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| n giving" "Ihe I rcasurer and Secretary , " the W . M . ., id lie diet not think it possible that anyone could have done " 'C for the lodge than Bro . Cottebrune had done , although ! ' , / t ] ic W . M ) was still , in one sense , a young member of the ] id " 'e- ' ^ 10- Cottebrune looked every way as young- as when u ( the W . M . ) joined some years ago , and he trusted that of iritsand his wonderful tact

die brig htness hissp and capacity .-oukTcontinuc with the brethren many , many years to come . Dro . Pilditch , the Treasurer , occupied a most important and ¦( sponsible position , and he looked very , very sharply after l | , c welfare of the lodge as regarded the funds . The lodge owed a great deal to him for that . If they asked him how

die funds stood , he was always on the side of caution , and , vould not allow them to exceed the limit he laid down . Bros . Cottebrune and Pilditch replied , and thanked the brethren for the confidence placed in them respectively , and they assured the brethren they should always endeavour to , | n the best they could for the lodge . Referring also to the

last ladies' banquet , and congratulating the brethren on the success of that assembly , they hoped the experiment would l , e repeated . _ Subsequently , it was arranged that the next ladies ' banquet should be held at the December meeting of the

lodge , and a Committee was formed to carry out the resolution . "The Officers " was the next toast , and it was responded t 0 by those brethren . Bro . Whiting , P . M ., gave the T yler ' s toast , and the brethren separated , having spent a most enjoyable evening .

Victoria Park Lodge ( No . 1816 ) . — On Thursday , the 26 th ult ., the members of this lodge met at the London Tavern , Fenchurch-street . The following brethren were present : Bros . J . Kinipple , W . M . ; C . Watkins , l . P . M . ; Reeves , P . M . ; Hodges , P . M . ; H . Sinclair , S . W . ; E . Clements , J . W . ; A . Govier , S . D . ; Abraham ,

| . D . ; Currell , I . G . ; and other members of the lodge . Among the visitors were Bros . Seage , 7 S 1 , and S . C . Spurling , 13 . The lodge being opened , Bros . Ivimey and Smith were raised to the Degree of M . M ., after which Messrs . Adams , Horlock , and Grimwood were initiated . The ballot was taken for the W . M . for the coming year , when it fell to the

lot of Bro . H . Sinclair , S . W . The election of Treasurer being then proceeded with , Bro . Morris , who has so ably fulfilled the duties of that office for the past six years , was again chosen . The jewel and collar of the l . P . M . were also voted for presentation to Bro . Kinipple , as an acknowledgment of the satisfaction of the brethren with his conduct of the lodge during his year of office .

Lodge being then closed , the brethren adjourned to the banquet , which was worthy of the reputation of the wellknown hostelry . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were drunk with enthusiasm , and in the course of the evening the W . M . was congratulated on the eminently prosperous condition of the lodge , financially , numerically , and otherwise . The installation takes place on the fourth Thursday in the present month .

Chough Lodge ( No . 2264 ) . —The first year of this musical lodge having been completed , the installation of its second W . M ., Bro . Walter B . Marcus , was performed , on the 26 th ult ., at the Cannon-street Hotel , by its first W . M ., Bro . E . T . Edwards , in a very full lodge , and in the presence of numerous and distinguished visitors .

Amongthe brethren present were Bros . E . T . Edwards , W . M . ; Walter B . Marcus , S . W . ; G . J . Judge , J . W . ; H . Saxelby , P . M ., Treas . ; J . W . Dewsnap , P . M ., Sec . ; C . Mussared , S . D . ; W . H . Tomsett , J . D . ; W . J . Noad , U . C . ; E . Piggott , I . G . j J . Turle Lee , Org .,- Lennox Browne , Rev . W . H . Caseley , Dr . Cock , Dr . Bing , Dr . W .

H - Richardson , W . J . Crump , Walter Martin , J . M . Smith , A- Watson , A . H . Jakins , W . H . Hook , W . Heagerty , F . ievan , C . Sturgeon , W . C . Smith , W . F . Jules , G . Scott filler , A . Haynes , I . W . Breeze , T . W . Noad , J . Almond , Uiarles Curtis , E . S . Miller , A . Strugnell , E . H . Bramley , i . M . go ;; F . Williams , E . Banfield , W . J . Baker , H . J . sturgeon , C . H . Cox , A . Thompson , Cooper , Massey , and

Ihe lod ge opening was immediately followed by the singing of the opening hymn , the music of which , as well as the music of the other hymns of the lodge , was specially composed for the lodge by Bro . Turle Lee . The minutes 01 the last regular and emergency meetings having been confirmed , the installation of Bro . Marcus was forthwith jMoceeded withthe Installing Master requesting Bro

, . ' ¦ 'Massey to act as his Director of Ceremonies , and Bros . J ° ln Almond and Walter Martin as his Senior and Junior wardens . Although Bro . Marcus is a P . M . of another "i g- e ( the Duke of Cornwall , No . 1 S 39 ) , the ceremonies i ' , ? lven unabridged , Bro . Edwards performing them ™ marvellous fluency and accuracy . Having placed Bro . \ i , ' —¦ ""^ iiuv-ii ^ j unu au , UicH . ) . llctVlliy piaCCLl D 1 U .

