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could for the lodge . In their W . M . the brethren had a thoroug h gentleman at their head , a thorough Mason at heart , and one who could carry out all the duties to the satisfaction of every member of the lodge . Another thing was very p leasing to him , and that was the continued election appointment , and investment of Treasurer and

Secretary , upon whom a very large amount of work rested . There was no one in London who could do their work better than the present Treasurer and Secretary of the Sincerity ¦ Ve . In conclusion , Bro . Newton said the Past Masters would do everything in their power to make the W . M . ' s year of office a success . The toast of "The Masonic Institutions" was next

pronosed by the W . M ., who said the toast was one which co mmended itself to every Mason's heart . It was one of the true principles of Masonry that they should be benevolent to the aged and distressed . He had undertaken a Stewardship for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , •ind he asked the members of the lodge to help him to take

up a big list . His list amounted at that time to £ 97 , and he hoped to augment that amount considerably . Bro . Mason replied in a powerful speech . He dwelt upon the doings of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and asked the brethren to give of their abundance to help the aged and distressed . AH they gave would be well spent . The Worshipful Master proposed "The Officers , " and

Bros . T . A . Starnes , S . W . ; Phillips , J . W . ; Chas . Lacey , P . M ., Treas . ; C . H . Webb , P . M ., Sec . ; Joseph Bayley , D . C . ; and H . S . Sambrook , Stwd ., replied . The Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings , which had been enlivened by an excellent selection of music , under the direction of Bro . J . A . Brown , assisted by Bros . Chas . Ackerman , J . Kift , and J . Gawthrop .

Lodge Of Israel ( No . 205 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , on Tuesday , the 27 th instant , Bro . M . I . Emanuel , W . M ., presiding . There was a large number of brethren present , among the visitors being Bros . Richard Eve , P . G . T . ; Edward Terry , P . G . T . ; J . L . Mather , P . G .

D . of C . ; Frederick Binckes , P . G . Std . Br . ; N . Gluckstein , P . P . G . S . of W . Essex ; E . C . Mulvey , P . G . Std . Br . Surrey ; T . H . Edmunds , P . G . Steward ; E . J . Ackworth , W . M . 2265 ; Asher J . Myers , W . M . 1 S 5 ; R . Warner , Vandyck , Lazarus , Brown , Barnard , jun ., Hose , Angel , Harris , Cooper , H . Warner , W . T . Massey , Edmunds ,

Nornngton , and Wright . The minutes of the last regular meeting and of the Audit Committee of the lodge were read and confirmed , and the report of the Committee of the Benevolent Fund was received . Bro . Samuel Dancyger , W . M . elect , was then obligated , and afterwards installed in the chair of K . S ., the

ceremony being performed by Bro . M . I . Emanuel . After the newly-installed W . M . had been saluted , he presented a testimonial and a handsome Past Master ' s jewel to Bro . M . I . Emanuel , who thanked the brethren for their kindness , and said he had done his best to give the brethren satisfaction during his year of office . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned

to a sumptuous banquet . The W . M . gave "The Oueen and the Craft" and "H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., " which toasts were enthusiastically received , and duly honoured . The W . M . then gave that of "The D . G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and coupled with it the name of Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . Treas .

Bro . Eve , in responding , thanked the brethren , on behalf of himself and the other Grand Officers present , for the hospitality that had been extended to them that evening . It was a great pleasure to be present at the Lodge of Israel , lhe lodge had a larger number of brethren than most odges , and at the same time it combined a larger number of

brethren of different nationalities than other lodges in hngland . They were very pleased to see so many brethren horn different climes assembled in a lodge under the Grand Lodge of England . They were also glad to see the lodge had flourished so much , and he was perfectly confident that from what they had seen that

evening in the present Master the lodge would lose none of its lustre in his hands . He was struck at the way he invested his officers , and he was sure he had in him a love for Masonic lore and Masonic learning . He was well up "i the ritual , and as far as the Masonic working was concerned the brethren of the lod could not have better 1 —* 4 mi tx UCLLCl

