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xvere several times interrupted by expressions of strongapprobation by the brethren . The Worshipful Alaster next said that as this xvas the birthday of the AI . VV . the G . AL , he thought it xvould be a brotherly act to send him a telegram to Sandringham congratulating him on the recurrence of the day . The brethren having expressed approval a telegram xx'as
sent , and late in the evening the following telegram xvas received in reply : — " Sandringham , 10 . 35 P-m . From Prince of Wales to Worshipful Master of Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , London . I thank you sincerely foryour kindcongratulations and good xvishes . " The brethren at the completion of the xvork closed the lodge and adjourned to banquet . The Worshipful Alaster
proposed the first three toasts . Replying to the toast of his health , proposed by Bro . Ferguson , " P . Af .,. the W . AI . said he xvas proud of the lodge being in so flourishing a condition , and that the working xvas so admirable . The banquet also xvas such as to give satisfaction to the brethren . He desired that the lodge should go on prospering and that the prestige of
the Craft should go on increasing under the auspices of the different W . Ms . Bros . Haines and Torriani replied for "The Initiates . " Bro . Ayling , W . AI . 975 , in responding for the toast of "The Visitors" said it afforded him a great deal of p leasure on this his maiden visit to see the xvork and the hospitality of the lodge at so high a pitch . The lodge
must be proud to have a brother to preside over it as the W . AL had that evening . Bro . Foulger , P . AI ., as one of the respondents to the toast of " The Past Alasters , " said circumstances over which he had no control had prevented his coming to the lodge of late years ; but he xvas glad to come and find it flourishing under able Alasters and Past Masters . On the
present occasion he xvould not have been absent on any account , seeing that they had done honour to the Domatic Lodge in doing honour to the Treasurer . That brother had served the lodge xvell as Master and as Treasurer . As Treasurer he had not neglected their banquets . He xvas a large-hearted man , and he ( Bro . Foulger ) xvas proud to have met him and to have knoxvn him many years . He felt
it strongly , and he xvas glad to see xvhat the lodge had done for Bro . Everett that night . He knexv that Bro . Everett was proud to he Treasurer of the lodge , and he also knexv that Bro . Everett xvas proud of xvhat the lodge had done for him in acknoxvledgment of his services . Those services had been truly and xvell done , and he only hoped Bro . Everett would live long to enjoy the satisfaction derivable from such
a representation as had been made . He never knexv a more true-hearted Alason than Bro . Everett , xvho xvas anxious to support all the Charities and everything else in Alasonry . Mrs . Everett xvas of the same stamp ; she xvas Alasonic in spirit as her husband xvas . Bro . Everett xvas a promoter of lodges , and had noxv got a xvarrant for another ( the Chisxvick ) , xvith xvhich he xvished him hearty
success , and his son as well , xvho xvould follow the example of his father wherever he went . The Worshipful Alaster next gave " The Treasurer and Secretary , " and said that after Bro . Foulger ' s remarks no further comment of his about the Treasurer xvere necessary . As to the Secretary , Bro . Alorris , he had performed his duties equally xvell . r % .. _ f t ? 11 . o IXT ^ nnMnnj : «» .... Tv .... < -........ — : J t . — 13 «!
rO . xj . J ^ VCICLL , L ..., icapuiiuiiJ } . aa AICIUUICI , Sdlu lie should content himself by stating that he xvas proud and pleased to say that the lodge xvas in a state of prosperity , and everything as far as its finances xvas concerned xvas in a most satisfactory condition . Personally , he was afraid the honour paid to him had been a little overdone that night , and that the visitors had made too much of him ; but it xvould a red-letter day in his existence , and he
thanked one and all for the very hearty kindness they had displayed to him . So long as he could give them satisfaction he should do everything that lay in his poxver to promote the happiness and prosperity of the Domatic Lodge . Bro . Alorris , P . M ., Sec , also replied .
In giving the toast of "The Officers the Worshipful Master said that the officers of this lodge were so determined to perform their duties that one of them ( Bro . Montague ) had refused an invitation to the Lord Mayor's banquet because it xvould have interfered xvith his duties to the lodge . At the conclusion of the toasts the brethren separated .
