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in being selected to fill the W . M . chair . It was an honou lie had looked forward to for a long time , and now that h had obtained it he should never forget it . His old friend the Immediate Past Master , had made some kind remarks about him that evening , and he knew he was sincere in all he had said ; but he ( the W . M . ) only wished he was deserving of one half of it . He would only assure thc
brethren that during thc year in which he hail thc honour to preside over this lodge , it would be his constant endeavour to maintain the dignity and character of thc lodge in every respect ; not only socially , but as regarded the working , for he thoroughly agreed with Bro . Lambert that that was thc fundamental part of Masonry . The cold he was suffering from must be his excuse for not saying
more but he would ask the brethren to believe him when he said how deeply sensible he was of the honour they had done him . In proposing " The Health of the Visitors , " the W . M . said there many distinguished brethren present as visitors that evening , among them being many members of Grand Lodge . There were Bro . Macartney , M . P ., for Tyrone , Col . Somerville Burney , Bro . Wilhelm
Ganz , Bro . Boyd , Bro . Peter de Lande Long , and Bro . James Glaisher . They were always pleased to see visitors at their meetings , and he was sure the time would never come when St . Thomas ' s Lodge would not cordially greet them . There were altogether thirty-six visitors present , and to those thirty-six brethren he would only say in the name of St . Thomas ' s Lodge he greeted them well . It
would be impossible to have a reply from each of the visitors , and he would therefore call on Bro . Macartney , M . P ., to reply . Bro . Macartney in replying said , if anything were required to prove the hospitality of thc Lodge of St . Thomas , he thought the standing up of so many visitors as thirty-six , who really out-numbered the members of the lodge would show that they did not fail in that respect . It
was not the first time that he had had the advantage and pleasure of enjoying the hospitality of St . Thomas ' s Lodge , but he would echo in the most heartfelt and sincere way what was said by Bro . Col . Burdett , that he never saw better working in a lodge than he had seen that day . Perhaps the working in his own country was not quite up in many respects to the working ; in others it was
indifferent ; and in some very indifferent . It depended on the officers . When a lodge had good officers the working was good ; and he was told that St . Thomas ' s Lodge not only had the advantage of having good officers now , but it had in prospective for several years a crop coming up which would increase in good time , and guarantee for the lodge Masters and Past Masters quite as
good as any who had precceded them . He must say that he congratulated St . Thomas ' s Lodge on its prospect . On behalf of himself and thc other thirty-five visitors he begged to thank the lodge for their hospitality . They could not all return thanks . If they did thc lodge would be in much the same position as a House of which he was a member , when thc Obstructive Party stopped a
bill . The brethren might say they were waiting too long for their wine or for the next toast . He could only say as an Irish Mason , he returned thanks . Masonry in Ireland , as they were all aware , had in recent years had to undergo difficulties not known before . It was under the ban of a power which had a very great sway in that country ; but he was glad to say that although thc
utmost endeavours had been made to checkmate Masonry and stop its growth they had not been successful , and this was in no small degree due to the fostering of the Order by the reigning family . It was alive in the breasts of rightminded men in his country as in this , and thc example set them by so many members ofthe Royal Family joining the ancient and noble Craft , had encouraged many
others to join it too . He was proud to say that he had in the Mark Lodge given the degree to His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , and also gave him the Royal Arch Degree in the chapter . He regretted to say he was absent ( but he was absent on public business ) when the Duke of Connaught received the 33 rd Degree in the preceptory of which he ( Bro . Macartney ) was thc Preceptor ;
and he was sorry also that he was absent when the Duke of Connaught was installed Great Prior of Ireland . However , it was a great pleasure to have our Queen as the protector of our Order , the Grand Master the Prince of Wales , as the patron of the Order ; the Duke of Connaught as their Great Prior . In proposing " The P . M . ' s , " thc W . M . regretted the absence of two of those brethren ,
one from indisposition , and the other from a domestic affliction . Bro . Lambert , I . P . M ., said as the junior P . M . he could promise the W . M . that he might rely upon him for assistance . Thc P . M . ' s of the lodge would not hesitate to do anything they might becalled uponto do . The W . M . was the governor of the lodge , and the P . M . ' s were not at all jealous of his performing the duties . He could say
on behalf of the P . M . ' s , in the words of " The death of Nelson , " which they had just heard , " thus ending life as they began , " every P . M . would " do his duty ; " and he could assure the W . M . on his own ( Bro . Lambert ' s ) part , and the other P . M . ' s , he thanked them most sincerely , and with regard to the jewel presented to him , he would take this further opportunity
of thanking the brethren again . Bro . Battye , Treasurer , also thanked the W . M . and brethren , and hoped to enjoy the society of the members of the lodge for many years . The W . M ., in proposing "The Health of the Officers , " said the officers appointed for the ensuing year would , one and all , do their duty , and be a credit to the lodge . As regarded the senior officers they were old and tried
