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and could proudly point to the jewel just presented to him with the feeling that he had endeavoured to earn it . He would not wear it as a bauble , but as one of those things he had earned , and on yvhich he could look yvith gratification . The W . M . then proposed " The Masonic Charities . " All the brethren knew that charity was their great aim , that a brother who came into Freemasonry and
professed charity and did not practise it in its pure sense , yvas not a Mason . They would remember the great principles of the Sacred Law , yvhercin it yvas laid down that charity consisted , not in giving of the abundance of what a man possessed , but in denying oneself some pleasure in order to assist those who yvere unable to provide fnr the yvants of nature . He was very pleased to knoyv that the
Masonic charities were year by year increasing their incorre , that the brethren -were feeling more and more the responsibilities pressed upon them , and that they yvere all striving towards one great end—to render assistance to those , who well deserved it . None of them kneyv yvhile they might be there that night , little thinking of the future and perhaps little caring for it , as others had before
them little known , that they might perhaps some day be recipients of the bounty of others . Therefore he yvould call on the brethren when the opportunity for giving assistance occurred , to remember in what charity consisted . If they could only give half-a-croyvn , half-a-crown a-piece in the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge signified a great deal . He hoped that this lodge would develope into one of the
great supporters of the Masonic charities . The lodge was but twelve months old , yet their I . P . M . had represented it as Steyvard for the Benevolent Institution , and had taken up a sum of £ 31 ios . He ( the W . M . ) represented the lodge at the recent festival of the Girls' School , and Bro . Abrahams had already accepted the Stewardship for the Boys' . When he ( the W . M . ) was Steward he did not take
up a very large amount , only sixty-five guineas , which yvas very much below what he took up when he was Steward once before , but he hoped the time would come when the lodge would never send up a Steyvard yvithout one hundred guineas on his list , and that no year would elapse without a Steward going up for each charity . Bro . Terry , yvho represented the Benevolent Institution , was
present , and could tell the brethren more than he ( the W . M . ) could about them , yet hc was very much pleased to propose the toast , because he could couple yvith it one of the most zealous Secretaries that any institution could boast of possessing—in fact , hc yvas the most zealous Secretary—whose genial conduct , happy disposition , and engaging manners had endeared him to every Mason
W hile proposing this toast he would remind the brethren that that day yvas Bro . Terry ' s birthday , and in drinking his health they should remember the circumstance . Bro . Terry replied . In the first place he had to thank the W . M . for recalling to the brethren ' s recollection a little event yvhich occurred some 4 6 years ago that day , when hc yvas sure two persons most concerned , his father and mother , never
contemplated that he yvould have the pleasure of responding on behalf of the Charitable Institution he now represented . With respect to the Institution , they were extremely indebted not alone to this Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge , but to a vast number of lodges formed yvithin the last 18 months or tyvo years , for all the suppoit they had extended to the charities of the Order . It had been his
pleasure within the last year to consecrate 19 new lodges . Of those iq lodges 16 had each kindly sent a brother to represent them at the Benevolent Institution ; and those 16 brethren took up yvith them over £ 900 . That spoke well for the great desire there was to do good on the part of the petitioners for neyv lodges . The Sir Hugh Myddleton Lodge was one year old that day , and it yvas numbered
1602 . During thc 12 months of its existence , warrants for 90 new lodges had been granted , the number of the last warrant which had been issued being 1692 . If they looked to that fact , and contemplated the possibility of each of those 90 lodges extended a similiar support to the Institutions as had been given to this Institution out of the 19 lodges he had mentioned , they might judge of
what would be the future outcome of the Masonic efforts on behalf of charity . The W . M . had been pleased to say the income of the charities were increasing . Well , in February last at the festival of the Benevolent institution £ 3 800 was brought in beyond the amount yvhich that Institution had ever before received , and the total , £ 12 , 866 , was larger than any of the Masonic Institutions had
received in one year . But even this amount left other l ' s ' s which had since come in . The last of these lists had been received in the present week , and its amount was £ 600 . The total therefore received by the Benevolent Institution for the late festival was noyv £ 13 , 686 . That certainly yvas very gratifying , and certainly repaid any labour on the part of the executive
