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or the purpose . It is lofty and spacious , and its decorai ons , yvhich have been executed by Messrs . Hartley & Son , re tasteful in the extreme . The chairs and pedestals , hich are remarkably handsome , and executed with minute Directness in the style of three principal orders of archiectnre , have been made from designs from the studio of Mp « rs . Knowles . of the Medifeval Art Works , Stonegate .

The collars , jewels , & c , have been supplied by Bro . Geo . Kenning , of London , and are both massive and chaste in execution . The carpet has been supplied by Mr . T . G . Turner , Parliament-street , and a very handsome pedestal in the form of a double cube , of old oak , together with the dais , are from the workshops of Messrs . Keswick & Sons . The candlesticks , which are of oak , and nearly five feet in height , from Bro . Kenning ' s , are beautiful specimens of

carving . At 2 . 30 p . m . the brethren assembled , and the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge having been formed into procession in an adjoining room , the lodge-room was entered , and Provincial Grand Lodge opened in ample form by the R . Worship ful Prov . G . M . In addition to the VTarl nf 7 . * tlanil iVicre wfrr- nrpspnt . members of the Prov .

Grand Lodge , Bros . J . P . Bell , D . Prov . G . M . ; the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett , Prov . S . G . W . ; W . Waller , P . G . J . W . ; M . C . Peck , Prov . G . Sec ; Rev . W . Valentine , P . Prov . G . Chaplain and S . W . 236 ; Woodall ( Scarbro' ) , P . P . S . G . W . ; R . G . Smyth ( Hull ) , Prov . G . Director of Ceremonies ; C . H . Hunt , Prov . G . Organist ; J . Todd , P . Prov . G . O . and Sec . 23 6 ; G ,

Bamford , P . Prov . G . O . ; T . Sissons , P . Prov . G . R . ; T . Cooper , P . P . G . S . W . and D . C . 236 ; J . Ward , Prov . G . Pursuivant ; and many others . 'lhe ceremony of consecration was then proceeded with , the musical portion of the service being most ably performed by a choir of Masonic vocalists from Leeds and Bradford , under the direction of Bro . Thornton Wood , the music being the

composition of Bro . Atkinson . Bro . Thomas Cooper , P . M . 236 , was then duly installed First Master of the Eboracum Lodge , and he appointed and invested his officers as fol lows : —Bros . T . B . Whytehead , 133 8 and 236 , Senior Warden ; J . S . Cumberland , V 78 , Junior Warden ; Geo . Balmford , P . M . 256 . Treasurer : lames Kav . 1010 , Secretary ;

T . Tuke , 236 , Senior Deacon ; C . G . Padel , 236 , Organist ; Seller , 23 6 , Inner Guard ; J . Redfare , Tyler , pro tem . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master then gave a long and elaborate address , in thc course of yvhich he traced the history of Freemasonry in its connection yvith the city of York , and expressed his satisfaction at the very auspicious

manner in which the Eboracum Lodge had come into existence , anticipating for it a very prosperous future . The W . M .. Bro . Cooper , then proposed a vote of thanks to the R . W . P . G . M ., the D . P . G . M ., the Sec , and thc P . G . Officers who had attended on the occasion , and announced the R . W . P . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland , the D . P . G . M ., Dr . Bell , the P . D . P . G . M . Bro . G . Marwood , and thc P . G . Sec , Bro .

Peck , had been elected honorary members of the lodge . Tile lodge yvas then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the De Grey Rooms , yvhere a Sumptuous banquet had been prepared by Mr . J . Toes , in his well-known style . The W . M . presided , and was supported by the Prov . G . M ., the Dep . I ' rov . G . M ., the Prov . G . S . W ., thc Prov . G . Sec ., and others ; and thc folloyving toasts were dul y honoured

— "The Queen and the Craft ; " "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . of England , and thc other members of thc Royal Family ; " "The Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro G . Master , yvith the Grand Officers ;" " The Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Zetland , H . W . Prov . G . M . of North and East Yorkshire ; " " The W . Bro . J . P . Bell , F . sn .. M . D .. LP .. Past Senior Grand Deacon of England .

Dep . Prov . Grand M . of N . and E . Yorkshire ; " "The W . M . of the Eboracum Lodge ; " "The Visiting Brethren ;" " The Masonic Charities ; " "The Tyler ' s Toast ; " "The York Lodge , 236 ; " ' •Prosperity to the City of York ;' and others . ' An object of great attraction to the brethren in the lodce-room was an intercstine Masonic relic in the shape

of an ancient Bible , bearing on its flyleaf the following inscription : — " This Bible belongs to the Freemasons meeting at Mr . Hoyvard ' s , 1761 . " This valuable memento of the Craft and of a lodge now extinct has been generously presented to the Eboracum Lodge by Mr . Carter , of Stonegate , in whose possession it has remained for many years .

