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the visitors . He was pleased to hear the W . M . say he had gained a little instruction from him , and he had but reaped the benefit which all Masons must derive from constant visits to lodges of instruction . Bro . W . M . Stiles , P . M . 1507 , on behalf of the visitors , for whom Bro . Wise had not lesponded , expressed the

gratification and pleasure they had received from their visit to the Honor Oak Lodge . They could not but be pleased with the way in which the work had been carried out . They had found the W . M . in the chair , after impressively initiating two candidates , fulfil his oflice by installing his successor , and he hoped the day would be far distant in that

Iodge when the W . M . would stand by and allow others to do the work . He ar . d several others were present at the consecration of this lodge , and were therefore gratified at the work being done . The lodge was blessed with a Grand Officer who was the first W . M . and father of the lodge , and he was sure that those who had the disposal of offices

in Grand Lodge acted very wisely in selecting Bro . Hopekirk for the position he now held . The VV . M . installed that evening , having filled the office in another lodge , was quite capable of performing the duties in their entirety . He had been invited by the S . VV ., who had Masonry at heart , and whom he hoped to see installed in the chair a

year hence . The VVorshipful Master gave "The Past Masters , " and said he could scarcely find words in which to express his admiration for the admirable working of Bro . Hooper , the I . P . M ., and especially of his rendering of the installation ceremony that evening . With respect to the other P . M . 's , he was sure they would render him any support he required . Bro . Hooper , I . P . M ., said that having joined the ranks

of the Past Masters it would be his earnest endeavour to work in the lodge and assist the brethren to the utmost of his power . He had taken trouble in the past to give satisfaction , and was amply repaid by the handsome marks of their appreciation presented to him . " The Treasurer and Secretary " and " The Officers " having been given , the Tyler ' s toast closed a pleasant evening .

LA FRANCE LODGE ( No . 2060 ) . —Presentation to Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S . —A meeting of the above lodge was held at the Cafe Royal , Regent-street , on Monday , the iSth inst ., when there were present : Members—Bros . E . St . Clair , VV . M . ; E . H . Thiellay , as I . P . M . ; L . Clerc , S . W . ; A . Sauve , J . W . ;

H . Bue , Treas . ; E . Monteuuis , Sec . ; A . Lacoste , S . D . ; J . Desvigncs , J . D . ; E . Casablanca , D . of Cj E . Pouard , I . G . ; L . Mallet , Stwd . ; and many others . Membresd' Honneur : Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , G . Sec . ; T . Fenn , Pres . Bd . G . Purps . ; R . Grey , Pres . Bd . of Ben . ; and F . Richardson , P . G . D . Visitors : Bros .

Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; R . H . Thrupp , P . A . G . D . C , Dep . Prov . G . M . Middx . ; W . C Beaumont , P . A . G . D . C . ; A . A . Pendlebury , A . G . Sec . ; E . Cutler , P . G . S . ; Dr . G . Weldon , P . G . S . ; W . Lake , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg . ; R . Townsend , Prov . G . Std . B . ; E . J . Thompson , P . P . G . O . Essex ; W . Aldridge , P . M . 16 s ; B . C . Robinson ,

P . M . 136 ; Lennox Browne , P . M . and Treas . 210 S ; C . Butler , 2098 ; G . Carrington , 1593 ; C . Arkell , P . M . 192 ; C . R . Higgins , 1076 ; b . Horton Dumbleby , 1670 ; W . H . Saunders , P . M . 1503 ; W . P . Browne , P . M . go ; Alex . Baume , 1 S 0 ; Louis Polak , 11 ; C . Holloway , 1984 ;

and others . Altogether , upwards of 60 had come to do special honour to Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , who had consecrated the lodge some lour-and-a-half years since , and who had from the first taken a deep interest in its welfare .

After the reading of the minutes and other business , which included the initiation of a candidate , The W . M . said : Brethren , I must for once break the rule of this lodge , and make a few remarks in English . My reason for doing so is that I am about to refer to a period in the history of this lodge when English was still

the order of the day , and I wish that every visitor present this evening may fully understand what I have to say . Brethren , on the 20 th of October , 1 S 84 , seven good and trueMasons , headed by Bros . Thiellay , Monteuuis , and Bue , stood in this very room , awaiting the realisation of a wish very dear to their hearts , the official sanction to the

formation of a French lodge in London . Our M . W . G . Master , having granted their request , deputed some of his most trusted and able Grand Oflicers to consecrate this lodge , and we had the privilege of the eminent services of Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke as Consecrating Master . A vote of thanks was duly recorded at the time , but surely that

was not enough , and we had long thought of presenting lne jewel of this lodge to the distinguished brother who is our special guest this evening . However , the lodge had started with rather heavy debts , and the presentation was Postponed until we had cleared all our liabilities . I am Personall y pleased at the delay , as it gives me , first initiate

