Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

iUS ] THE QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE , No ' . 2076 . Our able and zealous Bro . T . C . Walls is not a member of the " Ouatour Coronati" Lodge , that happening to be one of the lodges he has not entered . He is , however , a welcome member of the " Correspondence Circle , "

and it is to be hoped that many other brethren will follow the example he has thus set , as the subscription is only half a guinea per annum on election . Major Walls does not believe in honours without work , and is not a Masonic Drone . It is a pity that honours should ever be bestowed on those who do not deserve them and lack due service . 2076 .

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Newstead Lodge , No . 47 . The installalion meeting of this ancient and prosperous lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Nottingham , on Tuesday , the 2 rst ult ., when Bro . I . Mason was installed W . M . An especially large number of brethren , including many distinguished Masons assembled to witness the proceedings . The W . M . elect was presented and installed into the chair by the outgoing Master , Bro . A . Aldam , in a singularly able and impressive manner .

A splendid banquet followed , at the conclusionof which the W . M . briefly , but in happily expressed terms , gave the loyal and Masonic toasts , which were most loyally recived . Bro . Sir Samuel Johnson , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W ., proposed "The Health of the Worshipful Master . In a felicitous speech , he expatiated on the many sterling qualities of the W . M ., and congratulated the lodge upon having elected such an earnest and benevolent worker in the Craft to preside over them in the dignified capacity of Master .

The toast was enthusiastically received , as was the W . M ., Bro . Mason , on rising to respond . In replying , the Worshipful Master remarked that he valued very much the high honour which had been conferred upon him and that with the hearty and fraternal cooperation of his officers he would endeavour to becomingly maintain the harmony and

dignity of the mother lodge of the province . All the ordinary toasts were proposed and duly honoured . The musical programme presented special features of attraction ; the artistes were Madame Lymn , Bro . Bingley Shaw , Bro . F . S . Gilbert , and Mr . Ford Waltham . The Masonic Band was under the conductorship of Bro . A . R . Watson .

Joppa Lodge , No . 188 . This lodge , now 109 years old , held its annual installation meeting on Monday , the 3 rd inst ., at Freemasons' Tavern , London . The assembly was presided over by Bro . E . J . A . Davy , W . M ., who was supported by his officers and Past Masters : Bros , the Rev . S . J . Roco , Chap . ; I . Botibol , W . J . Gardiner , I . Cohen , S . Weigel , J . Dodson , Henry Lazarus ( W . M . elect ); Lewis Lazarus , J . G . Cross , E . G . Galloway , M . Jacobs , S . Silver , G . Van Volen , D . Koyminsk , Harry Barnett , Henry Witmund , Ed . M . Lazarus , Barnett Samuel , W . Thorpe , J . Hanks , E . Reineman , J . H . Craig , A . W . Harris Davill

Brewer , A . , A . W . , T . II . Bull , II . Bull , J . G . Moore , S . Freeman , M . ] . Rosenberg , N . Lazarus , and A . Levay . Visitors : Bros . J . Mason , P . G . Std . Br . ; 1 . VV . Dewsnap , P . M . 1 S 39 , 22 G 4 ; J . VV . Westmoreland , P . M . 1259 ; W . C . Tebbit , P . M . 2045 ; L . S . Genese , W . M . 22 G 5 ; Emanuel Lazarus , W . M . 2313 ; F . Louison , iSS ; W . H . Fleming , 115 S ; J . Hyams , 1349 ; I Iy Massey , P . M . G 19 , 192 S ; Orlton Cooper , P . M . 211 ; Richard I ' oore , 194 . ); W . J . Trappitt , 1259 ; G . Linn , W . M . 16 GS ; Geo . Gabb , 902 ; M . C . Owen , P . M . 185 ; S . Fonseca , 15 G 3 ; J . ) . L . Linton , 2411 ; VV . H . \ oung , 1 G 01 : Hy . Green , 1 G 93 ; Geo . Perrett , 1259 ; and Henry Pick , io ; o .

