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REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS : — I Craft Masonry 47 Royal Arch 49 Scotland 49 The New Irish Grand Lodge Constitutions 50 Charity Voting 51 Weekly Summary of News 51

Reviews 52 Masonic Notes and Queries 52 Consecration of a New Lodge at Penistone 52 Obituary 52 CORRESPONDENCE : — Rights of Visiting Brethren 53 Double Wedding at Richmond 53 Instruction 53 Surrey Masonic Hall 53 Masonic Tidings 54 Lodge Meetings for next week 54 Advertisements 45 , 4 6 , o , £ 4 . SS . 5 6

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DOMATIC LODGE ( NO . 177 ) . —On Friday evening last the installation meeting of this very - popular lodge was held at Anderton ' s Hotel , where a very large gathering of the members of the Craft assembled to witness the installation

of Bro . Frederick Kent into the chair of K . S . Immediately after the reading of the minutes , the ceremony of installation was performed bj Bro . P . M . Brett , ( than whom there are very few if any members in the Craft better qualified to work this beautiful ceremony ) in an impressive

manner , and all present must have been hi ghly gratified at the Masonic treat Bro . Brett afforded them on Friday . After- the newly installed Master had been duly proclaimed according to ancient custom , he proceeded to appoint his officers as follows : —Bros . Everett , S . W . :

Treadwell , J . W . ; Willing , S . D . ; Palmer , J . D . ; Chapman , I . G . ; Buscall , D . C . ; Joseph Smith , Treas . Through the lamented death of Bro . Tanner , the lodge has for some little time been without a Secretary , and this office was now filled up by the appointment of Bro . Willing .

The important ceremony of appointing and investing the officers having been completed , the ordinary business of the lodge was proceeded with , and Bros . Jennings , Vinall , Plenderleth and Braid , were raised to the sublime degree of M . M . Bros . Currie , Lightfoot , Brown , Watson

and Strange , were next passed to the degree of F . C ., after which Mr . John Willis , Mr . Edward Purchase , Mr . J . W . Torrance , and Mr . Abel Simner , being candidates for initiation , were ballotted for , and the ballot being declared in their favour , were duly initiated into the

mysteries and privileges of the first degree . The business of the evening was brought to a close by admitting on ballot , Bro . F . C . Bartlett , of the Victoria Lodge , Quebec , as a joining member of the Domatic Lod ge . The members and their numerous visitors then repaired to the

banquet room , where a noble repast was served by mine host , who knows so well how to provide those who , from their necessarily frequent attendance at Masonic banquets , are adepts in the art of dining and therefore , not the people to be satisfied with anything but the best . The

only inconvenience felt arose from the multitude of the diners , which rendered some crowding unavoidable , and a pocket full of soup a thing not unheard of , or the back of a popular singer basted with gravy a spectacle not unseen . But what are inconveniences of this kind when we

are seeking to do honour to those whom we esteem ? We English submit to such daily , when this is our object , and therefore these little mishaps were endured on Friday , with commendable good humour . We understood that there were not far short of one hundred and thirty members of the Craft present at banquet

, among whom were many very eminent Masons . The members of this lod ge are so numerous that we shall not attempt to record the names of those present , and it is quite possible that among so many the names of some of the visitors may be omitted . Those we observed were Bros . Cottebrune , G . Purst . Eng . ; Eve , G . S . W . Hants . ; Major Campbell , Gover , George Ken-

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ninjr , P . M . 192 5 J . D . Massey , 1735 Beckett , Dalhousie ; Lawler , 511 ; Sidney Thornton , Pomeioy , Higgins , 1381 ; Codner , Globe , Bingeman , 56 ; Dvvarber , 55 ; Bocking 34 ; Stephens , 1365 5 Tessett , 136 c ;; Wheeler , Hogard 205 ; Basnett 22 ; Vine , 173 , - Scott , 53 :

Row , Fidelity 5 Dawson , 186 ; Webb , 71 ; Kell , Hook , St . Lie , 1158 ; Brandt , and Vine . After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts had been duly proposed and honoured those which more particularl y concerned the Domatic Lodge were proceeded with . Bro . P . M .

Joseph Smith , the Treasurer of the lodge , rose to propose " The Health of their newly-installed W . M . " He was sure that it was a toast that they were all desirious , anxiously desirous , to honour , because he was sure that they not only all esteemed Bro . Kent , very highly for the

manner in which he had wrought in times past , but that they anticipated with regard to the time to come that Bro . Kent would be all that they could desire in a W . M ., duiing his year of office . He would remind them that Bro . Kent was initiated in that lodge , and that

he had fulfilled all the offices up to the chair , and now the meeting had conferred upon him the hig hest honour by making him their W . M . All W . M . ' s are not gifted alike . Some evince special ability in their working , some are particularly genial at the banquet . They had the

evidence of their senses that in the latter capacity their new W . M . excelled , and he thought he mig ht venture to say that Bro . Kent would be found . able to perform all the duties of the lodge . He reminded them that this was a very large lodge , and he held that the larger the lodge

the higher was the honour of being elected its W . M . At the same time , however , the responsibilities were heavier . Every Master should endeavour to excel those who have gone before him , and to improve upon what they have done , and to show that Bro . Kent intends

your comfort as well as your interests , he would tell them that their new W . M had proposed that the Domatic Lodge should have a Masonic ball , that their chief ' s idea was that they ought not 10 be selfish , but that they should have an entertainment in which their wives and daughters

