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Installation Meetings, &C.
INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .
— : o : — ST . JOHN'S LODGE . No . 1 G 7 .
THE annual installation meeting of this Lodge was held on Toesday , at tho Holly Bnsh Tavern , Hampstead . Bro . George Davis the W . M . of tho past year opened tho Lodge , supported by the following brethren : —Bros . Edmund A . Dutton S . W . W . M . elect , S . Dowling J . W ., J . 11 . Thompson P . M . Secretary , J . G . Humphreys S . D ., W . Wilkinson J . D ., IT . Uollis P . M . D . C ., E . Storr I . G ., J .
Ycomaus , J . Warre . and J . EMridgo P . M . ' s ; F . Adlard P . M . No . 7 if on . Member . Tim following Visitors wero also present : —E . E . Barratt . Kidder S . W . 12 , S Elhorn P . M . 511 , W . W . Morgan jnn . J . W . 1107 , R . Davis P . M . 1288 , W . Gorwill 13 fio \ John Osborn W . M . 1 H 02 , W . M . Stiles P . M . 1732 , & c . Tho usual preliminaries having been observed , Lodge was advanced , and the W . M . elect having been
presenterl , was obligated , and then regularly installed . Ho appointed the following as his Officers : —Dowling S . W ., Humphreys J . W ., Rowe P . M . Treasurer ( in his absence Bro . Eldridge was invested with the collar on his behalf ) , Thompson Secretary , Wilkinson S . D ., Storr J . D ., J . Potter I . G ., Hollis D . C , Walsall Steward . Three brethren were elected to act as Trustees of the "denevolent Fnnd , and Lodge was
closed . Bro . P . M . Adlard desired to express on this , his first visit to the Lodgo since the members bad so kindly elected him as an honorary member , his sense of the compliment conferred on him . He was gratified to say , that during tho fifty years he had been a Mason he had had several honours conferred on him , but he felt that the action of the members of the St .
John s Lodge , in which he had spent so many happy hours , was the one he should most prize for tho remainder of bis lifetime . The brethren , at the conclusion of tbo bnsiness , sat down to banquet , under the presidency of Bro . Dutton , and the usual toasts followed . Bro . Davis I . P . M . gave that of the Worshipful Master of the Lodge . The brethren would require to look back many years to find so young
a Worshipful Master as the one who now presided over them ; still ho felt and hoped that he would prove himself as efficient as most of those who had preceded him . Bro . Davis hoped he might , during his year of office , have plenty of work , in order that be conld show his ability , and that at the termination of his Mastership the brethren would be able to say ho had performed all the work required of him
creditably . The W . M . thanked the brethren . If there was anything distasteful to him on snch occasions it was to reply when his health was proposed ; be could only say bo thanked them all from the bottom of his heart , and although he felt Bro . Davis had said more than he really deserved , he should endeavour to show that such was not the case . He hoped he shonld have tho assistance of the Past
Masters , as he considered the Lodge was greatly indebted to them for what they had done in tho past . He conld but feel that ho laboured nnder ono very great disadvantage , following as he did so able a worker as Brother Davis ; and while he ( Bro . Dutton ) felt it would be useless trying to eclipse that brother , he should still try his best , though he was aware it would prove to be
far short of what Bro . Davis had accomplished . He next proposed tbe health of the I . P . M . He was sure all who had heard the ceremony of installation could but feel gratified at the way in which it bad been worked . Bro . Davis was well known ns a Masonic Preceptor , and naturally they expected something good from him ; but he thought he had that evening renlly excelled himself . As regarded
his working during the past year , it conld be said that he had carried out tho duties of the chair most satisfactorily . At the last meeting it had been decided to present him with a jewel , and that jewel he had now tho pleasure of placing on the breast of Bro . Davis , and in the name of the St . John ' s Lodge to wish him long life and health to wear it . The jewel bore the following inscription : —
" Presented by the St . John's Lodge , No . 167 , to Bro . Geo . Davis , in acknowledgment of his services as W . M . during the year 1881 . " Bro . Davis tendered his thanks . He little thought a few years since when , at the time of his initiation , Bro . Adlard had said that he then knew but little of what Freemasonry really was , that he shonld so
soon be called upon to reply as a Past Master of . the Lodge . He could look back upon the past few years with great pleasure . He hoped his labours in Freemasonry had not been entirely in vain ; they had certainly been labours of love . He trusted he might be spared for many years to be present in the St . John ' s Lodge , and hoped he might always be looked upon with the same amount of consideration as
had been the case that night . He could bnt refer with pride to the handsome present the members had thought fit to make him , and be trusted they would never have cause to regret the action they had taken as regarded him . The W . M . then proposed the health of tbe Visitors , to whom he tendered a most fraternal greeting . He hoped the work they had witnessed that night had not seemed detrimental to
them ; on the contrary , that they had been interested in it . Bro . Osborn replied , specially referring to the ability shown by the I . P . M . in the ceremony he had performed . The Master , in giving the toast of the P . M . ' s , Treasurer , and Secretary , again hoped he might have their co-operation during his term of office . He felt the members
one and all wished them long life , and looked forward to seeing them on many future occasions . Each of the P . M . ' s having replied , the Master gavo the toast of the Officers , which also was acknowledged by each of those present . The Tyler then gave the concluding toast , and the brethren separated .
