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R ETORTS OF MAECNIC MEETINGSr—Craft Masunry ' 07 Masnnrc Concert at Manchester 1 ( jS Miisorrrc and Gerneral Trdinirs I 0 ^ provincial Granet Priory rrf Devon 1 Q 9 Royal Masonic institution for ( jivls lijO Koval Masernic Institution for Boys 20 ° Fine Arts anil the Liverpool Inhibition 200

Obituary 2 al Meetings ot Le-arneel an ! other Societies 201 Notes on Art , & c 201 Irr Memoriam 2 ° True Charity Reform 2 <« A Memory of the Past 2 ° J CORREM'ONDENCE ;—TlleGranel Orient of France 2 ° 3 Freemasonrv in New Zealand 20 3

The Inhabitant ' s Le . elge , Gibraltar 204 The Genesis of Speculative Masonry 204 Loelge ol I 3 enev > lence 2 ° 4 Grammar in the Granel Chapter OlTrcc 204 A Query 2 ° 4 Masonic Notes and Queries 20 $ A Century of Masonry 205 Presentation to I ) ro . John Dennis , P . M . No . 907 205 Loelge Meetings for Next Week .- 20 ° Advertisements i , » , «' , » " , v , vi .

REPORTS , etc ., intended for insertion in current number , should reach the Office , ( 198 , Fleet-street ) , by 12 o ' clock noon , on Wednesdays .

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MIZPAH LODGE ( No . 1671 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held last Saturday at the Albion , Aldersgate-street . The work performed was the passing of Bros . Meitre and Wilson , and the initiating of Mr . Flack . The W . M ., Bro . Nelson Reed , was absent in consequence ot the death of his wife four days previously , and in his absence Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secretarv of

England , installed Bro . David R . Still as W . M . The list of brethren appointed for the ensuing year were Bros . Nelson Reed , I . P . M . ; Walter W . Medcalf , S . W . ; , [ . Bergmann , J . W . ; the Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C , Chaplain ; J . J . Avery , P . M . 70 , P . P . G . Treasurer Devon , Treasurer ; H . G . Buss , A . G . S ., Secretary ; C . Schmidt , S . D . ; R . A . Morgan , J . D . ; P . Alpeter , I . G . ; J . Hill ,

Organist ; H . H . Wells , D . C ; and J . B . Tidmarsh , W . S . The lodge then presented Bro . Buss with a handsome Secretary's jewel , as a token of thc brethren's appreciation ot his services to the lodge as Secretary during the firtt year of the lodge's existence , and also as one of its founders . When the lodge was first formed Bro . Buss agreed to accept the office of Secretary for one year . He , however ,

did not wish to have that office conferred on him for the second year , but on the tamest entreaty of thc W . M . he consented to act lor another year , but stated that after that year hc must be excused from again holding the office , his other engagements being very numerous . The brethren then closed the lodge and adjourned to banquet , which was supplied in Bro . W . G . Jennings '

best style . Among the brethren present were Bros . W . Wilson , Geo . Coppard , John Oswin , R . Nelson , H . H . Wells , H . Wiles , C . Meitre , H . Waiden , John Hill , D . Wright , Geo . Lewis , John Hervey , G . S ., W . Klotgen , C . Murton , C . H . Flack , Jas . Orr , Glasgow Kilwinning Lodge , No . 4 ; A . Brookman , 1657 ; F . Morgan , 1572 ; G . Coombs , 1188 ; Thos . Thexton , 11 , 72 ; Thos . W . C . Bush ,

1728 ; Jas . Ke > worthy , 1728 ; Kennett Harris , 1728 ; Julian Hartley , 1426 ; Adolph Oppcnheim , 435 ; A . Robins , 1056 ; John Thomson , 18 5 ; Donald Clark , 1632 ; J . R . Foulger , P . M . 1613 ; John Green , P . M . 27 ; John Clarricoats , Treasurer 157 a } H . Massey , ( Freemason ) - , John Chaney , 180 ; J . Jackson , 1287 ; D . Y . Vine , 9 ; F . H . Willcoeks , 1572 ; B . Noakes , 92 ; and James Relph , 1532 .

When the toasts were proposed Bro . C . A . Murton , P . G . D ., responded on behalf of " The Grand Officers , " and said that all the brethren who were P . M . ' s knew that Grand Lodge was the parliament t > f Masonry , wherein all the laws were made by which Freemasonry was guided . The Grand Officers had a great deal to do , and none of them were more efficient than their worthy Bro . John Hervey .

