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MASONIC GUIDE FOR THE COUNTY OF YORKSHIRE , 1 SS 7 . This Masonic brochure , edited by the indefatigable Bro . T . B . Whytehead , has reached its eleventh year of publication , and its usefulness is now so generally recognized that comment is unnecessary . Bro . Whytehead has for eleven years not only edited the Yorkshire Masonic Guide ,

but presented all the copies , issued from year to year , to members of the two provinces concerned and other interested brethren . We believe it is the only calendar that is so published . Yet , with all its merits , and they are not a few , Bro . Whytehead will excuse us when we remark that for two provinces , numbering nearly 100 lodges , a much larger work should be issued annually , so that the names

of the W . M . and Wardens , at least , of each lodge maybe given , and other particulars usual in such handy guides ; neither should it be left to the editor aforesaid to bring out such a calendar , but all the lodges should share the expenses " pro rata . " Lord Zetland , as Prov . G . M . of North and East Yorkshire , has 29 lodges , with 1 S 91 subscribing members proud to acknowledge his lordship's rule .

The R . W . Bro . T . W Tew presides over the third largest province in England , there being 69 lodges , with 3260 members , in West Yorkshire . The numbers for both provinces are slightly in excess of the figures for the previous year . For the Royal Arch there are 15 and 38

chapters , and 587 and 1139 members respectively in the two Provincial Grand Chapters . We are sorry to note the continued separation of the three Maik Lodges at Hull from the Prov . Grand Mark Lodge , and hope soon they will decide to join that body , for " Union is strength , " Masonically as well as generally .

THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY , Providence , R . I . ( Dec . 1 SS 6 . ) This excellent Masonic monthly has a most interesting article on the Charities of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , written by our friend Bro . C . E . Meyer , of Pennsylvania . There is also a handsome plate of the " Home " for aged and indigent Freemasons belonging to that

jurisdiction , which certainly looks most inviting , and is a credit to that old and respected Grand Lodge . It appears that from the fund organised in 1799 has grown the Institution known as the " Grand Lodge Charity Fund . " In 1 S 85 the money in hand amounted to some £ 15 , 000 . During that year 273 applicants were relieved in the sum of over £ 600 . Then there is another source of income and expenditure ,

viz ., the "Stephen Girard Bequest , which in the same year amounted to about £ 12 , 500 , out of which during 1885 there was distributed some £ . $° " among poor and respectable brethren hailing from lodges located indifferent portions of the world . " The Home , within two years of its being

opened , has been freed from debt , and now has fourteen inmates . Three Mark lodges in Philadelphia contributed the magnificent total of £ Soo towards the permanent fund . Yet all these funds are small compared with the enormous sums raised in this country for our Central Masonic Institutions ; which yet are in need of still more 1

EAST ANGLIAN HAND BOOK , 1 SS 7 . P . Soman , Argus Office , Norwich . The re-appearance for the 28 th consecutive year of this popular provincial Hand Book is most welcome . All its well known features are reproduced with , if possible , greater fulness of detail and greater accuracy than before , so that we do not hesitate to describe this as the most complete and valuable ol the series that has yet appeared .

There is , as usual , a long and painstaking review of the " Past East Anglian Year . " There are some useful notes on the " Rivers and Broads " of the district , and above all , a most exhaustive account of the Royal Agricultural Society ' s Show at Norwich in the summer , which is beyond all question the great event of the past East Anglian year . In short , the Hand Book is a most valuable compilation , and Bro . Soman , of the Norwich Argus , deserves great credit for the manner in which it has been carried out .

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ROYAL JUBILEE LODGE ( No . 72 ) . —This ancient lodge held its installation meeting—a short account of which has already appeared in our columns—recently at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , when Bro . Charles Richard Williams , who has discharged the duties of Senior Warden during the last 12 months , was installed as Master . There

was an unusually large attendance of visiting brethren , including many Past Masters and Masters of lodges . The ceremony of installation was worked by Bro . Walker , a P . M . of the lodge , and the W . M . received the customary salutations from the brethren over whom he is to preside during his year of office . The first duty the Master performed was to appoint his officers as follows : Bros . M . E .

