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Amongst others present were : Bros . Commander Giles , P . G . S . ; Schafer , P . M . ; A Bist , P . M . ; J . W . Jolliffe , P . M . ; G . R . Masters , P . M . ; E . R . Jackman , P . M . ; A . Algar , P . M . ; W . Berry , P . M . 319 ; T . King , 17 S 0 ; S . Crane , 1883 '; H . G . Knight . 2200 ; W . Humphry , 195 ; and many visitors . The ceremony of installation was most impressively performed by Bro . Algar , P M ., P . P . G . D . C ., and the W . M . appointed his officers as follows : R . L . Gent , I P . M . J 1 . Boggeln , S . W . ; S . Humphry , J . W . ; R . E . Jackman , P . M ., Treas . ; J . S .

Doman , ^ ec ; R . A . Daniell , S . D . ; E . A . G . Stone , J . D . ; S . Foster , I . G . ; C . Koberts , F . A . Old , Org . ; G . O . Vores , G . C . Cooke , and A . Williams , Stewards ; J . Bailey , Tyler . After the appointment of his officers the W . M . had the pleasant task of presenting to Bro . Gent , the retiring W . M ., a Past Master ' s jewel in gold , suitably inscribed : " A gift from the lodge in recognition of Bro . Gent ' s services in the chair

during the past year . " Theaccounts for the past year were pressnted , and showed the lodge was in a very flourishing condition and increasing in membership . At the close of the business the brethren proceeded to the lecture hall of the Literary Institute , where a banquet was served by Bro . Dore , P . M ., and a very pleasant evening was spent . The heartiest of good wishes were expressed to the new W . M that his year of office might b ; very happy and prosperous .

Some excellent harmony interspersed the speeches , and the brethren did not separate until eight p . m .

Upton Lodge , No . 1227 , INSTALLATION OF BRO . W . J . CARROLL AS W . M . The Upton Lodge , No . 1227 , though it only dates its constitution from 1 S 6 S , is in a highly prosperous condition . It has had , like most other lodges , both Metropolitan and Provincial , its vicissitudes of fortune ; but like the brave lodge that it is , it has emerged Irom them all successfully , and at the present time will compare favourably with other lodees of its age and standing . Its quarters originally were at an hostelry in Upton—the

suburb from which it derives its name—which rejoiced in the name of the Spotted Dag , and here itstayed until the year 1 SS 5 , when it removed into the Metropolis , and took up its abode at the well-known Three Nuns in Aldgate . Here it remained until 1 S 94 , when it moved into its present quarters at the Great Eastern Hotel , in Liverpool-street , its career during the 15 years it has met ip London having been one of almost uninterrupted progress and prosperity . It has a goodly roll of members , who are both diligent and painstaking in the discharge of their lodge duties , while to the fullest extent of its abilitv it has shown itself to be a consistent apd generous supporter of oar

Institutions , the most conspicuous evidence of its goodwill in this direction having been furnished when by the hands of Bro . S . Toye , P . M ., and Bro . W . J . Carroll , I . G . —the newly-installed W . M . —it contributed £ 278 5 s ., of which £ 152 55 . appeared on the list of Bro . Toye and £ 126 on Bro . Carroll ' s . Indeed , as recently as May last it subscribed 1 y the hands of Bro . Carroll the comfortable sum of £ 52 ios . to the Girls' School . But ( here is no need to dwell upon these matters . It is enough that the Upton Lodge is now , as it has been for years past , in a healthy state , both financially and numerically , and its members lave our sincerest and best wishes for a long continuance of its well-merited good fortune .

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER . The meeting on this occasion was held by dispensation at the Holborn Restaurant on Thursday , the nth instant , the repairs in progress at the Great Eastern Hotel rendering the migration absolutely necessary . There was a very large attendance of both members and visitors to do honour to the Master-elect , among the former bjinrr Bros . HenVvTames Rowberry . VV . M . ; W . 1 . Carroll , S . W ., VV . M . elect ; R . F . Thompson , I W •™ GieTeke , P . M ., Treas . ; C . J . Free , P . M ., Sec . ; W . Athol Bray , I . P . M . ; E M ' lefferv P . M . ; C Schmidt , P . M . ; Edwin Hill . P . M . ; G . A . Peters , P . M . ;

