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Metham Lodge, No. 1205.
before were Bros . J . W . Cornish P . M . P . G . T ., L . L . Blight , George Sercombe J . S . 70 , R . Smith , Moseley Joel S . S . 105 , H . Squire , F . Owens S . S . 230 . Tbe Worshipful Master ( Bro . Diokson ) presided , and proposed the u 3 ual Loyal and Masonio toasts . His health was received with Lancashire fire , inaugurated by Bro . Jew . Bro . Powell , in proposing the health of the I . P . M ., Bro . W . H . Hunt ,
said he had had the pleasure of initiating him into the Order in 1875 , and whilst be had then a high opinion of his talents , geniality , and courtesy , he hardly thought he could have arrived at so proud a position as he now occupied in so short a time , and the jewel he was about to be presented with was thoroughly deserved . Bro . D . Cross bad the pleasure to present jewels to three of the Past Masters , two of which would have been given before , but for circumstances over
whioh the Lodge had no control . The jewels were not given simply because the brethren had passed the chair , but they were given because the brethren had done their duty well , faithfully , and for the beat interests of Lodge Metham , and for Freemasonry . The jewels were of 18-oarat , gold ; engraved : — " Presented by the brethren of the Metham Lodge , No . 1205 , to as a token of their fraternal regard . "
The worthy recipients were Bros . Thomas Gibbons , Thomas E . reek , and William Henry Hunt . The Treasurer and Seoretary were honoured , as they deserved to be ; they suitably responded . The evening was enlivened by the solos of Bro . Searl , violin ; and Bro . W . H . Cornish , flageolet and violin , accompanied by Bro . Gibbons , and songs by Bros . J . Leonard , H . Hewlett , and a recitation by Bros . E . A . Lyons and McCartney . The host and hostess were especiall y thanked for their admirable catering .
Loughborough Lodge of Instruction , No . 22 . —A meeting was held on Monday evening , 19 th instant , at Brother HoDiarmaid's , the Cambria Tavern , Cambria . road , Loughborough , junction . Bros . Warren W . M ., Harvey S . W ., Westley J . W ., MoDiarmaid Treasurer , MoKinley Seoretary , Coruook S . D ., Bellis J . D ., Kenel I . G . ; also Bros . Brown , Perkins , Hampton , Banks , Stafford . Lodge was opened in the first , second and third degrees , when Bro . Westley worked the first section of the third lecture . The oeremony
of raising was then rehearsed , Bros . Perkins candidate . Bro . Jones , Earl of Lathom 1922 , was eleoted a member . Bro . Banks announced the untimely death of the son of Bro . Littlewood , senior P . M . of 780 ( who had been killed by a railway accident , he having slipped in endeavouring to catch the train ) . He also proposed that a vote of condolence be sent from the Lodge to our brother ' s family . This was carried unanimously .
Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 . —Held its March meeting at Brixton Hall on 10 th inst ., Bro . H . E . F . Bussey Worshipful Master presiding . There was a very good attendance of brethren , notwithstanding there was a Saturday sitting of the House of Commons . The Master was supported by air his Officers . Two candidates for initiation were successfully balloted for , and a brother was afterwards
raised to the third degree . The Worshipful Master then , in very feeling terms , in the expression of which he was deeply affected , proposed a vote of condolence and sympathy with the widow and family of the late Bro . John Allen , who acted as Past Master during the first year of the Lodge's existence , and who died since the last
Installation meeting of the Lodge . The motion was seconded by the I . P . M ., and carried unanimously , and the Secretary was direoted to communicate the resolution to Mrs . Allen . The Lodge and all the brethren appeared in deep mourning . Bro . C . Basil Cooke , son-in-law of the deceased , gracefully acknowledged the vote , and the attendance of the brethren at tbe funeral . As Brother
Allen ' s mother Lodge and the Orpheus Lodge , of which he also was a member and one of the founders , proposed to erect a memorial over Bro . Allen ' s grave , the Gallery Lodge , on the proposition of Bro . Bussey , resolved to join with those Lodges in the testimonial . The Lodge afterwards voted a founder ' s jewel to Bro . Basil Cooke , in consideration of his services as first Secretary of the
Lodge . The brethren afterwards proceeded to revise the bye . laws . The Worshipful Master announced that be had been enabled to carry up a subscription list of over £ 30 to the last Festival of the Benevolent Institution , and stated that he expected that before the list was closed it would amount to £ 50 . He also communicated the'desire of Lord Claud Hamilton and several
