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that the Institution depended on his exertions , ' they would never require to have a festival , or an appeal like that he ( Bro . Terry ) was then making . The Institution yvould be able to take in every case of distress yvhen it came before them . If every member yvould give his 5 s ., and every lodge its £ 1 or guinea , no appeal would have to be made . Instead of £ 42 , 000 the ) yvould ra ' se £ 50 , 000 or £ 60 , 000 .

Many members who only attended their lodges did not think it worth their while to support the Institutions . He yvas sure Bro . Hobbs would enlist the support of thc brethren of this lodge . Thc practical yvork of Masonry was putting the hand in the pocket , and if the brethren only supported Bro . Hobbs , they would be presenting him with a testimonial of more value than the one he had

that evening . By subsciibing to his list they would be paying a double compliment , one part to Bro . Hobbs , the I . P . M ., and the other to the Institution he represented as Steyvard . He suggested to the brethren that they should remember the peculiar moment they were received into Freemasonry , and tike the opportunity of carrying out the principles they then professed . Now yvas their chance .

Let them give as they would wish others to give to them . A large amount has been subscribed to thc Indian Famine Fund , and there yvas distress in England which yvould require help . Hc asked only for 5 s ., but he hoped the brethren would say the modesty of the Secretaty was great ; take ios . On the 13 th February , 1878 , he hoped it would be his good fortune to announce thc highest

list yet brought in by the Belgrave Lodge . Remember thc lines , " Cast thy bread upon the waters , and you shall find it after many days . " They should also remember that " God loveth a cheerful giver . " ( Cheers . ) Bro . Hobbs , I . P . M ., proposed "The "Health of the W . M . " Bro . Greenwood had been installed in a position which he hoped every brother of the

lodge would endeavour to reach . It yvas thc summit of every Mason ' s ambition to be the Master of his mother lodge . Bro . Greenwood was initiated in thc lodge , and with thc exception of one office had served yvell and truly every office in thc lodge . Hc had served yvith ability and zeal , and now that he had arrived at the chair , he yvould perform the duties of it with the same ability and zeal ,

and proficiency which had distinguished him 111 the other offices . Bro . Greenwood was actuated by the true principles of Freemasonry , and had never been applied to to support . the charities without complying with the request . This showed the man , and the choice the brethren had made in electing him as their Master , was yvorthy of the high position of the lodge . ( Applause ) . The W . M .

replied , and said it was true he had performed the duties of the various minor offices in the lodge from that of J . D . He hoped that yvith the sympathy of the brethren and the help ot the P . M ., he should be able to perform the duties of Master prop : rly . He did not expect to shine like the great luminaries that had gone be-fore him , but he hoped to receive some of the warmth and lustre which yvas inherent

in them . Hc also hoped that when he asked the brethren to subscribe to his list as Bro . Hobbs had asked them to subscribe to his list they would come forward and support him . With res'iect to thc ceremonies be hoped to perform them to the brethren ' s satisfaction . He felt the most enthusiastic gratitude towards Past Master Hester , for the admirable way in which he had performed the installation

ceremony , and all the brethren oyved Bro . Hester a debt of gratitude . The W . M . proposed " Thc P . M . ' s , " and presented Bro . Hobbs with a handsome P . M . ' s jiwcl , a P . M . ' s collar , and silver jewel with an inscription . Without wishing to be egotistical , he could say that his mother lodge would stand out well among the other lodges . From its commencement to the present day its

affairs had been conducted yvith ability , zeal , and honesty of purpose by the P . M . ' s . The I . P . M . had had a very successful year of office , and hc hoped that he ( the W . M . ) would have a similar one . Bro . Hobbs replied . He had endeavoured as far as his ability went to perform his duties properly , anil to uphold the dignity and position of the Belgrave Lodge .

In addition to thanking the brethren for those substantial marks of their recognition of his services , the P . M . jewel , and the collar and jewel , he begged to thank the brethren for the kindness and courtesy they had evinced towards him during his year of office . The toast of " The Officers " was then given , to yvhich the S . W . replied , and the Tyler ' s toast concluded thc proceedings . Ninety-two

brethren sat down to banquet , and among them were thirtyone visitors . Alderman Randall , Grand Treasurer of Oxford , Bros . Cusworth , W . M . 3 ; E . J . Harty , W . M . 1201 ; Louis Beck , W . M . 16 37 ; E . Coste , P . G . D . Kent ; and H . Massey , ( Freemason ) , were < ef the number . A beautiful selection of glees and songs were sung by the British Vocal Quartctt , Bros . Collins , Upston , Kift , and

