Craft Masonry.

After the dinner , which followed , the usual toasts were prrposed . Bros . Banks , J . D . 1365 , and Eddie , J . D . 742 , replied for "The Visitors . " A very agreeable programme of music had been arranged by Bro . T . E . Newman , to which the members of the lodge received able assistance from Bro . Banks . Bro . H . S . Trego , Mus . Bar . Oxon , accompanied .

Lodge of Loyalty ( No 1607 ) . —This lodge has long held a high reputation among London lodges for the excellence of its work , and this high standard was fully maintained at the 19 th installation meeting of the lodge , w v ' ch was held on Saturday , the 13 th inst ., at the London Tavern , Fenchurch-street . The lodge was called for three o ' clock , and shortly after that hour was opened by the

W . M ., Bro . George Snell Denney , who was supported by the following : Bros . W . B . Vaile , S . W . ; G . E . Wilkinson , J . W . ; Walter Barker . S . D . ; J . Lawson , I . G . ; Frank King , D . C . ; C . H . Webb , Sec . ; M . VV . Jameson , Stwd . ; Newton , P . M . ; Jones , P . M . ; Hattersley , P . M . ; Gushing , P . M . ; Gayton , P . M . ; C . II . Halford , P . M . ; Clark , P . M . ; Holsvorth , P . M . ; Rose , P . M . ; McLacMan ,

Godfrey , Loveday , Cole , Hetherington , Kine * , Gunn , H . T . Fhompson , P . M . ; G . Cunnington , R . C . Halford , Robinson , A . R . Olley , P . M . ; and Saundersrn . The following visiters also honoured the lodge with their presence : Bros . VV . T . Johns , W . M ., and E . J . Morgan , P . M ., of 1571 ; A . Cunnington . 1766 ; Sparrow , 2174 ; Craig , 2319 ; McLeod , P . P . S . G . W . D ^ rby , Sec . R . M . I . B . ; Carter ,

P . M . 211 ; Harvey , J . W . 174 ; ( Taridge , 2046 ; Brasted , 2374 ; Dowling , 1757 : Brambleby , 1622 ; Hattersley , 2262 ; Hicks , 1963 ; Baugh , 176 7 ; Magee , P . M . 174 ; Hearn , 1613 ; and Blatchford , P . M . 1196 . The usual formal business of the lodge having been dispatched , the ceremony of installation was proceeded with , and was performed by Bro . Denney in a manner

which excited the admiration of all present , Bro . William Berkeley Vaile being the new W . M . After receiving the salutations , of the brethren , Bro . Vaill appointed and invested bis officers as follows : Bros . G . S . Denney , I . P . M . ; G . E . Wilkinson . S . W . ; W . L . Barker , I . W . ; R , S . Gushing . P . M ., Treas . j C . H . Webb . P . M ., Sec ; J , Lawson , S . D . ; M . W . Jameson , J . D . ; G . Cunnington , in . R i * Hoitnr ^ n r . E * n „ jf— .. in . r

,. KJ ., ... w . » . ~ ., V . U , m-. K ^ . , ^ .. UUUIlCJTjJVIg . , ,, Hattersley , P . M ., and H . McLachlan , Stwds . ; and J . Very . Tyler . There were three candidates for initiation , viz ., Messrs . H . P . Robinson , Stanley Foot , and E . Petfield , all of whom were unanimously elected by ballot , and were initiated into Freemasonry in a most impressive manner . A pleasing feature of the business of tbe lodge was the presentation by the W . M . of a Past Master's jewel to the

retiring Master , Bro . George Snell Denney , which was dune in a very felicitous manner , and for which Bro . Denney returned thanks in feeling terms . Since the last meeting of the lodge some important structural alterations had been carried out by Bto . Start , the proprietor of the London Tavern . The lodge room had been considerably enlarged by throwing in a corridor which had formerly been used for

storing lodge furniture , and by the addition of a part of the Tyler's room . The result is that the lodge room is now one of the best and most comfortable in the City of London , the ventilation and sanitary arrangements being mi st heartily appreciated , and forming the subject of much favjurable comment from the brethren . Bro . Start has , at no small cost , given abundant evidence of his desire to meet the

needs and attend to the comfort of his Masonic friends , and we congratulate him upon the considerable improvement which he has effected . After the labours of the evening , the brethren sat down to a banquet of a most recherche character . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts having been duly honoured , The I . P . M . proposed " The Health of the W . M ., " who .

