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Installation Meetings, &C.
INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .
CONFIDENCE LODGE , No . 193 . THE annual installation meeting of this old and eminently progressive Lodge was held on Monday evening last , at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , when there was a gratifying attendance of brethren and visitors , under the presidency of Bro . J . E . Fells , tho genial Worshipful Master . Bro . Fells' year of office has been characterised by the utmost urbanity and harmony , and the working
ban been of such uniform excellence throughout the year as to elicit unbounded expressions of appreciation from all who have visited the Lodge , as well as from the members collectively . Ifc is not too much to say that the Master who has just resigned his seals of office evinced trne wisdom to discern and ability to execute the
responsible duties of his position , and the profuse expressions of admiration manifested towards him on Monday evening were most assuredly deserved . Lodgo was opened soon after four o'clock , when
the Wor . Master was supported by Bros . James Smith S . W . nnd W . M . elect , Walter Wood J . W ., Walter Cubitt S . D ., "W . Saint J . D ., G . F . S . Warne P . M . Treas ., J . Shackell P . M . Sec , F . Silvester I . G ., Henry Webb P . M . W . S ., Bedford Lemere P . M ., B . D . Kershaw P M .,
J . R . Biddell P . M ., H . T . Reed P . M ., R . Foofctifc P . M ., S . Webb P . M ., J . Desave , J . Gelderslene , W . Kedge , E . Kiddell , J . Grnndy , E . J . Davey , G . P . Nightingale , W . M . Covell , S . Smither , J . J . Craske , H . Morris , H . Doubleday , J . Collins , G . Masters , J . H . Bayley , C . H . Davis , W . Rickell , J . H . Clare , A . Jay , R . M . Presand , E . W . Filtuan , Jas . Roberts , E . "Walden , Isaac Passingham , W . J . Hall , F . H . Clemow , E . Symons , J . D . Collins , and others . Amongst tbe Visitors
were Bros . F . L . Tinckley 1772 , W . Diplock 65 , C . W . Cox 1566 , W . Fieldwick P . M . 1634 , H . Massey P . M . 619 , H . Barwell 901 , J . Cox Seo . 1766 , C . Wise 1158 , Chas . Steel J . D . 1365 , J . Staton P . M . 1287 , K . Clemow 1744 , C . Handley 475 , J . Chinnery 145 , C . G . Eastman 179 ( Manchester ) , F . Mansfield 21 , F . Meriton 1766 , & o . Lodge having been opened in accordance with ancient rites , and advanced
to the third degree , Bro . John Grundy was raised by the "Worshipful Master , who performed the impressive ceremony in masterly manner , delivering the charges with good effect . Lodge was then lowered , and the ballot opened for Mr . James Heffard Clare , who had been proposed by the "W . M . elect , and seconded by Bro . Covell . The voting was unanimously in favour , and Mr . Clare was dnly initiated into
the mysteries and privileges of the Order . Bro . James Smith was then presented as the Worshipful Master for the ensuing year , and haying assented in the customary way to undertake the responsibilities of the high position , a Board of Installed Masters was constituted , and Bro . Smith was formally inducted into the chair of K . S . by Bro . Samnel Webb P . M ., who performed the ceremony with
faultless precision and with admirable effect . On the re-admission of the brethren , the newly installed Wor . Master wns proclaimed and sainted in the three degrees , his reception being of a very cordial description . He then proceeded to invest his Officers for fche ensuing year , the collars being thus bestowed . —Bros . J . E . Fells I . P . M ., "Walter Wood S . W ., Walter Cubitt J . W ., W . Saint S . D ., F . Silvester J . D ., G . F . S
"Warne P . M . Treas ., J . Shackell P . M . Sec , G . P . Nightingale T . G ., andL . G . Reinhardt Tyler . After the transaction of some formal business , the brethren and visitors adjourned fco the Pillar Hall , where a sumptuons repast was provided by Bro . F . H . Clemow , whose arrangements were fully in accordance with the well-known excellence of this first-class City hotel , and which elicited the mosfc unqualified
expressions of satisfaction from all present . At the conclusion of the repast , the customary Loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured , the W . M ., in giving the Queen and the Craffc , speaking of the name of Queen Victoria as one that is revered in every household , and always received mosfc heartil y in the Lodge of Confidence . He also allnded to the admirable service rendered to the Craft by the
