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Bro . G . R . Barrett , the Steward ofthe lodge , for thc Devon Masonic Educational Fund . In the . evening the brethren of the lodge and visitors elined together al the Gleibc Hotel . Among the toasts were " The new P . G . M ., K . W . Bro . Lord Ebrington , and might he prove a worthy successor in that office to his grandsirc ;* ' " The Past Prov . G . M ., R . W . Bro . the Rev . John Huyshe , M . A .-, " anel " The Past
Prov . G . Officers . " There were hopes , it is said , of Bro . Huyshe returning lo an improved state of health , and the wish was expressed that he might yet be spared for some years to adorn the Oreler , anel by his occasional presence among the brethren revive warm reminiscences of his beneficent rule . HAMPTON COURT . —Era Lodge ( No . 1423 ) .
—The regular meeting cf this lodge took place at the Island Hotel , on the 14 th inst . There were present Bros . E . W . Devereux , W . M . ; T . J . Sabine , I . P . M . ; J . W . Baldwin , P . M . ; W . Hammond , P . M . ; A . Loos , S . W . ; G . L . Wingate , E . T . Herman , and B . Wright , Sec . The visitors were Bros . W . R . Smith , 7326 , and H . Buckley ,
1326 . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed , and the ballot was taken for J . S . Fowler , and was declared to be unanimous in his favour . On the motion of Bro . Baldwin , and seconded by thc W . M ., it was resolved to request the late Secretary , Bro . Walters , to accept the honorary membership of the lodge , which was unanimously carried . Thc lodge was then closed .
PLUMSTEAD . —United Military Lodge ( No . 153 6 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of tbe above lodge took place on Friday , the 13 th inst ., at Bro . Garbett's Hall , on Anglesea Hill , anel was well attended by both the brethren ofthe lodge and visitors . Bro . H . G . Picken , W . M ., was in the chair , supported by the following Past Masters and officers : Past Masters Bros . W . Weston and A . Penfold ,
Bros . H . Shaw , S . W . ; D . Deevcs , J . W . ; W . Murphy , Treas . ; G . Kennedy , Sec . ; W . Welding , S . D . ; T . Hollcynian , J . D . ; and H . Harding , Org . Visitors , Bros . T . D . Hayes , W . M . 913 ; J . G . Holmes , P . M . 407 , P . P . G . S . W . Malta ; T . Hutton , W . M . elect 13 ; J . Warren , S . W . 700 ; E . Knightly , 473 ; T . Hasscll , 13 ; W . McCoy , 700 ; G . F . Fraser , 700 ; H . Grise , 13 ; W . Hume , 640 ( S . C . ) ;
A . Archer , 1089 , D . C ; E . Clarke , 184 ; and C . Jolly ( Freemason ) , 913 ; and others . Thc loelge having been opened in due form , the Three Degrees were worked by the W . M . in a most reverent and excellent manner . The brethren then proceeded to elect a W . M . for thcensuing year , and Bro . II . Shaw , S . W ., was elected unanimously . [ Bro . Murphy was then re-elected Treasurer , and the Tyler was
re-elected to that onorous position . It was then proposeel by Bro . Weston , and sccontlcel by Bro . Shaw , that a Past Master ' s jewel , of the value of ten guineas , should then bc presentcel to Bro . Picken for his services to the lodge during the past year , and it was carried unanimously . Bro . Weston , who is always foremost in the cause of charity , then brought before the lodge thc cases of thc widows of
two brethren who hael dicel abroad , Bros . Cullen and Cook , the latter of whom died at Natal of fever in camp . He said that no eloubt one ot Bro . Ccok ' s children would be taken up by the province ns a candidate for the Masonic Schools , anti asked them to unloose their purse strings when the broken column went round . We are pleased to
say that Bro . Weston ' s appeal was effective , forthe sum of £ 2 15 s . was at once collected , and placed in thc hands of Bro . Watkins for the irnmediate want of our brothers ' widows . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren assembled round the social board , where an hour was spent in Masonic harmony anel brotherly love .
