Provincial Grand Lodge Of Buckinghamshire.

Bros . J . J . SIMCOX , P . P . G . Org ., and BLISS , P . P . G . W ., acknowledged the toast , after which the PROV . G . MASTER gave "The Health of the Musical Brethren—Bros . Clapshaw , P . P . G . Org ., Percy Coward , Malcolm Boyle , Wilfred Keaton , and Bertram Mills . " Bros . CLAPSHAW and COWARD suitably responded , and the proceedings , which had been of a very pleasant nature , were then closed with the Tyler ' s toast .

Another List Of Lodges.

ANOTHER LIST OF LODGES .

To obtain a new list of lodges of last century is a difficult matter , but another has just come into my possession in a volume entitled " The Chearful Companion ; or Songster ' s Pocket Book . " . ... " A new edition , with considerable additions , Particularly the Songs sung at the Public Gardens last Summer . . . . London : Printed for G . Kearsly , No . i , Ludgate Street , MDCCLXIX " [ 1 7 69 ] " Price 3 s . bound . "

The list occupies pp . 341-355 inclusive at the end of the volume , and is entitled " An exact List of all the Lodges of Free Masons , under the Authority of the Grand-Master of England , with the Days of Forming in each Month . " It is upon the same lines as , and was evidently corrected from , the list published in Scott ' s Pocket Companion of 1764 , the above words in italics ( mine ) , " of Free Masons , " being added in this later volume .

The principal variations in the two lists are the following : Under "First Monday" Scott" gives Boar ' s-head , Eastcheap , " which Kearsly omits ; the lodge referred to , then No . 82 , met at that place on the first and third Mondays , * but as Kearsly notes the " Boar ' s-head , Eastcheap , " under the third Monday , the omission under first Monday may have been accidental .

Under the first and third Wednesdays Kearsly has " King ' s Arm ** , New Bond Street , " which was the place of meeting of the lodge , then No . 7 , which altered its days of meeting from the second and last Thursdays to the first and third Wednesdays . Scott gives them correctly on the Thursdays in 1763 , but , curiously enough , Kearsly puts the Iodge under both second and last Thursdays and the first and third Wednesdays , the latter , of course , being then only correct ( 1765 ) .

Under " Second Monday " Kearsly gives the " Feathers , Cheapside , late the Mourning Bush , " at which latter place the lodge , No . 13 , met on the second and fourth Fridays . On going to the Feathers , Cheapside , the days of meeting were , according to the Engraved List of 1765 , altered to the second and fourth Mondays . On the same " Second Monday " Scott notes a lodge ( which was No . 60 ) , meeting at the " Standard , Leicester fields , " in 1763 . Kearsly gives it at the "Rainbow , Fieet-street . " The Engraved List shows that the lodge met at the latter place in 1764 and 17 ( 15 .

Under " Second Friday , " Kearsly has "The Crown , Eist Smithfield . " This referred to Lodge No . 12 , which , according to Scott , met at the " Anchor and Hope Aldgate Ward Coffee House , Leadenhall Street , " and is so noted by Kearsly also . Thc lodge moved to the " Three Crowns , East Smithfield , " in 1765 , which year I assign as the date of Kearsly ' s List .

There are numerous typographical errors | and peculiarities in Scott that are perpetuated by Kearsly ; amongst them is "Sui , Newton Abbot , Dorset , " which , of course , should be Devon . Lodge Nj . 279 Scott places " on Board his Majesty ' s ship Prince at Plymouth , " while Kearsly only says "On Board his Majesty ' s ship at Plymouth , " the fact being that the lodge was removed from the Prince to " H . M . S . Guadaloupe , " in 176 4 .

The contents of the volume are varied , but chiefly consist of amorous and sentimental songs . Its title-page says it contains " The most approved Songs , Odes , Cantatas , kc . in the English Language , Including Love , Pastoral , Hunting , Seafaring , Jovial , and several favourite old Songs ; select Airs from Operas , Comedies , and Musxat Entertainments : all the favourite Songs , which are sung in the several Lodges of Freemasons , Albions ,

Antigallicans , Bucks , Choice Spirits , and the principal Societies within the cities and liberties of London and Westminster . A large collection of celebrated Toasts , Sentiments , kc . with a List of the regular Lodges under the authority of the Grand Master of England ; also their days of forming in each month . To which are added , Concise Instructions for Singing in Company . " J NO . LANE . Torquay , July 8 ih .

Summer Outing Of The Leopold Lodge, No. 1571.

SUMMER OUTING OF THE LEOPOLD LODGE , No . 1571 .