Tremere . COSMOPOLITAN LODGE ( No . 917 ) . —The brethren of this lodge assembled on Tuesday evening at the Cannon-street Hotel for the installation of the Worshipful Master for the ensuing year . Bro . A . F . Royvley , W . M ., presided , and after the opening business of the lodge had been performed , initiated Messrs . ) ames

Warner and Herman Van Raalte into the Order , and passed Bros . Gerard Toff and George Kcarsey to the Second Degree . The W . M . then installed Bro . Geo . M . Taylor , S . W . and W . M . elect , as Master of the lodge for the year , in the presence of a large Board of Installed Masters . The officers appointed and invested were Bros . La Marque , S . W . ; Abbott , J . W . ; Jones , P . M ., Treasurer ; L . E .

Stean , P . M ., Secretary ; Harris , S . D . ; Van Raalte , J . D . ; Samuel Corke , I . G . * , E . Pitt , D . C ; Corke , P . M ., W . S . ; and Gullock , Tyler . A motion of Bro . Corke , P . M ., was postponed , the lodge having been at work for nearly four hours . Among the visitors present yvere Bros . E . Somers , W . M . 1603 ; J . B . Shackleton , W . M . 11 * 24 ; David Davis , W . M . 141 ; L . E . Stean , - > i 2 ; W . [[ . ' Lee , W . M . 975 ; J . Tinsley , 548 ; J . B . I luniphrey , 1509 ; H . Massey , P . M .

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619 ( Freemason ); and W . F . Poulton , W . M . 1602 . After thc banquet thc toasts were proposed and honoured , but all thc speeches were exceedingly short , the hour having become very late . The W . M . in proposing " Thc I . P . M ., " presented a very handsome P . M . jeyvel to Bro . Royvley , I . P . M ., and congratulated the lodge on having had during last year a W . M . yvhose abilities as a

worker could not be excelled , and yvho having performed all the ceremonies while hc was Master , fitly concluded a pre-eminently successful career by installing his successor in the chair . A brother having conducted himself with great ability was hailed by the lodge yvith the greatest enthusiasm , and Bro . Rowley's year yvould long be remembered by the brethren of the Cosmopolitan Lodge .

Bro . E . Somers , replying for the visitors , said he had experienced much pleasure at this visit to the lodge , and hc had yvitnessed yvith peculiar feelings of satisfaction the working of the I . P . M . Bro . Corke , P . M ., announced that the charity box had produced £ 5 15 s ., which yvould be sent to the brother whose petition to the Lodge of Benevolence had been signed and recommended in open lodge

that evening . Bro . L . Stean , replying for thc P . M . 's , said that the duty of performing the installation ceremony having been entrusted to his hands solely for many years , he felt very proud at finding that another brother had been found capable of taking his place when he should be called away from this earthly scene . He had been 40 years a Mason , and he had devoted himself to teaching

the ceremonies , lectures , and sections in lodges of instruction . It yvas ahvays a pleasure to do so , and it was gratifying to him to find that the fruits of that work were noyv being reaped . The toast of " The Officers " having been proposed , all those brethren responded , and the S . D . stated that the present proud position of the Cosmopolitan Lodge was universally acknowledged by the brethren to be due to Past Master Stean . The brethren shortly afterwards

retired . KENNINGTON LODGE ( No . 1381 ) . —This lodge held the second meeting of its season at thc Surrey Club House , Kennington Oval , on the 6 th inst . The officers present yvere Bros . Higgins , W . M . ; Reeves , S . W . ; Walls , P . G . O . Midx . J . W . ; Page , P . G . S ., P . M . Treasurer , Stuart , P . M . 141 , Secretary , * Kohlcr , S . D . ; Speedy , J . D . ;

Webb , I . G . ; Honeywell , P . M . Dobie , Assist . Organist ; Robinson , D . C ; Marsden , W . S . ; Stokes , A . W . S . ; Drysdale , acting I . P . M . ; and Past Masters , Mann Koch , Gardner , and Pope . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the Secretary reported that hc hail received communications from thc Strong Man and Mount Edgcumbe Lodges to the effect that tyvo

members of thc Kennington Lodge had been respectively raised and passed in those lodges , namely Bros . Higgins , jun ., and Pomcroy . The W . M , with thc assistance of his officers then raised the last-named to thc degree of a M . M ., and initiated Messrs . Pym , Stevenson , and Barry , both ceremonies being carefully performed . Upon the motion cf Bro . Mann , and yvhich was seconded by Bro . Page , in the

absence of Bro . Everett , it yvas unanimously resolved that a Royal Arch Chapter should be attached to No . 1381 , subject to the approval of Grand Chapter . There being no other business before the lodge it was closed , and the members and visitors adjourned to the banquet . Amongst the latter were Bros . Murch , Egyptian Lodge ; Hatton , Robert Burns Lodge ; Constantinides , 1009 ; Barsdorf

