History Of The Lodge Of Emulation , No. 21.

fell to the lot of Bro . Joseph Taylor who was elected to the vacant office to propose and prepare this address . May each of the Brethren after as long and as faithful an adherence to the principles and the practice of the Craft , desire and obtain as affectionate a tribute to their memories , as the Lodge of Emulation delights to give to those it honours . "

Bro . Thomas Taylor ' s reply to the Address of Condolence on the death of his father is inserted in the minutes of 17 th Oct ., 1859 . i 86 r , Jan . 21 st . — "A letter was read by the Secretary announcing the death of Bro . ] . Daws , who had been the

Tyler of the Lodge for 47 years . " It was resolved unanimously that the appointment of Tyler should for the present be deferred . At the next meeting the Lodge voted three guineas to the widow of the late Tyler as a mark of respect . Bro . Charles T . Speight was elected and invested as Tyler of

the Lodge at the April meeting , and was continued in that office until his death in 188 5 . 1862 , May 9 th . —At a Lodge of Emergency held this clay , Air . Polvdore De Keyset * was initiated , he having been elected at the previous meeting . After having been duly passed and raised in the Lodge , he was appointed Inner Guard in

January , 186 4 . He appears not to have proceeded further in office in his mother Lodge until several years later ; we may , however , assume that he had a warm regard for Masonry , as in 1868 he assisted in founding the Alacdonald Lodge , No . 1216 , and was its first Junior Warden . In 1887

he joined the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 2191 , and the following year he became a member of the Alliance Lodge , No . 1827 . On 19 II 1 February , 1883 , a complimentary dinner was given him by the Lodge of Emulation in celebration of his election as Alderman and Sheriff , when fourty-four members of the Lodge and forty-nine visitors were present , including many

'Grand Officers and civic notabilities . On 21 st May , 1883 , he presented to the Lodge a box of silver-mounted Working Tools , as a souvenir of the complimentary banquet given him previously . On 19 th Dec , 1887 , "The W . AL stated that the Lodge this year had the honour of one of its senior members

having been elected to the Alavoralty of the City of London , and that it was understood that his Lordship would not he unwilling to occupy the office of Alaster if it were the pleasure of the Lodge to elect him thereto . A ballot was therefore taken , which was declared to be unanimous in

favour of Bro . Polydore De Keyser , the Rt . Hon . the Lord Alayor of London . " The Installation ceremony took place on 16 th Jan ., 1888 , a goodly number of members and guests being present , including the two Sheriffs of London and Middlesex . On the 25 th May the Lord Alayor entertained

the members of his Lodge and their friends at the Mansion House , a vote of thanks being duly passed to him for his courtesy and generous hospitality at the subsequent meeting of the Lodge in October . In 188 9 he was appointed to the office of Senior Grand Deacon . He died 16 th January , 18 9 8 , just ten years from the date of his installation as Alaster . "

1863 , May 18 th— "Moved by Bro . Brackstone Baker , seconded by the W . M ., and resolved , That it is desirable on the occasion of this Lodge having on Jkty the 27 th inst . completed the 140 th year of its constitution , to petition the M . W . the Grand Alaster to grant a Warrant authorizing the members of this Lodge to wear a distinguishing jewel as

evidence of its antiquity and as a mark of the services rendered to the Craft by this Lodge . " After consideration , the W . AL , the Past Masters , and the officers of the Lodge were appointed a Committee to draw up a Memorial and prepare a design for the jewel for

consideration at the next meeting of the Lodge . " Evidently this Committee was too numerous to be of any practical use , for nothing appears to have been done in the matter until the audit meeting , January 11 th , 186 4 , when a resolution to the foregoing purport was proposed , but the

Committee being equally divided , it was agreed that the matter should be left to the decision of ( he Lodge . At the Installation meeting , January 18 th , the report of the Committee was postponed to the next meeting , but is not again mentioned in the minutes until April 17 th , 1871 , when "Bro

Griffiths Smith gave notice that he would propose at the next meeting , ' That the necessary application be made to the Alost Worshipful Grand Alaster to entitle the Brethren of this Lodge to wear the Centenary Jewel . ' " The motion was carried unanimously at the May meeting , and a committee consisting of the Alaster , the two Wardens ,

and Thomas Meggy , P . AL , was appointed to arrange the details . Brackstone Baker was subsequently tickled to this Com mittee , and on Dec . 18 th following , the minutes contain an elaborate petition arranged by him , and relating the history

of the Lodge , as subsequently set forth in his pamphlet , which it was decided should be signed by the Alaster and Wardens and presented to the M . W . Grand Alaster . That the application was favourably received may be gathered from the following minute of February 19 th , 1872 :

" Bro . R . Berriclge proposed , and J . K . Stead seconded , the sum of Five Guineas be sent to the Grand Secretary for the Warrant to entitle the Brethren to wear a Centenary Jewel . "

SIR JOSI'l'H SAVORY , HART , LORD MAYOR , 1890—I , W . MASTl'l" OF THK I . ODGK ( IF KMFI . ATION , 189 I . Owing to the length of time—nearly ten years—that had been spent in bringing this matter to a conclusion , the Lodge had lost the opportunity of its members being allowed

to wear a distinctive , or special jewel of its own design such as was worn by the members of several other old lodges many years its junior . This practice had been superseded in 1866 , and a pattern of a jewel , designed by the Grand Director of Ceremonies at the request of the M . W . Grand Alaster , who

had approved of the design and sanctioned its use as a Centenary Jewel for the future . 186 4 , Alarch 21 st .- —At this meeting another member of the White family was initiated , having been proposed by his father , Thomas Reynolds White , Past Grand Deacon , and

seconded by W . H . White , Past Grand Secretary , at the previous meeting . This brother , like his predecessors of the same distinguished family , did good service to the Lodge until his removal into the country necessitated his abstaining from participation in its affairs .

1866 , Feb . 19 th . —Robert Berriclge , a brother who attained considerable eminence , not only in the Lodge ol Emulation , but in the Grand Lodge and the Craft generally , w ; ts initialed at this meeting . 1867 , Oct . 21 st . —A communication from the Grand Secretary is entered in the minutes of this meeting , warning the brethren against the admission of visitors unless properly