Notices Of Meetings.

NOTICES OF MEETINGS .

LODGE OF ECONOMY , No . 76 . rnflE installation of Bro . Ernest H . Sharland , the W . M . elect , took -JL plate at the Masonio Hull , Winchester , on Thursday , 31 st ult ., in the presence of a large number of brethren , including the following Provincial Grand Officers present and past : —Bros . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., J . E . Le Fenvre , Colonel Yeatman Biggs , Dr . H . G . Dyer 132 , Rov . T . Fitzhardinge Moreton M . A ., 257 , J . Patatone 359 , J . Marks

P . J . G . D ., H . N . Jenkins 2 * 208 , E . Wise 1461 , J . Webber 132 , T . Stopher , J . Harris , W . Gamon , W . H . Jacob P . P . G . S . of Works Hants nnd I . of W ., W . Stopher P . M ., J . Dew 694 , A . J . Blackman 359 , W . Jenver 359 , L . Steele 359 , G . Lazecby 1331 , F . Basconibe 1883 , S . Frampton 1883 , G . H . Swansborough 2016 , Richardson 2010 ,

and Hurt 2216 . The ceremony was capitally rendered by Bro . Harris , fche Immediate Past Master . The Worshipful Master then invested hia Officers for tbe ensuing year , as follows : — Bros . J . Harris I . P . M ., W . S . Brockloy S . W ., H . Searle J . W ., W . H . Jacob Treasurer , W . Gamon Secretary , B . B . Colson S . D ., W . 11 ,

Matthews J . D ., J . Marks D . C , W . Stopher A . D . C , H . Searle Organist , J . Grant I . G ., E . Ward and E . Hinxman Stewards , 0 . Sims Tyler . The usual honours were paid to the Provincial Grand and Deputy Grand Masters , who in reply expressed fche pleasure ifc afforded them and others fco be present afc the installation of the

Worshipful Master of the ancient Lodge of Economy , and to see it so well rendered . A vote of thanks was also proposed to the I . P . M . for his past year's services , also for acting as Installing Master , to which he suitably responded . The brethren then sat down to a banquet , well served by Bro . Clowser , at which the Worshipful Master was

well supported aud honoured , there were also the usual Loyal and Craft toasts . The Provincial G < and Master , in replying , said he had been connected with this Lodge for nearly forty years , and he waa very surprised , bufc none the less pleased , to notice the youthfulness of the Officers who had been invested , as he learned that the

combined ages of the Worshipful Master , the Senior and Junior Wardens , and the Senior and Junior Deacons did not amount to 140 years , and he hoped that with such an influx of young members fche Lodge

foreshadowed a prosperous future . The Worshipfnl Master and the Immediate Past Master both received hearty honour and good wishes , and there is every prospect for a very successful year for Bro . Sharland . Several letters of apology were received .

rpHE installation of Bro . Donald D . Macpherson took place and fche JL Sfc . John ' s Festival was celebrated on Wednesday , 30 th Jan ., in tho Freemasons' Hall , Cooper-street , Manchester . This Lodge , which is considerably over 100 years old , is the largest in the Province of East Lancashire , and possesses amongst

its members some really excellent workers of fche ritual , who are highly esteemed by their Lancashire brethren . For charitable deeds the Lodge stands out pre-eminent in fche district , having given to the Masonio Institutions no less a sum than £ 1513 10 a , for which it receives 591 votes in perpetuity ,

and added to 24 voter * , obtained by annual subscriptions , make a grand total of 615 . In addition to this fche Lodge possesses twenty votes in a local Masonic Institution , and haa given donations fco the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , Manchester Royal Infirmary , Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuge , Commercial

Travellers Schools , & c . The following brethren were present afc the installation : —Bros . John Studd W . M ., D . D . Macpherson S . W ., G . A . Kershaw J . W ., J . P . Bedson S . D ., W . R . Lee J . D ., R . L . McMillan I . G ., William Livesey P . M ., I . W . P . Salmon P . M . P . P . G . D . C , J . M .

Sinclair P . M . P . P . G . S . D . Treasurer , Joseph Wildgoose P . M . P . P . G . J . D . Sec , H . H . Warburton P . M . P . P . G . D . C , Wm . Siddeley P . M ., W . D . Waddell P . M ., H . Woolley P . M ., J . Lowndea P . M ., J . E . Williams P . M ., I . M . H . Blamey , I . Gardner jun ., G . C Walker , R . A .

