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Craft iJEasrmrij . EBURY LODGE ( No . 1348 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at the Cafe Royal , Regentstreet , W „ on the 27 th ult ., Bro . J . Hurdell , the W . M ., being supported by his officers as follows : Bros . S . Jacobs , S . W . ; J . Warren , J . W . and W . M . elect ; E . Jacobs , P . M ., Treas . ; W . Bourne , P . M ., Sec ; Wigley , S . D . ; Read , J . D . ; Tayler , I . G . ; and Potter , Tyler . The lodge
having been opened , and the minutes read and confirmed , Bros . R . B . Rolph , J . Seymour , and H . Deane were passed to the F . C . Degree , and Mr . S . East ( Deputy of PortsnkenWard ) , and Mr . Z . Mordecai , were initiated into the Order . Bro . J . Warren , J . W ., was then presented by Bto . Richardson , I . P . M ., to the W . M . to receive the benefit of installation , which ceremony was performed by
Bro . Hurdell in a very appropriate and impressive manner . Bro . Warren subsequently appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . Wigley , S . W . ; Read , J . W . ; E . J acobs ) P . M ., Treas . ; W . Bourne , P . M ., Sec . ; J . Hurdell , I . P . M . ; Tayler , S . D . ; Ruyssenaeres , J . D . ; J . Healey , I . G . ; Schwarz , D . C . ; S . Jacobs , P . M . 1614 , W . S . ; Fowles , A . W . S . ; and Potter , Tyler . The antient charges having with
been given Bro . Warren presented the retiring W . M . a jewel and collar which had been unanimously voted to him at the previous meeting . Ten guineas were voted by the lodge to be placed on the list of the W . M ., he representing the lodge at the next festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . The lodge was then closed in due form and the brethren
adjourned to refreshment , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and responded to , the enjoyment of the evening being enhanced by the kindness of Bro . Howard Reynolds in giving selections on the cornet , and Bro . Robins in his recitations . The visitors included Bros . Buss , Asst . Grand Sec : Higgins , P . M . 13 S 1 , 1732 ; N .
Robinson , 35 ; Hammerton , P . M . 35 ; E . Storr , S . W . 167 ; G . Coleman , S . W . 1614 ; J . S . Ripley , 1614 ; J . Jacobs , J . W . 1614 ; B . Solomons , 1614 ; R . P . Stevens , 901 ; J . S . Woodd , 177 ; A . Henson , 1853 ; T . Durrans , 1305 ; A , Player , D . C . 1302 ; T . Jolley , 1267 ; J . Johnson , S . W , 320 ; and Howard Reynolds , 1772 .
CORINTHIAN LODGE ( No . 1382 ) . —This good working lodge melon Wednesday , the 21 st ult ., at Bro . VV . Clark ' s , George Hotel , Millwall Dock . Bro . G . B . Smith , W . M ., opened the lodge and had a fair muster of the brethren ; among these we noticed Bros . W . Stapleton , S . W . ; H . Donng , J . W . ; J . Carnaby , P . M . Treas . ; Dr . C . Wyatt Smith , P . M ., Sec ; J .
, Morrison , S . D . ; S . Hills , I . G . ; C . McLeod and G . 7 urton , Stewards ; G . T . Linn , P . M . ; VV . Delves , P . M . ; VV . Millington , P . M . ; C . Searell , P . M . and D . C . ; R . Pitts , C . Smith , S . G . Bonner , T . L . Klein , W . Perry , W . M . Guire , G . A . Saunders , E . Penniston , Hurdle , Martin , and G . H . Stephens ( Freemason ) . Among the visitors who honoured the lodge were , as usual , some brethren
from far across the sea , as well as brethren from neighbouring lodges , viz . ; Bros . J . Jeves , I . G . S 9 S ; T . Gaisford , S . D . 781 ; and C . Mansfield , W . J . Satterley , all of Burns Lodge , No . 10 , Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia ; and others . After all due preliminaries a candidate for initiation being present , Mr . M . Cearney was duly initiated into the Order by the W . M . Bro . Smith is to be congratulated
upon the growing confidence which , though but a young Master in the chair , he is already acquiring . His working gave general satisfaction , and we were especially pleased to observe the admirable manner in which the lodge was closed down in due form , observances too often omitted in many otherwise well worked lodges . There was no other ceremonial business , and lodge was closed at an unprecedentedly early hour , thereby affording ample time to dilate upon the usual toast list at length , and indulge in the
pleasures of vocal harmony . The toasts first honoured were "The Queen and the Craft , " " H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master , " and "The Masonic Rulers . " Bro . Linn , I . P . M ., next gave " The W . M ., " in eulogistic terms , and Bro . Smith modestly acknowledged the warmth vjith which , the toast had been received .
