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approval , and recommended the adoption of the voluntary system for obtaining funds . After due consideration , the lodge accepted the proposals , and proceeded to elect a committee of ten , with three trustees , to govern the fund . The remainder of the business having been disposed of , the lodge was then closed , and shortly afterwards the brethren partook of a plentiful repast , provided by Bro .

Woodhouse , House Steward . Although the voluntary system has not hitherto been tried in connection with Benevolent Funds in this province , yet such has been the success attending this effort of the Neptune Lodge in respect of the number of annual subscribers and amount of donations received , that it is fully expected to be quite as successful in its results as the old method of annual grants from the lodge .

RIPLEY . —Okeover Lodge ( No . 1324 ) . — The annual installation meeting of this lodge , which was very numerously and influentially attended , was held on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., in the lodge-room , Market-place , when there were present Bros . G . Day , W . M . ; J . Cropley , I . P . M . ; J . Clark , S . W . ; W . C . Briggs , J . D . ; J . Allan , P . M ., P . j . D ., Treasurer ; W . H . Fisher , P . M ., Sec ; W . Abbott , S . D . : T . Goodwin , as J . D . ; H . Barker , Org .

W . de B . Jessop , D . of C . ; F . C . Corfield , Stwd . ; R . H . N . Alleyne , I . G . ; J . Storer , Tyler ; F . Wright . P . M ., P . P . G . S . W . ; W . Jessop , P . M ., P . P . G . S . W . ; G . Staley , P . M . P . P . G . S . B . ; ] . Copestake , ] . T . Morley , W . J . Cooper , J . H . Day , W . Morton , E . Sharcross , J . B . Slack , and M . B . Bembridge . Visitors ; Bros . C . R . Williams , P . M . 1072 , P . P . S . G . W . ; T . M . Turner , P . M . 506 ; J . Farnsworth , P . M . 50 G ; S . Taylor , 731 ; J . Pegg ,

P . M . 7 S 7 , P . P . G . S . B . ; W . S . Bawler , W . M . 7 S 7 ; F . liennett , S . W . 7 S 7 ; C . VV . Southern , 7 S 7 ; Jas . Gorden , 144 ( I . C . ); J . Simkis , 731 ; H . Crossett , P . M . 102 S ; C . Shaw , 102 S ; T . Hardstaff , 102 G ; J . L . Ports , 1224 ; W . H . Burton , W . M . 1493 ; J . Archbold , P . M . 1403 ; H . Saxton , P . M . 1 493 ; and H . B . Boag , I . G . 1495 . The lodge was opened by the W . M ., and the minutes of

the election meeting was unanimously confirmed . The next business before the lodge was to instal Bro . Jno . Clark , W . M . elect , into the chair . He was duly presented by Bros . Cropley , P . M ., and Geo . Staley , P . M ., and installed by the retiring W . M . into the chair of King Solomon , in the presence of a board of sixteen Installed Masters . The ceremony was performed in a very able and impressive

manner . The W . M . invested the following brethren as his officers for the ensuing year : Bros . Thos . Godwin , S . W . ; W . Abott , J . W . ; J . Allen , P . M . Treas . ; W . H . Fisher , P . M . Sec . ; D . Upton , S . D . ; W . de B . Jessop , J . D . ; H .

Backer , Org . ; F . C . Corfield , D . ot C . ; T . H . Day , Steward ; W . Morton , I . G . ; and John Stores , Tyler . The lodge was then closed , when upwards of forty brethren sat down to a most sumptuous banquet , at the Cock Hotel , after which the W . M . proposed the usual Masonic toasts .