CAPPER LODGE ( No . 1076 ) . —The installation meeting of the above lodge took place on Thursday , the Sth inst ., at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street , City , and xvas a most successful and pleasant exhibition of true Masonry , some Go members and friends attending to see Bro . VV . Dorton , S . W . and W . AI . elect , passed to the chair of K . S ., to which position he had been unanimously elected ,
and xve must say that a better selection could not have been made , for our esteemed brother , a Alason of some nine years' standing , proved himself not only in the investiture of his officers , but in his post-prandial speeches , xvell xvorthy to folloxv the illustrious roll of Alasters of this important and successful lodge . The lodge xvas opened by Bro . F . Bryan , P . M .,
officiating for the I . P . AI ., Bro . Jas . Mitchell , xvho has been suffering for some months past through illness , but xvho , xve xvere pleased to see , xvas sufficiently recovered to be present . The minutes of thc last meeting having been confirmed , Uros . Taylor , Yates , and White xvere raised , txvo being raised by Bro . Bryan and one by Bro . Jf . Dorton , P . AI ., Treas ., and wc have 110 hesitation in saying that during a
long experience of xvorking nothing could exceed the perfcclness of that of the Principals on the occasion under notice . Bro . VV . Taplay , P . AI ., then introduced the W . AL eject , Bro . VV . Dorton , to the installing officer , Bro . F . ^ ryan , and the grand ceremony of installation under his hands xvas admirably carried out , the charges and addresses peine , a mnsterniem of force , feelinrr . and elocution . The
following officers xvere appointed forthe ensuing year : Bros , w . Ncvin , S . W . ; A . R . Alason , J . W . ; J . Dorton , P . AL , J teas . ; J . Pitt , Sec ; R . Brown , S . D . ; VV . Harris , J * 'A VV . Watkins , I . G . ; C . D . Mears , D . C ; T . fencer and W . Temple , VV . Ss . ; AI . Shenvin , Org . ; and W . Pace , P . M ., Tvlcr . The perfect manner in xvhich tie
W . M . invested his officers and the eloquent but terse sentences he employed in so doing were generally com'" enfed on , not a single hesitation or falter making his delivery of the , not by any means unimportant , addresses necessary to the occasion . A petition from the wife of a Past officer of the lodge for a nomination of the daughter of ners for the Girls' School xvas adopted . 1 he lod ge xvas then closed and the brethren adjourned
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to the large banqueting room xvhere the nexvly appointed Wine Stexvards xvere indefatigable in catering to the wants and xvishes of both visitors and brethren . In addition to those above enumerated the folloxving brethren sat doxvn to the tables : Bros . E . West , P . AL , P . P . G . P . Herts ; A . ] . Manning , P . M . 1472 , and P . G . S . D . Essex ; VV . E . Hollingham . 'P . AI . 77 , and P . P . G . S . D . Kent ; "J . Gaskell , P . AL ; Holliday , P . AL ; A . Knox , P . AL ; P . " McCarthy ,
P . M . ; J . T . K . Job , I . P . M . ; C . Benjamin , P . M . 17 G 6 ; T . Day , P . AI . ; G . F . Dix , P . M . 1421 ; G . H . Stephens , S . W . 1 G 23 ; C . T . Lexvis , S . W . 1472 ; A . Ives , J . W . 1472 ; A . Higgerty , S . D . 1044 ; J . Hades , 1 CS 3 ; T . Farnham , S 13 ; S . Price , 1 S 16 ; T . Dutton , 554 ; G . Robinson , 58 ; W . R . Bunning , 454 ; B . Dale , G . W . Parkhurst , J . Headwell , C . Brien ^ W . AL Taylor , T . Yates , Al . Callcott , W . L .
Croxv , C . R . Sayers , J . Mansall , T . S . Green , R . G . Smith , J . T . Simpson , H . J . Pearson , B . J . Johnson , Broxvn , sen ., Broxvn , jun ., C . Jolly , 913 ( Freemason ); and others . The banquet having been discussed , the W . AL gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts in eloquent terms , and a verse of " God save the Queen " and " God bless the Prince of VVales" folloxved the txvo first and most
important ones . Bro . Mitchell , LP . M ., then rose to propose the toast of " The W . AL" He said they had in Bro . Dorton one of the ablest of all the Alasters xvho had hitherto ruled over the destinies of the Capper Lodge , and he asked them to drink the toast heartily . The Worshipful Alaster in rising to respond xvas met xvith reiterated applause . He said he thanked them for
the demonstrative cordiality with xvhich they had received him . The position he held that night xvas one he xvas very proud of—it xvas one that any one might be proud of . lt xvas noxv some nine or ten years ago that he xvas initiated in the Capper Lodge , and in that time what vast strides had they made , especially in the cause of Charity . By the institution of a Benevolent Fund they were noxv Vice-Presidents of txvo of the Alasonic Charities , " The Old
Men and Old Women , having paid 50 guineas to each , and xvere in a fair xvay to become a Vice-President of the " Boys , " having paid 50 guineas into that Charity . With all tbat they had a good balance then to shoxv , and , therefore , he . xvas proud to say the lodge xvas in a good and sound position , both as regards the Charities and its finance . For himself they might depend upon it that he should do all in his poxver to enhance the success of the
lodge , and the comfort and harmony of the brethren . In proposing the toast of "The Past Masters " 1 the Worshipful Master said he did so xvith mingled feelings of pleasure and sympathy—sympathy , because of the unfortunate illness of their esteemed I . P . M ., Bro . Mitchell , xvho had been sorely afflicted during the past year , and in xvliich he ( the VV . AI . ) felt they all joined him , and pleasure because of the fact that they still had xvith them a circle of
Past Alasters willing- and able , at a moment ' s notice , to perform the duties of the lodge upon such an emergency as had occured that day , xvhen Bros . Bryan and Dorton had so nobly filled the gap caused by Bro . Mitchell ' s illness . There xvas one pleasing duty connected xvith the toast that he had to perform and that xvas to pin upon the breast of Bro . Mitchell a Past Master ' s jexvel , xvhich had been unanimously voted him by the lodge as a token of their regard and
esteem . He heartily xvished Bro . Mitchell renexved health and strength so as to be able to come among them often and xvear the jexvel , xvhich he could assure him conveyed the best xvishes of every member of the Capper Lodge for his future happiness and prosperity . Bros . Mitchell , Day , and Gaskell responded . Bro . Alanning , in responding for "The Visitors , " paid a
high tribute ot admiration , not only to the installing Officer , Bro . Bryan , but to the admirable state of the charitable fund of the lodge . Bros . Green , Benjamin , Dix , and Hollingham responded . The other toasts xvere " The Alasonic Press ; " " The Officers "; and Tyler ' s toast , xvliich completed the programe of an eminently successful and memorable meeting .