\ V -ii iln tlle chair > ne received from the hands of the new , ; ''* collar of I . P . M ., and the other brethren invested s the Master ' s officers for the year were Bros . G . J . Judge , I w ^ C > M"ssared , J . W . ; H . Saxelby , P . M ., Treas . ; k ' ; wsnap , P . M ., Sec . ; W . H . Tomsett , S . D . ; E . k'SSftt , J . D . ; W . J . Noad , I . G . ; E . T . Edwards , jun ., s ^ : J ¦ Turle Lee , Org . ; T . W . Noad and S . Scherer , l ! and

; p " , > - ; I . Bowler , Tyler . Bro . Alfred R . W . Powles , ' ¦ ' ,. ' ' 9 ° ' ) was elected a joining member , lujl- f ge was afterwards closed , and the brethren partlu . , charming banquet , and subsequently honoured " -customary toasts . whin , Sn ? " The Health of the 0 ueen and 'he Craft , " ? . < j was heartily drunk , tl , „ p Worshi pful Master gave "The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . , " mce of Wales . " the immprllnff . lis ! ,- ^ f 17 r , rrlnr , rl t ! , „

had r . trM ? P ectation ° f our time . The Prince of Wales him ; ' ? i a " tlie expectations which were entertained of in , \[ . Alas ° nry , he had no doubt been favoured very much Was ' lS 0111 'y , but he had favoured Masonry very much . He bavin ° mere stick in Mas 0 » ry , as the brethren knew from hard u It " l Wn in thc Albert Hal 1 > but he had worked I n tn - Order . \ . I'l ' onosino- " Tim p .... r .,--,.., i s , r „„ t n . _ i- \ .... r- . 1 ^ ievnu iViiiuiCl / oianu

' ¦ aster 11 . v , LIIU LeuuLV l ast' >\| , , rest of the Grand Officers , Present and ' oui-pri M W , M - said he was sorry the lodge was not I' ^ sent 1 evening b y the Grand Officers who were Written t r " le lod se was consecrated , but they had ""ablot ! . to say they were away from town and were 'lire n \ ewith the brethren of the lodge . These bre-Cou , d ' anTo ? '' were always reaQy to assist whenever they net they had promised their help and support to

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the Chough Lodg'e . The brethren regretted their absence that evening , but * hoped they would be present another time . Bro . Edwards , I . P . M ., in proposing " The Health of tbe W . M ., " said he would recall to the brethren's attention what took place at a meeting - a little more than 12 months

ago . A few earnest Masons having' faith in the Craft , and having - faith that the Craft was producing- great results , met and decided to form the Chough Lodge . They laid down certain lines of action which they would follow , which were that thc Masonic ritual was to be

maintained in all us grace , dignity , and beauty , because they believed that by following that course great results would follow . As W . M . of the lodge , he had tried to keep up to the instructions then given to him . He had tried to the best of his skill and ability to maintain the high standard that had been set up , and the lodge had gained immensely by following that course , new friendships had been formed , and old

friendships had been strengthened , mutual respect and esteem had been engendered ; those who were only known by name , or little more than by name , to each other , had by coming in contact become to know each other well . The sceptre had passed from his hands to the hands of another , but they were hands which would keep up the high standard of brotherly love , relief , and truth , and in which the interests

of the lodge would be safe . He would not dwell further upon the point . Those instructions would be followed up far better in tbe W . M . 's bands than in bis ( Bro . Edwards' ) . He felt that he gave them up to a worthy Mason , a worthy man , and an esteemed brother , to whom he wished all the health , happiness , and prosperity which he so richly deserved .

The W . M ., in replying , said after the very nice remarks of the l . P . M . he hardly knew how to follow it up , but Bro . Edwards had during the evening stated several times that he ( Bro . Marcus ) would be a worthier Master than he—could it be possible ? If he only did as well as Bro . Edwards had done in the past year , his satisfaction would be complete . They might rely upon this—he had the Chough Lodg ' e greatly at heart . He had the honour of being one of the

founders of the lodge , and he hoped he might continue in the lodge and see it prosper for many years , and it would not be his fault if he did not add to its popularity . Referring to the menu card , on which was a photograph of the W . M ., he said the brethren might think him rather proud and vain , but he . assured them that that had come on him by surprise . It had been done by his worthy father-in-law , and it was as great a surprise to him ( the W . M . ) as it could be to the brethren .

