Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

CHISWICK LODGE ( No . 2012 ) . —A meeting was held on Saturday , the 8 th inst ., at the Windsor Castle Hotel , King-street , Hammersmith , W ., when there were present R ' 01 R . Powell , W . M . ; J . H . Cumming , P . M ., S . W . ; , Sims , P . M ., J . W . ; A . Williams , Preceptor ; M . i ' olegel , P . M ., Sec ; R . J . Williams , S . D . ; Kington , | . D . J Whiteley , I . G . ; Craggs , P . M . ; Stuart Barker , P . M . ; J * Davies , P . M . ; Foster , Wallace , and Jobson . The lodge was duly opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . The lodge jvas opened in the Second Degree , and resumed to the First Degree . Bro . Barker offered himself as a candidate

for passing , and was examined and entrusted . The lodge was resumed to the Second Degree , and the ceremony of passing rehearsed . The lodge was resumed to the First Degree , and Bro . J . Davies worked the 2 nd and 3 rd Section of this Lecture . The W . M . rose for the first time , and the dues having been collected , Bro . Kington was elected a joining member . Bro . Cumming was elected W . M . for the next meeting , and the lodge was closed .

STAR CHAPTER ( No . 1275 ) . —The usual weekly meeting was held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Church-street , Caraberwell , on Friday , the 7 th inst ., when there were present Comps . Grummant , M . E . Z . ; Murche , H . ; Bannister , J ., * Voisey , Treas ., * F . Hilton , P . Z ., Preceptor ; Stone , S . E . ; Hill , S . N . ; Philips , P . S . ; Braik , lefferv , Bladon , H . G . Martin , Dawson , Evans , Wal .

Davies , Hobbs , Loader , Macdonald , Wishart , Vincent , Wilson , Edmonds , Rice , Clifford , Hodges , and Addington . The chapter having been opened , Comp . Voisey installed Comp . H . ' G . Martin into the chair of H . The minutes of the previous convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Loader personating the candidate . Comp . Wal . Davies , 134 s , M . E . Z .

designate 1901 , was elected a joining member . Comp . Murch < S was elected M . E . Z . for the next meeting , when an installation will be rehearsed . Comp . Hilton , Preceptor , was congratulated upon having such a capital attendance , it being the largest number ever present . The chapter was placed at the disposal of the M . E . Z . of Sphinx Chapter on Friday , the 21 st inst . The chapter was then closed .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

Ancient and Accepted Rite .

The half-yearly meeting of the Supreme Council 33 ° in the 30 and higher Degrees was held at 33 , Golden-square , on Tuesday , the 1 ith inst ., when the following were advanced to the 32 ° 111 . Bro . Brig .-Surgeon James Balfour Cockburn , M . D ., 108 ; to the 31 ° 111 . Bros . John Shaw , 16 ; Major E . H . Elliot , 67 ; Arthur R . Carter , 97 ; to the 30 , Bros . C . D . Hill

Drury , M . D ., 8 ; Chas . E . L . Wright , 23 ; Thomas Taylor , 101 ; and Andrew J . Crane , 103 . Among those present were 111 . Bros . Major F . W . Allan , 32 ° , Scotland ; and the Rev . F . B . N . Norman-Lee , 32 ° Canada ; who were heartily welcomed by the Lieut .-Grand Commander on behalf of the assembled brethren .

Second Edition.

SECOND EDITION .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The Quarterly Court of the Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held on this day ( Friday ) , in the large Hall , Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treas ., & c , being voted tothechair . Theattendance of brethren was not large at the commencement of the business , but it assumed

greater dimensions , as the proceedings advanced . After the reading of the minutes of the July Quarterly Court , Bro . J . E . LE FEUVRE moved a vote of thanks to the Trustees of the late Sustentation Fund , the Earl of Lathom , Lord Leigh , John Moxon Uabon and Richard Eve , Bro . Clabonhe saidhad

, , served since April 14 th , 18 73 . Bro . GEORGE EVERETT , P . G . T ., seconded the motion , which was then put and unanimously carried . fhe CHAIRMAN then proposed a vote of condolence with the widow and family of the late Bro . W .

Roe-Wk , Trustee of the Institution , and said that he had Known him 40 years , He filled many offices of distinction in the Boys' School , and was on the Board of Management . From 1871 to 1885 he was a Trustee , and he always devoted himself very much to the interests of the Institution .

