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in the Macdonald Lodge , and they worked not only the ceremonies well , but Charity well . That was a most difficult thing lo take up . He entered Masonry lightly , but he was checked by a brother , and he told him he hoped to live and do his work well , and he shortly after succeeded . He went in for the Charities , and joined one or two Masonic Clubs which made life subscriberships . He approved of the plan , for the amount a brother parted with he did not

miss . He hoped by next October they would institute one of these associations , and let the lodge represent the Charities more than it had in the past . Bro . Major Bridges , replying to the toast of "The Past Masters , " said there were now 16 cf those brethren present . In the early days of the lodge when the first Master , Major Irvine , occupied the chair , he ( Bro . Irvine ) was one of the best workers he had ever seen , and he worked in such

careful and dramatic manner that he set an example to the brethren of the lodge that had not yet died out , and he hoped never would , because each Master in the chair had endeavoured to emulate the example set by Bro . Irvine , and hoped they had in a more or less degree been successful . The very latest addition to the ranks of the Past Masters , Bro . Marshall , they were much pleased with , and from the exhibition he had given that night they could see he had

worthily sustained the honour of the lodge . It was now some 25 or 26 years since he ( Major Bridges ) joined , and during all that time never had there been a better Master in the chair than Bro . Marshall . Sir John Monckton said tl ey ought not to be unmindful of the Charities . In the old days trie Macdonald Lodge was well represented , and was Vice-President of one or two of the Charities . He was

tyiite sure that ii the future and another association being formed they would be able to send up a good list . Bro . Kasterbrook , S . W ., replied to the toast of "The Officers , " after which the Tyler ' s toast was given , and the brethren separated , having spent a charming evening . The Pro Grand Master was conducted into the lodge by nine Past Masters , representing the honour due to a Pro Grand Master .

Tyssen Amherst Lodge ( No . 2242 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Monday , the 7 th instant , at the Amherst Club , Rectory-road , Stoke Newington , and was attended by a large number of the brethren of the lodge , together with numerous distinguished visitors . Among those present were Bros . T . J . Cusworth , P . M ., P . Z ., W . M . ; A . F . Lay , I . P . M ., Treas . ; C . C . Paine , S . W . ; R . S . Ellis , J . VV . ; S . 1 . Cross , P . M ., Sec . ; H .

G . Coan , S . D . ; J . Thompson , J . D . ; VV . H . Turner , I . G . ; W . E . Dippie , Org . ; Palmer Bryant , D . C . ; F . W . Smith , A . D . C . j F . Small , H . J . Pryce , and R . VV . Carter , Stewards ; J . Very , Tyler ; Lord Amherst of Hackney , P . M ., P . G . W . j ll . Logsdail Sarson , A . Rusbv , J . H . Crabtree , A . E . Geary , T . C . VVinckworth , D . M . Upsdale , and C . W . Crook . Visitors : Bros . Hamon Le Strange , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Norfolkj J . Terry , P . G . S . B .,

Sec . K . M . K . I . J C . C . Black , W . M . 2504 ; W . Hayworth , VV . M . 1261 ,- A . J . Potter , P . M . S 13 ; VV . Hicklin , P . M . 1261 ; C H . Halford , P . M . 1007 : H . T . Walker , S . D . 373 ; W . O'Neal , l . G . S 57 ; W . R . E . Emerson , Org . 45 ; C . Coram , 2332 ; G . Allan , 2242 ; J . B . Frost , 1 ) 17 ; G . Bagrall , 2 . 374 ; S . G . Hay worth , 2510 ; and VV . C . Mann , 2 i ("> S . The lodge was opened by Bro . T . J . Cusworth , W . M .,

and the minutes of the last regular lodge and emergency meetings were read and confirmed , and the report of the Audit Committee approved and adopted . Bros . Crabtree and Geary were raised to the Degree of M . Ms ., and the VV . M . elect , Bro . C C . Paine , S . VV ., was presented by Bro . A . F . Lay , I . P . M . The impresive ceremony of installation was ably and eloquently rendered by the retiring Master , Bro . T . J . Cusworth , and Bro . C . C . Paine

