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ference to the high office he was aspiring to , and stated ifat I 16 ' ' ' '* ' OPP 0 " - ' ' wno was a friend of his and Ifood fellow , but who , he thought , had come rather late ? *" ( , e field . He ( Bro . Stiles ) was sanguine of success , but toped that his innumerable friends all over England would ontinu as they had been doing—to work hard for him . u » took that opportunity of announcing that Bro . Lord J

George Hamilton , I . L ,. warden , ana irov . Grand Master j jticnate Middlesex , had kindly accepted the Chairmanship of his Committee , and that other very eminent and nlluential members had promised him their support . In suitable terms the VV . M . gave "The Visitors . " Bro . Faulkner , in reply , said that the Isle of Wight . „ n ! ild go solid for Bro . Stiles , and it would be a pleasure

to them to come up specially to record their votes . All the other visitors made suitable responses . The Worshipful Master gave the toast of " The Officers , " observing that he was well supported by them , and who would all , doubtless , hereafter , give a good account of fhrmselves , to which Bros . Mordey , Ruzicka , Cole , Jefferies ,

\ V . A . Scurrah , and G . Thompson , responded . The next toast was "The Lay Brethren , " coupled with tne name of Bro . Fox , who , in reply , stated the members had reason to be proud of the efficient officers of the lodge . The Tyler ' s toast closed a happy meeting . During the evening some excellent songs were contributed by I 3 ros . A . H . Cole , Ruzicka , VV . Baker , G . Mordey ( recitation ) , and Geo . Thompson .

Quatuor Coronati Lodge ( No . 2076 ) . — This lodg 6 met at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 5 th inst-, when there were present Bros . Professor T . Hayter Uwis , W . M . ; VV . H . Rylands , P . G . Stwd ., I . P . M . ; Dr . VV . Wynn Westcott , S . W . ; W . M . Bywater , P . M ., p G . S . B ., as J . W . ; G . W . Speth , Sec . ; C . Kupferschmidt , J . D . ; R . F . Gould , P . M ., P . G . D ., D . C ; C .

Purdon Clarke , I . G . ; and S . T . Klein , Stwd . Also the following members of the Correspondence Circle : Bros . A . Howell , R . I . Finnemore , Dist . G . M . Natal ; G . R . Cobham , J . Frost Creswick , C N . Macintyre North , Hy . Tipper , F . VV . Levander , J . Roper , C . F . Silberbauer , R . Palmer Thomas , H . Ffrench Bromhead , G . Stevens , C . B . Barnes , H . Le Strange , P . G . D . ; Dr . J . Balfour Cockburn ,

H . H . Shirley , Rev . Hugh Thomas , J . Bodenham , P . A . G . D . C . ; Thomas Cohu , G . Gregson , E . Haward , J . S . Cumberland , F . F . Giraud , Professor P . L . Simmonds , T . E . Dickinson , W . F . Stauffer , and Milton Smith . Also the following visitors : Bros . W . Herbert Phillips , 3 S ( Adelaide ); and W . P . Eversley , P . M . 10 . Six lodges and 60 brethren , as follows , were admitted to

the membership of the Correspondence Circle : Star of the Border Lodge , No . 293 ( I . C ) , Stanthorpe , Queensland j Raphael Lodge , No . 1850 , Roma , Queensland ; Port Fairy Lodge , No . ( 7 , Victoria ; New Caledonia Lodge , i \ o , 11 , Picton , Nova Scotia ; Yarborough Lodge , No . 551 ; Gosport Lodge , No . 903 ; and Robinson Lodge , No . 2046 ; Bros . George Potts , sen ., P . M . 032 , Rockhampton , W .

