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The toast of "The Deputy Grand Master , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " led the W . Master to allude to one Grand office svhich svas nosv vacant , that of the Pro Grand Master , and referring to the late Earl of Carnarvon , svho for more than 15 years filled it , he said the Craft could ill afford to lose that brother , svhose talents were given to the svorld at large , as svell as to

1 ' reemasonry . The late Earl of Carnarvon vvas one whose example they vvould all do well to follosv . Bro . the Rev . J . Studholme Brosvnrigg * , P . G . C , in responding to the toast , said he quite endorsed every svord the VV . M . had said as to the gloom vvhich overshadowed that toast _ by the death of the Pro Grand Master . There svas certainly no one in England to svhom Masonry owed

so much as to the late Pro Grand Master . For a quarter of a century he had knosvn him , and a quarter of a century ago Masonry svas a different thing to what it svas nosv . During that time there had been a great heightening in the tone of Masonry all over the country , and that . had happened through the highly cultured mind of the late Pro Grand Master . At the installation of the Prince of VVales he set

an example to Masons , and he never did anything in all his Masonic career svhich did not give a tone to Masonry . The brethren osved him a great debt for svhat it vvas that day , and they all felt they had a great weight of sorrosv on them on account of his death . He vvould not say anything else in response to that toast , further than to say the Grand Officers returned their best thanks .

Bro . Jakins , I . P . M ., proposed "The Health of the W . M ., " svith svhom he had had the pleasure of working in that lodge , and he looked forsvard svith pleasure to the year of harmony svhich he knew the brethren svould have under his rule . When Bro . Cox should leave the chair he was certain that the lodge vvould be in even a more flourishing state than it now happily vvas .

The Worshipful Master , responding , said it svas a source of great gratification to him to be placed in the proud position he then occupied , and he trusted that his occupancy of that position svould be of benefit to the Duke of Cornsvall Lodge . He hoped the lodge svould be a great success . For that end he relied on the co-operation and assistance of the ofiicers and past officers , and he svould do his best to

encourage them . The AV . M ., in giving "The Installing Master , Bro . Marcus , " said the Dukeof Cornsvall Lodge svas very proud of his work , and he hoped Bro . Marcus vvould be vvith them many years to assist them . He had taken a great journey this year , but they had never forgotten Bro . Marcus . Bro . Marcus , P . M ., in replying , said unfortunately for

the lodge he had had to take a great journey to Australia , but fortunately it had ended very successfully , and he vvas now pleased to be vvith the brethren that night to render any assistance he could . At any time if they called upon him he vvould all he could for them . The furore svith vvhich his name vvas received took away his breath , but ever since he had been a member of the Duke of Cornsvall Lodge he

found every Masonic virtue existed in it . When he vvas going to Australia the Duke of Cornsvall Lodge wished him God-speed . On many occasions when he vvas asvay he thought of the brethren , and vvhen he came back he found the same good feeling among them as he had alsvays experienced vvhen vvith them . In giving the toast of "The Initiates , " the W . M . said he

hoped the nesvly-made brethren vvould never forget the ceremonies they had gone through , and never regret the step they had taken . The more they learned of Freemasonry the more they would like it , and he hoped they svould always carry out in their every-day life the principles they had learned that evening . Bros . Bladon , Turner , Thomas , and Jacobs severally responded .

The toast of " The Visitors " vvas responded to by Bros . Wood , Judd , McLeod , and Mason . The W . M ., in giving "The Masonic Charities , " said he vvas going up as Steward for the Boys' School . During the last two years the Duke of Cornwall Lodge had contributed £ 13 ° or ^ 140 to the Charities , vvhich vvere doing a great work . What greater pleasure could the brethren have when they were enjoying themselves than to think they vvere assisting those vvho vvere in worse circumstances than themselves .

Bro . J . M . McLeod , P . M ., Sec . of the Boys' School , replied , and said his task vvas anything but a light one , as he vvas succeeding in the office a man vvho for 30 years had over and over again , in forcible , strong , and eloquent terms , spoken on behalf of that Institution . It had lately gone through a serious trial , and he . wished he could say it had come out of it svith good grace . He trusted that the light

svhich had been throsvn upon it vvould do great good to the Order and to the Institution . The management was now gone into vvith a good , thorough clean hand , determined to sweep asvay all abuses . He svas sure it svould meet vvith the approbation , sympathy , and support of the brethren . He asked the brethren to support their Master ' s Stewardship , and so assist the svork of reform .

