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Installation Meetings, &C.
there were o- ly a few short toasts , led off with the Queen and Craft , onr Masonic Rulers , followed b y the health of the Worshipful Master , for which Bio . Potfersu ' tably replied . In the course of the evening , Bro . Sherwill received the congratulating of ihe brethren upon his return to London , in the eapicbvof manager of the Queen Anne
Restaurant , Cheaps de ; a-d the eomplimcn' was duly acknowledged . It was also stated that the N-w C ' -noird Lodge of Instruction was about to start a B » ne >(>] eiit Association , and that Bro . James Terry , Secretary of tbe It > yal Masonic Benevolent Institution , had kindly consented to take the chair at the inaugural meeting on 10 th March ,
the anniversary of the marriage of the Most Wo'shipfnl Grand Master the Prince of Wales . The meeting is to be held at the Jolly Fc / rmers , South gate-road , and will be continued on the second Wednesday in each month , at eight o'clock , when visitors will bo cordially
welcomed . The brethren have beeu fortunate enough to secure the services of Bro . R . R . Harper as Secretary of the new Association , which is expected to prove a great success . One or two other toasts were honouted , and the brethren separated at an early hour .
Burgoyne Lodge, No. 902.
BURGOYNE LODGE , No . 902 .
THERE was a highly satisfactory gathering of the members of this old and sound Lodge on Monday evening , at Anderton ' s Hot » l , Fleet Street , when Bro . W . Williams was installed in the chair in the presence of a large and distinguished company . Taking a review of the whole proceedings , it is apparent that the Lodge has
well sustained its reputation for usefulness and charity under the genial presidency of Bro . W . Batty , and that in his successor will be found a rnler who will follow in the good old lines laid down by his predecessor . Lodge was opened at half-past four o ' clock , with the usual formalities . Tho Worshipful Master was supported by Bros .
Williams S . W . and W . M . elect , Castell J . W ., Harvey P . M . Treasurer , J . ffrevs P . M . Secretary , Field P . M . D . C ., Cross S . P ., Smith J . D . P . M . ' s Bros . Wale , Gabi , Pocock , Brng , Wilkin and Reynolds ; Bro . Gilbert Prov . Grand Tyler Middles-ex Tyler , and about 40 other brethren . Amongst the visitors were Bro < j . Wrennall P . P . G . SB .
Bristol , Wuest P . M . 753 , Taylor P . M . 902 , J . Antler P . M . 1141 , Barnlev P . M . 957 , Taylor P . M . 101 , Tury P . M . 507 , Frost P . M . 228 , Wilson P . M . 1328 , Fu- 'nson P . M ., Cnntle P . M ., Making W . M . 1278 , Alexander 1095 , Atkins 548 , White 132 , E . W . Wills , G . T . Chretun 1328 , G . Ellis . 19 ( 52 , C . Keope 228 , W . II . Wi .. uhVld P . M . 13 G 0 , H . J .
Amphlett 1511 . Arthur Coombes 1471 , A . Jay 193 , J . Hermann J . W . 1329 , G . T . Turner 183 , G . A . Dobbs 15 S ( 7 , R . W . Galer S . W . 13 t > fi , D . . T . Bridegroom I . G . 1304 , A . McDowall P . M . 948 , J . H . Date 34 , A . Dutton 34 , J . Watts P . M . 507 , and many others . Lodge having bepn opened in accordance with ancient , rites tho minutes of the last
Lodge and emergency meetings were read and confirmed . By fiat of the Worshipful Master the ballot was opened for Mr . William Wheatley , of Cow Cross Street , E . C , who had been proposed by Bro . Castell J . W ., and seconded by Bro . Clarke ; and for r r . W . L . Ke'daway , builder , of While Lion Street , Clevkunwell , whoso sponsors were
the W . M . elect and Bro . Field P . M . D . O . Both were unanimously accepted , and after the installation ceremony the latter was initiated into the mysteiies and privileges of the Order . Bro . W . Williams was then presented for the benefit of installation , and the ceremony was rendered in perfect manner by the retiring Master , whose
working was much admired . On the re-ad mission of the B ethren the newly . installed Muster wns proclaimed and saluted with the honours in tbe three degrees , after which he invested his Officers for the year , the collars being thus bestowed : Bios . W . Batty I . P . M ., C Caste 1 S . W ., J . C . Cross J . W ., R . H . Harvey P . M . Treasurer , H . C . Jefferys
P . M . Secretary , R . N . Field P . M . Director of Ceremonies , J . Gilbert Tyler . The addresses to the Master , Wardens , and brethren were delivered with excellent effect by Bro . Batty , who was subsequently presented with a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , bearing the following inscription : —
" Presented by the brethren of tho Burgoyno Lodge , No . 902 , to Bro . W . Batty W . M ., as a token of fraternal regard , and in appreciation of his services rendered during his year of Mastership . February 188 ( 5 . " The jewel hud on the bars the £ tit ! o of tho Lodge , with a very
chaste and elaborate centre-piece in diamonds . Mr . Kellaway , being in attendance , wv , s duly ir . ifc ate . i , and the business having been concluded , the members and visitors adjourned to the banqueting-room , where a rc . herche repast was served by Bro . Clemow , iu a manner whic ' i umhc only be cxp cted from this old and reputed establish .