" Bro . Cearney , the Initiate , " was next honoured , and that brother expressed a hope of in time becoming a worthy member of the lodge of which he had just had the honour of becoming a member , and pledged himself to never act in an unworthy manner . " The Past Masters " next was greeted with the Corinthian fire , and Brp . Linn , on behalf of those respected
brethren , returned thanks . " The Visitors " followed , and was heartily received , in fact the welcome offered to visiting brethren is a high characteristic of the Corinthian Lodge , who so frequently has the pleasure of entertaining brethren hailing from all the quarters of the globe where Freemasonry has spread her branches . Bro . Gaisford , S . D . 781 , made a long and very able
response . After commenting in appropriate terms upon the working of the W . M ., Bro . Gaisford dwelt upon the fact that London—the city of cities in the whole world—is without a Masonic Temple . He had had great experience of Masonry in foreign lands , having taken his First Degree in the Spanish tongue , taken the next in Hong Kong , and his third in Singapore . He had also visited lodges in
America , and in almost every place was to be found a handsome temple , dedicated to and worthy of being used for Masonic observances . Once he had actually mistaken one handsome temple as a church , and his remembrance of the Masonic Temple at Hong Kong was indeed a pleasure for the memory to dwell upon . Bros . Mansfield and Satterley also bore out Bro .
Gaisford ' s remarks , and returned thanks for the very hospitable reception which had been extended to them ; and Bro . Jeves , I . G . 898 , said he scarcely realised he was a visitor there , feeling as much at home as in his own lodge , "The Masonic Press" was given next , Bro . Linn , I . P . M ., expressing the great services the Freemason had rendered to the best interests of the Craft in general , and to the Corinthian Lodge in particular . For this latter they were specially indebted to the kind , services of Bro .
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Stephens , and he asked a hearty fire to the toast , coupled with the name of that brother . This was very warmly responded to , and Bro . Stephens suitably replied on behalf of the Freemason . " The Officers " toast was greeted with enthusiasm , and the brethren concerned severally responded . The W . M . having to leave somewhat early , Bro . C .
Searell , P . M . kindly presided , and a selection of very choice songs was heartily enjoyed , Bro . Searell kindly furnishing a long promised song in the Welsh tongue . Among the other executants were Bros . Bonner , Limn , Pitts , McLeod . Doring , Gaisford , Mansfield , and others ; and Bro . Stephens gave a favourite recitation . The entire proceeding proved a great success .
IVY LODGE ( No . 1441 ) . —The November regular meeting of this excellent lodge was held on Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Cambenvell Newroad . The lodge was opened by theW . M ., Bro . Charles Wm . Bowley , assisted by the following brethren , viz .: Bros . Reynolds , S . W . ; Williams , J . W . ; Skegg , I . P . M . and Sec . ; Cooper , S . D . ; Taylor , J . D . ; Knight-Smith ,
P . M ., Org . ; Gill , I . G . ; also Bros . Mattock , P . M . and Treas . ; D . H . Ashford , W . R . Shaw and others . The minutes of last lodge meeting were read and confirmed and a unanimous ballot was taken for Mr . Arthur Cadbury Jones , and that gentleman was initiated into Freemasonry by the W . M . in a very able manner . All Masonic business being ended the lodge was closed
and the brethren adjourned to the banquet room where they did ample justice to the good things provided for them . The evening was greatly enlivened by some capital singing by Bros . James , Eadle , Gill , and Knight Smith , who also presided at the pianoforte , Bros . Cooper and Cadbury Jones giving recitations . The Tyler's toast brought a most enjoyable and pleasant evening to a close .
CARNARVON LODGE ( No . 1573 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Saturday last , at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , when there were present Bros . Geo . A . Brock , W . M . ; Albert T . Pearce , S . W . ; Robert E . H . Coffin , J . W . ; J . Clarricoats , Treas . ; VV . S . Whitaker , P . M ., Sec ; J . Russell , J . D . ; Edward A . Baseley , Org . ; Percy Crampton , I . G . ; a large number ol
lay members , and visitors : Bros . George Hatch , J . W . 153 S ; J . VV . Hodder , P . M . 217 ; H . Legge , 1522 ; John Plenderleath , 159 S ; C . VV . Fox , P . M . 1326 ; John Pike , 1506 ; J . Russell , 19 S ; E . Harlow , J . D . 1613 ; J . J . Avery , P . M . 70 ; J . Fitch , S . W . 1797 ; Wm . Hyde , 1613 ; John Peacock , 1071 ; Joseph Renals , D . C . 1657 ; Wm . Lucas , J . W . 1669 ; Robert Booth , J . W . 1624 ; W . G . Jennings .
