Consecration Of The Royal Commemoration Lodge, No. 1585.

CONSECRATION OF THE ROYAL COMMEMORATION LODGE , No . 1585 .

Amid the bleakest winds of this bleak March , and during a beating snowstorm on last Tuesday , a large muster of brethren gathered at the Star and Garter Hotel , Lower Richmond-road , Putney , to witness the start in life of the lodge founded under this name in commemoration of the

Roval Installation in April last . The " Lower Rtchmondroa ' d " is the south bank of the Thames , and the hotel is the river-side house where boating men hold their congresses in habits as if they belonged to the Craft of those who " go down to the sea in ships . " The lodge is " aloft , " a distinction and a difference from " a loft , " though the ascent to the apattments where the mysteries of the Craft

may now be carried on is very remindful of the approach to the upper floor of stables . The apartments themselves have , we believe , hitherto been dedicated to the use of the London " Rowing Club , and the house is one where the luxurious athletes of the oar take their ease in their inn . The lodge-room fronts Father Thames , and gives a good view of ancient Fulham . The brethren who assembled

last Tuesday were recalled from the out-look on the snowcovered Thames , and the first appearance of the light blue , and dark blue , to form the procession to the lodge-room , which had been neatly laid out . As Bro . James Terry , the Prov . G . D . C . of Herts ., headed the procession , Bro . G . Stacy , Organist of 1348 , played the march on an excellent organ provided . Bro . Terry , who had been appointed

Installing Master , then took the chair , and appointed Bro . Ough , P . G . P ., as S . W . ; Bio . W . Watson ; P . G . S ., as J . W . ; and Bro . P . M . Meredith , as I . G . Bro . Terry then proceeded with the work which he , if not the hero of a hundred fights , at least the worker of a hundred consecrations , knows so well , and having addressed the assemblage upon the nature of the meeting , and

received the address from the Secretary pro tern ., ne ranged the brethren in order—Bros . Joseph Wright , as W . M . designate ; J . W . Robinson , as S . W . ; C . Jackson , as J . W . ; and A . Watkins , P . M . ; Henry Smith ( Royal Arthur ) , W . Morphew , F . Holland , A . Boehr , Collings . Approval

having been signified to the officers , Bro . 'ferry , ra the absence of a Chaplain , gave the oration on the nature and principles of the institution , and this was followed by the psalm" How vast must their advantage be , ] How great their pleasure prove ,

Who live like brethren , and consent For offices of love . " The lodge was then dedicated according to form amid the rapt attention of the brethren , who joined in the beautiful hymns of the ceremony , given with excellent effect by Bro . Stacy . The lodge was then constituted , and this part of the ceremony closed with the hymn" Glory be to God on high , Let 1 leaven and earth reply ,

Praise ye His name ; Masons His love adore , Tiled in their mystic lore , And cry evermore , Glory to God . " Bro . Terry then became the Installing Master , and proceeded to instal Bro . Joseph Smith , an old P . M ., according

to the rites and ceremonies as worked by the Lodge of Emulation . This was very perfectly rendered in the presence of a large assemblage of past and present holders of the chair , among them being Bros . Daurini , P . M . 1044 ; Meredith , P . M . 1257 ; Pulsford , P . M 115 , 8 ; Gallant , W . M . 8 IV , A w w "g ht , P . M . 1158 ; C . W . Wise W . M . u " r ; 8 i Ough , P . G . P . ; Pendlcb ' ury , P . M . 1056 ;

While , P . M . 228 (" Freemason ); Burrell , I . P . M . 1446 ; Howick , P . M . 1044 ; Payne , P . M . 27 ; Sorrell , W . M . 176 ; H . Potter , P . M . 11 ; Bethell , P . M , 30 ; Whitcman , P . M . 256 ; Whithcy . P . M . 046 , P . Prov . A . D . C . Middx . When tlie brethren under the degree of Installed Masters were admitted , the proclamations were made in the accustomed form , and the W . M . then appointed as his officers , amid

tha acclamations of the brethren , J . W . Robinson , S . W . ; C . Jackson , J . W . ; G . A . Watkins , Treas . ; P . M . Henry Smith , Sec .-, W . Morphew , S . D . ; F . Holland , J . D . ; A . Boehr , I . G . ; Collings , D . C . ; and Bro . J . Smith , as Assist . Secretary . The closing addresses to the W . M ., the Wardens , and to the lodge were given by Bro . Terry with his usual point ,