ment . The arrangements were all that could bo desired for the com fort and enjoyment of the guests , and elicited expressions of unbonrded satisfaction . At drsseit the customary Loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured , and the Immediate Past Master , in giving the health of the Worshipful Mauler , complimented Bio . Williams npon
the position he had attained . He hoped tho W . M . might have health and strength to carry him ihreugh his year of office ; he was perfectly sure be would do so i . o ihe best of hij ability and to the satisfaction of tho brethren . The trust was received with the utmost cordiality . Tho Worshipful Master , in responding , said he did so with a certain
amount of diflidmce , but with pleasure at the very warm reception with which they had received the toast . He thanked the I . P . M . for tho kindly terms in which tho toast had b en couched , and the brethren < _ -cm-rali y for the way iu which , they had accepted it . He was afraid that he h : sd scarcely acquitted himss . t to their
satisfaction , but if so they must attribute it . to a slight nervousness on his parr . He should endeavour to emulate the example of those who had preceded him in that position , and hoped by assiduity and application to work to merit- that confidence which had been reposed in him . It
would he his endeavour dm- ng his year of office to do all he couhl to promote the interests of the Lod / e , as he had always done during the seven years he had been connected with it . He trusted thatthat night he had entered upon a happy year of office , aud that they would all work in unison together as they had done since he had been
Burgoyne Lodge, No. 902.
in tho Lodge . He then proposed the health of the Installing Master , Bro , W . Bitty I . P . M ., and thanked him for the splendid way in which ho had perform- 'd the ceremony of installation . The manner in which he hid done tho work was a credit to himself and highly satisfactory to the whole of the brethren . Bro . Batty had dnring his
year of office discharged his duty with fervency and z » al , and he had now the very pleasing task of pinning to hi * breast the jewel which had been so unanimnnsly voted to him bv the members of the Lodge , lie trusted that the Great Architect of the TJn ' verse might give hin health and happiness for many years to wear it . as an emblem of the
respect aud es ' e « m he was hpld in the Lodge and the appreciation by tho brethren of his ability and tho ralnablo services he had rendered . The LP . M . had very great plensnre in acknowledging the encomiums which the brethren had passed npon him , and which he thought were more than ho deserved . When he entered the Lodge he did his beat
to snstain tie prestige it had for so many ye » r * enjoyed , and by dint of perseverance and attending to the Lodge nf Instruction , also copying the example of the Past Masters , he had succeeded to the proud position he now ocenpied . He trusted that the jewel which had so kindly been presented to him would not die with him , but be handed
down to his children , all of whom he hoped would become Freemasons , as a " < mento of the kindl y feelings which had been so taugibly nxpre . s d towards him that , night . Ho again thanked them most sinceiely for the manner in which the toast had been received and wished for the Lodge a long career of prosperity . The health of
the Initiate was then proposed by the Worshipful Master , and received with its customary heartiness . The W . M . was somewhat disappointed that evening ; he fully expected to have had two initiates , but he believed that in Bro . Kellaway they had one of the ritjht qnality , and that he would prove himself an apt and worthy
student of the Craft . They had seen a few of his qnalities , and he had never known an initiate acqnit himself more satisfactorily than their Brother iniiiato had done that evening . Bro . Kellaway , in responding , said it hid been one of the greatest ambitions and wishes of his life , and more particularly during the last six years , daring
which he had been in business in Londou , to become attached to a Lodge ef Freemasons . At the same time his desire was to become attached to a Lodge of gentlemen . And he felt very proud with the little ho had already been able to see of those present . It should be his endeavour to acquiro that knowledge of the mystic art
