Hemming Lodge, No. 1512, Hampton, Middlesex.

scinded . With this effected , however , an ample year ' s work lies before tho incoming Master . Bro . Jessett , after signing tho election meeting minntes , as confirmed in favour of Bro . T . W . Ockenden , and opening tho Lodgo in tho second degree , called upon Bro . John Hammond P . M . 201 , 1326 , and 1512 P . P . G . D . Middlesex , to take tho chair , ho having promised to perform the ceremony of installation . The

call having been responded to , Bro . Thomas William Ockomlen was most effectively inducted into tho chair of K . S ., and gavo an earnest , in the excellent manner in which ho invested his Officers , of what may be expected from a very ablo Master during his year of office . Bro . John Hammond , tho Installing Master , gave tho addresses to the W . M ., Wardens , and brethren , in a form that called forth tho

admiration of tho entire Lodgo . Tho Officers for tho current session are , Bros . John Cameron Jessett I . P . M ., Thomas Charles Walls S . W ., Frederick William Kent J . W ., and Bros . Hiscox , Moody , Wheeler Knowles , Sozer , ancl Davey S . D ., J . D ., I . G ., M . C ., W . S . and junior W . S . respectively . Theso brethren , together with the Past Masters Bros . W . Hammond , E . Hopwood , J . Hammond , J . Hurst , C . W . Fox ,

and the I . P . M ., constitute tho permanent committee for tho ensuing year . Tho labours of the evening having necessarilybeon limited to the installation , the Lodge was afterwards closed , and tho brethren and Visitors adjourned , nearly forty in nnmbor , to ono of tho best appointed banquets that tho Lodge has partaken of from the period of its first consecration and installation banquet , six years since . The

various regular toasts wero given * with great spirit by tho W . M ., and responded to by tho respective brethren in their several offices and positions . The inanition of tho year having precluded the presentation of a jewel to the I . P . M ., to whom , however , the brethren , with a single exception , had unanimously voted ten guineas in place thereof , with which to purchase a Life Governorship of one of the

Masonic Institutions , somo of tho sympathising brethren had privately subscribed for a Past Master ' s jewel , which the W . M ., in proposing the health of the Past Masters , gracefully handed to the I . P . M ., accompanying tho act with appropriate ancl encouraging words of sympathy . The I . P . M ., who had heard nothing previously of tho matter , heartily thanked the brethren for this mark of their

friendship , and detailed the history of the difficulties he had had to encounter during his year of office , which impelled him , though very reluctantly , to put his veto upon the work that had been placed within the precincts of the Lodge . Among the Visitors , who , without exception , expressed their gratification at the beautiful work of tho evening , ancl tho amplitude of the banquet , were Bros . Wm .

Groomo P . M . Finsbury Lodge 861 , H . E . Frances P . M . P . P . G . D Surrey , J . Wilson P . M . Etonian 209 , F . Honeywell P . M . Dobie 889 P . P . G . Organist Middlesex , H . Handell Wolsey 1656 , J . W . Gaze Progress 1768 , T . Knapp Northern Lodge of China , Shanghai , 576 , Edward Ayling Rose of Denmark 975 , and John Welch Fidelity

No . 3 . Letters of congratulation and apologies for absence were received by the W . M . from Bros . John Bowes P . M . 148 P . P . G . W . Cumberland and Westmoreland , J . T . Rogers P . M . 70 , 105 , 1550 , J . Terry Sec . Royal M . B . I ., Albert Marvin 1768 , J . E . Hunt 1768 , Wm . Fisher P . M . 834 , & c .

Crusaders' Lodge, No. 1677.

CRUSADERS' LODGE , No . 1677 .

THE Installation Meeting of this Lodge was held on Wednesday , the 20 th instant , at tho Imperial Hotel , Holborn Viadnct . Bro . Thomas Goode W . M . presided , and was supported by his Officers and the members of the Lodge , as well us by a strong muster of visitors . The opening ceremonies having been despatched , tho minntes of the last regular meeting , as well as those of tho emergency meetings of the 13 th and 27 th September were read and confirmed . The Auditors '

