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being at Bro . Pocock ' s installation . As Vice-President of the Board , Bro . Pocock had afforded him great assistance 0 n all occasion ; , for which he felt very much indebted to him- Several members of the Board were then present , and it was always pleasing to meet them , because he felt that he had their countenance and help on every occasion . He had been now over ei ght years President of the Board ,

and his time was nearly up . His next appointment—if he should be re-appointed—would be his last . He would then have served the office for io years . When he first accepted it he did not think he should have lived to serve live . Wnen he had served the office io years he would be in his 75 th year , when it would be time to give up Masonry altogether . Thirty years a member of the Board , 2 S years a ' Grand

Officer , he would have done his work in that time , but it would afford him always his greatest gratification that he had been supported by the brethren of the Board . He hoped Bro . Pocock would have a new President , and that ] ie would serve his three years as Vice-President , if so he would act under another President , and it was to be hoped would give him the same support he had rendered to him

( Bro . Fenn ) . He had witnessed the way Bro . Pocock did his work in lodge . Emulation working was a speciality of bis ( Bro . Fenn ' s ) , as he had been President of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement 30 years , and it was a great pleasure to him to see Bro . Pocock do the ceremony of initiation so admirably . Bro . Letchworth , G . Sec , said after the exhaustive

observation of the two Grand Officers on his left , little remained for him to say , except to express his appreciation of the compliment and honour done to him by the W . M . in associating his name with that of the Grand Officers . It had afforded him peculiar pleasure to be present , and he regretted that his duties elsewhere prevented him coming earlier , but it was very gratifying to him to see Bro . Dr .

Pocock installed in the chair of that distinguished lodge . It had been his good fortune to be associated with Dr . Pocock some time as a colleague on the Board of General Purposes , and during the last nine months officially . He was delighted to hear the manner in which the work was performed by Bro . Pocock in the lod ge ; it was most impressive , and the W . M . was word-perfect . This was

the hrst opportunity he had had of enjoying the hospitality of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge . It gave him great pleasure to be in a lodge in a neighbourhood with which 40 years ago he was intimately connected . His family resided a quarter of a mile from the hall in which he was now speaking—in 1 S 52—long before the houses now about there were built . Between their house in Kensington Park

Gardens and Kensal Green there was but one house—a farm house . To return to that neighbourhood was indeed a pleasure . He trusted the invitation he had had would be repeated at no very distant date . Bro . Lieut . Heath , I . P . M ., proposed " The Worshipful Master . " The toast was a difficult one to put after the previous eloquent speeches . Still , Bro . Pocock ' s eoodness

recommended it to the brethren , and it consequently required very few words of his . The brethren were aware that the W . M ., the S . W . and J . W ., and himself were initiated in that lodge together . He ( Bro . Heath ) was the leader of the party ; he was passing on , and they were following . He was pleased to see his worthy and distinguished brother in the chair of K . S . The brethren

were quite sure he would fulfil the duties required of him . The VV . M ., in reply , said he thanked Bro . Heath sincerely for his kind words . They were old friends , and less than Bro . Heath had said he hardly could have said , from the position they occupied towards each other in the last few years . Nevertheless , he believed what Bro . Heath had said came from his heart . It would not be his iths

Yy . M . ' s ) fault if the brethren did not have a happy year . Everything that lay in his power to do for the good of the lodge he should do with hearty good Masonic feeling . He anticipated no troubles , and he hoped he ; would , be able to J V ' at the end of his year that his anticipations * had been fulfilled . The brethren who had so kindly gathered around him that evening to assist in makinc this , his initial nlcht . •"""¦ v- >^ ii , "s <• " oaaiai . iu uidKuig tinsnis initial mgnt •"""¦ v- >^ ii , "s <• " oaaiai . iu ludKiug tinsnis initial mgnt

, , such a success he thanked for coming out in such inclement weather to support him . To the brethren of his own lodge he wished to say that he sincerely hoped the forthcoming year would be one more link , and not by any means the weakest link , in the chain of Masonic love that bound them all together . He knew the brethren had his goodwill at heart , and he trusted nothing in his conduct , either as Master of the lodge or as a brother amone the brethren , would lw , , such a success he thanked for coming out in such inclement weather to support him . To the brethren of his own lodge he wished to say that he sincerely hoped the forthcoming year would be one more link , and not by any means the weakest link , in the chain of Masonic love that bound them all together . He knew the brethren had his goodwill at heart , and he trusted nothing in his conduct , either as Master of the lodge or as a brother among the brethrenwould be