FELTHAM . —Elliot Lodge ( No . 1567 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Saturday , at the Railway Hotel , under the presidency of Bro . W . H . Goodall , W . M . Bro . Tharle was raised by the W . M . to the Third Degree , after which Bro . John Mason , P . M ., installed Bro . T . Duerdin Dutton , S . W ., as Master of the lodge for the ensuing year , the ceremony being performed in a manner which elicited loud applause from the brethren ,

and complimentary remarks afterwards from the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Raymond Thrupp . This being a banner lodge , the W . M . ' s banner was presented to the lodge . ' The officers appointed were Bros . R . T . Fennel ! , S . W . ; T . J . Bird , J . W .: J . H . Pearson , Treas . ; J . Mason , Sec ; I . Dixon , S . D . ; F . Wadeson , J . D . ; R . H . Dillon , I . G .: R . A . Fraser , D . C ; and J . Sherlock , W . S . An

eight guinea Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . Goodall . The brethren present during the day were Bros . W . H . Goodall , W . M . ; T . Duerdin Dutton , S . W . ; R . T . Fennell , J . W . ; J . H . Pearson , P . M ., Treas . ; J . Mason , P . P . S . G . D ., Sec ; T . I . Bird , S . D . ; J . Dixon , J . D . ; Frank Smithers , Org . ; R . A . Fraser , Steward ; J . Wadeson , I . G . ; Robert Potter , Tyler ; John Sherlock , W . A . Brown , R . Pearce , H . T . Cooper , G . Church , Fredk . W .

Barratt , J . W . Tharle , E . W . Winter , George Baxter , R . H . Dillon , J . W . Aster , A . Bevis , A . Stephenson , J . Davie , S . J . Ball , S . T . Millin , G . R . Nichols , H . G . Buss , R . D . Da ' lton , G . T . Lawrence , S . Best , J . A . Childers , John P . Dutton , 311 ; J . Wilson , I . P . M . 209 , P . P . G . J . VV . Berks and Bucks ; Henry J . Harris , W . Marten , 209 ; J . Crock , 315 ; J- J- Cantlc , P . M . 1257 ; J . H . Roberts , S . W . 700 ; Raymond H . Thrupp , D . Prov . G . M , Middx . ;

Edwin Woodman , S . D . 1950 ; J . F . Rothschild , 12 SS ; G . E . Saunders , 1257 ; George Todd , SGo ; Henry Von Joel , 957 ; R . G . Norman , 125 ( I . C . ) ; and H . Massey , P . M . 619 , W . M . ig 2 S ( Freemason ) . In consequence of great domestic affliction at the hotel , the brethren did not hold their installation banquet there , but returned to town and dined at Freemasons' Tavern , where a banquet of the choicest description was supplied

by Messrs . Spiers and Pond , Limited , under the management of Bro . E . Dawkins . At the conclusion of the repast the usual toasts were proposed , and Bros . Buss and Cottebrune respondefl for "The Grand Officers . " Bro . Pearson , P . M ., proposed " The Prov . G . Master . " In proposing " The Deputy Prov . Grand . Master , and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers , " the W . M . said he must

refer to whatlBro . Raymond Thrupp had said , thata ( ternoon , in lodge , that it was the duty of the I . P . M . to iristal the W . M ., and not of Bro . Mason . Had Bro . Thrupp been accustomed to come to the lodge— -he had only been once before—and understood the lodge better , he would have known that the brethren looked upon Bro . Mason , P . M ., as the father of the lodge , and that it was a compliment to be installed by him . Bro . Mason initiated him ( the W . M . ) in Masonry , and he installed him in the chair by special

desire . He hoped the Deputy Provincial Grand Master would know him belter . Bro . Goodall . I . P . M ., responded , and said that the Deputy Prov . Grand Master had paid the Elliot Lodge his first visit in his official character . He had been with them a month since and again to-day , and he expressed approval of the working of the lodge . Bro . Dixon was also a very efficient member of the lodge , and his kindness of heart was well known . Bro . Eraser was also a Prov .

