Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

Lodges and Chapters of Instruction .

RANELAGH LODGE ( No . S 34 ) . —A meeting was held on Friday , the 19 th inst ., at the Six Bells Hotel , Queen-street , Hammersmith . Present : Bros . T . Jobson , W . M . ; J . Davis , S . W . ; G . Bottrill , J . W . ; J . Sims , P . M ., Preceptor ; D . S . Long , Sec . ; A . Williams , ' S . D . ; F . Craggs , J . D . ; Grade , I . G . ; R . H . Williams , P . M . ; W . J . Coplestone , and W . W . Williams .

The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The lodge was opened in the Second and Third Degrees , and resumed to the Second Degree . Bro . Craggs having given proof of his proficiency , was entrusted . The lodge was resumed to the Third Degree , and the ceremony rehearsed . The lodge

was resumed to the First Degree . The W . M . having risen , Bro . Davis was unanimously elected W . M . for the next meeting . A cordial vote of thanks was given , and recorded on the minutes , to the W . M . for the very able manner in which he had performed the duties of the chair for the first time in this lodge of instruction . The lodge was then closed .

HYDE PARK LODGE ( No . 1425 ) . —A meeting was held on Monday , the 22 nd inst ., at the Porchester Hotel , Leinster-place , Cleveland-square , Paddington , W . Present Bros . W . J . Hakim , W . M . 141 , W . M . ; A . Cadbury-Jones , S . W . ; C G . Wetzlar , J . W . ; W . H . Chalfont , P . M . 1425 , Asst . Preceptor ; H . Dehane , P . M . 1543 , Sec . ; M . T . Tuck , S . D . ; J . Cruttenden , J . D . ; J . R . Allman , I . G . ;

E . F . Ferris , I . P . M . 1 543 , Stwd . ; W . Death , P . M . 511 ; D . Stroud , P . M . 2045 ; Major Ferris , 0 . W . Battley , J . V . Woodman , and J . H . Taylor . Bros . W . W . Jones and G . E . Cockman , of 1543 , were visitors . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The lodge was

opened in the Second and Third Degrees . After the usual preliminaries , the ceremonies of raising and initiation were rehearsed , Bros . Death and Jones being candidates . Bro . Jones was examined as to his proficiency in the Second Degree . Bro . Cadbury-Jones was elected W . iM . for the next meeting—the officers to be in rotation . After " Hearty good wishes , " the lodge was closed .

CREATON LODGE ( No . 1791 ) . —A meeting was held on Thursday , the iSthinst ., at the Wheatsheaf Hotel , Goldhawk-road , Shepherd's Bush , W . Present : Bros . B . Browne , W . M . ; Jobson , S . W . ; Lathbury , P . M ., J . W . ; J . Davies , Preceptor ; J . Sims , P . M ., Deputy Preceptor ; ' E . Austin , P . M ., Treas . ; W . H . Chalfont , P . M ., Sec ; F . Craggs , S . D . ; D . Stroud , P . M ., J . D . ; W . Jennings , I . G . ; E . Child , P . M . ; Arnott , and Sansom ..

lhe lodge was opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . The lodge was opened in the Second Degree . The ist Section was worked by Bro . J . Davies , assisted by the brethren . The lodge was resumed to the First Degree . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Arnott candidate . The istSection was worked . Bro . Jobson was elected W . M . for the next meeting , and the lodge was closed .