other Members of Parliament , who had subscribed to his list , to visit the Lodge , an announcement which was received with much gratification by the whole of the brethren . Bro . T . B . Whitefoot , one of the members of the Lodge , who has recently returned from a visit to America , informed the brethren that he had told the American Press brethren of the establishment of the Gallery Lodge and the Press Club , when he received for reply that the Amerioan Press
thought they were in advance of the English Press in tbe establishment of a Press Club , but that they had not yet a Press Lodge ; they hoped , however , to establish one soon , and in the meantime congratnlated the English reporters on having such a Lodge , and sent the Gallery Lodge their hearty good wishes . Bro . Albery , Secretary , read an invitation from the Wolseley Lodge , No . 1993 , to the conseoration thereof , which will take place on the 28 th inst ., at Manchester ,
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DANCING . — To Those Who Have Never Learnt to Dance . —Bro . and Mrs . JACQUES WYNMANN receive daily , and undertake to teach ladies and gentlemen , who have never had the slightest previous kmwiedi ? e or instruction , to go through every fashionable baU-da < ice in a few easy lessons , "lvate lessons any hour . Morning and evening classes . PB 08 PBCT 1 TS Olf APPLICATION . ACADEMY—74 NEWMAN STREET , OXFORD STREET , W , BBO . JACQUES WlJTMANW WXtL HE HAPPT TO IAXB THB lUKAOBUXXI 01 MASONIC BAMS . FlBSI-ClAgS BAKD 8 PIOYIDID .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . THE WOLSELEY LODGE , No . 1993 .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — I have read "A PROVINCIAL . BROTHER ' S" letter in last week ' s CHRONICLE with mingled pleasnre and regret , —with pleasure , beoause he is quite right iu drawing pnblio attention to the issue of the Circular he desoribes ; and with regret , because , having regard to Lord Wolseley ' s recent utterances
on the subject of Temperance , and that this particular Lodge , to be named after him , ia to be conducted on so-called Temperance principles , there is reason to fear we shall have introduced into , our Lodges the discussion of these principles . I am , like your correspondent , not objecting in the slightest degree to any one , be he Mason or profane , turning teetotaller , bnt the principle which
underlies teetotaliam is not so mnoh " temperance , which even the most intemperate man must respeot , but the fear of intemperance and its evil consequenoes . A man who is temperate does not need to enrol himself among the teetotallers . He knows and feels that , on all occasions , and no matter how great the temptation , he will never indulge to exoess . Teetotaliam is for the intemperate man who can
never command himself ; never knows when he has had enough . Why , may I ask , is A , who was never known to be intoxicated in his life , to be deprived of his glass or two of wine beoause B , who for years together was rarely sober for tweuty . four hoars at a time , finds he oannot be a temperate man without becoming a teetotaller . I am a strong opponent of this so-oalled temperanoe orusade , beoause
experience tells me that a fit of exoess in any one direction is certain to be followed by a corresponding fit of excess in the opposite direction . One example of this , taken from the pages of our own history , will suffice to explain my meaning . The enforced outward observance of respect for religion aud the detestation publicly exhibited towards all pleasures , even of the most innocent kind , whioh
prevailed during the period of the Commonwealth , only succeeded in causing a terrible reaotion when the Stnarts were restored to the throne , and for years afterwards , when all classes of people absolutely revelled in the practice of irreligion and libertinism . If all England is to be forced into the practice of temperance by the uuiversal adoption of the dootrine of total abstinence , then , though it may succeed for a time , it is in the nature of things that sooner or
later a terrible reaotion of almost universal inebriety will follow . I admire temperanoe , and I hope I practise it , while the man who oan only become temperate by the adoption of teetotalism has my warmest sympathies . ; but there I stop , and I hope the members of the Wolseley Lodge will have the good sense to stop at the same point . Fraternally yours , "Q . "
The Grand Treasurership.