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Grand Officer . The next was Bro . Pearson , also a Provincial Grand Officer , and no appointment made in the Elliot Lodge could have given greater pleasure to the members of the lodge than the apppointment of Bro . Pearson , and no member lived more warmly in the hearts of the brethren of the lodge . Though he ( Bro . Goodall ) , was the last of the Prov . Grand Officers , there was no one who would do more for the brethren in general or the Elliot Lodge in

particular . Bro . Goodall next proposed " The Health of the W . M . " and said he wished he could do it in terms which he would like to use . When he ( Bro . Goodall ) rose to respond to the toast of his own health on the day he was installed , he did not feel more pleasure than he did now to propose " The W . M . " He had had the great privilege of knowing the W . M . from the time of his admission to the lodge , and

had been associated with him intimately . All his associations with him had been most pleasant and happy , and it afforded him the greatest gratification to see him in the chair . He also felt it a great gratification to be permitted to sit at his side . The brethren had seen him in the various offices in the lodge , and they knew how he had done his work . To all who knew him he had endeared himself , and if he was less than a good fellow

such influence could not be exercised . As a professional man , Bro . Dutton could not attend the lodge as he would like , but he had made unusual efforts , and those efforts would be very successful and gratifying to all the brethren . He had discharged his duties in the lodge admirably , and had made an excellent president at the banquet table . The brethren would wish him a happy and successful year of office , and he was sure the wish would be fulfilled . He

had reason to know that the officers would discharge their duties well and be loyal in their support of the W . M . who was an old initiate of the lodge . The W . M ., in reply , said when he was initiated in this lodge , some seven years ago , he was instructed in two things—one , the solemnity of Masonry , and , the other , the kindness of the brethren at that time . When he was installed that evening these questions came forward—one ,

had he done his duty as an officer of the lodge ? and was he worthy of the honour the brethren had conferred upon him ? the other , should he be able to perform his duties as Master in that Christian spirit which , as a Mason , he ought to do ? As he had said , he noticed when he was initiated , the kindness shown to him , and he had found from that time to the present that kind spirit in every act of Freemasonry . He felt that the brethren ' s kind hearts

made allowances for his past conduct as an officer of the lodge , and for anything he might say that night , or that he might not say . He had attended lodge as often as he possibly could during his year of office as S . W ., when they had had five meetings . Out of those five he attended three . On the other two occasions he was absent , not on his own account , but because his profession compelled him to be absent . On one occasion he

was standing by the side of a fellow - creature trying to save his life , and on the other he was standing by the side of another fellow-creature , saving her life . Consequently he was unable to do his work properly to the lodge by working out of the lodge . He had not the opportunity now , but he would make it . He thought when he was first placed in the chair of S . W . that he had but to do his duty and his work as he had done

it when he was a Deacon ; but he found as he got nearer the chair that he must sacrifice a portion of his time and give it to Masonry ; but he did not find that till very lately , and when that was impressed upon his mind , he immediately went to the lodge of instruction of _ which Bro . Cottebrune was Preceptor , and under his tuition he had learned the ritual he knew now . He asked the brethren to forget from this moment his past conduct as S . W ., and look to the

future ; and on this , his night of installation he promised them—and he was not a man to break his word—that he would do his duty perfectly and sincerely , and he had no doubt whatever that when he left the chair and retired to that of P . M ., they would say that what he did not do as S . W . he had done as their Master . It was impossible for him to thank the brethren as he would like for the honour they had bestowed upon him ; he could only

say that when he was initiated into Freemasonry he was a young man just starting in life . Masonry had been the means of his attaining the position as a public man and as a professional man that he had now , and the brethren might rely upon it , that if he had followed the steps of Masonry as well as he could do hitherto , he would not fail to continue to follow the same steps as long as he remained a member of this lodge . As their

