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On behalf of " The Visitors " Bros . R . Manuel , P . M ., W . W . Morgan , Lee , and Griffiths replied . The W . M . next proposed "The l . P . M . and Installing Master , " and presented Bro , Nathan Robinson , I . P . M ., with a handsome Past Master's jewel , which was suitably acknowledged . Other toasts were givenand the proceedings closed .

, Bros . Dr . Haskins and Kift were assisted in the music bv Bros . G . Uttley , Will Edwards , Mr . Frank Hook , and Madame Steiner . Bro . Dr . Byrd Page performed some " ancient and modern mysteries" which amused and mystified the brethren .

Viator Lodge , No . 2308 . The regular meeting of this well-known and prosperous lodge was held at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , E . C ., on the 16 th instant , when there were present Bros . C . W . Crowther , W . M . ; R . B . A . Lodge , l . P . M . ; W . Carnon , S . W . ; J . A . Pratten , J . W . ; W . Sanders , P . M ., Treas . ; Thos . H . Hobbs , P . M ., Prov . J . G . D . Bucks , Sec . ; R . Leach , J . D . ; J . Hodder , I . G . ; A . Wareham , acting Org . : J . P . Chiles and E . Youmr , Stwds .: R . Whiting , P . M ., Tyler : C . W . Hobbs , P . M . ; R . Manly ,

P . M . ; H . H . Pihkney , P . M . ; J . Bell , W . E . Waterman , J . H . Dean , E . G . Rees , W . Roylance , J . E . Manktelow , J . Lodge , H . P . King , C . H . Nickerson , C A . Etches , R . Heslop , C . W . Johnson , A . B . Shoobert , T . Clarkson , A . Nickerson , F . J . Shoobridge , and A . Btidgeman . The visitors were Bros . A . Higgins , 2626 " ; F , Wise , 1602 ; J . Eyre , 1321 ; E . T . Hewlitt , Stwd . 1604 ; E . G . Waldock , Stwd . 2790 ; and Chas . Hy . Stone , P . M . 507 and 1641 . The minutes of the installation meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . J . E .

Manktelow was passed in a very able manner by the W . M . A ballot was taken for Messrs . T . Clarkson , A . B . Shoobert , and C . W . Johnson , which proving unanimous in their favour , they were initiated in an impressive manner by the W . M . to whom they gave rapt attention . Two propositions were handed in for the next meeting in January , 1902 , which promises well for the W . M . and the lodge . The W . M . invested Bro . Saunders , P . M ., as Treasurer , and Bro . King as Stwd . Deep expressions of

sympathy were shown when Bro . T . H . Hobbs , P . M ., Sec , read a letter announcing the death of the father of the lodge , the first Master , Bro . Harry Nelson Price , P . M ., P . G . Std . Br . Eng ., of cancer , and whose burial took place at Hythe , Kent . It was resolved that the condolence of the brethren be sent to Mrs . Price in her sad bereavement . Ten guineas were voted to the W . M . 's list as a Steward to the Girls ' Institution .

The business of the lodge ended , it was closed , and the brethren adjourned to a capital supper . The cloth removed , the W . M . gave the toasts of " The King and the Craft , " and "H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , M . W . G . M ., " in becoming terms , and both were most loyally received . The W . M ., in giving the toast of "The Pro CM ., the Dep . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " dilated on their many excellences , and paid a lasting tribute of respect to their old and esteemed Bro . Price , a Past Grand Officer , who had some years ago initiated him and several other brethren into Freemasonry .

His many virtues were well known to them all , and he asked the brethren to drink to his loving memory in silence . Bro . R . B . A . Lodge , I . P . M ., next presented the toast of "The W . M . " in most appropriate terms , and now he had arrived at the summit of his ambition , he was discharging his duties in an exemplary manner . 'Ihe W . M ., in reply , tendered his hearty thanks , and said he would do his very best for the lodge . He took a great interest in Freemasonry , and would announce that he was standing Steward to the Girls' Institution , and hoped to receive subscriptions from the brethren , and make the list worthy of the Viator Lodge .

