Drury Lane Lodge, No. 2127.

DRURY LANE LODGE , No . 2127 .

INSTALLATION OF THE LORD MAYOR , BRO . SIR H . A . ISAACS .

. On Tuesday evening , a dispensation having been granted for holding the installation meeting of this lodge at the Mansion House instead of at Drury Lane Theatre , the brethren to the number of 320 assembled at the Mansion House for the purpose of assisting in the installation of Bro . Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs , Lord Mayor of London , as W . M . of this lodge . Bro . Admiral Sir E . A . Inglefield , ' K . C . B ., D . C . L ., W . M ., presided , and opened the lodge . The lodge was held in the ball room , and was crowded . The following is a list of the brethren present :

Bros . Col . A . C . Foster Gough , P . G . M . Staffordshire ; the Earl of Euston , P . G . M . Norths and Hunts ; W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., P . G . M . Hants and I . of VV . ; Col . E . C . Malet de Carteret , P . G . M . jersey ; Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., P . G . M . Middx . ; Sir E . H . Lechmere , Bart ., " M . P ., P . G . M . Worcestershire ; T . W . Tew , P . G . M . West Yorkshire ; Hugh D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal ; Admiral Sir E . A . Inglefield , K . C . B . ; Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., P . G . W . ; Hon . Mr . lustice Cave . P . G . W . : Hon . W . W . Vernon , P . G . W . ; Lord Henry Thynne ,

P . G . W . ; Earl of Londesborough , P . G . W . ; Sir F . B . Alston , K . C . M . G ., P . G . W . ; Bonamy Dobree , P . G . W . ; Robert Cunliffe , P . G . W . ; Gen . Hon . Somerset Calthorpe , P . G . W . ; Alderman and Col . Sir R . Hanson , Bart ., P . G . W . ; Col . Hon . H . 1 . Byng , P . G . W . ; Rev . W . M . Heath , P . G . C ; Rev . J . N . Palmer , P . G . C ; Rev . Dr . Robbins , P . G . C ; Rev . G . H . Morse , P . G . C ; Rev . T . Cochrane , P . G . C ; Rev . T . Robinson , P . G . C ; Rev . C . W . S . Stanhope , P . G . C ; Rev . W . K . R . Bedford , P . G . C ; Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C ;

Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C ; Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . C ; Rev . J . A . Lloyd , P . G . C . ; D . P . Cama , P . G . Treas . ; R . Eve , P . G . Treas . ; A . Barfield , P . G . Treas . ; J . D . Allcroft , P . G . Treas . ; H . B . Marshall , P . G . Treas . ; F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg . ; T . Fenn , President Board of General Purposes ; Robert Grey , President Board of Benevolence ; Dr . E . E . Wendt , G . Sec . for German Correspondence ; Sir Lionel E . Darell , Bart ., P . G . D . ; Aid . Sir Polydore de Keyset-, P . G . D . ; Col . A . Potter , C . B ., P . G . D . ; C . C . Cheston , P . G . D . ; G . P . Goldney , P . G . D . ; G . Cooper , P . G . D . ; R . F . Gould ,

P . G . D . ; Dr . R . Gooding , P . G . D . ; P . de L . Loner , P . G . D . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; Sir C H , Gregory , K . C . M . G ., P . G . D . ; S . Pope , Q . C ., P . G . D . ; J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ; G . Plucknett , P . G . D . ; J . P . Leith , P . G . D . ; Baron de Ferrieres , P . G . D . ; E . Ashworth , P . G . D . ; Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . ; Brackstone Baker , P . G . D . ; C A . Murton , P . G . D . ; H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . D . ; F . Richardson , P . G . D . ; Frank Green , P . G . D . ; Ex .-Sheriff Hutton , P . G . D . ; J . L . Eastes , P . G . D . ; E . Letchworth , P . G . D . ; F . H . Goldney , P . G . D . ;

