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" Savages " conducing to rather than detracting from the harmony of the evening . The members present included Bros . Dr . S . R . Lovett , W . M . j H . S . Wellcome , J . W . j G Low , P . M ., Treas . , * J . Squire , P . M ., Sec . j J . Larkin , PM . ; 1- Terry , P . M ., P . G . S . B . j A . H . Larcome , P . M . ; G . Connell , P . AL ; VV . C . Clark , P . M . ; G . PhillipsP . M . ; A . G . Sandberg , S . D . ; E . F . Fox , I . G . ;

, R . Sebastian Hart , Org . ; S . Cochrane , P . M ., D . C . ; and manv others . Visitors : Bros . F . A . Philbrick , O . C , G . Re <* ; A . J . R- Trendell , C . M . G ., A . G . D . C , & c . ; R . Clav Sudlow , P . G . S . B . ; Dr . Kempster , G . Stwd . j Walter ] . Ebbetts , F . R . I . B . A ., P . G . Stwd ., W . AI . 2190 ; F . T . Rushton , P . G . Stwd ., P . AL . & c . j Dr . Lennox Browne , F . R . C . S ., & c , P . Prov . S . G . W . Essex , Vice-Pres . B . G . P .,

P M . 2 ioSj Henry Pritchard , P . Prov . G . Treas . Middx ., W . M . 263 J Dr . Paul , Ph . D ., P . G . Stwd ., W . AL 2394 J Su . geonT . H . Parke , A . AI . D ., AI . D ., LL . D ., & c ; A . Clark , W . AL 2397 ; Elias Jessurun , 2397 j Thomas Catling , P . M . 2190 ; W . J . Fisher , S . W . 2190 ; Franklin Clive , 2190 ; VV . Nicholl , 2190 ; E . J . Aloffat , American Deputy Consul-Genera ! , 2100 j Major Henry Van der Weyde , 2100 j

F . H . Cheesvvright , 2190 j Phinneas S . Abraham , M . A ., AI . D ., & c , 2190 J James McLean , 21 9 0 , * J . Y . W . MacAlister , 2190 J Major Frigout , American Vice Consul-General , P . M ., Sx ., 2397 ; W . H . Kiby , W . M . 1965 , Preceptor Clarence Lodge of Instruction j F . Bull , S . W . 1905 ; Alison Lister , 1965 j Neil S . Campbell , of Ceylon ; j . W . Drysdale , S . D . 263 ; A . W . Gerrard , 1415 ; W . T . Childs , 1692 ; W . D . Young , 214 G ; E . Wallace , 907 ; VV . Evans , 163 ; E . J . Jones , 134 ; Henry lones , 230 . S ;

C . R . Ellis , 239 S ; R . W . Steggles ; W . VV . Lee , S . W . 23 S 1 ; B . Younger , 1257 ; S . White , 1657 ; P . Gardiner , C 57 ; and others . Bros . Sir John Monckton , P . S . G . W . ; Edward Terry . P . G . Treas . ; Sir Albert Woods , G . D . C ; and Sir Somers Vine , P . G . D ., vvere prevented from being present through illness , but sent greetings and congratulations to the installed W . M .

Lodge having been opened , and the minutes confirmed , candidates for initiation and passing had their respective Degrees conferred upon them . Bro . Dr . S . R . Lovett next installed Bro . H . S . Wellcome as W . M . in an able and impressive manner , and the following officers were invested : Bros . Dr . A . G . Sandberg , S . W . j E . F . Fox ,

J . W . ; G . Low , P . M ., Treas . ; J . Squire , P . M ., Sec ; G . T . Cox , S . D . ; J . Cooper , J . D . ; F . Feller , LG . ; S . Cochrane , P . M ., D . C ; R . Sebastian Hart , Org . ; and Potter , Tyler . The customary addresses vvere delivered by the Installing Master , Bro . Dr . Lovett , LP . M ., and the lodge was afterwards closed .