STANMORE—Sub-Urban Lodge ( No . 1702 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held yesterday week at the Abercorn Arms . Conscctated on the 19 th of October , 1877 , this lodge has made excellent progress in Freemasonry , and now holds a very important position among the lodges of the new province of Midellcsex . The first Worshipful Master , Bro . Japheth Tickle , has held the
office for twenty months , and has conducted the affairs of the lodge with admirable skill . The brethren have passed a most happy time under his rule , and the loelge has fully carried out the intentions of its promoters , that it shoulel be an agreeable summer adjunct of the Urban Lotlge , whose members were its founders . The brethren met early in the day , when thc lodge was opened , and in the course
of the meeting the following brethren were present : —Bros . Japheth Tickle , W . M . ; Chas . Hawksley , S . W . ; A . F . Roberts , J . W . ; Joseph W . S . Wall , Sec ; Win . Radford , S . D . ; J . J . Hepburn , D . C ; W . T . Buck , I . G . ; C . Winstanley , Charles Buck , George H . Carter , W . 11 . Exton , W . lt . Shutt , T . Hay Ritchie , C . Veal , P . G . S . D . Middx . ; W . C . Maddevcr , W . M . 804 ; A . Birch , II . M . Chigwell ,
Jas . Terry , P . G . J . W . Herts ; j . L . W . Kurt , S . W . 95 ; H . G . Buss , Asst . G . S . ; H . C . Levander , P . G . S . Middx . ; T . W . Eckstein , J . W . 1196 ; Dr . J . E . Carpenter , P . M . 119 C ; f . Pearson , P . M . 119 G ; Edwin G . Legge , P . M . 1196 ; W . F . C . Moutrie , P . M . 11 ; H . Buck , J . . 171 ; T . T . Bell , S . W . 117 8 ; and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . After reading of and confirmation of the minutes
of last lodge , Mr . Thomas Hay Ritchie and Mr . William Henry Gaskell Exton were initiated in the Order . Bros . Thomas Milbourn , 1196 , and Henry Thomas Tiddeman were elected joining members , after which , on the presentation of Bro . James Terry , Bro . A , F . Roberts , "W . M . elect , was installed by Bro . Tickle as Master o ! thc lodge , and the following brethren were appointed to office —Bros . Japheth Tickle , I . P . M . ; W . Radford , S . W . ; J .
Wall , J . W . ; Japheth Tickle , Treas . ; Charles Hawksley , Sec . ; W . Buck , S . D . ; J . T . Hepburn , J . D . ; Chas . Buck , I . G . ; C . Winstanley , D . C . ; G . H . Carter , Steward ; ancl j . Middleton , Tyler . Bro . Legge deliveted the address to the W . M . ; Bro . James Terry the address to the Warelens ; and Bro . Tickle the address to the brethren . Lodge was immediately afterwarels closer ) , and the brethren partook of a charming banquet , provieled in excellent style by Bro .
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Veal . The customary toasts followed . Bro . Buss , Asst . Grand Secretary , respontlctl to the toast of " Thc Grand Officers . " Bro . II . C . Levander , Prov . G . S . for Midellcsex , in replying to thc toast of "Thc Provincial G . M .., Bro . Col . Burdett , and the rest of thc Prov . G . Officers , " said that all the Provincial Grand Officers were anxious to elo everything in their power for the welfare of the province ,
and , in so saying , he might , perhaps , be allowed , on behalf of himself , to add that they did everything in their power for the province . The present was his fi-st visit to the Sub-Urban Lodge , or to any lodge at Stanmore , and it had given him so much gratification that he looked with pleasure on the next meeting of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex , which was to be held at Stanmore on
the 28 th of this month . He expected a great and successful gathering on that occasion , and although the Prov . G . M . had not been well lately he hoped to see him then presiding . The Prov . G . M . would be much pleased to be supported by all thc brethren in the province . He ( Bro . Levander ) congratulated the W . M . on being installeel that day as the successor to such a distinguished Mason as
Bro . Tickle in the Mastership of a lodge which he hoped to see one of the best , if not the best , of the lodges of Middlesex . The W . M . here announced that as this was the proper elay to elect a Steward for the province he shoulel propose Bro . Tickle , and Bro . Tickle having signifieel his willingness to accept the oflice , the motion was seconded by the S . W ., and carried . Bro .