What he had said of Bro . Hervey was also reflected in Bro . Buss , because he assisted Bro . Hervey in his onerous duties , and he was sure that no one would be more ready to acknowledge Bro . Buss's services than Bro . Hervey himself . Bro . Hervey proposed " The Health of the W . M . " It had often been said that without good officers the Master of a lodge was in a difficulty , and no doubt the officers

Would find great difficulty if they had not a good Master . A great deal depended on a W . M . in a Freemasons' lodge , and it was mainl y on his conduct that the brethren relied for their good governance . The brethren had acted wisely in selecting Bro . Still for their W . M ., and they would realise what he ( Bro . Hervey ) had said , for Bro . Still would conduct the affairs

of the ledge in a way to produce good feeling among the brethren , and kindliness and forbearance ; and if any differences arose they would find sufficient decision in the W . M . to heal up those differences , and to bring the brethren back again into Ihe way in which they should go .

He could only deplore the absence of the I . P . M ., not only on account of the sad event which had pievented him attending , but also for the loss which the brethren must naturall y feel at not having him among them . The W . M . doubtless missed him very much , not that he needed the assistance oj Bro , Reed , but he would like to have said

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something about him , and all W . M . s liked to have some one to fall back upon for advice . This evening the W . M . had to rely upon what he might term a" outsidrr —( no , nu)—and though he was very happy to give all the assistance he could to the W . M ., it would havebeen more pleasing to him to see it given by the I . P . M . He wished a'l happiness to the W . M ., and he felt satisfied that all the mem

bers of the lodge would render the W . M . all the assistance which was necessary , and so render his year of office as easy as possible . They would be doing this if they refrained from forming little cliques , and from having little dissensions among themselves , and there could be no doubt that the lodge ' s prosperity was assured if they would act on the principle he had recomroenilcd . The W . M . responded ,

and said that Bro . Hervey was not , as he hail represented himself , an outsider , but was one of themselves , who honoured the lodge by being a member . He ( the W . M . ) promised to do all he could to forward the interests of the lodge , and Masonry also , and he would do his best to advise and instruct his officers to do the same . All they had to do was to study the interests of the lodge , and in

doing so they would be studying the interests of the Craft . Bro . Flack responded to the toast of " The Initiate , " after which the W . M . proposed " The Installing Master , Bro . John Hervey . " Bro . Hervey , in reply , said that it was a fortunate thing he was a modest man , for if he had not been he should long ago have been spoiled by the kindness he at all times received wherever he went . He was very

much gratified with the kindness he had expenenced that evenirig , and he was pleased to see a lodge which he mi ght call one of his infants progressing so satisfactorily as to promise to grow up a prosperous body . I le was glad , and more than glad , to see the unanimity which prevailed in the lodge , Tor without such unanimity no institution , whether Masonic or otherwise , could prosper . He could

not wish to be more kindly received than he had been that evening . He trusted that although he had run through a long career of Masonry , and managed to maintain a popularity during that period , for the short time which still remained to him among the Craft in London and the provinces , he mig ht never forfeit that kindliness and good feeling which prevailed towards him in every lodge with

which he wasassociated . Thc W . M . ' proposed "The Visitors , " to which toast Bro . J . R . Foulger , P . M . Cripplegate , and Bro . James Orr , of Glasgow Kilwinning Lodge , No . 4 , replied , the latter brother stating that he should take back to Glasgow very excellent remembrance of the good works of the Mizpah Lodge , and the great hospitality of the banquet table . Bros . J . J . Avery and H . G . Buss

responded to the toast of " The Treasurer and Secretary . " Bro . Buss , in the course of his reply , said the office of Secretary had been pressed upon him for the second year , but though he felt that the compliment was so thoroughly undeserved on his part , yet the pressure put upon him was so great that he could not help accepting the office . He had been Secretary of other lodges duiing their first year ,

and every one of them bad come out precisely as the Mizpah Lodge had come out—with a clean balance-sheet , no arrears , and everything paid . He did not expect to lend his hand to another lodge . He did not know how to express his acknowledgments for what the brethren had done , for he knew of no instance where a Secretary of a lodge had been decorated as hc had been that evening . He felt

it a great mark of esteem , and he should mark the day as a red-letter day in his Masonic career . The W . M . had received a telegram from Bro . Nelson Reed hoping that the brethren were enjoying themselves . This showed that though Bro . Reed was compelled to be awsy from them they were not absent from his thoughts . The W . M . then

proposed " The Masonic Chanties , " and wished that every lodge in the Craft would put by £ 10 a year for the charities . The W . M . next proposed " The Officers , " to which Bro . W . W . Medcalf , S . W ., replied ; and the brethren , who had enjoyed some excellent music from Bro . Bergmann and others , then separated .

