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W . M . in the Three Degrees . Thisceremony was ad mirably performed and the Director of Ceremonies deserves especiil commendation for his invaluable services ; a long period o f iG years in his important office had made him thorougly proficient in his duties . The VV . M . appointed ss his officers for the ensuing year Bros . H . Foskett , I . P . M . ; VV . Hat'on , S VV . ; W . H . Handover , J . VV . ; S . H . Parkhouse , P . M ., Treas . ; R . C Gree -i , P . M ., Sec . , * H . Holmes , S . D . ; Ransom , J . D . ; E . K . Bennett , I . G . ; Rev . } olden , Chap . ; Lander , P . M ., D . C . ; Sanger , Org . ; Dr . Roberts , A . D . C . ; Ryder aid D . Armfield , Stwds . ; and J . Bull , Tyler . The I . P . M . gave the addresses in an

impressive manner . The visiting brethren with " Hearty good wishes " felicitated the W . M ., after which the lodge was closed . At the banquet , after due justice had been done to the excellent fire provided , the W . M ., wilh sensible brevity , submitted the usual loyal and Masonic toasts . After "The Queen and the Craft" had been honoured , the National Anthem was sung by Miss Minnie Chamberlain . 'The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales" was followed by "God bless the Prince of Wales" by Mr . Hugh Cochrane .

Brcs . Dr . Pocock , A . G . D . C . England , and Smith ( of the Grand Lodge of Scottish Mafonry in India ) responded to the toast of " The Pro G . M ., the D . G . M ., and the rest of Ihe Grand Officers , Present and Past , " after which two part songs were given by the Crichton Part Singers . The toast of "The W . M . " was given by the I . P . M ., " who , briefly reviewing the

Masonic career of the W . M ,, spoke in glowing terms ot the universal brotherly esteem in which tbe VV . M . was held by the memberstof the lodge , and how well it was deserved . It need hardly be said that the brethren enthusiastically applauded the sentiments they had just heard , and the toast was received with full Masonic honours . The Worshipful Master responded in a few appropriate phrases , heartily thanking the brethren .

The next toast was that of " The Joining Member , Bro . Dr . McLeod , " which was well received . Bro . Dr . McLeod assured the brethren that he deemed it a great honour to have been admitted as a joining member ot so distinguished a lodje . Miss Minnie Chamberlain sang " Wh-n all was young . " Next came the toast of "The Visitors , " which was proposed by Bro . Rogers , P . M .

Bros . F . L . Chandler , P . M ., P . P . G . P . Surrey , Hutton , Dyer , and others responded . Then followed a humorous song by Mr . Rea Watney— " Guessing at the bill . " The toast of "The I . P . M . " was ably proposed by the W . M ., " who reminded the brethren how admirably Bro . Foskett had carried out the duties of the chair during his vear of tffice . He presented to him a Past Master ' s iewel .

The toast was received with acclamation . Bro . Foskett gratefully acknowledged the honour conferred on him by the lodge . Then followed a duet— " The moon has raised her lamp above "—by Messrs . P . Dyer and Cochrane . The toast of "The Treasurer and Secretary " was warmly welcomed , and responded to by each officer in a few appropriate words . Bro . Prof . F . W . Driver , P . M ., recited his Masonic poem— " The Craft . "

Then followed " The Past Masters , " which was responded to by Bros . Lander , Rogers , and others . A pianofore solo was given by Mr . F . King , and " Blow , blow , thou winter wind , " by Bro . F . King . The toast of "The Officers" was responded to by the S . W ., Bro . W . R . Hatton , P . M .

Mr . R . Watney gave a humorous song— "Old friends , firm friends , " followed by a part - song— " Sleep , gentle lady " —by the Crichton Part Singers . The Tyler's toast brought a most successful and enjoyable evening to a close .

Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 . This lodge , as is well known , derives its name from the Four Crowned Martyrs , the eailiest known Patron Saints of the Craft of Masonry , whose festival is held by the Church on the Sth November , the date of their martyrdom . The lodge , iherefore , keeps this day as its grand festival , and instals its new Master on that occasion . The installation , which took place on Monday , the Sth inst ., may justly be considered one of the most successful of the many successful functions of the lodge . The new Master , Bro .