clearness , and completeness , and the W . M ., after taking the names of joining members and the proposals for initiation , read a Iettei from the G . Sec , whose absence was caused by official circumstances , but he wished the lodge a piosperous career . The W . M . then spoke warmly of the services which Bro . Terry hail rendered the lodge , and said he hoped that Bro . Terry would be elected the first honorary

member of the lodge . A proposal to this effect was made by P . M . II . Smith , the Secretary , and was seconded by the S . W . It was carried unanimously . 1 < Bro . Terry , in acknowledging the honour thus paid to him , thanked the brethren , and said it gave him great

pleasure to consecrate a lodge whose name was one which would ever carry the mind back to the grand ceremony at Albert Hall in April last . He trusted that the lodge which was thus consecrated would have a good growth , and would honour its name by the gocd quality of the members it introduced to the Craft .

Thanks were then voted to Bro . Stacy for his services as Organist , to Bro . Hill , of the Highgate Lodge , for acting during the ceremony as D . C , and to Bros . Ough and Watson for their services in the Warden ' s chair . The votes were acknowledged , and the lodge was then in due

form closed . The banquet was held in a room beneath the lodgeroom , and the W . M ., whose experience as a P . M . was of the utmost value in guiding the newly launched vessel , both in lodge and at the banquet table , gave with great

Consecration Of The Royal Commemoration Lodge, No. 1585.

force ( the greater because brief ) the toasts of" The Queen and the Craft , " "The M . W . Grand Master , " "The Pro Grand Master , " "The Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Past and Present , " coupling with the latter the name of Bro . Ough , who responded , and warmly praised the merits of those who ruled over the Craft , pointing out the essential necessity , for the good of

the brotherhood , that its rulers should be chosen from those who were the rulers in the nation by training and by birth . Bro . Terry said the duty fell upon him , in the absence of any Past Master , to propose the toast of "The First W . M . of the Royal Commemoration Lodge . " The name of the lodge was a happy one , and doubtless it was the happy

choice of the name which obtained for the lodge its warrant . It was a very good choice the brethren had made in Bro . Wright for the First Worshipful Master , and it was almost essential that the W . M . who occupied the chair of a new lodge should be one who had had experience in that position , as he would be the better able , by his knowledge of the work

to weld the new parts of a lodge into a harmonious whole . They all knew how zealous and energetic Bro . Wright was in all things , a fact seen in the example he set as Steward ' to the festival of the institution , for he said he would not go unless he had three figures on his list , and three figures he hail— - ( cheers)—and the brethren would toast him as one whose work and actions thev

would all attempt lo emulate . Bro . Wall , S . D . of the Kennington Lodge , gave the company the benefit of a charming song . The W . M . then responded to the toast of his health , and said he had accepted the helm of this lodge with the intention of making it a good lodge . If had pleased the Earl of Carnarvon , the Pro Grand Master , to approve of

the name of the lodge anil to grant the warrant , and it behoved the members of it to take care that no action or proposal of theirs should ever sully it . Fortunately , the speaker said , he could say he had done his best to launch the lodge in a worthy manner , and he thanked the officers for the assistance they had given him in purchaseing ( of another lodge ) the necessary furniture for its use .

He felt as captain of this new ship that he was supported by good officers , and he trusted it would sail on in strength and happiness . After some singing by brethren , the W . M . went on to propose the toast of " The Consecrating O . l ' cer , Bro . Terry , " of whose kindness anil talents the speaker wirmly spoke , adding that of all consecrations the worthy Secretary of the Masonic Institution had

performed he had never performed one with greater spirit than the one that day . ( Cheers . ) One of the brethren sang a pirody on the " Village Blacksmith , " giving a fancy sketch of the life of a London policeman—a performance which caused roars of laughter . Bro . Terry , as the Consecrating Officer , in return , said

that he was very amply repaid for his exertions by the satisfaction expressed and by the attention which the brethren had given to him . He trusted that he should see the Master instill his successor , and that the lodge , would show that it was prepared to maintain the high principles and tenets of the Order by having its name enrolled on behalf of the Masonic charities . To the toast of "TheVisitors" Bro . Sorrell responded , and

the Treasurer s health being warmly toasted—with the hope that he would take good care of the lodge argent , when he got any—that brother responded , asking the brethren lo give him the chance . Bro . Henry Smith responded for the Secretaries . The SeniorWarden in response to the toast of the officers made a neat speech , in which he accepted the simile of the Master in likening the lodge to a ship , and said that he trusted the Captain would find the crew a good working

one . The Junior Warden thanked the Master and brethren for selecting him to be the third officer in the ship , ami said he should endeavour to prove that their confidence was not misplaced .

