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CONTENTS .

R EPORTS or M ASONIC MEETINGS •. — Craft Masonry 71 Instruction 74 Roval Arcll 74 Mark Masonry 74 Knights Templar , 74 Ancient and Acceptad Kite 74 firand Chapter 75

Grand LodKe of Scotland 7 j Public Amusements 75 Koyal Visit to Dorset 76 Masonic and General Tidings 76 The Cleopatra Necdlein London 77 Reviews 77 Notes on Art , SEC ... 77 Bro . Hubert and L ' rencli Freemasonry 7 S All Serene 78

Grants to our Chanties ... , S The Present Position of French Freemasonry 78 The Girls' School 59 C ORRESPONDENCE : — Provincial Educational Institution 79 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 79 A Query 79 The Installation Engraving 79 Pine's List of Lodacs 79

Consecration ofthe St .. John ' s Mark Lodge No . 214 80 A Nice Question So The Grand Orient of France 80 Presentation to a Liverpool Brother 80 Freemasonry in New Zealand ... Si Masonic Ball at Halifax 82 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 82 Masonic Notes and Queries 82 Lodge Meetings for Next Week S 3 Advertisements 83 , 84 , i , ii , iii , iv , v . vi

REPORTS , etc ., intended for insertion in current number , should reach , the Office , ( 198 , Fleet-street ) , by 12 o'clock noon , on Wednesdays .

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FORTITUDE AND OLD CUMBERLAND LODGE v No . 12 ) . —At the Ship and Turtle , Leadenhallstreet , on Monday , thc 4 th inst ., there was a large assembly of members and visitors to do honour to the occasion of thc installation of Bro . Daniel Nicholls into the chair and office of W . M . of the lodge . Bro . W . B . Kidder , W . M ., presided , assisted by his officers , who , with one exception ,

were present , and supported by Past Masters Bros . J . B . Lemaitrc , Joseph Clever , George Angold , Dudley Rolls , Sydney Rolls , Raynham Stewart , A . H . Lilley , H- D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . ; and the following lay brethren : Bros . W . J . Beedcl , E . B . Kidder , jun ., G . Snellgrove , Botenback , G . Hudson , F . Canton , L . Delavaux , J . W . Clever , J . Kent , Caleb Stranger , M . F . Cooper , A . Porter ,

C . Reif , Fountain , Meen , and others . We noticed the following brethren amongst the visitors present : Bros . L . Wood , Royal Oak , 071 ; T . L . Green , Villicrs Lodge ; Ambrose D . Bird , Royal _ York , 7 ; Mortimer ^ Davis , P . M . 12 ; A . F . Rowley , P . M . 917 ; Curlier , P . M . n ; Hyde Pullen , P . G . S . B . ; J . Terry , Secretary of the Benevolent Institution ; F . Binckes , Secretary of the Boys' School ;

Massey ( Freemason ) , and other ; distinguished brethren . The lodge having been opened in due form and with solemn prayer , and the minutes of the last lodge meeting read , Bro . Frederic Cantor was passed to the Second Degree ; after which Mr . David Matthews was balloted for , and being approved , was initiated into the mysteries of the First Degree . Bro . David Nicols , W . M .

elect , was then presented to thc W . M . to receive at his hands the benefit of installation , and having given his assent in due form to thc ancient charges read by the Secretary , was obligated , and thereafter presented to and approved by a Board of Installed Masters and duly installed into the chair of K . S , After being proclaimed and saluted in due form by the brethren on their return to the lodge ,

the newly-installed W . M . proceeded to appoint his officers , who were invested by thc Installing Master as follows : — Bros . W . H . Bateman , S . W . ; H . Mower , J . W . ; L . Ruf , Treasnrer j A . Snelgrove , Secretary ; Coombs , S . D . ; Rudderforth , J . D . ; E . B . Kidder , jun ., I . G . ; Boutenbach , D . C . ; Gilchrist , Tyler . Thc ceremony of installation was most ably performed by the outgoing Master , Bro . W .

B . Kidder , who delivered the addresses to the officers , lay brethren and Master in a deeply impressive manner . On the conclusion of the ceremony Bro . Nicol , V . M ., in a short but appropiiate speech , presented to I . P . M . Kidder a handsome P . M . jewel , which had been voted to him by the lodge as a mark of their appreciation of his able management of the lodge during his term of office . Bro . P . M .