members , the junior officers had to show what they could do , but he thought he might say for them that they would do their best to qualify themselves for their respective positions , and show their appreciation of their appointment to office by working up to the higher grades . As regarded the Senior Warden , he had so distinguished himself in his position of Junior Warden , that it was impossible for him to do more in his present capacity . Bro . Macaulay , S . W .,
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replied , and said that having been deputed to reply to this toast , he begged to say that thc officers of St . Thomas's Lodge thanked the W . M . most cordially for thc very kind manner in which he had proposed the toast , and the brethren for the very gracious reception they hail given it . On behalf of the officers of thc St . Thomas ' s Lodge he took this opportunity of publicly . assuring the W . M . that
his kind remarks had not fallen on unfruitful soil , the evidence of which he hoped tbey would give the W . M . during his year of office . He begged further to say that thc promotion the W . M . had given those who held office last year would be earned ; and for those who now held office for thc first time , he felt sure that he might say that all the W . M ., had expected of them would be realised . He hoped
he might be allowed the opportunity of saying a few more words of those who had held office under thc I . P . M ., and those words were words of public thanks to hirn for the very kind manner in which he had always dealt with them and overlooked their failings . To Bro . Lambert and others he felt very much indebted for the encouiagcment they h ? . d received during thc prist year . Had it not
been for that encouragement on many occasions , some of the officers would have felt in difficulty . As it was , he had made their labours light , and their offices pleasure instead of routine duty . The Tyler ' s toast was then given , and the brethren separated . HENRY MUGGERIDGE LODGE ( No . 16 79 ) . —The fourth regular meeting of this lodge was held at
the Prince George , Dalston , on Saturday , January 26 th , whea-therc were present Bros . Henry Muggeridge , W . M . ; Francis Fellows , S . W . ; E . F . Storr , j . W . ; « [ . Lorkin , S . D . ; J . H . John , J . D . ; W . Darnell , D . C . ; Sack , Dyer , Arnold , and others . Visitors : Bros . Weedon , P . M . Panmure ; Christian , W . M . Beaconsfield ; Dallas , and Taylor . The lodge was opened in due form , and Bro . Alfred R .
Foster passed to thc Second Degree in a very impressive manner . Thc lodge was then closed , and the brethren sat down to a very nicely served cold collation . After the usual toasts were given , the W . M ., being very unwell , was compelled to retire , without the usual songs being given at intervals . ALL SAINT'S LODGE ( No 1716 ) . —The second
regular meeting of this new and prosperous lodge WAS held on Friday evening , ist inst ., at the Town Hall , Poplar , E . In thc temporary absence of W . M ., Bro . W . If . Farnfield , his position was filled by Bro . J . Dennis , S W ., and P . M . 907 , and thc following officers , and brethren were present : Bros . F . A . White , as S . W . ; J . IC . Coleman , as J . W . ; N . J . Fenner , Treas . ; Leonard Potts ,
S . D . ; J . S . Turner , J . D . ; VV . C . Young , I . G . ; C . A . Smith , Org . ; E . Witherstone , J . [ . Abbott , R . M . Talbot , J . House , J . Mills , T . Bates , J . W . Marsh , C . Phillips , anil F . Johnson . The following visiting brethren were also present : Bros . F . B . Daniel , P . M . 7 81 ; Bradshaw , Brown , I . G ., C . Brown 1362 . II . J . Hancock , 1000 ; J . W . Martin , 141 ; anil II . J . Bull ; 781 . The lodge was opened
in due form with solemn prayer , and thc minutes of the previous regular meeting and of two emergency meetings read and confirmed . Ballot was then taken for Messrs . F . E . Bowkett , and Wm . Morris for initiation and in each case the ballot proved unanimous in the affirmative . The work of the evening was then proceeded with and Bros . Mills , Talbot , House , and Bates , raised to thc third degree
Bro . C . Phillips passed to the Second Degree and Messrs , Bowkett and Morris initiated . The manner in which the several ceremonies were worked elicited the admiration of all the brethren present . Thc W . M . himself then took the chair of K . S . ; and apologised for his absence caused partly by indisposition but more particularly through having had to keep an important engagement at Westminster under the
pressure of a subpoena , and he expressed his thanks to Bro . J . Dennis for so kindly undertaking his duties for the evening . Bro . J . Denniss , then proposed and Bro . L . Potts seconded that the code of bye-laws be referred to a Committee of the officers to consider and report upon ; this was unanimously carried . It was also resolved on the motion of Bro . J . K . Coleman that a Lodgeof Instruction
be held at the Artichoke Tavern , Blackwall , on every Friday evening throughout the year in connection with the All Saints' Lodge , and on the motion of Bro . J . Dennis , for Bro . N . J . Fenner , Treas ., who had left the meeting , that the sum of £ s , be placed on the list of the W . M . from the funds of the lodge for thc R . M . B . Inst ., the W . M . having consented to act as Steward for No . 1716
at the forthcoming festival . A proposition having been made for initiation , the lodge was closed in due form with solemn prayer and adjourned . This being a non-banqueting lodge we are unable to chronicle any further proceedings except that after partaking of a social glass and a ' smoke only , thc brethren separated after four hour' work . WINCHESTER . —Lodge of Economy ( No .
