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Visitors , " and in the course of his observations said he hoped the brethren of the lodge would take advantage of La Tolerance Lodge of Instruction , of which he was Preceptor . The toasts of " The Treasurer and the Secretary " ( responded to by Bros . Kench and Smale ) , and " The Officers " ( for whom Bro . G . A . Sturgess , S . W ., replied ) , were then given , and the Tyler ' s toast at a late hour concluded the proceedings .

Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 . The lodge met at Freemasons'Hall on Friday , the 5 th instant , at five p . m . Present- Bros . T . B . Whytehead , P . G . S . B ., W . M . ; C Purdon Clarke , CLE ., I . P . M . ; W . M . Bywater , P . G . S . B ., as S . W . ; G . Greiner , J . W . ; G . W . Speth , P . A . G . D . C , Sec . ; the Rev . J . W . Horsley , I . G . ; P .. Armitage , Stwd . ; and H . F . Goldney , P . G . D . Also 4 6 members of the Correspondence Circle and four visitors .

After the minutes had been conlirmed , Bro . Whytehead , the W . M ., alluded in accents of deep feeling to the unexpected and sudden death ot Bro . John Lane , P . A . G . D . of C , a loss which would be keenly felt by all the members of the lodge as that of a personal frjend . The loss to the Craft in general was equally severe , as Bro . Lane had by his writings added very considerably to our knowledge , and in his " Masonic Records" had produced a work of the highest utility , such as no other Jurisdiction could boastthe elaborating of which would have seemed impossible to any other brother .

, His merits had been recognised by Grand Lodge in various ways , but in none more conspicuously than by the fact that Grand Lodge had itself assumed the publication and expense of the second edition of Bro . Lane ' s magnum opus . The W . M . added that his words on this occasion would be few , as at our next meeting he hoped that full justice would be done to our deceased brother . Meanwhile he would suggest that a letter of condolence and sympathy be sent to the widow and family of our dear brother . This was seconded and carried unanimously , and with evident emotion by those present .

One lodge and 36 brethren were elected to the membership of the Correspondence Circle . The report of the Audit Committee was received and adopted . The report itself is couched in a minor tone , due to the serious losses of the lodge during the past year , viz ., Bros . Hayter Lewis and W . Simpson , and also to the troubles now being endured by so many of its Correspondence members in South Africa ; but the financial statement shows more than the usual buoyancy and success . The total receipts of £ 1630 ( in round figures ) are about £ 250 in excess of the expenditure , and there is

beyond this a sum of nearly £ . 550 due irom various members , some of which will , 01 course , ultimately rank as an asset . The amount of these arrears constitutes , however , a serious reflection on some one , and is the feature which strikes us as least satisfactory of all . The letters of excuse from the lodge members for non-attendance were unusually numerous , and we regret that the prevailing influenza appears in many cases to have been the cause j among them were letters from Bros . Hamon le Strange , Prov . G . M . Norfolk ; W . 1 . Hughan , P . G . D . ; E . Macbean , C . Kupferschmidt , A . G . S . G . C ;

Admiral Markham , P . Dist . G . M . Malta ; R . F . Gould , P . G . D . ; G . L . Shackles , and Sydney T . Klein . Bro . Speth gave notice that at next meeting he would move a grant of 10 guineas in aid of the fund now being organised by Bro . G . Richards , \ District Grand Master for the Transvaal , for the relief of the brethren in that country ; and at the subsequent dinner , a collection was made for the same purpose , and handed over to the District Grand Master . The paper for the evening was by Bro .

W . J . Hughan , and dealt with the " York Grand Lodge and its offshoots . " In the writer ' s absence it was read by the Secretary . The paper treated the subject with the accustomed fullness of knowledge which is always expected in anything emanating from our distinguished brother , and was favourably ] commented upon and criticised by Bros , Whytehead , W . M ., Rev . J . VV . Horley , and G . W . Speth , who also read a written commentary which had been forwarded by Bro . Dr . W . J . Chetwode Crawley . A hearty vote of thanks to Bro . Hughan was carried by acclamation , and the lodge was closed in perfect harmony .

