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number of Freemasons , that he believed they all most cordially agreed with the proposition that had been made . ( Loud applause . ) Bro . W . R . Marsh here rose to speak , but was met with general cries of "Vote . " The Pro Grand Master appealed to the brethren to

hear Bro . Marsh , but trusted that in anything that brother might say he would have the good feeling to say nothing which would lead to any discussion .- Bro . Marsh then proceeded , expressing his surprise that after what had taken place in the Grand Lodge in September , the present

resolution should have been proposed . He objected to it , , and would move at once , as an amendment , that s £ i $ oo Bro . M . J . MTntyre , G . R ., said this could not be done , as notice of motion must be given at the Board of Masters . Bro . Marsh might

move a direct negative , that the motion be not affirmed , or that it be referred to the Special Committee to re-consider their report . Bro . Marsh , after some few remarks , moved that this matter be referred back . Bro . Baxter Langley , amidst strong marks of

dissent , seconded the amendment , and after passing a high compliment to the Earl of Carnarvon for the way in which he had introduced the original motion , and the eloquence with which he had supported it , stated that the brethren knew nothing of this motion before they came

into the hall . He had not met with a single brother with whom he had conversed who did not condemn the proposition of the committee . He then advocated the cause of the charities , and said that schemes had been suggested for benefitting them . He thought that a permanent

memorial would be a scholarship for the Boys ' School , a new wing for the Girls' School , or a new wing for the Benevolent Institution . He then explained that although he was a member of the Special Committee he knew nothing about the recommendation , because he was not

able to attend . ( Laughter ) . After some remarks from Grand Registrar , the Rev . R . J . Simpson , and the Rev . J . E . Cox , Bro . Marsh withdrew his amendment , and Bro . Baxter Langley withdrew his seconding of it . The Earl of Carnarvon said : Brethren , I shall

make of course no comment on what has passed , but I shall fitly , I think , express the feeling of this Grand Lodge , when I say that they appreciate the good feeling which induces both the worthy brethren who have lately spoken to withdraw from moving this amendment . It is ,

therefore , my duty to submit to the Grand Lodge the following resolution , which I trust may be recorded as having been unanimously passed , — "That this report be now received and adopted , and that the scheme which it proposes be recommended for adoption to the next

Quarterly Communication . The motion was carried unanimously . The Earl of Carnarvon : I have to state that I request the Grand Secretary to take formal note of it , that this resolution has been accepted unanimously . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .

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OLD CONCORD LODGE ( No . 171 ) . —The instalJation meeting- of the Old Concord Lodge was held on Tuesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . George Hockley , W . M ., presided . He was supported by all his officers and a very large body of Freemasons . Bro . Han is was first raised to the Third Degree ; after which Messrs . Thomas John Lewis , John Richard Doubleday , and E .

Richmond Farrow were separately initiated . The ceremonies were performed by the W . M ., who , with all his officers , discharged the duties most admirably . The ceremonies had the assistance of musical brethren , who gave great impressiveness and grace to them . Bro . John Emmens , P . M ., P . G . P ., then ascended the chair and installed Bro . Ward , W . M . elect , as Master of the lodge .

After his installation , Bro . Ward , in investing Bro . George Hockley as I . P . M ., addressed that brother , and said that though he felt the high honour of being Master of the lodge very much , he nevertheless regretted that the lodge would be deprived of having such an excellent W . M . as Bro . Hockley had proved himself to be . It was ,

however , a satisfaction to him to know that in the performance of his duties he would have on his left hand so able a brother to assist him when he wanted that assistance as the Immediate Past Master . Bro . Hockley thanked theJW . M ., and said that whatever assistance he * uld renderjto the W . M . he should give with the greatest

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pleasure . The officers were afterwards appointed : Bros . Alfred Dottridge , S . W . ; W . P . Goosey , J . W . ; Hancock , Treas . ; John Emmens , Sec ; Gaubert , S . D . ; Hoadley , J . D . ; Gladvvell , I . G . ; George King , P . M ., D . C ; and C . T . Speight , Tyler . Before the lodge was closed the W . M . presented a splendid Past Master's jewel to Bro . George Hockley , and in doing so said it was one

of the first duties that devolved upon a Master who was newly appointed like himself , and one of the most pleasing duties he hail to perform during his year of office , to present in the name of thc lodge to their I . P . M . the jewel which had been awarded to him for the services he had rendered to the lodge during that year of office He was quite sure that no remarks on his part could

increase the pride which all the brethren felt in their I . P . M . They would all agree that the zeal , the assiduity , thc courtesy and the gentlemanly demeanour that Bro . Hockley had shown during his year of office had been a pleasure not only to themselves , but to every visitor who had come to that lodge . Bro . Hockley had carried out his year of office in a most satisfactory manner to the brethren ;

and it must be a proud moment to himself when in the name of the Old Concord Lodge Bro . Hockley was invested by the W . M . with that jewel he row placed on his breast . He trusted Bro . Hockley would keep it in remembrance of his having successfully worked the lodge for the past year , and that he would not feel greater pride in any other jewel he might wear . ( Hear , heai ) .

