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( Kraft Jlasonrg . ROYAL COMMEMORATION LODGE ( No . 1585 ) - —The installation meeting of this popular and prosperous lodge vvas held at the White Lion Hotel , Putney Bridge , on Wednesday , the ist inst . There were present Bros . W . C . Williams , W . M . ; Wing , S . W . ; Harding , I VV . ; Watkins , Treas . ; Robinson , P . M ., Sec . ; Sandalls , S . D . ; Oliver , J . D . ; Collings , P . M ., D . C ; Stacey ,

P . M ., Org . ; Gordon , Asst . Org . ; Page , P . M ., Stwd . ; Coombe , l . G . ; Walkley and Bowdler , Tylers ; Boehr , P . M . ; Mansell , P . M . ; Collick , P . M . ; and Pardoe , jun ,, P . M . The visitors' list vvas a long one , and contained many distinguished names , among them being Bros . S . Pardoe , sen ., P . P . G . D . Middx . ; Higerty , P . P . G . D . Surrey ; Moorman , P . G . P . Surrey ; Williams , P . M .

S 65 ; Causton , P . M . S 65 ; Wingfield , P . M . 1360 ; Sims , P . M . S 34 ; Trank , P . M . 1216 ; Wilkins , P . M . 902 ; Read , P . M . 511 ; Williams , W . M . 2090 ; Luckhurst , W . M . 1604 ; Cochrane , W . M . 3 ; O'Connell , W . M . 2157 ; Skar , W . M . 1 S 91 ; Heath , 1642 ; Foan , J . D . 1614 ; Robinson , J . D . 704 ; Bond , I . G . 1665 ; Davis , S . W . 902 ; and several others .

Lodge having been opened , the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . A ballot was taken for Messrs . F . Thomas , W . P . Chapman , and D . Saines , and proving in their favour , they were duly initiated into the Craft by the W . M . Bro . Valentine Wing , S . W ., vvho had been at the last meeting unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , vvas obligated , and a Board of Installed Masters

having been formed , he was duly installed in the chair of K . S . by the I . P . M ., Bro . Williams , in a masterly and impressive manner . The W . M . then appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . Harding , S . W . ; Sandalls , J . W . ; Watkins , Treas . ; Robinson , Sec . ( pro tern . ); Oliver , S . D . ; Coombe , J . D . ; Collings , D . C . ; Stacey , Org . ; Gordon , Asst . Org . ; Wright , I . G . ; Grundy and

Fayers , Stwds . ; and Walkley , Tyler . To each of his officers on investment the W . M . spoke a few apposite words of instiuction and encouragement , and in the case of Bro . Robinson , P . M ., remarked how sorry he and the lodge vvould be at losing his valuable services as Secretary , but expressing thanks to Bro . Robinson that he had been able to consent to act as Secretary pro tern ., so as to allow

time choose his successor . The Auditors' report was adopted as read . Some further routine business having been transacted , and JL , 5 ss . -voted to the widow of a deceased member , the lodge vvas closed .

At the banquet vvhich followed , to vvhich 63 sat down , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts vvere enthusiastically received and accorded musical honours , Bro . Gordon , Asst . Organist , presiding at the piano . The I . P . M . proposed "The W . M ., " congratulating him on his accession to office , and wishing him a happy and

prosperous year . The Worshipful Master responded . To the toast of " The Initiates " Bros . Thomas Chapman and Saines responded . " The Visitors " followed , the W . M . particularly remarking on the number present , and the elevated rank of so many of them . He alluded to the fact of having present

the W . M . of No . 3 , the oldest Iodge in England , and the W . M . of No . 2157 , which is almost , if not quite , the youngest ; and called on Bros . Cochrane and Read to respond . Bros . Cochrane and Read , in responding , complimented the lodge on having such an excellent Master , host , and such musical talent .

The next toast was—what the W . M . termed a doublebarrelled one— "The I . P . M . and Installing Master " —and the W . M . said , with regard to the Installing Master , he hoped to be able to install his successor vvith a similar amount of success as had attended the ceremony that evening , and expressed his thanks to the I . P . M . forthe satisfactory state of the balance-sheet .

