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present basis . He bad the pleasing duty of presenting to the I . P . M . tho jewel which had been voted by the Lodge , which he hoped Bro . Hatner would over consider not only as a jewel , bat a testimonial placed on bis breast by tho members of The Great City Lodge as a token of their regard and esteem . Bro . Hamer replied . Language failed him to express the feelings of his heart .
He regretted he had not been able to fulfil tho duties required ol him better than be had . As the first initiate of the Lodge , he wished to instal his successor , and that ho had accomplished ; ho was sorry however , he had not been able to do it better , still he had done it to the best of his ability , and hoped the brethren would look on his efforts in that light . He was particularly obliged to Bro . Blackie for the help he had given him ; his last and most pleasing dnty was to
thank the Lodge for the jewel they had given him ; he hoped to wear it for many years , and trusted he might never bring discredit on the Lodgo wherein he had gained it . Tho toasts of the Treasurer and Secretary , and of the Officers , were each given , heartily received , and acknowledged ; after which the proceedings were brought to a conclusion by the Tvler . Amongst the Visitors present wero Bros . E . Blake 507 , W . E . Joyce 1601 , F . Page 1411 , J . J . Davison P . M . 290 ,
W . J . Upton J . W . 276 , G . W . Saul P . M . 1201 , W . Paddle W . M . 1851 , T . Poore P . M . 720 , Thomas Perrin J . W . 1297 , G . Barsdorf W . M . elect 1329 , G . VV . Downie J . D . 1815 , J . Laurence 1326 , J . B . Crump 1297 , J . Russell 173 , N . Tenet P . M . 179 , VV . Medwin J . W . 1613 , C . J . Fox 1713 , C . Fountain P . M . 1216 , A . S . Harris 1728 , A . S . Harrison S . W . 1269 , J . S . Cumberland P . M . lfill P . P . J . G . W . N . and E . Yorks , 0 .
Seawill 219 , F . T . Ridpath 1790 , W . W . Morgan jnn . J . W . 1107 , W Molo 1687 , F . Le Rosignol 1216 , W . East 1695 , J . Duchet 1867 , W Deveaux 1216 , J . Huckvale 1635 , C . Lanrance 1804 & c .
ST . MAUTIN'S-LE-GRAND LODGE . No . 1538
THE annual installation meeting of this young but increasingl y popular Lodge , which is largely composed of gentlemen engaged in the General Post Office and the Civil Service , was held on Wednesday evening last , at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street , under the most satisfactory auspices . There was a goodly attendance at the opening of the Lodge , which took place shortly before five o ' clock , the
chair being occupied by the retiring W . M ., Bro . Alexander C . Moffatt , who was supported by Bros . William Gibbs S . W . and W . M . elect William Smith , Ph . D ., F . S . Sc , J . W ., Major W . E . Williams P . M Treas ., J . Hookev Sec , T . J . Robertson S D ., J . P . Parkes J . D ., H . F . Dickson I . G ., R . J . Liversedge Steward , G . Gregory P . M ., A . C . Woodward P . M ., F . B . Williams P . M ., Thomas T . PowellM . j
, Mum ford , James M . West , Alfred Gribbell , Thomas Bates , W . Lyttel , H . Cooper , John Mutter , W . H . Archer , W . Tyrrell , Philip J . Le Gros , George Hatch , W . H . Johnson , John Garland , C . W . Brooks , Arthur Dennis , F . J . Larking , Dr . G . R . Purefoy Collis ( hon . member ) , A . G . Flack , W . F . Knight Tyler , and others . Amongst the Visitors were Bros . E . P . Albert P . G . P ., P . M . ' s C .