THE GRAND TREASURERSHIP .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Various opinions have , of course , been expressed relative to the appointment of a successor to Colonel Creaton in the offioe of Grand Treasurer of England . Moving about as I do amongst frequent assemblages of Masons , I hare heard but one opinion respecting the zealous and efficient manner in whioh the
late Treasurer fulfilled the duties of his responsible position . . The interest he has taken in promoting the welfare of the Craft is well known , and there is not a brother amongst us who is not ready to accord to him the most profound respect and admiration for the solicitude he has manifested in all matters which affect tho prosperity of our Order . H 9 may rest assured that the late decision of Grand
Lodge was prompted by no personal want of respeot towards himself , or appreciation of the great services he has rendered to the Craft in a variety of ways , in addition to the office he has just vacated . The sole motive was that the collar , which is the only one that Grand Lodge has the power of conferring upon a worthy brother , besides that which I hope the Most Worshipful Grand
Master will wear as loDg as he lives , should not be bestowed in perpetuity upon any one , however efficient or deserving he might be personally , but that the honours of Grand Lodge should be divided amongst the aspirants for distinction who are eligible and held in sufficiently high esteem . We might as well have a perpetual Lord Mayor of London as a "life "Grand Treasurer of English Freema .
sons ; yet the citizens of London would hardly relish the maxim " Once a Lord Mayor always a Lord Mayor . " The same rule applies in this case , and as Brother Colonel Creaton has retired amidst the heartiest fraternal respect of the brethren , who will never lose sight of the services he has faithfully rendered them , so we weloome Bro . Allcroft as a man of power , not only in the Craft but in the City and
commercial world , whose public and private life has been such as to fit him in a pre-eminent degree to discharge the duties required of him as Grand Treasurer of English Freemasons . As Treasurer of Christ ' s Hospital ( Blue Coat School ) , and in many other similar public capacities , he must have gained considerable experience in finance , and those who know him best will be able to form a true
estimate of his fitness for the position which has just been conferred npon him by the almost unanimous voice of the brethren . At any rate , the great principle has been solved , of doing away with the perpetual holding of one of the most important offices of the Craft , and there is now a chance of a larger number of brethren than heretofore enjoying tbe distinction and privileges of Past rank .
That the brethren have done wisely in this respect will , I think , be endorsed by the experience of the future , and trusting for the happiest practical results from the new departure , I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , Fraternally yours , VIGIL .
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Metham Lodge, No. 1205.
before were Bros . J . W . Cornish P . M . P . G . T ., L . L . Blight , George Sercombe J . S . 70 , R . Smith , Moseley Joel S . S . 105 , H . Squire , F . Owens S . S . 230 . Tbe Worshipful Master ( Bro . Diokson ) presided , and proposed the u 3 ual Loyal and Masonio toasts . His health was received with Lancashire fire , inaugurated by Bro . Jew . Bro . Powell , in proposing the health of the I . P . M ., Bro . W . H . Hunt ,
said he had had the pleasure of initiating him into the Order in 1875 , and whilst be had then a high opinion of his talents , geniality , and courtesy , he hardly thought he could have arrived at so proud a position as he now occupied in so short a time , and the jewel he was about to be presented with was thoroughly deserved . Bro . D . Cross bad the pleasure to present jewels to three of the Past Masters , two of which would have been given before , but for circumstances over
whioh the Lodge had no control . The jewels were not given simply because the brethren had passed the chair , but they were given because the brethren had done their duty well , faithfully , and for the beat interests of Lodge Metham , and for Freemasonry . The jewels were of 18-oarat , gold ; engraved : — " Presented by the brethren of the Metham Lodge , No . 1205 , to as a token of their fraternal regard . "
The worthy recipients were Bros . Thomas Gibbons , Thomas E . reek , and William Henry Hunt . The Treasurer and Seoretary were honoured , as they deserved to be ; they suitably responded . The evening was enlivened by the solos of Bro . Searl , violin ; and Bro . W . H . Cornish , flageolet and violin , accompanied by Bro . Gibbons , and songs by Bros . J . Leonard , H . Hewlett , and a recitation by Bros . E . A . Lyons and McCartney . The host and hostess were especiall y thanked for their admirable catering .