THE GREAT CITY LODGE , No . 1426
THE members of this Lodge held their annual meeting on Saturday , the 10 th inst ., at the Cannon Street Hotel , City . Bro . Thomas Hamer was the outgoing W . M ., and he presided at the opening of the
Installation Meetings, &C.
Lodge . He was supported by the following Officers : —Bro . C . Taylor S . W . ( WM . elect ) , W . Kibble J . W ., R . J . Simpson P . G . C . Chaplain , N . B . Headon P . M . Treasurer , G . W . Blackie P . M . Sec , F . J . C . Keeble S . D ., W . Baber J . D .. F . W . Potter D . C , G . Jenkins Organist , R . Fendiek I . G ., J . T . Skinner Steward , and a fair attendance of members and visitors Having opened the Lodge and confirmed tbe minutes
tho ballot , was brought into requisition and proved favourable for Messrs . John William Benn and J . Kebell Gtvyn , who were initiated into the Order . Tho Lodge was then advanced , and the W . M . elect being presented , was obligated , and in duo course installed into the chair . Having been saluted he appointed his Officers , the following brethren being invested with tho respective collars : —Bros . Kibble
S . W ., Keeble J . W ., Simpson Chaplain , Headon Treas ., Blackie Sec , Baber S . D .. Fpndick J . D ., Potter I . G ., Jenkins Organist , Bower D . C , Skinner and Dnrrant Stewards , Potter Tyler . The latter brother was elected in place of the late Bro . W . Steedman , the voice of the Lodge being unanimous in his favour . Bro . Hamer having given the addresses , and the ceremony of installation being completed , the
auditors presented their report , which was adopted . The sum of one gninea was voted to a brother who appealed to the Lodge , and a proposition for an initiate waa handed in . Letters of condolence with the family of a late member , and also with that of Bro . Steedman , were ordered to be sent , tho latter to contain an expression of the approval of the brethren of the way in which Brother Steedman bad
performed his duties during tbe time he bad acted as Tyler of tbe Lodge . After tbe transaction of some other items of business , the Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the large Hall , where banquet was served . At its conclusion , and after grace , the W . M . gave the usual toasts—those of the Queen and the Craft , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , and the Grand Officers , each
in turn receiving attention . Bro . Rev . R . J . Simpson , replying to the latter , thanked the brethren for their heartv reception at all times of tbe toast . He trusted one of the earliest works Grand Lodge would bo called upon to perform would be to pass a vote of condolence with the family of the late Brother President Garfield . As far as he was personally concerned , he might sav that , however
ranch he appreciated the honours of Grand Lodge , he more appreciated the compliments paid him in The Great City Lodge , of which he might say , without fear of contradiction , that it occupied the most prominent position among the Lodges in the Metropolis . Bro . Hamer proposed the next toast ; it wns sue always well received in The Great City Lodge , but more particularly so on nights of
installation , being that of the Worshipful Master . They had now in the chair a very worthy brother , one who was initiated in the Lodge , and who had worked up from the lowest office to the proud position he now filled , which was the highest honour the brethren had it in their power to bestow on any member . Bro . Hamer hoped he might enjoy health to carry out the duties of his office , and concluded by
wishing Bro . Taylor , in the name of the brethren of the Lodge , health , happiness , prosperity , and success during his year of office . The W . M . said he scarely knew how to thank the brethren sufficiently for the way in which the toast jnst drank bad been proposed and received , and for tbe new office they had so kindly bestowed on him . It had always been his endeavour to fulfil the duties of every office
he might find himself called upon to take to the satisfaction of all concerned , and as he felt , from the promotion ho had received , that he had satisfied them in the past , he could only say that he would continue on the same lines in the future ; he trusted , witb as gratifying a result . A very important toast now devolved on him to propose ; still he felt the brethren would receive it with that cordiality
which should always be manifested in connection with the initiates . They had but one of the two brethren whom they had admitted that night among them , one ( Bro . Benn ) having been obliged to leave early ; he hoped this would make no difference in the reception accorded to the toast , but that the members of The Great City Lodge would welcome the one remaining in the heartiest possible way .