1580 j Robert Fendick , J . W . 1426 ; Charles J . North , W . M . 473 ; joratYwi Matva , 507 -, H . H . Webb , W . M . 1671 ; Mont . Meyer , 1673 ; W . VV . Thompson , 1657 ; Frederick Walters , P . P . G . D . Middx ., P . M . 73 , & c . ; Sidney Walford , 569 ; R . A . Morgan , I . P . M . 1671 ; G . H . Bramley , W . M . 957 ; W . H . Norris , I . G . 404 ; H . Massey , P . Z . 619 and 1928 ( Freemason ) . The Past
Masters of the lodge who attended were Bros . F . Morgan , J . Cowan , Nelson Reed , Geo . Briggs , Thomas Brown , and T . S . Hellier . Bro . Morgan raised Bros . Girton and Wright , and the W . M . initiated Messrs . Charles Francis Mallett and Geo . Sweeting Needham . The W . M . afterwards installed Bro . A . T . Pearce , S . W . and W . M . elect , as Worshipful Master for the year ensuing . The brethren appointed to
office were Bros . R . E . H . Coffin , S . W . ; J . Russell , J . W . ; G . A . Brock , I . P . M . ; J . Clarricoats , Treas . ; VV . S . Whitaker , P . M ., Sec . ; P . Crampton , S . D . ; J . S . Stacey , J . D . ; J . P . Swayne , I . G . ; E . A . Packer , D . C ; F . H . Willcocks , W . S . ; Dr . Baseley , Org . ; and C . Thomas , Tyler . The addresses were delivered by the W . M ., Bro . George Briggs , P . M ., and others .
The brethren afterwards adjourned to banquet , which was admirably provided by Bro . Jennings , the manager of the Albion . After banquet the usual toasts were proposed and honoured , those of " The Queen and the Craft , " and "The M . W . G . M . " receiving the customary amount of applause . To the toast of " The Pro G . M ., & c , " Bro . H . G . Buss , Asst . Grand Secretary , and an honorary
member of the lodge , the only Grand Officer present , responded , and referring to the flattering terms in which the Grand Officers had been spoken of by the W . M ., said it was exceedingly pleasing to find that the appointments made by the Grand Master met with thehigh approval of the Craft . With . re ^ ard to himself he had been so often received by this lodge in the same cordial manner as he had been
received that evening that he could only repeat the grateful feelings he had before expressed . It was a great pleasure to come to the Carnarvon Lodge year after year and to find that it was progressing so favourably . Such a lodge could not but make its mark in Masonry , and he trusted it would go on increasing in the future as it had in the past . Bro . G . A . Brock , I . P . M ., proposed the toast of "The
Worshipful Master , " and said he could feel that he was sorry at having relinquished the duties that devolved on the Master , for he felt relieved from the responsibilities of that position . He was exceedingly obliged to the members of the lodge for having enabled him to go through the various duties of Master , and also the Past Masters , on whom he had depended , for their kind and efficient help . But for
them he did not think he should have gone through his year of office with so much eclat , or with so much gratification to the members . If he had discharged the obligations he took at the beginning of his year it had been from the help he had received from the Past Masters . The W . M . whom the brethren had now called to fill the chair was so able in his working , and so highly esteemed by the whole lodge ,
that it could not be that their conhdence was misplaced , and he ( Bro . Brock ) felt that whatever deficiencies had occurred during his year would be fully compensated by the management of the present W . M . The Worshipful Master said he responded to this toast with fear and trembling after the earnest manner in which it had been proposed and the cordial manner in which it had been accepted . He thought he might take it as a grand
evidence that he had the brethren ' s hearty good wishes in the position he now held . He had been afraid he should fall short of their expectations , and it was a natural feeling ; but he would do his work with all heartiness and sincerity , and those who knew him were aware that he would do his utmost for the interests of the lodge . He was not personally known to all the brethren ; but he was to a great number , and he felt he might without egotism say that it had been his great desire ever since he came to London
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from the country to do what he had to do with all the will and power he was capable of . He was happy to say that up to now he had been successful . He was now entering on the most important office to which he could be called , and he could only tell the brethren that he would do as well as it was possible for him to do ; he would not say more , and when he rose to the elysium attained by the brother who so ably proposed the toast he hoped he should find that he had
left the chair with the same hearty good feelings with which he had been received into it that night . Bros . Mallet and Needham responded to the toast of " The Initiates . " In proposing the toast of " The I . P . M ., " the W . M . said Bro . Brock had been among the brethren a good many years , and all the time he had been held in high esteem by the brethren . He had to congratulate Bro . Brock on