Loughborough Lodge of Instruction , No . 22 . —A meeting was held on Monday evening , 19 th instant , at Brother HoDiarmaid's , the Cambria Tavern , Cambria . road , Loughborough , junction . Bros . Warren W . M ., Harvey S . W ., Westley J . W ., MoDiarmaid Treasurer , MoKinley Seoretary , Coruook S . D ., Bellis J . D ., Kenel I . G . ; also Bros . Brown , Perkins , Hampton , Banks , Stafford . Lodge was opened in the first , second and third degrees , when Bro . Westley worked the first section of the third lecture . The oeremony
of raising was then rehearsed , Bros . Perkins candidate . Bro . Jones , Earl of Lathom 1922 , was eleoted a member . Bro . Banks announced the untimely death of the son of Bro . Littlewood , senior P . M . of 780 ( who had been killed by a railway accident , he having slipped in endeavouring to catch the train ) . He also proposed that a vote of condolence be sent from the Lodge to our brother ' s family . This was carried unanimously .
Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 . —Held its March meeting at Brixton Hall on 10 th inst ., Bro . H . E . F . Bussey Worshipful Master presiding . There was a very good attendance of brethren , notwithstanding there was a Saturday sitting of the House of Commons . The Master was supported by air his Officers . Two candidates for initiation were successfully balloted for , and a brother was afterwards
raised to the third degree . The Worshipful Master then , in very feeling terms , in the expression of which he was deeply affected , proposed a vote of condolence and sympathy with the widow and family of the late Bro . John Allen , who acted as Past Master during the first year of the Lodge's existence , and who died since the last
Installation meeting of the Lodge . The motion was seconded by the I . P . M ., and carried unanimously , and the Secretary was direoted to communicate the resolution to Mrs . Allen . The Lodge and all the brethren appeared in deep mourning . Bro . C . Basil Cooke , son-in-law of the deceased , gracefully acknowledged the vote , and the attendance of the brethren at tbe funeral . As Brother
Allen ' s mother Lodge and the Orpheus Lodge , of which he also was a member and one of the founders , proposed to erect a memorial over Bro . Allen ' s grave , the Gallery Lodge , on the proposition of Bro . Bussey , resolved to join with those Lodges in the testimonial . The Lodge afterwards voted a founder ' s jewel to Bro . Basil Cooke , in consideration of his services as first Secretary of the
Lodge . The brethren afterwards proceeded to revise the bye . laws . The Worshipful Master announced that be had been enabled to carry up a subscription list of over £ 30 to the last Festival of the Benevolent Institution , and stated that he expected that before the list was closed it would amount to £ 50 . He also communicated the'desire of Lord Claud Hamilton and several
other Members of Parliament , who had subscribed to his list , to visit the Lodge , an announcement which was received with much gratification by the whole of the brethren . Bro . T . B . Whitefoot , one of the members of the Lodge , who has recently returned from a visit to America , informed the brethren that he had told the American Press brethren of the establishment of the Gallery Lodge and the Press Club , when he received for reply that the Amerioan Press
thought they were in advance of the English Press in tbe establishment of a Press Club , but that they had not yet a Press Lodge ; they hoped , however , to establish one soon , and in the meantime congratnlated the English reporters on having such a Lodge , and sent the Gallery Lodge their hearty good wishes . Bro . Albery , Secretary , read an invitation from the Wolseley Lodge , No . 1993 , to the conseoration thereof , which will take place on the 28 th inst ., at Manchester ,
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DANCING . — To Those Who Have Never Learnt to Dance . —Bro . and Mrs . JACQUES WYNMANN receive daily , and undertake to teach ladies and gentlemen , who have never had the slightest previous kmwiedi ? e or instruction , to go through every fashionable baU-da < ice in a few easy lessons , "lvate lessons any hour . Morning and evening classes . PB 08 PBCT 1 TS Olf APPLICATION . ACADEMY—74 NEWMAN STREET , OXFORD STREET , W , BBO . JACQUES WlJTMANW WXtL HE HAPPT TO IAXB THB lUKAOBUXXI 01 MASONIC BAMS . FlBSI-ClAgS BAKD 8 PIOYIDID .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . THE WOLSELEY LODGE , No . 1993 .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — I have read "A PROVINCIAL . BROTHER ' S" letter in last week ' s CHRONICLE with mingled pleasnre and regret , —with pleasure , beoause he is quite right iu drawing pnblio attention to the issue of the Circular he desoribes ; and with regret , because , having regard to Lord Wolseley ' s recent utterances
on the subject of Temperance , and that this particular Lodge , to be named after him , ia to be conducted on so-called Temperance principles , there is reason to fear we shall have introduced into , our Lodges the discussion of these principles . I am , like your correspondent , not objecting in the slightest degree to any one , be he Mason or profane , turning teetotaller , bnt the principle which