The toast of "The Initiates was next given by the W . M . in most cordial and appreciative terms , and duly responded to by Bros . Clarkson , Shoobert , and Johnson . In proposing the toast of " The Visitors , " the W . M . said they were always most cordially welcomed by the brethren of the lodge , who gave them a very hearty reception . Bros . C . H . Stone , Higgins , Wise , Syre , Hewlett , and Waldcck very ably and suitably responded . Bro . C . W . Crowther , W . M ., next presented the toast of "The Past Masters ol the Lodge " in thoroughly appreciative terms , especially dilating on the excellent services rendered by Bros . Sanders , P . M ., Treas ., and F . W . Hobbs , P . M ., Sec . Bros . Lodge , ( . P . M ., Pinkney , P . M ., and Manley , P . M ., very ably replied .

The toast of ' The Officers of the Lodge " received at the hands of the W . M . the meed of praise it so thoroughly deserved , as their work had been commended by the Bro . Visitors . Bros . Pratten , J . W ., and Hodder , I . G ., most suitably replied . The Tyler ' s toast closed a very pleasant and successful meeting . Some capital singing was rendered by Bros . C . W . Hobbs , P . M ., C . II . Nickerson , R . B . A . Lodge , P . M ., H . J . King , and J . P . Chiles . Bro . A . Wareham ably presided at the piano .

Devonian Lodge , No . 2834 . INSTALLATION OF BRO . WALTER WELLSMAN , P . A . G . D . C . The second installation ceremony in connection with the above lodge was performed at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel on the evening of Thursday , the 14 th instant , Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Halsbury , Lord Chancellor , being the retiring W . M ., and Bro . Walter Wellsman , P . A . G . D . C , the W . M . elect . There was a very large assemblage of members and visitors . Among the company were : . Bros . Le Strange , P . G . M . Norfolk ; Canon Brownrigg , P . G . C ; Stiles , P . G . T . ; Rev . H . A . Hebb , P . G . D .

, Chap . ; H . Neville , P . A . G . D . C ; W . A . Scurrah , P . G . Std . Br . ; also Bros . Rev . W . E . Windle , Rev . F . W . Sauley , W . H . Wellsman , Marrian , Hobrow , Home , Amand , Lascelles , Drummond , Irvine , Heywood , Eelle , Tyler , Jarvis , Ritter , H . Nicholl ? , Baker , Wavell , Painter , Harding , A . H . Scurrah , Knightley , Snow , Dav s , Elliott , Dealing , and Weeden , P . Ms . Apologies for non-attendance were received from Bros . Sir Frank Green , Bart ., P . G . D . ; Dr . Cummings , P . G . O , ; Colonel Edyvear , and many others . The lodge having been opened , the Secretary reported that the W . M . elect , being

also W . M . of thc Farringdon Without Lodge , No . 1745 , had , in accordance with Rule No . 134 of the Book of Constitutions , applied to Grand Lodge for a dispensation , which had been granted . The warrant was accordingly read . After the transaction of ordinary lodge business , the ceremony of installation was very ably performed by Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W ., assisted by Bro . H . Nicholls , P . M ., Sec 2127 , as D . C . The newly-installed W . M . appointed and invested the following officers for the ensuing vear :

Bros , the Right Hen . the Earl of Halsbury , P . G . W ., l . P . M . ; Rev . Wm . Whittley , P . G . D ., P . P . S . G . W . Devon , S . W . ; G . Lambert , M . P .. J . W . ; Wm . Bradford , P . M ., Treas . ; J . Cockram Taylor , P . M ., Sec . ; P . H . Pridham Wippell , S . D . ; C Luxmore Drew , J . D . ; F . W . Brodie , P . M ., I . G . ; Rev . H . A . Hebb , P . G . D ., P . P . G . Chap . Devon , Chap . ; Wm . H . Cummings , Mus . Doc , P . G . Org ., Org . ; T . H . T . Jarvis , P . M ., D . C . ; and J . C . Denmead and J . M . Easton , Stwds .

At the conclusii n of Ihe lodge , an adjournment was made to the banquet , at which the brethren did full justice to the efforts made by the caterers on their behalf . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and honoured . The W . M . coupled thc toast of " The Grand Officers" with the name of Bro . Le Strange , P . G . M . of his ( thc W . M . ' s ) native county of Norfolk , and W . M . of the Noifolk Lodge—a similar lodge to their own . At the same time , he regretted the at sence of Sir John Monckton , who had so ably perfor med the installation ceremony , from the banquet .

