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CONTENTS .

REPORTS or M ASONIC MEETINGSoratt Masonry ¦* LlADERS C ORRESPONDENCE : — The Roval Pupils' Fund 3 " Which is Correct ? 3 J Royal Arch Chapter for Military Brethren 3 Uniformity of Ritual 3 Q « Confirming Minutes" 39

Bro . Wilson and the Boys' School - 39 Admission of Strangers ¦ : ,- ; 39 The Girls' School and thc Purchase of L yncombe House ... 39 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 39 Craft Masonry ( continued ) 4 ° Royal Arch 4 <* Mark Masonry 4 ° Knights Templar ;¦ : ;•;•• , ••¦ 4 ' The Inv-siture of the Giand Secretary by the Prince of Wales 41 Consecration of the Caxton Lodge , No . 18 S 3 4 ' of Benevolence 4 3

Lodge The New Grand Secretary 4 ' Westbourne Lodge Ball —* 4 2 Gratifying Testimonial to a Liverpool Freemason , 43 Reviews 43 M asonic Notes and Queries 4 i Red Cross of Constantine 43 Masonic and General Tidings 43 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 44 Advertisements _ » -, "' . iv ., v ., vi

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Craft Jftasonrg . rjR _ ND MASTERS' LODGE ( No . i ) .-Ou Monday evening last the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , a Past Master of the Grand Masters' Lodge , No . i , was again installed as Worshipful Master of the lodge , at its regular January meeting . The lodge met in the Crown Room at Freemasons' Tavern , which from its great capacity was well adapted for a large

assembly . About IJO brethren were present . Bro . E . Fenner , P . G . S ., W . M ., presided at the opening of the lodge , and initiated Mr . Richard Claude Bell , the sculptor , in Freemasonry . Dr . Ralph Gooding , P . G . S ., P . M ., afterwards installed the Lord Mayor as Worshipful Master , and when the officers of the lodge had been appointed and invested the brethen

adjourned to the large hall of Freemasons' Tavern , to a sumptuous banquet , under the presidency of the new Worshipful Master . The brethren present were Bros . J . Whittaker Ellis , S . W . ; Rev . John Conder , Chaplain ; Richard Herv . Giraud , P . M ., Treasurer ; J . M . Case , P . M ., Honorary Secretary , R . M . Bishop , S . D . ; Bradshaw Brown , ,. D . ; G . Martin , I . G . ; S . Rawson , P . M ., D . C . ; George

Payne , P . M ., S . Steward ; J . W . Fuller , J . Steward ; Past Masters : F . Bennoch , D . H . Stone , P . G . J . W . ; W . H . Trego , Walter H . Wilkins , W . A . Colls , Edmond H . Bay ley , H . W . Lumley , G . N . Johnson , G . W . Chambers , Rolph Gooding , J . Ebenezer Saunders , J . W . Gleadwcll , Walter Bigg , George S . Nottage , John H . Fitch , R . W . Dell , and A . B . Frend . The lay members were Bros .

Wilbraham , G . C . D'Albiac , Jas . Hatch , H . S . Crawford , T . C . Ratcliff Steel , T . L . Smith , Arthur Halford , W . Schlosser , J . TaylorSmith , Alfred Brookman , J . Whiffin , R . N . Fowler , Joseph Langton , Joseph D . Langton , F . Gordon Brown , F . Spiers , J . S . Ward , F . C . Velcy , James A . States , and Joseph C . Dimsdale . The visitors were Bros . R . E . Pixley , 29 ; Edward Swanborough ,

W . M . 1319 ; W . Watson , St . John and St . Paul , J . Lacharie , P . M . 349 ; J . Edmeston , 16 33 ; A . Richerc , 46 ; K . F . Jeffery , 1 * 211 ; F . P . Peacock , 8 39 ; J . S . Turner , 1716 ; T . Figer , 1216 ; Samuel Gooding , 37 G ; H . Mead , P . M . 788 ; W . C . K . Witch , Grand Masters' Lodge of Ireland ; John D . Allcroft , M . P ., P . M . 1567 ; Wm . Cowan , S . D . 1397 ; H . A . Hunt , P . M . 1634 ; A . Conder Ensier ,