Report was then submitted ancl accepted , and we may congratulate our worthy friends , the Crusaders , on the admirable disposition of their accounts . The special business of the evening followed , and in due course , with solemn ceremony , aud iu strict accordance with ancient usage , Bro . J . W . Simmonds was installed Master of the Lodge , the Installing Master being Dr . Hunter P . M ., who fulfilled his

duties m a mosfc able and impressive manner . Lodge bavin" beon resumed to the first , degree , the new W . M . proceeded to appoint and invest his Officers for tho year , a few words of kindl y congratulation being offered in each case . Theso appointments were as follows , namely , Bros . Rothschild S . W ., Millward J . W ., Maples P . M . Treasurer , Defriez P . M . Secretary , Rev . W . H . Casely Chaplain ,

CalderwoodS . D ., J . Piggotfc J . D ., CumingsI . G ., W . G . GoodoD . C , A . Goode A . D . C ., Hunter P . M . Steward , F . - Goode Assistant Steward , and Very Tyler . After the usual congratulations , the work of the Lodge proceeded , and ballots were taken for Messrs . Harold Halliday , Dr . W . P . Hollis , and Mr . James Speller . These proving satisfactory , the several gentlemen were initiated into the mysteries of the

fitst degree in Freemasonry , in a manner which fully justified the choice of the members of the Lod ge iu their selection of a W . M . for the present year . There was no other business to get through , nnd consequently Lodgo was closed . with the usnal formalities ' . The brethren then adjourned to a banquet , which was served in a style worthy of the establishment . On tho removal of the cloth , tho

enstomary Loyal and Masonic toasts wero given from the chair , and it is needless to say experienced a hearty reception . To the toast of the Initiates , tho newly-admitted members briefl y but appropriately replied . Then followed that of the W . M ., which , of course , fell to fche lot of Bro . Past Master Goode , who , in tho course of his remarks , paid a just tribute of respe 3 t to tho sterling worth of their now W . M * . Such a toast indeed could not have been entrusted to better hands ,

and W . M . Simmonds acknowledged the many compliments paid him by his predecessor , as well as the heartiness of tho reception his health had met with from tho brethren , in a manner which reflected on him the greatest credit . And having acknowledged the toast , Bro . Simmonds went on to propose , in highly eulogistic , yet well-merited terms , tlio health of his immediate predecessor , Bro . Goodo , complimonting him ou the efficiency ho had shown in the chair , and express '

Crusaders' Lodge, No. 1677.

ing a hope that when his year of office was determined , it might be bo in his power to point to as effective a rule as Bro . Goode ' s . He then presented the I . P . M . with tho Past Master ' s jewel , which had been voted him by the Lodge , expressing the pleasure it afforded him at having had tho opportunity of presenting such a testimonial , and likewise tho hope that Bro . Goode might be spared for many years ,

so as to enjoy tho respect and affection of his fellow Masons . Bro . Goodo having suitably ancl feelingly acknowledged the compliment , the health of the Installing Master , Dr . Hunter , was next proposed , and met with a hearty reception . The Visitors followed , and among thoso who responded were Bros . Harper , Cartwrighfc , & c . Other toasts , such as are usually honoured on these occasions , were then

given seriatim , that of the Tyler bringing a roost agreeable evening to a close . Having now fulfilled onr dnty as reporters , it becomes us to assnme for onco the office of critic . The Crusaders is a popular , and wo havo every reason to believe , a rising Lodge , while its Wor . shipfnl Master wonld not have had tho honour of presidency conferred upon him had ho not shown , in his past career , that he was in every

respect worthy of such honour . Having thus rendered him thafc measure of justice which is due to him both personally and officially , he will doubtless forgive us if we suggest that in one or two trifling respects his bearing in the chair will stand improvement . Ifc cannot bo said—from the fact of his having already occupied the chair in another Lodge—that he is young in Masonry . Hence it is that we

should greatly prefer to see him lay aside that tone of flippancy which marked his delivery of several toasts on the evening of which we have just g iven a record . We are not quite so impervious to a joke as the proverbial Scotchman , or , in other words , we do nofc need that our skulls should be cracked in order thafc the passing pleasantry of the moment may be sufficiently impressed

upon us . For this reason it is that we think it ill-advised in proposing certain familiar toasts to adopt a manner which cannot be complimentary to those whom they are designed to honour , or credit , able to the Lodge in which they are proposed . We claim to have no little experience of Lodge gatherings , ancl we have always laboured under the impression that respect to all brethren was one of the foremosfc duties of Craftsmen . We trust tho new Master of the

Cmsaders' Lodge will take these remarks in the same spirit in which thoy are offered . We congratulate him on his position , and we have pleasure in saying that in addition to the members of his Lodge there were present , to pay him respect , the following brethren : —Bros . J . W . Cartwright 1671 , Thomas Vernon 25 , Thomas Morris 1218 , H . L . Wolters P . M . 538 , John Lovell J . D . 1489 , R . J . Taylor W . M .