Consecration Of The Eccleston Lodge. No. 1624.

CONSECRATION OF THE ECCLESTON LODGE . No . 1624 .

Another London lodge was consecrated on Wednesday evening , at the Grosvenor Hall , Ebury-sq ., Pimlico , by Bro . W . Hyde Pullen . The S . W . chair yvas occupied by Bro . John Verity , VV . M ., Ebury Lodge , No . 1348 , and thc J . W . chair was filled by Bro . John Coutts , P . G . P . The

Secretary's post was conferred on Bro . W . nnccnt . The Rev . Bro . Hall , Prov . G . S . W . Surrey , acted as Chaplain . The breihren who were present were : — Members : —H . A . Hunt , Isaac Isaacs , J . G . Fisher , D . W . McLeod , J . C . Flattely , H . I . Johnson , Samuel Jones , Thomas Lamb , Thomas Webb , E . Powell , Joseph Hicks .

Visitors : —Bros . Hyde Pullen , P . G . S . B . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , 1383 , P . M . ; Rev . Ambrose W . Hall , Prov . S . G . W , Surrey ; GeorgeM . Marshall , 1161 , J . S . * , Coulton , P . M , 382 ; J . Barney , 1567 ; Arthur G . Luard , 1537 ; J . H . Glutton , 1 S 37 ; Thomas F . Shattock , 1537 ; Edyvard Coles , III ' - ); H . Massey , P . M . 019 (" Freemason" ) :

H . Parker , P . G . Org . Middx ., C . T . Carter , P . M . 145 ; T . Baxter , 145 ; Thos . F . Davis , 87 ; John Hoidell , 1348 ; W . Carter , P . M . 141 ; Charles Golden , W . M . 156 7 ; Morgan , I ? 8 ij ; Bourne , P . M . 1348 ; C . Pulman , P . M 720 ; John Verity , W . M . 1348 ; John Elliott , S . VV . 1348 ; W . M . Heibert , 625 ; G . H . Pownall , 143 ; J . R . Sainton

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209 ; Thos . Cox , 511 ; John Coutts , P . G . D . ; A . J . Ireton , J . W . 1348 ; ' E . Hart ; R . P . Hart ; J . R . Lane ; Stanhope ; John C . Cox , P . M . 1257 ; W . Vincent , 1194 ; R . J . Steel , P . M . 1194 ; C . Simmons , 1194 ; Thos . Cross , 1194 ; Chas . Jewell , 511 ; Geo . Rose , 87 ; Frank Povvnall , 141 ;; A . Flattely , 205 ; Chas . B . Payne , P . M . 27 ; I . R . Vine . P . M . 13 : Edw . Holland , IJI : I . Thurlev

Beale , 201 ; W . Gould , 1158 ; W . G . Shute , 51 ; H . T . Steyvaid , 142 ; A . Sheppard , 11 = ; S ; John Hunt , 1348 ; J . J . Cantle , W . M . 1441 ; . ) . T . ' Woodstock , P . M . 740 ; Chas . Thomas , 77 ; Dr . Joseph L . levies , 357 . The ceremony of opening in the three degrees having been first performed , the consecrating officer addressed thc brethren and the usual observances took place . The

musical arrangements being conducted under Bro . h . Coles , who yvas assisted by Bros . G . T . Carter , P . M . No . 382 ; Henry Parker ( piano ) , T . Baxter , No . 145 ; and Thurley Beale , No . 1319 . Bio . Hyde Pullen , at the proper time , called upon the Rev . Bro . Hall , Prov . G . J . W . Surrey , to deliver the oration , yvhich the Rev . Chaplain did as folloyvs : —

Brethren , I have been asked to say a few yvords upon the nature and principles of our Order . It is usual for the Consecrating Chaplain to do this , so that at the dedication of a new lodge the brethren yvho are to form it may be reminded of the important duties and responsibilities that are about to devolve upon them that they may be the better enabled yvhen their Masonic barque is

fairlylaunched to carry out those sacred teachings to the benefit of the cause , the instruction of the brethren and the glory of the Great Architect . VVe are yvell ayvare that the principles of our Order are to be found in every grade of society in every country , in every clime , among men of every creed ; and they are beloved by all ; and yvhy . ' Because they are princil les of duty that command attention ; thev

teach us the good and the right yvay ; they teach us to take for our support the pillars of yvisdom , strength and beauty , based upon . 1 sure foundation : nnd I feel quite suie from yvhat I knoyv and yvhat I have heard of the bn thr n yvho are about to be appointed to the lodge's offices , that those duties and those principles yvill be ably and fairly carried cut to the best of their ability •, and tlv . it this lewlce

yvill in its transit through the world shine brightly nnd emerge in the great lodge above to life eternal . 1 yvould noyv call your minds back to some thousands of years ago when there might have been seen a young man fly ing from his country and seeking in a distant land a shelter and hospitality , flying from a brother ' s anger ; yvhen hc by deceit and fraud obtained that brother ' s birth right . That vounsr

man ' s name was Jacob ; and yvhen he lay down to rest at night , the earth his bed , a stone his pilloyv . and his covering the canopy of heaven , in his s ' e-ep a vision appeared 10 him ; he sayv a ladder reaching from earth to heaven , and on the ladder angels ascending to the Great Architect , and descending bringing down from llim messages of love and mercy for the benefit and comfoit of man below .