Tickle said he felt highly complimenteel by being recommended to the Prov . G . M . for the office of Prov . G . Steward , and he assured the brethren that the Sub-Urban Lodge should not lose anything by the recommendation . The W . M . ncxt proposed " The Health of the Initiates . " Bro . Ritchie thanked the brethren for their heartiness in accepting the toast , anil hoped to sec a great ek-al more of
Freemasonry on future occasions . Bro . Exton in the course of his reply , saiel , he hael long had a desire to be numbered among the members ol the Oreler , and Bro . Buck suggcstetl to him that if he would like to join the Craft he would find the Sub-Urban Lodge a favourable loelge to bc initiated in . He hatl of course heard a great deal outsitle Freemasonry about it , but he ditl not believe
what he heard or he shoulel not have been present that day . If lie was spared he should devote his time , attention , interest , and care to the welfare of this lodge , and to the welfare of the Craft , and he wished the lodge anti the Provincial G , Lodge every prosperity , hoping that nothing would happen eluring the time he belonged to the lodge in any way to interfere with its happiness and prosperity , or
thc happiness and prosperity of the Craft . His membership of the lodge he hoped would only end with his life , Bro . Tickle , I . P . M ., proposed "The Health ofthe W . M . " He ventured to think that there never was a Mason who more deservctl his health drunk than the present W . M . of the Sub-Urban Lodge , for if ever there was a brother who made strenuous anti genuine efforts to reach that chair ,
and to justify the confidence reposed in him , it was liro . Roberts . Unfortunately , Bro . Roberts had been an invalid for about Ihe last six months , anti it was only at great personal sacrifice that he was now present . He asked the brethren , therefore , now to drink Bro . Roberts ' s health . He ( Bro . Tickle ) had known him a long time as a citizen , a man , anel a Mason , and in all three characters he had proved
himself worthy of the friendship of all who had come in contact with him . He believed in proposing the health of their present W . M ., and a long series of yeais of prosperity to the Sub-Urban Lodge , there was no member of it who had its success and prosperity more at heart than Bro . Roberts , and that there was no member more willing to make sacrifices on its behalf . The . W . M ., in reply , said it
was true he hatl not been in good health for a long time , but as regarded the sacrifices Bro . Tickle had spoken of he hael only done what he shoulel elo again . As long as he was able to get up lo Stanmore to take the chair he should be there , and bc ready to make double or treble the sacrifices he had made . What he hoped to see consummated in the Sub-Urban Lotlge was , that it might bc a
creelit to the Craft . As its members increased it might be noticed more than it was now , although he took it as a very great compliment that it had hail such great honour conferred on it that evening by having such distinguished brethren present . It was his intention during his year of oflice , if he was spared , and blesseel with health , to do all he could for the prosperity of 1702 , and whatever lay in
his power the brethren might depend upon it he would do to carry forward the success of the loilge anil the Craft to the very utmost . Bro . Dr . Carpenter , P . M . 1196 , responded to the toast of "The Visitors . " Having buckled fortune on his back , he would endeavour to support it . He felt it a greater honour to be an honoiary member of the lodge then he did to bc a visitor , and for reasons sufficiently
obvious . He was an honorary member under peculiar circumstances . He did not repudiate the title which Bro . Tickle had given him , of being grandfather of the lodge . Being the father of the Urban Lodge , he must be grandfather of the Sub-Urban , which sprang from it . He could only say in this character , " Bless you , my children , " and express the great delight he felt at seeing such a lot of his
family growing up around him . Travelling out of the record for half a moment , he must be permitted to express the very great satisfaction lie felt with the way in which Bro . Tickle performed the elaborate duties of the office of Installing Master . 1 n saying this he was perhaps a little egotistic ; but remembering as he did that he ( Dr . Carpenter ) had the honour and pleasure of installing Bro ,
fickle in the chair , when lie was made Master of the Urban Lodge , it must be exceedingly gratifying to him to recogr . ise the excellent way in which Bro . Tickle had carried out his duties to the very end . Dr . Carpenter conclueled by returning thanks on behalf of himself and all the other visitors . The W . M . proposed " The Health of Bro . Tickle , I . P . M ., " of whom he might say , having known him many years most intimately , that if the brethren
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were to seek the City round they coulel not find a brother in whom they could repose more confidence . It was therefore a double pleasure to him to have to propose his health anti at thc same time to pin to his breast a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , voted to him by the brethren as a mark of the estimation in which he was held by them , and to show their admiration of him as Master of thc Sub-Urban Lod ge .