R . C . Driver , P . G . D . ; R . Clutton , P . G . D . ; Le Feuvre , P . G . D . ; h . S . Knyvett , P . G . D . ; Sir G . Prescott , Bart , P . G . D . ; F . West , P . G . D . ; H . Smith , P . G . D . ; Sir R . W . Howard , P . G . D . ; R . Berridge , P . G . D . ; Dr . Brodie , P . G . D . ; Rev . W . Whittley , P . G . D . ; F . P . Morrell , P . G . D . ; E . J . Barron , P . G . D . ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . ; H . CTombs , P . G . D . ; R . Costa , P . G . D . ; Matthew Clark , P . G . D . ; Lieut-Col . Somerville Burney , P . G . D . ; Major ) . S . Peirce , P . G . D . ; V . P . Freeman , P . G . D . ; T . Trollope , P . G . D . ; Col . Edis , G . S . of Wks . ; C . Driver , P . G . S . of Wks . j O . Hansard , P . G . S . of Wks . ; Chas . Belton , D . G . D . C . ; G . H . Haydon , A . G . D . C ; R . G . Glover , P . A . G . D . C ; Col . I . Davis , P . A . G . D . C . ; Capt . Homfray , P . A . G . D . C . ; I . Lewis Thomas , P . A . G . D . C . ;

Ex-Sheriff Burt , P . A . G . D . C . ; M . Ohren , P . A . G . D . C . ; Dr . J . H . Paul , P . A . G . D . C . ; E . A . Baylis , P . A . G . D . C ; Lieut .-Col . A . B . Cook , P . A . G . D . C ; Dr . R . T . Pigott , P . A . G . D . C . ; R . H . Thrupp , P . A . G . D . C . ; Col . C . Harding , P . A . G . D . C ; C . Martin , P . A . G . D . C . ; VV . H . Spaull , P . A . G . D . C . ; T . J . Railing , P . A . G . D . C . ; J . A . Farnfield , P . A . G . D . C . ; Dr . Purchas , P . A . G . D . C . ; W . E . Stewart , P . A . G . D . C . ; W . C . Beaumont , P . A . G . D . C ; H . Trueman Wood , P . A . G . D . C ; Bolton , M . P ., P . A . G . D . C ; Eugene Monteuuis , G . S . B . ; Col . Nettleship , P . G . S . B . ; Major G . Lambert , P . G . S . B . ;

C . Hammerton , P . G . S . B . ; W . M . Bywater , P . G . S . B . ; F . Binckes , P . G . S . B . ; G . Kelly , P . G . S . B . ; F . Mead , P . G . S . B . ; E . Goble , P . G . S . B . ; J . F . H . Woodward , P . G . S . B . ; J . E . Dawson , P . G . S . B . ; H . J . Adams , P . G . S . B . ; W . Goodacre , P . G . S . B . ; J . Chadwick , P . G . S . B . ; F . R . W . Hedges , P . G . S . B . ; ] . Terry , P . G . S . B . ; Col . W . Bristow , P G . S . B . ; Col . G . Haldane , P . G . S . B . ; Dr . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; Col . Peters , P . G . S . B . ; G . Taylor , G . Std . Br . ; T . G . Bullen , G . Std . Std . Br . ; C F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br . ; A . H . Boyes , P . G . Std . Br . ; C . F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . ; G . M . Bud , P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Ganz , P . G . Org " . ; W . A .

Barrett , P . G . Org . ; W . Kuhe , P . G . Org . ; Dr . E . M . Lott , P . G . Org . ; A . A . Pendlebury , Asst . G . Sec ; T . W . Whitmarsh , G . Purst , ; D . D . Mercer , A . G . Purst ; J . Brett , P . G . Purst . ; Cottebrune , P . G . Purst . ; T . Cubitt , P . G . Purst ; W . T . " Howe , P . G . Purst . ; W . Wilson , P . G . Purst . ; W . Clarke , P . G . Purst ; H . Garrod , P . G . Purst . ; A . Lucking , P . G . Purst . ; W . H . Perryman , P . G . Purst . ; W . Hopekirk , P . G . Purst ; L . F . Littell , P . G . Purst . ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; A . Ball , H . H . Crawford , P . C Novell ! , J . A . Hughes , E . ] . V . Husey , Reid Tavlor ,