Woolmer Williams 1275 , Alfred Williams 14 , T . Musgrave 1509 , G . Corbie 453 P . P . J . G . W . Essex , R . Robins 25 , H . Faben , Georgo Thurgood 1539 ; Bros . J . T . distance 975 , Thomas Horace Wilson ( Calcutta ) , T . Snowden 90 , James G . Piton 32 , T . Evans 1257 , and C . Warwick Jordan 1314 . Lodge having been opened in accordance with ancient rites , the report of the Audit Committee , which showed
the Lodge to be in a very satisfactory financial position , was submitted and approved . Tbe W . M . elect was then presented by Bro . Major Williams , and having answered satisfactorily the interrogatories , signified his readiness to accept the responsible position which the brethren sought to confer upon him . A Board of Installed Masters was thereupon constituted , and Bro . Gibbs was duly installed
into the chair of K . S . with the customary solemnities . On the readmission of the brethren the newly-installed Worshipful Master was proclaimed , and greeted with tbe usual salutations . We may add the ceremony throughout was most admirably performed by tbe Immediate Past Master , Brother A . C . Moffatt , who delivered the charges with great elocutionary effect ,
At tbe close of the ceremony , the W . M . invested his Officers for the year , as follows : —Bros . Alexander C . Moffatt I . P . M ., Dr . Wm . Smith S . W ., T . J . Robertson J . W ., Major W . E . Williams P . M . Treasurer , J . Hookey P . M . Secretary , J . P . Parkes S . D ., H . F . Dixon J . D ., T . Bates D . C , G . Hatch Steward , R . C . Liversedge I . G ., W . F . Knight Tyler . A handsome gold Past Master ' s jewel was then presented to
Bro . A . C . Moffatt , in token of the esteem in which he is held by the brethren , and in recognition of the admirable manner in which he had discharged the duties cf his office during the preceding year . The presentation was accompanied by a congratulatory speech by the Worshipful Master , who alluded , in felicitous terms , to tbe substantial services which had been rendered to the Lodge by Bro .
Moffatt during the past year . The gift was suitably acknowledged by the Immediate Past Master , who promised to continue . whatever aid he could towards advancing the prosperity and upholding the presti ge of the Lodge . Some formal business was then trausacted , after which the brethren adjourned to the Throne Room of the Hotel , where a recherche banquet had been prepared by Messrs . Bitter and
Clifford , whose arrangements , under the personal superintendence of Bro . Henry Mills , elicited expressions of unqualified satisfaction . At the conclusion of the well-served repast , the Worshipful Master gave the customary Loyal tonsts , in doing which he alluded , in felicitous terms , to the rapid increase of Freemasonry , under the rnlo of the Most Worshipful Grand Master the Prince of Wales . Tho toast was received with due honours . Then came the Grand Officers ,
present and past , on whose behalf Bro . E . P . Albert responded , concluding b y expressing tho gratification it afforded him to seethe excellent manner in which tbe Immediate Past Master had installed his successor into tho chair that day . This proved to him that the St . Wartiu ' s-le-Grand Lodge was following an excellent example , and that the Officers took a deep interest in the welfare of its members , fho Immediate Past Master , in proposing tho toast of the evening .
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congratulated Bro . Gibbs upon having succeeded to the chair of tho St . Martin ' s-le-Graud Lodge . It was through his bashfulncss that he ( tho speaker ) occupied the exalted position that he filled last year , and ho should bo at Bro . Gibbs' side in tho future to assist him through his year , as his predecessors had kindly and ably assisted him ( Bro . Moffatt ) during his tonnre of office . Ho was sure Bro .
