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at the honour and privilege accorded him , and could not find words to express the pleasure he felt both in the lodge and the banquet hall . In the lodge , because the true feeling of fraternity had been spread and . the labour of love divided . The brethren who conducted the ceremonies had excelled in the splendid manner in which they installed the W . M . in the chair . There was not in the lodge a more worthy man ,

a more sincere Mason , or a more kind friend than the W . M . He thanked them very much on his own behalf , and on the part of all the visitors who had partaken of their good fare and excellent working ' . There was an old saying in French , which , roughly translated , was , the friend of my friend is my friend , and he felt that the kind welcome extended to

him , and the sympathy and kindness of all the members , he owed to him whom he spoke of as his friend . Bros . Anderson , Atkinson , Pile , P . M ., and others also replied . "The Masonic Charities" was given in eloquent terms by Bro . Biggs , P . M ., after which "The Treasurer and Secretary" was given in appropriate language by Bro . Stacy ,

Bro . W . Poole , Treas ., replied , and was followed by Bro . Whitaker , P . M ., Sec , who remarked , he had been , as they knew , for many years , the Secretary of that lodge . The W . M . had again entrusted him with the collar , and during the next year would have the benefit of any assistance he

could give . In conclusion , he impressed upon the brethren the importance ot attending the lodge of instruction , where all Masonic information could be gained . " The Officers " having been duly honoured , the Tyler ' s toast closed a successful meeting .

¦ Pimlico Lodge ( No . 1772 ) . —The installation meeting _ of this lodge was held on Thursday , the 5 th inst ., at the Victoria Mansions Restaurant , Victoria-street , S . W ., when there were present Bros . H . J . Poole , W . M . ; G . J . White , S . W . ; Bevan , J . W . ; F . Whiting , P . M ., Sec ; Rivers , S . D . ; Dr . Walker , J . D . ; R . Waite , I . G . ; Ingram , Sinclair , and J . Holloway . Visitors : Bros .

Forscutt , P . M . 144 ; R . Shaw , 16 S 7 ; G . F . Swan , P . M . 1321 ; Poole , P . M . 2030 ; R . Buriton , P . M . 134 S , 16 S 1 ; and Bowley , P . M . The lodge was opened , and the minutes were read and confirmed . A ballot was then taken for Mr . J . Hollowaj , which having proved unanimous in his favour , he was duly initiated into the mysteries of the Craft . Bro . Sinclair was

passed to the Second Degree . The W . M . then proceeded to install his successor , Bro . G . J . White , S . W . and W . M . elect , into the chair of K . S ., which was done in a masterly and efficient manner , Bro . Swan , P . M . 1321 , acting , by request , as D . C . The new W . M . having appointed and invested his officers for the year ensuing , completed the business of the meeting in

excellent form , which proved that the Pimlico Lodge would lose none of its prestige under its new Master . The officers did their duty also with efficiency and zeal . Expressions of regret were made as to the absence of the Past Masters , more particularly our highly esteemed Bro . John Palmer , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W . Berks and Bucks ,

late 1 reasurer , who , we regret to say , having nurtured and watched the lodge through a young and not uneventful career , has left his work to be carried out by younger brethren , who , we trust , will follow the good example set them . All business being ended , the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet .

Old Westminsters' Lodge ( No . 2233 ) . — The members of this lodge , who have the advantage of combining the revival of school associations with their Masonic duties , celebrated the completion of the second year of the lodge at the Cafe Royal , Regent-street , on Friday , the f ) th inst ., when Bro . Thomas Wakley was duly installed as the third W . M . in the presence of a large gathering of

members and visitors . Lodge was opened by Bro . R . J . Mure , W . M ., supported by Bros . Thomas Wakley , jun ., P . P . G . D . Surrey , S . W ., W . M . elect ; H . Hyde Clarke , J . W . ; Rev . E . M . Tomlinson , P . P . G . Chap ., Chap . ; Malcolm Sim , Treas . ; Hugh D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bombay , Sec . ; C W . Barker , S . D . ; F . J . Pearse , J . D . j W . Hicks , D . C . ; H . F . Manisty , I . G . ; Ellis , Org . ; H .