Kidder in reply , thanked the brethren for the honour they had done him in placing the jewel on his breast , and assured them that it would ever be esteemed by him in the highest manner . He trusted tbat he might be spared to live long among them and that he should have the pleasure of seeing a similar jewel presented to many of thc brethren now before him . The business of the meeting

being now concluded , the lodge was closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned to a banquet , which was served in Bro . Painter ' s best style . On the cloth being removed the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and very heartily responded to , the intervals being pleasantly enlivened with some excellent vocal music by Bro . Lester , Mr . Thompson and Bro . Hubbard , the musical

arrangement being under the direction of Bro . C . Warwick Jordan j M . B ., Oxon . In reply to the toast of "Thc rest of the Grand Officers Past and Present . " Bro . Sandeman said : 1 have much pleasure in responding tothe toast that you have proposed ; I am sorry to see so few Grand Officers standing up with me to such a toast , but such as do stand with me are worthy Masons , so that 1 feel well sup-Ported , though by very few . In responding for the Grand

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Officers there is always a suspicion that the speaker gives vent to self praise and laudation , but as I am a Past Grand Officer , I may perhaps , speak more openly than I otherwise could . No one knows until he has received the purple apron , the amount of work that is entailed upon him if he really docs his duty and does it well . There is really a good deal of hard work and very important work to

perform . I think I may without fear of being contradicted , just say one word on behalf of the Grand Officers , whose names are proposed with this toast , and I -think that if the whole body of Freemasons had been polled , the choice would have fallen on the very men whom the Grand Master has appointed . In Golden-square we see a deal of work which is done by the Earl of Carnarvon , and

the Earl of Skelmersdale , who works most assiduously , and I am very glad to say these few words in their praise . In conclusion I should like to congratulate the lodge in having you , Sir , as the Master for the coming year . We are all devoted to No . 12 on the register of the Grand Lodge of England , we Past Masters have all felt pleasure in rilling that chair , and in

asking you to fill it we have given expression to the confidence we feel that you are every way fitted to rule over this lodge . Bro . P . M . Kidder : It is my especial privilege this evening to be entrusted with the gavel for the purpose of proposing a toast—a toast that 1 am sure will accord with your feelings— " The Health of the W . M . " In proposing that toast it is to me a source of great gratification

to feel that thc choice of the lodge has fallen upon a very vTbrthy brother , and I am sure that for the same reason the toast will be received by you with equal gratification . It it especially gratifying to me to feel that I had the honour of assisting him into the proud position which he now holds . It is gratifying to me to know that I have effectively discharged that duty ; otherwise you

would not have responded in that hearty manner to the toast of thc Worshipful Master . I am certain you will drink it in the most cordial manner , and wish him alike success and happiness during our year of office . Bro . Nicol , W . M .,: I have to return thanks , to you certainly Bro . P . M . Kidder , for the honour you have done me this evening . This is a proud day for me , and one which I can never

forget . I shall ever strive to perform Ihe duties of my office , with credit to myself and satisfaction to the brethren . From my heart 1 thank you for the honour you have done me in placing me here , and for the good wishes you have just expressed towards me . " The Health of the Past Masters " was next proposed and duly honoured . The W . M . then in a short speech presented to Bro .

Ruf , the Treasurer of the lodge , a handsome testimonial that had been accorded him by the brethren , in the shape of a handsome silver tea and coffee service . Bro . Ruf had been Treasurer of the lodge for eleven or twelve years . The lodge was his mother lodge , and he was now the father of it . He had always performed thc duties of Treasurer with the greatest ability , and it was with the best

wishes for his happiness and as a mark of affection for him aind appreciation of his good qualities that this testimonial was presented to him . Bro . Ruf returned thanks , and in the course of a few appropriate remarks , stated that it was now twenty-one years since he had been installed Master of that lodge , but it never entered into his mind that he should ever be presented

with such a mark of the esteem of the brethren . " The Health of the Initiate , " " The Visitors , " " TheSecretary , " and other officers were also proposed and responded to , and the toast of " The Success of the Masonic Charities " was coupled with the name of Bro . Terry , who responded with his accustomed eloquence . NEPTUNE LODGE ( No . 22 ) . —On Thursday ,

