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side Masonry . He was pleased by his appointment to have another close connection with Brig hton , and would , to the best of his ability , carry out the duties imposed upon him . Bro . Sir J . B . MONCKTON said he had been honoured in acting at the installation meeting as Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and was further honoured in being asked to propose " The Piov . S . G . W ., Bro . Crawford J . Pocock , and the Officers

of Prov . Grand Lodge , Present and Past . " He was very pleased to offer his felicitations to Bro . Pocock . He well remembered his father , than whom a better Mason never wore badge or collar—one who installed him in the first chair he ever held . He was therefore especially glad to welcome Bro . Pocock in his new and exalted position . Speaking of the remaining Present and Past Prov . Grand Officers , he said he had visited many lodges , but had never known any brethren who had better carried out their duties than those of the Province of Sussex .

Bro . CRAWFORD J . POCOCK , Prov . S . G . W ., responded , and , on behalf of the Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers , thanked Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton sincerely for the manner in which he had proposed the toast , and the brethren for the cordial manner in which they had received it . On behalf of the officers , he promised that they would do their utmost heartily , cheerfully , and willingly , to discharge their duties . He gracefully acknowledged the personal allusion to himself and father , and pledged himself to do his best to fulfil the duties of his own high office .

The DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER next submitted " The Visitors . " That evening they had the rare pleasure of being honoured with the presence of the Lord Mayor of London , who had come amongst them at great sacrifice to himself . Bro . the Rig ht Hon . the LORD MAYOR of LONDON responded . There was , he said , an affinity between the Corporations of London and the Queen of Watering Places . Both Corporations appreciated the duties which devolved upon them , and

both studied how they could best serve the interests of those whom they represented . He gave his personal experiences of the many duties appertaining to the office of Lord Mayor , and referred to the antiquity of the office and the good works which emanated from the Mansion House . It had , he said , given him great pleasure to be present and assist at the installation of that afternoon , and , by the courtesy of Bro . R . Clowes , who had placed his miniature Mansion House at his

disposal , he had been enabled to stay and join them at their festive board . He congratulated Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott on his appointment , remarking that he had never seen a Prov . Grand Lodge comparable to that which assembled in the afternoon , and that the banquet was one which would not make any occupant of the Mansion House blush . On behalf of himself and the remaining visitors , he tendered his heartiest thanks .

Bro . H . DAVEY , P . P . G . W ., proposed "The W . M . ' s of , and Success to the Lodges in the Province . " The W . M . ' s had been selected , he said , for their good qualities . He hoped they would shew consideration and leniency to their newlyelected Deputy Provincial Grand Master if , from the pressure of his many duties , he found himself unable to visit the lodges so frequently as their late Bro . Sir Walter Burrell had done .

Bro . L . STYER responded , remarking that the W . M . ' s did all they could to support the Deputy Prov . Grand Master . The toast of "The Stewards , " given from the Chair , was acknowledged by Bros . W . BOTTING and W . E . MORRISON .

1 he Tyler s toast completed the list . During the evening a programme of music , arranged b y Bro . Dr . F . J . Sawyer , Prov . G . Org ., was pleasantly sustained by Miss Minnie Freeman , Miss Edith Hands , Bros . J . P . Slingsby Roberts , F . Clements , with Dr . F . J . Sawyer , and Mr . Alfred Neall as accompanists ; recitations being also given b y Bros . Eric C . Williams and Thilthorpe .

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SAVAGE CLUB LODGE , No . 2190 .

