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The next toast on the list was that of "The Initiates , " whose health vvas proposed by Bro . Mayer . He said that he hoped the three brethren who had been initiated that evening would be a credit to the Kingsland Lodge and to the Craft . He assured them Freemasonry vvas a society for improving mankind both morally and intellectually . Bros . Ackerman , Metcalfe , and Bauer responded , all of them thanking the lodge for the compliment they had paid

them in electing them members , and expressing the hope that they would do nothing to bring discredit on the lodge . " The Health of Bro . Martin Doerr " vvas also proposed and drunk heartily . Bro . Mayer proposed the toast of " The Visitors , " and several brethren responded , who thanked the VV . M . and the lodge for the generous hospitality which had been accorded them .

The toast of "The Installing * and Immediate Past Master had to be passed over owing to the unfortunate absence of the VV . M . elect . " The Masonic Institutions " was proposed , and responded to by Bro . Hawkins , P . M ., who in the course of his remarks stated that he had been a Steward to all the Institutions .

Bro . Mayer , in proposing the toast of "The Past Masters , " said that without the guidance and assistance of the P . Ms , the lodge would he nowhere . They had four Past Masters present—Bros . Fenner , Hall , Cooper , and Casely—and he would ask Bros . Casely and Hall to respond .

Bro . Casely thanked Bro . Mayer very heartily for the manner in which he had proposed the P . M . 's health , and assured the brethren that if he could be of any service as a Past Master of the Kingsland Lodge he should be very glad to be .

Bro . Hall , P . M ., thanked the W . M . for coupling his name with the toast , and also for the kind feeling all the brethren had evinced for him . He vvas always willing tc render any assistance he could to the lodge . In proposing the toast of " The Treasurer and Secretary " Bro . Mayer referred to the great services rendered to the lodge by Bro . Cooper , P . M ., the Treasurer , who , he said ,

had , when the lodge vvas in a less prosperous condition than vvas now the case , discharged the debts of the lodge out of his own pocket . With regard to the Secretary , he had rendered great assistance to him ( Bro . Mayer ) during his year of office , both as Past Master and in his capacity as Secretary . He thanked both Bros . Cooper and Fenner for their loyalty to the lodge . The toast having been enthusiastically drunk , Bros .

Cooper and Fenner suitably responded . The toast of " The Officers " and the Tyler's toast closed the proceedings , which vvere enlivened throughout by a beautiful selection of choice music under the direction of the Organist of the lodge , Bro . Windsor . The artistes included Miss Edith Mayer , G . S . M . ; Miss Jessie Hotine , Madame E . Thomas , Bros . Henry Cross , Simon , T . H . Nye , and Mr . Richards .

Victoria Park Lodge ( No . 1816 ) . —The opening meeting of this lodge was held at the London Tavern , on Thursday , the 25 th ult , under the presidency of Bro . H . Sinclair , W . M . The following officers and brethren were present : Bros . A . VV . Clements , S . VV . ; Albert Govier , J . VV . ; Geo . Norris , Treas . ; H . Rogers , Sec . ; VV . B . Abrahams , S . D . ; C . Reeves , P . M . ;

D . Hodges , P . M . ; J . Kinipple , P . M . ; J . W . Watkins , P . M . ; S . H . Corfield , E . Smith , G . Haysom , J . J . Lane , W . J . Stone , J . VV . Warne , W . Musto , Geo . Shrimpton , C . Joiney , G . T . Gahian , Thos . Patchin , and C . O . Colls . Visitors : Bros . W . Miller , 409 ; Brooklyn , N . Y . ; J . Wilson , Portland , Maine ; and J . Mills , 1765 . The lodge being duly opened , the minutes vvere read and

confirmed , and Bro . Patchin was raised . Bro . Sinclair worked the ceremony with precision , and delivered the addresses impressively . The brethren then elected Bro . A . W . Clements as W . M . for the ensuing year ; Bro . C . Reeves was elected as Treasurer ; and Bros . VV . G . Stone , G . Haysom , and Adams were appointed as Auditors . Bro . Kinipple , I . P . M ., then , in suitable terms , presented the

Past Master s jewel to Bro . Sinclair . Other business being disposed of , the lodge vvas closed , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment and harmony . The loyal toasts were concisely proposed and warmly responded to . "The Past Masters" vvas responded to by Bro . J . Kinipple , for himself and other W . M . ' s present .

