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Henry Lovegrove , S . W . ; G . W . Knight , J . W . ; Fred . J . Perks , P . M ., Secretary ; C . J . Scales , P . M . ; W . M . Stiles , P . M . ; Henry Stiles , P . M . ; T . C . Edmonds , S . D . ; F . VV . Dimsdale , J . D . ; VV . F . Bates , D . C . ; J . G . McEsvan , A . D . C ; G . F . Bruce , Organist ; W . Davey , I . G . ; R . VV . Fraser , Stesvard ; and S . Smith , Tyler . The minutes having been confirmed , and the report of the Audit Committee received , Bro . Charles Everett svas raised

in a most impressive manner by the VVorshipfuI Master , svho then proceeded to install Brc . Henry Lovegrove , P . M . 1777 * 1949 , 204 S , P . Z . 72 , 1549 , P . P . G . S . of Wks . Middx ., as the VVorshipfuI Master . Bro . Lovegrove then invested the follosving as his officers for the year : Bros . Knight , S . W . ; Edmonds , J . W . ; Perks , P . M ., Sec . ; Dimsdale , S . D . ; Davey , J . D . ; Bates , I . G . ; McEsvan , D . C ; Fraser , A . D . C . ; Bruton and Bryce , Stesvards ; Bruce , Organist ; and Smith , Tyler . Bro . J . Willing , Treasurer

, having svritten to say he svas afraid he should not be present , the W . M . said he should have much pleasure in investing that brother svith his collar of office on the first occasion on svhich he svas able to be present . Bro . Edsvards having completed the ceremony of installation , Bro . W . M . Stiles , P . M ., proposed that the best thanks of the lodge be voted to the Installing Master , and that the same be recorded on the minutes , for the able manner in

svhich he had performed the ceremony of installation that day . Bro . Scales , P . M ., seconded the proposition , svhirh was carried svith acclamation , and the W . M ., in formally conveying to Bro . Edsvards the thanks of the lodge , said he had additional pleasure in supplementing the vote by the presentation of a Past Master ' s jewel , svhich had been previously voted by the members . He added , that the Past Master ' s jesvel of the lodge had never been given to a more

svorthy brother , or to one svho had striven harder to earn it . Bro . Edwards thanked the brethren for the very kind feeling they had evinced tosvards him in presenting the Past Master ' s jesvel he had just received , and also for the hearty support they had rendered him during his term of office . A vote of condolence svith one of the members of the lodge on the death of his svife , and one of congratulation svith Bro . Carter , on his restoration to health ° after a most severe accident , having been passed , the Worshipful aster

M proposed that , in consideration of the great services rendered to the lodge by Bro . J . J . Michael , one of the earliest Masters , he be elected an honorary member of the lodge . The proposition was seconded by the I . P . M ., and carried unanimously . Lodge svas then closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet . In due course the usual toasts svere honoured , that of " The Queen and Craft" being follosved by " The Health of the Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master . "

" The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers " were next honoured , the Worshipful Master remarking that brethren who had the privilege of taking a part in the proceedings at Grand Lodge svere svell acquainted svith the ability displayed by the rulers of the Craft in the conduct of its affairs . The Immediate Past Master having assumed the gavel , pointed out it svas quite unnecessary for him to

say any thing to recommend the toast he had to propose—" ' The Health of the Worshipful Master of the Metropolitan Lodge . ' There svere , hosvever , a fesv matters to svhich he desired to refer . Bro . Lovegrove svas initiated in the lodge , and had svorked his svay through the different offices until nosv lie svas Worshipful Master . The brethren svould all , he was sure , do svhat they could to make their Master's term of office one of success for the lod . The Worshipful

ge Master had seen a great amount of service ; but in presiding over his mother lodge his past honours svould be forgotten in the gratification of the moment . Doubtless his experience , acquired elsesvhere , would be of service to him in ruling his mother lodge . Bro . Lovegrove , in reply , tendered his thanks , and hoped he might be able to manage the lodge as the brethren desired it should be governed . Bro . Edsvards had told them

he ( Bro . Lovegrove ) had had some experience in the chair of Freemasonry . True , the present svas the tenth occasion on which he had presided over a body of Freemasons , but he felt the responsibility of his position . He should svork to the best of his ability for the svelfare of the lodge , and its members , and outside he should devote himself to the advancement of its interests . He hoped that svhen he retired from office the brethren svould be able to say he had

