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and as it objects to all hasty movements and ingenuous speculations , so it will assuredly reject , ignore , and condemn complaints in which nothing is complained of , resolutions in which nothing is resolved , movements in which nothing is formed , which have no reasonable origin , and can tend to no lcsptctable or Masonic end .

# * # THE Grand Scribe E ., Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , installed Comp . Sir MICHAEL H ICKS-BEACH , Bart ., M . P ., at Gloucester , on Thursday last , as

First Principal of the Royal Gloucester Chapter . There were ioo companions present . We understand that it is not unlikely but that H . R . H . the GRAND Z . may appoint our distinguished companion Prov . Grand Superintendent for Gloucestershire .

Consecration Of The Queen's Westminster Lodge, No. 2021.

CONSECRATION OF THE QUEEN'S WESTMINSTER LODGE , No . 2021 .

A new lodge called the Queen ' s Westminster Lodge , and numbered 2021 , in the register of the Grand Lodge of England , was consecrated on Monday last at No . SA , Red Lion Square . The lodge is in connection with the Oucen ' s Westminster Rifle Volunteers , and adds one more to the lodges of the Metropolis which orig inated with Volunteer Corps , of which the ' Fit * Roy , the Ranelasrh , the South Middlesex , the Victoria Rifles , the Macdonald , and

the London Rifle Brigade Lodges are parts . The lodge was consecrated by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , Grand Sec . Bros . F . A . Philbrick , O . C ., P . G . D ., acied as S . W . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D ., as J . W . ; the Rev . Ambrose \ V . Hall , P . G . C ., as Chaplain ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., as Director of Ceremonies ; and Col . James Peters , Grand Swd . Br ., as I . G . There were over a hundred brethren present , among whom were , besides those already

named : Bros . P . Pavne , H . G . Lambert , A . Wilkinson Jones , George Cross , C . P . Betlerby , Alex . Jones , ' W . Bayley , Clifford Prohyn , Dr . H . McLeod , VV . Hilton , J . Grist , Geo . D . Bundy , A . C . Treadaway , G . C . Matthews , John Read , II . Bond , P . Lcsty , C . Taylor , C . W . Promstalz , Philip G . Goldney , H . Felson , C . J . Livett , J . J . Goode , G . A . Potter , Charles J . Mioppi-1 , R . Pearcev , \ V . H . Rowe , John H . Rose ,, Geo . P . Brotheridfje , J . T . Rowe , F . Archard , Arthur Rich , Watkin Brown , Win . Vincent , T . Hastings Miller , G .

A . Corderoy , H . M . Levy , Geo . Hirst , E . Pole , C . Kempton , G . T . K . Trebled , P . M . 13 S 7 ; J . Ptace , 569 ; l . H . Fox , 1 S 15 ; J . Truman , igS ; A . R . Chamberlain , 174 ; F . Marx , P . M . 957 ; T . Coulshard , S . D . 1624 ; J . P . Wood . 173 ; C . Jones , 1420 ; P . Flattely , P . M . 1624 ; W . Woodrnlt , j . W . 957 ; R . Powell , S . D . 19 R ; Wm . Bywater , P . M . 19 ; Joseph Lavies , P . M . 291 , 307 , 190 C , and 1 S 26 ; B . L . Wilson , J . W . 13 OG ; T . Mctldred , 26 I . C . J Chas . Brown , J . W . 19 G 2 ; F . Delevanli , W . M . 1319 ; 11 . W . l " cnn < T , P . M . 1 O 9 G ; James Lewis-Thomas , P . G . A . D . C . ; A . Barfield , P . M . - , q : Edward Mills , 1194 ; Edtrar Bowyer . G . Std . Br . ; Is . J . Barron , P . G . S . ; W .

Lake . P . M . 131 ; A . j . Johnston , 1624 ; C . Wynne , W . M . 25 ; H . Price , 55 ; Geo . Cowell , P . M . 19 S : J . M . Carr , S . W . 19 S ; John Finch , 173 and 795 ; T . B . Linscott , P . M . 55 j John T . Woodstock , P . M . 749 ; A . McDowall , P . P . G . D . C . Berks and Bucks , W . M . K 162 ; W . W . Morgan , S . W . 211 ; Thos . Fenn , P . G . D . ; J . Skinner , W . M . 538 ; S . ' Larcomb , P . M . jSS ; F . Binckes , P . G . Stivd ., P . M . Grand Stewards ' Lodge ; W . Smallpeicc , W . M . 9 O 9 ; Henry Glenn . W . M . 19 ; James Terry , P . P . G . S . W ; Norths and Hunts ; Robert Cross , P . M . 10 S ; Donald M . Dewar , and H . Massey { Freemason ) After the lodge had been formally opened ,

Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , G . Sec , addressing the brethren said they were met there that day on an occasion which would naturally be very interesting in all matters of Freemasonry—to consecrate a new lodge , and to add one more name to that long roll which at present existed under the Grand Lodge ol England , and under which there were at present more lodges registered than was the case in any Grand Lodge in the world . The brethren were all aware that the Grand Lodge of England did not grant

warrants for lodges limiting them to theadmission of any one class of society ; but , at the same time , there was no doubt there were many lodges which practically were instituted for some particular section of the community , and as in London they had among the volunteer forces a very large number of zealous and worthy members of the Masonic Order , it was only to be expected that they should have among themselves lodges which were more particularly for their benefit and use—lodges such as the Fitzroy , the

Macdonald , and the City of London Rifle Brigade . It happened that among one of the most distinguished of the volunteer regiments were enrolled a great number of brethren of the Order , and it had occurred to some of them lately to endeavour to found a lodge which should be , to a great extent , for their convenience and use , and they had addressed a petition to the Grand Master , and he had been pleased to grant a warrant for a lodge to be called the Queen ' s Westminster , and to meet at 8 A , Red

Lion-square . It was for the purpose of consecrating this lodge that they were then met together . The founders had very sensibly and wisely selected as their first Master a brother well-known to every class in London for his zeal and energy in every walk of life , and who was most distinguished for his philanthropy and charitableness , ''"he brother he alluded to was Bro . George Lambert , Past Grand Sword Bearer , and an old Past Master . He was sure that under Bro . Lambert and his skilled management the lodge

would progress in a very remarkable manner , and would speedily achieve a highly satisfactory position among the lodges of the metropolis . I he Rev . Ambrose W . Hall , P . G . C , having delivered the customary oration , the ceremony of consecration was proceeded with , and Bro . Capt . George Lambert was installed as Worshipful Master of the lodge ; Bro .

Captain Probyn . P . M ., was invested as S . W . ; Bros . Capt . Payne , J . W . ; Bombardier Btllerby , Treasurer ; Serjeant George Coop , Secretary ; Herbert C . Lambert , P . M . 198 , P . Prov . G . P ., Herts , S . D . ; W . Jones , P . M ., J . D . ; Color-Serjeant Jones , I . G . ; Lieut . Bailey , M . C . ; Lieut . Watkin Brown , W . S . ; and Staff-Serjeant Bradley , Tyler . Col . Shadwell II . Clerke then delivered the addresses .

On the motion of the W . M ., seconded by the S . W ., a vote of thanks was ordered to be recorded on the minutes of the lodge to the Grand Secretary and the other Grand Officers for consecrating the lodge and installing the W . M . The lodge also , on the motion of the W . M ., seconded by the S . W ., elected those brethren as honorary members of the lodge . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE thanked the W . M . and the lodge for both compliments .

The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Venetian Room , Holborn Restaurant , to a sumptuous banquet . In proposing the toast of " The Queen and the Craft , " the WORSHIPFUL MASTER said that Freemasons were especially loyal , and that in a lodge composed of brethren who wore the Queen ' s uniform the toast should be received with greater warmth if possible than in other lodges .

Consecration Of The Queen's Westminster Lodge, No. 2021.

Bro . F . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C ., P . G . D ., in responding for "The Grand Officers , " said the estimation in which the W . M . of this lodge , who was also a Grand Officer , was held was a guarantee , if guarantee were wanted that the traditions of the Craft would be well and worthily upheld by the Queen's Westminster Lodge . With regard to the rest of the Grand Officers , he might assure those who were young' Masons that the services

of the Grand Officers had ever been at the disposition of the Craft and had been ungrudgingly given , oittimes at a great cost of time . No efforts had been spared by those who stood at the helm of the good ship Masonry to make her voyage prosperous . The estimation in which Masonry was held by the public showed that the efforts of the Grand Officers had not been unfavourable , and that its progress and success had not been altogether

left to take care of itself but had been most sedulously watched over , most anxiously guarded , and most devotedly served by those who had been placed in the position of Grand Officers . It was not every day which saw a fresh addition to the ranks of lodges on the roll of Grand Lodge of England , and among the additions it was not every addition that could be looked to as so full of promise as the Queen's Westminster . From the eloquent

oration the brethren had listened to they had learned much of the secret of Masonry's great success and continued prosperity ; and if he might venture to go one step beyond what the Grand Chaplain said , it was fidelity to the principles and the consistency with which the lodges upheld them the progress of Masonry was due . The W . M . was a skilled Mason , a tried veteran of the Craft , and as Past Grand Officer was called upon to

