Craft Masonry.

Bro . Captain H . Mondehare , W . M ., Bros . Barlet and St . Clair , P . G . S ., acting as Senior and lunior Wardens , the election of the W . M . and Treasurer took place . Bros . J . Oppenheimi P . M ., Treasurer of the French Chamber of Commerce , and H . Bue , ot Christ ' s Hospital , P . M ., P . G . Std . Br ., were respectively elected VV . M . and Treasurer by a unanimous vote , the lodge thus showing the esteem in which these brethren are held , not only for their services rendered to the above lodge , but also to the Craft in general .

The usual business being transacted , the brethren adjourned for the customary banquet . The toasts of "The Queen . " "The President of the French Republic , " " The Grand Officers , " and " The Officers , " were duly honoured amidst great enthusiasm . The retiring W . M ., Bro . Mondehare , in a few well-chosen words returned thanks ft r the jewel of the lodge presented to him the same evening . He said that the small services he had been in a position , to render to the Lodge La France were more than repaid by the friendship shown to him by his brethren . This was of much greater value to him than any jewel or brilliant .

The banquet was followed by an excellent musical entertainment , contributed to by Madame Mondehare , who charmed the guests with her well-trained soprano voice , whilst Miss Dyer displayed her artistic skill at the piano , and her father , Bro . Dyer , one of the most favourite and permanent visitors , added another leaf to his amateur laurels by rendering several songs in a powerful baritone voice . fin this occasion it mav be borne in mind that the Iodee of instruction created under

the auspices of the La France Lodge at the beginning of the current year has realised more than the hope of its founders . It has already close on 50 members , including a large number of English brethren , who take the greatest interest in the Masonic work in French as translated from the English by Bro . H . Bue , P . G . Std . Br . The meetings of this lodge are held every Thursday night , S . 30 , at the Cafe Royal , Reger . t-street , where visiting brethren are sure to receive a hearty welcome . The banquet of the lodge of instruction , arranged for October 26 , bids fair to be a gteat success .

Cownshire Lodge , No . 2437 . A numerously attended gathering was held last week , at Wokingham , under the auspices of the above lodge , on the occasion of the installation of Bro . Alderman D . N . Heron as W . M . for the ensuing year , in succession to Bro . G . VV . Fortescue . Among those present were Bros . C . E . Keyser , W . M . 27 G 0 ; Colonel Gerald Ricardo , W . M . 574 j R . C . Edwards , W . M . 240 S ; G . S . Elliott , VV . M . 2 G 03 ; W . G . Boswell , P . M . 2417 ; I . J . Lawrence , P . M . 414 ; C Slaughter , E . Baber , D . Wilson , W . M . 1566 ; W . B . Reed , E . H . Simmons , W . M . 2043 ; E . Farrer , F . A . Serjeant , F . Tnnhridce . I . B . Markham . W . I . lames , and others .

The lodge was opened by the W . M ., Bro . Fortescue , supported by the lodge officers , including Bros . Heron , S . W . i E . Caldecott , J . W . ; Rev . P . H . Ditchfield , Chap . ; H . Creed , Treas . ; T . Rowland Kent , Sec . ; G . T . Phillips , S . D . ; H . G . Powell , D . C . ; A . Clarke , Org . ; and J . Headington , I . G . ; other members of the lodge embracing Bros . J . S . Tavener , J . W . Trowbridge , A . G . Potter , C . J . Cave , E . E . Lawrence , J . May , J . W . Bickerton , W . White , G . G . Stanham , J . Cox , T . Hunt ,

J . T . Stevens , and others . The installation ceremony was impressively performed by the retiring W . M ., after which the newly-installed W . M . appointed and invested the officersas follows : Bros . G . W . Fortescue , l . P . M . ; E . Caldecott , S . W . ; Rev . P . H . Ditchfield , J . W . ; H . Creed , Treas . j T . Rowland Kent , Sec . ; G . T . Phillips , S . D . ; J . Headington , J . D . j H . G . Powell , D . C . j A . Clarke , Org . ; J . May , I . G . ; F . Foot and J . W . Trowbridge , Stwds .