Bro . Mason also replied . Bro . Brooke , P . M ., replying to the toast of " The Past Masters , " said , though he had the misfortune to reside in Vienna , he came every year to the installation of the W . M . of the Duke of Cornwall Lodge , and he had great pleasure in finding himself once more among the brethren . He expressed his sorrow for the loss of tsvo of the founders

, but he rejoiced that the lodge svas constantly being recruited vvith newblood . He welcomed Bro . Marcus on his return from his journey round the world . He thanked Bro . Jakins for his personal work for the lodge . Bro . Jakins had had great anxiety on behalf of the lodge , but it had turned out a great financial success . It afforded him and the other Past Masters great pleasure and satisfaction to see four

gentlemen initiated that evening , vvho , he svas sure , svould be a great acquisition to the lodge . He only hoped they vvould follosv the steps of those vvho had gone before them . Bros . Corpe , P . M ., Treas ., and Dewsnap , P . M ., Sec , responded to the toast of " The Treasurer and Secretary , " Bros . Bladon , Culver , and other officers acknowledged the toast of "The Officers , " and Bro . Bosvler gave the Tyler ' s toast , after svhich the brethren separated .

BarnatO Lodge ( No . 2265 ) . —As usual when this lodge assembles , there svas a large gathering on Wednesday , the 17 th instant , at the Cock 'Tavern , Highbury , when Bro . E . J . Acworth , P . M . 133 , 1612 , 2077 , the VV . M . elect , was installed as the third Master of the lodge . The follosving vvere among the visitors * . Bros . Dr . R . W . Woodman , P . G . S . B . ; A . Garvatt , 1619 ; M . I . Emanuel , W . M . 205 ; G . Everett , P . M . 177 ; J . Hodgkyns , P . M .

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1026 ; M . Levey , Sec . 1017 ; G . Cook , W . M . S 20 ; Isaac White , 205 ; Aubrey Saunders , 1344 , P . D . G . M . Madras ; H . J . Henochsberg , P . M . 1729 ; M . J . Emanuel , P . M . 1069 , P . D . G . S . B . Natal ; E . C . Mulvey , P . G . S . B . Surrey ; M . Mendelssohn , S . D . 212 ; L . M . Myers , P . M ., andE . Simmons , iSS ; VV . Lloyd , W . M . 145 ; I . Myers and VV . I . Gardner , VV . M . iSS ; F . Binckes , P . G . S . B . ;

A . J . Henochsberg , P . P . D . G . D . C . West Lancashire ; B . Wiegel , iSS ; VV . C . Steele , 2002 ; Herbert Sprake , 2192 ; Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ; J . E . Blank , 205 ; G . Milton , 19 S 7 ; M . Abrahams and L . Abrahams , Go ; A . Michell , 177 ; B . W . Jones , 1 S 91 ; J . Glass , P . M . 453 , P . G . S . of VV . Essex ; W . W . Morgan , P . M . 211 ; and A . Combes , P . M . S 20 .

In the unavoidable absence at the earlier period of the evening of the AV . M ., Bro . M . J . Jessop , the lodge was opened by Bro . Charles Frederick Hogard , P . G . Std . Br ., svhen the dispensation of the M . W . Grand Master svas read authorising the lodge to hold its meeting on Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., the third Monday being a Jesvish holiday , after vvhich the minutes of the last regular lodge

svere read and confirmed . The report of the Audit Committee and the report of the Committee of the Benevolent Fund of the lodge vvere received and _ adopted , the latter showing * a substantial balance of over £ 90 to the good . The ballot svas taken for the follosving brethren , svhodesired to join the lodge : Bros . Barnett I . Barnato , member of the Legislative Assembly , Cape Colony , Joppa Lodge , No . 1 S 8 , and