succeeded in his desires . Bro . Lovegrove then proposed " The Health of the Installing Master , Bro . G . Edssards , I . P . M . " It had alsvays been a source of gratification to him that the brethren had elected Bro . Edsvards to preside over the lodge . He had carried out his duties most ably , had attended regularly , had svorked most efficiently , and in finishing up his year had added the keystone to his Masonic labours by installhis

ing successor . Bro . Edsvards tendered his thanks , remarking that svhen "p assumed the government of the lodge he felt great ¦ hfiidence in undertaking the svork . He had dreaded svhat was m store for him , lest he should prove unable to carry out jus duties . Nosv , hosvever , he svas able to look back upon his Mastership svith gratification ; thanks to the support lie had received from the members of the lodge his year of olhce had

been a pleasure to him—he had such a united and kind-hearted body of brethren to preside over that the work had been light and the enjoyment frequent . The Worshipful Master then proposed " The Health of the other Past Masters , " briefly referring to the services each had rendered to the lodge . Bro . Scales said , in reply , that he had alsvays felt a great Pleasure in attending the lodge , and hoped to do so for

many years to come . Bro . VV . M . Stiles , svho follosved , considered the Past Masters svould have very little to do during the coming year > for svith Bro . Lovegrove in the chair there svas no " f u outs , de assistance . Should , hosvever , the services 01 the Past Masters be required , they svere all ready and willing to respond . Bro . Henry Stiles also replied , andjthen ' the W . M . pro- ' Posed the toast of " The Visitors . "

H n ' * vyer - Stimson , Wells , Palmer , Hudson , and "aidsvin acknosvledged the compliment briefly , svhile Bro . ocurrah expressed at length the gratification it svas to him ° attend the meetings of this popular lodge . It svas popuar lor tsvo reasons—first , because it had always been second none in its working , every brother svho had occuinai i 1 cha " navin S been aole to do the work in a asterl y manner ; and secondly , because it svas a thoroughly * ° spitable lodge . Bro . Scurrah assured the brethren he

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looked upon the Metropolitan Lodge as an exemplification of true hospitality . He knew many of its members , and looked upon them as being thorough good Masons . Their Worshipful Master svas his immediate Past . Master in the Henry Levander Lodge , and had there proved himself a

svorthy brother and a true gentleman . The more brethren knesv of him the more they svould appreciate him . The Master having proposed the toast of "The Officers , " svith svhich he coupled " The Health of the Treasurer and Secretary , " and Bros , Knight , Edmonds , Perks , and others having acknosvledged it , the Tylcr brought the proceedings to a close .

Among the visitors svere Bros . L . 1 ¦ Fountaine , S . W . 45 ; W . Heelis , 1777 ; W . A . Scurrah , 204 S ; E . G . Cherry , S 61 ; B . Fullsvood , P . M . 328 ; A . H . Scurrah , 204 S ; J . A . Wilson , 132 G ; G . S . Smyth , 1972 ; A . Symes , [ . VV . 554 ; A . B . Hudson , J . D . 1657 ; John Murch , P . M . 27 ; C . Mansfield , 1421 ; H . Dickey , Sec . 1744 ; J . F . Simms , W . Hunt , 172 ; E . A . Tilburv , 975 ; D . Stroud , J . W . 2090 ; H . A . K . Davis , 177 ; ' G . Dickinson , S . D . 16 S 1 ; T .

Richardson , VV . M . S 62 ; R . Ross , D . C . 1744 ; John Jones , I . G . 127 S ; A . Mullord , P . M . 12 SS ; W . Side , W . M . 2045 ; H . Baldsvin , W . M . 1949 ; J . G . W . Gsvyer , W . M . 12 SS ; VV . Burroughs , W . M . 1437 ; J- Irvine , J . D . SO 2 ; VV . Groves , P . M . 749 ; J . Kirby , Sec . 336 ; T . C . Phillips , 1963 ; VV . R . Palmer , 143 ; R . M . Surridge , S . D . 164 S ; J . Glenn , S . VV . 19 ; E . A . Wells , P . M . 15 ; Arthur Gilbey , 554 ; C . Leach , SGi ; W . Hollis , Treas . 1531 ; F . W .

