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Consecration Of The Navy Lodge, No. 2612.
CONSECRATION OF THE NAVY LODGE , No . 2612 .
For the second time within the brief period of a month his Royal Highness the M . W . G . Master has been graciously pleased to accept the position of W . M . Designate of a newly-consecrated lodge . On the first occasion it was the Household Brigade Lodge , No . 2614 , which was consecrated by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . M ., and constituted by his Royal Highness in person , at Prince ' s Hall , Piccadilly , on Thursday , the 14 th May ; on the
second occasion it was the Navy Lodge , No . 2612 , which was consecrated at Freemasons' Hall , this ( Friday ) evening , the 12 th June , by the same distinguished Mason , his Royal Highness , however , being unable , owing to the pressure cf his engagements , to take any part in the ceremony , or preside , as he did in the case of the Household Brigade Lodge , at the subsequent banquet .
The idea of a lodge reserved entirely for naval men appears to have orig inated with the famous Bro . Thomas Dunckerley , who was a Master Gunner in the Navy , and served at the Siege of Quebec , in 1759 , and under various officers of distinction . Bro . Henry Sadler , in his valuble work entilted " Thomas Dunckerley , His Life , Labours , and Letters , " considers it extremely probable that it was through Dunckerley ' s influence that
the wanant issued in 1760 , to hold a lodge of Freemasons on board H . M . S . Vanguard , was granted , and , subsequently , the warrant to hold a similar lodge on board H . M . S . Prince . These lodges , however , and a third on board the Canceaux , for which a warrant was granted by the Prov . G . M . of Canada , did not enjoy a long existence , and since their time , officers of the Royal Navy , who have felt a desire to be initiated into our mysteries and
privileges , have been under the necessity of joining the regular lodges , if any , meeting at our various naval stations , at home and abroad ; and we are glad to see that there are many who have availed themselves of these opportunities , and subsequently attained to officers of distinction in the Craft . Among these may be ment ' oned Bros , the late Admiral Sir 1 . Borlase Warren , Bart ., who was P . G . M . of Derbyshire in 1792 , and
Prov . G . M . of Nottinghamshire in 1 S 02 ; the late Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Prov . G . M . of Hampshire , 184010 1869 ; Lord Charles Beresford , J . G . W . in 1 SS 5 ; the late Lord Alcesler , S . G . W . in 1 S 90 ; the lale Admiral Sir E . A . Ingltfield , J . G . W . in lSeji ; Rear-Admiral Markham , the presint District Grand Master of Malta , and others . But the Navy Lodge , which has just been constituted , though its membership is
reserved for brethren serving in the Navy and Marines , or in the Civil Departments connected therewith , will meet in London , and will be , to all intents and purposes , a civilian lodge , and , as it has a strong body of founders , there is every probability that it will secure for itself a conspicuous position among our lodges at the very outset of its career . The following is a complete list of the founders—63 in number—whom ,
wilh the exception of the principal officers designate , we have ranged in alphabetical order : Bros . Rear-Admiral A . H . Markham , District Grand Master Malta , W . Dep . M . designate ; Col . William Campbell , R . M . A ., A . D . C , P . P . G . W . Hants and Isle of Wight and Malta , P . G . D . England , S . W . designate ; and Rear-Admiral W . H . C . St . Clair , P . P . G . W . Hants and Isle of Wight—after whom the St . Clair Lodge , No . 2074 , Landport ,
