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and brethren were rendered in a very able and impressrve manner by the Installing Master , Bro . Meadows . Bro . Carey , P . M ., Treas ., ably assisted in the installation ceremony . The ballot having been taken , and proving unanimous in favour of Messrs . J . E . Brook , W . M . Egles , H . V . Down , H . Simmonds , and W . Wickham , these gentlemen , with the exception of Mr . Egles , who had met with an unfortunate accident , ware duly initiated into the mysteries and privileges of Freemasonry , the working of the wholi ceremony reflecting much credit on the Worshipful Master and officers .

"Hearty good wishes" having been tendered by ths assembled visitor ; to the newly-installed W . Master , who announced his intention to s ^ rve as Stewird at the forthcoming festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , th » su-n of ro guin ^ is was unanimously voted from the lodge funds to the W . M . ' s list . Letters of regret on their inability to be present were read from Bros . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., R . M . B . I . ; Alfred Youngman , P . M . ( father of the lodge ); Henry Youngman , P . M . ; and others . The brethren at the close of the lodge adjourned to the banqueting table .

After partaking of the creature comforts , the usual loyal toasts of " The Queen and the Craft" ( special reference being made to the record reign of her Majesty ) , "The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " and "The Grand Officers , Present and Past , " were duly honoured . Rising to propose the toast of "The Worshipful Master , Bro . John Hampson , " the I . P . M ., Bro . Meadows , said that he had an easy task before him . Bro . Himpson had fully qualified himself for the position of W . M . by his long connection with the

Leopold Lodge , his regular attendance , and the thorough wiy in which he had served in the several offices allotted to him . He ( the I . P . M . ) hoped that the VV . M . would have a very pleasant and prosperous year of office , and felt sure that the toast would meet with that hearty reception which it deserved . The W . M ., who was warmly greeted , heartily appreciated the honour just conferred upon him . He was proud to occupy the chair of the Leopold Lcdje in this

memorable year of her Majesty's reign . He had worked hard to qualify himself for the chair , and all that he possibly could do would be done to maintain the working for which the Leopold Lodge had been distinguished . While sincerely thanking the lodge for its donation to his list as Steward to the Old People ' s Institution , he trusted that the brethren would individually rally round him and send him up with a list that would do credit to the lodge . Relying on the support of the Past Masters , officers , and brethren , he looked forward to a very happy and prosperous year of office .

"The Installing Master and Immediate Past Master" next claimed the attention of the brethren . The W . M . submitting the toast , said that Bro . Meadows , both as W . M . and Secretary of the Leopold Lodge of Instruction , had thoroughly deserved the thanks of the brethren of the Leopold Lodge . In addition , he had carried out the onerous duties of Installing Master in a manner which had given general satisfaction , and to mark the esteem of the brethren , he would ask Bro . Meadows' acceptance of a Past Master's jewel , which he trusted he might long be spared to wear , and that he would continue for many years to come to give the lodge the benefit of his Masonic

experience . Bro . Meadows , in response , was deeply sensible of the kindness he had received from all during his Mastership , and would highly value the beautiful Past Master ' s jewel just presented to him . During his many years' connection with the lodge , he had endeavoured to do his best , and if , as W . Master and Installing Master , he had earned the good opinions of the brethren he had been well repaid . As Past Master , the lodge would find him ready to do all in his power to promote its prosperity and usefulness . " The Initiates " having been given in feeling terms , was responded to by Bros . Brook , Down , Simmonds , and Wickham , who were much impressed with the ceremony

of initiation . "The Visitors" met with a very hearty reception , the W . M . expressing the thanks of the lodge for the goodly array of brethren from other lodges who had honoured the meeting with their presence . Bro . F . VV . Rose , P . M . 1607 , tendered fraternal greetings and hearty good wishes from the Lodge of Loyalty . Referring specially to the new brethren admitted th \ t

evening he emphasised the fact that the hope and promise of a lodge lay in the hands of the younger members . The initiates had been taught the equality of Freemasonry , but their responsibilities , no less than their privileges , were equal , for the Craft required from every brother alike the exercise of all the best powers with which he had been endowed . Bros . W . Dennis , W . M . 9 ; W . Crawford , P . G . S . B . Kent ; Harlow , P . M . 65 ; and Hewett , S . W . 917 ; also responded in suitable and feeling terms ; all testifying to the excellence of the working and a very enjoyable evening .