Farmer , 25 ; J . Wilson , W . M . 132 S ; and E . Stimson , P . M . 15 . By reason of contrast to the above record of a pleasant meeting sve may mention that on the follosving morning the W . M . svas summoned by telegram to the death-bed of his mother , and sve trust it svill be some slight consolation for him to knosv that in the great loss he has thus sustained he has the sympathy of a numerous circle of friends and svell-¦

svishers . ELLIOT LODGE ( No . 1567 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge svas held on Saturday , the 7 th inst ., at the Railsvay Hotel , Feltham . Present : Bros . R . T . Fennell , W . M . ; Isaac Dixon , P . P . G . P . Middx ., S . VV . ; F . Wadeson , J . W . ; J . H . Pearson , P . M ., P . P . G . A . D . C . Middx ., Treas . ; John Mason , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . S . D . Middx ., Sec ; R . H . Dillon , S . D . ; VV . A . Brosvn , acting

J . D . ; * JSS . J . Millin , I . G . ; T . ; I . Bird , P . M ., P . P . G . Ssvd . Br . Middx ., O . C , W . M . elect ; H . T . Cooper , Stsvd . ; Raymond H . Thrupp , P . G . A . D . C , R . W . Dep . P . G . M . Middx . ; H . G . Buss , P . G . A . Sec . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; G . R . Nichols , R . Pearce , E . W . Winter , J . VV . Bellamy , R . C . Smith , S . J . Ball , J . L . Bennett , J . Webster , F . W . Barratt , P . A . Tosh , A . Be vis , T . W . Tharle , W . F . Brougham , H . Rogers , J . Wilson , G . Skudder , F .

Dutson , F . Mitchell , G . Dockrill , J . Griffiths , R , Parks , H . Dickerson , H . P . Harris , J . Hayes , R . Bosvins , and J . H . Bird . Visitors : Bros . J . Terry , P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Sec . R . M . B . I . ; J . H . H . Howard , P . M ., P . P . G . J . W . Gloucester ; F . A . White , P . M ., P . P . G . Registrar Essex ; W . Lake , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg . Cornwall ; J . Osborn , P . M ., P . Z ., P . G . Std . Br . Middx . ; N . Turner ,

W . M . 72 ; W . Martin , W . M . 879 ; W . C . Wigley , W . M . 134 S ; R . E . H . Goffin , VV . M . 1572 ; G . H . Foan , W . M . 1614 ; E . Woodman , W . M . 1950 ; W . Beavis , I . P . M . S 79 ; N . L . Western , I . P . M . 1693 ; J . J . Cantle , P . M . 1441 ; W . Perrin , P . M . 1056 ; W . Neats , P . M . 25 ; J . McLaren , S . VV . 1 S 05 ; VV . Crosvhurst , S . VV . 209 ; J . Adams , J . VV . 1194 ; T . C . Edmonds , J . VV . 1507 ; J . E . Terry , S . D . 19 G 4 ; A . VV . Paul , J . D . 1 S 2 S ; W .

Wright , D . C . 1 S 97 ; J . Bayne , Org . 1 S 97 ; J . J . Griffiths , 122 S ; R . Walker , Co ; T . Orr , 1572 ; S . H . Nichols , 1714 ; G . Miiller , 73 ; W . T . Tyrrell , 1471 ; W . Horton , 1 790 ; VV . Martell , 209 ; R . Brett , 1791 ; J . Clark , 1612 . The lodge svas duly opened by the VV . M ., and , after the reading and confirmation of the minutes of Ihe last meeting , the report of the Audit Committee , svhich shosved a balance in Treasurer ' s hands on both the General Fund

and Benevolent Fund , and no liabilities whatever , svas received and adopted . Bro . J . H . Bird svas then passed to the Second Degree , and Messrs . Branch and Atkins initiated . The installation of the W . M . elect , Bro . T . I . Bird , svas proceeded svith , the ceremony being most ably performed by Bro . Fennell . The W . M . appointed and invested his officers as follosvs : Bros . Isaac Dixon , P . P . G . P . Middx ., S . W . ; R . H . Dillon , J . W . ; J . K . Pearson , P . M ., P . P .

