Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

,, * Inllv . Gardner , and Motion having responded for ! -u Visitors , " "The Health of Bro . Maple" was ' red he being the "initiate" for the occasion . "The nffiers " ' followed , and then the Tyler's toast concluded ? proceedings , which were enlivened by some good smg-• and reciting by Bros . Sherwin , Cramphorn , Webber , fly , and others .

ISLINGTON LODGE . ( No . 1471 ) . — The lar meeting of this lodge was held at the Cock T i ! ein Highbury , on the 12 th inst ., under depressing rum'tances , this being the first meeting held since the c t' , th of the Treasurer , Bro . Edgar Bowyer . The follow-^ brethren were present : Bros . Joh n Petch , W . M . ; H .

j . ni SW . i a . Mapper , J . W . ; u . onnnnorn , r . m ., £ "' Scarlett , S . D . ; Harding , j . D . j Tyrrell , I . G . ; r \ 1 Coxon , D . C ; R . Loomes , Stwd . ; Bayne , Org . ; J . H Thompson , I . P . M . ; J . L . Mather , P . M ., A . G . D . C ; W Shurmur , P . M . ; H . Cox , P . M . ; A . C Halestrap , DM Cook , P . M . ; J . G . Cobb , Stevenson , Gravatt ,

Heer T . W . Smith , Faber , Hiller , A . Cox , Ritchie , W . 1 . Rake ' r Simmonds , Fearnhead , Bridgwater , and others . The ' lodge having been opened , and the minutes of the 1 it regular meeting read and confirmed , Bros . Hiller and f ravatt were passed to the Degree of F . C . The by-laws were next read . A resolution was proposed by Bro . Blinkseconded b with view

horn Sec , and y Bro . Coxon , D . C , a to augment the Benevolent Fund of the lodge , which was favourably entertained by the W . M . and brethren , and carried unanimously . An application for assistance was made and met bv a vote of a sum of money . Bro . J . L . Mather A . G . D . C , proposed that a letter be Written , on

, behalf of the lodge , to the widow and family of the late Bro . Edgar Bowyer , P . M ., Treas ., P . G . Std . Br ., expressing the deepest sympathy with them in their recent sad bereavement . He spoke in feeling terms of the loss sustained by the lodge in the death of one of its founders , of his services to the lodge and Freemasonry in general , and

of the interest shown by him at all times in everything tending to the well-being of the lodge with which he had been so long and honourably identified . This having been briefly seconded by Bro . H . Hunt , was carried unanimously . The W . M . informed the brethren that he had ordered a wreath of choice flowers to be sent , in the name

of the lodge , on the occasion of the late Bro . Bowyer s funeral , which was attended by himself ( the W . M . ) and many other members . A letter of condolence was also ordered to be written to the widow of- the late Bro . T . Davey , P . M ., another of thefounders of the lodge , notice of whose death had just been received . Bro . Davey was not

known to many of the younger members ot the lodge , having been an honorary member for some years . Nothing further offering , the lodge was closed and the brethren separated , the usual dinner not taking place under the circumstances .

FARRINGDON-WITHOUT LODGE ( No . , ) —This lodge met at the Viaduct Hotel , Holborn , on the 26 th ult . Among those present were Bros . J . Lister , W . M . ; Herbert , S . W . ; E . Lardner , P . M ., acting J . VV ; H . J . Lardner , P . P . G . O . Surrey , P . M ., Treas . ; P . Lardner , acting Sec . ; J . Young , P . M ., acting S . D . ; N . Prower . M . A ., acting I . G . ; T . C . Walls , P . M ., P . P . G .

S . B . Middx . ; J . Strugnell , P . M . ; T . Simpson , P . M . ; Kent , P . M . ; and others . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . Aldous was raised to the Third Degree by Bro . Walls . The election of officers for the

year ensuing then took place , as follows : Bros . Herbert , VV . M . ; H . J . Lardner , Treas . ; and Parkinson , Tyler . A Past Master ' s jewel was unanimously voted to Bro . Lister . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet . The usual toasts followed , and an excellent musical programme was carried out .

