Installation Meetings, &C.

INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & o .

— : o : — ST . JAMES'S LODGE , No . 765 .

THE installation meeting of this Lodge was held on Tuesday evening , 5 th October , at tho Bridge House Hotol , and was very numerously attended by both members and visitors , while seldom has it fallen to onr lot to witness tho business so well done as on this

occasion . Bro . W . H . Tilling W . M . presided . Bros . G . Tilling S . W . and W . M . elect , E . J . Rawle J . W ., F . C . Child P . M . and Treasurer , E . Tilling P . M . Secretary , J . E . Costello J . D ., E . J . Jones I . G ., G . W . Rowe Tyler , supported by the following members -. —James Cox

P . M ., H . W . Mitten P . M ., G . Hydo P . M ., L . C . Mollet , W . Roberts

G . Perkins , W . J . Stahlschmidt , A . Cavers , T . Prior , George Carter , A . A . Travers , E . Hosie , Alfred Tilling , 0 . Slow , 0 . E . B . Eudd , J . Mills , F . Came , D . Samuels , R . Bower , C . A . Colwoll , W . Brinkler , H . Bnrnell , T . Kent , D . Bradford , H . King , J . Spencer , T . Williams , T . H . Spearling , C . H . Dent , and the following visitors . — Past Masters G . J . Tilling P . P . Superintendent of Works 130 394

1461 , W . S . Dunkley P . P . G . A . P . Midd . 1777 , W . Pnrnell P . P . G . S . B

Bristol 103 , J . Stevens 720 1216 1426 , J . J . Davison Emulation , J . Loader 1622 , F . H . Waterworfch 49 , H . Taylor 2000 , F . Meen 1707 , E . Stimson 15 , S . R . Speight Secretary 147 , J . J . Hutchings 147 , T . Poore 720 2105 , G . Trevis 720 , J . R . Glanvill 134 , W . E . Johnson 134 , H . Thompson 1426 and P . M . 177 and 1158 , W . T . P . Montgomery

W . M . 1475 , H . J . Levitt W . M . 1972 , W . Martin W . M . 879 , E . H

Brannon W . M . 294 177 , 1158 , G . J . Venables I . G . Surrey Masonio Hall , J . E . Jones I . G . 2004 , W . Williams J . W . 147 , A . Mitten 25 , E . C . Talbot Prosperity , J . W . Standen Sydney , R . Jarvis Strand , W . G . Kent 1178 , W . Fountain 879 , F . W . Farmer 25 , W . Burgess 2048 , A . Browning 733 , J . Hattersley 1607 , J . Read 1391 , W . Toole

1752 . Lodge having been dnly opened , the minutes of tho last Lodge , including the election of Worshipfnl Master , were read and confirmed . The report of the Auditors was next received and adopted . The Lodgo was advanced to the second degree , when Bro . G . Tilling W . M . elect was presented to receive the benefit of

installation , the retiring W . M . conducting the ceremony in a manner whioh elicited the highest encomiums from all the brethren present . Lodge having been raised to the third degree , a Board of Installed Masters was opened in due form . With ancient ceremony Brother George Tilling was now duly installed into

the chair of K . S . as Master of the Lodge . The brethren below the chair were then admitted , and the new W . M . was saluted and proclaimed in the different degrees , Bro . J . Stevens acting as Director of Ceremonies . The other formalities having been gone throngh , the Worshipful Master appointed his Officers , as follow j—Bros .

E . J . Eawle S . W ., J . E . Costello J . W ., W . H . Tilling I . P . M ., F . Child P . M . Treasurer , R . Tilling P . M . Secretary , E . J . Jones S . D ., E . W . Hosie J . D ., G . Perkins I . G ., G . Hyde P . M . D . C , A . Tilling W . S ., the W . M . in each case clearly explaining to each the nature of their duties . Bro . W . H . Tilling I . P . M . then completed the

installation ceremony , and gave the different addresses in a correct and most impressive manner , the principle of elocution being strictly observed ; at the conclusion he was greeted with the heartiest approbation . On this occasion tho cause of charity was not forgotten , and fche Lodge recommended the case of an