lhe W . M . passed to the Second Degree Bros . Galloway and Cross , after which ceremony Bro . the Rev . S . J . Roco raised Bro . Jacobs to the Third Degree . For the installation ceremony the W . M ., Bro . Davy , ceded his position to Bro . Lewis Lazarus , P . M . and Secretary , whose son , Henry Lazarus , P . M ., had been elected to serve the ollice of W . M . for the second time . Bro . Lewis Lazarus then installed his son , who , subsequently invested Bro . E . J . A . Davy with the collar of I . P . M . The other brethren appointed to hold office for the year 1 S 9 S were Bros . E . Emanuel , S . W .: I . Cohen , l . VV . ;

Lewis Lazarus , I'M ., bee . ; the Kev . S . J . Roco , P . M ., Chap . ; E . Ansell , S . D . ; I . Edwards , J . D . ; A . W . Brewer , I . G . ; A . Cohen , P . M ., D . C . ; \ . Craig , A . D . C . ; E . Reinemann , M . D . Armstrong , and VV . Rosenthal , Stwds . ; and J . Ives , P . M ., Tyler . The W . M . informed the brethren that at the following meeting they would have to elect a Treasurer in place of Bro . J . S . Lyon , whose death on December 31 st , 1 S 97 , they all deeply regretted . He further informed the lodge that the funeral of the deceased brother took place on Sunday , and it was very gratifying to find such a large number cf the brethren of the lodge attended . The family of the late brother were deeply touched b

y that mark of respect and love which was exhibited . The time between the death and the funeral was very short , but owing to the promptitude of the loJge Secretary notices were sent to all the brethren sufficiently e . irly for them to attend . A vote of condolence with the family was passed , and in speaking to the resolution Bro . | . Dodson , P . M ., said that had it not been for illness in his own family he should himself have been present at Bro . Lyon ' s funeral . Before the ceremonies oi the evening were over the W . M . presented in the name of the lodge a handsome Past Master ' s jewel tn Bro . Davy , I . P . M ., together with a Past Master ' s collar and jewel which Bro . Davy ' s old friends , Bros . Gardner , P . M ., Gallowayand Cross had contributed .

, The lodge was thereafter closed , and a choice banquet was piriaken of in the large hall of Freemasons' Tavern .

The speeches accompanying the toasts and responses were very brief , the evening bcinir principally devoted to some excellent music by Air . F . P . Berry , Miss Ethel Harrison , Bro . VV . 11 . Berry , Mr . F . Butlin . Bro . Victor Medcalf , Miss Alice Leslie , and Mr . J . Crumley , Messrs . F . P . Berry and J . Crumley being the accompanists . Bro . John Mason , P . G . Std . Br ., responding to the toast which included " The Grand Officers , " said he had known the Pro Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master for a quarter of a century , and had seen them ever ready to do their work in

every ceremony—install Provincial Grand Masters , consecrate Masonic hall ,, and never failing , even when called upon at a moment ' s notice . When they got noblemen like them not ashamed to put on Masonic clothing , and able to carry out the great work of the Craft , it was seen that they were not ornamental Masons merely , but true men . They were called upon to assist the Grand Master in ruling the Craft , and settling knotty questions which were to the advantage of Masonry . There were other hardworking Grand Ollicers , like the Grand Secretary , who worked many hours a day . hen there the Grand

I was Registrar , who gave his opinions , but though they did not always agree with lawyers , they , like good Masons , bowed down to them . He was proud to be one of those who wore the purple , and he was proud to have worked for it ; lor 33 years he had worked , and it had come at last . Whoever was appointed thought it incumoent on hini to work , but the brethren must not consider that those who wore the purple were better than they were when they wore the blue . They should always be ready to take any part in lodge working , from Inner Guard upwards , at a moment ' s notice ; his advice was that they should work and wait .

