Craft Masonry.

Eleven lodges or other bodies and So brethren were dieted members of the Correspondence Circle as follows : The District Grand Lodge of Northern China , and the Masonic Club at Shanghai ; the Grand Lodge of Hamlinrch ; the Masonic Library , Ottawa , Canada ; Gold Fields Lodge , No 247 S ; Jeppestown Lodge , No . 2481 , and Golden Thistle R . A . Chapter , No . 245 , ( S . C ) all in Johannesburg , S . A . R . ; Meteor Lodge , No . 2510 ,

Longreach , Charleville Lodge , No . 2393 , Charleville , and Stanley Lodge , No . 6 S 0 ( S . C ) , Brisbane , all three in Queensland ; Read Lodge , No . 2337 , Kwala Lumpor , Straits Settlements . Ami the following brethren : In the U . S . A ., R . A . Shirrefs , 33 , Elizabeth , and Dr . J . A . Miller , P . M . 155 , Hopewell , New Jersey : R . W . Morgan , P . G . Marshal , A . F , Scrvin , 454 , G . W . Brown , jun ., 454 , and A . C . Stevens , SS , all of New York City ; W . H . Holt , s , Sioux Falls , E .

' )' . Taubman , P . M . 38 , Aberdeen , F . A . Spafford , l'landreau , and S . J . Moore , P . M . 31 , Mitchell , all in South Dakota ; J . J . Weller , W . M . Brooks , S . Slager , J . D . Huhn , T . J . Barchus , E Lang , of Memphis , and E . I ! . Parke , Knoxville , Tennessee ; R . M . Baird , 33 , Wheeling , West Virginia ; in India , C . Campbell , 1 S 41 , Mysore ; in China , F . L . Crompton , D . G . O ., Rev . H . F . Hackman , 570 , J . I . Miller , D . G . M ., and H . A . Collins ,

570 , all of Shanghai ; in the Straits Settlements , H . C . Faxon , 2337 , Kwala Lumpor , Selangor ; in Africa , G . S . Rideal , 774 ( S . C . ) Johannesburg , F . Anderton , C . Edwards , and A . Heller , all of 747 ( S . C ) , Barberton , South African Republic j A . Bousefield , 24 S 6 , Kimberley ; F . D . Changuion , Malmesbury , H . Forbes , P . M . 711 , Port Elizabeth , Cape Colony ; W . E . Harvey , and G . F . Reid , 2522 , Bethlehem , Orange Free State ; in Victoria , A . R .

Davie , R . Hall , P . M . 36 , M . Bloustein , P . M . 63 , J . Roberts , 114 , J . S . Hall , 53 , C . Flohm , P . M . 63 , all of Ballarat , E . J . F . Sayers , P . G . Stwd ., Geelong , and S . R . Smith , 91 , Castlemaine ; in Queensland , D . Armstrong , 2 S 6 ( I . C ) , and G . P . Hanify , 339 ( I . C . ) of Brisbane ; J . de Coulay , 1372 , Warwick ; and M . L . Lewis , 1315 , Toowoomba ; in New South Wales , W . H . Rowland , P . M . 4 S , Inverell ; W . Hawker , P . M . 218 , Quirindi ; W .

H . Parker , 1 S 3 , Scone ; J . Thacker , 37 , Hay ; and G . H . Lei " s : h > Germanton ; in Tasmania , J . H . Room , P . Pro-G . M ., W . " A . MacDougall , D . G . M ., J . Brickhill , D . G . Sec , W . Stroud , P . G . D . Sec , Chambers , P . Ins . of L . L ., all of Launceston ; in Switzerland , L . Soldano , Sentier ; in Germany , C . Wiebe , G . M . of Hamburg ; in Scotland , G . Maltman , W . M . 7 S 2 , Tillicoultry , and C . R . Baptie , 571 , Glasgow ; in England , J . Inman , 40 ; W . Crewdson , 4 ; Rev . V . P .

