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short but appropriate speech . The remaining toasts were quickly disposed of , interspersed with some excellent singing , and the meeting broke up , all expressing themselves very pleased with their evening . PHCENIX LODGE ( No . 173 ) . —A meeting was held on Saturday , the gth inst ., at Freemasons' Hall . Present : Bros . F . D . Vine , VV . M . ; G . Guterbock , S . W . ;

H . W . Davie , J . W . ; Capt . J . Finch , Treas . ; Walter Holcombe , Sec . ; j . Millier , S . D . ; VV . Williams , J . D . ; H . Conolly , I . G . ; E . V . New , Stwd . ; Speight , Tyler ; Blyth , P . M . ; Andrews , P . M . ; Phillips , P . M . ; F . R . Vine , P . M . ; Herbert , Linom , Hart , Moore , Stanham , Gilbert , Kearley , and Hopkins . Visitor : Bro . R . P . Stevens .

The minutes were read and confirmed , and the ballot taken for Mr . A . E . Hubert , who was unanimously elected and afterwards initiated . Bro . Finch , Treasurer , proposed that a committee consisting of the P . Ms ., officers , and four M . Ms ., be appointed to arrange the centenary festival of

the lodge on the 27 th September , 1 SS 5 . Twenty guineas were voted to the VV . M . ' s list , who represents the lodge at the forthcoming festival of the Girls School , and the same sum to Bro . Blyth ' s list , who goes up to the Benevolent Institution festival on the 26 th inst . Lodge was then closed . '

LION AND LAMB LODGE ( No . 192 ) . —At the ordinary meeting of this lodge held on Thursday , the 7 th February , at Cannon-street Hotel , Bro . H . A . Pratt , VV . M ., was supported by Bros . H . Stevenson , S . W . ; B . Perkins , J . VV . ; H . Legge , P . M ., Treas . ; George Abbott , P . M ., Secretary ; W . Medwin , P . M ., S . D . ; VV . T . Rickwood , P . M ., D . C ; W . Dowland , I . G . ; Dyer , Tyler ; S . T . Lucas , P . M . ; J . G . Chillingworth , P . M . ; Dart , A . Gutter , Fisher , and Cook .

The lodge having been duly opened the minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed . The selection of a W . M . for the ensuing year was then proceeded with , resulting unanimously in the election of Bro . H . Stevenson . Bro . H . Legge was re-elected Treasurer . ^ After a few minor matters and the ordinary routine business had been disposed of the lodge was closed and adjourned .

KENNINGTON LODGE ( No . 1381 ) . — The installation meeting of this very prosperous lodge was held at the Horns Tavern , Kcnnington-park , on the 5 th inst . Among those present were Bros . Cockburn , W . M . ; Apoleton , S . W ., W . M . elect ; Stranger , J . W . ; W . P . VVebb , I . P . M . ; W . Mann , P . M ., Treas . ; VV . Stuart , P . M ., Sec . ; Plowman , J . D . ; VV . Collett , D . of C ; R . La Feuilladc , W . S . ; H . V . Foale , A . W . S . ; Koch , P . M .:

George Everett , P . M . ; H . Higgms , P . M . j T . C . Walls , P . P . G . S . B . Middx ., P . M . ; Kohler , P . M . ; Longstaffe , Tyler , and others . Among the numerous visitors we noticed Bros . Bean , W . M . 1 S 8 ; Griffin , W . M . 975 ; Martin , VV . M . 1320 ; Sims , W . M . 1524 ; Lalliard , P . M . ISO ; Churchley , P . M . G 15 ; C . Sims , P . M . 8 G 1 ; H . Salter , P . M . S 61 ; Noble , P . M . 975 ; J . Pope , P . M . no ? : VVrav , P . M . 1604 ; Dawson . P . M . 1 S . 1 . 5 : E .

