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Instruction.
HYDE PARK LODGE ( No . 143 $ ) . —A meeting was held on Monday , the 15 th inst ., at the Porchester Hotel , Leinster-place , Cleveland-square , Porchester-terrace , Paddington , W . Present : gros . J . R . Allman , W . M . ; C . S . Mote , S . W . ; J . H . Baxter , iW . i G . Read , P . M . sir , Treas . j H . Dehane , P . M . 1543 , Sec . ; { ir Death , S . D . ; O . W . Battley , J . D . ; F . E . Vowler , P . M . , 601 , l . G . ; Capt . A . Nicols , P . M . 1974 , P . D . G . S . of W . Punjab i
am | W . H . Chalfont , P . M . 1425 . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehe irsed , Bro . Chalfont heing candidate . The ist and 3 rd Sections of the Lecture were worked by Bro . Read , assisted by the brethren . Bro . Mote was elected W . M . for the next meeting , and appointed the ollicers in rotation . After "Hearty good wishes , " the lodge was closed .
CHAUCER LODGE ( No . 1540 ) . —This lodge held its usual weekl y meet ng at the Old White Hart Hotel , Borough , on Tuesday , 16 th inst ., when there were present Bros . VV . W . Block , W . M . ; W . Wigglesworth , S . W . ; S . Renaut , J . W . ; Walter Wingham , Preceptorj F . H . Williams , Hon . Sec ; J . Hattersley , S . D . ; H . Chapman . J . D . ; W . Steele , I . G . j G . A . Ball , S . Ellis , Bellchamber , W . Roots , and Prudoe . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last
meeting were read and confirmed . The lodge was opened in the Second Degree . Bro . S . Ellis having answered the usual questions , was entrusted . The lodge wss opened in the Third Decree , and the ceremony of raising rehearsed , Bro . Ellis candidate . The lodge was re-umed to the First Degree . Bro . Block vacated the chair in favour of Bro . A . Austin , W . M . elect 619 , who rehearsed the investiture of olfi ere . 1 hc ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , with Bro . Prudoe candidate . The W . M . rose for the first time , aud
it was proposed by Bro . S . Renaut , and seconded by Bro . Chapman , that Bro . Prudoe , 1623 , become a joining member ; the ballot was unanimous . Bro . Prudoe returned thanks , and the dues were collected . The VV . M . rose for the second time , when it was proposed by Bro . Wingham , Preceptor , and seconded by the J . VV ., that Bro . Wigglesworth be W . M . for the first week in Septembercarried unanimously . Bro . Wigglesworth returned thanks , and appointed the oflicers . The VV . M . rose for the third time , and the lodge was closed .
COVENT GARDEN LODGE ( No . 1614 ) . —The usual weekly rn : eting of this lodge of instruction was held at the Criterion , piccadillv , S . W ., on the nth inst ., when there were present Bros . G . F . Swan , W . M . j H . Hunter , S . W . j A . Bullen , J . W . ; G . H . Reynolds , S . D . j ] . R . Harnell , ] . !> . ; H . Matthews , l . G . ; G . Reynolds , Sec . ; f . E . Weeks , Tyler j J . S . Henry , E . Arbitt , F . M . Noakes , and C . Grassi . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last
meeting were read and confirmed . Lodge opened in the Second and Third Degrees . Lodge resumed to the First Degree . Tne W . M . worked the 1 st , and Bro . R . J . Harnell worked the 2 nd Section of the First Lecture . Lodge resumed to the Second Degree . Bro . F . M . Noikes having offered himself as a candidate to be raised to the Third Degree , was duly questioned , entrusted , and retired . Lodge opened in the Third Degree . The W . M .
rehearsed the Degree of M . M . Lodge resumed to the First Degree . On rising for the second time . Bro . Carlo Grassi proposed that Bro , H . Hunter , S . W ., be W . M . for the ensuing week—seconded by the J . W ., and carried unanimously . The W . M . elect was pleased to appoint his oflicers in rotation . On rising for the third time , nothing further offering for the good of Freemasonry , the lodge was closed .
KENSINGTON LODGE ( No . 1-76 }) . —A meeting was held on Tuesday , the 16 th inst ., at the Scarsdare Arms , Edwardes-square , Kensington , W . Preient : Bros . C . Woods , W . M . ; W . C . Williams , S . W . j R . H . Williams , J . W . ; Hubbard , Sec ; W . H . Neville , S . D . j P . _] . Davies , J . D . j Swan , I . G . j Read , P . M ., Prtcepto j Cochrane , ' Marsh , and Sims . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirm : d . The W . M . vacated the chair in favour of Bro . W . C . Williams , and Bro . Marsh , being a
candidate to be passed to the Second Degree , answered the usual questions , and was entrusted . Lodge was opened in Second Decree , and the ceremony of passing was rehearsed . Bro . C . Woods having a swered the questions leading to the Third Degree , was entrusted . Lodge was opened in Third Degree , and thi ceremony of raicing rehearsed . Lodge was closed down to First Degree . Bro . J , H . Neville was elected VV . M . for next meeting , and the officers were appointed in rotation . Lodge was then closed in due fo' m . .