was duly installed . The W . M . appointed and invested his ofiicers as follows : Bros . Ellis , S . W . j ( . oird , J . VV ., Lay , 'Treas . ; Cross , Sec . ; Thompson , S . D . ; 1 urner , J . D . ; Bryant , I . G . j Dippie , Urg . ; Smith , D . C ; Small , A . D . C ; and Pryce , Carter , and VVinckworth , Stwds . At the conclusion of the ceremony the VV . M . stated that he had a most pleasing duty to perform , in presenting Bro . Cusworth , the I . P . M ., with a Past Master ' s jewel in gold , a gift from the members of the lodge to mark

their esteem and regard , and their appreciation of the ability he had shown in his conduct of the chair duiing the past year . Bro . Cusworth feelingly thanked the brethren lor their kindness , paying a special tribute to the zeal , excellence , efficiency , regularity and punctuality of his officers , and said that the past year was one of the happiest he had ever spent in Freemasonry . Bru . Lord Amherst of Hackney , P . G . W ., asked the indulgence of the brethren ,

as the first VV . M . of the lodge , to congratulate the lodge on its having carried out so successlully the high ideals formed at its consecration , and on its having entered upon a new stage of its existence , when its own children we e heginning to fill its chair . The present W . M . was the first initiate of the lodge , initiated by him six years ago , and he exhorted him to follow in the steps of the I . P . M . The

work of the evening had afforded him the keenest satisfaction , and he was sure the lodge would hold its U'vn with any under the register of the Grand Lod ^ e i'f England . He congratulated the lodge on its W . AL , snd un its success , not only by its W . M . ' s , its I reasurers , and its Secretaries , but on its own members , II ho contributed so largely to its success by the introduce on of new members . He exhorted tne biethren to exeicise

Care and attention in their introduction , in the promo . i jn of riarnn ny , concord , and peace , and in the duties they owed sach other . He hoped the lodge would ( loutish for many Ser . erations . He thanked the brethren for their kind in-V'tition , and hoped he should be able to accept it for many years to come . " Hearty good wishes" having been given for a happy and prosperous year of ollicethe lodge was closedand

, , the brethren adjourned to the banquet seived in the large hall cf the club . The VV . M . gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , which were received most heartily and cordially . Iiro . Loid Amherst of Hackney , P . G . W ., responded to 'ne loast of " The Grand Officers , Present and Past , ' and '" pressed the pleasure Grand Ulhceis ahvays tck in

discharg ing the onerous duties of the Cralt . lhat lodge wis Particularly uncei a great obligation 10 the M . W . tne Grand paster tor his intetctsstun tn favour ot the lodge on its jotmation . He Was proud ot ihe honour they had done , " 'n naming the lodge after him , and was glad he was a '' le to be present that evening , which was an epoch in the listory of the lodge , when its hist initiate became its VV . M

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He congratulated the Installing MasterMipon his able and efficient working , andthe officers for their ability and attention to detail . He exhorted the new officers to continue the excellent working done in the lodge , and impressed upon the brethren that it was their duty to ensure the prosperity of the loelge by taking a lively interest in its working , and by introducing suitable candidates for initiation .

Bro . Le Strange , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Norfolk , also responded , and thanked the brethren for their hearty reception of the toast . He thought -Masons were to be congratulated on having men of such position and ability as their present Grand Officers to guide them . He was gratified and pleased that that lodge was not as many London lodges were , excellent only in the Fourth Degree , for hc

had been as surprised as delighted by the fluency , the excellence , and the precision of the working . He hail been present at the consecration of the lodge , and it had given him great pleasure to re-visit the lodsre after six yea's . Hro . Cusworth proposed "The Health ol the VV . M ., " and felt sure the Tyssen Amherst Lodge would continue to improve in numbers and influence under his guidance .