Saunders , 33 ; Crabtree , 141 ; Thompson , 1 G 9 ; II . Price , J . VV . 177 ; Harvey , D . C . 177 ; Wood , 177 ; Sanders , 861 j Foot , I . G . iigj ; Taylor , nid ; Stuart , 1320 ; Browning , 1328 ; C . Smith , 132 s ; Elliott , 15 S 9 ; Tyler , 1685 ; Hedges , 1900 , Sec . Girls' School ; Gardner , J . VV . 2016 ; J . La Feuilladc , and others . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read

and confirmed , Bro . Radchft was passed to the Degree of a F . C . The report of the Audit Committee having been received and adopted , Bro . Applcton was presented to the VV . M . b y Bro . Mann , P . M ., to receive the benefits of installation . The W . M . having appointed Bros . Walls as S . W ., Higgins as J . W ., VVebb as D . C , and Ayling as I . G ., proceeded to carry out the arduous duties of

Installing Officer . The officers appointed and invested lor the year ensuing are Bros . Stranger , S . W . ; Plowman , J . VV .: Cockburn , I . P . M . ; VV . Mann , Treas . ; W . Stuart , Sec ; VV . Collett , S . D . ; R . La Feuilladc , J . D . 5 R . Lingfey , I . G . ; H . F . Foale , D . C ? J . Collins . W . S . ; and J . La Feuilladc , Hon . Org . Previously to the lodge beintr closed a vote of thanks was passed to the Installing

Officer for his services . 'The members and their visitors then adjourned to the large Concert Hall attached to the Tavern , and partook of a banquet . Upon the removal of the cloth the customary toasts tollowed . " The Health of the VV . M . " was proposed by the I . P . M . in flattering terms . The Worshipful Master in his reply expressed his

obligations to the brethren for having elected him to so dignified a position . He had arrived at the chair of 13 S 1 much sooner than he had expected , and he hoped to show the brethren during the ensuing year that he was not unmindful of the great honour they had bestowed upon him . The toast of " 'The Installing Master " followed , and Bro . Cockburn in reply said that it was his fust essay as

Installing Master , and although the ceremony was not carried out so well as he should have liked to Tiave done it , yet he had striven to do his best , and should another opportunity occur he would endeavour to discharge the duties more effectively . " The Masonic Charities " was coupled with the name of Bro . Hedges , who , in the course of his brief but pertinent speech , expressed a hope that whilst wishing every

prosperity and support should attend the forthcoming festivals of the Benevolent and Boys' School , yet he ventured to desire that the claims of his particular Institution should not be forgotten . " The Health of the Visitors " having been proposed and responded to , Bro . W . P . Webb , whose name was coupled

with "Ihe Past Masters , " replied to that toast in a neat speech . " The Treasurer and Secretary , " " The Officers , " and the Tyler ' s toast terminated the proceedings , which were enlivened by the instrumental , vocal , and dramatic abilities of Bros . La Feuillade , Martin , Dawson , Stuart , Sanders , Buxton , Webb , and others .

THE GREAT CITY LODGE . ( No . 1426 LThe fifth meeting for the season of this lodge was held on Saturday evening , the 9 th inst ., at the Cannon-street Hotel , when there were present Bros . F . T . C Keeble , W . M . ; W . Baber , S . W . ; R . Fendick . J . W . ; N . B . Headon , P . M ., Treas . ; G . VV . Blackie , P . M ., Sec , ; F . W . Potter , S . D . ; Skinner , J . D . ; Cadiot , D . C ; Jenkins , Org . ; Hamer , P . M . ; H . Thompson , P . M . ; H . J . Bertram , S . S . ; J . L . Hudd , J . S . ; G . K . Gwyn , J . R . Greening , C 1 . Small , and others .

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The lodge having been opened in due form , the minutes of the January lodge were read and confirmed . There were four brethren candidates for advancement to the Second Degree , and they were duly passed as F . Cs . Bro . G . J . Parker moved that a Past Master's jewel of the usual value be presented to the W . M . on the termination of his oflice , which was seconded and unanimously agreed to . The

case of a brother of the lodge who had been struck down by severe affliction was then brought under the notice of the lodge , and on the motion of Bro . H . 'Thompson , P . M ., seconded by Bro . N . B . Headon , P . M ., Treas ., it was resolved unanimously that the W . M . be requested to visit the afflicted brother and support a petition on his behalf to be presented to the Board of Benevolence . The greatest sympathy was manifested in this case , and on the proposed

petition being brought forward it was signed by every member present , and a substantial sum was voted from the Samaritan Fund of the lodge to relieve his immediate necessities . It was announced that the annual lodge ball will take place at the Cannon-street Hotel on Saturday , the 22 nd of March . A discussion as to one of the bye-laws of the lodge having taken place some routine business was transacted , and the lodge was closed .

