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Old Warrants (H ).
installed and other Wardens duly appointed in conformity with the Laws of the Grand Lodge and the By-Laws of the Lodge of St . John strictly charging that every Master who shall be elected to preside over the said Lodge shall be installed in ancient form and according to the Laws of the Grand Lodge that he may thereby be fally invested
with the diguities and powera of his office the said Lodge to bo upon the general Register of our Grand Lodge No . 132 gtnb we do require you the said Nicholas Traverso and your successors to take special care that all and every the said Brethren are to have been regularly made masons and that you and they and all other the Members of the
said Lodge do observe perform and keep the said laws rules and orders contained in the Book of Constitutions and all others which may from time to time be made by our Grand Lodge or transmitted by us or onr Successors Grand Master or by our Deputy Grand Master for the time being S . nb we do enjoin you to make such
ByLaws for the Government of your Lodge as shall to the majority of the Members appear proper and necessary the same not being contrary to or inconsistent with the General laws and regulations of the Craft and a copy whereof yon are to transmit to us % nti we do require you to cause all such By-Laws and regulations and also an
account of the proceedings in your Lodge to be entered in the Book to be kept for that purpose aud you are in no wise to omit to send UB or to onr successors Grand Masters or to tho Right Honourable Lawrence Lord Dundas our Deputy Grand Master for the time being at least once in every year a list of the Members of your Lodge and the
names and descriptions of all Masons initiated therein and Brethren who shall have joined the same together with the fees and monies payable thereon it being our Will and Intention that this our Warrant of Constitution shall be in force so long only as you shall
conform to the laws and regulations of our said Grand Lodge g ^ no you the said Nicholas Traverso are further required as soon as conveniently may be to send us an account in writing of what may be done by virtue of these presents .
( Sibtit under our Hand and the Seal of the Grand Lodge at London this 2 nd day of December A . L . 5826 A . D . 1826 .
§ ig <§< rinm 8 iu > of the $$ . W . Grand Master . ( Signed ) DUNDAS , D . G . M . ( Signed ) William H . White ") g Edw . Harper j
Installation Meetings, &C.
INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .
— : 0 : — HIGH CROSS LODGE , No . 754 . THE annual meeting of this Lodgo was held on Wednesday , at the Seven Sisters' Hotel , Page Green , Tottenham , under the
presidency of Bro . George Rowe W . M . Ho was supported by A . G . Fidler S . W ., W . S . Cooper J . W ., J . Wells , H . V . Clements , H . Stephens , J . Garrod , W . M . Tegg , and John Mailer , Past Masters ; W . Dance P . M . Treag ., J . Linzell P . M . Sec , J . D . Butlin
S . D ., J . H . Meek J . D ., E . Holt I . G ., J . Very Tyler , and the following , among other , Visitors : —R . Salmon 177 , H . C . Osman 1327 , Selby Parsons J . D . 1237 , A . Bryant P . M . 1237 , G . Tegg W . M . 1237 , J . Driscoll 30 , J . H . Peach 1237 , G . Richards 1707 , H . B . May 1237 , L . Franckel P . M . 780 , G . C . Jennings 1737 , J . J . Bird 1897 , J . M .