Sydney Y . Klein , is most deservedly popular in more than one circle , he is not only a member of a larce house in the City , but has travelled the world more th-tn is given to most mortals , and is well-known for his scientific attainments , being a Fellow of the Linnean and Royal Astionomical Societies , and the proprietor of a recognised observatory of considerable size at Sranmore . He was also an early joining member of the lodge , in which he filled all the offices from Steward upwards , except that of S . W ., which he skipped owing to the unfortunate reason that the S . W . of the lodge , Bro . C . Purdon

Clarke , CLE ., Director of the Art Departmental South Kensington Museum , felt himself unable to devote the necessary time to the lodge during the coming year which the Master ol this special lodge must devote , if he is to do his duty . It was only , therefore , natural that the attendance on Monday should be larger than is usually the case . There were over 150 members and visitors present . Of the actual members the following attended -. Bros . C . Kupferschmidt , retiring Master , A . G . S . G . C . ; E . Macbean , I . P . M . ; C . Purdon Clarke , S . W . ; S . T . Klein , W . M . elect , J . W . , * G . W . Speth , P . A . G . D . C ,

Sec . ; T . B . Whytehead , P . G . S . B ., S . D . ; R . F . Gould , P . G . D ., D . C . , * G . Greiner , P . M ., Stwd . ; Dr . W VVynn Westcott , P . M . ; VV . M . Bywater , P . M ., P . G . S . B . ; Gen . Sir Chas . VVarren , P . Dis . G . M . Eastern Archipelago ; Dr . Belgrave Ninnis , P . G . Std . Br . j Rev . J . W . Horsley ; Hamon le Strange , P . G . D . ; E . J . Castle , Q . C . ; and F . H . Goldney , P . G . D . It will be observed that the majority of these brethren , all of whom owe their membership of the lodge to literary service rendered to Freemasonry , "have earned the further distinction of Grand Oflice , and letters of apology

and regret for absence were read from others , such as Bros . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . ; W . H . Inlands , P . A . G . D . C ; John Lane , P . A . G . D . C ; and Admiral A . H . Markham , P . Dis . G . M . Malta . Truly a good muster roll . Over ioo of the members of the Correspondence Circle of the lodge attended , and we regret that it is impossible to spare the room for all their names . But a glance around the room showed that here , again , was a large sprinkling of Grand Ollicers . We noticed among others , Bros . Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ; J . E . Le-Feuvre , P . G . D . ; Dr . G . Mickley , P . A . G . D . C .:

H . Lovegrove , P . G . S . B . ; C E . Keyser , P . G . D . ; Harry Tipper , P . G . Purst . ; and J . J . Thomas , P . G . Std . Br . ; besides many brethren , such as Bros . Passmore Edwards , George Kenning , P . P . G . D . Middx . ; Genl . A . Terry , and others , who , although not clad in purple and gold , are all well-known prominent Masons . As snowing the remarkable attraction which this lodge possesses for all those privileged to attend its . meetings , we were informed that many of the members of both Ciicles had travelled enormous distances to be present , Mere being brethren in

attendance from Carnoustie , Glasgow , York , Felixstowe , Lincoln , Hivant , Brighton , Maidstone , Oxford , & c . There were members also present from much further distances India , the Cape , and Australia , and such are always to be found at the meetings of this lodge , although , of course , they had not travelled to England on purpose to attend . Among the visitors , who numbered 23 , we recognised Bros . Thomis Fenn , P . G . W . ; Dr . Ralph Gooding , P . G . D ., both of whom assisted to consecrate the lodge n years ago ; T . L . Wilkinson , P . Dep . G . Reg . ; Sir George D . Harris , P . G . D . ; General

Morris , Sir Norman Pringle , Birt ., and many others . I ' he lodge , we are informed , now numbers 31 full members and 24 G 5 members of its Correspondence Circle , and is still rapidly growing , of which we were a witness , as 25 brethren were admitted to the membership of this latter body previous to the installation . The Secretary , in a speech he made at the banquet seemed to bs somewhat disapp jinted that only some 320 new members had joined their ranks during the year , as the number wis hardly up to the average ot the last few years . The tie binding this huge association together is simply

the pursuit of Masonic Arch .-r- -logical Research . Who would have believe ! , when a small band of nine established the lodge in 1 SS 4 , that there were 2500 M tsons sufficiently inteicsled in the subject to take an active part in it by providing the funds necessary and , in many instances , devoting much of their time to its pursuit . ' We venture to think that not even the founders themselves had the least inkling of the phenomenal success

which awaited them . The instillation ceremony was performs ! by Bo . R . F . Gould , who has installed every one of thc former Misters , with all his accustomed ele *» ince and impressiveness , the W , M . elect being presented to the chair by SirCtnrles Warren , thc first Master , the Wardens for the occasion being Bros . VV . M . Il / witer , P . G . S . B ., and Hamon le Strange , P . G D . Bro . Kupferschmidt , A . G . S . G . C , before leaving the chair , delivered a short farewell address to the brethren which impressed every one by

