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propose now is not an ordinary one . I need not ¦ waste time ' . by explaining that whicli , though deeply interesting to us , is known to all of you —that His Royal Hig hness the Prince of Wales has accepted the Grand Mastership of the Craft , and he now occupies the proud

( even for him ) position of being elected to be the head of the Order . For although we are very pleased to see him at the head ofthe Craft , we are independent of every man , wherever he may come from—from the east or from the west of England ; what we require is a head

possessed of the necessary knowledge for the Government of the Craft , and one who will always promote its interests . I give you the P . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Most W . G . M . Elect . ( This toast having been responded to with great applause , the W . M .

continued ) . The next toast on the list is the D . G . M ., the Earl of Carnarvon , and the rest of the Grand Officers Past and Present . We have amongst us to nig ht several Grand Officers , to whom we are greatly indebted for the success which has attended the proceedings of

the day , and we are also further indebted to the Consecrating Master for the information and advice he has given as to what we ought to be and what we ought to do to promote the good of the Craft generally and the comfort of our new members in particular . It is difficult for us

to render them that amount of honour whichijs their due , our best method of showing that we appreciate what we have heard will be to act upon it . I give you the Grand Officers , Past ' and Present , coupled with the names of Bro . Hervey , Bro . Brett , Bro . Little , Bro . Storey .

Bro . Brett : —There appears to be some understanding between Bro . Hervey and the W . M ., to give me an opportunity of making a long speech . I do not comprehend the arrangement , but W . M ., and brethren , I do feel myself honoured , inasmuch as my friend the Grand

Secretary allows me to respond to the toast ofthe Grand Officers , present and past . I shall not allude , as I may perhaps have thought of doing , to the retirement of our late Grand Master , the Marquis of Ripon , because so much has been said about it , but my duty and pleasure are to

return thanks for the Earl of Carnarvon , the Deputy Grand Master , and I say this , that had he been called into the position which H . R . H . has been graciously pleased to accept—had the Earl of Carnarvon been called in that position , we should have been very proud to have such a

nobleman at our head , and I am not fearful because a great man has left us , and because he had done something which has not been explained , that the action will have any damaging influence whatever on the progress of Freemasonry . Brethren , I think it is a very great thing

for us that wehave the Prince of Wales , or rather , that he has graciously accepted the Grand Mastership of the Craft . Of course , I am not going to talk politics , and of course , we must not speak of religion , but I do say that the Prince of Wales has pleased the Craft very much in coming

among us , for his own sake , as well as for ours . W . M . and brethren , allow me to say , in returning thanks for the Grand Officers , and for those who would have dons greater justice to the toast than I ; ( we are always happy to do what we can to assist the good cause ) , accept our best thanks for the honour you have done us .

Bro . J . Hervey : —Brethren , it is one of the privileges of the Consecrating Master to propose the health of the Master of the lodge , which he has just brought into existence , and it is with very great pleasure this evening that I avail myself of this privilege , and propose the health

of the W . M . I have had the gratification to place in the chair . I do not say that he is the first W . M . I have installed , and I may still have one Master to place in the chair , even after himself , but I can say this , that it has given me very sincere gratification to have had the privilege of

consecrating the Metropolian Lodge this evening , and to give those few words of advice which I addressed to my good friends on my right , whose health I have now the privilege to propose . Brethren , it is of course not a constant thing that there should be a lodge to consecrate , or a Master to instal under the circumstances which

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I have just described ; but when these circumstances offer themselves , it is a gratifying thing to have a lodge to consecrate , and a Master to instal , the more so when you feel that that Master will do justice to the position in which he is placed . I know , brethren , that the story

I am telling is an oft-told tale , I know that I cannot bring to your minds any new facts , but I know you will feel that we have all come , not only to meet here at a dinner , but to meet in good fellowship the Master , Wardens , and brethren of the Metropolitan Lodge . Brethren ,

there must be something mote than mere personal acquaintance derived from meeting in lodge which is induced by the Masonic Craft , because we find ( and I will appeal to you whether such is not the fact ) , whether when we meet a gentleman in ordinary society , and we

find out by some casual observation that he is a brother , there is not a feeling extended towards him that he is one to whom we may more willingly and more confidently express our thoughts than we should do to a perfect stranger . Now that is a feeling that I know pervades every

Mason , that is a feeling which we all equally entertain , and which I hope we may entertain for years to come . Now I will say one word with regard to the Metropolitan Lodge . With the assistance of some of my good friends about the table , we have done our best to launch it into

existence in a fair and successful manner ; we have not thrown our Craft on her beam ends as was the case with a Brazilian frigate some ] time ago , but in a fair way it has been launched without hitch , that it may swim over the waters in a happy and prosperous state . I give you W . M ., Bro . Willing , and success to the lodge .