M . W . G . M . His Eoyal Highness the Princo of Wales , and the able way m which he discharged his duti ; s in Grand Lodge—a sentiment that was heartily reciprocated b y the company present . A similar compliment having been paid to our Masonic Rulers , Bro . J . E . Fells assumed the gavel , and proposed in felicitous terms the health of the newlymstalled Worshipful Master . He had had the hononr of Bro . Smith ' s
acquaintance for three or fonr years , and had worked shoulder to shoulder with him throughout the year . The more he had of his company the better he liked him . They had worked together in Lodges of Instruction previous to their holding any position in the Lodge , and as Officers of this Lodge they had worked together with the utmost unanimity and good understanding . It had afforded him
a great amount of pleasure to have the honour of being acquainted with such a brother , whose heart and soul was in Freemasonry , and who was a thorough master of tho Art . He heartilv congratulated them upon the choice they had made in electing Bro . Smith to the chair , for , during the past year , ho had rendered him ( fche speaker ) mosfc valuable counsel and assistance . He had had
a very prosperous year of office , as they all know , ancl he hoped Brother Smith might enjoy a still better one . it afforded him much satisfaction to know that he was to be followed by a batter man than himself , and one who was thoroughly competent to perform the ceremonies in all the degrees . The toast having been cordially received , the "Worshi pful Master thanked iho brethren for the very kind manner in which tho toasfc had been
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accepted . It was almost a wonder to himself , his having been so unanimously elected by tho brethren of the Confidence Lodge to bo installed in that high " and exalted position . Had they told him , eleven years ago , when ho was admitted into this Lodgo as an E . A ., that ho shonld so soon attain to that dignity , ho should have had his doubts . But having boon elected and iiistallod into tho chair , he had
but ono object in view—the good of freemisonry in general , and this Lodge of Confidence iu particular . Prom the hour ho entered fcho Lodge to this moment ho had received nothing but kindness at tho hands of the brethren , and the proceedings of the evening would be remembered by him wherever he might be , and whatever part of the world ho might visit . Ifc had mado a deep impression upon him ,
and he should over carry with him the happy recollection that he had lived in the esteem and confidence of tho brethren of this Lodge . He had now a very pleasing duty to discharge , nnmely , to ask Bio . Foil ' s acceptance of a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , which had been subscribed for by the whole of the brethren , as a mark of esteem and in recognition of tho valuable services he had rendered to tho Lodge
dnring his year of office . Turning to Bro . Fells , tho W . M . said : You have had a most prosperous year of office . Tour heart and soul , and yonr voice has been in your work , and I do say—and when I say it I express the feeling of every member of this Loclgo—your heart has been afc work in tho cause of Freemasonry . Yoa have had an eminently successful year , and in the name of thu Lodge and every
brother of it , I present yon with this jewel . May yon live many years in health and strength to wear it , and to continue to be an ornament to the Lodge of Confidence . The jewel was a massive one , of gold , beautifully chased , and inscribed in suitable manner , commemorative of the event . The Immediate Past Master , who on rising to acknowledge tho compliment paid to him was loudly applauded ,
thanked the brethren heartily for the kindness they had manifested towards him , now as on all previous occasions . He shonld have been well repaid by their approbation of his humble endeavours to serve them as Master of this Lodge , and he thought his efforts had been crowned with success . The jewel they had so kindly and unanimously given him to-night would ever be prized , as much for its own worth