1 hat ladder yve take as ran of the great emblems ol i . ur Order , as yve see yvhen the ledge boaid is un . oyered , as the emblem of the great principles of our Order . And , brethren ul the Kcclcst ™ Lud f e-, y \ ho are this day about to take the first step of that ladder which is bar-id upon tilt- sacred willing . ** , you yvill soon ascend the oiher two yvhich yve * in Masonry rictignise , and go up m . d up till vou reach those * ethereal mansions yyhirh ; -re aboye in the

starry firmament . Bir . a feyv words more ; I must be brief . Yon knoyv , in Masonry as well as in nature , yvhen our lodge is opened the badge of innocence ami the bond of friendship is shewn and the jewel of equality sparkles in the yvist ; and then yve arc led up to the- Thiid Degree , and yve are taught that the time yvill come yvhen death yvill have his urcv . yvhen sickness enters \ our

chamber , and when the King of terrors comes through bolts and bars and claims his own . Then , the sprig of acacia is plucked from the spot yvhere it has grown in love , plucked to decorate a departed brother ' s gruvc . These are the principles of our Order taught in the Thiid Degree , leading us by contemplation to the closing hour of our existence , and yvhen thev haye led us thiough the in .

tncate windings of this mortal state , finally instruct us hoyv to die-. Brethren of the Eccleston Lodge , may you , in yvhatever situation you are placed , yvhatever may be your lot in lile , carry those duties yvith you always and perform them so fairly and so well that when thc Gre-at Architect comes to make up His jewels you may feel that you have perfoimed your allotted taskso that vour last hours mav

close in peace and love . The ceremony of consecration was then proceeded yvith by Bro . Pullen , the musical portions being rendered by Bros . G . T . Carter , P . M . No . 382 ; Henry Parker , P . G . Organist Middlesex , at the piano ; T . Baxter , No . 145 ; and J . Thurley Beale , No . 1319 ; under the direction r ; f Bro . R . Coles . Nn . 1 3 in .

The whole of the ceremony ol consecration yvas admirably perfoimed , and yvhen it yvas completed Bro . Hyde Pullen installed Bro . H . A . Hunt , No . 1537 , as first W . M . of the new lodge . After the usual congratulations , Bro . Hunt invested the folloyving brethren : —D . H . McLeod , S . W . ; J . C . Flattelv . I . W .: Wm . Vincent . S . D .: Samuel I ' oncs .

J . D . ; J . G . Fisher , I . G . ; Isaacs , Treas . ; A . W . Beckham , Sec . ; Edyvd . Poyvell , D . C . ; Wm . Gould , W . S . ; E . Coles , Org . ; T . Woodstock , Tyler . The addresses yvere delivered by Bro . Pullen , and a round of applause greeted him when be resumed his seat . The S . W . then proposed , and the J . W . seconded , the election of Rro . Hvite Pullen as an hnnnrarv member t , i

the lodge , a motion which was unanimously adopted , and Bro . Hyde Pullen returned thanks for the compliment . The W . M . proposed , and the S . W . seconded , a vote of thanks to Bro . the Rev . A . W . Hall , and the other I rcthren who had assisted in consecrating the lodge , and added to the motion that the names and services of these brehren should be recorded on the minutes .

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This having been duly carried , the Rev . A . W . * -r ., Bro . Verity , Bro . John Coutts , and Bro . Steward ackn ledged the vote , and the lodge yvas closed after several n ' positions for initiation and joining had been made . K-0 lodge was adjourned by the J . W . to the third Wcdnecd ' in September , and the brethren afterwards sat down to a elegant cold banquet , provided by the caterer of the ar „

venor Club . After partaking of this , the brethren ami " settled down to the business of the evening , and the d 0 ( 1 having been given once more in charge of the T yler th usual list of loyal and Masonic toasts yvere proposed . Bro . John Coutts , P . G . P ., yvas called upon as the repr sentative of the Grand Officers , to respond to the toast pr 0 posed and drunk in their honour , and

Bro . Hyde Pullen proposed " The W . M ., " In doing hc said it had been more than a pleasure to him to n pose the toast of the W . M ., feeling as he did the impor . tance of having placed in the chaira brother yvho , he hoped and trusted , would fulfil all the duties of his hi gh officeas Master of such a lodge as the Eccleston Lodge yvas likely to become . He had also another gratification in proooc

ing this toast—the W . M . yvas the brethren ' s own selection although he had not gone through the usual necessary form observed in an already established lodge . The Vl . yvould do honour to their choice , and fully meet the hopes and expectations they entertained of him . He would pcrfoim all his dulies yvell and establish a high reputation for tbe lodge , and the brethren would in their turn afford him everv assistance in their power .