The W . M .: —Most Worshipful Bro . Hervey , and brethren all should feel some diffidence in answering to this toast , were . 1 not sure that it is meant more for the lodge than for the Master . The Master is only thought of as the brother who holds for a time a legitimate control over

the other brethren of the lodge . At least , I think it should be so ; a Master should not arrogate all the importance to himself ; his individuality should be sunk , and he should be thought of as the representative of his lodge , and his merit be measured by the manner in which

he represents it . I think that we were very fortunate in getting our warrant upon the first application . I trust that we may continue in the way we have commenced . We are all under deep obligations to Bro . Hervey , Bro . Little , and Bro . Brett , and shall always be very glad lo

see them amongst us . I thank you all for the very cordial manner in which this toast has been received . I have now a toast to propose which I call the toast of the evening . and that is the health of the Installing Master , and those brethren who assisted him . Now we

all know how difficult it must be to get away from those manifold duties that they are so constantly occupied with , and we are much indebted to them for expressing their willingness to come and perform the ceremony for us , the more so that though we desired to form a lodge

we were not people generally known . We have , by their good offices been formed into a lodge , and I can assure them that we will do our best to merit their approval . The little knowledge we have we shall strive to increase , we shall strive to advance the tenets of Freemasonry . I think that is the feeling of every one of our members . We

wish to be corrected when we are wrong ; but when we are doing well we certainly like to be patted on the back . I say , under these circumstances , we are very much obliged to Bro . Hervey , Bro . Little , Bro . Garratt , and Bro . Stephens . What the consecration and installation would have been without them IJleaveyou toguess .

Bro . Hervey -. —Worshipful Master and Brethren , Bro . Little has just said that I am the * ' coming man . " I really thought that I was " come ; " one does not know what one is , and I cannot understand how it is that people take a

diflerc-nt view of one ' s position to oneself . However , I wish that people would take a different view of my position because I feel it is rather a solemn one . I am very much obliged to you for proposing the health of myself and the brethren who have assisted me to bring this

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lodge into being , and feel very much gratified that what we have done has' ^ met with the approval of the brethren . We are gratified with the very kind and cordial feeling expressed at the table ; we thank you most cordially from the bottom of our hearts .

The health of the visitors was then proposed by the W . M ., and responded to b y Bro . Dwarber , Bro . Stephens , Bio . Garratt , and Bro . Storey . The health of the Officers was then proposed from the Chair , and responded lo by the J . W . " Success to the Masonic Charities " was then

proposed from the Chair , coupled with the name of Bro . Robert Wentworth Little , the Secretary of the Girls' School , who replied in a very able speech , which we regret that our limited space will not admit of reporting verbatim . He said that if he were addressing a lodge of novices lie

might be tempted to dwell upon the past and present history of the Craft , and following those who had preceded him , refer to events that had recently passed . They might congratulate themselves that they had at their head the future head of this great country ; but the universal Craft

was not dependent upon the Prince of Wales , nor upon any lord , however influential ; but the principles of Freemasonry were the main basis upon which they relied , and to which th < - * y must look for future success , intimately connected with which were the Masonic Charities . No man

could point the finger of scorn at Freemasonry so long as their great charities' existed . The principles of Freemasonry culminated in the one word " charity , and he trusted that the lodge , of which Bro . Willing was the First Master , would never forget that they were based

upon that principle , and must forward it to the best of their power . " The Press " was then proposed by the W . M ., which was briefly responded to by Bro . Massey , after which followed the Tyler ' s Toast , and the brethren separated , after a meeting which cannot be described otherwise than as eminently successful .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . W . D . MOORE . We regret to announce the death of Bio . William Dennis Moore , Town Clerk of Exeter , who died on the 22 nd ult ., at Penzance , in his seventieth year , surviving his wife only one month .

Bro . Moore was a distinguished Freemason as well as a distinguished volunteer officer and citizen . He occupied the position of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Devon in the years 1866-7 , and was present at the Grand Masonic Demonstration in honour of the Prince of Wales

at Plymouth last month . He was initiated into Masonry in 1829 , and filled the various minor offices . He acted as Provincial Grand Secretary in the year of his initiation , and continued to act in the same capacity until the latter part of 1866 , when he was installed D . P . G . M . His valuable services as Provincial Grand Secretary

were twice the subject of substantial marks of recognition by the Province—first , in i 8 jt , by the presentation of a beautiful silver salver and flagon , weighing together nearly 200 ozs „ and again in 1866 , by a testimonial consisting of the full paraphernalia of his rank , including the jewel of D . P . G . M . in solid gold .

The Marquis of Ripon , late Grand Master , has sent his resignation to Lodge of Truth , 521 , Huddersfield , this being the Lodge in which he was initiated .

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Holioway ' s remedies readily ensure both . The powers of the stomach are greatly augmented , and good gastric juice secreted in abundance where this ointment is diligentl y rubbed twice a day over the pit of the stomach . The Pills and Ointment enable it to extract all the food ' s nutritive matter , and to thoroughly digest most articles of diet . AUVT .