G . A . D . C . Middx ., Treas . ; John Mason , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . S . D . Middx ., Sec . ; S . J . Millin , S . D . ; W . A . Brosvn , J . D . ; J . Webster , I . G . ; H . T . Cooper , D . C ; A . Bevis and T . W . Tharle , Stsvds . ; and R . Potter , Tyler . Before the lodge svas closed , the VV . M , presented tothe outgoing Master , Bro . Fennell , a handsome Past Master ' s jesvel , in recognition of the services he had rendered , accompanying the presentation svith a svell-deserved eulogy of the

recipient . The jesvel svas manufactured by Bro . George Kenning . The brethren aftersvards sat dosvn to an excellent banquet , presided over by the VV . M . The toast of " The Queen and the Craft , " and " The M . W . the Grand Master , " svere first given and heartily received . "The Pro Grand Master and the rest of the Grand

Officers follosved , and Bro . Raymond Thrupp responded , remarking that he felt it a great honour to reply for such distinguished Masons as the Pro "Grand Master and the rest of the Grand Officers . Those svho attended Grand Lodge knesv hosv ably those brethren fulfilled their duties . Among the most difficult duties of the Grand Master and his advisers svas that of selecting those to be honoured svith the purple ; but he believed the selections of the Grand

Master svere accepted loyally , and that they svere generally the right men . Bro . Buss , P . G . Asst . Sec , also replied , and expressed the pride and satisfaction he felt that , after 30 years' services , he had retired svith the good opinion of the Craft . Bro . Cottebrune , P . G . Purst ., congratulated the lodge on its prosperity , svhich he considered svas largely due to its first Master and present Secretary , Bro . John Mason . The next toast svas "' The Prov . Grand Master , Sir

Francis Burdett , " svhich svas most heartily received . The Worshipful Master , in proposing the toast of "The D . G . M . and Officers , " remarked that the Elliot Lodge svas the first lodge Bro . Thrupp had visited after receiving his patent of D . G . M ,, and he considered him as one of themselves , Bro . Thrupp thanked the W . M ., and said it svas alsvays a great pleasure to him to visit the Elliot Lodge , svhich was one of the best , and best worked , in the province . The ,

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duties performed by Bro . Fennell that day as Installing Master he had never seen excelled . They had in their present Master an excellent svorking Mason , and he asked the members to give him their thorough support during his year of office . Bro . Fennell , I . P . M ., then proposed "The Health of the VV . M . " Most present , he said , svere perfectly acquainted svith him , and knesv his abilities . They had been able to

judge that night of the qualifications essential to a Master of a lodge , and they ss'ould all agree svith him that Bro . Bird possessed them in an eminent degree . He svished him all happiness and prosperity during his year of office . Bro . Bird , in returning thanks , said he had looked forward svith a considerable amount of interest to filling the chair of that lodge . It svas a position that any member might be proud of ; but , as an initiate in that lodge , it svas

to himself particularly gratifying . He trusted they svould give him plenty of svork to do , svhich to him svas alsvays a pleasure , in svhatever position he found himself . The Worshipful Master then gave the toast cf " The Installing Master and the other Past Masters . " Bro . Fennell had afforded them many opportunities to observe the manner in svhich he did his svork . Of the other P . M . 's he might say that one svas born a Mason , but svas not contented

svith that , but became one a second time . Bro . Pearson svas also an able svorker . He thought they symbolised the three pillars in Masonry—Wisdom in the person of Bro . Mason , the founder ; Strength in Bro . Pearson , svho had been and still svas the Treasurer ; and Beauty in the person of Bro . Fennell , svho had performed the ceremonies in an exceedingly beautiful manner . Bro . Mason in replying , congratulated the W . M , on the

position he had attained , svhich , hosvever , his merits fully deserved . Bro . Pearson said that he had had the privilege of introducing many members , and , amongst others , their VV . M ., Bro . Bird . He joined svith all in svishing him a very prosperous and happy year of office . The VVorshipfuI Mastsr then gave the toast of ' * Thc Charities . " The distinguishing characteristic of a Freemason should be Charity , and they possessed some of the

noblest Charities in the land . Their esteemed Bro . Mason was connected , as they knesv , svith the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and they had also present Bro . Terry , the svorthy Secretary of that Institution , svho svas svell knosvn as one of the best exponents of the ceremonies of the Craft , conducting svith equal ability consecrations and installations , and also as an eloquent pleader on behalf of the Charities , svhether it svas the Benevolent , or either of

the other Institutions . After a nesv Charity Song , written by Bro . Mason , had been rendered by that brother , in his svell-knosvn style , Bro . Terry replied , and said it was usual on the night svhen a nesv piece svas produced to call for the author and have him introduced to the audience . Bro . Mason thereupon modestly bosved his acknosvledgments , and Bro . Terry proceeded to thank the brethren for the reception of that toast .

