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for this , and say that the lodge was really a success . It was really a local lodge , but they gathered around them the principal representative men of the Notting Hill Board . As long as the brethren of the lodge continued to conduct themselves as they had done , and to assist the cause of the Charities , the lodge would be esteemed by the Order . In proposing " The Health of the Visitors , " the W . M .
said the lodge endeavoured to bung as many visitors as they could about them , and such a goodly array did credit to the lodge . They were always delighted to see so manyvisitors around them , but more especially when they had among them , as they had that night , a foreign visitor , Bro . Constantine Burke , District Grand Master of Jamaica , for Scotland , a brother whom several of those present had the
pleasure of meeting the previous day week at Grand Festival . Whenever a foreign brother came among Masons in England they always held out to him most heartily the right hand of fellowship . Bro . Constantine Burke , in reply , said it was a matter of considerable pleasure to him to be called upon to respond at a lodge of this character to such a toast as the toast of the visitors . As a good
Mason , and paying most perfect obedience to the W . M ., he responded to the toast , but he must at the same time take one very small exception to a remark of the W . M . ' s , who had said , in proposing the toast , and speaking of him , that he was a distinguished foreign brother . The W . M . probably did not think that standing there he ( Bro . Burke ) could not claim the character of a distinguished brother .
He stood there as an English colonist , coming from one of the most ancient colonies , where Masonry had been observed during the last 2 oo years , and he was very proud to tell the brethren that the manner in which Masonry was worked in Jamaica would give pleasure and pride to every good Mason , and one who felt that the essential princip les of Masonry should extend over the whole
universe . It was but within the last twelve days that he had come across the Atlantic , travelled over 5000 miles , and landed on the English coast , which they in Jamaica claimed as their mother country , and he might truly say that the very first hand of fellowship that was held out to him was that of a brother Mason , who told him the morning after his arrival that the Grand Lodge
of England was to meet that afternoon , and that if he could by any means make his way there the brethren would be very glad to see him . This vvas about the most practical exemplification of the universality of Freemasonry and of the important advantages of a man being a Freemason . He had to thank the brethren most sincerely for the manner in which they had received the
tcast , proposed so kindly by the W . M ., who coupled his ( Bro . Burke ' s ) name with it . He could only say he had travelled a great deal , and had been a long time a Freemason although only a young man , anel he had felt its important advantages wherever he had been . It was no ordinary institution , but one whose principles were sjch as to recommend it to every man who desired to do good in
his country or any country he might be placed in ; it was a bond of brotherhood that united the whole world , and made us all feel that its essential principles bound man to man wherever he might be . He had never failed to observe this , or to inculcate it in his country , where he represented the Grand Lodge of Scotland as Provincial G . M . If the brethren went to the tropics he coulel tell them they woulel
have a better chance of a cordial reception if they were Masons than if they were not . If they felt the warmth of the country there they woulel find warm hearts that beat towards the old country , and to every man who belonged to the old country , whether a Mason or not , but more especially if he was a brother . With reference to the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , the W . M . had proved
himself a thorough good Mason by the way in which he had given the degrees that evening , and he could not have failed to make an impression on the initiates . He could not have failed to make them understand it was not a mere idle display , a joining the Order for fellowship alone , but he had shown them there was something more glorious , that it was a high privilege to belong to the Order .
He was glad the lodge bore the name of such a distinguished statesman and Freemason as the Earl of Carnarvon . There was not a colony where the noble carl was not looked upon as a man who hael identified himself with progress , and shown himself interested in the union of the colonies and the mother country . Bros . W . Bcasley , Prickett , and other brethren also replied , and the remainder of the toasts having been given , the brethren separated .
