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Lord Mayor of the City of London and the honour 1 claim of being an old member of the Masonic Fraternity . I thinl the office of Lord Mayor claims some antiquity , and the same may be said of Freemasonry . The office of Lord Mayor is non-political , and they as Freemasons were
nonpolitical . The office of Lord Mayor—and I must say in this connection , the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of which he is the head—acknowledge the G . A . O . T . U ., and acknowledge also the right of every man to worship God in that form which best commends itself to his conscience . I
hope I shall do some little credit to the office of Lord Mayor , and hope I shall never sully my character as a Freemason . You , Worshipful Master , have been pleased to refer to the fact that many years ago I was a hard worker in the ranks of Freemasonry . That is so . I have been in my time , and proud 1 am of the fact , a Lecture Master in Freemasonry . I can remember when I Iirst joined Freemasonry that those
who led us were in one sense excellent leaders , but in another sense not excellent leaders . At that time the chief part of Freemasonry devolved upon men who were wanting in education . I am happy to say , at the present moment , the leaders and lights of Freemasony are men of light and of learning . I remember very well the first occasion upon which a deceased brother , who was my Preceptor , came to my
house to give me a lesson . I remember I was not impressed with the grammar he used . 1 had an idea it was a grammar of his own , certainly it was not a grammar of Lindly Murray . All that has changed , and ' while the spirit of Freemasonry is itself stronger if possible than it was in my youthful days , the working of Freemasonry is all that a scholar could desire . I can remember that on one occasion 1 was awakened from my sleep at two in the morning by a
. very naughty set of my pupils who had made a wager that they would awaken me , and knowing they could rely upon my fraternal feeling , induced me , in my sitting room , to go through the 15 sections . The wager was that 1 would recite those sections without making 15 mistakes . I remember very well how 1 was to receive compensation for such a sacrifice . They told me the wager was—so much for
Charity and so much for dinners . I made a condition that the money that was to be spent on dinners should be added to the amount to be given to Charity , and then I would go through my seance . They were good enough to say that my backer—I think that is the proper expression—took the money . 1 do not hesitate to tell you that if any of my brethren should be rash enough to make a wager at the
present moment that 1 should work even one of those 15 sections without making 15 mistakes , I should repeat Punch ' s advice to those about to marry , and say" Don ' t , " for the prize would be for the man who did not back me . We have heard it said "It ' s never too late to mend "—I have turned back to my character as a working Mason , and 1 am now a pupil of one who some 20 years' ago was a pupil
ol mine , and it he can bring me back some of my old reputation , I shall still hope during the coming year , as Master of the Drury Lane Lodge , where I hope to see many brethren of this lodge—I hope to do the work in a way that will not cause my old friends and pupils—such as remainto blush for me . I have always felt the greatest interest in Freemasonry , and I appreciate its beneficent effects , and
believe that much of the good which has been accomplished in the outer world—such as the rule which allows a man to be the arbiter of his own religion—may be attributed to the influence of this Craft . Masonry will always claim my best services . 1 am said to be , although a nervous man—and I am a nervous man in one sense—a bold man , and I have promised to take the chair for one of our best Masonic
Charities , and Iventure to improve the occasion , being on my legs , by asking you to come and assist me in my efforts to assist that Chanty , and if you will do that , and if the members of this lodge will form part of that bold effort , I shall be very much indebted to the Alliance Lodge . I thank you from my heart for the great compliment paid me . Immediately rising again , Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord
Mayor sail , a very pleasing duty devolves upon me , but before I enter upon it let me call your attention to the fact that one toast has been omitted—the toast which should follow my response—that of "The Health of Bro . Harris , " whom I am proud to claim as one of my sheriffs for the present year . He was compelled to be absent on important business , and he asked me to tender his apologies and
regret for his absence . I have a very agreeable duty to ask you to drink to the health of the Brother who has so well , so amiably , so eloquently , and , with the exception of the one transgression of precept and example , so admirabl y shown us what a Worshipful Master should be when presiding oyer such a meeting as this . I am sorry 1 had not the privilege of listening to his working . Whenever 1 lind
a brother presiding as he has presided , and received as he has been received by the members of this lodge , 1 draw my own inference , and that is that he must do the work elsewhere as well as he has at the banquet table . 1 hope you will not think 1 am fishing on the present occasion ; but 1 hope he will give me an opportunity of criticising his working as I ventured to criticise his shortcomings . He has
introduced the several toasts , if not with brevity , with the only thing that can justify the absence of brevity—perfect eloquence . I have great pleasure—and he will permit me to tell you that 1 am an old critic in this kind of business — in saying I am delighted with the manner in which he has discharged his duty . 'That he holds a high place in your esteem is evidenced in the way you received him . I hope
he will be long spared—I will not say to preside for many years , because there are many aspirants to follow him—but to assist in the good work of Masonry . 1 hope he will assist you in the sphere to which I referred , and if he entitles himself to my good opinion in that connection as he has commanded my satisfaction to-night , 1 shall be satisfied , and the Charity I shall preside over will also be satisfied . 1 o-ive with all
you sincerity "The W . M . of the Alliance Lod " -e . " Bro . Lieut .-Col . J . Perry Godfrey , W . M ., thanked " the Lord Mayor very sincerely indeed for the kind manner in which he had proposed the toast of his health , and the brethren for their enthusiastic reception of it . He would only , after listening very attentivel y to what had been said ^ trouble them with two points . The first was that the proof of the pudding was in the eating , and when he was about
to leave the chair he hoped to carry their good wishes with him . It was his continual effort to do the best he could in return for the kindness he received at their hands . Bro . Frank Green , P . M ., gave "The Visitors , " and said that if anything in a meeting of brethren , and particularly a meeting of members of that lodge , could induce a ( low of eloquence it would be the presence of visitors . He was sure the visitors would accept a welcome from the members and feel that however extensive their numbers might be they
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could not be too great to accept a cordial welcome from them , and to find a place in their hearts . The Grand Officers would feel that their presence had been acknowledged , and that they conferred an honour on the lodge whenever they were good enough to favour them with their company . He should look to a brother who was not a member of Grand Lodge to respond , who was one of themselves , but whom
they welcomed as much although he did not wear the purple , and that was a true Masonic spirit . He should ask Bro . Beard to reply , and he thought it was the more appropriate having regard to the fact alluded to by the Lord Mayor that Sheriff Harris had been prevented from attending . Nothing could be more appropriate than that his Under-Sheriff should respond .
