Consecration Of The Lambeth Borough Council Lodge, No. 2941.

was sure was meant as an honour to the Craft , of which he was a representative . Bro . Richards next proposed the toast of " The Worshipful Master , " and congratulated him on being the first Master of so promising a lodge , and he had no doubt in selecting him they had done well . Being a good man , both

in private and public life , he could be relied on to introduce the true principles of Freemasonry into the lodge . The Worshipful Master , in reply , said the founders did not know what he could do , they had taken him on trust ; but he hoped they 7 would think and speak of him as well at the end of his year as the I . P . M . had done at the beginning .

Bro . Dr . Cummings , P . G . Organist , in replying for " The Visitors , " had great pleasure in finding himself among Lambeth Freemasons , as eight y ears ago he had built himself a house in the parish . Bro . Major Isaacs said the Worshipful Master had been likened to a round peg in a square hole . He believed him to

be the right man in the right hole , the square man in the square hole , so they had in him a true lit , for there was not any squeezability in him . He would be as firm in the lodge as he had been on the council . Bro . Smith also replied . In proposing "The Officers of the Lodge , " the Worshipful

Master said he did not know much of their capabilities in Masonic work , but was sure , from the way they 7 worked on the council , they- would do their duties well .

Bro . Johnson replied : They would show their appreciation by the way they carried out the work of the lodge , so proving stability and usefulness . He maintained if they only carried out the true principles of Freemasonry , then all forms of slavery 7 , war and wrong would cease , and we should then see the whole brotherhood of man in its truest sense . Bro . Chapman said he would do his best to carry out the

duties of Secretary , a position which did not require eloquence , but none the less work . Bros . Wood and Dean also briefly replied .

BRO . ALDERMAN JOHN' G . ALUERT . A musical programme , under the direction of Bro . G . FSmith , P . G . O ., added to the evening ' s enjoyment . The Tylor ' s toast brought the proceedings to a close .

Installation Meeting Of The Piccadilly Lodge, No. 2550.

Installation Meeting of the Piccadilly Lodge , No . 2550 .

THE above more than usually interesting ceremony took place at the Cafe Monico , Piccadilly Circus , on Thursday , 4 th December , more than usually interesting because the outgoing Master , Bro . James Leigh , was the last of the founders to occupy the chair , and the incoming Master , Bro . George William Havwarcl , was the first initiate .

JiRO . GEORGE WILLIAM IIA YWA If I ) .- ( I'lm / u Elite Vurlnut Co . )

To mark the event , the founders presented the lodge with a large and beautifully embroidered banner , bearing , in addition to the usual symbols , a representation of the fountain in Piccadilly Circus and the names of the founders . The ceremony of installation was performed by Bro . Leigh

in a manner which told of careful preparation . The Worshi pful Master appointed and invested his officers as follows : —Bros . F . H . Scroggie , S . W . ; C H . Hancocks , J . W . ; Charles Arnold , Treasurer ; Josiah Russell , P . M ., Secretary ; H . Burkett , S . D . ; H . C . Barnes , J . D . ; R . \ V .

Robinson , I . G . ; C . J . Richards , Organist ; Fred . Arnold , P . M ., D . C ; T . B . Tipton , P . M ., J . Claxton , and R . B . Brass , Stewards ; and G . A . Ball , P . M ., Tyler . After the closing of the lodge , the members and visitors , the latter outnumbering the former by two to one , adjourned

to a banquet , in the course of which the Worshi pful Master caused considerable merriment by taking wine first with the married brethren and then with the unmarried , the latter making a ludicrously poor display in- point of numbers . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , the I . P . M .,

Bro . Leigh , proposed the toast of "The Worshipful Master , " whose distinguishing characteristics were , he said , his large heartedness and his zeal for charity in all its forms . Replying , the Worshipful Master , who throughout the whole proceedings was eommendablv brief in his remarks ,

thanked the brethren for their reception of the toast , and promised to make it his aim to perform his duties successfull y , as his predecessors had done . The Worshipful Master , in a few well chosen words , proposed the toast of "TheVisitors /' givhig them a hearty welcome

, and called upon Bros . Beck and Welsford to respond . Bro . Beck , P . M ., was highly gratified to see such excellent working in the lodge , and was certain it would continue under the Master , who had Freemasonry so thoroughly at