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quite satisfied that this time next year they would have a Grand officer as an active member of their Lodge . Bro . Herbage , P . M ., also responded . The Worshipful Master then gave " The Treasurer and Secretary , " and said it needed no words from him to tell the brethren of the good qualities of those officers . They were both good men and true , who had been

welltried , and who had the interest of the lodge at heart . With regard to Bro . Everett , he vvas sure he should be pardoned if he alluded to the forthcoming campaign . A great deal had been said about that , but he must impress upon the brethren the fact that they should do all they could to further the election of Bro . Everett as Grand Treasurer , for it was to the credit of the lodge that they

should have such a distinguished brother in that office . He hoped they would all vote and influence all brethren who had a right to vote . With regard to Bro . Morris , the Secretary , he could not say too much as to his abilities or of the esteem in wkich he is held . Bro . George Everett , P . M ., Treas ., remarked that he had often said , standing in that place , how proud he had

felt to be the Treasurer of the old Domatic Lodge . He felt prouder than ever that night , for they had been honoured by the presence of Grand Officers who had vied with each other in saying how pleased they had been with everything in connection with that lodge . He was glad , at the commencement of a new year , to congratulute the lodge on its continued prosperity . He was further glad

that they had been able to vote 25 guineas to the Old People , it being their turn to receive this sum . He mentioned this to show that , although they enjoyed themselves , they were not unmindful of the Charities . Allusion had been made to the fact that he vvas a candidate for the blue ribbon of Freemasonry . He called it so , for it depended upon the blue Masons whether he should be Grand

Treasurer or not , it being the one high office a brother could obtain by the suffrages of his brother Masons , lt was one he had set his heart's delight to obtain , and was therefore anxious to succeed . A number of brethren had come there whose hearts had been overflowing with the milk of human kindness , and whose remarks had been received vvith accclamation . He was in the 31 st year of

his membership , and when he remembered the kindness he had received he naturally felt proud . He was also proud to say that in many lodges vvhich he had visited , every time his name had been mentioned it had been received vvith kindness , and with equal kindness as in his own lodge . This made him popeful . No matter what might be said to the contrary , a strong candidate had been brought forward

against him , so that the fight would be a close one . It was very encouraging to hear the kind remarks of the brethren , but he desired to impress upon those who were disposed to support him that it vvas not merely good wishes that would secure his election , but that they must be present to vote , [ for one certainty was worth many promises from those who were not likely to be present . He had published

one list of supporters , and he prided himself that there was not a name on that list without the consent of the brother mentioned , and that not one of his Committee had had any complaint on the subject . One word with regard to canvassing . In the old days it vvas thought unmasonic to solicit for any kind of office in the lodge , and he could remember when a S . W . was brought to book for expressing

the hope that the brethren generally would support him for the office of W . M . All that had altered , and during the last few years the Grand Treasurership of England had been fought upon quite electioneering lines , and the man who hoped to win must canvass and do his best if he wished to succeed . He was fighting the election on Masonic lines , and if he was beaten—and he should be very disappointed

it he was—he should be one of the first to congratulate his opponent . He thanked the brethren heartily for their kind expressions of feeling , and he trusted the lodge would go on and prosper , and that this time next year they would meet the same happy family , and in the same happy condition they were in at the present time . Bro . T . Morris , Sec , having replied , " The Masonic

Charities " vvas given in cordial terms by the W . M ., who urged upon the brethren the necessity of supporting him in his Stewardship for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Bro . John Mason , P . P . G . D . Middx ., representing the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , said that at that very late hour he would not say much , but would be as brief

as he could in trying to thank them . It was no new subject—the only difficulty being to say something new . In this old and esteemed lodge , where they had one at the helm of affairs in regard to the Charities who had been doing noble work , and who vvas as capable of giving them information as he was , it would be unnecessary to say much . Bro . Everett had qualified himself to say that the affairs

of the Institution were well and properly carried out . He knew that in the first eight years vvith vvhich he vvas connected with the Institution , they took on additional annuitants so as to increase the amount expended yearly by £ 4000 , and that for eight years vvas good work . He hoped the brethren would nobly support the list of the W . M ., and sustain the reputation the Domatic Lodge had made for itself in the past .