Playgoers' Lodge , No . 2705 , The installation meeting of this important lodge was held at the Hotel Cecil , on Tuesday , the 2 nd inst . There were present Bros . G . J . Farrington , W . M . ; Guy Repton , I . P . M . ; W . R . Bennett , S . W ., W . M . elect ; Geo . Schultz , J . W . ; J . H . Gaskin , P . M ., Treas . ; W . Sparks , Sec . ; A . E . Grimshaw , S . D . ; George Powell , D . C ; Walter Schroder , I . G . ; J . A . Collings , Org . ; Carl Hentschel and j . L . Goldstein , Stwds . ; Edwd . Terry , P . G . Treas . ( hon . member ) ; R . Clay lion rt maurice nawinns

Sudlow , r . U . otd . at . ( , memoer ;; . n . onaw , JVIOSS , jonn , G . W . Collins , A . 1 . Anderson , Percy House , J . B . Howard , Louis Harlield , A . W . Warnsley , Christopher Hepper , j . H . Bishop , A . M . Rickards , G . H . Hana , W . L . Butterworth , G . F . Payne , H . VV . Payne , A . J . Watson , W . H . Worster , Isidore Newmark , VV . G . Chapman , C E . Loader , J . F . Bridgen , A . R . Moyse , F . Newton , R . J . Sadlier , Hy . Cart , R . Findlay , A . Gerson , R . F . Pearce , Ferd . Hess , F . J . Leggett , T . Vagg , Thos . Pescod , Paul Mill , J . Sharpe , John Irwin , H . Vigers , M . T . Newmark , H . A . Cooper , E . J . Hiscock , T . J . Rose , E . Emmanuel ,

G . j . Baynes , Arthur Wade , A . G . Buttifant , A . Thompson , and T . E . Edmunds , Tyler . Visitors : Bros . T . W . Allsop , SS , 2492 ; F . G . Russell , 2492 ; J . G . Sebere , 57 ; T . VV . Hooper . 36 ; W . F . Fisher , 2163 ; VV . H . George , 53 S ; G . S . Cummings , 2700 ; G . Cossons , 2696 ; E . J . Southern , 2 G 9 6 ; Lewis Ferguson , 1997 ; Geo . Fox , 149 6 ; J . Northcott , 2190 ; T . Blake , 2466 ; H . H . Bowen , 1365 ; W . H . Uresday , 1 G 02 ; Prof . F . W . Driver , M . A ., P . M . 45 ; J . C Smith , 1965 ; H . F . Franks , 2742 ; C B . Mucless , 2742 ; E . C . Collings , 211 ; J . H . Jenks , S ; A . Carpenter , 253 C ; E . A . Fisher , 5 C 9 ; D . Posener , 185 ; J . A . Carpenter ,

2565 ; H . Rudd , 1 S 15 ; W . Iceton , S 34 ; J . Mellings , H . C . T . Hunt , 134 ; B . S . Straus , 19 S 1 ; J . F . Roberts , 63 j A . D . Corri , 23 S 7 ; A . Leighton , 263 j J . W . Harvey , 25 ; L . Cooke , 210 S ; H . S , Matthews , 211 ; W . Lever , 1 S 1 S ; J . Taylor , 1271 ; C . K . Rayson , 766 ; W . G . Holloway , 1 S 42 ; T . Richards , 1572 ; M . Woolf ' 25 ; P . VV . Straus , 705 ; J . O'Connor , 1707 ; A . Hughes , 704 ; C J . Bush , 269 6 ; F . H . Collingham , ufig ; E . VV . Beard , 2 O 9 G ; F . A . Zeppenfeld , 53 S ; T . Newton , 7 S 4 ; H . Gerard , 2430 ; G . S . Genese , 2265 ; H . Pritchard , Lockwood

