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who learned their lessons here , who had within then own breasts the firm resolve to act on those principles , and to do their best to make others act up to those principles , would do a good and strong work , creditable tc the lodge in which they were brought up . Such , he was sure , would be the wish of the members of the Aldershot Camp Lodge . They would be , of course , called upon to do
much of this ; anel from the proofs they had already given here he was sure they woulel not hesitate to adhere to those princip les elsewhere . They had at present their Royal Master on a distant journey , and in India , to which he had gone , he would be called upon to visit many strange scenes . He would be called upon to receive many deputations and loyal addresses , and the offerings of many hearts ; but he would receive probably a warmer reception from none than
the Freemasons of India , who would offer to him the loyalty , not only which subjects owed to their future Sovereign , but which Masons owed to the head of their Order . He believed that the visit the Grand Master was paying in the East would have an important and no lig ht effect on the future—important , not only with reference to our Order , but as drawing together those bonds of friendship between our Eastern fellow subjects and ourselves . He believed that in India there would be found no lack of
loyal hearts , and when they found the Prince of Wales going out and showing himself among them , in oriental as well as English hearts there would be a feeling to give him a right royal reception . Again , he ( Bro . Beach ) would thank the brethren for their kind greeting , and he wished it was not imperative for him to depart . It was extremely annoying to him that the moment should arrive
at which he was obliged to tear himself away . He had hoped to have the opportunity of remaining with the brethren much longer . He had to offer his apologies , and this he did while taking his leave . He , however , hoped to have an early opportunity of witnessing the ceremonies pcrformeel in the Aldershot Camp Lodge , which he had not had an opportunity of seeing that day . The Prov . G . M .
then retired , the brethren rising while he did so , and cheering . Banquet was afterwards finished , and thetoasts were proposed and drunk , and Bro . F . Binckes , P . G . Steward , rcplicd to the toast of " The Pro Grand Master , & c , " explaining that the Grand Stewards were in a curious position ; they were not Grand Officers—in fact , " neither fish , flesh , fowl , nor good red herring , " or like Mahomet ' s coffin . He then
eulogised the Grand Officers , Lord Carnarvon , Lord Skelmersdale , and all below them , who did all they could to promote the dignity of the Order . Bro . Eve responded to the toast of " The Provincial Grand Master , " mentioning the gratification the brethren of the province had of the Masonic government of the province . They had been much pleased with his visit to them , but were sorry that
his numerous engagements rendered it impossible for him to stay longer . Speaking for the other provincial Grand Officers who were included in the toast , there were a great many of them , and he could safely say that none of them shrank from their duty . Bros . Lefevrc and Hacker also replied . The toast of " The Masonic Charities " was next given by the W . M ., who called upon the brethren to
respond most liberally . He was informed , he said , by Bro . White that it was the intention of the lodge to send Stewards year by year to the festivals of the three institutions . He must thank them very much for their support hitherto . One candidate had been got into the Girls ' School , and 327 votes had been obtained through this , lodge . The brethren knew the work the institutions were
doing ; it was known to all ; but he might add that at the last festival of the Boys'School £ 12 , 700 were collected . There was something being said now against the institution ; but the matter would be before the committee on Saturday , when it would be grappled with . Bro . Binckes , in replying , said there were considerably over 200 persons on the funds of the Benevolent Institution ; 177 boys in the
Boys' School ; and 153 girls in the Girls School . I hose figures spoke vo lumes for themselves . He only placed those figures before the brethren to show what an amount of work was being done through the medium of those institutions . It was but a comparatively small number of brethren that the subscriptions came from . This year it would be found that the . subscriptions would not fall far
short of £ 30 , 000 . This wis a large amount ; but it was a great work , which every Mason might be proud of ; and he might boast of it wherever and whenever he heard the Order criticised , as it was unquestionably by the outside world . Let them place that fact before the world and ask where were to be found three institutions supported by the same small number of people who subscribed as much .