Bro . Beard , P . M ., returned thanks , and expressed the personal pleasure it had afforded him to be present , and he hoped to have that privilege for many years to come . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , said he had been honoured by being permitted to propose the next toast . He presumed he had been chosen as he had the good fortune some 11 years ago to consecrate the lodge . He remem
beredthat pleasing occasion , and he was happy to have the two distinguished Masons who acted with him—B . os . Philbrich and Long—on that occcasion . He was fortunate on that occasion not only in being enabled to consecrate that lodge , but also of installing one ol the most excellent and most popular Masons thatthey had in Grand Lodge , Bro . Sir Jno . Monckton . Since that period he had watched
carefully over the lodge and had followed its history which had proved more successful . It had progressed in a way which they all desired and anticipated , and had gathered under its fold excellent and good men , the majority of whom were associated with the Corporation and Liveries . The toast he had to propose was "The Past Masters" He could not speak too highly of the distinguished brethren
who had occupied the chair of the lodge . He should ask them to drink heartily to those excellent brethren who were P . M . ' s , more particularly associated with the name of Bro . Clarke , I . P . M . Bro . H . Clarke , I . P . M ., responded in appropriate terms . Referring to a remark made by the Lord Mayor , he said the members would be extremely honoured if so excellent a
Mason would fill the only vacancy in the lodge . Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Lord Mayor , replying to the challenge laid down by Bro . Clarke , said that if the members of the Alliance Lodge desired to have him as a co-member he should be delighted to join , on one condition , which was that they gave him their support on the occasion when he would have the honour of presiding over one of the Charities .
"The Officers" was given by the W . M ., and responded to by the S . W ., after which the 'Tyler ' s toast brought a successful and pleasant evening to a close . Under the able direction of Bro . F . A . Jcwson , Org ., assisted by Miss Maud Hayter , Miss Laura Brown , and Mr . Sackville Evans , an excellent programme of music was ably rendered .
Quatuor Coronati Lodge ( No . 2076 ) . — This lodge met at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the 3 rd inst . Present : Bros . Lieut .-Col . S . C . Pratt , W . M . ; W . M . Bywater , P . G . S . B ., S . W . ; Professor T . Hayter-Lewis , J . W . ; G . VV . Speth , Sec . ; Rev . C J . Bail , J . D . ; R . F . Gould , P . M ., P . G . D ., D . C ; W . H . Rylands , P . G . Stwd . ; C Kupferschmidt , Dr . B . W . Richardson , and F .