I he installation meeting of the Savage Club Lodge was held on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , under the presidency of Bro . Thomas Catling , W . M . The brethren present were Bros . W . J . Ebbetts , S . W . ; T . Burnside , J . W . ; . John Paige , P . M . Sec ; VV . J . Fisher , S . D . ; J . Northcott , J . D . ; E . Rosenthal , Dir . of Cers . ; A . L . Oswald , Organist ; H . D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal ; Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . Chap . ; F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S ., Installing Master ;

Ji . Monteuuis , G . b . B . ; George Cooper , P . G . D . ; P . deLande Long , P . G . D . ; C . Martin , P . A . G . D . C ; Maj .-Gen . Burnett Ford , P . G . D . Bengal ; Augustus Harris , P . M . ; Sir Somers Vine , P . M . ; Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; T . Fenn , P . G . D ., Pres . Bd . Gen . Purps . ; Robt . Grey , Pres . Bd . Benevolence ; Capt . Philips , P . G . D . ; E . Letchworth , P . G . D . ; C . Belton , D . G . D . C ; J . H . Matthews , P . G . Std . Br . ; C F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Ganz , P . G . O . ; Col . Gerald Noel Money , C . B . ; Major G . D . Giles , W . Hogarth , T . T . Fillan , Hawes Craven , L . Delmard , Lieut . Dan Godfrey ,

H . Petherick , T . B . Hardy , Alfred Dixon , W . L . Barrett , VV . S . Penley , W . Nicholl , Edgar Lee , J .. L . Cross , P . Soman , Guedella , E . Bending , E . N . Alpe , Hedgcock , Dalgety Henderson , Allison , Pearse , Crawford Wilson , J . Hambleton , Courtice Pounds , Benjamin Bailey , B . Hohnes , Harry Nkkolh , Anderson , E . Barnett , W . Sharp , J . L . Toole , Tito Mattei , C . Townley , L . P . Ashmead , H . S . Wellcome , R . C Sudlow , P . M . ; Van der Weyde , Sydney Brough , Romano , Bennett Burleigh , J . Mclntyre , J . Gibbs , Sir W . L . Young , Bart ., ; J . P . Fearfield , P . M . ; E . Hind , Dawes , P . M . ; Alfred Emden , Patten , P . M . F . Rogers , P . M . ; W . S . Fendick , P . M . ; Pinches , P . M . ;

A . VV . Orwin , L . P . Thomas , H . Wright , P . M . ; B . W . Levy , A . G . Salamon , D . Anderson , H . Lumley , T . Huggett , R . Gordon Smith , R . E . Goffin , P . M . ; G . Hatch , P . M . ; J . Catling , Frost , John McLean , Mostyn , Perley , Lobb , W . J . Spratling , P . M . ; E . H . Bramley , J . C Wh ' iddington , J . Terry , W . M . Terrott , Fairchild , P . M . ; ' Thomas , W . R . Baskcomb , Massey , P . M . ; J . S . Wood , J . E . Turner , P . M . ; Graham Keith , E . J . Wade , VV . T . Tegetmiev , W . Rowley , Herbert Johnson , Andresv Levey , Heather Higg , Col . Ward , C . E . Bernard , Campbell Praed , W . Bohm , P . M . ; Atherley [ ones ,

M . P . ; Sir J . D . Linton , VV . H . Pike , P . M . j Hale Hilton , W . R . Ingram ,- Russell , Franklin Clive , A . J . Caldicott , Herbert Thorndike , Dawson , VV . Lake , VV . Woodfall , T . Fillan , P . M . ; H . Maitland Coffin , P . L . Simmonds , P . M . ; J . J . Brown , Theo . Drew , E . J . Odell , H . S . Matthews , W . Senior , H . Frederic , A . M . Hay , Evans , Raymond Tucker , P . M . j A . H . Haig , V . VV . Hunt , P . M . j Lovett King , E . Jones , T . Nelson McLean , J . Meredith Ball , M . Call . Chambers , A . Thompson , James Budd , Sackville Evans , Dunthorne , C . W . S . Collins , Org . 172 j D . Law , and others .

