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R EPORTS O ? fiLesi : VIC JVJEKTINGS : — Craft Masonry , $ 0 $ Instruction , 508 Royal Arch 509 Mark Mntnnry 509 Knights Ttmplar 509 Pies ntalion to 13 ro . J . Clark Sot ) An KxplanHtiori 510

The Votini ; at thc Girls * and Hoys' -School Elections 510 The Grami Lodgeof Quebec 511 CuRREM'o . \ nF . \ CE : — French Freemasonry -Jn The Elections f or the Hoys' and Gills' School 511 Bro . Edmondston ' s Protest 513 A Caution 512 Centenary or Special Jewels 512 Consecration of St . Leonard's Lodge , No . 1766 512 Consecration of the I . odiie of Process , No . 156 S 513

Laying thc Foundation Stone of a Church at Southport 513 Obituary , 513 Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham 514 Lodge of Henevo ' ence 514 Reviews 514 Dramatic Notes 514 Notes on Art , & c ; $ 14 Masonic and General Tidings , * . , 14 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 515 Advertisements , i ., ii ., iii ., iv ., v ., vi

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DALHOUSIE LODGE '( No . 860 ) . —Thc last meeting of this influential lodge was held at Anelerton's Hotel , Fleet-street , on Thursday , thc 101 I 1 instant , when there were present , amongst others , Bios . T . B . Doiison , W . M . ; Heige , S . W . ; Parker , acting J . W . ; Daiwood , I . P . M . ; Wallington , P . M ., Treas . ; Littill , P . M ., Sec ; Dickins , S . D . ; Smith ,, J . D . ; Christian , acting I . G . ; Baker ,

D . C ; Burleton , Sicev .-ml ; and Thompson , P . M . The visitors were Bros . J . D-iels-m , W . M . 55 ; Walls , P . P . G . O . of Middlesex , & c . ( Freema-on ); and Cozens , Organist , Royal Albert . The litter brother , in the absence of Bro . Seymour Smith , ably pnsiiUel at the harmonium . Thc minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the W . M . with the assistance of his officers ,

raised Bros . Jackson , 1 odel , ami Witidas , to the Degree of M . M ., and initiated Mcsrs . Crack and Jenkins . The ceremonies were well performed . There being no other business before the lodge it was eluly closed , anel thc brethren adjourned to the banqoet . Upon the removal of the cloth , the W . M . gave with commendable brevity the customary Royal am ) Craft toasts , which were eluly honoureel .

In proposing "The Health of Uic W . M ., " the I . P . M . said that consieli ring it was the first essay , the W . M . had performed his loelge duties very creditably . He said that the W . M . was very popular with thc members of the Dalhousie Lodge , not only for his geniality , but for his attention to the leielgc , and his good ejualities generally . He , thc I . P . M ., had haei the pleasure of introducing him to the lodge , and

he was very gratified that he had maele such lapid strides in Masonry as to be considered by the members of so old a lodge as No . SCo worthy to occupy thc proud position of W . M . He hail began his oflice financially well , and he believed that in Bro . Doelson they had a W . M . who would , at the expiration of his tenure , leave the lodge in good circumstances in every respect . In conclusion , he wished the

W . M . health anel prosperity . This toast having been received with excellent " fire , " thc W . M . made a very humourous reply . " Thc Initiates " followed , and the toast was acknowledged in appropriate terms by the brethren thus honoured . In giving " Thc Visitors , " the W . M . expressed the- great gratification he felt at being in a position to elHpense ihe hospitality of the lodge to their visiting

brethren , and he hoped llial their visit had been 111 every way satisfactory to them . This toast having been warmly receiveel , liros . Dodson and Walls responeled to it . "The Past Masters " came next . In introducing this toast the W . M . cxpatiateel at length upon the great personal obligations lie was under to those distinguished brethren . He said they had also elonc good suit and service to the lodge ,

