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and Bro . Evans duly raised to the Degree of a Fellow Craft . Bro . Westley gave the lecture on the tracing board . The 2 nd Section of the Lecture was worked by Bro . Andrews , assisted by the brethren . The lodge vvas resumed to the First Degree . The VV . M . rose for the first time , and the dues were collected . Bro . S . Williams was elected a joining

member . Bro . VVilliams returned thanks . The VV . M . rose for the second time , and received a vote of thanks for his work in the chair for the first time in this lodge of instruction . Bro . Mitchell was elected VV . M . for the ensuing week . Bro . Mitchell returned thanks , fand appointed his officers in rotation . The W . M . rose for the third time , ancl the lodge vvas closed .

Ireland.

Ireland .

ENNISKILLEN . St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 891 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this most prosperous lodge vvas held in the Town Hall , on Friday , the 5 th inst ., Bro . VV . Teele , J . P ., occupying the W . M . ' s chair , in the unavoidable absence of the W . M ., Bro . VV . Purdon , CE . The lodge having been duly opened , and all formal business being

transacted , Bro . J . L . Carson handed theW . M . a beautiful jewel which it was the desire of the brethren should be presented to Bro . W . F . Jones , P . M ., in recognition of his Masonic abilities , as a " fitting tribute to his services to the Craft in general and this lodge in particular , and as a verysmall token of the esteem and regard of all the brethren of that lodge . TheW . M ., in his usual happy manner ,

presented the jewel , and in a few appropriate and touching remarks referred to Bro . Jones ' s services , and wished him many long years of private and Masonic happiness to wear it . Bro . Jones , to whom the presentation came as a complete surprise , vvas almost deprived of words in which to

express the pleasure this unlookedfor recognition of his services had given him , said he had only done his duty , and if in doing this he had given the brethren satisfaction he vvas already amply rewarded , and heartily thanked them . The lodge was then closed . The jewel vvas manufactured by Bro . George Kenning ,

Australia.

Australia .

VICTORIA . Duke of Sussex Lodge ( No . 1080 ) . —The annual meeting of this lodge—formerly No . 10 S 0 , E . C . — now under the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , took place at the Freemasons' Hall , Collins-street East , on Monday , 20 th April . The lodge vvas opened by Bro . Forster , P . M . After the M . W . G . M . and the Grand Lodge Officers had

entered , an event not usual at installation nights took place , namely , an initiation ceremony . The Installing Master , Bro . the Rev . Moses Saunders , P . M ., P . G . Chap ., then installed Bro . C . C . Roezler , the Master elect , who vvas presented by Bros . Beckwith , P . M ., and Parker , P . M . The I . P . M ., Bro . M . Saunders , assisted by Bro . J . A . Cantor , P . M ., P . S . G . W ., then invested the following officers , who

had been appointed by the VV . M . : Bros . A . A . Benjamin , S . W . j G . Bishop , J . VV . ; R . Bowen , Treas . ; S . Crew , P . M ., Sec ; E . Pope , S . D . ; F . Wilks , J . D . ; L . U . Forster , D . C . ; J . Harris , I . G . ; ancl A . j . Clark , Tyler . There was a good attendance of P . M . 's , and a large number of members and visitors . A balance-sheet presented showed a considerable balance to the credit of the

lodge . After the ceremony , about 130 brethren partook of an excellent banquet , prepared by Bro . Wheeler , when the usual toasts vvere proposed and duly honoured . This being the first installation under the new Constitution , the M . W . G . M ., Bro . Sir William Clarke , in his reply , dwelt upon his share in the establishment of this new body . Referring to this , he said that when the brethren came to him ,

expressing their desire for Masonic self-government in this colony , he had answered them that he could not express an opinion for either party , but vvould , as soon as the vote of all Masons in this colony vvas known to him , act strictly in accordance vvith their desire . This he had done , and rejoiced to say that the movement had been unanimous , with the exception of two lodges , which , he presumed , would ultimately also join the movement .

Straits Settlements.

Straits Settlements .

DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO .

The District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago held its annual meeting on the 31 st May at Singapore , when the following District Grand Officers vvere appointed fori SSg-go : Bro . Col . S . Dunlop , C . M . G Dist . G . M . „ ] . T . Leask , P . M . 50 S Dist . D . G . M . „ ' D . G . Presgrave , P . M . 50 S & 1152 Dist . S . G . W . „ C A . Schuttze , P . M . 2225 ... Dist . J . G . W . „ E . J . Khory , P . M . 50 S and 1152 Dist . G . Treas . „ E . A . Thomson , P . M . soSand 1152 Dist . G . Sec . „ T . deM . L . Braddell , W . M . 1152 Dist . G . Reg . „ A . Knight , P . M . 1152 Dist . G . P . B . G . P . „ G . Thompson , VV . M . 50 S ... Dist . S . G . D . „ F . St . G . Caulfield , VV . M . 2225 ... Dist . [ . G . D . „ J . G . Koch , W . M . 1555 Dist . G . S . of W . „ | . T . Morgan , 50 S Dist . G . D . C . „ " G . A . Derrick , 1152 Dist . G . S . B . ;; w . b ^ son !^ ::: ;;;} Dist astes . „ A . Koch , 50 S Dist . G . Org . „ R . O . Norris Dist . A . G . Sec . ,, C . G . Garrard , 1152 Dist . G . Purst . „ R . Little , 1152 Dist . A . G . Purst . „ VV . ] . Buswell , 222 5 * " * „ E . C . Harte , 1555 „ R . M . Lyon , 50 S 1 ,-.. , n c , . „ V . H . . S . Charlwood , n 2 ... f D , st * G' Stwds * „ W . Givan , 222 5 „ E . R . Hutchinson , 1555 _ . „ J . Lannon Dist . G . Tyler .

Scotland.

Scotland .

EDINBURGH . Lodge Canongate Kilwinning ( No . 2 ) . — The annua ! meeting of the above ancient and historic lodge took place on Wednesday , the 26 th ult ., when thc office-bearers for the ensuing- year were elected and duly installed . Thereafter the lodge proceeded to celebrate the festival of St . lohn the . Baptist , and was visited by

deputations from fourteen of the sister lodges in the Metropolitan Province , as well as by distinguished brethren from a distance . Amongst the visitors were Bros . Ferguson , Lodge Robert Burns , Christchurch , New Zealand ; Jules Doux , Foxton Lodge , Uttica , N . Y ., U . S . A . ; and T . Johnston , S . G . Master of Caithness , Orkney , and Zetland ; all of whom

offered hearty congratulations to Canongate Kilwinning on this the celebration of her 212 th anniversary . Special references vvere made to the interesting' fact of Robert Burns having been Poet Laureate of the lodge , ancl during the evening a character sketch of Burn ' s " Tarn o'Shantcr and Souter Johnnie , " vvas given by Bros . James Lumsden and Tom Walker , eliciting thc heartiest applause .

Grand Lodge Of South Australia.

GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA .

RECEPTION OF THE EARL OF KINTORE . One of the most representative and brilliant of Masonic gatherings held in the colony took place in Adelaide on Thursday , May 23 rd , the occasion being a special communication of the Grand Lodge of South Australia to receive his Excellency the Earl of Kintore , who is the greatest Mason that has taken up residence in Australia . An address

from the Grand Lodge was presented by the Grand Master , his Honour the Chief Justice , who took the opportunity to bear testimony to tlie great services to the cause of united Masonry in Australia rendered by Lords Carrington and Carnarvon .

An address forwarded through the P . G . M ., Bro . Muecke seemed to be specially gratifying to his Excellency , coming from the District Grand Lodge of Queensland of the Scotch Constitution . In reply , Lord KINTORE expressed an intention to visit Brisbane .

At the social which followed , the GRAND MASTER alluded in happy terms to the present as the golden age of Masonry in Australia . Bro . Lord KINTORE , who was received vvith enthusiastic cheering , the company rising to their feet , said : Most Worshipful Grand Master ancl Brethren , —Six weeks ago when I landed here the warmth and spontaneity of the welcome which vvas accorded to me by all classes of the

community filled me vvith a sense of gratitude that vvas overpowering , ancl afforded me a demonstration of your loyalty to our beloved Sovereign , which vvas a source to me of undisguised delight . Most Worshipful Grand Sir , thc very genuineness and fervour of your welcome rendered it impossible for me to be able to utter language which could fairly be deemed a fitting response . It vvas with a choking

utterance and halting words that I endeavoured to thank you all . And now let me ask—if that was the case before the . close of the first day I spent in South Australia , and seeing that since then I have exhausted every means known to me in my endeavours to convey the sense of my gratitude to those who by their increasing kindness have proved themselves my great benefactors—how can you expect me now

