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« Frorrrs M ASONIC M EETINGS : — Craft Masonry -i ° s Instruction 4 ° » Scotland •; . » 4 ° 0 provincial Grand Lodge ol Somersetshire 4 ° 7 Provincial Grand Lodvre of Dorsetshire 4 oS provincial Grand Chapter of Dorsetshire 4 ° 9 49
Masonic Tidings .............. ° iwtihlc Enlargement of the Girls ' bchool 4 ' ° i . Tecmasonrv in Recess 4 ' ° Masonic Good Manners 41 ° The Collision in the Solent 4 " The Cheque Bank ' 4 11 CORRESPONDENCE : — The Towers of W . Masters 411 The 1 ' osition sf Masonry in Great Britain in 1 S 75 and its 411
Noble Cliaritics Unveiling ( lie Mayo Statue at Cockcrmoath 412 yy Year ' s Masonic Work in Koumania 413 Ireland 4 : 3 Our Royal Grand Master's Visit to India and Ceylon 413 Koval Masonic Institution for Boys 4 * 4 O IIITCABV : — I ! ro . 1 ) . Mitchell 414 Masonic Meetings for next week 414 Advertisements i . ii . iii . iv . v . vi .
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Craft MlSMVm METROPOLITAN . DOMATIC LODGE ( No . 177 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was held on Friday , the 10 th inst ., at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , the W . M ., Bro . George Everett , presiding . Uro . Fowler , 244 , was passed , and five gentlemen were initiated , one of them being the W . M . ' s son . The names of the initiates were George Land Everett ,
Ilobcrt Osborne ( Capt . ) , A . S . Gilbert , Frederick Wigmorc , and Frederick Harding . After this , propositions were given in for five more initiates , and the brethren then adjourned to banquet . Among those who sat down were . Bros . Geo . Everett , W . M . ; A . Treadwell , S . W . ; Jas . Willing , J . W . ; | oscph Smith , Treas . ; Thos . Williams , S . D . ; W . Palmer , * | . D . ; J . Buscall , I . G . ; J . Tims , P . M . ; F . Kent , P . M . ;
j . E . Walford , P . M . Visitors—II . 13 . Fowler , 244 ; H . C . Thompson , 299 , ; John Kent , 192 ; W . Read , 1507 ; T . W . Gardner , W . M . 1381 ; B . Simncr , P . G . Warden of Biilish Burmah j D . R . Still , P . M . 1293 , and Sir John Bennett ; II . Massey ( " Freemason " ) , and thirty-two lay members of the lodge . In the course of the evening Bro . Sir John Bennett , No . 1 , favoured the company with his
presence . The usual toasts were proposed , and that of " The W . M . " was received with great enthusiasm , unqualified popularity with the brethren having characterised his year of office . The W . M ., in reply , said that he had often had occasion to remark that to speak of oneself was always a disagreeable operation . It was , however , highly gratifying to him to know that the brethren appreciated his
humble endeavours to carry out the duties of his ofhec to the best of his ability , and also to know that up to the present time the brethren had considered him successful . The Mastership of the Domatic Lodge was not altogether a bed of roses . It was very different to presiding over a lodge of thirty or forty brethren . Although this was an emergency meeting , there were forty-nine brethren present , a very quiet
night for the Domatic Lodge , the numerous members of whom the lodge was composed evidently not expecting that there was anything but the lodge work to do . ¦ Bro . Joseph Smith , the Treasurer , who had proposed the toast , had said very kind things of him , more he feared than was his due , and his allusion lo the excellent sumnmr banquet , with which every one was delighted , revived in his recollection
some pleasant hours which , he should never forget . If he might be allowed to refer to it he would say that he undertook it with diffidence , because he knew what an onerous affair it would be . But on all hands he received support and encouragement , which encouraged him to do all and everything lie could to serve the lodge and all connected with it . Now this he was always determined to do in
conjunction with Bro . Willing , and if he could only succeed in doing it during the remainder of his year of office , with the same approbation of the brethren as he had had hitherto , lie should consider himself amply rewarded . The W . M . next proposed "The Initiates , " and particularly referred to the pleasure it gave him to have initiated that night his own son , and a few old friends ,
who lie was sure would do honour to the Craft they had joined . Referring to his son , he said he had not admitted him to Masonry in order that he might get " Masonry on the brain , " and rush about night after night to the detriment of his health , but he was desirous of teaching him some of those good things there were in Masonry . Seventeen years ago he had gone through the same ceremony as