, wanting to make that love stronger and heartier at the end of his year than at its commencement . lira . Frederick King , replying to the toast of " The Initiate , said he was a little nervous during the initiation , but he was a little more nervous now . He was much impressed with the initiation ceremony ; he supposed it was

wcau . se it was so perfectly rendered . He did not think he could feel more impressed by anything else ; certainly he nail never been more impressed b y anything in his life ; and Jefelt that what he had heard that ni ght would have a lasting and beneficial effect , and that he would be indeed more serviceable than he had been to his fellowmen . He Wieved that was the object of the Craft , and that was his

, ject in joining it ; it was not from a mercenary or selfish ° " | cct . He trusted he should be a good Mason always . 1 ' ro . Naoroji , M . P ., P . M . 1159 , replying to the toast of ,. 'ne Visitors , said he was very much pleased to hear the K « IU words which fell from the Past Grand Treasurer about J *< - ™ a . He was sorry hewas not present . Bro . Cama " •M achieved a great position in Masonry , and they were ? ' ! proud of him . Bro . Cama was a Mason not only by "" nation and in his heartbut by inheritancehis father

, ; » . ' a B °° d Mason ; his uncle was a very good and fine wsonj and every member of his family was a Mason . He ™ s pleased that Bro . Cama was so well and so highly DM Cted , by Masc , ns in ' England . The VV . M . and all the di , l •.. e , v very we" w ) l at * ' asor"'y was and what it ' ,. W's country , and he need not say more on that : "'] ect ; but he might say a word with regard to what labunry did in India . Notwithstanding all the benefits it \\ ' 3 i t -- •—>«- .......... I ... uniting an uiv ud ^ iil-a 1 L

< inn c " nferrln S llere » 't was doing a far greater and more the 1 Wjrk '" 'nJia - LHfCvvence as thtre was between frier , '' ! 1 and t ,, e rule ( 1—and unfortunately our English InrJI re were not makin £ lhE approaches to the into iH 1 h lhe Indians desired—but Masonry stepped and breach , and did that grand work , political , social , l , '" oral . by which the Indians and the English were ¦ Veil io ^ clhcr ' " > brotherhood and good feeling . The Wil" nnght rest assured that Masonry was doing a grand K'and r •'" l'la' res l ) ect > not merely in Masonry , but a " Political work , by which it was drawing the natives

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ot India—drawing their hearts and feelings—towards the Englishman . It was only in the lodges they met on equal terms . The English there excluded natives from their invitations to their private houses . The brethren would be surprised to hear that they wauld not admit natives , however fitted and qualified they might be in England—not even to their clubs . It might be a surprise to the brethren ,

but it was a fact ; and were it not for the important work that Masonry was doing , the breach between the two people would be wider , and therefore he thought the work Masonry was doing by the golden bridge it had thrown over the system of the English and the Indians was far higher than the work it was dying here . Bro . Naoroji concluded by thanking the VV . M . and the brethren for their hearty

reception of the visitors . Bros . Cochrane , Spaull , and Money also replied . The Worshipful Master proposed "lhe Installing Master . " Bro . Heath had carried on the work of the lodge during the past year in an exemplary manner , not only the work that took place at Notting-hill , but the work up the river . He was told it was an astounding success , and he

believed it would take place again . He had to thank his co-initiate , Bro . Heath , for the admirable way in which he had installed him . Everyone was as much impressed and delighted as he ( the VV . M . ) was . He then presented him with a Past Master ' s jewel voted to Bro . Heath by the lodge . Bro . Heath , I . P . M ., replying , said he felt now in a new

position—on the downward road ; he was past . He was reminded very much of being in Scotland two years ago going up Arthur ' s Seat ; it took a long time to go up , but you could get down in 10 minutes . He had been 15 years going up to the chair , but he went down in 12 months . He hoped he had earned the jewel , and that he had done his duty . He had tried his level best to make the lodge a

happy lodge . The average attendance had much increased . The other toasts were afterwards givin and replied to at a late hour . Under the direction of Mr . Francis Lloyd , the music of the evening was performed by Miss Rose Brooke , Atiss Greta Williams , M . F . Lloyd , Mr . Henry Bailey , Miss Gertrude Bailey , and the l . P . M .