7 6 ) . —The installation of Bro . W . G . Blanchard , as Worshipful Master of this ( thc senior lodge of Hampshire ) took place last week in the presence of a numerous attendance of thc brethren , both from the city and the district , including the Deputy Prov . Grand Master ( Bro . W . Hickman ); Bro . Frost , the Prov . G . Treasurer , Bro . Rake , Prov . G . J . W . ; and the Masters of the Royal Gloucester and
Peace and Harmony ( Southampton ) and the Basingstoke lodges . The ceremony was efficiently performed by Bro . J . Harris , Prov . G . W ., and one of thc Past Masters of the lodge , and at ils close the newly-installed Master invested the following officers : —Bros . Goodwin , I . P . M . ; Bryant , S . W . ; Mutt , J . W . and Org . ; Stopher , P . M ., Treas . ; Nixon , Sec . ; Powell , S . D . ; Murray , y . D . ; Captain
Moore , P . M ., D . C ; Salter , P . M ., Assistant D . C ; Captain Hall , I . G . ; Harris , P . M ., and Roles , Stewards ; and Sims , Tyler . Before thc lodge separated votes of thanks were awarded to the Dep , Prov . Grand Master and to the Installing Master . ; and it was incidentally mentioned in the passing of a vote of thanks to P . M . Sheppard , who has acted as Treasurer of the lodge for the past ten years , and is now leaving Winchester for Southampton , that
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since thc mem ' iers had resolvei t > rcdice tin subscription in order to leave attendance : at the monthly banquet to the option ofthe brethren , not only wis the lodge in a better financial position , bat the arrangement had worked better than was expected , anrl the while of the funis were now applied exclusive '/ to charitable and Misjnic parpises . At the subsequent installation banquet , served at the
Royal Hotel , there wis a capital atten lance , including the Dep . Prov . Grand Master , and the Prov . Offirers already named ; the ofiicers of the lorlge , mil several Past Masters , including Bros . N iish an 1 W iy ( Newpirt ) ; the Miyor of Winchester , Col . Naghteu , M . P ., and several officers from the garrison . Mutual congratulations were exchanged on the state of Mtsortry ia Winchester aivl the province
generally . KENDAL . —Union Lodge ( No . 129 ) . —The members of this old aad flourishing la Ige , founded in 1764 , held their installation festival in their hall , Slramongate , on Thursday , the 31 st ult ., after the business of Kendal Cistle Chapter , " R . A . M ., which is attached to Union Lodge , had been concluded . There was an excellent
muster of the members , including Bros . R . ] . Nelson , W . M ., P . G . Steward ; G . J . MeKav , S . W ., W . M . elect , P . G . \ . D . C ; T . Baron , J . W . ; G . « . Greenal , Treas . ; f . Banks , Sec ; F . W . Watson , S . D . ; J . Sisson , jun ., | . D . ; J . Holme , P . M ., P . P . G . S . VV . ; J . Talbot , P . M ., P . P . G . I . W . ; J . Bowes , P . M ., P . P . G . J . W . ; T . Wilson , P . M ., P . P . G . Supt . Works ; J . Bintley , P . M ,, P . P . G . Supt .