The claims of the Masonic Institutions were ably advocated by Bro . J . Mason , R . M . B . I . In responding to the toast , and dealing with the Girls' and Boys' Schools , he referred to the excellent work done by these admirable Instituti in ; , and coming to the Benevolent Institution , with which he was connected , he was glad that the W . M . intended to serve as Steward to the Old People's Festival in Februiry , to be presided

over by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught . The benefits of the Institu ' . io . i were not confined to the homes at Croydon , but were open in the shape of annuities to all poor and distressed Freemasons wherever located . The income from invested capital being so limited , it was on the generous and charitable help of the brethren that the executive relied to carry on the good work of relief to the needy brethren and their widows . Bro . Mason concluded a forcible appeal by inciting all present to the exercise of that virtue—Charity—which never faileth .

With the toast of " The Past Masters " the names of the Treasurer , Bro . William Carey , and the Secretary , Bro . Edmund J . Morgan , were coupled . Bro . Carey congratulated the W . M . on attaining to the chair on the lodge ' s majority , which was especially appropriate with the Mister ' s knowledge of Operative and Speculative Freemasonry . He had commenced his Mastership well by initiating

four gentlemen into the Craft in a manner highly creditable , and he felt confident that the initiates would prove themselves worthy members of the lodge into which they had that evening been admitted . Speaking on behalf of the Past Masters , he promised the W . M . all the assistance and support he might require at their hands during his year of office .

Bro . Morgan responding , was glad to say that the Leopold Lodge was never in a more prosperous condition . Exclusive of the Initiates they mustered about 50 members . Numbers , however , should not be the standard by which to gauge a lodge of Freemasons . Rather let them be judged by the ties of brotherly love and affection existing amongst them as members , but above all by the exercise of the greatest of the virtues—charity —without which they were merely sounding brass and tinkling cymbals , and in this connection he trusted that the lodge would heartily co-operate with the Worshipful Master in making his Stewardship worthy of the Leopold Lodge .

For " The Officers " Bro . F . P . Langford , S . W ., and Bro . George Horwill , J . W ., responded , pledging a regularlar attendance and all the help the officers could render to promote the prosperity of the lodge under Bro . Ilampson's Mastership . The musxal programme which gave every satisfaction , was carried out by Mr . Adolph Fowler , Mr . Gabriel Thorpe , and Mr . Chas . E . Knott , Bro . Arthur E . Kipps ably acting as accompanist .

Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 . This lodge , which was originally consecrated at Surbiton by the late Bro . Gen . J . S , Brownrigg and afterwards removed to London , held its installation meeting on Wednesday , the 20 th inst ., by special dispensation , at the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Motropole , when a biilliant assembly of the most distinguished Masons in England met to do honour to the lodge and its coming Master in the year of its majority . he business

T of the lodge having been transacted earlier in the day , the lodge was lormally resumed at G 45 , and the visitors and members on entering were conducted to their allotted seats by the acting Directors of Ceremonies , Bros . Frank Kichaidson , filzroy Tower , Weeding , and M : cville . The Most Worshipful Pro Uand Master , Bro . ( lie Earl of Lathom , G . C . B ., was announced and conducted lnl ° 'edge by a de puUtion consisting of the Treasurer , the Secretary , and four Past Matters , ar . d having assumed the chair , was saluted in ancient form . The W . M . elect , the

Bro . Right Hon . Walter Long , M . P ., was presented by Bro . Col . A . B . Cook , the senior P . M ., and instilled in the chair by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , who was most ably assisied by Bro . R . F . Austin , P . M . The special jewel of Master , formerly the jewel of the lamented Prince , H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence , who was the Master at the time of his death , was , according to custom , delivered to the care and keeping of the new occupant of the chair , to be worn during his year of office . The officers were then appointed and invested , and nearly every one had either been initiated in the lodge or had been an original member . We subjoin a list : Bros , the Earl of Euston , Prov . G . M .

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Norths and and Hunts , S . W . ; Viscount Dungarvan , Prov . G . M . Somersetshire , J . W . ; Very Rev . H . D . M . Spence , D . D ., Dean of Gloucester , P . G . Chap ., Chap . ; Alfred Cooper , P . G . D ., P . G . S ., Treas .: Colonel A . B . Conk . P . A . G . D . C , P . G . S ., Sec ; Earl of Yarborough , Prov . G . M . Licolnshire , P . G . W ., S . D . ; Hon . Sir Henry Stafford Northcote , Bart .. C . B ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master Devon , J . D . ; Lord Skehnersdale , P . G . W ., I . G . ; Colonel Mark Lockwood , M . P ., S . G . D ., D . C ; Sir Arthur Sullivan , Past Grand Organist , Organist ; E . F . G . Hatch , M . P ., Duke of Leeds , Lord Stanley , M . P ., and Viscount Milton , M . P ., Stwds . ; and E . J . Mills , Tyler .

