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proposed , heartily received , and duly responded to . The various toasts were relieved by songs and recitations given by Bros . Allin , McLeish , Lissenden Lees and Mogeridge , Bro . Allin presiding at the pianoforte .
COLERIDGE LODGE , No . 1750 . THE installation took place on Wednesday , 9 th inst ., when Bro . H . S . Newnham was inducted to the chair of K . S . The ceremony was ably performed by the Right Hon . Viscount Dungarvan Prov . Grand Master of Somerset , in the presence of forty Brethren .
The Brethren subsequently adjourned for the banquet at Regent House , where the customary Masonic toasts weie honoured .
ABBEY LODGE , No . 2120 . ON Wednesday , 9 th inst ., there was ono of the most numerous assemblages of Brethren that has ever taken place in the Masonic Hall , Chertsey ,
the occasion being to assist in the installation of Biother Ihcmas Dix . The duties of the I . P . M . Bro . C . Welch were well and thcughfully carried out , indeed so much so that he received the praise of Bro . Col . Noel Money Prov . G . M . Surrey .
It should be stated that according to routine , the Master's chair should this year be occupied by Bro . James Webb , tut as he at the present time holds the office of Vv , M . of the Bislej Lodge , he could not accept both honours
without a special dispensation . After the installation , a very beautiful silk banner emblazoned with gold was presented to the Lodge by I . P . M . Welch . The names of the Past Masters of the Lodge will be recorded on tho banner .
The banquet took place at 6 o ' clock , and was served in Bro . Mason ' s very best style , and this is sa ) ii * g a good deal , remaiks the " buney Heiald . "
LONGSIGHT LOCGE , No . 2464 . THE regular meeting was held at the Club H < use , Birch Lane , Lcngsight , on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst ., the following being piesein : — Bios . H . Grimshaw W . M ., W . Gadd b . W ., Alu . Llojd Higgiiiiotioni J . W ., Fred . G . Berry P . M . Treas ., Councillor John Ihjthiau See ., E . H . Ri : son Atsist . tec , H . SLeaid S . D ., W . H . Wilson J . L ., C . i > . Lotion J . G ., ' 1 . 1 . Jthcs Onanist
H . Wood , VV . A . B & tcij , F . GiEnnm , ALOKV Liioi Suvaias , Councillor Thos . Uttlty I . P . M . P . P . G . A . D L . , \\ ist Ykt ) , I . W . liai . 1 . M . l . t . b . G D . D . of C , Edwaid Roberts 1-M . ( lnti ;* MAtGN ' i , CiiiiOKHLi ) , Thos . GljLn , Cecil R . Edge , C . Coalman , L . R . li . twisle , 'll os . Pli . niptcu . Visitor : — Bros . James Robinson I . P . M . 1219 , i . ludtdale Bowiey l . i- ' . M . iiiHJ , Arthur C . K . Smith 317 , E . 0 . Ritstn 1161 , Wm . H . Asbworth 1130 .
The members had been summoned to an eurh meeting in the expectation that four ceremonies would be gone through : one ( . abdicate , however , did not put in an appearance , and the woik perioinud was a ceremony in each degree . A ballot having been successfully taken for Mr . John William Fitton ,
Manager , Ardwick , that gentleman was initiated by Bro . Ph ^ thian , which ceremony was followed by the passing to the degree of F . C . of Bro . Cecil R . Edge , by Bro . Uttley ; this in turn was succeeded b > the raising to the sublime degree of Bro . L . R . Entwisle , the W . M . in the latter instance being responsible for the ceremonial , lhe woiking tools in each degree were presented and explained b ) Bro . Higginbottom . At the festi \ e bcaid which followed , man ) of the members , and all of the Visitors , contributed towards a very pleatant evening .