ge a . ~ --v « m » WJ . , tuugi ; LUUIU IIUL nave Brother at their head than the W . M . It was a greatfeature W-M f W , M " wno understood the spirit of the working , with reference to the Lodge of Israel , one alivays felt a satisfaction at addressing brethren of different nationality 0 themselves , and to find that Masonry was not confined to ^ ngland , but extended to muntrips nn HIP rnnlinpnf Th <™

fnl 1 } Masonry was improving all who came within its 0 a , and they felt that the more Masonry was extended moughout the world the more would humanity be promoted - "ici the goodwill of mankind be assisted . Bro . Eve then eierred to the Prince of Wales , Grand Master , and said ' « he had assisted the Order exceedingly . He chose ol "cers of trnn , i oi-, „ , i : — „_ J n . _ _ i J . . . /• standingand they leased to find

, that fl §? , were p in tl •ol " cers were men who made themselves known ' „ \ , ° c'al position as well as in Masonry . Bro . Eve dr ni £ by inking the brethren for the manner they had wunk the toast . said " T n ' ? The Healtl 1 ofthe W . M ., " Bro . Emanuel Masi ' i- nlm S'reat pleasure on retiring from the ThVi 1 , ? " ' to nave such a worthy brother as a successor . . / -yhacl all heard what Bro . Eve considered H IP . W . M .

little i '" tbe W 0 * S 0 I the lodge , and it left him very wished t 1 f \ v < : ommending the toast to the brethren . He for hi ? . i - every Sliccess , and when the time came office 111 W-M 0 t 0 retire , he hoped that his year of | j c " » have been a satisfactory one to the brethren , urethr ' e f cyffer ' W-M expressed his gratitude to the Win l , " 1 tlle Sreat honour they had conferred upon from hi 1 ectln S 'm as their W . M . He thanked them thc toa ^ iL theklndmannei' they had responded to niomeni ? " £ •t ? could assure them 'hat was the happiest ho „ . 9 ' "is life . When he was inlti-ifprl lip Hinno-hi- ^ h *^

persevera ^ T able to reach that chair > but hy much W now iw surm o " nted a great many difficulties and Sedne 1 ! honour to occupy the position of W . M . He to 'he brpfL be abie to discnarge the duties satisfactorily at heart . ' he had the = ood of the Lod o e of Israel the LoT ttoaS i Was that of " The Masonic Charities and P ° Sed h » u , e ' Benevolent Fund , " which was prouy the W . M . He said a Benevolent Fund was

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necessary to assist brethren who unfortunately required assistance . One of the principles of Freemasonry was relief , and if they could not relieve brethren individually they should do so collectively , which could be done by having a Benevolent Fund . The toast was responded to by Bro . H . M . Harris , in the absence of the President of the Benevolent Fund . During

the evening £ 17 2 s . Gd . was collected from the members of the lodge at the table . The Worshipful Master proposed the toast of " The Visitors , " which he said was one which was always well received in the lodge . Bro . Asher Myers , W . M . Tranquillity Lodge , No . 1 S 5 , in responding , said that it was a great privilege that he should have the honour of responding to the toast when so many

distinguished names had been read out as being present . He attributed the honour to the fact that he represented what had been called one of the sister lodges . He undoubtedly appreciated that honour , and in his representative capacity , begged to return his hearty and fraternal thanks for the honour they had paid the sister lodge . Bro . Myers then eloquently referred to the fact that a Jew from

Russia had been able , through this being a free country , to occupy the chair of K . S . that night . Bros . Frederick Binckes and Mulvey also responded . The toast of the " Installing Master and the other Past Masters , " proposed by the W . M ., was responded to by Bro . Emanuel , I . P . M ., who said the P . M . ' s were willing to assist in anything that would benefit the lodge . " The Health of the Treasurer and Secretary " was

proposed by the W . M ., who referred to the able services of Bro . Hogard as Secretary . Bro . Hogard fittingly replied . The toast of "The Officers" and the Tyler's toast closed the proceedings . The musical arrangements were excellent . Among the artistes were Miss Annie Albu , Miss Emanuel , Miss Frances Littany , and Bro . I urtis D'Alton .