At the conclusion of the business the brethren sat down to a banquet provided at the Ttwn Hall , under the genial presidency of the W . M ., Bro . Heron , when the customary Masonic toasts were duly honoured . Bro . Keyser responded on behalf of " The Grand Oflicers , " and Bros . Colonel Ricardo and Slaughter for " The Provincial Grand Oflicers . " Tfe l . P . M . proposed "The Health of the W . M ., " which was drunk with enthusiasm , and appropriately acknowledged .

Bio . Creed gave the toast of " The Installing Master and Past Masters , " for whom Bro . Fcrtescue returned thanks . Bro . Rev . P . 11 . Di'chfield proposed the toast of "The Masonic Charities , " to which Bro . Keyser replied . Other toasts were also given and responded to , including " The Visitors , " " The Officers of lhe Downshire Lodge , " ar . d ihe Tjlcr's toast .

The enjojment of the company was much enhanced by the adn irable performances of Miss Heron and the Gregorian Singers of lhe Chapel Ro > al , Windsor Castle ( Messrs . Fred Naylor , James Dempster , Hjrry Cirver , and Bro . Bell Kemptin ) .

Alder maston Lodge , No . 2760 . The officers of this lodge assembled in their lodge room at the Hind ' s Head Hotel on Wednesday , the 20 th inst , under the presidency of Bro . Keyser , W . M ., when several matters of interest were dealt with . Bro . T . S . Cambridge , S . W ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , but his installation will not take place until next summer . A hearty vote of thanks was presented to the retiring W . M ., not only for the able manner in which he had presided over the lodge since the dite of its formation , but also for his liberality in providing nearly the whole of the lodge furniture . H . J . Simcox was also thanked for handsome gifts to . the lodge .

A Veteran Monmouthshire Freemason.

A VETERAN MONMOUTHSHIRE FREEMASON .

It is given to few men to reach the age of four score years and ten , and to still retain the power of enjoyment and a keen relish of life , yet this is the case with Dr . William Williams Morgan , Newport , Monmouthshire , who celebrated his ninetieth birthday on Sunday . Dr . Morgan was born in 1809 , the year which saw the birth of Gladstone , Tennyson , Whittier , Wendell Holmes , and other great literary figures . In answer to queries on the subject , he said :

" My Masonic life dates back a long time—to 1835 6 . I was initiated in Lancashire , in the Naphtali Lodge . I was one of the first movers in the Silurian Lodge at Newport , but my name was not put upon the application , though 1 had a good deal to do with it , as 1 was away in Lancashire on one ol my visits to my future wife . At that time there was no lodge of Freemasons in Newport , and only one in the county—at Monmouththough there were two or three defunct , one at Abergavenny and one at Pontypool . I was connected for many years with the Silurian , but we

A Veteran Monmouthshire Freemason.

became so numerous that there was room for a second lodge , and I tried to get another . I tried to get the signature of the Silurian Lodge to the application to Grand Lodge through the Provincial Grand Lodge , but they declined to sign it . So I took the bull by the horns , and went to Colonel Tjnte , with Bro . Middleton , and put the case before him , asking him to intervene with his father , and put the case before him as Provincial Grand

Master for the Province of Monmouth . The matter was put before him , and the result was that we were granted the warrant to found the Isca Lodge . They elected me the first Master , and kept me in the chair two years . Those are the first officers "—pointing to a photograph on the wall , a duplicate of which is to be seen in the Masonic Hall at Newport— " Bro . Laybourne presented his to the lodge . "

It is a remarkable fact—and possibly unique—that Bro . Dr . Morgan , a Freemason of nearly 65 years' standing , is the son of one who was a Freemason for more than 50 years . His father was a Tyler of the Loyal Cambrian at Merthyr , and a Knight of St . John . He continued a member until he was no longer able to walk , and he died at the age of 92 .

