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had any extra work to perform it was a labour of love . No . 4 gave him encouragement in Freemasonry , and the duties he had to perform he looked upon as part of the obligation which a Mason of some standing was bound to fulfil , and which every one who had the interest of the Craft at heart was bound to take upon himself . As long as it pleased the W . M . to call upon him to occupy the position of Secretary , he should be only too glad to do his utmost to carry out the duties to the satisfaction of the W . M . and the brethren .

The Worsh ' pful Master next gave " The Working Officers of the Lodge , " and said it was most important that the working officers of a lodge should do their very utmost to assist the W . M . in the discharge of his duties . The officers were a new team that evening , and he would only ask the officers to do their best to assist him . If they did not it would be a difficult thing for the Master to carry

on the affairs of the lodge . He believed that the officers he had chosen would back him up and would help him . As to Bro . Ganz it was not only that ni g ht that he had got up a grand programme of music . Considering the time of year and how many people were suffering from bad colds , he had yet given the brethren a programme of music second to none , and he begged on behalf of the lodge to thank him .

If the officers of the lodge would help him he would endeavour to make the year a success . Bro . Sterne , in reply , said he was qu " te bewildered by the honour the brethren had done him after the great kindness of the W . M . in making him S . W . of that lodge . He did not doubt for a moment that if he tried he might be able to render himself worthy—and he thought it

was possible—of that , one of the greatest lodges in the Craft . As he was surrounded by the most charming gentlemen and most distinguished men in London he thanked the W . M . and brethren for the great honour done him in drinking the health of the officers , and he should strive during his year of office to do the utmost he could for the lodge in general , and for the part which he

had to learn . The Tyler ' s toast brought the proceedings to a close . Under the direction of Bro . Wilhelm Ganz , P . G . Org ., Organist of . the lodge , a superb performance of vocal and instrumental music was given by Miss Alice Whitacre , Miss Maggie Chase , and Bros . J . A . Brown , Charles Chilley , J . VV . Hanson , John Radcliff , and Herbert Thorndike , Bro . Radcliff performing on the flute .

Royal Athelstan Lodge ( No . 19 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at the Cannonstreet Hotel , on Thursday , the 13 th ult . Present : Bros . Wm . Nicholson , W . M . ; A . Wormull , S . W . ; R . W . Bilby , J . W . ; W . M . Bywater , P . M ., P . G . S . B ., Treas . ; C . B . Barnes , P . M ., Sec . ; A . E . W . Gwynn , Org . ; A . R . Ramsay , S . D . ; H . Poston , J . D . j A . D . Green , I . G . ;

J . Charles , P . M ., D . C ; G . H . Hoyle , l . P . M . ; D . Nicholson , P . M . ; W . Pound , P . M . ; H . Glenn , P . M . ; F . E . W . Collard , P . M . ; J . Glenn , P . M . j G . Sneath , P . M . ; G . A . Coredroy , J . P . Hinckel , C E . Moser , W . S . Pound , S . S . Straker , M . Smith , E . G . Young , W . F . Stauffer , and G . R . Cassberg . Visitors : Bros . C . E . Birch , P . M . 1323 ; Chas . F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . ; VV .

Norton , 1693 ; E . B . Pigmas , S 59 ; W . Parkins , 1923 ; F . Deering , 1573 ; B . Hooker , 1260 ; T . Archer , 2140 ; J . C . Jackson , P . M . 1232 ; F . Taylor , P . M . 1260 ; f . Young , P . M . 1745 ; C . Lambert , W . M . 198 ; W . F . Manners , S 59 ; A . H . Lilly , P . M . 12 ; R . F . Gould , 92 , P . G . D . ; S . Boyce , 1549 ; A . Mitchell , 1092 , P . D . G . W . ; F . A . White , P . M . 1437 ; B . Newstead , 145 ; \ V . J . Nichols , P . M . 463 ; E . Wendover , P . M . 121 ; M . Heats ,