he said , had filled all the various offices below the chair with the greatest satisfaction to the brethren , and he ( Bro . benney ) was confident that the highest interests of the lodge would be promoted by their new W . M . In conclusion , he assured the W , M . of the loyal support of all the members oi the lodge . In reply , the W . M . returned his warm thanks to the

brethren for the honour that day confeired upon him . Whatever might have been the degree of credit which he had earned in the performances of his duties in the past , he had always striven to do his test , and should certainly continue to do all that lay within his power to deserve the confidence of the brethren and to maintain the prestige of the lodge .

•Ihe W . M . then proposed "The Initiates , " to whom , in the name of the lodge , he extended the warmest welcome . These brethren had come amongst them with the hig- * eit credentials , and he trusted that they had before them a long and useful Masonic career . Bro . John Newton , the first Master of the lodge , then sang the Entered Apprentice ' s song , after , which Bros .

Robinson , Foot , and Petfield gracefully responded to the toast . In proposing "The Health of the Immediate Past Master , " the W . M . paid a high tribute to the ability with which Bro . Denney had discharged the duties of the office during the past year . He had during his occupancy of 'he chair endeared himself to all the brethren , and his year of office would be looked back upon by the brethren with the

most pleasant recollections . Bro . Denney , I . P . M ., on rising , was greeted with longcontinued applause . He said that for the second time that day the VV . M . had placed him under an obligation which he was unable to discharge . When first he was installed into j"c chair he had serious misgivings as to his ability to per'oiin the duties required of him , but thanks to the cordial

and loyal assistance of his officers and of the brethren generally he felt that he had been able to maintain in some * gi * ee the traditions of the Lodge of Loyalty . He returned ""> warmest thanks to the brethren for their support . He had [•"Presented the lodge as Steward at the Boys' Festival and " , d taken up no less a sum than £ ioG Ss . upon his 1 st . , Ine Woishiplul Master next proposed * ' Ihe Health of lt , e Visitors , " and extended to them a hearty greeting and

welcome . I" lesponse , Bro . Johns , W . M . 1571 , in an amusing speech stated the honour of being W . M . of his lodge was somewhat dimmed by the diffidence which he always felt when called upon to make a speech . He did not deny that e had talents , but they lav in another direction altogether . I * complimented the W . M . upon the working of the ° ' -Se , which he said was but traditional and was only what was to be expected at thc Loyalty Lodge ,

Craft Masonry.

Bro . Carter , P . M ., also responded , saying that although he was rusty and out of condition he could not but give honour to whom honour ^ vas due , and he was certain that the brother who had that evening been ) installed as Master was the right man in the right place . Bro . Magee , P . M ., also expressed his pleasure in beinc present and stated that he should certainly have a favour , able report ro make to the Sincerity Lodge of the reception

accorded to their off ^ prinf , Loyalty . Bro . E . J . Morgan , P . M ., also expressed the pleasure which he had experienced in again visiting the lodge , and being a witness to its progress . He had enjoyed thhonour of being present upon many similar occasions , and that night was no exception to the rule of good working which had ever characterised the lodge . He had been much impressed by the installation ceremony as pei formed by Bro .