He reminded the brethren that every one could do something , and begged them to do it . He also thanked the Aldershot Camp Lodge for what it had hitherto done . He asked the brethren , when in the discharge of their duties they were called to other lands bearing the flag of England , that they would grasp in the other hand the flag of Freemasonry , whose watchwords were " Loyalty and
Charity . " Referring to the artacks that had been made upon himself recently , Bro . Binckes mentioned the phrase that had been used , " the plausible speeches of an extravagantly-paid official , " and said that with respect to the words " plausible speeches , " he had been plausible enough in fourteen years to find about £ 90 , 000 for the institution , which had enabled them to erect a building which now held
177 boys . As to the charge of being " extravagantly paid , " he had always accepted the doctrine that the labourer was worthy of his hire . The Secretaries of all the institutions were bound to appeal to the Craft , and if they failed in their duty or shrank from placing the claims of their institutions before the Oreler properly , they fell short of their
duty . Bro . H . Muggeridge thanked Bros . Eve and Hacker for supporting the Girls' School last year . The box was then sent round , and produced £ 4 4 s . Od . Bro . White proposeel "The W . M . " The W . M ., in replying , said he should follow the example of his predecessor in endeavouring to make the AUershot Camp Lodge what it was now
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and had hitherto been—famous for its prosperity and good working ; in fact , keeping it up in accordance with the customs of Freemasonry . By what he saw that evening great honour had been paid him and the brethren of the loelge . There hail been some most eminent Masons present ; anel this he thought ought to stimulate the members of the lodge to make it progress . The lodge was now
100 strong , and he hoped in 1 S 7 6 it wou d be 50 more . Bro . Eve proposed " The I . P . M ., " who had displayed his abilities particularly well that day . The lodge had prospered exceedingly under his Mastership , and as an old friend of his , it was very gratifying to think of it . Bro . White replied . The approbation he had met with was what he should never forget . After a few other remarks
of a general character , Bro . White sat down greatly cheered . Some excellent singing was given during the evening by the brethren , and Bro . Muggeridge gave "The Charge of the Six Hundred . " Among the brethren present were Bros . Major Durnford , Adjutant Irving , Army Service Corps ; Asst . Com . Dolton , Captain Paymaster Richardson , R . E . ; late Vet . Surgeon Mayer ,
Capt . Aeljt . Coles , late R . E . ; Quar . Master Cole , R . E . ; Ritling Master Gillon , R . E . ; Usher Lucas , John Smith , T . II . Field , S . Cole , P . M ., P . P . G . P . ; A . Mackenzie , P . G . P . ; W . Richardson , P . P . S . G . D . , John Clisham , W . Staley , T . Wally , W . F . Simmons , G . Faulconcr , C . J . Monro , R . Hurst , W . Hepburn , W . Robinson , C . Munro , J . Harper , J . B . Tapscll , E .
Harper , R . Russell , J . Edmonds , J . Mount , Cuddcn , W . Duke , RT Duke , F . Binckes , H . Muggeridge , and H . Massey ( " Freemason . " ) CHIPPING SUDBURY . —Tyndall Lodge ( No . 1363 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the 3 rd inst ., at the lodge-room , Town Hall , Chipping Sudbury , and was most numerously
attcndeel by members and visitors . The lodge was opened at three o ' clock , Bro . John Dennis Brookes Trenfield , W . M . and P . G . Sword Bearer , presiding . Bro . Charles A . Bush , W . M . elect , S . W ., and most of the subordinate officers were present . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . the Rev . C . R . Davy , P . G . C . of England , P . Prov . G . C . of Somersetshire , Wiltshire , and Gloucestershire ,
P . M . of 53 , Bath , and S 55 , Wotton-undcr-Edge , then installed Bro . Charles A . Bush into the chair in a manner which elicited the highest commendations . After receiving the usual congratulations and salutes , the new W . M . appointed his officers as follows : —Bros . John Dennis Brookes Trenfield , I . P . M . ; A . Sudlow , S . W . ; C . M . Henn , J . W . ; John Trenfield , Treas . ; the Pev . I . J . Gardiner , Chaplain ;
James P . Curtis ( for the third year ) , Secretary . ; F . I ' ownsend , S . D . ; Wm . Higgs , J . D . ; Ed . Crossman , D . C . ; W . H . II . Hartley and Wm . Tayler , Stewards ; James Res , Org . ; J . Limbuck , I . G . ; Ed . Holliday , Tyler . The W . M . and brethren complimented the I . P . M . very highly for the way he had discharged his dulies , not only for the past year , but from the very commencement of the lodge , and
