Craft Masonry.

St . Lawrence Lodge , No . 207 S . The monthly meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Rooms , Scunthorpe , on Thursday , Ihe iGth inst ., when thsre were present Bros . M . R . J . Behrendl , W . M ., P . J . G . W . ; S . M . Peace , acting [ . P . M .. Sec . ; R . I . Swaby , S . W . ; J . 11 . Dewhirst , J . W . ; Rev . E . M . Weiga'l , Chap , P . P . G . C . ; J . W . Graham , J . D . ; T . A . Robinson . I . G . ; W . Campbell , P . M ., Oig . ; S . Hadlcy , Tyler ; and others . Visitors : Bros . J . Constable , 14 S 2 , P . P . G . O . ; and Sergt . Cox , Sec . 2203 . Bro . J . VV . B . Ilanby was passed to the Degree of F . C by the W . M ., assisted bv Bros . Dewhirst and Graham .

After lodge , the brethren adjourned as usual to the ante-room and partook of light refreshment .

A GRAND MASONIC TEMPLE is being arranged for at the new Trocadero Restaurant which Messrs . J . Lyons & Co . are now completing at Piccadilly Circus . Special and complete accommodation will be provided for large and small lodges , and the tariff will be strictly in accord with the moderation which has hitherto characterised J . Lyons and Co . ' s charges . The cuisine will fully sustain the high reputation this company have already earned , and the decorations and comforts of the whole place will mark a new era in the record of Masonic gatherings . Inquiries as to particulars , should be addressed to the pioprietors , J . Lyons & Co ., Limited , Cadby Hall , Kensington . — [ ADVT . 1

Royal Arch.

Royal Arch .

Paltison Chapter , No . 913 . The installation meeting of the above influential chapter , one of the strongest , if not t > e strongest in the Province of Kent , took place on the iGth inst ., at Freemasons ' Hall , Mount Pleasant , Plumstead , and was a most successful and pleasant one . The chapter was opened by Comps . C . J . Clapham , as M . E . Z . ; G . F . Taylor , as II . ; and G . F . Nichols , as J . ; and the undermentioned Principals and Past Principals . The usual preliminary business having been disposed of , Comp . A . Penfold , P . Z ., P . Z . 13 and 1472 , and P . P . G . ist A . S ., assumed the chair as Installing Officer , an office he has filled in

this chapter for many years past , and duly installed Comps . Taylor , M . E . Z . ; Nichols , H . ; and Sidney Horton , J . The following companions having been duly elected , were invested as officers , namely : Comps . H . J . Butter , P . Z . and P . P . G . P . S ., Scribe E . j I . Turton , Scribe N . ; A . Penfold , P . Z ., P . Z . 13 and 1472 , and P . P . G . 1 st . A . S ., Treas . ; ] . O . Cook , P . S . ; Dr . E . Bryceson , ist A . S . ; G . H . Letton , M . E . Z . 1472 , 2 nd A . S . ; R . J . Cook , P . Z ., P . G . P . R ., D . C ; H . Mason , sen ., P . Z ., P . P . G . S ., and E . M . Taylor , Stwds . ; and C Warren , Janitor . A hearty voty of thanks , the same to be inscribed on the minutes of the chapter , was tendered Comp . Penfold for his services that day as Installing Officer , for which he returned thanks . Comp . Clapham , I . P . Z .,

was presented with a handsome and valuable P . Z . ' s jewel for signal services rendered the chapter during his year of office , and to mark the esteem of the companions of the chapter with whom , as in the mother lodge , Comp . and Bro . Clapham is much respected , and for which he returned thanks . It was unanimously resolved that the Scribe E . of the chapter be commissioned to write a letter of condolence to the widow and family of our late esteemed Comp . T . Warne , P . Z . ( Hon . ) of the chapter , and P . G . Scribe E . of the province , in the heavy bereavement they have sustained by the death of her beloved husband , and their father , and then the chapter was closed .