NEW FINSBURY PARK LODGE ( No . 1695 ) . —An emergency meeting of this very rising young lodge was held on Tuesday , the 20 th inst ., at the Alexandra Palace , Musvvell Hill . The brethren present were W . T . Purkess , W . M . ; T . Press , S . W . ; II . B . D . Dunn , J . W . ; R . V . Davies , Treas . ; A . J . Berry , Secretary ; J . N . Thompson , J . D . ; J . Eldridge , D . C ; E . Grout ,
Org . ; H . Hollis , F . Bouts , J . H . Bastable , W . Earl , J . Reiel , C , Hutchinson , F . Austiss , W . F . Richmond , G . Chuttcr , S . Hawkins , A . Ayden , T . Jackson , and J . Cox . Visitors : Bros . J . T . Rowe , 167 ; R . Perkins , 34 ; H . Follitt , 45 ! J- W . Wright , 1298 ; J . F . O . Wood , 1288 ; H . W . Levy , 188 ; W . B . Stannard , 127 S ; W . C . Maddever , S 04 ; and W . Wilkinson , 167 . The lodge having
been opened the following brethren were balloted for , and unanimously elected joining members of the lodge : J . Swinyard , of Lodge 1178 , F . II . Tibbetts , of Lodge 59 , and A . Speller , of No . 2 / 7 . A ballot was then taken for Mr . Fred . Madgcn , when , having been unanimously elected , he was duly initiated into the mysteries of the Craft .
Bros . Richmond , Earl , and Austiss were then passed to the Second Degree , and a motion by Bro . Berry for an alteration in the months of meeting having been carried , the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to a most excellent and elegantly scrveel banquet , reflecting the greatest credit upon Bros . Bertram and Roberts . The usual toasts were proposed and enthusiastically responded
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to , and the proceedings of the evening having been enlivened by the capital singing of some of the brethren and visitors , a very happy anil successful meeting was brought to a close . DARTFORD . —Emulation Lodge ( No . 299 ) . — The instillation meeting of this lodge vvas held on Tuesday , at the Bull Hotel . In tlie unavoidable absence oi
Bro . William G . Wingrove , W . M ., the lodge was opened by Bro . Thomas Wills , I . P . M ., and there were also present Bros . George Churchley , S . W . ; E . J . Sears , J . W . and W . M . elect ; N . Martin , P . M ., Treas . ; P . Harvey , P . M ., Sec . ; Alfred Heeley , S . D . ; J . W . Wells , J . D . ; W . Light , I . G . ; Thos . W . Neech , D . C ; C White ; J . Howden ; John Miles , P . M . ; John C . Davison ; Edmund Mackney , P . M .:
C . S . Boardman , Thos . W . Kittle , James Gray , Robert Stone , John Brock , John Keeges , Charles Stott , J . M . Longley , George Fletcher , H . G . Picken , W . M . 1536 ; J . R . Ford , W . M . 5 83 ; F . J . Wingrove , 1343 ; Horace White , tOoi . ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( Freemason ) ; James Cox , P . M . 765 ; J . Perkins , S . W . 76 5 ; Thomas Deane , W . M . 77 ; II . S . Ncate , P . M . 77 ; H . W . Rankine , W . M .
184 ; F . Carpenter , 77 ; Henry Winter , 913 ; G .-o . Abbott , P . M . and Sec . 192 ; R . B . Webster , P . M . 140 and 1320 ; T . V . Zeal , J . W . 1362 ; J . Bradly , 507 ; Orlando Latreille , J . W . 1260 ; J . J . Cornell , 1227 ; G . Brown , S . D . 140 ; W . Page , P . M . 172 ^ ; Robert Alfred Spencer , Prov . Grand Sec . ; W . A . Mills , G . Coast , H . H . M . Paul , W . R . Bradbrooke , Robert Jamblin , Chaplain ; Albert Thorn , F . C .