He sincerely hoped they might have Bro . Tickle with them for many years to come , that their friendship might not slacken , but would bc cemented still firmer . Bro . Tickle , I . P . M ., in acknowledging the toast , said he hardly ) knew how to finel words to respond to the honour conferred on him by presenting him with such a handsome jewel . He well rememberer ! leaving the chair of his mother lodge
and the gratification he felt when the Master of that lodge , his successor in the chair , placed on his breast another handsome j ^ wcl he now wore . He did not think at that time he should ever have an additional jewel presented to him , more especially with such high commendations as had been passed on him that evening by the brethren he now saw around him . With regard to the loelge he could
assure thc brethren it was no easy task to endeavour to establish a new lodge . It was a source of a great deal of anxiety and effort to make the new lodgea success . The Sub-Urban Loelge was now only in its second year . Personal sacrifices had been made in order to insure its success , but be vcnturcel to think that in the second year , on the second installation day , the fact that they had
been able to add two initiates was an epoch in the history of thc lodge to bc remembered , more especially as those initiates were tevo gentlemen whom they might all be proud of having thc pleasure of admitting , ft was a great pleasure to the brethren that the lotlge was ( irmly established , and that there were evidences that it would go on anel prosper . When ihe consecration look place he well remembered
one of thc Consecrating Officers stating , with a very great tle-al of feeling , that he believed the lodge was composed of men who meant to insure success , and he ventured to think that thc forecast by that brother , the Provincial Grantl Chaplain , Bro . Holden , was a true utterance . He ( Bro . Tickle ) believed that that success was now assured , and that Bro . Roberts , whom he hael had the honour and
pleasure of installing , would have a prosperous and successful year of office . That was the wish of him ( Bro , Tickle ) and all the other brethren , and also they wished that he might have health and strength to enjoy his honours , and that when he left the chair he might do so with as much pleasureablc regret as he ( Bro . Tickle ) now elid . His period of office had been a year ami three-quarters ol
labour , but that had been a labour cf love , and when he saw the lotlge in the grand success it bail achieved that tlay , he was fully repaid for any trouble he had taken , anti any time he hael bestowed upon it . He thanked the brethren warmly Ior the compliment they had paid him , and for the kindness which he hatl received from all of them , and he trusted that his successor in the chair , Bro . Roberts ,
who was a worthy brother indeed , would receive from the members of the lodge all the support and kindness which he ( Bro . Tickle ) hatl himself received . He hoped they might all have many , many pleasant days and evenings together . Bro . James Terry , in responding to the toast of " The Masonic Charities , " proposed by the W . M ., said he trustctl that as long as Freemasonry lasted this toasl
would never cease to be given at Masonic banquets . It was a very comprehensive toast , and one which in the fulness of their hearts they had stated they would to the greatest extent support . To those who knew the Charities he need not speak ; but from those who did not know them he asked forbearance while he told what they were . Freemasons had three distinguished Institutions , the Girls '
School , the Boys' School , and the Old Men and Women ' s Institution . The GUIs' School was the oldest . It had just celebrated its 91 st anniversary , and , notwithstanding the depression of trade , the largest amount ever brought in in one year had been brought in for that Institution , £ 12 , 100 had been brought in by the individual efforts of the Stewards who served on that occasion . The Boys '
School festival would take place on the 25 th insc ; that would be its 8 ist anniversary , and he hoped and trusted that an equal , if not a larger , sum might be then collected on behalf of the 210 boys , boarded , clothed , and educated in that school . When he spoke of the Educational Institutions of Freemasonry he spoke of magnificent Institutions , which could compare most favourably with any
other similar Institutions throughout the length and breadth of the land . Take the result of the last Cambridge examinations for tlie Boys' School . Out of all the boys sent to that examination from all schools in England fifteen first-class prizes were earned , and out of those fifteen , nine were gained by boys from the Masonic Boys ' School . Fourteen boys went up from tbis Institution , and
four gained second-class prizes , and one obtained honours . Out of the whole of them only one failed . It was a great thing for Freemasonry . The girls in the Masonic - Girls' Schools had been just in the same way successful-Fifteen girls went up for their examination , and eight of them obtained first-class prizes , five took second-class , and one third-class honours . If the brethren considered what
this meant , they would see that the system of education pursueel in both those Institutions was successful , and it was a proud thing to bc able to support such Institutions . For the old people he could not put in any Oxford or Cambridge examinations . He could not put the LL . D- to their names , but he could place before the brethren the honour which they had obtained of a blameless life , rtc
hoped the LL . D . might be aelded to their names by the brethren endeavouring , as far as they could , to Length 611 Life's Days . He knew that although this lodge was a very young loelge , all the members weie interested in the Charities , and that when the lodge came into the possession of funds there were willing hearts and just as willing hands lo assist the Institutions as ivero to be found willing to assist any Institution . The three Masonic Institutions had
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Bro . G . R . Barrett , the Steward ofthe lodge , for thc Devon Masonic Educational Fund . In the . evening the brethren of the lodge and visitors elined together al the Gleibc Hotel . Among the toasts were " The new P . G . M ., K . W . Bro . Lord Ebrington , and might he prove a worthy successor in that office to his grandsirc ;* ' " The Past Prov . G . M ., R . W . Bro . the Rev . John Huyshe , M . A .-, " anel " The Past
Prov . G . Officers . " There were hopes , it is said , of Bro . Huyshe returning lo an improved state of health , and the wish was expressed that he might yet be spared for some years to adorn the Oreler , anel by his occasional presence among the brethren revive warm reminiscences of his beneficent rule . HAMPTON COURT . —Era Lodge ( No . 1423 ) .