as for the kindly motives which prompted it ; he hoped he might be spared many years to wear it , and to be of service to the Lodge of Confidence . The health of the Installing Master was then given from the chair , and cordially received , and Bro . S . Webb responded in a lengthy speech , expressing the pleasure ifc had afforded him to instal his old friend Bro . Smith , whom he bad known for
many years . He , however , advocated that each retiring W . M . should instal his successor , as such a practice invested the ceremony with greater eclat than when the aid of an outsider was called into requition . The health of the Past Masters was the next toast , and in response suitable speeches were made by Bros . Warne , Foottifc ( who remarked that ifc was thirty-one years since he was admitted into the
Lodge of Confidence ) and Reed . The W . M ., in giving the Initiates , said they were always glad to meet in this Lodge good , honest and upright men , and he trnsted the brother whom he had the hononr to initiate that evening wonld in a few years make a most excellent and usefnl Mason . Bro . Clare replied , expressing the pleasure it aflorded him to have been admitted a member of this ancient and honourable
Fraternity . In proposing the Masonic Charities the W . M . asked the co-operation of the brethren in his task of Steward for the Old People ' s Annual Festival next month , aud Bro . Kershaw P . M . very appropriately replied , supplemented by a few practical words on judicious charity by Bro . S . Webb P . M . The health of tho Visitors came next , the toast being heartily received and replied to by Bros . Joseph Cox , C . W . Cox , Wise , Fieldwick , Handley , and Steel . Other
toasts followed , including tho Treasurer and Secretary , to whom deserved compliments were paid for the manner in which they had discharged their duties for many years ; tbe Officers were responded to by the Wardens , and the Tyler ' s toast followed . During the evening the proceedings were enlivened by some vooal and instrumental music , Bro . Silvester lending valuable assistance as aoeompanyist on the pianoforte .
LODGE OE HARMONY , No . 309 . THERE was an unusually large attendance afc the meeting of this Lodge , which took place at the Red Lion Hotel , Fareham , on 27 th inst , when the R . W . the Provincial Grand Master , Brother W . "W B . Beach , M . P ., attended with his Officers , to witness the ceremony of installing Brothers Edward Goldsmith , of Hambledon , as fche "W . M . of the Lodgo for the year ensuing . The P . G . Master was supported by the following P . G . Officers : —Bros , the Revs . G . H . De Fraine
and Pickering P . G . Chaplains , J . E . Le Feuvre P . G . Sec , J . R . Hayman P . G . Tieg .. H . W . Townsend P . G . S . D ., C . W . A . Jelliooe P . G . J . D ., S . Dore P . G . D . C , J . Laverty P . G . A . D . C , J . * W . Willmofc P . G . S . B ., R . W . Beale and "W . Darfc P . G . Stewards . Amongst other members of the Craft who attended were—Bros , the Eev . A . A . Hcadly , Goble , Goldsmith , Edmonds , Holbrook , Bond , Hickman ,
Lancaster , Page , T . R . Williams , T . H . Williams , Powell , Rastnck , Eev . T . White Hall , Brickwood , Gale , Pink jnn ., Heath , Rev . A . C . Hervey , Gieve , Frasor , Dr . Cronch , Love , Gilmonr , Cooke , Poad , Harry , Burt , Hill , Sutton , Nance , Rev . F . J . Ashmall , Smith , Pillow , Whitehall , White , & c . The ceremony of installation was efficiently conducted by Bro . J . R . Hayman P . G . Eeg . Tho W . M . appointed
and invested his Officers , as follows : —Bros . HayvnanI . P . M ., W . G , Heath S . W ., Rev . A . C . Hervey J . W ., Rev . F . J . Ashmall Chaplain , J . B . Goldsmith P . M . Treasurer , E . Goble P . M . Secretary , J . "W Gieve S . D ., D . J . Gilmonr J . D ,, W . A . Hill I . G ., Liddell P . M . Organist , Henry Cooke M . C , Dr . E . T . Cronch and G . Harry Stewards , R . Eames Tyler . A vote of thanks was passed to Bro ;
Hayman for the able manner in which he had carried ont tbe work of installation , and in recognition of his services in the chair dnring the year it was unanimously decided to present him with a P . M ' s jewel . After tho Lodge business tho "W . M . presided at tho banqnet , which was attended by the P . G . Master , and a large number of the brethren . An apology was mado for the absence of the Deputy P . G . Master Brother Hickman , who was detained on urgent bnsiness .