W . Jolliffe , 595 ; J . Lachmere , 1261 ; Fredk . Flint , 1414 j John Gibson , G . Supt . of Wks . ; A . D . Lewis , 487 ; W . Watson , 1 - ( 49 ; Major-Gen . the Hon . Somerset G . Calthorpe , J . G . W . ; . Eneas J . Mclntyre , Q . C , G . R . ; Arthur W . Ellis , 781 ; W . C . Beaumont , 26 , G . S . ; Thomas El well , 526 ; S . Rosenthal , P . P . S . G . W . Middx . ; A . Styan , Treas . 1216 ; C . W . Thompson , W . M . 069 ; S . Leith Tomkins ,

l ' . G . D . ; R . Dixon , Sir Albert W . Woods , G . D . C . ; James Harris , 201 ; J . Paterson , 19 ; W . Pierpoint , 813 ; G . B . Childs , 9 . 9 ; Wm . Hudson , 1 , Scot , 14 , Lcn . ; W . C . Mellir , P . M . 60 ; E . Ellery Bowden , 90 ; W . J . Cooper , 1668 ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec . ; K . T . Kingham , I ' . M . 1507 ; Fredk . B . Halford , late No . 1 ; H . W . Partridge , W . M . 79 ; John B . Monckton , Pres . Board of Gen .

Purposes ; J . G . Neilson , P . M . 28 ; J . G . Shearman , P . M . 28 ; A . T . W . Roberts , 257 ; E . J . S . Layton , 181 ; E . Beaumont , 26 ; J . Watson Thomas , 905 ; A . J . Dudgeon , 33 ; W . L . Dudgeon , 33 ; P . de Lande Long , l ' . G . D . ; Albert West , 90 ; Lewis Wyon , Clapham Lodge ; Francis F . Giraud , P . M . 133 , P . P . G . J . D . Kent ; Edward Giraud , 604 , New Zealand ; Siemond Hoffnung , 944 ,

Sydney , N . S . W . ; George Lambert , P . M . 198 and 504 ; W . Hall , 181 ; W . Galsworthy , late 109 ; Walter Lumley , 4 ; A . Hoffnung , P . M . Zetland , Montreal ; W . J . Brown , J-W . 90 ; R . Heather Bigg , Nine Muses ; W . Edward Stewart , P . M . 143 ; A . G . Browning , J . W . 33 ; Alfred

En . can , 9 ; James Wildy , 235 ; Charlis Harcourt . 1319 ; John Stedman , 17 65 ; John Hodges , S . D . 1619 ; George H . Savage , I . P . M . 46 ; Robert K . Clay , P . M . 50 ( I . C . ); G . Caravoglia , La Tolerance ; C . J . Shoppee , P . M . 382 ; c - A . Payne , 862 ; J . H . Puleston , 235 ; Charles Martin , P . M . 23 , and P . G . S . ; Chaplin Henry , 20 * ;

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Montem Smith , 1791 ; and H . Massey , 619 ( Freemason ) . During dinner the band of the Coldstream Guards , under the direction of Bro . Fred Godfrey , played a selection of music . After the toast of " The Queen and the Craft" had been honoured , the Lord Mayor gave " The Most Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " and , in doing so , said the brethren all knew how

painstaking and amiable the Grand Master was in all relations of life , and that no trouble v . as too great for him if he could do anything for the benefit of the people . With regard to his position in Masonry , the Craft had been especially fortunate in securing him as its head . Even as late as Saturday last he had , among hi . multitudinous engagements , found an opportunity to attend thc Grand

Lodge and invest one of the high officers of the Craft . He had considerably entered on all occasions into relationship with the brethren , and in every lodge and every meeting of Freemasons his health was received with the greatest pleasure . The Lord Mayor , in giving "The Health of trie Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , the Deputy Grand Mastei , Lord Skelmersdale , and the rest of the

Grand Officers , " said that No . 1 Lodge had been specially fortunate in having Grand Officers at their business meetings and at their entertainments , but he believed they had been particularly fortunate that night , because they had present one of the Grand Wardens , Major-Gen . the Hon . Somerset G . Calthorpe . The brethren would not like him to pass over the career of that distinguished brother . Gen .