Gibbs rightly appreciated the responsibilities of tho position to which ho had been elected , and that he would do his ntmost to advance tho best interests of the Lodge . Ho concluded by wishing for their new W . Master a happy and prosperous year . The toast was received with tho utmost enthusiasm ; and the Worshipful Master in acknowledging tho compliment paid him remarked that what his
worthy brother on the left had said was true—that assistance was very necessary from tho Past Masters to tho incoming Master in his duties ; and from tho ablo way in which Bro . Moffatt had performed the ceremony of to-day , as well as his functions ns ruler of the Lodge during the year , ho felt ho should receive every assistance during hia term should he bo deficient in the fulfilment of the duties
which he should try to discharge to their satisfaction . Ho folt by no means equal to tho task , but he hoped soon to got over his little feeling of nervousness , and wonld endeavour to emnlato the example of those who had preceded him , and to cast no discredit on tho office to which , by their kindness , he had been elevated . Iu turn he gavo the Immediate Past Master , who all must admit had acquitted himself
most meritoriously during his year of office , and had given entire satisfaction to the brethren generally . The way in which ho had performed the installation ceremony to-day had afforded a considerable amount of pleasure and edification to all present . Tbo Immediate Past Master felt proud that the toast of his health had been received so cordially , although bo did not know he had done more to
deserve that compliment than his predecessors had done . Certainly , when he attempted the installation ceremony he had many misgivings , and be had hoped to acquit himself better than he bad done . He had now attained that position which it had been his ambition to reach ever since be had been a Mason . When he was initiated in this Lodge , five years ago , ho little expected to be so soon in that
position , and it was entirely due to the assistance and kindness of those who had gone before him , and to the valuable support he had received from his Officers . It must please them all , both members and visitors , to see how the St . Martin's-le-Grand Lodge was expanding . He did not say this out of any self-pride , be . cause he waa only a unit in the Lodge ; still it was a pleasure to him
as a Past Master to feel that the Lodge had not gone back during his year of office . He could assure their W . Master that iu the coming year he would assist him in every way in his power . He thanked tbe brethren moat heartily for the handsome jewel which they had placed on his breast , which ho accepted as a token of their esteem , and of recognition of the manner in which he had discharged tho
dnties of his office . It was something to possess such a jewel , aud he should prize it as long as ho had health and strength to enable him to attend the meetings of tho Lodge . It demonstrated to others that he must havo done a certain amount of duty in Masonry , because , as the Worshipful Master had said , this honour could not , be bought with money . A man must have gone through a certain amount
of Masonic work , and therefore it was most pleasing to a Past Master to feel that the honour would not have been conferred upon him except he had to a certain extent done his duty in the high office to which he had been elected by the brethren . He had done tbe best be could to discharge those functions which they had a right to expect from him . He hoped his shortcomings would bo forgotten , and
before be sat clown he begged to thank tho Officers who had rendered him such valuable assistance during his year of office , and who , by his retirement , bad now taken a step in advance . The Worshipful Master then gave tho health of the Initiates , who had been admitted at a Lodge of emergency , when there was no opportunity for paying them the comp liment he now asked them to
extend to the new brethren . Bros . Gribbell and Le Gros suitably responded , expressing the pleasure it afforded them to be admitted into so distinguished and popular a Lodge . Next came the health of tbe Past Masters , ou whose behalf Bro . Woodward P . M . replied . He regarded this Lodge as second to none iu the Metropolis . It was a good way of ascertaining how a Lodge was going on , and the good
feeling which pervaded its members , to see what balance they bad in hand . He was proud to say the St . Martin's-le-Grand Lodge had a good balance , which showed there was unity among the members , for unless such were the case they might depend upon it the Lodge would not be in the prosperous position in which they now found it . He assured them the Past Masters were only too ready and anxious
to render all the assistance iu their power to the new Master , and they looked with confidence to those Officers who were coming forward to fill posts of honour in the future , aud who , he hoped , would study to uphold the prestige which the Lodgo had attained , by emulating tho example which the Past Masters had endeavoured to set them . The toast of the Visitors was received with enthusiasm , and
in responding , Bro . Alfred Williams expressed tbo gratification ib afforded him to witness such working in so youug a Lo'lgo , aud which was as satisfactory as any one could wish it to be . It was a proof to him that they were all united in purpose , and were bound together with one desire to advance the best interests of the Lodge . Bro . Mnsgravo also responded , iu a few happily-chosen sentences .
The Worshipful Master then proposed the health of tho Treasurer and Secretary , in doing which he said ho could not find woids adequately to acknowledge the valuable services they had rendered to the Lodge . The satisfactory condition of the finances , to which Bro . Past Master Woodward had referred , was duo in a great measure , if not entirely , to the exertions of thoso
officers , and the admirable manner they had carried out the duties of their respective offices was deserving of all praise . ^ Bro . Mujor Williams , who was received with prolonged applause , said , having had the pleasure of responding to this toast six or seven times , he could scarcely find anything fresh to tell them . He had a few remarks to make , which ho thought would have been new , but Bro . Woodward
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present basis . He bad the pleasing duty of presenting to the I . P . M . tho jewel which had been voted by the Lodge , which he hoped Bro . Hatner would over consider not only as a jewel , bat a testimonial placed on bis breast by tho members of The Great City Lodge as a token of their regard and esteem . Bro . Hamer replied . Language failed him to express the feelings of his heart .
