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of responding to many invitations he had had . The night on which the lodge met usually clashed with one he had to spend elsewhere , and it was because the lodge had altered its day of meeting that he was then able to attend . Two-thirds of the brethren around the table he knew in other capacities—in volunteering , in business , one way or other , several as members of ether lodges and chapters , but he was known to most of them . Occasionally when the Provincial Grand Master had not been able to attend , he ( Sir R . Hanson ) had taken his place , but Colonel Cook was a very energetic man in Masonry , and it was very much to the advantage of Craft and Mark Masonry to have such a brother .

Bro . Gosling , I . P . M ., in proposing The VV . M ., " congratula 1 ed him on the position he had attained to , and hoped he would occupy the chair with pleasure to himself and with honour to the lodge . Bro . Morris , VV . M ., replying , said he was gratified with the very cordial reception the brethren had given to the toast proposed in sirh kindly terms by Bro . Gosling . During the coming year it would be his earnest endtavour so to discharge his duties as not to be unworthy of the proud position the brethren had placed him in that night . He next proposed " The Past Masters , " coupling with the toast the name of Bro .

Gosling , who that night resigned his position of Master , which he had held with the satisfaction of knowing that he had earned the esteem of every one of the brethren . He also coupled with the toast the name of Major Williams , the Treasurer . Bro . Gosling , I . P . M ., having thanked thebrethren , Bro . Major Williams , P . M ., Treas ., said the lodge was in a very nice , sound financial state , for it carried forward that year £ 36 . He thought they ought to put the usual £ 5 ss . on the list for the Benevolent Fund , and he should propose it at the next meeting . He felt sure the brethren would support that proposal , as they did last year . The lodge could afford it , and it would maintain its prestige .

Bro . C . F . Matier , P . G . W ., G . Sec , in responding to the toast of " The Visitors , " said the ledge was the oldest on the roll , with the exception of the Time Immemorial lodges . In a lodge like that , where visitors had been greeted so long , he could not profess to say anything which the lodge had not heard before ; but he might be allowed to say that ameng all these visitors who had responded for the princely hospitality of the lodge , there was not one who had ever been more grateful than he , either for the hospitality or for that exemplification of the true spirit of Masonry , Chaiity , and benevolence which it had always possessed . He knew that at the for Incoming festival , no less than at past festivals , the lodge would be well represented . Bros . Ivey , S . W ., and Gooding responded to the toast of " The Officers , " after which the T i ler ' s toast was given , and the brethren separated .

Lodge Of Instruction.

Lodge of Instruction .

KENNINGTON LODGE , No . 13 S 1 . A meeting of this lodge was held on Friday , the iSth inst , at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Park , when there were present , Bros . Reid , W . M . ; Woodcock , S . VV . ; Greer , J . W . ; O'Dea , P . M ., Preceptor ; Benedict , S . D . ; E . Mitchell , J . D . ; Kent , I . G . ; Jameson , Org . ; G . E . Cannon , Richardson , P . M . ; Taylor , Wesley , P . M . ; Whiting , P . M . ; Andrews , P . M . ; Pattinger , P . M . ; and J . Cannon , Sec .

The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Benedict being candidate . Bro . E . Mitchell gave the charge after initiation . The lodge was opened in the Second Degree . The W . M . vacated the chair in favour of Bro . J . A . Cannon . Bro . Reid having answered the usual questions leading to the Third Degree , was entrusted .

The lodge wasopened in the Third Degree , when the ceremony of raising was rehearsed , Bto . Reid acting as candidate . The VV . M . resumed the chair . A vote of thanks was accorded Bro . Reid , W . M ., forthe excellent manner he had worked the ceremony of initiation for the first time , having been raised to the Degree of Master Mason only a week previous . All Masonic business being ended , the lodge was closed .

Masonic Meetings (Metropolitan)

MASONIC MEETINGS ( METROPOLITAN )

For the week ending Saturday , July 3 rd , 1897 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries for Craft Lodgeg , RoyaLArch Chapters , Mark . Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting , MONDAY . JUNE 28 .

CHAFT LODGES . rnio , Shrulwell Gierke , Mark Mains' llall . 23 ( 17 , ( V . nnihi . a . (' rin-rion . 2 ( 114 , IloiiM'holil Uriga . lc , Prince ' s Hall . ROYAL AUCH CHAPTERS . 8 : 0 , Lily Chapter of Riihmonil , ( Ire ; hound Hotel r . lKi , . Wiph , l- ' recnia > ohs' Hall . J 74 =, I ' arriiiL'clon Without ' ., Anderton ' s Hotel .

LODGES AND CHAPTERS or INSTRDCTION . Blackheath , Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , at 8 . Cripplegate , Goldsmiths' Arms , Gutter-lane , at 6 . 30 . Diilhnusie , Town Hall Tavern , High-street , Kensington , at 8 . Eleanor , Rose and Crown , High Cross , Tottenham , at b . Friars , The White Horse , 94 , White Horse-lane , Mile End-rd ., E ., at 8 . Hyde Park , Prince of Wales Hotel , Eastbourne-terr ., Bishop ' s-rd ., Paddingtonat 8 .