Lenney , who had well deserved the honour conferred upon him . That beautiful ceremony , when properly given and received , was always as good as a sermon , and no one could fail to be touched by the sentiments therein expressed . He sincerely hoped they might sink deeply into each heart present , and that brotherly love might ever distinguish the brethren of the lodge , and that as the yea's rolled on that grand principle of Freemasonry might grow stronger and

stronger . He heartily congratulated tne VV . M . upon his accession , and said that all the visitors wished for him a happy and successful year of office . " The Masonic Charities " was the next toast offered by theAV . M ., who cited some interesting statistics of the educational work of the Boys' School . The toss" » ai heartily received , and Bro . J . M . McLeod , P . P . S . G . W . Derbyshire , Secretary

R . M . LB ., in response , stated how pleased he was to again visit that good lodge . As a Mason , he thoroughly appreciated excellent work , and , although after the exhausting labours attendant upon the election the previous day , he had felt jaded and weary , the magnificient working which he had witnessed had put new life into him . He congratulated the W . M . upon ruling over such a lodge , and the lodge upon possessing such a VV . M . It was always a pleasure to come

down and visit a lodge which had ever shown the fullest conception of its duties in regard to the Masonic Charities . In an eloquent and powerful speech , Bro . McLeod enlarged upon the valuable work which the Charities in connection wilh the Craft were carrying out , and appealed to the brethren not to let their energies flag .

The VV . M . afterwards proposed the toasts of " The Past Masters " and * ' The Officers , " which were duly responded to , and the Tyler ' s toast brought a most profitable evening to a close . During the evening songs from several of the brethren were interspersed between the toasts .

Penge Lodge ( No . 1 S 15 ) . —The 16 th annual installation meeting of this prosperous lodge was held at the Thicket Hotel , Anerley , S . E ., on Wednesday , the ioth inst . There was great interest manifested on this occasion by the fact that the Worshipful Master elect , Bro . William Baker , is a great favourite with all the brethren , and has had the interest of the lodge at heart for many years . There was a large assembly of brethren present . Amongst the

visitors may be mentioned Bros . Alderman Hopekirk , P . G . P . ; F . Tomlin , W . M , 1360 ; J . Bolton , W . M . 1790 ; J . Kilvington , P . M . 1719 ; E . F . Goodwin , iS < 5 ; A . J , Phillips , 463 ; F . Bartlett , mo ; E . Perry , 117 S ; J . Ellis , 1305 ; and VV . H . Worster , 1563 . Also Bros . R . Jackson , T . West , R . A . Tidmas , VV . T . Hocken , J . Dibble , and H . Leney , Past Masters of the lodge ; F . Betts , I . P . M ., and many other brethren .

After the minutes of the last meeting had been read , the Auditors' report was received and adopted , liro . Wiliim Baker , S . W ., W . M . elect , was then presented by Bro . W . T . Hocken , P . M ., D . C , to Bro . Robert A . Tidmas , P . M ., who , by special request , had taken the chair as Installing Master , who in due course perform d the ceremony of installation in a most impressive manner . Bro . Baker was then saluted by the brethren , and

proclaimeJ in true Masonic fashion . He then appointed and invested his officers , as follows : Bros , H . O . Budd , S . W . ; Arthur Bentley , J . W . ; W . T . Hocken , P . M ., Treas . ; Henry Leney , P . M ., Sec . ; G . T . CrocUford , S . D . ; D . Patsons , J . D . ; W . Peskett . I . G . ; A . E . Hall and J . Marchant , Stwds . ; and E . Partridge , P . M ., lyler . The Installing Master having given the usual addresses to the W . M ,, officers , and brethren , the W . M . rehearsed the

ceremony of initiation with much effect , the initiate being Mr , T . Turner . Notices of motion were given as to voting £ 21 to Masonic Charities . The W . M . then presented the I . P . M ., Bro . B . tts , with a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , as a token of regard from the brethren , and in acknowledgment ot his very able services during tne past year . Bro . Betts made a suitable acknowledgement . Bro . Bentley , J . W ., was also complimented on his appointment to that ollice after

holding several years the position of Secretary , to the entire satisfaction of the lodge . The lodge was then closed , after the usual "Hearty good wishes" had been expressed by the visitois . - he brethren then sat down to an excellent banquet provided by Bro . Hutchins , of the Thicket Hotel . After the removal of the cloth , the usual Masonic toasts vie-ie hoi-iouied .

