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YORRSHIRE ( WEST ) . BAILDOX , SEAR . LEEDS . —Airedale Lodge ( No . 543 ) . —At the monthly meeting of this lodge , holden on the 18 th ult ., the ceremony of installing the AA ' . AI ., for the ensuing year took place , as also the initiation of a candidate for Ereemasonry . The Brethren assembled shortly after six o ' clock , AA'hen there were present the AV . M ., Bro . C . F . Taylor , and a numerous gathering

of P . M . 's and brethren , many of AA-hom were from Keighley and Bradford . After the lodge had been opened and the necessary business concluded , those who had not passed the chair retired , and the W . M ., called upon Bros . Brown and Henry Smith , P . M . 's , to assist in the ceremony of installing Bro . James Cannell Read in the chair , Bro . P . AI . Robinson acting as chaplain , and the ceremony ivas gone through in a satisfactory manner . After the brethren had been re-admitted ,- and the W . M . duly

saluted , he invested his officers , Bro . S . Jackson , S . W ., and J . Denby , J . AV . The Treasurer hael a Avorkinghalance which ive hope to see increased next yearto enable the lodge to continue its usual charities . Bro . Read then requested Bros . John AA alker and Henry Smith to assist him in initiating the candidate , the ¦ ceremony being concluded afc a little before nine o ' clock . When the lodge Av-as closed the brethren partook of an excellent supperprovided by Mrs . Walkerat the Angel Hotelafter ivhich ,

, , , the W . M . and brethren spent au agreeable evening ; ihe ¦ hilarit y being considerably restricted , out of respect to the memory of His late Royal Highness the Prince Consort , and in deep ' sympathy with the bereaved lady , Her Majesty , the Queen .

BRADFORD . —Lodge of Hope ( No . 379 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge ivas holden in the Masonic Hall , Marketplace , on Friday , December 27 th , to celebrate St . John's Bay , at which there were present : — -James Lumb , W . AI . ; John Gaunt , -S . AV . ; Alexander Hunter , J . W . ; Rev . AA m . Fearnsides , M . A ., Chap . ; Luke Crosby Hill , Sec ; George Beanland , Treas . ; George E . Toivnend , as S . D . ; James Pickard , J . D . ; Geo . jColemanIGJames Holt Buckley / PMCurator h J

, .. ; .., ; Josep . Holmes , Tyler ; Past Masters Thomas Hill , AA illiam Gath , AVilliam Mawson , John Barraclough , C . Henry Taylor , M . D ., and John T . Robinson ; Bros . J . J . Schaeppi , Henry 0 . Mawson , J . Pullan , J . Ogilvie , Chris . Pratt , Joshua Armitage , Manoah Rhodes , William Ibbetson , AVm . Bollans , George SnOAvden , . Henry Bertou , Alfred Marston Matthews , Arthur Briggs , C . S . Woodhead , & e . ; also visitinsr brethren , Rev . A . F . A . AVoodford ,

M . A ., P . M . 382 , 727 , P . Prov . S . G . AV , and Prov . G . Chap , of this Province ; Capt . S . S . Walton , 317 , Minerva , Hull ; J . E . MaAvson , 339 , Harmony , Boston ; James Carmell Read , AV . M . 543 , Baildon . The lodge was opened at the early hour of four o'clock , in order to dispose of the business on the summons previous to the installation of the AV . M . and officers for the ensuing year , and the celebration ofthe Festival of Sfc . John the Evangelist . Bro . Richard Harrison , P . M . 384 , Leeds , Avas then admitted a joining member . Mr . David Little Avas next initiated into Freemasonry by tlie W . M . in his usual style , calling upon Bro . Thomas Hill , P . AI ., to present tiro working

tools . Bro . J . T . Robinson , P . M ., presented Bro . Henry Ogle Mawson , Past AA'arden , as the Master elect -for the -ensuing year , he having been selected by a unanimous -vote of the brethren out of a large numher of members who were Avell qualified to fill the important position of W . M . of this numerous and flourishing lodge . Bro . Lumb expressed his pleasure at the presentation of so Avell tried and worthy a brother as his successor , and ] : > roceeded to make the necessary

examination of his willingness to conform to all tho requirements of the constitutions of the Order ; afcer which a Board of Installed Masters ivas declared , and tire AV . M . elect ivas regularly installed into the chair of K . S ., Bro . James Lumb performing the ceremony . The brethren were then admitted in proper order , and tire AV . M . proclaimed and saluted according to ancient custom . The AV . M . then returned thanks for the high compliment ivhich had been conferred upon him , and

while acknowledging his diffidence , expressed his earnest determination to endeavour to the utmost of his ability to preserve the prestige of his lodge in the province . He next proceeded to invest the folloAving officers for the ensuing year : —Bros . M . Rhodes , S . AV . ; A . M . Matthews , J . AV . ; Rev . Wm . Fearnsides , Chap . ; H . Butterworth , See . ; G . Beanland , Treas . ; A . Briggs , S . D . ; J . J . Schaeppi , J . D . ; C . Pratt , I . G . ; J . J . Holmes , Tyler ; J . H . Buckley , P . M ., Curator . Letters of apology Avere read from Bros , tiie Rei-. Henry de Laval Willis , 2 > . D ., and P . M ' s . M . Eogerson , Henry Farrar , and Henry