was named—J . W . designate ; and Bros . J . H . S . Allen , late Lieutanant R . N . ; G . E . Armstrong , late Lieutenant R . N . ; Captain G . G . Astor , K . M . A . ; A . G . Bagot , late Lieutenant R . N . R . ; Lieutenant G . A . Ballard , R . N . ; Capt . Sir Francis Blackwood , Bart ., R . N . ; Major-General G . F . Blake , R . M . L . I . ; Admiral Henry Boys ; Lieut . W . H . Page , R . N . ; the Right Hon . Lord Brassey , K . C . B ., G . C . M . G ., formerly
Civic Lord of the Admiral ; Capt . G . A . Callaghan , R . N . ; Lieut . G . S . Q . Carr , R . N ., C . M . G . ; G . Carringtpn , Admiralty ; Lieut . W . H . du C . Chads ; F . W . Chaine , late Lieutenant R . N . ; C . Colson , Admiralty ; Commander the Hon . S . C . J . Colville , R . N . ; Major-General J . F . Crease , R . M . A ., C . B . ; W . Cuming , Admiralty ; H . Ashley Cummins , R . N . ; Commander Bernard Currey , R . N . ; Lieut . I . D . Daintree ,
R . N . ; James Dunn , Admiralty ; Captain Sydney M . Eardley-Wilmot , R . N . ; Francis Elgar , LL . D ., Admiralty ; Capt . 11 . W . Fleet , R . N . ; R . A . Fitch , Surgeon R . N . ; Commander K . F . Inglefield , R . N . ; the Hon . Sir H . Keppel , Admiral of the Fleet , G . C . B . ; Coglan McL . McHardy , late Admiralty ; Robert Main , Admiralty ; Deputy Insp .-General J . H . Martin , R . N ., D . S . O . ; Gordon Miller , Admiralty ; Dep . Inst .-General
Belgrave Ninnis , R . N ., M . D . ; Col . Commandant F . A . Ogle , R . M . A ., C . B . ; Lieut . S . R . Olivier ; S . Osborn , Surgeon , late R . N . A . R . ; Lieut . G . M . Paine , R . N . ; Major-General Philips , R . M . L . I ., C . B . ; Lieut .-Col . W . H . Poe , R . M . L . I ., C . B . ; Lieut . F . Powell , R . M . L . I . ; Capt . E . B . Pusey , R . N . ; Maj . G . D . C . Raitt , R . M . A . ; Rear- Admiral H . H . Rawson , C . B . ; W . E . Riley , Admiralty ; Capt . C . G . Robinson , R . N . ; Capt . E . N .
Rolfe , R . N ., C . B ., A . D . C . ; Commander H . N . Rolfe , R . N . ; Lieutenant W . H . Sandford , R . N . ; John Scott , Admiralty ; Lieutenant R . Sterling , R . N . ; A . H . Tarleton , late Lieutenant R . N . ; Lieutenant Basil R . H . Taylor , R . N . ; Thomas U . Thynne , late Lieutenant R . N . ; Commander L . F . G . Tippinge , R . N . ; Lieutenant Cecil Twislleton-Wykeham-Fiennes , R . N . ; W . L . Wishart , Fleet Engineer R . N . ; and Staff Commander A . R . Wonham , R . N .
Friday , the 12 th instant , having been chosen for the consecration , the brethren assembled at Freemasons' Hall , and Bro . E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary , having taken the chair , and appointed his officers , pro lent ., Ihe lodge was opened , and Bio . the E- « l of Lathom , G . C . B ., Pro Grand Master , attended by his officers , entered , and assumed the chair as
Consecrating Officer , and , having been saluted in due form , appointed as his officers Bros . Major-General Lord Methuen , C . B ., C . M . G ., S . W . ; ' ord Skelmersdale , P . G . W ., as J . W . ; the Ven . Archdeacon Stevens , G . Chsplan , as Chaplain ; F . Richaidson , P . G . I ) ., J . H . Matthews , P . D . G . D . C , and Col . A . B . Cook , P . A . G . D . C , as A . D . Cs . ; and C . 1 ' . Matier , P . G . Std . Br ., as I . G .
The ceremony then began , and . in the course of the proceedings , Bro . ihe Vtn . Archdeacon STEVENS , Grand Chaplain , delivered the following "ration on the Nature and Principles of the Institution :
Consecration Of The Navy Lodge, No. 2612.