which wonld in time entitle him to occupy the chair now so ably filled by the Wc rshipfal Master . He thanked them very much for tho kindness which had been shown him on the night of bis initiation , and for tho splendid entertainment which had been given . The Worshipful Master theU proposed the health of the Visitors , tbe toast ;
being received with acclamation characteristic of the Bargoyne Lodge . Bro . W . Rennall P . P . G . Standard Bearer replied , and " in doing so pointed out to the initiate that if he wished to obtain any prominence in Freemasonry he must take an active part in tho work going on . There was a great responsibility resting npon all who
joined the Fraternity , both in the practical and charitable work of Masonry . He was very glad to find that in London that excellent work was being carried ont ; ho assured them that in his own Provinco of Bristol , though it , only comprised eight Lodges , they were a very compact body , and were trying to emulate the example so
well set before them by tho brethren of tho metropolis . They had cause to be exceedingly well satisfied with the manner in which the ceremony of installation had been rendered by the LP . M ., who had acquitted himself in a most mannerly manner , that well entitled him to the handsome gift with which he
had just been presented . lie had never seen tho ceremony better or in >> re efficiently carried through than it bad been by Bro . Batty , fie hoped that th" jewel wonld be handed down to posterity as a heirloom , showing tho appreciation in which its recipient was at the present time held by the brethren of his Lodge . Bro . Frost , in the
course of his response , s « M ho had the honour of being present as Preceptor of the Lndge of Instruction , and he impressed npon the younger members the great advantages to be obtained by attending Lodges of Instruction . To the Officers of the Lodgo it was only necessary to observe that " practice makes perfect . " He thanked
them on behalf of the Visitors ; and for his own invitation , by virtne of his position ns Preceptor of the Lodge of Instruction . The W . M . then proposed the P . M . ' s of tho BurL'oytie Lodge . He supposed there vvas scarcely a member of the Lodge but who knew and appredated the vnsfc amount of labour which the P . M . ' s threw into the
work of the Lodge . They were always in their places , ready by their council and assistance to forward the interests of the Bnrgoyne Lodge . Bro . W . Wilkin , responding on behalf of the P . M . ' s , said he congratulated the W . M . upon entering into what they all hoped might prove a happy and prosperous year . It was an old saying ia
the Lodge that the P . M . ' s were always willing to assist in the work , and it was a pleasing fact that the P . M . ' s of this Lodge were not content to rest idle after they had passed the chair . A great number of tliem held office in the Royal Arch Chap-cr intimately associated with tho Lodge , viz ,, the Panmure , No . 820 . Several
of the Past Masters of this Lodge had passed tho chair in that Chapter , of which he ( the speaker ) wns now the M . E . Z . elect . He hoped that during his year many of the members of the Lodge wonld associate themselves with tho Panmure Chapter . The Worshipful Master then proposed the health of tho Treasurer and Secretary of
tho Lodge , whom be designated two of the best Officers in London . They carried out the duties davolviug npon them with zeal and assiduity , and never thought it any trouble to go ont of their way , if by so doing they could advance the interests of the Lodge . They were always at tho beck and call of the members when required , and
cheerlnlly performed any duties that were conducive to the well , being of tbe Craft . Bro . R . H . Harvey P . M . and Treasurer thanked the brethren very much for the manner in which the toast had been
received . To be Treasurer of this Lodgo was to him a labour of lore . He had plenty of time on his hands and being the oldest Past Master present he felt it not only a duty , but a great pleasure , to fill the office to which he had been so unanimously re-elected . This was hia
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Installation Meetings, &C.