Hepworth , E . G . Wood , S . Studd , 0 . R . Allison , T . Carr , T . H . Schofield , T . W . Walmsley , J . A . Gee , Thomas Black , J . Acton , E . Towell , H . A . Harper , J . E . Sparkes , E . Gaskill , I . H . Beckett , J . B , Sumner , J . Bolton , L . Lierbermarj . Visitors—Bros . C . D . Cheetham P . M . 993 P . G . J . D ., S . Butler I . P . M . 191 , P . P . G . S ., S . Studd Globe Lodge N . S . W ., A . Orrett 941 P . G . S . Cheshire , Jas . Laidlaw

P . M . 1375 P . G . D . W . L ., Robfc . Hunter P . M . 1088 P . P . G . D ., R . W . Pickering 1012 , G . Garliok 78 , W . Wildgoose P . M . 941 , D . Clarke P . M . 268 , Chas . Martyne 1381 2231 , W . King 1718 , W . T . Hesketh W . M . 1375 , R . S . Williamson 1565 , Jno . Jackman 139 , A . Balmforth 779 , J . Schofield S . D . 1140 , J . R . R . Jefferyll 40 , A . Nara 1140 , J . E .

INTEGKITY LODGE , No . 163 .

Priestman 1719 , G . Bowes W . M . 993 , C . B . Farr 1012 , W . Ballard 350 , and R . R . Lisenden P . M . 317 P . G . Steward . The Lodge was opened at 330 p . m ., and the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed . The balance sheet was reported on by Bro . G . B . Kershaw ( one of the auditors ) , who spoke of the concise and

satisfactory manner in which the Lodge accounts had been kept by the Treasurer ( Bro . J . M . Sinclair P . M . P . P . G . D . ) A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Bro . Sinclair , and the auditors' report adopted . After the usual preliminaries Bro . Joseph Wildgoose P . M . P . P . G . D . took the chair as Installing Master . The W . M . elect

( Bro . D . D . Macpherson ) was presented to the Installing Master by Bro . John Studd W . M ., and subsequently inducted into the chair of K . S . with all due rite and ceremony . Bro . Macpherson was after , wards proclaimed to and saluted by the W . M . 's , F . C . 's and E . A . ' s in the customary manner j Bro . J . M . Sinclair P . M . P . P . G . S . D . invested

the following brethren , Officers for the ensuing year : —G . B . Kershaw S . W ., J . P . Bedson J . W ., J . M . Sinclair , P . M . P . P . G . S . D . T . easurer , Joseph Wildgoose P . M . P . P . G . D . Secretary ( both invested by Bro . John Studd I . P . M . ) ; J . W . P . Salmon P . M . P . P . G . D . C . D . C , W . M . Lee S . D ., E . L . McMillan J . D ., Harold Woolley Organist

T . G . Sparkea I . G ., T . H . Scholfield , L . Acfcon , Mua . Bac , F . C . O ., T . Studd , C . Hobbins , J . M . H . Blauey , R . A . Hepworth , J . Gardner

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jun ., C . E . Towell Stewards . The address to the W . M . waa delivered by Bro . Wm . Livesey P . M ., to fche Wardens by Bro . John Sfcudd I . P . M ., and to the brethren by Bro . J . Wildgoose P . M . P . P . G . D ., and there being no further businesa the Lodge waa closed in peace and harmony . The brethren afterwards celebrated tbe

Festival of Sfc . John at a mosfc recherche banquet , prepared and served under the able supervision of Bro . and Mra . Phillips . Ou the conclusion of the banquet the toasfc list waa proceeded wifch . Tho W . M . proposed the Queen , the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of fche Royal Family , the Right Hon . tbe Earl of Carnarvon Pro Grand

Master , and fche rest of the Grand Officers , all of which wero honoured with the customary Masonio enthusiasm . Bro . G . B . Kerahaw S . Wi proposed fche health of Colonel Le Gendre N . Starkie R . W . P . G . M ., in eulogistic terms , and the gallant Colonel's health was heartily drank , The J . W . ( Bro . J . W . Bedson ) proposed the health of the V . W . D . P . G . M .

and the rest of the present and pasfc Prov . Grand Officers . The toasfc was well received , and responded to by the Prov . Grand Officers . The health of the W . M . waa ably proposed by Bro . J . M . Sinclair P . M . and Treaa . P . P . G . S . D ., who said that although ifc would be a some , what difficult matter to supersede suoh an excellent and genial W . M .