LOUGHBOROUGH LODGE . —The usual weekly meeting of this lodge was held on Monday , the 22 nd inst ., at the Gauden Hotel , Clapham-road Station ( L . C . and D . R . ) , when there were present Bros . G . E . King , W . M . ; Steele , S . W . ; Poole , J . W . ; Langdon , S . D . ; Evans , J . D . ; Smith , I . G . ; Westley , Preceptor ; J . Andrews , Sec . ; S . Cochrane , Caink , J . Mitchell , W . Hill , Coleman , Williams ,

Russell , Cowland , I'olkard , J . Wright , and Week's , Tyler . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , with Bro . Colman as candidate . The ist and 2 nd Section of the Lecture was worked by Bro . Westley , assisted by the brethren . Bro . King vacated the chair in favour of Bro . Cochrane , who appointed and invested his officers . The lodge was opened

in the Second and Third Degrees . The lodge was closed in the Third and Second Degrees , Bro . King resumed the chair and rose for the first time , and dues were collected . The W . M . rose for the second time , and Bro Steele was elected W . M . for the second Monday in August , next Monday being Preceptor ' s night , when a large attendance is anticipated , to benefit by the evening ' s work of so able a P . M . The W . M . rose for the third time , and the lodge was closed .

HORNSEY CHAPTER ( No . S 90 ) . —A meeting was held on Friday , the 19 th inst ., at the Porchester Hotel , Leinster-place , Cleveland-square , Paddington , W . Present : Comps . W . H . Chalfont , S . N . 975 , M . E . Z ^; W . C Williams , H . 733 , H .-, G . March , J . 733 , j . ; H . Dehane , P . Z . 8 90 , S . N . S 62 , S . E . ; E . Child , P . Z . 538 , S . N . ; J . Cruttenden , 779 , P . S . ; J . R . Allman , S 90 ; W . R . Hatton , P . S . 1642 ;

and J . B . dimming , H . 8 90 ( visitor ) . The chapter was opened , and the minutes of the last convocation were read and confirmed . It being officers ' night , the companions of the Hornsey Chapter were called upon to take the respective offices held by them . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Allman being candidate . Comp . J . B . Cumming was elected a member . After " Hearty good wishes , " the chapter was closed .

Scotland.

Scotland .

Iknigbts Uemplai AYR . Ayr Encampment ( No . 7 ) . —The 84 th anniversary of this encampment was held in the Masonic Hall , 20 , New Bridge-street , on Saturday , the 20 th inst ., when Sir Knight Matthew M . B . Thomson , E . G . M . of the Temple , installed the following office bearers , viz . : Sir Knights John Murray , P . M . 125 , E . G . ; Alex . Martin , P . M . 135 D . E . C

, Thomas V . Leitch , M . ; Philip Murray , C . G . ; Charles McAndrew , C . C . ; Robert McKelvie , Recorder ; William Kay , Chancellor ; J . McClure , C . of ist V . ; A . McClelland , C . of 2 nd V . ; J . Hill , C of 3 rd V . ; Robert Crocket , S . B . ; Gilbert Sinclair , Std . Br . ; William Watson , Conductor ; David Kay , Receiver ; James Rae , Usher ; William Kay , Herald ; and James Hall , S .

New Zealand.

New Zealand .

THE PROPOSED GRAND LODGE OF NEW ZEALAND . The New Zealand Herald , published in Auckland , has the following : At a meeting of the Ponsonby Lodge , No . 70 S ( S . C . ) , held on Tuesday , May 7 th , at which there was a good attendance of the brethren and visitors , a unanimous vote was passed in favour of the formation of the proposed Grand Lodge . The voting so far in this district for and against the movement is as follows :

For : —Lodge Eden , 1530 , E . C ; Franklin , 213 S , E . C ; Coromandel , 45 G , I . C ; St . Andrews , 41 S , S . C . ; Sir Walter Scott , 533 , S . C . ; Manukau , 5 S 6 , S . C . ; TeAroha , 6 97 , S . C . ; VVairoa , 709 , S . C ; Star in the Far South , 717 , S . C ; Star of the North , 1 ( 147 , E . C ; Ara , 34 . 8 , I . C . ; and Ponsonby , 708 , S . C . Against : —Lodge Waitemata , 6 S 9 , E . C . ; Prince of

Wales , 133 S , E . C ; Corinthian , 1655 , E . C ; Remuera , 1 7 , E . C . ; and Harmony , 2180 , E . C . As it is expected that the rest of the lodges who have yet to record their votes will be practically in the same ratio , it may be assumed that the Auckland district is largely in

favour of the movement , and as it is meeting with large support in the other districts of the colon } ' , the ultimate success of the movement seems assured . Lodge Hiram , E . C , has passed a unanimous resolution in favour of a United Grand Lodge for New Zealand , and appointed delegates to attend the meeting in Wellington .