After the address , most admirably delivered by Bro . Austin , P . M ., the Treasurer , Bro . Alfred Cooper , P . G . D ., rose and said : Worshipful Master and Brethren , —This lodge was started 21 years ago at Surbiton , and its principal founder and first Master was our Bro . A . B . Cook . In consequence of its great increase in numbers and prosperity , the lodge was transferred to London , and I think I may say without fear of contradiction , that no lodge of this age has ever held a more prominent position in the Craft . This , I may say , is chiefly due to the energy , tact , zeal , and ability of our Secretary , Bro . Cook , who is , as our Bro . Sir Gerard Smith , in a letter from Australia , very aptly calls him

the backbone of the Studholme Lodge—it gives me very geat pleasure to be on this occasion the mouthpiece of the members of our lodge , and to express on their behalf their great gratitude to you , and their thorough appreciation of your devoted and untiring energy as Secretary for the last twenty years , and they ask your accepUnceof this service of plate as a slight recognition of all you have done for the lodge , an I wish you long life , health , and happiness , that you will remain our faithful friend and manager . Bro . Col . A . B . Cook , P . A . G . D . C , then thanked the members of the lodge in the most feeling terms , and said this token of their appreciation for what he had done , and had

tried to do , for the benefit of the lodge , had come on him as a great surprise and showed that the members of the Studholme Lodge had been true to secrecy , as it had been a very kept secret indeed . It would be idle of him not to confess that the Studholme Lodge had been a great success , both Masonically , socially , and financially . The Masonic Charities had received during the past 21 years over one tho usand pounds , and he was happy to siy that out of nearly zoo brethren who had passed through the

books of the lodge , only eight had passed away during their membership He sincerely hoped that some at least of those who were present on that occision might be spared to be present at the jubilee , and that the Secretary of that day might be able to look back as he could on a happy and prosperous 20 years . The M . W . Pro Grand Master was then escorted out of the lodge as on his entrance , andithe Grand Officers having retired , the lodge was closed .

After dinner the only toasts were— "The Queen and the Craft , "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., " "The Earl of Lathom , M . W . Pro Grand Master " ( proposed by the W . M . ); "Success to the Studholme Lodge" ( proposed by the Speaker of the House of Commons ); and "The Visitors" ( proposed by the W . M ., and responded to by the Secretaries of State for the Home Department and for India . Among the members and visitors invited to be present , some of whom were unavoidably detained were the following :

Bros , the Earl of Lathom , G . C . B . ; the Earl of Yarborough , the Right Hon . Walter Long , M . P . ; the Viscount Wolseley , K . P ., G . C . B ., G . C . M . G . ; the Lord Chancellor , the Earl of Essex , Lord Charles Montagu , the Right Hon . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , the Right Hon . Lord George Hamilton , M . P . ; the Earl of Portarlington , the Lord Stanley , M . P . ; the Lord Ampthrll , the Lord Herschell , the Lord Skelrr . ersdale , Lord Herbert Vane Tempest , the Lord Addington , Right Hon . the Speaker , Sir Thomas Dyer , Bart ., the Viscount Milton , M . P . ; the Right Hon . Sir Matthew White Ridley , M . P . ; the Right Hon . Sir M . Hicks Beach , M . P . ; Sir James McGrigor , Bart ., Sir

Lionel Darell , Bart ., the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas . M . P . ; the Right Hon . W . Lawies Jackson , M . P . ; Sir Reginald Hanson , M . P . ; W . W . Beach , M . P . ; Victor Cavendish , M . P . ; Sir John Monckton , Thomas Fenn ( Hon . ) , Col . Malet de Carteret , Rev . J . S . Brownrigg ( Hon . ) , J . Balfour Cockburn , M . D . ; Capt . N . G . Philips ( Hon . ) , Col . Pratt Saunders , C . Godson , M . D . ; VV . E . M . Tomlinson , M . P . ; E . A . Baylis , the Viscount Dungarvan , Very Rev . the Dean of Gloucest-r , D . D . ; Sir Gainsford Bruce , Col Mark Lockwood , M . P . ; Sir George Harris , Robert Grey ( Hon . ) , Col . Le Gendre Starkie , E . F . G . Hatch , M . P . ; Admiral Markham , R .

