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was held , the W . M . ( Bro . Lamborn ) in the chair , supported by Bros . Sir W . W . Burrell , Prov . G . M ., John Henderson , D . P . G . M ., a number of ProvincWl Grand Officers , and others . The vice-chair was filled by Bro . B . H . Thorpe , P . M ., acting J . W . ; and full justice having been done to the good things provided , the W . M . opened the business by giving the first toast , "The Queen and the

Craft , " speaking of her Majesty as the daughter and the mother of a Freemason . In proposing " The Health of the M . W . the Grand Master of English Freemasons , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " Bro . Lamborn remarked that it was not necessary in a gathering like the present to occupy time by making a long speech in support of it . The virtues of the Grand Master

were welb known to all Freemasons , and the Prince of Wales ' s name was a household word among the brethren . Full honour having been paid to the toast of " The Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M ., Lord Skelmersdale , the Very Worshipful D . G . M ., and ihe Officers of the Grand Lodge of England , " the Worshipfnl Master , in a short but happy speech , proposed "The Health of Sir Walter XV . Burrell ,

Bart ., M . P ., the R . W . Provincial Grand Master of Sussex , " welcoming him to the Abbey Lodge with the greatest cordiality , and speaking in high terms of him as a Mason . Sir W . W . Burrell thanked the brethien for the very hearty reception they had given him on the occasion of his first visit to the Abbey Lodge . They met that day on what might be termed sacred ground—on ground where a

crown had been lost and a kingdom had been won . On this historical ground the Abbey Lodge was consecrated , and held its peaceable meetings , and he hoped and trusted that they would never again in England witness a struggle for a kingdom and a crown . The great feature of Masonry , however , was not a struggle for a kingdom here , but for the kingdom to be hereafter established . Masonic

lodges should be the embodiment of all that was good in charity and morality . He believed that Masonry was one of the most widely spread institutions in the globe . Even in such little known countries as Arabia and Abyssinia Masonry existed , and had existed for centuries . A brotherin-law of his had seen Arabs meeting on horseback in the desert and exchanging signs , while any Mason who had

paid a visit to the South Kensington Museum could not fail to have been struck with the emblems and signs on the ornaments which the King of Abyssinia wore . Masonry was introduced into this country early in the present era , it having been introduced , according to the most reliable authorities , by St . Alban , who was murdered by Diocletian on account of his being a Mason . Freemasons were now

raising a subscription for the purpose of putting the cathedral' at thc town named after him into repair . The Provincial Grand Master next referred to the increase of Masonry in the Province of Sussex , remarking that , in a month or two , he had to consecrate a new lodge at Brighton , and a warrant had also been granted for another new lodge ( No . 1889 ) , an ^ when thc brethren remembered

that the number of the Ockenden Lodge was 1465 , they would see how Masonic principles had spread since the desertion of the Marquis of Ripon , and since the accession of the Prince of Wales to the Grand Mastership . The W . M . next proposed " The Health of Bro . John Henderson Scott , thc Deputy P . G . M ., " remarking that he remembered that distinguished brother being present as P . S . G . W . when

the lodge was consecrated in the Great Hall of Battle Abbey . Bro . Lamborn also spoke very highly of thc D . G . Master ' s attention to Masonry , and of his skill as a wot ker . Bro . Sjott thanked the brethren for their hearty reception of the toast , and expressed the great pleasure it gave him to accompany so worthy a brother as the Provincial Grand Master in his visits , and to find him so well received .

Sir Walter Burrell was well and deservedly respected . That worshipful brother intended to visit every lodge in the province . He had alreadj visited most of the older ones , but bicthren must not expect these visits to be often repeated . He ( the D . P . G . M . ) had visited the Abbey Lodge in 1873 , and was pleased to note the improved and improving position of Masonry in Battle , and he looked upon their

present W . M . ( Bro . Lamborn ) as the backbone of Masonry in the Abbey Lodge . Bro . Jones , I . P . M ., proposed "The Healih of the W . M ., " and spoke of the assistance Bro . Lamborn had been to the Abbey Lodge . He and two or three others had been the mainstay of the lodge . If Bro . Lamborn loved one thing more that another it was Masonrv . He was a good and true brother , and devoted