officers , whose care it yvas , and whose duty it yvas , to realise these sums , not for their own aggrandisement , not for their own advantage , but for the benefit of thc Institutions , which endeavoured to relieve distress whenever it occurred . That ( Friday ) week saw the closing scene for the year in tbe work of tbe Benevolent Institution , when fifty-three poor old men and women had their latter days
made comfortable by the generosity of the brethren . On that day twenty-nine old men and twenty-four widows were put in receipt , the men of £ 40 each per year , and the women £ 32 each . If the brethren could only realise what that meant—a relief from the cares and anxieties of life , and the putting thc recipients in the possession of comparative comfort for the remainder of their days , they
would be able to judge of the benefit conferred by Masonic charity . Instead of a bleak prospect standing before a yvidoyv deprived by Providence of her support by her partner being taken away from her , calm rest and repose that should attend age spread itself before her face . If the brethren could but realise what the sensations of these poor old people must have been on the day of election yvhile they yvere awaiting thc return of the scrutineers of votes
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into the room , while it was undecided yvhether the candidates were or were not successful , and then when the scrutineers announced the result , to become ayvare of the gratifying intelligence that they were successful , it yvas a pleasing fact for all subscribers to know they had contributed to so much ultimate pleasure . He was pleased to say that the Girls' School yvas also eminently successful this year ,
having received £ i *; oo above any amount yet contributed to it in one year . Thus £ 3300 had been realised at these two festivals beyond yvhat had been obtained for these two charities in one year . If report spoke truly , he believed that at the next festival of the Boys' School at the Alexandra Palace on the 27 th June , although he as Secretary of the Benevolent Institution had been able to announce
the receipt of £ 13 , 300 on its behalf , a still larger amount was to be announced for the Boys' School . Well , the 190 boys noyv receiving the benefits of that Institution amply repaid all the amount laid out upon them . It ' might ' seem a large sum that each boy cost , and they were large sums that each Institution had to do with , but all he had to say on behalf of the Secretaries of the other Inslitutions ,
the Boys and Girls Schools , was that they appreciated as well as himself ( Bro . Terry ) the efforts which yvere made by the lodges , and this lodge especially , for having sent in tyvelve months Stewards to bring in these large amounts . He had no doubt that the brother yvho yvould represent the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge at the Boys' Festival yvould be as eminently successful as the W . M . had been ,
and he could only express the wish that as the Worshipful Master ' s list had nearly doubled the list of Bro . Somers , the Steyvard for the Boys' Festival might be able to take up a list proportionately in advance of the Worshipful Master ' s . Year after year he hoped similar strides yvould be made , and that the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge would prove as great a
benefactor to the Institution as Sir Hugh Myddelton yvas himself to the whole of humanity in London . As each neyv member was made in the lodge he hoped it yvould be impressed upon him that the whole success of the Institutions depended mainly on that one brother . If each brother yvould only folloyv up ' what the W . M . had said , and remember that charity consisted not in giving out of their
abundance , but out of their acts of self-denial , they would be acting up to the true spirit of Freemasonry . After making a further appeal for the support of all the Masonic charities , Bro Terry resumed his seat amidst loud applause . The brethren then honoured the other toasts and separated . A pleasing selection of music yvas performed hy Bros . A . Hubbard , T . W . Simons , J . Fountain Meen , and
F . H . Cozens , under the direction of Bro . A . Hubbard . Bro . J . F . Meen presided at the piano . BAYARD LODGE ( No . 1615 ) . —The installation meeting of the Bayard Lodge yvas held on Monday evening , at 33 , Golden Square . The lodge was presided over by Col . Someryille Burney , W . M ., the other brethren being Lieut .-Col . H . S . Somenille Burney , P . M ., P . P . G . D . of
Essex , W , M . ; Capt . R . P . Leeson , S . W . ; Alfred E . T . Watson , J . W . ; Rev . R . J . Simpson , M . A ., P . G . Chap ., as Chap . ; Captain Charles Hunter , P . M . 755 , P . G . M . Aberdeenshire East , as P . M . ; Frank Richardson , P . M ., 14 , as Treas . ; Ca ' . t . W . F . Portlock Dadson , R . B . G ., as Sec . ; Capt . C . F . Com | ton , S . D . ; Robert D . Fycrs , J . D . ; Francis C . Compton , as Org . ; the Chevalier Habicht ,
P . M . 197 * , Capt . N . G . Philios , P . M . 1 - ( 8 ^ , G . S . D .-, Major Shadyvell H . Clerke , P . M ., W . M . 1383 , ' P . P . S . G . W . Devon ; John Hervey , G . Sec ; Hugh H . Riach , P . M . ; Major George Barlow , S . W . 1383 ; Captain T . Morris , P . M . ; John Shadwell , P . M ., P . G . S . Deacon , Somerset ; Captain Henry Lumsden , Herr Edyvard Sanesbuy , Walter B . Lethbridge , S . II . d'Avi gdor , Arthur White , Major 1 . G .