Loveland-Loveland , R . D . M . Littler , C . B ., O . C . ; Frank Richardson , the Earl of Euston , E . Letchworth , F . Mead , C . Belton , H . A . Rigg , Col . James Peters , T . W . Weeding , C . F . Matier , Major Gordon Gilmour , R . Woodhouse , Col . W . W . Turnor , C Warner , M . P ., Major H . C . Fortescue , H . Gordon Miller , General E . C Sim , R . E ., C Ridley Smith , A . K . Tharp , R . Tryon , W . C Watson , W . C . Grigg , M . D ., A . W . Orwin , M . D ., H . W . Allingham , Alfred Cooper , T . D . Bolton , M . P ., Capt . F . C . L , Hulton , J . M . Sagar Musgrave , W . Mathews , E . Sagar Musgrave , A . Larcom , P . B . Hall , F .

Holme-Sumner , W . Towne , VV . Wilson , Col . Aubone Fife , C M . P . Phipps , Weetwood Wilson , C . B ., Capt . Portlock Dadson , Fritz Reiss , E . Routledge , W . G . H . Marshall , G . H . Dunsmure , C V \ Magniac , A . F . Sapte , Capt . J . Blyth , J . C Fitriroy Tower , Col . A . B . Cook , Capt . Challoner , M . P ., the Rev . Russell Wakefield , A . Stuart Brown , T . Gilbert Smith , H . Price , E . G . Glyn , H . T . Sullivan , S . H . Hargrove , Louis Mieville , C J . Lucas , Romer Williams , J . H . Matthews , Edward Darell , S . G . Kirchhoffer , R . F . Austin , W . C . Beaumont , S . H . Cartwright , Hastings Miller , Col . Newnham Davis , G . C . W . Fitzwilliam , and W . M . Guthrie .

Palatine Lodge , No . 2447 . The Festival of St . John in connection with the above lodge was held at the Albion Hotel , Manchester , on Friday , the 22 nd instant , when Bro . John Newton , S . W ., W . M . elect , was duly installed as W . M . for the present year by Bro . George Graham , the retiting W . M ., assisted by the Past Masters of the lodge . The lodge was opened by Bro . George Graham in the presence of a distinguished company , including Bro . Richd . Newhouse , D . G . Std . Br ., Prov . G . Sec . Cheshire , representatives from the Provincial

Grand Lodges of East Lancashire , Nottinghamshire , and West Lancashire , and many brethren from neighbouring lodges . Bro . John Newton was duly placed in the chiir of K . S ., the ceremony being ably performed by Bro . George Graham . The followinj officers were appointed and invested : Bros . J . E . Sharpies , S . W . ; W . Spencer , J . W . ; George Graham , I . P . M . and Treas . ; H . Perry , P . M ., Sec ; G . W . Thornton , S . D . ; J . Halliwell Roby , J . D . ; H . A . Henderson , I . G . ; F . Broadsmith , P . M ., D . C . ; W . Hulme Jones , Org . ; F . H . Slade , J . R . Home , E . P . Hethcrington , and W . Hughes , Stewards ; and I . Thompson , Tyler .

After a well-served banquet , the loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured , interspersed with songs , violin solos , & c . The time-honoured " Here's to his health" was well given by Bro . C Blacow , and aroused much enthusiasm on behalf of Bro . Newton , whose popularity was unbounded . Bro . G . Graham ably proposed "The Health of the W . M . " The W . M . replied in appropriate terms , and thanked the brethren heartily for the honour they had conferred upon him . The toait of "The Past Masters , " which was proposed by the VV . M ., was well

received . Bros . Graham , Broadsmith , Fowens , Perry , and Tinker responded . The heartiest wishes for a happy and prosperous year for the newly-elected W . M . were expressed by the visiting brethren . Due prominence was given to the fact that Bro . Newton had deservedly reached his high distinction in the brief spice of four years . The remaining toasts were duly honoured . The singing nf the National Anthem brought to a close one of the most memorable events in connection with this prosperous lodge .

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STAR CHAPTER , No . 1275 . The usual weekly meeting was held at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E ., on Friday , the 22 nd inst . Present : Comps . J . II . Cureton , P . Z ., M . E . Z . ; I . Dunn , H . ; C Plant , J .: F . Grummant , P . Z . - , Preceptor ; C . H . Stone , P . Z ., S . E . ; H . Hardman , S . N . ; Hy . Cornford , P . S . ; Barr , Hurdell , Wittey , Benedetti , and Henwood . The minutes of convocation , January 15 th , were read and confirmed . 1 hecere > ony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Hurdell personating the candidate . Comp . Geo Hy . Henwood , 704 , was elected a joining member . Comp . Isaac Dunn , H ., was elected M . E . Z . for the next meeting , and tin chapter was closed .