The W . M . replying , said his difficulty in replying to this toast yvas caused by the flattering expressions of Bro . Hyde Pullen , and by the fact of his ( the W . M . ) being a very young Mason . Being but a young Mason , he could hardly feel yvorthy of any flattering expressions . Hc had been

called to a very high office , and he fully appreciated the great importance of it . It would be his endeavour to make the Eccleston Lodge second to none and yvhen the brethren next met to instal a VV . M . he hoped they yvould shew as good a front as they had already . It yvould be his eariK ' .-t endeavour so to conduct the business

of the lodge that those yvho yvhere presented as initiates should le imluiled in the iriie . ipivit of Masonry arii should come into the lodge yvith the idea that Masonry yvas an institution not to betaken in hand unadvisedl y or lightly , tbat it might be a secret society , but it yvas one of those institutions that made up the yvhole duty of man . It yvas not for him then to enlarge more particularly on

Masor . ry ; it yvas more for him to speak e . f those yhu har ! come tr . consecrate the lodge , and yvho had done it in the irost admirable manrer , most feelingly , most impressively . Thr st * they must honour that evening , ns well as those yvirhout yvhom they rould not have ban that Iodic rouse-crated—the members of the Ebury Lodge , its Master , and Waidens , yvho fathered the Eccleston Lodge and tool

its i romotirs upon trust . By their help Grand Lodge accepted the Feel ston Lodge , yvhich hail noyv bloomed into a full lodge , and it yvas these brethren yyhom he now yvished to honour , and hr yvould therefore propose " The Kbury Lodge , " and called upon its VV . M ., Bro . Verity , to acknowledge the toast . Bm . Veriiy , in responding , sail that be and all

ifobrethren of the f-. bury Lodge felt very great pleasure 111 supporting the VV . M . 011 such nn imparlanl occasion a > the coi'Sieratio . i of the lodge . For himself , he had taken a yen MII : I ! 1 pail in the ceremony , but he nevertheless ftli much pleasure in doing even that . When the deputation of brethien yvishing in slait the Eccleston Lodge -Aaaitei * * linnn lhe l '" . hnr \ - l . nilcre for their rernmmenilation

tbey rfreiwd the most earnest nnd warm support , ann now that lie looked round and sayv the way in yvhich lhe original design had been carried out , he could not help thinkit . g it yvould reflect honour on the crafl . What he had said for himself he said on behalf of nil the " Eburyites , " yvho yvished the Lodge success , and thc Master heallh and stirncth lo carry out the duties of his

high ca ling properly . The VV . M . then proposed " The Consecrating MasW , Bro . Hyde Pullen , " yvho had initiated him in Masonry . It yvas on that account that hc ( the VV . M . ) asked Bro . Ilvde Pullen to consecrate the Lodge and

to instal him as Master . When asked , Bro . PulM readily consented to do jo ; he yvas always read ) to do a good turn for everybody , and yvhen Masonry » 'SS concerned iu it he yvas doubly ready . It must have been a great inconvenience to him to attend , and OS a sligl * recognition of his leiviccs the brethren would now drink

a toast in his honour . The toast having been most cordially accepted , Bro . H ) ' "' Pullen replied , and said that , as he had said before , so he no * repeated , that it had been a great pleasure antl gratification to him to attend and consecrate the lodge , and ins "' its W . M ., and noyv that the W . M . had told the brethren that he CBro . I ' ulleril hnd initiated him in Masonry , the )'

yvould the better understand how much the p leasure <" attending that evening was enhanced hy his having 1 " instal him . Having brought him into Masonic existence he hoped that he would develop into manhood , and tha the brethren would have thc pleasure of seeing it . " wa a great comfort to sec one ' s children grow in strengths " importance from dav to dav . and havinsr himself man **

then round that table whom hc had introduced into M »" sonry in various ways , it yvas an intense gratification meet them , not only then , but at all times . He wish ' the lodge all the success and prosperity that i ! s " ?)' a themselves could yvish for . It had been launched li » boat uuon the billows , and he honed it yvould prove a g °

ship , with charity at the prow , with hospitality at ' helm , and with care and prudence as pilots who wo guide it through all the shoals and quicksands , ^ were likely to meet it in its course , and steer it safely 0 the ocean of time , and bring it home to its haven 1 years hence , fo celebrate its centenary . He could 01 hope that every member of the lodge would do his u ' would use his most strenuous efforts to aid and 8 s