, Kingsland , Cock Tavern , Highbury , N ., at 8 . 30 . Marouess of Ripon , Mildmay Tavern , Ball's Pond-road , N ., 7 . 30 Metropolitan , Moorgate Tavern , 15 , Finsbury-pavement , at 1 . 30 . Neptune , Gauden Hotel , Clapham , S . W ., at 7 . 30 . North London Chapler , Cock Hotel , Highbury , at 8 . Perseverance , Ridler ' s Hotel , Holborn , E . C , at 7 . Queen ' s Westminster , Criterion , Piccadilly , at 8 . Regent ' s Park , Frascati Restaurant , 32 , Oxford-street , at 8 . Royal Arthur , Prince of Wales Hotel ( opposite Wimbledon Rail

way Station ) , at 7 . 30 . Royal Commemoration , Railway Hotel , Putney , at 8 . St . lames ' s Union , St . James ' s Restaurant ( Piccadilly entrance ) St . Mark ' s , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road . St . Michael ' s , Norland Arms , Addison-rd . North , Uxbridge-rd ., 8 Sincerity , Blackwall Railway Hotel , Fenchurch-street , at J . Stockwell , White Hart , Abchurch-lane , E . C , at 6 . United Military , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich , at 7 . 30 Upton , Great Eastern Hotel , Bishopsgate-street , at 8 .

Walthamstow , The Chequers , High-street , Walthamstow , at 8 . Wellington , New Cross House , New Cross , at 8 . Woodrow , Star and Garter Hotel , Pall Mall , W ., at 3 . Zetland , "The Falkland , " Falkland-road , N . W ., at 8 . Doric Chapter , Duke ' s Head , 79 , Whitechapel-road , at 6 . Lewis Chapter , Fishmongers' Arms Hotel , Wood Green , N ., at 8 North London Chapler , Cock Tavern , Highbury , at 8 TUESDAY , JUNE 29 .

( No Meetings . ) LODOIS AND C HAPTERS or INSTRUCTION Brixton , Prince Regent , Dulwich-road , Herne Hill , S . E ., at 8 . Capper , City Arms , St . Mary Axe , at 6 . Clarence and Avondale , Green Man Hotel , Leytonstone , E ., at 8 Constitutional , "Apple Tree and Mitre , " 30 , Cursitor-street , Chancery-lane , W . C , at 7 . Chaucer , Grapes Tavern ( Slee & Pike ' s ) , m , Borough Highstreet , at 8 . Corinthian , George Hotel , Cubitt Town , Poplar , at 8 .

Masonic Meetings (Metropolitan)

Dalhousie , Lord Truro , Dalston-Iane , at 8 . Domatic , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road , 117 . 30 . Duke of Cornwall , Queen ' s Arms , Queen-street , Cheapside , at 7 . Egyptian , Salutation , Newgate-street , at 7 . Emblematic , St . James ' s Restaurant , Piccadilly , at 8 . Entield , Rose and Crown , Church-street , Edmonton , at 8 . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tavern , Plough-road , Rotherhithe , Finsbury , The Bell Hotel , Old Bailey , it 7 . Florence Nightingale , M . H ., William-street , Woolwich , and and

4 th Tues ., at 7 . 30 . Hendon , Railway Hotel , West Hampstead , N . W ., at 8 . Islington , Cock Tavern , Highbury , at 7 . 30 . Joppa , "The Moorgate , " 15 , Finsbury Pavement , E . G ., at 7 . 30 . Kensington , Town Hall Tavern , High-street , Kensington , at 8 . Kirby , Midland G-and Hotel , St . Pancrasl Station , at 7 . 30 . Mount Edgcumbe , Rockingham Arms , Newington Causeway , S . I' :., at 7 . 30 . Nelson , Star and Garter , Powis-street , Woolwich , at 8 .

New Cross , Chester Arms , Albany-street , N . W ., at 8 . New F -- ^ "jry Park , Hornsey Wood Tav ., Finsbury Park , at 8 . Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , Greenwich , at 8 . Richmond , Station Hotel , Richmond , at 8 . 30 . Robert Burns , Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , W . South Middlesex , Beaufort House , Walham Green , S . W ., at 7 . 3 a St . Kew , Masonic Hall , Weston-super-Mare , at 8 . St . Leonard ' s , Bedford Hotel , Victoria Park-road , South Hackney , at 8 . Southwark , White Hart Hotel , New Cross Gate , at 8 . Wandsworth , St . Mark ' s School-room , Battersea Rise , S . W ., at 8