Sutherland , Stwd . ; Rev . W . K . R . Bedford , P . G . Chap . ; Hyde Clarke , P . G . M . Columbia ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; S . West , W . Tomlinson , and T . Tomlinson . Visitors : Bros . F . A . Philbrick , O . C ., G . Reg . ; C F . Tyler , P . M . 1395 , P . P . S . G . D . Surrey ; J . E . Barton , P . M . 1395 , P . P . J . G . W . Surrey ; J . Curnow , W . M . 2033 ; A . P . Griffiths , W . M . 10 ; A . H . Bowles , P . M . 1395 ,

P . P . J . G . D . Surrey ; J . C . Sandeman , J . W . 13 S 3 ; A . E . Sansom , P . M . 2033 ; W . P . Evcrsley , J . W . 10 ; Ashley Gibbings , P . M . 63 ; W . Davis , W . M . 16 94 ; S . Green , S . W . 10 , P . P . G . D . ; E . Hargrave Booth , 2033 ; G . Rees Philipps , P . M . 444 ; C . AbercrombieCooper , P . M . 2 oyS ; E . Cranshaw Elgood , 176 ; J . H . Parker Wilson , 259 ; E . Swain , 449 ; and W . W . Lee , 1 S 97 . The minutes were read and confirmed , and the principal

business on the agenda was at once proceeded with and carried to a successful conclusion , Bro . Thomas Wakley , jun ., being duly presented and impressively installed as W . M . by his immediate predecessor , Bro . R . J . Mure . The officers for the ensuing year were appointed and invested as follows : Bros . H / Hyde Clarke , S . W . ; C W . Barker , J . W . ; Malcolm Sim , Treas . ; Hugh D .

Sandeman , Sec ; Rev . h . M . Tomlinson , Chap . ; F . J . Pearse , S . D . ; H . F . Manisty , J . D . ; W . Hicks , I . G . ; T . Tomlinson , D . C . j Sutherland , Steward ; Ellis , Org . ; and Culverhouse , Tyler . The Installing Master completed the installation ceremony by a careful rendition of the customary addresses . On the motion of Bro . Sandeman , Sec , it was carried unanimously , that a

jewel should be presented to the l . P . M . as a small mark of esteem and in commemoration of his successful year as the presiding officer . Bro . Sandeman having anticipated the wishes ^ of the members by procuring a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , it was presented to Bro . Mure , I . P . M ., b y the newly-installed Master , who accompanied the gift with suitable encomiums on the I . P . M . 's work and hearty

wishes for his future prosperity . The l . P . M . having briefly and appropriately returned thanks , letters of apology for non-attendance were announced from several distinguished brethren , and a proposition of an "Old Westminster" for i nitiation having been made , the lodge was closed with the

customary formalities . A recherche repast was well served , and the usual toast list was subsequently carried out . In proposing "The Grand Officers , " the Worshipful Master said he was afraid there was not much that so humble an individual as himself could say of the Grand

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Officers , except that they did a great deal more work than was considered in some quarters . They were fortunate in having several present , including Bros . Sandeman , W . K . R . Bedford , Philbrick , and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke . There was no harder working Mason than the Grand Secretary , to whom their lodge owed a deep debt of gratitude for consecrating their lodge at great inconvenience to himself when

he was very unwell . He would couple with the toast the names of Bros . Philbrick and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , reserving the name of Bro . Sandeman for a later period . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . Reg ., said he had hoped that as his senior officer , a P . D . G . M . on the one side and a P . G . Chaplain on the other , were present the brethren would have been spared the necessity of hearing any

remarks from him , but he supposed it was owing to the presence of his distinguished brother , the Grand Secretary , that it was thought requisite to call upon those who were not members of the lodge . Far be it from him on the night of the installation to question the decision and entire prerogative of the W . M ., and he bowed—as he was sure every member would bow during the ensuing year—to so

experienced a Masonic authority as their W . M ., and on the part of the Grand Officers , taking upon himself to respond for them , might he say how glad they who were privileged to be present on the occasion of the installation ceremony were to note the progress and success of the Old Westminsters' Lodge . It was not always that a lodge which was founded upon principles such as that entertained could look

for large accessions to its numbers , but it could look always always to a strong esprit de corps within the lodge , and could look always to that as the gathering round of those who were already more than disposed in its favour by virtue of past associations and of ties they would not willingly forget . They , therefore , while not wondering at the success of the lodge , were extremely glad to be able to

congratulate the lodge upon having achieved that success , and if he might go on to say one word more , which their W . M . had tempted him to say by a remark made during the evening , it was that the idea which was started , and which some of them in the University of London entertain , that in a Masonic lodge those who had no other rallying point or tie might revive old associations under thebanner of Masonry and find

a common meeting place where friend could greet friend , and greet him all the better because he was a Mason ; that lodge had succeeded in bringing it to a practical application , which they were delighted to see . He could only say , on the part of the Grand Officers , whose duties were not always confined to attending such pleasant gatherings as the present , but at which they were only too pleased to be

honoured guests , they congratulated the lodge upon its success and prosperity , and wish it a long continuance . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , also replied , and said that he was personally delighted to be present , and also to see their progress . He regretted that the distinguished brother ( Bro . Tomlinson , M . P . ) whom he installed on the night of the consecration , was not present .