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CONSECRATION or THE ST . BRVDE LODGE , NO . 579 , UnniNOSTivs . Thursday , the ylh inst ., witnessed the inauguration of a new Masonic Lodge , bearing the name of St . Bryde , No . 579 , in the lising village of Uddingston . The ceremonies of constitution and consecration were performed by Bro . Provost | . C . Forrtst , of Hamilton , D . P . G . Master

of Lanarkshire ( Mid . Ward ) , assisted by the following P . G . Ofliccrs : —Bros . Rev . A . O . Brown , Chaplain 20 } ; C . Spalding , P . G . S . W ., A . Ramsay , P . G . J . W . ; A . ' King , P . G . Treas . ; 1 . Nisbct , P . G . Sec . ; C . Gilchrist , P . G S . D . ; W . Morrison , P . G . J D . ; W . Foirest , P . G . B . B . ; C . Nelson , P . G . D . C ; W . McMurdo , P . G . Marshal ; and W . Sibbald , P . G . l . G .

Amongst those present we noticed Bros . V . Duncan , D . M . Mother Kiwinning ; Wylie , Bernard , Miller , Proudford , and Gardner , of 3 . I St . John's , Glasgow ; R . Kelso , W . M . , 31 ; G . McDonald , W . M ., and J . Bannerman , D . M . of 73 , Thistle and Rose , Glasgow , f . Glen , W . M . 114 ; T . Halket , P . M . 102 , St . Mark's ; W . Malcolm , W . M . 88 ; \ V . Fleming , P . M . 8 S ; R . Mclntyre , W . M . 20 , 3 ; G . Arthur , P . M . 203 ;

Davidson , S . W . 20 V , Cochran , J . W . 20 . V , . (•King , W . M . 406 ; Forsyth , S . W . 406 ; W . J . Hay , 1 S 7 ; Gardner , W . M . i . w . - Wright , W . M . £ 51 , Paterson , J . W . 5 $ 1 ; Ferguson ( "Freemason" ) , and others . In all there would be about 120 brethren present , completely filling the hall , which is fitted up to suit Masonic purposes . On the lodge being opened by the P . G . Lodge , the P . G , Master proceeded to the work of consecration , and during

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the ceremony the P . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . Brown , delivered an impressive oration on the " Nature and Objects of Masonry , " which was listened to with great attention , and repeatedly applauded . Subsequently Bro . W . J . Easton , W . M . elect , received the ceremony of the installation degree , and also Bros . Malcolm , W . M . 88 ; Fleming , P . M . 88 ; and Mclntyre , W . M . 20 ? , at the

hands of Bro . McMurdo , P . M . 305 , P . G . Marshall . The office-bearers were then installed by the P . G . Master , viz ., Bros . W . J . Easton , W . M . ; Scott , D . M . ; W . Walker , S . M . ; T . Halkett , S . W . ; J . Baird , junr ., J . W . ; T . Shott , Treas . ; W . Crawford , Sec . ; J . Walker , S . D . ; G . Robertson , J . D . ; D . Bryden , S . S . ; W . Watson , f . S . ; G . W . Ruddock , I . G . ; and R . Rae , Tyler . We should state that Bro . J . Annan , Organist ; , St .

John ' s , Hamilton , presided at the harmonium . Labour being ended , the lodge was transferred to refreshment , Bro . Easton in the chair , when the usual loyal , Masonic , and patriotic toasts were given and duly honoured . " The Provincial Grand Lodge of Lanarkshire , Middle Ward , " was proposed by the W . M ., and replied to by the P . G . M . " The W . M . " was given by the P . G . M ., and cnthusiastieally responded to by all present . The W . M . replied in suitable terms .