HENLEY LODGE ( No . 1472 ) . —The usual monthy meeting of the above snug little lodge took place on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., at the Three Crowns , North Woolwich , when on account of the large amount of work before it , it was opened at 6 p . m . punctually by Bro . E . West , P . M ., P . P . G . P . Herts , ihe ballot was taken for Mr . G . Genning's and proved unanimous . Bro . Tyler

was then raised by Bro . West in capital style . 'The VV . M ., Bro . V . J . Holloway , having arrived , took the chair , and Bros . Richardson and Wood were passed and Mr . Gennings initiated by him with due solemnity . The ballot then took place for W . M . and Treasurer for the ensuing 12 months , and Bro . C . T . Lewis , S . W ., was unanimously elected to the chair , and Bro . A . I . Manning ,

P . M ., P . P . G . S . D . Essex , was unanimously re-elected Treas . Those brethren having returned thanks , Bro . VV . Page , P . M . 1076 , was re-elected Tyler . Bros . C . Heffer , Canning , and Gladding were elected to serve on the annual audit . A handsome testimonial was presented to Bro . James Elder , I . P . M ., as some acknowledgment of the many services rendered by him to the lodce during his

term / if office and for the admirable manner in which he had installed his successor , the present VV . M ., and Bro . Elder returned thanks . It was then unanimously resolved that a Past Master ' s jewel of the value of 10 guineas should be presented to Uro . Holloway for services rcndereJ by him during his year of oflice , and to mark the esteem of the brethren . Bro . Holloway returned thanks suitably .

Ihe lodge was then closed and the brethren partook of supper . The usual toasts were given , but no harmony was indulged in on account of the recent death of Bro . Steele , P . M . of the lodge , who died suddenly of disease of the heart a week previously , and for whom the lodge was

in mourning . Among the brethren present , besides those enumerated , were P . Ms . J . Ives , Sec ; B . B . Brayshaw , and N . Vance ; A . G . Ives , J . VV . ; J . Paul , I . G . ; M . Caul , W . S . ; J . Savage . D . C . j J . Gaskill , P . M . 1076 ; C H . Wehauson , 056 ; VV . Alslond , 1529 ; F . Osborne , 12 S 7 ; and C . Jolly , S . D . ( Freemason ) .

NEW CROSS LODGE ( No . 1559 ) . —On Friday evening , the Sth inst ., the jSth meeting , which was also the installation meeting of this flourishing lodge , was held at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich . Never in the history of this lodge has there been so large an attendance of visitors , and this must be accounted for by the great popularity of the VV . M . elect , Bro . Hiram Henton . Initiated at the

first meeting of the lodge after its consecration , Bro . Henton has steadily pursued his career in the Craft , working through the various offices with a patience and perseverance which has at length met with its due reward . Apart from his ability as a Freemason , Bro . Henton has made a name for himself in the profession which claims him as an ornament . As principal bandmaster of the

Park Band Society ( which has four bands under its control ) he has figured prominently before the public , and last year he was appointed bandmaster of the London Rifle Brigade . That he has earned the respect of many friends in this latter capacity was amply proved by the large attendance of officers and membersof the Brigade at Friday ' s meeting . Then again for some years he filled the position

of a professor at Kneller Hall , the Military College of Music . On the ist inst ., Bro . Henton was presentecfat a Board of Installed Masters , at Bro . Pinoli ' s restaurant , Wardour-street , and gave every proof of his ability to fill the exalted position to which he had been elected by the brethren of the New Cross Lodge . There were present Bros . Thomas Grummant , VV . M . ;

Hiram Henton , S . W . ; Rev . J . Sturdee , J . VV . j W . Cowley , I . P . M . ; Eugene H . Thiefiay , P . M ., P . G . S . B . Middx ., Ireas .: Ernest E . Smith , P . M . ; G . P . Bertini , S . D . ; Carlo Grassi , J . D . ; F . Cash , I . G . ; A . Priest , D . C . ; C . Westall , Org . ; A . B . Church , Tyler ; Charles Pinoli , J . D . Graham , G . E . Court , John Faulkner , T . Metham , J . H . Meyer , VV . Thackway , C . Mazzone , VV . K . Waters

H . Wild , H . H . Baker , J . Neville , and R . Borrett . The following were among the visitors t Bros . Major J . H . S . Reid and VV . Binnie ( late 1 st Life Guards ) , and C . Cousins , P . Ms . 209 ; E . J . B . Bumstead , P . M . 54 S ; Neville Green , P . M . 1962 ; T . Stephens , P . M . 1475 ; Vickery , P . M . 1475 ; Lowell Keays , P . M . 917 ; D . Rose , P . M . 73 ; J . Wrigglesworth , P . M . 975 ; D . Channon , P . M . 1475 ; R .