PYTHAGORAS CHAPTER , No . 88 . A REGULAR convocation was held last month at the Chapter Room , Lion Hotel , Cam ! ridge . The I rovinciol Grand Superintendent of Cambridgeshire Companion Col . R . Townley Caldwell was amongst those present . Bros . J . West Knights and F . W . Bird were balloted for , unanimously
elected , and subsequently exalted by the M . E . Z . Comp . Holland was elected as a Joining Member . The work of the Principal Sojourner was abl y performed by Comp . Banham , fully sustaining the prestige of this ancient Chapter . The lectures were afterwards delivered by the present Principals , and hy Comp . B . Chennell P . Z .
When the Sibyl found that Tarquin would not purchase her ninevolume novel at the publithed price , she considerately burned three of the parts and then demanded the same sum for the remainder ; repeating the crematory operation until at length she extorted from tho unfortunate monarch for three tomes the amount she had originally demanded for the complete set . Messrs . Erskine and Co . have a more gentle method of getting
subscribers to improve their minds by reading the works they produce . Mr . George Lane , licensed victualler , Hyde Street , Poplar , takes an interest in the deep mysteries of Freemasonry , and ordered from the firm named their history of the Craft , in two volumes , which he afterwards refused to accept . When they were tendered to him in his bar he declared he would not touch them with a poker . Whether his choice of tbat particular article with which
not to touch the books arose from his experience of the part a poker is popularly supposed to play in the rite of Masonic initiation was not disclosed , tho fact remained that he would have nothing to do with the "History of Freemasonry . " Did Messrs . Erskine act in the unreasonable manner of a Sibyl ? Not at all ; they paid the volumes into the Bow County Court , and then sued tho publican for £ 2 10 s as their value . In the tribunal over which
Judge French presided , thc two large folio volumes were laid before Mr . Lane ; and his honour briefly said , "Now pay for the books jou ordered . " " Oh , certainly , if you say so , " answered the licensed victualler , " but won't you tell them to send the books home ? " " No , " said tho inexorable Augur , " you caused them to brought here , and you must carry them home yourself . "
"But look how heavy they are , " cried the purchaser ; -fancy having to carry them all the way to Poplar ! They are enough to break a man ' s back . " The judge would have nothing to say further on the matter . The books wero there to take or leave , as the defendant liked—but he must pay for them . Mr . Lane staggered out of the couit under the weight , not of the Masonic secrets , but of their history , sumptuously bound in two volumes . — "Daily Telegraph . "
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The association of the Masonic body with the restoration of the west front of Bath Abbey Church dates back something like thirty years , but the work undertaken has never been accomplished . Is it not time either that the project was
abandoned or a serious attempt made to carry it out ? Other people may be more sanguine of the success of the latter than we confess we are , but looking at the generally depressed state of everything , and the laudable desire of fche Brethren to
maintain their own noble charities , the prospect of being able to raise a considerable sum for a work of church restoration seems doubtful indeed . There is , we believe , something like £ 300 or £ 400 in hand ; would it not be well to spend this money on some
other part of the fabric , say the window in the south transcepc , or even add it to the organ fund ? Of course it is safe where it isin the bank—and it is accumulating , but at what rate ? The question , we venture to think , is one that may well engage the attention of the Craffc . —" Bath Chronicle . "
An old Past Master of East Greenwich , alluding to the notes on Fieemasomy in the " South Eastsin Herald , " sends that paper a story which lelates how Freemasonry saved the lives of seventy Fienchmen . Bro . Major Hairy btephenson ( a relative
of the great engineer ) , from whose lips he heard the narrative , learut that San Antonio , the governor of Mexico , had ordered seventy Frenchmen to be shot , simply because they had followed his amiy lor the sale of nicknacks . Bro . Stephenson protested
before Sun Antonio , aud tola him that if he shot the Frenchmen the British fltet should bcn . baid Veia Cruz . lhe governor , in a lege , cidtied that Sti piemen ' s swoid be taken from him , and himself shot with the reht . Knowing that Antonio was a Mason ,
and that his own hie had been spared in consequence , Stephenson appealed to his htnour as a Brother , and ultimately obtained a punnse hem him that he wculd not h-hoot himself , and that he
would spaio tie Fiencbnie-n if he could get them away . Happily he icund a -vessel about to sail lor Fiance , and begged a passage for them . On his letum to England he found a badge of the Legion of Honour awaiting him .