Stokes , S . W . ; W . E . Abrahams , J . W . ; Braund , S . D . ; Russell , J . D . ; A . Darch , P . M ., Sec . ( re-appointed ) ; Dunn , P . M ., Treas . ( re-appointed ); Reid , I . G . ; Lewcock , A . D . C ; Braham , A . W . S . ; Bridger , Asst . Sec ; and Rawles , Tyler . After the investiture of officers , the W . M . proceeded to initate four candidates , namely , Messrs . Sharp , G . H . Clapham , Wheeler , and E . Horton , into the

mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry . After the ceremony of initiation and the dispatch of the remaining business , the lodge was closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment , which was served in the Great Hall of the hotel . Dinner being over , and grace having been said , the

Worshipful Master rose to propose the first toast observed among Masons , namely , " The Health of Her Majesty the Queen , " remarking that the toast , invariably drunk at all gatherings of loyal British subjects , would be received and drunk with the greatest enthusiasm by the members of the Royal Jubilee Lodge and their visitors . The members of

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a Iodge founded to commemorate the fiftieth year of the accession of his late Majesty King George IU . would also feel the pleasure felt by the whole of the nation at the present time , and share in the rejoicings at the occurrence of a rare event , similar to that from which their lodge received its name . He would ask the brethren , therefore , to drink the health of her Majesty , sincerely hoping that her

glorious and happy reign would long continue for the benefit of the millions over whom she reigned . The toast was drunk with enthusiasm , and the Worshipful Master next proposed "The Health of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., " adding that this toast , that of the health of the head of the Craft , Masons also drunk with genuine pleasure . His Royal Highness had not only been

their Grand Master now for many years , but had by his example and labours shed an additional lustre over Freemasonry . In the course of his hard working life he had obtained a thorough touch with Englishmen of all classes , and had never once lost it . If he ( the W . M . ) were to ask who was the most popular man in the United Kingdom , there could be but one reply , the Prince whose health he

now asked them to drink , the Grand Master of English Freemasons , his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales . The toast was received and drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , and the toast of "The Principal Grand Officers " followed . The I . P . M ., Bro . G . F . Jenkins , then rose and proposed " The Health of the W . M . " in well chosen terms , and the

toast was drunk with enthusiasm . The Worshipful Master , in reply , thanked the brethren for their display of pleasure in drinking the toast . They , by their vote , had placed him in the chair to fulfil the duties of Master during the year , and he was exceedingly desirous of discharging his duties in a manner which would give them , not mere satisfaction , but genuine pleasure ,

To occupy the chair of Master of the lodge had been his ambition from the date of his initiation , and from the date of his appointment to a junior [ office his Masonic life had been one great rehearsal for the important post he had hoped one day to occupy . His labours had been rewarded by his installation in the chair of his mother lodge , and he hoped that during the year he would discharge the duties

in the able manner in which they had been discharged by the long line of Past Masters who had preceded him . The toast of "The Initiates" followed , and the newlymade brethren responded . The W . M . next rose and proposed " The Health of the I . P . M ., Bro . Geo . F . Jenkins , investing him also with the handsome Past Master's jewel voted by the lodge for his

duties as Master during the past year . The I . P . M . briefly responded , and thc toasts which followed were "The Visitors , " responded to by Bros . Chas . Greenwood , W . M . of his lodge , and Prov . G . Sec . Surrey ; R . D . Hilton , and Maidwell , P . M . 27 ; "The Past Masters "; "The Treasurer and Secretary , " responded to by Bros . Dunn and Darch , Past Masters , and holders

respectively of those offices ; "The Masonic Charities" ; "The Officers of the Lodge "; and , in conclusion , the Tyler ' s toast . During these proceedings a deputation from the Robert Burns Lodge visited their brethren of the Royal Jubilee , and there was some excellent singing by Bros . Greenwood ,

Chubb , Montgomery , Hughes , Dunkley , and Ralph , while Bro . Harcourt West recited in his masterly manner " Rubenstein ' s Piano . " It was announced that the lodge intend holding theit second annual ball on Thursday , 17 th prox ., at Freemasons' Tavern .

Among the visitors were Bros . C . Deakin , P . M . 1178 ; M . J . Wrangham , P . M . 1310 ; John Jacobs , P . M . 1614 ; C . Gross , P . M . 2033 ; J . Taylor , P . M . 753 ; J . Cox , P . M . 190 ; Thos . Peet , P . M . igo ; G . A . Payne ; 933 ; B . Woodruff , P . M . 957 ; E . Partridge , W . M . 16 S 6 ; H . Price , W . M . 177 ; W . Farthing , W . M . 2150 ; Gremble Valentin , 1314 ; J . W . Elliott , 73 ; Olver , Fullick , S 79 ; and J . Turnbull , P . M . Star .

LODGE OF ISRAEL ( No . 205 . )—This celebrated lodge held its installation meeting on Tuesday evening , the 25 th inst ., at the Cannon-street Hotel . Bro . A . J . Henochsberg , P . M . of the Lodge of Israel , No . 1502 , Liverpool , W . M ., presided , and there were also present the officers of the lodge and Past Masters Bros . A . M . Cohen , C . F . Howard , S . M . Harris , W .