as Bro . John Sfcudd had proved himself , yet he ( Bro . Sinclair ) thought he would have an able and worthy successor in Bro . D . D . Maopherson , who had filled nearly every office in fche Lodge and had exhibited the greatest energy and heartiness in all he had undertaken . Ha thought the interests of the Lodge would be perfectly safe under

Bro . Maopherson ' s rule , and considered that the facfc of threo candidates having been proposed thafc evening for initiation , a good augury for a successful year of office , whioh he sincerely hoped and believed would be the case . Bro . Maopherson ' s health , it ia needless to say , waa heartily drank , after which Bro . P . G . Sparkea I . G . sang

an entirely new song , called The Masonic Jubilate . The musio was composed by Bro . John Acton , Musical Bachelor , F . C . O ., and tho words by Bro . G . F . Long . It was the first time the song had been sung in any Lodge , and Bro . Sparkes gave ifc with great vigour . The following is a copy of the words : —

Raise high fche song , brothers ! swell fche loud refrain Until fche blue empyrean vast echoes fche glad acclaim ! Freemasonry ' sthe theme , brothers ! aid the welcome strain , For it records the hononr thafc surrounds a Mason's name .

" Free and accepted ! " We wear our badge wifch pride , Ifc is the " badge of innocence " and " friendship's bond " allied . May our "fidelity and worth" be all our pledges claim , For these alone unsullied keep the true Freemason ' s name !

Refrain . —* He s fellow to a prince f Yefc still a peasant s peer Be he bufc worthy of his name—the name we proudly bear ! " He's fellow to a prince ! " Ita honour now we sing—The "free , accepted" Mason's name—He ' s brother to a [ king .

Dark were the days , brothers , rayless as fche nighfc , Ere Freemasonry her " true and perfect line " had laid—Before she her Compasses unfolded—ere her light In radiant beams shone on us and dispersed fche darksome shade .

Bufc when " Light " resplendent into the void she brought , And " virtue , honour , mercy , " to our eager minds she taught , We hail'd the " lighfc , " received the " truths , " and gladly we proclaim Our fealty , and thus proudly bear the true Freemason ' s name !

t ( Refrain ) . Strong be our " Faith , " and let our " Hope " with ardour burn , Bufc of the ¦ ' Three " may Charity " to us fche greatest prove ! To hold , nofc in name alone , bufc from its promptings learn

To " aid a brother in distress " wifch all a brother ' s love . And should an absent brother need defence againsfc fche stain Thafc scandal makes , be ours the task hia honour to maintain . If thus with " love , relief , and truth " we act , we rightly claim Our badge to wear and proudly bear fche " worthy " Mason's name !

( Refrain ) . Raiae high the song , brothers ! raise your voices high , Your hearts responding aa your notes swell out the joyous strain—The honour of our name , brothers ! the fame of Masonry

Should find an answering echo there , so raise the song again ! " Free and accepted ! " a Mason's " badge " to wear—Remember we accepted too the Mason's " pledge " to share ; And to thafc vow— " fidelity , " our truth , our honour claim , So thus maintain without a stain the " worthy " Mason's name !

( Refrain ) . Bro . Macpheraon , on rising to reply , was received with loud ap . plause , said ifc certainly was fche proudest moment of his life fco be the W . M . of suoh a Lodge as the Integrity , which he considered was fche besfc Lodge in the Province . He felt convinced every member

thought the same , and was proud of belonging to it . Ifc was eight years ago since he was initiated in the Lodge , and ifc had all along been a source of great pleasure for him to be present afc its meetings , and do his utmost to promote its interests . He assured fche brethren the prestige the Lodge had enjoyed for so many years should be

maintained during his year of office , and that they would never regret having elected bim to the proud position of W . M . He thanked all heartily for their reception of the toasfc of his health . The health of Bro . J . Wildgoose ( Installing Maater ) waa proposed in eulogistic terms , and heartily drank , after which Bro . Wildgoose , in

the course of his remarks , said he had been a member of the Lodge for 25 years , bufc ifc was only during the last year or two he had taken the principal part in the installation ceremony . Ifc was , he assured the brethren ,, to him a labour of love to do anything he could for the welfare of the Integrity Lodge , and if he had

given satisfaction he felt highly pleased . Brother Wildgoose subsequently proposed the Visiting Brethren . The toast was well received , and Bros . C . D . Cheetham P . M . 993 P . G . J . D ., W . T . Hesketh W . M . 1375 , G . Bowea W . M . 993 , & o ., replied . Several other toasts were proposed aud responded to , including the I . P . M .