Skene , Frederic la C . Thorne , Edyvard B . Bernard , Vavasaur Sandford , M . D . ; Captain W . Oughton Giles , Captain H . S . Andreyvs , Rev . G . Sutton Flack , M . A . ; Lieut . G . V . C . Egerton , R . N . ; W . Brzley Thorne , Rev . Hugh Pearson , B . A ; C . P . Kempe , Captain Steyvart ] . Dyer , Frederic Calrow , Lieut .-Colonel Bousfield , M . P . ; William Rogers , Dr . R . C . Messel , B . L . Rose , Capt . M . Robertson .
Visitors : Bros . J . B . Monckton , President Board of Geni rai Purposes ; Thomas Fenn , P . G . Deacon ; the Right Hon . lord Inveiurie ; Prov . G . M . fnr Kincardineshire , No . 1 , Scotland ; W . H . Hood , No . - , Scotland ; T . W . Gordon , No . 523 . Scotland ; Col . Randolph , J . W . 1383 . George L , Fyles , 138 3 ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . M . 142 ; F . H . McCalmonr , No . 130 , P . P . G . R . Oxon . ; George
Coyte , No . 1 ; W . A . Bannett , St . Andrews ; Colonel May dwell , P . M . 1216 ; W . E . Stewart , P . M . 140 ; Chas . Dickens , P . M . 261 ; F . H . Haynes , P . M . 284 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( Fi ¦ ecmason ) ; P . de L . Long , G . S . D . ; A . Sadler , P . M . 14 , and others . The prosperity of tbe lodge has been very marked , as will be seen from the following facts , which has transpired in
connection yvith it during the last twelve months . The lodge was consecrated on the 17 th May , 1876 , by the Right Hon . the Earl of Limerick , Prov . G . M . for Bristol . Lieut .-Coi . Somerville Burney was its first W . M . There are now seventy-eight members , of yvhom tyventy-nine have been initiated in the lodge , or only one less than could have been made , according to the constitutions , at the six
regular meetings . These members include , one peer one count , one baronet , two chevaliers , two M . P . ' s , one ex-M . P ., five priests , five justices of the peace , seventeen holding university or literary degrees , and thirty-eight who hold or have held commissions in the army , navy , or militia . Donations have been made of one hundred guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , one
hundred guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and £ 30 to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; thus qualifying the " lodge as a Vice-President of all these charities , a thing never before done by any lodge in the first year of its existence . The lists of the W . M . for these charities yvere large ones , and one member of the lodge became an annual subscriber of five guineas to each of thc three charities . The Treasurer ' s account
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shews receipts £ 638 gs ., and an expenditure of £ 624 os . lid . Nothing has been spent on banquets , agreeably yvith the bye-laws of the lodge but several donations bad been made from the ' charity fund of the lodge for special cases recommended leaving a balance to credit of tbat fund of £ 6 os . 3 d . The W . M . having initiated , and raised candidates , Bro
Richardson did the passings , and Colonel . Burney proceeded yvith the ceremony of installation , for yvhich purpose Bro . Captain R . P . Leeson , S . W ., yvas presented to him . Bro . Col . Burney then formally installed Capt . Leeson , and after this ceremony had been completed , the neyv W . M . invested the folloyving brethren as his officers for the ensuing year : —Bros . Alfred Watson , S . W . ; Wemyss , J . W . .
Frank Richardson , Treas . ; Capt . Portlock Dadson , Sec . R . Fyers , S . D . ; Francis Compton ,. J . D . ; Capt . C . Compton , D . C . ; A . J . Dyer , Steward ; Sauerbery . Org . ; Rigby Thorne , I . G . ; and George Austin , Tyler . After Capt . Leeson had been installed , he said to Col . Burney that he was exceedingly glad to have received this honour especially at the hands of Col . Burney , as it was on the
introduction of that brother twenty-two years ago that he became a Mason . Col . Burney said that if Capt . Leeson remembered this circumstance with pleasure , he . ( Col . Burney ) remembered yvith equal pleasure that in the founding of this lodge he received very great assistance from Capt . Leeson ; and it was yvith eminent satisfaction he noyv handed over the government of the lodge to a
brother yvho had its interests so thoroughly at heart , yvho kneyv so well hoyv to exercise his poyvers , and yvas so yvell qualified to carry out the principles of the Craft . Before the lodge yvas closed a massive Past Master ' s jewel yvas presented to Col . Burney , I . P . M ., and a similar jeyvel to Bro . Frank Richardson , Treasurer , for their great services to the lodge during the first year of thc lodge ' s existence .