A recherche repast was enjoyed at v reemasons Tavern , and the usual toasts vvere subsequently duly honoured . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg ., responding for "The Grand Officers , " said it vvas repeating an old phrase to say that , for the toast so kindly proposed and so warmly welcomed , the Grand Officers returned sincere thanks . It vvas to them a very great satisfaction

to be present at the installation ceremony of one of the most ancient lodges of the Craft . They had no politics in the party sense of the term in Freemasonry , but they vvere the most conservative people in the world , because they kept to their old traditions , and they were the most democratic Institution , because they turned their king out at the end of a year and put a new one in , and showed

their loyalty by exclaiming vive le roi . The W . M . had alluded in touching terms to the times they had lately passed through , and were still passing through . Honoured names in the Craft had fallen before that which vvas the common lot of humanity , but , thank God , they could still keep amongst them those whom the W . M . had mentioned , and those to whom the Craft owed so much . The name of Lord

Lathom vvas a household word in Freemasonry , and those who vvere privileged to be present and hear the address of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in Grand Lodge must have felt that no body had expressed its sense of the terrible loss which they as a . nation sustained , and its condolence with those afflicted in high places , in more expressive or in a more becoming- manner than the United Grand Lodge of

England . ^ The rest of the Grand Officers vvere always well received in assemblages of brethren , and it was always a pleasure to be amongst those who worked the ceremonies of their Craft in a manner which redounded to their honour , and in a lodge which had in the past attained the foremost rank of prosperity and success . It vvas not always that anti quity had a dry root , and he vvas glad to see that at the

next meeting the W . M . would have the Three Degrees before "nn . This lodge had in it elements of vigour and vitality , and the presence of an initiate , and the tact of a . passing meant work for the W . M ., which he was quite sure would be discharged as the lodge would require . This sign of life ( not of horror ) they felt was a very great thing in a lod ge vvhich had such claims to anticiuitv and such claims

0 their respect as the Lodge of Fidelity . He hoped the lod ge vyould continue to go on and prosper , and he vvas ^ pressing the hope of the Grand Officers when he wished mat this lodge would prosper exceedingly . They felt in placing Bro . Welcome as W . M . the cosmopolitan character u » 1 ' reemasonry , and knowing no distinction of country or creed , they all met there on terms of that brotherhood

which had made Masonry a great Institution in the past and would ensure its perpetuity in the future . Uro . Dr . S . R . Lovett , I . P . M ., proposed " The Health of th ^ ° , rshi Pful Master , " and said that in Bro . Wellcome , ney had a good brother in Masonry and a good cousin in nationality . He believed that this was the first time a ur other from the other side of the Atlantic had been called

upon to preside in that lodge , and he hoped it might not be va * n- ''rom what they had scen of the W . M . in the arious offices , they vvere sure he would carry out the trust st a •¦ " him and they W ' shed ••'"¦ lonB life > health , and lr « ngth m the performance of his duties . sa \ h Henry S- Wellcome , W . M ., returned thanks , and hon appreciated the honour of presiding , and also the nour of becoming a member of that lodge . He believed j . --wmiiig a iiniiiui ;! ui 11141 luuyv . in- UI . III : *

fr „ J » rea honour to be a member , and only those who vvere KeL , , tcust ? . s ** 0 ,, w 1 , e admitted . As the Grand of v * sa' 1 ' 'tl ic anthjuity of the lodge was a mark "wee _ vv , dlstinct i ° > and he felt proud to occupy the "ie _ od ° A .- . There were traditions connected with far as h ' " * h ¦ ' would be his careful study to preserve as in IQL uwn . powers went . He was sure that individuality thinrr l ' i as '' Jicl not disturu tne ritual , vvas a good bis ! __ . __•_ j wo u'vl endeavour to do his work to the best of Wcet . * , ' B bis year of office . He only knew a few KS Sln «* 'hat he was to be the W . M ., and during that

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time he had travelled thousands of miles , and had had little time to prepare himself . The W . M . next gave " The Installing Master , " and said that Bro . Dr . Lovett , LP . AL , had done splendid work during the past year . As an expression of their regard for him , he had to present the LP . AL with a Past Master ' s jewel voted to him .

Bro . Dr . S . R . Lovett , LP . M ., thanked the W . AL and brethren for drinking his health so cordially , and also for the jewel , which he should wear vvith pleasure and he hoped for many years amongst those whom he respected and revered . He considered the year he had been Master one of the happiest of his life , and he thanked all who had conduced to make it so .

" The Visitors was next given in a hearty manner , and vvas responded to by Bros . A . J . R . Trendell , C . M . G ., A . G . D . C ; R . C . Sudlow . P . G . S . B . ; Dr . W . H . Kempster , P . G . Stwd . ; Ebbetts , P . G . Stwd . ; Rushton , P . G . Stwd . ; Lennox Browne , Vice-Pres . Bd . Gen . Purps . ; H . Pritchard , P . P . G . Treas . Aliddx . ; A . Clark , P . M . ; T . Catling ,

P . AL ; and others . ' * The Past Alasters "and " The Officers " were followed by the Tyler's toast , vvhich closed a pleasant gathering . During the evening the following brethren contributed excellent musical items : Bros . Allison Lister , Franklin Clive , Nicholls , and Cheesewright .