Patton , Charles Scott , J . M . Longley , and George Fletcher . Bro . Alfred Keaton Gower , No . 951 , Sieivaril of Darenth Asylum , was unanimously elected a joining member ; after which Bro . Edmund Mackney , P . M ., took the chair , and installed Bro . Edward Joseph Scars , J . W ., as W . M . of the lodge . Bro . Wills was invested as I . P . M ., as deputy for Bro . Wingrove , anil the following brethien were
invested as the other officers for the year : —Bros . A . Heeley , S . W . ; J . W . Wells , J . W . ; Noah Martin , P . M ., Treasurer ( for the sixteenth year ); P . Harvey , P . M ., Secretary ; the Rev . Robert Jamblin , Chaplain ; W . Light , S . D . ; T . W . Neech , J . D . ; C . S . Boardman , I . G . and Org . ; C . White , D . C . ; Corden and Brock , Stewards ; and Cooper , Tyler . On the motion of Bro . Wills , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Noah
Maitin , P . M . and Treasurer , Bro . Miles , P . M ., was elected delegate of the lodge for the Charity Commute ; of the province , and Bro . Miles , in returning thanks , said he most cheerfully accepted the office . Bro . Miles , P . M ., proposed a vote of thanks to the Installing Officer , which was seconded , and carried unanimously , and ordered to be entered on the loelge minutes . Bro . Mackney , in
acknovvleelging the compliment , said it had given him great pleasure to instal so worthy a brother as Bro . Sears , who , he was certain , woulel do honour to so old and distinguished a lodge as the Lodge of Emulation . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren partook of an excellent banquet , which not only did credit to the proprietor of the hotel , Bro . Bray , but fully supported the hospitable
character of the lodge . At the conclusion of the banejuet the usual toasts were duly honoured . After the toasts of "The Queen and the Craft , " "The Most Worshipful the Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " " The Most Worshipful the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , " " The Most Worshipful the Deputy Grand Master , Lord Skelmersdale ,
and the rest of the Grand Officers , Past and Present , had beer , honoured , the W . M . proposed " The Provincial Grand Master , the Deputy Piov . G . M ., and the rest of the Provincial Grand Officers , " and excused himself for hurrying the early toasts by saying that Bro . Spencer , the Prov . G . Secretary , and Bro . Page , Past Prov . G . Warden , were obliged to leave by a train which was just on the point of
starting for their destination . It was greatly to the credit of the province of Kent , he said , that its Masonic affairs were administered in so excellent away . There was never any difficulty ; they had only to answer the summonses and carry out the work . The Prov . G . Secretary diel his work admirably . The Prov . G . M ., Lord I lolmesdalc , was one of the most excellent working Masons they coulel have ;
indeed the province had never hael a better Provincial Grand Master , the interest he took in Masonry was very great , not only in general but in detail . If they were to look for another Grand Master to-morrow they could not find a better , and the brethren hoped it would be a long time before he would sever his connection with them . He ( the W . M . ) had a letter from his lordship apologising for not
attending this meeting , which was due to a prior engagement . His duties they all knew were numerous , both as a county member and as a county magnate . Bro . Spencer , P . G . Sec , in reply , said , that having frequently had the pleasure of meeting Lord Holmesdale , and seeing the way in which he performed the duties of his office , he maintained that there was no brother who performed his
duties more efficiently . He was sorry his lordship was not able to be present on that occasion , but lately he had been suffering from bad health , anel in a letter received from him a elay or two ago he conveyeel the intelligence that he had been unable to rise from his bed . Alter apoleigising for not being in lodge at the commencement of the working , Bro . Spencer went on to say that
he was very much pleased that Bro . Sears hail been installed in the chair of a lodge not the least among the lodges of Kent , in which all the officers performed their duty well . Kent always came out well , and among the Charities stood well to the fore . Bro . Finch , whose hard work in this cause was well known , had written him a letter , in which he saiel he had been worked trcmenelously
lately , but that the brethren of the Province of Kent did not support sufficiently the Masonic Charitable Institutions ; that there were between 2300 and 2400 Masons in the Province of Kent , and not one third of the numbers made themselves annual subscribers or Life Governors of the Institutions . He ( Bro . Spencer ) wished to enforce this upon the brethren—if they could not do one thing they could do
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another ; if they could not afford to be Life Governors they could manage to be annual subsciibers . If lodges would impress this on their members it would materiall y support the Institutions . Bro . Page also responded , recalling his early recollections of Dartfortl , where he first became a fully fledged Mason . With such a connection with the town he was additionally pleased to be present that day
and it was very satisfactory to him to see the lod ge progress as it did . The W . M . here announced that the collection for the lodge charity box amounted to 37 s . t ) d . The W . M . then proposed " The Visitors , " and gave them a hearty welcome . Bros . Brown , 140 , and Latreille , 1260 replied , both of whom complimented the Installing Master for the way in which he performed the installation
ceremony , and congratulated the loelge on having such able officers it it . Bro . Wells , P . Z ., proposed "TheW . M ., " stating that the brethren all knew they had put the ri ght man in the right place . He was sure they had selected a brother who would do credit to the lodge and to its members , and at the end of his year of office they would honour him as I . P . M . The W . M . replied . In a position so new to