Bro . R . J . Mure , I . P . M ., next said he had obtained possession of the gavel for the purpose of proposing "The Health of their Newly-Installed W . M ., Bro . Wakley . " He congratulated that brother on the honour he had attained , and the lodge in looking forward to a year under his Mastership . Bro . Wakley was no tyro in Masonry , and no one had ever found him discourteous in manners or difficult of access ,

but always true and trusty , and steady and firm in principle . The W . M . represented some of the best traditions of that school which supplied the members of their lodge , and of which they were proud to speak , and the members had done well and wisely in trusting the gavel to his hands . Bro . Thos . Wakley , W . M ., returned sincere thanks , and

said it was difficult and unpleasant to speak about one s self , so that he did not propose to say much . He thought the members knew that since the conception of the lodge he had taken a great interest in it . He took a great interest in the possibility of such a lodge being founded , and it was a proud moment for him to find himself occupying the chair . He assured them it would be his earnest endeavour in the

future , as he had tried in the past , to do everything he could to forward the interest , harmony , and general wellbeing of the lodge . He thanked them very sincerely and from the bottom of his heart for the kind way they had received the toast of his health . The W . Master , in giving "The Installing Master , " said he knew it was a toast they would receive with enthusiasm ,

and drink in a bumper , for Bro . Mure , I . P . M ., had done most excellent work both for thc lodge and in the lodge . They had had an opportunity of seeing the excellent way in which the l . P . M . performed the ceremony that evening , which had afforded gratification to visitors as well as members . That evening he ( the W . M . ) had had his attention attracted to the qualifications essential in every candidate

for the Master s chair , and they would agree with him that not only did Bro . Mure possess them in an eminent degree , but that he also had the good fortune to be able to use them for the best interests of the lodge . Bro . Mure was one of the best known in the Westminster School , and all knew the good work he had done for that school , which was shown by the tact that ever since his early days he had been

Treasurer of the Elizabethan Club , and had taken an active and a wise part in any movement . He could say without any hesitation that during the last year they had had an excellent W . Master indeed , and he felt it a severe handicap to immediately succeed so good a Mason and so good a fellow . Bro . R . J . Mure , I . P . M ., having returned thanks , said he

assumed the chair with much diffidence , as he was at the time not a new Mason , but a very rusty one in the Craft working , having given up his time to the unrecognised Degrees . He felt , and had felt , that there was something to be desired in the quality and , perhaps he might add , the quantity of his work . It was quite true , as the Grand Secretary had said , that they drew their resources from

small grounds , and therefore they should try and keep up the supply , and make good the waste that must accrue . The W . M . had been pleased to refer to what he had been able to do , and he thanked him for the rose coloured view he had given , and he also thanked the brethren for the jewel , which he regarded as a tangible evidence of their kindness .

The W . M . then observed that the toast which was and always would be the toast of the evening was " The Visitors . " The only possible breath of suspicion which he had ever heard raised against their lodge was that it was a class lodge . He did not object to that , for he did not see why a class should become a clique , for a clique defeated its own purpose . Although they might be a class lodge , there were present that evening iS members and 20 visitors . He was

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glad to see the W . M . and two Wardens of their sponsor lodge—the Westminster and Keystone . There were also present the W . M . and several brethren of a sister lodgethe University of London—and also of his mother lodgethe VVeyside—and of the Imperial Lodge , which was the mother lodge of three members of their lodge . Bro . A . P . Griffiths , W . M . 10 , responded , and said the

I . P . M ., Bro . Mure , was accessory to his initiation , being the W . M . of the Westminster and Keystone Lodge when he was initiated . On behalf of the visitors , he returned sincere thanks for the manner in which the toast had been proposed and received . Bro . Curnow , W . M . 2033 , returned thanks on his own behalf and also on behalf of the lodge he represented . He

congratulated the W . M . on being at the head of a lodge composed of old schoolfellows , as he himself was proud to be the W . M . of a lodge of his fellow graduates , for the honour was given by those with whom they had associated during the whole of their lives . The Old Westminsters ' Lodge was to be congratulated on having Bro . Wakley as its W . M ., and he could speak particularly on that point , as