H . Goldney , P . G . D . Also the following members of the Correspondence Circle : Bros . G . W . Taylor , F . Weiss , F . A . Powell , Professor F . W . Driver , J . J . Pakes , | . Newton , F . King , E . Storr , Max Mendelssohn , R . A . B . Preston , R . A . Gowan , H . Warner , and C . F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . Bro . T . Hayter-Lewis , who had been absent at the last meeting , was invested as J . W . The report of the Audit
Committee was adopted . The report showed during the year an addition of five _ members to the lodge , and 305 to the Correspondence Circle ; cash receipts upwards of £ 750 , and an expenditure of £ 736 , of which some £ 350 is absorbed in printing the transactions , & c , and close upon £ 100 in postages alone . We have sought in vain for a single penny spent in refreshment , and are convinced that
no subscriber to this lodge can lay his finger on one item of expenditure to which _ any reasonable or even captious critic could object . The income , which is now a large one , is wholly devoted to the furtherance of the peculiar objects of the lodge , viz ., the spread of Masonic literature of a high class . Two Grand Lodges , one District Grand Lodge , two private lodges , and 39 brethren were elected members
of the Correspondence Circle , in all 44 candidates , bringing the total of intrants up to 795 . We append a list-. Grand Lodge of South Australia , Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , District Grand Lodge of Malta , Royal Athclstan Lodge , 19 , London ; St . John ' s Lodge , 1039 , Lichfield ; W . R . Dyer , 61 S , Waitangi , Tasmania ; Hon . S . G . Way , Chief Justice , Pro G . M . South Australia ; 1 . Wilkinson ,
VV . M . 1978 , Herberton , North Queensland ; Hecrjeethoy Manalkjee Rustomjee , J . P ., Dist G . Sec Bengal , Calcutta ; F . H . De Roos , Johannesburg , Transvaal ; E . S . Latimer , Wilmington , North Carolina ; Ladislas de Malczowich , Budapest , Hungary ; J . E . Oram , 357 , Dublin ; J . L . Von Toll , Lausanne , Switzerland ; W . J . Wallace , 44 , Edinburgh ; A . C Quick , 16 S , Guernsey ;
Major J . J . Ross , P . P . G . S . B . Cornwall , Penzance ; W . K . Baker , P . P . G . D . Cornwall , Penzance ; W . W . Vincent , W . M . 1391 , Leicester ; T . M . Wilkinson , P . P . G . W . Lincoln , Lincoln ; J . Sutclife , P . P . G . W . Lincoln , Grimsby ; R . G . Salmon , P . M . 406 , Newcastle-on-Tyne ; F . E . Remfry , P . P . G . P . South Wales ( West Division ) , Tenby ; J . Monks , P . P . G . W . Durham , Durham ; L . !•' .. de
Ridder , 152 and 1222 , Clifton , Bristol ; G . Martin , 600 and 702 , Bradford ; T . J . Railing , P . G . Sec . Essex , Colchester ; K Weiss , P . M . 1491 ; R . A . B . Preston , 357 , 111 S , and ' 523 ; C . J . Perceval , P . M . 1607 ; T . [ ones , P . M . 1 C 07 ; F . King , 1607 ; C . H . Halford , 1607 ; H . M . Hobbs , P . P . G . W . Surrey ; G . H . Lindsay Renton , 1 S 3 ; F . W .
Levander , F . R . A . S ., P . P . G . D . Middx . ; Dr . C V . Bum-es-i , 206 and 2027 ; H . C . Houndle , P . M . 1 S 26 ; J . J . Pakes , P . M . S 71 ; R . Nelson , P . M . 126 and 30 S , Burnley , Lancashire ; W . Phillips , 1 74 , 359 , and 1997 ; G . Campion , P . M . 19 ; VV . A . Barrett , Mus . Doc , P . G . Org . ; and E . T . Carson , Cincinnati .
The paper of the evening was by Bro . R . F . Gould on "The Antiquity of Masonic Symbolism , " for an account of which we refer our readers to the "Transactions" of the lodge . Written contributions to the discussion were forwarded by Bros . W . J . Hughan , VV . Simpson , J . Ramsden Riley , and E . Macbean , and Bros . VV . H . Rylands , F . H . Goldney , Professor F . W . Driver , G . W . Speth , Professor 1 . Hayter-Lewis , Rev . C . J . Ball , and Dr . Richardson also spoke on the subject .
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PROVINCIAL MEETINGS .
BRIDGWATER . Perpetual Friendship Lodge ( No . 135 ) . —At a meeting of the brethren of the above lodge , on the 6 th inst ., at the Royal Clarence Hotel , Bro . J . M . Davis was duly installed the W . M . for the ensuing year , the ceremony of installation being performed by Bro . R . C . Else , Deputy P . G . M . There was a good attendance of brethren and also
of visitors . The W . M . appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . R . W . Buffett , S . W . ; D . Burston , J . W . ; Rev . T . D . Bevan , Chap . ; J . B . Soper , P . M ., Treas . ; T . F . Braithwaite , Sec . ; W . T . Baker , S . D . ; A . B . Cottam , J . D . ; Dr . T . H . Laxton , D . C . ; R . Garton , Org . ; A . Squibbs , I . G . ; and j . McGowan , Tyler .
CAMBRIDGE . Lodge of the Three Grand Principles ( No . 441 ) . —The meeting for the installation of VV . M . took place in the lodge room at the Lion Hotel , on Monday , the Cth instant , Bro . J . E . L . Whitehead , P . P . A . G . Purst ., W . M ., in the chair . There was a large attendance of members and visitors , including Bros . Andrew H . Moyes ,
P . M ., P . G . Std . Br . Eng ., D . P . G . M . ; Y . Crawley , J . Vail , F . G . G . Barber , J . Stacey , Youngman , Joshua 'Taylor , G . Cole , F . Dewberry , ) . Sheldrick , E . H . lennings , T . Watts , S . H . Sharman , " and J . Fuller , all P . M . 's of the lodge ; and the following visitors , viz .: Bros . F . C Wace , ( Mayor of Cambridge ) P . M . S 59 ; A . Thompson , P . M . ; SS ; E . W . Harry , P . M . 1001 ; Thomas Catling , W . M .