Referring to the political agitations in Italy , the " Tablet " says Signor Crispi ' s old friends , the Freemasons , are taking active steps in his behalf . It is true he is accused of political corruption , and tbat his name is linked with scandals of
European magnitude , but his past career is invoked to show that a Brother of his services should not be deserted . There is considerable- difference of view among the Masons , one party urging that the agitation against Signor Crispi has exceeded the
limit of decency , while another contends that though he is an enrolled member of the Society , he is really outside the organisation . In support of this last view the celebrated speech at Naples is cited . According to a correspondent of the "Times , "
political considerations seem to have taken the precedence , and the tendency is to leave out of consideration all the accusations against Signor Crispi ; but the Grand Master keeps a severe reserve , seeing that the general decision is not yet apparent , but is certainly not in favour of his personal friend , Signor Crispi .
The Installation meeting of the Manchester Lodge , No . 179 was held on Thursday , at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , under the presidency of Bro . J . E . Hughes W . M .,-who formally opened the proceedings . Bro . James Kew P . M . subsequently assumed
command , and installed Bro . Thomas Simpkins as Worshipful Master for the year . The other business included a raising , and two initiations . We shall give a full report of the proceedings in our next issue .
Freemasonry is something more than a meeting round the social board , said a Visitor at a recent meeting . Having knocked about the world for twenty years and been a Mason for the last six , he could bear testimony to the great advantage it
was to a man as soon as he began to travel . In South Africa his experience was that Masonry was a sure passport to immediate help whenever it was wanted , every Mason being ready to do what he could for a Brother , even though he had never met him before .
The Eev . Charles Edward Shirley Woolmer , M . A ., vicar of Sidcup , after whom the new Lodge at that town was named , was married at Chislehurst on the 2 nd inst ., to Miss Edith M . Bros , a brilliant amateur musician .
The second annual ball of the Etruscan Lodge , No . 546 , was held at the Town Hall , Longton , on Thursday , 3 rd inst ., and proved a great success .
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proposed , heartily received , and duly responded to . The various toasts were relieved by songs and recitations given by Bros . Allin , McLeish , Lissenden Lees and Mogeridge , Bro . Allin presiding at the pianoforte .
COLERIDGE LODGE , No . 1750 . THE installation took place on Wednesday , 9 th inst ., when Bro . H . S . Newnham was inducted to the chair of K . S . The ceremony was ably performed by the Right Hon . Viscount Dungarvan Prov . Grand Master of Somerset , in the presence of forty Brethren .
The Brethren subsequently adjourned for the banquet at Regent House , where the customary Masonic toasts weie honoured .
ABBEY LODGE , No . 2120 . ON Wednesday , 9 th inst ., there was ono of the most numerous assemblages of Brethren that has ever taken place in the Masonic Hall , Chertsey ,
the occasion being to assist in the installation of Biother Ihcmas Dix . The duties of the I . P . M . Bro . C . Welch were well and thcughfully carried out , indeed so much so that he received the praise of Bro . Col . Noel Money Prov . G . M . Surrey .
It should be stated that according to routine , the Master's chair should this year be occupied by Bro . James Webb , tut as he at the present time holds the office of Vv , M . of the Bislej Lodge , he could not accept both honours
without a special dispensation . After the installation , a very beautiful silk banner emblazoned with gold was presented to the Lodge by I . P . M . Welch . The names of the Past Masters of the Lodge will be recorded on tho banner .