A correspondent thus writes in the same paper to the editor : " Permit me to trouble you for the second and last time with regard to this question . The meeting to which Brother Cooper refers was , as he well knows , neither large nor enthusiastic , so far as members of the English Constitution were' concerned . Few of any standing attended , still fewer

spoke , none voted , knowing that the matter was practically settled . Brother Cooper knows , or might know , that all three Grand Masters have declared most emphatically against the proposal ; neither they nor their Grand Officers are working against the scheme— -it is unnecessary . The statement that the charters will not be relinquished is no threat , it is simply a declaration of unswerving loyalty to the mother Grand Lodge , which quality Brother Cooper

somewhat extraordinarily professes to mistake for factious opposition . So far as the English Constitution is concerned , it will be many a long year before there is a United Grand Ijodge of New Zealand . My name , Masonic age , and experience are of no concern to the general public ; to Brother Cooper the latter two are known , and the first can be scarcely a matter of doubt . —I am , & c . "M . "

New Masonic Asylum Home.

NEW MASONIC ASYLUM HOME .

The " New York Sunday Times and Messenger" has the following in regard to the Masonic Asylum Home about to be erected : " A great and important work is now before the Fraternity of this state , a task by far greater than the buildimr

of the hall , greater even than the paying of the debt . It is the founding of an asylum ; no , not an asylum , but a home , and it may be a home in purpose and in function . Let Grand Officers and those who will have charge of this new enterprise , he guarded in all their doings , make haste slowly , consider well , and select carefully .

" It is fortunate that we have at the head of the Craft the brethren recently elected—M . W . Bro . Vrooman , a man of great experience in public life and well calculated to point out the right road ; R . W . Bro . William Sherer , to whose honest hands millions have been confided , and who is now at the head of one of the largest moneyed Institutions in the

world ; and by the side of these we have a Ten Eyck and John Hodge , whose very name is a household word in Lockport , the city of his home . Above all it must be a Masonic home—non-sectarian as is Masonry Charitable as is Masonry—a home indeed as well as in name , and more than all this , eliminate from our home the feeling so

oppressive in most public Institutions . " Who has not entered an orphan asylum and ' felt sorry ' for the ' poor things ? ' Who has not gone through a public home and felt the oppression of a prison come upon them when looking - at the inmates ? Will the Fraternity be able to eliminate this feeling and make the inmates feel at home ?

Give to it and to the inmates an individuality , so they may not be like so many numbers or ciphers ; that the widow and the orphan , the aged and the indigent may feel its beneficent influence without being humbled by accepting a place therein . Money cannot buy this , wealth cannot procure it . Tact

alone , guided by a true Masonic spirit , will accomplish it . Who will be the genius to direct the Masonic home in the true and Masonic spirit ? It will take experience , the best of all teachers , to accomplish much of this ; but an earnest desire , an honest Masonic spirit , must be the guide first , last , and always . "

Centenary Festival Of The Lodge Of Tranquillity, No. 274, Newchurch.

CENTENARY FESTIVAL OF THE LODGE OF TRANQUILLITY , No . 274 , NEWCHURCH .