Longhurst 133 , Bennett 77 , J . Day 141 , A . Perl J . W . 813 , C . Sharp 1365 , J . Corf 157 , T . Wrigglesworth 15 , J . Barber 933 , J . Pinder 1707 , A . Durrant 569 , W . Binnie S . W . 1237 , C . J . Knightley 1744 , M . F . Green 861 , W . A . Sourrah W . M . 2048 , C . Handley 475 , Joseph Smith , and W . Hall . After the confirmation of
the minutes , Bro . Voller was raised to the sublime degree of M . M ., and then Bro . A . G . Fidler P . M . 1237 P . Prov . S . G . D . Middlesex was presented as W . M . elect . In due course he was installed and appointed his Officers . The appeal of a brother of the Irish Constitution for relief was considered , and the sum of one guinea voted
from the Charity Fund on his behalf . A vote of £ 5 from the Lodge Benevolent Fund was made on behalf of the widow of a deceased member . The resignation of Bro . Townsend P . M ., on account of continued illness , was received with extreme regret ; the brethren generally wishing him restoration to health , and hoping they might
yet have the pleasure of his company at many of their future meetings . Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet hall , where an enjoyable repast was provided by Bro . Oddy . The W . M ., at the conclusion of the banquet , gave the usual toasts . That of the Queen and the Craft was followed by the National
Anthem , and then the W . M . gave that of the Grand Master . That the Prince of Wales might be Grand Master of the Order for man y years to come was the hope of every brother present . The toast of the Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the other Grand Officers followed . The brethren comprised in this toast were
all good men , and true Masons ; worthy of the positions they occupied in the Craft . Bro . G . Rowe I . P . M . proposed the health of Bro . A . G . Fidler , the Worshipful Master . It was a very pleasing duty to him to submit this toast . Ho had beeu associated with Freemasonry for some years , and during the time he had been working in different
offices of the Lodge had had opportunities of judging , yet he had never met with a more genuine brother than tho present Worshipfnl Master . He had on many occasions stood beside him in Lodges of Instruction , and had learnt from him much of what he knew in Freemasonry . Should it ever fall to his lot to propose the toast of another
Worshipful Master , he felt he should not have a more worthy brother to submit to the notice of the brethren ^ or one who could more ably fulfil the duties of the chair than Bro . Fidler . The Worshipful
Master , in reply , expressed his thanks . It was to him a source of great gratification to hear hia health proposed , and the toast received as it had just been . The brethren f the Lodge had been pleaBed to put him in his present
Installation Meetings, &C.
high position ; he trusted he might carry out ts duties to their satisfaction , and in such a way that they would aever regret having elected him to fill the chair of the Lodge . He uext proposed the toast of the Immediate Past Master . He hac no more important toast to submit during the evening than this—tie health of his
predecessor . None who had witnessed the zeal of the Immediate Past Master during the past year could but be sure of his interest in the Lodge , while those who had seen the work he nad that evening performed—the third degree and the installation ceremony—would doubt his desire to carry on the work of Freemasonry . The W . M .
had much pleasure in presenting to Bro . Rjwe the Past Master ' s jewel , which the brethren had been pleased to vote him . It was a small token of the high appreciation in which he was held by the members of the High Cross Lodge . He hoped that whenever Bro . Rowe might look upon it in the future hs would consider it as an
evidence that he had faithfully fulfilled the duties of Worshipful Master in the Lodge . Bro . Rowe tendered his thanks . He did not know he had done anything to entitle him to such high praise as had just been awarded him by the members of the Lodge over which he had had the honour to preside daring the past year . His
work in the Lodge had always been to him a labour of love , and he was pleised to learn his efforts had met with some successs . So long as he remained a member of the Lodge he should strivo to advance its interests . He prized the jewel they had just presented to him most highly , not as the
shining objeot which was visible to any eye , but as the outcome of the good feeling shown towards him by the members of the Lodge . No part of his life had had more pleasurable associations than that spent as Worshipful Master of the High Cross Lodge . The Worshipful Master next submitted the toast of the Past Masters .
They were really the backbone of the Lodge . Eaoh in turn had worked for the welfare of the Lodge in suoh a manner as to raise it to its present high standard . Bro . Wells was the first to reply . He had great pleasure in attending the Lodge , and hoped to be present whenever its meetings took place . He considered it one of the duties
of the P . M . s to attend and support the ruling Master whenever it was in their power to do so . Bro . Lewis followed . The Past Masters had always endeavoured to do their duty . It was his desire , and it would bo his constant endeavour to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors . Bros . Mailer , Garrod , Linzell and Dance also spoke
to the toast , Bro . Linzell expressing regret at the absence , through ill-health , of an old Past Master ( Bro . Jones ) , and the continued indisposition of their old friend Bro . Townsend . The W . M . gave the Visitors . It would , indeed , bo a great disappointment to the members of the High Cross Lodge were they deprived of the