CREATON LODGE ( No . 1791 ) . —A meeting was held on Thursday , the nth inst ., at the Wheatsheaf Hotel , Goldhawkroad , Shepherd ' s Bush , W . Present : Bros . C . Coombs , W . M . ; Child , P . M .. S . W . j Higginson , J . W . J Austin , Treas . j Chalfont , P . M ., Sec ; C . R . Cross , S . D . j Woodard , J . D . ; F . Cox , l . G . ; Cavers , Stwd . j John Davies . Preceptor . Speigel , P . M . ; Sims , P . M . ; Jennings , Cotton , Craggs , Larter , Btietbatt , and P . I ) . Davies . isitors—Bros . F . Stanley , Wright , and Hardinge .
The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and conlirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Speigel . P . M ., being the candidate . The Second , Third , and Fourth Sections were worked by Bro . J . Davies , assisted by the brethren . The lodge was then closed . Bro . Child , P . M ., was elected to the chair nf W . M . for the next meeting . Bros . F . Stanley , F . N . Hardinge , and G . S . Wright were elected joining members .
CHISWICK LODGE ( No . 2013 ) . —A meeting was held at the Windsor Castle Hotel , King-street , Hammersmith , on Saturday , the 13 th inst . Present : Bros . J . Davies , W . M . j E . Aslete , S . W . ; C . Hopkins , J . W . j f . Sims , acting Preceptor ; A . Williams , Sec . j G . Gardner , Treas . and S . D . ; and F . Craggs , l . G . The
lodge was opened in the First Degree , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and conlirmed . Lodge was opened and closed in the Second and Third Degrees , and the ist Section of the Lecture worked by the brethren , under the direction of the W . M . the W . M . rose . for the first ind second times , and Bro . Aslete was elected W . M . for next meeting .
LOUGHBOROUGH LODGE . —A meeting of this lodge was held « the Gaudin Hotel , Ciapham-road Station ( L . C . & D . R . I , on Monday , the 13 th inst . Present : Bros . Kerry , W . M . j Lissimore , » VV . j Foikard , I . W . ; Beavan . S . D . ; Russell , J . D . ; Gibbs . I . G . j . !• K . Johnson , Preceptorj W . W . Westley , Treas . j J . Andrews , acc . ; Esling , Gates , Pugh , Burnett , and Coe . the lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last , t ~ . were read aud confirmed . Lodge was opened in the Second 3-id Third Degrees , and the ist Section of the Lecture worked e ¦— i . tgieeo , duti eiic xse ocietuu e . i llic i . ce . euic vvuriecu
_ , , ' ' . lJrn -Andrews , assisted by the brethren . Lodge was resumed "the Second Degree , and Bro . Esling beinga candidate for raising , nswered the usual questions , and was entrusted . Lodge was e " ™ ed 'o the Third Degree , and the cerermonv of raising rehearsed tntl * * ' with Bro . Esling as c . ndidate . ' Lodge was resumed w trie Fi-st Degree , and the VV . M . rose for the first time , and dues ) « e collected . The W . M . rose for the second time , and Bro . t-asimore , S . W ., was elected W . M . for the ensuing week . Bro . The ' vi ^ rcturned thanks , and appointed the officers in rotation . wi . W . M . rose for tne third timej ancl receiv < : ( i ( h ,. •¦ Heartv good ""•"es of the brethren , and the lodge was closed .
Royal Arch.
Royal Arch .
INSTRUCTION . ttnvn !* S CHAPTER OF IMPROVEMENT ( No . 890 ) . —A Hotel 1 •was held cm Friday , the 12 th inst ., at the Porchester there , " lnst « -place , Cleveland-square , Paddington , W ., when H . n , u P r"ent Comps . J . Sims , S . N . 834 , M . E . Z . j VV . JHaiie H ' 0 P * S * 91 S , H . j E . Child , P . Z . $ 38 . J . j H . E . S . N . ' , k 5 ° . A . S . 862 , S . E . ; C . R . Wickens , P . S . 91 $ , De-in' Jv UaT'W i 73 . 1 , P . S . ; P . J . Davies , 834 , ist A . S . j W . H . C ' EW ^' - ?* * c '\ f * * G * R * Dorset 5 M-Speigel , 8 34 ; and T . •"" us , ego , 5 > , N , ijoj .
Royal Arch.
The chapter was declared open , and the minutes of the last convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Speg-1 being candidate . The officers were elected for the ensuing two weeks—Comp . Dean as M . E . Z . After " Hearty good wishes , " the chapter was closed .
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
Miss Cicely Richards has been engaged to play the part of Biddy , the Irish young woman , in "Shadowsof a Great City , " in the place of Miss Lewis . We are sure Miss Richards will be an improvement , as Miss Lewis made herself a little too conspicuous for a non-leading part . We hear that the Princesses is looking up in a business point of view .
* * * It vvouldseem that " Our Boys " has not lost its hold on the public , and as Ling as Bro . David James can begot to play his triginal character—Mr . Middlewick—Bro . Byron ' s piece will continue to be a mine of wealth . We , like many others , who have gone to the Criterion the last week , saw it several times at the Vaudeville , where it
ran for over four years , and again on its revival at the Strand three years ago , and yet we laughed as heartily as of yore over the old wheezes . There are many who were not old enough in 1 S 75 to go to theatres , who can now go and enjoy the retired butterman's want of education , and all the mistakes he makes whenever he opens his mouth . VVe cannot imagine anyone not laughing when Mr .