his spare time to Masonic objects , more particularly to instructing his younger brethren in thc science . Thc Worshipful Master , in reply , thanked the biethren for tlie honour they had for a second time conferred upon him ; and if the brethren thought he had done his duty , he was well repaid . He asked the officers to give him all the assistance and all the attention they could , and he was ready

at all times to give them all the instruction in his power , and would endeavour to drill them all well . The W . M . next proposed " Thc Health of the Visitors , " making special reference to the pleasure it gave him to welcome the Worshipful Master of the Derwent , No . 40 —Bio . W . Glenistcr—and the brethren from Hastings . He could assure the visitors that the members of the Abbey

Lodge fully appreciated the courtesy shown them . Bro . Glenistcr complimer . ted his worshipful brother on the position he had again attained , and was glad lo show thc respect in which he held Bro . Lamborn as a man and as a Mason , He trusted that in years to come the same good feeling would continue to exist , and that thc Masonic courtesies would continue to be exchanged between the Abbey ami

the Derwent Lodges . " 'Ihe Health of the Past Masters " was next duly honoured , the remark being made that if thc W . M . was the backbone of the lodge , the Past Masters might be considered the ribs . The different Past Matters responded , and made felicitous speeches . The toast of " The Masonic Charities" was proposed by Bro . B . H . Thorpe , P . M ., in a » eloquent speech , and full honour having also been done to the toasts of " The Treasurer , " "The

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Officers , " and " The Stewards , " the Tyler was called up and his toast given . Several brethren contributed their quota to the enjoyment , and many good songs were sung . It is , in fact , some time since a more pleasant Masonic reunion took place in this part of Sussex .

Installation Of The Provincial Grand Master Of Essex.

INSTALLATION OF THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OF ESSEX .

The installation of the Right Hon . Lord Tenterden as Provincial Grand Master of Essex took place on Wednesday last , at the Shire Hall , Chelmsfcrd . There was a numerous attendance of the members of the various lodges in the county , as well as several visitors . The

newlyappointed Grand Master was admitted to the mysteries of Freemasonry on the 22 nd of January , 18 5 C , in the Lodge of Harmony , meeting at Richmond , Surrey . He was twice elected to preside over this lodge in the capacity of Worshipful Master , in the years 1859 and 1864 , and in that capacity gave proof of the Masonic ability he has since shown . He was appointed Senior Grand Warden of

England in 1872 , by the Marquis of Ripon , then Grand Master , and has , since that time , been a frequent attendant at Grand Lodge , on several occasions having filled the chair of Senior Warden , as well as taking other positions whenever called upon . He succeeds in his present position of Provincial Grand Master the R . W . Bro . Robert J . Bagshaw , who presided over the province from 5 th December ,

1854 , until the time of his death , 14 th August , 18 7 8 . The present Provincial Grand Master , strange to say , was installed into his position in the same town as was the late Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Bagshaw having been installed on the 17 th of May , 1855 , by the Earl of Yarborough , then Deputy Grand Master of England . On Wednesday thc ceremony was performed by the Earl of

Carnarvon , the present Pro Grand Master of England , and in every detail was carried out most efficiently . Among those who signed the attendance book were : — Bros , the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M . of England ; Lord Tenterden , Prov . G . M . Essex ; Lord Ebrington , Prov . G . M . designate of Devon ; Albert W . Woods , P . G . W . and G . D . C . ; Chailes J . Martyn , P . G . C , D . Prov . G . M .

Suffolk ; R . W . H . Giddy , D . G . M . Griqualand , S . Africa ; Ernest Emil Wendt , G . S . ( G . Cor . ) ; Shadwell H . Gierke , P . G . D . ; T . Fenn , P . G . D . ; C . W . Arnold , P . G . C . and D . Prov . G . M . Surrey ; J . Nunn , P . G . S . B ., Senior Vice-President Board of Benevolence ; Matthew Clark , J . G . D . ; Gordon W . Clark , P . M . 255 ; Thomas Cochrane , Provincial S . G . W . ; George Corbie , P . J . G . W . ; J . H .