The W . M ., in moving the votes , recalled to the brethren ' s recollection the exertions of Col . Burney on the lodge's behalf , and thc admirable way in which he had conducted the lodge business ; and yvith regard to Bro . F . Richardson he said that brother had not only been Treasurer , but had also acted as P . M ., and his time yvas always at the disposal of the W . M ., yvhich to a business man yvas a very great
sacrifice . Capt . Hunter seconded both motions , and returned his best thanks to Bro . Richardson for having performed the office of the P . M ., yvhich hc ( Capt . Hunter ) , through being away on his professional avocations in Scotland and the country , had been unable to perform . When he accepted the office of P . M ., his inability to attend yvas entirely unforseen by him , and the lodge yvas under
a debt of gratitude to Bro . Richardson for supplying his place . Col . Burney , in acknoyvledging the presentation to him , said he felt most grateful for this token of the brethren ' s approval . The prosperity of the Bayard Lodge had been a great source of gratification and pride to him . Tyvelve months ago he first conceived the idea of terming the lodge , and he . yvas fcrtunate in accepting for ita name
which not only yvas a nam ; knoyvn in history as applied to a knight yvho had for his motto " Sans peur et sans reprochc , " yvhich motto should at all times govern the actions of the lodge ; but from cireumstanci s yvhich occurred at the moment he was enabled at scond hand to pay a compliment to a brother for yvhom lie had the highest
regard and esteem , and yvho stood so high in the Craft generally ( Capt . Philips ) . From the good feeling that had existed in thc lodge from its commencement , hc felt very proud to have originated it , and he felt sure and confident that in handing over thc gavel to his yvorthy successor no one could have been selected yvho would
more carry out thc principles on yvhich this lodge had been founded . He prayed God to grant the W . M . health and strength , and a long and prosperous career to the Bayard Lodge . Bro . Frank Richardson in returning thanks for his jeyvel , said he was sure that the prospects of the Bayard Lodge amply compensated one for any little trouble taken in the formation and yvork of the lodge . Such a lodge yvas a credit to the Craft and a credit to the members who
belonged to it . He should alyvays consider the jeyvel the brightest he had ever yvorn . Col . Burney said that although time pressed hc felt bound to say a word yvith reference to a remark of Capt . Hunter . That brother yvas oneof the first founders of the lodge , anil he ( Col . Burney ) yvas only too pleased to appoint him as acting P . M . circumstances however occurred yvhich prevented Capt . Hunter ' s regular attendance . Such circumstances did not often occur in a
man ' s life , and thc brethren yvished mm every happiness and a long life under those circumstances . In Capt-Hunter ' s absence he , Col . Burney , naturally turned to Bro . Richardson , who yvas also one of the founders of thc loiitre . He most kindly and readily agreed to act as P . M ., and in addition to his duties as Treasurer rendered very great
assistance as P . M . There yvere many little things in the government of a lodge of which thc members knew nothing ! and in the midst of Bro . Richardson ' s active professional engagements he yvas always open to come and rentier assistance . It yvas chiefly in a new lodge that sucn assistance yvas most felt . Bro . Frank Richardson her '
presented the lodge with an elegant offertory bag i " place of the charity box . This bag bore the Bayard arms on one side , and Bro . Frank Richardson ' s arms on the other . A vote of thanks yvas then passed for Bro-Richardson ' s handsome present , and the vote was ordered to be recorded in the lodge minutes . The vote «' moved by the W . M . and seconded by Col . Burney , w " 10 hoped that the bag might be yvell filled . Lodge yv » s
then closed and the brethren adjourned to thc Cafe Roya'i yvhere a choice banquet was provided for them . AW partaking of the same , grace yvas said , and tne usual toasts yvere proposed . In proposing " ' " Queen and the Craft , " thc W . M . said the bretH * ren all kneyv that her Majesty took a p leasuf in relieving the yvants of the most humble of her subj < " * <* ' ^ and in sympathising yvith the griefs of those highest in ' social scale . After the toast of " The M . W . G . M . ™
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and could proudly point to the jewel just presented to him with the feeling that he had endeavoured to earn it . He would not wear it as a bauble , but as one of those things he had earned , and on yvhich he could look yvith gratification . The W . M . then proposed " The Masonic Charities . " All the brethren knew that charity was their great aim , that a brother who came into Freemasonry and