Welcome Lodge ( No . 16 73 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the 1 Gth inst ., at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel , E . C . In consequence of domestic affliction , the W . M ., bro . Harry Godwin , was unable to attend , and his place was taken by Bro . R . Clay Sudlow , P . G . Std . Br ., who is an honourable member of the lodge . The

other offices were rilled by Bros . Ough , S . VV ., VV . M . elect ; Owen , J . W . ; Leigh , S . D . ; Gates , I . G . ; Bartholomew , P . M ., D . C ; J . D . Langton , P . M ., Sec , and Hewlett , Stewards ; Lane , Tyler ; White , l . P . M . ; Royle , P . M . ; Henderson , Thompson , A . E . R . Brett , Morris , Monckton , George Godwin , T . E . Smith , B . J . Lord , and Harry Rogers . Visitors : Bros . Frederick Ough , 49 ; Vickers

Dunfee , 1 S 27 : C . I . Lewis , 155 ^; Edwin Bare , 1223 ; Robert J . Cook , P . P . G . Reg . Kent ; J . H . Pearson , 15 G 7 ; A . Bevis , 15 O 7 ; Percy Monckton , 1 S 27 ; Reginald White , 1351 ; and K . King , 211 . After the lodge had been opened and the minutes read and confirmed , Bro . Bartholomew presented the Alaster elect , Bro . Ough , for installation , which ceremony Bro .

Sudlow then performed . We have on more than one occasion heard visiting brethren , while returning thanks for the visitors , say tnat they had experienced a " great Masonic treat , " but certainly this expression would be fully justified in describing the manner in which Bro . Sudlow carried out the duties of Installing Mister . No work could have been more impressively dune . The

officers appointed and invested by the VV . AI . were Bros . Walter C . Owen , S . VV . ; H . H . Leigh , J . W . ; C E . Barnett , P . M ., Treas . ; J . D . Langton , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W . Surrey , Sec . and Steward ; H . J . Gates , S . D . ; W . Howlett , J . D . ; James Thompson , I . G . ; Gilbert Bartholomew , P . M ., D . C ; A . E . R . Brett , Steward ; andW .

Lane , lyler . The lodge was afterwards closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet . the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed by the W . M ., and an excellent programme of music was given by Bros . Reginald H . White and B . J . Lord , and Messrs . A . H . Martin and J . Stanley Goddard .

St . Leonard Lodge ( No . 1766 ) . —The monthly meeting was held at the Town Hall , Shoreditch , on the 2 nd inst ., under the presidency of Bro . VV . Beasley , VV . M ., there being present , amongst others , Bros . G . T . Barr , P . M . ; J . A . Jones , P . M . ; J . Funston , P . M . ; J . cox , P . M . ; and H . J . Thrower , P . M . Bro . S . G . Kaufman , J . W ., was elected W . M . for the ensuing year ; Bro . B .

Nicholson was re-elected ' treasurer ; and Bro . J . Very reelected Tyler . It was also decided to present the VV . M , with the usual Past Master ' s jewel at the expiration of ins year of ollice . In consequence of the difficulty recentl y experienced in providing for the comfort of the members at the Town Hall , a resolution was passed for taking steps

with a view to the removal of the lodge . 11 may be stated that Bro . Shurmur , S . W ., is in the chair of another lodge , or he would have succeeded the VV . M . in due course , ihe lodge was in mourning for the late Bro . L . Stean , who was founder and first VV . AI . of the lodge . The banquet was held at the Great Eastern Hotel , Liverpool-street .