1 o all who value the Grand Principles on which our Ancient Order is based , the consecration of a new lodge may well be an occasion of thankfulness . It is one more centre from which it is to be hoped that there will radiate the beams of Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . The growth of Masonry of late years has been marked and rapid . The world at large cannot have failed to recognise it , and—whilst in ignorance as to its hidden mysteries and secrets , its symbolism
and its ritual—must recognise its fruits , its works of Charity and beneficence , which indicate its true character . In the lodge which we are met to consecrate this evening , we rest assured that the high aims of Masonry will ever be kept in view , that the votive offerings made to-day of Corn , Wine , and Oil , will bear no empty formalities , but be true symbois of the Prosperity , the Good-will , the Unity , which shall mark its future progress ; that the Salt sprinkled—as the emblem of
Friendship—shall never lose its savour . The teachings of Masonry to all who follow them thoughtfully , are eminently practicil ; every detail has its bearing on our duty towards God and our neighbour as we pass through life , leading on to that sublime truth so forcibly impressed on every one of us that " to the just and virtuous man , death has no terrors equal to the stain of falsehood and dishonour . " N 01 is it a small thing in days like the present , that Freemasonry insists upon the
paramount importance of order and discipline—of loyal obedience to lawful authority . As in the rearing of any stately edifice , there are those who direct and superintend the work of the operative Mason and Craftsmen of different degrees of skill , many of whom , after serving their apprenticeship , must be content to execute some special work assigned to them , without exactly knowing how it forms part of the grand design of the master-mind—the great architect who drew
the plans—so we must , most of us , be content to discharge life ' s duties , trusting to the Great Architect of the Universe , Who is ever carrying out His vast designs to their perfect completion , though we may not live to see the day . Yet , so far as in us lies , if we have but to lay one brick it shall be well and truly laid , according to the directions of those set over us in the work . And lastly , Masonry ever suggests the thought that we are enquirers—seekers after that which is lost , which
we hope some day may be recovereo . The hidden mysteries of nature and science are in this age marvellously unfolded—something new and wonderful constantl y revealed—yet in the very process of discovery we gather that there is ever something beyond hitherto unrevealed and unexplored ; that there are mysteries which the eye of human reason cannot penetrate , unless assisted by that light which is from above , so if we arise we shall ever look onward and upward to what is higher and
better than anything already attained . True as the needle to the pole by which the mariner steers an unerring course across the trackless ocean , we shall lift our eyes to that bright Morning Star , Whose rising brings joy and peace to the faithful and steadfast among men and Masons . May the blessing of the Most High so rest on this new lodge—on its founders—on all who are or who shall
hereafter be members of it—that it may be distinguished not only for the excellence of its working , but for their fidelity to the grand and ennobling principles of the Order , by which not this society alone , but the whole framework of society , is sustained and knit together in the sublime design of the Great Architect and Ruler of all !
The consecration was then carritd out according to ancient custom , and the loege having been constituted , the Pro G . M . vacated the chair in favour of Bro . the Earl of Euston , P . G . M . Norths and Hunts , who . assLtid by Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , P . G . M . Somersetshire , installed Bro . Rear-Admiral A . Hastings Markham , as W . Deputy Master . The customary salutes having been given , the W . Deputy Master appointed and invested the following as his officers for the year , namely : Bros . Gordon Miller ,
P . M .. as acting Past Master ; Col . W . Campbell , R . M . A ., A . D . C , P . G . D ., as S . W . ; Rear-Admiral W . H . C St . Clair , P . M ., P . Prov . G . W . Hants and Isle of Wight , J . W . ; Robert Main ( elected ) Treas . ; Williams Cuming , Sec ; Capt . H . W . Fleet , R . N ., S . D . ; T . U . Thynne , late R . N ., J . D . ; Maj .-Gen . G . F . Blake , R . M . L . I ., D . C ; Com . the Hon . S . C . J . Colvile , R . N ., I . G . ; Com . L . F . G . Ti ppinge , R . N ., J . H . S . Allen , late R . N ., Lieut . W . H . Boys , R . N ., and George Canington , as Stwds . ; and E . J . Mills , Tyler .