Royal Savoy Lodge ( No . 1744 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at Freemasons ' Hall , on Tuesday , the 27 th inst ., when , after disposing of formal business of the lodge , the W . M ., Bro . W . A . Scurrah , P . P . G . S . of W . Middx ., installed Bro . C . H . Holland as VV . M . for the ensuing 12 months , the whole ceremony being performed with that skill and ability for which he is

deservedly well known . lhe W . M ., Bro . Holland , after first investing Bro . Scurrah with the collar of I . P . M ., invested his officers as follows : Bros . R . Ross , S . W . ; C . J . Knightley , J . W . ; Jas . Willing , jun ., P . M ., Treas . ; H . Dickey , P . M ., Sec . ; G . Mordey , S . D . ; O . Ruzirka , J . D . ; J . Powdrell , I . G . ; W . M . Stiles , P . M ., D . C ; A . H . Cole and H . Longman , A . D . C ' s ; T . Jefferies and R . T .

Chatty , Stewards ; E . M . Weston , Org . ; and R . Whiting , Tyler . Bro . Scurrah then delivered the usual addresses to the Master , Wardens , and brethren of the lodge , and the installation ceremony was brought to a close . The W . M . then presented to Bro . Scurrah a handsome PM ' s jewel , which had been voted to him by the lodge , and for which Bro . Scurrah returned thanks in an appropriate speech .

The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the adjoining building , where an excellent banquet was served , the number present being between So and go . At the conclusion of the banquet the customary list of toasts was proceeded with . After the first toast— "The Queen and the Craft" —had been proposed by the W . M ., and duly honoured ,

Bro . Scurrah , I . P . M ., proposed "The Health of the M . W . G . M ., " in doing which he referred to having been present at Reading , where his Royal Highness installed his son as Provincial Grand Master for Berkshire , and said that no one could come away from that meeting without acknowledging that the Prince of Wales showed himself to be a true brother in Masonry .

The toast having- been drunk with enthusiasm , Bro . Stiles , P . M ., said that he was deputed to propose the next toast— "The D . G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . " The brethren all knew what a good fellow in Masonry the Earl of Lathom was , and they hoped to find him soon occupying the position of Pro Grand Master instead of Deputy Grand

Master . The Earl of Lathom had worked very hard with the Prince of Wales and the Earl of Carnarvon , and he hoped that he would eventually be Pro Grand Master . He regretted that they had not on that occasion a Grand Officer present whose name he might have coupled with the toast , which , however , he was sure would be received none the less cordially by the brethren .

Bro . Scurrah said that , as I . P . M ., it was his privilege to propose the next toast—in every lodge a very important toast— " The Health of the VV . M . " Their W . M . had been connected with the lodge for something like 12 years . He was initiated in that lodge , and had worked steadily on through all the various offices—from that of Steward up to his present position of VV . M . Bro . Holland had not

divided his affections with any other lodge , but had concentrated all his energies and his affections for that one lodge , and although they knew that he had been for a year or two in very bad health , yet when he was pressed to allow himself to be elected W . M . he consented , although on account of his health and the attention required by his business he had been rather anxious that some other brother

should be elected in his stead . By the entreaties of the Past Masters his scruples were overcome , and he had been elected ; and he ( Bro . Scurrah ) knew that he would do his duty as W . M . as he had hitherto done his duty in the various offices . From his own knowledge of Bro . Holland he could assure them that their VV . M . possessed all the virtues of Masonry , which embraced something more than

the mere ritual , and included the virtues of love and Charity . He was sure that the brethren would go along with him in heartily drinking the health of Bro . Holland , and prosperity to him as Master of the Royal Savoy Lodge . The Worshipful Master having briefly returned thanks for the kind way in which the toast had been proposed by Bro . Scurrah and received by the brethren , said that as long as he continued to be connected with the Royal Savoy