The banquet took place at 6 o ' clock , and was served in Bro . Mason ' s very best style , and this is sa ) ii * g a good deal , remaiks the " buney Heiald . "
LONGSIGHT LOCGE , No . 2464 . THE regular meeting was held at the Club H < use , Birch Lane , Lcngsight , on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst ., the following being piesein : — Bios . H . Grimshaw W . M ., W . Gadd b . W ., Alu . Llojd Higgiiiiotioni J . W ., Fred . G . Berry P . M . Treas ., Councillor John Ihjthiau See ., E . H . Ri : son Atsist . tec , H . SLeaid S . D ., W . H . Wilson J . L ., C . i > . Lotion J . G ., ' 1 . 1 . Jthcs Onanist
H . Wood , VV . A . B & tcij , F . GiEnnm , ALOKV Liioi Suvaias , Councillor Thos . Uttlty I . P . M . P . P . G . A . D L . , \\ ist Ykt ) , I . W . liai . 1 . M . l . t . b . G D . D . of C , Edwaid Roberts 1-M . ( lnti ;* MAtGN ' i , CiiiiOKHLi ) , Thos . GljLn , Cecil R . Edge , C . Coalman , L . R . li . twisle , 'll os . Pli . niptcu . Visitor : — Bros . James Robinson I . P . M . 1219 , i . ludtdale Bowiey l . i- ' . M . iiiHJ , Arthur C . K . Smith 317 , E . 0 . Ritstn 1161 , Wm . H . Asbworth 1130 .
The members had been summoned to an eurh meeting in the expectation that four ceremonies would be gone through : one ( . abdicate , however , did not put in an appearance , and the woik perioinud was a ceremony in each degree . A ballot having been successfully taken for Mr . John William Fitton ,
Manager , Ardwick , that gentleman was initiated by Bro . Ph ^ thian , which ceremony was followed by the passing to the degree of F . C . of Bro . Cecil R . Edge , by Bro . Uttley ; this in turn was succeeded b > the raising to the sublime degree of Bro . L . R . Entwisle , the W . M . in the latter instance being responsible for the ceremonial , lhe woiking tools in each degree were presented and explained b ) Bro . Higginbottom . At the festi \ e bcaid which followed , man ) of the members , and all of the Visitors , contributed towards a very pleatant evening .
PYTHAGORAS CHAPTER , No . 88 . A REGULAR convocation was held last month at the Chapter Room , Lion Hotel , Cam ! ridge . The I rovinciol Grand Superintendent of Cambridgeshire Companion Col . R . Townley Caldwell was amongst those present . Bros . J . West Knights and F . W . Bird were balloted for , unanimously
elected , and subsequently exalted by the M . E . Z . Comp . Holland was elected as a Joining Member . The work of the Principal Sojourner was abl y performed by Comp . Banham , fully sustaining the prestige of this ancient Chapter . The lectures were afterwards delivered by the present Principals , and hy Comp . B . Chennell P . Z .
When the Sibyl found that Tarquin would not purchase her ninevolume novel at the publithed price , she considerately burned three of the parts and then demanded the same sum for the remainder ; repeating the crematory operation until at length she extorted from tho unfortunate monarch for three tomes the amount she had originally demanded for the complete set . Messrs . Erskine and Co . have a more gentle method of getting
subscribers to improve their minds by reading the works they produce . Mr . George Lane , licensed victualler , Hyde Street , Poplar , takes an interest in the deep mysteries of Freemasonry , and ordered from the firm named their history of the Craft , in two volumes , which he afterwards refused to accept . When they were tendered to him in his bar he declared he would not touch them with a poker . Whether his choice of tbat particular article with which
not to touch the books arose from his experience of the part a poker is popularly supposed to play in the rite of Masonic initiation was not disclosed , tho fact remained that he would have nothing to do with the "History of Freemasonry . " Did Messrs . Erskine act in the unreasonable manner of a Sibyl ? Not at all ; they paid the volumes into the Bow County Court , and then sued tho publican for £ 2 10 s as their value . In the tribunal over which
Judge French presided , thc two large folio volumes were laid before Mr . Lane ; and his honour briefly said , "Now pay for the books jou ordered . " " Oh , certainly , if you say so , " answered the licensed victualler , " but won't you tell them to send the books home ? " " No , " said tho inexorable Augur , " you caused them to brought here , and you must carry them home yourself . "
"But look how heavy they are , " cried the purchaser ; -fancy having to carry them all the way to Poplar ! They are enough to break a man ' s back . " The judge would have nothing to say further on the matter . The books wero there to take or leave , as the defendant liked—but he must pay for them . Mr . Lane staggered out of the couit under the weight , not of the Masonic secrets , but of their history , sumptuously bound in two volumes . — "Daily Telegraph . "
