Notices Of Meetings.

P . P . S . G . W . Northants and Hunts , Craft ; P . Z . Hengist Chapter , No . 195 * , Northampton Chapter , No . 360 ; P . P . G . J . Hants and Isle of Wight Royal Arch j P . M . Simon de St . Liz Lodge , No . 245 ; P . P . J . G . W . Leicester , Northampton , and Derby Mark ; P . C . N . Ark Matiners •P . M . W . S . Vigne Chapter , No . 25 . Tha Worshipful Master , Paat Masters , Wardens , Officers , and

Brethren of the Lodge of Hengist , No . 195 , Bournemouth , in the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , offer to you their sincere and grateful thanks for the greafc and valuable services rendered by you at all times , and nnder all circumstances , to the Holy cause of Freemasonry ; and especially to the Officers and Brethren of this Lodge during the time you have sojourned amongst them .

We unanimously beg your acceptance of this illuminated address on your resignation of the office of Director of Ceremonies of this Lodge , aud trust that , although the state of your health compels you to give np the active work hitherto so willingly , most wisely , and ably given , yon may be spared for many years to give oufc of tbe store of

your mature Masonio knowledge tbe benefit of your counsel and advice . And that when yon may be called from your path on earth you may be received into those Heavenly Mansions where the World ' s Great Architect lives and reigns for evermore . Signed on behalf of the Officers and Brethren of the

Lodge—W . H . VYE W . M . A . REDPEARN S . W . W . HUMPHRY J . W . W . B . ROGERS P . M . P . P . G . R . P . Z . 195 P . P . G . Prin . Soj . J . HARVEY P . M . 694 5 P . P . S . G . D . P . Z . 195 P . P . G . Soj . Bournemouth , 7 th December 1893 .

CHARITY LODGE , No . 223 . ON the 19 th inst ., at the Freemason ' s Hall , Plymouth , Bro . Charles B . Gale was installed W . M . Bros . W . Stenlake , W . Browning , J . W . Cornish P . P . G . Treas ., were fche Installing Officers . Among the visitors was Bro . Rev . Dr . T . W . Lemon P . P . G . J . W . Prov . Grand Chaplain .

ST . LUKE'S LODGE , No . 225 . THE annnal meeting was held at fche Masonio Hall , Soane Street , Ipswich , on Wednesday , 13 th inst ., when Bro . Harry Cockrell was installed Worshipful Master . There was a very large attendance . The installation ceremony was impressively performed by

Bro . George Powell Price , and Bro . S . R . Anness delivered the addresses to the Master , Wardens , and Brethren respectively . The Worshipfnl Master afterwards appointed and invested his Officers . Prior to the close of the Lodge business , the brethren passed a vote of condolence with tbe Provincial Grand Master ( Lord Henniker ) in his recent domestic bereavement .

The installation banquet followed , the Worshipful Master presiding , and having proposed the loyal toasts , submitted that of the R . W . the Provincial Grand Master Lord Henniker , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master the Rev . C . J . Martyn , and the rest of the Provincial Grand Officers . Ho referred in sympathetic terms to the heavy bereavement whioh had fallen npon Lord Henniker .

Bro . H . J . Wright P . G . D . of C . responded for the Present Officers , and Bro . James Napier P . P . G . J . D . for the Past . The Worshipful Master said he was sure the brethren would be glad to make a departure from the nsnal Masonio toast list on that occasion . One of the brethren who had hononred him with his presence had very recently been elected to the high office of Chief

Magistrate of the boroogb , and he asked them to join him in drinking the health of Bro . S . R . Anness , Mayor of Ipswich . He had known Bro . Anness ever since he had been in Ipswich , and he had always entertained a very high opinion of his public services , more particularly as Chairman of the Board of Guardians . Ho wns

confident Bro . Anness would discharge the dnties of his civio office in an equally efficient manner . It was a source of great giatification lo tbe Masons of Ipswich when Bro . Anness wns elected Chief Magistrate , because it was well known that he was a most zealous nud earnest Mason . The toast was received with full Masonio

honours . The Mayor , in acknowledging the compliment , warmly congratulated Bro . Cockrell upon tho distinguished position he had achieved in Masonry . When Bro . Cockrell entered the Craft he felt certain he was destined to fill the exalted position he did that night . Ho assured the brethren thafc it was with mnch pleasuro he was

with them that evening ; he felt that in going to a Mnsonic meeting he was not departing from the rules laid down by his predecessors ' , because in Masonry they knew nothing of politics—thoy met ns brethren of a great Order , the members of which were taught to respect regularly constituted authorities . Bro . A . VV . Cook gave the Masonio Charities , coupled with the

name of Bro . Tracy , who replied . Bro . W . H . Cook , in submitting the toast of the Worshipfnl Master , spoke of Bro . Cockrell as one eminently suited for the position to which he had been elected . They all knew that his heart was in his work and thafc he took great interest in tbe Craft . They might rely upon it that whatever the Worshipful Master

undertook he would carry out in a most efficient manner . Personally he felt that they had "the right man in the right place , " and he hoped nothing would happen during his year of office to mar the happiness and good fooling which at present existed in the Lodge . The W . M ., who wns most cordially received , said he was thoroughly