unfortunate brother to the Board of Benevolence . The W . M . then said that his first duty was a very pleasing one ; it was to present his natural as well as Masonic brother with a collar and jewel ; this had been unanimously voted to him by the brethren at the last meeting , as an appreciation of the services he had rendered dnring his year

of office as Worshipful Master , and they wished him health , happinesa , and long life to wear them . Bro . W . H . Tilling I . P . M . thanked the brethren most sincerely for this mark of their kindness and confidence by presenting him with the collar and jewel , but scarcely considered ho had done enough to deserve them ; at a later period of

the evening he might find a few words to address them on the Babject . Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjonrned to the large hall for refreshment , where a banquet was served of excellent quality and ample in quantity . At the conclusion of the repast grace was sung by the professional singers . The W . M . said

he was sure thafc it would not be a trouble , but a pleasnre , to ask the brethren to drink the toasfc which stood at the head of the listj this was "The Queen and the Craft ; " but as there were a number of Provincial friends present , and he wished them to remain with them , he did not intend to

make long speeches , but shonld make his observations as short aa possible } and at the same time he did not desire the brethren to make lengthy replies . Aa in the course of a few months so mnch would be said on Her Majesty ' s completing the 50 fch year of her reign , he should content himself by giving the

Queen and the Craft . This was followed by the National Anthem , given by Miss Emmie Hare , and Bros . Lester , Taylor and Farmer , nnder the direction of Bro . Chaplin Henry ; Bro . Fountain Meen P . M . presiding at the pianoforte . The W . M . said the next toast he had to propose was His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales M . W . G . M . ;

in doing so he was sure thafc no observations were required of him , as there was no brother Mason who was not well acquainted with the Grand Master ' s merits . He therefore asked them to drink his health , with all the enthusiasm that they conld give to the toast ; a request most heartily responded to . Miss Emmie Hare gave

11 II Bacoo" in splendid style , and drew forth the most energetic applause . The W . M . said the next toast was the Pro Grand Master , the Depnty Grand Master , and fche rest of the Grand Officers ; to those of the brethren who had the opportunity of attending Grand

Lodge he need say nothing as to the Grand Officers' merits ; he asked the brethren to drink their health with the enthusiasm given the last toast . Bro . H . Taylor gave with excellent effect "The Maida of Merry England . " The I . P . M . Bro . W . H . Tilling said he had the pleasure to propose the next toast j this waa the health of

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the Worshipful Master . He felt that they were fortunate in havin » suoh a man in the chair , and he was sure that at the end of hia year of odice they would find that the St . James's Lodge did not stand second to any other in the Craft . It was the duty of the Lodge to give him their support , and if every brother did his best this would not

only prove a success , but wonld be the commencement of a series of successful years for their Lodge . Aa he was commanded not to make a speech—whioh , by the way , he might say he had not the ability to do—he should only ask the brethren to be upstanding and drink the health of their Worshipfnl Master . The W . M . said he waa to some

extent suffering that night from confusion ; in occupying the ohair for the first time he felt that he waa a little onfc of place ; all that he conld do was to . promise them that during the year he would do his best to promote the welfare of the St . James ' a Lodge . It was interesting to him to look back npon the few years he had been con .

neoted with Masonry j he had gone on until at last he had found himself in the chair ; the pressure exercised by friends for him to go forward was irresistible , so he consented . It was right , how . ever , that he should tell them that when he reached the Senior Warden ' s chair he waa indisposed to go further , aa in consequence

of his avocations he had not time to master the ritual , and was nnable to devote himself to the working of the Lodge ; but some of his friends said that as hia medical adviser had recommended him to take walking exercise to keep him in health they wonld walk with him and give him instruction ; thus , with the assistance of the Past

Masters , he hoped to plod throngh hia year of office to the satis . faction of the Lodge , and with pleasure and credit to him . self . He thanked the brethren for placing him in that posi . tion , and with the support he expected to receive from the Officers he had appointed he looked forward in the future for great sue .

cess for the St . James ' s Lodge . At the beginning he promised not to make long speeches , and he waa determined to keep hia word . For the kindness they had shown him he again thanked them . The Worshipful Master said the next toast waa the Immediate Past Master , and the manner in whioh he had discharged his dnty ho

thought would warrant the brethren in drinking his health with enthusiasm . Whatever his brother undertook he always carried out with hearty good will ; even at times he wished that he waa not quite so zealous , but he supposed that a few yeara would tame him , and he would then become a sober and steady Mason .