Middlewick , as represented by Bro . David James , takes up an empty egg shell , puts it to his nose , and exclaims " I knows 'em , shop 'uns , ' and then his " I tell yer it ' s Dossit ; I ought to know , and what ' s more it's a twopenny pat . " Mr . George Giddens now plays Talbot Champneys , and it is not with any disrespect to Bro . Thos . Thorne that we say we like iMr . Giddens' more subdued style quite as well
as the original of Bro . Thorne . As there are a good many people up from the country , and the evenings are not so oppressive , the run of " Our Boys " may be an extended one . The Criterion , being lit by electricity , is a deliciously cool theatre , and we shall not be surprised if it is well filled for the next few weeks with people who want a hearty laugh over one of the most harmless and amusing plays ever written .
* » Mrs . Brown Potter ' s reputation may be enhanced by ^ her acting in " Loyal Love " which was produced on Saturday night at the Gaiety . But the finances of the theatre nor the traditions of the Gaiety can be benefited by such a play which is lacking in dramatic interest . There are plays which are only fit to read , and
others which are only for playing . " Loyal Love " belongs to the former class . It is a fine piece of literary woik , written in blank verse , but quite unsuited for the stage . Ross Neill , the author , is supposed to be a lady who has for some years written plays , but only one of which has ever been acted . I h .- dialogue is too prosy and deficient in interest to make it acceptable to playgoers , especially to
those who have usually been connected with the Gaiety , and who would rather see a clever burlesque or comic opera than a heavy romantic play . Mrs . Brown Potter has been unfortunate in the pieces in which she has sought to "in fame and public favour . * " Man and Wife" was not calculated to arouse popularity because it was a play written for a purpose , which purpose is now passed . "Civil
War" dealt with matters not of sufficient interest to English people , and we are afraid " Loyal Love " will not prove any greater success than the other two . But Mrs . Brown Potter has made a considerable advancement in her latest character as she did in the second piece compared with her first effort . Her speech , eyes , hair , and gait fit her exactly for such a character as she depicted
on Saturday . She evidently won the sympathies of her audience , though there were throughout the evening some discordant voicss , but these are now so usual on a first night that they count for nothing . Of late first night ' s have become opportunities for author baiting and vulgarity . There can be no need to call an author and manager forward and then hoot them , cry out for a
speech and when they try to speak drown their voices with unseemly shouts . Ross Neill very wisely refused to be drawn , so the noisy element had to go . ' away disappointed . When a play is distasteful surely it would suffice to receive it with silence . We think Ross Weill ' s romantic play has been altered for the worse , merely for the reason that the plays must end happily . Inez has been privately married
to Uon Pedro , son of a King of Portugal . She only knows him as a person in high life at the Court . The king has a marriage in prospect for his son , and is informed of his son's attachment by his minister , Gonzales , who undertakes to arrange matters as the king wishes . He casts Inez into prison , who then learns her husband is the Crown Prince . Gonzale is base enough to try and win her leve .
He tells her her lover does not care for her any more , and sends the gaoler for a cup of wine which he orders to be poisoned . He offers it to her , which she readily drinks to end her life , though she will not believe that Don Pedro has been unfaithful to her . But the gaoler has only drugged the wine . She falls down in a swoon and is thought to be dead . Pedro finds out her place of banishment and arrives
to accuse Gonzales of being her murderer . Whilst this is going on the s . ildiers come to the prison shouting " Long live , the King , " for the old king has died . Pedro is now king and orders Gonzales to be arrested . Inez gradually recovers and the loyal lovers embrace again . But it would have been more natural and poetic had the play allowed her , Inez , to be poisoned , and the young king when he found his lover faithful to him and dead , to have destroyed
himself over her dead body . Mr . Kyrle Bellew acts the lover , a part which is well suited to him , and Bro . Willard is Ganzale . s . He seems to be a great a favourite , for much of the cheering of the evening was devoted to Bro . Willard . Those fond of deep romance and blank verse pieces cannot do better than go to see " Loyal Love . " We should like to see Mrs . Brown Potter , as Juliet , after her success of Saturday .
We regrtt to hear that Bro . Lord North wick is lying seriously ill at Upper Norwood , and that serious doubts are entertained as to his recovery , , .
Obituary.
Obituary .
