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CONTENTS .

R EPORTS or MASONIC MEETINGS : — Craft Masonry 4 " Roval Arch 43 Mark Masonry 43 Knights Templar 44 Scotland . . . — ;¦;¦¦;;•—¦•¦ 44 Laying the Foundation Stone of a Masonic Hall at Bournemouth 45

Obituary 45 Masonic and General Tidings 45 Consecration of tbe Aldersgate Lodge 4 ° Is Freemasonry Materialism ? 4 " CORRESPONDENCE : — Masonic Queries 4 * 7 The Eclectic Lcds » c 47 Honorary Past Masters 47

High Falntin 47 ' St . | ohn of Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulchre 48 Masonic Notes and Queries 4 * 3 Consecration of the Aldersgate Loage 48 I ' rcsentation to Bro . F . Wallers 49 Masonic Ball in Liverpool 1 ? Lodge Meetings for Next Week 50 Advertisements 5 ° . ii . iii . iv . v . vi .

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fttKft Itasfltttji , NEPTUNE LODGE ( No . 22 ) . —On Thursday evening , the 25 th ult ., the brethren of this famous old lodge held their annual installation meeting at the Guildhall Tavern . Adopting a practice yvhich noyv obtains in the Craft , they had no other ceremonial business before them but the installation of the new "W . M ., having held an emergency meeting some short time

previously for conferring degrees on brethren . The convenience of this practice is noyv generally admitted , as it spares thc brethren a long and arduous sitting , and also secures a goodly attendance at the opening of thc lodge . The W . M ., Bro . A . Partridge , presided , and on presentation made to him of Bro . Edward F . Storr , installed that worthy brother as Master of the Neptune Lodge for the present

year . On the completion of the installation ceremony the folloyving brethren yvere appointed to office : Bros . A . Partridge , I . P . M . ; Edward F . Storr , W . M . ; George Phythian , S . W . ; Wm . Ashwell , J . W . ; Isaac Wilcox , P . M ., Treas . ; Thomas R . Eames , P . M ., Hon . Sec . ; John Holman , S . D . * , Thos . P . Collings , J . D . ; Geo . B . Gates , I . G . ; lohn E . Russell , P . M ., D . C . ; Wm . Neats , W . S . ; and

Parkinson , Tyler . Immediately afteryvards the W . M . rose and said that he had much pleasure in presenting Bro . Partridge yvith a P . M . ' s jewel , which had been unanimously voted to him by the members of the lodge . It had betn honestly earned by hard and excellent yvorking , and he himself hoped duiing his year of office to tread in the footsteps of so yvorthy a brother . Bro . Partridge in

reply , said he could scarcely find yvords suitable to express his feelings of gratitude and thankfulness for the brethren ' s kindness . He thanked the brethren , however , sincerely , from the bottom of his heart , for their rccognition of his services . He hoped that he might be spared lor many years to come to be yvith the brethren of the Neptune Lodge , yvith which he had been already many

years connected . ( Cheers . ) The brethren then elected the W . M ., Bros . Harcouit , A . Partridge , and Phythian , Trustees of the Neptune Lodge Benevolent Fund . The audit report , yvhich yvas read by Bro . Eames , shoyved a y eiy prosperous condition of affairs for the lodge ; and on the motion of Bro . Gray , seconded by Bro . Neats , ten guineas yvere voted to the Boys' School , ten guineas to the

Girls'School , and £ 10 to the Benevolent Institution . £ 3 yvas voted to a distressed brother from the Benevolent Fund ; and at the request of Bro . Thomas White , P . M ., the W . M . granted a warrant for the Loughborough Lodge of Instruction , to be held in Cold Harbour Lane , Camberwell . Bro . Gray informed the lodge that he yvas standing as Steyvard for this lodge at the next festival of the Royal

Masonic Benevolent Institution , when H . R . H . Prince Leopold would preside , and he solicited the assistance of the brethren in adding to his list of subscriptions . He yvished to impress upon them particularly that he did not MI much ask for their donations as that they should become annual subscribers , for Bro . Terry had told him that il yvas in the annual subscriptions that the great strength

of the Institution lay . The W . M . added to these observations that he yvas going to represent the lodge at the next festival of the Girls' School , and he hoped that the brethren would support him on that occasion , and enable him to take up a list yvorthy of the Neptune Lodge . The business of the evening being now over , lodge was closed , and the brethren retired to the banqueting hall , yvhere a

splendid repast ayvaited them . With visitors and members the lodge sat down about sixty ; and when they had done ample justice to the good things set before them , grace yvas sung , and the list of toasts was duly honoured , lhe W . M ., in proposing the toast oi "The Queen and the Craft , " said that as there was a beautiful selection of music provided for the brethren ' s delectation , he should