Bro . S . G . HOMFRAV seconded the motion , which was then put and carried . On the motion of Bro . GLASS , seconded by Bro . wrcHARD , Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . T ., was elected a 1 fustee in the place ot the late Bro . Roebuck , and Bro . f * ' i in acknowleding the limentassured the

g comp , wethrcn that he received this further proof of their confidence with very great satisfaction . He had always taken a deep interest in the Institution , and he trusted it would ever flourish . Whatever he could do he hoped " ^ would have health to sustain him in the performance 01 nis duties .

1 he following motion by Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND , S nded by Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., was carried , th the amendment that the hour be four instead of we , moved by Bro . LE FEUVRE , seconded by Bro . MMES STEVENS , and supported by Bro . T . BATEMAN L 1 ' Dewsbury , Bro . J . BODENHAM , and other " ¦ ethren :

( . '" '¦ lat Law XLVIU . be altered as follows : —The last v A " meet at the oliice ° £ the Institution ° « * e 'all day of every month ( except when that day shall when ° . L Ft * day immediately before a Bank Holiday , "Wdavf A mectin B sha " be held on tne next following Elect / i Ueust e * P * at ¦ ? lve o'clock in the afternoon , and m t -llairman i being a Freemason , at each meeting , Worn >< ad * ' ourn from t 0 time * Pive sha" form a

Second Edition.

The following motions were afterwards moved by Bro . RICHARD EVE , P . G . Treasurer , Patron , Chairman of the Board of Management : — That in recognition of the eminent services rendered to the Institution during the past 30 years as Honorary Surgeon-Oculist , the rank of Honorary Vice-President be conferred

upon the W . Bro . Jabez Hogg , F . L . S ., M . R . C . S ., & c , Past Grand Deacon , in accordance with Law XL That in recognition of the eminent services rendered to the Institution during the past 25 years as Honorary Medical Officer , the rank of Honorary Vice-President be conferred upon Bro . Wharton P . Hood , M . D ., in accordance with Law XI .

That the distinction of an Honorary Vice-Presidency be conferred upon the W . Bro . Raymond H . Thrupp , P . A . G . D . of C , D . P . G . VI . for Middlesex , as an acknowledgment of the services rendered by him in his gift of 130 guineas to found Prizes for History for deserving Pupils in the Institution .

That W . Bro . Stanley James Attenborough , Vice-Patron and Member of the Board of Management , be appointed Honorary Solicitor to the Institution . All these motions were carried . The brethren afterwards elected 24 out of a list of 37 boys , into the Institution . The result which was not made known till after we went to press , will be published in our next .

Celebration Of The Centenary Of The Lodge Of Fidelity, No. 280, At Leeds.

CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE LODGE OF FIDELITY , No . 280 , AT LEEDS .

The centenary celebration of this lodge , which is the oldest lodge in the town of Leeds , was inaugurated on Friday evening , the 30 th ult ., by the W . M ., Bro . R . Wilson , P . P . G . Treas ., inviting the brethren of the lodge and ladies to an " At Home '' at his residence ,

" Westfield , " Armley , Leeds , when upwards of 100 guests accepted the invitation , and a brilliant Masonic gathering was the result . After the inspection of the valuahle pictures , china , curios , & c , the guests partook of a sumptuous supper , and the evening concluded with a ball in the handsome music room . On the following day , the 1 st inst ., the lodge having

been officially summoned met at the Carlton Hill Masonic Hall at 4 p . m ., and was duly opened in the presence of the present officers : Bros . Ed . Wilson , P . P . G . Treas ., W . M . ; A . W . Chapman , l . P . M . ; W . J . Beck , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , S . W . ; James Dixon , P . M ., J . W . ; Right Hon . W . Laivles Jackson , M . P ., & c , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W ., Chap . ; W . Greaves , P . M ., P . P . G . Supt .

of W ., Treas . ; Alfred Scarth , P . M ., P . G . Stwd ., Sec ; Joseph Dobson , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , S . D . ; Jas . Milnes , P . M ., J . D . ; Davis R . Glover , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., D . C . ; Wm . Spark , P . M ., P . P . G . Org ., Org . ; Richard Jackson , P . M ., I . G . ; Wm . Armistead , P . M ., and E . Wales Smith , P . M ., Stewards ; W . J . Beck , P . M ., P . P . G . D . of C , Provincial Charity Steward ; C . A . Braim ,

P . S . G . W ., and J . W . Foster , P . J . G . W ., Local Charity Stewards ; William Marshall , Tyler ; the Hon . and Rev . P . Y . Savile , P . P . G . Chap . ; J . D . Kay , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; W . Glover , P . M ., P . P . G . Org . ; Thos . Headridge , C Blagbro , George Wood , J . A . Hirst , J . N . Hawtin , Robert Hobbs , W . Cookson , W . L . Wildy , George Curtis , J . E . Brownbill , V .