Ranelagh Lodge ( No . S 34 ) . —A meeting was held on Tuesday , the gth inst ., at the Criterion , Piccadilly , when there vvere present Bros . F . Craggs , VV . AL ; H . F . Williams , S . W . ; A . Williams , J . W . j W . J . Coplestone , Sec ; W . VV . Williams , S . D . ; E . Newland , J . . * , H . Hewett , D . C ; H . Scharien , LG . ; Philips and Banks , Stwds . ; A . Walkley , Tyler ; Fisher , P . AL ; Oliver ,

P . M . ; Shaw , P . M . ; Sims , P . M . ; Richards , lredale , Worth , Chambers , Wilkins , Lomer , Lucas , Ponchen , Alay , Bennett , White , Segar , Blanch , Gerbert , Bowles , Stokes , Collins , Cartwright , Heinemann , and Dyne . Visitors : Bros . Braithwaite , 304 ; Clarke , 1475 ; H . vV . Coplestone , 704 ; Nottingham , VV . AL 2206 ; Packington , 1793 ; F . Page , 21 S 2 ; Barker , P . M . 1767 ; S . Page , 21 S 2 ; Lewis

Bryett , P . AL 1 S 2 S ; and Cimmett , P . AL 15 . The lodge having been opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the W . AL before proceeding expressed his deep regret to announce officially the severe loss the Craft has sustained by the decease of H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence , P . G . AI . of Berkshire , the eldest son of the M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the

Prince of Wales , which melancholy event had cast a gloom over the whole country , as well as amongst the Craft . He therefore asked permission of the brethren to place upon the minutes a resolution to the following effect : " That this lodge desire to express to H . R . H . the M . W . G . M . their most respectful sympathy and condolence with him on the sad bereavement which had befallen the M . W . G . M . by the

decease of his eldest son , H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence , P . G . W ., and P . G . AI . Berks , and to assure him that as Freemasons they felt most acutely the loss that he and the Craft had sustained by that sad event , and fervently hoped that the G . A . O . T . U . would be pleased to bestow upon H . R . H . the M . W . G . M . that strength of heart and body vvhich is so necessary to support him under such a severe

trial , " vvhich the brethren in solemn silence endorsed , lt was also resolved that a vote of condolence and sympathy be passed with the widow and family of the late Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , feeling that by his decease the Craft had sustained a loss , vvhich , though not irreparable , vvas still of great importance to the brethren at large , the late Grand Secretary having been taken away in the full

tide of his usefulness and prosperity as a Freemason , after having secured the goodwill and respect of the brethren in every rank of the Craft . The S . W ., Bro . It . F . Williams , vvas unanimously elected VV . AI . for the coming year , Bro . G . Butt was unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . A . Walkley vvas re-elected Tyler . The Auditors appointed vvere Bros . Lomer , Wilkins , White , Dyne , and Bennett . The lodge vvas then closed .

Islington Lodge ( No . 14 . 71 ) . —The installation meeting ot this lodge vvas held on Thursday , the 11 th inst ., at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , Bro . J . M . Scarlett , P . P . G . W . Essex , W . M ., being the Installing Master , and Bro . H . B . Harding the W . M . elect . Among the members present were Bros . A . C . Halestrap , P . M . j Harry Hunt , P . M . j S . Napper , P . M . j T . B . Brown , T . E . Newman ,

W . G . Hiller , A . Pope , W . Jarvis , E . J . Harrison , G . VV . Hooker , B . Bridgwater , T . Henton , P . Faber , VV . Taylor , F . Simmonds , F . W . White , C . Horst , G . E . Walker , E . H . Bury , J . Amand , and others . The visitors vvere Bros . G . T . Chretien , S . W . 132 SJ C . Prebble , 1603 ; J . P . Parkes , 153 S ; G . Glover , VV . M . 1677 j S . Burghope , P . M . 74 ; H . A . Sheppard , 1677 ; R . P . Upton , LD .