Littaur , M . I . Emanuel , H . M . Harris , I . P . Cohen , L . Norden , Joseph Da Silva , H . J . Phillips , E . H . Norden , J . A . Gartley , and Bassington . The visitors were Bros . Alderman Isaacs , 2127 , late 205 ; Dr . Jabez Hogg , P . G . Deacon ; Edgar Bowyer , Past G . Std . Br . ; Dr . Woodman , Past G . Swd . Br . ; Magnus Ohren , P . A . G . D . C ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . A . G . D . C ; Fredk . Binckes , Past

G . Stwd ., Sec . R . M . I , for Boys ; Chas . E . Soppet , W . M . 60 , Past G . Stwd . ; James Terry , P . P . S . G . W . Norths and Hunts , Sec . R . M . Benevolent Inst . ; Wall , W . M . 18 S ; Mather , P . Prov . Senior Grand Deacon Herts ; Cohen , P . M . 1 S 5 ; Morice Hart , P . Prov . G . D . of C . West Lancashire , P . M . 1502 ; Wilson , P . M . 11 S 5 ; Wise , P . M . 115 S ; Johnson , P . M . 1320 ; H . Massey , P . M .

619 and 192 S ; Maple , P . M . 657 ; Bloomfield , P . M . 185 ; Larner , P . M . 856 ; Dodson , P . M . 1 S 8 ; Larkin , J . D . 3 ; Freeman , J . W . iSS ; Mickley , P . M . 449 ; E . Terry , P . M . 29 , Past G . Stwd . ; George Kenning , P . M . 1657 , P . G . D . Middx . ; Groves , P . M , 1613 ; Harvey , P . M . 25 ; D . M . Davis , W . M . 1017 ; Hyman , 18 S ; Rev . Dr . Maguire , Chap . 196 4 ; Bromet , 1155 ; Best , 1613 ; Metcalf , 206 ; Joltey , 859 ;

Duckit , 1547 ; Chivers , 2030 ; Jacobs , 1437 ; Davis , 88 ; Robertson , 1962 ; Bloomfield , 1 S 5 ; Nicholson , 1716 ; Frame , 1348 ; Chetham , 1017 ; Hart , 193 ; Freidlander , 1 446 ; Canwarden , 1613 ; Da Costa , " 1349 ; DaCosta , 1349 J Barnett , 330 ; White , 16 9 6 ; Spencer , 1922 ; Harris , 1 S 5 ; Bergeman , iSS ; Rosenthal , 1349 ; Isaacs , 1 S 8 ; Jevy , 1 S 5 ; Smith , S . D . 993 ; Cullen , 1515 ; Colling 193 ;

Davis , 1604 ; Bolton , 15 ; J . Bolton , 15 ; Page , 854 ; Harris , 165 S ; Ramus ; and Jacobs , late 205 . After the opening and other formal business was disposed of , Bro . Henochsberg installed in splendid style , Bro . Solomon Jacobs , S . W . and W . M . elect , as Master of the lodge . Bro . Jacobs immediately proved the excellence of the choice the brethren had made by investing his officers

in strict accordance with Masonic ritual . These officers were Bros . Robert James Paton , S . W . ; J . Bueno de Mesquita , J . W . ; A . M . Cohen , P . M ., Treas . ; C F . Hogard , P . M ., P . P . G . Supt . of Wks . Essex , Sec ; Rev . Marcus Haines , Chap . ; Tress Hart , S . D . ; Marcus Bromet , J . D . ; Joseph Da Silva , P . M ., D . C . ; Simon Schmerl , I . G . ; Joseph Lichtenfeld , A . D . C ; Elias James Ehrenberg , sen . ;

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and John Da Silva , Stewards ; and J . Nicholls , P . M ., Tyler . An elegant Past Master ' s jewel , of very appropriate design ( manufactured by Bro . George Kenning ) , was presented on behalf of the lodge to Bro . Henochsberg , besides a Past Master ' s collar and silver jewel , the gift of the officers . The presentation vvas accompanied by some very laudatory remarks by the W . M . on

thc manner in which Bro . Henochsberg had discharged his duties as W . M ., and Bro . Henochsberg , in acknowledging the presentation in reference to the gift of the Past Master ' s collar and jewel , said it was another proof of the unity which existed among the brethren . He vvas very proud of his officers , whose work had been excellent , and any W . M . might be proud of them . Bro . Joseph

Da Silva took the Stewardship for the Boys' Festival , and the lodge voted ten guineas to his list , in addition to the usual annual subscriptions to the three Institutions . A discussion followed on the Earl of Carnarvon ' s circular respecting the Queen ' s Jubilee , but in the end it was approved of , it being explained that the approval did not bind the brethren to subscribe to the Imperial Institute Fund .