W . M . he would do his duty in a Christian spirit , and he know perfectly well that if he wavered in that duty he had those on his left who would stay him and compel him to do it as he ought to do it . He knew that there were many short comings in him , and he might not be able to do his work so well as he might be able to do it on the next occasion . The officers knew their work thoroughly and well , and they would all stand by him and help him b y all the means in

their power ; and lastly , he knew that he had brethren round him who did not simply look upon him as their Master , but as a brother and a friend , and as such they would treat him as long as he sat in the chair . Bro . Goodall , I . P . M ., in proposing "The Masonic Institutions , " said the brethren were asked to support the Institution which took the orphan—the fatherless and motherless —and educated and clothed them , and assisted to put them

in positions where they might earn an honourable living , and be able to do their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased the Great Architect of the Universe to call them . It must come to the heart of every one of them when they thought of those who had sat at their banquet tables and drunk their toasts , who had had a happy and comfortable home , and that which went to make up the great pleasures of this life—health—and yet , by no fault

of their own , they fell into distress , borne ot the brethren might have sat at the Board of Benevolence monthly , and seen those men tottering up , who had taken the hand of the greatest men in the kingdom . Also refined women , sometimes , required the relief of the small pittance doled out by the Benevolent Institution . He was happy to say that that Institution would receive direct support next year

by the Stewardship of the W . M . Bro . John Mason , P . M ., and Collector of the Benevolent Institution replied , and said that the brethren had responded very nobly to the appeals made to them by the little bits of paper placed before them . The handsome sum of £ 34 had been subscribed to the W . M . ' s list , and he hoped it would be longer . No doubt those who had not

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filled the paper up was thinking whether they should give five or ten guineas . The Benevolent Institution were spending the money subscribed in the very best way they could 'I he Benevolent Institution was giving £ 12 , 000 a year to annuitants , and it wasaheavy task to get that sum of money together . At the present time they had not a single vacancy ; they had sixty widows waiting over from last election ! Grand Lodge came out nobly and gave them another , CSoo

a year . He hoped the day was far distant when they would say the Craft had not done all it could in reference to the Institutions . The W . M . next proposed the" P . M . ' s , " to which Bro . Goodall replied . Bro . Nichols , P . M ., proposed "The Visitors , " to which Bros . Cantle , Von Joel , Norman and Roberts replied . The S . W . replied to the toast of " The Officers , " and the Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings .

NOTTINGHAM . —De Vere Lodge ( No . 1 794 ) . —A meeting was held on the 20 th ult ., at the Masonic , Hall . Present : W . Bro . W . J . Gardner , W . M . ; Bros J . WiggIesworth , S . W . ; E . Gowthorpe , J . W . ; H . Norris . I . P . M . ; S . G . Gilbert , Sec . ; Ellorne , S . D . ; Truman , Organist ; R . Ingram , D . C . ; Cokayne , I . G . ; Oakden and Loverseed , Stewards ; Glover , Tyler ; Isaac Davis , P . M . 47 , P . S . G . D . Notts ; J . Woollatt , W . Burrows , R .

Underwood , b . Parker , J . Bush , C . Sickling , G . M . Howard , and E . T . Norris . Visitors : C . Rogers and E . P . Wilson , 47 ; Norman , 1334 ; and Gascoigne , 1435 . Lodge being opened , and the lodge minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed , Bros . Underwood and Baker were passed to the F . C . ' s Degree by the W . M ., who also explained the working tools . The lecture on the tracing board was duly rehearsed and explained by Bro .

Davis , P . M ., in his" well-known manner , which was received with acclamation . The Secretary then read the circular from VV . Bro . Wragg , P . G . Secretary , respecting the next meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge , to be held the 30 th inst . ; also the circular from W . Bro . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec , respecting the proposed revised

Constitutions ; and , on the motion of Bro . Gilbert , seconded by Bro . Ellorne , S . D ., the W . M ., the P . M . ' s in and of the lodge , and the Wardens were constituted a Committee to consider and report upon the same to the lodge . A letter of apology , regretting inability to attend the meeting , was read from Bro . the Rev . Silas Edge , M . A ., Chapter

1611 . The usual offertory having been collected , the lodge was closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned for refreshments , and to spend a convivial evening , enlivened with _ songs by Bros . Oakden , Norman , Hickling , and Norris .