Samuet Toye P . M . ; Alfred B . Noble SD . ; U . W . Klatman j . U . ; H . Hye ,, P . M ., D of C •VV . T . Hustwayte and C . VV . Cooper , Stwds . ; E . C . Holmes , Org . ; and T " Bowler Tvler . The visitors included Bros . Arthur Martin , S . W . 2372 and 251 S ; FUdR Gurney , 25 > Si C . Morgan . 108 jG . J . Taylor , P . M ., D . C . 180 , C . Feist , IISOJ T . Robinson , P . M . 2316 ; G . K Miles , W . M . 1 S 51 ; Harry W . Ismer , 269 S ; Fred W . Bishop , I . G . iojG ; VV . W . Morgan , 177 ; E . Petfield , 1607 ; E . J . Davey , P . M . 193 ; VV . Cambden . P . M . 2395 ; VV . C . Ferris ; S . Groner , P . M . 1611 , ;; W . S . l"nes , 753 ; Samuel VV . Vale , P . M . S 61 ; Aithur Wade , 2705 ; and A . Millbourn , LG 1237

. . . ... _ , __ , Lodge having been opened and the minutes of the previous meeting reid and confirmed , Bros . T . C . Neil , H . VV . Walker , G . VV . Codd , and H . C . Godfrey were pissed to the Second Degree . A ballot was taken for Mr . Samuel Charles Farrow as a candidate for initiation , and Bro . J . A . Keable as a pining member and proved favourable in both cases , and then followed the great event of the evenine—the instillation of BroWalter James Carrollthe VV . M . elect , in the Master's chair . The ceremony was

. , very ably and impressively performed by the outgoing W . M ., and when the officers had been appointed and invested , Bro . Rowberry brought his task to a conclusion by delivering the addresses in a manner which did him great credit and won for him the heaity applause of all present . The following are the officers for the now current yeir , namely : Bros . R . F . Thomson , S . W . ; Noble , l . W . ; Gieseke , P . M ., Treas . ; Free , P . M ., Sec ; Flatman , S . D . ; Cooper , J . D . ; Hustwayte , I . G . ; Hyde , P . M ., D . C . ;

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Theodore Martin , A . D . C . ; Holmes , Org . ; W . Hartwell , T . G . Gunn , and F . J . Rover , Stwds . ; and T . Bowler , P . M ., Tyler . Bro . Carroll inaugurated his term by initiating Mr . S . J . Farrow into the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry , the manner in which he carried out the ceremony giving promise of a successful year , so far as the lodge work is concerned . Two candidates having been proposed for the next meeting and the other business disposed of , the brethren adjourned to the banquet room , where an excellent dinner was served .

Grace having been sung , and the customary loyal and Masonic toasts duly honoured , the gavel was placed in the hands of the I . P . M ., who at once rose , and proposed "The Health of the W . Master , " in whom , he felt sure , the lodge could place the greatest of confidence , and personally he felt that in handing over to him the reins of power—as he had done in their presence that evening —he had transferred them to one by whom the work and reputation of the lodge would be enhanced .

The W . M . tendered his thanks for the heartiness and sincerity with which the toast had been received . He was just beginning to appreciate there was a great amount of responsibility associated with the presidency ^ of the lodge . He fully recognised that no Master could even hope to succeed without the co-operation and support of the members of his lodge , and he felt he possessed both in a very marked degree . For this reason he was confident that the lodge would lose none of its lustre while under his command , but would rather gain fresh laurels during his term of office .

The next toast was that of "The Immediate Past and Installing Master . " The brethren had heard Bro . Rowberry work the different ceremonies during his year of office . That day they had seen him perform the ceremony of installation , and they would agree with him that he had concluded his career as Master most creditably . He ( the W . M . ) was glad , therefore , that his first official duty was to pin on the breast of Bro . Rowberry the Past Master ' s jewel of the lodge , as he felt that if ever a P . M . deserved such a decoration it was Bro . Rowberry . But the thanks of the brethren did

not end there , as on behalf of the members of the lodge he asked the I . P . M . 's acceptance of a diamond ring and chain appendage for Mrs . Rowberry , with the best wishesof the members for her future long life and prosperity . The W . M . then called upon Bro . Mills , whose pleasing duty it was to present to the I . P . M ., on behalf of the initiates of his year , two souvenirs—a cigar case and a signet ring , the latter being adorned with the arms of the Upton Lodge . The I . P . M ., in the course of his reply , said he hardly knew how to express his

thanks for the very handsome presents they had made him and his wife . He could assure them he hoped to live long to look upon them , as mementoes of a very pleasant year of office as Master of the Upton Lodge . He felt particularly pleased at receiving the gift for his wife also , and knowing that what he had accomplished would not have been possible without the co-operation of all the members , to one and all of them he tendered his thankful congratulations . On . behalf of Mrs . Rowberry he had also to thank the members for their handsome gift , which he knew would be greatly

