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caldy , P . M . ; and Fredk . Edgington , P . M . Visitors : Bros . Wesley Marshall , W . M . 129 S ; Charles H . Lawson , P . M . 913 ; W . Hamlyn , P . M . 1622 ; Alfred B . Deakin , 1 P-M . 117 ; I . D . Hunt , 15 ; ( ames Pain , P . M . 1339 ; G . H . Lovett , " P . S . G . W . New South Wales ; James S . Fraser , P . M . 174 , 2096 ; J . W . Sparrow , 1 G 89 ; Charles Sargent , 1261 ; Francis T . Ridpath , P . M . 2096 , P . J . G . D .

Surrey j J . W . Cooper , W . G . Scovell , S . W . 2096 j J . R . Cleave , 1135 ; James P . Fitzgerald , I . P . M . 21 GS ; Fred . Cambridge , 2096 , P . P . G . D . Surrey ; Alfred Mackey , S . D . , 572 ; N . Pearce , P . M . 1572 ; H . M . Hobbs , P . M . 209 G ; fames C . Hayes , P . M . G 19 ; D . A . Mostyn , 1708 , 2168 ; Wm . Thomas , I . P . M . 2043 , 2168 ; Ryland Tucker , P . M . 1 S 99 ; Joseph Greenway , J . W . 1360 ; H . Massey . P . M .

619 , 192 S ; F . Smith , 1963 ; R . Pierpoint , P . M . 177 ; J . J . Churchill , 1507 ; Samuel Johnson , 1319 ; William Truman , 957 ; Alex . Reid , 1287 ' ; W . H . Allcorn , 27 ; A . Freeman , 1614 ; James Everett , S . VV . 1343 ; F . G . Liery , 231 ; G . F . Fry , 1507 J E . D . F . Rymer , 86 > j Robert T . Cummings , P . M . 216 S j Joseph D . Langton , P . M . 1 G 73 , P . P . S . G . W . Surrey ; and Alfred Edwards ,

214 S . 'The lodge met , shortly after which Bro . Henry Eslmg , VV . M ., installed Bro . J . H . Price as W . M . for the vear , performing all the work in admirable style . The officers appointed ' fo assist the VV . M . were Bros . F . J . Potter , S . W . j W . G . Kent , J . W . j W . B . Fendick , P . M ., Treas . ; R . G . Cooper , P . M ., Secj W . J . Harris , S . D . ; G . E .

Grimes , J . D . ; A . A . Barnes , I . G . j J . Wheatcroft , W . H . Pa ' in , and C . H . Theiss , Stwds . j E . Beeson , D . C . j H . Matthew , 1 st A . D . C . ; W . O . Welsford , 2 nd A . D . C . ; T . M . Clark , Org . j and G . Austyn , Tyler . Immediately after the ceremony had been completed , the W . M . commenced his duties , and the brethren had the pleasure of seeing six gentlemen initiated , a dispensation having been

obtained for the sixth . The event was almost unique in London , such an occurrence not having taken place in the Metropolis it was said for 31 years . The candidates were Mr . George Herbert Carter , Mr . Thomas Price , Mr . Arthur Nicholls March , Mr . Robert Woodger Bowers , Mr . Thomas Wbitford , M . A . j and Mr . Francis Frederick George Bates , these gent ' emenhavingpreviously passed theballot successful . Next came another interesting ceremony , which was the

presentation of handsomely engrossed and illuminated vellums , in gold frames , one to Past Master Englefield , and the other to Past Master Bro . Henry Esling , congratulating each of them on having attained the fiftieth year of his age during the period he occupied the Master's chair , which in the case of Bro . Englefield was March , 18 S 7 , and in that of Bro . Esling , October , 1 SS 9 . The brethren afterwards voted 10 guineas to the W . M . ' s list as Steward for the next Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent

Institution . Lodge was then closed , and the brethren sat down to an excellent banquet , which was personally superintended by Bro . Pearce ( Pearce and Son , proprietors of the Bridge House Hotel . ) The toasts were afterwards given as follows : The W . M ., in giving the toast of "The Pro G . M ., the

Deputy G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " said that all the Grand Officers were worthy and tried men , and from them Masons took their direction . Certainly none could complain of the way in whicli they had directed the Craft up to the present . Bro . Henry Esling , I . P . M ., next gave "The Health of the W . M ., " which , he said , must be acknowledged by every

brother to be the toast of the evening . They would agree with him that the Worshipful Master whose health they were going to drink was the principal brother in the room . He would , therefore , ask them to be upstanding and drink the health of the W . M . The W . M ., responding , said he thanked the brethren most cordially for the way in which they received the toast . It

had been very gratifying to him that night to see so many good friends around him—friends one loved to see about him , and especially where they could entertain them at the hospitable board . There were a great many present who had been known to him many years , and those he had not known so long j but he hoped that that would not decrease their good opinion of him . He could assure the brethren

both of his own lodge , the Emblematic Lodge , and the brother visitors , that it was a pleasure to him to do anythinghe possibly could for the welfare of that lodge , and he was quite certain that the fact of having- so many good , kind friends in the form of visitors , would enhance their pleasure enormously . He thanked the brethren of the lodge and the visitors most cordially for the way they had drunk the toast .

The W . M . next said he had now one of the most pleasing duties a W . M . could have to perform in proposing " The Health of the I . P . M ., Bro . Esling . " It was on the list as a single toast , but it was in fact a double-barrelled toast : "The Installing Master and the I . P . M . '_ ' The brethren would admit that to be an I . P . M . was an important thing , provided one had carried through the duties of the year of

office as Bro . Esling , P . M ., had done . Those who had been present at the installation would confirm his opinion . He never was installed before , but he was deeply impressed by the manner in which he had been installed . 'There were many things about that evening he should never forget . Among them was the manner his esteemed friend and P . M . installed him in the chairof K . S .

His lasting gratitude was due to Bro . Esling , and he tendered it to him before the whole body of members and visitors . The members and visitors who saw the installation must have been gratified . He had a little lustre to add to that toast by asking the I . P . M . to allow him to pin on his breast a Past Master's jewel which had been voted to him by the lodge for the distinguished , careful , and really and

trul y perfect manner in which he had performed his work during the year he had been in office . With the greatest pleasure , on behalf of the lodge , he pinned that jewel on Bro . Esling ' s breast , hoping he might live long- to wear it . Bro . Esling , I . P . M ., in replying , said it was a very pleasing duty for him to have to respond for the very kind manner in which thebrethren had drunk his health . All he

could tell them was that he was very pleased . As he had said before , it was the pleasantest evening be had spent for many a day . He had to thank the brethren from the very depths of his heart . He was never a speech maker , because he was never brought up to it , and , as the time of

the evening was far advancing , the less he said the better . He gave the brethren his best thanks j he hoped to be long with them , and perhaps some day he might have the opportunit y of installing another Master in the chair if he was wanted to do soj but if through his humble endeavours he had given the brethren satisfaction , that was satisfaction

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enough to him . He hoped the W . M . would be like a farmer j after about six months' quietude of thc land- —the land was at rest . Then there came a good crop . 'The W . M . was the farmer , who had witnessed the I . P . M . ' s land at rest , had a crop of six sprouts that night . He hoped that the little rest of his the 1 . P . M . ' s year of office might yield a better crop than was ever expected .