The ceremony having been completed , a vote of thanks was passed , by acclamation , to the Consecrating Officers and those who had assisted him , who were unanimously elected honorary members of the lodge , and a Committee to draft the necessary by-laws having been appointed , and sundry propositions for initiation and joining having been handed in , lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern , where dinner was served , under the superintendence of the manager .
The chair was occupied by Bro . Rear-Admiral Markham , W . Dep . M ., who was supported , right and left , by Bros , the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . M . ; the Earl of Euston ; Viscount Dungarvan , P . G . M . Somersetshire ; Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W . ; his Honour Jud ^ e F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg . ; E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., G . Sec . ; Robt .
Grey , P . G . D ., President Board ol Benevolence ; and Bros . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight ; Ven . Archdeacon Stevens , G . Chap . ; Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ; R . Loveland Loveland , P . G . D ., President Board of General Purposes ; T . Fenn , P . G . D ., Past President Beard of General Purposes ; and W . E . Tomlinson , M . P ., S . G . D .
There were also present Bros . Gordon Miller , Acting P . M . ; Col . W . Campbell , S . W . ; Rear-Admiral St . Clair , J . W . ; Colonel Lockwood , M . P ., S . G . D . ; Captain N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; R . F . Gould , P . G . D . ; J . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . D ., Deputy Prov . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight ; Major-Gen . Hay , C . B ., P . G . D . ; Col . I . Davis , A . D . C ; Col . A . B . Cook , P . A . G . D . C ; Major CW . Carrell ,
P . G . Sword Bearer ; CF , Matier , P . G . Standard Bearer ; S . G . Kirchholler , P . D . G . D . C ; Belgrave Ninnis , R . N ., M . D ., P . G . Std . Br . ; A . Stewart Brown ; R . Berridge , P . G . D . ; Charles Belton , P . D . G . D . C . ; J . H . Matthews , P . D . G . D . C . ; Lennox Browne , P . D . G . D . C . ; H . Lovegrove , G . S . B . ; H . H . Room , P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Lake , Asst . G . Sec . ; Dr . Turtle Pigott , P . A . G . D . C ; J . H . Martin , R . N ., D . S . O . ; H . R . Rose , G . Org . ; Com . Wonham , R . N . ; C . G . Marcus ; W . Russell ; Lieut . F .
Powell , R . M . L . I . ; S . Osborn ; F . W . Chaine , late R . N . ; J . McNeill Miller ; Lieut . Halsey , R . N . ; Major Probyn ; R . Ma- ' n ; W . Johnson Smith ; Commander the Hon . S , Colville , R . N . ; C . Stewart Erskine ; G . Carrington ; C . D . Loveless ; Most \ n Pigott ; C W . Cayzer , M . P . j Capt . Ptisey , R . N . ; W . Gilbert ; Lapt . W . H . Fkct , R . N . ; Major Raitt , R . M . A . ; W . E . Riley ; F . Francis ; H . Daintree , R . N . ; Dr .
Roper ; Major Sir Rose Price ; Major-General Bl kc , R M L . I . ; Major Gubbins ; C . McL . McHardy ; H . Coi . Jocelyn Otw . y ; J . H . S . Allen , late R . N . ; H . C Colson ; H . Thomson Lyon ; W . Hynes ; J . Donaldson ; — . Rolls ; E . Armstrong ; T . U . Thynne ; Commander Inglefield , R . N . ; E . K . Johnstone ; C Wentworth Fitzwilliam ; John Son ; W . H , Kiallmark ; W . A . O'Gorman ; Ashley Cummins , R . N . ; K . J . Conlon Lieut . Tarlelon , R . N . ; F . H . Marlineau ; and Lieut . Boy ; , R . N .
The musical arrangenunts were under the direction of Bio . H . R . Rose , F . R . A . M ., Grand Organist , assisted by brethren of the Earl of Morningion Lodge .