The lodge afterwards unanimously agreed to present an address to her Majesty congratulating her on attaining the fiftieth year of her reign . Some further business having been transacted , the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet . The customary toasts were given at the conclusion of the banquet .

In giving the toast of "The Pro G . M ., & c , " theW . M . referred to the presence of several Grand Officers , Bros . Dr . Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . ; Dr . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; Magnus Ohren , P . A . G . D . C ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . A . G . D . C ; and Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . It spoke well for the Lodge of Israel when it had such distinguished

brethren as visitors , but above all it showed that those brethren had Freemasonry at heart . Bros . Dr . Jabez Hogg , P . G . D ., and J . Lewis Thomas , P . A . G . D . C , responded , both expressing their delight at the working of the lodge , and also assuring the brethren that the Grand Officers did real work .

Bro . J . Lewis Thomas observed that he seemed to be affiliated to the Lodge of Israel , he attended there so frequently . Whenever he visited it he felt as if he vvas going to the fountain head of Masonry , stepping on the threshold of the Temple of King Solomon , where Masonry was supposed to have begun . It was a great pleasure to receive the magnificent hospitality of that lodge and

witness the excellent working . The I . P . M ., with his beautiful voice and execution , had charmed all who listened to him . When he next returned to Grand Lodge he should repeat what he said now—that there vvas no better workers throughout the length and breadth of the land than the members of the Lodge of Israel . Bro . Henochsberg , I . P . M ., proposed " The W . M ., " and

said the brethren could believe him when he said it had been a very great pleasure indeed to him to install Bro . S . Jacobs as W . M ., Bro . Jacobs having worthily earned that position be his energy and exactitude in the performance of the different lodge duties . The lodge would have in him a very excellent Master , as he would do his work to the satisfaction of every member .

The Worshipful Master , in reply , said he thanked the brethren from his heart . It vvas a great pleasure to him to find himself in the position of W . M . of such a lodge as the Lodge of Israel . Any man , especially one of his age ( 30 ) might be proud of it . He should do everything he could to uphold the good name and integrity of the lodge With such examples as he had before him , it would be his

fault if he did not . The P . M . ' s of Lodge of Israel vvere patterns to all Freemasons . He did not know whether he was fortunate or unfortunate in having to follow Bro . Henochsberg ; perhaps he was unfortunate , because the I . P . M . had made a great impression on the brethren by his excellent working , and this might a little dissatisfy them . However , he should endeavour to copy him as much

as he could . The generosity he ( Bro . Jacobs ) had experienced would encourage him to carry out his duties to the satisfaction of thebrethren and himself . Thereception he had had convinced him that he had commenced well . Next year , when he vacated the chair for a more worthy brother , he hoped they would say he had well finished . If they did that he should be perfectly satisfied . During his lifetime

there had been two eventful days—one on thc ioth March , 1856 , the other that day . On the first eventful day he was not expected to make a speech ; that day he was . No doubt he did make himself heard on the first-named day ; and he felt much in the same position that day as he did in 1 S 5 G , when he was at a loss to find words to express himself . But there were some sentiments better understood

than expressed . Such was his position then ; but still he returned his hearty thanks for the way he had been received . While he remained in the Lodge of Israel he should consider it a duty to uphold the honour and integrity of such a lodge as the Lodge of Israel . The Worshipful Master next proposed " The Corporation of London and Past Master Alderman and Sheriff

Isaacs . " The toast was not on the list , but they could not pay too much respect to it . He would have been very disrespectful indeed if he had not proposed this toast . They could not pay too much respect to Bro . Isaacs . He was an old P . M . of the Lodge of Israel , had done much work for it . Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Isaacs , P . M ., said , though he would have been glad to escape making a speech , he was

not altogether sorry to address a few words to the members of his former lodge . He did so , however , with mixed feelings of pride , pleasure , and pain ; of pride at being received as he had been , of pleasure at seeing so many brethren round the table whom he had the pleasure of meeting in times long gone by , and of pain when he reflected that so many who vvere members when he vvas

one of the hardest , if not the ablest workers , vvere now missing . Coming among them after 25 years had elapsed , he felt like a Masonic Rip Van Winkle , finding those who had been young , active , dark haired men , although still alive , not young and no longer dark haired . He was pleased to see the same vitality in the lodge and the same excellence of working . The very

name of the Lodge of Israel brough back recollections to his mind of a most serious character . He had the privilege in the lodge of initiating his own father , and of hearing from his lips that he vvas a freeman , and gleaning from him the information that he was of the full age of 21 years . He had had the pleasure of installing his brother as Master of the lodge in succession to himself . On that occasion , although he vvas flattered by being told how admirably he