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HON AND LAMB LODGE ( No . 192 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the gth inst ., at Cannon-street Hotel , E . C . Present : Bros . Thos . Fisher , W . M . ; Thos . Cohu , P . M ., S . W . ; Robt . Marke , J . W . j H . Legge , P . M ., Treas . ; Geo . Abbott , P . M ., Sec : G . J . Goodes , S . D . ; T . M . Mower , J . D . ; W . Medwin , P . M ., D . C . ; F . Hughes , I . G . ; John Quy ,

Stwd . ; G . Couchman , Tyler ; Dowland , I . P . M . ; Belfrage , Hocknell , Bright , Dart , and Fraser . Visitors : Bros . Brooke , 51 ; Simmons , Royal Oak Lodge ; Bate , P . M . Royal Jubilee Lodge ; and Crossley , 2069 . The Iodge was opened in due form , and the Secretary having explained the necessity for sending out the supplementary summons , a ballot was taken for two candidates

for initiation , viz ., Mr . Thos . W . Fisher , son of the W . M ., and Mr . M . R . Sarson , both of whom had been duly proposed and seconded at the previous meeting . The ballot proved unanimous in favour of both candidates . Bro . Dowland , I . P . M ., having taken the chair , raised Bro . Hocknell to the Sublime Degree of a M . M . The W . M . having resumed the chair , Messrs . T . VV . Fisher and R . Sarson were initiated .

There being no further business the Iodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet , when the usual Masonic toasts were given and responded to . MACDONALD LODGE ( No . 1216 ) . —This o'd ge , which was formed in 1 S 6 S , out of compliment to the Commanding Officer of the First Surrey Rifles , then Lieut .-Col . Macdonald , held its 20 th installation meeting on

Thursday , the ioth instant , at the Head-quarters of the Regiment , Flodden-road , Camberwell . The members present included Bros . C . W . Davis , W . M . ; A . R . Cranch , S . W . and W . M . Elect ; T . V . Turner , J . W . ; T . A . Fitzer , I . P . M . ; Major A . Styan , Treas . ; J . J . Curtis , actingSec ; W . G . Harvey , S . D . ; A . G . White , J . D . ; V . H . D'Avaux , I . G . j F . P . Baxter , D . C . ; Capt . G . N . Bridges , P . M .,

D . C . ; S . F . Hill , Org . ; R . A . Marshall , Stwd . ; Major Easterbrook , P . M . ; W . Carlton Hale , P . M . ; A . J . Style , P . M . ; M . S . Larlham , P . M . ; James Stevens , P . M . ; G . Waterall , P . M . ; and many others . Visitors : Bros . J . N . Bate , P . M . 72 ; F . A . Smith , W . M . elect 166 9 ; J . D . McAlping , 19 G 2 ; H . Baldwin , P . P . G . S . B . Middx . ; E . Baxter , P . G . Stwd . Middx . j VV . Jaques , W . M . 1 / 44 :

F . W . Kuddleston , 1744 ; G . VV . Ratcliff Steel , G . Stwd . 1 ; F . Inskipp , D . C . 1997 ; Thos . W . Heath , P . G . 1642 ; W . Lucas , P . M . 1669 ; J . Probert , P . M . 8 ; T . Foster MacGeagh , 1223 ; VV . H . Sinons , 19 S 6 ; S . A . Brown , 1272 ; A . Weston , 1929 ; W . W . Lee , 1 S 97 ; and others . The lodge was formally opened , and the minutes of the

previous meeting read and confirmed , after which Bro . J . F . Carl Sims was passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft . The installing ceremony was then proceeded with , and Bro . A . R . Cranch , P . M . 1669 , having been presented as W . M . elect , was impressively installed into the chair by the retiring W . M ., Bro . Davis . The following officers were appointed and invested : Bros . T . V . Turner , S . W . ; W .