not place himself between them and their enjoyment , and he should therefore make no speeches in proposing the toasts , but simply announce them in their order . The loyal and Masonic toasts having been duly honoured , an innovation yvas made in the ordinary list by the toast of " The Army , Navy , and Reserve Forces" being introduced . To this Captain Lathbury responded , and in doing so hc said that in 1848 he was in Canada , when he held

his first commission under the Queen ; and when he said that he had been in the service one way and another , in volunteers and different branches of the service , from that day to this , he thought he had some little right to respond to this toast . He yvas quite sure of this , that although we had School Boards and different educational schemes springing up , they yvould not interfere with the old English soldier . They might , to a greater extent than we gave them credit for , interfere with the getting of servants

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to yvork for us ; that , however , yvas not for him to mention-But the heart of England was such that every man was a soldier in the truest sense of the word—a volunteer . We yvanted every man to be a soldier , and we should not be afraid to say we were doing our duty ; we were capable of doing it as we had done it before . It did not require any remark from him to assure them that as yve had done our

duty in the past yve should do it in the future . ( Applause . ) Bro . Partridge proposed " The W . M . " It was a great many years since they had one so young in Masonry occupying the chair . He ( Bro . Partridge ) assisted in bringing him into Masonry . It was yvhile he was I . G . that Bro . Storr yvas initiated . Whenever it happened that a brother folloyved so closely through all the offices of the lodge the

I . G . who introduced him to the lodge as to be W . M . yvhen the I . G . arrived at the post of I . P . M ., it proved that he must have had his heart in Masonry . He only hoped that Bro . Storr yvould have health and strength to perform the duties of his high office yvith satisfaction to the Neptune Lodge . The W . M ., in his reply , said the I . P . M . had referred to his ( the W . M . ' s ) youth in Masonry . Well , this

yvas his sixth anniversary . Six years that night P . M . White ( his father in Masonry ) initiated him at the old place , Radley ' s Hotel . P . M . Waterall sat in his chair , and the remark he made to him ( Bro . Storr ) was that then for the first and last time in his life he yvould occupy the position on the immediate right of the Master ; he might go round and get to the W . M . chair , but he could not again

sit in that place . Well , he had gone round , and that night—his"" sixth anniversary—he was in the exalted position of Master of the Neptune Lodge . He thought yvhen he yvas initiated that that yvas the proudest night of his life ; but now he thought this night it was prouder still tbat he so young a Mason should have got to the chair . He could say one thing , that since his initiation

he had not missed one regular meeting or one emergency of the lodge , and he trusted that he had fulfilled every duty in his station as an officer of the lodge from I . G . upwards . Certainly he had jumped over two , but he trusted that in thc offices he had filled he had performed his duties to the brethren ' s satisfaction . He felt sure he had , or the brethren would not have elected him unanimously to be

their W . M . In return for their confidence , he could assure them that nothing should be wanting on his part to do his duty in the onerous position of Master of the lodge . He felt himself in a someyvhat peculiar position in having to follow a brother like Bro . Partridge , yvho , as the brethren and visitors could testify from yvhat they had seen of his working that night , yvas a very superior Master . Bro .

Partridge had treated him in such a kind and affectionate manner , and had performed his part so nobly and yvell , that he felt he owed him a debt of gratitude . He hoped that if spared he should prove his gratitude and give up the gavel unsullied to his successor ; and that though thc past year had been very successful , the present might be even more so . Bro . Saillard responded for " The Joining

Member , and Prosperity to the Neptune Lodge . " Bro . Partridge , replying to the toast of " The Installing Master , " said it had given him great pleasure to instal his successor . As he had alyvays said in the Neptune Lodge , yvhen he undertook the different offices hc undertook to discharge the duties of those offices to the best of his ability . When he was installed in the chair himself

he sayv the able manner in which Bro . Gray performed the ceremony , and he felt that he ought to qualify himself to instal his successor . He therefore set to work and tried to do it . If the brethren had discovered any want of ability on his part he hoped they would forgive him . Bros . Paviour , H . Massey ( Freemason ) , and Davis replied to the toast of " The Visitors . " Bro . Toyvnend responded

for " Thc P . M . ' s , " and explained hoyv he and Bro . Muggeridge , tyventy-seven years ago , finding the lodge at a very loyv ebb , resuscitated it . He felt sure that the junior members of the lodge would emulate those yvho had preceded them . Bros . Wilcox and Eames responded to the toast of " The Treasurer and Secretary , " both ot yvhom referred yvith pride to the present prosperous state of the