KENNINGTON LODGE ( No . 1381 ) . —This lodge met for the dispatch of business on the 6 th inst ., at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Park , xvhen there xvere in attendance Bros . I . Cockburn , W . AI . ; Appleton , S . W . ; Stranger , J . W . ; W . Alann , P . M ., Treas . ; VV . Stuart , P . AI ., Sec ; Plowman , J . D . ; Meredyth , I . G . ; Feuitlade , VV . S . ; Koch , P . AI . ; George Everett , P . M . ; H . Higgins , P . AL ; T . C . Walls , P . P . G . S . B . Aliddx ., P . AI . ; Kohler .
P . AI . ; W . P . Webb , P . M . ; and others . Among the visitors xvere Bros . Ayling , W . AI . 975 ; Tayler , W . AI , 1624 ; Talent , P . AI . 1 S 6 ; Westley , 1 S 6 ; L . Feuillade , 54 S ; Collett , 54 S ; Smith , jun ., I . P . AI . 1 S 39 ; and G . F . Smith , J . W . 1839 . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . Dennis xvas raised and Bro . Armstrong passed , both the ceremonies being most ably performed by the W . M . Bro . Appleton having been appointed as a
Stexvard to represent the lodge at the next Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution foe Girls , The lodge was closed and the brethren adjourned to the banquet . Upon the removal of the cloth the customary toasts folloxved . "'Ihe Health of the W . AI . " xvas proposed by the I . P . M ., in Vvhich he congratulated him upon his excellent xvorking .
Bro . Cockburn having replied then gave "The Visitors , " coupled xvith the names of Bros . A y ling , Tayler , and Talent . This toast having been drunk xvith acclamation the brethien thus honoured returned thanks . " The Past Alasters , " acknoxvledged by Bro . Webb ; " The Treasurer and Secretary , " responded to by Bros . Mann and Stuart ; and " The Officers , " replied to by Bros . Appleton , Stranger , and others , terminated the proceedings .
EARL OF CARNARVON LODGE ( No . 1642 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge xvas held on the Sth inst . at Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill , Bro . Samuel Smout , jun ., W . AL , presiding . There xvas a large gathering of members of the lodge , and the folloxving visitors xvere present in the course of the evening : Bros . F . G . Baker , R . M . 753 ; C . VV . Keep , I . G . 195 ; Thomas Cubitt , P . P . G . P . ; Samuel Dyer , W . M . 1612 ; W . C . Williams , J . D .
15 S 5 ; Chas . Davey , P . AI . 30 ; David Hughes , S . VV . 901 ; John Hughes , W . M . 901 ; H . Dehane , I . P . M . 1543 , P . P . G . S . D . Essex ; T . Hastings Miller , P . M . 907 , VV . Af . 19 G 4 , P . P . G . O . Aliddlescx ; Canon Holden , XV . Langridge , Treas . 1425 ; Lexvis H . Isaacs , P . M . 873 ; Geo . Davis , P . M . 1 G 7 ; Capt . A . Nicols , W . AI . 1974 ; S . Elborn , P . M . Sii ; J . W . Cuff , P . AI . 160 S ; C . Webster , S . D . 1637 ; Geo . Amos Duke . , 1608 ; R . A . Fraser , I . G . 1567 ; Robt .