Bro . Lester sang Lover ' s " I ' m not myself at all , " which elicited muoh merriment . Bro . Tilling I . P . M . in reply , said he felt exceed , ingly obliged to the Worshipfnl Master for propoaing his health , and thanked him for pointing out what he shonld do , and wishing that he shonld become a sober and genial Mason in the fntnre .

He might say that during the past year he had taken a great interest in the St . James ' s Lodge , and had done hia best to promote its welfare and make all things pleasant . He believed that during the year they had enjoyed complete harmony ; that they had become better Masons , and of course better men , and had done some little

for charity . He had been glad in any way to assist the brethren in the past year , and in the future would do all he could to help the Worshipful Master . He thanked them for the kindness they had always shown him , and for the very handsome jewel they had preseated to him that evening ; he feli that he had not deserved it .

However , he had tried his ntmosfc to merit their approbation , and wifch a full heart he begged to thank them one and all . The Worshipfnl Master said the next toast he had to propose waa tbe Visitors , whom they were pleased to see . The St . James's Lodge always treated visitors well , and gave them a hearty welcome .

Several of the guests returned thanks for the kind reception and hospitality they had received , and Brothers Poore and H . Thompson expressed the gratification they had experienced in the Lodge room in listening to the splendid rendering of the ritual of installation by Brother W . H . Tilling . It was carefully ,

correctly , and impressively given , from beginning to end . He also congratulated the St . James's Lodge on its having to follow £ 0 able a Master to maintain its reputation . The Wor . Master next took occasion to descant npon the services so ably given by the musical performers , under the direction of Bro . Chaplin Henry , who waa

willing afc all times to render assistance . Bro . Chaplin Henry acknowledged the compliment , and expressed his desire to merit their approbation . Several other toasts were given before the proceed , ings were bronght to a close . It is but justice to Miss Kate Chaplin to refer to her splendid solos on the violin ; those were most enthu .

siasfcically encored , as well aa her accompaniment in the serenade " Pass Cloud Away , " which waa admirably rendered by Misa Margaret Hoare . Altogether the gathering waa a moat interesting ono , and was one of the most successful in the history of the St . James ' s Lodge .

Abbey Lodge, Westminster, No. 2030.

ABBEY LODGE , WESTMINSTER , No . 2030 .

THE regular meeting of this Lodge was hold on Monday , the llth insfc ., afc the Town Hall , Westminster , when , in the unavoidable absence of the Worshipfnl Master , Bro . F . Seager Hunt , M . P ., who is at present on the Continent , the Lodge was opened by the Immediate Past Master , Bro . W . H . Baker . The business of the day consisted of the three degrees , the first and second being

conferred by Bro . Baker , and the third by Bro . Burdett-Coutts , M . P . — the first Worshipfnl Master of the Lodge . Mr . Lonis de Wyttenback was initiated , on the proposition of Bro . H . Cloots , seconded by Bro . T . Bull P . M . ; Bro . H . Dawson was passed ; and Bro . Morgan waa raised , the following Officers of the Lodge assisting in the work : —

"William Sugg P . M . S . W ., H . R . Baker J . W ., H . Bowman Spink Acting P . M ., Rev . R . J . Simpson P . G . C . Chaplain , J . C . F . Warrington Rogers P . M . Treasurer , John E . Shand P . M . Secretary , James Gibson

P . M . S . D ., R . E . H . Goffin P . M . J . D ., C . Christmas Piper D . C , G . R . Wei by Wheeler A . D . C , Francis J . Smith Steward , and W . Walkley P . M . Tyler . Among the other members present were Bros . C . Sweeting , J , Foster , J . Douglas Dick , C , C . Morgan , John Irving , J . G . Jones ,