lodge . Bro . Phythian replied to the toast of " The Officers , " and Bro . H . Muggeridge for " The Charities , " and in the course of his address advocated the cause of the three Masonic Institutions , and uiged upon the brethren the duty of supporting them as much as they could . The Tyler ' s toast was given by Bro . Parkinson before thc brethren closed the evening , yvhich had been rendered

additionally charming by some delightful singing by Bros . Perry , Lathbury , Hubbard and Povey , under the direction of Bro . William C . Greaves , Org . Among the brethren present yvere the following Past Masters : —Bros . Isaac Wilcox , Treas . ; Theophilus Goodyvin , Joseph H . Batty , Joseph Ashyvell , Alfred Pratt , Clarence Harcourt , James Norman , Augustus Great Rex , James H .

Ailingham , Charles L . Marshall , George Salter , Thomas White , George Waterall , Henry S . Crawford , Charles W . Gray , John E . Russell , Thomas R . Eames , and Hon . Sec . ; Alfred Partridge . The visitors were Bros . F . Mercer , 507 ; R . E . Barnes , 15 ; W . Paviour , 442 ; D , H . Redhead , 442 ; S . J . Davie , 1208 ; A . Standage , 241 * , A . W . Furber , 27 ; A . Crayvford , 738 ; J . Harris , 657 ; W .

J . Spicer , 5 69 ; H . Povey , late of Neptune , 22 ; H . Leslie , 171 ; F . Fellowes , 192 ; J . C . Reynolds , 1329 ; W . Buszard , 1287 ; E . Bumpus , 28 ; J . A . Lathbury , 320 ); T . Grove , 55 ; B . Perry , 1185 ; C . C . Forbes , 548 ; H . Massey ( Freemason ) , 619 ; A . Whittel , 72 ; J . Brown , 820 . GLOBE LODGE ( No . 23 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge yvas held at Freemasons' Hall , Great

Queen-street , on Thursday , the 18 th ult ., when a very old member of the Craft ( Bro . John Boyd ) yvas installed W . M . The Globe Lodge is one of the feyv favoured lodges distinguished by the Royal colour , and as there are only eighteen who have the privilege of sending a red collar and apron to Grand Lodge every year , we need scarcely say the honour is not only highly prized , but frequently eagerly sought after . Bro . Boyd being one of the Grand

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Stewards for the year , must have been very gratified to find himself also W . M . of his lodge . The installation ceremony was ably and impressively rendered by Bro . Chas . Martin , the retiring W . M ., who , though comparatively a young Mason , was quite equal to the occasion , and had evidently been in good hands for instruction . Some slight portions of the ceremony yvere omitted , Bro . Boyd having already

the privilege of wearing the three tans ( or levels ) on his apron . The banquet was all that could be desired—well served , very fair yvines in abundance . There yvas also a magnificent dessert ; and here yve may record the fact that there is a decidedly marked improvement in the management of the Freemasons' Tavern . The musical arrangements yvere under the direction of Bro . Carter , assisted by several

wellknoyvn artists , there yvas also some very good amateur singing , contributed by Bros . G . Gumbleton , J . L . Thomas , Jermyn Boyd , and others . The toasts and speeches , apparently , gave great satisfaction , being short and to the purpose ( very desirable where there is plenty cf harmony ) . Altogether , the brethren spent a most enjoyable evening . Besides our respected Grand Secretary , Bro . John Hervey , the visitors comprised a large number of Provincial Grand

Officers , one of yvhom , Bro . George Thompson , had come from Ncyvcastle-on-Tyne to be present . Thc London lodges were also well represented . We shall conclude our notice yvith a list of the officers for the year : —Bros . R . Douglas , S . W . ; J . Parkins , J . W . ; J . Bennett , P . M ., P . G . S ., Treas . ; H . Dicketts , P . M ., P . G . S ., Sec . ; E . C . Davies , S . D . ; J . Reinhard , J . D . ; J . Palmer , I . G . ; A . S . Wildy , D . C . ; H . Venn , Steyvard .

"WILLIAM PRESTON LODGE ( No . 766 ) . — A regular meeting of this lodge yvas held at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , on Thursday , the 25 th January , yvhen a large number of members and visitors were present , amongst whom yvere Bros . W . E . Neyvton , W . M . ; S . D . Ewins , S . W . ; Dr . Cutmore , J . W . ; Capt . Kain . P . M ., Treas . ; W . Worrell , P . M ., Sec . ; E . Kidman ,

S . D . ; W . J . Roberts , I . G . ; G . Neyvman , P . M . ; A . Braun , P . M . ; B . Abbott , P . M . ; A . C . Rees , P . M . ; also Bros . G . Castle , J . R . Williams , H . F . Partridge , J . A . S . Mathews , G . Smithers , jun ., Dr . Atyvood , H . J . Roberts , B . Broomhall , R . Sutcliff , R . Lyon , A . Le Grand , H . Reissmann , W . J . Collens , W . Johnston , R . Gunner , W . F . Smatt , F . G . Barns , Sec . Visitors : Bros . M . M .

