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been our lot to be so well treated in this respect as upon the occasion of the installation banquet . The speeches were almost Spartan-like in their brevity , but admirable in their substance and crispness . We heartily commend the methods of the Piccadilly Lodge in this respect in the interest of

members and guests alike , to know what most to commend in a lodge which so nearly realises the Masonic ideal—the excellent working , the hospitality , or the restrained post prandial oratory ; but each was admirable in its way . We predict for the new W . M ., Bro . T . H . Parry , an agreeable and successful year of office .

THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER LODGE , ± \ O . 15 6 3 . The City of Westminster Lodge , No . 15 6 3 , held its installation meeting at the Cafe Royal , Regent Street , on the 22 nd November , when Bro . E . Rutherford was installed by the I . P . M ., Bro . J . Homer , and those who were privileged to

be present at the ceremony and at the subsequent banquet were loud in their praises of the excellent working and generous hospitality of the lodge , but its strongest claim to special recognition was the fact that the City of Westminster Lodge had headed the list with £ 900 at the last Girls' School

Festival , and the brethren are making great efforts to provide a substantial contribution to the Boys' School in the present year . That the lodge will continue to maintain its reputation for charity and good working we may be assured , seeing the material of which the lodge is composed , and in view of the fact that year after year there is no falling off in the succession of able and zealous rulers occupying the chair .

THE ST . ALBANS LODGE , No . 27 86 . St . Albans Lodge , ^\ o . 2786 , held its first installation , since its consecration , on the 6 th December at the Red Lion Hotel , St . Albans . A large number of London and Provincial brethren attended , and the proceedings gave promise that

this , although the youngest lodge in the Province , would rapidly become a successful and prominent one . Bro . Frank Crocker was installed by the outgoing Master , Bro . C . Offord Burgess , Past Provincial Grand Warden , Herts . Bro . Crocker commenced his year's work very pleasantl y by

initiating an old personal friend , and he ( the W . M . ) is such a popular member of the lodge that we predict many such ceremonies during his year of office . The banquet took place at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall , which had been kindly placed at his disposal bv the Mayor of St . Albans . The usual toasts were given , Bro . j . Thomas , P . G . St . B ., replying for " The Grand Officers , " and Bro . F . Sumner Knyvclt ,

P . G . D . and Deputy Prov . Grand Master , for "The Prov . Grand Master , R . W . Bro . T . Halsey , " who , he said , had tally intended to be present , but was prevented bv his Parliamentary duties . The Deputy Prov . Grand Master said that the province was very proud of its youngest child , which had during its short existence maintained the reputation of

the Province , not only for its good working but bv its support of tlie Charities , as an instance of which , he stated that Bro . Bargess had taken up one hundred guineas and Bro . Crocker had already a similar sum on his list for one of the coming Festivals . The presentation of a Past Master ' s jewel to Pro . B . rgess brought the proceedings to a close .

THE COKNIS : I LODGE , NO . 23 6 9 . The good that men do lives after diem , and at an emergency meeting of the Cornish Lodge , on the 24 th November , after the special business of the initiation of two candidates had been disposed of , Bro . Hawkeu , the

Worshipful Master , of whom we append a portrait , made a further reference to the death of Bro . the Rev . Professor Shuttleworth . He hoped , he said , that Bro . Shuttleworth would have been with them for many a long year , but it was not to be . His smiling face and ready wit would be missed , not only by the

lodge , but by the many other societies with which he was in active touch . While they appreciated his Cornish " clannishness , " they could sympathise with the boldness of his mind , and the catholicity of his spirit , which prompted him to devote his talents—and they were of no mean orderto the advancement of any and every good object . Their

departed brother must have been a firm believer in the saying , "that while we rest we rust , " for he never spared himself in well-doing . He had left behind him a name dear to their hearts , and a memory which he , the Worshipful Master , trusted would be kept green for many a long year .

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At a subsequent meeting of the lodge on the 8 th ult ., which was very fully attended , two candidates having been passed to the Second Degree by Bro . Hawken , W . M ., the question of a grant to the Shuttleworth Memorial Fund was considered , and a sum of fifty guineas decided to be sent

to the Secretary of the fund . We have heard that amongst other private contributions which have been made to the fund , Bro . J . Leach Barrett has given one hundred guineas , and Bro . Passmore Edwards ( both members of the lodge ) , twenty-live guineas .