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8 33 Afan , F . M . H ., Aberavon 939 Pelham , F . M . H ., Worksop 940 Philanthropy , F . M . H ., Stockton 1000 Priory , Middleton , Southend ion Richmond , Old Boar , Manchester 1037 Portland , F . M . H ., Portland 1042 Excelsior , F . M . H ., Leeds 1200 Pembroke . Bear ' s Paw . Liveroool

1332 Unity , F . M . H ., Crediton 13 S 6 St . Hugh , F . M . H ., Lincoln 1393 Hamer , F . M . H ., Liverpool 1432 Fitz-Alan , Wynnstay Arms , Oswestry 1459 Ashbury , Justice Birch , West Gorton 1470 Chiltern , Old Sugar Loaf , Dunstable 1512 Hemming , Greyhound , Hampton Court 1534 Concord , District Council , Prestwich 1562 Homfray , F . M . H ., Risca 1594 Cedewain , M . Tern ., Newtown , Mont .

1776 Landport , F . M . H ., Landport 1782 Machin , F . M . H ., Birmingham 1821 Atlingworth , Royal Pavilion , Brighton 1 S 6 9 Sandown , F . M . H ., Sandown 1 S 72 St . Margaret , Maple Hall , Surbiton 188 7 St . Hilda , Lamb , Wallingford 18 92 Wallington , F . M . H ., Sutton , Surre y 18 93 Lumley , Estate Office , Skegness 2107 Etheldreda , Sub . Rooms , Newmarket

2226 St . David , Local Board , Rhymney 2268 Hallamshire , F . M . H ., Sheffield 230 c Stour , Bank Street Hall , Ashford 2325 Rose of Lancaster , F . M . H ., Southport 2341 Clemency , F . M . H ., Oldham 2390 Exmoor , Public Hall , Minehead

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2495 Goodacre , F . M . H ., Bootle 2555 England ' s Centre , Weedon 2570 Prince Llewellyn , Mas . Temple , Cardiff 259 8 St . Sampson , Commercial , Guernsey 2666 Victoria Commemoration , Newcastle 2703 Wallsend , F . M . H ., Wallsend 2711 Imperial , Sefton Park , Liverpool 2745 Ambleside , Queen's , Ambleside 2770 Earl of Yarborough , Great Grimsby

Friday . Board of Management , Boys School , 2 . 30 . 143 Middlesex , Albion 11 i § University , Freemasons' Hall 1962 London Rifle Brigade , Anderton' 3 2157 St . Mark's College , Holborn Restaurant 22 J ? Argonauts , Frascati 2346 Warrant Officers , F . M . H . 2716 Midland and Oxford Bar , Cafe Royal 2721 Light , Holborn Restaurant 1 S 2 Virtue , F . M . H ., Manchester

155 Perseverance , F . M . H ., Liverpool 347 Noah ' s Ark , Waggon & Horses , Tipton 541 De Loraine , F . M . H ., Newcastle-on-T . 599 Cherwell , F . M . H ., Banbury 904 Phoenix , Masonic Bldgs ., Rotherham 993 Alexandra , Midland , Levenshulme 1108 Royal Wharfedale , Mas . Rooms , Otley 1295 Gooch , Queen's Royal , New Swindon

1311 Zetland , J . M . H ., Leeds 1330 St . Peter , Swans , Market Harborough 1357 Cope , Brookland ' s , Sale

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138 9 Fenwick , F . M . H ., Sunderland 1626 Hotspur , Newcastle-on-Tyne : 1644 Alma Mater , F . M . H ., Birmingham 1773 Albert Victor , Town Hall , Pendleton 1794 De Vere , F . M . H ., Nottingham 2063 St . Osyth Priory , Clacton-on-Sea

' 2231 Talbot , Council Offices , Old Trafford 2244 'Cowper and Newton , F . M . H- ) Qhney 2447 Palatine , Albion , Manchester 2610 Beresfprd Peirse , Assem . R ., Bedale 2644 Chaloner , F . M . H ., Melksham 2657 Liscard , Concert Hall , Liscard % 2695 Doric , F . M . H ., Harrogate

Saturday . 715 Panmure , City Terminus Hotel 1 139 South Norwood , South Norwood Park 1185 Lewis , Holborn Restaurant 1 ^ 2 9 Sphinx , Surrey Masonic Hall 1364 Earl of Zetland , Ship and Turtle 1732 King's Cross , Anderton ' s Hotel 1767 Kensington , Royal Palace Hotel , W . 2 ^ 08 Viator , Anderton ' s , Fleet Street

416 Surrey , Public Hall , Reigate 811 Yarborough , Royal Pavilion , Brighton 1126 Oakwood , Sale Hotel , Sale 18 97 Citadel , Railway Hotel , Harrow Station 203 5 Beaumont , F . M . H ., Kirkburton 2318 Lennox Browne , Roebuck , Buckh ' st Hill 2 . « 8 Eton , Christopher , Eton 2717 Albert Lucking , M . H ., Southend-o-Sea

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Upton Lodge , No . 12 27 . INAUGURAL LADIES BANQUET . THE Worshipful Master and members of this Lodge entertained their ladies and a number of other friends on Thursday , at the Great Eastern Hotel , Liverpool Street , a company of nearly two hundred ladies , gentlemen , and Brethren being present , and passing a most enjoyable evening under the presidency of the W . M . Bro . W . J . Carroll , who was supported by Mrs . Carroll , Mrs . Carroll sen ., his Siister , most of the Past Masters of his jLodge , the Officers , and a full assembly of other members .

