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attending lodges of Instruction to qualify himself . Bro . Gray had been coaching him and so had liro . Muggeritlge , and both pronounced that he was right in the two First Degrees though somewhat shaky in the 'Third . However , he had a couple of months before him to perfect himself , * and he hoped in that time to be ripe for his post . Bro . Fames , P . M ., Sec , responded to thc toasl of " Thc Treasurer antl

Secretary . " The compliment was rather to the Treasurer than to himself , but as Bro . Wilcox had spoken once or twice that evening , he ( Bro . Eamcs ) was asked to reply now . Bro . Wilcox was such a Freemason as few other lodges had . He ( Bro . Eamcs ) had been Secretary only a

short time , but he had endeavoured , and hc hoped he hatl succeeded in his endeavours , to perform his duties satisfactorily to thc W . M . antl the other members of the lotlge . Bro . Ashwell and Bro . Foxwell responded for " The Officers , " anil tl \ e brethren shortly afterwards separated . There was some vcry pleasant music and singing during the

evening . TEMPLE LODGE ( No . 101 ) . —This lodge melon Tuesday last , the 4 th inst . 'There was a vcry large assemblage of thc brethren , and many visitors , amongst whom , was Bro . Signor Campobeilo , who , after dinner , sang several songs in his usual style ( accompanied by Bro . Romano ) , which gave great pleasure to the brethren

assembled . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts having been proposed and carried unanimously , the W . M ., Bro . Taylor , proposed " The Health of the Visitors , " coupled with that of Bro . Campobeilo . The toast having been drank with the usual honours , Bro . Campobeilo rose , and in proposing " 'The Health and Prosperity of the W . M ., Brethren , and thc Temple Lotlge , " saitl he hatl offered his

gratuitous services and those of his wife , Madame Campobeilo , and the artistes of his company , to give a concert in February next for the benefit of the Masonic School at Wood Green at Freemason ; ' Tavern . Thc W . M . suggested that a Lodge of Emergency should be called for the purpose of appointing a committee to carry out the necessary arrangements . Further information in connccton wilh

the concert can be obtained of Bro . G . V . Dc Luca , 3 , Guildhall-chambers , Basinghall-slrect . FAITH LODGE ( No . 141 ) . —The members of this old lodge met at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , on Tuesday , the 27 th ult . Amongst those present were Bros . E . Mallett , W . M . ; C . Dairy , S . W . ; Rumball , j . W . j Carter , P . M ., Treasurer ; W . Stuait , P . M ., Sec ;

Morris , J . D . ; Heaphy , I . G . ; T . C . Walls , P . G . O . MUlx ., W . S . ; Clark , D . C . ; Ashton , Assist . Sec . ; Themans , acting I . P . M . ; E . Hopwood , P . M ., P . G . S . B . of Middx . ; Longstaff , Tyler . The minutes of the installation meeting in October last having been read anil confirmed , the W . M . raised Bros . Broadhurst , Aarons , antl Cox to the

tlegree of M . M ., the * ceremony being exceedingly well performed . TheW . M . is to be congratulated upon having acquitted himself so well in that his maiden essay . There being no other business before the lodge it was formally closed , anil the brethren immediately separated . The next regular meeting of the lodge will be held 0 : 1 the last Tuesday in January next .

DUKE OF CONNAUGHT LODGE . —( No . 1524 ) . —The brethren of this highly prosperous lodge assembled in full force on 'Thursday week at thc Havelock Tavern , Albion-road , Dalston , Bro . John Bairstow Shackleton , thc W . M ., most ably performed thc work , which was unusually heavy . Al four o ' clock Bros . Ilolliiigsworlh , C . J . Olley , A . R . Olley , Fisher , and

Norman , were raised , the ceremony being most impressively rendered , anil each camUdatc for Mastership was taken separately . Bros . Dcnter , Beasley , Bell , Bigg , and Blow , were then respectively passed , antl a ballot for Bro . William Ford , proved unanimous in his favour that gentleman was duly initiated . The audit committee was then appointed , and Bro . Bernard Meyer , thc

J . W . of the lodge , elected VV . M . for the ensuing year . Thc labours of thc evening over , the brethren adjourned for refreshment , and spent three hours most pleasantly . CARNARVON LODGE ( N 0 . 1572 ) . —This lodge , which is now only two years old , held its installation meeting on Saturday last at the Albion , Aldersgate-street . Bro . Walter Solomon Whitaker presided , and was

supported by Bros . J . Cowan , S . W . ; T . S . Hillier , J . W . ; J . Clarricoats' Treas . ; R . C . Hooton , I . P . M . Acting Sec . ; Nelson Reed , S . D . ; G . W . Briggs , J . D . ; G . W . Brock , I . G . ; T . Brown , P . M . 7 65 , D . C . ; F . Morgan , W . S . ; Burman , Cotton , Jaccard , Pearce , A . Taylor , W . Munro , Russell , P . Bullock , A . E . Packer , F . Spurgcn , J . Spurgcn , I . Garratt , S . Garratt , Wm . Poole , H . Poole , Gosnell ,