He remarked that the Charities svas no idle toast in the Elliot Lodge . He claimed for the Benevolent Institution that it was greatly in need of their increased support . By the admission of an additional number of annuitants this year they had added permanentl y to the expenditure a sum of jC ' 740 annually , and it was a matter of urgent necessity that the contributions should be maintained and increased to enable the committee

to support the annuitants already elected , and to admit those alsvays applying fcr admission . He asked the members and the visitors from other lodges to help . The true spirit of Masonry , he knesv , abounded in the Elliot Lodge , and they could not offer a greater compliment to the VV . M . than to make his list for the next festival the largest on record . The toast of " The Initiates " follosved , and was

responded to by Bro . Branch in a very able speech . " The Visitors " and " The Officers " next given , and the Tyler ' s toast closed a very pleasant evening . We cannot conclude our report of this meeting svithout briefly noticing the menu card , designed by the Secretary of the lodge , Bro . John Mason , P . M ., and printed at the Freemason Office . That worthy brother ' s artistic taste is svidely knosvn , but in respect of

this card he seems to have surpassed all his previous efforts in the svay of happy and occasionally unique illustration . His jokes likesvise , his svise sayings and modern instances , his easy adaptation , in part or svholly , of appropriate quotations to particular persons or toasts , svere appreciated on all hands , and rightly svon him the applause of the svhole meeting . And as if these many aids to the general

enjoyment of the day svere not enough , Bro . Mason both svrote and sang tsvo capital songs , one in honour of the W . M ., Bro . Bird , and the other in behalf of the Charities . Both svere given admirably , and svere , as they deserved to be , loudly applauded , ln fine , it will be gathered from these fesv remarks that if Bro . Mason svas not himself the host of the day , he svas a host in himself as regards the day ' s success . —_

ROYAL KENSINGTON LODGE ( No . 1627 ) . —This lodge met on Friday , the Gth inst ., at Freemasons ' Hall , under the presidency of Bro . H . P . Hay , W . M . The svork consisted of raising Bro . M . G . Bohrer to the Third Degree , and the installation of the VV . M ., Bro . H . Langridge . Both these ceremonies svere performed by Bro . Hay in a style which was a fitting climax to a very successful year of office . The brethren invested as officers of the

lodge for tne ensuing year svere Bros . Alfred J . Hudson , S . W . j J . H . Jarvis , J . VV . ; J . B . Stevens , P . M ., Treas . ; Charles E . Soppett , P . M ., P . G . Stsvd ., Sec ; Arthur A . Kumsey , S . D . ; Charles Toope , J . D . ; L . P . Thomas , I . G . j W . Bellamy , D . C . ; and Potter , Tyler . An elegant Past Master's jesvel ( manufactured by Bro . George Kenning ) , svas presented to Bro . Hay , I . P . M ., and aftersvards the lodge svas closed , and the brethren partook of an

elegant banquet at Freemasons' Tavern . A large party of visitors enjoyed the hospitality of the lodge , and among them svere Bros . J . T . Pilditch , P . M . 1420 ; John Bennett , S . D . 1413 ; Walter B . Langridge , P . M . 10 G 3 ; VV . H . Kempster , M . D ., P . M . 1420 ; Chas . A . Walter , 865 ; G . P . li . Wood , 1201 ; W . B . Young , 1 S 72 ; Wm . Langridgc , S 74 ; B . VV . Lovejoy , 749 ; S . Schofield , 1415 ; E . Valeriani , W . M . 1687 ; Abel Laurence , P . M . and Sec .

163 S ; R . Rosvell , S . VV . igSj Wm . Bull , M . O ., S . D . 73 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 and 192 S ; G . Langridge , 874 , 167 S ; J . Curtis , 45 ; J . L . Mathers , 1910 , P . P . G . S . D . Herts . ; E . Monteuuis , P . M . 14 ; J . L . Lesvin , P . M . 276 , P . P . G . S . of W . ; F . Cantor , 12 ; J . E . Shand , P . M . 15 G 3 ; Henri Gros , 1687 ; Ralph Michaelis , 263 ; J . Stevenson , 1627 ; J . Carr , 55 ; E . St . Clair , J . D . 2060 ; Charles Fred . Hogard , P . M .