Bro . Le Strange , in reply , paid a tribute to the zeal of Sir John Monckton in performing the installation ceremony after his labours at the Com nun Council . As VV . M . ol the Ni 1 folk Lodge , he might tell them that the formation of that lodge was du : to the previous formation of the Devonian Lodge ; but for their example the Norfolk Lodge would not have been formed . He thought county lodges were calculated to do a I it of

good , providing , as they aid , a common home for Masons from the same county residing in London . The toast of " The Right Hon . Lord Northcote , Prov . G . M . of Djvun , " having been honoured , the W . M . stated that a wire would be sen ! to India to Lord Northcote on the following day , informing him as to the enthusiastic manner in which the toast hid been received , which would serve to tbow him at the same time that he had not been forgotten .

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Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Halsbury , I . P . M ., proposed "The Health of the W . M . " in appropriate terms , the foist being most enthusiasticly received . Bro . Wellsman , W . M ., in reply , observed that when he heard the l . P . M . speak of him as he had done he could not help wondering whether he was deserving of the eulogium ; still , they were all Devon men together , so he would take their compliments cum grano . It was true the Devonian spirit was one of good fellowship , but all he

could say was he would do his best during the coming year to deserve the confidence reposed in him . As his father and mother were both from Devon , though he himself was born in Norfolk , so he could claim to belong to both counties , but he was a Devon roan , heart and soul . ( Applause . ) He had been a Mason for 40 years , so his Masonic career must of necessity be nearing a close , yet he would at least try to first make the Devonian Lodge one of the foremost in England . He felt highly honoured in having had his health proposed by the Lord Chancellor .

The W . M ., in proposing " The Health of the l . P . M . " ( the Lord Chancellor ) , said there was one toast that must be received _ with great enthusiasm . Ayearayo , when they were thinking of forming a Devonian lodge , he had the pleasure of waiting , together with the Secretary , on the Lord Chancellor to see if he would become their first W . M ., and the Lord Chancellor at once replied that he would consent if the brethren wished . It was quite impossible to exaggerate the effect this had had on the lodge ; the mere fact that the Lord Chancellor was to be their first Master had given the key-note to the start of their career . He had attended the consecration of the lodge

, and they were all charmed to hear the address the Lord Chancellor gave on that occasion , delivered in words that burned . The brethren had often and often since referred to that speech among themselves . The Lord Chancellor had come among them now to accentuate the good wishes on both sides which he then inrpired . and when he had done with the collar of l . P . M . they hoped he would visit them again . His numerous and important engagements prevented a very frequent attendance , but they were convinced he had done all he could for the lodge . They would always remember him as their first W . M ., and in conclusion he would ask him to accept of a little memorial of his year ot

office , one that it was an honour for the lodge to be able to confer on him , and might serve to show him that the Devon men wished him to realise all they thought of him . The W . M . then invested the l . P . M . with a very handsome Past Master ' s jewel , at the same time expressing the hope that he might live to wear it for many years . Bro . Right Hon . the Earl of Halsbury , who was received with loud and prolonged applause , stated that he felt embarrassed though he could not plead that he was absolutely unaquainted with public speaking . ^ ( Laughter . ) Still , it was easier to talk of some one else than of oneself . In all sincerity he was obliged to them for the

present they had bestowed upon him , which he appreciated the man for the words the W . M . had spoken when presenting it . They were all proud of being Devon men to whatever party they belonged , and as a Devon man and as a member of the Craft he was proud to think that they could meet together amicably sinking all differences as to how the State should be governed . Nothing could bind men more together than—he would not say patriotism , for that was a word that had been much abused—love of country . Loving their country they could recognise the differences that existed between one another , and still remember they were brethren . The whole institution of

Masonry—he might say here he had been delighted to be their W . M . for one year—was very different from any other associated body . Many bodies preserved th : despotic distinctions of everyday life , whereas Masonry , rightly or wrongly , afforded a more real and perfect equality than the philosophers who preached liberty , fraternity , and equality had ever attained to . The kindly regard felt by men of all parties to one another was largel y attributable to the spirit of Masonry . He had been in comp my with two politicians who were as violently opposed to one another as it was possible to be . Afterwards a distinguished Foreign Minister assured him that such a thing was absolutely impossible in his country , for it would have been impossible

to keep them from flying at each other s throats . Masonry had much to do with promoting this spirit , and so it could not be too widely disseminated , as their first duty was to make men brethren , and promote a fraternity in a brighter sense than that which had given rise before now to the most violent crimes . Their brotherhood should help humanity towards a good that could not be finally attained to in this world . The toast of "Thc Visitors " was respondedjto by Bros . Hobrow , P . M ., and Horne , P . M ., and by Bro . H . Nicholls , P . M ., the latter , in a characteristically humorous speech , announcing that he had discovered that Devonians were men who came from Norfolk , and that he himself must have been asked to act as D . of C . because his mother came from Cornwall , and he himself was born in Holborn .