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Fairclough , I . P . M . ' 153 ; Sir C . Dilke , S 34 ; W . Huchs , S 34 ; J . Shipley , W . AL 30 ; A . G . Gold , 1 G 15 ; Henry Gold , 1 G 15 ; Henry Walter Gilbey , 25 ; J . Jordan , VV . AI . 4 , Grand Stexvards Lodge ; J . N . Frye , in- ; " ; 1 . 11 . Watson , 1 G 41 ; XV . Weaver , W . M . 123 S ; j . H . Pearson , P . M 15 G 7 ; G . C . Hirding , P . M . _ 2 jS ; G . D . Unite , 55 ; J . M . Jefferson , 1 G 37 ; J . F . C . Bodley , P . P . G . Sec . Oxon ; I . 1 'isher , 733 ; and H . AlasscyP . M . G 19 and 1928
, ( I rec ma son ) . Bro . Richard Truinc xvas passed to thc Second Degree , after xvhich the VV . M . installed Bro . Frederick Charlivood Frye , S . W ., VV . AI . elect , as Master of the lodge , in the performance of xvhich he displayed remarkable ability . The folloxving brethren were appointed to office : Bros . Jas . Bartle , S . W . ; Woodmason , J . VV . ; S . H . Parkhouse , P . M ., Treas . ; W . J . MurlisP . ALSec 5
Buck-, , . land , S . D . ; Wood , J . D . ; thc Rev . P . M . Holden , P . AL , Chaplain ; Crabb , I . G . ; F . Delevanti , Org . ; Lander , P . M ., D . C ; Whitaker , W . S . ; NcxvlanS , A . W . S . ; Hook , A . W . S . ; and Schofield , Tyler . Bro . Smout then delivered the addresses , and xvas xvarmly applauded xvhen he concluded his labours . The Audit Committee ' s report xvas afterwards read and received , and a vote of thanks xvas accorded to the Auditors . A vote of thanks xvas also
given to Bro . Smout , jun ., for so ably installing the VV . AI . Bro . Murlis , P . M ., gave notice of motion that the sum of 50 guineas be given to the Royal Alasonic Institution for Girls , to be placed on the list of the I . P . M . ¦ The Audit Committee afterxvards presented their report , xvhich xvas as usual highl y satisfactory . Lodge was then closed and the brethren adjourned to banquet in the large hall , and honoured the customary toasts . In nroDOsintr
the toast xvhich includes the Grand Officers the W . AL referring to Bro . VV . Stephens , Assist . Grand Purst ., said the brethren xvere all glad to see him present . They knew he had been for some txvo or three years in a very bad state of health , but they hoped lie xvas noxv fully restored and that he xvould long be xvith them as an ornament to the lodge . Bro . Stephens xvas not one of the founders , but he acted as I . P . AI . to the first W . AL , and they xvere very
glad to greet him that evening . Bro . William Stephens , A . G . P ., acknowledged the toast for the Grand Officers , and for himself individually he thanked the brethren very much , because he xx * as alxvays pleased to be associated xvith the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , having knoxvn it from its infancy . At that time he gave advice xvhich n-as received rather unpleasantly at first , but after he had returned to it , knoxving it to he thc truththc
, brethren adopted it and they noxv thanked him . Without disclosing the secrets of the prison house he could say that every member of Grand Lodge endeavoured to do his duty , and he as one of them did the same . At the Quarterly Communication of December next he trusted that all xvho xvere members of Grand Lodge xvould attend because important questions xvere coming up , especially one xvith reference to the Status of Past Alasters . Alembers of this
lodge xvho xvere Past Masters especially xvould be grieved if a Past Alaster of another lod ge became a joining member of this lodge and then ranked as a P . AI . of the lodge without having done a single service to the lodge . If they xvere going to admit P . AIs . of other lodges on that footing it xvould seriously affect all lodges . Referring to xvhat the lodge had done for the Charities , Bro . Stephens said he xvas pleased xvhen he represented the lodge as Stexvard for the GirlsSchool
' , when he took up a good sum . This lodge had given £ 2200 to the Charities , and this xvas much to its honour , xvhich every member xvas trying to keep up . Bro . T . Cubitt , P . G . P ., also replied , and speaking xvith reference to the Earl of Lathom , said at first his lordship xvas not knoxvn much as a Mason in the metropolis , though he xvas noxv ; but haying attended several Alasonic meetings in West Lancashire he found there xvas no name better knoxvn
there ; he was worshipped there , and xvas no ornamental Alason . Bro . S . Smout , jun ., I . P . M ., proposed "The Health of the Worshipful Alaster , " whom he wished a happy and prosperous year of office . The Worshipful Master responding said as to himself and the position the brethren had placed him in , xvhich he xvas . so proud . to occupy , if anything could dispel the diffidence that anyone must naturally feel on assuming so
onerous and important a post , it was that on this , the first occasion of appearing before them as Alaster he had so large a company to greet him . He had met at the hands of the brethren a kind , cordial , and hospitable reception . He looked upon it as a great augury of the future prosperity of the lodge , and it behoved him to entertain a firm conviction , xvhich he thought xvas not misplaced , that every brother would do his best to make his ( the VV . AI . ' s ) year of office
a complete success . When he first heard there xvas to be a lodge started in the neighbourhood of Notting Hill , in which he resided , he determined if possible to become a joining member , and he had never regretted coming among the brethren , because he had alxvays received at the hands of the brethren such kindness and cordiality as shoxved them to be truly Alasons . He had by joining the lodge been able to make a number of kind and sincere
friends . He highly esteemed the fraternal regard and the confidence the brethren had reposed in him and to xvhich he owed his present position . It xvould be his earnest endeavour so to fulfil the duties devolving upon him as to retain the brethren ' s kindness and good feeling . Bro . Jordan in responding to the toast of "Thc Visitors , " complimented the lodge on its success and on what it had done in the cause of Charityand xvas folloxved
, by Bros . Gold , Harding and J . Isaacs . In presenting a handsome Past Alaster's 'jewel to Bro b . Smout , jun ., the W . M . complimented him on the xvay in which he had conducted the business of the lodge during his year of office . Bro . S . Smout , jun ., LP . AL , in reply assured the brethren that what he had done that night , and xvhich seemed to have met with a certain amount of anoroval . xvas nothing
more than his duty as Alaster of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge . When he started on his year he made up his mind to carry out as far as lay in his poxver his duty to the very end . He had done everything he could to carry out that determination , and he xvas extremely pleased to find that it had met xvith the brethren ' s approval . He had to
thank the brethren very much for having presented to him a beautiful Past Alaster ' s jewel , and he should appreciate it as much as anything in his life . The lodge certainly was not the lodge in xvhich he was initiated , but it xvas the lodge in xvhich he first learned what Freemasonry really meant .