Bro . Hockley m acknowledging thc gift said he could assure the brethren that it was no mere figure of speech on his part when he slid that he could scarcely find words ( in fact , he could not find words ) sufficient to express his gratitude for this last and crowning mark of the brethren ' s favour . He felt like a man who had undertaken a journey , and who at last had arrived at his destination , only with

thii difference , that some men undertook journeys under very arduous and difficult circumstances ; but he could say that his journey , if they would allow him to use the simile , in that lodge from the time that he was Inner Guard to the present moment had not been of a difficult kind , for it had been one of the most pleasing description , indeed , it had been so from the time he was initiated six

years ago ! for he had enjoyed—and he believed he enjoyed now—the confidence and esteem also as he went on of every brother in that lodge . They had given him repeated proofs of it . He had in his turn to the best of his ability , and with their kind consideration in overlooking a littl ; fault in the first instance—he had been enabled to accomplish the height of his

ambitionto occupy the chair of his mother lodge . As the W . M . had said he hoped he would not feel greater pride in any other jewel he might wear , he could only say that he possessed no other-jewel than this , and he desired to possess no other . He should transmit it to his posterity in thc hope that they would attempt to become in due course what he considered every man might be or should

bea good Mason . Although he had passed thc chair of this lodge he should in no way , if the Great Architect of the Universe gave him health and strength , dissociate himself from it . During the next year he should endeavour to the utmost of his ability to give the W . M . every assistance that lay in his power . He knew perfectly well that there were times when , however capable a Master was of performing his

duties-, a word , or some little assistance thrown in , might be gratefully received by the W . M . Such would be his place . He would always , on every occasion he possibly could , be on the W . M . ' s left hand , and anything else he could do to advance the interests of this lodge he would do to the utmost of his ability . For this last mark ol the brethren ' s favour , and every other they had shown

him during his Mastership of the lodge , and in every office he hail filled , he returned them his hearty and sincere thaanks . ( Cheers . ) The lodge was afterwards closed , and the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet provided by Bro . Dawkins , manager of the Freemasons ' Tavern . The toasts were subsequently proposed . Bro . S . Rawson , P . D . G . M . of China , responded for the Grand

Officers , and in the course of his speech stated that in his many years' experience he had never seen the Entered Apprentice's Degree worked with more effect by all the officers , from the I . G . up to the W . M . He would like to pay a compliment to one officer in particular . He had never in hii life seen the office of Junior Deacon more beautifully performed than it had been by Bro . Gaubert .

Bro , Cooper Smith , P . J . G . D . for the province of Oxford , replied for " The Visitors , " and the other toasts were afterwards duly honoured . In the course of the evening a beautiful musical entertainment was given , the artistes being Miss Jessie Royd , and Bros . Henry Parker , Stedman , and Thurley Beale . Among the brethren present during

the evening were Past Masters Bros . Gurton , Holland , Jackson , Dixson , Silk , Morrin , Vorley , Geo . King , Emmens , Hockley ; and visitors Bros . Cooper Smith , Prov . G . J . W . Oxford ; Walker , 862 ; Gallant , W . M . 813 ; Crauford , W . M . Union Lodge , Margate ; H . Massey ( Freemason ) , besides a very large company of other visitors .

MONTEFIORE LODGE ( No . ioi 7 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday evening at the Masonic Hall , Air-street , Regent-street . The W . M ., Bro . Blum , presided , and initiated Messrs . Sampson , Samuel and Aaron Marks . The J . W ., having undertaken the office of Steward of this lodge for thc next festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , the lodge voted the sum of fifteen guineas to be placet ' , in the name of

the lodge , on his list . The lodge was then called off , and on its resumption , Bro . S . V . Abrahams , P . M ., installed Bro . Victor M . Myers , S . W . and W . M . elect , as W . M . for the year ensuing . The officers appointed were Bros . Blum , I . P . M . ; Gulliford , S . W . ; J . Lazarus , J . W . ; Salomons , S . D . ; Hochfeld , J . D . ; Lewis Jacobs , Treas . ; E . P . Albert , G . P ., P . M ., Sec . ; Ellis , I . G . ; Matthias Levy , D . C ; Davis , Steward ; Simmons , Wine Steward ; and George Smith , Tyler . Before the business of the