ARGONAUTS' LODGE ( No . 2243 ) . —The first regular meeting of this lodge since the consecration last month was held on Monday , the 9 th inst ., at the Cromwell Hall , Putney , when there were present Bros . Eugene Monteuuis , P . M ., P . G . S ., W . M . ; J . C Radford , S . W . ; 1 . F . Savory , I . W . ; H . J . Reynolds , acting

' P . M . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., Treas . ; Gordon Smith , Sec ; G . D . Lister , S . D . ; T . W . Willis , j . D . ; E . T . Smith , I . G . ; ] . P . Houghton , D . C ; W . E . Smith , Stwd , ; Frank Sturgeon , Valentine Robinson , F . E . Williams , C . W . Hughes , C . W . Mapleton , H . H . Woodroffe , and Alfred Williams , P . M ., P . G . S . Visitors :

Bros . H . Bud , 2060 , P . G . Std , Br . ; C . W . Stephens , ¦ 4 . A . J . Bailey , Alfred Thompson , Rev . W . W . Martin , James Hastie , and F . G . Mitchell , Tyler . the lodge having been opened , the minutes of the consecration meeting were read and confirmed . The ballot was then taken for Bros . Frank Richardson , C . W .

Maplel ° n , H . H . Woodroffe , C . E . Smith , P . S . Smith , and F . sturgeon as joining members , and they were unanimously elected . The ballot was next taken for Mr . F . E . Williams , of the London Rowing Club , and Mr . Charles w - Hughes , of the Thames Rowing Club , and they were unanimousl y elected . Bro . Frank Richardson was then

unanimousl y elected Treasurer of the lodge and invested . wivi ; W '" . ' ams a"d Hughes were then initiated by the ' "• M , in an impressive manner . The report of the Comfnittee appointed to frame by-laws for the lodge was then nought up by the Secretary , and received and adopted ; fMu e bv " Iaws > subject to the approval of the M . W . ~ . M ., adopted . Bro . Lister offered to present a banner t ' ! ' ** ' **• U . W . .-. laiV ^ l U 1 L * -. ^ U W ^ .. WJ ^ H- u . kfU . W . L ..

, , 1 ? „ , ° a '" scribed with the names of the founders , and ine W . M . thanked Bro . Lister for his generous offer on **»« of the brethren . br fh g fu . rtner arising the lodge was closed , and the eve n a ^ i ourned to a cold repast , where a pleasant cert ' ™ as spent with many agreeable rowing reminisnces . The usual toasts were duly honoured , Bros . ln ° mpson and Hastie replying for "The Visitors . "

LIVERPOOL . —Temple Lodge ( No . 1094 ) . — com . - nual ce , ebration of the Festival of St . John , in 11 H 1 n with tllis Iod 8 e > took P lace on Wednesday , the monvV'' t th - e Masonic Hall > Hope-street . The cere-Bm rV mstalling Bro . M . Alexander was undertaken by officer H D Johnson , P . M ., and the following p p „ were subsequently appointed and invested : Bros . Aie » " j ustead > ' . P . M . ; William Pye , S . W . ; George ¦ wander , J . W . ; John Alexander , P . M ., Sec . ; H . B .

lones , P . M ., Treas . ; R . R . Martin , P . M ., D . C . ; A . J . Lett , S . D . ; VV . Sutherland , J . D . ; G . W . Latchford , I . G . ; Wm . Hudson , Org . ; A . Neighbour , R . P . Mitchell , and W . S . Dobson , Stwds . The banquet , served by Bro . Casey , House Steward , was of the most satisfactory kind , and the artistic

arrangement of the tables elicited general admiration . During the proceedings a valuable P . M . 's jewel was presented to Bro . Boustead in recognition of his valuable services as Master and member of the lodge . The after-dinner programme was given by Bros . Neighbour , Hudson , Busfield , and others .

WITHINGTON . —Ashton Lodge ( No . 1140 ) . —A regular meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the nth inst ., at the Midland Hotel , when there were present Bros . Stephen E . Jupp , W . M . ; W . E . Harwood , I . P . M . ; Dr . Samuel , Chap . ; A . Lawley , J . W . ; VV . VV . Wilson , P . M ., Treas . ; VV . Mclntyre , Sec . ; George Kinder , S . D . ; S . Moffatt , I . G . 5 E . Everett , P . M .,

P . G . S . D . ; J . Wood , P . M . ; J . Samson , ] . D . Rostron , H . E . Everett , P . M . ; J . H . Aldred , P . M . ; C . E . Hall , J . R . Jeffery , B . Brierley , Harry Munday , George , Bunyan , Kenneth M . Stewart , H . Vollsmer , P . M . ; and S . Myerscough , P . P . G . Org . West Lancashire . Visitors W . H . Bibby , 993 ; J . G . Bromley , P . M . 1375 ; William Rumsey , I . P . M . 1357 ; J . Holroyd , P . M . 1134 ; W . G .