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xvere several times interrupted by expressions of strongapprobation by the brethren . The Worshipful Alaster next said that as this xvas the birthday of the AI . VV . the G . AL , he thought it xvould be a brotherly act to send him a telegram to Sandringham congratulating him on the recurrence of the day . The brethren having expressed approval a telegram xx'as
sent , and late in the evening the following telegram xvas received in reply : — " Sandringham , 10 . 35 P-m . From Prince of Wales to Worshipful Master of Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , London . I thank you sincerely foryour kindcongratulations and good xvishes . " The brethren at the completion of the xvork closed the lodge and adjourned to banquet . The Worshipful Alaster
proposed the first three toasts . Replying to the toast of his health , proposed by Bro . Ferguson , " P . Af .,. the W . AI . said he xvas proud of the lodge being in so flourishing a condition , and that the working xvas so admirable . The banquet also xvas such as to give satisfaction to the brethren . He desired that the lodge should go on prospering and that the prestige of
the Craft should go on increasing under the auspices of the different W . Ms . Bros . Haines and Torriani replied for "The Initiates . " Bro . Ayling , W . AI . 975 , in responding for the toast of "The Visitors" said it afforded him a great deal of p leasure on this his maiden visit to see the xvork and the hospitality of the lodge at so high a pitch . The lodge
must be proud to have a brother to preside over it as the W . AL had that evening . Bro . Foulger , P . AI ., as one of the respondents to the toast of " The Past Alasters , " said circumstances over which he had no control had prevented his coming to the lodge of late years ; but he xvas glad to come and find it flourishing under able Alasters and Past Masters . On the
present occasion he xvould not have been absent on any account , seeing that they had done honour to the Domatic Lodge in doing honour to the Treasurer . That brother had served the lodge xvell as Master and as Treasurer . As Treasurer he had not neglected their banquets . He xvas a large-hearted man , and he ( Bro . Foulger ) xvas proud to have met him and to have knoxvn him many years . He felt
it strongly , and he xvas glad to see xvhat the lodge had done for Bro . Everett that night . He knexv that Bro . Everett was proud to he Treasurer of the lodge , and he also knexv that Bro . Everett xvas proud of xvhat the lodge had done for him in acknoxvledgment of his services . Those services had been truly and xvell done , and he only hoped Bro . Everett would live long to enjoy the satisfaction derivable from such
a representation as had been made . He never knexv a more true-hearted Alason than Bro . Everett , xvho xvas anxious to support all the Charities and everything else in Alasonry . Mrs . Everett xvas of the same stamp ; she xvas Alasonic in spirit as her husband xvas . Bro . Everett xvas a promoter of lodges , and had noxv got a xvarrant for another ( the Chisxvick ) , xvith xvhich he xvished him hearty
success , and his son as well , xvho xvould follow the example of his father wherever he went . The Worshipful Alaster next gave " The Treasurer and Secretary , " and said that after Bro . Foulger ' s remarks no further comment of his about the Treasurer xvere necessary . As to the Secretary , Bro . Alorris , he had performed his duties equally xvell . r % .. _ f t ? 11 . o IXT ^ nnMnnj : «» .... Tv .... < -........ — : J t . — 13 «!
rO . xj . J ^ VCICLL , L ..., icapuiiuiiJ } . aa AICIUUICI , Sdlu lie should content himself by stating that he xvas proud and pleased to say that the lodge xvas in a state of prosperity , and everything as far as its finances xvas concerned xvas in a most satisfactory condition . Personally , he was afraid the honour paid to him had been a little overdone that night , and that the visitors had made too much of him ; but it xvould a red-letter day in his existence , and he
thanked one and all for the very hearty kindness they had displayed to him . So long as he could give them satisfaction he should do everything that lay in his poxver to promote the happiness and prosperity of the Domatic Lodge . Bro . Alorris , P . M ., Sec , also replied .
In giving the toast of "The Officers the Worshipful Master said that the officers of this lodge were so determined to perform their duties that one of them ( Bro . Montague ) had refused an invitation to the Lord Mayor's banquet because it xvould have interfered xvith his duties to the lodge . At the conclusion of the toasts the brethren separated .