Woolf Joel , Peace and Harmony Lodge , Dutoitspan , S . A . In each case the result svas satisfactory , and the brethren named took their seats as members of the Barnato Lodge . Bro . C . F . Hogard , P . M ., P . G . Std . Br ., afterallpreliminaries had been complied with , raised Bros . H . Lesvis and Solomon Abrahams , the ceremony being most ably performed in his well-known style , and including the traditional history and

lecture on the tracing-board . Bro . Jessop having now arrived , took his chair as W . M ., and bro . Hogard liaving presented Bro . E . J . Acsvorth as VV . M . elect , Bro . Jessop administered the obligation . In due course the Board of Installed Masters vvas opened ( on this occasion essentially a large and representative body ) , and the new VV . M . vvas regularly placed in the chair . After congratulations , those

below the Installed Master ' s rank svere re-admitted , and the W . M . vvas regularly proclaimed and saluted in the Three Degrees , Bro . Hogard acting as the Director of Ceremonies . The follosving svere the officers invested : Bros . M . J . J essop , P . M . 1261 , I . P . M . ; Tom Honey , S . AV . ; I . B . Joel , J . W . ; J . Joel , Treas . ; M . J . De Leeusv , Sec . ; A . Levy , S . D . ; I . Gluckstein , J . D . ; M . Bash , D . C ; VV . Wright , Org . ;

C . Vandyk , I . G . ; H . Warner , A . D . C ; M . Hyman andE . J . Whiteway , Stsvds . ; and Walkley , Tyler . Bro . Jessop then gave the addresses in masterly fashion , and took his seat on the left of the Worshipful Master . Bro . Acsvorth ' s first duty vvas indeed a pleasant one ; the lodge had procured for their popular outgoing Master a chaste and handsome jesvel , svhile Bro . H . I . Barnato had supplemented their gift with

a splendid diamond for the centre . Bro . Acsvorth in placing it on Bro . Jessop's breast said that no one present svas better able to judge of its merits than the recipient , but he spoke the sentiments of the brethren svhen he desired Bro . Jessop to accept it , not for its intrinsic value only , but as expressing their appreciation of the zeal and assiduity he had displayed in the svelfare of the lodge since its inception some

tsvo and a quarter years since . The jesvel , svhich svas gracefully acknosvledged by Bro . Jessop , bears the following inscription : — " Presented to Wor . Bro . M . J . Jessop , by the brethren of the Barnato Lodge , No . 2265 , September 17 th , 1 S 90 , in recognition of his valuable services as Worshipful Master , 18 S 9-90 . The central diamond presented by Bro . H . I . Barnato . " The Barnato brethren unquestionably recognise

the services of those on whose shoulders the conduct of their lodge business rests . Bro . M . J . De Leeusv , who during the past 12 months has brought some amount of energy to bear upon his duties , vvas the next to be complimented . A very neat Secretary ' s jesvel svas nosv given to the W . M ., vvho , in handing it over to Bro . De Leeuvv assured him the members , one and all , thanked him for the attention he had given to his duties . The jesvel presented

to the Secretary svas inscribed as follosvs : "Presented to Bro . M . J . Ue Leeusv , by the brethren of the Barnato Lodge , No . 2265 , in recognition of his valuable services as Secretary , 18 S 9-90 . " Bro . De Leeusv , svho vvas completely taken by surprise , disclaimed any desire for special effort ; what he undertook he strove to go through svith satisfactorily . Their appreciation of his svork svould incite him further , and he trusted that as time rolled on he should still retain

their good opinion . After routine business had been attended to , the lodge svas closed . The banquet svas served by Messrs . Baker , Bros ., Limited , under the personal superintendence of Bro . Sams , svho received high commendation for the admirable manner in vvhich it svas placed before the brethren . On the removal of the cloth a full toast list svas honoured , but the speeches svas made as brief as svas convenient , in

order that those present might enjoy the musical treat provided . Bro . AV . Wright , the Organist of the lodge , to svhom had been entrusted the arrangements , had secured the services of the Unity Vocal Quartett , Miss Douglas , Bros . AV . Lloyd , Arthur Combes , Walter Syckelmore , I . White , and others , and by their united efforts a merry evening vvas spent .

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PROVINCIAL MEETINGS .