R . W . BRO . W . KINGSTON , D . G . M . MALTA . There can be no doubt that the District of Malta has sustained a severe loss by the death of R . VV . Bro . W . Kingston , its D . G . M ., wlwse services to Freemasonry we briefly alluded to last week , and whose mortal remains now rest in peace in the cemetery at Norwood . Bro . Kingston had been associated with the Craft in Malta , both
intimately and conspicuously , during the whole of his career , extending over 30 years . There was hardly a Degree in Masonry which he had not taken , and all the Masonic organisations in the island had found in him a capable interpreter and a wise and genial ruler . We gather from Bro . A . M . Broadley's " History of Freemasonry in the District of Malta , " which was dedicated to our deceased
brother , and to which we are indebted for most of the particulars that follow , that Bro . William Kingston was initiated into the Craft in the Union of Malta Lodge , No . 407 , on the 25 th March , 1 S 57 , and in 1 S 61 was appointed to the chair of S . VV . In December of the latteryear he was unanimously elected W . M ., and having filled the office for two years " with unexampled success , " was elected a third time
and installed by virtue of a dispensation from Grand Lodge on 27 th April , 1 S 64 , and for a fourth time in 1 S 65 , when he had the honour of being installed by D . G . M . Edwards , his services during this protracted period being handsomely recognised at its close by a vote of thanks and the presentalion of a timepiece , ln 1 S 6 S he again consented to serve as W . Master . In the meantime , on the
appointment of Bro . Dt . St . John Edwards a * . District G . Master , and his installation in office , on the 5 th January , 1865 , Bro . Kingston had conferred upon him the collar of D . S . G . W . Subsequently he acted as Bro . Edwards ' s Deputy and on the resignation of the latter in 1 S 6 9 , was rewarded for his untiring zeal in behalf of Masonry with the patent of District Grand Master , being installed on the 16 th
March , 1 S 70 . Thenceforward the meetings of the D . G . Lodge were held with regularity , and the work of the District thoroughly well organised and carried out . In 1871 the D . G . M . succeeded in establishing a District Fund of Benevolence , which has prospered abundantly and in November of the same year he presented the brethren with a handsome D . G . Lodge banner , executed from a design
furnished by Bro . Haldane , D . S . G . W . He was exalted to the R . A . Degree in the old chapter attached to the Union Lodge , No . 407 , the warrant of which was returned to G . Chapter in 1873 , and according to the register of attendance—for no minute book has been preserved—was First Principal during the years 1862-66 . In i 860 his name figures among the visitors of the Melita Chapter , No . 340 , and having
ably worked the chapter during 1865 and 1866 was presented the year following with a complete set of regalia "for the invaluable aid he had given" by so doing . On the 6 th March , 1 S 68 he was elected to the chair of First Principal . In 18 S 0 the old Union Chapter , No . 407 , was revived , but with the designation of " William Kingston " Chapter , and to Comp . Kingston was entrusted the honour
of consecrating it , the ceremony being performed by him on the 28 th of February , 1 SS 0 . He was advanced to the Mark in the Keystone Lodge , No . 107 , on the 24 th January , 1 S 70 , and in 18 72 installed W . M . by special dispensation , not having filled the office of Warden in a Mark Lodge . In 1878 the brethren of this lodge supported a petition for the constitution of a Mark lodge at Tunis .
Ihe prayer was granted and the result was the consecration , with Bro . VV . Head as first VV . M . of the Kingston Lodge , No . 222 , this being the first instance of the Mark Grand Lodge having issued a warrant forthe creation of a private lodge out of British territory . He was a Knight Templar and having served as It . P . of the Melita Encampment in 18 / 4 , was installed Prov . Prior of the
Mediterranean in 1 S 79 , in succession to Col . Boldero , who had resigned the office at the close of the preceding year . He was peifected Rose Croix in the Rose of Sharon Chapter of that Degree , on the 28 th November , 1 S 71 , and served the office of M . W . S . in 1 S 76 , and was a 30 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . In 1879 he was installed a Sir Knight of the Ordei cf Rome and the
Red Cross of Constantine in the Premier Conclave in London , and was subsequently appointed Chief Intendant General of the Order for Malta and Tunis . Nor can we close this sketch without mentioning that in 1879 the Grand Master was pleased to extend the jurisdiction of the D . G . M . of Malta to the Regency of Tunis , where the year previous the Lodge of Ancient Carthage , No . 1717 ,
had been established , and that in 1879 the William Kingston Lodge , No . 1 S 35 , Goletta , was consecrated , the woithy brother from whom it derived its name presenting it with a handsome set ol jewels and collars . It will be seen from this brief sketch that our statement at the outset as to the value of Bro . Kingston's services to Masonry in all its branches , and especially as the head in Malta and the
Mediterranean of the Craft , and Templar and Red Cross Orders , is by no means exaggerated , and it will be a great consolation to the many friends of our late brother to know that , though he himself has departed from our midst for ever , his name and fame will be perpetuated through
successive generations of the brethren by means of the William Kingston ( Craft ) and Kingston ( -lark ) Lodges , and the William Kingston Royal Arch Chapter . To his family , his private and personal friends , and to the Fraternity in Malta and elsewhere , we offer the tribute of our most respectful sympathy .
BRO . J . D . NORDEN , P . M ., P . Z . On Saturday a grtat number of the community were shocked to hear ol the sudden death of Bro . J . D . Norden , aged 57 years , who for so many years has been among us . He expired suddenly from apoplexy , we believe , while playing with a child in his house on Saturday morning somewhere about 11 o ' clock , and the newsas ill news always
, will , flew apace . The funeral was fixed to take place yesterday afternoon at three o ' clock , and as the deceased gentleman was a Freemason , and had specially expressed the wish to several of us when he had been previously very ill , it was decided to bury him with full Masonic honours . Bro . Joshua Davis Norden , P . M . and P . Z ., only ort the
1 'riday night was assisting as P . M . at the installation of the W . M . and officers of the Cosmopolitan Lodge , and was not even suspected of being in " very ill-health . The lodges formed in procession along the Dutoitspan-road in regalia , and proceeded to the house of the deceased preceded by a band . Arrived there , the hearse was placed in the centre of the members of the Richard Giddy Lodge ,
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Instruction.