263 ; A . Grover , 101 ; H . Wright , 1 S 27 ; E . , 24 SS ; N . Owen , 395 ; 11 . Jude , 264 S ; S . H . Pardon , late 1541 ; A . S . Fussell , ISIC F . Pollitzer , 1017 ; Harvey Dyball , 905 ; and H . Raphael , 2265 . The lodge was opened by the W . M ., and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The W . M elect , Bro . Wm . R . Bennett , P . M ., was presented to the Installing Master ( the W . M . ) by Bro . George Powell , P . M ., D . C , and having been obligated and entrusted , the W . M . left the chair , and his place was occupied

by Bro . R . Clay Sudlow , P . G . Std . Br ., who , at the request of the W . M . elect , performed the rest of the ceremony of installation . Bro . Bennett , being a P . M ., was simply invested and placed in the chair by Bro . Sudlow , P . G . Std . Br . The W . M . then invested his officers as follows : Bros . G . J . Famngton , I . P . M . ; G . V . A . Schultz , S . W . j W . Sparks , J . W . ; J . L . Goldstein , Treas . ; Percy House , Sec ; Walter

Schroder , S . D . ; J . Cohen ( absent ) , J . D . j Carl Hentschel , LG . ; George Powell , P . M ., D . C ; M . Moss , A . D . C ; R . H . Shaw , L . Harlield , J . Wontner Smith , and J . Sharpe , Stwds . ; and T . E . Edmunds , Tyler . Bro . Sudlow gave the addresses in a masterly and impressive manner . The Secretary read the correspondence . Bro . Edward Terry , P . G . Treas ., read a communication from the Grand Secretary relative to the spurious Lodge of Hiram . The VV . M . then presented a Past Master's jewel to

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the I . P . M ., who returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him . The report of the Audit Committee showed that the lodge was in a sound satisfactory condition . The report was adopted and ordered to be entered on the minutes . " Hearty good wishes" having been given by the visitors present , the ( lodge was closed .

The brethren adjourned to the Great Hall , where a sumptuous banquet was served , At its conclusion , the W . M . gave the usual toast , " The Queen and the Craft . " " God save the Oueen " was sung . "The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " was next given , followed by "The M . W . Pro G . M ., the Earl Amherst ; the R . W Dap . G . M ., the Earl of Warwick : and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . "

Bro . Edwd . Terry , P . G . Treas ., replied . He spoke of his experience in lodges in India , and that he naturally felt proud that a lodge bore his name . He had the satisfaction of having initiated his own son into Freemasonry . With regard to the Grand Officers , he could assure the brethren that they had eyer the interests of the Craft at heart , and would always be found willing to give assistance , either in counsel or in the active working of the ceremonies . On behalf of the Grand Officers and himself , he begged to thank the brethren .

The daughter of the VV . M ., Miss Lillian Bennett , gave a very pretty dancj , being dressed in a handsome Spanish costume . Bro . Wallis Arthur gave a comic song , " Ha , ha , ha , he , he , he , " which was encored . Miss Hughes then sang " Scent of the Lilies . " This was followed by a selection on the flute from the opera of " Faust , " by Bro . Hamilton .

The I . P . M ., Bro . Farrington , gave " The Health of the W . M . " He said it was the sole privilege , as I . P . M ., that he possessed . The W . M . had distinguished himself as VV . M . of another lodge . He ( the I . P . M . ) said he himself was one of the old fossils to be taken down and dusted , used for awhile , and put on the shelf again . There was the old Mason , the young Mason , and the up-to-date Mason . In fact , one who was up to date to everything in Masonry . Chorus— " For he ' s a jolly good fellow . "

Miss Lilian Bennett gave a very pretty Moorish dance—elegantly danced , the measure of the music being well maintained . A violin solo , by Bro . Percy Pollitzer , which was so much appreciated that , in acknowledgment of the encore , the talented artist gave "Angels guard thee" with great taste and feeling .