Jones , W . M . 999 ; E . Pike , P . M . 2109 ; J . Wray , S 15 ; Edward Smith , 317 ; and R . R . Lisenden , P . M . 317 , P . G . Stwd . The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed . The ballot was taken for Messrs . C H . Midgley , Joseph A . Gee , and Abraham Cohen , and declared successful in each case . The W . M .,

Bro . Jupp , initiated Mr . Cohen , after which the brethren adjourned for tea . On re-assembling , Bro . W . W . Wilson , P . M ., occupied the chair of K . S ., and passed Bro . Hall to the Degree of F . C . The W . M . having resumed his position , raised Bro . Munday to the Sublime Degree of a M . M . Two other brethren were ready and willing to take their Third Degree , but , owing to the lateness of the hour , the

W . M . decided to postpone the ceremonies and hold a lodge of emergency in a fortnight . Prior to the lodge closing , two gentlemen were proposed for initiation , and , after some other business had been discussed and settled , the lodge was closed . A short time was spent at the social board , where " The Health of the Initiate" and "The Newly-passed and

Raised Brethren" were proposed and responded to . The W . M ., who is possessed of a good tenor voice , sang "Tell her I love her so . " Bro . W . Rumsey , I . P . M . 1357 , who is well-known in connection with the Athenffium Dramatic Society , gave a humorous recitation with great skill . Bro . R . R . Lisenden , by desire , recited " Kissing cup ' s race " and sang " Killaloe . "

LEEDS . —Godench Lodge ( No . 1211 ) . — A large and distinguished assemblage of brethren took place at the Masonic Hall , Great George-street , on the 2 nd inst ., to celebrate the 21 st installation of W . M . of the 'lodge . The brother who takes the chair for the ensuing year is that widely-known and highly zealous and respected member of the Order , Bro . W . F . Smithson , P . M . 1001 ,

212 S , P . P . G . D ., and Chairman of the Chanty Committee of West Yorkshire , though young in years , yet sufficiently old in Masonry to justly claim the title of veteran of the Craft . The lodge was opened by Bro . VV .. H . Bradford , VV . M ., supported by Bros . G . F . Crowe , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., S . W . ; W . Smith , J . VV . ; Rev . A . B . Coombe , Chap . ; J . VV . Fourness , P . M ., Prov . G . Treas ., Treas . ; VV

Ward , Sec . ; Thompson Craister , S . D . ; Alfred Benton , Organist ; A . W . Youings , I . P . M . ; Jaques , P . M . ; Scriven , P . M . ; Townsend , P . M ., P . P . G . Org . ; Gwilliam , Stwd . ; A . Salter , W . Salter , Chadwick , Dean , J . Millington , Stwd . 1221 ; Tyers , P . M . 1042 ; Thorp , 1042 ; Bedford , 2033 ; Bottomley , 312 ; Fitton , P . M . 17 S 3 ; Shaw , 1019 ; Harris , P . M . 1221 ; Rickard , W . M . 304 ; Cox , 1042 ;

VV . T . Carter , W . M . 1042 ; Crosby , P . M . 1042 ; Bream , W . M . 306 ; Salter , 1235 ; Max Blume , 1001 ; J . J . Marsh , 1221 ; England , P . M . 901 ; Trevor , W . M . 206 9 ; Pounder , 306 ; H . Oxley , P . M . 495 ; Williamson , P . M . 289 ; Dyson , P . M . 306 ; Scarth , P . M . 289 ; Brownfoot , P . M . 304 ; Fox , 940 ; and W . Watson , P . M . 61 and 2069 . The minutes having been read and confirmed , two

candidates were balloted for and accepted , the initiations being conducted respectively by Bros . A . VV . Youings , P . M ., and Jaques , P . M . The R . W . P . G . M ., Bro . T . W . Tew , J . P ., P . G . D . Eng ., having accepted an invitation to be present , was announced and entered , supported by Bros . H . Smith , P . G . D . Eng ., D . P . G . M . ; Rev . Dr . Smyth , G . Chaplain Eng . ; Smithson , P . P . G . D ., W . M . elect ; Townsend ,

P . P . G . Org . ; Gibson , 10 4 2 , Prov . G . Stwd . ; Tyers , 1042 , P . P . G . S . B . ; Broughton , 302 , P . P . G . W . ; Wordsworth , 1019 , P . P . G . W . ; Rev . R . Bullock , P . P . G . Chap . ; Bedford , 304 , P . P . G . D . ; Monckman , 101 S , P . P . G . D . C ; Dobson , 289 , Prov . G . D . C . ; Althorp , 1018 , P . P . G . P . ; Slack , 910 , P . P . G . D . C ; Allison , 10 . 12 , P . P . G . D . ; Craig , 304 , P . P . G . D . ; Lee , 265 , Prov . G . ' Std . Br . ; Harrop ,