Brown , A . E . Ives , E . H . Beale , J . E . Mann , J . J . Binns , W . H . Baxter , H . J . Palethorp , F . Zossenheim , M . Zossenheim , A . Barrett , W . M . Frobisher , F . J . A . Matthews , Joseph Holmes , F . H . Hirsch , G . F . Crowe , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; J . Brand , W . O . Tooke , W . Marshall , W . H . Porritt , P . M ., P . P . G . W . N . and E . Yorks ; E . Swabey , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . ; S . Hurd , P . M . ; G . B .

Scott , P . M . ; G . E . Wright , P . M . ; G . Haddock , A . M . Fowler , W . Rowley , W . Bakewell , M . Scott , P . M ., P . P . G . VV . E . Yorks ; Rev . T . H . May , Henry Smith , D . G . M ., P . P . G . D . England ; J . Gibbs , P . G . Treas . ; H . G . E . Green , P . G . Sec . j John Cass , P . J . G . D . ; R . P . Brindley , P . G . D . , * T . Trevor , P . G . D . C ; S . T . Steele , D . G . D . C ; C . A . Phillips ,

P . A . G . D . C ; S . Jacobs , P . G . Org . ; ] . Matthewman , P . A . G . Sec . ; B . F . Glover , P . G . Purst . ; C . Shaw , P . A . G . Purst . ; T . Crossley , W . Harrop , M . Scott , East Yorks ., and W . H . Porritt , East Yorks ., P . P . J . G . W . s ; Rev . Canon Bullock , and Rev . A . E , Campbell , P . G . Chaps . ; C . L . Mason , and H . Oxley , P . G . Treasurers ; J . C . Malcolm , P . G . Reg ; G . F ,

Crowe , R . Kingston , and W . F . Smithson , P . G . Ds . ; T . Winn , P . P . G . S . of W . ; J . Dyson , P . P . G . D . of C . ; J . B . Hargreaves , P . P . G . S . B . ; W . Glover , P . P . G . Org . ; G . Althorp , F . H . Armitage , and H . Inchbold , P . P . G . P . s ; and the following visitors ; Bros . John Hudson , 265 ; T . H . Greenhalgh , H . B , Kay , W . M ., and R . H . Armitage , P . P . G . P ., of 275 ;

J . H . Taylor , W . M . 290 ; J . L . Butler , S . W ., and C . Norminton , W . M ., 304 ; D . Wedderspoon , W . M ., W . Hakansson , J . C . Malcolm , P . G . Reg ., and John Dyson , P . G . D . C , of 306 ; S . T . Steele , P . D . G . D . C ., 380 ; H . Oxley , P . G . Treas ., and B . T . Glover , P . G . P ., of 495 ; M . Scott , 556 , P . P . G . W . E . Yorks ; Sam . Jacobs , 837 , P . G . O . ; Rev . A . E . Campbell , 859 , P . P .

Lr . C ; John Gibbs , 904 , P . G . Ireas . ; 1 . A . Marsh and R . W . Walters , W . M ., of 1018 ; J . Matthewman , P . A . G . Sec , and H . G . E . Green , P . G . Sec , of 1019 ; J . Cass , 1034 , P . J . G . D . ; W . H . Porritt , 10 4 0 , P . P G . W . E . Yorks ; A . Dougill , R . Waidie , J . D ., and T . Thorp , W . M ., of 1042 ; A . T . Bacon , T . Winn , W . M .,

R . Bullock , P . P . G . Chap ., and W . T . Smithson , P . P . G . D ., P . G . D ., of 1211 ; V . T . Atkinson , 121 9 ; J . Levy , P . M ., H . Marsh , S . W ., J . Turner , B . W . Higgins , Jas . Miiiington , Sec , R , P . Brindley , P . G . D ., R . Kingston , P . P . G . D ., H . Child , W . M ., VV . Weater , C Beevers , P . M ., and C D . Swale , l . P . M ., of 1221 ; F Long , G . H . demons , W . M ., and W . G . Blackburn

Celebration Of The Centenary Of The Lodge Of Fidelity, No. 280, At Leeds.

of 1311 , C Dilly , 1522 ; C . A . Phillips , 1542 , P . A . G . D . C . ; Chas . Turner , J . D . 1715 ; N . Brooke , S . W . 1736 ; T . Atkinson , W . M ., and T . Trevor , P . G . D . C , of 2069 ; and H . J . Johnston Lavis , W . M . " Anglia , " Naples , 28 lodges being thus represented . The Past Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of England , the D . P . G . M . and Prov . Grand Officers , and

the visiting Worshipful Masters and brethren were saluted according to Masonic custom . The acting P . G . M ., Bro . H . Smith , D . P . G . M . ( in the unavoidable absence of the P . G . M ., Bro . T . W . Teiv , P . G . D ., through illness ) presented to the lodge the Centenary Warrant from the Grand Lodge of England , and addressed the brethren as follows :