him he somewhat trembled , but after such kind words and their reception he felt a kind of help forward a long , long way . The records of the Lodge of Emulation were good , and he should not like those records to fall into discredit by any blot on the hi gh standard the lodge had attained by any act of his . He should enileavour , by the help of the G . A . O . T . U ., and by the assistance of those glorious
rules that had been read out , so to conduct the affairs of the lodge that there should be nothing on his part wanting to make it scconel to no lodge in the province . He was a youyg member of the lodge , and comparatively a young Mason , and the honour just conferred upon him had come upon him somewhat unexpectedly . It was from no fault of his thst he vvas now in the position , but , from
unfortunate circumstances , the esteemed brother who had been occupying the chair of S . W . for the last year there was a difficulty in the way of his' election , but he hoped at a future time , by the generosity of the brethren and his own qualifications , that bruthcr would be placed in the W . M . 's chair . He hoped the brethren would look as kindl y as possible over any shortcomings on his ( the W . M . ' s )
part , and that he would receive from the highest to the lowest that corelial co-operation which was necessary on the p . nt of every member of a lodge to the well conducting of its affairs . The present was a proud moment to him , and he thanked the brethren now , as he did in open lodge when he vvas elected , for the high honour conferred upon him . It was a memorable occasion for him ,
and he hoped it would be imprinted on his heart as long as he lived that he had that day been installed as Master of his mother lodge , the Emulation , at Dartford . He had been solicited to join other lodges ; and in the Royal Arch he had made one point ; but if he wished to seek other fields and pastures new there was time for that after he had served his year of office , when he would have
sufficient time to work himself up in the ceremonies . It was enough , however , for him at present to devote his care and attention to the well being and prosperity of his own ledge , anel to place it fust among the Kentish lodges . At the end of twelve months it would be time to say yes or no to the earnest solicitations of some of his numerous frienels and brethren . The W . M . concluded by thanking the
brethren for their kindness , and the numerous visitors for honouring him with their presence . He then proposeel " The P . M . 's , " and presented , through Bro . Churchley , P . M ., a magnificicnt gold Past Master's jewel to Bro . Wingrove , I . P . M . He then reminded the brethren of the great services the Past Masters had rendered to the lodge , and selected Bros . Noah Martin , Treas ., and P . Harvey , Sec ,
as specimens of brethren who devouteii the greatest zeal and ability to the affairs of the lodge . Bro . Martin , in reply , said it was twenty-five years that day he had attended this Dartford Lodge , but he had never been so happy in it as he had been that day . Everything seemed to have gone on most pleasantly and prosperously . He had been Treasurer of the lodge fifteen or sixteen years , and he
hoped if he should be spared he would be in that office many years to come . While he was supported and upheld as he now was , and as he always had been , it was one of the greatest pleasures of his life . Bro . P . Harvey , Secretary , and Bro . Miles , also replied . The W . M . proposed " The Masonic Charities . " He was a Life Governor of the Girls' School , and during his year of office
he shoulel act as Stewarel for the Boys' School at its festival of 1880 . He would have plenty of opportunities of appealing to the brethren for support , and he hoped to be assisteel by them in making up a good list . He calleel on Bro . R . B . Webster , 140 , as a very strenuous supporter of the Charities , to respond . Bro . Webster replied , and the W . M . proposed " The Masonic Press , " and said he pinned
his faith to the Freemason , than which there was no better conducted Masonic publication . He liked to see what was going on in Freemasonry , and the Freemason never omittd any information that was necessary on this subject . Bro . II . Massey replied . " The Officers' " toast having been given , and replied to by the S . W ., the Tyler ' s toast broug ht the proceedings to a close . The evening was enlivened by some excellent music .
NEWCA STLE - ON . - TYNE . — St . Peter ' s Lodge ( No . 4 81 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held on Monday , the 12 th inst ., when the lodge was opened by the W . M ., Bro . R . Eynan , P . P . G . A . D . C Northumberland , assisted by the following officers anel brethren : Bros . H . S . Sewell , I . P . M . ; J . Watson , S . W . ; J . Usher ,
J . W . ; 11 . Gibbon , Sec ; C B . Ford , as S . D . ; J . Goss , J . D . ; Ii . Ferry , Org . ; G . S . Sims , Tyler ; J . Cook , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . Spearman , P . P . G . Supt . Wks . ; W . Irvine , F . C . Nicholson , J . C . Robinson , W . C . Scott , W . Dawson , J . McKay , R . Younger , R . L . Armstrong , P- < P . G . P . j O . Rowell , and M . Corbitt , I . P . M . 48- Visitors : Bros . H . Usher , J . D , 481 ; W . Cooper , W . M . 1342 ; G '
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for this , and say that the lodge was really a success . It was really a local lodge , but they gathered around them the principal representative men of the Notting Hill Board . As long as the brethren of the lodge continued to conduct themselves as they had done , and to assist the cause of the Charities , the lodge would be esteemed by the Order . In proposing " The Health of the Visitors , " the W . M .
