had been an honour to the lodge , and as one of the best men that ever walked the stage . He presented him with a massive past Master ' s jewel in token of the admiration of the brethren of the conduct of Bro . Maclean from first to last , with the wish that he might long live to wear it and

that it would remind him of the respect and affection of the brethren . Bro . John Maclean , I . P . M ., in reply said he highly appreciated the gift , and the more so as he believed that those who proposed it and voted for it honestly thought he fairly deserved it . That to him in the present vvas , and in the future would be , a very great gratification . He had not known until that day the terms in which it vvas proposed ,

but now that he knew them he should never forget them . From the first time he took office in the lodge he felt a great degree of diffidence in tackling the work . He thought it too much ; but in a short time he thought a great deal about getting into the chair , and he would not give it up . He had served every office , and he wished now to express his strong sense of thankfulness to all the officers who had been working under him . He had worked

under exceptional advantages , and had had the support of conscientious , hard working , and dilligent officers , who had helped him in a very material manner . He also thanked the P . Ms , for their assistance , which had always been given him when asked for . The other toasts were then given and the brethren

separated . A beautiful programme of music vvas performed during the evening by Madame Worrell and Madame Florence Winn , and Bros . James A . Brown , Alfred Kenningham , Charles Stevens , Henry Parkin , Henry Prenton , Tom de Brunnovv , Holmes , and Charles E . Tinney . Bro . Henry J . Tinney gave solos on the pianoforte , and Bros . John Maclean and George E . Fairchild gave recitations .

TRINITY COLLEGE LODGE ( No . 1765 ) . — The installation meeting of this lodge vvas held on the 1 st inst . at Trinity College , Mandeville-place , Manchestersquare , under the presidency of the W . M ., Bro . the Rev . H . G . Bonavia Hunt , Mus . Bac . Oxon . Among the other brethren present were Bros . J . Stedman , S . W . ; E . J . Hoare , J . W . ; Biddlecombe , Treas . ; J . A . Hammond , P . M ., Sec ; B . Turner , S . D . ; G . Hammond , J . D . ; C .

Tayler , l . G . ; Lane , Org . ; Humphrey J . Starke , P . M . ; and Col . Shadvvell H . Clerke , G . Sec . Visitors : Bros . J ., G . Albery , 43 ; Frank H . Hare , 172 ; R . J . Ward , S . W . 1541 ; H . M . Levy , P . M . 1 S 8 ; Arthur E . Gladwell , P . M . 172 ; J . S . Somers , 568 ; J . N . Thompson , l . P . M . 1695 ; Richard Clowes , P . M . 630 , Prov . G . S . W . Essex ; G . J . Smith , J . W . 1839 ; Edmund B . Cox , W . S . 1543 ; F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., P . G . D . ; W . H . Piatt , 1635 ; Alfred

Cumner , 1426 ; Stanley Smith , 1839 ; and H . Massey , P . M . 619 and 192 S ( Freemason ) . After the opening of the lodge and the reading and confirmation of the minutes , and the reading and adoption of the report and' balance-sheet , the installation ceremony was performed by Bro . the Rev . H . G . Bonavia Hunt , Bro . J . Stedman being presented to him for that purpose by Bro . Humphrey J . Stark , P . M . The brethren appointed

and invested as officers were Bros . E . J . Hoare , S . W . ; B . Turner , J . W . ; the Rev . H . G . Bonavia Hunt , I . P . M ., Treas . ; J . A . Hammond , P . M ., Sec ; G . Hammond , S . D . ; C . Tayler , J . D . ; Smith , P . M ., Org . ; A . Howard , l . G . ; Gabriel , D . of C . ; Plant Martin , W . S . ; and Harrison , Tyler . Bro . Bonavia Hunt then delivered the addresses , the whole of his work being admirably executed . A choice supper followed the closing of the lodge , and the

Worshipful Master proposed the usual toasts . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , referred in his response to the toast of "The Grand Officers" to the consecration of the Trinity College Lodge , five years ago , by himself , and stated that this vvas the first time since that event that he had been in the lodge . He noticed with pleasure its prosperity , and congratulated Bro . Stedman on having arrived at the distinguished position of VV . M .

Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., also replied , and expressed the same sentiments as the Grand Secretary . Bro . Clowes , P . G . S . W . Essex , likewise responded . In proposing " 1 he Health of the W . M . " Bro . Bonavia-Hunt said Bro . Stedman was one of the seven founders of the lodge , and he trusted the brethren would concentrate all their loyalty , devotion , and affection on him . The Worshipful Master replying said it was a pride and

honour to be Master of any lodge , but to be Master of the Trinity College Lodge , consisting as it did of very eminent men , good musicians , and affectionate brethren , magnified that honour very much indeed . Of course he had a great regard for the lodge , being one of its founders , but the overwhelmingly kind reception he had six months ago when he returned among the brethren had intensified

that feeling and made him have towards the Trinity College Lodge and the brethren connected with it a strong affection . So impressed had he been with the feeling that in the future he should hold that anyone who vvas able to give himself the title of a member of the Trinity College Lodge vvas his dearest friend and brother fo r whom he should be proud to make any sacrifice . During his year of office he wished to show the brethren that l ' c