Calthorpe was one of those soldiers who passed with great distinction through the Crimean war ; and not only so , but he was one of the "Six Hundred" cf Lord Cardigan ' s troop . That was sufficient to stir the hearts of every Englishman . He should not detain the brethren by reference to any other of Gen . Calthorpe's exploits ; sufficient for the brethren that he now occupied and adorned the

position of one of the Grand Wardens , and that they were delighted to see him present that day . Then there was their old friend , Sir Albert Woods , who had had the distinction conferred upon him without going through the office of one of the Grand Wardens , and now occupied the position of Grand Director of Ceremonies . He was not only well known among Masons , but in civil and civic

life was both well known and much esteemed . Next there was Bro . Mclntyre , a very old and estimable Mason , who was , and ever would be , received with open arms in every lodge in the Craft . There was also Bro . Monckton , the President of the Board of General Purposes , whose kindliness of manner and amiability of disposition endeared him not only to every brother with whom he came in

contact , but outside lodges with every citizen in London . They had present also a brother whose name he wished particularly to be taken notice of , because this was the first lodge he had been able to honour with his presence since his appointment to his present rank of G . Sec , Bro . Col . Shadwell Clerke . No appointment was more universally received with acclamation than this appointment made on

Saturday last by the Grand Master . Col . Clerke had other claims to distinction outside Masonry , as he also served in the Crimea , and to-night two Grand Officers who had becn united in war in the Crimea he should unite in peace , and ask Bro . Calthorpe and Bro . Clerke to return thanks for this toast . They had also the Grand Superintendent of Works , Bro . Gibson , present , whom he

might have ta ask to advise , him on certain points of architecture . There were also Bro . P . de L . Long and Bro . S . Leith Tomkins . Bros . D . H . Stone would be obliged to leave , but he had paid the compliment of coming to the working of the lodge , and had left an ample apology to the lodge for non-appeaiancc at the banquet . Then there was Bro . R . H . Giraud . The lodge and the visitors

would not like him to be passed over . He had been oi great service to the lodge , and for the forty-eighth time he had had conferred upon him the insignia of the lodge's Treasurer . They looked upon him as the father of the lodge with very great delight , and his name was always received with applause . For many years might he continue to act as Treasurer . As to Bro . S . Rawson he did

not know what the brethren would have done that day without such a Director of Ceremonies , and he thanked him in the name of thc lodge for his exertions in every respect during the evening , and also tor his services on many other occasions . Major-General Somerset G . Calthorpe , in responding , said that the Grand Officers felt greatly honoured by the kindness of the W . M . and

brethren , and thoroughly appreciated their hospitality , and were very grateful for the courtesy and attention which was always shown to what was called the head of the Craft . It had been an especial gratification to the visitors to witness the installation of the first magistrate of the greatest city in the world in the first lodge on the roll of Grand Lodge of England . It was an occurrence , if not

unique , at all events very rare when the Lord Mayor oi London could find from his multitudinous duties , civic and public , time to occupy thc chair which as Master he had so ably filled that evening . He begged to thank the Lord Mayor for having coupled with this toast the name of a brother whom he might call a brother-in-arms as well as a brother in Masonry—their newly-appointed Grand

Secretary . Having had the advantage of being present in Grand Lodge on Saturday night , when H . R . H . the Grand Master invested Col . Clerke with the distinguished office he now occupied , he could say that from the acclamation with which his name was received when it was uttered by the Prince of Wales , the appointment was a most popular one in the Craft , and be believed the

appointment would be of great advantage to Masonry in this country . The W . Master had been good enough to allude to his ( Major-General Calthorpe's ) very humble services in the Crimea ; but hc would only say that he endeavoured then to do his duty in the same manner as every Englishman endeavoured to do it in whatever situation he was placed . The W . M . had also alluded to the services of the Grand Secretary , but he

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might have said more than he had in that brother ' s favour , because he was one whose conduct called forth the admiration of the army in the Crimea , for his distinguished conduct . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , who was received with loud cheers , said he hardly knew how to respond for the exceptionally kind manner in which his health had been proposed and received . The present was a very

proud moment for him , when he had just received the very high distinction at thc hands of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , of being appointed Grand Secretary of the Craft . He felt , however , that he had a very difficult task before him when he had to follow such an estimable Mason as their esteemed Bro . Hervey ; but he desired to follow in his footsteps , although

he knew it would be difficult . He should endeavour to do his duty , and if he failed it would be his misfortune rather than his fault . He had to thank the brethren for the way in which he was received on Saturday evening . The W . M . bad over-estimated his merifs , but he trusted that as years went on , if he was spared in health and strength , the brethren would feel that the Prince of Wales had made

a proper choice . He thanked the brethren very much , and the Lord Mayor , for the very kind , handsome , andL too flattering manner in which he . had brought forward his name before thebnthren . Bro . Fenner , P . M ., proposed "The Health of the W . M . " A though he ( Bro . Fenner ) bad left the Master ' s chair , the privilege of proposing one toast yet remained to him , tha . of the W . M .. The