After the opening of the lodge and the formal business had been transacted , Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , at the request of Bro . Catling , and with the consent of Bro . Sir J . R . Somers Vine , took the chair , and Bro . Catling presented to him Bro . William Eugene Chapman , S . W . and W . M . elect , to receive at his hands the benefit of installation . Col . Clerke having duly installed Bro . Chapman , the new W . M ., was saluted , and he invested his officers as follows : Bros . Thos . Catling , I . P . M . Walter J . Ebbetts , S . W . ; Thomas

Burnside , J . W . ; Edward Terry , G . Treas ., Treas . ; John Paige , P . M ., Sec ; W . J . Fisher , S . D . ; John Northcott , J . D . ; J , D . Beveridge , I . G . ; Edmund Rosenthal , D . of C ; A . L . Oswald , Org . ; P . Soman , Dr . Maitland Coffin , Harry Nicholls , and David Law , Stwds . ; and G . F . Swan , Tyler . A handsome Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . Catling . Before the lodge was closed the following letter was read by Bro . PAIGE , the Secretary .

Snow Hill Buildings , London , E . C 3 rd February , 1 S 90 . My dear Bro . Paige , Enclosed please find Bank of England Notes , No . SS—w 4 S 504 , for £ 20 , and No . 2—x G 2447 , for £ 5 . These notes were stolen from our late Bro . Archibald McNeill by , I believe , the same cruel hand that caused his death . After the numbers had been published and negotiation thus rendered impossible they were sent to the French

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authorities at Boulogne , enclosed in an anonymous letter , intended to divert suspicion from the real criminals . The stains and mutilations in these notes are evidently caused by the culprit concealing them in his boot and carrying them thus hidden for a considerable time . I acquired the notes by purchase for the purposes of the investigation , and now being no longer required in this connection I have considered that they should be disposed of . ! feel that they are far too sacred for me to deal with or use as my personal property , and have therefore decided to give them to the Savage Club Lodge Benevolent

Fund , to be regarded as coming from our late brother rather than from myself . McNeill's large heartedness is well known to all , and that he would part with his last penny to help a brother in need . It seems , therefore , to me , that this money which was the last in his possession could not be applied in a manner that would have been more gratifying to him than that it should go into the Benevolent Fund of the lodge , to which he was so devotedly attached and of which he was one of the founders and the first Secretary , a position he held at the time of his death . —I beg to remain , yours fraternally , HENRY S . WELLCOME . To Bro . John Paige , Secretary Savage Club Lodge , London .

The notes as well as photos of them were shown to the brethren , and it is almost needless to say that great interest was manifested both in the information conveyed by the letter , which had been kept from every one up to the time of reading , and in the notes themselves . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern to an excellent banquet . The usual toasts followed .

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in g iving the toast of " The Queen and the Craft , " said the toast , which was the first g iven in every assemblage of Englishmen , was one which was given in the Savage Club Lodge not as a mere compliment . It was given not only on account of the brethren ' s loyalty , but because on the list of members of the lodge there were the names of a son and a grandson of the illustrious lady who reigned over the empire . Masonry had made great progress , and it was on account of the sympathy and interest of the Royal Patroness of Freemasonry that it had made such progress .

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in giving the toast of "The M . W . G . M ., H R . H . the Prince of Wales , " said that this lodge had a special pride in having his Royal Highness upon its books as a member . It was not often that a lodge had such a privilege , and he asked the brethren to drink most enthusiastically " The Health of the M . W . G . M ., and the rest of the Royal Family . "

The next toast was that of "The Pro G . M ., the D . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and the WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in proposing the toast , said there was no harder working body of officers in any Society than those who filled the offices in Grand Lodge of England , and not only was their work performed in lodge and in their office rooms , but they went out often at night to lodges . It seemed to him that it was imposing on good nature to ask them to

come and visit so young a lodge as this . However , they were here , and the Savage Club Lodge was glad to see them , and there was not a Grand Officer present who had not before visited the lodge , and not one whom they would not be delighted to see again whenever they were able to come either to the lodge or the banquet . Bro . H . D . SANDEMAN , P . Dist . G . M . Bengal , in reply , said it was with the greatest pleasure he responded to this toast , given in such kind and hearty words .