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Consecration Of The Navy Lodge, No. 2612.
CONSECRATION OF THE NAVY LODGE , No . 2612 .
For the second time within the brief period of a month his Royal Highness the M . W . G . Master has been graciously pleased to accept the position of W . M . Designate of a newly-consecrated lodge . On the first occasion it was the Household Brigade Lodge , No . 2614 , which was consecrated by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . M ., and constituted by his Royal Highness in person , at Prince ' s Hall , Piccadilly , on Thursday , the 14 th May ; on the
second occasion it was the Navy Lodge , No . 2612 , which was consecrated at Freemasons' Hall , this ( Friday ) evening , the 12 th June , by the same distinguished Mason , his Royal Highness , however , being unable , owing to the pressure cf his engagements , to take any part in the ceremony , or preside , as he did in the case of the Household Brigade Lodge , at the subsequent banquet .
The idea of a lodge reserved entirely for naval men appears to have orig inated with the famous Bro . Thomas Dunckerley , who was a Master Gunner in the Navy , and served at the Siege of Quebec , in 1759 , and under various officers of distinction . Bro . Henry Sadler , in his valuble work entilted " Thomas Dunckerley , His Life , Labours , and Letters , " considers it extremely probable that it was through Dunckerley ' s influence that
the wanant issued in 1760 , to hold a lodge of Freemasons on board H . M . S . Vanguard , was granted , and , subsequently , the warrant to hold a similar lodge on board H . M . S . Prince . These lodges , however , and a third on board the Canceaux , for which a warrant was granted by the Prov . G . M . of Canada , did not enjoy a long existence , and since their time , officers of the Royal Navy , who have felt a desire to be initiated into our mysteries and
privileges , have been under the necessity of joining the regular lodges , if any , meeting at our various naval stations , at home and abroad ; and we are glad to see that there are many who have availed themselves of these opportunities , and subsequently attained to officers of distinction in the Craft . Among these may be ment ' oned Bros , the late Admiral Sir 1 . Borlase Warren , Bart ., who was P . G . M . of Derbyshire in 1792 , and
Prov . G . M . of Nottinghamshire in 1 S 02 ; the late Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Prov . G . M . of Hampshire , 184010 1869 ; Lord Charles Beresford , J . G . W . in 1 SS 5 ; the late Lord Alcesler , S . G . W . in 1 S 90 ; the lale Admiral Sir E . A . Ingltfield , J . G . W . in lSeji ; Rear-Admiral Markham , the presint District Grand Master of Malta , and others . But the Navy Lodge , which has just been constituted , though its membership is
reserved for brethren serving in the Navy and Marines , or in the Civil Departments connected therewith , will meet in London , and will be , to all intents and purposes , a civilian lodge , and , as it has a strong body of founders , there is every probability that it will secure for itself a conspicuous position among our lodges at the very outset of its career . The following is a complete list of the founders—63 in number—whom ,
wilh the exception of the principal officers designate , we have ranged in alphabetical order : Bros . Rear-Admiral A . H . Markham , District Grand Master Malta , W . Dep . M . designate ; Col . William Campbell , R . M . A ., A . D . C , P . P . G . W . Hants and Isle of Wight and Malta , P . G . D . England , S . W . designate ; and Rear-Admiral W . H . C . St . Clair , P . P . G . W . Hants and Isle of Wight—after whom the St . Clair Lodge , No . 2074 , Landport ,