HYDE PARK LODGE ( No . 143 $ ) . —A meeting was held on Monday , the 15 th inst ., at the Porchester Hotel , Leinster-place , Cleveland-square , Porchester-terrace , Paddington , W . Present : gros . J . R . Allman , W . M . ; C . S . Mote , S . W . ; J . H . Baxter , iW . i G . Read , P . M . sir , Treas . j H . Dehane , P . M . 1543 , Sec . ; { ir Death , S . D . ; O . W . Battley , J . D . ; F . E . Vowler , P . M . , 601 , l . G . ; Capt . A . Nicols , P . M . 1974 , P . D . G . S . of W . Punjab i
am | W . H . Chalfont , P . M . 1425 . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehe irsed , Bro . Chalfont heing candidate . The ist and 3 rd Sections of the Lecture were worked by Bro . Read , assisted by the brethren . Bro . Mote was elected W . M . for the next meeting , and appointed the ollicers in rotation . After "Hearty good wishes , " the lodge was closed .
CHAUCER LODGE ( No . 1540 ) . —This lodge held its usual weekl y meet ng at the Old White Hart Hotel , Borough , on Tuesday , 16 th inst ., when there were present Bros . VV . W . Block , W . M . ; W . Wigglesworth , S . W . ; S . Renaut , J . W . ; Walter Wingham , Preceptorj F . H . Williams , Hon . Sec ; J . Hattersley , S . D . ; H . Chapman . J . D . ; W . Steele , I . G . j G . A . Ball , S . Ellis , Bellchamber , W . Roots , and Prudoe . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last
meeting were read and confirmed . The lodge was opened in the Second Degree . Bro . S . Ellis having answered the usual questions , was entrusted . The lodge wss opened in the Third Decree , and the ceremony of raising rehearsed , Bro . Ellis candidate . The lodge was re-umed to the First Degree . Bro . Block vacated the chair in favour of Bro . A . Austin , W . M . elect 619 , who rehearsed the investiture of olfi ere . 1 hc ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , with Bro . Prudoe candidate . The W . M . rose for the first time , aud
it was proposed by Bro . S . Renaut , and seconded by Bro . Chapman , that Bro . Prudoe , 1623 , become a joining member ; the ballot was unanimous . Bro . Prudoe returned thanks , and the dues were collected . The VV . M . rose for the second time , when it was proposed by Bro . Wingham , Preceptor , and seconded by the J . VV ., that Bro . Wigglesworth be W . M . for the first week in Septembercarried unanimously . Bro . Wigglesworth returned thanks , and appointed the oflicers . The VV . M . rose for the third time , and the lodge was closed .
COVENT GARDEN LODGE ( No . 1614 ) . —The usual weekly rn : eting of this lodge of instruction was held at the Criterion , piccadillv , S . W ., on the nth inst ., when there were present Bros . G . F . Swan , W . M . j H . Hunter , S . W . j A . Bullen , J . W . ; G . H . Reynolds , S . D . j ] . R . Harnell , ] . !> . ; H . Matthews , l . G . ; G . Reynolds , Sec . ; f . E . Weeks , Tyler j J . S . Henry , E . Arbitt , F . M . Noakes , and C . Grassi . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last
meeting were read and confirmed . Lodge opened in the Second and Third Degrees . Lodge resumed to the First Degree . Tne W . M . worked the 1 st , and Bro . R . J . Harnell worked the 2 nd Section of the First Lecture . Lodge resumed to the Second Degree . Bro . F . M . Noikes having offered himself as a candidate to be raised to the Third Degree , was duly questioned , entrusted , and retired . Lodge opened in the Third Degree . The W . M .
rehearsed the Degree of M . M . Lodge resumed to the First Degree . On rising for the second time . Bro . Carlo Grassi proposed that Bro , H . Hunter , S . W ., be W . M . for the ensuing week—seconded by the J . W ., and carried unanimously . The W . M . elect was pleased to appoint his oflicers in rotation . On rising for the third time , nothing further offering for the good of Freemasonry , the lodge was closed .
KENSINGTON LODGE ( No . 1-76 }) . —A meeting was held on Tuesday , the 16 th inst ., at the Scarsdare Arms , Edwardes-square , Kensington , W . Preient : Bros . C . Woods , W . M . ; W . C . Williams , S . W . j R . H . Williams , J . W . ; Hubbard , Sec ; W . H . Neville , S . D . j P . _] . Davies , J . D . j Swan , I . G . j Read , P . M ., Prtcepto j Cochrane , ' Marsh , and Sims . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirm : d . The W . M . vacated the chair in favour of Bro . W . C . Williams , and Bro . Marsh , being a
candidate to be passed to the Second Degree , answered the usual questions , and was entrusted . Lodge was opened in Second Decree , and the ceremony of passing was rehearsed . Bro . C . Woods having a swered the questions leading to the Third Degree , was entrusted . Lodge was opened in Third Degree , and thi ceremony of raicing rehearsed . Lodge was closed down to First Degree . Bro . J , H . Neville was elected VV . M . for next meeting , and the officers were appointed in rotation . Lodge was then closed in due fo' m . .