Derby Allcroft Lodge ( No . 2168 ) . —This prosperous lodge inaugurated its seventh festival at the Midland Grand Hotel , St . Pancras , on Thursday , the 10 th inst ., when some 50 members of the lodge , and more than Go visitors , including several distinguished Grand and Provincial Grand Officers , graced the interesting proceedings by their presence . Amongst the former were Bros , lohn D . Allcroft , P . M . ; T . Gibb , P . M . ; J . D . Fitzgerald ,

P . M . ; H . Halliday , P .. VI . ; F , A . Baldwin , M . litford , VV . Short , W . Alachic , G . Godfrey , F . Paterson , W . P . Martin , VV . Bradford , M . Kuchn , M . 1 ' owle , J . Murison , I " . Wholcy , Nathan Kobinson , A . Ingram , H . VV . Karn , M . E . Braxton , J . VV . Mitchell , A . A . MiJhvard , Emil Hahn , J . II . Lewis , VV . Joy , M . Humphreys , Hirschleld

P . O . , John Hyman , Robert Gregory , C . Alachie , B . G . Elliott , VValter Barnett , and J . Demetrius . Visitors : Bros . G . Hill , 1 G 07 ; J . C ' roager , 30 ; T . T . Bolton , 1 GS 7 ; W . G . Kent , W . M . 1321 ; S , V . Abraham , 1017 , G . P . j U . P . Lucas , 14 S 9 ; G . Glover , VV . M . 1 G 77 ; h . D . Richards , S 34 ; S . Johnson , 1319 ; J . Hambletun ,

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S . W . 1319 ; R . G . Robinson , 1531 ; James Terry , 22 S , P . G . S . B ., Secretary Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; F . Robinson , 17 G 5 ; H . G . Cubitt , W M 2020 ; G . VV . Mogford , S . D . 23 G 2 ; T . W . Moo-ford ! I . G . 2362 ; VV . Harris , LP . M . 1 GG 2 ; J . Kay , P . M ? 742 vV . Shurmur , W . M . 2192 ; A . Salmon , 1 G 22 ; Chas F " ' Bucke , P . M . 1531 ; W . H . Dixon , 27 ; R . Walkden ' , S . W . 13 G 6 ; J . Malster , 170 G ; J . H . Montague . IG

.. 2030 ; H . Alunday , 569 ; F . Hilton , P . M . 1 , 75 ; Jvl . Hyman ; P . U . Isaacs , Stwd . 1 S 5 ; M . Isaacs , 2030 ; A . H . Larcome , P . M . 3 ; J . Mills , 7 G 5 ; VV . F . Bull , P . M . 1707 ; T . C 1 nomas , 1 S 53 ; J . 1 . Lee , P . M . 404 ; H . Cooper , 172 ; R . H . Kingsbury , P . M . 166 X ; M . H . Hale , P . M . 27 ; G . J . Dawson , P . M . 1 S 53 ; G . W . James , S . D . 1602 ; A . Williams , 153 S ; M . Crocker ; H . S . Allcroft , 259 ; A . J . M . Bolton , SG 2 ; J . HowellD . C .

, 1321 ; VV . B . Elliott , 172 ; Richard Eve , 1 , P . G . Treas . ; J . Kilner , 195 ; W . J . Ratho , 170 S ; J . Schartau , Org . 1539 ; E . Dadziel , P . M . 1549 ; and j . Brand , 1706 . The lodge was laid out in the beautiful drawing room of the hotel , which would have gladened the heart of many an artistic Freemason ; the distinguished architect of the building , the late Gilbert Scott , would have been perfectly charmed could he during his life have witnessed such an

interesting scene . the Worshipful Master , Bro . Harding , with the assistance of Bros . Lord and Fitzgerald , initiated Messrs . Maldwyn Humphreys and Percy Hirschfeld . The W . M . next installed Bro . Lord , the W . M . elect , into the chair of K . S ., who , only five years before , was an interesting subject for initiation . The

VV . M ., Bro . Lord , invested his officers as follows : Bros . W . Thomas , P . M ., S . VV . ; J . W . Dixon , P . M ., J . W . ; E . Y . Jolliffe , P . M ., Treas . ; K . D . Cummings , P . M ., Sec . ; W . Lawrence , S . D . ; J . VV . Smerdon , l . D . ; Nash , I . G . ; S . Garcia , D . C . ; and Boden and " W . Mackie , Stewards .