The regular meeting of the Lodge was first held , and there Bro . C . Schmidt P . M . acted as Senior Warden , the other Officers in their places being Bros . Henry James Rowberry I . P . M ., Alfred Barnard Noble J . W ., Charles Gieseke P . M . Tr . eas ., C . J . Free

P . M . Sec , E . M . Jeffery P . M ., Samuel Toye P . M ., G . A . Peters P . M ., George W . Flatman S . D ., Charles W . Cooper J . D ., Henry Hyde P . M . D . C ., Ernest C . Holmes Organist , William Hartwell , Thos . G . Gunn and Frederick J . Rover Stewards , and Thos . Bowler P . M . Tyler .

The visitors who attended the earlier proceedings included Bros . Henry Pryor 1539 , W . V . . Woodman 1549 , C . J . Downton 457 , and others . The Lodge having been opened , the ballot was taken separately for Mr . Richard Henry Ferguson and Mr . Arthur Ferguson , and proved unanimous in their favour . They being in attendance ¦ were regularly admitted and initiated into Ancient Freemasonry .

On the proposition of Bro . E . M . Jeffery P . M ., seconded by Bro . H . J . Rowberry I . P . M ., and supported by Bro . C . J . Free P . M . Secretary , the sum of twenty guineas was voted from the Lodge funds to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , to be placed on the list of Bro . Carroll W . M ., who is working as Steward and is , we believe , already assured of a very handsome total for the Festival on behalf of the Old People next month .

Other business having been disposed of the Lodge was closed and the Brethren repaired to the reception room , where they were joined by the ladies and other guests , and afterwards proceeded to the banquet hall , where an enjoyable dinner was served . The dinner was followed by a well sustained concert , a few toasts being interspersed , but as the evening was essentially devoted

to ensuring the enjoyment of the special guests , speeches were at a discount , and brevity was recognised as of primary importance . The Worshipful Master proposed the first toast—that of the Queen , and in doing so said he knew full well that the sentiment would be heartily received in that Lodge . Indeed , among no body of men was the toast of the Queen more zealously received than

among the Freemasons of the empire , and in no Lodge was greater loyalty to be found than in the Upton . They sincerely wished Her Majesty continued health and strength to enable her to continue her beneficint reign over them . The toast was enthusiastically honoured , the solo of the National Anthem being rendered by Miss Edith Payne .

The second toast on the list was that of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Royal Family , and in proposing it Bro . Carroll said all Englishmen were proud of the Prince of Wales , the Masons

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of the country particultrly so , in view of His Royal Highness's prominent position in the Craft . By her many acts of kindness and forethought—both of a social and charitable character—the Princess of Wales had endeared herself to the people ; indeed , the Princess was one of the first in acts of charity , and by her kindness she materially added to the popularity of the Prince of Wales . Other members of the Royal Family were also to the fore in good acts , and won respect and esteem on every hand .

The Immediate Past Master Bro . Rowberry submitted the health of the Worshipful Master . The toast he had the privilege and pleasure to propose was one that he was sure the company would heartily join him in- ^ -the health of their esteemed Worshi pful Master . They had in Bro . Carroll a typical young English gentleman , who carried out his duties with advantage to the Order of

Freemasonry in general and to the Upton Lodge in particular . He felt the Master and other members should be congratulated and highly gratified in having the festive board of the Upton Lodge adorned by such distinguished visitors as were among them that evening , and he took the opportunity of heartily congratulating the W . M . on the splendid result of the hard work he had put into that

inaugural Ladies banquet ; he and the Committee were deserving of the heartiest thanks of all assembled . This was particularly the case as regarded their Worshipful Master Bro . Carroll , who really fully deserved all the encomiums that could possibly be passed upon him . The toast was most heartily received and , as the usual

Masonic "fire" was not permissible in the presence of the ladies and gentlemen guests , musical honours of the good old English style were accorded , additional cheers being given for Mrs . and the Misses Carroll , and for the mother of Bro . Carroll , who appeared delighted : at the manifest signs of her son ' s popularity .

Bro . Carroll , in his response , desired to thank one and all very heartily and very sincerely for the way in which they had received the toast of his health . It was a very proud moment for him as Master of that Lodge to look around and see so many smiling faces and bright eyes assembled under the banner of the Upton Lodge . Ever since he had joined the Lodge he had had a desire to see the

ladies nresent with them at least once a year , and he felt that the success of that meeting had amply repaid them all for any special efforts they had put forth in arranging it . He trusted the success of the gathering would' remain in the minds of future Masters , and that a similar happy assembly would become a regular annual event .

In proposing the health of the ladies the W . M . said he regarded it as the great toast of the evening . The members were very proud indeed to have the ladies with them on that occasion , and on behalf of the Upton Lodge he cordially thanked them for coming mere that day . No doubt many of the ladies had put themselves to considerable inconvenience in order to be present—he knew of one lady

who had travelled up specially from Birmingham—but he hoped that all were fully repaid for any trouble they had gone to , and that ) like the promoters of the gathering , they would look forward to attending similar meetings in the future . He felt that all he could say was not nearly enough to express half what the members felt in connection with this toast ; he would conclude with the hope that the event might become an annual one in connection with the Upton Lodge .

Bro . Cole acknowledged the toast . He was told a few momentf before that it was necessary that an unmarried man should respond , but why that was so he could not understand , as he should have thought a married Brother would have been able to say so much

more , as his experiences of the ladies would be greater . However , he had been called upon to acknowledge the toast , and he would ask them for the time being to stretch their imagination to almost breaking point , and regard him for the moment as a lady . In this position he could but feel a certain amount of surprise that after