having attained his present position . Perhaps he felt rather nervous in it , but nevertheless it was due to him that the brethren should drink his health , and thank him for the efficient way in which he had worked the ceremonies while he was W . M ., and particularly for the way in which he had that day rendered the various ceremonies . He ( the W . M . ) of course could not enter into the secrets of the Board of Masters , but he could say he should never
forget the ceremony . He wished the I . P . M ., with all heartiness and sincerity , a merry Christmas and a happy new year , with long life and happiness to enjoy the retirement which he so ably earned and so fully deserved . Not the least pleasing part of his duty was to present Bro . Brock with a Past Master ' s jewel , voted unanimously by the lodge as a special mark of favour from the brethren . Bro . Brock , I . P . M ., in acknowledging the toast and the
presentation , said no doubt the brethren had noticed a change in the installation , and he had to thank the P . Ms , for it . Most willingly did they accede to his request and take part in it . He felt that however beautiful to the brethren his voice might be , still more beautiful would be a . variety , and he knew those brethren who took part in it would be satisfactory to the brethren , and that it would be a pleasure to listen to them . Therefore it was that he took
the liberty of asking the P . Ms , to take part in delivering the beautiful ritual . He must admit that however tremblingly initiates might go into a lodge he felt much the same when he was about to perform the installation ; but he was cheered by the thought that he had around him brethren not in name only , but in thought , word , and deed ; that he was not being quizzed and criticised , a painful feelimr engendered bv people looking on ; but he felt
they were overlooking every defect they recognised . Another year had passed , another year of will and earnest desire to help along the interests , of the lodge and the Craft in general . And now he felt an amount of relief , a kind of freedom from those responsibilities that were peculiar to the Master ' s chair . He was still as willing as ever and as desirous as ever to discharge his duties to the Lodge Carnarvon . He thanked the brethren for putting him in the
position , and he felt the great kindness they had manifested in voting him the beautiful jewel . He should value it not more for its intrinsic worth than for that which it represented , the kindness and fraternal love of the brethren he much esteemed , and he trusted it would be looked upon by him in that way . He hoped that those connected with the lodge would endeavour to hold the same high and exalted position that their esteemed W . M . occupied that night . He
( Bro . Brock ) was very gratified at the honour he had of investing the officers of the past year ; but he felt that the W . M . had a set of officers that would compare with any lodge-in the Craft ; they were second to none . He hoped the lodge would be more eminently successful even than it had been . Bro . Nelson Reed , P . M ., replied to the toast of "The Past Masters " and said it was very pleasing to be called upon to return thanks for this toast when the Past Masters
were complimented on the way they performed their duties . When in 1 S 77 he was invested with the J . W . collar by the late Bro . John Hervey , that brother said it was the collar with which he was first invested and he afterwards became Master of his lodge . That was a great inducement to him ( Bro . N . Reed ) to strive to win the W . M . ' s chair . He had done it , and he would strive to do it again , because it was a great thing to have the rule and control of a lodge .
Some of the founders of the Carnarvon Lodge took office that night for the first time , and he felt sorry they had not taken office before . They would make very good Masters and he hoped they would go up to that office . The brethren would assist them , and every Master that came into the chair would assist them . Bro . W . S . Whitaker , P . M . and Secretary , also replied , and referred to the I . P . M . varying theinstallation ceremony
b y calling on other Past Masters to assist . He had been himself asked to do so once , and he did it with pleasure ; but this was the first time in the Carnarvon Lodge . Every brother that took the position of Master of this lodge was fully able to perform the duties of the position , and consequently there was no possible chance of a senior Past Master being called upon to do it . This was as it should be , and the Past Masters might retire . into obscurity .
Bros . E . H . Bramley , W . M . 957 , and F . Walters , P . M . 73 , responded to the toast of " 'The Visitors . " Bro . James Terry , P . M ., Secretary to the Benevolent Institution , responding to the toast of " The Masonic Charities , " , appealed to the brethren to support those Institutions and to the lodge to send a Steward for the Aged . For the next election there were already 140 candidates , and onlv 1 c ; vacancies , and what were thev to do with the other
125 ? The other toasts were then given and the brethren separated . The evening was enlivned with some excellent singing by Bros . Willcocks , Brown , Harlow , Cotton , Reed , Buss , and Avery , and pianoforte accompaniments and solo by Bro . Baseley .