The lodge being closed , the brethren adjourned to the banqueting room , where a recherche banquet was served in a style made famous by the Alid / and Company ' s manager , Bro . Towle . The formal toasts having received due attention , in the course of his reply , on behalf of "The Grand Officers , " Bro . Richard Eve said it gave him the greatest possible pleasure to again visit that much respected

and valued lodge , not only on account of the good working always to be found , but for the support the members gave to the grand Masonic Institutions , to which he was bound by hoops of steel , namely—the Boys' School—might that lodge always continue in its good work . Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . B . I ., in replying to the same toast , re-echoed the sentiments that had fallen from Bro . Eve , and said he would take the opportunity of

thanking the Craft in general , as well as that lodge in particular , for the extraordinary result of the Jubilee Festival held this year in Covent Garden , when the efforts of two members of that lodge contributed , viz . —Bros . J . Percy Fitzgerald and Robert D . Cummings—the sum ol 157 guineas , and the combined bod y of Stewards brought up amongst them no less a sum than £ 6900 , the largest amount ever contributed at any one Charity festival in this

country . It was fitting those remarks should be made in that lodge , because the name of Derb y Allcroft was ever associated in doing good , and whose Charity knew no bounds , and he ventured to say no more fitting monument to his name could be erected than a Alasonic lodge , and during the life of that distinguished brother . Bro . J . Derb y Allcroft , in reply to the toast of "The Past Masters of the Lodge , " said it afforded him an

unusual amount of pleasure to respond to that toast , so ably proposed by the VV . M ., because the lodge was carrying out to the letter the task laid down b y its founder six years ago , namely , a dignified rendering of the Alasonic ritual , and as far as laid in the power of the members , a due regard of the great Masonic tenet , Charity ; large sums had been got together by the Past Masters of the lodge on behalf of those Charities , and he

hoped that the spirit of Charity would ever be their principal constellation . Personally he should always take the greatest possible interest in the proceedings of the lodge , and when opportunity occurred—he was practically leading a country lite now , London would see very little of him—nothing would give him greater pleasure than to watch with an affectionate eye the progress of the lodge , and to attend its meetings as one of its members . Other toasts followed .

' 1 he Schartau Singers , Bros . Dalzell , Brand , Bradford , and Herbert Schatau gave a charming selection of music , and Bro . Hopkins ( campanologist ) same operatic selections on the silver bells , as given by him before the M . W . Grand Master at Sandringham a tew years ago . One ot the initiates of the lodge , Bro . M . Humphreys , sang a beautiful ballad , which was encored .

I he 1 vler s toast closed the proceedings . The VV . M ., Bro . Walter Freiven Lord , presided with an unusual amount of ability for so young a Alason . His remarks on all occasions have been enjoyably brief , and always to the point , and were much appreciated . Bro . William Short , principal trumpet at the Royal Opera , and a member of the lodge , played a cornet SJIO , which was re-demanded .

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D 1 DSIWRY . Doric Lodge ( No . 2359 ) . —The regular meeting was held on Saturday , the 19 th 111 st ., at the Didsbury Hotel . ' I here was a large amount 0 / business on hand—four passings and two initial ! JUS . The ceremonies were performed

respectively uy uros . J . fletcher , f . Al . ; [> . Mretch , W . M . ; G . A . Alyers , P . AI ., S . VV . ; and C E . Towell , l . P . M . The working tools were presented by Bro . G . A . Myers , S . W ., and the charge to the initiates was given by Bro . A . K . Boothroyd , J . W ., in a most admirable manner . 'There were four proposals for initiation in addition to the heavy work in anticipation .

liARROGATE . Harrogate and Claro Lodge ( No . iooi ) . — this lodge held its regular meeting un Friday , the nth inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Avenue-road , when there were present Bros . R . H . Walters , W . M . ; T . B . Wilson , S . W . ; J . A . Macnab , J . W . ; A . B . Bjot y , Sec ; W . Davey , b . L ) . ; VV . A Bell , J . D . ; A . J . bpinks , I . G . ; lhos . Linskill and VV . H . Turner , Stewards ; VV . Child , lyler ; H . Bungay , Asst . Tyler ; T . Lawrence , P . M . ;