there were o- ly a few short toasts , led off with the Queen and Craft , onr Masonic Rulers , followed b y the health of the Worshipful Master , for which Bio . Potfersu ' tably replied . In the course of the evening , Bro . Sherwill received the congratulating of ihe brethren upon his return to London , in the eapicbvof manager of the Queen Anne
Restaurant , Cheaps de ; a-d the eomplimcn' was duly acknowledged . It was also stated that the N-w C ' -noird Lodge of Instruction was about to start a B » ne >(>] eiit Association , and that Bro . James Terry , Secretary of tbe It > yal Masonic Benevolent Institution , had kindly consented to take the chair at the inaugural meeting on 10 th March ,
the anniversary of the marriage of the Most Wo'shipfnl Grand Master the Prince of Wales . The meeting is to be held at the Jolly Fc / rmers , South gate-road , and will be continued on the second Wednesday in each month , at eight o'clock , when visitors will bo cordially
welcomed . The brethren have beeu fortunate enough to secure the services of Bro . R . R . Harper as Secretary of the new Association , which is expected to prove a great success . One or two other toasts were honouted , and the brethren separated at an early hour .
Burgoyne Lodge, No. 902.
BURGOYNE LODGE , No . 902 .
THERE was a highly satisfactory gathering of the members of this old and sound Lodge on Monday evening , at Anderton ' s Hot » l , Fleet Street , when Bro . W . Williams was installed in the chair in the presence of a large and distinguished company . Taking a review of the whole proceedings , it is apparent that the Lodge has
well sustained its reputation for usefulness and charity under the genial presidency of Bro . W . Batty , and that in his successor will be found a rnler who will follow in the good old lines laid down by his predecessor . Lodge was opened at half-past four o ' clock , with the usual formalities . Tho Worshipful Master was supported by Bros .
Williams S . W . and W . M . elect , Castell J . W ., Harvey P . M . Treasurer , J . ffrevs P . M . Secretary , Field P . M . D . C ., Cross S . P ., Smith J . D . P . M . ' s Bros . Wale , Gabi , Pocock , Brng , Wilkin and Reynolds ; Bro . Gilbert Prov . Grand Tyler Middles-ex Tyler , and about 40 other brethren . Amongst the visitors were Bro < j . Wrennall P . P . G . SB .
Bristol , Wuest P . M . 753 , Taylor P . M . 902 , J . Antler P . M . 1141 , Barnlev P . M . 957 , Taylor P . M . 101 , Tury P . M . 507 , Frost P . M . 228 , Wilson P . M . 1328 , Fu- 'nson P . M ., Cnntle P . M ., Making W . M . 1278 , Alexander 1095 , Atkins 548 , White 132 , E . W . Wills , G . T . Chretun 1328 , G . Ellis . 19 ( 52 , C . Keope 228 , W . II . Wi .. uhVld P . M . 13 G 0 , H . J .
Amphlett 1511 . Arthur Coombes 1471 , A . Jay 193 , J . Hermann J . W . 1329 , G . T . Turner 183 , G . A . Dobbs 15 S ( 7 , R . W . Galer S . W . 13 t > fi , D . . T . Bridegroom I . G . 1304 , A . McDowall P . M . 948 , J . H . Date 34 , A . Dutton 34 , J . Watts P . M . 507 , and many others . Lodge having bepn opened in accordance with ancient , rites tho minutes of the last
Lodge and emergency meetings were read and confirmed . By fiat of the Worshipful Master the ballot was opened for Mr . William Wheatley , of Cow Cross Street , E . C , who had been proposed by Bro . Castell J . W ., and seconded by Bro . Clarke ; and for r r . W . L . Ke'daway , builder , of While Lion Street , Clevkunwell , whoso sponsors were
the W . M . elect and Bro . Field P . M . D . O . Both were unanimously accepted , and after the installation ceremony the latter was initiated into the mysteiies and privileges of the Order . Bro . W . Williams was then presented for the benefit of installation , and the ceremony was rendered in perfect manner by the retiring Master , whose
working was much admired . On the re-ad mission of the B ethren the newly . installed Muster wns proclaimed and saluted with the honours in tbe three degrees , after which he invested his Officers for the year , the collars being thus bestowed : Bios . W . Batty I . P . M ., C Caste 1 S . W ., J . C . Cross J . W ., R . H . Harvey P . M . Treasurer , H . C . Jefferys
P . M . Secretary , R . N . Field P . M . Director of Ceremonies , J . Gilbert Tyler . The addresses to the Master , Wardens , and brethren were delivered with excellent effect by Bro . Batty , who was subsequently presented with a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , bearing the following inscription : —
" Presented by the brethren of tho Burgoyno Lodge , No . 902 , to Bro . W . Batty W . M ., as a token of fraternal regard , and in appreciation of his services rendered during his year of Mastership . February 188 ( 5 . " The jewel hud on the bars the £ tit ! o of tho Lodge , with a very
chaste and elaborate centre-piece in diamonds . Mr . Kellaway , being in attendance , wv , s duly ir . ifc ate . i , and the business having been concluded , the members and visitors adjourned to the banqueting-room , where a rc . herche repast was served by Bro . Clemow , iu a manner whic ' i umhc only be cxp cted from this old and reputed establish .