The VVorshipful Master thanked Bro . Cusworth and the brethren for their good wishes , and hoped the brethren would give him their indulgence in following such an excellent Master as his predecessor , but assured them he would do his utmost to render himself worthy of the great honour they had that day conf-rred on him . He then proposed " 'The Health of the Past Masters , " with special

reference to the Installing Master , who ably responded . Bro . J . Terry , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . B I ., in responding for "The Masonic Charities , " expressed his regret that Bro . McLeod was unavoidably compelled to be absent . He congratulated Bro . Cusworth , I . P . M ., who was going up for the "Boys ' , " on his excellent list , which , he was glad to see , included 20 guineas from the lodge and 10 guineas from the

lodge of instruction , and he hoped that when the W . M . went up for the " Old People " in February next thc lodge and thebrethren would give him their liberal support in the cause of so deserving a Charity . The toastof "The Visitors" was responded to in eloquent speeches by Bros . Potter , P . M . S 13 , and Hicklin , P . M . 12 G 1 .

During the evening some excellent songs ivre given by Madame Alice Carter , Miss Edith Serpell , and Bros . Coram and Mordy , which were most thoroughly enjoyed , Bro . VV . E . Dippie , Org ., ably pre-iding at the piano . 'The 'Tyler ' s toast concluded one of the most enjoyable , as well as the most successful , meetings of the Tyssen-Amherst Lodge .

Grafton Lodge ( No . 2347 ) . —The installation meeting of this very select and flourishing lodge took place on Wednesday , the oi ' . h inst ., at BUncharii's R-staurant , Beak-street , Regent-street , when Bro . the Hon . Sir Staff > rel Henry Northcote , C . B ., M . P ., was placed in the chair by Bro . Lord Fusion , assisted by Bro . C . F . Mitier , and in the presence of a most numerous and very distinguished

Masonic assembly , amongst whom we noticed Bros , the Earl of Jersey , Prov . G . M . Oxfordshire ; Viscount Dungarvan , Prov . G . M . Somersetshire ; Balfour Cockburn , Prov . G . M . Guernsey and Alderney ; General Hay , C . B . ; Freeman ; Major Carrell ; Clifford Probyn j Edward J . Curlinj Col . Newnham Davis ( thc Dwarf of Blood ); Stewart Brown ; Saiilard ; Gordon Miller ; A . R . Carterj and others .

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PROVINCIAL MEETINGS .

AMERSHAM . Carrington Lodge ( No . 2421 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held in the British Schoolroom , on Saturday , the 2 Sth ult . About 60 brethren attended , amongst whom were : Bros . J . M . McLeod , P . P . S . G . W . Deroy , Sec . R . M . I . B . ( hon . member ); J . E .

Bowen , P . G . Sec . Bucks j Charles Bullock , P . G . Sec . Herts j F . Johncock , W . M . 1501 ; VV . J . Mason , P . G . D . Surrey ; H . W . Davie , P . M . 173 ; R . T . Redfern , VV . M . 7 , 3 ; R . Wright . VV . M . 1305 ; | . L . Apsey , P . M . S 34 ; H . S . Beaman , S . D . 227 ,- H . J . Thomas , J . W . 753 ; li . W Hobbs , l . G . 230 S ; G . Price , Gig ; H . Ii . Dallas , 1563 ; D . K . Price , 1 . 3 S 1 ; A . Lundie , I . P . M . 13 S 1 ; R . B . Lodge ,

230 S ; C . H . Nickerson , 230 S ; H . Rankin , 221 S ; W . J . Stratton , P . M . 753 ; J . Mills , 1 ( 114 ; A . Bevan , S . W . 245 S ; and E . Delevanti , 2121 . The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the last regular meeting and ot the lodge of emergency were read and confirmed . Bro . Geo . Reynolds , P . M . 1614 , VV . M . 2101 , was unanimously elected a joining member , and Bros .

Greer , J . VV . Smith , and V . Bennett , were passed to the Second Degree in a very able manner by the W . M ., Bro . J . C . Fitzroy Tower . That brother afterwards , in a most impressive manner , installed his successor , Bro . J , J , 'Thomas , P . M . 753 , & c . The officers were appointed as follows : Bros . | ames Stephens . P . M . 2420 , P . S . G . D ., as S . VV . j R . Ferguson , j . W . ; H . N . Price , P . M . P . P . G .