CAPPER LODGE ( No . 1076 ) . —The installation meeting of the above lodge took place on Thursday , the Sth inst ., at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street , City , and xvas a most successful and pleasant exhibition of true Masonry , some Go members and friends attending to see Bro . VV . Dorton , S . W . and W . AI . elect , passed to the chair of K . S ., to which position he had been unanimously elected ,
and xve must say that a better selection could not have been made , for our esteemed brother , a Alason of some nine years' standing , proved himself not only in the investiture of his officers , but in his post-prandial speeches , xvell xvorthy to folloxv the illustrious roll of Alasters of this important and successful lodge . The lodge xvas opened by Bro . F . Bryan , P . M .,
officiating for the I . P . AI ., Bro . Jas . Mitchell , xvho has been suffering for some months past through illness , but xvho , xve xvere pleased to see , xvas sufficiently recovered to be present . The minutes of thc last meeting having been confirmed , Uros . Taylor , Yates , and White xvere raised , txvo being raised by Bro . Bryan and one by Bro . Jf . Dorton , P . AI ., Treas ., and wc have 110 hesitation in saying that during a
long experience of xvorking nothing could exceed the perfcclness of that of the Principals on the occasion under notice . Bro . VV . Taplay , P . AI ., then introduced the W . AL eject , Bro . VV . Dorton , to the installing officer , Bro . F . ^ ryan , and the grand ceremony of installation under his hands xvas admirably carried out , the charges and addresses peine , a mnsterniem of force , feelinrr . and elocution . The
following officers xvere appointed forthe ensuing year : Bros , w . Ncvin , S . W . ; A . R . Alason , J . W . ; J . Dorton , P . AL , J teas . ; J . Pitt , Sec ; R . Brown , S . D . ; VV . Harris , J * 'A VV . Watkins , I . G . ; C . D . Mears , D . C ; T . fencer and W . Temple , VV . Ss . ; AI . Shenvin , Org . ; and W . Pace , P . M ., Tvlcr . The perfect manner in xvhich tie
W . M . invested his officers and the eloquent but terse sentences he employed in so doing were generally com'" enfed on , not a single hesitation or falter making his delivery of the , not by any means unimportant , addresses necessary to the occasion . A petition from the wife of a Past officer of the lodge for a nomination of the daughter of ners for the Girls' School xvas adopted . 1 he lod ge xvas then closed and the brethren adjourned
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to the large banqueting room xvhere the nexvly appointed Wine Stexvards xvere indefatigable in catering to the wants and xvishes of both visitors and brethren . In addition to those above enumerated the folloxving brethren sat doxvn to the tables : Bros . E . West , P . AL , P . P . G . P . Herts ; A . ] . Manning , P . M . 1472 , and P . G . S . D . Essex ; VV . E . Hollingham . 'P . AI . 77 , and P . P . G . S . D . Kent ; "J . Gaskell , P . AL ; Holliday , P . AL ; A . Knox , P . AL ; P . " McCarthy ,
P . M . ; J . T . K . Job , I . P . M . ; C . Benjamin , P . M . 17 G 6 ; T . Day , P . AI . ; G . F . Dix , P . M . 1421 ; G . H . Stephens , S . W . 1 G 23 ; C . T . Lexvis , S . W . 1472 ; A . Ives , J . W . 1472 ; A . Higgerty , S . D . 1044 ; J . Hades , 1 CS 3 ; T . Farnham , S 13 ; S . Price , 1 S 16 ; T . Dutton , 554 ; G . Robinson , 58 ; W . R . Bunning , 454 ; B . Dale , G . W . Parkhurst , J . Headwell , C . Brien ^ W . AL Taylor , T . Yates , Al . Callcott , W . L .
Croxv , C . R . Sayers , J . Mansall , T . S . Green , R . G . Smith , J . T . Simpson , H . J . Pearson , B . J . Johnson , Broxvn , sen ., Broxvn , jun ., C . Jolly , 913 ( Freemason ); and others . The banquet having been discussed , the W . AL gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts in eloquent terms , and a verse of " God save the Queen " and " God bless the Prince of VVales" folloxved the txvo first and most
important ones . Bro . Mitchell , LP . M ., then rose to propose the toast of " The W . AL" He said they had in Bro . Dorton one of the ablest of all the Alasters xvho had hitherto ruled over the destinies of the Capper Lodge , and he asked them to drink the toast heartily . The Worshipful Alaster in rising to respond xvas met xvith reiterated applause . He said he thanked them for
the demonstrative cordiality with xvhich they had received him . The position he held that night xvas one he xvas very proud of—it xvas one that any one might be proud of . lt xvas noxv some nine or ten years ago that he xvas initiated in the Capper Lodge , and in that time what vast strides had they made , especially in the cause of Charity . By the institution of a Benevolent Fund they were noxv Vice-Presidents of txvo of the Alasonic Charities , " The Old
Men and Old Women , having paid 50 guineas to each , and xvere in a fair xvay to become a Vice-President of the " Boys , " having paid 50 guineas into that Charity . With all tbat they had a good balance then to shoxv , and , therefore , he . xvas proud to say the lodge xvas in a good and sound position , both as regards the Charities and its finance . For himself they might depend upon it that he should do all in his poxver to enhance the success of the
lodge , and the comfort and harmony of the brethren . In proposing the toast of "The Past Masters " 1 the Worshipful Master said he did so xvith mingled feelings of pleasure and sympathy—sympathy , because of the unfortunate illness of their esteemed I . P . M ., Bro . Mitchell , xvho had been sorely afflicted during the past year , and in xvliich he ( the VV . AI . ) felt they all joined him , and pleasure because of the fact that they still had xvith them a circle of
Past Alasters willing- and able , at a moment ' s notice , to perform the duties of the lodge upon such an emergency as had occured that day , xvhen Bros . Bryan and Dorton had so nobly filled the gap caused by Bro . Mitchell ' s illness . There xvas one pleasing duty connected xvith the toast that he had to perform and that xvas to pin upon the breast of Bro . Mitchell a Past Master ' s jexvel , xvhich had been unanimously voted him by the lodge as a token of their regard and
esteem . He heartily xvished Bro . Mitchell renexved health and strength so as to be able to come among them often and xvear the jexvel , xvhich he could assure him conveyed the best xvishes of every member of the Capper Lodge for his future happiness and prosperity . Bros . Mitchell , Day , and Gaskell responded . Bro . Alanning , in responding for "The Visitors , " paid a
high tribute ot admiration , not only to the installing Officer , Bro . Bryan , but to the admirable state of the charitable fund of the lodge . Bros . Green , Benjamin , Dix , and Hollingham responded . The other toasts xvere " The Alasonic Press ; " " The Officers "; and Tyler ' s toast , xvliich completed the programe of an eminently successful and memorable meeting .