BATH . —Royal Cumberland Lodge ( No . 41 ) . —A regular meeting "Was held on Thursday evening , April 4 th , in the Masonic Hall , Bro . F . Wilkinson , W . M ., in the chair , supported by Bros . F . J . Brown , I . P . M . ; Captain Peel Floyd , P . M ., & c . ; T . B . Moutiie , P . M ., and others , all the officers ( being in their places : Bros . T . P . ¦ Vshley , P . M ., Treasurer ; P . Braham , J . W . ; G . Falkner ,

S . W . ; T . Wilton , D . C ; Gummer , Secretary ; W . Hunt , S . D . ; C . W . Railway , J . D . ; Captain Robinson , I . G . ; Bigwood , Tyler ; Mercer , Steward . Members : Bros . Major Preston , P . M ., & c . ; W . Gregory , J . W . Murlis , Stiles , and several others . The lodge was opened at 7 . 45 , the accounts as audited were duly passed , minutes of the last regular lodge read and confirmed , letter read from Bro . Dr . H .

Hopkins , pleading illness as excuse for absence , also from Miss Cooper , daughter of a deceasen brother , thanking the lodge for the measures adopted to provide suitable education for the young son , Arthur Ashley Cooper , and the active steps taken to obtain admission into the Boys' Masonic School of her brother , Walter Percy Cooper . The report from the Permanent Committee was brought up

and unanimously adopted . Thc W . M . kindly undertook the Treasurership of the fund voted by Grand Lodge and Prov . Grand Lodge for the Cooper family . The alterations in bye-laws duly passed , and copy ordered to be forwarded to Prov . Grand Lodge . Bro . T . J . Brown , P . M ., presented a valuable book to the library , viz ., " Kenning's Cyclopaedia of Freemasonry , " which was suitably acknowledged by acclamation . A report frenn thc

Sub-committee on the organ question , lo the effect that the settlement of purchasing an organ was still in abeyance . Bro . Falkner proposed , and Bro . Railway seconded , that an Organist's collar and jewel be purchased by the lodge . The W . M . then announced that the candidate to be passed was again absent through illness , and reported that the W . M . and several members of the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 53 , & c , sought admission . They were received in due form .

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the salute being capitally given by the W . M . The visitors were Bros . Edwards , W . VI . No . 53 ; General Doherty , P . M . ; Dr . Tunstall , Sumsion , Rolfe , Salter , Timmins , Reuben Cook , 335 ; H . J . Walker , P . M . 53 ; J . C . Armstrong , S 3 ; J . D . Gardner , 53 ; H . Bush , and others . The W . M . then read the circular received from

the last Grand Lodge , referring to the careful admission of Masons from abroad in relation to the recent alterations of thc Constitutions of the Grand Orient , which was ordered to be entered on the minutes . A vote of thanks was then unanimously given for the visiting brethren , and responded to by Bro . Edwards , W . M . The lodge was closed in perfect harmony at 8 . 45 .

WESTERHAM . —Amherst Lodge ( No . 1225 ) . — The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Saturday , the Cth inst ., at the King's Arms Hotel . There were present Bros . Edward James Dodd , W . M . ; Armande William Duret , S . W . ( the S . W . elect ) : W . C . Banks , J . W . ; R . Dustncll , Treasurer ; J . H . Jewell , Secretary ; C . J . Dodr' , , S . D . ; J . Webb , J . T ) . ; Sinalman Smith , I . G . J T . [ .