The companions then adjourned to the Royal Mortar Hotel , Comp . Hall ' s fine house opposite the Royal Arsenal main gates , Woolwich , where they enjoyed one of his well-served and choice banquets . Among Ihe other companions present were Comps . C . Coupland , P . Z ., P . Z . 13 , P . P . G . J ., E . B . Hobson , P . Z ., P . P . G . Org ., E . Morris , P . Z ., P . G . S . B ., W . Campbell Taylor , P . Z . ( who was the day following invested as P . G . S . B . at the Prov . G . Chapter

at Ashford ) , C Jolly , P . Z ., P . Z . 1472 , M . E . Z . 21 S 4 , H . J . Roberts ( late P . Z . of the chapter ) , Surgecn-Captain W . Kiddle , P . Z ; 2277 ( Cyprus ) , VV . ] . Squires , J . Stratton , G . H . Campbell , R . E . Saunders , D . C . Capon , J . Messent , A . Moore , W . H . Turton , G . Frost , G . Hall , D . K . Summers , C . Carter , J . D . Brooks , C . Chasteaneuf , and B . Hammond , all of the chapter ; J . G . White , P . Z . 2277 ; G . Harvey , P . Z . 2277 ; G . Kennedy , M . E . Z . 13 ; and G . Grant , 1472 .

The banquet having been satisfactorily discussed , the usual loyal and Grand Chapter toasts were duly honoured . The toast of ' * Earl Amherst , Grand Superintendent of the Province of Kent , " was received with ringing cheers , and was drunk most enthusiastically , as was also that of "Comp . Eastes , P . G . H ., and the rest of the Prov . Grand Officers , Present and Past . " Comp . Morris , with whose name the toast was coupled , said it had been his privilege to get a collar in the Provincial Grand Chapter of Kent , and hoped it would , in due course , be the privilege of every companion to have the same . He esteemed it a grind

privilege to be a member of the Grand Chapter of the Province of Kent . Wherever he had been , whether in a lodge or chapter , he had always heard the Province of Kent spoken of with great respect , and he thought those who had attained that honour owed a deep debt of gratitude to Comp . Eastes for recommending them to their Grand Superintendent as worthy of the purple . It is a great grief for any one to leave the chair , whether in the Craft or Royal Arch ; he found it so at any rate . The chairs were most comfortable ones and he could assure them , without affectation , tint the happiest

mements of his life were when he occupied the first chair ot that chapter , for it not only put him at the head of it but was the cause of his attaining the honour of a collar in the Prov . Grand Chapter of their province . No one who had ever visited Provincial Grand Chapter but must have been pleased , not only at its splendid appearance but with the grand way in which its business was conducted , and the urbanity and genial manner in which his lordship , Earl Amherst , and their esteemed Prov . G . H ., Comp . Easfcs , discharged the responsible duties of their high offices . For himself and for the other P . G . Officers , he cordially thanked them fcr the toast .

The I . P . Z ., Comp . Clapham , then proposed the toast of "The M . E . Z . " He said they had that day placed in the chair a most excellent Mason , because they had seen how well he had carried out the duties of every office he had occupied in the chapter , especially his work as P . S ., and they all knew how anxious he was that whatever work he undertook should be done well . Comp . Taylor had never asked to be excused

frcm any work he had to do , but attended the chapter and did it himself . From what he cculd gather , there would be plenty of work for their M . E . Z . and his officers in the coming year , and their number would go up to the required 50 to make the chapter the premier chapter in the Province of Kent . They now had 4 G members , and the others were to come during the reign of their esteemed M . E . Z . He felt sure they would drink the toasthtartilv .

Comp . Taylor said the kind words of Comp . Clapham made him feel something like six foot six in height , for he never felt prouder or more elevated in his life than when he heard and saw their kind expressions of regard for him shown by the companions around him . He Icoked upon them as intellectual men and good Masons . He little thought when he was initiated into Masonry that he should ever arrive at the chair of his mother lodge , but he had done so ; but most certainly he never expected to reach the proud and dignified position of M . E . Z . of the Pattison Chapter . He trusted to be worthy of their approbation , and nothing should be wanting on his part to increase , if

possible , the high prestige of the Pattison Chapter . Comp . Penfold , in responding to a hearty and enthusiastic reception of the toast of " 'I he Installing Officer , " said he had so many times received a vote of thinks and had the toast of his health proposed in connection with the office of Instilling Officer that he thought it almost unnecessary to propose it that night , but as they had again done so , he hcaitily thanked them for their kindness . Theic was a real consetvative spiiit in the ceremony ol installation , because the companions generally were not allowed to witness any portion of it ; they might hear the addresses when they were givin , but it wis the