He regretted he had not been able to fulfil tho duties required ol him better than be had . As the first initiate of the Lodge , he wished to instal his successor , and that ho had accomplished ; ho was sorry however , he had not been able to do it better , still he had done it to the best of his ability , and hoped the brethren would look on his efforts in that light . He was particularly obliged to Bro . Blackie for the help he had given him ; his last and most pleasing dnty was to
thank the Lodge for the jewel they had given him ; he hoped to wear it for many years , and trusted he might never bring discredit on the Lodgo wherein he had gained it . Tho toasts of the Treasurer and Secretary , and of the Officers , were each given , heartily received , and acknowledged ; after which the proceedings were brought to a conclusion by the Tvler . Amongst the Visitors present wero Bros . E . Blake 507 , W . E . Joyce 1601 , F . Page 1411 , J . J . Davison P . M . 290 ,
W . J . Upton J . W . 276 , G . W . Saul P . M . 1201 , W . Paddle W . M . 1851 , T . Poore P . M . 720 , Thomas Perrin J . W . 1297 , G . Barsdorf W . M . elect 1329 , G . VV . Downie J . D . 1815 , J . Laurence 1326 , J . B . Crump 1297 , J . Russell 173 , N . Tenet P . M . 179 , VV . Medwin J . W . 1613 , C . J . Fox 1713 , C . Fountain P . M . 1216 , A . S . Harris 1728 , A . S . Harrison S . W . 1269 , J . S . Cumberland P . M . lfill P . P . J . G . W . N . and E . Yorks , 0 .
Seawill 219 , F . T . Ridpath 1790 , W . W . Morgan jnn . J . W . 1107 , W Molo 1687 , F . Le Rosignol 1216 , W . East 1695 , J . Duchet 1867 , W Deveaux 1216 , J . Huckvale 1635 , C . Lanrance 1804 & c .
ST . MAUTIN'S-LE-GRAND LODGE . No . 1538
THE annual installation meeting of this young but increasingl y popular Lodge , which is largely composed of gentlemen engaged in the General Post Office and the Civil Service , was held on Wednesday evening last , at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street , under the most satisfactory auspices . There was a goodly attendance at the opening of the Lodge , which took place shortly before five o ' clock , the
chair being occupied by the retiring W . M ., Bro . Alexander C . Moffatt , who was supported by Bros . William Gibbs S . W . and W . M . elect William Smith , Ph . D ., F . S . Sc , J . W ., Major W . E . Williams P . M Treas ., J . Hookev Sec , T . J . Robertson S D ., J . P . Parkes J . D ., H . F . Dickson I . G ., R . J . Liversedge Steward , G . Gregory P . M ., A . C . Woodward P . M ., F . B . Williams P . M ., Thomas T . PowellM . j
, Mum ford , James M . West , Alfred Gribbell , Thomas Bates , W . Lyttel , H . Cooper , John Mutter , W . H . Archer , W . Tyrrell , Philip J . Le Gros , George Hatch , W . H . Johnson , John Garland , C . W . Brooks , Arthur Dennis , F . J . Larking , Dr . G . R . Purefoy Collis ( hon . member ) , A . G . Flack , W . F . Knight Tyler , and others . Amongst the Visitors were Bros . E . P . Albert P . G . P ., P . M . ' s C .