2190 ; William Purchas , W . M . elect , SS ; Frank Piggott , J . W . SS ; G . Morrington , J . D . 166 9 ; Arthur H . Cross , J . D . 107 ; A . E . Chaplin , Sec , R . Hills , C W . Redin , and W . James , of SS ; W . H . Francis , S 59 ; J . B . Black , 2 S 6 ; R . Moore , SS ; W . H . Whitehead , 2207 , Blackall , Queensland , ; R . W . Baker , 112 C ; W . H . Smith , 1515 ; VV . Sindall , SS ; M . F . Freelove , 2136 " ; Jos . Caygill , 213 C ;
and others . The minutes of the last lodge having been read and confirmed , the Treasurer reported that the lodge owed nothing , and that they had a respectable balance . A Past Master ' s jewel to the outgoing W . M . was voted . 'The installation of Bro . John Fish Symonds , P . P . G . D . C , was then proceeded with , the Installing Master being Bro . ] . E . L . VVhitchead ,
who discharged his duties in the most efficient manner , and to the satisfaction of all . The newly-installed W . M . appointed and invested his officers forthe year as follows : Bros . | . E . L . Whitehead , I . PM . ; Wm . Dewberry , S . W . ; J . Royston , J , W . ; J . S . Youngman , P . M ., Chap . ; J . Taylor , P . M ., Treas . ;
F . G . G . Barber , P . M ., Sec ; H . E . Greet , S . D . ; P . H . Young , J . D . ; F . Dewberry , P . M ., D . C ; J . Catling , I . G . ; and Hurry , Tyler . The address to the W . M . was givenby the D . P . G . M ., Bro . A . H . Moyes , who gave the newlyinstalled " Hearty good wishes" from the province . The lodge having been closed , the brethren sat down to banquet , and the evening was spent in true Masonic
harmony . The proceedings were enlivened by songs from several of the brethren , and by a talented glee party , consisting of Bros . W . Coward , A . H . Cross , F . Dewberry , and W . James , It should be stated that Bro . F . Dewberry . P . M ., made a very efficient D . C , and that Bro . A . H . Cross ably presided at the organ . 'The meeting altogether was one of the most successful ever held in connection with the lodge .
DENTON . Duke Of Athol Lodge ( No . 210 ) . —The installation meeting of this prosperous lodge was held on Wednesday , the iSth December last , at the Bowling Green Hotel . The lodge being opened , the minutes confirmed , and the audit report received and adopted , Mr . John Richards was initiated into the mysteries and privileges of
rreemasonry by Bro . Foreman , W . M ., after which the principal business of the evening was proceeded with , and Bro . George Marsh was duly and impressively installed into the chair of K . S ., in the presence of a numerous Board of Installed Masters , by the retiring Master , Bro . T . D . Foreman . The proclamations and salutations were conducted in a most praiseworthy manner , the working tools being
presented respectively in the Three Degrees by Bros . Thomas Milton , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br ., D . C ; James Bromley , P . M . ; and R . E . Coates , P . M ., in their usual characteristic and efficient style . The W . M . appointed the following officers : Bros . S . Fidler , S . W . ; Jno . Tew , J . W . ; Rev . John Kclty , Chap . ; Jas . Woolfenden , P . M ., Treas . ; R . E . Coates , P . M ., Sec " ; Thos . Milton , P . M ., P . P . G . and Std .
Br ., D . C . ; VV . F . Chambers , S . D . ; Jas . M . Veevers , J . D . ; G . C . Taylor , I . G . ; D . Lever , Org . ; J . E . Smith and A . C . Morris , Stwds ; and George Pugh , P . M ., Tyler . The Installing Master invested the officers , explaining their duties and jewels in an able and very appropriate manner , after which he concluded a capital rendering of the whole ceremony by an impressive delivery of the addresses , the whole of the work being of such a high standard as is seldom
met with , and reflected credit on all who took part in it . The lodge was afterwards closed , and the annual festival of St . John the Evangelist was held , the W . M ., Bro . George Marsh , in the chair . The usual patriotic and Masonic toasts were duly honoured , the chief feature being music between the toasts and responses . Bro . James Bromley , P . M ., proposed "The Health of the W . M . "
Bro . Marsh responded by wishing the brethren a pleasant Christmas and a Happy New Year , and expressed his thanks for the flattering remarks made regarding him , and stated that it was his intention to make his year of office in every way successful . He could not hope to equal the working of some of the distinguished members of the lodge who had passed the chair ; but he had endeavoured and
would continue to discharge all the duties connected with his office with care and zeal . Bro . Dr . Foreman , I . P . M ., then intimated that an exceedingly pleasant duty now devolved upon him , that of presenting Bro . R . E . Coates , P . M ., with a P . M . 's jewel
for services rendered as Secretary . He said : Brother Coates , —your good inclination to Freemasonry and attachment to this lodge have been apparent for many years , your skill and ability in managing its concerns in whatever position you were placed have been still more perceptible , whilst your zeal and assiduity as Secretary in promoting our best
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Lord Mayor of the City of London and the honour 1 claim of being an old member of the Masonic Fraternity . I thinl the office of Lord Mayor claims some antiquity , and the same may be said of Freemasonry . The office of Lord Mayor is non-political , and they as Freemasons were
nonpolitical . The office of Lord Mayor—and I must say in this connection , the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of which he is the head—acknowledge the G . A . O . T . U ., and acknowledge also the right of every man to worship God in that form which best commends itself to his conscience . I
hope I shall do some little credit to the office of Lord Mayor , and hope I shall never sully my character as a Freemason . You , Worshipful Master , have been pleased to refer to the fact that many years ago I was a hard worker in the ranks of Freemasonry . That is so . I have been in my time , and proud 1 am of the fact , a Lecture Master in Freemasonry . I can remember when I Iirst joined Freemasonry that those
who led us were in one sense excellent leaders , but in another sense not excellent leaders . At that time the chief part of Freemasonry devolved upon men who were wanting in education . I am happy to say , at the present moment , the leaders and lights of Freemasony are men of light and of learning . I remember very well the first occasion upon which a deceased brother , who was my Preceptor , came to my