the 31 st ult ., the brethren of this old lodge met at the Guildhall Tavern for the installation of the new W . M ., Bro . George Phythian , who was unanimously elected at the last regular meeting of the lodge . Thc proceedings of the day commenced with the opening of the lodge by Bro . E . F . Storr , W . M ., thc other ofiicers of the lodge being in their places . The list of brethren present during

the evening comprised the names of Bros . E . F . Storr , W . M . ; George Phythian , S . W . ; W . Ashwell , J . W . ; Isaac Wilcox , P . M ., Treasurer ; T . R . Eames , P . M ., Secretary ; John Holman , S . D . ; Thomas P . Collings , J . D . ; George Bird Gates , I . G . ; VV . R . Greaves , Organist ; W . Neats , W . S . ; A . j . Partridge , P . M . ; Thomas White , P . M . ; C . W , Gray , P . M . ; John McLachlan , George Britton , Richard

Calling , Charles W . Crowe , E . Hollands , A . J . Prothero , G . Watcrall , R . M . ; Thomas Fairwcathcr , Jno . Harper , J . J . Slater , George Jones , James Norman , J . M . Thrcdder , W . H . Wise , jun ., W . H . Keer , E . Y . Jolliffe , James Miller , H . S . Crawford , P . M . ; Alex . Austen , George Salter , P . M . ; Geo . Scotter , B . Pears , jun ., Mark Hubbard , O . Sargent , E . R . Curtice , A . M . Dorman , W . Buszard , f .

H . Batley . Visitors , Newington Bridges , W . M . 1669 ; H , Birdseye , 715 ; Francis Fellows , 193 and 1679 ; Nelson Reed , W . M . 1671 ; H . Phythian , P . P . G . Sec . Middlesex ; H . Edmonds , 1679 ; E . H . Thiellay , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B , Middlesex ; J . Reinhardt , J . W . 23 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 { Freemason ); D . Rees Copestake , P . M . 869 ; Fred . Keily , 1293 , P . P . G . P . Middlesex ; and James Curtis , 14 s . After

the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the last regular meeting , and of the lodge of emergency of the ioth inst ., Bro . Partridge , P . M ., ascended the W . M . chair , and duly installed in very impressive style Bro . George Phythian as Master of the lodge for the year ensuing . After the usual greeting , and the admission of the brethren below the rank of Installed Master , and the observance of thc customary ceremonies in the Three Degrees ,

the following brethren were invested as officers of the lodge for the year ensuing : —Bros . Ashwell , S . W . ; Holman , J . W . ; Isaac Wilcox , P . M ., Treasurer ; T . R . Eames , P . M ., Secretary ; Collins , S . D . ; Gates , P . M ., J . D . ; G . Britton , I . G . ; W . C . Greaves , Organist ; Gray , D . C ; Neats , P . M ., W . S . ; and Parkinson , Tyler . After the delivery of the charges , thc W . M . commenced his year ' s work by fluently initialing Mr . James Miller . The report

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of the Audit Committee was then read and adopted , and Bro . Storr , I . P . M ., was presented with a massive and elegant P . M . jewel . Bro . Storr , in thanking the brethren for the gift , said it was not for the pecuniary value of the jewel that he prized it , but for thc memorial it was of the brethren's estimation of his services to thc lodge ; and he trusted he should be spared for many

years to do what he could for his mother lodge which he loved so much . Bro . Storr afterwards moved that ten guineas be given to the Boys' School ; ten guineas to thc Girls ' School ; and ten guineas to the Benevolent Institution ; and the motion , having been duly seconded , was carried unanimously . The W . M . then informed the brethren that they had already a Steward for the Benevolent Institution .