Works ; F . C . Grayson , P . M . ; R . Godfrey . P . M ., P . G . Supt . Works ; W . Tattersall , P . P . G . D . C ; H . Craig , J . Pickthal , Jos . Hunter , T . Fearnside , E . O . Dwyer , H . F . Scales , W . Harrison , Geo . Waters , E . Medcalf , jun ., Jas . Gooding , and others . There were also a number of visitors present , viz .: Bros . W . Druid , P . M . 1074 and 995 , P . P . G . J . W . ; J . Mills , P . M . iino , P . P . G . S . B . ; G . Taylor ,
J . W . 1031 ; XV . B . Gibson , P . M . 119 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . Secretary Cumberland and Westmorland ; John Bell , 28 r , 1353 , 1390 ; Jack Bintley , and others . Apologies were received from Bros . Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., P . M . 129 , Deputy Prov . Grand Master Cumberland and Westmorland ; Jas . Black , W . M . 1002 , Cockermouth ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M . 1002 , P . G . Reg . ( Freemason ) ; and others .
After the lodge had been opened the minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . McKay , having been presented in the Second Degree , the ceremony of installation was proceeded with up to the M . M . ' s Degree , when the presiding officer ' s position was assumed by Bro . W . B . Gibson , P . G . Secretary . A Board of Installed Masters having been formally opened , numbering fourteen
in all , Bro . McKay was regularly placed in the chair of K . S ., according to ancient custom . The board being then closed , and the lodge successively reduced to the Fir-t Degree , the newly-installed W . M . appointed his officers , and they were invested as follows : — Bros . R . J . Nelson , I . P . M . ; J . Banks , S . W . ; F . W . Watson , J . W . ; G . B . Greenall , Treasurer ( reflected ) ; J . H .
Hogg , secretary ; J . Sisson , jun ., S . D . ; J . Wilkinson , J . D . ; R . Godfrey , P . M ., D . C ; Eli Cox , Organist ( reappointed ) ; J . B . Wilson , I . G . Bro . J . Boives , P . M ., delivered the address to the W . M ., followed by Bro . Talbot , P . M ., with that appertaining to the Wardens , after which Bro . Gibson , the Installing Master , delivered thc usual address to the brethren of Union Lodge generally . A cordial vote
of thanks was accorded to the Installing Master and his assistants , and the same was ordered to be recorded on the minutes . After those brethren had acknowledgled the compliment , the third and last proclamation was put , which elicited the heartiest of good wishes from Lodges 112 , Whitehaven ; 281 , Lancaster ; 995 , Ulverston ; 10 5 1 , Lancaster ; 1074 , Kirkby Lonsdale ; 1 r » r 3
Lancaster ; and 1390 , Millom . The lodge was then closed in form , when the brethren , to the number of fifty , adjourned to the King ' s Arms Hotel , and partook of a sumptuous banquet , Bro . McKay , the W . M ., presiding . Thc cloth being drawn , the W . M ., in giving " The Health of Her Majesty , " said she had endeared herself to her subjects generally as the Sovereign of this mighty empire ; but , in
particular , she was a warm supporter of our Masonic institutions . The W . M . also gave " The Princess of Wales , and the other members of the Royal Family ; " which was followed by " The Health of thc M . W . Grand Master of England , " drunk with all the honours . The W . M . then gave "The M . W . Pro Grand Master , Lord Carnarvon ; the R . W . Deputy Grand Master , Lord Skelmersdale ;
and the rest of the Grand Officers of England . " He remarked that those who had the privilege of attending Grand Lodge could not but be struck with the ability displayed by thc Earl of Carnarvon , especially at last Grand Lodge , when his lordship spoke so eloquently on the subject of tlie Grand Orient of France having eliminated the G . A . O . T . U . from its
constitutions . The M . W . Grand Master could not find a fitter or abler representative than His Royal Highness's present Pro Grand Master , and long might he spared to preside over the Grand Lodge of England . Bro . W . B . Gibson next proposed , in an eloquent speech , "The Health of the R . W . P . G . M . of Cumberland and Westmorland , the Earl of Bective , M . P ., " which was succeeded by Bro . Holme
with "The R . W . D . P . G . M ., Colonel Whitwell , M . P . ; " and "The P . G . Officers , " proposed by theW . M ., and responded to by Bros . Holme , Gibson , Talbot , Bowes , Dodds and others . Bro . Cartmel , P . P . G . D . C , the senior P . M . of Lodge 129 , then gave in very complimentary terms , "The Newly-instnlled W . M . of Union Lodge , " which was drunk with every honour . Bro . McKay , in reply , thanked Bro .