Westbourne , Oliver Arms , Westbourne-terrace North , Harrowroad , at 8 . Yarborough , . Mitre Tavern , Fishstreet-liill , K . C , at 7 . 30 . Camden Chapter , The Moorgate , Moorgate-street , at 0 . Kintore Mark Lodge , Stirling Castle Hotel , Camberwell Green , S . E .. at 8 .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 30 . FESTIVAL OF THE ROVAL MASONIC IN ST IT I . TION FOR HOYS . CPAFT LODGES . KqK , Tcmi > c-r , 'ini : e-in-tlK > Kaht , Town Hnll , Stratford . 2 O 26 , Lc \ Inn , Three Ulackbirds Inn , THURSDAY . JULY I . I

CRAFT LODGES . J IC , WeMniiiihlcr niiil Keystone , Freemasons' Uall . i 128 S , Finsbury Park , Cock Tavern . 13 K 3 , Friemls in Council , 33 , Golilen-srjuare . , 1445 , Prince Leopold , Three Nuns llolel , Aldgate , , 1724 , Kaisar-i-Uind , Cafe Koyal . 1 170 . 0 , Olil Kngland , Masonic llall , Thornton Heath . 1050 , Southgate , Beale ' s Assembly Rooms , JfoIIoway-nxuI . 103 , Dnke oi Albany , Surrey Masonic llall . ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER . 111 ft . All S .-iinU * . Wstrv llall . How .

FRIDAY , JULY 2 . I CRAFT LODGE . 2511 , St . John at Hackney , Old Town Hall . SATURDAY , JULY 3 . CRAFT LODGES . J 92 H , Gallery , Anderton ' s Hotel . 2 iB 2 , Stmuhile Ik-nnett , Surrey Masonic Hall .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . W . H . FARNFIELD P . M ., P . Z . We very much regret to announce thedeith , on the 16 th inst . , of Bro . W . H . Farnfield , P . M . of the Royal Albert Lod ge , No . 907 ; the Rose of Denmark Lod ge , No . 975 ; and the All Saints Lod ge , No , 1716 ; P . Z . of the Royal Albert Chapter , No . 9 07 ; and a Vice-President of the Benevolent Institution ; and Life Governor of both our Schools , besides having served several Stewardshi ps ,

especially for the " Old People . " OLT deceased brother was the eldest son of Bro . William Farnfield , who was Asst . G . Secretary from 1854 to 1 S 66 ; Secretary of the R . M . Benevolent Institution from the foundation of its Male Fund in 1 S 42 till towards the close of 1 S 72 , when he retire' ! , on a pension , and died in 18 76 . He was also the elder brother of the Treasurer of the same Institution , and to him accordingl y , as well as to the members ot the Farnfield famil y generally , we tender our respectful sympathy .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

BRO . H . B . COLLIS , of Canterbury , has succeeded in obtaining- an excellent snapshot of a large portion of the Albert Hall on the occasion of the Commeni sration Festival , which will be to those who were present an interesting souvenir . THE SANDELL P HOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION will open on or before the 12 th prox . at the Modern Gallery , 1 75 , Bond-street , and will consist of over 400 subjects , the majority never before photographed , including the City Companies' Halls : the

Guildhall and Mansion House ; Lincoln ' s Inn ; Gray s Inn ; Lambeth Palace ; Westminster Abbey ; Windsor Castle ; the Monuments in St . George ' s Chapel and the Albert Memorial Chapel , Windsor ; the Royal Mausoleums , Frogmore ; St . Peter ' s , Rome ; St . Mark ' s , Venice ; & c . The exhibition will be open from 10 a . m . to 6 p . m . and from 7 to 10 p . m . daily , and there will be lantern illustrations and demonstrations on VVednesday and Saturday evenings .

A NEW WEST-END HOTEL . —London hotels are multiplying apace , but there is room for them all , and the new St . James ' s Palace Hotel , in that favourite and fashionable locality , St . James ' s Place , may assuredly reckon with safety upon aristocratic support , being in the heart of Clubland , close to all the best thes tres , & c , and within a stone ' s throw of St . James ' s Palace . The hotel has been handsomel y and luxuriousl

y furnished and completely equipped throughout by the famous firm of Oetzmann and Co ., whose extensive establishment in the Hampstead-road enable them to carry out a contract such as this with all requisite promptitude and completeness . Art furniture and cosy comfort has been combined in the scheme of Messrs . Oetzmann , and visitors to the hotel will find everything in good taste as well as excellently up to date .

PARKHUKST THEATRE , HOLLOWAY , N . —Next week Mr . Perfect is reviving the powerful play , "Moths , " as adapted from "Ouida ' s" celebrated novel by Henry Hamilton . The cast , which is one of the finest that has been seen in this play , includes Miss Fortescue , Miss Emmerson , Miss Alice Yorke , Miss Adelina Bair d , and Miss Helen Ferrars ; Mr . Luigi Lablache , Mr . Stanley Pringle , Mr . Reginald Walter , Mr . Charles Rex , and Mr . Otho Stuart .

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