1328 j J . Bailey , P . M . 1 S 05 ; K . Gillard , S . D . 901 j R . Baker , P . M ; VV . Hancock , S . VV . 2191 j W . H . Woods , 176 j and J . G . Cobb , VV . M . 227 S , P . G . S . Herts . The installation ceremony was rendered with excellent effect by Bro . Scarlett . Bro . Harding , W . AL , having been p laced in the chair of K . S ., appointed and invested the officers as follows : Bros . J . M . Scarlett , I . P . M . ; C .

M . Coxon , S . W . ; R . Loomes , J . VV . ; H . Cox , P . M ., P . P . G . S . of W . Herts , Treasurer ; E . Blinkhorn , P . AL , Sec . ; A . Cox , S . D . ; J . A . Blount , J . D . ; A . Fearnhead , I . G . j D . C . Ritchie , D . C . j and C . H . Stevenson and C . Hiller , Stwds . The Past Master ' s jewel of the lodge was presented to Bro . Scarlett , I . P . M ., the presentation being acknowledged by him with thanks to the brethren for the

appreciation they had shown of his services . The balancesheet vvas read , and proved of a most satisfactory nature . In addition to leaving a considerable balance to his successor in the general fund of the lodge , the Benevolent Fund showed a very considerable amount . Later in the evening the fund vvas referred to by the Secretary , Bro . E . Blinkhorn , P . AL , vvith pardonable pride , he having been mainly instrumental in bringing" it into existence .

'The business being ended , the brethren adjourned to a banquet , which reflected credit on the manager of the hotel , Bro . Palmer . The usual toasts vvere given by the VV . M ., and vvere varied b y songs and recitations irom Bros . Stevenson , Hiller , Bury , Upton , the LP . M ., and others . I he toast of" The Immediate Past Alaster " was received b y the brethren vvith much cordiality , and that of " The Visitors " was also , according to usual custom , very heartily received . Bro . J . G . Cobb , P . G . S . Herts , replying , expressed the pleasure he felt in visiting his mother lodge once again .

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The Kingswood Lodge , of vvhich he vvas the W . AL , was one of several vigorous offshoots of the Islington Lodge , and they felt interest in the welfare of the parent lodge . Bro . W . Hancock , the Preceptor of the lodge of instruction , spoke of the pleasure it gave him to see the brethren who were under his Preceptorship perform the duties of their respective offices so creditabl y to themselves and the

lodge . Other visitors replied . "The Past Alasters , " "The Treasurer and Secretary , " and " The Ollicers " were toasted , and the 'Tyler's toast brought the proceedings to a close . 'The W . AI . is to be congratulated on the first meeting of his term having proved such a pleasant and successful one .

New CrOSS Lodge ( No . 1559 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at the Portland Hotel , Greenwich , on thc 12 th inst ., the Installing Master , Bro . C N . Alclntyre North , LP . AL , in the chair , supported by Bros . Rev . J . VV . A . Sturdee , P . AL , Chap . ; Hiram Henton , P . AL , as S . W . j J . Faulkner , J . VV ., W . AI . elect j Borrett , S . D . j Alakeham , J . D . ; Alounter , LG . j T . Grummant , Kemble

P . AL , Sec . j J . W . , P . M . 1591 j J . G . Milbourn , P . AL 13 j Manuel , Metham , Ferrari , J . D . Graham , acting LP . AL ; W . Cowley , P . M ., Treas . j Li Calsi , P . M ., Organist j Carlo Grassi , P . M ., Steward .,- F . VV . Cash , P . AI . j J . VV . Barker . P . AL 17 C 7 ; Grahame Turchen , P . M . 173 ; A . T . Dealer , VV . M . S 71 j Walden , Badelino , Cassignol , Bruschi , Targett , Fiori , Barbagh , Guffanti , Cesari , Waters , Meffan , FirmineerHowardPeria ,

, , Pedroni , Abba , Peroni , Wyatt , Tinelli , F . J . Permn J . W . 6 3 ; H . A . Leighton , 1539 ; Luijji del Oro , 571 j J . Rowe , 2191 ; T . W . Poole , 1539 ; W . J . vlloid , 1539 ; J . S . mpson , 77 ; VV . Brockman , 1541 ; C J . ShtrwuM . l , 2191 ; F . Reynolds , 72 ; A . G . Suut , 72 ; Walter Alartin , 879 ; E . Liebmann , 1120 ; and G . Wniteman , Tyler . The lodge having oeen opened , tne minutes of the last regular and emergency meetings were read and confirmed

and the Auditors report read and adopted . The VV . M . elect vvas presented by Bro . Hiram Henton , P . AL , D . c , to the Installing AIaster , Bro . C M . Alclntyre North , to receive the benefit of installation . A Board ot Installed Alasters having been formed , the VV . VI . elect was then installed , and alter investing Bro . J . H . Aleyer as LP AL , tne banner of the VV . AL ( argent , three falcons close , gules ,, on the tield of which vvas embroidered the appropriate motto of the