CLAPHAM LODGE ( No . 1818 ) . —Theinstallation meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the 28 th ult ., at Eberle ' s Army and Navy Hotel , Victoria-street , Westminster . There were present on the occasion Bros . Dr . Lewis Evans , W . M . ; Louis Hirsch , P . M ., Treas . ; George Thorp Goodinge , P . M ., S . W . ; Howard Smith , J . W . ;
Arthur Turner , Sec . ; Henry J . Thorn , S . D . ; J ° P ! J Clever , D . C ; J . C . Elderton , Stwd . ; S . Qruell , Cecil Betts , W . Sperring , J . Brooks , J . Q . Dart , H . Phillips . W . Wilson , T . J ackson . The > visitors were Bros . Charles Andrews , P . M . 77 , 2013 , C 15 , 1464 ; L . Pinder , 162 ; Arthur Betts , 1351 ; J . Ferguson , W . M . 160 ; J . Lewis-Thomas , F . S . A-, P . QXD . C ; B . L . Blasby , P . M . 7 S 6 ; J . E . Shand ,
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Craft iJEasrmrij . EBURY LODGE ( No . 1348 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at the Cafe Royal , Regentstreet , W „ on the 27 th ult ., Bro . J . Hurdell , the W . M ., being supported by his officers as follows : Bros . S . Jacobs , S . W . ; J . Warren , J . W . and W . M . elect ; E . Jacobs , P . M ., Treas . ; W . Bourne , P . M ., Sec ; Wigley , S . D . ; Read , J . D . ; Tayler , I . G . ; and Potter , Tyler . The lodge
having been opened , and the minutes read and confirmed , Bros . R . B . Rolph , J . Seymour , and H . Deane were passed to the F . C . Degree , and Mr . S . East ( Deputy of PortsnkenWard ) , and Mr . Z . Mordecai , were initiated into the Order . Bro . J . Warren , J . W ., was then presented by Bto . Richardson , I . P . M ., to the W . M . to receive the benefit of installation , which ceremony was performed by
Bro . Hurdell in a very appropriate and impressive manner . Bro . Warren subsequently appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . Wigley , S . W . ; Read , J . W . ; E . J acobs ) P . M ., Treas . ; W . Bourne , P . M ., Sec . ; J . Hurdell , I . P . M . ; Tayler , S . D . ; Ruyssenaeres , J . D . ; J . Healey , I . G . ; Schwarz , D . C . ; S . Jacobs , P . M . 1614 , W . S . ; Fowles , A . W . S . ; and Potter , Tyler . The antient charges having with
been given Bro . Warren presented the retiring W . M . a jewel and collar which had been unanimously voted to him at the previous meeting . Ten guineas were voted by the lodge to be placed on the list of the W . M ., he representing the lodge at the next festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . The lodge was then closed in due form and the brethren
adjourned to refreshment , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and responded to , the enjoyment of the evening being enhanced by the kindness of Bro . Howard Reynolds in giving selections on the cornet , and Bro . Robins in his recitations . The visitors included Bros . Buss , Asst . Grand Sec : Higgins , P . M . 13 S 1 , 1732 ; N .
Robinson , 35 ; Hammerton , P . M . 35 ; E . Storr , S . W . 167 ; G . Coleman , S . W . 1614 ; J . S . Ripley , 1614 ; J . Jacobs , J . W . 1614 ; B . Solomons , 1614 ; R . P . Stevens , 901 ; J . S . Woodd , 177 ; A . Henson , 1853 ; T . Durrans , 1305 ; A , Player , D . C . 1302 ; T . Jolley , 1267 ; J . Johnson , S . W , 320 ; and Howard Reynolds , 1772 .
CORINTHIAN LODGE ( No . 1382 ) . —This good working lodge melon Wednesday , the 21 st ult ., at Bro . VV . Clark ' s , George Hotel , Millwall Dock . Bro . G . B . Smith , W . M ., opened the lodge and had a fair muster of the brethren ; among these we noticed Bros . W . Stapleton , S . W . ; H . Donng , J . W . ; J . Carnaby , P . M . Treas . ; Dr . C . Wyatt Smith , P . M ., Sec ; J .
, Morrison , S . D . ; S . Hills , I . G . ; C . McLeod and G . 7 urton , Stewards ; G . T . Linn , P . M . ; VV . Delves , P . M . ; VV . Millington , P . M . ; C . Searell , P . M . and D . C . ; R . Pitts , C . Smith , S . G . Bonner , T . L . Klein , W . Perry , W . M . Guire , G . A . Saunders , E . Penniston , Hurdle , Martin , and G . H . Stephens ( Freemason ) . Among the visitors who honoured the lodge were , as usual , some brethren
from far across the sea , as well as brethren from neighbouring lodges , viz . ; Bros . J . Jeves , I . G . S 9 S ; T . Gaisford , S . D . 781 ; and C . Mansfield , W . J . Satterley , all of Burns Lodge , No . 10 , Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia ; and others . After all due preliminaries a candidate for initiation being present , Mr . M . Cearney was duly initiated into the Order by the W . M . Bro . Smith is to be congratulated
upon the growing confidence which , though but a young Master in the chair , he is already acquiring . His working gave general satisfaction , and we were especially pleased to observe the admirable manner in which the lodge was closed down in due form , observances too often omitted in many otherwise well worked lodges . There was no other ceremonial business , and lodge was closed at an unprecedentedly early hour , thereby affording ample time to dilate upon the usual toast list at length , and indulge in the
pleasures of vocal harmony . The toasts first honoured were "The Queen and the Craft , " " H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master , " and "The Masonic Rulers . " Bro . Linn , I . P . M ., next gave " The W . M ., " in eulogistic terms , and Bro . Smith modestly acknowledged the warmth vjith which , the toast had been received .