Bro . Clements , the VV . M . elect , in reply to his toast , said he would use every endeavour during his year of office to steer the good ship " Victoria Park " safely into port . In reply to "The Visitors , " the two Translantic brethren , Bros . VV . Miller and Wilson , expressed the pleasure they felt in visiting a lodge in this country , and their great satisfaction with the hearty welcome that had been so

liberally accorded them . Among the various brethren who contributed to the harmony may be noted Bro . Patchin , who sang " The Village Blacksmith " and " The Longshoreman ; and Bro . J . VV . Warne , whose new song , "Comrades , " and "Love ' s old sweet song , " were much appreciated . Bro . J . Kinipple also warbled one or two ditties .

Duke of Cornwall Lodge ( No . 1 S 39 ) . —A meeting was held on Saturday , the nth inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , Great Oueen-street , W . C , when there were present Bros . C . H . Cox , W . M . ; J . Bladon , S . W . ; J . Culver , J . W . ; T . C . Corpe , P . M ., Treas . ; J . VV . Dewsnap , P . M ., Sec ; W . H . Foot , S . D . ; VV . H . Lowry , J . D . ; C . Mussared , I . G . j C . Heinekey and A . T .

Baschinski , Stwds . ; T . Bowler , Tyler ; H . Cattermole , P . M . ; Walker , Maskens , Knuth , Staley , Tarling , A . VV . Humphreys , Wright , Davies , J . F . Perrins , W . T . Perrins , Boyton , Wolff , Thom , Turner , Simmond , J acobs , Ensvvorth , Ayres , and others . Visitors : Bros . Miller and Adams , of 22 C 4 ; Webster and Fells , of 1743 ; Martin , S . VV . 1622 ;

Krumen , 1 S 5 ; and others . The lodge having been opened , Bro . Cox performed the ceremonies of raising Bro . Arthur Tarling and passing Bros . Turner , Thom , Jacobs , and Bladon in a most careful manner . There were also three propositions for initiates at the next meeting , which augurs well for a successful term of office .

After labour the brethren adjourned to refreshment , in the course of vvhich a most enjoyable high-class concert vvas provided by the W . M . under the management of Bro . Thom , the W . M . causing thereby the continued gratitude of the brethren .

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United Northern Counties Lodge ( No . 212 S ) . —Bra . W . H . Bullock , VV . M ., presided at a regular meeting * of this lodge , which vvas held at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , on the 7 th inst ., when he had the support of Bros . J . S . Cumberland , P . M . ; J . M . Peake , S . W . ; S . B . Bolas , J . VV . ; VV . F . Smithson , Treas . ; VV . Masters , Sec ; Frank VVright , S . D . ;

Cuthbert R . Lee , J . D . ; R . P . Keates , I . G . ; Walter G . Stott , Org . ; H . Ciller and Robert Davison , Stwds . ; Henry Smith , D . Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire ( who vvas elected an honorary member ); VV . Rome , 771 ; Thomas Smith , 152 ; A . Hardy , 201 ; John Glass , W . M . 453 ; Thomas Powell , 21 S 2 ; H . Macfarlane , Org . 27 ; Horace Reynolds , 21 S 3 ; H . H . Arthur , 5 C 9 ; Brown , P . M . 17 C 4 ;

and the Rev . H . Hebb , Head Master R . M . I . B . Mr . Ralph Bullock , second son of the VV . M ., was initiated by his father , the work being done most feelingly and impressively . Bro . Cumberland gave the charge , and also raised Bros . V ' " . H . Wyatt Wingrave and G . Ii . Addy to the Third Degree . Bro . Clifford MacCalla , G . M . Pennsylvania , was elected an honorary member .

