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and the object the founders had in view—the establishment of a p erfectly harmonious and happy lodge—has been fulfilled . The lodge was called for 3 . 30 p . m ., and there was a long programme of work . Bro . Charles Stevens , VV . M ., presided , and the other brethren present were Bros . F . P . Baxter , I . P . M . ; F . Inskipp , P . M ., S . W . ; William J . Hellyar , P . M ., J . W . ; Robt . Peachey , Treas . ; R . J . Hennings , P . M ., Sec ; Arthur VV . Jones , S . D . ; B . Bramble , J . D . ; C Wilkinson-Pimbury , P . M ., D . C . ; William H . Duffield , LG . ; J . William P . Stevens , P . M ., C . Gough , and Mount Brown , Stewards ; R . B . Whiteman .

acting Tyler ; W . J . Hellyar , jun ., H . J . Huggett , A . C . Nurzey , Henry Corner , G , W . Minson , Frank J . Fisher , J . Stapleton , Richard Clowes , P . G . Std . Br . ( Hon . Member ); George W . Smith , P . G . Org . ( Hon . Member ); and Visitors : Bros . C . H . Kempling , VV . M . 250 S , S . D . 170 G , Prov . G . Org . Essex ; JHenry C Miller , VV . M . 210 S . Arthur E . Gough , 246 ; J . Lincoln Henson , P . M . 172 S ; Albert H . Pitcher , P . M . 972 ; P . P . D . G . D . C Kent ; F . Larner , 2054 , P . P . G . S . of VV . Herts ; I . G . Littlechild , 511 ; G . W . Barter , S . VV . 23 G 2 ; J . H . Guyton , S . VV . 142 G ; the Rev . E . H . Pearce , J . D .

1 S 1 ; Frank R . E . Bailey , I . P . M . 142 G ; Samuel Hague , 3105 , P . P . G . D . C . Middx . ; H . Massey , P . M . G 19 and 192 S ; William Robert Barr , P . M . 1632 ; Jimes Freemin , J . D . 55 j Thomas Powell , S . D . 2182 ; William Stewart , S . W . 18 * 1 ; VV liter J . Tull , 1706 ; I . Griffiths , 1319 ; G . T . Harrop , S . VV . 12 SS ; J . J . Newland , P . M . 1949 , W . M . 23 S 1 ; Reginald Tupper , 2612 ; George Inskipp , P . M . 1997 ; Charles E . Tinney , P . M . 1319 ; James Gawthrop , VV . M . elect 170 G ; Dr . Hubert J . Girdinev , P . M . 12 G 1 ; and O . Lamare , I . P . M . 1922 .

The Worshipful Mister raised Bro . G . S . Mimon , and linitiated Messrs . John Post Attwater , Joseph William Eisenham , and George Perry Nash . After the list ceremony he informed the brethren that hitherto the Ancient Charge , in the First Degree , hid not been given in this lodge , and that as the ceremony of initiation could not be said to be complete without it Bro . Baxter , P . M ., who had been of great service to him during his Mastership—on one occasion in his absence through a domestic allliction , acting as W . M . and doing all the work—would give the charge to the candidates , and he requested all the brethren who had been initiated in the lodge during the year to stand uo with

the initiates while Bro . Baxter gave the charge . The brethren their , 10 in number , stood up while the charge was being delivered . Bro . Wilkinson-Pimbury , P . M ., afterwards , at the request of the VV . M ., took the W . M . 's chair , and installed Bro . Frederick Inskipp as W . M . for the year ensuing , and Bro . Charles Stevens was invested as I . P . M . Ihe following brethren received the other collars of office : Hro ; . VV . J . Hellyar , P . M ., S . W . ; Arthur W . Jones , J . VV . ; Robert Peachey , W . M . 1922 , Treas . ; R . J . Hennings , P . M . 250 S , Sec . ; C . J . Wilkinson-Pimbury , P . M ., D . C . ; B . Bramble , S . D . ; W . H . Duffield , J . D . ; J . W . Stevens , P . M ., LG . ; G . S . Minson , Org . ;

Mount Brown , P . M ., Charles Gough , Henry Corner , and James Stapleton , Stwds . The investiture of Tyler stood over , as since Bro . Wniteman was re-elected he has resigned . It should be noted that after the VV . M . had been obligated as VV . M . in the Second Degree the anthem " Be thou faithful unto death , " was beautifully rendered to the accompaniment of the organ and the cello . At the conclusion of the installation addresses to the VV . M ., Wardens , and brethren , a Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . C . Stevens . On the motion of that brother , seconded by Bro . Hellyar , S . VV ., a

Past Master ' s jewel was voted to Bro . Baxter , who had acted as I . P . M . during Bro . Stevens' year of Mastership . A vote of thanks , proposed by Bro . Hellyar , S VV ., seconded by Bro . C . Stevens , was adopted , in which the lodge conveyed its thanks to Bro . J . Wilkinson-Pimbury , P . M ., for performing the ceremony of installing his old personal friend , Bro . F . Inskipp , as VV . M . of lodge . Bro . Wilkinson-Pimbury acknowledged the compliment , and stated it had given him great pleasure to nerform the ceremony , but added that he had greatly to thank Bro . Stevens for allowing him to do so .