Dr . Longrigg , Margetts , Edwards , Lovibond , Greening , Leman , Chaffey , and Willcocks . The VV . M . passed Bros . J . Spurgcn , and H . Tesole , antl raised Bros . S . Garratt , D . Longrigg , F . Spurgcn , and ^ E . A . Packer . Hc afterwards installed Bro . James Cowan , S . W ., and W . M . elect , as Worshipful Master , who thereupon invested Bro . Whitaker as I . P . M ., the duties of which office were transferred to

Bro . Hooton , P . M ., Bro . Whitaker being also invested as Secretary . The other brethren invested were Bros . Thos . S . Hcllier , J . D . 15 80 , S . W . ; Nelson Reed , W . M . 16 71 , J . W . 1601 , S . D . 76 ,- ; , J . W . ; John Clarricoats , Treasurer ; George Briggs , S . D . ; George A . Brock , J . D . ; Frederick Morgan , I . G . ; J . E . Burman , D . C . ; Richard Coiton , W . S . ; and W . Steedman , P . M . 754 , Tyler . All these

appointments gave the greatest satisfaction to every member of the * lodge , a proof of which was conveyed in the hearty applause- with which they were greetetl on being conducted to their situations in the lodge . The investments over , Bro . Whitaker delivered the charges with the same fluency as had characterised his delivering of the other portions

of the ceremony , and of the other work of thc lodge * , On resuming his scat he was followed by general cheering , and the remaining work of the lodge having been complete *! , lodge was closed , antl the brethren sat down to one of Bro . W . G . Jennings' elegant banquets . The * visitor present were : —Bros . P . McNabb , S . C . Scotland , P . M . 110

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E . Terry , W . M . i . -ji 9 ; R . E . H . Goffin , 1359 ; J- Hill , Org 732 ; C . Taylor , I . G . 1426 ; J . Benjmann , J . D . 16 71 ; J H . Lcggot , S . D . 145 ; C Swain , 80 ; H . A . Lovett . S . W 13 . 4 ; G . Saul , J . W . ' 1201 ; C . Dotison , S"U * J- R- Stacey P . M . 180 ; W . H . Lee , P . M . 975 and 1524 ; J . Chaney , 183 ; J . McCutchcn , S . C . 28 ; C . F . Seymour , 163 ; J . Slater , 22 ; J . Henderson , 186 ; H . Massey , ( Freemason )

P . M . 619 ; VV . H . Rowe , 1426 ; R . Greening , 1426 ; A . Leigh 6 57 * , C . T . Smith , 1426 ; Viner Bedolfe , P . M . 1329 , When the banquet was concluded , grace having been saitl , thc W . M . proceeded with the toasts , and in giving that of " The Queen and the Craft , " said that three of her Majesty ' s sons occupying the three principal chairs of Grand Lodge at one time was an honour that no mother had ever had in the history of Masonry . 'The W . M . in

giving "The Health of the M . W . G . M ., " after referring to thc ability with which the Prince of Wales discharged the duties of Grantl Master , saitl H . R . H . hatl proved himself a thorough Mason , anil both in Masonry and as the Prince of Wales hatl proved himself a thorough Englishman . A distinguished Scotchman who was also a Mason had written many years before the Prince of Wales was born ,

" The rank t » but the guinea s stamp , A man ' s a man ftir a' that , " Antl the Prince of Wales hatl shown that this sentiment was applicable to him . The W . M . having proposed ' * 'The Pro Giand Master , thc D . G . M ., and thc rest of thc Grand Ofliccrs , " Bro . H . G . Bu-s , Assistant Grand Secretary , replied , anil saitl he deeply regretted that there was no

other Grand Officer present senior to himself in rank to return thanks for the toasl . Hc , however , perfectly agreed with the observations of the W . M . that the Prince ol Wales could not have matle a better selection of his Pro and Deputy Grand Masters , than when he appointe t Lonl Carnarvon antl Lonl Skelmersdale * , because , as was patent to all , Ihcy displayed great ability in the discharge of tht-ir

duties . They were always to be approached , and when any Masonic difficulty arose , they were ready to listen to any application that might be matle to them . Notwithstanding the important duties which devolved upon the Pro G . M . in his position as a statesman , he found time to ekve . te a portion of his attention to Masonry . Thc Deputy G . M . also found time to perform his Masonic duties ,