to be able properly to return my thanks for the reception of the toast , which you , Sir , have done me the honour to propose ? The way in which that toast vvas submitted , the glowing language which your Grand Master used , and the manner in which the proposal vvas received by yourselves , filled me with a consciousness , painful in its intensity , of how utterly undeserving I am of such generosity , and of

howlittle I have done to merit so great kindness . If proof vvere needed ( but thank God it is not ) of your loyalty to our Sovereign , I should find it in the succession of graceful courtesies you have rendered to him whose only claim on yourconsideration is the fact that heishcr representative here Let it not be feared that I am liable to mistake thc significance and meaning of these demonstrations . Were they

not intended to show forth your loyalty to the Crown and Constitution they vvould be meaningless , empty , and vain . It is only in that spirit that I could be content to receive them and enjoy them . But it may be that our proceedings to-night are invested , being of a Masonic nature , vvith a character more personal to myself than some other occasions of a somewhat similar character in which I have borne a

part . As you are aware , I have for some long time held offices , and been a member in the Grand Lodgeof Scotland , and I take it that you are anxious to show me how vigorous you are , and how flourishing , and how constitutional is that establishment designated the Grand Lodge of South Australia . You are also anxious to hear at first hand from him who is in a position to tell you how strong are those bonds

of brotherly love which unite you with the Scotch Grand Lodge in common vvith the other great Masonic Institutions of the world ; and so the happy inspiration has seized you to do these things by means of an act of graceful courtesy to the representative of the Oueen . Most VVorshipful Grand Master , I very gladly acknowledge the deep impression that my first visit to your Grand Lodge has made upon me .

Other Grand Lodges are no doubt older and more numerous , but I am sure that no Grand Lodge in the first five years of its existence has attained to greater prosperity than this . You have deservedly attained to it by your admirable working ) by your zeal for the Craft , and by the hearty support that you have one and all given to your Grand Officers . As to the feelings of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1 can claim

to speak with authority . I cannot sufficiently regret that the great distance 3 * 011 are from Edinburgh made communication at thc inception of your Grand Lodge difficult ancl unsatisfactory , and rendered absolutely impossible anything like exchange of contemporaneous opinion . Your Grand Master has hinted , and I am not disposed to deny , that the Scotch may

be a cautious nation . It may well be that their caution is rather irritating and galling to a more impulsive people , who are prevented by distance from explaining in three minutes what it takes three months to hear and to answer . But this I make bold to say—that although my fellow-countrymen may be cautious—although it may take some time for them to make a friend—this I will say , that once they do make a

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friend they keep him , and those who can claim sincere fr ; , ship with a Scotchman know that he is a friend than vvii none is likely to be more true , or more zealous , or more sol ? sacrificing . It is in that relation , in the relationshi p of sincere friend to this Grand Lodge , animated l "" nothing but hearty good wishes , that I am present t ' "* night . I ask you to rely vvith confidence on their good oHic "" and to accept on their behalf from me their thanh * for the compliment you have paid to the Grand I , or | ,

ot Scotland in my person , a compliment vvhi ' el will ever be warmly appreciated and remembered |> them . Brethren , I think one of the things which most striy ! the stranger who leaves his home for the first time must l 'l how universally diffused is our Masonic Order . A fe e weeks ago he may have been at home in his own Grand Lodge ; to-day he may find himself separated by r ' '

, miles from that home , being the guest of another Grand Lodge , and there he will discover the old traditions , old practices , and old landmarks as he knew them at home ! He finds that Masonry is founded here as elsewhere on the same grand principles of brotherly love , of relief , and of truth He learns that all mankind , high ancl low , rich and nm- '

, created by the same Almighty Parent , are sent into the world to afford mutual aid , support , and protection to each other . He sees Freemasonry uniting—for the relief of __ tress and the illustration of truth—b y a bond of brotherhood the men of every country , ancl every sect , ancl every grade Aiid he concludes , and rightly , that he should be proud hi

hefong to such an Order . As with Freemasonry so with the empire . I have been attempting to sketch what must be the feelings of every Englishman who travels abroad forthe first tiriie as to the colonising power of Great Britain . Herealises that the old , narrow , and insular spirit which at one time received the name of empire is fast giving place to a visibly increasing liberality of sentiment in , regard to our

colonies ; and I think it cannot be otherwise , for the facilities which are afforded for communication—the multiplicity of enduring ties which have sprung up between thousands of families in the old country and their relations in the colonics —are teaching Englishmen to appreciate at something Ii ]; e a true value the worth of their great colonial possessions . Brethren , I am one of those who rejoice most sincerelv -it