ment . The arrangements were all that could bo desired for the com fort and enjoyment of the guests , and elicited expressions of unbonrded satisfaction . At drsseit the customary Loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured , and the Immediate Past Master , in giving the health of the Worshipful Mauler , complimented Bio . Williams npon
the position he had attained . He hoped tho W . M . might have health and strength to carry him ihreugh his year of office ; he was perfectly sure be would do so i . o ihe best of hij ability and to the satisfaction of tho brethren . The trust was received with the utmost cordiality . Tho Worshipful Master , in responding , said he did so with a certain
amount of diflidmce , but with pleasure at the very warm reception with which they had received the toast . He thanked the I . P . M . for tho kindly terms in which tho toast had b en couched , and the brethren < _ -cm-rali y for the way iu which , they had accepted it . He was afraid that he h : sd scarcely acquitted himss . t to their
satisfaction , but if so they must attribute it . to a slight nervousness on his parr . He should endeavour to emulate the example of those who had preceded him in that position , and hoped by assiduity and application to work to merit- that confidence which had been reposed in him . It
would he his endeavour dm- ng his year of office to do all he couhl to promote the interests of the Lod / e , as he had always done during the seven years he had been connected with it . He trusted thatthat night he had entered upon a happy year of office , aud that they would all work in unison together as they had done since he had been
Burgoyne Lodge, No. 902.
in tho Lodge . He then proposed the health of the Installing Master , Bro , W . Bitty I . P . M ., and thanked him for the splendid way in which ho had perform- 'd the ceremony of installation . The manner in which he hid done tho work was a credit to himself and highly satisfactory to the whole of the brethren . Bro . Batty had dnring his
year of office discharged his duty with fervency and z » al , and he had now the very pleasing task of pinning to hi * breast the jewel which had been so unanimnnsly voted to him bv the members of the Lodge , lie trusted that the Great Architect of the TJn ' verse might give hin health and happiness for many years to wear it . as an emblem of the
respect aud es ' e « m he was hpld in the Lodge and the appreciation by tho brethren of his ability and tho ralnablo services he had rendered . The LP . M . had very great plensnre in acknowledging the encomiums which the brethren had passed npon him , and which he thought were more than ho deserved . When he entered the Lodge he did his beat
to snstain tie prestige it had for so many ye » r * enjoyed , and by dint of perseverance and attending to the Lodge nf Instruction , also copying the example of the Past Masters , he had succeeded to the proud position he now ocenpied . He trusted that the jewel which had so kindly been presented to him would not die with him , but be handed
down to his children , all of whom he hoped would become Freemasons , as a " < mento of the kindl y feelings which had been so taugibly nxpre . s d towards him that , night . Ho again thanked them most sinceiely for the manner in which the toast had been received and wished for the Lodge a long career of prosperity . The health of
the Initiate was then proposed by the Worshipful Master , and received with its customary heartiness . The W . M . was somewhat disappointed that evening ; he fully expected to have had two initiates , but he believed that in Bro . Kellaway they had one of the ritjht qnality , and that he would prove himself an apt and worthy
student of the Craft . They had seen a few of his qnalities , and he had never known an initiate acqnit himself more satisfactorily than their Brother iniiiato had done that evening . Bro . Kellaway , in responding , said it hid been one of the greatest ambitions and wishes of his life , and more particularly during the last six years , daring
which he had been in business in Londou , to become attached to a Lodge ef Freemasons . At the same time his desire was to become attached to a Lodge of gentlemen . And he felt very proud with the little ho had already been able to see of those present . It should be his endeavour to acquiro that knowledge of the mystic art