—The regular meeting cf this lodge took place at the Island Hotel , on the 14 th inst . There were present Bros . E . W . Devereux , W . M . ; T . J . Sabine , I . P . M . ; J . W . Baldwin , P . M . ; W . Hammond , P . M . ; A . Loos , S . W . ; G . L . Wingate , E . T . Herman , and B . Wright , Sec . The visitors were Bros . W . R . Smith , 7326 , and H . Buckley ,
1326 . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed , and the ballot was taken for J . S . Fowler , and was declared to be unanimous in his favour . On the motion of Bro . Baldwin , and seconded by thc W . M ., it was resolved to request the late Secretary , Bro . Walters , to accept the honorary membership of the lodge , which was unanimously carried . Thc lodge was then closed .
PLUMSTEAD . —United Military Lodge ( No . 153 6 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of tbe above lodge took place on Friday , the 13 th inst ., at Bro . Garbett's Hall , on Anglesea Hill , anel was well attended by both the brethren ofthe lodge and visitors . Bro . H . G . Picken , W . M ., was in the chair , supported by the following Past Masters and officers : Past Masters Bros . W . Weston and A . Penfold ,
Bros . H . Shaw , S . W . ; D . Deevcs , J . W . ; W . Murphy , Treas . ; G . Kennedy , Sec . ; W . Welding , S . D . ; T . Hollcynian , J . D . ; and H . Harding , Org . Visitors , Bros . T . D . Hayes , W . M . 913 ; J . G . Holmes , P . M . 407 , P . P . G . S . W . Malta ; T . Hutton , W . M . elect 13 ; J . Warren , S . W . 700 ; E . Knightly , 473 ; T . Hasscll , 13 ; W . McCoy , 700 ; G . F . Fraser , 700 ; H . Grise , 13 ; W . Hume , 640 ( S . C . ) ;
A . Archer , 1089 , D . C ; E . Clarke , 184 ; and C . Jolly ( Freemason ) , 913 ; and others . Thc loelge having been opened in due form , the Three Degrees were worked by the W . M . in a most reverent and excellent manner . The brethren then proceeded to elect a W . M . for thcensuing year , and Bro . II . Shaw , S . W ., was elected unanimously . [ Bro . Murphy was then re-elected Treasurer , and the Tyler was
re-elected to that onorous position . It was then proposeel by Bro . Weston , and sccontlcel by Bro . Shaw , that a Past Master ' s jewel , of the value of ten guineas , should then bc presentcel to Bro . Picken for his services to the lodge during the past year , and it was carried unanimously . Bro . Weston , who is always foremost in the cause of charity , then brought before the lodge thc cases of thc widows of
two brethren who hael dicel abroad , Bros . Cullen and Cook , the latter of whom died at Natal of fever in camp . He said that no eloubt one ot Bro . Ccok ' s children would be taken up by the province ns a candidate for the Masonic Schools , anti asked them to unloose their purse strings when the broken column went round . We are pleased to
say that Bro . Weston ' s appeal was effective , forthe sum of £ 2 15 s . was at once collected , and placed in thc hands of Bro . Watkins for the irnmediate want of our brothers ' widows . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren assembled round the social board , where an hour was spent in Masonic harmony anel brotherly love .