The beautifully situated village of Newchurch , in Rossendale , was all astir on Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., the occasion being the celebration of the centenary festival of the Lodge of Tranquillity , No . 274 . The warrant of the lodge is dated

17 th July , 17 S 9 , and the first meeting seems to have been held on that day , and as the regular meeting in July this year fell on the 17 th , by a happy coincidence , the lodge celebrated its centenary on the very same day of the month as its first meeting 100 years ago . The records of the lodge are , fortunately , all extant from

its commencement , and H . R . H . the Grand Master having graciously granted a centenary warrant on the application of the brethren , Bro . E . G . Harwood , 37 , 1723 , P . P . J . G . W ., and Chairman of the East Lancashire Charity Committee , kindly undertook the duty of handing over such warrant to

the lodge . The meeting was held in the lodge room at the Boar's Head Inn , and the members present were Bros . John Ashworth , W . M . ; J . Bowness , P . M . 1 G 97 , S . W . ; J . Pickup , J . W . ; John Nuttall , P . M ., Treas . ; Jas . Ingham , P . M .,

Centenary Festival Of The Lodge Of Tranquillity, No. 274, Newchurch.

Sec . ; H . Howorth , S . D . ; Geo . Hardman , I . G . ; t 1 , Ash worth , Tyler ; Ashworth Law , P . G . Steward , LP ju R . H . Hardman , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W . ; Edwin Hard ' m-, 'J P . M ., P . S . G . D . ; G . Pilling , P . M ., P . P . A . G . P . ; iTj ' Edmondson , P . M ., P . G . Steward ; J . Taylor , P . M ., p . p Steward ; J . S . Halstead , P . M . ; J . Ramsbottom , P . ftj '; J . Hargreaves , P . M . ; Kester A . Ashworth , P . M . ; | j , ' " Peacock , P . M . ; Richard Whittaker , P . M . ; J . H . Bro ' ,, , ' P . M . ; P . Barnes , P . M . ; H . W . Clegg , G . Ashworth ' Albert Holt , J . Marshall , Moses Brown , M . J . Lonsdale , ty ' H . Buckley , ' J . H . Lord , E . Crossley , J . C . Cunliffe , ' an , i A . J . Tatters ' all . l The visitors present were Bros . E . G . Harwood , 37 , i 7 -,, P . J . G . W . ; James Newton , 37 , P . P . S . G . D ., P . A . G . Sec ' . J . Hailing , 194 S , P . P . G . D . ; J . W . Kenyon , 42 , 191 , p p ' G . S . of W . ; J . W . Abbott , 10 3 0 , P . P . G . D . of C . ; Ion ,, ' Taylor , 2 S 6 , P . P . G . P . ; Jas . Berry , W . M . 2 S 3 ; \ Vn ,

Halstead , P . M . 194 S ; Jno . W . laylor , P . M . 16 97 ; ( - [>¦ Pickup , S . W . 16 97 ; Frank Hodson , Org . 2 S 6 ; F . J . R Dearden , I . G . 1697 ; John Royston , . P . M . 1 145 ; | 0 hn Seddon , 221 ; H . M . Staveley , 1723 ; John McLac ' hlan 1 G 97 ; J . Harling , jun ., 194 S ; and J . D . Wrigglesworth ' 2035 . The lodge being opened , the minutes of the previous

regular meeting were read and confirmed . The chair of K . S . was then assumed by Bro . J . Taylor P . M ., Prov . G . Steward , who proceeded to pass Bro . A . ] ' Tattersall to the Second Degree , after which the W . ll . resumed his chair , and Bro . Jas . Ingham , P . M ., Sec , « n behalf of the lodge addressed a few words of welcome to the visiting brethren on the interesting occasion , particularly to Bros . E . G . Harwood , 37 , 1723 , P . P . I . G . W ., and lamt ^

Newton , 37 , P . P . S . G . D ., Prov . A . G . Sec . Bro . HARWOOD , in an excellent speech , presented the lodge with the centenary warrant of the lodge , and invested the W . M . with a gold centenary jewel which was intended to be worn by the W . M . for the time being . Bro . NEWTON delivered an address to the brethren on the various changes in the locale of the lodge during the past 100 years . In the course of his address he explained

that the original warrant was granted on 17 th July , 1789 , by Bro . John Allen , of Clement's Inn , London , the fourth Provincial Grand Master of Lancashire , under the " Moderns " Grand Lodge . He referred to the origin of that Grand Lodge in 1717 , and the formation of the " Ancients" Grand Lodge in 1751 , and to the subsequent union of these two Grand Lodges in 1813 . During its existence the Lodge of Tranquillity seemed to have held its meetings at the following places :