opportunity of honouring this toast on sach an occasion as the present . The attendance of so many visitors at his installation was a great gratification to him ; he hoped they had all spent a pleasant time . He would refer them to the toast list , aud to the words from Shakespeare which were associated with their toast , which fully expressed his
feelings"Better cheer may you have , But not with better heart . " Bro . Scnrrah replied . It was always a pleasure to him to visit Lodges , and make himself acquainted with the way in which the work in them was performed . Freemasonry ho believed to be one
of the grandest and noblest Institutions in the world , ennobling all who were associated with it . No matter how good a man might be , his initiation into Freemasonry must make him better . There was no more grand or noble sight than to see a Mason carrying out the principles of the Order in his every deed . He had taken a very
great interest iu Freemasonry ever since he had been admitted a member of it , and hoped his interest would continue as long as he was associated with the Craft . Bro . Dr . Hall followed . He had always endeavoured to carry out the teachings of the Craft in his everyday avocations , and urged others to do the same . His principal
connection with Freemasonry had been in looking after the health of the boys in the Masonic School at Wood Green , and in discharging his duties there he had come in contact with a very large number of brethren and others , whose main desire appeared to be to do the best they could for their fellow creatures . He hoped that Freemasonry
might long continue its beneficent working . Bros . Tegg and Driscoll also replied , after which the health of the Officers was proposed . The W . M . hoped the brethren appointed that evening would do all they could to advance the interests of the Lodge Bro . Cooper S . W . acknowledged the toast . The utmost endeavours of the Officers would
be to carry out the -work required of them to the satisfaction of the brethren . If it were possible to make the Lodge better than it bad been , the Officers wonld be pleased to do their share . Each of the other Officers having spoken , the Master proposed "The Masonic Charities . '' Every true Mason had the
interests of the Masonic Institutions thoroughly at heart . The reports of the great work that was being done must be gratifying to all who heard them . The Charities were far from lost sight of in the High Cross Lodge , many of the members of which had qualified as Life Governors , aud were still working to advance their welfare . The
Associations formed by the members of the Lodgo , together with others in tho district , had been the means of sending between £ 1600 and £ 1700 to the Charities , a result which not only proved the benevolence of the members , but was most gratifying to all who had taken a share iu tho work . At tbe present time they had a candidate
for the Boys School—a son of one of their old membersbefore them . It was the desire of the Lodge to carry this lad ' s case ( John E . T . Hobbs ) on the first application , at the October Election . To do this they would want all the help they conld get . Ho and tho members generally
would be much obliged if any of their friends could help them with the case . Votes might be sent to Bro . P . M . Mailer ( Brunswick Nursery , Tottenham ) , who was working most energetically ou behalf of the lad . Bros . Stephens and Garrod replied . The former had never had the pleasure of representing the High Cross Lodge on behalf of the
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Old Warrants (H ).
installed and other Wardens duly appointed in conformity with the Laws of the Grand Lodge and the By-Laws of the Lodge of St . John strictly charging that every Master who shall be elected to preside over the said Lodge shall be installed in ancient form and according to the Laws of the Grand Lodge that he may thereby be fally invested
with the diguities and powera of his office the said Lodge to bo upon the general Register of our Grand Lodge No . 132 gtnb we do require you the said Nicholas Traverso and your successors to take special care that all and every the said Brethren are to have been regularly made masons and that you and they and all other the Members of the
said Lodge do observe perform and keep the said laws rules and orders contained in the Book of Constitutions and all others which may from time to time be made by our Grand Lodge or transmitted by us or onr Successors Grand Master or by our Deputy Grand Master for the time being S . nb we do enjoin you to make such
ByLaws for the Government of your Lodge as shall to the majority of the Members appear proper and necessary the same not being contrary to or inconsistent with the General laws and regulations of the Craft and a copy whereof yon are to transmit to us % nti we do require you to cause all such By-Laws and regulations and also an
account of the proceedings in your Lodge to be entered in the Book to be kept for that purpose aud you are in no wise to omit to send UB or to onr successors Grand Masters or to tho Right Honourable Lawrence Lord Dundas our Deputy Grand Master for the time being at least once in every year a list of the Members of your Lodge and the
names and descriptions of all Masons initiated therein and Brethren who shall have joined the same together with the fees and monies payable thereon it being our Will and Intention that this our Warrant of Constitution shall be in force so long only as you shall
conform to the laws and regulations of our said Grand Lodge g ^ no you the said Nicholas Traverso are further required as soon as conveniently may be to send us an account in writing of what may be done by virtue of these presents .
( Sibtit under our Hand and the Seal of the Grand Lodge at London this 2 nd day of December A . L . 5826 A . D . 1826 .
§ ig <§< rinm 8 iu > of the $$ . W . Grand Master . ( Signed ) DUNDAS , D . G . M . ( Signed ) William H . White ") g Edw . Harper j
Installation Meetings, &C.
INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .
— : 0 : — HIGH CROSS LODGE , No . 754 . THE annual meeting of this Lodgo was held on Wednesday , at the Seven Sisters' Hotel , Page Green , Tottenham , under the
presidency of Bro . George Rowe W . M . Ho was supported by A . G . Fidler S . W ., W . S . Cooper J . W ., J . Wells , H . V . Clements , H . Stephens , J . Garrod , W . M . Tegg , and John Mailer , Past Masters ; W . Dance P . M . Treag ., J . Linzell P . M . Sec , J . D . Butlin
S . D ., J . H . Meek J . D ., E . Holt I . G ., J . Very Tyler , and the following , among other , Visitors : —R . Salmon 177 , H . C . Osman 1327 , Selby Parsons J . D . 1237 , A . Bryant P . M . 1237 , G . Tegg W . M . 1237 , J . Driscoll 30 , J . H . Peach 1237 , G . Richards 1707 , H . B . May 1237 , L . Franckel P . M . 780 , G . C . Jennings 1737 , J . J . Bird 1897 , J . M .
Longhurst 133 , Bennett 77 , J . Day 141 , A . Perl J . W . 813 , C . Sharp 1365 , J . Corf 157 , T . Wrigglesworth 15 , J . Barber 933 , J . Pinder 1707 , A . Durrant 569 , W . Binnie S . W . 1237 , C . J . Knightley 1744 , M . F . Green 861 , W . A . Sourrah W . M . 2048 , C . Handley 475 , Joseph Smith , and W . Hall . After the confirmation of
the minutes , Bro . Voller was raised to the sublime degree of M . M ., and then Bro . A . G . Fidler P . M . 1237 P . Prov . S . G . D . Middlesex was presented as W . M . elect . In due course he was installed and appointed his Officers . The appeal of a brother of the Irish Constitution for relief was considered , and the sum of one guinea voted
from the Charity Fund on his behalf . A vote of £ 5 from the Lodge Benevolent Fund was made on behalf of the widow of a deceased member . The resignation of Bro . Townsend P . M ., on account of continued illness , was received with extreme regret ; the brethren generally wishing him restoration to health , and hoping they might
yet have the pleasure of his company at many of their future meetings . Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet hall , where an enjoyable repast was provided by Bro . Oddy . The W . M ., at the conclusion of the banquet , gave the usual toasts . That of the Queen and the Craft was followed by the National
Anthem , and then the W . M . gave that of the Grand Master . That the Prince of Wales might be Grand Master of the Order for man y years to come was the hope of every brother present . The toast of the Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the other Grand Officers followed . The brethren comprised in this toast were
all good men , and true Masons ; worthy of the positions they occupied in the Craft . Bro . G . Rowe I . P . M . proposed the health of Bro . A . G . Fidler , the Worshipful Master . It was a very pleasing duty to him to submit this toast . Ho had beeu associated with Freemasonry for some years , and during the time he had been working in different
offices of the Lodge had had opportunities of judging , yet he had never met with a more genuine brother than tho present Worshipfnl Master . He had on many occasions stood beside him in Lodges of Instruction , and had learnt from him much of what he knew in Freemasonry . Should it ever fall to his lot to propose the toast of another
Worshipful Master , he felt he should not have a more worthy brother to submit to the notice of the brethren ^ or one who could more ably fulfil the duties of the chair than Bro . Fidler . The Worshipful
Master , in reply , expressed his thanks . It was to him a source of great gratification to hear hia health proposed , and the toast received as it had just been . The brethren f the Lodge had been pleaBed to put him in his present
Installation Meetings, &C.
high position ; he trusted he might carry out ts duties to their satisfaction , and in such a way that they would aever regret having elected him to fill the chair of the Lodge . He uext proposed the toast of the Immediate Past Master . He hac no more important toast to submit during the evening than this—tie health of his
predecessor . None who had witnessed the zeal of the Immediate Past Master during the past year could but be sure of his interest in the Lodge , while those who had seen the work he nad that evening performed—the third degree and the installation ceremony—would doubt his desire to carry on the work of Freemasonry . The W . M .