Bastick , 1315 , J . Tolmie , 775 ( S . C ) , and E . Hemsworth , 775 ( S . C ) , all of Toowoomba , and C . W . Lister , 775 ( S . C ) , Jondaryan , all in Queensland : A . G . Pendleton , W . M . 3 S , Adel dde , South Australia ; Lieut .-Col . G . M . Moore , R . A ., Dist . G . M ., Rev . ** . T . Lawrence , Dist . G . Org ., Rev . A . Westcott , P . Dist . G . Chap ., and Col . R . R . K . Drake-Brockman , R . E ., P . Dist . G . S . of VV ., all of

Madras ; A . R . Pilcher , P . M . 434 , Secunderabad ; J . Pickett , P . M . 30 , Hawkes Bay ; E . Mcfarlane , 30 , Napier ; A . Kidd , P . M . 1 , and VV . H . Cooper , P . G . W ., both of Auckland , and E . G . Lane , Otago , all in New Zealand ; P . L . Lange , Unity Lodge , Senekal ; C . Van Blommestein , H . Dickson , and R . S . St . J . Green , of Star of Africa Lodge , Jagersfontein , all in the Orange Free State ; W .

k . Mager , P . M ., Queenstown , South Africa ; F . de P . Rodriguez , Hijos de la Viuda Lodge , and J . Pellon , G . Sec , Cuba , both of Havana ; J . F . Hitchcock , W . M . 197 , New Vork City j F . R . Stewart , 31 , Mannington , West Virginia ; T . Tapper , jun ., Blue Hill Lodge , Canton , Massachusetts ; 0 . C . Hanson , P . G . D ., Morris ; T . Montgomery , G . Sec , and I . B . B . Sprague , P . M . 5 , both of St . Paul ,

all in Minnesota ; H . Fletcher , 21 , A . H . Armington , P . M . 21 , Br . C . M . Godding , P . M . 33 , S . White , G . M ., W . R . Sherman , P . M . 30 , A . M . Peck , P . M . 3 G , M . Livsey , D . D . G . M ., and H . P . Morgan , W . M . 36 , all of Providence , Rhode Island ; H . Kueckens 203 G ( E . C ) , Oldenberg , Germany ; F . Philipson , L . Ferdinande Carolina , of Copenhagen ; A . S . Macbride , W . M . 170 ; Col . the Hon . W . E . Sackville-VVestJMillington 1221 C

; . , ; A . Braim , VV . M . 289 j A . Scarth , P . M . 2 S 9 ; R . Wilson , P . M . . 'Sg ; J . Hammond , P . M . 4 S 1 j G . Shread , ¦| S 2 ; M . W . Heath , GS 6 ; E . Conder , 1204 ; E . Conder , iun . ; F . VV . Schofield , Rev . A . G . Griswood , and M . F . Chaton , all of 103 G ; Major VV . H . Beaumont , W . M . nGGj W . F . Stauffer , 19 ; T . E . Dickinson , ?" . iS ; G . Stevens . 10 : VV . Tailbv . 700 : A . O . Side .

W . M . 1 S 3 ; E . N . Glaeser , 1627 ; C . N . Knight , 103 G ; V" . R . Carsherg , iy ; Lieut .-Gen . C . VV . Randolph , T . Moss , 2427 ; Prof . P . L . Simmonds , and M . Smith , iy . The Secretary announced that of the brethren recently appointed Grand Oflicers , the following , Bros . L . G . G . nubbins , S . G . D ., R . V . Vassar-Smith , S . G . D ., S . G . IVrcnhofter , Dcnutv G . D . C . and Horatio Ward . Dcnutv

\ v \ i ' * vere mcnr | bers of the Correspondence Circle . The W . M . called attention to the sad loss which the brethren "ad experienced in the sudden death at Bombay , on the : 7 'li April , of their dear and talented Bro . H . J . VVhymper , *» a tribute to whose memory the lodge was that evening ¦ " ¦ " aped in black . He then called upon Bro . Gould to "eliveran culoev on their distinguished brother ' s career .

uro . Gould said : Henry Josiah Whymper , —the fourth 'on of Mr . J . \ v . Whymper , the well known water-colour Punter ( now residing at Haslemere , Surrey ) , was born in nMk on A P * ' - < 5 th > , 8 ** 5- His active career as a man "J nusiness was begun in the service of Mr . Nicholas . rubner ( afterwards merged into Kcgan Paul , Trench , ( ' ™ er , and Co . ) , but by his own desire he was transerred by his father from London to Burton-on-Trent ,