Bro . Henry Lazarus , W . M ., replying to the toast of "TheVV . M ., " which was proposed by Bro . h . J . Davy , I . P . M ., said it gave him very great pleasure indeed to have to respond to that toast . It was a very proud night to him when he looked back to that very night 12 years ago , the night he was initiated and sat on the right of the W . M . Some six or seven years after the bretlnen were good enough to elect him as their W . M ., and now for the second time they had put him in that same position . He might say , without sounding his own trumpet , that as far as Masonry was concerned he took every interest in it that it was possible for any individual mem bar to take . He was very pleased now to i . tand up and ttll the brethren , after so many years' connection with

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the lodge , that during all that period he had never missed a single meeting whether ordinary or emergency , and he could now say he should do his very best during his year of office to keep up the prestige of this centenary lodge , and he knew that with the assistance of the officers and Past Masters that object would be attained . Bro . Henry Lazarus , W . M ., in giving the toast of "The I . P . M ., Bro . Davy , "

said the last year had been a most successful one , for Bro . Davy had had eight initiates besides which 100 guineas had been voted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . He did not think that there had been such an occurrence in the Joppa Lodge during its existence . The brethren ' s appreciation of Bro . Davy had been testified by their voting him a Past Master ' s jewel .

Bro . Davy , I . P . M ., in responding , said he had to thank the W . M . for the terms of praise he had used . It had been a proud moment for him that during his year they had given 100 guineas to the Benevolent Institution . He thanked the Past Masters for the support they had given in that direction . He hoped as long as he was spared that he should stick to the lodge along with many of the old Past Masters . Bro . Henry Lazarus , W . M ., proposed "The Installing Master , " thankinj Bro . Davy for standing aside to allow his ( Bro . Lazarus ' s ) father to instal him in the chair of K . S . in the Joppa Lodge for the second tim ; . He thought the performance of the ceremony had been satisfactory to the brethren .

Bro . Lewis Lazarus , P . M ., Secretary , in acknowledging the toast , said that was a unique night of unique nights . He had had the books of the lodge before him , which referred back for So years , and he found that one father and son , besides him and his son , had been Masters of the lodge . The father had installed the son ; but that was the first time when a father had installed his son the second time . He considered it a great compliment that the lodge had recorded its thanks to him . He had said so in lodge , and he reiterated it . If he looked back to the day that he initiated his son , it seemed only a few years . He was certainly a few years older , and he did not feel so

young on that occasion ; but he considered it one of the greatest honours that could be conferred by one Mason on another to have the privilege of installing and conducting the affairs of the lodge . From his experience of 26 or 27 years , what had taken place that night had been most exceptional . Having had the privilege of installing his son for the second time , it was his earnest desire and wish that the Lodge of Joppa might have continued success , and that the present year might be one of its most successful years ; he also hoped that the lodge might continue to increase in prosperity , and be everything individual members could desire .

Bro . John Mason , P . G . Std . Br ., responded to the toast of " The Masonic Charities , " and Bros . Parrett , Linn , Genese , Dewsnap , and Moss Cohen , to that of " The Visitors . " The toasts of "The Benevolent Fund , " " . The P . Ms ., " "The Secretary , " and " lhe Officers , " were honoured in due course , and the Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings .

Lodge of the Three Grand Principles , No . 441 . The installation meeting was held at the Lion Hotel , Cambridge , on Monday , the 3 rd inst ., and was attended by nearly So brethren , including the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Rev . J H . Gray , P . G . Chap . England , and a number of visiting brethren from the Scientific Lodge , No . SS , and other lodges . After Bro . F . VV . Potts , W . M ., had opened the lodge , the duties of Installing Master were efficiently discharged by Bro . J . Royston , P . M ., P . P . A . G . D . C ., and Bro . F . R , Leach was duly placed in the chair of K . S . lor the ensuing year . There were 20 present

at the Board of Installed Masters . The appointment and investiture of the officers followed . Subjoined is a list : Bros . F . R . Leach . W . M . ; F . W . Potts , P . P . G . Stwd ., I . P . M . ; L . Hosegood , P . P . G . Stwd ., S . W . ; G . R . Barnes , J . W . ; T . Watts , P . M ., P . G . Treas ., Chap . ; J . Taylor , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg ., Treas . ; F . Cole , P . P . G . Purst ., Sec . ; F . VV . Miller , S . D . ; G . F . Knowles , J . D . ; F . Dewberry , P . M ., P . G . D . C , D . C ; J . Royston , P . M ., P . P . A . G . D . C , A . D . C ; W . H . Berridge , P . P . CO ., Org . ; H . VV . Dewb erry , Std . Br . ; ] . Dempster , P . G . Purst ., I . G . ; Bros . J . Vail , P . P . S . G . W . ; W . T . Bowman , and Oliver J . Hammond , Stwds . ; and A . F . O'C Hurry , Tyler .

