Prudence Lodge, No. 2069.

PRUDENCE LODGE , No . 2069 .

ON Saturday , the 13 th inst ., the usual monthly meeting of this very prosperous Lodge was held in the Masonic Hall , Great George-street , Leeds . It waa scrolling meeting , and occasion was taken of that most interesting circumstance to impress upon the Worshipful Master , Bro . Tudor Trevor P . M ., the deep feelings of personal regard with which he is regarded by the brethren , for

during his most happy year of office not one cloud has threatened to mar the harmony and unanimity whioh is one of the most noteworthy characteristics of this Lodge . The business commenced at three o ' olook , and the W . M . ( Bro . Tudor Trevor ) was supported by Bros . C . L . Mason P . M . P . P . G . Treas . I . P . M ., Dr .

Cartwright Smyth P . M . P . G . Chaplain , Watson P . M . S . W ., Middleton J . W ., R . Abbott Treasurer , Rev . J . H . Evans as Chaplain , S . Scott Young Secretary , J . G . Fretwell S . D ., T . Atkinson J . D ., Butterworth I . G ., B . S . Bailey Steward , L . Howarth Organist , Begbie Abbott , S . A . Smithson , Thornton Jones , Rev . J . E . Bentley , B . Bentley ,

Cryer , Wilkinson , Edward Ellis , R . Craig P . M . P . P . G . D ., F . G . Dimery P . M ., Jose " Riokard W . M . 304 , Flockton P . M . 1042 , and many others . The Lodge having been opened in due form , Bro . Geo . Pratt was raised to the sublime degree by the W . M ., assisted by Bro . C . L . Mason . The scrolling for incoming W . M . was then

prooeeded with , Bro . Watson receiving a unanimous call to that exalted honour , a choice which as much redounded to the credit of the Lodge aa to Bro . Watson , whose fame as a Masonic author and authority is known far beyond the limits of Leeds . This will be the third time Bro . Watson has been called upon to fill the chair of K . S . Bro . Robt .

Abbott was again unanimously chosen as Treasurer of the Lodge , the announcement of his election being received with the liveliest expressions of satisfaction . Bro . S . Barrand was also re-appointed Tyler of the Lodge , a post which he has hitherto filled with marked ability . Bros . Watson and Middleton were elected Auditors of the

Lodge funds , the W . M . nominating Bro . Fretwell as his representative . Bro . Graig then moved that a P . M . 's founder ' s ] ewel , of the Lodge pattern , should be presented to the W . M . out of the Lodge funds , and this , on being seconded by Bro . Mason , was carried with aoclamation , and suitably acknowledged by Bro . Tador Trevor .

Bro . Trevor then delivered a short valedictory address from the chair . He said it is now my duty to render an account of my Stewardship during the past year , and I feel very thankful that it is a satisfactory aocount that I can give to you . Daring the year of my Mastership I have had the satisfaction of initiating six new members of the

Lodge and of enrolling two new joining members . On the 14 th of January we voted ten guineas to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . On 14 th February Bro . "Watson was appointed Hon . Curator and Librarian of the Provincial Library and Museum , and as an evidence of the way in which he has discharged his duties in that

connection , I will refer yon to the forthcoming report of the Provinoial Grand Lodge , held at Keighley . On the 10 th of March we signalised the Silver Wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales , by sending a congratulatory telegram to their Royal Highnesses , to whioh a suitable and gracious reply was received . On the

14 th April we received the said announcement of the death of the Rev . T . Greenbury , 304 , Prov . G . Chaplain , and the following month we were called upon to deplore the decease of another olerical brother , the Rev . E . W . Makinson P . M . 289 P . P . G . O . On 14 th July you were kind enough to sympathise with me in the loss of my dear

father , the late Canon Trevor , D . D ., Rector of Beeford . The manner in which your sympathy was expressed to me I shall never forgetj and the engrossed resolution will ever be one of the most prized and cherished of my possessions . So much for the history of the Lodge , and if it has been a successful history it is because you have made

it so j it is because you have recognised your responsibilities , and because you have recognised the subordination you owed to the various Officers of the Lodge . You have by your help and consideration made the ruling of this Lodge practically a very easy task during the past year . I feel to-night very much like the Captain of a ship on

returning to England after a long voyage . I have brought my ship into port after a prosperous voyage . I thank the Great Architect of the Universe that He has given me health and Btrength to bring my ship so splendidly into harbour , as I have done to-night j and I also thank Him for the pleasure he has afforded me in having so

completely won your esteem and affection . I now must formally bid you all good-bye . I thank yon again and again for your constant kindness , your persevering kindness . It has been a most happy and successful year , though I take no credit personally that it haB been so , any credit there may be is due to you . Let me , then , in conclusion ,

ask you in all earnestness and sincerity indelibly to imprint upon your hearts and minds that sentence which is the very incarnation of the true spirit of Masonry , " Behold how good and joyful a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity . " Hearty good wishes were passed round , visitors rising with brethren of the Lodge to show

to their out-going W . M . the sincerity of their sentiments of affection and esteem . After high tea the W . M . elect was heartily congratulated upon his selection , and he and all the Officers tendered to Bro . Trevor the earnest assurance that tho Masonic year just ended had been one

of the happiest in their experience . The usual toasts were interspersed with songs , not the least interesting contribution being that of Bro . Cnlleyn , Riohmond , Virginia , U . S . A ., who gave a cordial invitation to brethren who might cross the Atlantic .