his son had that night , and he then thought , as he now knew , to be a good Mason was to be a good man . He brought him into the Order with that before his eyes . The man who just went through his three degrees and thought no more of it , knew little of Masonry ; but the man who studied it found that it , like the works of the great poet , Shakespeare , revealed more beauties the more it was
known . There were beautiful things in it which occurred to a man in every part of his life . He might say that many and many a time when he was working up for the positionof W . M ., before his son had attained to manhood , be wished to communicate to him some of the things which he was studying . By his obligation , however , he was precluded from doing it ; but now that barrier was removed
, and he could leach his son , as well as the friends who that night accompanied him , the knowledge he himself possessed . The W . M . concluded by trusting that all the initiates would go through and thoroughly understand all the degrees in Masonry , audits practical work . If Uiey did so he was satisfied they would all be good men and good Masons . All the initiates responded . Sir John Bwinett was the principal respondent for " The Visitors . "
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In the course of his remarks he said he always thought that when men were absorbed in business it always gave them vitality to look occasionally into a Masonic lodge . His had been a very busy life , and unfortunately he had not been able to give the attention he should have wished to Masonry , although 25 years ago he joined the Mount Moriah Lodge . When he plunged into public life he
found out that the more a man had to do the better he did it ; and so when he became Sheriff he engaged in a thousand things . He then said to himself , - " Now is my time to rejoin Masonry . " He was taken up by the Grand Master ' s Lodge , and he was now one of the active members of the body for which he had so profound a respect . Reflecting , as public men did on the present , the future ,
and the past , he came now to what had been done in Freemasonry , for we could scarcely tell how many centuries , possibly , as tradition went , for 5000 years . In the best times of the world's history , bodies like Freemasons , not only among the Hebrews , the Greeks and the Romans , and then through the dark ages , gave support to progress . The world could hardly know to what great causes to
attribute its success , and whom to say it owned as its greatest benefactors ; but his own notion was that from the Masonic body , strange to say , from century to century the world had derived an amount of permanent good—from the best men , the elect and the select , meeting and advocating the best interests of the whole human race and family . Coming to our own times—within
the last 700 or Soo years—Masonry still did its work , we could " not tell how the old fellow-craftsmen left all sorts of influences en our present state of civilisation throughout the world . At any rate we know priestcraft was always their enemy ( and priestcraft was always a good judge in all ages ) , and knew perfectly well that the Craft meant in its most holy form—religious libertv . It meant then , and
it insisted on meaning throughout the whole thread of its great career and existence , the C 3 tabliehmerit of the highest and best social institutions . It now meant whatever it meant in the past -, it meant the pursuit of an intellectual life which would make a future which we were hardly able to contemplate the success of at the present moment . He believed fully in the power of the Masonic
body . There were , in that room men pledged to the advocacy and advancement of all that would constitute the very highest influences and best capacities of human nature . The men of the Craft were preliminary men , devoted to the promotion of human liberty and freedom , and he gloried in belonging to the Order . It was an honour to any man who took part in public life that he
now and then could come among such a body as this , and receive a kind word of encouragement , which acted as a hearty impulse to him to go out into the world , and find it better than lie left it . He had had a hard day ' s work , and Bro . Walford asked him to come down and sec a hearty body of men , " in the Domatic Lodge , good Masons , who would tell him to go out and prosper in
every good undertaking . I Ie accepted the invitation with cheerfulness , and he was happy , indeed , to be a visitor to this lodge . Other visitors also replied , shortly after which Sir John Bennett left . Bro . Walford replied for the" P . M . ' s " , Joseph Smith for "Treasurer , " James Willing , jun ., for " Secretary , " and Bro . Treadwell and others for the " Officers . " The brethren separated about eleven .