A . Voisey , P . M . 1641 ; W . C Claridge , VV . M . 19 G 2 ; VV . Hamblyn , W . M . 1622 ; VV . C . Page , W . M . 1475 ; J . Addington , VV . M . 217 ; R . J . Vincent , W . M . 1 9 G 3 ; F . Hilton , S . W . 1475 ; C . Leeds Smith , J . W . 803 ; A . S . Sandle , J . W . 1599 ; C . R . Williams , J . D . 72 ; T . O . Harding , J . D . 1460 ; T . V . Walker , J . D . 22 ; Brinton , J . D . 1329 ; C F . M . Mund y , S 59 ; B . Parelle-Rocco ,

305 , J . uaner , 1319 ; j . nooicer , losi ; i . acobono , 177 ; VV . Banbery , 217 ; T . O . Davis , 1201 ; P . Preston , IOMJ Sergt .-Major VV . Gowling ( L . R . B ., ) 1962 ; and others . Letters of regret at inability to attend through previous engagements were read from Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec ; Charles Godfrey ( Royal Horse Guards ) .

Hamp , Ex-Superintendent Eccles , Supt . Harris , and other brethren . Lodge having been opened by the . VV . M . the minutes of the last regular meeting and those of an emergency meeting were read and confirmed . The report of the Audit Committee was then received and adopted . This cleared the way for the great event of the evening , and after the

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usual preliminaries Bro . Cowley , P . M ., presented the W . M . elect for the benefit of installation , and in the presence of a Board of Installed Masters numbering 21 Bro . Grummant installedhis successor in the chair of K . S . with all due rite and ceremony . The brethren having saluted the newly-installed VV . M ., he then proceeded to invest his officers as follows : Bros . Thomas Grummant , I . P . M . ; the Rev . J . Sturdee ,

S . W . ; Giovanni Bertini , J . VV . ; Eugene H " . Thiellay , P . M ., Prov . G . S . B . Middx ., Treas . ; Ernest E . Smith , P . M ., Sec . ; Carlo Grassi , S . D . ; Frederick Cash , J . D . ; Alfred Priest , I . G . ; Charles Westall , Org . ; J . Graham , D . C . ; John Hermann Meyer , C . S . ; George E . Court , W . S . ; j . North , A . W . S . ; and A . B . Church , Tyler . The ceremony of installation was worked throughout laultlessly

by the outgoing VV . M ., who was presented with a Past Master ' s jewel of the value of 12 guineas , the W . M . accompanying the presentation with some appropriate observations . 'The banner of the new VV . M . is particularly handsome , and was the work of Bro . George Kenning , of Little Britain . The groundwork is Masonic blue , bordered with blue and white cords and tassels . Coat of arms : per fesse indented

gold and argent , six ileur-de-lys counterchanged ; crest : an eagle ' s ieg erased , encircled with a serpent proper ; motto : " Ne m ' oubliez . " This makes the fourth banner now in the New Cross Lodge . At the termination of Masonic business the lodge was closed and the brethren to the number of 57 sat down to a banquet at the Ministerial table in the Grand Saloon . After the lengthy and elaborate menu had been run through and grace said , the customary preliminary toasts were done

justice to . Bro . T . Grummant , I . P . M ., having assumed the gavel , proposed " The Health of the Worshipful Master . " He said from the time he joined the lodge up to that moment he had been a careful observer of Bro . Henton ' s zeal in Freemasonry , and he saw that thenearerhe ( Bro . Henton ) approached the chair the more assiduous he became ;

indeed , he happened to know that for some months past Bro . Henton had been working up the ceremonies with a view to discharging his duty as W . M . in a creditable manner , and now that they had him in the chair he ( Bro . Grummant ) would guarantee that the work of the lodge would be done in a thoroughly sound and perfect manner . 'Ihe toast was received with vigorous fire , and the

