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Hedley , 2 nd A . S . ; J . Atkinson , P . P . G . R ., D . C ; E . Winpenny , Organist ; A . T . Piper and J . G . Welford , Stewards ; and R . Woodhams , Janitor . . „ „ , , Amongst the visitors present were Comps . C . T . Johnson , 509 , P . A . G . S . E ., and J . After the close of the chapter , an adjournment was made to the King ' s Head Hotel , where an excellent supper was partaken of , after which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts followed .

Instruction.

Instruction .

LA TOLERANCE LODGE , No . 53 S . A meeting was held on Wednesday evening , the 25 th inst ., at the Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , W . Present : Bros . T . A . Tidy , W . M . j J . Cumming , S . W . j C A . Sturgess , I . W . j J . Paul , P . M ., Preceptor ; Howard E . Mullins , Sec ; F . A . Zeppenfeld , S . D . ; S . G . Cross , I . D . ; H . Raphael . I . G . ; W . Procter , Tyler ; T . W . Smale , P . M . ; W . Rickwcod , P . M . ; Bannister Howard , C . Ornstein , S . WolffersW . FisherDr . VV . H . Georgeand C . Pinnell .

, , , . . Oh this occasion the W . M . of the mother lodge a-c ? pted an invitation to take the chair , and he was supported by his various officers . The lodge was opened in _ due form and the minutes of last meeting read and confirmed . Bro . Fisher being ^ candidate for passing , was duly examined and' entrusted . The lodge was opened in the Second Degree , and the cerem-mv of passing was rehearsed , Bro . Fisher being the

candidate . The lodge was opened in the Third Degree , and the ceremony of raising was rehearsed , Bro . Ornstein being the candidate . The lodge was resumed to the First Degree , The W . M . rose for the first time , and Bros . Frank Crocker , 269 S , and E . Davis , 435 , were unanimously elected joining members . The VV . M . rose for the secmd and third times , and , all Masonic business being ended , the lodge was ^ then closed in due form .

STAR CHAPTER , No . 1275-A meeting was held on Friday , the 20 th inst ., at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Churchstreet , Camberwell , S . E . Present : Comps . VV . Dawson , M . E . Z . ; J . Braik , H . ; J . H . Cureton , J . ; T . Grummant , P . Z ., Preceptor ; C . H . Stone , P . Z ., Scribe E . j W . E . Jeffery , Scribe N . ; W . H . Barratt , P . S . ; S . J . Derham , and P . H . Garner . The minutes of the previous convocation were read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . C . H . Stone personating the candidate . Comp . J . Braik , H ., was elected M . E . Z . for to-day ( Friday ) . The chapter was closed .

HYDE PARK LODGE , No . 1425 . A meeting was held at the Prince of VVales Hotel , Eastbourne-terrace , Bishopsroad , Paddington , W . Present : Bros . G . Weaver , W . M . j C . B . Lumley , S . VV . ; T . M . Lamble , W . M . 511 , J . W . j H . Dehane , P . M . 1543 , P . P . S . G . D . Essex , Sec . j j . H . Beardon , S . D . ; J . L . Powtll , J . D . ; W . H . Handover , I . G . ; A . Collman , Stwd . j W . J . Ferguson , W . M . 177 , D . Preceptorj J . R . Rogers , P . M . 733 ; G . E . Harris , G . H . Miles , W . H . Smith , and H . Foskett , P . M . 1 G 42 . The lodge was opened and the minutes of the last lodge meeting were read and

confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Harris being the candidate . The lodge was called off and on . Bro . Lamble , at the request of the W . M ., assumed the chair . The lodge was opened in the Second and Third Degrees , and after the usual preliminaries , the ceremony of raising was rehearsed , Bro . Cullman being the candidate . The lodge was resumed to the First Degree , and Bro . Weaver then reassumed the chair and rose the usual number of times . Bro . Lunley was elected W . M . for the next meeting , the officers to be in rotaiion . After " Hearty good wishes , " the lodge was closed .

ISLINGTON LODGE , No . « 47 » . The usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 24 th inst ., at the Ccck Tavern , Highbury , when there were present Bros . A . F . Hardyment , W . M . ; V . J . R . Longman , S . W . ; F . H . Johnson , J . W . ; W . Hancock , P . M ., Preceptor ; J . Petch , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . Herts , Treas . j C . M . Coxon , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Herts , and J . Duncan , P . M ., Sees . ; C . Nicole , S . D . ; E . H . Yexley , I . G . j A . Oliver , P . M . j VV . Goring , S . Cload , J . Ewings , A . W . Baird , J . Bailey , and J . Bone .

The lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . The ceremony of passing was then rehearsed , including the lecture on the tracing board , Bro . Baird being the candidate . The investiture of officers was rehearsed , and Bro . Longman gave the addresses . Bio . A . W . Baird was elected a member of the lodge . Bro . Longman was elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and appointed the officers in rotation . The lodge was then closed .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . ALDERMAN VV . H . MARSDEN , J . P ., P . G . S . B . It is with very sincere regret we announce the death of Bro . Alderman W . H . Marsden , J . P . The sad event for which , owing to a long ; continuance of failing health , the family and friends of our late brother were not wholly unprepared , occurred on the morning of Saturday , the 14 th instant , at his residence , Mile Ash , near Derby , in the affairs of which town he had for many years past taken an active and important part . His loss will be mourned by all classes and

conditions of men in the municipality he had so long adorned , and in whose interests he had laboured so arduously and successfully , but by no body or society will he be more sincerely lamented , or the memory of his virtues more sacredly cherished , than by the Masons of the town and county of Derby , amongst whom he had been a prominent and one of the most respected members for a long term of years Bro . Marsden was initiated in the Scarsdale Lodge , No . 681 , Chesterfield , in 1861 ,

and joined the Tyrian Lodge , No . 253 , when he came to live in Derby , becoming W . JI . in 18 74 . He was Prov . G . Sec . 1872-4 , and Piov . S . G . W . in 18 75 , in which year he was one of the special Stewards in London at the installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . He was appointed and served the office of Grand Sword Bearer of England during his Mayoralty in 1893 . He was P . Z . of the Chapter of Justice , No . 253 , Third Grand Principal of the Provincial Grand

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Chapter in 1884 , and Grand Standard Bearer of the Grund Chapter of England in 1 893 . In the Mark Degree he was a P . M . of the Woodiwiss Lodge , No . 503 ( being , in fact , the first Master of the lodge ) , and was recently appointed Provincial S . G . W ., previous to which he held the office of Provincial G . D . of C . In the Ancient and Accepted Rite he joined the St . Mary Chapter Rose Croix in 1886 , passed the chair in 1 S 92 , in which year he also took the 30 . He was installed as Knight Templar in the St . George ' s Preceptory , London , 1893 , and the same year

joined the newly formed Peveril Preceptory , Derby , in which he took the Degree of Knight of Malta , serving the offices of Eminent Preceptor and Prior in 1896 , and the following year was appointed Chancellor of the Province of Staffordshire , Warwickshire , Leicestershire , with Derby and Nottingham . Bro . Marsden was a libera ] and enthusiastic supporter of the Masonic Charities , for which he served no fewer than 14 Stewardships , and was Vice-Chairman of the Charity Committee of this province . Freemasonry in Derby has lost many shining lights , but never one who will be more missed than Bro . Marsden .

BRO . HENRY MUGGERIDGE . . It is with very sincere regret that we announce the death of Bro . Henry Muggeridge , who , though known only by repute to the present generation of brethren , was for about 40 years one of the most prominent members of the Fraternity in London , Our deceased brother was initiated in the Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , during the year 1839 , having , even in the days of his boyhood evinced an earnest des ' re to become a Mason Irom the fact of his father before

him having been a most zealous and painstaking member . On the day following his initiation Bro . Muggeridge became a member of the famous Stability Lodge of ^ Instruction , No . 27 , to which he was introduced by the late Bro . Peter Thompson , P . G . D ., one of the ablest and most enthusiastic exponents of our ritual that ever donned the collar of Preceptor . Here our late friend at once found himself in his element , nor was it long before he became as fully conversant with the rites and ceremonies of Freemasonry as those from whom he

had imbibed his knowledge . In 1845 he was installed as W . M . of his lodge , which he subsequenily served with the greatest devotion in the capacities of Treasurer and Secretary . In 1851 , on the death of Bro . Peter Thompson , he was unanimously chosen to succeed that distinguished Mason as the Preceptor of the Stability Lodge of Instruction , and during the many years he discharged the duties of that responsible and trying office had the satisfaction of turning out many and many a learned interpreter of our ritual . Under his auspices , itidied ,

as under those of his great predecessor , " Stability " working enjoyed a reputation second only—if , indeed , it was second—to that of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , nor can there be stronger testimony to his merits as an instructor than the fact that since his retirement from the act've duties of Masonry , " Stability" working has declined in influence , while " Emulation" working has taken the chief place in public estimation , and is becoming nearly—if , indeed , it has not already so become—the one and only guide which it is the duty of aspiring

ritualists to follow . But to proceed with our record of his services . In 1 S 57 Bro . Muggeridge was founder and first W . Master of the Panmure Lodge , No . 715 ; while in 18 79 he took a leading part in the consecration of the Lodge , No . 1679 , which was specially founded to perpetuate his fame , and his known on the register of United Grand Lodge as the Henry Muggeridge Lodge . But it was , perhaps , in Royal Arch Masonry that he won the greatest of his distinctions . He was exalted in the Jerusalem Chapter ,

No . 185 , in the year 1843 , but subsequently resigned ani joined the Union Waterloo Chapter , No . 13 . He was also elected a member of Mount Zion Chapter , No . 22 , and in due course was elected to the chair of First Principal Z . He was for very many years Scribe E . of St . James ' s Chapter , No . 2 , and also filled the same important ollice in St . George ' s Chapter , No . 5 , while , in 1868 , the late Earl of Zetland , the then Grand Z . j appointed him Grand Standard Bearer in Supreme Grand Chapter . In October , 1856 , he was elected Collector to the Royal Masonic Institution for

Girls , and after some 20 years and upwards of earnest service retired on a wellearned pension . He was a Vice-Patron of all our three Institutions , and had acted as Steward at five of the Festivals held on their behalf . Bro . Muggeridge died at his house in Kingsland on Saturday , the 21 st instant , at the ripe age of 87 years , during some 60 of which he was a member of our Order . The funeral will take place at Abney Park Cemetery to-morrow ( Saturday ) at the hour of 12 . 30 p . m ., and will doubtless be attended by a numerous gathering of his friends and admirers .

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