appreciated , and would be an ample recompense to her for any time he had spent away from home on the work of the lodge . To the initiates he was particularly indebted , and it would be a source of gratification to him in the future to know he had admitted a number of young men to the lodge whom he now regarded as most desirable acquisitions , and who he hoped would long act in the spirit of the three addresses which had been his last effort in the lodge that night . The toast of "The Initiate" was given and gracefully acknowledged by Bro . Farrow , while Bro . J . A . Keable also returned thanks for his election as a joining

member . For " The Visitors , " Bros . W . Miles , W . M . 1 S 51 ; T . Robinson , W . M . 2396 ; G . T . Taylor , P . M ., D . C . 1 S 0 ; and W . Cambden , P . M . 2395 , responded , after which the I . P . M . again rose and proposed the toasts of "The Masonic Institutions , " to which the W . M ., who has promised his services as Steward at the ensuing Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , replied , and in doing so , expressed a hope that he should receive as hearty a measure of _ support as had been given him when he acted as Steward for the two Scholastic Institutions .

The other customary toasts , including [ the Tyler's , ' followed , and the brethren separated after spending one of the most enjoyable and successful evenings that have been known in thc annals of the Upton Lodge .

Whitworth Lodge , No . 1932 . The annuil meeting of the above lodge was held on ths 13 th inst . in the Masonic Hall , Spennymoor . The principal business was the installation of Bro . John Chisholm , S . W ., as W . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Chisholm was presented by Bro . T . Riine to the acting W . M ., Bro . Robt . Hogg , who performed the ceremony of installation .

liro . Chisholm afterwards invested the following as his officers : Bros . James Fleming , S . W . ; Robert Fleming , J . W . ; Wm . Sanderson , Treas . ; Sam Milward , Sec . j T . Raine , D . C ; R . Hedley , S . D . ; John Bethel , J . D . ; John Bramley , Org . ; J . Rutter , F . J . Rowland , and T . N . Walls , Stewards ; and R . Richardson , Tyler . The lodge was then closed .

I he annual banquet was afterwards held in the Town Hall , the new W . M . presiding , and Bro . J . Fleming occupying the vice-chair . After dinner the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured , the proceedings being pleasantly varied by musical contributions from the choir—Bros . Rowland , Bramley , Baines , and Charlton—and other brethren . Bro . Rippon presided at the piano .

Blackwater Lodge , No . 1977 . The installation meeting of the above lodge was held on the ioth inst ., and passed off most successfully . The programme was an unusually long one , there being two ceremonies in addition to that of the installation , but the whole was very ably carried out by the W . M ., Bro . Arthur Hodsell Brooks . An interesting feature of the installation ceremony was the fact that the new W . M ., Bro . Frederick W . Rudrum , was presented by his father , Bro . William Rudrum , an old Past Master of the lodge , who was subsequently invested as D . C . by his son . The oliicers appointed were as follows : —

Bros . T . Anderson Marks , S . W . ; W . H . Diughtry , J . W . ; Rev . Thos . Lloyd , P . M . 2342 , P . P . G . C , Chap . ; S . Shawyer , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B ., Treas . ; G . A . Eustace , P . M ., P . P . A . G . D . C , Sec . ; C Wright Parker , S . D . ; C . Bruce Wood , J . D . ; D . J . Patmore , I . G . ; Wm . Rudrum , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br ., D . C ; Daughtry , Org . ; W . H . Pratt , VV . Willson , and A . B . Parker , Stewards ; and W . R . Hance , T y ler . At the close of the ceremony , a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Bro . A . H . Brooks for the ability with which he had conducted the business of the lodge during the past year , and a handsome Past Master ' s jewel was presented to him as an acknowledgment thereof .

Letters of regret were received from several brethren unable to be present , including one from Bro . Col . Lockwood , M . P ., D . P . G . M ., who sent a forcible appeal to the brethren to do their utmost to support Lord Warwick at the forthcoming Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , at which his lordship is to preside . On account of the lateness of the hour , the consideration of the letter was adjourned till the next meeting .

About 40 brethren afterwards dined together at the Blue Boar Hotel , an excellent repast being well served by the hostess , Mrs . Hickford , under the personal superintendence of her nephew , Bro . E . E . Eve , P . M . In the course of the evening regret was expressed at the absence , through illness , of two old members of the lodge , Bro . R . Clowes , P . G . Std . Br ., and S . Stuwyer , P .. VI . and Treas ., and it was arranged that the Secretary should write letters of condolence to both brethren . An interesting feature of the proceedings was the presentation of a handsome

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