ALDERLEY EDGE . Alan Lodge ( No . 2368 ) . —The first regular meeting of this lodge svas held at the Queen ' s Hotel , on Thursday , the iSth inst . There svere present Bros . H . Gordon Small , S . W . ; T . W . Markland , J . VV . ; R . Lasvley , Treas . ; Fred Baxter , Sec . ; Arthur Keymer , S . D . ; Jas . B . Gimmell , J . D . ; VV . Urquhart , I . G . ; E . T . Everett ,

P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; VVm . Ramsden , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., D . of C ; J . A . Lee , VV . Aspden , and E . S . Stevens . Visitors : Bros . P . Jackson , P . M . ; J . McKim , 1030 ; J . A . AValsh , 323 ; and J . Nicholson , 322 . Bro . AVm . Ramsden , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., occupied the chair , and opened the lodge , and the minutes of the

consecration meeting vvere read and confirmed . The ballot svas taken for tsvo initiates and one joining brother , all of svhich proved favourable . The chair was then taken by Bro . E . T . Everett , who initiated the first candidate . The second ceremony of initiation was performed by Bro . R . Lasvley , W . M . 1140 . The by-laws vvere then read and adopted .

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Considering this vvas the first meeting , the work vvas well conducted . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Egerton , P . G . M . Cheshire , was elected an honorary member . All other business being at an end , the lodge vvas closed .

BRADFORD . Acacia Lodge ( No . 2321 ) . —The usual monthly meeting of this Iodge svas held at the Masonic Hall , on the nth instant . In the unavoidable absence of the VV . M . the chair svas occupied by Bro . S . A . Bailey , P . M ., D . C , vvho svas supported by Bros . S . A . Auty , P . M ., S . W . ; Joseph AVilson , P . M ., P . G . Stwd ., J . W . ; Geo . Althorp , P . M .,

P . P . G . P ., as I . P . M . ; John Haigh , P . M ., Chap . ; J . T . Last , Sec ; Thos . Josvett , S . D . ; John Niven , J . D . ; John Thornton , I . G . ; John Hill , Tyler ; Alfred J . Boyle , John Merton , Goodman Root , James B . Fearnley , and Saml . Robinson . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the Audit Committee reported that they had examined the Treasurer ' s accounts for the current year

svhich vvere found to be correct , after vvhich Bro . S . A . Auty , P . M ., S . AV ., svas duly elected W . M ., Bro . Charles H . Ellis as Treasurer , and Bro . J . Hill as Tyler for the ensuing year . A candidate vvas proposed for initiation , and nothing further offering for the good of Freemasonry , after " Hearty good svishes , " the lodge vvas closed , and the brethren adjourned for refreshment .

BATTLE . Abbey Lodge ( No . 1184 ) . —A meeting of this lodge vvas held on Thursday , the 18 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , svhen there svere present Bros . W . A . Raper , W . M . ; J . B . Foster , S . W . ; J . W . Pepper , J . W . ; Very Rev . E . R . Currie , D . D ., P . M ., G . Chap ., Chap . ; H . G . F . Wells , P . M ., P . P . G . P ., Treas . ; R . Hughes , P . M ., P . G . Std . Br .,

Sec ; J . Chance , as S . D . ; T . VV . Avis , J . D . ; W . T . Jordan , P . M ., D . C ; F . AV . Hotham , I . G . ; J . Fielder , Org . ; AV . J . Nesvman , Tyler ; R . T . Davison , M . D ., I . P . M . ; AV . Lamborn , P . M ., P . P . G . P . ; C . J . Honisett , J . Belchamber , J . Hodson , L . F . St . John , and others . Visitors : Bros , the Rev . R . W . Loosemore , P . M . 974 , P . P . G . C Yorks , and George P . Langley , P . M . 183 .

Several items of business purely connected svith the administration of the lodge having been disposed of , the W . M . proposed , and Bro . Dean Currie seconded , a vote of congratulation to Bro . Lord Brassey ( a member of the lodge ) on his marriage that day , svith hearty good wishes for the long life and happiness of the happy pair . This , as might be expected in the case of so popular a neighbour , vvas carried by acclamation , amidst fervent

expressions of regard and goodwill . The next business vvas the mournful duty of a vote of condolence vvith Bro . Supt . George Smith , on the death of his father . The respect in vvhich Bro . Smith is held in the Iodge ensured the sympathy of the brethren , as evidenced by the unanimity vvith which this svas carried . A donation having been voted to the Battle Nurses Association ( an excellent society calculated to provide much comfort and trained assistance for the sick and suffering ) , the lodge svas closed .