Three Tuns Tavern , Smithy door , Manchester ... 178 9 Brittannia Inn „ ... 1792 Old Boar ' s Head Inn , Hyde Cross , „ ... 179 ( 1 Dog and Partridge Inn , Deansgate , „ ... 1 S 00 Pack Horse Inn , in the Apple Market , ,, ... 1 S 04

Cross Keys Inn , Newchurch in Rossendale ... 1809 Black Dog Inn , ,, ,, ... 1 S 10 Dolphin Inn , „ ,. ... 1 S 29 Black Dog Inn , „ „ ... 1 S 37 Boar's Head Inn ,, „ ... 1843

at which latter place , the Boar ' s Head Inn , Newchurch , the lodge had continued to meet from 1 S 43 to the present time , a fact which spoke well for the various hosts during that period . The lodge had evidently been better supported during the its So years' existence at Newchurch than during

the previous 20 years in Manchester , which evidenced the perseverance and zeal of the Rossendale brethren . At the present time , he believed the number of members exceeded 50 , and the lodge was in an exceedingly flourishing condition , which he trusted might long continue . The various numbers which the lodge had borne were as follows : Original number 549 1792 458 1 S 14 515 1 S 32 341 1862 ... 274

Bro . Newton said he understood that the lodge intended to publish its history , and promised his assistance in the compilation by furnishing what information he might possess for the purpose . After thanking the brethren for their invitation to be present , and for their courteous and kind attention to his remarks , Bro . Newton resumed his seat amidst the applause of the brethren .

The centenary warrant having been read by Bro . J . WINGHAM , P . M ., Sec , the W . M . appropriately acknowledged receipt of the same and the centenary jewel . A cordial vote of thanks was passed to Bros . Harwood and Newton for the part they had taken in the proceedings which having been suitably acknowdedged , Bro . HARWOOD , as Chairman of the East Lancashire

Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , in a few pithy remarks , drew attention to the claims of the Institution upon the consideration of the brethren . All business being concluded , the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet room , where an excellent dinner was provided . The W . M . presided over the subsequent proceedings when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given an " heartily received , and an enjoyable evening ensued . The lodge possesses several curious relics of the Crafti amongst which is a mallet , bearing the following inscrip tion on a silver plate : "This mallet was used in laying the first stone of St . Stephen's Church , in Salford , the 25 th day <>' April , I 7 Q 3 , and presented to the Lodffe of Tranquil "')''

No . 458 , by Bro . Thomas Hardman , the 24 th day of J « ; 570 } " Also a trowel bearing the following inscrip tion : " This trowel was used in laying the first stone of at . Stephen ' s Church , in Salford , and presented to the Lodge 01 Tranquillity by Bro . Thomas Hardman , 24 th June , 5793 - The old chairs for the W . M ., S . W ., and J . W . are also ver ) curious , the W . M . 's chair being surmounted by a canopy 1

An old gilt figure of King Solomon in his robes and wear " ^ a crown is also very interesting . The old silver jewels ^ ° the officers are also exceedingly curious , the Deacons' je «' ¦ bearing the figure of Mercury . . The senior member of the lodge is Bro . John Hargreai . < - '•. > P . M ., who completed his 60 th . year of membership l ^ month , he having been initiated 22 nd July , 1 S 29 . He "' j present at the festival looking quite hale and hearty , ' evidently enjoyed the day ' s proceedings .

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark ^ Copenhagen at 8 p . m . on Tuesday evening for Lonj ' f ?'' ^ order to be present at the marriage of his niece , the 1 rl Louise of Wales .