P . M . 7 66 ; and Joyce Murray . The lodge being duly opened , and the preliminary business being ended , the installation of Bro . Arthur Wormull was impressively performed by Bro . Bywater . The W . M . then appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . W . Nicholson , I . P . M . ; R . W . Bilby , S . VV . ; A . R . Ramsey , J . W . ; W . M . Bywater , P . M ., P . G . S . B ., Treas . ; C . B . Barnes , P . M ., Sec ; H . Poston , S . D . ;

A . D . Green , J . D .,- Milton Smith , I . G . ; A . E . W . Gwynn , Org . ; VV . Pound , P . M ., Stwd . ; J . Charles , D . C ; and G . Gilbert , Tyler . The ceremony being ended , the brethren adjourned to a recherche banquet . The usual toasts were duly proposed and responded to during the evening . A programme of vocal music , under the direction of Bro . John Probert , was exceedingly well executed .

Faith Lodge ( No . 141 ) . —This old lodge met at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , on the 25 th ult . Among those present were Bros . C G . Wetzlar , W . M . ; Langdale , S . W . ; Sheppard , J . W . ; W . Carter , P . M ., Treas . ; W . Stuart P . M Sec ; Welch , S . D . ; Taylor , J . D . ; Ryan , I . G . j E . Hopwood , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . Middx . ; C . Dairy P . M . ; Capt . T . C . Walls , P . M ., P . P . G . VV . Middlesex

Fromholtz , P . M . j Hudson , P . M . ; Hakim , P . M . j and others . Among the visitors were the Brothers Drewett , 8 S 9 . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . H . J . Brett was raised to the Third Degree , and Bros . E . Duck and J . Gluckstein passed as KC s . The ballot having been taken for Mr . H . Oswald Sharpley , he was initiated . The VV . M . ' s working of the three ceremonies left but

little to be desired . The ballot was also taken for Bro . M . Davis , late 141 , for re-joinin ° - . A notice of motion was given to vote a sum of money to head the list of Bro . Fromholtz , P . M ., as Steward to the K . M . I , for Girls . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment . Upon the removal of the cloth , the usual toasts were duly honoured . J

Bro . Hakim , in proposing "The Health of the W . M . " ^ ' 1 ' [ lat L wlthoul : flattery he could say , and he felt confident Mat the brethren would agree with him , that the working of Bro . Wetzlar might be equalled , but certainly not sur-? lf \ x 7 * , , Master - 0 n the last occasion the lodge met me W . M . s utterances at the banquet table were most fluent

and pertinent , and he ( the speaker ) had no doubt that the vv . M . would give them a taste of his quality in that respect during the whole tenure of his office . rn tl 'f n ? J , the Worsh 'P fuI Master expressed his thanks TO the l . P . M . for his encomiums . He felt that his work mat evening had been fairlv well dnnp . nn , l thi- , „ ,= , „ -, ;„! .,

„ owing to the easy and able manner in which all the officers naa supported him . He was exceedingl y pleased with his tn nf t ) la , 0 dun ? t ! J P ast month had been working hard w Pertect themselves in their respective duties . Thus far

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his year of office had been most successful and prosperous , and he specially had to thank both Bros . Carter , the Treasurer , and W . Stuart , the Secretary , for their support and assistance . The other toasts quickly followed , and a most agreeable evening was spent .

Jordan Lodge ( No . 201 ) . —The first regular meeting after the installation of this lodge was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 26 th ult ., when there was a numerous gathering of members and visitors to support Bro . A . Proudfoot , W . M ., whom we must congratulate on having , during the short period of his Mastership , resuscitated and improved the tone of this old lodge

by departing from the beaten track of promotion by rotation irrespective of merit , and the infusion of new blood , it being his determination to leave the lodge at the expiration of his year of office better than he found it . Amongst those present were Bro . Harris , P . M ., acting S . W ., in the regrettable absence of Bro . F . H . Agate , through the death of his son ; F . J . Hannen , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br .

Wiltshire , J . W . j J . Martin , Treas . j R . T . Elsam , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . Surrey , Sec . j G . S . Russell , P . M ., P . P . G . R . Oxford , S . D . ; J . Frye , ] . D . j G . Peacock , I . G . j T . Wallis , P . M ., Stwd . j W . Simpson , P . M ., Tyler ; and others . The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the last meeting read and confirmed . Messrs . T . W . Hambly , A .