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Ar00902
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Installation Meetings, &C.
INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .
CONFIDENCE LODGE , No . 193 . THE annual installation meeting of this old and eminently progressive Lodge was held on Monday evening last , at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , when there was a gratifying attendance of brethren and visitors , under the presidency of Bro . J . E . Fells , tho genial Worshipful Master . Bro . Fells' year of office has been characterised by the utmost urbanity and harmony , and the working
ban been of such uniform excellence throughout the year as to elicit unbounded expressions of appreciation from all who have visited the Lodge , as well as from the members collectively . Ifc is not too much to say that the Master who has just resigned his seals of office evinced trne wisdom to discern and ability to execute the
responsible duties of his position , and the profuse expressions of admiration manifested towards him on Monday evening were most assuredly deserved . Lodgo was opened soon after four o'clock , when
the Wor . Master was supported by Bros . James Smith S . W . nnd W . M . elect , Walter Wood J . W ., Walter Cubitt S . D ., "W . Saint J . D ., G . F . S . Warne P . M . Treas ., J . Shackell P . M . Sec , F . Silvester I . G ., Henry Webb P . M . W . S ., Bedford Lemere P . M ., B . D . Kershaw P M .,
J . R . Biddell P . M ., H . T . Reed P . M ., R . Foofctifc P . M ., S . Webb P . M ., J . Desave , J . Gelderslene , W . Kedge , E . Kiddell , J . Grnndy , E . J . Davey , G . P . Nightingale , W . M . Covell , S . Smither , J . J . Craske , H . Morris , H . Doubleday , J . Collins , G . Masters , J . H . Bayley , C . H . Davis , W . Rickell , J . H . Clare , A . Jay , R . M . Presand , E . W . Filtuan , Jas . Roberts , E . "Walden , Isaac Passingham , W . J . Hall , F . H . Clemow , E . Symons , J . D . Collins , and others . Amongst tbe Visitors
were Bros . F . L . Tinckley 1772 , W . Diplock 65 , C . W . Cox 1566 , W . Fieldwick P . M . 1634 , H . Massey P . M . 619 , H . Barwell 901 , J . Cox Seo . 1766 , C . Wise 1158 , Chas . Steel J . D . 1365 , J . Staton P . M . 1287 , K . Clemow 1744 , C . Handley 475 , J . Chinnery 145 , C . G . Eastman 179 ( Manchester ) , F . Mansfield 21 , F . Meriton 1766 , & o . Lodge having been opened in accordance with ancient rites , and advanced
to the third degree , Bro . John Grundy was raised by the "Worshipful Master , who performed the impressive ceremony in masterly manner , delivering the charges with good effect . Lodge was then lowered , and the ballot opened for Mr . James Heffard Clare , who had been proposed by the "W . M . elect , and seconded by Bro . Covell . The voting was unanimously in favour , and Mr . Clare was dnly initiated into
the mysteries and privileges of the Order . Bro . James Smith was then presented as the Worshipful Master for the ensuing year , and haying assented in the customary way to undertake the responsibilities of the high position , a Board of Installed Masters was constituted , and Bro . Smith was formally inducted into the chair of K . S . by Bro . Samnel Webb P . M ., who performed the ceremony with
faultless precision and with admirable effect . On the re-admission of the brethren , the newly installed Wor . Master wns proclaimed and sainted in the three degrees , his reception being of a very cordial description . He then proceeded to invest his Officers for fche ensuing year , the collars being thus bestowed . —Bros . J . E . Fells I . P . M ., "Walter Wood S . W ., Walter Cubitt J . W ., W . Saint S . D ., F . Silvester J . D ., G . F . S
"Warne P . M . Treas ., J . Shackell P . M . Sec , G . P . Nightingale T . G ., andL . G . Reinhardt Tyler . After the transaction of some formal business , the brethren and visitors adjourned fco the Pillar Hall , where a sumptuons repast was provided by Bro . F . H . Clemow , whose arrangements were fully in accordance with the well-known excellence of this first-class City hotel , and which elicited the mosfc unqualified
expressions of satisfaction from all present . At the conclusion of the repast , the customary Loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured , the W . M ., in giving the Queen and the Craffc , speaking of the name of Queen Victoria as one that is revered in every household , and always received mosfc heartil y in the Lodge of Confidence . He also allnded to the admirable service rendered to the Craft by the