Cartmel for his very kind expressions , and he desired further to tender to the brethren his most hearty thanks for thc cordial manner in which they had received the toast of his health . He was thankful for their good opinion , and it should be his constant aim to secure it . They had that day conferred upon him thc hi ghest honour in the power of a lodge to bestow on any of its members , and he wished to assure them of his profound gratitude for
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in being selected to fill the W . M . chair . It was an honou lie had looked forward to for a long time , and now that h had obtained it he should never forget it . His old friend the Immediate Past Master , had made some kind remarks about him that evening , and he knew he was sincere in all he had said ; but he ( the W . M . ) only wished he was deserving of one half of it . He would only assure thc
brethren that during thc year in which he hail thc honour to preside over this lodge , it would be his constant endeavour to maintain the dignity and character of thc lodge in every respect ; not only socially , but as regarded the working , for he thoroughly agreed with Bro . Lambert that that was thc fundamental part of Masonry . The cold he was suffering from must be his excuse for not saying
more but he would ask the brethren to believe him when he said how deeply sensible he was of the honour they had done him . In proposing " The Health of the Visitors , " the W . M . said there many distinguished brethren present as visitors that evening , among them being many members of Grand Lodge . There were Bro . Macartney , M . P ., for Tyrone , Col . Somerville Burney , Bro . Wilhelm
Ganz , Bro . Boyd , Bro . Peter de Lande Long , and Bro . James Glaisher . They were always pleased to see visitors at their meetings , and he was sure the time would never come when St . Thomas ' s Lodge would not cordially greet them . There were altogether thirty-six visitors present , and to those thirty-six brethren he would only say in the name of St . Thomas ' s Lodge he greeted them well . It
would be impossible to have a reply from each of the visitors , and he would therefore call on Bro . Macartney , M . P ., to reply . Bro . Macartney in replying said , if anything were required to prove the hospitality of thc Lodge of St . Thomas , he thought the standing up of so many visitors as thirty-six , who really out-numbered the members of the lodge would show that they did not fail in that respect . It
was not the first time that he had had the advantage and pleasure of enjoying the hospitality of St . Thomas ' s Lodge , but he would echo in the most heartfelt and sincere way what was said by Bro . Col . Burdett , that he never saw better working in a lodge than he had seen that day . Perhaps the working in his own country was not quite up in many respects to the working ; in others it was
indifferent ; and in some very indifferent . It depended on the officers . When a lodge had good officers the working was good ; and he was told that St . Thomas ' s Lodge not only had the advantage of having good officers now , but it had in prospective for several years a crop coming up which would increase in good time , and guarantee for the lodge Masters and Past Masters quite as
good as any who had precceded them . He must say that he congratulated St . Thomas ' s Lodge on its prospect . On behalf of himself and thc other thirty-five visitors he begged to thank the lodge for their hospitality . They could not all return thanks . If they did thc lodge would be in much the same position as a House of which he was a member , when thc Obstructive Party stopped a
bill . The brethren might say they were waiting too long for their wine or for the next toast . He could only say as an Irish Mason , he returned thanks . Masonry in Ireland , as they were all aware , had in recent years had to undergo difficulties not known before . It was under the ban of a power which had a very great sway in that country ; but he was glad to say that although thc
utmost endeavours had been made to checkmate Masonry and stop its growth they had not been successful , and this was in no small degree due to the fostering of the Order by the reigning family . It was alive in the breasts of rightminded men in his country as in this , and thc example set them by so many members ofthe Royal Family joining the ancient and noble Craft , had encouraged many
others to join it too . He was proud to say that he had in the Mark Lodge given the degree to His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , and also gave him the Royal Arch Degree in the chapter . He regretted to say he was absent ( but he was absent on public business ) when the Duke of Connaught received the 33 rd Degree in the preceptory of which he ( Bro . Macartney ) was thc Preceptor ;
and he was sorry also that he was absent when the Duke of Connaught was installed Great Prior of Ireland . However , it was a great pleasure to have our Queen as the protector of our Order , the Grand Master the Prince of Wales , as the patron of the Order ; the Duke of Connaught as their Great Prior . In proposing " The P . M . ' s , " thc W . M . regretted the absence of two of those brethren ,
one from indisposition , and the other from a domestic affliction . Bro . Lambert , I . P . M ., said as the junior P . M . he could promise the W . M . that he might rely upon him for assistance . Thc P . M . ' s of the lodge would not hesitate to do anything they might becalled uponto do . The W . M . was the governor of the lodge , and the P . M . ' s were not at all jealous of his performing the duties . He could say
on behalf of the P . M . ' s , in the words of " The death of Nelson , " which they had just heard , " thus ending life as they began , " every P . M . would " do his duty ; " and he could assure the W . M . on his own ( Bro . Lambert ' s ) part , and the other P . M . ' s , he thanked them most sincerely , and with regard to the jewel presented to him , he would take this further opportunity