STANMORE—Sub-Urban Lodge ( No . 1702 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held yesterday week at the Abercorn Arms . Conscctated on the 19 th of October , 1877 , this lodge has made excellent progress in Freemasonry , and now holds a very important position among the lodges of the new province of Midellcsex . The first Worshipful Master , Bro . Japheth Tickle , has held the
office for twenty months , and has conducted the affairs of the lodge with admirable skill . The brethren have passed a most happy time under his rule , and the loelge has fully carried out the intentions of its promoters , that it shoulel be an agreeable summer adjunct of the Urban Lotlge , whose members were its founders . The brethren met early in the day , when thc lodge was opened , and in the course
of the meeting the following brethren were present : —Bros . Japheth Tickle , W . M . ; Chas . Hawksley , S . W . ; A . F . Roberts , J . W . ; Joseph W . S . Wall , Sec ; Win . Radford , S . D . ; J . J . Hepburn , D . C ; W . T . Buck , I . G . ; C . Winstanley , Charles Buck , George H . Carter , W . 11 . Exton , W . lt . Shutt , T . Hay Ritchie , C . Veal , P . G . S . D . Middx . ; W . C . Maddevcr , W . M . 804 ; A . Birch , II . M . Chigwell ,
Jas . Terry , P . G . J . W . Herts ; j . L . W . Kurt , S . W . 95 ; H . G . Buss , Asst . G . S . ; H . C . Levander , P . G . S . Middx . ; T . W . Eckstein , J . W . 1196 ; Dr . J . E . Carpenter , P . M . 119 C ; f . Pearson , P . M . 119 G ; Edwin G . Legge , P . M . 1196 ; W . F . C . Moutrie , P . M . 11 ; H . Buck , J . . 171 ; T . T . Bell , S . W . 117 8 ; and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . After reading of and confirmation of the minutes
of last lodge , Mr . Thomas Hay Ritchie and Mr . William Henry Gaskell Exton were initiated in the Order . Bros . Thomas Milbourn , 1196 , and Henry Thomas Tiddeman were elected joining members , after which , on the presentation of Bro . James Terry , Bro . A , F . Roberts , "W . M . elect , was installed by Bro . Tickle as Master o ! thc lodge , and the following brethren were appointed to office —Bros . Japheth Tickle , I . P . M . ; W . Radford , S . W . ; J .
Wall , J . W . ; Japheth Tickle , Treas . ; Charles Hawksley , Sec . ; W . Buck , S . D . ; J . T . Hepburn , J . D . ; Chas . Buck , I . G . ; C . Winstanley , D . C . ; G . H . Carter , Steward ; ancl j . Middleton , Tyler . Bro . Legge deliveted the address to the W . M . ; Bro . James Terry the address to the Warelens ; and Bro . Tickle the address to the brethren . Lodge was immediately afterwarels closer ) , and the brethren partook of a charming banquet , provieled in excellent style by Bro .
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Veal . The customary toasts followed . Bro . Buss , Asst . Grand Secretary , respontlctl to the toast of " Thc Grand Officers . " Bro . II . C . Levander , Prov . G . S . for Midellcsex , in replying to thc toast of "Thc Provincial G . M .., Bro . Col . Burdett , and the rest of thc Prov . G . Officers , " said that all the Provincial Grand Officers were anxious to elo everything in their power for the welfare of the province ,
and , in so saying , he might , perhaps , be allowed , on behalf of himself , to add that they did everything in their power for the province . The present was his fi-st visit to the Sub-Urban Lodge , or to any lodge at Stanmore , and it had given him so much gratification that he looked with pleasure on the next meeting of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex , which was to be held at Stanmore on
the 28 th of this month . He expected a great and successful gathering on that occasion , and although the Prov . G . M . had not been well lately he hoped to see him then presiding . The Prov . G . M . would be much pleased to be supported by all thc brethren in the province . He ( Bro . Levander ) congratulated the W . M . on being installeel that day as the successor to such a distinguished Mason as
Bro . Tickle in the Mastership of a lodge which he hoped to see one of the best , if not the best , of the lodges of Middlesex . The W . M . here announced that as this was the proper elay to elect a Steward for the province he shoulel propose Bro . Tickle , and Bro . Tickle having signifieel his willingness to accept the oflice , the motion was seconded by the S . W ., and carried . Bro .