PROVINCIAL . SUDBURY . —STOI 11 VAI . I . EV LODGE ( XO . 1224 ) . —The annual meeting of the Stour Valley Lodge , and the installation of the new W . M . took place in the lodge room at the Literarylnstitutc . The following is a list of the officers and others present : —F . Wheeler , W . M .-, II . Wclham , S . W . -. Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . M ., Sec . ; J . F . Hills , P . M .
and P . P . G . J . W ., Treas . ; W . II . Smith , J . D . ; A . O . Stead , Org . ; N . Aprile , I . G . Members : II . S . Oliver , C . W . Grim wood , C . J . Cardinall , II . S . Pratt , W . Bailey , C . Emmerson , E . R . Boulter , S . Spurgin , A . Grim wood , C . Gooch , R . R . Ellis , W . L . Lewis , G . Murrclls , F . Thurston , W . II . Sholl , Tyler . Visitors : —J . G . D . Mayd , P . M . St . John , . 349 ; II . Luff , P . M . Perfect Friendship , Ipswich ,
27 6 ; J . King , A . J . Grimwade , S . Cooper , F . Grimwade , A . A . Seaborne , Virtue and Silence , 332 , I Iadleigh ; S . J . Carman , Treas . 1500 , Norwich ; R . " Postle , 1008 ; C . F . Lilley , Fortitude , 12 ; H . R . Thompson , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . llcdlcy Bevan , W . M ., P . G . S . W ., Tufnell Oakes , I . P . M ., P . P . G . R ., Royal St . Edmunds , 1008 . The lodge having been opened by the W . M ., Bro . F . Wheeler , Mr . Alfred
Spring was duly initiated into the mysteries of ancient Freemasonry . The installation of Bro . G . H . Grimwood , J . W ., was next proceeded with , V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Past Grand Chaplain of England , officiating as Installing Master , Bro . Hills acting as Secretary , reading the charges and regulations , to each of which the W . M . gave his unqualified assent . The ancient ceremonies
were most impressively performed , and the new Master was [ proclaimed in due iform as from the four quarters of the globe , after receiving the salutations of all the brethren present , according to ancient usage . Bro ., Grimwood being duly installed as W . M ., proceeded to appoint his officers as follows : —Bros . C . Emmerson ( formerly Treasurer ) , S . W . ; W . IT . Smith , I . W ;
Rev . C . J . Martyn , Sec . ; J . F . Hills , Treas . ; A . O . Steed , S . J . ; N . Aprile , J . D . ; R . Ellis , I . G . ; E . R . Boulter , Steward , and W . IJ . Sholl , Tyler . The Installing Master then gave the ususl address from the West to the Worshipful Master , and to the Wardens from the East . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to a sumptuous banquet in the Assembly Room , Rose and
Crown Hotel . We are happy to say the lodge is in a flourishing state , with a fair balance in the hands of the Treasurer . In the course of the year eight candidates have been initiated , and the lodge now numbers some 50 members . The chair was taken by the W . M ., Bro . Grimwood , and the vice-chair by the S . W ., Bro . Emmerson . The cloth having been removed , the following toasts were duly given : — "The Q-ueen and the Craft , " ' " The M . W . the
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Grand Master of England—I I . R . I I . The Prince of Wales ;" " The R . W . the Pro Grand Master—The Right Honble . the Earl of Carnarvon ; the Deputy Grand Master— 'The Right Honble . the Lord Skelmersdale , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Past and Present ; " from the chair , the latter being responded to by the Rev . J . C . Martyn , P . G . C . "The R . W . thePrcv . Grand MasterforSuffolk—The Right
Honble . the Lord Waveney ; the V . W . the Deputy Provincial Grand Master—the Rev . E . J . Lockwood , and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers , Past and Present , " from the chair , and acknowledged by Bro . J . Hedley Bevan , P . G . S . W . Suffolk ; " " The Worshipful Master , " proposed by Bro . F . Wheeler , P . M ., and suitably acknowledged ; " The Immediate Past Master—Bro . F . Wheeler , " was
proposed from the chair : The Visitors , " from the chair , coupled with the names in our list , all of whom rtturned thanks ; " The Installing Master , " from the chair : " The Officers of the Lodge , " from the chair , the Vice-chairman returning thanks ; "The Masonic Charities , " from the chair , responded to by Bro . Martyn ; " The Initiate , " from the chair , responded toby Bro . A . Spring . The "Tyler ' s
toast completed the list , the company breaking up at eleven o ' clock . SANDGATE— SANDGATE LODGE ( No . 1436 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this ledge was held at the Royal Kent I lotcl , on . Monday evening , r ,-jth inst . Present : —Bros . R . j . Fynmorc , W . M . ; assisted by W . C . Gosby , I . P . M . ; F . Staridon , S . W . ; R . II . Pledge , J . W . ;
A . Kuler , S . D . ; W . Syson , J . D . ; W . Dixon , I . G . ; F . Jarvis , Secretary ; G . Butcher , Tyler . The minutes of the last meeting being read , were duly passed by the brethren , after which the brethren proceeded to ballot for as candidates Mr . B . Simmonds and Mr . G . Kuler , both of Sandgatc ; also for Quartermaster-Sergeant Field , of the Army Service Corps , as a joining member . The