assume a most important and delicate position as Master of this lodge . It was in the initial steps in the lodge that the key was centred ; it was by zealously guarding the entrance to the lodge that they would best keep up the high reputation with which it started , and which he ( Bro . Philbrick ) as an honorary member was proud to think it had . It would be a difficult task to an inexperienced Mason to set the standard as it ought to be set in

the lodge , and to keep it up so that the Queen ' s Westminster might be second to none in the respectability of its members , its excellent working , and its material success . But in the continuance of the great Masonic career of the W . M . which had endeared him to his friends in Masonry lay the surest pledge that the first year of the Queen's Westminster would be a year of prosperity which would set working the whole apparatus of the

lodgea year which would be marked not only by the inauguration of the lodge , but by the initiation into Masonry of many worthy comrades in arms . Bro . the Rev . AMBROSE W . HALL , P . G . C ., proposed "The W . M ., " and addressing himself to that toast said he had had the high privilege in the lodge of speaking on the duties of Masonry , and he would now if it were necessary speak for a short lime of the privates duties that appertained to

the W . M . of a lodge . He said "if it were necessary , " because he felt assured that his excellent friend and coadjutor as a Grand Officer knew those duties so well , that the prosperity of the lodge could not have been entrusted to better hands or to a brother who would bring more zeal and energy to the cause . The lodge had done him ( the Rev . A . W . Hall ) the high honour to elect him an honorary member , which had been already

acknowledged in the lodge by Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , and which he ( Bro . Hall ) now acknowledged individuall y' because it gave him an opportunity of saying that his honorary membership would enable him to come again to the lodge , and seeing the progress it made . Although he regretted the absence from the banquet table of the Grand Secretary , who had to propose the present toast , he did not regret it on his ( Bro . Hail ' s ) own account ,

because he was able to pay a tribute of homage to a good Mason , and a good man and bidding all the officers and members God speed in their new work . He wished the lodge a glorious career , and that it might take a very high place on the roll of the lodges of England . He hardly knew how to say enough of the excellent W . M ., or the lodge , but he knew that from the present W . M . 's long career , in Masonry everything would be done in order .

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER afterthe toast had been most enthusiastically received , said that fully impressed with the duties which occurred to a Master taking the chair in any lodge that had been even well established for years he felt that there was an onerous task before him to endeavour to conduct the lodge aright and pilot it into a happy haven . He should endeavour to do his best . In the lodge , when he was called upon to say

what he would do and how he would carry out the duties he said that which he would repeat—by God's help he would . He knew it was a difficult task to preside over any lodge and to carry out the work to the full appreciation of every brother , but " quot homines tot sentential , " they must bear with everything that came before them , and therefore he would say that before coming to the chair there were little rocks ahead against which he must have

been shipwrecked , but for the assistance of the other founders who were old Past Masters or instructors of the lodges in which they were members . Therefore they had been enabled to surmount the difficulties and keep their head to the wind . That had been their intention , will , and desire , and no effort of his should be spared either in Freemasonry or anything else to carry out his duties to the fullest extent . The day was past as far as he was

concerned when he ought to assume the chair , because he had become a somewhat elderly man ; but when he put on his uniform he fancied he was the boy who entered the service 30 years ago ; and however difficult the task might be he was always found at drill , either in uniform or plain clothes . He hoped the company he had the honour to command , which was the largest in the regiment , would rally round him , so that the lodge would be

second to none , and be up and doing . He considered it a great compliment to have so many Grand Officers present . In 40 years of Masonry he had been in the chair several times , and he hoped and trusted his energy would not be diminished , but that he might be all the brethren desired . He should look for their cordial co-operation for bringing the lodge well to the front .

It was a great honour to be a Freemason , and it was a great honour to be in a volunteer regiment , where the privates sat down with the officers . They had the highest in the land in volunteer regiments , and among them were Baron Pollock and Mr . Justice Denman . This was a high incentive to the brethren to bring good and fit men from the regiment to enrol themselves in this bond of brotherhood , which ranged from north to south , and from east

to west . Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , P . G . D ., responded to the toast of " The Consecrating and Installing Officers , " and said that these brethren performed their duties with very great pleasure ; they were always glad to see new lodges started , especially when they bade fair to turn out good and a credit to the Craft . They all wished the Queen ' s Westminster Lodge mig ht take

a very high place indeed on the roll of Grand Lodge . The Consecrating Officers felt it a great honour to be elected honorary members of the lodge , and they would occasionally attend it to see how it was going on . ^ Bro . THOMAS FENN , P . G . D ., proposed " Success to the lodge . " He went into active Masonry before the Volunteer movement commenced , and