KENNINGTON LODGE ( No . 1381 ) . —This lodge met for the dispatch of business on the 6 th inst ., at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Park , xvhen there xvere in attendance Bros . I . Cockburn , W . AI . ; Appleton , S . W . ; Stranger , J . W . ; W . Alann , P . M ., Treas . ; VV . Stuart , P . AI ., Sec ; Plowman , J . D . ; Meredyth , I . G . ; Feuitlade , VV . S . ; Koch , P . AI . ; George Everett , P . M . ; H . Higgins , P . AL ; T . C . Walls , P . P . G . S . B . Aliddx ., P . AI . ; Kohler .
P . AI . ; W . P . Webb , P . M . ; and others . Among the visitors xvere Bros . Ayling , W . AI . 975 ; Tayler , W . AI , 1624 ; Talent , P . AI . 1 S 6 ; Westley , 1 S 6 ; L . Feuillade , 54 S ; Collett , 54 S ; Smith , jun ., I . P . AI . 1 S 39 ; and G . F . Smith , J . W . 1839 . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . Dennis xvas raised and Bro . Armstrong passed , both the ceremonies being most ably performed by the W . M . Bro . Appleton having been appointed as a
Stexvard to represent the lodge at the next Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution foe Girls , The lodge was closed and the brethren adjourned to the banquet . Upon the removal of the cloth the customary toasts folloxved . "'Ihe Health of the W . AI . " xvas proposed by the I . P . M ., in Vvhich he congratulated him upon his excellent xvorking .
Bro . Cockburn having replied then gave "The Visitors , " coupled xvith the names of Bros . A y ling , Tayler , and Talent . This toast having been drunk xvith acclamation the brethien thus honoured returned thanks . " The Past Alasters , " acknoxvledged by Bro . Webb ; " The Treasurer and Secretary , " responded to by Bros . Mann and Stuart ; and " The Officers , " replied to by Bros . Appleton , Stranger , and others , terminated the proceedings .
EARL OF CARNARVON LODGE ( No . 1642 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge xvas held on the Sth inst . at Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill , Bro . Samuel Smout , jun ., W . AL , presiding . There xvas a large gathering of members of the lodge , and the folloxving visitors xvere present in the course of the evening : Bros . F . G . Baker , R . M . 753 ; C . VV . Keep , I . G . 195 ; Thomas Cubitt , P . P . G . P . ; Samuel Dyer , W . M . 1612 ; W . C . Williams , J . D .
15 S 5 ; Chas . Davey , P . AI . 30 ; David Hughes , S . VV . 901 ; John Hughes , W . M . 901 ; H . Dehane , I . P . M . 1543 , P . P . G . S . D . Essex ; T . Hastings Miller , P . M . 907 , VV . Af . 19 G 4 , P . P . G . O . Aliddlescx ; Canon Holden , XV . Langridge , Treas . 1425 ; Lexvis H . Isaacs , P . M . 873 ; Geo . Davis , P . M . 1 G 7 ; Capt . A . Nicols , W . AI . 1974 ; S . Elborn , P . M . Sii ; J . W . Cuff , P . AI . 160 S ; C . Webster , S . D . 1637 ; Geo . Amos Duke . , 1608 ; R . A . Fraser , I . G . 1567 ; Robt .