, . 'l ? 'odge , the privilege of making the presentation , which , moreover , gains in importance , coming as it floes at present from a lodge in the full splendour of its success . Bro . Col . Shadwell Clerke , I now beg you to accept s jewel , not as a recognition of services rendered , but as memento of the gratitude of the members of this lodge to who

ne shows such a continued interest in its welfare . I hv . , ei ta ' that you , who have fought in the Crimea , side IV A Wlth our own brothers > n tlesh and Wood , will be Jou R t 0 Wear sometlmes this Je ^ e ' j offered by some of bv rti enc ' brethren in Masonry , whose desire is to stand Truth fiFeat P ? 'P les of Brotherly Love , Relief , and Utn , COUnled wilh nn ltnflinrhincr _ i lUurinnr * . t-r , _ ¦ _ , «

Cl ' th y ! i the G - - ° - - - g've y ° u many J ^ rs of a „ d " ; " strength to come from time to time amongst us , advice US l ^ benefit ° t y ° great experience and good brtthre ? '' £ adwe 11 H - Clerke thanked the W . M . and 'houfflif tu handsome jewel they had presented , and not dese Sma 11 services he had rendered the lodge did When h 1 6 SUC ' com Pl'ment . It seemed but yesterday th e tin ? ? L crated the lodge , and he must say that at founders doubts as to the results , although the VV onficlent

c onfid _»_ , „ ? , . . He was pleased to see that their "" "ileiir 1 J u was P'eased to see that their car e of th G amply justified , for with the fostering Action f ? u three Masters , and under the most able Position < T A present Master the lodge had attained a ne w that ? E ° t to none amongst London lodges . He c arefi , i . tlley fully deserved their success , as they were Pr °° fs thJ M . they admi » ed , and they had given many belied anywh g ° £ the lodge could not possibly be

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A mourning salute was paid to the memory of Bro . Gaulard , an eminent electric engineer , who died in Paris a few months ago . Bro . Gaulard was initiated in the Lodge La France . Bro . Monteuuis asked for permission to found a chapter under the name of the lodge . The proposed founders are Bros . Monteuuis , Bue , St . Clair , Thiellay , D'Auguier , full

members , and Bros , benn , Grey , Richardson , and Hopkinson , Membres d'Honneur . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to a most excellent banquet , which vvas served in the best manner of the Cafe Royal , than which no better praise could be given . The toasts were mostly given and responded to in French , Bros . T . Fenn , Col . bhadwell H . Clerke , Sir John

Monckton , Lennox Browne , and others responding ; but we may note here that Bro . Cutler ' s reply to the toast of "The Visitors" was a masterpiece of academical French . Altogether a most enjoyable evening was spent , and a very interesting feature at the banquet was the singing of the Entered Apprentice ' s song by Bro . Monteuuis in French , translated by himself , and which was received with great applause .

BARNATO LODGE ( No . 2265 ) . —A regular meeting of this lodge was held at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , on Monday , the iSth inst . The meetings held by this lodge during its brief , but prosperous , career have been of the pleasantest nature ; but tne one under notice will long be remembered by the members and brethren present , from the unique nature of the proceedings and

from the kindly and fraternal feelings evinced , and good wishes expressed , towards the W . M ., who is leaving England for South Africa . Bro . Joseph Da Silva , VV . M ., has worked unceasingly since the establishment of this lodge to place it on its present footing , and has , by his courtesy and geniality , as well as by his perfect rendering of our beautiful rituals , endeared himself to all with whom he has

been associated . He will carry away with him a substantial token of the appreciation in which he is held in the handsome jewel ana diamond presented to him ; but it is not too much to say that what he will regard of more value will be the kindly and genuine fraternal feeling evinced towards him , and the sincere wishes , mingled not unnaturally with profound regret , expressed at his departure from the scene

of his Masonic labours . The W . M ., Bro . J . Da Silva , P . M . 205 , was supported by Bros . M . J . de Leeuw , S . VV . ; L . Kool , J . W . ; J . Joel , Treas . ; M . J . Jessop , P . M . 1261 , Sec ; Thos . Honey ( VV . M . 1017 ) , S . D . ; E . J . Aeworth , J . D . ; M . Bash , I . G . j S . B . Joel and I . B . Joel , Stewards ; C F . Hogard , P . G . Std . B „ acting LP . M . ; 1 . H . Gluckstein , H . Warner ,

A . Levy , G . Mayes , H . I . Barnato , R . Baker , H . Benjamin , J . Rosenthal , and others . Visitors : Bros . John Pinder , P . M . 15 , 1662 , and 199 ; F . Binckes , P . G . S . B . ; M . 1 . Emanuel , P . M . 205 ; VV . Wright , Org . 1897 : VV . Mundy , 1839 ; A - J- Henochsberg , P . M . 205 , P . D . G . D . C . West Lanes . ; L . M . Myers , P . M . 188 ; Isaac Myers , 1 S 8 ; R . L . Warner , 1987 ; G . C . Rivers , S . W . 1872 ; R . V . F .