Stwd ., Treas . ; T . II . Hobbs , I . P . M . 250 . S , Sec . ; II . G . Clarke , S . D . ; VV . Andrews , J . D . ; F . | . Harding , I . G . ; H . S . Woodd , D . of C ; G . Darlington " , A . D . C . ; J . G . Stone , and W . Rudd .-ll , Stwds . ; and Whiting , Tyler . A Past Mastir's jewel , also col'ar and jewel , were presented lo Bro . Tower , who has proved himself a most excellent Master , and h . s earned the respect of every brother of the

lodge . It was also resolved to recommend him lo the Prov . Gr ^ nd Master for provincial honours . Bro . VV . J . Sttatton , P . M . 753 , was proposedasa joining member , and the lodge having ueen closed , the brethren adj mrned to the Town H > ll lo partake of a banquet which was capitally served by Messrs . Spi-rs and Pond . The usual toasls having been duly honoured , the W . M .

proposed that of "Ihe P . G . M . and other Ofiicers of Provincial Grand Lode . e . ' * This was responded to by Bro . Bowen , P . G . Sic , in felicitous terms , and in proposing " I ' ne Health of the Worshipful Master , " he alluded 10 the excellent services rendered and the good record possessed by Bro . Thomas in his other lodges , wliich gave a complete assurance that he

would honour tile clbce . 'The toast was moat curdially received by the brethren . The VV . M ., in responding , stated that he felt very proud indeed in being selected to fill the chair , and he would do all he could lo further the interests not only of the lod ^ e but also of the province . He regietted the unavoidable absence of the P . G . M . and the Dep . P . G . M ., whose public duties had called them to other parts of the country .

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Proposing "The Health of the Installing and Immediate Past Master , " the VV . M . expressed the satisfaction of all with thc fluency and skill dhp ' ayedhy Bro . 'Tower in the performance of the ceremonies during his year of office , and particularly in that of that day . He had be-n a most genial occupant of the chair , and had endeared himself to all of the brethren , who hoped he would long live to bc ' of service

to the lodge . He also coupled with the toast the name of the first Master of the lodge , Bro . II . N . Price , and elicited a hearty response from the brethren in his allusions to that brother ' s illness and the gratification felt by all at his recovery . Bro . Tower , I . P . M ., assured the brethren that whatever he had done during the past year was owing , in the

hrst instance , to the kind supoort and assistance he had received from his I . P . M ., Bro . Price , and he felt he owed him a debt of gratitude for his valuable advice , and ever ready assistance . He had also receive I loyal support from his oilicers , and to that fact he attributed a large measure of the success achieved during the past year . Bto . II . N . P . ice said it vvas a very pleasing thing for

him to be present , and he thanked the W . M . and I . P . M . for their kind expressions . He was glad to see that everything had gone on so well , and thankful to all for their kind sympithy extended to him el iring his long illness . He hoped to be with them for many years to come . Bros . Bullock , P . G . Src . Herts ; Mason , P . G . D . Surrey ; Redfern , and Davie responded for " The

Visitors , " each testifying 11 the exc-llent work they had witnessed , and the hearty h ispitality . iff irded to th-im . Responding to the toast of" The Misinic Clarities , " Bro . J . M . McLeod , Sec . R . M . I , f ir Boys , expressed to the lodge his thanks and admiration for th ; way in which they had , during the short career of the lodge , supported the three Institutions , lt was to him a most plea-ing thing to know

of the success which hal attended ihe 1 idge , as he could claim to have been the brother who discovered Amersham as a new centre for Mason c activity . He felt sure that the brethren would recognise the peculiar claims of the Boys ' School , as the VV . M . was an energetic member of its Board of Management , and a most generous supporter of all the Institutions . He had kindly consented to attach himself as