Wyatt , 2343 ; A . Page , 1676 ; T . Aitken , P . M . S ; F . Dowse , 2101 ; T . A . Withey , P . M . 1299 ; C . Meeker , 973 ; W . A . Tharp , 49 ; H . Tharp , 49 ; H . M . Williams , W . M . 271 ; T . H . Roberts , P . M . 153 S ; F . G . Burton , 1 S 03 ; J . H . Clemens , 1 S 3 ; M . J . Jarvis , 12 ; A . Sparks , 19 S 7 ; | . J . Lamigeon , 2551 ; R . Emery , 2551 ; F . S . Guy , W . M . 1343 ; E . St . Clair , P . G . Stwd . ; and C . E . Wilson , P . M . 99 .

The Secretary read a paper by Dr . W . J . Chetwode Crawley entitled " Notes on Irish Masonry , Three lost Lodges , " giving an account of two lodges warranted last century in England , and one in France by the Grand Lodge of Ireland with an extract from the Grand Lodge registers rrferring to them . The information respecting the two English lodges , provokingly meagre as it is , was especially welcome and interesting . These two lodges have always

been a mystery to students , and though this is far from being cleared up , we at least know something more than we did . A vote of thanks to Bro . Crawley was passed nem . con . Bro . W . H . Rylands , A . G . D . C , then read a paper entitled " Notes on some Masonic symbols . " The paper chiefly dwelt on those symbols which he showed were useful to our operative fathers in the actual ^ construction of their edifices ; he explained their uses , in the course of

which recent discoveries of a startling nature were summarised ; and he then showed how the real practical significance of these symbols was lost owing to the change in the style of architecture , but the symbols remained as something sacred and mysterious , and how their meaning became obscured and fresh meanings invented to account tor them . The lecture opened up an tntirely new vista to students , and will form a new starting point for further research . It

was commented on by Bros . Speth and Rev . W . J . Horsley , and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer , liro . Bampfylde Warre exhibited a curious hand-painted apron , a poignard with perforated ornamentation , presumably Masonic , and a remarkable copper jewel found during the recent opening up of the Lavant Caves at Roach Hill , which led to much speculation . The brethren adjourned to the Holborn Restaurant for dinner .

Savage Club Lodge ( No . 2100 ) . —A meeting of this popular lodge was held on Tuesday , the 7 th inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , when Bro , Edmund Rosenthal , W . M ., occupied the chair of K . S ., that of S . W . being filled by Bro . Carson , Bro . H . S . Wellcome acting as J . W ., and Bro . E . E . Peacock , P . M . i'j-. S , officiating as I . G . There were also present Bros . J . Northcott , I . P . M . ; W . E . Chapman , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W .

Bucks , Sec . ; W . J . Fisher , P . M . ; W . Ebbetts , P . M . ; T . Catling , P . M . ; W . S . Penley , S . D . ; Harold Burke , Org . ; C . Townley , Steward ; W . Terrott , Shadden-Wilson , Wilton Jones , Hugh Moss , Henry de Mosenthal , Melton Prior , Harcourt Cecil Beryl , E . G . Salmon , S . A . K . Strahan , j . Sachs , D . Law , and Wilford , P . M . 47 . 1 he minutes of the last regular and emergency meetings were read and confirmed . A candidate for initiation—Mr .

Phil May—was balloted for and elected . Bros . H . Cecil Heryland Edward George Salmon were raised to the Third litgree , Bro . S . A . K . Strahan was passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft , and Messrs . Paul Frewzeny , Havelock lisher , and Phil May were initiated into Freemasonry . liro . Edmund Rosenthal , W . M ., performed all the fores'oirjfj ceremonies in an exceedingly impressive and masterl y manner , and he certainly merited the hearty congratulations which were awarded him by all the members

present . The Secretary then announced the death of Bro . Charles Stuart , who had only become a joining member of J-ie Savage Club Lodge at the previous regular lodfe meetln tr ( March 5 th ) . After sympathetic references by Bros . W - J . Fisher , P . M . ; W . E . Chapman , P . M . ; and the « . M ., a vote of condolence was unanimously passed by the lodge , expressing deep sympathy with his widow and other relatives . Hie lodge was then closed , and the brethren subse'luently dined together at the Savage Club .

Provincial Meetings.

PROVINCIAL MEETINGS .