290 , P . P . G . D . ; Hargreaves , P . P . G . S . B . ; Glover , 2 S 9 , P . P . G . D . ; Beck , 2 S 9 , P . P . G . D . C ; C . L . Mason , 304 , P . P . G . T . ; Bingham , 296 , P . P . S . G . W . ; and others . Salutes were given respectively to the R . W . P . G . M ., the D . P . G . M ., and to Bro . Rev . Dr . Smyth , G . Chaplain , the honours being led by Bro . Monckman , P . P . G . D . C . Bro . Bradford , W . M ., then proceeded to install his successor as

W . M ., the W . M . elect being presented to him by the Dep . P . G . M . Subsequently a Board of Installed Masters , numbering nearly 50 , witnessed the ceremony . Before closing the Board , Bro . Smithson , W . M ., stated that the generosity of the lodge enabled him to follow the excellent precedentsof formeryears of office , and to invest his I . P . M . with a P . M . 's collar and silver jewel attached thereto , for

which Bro . Bradford briefly but warmly returned thanks Bro . Smithson , W . M-, was duly proclaimed , the P . G . M . presenting him with the warrant , Book of Constitutions , Prov , Grand by-laws , and lodge by-laws . The following brethren were then invested as officers for the ensuing year : Bros . W . Smith , S . W . ; Rev . Canon Bullock , P . P . G . Chap ., J . VV . ; Rev . A . B . Coombe , Chap . ; J . W .

Fourness , P . M ., Prov . G . Treas ., Treas . ; W . Ward , Sec ; T . Craister , S . D . ; A . K . Scattergood , J . D . ; A . W . Youings , P . M ., D . C ; VV . B . Townsend , P . M ., P . P . G . Org ., Org . ; W . J . Gwilliam , I . G . ; J . Tasker and A . S . Green , Stwds . ; and Barrand , Tyler . Bro . Jaques , P . M ., gave the final address to the Master , Wardens , and brethren , which closed the ceremony of installation . Bro . Crowe ,

P . M ., P . P . G . D ., was unanimously re-elected to represent the lodge on the Provincial Charity Committee , as also were the S . W . and J . VV ., on the Local Charity Committee . The W . M ., speaking in very cordial terms of his newly-invested S . W ., said what pleasure it accorded him to appoint him to that office , after the self-abnegation displayed in standing back from promotion in former years to allow others to

pass forward . He also warmly congratulated Bro . Rev . Canon Bullock , J . W ., on the opportunity for the first time presented to him of qualifying for the chair of K . S . Bro . Bullock had been initiated in Apollo Lodge , 357 , Oxford , so far back as 1859 , and he trusted that their reverend brother would in due time attain the hijjh office he was so well qualified to fill . The VV . M . cordially thanked the

distinguished visitors and brethren generally for the honour they had conferred upon him by their presence in such large numbers , more especially so when he considered how many were sacrificing the recreations usually enjoyed on Easter Monday . He then stated that he had a duty to perform , and a pleasure in doing it which would beshared to the fullest extent by every brother present . That was to ask ,

on behalf of the lodge , Bro . Bradford ' s acceptance of a gold P . M . ' s jewel . Bro . Bradford , since his entry into that lodge many years back , had been a loyal and earnest supporter of the Gjderich Lodge and the principles of the Craft , and as outgoing Master that evening he might safely look back on his past year and feel that his efforts to perform his duty satisfactorily , and add to the prosperity of

his lodge , had been crowned with success . He ( the W . M . ) looked forward with every confidence to the coming year , and expressed the gratification it afforded him in having so worthy a brother as his I . P . M . He then asked the P . G . M . to do him the honour of pinning the jewel on Bro . Bradford ' s breast . The P . G . M . complied , and in very felicitous terms congratulated Bro . Bradford on receiving so beautiful

a gift . Bro . Bradford thanked the P . G . M . for the honour conferred upon him ; the VV . M . for his kind and fraternal remarks ; and his brethren of the lodge generally for the jewel . He would always feel that moment to be one of the proudest of his Masonic career . As he had tried to faithfully discharge his duty in the past , he trusted he might not be found wanting

in the future . The R . W . P . G . M . then addressed the brethren , more especially on the prominent features ot the career of Lodge 1211 . He said it was the tenth lodge of which they had any record in Leeds , and fifth in point of age of those now surviving . It was consecrated on the 2 nd of March , 1 S 6 S , at the rooms in Albion-street ( over the old offices of the Yorkshire Post ) then in tenancy of Alfred