S . Harvey , J . W . ; Major A . Styan , Treas . ; W . J . Messenger , P . M ., Sec ; A . G . White , S . D . ; V . H . D'Avaux , J . D . ; F . P . Baxter , I . G . ; Capt . G . N . Bridges , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Somerset , D . C ; R . A . Marshall , A . D . C ; F . S . Hill , Org . ; Major Easterbrook , Stwd . ; J . B . Hemmings , CS . ; and T . Bradley , Tyler . The usual addresses were then effectively delivered by the

Installing Master , Bro . C . W . Davis , I . P . M . TheW . M ., in presenting a P . M . ' s jewel ( manufactured by Bro . George Kenning ) , to Bro . Davis , I . P . M ., icmarked that from the able manner in which he had conducted the duties of ihe chair during the past year , the members would agree that it was but a small recognition of his efficient services . It afforded him considerable pleasure

to make the presentation , and he congratulated Bro . Davis on the termination of a successful year of office . Bro . Davis , I . P . M ., thanked the members for the honour conferred upon him by the presentation of the jewel . It had been his ambition to attain the chair of his mother Iodge , but he thought that the small amount of work scarcely merited that mark of their recognition .

The Audit repot t was received and adopted , and , other business having been transacted , the lodge was closed . The brethren—a large proportion of whom wore the uniform of their respective corps—subsequently partook of an excellent banquet , at the conclusion of which the usual toast list received the customary honours . Bro . Davis , I . P . M ., said it was his privilege to assume

the gavel , and ask the brethren to drink " The Health of the W . M ., " and in doing so he must congratulate the lodge on having elected such a W . M . as Bro . Cranch to fill the chair . _ He had known their W . M . for many years in the lodge , in the corps , and as a friend , and he could confidently say that the members could not have selected a better man for the office . Bro . Cranch , W . M ., was well versed in

Masonry , and well able to carry out the duties of the chair . Bro . A . R . Cranch , W . M ., returned thanks for the kindly proposition and reception of the toast . He would exert his utmost to do his best for the lodge , and hoped he should have the co-operation and support of all the officers invested that evening . The working had always been

Derformed creditably since he had known the lodge , and there was no doubt it would be carried out in the same manner under the present officers . They had always had a good name for working , which he hoped would be maintained . Bro . Ratcliff Steel , P . G . Stwd ., in responding for "The Visitors , " said he was at a loss to know why the W . M . had been kind enough to call upon him to return thanks

when therewere several brethren present who were hisseniors in Masonry . At the same time he accepted the position as a great honour , more especially as he was once a member of the lodge , and for many years a member of the Corps and of the same Company—No . 7- as that to which the two Wardens now belong , lt gave him exceedingl y great pleasure to be present , for he had attended their installation meetings for the last six or seven years , and was pleased to be with old

again so many friends . He had not yet attained the honour of the chair , but he hoped that next year his lodge would honour him as the W . M . had been honoured that evening . He should then feel he had arrived at _ the proudest position he could attain , and should esteem it an honour to be able to visit them in that capacity . It was not necessary for him to say more than to thank them for the kind hospitality extended to him and the good work he had seen—especially in the working of

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the installation ceremony by the I . P . M ., which he had never seen done better . The small part taken by the W . M . gave an earnest of what the members might expect during the forthcoming year , and he wished the W . M . a successful term of offiice . Bro . Jaques , W . M . 1744 , also replied for the visitors . In giving "The Installing Master , " the W . M . said that

the least the members could do was to thank Bro . Davis , I . P . M ., for the able manner in which he had carried out the duties during the past year , and for his excellent rendering of the installatian ceremony . Bro . Davis , I . P . M ., thanked the brethren very sincerely for the cordial manner in which his health had been proposed and received . It had been a great pleasure to him

to have occupied the chair of the Macdonald Lodge , and his only regret was the small amount of work during the past year . He wished to thank his officers for the support he had received , for every W . M . had to depend upon his officers for the well ruling and proper working of the lodge . "The Past Masters" was hext given by the W . M ., who