from his gentlemanly manners and examples he had won the good opinion of all , not only as their Worshipful Master , but as a man . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Grapes Hotel for refreshment , where a splendid banquet was served by Hostess Codrington in her usual style . The cloth having been drawn , the W . M . gave " The Queen and the Craft . " which was drunk
with great heartiness , and followed by the " National Anthem , " Bro . lies , Organist , taking the solo parts . The next toast , "The Most Worshi pful Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , " was enthusiastically responded to , followed by the song of" Goel bless the Prince of Wales , " after which Bro . J . P . Curtis sung the new verse , written by Bro . Hook , of the Great City Lodge , 1420 , which
was heartily applauded . The other usual toasts were afterwards given , concluding with the Tyler ' s . The harmony of the evening was much increased by the excellent songs of Bros . Watts , lies , Curtis , I landy , and others . The whole business of the lodge and banquet table was carried out in the ablest and most kindly manner , and there was not present a single brother who did not thoroughly enjoy the
whole proceedings of the day . TWICKENHAM . —The Francis Burdett Lodge ( No . 1505 ) . —The installation meeting of this flourishing lodge was held on Wednesday , under the happiest auspices , at the Albany Ho ' cl , Twickenham . The occasion was the re-installation of Bro . Colonel Wigginton , P . M . of 902 and 12118 , P . P . G . D . C . of Worcestershire , P . G .
Steward of Middlesex , who had been unanimously reelected to the chair in this , the 2 nd year of the lodge . There were present many distinguished Masons , who had attended to do honour to the much-esteemed R . W . Prov . G . Master , Colonel Burelctt , and among others were Bro . C . Horsiey , P . P . G . Registrar of Midellesex ; Bro . Hammond , P . M . of Lodge of Lebanon ; Bro . Buckland , P . M . ; Bro . Williams ,
of the Apollo , 357 ; Bro . Dr . Scaton , P . M . of St . Mark ' s , 857 ; Bro . A . Clarke , P . M . of 255 ; Bro . Tudor Trevor , W . M . of 944 . There were also present Bro . Court , of 946 ; Bro . While , W . M . of 228 ( "The Freemason" ); Bro . Artus , tic . The loelge was opened in the usual form , and the W . M . passed Bros . Briggs and Dawson to the Second Degree , and initiated two gentlemen who had been regularly
balloted for and approved in open lodge . This work took the whole afternoon , and brought the lodge to the time when the ceremony of installation was to be performed by Bro . Little , Secretary of the Girls' School and S . G . W . of Middlesex . To the great disappointment of all , a telegram came from Bro . Little saying that he was suffering from a sore throat , and was therefore unable to be present . The
R . W . Prov . Grand Master in the kindest manner possible undertook to instal the W . M ., and he was then inducted into the chair as Installing Master , the other chairs being taken by Bros . A . Clarke and L . Artus . Bro . Horsiey , P . P . G . R . of Middlesex , etc ., then presented Bro . Wigginton to the Right Worshipful the Prov . Grand Master , and in making the presentation , Bro . Horsiey , in an eloquent address , said that the performance of this
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task gave- him the greatest possible- pleasure , for he considereel that the lodge had doubly honourcil itself , first in having taken the name of him who at that moment graced the chair of the lodge as its Installing Master , and secondly in re-electing Bro . Wigginton . Fo . - this re-election the lodge paid the best tribute that could be paid to their Master of the past year for the eminently
industrious , intellectual , and social qualifications he had displayed in his year of office as the first W . M . in the existence of the Kranci ; Burdett Lodge . Such an honour as re-election was but very rarely conferred upon first Masters ; but upon this occasion it had been given with an unanimity and brotherly affection which showed at once the real esteem and earnest regard in which Bro . Colonel
Wigginton was held by bis officers and his brethren in the lodge . The speaker went on to say that among the numerous lodges formed in Middlesex , there was none which had more than the Francis Burdett , which entirelydevoted itself to the determination of promoting the good of the province , and furthering the objects of the Provincial Granel Master the enhancement and glory of the
province—and he ( Bro . Horsiey ) ; felt sure that in the newyear of office of Bro . Colonel Wigginton these objects woulel be fully asserted and insured . With these remarks he begged to present Bro . Wigginton to the Provincial Grand Master , to receive at his hands the distinguished honour of installation , and added that the P . G . M . would not have a more efficient subject in his province , or one
