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UNITED GRAND LODGE OP ANCIENT , FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OP ENGLAND . HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . rriHE GRAND FESTIVAL will be held on Wednesday , tho 30 th X of April 1880 , at tho Freemasons" Hall , Great Queen Street , London . ' ihe Right Honourable the EARL OF LATHOM , Deputy Grand Master , in the Chair . Tickets may bo obtained of tho Grand Stewards ; but no Tickets will bo issued after 1 p . m . on the 29 th April . Dinner at Six o ' clock precisely . Tho Musical arrangements will be under the direction of Bro . 31 . Maybri ' ck , Grand Organist . Brethren must appear in Evening Dress , and in full "Masonic Craft Clothing . ARTHUR BALL , Hon Sec . Board of Grand Stewards . 7 Great Winchester Street , London , E . C .

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gi * WhWAVA * V 4 ^ i ^^^^ pi ^^ a itstSSSB riYnmv , ^^ ^ ^^ ^ M SATURDAY , 12 TH APRIL 1890 .

Centenary Of The Lodge Of Confidence, No. 193.

CENTENARY OF THE LODGE OF CONFIDENCE , No . 193 .

r pHE memhors of this Lodge , which attained the centenary of its X establishment on tho 15 th February last , celebrated the event by a banquet , last week , nt Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , and at the same time marked a coincidence which ia nniqne , or almost so , in the annals of the Craft . For nearly forty yeara the regular meetings of this Lo Ige havo been held at its present quarters , and although there aro ono or more Lodges in the Metropolis that can boast a

longer association with ono honse , it ia probable that there ia not another instance in Freemasonry of so long a stay in one place , coupled with the fact of so intimate an association with the proprietor of the hotel as is the case with the Confidence Lodge and Bro . Clemovv's establishment . For nearly the whole of the period during whioh the Confidence Lodgo haa met at Anderton's Hotel , the

proprietor of that establishment has been enrolled as a member of the Lodge , in fact one of the Past Masters said , at the centenary celebration on Wednesday of last week , it waa Bro . Frank Olemow the elder—the father of the present proprietor—who proposed him as a member of the Lodge thirty-ono years since . It must have been very gratifying to the present proprietor to bear the names of

his father and his brother spoken of and associated as they were with the past history of the Lodge , and no doubt he felt determined to maintain tho friendly relations that had hitherto existed between this Lodge—the oldest of his now long list of Masonio customersand tho establishment of whioh he is the head . Of the forty-six Masonio Lodges , Chapters , & o ., now meeting at Anderton's Hotel

the Confidence was the only one associated with the establishment in 1851 , the date of its removal there . The celebration of the centenary of the Lodge took the form of a banquet , at which the members and their lady friends were present . It was a matter of regret that the gathering came so near upon the Easter holidays as as to keep away many who would otherwise have attended . As it

was the company was a small one , considering tbat tbe Lodge has a roll of about one hundred members , and that its regular gatherings are generally well attended , both by members and visiting brethren . However , it was the near approach of the holiday season and not any lack of interest in the old Lodge that kept its members and friends away fom the centenary celebration . Bro . E . J . Davey ,

tho Worship ful Master of the Lodge , presided over the proceedings , and was supported by two Grand Oflicers—Bro . J " . L . Mather P . G . A . D . C , aud Bro . James Terry P . G . Sword Bearer—together with other visitors , including Bros . T . B . Dodson P . M . 860 , John Barnett Jan . W . M . 2191 , Edwin Storr P . M . 169 , and others . At the conclusion of the banquet , the toast of the Queen waa submitted

from the chair , and was followed by that of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , who , Bro . Davey said , was an Officer the whole Craft might look np to . The interest the Prince of Wales took in the work of Freemasonry stood out as a pattern worthy of imitation by royalty ancl others throughout tho world . To the toast of the Grand Oflicers , Bros . Mather and Terry replied . The former

expressed the pleasure folt by the Oflicers of the Grand Lodge of England in being present at such gatherings as the one they were that nig ht taking part in . They were always gratified to assist in any celebrations marking the stability or the progress of the Craft . Bro . Terry followed in a most humorous speech . He felt some amount of gratification , and at the same time considerable

regret , that he waa not present at the consecration of tho Lodge . No doubt Masonry was very different then to what it was to-day , and yet in all probability very similar . On one point he was pretty sure—the founders of the Confidence Lodge did not have among them a brother representing the office he had the hononr to hold in the Grand Lodge of England . In those days a Sword

Bearer was not deemed necessary , now it had become the custom to carry a sword in front of the Grand Master . He did not speak with authority on the subject , bat he believed that at no time in its history had the Confidence Lodgo numbered a Grand Officer among its members . There were many who would like to see this omission remedied in tho near future , and no doubt the eyes of the Grand

Master would iu due course be turned to those Lodges which had for so long a period as a hundred years worked to uphold the dignity and importance of tho Craft He could not hope to bo present at the next celebration of a like character in tho Lodgo , but he could and did entertain the desire that tho same good feeling and fellowship that now seemed to actuate its members mieht exi-jt then , aud that for all

timo the Confidence Lodgo might pursue a path of prosperity . The nest toast was tho Lodgo of Confidence , and this was proposed by Bro . Past Master Cubitt . In reply , Bro . S . Webb P . M . and D . C . of tho Lod ^ o mad o a nust interesting speech . Ho took tho opportunity of tracing iho career of tho Lodge dnring its one hundred years of

existence . He conld not hopo for tha opportunity on that occasion of pointing oat to the members the many interesting events in the past history of the Lodge , but ho might venture to tell them of the many changes of residence it had known . Possibly this list would ba received with surprise by many of those present , because somo of the