ballot being unanimous the initiation was proceeded with in true Masonic form , Bro . R . M . Pledge giving the address , Bro . P . M . Gosby the charge . It was also proposed by Bro . Stadden , S . W , and seconded by Bro . Pledge , J . W ., that a Past Master's jjwcl b ; presented to Bro . Gosby , P . M ., by the brethren of the lodge , as a slight acknowledgement for the able services he has rendered to
the lodge from its commencement . This was carried unanimously , it was decided that Bro . Kenning , of the " Freemason , " should supply the jewel with a suitable inscription appended thereto . The lodge was then closed with prayer . This was one of the pleasantcst evenings that has been passed for sonic time . Visitors—Bros . J . Kennet , P . G . O . for Kent ; Glynn ; J . G . Lockycr , Army
Service Corps . MANCHESTER . —LODGE OF TRUTH ( No . 1458 ) . — This lodge held its regular meeting on Saturday , September 4 th , 18 75 , at the Royal Archer Hotel , Dale-street , Manchester . The W . M ., Bro . I lenry Smith , opened the lodge at four o ' clock ; many of the officers being absent on business and some on pleasure , the W . M . had to select
from those present . Bros . Robert Caldwell , P . M ., acting as S . W . ; Kent . J . W . ; Knider , P . M ., Sec . ; Batcheldo ' r , S . D . ; Branton , J . D . ; Cox , Org . ; Fallows , I . G .: Beswick , Tyler . The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed ; Bro . Bray Shaw was passed to the degree of Fellow Craft , and Bro . Oldham was impressively raised to the sublime degree of a M . M . This
being the first time many of the brethren had had an opportunity of hearing Bro . Knider work this beautiful ceremony ; they were delighted , and the expression of pleasure at being present to hear the beautiful and impressive working was general throughout the lodge , and those brethren who were absent have been deprived of a Masonic treat . It is not often we have an opportunity of being
present when a ceremony is so efficiently worked . The lodge is justly proud of possessing such an excellent worker as Bro . Knider , P . M ., and whilst Ihe lodge is supported by such brethren they have no fear of success . The lodge was then closed in the Third and Second Degrees . A communication was read from Grand Lodge . I Ieaity good wishes were given by Bros . J . 11 . Walton , Frontier
Lodge , 422 , Oswego , U . S . America ; and J . B . Williams , No . 3 , Cork , Ireland . The business being completed , the lodge was closed at 6 . 20 p . m . An excellent banquet was provided by the host , Bro . Potts , and presided over by Bro . J . W . Turner , I . P . M ., the W . M . having to fulfil an engagement . On the removal of the cloth the Masonic toasts were proposed and heartily responded to . Bro .
Caldwell , P . M ., proposed "The Health of the W . M ., " coupling with it the I . P . M ., and remarked that as Instruction Master for the lodge it was very pleasing to him to see how well the working had been conducted since the establishment of the lodge , and if the brethren were always so succesful in appointing such Masters they need not fear of the business being conducted to their satisfaction . To
himself it was a particular pleasure to have seen the working of the ceremonies and the business of the lodge conducted in so able a manner as it had been by the W . M . and the I . P . M . In reply , the I . P . M . said it would be a great pleasure to have to inform his friend the W . M . of the great but well deserved praise bestowed upon him by Bro . Caldwell , and so enthusiastically responded to by
the brethren . As for himself he said he had only done his duty , and if it had met with the approval of the brethren he was amply repaid ; what he had done in the past he was willing to increase in the future . The next toast being that of " The Officers " was responded to severally . " The Visitors " was responded to by Bros . Williams and Walton , who expressed their pleasure at being present to
seethe beautiful working and the kindly feeling which existed in the lodge . The Senior and Junior Warden having given their toasts , the brethren separated after spending a very agreeable evening . NORTH WOOLWICH . —MEN LEY LO » GE ( NO . 1472 ) . — The usual monthly meeting of the above lodge took place on Tuesday evening-, the 7 th inst ., at Bro . West's , the Three Crowns , the business before it being the raising
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« Frorrrs M ASONIC M EETINGS : — Craft Masonry -i ° s Instruction 4 ° » Scotland •; . » 4 ° 0 provincial Grand Lodge ol Somersetshire 4 ° 7 Provincial Grand Lodvre of Dorsetshire 4 oS provincial Grand Chapter of Dorsetshire 4 ° 9 49
Masonic Tidings .............. ° iwtihlc Enlargement of the Girls ' bchool 4 ' ° i . Tecmasonrv in Recess 4 ' ° Masonic Good Manners 41 ° The Collision in the Solent 4 " The Cheque Bank ' 4 11 CORRESPONDENCE : — The Towers of W . Masters 411 The 1 ' osition sf Masonry in Great Britain in 1 S 75 and its 411
Noble Cliaritics Unveiling ( lie Mayo Statue at Cockcrmoath 412 yy Year ' s Masonic Work in Koumania 413 Ireland 4 : 3 Our Royal Grand Master's Visit to India and Ceylon 413 Koval Masonic Institution for Boys 4 * 4 O IIITCABV : — I ! ro . 1 ) . Mitchell 414 Masonic Meetings for next week 414 Advertisements i . ii . iii . iv . v . vi .