Lodge he should continue to do his duty as he had hitherto striven to do it . Bro . Ross , S . W ., then rose and said that he had been called on to propose the next toast— " The Health of the Installing Master . " Bro . Scurrah was a dear old friend of his . Bro . Scurrah had gone forward in Masonry , and had , he might say , attained the highest position any member of the Royal Savoy Lodge had attained . He had had the pleasure of being associated with Bro . Scurrah a longtime ;

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they had not always agreed , but their disputes had come right in the end . Their Bro . Scurrah had their best wishes and their thorough respect , because he had spent so much time and attention in all the Degrees of Freemasonry . Bro . Scurrah , Past Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works Middx ., said he thanked the S . W . very much for the kind way in which he had proposed the health

of the Installing Master . He also thanked the brethren for the hearty reception they had given to the toast , as they all knew he was one who thought a great deal of Freemasonry ; he felt that it was a grand Institution , whose principles , properly carried out , made every member of it a better man . From the time that he ( Bro . Scurrah ) was initiated in that lodge he had endeavoured to carry out his

duties as a Mason generally and as a member of that lodge in particular . From the time of his initiation he had considered Charity one of the leading features of Freemasonry , and had not only thought so , but had endeavoured to put his views in practice , and as a result of the first Stewardship for that , his mother lodge , he had taken up the unprecedented sum of 600 guineas to the Festival of the

Boys School . They must all be aware that that was not done without some effort , without some trouble , without some expense . But he gloried in the fact , and he gloried too that the Boys' School reaped some advantage from that Stewardship . The collar about his neck showed that he had served as Steward four times for the Boys' School , three times for the Girls' School , and three times for the

Old People , and now he said in face of the brethren that he could not have been such a bad Mason to have done so much for the Charities . And , while he had not neglected the Charities , he had not been unmindful of the ritual , which , in his opinion , every Mason ought to make himself proficient in . He had done that himself , being qualified to perform all the ceremonies in the Craft

Degrees , and was also able to install his successors in other lodges , and now his successors in his mother lodge . He left it to the brethren to say whether he had done it to the best of his ability . He hoped he need not assure them that the Royal Savoy Lodge was near his heart , and that he would always be willing to do his best for that lodge in the future as he had done in the past . It was not his fault that

he had no initiates m the past year , but at any rate he had done his best , and he could say that what he undertook when he was installed , namely , to carry out his duties as a ruler in the Craft and VV . M . of the Royal Savoy Lodge , he had done to the best of his ability . Bro . Captain Knightley , J . W ., proposed "The Healthof the Past Masters , ' making a few laudatory remarks on each one named , including Bros . James Willing , jun .,

W . M . Stiles , John Smith , Carolus Smith , H . Dickey , and Bro . Barling . This toast was responded to by Bros . Stiles , John Smith , and Dickey , after which Bro . Stiles again rose to say that Bro . Scurrah , their I . P . M ., was going up as Steward for the lodge to the Festival of the Boys' School , and called upon them to maintain the reputation of the lodge as supporters of the Masonic Charities by contributing liberally to Bro . Scurrah's list .

The " Health of the Visitors , " was proposed by Bro . Stiles , and was acknowledged by Bro . VV . Webb , W . M . 53 S ; Bro . H . R . Myers , W . M . 1491 ; Bro . Claud Scott , VV . M . 2362 ; and Bro . A . Clemow , J . W . 2205 . Toasts to " The Health of the Treasurer and Secretary " and "The Officers of the Lodge" were also proposed , honoured , and responded to before the Tyler ' s toast brought

the proceedings to a close . The following brethren were among the visitors present ; Bros . Alfred Gibbs , I . P . M . 2101 ; L . H . Luck , 2101 ; H . R . Myers , VV . M . 1491 ; J . Kilvington , I . P . M . 1790 ; J . B . Shakespeare , 1790 ; W . J . Perry , S . W . 2271 ; G . W . Meacock , 742 ; Wm . Webb , VV . M . 533 ; Morris Harris , 1 S 5 ; W . M . Ward , 1962 ; George Gardner 2309 P . G .