" The Officers " was next given and responded to by Bro . Salmon , S . W ., after vvhich the Tyler's toast closed the proceedings . Bro . Riechelmann , Org ., presided at the pianoforte , and under his direction an excellent programme of music vvas carried out . He was assisted by Madame Riechelmann , Miss Foxcroft , Mr . Trefelyn Davis , and Bro . F . W . Stephens . ¦¦ ¦

KENNINGTON LODGE ( No . 1381 ) . —This lodge met at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Park , on the ist inst . Among those present were Bros . R . Longley , W . M . ; Foale , S . W . ; Westley , J . W . ; Geo . Everett , P . M ., Treas . ; W . Stuart , P . M ., Sec . ; Ruffle , S . D . ; Dennis , I . G . j Lundie , Stwd . ; Koch , P . M . ; H . Higgins ,

P . M . ; 1 . C . Walls , P . M ., E * G . W . Middx . ; C . H . Kohler , P . M . ; Cockburn , P . M . ; R . La Feuillade , l . P . M . ; Pope , P . M . ; and others . Among the visitors were Bros . W . Smith , 72 ; Austin , 619 ; Herchla , 619 ; Burn , •539 ; Griffin , 1975 ; and others . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read

and confirmed , Bros . J . Barns and J . Barry were impressively raised to the Third Degree , Bro . W . J . Potter vvas passed , and Mr . J . T . Parrett initiated . Bro . Burn officiated most effectively as Organist during the ceremonies . The by-laws having been read , Bro . Foale , S . W ., vvas unanimously elected W . M . ; Bro . Geo . Everett , P . M ., reelected Treasurer ; and Bro . Reinardt , re-elected Tyler .

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Bros . Bailey , Mecham , and Cohvell were elected to audit the accounts on the 20 th inst . A P . M . ' s jewel vvas voted to the W . M . in recognition of the very excellent manner in vvhich he had discharged his duties during the past year . Bro . Foale , W . M . elect , having been elected Steward to

represent the R . M . I , for Boys at the next Festival , it was proposed by Bro . Walls , seconded by Bro . La Feuillade , and carried unanimously , " That the sum of 10 guineas be voted from the lodge funds and placed on Bro . Foale ' s list . "

The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet . The usual toasts followed . The l . P . M ., in proposing " The Health of the W . M ., " paid him a very high compliment upon the admirable manner in which he had performed his duties during an exceptionally arduous year of office . He ( the l . P . M . ) was

pleased to announce that the W . Master would crown his labours by installing his successor . The W . M ., in replying , paid a graceful compliment to Bro . Everett as Treasurer , Bro . Stuart , as Secretary , and the rest of the officers , who had assisted so loyally and

zealously during his tenure of the chair . He had also to thank Bro . La Feuillade and the other P . M . ' s for their valuable advice and assistance . The other toasts followed , and some pleasing instrumental and vocal selections were given by Bros . Burn , Everett , Lundie , and others .

COVENT GARDEN LODGE ( No . 1614 ) . — The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Tuesday evening , the Sth inst ., at the Criterion , Piccadilly . A very large number of brethren attended , both members of the lodge and visitors . Bro . Bowers Solomon , W . M ., vvas , as usual , in his place , and the following P . M . ' s supported him : Bros . E . Jacobs , P . M ., Treas . ; G . Stacey , P . M .,

Org . ; H . W . Kedgley , P . M . ; John Jacobs , P . M . ; T . A . Dickson , P . M . ; C . Kedgley , P . M . ; S . Jacobs , P . M . ; and G . Coleman , P . M . The visitors were Bros . B . Da Costa , S . D . 1349 J F . P . Hill , S . W . 2146 ; W . Marshall , 1237 ; J . D . Graham , W . M . elect 1559 ; Alf . Wilson , W . M . 2146 ; H . Smith , J . W . 1348 ; A . Meering , 79 ; W . Roots , 1273 ; F . Lockett , 1638 ; J . Skinner , P . M .

538 ; P . Parsons , P . M . 749 ; F . M . Noakes , I . G . 214 S ; John Moon , 2148 ; J . Cox , P . M . 190 ; F . W . Peed , P . M . 190 ; G . Dickinson , W . M . 168 * ; W . Hancock , 1056 and 2191 ; J . Allen , 2191 ; VV . Lincoln , 2191 ; E . T . Taylor , S . D . 1567 ; Brackstone Baker , P . G . D . ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 and 192 S ; E . Rogers , l . P . M . 123 S ; R . S . Peart , 1 S 50 ; W . W . Lee , 1 S 97 ; D . P . Fowler , 511 ;

R . J . Harnell , D . C . 2021 ; E . G . Mansell , 879 ; J . W . Moorman , Sec . 1981 , ; P . P . A . G . D . C . Surrey ; Thos . C . Seary , 1987 ; D . McTough , P . M . 905 ; H . Briley , I . G . S 79 ; E . H . Dowler , P . M . 1261 ; T . Robins , P . M . 25 ; H . Syder , W . M . 79 ; V . Orchard , P . M . 79 ; J . B . Grieve , P . M . 1351 ; W . Fowles , W . M . 134 S ; John Coltart , P . M . 749 ; G . Clark , W . M . 2191 ; F . Binckes ,