™* -re he was lirst of all a clerk in one of the larger 0 n cwe (' ? ' and subsequently became assistant brewer in ( . ne ol the smaller establishments . Shortly before this u '' , an , ln "berof Indian oflicers had attempted to set up oth „ r f !> rics in the Himalayahs , one at Murree and the ^ , | . at Kussowlic . But they were not fortunate , in regard ivhi | cwers » who could not succeed in making beer cj ' i " , "juld keep . Having lost a large part of their 'rent u c la rman ° f tbe company came to Burton-onbrcwc ' rT t * le ' 10 P ° ' 'n ^ uc'ng some rea " y competent r to save them from ruin . Thc Burton brewers ,

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however , who were doing well at home , remained content with their local prosperity , and not one of them would listen to his proposals . ^ Henry VVhymper then heard of them , tendered his services , and was sent in the first instance to Kussowlie ( the smaller of the two breweries ) , where he at once gave a signal proof of his ability and resource , by turning the beer made by hi ? predecessors into vinegar , and selling it at a profit . This must have been about 1 SG 3

or 13 G 4 . He speedily produced beer that would keep , and is believed to have been the first person who succeeded in doing so in India . The directors , finding that they had secured the services of a man who understood his business , soon transferred him to Murree , and placed him in full charge of their affairs . This took place in about 1 SG 5 or 1 SG 6 . The Murree Brewery Company subsequently established a very large place at Rawul Pindee , in the plains ,

and opened branch breweries at Quetta , in Madras , and in Ceylon . These positions are farther apart than the North Cape , Gibraltar , and Moscow , and a supervision over such distant establishments was only rendered possible by Henry VVhymper constantly travelling throughout every portion of the Indian Empire—from Kashmir to Cape Comorin , and from Afghanistan to Burmah . On the occasions of all the

frontier wars , and the campaigns in Afghanistan , the Murree Brewery , or , to use plainer words , Henry Whymper , has always been looked to for support , and the supply of beer tu the front has frequently involved the employment of thousands of persons and beasts of burden . For services rendered at these and other times , he received the thanks of the Indian Government on more than six

occasions , and in recognition of his public services he was nominated CLE . ( about iSyi ) . Henry Whymper was the first person to introduce hop cultivation in Kashmir . Having sought out the most suitable varieties in this and other countries , he shipped a large number of plants at his own cost . The first instalment was lost by shipwreck in the Channel , and he had to commence de novo , but ultimately had the satisfaction of raising hops in the Himalayahs

equal in quality to the best grown in England . In these efforts , however , which promised to lead to the establishment of a new and valuable industry in Kashmir , he was much hampered and thwarted by the native officials . During the last great famine in India , Henry Whymper spent many hundreds of pounds , and displayed the greatest energy in organising relief . For this he was officially thanked , and , as before stated , the Companionship of the

Indian Empire ( CLE . ) was bestowed on him . But by those who were best competent to judge of the circumstances , the recognition of his services by the Government fell far short of his deserts , as it was well known throughout the Punjab that he was the life and soul of the relief organisation . He was , indeed , a man of boundless physical and mental activity . For , not content with the management of a vast commercial enterprise , he added to his labours by

the establishment of a new bank , of which he became a director ; and last , but not least , in the round of duties he so laboriously and efficiently performed , was the devotion of every moment of his home life that he could , strictly speaking , call his own , to the investigation and tabula'ion of facts relating to Freemasonry . Our brother died suddenly at Bombay on the 27 th of April , but no particulars have yet come to hand , and all we know is that

hc is dead . He leaves a widow and five children , four daughters — one of whom is married , and the others are with their mother at Pindi—and a son , who is in this country . Standing as we may now be figuratively said to do—by the open grave of our dear brother , the time has not yet arrived when his services to our Society can be appraised at their due worth . I shall therefore merely say to-night what 1 feel quite sure will find an echo in your

thoughts , viz ., that from 1 S 72 , when he was initiated , down to eight days ago , when his heart ceased to beat , there was no one who more fully discerned the grandeur of Freemasonry , or laboured with greater earnestness to unfold its beauties to the world . Nor has there been any member of this lodge who had its success more at heart , or laboured more diligently to promote and ensure it . That the few words I have strung together , by way of expressing our

sense of the loss we have sustained , are 1 ' inadequate to the occasion , there is no one more conscious than myself . But a full heart is not always accompanied b y a ready tongue , therefore the great affection I entertained for our late brother , you must allow me to plead in extenuation of the the feeble address 1 have delivered in his memory . A vote of condolence with the family having been passed , the Secretary was directed to convey the same to various