professed charity and did not practise it in its pure sense , yvas not a Mason . They would remember the great principles of the Sacred Law , yvhercin it yvas laid down that charity consisted , not in giving of the abundance of what a man possessed , but in denying oneself some pleasure in order to assist those who yvere unable to provide fnr the yvants of nature . He was very pleased to knoyv that the
Masonic charities were year by year increasing their incorre , that the brethren -were feeling more and more the responsibilities pressed upon them , and that they yvere all striving towards one great end—to render assistance to those , who well deserved it . None of them kneyv yvhile they might be there that night , little thinking of the future and perhaps little caring for it , as others had before
them little known , that they might perhaps some day be recipients of the bounty of others . Therefore he yvould call on the brethren when the opportunity for giving assistance occurred , to remember in what charity consisted . If they could only give half-a-croyvn , half-a-crown a-piece in the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge signified a great deal . He hoped that this lodge would develope into one of the
great supporters of the Masonic charities . The lodge was but twelve months old , yet their I . P . M . had represented it as Steyvard for the Benevolent Institution , and had taken up a sum of £ 31 ios . He ( the W . M . ) represented the lodge at the recent festival of the Girls' School , and Bro . Abrahams had already accepted the Stewardship for the Boys' . When he ( the W . M . ) was Steward he did not take
up a very large amount , only sixty-five guineas , which yvas very much below what he took up when he was Steward once before , but he hoped the time would come when the lodge would never send up a Steyvard yvithout one hundred guineas on his list , and that no year would elapse without a Steward going up for each charity . Bro . Terry , yvho represented the Benevolent Institution , was
present , and could tell the brethren more than he ( the W . M . ) could about them , yet hc was very much pleased to propose the toast , because he could couple yvith it one of the most zealous Secretaries that any institution could boast of possessing—in fact , hc yvas the most zealous Secretary—whose genial conduct , happy disposition , and engaging manners had endeared him to every Mason
W hile proposing this toast he would remind the brethren that that day yvas Bro . Terry ' s birthday , and in drinking his health they should remember the circumstance . Bro . Terry replied . In the first place he had to thank the W . M . for recalling to the brethren ' s recollection a little event yvhich occurred some 4 6 years ago that day , when hc yvas sure two persons most concerned , his father and mother , never
contemplated that he yvould have the pleasure of responding on behalf of the Charitable Institution he now represented . With respect to the Institution , they were extremely indebted not alone to this Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge , but to a vast number of lodges formed yvithin the last 18 months or tyvo years , for all the suppoit they had extended to the charities of the Order . It had been his
pleasure within the last year to consecrate 19 new lodges . Of those iq lodges 16 had each kindly sent a brother to represent them at the Benevolent Institution ; and those 16 brethren took up yvith them over £ 900 . That spoke well for the great desire there was to do good on the part of the petitioners for neyv lodges . The Sir Hugh Myddleton Lodge was one year old that day , and it yvas numbered
1602 . During thc 12 months of its existence , warrants for 90 new lodges had been granted , the number of the last warrant which had been issued being 1692 . If they looked to that fact , and contemplated the possibility of each of those 90 lodges extended a similiar support to the Institutions as had been given to this Institution out of the 19 lodges he had mentioned , they might judge of
what would be the future outcome of the Masonic efforts on behalf of charity . The W . M . had been pleased to say the income of the charities were increasing . Well , in February last at the festival of the Benevolent institution £ 3 800 was brought in beyond the amount yvhich that Institution had ever before received , and the total , £ 12 , 866 , was larger than any of the Masonic Institutions had
received in one year . But even this amount left other l ' s ' s which had since come in . The last of these lists had been received in the present week , and its amount was £ 600 . The total therefore received by the Benevolent Institution for the late festival was noyv £ 13 , 686 . That certainly yvas very gratifying , and certainly repaid any labour on the part of the executive
officers , whose care it yvas , and whose duty it yvas , to realise these sums , not for their own aggrandisement , not for their own advantage , but for the benefit of thc Institutions , which endeavoured to relieve distress whenever it occurred . That ( Friday ) week saw the closing scene for the year in tbe work of tbe Benevolent Institution , when fifty-three poor old men and women had their latter days