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lodge was concluded , Bro . S . V . Abrahams , P . M ., rose and said that he had a very pleasing task to perform . He had been requested , in the name of the lodge , to acknowledge the admirable manner . in which the I . P . M . had performed the duties of his office far the past year . He had every satisfaction in making that acknowledgment , because he knew that it was not his own words only that

he expressed , but that they were endorsed by the sincere feelings of all the brethren of the lodge . The brcttttevi , anxious to evince to the I . P . M . the regard they had for himself personally , and the manner in which he had discharged his duties , had asked him ( Bro . Abrahams ) to present to him a jewel as a token of their esteem , which he might wear as a reminder of the efficient performance

of his duties . The jewel did not represent in value the feelings which thc lodge entertained towards the I . P . M ., because it would have been a difficult matter to have a jewel which would properly express it ; but , as he knew , Bro . Blum valued the sentiments of the lodge not by the weight of gold tr the number of diamonds , but rather for the good fellowship which was evinced by asking his

accoptance of the jewel . He knew Bro . Blum would receive it in the true and Masonic manner in which it was given , as a slight acknowledgment of the way in whicli he had conducted the business of the chair . He ( Bro . Abrahams ) had been asked to make the presentation , and he could not but congratulate Bro . Blum on having passed through a year highly

successfully , particularly so , in more ways than one . They had had the opportunity of initiating into the Order many highly worthy men , who hereafter would shine in the Craft and be tculy deserving of any high position they might attain to . In addition to this he might be permitted to say that Bro . Blum ' s entrance into the chair was marked by an act of chaiity on the part of the lodge , by

giving , as far as it could , assistance to the institutions of the Order . On his leaving the chair the brethren had the happiness of saying they could again assist the Masonic institution ; and this was a result most satisfactory to the brethren . Words of flattery and adulation would be unpalatable to Bro . blum , but if he ( Bro . Abrahams ) was wanting in any way in expressing what ought to be

done on an occasion like the present , Bro . Blum would not attribute it to a want of intention but to a want of ability . The brethren had expressed in presenting that jewel much more than he ( Bro . Abrahams ) could say and more than the most eloquent man could express , but he requested to be allowed to say that he hoped the brethren would have the pleasure of seeing Bro . Blum for

many years to come . In placing the jewel on the breast of the recipient he felt that , although the jewel might shine itself , there was a jewel beneath , which shone much brighter—a truly Masonic breast . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Blum in replying- said : I fully appreciate thc honour you have conferred upon me to-night ; and really I do not think I am able to express my feelings at this moment ; but be

assured that whatever I have done towards this lodge I have done with a true heart and with the fullest intention to give every satisfaction to you . When I first accepted the office—the high office I may say—you so generously conferred upon me , I promised that 1 should do my best according to my ability to satisfy you ; and I am sure if I have succeeded in that I am retiring with the utmost

pleasure . 1 he honour and the good fellowship which you have shown me to-night , expressed by our Past Master Abrahams so ably , really overpower me ; and though this might be the proper place I am not fit to respond to those able words in proper form at this moment , but I am sure were I to speak for hours 1 could not express more than I shall in these few words—brethren , I fully acknowledge

the honour you have done me , and I thank you . ( Hearty applause . ) The lodge was shortly afterwards closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet at the Cafe' Restaurant Royal . The customary toasts followed . Bro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . D ., and Bro . E . P . Albeit , G . P ., responded for " The Grand Officers . " The W . M . in proposing "The Initiates , " said that those brethren had

already evinced their practical feeling of Freemasunry by contributing handsomely to the Benevolent Fund of the lodge . Bros . Marks and Samuel replied , and Bro . Blum proposed " The W . M ., " and stated with what pleasure he had seen that brother gradually go up the ladder of promotion till he reached the hightst honour the lodge could bestow on any of its members . The W . M . having replied , Bro .

Blum's health was proposed by the W . M ., and Bro . Blum in replying observed : 1 said before in the lodge that I was somewhat at a loss to respond to the words which P . M . Abrahams spoke in my favour . I am afraid I am in a somewhat similar position at this moment , for you , brethren , have almost excelled him in flattering me . I have done no better than others . I am sure I have done

nothing else but my duty . You , brethren , appointed me to that elevated position which I have occupied for twelve months , and I am sure no man ever felt more proud ot that position than I did during the time I occupied the chair . But at this present moment , when I have passed it , I feel that though it was somewhat of a trouble , that

trouble was a pleasure to me , because I knew that every brother would forgive any shortcomings , as they promised me the fust night . If it had not been for the very judicious selection of my officers and the very eminent assistance which I have received from my Immediate and other Past Masters I could never have fulfilled the duties

as ably as I have done . This is an occasion when 1 may publicly announce to them my grateful thanks for their able assistance rendered to me during my year of office ; and I know that whatever I may say now is not sufficient to express what I feel . You have evinced your good

will towards me by presenting me with a beautiful jewel . Believe me , this will be a sweet recollection to me as long as I shall live . I shall always , if I am in this or any other country , remember that this has been presented by the members of the Montefiore Lodge from their esteem nd good will towards me . And let me assure you , once