The W . M ., in giving" J he Installing Officer , " said those words meant a great deal—they meant that he must be a worthy brother and a competent brother to be able to install his successor . He had installed him ( Bro . Marcus ) that night in a manner as gratifying to him ' as it was creditable to Bro . Edwards . But they all knew him ; everything he had done for years was perfect . If they were in trouble

Bro . Edwards helped them . The brethren knew they had been in a little bit of trouble , which Bro . Edwards had helped them out of very well indeed . As regarded the handling of the Chough Lodge , he had without doubt done good suit and service ; he was the first W . M . of the Chough Lodge , and had been really the mainstay of the lodge , and they had all looked up to him , and the fact of their voting

him on the last occasion a magnificent jewel of an exceptional amount in value , to mark the able manner in which he had wielded the gavel during his year of office . This jewel testified to his worth far more than any words which he ( the W . M . ) could use , and he had much pleasure now in presenting the l . P . M . with that jewel on behalf of the lodge . He then affixed the jewel to Bro . Edwards' breast amidst

the cheers of the brethren . Bro . Edwards , l . P . M ., in reply , said that while listening to the W . M . his breast expanded with the pleasurable emotion of virtue , and all the rest of it , and felt that he was a most distinguished Mason . He committed a very common but very great error , and confounded words with deeds , and good intentions with acts accomplished , but when he came to

look round on that assembly , that vision was dispelled , and he felt that the good things spoken by the W . M . sprang from his good and kindly heart . He saw in the lodge brethren invested with the provincial purple and brethren invested with the blue who had done much in the cause of brotherly love , relief , and truth , and he felt that what little he had done was but as the green blade of promise compared

withthegoldengrainof the ripened harvest . Comingto particulars , there was one brother present who was known wherever civilisation had reached , who had done the best , he could to make life longer , happier , and better . There was another brother of great talent who , had he gone in the way of trade and commerce , might have gained a rich reward , but , believing in the Great Lodge Above , had thought it his

duty to accept the humble position of pointing his brethren to the great reward of the just . There were other brethren who had done more than he ( Bro . Edwards ) , but he must say that outside good intentions , and outside the desire to do the best he could , the memory of the past year would linger long with him , and the brethren ' s kind words and actions would live in his heart , as long as it beat , bright as

the jewel on his breast . To the toast of " The Visitors , " the W . M ., who proposed it , called upon Bros . Dr . Richardson , Lennox Browne , and Walter Martin to respond . Bro . Dr . Richardson said if he was to urge that he was not accustomed to speak to Freemasons , he should be wrong , for he had been a Freemason as long as he could

remember ; if he said he was not accustomed to public speaking , lie would be wrong , because he had been for a long time in the habit of speaking in public ; but he confessed on an occasion like this an adequate response to a toast so heartily delivered and so kindly received was almost beyond the power of the most practised speaker . Of Freemasonry there was always something to be said , for

it was a compound of all that constituted humanity . There was also a Masonry which belonged to science in its purest , its fairest , its strongest , and its most enduring aspects . Masonry , in its glorious works in those great edifices which bedecked our land and other lands , had rivalled nature herself in its conceptions and in the working out of those conceptions . Masonry again was a literature ,

a history . Some 1 ' reemasons among them who looked upon the theocratic side of Masonry had lately in a lodge called the Quatuor Coronati looked upon the history of Masonry . They had met to read papers on the literature and life of Masonry , and they had found there a literature which was as good , as earnest , and as excellent as any that could be found . And then , listening as they had to the sounds from the other end of the room ( the musical portion of the

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entertainment ) , they found that Masonry was an art—an art full of skill , and which had nothing that surpassed it . And Masonry when they came to the social side of it was a social bond , a tie , in which all who met were equal and beloved . And lastly , Masonry was a Charity . 'That was the summum boiium , as the apostle had said , without which everything else was as sounding brass and a tinkling

cymbal . Charity bound the whole together . He thought of Masonry also in this spirit , and when he viewed it as in this lodge he saw it as a link that bound all together—all friends—like a family just going forth , twelve in number , to hold up the banner which the Master and Past Master had unfurled and upheld . As a visitor among Masons , but also when among them happy and hopeful , he saw hope for the