Bridge , P . G . Chap . ; T . J . Railing , P . G . Sec ; D . Reed , P . J . G . D . ; A . Lucking , P . G . D . of C . ; J . A . Wardell , P . G . A . D . of C . ; B . B . Brayshaw , P . G . S . B . ; XV . XV . Brown , P . G . Org . ; W . F . Francis , P . G . I . G . ; Thos . S . Sarel , P . G . Tyler ; Richd . W . Motion , P . P . S . G . W . ; A . Portway , P . P . G . P . ; E . Juda , P . P . G . R . ; F . Wood , P . P . S . G . W . ; J . Allen , P . P . G . S . B . ; F . G . Green , P . P . G . S . W . ; Alfred Wright , P . P .

G . D . ; D . Arthur Goodchild , P . P . G . D . ; Wm . Humphreys , P . P . G . W . ; J . W . Harris , P . P . G . A . D . C . ; Arthur J . Manning , P . P . G . S . ; F . B . Shepherd , P . P . S . G . W ., P . P . G . C ; J . Durrant , P . P . J . G . D . ; H . John Hatch , P . P . G . C . ; F . Adlard , P . P . G . A . D . of C . ; Wm . Bashar , P . P . G . S . B . ; Wm . Pipey , P . P . J . G . W . ; A . K . Clench , P . P . S . G . W . ; W . P . Lewis , P . P .

S . G . D . ; D . B . Grout , P . P . S . G . D . ; W . 0 . Ward , P . P . G . P . ; J . E . Wiseman , P . P . G . A . D . of C . ; G . P . Jay , P . P . S . G . W . ; Thos . Rix , P . P . G . S . B . ; A . C Veky , P . P . G . S ., P . P . G . W . ; Joseph Tanner , P . P . G . D . ; E . West , P . P . G . S . D . ; A . Jones , P . P . J . G . W .: George Cooper , P . M . 198 and 214 ; Joseph Bell , P . P . G . J . W . ; Robt . Wilson , P . P . G . P . ; J . P . Sarel , P . P . S . G . W . ; G . W . Patmore , P . P . G . S . ; Arthur Perkin ,

P . P . G . C . ; J . L . Bold , P . P . S . G . W . ; A . Welch , P . P . J . G . W . ; Charles Cobb , P . P . G . S . of W . ; Henry Rcwley , P . P . G . S . B . ; Fredk . Cole , P . P . G . R . ; G . Gard Pye , P . P . G . S . of W . ; B . S . Barnes , P . P . G . C . ; Thos . Smee , P . P . G . D . ; James Niciiolis , P . P . G . J . W . ; Edward E . Phillips , P . P . J . G . W . ; Thos . H . Jennings , J . W . 650 ; James Goodwin , W . M . 1343 ! Alfred Sturgeon , P . M . 1343 ; Edwin H . Inman ,

J . W . 1213 ; G . R . Durrant , 950 ; T . R . Moore , J . H . Orowther . J . W . 1457 ; J . Egan , P . M . 423 ; W . H . Norman , 1000 ; W . Cearcy , P . M . 433 ; W . D . Merritt , J . D . 1000 ; H . York , P . M . 433 ; W . Sheppard , 1734 ; F . Wiseman , J . W . 1734 ; S . Murphy , J . W . 214 ; T . King , W . M . 160 ; H . Harper , J . D . 160 ; G . Goodman , 1734 ; J . Allen , 1734 ; W . Whitechurch , W . M . 1280 ; W . Kilpin ,

I . G . 160 ; Joseph Earle , S . D . 1 C 0 , W . M . 1734 ; Alfred W . Wallis , 214 ; G . Greyscock , 1000 ; G . H . Josling , 160 ; F . Howell , 1000 ; G . S . Edwards , S . W . 1457 ; A . Broadberry , S . D . 650 ; W . H . Kent , 453 ; A . Buck , I . G . 45 rj ; T . F . Woodard , 276 ; W . | H . Glass , W . M . 453 ; F . C . Smith , 1457 ; J . Gosling , ioco ; H . R . Hcasman , W . M . 1437 ; C Mansfield , 1421 : C Blyth , P . M . 453 ; R . J . Hendrie ,