law and accoiding to the tenets of the Order , and they must bow to it . It was different in the Craft , there the brethren were called upon to perambulate the lodge and assist in the proclamation and saluting of the W . M . Now he , for one , would like the companions to hear something ol the ceremony of installation in the chapter , but , however , it could not be , and so they must wait till they arrived at the position of a Principil of a chapter , and then they would see the work done inside . That day he had missed the

genial presence and valuable assistance of their late and most estimable companion , Thos . Warne , who sometimes went to the installa : ion meetings of the chapter and lent valuable assistance , a task he took the greatest delight in . Comp . Warne always spoke of the chapter as a most "intellectual" chapter , and he had had the pleasure that day to place a most intellectual companion in the chair a-s M . E . Z . of it . He did not think the M . E . Z . was one who would stand still , but go on and bring the

Royal Arch.

number of the members up to 50 , and then at the end cf his year of office they could say to him os they had said to Comp . Clapham , " well done , thou good and faithful servant . " It was always a great pleasure to install the Principals , but at the sime time he hoped that some of the younger companions would come on and do the work . For himself so long as he could do anything for the benefit of the chapter and Masonry generally he should always be delighted to do it . _ " The Second and Third Principals " were toasted , and promised in return to do their duty to the satisfaction of the chapter .

Comps . Kennedy , White , and Grant responded for "The Visitors , " and Comp . Co - . 'k for "The Past Principals , " and after Comp . J . O . Cook had responded for "The Officers , " the Janitor ' s toast concluded the proceedings ^ which compiiserj the splendid songs and playing of Miss Jessie Hotine , Comps . E . B . Hobson and Hammond , Bros . II . Mason , jun ., and Ireland , and Messrs . A . C Horton and 0 . Morgan . Comp . S . Horton presided at the piano , and played a solo on the violin grandly , his son , Mr . A . C . Horton playing two solos on the oboe unutterably well .

Aldersgate Chapter , No . 1657 . A meeting of this chapter was held on Monday last , at the Albion Tavern , Aldeisgate-street , when there were present Comps . George Kenning , M . E . Z . ; George Rawlinson , H .- ; James Shelter , J . ; John Larkin , P . Z ., Treas . ; W . S . Whitaker , S . E . ; George Hand , P . S . ; Charles Garton , ist Asst . Soj . ; G . Couchman , Janitor ; Arthur 15 . Hudson , l . P . Z . ; Henry Nicholas Bennett , and Rupert Smyth . Visitors : Comps . Henrv Garrcd , P . G . D . C . ; Thos . Cohu , P . Z . 192 ; Geo . Harlow , P . Z . 1572 ; W . H . Cole , Z . 2147 ; I . J . McCullough , II . 1 S 32 ; Cowan , P . Z . ; and others .

The minutes of the previous convocation having been read and confirmed ^ Comps . George Rawlinson and J . Shotter , as First and Second Principals elect , were installed into their respective chairs , the J . elect , Comp . M . R . Webb , being unavoidably absent . The officers for the ensuing year having been invested and Bros . H . N . Bennett and R . Smyth having been exalted , the Auditors' report was submitted and adopted . A gold P . Z . jewel was presented to Comp . George Kenning in recognition of his services as M . E . Z . for the past year , after which the chapter was closed , and the companions dined together , E . Comp . George Rawlinson , M . E . Z ., presiding .

The usual Royal Arch toasts were duly honoured , while an excellent musical programme was carr ' ud out by the following students of the Guildhall School of Music : Miss Maude Ballard , A . G . S . M ., Miss Marian Blinkhorn , Mr . A . Montague Borwell , A . G . S . M ., and Mr . George Dawson .

THE OLD TROCADERO went the way of all things but in its stead there has beei raised a Trocadero which bids fair to altogether eclipse the memories of the old f ivourite place of amusement . A magnificent restaurant has been raised upon its site , and Messrs . J . Lyons and Co ., Limited , have succeeded bsyond their anticipations in making this the most attractive and comfortable resort of the kind in Europe . A Masonic Temple is included in its many attractions and exceptionally good arrangements arc being made for the convenience of lodges . Application for particulars should be made to-the proprietors , J . Lyons and Co . Limited , Cadby Hall , Kensington . —[ ADVI ' . ]

Mark Masonry.

Mark Masonry .