Woolmer Williams 1275 , Alfred Williams 14 , T . Musgrave 1509 , G . Corbie 453 P . P . J . G . W . Essex , R . Robins 25 , H . Faben , Georgo Thurgood 1539 ; Bros . J . T . distance 975 , Thomas Horace Wilson ( Calcutta ) , T . Snowden 90 , James G . Piton 32 , T . Evans 1257 , and C . Warwick Jordan 1314 . Lodge having been opened in accordance with ancient rites , the report of the Audit Committee , which showed
the Lodge to be in a very satisfactory financial position , was submitted and approved . Tbe W . M . elect was then presented by Bro . Major Williams , and having answered satisfactorily the interrogatories , signified his readiness to accept the responsible position which the brethren sought to confer upon him . A Board of Installed Masters was thereupon constituted , and Bro . Gibbs was duly installed
into the chair of K . S . with the customary solemnities . On the readmission of the brethren the newly-installed Worshipful Master was proclaimed , and greeted with tbe usual salutations . We may add the ceremony throughout was most admirably performed by tbe Immediate Past Master , Brother A . C . Moffatt , who delivered the charges with great elocutionary effect ,
At tbe close of the ceremony , the W . M . invested his Officers for the year , as follows : —Bros . Alexander C . Moffatt I . P . M ., Dr . Wm . Smith S . W ., T . J . Robertson J . W ., Major W . E . Williams P . M . Treasurer , J . Hookey P . M . Secretary , J . P . Parkes S . D ., H . F . Dixon J . D ., T . Bates D . C , G . Hatch Steward , R . C . Liversedge I . G ., W . F . Knight Tyler . A handsome gold Past Master ' s jewel was then presented to
Bro . A . C . Moffatt , in token of the esteem in which he is held by the brethren , and in recognition of the admirable manner in which he had discharged the duties cf his office during the preceding year . The presentation was accompanied by a congratulatory speech by the Worshipful Master , who alluded , in felicitous terms , to tbe substantial services which had been rendered to the Lodge by Bro .
Moffatt during the past year . The gift was suitably acknowledged by the Immediate Past Master , who promised to continue . whatever aid he could towards advancing the prosperity and upholding the presti ge of the Lodge . Some formal business was then trausacted , after which the brethren adjourned to the Throne Room of the Hotel , where a recherche banquet had been prepared by Messrs . Bitter and
Clifford , whose arrangements , under the personal superintendence of Bro . Henry Mills , elicited expressions of unqualified satisfaction . At the conclusion of the well-served repast , the Worshipful Master gave the customary Loyal tonsts , in doing which he alluded , in felicitous terms , to the rapid increase of Freemasonry , under the rnlo of the Most Worshipful Grand Master the Prince of Wales . Tho toast was received with due honours . Then came the Grand Officers ,
present and past , on whose behalf Bro . E . P . Albert responded , concluding b y expressing tho gratification it afforded him to seethe excellent manner in which tbe Immediate Past Master had installed his successor into tho chair that day . This proved to him that the St . Wartiu ' s-le-Grand Lodge was following an excellent example , and that the Officers took a deep interest in the welfare of its members , fho Immediate Past Master , in proposing tho toast of the evening .
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congratulated Bro . Gibbs upon having succeeded to the chair of tho St . Martin ' s-le-Graud Lodge . It was through his bashfulncss that he ( tho speaker ) occupied the exalted position that he filled last year , and ho should bo at Bro . Gibbs' side in tho future to assist him through his year , as his predecessors had kindly and ably assisted him ( Bro . Moffatt ) during his tonnre of office . Ho was sure Bro .