HOUNSLOW . Dalhousie Lodge ( No . 865 ) . —A meeting was held at the Tosvn Hall , on VVednesday , the 17 th inst ., vvhen there svere present Bros . G . Swann , W . M . ; R . H . Williams , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., S . W . ; C . AVoods , J . W . ; W . C . Williams , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br ., Sec ; AV . H . Causton , P . M ., P . S . G . D . Sussex , P . G . Stwd ., I . P . M . ; E . Clare , S . D . ; C . G . Hatt , J . D . ; C E . Betts , acting I . G . ; W . j .

Gardener , Stsvd . ; T . Bosvler , Tyler ; S . W . Keene , P . M . ; Haynes , Sidders , Cory , Spittle , W . Allison , E . Allison , J . Pattenden , Spraggs , T . VV . Barth , F . A . Barth , J . Cox , Boyce , and Essex . Visitors : Bros . T . AV . Heath , J . VV 1642 ; C . B . Price , 1585 ; Wake , 720 ; Ellenden , 1623 ; and Bellinger , 115 S . The lodge vvas opened , and the minutes of the last

meeting vvere read and confirmed . The ballot vvas taken for Messrs . Edsvard John Green , Robert Kerr , and William Joseph Rendall . This proving unanimous in their favour , they were initiated . Bro . Hosvard H . Room , Prov . Grand Secretary of Middlesex , for his zeal and energy in promoting the interest of the province , vvas unanimously elected an honorary member of the lodge .

All business being ended , the lodge vvas closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Red Lion Hotel to enjoy their usual banquet , vvhich vvas put on the table in Host Bull ' s liberal manner , so svell knosvn to the brethren of this lodge . After dinner the usual loyal and Masonic toasts svere given and responded to most heartily . The harmony of the evening svas much enlivened by

Bros . F . West , T . W . Barth , E . Clare ( Organist of the lodge ) , J . Spraggs , and T . VV . Heath . This lodge is nosv one of the most prosperous in the province , its progress since 1 SS 5 ( as shosvn by the Directory edited by Bro . H . H . Room ) has been most marked . In 1 SS 5 there svere 29 members ; in 1 S 86 , 20 ; in

1887 , 33 ; miSSS , 37 ; in 188 9 , 4 6 ; and at the present time 60 members , svith a balance in hands of the 'Treasurer at the last audit of £ 129 is . The by-lasvs of the lodge have just been revised and a Benevolent Fund established , vvith 25 guineas voted from the lodge funds , a most substantial sum to commence vvith .

PORTISHEAD . Eldon Lodge ( No . 1755 ) . —The installation meeting of the above lodge svas held at the Royal Hotel , on the 13 th inst , svhen the follosving brethren , among others , vvere present : Bros . VV . Glasspole , VV . M . ; VV . T . Shapland , S . VV . ; E . Davy , J . VV . ; J . R . Thebridge , P . M ., Treas . ; C . L . Thomas , P . M ., Sec ; J . Carey , S . D . ; C . P .

Billing , J . D . ; VV . Rice , P . M ., D . C ; H . M . Appleton , P . M ., acting as D . C ; A . J . Tonkin , I . G . ; C . Hazell , Stsvd . ; Dando , P . M . ; AV . K . Thomas , P . M . ; F . G . Dimery , P . M . ; E . Harvey , F . Brammald , C Morgan , J . Uncles , A . Jeffreys , J . Gay , H . Stafford , G . Morgan , and J . Sheppard . The visiting brethren included Bros R . C . Else , P . G . D . Eng ., D . P . G . M . ; J . Nash , W . M . 1 S 33 ; E . G . Grubb , P . M . 68 ; C . Pfeiffer , S . VV . 1833 ; James

Stoate , 610 , P . G . Tyler ; J . Habgood , 68 ; W . Jarritt , 68 ; T . Milligan , W . M . 610 ; T . Harris , 68 ; F . Moore , 13 SS ; L . Beck . 326 ; VV . Galpin , P . M . 68 , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; T . D . C . Leveritt , 68 ; J . Haddon , I . P . M . 1966 ; J . Stevens , 1457 ; T . Webley , S . AV . 68 ; Theo . Carrington , I . G . 6 S 6 ; J . Gard , P . M . GS , P . P . J . G . W . ; E . Rogerson , 6 S ; T . Jennings , W . M . OS ; F . Lesser , 720 ; C . Spencer , 13 S 8 ; A . Britt , W . M . 13 SS ; T . Butler , 68 ; and Fleming . There was a very fairsprinkling of the " purple" and a goodly array