Tickle said he felt highly complimenteel by being recommended to the Prov . G . M . for the office of Prov . G . Steward , and he assured the brethren that the Sub-Urban Lodge should not lose anything by the recommendation . The W . M . ncxt proposed " The Health of the Initiates . " Bro . Ritchie thanked the brethren for their heartiness in accepting the toast , anil hoped to sec a great ek-al more of
Freemasonry on future occasions . Bro . Exton in the course of his reply , saiel , he hael long had a desire to be numbered among the members ol the Oreler , and Bro . Buck suggcstetl to him that if he would like to join the Craft he would find the Sub-Urban Lodge a favourable loelge to bc initiated in . He hatl of course heard a great deal outsitle Freemasonry about it , but he ditl not believe
what he heard or he shoulel not have been present that day . If lie was spared he should devote his time , attention , interest , and care to the welfare of this lodge , and to the welfare of the Craft , and he wished the lodge anti the Provincial G , Lodge every prosperity , hoping that nothing would happen eluring the time he belonged to the lodge in any way to interfere with its happiness and prosperity , or
thc happiness and prosperity of the Craft . His membership of the lodge he hoped would only end with his life , Bro . Tickle , I . P . M ., proposed "The Health ofthe W . M . " He ventured to think that there never was a Mason who more deservctl his health drunk than the present W . M . of the Sub-Urban Lodge , for if ever there was a brother who made strenuous anti genuine efforts to reach that chair ,
and to justify the confidence reposed in him , it was liro . Roberts . Unfortunately , Bro . Roberts had been an invalid for about Ihe last six months , anti it was only at great personal sacrifice that he was now present . He asked the brethren , therefore , now to drink Bro . Roberts ' s health . He ( Bro . Tickle ) had known him a long time as a citizen , a man , anel a Mason , and in all three characters he had proved
himself worthy of the friendship of all who had come in contact with him . He believed in proposing the health of their present W . M ., and a long series of yeais of prosperity to the Sub-Urban Lodge , there was no member of it who had its success and prosperity more at heart than Bro . Roberts , and that there was no member more willing to make sacrifices on its behalf . The . W . M ., in reply , said it
was true he hatl not been in good health for a long time , but as regarded the sacrifices Bro . Tickle had spoken of he hael only done what he shoulel elo again . As long as he was able to get up lo Stanmore to take the chair he should be there , and bc ready to make double or treble the sacrifices he had made . What he hoped to see consummated in the Sub-Urban Lotlge was , that it might bc a
creelit to the Craft . As its members increased it might be noticed more than it was now , although he took it as a very great compliment that it had hail such great honour conferred on it that evening by having such distinguished brethren present . It was his intention during his year of oflice , if he was spared , and blesseel with health , to do all he could for the prosperity of 1702 , and whatever lay in
his power the brethren might depend upon it he would do to carry forward the success of the loilge anil the Craft to the very utmost . Bro . Dr . Carpenter , P . M . 1196 , responded to the toast of "The Visitors . " Having buckled fortune on his back , he would endeavour to support it . He felt it a greater honour to be an honoiary member of the lodge then he did to bc a visitor , and for reasons sufficiently
obvious . He was an honorary member under peculiar circumstances . He did not repudiate the title which Bro . Tickle had given him , of being grandfather of the lodge . Being the father of the Urban Lodge , he must be grandfather of the Sub-Urban , which sprang from it . He could only say in this character , " Bless you , my children , " and express the great delight he felt at seeing such a lot of his
family growing up around him . Travelling out of the record for half a moment , he must be permitted to express the very great satisfaction lie felt with the way in which Bro . Tickle performed the elaborate duties of the office of Installing Master . 1 n saying this he was perhaps a little egotistic ; but remembering as he did that he ( Dr . Carpenter ) had the honour and pleasure of installing Bro ,
fickle in the chair , when lie was made Master of the Urban Lodge , it must be exceedingly gratifying to him to recogr . ise the excellent way in which Bro . Tickle had carried out his duties to the very end . Dr . Carpenter conclueled by returning thanks on behalf of himself and all the other visitors . The W . M . proposed " The Health of Bro . Tickle , I . P . M ., " of whom he might say , having known him many years most intimately , that if the brethren
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were to seek the City round they coulel not find a brother in whom they could repose more confidence . It was therefore a double pleasure to him to have to propose his health anti at thc same time to pin to his breast a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , voted to him by the brethren as a mark of the estimation in which he was held by them , and to show their admiration of him as Master of thc Sub-Urban Lod ge .