house to give me a lesson . I remember I was not impressed with the grammar he used . 1 had an idea it was a grammar of his own , certainly it was not a grammar of Lindly Murray . All that has changed , and ' while the spirit of Freemasonry is itself stronger if possible than it was in my youthful days , the working of Freemasonry is all that a scholar could desire . I can remember that on one occasion 1 was awakened from my sleep at two in the morning by a
. very naughty set of my pupils who had made a wager that they would awaken me , and knowing they could rely upon my fraternal feeling , induced me , in my sitting room , to go through the 15 sections . The wager was that 1 would recite those sections without making 15 mistakes . I remember very well how 1 was to receive compensation for such a sacrifice . They told me the wager was—so much for
Charity and so much for dinners . I made a condition that the money that was to be spent on dinners should be added to the amount to be given to Charity , and then I would go through my seance . They were good enough to say that my backer—I think that is the proper expression—took the money . 1 do not hesitate to tell you that if any of my brethren should be rash enough to make a wager at the
present moment that 1 should work even one of those 15 sections without making 15 mistakes , I should repeat Punch ' s advice to those about to marry , and say" Don ' t , " for the prize would be for the man who did not back me . We have heard it said "It ' s never too late to mend "—I have turned back to my character as a working Mason , and 1 am now a pupil of one who some 20 years' ago was a pupil
ol mine , and it he can bring me back some of my old reputation , I shall still hope during the coming year , as Master of the Drury Lane Lodge , where I hope to see many brethren of this lodge—I hope to do the work in a way that will not cause my old friends and pupils—such as remainto blush for me . I have always felt the greatest interest in Freemasonry , and I appreciate its beneficent effects , and
believe that much of the good which has been accomplished in the outer world—such as the rule which allows a man to be the arbiter of his own religion—may be attributed to the influence of this Craft . Masonry will always claim my best services . 1 am said to be , although a nervous man—and I am a nervous man in one sense—a bold man , and I have promised to take the chair for one of our best Masonic
Charities , and Iventure to improve the occasion , being on my legs , by asking you to come and assist me in my efforts to assist that Chanty , and if you will do that , and if the members of this lodge will form part of that bold effort , I shall be very much indebted to the Alliance Lodge . I thank you from my heart for the great compliment paid me . Immediately rising again , Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord
Mayor sail , a very pleasing duty devolves upon me , but before I enter upon it let me call your attention to the fact that one toast has been omitted—the toast which should follow my response—that of "The Health of Bro . Harris , " whom I am proud to claim as one of my sheriffs for the present year . He was compelled to be absent on important business , and he asked me to tender his apologies and
regret for his absence . I have a very agreeable duty to ask you to drink to the health of the Brother who has so well , so amiably , so eloquently , and , with the exception of the one transgression of precept and example , so admirabl y shown us what a Worshipful Master should be when presiding oyer such a meeting as this . I am sorry 1 had not the privilege of listening to his working . Whenever 1 lind
a brother presiding as he has presided , and received as he has been received by the members of this lodge , 1 draw my own inference , and that is that he must do the work elsewhere as well as he has at the banquet table . 1 hope you will not think 1 am fishing on the present occasion ; but 1 hope he will give me an opportunity of criticising his working as I ventured to criticise his shortcomings . He has
introduced the several toasts , if not with brevity , with the only thing that can justify the absence of brevity—perfect eloquence . I have great pleasure—and he will permit me to tell you that 1 am an old critic in this kind of business — in saying I am delighted with the manner in which he has discharged his duty . 'That he holds a high place in your esteem is evidenced in the way you received him . I hope
he will be long spared—I will not say to preside for many years , because there are many aspirants to follow him—but to assist in the good work of Masonry . 1 hope he will assist you in the sphere to which I referred , and if he entitles himself to my good opinion in that connection as he has commanded my satisfaction to-night , 1 shall be satisfied , and the Charity I shall preside over will also be satisfied . 1 o-ive with all
you sincerity "The W . M . of the Alliance Lod " -e . " Bro . Lieut .-Col . J . Perry Godfrey , W . M ., thanked " the Lord Mayor very sincerely indeed for the kind manner in which he had proposed the toast of his health , and the brethren for their enthusiastic reception of it . He would only , after listening very attentivel y to what had been said ^ trouble them with two points . The first was that the proof of the pudding was in the eating , and when he was about
to leave the chair he hoped to carry their good wishes with him . It was his continual effort to do the best he could in return for the kindness he received at their hands . Bro . Frank Green , P . M ., gave "The Visitors , " and said that if anything in a meeting of brethren , and particularly a meeting of members of that lodge , could induce a ( low of eloquence it would be the presence of visitors . He was sure the visitors would accept a welcome from the members and feel that however extensive their numbers might be they
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could not be too great to accept a cordial welcome from them , and to find a place in their hearts . The Grand Officers would feel that their presence had been acknowledged , and that they conferred an honour on the lodge whenever they were good enough to favour them with their company . He should look to a brother who was not a member of Grand Lodge to respond , who was one of themselves , but whom
they welcomed as much although he did not wear the purple , and that was a true Masonic spirit . He should ask Bro . Beard to reply , and he thought it was the more appropriate having regard to the fact alluded to by the Lord Mayor that Sheriff Harris had been prevented from attending . Nothing could be more appropriate than that his Under-Sheriff should respond .