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Craft MlSMVm METROPOLITAN . DOMATIC LODGE ( No . 177 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was held on Friday , the 10 th inst ., at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , the W . M ., Bro . George Everett , presiding . Uro . Fowler , 244 , was passed , and five gentlemen were initiated , one of them being the W . M . ' s son . The names of the initiates were George Land Everett ,
Ilobcrt Osborne ( Capt . ) , A . S . Gilbert , Frederick Wigmorc , and Frederick Harding . After this , propositions were given in for five more initiates , and the brethren then adjourned to banquet . Among those who sat down were . Bros . Geo . Everett , W . M . ; A . Treadwell , S . W . ; Jas . Willing , J . W . ; | oscph Smith , Treas . ; Thos . Williams , S . D . ; W . Palmer , * | . D . ; J . Buscall , I . G . ; J . Tims , P . M . ; F . Kent , P . M . ;
j . E . Walford , P . M . Visitors—II . 13 . Fowler , 244 ; H . C . Thompson , 299 , ; John Kent , 192 ; W . Read , 1507 ; T . W . Gardner , W . M . 1381 ; B . Simncr , P . G . Warden of Biilish Burmah j D . R . Still , P . M . 1293 , and Sir John Bennett ; II . Massey ( " Freemason " ) , and thirty-two lay members of the lodge . In the course of the evening Bro . Sir John Bennett , No . 1 , favoured the company with his
presence . The usual toasts were proposed , and that of " The W . M . " was received with great enthusiasm , unqualified popularity with the brethren having characterised his year of office . The W . M ., in reply , said that he had often had occasion to remark that to speak of oneself was always a disagreeable operation . It was , however , highly gratifying to him to know that the brethren appreciated his
humble endeavours to carry out the duties of his ofhec to the best of his ability , and also to know that up to the present time the brethren had considered him successful . The Mastership of the Domatic Lodge was not altogether a bed of roses . It was very different to presiding over a lodge of thirty or forty brethren . Although this was an emergency meeting , there were forty-nine brethren present , a very quiet
night for the Domatic Lodge , the numerous members of whom the lodge was composed evidently not expecting that there was anything but the lodge work to do . ¦ Bro . Joseph Smith , the Treasurer , who had proposed the toast , had said very kind things of him , more he feared than was his due , and his allusion lo the excellent sumnmr banquet , with which every one was delighted , revived in his recollection
some pleasant hours which , he should never forget . If he might be allowed to refer to it he would say that he undertook it with diffidence , because he knew what an onerous affair it would be . But on all hands he received support and encouragement , which encouraged him to do all and everything lie could to serve the lodge and all connected with it . Now this he was always determined to do in
conjunction with Bro . Willing , and if he could only succeed in doing it during the remainder of his year of office , with the same approbation of the brethren as he had had hitherto , lie should consider himself amply rewarded . The W . M . next proposed "The Initiates , " and particularly referred to the pleasure it gave him to have initiated that night his own son , and a few old friends ,
who lie was sure would do honour to the Craft they had joined . Referring to his son , he said he had not admitted him to Masonry in order that he might get " Masonry on the brain , " and rush about night after night to the detriment of his health , but he was desirous of teaching him some of those good things there were in Masonry . Seventeen years ago he had gone through the same ceremony as
his son had that night , and he then thought , as he now knew , to be a good Mason was to be a good man . He brought him into the Order with that before his eyes . The man who just went through his three degrees and thought no more of it , knew little of Masonry ; but the man who studied it found that it , like the works of the great poet , Shakespeare , revealed more beauties the more it was