M . W . G . M . His Eoyal Highness the Princo of Wales , and the able way m which he discharged his duti ; s in Grand Lodge—a sentiment that was heartily reciprocated b y the company present . A similar compliment having been paid to our Masonic Rulers , Bro . J . E . Fells assumed the gavel , and proposed in felicitous terms the health of the newlymstalled Worshipful Master . He had had the hononr of Bro . Smith ' s
acquaintance for three or fonr years , and had worked shoulder to shoulder with him throughout the year . The more he had of his company the better he liked him . They had worked together in Lodges of Instruction previous to their holding any position in the Lodge , and as Officers of this Lodge they had worked together with the utmost unanimity and good understanding . It had afforded him
a great amount of pleasure to have the honour of being acquainted with such a brother , whose heart and soul was in Freemasonry , and who was a thorough master of tho Art . He heartilv congratulated them upon the choice they had made in electing Bro . Smith to the chair , for , during the past year , ho had rendered him ( fche speaker ) mosfc valuable counsel and assistance . He had had
a very prosperous year of office , as they all know , ancl he hoped Brother Smith might enjoy a still better one . it afforded him much satisfaction to know that he was to be followed by a batter man than himself , and one who was thoroughly competent to perform the ceremonies in all the degrees . The toast having been cordially received , the "Worshi pful Master thanked iho brethren for the very kind manner in which tho toasfc had been
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accepted . It was almost a wonder to himself , his having been so unanimously elected by tho brethren of the Confidence Lodge to bo installed in that high " and exalted position . Had they told him , eleven years ago , when ho was admitted into this Lodgo as an E . A ., that ho shonld so soon attain to that dignity , ho should have had his doubts . But having boon elected and iiistallod into tho chair , he had
but ono object in view—the good of freemisonry in general , and this Lodge of Confidence iu particular . Prom the hour ho entered fcho Lodge to this moment ho had received nothing but kindness at tho hands of the brethren , and the proceedings of the evening would be remembered by him wherever he might be , and whatever part of the world ho might visit . Ifc had mado a deep impression upon him ,
and he should over carry with him the happy recollection that he had lived in the esteem and confidence of tho brethren of this Lodge . He had now a very pleasing duty to discharge , nnmely , to ask Bio . Foil ' s acceptance of a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , which had been subscribed for by the whole of the brethren , as a mark of esteem and in recognition of tho valuable services he had rendered to tho Lodge
dnring his year of office . Turning to Bro . Fells , tho W . M . said : You have had a most prosperous year of office . Tour heart and soul , and yonr voice has been in your work , and I do say—and when I say it I express the feeling of every member of this Loclgo—your heart has been afc work in tho cause of Freemasonry . Yoa have had an eminently successful year , and in the name of thu Lodge and every
brother of it , I present yon with this jewel . May yon live many years in health and strength to wear it , and to continue to be an ornament to the Lodge of Confidence . The jewel was a massive one , of gold , beautifully chased , and inscribed in suitable manner , commemorative of the event . The Immediate Past Master , who on rising to acknowledge tho compliment paid to him was loudly applauded ,
thanked the brethren heartily for the kindness they had manifested towards him , now as on all previous occasions . He shonld have been well repaid by their approbation of his humble endeavours to serve them as Master of this Lodge , and he thought his efforts had been crowned with success . The jewel they had so kindly and unanimously given him to-night would ever be prized , as much for its own worth
