Percy Lodge Of Instruction, No. 198.*

PERCY LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , No . 198 . *

THE following summary of the woTk done by tbe members of the Percy Lodge of Instruction , with particulars of the attendances of the Members during the years 1881-82 , has been supplied us by an esteemed correspondent . It may be said of the Percy , it is the oldest

Lodge of Instruction in London , it having been established some ICO years since . During its early existence it claims to have been supported by many eminent Masons . The late Brother Stephen Barton Wilson was identified with the work of this Lodge of Instruction for many

years . Total numbers of Members enrolled ( including 46 made during the year ending February 1882 ) 429—representing 142 Lodges under English Constitution —! Scotch 5 2 Colonial ; aud 2 Foreign , made np as followB : —

No . of No . of Lodge Members i lodge Members 813 New Concord - 21 186 Industry - - 6 228 United Strength - 19 1278 Burdett Coutts - 6 861 Finsbnry - - 17 193 Confidence - •5 1624 Dnkeof Connaught - 14 1538 St . Martin ' s-le-Grand 5 { 185 Tranquillity - - 13 1349 Friars ¦ - 5 188 J « ppa •- 11 201 Jordan . - 5 1288 Finsbnry Paik - 10 1625 West Smithfield - 5 1227 Upton •- 10 1158 Southern Star - 4 1602 Sir Hugh Myddelton 9 1607 Loyalty - - 4 192 Lion and Lamb - 9 179 Manchester •4 If 93 Kinseland •- 8 1364 Earl of Zetland - 4 1178 Perfect Ashlar - 7 15 Kent •- 4 1471 Islington - . 7 1613 Cripplegate •4 917 Cosmopolitan - 7 65 Prosperity - - 4 1366 Highgate - - 7 898 Temperance •- 4

Three each from the following : — No . of No . of Lodge . Lodge .

902 Bnrgoyne 205 Israel 1365 Chpton 73 Mount Lebanon 1677 Crusaders 198 Percy 860 Dulhoiisie 534 Polish National 177 Domatic 1298 Royal Standard

1385 Gladsmnir 948 St . Barnabas 754 High Cnss , Tottenham 174 Sincerity 1260 John Hervey 554 Yarborough

Two each from the following : — No . of No . of Lodge lodge

1309 Acacia 16 * 5 Guelph 9 Albion 3679 Henry Mnggeridge 1293 Burdett 1381 Kennington 1076 Capper 857 Leigh 1572 CHrnarvon 820 Lily of Richmond 1897 Citadel 781 Merchant Navy 1531 Chielehurst 1017 Mnnrefiore

55 Constitutional 1695 NPW Finsbury Park 933 Doric 173 Phoenix 27 Egvpfian 382 Royal Union 1201 Eclectic 1575 St . James ' s 463 East Surrey L . of Ci nsord 167 St . John ' s

1237 Enfield 435 Salisbury 141 Faith 1275 Star 12 Fortitude and Old Cam- 181 Universal berland 1604 Wanderers 1426 The Great City 1189 Lewes

One each from the following : — No . of No . of Lodge L- dge 1541 Alexandra Palace 1464 Erasmus Wilson 340 Alfred ( Oxford ) 1745 Farringdon 323 Amity ( New York ) 105 Fortitude 1286 Bayou ' s 4 P 7 Greenwich ( N . Y . ) 619 Bea'on 890 IWnsey

33 Brittanic 147 Justice 413 Bnnnysong ( Australia ) 4 Kilwinning ( Scotch ) 807 Cabbell 5 Leith and CauoDgate 1415 Campbell ( Scotch ) 657 Canonbury 206 Lodge of Friendship 1048 Canterbury ( N . 2 . ) 1509 Madoc 1853 Caxton 1489 Marquis of Ripon

453 Cbigwell 418 Montana 360 Commercial ( Scotch ) 1507 Metropolitan Glasgow 1446 Mount Edgcumbe 1135 Concord 34 Monnt Moriah 1382 Corinthian 700 Nelson