Seton , J . W . 1965 ; M . B . Rosenberg , 1 S 0 ; W . W , Morgan , P . M . 211 ; J . A . Gartley , P . M . 205 ; E . L . Thompson , I . G . 1 S 5 ; J . J . Hyam , 1409 ; Major W . H . Baker , P . M . ISOJ G . S . Hunt , 1585 , - J . Mylchris , Peace and Harmony , Detoitspan , South Africa j E . C . Howell , P . M . 6 IOJ J . E . Holden , and W . W . Lee , 1 S 97 . Lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed .

and the following brethren were successful at the ballot for joining membership : Bros . H . Van Staveren , lS 8 j G . Mayer , 80 j Lewis Davids , iSS j and H . Benjamin . Bro . Hugo Warner was passed to the Second Degree , and Bros . L . Tannenbaum and H . Walters were raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason , the ceremonies being given with the impressiveness with which the W . M . is capable

of rendering the ritual . Bro . Jessop , Sec , said the next business was a notice of motion in his name . It was " That as Bro . Da Silva , W . M ., is about leaving for the Cape , a P . M . 's jewel , of the value of ten guineas , be presented to him in token of the great interest he has taken in the lodge as one of its founders and the first W . M . " This jewel was usually given in all lodges with a great deal of

pleasure , but he confessed that on the present occcasion he lelt a great amount of regret that he should have to make the proposition , for it signified that their W . M . was about to leave them . He thought they would agree that during the W . M . 's term of office in the chair , Bro . Da Silva had proved himself eminently calculated to show the abilities a W . M . should possess . The S . VV . seconded the motion ,

whicd was carried with acclamation . The Secretary said that it had been agreed amongst them that the jewel should be ready for presentation that evening . There was a brother present who had been intimately associated in business with the W . M ., and who had expressed the desire of marking his appreciation of Bro . Da Silva by putting a diamond in the jewel . He would call upon that brother to make the

presentation . Bro . A . Levy expressed the pleasure it afforded him to be deputed to present the W . M . with a P . M . ' s jewel . He had supplemented it by adding a diamond , which he hoped would shed lustre on the jewel , and on behalf of himself and the other members , he had to express their sincere regret at the loss they were about to sustain . The W . M . had guided their lodge—named

after their worthy Bro . Barnato—to its present pre-eminent position , and they wished him every success this world could bestow . When Bro . Da Silva returned amongst them he hoped he vvould not regret having lelt London and their lodge , where he had rendered such eminent services , and that he would find in South Africa the El Dorado he wished . Bro . Da Silva , W . M ., assured the brethren he could not

express in words his feelings at that moment—not only his feelings and thanks for the kind words of Bro . Levy in making the presentation and thc kind expressions of Bro . Jessop , but also his gratefulness for the hearty way in which his humble and poor services had been received . It had been with him a labour of love . From the time they were enabled to obtain the warrant for the consecration of

the lodge , it had been his aim to make the lodge a great one . Although they had been in existence but a few months they had gained the first rung of the ladder . When the idea was first put before him of leaving London for South Africa he hesitated , and hesitated again . His hesitation was , what vvould become of the lodge without its leader ;

but a very little time elapsed before he saw that it would be safe in the hands of brethren of rank in the Order . He would not detain them longer , but thank the members of the lodge and assure them that although away in another country he should always remember with feelings of great emotion the magnificent way in which he had been treated .

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The W . M . announced that his Stewardship , in conjunction with Bro . Barnato for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , realized £ 103 , and also that there vvas a balance of £ 60 accruing trom the lodge ball , which would be handed over to the Benevolent Fund of the lodge . The name of Bro . W . H . Baker , P . M ., having been proposed as a joining member , the lodge was closed . The brethren having partaken of a sumptuous repast , the usual toasts received due notice and were heartily received . Bro . Frederick Binckes , P . G . S . B ., in response to "The Grand Officers , " returned thanks , and said they must allow him to depart a little from the ordinary routine on this occasion . It had afforded him personally a large amount of pleasure to give up an important engagement for the sake of being present that evening on the eve of the departure of their esteemed W . M . for a distant country .