said the lodge endeavoured to bung as many visitors as they could about them , and such a goodly array did credit to the lodge . They were always delighted to see so manyvisitors around them , but more especially when they had among them , as they had that night , a foreign visitor , Bro . Constantine Burke , District Grand Master of Jamaica , for Scotland , a brother whom several of those present had the
pleasure of meeting the previous day week at Grand Festival . Whenever a foreign brother came among Masons in England they always held out to him most heartily the right hand of fellowship . Bro . Constantine Burke , in reply , said it was a matter of considerable pleasure to him to be called upon to respond at a lodge of this character to such a toast as the toast of the visitors . As a good
Mason , and paying most perfect obedience to the W . M ., he responded to the toast , but he must at the same time take one very small exception to a remark of the W . M . ' s , who had said , in proposing the toast , and speaking of him , that he was a distinguished foreign brother . The W . M . probably did not think that standing there he ( Bro . Burke ) could not claim the character of a distinguished brother .
He stood there as an English colonist , coming from one of the most ancient colonies , where Masonry had been observed during the last 2 oo years , and he was very proud to tell the brethren that the manner in which Masonry was worked in Jamaica would give pleasure and pride to every good Mason , and one who felt that the essential princip les of Masonry should extend over the whole
universe . It was but within the last twelve days that he had come across the Atlantic , travelled over 5000 miles , and landed on the English coast , which they in Jamaica claimed as their mother country , and he might truly say that the very first hand of fellowship that was held out to him was that of a brother Mason , who told him the morning after his arrival that the Grand Lodge
of England was to meet that afternoon , and that if he could by any means make his way there the brethren would be very glad to see him . This vvas about the most practical exemplification of the universality of Freemasonry and of the important advantages of a man being a Freemason . He had to thank the brethren most sincerely for the manner in which they had received the
tcast , proposed so kindly by the W . M ., who coupled his ( Bro . Burke ' s ) name with it . He could only say he had travelled a great deal , and had been a long time a Freemason although only a young man , anel he had felt its important advantages wherever he had been . It was no ordinary institution , but one whose principles were sjch as to recommend it to every man who desired to do good in
his country or any country he might be placed in ; it was a bond of brotherhood that united the whole world , and made us all feel that its essential principles bound man to man wherever he might be . He had never failed to observe this , or to inculcate it in his country , where he represented the Grand Lodge of Scotland as Provincial G . M . If the brethren went to the tropics he coulel tell them they woulel
have a better chance of a cordial reception if they were Masons than if they were not . If they felt the warmth of the country there they woulel find warm hearts that beat towards the old country , and to every man who belonged to the old country , whether a Mason or not , but more especially if he was a brother . With reference to the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , the W . M . had proved
himself a thorough good Mason by the way in which he had given the degrees that evening , and he could not have failed to make an impression on the initiates . He could not have failed to make them understand it was not a mere idle display , a joining the Order for fellowship alone , but he had shown them there was something more glorious , that it was a high privilege to belong to the Order .
He was glad the lodge bore the name of such a distinguished statesman and Freemason as the Earl of Carnarvon . There was not a colony where the noble carl was not looked upon as a man who hael identified himself with progress , and shown himself interested in the union of the colonies and the mother country . Bros . W . Bcasley , Prickett , and other brethren also replied , and the remainder of the toasts having been given , the brethren separated .