Favoured with delightful weather the members of the above lodge , with their ladies and friends , assembled at Paddington on Tuesday , the Sth inst ., travelling by the 9 . 32 Great Western Railway train to Reading , where a commodious steam launch was in readiness to take the party to Great Marlow , consisting of the following : Bro . John Hampson , W . M ., and Mrs . Hampson ; Bro . H . T . Meadows , LP . M . * , Miss Mortimore ; Bro . W . Carey , P . M ., Treas . ; Bro . E . J . Morgan , P . M .,

Sec , and Mrs . Morgan ; Bro . Arthur Watts , P . M ., and Mrs . Watts ; Bro . W . T . Johns , P . M . ; Bro . F . P . Langford and Mrs . Langford ; Bro . C . M . Morris , S . D ., and Mrs . Morris ; Bro . Percy Leach , J . D . ; Bro . George Hall , I . G ., Mrs . and Miss Hall ; Bro . R . Lee , Stwd ., and Mrs . Lee ; Bro . C . J . Grove , P . M ., Mrs . and Miss Grove ; Miss Schulz ; Mr . and Mrs . W . Pain ; Mr . and Mrs . Geo . Pain ; Mr . Briton ; Mrs . Jackson ; Bro . Eddie and Mrs . Eddie ; Bro . Brown and Miss Brown ; Mr . and Mrs . L . Rivers ; Mr . and Mrs . Gabell ; Mrs . Bennett ;

Mr . and Mrs . Cormack ; Mr . Carter ; Bro . J . Barnes and Mrs . Barnes ; Mr . and Mrs . Anson and Mr . Anson , jun . ; Mr . and Mrs . James Durell ; Mr . and Mrs . Joseph Durell ; Bro . Miller and Mrs . Miller ; Mr . and Mrs . Rentall , Mrs . Young , Mrs . Simmonds ; Bro . Down ; Bro . Saunion and Mdlle . A . Chaigneaud ; Bro . J . McKenzie and Miss McKenzie ; Bro . Stevenson and Mrs . Stevenson ; Bro . Brook and Mrs . Brook ; Bro . Mumford and Mrs . Mumford ; Mr . and Mrs . Lattimer ; and others .

Marlow , after a most enjoyable trip , was reached a little after 2 o'clock , the company repairing to the Crown Hotel where dinner was served , the proprietor , Bro . Cole , giving every satisfaction in the catering arrangements . The toast list , reduced to as small a compass as possible , was subsequently proceeded with . Bro . J - HAMPSOX . W . M ., being heartily greeted on rising to propose " The Queen and the Craft . " A warm tribute to the magnificent reign of her Majesty , culminating in the recent Jubilee celebrations was paid by the W . M-

Summer Outing Of The Leopold Lodge, No. 1571.

to the Sovereign , Bro . Hampson not forgetting to remind the company of the interest the Queen had talcen throughout her reign in the Craft as the daughter and mother of eminent Freemasons . "The Most Worshipful Grand Master , his Royal Highness the Prince of . Wales , " next claimed attention , the W . M . speaking in high praise of the benefits accrued to the Craft from the Prince of Wales ' s connection with Freemasonry . Those who , with the W . M ., had the pleasure of being present last month at the .

Royal Albert Hall meeting , 011 the occasion of the Freemasons' address to the Throne , presided over by the Heir Apparent as Grand Master , would never forget that soul-stirring sight , and he echoed the sentiment of all the company present in hoping that his Royal Highness might long be spared to preside over the Craft with that grace and charm which had distinguished the Prince of Wales ' s Grand Mastership . The toast of " The Ladies" was entrusted to Bro . EDMUND J . MORGAN * , P . M ., Sec , who was glad once again to have the privilege of proposing a toast not very

frequently honoured in Freemasonry , but one which he was glad to think was becoming a hardy annual in connection with the Leopold Lodge . The members of that Iodge had come to the conclusion that if they could not invite the ladies to their regular lodge meetings , they could at least once a year ask them to participate with them in their ladies' night and summer outing , and thereby add a charm to their proceedings which was sadly wanting at their matter-of-fact and business meetings . It had been said by more than onc Mrs . Caudle that

Freemasons were too wrapped up in their own pleasures and enjoyments , and were forget * ful of the claims of the ladies upon them . That was an unfounded charge , and he appealed to the ladies who had been present at the ladies' nights and summer outings for the past four years to bear him out when he said that they were not unmindful of the duties they owed to those , without whose genial presence life would lose most of its charm . Poets in all ages had sung their praises . Milton , in depicting our first mother Eve , God ' s best gift to man , had beautifully

sung" Under His forming hand a creature grew , Man-like , but different sex . So lovely fair , That what seemed fair in all the world Seemed now mean , in her summed up , in her contained , And in her looks , which from that time Infused sweetness into my heart unfelt before . On she came , led by her Heavenly Maker , tho' unseen and guided by His