" Bro . Cearney , the Initiate , " was next honoured , and that brother expressed a hope of in time becoming a worthy member of the lodge of which he had just had the honour of becoming a member , and pledged himself to never act in an unworthy manner . " The Past Masters " next was greeted with the Corinthian fire , and Brp . Linn , on behalf of those respected
brethren , returned thanks . " The Visitors " followed , and was heartily received , in fact the welcome offered to visiting brethren is a high characteristic of the Corinthian Lodge , who so frequently has the pleasure of entertaining brethren hailing from all the quarters of the globe where Freemasonry has spread her branches . Bro . Gaisford , S . D . 781 , made a long and very able
response . After commenting in appropriate terms upon the working of the W . M ., Bro . Gaisford dwelt upon the fact that London—the city of cities in the whole world—is without a Masonic Temple . He had had great experience of Masonry in foreign lands , having taken his First Degree in the Spanish tongue , taken the next in Hong Kong , and his third in Singapore . He had also visited lodges in
America , and in almost every place was to be found a handsome temple , dedicated to and worthy of being used for Masonic observances . Once he had actually mistaken one handsome temple as a church , and his remembrance of the Masonic Temple at Hong Kong was indeed a pleasure for the memory to dwell upon . Bros . Mansfield and Satterley also bore out Bro .
Gaisford ' s remarks , and returned thanks for the very hospitable reception which had been extended to them ; and Bro . Jeves , I . G . 898 , said he scarcely realised he was a visitor there , feeling as much at home as in his own lodge , "The Masonic Press" was given next , Bro . Linn , I . P . M ., expressing the great services the Freemason had rendered to the best interests of the Craft in general , and to the Corinthian Lodge in particular . For this latter they were specially indebted to the kind , services of Bro .
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Stephens , and he asked a hearty fire to the toast , coupled with the name of that brother . This was very warmly responded to , and Bro . Stephens suitably replied on behalf of the Freemason . " The Officers " toast was greeted with enthusiasm , and the brethren concerned severally responded . The W . M . having to leave somewhat early , Bro . C .
Searell , P . M . kindly presided , and a selection of very choice songs was heartily enjoyed , Bro . Searell kindly furnishing a long promised song in the Welsh tongue . Among the other executants were Bros . Bonner , Limn , Pitts , McLeod . Doring , Gaisford , Mansfield , and others ; and Bro . Stephens gave a favourite recitation . The entire proceeding proved a great success .
IVY LODGE ( No . 1441 ) . —The November regular meeting of this excellent lodge was held on Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Cambenvell Newroad . The lodge was opened by theW . M ., Bro . Charles Wm . Bowley , assisted by the following brethren , viz .: Bros . Reynolds , S . W . ; Williams , J . W . ; Skegg , I . P . M . and Sec . ; Cooper , S . D . ; Taylor , J . D . ; Knight-Smith ,
P . M ., Org . ; Gill , I . G . ; also Bros . Mattock , P . M . and Treas . ; D . H . Ashford , W . R . Shaw and others . The minutes of last lodge meeting were read and confirmed and a unanimous ballot was taken for Mr . Arthur Cadbury Jones , and that gentleman was initiated into Freemasonry by the W . M . in a very able manner . All Masonic business being ended the lodge was closed
and the brethren adjourned to the banquet room where they did ample justice to the good things provided for them . The evening was greatly enlivened by some capital singing by Bros . James , Eadle , Gill , and Knight Smith , who also presided at the pianoforte , Bros . Cooper and Cadbury Jones giving recitations . The Tyler's toast brought a most enjoyable and pleasant evening to a close .
CARNARVON LODGE ( No . 1573 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Saturday last , at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , when there were present Bros . Geo . A . Brock , W . M . ; Albert T . Pearce , S . W . ; Robert E . H . Coffin , J . W . ; J . Clarricoats , Treas . ; VV . S . Whitaker , P . M ., Sec ; J . Russell , J . D . ; Edward A . Baseley , Org . ; Percy Crampton , I . G . ; a large number ol
lay members , and visitors : Bros . George Hatch , J . W . 153 S ; J . VV . Hodder , P . M . 217 ; H . Legge , 1522 ; John Plenderleath , 159 S ; C . VV . Fox , P . M . 1326 ; John Pike , 1506 ; J . Russell , 19 S ; E . Harlow , J . D . 1613 ; J . J . Avery , P . M . 70 ; J . Fitch , S . W . 1797 ; Wm . Hyde , 1613 ; John Peacock , 1071 ; Joseph Renals , D . C . 1657 ; Wm . Lucas , J . W . 1669 ; Robert Booth , J . W . 1624 ; W . G . Jennings .