NEW FINSBURY PARK LODGE ( No . 1695 ) . —An emergency meeting of this very rising young lodge was held on Tuesday , the 20 th inst ., at the Alexandra Palace , Musvvell Hill . The brethren present were W . T . Purkess , W . M . ; T . Press , S . W . ; II . B . D . Dunn , J . W . ; R . V . Davies , Treas . ; A . J . Berry , Secretary ; J . N . Thompson , J . D . ; J . Eldridge , D . C ; E . Grout ,
Org . ; H . Hollis , F . Bouts , J . H . Bastable , W . Earl , J . Reiel , C , Hutchinson , F . Austiss , W . F . Richmond , G . Chuttcr , S . Hawkins , A . Ayden , T . Jackson , and J . Cox . Visitors : Bros . J . T . Rowe , 167 ; R . Perkins , 34 ; H . Follitt , 45 ! J- W . Wright , 1298 ; J . F . O . Wood , 1288 ; H . W . Levy , 188 ; W . B . Stannard , 127 S ; W . C . Maddever , S 04 ; and W . Wilkinson , 167 . The lodge having
been opened the following brethren were balloted for , and unanimously elected joining members of the lodge : J . Swinyard , of Lodge 1178 , F . II . Tibbetts , of Lodge 59 , and A . Speller , of No . 2 / 7 . A ballot was then taken for Mr . Fred . Madgcn , when , having been unanimously elected , he was duly initiated into the mysteries of the Craft .
Bros . Richmond , Earl , and Austiss were then passed to the Second Degree , and a motion by Bro . Berry for an alteration in the months of meeting having been carried , the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to a most excellent and elegantly scrveel banquet , reflecting the greatest credit upon Bros . Bertram and Roberts . The usual toasts were proposed and enthusiastically responded
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to , and the proceedings of the evening having been enlivened by the capital singing of some of the brethren and visitors , a very happy anil successful meeting was brought to a close . DARTFORD . —Emulation Lodge ( No . 299 ) . — The instillation meeting of this lodge vvas held on Tuesday , at the Bull Hotel . In tlie unavoidable absence oi
Bro . William G . Wingrove , W . M ., the lodge was opened by Bro . Thomas Wills , I . P . M ., and there were also present Bros . George Churchley , S . W . ; E . J . Sears , J . W . and W . M . elect ; N . Martin , P . M ., Treas . ; P . Harvey , P . M ., Sec . ; Alfred Heeley , S . D . ; J . W . Wells , J . D . ; W . Light , I . G . ; Thos . W . Neech , D . C ; C White ; J . Howden ; John Miles , P . M . ; John C . Davison ; Edmund Mackney , P . M .:
C . S . Boardman , Thos . W . Kittle , James Gray , Robert Stone , John Brock , John Keeges , Charles Stott , J . M . Longley , George Fletcher , H . G . Picken , W . M . 1536 ; J . R . Ford , W . M . 5 83 ; F . J . Wingrove , 1343 ; Horace White , tOoi . ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( Freemason ) ; James Cox , P . M . 765 ; J . Perkins , S . W . 76 5 ; Thomas Deane , W . M . 77 ; II . S . Ncate , P . M . 77 ; H . W . Rankine , W . M .
184 ; F . Carpenter , 77 ; Henry Winter , 913 ; G .-o . Abbott , P . M . and Sec . 192 ; R . B . Webster , P . M . 140 and 1320 ; T . V . Zeal , J . W . 1362 ; J . Bradly , 507 ; Orlando Latreille , J . W . 1260 ; J . J . Cornell , 1227 ; G . Brown , S . D . 140 ; W . Page , P . M . 172 ^ ; Robert Alfred Spencer , Prov . Grand Sec . ; W . A . Mills , G . Coast , H . H . M . Paul , W . R . Bradbrooke , Robert Jamblin , Chaplain ; Albert Thorn , F . C .