Chough Lodge , and , as one of their visitors , he felt very grateful that the W . M . had connected him with that toast . Bro . Lennox Browne said if ever there was an occasion when a man might say " Ditto to Mr . Burke" this was the occasion . For a quarter of a century and more he had followed with humility , and he hoped not without profit , the writings and speeches and works of the distinguished brother

who had just sat down . It was very rarely in a Masonic body that they had such a speech as they had just listened to , and it would be bad taste on his part to attempt to emulate it . But in Masonry , as Bro . Richardson had said , they thought Charity was everything ; they held out the hand to the distressed , and some might know , though others might not , that Bro . Dr . Richardson had endeavoured ,

independently of Masonry , to carry Masonry into his professional life , and if everything was as he wished there would be long- life and little disease . Dr . Richardson was one of those who would commit suicide to his own profession—that was the aim of their profession , as it was the aim of Masonry , to hold out the hand to assist . But as an instance of what the brotherhood of Masonry was he

would say he ( Bro . Lennox Browne ) was there that evening through having been at another lodge a little more than a week ago ( the Duke of Cornwall Lodge ) , where the W . M . of the Chough Lodge performed the duty of Installing Master , and although the Installing Officer that evening - said in the lodge that he might leani of the W . M . rather than teach , the brethren would allow him to say that having

seen the ceremony done by both they might be bracketed together , and that each had done tbe ceremony in a way that reflected credit on the lodges to which they belonged . Bro . Walter Martin , would simply say thank you , thank you , thank you , and he hoped to be present on many occasions , in the Chough Lodge . The Worshipful Master , in giving "The P . M . ' s , " said

that Bro . Saxeby , who had acted as P . M . for the first year had done good suit and service during Bro . Edwards' year of office , although Bro . Edwards did not require much assistance ; but still he had done everything in his power , and had given every help possible . The l . P . M . he had said enough of that evening to convince the brethren of the respect in which Bro . Edwards was held by the whole lodge . Bro . Saxeby said the W . M . had said many kind things

with regard to him and what he had done for the lodge . The W . M . had very considerably over-rated his value to the lodge during the past year . As one of the founders he told Bro . Edwards he was a busy man , and he was afraid he could give but little assistance . Credit should be given where credit was due , and he did not want to take it to himself . His services had been small indeed . The brethren had been fortunate in having one of the best Masters they could have during the past year , and the duties of acting l . P . M . were a mere sinecureand therefore he felt he could

accept the office of l . P . M . Bro . Edwards said he would rather leave his speech for a 12 month . The W . M ., in giving "The Treasurer and Secretary , " said that in those two brethren the lodge had two good officers . The Treasurer had already spoken , and had said he had not rendered very much service to the lodge .

Perhaps not as a P . M ., but as a Treasurer he was sure they were in safe hands . Their Secretary had a world-wide reputation , not only as a Secretary , but as a P . M ., as a Treasurer , and goodness knew what in Masonry—he was an . fait in Masonry . The lodge was to be congratulated on having such a Secretary , for in his hands they could not go wrong .

Bro . Saxeby , Treasurer , said he really had nothing to say , and he left the response in the hands of the Secretary . Bro . Dewsnap said it was his duty as Secretary , and it had given him great pleasure during the last year , to afford the W . M . of the lodge the best assistance he could . He was exceedingly pleased to think his work had been so acceptable to the lodge , and that he had been re-appointed

Secretary that night . The duty mi g ht be onerous , it might appear tedious , but he accepted it with pleasure , and during the present year if he could give satisfaction to the W . M . and brethren , then he should consider himself well repaid . The W . M . next gave "The Masonic Press , " to which Bros . H . Massey and Cooper replied . Thc toast of " The Officers" followed , the W . M .

expressing the greatest confidence that those brethren would perform their duties well , and enjoining the junior officers to attend lodges of instruction . Bro . Judge , in responding , said that as he had supported the I . P . M ., so he would support the W . M . His heart and soul were with the Chough Lodg'e . Bro . Mussared also responded . Bro . Turle Lee replied to a special toast proposed and

drunk in honour of "The Musical Brethren . " Bro . Bowler gave the Tyler's toast , after which the brethren separated . A great musical treat was given during the evening , under the direction of Bro . J . Turle Lee , Organist of the lodge , by Bros . H . Lester , Albert James , Arthur Thompson , A . Strugnell , and Fred . Bevan , Bro . Turle Lee presiding at the pianoforte .

Viator Lodge ( No . 2308 ) . —The third regular meeting of this young and successful lodge was held at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , on Saturday , the 21 st ult ., under the able presidency of Bro . Harry Nelson Price , W . M ., assisted by tbe following officers : Bros , truest A . G . Smith , S . W . ; W . J . Buxton , J . W . ; Thos . Morris , Sec . ; T . H . Hobbs , S . D . ; las . Stephens , J . D . ; 1 . 1 . Hisrgs .

I . G . ; A . E . Kay , D . C ; Frank Smith and Alfred Bank's , Stwd . ; W . Chappie , Asst . D . C . ; Gray , Lowe , Beer , Pinkney , Harding , Robertson , Albert Stephens , and Addis . Visitors : Bros . S . Cochrane , W . M . 3 ; E . Crozier , 127 ; J . A . Hcarn , 13 S 1 ; A . B . Hearn , 20 ; E . Rymer , S 60 ; G . P . Britten , P . M . 1 S 3 ; and George Everett , P . M . and Treas . 177 .