To the toast of "The Past Masters" Bro . Boehr re sponded . The toasts of "The Treasurer and Secretary" and " The Officers " were drunk and responded to . The Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings . Very able musical assistance was given by Miss Greta Williams ( daughter of Bro . R . H . Williams , P . M . S 65 ) ,

Miss Silcock ( daughter of the host , Bro . Silcock , 1767 ) , Mr . Bum , Bros . Collick , P . M ., and Theodore Gordon ; oro . Heath , W . M . 1642 , rendering a most magnificent cornet solo , "Cavatina . " During the proceedings theW . M . took occasion to thank tne two ladies for their kindness towards the lodge in rendering such exquisite music that evening .

QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE ( No . 2076 ) . ~ 1 he lodge met at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the 3 rd inst ., and there were present Bros . Simpson ( R . I ., M . R As . ) , W . M ., in the chair ; R . F . Gould , P . G . D . w •> C * Pratt - R * A W M Bywater , P . G . S . B . ; G . W . Speth , Rev . O . J . Ball , E . Macbean , W . H . Rylands , 1 •. * - ' ¦•?• 5 Prof . W . Mattiew Williams , and C . Kunfer-¦

¦ crimidt . Also the following members of the Correspondence Circle : Bros . Col . J . Mead , W . M . Graham , Rev . ^•L . Cock rem , Prof . F . W . Driver , James Stevens , G . I . Uunckley , W . Lake , R . A . Gowan , J . B . Mackey , Max Mendellsohn , F . A . Powell , G . A . Nock , C . F . Hogard , •i » . btd . Br . ; and G . Greiner . Also the following ^ . tors : Bros . Rev . S . T . H . Saunders , S . Scott Young , G . K - Lang | ey , and F . Pegler . wmiiiutes having been confirmed , the Secretary called Photo ' ? the gift by Br 0 , W - M - Graham of several Koh io P £ a lodgc ] eweI t " - longi--g at onetime to Bro . had I 1 ns ' exhibited at the former meeting , which he ° tethre a " d brought with him for the acceptance of the to th er " 0 wing' Illod 2 es and 3 i brethren were admitted -0620 v ? rresp , ondence ClrcIe ' bring-ng : the total of intrants cia ! fi „ ' j l "; e Grand Lod S Kentucky , the Provin-Southa " ,. Lodge of Staffordshire , Shirley Lodge , 1112 , C »» i Makerfield Lodge , 2155 , Nevvton-lews •Humber Lodge , 57 , Hull ; Stewart Lodge ,

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i 960 , Rawul Pindee ; Lindsey Lodge , 712 , Louth ; Cadogan Lodge , 162 , Chelsea ; Menturia Lodge , 418 , Stafford ; Marmion Lodge , 1060 , Tamworth ; and Lurgan Lodge , 134 , Lurgan , Ireland ; and Bros . Gen . J . C . Smith , G . M . Illinois ; H . S . Pike , Colchester ; " F . C . Robinson , Bradford ; J . R . Ansdell , Hull ; A . Hart , Crewkerne ; VV . V . S . Cockson , Hartebeestfontein , Transvaal ; G . C .

Cooper , Graaff-Reinct . Cape Colony ; L . Lipinski , A . Levy , H . Levy , C . E . G . Cumings , B . Danziger , D . C . Stevens , and Mudge , all of Johannesburg , yTransvaaI ; Capt . J . J . Vaughan , R . A ., Quetta ; J . A . Gurner , P . G . Reg . ; and J . E . Thomas , P . A . G . Sec , both of Adelaide , South Australia ; A . Kemp , Glenelg , South Australia ; G . L . Young , Port Adelaide ; R . S . Brown , G . S . E . of

Scotland ; J . T . S . Elliott , S . G . W . of Scotland ; J . Webster , Edinburgh ; H . Manfield , Northampton ; Major CM . Howell , P . D . D . G . M . Pennsylvania ; Rev . Dr . J . Y . Mitchell , Lancaster , Pennsylvania ; S . T . Setna , Hong Kong ; W . Sheppard , Louth ; W . L . Southwell , Bridgnorth ; J . G . Koch , Penang ; G . R . MacGregor , Bingley , Yorks ; and Geo . Kelly , P . G . S . W . B ., London .