CREATON LODGE ( No . 1791 ) . —A meeting was held on Thursday , the nth inst ., at the Wheatsheaf Hotel , Goldhawkroad , Shepherd ' s Bush , W . Present : Bros . C . Coombs , W . M . ; Child , P . M .. S . W . j Higginson , J . W . J Austin , Treas . j Chalfont , P . M ., Sec ; C . R . Cross , S . D . j Woodard , J . D . ; F . Cox , l . G . ; Cavers , Stwd . j John Davies . Preceptor . Speigel , P . M . ; Sims , P . M . ; Jennings , Cotton , Craggs , Larter , Btietbatt , and P . I ) . Davies . isitors—Bros . F . Stanley , Wright , and Hardinge .
The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and conlirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Speigel . P . M ., being the candidate . The Second , Third , and Fourth Sections were worked by Bro . J . Davies , assisted by the brethren . The lodge was then closed . Bro . Child , P . M ., was elected to the chair nf W . M . for the next meeting . Bros . F . Stanley , F . N . Hardinge , and G . S . Wright were elected joining members .
CHISWICK LODGE ( No . 2013 ) . —A meeting was held at the Windsor Castle Hotel , King-street , Hammersmith , on Saturday , the 13 th inst . Present : Bros . J . Davies , W . M . j E . Aslete , S . W . ; C . Hopkins , J . W . j f . Sims , acting Preceptor ; A . Williams , Sec . j G . Gardner , Treas . and S . D . ; and F . Craggs , l . G . The
lodge was opened in the First Degree , and the minutes of the last meeting were read and conlirmed . Lodge was opened and closed in the Second and Third Degrees , and the ist Section of the Lecture worked by the brethren , under the direction of the W . M . the W . M . rose . for the first ind second times , and Bro . Aslete was elected W . M . for next meeting .
LOUGHBOROUGH LODGE . —A meeting of this lodge was held « the Gaudin Hotel , Ciapham-road Station ( L . C . & D . R . I , on Monday , the 13 th inst . Present : Bros . Kerry , W . M . j Lissimore , » VV . j Foikard , I . W . ; Beavan . S . D . ; Russell , J . D . ; Gibbs . I . G . j . !• K . Johnson , Preceptorj W . W . Westley , Treas . j J . Andrews , acc . ; Esling , Gates , Pugh , Burnett , and Coe . the lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the last , t ~ . were read aud confirmed . Lodge was opened in the Second 3-id Third Degrees , and the ist Section of the Lecture worked e ¦— i . tgieeo , duti eiic xse ocietuu e . i llic i . ce . euic vvuriecu
_ , , ' ' . lJrn -Andrews , assisted by the brethren . Lodge was resumed "the Second Degree , and Bro . Esling beinga candidate for raising , nswered the usual questions , and was entrusted . Lodge was e " ™ ed 'o the Third Degree , and the cerermonv of raising rehearsed tntl * * ' with Bro . Esling as c . ndidate . ' Lodge was resumed w trie Fi-st Degree , and the VV . M . rose for the first time , and dues ) « e collected . The W . M . rose for the second time , and Bro . t-asimore , S . W ., was elected W . M . for the ensuing week . Bro . The ' vi ^ rcturned thanks , and appointed the officers in rotation . wi . W . M . rose for tne third timej ancl receiv < : ( i ( h ,. •¦ Heartv good ""•"es of the brethren , and the lodge was closed .
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INSTRUCTION . ttnvn !* S CHAPTER OF IMPROVEMENT ( No . 890 ) . —A Hotel 1 •was held cm Friday , the 12 th inst ., at the Porchester there , " lnst « -place , Cleveland-square , Paddington , W ., when H . n , u P r"ent Comps . J . Sims , S . N . 834 , M . E . Z . j VV . JHaiie H ' 0 P * S * 91 S , H . j E . Child , P . Z . $ 38 . J . j H . E . S . N . ' , k 5 ° . A . S . 862 , S . E . ; C . R . Wickens , P . S . 91 $ , De-in' Jv UaT'W i 73 . 1 , P . S . ; P . J . Davies , 834 , ist A . S . j W . H . C ' EW ^' - ?* * c '\ f * * G * R * Dorset 5 M-Speigel , 8 34 ; and T . •"" us , ego , 5 > , N , ijoj .
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The chapter was declared open , and the minutes of the last convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Speg-1 being candidate . The officers were elected for the ensuing two weeks—Comp . Dean as M . E . Z . After " Hearty good wishes , " the chapter was closed .
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
Miss Cicely Richards has been engaged to play the part of Biddy , the Irish young woman , in "Shadowsof a Great City , " in the place of Miss Lewis . We are sure Miss Richards will be an improvement , as Miss Lewis made herself a little too conspicuous for a non-leading part . We hear that the Princesses is looking up in a business point of view .
* * * It vvouldseem that " Our Boys " has not lost its hold on the public , and as Ling as Bro . David James can begot to play his triginal character—Mr . Middlewick—Bro . Byron ' s piece will continue to be a mine of wealth . We , like many others , who have gone to the Criterion the last week , saw it several times at the Vaudeville , where it
ran for over four years , and again on its revival at the Strand three years ago , and yet we laughed as heartily as of yore over the old wheezes . There are many who were not old enough in 1 S 75 to go to theatres , who can now go and enjoy the retired butterman's want of education , and all the mistakes he makes whenever he opens his mouth . VVe cannot imagine anyone not laughing when Mr .