and he hoped that their example would inspire those young members of the Dalhousie Lodge who were " working up " to emulate their gooel deeds . In referring to the I . P . M ., he said that no member coulel display greater energy in Masonic matters than Bro . Daiwood . He was an excellent " worker , " and a mosl genial brother , hut as he had occupied the chair nearly three year ** , his , thcI . P . M . s ' , merits

were so well known to them all , that he hoped they would parelun his dilating any further em the subject . This toast having been duly honoured , the I . P . M . maele a neat and modest response . " Ihe Treasurer and Secretary " came next , and drew from those Lrillucn very able replies , Bro . Littdl ' s speech being particularly good . In giving " The Oflicers , " the W . M . congratulated the lodge upon posscsing so strong an array of hare ! weirking members . The

duties ijf Uic cliair could not he fairly carried out unless the -. Hirers weic thoroughly conversant with their respective responsibilities . It would be invidious lo made comparisons , but there were two prominent members cf thc working staff who weic deservedly entitled to more than mere honourable mention , and they were Bros . Heige , S . W ., and Dickins , S . D . ( Hear , hear . ) This pledge having been heartily received "The Masonic Press , " and the Tyler's Toast

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terminated the proceedings , which were throughout most eminently successful . During the evening Bro . Cozens and others contributed some very excellent instrumental and vocal music . The next meeting of the lodge will be held on the second Thursday in November next .

•WHITTINGTON LODGE ( No . 862 ) . — The regular October meeting of this loelge was helel on Monday , at Freemasons' Hall , under the presidency of Bro . " Alfred Moore , W . M . Amongst the brethren present were the following officers : —Bros . Blakemore , S . W . ; Brown , J . W . ; Thomas Kingston , P . M ., Treasurer ; James Weaver , P . M . ; Secretary ; Tait , J . D . ; and Bros . Jones and

Walker , Past Masters . The Worshipful Master performed the work , which ^ . insisted of initiating Mr . William Jones , and raising Bro . James Irvine . Bro . BUkemore , S . W ., was elected as Worshipful Master for the ensuing year ; Bro . Thomas Kingston , Treasurer , and Bro . John Gilbert , Tyler ; Bro . Pike was elected Treasurer of the Benevolent Fur . d . A Past Master ' s jewel was voted to Bro . Moore .

The brethren afterwards disposed of some technical business , and subsequently closed loilge . A banquet at Freemasons' Tavern followed , and the usual toasts were proposed . Bro . Walker , P . M ., proposed " The Health of the W . M ., " and in doing so said this was the last time Bro . Moore would have the privilege and honour of presiding , and the toast , therefore , called for more remarks than at

the other times he presided . The W . M . had said he was going to have short speeches that evening , and that would be his ( Bro . Walker ' s ) excuse , ei en if he desired to make a long speech , for making a short one . The health of the W . M . was a pleasing subject to talk about . The proper course to pursue would be to recapitulate some of the events of the W . M . ' s year , but he could not charge his mind with

anything special , excepting that the W . M . had been most exemplary in discharging the duties attachetl to the office , that he had amply fulfilled the advice which he received when he was installed in the chair , and had shewn great couttcsy to all . It was a matter of congratulation that it had been so , and that he had not been found wanting in anything which attached to his position . He would like

to draw the brethren ' s attention to the very eleiquent and able style in which he hail performed the ceremonies . Thc compliment which the brethren had paid the W . M . by voting to him in the lodge a P . M . 's jewel was well deserved , and the brethren felt so , as was evinced by the general approval with which the motion was received . The money value of the jewel

was not so important as the unanimity w ' nh which the proposition was greeted , each brother vying with the other to elo the W . M . honour . Thc W . M ., in reply , said he highly appreciated the very coutteous anel kindly m inner iu which his I . P . M . and friend , Bio . Walker , had referred to him , and also to the brethren for the very generous way in which they had received his remarks . Bro . Walker had

referred to his ( the W . M' : * . ) good qualities ,- but there was no man , as a rule , who , if he asked himself the question , and answered it honourably and honestly , was so well acquainted with his faults as the man himself . He ( the W . M . ) was conscious of two or three slips during his year of office ; but although he was conscious of those slips , he was conscious of this fact , that they had been altogether