underlies teetotaliam is not so mnoh " temperance , which even the most intemperate man must respeot , but the fear of intemperance and its evil consequenoes . A man who is temperate does not need to enrol himself among the teetotallers . He knows and feels that , on all occasions , and no matter how great the temptation , he will never indulge to exoess . Teetotaliam is for the intemperate man who can
never command himself ; never knows when he has had enough . Why , may I ask , is A , who was never known to be intoxicated in his life , to be deprived of his glass or two of wine beoause B , who for years together was rarely sober for tweuty . four hoars at a time , finds he oannot be a temperate man without becoming a teetotaller . I am a strong opponent of this so-oalled temperanoe orusade , beoause
experience tells me that a fit of exoess in any one direction is certain to be followed by a corresponding fit of excess in the opposite direction . One example of this , taken from the pages of our own history , will suffice to explain my meaning . The enforced outward observance of respect for religion aud the detestation publicly exhibited towards all pleasures , even of the most innocent kind , whioh
prevailed during the period of the Commonwealth , only succeeded in causing a terrible reaotion when the Stnarts were restored to the throne , and for years afterwards , when all classes of people absolutely revelled in the practice of irreligion and libertinism . If all England is to be forced into the practice of temperance by the uuiversal adoption of the dootrine of total abstinence , then , though it may succeed for a time , it is in the nature of things that sooner or
later a terrible reaotion of almost universal inebriety will follow . I admire temperanoe , and I hope I practise it , while the man who oan only become temperate by the adoption of teetotalism has my warmest sympathies . ; but there I stop , and I hope the members of the Wolseley Lodge will have the good sense to stop at the same point . Fraternally yours , "Q . "
The Grand Treasurership.
THE GRAND TREASURERSHIP .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Various opinions have , of course , been expressed relative to the appointment of a successor to Colonel Creaton in the offioe of Grand Treasurer of England . Moving about as I do amongst frequent assemblages of Masons , I hare heard but one opinion respecting the zealous and efficient manner in whioh the
late Treasurer fulfilled the duties of his responsible position . . The interest he has taken in promoting the welfare of the Craft is well known , and there is not a brother amongst us who is not ready to accord to him the most profound respect and admiration for the solicitude he has manifested in all matters which affect tho prosperity of our Order . H 9 may rest assured that the late decision of Grand
Lodge was prompted by no personal want of respeot towards himself , or appreciation of the great services he has rendered to the Craft in a variety of ways , in addition to the office he has just vacated . The sole motive was that the collar , which is the only one that Grand Lodge has the power of conferring upon a worthy brother , besides that which I hope the Most Worshipful Grand
Master will wear as loDg as he lives , should not be bestowed in perpetuity upon any one , however efficient or deserving he might be personally , but that the honours of Grand Lodge should be divided amongst the aspirants for distinction who are eligible and held in sufficiently high esteem . We might as well have a perpetual Lord Mayor of London as a "life "Grand Treasurer of English Freema .
sons ; yet the citizens of London would hardly relish the maxim " Once a Lord Mayor always a Lord Mayor . " The same rule applies in this case , and as Brother Colonel Creaton has retired amidst the heartiest fraternal respect of the brethren , who will never lose sight of the services he has faithfully rendered them , so we weloome Bro . Allcroft as a man of power , not only in the Craft but in the City and
commercial world , whose public and private life has been such as to fit him in a pre-eminent degree to discharge the duties required of him as Grand Treasurer of English Freemasons . As Treasurer of Christ ' s Hospital ( Blue Coat School ) , and in many other similar public capacities , he must have gained considerable experience in finance , and those who know him best will be able to form a true
estimate of his fitness for the position which has just been conferred npon him by the almost unanimous voice of the brethren . At any rate , the great principle has been solved , of doing away with the perpetual holding of one of the most important offices of the Craft , and there is now a chance of a larger number of brethren than heretofore enjoying tbe distinction and privileges of Past rank .
That the brethren have done wisely in this respect will , I think , be endorsed by the experience of the future , and trusting for the happiest practical results from the new departure , I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , Fraternally yours , VIGIL .