Gibbs rightly appreciated the responsibilities of tho position to which ho had been elected , and that he would do his ntmost to advance tho best interests of the Lodge . Ho concluded by wishing for their new W . Master a happy and prosperous year . The toast was received with tho utmost enthusiasm ; and the Worshipful Master in acknowledging tho compliment paid him remarked that what his
worthy brother on the left had said was true—that assistance was very necessary from tho Past Masters to tho incoming Master in his duties ; and from tho ablo way in which Bro . Moffatt had performed the ceremony of to-day , as well as his functions ns ruler of the Lodge during the year , ho felt ho should receive every assistance during hia term should he bo deficient in the fulfilment of the duties
which he should try to discharge to their satisfaction . Ho folt by no means equal to tho task , but he hoped soon to got over his little feeling of nervousness , and wonld endeavour to emnlato the example of those who had preceded him , and to cast no discredit on tho office to which , by their kindness , he had been elevated . Iu turn he gavo the Immediate Past Master , who all must admit had acquitted himself
most meritoriously during his year of office , and had given entire satisfaction to the brethren generally . The way in which ho had performed the installation ceremony to-day had afforded a considerable amount of pleasure and edification to all present . Tbo Immediate Past Master felt proud that the toast of his health had been received so cordially , although bo did not know he had done more to
deserve that compliment than his predecessors had done . Certainly , when he attempted the installation ceremony he had many misgivings , and be had hoped to acquit himself better than he bad done . He had now attained that position which it had been his ambition to reach ever since be had been a Mason . When he was initiated in this Lodge , five years ago , ho little expected to be so soon in that
position , and it was entirely due to the assistance and kindness of those who had gone before him , and to the valuable support he had received from his Officers . It must please them all , both members and visitors , to see how the St . Martin's-le-Grand Lodge was expanding . He did not say this out of any self-pride , be . cause he waa only a unit in the Lodge ; still it was a pleasure to him
as a Past Master to feel that the Lodge had not gone back during his year of office . He could assure their W . Master that iu the coming year he would assist him in every way in his power . He thanked tbe brethren moat heartily for the handsome jewel which they had placed on his breast , which ho accepted as a token of their esteem , and of recognition of the manner in which he had discharged tho
dnties of his office . It was something to possess such a jewel , aud he should prize it as long as ho had health and strength to enable him to attend the meetings of tho Lodge . It demonstrated to others that he must havo done a certain amount of duty in Masonry , because , as the Worshipful Master had said , this honour could not , be bought with money . A man must have gone through a certain amount
of Masonic work , and therefore it was most pleasing to a Past Master to feel that the honour would not have been conferred upon him except he had to a certain extent done his duty in the high office to which he had been elected by the brethren . He had done tbe best be could to discharge those functions which they had a right to expect from him . He hoped his shortcomings would bo forgotten , and
before be sat clown he begged to thank tho Officers who had rendered him such valuable assistance during his year of office , and who , by his retirement , bad now taken a step in advance . The Worshipful Master then gave tho health of the Initiates , who had been admitted at a Lodge of emergency , when there was no opportunity for paying them the comp liment he now asked them to
extend to the new brethren . Bros . Gribbell and Le Gros suitably responded , expressing the pleasure it afforded them to be admitted into so distinguished and popular a Lodge . Next came the health of tbe Past Masters , ou whose behalf Bro . Woodward P . M . replied . He regarded this Lodge as second to none iu the Metropolis . It was a good way of ascertaining how a Lodge was going on , and the good
feeling which pervaded its members , to see what balance they bad in hand . He was proud to say the St . Martin's-le-Grand Lodge had a good balance , which showed there was unity among the members , for unless such were the case they might depend upon it the Lodge would not be in the prosperous position in which they now found it . He assured them the Past Masters were only too ready and anxious
to render all the assistance iu their power to the new Master , and they looked with confidence to those Officers who were coming forward to fill posts of honour in the future , aud who , he hoped , would study to uphold the prestige which the Lodgo had attained , by emulating tho example which the Past Masters had endeavoured to set them . The toast of the Visitors was received with enthusiasm , and
in responding , Bro . Alfred Williams expressed tbo gratification ib afforded him to witness such working in so youug a Lo'lgo , aud which was as satisfactory as any one could wish it to be . It was a proof to him that they were all united in purpose , and were bound together with one desire to advance the best interests of the Lodge . Bro . Mnsgravo also responded , iu a few happily-chosen sentences .
The Worshipful Master then proposed the health of tho Treasurer and Secretary , in doing which he said ho could not find woids adequately to acknowledge the valuable services they had rendered to the Lodge . The satisfactory condition of the finances , to which Bro . Past Master Woodward had referred , was duo in a great measure , if not entirely , to the exertions of thoso
officers , and the admirable manner they had carried out the duties of their respective offices was deserving of all praise . ^ Bro . Mujor Williams , who was received with prolonged applause , said , having had the pleasure of responding to this toast six or seven times , he could scarcely find anything fresh to tell them . He had a few remarks to make , which ho thought would have been new , but Bro . Woodward