Coming to the officials of Grantl Lodge , Bro . Hervey , he was sorry to say , was unable to be present , and hatl been unable to beat thc ollicc thnt day , through having caught a very bail cold ; but he had telegraphed to him ( Bro . Buss ) to convey thc expressions of his regret to Bro . WhiUkcr , who had personalty invite : ! him to this installation , that he was unable to come . Hc ( Bro . Buss ) must thank

the-W . M . anil brethren very much for thc manner in which he hatl been received , and it was neit thc smaller part of the honour conferred upon him that lie hail been asked to wear the collar of S . W . during the installation . It was no small honour to take such an ofiice , in such a lodge , which he trusted would gti on and prosper . No brother round the * table could complain of the prosperity ot thc

lodge or of the success of the lodge management . It was patent to till the Masonic woiltl that there coultl not have been two better Masters than the two who had passed the chair . 'Their conduct of thc lodge business had been excellent , anil he was sure that thc brother who hatl been placed in the chair that evening as third W . M . would not be wanting in displaying those abilities which had been

displayed by the other W . M . ' s of the Carnarvon Lodge . Bro . Hooton , P . M ., proposetl " The Health of the VV . M . " It was not very often , he saitl , lhat it was tho privilege of a P . M . to hold the gavel two years in succession as I . P . M ., and under thc circumstances he thought it necessary to make some little explanation to thc visitors why it so fell to his lot . The esteemed P . M ., Rro . Whitaker , had been

invested with the collar of Secretary , anil the consequence was that it fell to him ( Bro . Hooton ) for thc forthcoming year to resume the position of I . P . M . of the lotlge . In that position his first tluty was to propose what was in his opinion thc most important toast of the evening , thai of "The VV . M . " If , as liro . Buss had said , the lodge had had two good P . M . ' s , hc was quite sure they woultl have

another 111 the person of Bro . Cowan , All those who had known the VV . M ., ( and all arountl the table had known him for some years ) knew him as a most enthusiastic , painstaking , energetic young Mason ; and he felt sure that in taking the responsibilities of W . M , upon himself , as he had that night , hc would endeavour to the utmost of his abilities , please God to give him health and strength for his

year of office , to carry out thc duties of thc chair with satisfaction to all the brethren and with credit to himself . The W . M . in reply said hc thanked Bro . Hooton very sincerely for the terms in which he had spoken of him , and the brethren for thc very cordial way in which they hatl endorsed them . He felt that he scarcely deserved the very kind words with which Past Master Hooton propose !

his health ; but still as a young Mason and a persevering one he could not deny that soon after his initiation hc became sensible of thc great responsibility attaching lo the position of W . M . of a lotlge . He felt at the same time a strong ambition one tlay to occupy the chair , and he saw that the way to get there was to qualify himself for thc position . Hc therefore attended lodges of

instruction in order to obtain Masonic knowledge si that if ever the brethren offered him the chair he shoultl feci justified in accepting it . Hc had to a certain extent obtained Masonic knowledge , and the brethren had given him the opportunity of using it . The opportunity they had given him antl the honour they hatl conferred upon

him hc accepted with all its responsibilities . He could only say now , as they hatl no experience of what he could do or might have to do , lie woultl endeavour to give them satisfaction . Hc received the lodge in a thoroughly gootl state financially , and it should be his duty to maintain it . Thc ability anil energy with which his predecessors had occupied the chair hatl raised the lodge to a state of efficiency which

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had gained for it the character of being second to none in the Craft . It would be his earnest endeavour to leave the chair with that name unsullied . It was an honour to any Mason to be installed as W . M . of any lotlge ; but much more was it an honour to be installed Master of such a lodge as thc Carnarvon Lotlge , anil to be installed by such a Master as Bro , Whitaker . He said " Bro . Whitaker "

but he meant to say " Bro . Solomon . " ( Laughter . ) 'There could not be a doubt that hc was a Solomon , and that he was a good representative of his great namesake thc Grantl Master . Hc ( thc VV . M . ) felt that the honour he hatl spoken of was a great one , and lie woultl endeivour to discharge his duties to the best of his ability . He again thanked thc brethren for the honour they hail

conferred upon him . I he W . M . said the next toast was a very important one , and one that he approached with a great amount of diffidence , knowing as he did his own inability to do il the justice it deserved . The toast was that of "The Installing Master , their late W . M . " He happened to know more of the Masonic career of the respected Bro . Whitaker than perhaps any Mason living . Hc recollected four years ago , the day after he was initiated