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its dignity and deep feeling . The new W . M ., Bro . S . T . Klein , appointed the folio-wing officers : Bros . C Purdon Clarke , S . VV . , * T . B . Whytehead , P . G . S . B ., J . W . ; Sir Walter Besant , Treas . ; G . W . Speth , P . A . G . D . C , Sec . ; E . Conder , jun ., S . D . ; [ ohn Lane , P . A . G . D . C , J . D . ; R . F . Gould , P . G D ., D . C ; Dr . Chetwode Crawley , " P . G . D . Ireland , A . D . C . ; G . Greiner , I . G . ; E . J . Castle , S . Stwd . ; and linilly , the junior office ot all , that of J . Stwd ., was accepted by Bro . Admiral Mirkham , P . Dis . G . M . Malta . With such officers the lodge ought to be moderately certain of another successful yeir . Among the remaining business of the lodge , were some matters of

considerable interest . Bro . Lindsay , who had come up from Carnoustie on purpose , presented the lodje museum with a remarkable old apron , embroidered by hand on linen , which evoked great interest among the cognoscenti , for which graceful act he was accorded a well-merited vote of thanks by the brethren . Then a handsomely illuminated vote of thanks and a Past Master ' s jewel were presented to the retiring VV . M ., for which he expressed his acknowledgments . Even in such a matter as the P . M . jewel , this lodge strikes out a line of its own , the jewel comprising a replica of a unique medal , in the possession of the Iodge , struck at Rome in the iG ' . h century on the occasion of the res t oration of the Church of the Four Crowned Martyrs there .

The proceedings in lodge were concluded , and rounded off by the delivery of an inaugural address by the new W . M ., a feature of which the lodge in ikes a point . These addresses , which differ from the antiquarian papers read at the usuil meetings of the lodge , partake naturally largely of the peculiar pursuits of the respective Misters . In the present instance we were treated to a beautiful and eloquent disquisition on the nature of infinite space and time , with a special view to our better comprehension of thc awe-inspiring nature of the G . A . O . T . U ., the illustrations being chielly drawn from the science of astronomy , although not entirely , because the W . M .,. finding it well at one point to make some statements as to the nature of sound , exhibited and put in action a

small syren of a very ingenious construction . The address was listened to with absorbed interest by the brethren present , and , although we can find no room to give a precis of it in this number , our readers will be able to study it in the Transactions of the lodge , and possibly also in our Christmas Number . Naturally no discussion follows these addresses , as would be the case with an ordinary paper , but we were somewhat surprised to find that no vote of thanks to the W . M was proposed . This , we learn , is in accordance with the custbm ot the lodge . The installation address is delivered ex cathedra , it is received without expressed thanks , as coming from the W . M . in the exercise of his officeand without comment , as becomes his pupils for the time .

, The lodge being closed , the brethren adjourned t ) the Holborn Restaurant , and enjoyed a quiet hour or two in discussing the good things provided for their comfort . Here , again , the new W . M . acquitted himself well , impressing everyone favourably by his short and earnest speeches , admirably to the point . Bro . Fenn , P . G . W ., replied for " The Grand Oficers , " making excellent use of humorous references to passages in a former paper of the Worshipful Master on the Great Symbol . _ . _

Bro . Sir Charles Warren replied for "The Past Masters and Founders of the Lodge , " and gave some very interesting instances of the good which at one time enabled him to place himself in touch with unfriendly B > ers of the Orange Free State thereby smoothing over difficulties , and at another time permitted him to put in a good word with the Turkish commander on behalf of a Christi in population which wis caught between the Bedouins and the Turks , and would otherwise have suffered , which ever won . Bro . Passmore Edwards responded in an eloquent and warm speech on behalf of " The Correspondence Circle . " Bro . Gen . Morris replied tor "The Visitors . "

The toast of the evening was , of course , that of " The W . M ., " of which this lodge always makes a feature ; it being expected that the speech shall comprise a biographical account of the life , career , and literary or scientific work of the new ruler . The mij ority , but not all , of these annual speeches have been delivered by Bro . R . F . Gould , who was again selected for the purpose on this occasion , and proposed the toast in the following words , with which we shall conclude our report of a very enjoyable evening . Bro . Gould said : Brethren , you will be already aware from the formalities which have iust been exchanged between the Wardens and myself , that the toast of the evening is

about to be proposed , and I shall now ask our newly-installed Master to submit with what patience he can command to a short account of his previous career , as a citizen of the world , as a votary of science , and as a Freemason , which it will be my pleasing task to unfold to you . Our brother was born in 1853 , and though at a comparatively early age admitted a partner in the extensive business carried on by his late father ( and at the present time by his brother and himself ) in London , Cork , and Dundee , he has been a great traveller in all quarters of the globe . In 187077 he was in Spiin , where he siw a little of the Carlist war and a great deal of the mode of life and habits of the