The routine business having been concluded , Bro . G . W . Speth read a paper entitled "The Foundation of Modern Freemasonry . " In very concise language , perhaps too much so , he recounted the proceedings of the four old lodges in London and Westminster in 1716 and 1717 , vvhich resulted in the formation of the parent Iodge of the world . The subsequent fortunes of those lodges vvere then

glanced at , the growth of the organisation described , reference made to the two schisms of last century , and a short account given of the fees , clothing , officers , & c , as they varied from time to time . The history was brought down to the beginning of this century , and notice taken of

the institution of the Girls' School , and the various Committees of Grand Lodge . The paper vvas listened to vvith much attention , and some additions to the general knowledge vvere contributed by Bros . Rylands and Gould . A vote of thanks concluded the proceedings , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment .

REGENT'S PARK LODGE ( No . 2202 ) . —A meeting of this lodge vvas held at tbe York and Albany Hotel , Regent ' s Park , on Saturday , the 4 th inst ., vvhen there vvere present Bros . J . K . R . Cama , W . M . ; D . P . Cama , P . G . Treas ., I . P . M . ; E . C . Mulvey , S . W . ; N . J . Goodchild , J . W . ; N . Goodchild , Treas . ; C . Sheppard , Sec ; J . Powdrell , S . D . ; VV . H . Hosegood , J . D . ; J .

Passingham . acting I . G . ; J . Kew and W . J . Hall , Stwds . ; J . P . Poynter , Org . ; H . F . Bangs , A . M . D . ; F . Palmer , C . W . Rex , C . E . O . Walker , G . Clampitt , F . J . Holden , and Jos . Bang . Visitors : Bros . B : Lyons , P . M . 1227 ; and E . J . Gittens , S . W . 179 . Lodge having been opened , the minutes of the last meeting vvere read and confirmed , and the Secretary read the

by-laws of the lodge . Bro , N . J . Goodchild vvas unanimously elected VV . M . ; Bro . N . Goodchild , Treas . ; Bro . R . Whiting , Tyler ; and Bros . Passingham and J . Hall , Auditors for the ensuing year . A Life Subscribership for the R . M . I , for Aged Masons vvas accepted from the I . P . M ., Bro . D . P . Cama , P . G . Treas ., and S . W . for the Province of Surrey , and a vote of thanks unanimously passed to him , and ordered to be recorded on the minutes .

Resignations were received , and accepted vvith regret , from Bros . D . D . and R . B . Ram , Bros . N . J . Vaishnav and P . Mehta , Indian brethren ; likewise from Bros . A . Gidding . and W . E . Lane . A P . M . ' s jewel vvas unanimously voted by the Iodge to Bro . J . K . R . Cama , W . M ., for the admirable manner in vvhich he had discharged the duties of the lodge . Bros . N . Goodchild and C W . Rex propos ed candidates for the next meeting , after which the Iodge vvas closed . "

TYSSEN AMHERST LODGE ( No . 2242 ) . — The first installation meeting of this lodge vvas held at the Amherst Club , Rectory-road , N ., on Monday , the 6 th inst . The brethren present included Bros . W . A . Tyssen Amherst , P . G . W ., W . M . ; C . C . Cheston , P . M ., J . G . D ., S . W . ; E . G . Lewis , P . M ., J . W . ; J . Godwin , P . P . A . G . D . C . Essex , Treas . ; C Beaumont , P . P . A . G . D . C . Essex , Sec :

S . J . Cross , J . D . ; A . F . Lay , P . M ., l . G . ; Thos . Fenn , President of the Board of General Purposes ; C . C . Paine , G . Allan , F . Goodbody , R . S . Ellis , H . G . Coard , W . H . Turner , and J . Thompson . Visitors : Bros . P . A . Coard , 1489 ; R . Ellis , 1910 ; C Cheston , P . M . 99 ; Jno . Hooke , P . P . G . D . C . Surrey ; J . Broad , 1364 ; W . J . Godwin , I . G . 1343 ; I . P . Cohen , P . M . 205 ; E . Mappin ,

P . G . S ., P . M . 99 ; C E . Wilson ; G . Corbie , P . P . J . G . W . Essex ; E . Cheston , P . M . 1159 ; H . Cheston , P . M . 1159 ; J . Godwin , J . VV . 1579 ; E . Lankester , 1610 ; J . L . Cross , P . M . 90 ; E . W . Allen , P . M . 173 ; VV . Hughes , S . D . 99 ; W . Oldham Rew , J . W . 1118 ; J . Kift , 1791 ; E . Culver , 63 ; Sidney Tower , 149 ; Franklin Clive , 1319 ; and W . VV . Lee , 1897 .

