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and revered , one in whom the Masonic precept of Chanty had been strongly inculcated and practised , and who was ever ready to aid and work on behalf of those great and magnificent Masonic Institutions which prov'ded for the relief arid support of the aged brother , the widow , and the orphan . The mere , fact of Bro . Crawshay Bailey having possessed so many valuable jewels belonging to different

Degrees and . Orders , and nearly all of which had been presented to him by his mother lodge , is in itself proof that he was a good and active Mason , and I believe if in his lifetime he had been asked what were his wishes in regard to the disposal of those articles after his death he would have most heartily concurred in what the lodge has done . It was pleasing to remember that the nominees were contemwould

porary with Bro . Bailey , and he was quite sure they each value and treasure these mementos and that they , like him , would do all in their power , in the future as they had done in the past , to promote the cause of Charity in our midst and maintain the high traditions of the Craft . Bro . Walford then proceeded with the presentations as follows , and iu brief but eulogistic terms referred to the

year in which each of the recipients had presided as Master of the lodge , and to the various other important offices they had occupied : Bros . H . C . Evans ; W . M ., P . S . G . Warden ' s clothing ; J . C . Marsh , P . M ., 'Past Master ' s jewel ; T . Harrhy , P . M ., P . G . J . W ., Mark Mason ' s clothing ; W . R . Eames , P . M ., Royal Arch Past Principal ' s jewel ; J . G . Thomas , P . M ., Royal Arch jewel ; W . H . Freeman , P M .,

Master Mason ' s jewel . There were other costly jewels and clothing belonging to the Rose Croix and the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine which Bro . Walford handed over to the lodge to be hereafter presented to those members who may take up these additional degrees . The brethren named above each thanked the lodge for the honourconferred upon them , Bro . ] . C . Marsh , P . M ., remarking that they

did not need these mementos to keep Bro . Bailey green in their memories , as his many good works in connection with Masonry and particularly their own lodge had left a name that would ever be remembered with affection . The action of the donors was deeply appreciated , and they , may be assured that these tokens of our departed brother would be much priied and treasured . Upon the proposition of Bro .

H . C Evans , W . M ., seconded by Bro . E . J . Price , J . W ., a very hearty vote of thanks was accorded Bro . J . Berry Walford for the great interest he had taken in the proceedings , and for the exceedingly pleasant manner in which he had made the presentations . This being suitably acknowledged brought to a close a most enthusiastic and agreeable meeting .

BRADFORD . Acacia Lodge l ( No - 2321 ) . —An emergency meeting of this thriving lodge was held on Thursday , the 17 th ult , when there were present : Bros . J . T . Last , W . M . ; John Niven , I . P . M . ; Joseph Wilson , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br , Chap ., as S . W . ; E . Pearson Peterson , P . M ., Sec ; S . A . Bailey , P . M ., Treas . ; John Haigh ,

P . M . ; T . Wainman Holmes , P . M ., P . P . G . O . ; Samuel Robinson , J . W . ; John Morton , S . D .,- J . B . Fearnley , J . D . j A . E . Harris , I . G . j H . Holmes , Tyler ; John Harland , Stwd . ; R . S . Hird , Wm . Docksey , as Org . ; T . H . Bedford , and Wm . Walker . Visitors : Bros . Joseph Matthewman , P . M . 1019 , Prov . Asst . G . Sec ; Alfred Cocker , W . M . 12 S 3 ; Wm . Haigh , P . M . 12 S 3 , P . P . G .