Ever since he had been a member of the lodge it had sent a Steward to each of the Institutions every year ; but this year , for thc first time , there was still a vacancy for a Steward for the Boys' School . He hoped however that the lodge would be true to its old traditions , and that a brother would come forward and offer himself to supply the vacancy . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Fairweathcr immediately

rose and said he should be very happy to take the office upon himself . ( Cheers . ) Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet . The toasts were afterwards proposed , and " The Health of the Queen , the Grand Master , the Pro and Deputy Grand Master , and the Grand Officers , " received all the honours customarily awarded to princes and rulers . Bro . E . F . Storr , I . P . M ., next rose to

propose "The Health of the W . M ., " and said that in doing so he should be speaking the sentiments of every brother when he mentioned that the chair of thc lodge was now filled by one whose working , as they had seen that night , would do him credit as W . M . of the Neptune Lodge . Thc W . M . was like himself ( Bro . Storr , ) but young in Masonry . The W . M . was initiated next after him and had passed

close to him in every office in thc lodge . He felt therefore that they were like twin brothers . The W . M . he was proud to say had the assistance , as he himself had , of every officer , all of whom esteemed and loved him ; and at the end of his year of office he would be able on taking a retrospect of it to say that he had had a very happy year . His ( Bro . ] Storr ' s ) sun set that night , and Bro . Phythian ' s

rose . He hoped that it might shine in splendour and set without a cloud . Thc W . M ., in the course of acknowledging the toast said it was now between seven and eight years that he first occupied the chair on the immediate right of the W . M . of the lodge , Bro . Watcrall . He was quite astounded at the rapid manner in which he had moved from that position to the chair he now occupied .

When he first entered the lodge there was but one brother that he knew , and that was Bro . George Jones , the oldest subscribing member of the lodge . Bro . Jones assisted Bro . Muggeridge in resuscitating the lodge in 1849 , and he had been what the Audit Committee thought one of the best paying members , for they always had his money , and ; hc very seldom came , having attended only three

times since he ( the W . M . ) was initiated . Bro . Jones introduced , him to the lodge . He had much pleasure in acknowledging that Bro . Jones taught him all his business experience ; it was to Bro . Jones he went from school , and when he wished to become a Mason , knowing that Bro . Jones was one he asked him about it , and received for answer that he could not do better than join the Neptune

Lodge . Bro . Jones proposed him , and their late lamented Bro . Ashwell seconded him . Both as a lad and a man he had always experienced the greatest kindness from Bro . George Jones , and as that brother had favoured the lodge with his presence that evening , he thought he could not do better than propose " Prosperity to thc Neptune Lodge , " and couple it with the name of Bro . George Jones , the

oldest subscribing member . Bro . George Jones replied , and said he had not the slightest idea when he came to the lodge that evening that his name would have been proposed . Unfortunately , the oldest member next to him , Bro . Partridge , sen ., was not present . He ( Bro . Jones ) was thc oldest subscribing member , having been initiated in this very month , in 1848 . He could merely re-echo the

sentiments of all who had passed into the lodge since then , that it had been a happy thirty years , for he had always enjoyed himself when he had spent an evening with the brethren . True , during the last few years he had not been often at the lodge . Domestic and other circumstances called him away ; but he had great pleasure in being there that evening , and especially in seeing hisj excellent old

friend , Bro . George Phythian , holding the highest position in the lodge . When he ( Bro . G . Jones ) joined , they used to have ten , twelve , or thirteen members ; now , however , they had sixty or seventy . He was very delighted at being present , and he hoped to be spared some few years yet to have the pleasure of coming again . The W . M . proposed " The Initiate . " He knew that the brother who had been

initiated that evening was one who would reflect honour on the brethren ' s choice , because he had been proposeel and seconded by two of thc most distinguished aud respected members of the lodge . Bro , Miller , in reply , said he was not able to reply as be felt , but he could inform the brethren that he was highly pleased with the ceremony he had gone through , and he was certain he should never regret the

step he had taken . The W . M ., in proposing " The Health of the P . M . ' s , " said that no brother who like himself had been a member of the lodge for seven or eight years could fail to know the great value of the P . M . ' s . No brother could appreciate more highly than he did the very valuable assistance the P . M . ' s rendered to the officers of the lodge . They were ready and willing at any moment to give their time towards teaching the brethren . To

mention but one instance : Bro . Gray had spent a great deal of time in coaching him ( tho W . M . ) up in his work , and although he was sorry to say he was not quite perfect in it yet , he hoped to he better . If any question arose in the lodge , the Masters and brethren looked to the P . M . ' s for advice and aid , and during his ( the W . M . ' s ) year of office he should refer to them , and asV for their support . Bro . Past Master Storr had presided