known . There were beautiful things in it which occurred to a man in every part of his life . He might say that many and many a time when he was working up for the positionof W . M ., before his son had attained to manhood , be wished to communicate to him some of the things which he was studying . By his obligation , however , he was precluded from doing it ; but now that barrier was removed
, and he could leach his son , as well as the friends who that night accompanied him , the knowledge he himself possessed . The W . M . concluded by trusting that all the initiates would go through and thoroughly understand all the degrees in Masonry , audits practical work . If Uiey did so he was satisfied they would all be good men and good Masons . All the initiates responded . Sir John Bwinett was the principal respondent for " The Visitors . "
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In the course of his remarks he said he always thought that when men were absorbed in business it always gave them vitality to look occasionally into a Masonic lodge . His had been a very busy life , and unfortunately he had not been able to give the attention he should have wished to Masonry , although 25 years ago he joined the Mount Moriah Lodge . When he plunged into public life he
found out that the more a man had to do the better he did it ; and so when he became Sheriff he engaged in a thousand things . He then said to himself , - " Now is my time to rejoin Masonry . " He was taken up by the Grand Master ' s Lodge , and he was now one of the active members of the body for which he had so profound a respect . Reflecting , as public men did on the present , the future ,
and the past , he came now to what had been done in Freemasonry , for we could scarcely tell how many centuries , possibly , as tradition went , for 5000 years . In the best times of the world's history , bodies like Freemasons , not only among the Hebrews , the Greeks and the Romans , and then through the dark ages , gave support to progress . The world could hardly know to what great causes to
attribute its success , and whom to say it owned as its greatest benefactors ; but his own notion was that from the Masonic body , strange to say , from century to century the world had derived an amount of permanent good—from the best men , the elect and the select , meeting and advocating the best interests of the whole human race and family . Coming to our own times—within
the last 700 or Soo years—Masonry still did its work , we could " not tell how the old fellow-craftsmen left all sorts of influences en our present state of civilisation throughout the world . At any rate we know priestcraft was always their enemy ( and priestcraft was always a good judge in all ages ) , and knew perfectly well that the Craft meant in its most holy form—religious libertv . It meant then , and
it insisted on meaning throughout the whole thread of its great career and existence , the C 3 tabliehmerit of the highest and best social institutions . It now meant whatever it meant in the past -, it meant the pursuit of an intellectual life which would make a future which we were hardly able to contemplate the success of at the present moment . He believed fully in the power of the Masonic
body . There were , in that room men pledged to the advocacy and advancement of all that would constitute the very highest influences and best capacities of human nature . The men of the Craft were preliminary men , devoted to the promotion of human liberty and freedom , and he gloried in belonging to the Order . It was an honour to any man who took part in public life that he
now and then could come among such a body as this , and receive a kind word of encouragement , which acted as a hearty impulse to him to go out into the world , and find it better than lie left it . He had had a hard day ' s work , and Bro . Walford asked him to come down and sec a hearty body of men , " in the Domatic Lodge , good Masons , who would tell him to go out and prosper in
every good undertaking . I Ie accepted the invitation with cheerfulness , and he was happy , indeed , to be a visitor to this lodge . Other visitors also replied , shortly after which Sir John Bennett left . Bro . Walford replied for the" P . M . ' s " , Joseph Smith for "Treasurer , " James Willing , jun ., for " Secretary , " and Bro . Treadwell and others for the " Officers . " The brethren separated about eleven .