in earnest in his desire to do all be conld for St . Luke ' s Lodge , and to carry out the great purposes of Masonry . A few years ago he came to Ipswich more as an operative than a speculative Mason , but he was thankful to say he had made many friends , but to none was he more grateful than he was to those who took upon themselves the

responsibility of proposing him as a member of that noble Order . He was extremely glad that his Masonio " parents , " Bro . Brooke and Bro . Talbot , were able to be present that evening . Ever since he had been in the Craft he had endeavoured to carry out the principles of Masonry ; he had endeavoured to do his duty in the Lodge , and he had gone on step by step nntil ho had arrived at the position he now held . He assured tho biethren it wonld be his great aim during

his year to do what he believed to be right and proper in the interests of St . Luke ' s Lodge . The W . M . next proposed the health of the I . P . M . He expressed his great admiration of way in whioh Bro . W . H . Cook had carried oufc all his Masonio duties . In the minor positions he was one of the smartest Officers he had ever seen , and they would all admit that he had been a splendid Master . Bro . Cook briefly responded .

FIDELITY LODGE , No . 230 . THE election meeting was held , at Plymouth , on the 7 th inst ., when Bro . F . Bromley was selected as W . M ., Bro . E . H . Littleton P . P . G . J . D . was re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . C . H . Dyer Tyler . £ 2 was voted to the coal charity , and £ 1 Is to the blanket fnnd .

LOYAL LODGE , No . 251 . AT the regnlar meeting Bro . W . G . Crang , of Waytown , was elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and Brother J . W . Brewer Treasnrer .

COMBERMERE LODGE OF UNION , No . 295 . AT the meeting , on Thursday , 7 th inst ., afc Macclesfield , Bro . Thomas P . Dnnkerley , Greenway , was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Dunkerley has been a Mason fnlly

ten years , has filled most of the offices of his Lodge , and been a regular contributor to the Charities . It is unnecessary , therefore , ta say that his elevation to the Mastership is very popular with the Craft . Bro . Lockitt , the retiring W . M ., was re-elected Treasurer for the 24 th time . The Combermere only a couple of months ago celebrated its Centenary , and Bro . R . Brown P . M . compiled its

" Hundred Years History , whioh , with a report of the Centenary , celebration , & o ., has been issued in book form . At Thursday night's Lodge the W . M . stated that the Most Wor . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales had been pleased to accept a copy of tbe book and to express his thanks to the author . The Secretary of Grand Lodge

also wrote acknowledging receipt of the book . Lord Egerton of Tatton , tho Provincial Grand Master , whose portrait forms fche frontispiece of the book , and many other Masonio brethren have also written approvingly of the work * whilst amongst the non-Masons Mr . W . Bromley-Davenport , M . P ., adds his testimony to its general interest .

LODGE OF HOPE , No . 302 . THE members celebrated their annnal festival of St . John the Evangelist , at the Masonio Hall , Darley Street , Bradford . More than nsual interest was centered in the gathering from the fact that next year will mark the centenary of the Lodge . The Hope is the mother of Masonio Lodges in the Bradford district . It was established in the jear 1794 , and an unbroken record of its meetings

from that time to the present is preserved in the Lodge roll Accordingly it has been decided to apply to the Grand Lodge of England for a centenary warrant . The centenary will be celebrated early in the coming year with due ceremonial , and the occasion is expected to mark a distinct epoch in the history of Freemasonry in the

district . The P » st Masters and Brethren of the Lodge have expressed a wish that all tbe principal chairs in the Lodge should he occupied during the year by Past Masters of experience , and accordingly at the annual festival Past Masters were appointed to every post of importance . The new W . M . is Bro . J . B . Armitage

P . P . G . W ., who was Master of the Lodge 24 years ago . He was in . stalled with the nsual honours , and he afterwards invested the following Officers for the ensuing year , viz : —Bros . W . Jenkinson P . M . I . P . M ., Charles Gott P . P . G . Superintendent of Works S . W ., J . B . Knight P . P . G . D . J . W ., T . H . Flynn P . P . G . C . Chaplain , T . F .

Pettinger Treasurer , J . Best P . M . Secretary , T . C . Hope P . G . Supt . of Works S . D ., C . Speight P . M . Deputy S . D ., G . H . Ho <] gson P . M . J . D ., F . W . Nicholson P . P . G . O . Organist , John Ingleby P . M . D . C , John Pickles Assist . Dir . of C ,-rs * ., Jas . Ambler P . P . G . D . I . G ., John Beanland O . G ., Wm . Moore R . S ., John Hill L . R . S ., and T . C . Hope

P . G . S . W . G . S . Aft * r the completion of the proceedings in the Lodge room the brethren adjourned and celebrated the festival of St . John in the nsnal Masonic fashion .

ONE AND ALL LODGE , No . 330 . LAST week the members elected Bro . G . B . Treverfcon as W . M ., and raeleoted Bro . W . Rowe P . P . G . W . Treasurer .

UNANIMITY LODGE , No 339 . fPHE annual festival of St . John was held at Penrith , on Monday JL 11 th inst ., when the new Master ( Bro . Septimus Farmer ) mw

installed , the ceremony taking place in the new Lodge-room , nt the Crown Hotel . There was a good attendance of brethren , includin " visitors from Wigton and Carlisle . n The usual installation banquet took plaee in the evening .