KIRKINTILLOCH . —Lodge St . John Kilwinning ( No . 28 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held in the Black Bull Inn , on Saturday , nth inst ., Bro . D . Cameron , W . M ., in the chair , supported by his Wardens and other office-bearers . Messrs . T . Docherty and W . McLean were initiated by Bro . J . S . Allan , D . M . Two brethren were then passed to the Fellow Craft

Degree by the W . M ., and afterwards three were raised to the degree of Master Mason , the W . M . again performing the ceremony . WISHAW . —St . Mary's Lodge Coltness ( No . 31 ) . —The annual assembly of this lodge was held on Friday , the 3 rd inst ., in the Crown Assembly Rooms , which was tastel ully and elegantly decorated for the

occasion . A large and brilliant assemblage of ladies and brethren were present , and the dancing , which commenced shortly after ten o ' clock by the R . W . M ., Bro . Kelso , and his lady leading off the Grand March , * was continued with great spirit till an early hour in the morning , everyone present appearing to have enjoyed themselves thoroughly . The appearance of the assembly rooms when thronged

with the ladies in their bright and captivating costumes , and the brethren in their many coloured aprons . Sashes and emblems of office was more like a scene in fairyland , than a gathering of the members of the mystic land . The following deputations from sister lodges were present : —Sf , Mary ' s Particle , No . 117 ; St . John ' s Motherwell , No . 406 ; St . Clare , Cambusncthan . No . 427 ; and the

Provincial Grand Lodge , Middle Ward , Lanarkshire . Bro . A Brownlie , S . W ., was all that could be desired as Master of Ceremonies , and the music , which was first class , was supplied by the quadrille band of Mr . McGhee , assisted by Professor Bain of Bothwell on the piano . The affair throughout was an entire success and reflects the greatest credit on Bro . W . Forrest , Convenor , and the rest of the

conmittee for their faultless arrangements . GLASGOW . —Lodge Thistle ( No . 87 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held in the Masonic Hall , 30 , Hope-street , on Tuesday evening , 7 th inst . The meeting was well attended , the hall being neaily full . Bro . Booth , W . M ., in the chair , J . Fraser , P . M . ; J . Miller , P . M . ; W . Stuart , S . W . ; R . Barr , J . W . ; J . G . Ritchie , S . M . ;

W . Wilson , Sec . ; T . Patron , Treas . ; J . McLachlan , S . D . ; J . Cossar , J . D . ; T . Best , E . Arthur , J . Annand , B . Mc-CPO , Coutts , 3 6 ; D . Hood , 124 ; J . Preston , 219 ; J . Lawrence , 219 ; J . M . Oliver , S . W . 3 60 ; G . Adam , 360 ; W . Barr , 543 ; L . R . Mitchell , J . D . 571 . The lodge having been opened , and the minutes of last meeting read and approved of , the Treasurer read the quarterly report , which

showed about £ 120 to the credit of the lodge . A committee was appointed to make arrangements with the Railway Company for the lease of a tenement in Cathe . dral-street , to be converted into a Masonic Hall . Bro . Miller then tabled a motion to be brought up at a future meeting , which will be looked forward to with

interest by the members of the lodge . Messrs . R . Butcher and A . Christie were admitted into the First Degree by Bro . J . Bocth , W . M ., the latter gentleman for Lodge Commercial , No . 360 . The lodge was then assumed on the Third Degree , when Bros . t \ . E . Kr . owles , J . Ritchie , and A . McLachlan were raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason by the W . M ., in a very solemn and creditable

manner . GLASGOW . —Lodge Union and Crown ( No . 103 ! . —About sixty members of this lodge , including their wives and friends , met in Summers Hall , 93 , Candleriggs , on Friday , the 3 rd inst ., to celebrate their 109 th anniversary . Bro . D . Murray , R . W . M . of the lodge , occupied the chair ; Croupiers , W . Forsyth , J . W ., and J . Gillies , Sec ,

P . M . anil P . G . T . After partaking of the good things which were laid before them , and a blessing sang , the Chairman said : —Croupiers , ladies , brethren , and gentlemen , —VVe have met here on this occasion to celebrate the 109 th anniversary of our lodge , for it is now 109 years since this our lodge had its birth . It gives me great pleasure as Master of this lodge to have with me on this

occasion such a happy company , and so many ladies present . I sincerely hope that each and all of you will enjoy yourselves , and I can assure you nothing on my part shall be wanting to enable you to do so . Respecting the lodge and its history , my connection with it has not been many years , but I have looked over the documents that now remain , and

cannot trace anything further back than fifty years for want of lost records , which , I am sorry to say , seems to be the complaint of many other lodges , even of Mother Kilwinning , but what I can trace it is clear to me that very little was done in actual work any earlier than twenty years back . The lodge has been in adversity and prosperity , and I am sure ! can safely say that the last