of thanking the brethren again . Bro . Battye , Treasurer , also thanked the W . M . and brethren , and hoped to enjoy the society of the members of the lodge for many years . The W . M ., in proposing "The Health of the Officers , " said the officers appointed for the ensuing year would , one and all , do their duty , and be a credit to the lodge . As regarded the senior officers they were old and tried
members , the junior officers had to show what they could do , but he thought he might say for them that they would do their best to qualify themselves for their respective positions , and show their appreciation of their appointment to office by working up to the higher grades . As regarded the Senior Warden , he had so distinguished himself in his position of Junior Warden , that it was impossible for him to do more in his present capacity . Bro . Macaulay , S . W .,
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replied , and said that having been deputed to reply to this toast , he begged to say that thc officers of St . Thomas's Lodge thanked the W . M . most cordially for thc very kind manner in which he had proposed the toast , and the brethren for the very gracious reception they hail given it . On behalf of the officers of thc St . Thomas ' s Lodge he took this opportunity of publicly . assuring the W . M . that
his kind remarks had not fallen on unfruitful soil , the evidence of which he hoped tbey would give the W . M . during his year of office . He begged further to say that thc promotion the W . M . had given those who held office last year would be earned ; and for those who now held office for thc first time , he felt sure that he might say that all the W . M ., had expected of them would be realised . He hoped
he might be allowed the opportunity of saying a few more words of those who had held office under thc I . P . M ., and those words were words of public thanks to hirn for the very kind manner in which he had always dealt with them and overlooked their failings . To Bro . Lambert and others he felt very much indebted for the encouiagcment they h ? . d received during thc prist year . Had it not
been for that encouragement on many occasions , some of the officers would have felt in difficulty . As it was , he had made their labours light , and their offices pleasure instead of routine duty . The Tyler ' s toast was then given , and the brethren separated . HENRY MUGGERIDGE LODGE ( No . 16 79 ) . —The fourth regular meeting of this lodge was held at
the Prince George , Dalston , on Saturday , January 26 th , whea-therc were present Bros . Henry Muggeridge , W . M . ; Francis Fellows , S . W . ; E . F . Storr , j . W . ; « [ . Lorkin , S . D . ; J . H . John , J . D . ; W . Darnell , D . C . ; Sack , Dyer , Arnold , and others . Visitors : Bros . Weedon , P . M . Panmure ; Christian , W . M . Beaconsfield ; Dallas , and Taylor . The lodge was opened in due form , and Bro . Alfred R .
Foster passed to thc Second Degree in a very impressive manner . Thc lodge was then closed , and the brethren sat down to a very nicely served cold collation . After the usual toasts were given , the W . M ., being very unwell , was compelled to retire , without the usual songs being given at intervals . ALL SAINT'S LODGE ( No 1716 ) . —The second
regular meeting of this new and prosperous lodge WAS held on Friday evening , ist inst ., at the Town Hall , Poplar , E . In thc temporary absence of W . M ., Bro . W . If . Farnfield , his position was filled by Bro . J . Dennis , S W ., and P . M . 907 , and thc following officers , and brethren were present : Bros . F . A . White , as S . W . ; J . IC . Coleman , as J . W . ; N . J . Fenner , Treas . ; Leonard Potts ,
S . D . ; J . S . Turner , J . D . ; VV . C . Young , I . G . ; C . A . Smith , Org . ; E . Witherstone , J . [ . Abbott , R . M . Talbot , J . House , J . Mills , T . Bates , J . W . Marsh , C . Phillips , anil F . Johnson . The following visiting brethren were also present : Bros . F . B . Daniel , P . M . 7 81 ; Bradshaw , Brown , I . G ., C . Brown 1362 . II . J . Hancock , 1000 ; J . W . Martin , 141 ; anil II . J . Bull ; 781 . The lodge was opened
in due form with solemn prayer , and thc minutes of the previous regular meeting and of two emergency meetings read and confirmed . Ballot was then taken for Messrs . F . E . Bowkett , and Wm . Morris for initiation and in each case the ballot proved unanimous in the affirmative . The work of the evening was then proceeded with and Bros . Mills , Talbot , House , and Bates , raised to thc third degree
Bro . C . Phillips passed to the Second Degree and Messrs , Bowkett and Morris initiated . The manner in which the several ceremonies were worked elicited the admiration of all the brethren present . Thc W . M . himself then took the chair of K . S . ; and apologised for his absence caused partly by indisposition but more particularly through having had to keep an important engagement at Westminster under the
pressure of a subpoena , and he expressed his thanks to Bro . J . Dennis for so kindly undertaking his duties for the evening . Bro . J . Denniss , then proposed and Bro . L . Potts seconded that the code of bye-laws be referred to a Committee of the officers to consider and report upon ; this was unanimously carried . It was also resolved on the motion of Bro . J . K . Coleman that a Lodgeof Instruction
be held at the Artichoke Tavern , Blackwall , on every Friday evening throughout the year in connection with the All Saints' Lodge , and on the motion of Bro . J . Dennis , for Bro . N . J . Fenner , Treas ., who had left the meeting , that the sum of £ s , be placed on the list of the W . M . from the funds of the lodge for thc R . M . B . Inst ., the W . M . having consented to act as Steward for No . 1716
at the forthcoming festival . A proposition having been made for initiation , the lodge was closed in due form with solemn prayer and adjourned . This being a non-banqueting lodge we are unable to chronicle any further proceedings except that after partaking of a social glass and a ' smoke only , thc brethren separated after four hour' work . WINCHESTER . —Lodge of Economy ( No .