made comfortable by the generosity of the brethren . On that day twenty-nine old men and twenty-four widows were put in receipt , the men of £ 40 each per year , and the women £ 32 each . If the brethren could only realise what that meant—a relief from the cares and anxieties of life , and the putting thc recipients in the possession of comparative comfort for the remainder of their days , they
would be able to judge of the benefit conferred by Masonic charity . Instead of a bleak prospect standing before a yvidoyv deprived by Providence of her support by her partner being taken away from her , calm rest and repose that should attend age spread itself before her face . If the brethren could but realise what the sensations of these poor old people must have been on the day of election yvhile they yvere awaiting thc return of the scrutineers of votes
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into the room , while it was undecided yvhether the candidates were or were not successful , and then when the scrutineers announced the result , to become ayvare of the gratifying intelligence that they were successful , it yvas a pleasing fact for all subscribers to know they had contributed to so much ultimate pleasure . He was pleased to say that the Girls' School yvas also eminently successful this year ,
having received £ i *; oo above any amount yet contributed to it in one year . Thus £ 3300 had been realised at these two festivals beyond yvhat had been obtained for these two charities in one year . If report spoke truly , he believed that at the next festival of the Boys' School at the Alexandra Palace on the 27 th June , although he as Secretary of the Benevolent Institution had been able to announce
the receipt of £ 13 , 300 on its behalf , a still larger amount was to be announced for the Boys' School . Well , the 190 boys noyv receiving the benefits of that Institution amply repaid all the amount laid out upon them . It ' might ' seem a large sum that each boy cost , and they were large sums that each Institution had to do with , but all he had to say on behalf of the Secretaries of the other Inslitutions ,
the Boys and Girls Schools , was that they appreciated as well as himself ( Bro . Terry ) the efforts which yvere made by the lodges , and this lodge especially , for having sent in tyvelve months Stewards to bring in these large amounts . He had no doubt that the brother yvho yvould represent the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge at the Boys' Festival yvould be as eminently successful as the W . M . had been ,
and he could only express the wish that as the Worshipful Master ' s list had nearly doubled the list of Bro . Somers , the Steyvard for the Boys' Festival might be able to take up a list proportionately in advance of the Worshipful Master ' s . Year after year he hoped similar strides yvould be made , and that the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge would prove as great a
benefactor to the Institution as Sir Hugh Myddelton yvas himself to the whole of humanity in London . As each neyv member was made in the lodge he hoped it yvould be impressed upon him that the whole success of the Institutions depended mainly on that one brother . If each brother yvould only folloyv up ' what the W . M . had said , and remember that charity consisted not in giving out of their
abundance , but out of their acts of self-denial , they would be acting up to the true spirit of Freemasonry . After making a further appeal for the support of all the Masonic charities , Bro Terry resumed his seat amidst loud applause . The brethren then honoured the other toasts and separated . A pleasing selection of music yvas performed hy Bros . A . Hubbard , T . W . Simons , J . Fountain Meen , and
F . H . Cozens , under the direction of Bro . A . Hubbard . Bro . J . F . Meen presided at the piano . BAYARD LODGE ( No . 1615 ) . —The installation meeting of the Bayard Lodge yvas held on Monday evening , at 33 , Golden Square . The lodge was presided over by Col . Someryille Burney , W . M ., the other brethren being Lieut .-Col . H . S . Somenille Burney , P . M ., P . P . G . D . of
Essex , W , M . ; Capt . R . P . Leeson , S . W . ; Alfred E . T . Watson , J . W . ; Rev . R . J . Simpson , M . A ., P . G . Chap ., as Chap . ; Captain Charles Hunter , P . M . 755 , P . G . M . Aberdeenshire East , as P . M . ; Frank Richardson , P . M ., 14 , as Treas . ; Ca ' . t . W . F . Portlock Dadson , R . B . G ., as Sec . ; Capt . C . F . Com | ton , S . D . ; Robert D . Fycrs , J . D . ; Francis C . Compton , as Org . ; the Chevalier Habicht ,
P . M . 197 * , Capt . N . G . Philios , P . M . 1 - ( 8 ^ , G . S . D .-, Major Shadyvell H . Clerke , P . M ., W . M . 1383 , ' P . P . S . G . W . Devon ; John Hervey , G . Sec ; Hugh H . Riach , P . M . ; Major George Barlow , S . W . 1383 ; Captain T . Morris , P . M . ; John Shadwell , P . M ., P . G . S . Deacon , Somerset ; Captain Henry Lumsden , Herr Edyvard Sanesbuy , Walter B . Lethbridge , S . II . d'Avi gdor , Arthur White , Major 1 . G .