The brethren , after the closing of the lodge , adjourned to a delightful banquet . The speeches which followed when the toasts were proposed were interepersed with some lovely singing , in which the executants were Bros . R . J . Hennings , Charles E . Tinney , Hiles Smith , Attwater , Minson , Gawthrop , Kempling , and Wingrove lies . The glees were participated in by some 30 performers each . Bro . Richard Clowes , P . G . Std . Br ., in his reply to the toast of " The Grand

Officers , said he was pleased , as one of the Grand Oflicers who assisted at the consecration of the lodge , to see what he had seen in the lodge that evening . It scarcely seemed a year since the lodge was consecrated , yet he thought the brethren must congratulate themselves on the strides the lodge hid made , and on the large company they had present that evening . It was very pleasant to see the 10 brethren who had been initiated in the lodge receive the charge , and he must congratulate Bro . Bixter on the way he delivered it .

Bro . G . Ii . Smith , P . G . Org ., said he was particularly glad to see B : o . Inskipp in the chair . That brother wasa member of the congregition of the lirst church he ( Bro . Smith ) played at more than 20 years ago . That was before he ( Bro . Smit ' i ) wis a Mascn . It was very peculiar that Misonry should draw people together in that way , and that after so miny years he should be a G .-and OTi : er ani B : o . Inskipp in the position of VV . M . of such a lodge as that . As Mendelssohn never brought anything forth but harmony , so might the Mendelssohn Lod ^ e con' . inue to work in perfect harmony .

Bro . Charles Steven ; , I . P . M ., proposed "Tne VV . M . " Hiving b «* en recently VV . VI . himself , he could feel quite acutely the importance . of thit toist . With regird to th ; Mendelssohn Lodge , it wis in thesecond year of its existence , and the second Mister was a good one . He would say nothing about the lirst Master . He wis heartily glad they had a brolher like , Bro . Inskipp in the chair of the lodje , who wis already a Past Master and was not new to the work . During all his ( Bro . Stevens' ) yeir of office , Bro . Inskipp had very considerately and kindly helped him . lie wis sure Bro . Inskipp would be a credit to the lodge .

Bro . Inskipp , W . M ., responding , said he was afraid Bro . S ' evens had said rather too much of him . If he came within a measurable distance of what Bro . Stevens had said he would be scmetl . ing like a worthy Master ; but he had grave doubts whether he should . However , whether so or not he could only tell the brethren that he should do his very best to carry on thc werk which had been so well started by his predecessor , and he hoped and sincerely trusted that this lodge would be second to none in London or anywhere else . The brelhren had set before ( hem a rather high ideal , and had some amount of confidence that they would somewhere approach it . They wanted this to be

a good lodge ; they wanted it to be a musical lodge ; they wanted it to be a harmonious lodge . They were not striving to make it a very big lodge , because experience had shown that very big lodges were rather apt to break into smaller cliques , lhat was not desirable . The lodge came from the South London Musical Club , and there were very few institutions which had flourished like that club . It was now in its 23 rd or 24 th year , and it was a common remark by visitors who came to see them at Gresham Hall , lirixton , that the men they met there were very good men and that there was an absence of

anything like cliqueism . They were all hail-fellow-well-met , and thit was what they wanted in the Mendelssohn Lodge . He hoped to see the Mendelssohn LoJge a rellection of that happiness and good feeling whicli they had in the club . As fir as work was concerned he should do his very best , and he was sure he hid only to express a desire to the officers and others associated with him and they would work hand in hind with him , so that they might have a lodgeof harmony in every branch of it . He thanked the brethren for the kind reception they had given him ; he had always met with it in the South London Musical Club , and he hoped they might go on and II jurish for ever .

Bro . F . Inskipp next proposed " I he Visitors , " and extended a hearty welcome to those brethren . They were not strangers to the other brethren , but came among them as old friends . They knew Bro . Attwater as a composer of several part songs and glees in their repertoire . He hoped what little those brethren had seen in Misonry had been to their advantage , and given them the idea that tbey would like to see more , and so , in more senses than one , become one of thc brethren . Bros . Altwater , Eisenham , and Nash responded .