PROVINCIAL . SUDBURY . —STOI 11 VAI . I . EV LODGE ( XO . 1224 ) . —The annual meeting of the Stour Valley Lodge , and the installation of the new W . M . took place in the lodge room at the Literarylnstitutc . The following is a list of the officers and others present : —F . Wheeler , W . M .-, II . Wclham , S . W . -. Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . M ., Sec . ; J . F . Hills , P . M .
and P . P . G . J . W ., Treas . ; W . II . Smith , J . D . ; A . O . Stead , Org . ; N . Aprile , I . G . Members : II . S . Oliver , C . W . Grim wood , C . J . Cardinall , II . S . Pratt , W . Bailey , C . Emmerson , E . R . Boulter , S . Spurgin , A . Grim wood , C . Gooch , R . R . Ellis , W . L . Lewis , G . Murrclls , F . Thurston , W . II . Sholl , Tyler . Visitors : —J . G . D . Mayd , P . M . St . John , . 349 ; II . Luff , P . M . Perfect Friendship , Ipswich ,
27 6 ; J . King , A . J . Grimwade , S . Cooper , F . Grimwade , A . A . Seaborne , Virtue and Silence , 332 , I Iadleigh ; S . J . Carman , Treas . 1500 , Norwich ; R . " Postle , 1008 ; C . F . Lilley , Fortitude , 12 ; H . R . Thompson , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . llcdlcy Bevan , W . M ., P . G . S . W ., Tufnell Oakes , I . P . M ., P . P . G . R ., Royal St . Edmunds , 1008 . The lodge having been opened by the W . M ., Bro . F . Wheeler , Mr . Alfred
Spring was duly initiated into the mysteries of ancient Freemasonry . The installation of Bro . G . H . Grimwood , J . W ., was next proceeded with , V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Past Grand Chaplain of England , officiating as Installing Master , Bro . Hills acting as Secretary , reading the charges and regulations , to each of which the W . M . gave his unqualified assent . The ancient ceremonies
were most impressively performed , and the new Master was [ proclaimed in due iform as from the four quarters of the globe , after receiving the salutations of all the brethren present , according to ancient usage . Bro ., Grimwood being duly installed as W . M ., proceeded to appoint his officers as follows : —Bros . C . Emmerson ( formerly Treasurer ) , S . W . ; W . IT . Smith , I . W ;
Rev . C . J . Martyn , Sec . ; J . F . Hills , Treas . ; A . O . Steed , S . J . ; N . Aprile , J . D . ; R . Ellis , I . G . ; E . R . Boulter , Steward , and W . IJ . Sholl , Tyler . The Installing Master then gave the ususl address from the West to the Worshipful Master , and to the Wardens from the East . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to a sumptuous banquet in the Assembly Room , Rose and
Crown Hotel . We are happy to say the lodge is in a flourishing state , with a fair balance in the hands of the Treasurer . In the course of the year eight candidates have been initiated , and the lodge now numbers some 50 members . The chair was taken by the W . M ., Bro . Grimwood , and the vice-chair by the S . W ., Bro . Emmerson . The cloth having been removed , the following toasts were duly given : — "The Q-ueen and the Craft , " ' " The M . W . the
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Grand Master of England—I I . R . I I . The Prince of Wales ;" " The R . W . the Pro Grand Master—The Right Honble . the Earl of Carnarvon ; the Deputy Grand Master— 'The Right Honble . the Lord Skelmersdale , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Past and Present ; " from the chair , the latter being responded to by the Rev . J . C . Martyn , P . G . C . "The R . W . thePrcv . Grand MasterforSuffolk—The Right
Honble . the Lord Waveney ; the V . W . the Deputy Provincial Grand Master—the Rev . E . J . Lockwood , and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers , Past and Present , " from the chair , and acknowledged by Bro . J . Hedley Bevan , P . G . S . W . Suffolk ; " " The Worshipful Master , " proposed by Bro . F . Wheeler , P . M ., and suitably acknowledged ; " The Immediate Past Master—Bro . F . Wheeler , " was
proposed from the chair : The Visitors , " from the chair , coupled with the names in our list , all of whom rtturned thanks ; " The Installing Master , " from the chair : " The Officers of the Lodge , " from the chair , the Vice-chairman returning thanks ; "The Masonic Charities , " from the chair , responded to by Bro . Martyn ; " The Initiate , " from the chair , responded toby Bro . A . Spring . The "Tyler ' s
toast completed the list , the company breaking up at eleven o ' clock . SANDGATE— SANDGATE LODGE ( No . 1436 ) . —The regular monthly meeting of this ledge was held at the Royal Kent I lotcl , on . Monday evening , r ,-jth inst . Present : —Bros . R . j . Fynmorc , W . M . ; assisted by W . C . Gosby , I . P . M . ; F . Staridon , S . W . ; R . II . Pledge , J . W . ;