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The association of the Masonic body with the restoration of the west front of Bath Abbey Church dates back something like thirty years , but the work undertaken has never been accomplished . Is it not time either that the project was
abandoned or a serious attempt made to carry it out ? Other people may be more sanguine of the success of the latter than we confess we are , but looking at the generally depressed state of everything , and the laudable desire of fche Brethren to
maintain their own noble charities , the prospect of being able to raise a considerable sum for a work of church restoration seems doubtful indeed . There is , we believe , something like £ 300 or £ 400 in hand ; would it not be well to spend this money on some
other part of the fabric , say the window in the south transcepc , or even add it to the organ fund ? Of course it is safe where it isin the bank—and it is accumulating , but at what rate ? The question , we venture to think , is one that may well engage the attention of the Craffc . —" Bath Chronicle . "
An old Past Master of East Greenwich , alluding to the notes on Fieemasomy in the " South Eastsin Herald , " sends that paper a story which lelates how Freemasonry saved the lives of seventy Fienchmen . Bro . Major Hairy btephenson ( a relative
of the great engineer ) , from whose lips he heard the narrative , learut that San Antonio , the governor of Mexico , had ordered seventy Frenchmen to be shot , simply because they had followed his amiy lor the sale of nicknacks . Bro . Stephenson protested
before Sun Antonio , aud tola him that if he shot the Frenchmen the British fltet should bcn . baid Veia Cruz . lhe governor , in a lege , cidtied that Sti piemen ' s swoid be taken from him , and himself shot with the reht . Knowing that Antonio was a Mason ,
and that his own hie had been spared in consequence , Stephenson appealed to his htnour as a Brother , and ultimately obtained a punnse hem him that he wculd not h-hoot himself , and that he
would spaio tie Fiencbnie-n if he could get them away . Happily he icund a -vessel about to sail lor Fiance , and begged a passage for them . On his letum to England he found a badge of the Legion of Honour awaiting him .
Referring to the political agitations in Italy , the " Tablet " says Signor Crispi ' s old friends , the Freemasons , are taking active steps in his behalf . It is true he is accused of political corruption , and tbat his name is linked with scandals of
European magnitude , but his past career is invoked to show that a Brother of his services should not be deserted . There is considerable- difference of view among the Masons , one party urging that the agitation against Signor Crispi has exceeded the
limit of decency , while another contends that though he is an enrolled member of the Society , he is really outside the organisation . In support of this last view the celebrated speech at Naples is cited . According to a correspondent of the "Times , "
political considerations seem to have taken the precedence , and the tendency is to leave out of consideration all the accusations against Signor Crispi ; but the Grand Master keeps a severe reserve , seeing that the general decision is not yet apparent , but is certainly not in favour of his personal friend , Signor Crispi .
The Installation meeting of the Manchester Lodge , No . 179 was held on Thursday , at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , under the presidency of Bro . J . E . Hughes W . M .,-who formally opened the proceedings . Bro . James Kew P . M . subsequently assumed
command , and installed Bro . Thomas Simpkins as Worshipful Master for the year . The other business included a raising , and two initiations . We shall give a full report of the proceedings in our next issue .
Freemasonry is something more than a meeting round the social board , said a Visitor at a recent meeting . Having knocked about the world for twenty years and been a Mason for the last six , he could bear testimony to the great advantage it
was to a man as soon as he began to travel . In South Africa his experience was that Masonry was a sure passport to immediate help whenever it was wanted , every Mason being ready to do what he could for a Brother , even though he had never met him before .
The Eev . Charles Edward Shirley Woolmer , M . A ., vicar of Sidcup , after whom the new Lodge at that town was named , was married at Chislehurst on the 2 nd inst ., to Miss Edith M . Bros , a brilliant amateur musician .
The second annual ball of the Etruscan Lodge , No . 546 , was held at the Town Hall , Longton , on Thursday , 3 rd inst ., and proved a great success .