A very nice supper was afterwards partaken of , and the toasts followed . Bro . Masters proposed " The Health of the VV . M ., " to vvhich Bro . Bullock replied , as he said , without any lengthened remarks , though he fully appreciated the compliments paid to him . He had done what he could to make the lodge go pleasantly , and he was pleased to find so many

mus . cal friends present . Bros . W . Rowe and John Glass responded for " The Visitors , " and Bro . Cumberland proposed "The Initiate . " Bro . Ralph Bullock replied , and said the brethren were aware that his eldest brother vvas the first initiate of the lodge , and he was glad at so comparatively early an opportunity to follow his example . But they did not mean to stop

there , there vvere two more coming on who vvere not yet 21 . As time passed they hoped to make their membership of the United Northern Counties Lodge five , and he hoped it was an example which other members would try to equal . No doubt Bro . Bolas vvas already on their track . He vvas a Lancashire lad , born and bred on the banks of the Mersey , and it was the duty of a Lancashire man to become a

member of that lodge . It vvas an extra pleasure to him to be initiated by his father during his father's VVorshipful Mastership . That did not occur to every initiate . It was also a great pleasure to him to find in the lodge so many persons he knew outside Freemasonry . He would do his level best while he vvas a member of the lodge for Freemasonry . He should aspire to some office . He did not join with the

intention of by-and-bye relapsing ; he went for the same goal as his father , and he hoped some day to sit in the same position . The toast of "The Officers" vvas made the occasion of the VV . M . presenting , in the name of the brethren , a

handsome spirit case to the J . VV ., on the occasion of his marriage , and Bro . Bolas made a felicitous speech in acknowledging the gift . The execution of a beautiful programme of music was a most agreeable addendum to the general pleasure of the evening .

Rye Lodge ( No . 2272 ) . —The annual meeting for the installation of a new W . M . of this lodge vvas held on Wednesday evening , the Sth inst ., at the Peckham Public Hall , under the presidency of Bro . Frederick Dunn , who as the first business , raised Bro . S . F . Smith to the Third Degree . Afterwards Bro . Dewsnap . P . M . and Sec , installed Bro . W . Cock , P . M ., P . S . G . D . Middx ., as Master , The

following brethren vvere appointed to office : Bros . F . Dunn , P . M ., I . P . M . ; G . P . Nightingale , P . M ., S . VV . ; P . G . Philps , P . M ., J . VV . ; S . G . Mansell , P . M ., Treas . ; J . VV . Dewsnap , P . M ., Sec ; VV . Castledine , S . D . ; G . T . Collier , J . D . ; W . T . Warner , I . G . ; E . Pettit , P . M ., Org . ; W . R . Dunn , D . C . ; T . M . Wright and F . Hussey , Stewards ; and T . Bowler , Tyler . Among' the visiting brethren present were Bros . John J .

Shelvey , 101 ; H . F . Bing , VV . M . 1962 ; A . F . Rowland , 1779 ; B . Morgan , S . D . 1901 ; A . H . Stollerg , 171 S ; G . Etheridge , 303 ; H . Massey , 160 , P . M . 619 and 192 S ; Charles Henry Stone , J . D . 507 ; George Whitaker , 73 ; Thomas Brown , P . M . 1697 ; Samuel Hague , VV . M . 2105 ; J . P . VVilson , P . M . 259 ; and Lock Allen . The brethren , after the closing of the lodge , adjourned to a sumptuous banquet , and then honoured the customary

toasts . " The Queen and the Craft , " " The M . W . G . M ., " " The D . G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " having received the heartiest welcome , after being most tastefully proposed by the VV . M ., Bro . Dunn , I . P . M ., proposed "The W . M . " He deferred to no man in his admiration of the W . M . To speak of

his good points would take a longer time than the brethren would care about . The VV . M . had spoken of the good the Prince of VVales had done on behalf of Masonry , but , coming to lodges on the south side of London , he doubted if any brother had done more for thegood of Masonry than the VV . M . of the Rye Lodge . The brethren knew what he did on the last occasion of the Festival of the Girls' School * .