BUCKHURST HILL . Ixion Lodge ( No . 2501 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., at the Roebuck Hotel , under the presidency of the Worshipful Master , Bro , H . Ffrench Bromhead , P . M ., P . P . G . Supt . of Wks . Essex . There was a large attendance of brethren , the lodge having made great

profrre s since its consecration 12 months ago , when Bro . Ffrench Bromhead was installed as first Worshipful Master . The worth of the lodge was testified to on the previous Wednesday by Supreme Grand Chapter , which , on the recommendation of the Committee ol General Purposes , granted a warrant tor a Royal Arch Chapter to be attached to the lodge , although the usual practice is that a lodge shall not have a chapter until it is three years old . The

brethren who attended the lodge were Bros . H . Ffrench Bromhead , W . M . ; J . Wilson , I . P . M . ; H . E . Herman , J . W . ; C . Spurgeon , Sec ; VV . Gower , J . D . ; W . J . Barnes , D . C . ; J . H . Lloyd Org . ; W . Lucas , P . M . ; Charles J . R . Tijou , P . M ., P . A . G . P . Enjr . ; A . E . Lay , P . M . ; G . T . Peal ! , G . Elgratton , F . Zimmerti , B . Dietrich , Leo . Taylor , B . G . Jones , M . Mitchell , W . Pedley , T . Wakeling , J . Holden , E . H . Thompson , H .

Hamblock , E . Reid , W . Elliott , J . R . Carter , V . Y . Goddard , F . Summerland , T . Rumble , R . J . Morley , F . I . Hughes , A . C . Smith , A . Miller , and J . Morrison . Visitors : Bros . W . Shurmur , P . P . G . Treas . Essex , 2374 ; S , J . Taylor , 2361 : W . H . Jones , 2077 ; G . Chivers , 65 ; H . W . Lee , P . M . 1056 ; J . Tollworthy , W . M . 1769 ; H . B . Holliday , P . M . 1076 ; J . J . Olley , S 9 S ; J . W . Robinson , P . M . 5 S 5 ; F . S . Guy , W . M . 1343 ; W . S .

Wright , W . M . 30 ; J . W . Gibbs , P . M . 1804 ; E . R . Alexander , 1662 ; John Wright , W . M . 1543 ; F . H . Meggy , P . M . 276 ; C . R . Cutler , J . W . 1949 ; E . Newland , W . M . 834 ; A . W . Hib , 1730 ; H . Massey , 160 , P . M . 619 and 192 S ; S . Herbert , Sec . 2472 ; A . H . Church , J . W . I 1665 ; W . A . Gower , 2472 ; C Pateman , I 2377 ; H . B . Chamberlain , P . M . 1364 ; F . J . Edle , W . M . 2184 ; H . Clay , P . M . 14 S 9 ; and P . Lloyd , P . M .,

2342-After the formal opening , Bro . Bromhead passed Bro . Flight to the Second Degree , and afterwards initiated Messrs . Thomas Tarminster Fosse , Edward Wilmot , and Victor Taylor . Bro . Nathaniel Fortescue , C . C ., P . M . 2 374 > was elected a joining member , and Bro . Bromhead installed Bro . Henry Edward Herman , S . W ., W . M . elect , as W . M . for the year ensuing . The brethren appointed or elected to office were Bros . H . Ffrench Bromhead , I . P . M . ;

W . Gower , S . W . ; Clement Spurgeon , J . W . ; the Ven . Archdeacon Dunbar , Chap . ; R . Sandell , Treas . ; Geo . T . Peall , Sec . ; W . J . Barnes , S . D . ; T . H . Lloyd , J . D . ; J . R . Carter , I . G . ; F . Gemmell , D . C . ; G . Taylor , A . D . C ; G . E . Gratton , Org . ; H . Miller , B . G . Jones , F . X . Zimmerti , and B . Dietrich , Stewards ; and David Legg , P . M . 1227 , Tyler . Bro . Ffrench Bromhead was presented with a Past Master ' s jewel in recognition of his great services to the lodge during his year of office .