Gitanos , or Moorish Gipsies , many particulars of which were given to us last year in his paper on the * ' Law of Dakhiel . " In 1 S 77-7 S he was in Turkey , where he witnessed the last episode of the war with Russia—the fall of Plevna . He then went to Asia Minor and studied the customs of the Dervishes , or Magic-men , who control the principal caravans coming down from the inferior . After this he went to Southern Russia and Roumania , and has bsen more thin once to Italy , Switzerland , Germany , and Hungary . In 1 SS 1 and again 10 years later he piid long visits to the United States of America and Canada , and in both these countries , from the reputation he had acquired as a Fellow

of the Royal Astronomical Society of this country , was heartily welcomed at the principal observatories . On the last occasion he was in America , viz ., in iSgi , he travelled right across the Pacific Slope , visiting on his way several of the Indian Reservations , and studying the customs of the Aborigines of North America . After this hc gladly accepted an invitation to Mount Hamilton , where , by the courtesy of Professor Holden , he enjoyed the privilege of using the great Lick telescope for more than one night . Before leaving Mount Hamilton our brother was elected an honorary member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . He has always been greatly interested in the physical sciences ,

and is a Fellow of the Linnean , the Astronomical , and a large number of other societies . It was at his private house that a Nitural History and Science Society for the County of Middlesex was founded , the Committee of which comprised such eminent men as the late Sir Richard Owen and Professor Huxley , Sirjohn Lubbock , and others . I'he two Honorary Secretaries were Bros . S . V . Klein and W . Mittieu Williams , and among the names of members of the Council is to be found fiat of Bro . William Mason , one of the most honoured Past Masters of this lodge . As might naturally be expected , Bro . Klein , who was initiated in the Waif jrd Lodge . ' N j .

404 , in 1 SS 8 , soon heard of the Quatuor Coronati from Bros . Williams and Simpson , and in the f -llowtng year he was admitted a member of our Inner Circle . In 1 S 93 he was appointed Steward , and has since filled all the other progressive ofli : esof the lodge , except that of Senior Warden , which he has not done , simply because the pressure of public duties prevented our Bro . Purdon Clarke from moving up as we had hoped and expected . Though as the S . VV . promised to accept the Master ' s gavel , should it be proffered him in iSyS , we were all highly gratified that the J . W . consented to undertake the responsibilities of the chai <* a year sooner than they would have devolved upon

him in his regular turn . But I must here stop to explain that even bef ire his appointment to otlke in 1893 our ' . present W . M . had established a strong claim on our regard . In the summer of lSyo we had our usual excursion , and beginning with Edgware and Canons Park , concluded the day by enjoying the agreeable hospitality of Bro . and Mrs . Klein at Stanmore , where , indeed , a number of us stayed the night , and so anxious wis Bro . Klein to keep the brethren of the lodge as his guests for a day or two that the whole sleeping accommodation of the hotel at Stanmore was especially bespoken , in order to supplem-nt the resources of his establishment . Oir brother has read a great

many pape-s b ore learned societies , and tvo of pirticulir interest , " The Liw of Dakhiel " and * the Great Symbol , " before the lodge . We have also had a very recent specimen of his literary dexterity in the inaugural address of this evening . Ot thc hidden mysteries of nature and science he has given us a glimpse , and in an instruc'ive manner , after recommending thit each of us in the Quituor Coronati Lodge should apply himself to speak or write on the subject with which he is mist familiar , has reduced theory to practice by descanting on some of the wonlers revealed by the science of astronomy . There is perhaps no other branch of natural science in whici our W . M . has attained greater distinction , and it is from the methods he has acquired—it miy be

insensibly—as an astronomer that I shall venture to hope we in iy derive greitbenelit during his presidency over our association . It is the common habit to prefer the pretty story to the true story , and the cus ' om of historians , by no means omitting those of Freemasonry , has been remarkably uniform in this respect . With the astronomer , however , it is different , lt is a prettier story ( to borrow the words of the late Professor Freem in ) to believe that the sun dances for j iy on Eastcr-diy thin to believe that it obeys the law of gravitation on all days . But he who should set forth the prelty story now would hardly win the reputation of a scientific astronomer . Yet a man may put forth things in his tory ,