Worshipful Master in reply said if he failed to express his thanks to the brethren in a very lengthy and eloquent speech they must bear with him , because he felt somewhat strange in the exalted position in which he had but just found himself , and also because he could not boast the oratorical ability of most of the distinguished brethren he saw around him . As the oldest initiate of the lodge , and one

who had seldom missed a meeting , he had worked his way up through the various offices ; and although at one time he feared that he would never reach the chair of VV . M ., patience and perseverance had triumphed in the end . He now saw that those fears had been ill-founded . The responsibilities of the office he knew to be very great , but , having had a brilliant example set him by his predecessor , felt

convinced that , with the aid of the G . A . O . T . U . and the assistance of his Past Masters and officers , he should be equal to the occasion . At any rate , when at the termination of his year of office he yielded up his charge to his successor , he assured the brethren that the warrant which had been entrusted to his charge should be handed to that successor , whoever he might be , pure and unsullied .

'The Worshipful Master then proposed' The Health of the Visitors , " paying especial compliment to the Masonic abilities of Bros . Binnie , Major Reid , Neville Green , Bumstead , C . Leeds-Smith ( who had travelled many miles to London in order to attend this meeting ) , andC . F . M . Mundy . In repl y Bros . Hanilyn , Binnie , VV . C . Claridge ( on behalf of the members of the London Rifle Brigade who were

present ) , Brinton , and C . F . M . Mundy each addressed the brethren . The Worshipful Master then proposed "The Health of the Installing Master , Bro . Grummant . " The brethren had heard for themselves how admirably the ceremony had been rendered , and he ( the VV . M . ) should never forget the great pleasure that Bro . Grummant had given him while he was being installed into the chair of K . S . He took this

opportunity of presenting to Bro . Grummant , in the name of the members of the New Cross Lodge , a Past Master ' s jewel , which he trusted he would be spared to wear for years and years to come . Bro . Grummant , who was well received , made a suitable reply . To the toast of " The Past Masters " Bro . Cowley replied , and Bro . E . H . Thiellay , P . M ., P . Z ., P . G . S . B .

Middx ., acknowledged the compliment in response to "The Secretary and Treasurer . " In giving " The Officers of the New Cross Lodge " the Worshipful Master complimented them individually on their abilities and expressed the confidence he placed in them . Bros . Sturdee , the Rev . S . W . ; G . E . Court , W . S . ; and C . Westall , Org ., responded , and the Tyler ' s toast closed the list . The musical arrangements were in the hands of Bro .

Chas . Westall , and the vocal talent of the lodge was fairly tested , Bros . G . E . Court , Grassi , Bertini , Meyer , and Neville giving the company a taste of their quality . Bro . Bumstead's recitation was as usual highly appreciated , and it was considerably after eleven o ' clock when the brethren broke up and the London division made a hasty retreat to the railway station , after spending one of the most agreeable and successful evenings recorded in the annals of 1559 .

LODGE OF LOYALTY ( No . 1607 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held on Saturday at the London Tavern , Fenchurch-street , under the presidency of Bro . Fredk . Carr , W . M . The officers present were Bros . C . H . Webb , P . M ., as S . W . ; H . Brown , Treas ., J . Newton , Sec . ; VV . Canton , S . l ) . ; Jas . R . Large , J . D . ; A . J . Clark , D . of C . ; R . S . Cushing , I . G . ; and Thomas Jones , P . M . Visitors : Bros . Wm . Antill , 720 ; Robt . H .

Halford , 15 S 0 , P . P . G . S . D . Herts ; H . VV . Humphreys , 163 S ; J . VV . Taylor , VV . M . 7 S ; Henry Jay , 174 ; Henry Weld , A . D . C 1539 ; R- H . Harland , Sec . 1716 ; E . Bacon , S 07 ; T . j . Maidwell , P . M . 27 ; and H . Massey , P . M . G 19 and 192 S ( Freemason ) . Bros . Harrison and Hodgson were raised to the Third Degree , and Mr . Charles Knifton and Mr . VV . Wythe were initiated , the work being done in splendid style . The VV . M . presented the lodge with a set of gauntlets for the Master and Wardens , and on the motion of Bro . H .