Craft had received great honour by the acceptance of its highest office by their beloved brother the Prince of Wales . In like manner had the Grand Masters' Lodge received great honour by the acceptance of the chair by the first magistrate of the first city in the world , their highly esteemed brother the RightHon . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , Lord Mayor of London . But it was not the honour which

the Lord Mayor of London did to No . 1 Lodge by accepting the chair of the lodge which struck most home to the h-aits of the members of No . 1 ; it was the reputation which he had as a Past Master of the lodge . It should never be forgotten by the younger members of the lodge , for the older members did not forget it , that the Lord Mayor had rendered great services to the lodge .

He desired the brethren in drinking the W . M . ' s health to wish him a happy and prosperous year of office , and that he might leave the chair at the termination of his year with feelings of the greatest satisfaction to himself and to the members of the lodge . The Lord Mayor , in replying , said , for the kind and enthusiastic —he could call it no less—reception the brethren had given

this toast in some measure prevented him from giving expression to his sentiments so fully , ably , and sufficiently as he could wish . If anything could take the wind out of a man ' s sails it was the reception he had had that night . Whether that reception was due to himself as an old Past Master , as one who had worked in the lodge , and who bad taken in times past , as he did now , much interest in its

prosperity , he did not know , but he was disposed , and rather wished , to consider that the reception was given to the high , ancient , and honourable office he now held . The brethren of the Grand Masters' Lodge , No . 1 , had placed upon the Lord Mayor of London another distinction , one which he valued most highly ; and he could assure them that among the receptions he had had elsewhere he had

neve met with one which had more penetrated to his innermost feelings than that they had just given him . He , therefore , might be pardoned if he simply contented himself with resting upon an expression of his gratitude to them , and assuring them that his continued exertions would be used to maintain the high position of this lodge . He hoped that during his year of office such

would be the result of his administration that when he resigned the chair to another brother itj would be found that not imly its dignity , its honour , and its position were unimpaired , but that he might have added some lustre to the office he now held . Sir Albert Woods in responding to the toast of " The Visitors " said it was a source of great gratification to him to be present to witness the

installation of his old friend and brother the Lord Mayor , for whom he and all the brethren and visitors entertained the great respect he deserved . The Lord Mayor would perform his duties as W . M . of this lodge in a way that would do credit to one of the most ancient and crack lodges in Freemasonry . In saying this he was expressing the sentiments of all the visitors , who through him returned their warmest thanks

for the cordial reception they had had . The present was the first occasion when he had been present at a lodge where a Lord Mayor of London occupied the position of W . M ., and he valued his visit the more highly on that account . The Lord Mayor , in proposing the toast of "The Past Masters , " said there were as many as twenty Past Masters of this lodge ; and this showed that they

practised one virtue—they stuck to their mother lodge . They attended its meetings over and over again , and did not forget it when they became Past Masters . They had done their duty in limes past , and they had done it that night . He could not sit down without recognising the services of Bro . Dr . Gooding , who had so ably performed the ceremonies of the evening . Bro . Fenner , I . P . M ., said

he had endeavoured to contribute to the success , welfare , and prosperity of the lodge . It had been thrown on them in their time to bear the burden and heat of the day along with its honours , and when they retired into the ranks of the Past Masters they took the same interest in the wellbeing of the lodge as before , and would do their best to promote its success . He begged to thank Bro . Gooding ,

who had been of great service to him during his year of oflice . Bro . Dr . Gooding , who was also called on to respond , said that this was a very unusual proceeding . He could only say that his constant and only endeavour was to do everything hc could for the lodge , and to promote the interests of the Craft in general . The Lord Mayor , in proposing " The Health of the Officers , " thanked hem for having foregone for one year the position they