1329 ; Urnster , St . Johanis Lodge . Thc customary toasts having been duly honoured , Bro . W . Mann proposed " The Health of thc W . M . In thc course of his speech he stated that Bro . Higgins had been present at every meeting ; that his Masonic capabilities had been fully tested during his occupancy of the chair , anil he ( the speaker ) hoped that there yvould be a continuance of the prosperity

that had hitherto characterised the W . M . ' s term of office . This toast having been warmly received , the W . M . in response said that in consequence of his physical incapacity to speak loudly , he hoped that thc brethren yvould excuse his making a long speech . He hoyvever , wished to say that if he had done his yvork to their satisfaction he yvas very pleased , and in future years hc should look back to

his Mastership of the Kennington Lodge as a very gratifying episode of his Masonic career . " The Initiates " folloyved , . and yvas responded to by Bros . Stevenson , Pym , and Barry , the former brother ' s reply being especially apropos and good . In introducing the toast of " The Visitors " the W . M . stated that he was glad to see them there that evening . He believed that visiting other lodges was very

necessary , because it not only engendered kindly feelings amongst the 'brethren , but it gave them an opportunity of improving and perfecting their Masonic knoyvledgc by studying the various " yvorkings . " This toast yvas acknowledged at length by the five visiting brethren . The next toast yvas " The Past Masters , " and gave Bro . Mann an opportunity of indulging in some very wholesome advice

to the brethren upon the harm often inflicted upon lodges , and consequently in the end detrimental to thc Craft at large , by thc indiscriminate initiation of members . Freemasonry yvas making great progress , and it yvas very gratifying to mark the numbers that daily flocked to the Masonic standard , but he yvished his hearers to understand that thc payment of high fees and subscriptions should

not constitute thc sole qualification for admission ; the social and moral status of the candidates should be thoroughly investigated by the members recommending them . He concluded by thanking the brethren upon behalf of his colleagues and himself for the warm manner in which their healths were always proposed and received . "The Treasurer and Secretary , " followed . Bro . Page , thc

father of the lodge , and who occupies the first-named position , having duly acknowledged thc compliment paid him , begged to be permitted to say a few words yvith respect tc " The Masonic Charities . " He told them that although those valuable institutions were in a flourishing condition , yet in consequence of the great groyvth of the Craft the applications for the benefits of thc charities far exceeded

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the accommodation and means at the disposal of the governors . The " Kennington " since its foundation had not forgotten the claims of Masonic charity , but he hoped that they would in future strive to do a great deal more especially as their funds were in a flourishing condition '

Bro . Stuart , Secretary , having also replied , the toast ol " The Officers " folloyved , and was acknowledged by Bros . Reeves , Walls , Webb , and Robinson . During the proceedings Bros . Honeywell , Reeves , Barry , and others , instrumentally and otherwise entertained the brethren .

EARL OF CARNARVON LODGE ( No . 1642 ) . —This lodge , which yvas consecrated twelve months ago , held its installation meeting on Thursday week , at the Ladbroke Hall Notting Hill , Bro . William Joseph Murlis , W . M ., presiding . The work of the lodge during its year of existence has been very great , many brethren having been introduced into the Order through its instrumentality

and thc chanties of thc Order having benefitted considerably by its establishment . Its prosperity still appears to be on the increase , and its usefulness in a fair yvay of being maintained . Like many other lodges now working it has no yvork but the installation on installation day , and also like other successful lodges it had a large number of visitors to witness the ceremony . Among these were Bros .

J . Grunebaum , P . M . 1017 ; E . P . Albert , P . G . P ., P . M . 188 ; C . S . Mallette , 655 ; J . E . Carpenter , P . M . 284 ; J . S . Aelkins , 733 ; H . Stuart , 780 ; F . Pendered , P . M . 33 ; j . Robbins , D . D ., W . M . 16 35 ; E . K . Kendall , 1635 ; E . Barge , P . M . 167 ; L . Bryett , P . M . 209 * , W . Handora , P . M . ; E . C . Woodward , W . M . 1637 ; I . Dosell , P . P . G . D . Surrey ; T . B . Linscott , 33 ; T . Fenn , P . G . D . ; E . J . Cave