241 ; T . H . Reed , P . M . 276 ; T . Nicholson , P . M . 1457 ; Geo . Berry , J . W . 1000 ; Henry Beecher , 1000 ; G . J . Jones , S . W . 1000 ; W . Doyley , 1457 ; A . F . Heaton , 1734 ; F . P . Sutthery , 276 ; E . H . Florence , S . W . 24 ; G . * F . Skill , 276 ; W . J . Chignel ) , 1000 ; Nicholas Miller , 1000 ; W . Langham , 276 ; C . Field , 1347 ; T . Simpson , 1280 ; W . Holloway , 1452 ; J . Freeman , 1024 ; Thos . Aldham ,

1024 ; A . G . Maskell , 276 ; Robert Smith , 6 97 ; C . Salter , 650 ; T . E . BlandJ . D . 1024 ; Bruce Johnston , 1000 ; C . Warner , 1437 ; John Betts , 1024 ; G . Hawes , P . M . 6 97 ; A . T . Chambers , C 50 ; J . Child , 453 , 1579 ; J . H . Boulton , 6 97 ; T . G . Mills , Sec . 6 97 ; J . C Turner , J . W . 51 ; D . M . B . Wheeler , P . M . 276 j W . Pullen , P . M . 276 ; W . Wood , 276 ; A . F . Stuart , 27 C , 1437 ; T . F . Barrett , S . D . 1000

H . J . Lever , 6 97 ; G . D . Clapham , 1 . 543 , 1312 ; T . J . D . Crumphorn , 1024 ; H . J . Sansom , W . M . 1024 ; W . A , Donaldson , 1024 ; H . Saunders , S . D . 1437 ; S . J . Newton , 650 ; J . C Johnstone , W . M . 1000 ; J . White , 1437 ; M . Roberts , 214 ; W . Wallis , 1000 ; J . M . Eagles , 433 ; J . P . Britton ; J . R . Parker , 1280 ; A . C . Durrant , 276 ; W . Wright , 1024 ; R . D . Poppleton , 433 ; A . Mead , 27 6 ; J . Gooch , 433 ; A . F . Green , W . M . 276 ; J . S . Brown .

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S . W . 276 ; J . W . Hair , 276 , P . P . G . R . ; W . Bright , 131 , Jas . Railing ; W . J . Upton , 276 ; G . Shedd , 276 ; E . t )\ Cockayne , 1543 ; W . J . Skelton , 1543 ; John Hutley ' 1312 ; J . C . Newman ; John Hulley , 1024 ; R . C A . While W . M . 344 ; F . W . Warner , JS 43 ; H . W . Madeley , 154 , T . Williams , S . W . 154 ?; R . Hocklev ; J . P . Lcwins ' J . W . 276 ; F . J . Snell , W . M . 1543 ; Walter C . Bell , P . u '

1024 ; F . Hurrell , 276 ; A . R . Staines , 51 ; H . Bowlct 276 ; David J . Wright , 1024 ; O . Batt , 1 . 5 , 43 ; J . Hanl y , ' 51 : A . W . Railing , 51 ; A . Gosling , J . W . 6 97 ; W . ' Bloom , J . D . 1799 ; H . Hayes , 1000 ; S . J . Weston , 1000 A . Martin , 1000 ; Charles Gurrner , 31 ; E . Gowers , Org . 1024 ; F . Bird . J . D . 1024 ; J . C Earle , ' S . D . 214 ; R . Martin ' S . W . 453 ; J . W . Taylor , P . M . 1312 , P . G . S . W . ; T . Warner ,

697 . Visitors : Bros . W . C . Clark , W . M . 3 ; G . Hall , 120 ^ ; C . T . Speight , P . M . 27 ; B . Hutchinson , " J . D . 650 ; J . M . ' Farr , 1536 ; W . S . Harvey , 1658 ; C . G . Lambert , 1460 ; J . P . May , P . M . 15 ; E . Robbins , P . M . 193 , 276 ; R , Williams , 1056 ; H . W . Madeley , 1543 ; E . J . Biggs , 1472 ; E . Ayres , 742 ; W . Chinty , 1781 ; A . M . Orpen , 216 ; F . Wright , 1500 ; W . H . Payne , 1472 ; W . J .