( for even at that ear'y age of his Masonic career he was greatly craving for Masonic knowledge , for he was in possession of very little Masonic information at that time ) he went to Bro . Whitaker and asked him for his assistance . Bro . Whitaker introduced him to the Metropolitan Lotlge tl Instruction , where he soon attracted the attention of the great instructor of that lodge , whom hc was now g'lid to see present . Bro . Whitaker from that time till now hatl never ccise 1 to b ; a constant attendant at the

lodge , and being endowed by nature with a gootl memory and great elocutionary power , he had matle himself a Uiighl ami shining light in the Craft . To the brethren of the Camarvem Lodge he need not say how Bro . Whitaker hatl discharged the duties of his ofiice * . Hc might be allowed

to say that 111 bro . Wbittaker s Mastership the lodge hail had thirteen initiations , thirteen passings , anil thirteen raisings , anil when he informed the brethren that tbe whole of the candidates had been obligated separately it would occur to them that the * ceremonies hat ! been

repeated very often in the same night . I he whole of the work hatl been by the W . M . from one end of the year to the other ; and hc said it without fear of contradiction that it had been done in a faultless manner . He had gout * through the ceremonies , initiation , passing , antl raising without adding to or detracting fiom a word of the beautiful ritual . In thc solemn serious and effective

manner in which hc had discharged his duties he could not fail to make a lasting impression on the minds of the candid ites for the several degrees . There were eminent P . M . ' s present who knew more about Masters of lodges than he did , and he felt they woultl say this was perfection which few Masters could attain to . During his year til office the late VV . M . had not been without difficulties to

contend with , for soon after his installation it pleased the G . A . O . T . U . to remove the late lamented Bro . Scott , tin-Secretary . 'Ihcy had in Bro . Scntt an officer of great experience and one ol that sort of men that no lodge could vv-. ll afford to lose * , much less a lodge then in its second year of existence . But great as the loss was to the lotlyiin general and to the VV . M . in particular , the W . M . proved

himself equal to the occasion , and took the duties in his own hands . 'The brethren knew how he had conelucleel them , and if he ( the VV . M . ) were allowed to pass his opinion he * woultl say that Bro . Whitaker hail cuitluctcd them with pleasure to all the brethren and with credit to himself . I le hail occupied liU position night after night , and the ability with which hc hail discharged his duties to

the lodge , limited as it was , he hail filled it , and now he hatl left him ( the VV . M . ) nothing to do . But to crown Unsuccessful year of office with a successful termination , after his eminent sciviccs he had installed his successor . He had had the honour antl pleasure of seeing and hearing the ceremony of installation performed on many occasions ; but he might say , as f ir as he

himself was concerned and was able to judge , he had never seen the ceremony performed better . 'There were several distinguished P . M . ' s present who could count the times they had seen it performed by thc score , and if the ) had seen anything that evening in the installation to find fault with he woultl ask them to remember that this was the first lime that Bro . Whitaker had installed a W . M .

He ( Bro . Cowan ) now came to a more important part of his duties , and it was a duty which he might be allowed to say hc was proud to be in a position to perform . A month ago that night thc members of the Carnarvon Lodge determined to present Bro . Whitaker with a P . M . ' s jewel . In placing that jewel now upon Bro . Whitakcr ' s breast , he felt sure that he expressed the earnest wish of every one

present when he said that they hoped he might be long spared to his wife and family , antl lhat the heart thai now beal under that jewel might long continue to exercise its functions . Bro . Whitaker might look upon that jewel to remind him of the many friends lie had matle anil the happy daj s he had spent in the Carnarvon Lotlge , and it would also remind him of thc eminently successful year ot

office which he had had . Bro . Whitaker , I . P . M ., in acknowledging the toast said that when the elegant programme was delivered to him that evening , hc saw on it that it was his duly to make a speech , anil he thouhtg to himself that after having inflicted on the brethren four hours of working upstairs , the shorter he made his speech thc better . So it had been his intention simply to thank thc VV . M . and sit dowh . But he thought

lie shoultl be wanting in his duty to the Carnarvon Lodge if he ditl not express his thanks to thc lotlge more at length . When hc was installed Master of this lotlge he fully appreciated the difficulty of his position , and he endeavoured as far as in him lay to overcome that difficulty . 'The brethren of this lodge hatl been pleased to confer upon him a lasting and valuable tribute of their appreciation in giving him a P . M . ' s jewel , which he esteemed