he took up 200 guineas then . That was an extraordinary performance for a local brother . Perhaps it had never been excelled . The lodge had to congratulate itself on having such a brother in the chair . He knew the VV . M . would do a great deal of good for the Rye Lodge , and bring a large number of brethren to it . If the brethren would attend regularly they would see his splendid working of Masonry ;

it had never been excelled . In Bro . Cock they had the best VV . M . any lodge inside or outside London could possibly have . The W . M . replied , after "Excelsior" had been sung , and said it reminded him that lately he had been travelling in Switzerland , and he came on a glacier which was not considered dangerous , when his companion , whom he would

call Nochein , asked him why he did not go on . He told Nochein that it did not matter if he ( Nochein ) went on and vvas buried alive at the bottom of the Alps , but that it did matter to him ( the VV . M . ) , as he had to be installed in a fortnight . Turning to the toast , he said it was by the goodness of the I . P . M ., who made him S . W ., that he had been elected VV . M . He was proud of the position , as the

Rye Lodge was the lodge of his adoption , a lodge consecrated in his immediate neighbourhood , and a lodge which he should endeavour to support , uphold , and maintain to the best of his ability . Long life gave opportunity and occasion to many faults , but the brethren ' s charity that night would forget and forgive them , and he hoped during his year of office nothing would mar or chill the year of

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happiness which had just been initiated , and at the end of his year of office the brethren , he trusted , would have no occasion to regret having elected Bro . Cock . The VV . M . then proposed " The LP . M ., " prefacing his remarks by saying that when the brethren elected Bro . Dunn they expected great things of him . They had not been disappointed , but , on the contrary , had been highly

gratified with him . Bro . Dunn had steered the Rye Lodge through the past year with great cleverness and ability , and had arrived that night at the termination of a most successful year of office . That was not more than the brethren had expected , because their I . P . M . had not done ; he had passed through several chairs , and had had a most excellent training . The members of the

Rye Lodge had had the benefit of it , and they vvere proud of their I . P . M ., not only as I . P . M . of the Rye Lodge , but as an old resident in the parish , an old neighbour , and an old , true , and sincere friend . He was one of the first to take an interest in the formation of the lodge , and his interest in it had not relaxed for a single moment . Personally he was verv much indebted to Bro . Dunn for the

manner in vvhich he had arranged everything that evening , lt must have been a great deal of trouble to him to see that everything vvas in as perfect order as could be expected , and the brethren were very grateful to him for regulating everything with such care and precision . He had now to present a Past Master ' s jewel , voted to him by the lodge ; he had richly earned it , and he would value it not for its

intrinsic worth . Having explained the 47 th problem of Euclid ( engraved on the Past Master ' s jewel ) , as given in the lectures , the VV . M . said no Mason could wear a jewel with a device on it of such meaning better than Bro . Dunn . He would think of this problem and the lessons which it taught , and he would carry out those lessons in their entirety , and become a more brilliant member of the Craft than even he now was .