Bro . the Earl of Warwick was elected an honorary member , and was voted thanks for the honour he had done the lodge by attending , for which purpose he had made a journey from Warwick . His lordship acknowledged the compliment and expressed his regret that he was absent when the lodge was consecrated , but his absence was necessitated by a business engagement in America . He was delighted to see the lodge had made such progress ,

and he was proud of it , as he was of all the lodges in his province , which were never wanting in their working , in their desire to promote the cause of Freemasonry , and in their support of the great work of Charity . The W . M . then announced that he would be Steward at the next Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and on the motion of Bro . Bromhead , seconded by Bro . C . J . R . Tijou , P . A . G . P ., 10 guineas were voted to his list from

the lodge funds and 10 guineas from the Benevolent Fund of the lodge . The lodge had given 25 guineas to Bro . Bromhead ' s list as Steward for the Girls' School at the last Festival . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to a choice banquet provided by Bro . A . C . Smith , of the Roebuck Hotel . Before the banquet , the Earl of Warwick , in the name of

the brethren , presented to Bro . Bromhead a memento of his year of office in the shape ot a valuable set of table cutlery and plate , and a costly bracelet for Mrs . Bromhead . The noble Earl said it was a token of the high esteem in which Bro . Bromhead was held by the brethren . Bro . Bromhead said it was a great pride to him to occupy the chair as first Master of the Ixion Lodge . The gift now made to him would remain a happy memory as long as he

lived of the esteem in which he had been held by the brethren . After the banquet the usual toasts were proposed and honoured . Bro . Thomas I . Railing , Past Asst . G . Dir . of Cers ., Prov . G . Sec . Essex , responded to the toast of "The Grand Officers . " As the brother who consecrated the lodge a year ago , he was very glad to find the lodge had

taken such root in the neighbourhood . Bro . Herman , W . M ., proposed " The Health of the Earl of Warwick , " observing that he was a Provincial Grand Master of whom they were all proud . Whenever the Earl of Warwick was called upon to perform a duty he performed it even at great personal inconvenience , an instance of which they had that day , as his lordship had come all the way from Warwickshire to attend that

meeting . This showed the great interest he took in his province . His lordship had been 13 years their Grand Master , and during his reign the number of lodges in Essex had been doubled . In the 148 years that the province had been established there were only 19 lodges in it ; but there were now double that number . That showed the great interest his lordship took in provincial work , and the brethren were greatly indebted to him for coming among them that day at such great personal inconvenience . But every brother in

the province appreciated it . The Earl of Warwick said , although no one in the room was keener in regard to Freemasonry than himself , no one was more aware of his deficiencies . It had been a great pleasure to him to be present among the Essex brethren . He had watched with great interest the progress of Masonry in the province both as regarded the number of lodges and the number of members of the Order . It had been his endeavour , supported by his Grand Officers , to promote lodges where he found there was a necessity for

Provincial Meetings.

them . Fortunately , all the lodges in Essex were in a state of excellence , which was most creditable . Every one of them held high the banner of Masonic Charity . Masonry promoted this object in a very marked degree , and benevolence was always first and foremost in a Mason's mind . Essex was not a rich province , but whenever he , as their Provincial Grand Master , took a leading part in the cause of the Charities the brethren had come forward and

placed him in a leading position . Of this he had felt very proud , and if in the future it should occur that he was called upon to take a prominent part for any one of the Masonic Charities , he felt sure he had only to appeal to the Essex brethren to supply him with a good list . In conclusion he expressed his sense of the admirable working of the lodge that day by Bro . Bromhead . The Earl of Warwick next proposed "The Health of

the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , " and with this toast coupled that of " The Worshipful Master . " He regretted that the absence of Bro . Philbrick was caused by illness , and he wished him speedy restoration to health . Most honestly and earnestl y did he wish the W . M . every success during his year of office , and he hoped the brethren would give him their support and loyalty , because therein lay the success of the lodge . There

might be occasions when the brethren did not entirely agree with the W . M ., but then they should tell him so ; but they should support him honestly on every occasion . He was in every way certain that Bro . Herman would require little or no advice in the chair , and that he would carry on the business of the lodge creditably to himself , to the brethren of the lodge , and to the brethren generally . He must say also a word to the initiates , to whom the ceremony was

always most impressive . He asked them as he had asked the older Masons of the lodge to support their Master , and they , like himself and others around that table , would never look back with any regret to the day they became Masons . He was sure he might extend this expression also to those who had assisted , by producing such a good banquet . He had never sat down to a better repast than that which the brethren had j ' ust partaken of , provided by

Bro . Smith . He wished the brethren every success . He was sure the lodge would be an honour to the Craft and to the province . Bro . Herman , W . M ., said he could only repeat the hope expressed by the Earl of Warwick , that he should have the loyal support of every brother of the lodge . He had had the privilege of being initiated under the hands of Bro . Shurmur , in the Province of Essex , and the first chair

of W . M . he was installed in was in the Province of Essex . He did not like to say too much ; it was not for him to make rash promises . He could only trust that when he should be relegated to the class of Past Masters , called fossils , he should carry with him the goodwill and esteem of the brethren . He was much indebted to the Earl of Warwick for his very great kindness in attending .