Faulkners—vive nt vivas—was then uniurled . I ' tie Board of Installed Masters was then closed . The working tools were presented and explained by Bros . J . D . Graham , P . AL ; F . Cash , P . AL ; and Carlo Grassi , P . AI . The Installing Alaster addressed the W . M . and Wardens . The VV . AI . then appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . R . BorrUt , S . W . ; H . VV . Payne Alakeham , J . W . ; VV . Cowley , P . AL , Treas . ; J . Vv . A . Sturdee .

P . AL , Chap . ; I . Grummant , P . AL , Sec ; G . F . Alounter , S . D . ; C . Guffanti , J . D . ; A . Cogliati , LG . ; 11 . Henton , P . M ., D . C ; H . W . Walden , A . D . C ; C Grassi , P . AL , and E . Peroni , Stwds . ; Li Calsi , Org . ; A . Bruno , Asst . Org . ; and G . Whiteman , Tyler . After the banquet which followed , the usual loyal and Alasonic toasts having been duly honoured , the LP . AL proposed " The Health of the VV . AL "

Ihe W . M ., Bro . John raulkner , in responding , thanked the brethren for the honour they had done him , and for the hearty manner in vvhicn they had received the toast . He would do his utmost to make the working of the lodge as near perfection as possible , and he knew that he had a loyal body of Past Alasters and officers to assist him in carrying out his duties . The Worshipful Alaster proposed " The Health of the

I . P . M ., " whom he had much pleasure in presenting with a Past Master ' s jewel voted to him by the brethren as a mark of respect ; and also "The Health of the Installing Master , " who had so ably performed the ceremony that evening . The LP . AL , Bro . J . H . Aleyer , in thanking the brethren for the jewel , and the W . AL lor the kind manner in vvhich he had spoken ofjiim , said that , although he had only been able to work the First Degree , he was able to leave a larger

cash balance in hand than any P . AL of the lodge had done before him . He would do all he could for the lodge , and , although he could not return thanks in the beautiful English which the Installing Alaster would shortly employ , his heart was true to Freemasonry , and he took the opportunity of thanking Bro . Alclntyre North for undertaking the duties he could not do as W . M . during the past year , and also for installing his successor that evening .

Ihe Installing Master , Bro . C . N . Alclntyre North , thanking the brethren with a humorous reference to and illustration of beautiful English , said that , to descend from the sublime to the ridiculous , he must thank in the ordinary vernacular _ . the LP . AL for his flattering allusion to his services during the past year , and return the compliment by thanking the LP . AL for the opportunity he had enjoyed of occupying that dear old chair for another year . Actinir as

W . AL at the last lodge meeting , it had b .-en his melancholy duty to express from the chair the heartfelt sympathy of his brethren with the M . W . G . M . in his bereavement , and also to allude to the death ot the dearest and truest friend man ever had—his old friend Duncan Cumming— who had many a time occupied that chair when it belonged tothe old club , and they could quite understand that the old char was not only endeared to him ( the Installing Alaster ) by the

reminiscences of five-and-thirty years , but was hallowed by thememi . ry ot many dear friends , who alter occupying that chair had gone before to their last home . Again he nad to thank the LP . AL for the opportunity of installing the W . AL Bro . Faulkner and himself had worked up to and passed the minor oilices , and the able and well-known manner in vvhich he discharged his duties would leave the Past Masters very little to do during his year of office . It

was with feelings of particular pride and gratification that he ( Bro . North ) vvas able that evening to complete what had been practically two years of oilice , and during which time he had installed his two im nediate successors . Standing now as one of the Past Alasters he could assure the younger brethren that if they had the love of Alasonry at heart they would lind that every year of office would increase

their knowledge of the usefulness of the Order , and if when weary unto death vvith tne strite of this world they came to the lodge , the beautiful ceremonies would make them forget their troubles , and they would return refreshed to their daily avocations better men , better soldiers 111 thc good cause , and with renewed courage to lace trie dangers and difficulties of their mundane existence . The Worshipful Master , in proposing "The Health of