The toast was well received , and was followed by the Entered Apprentice Song , given by Bro . James Stevens P . M . The initiate having replied , the Master gave the toast of the Visitors . The Great City Lodge was always pleased to see Visitors , as he hoped Visitovs were always glad to see members of the Great City . He judged by the reception given to him that The Great City Lodge was looked upon
favourably by other Lodges . Bros . Paddle , Cumberland , and Duchet responded . Bro . Cumberland considered that in replying to the toast of the Visitors there were two things to be avoided—not to say much aud thereby weary the brethren ; or too little , for fear of omitting most of those good sentiments which shonld be in the breast of every Mason attending such a Lodge as The Great City . He was particularly
pleased to visit a Lodge in the Metropolis , and felt there was more Masonry to be learned from frequent intercourse with each other than was possible in their own Lodges . The more brethren mixed the one with the other , the better fitted they became to knock off any little knobs or excrescences which might obtrude themselves . He then referred to the recent Masonic reception of the British Association at
York , and urged on the brethren to devote their attention to the acquiring of Masonic mementoes ; he thought a grand historyof Freemasonry would some day be visibly based on the information to be gathered in this way , as it was continually being found that old minnte books and other relies were in existence which were invaluable to the Masonic historian . The W . M . next gave the toast of the
I . P . M ., whom he characteristised as a thorough good man and Mason . The way be had that night installed his successor into the chair was a credit not only to him , but also to the Lodge in which he had been initiated , and with which he had since been associated . The W . M . hope " he might live , and be able to perform the ceremony as well > aud merit as much applause from the brethren , as Bro . Hamer had be
deserved and received . With regard to the other Past Masters might truly say , they had done good and faithful service at all times , and he hoped the day was far distant when the Lodge would lose either of them . He trusted each succeeding Master might be able to maintain the good reputation and continue the good management with which they had established tbe Lodge on J *
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Installation Meetings, &C.
INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .
— : o : — ST . JOHN'S LODGE . No . 1 G 7 .
THE annual installation meeting of this Lodge was held on Toesday , at tho Holly Bnsh Tavern , Hampstead . Bro . George Davis the W . M . of tho past year opened tho Lodge , supported by the following brethren : —Bros . Edmund A . Dutton S . W . W . M . elect , S . Dowling J . W ., J . 11 . Thompson P . M . Secretary , J . G . Humphreys S . D ., W . Wilkinson J . D ., IT . Uollis P . M . D . C ., E . Storr I . G ., J .
Ycomaus , J . Warre . and J . EMridgo P . M . ' s ; F . Adlard P . M . No . 7 if on . Member . Tim following Visitors wero also present : —E . E . Barratt . Kidder S . W . 12 , S Elhorn P . M . 511 , W . W . Morgan jnn . J . W . 1107 , R . Davis P . M . 1288 , W . Gorwill 13 fio \ John Osborn W . M . 1 H 02 , W . M . Stiles P . M . 1732 , & c . Tho usual preliminaries having been observed , Lodge was advanced , and the W . M . elect having been
presenterl , was obligated , and then regularly installed . Ho appointed the following as his Officers : —Dowling S . W ., Humphreys J . W ., Rowe P . M . Treasurer ( in his absence Bro . Eldridge was invested with the collar on his behalf ) , Thompson Secretary , Wilkinson S . D ., Storr J . D ., J . Potter I . G ., Hollis D . C , Walsall Steward . Three brethren were elected to act as Trustees of the "denevolent Fnnd , and Lodge was
closed . Bro . P . M . Adlard desired to express on this , his first visit to the Lodgo since the members bad so kindly elected him as an honorary member , his sense of the compliment conferred on him . He was gratified to say , that during tho fifty years he had been a Mason he had had several honours conferred on him , but he felt that the action of the members of the St .