Bro . Beard , P . M ., returned thanks , and expressed the personal pleasure it had afforded him to be present , and he hoped to have that privilege for many years to come . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , said he had been honoured by being permitted to propose the next toast . He presumed he had been chosen as he had the good fortune some 11 years ago to consecrate the lodge . He remem
beredthat pleasing occasion , and he was happy to have the two distinguished Masons who acted with him—B . os . Philbrich and Long—on that occcasion . He was fortunate on that occasion not only in being enabled to consecrate that lodge , but also of installing one ol the most excellent and most popular Masons thatthey had in Grand Lodge , Bro . Sir Jno . Monckton . Since that period he had watched
carefully over the lodge and had followed its history which had proved more successful . It had progressed in a way which they all desired and anticipated , and had gathered under its fold excellent and good men , the majority of whom were associated with the Corporation and Liveries . The toast he had to propose was "The Past Masters" He could not speak too highly of the distinguished brethren
who had occupied the chair of the lodge . He should ask them to drink heartily to those excellent brethren who were P . M . ' s , more particularly associated with the name of Bro . Clarke , I . P . M . Bro . H . Clarke , I . P . M ., responded in appropriate terms . Referring to a remark made by the Lord Mayor , he said the members would be extremely honoured if so excellent a
Mason would fill the only vacancy in the lodge . Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Lord Mayor , replying to the challenge laid down by Bro . Clarke , said that if the members of the Alliance Lodge desired to have him as a co-member he should be delighted to join , on one condition , which was that they gave him their support on the occasion when he would have the honour of presiding over one of the Charities .
"The Officers" was given by the W . M ., and responded to by the S . W ., after which the 'Tyler ' s toast brought a successful and pleasant evening to a close . Under the able direction of Bro . F . A . Jcwson , Org ., assisted by Miss Maud Hayter , Miss Laura Brown , and Mr . Sackville Evans , an excellent programme of music was ably rendered .
Quatuor Coronati Lodge ( No . 2076 ) . — This lodge met at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the 3 rd inst . Present : Bros . Lieut .-Col . S . C . Pratt , W . M . ; W . M . Bywater , P . G . S . B ., S . W . ; Professor T . Hayter-Lewis , J . W . ; G . VV . Speth , Sec . ; Rev . C J . Bail , J . D . ; R . F . Gould , P . M ., P . G . D ., D . C ; W . H . Rylands , P . G . Stwd . ; C Kupferschmidt , Dr . B . W . Richardson , and F .