Lodge was formally opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . The chair was then assumed by Bro . Thomas Fenn , President of the Board of General Purposes , vvho proceeded to install Bro . C C . Cheston as the VV . M . for the ensuing year . The following officers vvere subsequently appointed and invested : Bros . W . A . Tyssen Amherst , P . G . W ., I . P . M . ; E . G . Lewis , P . M ., S . W . ; T . J .

Cusworth , P . M ., J . VV . ; J . Godwin , P . P . A . G . D . C . Essex , Treas . ; C . Beaumont , P . P . A . G . D . C . Essex , Sec ; S . ] . Cross , S . D . ; A . F . Lay , P . M ., J . D . ; C . C . Paine , l . G ' . ; G . Allan , D . C . ; F . Goodbody , R . S . Ellis , and H . G . Coard , Stewards ; and J . Very , Tyler . The usual addresses were then rendered by the Installing Master , Bro . Fenn , President of the Board of General Purposes .

The W . M . said the first and the pleasantest duty he had to perform was to invest Bro . Tyssen Amherst , I . P . M ., vvith the handsome jewel voted by the members . They were all aware of the generous part taken by the I . P . M . in the formation of the lodge , and no brother had felt or had taken more interest in it . He hoped the jewel vvould always remind Bro . Tyssen Amherst of pleasant recollections of his

Masonic life . The jewel vvas manufactured by Bro . George Kenning , London . Bro . W . A . Tyssen Amherst , I . P . M ., said the W . M . had most truly remarked that he should always value the jewel as a memento of his connection vvith the lodge which they had honoured him by calling after his name . He

congratulated the members on the state of the lodge at the present time , both in regard to numbers and financial position . He had to thank them for the kindness shown him during his year of office , and for their having been good enough to excuse his absence vvhen more pressing duties prevented the lodge coming within the length of his cable tow . He was gratified to think that , although he vvas

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relegated to the P . M . 's , he should always be the hrst . He hoped the lodge vvould long continue to uphold the tenets of Masonry as it ought to do . He vvas sure they all owed a debt of gratitude to Bro . Fenn for coming there to install the W . M ., and they all felt admiration for the way he had performed the ceremony . Letters of regret for non-attendance vvere announced

from Bros . Sir Albert Woods , Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , and many other distinguished brethren . The lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to the large hall , where a sumptuous banquet vvas admirably served . After dessert , the usual toasts vvere accorded a hearty reception . The W . Master , in giving "The Grand Officers , " said

they had a grand muster of these brethren at the consecration , but many vvere detained that evening by the meeting of the Royal Alpha Lodge . They , however , had not forgotten them , and had sent letters explaining their absence , and the brethren vvere fortunate in having with them the most distinguished of the working Grand Officers , Bro . Fenn . Their I . P . M . vvas a distinguished G . Officer ,

but he should not couple his name with that toast , reserving him for a special one . He believed that in Bro . Fenn they had a brother to whom Masonry owed more than to any living man . It was not only in the English tongue they found that brother , but also in French , with a grace , ease , and accent that a Parisian might envy . As the members of this Iodge owed Bro . Fenn a debt of gratitude for

attending the consecration and for coming there that evening to install him , he asked them to give the toast more than usual honours . Bro , Thos . Fenn , Pres . Bd . G . Purps ., in reply , said he had been a Grand Officer a little over 25 years , and during that period he had responded to this toast on many occasions , but he did not know that on any occasion he had

done so with greater pleasure , because , first of all , amongst those for whom he had to answer was his friend Bro . Cheston , the W . M ., vvho had had very recently conferred upon him the honour of the perple . He only regretted that their Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , was not present to confer that honour upon him and upon every distinguished brother vvho received it , but although the

Pro G . M . fully intended to attend , he vvas laid up with gout and confined to his room . The G . Officers , and especially the executive G . Officers , of whom he happened to be one , had many duties to perform . He did not know among the many offices he had performed one that had given him greater pleasure than that of installing Bro . Cheston that night , and he thanked their I . P . M ., Bro .