Std . Br . ; and J . C . Bell , S . VV . 1283 . The lodge was opened by the VV . M ., and Bro . Wm . Walker having proved his proficiency as a F . C . was raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M ., by Bro . Holmes , P . M ., P . P . G . O . The working tools were explained by Bro . Robinson , J . W ., and the charge in the Third Degree was delivered by Bro . Bailey , P . M ., Treas . Apologies were

tendered for the unavoidable absence of several brethren . After " Hearty good wishes " from several visiting brethren the lodge was closed . At refreshment , after the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been duly honoured , "The Visitors , " was submitted by the W . M ., who complimented the brethren of the lodge on the fact that all the

visitors had travelled long distances to do them honour that evening . The toast was very heartily received . Bro . Matthewman , Prov . Asst . G . Sec , in responding , expressed the pleasure it had afforded him to renew his visit to the lodge , having had the privilege of assisting at its consecration nearly five years ago , he felt considerable interest in its welfare , he was pleased at the progress made , and was gratified to find that the new members were likely

to prove good Masons . Bro . Cocker , W . M . 12 S 3 , and Bro . Haigh , P . P . G . Std Br ., also responded , and thanked ths brethren for the cordial and hospitable manner they had received the visitors . Other toasts , including " The Worshipful Master , " and " The Past Masters , " responded to by Bro . John Haigh , P . M ., were duly honoured . During the evening Bros . Wilson , Last , Djcksey , and Hell , contributed songs and recitations to a very pleisant meeting .

EAST MOLESEY . Molesey Lodge ( No . 2473 ) . —An unusual stir at the South Station , Wateiloo , on Saturday afternoon , ihe 2 nd inst ., and a great gathering of notabilities with wellknown faces familiar to the Masonic world , indicated that something of interest was on foot in the Surrey Province . Worshipful Masters of famous London lodges well-known

Secretaries , Past Masters , and eien higher dignitaries gathered in groups waiting the making up of the 3 . 14 train to Hampton Court , to which specially reserved saloon carriages had heen attached to convey brethren of the Molesey Lodge , and their visitor :-, to the Castle Hotel , East Molesey , to witness the installation of Bro . C . O . Burgess as W . M . of that young and successful lodge .

A rapid run to Hampton Court Station landed us within a minute ' s walk cf " The Castle , " and these who have visited lodges held at Bro . John Mayo ' s hospitable riverside hostelry know the friendly and cheering reception that awaits visitors in the ante-room of the lodge devoted to the purposes of refreshment . After a short interval , pleasantly and usefully spent there ,

the Grand Oflicers , honorary and ordinary members , and the numerous visitors ( upwards of 50 in number ) proceeded to the lodge room where the proceedings of the day were promptly commenced . The members present included Bros . J . D . Langton , P . P . J . G . W ., W . M . ; C . 0 . Burgess , S . W . ; J . R . Cleave , J . W . j II . J . Brook , S . D . j H . II . Leigh , J . D . j F . W . Buxton , P . M ., Treas . j E . L , Berry , Sec . j C . G .

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Sherwood , D . C . ; T . Cl Seary , Org . ; Hewett , acting I . P . M . ; together with the Hon . Members Bros . Cotte-: brune , P . G . Punt ., and J . H . Price , P . G . S . B . Surrey . Amorg the v ' sitors were : Bros . Col . G . Noel Money , C . B ., P . G . D .. Prov . Grand Master ; F . A . Philbrick , O . C , G . Reg . ; F . Kedge , W . M . 2460 ; W . B . Fendick , I . P . M . 2460 ; G . C . Bond , W . M . 1614 ; E . Angel , W . M . 2398 ; Geo . Reynolds , W . M . 2 ioij \ V . Hoggins , W . M . 1 S 01 j

Grimes , W . M . 1321 ; . Geo . Langley , P . S . G . D . Middx . ; Geo . Mormon , P . P . G . P . Surrey ; H . J . Shelley , P . P . G P . Surrey ; W . A . Shaw , VV . M . 1 SS 7 ; J . H . Mayo , W . M : 2222 ; Geo . H . Foan , P . M . 1614 ; W . J . Harris . I . P . M ; 1321 ; John Coltart , P . M . 749 ; . VV . Cleghorn , P . M .,- J . W . Belsham , P . M . 733 ; F . Jackson , P . M . 19 S 7 ; W . Hancock , P . M . 2191 ; A . L . Bullen , I . P . M . 1614 : C . P . Ellis , P . M . 19 S 2 ; W . F . Bates , P . M . 1567 ; VV . L . Lincoln