J . Burgess , E . W . Stanton , E . Rogers , W . Register , J . W . Zambra , F . Pinches , Col . Gadsden , T . H . Miller , C . P . Heaty , Capt . Marcus Sharpe , E . Humphreys , and J . C . Watts , G . Stewards ; J . L . Shine , E . W . Gardiner , L . Monckton , Gilbert Farquhar , George Alexander , J . H . Barnes , Harry Nicholls , J . Fernandez , H . Russell , W . Slaughter , L . M . Wynne , Dr . Gordon Brown , J . Kenyon , Horatio Bottomley , J . M . Isaacs , C . Kegan Paul , W . Lake , J . S . Wood , VV . A . Baskcomb , Dr . Robson ftoose , S . B . Bancroft , J . While , Henry Massey , Minstrell , Preston , I . Hare , H . Klein ,

H . H . Collins , A . J . Altman , Thomas Catling , J . E . Turner , Will . E . Chapman , T . H . ' Bolton , General Barnett Ford , Pocock , Clowes , C . Coote , A . Collins , J . K . Edwards , Captain Hugh Elwes , G . O . Haig , W . Pallant , M . Lutz , R . S . Brough , F . Leslie , A . J . Caldicott , Admiral Hon . Sir A . Cochrane , K . C . B ., General Hale Wortham , H . Sutton , Colonel Ward , H . De Stern , General Sim , General Hay , C . B ., Colonel Wemyss , Lennox Browne , Captain Williams Freeman , F . Neck , C . Haigh , C . Chittey , J . A . Brown , J . L . Morgan , Thorndyke , B . Davies , O . Barrett , Under-Sheriff Metcalfe , J . Smithers ,

B . . W . Levy , Alderman Savory , Rt Hon . Sir W . T . Marriott , Q C , M . P ., J . S . Fleming , ] : H . Matthews , A . Harris , Aldmn . Gray , Aldmn . Cowan , SirMorell Mackenzie , Sheriff Harris , Sir Oscar Clayton , CB ., CM . G ., Under-Sheriff Beard , M . J . Emanuel , C . J . Phipps , Capt Richey ( City Marshall )| , C . R . Brighten , Col . T . D . Sewell , A . Gibbons , W . Littaur , P . Morris , A . R . A ., F . S . Hobson , G . H . Haywood , C . Javal , H . M . Mackenzie , A . R . Phipps , Dr . C . J . Smith , Col . R . Douglas , E . Flower , Dr . G . H . Thomas , Major W . R . Baggallay , J . L . Cross , W . Beard , Edmund Yates , R . Harvey , Aprg Gardner , M . P .. M .

Morris , J . And , M . P ., W . Marshall , Lord Athlumney , C . M . P . Powney , Col . Laurie , C . B ., M . P ., H . R . Crompton Roberts , Viscount Deerhurst , Guy Repton , G . Elliott , M . P ., C . W . Somerset , Dixon Hartland . M . P ., Col . J . P . Godfrey , Arthur Yates , P . Saillard , Victor Stephens , Martyn , E . M . Maurice , David Russell , L . Rignold , Deputy Halse , C . M . Duplany , G . J . VV . Winzar , Herbert Campbell , G . F . Bashford , H . A . Hunt , Sir Somers Vine , J . M . Le Sage , Col . Sir R . Harley , K . C . M . G . ; Major A . Griffiths , Dr . W . H . Russell , G . A . Sala , Albert Levy , C . W . Mathews , and H . Neville .

After the preliminaries had been disposed of , Bro . J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D ., at the request of Bro . Sir E . A . Inglefield , took the chair , and Bro . the Earl of Londesborough , P . M ., having presented to him the Ri ght Hon . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Parkinson installed Bro . Sir Henry Isaacs as Master ot this lodge , curtailing the ceremony very much , however , as Bro . the Lord Mayor is an old Past Master . The . brethren appointed to office were Bros . Fernandez , S . W . ; Bancroft , J . W . ; Fleming , Treas . ; J . H . Matthews , P . G . Std . Br ., Sec ; Harry Nichols , S . D . ; Thomas Catling , J . D . ; Rev . C . J . Martyn , Chap . ; Bashford , I . G . ; Oscar Barrett , C . J . Phipps , and Sir Morell Mackenzie , Stwds . ; and Goddard , Tyler .

A Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . Sir E . A . Inglefield , and after an anthem specially composed for the occasion b y Bro . Alfred J . Caldicott , Organist of the lodge , bad been sung by Bros . Ben . Davies , Charles Chilley , Herbert Thorndike , Jas . A . Brown , W . A . Barrett , and other brethren , under the direction of the composer , the lodge was closed . A banquet in the Egyptian Hall followed , and the usual toasts were proposed .

The LORD MAYOR , in giving the toast of " The Queen and the Craft , " said he thought he could carry the brethren with him , when he said that upon occasions such as that , he made the best speeches who made the shortest speeches . He desired to give them the best he could command , and , therefore , he intended to give them , having regard to his office , the shortest he could . The first , no doubt , was the health of that illustrious lady who , happily for them for so many years had occupied the throne of this country , a lady in whom they recognised a patroness

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of the Masonic Institutions , a lady whom they recognised as the mother of Masons , and the mother of the best Masons , and one whose name they invariably coupled with that of the best Institution in the world' —the Craft . The toast having been drunk , was followed by the National Anthem . The LORD MAYOR then said he was about to ask the brethren to drink to an illustrious brother , who was , perhaps ( he said it with all humility ) , after the Lord

Mayor , the most hard worked man in the country—his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . There was a very trite adage , "A tree maybe known by its fruits , " and the fruit of the presidency of the Masonic Institutions by the M . W . G . M . was to be found in the general success of Freemasonry and the exalted place it occupied . Long might the M . W . G . M . be spared to them . He gave "The Health of the Prince of Wales " with all sincerity .

The LORD MAYOR then said the next toast on the list was " The Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , the D . G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . " The brethren might have some doubts as to his ( the Lord Mayor ' s ) youth when he told them he remembered very distinctly being present at the installation of Lord Carnarvon as W . M . of the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 . He thought he recognised the face of one brother

at least now present who was present also on that very interesting occasion . From that time down to the present , their Pro G . M . and the Deputy G . M ., and the rest of the Present and Past Grand Officers formed such a distinguished phalanx , that to attempt to pick out the most ornate of them would occupy at least one evening ; therefore he should content himself by calling the brethren's attention to the fact

that he had one on his rig ht hand , a distinguished brother who presided on the last occasion of the meeting of Grand Lodge—a brother whom they all saw with the greatest possible pleasure—Bro . Beach , Prov . G . M . of Hants and the Isle of Wight . It was not the first time Bro . Beach had received a hearty welcome at the Mansion House of the City of London , and it was to be hoped the present would not be the last time .

Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , in reply , said Lord Carnarvon had done so much for Freemasonry that his claims were well known to them . It was quite true , as the W . M . had said , that it was a good while ago that the Pro G . M . was installed in the chair of a lodge . He ( Bro . Beach ) had the privilege of installing him . It was the duty of a Prov . G . M . to try and foster the knowledge of the Masonic art , especially in their own localities in the provinces , and it was the duty of the Grand

Officers so to exert themselves as to merit the confidence the Grand Master had reposed in them . Freemasonry had had great prosperity . So long as Freemasons clung to their ancient ritual , and acted up to the principles of the Craft , there was no fear of its ever deteriorating . A Freemason ought to feel as if the future prosperity of the Order depended on his own individual exertions . He thanked the W . M . for the kind hospitality he had afforded to the Grand Officers , for the

kind welcome he had extended to his brother Masons from all parts of the country . He had accepted the hospitality of the City of London on more than one occasion , but he had never done so before—and he doubted whether any other brother had —under a guidance of a Lord Mayor who at the same time was W . M . of a lodge . Bro . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT , Provincial Grand Master for Middlesex , in proposing '' The Health of the Worshipful Master , " said no one could propose it