Worshipful Master and brethren of the Lodge of Fidelity , No . . 2 b ' g , I have much pleasure in performing the agreeable duty of presenting your Centenary Warrant . You all know how gracefully and how heartily our Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Thomas William Tew has , on several occasions , discharged a similar duty . Unhappily a severe illness prevents him participating in

the proceedings of this most interesting meeting , and we one and all deeply sympathise with him , and hope that he may yet be spared for years to come . Brethren , as your Worshipful Master and Bro . W . H . Porritt will give us an interesting address on the rise and progress of this ancient lodge it is quite unnecessary for me to detain you with lengthened remarks . To you then ,

Bro . Richard Wilson , to your safe keeping , and to that of your successors , 1 hand over this Warrant . You may be justly proud to possess so important a document , for it is not without strong proof that the existence of the lodge has been unbroken for 100 years , that a Centenary Warrant is issued . When I remind you that Fidelity is only the eighth lodge in West

Yorkshire entitled to this distinction , and that under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England there are but 177 lodges which have proved a centenary existence you will have still further grounds to congratulate yourselves . Your Secretary informs me that the minute a . nd cash books ate not only in existence , but are complete and continuous . This speaks well

for the regularity and business capacity of the members of Fidelity at the earlier stages of its Masonic life , and I have every confidence that the brethren of to-day are inspired with equal zeal for the Craft , and that their successors following in their footsteps , will , when we shall have passed away , still continue to uphold the character and display the example of true Masons ,

that they will jealously preserve this most precious document , and add it to their already most interesting collection of Masonic archives . Perhaps . the brethren will allow me to suggest that a photograph of the warrant be immediately taken to be placed in the library at Wakefield . Bros . Wilson and Porritt , as I have before stated , will give us most interesting

information about old Fidelity . I may just add that in the cause of Charity it has not been backward ; in recent years it has contributed to the Boys' . £ 320 , Girls ' , £ 300 , Old People , £ 235 , and is exercising g 6 boys , 96 girls , and 143 Old People votes . Whilst I do not admit that the measure of a lodge ' s success is

estimated by the amount of its Charitable donations , yet I think the record 1 have quoted proves that Fidelity is imbued with a healthy Masonic spirit , and I can only add my hope and belief that it will continue to prosper and maintain its high character as long as Masonry , as an Institution , shall exist upon this earth .

Bro . R . WILSON , P . G . Sec , Treas ., W . M ..- Brethren , as the time is limited there will not be the two long addresses delivered to you with which you have been threatened , I will only say myself what I believe to be absolutely necessary . 1 thank you , Sir , and all the brethren on behalf of Fidelity Lodge for your presence here to-day , and I have great pleasure in receiving at

your hands the warrant of the continuous existence of Fidelity Lodge for the period of 100 years . While we , the members , have pride in completing the century of the lodge ' s existence the great honour and credit is not due do us but to the brethren who founded the lodge . In their necessary absence we feel we must celebrate the centenary with that good feeling and heartiness

and wisdom with which we are sure they would have done . We also wish to express our indebtedness to all those who have previously passed the chair , and by wise judgment , zeal , and discretion carried the lodge through the perilous times which must have occurred in 100 years , if only through the infirmities of human nature . We must also thank those individual

members who by indefatigable worn and the great care they have taken of the records and anything appertaining to the history of the lodge , who have been jealous of allowing the minutes of the lodge to be taken away . It is to such members that our thanks are due for having in our possession the entire minutes and cash books of Fidelity Lodge for 100 years . I will now

briefly run over the main points in the earl y history ot the lodge . On the 1 st October , 1792 , the founders of the Lodge of Fidelity , then No . 512 , held their first meeting at the Old George Inn , Briggate , under a dispensation dated September 2 Cth , 1792 , and following are the names of the founders ; Robert Sutcliffe , W . M . ; David Boothman , S . W . ; Andrew Nicoll , J . W . ; and J no . Banks , Sec , initiated in Harmony ,

Halifax , now Hudderslield ; Wm . Brown , Treas . ; Wm . Cook , S . D . ; John Mitchell , J . D ., initiated Royal Yorkshire , Keignley . The lodge continued to prosper , as is evidenced by the fact that in the first 10 years no members were initiated and 29 joined . The following were important years : 1793 . November 3 rd . Fidelity Royal Arch Chapter opened .