H . Goldney , P . G . D . Also the following members of the Correspondence Circle : Bros . G . W . Taylor , F . Weiss , F . A . Powell , Professor F . W . Driver , J . J . Pakes , | . Newton , F . King , E . Storr , Max Mendelssohn , R . A . B . Preston , R . A . Gowan , H . Warner , and C . F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . Bro . T . Hayter-Lewis , who had been absent at the last meeting , was invested as J . W . The report of the Audit
Committee was adopted . The report showed during the year an addition of five _ members to the lodge , and 305 to the Correspondence Circle ; cash receipts upwards of £ 750 , and an expenditure of £ 736 , of which some £ 350 is absorbed in printing the transactions , & c , and close upon £ 100 in postages alone . We have sought in vain for a single penny spent in refreshment , and are convinced that
no subscriber to this lodge can lay his finger on one item of expenditure to which _ any reasonable or even captious critic could object . The income , which is now a large one , is wholly devoted to the furtherance of the peculiar objects of the lodge , viz ., the spread of Masonic literature of a high class . Two Grand Lodges , one District Grand Lodge , two private lodges , and 39 brethren were elected members
of the Correspondence Circle , in all 44 candidates , bringing the total of intrants up to 795 . We append a list-. Grand Lodge of South Australia , Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , District Grand Lodge of Malta , Royal Athclstan Lodge , 19 , London ; St . John ' s Lodge , 1039 , Lichfield ; W . R . Dyer , 61 S , Waitangi , Tasmania ; Hon . S . G . Way , Chief Justice , Pro G . M . South Australia ; 1 . Wilkinson ,
VV . M . 1978 , Herberton , North Queensland ; Hecrjeethoy Manalkjee Rustomjee , J . P ., Dist G . Sec Bengal , Calcutta ; F . H . De Roos , Johannesburg , Transvaal ; E . S . Latimer , Wilmington , North Carolina ; Ladislas de Malczowich , Budapest , Hungary ; J . E . Oram , 357 , Dublin ; J . L . Von Toll , Lausanne , Switzerland ; W . J . Wallace , 44 , Edinburgh ; A . C Quick , 16 S , Guernsey ;
Major J . J . Ross , P . P . G . S . B . Cornwall , Penzance ; W . K . Baker , P . P . G . D . Cornwall , Penzance ; W . W . Vincent , W . M . 1391 , Leicester ; T . M . Wilkinson , P . P . G . W . Lincoln , Lincoln ; J . Sutclife , P . P . G . W . Lincoln , Grimsby ; R . G . Salmon , P . M . 406 , Newcastle-on-Tyne ; F . E . Remfry , P . P . G . P . South Wales ( West Division ) , Tenby ; J . Monks , P . P . G . W . Durham , Durham ; L . !•' .. de
Ridder , 152 and 1222 , Clifton , Bristol ; G . Martin , 600 and 702 , Bradford ; T . J . Railing , P . G . Sec . Essex , Colchester ; K Weiss , P . M . 1491 ; R . A . B . Preston , 357 , 111 S , and ' 523 ; C . J . Perceval , P . M . 1607 ; T . [ ones , P . M . 1 C 07 ; F . King , 1607 ; C . H . Halford , 1607 ; H . M . Hobbs , P . P . G . W . Surrey ; G . H . Lindsay Renton , 1 S 3 ; F . W .
Levander , F . R . A . S ., P . P . G . D . Middx . ; Dr . C V . Bum-es-i , 206 and 2027 ; H . C . Houndle , P . M . 1 S 26 ; J . J . Pakes , P . M . S 71 ; R . Nelson , P . M . 126 and 30 S , Burnley , Lancashire ; W . Phillips , 1 74 , 359 , and 1997 ; G . Campion , P . M . 19 ; VV . A . Barrett , Mus . Doc , P . G . Org . ; and E . T . Carson , Cincinnati .
The paper of the evening was by Bro . R . F . Gould on "The Antiquity of Masonic Symbolism , " for an account of which we refer our readers to the "Transactions" of the lodge . Written contributions to the discussion were forwarded by Bros . W . J . Hughan , VV . Simpson , J . Ramsden Riley , and E . Macbean , and Bros . VV . H . Rylands , F . H . Goldney , Professor F . W . Driver , G . W . Speth , Professor 1 . Hayter-Lewis , Rev . C . J . Ball , and Dr . Richardson also spoke on the subject .
Provincial Meetings.
PROVINCIAL MEETINGS .
BRIDGWATER . Perpetual Friendship Lodge ( No . 135 ) . —At a meeting of the brethren of the above lodge , on the 6 th inst ., at the Royal Clarence Hotel , Bro . J . M . Davis was duly installed the W . M . for the ensuing year , the ceremony of installation being performed by Bro . R . C . Else , Deputy P . G . M . There was a good attendance of brethren and also
of visitors . The W . M . appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . R . W . Buffett , S . W . ; D . Burston , J . W . ; Rev . T . D . Bevan , Chap . ; J . B . Soper , P . M ., Treas . ; T . F . Braithwaite , Sec . ; W . T . Baker , S . D . ; A . B . Cottam , J . D . ; Dr . T . H . Laxton , D . C . ; R . Garton , Org . ; A . Squibbs , I . G . ; and j . McGowan , Tyler .
CAMBRIDGE . Lodge of the Three Grand Principles ( No . 441 ) . —The meeting for the installation of VV . M . took place in the lodge room at the Lion Hotel , on Monday , the Cth instant , Bro . J . E . L . Whitehead , P . P . A . G . Purst ., W . M ., in the chair . There was a large attendance of members and visitors , including Bros . Andrew H . Moyes ,
P . M ., P . G . Std . Br . Eng ., D . P . G . M . ; Y . Crawley , J . Vail , F . G . G . Barber , J . Stacey , Youngman , Joshua 'Taylor , G . Cole , F . Dewberry , ) . Sheldrick , E . H . lennings , T . Watts , S . H . Sharman , " and J . Fuller , all P . M . 's of the lodge ; and the following visitors , viz .: Bros . F . C Wace , ( Mayor of Cambridge ) P . M . S 59 ; A . Thompson , P . M . ; SS ; E . W . Harry , P . M . 1001 ; Thomas Catling , W . M .