such a result . I have already expressed my belief in outcolonial future , and that belief is strengthened every day . I shall ever remember vvith pleasure that my first connection with the colonies was when I found myself the Grand Marl ; Mason of England , Scotland , and Wales , and not only that , but all thc colonies and dependencies of the British Empire ! Now , in concluding , let me use the eloquent words of one of

the most distinguished and successful Governors of any English colon)— " If England will only be true to herself and to those she has sent forth to establish the language and the liberties , the manfulness , the domestic peace of Britain over the world ' s surface ; if she . will but countenance and encourage them in maintaining their birthright as her sons ; if she will only treat them in an

affectionate , sympathetic spirit , this famous Empire of ours , which is constantly asserting itself with accumulating vigour in either hemisphere and in every clime , will find the associated realms which compose it daily growing more disposed to recognise their unity ; to take a pride in their common origin and antecedents ; to draw more closely the bonds which bind them to each other and to the mother

country ; to oppose in calamity and danger a still more solid front to every foe ; and to preserve sacred and intact in every quarter of the g lobe , with an ever-deepening conviction of their superiority , the principles of that well-balanced monarchical constitution which the past experience and thc current experiments of mankind prove to be best fitted to secure well-ordered personal liberty and true

I aiiiamentary Government . " Brethren , I have nearly done . I can but thank you once more for the enormous kindness which you have showered upon me . I can only hope to attempt to repay some of it by devoting such energies as I may possess in furthering the best interests of our colony and of its Masonic Institutions . Most

WorshipfufGrand Master , before I sit down I am permitted to do myself a great honour and a great pleasure . I am entitled to ask you to drink " The Health of your Most Worshipful Grand Master . " I must have a bumper toast . Brethren , it is common knowledge that whatever your Grand Master does he does well , and that whatever he undertakes he

carries through . Were this not common knowledge I should say that the satisfactory condition of the Grand Lodge under his rule is a proof positive of the accuracy of these premises . Brethren , 1 think his career in Freemasonry and the profession of the law is a splendid example of what rewards arc in store as the result of solid honest work . I know no

better advice to give to a young man in South Australia who is just embarking in life than to take example by your Grand Master , by the Chief Justice of the colony , and remember whatever hc does that " Where there ' s a will there's a way . " A reference to the fact that his lordship is shortly to assume the Grand Mastership in the colony vvas most enthusiastically received .

Dorset Masonic Charity.

DORSET MASONIC CHARITY .

The ninth annual meeting of the General Committee vvas held at the Lodge Room , Wimborne , on Thursday , tlie 4 th inst ., Bro . VV . D . Dugdale , P . P . J . G . W ., the Chairman of the Charity , being supported by Bros . Monta-nie T . Guest , P . G . M . ; R . Case , P . G . Sec , Treas . ; S . R . Baskett , P . P . G . R ., Hon . Sec ; VV . Mortimer Heath , P . G . Chap .

England ; T . H . Ruegg , P . P . S . G . W . ; G . I . G . Gregory . P . P . S . G . W . ; J . W . Luff , P . P . S . G . W . ; T . Whitehead Smith , P . P . J . G . W . ; C . H . VV . Parkinson , P . P . J . G . W . ; W . VV . Stickland , P . P . J . G . D . ; C . G . Targett , P . P . J . G . D . ; T . Giles , P . P . G . Supt . Wks ; J . A . Atkins , P . P . G . Supt-Wks . ; A . C . Todd , P . P . G . Supt . Wks . ; T . S . Stroud , I . P . M . 417 ; C . J . Woodforde , W . M . n 7 ; T . Harold ,

W . M . 022 ; E . Mills , VV . M . 1037 ; and A . Taylor , J . W . 1146 ; only three lodges in the province being ' unrepresented . The half-yearly meeting of the Relief and Assistance Sub-Committee , consisting of one member of each lodge , met first , and investigated the petitions for relief , five '" number .

At the meeting of the General Committee , several letters and telegrams , apologising for unavoidable absence , were read from various brethren , including Bros . T . Milledge , P . G . D . C , the Vice-Chairman ; C J . Hambro , M . PD . P . G . M . ; and other distinguished brethren . On the recommendation " of the Relief and Assistance Sub-Committee , grants varying in amount vvere made to six petitioners , amounting altogether to X ' 85 .