who would more devotedly carry out the purposes of the Craft , and the views of the head of Craft in the province . The R . W . the P . G . Master , replied that he had great pleasure in accepting the duty , which , unfortunately , Bro . Little was unable to carry out . Nothing , he assured the brethren , would give him greater pleasure than to see the lodge which bore his name prosperous in every sense of the word ,
and with such good and true men as he saw were entering the Craft by this lodge , he could not but hope that it would . be one of the best in the many good lodges in theprovince . The formal proceedings preceding installation then ensued , and the lodge was closed against all but Installed Masters . The Board of Installed Masters was then formed , and Bro . Wigginton passed from his short lived rank of I . P . M . to
that of Installed Master . He stated that it was not possible for him to appoint an I . P . M . for the year , or he should have had pleasure in appointing Bro . Horsiey , but he should appoint that brother to the office meeting by meeting . Accordingly , Bro . Horsiey was invested with the badge of I . P . M ., and performed the work of that office on an occasion so arduous as that of installation . On the
investment of officers , Bro . Horsiey presented Bro . W . H . Saunders for re-appointment and investment as S . W . The W . M ., adelresing him , said it was with great pleasure , and if that could be reconciled , with a tinge of sorrow that he re-invested Bro . Saunders . The pleasure was with regard to his rc-investment—his tinge of sorrow was from his regret that Bro . Saunders was not that day seated in the
chair of the lodge . There were circumstances which had prevented this—circumstances , he was glad to say , which were not of a personal character , but they were circumstances which had relation to the work of the lodge , and , to the difficulties attending a young lodge ; and it had been thought by the brethren that the hand which had hitherto piloted the ship should continue to do so . The
brethren would receive with acclamation the re-appointment of Bro . Saunders , and , for his own part , the W . M . thanked Bro . Saunders for accepting the position , and promised him that he would give him all possible support if , as the W . M . hoped they would , the brethren elected him to fill the chair at the next regular period of election . Bro . Horsiey then presented Bro . Tomlinson for
re-investment as Junior Warden , and said that the brother by the acceptance of the office would feel himself doubly bound to the discharge of his duties in a better manner , if that indccel were possible , than in the previous year . The W . M ., on re-investing Bro . Tomkinson , said the brother had no honour to gain on this occasion , but one to confer , for he conferrcdan honour on the
Francis Burdett Lodge last year by accepting office , and had done so again this year . The W . M . hoped that the time would comewhen the Francis Burdett Lodge would confer an honour on Bro . Tomlinson , who had always been an earnest worker in the lodge . Bro . Sidney Knaggs was called by the W . M ., who addressed him as the ' . ' first born " of the lodge , and congratulated as the re-elected Treasurer of the
lodge . He was invested with the collar and badge of office , and the W . M ., addressing him , said that when the lodge was poor , and in distress , Bro . Knaggs , who was the first brother initiated , consented to act as Treasurer . As Treasurer the lodge recognised his services by re-electing him , and the W . M . added that he heartily endorsed the reelection , and with pleasure invested Bro . Knaggs with the
keys of office , hoping that he would give , as he had given , his best attention to the interests of the lodge as associated with " £ s . d ., etc . " Bro . Horsiey then presented Bro . Court for investiture and appointment as Secretary , who , Bro . Horsiey said , had always looked kindly upon the loelge , and had acted as he looked . The W . M . said he should be happy to invest Bro . Court , but he must first ask him if he
had made up his mind to discharge the duty as he had discharged it during the time he had been Secretary pro tern . Bro . Court replied that he was quite willing to do so , for the W . M . had himself taken the lion ' s share of the duties . After the laughter which this incident gaveiise to had subsided , the W . M . invested Bro . H . Court . Bro . Horsiey then presented the Treasurer for the appointment of S . D ., and
the W . M ., in investing him , said that the brother now invested had acted for a long time as J . D ., and most efficently , and the lodge would have every faith in the manner in which he would discharge his duty in future . Bro . Horsiey then presented Bro . W . Taylor to the W . M . for " some mark of his favour . " The W . M . said that Bro . Horsiey seemed to lay stress upon the words some " mark of his favour . " The W . M . had only to perform