on several occasions he had had the benefit of Bro . Wakley's counsel in questions of Masonic procedure . The W . M . installed that evening would follow in the high traditions established in the lodge since its consecration . Bro . Tyler , P . P . G . D . Surrey , also replied . The W . M . proposed "The Honorary Members , " and referred to Bro . Hyde Clarke , who was present , and whose

name he coupled with the toast as an extremely distinguished Mason , holding the high offices of P . G . M . of the Grand Lodge of the United States of Columbia and P . D . D . G . M . of Turkey . Bro . Hyde Clarke , P . G . M . Columbia , in reply , said that the lodge brought together those who had ties to strengthen and confirm . Taking a long interest in the school himself

he must say it appeared to him that the lodge was calculated to do a very great amount of good to that ancient institution at this period . It was a period of great change in the public mind , great change of opinion and sentiment , and by bringing together the members of the school it would form a new centre for maintaining their old convictions and strengthen them in the right path . He thanked them for

the great honour conferred upon the honorary members , and assured the members that the original feeling they entertained for the prosperity of the lodge had so far been confirmed . Bro . H . Hyde Clarke , S . W ., replying for "The Officers , " remarked that if he were to say he had been taken by surprise he should hardly be telling the truth , for he knew that as S . W . he should have the opportunity of saying a

few words in response to the toast so ably put by their W . Master . He would thank them on his own behalf very much for the honour done him and for the way his name had been received . There were only two officers to respond for that toast—himself and the Secretary . The Secretary was too well able to take care of himself to require any words of his to express the great services which he

had rendered to the lodge . The brethren had no idea how far they were indebted to the Secretary and others who held office . When the lodge was conceived , and when he , personally , in conjunction with the W . M ., was employed in establishing it , he had to go for advice to experienced and older brethren , and no brother gave him better advice , or afforded him greater assistance than Bro . Sandeman ,

and they were all indebted to that brother for what he had done in assisting to establish the lodge . He had often to refer to the Grand Secretary , and frequently went to Freemasons' Hall on matters of detail , where he was received as brethren always would be received by him , in the right and proper Masonic light . He must return thanks on behalf of the lodge to Bro . Sutherland , who was offered and

refused the S . W . ' s office in the first instance , and who with that true Masonic spirit and good feeling , although he refused the office , did not refuse to assist them , but had taken a somewhat inferior office , and helped to the best of his ability . There was no brother amongst them more capable of filling the office of Steward than Bro . Sutherland , and they owed a deep debt of gratitude to him for

showing that fraternal and kindly spirit . They also were indebted to the Treasurer , Bro . Sim , who was a distinguished Mason , and who did not wish to stand in the way of the younger brethren . He would say no more except to thank them for those who would not respond , and thank them very cordially for the kind way in which they had received the toast . He would , however , in conclusion , also thank Bro . Rev . Bedford for the good advice he had given when

necessary . Bro . Hugh D . Sandeman , Secretary , also responded , and said they were all animated with the same spirit and were determined to keep the lodge up , and although their field of selection was small , he ventured to think it was a select one , for if there was a public school in all England that had a feeling of esprit de corps , it was the Westminster School .

Bro . Bedford and himself were the oldest Westminsters in the lodge , and between them and the next there was a long hiatus . Bro . Tomlinson came next , and small as their numbers were , they all felt a deep interest in the lodge , and were , as he had said , so determined to keep it up , that if it was reduced to one man , that man would have an installation dinner and dine by himself . They looked forward their

to the young Westminsters ' , and regarded them as Masonic children , and hoped the lodge in the future would give an example to others as exercising that true fellowship and true reverence for one another that old schoolfellows should have . The Tyler's toast closed an enjoyable evening , the p leasure of which was considerably enhanced by some excellent music rendered under the able direction of Bro . Ellis , Org .

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BEAMINSTER . Beaminster Manor Lodge ( No . 1367 ) ; --The 111 th regular meeting of this lodge took place at the lodge rooms , White Hart Hotel , on Tuesday , the iotn inst . Present : Bros . C . TolemanW . M . ; K . Toleman ,

, l . P . M . ; H . Maunder , S . W . ; R . R . Samson , J . W . ' J . Andrews , P . M ., Treas . ; A . Hume , Sec ; ^ V Bedment , S . D . ; C . G . Purkis , P . M ., D . C . ; W . Oxley , I . G . j S . Cox , P . M ., Stwd . ; J . Keech , Tyler ; ]¦ •= ; Webb , P . M . ; S . Cox , P . M . ; S . R . Baskett , P . M . ,

and S . Roberts . J After the minutes of the former meeting had been rea and confirmed , and communications discussed , " W . ;! g Andrews , P . M ., was unanimously re-elected to the oin