Baker , D . C ; A . S . Owen , S . ; R . B . Newsom , P-M-t P . M . Hadley , P . M . ; S . Laver , & c . Among the visitors present we observed the V . W . Bro . James Smith Hastes , Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Kent ; Flaxman Spurrell , M . D . 615 , J . G . W . ; Geo . Cook , 3 ; James tawbiarn , P . M . 213 , P . P . G . R ., P . Z . 258 , Norfolk ; F . D . Vine , D . C . 173 ; Lewis Jacobs , Treasurer 1016 ; Geo . T . Bii < ley , Secretary

1298 ; James M'Culloch , 645 ; J . Buggegal , 1491 ; J . P . Richard , J . Burgess Brown , 303 ; James Andrews , 937 ; W . Alfred Lawson , 421 . The lodge was opened in the usual form and the minutes of the previous lodge meeting were read and confirmed . The Secretary then read the resolutions agreed to at the last Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge in reference to the proceedings of the

Grand Orient of France , which were ordered to be entered on the minutes . Thc lodge was then opened in the Second Degree , and Bro . Newsom , P . M ., took thc chair , and Bro . Armande William Duret ( the W . M . elect ) was presented by Bro . J . H . Jewell , P . M ., to receive at his hands the benefit of installation . On the retirement of the brethren below the chair , a Board of Installed Masters was formed

and Bro . Duret was installed into the chair of K . S . Ihe brethren having been re-admitted to the lodge , thc customary proceedings were carried our , the salutation if the different degrees bcintj performed under t ' . ie direction of the Installing Master . The following brethren were then invested—Bros . W . C . Banks , S . W . ; Chas . J . Dodd , J . W . j R . Dustnell , Treasurer ; J . H . Jewell , Secretarv ; Jno .

Webb , S . D . ; Sinalman Smith , J . D . ; T . J . Baker , I . G . ; A . S . Owen , D . C ; S . Laver , Steward . The Installing Master impressed on each of the officers the necessity of strict attention to their duties if they wished to progress , and closing thc ceremony with the customary address in his usual eloquent style whieh elicited thc warm approval of thc brethren . A letter was received from the R . W .

Bro . the Viscount Holmesdale , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Kent , regretting his inability to attend ; a telegram from Bro . Alfred Spenc . r , Prov . Grand Secretary , and many letters and telegrams from other important brethren , all expressing hearty good wishes to the new W . M . Bro . Ledger G . Mcrrit was re-elected on the Charity Committee , and after the proposition for two new members

the lodge was closed in due form , and the brethren adj journed to the banquet , which was presided over by the W . M , Upon thc removal of the cloth , the W . M . gave the customary Masonic toasts , introducing each with some appropriate observations . To that of "The V . W . the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and the Prov . Grand Lodge Officers , " he expressed the gratification that he felt at the

presence of two present and one P . P . G . Officers . Bro . James Smith Bastes , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , in responding saitl it gave him and his colleague great pleasure in visiting the lodge on this occasion as it at all times did when he had the opportunity of visiting lodges in the province . As ihe brethren were aware the province was large and thc lodges was somewhat scattered , but he felt it

not only a duty but a pleasure to visit them all in turn . He would like to be more frequently with the brethren , but they , perhaps , knew that there was always some work to be done by the Grand Lodge Officers . He was pleased to see the work so well done at the Amherst , and he advised the ycunger members of the Craft to be always aspiring to the higher honours , and he felt sure that these

with zeal and assiduity would obtain them . He urged upon the notice of all the brethren to observe one great feature in Freemasonry , and that was charity , and he trusted that the province would stand second to none in the amount of their contributions and subscriptions to thc schools and the other charities . Thc gavel being entrusted to the I . P . M ., he very eloquently proposed

" The Health of the W . M . " He said he had introduced him into Freemasonry and he was proud of his pupil . If they consitlered that he had discharged his duties satisfactorily during his year of office , he could assure them that they would find their new Master a better Mason than he was , and that his work was Ar , and he would require his Wardens and other officers to be perfect in their duties ,

as he was a stiiet disciplinarian , and he would not put up with anything inferior in the work of the lodge while he occupied the chair . Thc W . M . then proposed "The Health of the P . M . ' s if the Amherst , " of whom four were present . He spoke first of their I . P . M ., Bro . Dodd , and with what pleasure the lodge had intrusted to him the duty of presenting him with a I ' . M . 's jewel fur his services

to the lodge during the past year . As it was the unanimous vote of thc lodge he was sure he would wear it with satisfdCtion to himself , as the brethren had by this slight acknowledgment shown their satisfaction with his services . He next alluded to Bro . Durtnell , the predecessor of Bro . Dodd , who was still serving the lodge by acting as their Treasurer ; then of Bro . Jewell , their Secretary , who had done good service to the lodge ; and last but not least