expressed the pleasure it afforded him to see so many P . M . ' s present . He coupled with the toast the name of Bro . Jas . Stevens , P . M ., who was S . W . when the lodge was consecrated , and when the present Lord Mayor was J-W . Bro . Jas . Stevens , P . M ., said he rose to respond with feelings of regret and pleasure—regret that he had been unable to attend during the past two years , and with a deal

of pleasure to find that after 20 years' existence the lodge was in the same state of vitality as in days gone by . _ The lodge had a good history in the past and would have in the future , for it possessed a good VV . M ., who would lead them on to further efforts . It was no small matter , after 20 years , to have as many as nine brethren rising to respond for the P . M . ' s . The G . A . O . T . U . was to be thanked that

at the same time He spared their lives He had enabled so many to carry out the principles of Masonry in their lodge . Of the 11 founders there were three present that evening , Bros . G . Waterall , P . M ., J . Curtis , and himself , and they were very gratified to see the ledge celebrate its 20 th anniversary . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Irvine , who was the first W . M ., was known to them all for his sei vices to the corps and the

lodge . That brother , who was then a Major in the corps , occupied the position of W . M . for two years . It was an extreme satisfaction to him ( Bro . Stevens ) to know he was the originator of that Iodge , and who would not be proud of the fact ? It was also a gratification to know that after 20 years , but one of the founders had departed from them , and with that exception the whole of the founders are

living . True , their lodge had been larger in numbers , but he trustedjthey had never been better in quality , for the evidence of good work that evening proved that their expectations of 20 years ago had been fulfilled . In all his Masonic experience he had not known any brethren who had satisfied him so well as Bro . Davis , I . P . M ., and the other W . M . 's who had followed Lieut .-Col . Irvine—one of

the finest exemplars of ritual , and a brother who well knew how to deliver it . It was the bounden duty of all the officers to keep up the reputation of the Iodge , which , he hoped , would last for many years to come . He trusted he might have the pleasure of meeting them on future occasions , and that he should be able to say the work had been performed so that no other lodge could say a word against

it . Bro , Waterall , P . M ., also replied . "The Officers " having been given , the Tyler's toast closed the proceedings . An excellent programme of music was admirably rendered , under the direction of Bro . Hill , Org ., assisted by Bros . Weston , Symons , Brown , and Heath , in which the W . M . also took part .

ISLINGTON LODGE ( No . 1471 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday , the ioth instant , at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , when the following officers and brethren were present : Bros . I . Petch , W . M . ; H . Hunt , S . W . ; S . Napper , J . W . ; E . Blinkhorn , P . M ., Sec ; C M . Coxon , D . Cacting as

, S . D . ; H . B . Harding , J . D . ; Tyrrell , I . G . ; R . Loomes and A . Hagan , Stwds . ; Bayne , Org . ; J . L . Mather , P . A . G . D . C , P . M . ; D . P . Holness , P . M .,- A . C HalestraD , P . M . ; VV . Shurmur , P . M . ; F . Simmonds , D . C . Ritchie , C . Hiller , and others ; also Bros . VV . Ball , P . M . ; and Holborow , visitors .

The lodge having been opened , Bro . Bridgwater was passed to the Degree of F . C , and Bros . Hiller and Gravatt were raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . The next business on the agenda was the election of a Treasurer , the office having become vacant through the lamented death of Bro . Edgar Bowyer , P . M . Bro . D . P . Holness , P . M ., referring to the circumstance under which the lodge was called

upon to elect a Treasurer for the remainder of the year , said he had a brother to propose , to whom alone he felt sure every member of the Iodge would look as the brother who should be elected to the office , if he would asf ent to take it . He begged to propose that Bro . J . L . Mather , P . A . G . D . C , one of the founders and the first Master of the lodge , be elected Treasurer for the remainder of the year .