Lodge , No . 306 . The ceremony of consecration was performed in the presence of an influential gathering of brethren , by their lamented Bro . Bantley Shaw , then W . D . P . G . M . ; their Bro . Peace , of Huddersfield , acting as Prov . S . G . W ., and Bro . Manoah Rhodes , of Bedford , as Prov . J . G . W . Both those bright and shining lights in the Craft have , alas I been removed by the hand of death .

Their late Bro . Cocker was the first Master . He regretted that ill-health prevented their worthy and veteran Bro . Samuel Newsam , P . M . 304 , P . P . G . Supt . of Wks ., who acted as Installing Master , and their talented Bro . Dr . Spark , P . M . 289 , P . P . G . Org ., who so ably conducted the musical services , from being with them on that , the 21 st installation day of VV . M . Eight candidates for initiation

were proposed on that day , and it might be interesting to know that since the formation of the lodge to the close of the current year 1 SS 7 , there have been 122 members ; of these 17 have died , 62 are on the roll , the remainder having resigned or otherwise ceased membership . There are 13 P . M . ' s returned as present subscribing members . On the ist J uly , 186 S , was carried the proposition removing their

lodge to that beautiful hall in Great George-street , where they have since continued to hold their meetings . On the 12 th of October , 18 GS , was passed a vote of ten guineas to the Masonic Schools , being the first of a long series of munificent contributions by the lodge , and its members individually , to objects of Charity , both of a Masonic and a general character . In addition to a total of £ 800 subscribed to the Masonic Benevolent and Scholastic

Institutions , generous donations had been made to their local Masonic Charities and to distressed brethren and the families of deceased brethren . A liberal responsehad also been accorded to calls for support to worthy objects outside the limits of the Order . The voting power was over 370 votes , not including those which would accrue from the magnificent list of 15 Stewards down for the coming

Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institutions for Girls on June 7 th , iSSS . Recurring to the earlier period of the history of their lodge they learnt that the project which finally resulted in their valuable Leeds Local Benevolent Fund , which had , "inter alia , " for its object the education , locally and privately , of the children of reduced or deceased brethren , was brought forward in the Goderich Lodge

on November 7 th , 1870 . The scheme became general to all the lodges in Leeds during the year 1877 . On two occasions the Provincial Grand Lodge had met in Leeds under their banner , namely , January , iSth , 1883 , and January 10 th , 18 S 7 . They were visited by their lamented Bro . Bentley Shaw , in his capacity of D . P . G . M ., on the occasijn of their late Bro . Harrison ' s installation as W . M .

He had also had the pleasure of being hospitably received by them on September 6 th , 1875 , March 3 rd , 1 S 79 , March ist , iSSo , March 7 th , 1 SS 1 , August 21 st , 1 SS 2 , March ist , and May 3 rd , 1 SS 6 . On each of these occasions he was favoured with their thanks for the addresses he then delivered in their presence . The meeting of August 3 ist , 1 S 82 , was a lodge of emergency , and memorable as being

called by the VV . M . for the purpose of receiving their late Pro / . G . M ., Bro . Sir Henry tdwards , C . B . j their present D . P . G . M ., Bro . Hy . Smith ; Bros . T . Hill , P . P . G . W . ; Sir Alexander Woods , and Gen . Browmigg , C . B ., P . G . VV . Eng ., Prov . G . M . Surrey , & c . He might remind them that Bro . Gen . Brownrigg served his country with great distinction in the East during 1854-5 , and took an active part

in several engagements . On the occasion of his visit , there their members rendered a line exemplification of West Yorkshire working for his benefit , and he should not forget to mention that their then VV . M ., Bro . J . VV . Fourness ( now Prov . G . Treas ) , afterwards hospitably entertained them at an elegantly served banquet . The lodge held on

March ist , 18 S 6 , witnessed an interesting event in the initiation of Mr . G . VV . Balfour , M . P . for the Central Division of Leeds , when he had the pleasure of delivering to them the charge in the N . E . Of the original founders but two survive , viz ., their worthy Bro . Crowe , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., who had rendered continuous and valuable support to the lodge since its commencement . He passed the chair it )