might take part , and he had set his heart upon making the proposed ball a great success . He had moreover come to the praiseworthy resolution of not leading the lodge into debt , and this perhaps was the best part of the whole business , though they might think it

selfish of him ( Bro . Smith ) to say so , being the Treasurer , for their W . M . had said that if the funds of the Lodge would not bear the expense he would be very willing to bear it himself . The toast was drunk with enthusiasm , and the W . M ., in returning thanks said that ever since

he became an officer of that lodge his idea had always been to be original , whenever it seemed right , to do something different to what had been done before . He thought he had done right in coming up to that chair , and he assurred the brethren in all sincerity that his object would be

to sink his individuality for the benefit of the lodge . There was nothing like unity in a lodge ; if they would only bear it in mind they would never do wrong , never misunderstand each other . With the view of acting in unison , he had called a meeting of his officers , and they had promised

that whatever he might suggest he should have their support . He thought that so far as they had gone they had had an exceedingly pleasant evening together , but his idea was that Masons ought not to be selfish ; he was always pleased when he heard Masonry well spoken of by the

ladiss , snd he believed that they would be helping forward Freemasonry by having entertainments in which the ladies could join . He believed that the result would be that husbands and brothers would be urged to join a body that , apart from and beyond its work of charity , not

only sought its own enjoyment , but endeavoured to add to the happiness and social intercourse of their wives , their daughters , and their sisters . It was therefore that he had suggested the idea of a ball , that they should forget themselves in

contributing to the happiness of their ladies , though they should not forget themselves when the ball took place . He thanked the brethren for the manner in which they had drunk his health j he trusted there would always be unity between

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them ; let thein go through his year of office hand in hand with him , so to speak , to do the best they could for the lodge , and then lie was sure they would get on very well together . The W . M . then proceeded to propose " The Health of the Past Masters of the Lodge , " coupling with it

the name of the I , P . M ., Bro . Tims , about whose , conduct in the chair he spoke in terms of commendation , adding that the brethren had deputed him to present Bro . Tims with a P . M . jewel , as a mark of their esteem , and it gave him much gratification personally to invest him with it .

Bro . Tims having made a suitable reply , ' The Health of the Initiates" was proposed and drunk with the usual honours , after which the health of " The Officers , the Treasurer , and the Visitors" were proposed and very heartily responded to , and the proceedings , as usual , were

brought to a close with the Tyler ' s toast , which however , was given from the chair and not , as usual , by the Tjler himself . During the evening some excellent vocal music was contributed by some of the members and guests , among the latter of whom was Bro . Dawson ,

who though still suffering from the effects of a severe cold sang his beautiful song "Violets , " with great sweetness and effect . There were also one or two very good recitations by one of the members , and this pleasant meeting did not terminate till a late hour .

ST . J AMES ' UNION LODGE ( No . 180 ; . —This lodge ' s first meeting of the year was held on Tuesday , the 13 th inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . W . Smithatt . W . M . in the chair . It was also the lodge ' s first meeting of the season , when the ceremony of installing the W . M . elect had to

be celebrated . The choice of the brethren having fallen upon Bro . Gallico , a very worthy member of the lodge , who has shown himself a very zealous Mason during the whole period of his membership , there was a very large attendance of brethren to witness his installation into the

chair of K . S ., which ceremony was performed ( as it always ought to be performed ) by the outgoing Master , Besides the installation , the ordinary business of the evening consisted of four initiations ( for this being installation night the passings and raisings had been deferred

until the next lodge meeting ) but as two of the candidates were absent , the initiation of Mr . Kirk , and Mr . Frederick Wri ght was the only work , besides the installation which the W . M . had to perform , before occupying the honourable position of I . P . M . Messrs . Kirk and Wright

having been initiated , Bro . Gallico was presented to the W . M ., and having assented to the Masonic princip les laid down in the Book of Constitutions and pledged himself in the usual form , he was presented to a Board ot Installed

Masters and inducted into the chair . The eeremony of installation or proclamation was very ab ' y performed , by Bro . Smithett , and it gives us much p leasure to record the fact that the installation of his W . successor

by the Master himself appears to be growing into fashion , and it certainly is a very much better fashion than the somewhat lazy one of deputing the performance of this important rite either to an instructor or to an unusually zealous P . M . Having been installed and

proclaimed , the new W . M . proceeded to appoint his officers as follows : —S . W ., Bro . Parsons ; J . W ., Bro . Gillard ( but as this brother is at present abroad Bro . P . M . Buht was deputed to act for him in his absence ) ; Treasurer , Bro . P . M . Robinson ; Secretary , Bro . P . M . Stacey ; S . D ., Bro . Arnottj J . D ., Bro . Smithett , jun . ; I . G .,

Bro . Pillinx ; Wine Stewards , Bro . Jackson , P . M ., Bro . Hart , and Bro . Van Duren ; D . C , Bro . J . R . Stacey , P . M . j Tyler , Bro . Gilbert . Bro . Gallico , the W . M ., installed the officers in a very able manner , and confirmed the expectations on his account in every respect . The large attendance of members and friends was no doubt

also greatly increased by a very interesting notice which appeared upon the summons in addition to the other business of the evening , which was the presentation of a testimonial to Bro . H . A .

Stacey , P . M ., the Hon . Secretary of the Lodge . At the proper time , Bro . Jackson , P . M ., rose and said : " Worshipful Master , Brothers Senior and Junior , Wardens , and brethren , I claim your attention to myself for a few moments , and ask you to bear