ihis was seconded by Bro . Halestrap , P . M ., and a vote , in accordance with the Book of Constitutions , was taken by ballot , which proved unanimously in favour of the proposal . Bro . J . L . Mather accepted the office , and thanked the brethren for the compliment they had paid him . From the founding of the lodge to the present time he had taken an active interest in its welfare , and in the office in which

they had seen fit to appoint him he should do all in his power to increase the prosperity of the Iodge . A Committee was appointed , consisting of the W . M ., Treasurer , Secretary , and the P . M . 's of the Iodge , to consider and report upon an amendment of the by-laws . The business being concluded , the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to supper , after which the usual

toasts were given . The W . M ., replying to the toast of his health , said the brethren would no doubt be pleased to hear that his list as Steward for the Girls' Centenary Festival amounted already to £ 115 . He had been well supported bv the

members of the lodge , and most liberally so by a few brethren outside of the lodge , private friends of his own . Other toasts and speeches followed , and the harmony of the evening was promoted by songs by Bros . Bayne , Org . ; Halestrap , P . M . ; Blinkhorn , Sec . ; and Scarlett ; and one of Bro . Tyrrell ' s inimitable recitations .

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SIR HUGH MYDDELTON LODGE ( M . 1002 ) . — Ihe installation meeting ot this lodge was held on Friday , the nth inst ., at the Royal Agricultural J-i || Islington . There were present Bros . R . Homan , W . M ¦ p F . E . Heyse , S . W-. ; C . Dearing , I . W . ; Jno . West ™ P . M ., Treas . ; Jno . Osborn , P . P . G . S . B . Middx ., Spr Geo . Brown , S . D . ; W . Wright , Org . ; W . H . DresoV I . G . : F . Keoeh . Stwd .: G . W . Larter , P . M . -. i ! . '

Greenfield , P . M . ; W . H . Lee , Asst . Prov . G . Sec . Midd ™ P . M . ; and many lay members . Visitors : Bros . T . Smith ' 1425 ; J . Kew , P . M . 179 ; F . R . Bouts , S . W . i 6 "' G . Shenstone , 2077 ; H . A . Kirkcaldy , P . M . 1321 ; ' \ y ' G . Thomas , 179 ; VV . H . Honiss , Si , Washington , U . S /\ B . Rennie , 1 S 91 ; F . VV . Cranforth , 733 ; A . E . Hue ' heV W . M . 179 ; C . Weeden , P . M . S 13 ; G . S . Whiti , ?

1658 ; F . A . Whitlock , 165 S ; H . C . T . urner , S . D . KJQ , [ H . J . Kirk , 1767 ; J . Bayne , I . G . 1 S 97 ; and W . W . QJ 1 S 97 . ¦ . Lodge having been opened , the minutes were read and confirmed and the Audit Report received and adopted . Bros . Wheeler and Cates were raised to the Degree of M . M ., and Bro . Wigley passed to the Second

Degree . Bro . Ferdinand F . E . Heyse was presented as W . M . elect , and a Board of Installed Masters having been formed , he was regularly installed into the chair by Bro Homan , I . P . M . The W . M . appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . Charles Dearing , S . W . ; G Brown , J . W . ; J . Weston , P . M ., Treas . ; J . Osborn P . M ., P . P . S . G . B . Middx ., Sec ; R . Garner , S . D . ; W *

H , Dresden , J . D . ; F . C . Everitt , I . G . j F . Keogh D . C . j VV . Southwell , A . D . C . j W . Wright , Org . ; vV Martin and A . Baker , Stwds . ; and C . Thomas , Tyler , The customary addresses were carefully rendered by the Installing Master , Bro . Homan , I . P . M . A handsome P . M . ' s jewel was then presented to Bro . R . A . Homan I . P . M ., by the W . M ., who congratulated him on the termination of a successful year of office , and eulogised the

valuable services he had rendered to the lodge . Bro . Homan , I . P . M ., briefly returned thanks , and routine business having been transacted , the lodge was closed . The brethren then adjourned to the Railway House , Highbury , where an excellent banquet was admirably served by Bro . Baker . After dessert the usual toasts were honoured .