The remaining toasts were those of" The Installing Master , " " The Treasurer and Secretary , " " The Officers of the Lodge , " and the Tyler ' s toast . During the progress of the banquet an excellent entertainment was given under the direction of Bro . C . W . Wreford , with Bro . W . Mansell Stephens as accompanist , in which Miss Jessie Hotine , Miss Emily Foxcroft , Bros . Vivian Bjnnetts , Barclay Gammon , G . Stubbs , Maurice Garland , and C . W . VVreforJ took part .

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HORNSEY CHAPTER , No . Sao . A meeting was held on the 15 th inst ., at the Prince of Wales Hotel , Eastbourne terrace , Bishop ' s-road , Paddington , W ., when there were present : Comps . II . Foskett , M . E . Z . 1 S 5 , M . E . Z . ; C . Webster , j . 1642 , H .,- H . J . Dunaway , 59 , J . ; H . Dehane , P . Z . 890 , P . P . G . P . S . Essex , S . E . ; W . J . Lewis , S . N . 890 , 172 , S . N . ; H . Foskett , 890 , Treas . ; G . F . Ridge , 1 st A . S . 890 , P . S . ; A . F . Hardyment , J . 1489 , P . G . D . C Norfolk , 1 st A . S . ; R . N . Larter , P . Z , M . E . Z . 186 ; H . J . Pearn , J . elect 2621 ; A . L . Butters , J . S 90 ; and E . Stevens , 733 .

The chapter was opened , and the minutes of the last convocation w ; re read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation wis rehearsed , Comp . Pearn b : ing the candidate . The officers were elected , Comp . Hardyment M . E . Z . A vote of thanks was passed to Comp . Ridge lor the able manner he had rehearsed the duties of P . S . for the first time . The M . E . Z . having risen , " Hearty good wishes " were accorded , and the chapter closed .

HYDE PARK LODGE , No . 1425 . A meeting of the above lodge was held on the iSth instant at the Prince of Wales ' Hotel , Eastbourne-terrace , Bishop ' s-road , Paddington , W ,, when there were present Bros . W . H . Handover . P . M . iG 42 , W . M . ; W . Smith-Rose , S . W . ; G . B . Objrti . J . W . ; H . Dehane , P . M . 1543 , Sec ; A . N . Taylor , S . D . ; F . Spink , J . D . ; H . H . Bagnall , I . G . ; E . Spink , Stwd . ; H . Foskett , P . M . 1 ( 1 . ( 2 , Dep . Preceptor ; C . S . Moti , P . M .

1732 ; G . Weaver , P . M . 733 ; A . J . Iaplin , and E . Stevens . Bro . R . J . Houlton , 733 , was a visitor . The lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . Bro . Houlton was examined in the usual routine leading to the Second Degree , and retired . The lodge opened in the Second Degree , and the ceremony of pissing was rehearsed by Bro . Bagnall . The lodge was then opened in the Third Degree , and Bro . Moti instructed

the brethren in " entry drill . " Lodge resumed to the First Degree , and called off and on . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Houlton acting as candidate , and he was afterwards elected a member , and acknowledged the compliment . Bro . Smith-Rose was elected W . M . for the next lodge meeting , and after " Hearty good wishes , the lodge was closed .

ISLINGTON LODGE , No . 1471 . The usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 19 th instant , at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , N ., when there were present : Bros . E . R . ' chards , W . M . ; MRelph , S . W . ; K . C . Morris , J . W . ; C . M . Coxon , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Herts , Treas . ; J . Duncan , P . M ., Sec . ; E . P . Fischer , S . D . ; J . Horstead , J . D . ; E . Lucas , I . G . ; A . Williams ; L . G . Lanedon . P . M .: S . Cload . A . C . Allen . C Weston , G . Popham ,

J . Ewings , G . Mortlock , H . R . Bower , tl . C Kirly , and P . E . Git : s . The lodge was opened and the minutes read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Cload bein >; the candidate . The ancient charge was given . Bro . Williams then occupied the chair , and rebears ; d the ceremony of passing ) Bro . Bower as candidate . Bro . Relph was elected W . M . for the ensuing w ; ek , an'i Bro . Langden was elected a member of the lodge , which was then closed .