7 6 ) . —The installation of Bro . W . G . Blanchard , as Worshipful Master of this ( thc senior lodge of Hampshire ) took place last week in the presence of a numerous attendance of thc brethren , both from the city and the district , including the Deputy Prov . Grand Master ( Bro . W . Hickman ); Bro . Frost , the Prov . G . Treasurer , Bro . Rake , Prov . G . J . W . ; and the Masters of the Royal Gloucester and
Peace and Harmony ( Southampton ) and the Basingstoke lodges . The ceremony was efficiently performed by Bro . J . Harris , Prov . G . W ., and one of thc Past Masters of the lodge , and at ils close the newly-installed Master invested the following officers : —Bros . Goodwin , I . P . M . ; Bryant , S . W . ; Mutt , J . W . and Org . ; Stopher , P . M ., Treas . ; Nixon , Sec . ; Powell , S . D . ; Murray , y . D . ; Captain
Moore , P . M ., D . C ; Salter , P . M ., Assistant D . C ; Captain Hall , I . G . ; Harris , P . M ., and Roles , Stewards ; and Sims , Tyler . Before thc lodge separated votes of thanks were awarded to the Dep , Prov . Grand Master and to the Installing Master . ; and it was incidentally mentioned in the passing of a vote of thanks to P . M . Sheppard , who has acted as Treasurer of the lodge for the past ten years , and is now leaving Winchester for Southampton , that
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since thc mem ' iers had resolvei t > rcdice tin subscription in order to leave attendance : at the monthly banquet to the option ofthe brethren , not only wis the lodge in a better financial position , bat the arrangement had worked better than was expected , anrl the while of the funis were now applied exclusive '/ to charitable and Misjnic parpises . At the subsequent installation banquet , served at the
Royal Hotel , there wis a capital atten lance , including the Dep . Prov . Grand Master , and the Prov . Offirers already named ; the ofiicers of the lorlge , mil several Past Masters , including Bros . N iish an 1 W iy ( Newpirt ) ; the Miyor of Winchester , Col . Naghteu , M . P ., and several officers from the garrison . Mutual congratulations were exchanged on the state of Mtsortry ia Winchester aivl the province
generally . KENDAL . —Union Lodge ( No . 129 ) . —The members of this old aad flourishing la Ige , founded in 1764 , held their installation festival in their hall , Slramongate , on Thursday , the 31 st ult ., after the business of Kendal Cistle Chapter , " R . A . M ., which is attached to Union Lodge , had been concluded . There was an excellent
muster of the members , including Bros . R . ] . Nelson , W . M ., P . G . Steward ; G . J . MeKav , S . W ., W . M . elect , P . G . \ . D . C ; T . Baron , J . W . ; G . « . Greenal , Treas . ; f . Banks , Sec ; F . W . Watson , S . D . ; J . Sisson , jun ., | . D . ; J . Holme , P . M ., P . P . G . S . VV . ; J . Talbot , P . M ., P . P . G . I . W . ; J . Bowes , P . M ., P . P . G . J . W . ; T . Wilson , P . M ., P . P . G . Supt . Works ; J . Bintley , P . M ,, P . P . G . Supt .