Joppa Lodge of Instruction , Ho . 188 . —On Tuesday , 16 th inst ., at 7 p . m ., at the Manchester Hotel , Aldersgate-straet , E . C . Present—Bros . Chillingworth P . M ., & c . W . M ., I . Botibol S . W ., Liscombe J . W ., A . Cohen S . D ., Poynter J . D ., Franz I . G . ; also Bros . Garrard , Marcus , Pege , Rosenberg , Goodinge , Roberts , Marks , and Saqui ( Secretary ) . The ceremonies of initiation and passing were rehearsed , the Master discharging his functions in an excellent manner , well becoming one so experienced in the Craft .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works t Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , N . — : o : — Ars Quatuor Goronatorum ; or the Transactions of the Lodge Ojaatnof Coronati , No . 2076 . London : Vol . I . Part IV .

THIS welcome serial embraces the proceedings of the Lodge , and the literary contributions of its inner and onter cirole , between the 4 th of May and the close of September , in the current year . The papers , or essays , actually read in the Lodge are two in number ; one , entitled " Soottish Freemasonry before the Era of Grand Lodges , "

by Bro . G . W . Speth ; and the other , " Masters Lodges , " by Bro . John Lane . Both are of rare excellence , and fully uphold the high standard of intrinsic merit and literary workmanship which the previous lectures of a similar character have essentially stampod as one of , and perhaps the most remarkable of , the evidences of

throughness that meet the eye in every printed record of this Lodge-, The Secretary , Bro . Speth , had to grapple with a somewhafc formidable subject , but may be justly said to have brought ai quantity of rude matter into due form . His way of putting old things in a new light , and the inferences and conjectures he sprinkles

so pleasantly with the narrative , not only rivet the attention , bat place before us a vision of potentialities with regard to the past of Freemasonry . Bro . Lane ' s paper throws a quantity of muoh needed light on a subject whioh has hitherto lain very muoh in the dark . Thus , it

proves to demonstration that the third degree only began to take firm root in our English Lodges , as an additional ceremonial , in the fourth decade of the last century . The miscellaneous contributions to what is now the only " Magazine " of the British Craft , comprise " The Roman Legend of the

Qnattvo Incoronati , by Bro . S . Russell Forbes , of Rome ; some "Notes" on unrecognised Lodges and degrees , by Bro . Yarker ; "An Attempt to Classify the Old Charges , " by Dr . Begemann P . Prov . G . M . of Rostock ; together with "Kaiser Wilhelm as a Mason , " and the " Quatuor Coronati Abroad , " being a record of the

Visitations of the W . M . and Secretary to Holland aud Belgium , by Bro . Speth . There is also an amusing notice by the last named brother of an attack , by Bro . Findel on the " Masonio youngsters " of

the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , whioh appeared in the " Bauhiitte . " The remarks of Bro . Speth we shall hope to find room for in another issue . The correspondence oircle , or literary society of the Lodge , we are glad to find has attained a grand total of 419 .

The Rye Lodge , No . 2272 , will be consecrated on Monday next , at the Peckham Public Hall , Rye Lane , S . E . The proceedings will commence at four p . m . ; Bro . Colonel S . H . Clerke ( Grand Secretary ) will be the Consecrating Officer , while Bro . J . W . Dewsnap P . M . 188 , < fec , is the Worshipful Master designate .

" The Woman ' s World , " edited by Mr . Oscar Wilde , will b & enlarged with the November part without increase of price . An etching of Meissonier ' s pioture , "The Painter , " will appear in " The Magazine of Art" for November , which commences a new volume .

Messrs . Cassell announce a new serial issue of Gustave Doro's Illustrated Bible , in weekly numbers at the price of one halfpenny each—which may be regarded as tho oheapest enterprise yet under , taken even by this popular firm . The first number will appear on the 31 st instant—Academy .

A new work , entitled " Picturesque Australasia , " is about to be published by Messrs . Cassell and Company , in monthly parts . It will be written by Professor Morris , of the Melbourne University , assisted

by writers in the various Colonies . The illustrations have been prepared by artists who have been specially commissioned by the publishers to travel through Australasia to prepare original drawings for the work .

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