A . Kuler , S . D . ; W . Syson , J . D . ; W . Dixon , I . G . ; F . Jarvis , Secretary ; G . Butcher , Tyler . The minutes of the last meeting being read , were duly passed by the brethren , after which the brethren proceeded to ballot for as candidates Mr . B . Simmonds and Mr . G . Kuler , both of Sandgatc ; also for Quartermaster-Sergeant Field , of the Army Service Corps , as a joining member . The
ballot being unanimous the initiation was proceeded with in true Masonic form , Bro . R . M . Pledge giving the address , Bro . P . M . Gosby the charge . It was also proposed by Bro . Stadden , S . W , and seconded by Bro . Pledge , J . W ., that a Past Master's jjwcl b ; presented to Bro . Gosby , P . M ., by the brethren of the lodge , as a slight acknowledgement for the able services he has rendered to
the lodge from its commencement . This was carried unanimously , it was decided that Bro . Kenning , of the " Freemason , " should supply the jewel with a suitable inscription appended thereto . The lodge was then closed with prayer . This was one of the pleasantcst evenings that has been passed for sonic time . Visitors—Bros . J . Kennet , P . G . O . for Kent ; Glynn ; J . G . Lockycr , Army
Service Corps . MANCHESTER . —LODGE OF TRUTH ( No . 1458 ) . — This lodge held its regular meeting on Saturday , September 4 th , 18 75 , at the Royal Archer Hotel , Dale-street , Manchester . The W . M ., Bro . I lenry Smith , opened the lodge at four o ' clock ; many of the officers being absent on business and some on pleasure , the W . M . had to select
from those present . Bros . Robert Caldwell , P . M ., acting as S . W . ; Kent . J . W . ; Knider , P . M ., Sec . ; Batcheldo ' r , S . D . ; Branton , J . D . ; Cox , Org . ; Fallows , I . G .: Beswick , Tyler . The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed ; Bro . Bray Shaw was passed to the degree of Fellow Craft , and Bro . Oldham was impressively raised to the sublime degree of a M . M . This
being the first time many of the brethren had had an opportunity of hearing Bro . Knider work this beautiful ceremony ; they were delighted , and the expression of pleasure at being present to hear the beautiful and impressive working was general throughout the lodge , and those brethren who were absent have been deprived of a Masonic treat . It is not often we have an opportunity of being
present when a ceremony is so efficiently worked . The lodge is justly proud of possessing such an excellent worker as Bro . Knider , P . M ., and whilst Ihe lodge is supported by such brethren they have no fear of success . The lodge was then closed in the Third and Second Degrees . A communication was read from Grand Lodge . I Ieaity good wishes were given by Bros . J . 11 . Walton , Frontier
Lodge , 422 , Oswego , U . S . America ; and J . B . Williams , No . 3 , Cork , Ireland . The business being completed , the lodge was closed at 6 . 20 p . m . An excellent banquet was provided by the host , Bro . Potts , and presided over by Bro . J . W . Turner , I . P . M ., the W . M . having to fulfil an engagement . On the removal of the cloth the Masonic toasts were proposed and heartily responded to . Bro .
Caldwell , P . M ., proposed "The Health of the W . M ., " coupling with it the I . P . M ., and remarked that as Instruction Master for the lodge it was very pleasing to him to see how well the working had been conducted since the establishment of the lodge , and if the brethren were always so succesful in appointing such Masters they need not fear of the business being conducted to their satisfaction . To
himself it was a particular pleasure to have seen the working of the ceremonies and the business of the lodge conducted in so able a manner as it had been by the W . M . and the I . P . M . In reply , the I . P . M . said it would be a great pleasure to have to inform his friend the W . M . of the great but well deserved praise bestowed upon him by Bro . Caldwell , and so enthusiastically responded to by
the brethren . As for himself he said he had only done his duty , and if it had met with the approval of the brethren he was amply repaid ; what he had done in the past he was willing to increase in the future . The next toast being that of " The Officers " was responded to severally . " The Visitors " was responded to by Bros . Williams and Walton , who expressed their pleasure at being present to
seethe beautiful working and the kindly feeling which existed in the lodge . The Senior and Junior Warden having given their toasts , the brethren separated after spending a very agreeable evening . NORTH WOOLWICH . —MEN LEY LO » GE ( NO . 1472 ) . — The usual monthly meeting of the above lodge took place on Tuesday evening-, the 7 th inst ., at Bro . West's , the Three Crowns , the business before it being the raising