Sreward from that lodge to the next Festivil , and the brethren woulel most assuredly never regret giving assistance , to the fullest extent of their power , to his list . The Institution was being most admirably worked , and the Craft generally were recognising the need of increasing its funded capitel . The toist of "The Sister lolg ; sof the Province" was

a happy int-rpolation of th ; VV M , and was ably acknowledged by Bro . A . H . Bevan , S . VV . 245 S . IJuring the evening , Uro . Bennett , the worthy host of Ye Crown , at which the regular meetings of the lodge are held , presented to the lodge a splendid portrait of the M . VV » Grand Muster , as a mirk of gratitude for having

been permitted 10 see the light of Masonry in that lodge . Iiro . Bennett was warmly thanked by the VV . M ., on behalf of tlie lodge , for his valuaule gift . 'The brethren greatly enjoyed the capital songs whicli were rendered during the ev-iungby Bros . Lodge , Stephens , IL J . Thomas , Nickerson , Geo . Price , Hobbs , and others .

MANCHESTER . Shal < spere Lodg-e ( No . 1009 ) . —We bad great pleasuie in visiting the installation meeting of this lodge on the 4 th inst . at the Freemasons' Hall , ' Cooperstreet . The installing portion of the ceremony was divided by the following : Uros . C . VV . Southwell , VV . M . ; Crossland , P . M . ; and VVtlTam Brookes , P . M ., all of whom

acquitted themselves in the usual eliicient style which it is customary fur them to exhibit . The gathering was one ol the largest it has been our privilege to witness , there being 25 Past Masters present . 'The following brethren wet ' e appointed to office lor the ensuing year -. Bos . Charles C Hilton , W . M . ; Charles W . . Southwell , I . P . M . ; William T . Olive , S . W . ; Joe Voung , J . VV . ; C S . Allott , P . M .,

Ireas . ; J . Maiden , P . M ., Sec ; VV . Brookes , P . M ., Charity Representative and D . C ; William Horsley , S . D . j George O . Brookes , J . D . ; Gilbert Lewis , I . G . ; Fredk . james , Org . ; Fredk . L . Lane , John Goodier , George fl . Kirth , and Henry Bentley , Stwds . ; and E . IL blower , Tyler .

At the banquet , when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given , the toast of "The Immortal Bard" was proposed by Iiro . J . Halden , P . M ., Sec , with great ability , and exhibiting his great knowledge as an historian . We regret on account of our limited space we are not able to give a detailed list of those present , but it will be very interesting to know there were 711 brethren present .

RIVER HEAD . Amherst Lodge ( No . 122 , 1 ) . —The meeting of this lodge which falls in the " merry month of May" has many attractions for its members , especially the London com i agent , who mourn if thev miss the run down to Sevenoaks to meet their brethren of the hop county . Visitors , too , who have ueen once at the installation

meeting of the Amherst , hesitate not to accept again , as the recorder of the last gathering personally can testify . On Saturday , the 5 th inst ., there was a fuller attendance than has been known by the oldest member of the lodge , not only at woik but also at " play , " and very few missed the former , thereby witnessing . 1 most interesting display of ritual all round .

Bro . Burford , VV . M ., opened the lodge , assisted by all his officers , supported by tight Past Masters , and with a goodly array of " purple " around him . After the transaction ol routine business , in the course of which it was reported that there was still a most satisfactory balance in hand , justifying the quotation which the worthy and veteran Sicreury , llro . Jewell , had put to the name of Treasurer

Durtnall on the toast list , " O ' ercharged with gold " ( Pen ' r / is , Act 3 ) . Iiro . Henry Work IJ jdd , F . R . C . S ., W . M . elect , was presinted for the hoi . e lit of installatio 1 . The chair was il . on taken by liru . ' Duret , P . M ., P . P . G . 1 ) . Midlx ., who had Iiro . Iloicmfr , P . S . G . W . K-nt , as S . VV ., and ILo . "l-ongley , P . JG . vV . Kent , as l . W ., and in

eluqu . nt anil p-ilcct style the ; ceremony of installation was pioce . eled witri to the end . The Uo . rd of Installed Masters numbered 20 , of whom one half were of Prov . G and rank , ami the salutation of the new W . M . was moit hearty . In due course came the appointment of oilicers in the following oreler : Brcs . Dr . Whitcombe , S . VV . ; Evenden , J . VV . j Durtnall , P . M ., 'Treas . ; Jewell , P . M ., Sec ; Wilmot