At the banquet which followed , the toast of " The Grand iOlh ' cers of England , " was acknowledged by the Dep . Prov . Grand Master . Bro . Gray remarked that he could respond to this toast better in any other province than Cambridgeshire , for elsewhere he might be considered as representing that august body of brethren , the Grand Ollicers , he trusted , not unworthily . But here in

Cambridge they knew too much about him as being associated with the province and with the Isaac Newton Lodge . Last year , his Royal Highness did him the honour of conferring Past Grand rank upon him ; and it was indeed an honour to be associated in any way with such a body of men as the working ollicers of Grand Lodge , who did splendid work in a splendid manner . For himself , he wished he could feel that he held his position not unworthily .

The W . M ., in giving "The Health of the Provincial Grand Officers , " said that the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Col . Caldwell , was absent from Cambridge , but had sent his hearty good wishes to No . 441 . The Deputy Prov . Grand Master , in acknowledging , congratulated Bro . Leach on having been placed in the chair of a most important lodge , and he also congratulated

him upon the ollicers he had to support him . He ( Bro . Gray ) thought he could report the province prosperous and united . The breach of discord had never , to his mind , crossed their counsels . He had only to refer to the brethren standing , in acknowledgment of the toast , to show of what high calibre the officers of Prov . Grand Lodge were made of .

Bro . F . W . Potts , I . P . M ., proposed " The Health of the Worshipful Master , " and spoke of the deep interest Bro . !•' . R . Leach had always taken in Masonry since his initiation . The brethren had acknowledged the services he had rendered by unanimously electing him as W . M ., and there was no doubt but that he . would prove himself worthy of the chair .

lhe W . M . said it was always a difficult thing for him to attempt to speak , but it was doubly difficult to adequately respond to a toast he had never responded to before . It took him back to the time of his initiation , and made him feel his feebleness . He trusted they would accept his best thanks for the manner in which they had received him , and he hoped that he might go through his year of office with the same hearty good wishes as had then been showered upon him .

The W . M . next proposed "The Health of the Installing Mastcr . ^ Bro . J . Royston , and the other Past Masters , " and thanked Bro . Royston for the admirable manner in which he had performed the installation work . He also thanked the I . P . M . and other Past Masters for the kind assistance they had rendered to himself in working up to the chair .

I he Dep . Prov . Grand Master here , on behalf of the lodge , presented to Bro . F . VV . Potts a Past Master ' s jewel , remarking that whatever ho . iour might fall to his lotand might they be many—he would never regard with greater pleasure and satisfaction any honour more than that of receiving from his brethren and fellows a jewel to commemorate honourable work done for the lodge .

Pro . I . W . Potts suitably responded , and remarked that h : had had several redletter days , but that he regarded as the best . Bro . J . Royston also acknowledged the toast of his health . As to the work of installation , it was no trouble to him , and he could only hope that the brethren would take away with them the beautiful lessons conveyed in the ceremony . If they took the charges to heart and practised them , they would be bitter m ; n and bjlter cltizsni .

Bros . J oseph Bell and John Vail responded for the othec Past Misters , mentioning that they bath had b ; en members of the loJiie for 3 S years . Bro . P . H . Young , P . M ., gave " The Visiting Brethren , " which toast was acknowledged by Bros . Oliver Papworth , P . G . Sec .,- W . Sindall , W . M . SS ; VV . H . Francis , P . M . S 59 ; R . C Bayn , I . P . M . 1044 ; C Armstrong , 11 S 4 ; and F . Cumberland , 2107 . " The Masonic Charities " and " The O . Iicers of the Lodge " were afterwards proposed and responded to .

An excellent programme of music was provided by Bros . E . F . Bindloss , F . VV Miller , E . W . Swann , O . J . Hammond , and VV . II . Berridge .

Restoration Lodgo , No . 1117 . lhe annual meeting of this lodge was held at the Freemasons'Hall , Darlington , on Thursday , the 30 th ult ., for the installation of the W . M ., and investiture of officers for the ensuing year . Bro . C . J . Walton , P . M ., presided in the unavoidable absence , through a bereavement , of the VV-M ., Bro . John Broughton . There was an exceptionally