The W . M . next proposed "Thc Health of the Initiates , " and said there was a little peculiarity about it that evening , because instead of proposing three , four , or five initiates , they had had an event wliich , he ventured to say , was unique . They had six initiates that evening , and he felt sure they would do honour to the lodge , and would be of advantage to the Craft in general . Bro . Carter , who was

proposed by a brother of the lodge for whom they had the greatest regard , would be a true and hearty Mason . Another one was a great and valued friend of his own , who had taken him by surprise , who had always chaffed him about Freemasonry , and had said there was nothing in it . But the day of repentance came , and the friendship was so strong and powerful that the brother could not help himself

anddidhim ( theW . M . ) the honourof accepting the mysteries of Freemasonry on the night of his ( the W . M . ' s ) installation . That brother was Bro . Wbitford . Next he had Bro . March , another old friend , who would do no discredit to the Emblematic Lodge . Then there was Bro . Bates , of whom he could say exactly the same j he was a true and virtuous man . Consequently , now he had the opportunities

which Masonry afforded to well extend his virtues and his good wishes . Next they had his ( the W . M . ' s ) brother in the flesh , Bro . 'Thomas Price . They must all understand that it must be a peculiar pleasure to him to initiate his own brother on the night of his own installation , and he felt it very much , and thanked him for the honour . Then there was Bro . Bowers , who was not related to him , but to his

brother . They had in Bro . Bowers one who had made his way in many different walks in the parish and district in which he resided . He had made his voice and talents to be recognised in his own locality , and now he had come into Masonry he would make those talents felt in it . The six initiates they heartily welcomed , and invited them to display all their virtues and their charitable desires , and he was

quite sure none of them would be lacking in making true and hearty Masons . Bro . Carter , in reply , said if they expected him to make a speech they would be disappointed , as he was not built that way . He was proud to be initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry j he contemplated it months ago , though he had not up to that night taken the step . If he could

devote any attention to the interests of the lodge , he should be pleased to do so . Bro . Bowers was so deeply impressed with the solemn service through which the initiates had recently passed that the brethren must not expect from him anything like a speech . He was very grateful tothe W . M . for having done him the honour to propose him as a brother of the ancient

and honourable Order of Freemasonry . Some 25 years ago he read a book on Freemasonry . It told him this much—the great and kbeneficent efforts put forth by the general body of Masons . He made up his mind that if he ever grew rich he would become a brother of that honourable body . So intense was his desire to become a brother that he somewhat anticipated matters , for , although

he had not grown rich , he had come among Masons . He was pleased to be able to be one , and he hoped the kind words the W . M . had spoken to him would be fully exemplified in the future . Of course , they heard a good deal of the possibility of what they might expect , and then might conceive what his nervousness was when he thought what might take place in his unworthy career . He felt that it

was good for him to be there , and he was sure with his further acquaintance with Freemasonry would he strengthen and fortify that feeling . Might the present toast which now united them be severed only by death . Bro . Price said he must endorse all that the other initiates had said . He heartily thanked the brethren for the kindness of their reception , and he felt sure that as far as he

was concerned , that the Craft would never suffer by any action of his . Bro . Bates said it had been a privilege to know several men who were good Masons , and he believed them to be good men . FYom that it had been his desire for the last two or three years to become a Mason , and by what he had seen and gone through that night he had come to the

conclusion that Masons were good men , and he was very proud to have become one of them . He thanked the brethren for the kind , enthusiastic , and cordial way in which they had received him . Bro . Marsh thanked the brethren most sincerely for the very kind and cordial reception to the initiates . He sincerel y trusted that he should never be unworthy of being one of

them . It would always be his utmost endeavour to be what he called a really good Mason , and that meant a great deal —a very great deal . He was proud , indeed , to have joined a body and to have met with such a cordial reception as he had . He trusted he should in the future prove himself one of the best of Masons in the whole world—a really good Mason .