Middlewick , as represented by Bro . David James , takes up an empty egg shell , puts it to his nose , and exclaims " I knows 'em , shop 'uns , ' and then his " I tell yer it ' s Dossit ; I ought to know , and what ' s more it's a twopenny pat . " Mr . George Giddens now plays Talbot Champneys , and it is not with any disrespect to Bro . Thos . Thorne that we say we like iMr . Giddens' more subdued style quite as well
as the original of Bro . Thorne . As there are a good many people up from the country , and the evenings are not so oppressive , the run of " Our Boys " may be an extended one . The Criterion , being lit by electricity , is a deliciously cool theatre , and we shall not be surprised if it is well filled for the next few weeks with people who want a hearty laugh over one of the most harmless and amusing plays ever written .
* » Mrs . Brown Potter ' s reputation may be enhanced by ^ her acting in " Loyal Love " which was produced on Saturday night at the Gaiety . But the finances of the theatre nor the traditions of the Gaiety can be benefited by such a play which is lacking in dramatic interest . There are plays which are only fit to read , and
others which are only for playing . " Loyal Love " belongs to the former class . It is a fine piece of literary woik , written in blank verse , but quite unsuited for the stage . Ross Neill , the author , is supposed to be a lady who has for some years written plays , but only one of which has ever been acted . I h .- dialogue is too prosy and deficient in interest to make it acceptable to playgoers , especially to
those who have usually been connected with the Gaiety , and who would rather see a clever burlesque or comic opera than a heavy romantic play . Mrs . Brown Potter has been unfortunate in the pieces in which she has sought to "in fame and public favour . * " Man and Wife" was not calculated to arouse popularity because it was a play written for a purpose , which purpose is now passed . "Civil
War" dealt with matters not of sufficient interest to English people , and we are afraid " Loyal Love " will not prove any greater success than the other two . But Mrs . Brown Potter has made a considerable advancement in her latest character as she did in the second piece compared with her first effort . Her speech , eyes , hair , and gait fit her exactly for such a character as she depicted
on Saturday . She evidently won the sympathies of her audience , though there were throughout the evening some discordant voicss , but these are now so usual on a first night that they count for nothing . Of late first night ' s have become opportunities for author baiting and vulgarity . There can be no need to call an author and manager forward and then hoot them , cry out for a
speech and when they try to speak drown their voices with unseemly shouts . Ross Neill very wisely refused to be drawn , so the noisy element had to go . ' away disappointed . When a play is distasteful surely it would suffice to receive it with silence . We think Ross Weill ' s romantic play has been altered for the worse , merely for the reason that the plays must end happily . Inez has been privately married
to Uon Pedro , son of a King of Portugal . She only knows him as a person in high life at the Court . The king has a marriage in prospect for his son , and is informed of his son's attachment by his minister , Gonzales , who undertakes to arrange matters as the king wishes . He casts Inez into prison , who then learns her husband is the Crown Prince . Gonzale is base enough to try and win her leve .
He tells her her lover does not care for her any more , and sends the gaoler for a cup of wine which he orders to be poisoned . He offers it to her , which she readily drinks to end her life , though she will not believe that Don Pedro has been unfaithful to her . But the gaoler has only drugged the wine . She falls down in a swoon and is thought to be dead . Pedro finds out her place of banishment and arrives
to accuse Gonzales of being her murderer . Whilst this is going on the s . ildiers come to the prison shouting " Long live , the King , " for the old king has died . Pedro is now king and orders Gonzales to be arrested . Inez gradually recovers and the loyal lovers embrace again . But it would have been more natural and poetic had the play allowed her , Inez , to be poisoned , and the young king when he found his lover faithful to him and dead , to have destroyed
himself over her dead body . Mr . Kyrle Bellew acts the lover , a part which is well suited to him , and Bro . Willard is Ganzale . s . He seems to be a great a favourite , for much of the cheering of the evening was devoted to Bro . Willard . Those fond of deep romance and blank verse pieces cannot do better than go to see " Loyal Love . " We should like to see Mrs . Brown Potter , as Juliet , after her success of Saturday .
We regrtt to hear that Bro . Lord North wick is lying seriously ill at Upper Norwood , and that serious doubts are entertained as to his recovery , , .
Obituary.
Obituary .