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who learned their lessons here , who had within then own breasts the firm resolve to act on those principles , and to do their best to make others act up to those principles , would do a good and strong work , creditable tc the lodge in which they were brought up . Such , he was sure , would be the wish of the members of the Aldershot Camp Lodge . They would be , of course , called upon to do
much of this ; anel from the proofs they had already given here he was sure they woulel not hesitate to adhere to those princip les elsewhere . They had at present their Royal Master on a distant journey , and in India , to which he had gone , he would be called upon to visit many strange scenes . He would be called upon to receive many deputations and loyal addresses , and the offerings of many hearts ; but he would receive probably a warmer reception from none than
the Freemasons of India , who would offer to him the loyalty , not only which subjects owed to their future Sovereign , but which Masons owed to the head of their Order . He believed that the visit the Grand Master was paying in the East would have an important and no lig ht effect on the future—important , not only with reference to our Order , but as drawing together those bonds of friendship between our Eastern fellow subjects and ourselves . He believed that in India there would be found no lack of
loyal hearts , and when they found the Prince of Wales going out and showing himself among them , in oriental as well as English hearts there would be a feeling to give him a right royal reception . Again , he ( Bro . Beach ) would thank the brethren for their kind greeting , and he wished it was not imperative for him to depart . It was extremely annoying to him that the moment should arrive
at which he was obliged to tear himself away . He had hoped to have the opportunity of remaining with the brethren much longer . He had to offer his apologies , and this he did while taking his leave . He , however , hoped to have an early opportunity of witnessing the ceremonies pcrformeel in the Aldershot Camp Lodge , which he had not had an opportunity of seeing that day . The Prov . G . M .
then retired , the brethren rising while he did so , and cheering . Banquet was afterwards finished , and thetoasts were proposed and drunk , and Bro . F . Binckes , P . G . Steward , rcplicd to the toast of " The Pro Grand Master , & c , " explaining that the Grand Stewards were in a curious position ; they were not Grand Officers—in fact , " neither fish , flesh , fowl , nor good red herring , " or like Mahomet ' s coffin . He then
eulogised the Grand Officers , Lord Carnarvon , Lord Skelmersdale , and all below them , who did all they could to promote the dignity of the Order . Bro . Eve responded to the toast of " The Provincial Grand Master , " mentioning the gratification the brethren of the province had of the Masonic government of the province . They had been much pleased with his visit to them , but were sorry that
his numerous engagements rendered it impossible for him to stay longer . Speaking for the other provincial Grand Officers who were included in the toast , there were a great many of them , and he could safely say that none of them shrank from their duty . Bros . Lefevrc and Hacker also replied . The toast of " The Masonic Charities " was next given by the W . M ., who called upon the brethren to
respond most liberally . He was informed , he said , by Bro . White that it was the intention of the lodge to send Stewards year by year to the festivals of the three institutions . He must thank them very much for their support hitherto . One candidate had been got into the Girls ' School , and 327 votes had been obtained through this , lodge . The brethren knew the work the institutions were
doing ; it was known to all ; but he might add that at the last festival of the Boys'School £ 12 , 700 were collected . There was something being said now against the institution ; but the matter would be before the committee on Saturday , when it would be grappled with . Bro . Binckes , in replying , said there were considerably over 200 persons on the funds of the Benevolent Institution ; 177 boys in the
Boys' School ; and 153 girls in the Girls School . I hose figures spoke vo lumes for themselves . He only placed those figures before the brethren to show what an amount of work was being done through the medium of those institutions . It was but a comparatively small number of brethren that the subscriptions came from . This year it would be found that the . subscriptions would not fall far
short of £ 30 , 000 . This wis a large amount ; but it was a great work , which every Mason might be proud of ; and he might boast of it wherever and whenever he heard the Order criticised , as it was unquestionably by the outside world . Let them place that fact before the world and ask where were to be found three institutions supported by the same small number of people who subscribed as much .