Irving , 477 ; J . E . Carpenter , P . M . 284 ; H . E . Frances , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Surrey ; H . Ledger , 15865 Donald King , P . M . 12 , Sic . The lodge yvas opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting yvere read and confirmed . Ballots were taken for Mr . B . Thompson Loyvne and Mr . J . H . Brookes , and were unanimous in each case ; both those gentlemen being in attendance , they yvere duly

initiated into thc mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry . Bro . J . A . S . Mathews was also raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason , the ceremonies in each case being done by Bro . William Worrell , P . M . and Secretary , at the special request of the W . M . All Masonic business being ended , the brethren adjourned to a yvell served banquet , presided over by the W . M ., and during

the evening a most excellent selection of music yvas given by those tyvo distinguished and well-knoyvn Freemasons , Bros . Dr . Carpenter and Donald King . ST . MARK'S LODGE ( No . S . **?) . —The usual meeting of this lodge yvas held at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , on Tuesday , January 16 . There yvere present Bros . Crouch , W . M . ; Adams , S . W . ; Goalen , I . W . ;

Harrison , P . M . Ireas . ; Frances , P . P . G . D ., Sec . ; Wynn Williams , M . D ., S . D . ; H . G . Green , J . D . ; W . Newton I . G . ; also Bros . Seaton , M . D ., P . M . ; King P . M . ; Schinck , ' P . M . ; Bilton , Fryer , Harris , Loyd Tateher , Hamilton , Mellic k , Edwards , M . D ., Russel , Raven . The visitors yvere Bros . Renshayv , Himalaya , Nathan , Earl Spencer . The

business of the evening yvas to initiate Mr . Christopher Aimstrong , to raise Bros . Raven , Bilton , and Satchcll , and to elect the W . M . for the ensuing year . The ceremonies were admirably performed by Bro . Crouch . Thc election resulted in the S . W . being unanimously chosen . Bro . Harrison was also re-elected Treasurer . On the motion

of Bro . Frances , that a jeyvel be presented to the retiring Master , Bro . Frances took occasion to revert to the excellent manner in which the duties of the chair had been performed during the past year , and thc prosperous condition of the lodge , for yvhich they yvere mainly indebted to the exertions of Bro . Crouch . Thc jewel yvas unanimously awarded . The Audit Committee being appointed , the lodge adjourned to banquet .

CITY OF LONDON LODGE ( No . 901 ) . —Thc installation meeting of this lodge took place on Monday , the 15 th ult ., at the Guildhall Tavern , Greshamstreet , under the presidency of Bro . Henry D'Arcy , thc W . M . In addition to the large muster of the members there was a goodly number of visitors , amongst yvhom were Bros . Francis Buckland , P . M . 201 ; ; James

Mitchell , J . W . 231 ; W . G . Kent , 1297 ; W . J . Haycock , P . M . 901 ; Geo . Potter , 177 ; John E . Frede , 193 ; Charles Arkell , W . M . elect 192 ; Thomas J . Turner , 193 ; and Thomas C . Coope , 1558 . The lodge minutes having been confirmed , Bro . Smith yvas passed to the Second Degree and Bro . Miclefield raised to the Third . Messrs . H . Hurst and W . Waller were duly

balloted for and initiated . The W . M . next proceeded to instal his successor into the chair of K . S . Thc ne . yvlyinstalled W . M ., Bro . George Porter , appointed his officers as follows : —George D'Arcy , S . W . ; W . C . Rubardt , J . W . ; A . Parker , S . D . ; A . Marshall . J . D . ; Henry D'Arcy , I . P . M ., Treas . ; W . Alder , Sec . ; A . Ginger , I . G . ; E . Berner , D . C . ; T . Wallis , W . S . ; and

Woodstock , Tyler . The yvork over , the brethren adjourned to the banqueting-room , where an excellent banquet yvas served . Thc cloth cleared , thc usual loyal , patriotic , and Masonic toasts were given and duly honoured . During the proceedings Bro . George Porter , the newly-installed W . M ., invested Bro . Henry D'Arcy with a Past Master's jewel , the unanimous gift of the lodge , observing that it