Bro . F . Inskipp , VV . M ., in proposing the toast of " The LP . M . and the Installing Matter , " said they all knew Bro . Stevens was a jolly good fellow , and they were heartily Klad to congratulate him on the successful finish of the first year of the Mendelssohn Lodge . They hoped to see him in his position of Past Master for many years . Their thanks were due to him in a great measure for the good start that lodge had . Bro . Stevens was heart and soul in the send-off of it ; he had done very much more than

many of the brethren could imagine in its inception and start , and he hoped the brethren would see him with them for many years to come . The Installing Ollicer was not , perhaps , so well known to many of the brethren , for one reason—he had not been a member of the musical club so many years . But , although he was comparatively a ne * member of the musical club , he fully appreciated it , and he fully appreciated Masonry ; a better Mason did not tread , and anything Bro . Wilkinson-Pimbury could do for the lodge he would do eon union :

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Bro . C . Stevens , I . P . M ., returned thanks for himself . Everything thit it wis possible to say on this subject had been said . It would be affectation for him to deny that he was much flattered by this toast . He could assure the brethren he had spent a very pleasant year . The duties had been heavy , but with such an excellent array of officers they were made light . He was sorry to be absent on one occasion through domestic affliction , but Bro . Baxter took his place . He hoped that in years to come some descendant of his would be proud to see his name as the first Master of this lodge . There was no reason why the lodge should not prosper , and if he could do anything to assist the lodgeand its welfare he should be happy to do it .

Bro . Wilkinson-Pimbury , P . M ., acknowledged his portion of the toast . It wis an exceptional pleasure to him to instal Bro . Inskiop in the chair , and he was much obliged to Bro . Stevens for permitting him to do so . His attendance at the club had been not very great ; that had not been his fault . Although he had not constantly attended many years before he was a member , he did attend . Now it would always be a pleasure to attend the club as well as the Mendelssohn Lodge . He was pleased to have the

opportunity of thanking those brethren who voted for him at the election of the Board of General Purposes . He was one of the iS elected by the Masons of England , not the nominees of Grand Lodge . He was proud to be a member , and he o . ved it much to the kindness and the pains many members of this lodge took at that election . They went there at great inconvenience to themselves , but they did it con ain-ire . It was a great compliment to any Mason to be a member of that Board .

Bros . J . J . Newland , Guyton , and Dr . Gardiner brielly responded to the toast of " The Visitors . " Bro . Hellyar , P . M ., S . W ., in acknowledging the toast of "The Officers , " said the W . M . had in the earlier part of the evening said the Mendelssohn Lodge had set before them a high ideal , which he hoped they would keep in view . The members of the lodge who were members of the club had before them the year when Bro . Inskipp was President of the club , and they bore in mind what a successful year it was . They could only hope that now that he had presided over them in the capacity of Mister of this lodge ,

they would have the same success in the lodge as they had in the club . With regard to the officers , so far as the Secretary was concerned , he knew he would do his best , and as far as the Treasurer was concerned , he would tike very good care that the money did not go out except on proper Decisions . With regard tothe other offi cers , they would only be satisfied if they approached the ideal named , and they intended to see th it ideal realised . They wished the VV . M . a successful year of bffi ; e , and would do their best to make it so . The Tyler ' s toast closed a very haopy evening .

Friendship and Unity Lodge , No . 1271 . The annual [ meeting of the above lodge was held on the 3 rd instant , at the Town Hall , Bradford-on-Avon , when Bro . Ernest Williams , S . W ., W . M . elect , was installed into the chair by Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Radnor , Prov . Grand Master , who was ably assisted by Bro . C VV . R . Bryant , P . P . J . G D . The W . M . invested his officers as follows : Bros . J . F . Goodall , LP . M . ; George VV . Rose , S . W . ; Joseph Gender- * , J . VV . ; Rev . VV . N . C . Wheeler , Chap . ; J . Spark ? , Treas . ; VV . Cray , Sec . ; W . Merrick , jun ., S . D . ; R . J . Parker , J . D . ; A . Wallington , D . C ; A . Lorgstreet , Org . ; J . E . Case , I . G . ; and J . Taylor and A . II . Hancock . Stewards .

The brethren afterwards adjourned to a banquet at the Town Hall , to which about So sat down . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to .