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Fairclough , I . P . M . ' 153 ; Sir C . Dilke , S 34 ; W . Huchs , S 34 ; J . Shipley , W . AL 30 ; A . G . Gold , 1 G 15 ; Henry Gold , 1 G 15 ; Henry Walter Gilbey , 25 ; J . Jordan , VV . AI . 4 , Grand Stexvards Lodge ; J . N . Frye , in- ; " ; 1 . 11 . Watson , 1 G 41 ; XV . Weaver , W . M . 123 S ; j . H . Pearson , P . M 15 G 7 ; G . C . Hirding , P . M . _ 2 jS ; G . D . Unite , 55 ; J . M . Jefferson , 1 G 37 ; J . F . C . Bodley , P . P . G . Sec . Oxon ; I . 1 'isher , 733 ; and H . AlasscyP . M . G 19 and 1928
, ( I rec ma son ) . Bro . Richard Truinc xvas passed to thc Second Degree , after xvhich the VV . M . installed Bro . Frederick Charlivood Frye , S . W ., VV . AI . elect , as Master of the lodge , in the performance of xvhich he displayed remarkable ability . The folloxving brethren were appointed to office : Bros . Jas . Bartle , S . W . ; Woodmason , J . VV . ; S . H . Parkhouse , P . M ., Treas . ; W . J . MurlisP . ALSec 5
Buck-, , . land , S . D . ; Wood , J . D . ; thc Rev . P . M . Holden , P . AL , Chaplain ; Crabb , I . G . ; F . Delevanti , Org . ; Lander , P . M ., D . C ; Whitaker , W . S . ; NcxvlanS , A . W . S . ; Hook , A . W . S . ; and Schofield , Tyler . Bro . Smout then delivered the addresses , and xvas xvarmly applauded xvhen he concluded his labours . The Audit Committee ' s report xvas afterwards read and received , and a vote of thanks xvas accorded to the Auditors . A vote of thanks xvas also
given to Bro . Smout , jun ., for so ably installing the VV . AI . Bro . Murlis , P . M ., gave notice of motion that the sum of 50 guineas be given to the Royal Alasonic Institution for Girls , to be placed on the list of the I . P . M . ¦ The Audit Committee afterxvards presented their report , xvhich xvas as usual highl y satisfactory . Lodge was then closed and the brethren adjourned to banquet in the large hall , and honoured the customary toasts . In nroDOsintr
the toast xvhich includes the Grand Officers the W . AL referring to Bro . VV . Stephens , Assist . Grand Purst ., said the brethren xvere all glad to see him present . They knew he had been for some txvo or three years in a very bad state of health , but they hoped lie xvas noxv fully restored and that he xvould long be xvith them as an ornament to the lodge . Bro . Stephens xvas not one of the founders , but he acted as I . P . AI . to the first W . AL , and they xvere very
glad to greet him that evening . Bro . William Stephens , A . G . P ., acknowledged the toast for the Grand Officers , and for himself individually he thanked the brethren very much , because he xx * as alxvays pleased to be associated xvith the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , having knoxvn it from its infancy . At that time he gave advice xvhich n-as received rather unpleasantly at first , but after he had returned to it , knoxving it to he thc truththc
, brethren adopted it and they noxv thanked him . Without disclosing the secrets of the prison house he could say that every member of Grand Lodge endeavoured to do his duty , and he as one of them did the same . At the Quarterly Communication of December next he trusted that all xvho xvere members of Grand Lodge xvould attend because important questions xvere coming up , especially one xvith reference to the Status of Past Alasters . Alembers of this
lodge xvho xvere Past Masters especially xvould be grieved if a Past Alaster of another lod ge became a joining member of this lodge and then ranked as a P . AI . of the lodge without having done a single service to the lodge . If they xvere going to admit P . AIs . of other lodges on that footing it xvould seriously affect all lodges . Referring to xvhat the lodge had done for the Charities , Bro . Stephens said he xvas pleased xvhen he represented the lodge as Stexvard for the GirlsSchool
' , when he took up a good sum . This lodge had given £ 2200 to the Charities , and this xvas much to its honour , xvhich every member xvas trying to keep up . Bro . T . Cubitt , P . G . P ., also replied , and speaking xvith reference to the Earl of Lathom , said at first his lordship xvas not knoxvn much as a Mason in the metropolis , though he xvas noxv ; but haying attended several Alasonic meetings in West Lancashire he found there xvas no name better knoxvn
there ; he was worshipped there , and xvas no ornamental Alason . Bro . S . Smout , jun ., I . P . M ., proposed "The Health of the Worshipful Alaster , " whom he wished a happy and prosperous year of office . The Worshipful Master responding said as to himself and the position the brethren had placed him in , xvhich he xvas . so proud . to occupy , if anything could dispel the diffidence that anyone must naturally feel on assuming so
onerous and important a post , it was that on this , the first occasion of appearing before them as Alaster he had so large a company to greet him . He had met at the hands of the brethren a kind , cordial , and hospitable reception . He looked upon it as a great augury of the future prosperity of the lodge , and it behoved him to entertain a firm conviction , xvhich he thought xvas not misplaced , that every brother would do his best to make his ( the VV . AI . ' s ) year of office
a complete success . When he first heard there xvas to be a lodge started in the neighbourhood of Notting Hill , in which he resided , he determined if possible to become a joining member , and he had never regretted coming among the brethren , because he had alxvays received at the hands of the brethren such kindness and cordiality as shoxved them to be truly Alasons . He had by joining the lodge been able to make a number of kind and sincere
friends . He highly esteemed the fraternal regard and the confidence the brethren had reposed in him and to xvhich he owed his present position . It xvould be his earnest endeavour so to fulfil the duties devolving upon him as to retain the brethren ' s kindness and good feeling . Bro . Jordan in responding to the toast of "Thc Visitors , " complimented the lodge on its success and on what it had done in the cause of Charityand xvas folloxved
, by Bros . Gold , Harding and J . Isaacs . In presenting a handsome Past Alaster's 'jewel to Bro b . Smout , jun ., the W . M . complimented him on the xvay in which he had conducted the business of the lodge during his year of office . Bro . S . Smout , jun ., LP . AL , in reply assured the brethren that what he had done that night , and xvhich seemed to have met with a certain amount of anoroval . xvas nothing
more than his duty as Alaster of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge . When he started on his year he made up his mind to carry out as far as lay in his poxver his duty to the very end . He had done everything he could to carry out that determination , and he xvas extremely pleased to find that it had met xvith the brethren ' s approval . He had to
thank the brethren very much for having presented to him a beautiful Past Alaster ' s jewel , and he should appreciate it as much as anything in his life . The lodge certainly was not the lodge in xvhich he was initiated , but it xvas the lodge in xvhich he first learned what Freemasonry really meant .