which wonld in time entitle him to occupy the chair now so ably filled by the Wc rshipfal Master . He thanked them very much for tho kindness which had been shown him on the night of bis initiation , and for tho splendid entertainment which had been given . The Worshipful Master theU proposed the health of the Visitors , tbe toast ;
being received with acclamation characteristic of the Bargoyne Lodge . Bro . W . Rennall P . P . G . Standard Bearer replied , and " in doing so pointed out to the initiate that if he wished to obtain any prominence in Freemasonry he must take an active part in tho work going on . There was a great responsibility resting npon all who
joined the Fraternity , both in the practical and charitable work of Masonry . He was very glad to find that in London that excellent work was being carried ont ; ho assured them that in his own Provinco of Bristol , though it , only comprised eight Lodges , they were a very compact body , and were trying to emulate the example so
well set before them by tho brethren of tho metropolis . They had cause to be exceedingly well satisfied with the manner in which the ceremony of installation had been rendered by the LP . M ., who had acquitted himself in a most mannerly manner , that well entitled him to the handsome gift with which he
had just been presented . lie had never seen tho ceremony better or in >> re efficiently carried through than it bad been by Bro . Batty , fie hoped that th" jewel wonld be handed down to posterity as a heirloom , showing tho appreciation in which its recipient was at the present time held by the brethren of his Lodge . Bro . Frost , in the
course of his response , s « M ho had the honour of being present as Preceptor of the Lndge of Instruction , and he impressed npon the younger members the great advantages to be obtained by attending Lodges of Instruction . To the Officers of the Lodgo it was only necessary to observe that " practice makes perfect . " He thanked
them on behalf of the Visitors ; and for his own invitation , by virtne of his position ns Preceptor of the Lodge of Instruction . The W . M . then proposed the P . M . ' s of tho BurL'oytie Lodge . He supposed there vvas scarcely a member of the Lodge but who knew and appredated the vnsfc amount of labour which the P . M . ' s threw into the
work of the Lodge . They were always in their places , ready by their council and assistance to forward the interests of the Bnrgoyne Lodge . Bro . W . Wilkin , responding on behalf of the P . M . ' s , said he congratulated the W . M . upon entering into what they all hoped might prove a happy and prosperous year . It was an old saying ia
the Lodge that the P . M . ' s were always willing to assist in the work , and it was a pleasing fact that the P . M . ' s of this Lodge were not content to rest idle after they had passed the chair . A great number of tliem held office in the Royal Arch Chap-cr intimately associated with tho Lodge , viz ,, the Panmure , No . 820 . Several
of the Past Masters of this Lodge had passed tho chair in that Chapter , of which he ( the speaker ) wns now the M . E . Z . elect . He hoped that during his year many of the members of the Lodge wonld associate themselves with tho Panmure Chapter . The Worshipful Master then proposed the health of tho Treasurer and Secretary of
tho Lodge , whom be designated two of the best Officers in London . They carried out the duties davolviug npon them with zeal and assiduity , and never thought it any trouble to go ont of their way , if by so doing they could advance the interests of the Lodge . They were always at tho beck and call of the members when required , and
cheerlnlly performed any duties that were conducive to the well , being of tbe Craft . Bro . R . H . Harvey P . M . and Treasurer thanked the brethren very much for the manner in which the toast had been
received . To be Treasurer of this Lodgo was to him a labour of lore . He had plenty of time on his hands and being the oldest Past Master present he felt it not only a duty , but a great pleasure , to fill the office to which he had been so unanimously re-elected . This was hia