Acacia Lodge , No . 2321 . The annual election meeting was held at the Masonic Hall , Ra-. vson-square , Bradford , on the ist ultimo , when Bro . John Morton , W . M ., presided , and was supported by a good muster of the members and a few visitors . The lodge having been opened , the minutes of lhe previous meeting were confirmed , and the Auditors' report on the Treasurer ' s accounts havingbeen presented , showing a substantial balance in hind , was duly passed . Bro . Peat , who had removed to Burton-on-Trent , still desiring to retain his membership of the lodge , was placed on the non-resident list of members , pursuant

to the lodge by-laws . The resignation of Bro . Harris was recorded . Bro . James B . Fearnley , a past Warden of the lodge , was elected W . M . for the ensuing year ; Bro . C . H . Ellis , P . M ., having declined re-election , Bro . John W . Bland , S . W ., was elected his successor as Treasurer ; and Bro . J . S . Cooper was also ePcted Tyler . A memorial from a majority of the brethren was presented , having for its object the introduction of a " free table " at refreshment , thereby relaxing the exi-iting restricted rule regarding refreshment which has hitherto prevailed . The memorial was referred for discussion to a lodge of emergency to be held on the 22 nd ultimo .

Notice was given of a candidate for initiation at a future meeting , and apologies were tendered for the unavoidable absence of the Secretary and several other brethren , after which " Hearty good wishes " were tendered by the visitors , and the lodge was closed . A pleasant , social evening followed .

A l odge of emergency was held on the 22 nd ultimo , when the " free table " proposition was carried by a substantial majority , so that henceforth the lodge as r egards refreshments will be in line with the other lodges in the town .

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Era Chapter , No . 1423 . A meeting of this chapter was held at the Albany H itel , Twickenham , on the 21 th ult . Among those present were Comp *! . R . Poore , P . Z ., P . P . G . D . C , as M . E Z . ; VV . Fisher , P . Z ., P . P . G . P . S ., as H . ; B . Grant , J . ; M-j jr T . C . Walls , P . Z ., P . P . G . D . C . Eng ., SIC . ; J . Masters , S . N . ; E . II . Thiellay , P . Z ., P . P . G . D . C , Treas . ; A . Collins , P . S . ; F . E . Foulger , ist A . S . ; G . S . Elli ott , P . Z ., P . P . G . D . C ; H . Higgins , P . Z ., P . P . G . D . C ; CH . Kohler , P . Z ., P . P . G . S . B . ; C . B . R . Maltby , A . P . Barrett ' and J . S . Plummer , P . Z . 1745 . Comp . R . VV . Forge , P . Z ., P . P . A . G . S ., as a visitor .

The minutes of the previous meeting hiving been read and confirmed , the S . E . inducted Comp . R . Poore , P . Z ., as M . E . Z . ; Comp . VV . Fisher installed Comp . B . Grant as IL ; and the S . K . installed Comp . !•' . E . Foulger as J . The officers for the year are Comp *; . Major Walls , P . Z ., S . E . ; J . Masters , S . N . ; E . H . Thi : ll ay , P . Z ., Treas . ; A . Collins , P . S . ; S . H . Holt , ist A . S . ; Josephs , 2 nd A . S . ; Macchi

, D . C ; and Gilbert , Jinitor . A vote of thanks was passed to the Installing O . hcers . The resignitions of Comps . Wilson and Henry were received with regret . Apologies for non-attendance were received from Comps . A . Wells , I . P . Z , ; G . L . Wingate , P . Z . ; and others . The chapter was then closed , and a banquet followed . Upon the removal of the cloth , the customary toasts received full justice .

Comp . G . S . Elliott , P . Z ., responded on behalf of "The Provincial Grand Officers . " Comp . Thiellay , P . Z ., propose ! "The Health of the M . E . Z . " He congratulated Comp . Poore upon being re elected for the second time as First Principal . He had been instrumental in bringing in miny candidates during the past and he trusted that Comp . Poore's second year ' s tenure of office w-iuld be in irked with every prosperity . The M . E . Z . hiving replied , then give " I'he Second and Third P . incipits , " to which toast Comps . Grant and Foulger responded .

Comp . R . W . Forge responded on behalf of " Th ; Visitors " in a very complimentary speech . Comps . IL Higgins , C . H . Kohler , and VV . Fisher acknowledged the toist of " The Past Principals" ; and Comps . E . IL Thiellay , P . Z ., Masters , and Collier replied to the toast of " The Officers . "

I he proceedings then terminated . 0 Till ' . U .. VEII . 'NI ; of the Eshcr Jubilee Memorial by the Duchess of Albany , which was fixed to take place this week , has been postponed owing to the death of the Oueen of Denma-k . ' *