had much pleasure in presenting to Bro . Rjwe the Past Master ' s jewel , which the brethren had been pleased to vote him . It was a small token of the high appreciation in which he was held by the members of the High Cross Lodge . He hoped that whenever Bro . Rowe might look upon it in the future hs would consider it as an
evidence that he had faithfully fulfilled the duties of Worshipful Master in the Lodge . Bro . Rowe tendered his thanks . He did not know he had done anything to entitle him to such high praise as had just been awarded him by the members of the Lodge over which he had had the honour to preside daring the past year . His
work in the Lodge had always been to him a labour of love , and he was pleised to learn his efforts had met with some successs . So long as he remained a member of the Lodge he should strivo to advance its interests . He prized the jewel they had just presented to him most highly , not as the
shining objeot which was visible to any eye , but as the outcome of the good feeling shown towards him by the members of the Lodge . No part of his life had had more pleasurable associations than that spent as Worshipful Master of the High Cross Lodge . The Worshipful Master next submitted the toast of the Past Masters .
They were really the backbone of the Lodge . Eaoh in turn had worked for the welfare of the Lodge in suoh a manner as to raise it to its present high standard . Bro . Wells was the first to reply . He had great pleasure in attending the Lodge , and hoped to be present whenever its meetings took place . He considered it one of the duties
of the P . M . s to attend and support the ruling Master whenever it was in their power to do so . Bro . Lewis followed . The Past Masters had always endeavoured to do their duty . It was his desire , and it would bo his constant endeavour to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors . Bros . Mailer , Garrod , Linzell and Dance also spoke
to the toast , Bro . Linzell expressing regret at the absence , through ill-health , of an old Past Master ( Bro . Jones ) , and the continued indisposition of their old friend Bro . Townsend . The W . M . gave the Visitors . It would , indeed , bo a great disappointment to the members of the High Cross Lodge were they deprived of the
opportunity of honouring this toast on sach an occasion as the present . The attendance of so many visitors at his installation was a great gratification to him ; he hoped they had all spent a pleasant time . He would refer them to the toast list , aud to the words from Shakespeare which were associated with their toast , which fully expressed his
feelings"Better cheer may you have , But not with better heart . " Bro . Scnrrah replied . It was always a pleasure to him to visit Lodges , and make himself acquainted with the way in which the work in them was performed . Freemasonry ho believed to be one
of the grandest and noblest Institutions in the world , ennobling all who were associated with it . No matter how good a man might be , his initiation into Freemasonry must make him better . There was no more grand or noble sight than to see a Mason carrying out the principles of the Order in his every deed . He had taken a very
great interest iu Freemasonry ever since he had been admitted a member of it , and hoped his interest would continue as long as he was associated with the Craft . Bro . Dr . Hall followed . He had always endeavoured to carry out the teachings of the Craft in his everyday avocations , and urged others to do the same . His principal
connection with Freemasonry had been in looking after the health of the boys in the Masonic School at Wood Green , and in discharging his duties there he had come in contact with a very large number of brethren and others , whose main desire appeared to be to do the best they could for their fellow creatures . He hoped that Freemasonry
might long continue its beneficent working . Bros . Tegg and Driscoll also replied , after which the health of the Officers was proposed . The W . M . hoped the brethren appointed that evening would do all they could to advance the interests of the Lodge Bro . Cooper S . W . acknowledged the toast . The utmost endeavours of the Officers would
be to carry out the -work required of them to the satisfaction of the brethren . If it were possible to make the Lodge better than it bad been , the Officers wonld be pleased to do their share . Each of the other Officers having spoken , the Master proposed "The Masonic Charities . '' Every true Mason had the
interests of the Masonic Institutions thoroughly at heart . The reports of the great work that was being done must be gratifying to all who heard them . The Charities were far from lost sight of in the High Cross Lodge , many of the members of which had qualified as Life Governors , aud were still working to advance their welfare . The
Associations formed by the members of the Lodgo , together with others in tho district , had been the means of sending between £ 1600 and £ 1700 to the Charities , a result which not only proved the benevolence of the members , but was most gratifying to all who had taken a share iu tho work . At tbe present time they had a candidate
for the Boys School—a son of one of their old membersbefore them . It was the desire of the Lodge to carry this lad ' s case ( John E . T . Hobbs ) on the first application , at the October Election . To do this they would want all the help they conld get . Ho and tho members generally
would be much obliged if any of their friends could help them with the case . Votes might be sent to Bro . P . M . Mailer ( Brunswick Nursery , Tottenham ) , who was working most energetically ou behalf of the lad . Bros . Stephens and Garrod replied . The former had never had the pleasure of representing the High Cross Lodge on behalf of the