Skene , Frederic la C . Thorne , Edyvard B . Bernard , Vavasaur Sandford , M . D . ; Captain W . Oughton Giles , Captain H . S . Andreyvs , Rev . G . Sutton Flack , M . A . ; Lieut . G . V . C . Egerton , R . N . ; W . Brzley Thorne , Rev . Hugh Pearson , B . A ; C . P . Kempe , Captain Steyvart ] . Dyer , Frederic Calrow , Lieut .-Colonel Bousfield , M . P . ; William Rogers , Dr . R . C . Messel , B . L . Rose , Capt . M . Robertson .
Visitors : Bros . J . B . Monckton , President Board of Geni rai Purposes ; Thomas Fenn , P . G . Deacon ; the Right Hon . lord Inveiurie ; Prov . G . M . fnr Kincardineshire , No . 1 , Scotland ; W . H . Hood , No . - , Scotland ; T . W . Gordon , No . 523 . Scotland ; Col . Randolph , J . W . 1383 . George L , Fyles , 138 3 ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . M . 142 ; F . H . McCalmonr , No . 130 , P . P . G . R . Oxon . ; George
Coyte , No . 1 ; W . A . Bannett , St . Andrews ; Colonel May dwell , P . M . 1216 ; W . E . Stewart , P . M . 140 ; Chas . Dickens , P . M . 261 ; F . H . Haynes , P . M . 284 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( Fi ¦ ecmason ) ; P . de L . Long , G . S . D . ; A . Sadler , P . M . 14 , and others . The prosperity of tbe lodge has been very marked , as will be seen from the following facts , which has transpired in
connection yvith it during the last twelve months . The lodge was consecrated on the 17 th May , 1876 , by the Right Hon . the Earl of Limerick , Prov . G . M . for Bristol . Lieut .-Coi . Somerville Burney was its first W . M . There are now seventy-eight members , of yvhom tyventy-nine have been initiated in the lodge , or only one less than could have been made , according to the constitutions , at the six
regular meetings . These members include , one peer one count , one baronet , two chevaliers , two M . P . ' s , one ex-M . P ., five priests , five justices of the peace , seventeen holding university or literary degrees , and thirty-eight who hold or have held commissions in the army , navy , or militia . Donations have been made of one hundred guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , one
hundred guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and £ 30 to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; thus qualifying the " lodge as a Vice-President of all these charities , a thing never before done by any lodge in the first year of its existence . The lists of the W . M . for these charities yvere large ones , and one member of the lodge became an annual subscriber of five guineas to each of thc three charities . The Treasurer ' s account
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shews receipts £ 638 gs ., and an expenditure of £ 624 os . lid . Nothing has been spent on banquets , agreeably yvith the bye-laws of the lodge but several donations bad been made from the ' charity fund of the lodge for special cases recommended leaving a balance to credit of tbat fund of £ 6 os . 3 d . The W . M . having initiated , and raised candidates , Bro
Richardson did the passings , and Colonel . Burney proceeded yvith the ceremony of installation , for yvhich purpose Bro . Captain R . P . Leeson , S . W ., yvas presented to him . Bro . Col . Burney then formally installed Capt . Leeson , and after this ceremony had been completed , the neyv W . M . invested the folloyving brethren as his officers for the ensuing year : —Bros . Alfred Watson , S . W . ; Wemyss , J . W . .
Frank Richardson , Treas . ; Capt . Portlock Dadson , Sec . R . Fyers , S . D . ; Francis Compton ,. J . D . ; Capt . C . Compton , D . C . ; A . J . Dyer , Steward ; Sauerbery . Org . ; Rigby Thorne , I . G . ; and George Austin , Tyler . After Capt . Leeson had been installed , he said to Col . Burney that he was exceedingly glad to have received this honour especially at the hands of Col . Burney , as it was on the
introduction of that brother twenty-two years ago that he became a Mason . Col . Burney said that if Capt . Leeson remembered this circumstance with pleasure , he . ( Col . Burney ) remembered yvith equal pleasure that in the founding of this lodge he received very great assistance from Capt . Leeson ; and it was yvith eminent satisfaction he noyv handed over the government of the lodge to a
brother yvho had its interests so thoroughly at heart , yvho kneyv so well hoyv to exercise his poyvers , and yvas so yvell qualified to carry out the principles of the Craft . Before the lodge yvas closed a massive Past Master ' s jewel yvas presented to Col . Burney , I . P . M ., and a similar jeyvel to Bro . Frank Richardson , Treasurer , for their great services to the lodge during the first year of thc lodge ' s existence .