1580 j Robert Fendick , J . W . 1426 ; Charles J . North , W . M . 473 ; joratYwi Matva , 507 -, H . H . Webb , W . M . 1671 ; Mont . Meyer , 1673 ; W . VV . Thompson , 1657 ; Frederick Walters , P . P . G . D . Middx ., P . M . 73 , & c . ; Sidney Walford , 569 ; R . A . Morgan , I . P . M . 1671 ; G . H . Bramley , W . M . 957 ; W . H . Norris , I . G . 404 ; H . Massey , P . Z . 619 and 1928 ( Freemason ) . The Past
Masters of the lodge who attended were Bros . F . Morgan , J . Cowan , Nelson Reed , Geo . Briggs , Thomas Brown , and T . S . Hellier . Bro . Morgan raised Bros . Girton and Wright , and the W . M . initiated Messrs . Charles Francis Mallett and Geo . Sweeting Needham . The W . M . afterwards installed Bro . A . T . Pearce , S . W . and W . M . elect , as Worshipful Master for the year ensuing . The brethren appointed to
office were Bros . R . E . H . Coffin , S . W . ; J . Russell , J . W . ; G . A . Brock , I . P . M . ; J . Clarricoats , Treas . ; VV . S . Whitaker , P . M ., Sec . ; P . Crampton , S . D . ; J . S . Stacey , J . D . ; J . P . Swayne , I . G . ; E . A . Packer , D . C ; F . H . Willcocks , W . S . ; Dr . Baseley , Org . ; and C . Thomas , Tyler . The addresses were delivered by the W . M ., Bro . George Briggs , P . M ., and others .
The brethren afterwards adjourned to banquet , which was admirably provided by Bro . Jennings , the manager of the Albion . After banquet the usual toasts were proposed and honoured , those of " The Queen and the Craft , " and "The M . W . G . M . " receiving the customary amount of applause . To the toast of " The Pro G . M ., & c , " Bro . H . G . Buss , Asst . Grand Secretary , and an honorary
member of the lodge , the only Grand Officer present , responded , and referring to the flattering terms in which the Grand Officers had been spoken of by the W . M ., said it was exceedingly pleasing to find that the appointments made by the Grand Master met with thehigh approval of the Craft . With . re ^ ard to himself he had been so often received by this lodge in the same cordial manner as he had been
received that evening that he could only repeat the grateful feelings he had before expressed . It was a great pleasure to come to the Carnarvon Lodge year after year and to find that it was progressing so favourably . Such a lodge could not but make its mark in Masonry , and he trusted it would go on increasing in the future as it had in the past . Bro . G . A . Brock , I . P . M ., proposed the toast of "The
Worshipful Master , " and said he could feel that he was sorry at having relinquished the duties that devolved on the Master , for he felt relieved from the responsibilities of that position . He was exceedingly obliged to the members of the lodge for having enabled him to go through the various duties of Master , and also the Past Masters , on whom he had depended , for their kind and efficient help . But for
them he did not think he should have gone through his year of office with so much eclat , or with so much gratification to the members . If he had discharged the obligations he took at the beginning of his year it had been from the help he had received from the Past Masters . The W . M . whom the brethren had now called to fill the chair was so able in his working , and so highly esteemed by the whole lodge ,
that it could not be that their conhdence was misplaced , and he ( Bro . Brock ) felt that whatever deficiencies had occurred during his year would be fully compensated by the management of the present W . M . The Worshipful Master said he responded to this toast with fear and trembling after the earnest manner in which it had been proposed and the cordial manner in which it had been accepted . He thought he might take it as a grand
evidence that he had the brethren ' s hearty good wishes in the position he now held . He had been afraid he should fall short of their expectations , and it was a natural feeling ; but he would do his work with all heartiness and sincerity , and those who knew him were aware that he would do his utmost for the interests of the lodge . He was not personally known to all the brethren ; but he was to a great number , and he felt he might without egotism say that it had been his great desire ever since he came to London
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from the country to do what he had to do with all the will and power he was capable of . He was happy to say that up to now he had been successful . He was now entering on the most important office to which he could be called , and he could only tell the brethren that he would do as well as it was possible for him to do ; he would not say more , and when he rose to the elysium attained by the brother who so ably proposed the toast he hoped he should find that he had
left the chair with the same hearty good feelings with which he had been received into it that night . Bros . Mallet and Needham responded to the toast of " The Initiates . " In proposing the toast of " The I . P . M ., " the W . M . said Bro . Brock had been among the brethren a good many years , and all the time he had been held in high esteem by the brethren . He had to congratulate Bro . Brock on
having attained his present position . Perhaps he felt rather nervous in it , but nevertheless it was due to him that the brethren should drink his health , and thank him for the efficient way in which he had worked the ceremonies while he was W . M ., and particularly for the way in which he had that day rendered the various ceremonies . He ( the W . M . ) of course could not enter into the secrets of the Board of Masters , but he could say he should never