P . M . 534 ; G . H . Reynolds , P . M . 2191 j H . Wheatley , P . M . 1512 J II . K . Scott , H . Valain , W . J . Beard , W . E . Phillips , J . Skinner , VV . Aubridge . T . Whitford , G . F . Barnes , R . W . Jones ,. Ed . Harris , J . Dockett , H . Luff , W . Harbett , VV . S . Hooper , A . P . Foley , John L . Une , J . Woodward , T . Masters , and others . The minutes havingbeenco ' nfirme'd , Bros . G . Britton , P . M . 22 , and C . Pedroni , 1559 , were unanimously elected hon .

members . Bro . C . O . Burgess was then installed as W . M . in a very able manner by Bro . J . D . Langton , the retiring Master . The VV . M . aftenvards invested his officers as follows : Bros . J . D . Langton , P . M ., " P . P . J . G . W ., I . P . M . j J . R . Cleave , S . VV . ; H . ' J . Brook , J . W . ; F . W . Buxton , P . M ., Treas . j E . L . " Berry , Sec ; H . H . Leigh , S . D . ; ' VV . Dennis , J . D .-, C G . Sherwocd , l . G . ; T . C . Seary , Org . ; C . Stuart Walker , Asst . Org . ;

H . J . Keen , D . C . ; Homer Price , A . D . C . j C . Wheatley and Chas . Morrell , Stwds . ; and VV . Lane , Tyler . The VV . M . presented the lodge with a handson-. e banner , and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks . The lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet provided by the genial host , Bro . Mayo . The usual toasts followed , and were heaitily received . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg ., replying for "The

Grand Officers , said the name of Lord Lathom was a household word . The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was beloved wherever he was known , and the better he was known in their great Craft the more he would be esteemed . With regard to the rest of the Grand Officers—with certain obvious exceptions modesty forebade him to name—he would say the duties were pleasant duties , and that the reward was always a grateful one , and the encouragement

and appreciation of their services which brethren unanimously showed was at once their best guerdon and their highest hope to continue to receive in future . The W . M . had said , in his few graceful remarks , that the position of Masonry in some degree reflected credit upon the Grand Oflicers . Since the M . W . G . M . had been at the head of the Craft , the helm had been held steady , the course of the good ship had been right , she had not run into any great

perils , and he was pore inclined to think that if there be dangers in navigation they had to guard against , they were the dangers from the smoother waters which beget carelessness . He had that night heard the I . P . M . instal his successor in a way which made one think there was no carelessness in navigation but that the ship would be sailed well , but there were dangers of prosperity as well as dangers of adversity , and therefore the Grand Officers ,

the nearest wish to whose hearts was the prosperity of the Order , felt that while the traditions were kept up , and the great power of Masonry in' that period of its career was recognised by the ; lodges throughcut the land , while their principles were adhered to , and their public profession did not bely that which they did themselves ; while they could as Masons set an example to the community at large in maintaining those magnificent Charities of

the Ureter , which were the answer to the question— " What is the good of Freemasonry , and how sincere are you Masons in that which you talk of as the great principles of your Order ? " So long as that continued , so long would the Grand Ofiicers on occasions like that at which they were privileged to attend think that the great cause of Masonry was safe in the hand > of the Masons of the present day . The Grand Registrar had all sorts of duties . The Apostle sooke of the

care of all the churches , but he was not sure that the care of all the lodges stood on a very dissimilar footing . On the part of the Grand Officers , he wished that young lodge great prosperity and continued success . The W . M . next proposed "The R . W . Prov . Grand Master , " and said that Col . Money had endeared himself to the heart of every Mason in the province by his amiability and his general qualities as a Mason . It was mainlv due to

the popularity of the Provincial Grand Master that the magnificent sum of £ 13 , 000 was raised at the last Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , lt was extremely difficult fcr him , the VV . M ., to speak of Col . Money as he wished , as he would be accused of flittery it he did so , whilst he could not do justice to the toast without doing so . He took that opportunity of thanking the brethren for the handsome and liberal manner in which they supported his .