Bro . Homan , I . P . M ., said that as their I . P . M . it was his duty to propose " The Health of the W . M . " He did not know whether he could say very much respecting Bro . Heyse as he had only just taken the position of the chair , but he would no doubt make a good W . M . He would ask all the members and officers to cordially support theit W . M . during his year , and thus support their Iodge .

Bro . Heyse , W . M ., returned thanks for the manner in which the toast of his health had been given and received . He knew by the heartiness evinced by the brethren that they meant it in a Masonic manner . The I . P . M . had said he could not say much about him as W . M ., and he had certainly not had the opportunity yet of proving what he could do , but he hoped that when the opportunity arrived

he should prove it to their satisfaction . It would be his aim and object to work in a manner satisfactory to them all , and gain their unanimous approval . If he succeeded in that object it would be the greatest reward to which he should look forward . He again thanked them , one and all , for their kindness . "The Installing Master" was then given by the VV . M .,

who remarked that it was with double pleasure that he submitted this toast . Firstly , there was the pleasure ol being installed , which was something to look forward to and appreciate , and secondly , from the manner in which the ceremony was performed by Bro . Homan , I . P . M . Those brethren who were present and witnessed the installation ceremony , would agree that it was done with perfection ,

He only hoped that when it was his turn to instal his successor he should follow up Bro . Homan ' s worthy example . He would thank the brethren to drink " The Health of the Installing Master" with full hononrs . Bro . R , A . Homan , I . P . M ., in responding to the toast , said that by installing his successor he had simply done his duty to the best of his abitity , he , however , cordially

thanked the brethren for drinking his health as Installihg Master . He had done no more than his predecessors , the P . M . ' s had done before him , and the performance of his duty called for no particular praise . He tendered his sincere thanks for the P . M . 's jewel , which was unanimously voted at the last meeting , and which had been presented on the present occasion . He cordially thanked them for

the gift and for the honour conferred upon him by drinking his health . In proposing " The Visitors , " the W . M . said he did not know if their lodge was especially favoured in the number of their visitors , for the toast always became one of importance . There would not be that brotherly feeling between them if they did not visit other lodges , and every member

was therefore pleased to see as many visitors as possioie . He would thank the members to receive the toast in a nt and proper manner , coupling the names of Bros . Hug hes , VV . M . 179 , and Honiss , 81 , U . S . A . Bros . Hughes , W . M . 179 , and Honiss , 81 , U . S . A ., returned thanks for the kind hospitality extended to tne visitors , and expressed the gratification the excellent

wowing had afforded them . , " The Past Masters " was then given by the W . M ., " » said that , although the number of P . M . ' s increased year oy year , some whom they would wish to see present had unfortunately left them . Every W . M . looked naturally c ° the P . M . 's for support and assistance in his difficulties , ana he was happy to say he could confidently rely on tn P . M . ' s of that lodge to render him all the help tney

could . M ,, Bro . J . Osborn , P . M ., said it was flattering to ' ^ x- | to hear the kindly expressions of the W . M ., and the coru ' manner in which the toast was received by the Dret J / f , ' i iad could assure them with sincerity that all the P . M . s " but one ambition , and that was the prosperity of tfte l ° ° . and the happiness and pleasure of every individual m ^ ber , and every brother who was pleased to visit t ^ m . t e long as Bro . Heyse was W . M . he could depend upon 1 suooort of the P . M . 's . who congratulated him on the VJ

successful installation meeting that evening , ana r 0 f trusted he would have a prosperous and happy ye office . i „ ioted Bro . Greenfield , P . M ., also replied . He congraW ^ the W . M . on attaining the chair which he hoped u > occupied next year by Bro . Dearing , S . W . 1 » f * , : Vwh they regretted the absence of two P . M . ' s . One from ae ^ and . the other from unavoidable circumstances .