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PERCY LODGE ( No . 198 ) . —This lodge held its regular meeting at the Joll y Farmers , Southgate-road , on Saturday , the 4 th inst . Present : Bros . R . M . Jones , W . M . ; Gribbell , S . W . ; Galer , J . W . ; Pcarcy , Preceptor ; Fenner , Sec ; Parkes , S . D . ; A . M . Marks , J . D . ; Ashton , I . G . ; Brasted , Gush , Houghton , Rhodes , iNicnoiis

, K . VV . Searcy , and others . All preliminaries were duly observed in opening the lodge . The minutesof last meeting having been read and confirmed , the ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Gush being the candidate . The First , Second , and Third Sections of

the Lecture were worked by Bro . R . Pearcy , assisted by the brethren . Bro . Gribbell was elected W . M . for the next meeting . A vote of thanks was awarded the W . M . for the efficient manner he had discharged the duties of the chair for the first time in this lodge of instruction , after which the lodge was closed .

UNITED PILGRIMS LODGE ( No . 507 ) . — There was a good meeting of this lodge of instruction on Friday the 3 rd inst ., at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell . Bro . M . E . Stokes , W . M . was supported by Bros . G . W . Knight , S . W . ; W . S . Payne , J . W . ; C . H . Phillips , S . D . ; F . Thompson , J . D . ; H . M . Williams , I . G . ; John S . Terry , P . M ., Sec . ; and a number of other

brethren . Bro . James Stevens , P . M . and Preceptor , was , owing to temporary indisposition , absent . The lodge having been opened and minutes read , Bro . M . E . Stokes ably rehearsed the ceremony of initiation , and subsequently a portion of the Sections in the First Degree were worked by the brethren . Bro . G . VV . Knight was elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and the lodge was then closed in perfect harmony .

HYDE PARK LODGE ( No . 1425 ) . —The usual weekl y meeting of this lodge was held at its new quarters , the Norfolk-square Hotel , Paddington , on Monday , the 6 th inst . Present : Bros . Chalfont , W . M . ; Cuthbertson , S . W . ; J . H . Smith , J . W . ; Mote , S . D . ; Douglas-Smith , J . D . ; Hardy , I . G . ; J . H . Taylor , W . S . ; also Bros . H . Dehane , Thomas , Wickens , Cursons , SimpsonCraig ,

, Hart , Mitchell , Holland , and Wood . The lodge was opened in due form and the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed . The ceremonies of initiation and raising were rehearsed , Bros . Craig and Cursons being the candidates . The bye-laws havinrr been

read , the ballot was taken for the officers for the ensuing twelve months , and was declared in favour of Bros . G . Read , Treasurer and Preceptor ; H . Dehane , Hon . Sec ; C . S . Mote being appointed Assistant ; Sec . ; Bros . Craig , Holland and Wickens , were elected the Audit Committee . The lodge was adjourned until Monday , the 13 th inst ., when Bro . Chalfont , S . W . 1425 , will be W . M .

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KENNINGTON CHAPTER ( No . 1381 ) . —This chapter held a convocation at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Park , on the 2 nd inst . Among those . present were Comps . H . Higgins , M . E . Z . ; Speedy , H . ; Webb , J . J T . C . Walls , P . P . G . D . C . Middx ., I . PZ . ; G . Everett , jun . S . E . ; Kohlcr . S . N . ; George Everett , P . Z ., Treas . J

Applcton , P . S . ; Cooper and Ayling , A . P . S . ; Austin , acting Janitor . Comp . Peacock , 21 , was a visitor . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the ballot was taken on behalf of two candidates for exaltation , and it proved to be unanimous , but through unavoidable circumstances they , were prevented