Lennox , 123 ; G . W . Clark , P . M . 233 ; E . H . Wolton , 9 , ; W . W . Morgan , jun ., 1385 ; A . Wolton , 1704 ; L . C . H . Mensing , 959 ; T . Noton , 1309 ; V . Buchley , R . B . Dashwood , A . Trueyman , W . Rockley , 31 and 701 ; H . W , Wynne , 253 ; A . Hau ' ray , 255 ; H . N . Dering ; J . A , Bennett , P . M . 4 , 44 , 62 , 320 , 321 , & c . ; H . W . Strange , P . M . 10 , P . P . G . W . Norfolk ; Jas . Terry , P . G . J . W . Herts ,

Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; and H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( Freemason ) . After the Grand Lodge had been formally opened , the Earl of Carnarvon was saluted according to ancient custom . The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed , and the roll of the lodges of the province were called over . The announcement of the contributions oi

the lodges of the province was made , and thc Auditor ' s report was read . The Earl of Carnarvon then said : I now will inform the Provincial Giand Lodge of the occasion which has called the brethren together . Brethren , you are aware that since the lamented death of your late Provincial Grand Master this province has been without its head , and it has pleased His

Royal Highness the Grand Master to appoint our Bro . Lord Tenterden to fill this high office . ( Applause ) I am quite satisfied from the way in which his name is received how popular that appointment will be with you . ( Applause . ) In some respects it is easier to pronounce praise upon a man in his absence than in his presence , but I think thc few remarks which I need make in this Grand Lodge it

will be better that Lord Tenterden himself should be here and should hear what I have to say , after the obligation has been administered to him , and , therefore , I shall now desire that the deputation formed in the usual fashion should proceed to introduce our Bro . Lord Tenterden to this Grand Ledge . Lord Tenterden was then introduced to the Prov . Grand

Lodge , and formally installed as Prov . Grand Master . The Earl of Carnarvon , after having installed Lord Tenterden , said : Right Worshipful Sir , my noble brother , it has been my duty , and a most grateful duty it is to me , to place you in this chair . Veiy little , indeed , is needed now for me to add to the ceremony in which we have both taken this part . At the same time , it has always been held , I

believe , customary that the Installing Master should at least tender his congratulations and good wishes , first of all to the Provincial Grand Master who henceforth is to rule the province , and next to the province that will be under his sway . I can , with a most sincere conscience , offer alike my congratulations and my good wishes to you and to the province on this fortunate occasion , and I trust that this

bright ray of physical sunshine mhich is , after the long wet and storms of the last few days , coming in at these windows is an augury , after the depression which this province has undergone since the death of your late lamented Prov . Grand Master—is a fitting augury of that which is in store for the province . But , Worshipful Sir , you are no novice in the duties of the Craft , and it would be utterly

unnecessary for me to remind you of the duties and obligations which you have to-day undertaken . You know them well , and I am satisfied that you will fulfil them with all the conscientiousness and zeal and energy of character which have distinguished the other actions of your public life ( applause ) ; and I rejoice to think that under your sway this-province will take as it

were a new start in its Masonic life and career , and I hope thrive and grow in the exeicise of all those Masonic virtues and duties without which our internal procedure , our formi our ceremonies , and our symbols are all but naught . Brethren , some of you may have noticed only a few days ago a very remarkable article in one of our leading

newspapers upon the present position of the Craft in England . It was a high encomium pronounced upon the Craft , though apparently written by one who had little real knowledge of our internal life and actions , but it was true in this , that it pointed out that , under the veil of symbolism , and under the external forms of rites and ceremonies ,

which had descended to us through successive generations , and from a very remote antiquity , there was a real active life and vigour enshrined , and that the Craft livedlived , indeed , in the goodwill of the outside world ; lived in the respect of men ; lived in the honour and the regard which the people of this country pay it , because of the belief that it lived for active good , and in the exercise of active virtues . Brethren , that was a tribute offere d to the

Craft by one who was not familiar with its inner meaning and its inner life ; but we may well lay that tribute to heart , and each and all of us , whether we be acting collectively in our several lodges , or whether we be acting separately and singly as individual Masons , endeavour to make the light of Masonry so shine forth in our whole lives collectively and individually that we may reflect honour and credit upon that body to which we all belong Brethren , I have now only as I began so to end , by wish