Patton , Charles Scott , J . M . Longley , and George Fletcher . Bro . Alfred Keaton Gower , No . 951 , Sieivaril of Darenth Asylum , was unanimously elected a joining member ; after which Bro . Edmund Mackney , P . M ., took the chair , and installed Bro . Edward Joseph Scars , J . W ., as W . M . of the lodge . Bro . Wills was invested as I . P . M ., as deputy for Bro . Wingrove , anil the following brethien were
invested as the other officers for the year : —Bros . A . Heeley , S . W . ; J . W . Wells , J . W . ; Noah Martin , P . M ., Treasurer ( for the sixteenth year ); P . Harvey , P . M ., Secretary ; the Rev . Robert Jamblin , Chaplain ; W . Light , S . D . ; T . W . Neech , J . D . ; C . S . Boardman , I . G . and Org . ; C . White , D . C . ; Corden and Brock , Stewards ; and Cooper , Tyler . On the motion of Bro . Wills , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Noah
Maitin , P . M . and Treasurer , Bro . Miles , P . M ., was elected delegate of the lodge for the Charity Commute ; of the province , and Bro . Miles , in returning thanks , said he most cheerfully accepted the office . Bro . Miles , P . M ., proposed a vote of thanks to the Installing Officer , which was seconded , and carried unanimously , and ordered to be entered on the loelge minutes . Bro . Mackney , in
acknovvleelging the compliment , said it had given him great pleasure to instal so worthy a brother as Bro . Sears , who , he was certain , woulel do honour to so old and distinguished a lodge as the Lodge of Emulation . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren partook of an excellent banquet , which not only did credit to the proprietor of the hotel , Bro . Bray , but fully supported the hospitable
character of the lodge . At the conclusion of the banejuet the usual toasts were duly honoured . After the toasts of "The Queen and the Craft , " "The Most Worshipful the Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " " The Most Worshipful the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , " " The Most Worshipful the Deputy Grand Master , Lord Skelmersdale ,
and the rest of the Grand Officers , Past and Present , had beer , honoured , the W . M . proposed " The Provincial Grand Master , the Deputy Piov . G . M ., and the rest of the Provincial Grand Officers , " and excused himself for hurrying the early toasts by saying that Bro . Spencer , the Prov . G . Secretary , and Bro . Page , Past Prov . G . Warden , were obliged to leave by a train which was just on the point of
starting for their destination . It was greatly to the credit of the province of Kent , he said , that its Masonic affairs were administered in so excellent away . There was never any difficulty ; they had only to answer the summonses and carry out the work . The Prov . G . Secretary diel his work admirably . The Prov . G . M ., Lord I lolmesdalc , was one of the most excellent working Masons they coulel have ;
indeed the province had never hael a better Provincial Grand Master , the interest he took in Masonry was very great , not only in general but in detail . If they were to look for another Grand Master to-morrow they could not find a better , and the brethren hoped it would be a long time before he would sever his connection with them . He ( the W . M . ) had a letter from his lordship apologising for not
attending this meeting , which was due to a prior engagement . His duties they all knew were numerous , both as a county member and as a county magnate . Bro . Spencer , P . G . Sec , in reply , said , that having frequently had the pleasure of meeting Lord Holmesdale , and seeing the way in which he performed the duties of his office , he maintained that there was no brother who performed his
duties more efficiently . He was sorry his lordship was not able to be present on that occasion , but lately he had been suffering from bad health , anel in a letter received from him a elay or two ago he conveyeel the intelligence that he had been unable to rise from his bed . Alter apoleigising for not being in lodge at the commencement of the working , Bro . Spencer went on to say that
he was very much pleased that Bro . Sears hail been installed in the chair of a lodge not the least among the lodges of Kent , in which all the officers performed their duty well . Kent always came out well , and among the Charities stood well to the fore . Bro . Finch , whose hard work in this cause was well known , had written him a letter , in which he saiel he had been worked trcmenelously
lately , but that the brethren of the Province of Kent did not support sufficiently the Masonic Charitable Institutions ; that there were between 2300 and 2400 Masons in the Province of Kent , and not one third of the numbers made themselves annual subscribers or Life Governors of the Institutions . He ( Bro . Spencer ) wished to enforce this upon the brethren—if they could not do one thing they could do
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another ; if they could not afford to be Life Governors they could manage to be annual subsciibers . If lodges would impress this on their members it would materiall y support the Institutions . Bro . Page also responded , recalling his early recollections of Dartfortl , where he first became a fully fledged Mason . With such a connection with the town he was additionally pleased to be present that day
and it was very satisfactory to him to see the lod ge progress as it did . The W . M . here announced that the collection for the lodge charity box amounted to 37 s . t ) d . The W . M . then proposed " The Visitors , " and gave them a hearty welcome . Bros . Brown , 140 , and Latreille , 1260 replied , both of whom complimented the Installing Master for the way in which he performed the installation