unintentional . He could not help feeling ( and he said it with all candour , relying entirely on that good brotherly feeling which existed amongst the brethren ) , a little ashamed of himself when he came to the end of the ceremony of raising that evening that he forgot one or two items ; but it was six or seven months since he went through it , and he had not had an opportunity of instruction since

then . Bro . Walker , however , helped him through the difficulty . He certainly appreciated very much the brethren ' s goodwill , and he hoped he should always retain it . The W . M . next proposed " The Health of the Initiate . " In building * up a house there must bc foundation stones , and the initiate woultl remember he was placed in a certain position in the loelge figuratively to represent the

foundation stone . They always welcomed initiates whom they could looked fotward to as men whose society they would enjoy , and treat essentially as brethren in the true and honest sense of the word . They had with them one that evening who , although he ( thc W . M . ) only knew superficially at present , he wished to speak of as he found him , and in this case he found the initiate a man , who by his

manner of going through the ceremony , seemed impressed with the seriousness of the undertaking . In a few words apart with him while sitting at the table the initiate tolel him he was very much impressed with the poetry and grandeur of the Masonic ritual . Now , when a man told him that he thought the brethren might look upon him as a good and true brother . The toast having been honoured ,

Bro . William Jones saiel he was no speaker , and , therefore , would be very brief in what he said ; but what he had to say he coulel say with all his soul . He thanked the breth . ren for the kindly manner of his reception , and particularly for thc kindly assistance he receiveel from those brethren who surroundeel him and the W . M . For years , anel though his life had not been a long one , he could say , for years

and for years he had thought there was something about Masonry which he should like to know , and in knowing , possibly to belong to it ; but for the life of him he never coulel understantl what Masonry was , and up to the present he must say he did not know much j but this much he woulel say , that in thc course of his business he had fortunately been thrown among men who had happened to be Masons , with whose

character and honesty he was much impressed—very much impressed . On those grounds he was among the brethren that evening . If there was something to be learned then they would find him a very apt student indeed . So far , he might tell them that he highly appreciated what he had seen , among which was the good fellowship by which strangers were pleased to recognise a man as a brother , if that man was respectably introduced to them . He was

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sure that introduclion was realised in the minds of the brethren , and he only hoped that in the future his association with tbe brethren woulel be equally agreeable as it had been yet . If it was as agreeable to the end as it was now , he felt assured that it would be pleasant and profitable to all of them . The W . M . proposed " The W . M . Elect . " The majority of them had known Bro .

Blakemore some years , and had seen how very carefully and conscientiously he had carried out all his duties in every office to which he had been appointed . He ( the W . M . ) felt certain , and he was sure all the brethren did , that now Bro . Blakemore had been elected to the responsible position of W . M . of the lodge , he would as well fulfil his duties in the future as he had in the past . Bro . Blakemore in

responding , said he was pleased that the brethren appreciated his performance of his past duties by calling him to a more important office , in which he hoped to acquit himself with the same credit as the brethren considered he had in thc assistant offices . The W . M . had spokee \ of him in very high terms . He ( Bro . Blakemore ) did not think he was rterserving of such eulogy , but he

hoped by the time he had finished his career in office the brethren would give him the same kind vote which on the motion of Bro . Walker had been passed to Bro . Moore . He looked forward to that event with a great deal of pleasure , as it was his highest ambition . When he got it , if he did get it , he should feel that he had deserved the honour which they had

conferred on him that evening . The W . M . then proposed " The Past Masters . " He felt , as he was very likely soon to be one of that body , that he was interested in thc toast , but when he was one of the body , he woulel try to be a worthy member of it . It was clear to him from his twelve month ' s experience that the P . Ms , were by no means nonentities , for they were very useful to the W . M ,, ' to