members of the family of Bro . Whymper . The Secretary exhibited on ithe part of the Yarborough Lodge a set of three old hand-painted aprons believed to date from before 17 S 0 , and Dr . Balfour Cockburn exhibited a curious miniature presented in 1 S 07 to a Bro . Boggart by two lodges conjointly . Bro . C . Purdon Clarke , CLE ., read a paper on "The Tracing Board in Oriental and Medieval Masonry , " showing that in Persia it resembles our Mosaic pavement in miniature , and is a reduced copy of the actual

iloor of the Master-mason '; , work-room . The use of it was explained , and slightly divergent customs elsewhere in Asia , as more modern though still medieval ones in other lands were alluded to . An interesting discussion ensued in which Bros . Rylands , Speth , Gould , and the W . M . took part . The Secretary announced that the summer outing of the lodge would this year be fixed for the 24 th June , and that the city of Canterbury would be the place visited . The lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Holborn Restaurant for refreshment .

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CROWLE . Isle of Axholme Lodge ( No . 1482 ) . —A meeting was held on Tuesday , the 2 nd inst ., when there were present Bros . R . N . Brunyer , VV . M . ; R . J . Behrendt , I . P . M . ; T . Staniforth , P . P . G . P ., Charity Stwd ., acting Sec ; J . Constable , P . M ., P . G . S ., Chap . ; VV . Chamberlain , D . C ; J . F . Watson , Treas . ; T . C . Horobin ,

P . P . S . G . D . ; C Fox , S . W . ; W . Pickering , J . D . ; W . S . Scholcy , l . G . ; VV . Wresslc , J . Turner , and | . Franks , Stwds . ; G . Naylor , Tyler ; and J . Hoe . Bro . A . J . Goodhind , S . D . 2259 , was a visitor . Bro . Hoe was duly passed to the Second Degree , in which ceremony the VV . M . was assisted by Bros . Behrendt and Constable . The brethren afterwards spent a pleasant hour together in thc well-known " Fourth . "

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MANCHESTER . Callender Lodge ( No . 1052 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge , which was constituted in 1865 , was held on Saturday , the 29 th ult ., at Freemasons' Hall , Cooper-street , by dispensation from the Prov . G . M ., Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie . The following were among those present : Bros . T . W . Start , W . M .,- John Smith ,

S . W . ; Win . Thorpe , j . W . ; ] . Campbell , I . P . M . ; S . Wrighley , P . M ., Treas . ; D . Edwards , P . M ., Sec ; I . Brierley , S . D . ; R . Williams , J . D . ; G . H . Grocock , Org . ; R . VVhite , P . M ., D . C ,- R . R . Lisenden , Tyler ; H . Howe , Wm . Entwistle , VV . VV . Reilly . A . Williams , P . M . ; Maurice Levy , John Jordall , T . Morrell , F . Todd , Roger Walker , P . M . ; J . H . L ght , VV . M . 1609 ; Alfred Hebden , P . M ., P . P . D . G . D . C ; " VV . Savage , P . G . Treas .

West Lanes . ; A . J . Tonkin , S . VV . 1 755 ; VV . Broughton , W . M . 1345 ; A . C Wilson , S . W . 633 ; H . Leathaby , P . M . ; C . Shaw , 1147 ; J . VV . Leathaby , P . M . 1126 ; F . Hilton , I . P . M . 145 S ; F . Farrington , P . M . 1633 ; Wilson , J . W . G 33 ; T . Wood , P . M . 1345 ; B . Hopkinson , P . M . 1140 ; E . Jones , P . M . ; A . H . Rovett , Frank Stevens , 633 ; and C . Mackey , J . W . 2231 .