was named—J . W . designate ; and Bros . J . H . S . Allen , late Lieutanant R . N . ; G . E . Armstrong , late Lieutenant R . N . ; Captain G . G . Astor , K . M . A . ; A . G . Bagot , late Lieutenant R . N . R . ; Lieutenant G . A . Ballard , R . N . ; Capt . Sir Francis Blackwood , Bart ., R . N . ; Major-General G . F . Blake , R . M . L . I . ; Admiral Henry Boys ; Lieut . W . H . Page , R . N . ; the Right Hon . Lord Brassey , K . C . B ., G . C . M . G ., formerly
Civic Lord of the Admiral ; Capt . G . A . Callaghan , R . N . ; Lieut . G . S . Q . Carr , R . N ., C . M . G . ; G . Carringtpn , Admiralty ; Lieut . W . H . du C . Chads ; F . W . Chaine , late Lieutenant R . N . ; C . Colson , Admiralty ; Commander the Hon . S . C . J . Colville , R . N . ; Major-General J . F . Crease , R . M . A ., C . B . ; W . Cuming , Admiralty ; H . Ashley Cummins , R . N . ; Commander Bernard Currey , R . N . ; Lieut . I . D . Daintree ,
R . N . ; James Dunn , Admiralty ; Captain Sydney M . Eardley-Wilmot , R . N . ; Francis Elgar , LL . D ., Admiralty ; Capt . 11 . W . Fleet , R . N . ; R . A . Fitch , Surgeon R . N . ; Commander K . F . Inglefield , R . N . ; the Hon . Sir H . Keppel , Admiral of the Fleet , G . C . B . ; Coglan McL . McHardy , late Admiralty ; Robert Main , Admiralty ; Deputy Insp .-General J . H . Martin , R . N ., D . S . O . ; Gordon Miller , Admiralty ; Dep . Inst .-General
Belgrave Ninnis , R . N ., M . D . ; Col . Commandant F . A . Ogle , R . M . A ., C . B . ; Lieut . S . R . Olivier ; S . Osborn , Surgeon , late R . N . A . R . ; Lieut . G . M . Paine , R . N . ; Major-General Philips , R . M . L . I ., C . B . ; Lieut .-Col . W . H . Poe , R . M . L . I ., C . B . ; Lieut . F . Powell , R . M . L . I . ; Capt . E . B . Pusey , R . N . ; Maj . G . D . C . Raitt , R . M . A . ; Rear- Admiral H . H . Rawson , C . B . ; W . E . Riley , Admiralty ; Capt . C . G . Robinson , R . N . ; Capt . E . N .
Rolfe , R . N ., C . B ., A . D . C . ; Commander H . N . Rolfe , R . N . ; Lieutenant W . H . Sandford , R . N . ; John Scott , Admiralty ; Lieutenant R . Sterling , R . N . ; A . H . Tarleton , late Lieutenant R . N . ; Lieutenant Basil R . H . Taylor , R . N . ; Thomas U . Thynne , late Lieutenant R . N . ; Commander L . F . G . Tippinge , R . N . ; Lieutenant Cecil Twislleton-Wykeham-Fiennes , R . N . ; W . L . Wishart , Fleet Engineer R . N . ; and Staff Commander A . R . Wonham , R . N .
Friday , the 12 th instant , having been chosen for the consecration , the brethren assembled at Freemasons' Hall , and Bro . E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary , having taken the chair , and appointed his officers , pro lent ., Ihe lodge was opened , and Bio . the E- « l of Lathom , G . C . B ., Pro Grand Master , attended by his officers , entered , and assumed the chair as
Consecrating Officer , and , having been saluted in due form , appointed as his officers Bros . Major-General Lord Methuen , C . B ., C . M . G ., S . W . ; ' ord Skelmersdale , P . G . W ., as J . W . ; the Ven . Archdeacon Stevens , G . Chsplan , as Chaplain ; F . Richaidson , P . G . I ) ., J . H . Matthews , P . D . G . D . C , and Col . A . B . Cook , P . A . G . D . C , as A . D . Cs . ; and C . 1 ' . Matier , P . G . Std . Br ., as I . G .
The ceremony then began , and . in the course of the proceedings , Bro . ihe Vtn . Archdeacon STEVENS , Grand Chaplain , delivered the following "ration on the Nature and Principles of the Institution :
Consecration Of The Navy Lodge, No. 2612.