The Earl of Warwick then left , drinking , first of all , " To our next merry meeting . " Bro . Shurmur responded to the toast of " The Provincial Grand Officers , " and said that while he was Prov . Grand Treasurer he had a most happy year of office . He asked the brethren to support the candidature of Bro . Nathaniel Fortescue for the office of Prov . Grand Treasurer .

Bro . Bromhead , in replying to the toast of " 'The Installing Master , " again thanked the brethren for the handsome present they had made him and his dear wife . He had had the honour of being appointed the first Master of the lodge , fie was a funny sort of chap , and had ways perhaps peculiar to himself ; they might be peculiar to the province ; but if they were the brethren would excuse them . They all had peculiarities . As the first skipper of this

ship he was p laced in an important position , and it devolved upon him , with the assistance of the brethren to carry the ship into safe harbour . He had endeavoured to do so . They had had rocks ahead and breakers , but with the kindness , assistance , and co-operation of the brethren , and doing that which was constitutionally and legally right , they had overcome those difficulties . In handing his charge over he had reflected on the expression " Can any

good thing come out of Nazareth , " but he could onl y say " Look at the W . M . " The present W . M . was initiated in the Shurmur Lodge and was a brother who had proved himself a distinguished Freemason . Although he had not been a Mason many years he had shown distinguished qualities from the very time he was initiated . The brethren must remember that they had in this lodge , he would not say the backbone of the Shurmur Lodge , but they had

officers and brethren who were many of them in the Shurmur Lodge . That spoke volumes in praise of the Shurmur Lodge . They were men who had proved themselves efficient Freemasons , gentlemen and true men in every sense ot the word , and he was quite sure in handing the warrant over pure and unsullied , as he had received it , into the care of the W . M ., he had given it into the keeping of a man , a personal friend of his , a skilled lawyer , and a

proficient Mason , and who would prove himself a skilled skipper . As the Provincial Grand Master had slid , they had all got to bear with one another , and he was sure they would assist the W . M . in the same hearty and cordial way they had assisted him . The toasts of "The Visitors" and "The Officers of the Lodge" were given and responded to , and the Tyler ' s

toast closed the proceedings . Interspersed with the toasts , an excellent selection of music was given under the direction of Bro . T . H . Lloyd , J . D . Mrs . Charlton Kelly and Mr . Henry Thorn sang some solos and duets with admirable taste , and they were assisted in the quartettes by Miss Marggraf and Bro . H . Maregraf .

DONCASTER . St . George ' s Lodge ( No . 242 ) . —The installation festival ot this lodge wis held at the St . George ' s Rooms on Friday , the 3 rd inst ., when there were present the following : Bros . C . H . Woodhouse , W . M . ; E . Newsum , I . P . M . ; J . H . Pawson , S . W . ; B . Bridge , J . W . ; Rev . G . H . Stock , Chap . ; H . C . White , Sec ; F . H . Buckland , S . D . ; Geo . Smith , J . D . j Fred Webb , D . C . ;

J . F . Hanson , I . G . ; I '' . Duff , Org . ; J . Denison and C . Hopkinson , Stwdi . ; John Mason and C . Richardson , Tylers ; George Brooke , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W . ; F . Webb , P . M . ; C . Goldthorpe , P . M ., P . A . G . D . C ; F . Rand , P . M ., P . P . S . G . I ) . ; J . | . Fortt , P . M . ; E . E . Wilkie , P . M . ; A . W . Fretwell , P . M . ; C . Hartley , P . M ., P . P . G . R . ; T . Baron . W . C . Wright , T . W . Turner , W . Goodair , | . M . Axe , T . Blototie , j . Hastie , P . | enner , Tom Anclay , W . W . Peacock , 11 . ' W . Hardy , G . M .