He reminded the brethren that every one could do something , and begged them to do it . He also thanked the Aldershot Camp Lodge for what it had hitherto done . He asked the brethren , when in the discharge of their duties they were called to other lands bearing the flag of England , that they would grasp in the other hand the flag of Freemasonry , whose watchwords were " Loyalty and
Charity . " Referring to the artacks that had been made upon himself recently , Bro . Binckes mentioned the phrase that had been used , " the plausible speeches of an extravagantly-paid official , " and said that with respect to the words " plausible speeches , " he had been plausible enough in fourteen years to find about £ 90 , 000 for the institution , which had enabled them to erect a building which now held
177 boys . As to the charge of being " extravagantly paid , " he had always accepted the doctrine that the labourer was worthy of his hire . The Secretaries of all the institutions were bound to appeal to the Craft , and if they failed in their duty or shrank from placing the claims of their institutions before the Oreler properly , they fell short of their
duty . Bro . H . Muggeridge thanked Bros . Eve and Hacker for supporting the Girls' School last year . The box was then sent round , and produced £ 4 4 s . Od . Bro . White proposeel "The W . M . " The W . M ., in replying , said he should follow the example of his predecessor in endeavouring to make the AUershot Camp Lodge what it was now
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and had hitherto been—famous for its prosperity and good working ; in fact , keeping it up in accordance with the customs of Freemasonry . By what he saw that evening great honour had been paid him and the brethren of the loelge . There hail been some most eminent Masons present ; anel this he thought ought to stimulate the members of the lodge to make it progress . The lodge was now
100 strong , and he hoped in 1 S 7 6 it wou d be 50 more . Bro . Eve proposed " The I . P . M ., " who had displayed his abilities particularly well that day . The lodge had prospered exceedingly under his Mastership , and as an old friend of his , it was very gratifying to think of it . Bro . White replied . The approbation he had met with was what he should never forget . After a few other remarks
of a general character , Bro . White sat down greatly cheered . Some excellent singing was given during the evening by the brethren , and Bro . Muggeridge gave "The Charge of the Six Hundred . " Among the brethren present were Bros . Major Durnford , Adjutant Irving , Army Service Corps ; Asst . Com . Dolton , Captain Paymaster Richardson , R . E . ; late Vet . Surgeon Mayer ,
Capt . Aeljt . Coles , late R . E . ; Quar . Master Cole , R . E . ; Ritling Master Gillon , R . E . ; Usher Lucas , John Smith , T . II . Field , S . Cole , P . M ., P . P . G . P . ; A . Mackenzie , P . G . P . ; W . Richardson , P . P . S . G . D . , John Clisham , W . Staley , T . Wally , W . F . Simmons , G . Faulconcr , C . J . Monro , R . Hurst , W . Hepburn , W . Robinson , C . Munro , J . Harper , J . B . Tapscll , E .
Harper , R . Russell , J . Edmonds , J . Mount , Cuddcn , W . Duke , RT Duke , F . Binckes , H . Muggeridge , and H . Massey ( " Freemason . " ) CHIPPING SUDBURY . —Tyndall Lodge ( No . 1363 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the 3 rd inst ., at the lodge-room , Town Hall , Chipping Sudbury , and was most numerously
attcndeel by members and visitors . The lodge was opened at three o ' clock , Bro . John Dennis Brookes Trenfield , W . M . and P . G . Sword Bearer , presiding . Bro . Charles A . Bush , W . M . elect , S . W ., and most of the subordinate officers were present . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . the Rev . C . R . Davy , P . G . C . of England , P . Prov . G . C . of Somersetshire , Wiltshire , and Gloucestershire ,
P . M . of 53 , Bath , and S 55 , Wotton-undcr-Edge , then installed Bro . Charles A . Bush into the chair in a manner which elicited the highest commendations . After receiving the usual congratulations and salutes , the new W . M . appointed his officers as follows : —Bros . John Dennis Brookes Trenfield , I . P . M . ; A . Sudlow , S . W . ; C . M . Henn , J . W . ; John Trenfield , Treas . ; the Pev . I . J . Gardiner , Chaplain ;
James P . Curtis ( for the third year ) , Secretary . ; F . I ' ownsend , S . D . ; Wm . Higgs , J . D . ; Ed . Crossman , D . C . ; W . H . II . Hartley and Wm . Tayler , Stewards ; James Res , Org . ; J . Limbuck , I . G . ; Ed . Holliday , Tyler . The W . M . and brethren complimented the I . P . M . very highly for the way he had discharged his dulies , not only for the past year , but from the very commencement of the lodge , and