1 o all who value the Grand Principles on which our Ancient Order is based , the consecration of a new lodge may well be an occasion of thankfulness . It is one more centre from which it is to be hoped that there will radiate the beams of Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . The growth of Masonry of late years has been marked and rapid . The world at large cannot have failed to recognise it , and—whilst in ignorance as to its hidden mysteries and secrets , its symbolism
and its ritual—must recognise its fruits , its works of Charity and beneficence , which indicate its true character . In the lodge which we are met to consecrate this evening , we rest assured that the high aims of Masonry will ever be kept in view , that the votive offerings made to-day of Corn , Wine , and Oil , will bear no empty formalities , but be true symbois of the Prosperity , the Good-will , the Unity , which shall mark its future progress ; that the Salt sprinkled—as the emblem of
Friendship—shall never lose its savour . The teachings of Masonry to all who follow them thoughtfully , are eminently practicil ; every detail has its bearing on our duty towards God and our neighbour as we pass through life , leading on to that sublime truth so forcibly impressed on every one of us that " to the just and virtuous man , death has no terrors equal to the stain of falsehood and dishonour . " N 01 is it a small thing in days like the present , that Freemasonry insists upon the
paramount importance of order and discipline—of loyal obedience to lawful authority . As in the rearing of any stately edifice , there are those who direct and superintend the work of the operative Mason and Craftsmen of different degrees of skill , many of whom , after serving their apprenticeship , must be content to execute some special work assigned to them , without exactly knowing how it forms part of the grand design of the master-mind—the great architect who drew
the plans—so we must , most of us , be content to discharge life ' s duties , trusting to the Great Architect of the Universe , Who is ever carrying out His vast designs to their perfect completion , though we may not live to see the day . Yet , so far as in us lies , if we have but to lay one brick it shall be well and truly laid , according to the directions of those set over us in the work . And lastly , Masonry ever suggests the thought that we are enquirers—seekers after that which is lost , which
we hope some day may be recovereo . The hidden mysteries of nature and science are in this age marvellously unfolded—something new and wonderful constantl y revealed—yet in the very process of discovery we gather that there is ever something beyond hitherto unrevealed and unexplored ; that there are mysteries which the eye of human reason cannot penetrate , unless assisted by that light which is from above , so if we arise we shall ever look onward and upward to what is higher and
better than anything already attained . True as the needle to the pole by which the mariner steers an unerring course across the trackless ocean , we shall lift our eyes to that bright Morning Star , Whose rising brings joy and peace to the faithful and steadfast among men and Masons . May the blessing of the Most High so rest on this new lodge—on its founders—on all who are or who shall
hereafter be members of it—that it may be distinguished not only for the excellence of its working , but for their fidelity to the grand and ennobling principles of the Order , by which not this society alone , but the whole framework of society , is sustained and knit together in the sublime design of the Great Architect and Ruler of all !
The consecration was then carritd out according to ancient custom , and the loege having been constituted , the Pro G . M . vacated the chair in favour of Bro . the Earl of Euston , P . G . M . Norths and Hunts , who . assLtid by Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , P . G . M . Somersetshire , installed Bro . Rear-Admiral A . Hastings Markham , as W . Deputy Master . The customary salutes having been given , the W . Deputy Master appointed and invested the following as his officers for the year , namely : Bros . Gordon Miller ,
P . M .. as acting Past Master ; Col . W . Campbell , R . M . A ., A . D . C , P . G . D ., as S . W . ; Rear-Admiral W . H . C St . Clair , P . M ., P . Prov . G . W . Hants and Isle of Wight , J . W . ; Robert Main ( elected ) Treas . ; Williams Cuming , Sec ; Capt . H . W . Fleet , R . N ., S . D . ; T . U . Thynne , late R . N ., J . D . ; Maj .-Gen . G . F . Blake , R . M . L . I ., D . C ; Com . the Hon . S . C . J . Colvile , R . N ., I . G . ; Com . L . F . G . Ti ppinge , R . N ., J . H . S . Allen , late R . N ., Lieut . W . H . Boys , R . N ., and George Canington , as Stwds . ; and E . J . Mills , Tyler .