the W . M . 's , subscription list , as he had the honour of taking up £ 157 1 os ., a handsome amount for a young lodge , and the largest amount sent up bv any one lodge in Surrey . Bro . Col . G . Noel Money , Prov . G . Master , in reply , said he felt deeply grateful for the kind words of the W . M . It could not but be extremely pleasant for him to visit'the lodge again at the expiration of a year from the lime he had the honour of consecrating it . It was a pleasure to

see such a splendid gathering present to witness their W . M . installed , as he had been , in such a truly Masonic way , and to congratulate them on the noble start given by the W . M . in his efforts for the noblest of the three noble Chariliesthe Old People ' s Institu ' . ion . It was a great thing for the youngest lodge to be able to say it sent up the largest list , and he could only feel deeply grateful to them for the result . They had seen an instance that night of what

Bro . Burgess had done for the lodge . His generosity at its inception , when he provided so much of svhat was necessary to start them was well known , and the beautiful banner then behind him had been his gift that evening . He need not say anything of the prosperity of that lodge , for when he came among them on future occasions , as he hoped to do , he was sure he should find it continuintr in the verv

admirable way in which it had begun . He must say a word as to the I . P . M ., Bro . Langton , to whose happy thought and to whose handiwork they owed the Provincial Charity Committee . He was sure Bro . Langton already felt rewarded by the great success that had attended the movement . They had elected a candidate to the Boys' School and another to the Girls' School at the first trial , and he

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was sure that before long there would not be a single lod ge in the province which was not proud to send a representative to the Committee . Bro . J . H . Price , P . P . G . D . C , responded for the " Dep . Prov . Grand Master , and Prov . Grand Officers , " after which Bro . J . D . Lang ' on , I . P . M ., rose to propose "The

Health of the Worshipful Master . " In doing so he said he knew that many of the Worshipful Master ' s friends had come down to witness the installation , and it would not , therefore , te necessary in such an assembly to dwell upon his merits . They knew Bro . Burgess as an energetic Masc n , and as a m mber of the five lodges , in wh ' ch he held oTc *'; but although he had been a member of the Craft

for some years * , that was the first time he had taken the pes ' ti n of W . M . of a lodge . Their . Iodge was to be congratulated on beirg the first for such a distinguished brother to presk ' e over . 1 he thanks of the members weie greatl y due to the present W . M . for his kind generosity in the past , and also for his kindness in presenting them with the beautiful banner . The brethren would not only show their

appreciation by heartily drinking the W . M . 's health , but in supporting him during his year in carrying out that work he was so anxious to have in a manner creditable to the lodge . Bro . C . O . Burgess , WM ., who received an enthusiastic reception on rising to respond , said he begged to thank the I . P . M . forthe kind way in which he had proposed the toast

of his health , and also the brethren for the hearty and enthusiastic manner in which they had received it . He had looked forward for a considerable time to the honour he had received that evening of occupying that chair , and he thought the position was the proper ambition of every Mason not only to occupy-it , but also to occupy it worthily and with credit . He felt the responsibility of the office

perhaps more that night than he had expected , because there were responsibilities one . must take up and discharge to the best of his ability . If that ability fell short , as it might in his case , he cculd only claim their indulgence . It did not do to look upon life too seriously , but having done one ' s duty , to leave the rest to cne ' s friends and brethren . There was one other matter , that of having been elected Charitv

Representative . He hoped they would remember when they receive their votes that he had been so elected and send them in to him . They would be properly disposed of for the good of Su'rey and every brother would feel he was doing his duty in sending them . He begged to thank them most heartily for the kind manner they had received the toast of his health .