Phoenix Lodge , No- 2 . This—the oldest Mark lodge in the world—held high festival on Saturday , the i illi inst ., at their rooms in the High-street , Portsmouth , on the occasion of the installation of Bro . Wm . Gillmm , 30 ° , as W . M . The lodge was honoured by the presence of the Pro G . M ., Bro . the Earl of Euston , who was accompanied by a large staff of Grand Officers , amongst whom we noticed Bros . Berridge , Balfour Cockburn , Clifford Probyn ,

Gordon Miller , Richard Eve , who 15 also D . P . G . M . for Hampshire and the Isle ol Wight ; Major Carrell , and many others . Bro . Matier , the indefatigable Grand Secretary , conducted the ceremony of installation in his usual admirable manner . The anangements made for the reception of the Pro Grand Master and the large body of Grand Officers were excellent , and reflected the greatest credit on the W . M ., the I . P . M ., Bro . James Hewitson , the Secretary , Bro . Alexander Howell , and Bro . Captain

Hearn-THH GLORIES of the old Trocadero in its best days are to be more than revived , as Messrs . J . Lyons & Co . have erected upon its site at Piccadilly Circus one of the grandest restaurants to be found in Europe . For elegance and convenience of construction , splendour of decoration , and the comfort and completeness of the general appointments it would be difficult to find its peer . The cuisine of J . Lyons & Co ., Ltd ., has earned for this Company the title of The Only Perfect Caterers , and the Trocadero Restaurant will be a distinct acquisition to Masonic lodges . Applicitions respecting bookings should be made to the proprietors , J . Lyons & Co ., Ltd ., Cadby Hall , Kensington , VV— fAuvT . l

Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Robeit Grey , P . G . D ., President , occupied the President ' s chair , and Bros . D . D . Mercer , Senior Vice-President , and C . A . Cotttbiune , Junior Vice-President , held their appointed scats . Bros . \ V . Dodd , G . Recknell , and H . Sadler , Grand Tyler , represented the Grand Secretary ' s department , and there were also present Bros . W . Fisher , George R . Laugh' )' .

William Vincent , Chaiks J . R . Tijou , George Graveley , Charles Dairy , Henry Garrod , George Cowell , T . W . Whitmarsh , S . H . Goldschmidt , George Read , Major-General F . Gadsden , Walter Martin , James Bunker , VV . Kipps , S . Stridly , Edward Witts , W . H . Skinner , J . Lawrence , W . J . Light , Lewis Poulton , W . H . Hubbert , J . Cox , H . Massey , John H . Rutherglen , J . T . Davies , F . T . Larkm .. " , W . Russell , Charles Daniel , A . E . Clements , John Grist , William Eng lelield , J ' Austin , John Oldis , Richard Prill , Henry T . Stoner , and T . Willcox .

The brethren first confirmed recommendations to the Grand Master , made at the June meeting , lo the amount of ^ 280 . There were 31 cases on the new list qualified through lodges in the London district , and at Hanley , Liverpool , Cn ' ' lcng , Gravesend , Landport , Malta , Aylesbury , Calcutta , Dartford , Bursleiiii I ' ortishead , Bristol , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Eccleshill , Sydney , Scarborough , l ' '"' hamCoventry , Hong Kong , Leamington , and Newton-le- Willows . Two of tnt ;

, casts were deferred and three were dismissed . A total sum of . £ 710 was voted to the others . The proportions in which the recommendations and grants were made were as follows : Grand Lodge was recommended to sanction a vole o £ 7 $ in one case and £ . $ 0 in each of two other cases ; the Grand Master WJ > recommended lo allow / 40 lo be given to one petitioner and , £ 3 0 to each of " <"

cases ; and the Board made immediate grants of , £ 20 in 10 instances , £ ' ° each of two cases , and £ , $ to one petitioner . Among the persons relieved wt- "' brother whose savings were losl in the Liberator Building Society ; anuil '' - bruthcr whose business lias come to grief by the smallpox epidemic in Gloucestei ^ and a widow , whose husband , a . mariner , went down in the Drummond La ' ' - ' The Board sal nearly lour hours .

, * , NUTWIIIISTANUINC THE TACT that the Guildhall School of Music has been w j , ! , 0 " j a principal since January last , up to the present time the inciease in the nun , f' s students has . bein most satisfactory . In the spring term of this year there were J lnuie pupiL in the school than in the corresponding term ot iSy 5 , while the teiin I inded shows an inciease of 117 over the summer term of ib ' 115 .