ceremony , and congratulated the loelge on having such able officers it it . Bro . Wells , P . Z ., proposed "TheW . M ., " stating that the brethren all knew they had put the ri ght man in the right place . He was sure they had selected a brother who would do credit to the lodge and to its members , and at the end of his year of office they would honour him as I . P . M . The W . M . replied . In a position so new to
him he somewhat trembled , but after such kind words and their reception he felt a kind of help forward a long , long way . The records of the Lodge of Emulation were good , and he should not like those records to fall into discredit by any blot on the hi gh standard the lodge had attained by any act of his . He should enileavour , by the help of the G . A . O . T . U ., and by the assistance of those glorious
rules that had been read out , so to conduct the affairs of the lodge that there should be nothing on his part wanting to make it scconel to no lodge in the province . He was a youyg member of the lodge , and comparatively a young Mason , and the honour just conferred upon him had come upon him somewhat unexpectedly . It was from no fault of his thst he vvas now in the position , but , from
unfortunate circumstances , the esteemed brother who had been occupying the chair of S . W . for the last year there was a difficulty in the way of his' election , but he hoped at a future time , by the generosity of the brethren and his own qualifications , that bruthcr would be placed in the W . M . 's chair . He hoped the brethren would look as kindl y as possible over any shortcomings on his ( the W . M . ' s )
part , and that he would receive from the highest to the lowest that corelial co-operation which was necessary on the p . nt of every member of a lodge to the well conducting of its affairs . The present was a proud moment to him , and he thanked the brethren now , as he did in open lodge when he vvas elected , for the high honour conferred upon him . It was a memorable occasion for him ,
and he hoped it would be imprinted on his heart as long as he lived that he had that day been installed as Master of his mother lodge , the Emulation , at Dartford . He had been solicited to join other lodges ; and in the Royal Arch he had made one point ; but if he wished to seek other fields and pastures new there was time for that after he had served his year of office , when he would have
sufficient time to work himself up in the ceremonies . It was enough , however , for him at present to devote his care and attention to the well being and prosperity of his own ledge , anel to place it fust among the Kentish lodges . At the end of twelve months it would be time to say yes or no to the earnest solicitations of some of his numerous frienels and brethren . The W . M . concluded by thanking the
brethren for their kindness , and the numerous visitors for honouring him with their presence . He then proposeel " The P . M . 's , " and presented , through Bro . Churchley , P . M ., a magnificicnt gold Past Master's jewel to Bro . Wingrove , I . P . M . He then reminded the brethren of the great services the Past Masters had rendered to the lodge , and selected Bros . Noah Martin , Treas ., and P . Harvey , Sec ,
as specimens of brethren who devouteii the greatest zeal and ability to the affairs of the lodge . Bro . Martin , in reply , said it was twenty-five years that day he had attended this Dartford Lodge , but he had never been so happy in it as he had been that day . Everything seemed to have gone on most pleasantly and prosperously . He had been Treasurer of the lodge fifteen or sixteen years , and he
hoped if he should be spared he would be in that office many years to come . While he was supported and upheld as he now was , and as he always had been , it was one of the greatest pleasures of his life . Bro . P . Harvey , Secretary , and Bro . Miles , also replied . The W . M . proposed " The Masonic Charities . " He was a Life Governor of the Girls' School , and during his year of office
he shoulel act as Stewarel for the Boys' School at its festival of 1880 . He would have plenty of opportunities of appealing to the brethren for support , and he hoped to be assisteel by them in making up a good list . He calleel on Bro . R . B . Webster , 140 , as a very strenuous supporter of the Charities , to respond . Bro . Webster replied , and the W . M . proposed " The Masonic Press , " and said he pinned
his faith to the Freemason , than which there was no better conducted Masonic publication . He liked to see what was going on in Freemasonry , and the Freemason never omittd any information that was necessary on this subject . Bro . II . Massey replied . " The Officers' " toast having been given , and replied to by the S . W ., the Tyler ' s toast broug ht the proceedings to a close . The evening was enlivened by some excellent music .
NEWCA STLE - ON . - TYNE . — St . Peter ' s Lodge ( No . 4 81 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held on Monday , the 12 th inst ., when the lodge was opened by the W . M ., Bro . R . Eynan , P . P . G . A . D . C Northumberland , assisted by the following officers anel brethren : Bros . H . S . Sewell , I . P . M . ; J . Watson , S . W . ; J . Usher ,
J . W . ; 11 . Gibbon , Sec ; C B . Ford , as S . D . ; J . Goss , J . D . ; Ii . Ferry , Org . ; G . S . Sims , Tyler ; J . Cook , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . Spearman , P . P . G . Supt . Wks . ; W . Irvine , F . C . Nicholson , J . C . Robinson , W . C . Scott , W . Dawson , J . McKay , R . Younger , R . L . Armstrong , P- < P . G . P . j O . Rowell , and M . Corbitt , I . P . M . 48- Visitors : Bros . H . Usher , J . D , 481 ; W . Cooper , W . M . 1342 ; G '