"The Installing and Actirg Past Master" was next given by the W . M ., who referred to the masterly and scholarly manner in which the installation ceremony had been performed by Bro . Langton , I . P . M ., who was a tower of strength in the lodge . He had much pleasure in presenting the I . P . M . with a Past Master's jewel , which had been most honestly earned , and hoped he would live

long to wear it , and remember it carried with it the esteem and affection of the brethren . He had also the pleasure of handing Bro . Hewett , who had acted as I . P . M ., a jewel , to which had been added the Master ' s emblem , as an acknowledgment of the agreeable manner jn which he'had pet formed his duties . Bro . J . D . LWton , P . P . J . G . W .. I . P . M ., returned

thanks for their kind reception and for the very handsome jewel . The office he had held had been a most happy one . He had had the opportunity of meeting brethren in the Craft he had not perhaps met before , and he had met men he hoped would be his fiienc ' s for many years to come . He thanked the officers for tt e support rendered him during his year , and if the newly-installed Masfer was only suppoited

in the same manner the remit would be a very happy year of office . He had had tbe pleasure of installing several brethren into the chair , but he had never had more pleasure in placing a brother in that distinguished position as he experienced that day in placing Bro . Burgess as Master uf the Molesey Lodge . Bro . S . Hewett , P . M ., also replied , after which oilier

toasts were given , the pleasant proceedings terminating as usual with the Tyler ' s toast . Under the direction of Bro . T . C Seary , Organist , a programme of music was performed , which contributed to the enjoyment of all present . Bro . Seary was assisted by Miss Phyllis Hope , and Bros . C . Ellison , C . Stuart Walker , and W . E . Goodwins .

HANLEY . Gordon Lodge ( No . 2149 ) . —On Wednesday , the 23 rd ult ., at the Masonic Hall , Bro . J . Clare was installed as VV . M . of the above lodge . There was a large attendance of brethren , upwards of 50 being present . The ceremony was performed hy Bro . W . J . J . VV . Heath , the retiring W . M ., who was assisted by Bros . T . Taylor , P . P .

S . G . W . ; J . Biomley , P . P . S . G . W . ; the Rev . E . D . Boothman , P . P . G . Chap . j Dr . J . Charlesworth , P . P . G . S . B . ; and F . Mountford , P . P . S . G . D . The following were the officers appointed for the year : Bros . C . H . Phillips , S . W . ; Elijah Jones , J . W . ; J . Lowe , Treas . 1 G . W . Bradford , Sec . ; A . Goodwin , S . D . ; A . Baines , J . D . j J . Charlesworth , D . C . j F . Mountford , Org . j A .

Fogg , I . G . ; T . T . Speakman and T . Turner , Stewards ; aud W . ] . Woods , Tyler . The lodge having been closed , the brethren adjourned to the Town Hall , where an excellent banquet was provided by Bro . J . Munro , after which the loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured . Bro . Bromley proposed " The Masonic Charities . "

Bro . Barker-responded , and as Past Treasurer of the Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Asscciation , he thanked the Gotdon Lodge for past aid , and looked forward with confidence to future support . With regard to the central institutions , one of the festivals was recently held , and the Stewards handed in nearly £ 18 , 000 . He referred to the proposal to increase the support given for educational and couiu

charitable purposes within * the province , so that aid be given when r . quired while there was no vacancy in the central institutions in London . He appealed to them to help to more fully develop thc local efforts . The toast of " The Visitors " was proposed by Bro . the Kev . K . D . Bcothman , and acknowledged by Bro . Edmund

Jones . " The Health of the W . M . and the I . P . M . " having been drunk , Bro . Pardoe proposed " The Officers of the Gordon Lodge , " for whom the Wardens and others responded . During the evening there was some excellent vocal music contributed by brethren , and the evening was spent very pleasantly .