For a toast like this , which was given hundreds of times in the year , it was impossible to say anything new . One did say something new sometimes , and perhaps something exceedingly clever ; but it was only to find that 20 men had said the same thing before . Therefore , without attempting to s ly anything new , he would simply venture to remark that the Grand Officers were as a body fully alive to the responsibility of their position , whose wish it was to emulate those who had gone

before them , and at the same time to seta good example to those who would come after them . For himself , he gave his hearty thanks for the opportunity of being present that evening . He came into the lodge in a little fear and trembling , because he thought from the nature of the lodge he mig ht find tomahawks and boomerangs , and at the banquet table roasted babies , and other things not tempting to an Englishmen , but he thought , as a Mason who had gone through awf jl

trials , that he might stand in the lodge without any fear of meeting with anything unsatisfactory in the Savage Club Lodge . Instead of savages he had found bre . thren most decidedly pleasant and delightful , and he mig ht speak tor all of th e visitors when he said he thanked them , the lodge , most cordially for the kindness with which it had received the visitors . Bro . Sir J . R . SOMERS VINE , P . M ., then rose and said he considered it a great

honour that to him had been entrusted what he might justifiably term , and that without derogating from those which had preceded it , the toast of the occasion . That duty devolved by custom upon the I . P . M ., but his esteemed Bro . Catling had passed it on to him , so he trusted they would excuse the paucity and imperfection of the remarks he had to submit for their generous acceptance . " The Health of their newly-installed Master , Bro . William Eugene Chapman . " It was generally

difficult at short notice to fittingly say in a man's presence all that the impulses of warm friendship and the dictates of common agreement mig ht reasonably demand , but he felt that he could discharge the task allotted to him without in any way offending the modest sensibilities of the W . M ., or unduly exaggerating the comp liment which the brethren were most anxious to pay him . Bro . Chapman had a most excellent Masonic record , and he would bring to the duties of the honourabls

office to which he had been chosen , an enviable acquaintance with its ritual , an intimate knowledge of its work , and a steady determination to maintain the hi g h character of Masonry . To these qualifications , which might be particularly said to be identified with the position he now held , might properly and fairly be added a professional reputation of no mean degree , an amiability of nature which compelled attachment , and a sincere earnestness which insured esteem . Hence it was

that he could safely prophesy , and the brethren could confidently anticipate , that the coming year would be marked by accumulated renown in the Mastership of the Savage Club Lodge . It might not be out of p lace here to mention that Bro . Chapman had enjoyed the rare distinction of participating in the ceremonials of the Order upon the very site of that wonderful Temple which was erected by the wisdom of King Solomon , aided by the genius of Hiram Abiff . In his public and private and every day life Bro . Chapman worthily typified those lofty characteristics

which were inseparably associated with the community of which they all were concurrent brethren . He therefore felt that they had an encouragement to accept this toast with every cordial manifestion of their approval , and that they were stimulated to believe that the duties which attached to the office Bro . Chapman now held would be discharged with fidelity and credit . He therefore submitted to the brethren , feeling sure that it would be received in a spirit of most warm applause , the health of the newly-installed W . M .

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in reply , said it was with mingled feelings of gratitude , hope and fear , that he rose to attempt to respond to the too kind remarks made so eloquently by Past Master Sir Somers Vine ; of gratitude , which they could all easily understand , for the hig h honour the brethren had that day conferred upon him ; of hope , that he mig ht at some time during the year do something for the good of Masonry in general and this lodge in particular ; of

fear that he should fall far short of the hig h duties of the office which were demanded and expected of its holder . It was nearly 19 years since he first took vows , and he assured the brethren that he fully realised the responsibilities attached to the government of a lodge like the Savage Club Lodge . Like a few other lodges in the Craft , the Savage Club Lodge was composed of the literary and artistic portion of the world ' s workers . Among its members were to be found

men who held the mirror up to nature , and who by a knowledge of their art were expected to pourtray the manners and customs not onl y of the men of to-day , but of those of the past , of those who with facile brush would hand down to posterity the scenes amidst which the painter had moved ; of the chronicler of the hour , as well as he who penned thoughts which would live long after the penner had passed away . It was of such men the Savage Club Lodge was composed , and