Bro . Wbitford said he had an advantage which he owned to . 'The fact was , the W . M ., very often , on their meeting together , gave him some of his ideas of the beauties of Freemasonry , and he saw so much personal improvement in the W . M . himself , that he thought it was enough to lead him to repent , and , therefore , he thought he would like to join the Craft . The I . P . M . had made allusion to the initiates

as sprouts , and he ( Bro . Wbitford ) hoped that they would sprout and sprout , and that they would have a race of the five and himself till they sprouted into the chair . When they sprouted into the chair he hoped they would be able to occupy it properly . The W . M ., in proposing "The Visitors , " said , personally , he was delighted to see such a goodly number

present , and he spoke the voice of the lodge when he said it gave the visitors a hearty welcome . It had been the desire of all the brethren that the visitors should be made as comfortable as possible . The Emblematic Lodge was desirous to treat its visitors well , and the W . M . was only carrying out their wishes when he offered them hearty and Masonic friendship . He hoped the visitors would in the future

honour the lodge by their presence . There were 41 visitors that evening , but he would only call on a few of them to respond . Bro . Cambridge , P . P . G . D . Surrey , in reply , said he had lately had the pleasure of welcoming the VV . M . as a joining member of the lodge of which he ' ( Bro . Cambridge ; was the Master , and from the specimen of the work he had seen

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from him that evening he thought that his ( Bro . Cambridge ' s ) lodge had something good in store for them . Bro . Lovett , P . S . G . W . N . S . W ., said he was very grateful to thc Master and brethren for their kind reception of him , a brother all the way from Australia . He happened to be P . S . G . W . of the district of which Lord Carington was Grand Master—who was spoken of very highly as a Mason .

'The Grand Lodge of New South VVales was not more than two years old as a Grand Lodge , and perhaps some brethren there thought it not advisable to become a Grand Lodge . 'There had been a number of District Grand Lodges in the last 17 years , and of course the old Masons disliked leaving the Grand Lodge of England . He had visited another lodge here , and he was much pleased with the installation

ceremony as given that night by the I . P . M ., and with the way in which the VV . M . initiated the brethren . He hoped , if the opportunity should ever occur , he might see some of the brethren as visitors in Australia . Bro . Deakin said it had been to him a very great pleasure ( 0 witness a very old friend of his receive at the hands of that lodge the highest honours it had to confer . 'The other

visitors would agree with him that the brethren had shown very good taste in selecting such a brother to preside over them , and they all joined in the sincere hope that his year of office might be full of success for the lodge . Bro . Ridpath said he had known the W . M . as a worker and a thorough enthusiast in Masonry , but he was not prepared for the manner in which he had performed the

ceremonies . It was not often a VV . M . gave himself the trouble to initiate members as soon as he was installed . The manner in which he did it must inspire the brethren with confidence in his ability to conduct the affairs of the lodge . At some future date Bro . Price might perhaps receive honours from the lodge at Croydon ( . the Georg-e Price ) which he had joined . If he did , he ( Bro . Ridpath ) hoped

that the same support might follow him as followed him in the Emblematic The ollieers too , whom the W . M . had selected to help him , had shown by their readiness in acting at the very first meeting at which they had the opportunity , by their earnestness , and by their example , that they were at any rate influenced by the pattern theW . M . had set them , and he was sure that every officer of the lodg-e

would do well to follow and copy the same . Bro . Joseph D . Langton said it would ill repay the kindness of the brethren to inflict on them a long speech . He regretted he was not present at the working of the lodge , but the W . M . would forgive him when he told the brethren that it was work in connection with the Boys' School , of which he had the honour to be Secretary to the Provisional

Management Committee , which kept him away . He hoped some day to see Bro . Price installed in the lodge of which he ( Bro . Langton ) was first W . M . Bro . Hobbs hoped that the VV . M . would not initiate all his friends in the Emblematic Lodge , but that he would save some of them for the George Price Lodge . Bro . Tucker , P . G . S . B . Berks and Bucks , also replied .

Thc W . M . next gave "The P . M . 's" and "The Treasurer and Secretary . " Bro . Fendick , P . M ., Treas ., said he tried to look after the brethren ' s personal comforts as far as he could , and if he succeeded he was only too glad . Bro . Cooper , P . M ., Sec , and Bro . Edgington also replied .