, , S . B . ; Frank Marshall , 15 S 6 ; Harry Sillis , J . D . 2362 ; W . C . Hodgkinson , 1707 ; H . Wilson , Org . 147 ; John Nicholson , P . M . 12 ; A . H . Scurrah , S . W . ' 2206 ; Percy Turtchin , 1425 ; H . Herbert , 1745 ; E . C . Massey , P . M . 1297 ; F . Douglas Norman , 172 ; T . C Edmonds , P . M . 15 O 7 ; P . Blatchford , 704 ; C . Acton Bond , P . M .

1425 ; A . Clemow , J . W . 2205 ; Jno . J . Franklin , 1662 ; W . J . Mansell , 19 S 7 ; Daniel A . Parkin , 1 C 02 ; J . F , Saunders , A . D . C 1507 ; Claud Scott , W . M . 2362 ; James Hemming , P . M . 12 S 7 ; J . Garrod , P . M . 754 ; P . Livingston , 704 ; Geo . T . Knight , 1602 ; Jno . Hare , Stwd . 19 S 7 ; and B . Kauffmann , P . M . 1732 .

La France Lodge ( No . 2060 ) . —This lodge held its first meeting this year at the Cafe Royal , Regentstreet , on Monday , the 19 th inst ., and partly from the inclemency of the season , which had laid up some of its members , and partly from greater attractions elsewhere to its usual visitors , the attendance was very small . Those that did attend , however , can bear witness that Bro . B . A .

Lacoste , the new VV . M ., performed his work in a masterly manner , and was well supported by his officers ( Bros . Same and Desvignes , Wardens ; Pouard and Chatrian , Deacons ; and Testard , I . G . ) in the ceremony of initiation of M . A . J . Esclangon , a distinguished member of the Society of French Professors in London . The charge to the initiate

was given by Bro . E . Monteuuis , P . G . S . B ., Sec . On the proposition of Bro . H . Bue , P . G . Std . Br ., Treas ., £ 5 5 s . was voted to the Benevolent Institution , and placed on the W . M . ' s list . The agenda being exhausted , the VV . M . received the " Hearty good wishes" of the l . P . M ., Bro . L . Clerc , and the brethren then adjourned to refreshment , winding up with the usual Sautes d ' obligation .

Empire Lodge ( No . 2108 ) . —This successful lodge held its installation meeting at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Tuesday , the 27 th inst ., when Bro . Geoffery C . Herbert was installed as VV . M . for the ensuing year in the presence of a numerous gathering of members and visitors . Lodge was opened by Bro . Andrew Miller , VV . M ., supported by Bros . A . J . R . Trendell , C . M . G ., I . P . M . ; G .

C . Herbert , S . VV . j E . Harding , J . W . ; E . Warden Denniss , Sec ; E . Behnke , S . D . ; F . Jameson , J . D . ; C . Moses , P . M ., D . C ; F . J . Harrison , I . G . ; H . Klein , Org . ; Ernest Turner , P . M ., Stwd . ; VV . Ganz , P . G . Org . ; Rev . Studholme Brownrigg , P . G . Chaplain ; 1 . Zacharie , P . G . M . California ; and many others . Visitors

Bros . Egbert VV . Cooper , 13 S 3 ; Col . C . E . Vansittsr .- . S . D . 1936 ; R . Renshaw , J . D . 225 G ; VV . Shurmur , VV . iVL 2374 , Prov . G . Treas . Essex ; T . Scoresby J ackson , W . M . 2256 , P . S . G . D . Essex ; Sir H . C . Bergne , K . C . M . G . ; R . Ffrench Bromhead , VV . M . 231 S ; R . V . F . Seton , VV . M . 1965 ; J . P . Fitzgerald , P . M . 216 S ; R .