A . Hendrik , J . Empson , T . D . Spurgin , 1365 ; J . C . Hambledon , 1319 ; John Boyd , P . G . P ., P . G . S . ; J . H . Pearson , Elliot , 1 * 56 * 7 ; J . H . Webb , 834 * . *' ¦ A - Philbrick , P . G . D . ; J . Teny , Sec . R . M . B . I . ; * M . Spiegel , 188 ; A . McMillan , 1365 ; John High , 1365 ; W . F . Savage , P . M . 1425 ; J . E . Walford , 1489 ; T . Cubitt , P . G . P . ; J . S . Badkin , W . M . 136 *;; H . Massey ,

P . M . 619 ( Freemason ) . The musical brethren were Bros . George Musgrave , Arthur Thomas , Edwin Moss , and Burgess Perry , thc Masonic quartctt . Bio . George Penn , S . W ., and W . M . elect , yvas installed as Master of the lodge . The ceremony of consecration yvas ably performed by Bro . William Stephens , P . M ., Clapton and Marquess of Ripon Lodges , and after the installation the W . M . appointed as

his officers Bros . W . J . Murlis , I . P . M . and Sec . ; S . H . Parkhouse , S . W . ; W . Gordon , M . P ., J . W ; W . Stephen , Treasurer , F . Clench , S . D . ; E . M . Lander , J . D . ; S . Smout , I . G . ; P , F . Delevanti , Organist ; R . Schofield , Tyler ; S . Smout , and T . C . Swift , Steyvards . Letters of apology fejr inability to attend were received from Lord Carnarvon , Dr . Erasmus Wilson , Sir Albert Woods , Hyde Pullen , Colonel

Radcliffe , John D . Allcroft , Bros . Buss , Rev . —Robinson , Dr . Ray , Bio . Wilmot , Grabham , Dr . Jabez Hogg , the Hon . E . Curzon , OE . J . Mclntyre , Q . C ; and the Rev . — Reade . Lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet . When the toasts were proposed , Bro . Hervey , in replying for " The Deputy Grand Master and Grand Officers , " said he was much surprised at what the lodge

had done in a short twelvemonth , and one of the proofs of the great success of the lodge was thc large number of members and visitors yvho yvere round the hospitable board that evening , among yvhom yvere many members of the liberal professions , yvho were well known in the particular localities in which they resided , and to whom Masons might look up , as an example of what Masons must and

ought to be . He congratulated the lodge on wh at it had achieved . That it yvould be exceeded in the comi ng year was not to be expected ; but reliance might be placed on the position of the lodge being maintained , and he felt much pride in being associated with the lodge as one of its members . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , G . C , P . G . D ., also expressed his delight at seeing the lodge so prosperous ,

and he earnestly hoped that that prosperity yvould continue . The career of the lodge had been marked by thc practice of true Masonic principles ; by its firmness and unity , its thorough bond of brotherhood . In Masonry , as in all other human organisations , great though they might be , and eternal as were the principles on yvhich it was founded , prosperity had its dangers as yvell as adversity . In

adversity we yvere drayvn together ; had to fight the fight together ; put our shoulders to the wheel ; to sink our minor differences . In adversity , therefore , the bond became stronger . In prosperity the sun smiled about us ; the bond got a little weaker , and there did not seem the same necessity for effort . Now the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge had no past to live upon . But it had success and

youth on its side , and youth bespoke energy , and he yvas sure it would bespeak thoroughly good yvorking , and a thorough maintenance of the true Masonic principles which made any lodge , young or old , ancient or modern , a true exponent of the principles of the Craft . He was glad to see coming on to office brethren of position , among them being Bro . Gordon , M . P ., the J . W . With such prospects

from their short past , and with such an augury of the lodge ' s future , the lodge must " go on prospering * and to prosper . " Bro . W . J . Murlis , I . P . M ., proposed " The Health of thc W . M ., " to yvhich Bro . Penn replied , and said he felt very deeply the honour the brethren had done him in placing him in the chair . Bro . Fenn , P . G . D ., responded for " The Visitors . " The W . M . in proposing

, " The Health ofthe I . P . M ., " said that the brethren desired to express their appreciation of the energy be had used on behalf of the lodge during his very heavy year of office . They felt deeply indebted to him , and they therefore presented him with a Past Master ' s jeyvel and a testimonial . Bro . W . Stephens then handed to Bro . Murlis a

testimonial in illuminated writing , on vellum , framed and g la / e'd , in the following terms : — " Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No-1642 . Presented , together with a Past Master ' s jewel , to Bro . W . J . Murlis , by the brethren of the above lod ge , as a mark of the high esteem in which he is held by them , and in recognition of the valuable services he has rendered