Bro . Alderman Hopekirk , P . G . P ., replied to the toast of " The Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and congratulated the W . M . on the working he had witnessed in the lodge , making special reference to the Installing Mastei ' s ( Bro . R . A . Tidmas , P . M . ) very tff ciive remit ring uf tnat ceremony , and the W * . M . s statr ut < llkicncy in uofoimmg the initiation . Reference was also made to me support gin . 11 by the lodge to Masonic Chanties . The toast of " The Worshipful Master " was ably

proposed by Bro . Leney , P . M ., and received with great enthusiasm , Bro . Baker making a very suitable acknowledgment to the compliment paid him . The toast of "The Visilors" received due honour at the hands of Bio . Crockfoid , S . D ., and replied to by Uro . J . Kilvini-uin , P . M . Bro . Dutiw . ody proprse I the toast of •' The LP . VI ., tiro Betts , " 111 eloquent terms , speaking of the Very suic . ssul

year the lodge had had un Jer his Mastership . Bro . betts thanked the bietlnen for thiir kind expressions , and stated he looked upon the jewel the W . M . had presented him with that evening as tne greatest honour a Master could have bestowed upon hun , seeing it waa the rule of tie Penge Lodge that the W . M . should merit a jewel only by his work in lodge and general interest for the cimfort of thc brethren .

Craft Masonry.

Bro . Jackson , P . M ., gave the toast of " Tlr : Worshipful Master , " dwelling at great length on the verv alil and imprest-ive manner Bro . Tid-nan had performed the ceremony . The toast being received w ' th much applause , Bro . Tidmas thanked the brethren in su-tabl ¦ terms .

Ihe toasts of "Initiate , "Past Misters , ' and '' Officers " being duly honoured , a most pleasant evening was concluded by the Tyler s toast . The brethren were greatly entertained by the hum TOU * songs of Bro . * " * . Coz ns , also songs and recitations hy B ¦«¦ Marchant . Ellis , Bartlett , Dumvo idy , and Bentley , Bro . A . J . Phillips proving himself an admirable accompanist .

Cornish Odge ( No . 236 9 ' . —The installation meeting of lhis lodge was held at Mark Masons' Hall on Saturday last , and as the lodge has been established only four years the record of attendance at the assembly was highly gratifying . The lodc-e met at 3 . 30 p . m ., the ceremony of installation being fixed for 4 p . m ., but from the opening hour the brethren were present in numbers which must have been most gratifying to everybody connected

with the lodge . The VV . M ., Bro . Dr . Venning Burgess , presided , and after the preliminary work had be » n disposed nf . Bro . West , P . M ., install-d Bro . Charles Rawle in the Master ' s chair . Befoie proceeding to invest his officers , Bro . Rawle initiated Mr . John Passmore Edwards , a wellknown Cornishman , into the Order . When the ceremmy of initiation was completed , Bro . Passmore Edwards had the advantage of seeing the new officers invc-ted , and of

hearing the addresses gi ^ en to the Mister , Wardens , and brethren by Bro-. West , Burgess , and G ^ eenwooJ . The officers were Bros . Dr . Burgess , I . P . M . ; I . Leach Barrett , S . W . ; John Curnow , M . D ., J . W .: Rev . Vyvian Tyrrel , Chap . ; W . Lake , Treas . ; Richard Greenwood , Sec . ; Robert Bu len , S . D . ; Rev . E lmund Geard , J . D . ; James 0 . Widger , l . G . ; Henry R , Redman , D . C ; Edward Symons , Org . ; Thos . Hawken

and A . Johnson , Stwds . ; and Edward Mills , Tyler . The VV . M . proposed , and Bro . West seconded , that a letter should be written to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall , which was to meet the following Tuesday , condoling with it and Mrs . Chirgwin and family on the his by death of Bto . Chirgwin , Prov . G . Sec , and it was afterwards suggested that as the Earl of M . tint Edgcumbe , Prov , Grand Master of Cornwall , is to preside at the next Festival

of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , the Cornish Lodge should support that Institution , Several letters , including one from the Prov . G . Master , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . W ., were read by Bro . Greenwood , Sec , from brethren who were unable to be present at that meeting , regretting their inability to attend , but congratulating the lodge on its admission of Bro . Passmore Edwards into the Order . A