P . G . S . B . ; G , Everett , P . M . 177 ; J . Rowe , 2191 ; W . Richards , 1 S 53 ; P . F . McConnell , 2191 ; C . Solomon , 1 S 8 ; F . Jackson , 2191 ; F . Kedge , S . W . 2191 ; G . Jas . Briggs , 15 ; H . Marks , P . M . 1349 ; W . Wingham , P . M . 25 ; P . G . Davis , 27 ; G . Scott Miller , 2264 ; T . Holmes , 141 ; P . Harris , 1668 ; and others . The large assemblage was caused by the well known

excellent working of the lodge , the great popularity of the members , and the universal esteem in which the incoming Master , Bro . George Reynolds , is held . The work of installing him vvas entrusted to the Treasurer , Bro . Edward Jacobs , P . M ., whose efficiency in giving the ceremonies has acquired for him an extended fame . On this occasion his performance was the admiration of the assembled company ,

from the perfection of accuracy vvith vvhich it was conducted , and the deep feeling vvhich vvas infused into the delivery of the ritual . Bro . George Reynolds , having been duly placed in the chair , invested Bro . Bowers Solomon as I . P . M ., and the following brethren were made officers for the year : Bros . S . Hewitt , S . W . ; G . H . Reynolds , J . W . ; the Rev . P . M . Holden , P . M ., Chap . ; E . Jacobs , P . M .,

Treas . ; G . Coleman , Sec ; G . Stacey , P . M ., Org . ; J . Woodward , S . D . ; G . H . Foan , J . D . ; W . Unwin , I . G . ; A . BuIIen , D . C ; T . A . Dickson , P . M ., and G . C Bond , Stewards ; and R . F . Potter , P . M ., Tyler . The investitures were admirably executed by the new W . M ., who showed thorough proficiency in his duties . After the delivery of the addresses by Bro . Edward Jacobs , " Hearty

good wishes " having been given , the lodge vvas closed , and the brethren adjourned to a sumptuous banquet in the Victoria Hall , served under the ^ personal superintendence of Bro . G . P . Bertini , assisted by Mr . Hoogen , the assistant manager . The W . M . on entering the hall vvas received with cheers . When the banquet vvas disposed of , and grace having been said , the toasts were promptly

proposed . The Worshipful Master , in giving " The Queen and Craft , " said the brethren all knew that the QueeiTpossessed all the qualifications that Masons greatly admired . She vvas the mother of the greatest Mason that ever lived , and she possessed in her heart all those qualities that the brethren held so dear—faith , hope , and charity . The Worshipful Master next gave " The M . W . G . M .,

H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . " When they considered that the Prince of Wales threw his heart and soul into Masonic work ( and they had not a stronger instance of it than what he did on the occasion of her Majesty ' s Jubilee by taking the chair at the meeting at the Albert Hall , and also at the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School ) , there was no surprise that when he ( the W . M . ) and Bro . Skinner went to

America last year they had the pleasure of finding H . R . H . thoroughly reverenced and considered really as the Grand Master of the Craft throughout the world . They must bear this in mind , that the Prince of Wales' ideas of Masonry were something grand and beautiful , for he gave expression to that phrase , that though Freemasonry vvas a Secret Society it was not a dangerous one .

The Worshipful Master next proposed " The Pro Gran 3 Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and said that all who attended Grand Lodge must have noticed the impartial manner in which the business vvas done ; it received attention , and there vvas no bias or

prejudice shown . They had two Grand Officers present that night , Bro . Brackstone Baker and Bro . Binckes , who must have been thoroughly delighted with the reception they had had . Bro . Baker was the representative at Grand Lodge of England of 19 Grand Lodges of the United States and Canada . Bro . Baker was one of the most

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business men it had ever been his pleasure and duty to come in contact with , and he could conscientiously say this , having acted as Secretary of the Anglo-American Lodge , of which Bro . Baker had been the first Master . When he ( the W . M . ) vvas in America last autumn with Bro . Skinner he found Bro . Brackstone Baker ' s name was reverenced there . As to Bro . Binckes , they knevv he worked very , very hard

as Secretary of the Boys' School , and at the present time he had the very hardest task before him , because the Girls-School had last year taken the lion ' s share of the subscriptions . Therefore , it was the duty of every Mason to do all they possibly could to assist the Boys' School . But as far as the Grand Officers were concerned the brethren he felt sure were delighted that Bro . Brackstone Baker and

Bro . Binckes were among them . Bro . Brackstone Baker , in reply , while regretting that Bro . Binckes had not be selected to respond , compared himself to the ecclesiastics who , when saying Nolo Episcopari , nevertheless liked it all the same . Young Masons might think that Grand Officers were clothed in purple and fine linen , and sat in a rarefied atmosphere on the dais in