He sincerely hoped they might have Bro . Tickle with them for many years to come , that their friendship might not slacken , but would bc cemented still firmer . Bro . Tickle , I . P . M ., in acknowledging the toast , said he hardly ) knew how to finel words to respond to the honour conferred on him by presenting him with such a handsome jewel . He well rememberer ! leaving the chair of his mother lodge
and the gratification he felt when the Master of that lodge , his successor in the chair , placed on his breast another handsome j ^ wcl he now wore . He did not think at that time he should ever have an additional jewel presented to him , more especially with such high commendations as had been passed on him that evening by the brethren he now saw around him . With regard to the loelge he could
assure thc brethren it was no easy task to endeavour to establish a new lodge . It was a source of a great deal of anxiety and effort to make the new lodgea success . The Sub-Urban Loelge was now only in its second year . Personal sacrifices had been made in order to insure its success , but be vcnturcel to think that in the second year , on the second installation day , the fact that they had
been able to add two initiates was an epoch in the history of thc lodge to bc remembered , more especially as those initiates were tevo gentlemen whom they might all be proud of having thc pleasure of admitting , ft was a great pleasure to the brethren that the lotlge was ( irmly established , and that there were evidences that it would go on anel prosper . When ihe consecration look place he well remembered
one of thc Consecrating Officers stating , with a very great tle-al of feeling , that he believed the lodge was composed of men who meant to insure success , and he ventured to think that thc forecast by that brother , the Provincial Grantl Chaplain , Bro . Holden , was a true utterance . He ( Bro . Tickle ) believed that that success was now assured , and that Bro . Roberts , whom he hael had the honour and
pleasure of installing , would have a prosperous and successful year of office . That was the wish of him ( Bro , Tickle ) and all the other brethren , and also they wished that he might have health and strength to enjoy his honours , and that when he left the chair he might do so with as much pleasureablc regret as he ( Bro . Tickle ) now elid . His period of office had been a year ami three-quarters ol
labour , but that had been a labour cf love , and when he saw the lotlge in the grand success it bail achieved that tlay , he was fully repaid for any trouble he had taken , anti any time he hael bestowed upon it . He thanked the brethren warmly Ior the compliment they had paid him , and for the kindness which he hatl received from all of them , and he trusted that his successor in the chair , Bro . Roberts ,
who was a worthy brother indeed , would receive from the members of the lodge all the support and kindness which he ( Bro . Tickle ) hatl himself received . He hoped they might all have many , many pleasant days and evenings together . Bro . James Terry , in responding to the toast of " The Masonic Charities , " proposed by the W . M ., said he trustctl that as long as Freemasonry lasted this toasl
would never cease to be given at Masonic banquets . It was a very comprehensive toast , and one which in the fulness of their hearts they had stated they would to the greatest extent support . To those who knew the Charities he need not speak ; but from those who did not know them he asked forbearance while he told what they were . Freemasons had three distinguished Institutions , the Girls '
School , the Boys' School , and the Old Men and Women ' s Institution . The GUIs' School was the oldest . It had just celebrated its 91 st anniversary , and , notwithstanding the depression of trade , the largest amount ever brought in in one year had been brought in for that Institution , £ 12 , 100 had been brought in by the individual efforts of the Stewards who served on that occasion . The Boys '
School festival would take place on the 25 th insc ; that would be its 8 ist anniversary , and he hoped and trusted that an equal , if not a larger , sum might be then collected on behalf of the 210 boys , boarded , clothed , and educated in that school . When he spoke of the Educational Institutions of Freemasonry he spoke of magnificent Institutions , which could compare most favourably with any
other similar Institutions throughout the length and breadth of the land . Take the result of the last Cambridge examinations for tlie Boys' School . Out of all the boys sent to that examination from all schools in England fifteen first-class prizes were earned , and out of those fifteen , nine were gained by boys from the Masonic Boys ' School . Fourteen boys went up from tbis Institution , and
four gained second-class prizes , and one obtained honours . Out of the whole of them only one failed . It was a great thing for Freemasonry . The girls in the Masonic - Girls' Schools had been just in the same way successful-Fifteen girls went up for their examination , and eight of them obtained first-class prizes , five took second-class , and one third-class honours . If the brethren considered what
this meant , they would see that the system of education pursueel in both those Institutions was successful , and it was a proud thing to bc able to support such Institutions . For the old people he could not put in any Oxford or Cambridge examinations . He could not put the LL . D- to their names , but he could place before the brethren the honour which they had obtained of a blameless life , rtc
hoped the LL . D . might be aelded to their names by the brethren endeavouring , as far as they could , to Length 611 Life's Days . He knew that although this lodge was a very young loelge , all the members weie interested in the Charities , and that when the lodge came into the possession of funds there were willing hearts and just as willing hands lo assist the Institutions as ivero to be found willing to assist any Institution . The three Masonic Institutions had