2190 ; William Purchas , W . M . elect , SS ; Frank Piggott , J . W . SS ; G . Morrington , J . D . 166 9 ; Arthur H . Cross , J . D . 107 ; A . E . Chaplin , Sec , R . Hills , C W . Redin , and W . James , of SS ; W . H . Francis , S 59 ; J . B . Black , 2 S 6 ; R . Moore , SS ; W . H . Whitehead , 2207 , Blackall , Queensland , ; R . W . Baker , 112 C ; W . H . Smith , 1515 ; VV . Sindall , SS ; M . F . Freelove , 2136 " ; Jos . Caygill , 213 C ;
and others . The minutes of the last lodge having been read and confirmed , the Treasurer reported that the lodge owed nothing , and that they had a respectable balance . A Past Master ' s jewel to the outgoing W . M . was voted . 'The installation of Bro . John Fish Symonds , P . P . G . D . C , was then proceeded with , the Installing Master being Bro . ] . E . L . VVhitchead ,
who discharged his duties in the most efficient manner , and to the satisfaction of all . The newly-installed W . M . appointed and invested his officers forthe year as follows : Bros . | . E . L . Whitehead , I . PM . ; Wm . Dewberry , S . W . ; J . Royston , J , W . ; J . S . Youngman , P . M ., Chap . ; J . Taylor , P . M ., Treas . ;
F . G . G . Barber , P . M ., Sec ; H . E . Greet , S . D . ; P . H . Young , J . D . ; F . Dewberry , P . M ., D . C ; J . Catling , I . G . ; and Hurry , Tyler . The address to the W . M . was givenby the D . P . G . M ., Bro . A . H . Moyes , who gave the newlyinstalled " Hearty good wishes" from the province . The lodge having been closed , the brethren sat down to banquet , and the evening was spent in true Masonic
harmony . The proceedings were enlivened by songs from several of the brethren , and by a talented glee party , consisting of Bros . W . Coward , A . H . Cross , F . Dewberry , and W . James , It should be stated that Bro . F . Dewberry . P . M ., made a very efficient D . C , and that Bro . A . H . Cross ably presided at the organ . 'The meeting altogether was one of the most successful ever held in connection with the lodge .
DENTON . Duke Of Athol Lodge ( No . 210 ) . —The installation meeting of this prosperous lodge was held on Wednesday , the iSth December last , at the Bowling Green Hotel . The lodge being opened , the minutes confirmed , and the audit report received and adopted , Mr . John Richards was initiated into the mysteries and privileges of
rreemasonry by Bro . Foreman , W . M ., after which the principal business of the evening was proceeded with , and Bro . George Marsh was duly and impressively installed into the chair of K . S ., in the presence of a numerous Board of Installed Masters , by the retiring Master , Bro . T . D . Foreman . The proclamations and salutations were conducted in a most praiseworthy manner , the working tools being
presented respectively in the Three Degrees by Bros . Thomas Milton , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br ., D . C ; James Bromley , P . M . ; and R . E . Coates , P . M ., in their usual characteristic and efficient style . The W . M . appointed the following officers : Bros . S . Fidler , S . W . ; Jno . Tew , J . W . ; Rev . John Kclty , Chap . ; Jas . Woolfenden , P . M ., Treas . ; R . E . Coates , P . M ., Sec " ; Thos . Milton , P . M ., P . P . G . and Std .
Br ., D . C . ; VV . F . Chambers , S . D . ; Jas . M . Veevers , J . D . ; G . C . Taylor , I . G . ; D . Lever , Org . ; J . E . Smith and A . C . Morris , Stwds ; and George Pugh , P . M ., Tyler . The Installing Master invested the officers , explaining their duties and jewels in an able and very appropriate manner , after which he concluded a capital rendering of the whole ceremony by an impressive delivery of the addresses , the whole of the work being of such a high standard as is seldom
met with , and reflected credit on all who took part in it . The lodge was afterwards closed , and the annual festival of St . John the Evangelist was held , the W . M ., Bro . George Marsh , in the chair . The usual patriotic and Masonic toasts were duly honoured , the chief feature being music between the toasts and responses . Bro . James Bromley , P . M ., proposed "The Health of the W . M . "
Bro . Marsh responded by wishing the brethren a pleasant Christmas and a Happy New Year , and expressed his thanks for the flattering remarks made regarding him , and stated that it was his intention to make his year of office in every way successful . He could not hope to equal the working of some of the distinguished members of the lodge who had passed the chair ; but he had endeavoured and
would continue to discharge all the duties connected with his office with care and zeal . Bro . Dr . Foreman , I . P . M ., then intimated that an exceedingly pleasant duty now devolved upon him , that of presenting Bro . R . E . Coates , P . M ., with a P . M . 's jewel
for services rendered as Secretary . He said : Brother Coates , —your good inclination to Freemasonry and attachment to this lodge have been apparent for many years , your skill and ability in managing its concerns in whatever position you were placed have been still more perceptible , whilst your zeal and assiduity as Secretary in promoting our best