Grand Lodge , but he could tell them that the Grand Officers were a most serviceable workable set of brethren without whom Freemasonry would hardly exist . They were the House of Lords , the Senate , the nobles of Freemasonry , who had been through their periods of labour , who had survived the times of adversity , and were trustees of a very rich inheritance which had been handed down to

them , not merely the grips and passwords , but the great principles of Freemasonry , the instincts of the Fraternity , the doctrines of Freemasonry vvhich had been illustrated that evening by Bro . J acobs in the installation ceremony . These were the great landmarks of the Order which the Grand Officers jealously and faithfully guarded , and saw were not violated . If any amendment

orinnovationwereproposed by any one , the Grand Officers would not only speak , but vote against it . If any flagrant violation of the ritual were suggested , the Grand Officers were in Grand Lodge to act and speak earnestly and energetically against it . That was part of their duties , because they had passed their apprenticeship , and gone through a severe ordeal before being elevated to their high rank . He had not heard

of a Grand Officer who had been selected without having merit as well as favour . He had been 20 years a Grand Officer , and though many had outstripped him in the performance of their duties to Grand Lodge , he had to thank the brethren for the kindness vvith which the Grand Officers were generally received . Bro . Baker then referred to the visit of the WM . to America , and said the ostensible

object of the visit was to get and bring home to him ( Bro . Baker ) a jewel for him to wear as representing the Grand Lodge of Maryland . If Bro . Reynolds had done nothing else on this visit , he had done a meritorious action ; he had well fulfilled his duty in the Anglo-American Lodge , and he possessed what Carlyle called the "infinite tact of taking trouble ; " like Mr . Spurgeon ' s housemaid , who

swept under the mat at the foot of the stairs as well as around it . If Bro . Reynolds vvas the same sort of Master as he was Secretary of a lodge , the brethren of the Covent Garden Lodge would have a perfect Master in him . The Immediate Past Master proposed " The W . M ., " a toast vvhich he hoped would be given a most hearty greeting . The Worshipful Master , in reply , thanked the l . P . M .

for the toast and the brethren for drinking it so heartily . He was but a grafting on the Covent Garden Lodge , and he trusted his grafting would become a good sound limb of the tree . Ever since he had been among the Covent Garden brethren he had always met with much kindness and had made many sound and sincere friends . He must admit that he had worked very hard for the Covent Garden Lodge and

for the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , of which he had the honour of being Secretary , but he had been received always vvith a heartiness and kindness which made a great impression on him . Bro . Brackstone Baker had been kind enough to say that he ( the W . M . ) had been a good Secretary and that he would be a good Master . It was a great pleasure to him to know that the brethren had elected him

unanimously . He would endeavour to do his duty to the lodge , not only while he vvas in the chair but after he left it , and he trusted he should have strength given him to perform those duties which were imposed on him with a love of them and with a sincere regard for all the members of the lodge . He saw around the festive board the faces of those he had brought in himself , and he was sure there

vvas not one of them who would ever regret they had joined the Covent Garden Lodge . In the future as in the past he trusted he should always have that love given him which he had always had given him wherever he went , whether in the lodge or out of it . The W . M . next proposed "The Health of the Installing Master , Bro . Edward JacobsP . M . ; the I . P . M . and the

, , P . M . s . " The brethren must have been impressed with the beautiful manner in which Bro . Jacobs performed the installation ; and when he vvas delivering the addresses , he ( the W . M . ) felt he was fortunate in having Bro . Jacobs to install him . There was no misunderstanding his words . The members of the Covent Garden Lodge had always met

with the greatest kindness from Bro . Jacobs ; and , passing on to the remainder of the P . M . ' s , there vvas a fine array of them , vvhich one seldom saw at a table . They were all good , sound Masons , and worked , and intended to work , very hard for the Covent Garden Lodge , and in his year of office would give him all the assistance he required—and he should require a great deal .

Bro . Edward Jacobs , P . M ., responding , said , being in the position of father of the lodge , it afforded him a great deal of pleasure to be at least one of the mouthpieces of the P . M . ' s of the lodge on that occasion . They would allow him to draw a little on his imagination when he told them he was trying to interpret what he knevv must be running in the P . M . ' s minds , viz ., the gratification vvhich

they as well as himself must feel at that numerous assemblage to do honour to the installation of their highlyrespected W . M . They did not flatter themselves that that assemblage was there for any other purpose than that , because they were a / I aware of ihe great respect , love , and esteem in which their worthy brother vvas held by a very large number of highly-respected Freemasons . In

inosay that , he should also say that it was only the fringe of the mantle that clung to his shoulders falling upon the P . M . 's , because they considered him as one of their own children ; and therefore , when the brethren came there to do honour to Bro . Reynolds , they felt that they did honour not only to the P . M . 's , but to the other members of the Covent Garden Lodge . He said this because he wished them to