The W . M ., in moving the votes , recalled to the brethren ' s recollection the exertions of Col . Burney on the lodge's behalf , and thc admirable way in which he had conducted the lodge business ; and yvith regard to Bro . F . Richardson he said that brother had not only been Treasurer , but had also acted as P . M ., and his time yvas always at the disposal of the W . M ., yvhich to a business man yvas a very great
sacrifice . Capt . Hunter seconded both motions , and returned his best thanks to Bro . Richardson for having performed the office of the P . M ., yvhich hc ( Capt . Hunter ) , through being away on his professional avocations in Scotland and the country , had been unable to perform . When he accepted the office of P . M ., his inability to attend yvas entirely unforseen by him , and the lodge yvas under
a debt of gratitude to Bro . Richardson for supplying his place . Col . Burney , in acknoyvledging the presentation to him , said he felt most grateful for this token of the brethren ' s approval . The prosperity of the Bayard Lodge had been a great source of gratification and pride to him . Tyvelve months ago he first conceived the idea of terming the lodge , and he . yvas fcrtunate in accepting for ita name
which not only yvas a nam ; knoyvn in history as applied to a knight yvho had for his motto " Sans peur et sans reprochc , " yvhich motto should at all times govern the actions of the lodge ; but from cireumstanci s yvhich occurred at the moment he was enabled at scond hand to pay a compliment to a brother for yvhom lie had the highest
regard and esteem , and yvho stood so high in the Craft generally ( Capt . Philips ) . From the good feeling that had existed in thc lodge from its commencement , hc felt very proud to have originated it , and he felt sure and confident that in handing over thc gavel to his yvorthy successor no one could have been selected yvho would
more carry out thc principles on yvhich this lodge had been founded . He prayed God to grant the W . M . health and strength , and a long and prosperous career to the Bayard Lodge . Bro . Frank Richardson in returning thanks for his jeyvel , said he was sure that the prospects of the Bayard Lodge amply compensated one for any little trouble taken in the formation and yvork of the lodge . Such a lodge yvas a credit to the Craft and a credit to the members who
belonged to it . He should alyvays consider the jeyvel the brightest he had ever yvorn . Col . Burney said that although time pressed hc felt bound to say a word yvith reference to a remark of Capt . Hunter . That brother yvas oneof the first founders of the lodge , anil he ( Col . Burney ) yvas only too pleased to appoint him as acting P . M . circumstances however occurred yvhich prevented Capt . Hunter ' s regular attendance . Such circumstances did not often occur in a
man ' s life , and thc brethren yvished mm every happiness and a long life under those circumstances . In Capt-Hunter ' s absence he , Col . Burney , naturally turned to Bro . Richardson , who yvas also one of the founders of thc loiitre . He most kindly and readily agreed to act as P . M ., and in addition to his duties as Treasurer rendered very great
assistance as P . M . There yvere many little things in the government of a lodge of which thc members knew nothing ! and in the midst of Bro . Richardson ' s active professional engagements he yvas always open to come and rentier assistance . It yvas chiefly in a new lodge that sucn assistance yvas most felt . Bro . Frank Richardson her '
presented the lodge with an elegant offertory bag i " place of the charity box . This bag bore the Bayard arms on one side , and Bro . Frank Richardson ' s arms on the other . A vote of thanks yvas then passed for Bro-Richardson ' s handsome present , and the vote was ordered to be recorded in the lodge minutes . The vote «' moved by the W . M . and seconded by Col . Burney , w " 10 hoped that the bag might be yvell filled . Lodge yv » s
then closed and the brethren adjourned to thc Cafe Roya'i yvhere a choice banquet was provided for them . AW partaking of the same , grace yvas said , and tne usual toasts yvere proposed . In proposing " ' " Queen and the Craft , " thc W . M . said the bretH * ren all kneyv that her Majesty took a p leasuf in relieving the yvants of the most humble of her subj < " * <* ' ^ and in sympathising yvith the griefs of those highest in ' social scale . After the toast of " The M . W . G . M . ™