1107 Cornwallis 4 b Old Onion 1641 Crichton 475 Peckham 1707 Eleanor 1753 Prince Frederick William 1567 Eliot 1445 Prince Leopold 299 Emulation 1003 Prince of Wales

Percy Lodge Of Instruction, No. 198.*

No . of No . ot Lodge Dodge

834 Ranelagh 218 True Friendship 25 Robert Burns 181 University 204 Romford 184 United Chatham Lodge of 935 Rose of Denmark [ Benevolence 907 Royal Albert 1196 Urban W 60 Rnys . I Arthur 1056 Victoria

429 Royal Navy 87 Vitruvian 1744 Royal Savoy 548 Wellington 110 St . Andrews 733 Westbource 190 St . George's 1297 West K »> nt 3 i St . John ' s ( Scotch ) 771 Windsor Castle

1306 St . John of Wapping 1656 Wolsey 641 St . Lawrence 852 Zetland 1766 St . Leonard ' s 967 Leigh 45 Strong Man 645 Humphrey Cbetbam , Man * 1728 Temple Bar [ oheater .

The average attendance of members £ or the year 1881-2 has been except ibnallv good in comparison with otheva , being 20 per night of meeting . We are told this places it at the head of the list as regards attendances at Lodges of Instruction . The business transacted during the above period ( 38 . meeting nights ) was as follows : —

REHEARSALS . Ceremony of Installation ... 2 „ Raising - - -19

,, Passing - •-12 „ Initiation - •- 18

The Fifteen Sections were worked twice ; and sixty-one Sections were worked at various times . Since the Lodge has been resuscitated ( seven years since ) tbe I following amounts have been paid to tbe Institutions ont of Lodge Funds : —

£ s d Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution - 29 14 » 0 Royal Masonio Institution for BoyB - 9 9 0 £ 39 3 0 Two charges only have taken place in tbe Officers of the Lodge j

Bro . C . Lorkin was elected Treasurer in tbe place of Bro . R . H . Halford , who held tho office for six years ; and Bro . A . W . Fenner accepted the office of Secretary four years since , on the retirement of Bro . C . K . Killiok iuu ., who held that office three years . Bro . R .

Pearcy is the Preceptor , and bas held that office since the Lodge was re-formed . The Lodge has never shifted its quarters . it having been held in the same room , where the ceremony of Consecration was rehearsed by Bro . James Terry , nearly seven years since .

Summary of Attendances of Members . Attended Name One 38 Bro . Seoretary One 32 Bro . Piecf-ptor One 30 Bro . C . Weedeu

One 24 Bro . Wolf Three 23 Bros . G . F ^ rrar , R . M . Jones , G . H , Gilham Two 22 Bros . C . Lorkin , E . Woodman One 21 Bro . F . Brasted Two 20 Bros . A . Marks , D . Moss

One 18 Bro . A . Ferrnr Two 15 Bros . W . Williams jnn ., W . Fysh Three 14 Bros . S . E . Moss , W . S . Richardson , A . [ Gribbell Two 13 Bros . W . Houghton , J . Lorkin

Five 12 Bros . R . Defriez , 0 . K . IOUick jun ., A . Tuck , [ F . Prrl , A . Mullord F . mr 10 Bros . Bird , Kent , Stroud , Forge Five 9 B . os . Fidae , Gibbs , SDare , Giller , Powell One 8 Bro . W . Potter

Five 7 Bros . Cohen , Carr , Spencer , B . Mullord , [ Williams sen . Four 6 Bros . Hirst , Catling , Robinson , Trewinnard Three 5 Bros . A . J . Clark , Money , Wenboni Eight 4 Bros . Archer , Birch , Dignam , Everett , Glass ,

[ A . Perl , Patrick , Snook Six 3 Bros . Crawley , Green , F . W . Jones , Lnrdner , [ Rothschild , Sergeant Nineteen attended twice . Thirty-nine attended once .

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MARRIAGE . GABDENER-LABKIN . — At St . Saviours , Southwark , on Monday , the 2 nd ult ., WILLIAM HENIIV , eldest son of Mr . William Gardener , to GiSBlBtroE AzfHiE , second daughter of Mr . William Frederick Larkin ,