with greater pleasure or interest than he . He hoped the brethren would drink the toast with the utmost enthusiasm , and at the same time wish the Worshipful Master health and happiness during the time he was Worshipful Master . Every one of the brethren knew what the duties of a Worshipful Master were . The Lord Mayor had a large number of duties to perform , but nothing would be detracted from the value of his position of Worshipful Master during the time he

was in that position . The Drury Lane Lodge had not been in existence many years , but still it had raised itself to a position which no lodge that ever existed had brought itself to . From first to last they had had most excellent Masons as Worshipful Masters of the lodge , and everyone present had seen what the working of the Drury Lane Lodge was . He felt confident that while the Lord Mayor presided over that lodge nothing would be wanting which would add to the credit of the lodge .

The LORD MAYOR , in reply , said : Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , my lords , and brethren , —I thank you very much for the kindness with which you have received the toast proposed in such flattering terms by Bro . Sir Francis Burdett . I assure you it is to me a source of great pride to find myself installed W . M . of the Drury Lane Lodge , because , if there be one lodge which more than another is distinguished by the possession of members of the highest possible intellect ,

representing the best of all possible professions , I should say commend me to the Drury Lane Lodge . To be the Master of any lodge is a great honour , but I do not hesitate to say that to be the Master of the Drury Lane Lodge is a great distinction . I assure you I so appreciate it , and anything I can do to conduce to the success of the lodge , and to the comfort and convenience of the members of the lodge , shall be done . I thank you again for the compliment you have paid me .

The LORD MAYOR again rose , and said he thought it was Francis the First who said that a Court without ladies was like a year without spring , or a spring without flowers . He ventured to say—and he was sure the brethren of his lodge would go with him—that a banquet , a Masonic banquet , without visitors was like a year without spring—certainl y like a spring without flowers . They were , therefore , always delighted to find visitors at their table , and especially were they so delighted

when the visitors were of the character of those who had honoured the Drury Lane Lodge with their presence that evening . The brethren hoped the visitors had been satisfied with the working of the lodge , and he thought the most critical could not be other than satisfied with the manner in which the duties of the installation were performed . He hoped they had been pleased with the reception the Drury Lane

Lodge had given them from the social point of view , and also that they had not been dissatisfied with the banquet . The Drury Lane Lodge was always happy to see visitors , and if those visitors desired to give them proof that they were pleased well , then , they would come and visit the lodge again . He asked the brethren to assist him in drinking to " Their Visitors , " and would couple with the toast the name of Sir E . H . Lechmere , M . P ., Prov . G . M . for Worcestershire .

Bro . Sir E . LECHMERE , in reply , said he was selected to return thanks for a most important toast , and he was most unworthy , because he must plead guilty to having been at the banquet without having attended the interesting ceremony in the lodge . He wished he could in any words express or offer atonement for a great Masonic offence , that of going to a banquet without taking part in the preceding work . But he had witnessed enough that evening to enable him to go back to his province and tell them how heartily the Prov . Grand Master for

Worcestershire and the other visitors representing all the provinces were welcomed at the Mansion House of the City of London . Nothing could give a greater impulse to Masonry , not only in the Metropolis , but throughout England , than to know it was recognised by the Lord Mayor of the City of London . As had been said by a previous speaker , this was almost a unique occasion when they met there at the Mansion House when the Lord Mayor was W . M . of a lodge of Freemasons . He thanked the Lord Mayor and the other brethren for the hospitality which had been extended to the visitors .

The LORD MAYOR said he was sorry to intrude himself on the brethren again , but there were certain toasts which his mentor told him he must himself propose . The next toast he should propose with a great deal of pleasure , because it was one that could not fail of obtaining genuine acceptance at the hands of

Masons . Without mentioning the subject of his toast , might he call the brethren ' s attention to the manner in which Bro . Parkinson invariably performed the duties of Installing Master . He was sorry to think that many of the brethren that night lost something from the fact that he ( the Lord Mayor ) had been W . M . of a lodge before , and therefore some of the addresses which were so splendidly delivered by