The Craft Abroad.

The craft Abroad .

CENTENARY OF THE UNION LODGE , No . 7 .

The centennial of the above lodge was celebrated on Thursday , the 17 th ult ., at Grimsby Park , Canada . Members of the Craft were present from Toronto , Hamilton , Guelph , Dunnville , St . Catharines , Beamsville , Stony Creek , Niagara Falls , New York , and other places . Shortly after 2 o ' clock a procession was formed in front of the Lakeview House , and , headed by the Citizen ' s Band of Grimsby and the original goat , 179 O 1 marched to the Tabernacle , where addresses were delivered .

The chair was occupied by Bro . William Gibson , M . P ., and around him on the platform were : Bros . Hon . Thos . Bain , Rev . E . S . Rowe , Rev . Dr . Burns , W . C . Wilkinson , and many other prominent Masons . The proceedings began with prayer by Bro . Rev . Dr . Burns . President NOAH P HELPS , of the Grimsby Park Company , in a few words of welcome said the present gathering made up an event long to be remembered in the history of the park .

Bro . A . C . COLE , W . M ., read an address of welcome . " If those gentlemen , " he said , " who had established the lodge a century ago could see the condition of the Craft of the district and of Canada at the present time they would be greatly astonished . Union Lodge was the seventh Masonic lodge to be instituted in the Dominion , but now the Craft was established in every part of Canada , and there were over 400 lodges . "

The CHAIRMAN , in a short address , said he had a personal recollection of the lodge for nearly 30 years , and was proud to say there were brethren present who had been associated with it for upwards of 50 years . Bro . Andrew Randall , who was initiated in 1 S 54 , was the oldest member present . Bro . Tierney , who was also in the audience , had received the first certificate from the Canadian Grand Lodge .

Bro . WILLIAM FORHES explained the unavoidable absence of a number of expected speakers , and read a letter of regret from Bro . Mayor Maybury , of Detroit . Bro . W . J . DROI ' gave an exceedingly interesting and sketchy history of the lodge . On December 17 th , 1779 , eight men banded themselves together and organised the lodge , with Bros . Colonel Robert Nelles , W . M .:

Jonathan Woolverton , S . W . ; Allan Nixon , J . W . ; John E . Foot , Sec . ; and Jonathan Moore , Treas . Bro . Colonel Nelles was a U . E . Loyalist , and with his father and two brothers was the first settler of the townshi p , coming herein 17 S 3 . He became a member of Parliament in 1803 , and lived to a comfortable old age . Bros . Colonel Nelles , Woolverton , and Nixon now slept in St . Andrew ' s churchyard , near the foot of the mountain

near by . The constitution drawn up in the . early years of the lodge provided among other things that every member shall appear in clean and decent clothing , and that members should be fined for absence unless they received permission . Members who cursed or swore or corrupted good manners should be fined at the discretion of the Master and the majority . The first initiations after the becinning took place in June , 1800 . In the earlv davs

the members endeavoured in some degree at least to encourage temperance . The records showed that one member was allowed to pay only one shilling instead of two shillings dues , because he took no refreshments . In 1803 the lodge went into the bee business , but the records did not show that it proved a profitable venture , and during the troublous period of 1812 no meetings were held , many of the brethren being engaged in active service in the

defence of their country , and at the first meeting in 1 S 16 it was resolved to destroy the old notes held against deceased brethren . From 1827 to 1854 . there were dark days in local Masonry , owing to the troublous political pot and the revelations of an alleged member , and no meetings were held . For a portion of this time the lodge ' s tools , & c . „ were hidden in a cave in the side of the mountain . In 1854 it was resuscitated by Sir Allan McNab , and has had a successful career ever since . Bro . Rev . E . S . ROWE , of Toronto , who followed , spoke of the importance and rarity of the occasion . Such societies as the Masons , he said , did

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