John s Lodge , in which he had spent so many happy hours , was the one he should most prize for tho remainder of bis lifetime . The brethren , at the conclusion of tbo bnsiness , sat down to banquet , under the presidency of Bro . Dutton , and the usual toasts followed . Bro . Davis I . P . M . gave that of the Worshipful Master of the Lodge . The brethren would require to look back many years to find so young
a Worshipful Master as the one who now presided over them ; still ho felt and hoped that he would prove himself as efficient as most of those who had preceded him . Bro . Davis hoped he might , during his year of office , have plenty of work , in order that be conld show his ability , and that at the termination of his Mastership the brethren would be able to say ho had performed all the work required of him
creditably . The W . M . thanked the brethren . If there was anything distasteful to him on snch occasions it was to reply when his health was proposed ; be could only say bo thanked them all from the bottom of his heart , and although he felt Bro . Davis had said more than he really deserved , he should endeavour to show that such was not the case . He hoped he shonld have tho assistance of the Past
Masters , as he considered the Lodge was greatly indebted to them for what they had done in tho past . He conld but feel that ho laboured nnder ono very great disadvantage , following as he did so able a worker as Brother Davis ; and while he ( Bro . Dutton ) felt it would be useless trying to eclipse that brother , he should still try his best , though he was aware it would prove to be
far short of what Bro . Davis had accomplished . He next proposed tbe health of the I . P . M . He was sure all who had heard the ceremony of installation could but feel gratified at the way in which it bad been worked . Bro . Davis was well known ns a Masonic Preceptor , and naturally they expected something good from him ; but he thought he had that evening renlly excelled himself . As regarded
his working during the past year , it conld be said that he had carried out tho duties of the chair most satisfactorily . At the last meeting it had been decided to present him with a jewel , and that jewel he had now tho pleasure of placing on the breast of Bro . Davis , and in the name of the St . John ' s Lodge to wish him long life and health to wear it . The jewel bore the following inscription : —
" Presented by the St . John's Lodge , No . 167 , to Bro . Geo . Davis , in acknowledgment of his services as W . M . during the year 1881 . " Bro . Davis tendered his thanks . He little thought a few years since when , at the time of his initiation , Bro . Adlard had said that he then knew but little of what Freemasonry really was , that he shonld so
soon be called upon to reply as a Past Master of . the Lodge . He could look back upon the past few years with great pleasure . He hoped his labours in Freemasonry had not been entirely in vain ; they had certainly been labours of love . He trusted he might be spared for many years to be present in the St . John ' s Lodge , and hoped he might always be looked upon with the same amount of consideration as
had been the case that night . He could bnt refer with pride to the handsome present the members had thought fit to make him , and be trusted they would never have cause to regret the action they had taken as regarded him . The W . M . then proposed the health of tbe Visitors , to whom he tendered a most fraternal greeting . He hoped the work they had witnessed that night had not seemed detrimental to
them ; on the contrary , that they had been interested in it . Bro . Osborn replied , specially referring to the ability shown by the I . P . M . in the ceremony he had performed . The Master , in giving the toast of the P . M . ' s , Treasurer , and Secretary , again hoped he might have their co-operation during his term of office . He felt the members
one and all wished them long life , and looked forward to seeing them on many future occasions . Each of the P . M . ' s having replied , the Master gavo the toast of the Officers , which also was acknowledged by each of those present . The Tyler then gave the concluding toast , and the brethren separated .
THE GREAT CITY LODGE , No . 1426
THE members of this Lodge held their annual meeting on Saturday , the 10 th inst ., at the Cannon Street Hotel , City . Bro . Thomas Hamer was the outgoing W . M ., and he presided at the opening of the
Installation Meetings, &C.