The toast ol : "The Oflicers" followed , and the Tyler ' s toast brought the evening to a close . 'The musical artistes were Master Charles Steward , Mr . Ager Grover , Bros . James Budd , J . W . Cooper , and W . j . Harris , who , under the direction of Bro . T . Merton Clark , Organist of the lodge , performed a pretty programme of music for the delectation of the brethren .

Highgate Lodge ( No . 1366 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held at the Gate House Hotel , Highgate , on the 13 th inst ., when there were present Bros . J . Lugg , W . M . j F . Ashton , S . W . j A . Cook , J . VV . j I . Terry , P . G . S . B ., P . M ., Treas . j C . Sheppard , P . M ., Secj J . Yates , S . D . j E . Wareham , l . D .: F . Cracknel ! , l . G . ;

J . Cussans , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W . Herts j Galer , P . M . j Collier , P . M . j Dailies , P . M . j Underwood , P . M . j Gregory , P . M . j E . L . Shelton , P . M . ; Foxall , P . G . P . j Culverwell , Lewis , Walkden , Mattock , Cross , Stafford , Medrington , Coxen , Luxton , Speller , Wheeler , Eves , Dixon , Stonnile , Hairy Wilks , Pragnell , Pizzey , Watkins , and J . J . Marsh , Tyler . Visitors : Bros . G . J . Reed , S . W . igioj and VV . Helle , P . M . 704 .

I he lodge having been opened , the minutes were read and confirmed . Bros . Medrington and Lewis were raised to the Degree of M . M . Bros . Wheeler and Dixon proposed and seconded Mr . Ludwig Henry Stehr for initiation . The resignation of a member was accepted with regret . Nothing further offering the lodge was closed . After the usual loyal toasts had been duly honoured , the VV . M . proposed "I'he Health of Iiro . J . U . Collier , P . M .,

and former Secretary , " and presented him with a very handsome silver salver , which had been subscribed for by the lodge and its members in recognition of his invaluable services as Secretary for 12 years . Bro . Collier suitably acknowledged thc gift , and in the course of his remarks reviewed his connection with thelodge for tbe past 17 years . Other toasts were proposed and responded to , and the brethren separated after spending a most enjoyable evenin" -.

Temple Bar Lodge ( No . 1728 ) . —Bro . H . j . Rolls , VV . M ., presided at the last meeting of the above Iodge , which was held at Anderton ' s Hotel on Monday last . 'The VV . M . was supported by all his officers and Bros . G . S . Recknell , P . M . j Richard Kimpton , P . M . j A . Roger Carter , P . M . j and John Rexworthy , P . M . The visitors were Bros , the Rev . K . J . Simpson , P . G . C ; C . F . Bonner ,

D . L . 59 ; K . H . Stimpson , S . VV . 59 j H . L . Brown , 16 9 j S . C . Kaufman , J . D . 1766 j Walter S . Harris , J . D . 1260 j F . Clark , Steward 28 ; Henry Massey j | . VV . Hall , 45 / T . G . Hawkins , 20 G 3 j A . F . 'Iliomson , 617 ; E . C . Crouch , 857 j C . Bolton , S . W . 16 71 j H . Blanchard , J . W . 1275 j Ii . Moore , W . M . 2077 J W . Duckett , P . M . 1 G 7 OJ F . Morgan , P . M . U 55 j E . C . Robinson , 1365 j M . Angel , 2021 j Geo . Jones , 509 j VV . TL Jones , I . G . 2077 j and C . F . Matier , P . G . S . B .

'lhe VV . M . first initiated Mr . Alexander Dalgety . lie then , before leaving the chair , presented the lodge with three beautiful gavels for the use of the Master and Wardens , and a vote ol thanks was therefore moved by Bro . Recknell , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Carter , P . M ., and carried unanimously , for the handsome gift . At the W . M . ' s request