; Grace was in all her steps ; Heaven in her eye * , In every gesture dignity and love . " While , coming to more recent times , Beresford , in expatiating on the qualities of woman , had

said" There is a bud in life ' s dark wilderness Whose beauties charm , whose fragrance soothes distress ; There is a beam in Life ' s o ' er clouded sky Which gilds the starting tears it cannot dry . That flower , that lonely beam , in Eden ' s grove Shed the full sweets and heavenly light of love . Alas ! that aught so fair , should lead astray

Man s wavering feet from duty ' s thornless way . Yet lovely woman ; yet thy winning smile , That caused our cares , can every care beguile ; And thy soft hand amid thc maze of ill , Can rear one blissful bower of Eden still . Yes , thou hast charms which time may not dispel , Whose deathless bloom shall glow where angels dwell ;

Thy pitying tear in joy shall melt away , Like morn ' s bright dew , beneath the solar ray , Thy warm and generous faith , thy patience meek , Which plants a smile where pain despoils the cheek . The balm which nature mingles here belo . v , To mitigate the cup of earthly woe ;

These shall remain when sorrow ' s self is dead , When sex decays and passion ' s stain is fled . " With those beautiful sentiments before them , he ( Bro . Morgan ) could bespeak a hearty reception to the toast of the ladies , to whom he extended , on behalf of the lodge , a very sincere welcome , and trusted the members of the Leopold Lodge might have the pleasure of their company on many future occasions .

Bro . PERCY LEACH , J . D ., in a humorous and felicitous speech , replied for the ladies , acknowledging that they had fully deserved all that had been said by the proposer of the toast . Great poets had sung , were singing , and would sing the praises of the fair sex ; but not all their sweet songs half represented the subtle charms of sweet women ' s influence , and he was proud to be their champion on the present occasion . Although he felt unequal to the task of replying to so

important a toast , he felt sure that , while regretting the absence of the ladies from their lodge meetings , barred , unfortunately for them , by the Constitutions of Freemasonry , they , the members of the Leopold Lodge , were , in some measure , compensated in the presence of the ladies on such occasions as these , and if they would only continue the ladies' night or summer outing as a standing function , he could promise , on behalf of the ladies , that much would be forgiven them , and that " Caudle ' s curtain " would hang but lightly over the domestic scene .

Bro . W . CAKEY , P . M ., Treas ., submitted the toast of " The Secretary of the Outing , Bro . F . P . Langford , S . W ., " at the same time paying that brother a high compliment for the admirable arrangements which had been made in connection with the day ' s outing . Everything had been done to render the reunion a pleasant one , and all present felt indebted to Bro . Langford for the time devoted and trouble taken lo ensure such a successful gathering . He sincerely trusted that that would not be the last occasion on which they would similarly meet .

Bro . LANOFOKD thanked the company for their kind reception of the toast . He was glad to think that any effcrts on his part had conduced to the enjoyment of the outing . He had been assisted by an able Committee , who had rendered him every assistance , and he hoped that the ladies would carry away with them pleasant reminiscences ot the day ' s reunion , which could not fail to have a good effect on the future of the Leopold Lodge ,

Last , but not least , "The Worsnipful Master" was given by Bro . H . T . MEADOWS , I . P . M ., who speke in feeling terms of the able manner in which Bro . Hampson had carried out his duties as W . M . Whether in the lodge presiding over its business or as Secretary of the summer outing in 1896 , Bro . Hampson was equal to the occasion and the manner in which he had discharged the latter duties had made the task an easier one for his successor . The toast was very heartily received ,

Bro . HAMPSON returning thanks to the ladies and gentlemen for coming out in such large numbers to support the second summer outing in connection with the Leopold Lodge . Mr . "Photographer" having negotiated the company , the return journey to Windsor was most enjoyable , sweet music being discoursed by the Misses Grove and Brown , Bros . Brown , Barnes , Eddie , Johns , and Mr . Lattimer . Apropos of the Jubilee the party heartily joined in the National Anthem under the shadow of the castle .

Thus ended a day long to be remembered , the thanks of thos ? present being tendered to the Committee consisting of Bros . Hampson , W . M . ; Meadows , l . P . M . j Carey , P . M ., Treas . ; Morgan , P . M ., Sec ; Watts , P . M . ; Langford , J . W . j Morris , S . D . ; Leach , l . D .: Hall , I . C . ; Lee , Stwd . ; and Down .