Works ; F . C . Grayson , P . M . ; R . Godfrey . P . M ., P . G . Supt . Works ; W . Tattersall , P . P . G . D . C ; H . Craig , J . Pickthal , Jos . Hunter , T . Fearnside , E . O . Dwyer , H . F . Scales , W . Harrison , Geo . Waters , E . Medcalf , jun ., Jas . Gooding , and others . There were also a number of visitors present , viz .: Bros . W . Druid , P . M . 1074 and 995 , P . P . G . J . W . ; J . Mills , P . M . iino , P . P . G . S . B . ; G . Taylor ,
J . W . 1031 ; XV . B . Gibson , P . M . 119 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . Secretary Cumberland and Westmorland ; John Bell , 28 r , 1353 , 1390 ; Jack Bintley , and others . Apologies were received from Bros . Colonel Whitwell , M . P ., P . M . 129 , Deputy Prov . Grand Master Cumberland and Westmorland ; Jas . Black , W . M . 1002 , Cockermouth ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M . 1002 , P . G . Reg . ( Freemason ) ; and others .
After the lodge had been opened the minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . McKay , having been presented in the Second Degree , the ceremony of installation was proceeded with up to the M . M . ' s Degree , when the presiding officer ' s position was assumed by Bro . W . B . Gibson , P . G . Secretary . A Board of Installed Masters having been formally opened , numbering fourteen
in all , Bro . McKay was regularly placed in the chair of K . S ., according to ancient custom . The board being then closed , and the lodge successively reduced to the Fir-t Degree , the newly-installed W . M . appointed his officers , and they were invested as follows : — Bros . R . J . Nelson , I . P . M . ; J . Banks , S . W . ; F . W . Watson , J . W . ; G . B . Greenall , Treasurer ( reflected ) ; J . H .
Hogg , secretary ; J . Sisson , jun ., S . D . ; J . Wilkinson , J . D . ; R . Godfrey , P . M ., D . C ; Eli Cox , Organist ( reappointed ) ; J . B . Wilson , I . G . Bro . J . Boives , P . M ., delivered the address to the W . M ., followed by Bro . Talbot , P . M ., with that appertaining to the Wardens , after which Bro . Gibson , the Installing Master , delivered thc usual address to the brethren of Union Lodge generally . A cordial vote
of thanks was accorded to the Installing Master and his assistants , and the same was ordered to be recorded on the minutes . After those brethren had acknowledgled the compliment , the third and last proclamation was put , which elicited the heartiest of good wishes from Lodges 112 , Whitehaven ; 281 , Lancaster ; 995 , Ulverston ; 10 5 1 , Lancaster ; 1074 , Kirkby Lonsdale ; 1 r » r 3
Lancaster ; and 1390 , Millom . The lodge was then closed in form , when the brethren , to the number of fifty , adjourned to the King ' s Arms Hotel , and partook of a sumptuous banquet , Bro . McKay , the W . M ., presiding . Thc cloth being drawn , the W . M ., in giving " The Health of Her Majesty , " said she had endeared herself to her subjects generally as the Sovereign of this mighty empire ; but , in
particular , she was a warm supporter of our Masonic institutions . The W . M . also gave " The Princess of Wales , and the other members of the Royal Family ; " which was followed by " The Health of thc M . W . Grand Master of England , " drunk with all the honours . The W . M . then gave "The M . W . Pro Grand Master , Lord Carnarvon ; the R . W . Deputy Grand Master , Lord Skelmersdale ;
and the rest of the Grand Officers of England . " He remarked that those who had the privilege of attending Grand Lodge could not but be struck with the ability displayed by thc Earl of Carnarvon , especially at last Grand Lodge , when his lordship spoke so eloquently on the subject of tlie Grand Orient of France having eliminated the G . A . O . T . U . from its
constitutions . The M . W . Grand Master could not find a fitter or abler representative than His Royal Highness's present Pro Grand Master , and long might he spared to preside over the Grand Lodge of England . Bro . W . B . Gibson next proposed , in an eloquent speech , "The Health of the R . W . P . G . M . of Cumberland and Westmorland , the Earl of Bective , M . P ., " which was succeeded by Bro . Holme
with "The R . W . D . P . G . M ., Colonel Whitwell , M . P . ; " and "The P . G . Officers , " proposed by theW . M ., and responded to by Bros . Holme , Gibson , Talbot , Bowes , Dodds and others . Bro . Cartmel , P . P . G . D . C , the senior P . M . of Lodge 129 , then gave in very complimentary terms , "The Newly-instnlled W . M . of Union Lodge , " which was drunk with every honour . Bro . McKay , in reply , thanked Bro .
Cartmel for his very kind expressions , and he desired further to tender to the brethren his most hearty thanks for thc cordial manner in which they had received the toast of his health . He was thankful for their good opinion , and it should be his constant aim to secure it . They had that day conferred upon him thc hi ghest honour in the power of a lodge to bestow on any of its members , and he wished to assure them of his profound gratitude for