from his gentlemanly manners and examples he had won the good opinion of all , not only as their Worshipful Master , but as a man . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Grapes Hotel for refreshment , where a splendid banquet was served by Hostess Codrington in her usual style . The cloth having been drawn , the W . M . gave " The Queen and the Craft . " which was drunk
with great heartiness , and followed by the " National Anthem , " Bro . lies , Organist , taking the solo parts . The next toast , "The Most Worshi pful Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , " was enthusiastically responded to , followed by the song of" Goel bless the Prince of Wales , " after which Bro . J . P . Curtis sung the new verse , written by Bro . Hook , of the Great City Lodge , 1420 , which
was heartily applauded . The other usual toasts were afterwards given , concluding with the Tyler ' s . The harmony of the evening was much increased by the excellent songs of Bros . Watts , lies , Curtis , I landy , and others . The whole business of the lodge and banquet table was carried out in the ablest and most kindly manner , and there was not present a single brother who did not thoroughly enjoy the
whole proceedings of the day . TWICKENHAM . —The Francis Burdett Lodge ( No . 1505 ) . —The installation meeting of this flourishing lodge was held on Wednesday , under the happiest auspices , at the Albany Ho ' cl , Twickenham . The occasion was the re-installation of Bro . Colonel Wigginton , P . M . of 902 and 12118 , P . P . G . D . C . of Worcestershire , P . G .
Steward of Middlesex , who had been unanimously reelected to the chair in this , the 2 nd year of the lodge . There were present many distinguished Masons , who had attended to do honour to the much-esteemed R . W . Prov . G . Master , Colonel Burelctt , and among others were Bro . C . Horsiey , P . P . G . Registrar of Midellesex ; Bro . Hammond , P . M . of Lodge of Lebanon ; Bro . Buckland , P . M . ; Bro . Williams ,
of the Apollo , 357 ; Bro . Dr . Scaton , P . M . of St . Mark ' s , 857 ; Bro . A . Clarke , P . M . of 255 ; Bro . Tudor Trevor , W . M . of 944 . There were also present Bro . Court , of 946 ; Bro . While , W . M . of 228 ( "The Freemason" ); Bro . Artus , tic . The loelge was opened in the usual form , and the W . M . passed Bros . Briggs and Dawson to the Second Degree , and initiated two gentlemen who had been regularly
balloted for and approved in open lodge . This work took the whole afternoon , and brought the lodge to the time when the ceremony of installation was to be performed by Bro . Little , Secretary of the Girls' School and S . G . W . of Middlesex . To the great disappointment of all , a telegram came from Bro . Little saying that he was suffering from a sore throat , and was therefore unable to be present . The
R . W . Prov . Grand Master in the kindest manner possible undertook to instal the W . M ., and he was then inducted into the chair as Installing Master , the other chairs being taken by Bros . A . Clarke and L . Artus . Bro . Horsiey , P . P . G . R . of Middlesex , etc ., then presented Bro . Wigginton to the Right Worshipful the Prov . Grand Master , and in making the presentation , Bro . Horsiey , in an eloquent address , said that the performance of this
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task gave- him the greatest possible- pleasure , for he considereel that the lodge had doubly honourcil itself , first in having taken the name of him who at that moment graced the chair of the lodge as its Installing Master , and secondly in re-electing Bro . Wigginton . Fo . - this re-election the lodge paid the best tribute that could be paid to their Master of the past year for the eminently
industrious , intellectual , and social qualifications he had displayed in his year of office as the first W . M . in the existence of the Kranci ; Burdett Lodge . Such an honour as re-election was but very rarely conferred upon first Masters ; but upon this occasion it had been given with an unanimity and brotherly affection which showed at once the real esteem and earnest regard in which Bro . Colonel
Wigginton was held by bis officers and his brethren in the lodge . The speaker went on to say that among the numerous lodges formed in Middlesex , there was none which had more than the Francis Burdett , which entirelydevoted itself to the determination of promoting the good of the province , and furthering the objects of the Provincial Granel Master the enhancement and glory of the
province—and he ( Bro . Horsiey ) ; felt sure that in the newyear of office of Bro . Colonel Wigginton these objects woulel be fully asserted and insured . With these remarks he begged to present Bro . Wigginton to the Provincial Grand Master , to receive at his hands the distinguished honour of installation , and added that the P . G . M . would not have a more efficient subject in his province , or one