144 , J . F . Rothschild 1288 , R . Harper P . M . 813 , Bigley S . W . 1298 , Samuel Price P . M . 1288 , J . D . Spires 1471 , A . Mullord S . W . 1288 , G . W . Evans Org . 1632 , Mark Larlham P . M . 1266 , W . Habern 1158 , Charles Evans 860 , Samuel Goode 1288 , Thomas Wildover 742 , J . W . Chapman 1622 , W . W . Morgan Sec . 211 , Edgar Bowyer P . S . G . W . Herts , Paul Storr 167 , R . G . Thomas Org . 1602 , F . W . Clayton 1588 , J . Baker 1471 .

Gihoil Lodge . No . 49 . —The first meeting of tho members of this Lodge , since the vacation , took place on Thursday evening , 21 sfc inst ., at the Guildhall Tavern , nnder the presidency of the W . M ., Bro . Leopold R . Smith . There were also present : —Bros . John W . More S . W ., Jas . Moon J . W ., Jas . Stillard Treas ., H . Waterworth Sec , Henry Venn D . C , F . H . Speller Organist , Joseph Smith I . G ., Alfred

Williams P . M ., P . A . Bianchi P . M . ; also Bros . Alfred 0 . Wood , Wyndham Hart , Enston Anderson jun ., Alfred Kelly , G . H . Wilkin , son , John Turner jun ., ancl George Hall . Visitors—Bros . Henry Silby 207 , Henry A . Ralls 12 , Arthur E . Smith P . M . 383 , A . Millar 25 , Herbert Dickett 23 , and George Sandell 167 . After Lodgo business , tho brethren dined together , and the usual toasts were interspersed with some excellent mnsic .

Constitutional Lodge of Instruction , No . 55 . —The Annual Banquet of this Lodge took place ou Tuesday , the 19 th insfc ., at the Bedford Hotel , Southampton-buildings , W . C . There was a very fair muster of the brethren , and the meeting found a most genial president in the person of Bro . J . Cooper , Sonior Warden of the Mother Lodge . The vice-chairs were occupied by Bros . T . B .

Linscott J . W . 55 , and John Soper 55 , fche Honorary Secretary of the Lodge of Instrnction ; and among the Stewards who were present must bo mentioned —Bros . Abell , Bingemann ( Preceptor ) , W . G . Dickins , T , B . Dodson , J . H . Dodson , H . R . Hallam , & c . Everything passed off most satisfactorily , Bro . Bond , host ; of the Bedford , sparing

no pains to make the gnests as comfortable as possible , and , to that end , placing before them a banquet which fully justified his reputation as a caterer . The nsual toasts were given by Bro . Cooper , whose presence in the chair left nothing to be desired ; whilo his efforts to make the occasion a success were most ably seconded by Bros . Linscott and Sopor .

La Tolerance Lodge of Instruction , Ho . 538 . —At the Green Dragon , Maddox-strcet , W ., on Wednesday , 20 fch inst . Bros . James Hemming W . M ., W . Cleghorn S . W ., W . J . Burgess J . W ., J . Hurdell Preceptor , L . G . Langdon Hon . Sec . The Fifteen Sections wero worked by the following brethren : —First Lecture : —Bros . W . C .

Smith , L . G . Langdon , Blundell , Birrell , Belfrage , E . Child , and E . Farwig . Second Lecture : —Bros . J . Pratt , W . J . Burgess , J . Paul , W . Cleghorn , and J . Hnrdell . Third Lecture : —Bros . J . Lonsdale , II . Richardson , and C . A . Woods . There were 42 members present , ancl the proceedings throughout were admirably conducted ; in short , a mosfc instructive evening was spent by the brethen .

Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , No . 860 . —At Bro .

Smyth ' s , Sisters' Tavern , Pownall-road , Dalston , on Tuesday . Bros . Williams W . M ., Carr S . W ., Christian J . W ., Dignam S . D ., Smyth J . D ., Catlin I . G ., J . Lorkin Soc , Wallington P . M . Preceptor ; also