Pas' Master ' s jewel wis presented to Bro . Dr . Burgess , I . P . M ., after which the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet at Freemasons' Tavern . The banquet was excellently supplied , and it gave entire satisfaction . When it had been disposed of , the usual toasts were proposed , the VV . M . proving a capital president . Bro . Dr . R . Turtle Pigott responded to the toast of " The

Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and said the only bitter drop in the cup of his pleasure was that he was not a Cornishman ; still , he was an honorary member of the lodge , so that he was in some way in touch with C > rnishmen . He then comulimented Bro . West on his perf jrmance of the installation ceremony , and the addresses *; of Bros . West and Greenwood , and also Bro . lidwle , on his

rendering of the ceremony of initiation . Bro . Burgess , I . P . M ., proposed "The VVorshipful Master . " Asa Cornishmin , they all loved Bro . Rawle , who was always very genial and hospitable . They h id proved what he was , for he had gone through all the offices of the lodge , and that night his working h id been so good as to prove that their selection of him as W . M . was a sound

one . Bro . Rawle , VV . M ., in response , said it wis a very enviable position to be in , to be the W . M ., selected unanimously , to occupy the chair previously fi led by many w irtny Cornishmen . He entered upon that , his first evening , w , thagre . it deal of fear and trembling , knoiving how well the brethren who had preceded him had performed their duties , and how feeble he Ut himself in carrying the work out on the old

lines . Still , he could say he should do his best , and if , at the end of his year of office , he should meet with the hearty reception the brethren had accorded his predecessors , he should feel amply repaid . Bro . Rawle , in proposing the next toast , said if there had been a happy event in connection with that lodge , it was the fact of his having been placed in tne position to w-Iconic their newly-made brother . He would scarcel y hive believed it possible a little while ago , but their ne .

vlymade brother had been so much au : u-, tomed to ( dying tne c . rner-stones of buildings , that be might fully appreciate the position he had occupied that evening of being in the n irth-east corner of the Cornish Lodge . The reception they had given him sprang from tneir hearts as C » rmsnmen ; they felt that in electing Bro . Passmore Edwards , one of the Princes of the Earth hid come anun ^ tnem . Alas ins wee not much accu-tmned to qi ting tru-n trie poets , b it he might say that if any man ever endeavoured to carry out the sentiments expressed in che lines

*¦ Lives of great m ^ n oft remind us VVe can mike our lives sublime , " i * was Bro . Pas-mj 1 : Edward-.. He ( U . o . Ii iwl .- ) di 1 not wisti toil , u « r him , and he would noi weaiy theb ,: t iren . vith r c muting all the good tilings done by liro . Passmore Edwards ; but it was a good thing lor ihe breimen , for Masonry in general , and for the Cornish Lodge 111 particular , that they had had such a worthy brutner to join

tiiem . In proposing the toast of " The Initiate " he lelt quite sure the people of Redruth , Truro , Blackwater , or PaiKto v rould not irive him a ivinn .-r i-c-ioti m . Bto . Pi-smore Eil . virds , in n ply , sai'l ne , vas gild—and h- spok .- uith all sirci-ut-, —co „ .- « all me -if : cut * e 1 til it n . iht . Wncn he raoie itv-ie he w is not a . vare that lie was a 1 initia e ; 1 ut merel , had to signing nuiiie and be

recogni-ed among them as an outsider ; but lo and uehold 111 tne Course of a short tune he fuun I that hu had not only pissed the portal , but , going tothe magnificent building , wis a full nlmvn n-vitiate -a novice—but sucn as lie was he was del'ghted to meet them all . II ; > vti pr . iu I of being one of the brethren—proud , in ihe first place , tint I 12 was a Cornishman ; that was a pride ami glory into which ( Continued on page 157 ) .