Whilst he was quite prepared to admit the unimportant role he held as a Grand Officer , they must regard him as the representative of a very large number who , to his knowledge , had enjoyed the hospitality of this lodge during its short period of existence under the kindly auspices and genial rule of the W . M ., whom they had also met in another lodge where he

had occupied for many years an important position . He hoped he might be taken as the earnest spokesman on their behalf , and the members of the lodge would join him in wishing the W . M . God-speed in his new venture , and a prosperous voyage , and they sincerely trusted to see him once again , at no distant date , in good health and increased wealth . That was a very simple and a very lainiliar

combination , but a combination that went far to the achievement of the summum bonum of human happiness , for without health they could not enjoy wealth , but with health they could enjoy wealth . The brethren assembled would not wish him "good-bye , " for there was something horrible in that ; they would wish him " au revoir" and "bon voyage . " On behalf of the Grand Officers , and especially

in his own name , he ( Bro . Binckes ) conveyed to the W . Master all the good wishes he could possibly wish for himself . Bro . C F . Hogard , P . G . S . B ., acting I . P . M ,, said they all knew the toast devolving upon him , and the task was a very easy , and at the same time a very difficult one—a very easy task because no words of his were needed to

enhance the enthusiasm which he was sure they would give to the toast vvhen he announced it , and a very difficult one because he desired to say on their behalf , and also on his own , some words of God-speed to the VV . Master in the journey before him . But , unfortunately , he had been preceded in the previous toast by a brother who was known , and had been known for

so many years , as their Hercules . Bro . Binckes had said everything he himself wished to say , and although he ( Bro . Hogard ) had not a great flow of words , he lelt a great duty devolved upon him in proposing " lhe Health of the W . Master . " Bro . Joseph Ua Silva and he had worked for many years together in their mother lodge—the Lodgeof Israel , No . 205—of which they vvere both P . M . 's ,

and ot which he was W . M . for the second time . Ihey had worked side by side in Arch Masonry , where Bro . Da Silvahad just vacated the chair of M . E . Z ., after having filled the office with great distinction to himself and eclat to the chapter . They had also worked together in another Degree , and during the time he had known their W . M . he had never known a brother work more arduously and

more sincerely , not only for the good of the lodges or chapters to which he belonged , but whose heart had been so sincerely in that work , which they were told should be of such paramount importance in Masonry—namely , that of Charity . At no time during that brother ' s career had the claims of the Masonic Charities received from him either a cold or an unsatisfactory answer . The VV . M . had served

as Steward to the various Charities for his mother lodge , and had during the short career of this lodge served the office of Steward for the Aged People , when , of the vers few brethren whose lists reached three figures , he took up no less than £ 103 . Whilst he gave them the toast ot their . W . M ., and whilst he gave it with bitter and sincere regret , that being the last occasion on which they

vvould probably see him amongst them for the present , the step Bro . Da Silva was about to take was one they believed and prayed might redound , not only to his future credit , but was one that vvould make him such a position in the Colony to which he was going , that he vvould return blessed with those gifts which God was said to shower on those who helped themselves . The brethren

would assist him in drinking the toast , and in wishing bro ; Da Silva God-speed , he could only hope , from what he had heard of the place to which their esteemed VV . M . was going , that his absence would only be required for a short 12 months , when he would be able to return to them in ihe full possession of that without which , as Bro . Binckes had remarked , health was not much good . Ihey could

sympathise with him in that he was leaving a cumtortable home , but they were not only pleased , but congratulated him that he had in his better halt a lady who had shown a great deal of British pluck in deciding to go with him to that distant quarter . They knew tnat in that part of the world to which he was going wealth was to be found , but they also knew it was a part where

lite was of the roughest kind . Wnen they found such a lady give up all the pleasing associations of triends and relatives , and throwing in her lot with her husband in making such a venture , the husband was to be envied . He ( dro . Hogard ) could say more to them on this suoject , but that he telt the toast required no addition . But tnere was one other point on which he would touch . It vvas that Bro .

Da bilva was very fortunate in going out as the present W . M . of the Barnato Lodge , for , from all he had heard of the colonies in South Africa , that word alone would be an " open sesame " to him to be received with open arms , for that name had been for so many years a household word in Kimberley and Johannesburg . There had been , as they were aware , something said about the name ot their lodge , but he had said and would maintain that , in having

selected the name which they had , atter due and careful consideration , they had selected the right one , and if proofs were wanted , they were to be found in the jewel presented to the W . ivl ., and which he understood contained a Stone brought from the Barnato Mine , the same place as those presented to the founders . He would not detain them longer , but simply ask them to drink to " The Health of their W . M ., " wishing him God-speed and a prosperous future . The toast vvas enthusiastically received , and accorded musical honours .