The ceremony having been completed , a vote of thanks was passed , by acclamation , to the Consecrating Officers and those who had assisted him , who were unanimously elected honorary members of the lodge , and a Committee to draft the necessary by-laws having been appointed , and sundry propositions for initiation and joining having been handed in , lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern , where dinner was served , under the superintendence of the manager .
The chair was occupied by Bro . Rear-Admiral Markham , W . Dep . M ., who was supported , right and left , by Bros , the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . M . ; the Earl of Euston ; Viscount Dungarvan , P . G . M . Somersetshire ; Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W . ; his Honour Jud ^ e F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg . ; E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., G . Sec . ; Robt .
Grey , P . G . D ., President Board ol Benevolence ; and Bros . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight ; Ven . Archdeacon Stevens , G . Chap . ; Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ; R . Loveland Loveland , P . G . D ., President Board of General Purposes ; T . Fenn , P . G . D ., Past President Beard of General Purposes ; and W . E . Tomlinson , M . P ., S . G . D .
There were also present Bros . Gordon Miller , Acting P . M . ; Col . W . Campbell , S . W . ; Rear-Admiral St . Clair , J . W . ; Colonel Lockwood , M . P ., S . G . D . ; Captain N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; R . F . Gould , P . G . D . ; J . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . D ., Deputy Prov . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight ; Major-Gen . Hay , C . B ., P . G . D . ; Col . I . Davis , A . D . C ; Col . A . B . Cook , P . A . G . D . C ; Major CW . Carrell ,
P . G . Sword Bearer ; CF , Matier , P . G . Standard Bearer ; S . G . Kirchholler , P . D . G . D . C ; Belgrave Ninnis , R . N ., M . D ., P . G . Std . Br . ; A . Stewart Brown ; R . Berridge , P . G . D . ; Charles Belton , P . D . G . D . C . ; J . H . Matthews , P . D . G . D . C . ; Lennox Browne , P . D . G . D . C . ; H . Lovegrove , G . S . B . ; H . H . Room , P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Lake , Asst . G . Sec . ; Dr . Turtle Pigott , P . A . G . D . C ; J . H . Martin , R . N ., D . S . O . ; H . R . Rose , G . Org . ; Com . Wonham , R . N . ; C . G . Marcus ; W . Russell ; Lieut . F .
Powell , R . M . L . I . ; S . Osborn ; F . W . Chaine , late R . N . ; J . McNeill Miller ; Lieut . Halsey , R . N . ; Major Probyn ; R . Ma- ' n ; W . Johnson Smith ; Commander the Hon . S , Colville , R . N . ; C . Stewart Erskine ; G . Carrington ; C . D . Loveless ; Most \ n Pigott ; C W . Cayzer , M . P . j Capt . Ptisey , R . N . ; W . Gilbert ; Lapt . W . H . Fkct , R . N . ; Major Raitt , R . M . A . ; W . E . Riley ; F . Francis ; H . Daintree , R . N . ; Dr .
Roper ; Major Sir Rose Price ; Major-General Bl kc , R M L . I . ; Major Gubbins ; C . McL . McHardy ; H . Coi . Jocelyn Otw . y ; J . H . S . Allen , late R . N . ; H . C Colson ; H . Thomson Lyon ; W . Hynes ; J . Donaldson ; — . Rolls ; E . Armstrong ; T . U . Thynne ; Commander Inglefield , R . N . ; E . K . Johnstone ; C Wentworth Fitzwilliam ; John Son ; W . H , Kiallmark ; W . A . O'Gorman ; Ashley Cummins , R . N . ; K . J . Conlon Lieut . Tarlelon , R . N . ; F . H . Marlineau ; and Lieut . Boy ; , R . N .
The musical arrangenunts were under the direction of Bio . H . R . Rose , F . R . A . M ., Grand Organist , assisted by brethren of the Earl of Morningion Lodge .