forget the ceremony . He wished the I . P . M ., with all heartiness and sincerity , a merry Christmas and a happy new year , with long life and happiness to enjoy the retirement which he so ably earned and so fully deserved . Not the least pleasing part of his duty was to present Bro . Brock with a Past Master ' s jewel , voted unanimously by the lodge as a special mark of favour from the brethren . Bro . Brock , I . P . M ., in acknowledging the toast and the
presentation , said no doubt the brethren had noticed a change in the installation , and he had to thank the P . Ms , for it . Most willingly did they accede to his request and take part in it . He felt that however beautiful to the brethren his voice might be , still more beautiful would be a . variety , and he knew those brethren who took part in it would be satisfactory to the brethren , and that it would be a pleasure to listen to them . Therefore it was that he took
the liberty of asking the P . Ms , to take part in delivering the beautiful ritual . He must admit that however tremblingly initiates might go into a lodge he felt much the same when he was about to perform the installation ; but he was cheered by the thought that he had around him brethren not in name only , but in thought , word , and deed ; that he was not being quizzed and criticised , a painful feelimr engendered bv people looking on ; but he felt
they were overlooking every defect they recognised . Another year had passed , another year of will and earnest desire to help along the interests , of the lodge and the Craft in general . And now he felt an amount of relief , a kind of freedom from those responsibilities that were peculiar to the Master ' s chair . He was still as willing as ever and as desirous as ever to discharge his duties to the Lodge Carnarvon . He thanked the brethren for putting him in the
position , and he felt the great kindness they had manifested in voting him the beautiful jewel . He should value it not more for its intrinsic worth than for that which it represented , the kindness and fraternal love of the brethren he much esteemed , and he trusted it would be looked upon by him in that way . He hoped that those connected with the lodge would endeavour to hold the same high and exalted position that their esteemed W . M . occupied that night . He
( Bro . Brock ) was very gratified at the honour he had of investing the officers of the past year ; but he felt that the W . M . had a set of officers that would compare with any lodge-in the Craft ; they were second to none . He hoped the lodge would be more eminently successful even than it had been . Bro . Nelson Reed , P . M ., replied to the toast of "The Past Masters " and said it was very pleasing to be called upon to return thanks for this toast when the Past Masters
were complimented on the way they performed their duties . When in 1 S 77 he was invested with the J . W . collar by the late Bro . John Hervey , that brother said it was the collar with which he was first invested and he afterwards became Master of his lodge . That was a great inducement to him ( Bro . N . Reed ) to strive to win the W . M . ' s chair . He had done it , and he would strive to do it again , because it was a great thing to have the rule and control of a lodge .
Some of the founders of the Carnarvon Lodge took office that night for the first time , and he felt sorry they had not taken office before . They would make very good Masters and he hoped they would go up to that office . The brethren would assist them , and every Master that came into the chair would assist them . Bro . W . S . Whitaker , P . M . and Secretary , also replied , and referred to the I . P . M . varying theinstallation ceremony
b y calling on other Past Masters to assist . He had been himself asked to do so once , and he did it with pleasure ; but this was the first time in the Carnarvon Lodge . Every brother that took the position of Master of this lodge was fully able to perform the duties of the position , and consequently there was no possible chance of a senior Past Master being called upon to do it . This was as it should be , and the Past Masters might retire . into obscurity .
Bros . E . H . Bramley , W . M . 957 , and F . Walters , P . M . 73 , responded to the toast of " 'The Visitors . " Bro . James Terry , P . M ., Secretary to the Benevolent Institution , responding to the toast of " The Masonic Charities , " , appealed to the brethren to support those Institutions and to the lodge to send a Steward for the Aged . For the next election there were already 140 candidates , and onlv 1 c ; vacancies , and what were thev to do with the other
125 ? The other toasts were then given and the brethren separated . The evening was enlivned with some excellent singing by Bros . Willcocks , Brown , Harlow , Cotton , Reed , Buss , and Avery , and pianoforte accompaniments and solo by Bro . Baseley .
CLAPHAM LODGE ( No . 1818 ) . —Theinstallation meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the 28 th ult ., at Eberle ' s Army and Navy Hotel , Victoria-street , Westminster . There were present on the occasion Bros . Dr . Lewis Evans , W . M . ; Louis Hirsch , P . M ., Treas . ; George Thorp Goodinge , P . M ., S . W . ; Howard Smith , J . W . ;
Arthur Turner , Sec . ; Henry J . Thorn , S . D . ; J ° P ! J Clever , D . C ; J . C . Elderton , Stwd . ; S . Qruell , Cecil Betts , W . Sperring , J . Brooks , J . Q . Dart , H . Phillips . W . Wilson , T . J ackson . The > visitors were Bros . Charles Andrews , P . M . 77 , 2013 , C 15 , 1464 ; L . Pinder , 162 ; Arthur Betts , 1351 ; J . Ferguson , W . M . 160 ; J . Lewis-Thomas , F . S . A-, P . QXD . C ; B . L . Blasby , P . M . 7 S 6 ; J . E . Shand ,