as for the kindly motives which prompted it ; he hoped he might be spared many years to wear it , and to be of service to the Lodge of Confidence . The health of the Installing Master was then given from the chair , and cordially received , and Bro . S . Webb responded in a lengthy speech , expressing the pleasure ifc had afforded him to instal his old friend Bro . Smith , whom he bad known for
many years . He , however , advocated that each retiring W . M . should instal his successor , as such a practice invested the ceremony with greater eclat than when the aid of an outsider was called into requition . The health of the Past Masters was the next toast , and in response suitable speeches were made by Bros . Warne , Foottifc ( who remarked that ifc was thirty-one years since he was admitted into the
Lodge of Confidence ) and Reed . The W . M ., in giving the Initiates , said they were always glad to meet in this Lodge good , honest and upright men , and he trnsted the brother whom he had the hononr to initiate that evening wonld in a few years make a most excellent and usefnl Mason . Bro . Clare replied , expressing the pleasure it aflorded him to have been admitted a member of this ancient and honourable
Fraternity . In proposing the Masonic Charities the W . M . asked the co-operation of the brethren in his task of Steward for the Old People ' s Annual Festival next month , aud Bro . Kershaw P . M . very appropriately replied , supplemented by a few practical words on judicious charity by Bro . S . Webb P . M . The health of tho Visitors came next , the toast being heartily received and replied to by Bros . Joseph Cox , C . W . Cox , Wise , Fieldwick , Handley , and Steel . Other
toasts followed , including tho Treasurer and Secretary , to whom deserved compliments were paid for the manner in which they had discharged their duties for many years ; tbe Officers were responded to by the Wardens , and the Tyler ' s toast followed . During the evening the proceedings were enlivened by some vooal and instrumental music , Bro . Silvester lending valuable assistance as aoeompanyist on the pianoforte .
LODGE OE HARMONY , No . 309 . THERE was an unusually large attendance afc the meeting of this Lodge , which took place at the Red Lion Hotel , Fareham , on 27 th inst , when the R . W . the Provincial Grand Master , Brother W . "W B . Beach , M . P ., attended with his Officers , to witness the ceremony of installing Brothers Edward Goldsmith , of Hambledon , as fche "W . M . of the Lodgo for the year ensuing . The P . G . Master was supported by the following P . G . Officers : —Bros , the Revs . G . H . De Fraine
and Pickering P . G . Chaplains , J . E . Le Feuvre P . G . Sec , J . R . Hayman P . G . Tieg .. H . W . Townsend P . G . S . D ., C . W . A . Jelliooe P . G . J . D ., S . Dore P . G . D . C , J . Laverty P . G . A . D . C , J . * W . Willmofc P . G . S . B ., R . W . Beale and "W . Darfc P . G . Stewards . Amongst other members of the Craft who attended were—Bros , the Eev . A . A . Hcadly , Goble , Goldsmith , Edmonds , Holbrook , Bond , Hickman ,
Lancaster , Page , T . R . Williams , T . H . Williams , Powell , Rastnck , Eev . T . White Hall , Brickwood , Gale , Pink jnn ., Heath , Rev . A . C . Hervey , Gieve , Frasor , Dr . Cronch , Love , Gilmonr , Cooke , Poad , Harry , Burt , Hill , Sutton , Nance , Rev . F . J . Ashmall , Smith , Pillow , Whitehall , White , & c . The ceremony of installation was efficiently conducted by Bro . J . R . Hayman P . G . Eeg . Tho W . M . appointed
and invested his Officers , as follows : —Bros . HayvnanI . P . M ., W . G , Heath S . W ., Rev . A . C . Hervey J . W ., Rev . F . J . Ashmall Chaplain , J . B . Goldsmith P . M . Treasurer , E . Goble P . M . Secretary , J . "W Gieve S . D ., D . J . Gilmonr J . D ,, W . A . Hill I . G ., Liddell P . M . Organist , Henry Cooke M . C , Dr . E . T . Cronch and G . Harry Stewards , R . Eames Tyler . A vote of thanks was passed to Bro ;
Hayman for the able manner in which he had carried ont tbe work of installation , and in recognition of his services in the chair dnring the year it was unanimously decided to present him with a P . M ' s jewel . After tho Lodge business tho "W . M . presided at tho banqnet , which was attended by the P . G . Master , and a large number of the brethren . An apology was mado for the absence of the Deputy P . G . Master Brother Hickman , who was detained on urgent bnsiness .