Cunio , and F . T . Chaplin were then initiated into the mysteries of Ancient Freemasonry in a manner highly creditable to the W . M ., and setting a good example to the junior officers . Several notices of motion , relating to various alterations in the by-laws , having been considered ,

the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet , after which the usual toast list was gone through and some capital speeches made . The evening was enlivened by some excellent music by Bros . Arthur Reynolds , G . S . Russell , Chaplin , H . W . Cocking ( concertina ) , and Burgess Perry .

Clap'ham Lodge ( No . 1818 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held at the Criterion Restaurant , on Wednesday , the 26 th ult . There were present Bros . J . W . Goodinge , W . M . j Frank Manby , S . W . j John Liscombe , J . W . ; Louis Hirsch , P . M ., Treas . ; Howard Smith , P . M ., Sec . ; C E . G . Dodd , S . D . ; J . Jeffreys , Org . j Bowler , Tyler j G . T . Goodinge , P . M . j D .

Harrison , P . M . j S . E . Gabriel , A . C . Goodinge , Arthur Plomer Dale , and S . G . Budd . Visitors : Bros . A . Start , 1625 j Dodd , P . M . ICS 6 F . G . Longley , P . M . and Treas . 1261 j and F . A . Jewson , Org . 1 S 27 . The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed . Bro . Budd was then passed to the Second Degree , and Bros . Gabriel , A . C . Goodinge ,

and Dale were raised to the Sublime Degree . The ceremony was very effectively rendered by the W . M ., assisted by Bro . G . T . Goodinge , P . M . Bro . Louis Hirsch gave the traditional history in his usual eloquent manner . The brethren afterwards adjourned to the banqueting hall ,

where a sumptuous dinner was served . The loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured . During the evening the proceedings were enlivened by songs and music , under the direction of the Organist , by members and their friends , including Bros . F . A . Jewson and F . Bevan .

United Northern Counties Lodge ( No . 2128 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Tuesday evening , at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' sinn-fields , Bro . G . J . Wood , W . M ., presiding . There were also present Bros . Sir John Monckton , P . G . W . j the Rev . John Sedgwick , D . D ., P . G . Chap , j the Rev . H . Thos . Cochrane , P . G . Chap , j the Rev . Robert lohn

Simpson , P . G . Chap . j Thos . Fenn , Pres . Board of Gen . Purps . ; Robert Grey , P . G . D ., Pres . Board of Ben . j Nathl . Geo . Philips , P . G . D . ; D . P . Cama , P . G . Treas . ; Asher Barfield , P . G . Treas . ; F . Hastings Goldney , P . G . D . j Ralph Gooding , M . D ., P . G . D . j Henry J . P . Dumas , P . G . D . ; Chas . A . Murton , P . G . D . ; F . Sumner Knyvett , P . G . D . j Henri Bue , P . G . Std . Br . j Rudolph G . Glover ,

P . D . G . D . C . j Wm . M . Bywater , P . G . S . B . j Chas . F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . j Wm . Alexr . Barrett , Mus . Doc , P . G . Org . j Henry Garrod , P . G . Purst . j J . H . Matthews , P . G . Std . Br . j Eugene Monteuuis , G . Std Br . j T . VV . Whitmarsh , G . Purst . j David D . Mercer , A . G . Purst . j James Peters , P . G . S . B . j C . F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br . j Charles Belton , D . G . D . C ; lohn Farnfield , P . A . G . D . C . ;

W . H . Perryman , P . G . Purst . j F . A . Philbrick , G . Reg . j Walter Hopekirk , P . G . Purst . j Henry Sadler , G . Tyler j A . A . Richards , P . G . S . ; Fredk . Mead , P . G . S . B . j W . Masters , l . P . M . j W . H . Bullock , S . VV . j J . M . Peake , j . VV . j E . Can- , Treas . j S . B . Bolas , Sec . ; G . B . Davis , S . D . j F . Wright , J . D . j J . S . Cumberland , D . C ; C R . Lee , I . G . ; W . G . Stott , Org . ; H .