whom they gave the advantage of their past experiences ; having gone though the mill themselves they knew the W . M's . weak points . They were always able and willin g to come and assist the W . M ., and of this fact the brethren had had a proof that evening . Bro . Jones and Bro . Walker replied , the latter stating that everything appertaining to the office of Treasurer was in a very prosperous

condition ; also , that there was no debt , everything having been paid except t '; e small dinner that night . Bro . Kingston , the Treasurer , desired him to say that he had a very large balance in hand , such a one as would charm the heaits of the Auditors a few weeks hence . The W . M . then gave " The Officers . " He thought the brethren were all fully conscious of the

very excellent way in which the oflicers conducted their duties . When he joined the Whittington Lodge he was , although ignorant of what Freemasonry was , on the very first occasion impressed very unfavourably with those brethren who had to conduct him through the ceremony , and he remembered , when he was a very young Mason , only three months' old , that he felt so strongly on the point

that he spoke out about it , and brought forwarel a proposition , which was , although unintentionally , offensive . He then proposeel that no one should be permitted to take office unless he was able to fulfil thc eluties . Since that time , though he did not say his proposition had anything to do with it , a better conelition of working had prevailed , and so far as the officers were concerned , no Master could

succeed unless they were good officers . However well up in his own personal duties he might be , it was impossible he could impress canelidates favourably unless he was thoroughly well supported by all his officers . He might do the work as well as it was possible to be done ; but if his officers were not efficient , the whole affair went as a piece of macninery would where one cog in a wheel was broken .

The initiate to-night would bear him out when he said that everything went as smoothly as it possibly could , and for that smoothness he ( the W . M . ) was indebted in a great measure to the oflicers . Me had great pleasure in testifying that during his year of office he had been greatly indebted to them . All the officers responded , and the brethren then separated .

"WANDS * WORTH LODGE ( No . 1044 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held en Wednesday , Oct . 1 Gth , at the Spread Eagle Hotel , Wandsworth , under the able presidency of Bro . W . A . Morgan , thc W . M . The following officers anil brethren were present : —Bros . J . B . Walker , J . W . ; H . Wilson , Treasurer ; J . Frost , Secretary ; W . I . Huntley , J . D . ; Fredk . Reed , D . C ; F . W . Wardroper ,

I . G . ; E . H . Bodely , P . M . ; J . G . Carter , P . M . ; George Howick , P . M . ; H . E . Francis ( visitor ) , P . M . ; J . G . Kewney , P . M . ; H . R . Jones , I . P . M . ; P . Cooke , P . M . ; C . W . Gray , P . M . ; F . H . Newens , P . M . ; John Sanders , J . F Tucker , Percy V . Denham , W . Springett , W . H . Price , A . J . Duck , G . Clark , H . J . Newens , Geo . Fortescue , and A . A . Denham . Bro . Boddy , P . M ., filled the position of S . W .

Bro . J . Sanders was raised to the Third Degree , Bro . Tucker passed to the Seconel Degree , and Mr . Joseph William Marshall anel Mr . William Field , were initiated by the W . M . It was unanimously resolved , upon the motion of Bro . Carter , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Gray , P . M ., that a jewel of the value of five guineas , and a purse containing

a like amount , be presented to Bro . John Frost , the Secretary , for thc very efficient manner in which he had carried on tlie duties of his office for many years past . At the conclusion of the business an excellent dinner was provided by Bro . H . Dougherty , when the usual loyal , patriotic , and Masonic toasts were given , and responeled to .

CAPPER LODGE . ( No . 1076 ) . —Thc regular meeting of this lodge took place on Thursday , 10 th inst ., at the Marine Hotel , Victoria Docks , West Ham , and was opened by Bro . John White , the W . M ., at 6 p . m ., precisely . The officers present beside the W . M . were J . Dorton , I . P . M ; A . Knox , P . M . ; H . B . Holliday , P . M . ; F . Brian , S . W . ; P . McCarthy , J . W . ; B . B . Brayshaw , P . M . and Treas . ; Jas . Mitchell , Sec ; H . Taplay , S . D . ; T . Job . J . D . f