The W . M . replied . He said that at that late hour of the evening he would not inflict on the brethren a long speech . He had endeavoured to keep the traditions of Freemasonry—he could not do better than follow in the footsteps of his predecessors—he would conform , in every degree , to the wise regulations of the Craft , and support an ! guide his actions liy them to the utmost of his ability . v

" If to my share some condemnation fall , See , little lady , and forgive them all . " ( Of course , the "little lady " was his charming daughter ) . The W . M . then gave the toast of " The I . P . M . and the Installing Master . " Song—Miss Hughes . The Installing Master replied . He said he had initiated 20 members , besides several joiring members had been added to the lodge during his year of office , the lodge that year having received £ 100 . Comic song— " The Mercantile Marine . "

Song—Mr . Randall J ackson , " The Desert . " The W . M . gave " The Past Masters . " He said they were not many , but all good . He associated with the toast Bro . Guy Repton , first P . M . of the lodge , who , in reply , said it was a curious fact he was the only one that evening wearing the Past Master ' s jewel . The original design was furnished by the present W . M . Song—Bro . Arthur Grover , " Thoughts and Tears . "

Thetoastof " The Visitors" was responded to by Bros . J . H . Jenks , W . M . S j Albert Leighton , 263 ; and Peacock , 1178 . Bros . Carpenter , W . M . 2565 ; and E . C . Collins , 211 , w » re also called on . Bro . Leighton said : " Seaman in a bay , Danger , urged to pray , ' Help me Lord' he said ,

« Do not help the Bear . '" Comic song— " Halves , " Bro . Harry Hall . The VV . M . said Bro . Goldstein , the new Treasurer , would look well after the finances of the lodge . The new , Secratary , Bro . Percy House , was too well known by all to need any commendation on his part . He knew by experience all the duties of a Secretary , holding at the present time that post in the Playgoers' Club .

Bro . Randall Jackson sang " On the road to Mandelay . " The result of the new Charity box was three guineas to the Benevolent Fund . The Treasurer and Secretary replied . The VV . M . gave " The Officers of the Lodge . " He said that his officers were a set that any W . M . might feel proud of . The S . W . and J . W . replied . The Tyler ' s toast brought a most successful evening to a close .

Royal Naval Lodge , No . 59 . This fine old lodge held its annual meeting for the installation of a new W . M . at F reemasons' Hall en the Sth instant . The lodge's record is certified from 173 S , and it is on the list of lodges which by their books have proved an uninterrupted working existence for 100 years . Many of these , like the Royal Naval , are much older , but they receive their warrants as centenary lodges only by proving- no hiatus in consecutive working for a century . The Royal Naval is a very old lodge , but , curiously enough ,

its members never seemed alive to thc fact that it was not perfect until 1884 , for only then did they apply to Grand Chapter for a charter for a Royal Arch chapter to be attached to the lodge . It is , however , now perfect in that respect , having a Royal Arch chapter in connection with it , bearing the same name and number . The volume of the Sacred Law which lies on the W . M . 's pedestal of the lodge is of the year 1558 . There was a representative gathering on the above evening , and the chair was taken by theW . M ., Bro . Daniel Mayer ( Messrs . Erard and Co . ) . The other brethren who

attended were Bros . II . A . Tobias , J . W . ; R . H . Stimpson , P . M ., Secj H . Coxen , J . D . j M . Relph , I . G . j W . B . Abbott , P . M . j W . W . Cooke , A . Gussell , C . J . Lindo , H . Adlam . W . Melville , Weill , W . Newgass , R . C Ralph , W . B . Clarke , W . Hurst FJint , George H . Trevor Irwin , E . Apelt , A . M . Berenberg , J . Duncan , VV . M . Cook , and George Fry . The visitors were Bros . E . Letchworth , G . Sec j V . P . Freeman

P . G . D ., Prov . G . Sec . Sussex ; F . W . Driver , P . M . 45 j II . Pearce , P . M ., P . P . G . W . Sussex ; H . I . Dunaway , F . R . VV . Hedges , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . G . ; D . Gabriel son , P . M . anil W . M . 1502 ; A . W . Reynolds , P . M . 2100 ; F . S . Thomas , I . P . M 7 ofi ; E . R . Cleaton , W . M . 2077 ; J . Terry , P . G . S . B ., Sec R . M . B . L ; H . Oppen heimer , 1540 ; J . M . McLeod , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . B . ; 1 . H . Beach , 15 C 3 ; W . F McNeil , 2 OSG ; and II . Massey , P . M . 619 and 192 S .

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