The lodge was opened , and the dispensation permitting the lodge to meet on the date which is other than their regular meeting day , was read , as were also the minutes of the last regular meeting . These were confirmed . In consequence of the pressure of business , the consideration of the Treasurer's balance-sheet and the Auditors' report were allowed to stand over , and the W . M ., Bro . T . VV . K . Start ,

at once proceeded with the ceremony of installing his successor , Bro . John Smith , into the chair of K . S . The beautiful ritual of installation was well treated by Bro . Start , and in a manner that must leave a lasting impression on the new W . M . and the brethren who heard him . Bro . Smith invested his officers as follows : Bros . T . VV . K . Start , I . P . M . ; Wm . Thorpe , S . VV . ; lohn Brierley , I . W .:

Seth Wrigley , P . M ., Treas . ; D . Edwards , P . M ., Sec ; Robt . VVhite , P . M ., D . of C . ; Robt . VVilliams , S . D . ; A . H . Roworth , J . D . ; M . Levy , I . G . ; G . H . Grocock , Org . ; W . W . Reilly , W . Entwistle , and F . Todd , Stwds . ; and R . R . Lisenden , Tyler . A gentleman ' s name was proposed as candidate for initiation , and other business having been disposed of , numerous "Hearty good wishes" were offered , and the lodge was closed .

The brethren dined together under the genial presidency of the W . M . The VV . M . proposed "The Queen and the Craft , " " H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . of England " ; "The Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master" ; "Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , R . W . P . G . M . of East Lancashire , and Provincial Officers , Past and Presenti " Bro . Savage , who had the honour of serving under the

P . G . M . of the sister province of West Lancashire , suitably responded . Bro . T . VV . K . Start , I . P . M ., submitted "The Health of the W . M ., Bro . John Smith , " and in so doing reminded those present that in Bro . Smith they had a Mason who was desirous to carry out the best traditions of Masonry , and one who was held in high esteem , and one who would carry out the work in the Callender Lodge in a praiseworthy

manner . The VV . M . replied as follows : I rise to respond to the toast of my health with a very great amount of diffidence , and I thank my brother I . P . M . for the manner in which he placed my name before you , and I thank you all for the generous acclamation with which you were good enough to receive it .

I feel in having attained the chair of K . S . that 1 have entered upon a great responsibility . I know I follow a very able Master , and one whom I hardly expect to equal ; but as far as my ability extends I hope to perform the duties of this chair to the satisfaction of the members of the Callender Lodge . It would ill become me to make great promises , or say what I shall do , but at the end of my year of office I

hope you will be able to say I have done well . As far as my abilities serve me _ I will endeavour to show that your confidence reposed in me has been well placed . I am following a very good scroll of able Past Masters , who have filled this chair with credit to themselves and lustre to the Craft , and if I cannot hope to attain to their proficiency , I shall with the help of my officers carry out the work correctly and in detail , so that our lodge may continue to

maintain its present high prestige . In thanking you very heaitily , I hope my health may be spared to promote the best interests of this lodge . The VV . M . proposed , in eulogistic terms , "The Installing Master , " and , in doing . so , had . the pleasing task of presenting * that brother with a Past Master ' s jewel , which was a massive gold one , suitably engraved as follows : "

Presented by the Callender Lodge , No . 1052 , to Bro . T . VV . Iv . Start for valuable services as VV . M ., 1 S 92-93 . " Bro . Start feelingly replied , and thanked the brethren for the kind way in which they had been good enough to express pleasure for his services , while he assured them the work was very pleasant to him . Bro . Walker , in a neat speech , gave the toast of " The

Visiting Brethren , " which was acknowledged appropriately by Bros . Savage , Light , Farrington , Broughton , Hilton , and Leathaby . Bro . Brierley , in a few well-chosen words , proposed the toast of " l'he Past Masters of the Lodge , " and said that the Past Masters were ever willing to work to keep the lodge up to its present position of excellence .

The response was left in the able hands of Bro . Dr . Edwards , P . M ., who was the second W . M . of the lodge . Bro . Edwards said : I cannot avoid answering such an excellent speech made so forcibly , and in truth , I believe , by Bro . Brierley . The Past Masters of this lodge have always done their very best to support the VV . M . and to assist the junior officers , and to forward the interests and welfare

of the members of the lodge generally . With regard to the past history of the lodge only tnree Past Masters have ceased to be subscribing members voluntary . Some have died and others have removed , and there has been some tangible reason for their ceasing connection with our lodge . From Bro . Callender down to our very latest VV . M . installed this day we have had a list of Masters

second to no lodge in Lancashire at any rate , and I think much of the success of the lodge is due to the unanimity which exists within it . I do not know of two members of this lodge who are not heart and soul together , and I know of no member who would use a harsh or unkind word of another member . It is gratifying to know there is such perfect unity and such a happy state of perfection existing .