R . W . BRO . W . KINGSTON , D . G . M . MALTA . There can be no doubt that the District of Malta has sustained a severe loss by the death of R . VV . Bro . W . Kingston , its D . G . M ., wlwse services to Freemasonry we briefly alluded to last week , and whose mortal remains now rest in peace in the cemetery at Norwood . Bro . Kingston had been associated with the Craft in Malta , both
intimately and conspicuously , during the whole of his career , extending over 30 years . There was hardly a Degree in Masonry which he had not taken , and all the Masonic organisations in the island had found in him a capable interpreter and a wise and genial ruler . We gather from Bro . A . M . Broadley's " History of Freemasonry in the District of Malta , " which was dedicated to our deceased
brother , and to which we are indebted for most of the particulars that follow , that Bro . William Kingston was initiated into the Craft in the Union of Malta Lodge , No . 407 , on the 25 th March , 1 S 57 , and in 1 S 61 was appointed to the chair of S . VV . In December of the latteryear he was unanimously elected W . M ., and having filled the office for two years " with unexampled success , " was elected a third time
and installed by virtue of a dispensation from Grand Lodge on 27 th April , 1 S 64 , and for a fourth time in 1 S 65 , when he had the honour of being installed by D . G . M . Edwards , his services during this protracted period being handsomely recognised at its close by a vote of thanks and the presentalion of a timepiece , ln 1 S 6 S he again consented to serve as W . Master . In the meantime , on the
appointment of Bro . Dt . St . John Edwards a * . District G . Master , and his installation in office , on the 5 th January , 1865 , Bro . Kingston had conferred upon him the collar of D . S . G . W . Subsequently he acted as Bro . Edwards ' s Deputy and on the resignation of the latter in 1 S 6 9 , was rewarded for his untiring zeal in behalf of Masonry with the patent of District Grand Master , being installed on the 16 th
March , 1 S 70 . Thenceforward the meetings of the D . G . Lodge were held with regularity , and the work of the District thoroughly well organised and carried out . In 1871 the D . G . M . succeeded in establishing a District Fund of Benevolence , which has prospered abundantly and in November of the same year he presented the brethren with a handsome D . G . Lodge banner , executed from a design
furnished by Bro . Haldane , D . S . G . W . He was exalted to the R . A . Degree in the old chapter attached to the Union Lodge , No . 407 , the warrant of which was returned to G . Chapter in 1873 , and according to the register of attendance—for no minute book has been preserved—was First Principal during the years 1862-66 . In i 860 his name figures among the visitors of the Melita Chapter , No . 340 , and having
ably worked the chapter during 1865 and 1866 was presented the year following with a complete set of regalia "for the invaluable aid he had given" by so doing . On the 6 th March , 1 S 68 he was elected to the chair of First Principal . In 18 S 0 the old Union Chapter , No . 407 , was revived , but with the designation of " William Kingston " Chapter , and to Comp . Kingston was entrusted the honour
of consecrating it , the ceremony being performed by him on the 28 th of February , 1 SS 0 . He was advanced to the Mark in the Keystone Lodge , No . 107 , on the 24 th January , 1 S 70 , and in 18 72 installed W . M . by special dispensation , not having filled the office of Warden in a Mark Lodge . In 1878 the brethren of this lodge supported a petition for the constitution of a Mark lodge at Tunis .
Ihe prayer was granted and the result was the consecration , with Bro . VV . Head as first VV . M . of the Kingston Lodge , No . 222 , this being the first instance of the Mark Grand Lodge having issued a warrant forthe creation of a private lodge out of British territory . He was a Knight Templar and having served as It . P . of the Melita Encampment in 18 / 4 , was installed Prov . Prior of the
Mediterranean in 1 S 79 , in succession to Col . Boldero , who had resigned the office at the close of the preceding year . He was peifected Rose Croix in the Rose of Sharon Chapter of that Degree , on the 28 th November , 1 S 71 , and served the office of M . W . S . in 1 S 76 , and was a 30 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . In 1879 he was installed a Sir Knight of the Ordei cf Rome and the
Red Cross of Constantine in the Premier Conclave in London , and was subsequently appointed Chief Intendant General of the Order for Malta and Tunis . Nor can we close this sketch without mentioning that in 1879 the Grand Master was pleased to extend the jurisdiction of the D . G . M . of Malta to the Regency of Tunis , where the year previous the Lodge of Ancient Carthage , No . 1717 ,
had been established , and that in 1879 the William Kingston Lodge , No . 1 S 35 , Goletta , was consecrated , the woithy brother from whom it derived its name presenting it with a handsome set ol jewels and collars . It will be seen from this brief sketch that our statement at the outset as to the value of Bro . Kingston's services to Masonry in all its branches , and especially as the head in Malta and the
Mediterranean of the Craft , and Templar and Red Cross Orders , is by no means exaggerated , and it will be a great consolation to the many friends of our late brother to know that , though he himself has departed from our midst for ever , his name and fame will be perpetuated through
successive generations of the brethren by means of the William Kingston ( Craft ) and Kingston ( -lark ) Lodges , and the William Kingston Royal Arch Chapter . To his family , his private and personal friends , and to the Fraternity in Malta and elsewhere , we offer the tribute of our most respectful sympathy .
BRO . J . D . NORDEN , P . M ., P . Z . On Saturday a grtat number of the community were shocked to hear ol the sudden death of Bro . J . D . Norden , aged 57 years , who for so many years has been among us . He expired suddenly from apoplexy , we believe , while playing with a child in his house on Saturday morning somewhere about 11 o ' clock , and the newsas ill news always
, will , flew apace . The funeral was fixed to take place yesterday afternoon at three o ' clock , and as the deceased gentleman was a Freemason , and had specially expressed the wish to several of us when he had been previously very ill , it was decided to bury him with full Masonic honours . Bro . Joshua Davis Norden , P . M . and P . Z ., only ort the
1 'riday night was assisting as P . M . at the installation of the W . M . and officers of the Cosmopolitan Lodge , and was not even suspected of being in " very ill-health . The lodges formed in procession along the Dutoitspan-road in regalia , and proceeded to the house of the deceased preceded by a band . Arrived there , the hearse was placed in the centre of the members of the Richard Giddy Lodge ,