Amherst , for having permitted him to enjoy that privilege . He was sure that Bro . Cheston vvould consider the honour of the purple conveyed certain responsibilities and certain duties , and he was sure that both vvould be undertaken and performed in the way vvhich , in his experience , had been performed by G . Officers before him . He thanked them very much , not only for the G . Officers in general but for

the extremely complimentary way in vvhich the W . M . had proposed the toast . He vvas present at the consecration , and in all such cases he learned with satisfaction ot the certain progress made , which vvas much better than the rapid progress made by many young lodges , " vvho seemed to forget that numbers did not form the real strength of a lodge . He thanked them on behalf ot the G . Officers in

general and himself in particular . Bro . W . A . Tyssen Amherst , I . P . M ., said he had the gavel entrusted to him for the purpose of proposing the health of the brother who occupied the chair that he had filled during the past year—Bro . Chas . Cheston , W . M . On leaving the chair , he ( I . P . M . ) could not but feel interested and anxious as to the future of the office , and he

knew they would all agree that the choice could not have fallen upon a more zealous Mason , or upon one more likely to do honour to the lodge , than Bro . Charles Cheston . He mentioned the Christian name of the W . M . because he saw tbat he had three of his own brothers present to support him . Their W . M . had had the honour of the purple , which they all felt was an honour on the lodge , and they

welcomed him in his capacity as a Grand Officer for the year as well as their principal officer—the W . M . In the presence of Bro . Cheston , he could not say all he vvould like , but in their name he would wish him prosperity not only in his year of office , but throughout the remainder of his life , and was sure they would all do their best to render his term in the chair a happy one .

Bro . Chas . Cheston , J . G . D ., VV . M ., in reply , said he was sure they would all grasp the intimate connection between the speech and the song ( by Bro . Kift ) to vvhich they had listened . It reminded him of the only time in his life in vvhich he endeavoured to make a political speech , which vvas at a meeting' where music vvas interspersed vvith speeches , of vvhich his vvas one . It was his lot on

that occasion to follow a gentleman who sang a song vvith a good chorus , and , after that chorus , his speech , of a severely political character , fell flat . If he possessed all the merits which the I . P . M . credited him vvith bis remarks could not but fall flat . He appreciated the fact that the honour of the Iodge vvas in his possession for the time being . Their lodge had the good

fortune to _ start with a Grand Warden for its first W . M ., and he being the second had also had the good fortune to obtain Grand office . He thanked them for the reception given the toast , and vvould do his best during his year , so that he should be greeted as warmly as the I . P . M . had been . "The Visitors" vvas next given , and responded lo by Bros . Coffin and Culver .

In proposing " The Health of the I . P . M ., " the VV . M . said he had known Bro . Amherst ever since he ( the W . M . ) vvas at school , and he knew nothing that appealed to the heart so much as the kindly friend vvho gave a " tip " at school . Those brethren vvho , with him , helped to get the charter for this Iodge knew how thoroughly in sympathy with them was their I . P . M ., and he might safely say

that without the vvork of one or two , and the influence brought to bear by Bro . Amherst , it could not have come into existence . Intimately connected , not only with the lodge , but vvith the neighbourhood , it was a right thing that Bro . Tyssen Amherst should be the first W . M ., and it vvas a generous thing for that brother to start them as

he had done . He vvas sure no words vvould be needed to recommend the toast to the brethren , for they would join heartily in drinking the health of the I . P . M ., and he hoped one of the pleasantest recollections of Bro . Amherst's life vvould be the first year of the Iodge which bears his name . Bro . W . A . Tyssen Amherst , P . G . W ., I . P . M ., in responding , said if he thought the toast vvas entirely for . -