Smith , for unavoidable absence . Bro . P . M . AA'jlliam Gath proposed the adoption of the folloAving committee to super-intend the refreshments for the ensuing year , viz ., Bro . Robinson , P . M ., MattheAvs , Hunter , Beanland , and Schaeppi , AA-hich Avas seconded by Bro . P . M . Dr . Taylor , and carried . Bro . Berlon presented to the lodge the portrait of our esteemed brother the late G . C . Tetley , S . D ., whose decease had created so profound a sensation at the lodge in October last . —

Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . AVoodford , who had been specially invited to attend , then delivered an eloquent oration on the dedication of the new lodge-rooms to Masonic purposes , which appears in another part of the MAGAZINE . —Bro . the Rev . AA m . Fearnsides proposed that the best thanks of the lodge be granted to Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . AVoodford , for his kindness in acceding to the wishes of the brethren , and for his eloquent oration ; this was seconded by Bro . Dr . TaylorP . M . and carried by acclamation .

, , The lodge Avas closeel at 6 P . M ., and the brethren adjourned to the refreshment-room , Avhere a sumptuous banquet was served ; covers were laid for sixty—and it is but justice to the steivards under whose superintendence the whole was conducted , to say that the entertainment was of a most recherche character , everything having been prepared on the promises . After the removal of the cloth , the AV . M . proposed " The Health of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen" alluding in feeling terms to her

, recent bereavement . The toast was drunk in silence , and an appropriate version of the National Anthem , expressive of sympathy , Ai-as sung by the brethren . — " The Prince of AVales , and tbe rest of the Royal Family , " Avas also honoured in a feeling manner . — " The Army and Navy , " was on this occasion received ivith peculiar enthusiasm . —The usual Masonic toasts of"The M . W . G . M . of England ; " "The R . AV . B . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers" were received with proper honours .

, " The Right Hon . the Earl de Grey and Ripon , R . AV . Prov . G-. M . of AVest " Yorkshire , " " The Right AVorshipful Br . Fearnley , B . Prov . G . M . of AVest Yorkshire , and the rest of the Grancl Officers / ' was likeAvise duly honoured and responded to by the Rev . Bro . AVoodford , P . Prov . S . G . AV ., in a masterly speech , in ivhich he took occasion to call the attention of the brethren .

not only to the calamity which had recently befallen the nation , but to the dark cloud afc present hanging over it , and while expressing his own feelings and those of the Masonic body at large , for the preservation of peace , still reminded the brethren that should adverse decisions be IIOAV floating upon the waves of the Atlantic , there were cherished privileges and sacred rights necessary to be maintained transcending all consideration of a pecuniary nature , and even dearer than life itself . — -Various

complimentary toasts ivere then gii'en and responded fco , after which the AV . M . called upon Bro . P . M . Br . Taylor , ivho stated that at the last regular lodgo meeting a proposition AA-as made and unanimous ! } ' carried " that in consideration of the excellent services rendered by Bro . P . M . AVilliam Maivson , in arranging and designing the elegant and commodious rooms in AA'hich the lodge AA ' . IS noAv assembled , free of any charge ' that a suitable jewel of Prov . G-. Sup . of AVorks should be presented to him . '"

After stating the circumstances of the undertaking in a lucid manner , he handed over the jeivel to Bro . P . M . AVilliam Gath , P . Prov . G . W . for presentation , AVIIO recounted the many and valuable services of Bro . Wm . Mawson , and tlie high regard and esteem in AA'hich he Avas held by the members of his lodge , placing the jeiA'el upon his breast amidst the enthusiastic applause of the brethren . —Bro . Maivson ' s acknowledgement of the high compliment was couched in the most appropriate terms . —The

visiting brethren , in responding to the toasfc of their health , expressed their high gratification at their reception , the satisfactory proceedings of the lodge , and the admirable arrangement ofthe refreshment room . During the evening the speeches were interspersed ivith glees and other harmonious strains by member's of the lodge , amongst ivhom Avere Bros . Barraclough , JoAvett , Matthews , Coleman , and Bovrissow , whose services were recognised in a special manner in an elaborate speech bBro .

y Charles Lees , and are ever worthy of the encomiums bestoived upon them . The AVorshipful Master , in proposing the last toasfc of the ei ening , expressed his determination to follow in the steps of his predecessors by closing all festivities at the hour of eleven o ' clock . Thus ended one of the most happy and satisfactory meetings ofthe Lodge of Hope .

BATLEY CARE , DEAVSBURT . —St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 1129 . )—The regular meeting ot this lodge was held in the lodge room at the Saw Inn , on Monday the 23 rd inst ., under the presidency of Bro . R . R . Nelson , AV . M ., and Prov . G . Sec ; Bros . Abraham AVilson , S . AV . ; J . AVilson , S . D ., as J . W . ; T . Allot , P . M . 322