The toast having been drunk , honoured , and followed by the song ' * Fare thee well . " Bro . Dunn , I . P . M ., responded , and regretted he did not deserve all that the W . M . had said of him , but he had tried to d p his best . If he had pleased the brethren he was satisfied . The song just given was " ' ' ' are thee well . " That was appropriate . It vvas not "Farewell , " vvhich vvas

tantamount to " Good bye , " but " Fare thee well . " Might he fare well himself and his lodge likewise . It would not be his fault if the lodge did not fare well . Bro . Cock had spoken highly of him , but although he had done that , he hoped it vvas not more than he had tried to deserve . He could not do more than that . Whatever was required of him in the lodge , they might be sure he would always be

to the fore . He was pleased to see the VV . M . in the chair , and congratulated himself on having preceded him . If he had had to follow him the brethren would probably have said " Bro . Dunn , you have done badly . " He had got between two good working Masters , and he was convinced that this year the brethren would have a Masonic treat . The VV . M . was a P . M . already , and P . S . G . D . of

Middlesex , and he would do the work with credit to himself and advantage to the lodge . He thanked the brethren for the jewel voted to him , and would hand it down to his son , and might he do better than his father . Bros . VVilson , Dr . Horrocks , and others , responded to the toast of ' ¦ ' The Visitors . " The VVorshipful Master then gave " The Installing

Master , " and said he was deeply impressed with the manner in vvhich he had performed the installation ceremony , and should remember it with pleasure and satisfaction . The lodge was very proud of Bro . Dewsnap , who was thc originator of the Rye Lodge , and they thought he should take a prominent part in the working of it . Bro . Dewsnap , P . M ., responding , said it had given him

great pleasure to enhance the working that evening . He felt Jhe was undertaking a duty not only of some magnitude , but one which he was scarcely capable of performing . His business had prevented him giving the attention to getting up the ceremony vvhich he would have wished , but , as the VV . M . was satisfied with it , that vvas enough . Referring

to what had been said that he was an originator of the lodge , he said that was true ; he and the I . P . M . were founders and originators , and they intended when they put their shoulders to the wheel to make it satisfactory . ' That was the third year of the lodge , and it would be the turning point . With such a Master as they had the lodge could not fail of success .

Bros . Price , Perrms , and Pownall responded to the toast of "The Musical Visitors , " Bro . Dunn , I . P . M ., for "The Masonic Charities , " and the Treasurer and Secretary respectively replied to the joint toast proposed in their honour , and the officers having replied to their toast , "All Poor and

Distressed Masons" followed , and the proceedings terminated . The superb musical entertainment which was provided between the speeches vvas given by Bros . William Price , F . Swinford , E . Pownall , VV . T . Perrins , VV . T . Warner , and VV . S . Proe .

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PROVINCIAL MEETINGS .

BEAMINSTER . Beaminster Manor Lodge ( No . i 367 ) .-Thc winter session of this lodge vvas resumed on the 7 th inst ., when the 116 th regular meeting vvas held . The attendance included the following officers and brethren : Bros . J . S . Webb , P . S . G . W ., VV . M . ; C Toleman , I . P . M .: H .

Maunder , P . G . Stwd ., S . VV . ; R . R . Samson , P . G . Stwd ., J . VV . ; J . Andrews , P . J . G . W ., Treas . ; A . Hann , Sec ; O . M . Beament , S . D . ; R . Toleman , P . P . G . Purst ., actio" - J . D . ; S . R . Baskett , P . P . G . R ., D . C ; C . G . Purkis , P . J . G . D ., Org . ; VV . Oxley , LG .,- S . Cox , P . P . G . Purst ., Stwd . ; J . Keech , Tyler ; and F . P . Kitson and S . Pile , of S 13 and 11 S 1 .

After the lodge had been duly opened , and the minutes of the last regular lodge and those of an emergency lodge had been read and confirmed , Bro . F . P . Kitson ' was passed to the Second Degree , the ceremony being most ably performed by the W . M . The lecture on the 2 nd tracing board was then impressively delivered by Bro . C G . Purkis . On the motion of the W . M ., votes of thanks were awarded

to the Secretary and others for their excellent arrangements for the reception of the Provincial Grand Lodge . On the proposition of Bro . R . Toleman , the sum of £ 10 ios . was voted from the lodge funds towards the K . M . I for Boys . Bro . Baskett , in a few well-chosen and complimentary words , congratulated the lodge and its members on the unique position they were at present maintaining in the