Lodge . He was supported by the following Officers : —Bro . C . Taylor S . W . ( WM . elect ) , W . Kibble J . W ., R . J . Simpson P . G . C . Chaplain , N . B . Headon P . M . Treasurer , G . W . Blackie P . M . Sec , F . J . C . Keeble S . D ., W . Baber J . D .. F . W . Potter D . C , G . Jenkins Organist , R . Fendiek I . G ., J . T . Skinner Steward , and a fair attendance of members and visitors Having opened the Lodge and confirmed tbe minutes
tho ballot , was brought into requisition and proved favourable for Messrs . John William Benn and J . Kebell Gtvyn , who were initiated into the Order . Tho Lodge was then advanced , and the W . M . elect being presented , was obligated , and in duo course installed into the chair . Having been saluted he appointed his Officers , the following brethren being invested with tho respective collars : —Bros . Kibble
S . W ., Keeble J . W ., Simpson Chaplain , Headon Treas ., Blackie Sec , Baber S . D .. Fpndick J . D ., Potter I . G ., Jenkins Organist , Bower D . C , Skinner and Dnrrant Stewards , Potter Tyler . The latter brother was elected in place of the late Bro . W . Steedman , the voice of the Lodge being unanimous in his favour . Bro . Hamer having given the addresses , and the ceremony of installation being completed , the
auditors presented their report , which was adopted . The sum of one gninea was voted to a brother who appealed to the Lodge , and a proposition for an initiate waa handed in . Letters of condolence with the family of a late member , and also with that of Bro . Steedman , were ordered to be sent , tho latter to contain an expression of the approval of the brethren of the way in which Brother Steedman bad
performed his duties during tbe time he bad acted as Tyler of tbe Lodge . After tbe transaction of some other items of business , the Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the large Hall , where banquet was served . At its conclusion , and after grace , the W . M . gave the usual toasts—those of the Queen and the Craft , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , and the Grand Officers , each
in turn receiving attention . Bro . Rev . R . J . Simpson , replying to the latter , thanked the brethren for their heartv reception at all times of tbe toast . He trusted one of the earliest works Grand Lodge would bo called upon to perform would be to pass a vote of condolence with the family of the late Brother President Garfield . As far as he was personally concerned , he might sav that , however
ranch he appreciated the honours of Grand Lodge , he more appreciated the compliments paid him in The Great City Lodge , of which he might say , without fear of contradiction , that it occupied the most prominent position among the Lodges in the Metropolis . Bro . Hamer proposed the next toast ; it wns sue always well received in The Great City Lodge , but more particularly so on nights of
installation , being that of the Worshipful Master . They had now in the chair a very worthy brother , one who was initiated in the Lodge , and who had worked up from the lowest office to the proud position he now filled , which was the highest honour the brethren had it in their power to bestow on any member . Bro . Hamer hoped he might enjoy health to carry out the duties of his office , and concluded by
wishing Bro . Taylor , in the name of the brethren of the Lodge , health , happiness , prosperity , and success during his year of office . The W . M . said he scarely knew how to thank the brethren sufficiently for the way in which the toast jnst drank bad been proposed and received , and for tbe new office they had so kindly bestowed on him . It had always been his endeavour to fulfil the duties of every office
he might find himself called upon to take to the satisfaction of all concerned , and as he felt , from the promotion ho had received , that he had satisfied them in the past , he could only say that he would continue on the same lines in the future ; he trusted , witb as gratifying a result . A very important toast now devolved on him to propose ; still he felt the brethren would receive it with that cordiality
which should always be manifested in connection with the initiates . They had but one of the two brethren whom they had admitted that night among them , one ( Bro . Benn ) having been obliged to leave early ; he hoped this would make no difference in the reception accorded to the toast , but that the members of The Great City Lodge would welcome the one remaining in the heartiest possible way .
The toast was well received , and was followed by the Entered Apprentice Song , given by Bro . James Stevens P . M . The initiate having replied , the Master gave the toast of the Visitors . The Great City Lodge was always pleased to see Visitors , as he hoped Visitovs were always glad to see members of the Great City . He judged by the reception given to him that The Great City Lodge was looked upon
favourably by other Lodges . Bros . Paddle , Cumberland , and Duchet responded . Bro . Cumberland considered that in replying to the toast of the Visitors there were two things to be avoided—not to say much aud thereby weary the brethren ; or too little , for fear of omitting most of those good sentiments which shonld be in the breast of every Mason attending such a Lodge as The Great City . He was particularly
pleased to visit a Lodge in the Metropolis , and felt there was more Masonry to be learned from frequent intercourse with each other than was possible in their own Lodges . The more brethren mixed the one with the other , the better fitted they became to knock off any little knobs or excrescences which might obtrude themselves . He then referred to the recent Masonic reception of the British Association at
York , and urged on the brethren to devote their attention to the acquiring of Masonic mementoes ; he thought a grand historyof Freemasonry would some day be visibly based on the information to be gathered in this way , as it was continually being found that old minnte books and other relies were in existence which were invaluable to the Masonic historian . The W . M . next gave the toast of the
I . P . M ., whom he characteristised as a thorough good man and Mason . The way be had that night installed his successor into the chair was a credit not only to him , but also to the Lodge in which he had been initiated , and with which he had since been associated . The W . M . hope " he might live , and be able to perform the ceremony as well > aud merit as much applause from the brethren , as Bro . Hamer had be
deserved and received . With regard to the other Past Masters might truly say , they had done good and faithful service at all times , and he hoped the day was far distant when the Lodge would lose either of them . He trusted each succeeding Master might be able to maintain the good reputation and continue the good management with which they had established tbe Lodge on J *