Miller , Steward ; and W . F . Smithson , P . M . Visitors : Bros , the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M . j T . VV . Tew , P . G . M . West Yorks ; G . Askew , P . M . 13 S 5 ; VV . J . Brown , VV . M . 506 ; B . T . Whitehead , 1329 ; H . Slade , P . M . 1419 ; G . J . Dale , 2005 ; H . Massey , P . M . C 19 and 192 S J E . H . Cookson , l . P . M . 32 j Rev . H . A . Hebb , P . M . 444 ; H . Beaumont , 250 j J . Heaton , P . M . 1260 j W . Wharton ,

47 ; VV . D . Church , S . W . 1365 ; R . W . Bourne , W . M . 32 j J . Rogers , l . P . M . 19 S 4 J C . T . Davenport , Friendship Lodge j E . Hobbs , 453 j A . C . Greenwood , J . W . 410 j G . Cooper , P . G . D . ; K . Hughes , 145 ; G . H . Jennings , 1507 ; S . Jennings , J . D . 142 ; VV . Soden , 12 S 7 J VV . Klingenstein , P . M . 73 and 1 540 j J . C . Duckworth , P . M . 1928 ; VV . H . Hedgcock , 101 j P . Howard Davis 239

, and 259 ; A . Weston , A . Strugnell , Vernon Lee , 12 SS j and W . Large , P . M . 18 S 4 , P . P . S . G . D . The VV . M ., after the minutes had been read and confirmed , initiated in admirable style Mr . B . Murgatroyd , and on the motion of Bro . W . Masters , a Past Master ' s jewel was voted unanimously to Bro . Wood . The Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., having been announced , all Past Masters

present were directed by the W . M . to form a deputation to meet the noble brother and conduct him into the lodge . His lordship , accompanied by Bro . T . W . Tew , P . G . M . of West Yorkshire , was then brought into the lodge , and took his seat at the immediate right of the W . M ., Bro . Tew

taking his seat on the W . M . ' s left hand . Before this the W . M . had vacated his seat in favour of the ex-Mayor of Liverpool , Bro . E . H . Cookson , Prov . S . G . W . West Lancashire , who had travelled from Liverpool for the express purpose of installing Bro . VV . H . Bullock , a Liverpool Mason , S . W . and W . M . elect , as Master of the lodge . Bro .

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VV . Masters , P . M ., then presented Bro . Bullock to the Installing Officer , who proceeded to install the new Master . The ceremony having been completed , the following brethren were invested as officers for the year : Bros . G . J . Wood , [ . P . M . ; G . B . Davis , S . W . ; S . B . Bolas , J . W . ; W . F . Smithson , P . M ., Treas . ; VV . Masters , P . M ., Sec . j F . Wright , S . D . j C . R . Lee , J . D . j R . Keates , I . G . j W .

G . Stott , Org . j H . G . Giller , P . M ., and Davison , Stewards j and H . Evenden , P . M ., lyler . Bro . J . S . Cumberland , P . M ., gave notice of motion for voting three guineas to the " Binckes' Retiring Allowance Fund , " and 10 guineas to one of the three Masonic Institutions . At the request of the VV . M ., the Earl of Lathom presented to Bro . G . J . Wood , I . P . M ., the Past Master ' s

jewel voted to him by the lodge , and stated in doing so that it gave him great pleasure to perform that office , the recipient of the gift being so woithy a Mason , and one who had done such excellent service to the United Northern Counties Lodge . Bro . Wood expressed his thanks for the gift , and the lodge was closed .

A choice banquet followed , and the toasts were subsequently proposed . The brethren having honoured the toasts of "The Queen" and "The M . W . G . M ., " which the W . M . proposed in very few words , The Worshipful Master gave "The Pro G . M ., the Dep . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and

Past , " and said the brethren were favoured that night with the presence of the Deputy Grand Master himself , who was in the United Northern Counties Lodge for the first time , but he hoped it would not be the last . The brethren would agree with him that , when they remembered the multiplicity of engagements the Earl of Lathom had to

perform , it was very good of him to be present in that lodge . His lordship was her Majesty ' s Lord Chamberlain , and consequently had many engagements . He ( the W . M . ) might be a little vain when he said that possibly the reason of the Earl of Lathom attending the lodge was that , being a West Lancashire Mason and Provincial Grand Master of