who would more devotedly carry out the purposes of the Craft , and the views of the head of Craft in the province . The R . W . the P . G . Master , replied that he had great pleasure in accepting the duty , which , unfortunately , Bro . Little was unable to carry out . Nothing , he assured the brethren , would give him greater pleasure than to see the lodge which bore his name prosperous in every sense of the word ,
and with such good and true men as he saw were entering the Craft by this lodge , he could not but hope that it would . be one of the best in the many good lodges in theprovince . The formal proceedings preceding installation then ensued , and the lodge was closed against all but Installed Masters . The Board of Installed Masters was then formed , and Bro . Wigginton passed from his short lived rank of I . P . M . to
that of Installed Master . He stated that it was not possible for him to appoint an I . P . M . for the year , or he should have had pleasure in appointing Bro . Horsiey , but he should appoint that brother to the office meeting by meeting . Accordingly , Bro . Horsiey was invested with the badge of I . P . M ., and performed the work of that office on an occasion so arduous as that of installation . On the
investment of officers , Bro . Horsiey presented Bro . W . H . Saunders for re-appointment and investment as S . W . The W . M ., adelresing him , said it was with great pleasure , and if that could be reconciled , with a tinge of sorrow that he re-invested Bro . Saunders . The pleasure was with regard to his rc-investment—his tinge of sorrow was from his regret that Bro . Saunders was not that day seated in the
chair of the lodge . There were circumstances which had prevented this—circumstances , he was glad to say , which were not of a personal character , but they were circumstances which had relation to the work of the lodge , and , to the difficulties attending a young lodge ; and it had been thought by the brethren that the hand which had hitherto piloted the ship should continue to do so . The
brethren would receive with acclamation the re-appointment of Bro . Saunders , and , for his own part , the W . M . thanked Bro . Saunders for accepting the position , and promised him that he would give him all possible support if , as the W . M . hoped they would , the brethren elected him to fill the chair at the next regular period of election . Bro . Horsiey then presented Bro . Tomlinson for
re-investment as Junior Warden , and said that the brother by the acceptance of the office would feel himself doubly bound to the discharge of his duties in a better manner , if that indccel were possible , than in the previous year . The W . M ., on re-investing Bro . Tomkinson , said the brother had no honour to gain on this occasion , but one to confer , for he conferrcdan honour on the
Francis Burdett Lodge last year by accepting office , and had done so again this year . The W . M . hoped that the time would comewhen the Francis Burdett Lodge would confer an honour on Bro . Tomlinson , who had always been an earnest worker in the lodge . Bro . Sidney Knaggs was called by the W . M ., who addressed him as the ' . ' first born " of the lodge , and congratulated as the re-elected Treasurer of the
lodge . He was invested with the collar and badge of office , and the W . M ., addressing him , said that when the lodge was poor , and in distress , Bro . Knaggs , who was the first brother initiated , consented to act as Treasurer . As Treasurer the lodge recognised his services by re-electing him , and the W . M . added that he heartily endorsed the reelection , and with pleasure invested Bro . Knaggs with the
keys of office , hoping that he would give , as he had given , his best attention to the interests of the lodge as associated with " £ s . d ., etc . " Bro . Horsiey then presented Bro . Court for investiture and appointment as Secretary , who , Bro . Horsiey said , had always looked kindly upon the loelge , and had acted as he looked . The W . M . said he should be happy to invest Bro . Court , but he must first ask him if he
had made up his mind to discharge the duty as he had discharged it during the time he had been Secretary pro tern . Bro . Court replied that he was quite willing to do so , for the W . M . had himself taken the lion ' s share of the duties . After the laughter which this incident gaveiise to had subsided , the W . M . invested Bro . H . Court . Bro . Horsiey then presented the Treasurer for the appointment of S . D ., and
the W . M ., in investing him , said that the brother now invested had acted for a long time as J . D ., and most efficently , and the lodge would have every faith in the manner in which he would discharge his duty in future . Bro . Horsiey then presented Bro . W . Taylor to the W . M . for " some mark of his favour . " The W . M . said that Bro . Horsiey seemed to lay stress upon the words some " mark of his favour . " The W . M . had only to perform