West Lancashire , he came to do honour to a West Lancashire Mason ' s installation . He ( the W . M . ) was happy to say that West Lancashire was his mother province j he was initiated in Liverpool about 12 years ago , and Liverpool was the metropolis of West Lancashire . It was very kind of . Lord Lathomjto comejand give a stand-up to his year of office . Lord Lathom was supported by his Prov . Senior Grand Warden , Bro . Cookson . The brethren would

entertain the hope that Lord Lathom would often visit the lodge . His lordship lived in London a good portion of the year , and the lodge met no less than six times a year . The Earl of Zetland , Prov . Grand Master for N . and E . Yorkshire , was a member and a founder of the lodge , and his name was the first on the listj he took a great interest in the lodge , and had done so ever since it was started , and the brethren would also be glad to see him among them .

1 he Earl of Lathom , in responding to the toast , thanked the brethren for the hearty reception they had given him . He had the honour to represent a very large province . West Lancashire had grown in the last few years in a most extraordinary way . He thought he was speaking correctly when he said that , when he had the honour of being the first Prov . Grand Master of West Lancashire , the roll of

lodges there was 72 ; at that moment they were about to celebrate there the consecration of their century lodge . When he said the century lodge , that was exactly the one hundredth lodge in the province , but there were three more to be consecrated . It was not only that the increase was shown in his own province , but throughout England that an impetus was given to Freemasonry by the interest taken

in it by the Grand Master , and he had every reason to hope that that increase and that interest in the Order was not an evanescent thing . The brethren saw now that the right sort of men were initiated in the Brotherhood . Things that happened in days gone by , viz ., the initiation of men who came into Freemasonry only for the sake of benefits they thought they could receive from it ; that had been put a

stop to , and he set it down to that that they had now a better class of men coming into Masonry—men who had a rightto belong to . Masonry , and , therefore , they chose the men who should come into it . There was no doubt that Masonry was a very great institution in this country ; not only did it bring a great number of men together who might not otherwise meet in love and affection , but it was a loyal

Brotherhood , a Brotherhood he looked to if the time should come when the brethren would stand together to support the Crown . He believed it was impossible to find in the world a body of men who had done more in the way of Charity or in the way of kindness to their brethren than the Masons of England . What he liked more especially to see was the creation of a lodge like the United Northern

Counties Lodge . A great centre like London must draw brethren from all parts of the country , and that was a happy thought to found a lodge where the brethren of the northern counties resident in London could meet and find themselves happy together . He had enjoyed himself that evening , and , while thanking them for inviting him to be present , he wished every possible success to the lodge .

The VV . M . next gave Ihe Provincial Grand Masters of the Northern Counties . " The Deputy Grand Master had been kind enough to express his approval of the establishment of that lodge in London , and he ( the VV . M . ) , wished to say a few words on the circumstances of its establishment . Four or five years ago a few Northern emigrants to London wanted a Masonic home here and did not know where to

go . He joined some lodges of instruction , he wrote to the Freemason , the organ of the Craft , and Bro . Cumberland wrote as well . They met , and Bro . Masters then came on the scene , and afterwards Bro . Smithson . It was a very nice meeting - . Ihe northern counties , from their point of view , consisted of- Lancashire , Yorkshire , Northumberland , Durham , Cumberland , Westmorland , Cheshire ,

Lincolnshire , Staffordshire , Worcestershire , Derbyshire , Warwickshire ; in fact , all the counties north of the Thames . What they wanted was to establish a lodge which brethren from those provinces might join , and he hoped that brethren from all those provinces would come and see the brethren of that lodge , where he could assure them they would always receive a hearty welcome , and good advice if they wanted

it . Lord Zetland joined as a founder , and he was a subscribing member . The Grand Master for West Yorkshire , Bro . Tew , also joined the lodge , and was the first acting l . P . M . He ( the VV . M . ) as a Lancashire man , had learned to love Bro . Tew very much , and it was hardly possible to know him without feeling for him what he might call affection . That night , in the presence of the distinguished