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ferred upon him by the M . W . G . M . in making him a G . Officer of England —( Cheers ) The Lodge of Emulation was greatly indebted to Br . Hervey for his exertions in promoting its prosperity , and he therefore had the greatest pleasure in handing to him in the name of the Lodge , a gold watch and chain , as a token of their esteem and regard—( Cheers ) . He trusted that when he looked upon that watch , it would act as a powerful incentive to future exertion , and that whilst he marked the fleeting hours and minutes , he would be reminded , not only of tho duties he had to perform in this

world , in extending knowledge ancl kindness to his brethren—but those duties to his God , which would ensure him everlasting happiness when it should please the Almighty to remove him from amongst them . He was sure Br . Hervey would continue to set a bright example to the younger brethren , and in presenting him with the testimonial , lie asked them to join in drinking health and long life to Br . Hervey—and the continued prosperity of the Emulation Loclge of Improvement —( Cheers ) . [ The testimonial , consisting of a very elegent gold watch ( the inscription on which with

we published last month )^ together a very handsome cable chain , was here handed to Br . Hervey , who appeared deeply effected by the applause of the brethren . ] Br . Hervey felt he was not gifted with speech to such a degree as to enable him to return thanks in sufficiently warm terms , for the kind manner in which he had been spoken of by the W . M ., and the very handsome testimonial just presented him on behalf of the members of that Loclge of Improvement . He begged them , however , to accept his sincerest thanks—thanks which emanated from the bottom of his heartfor

, their kindness and consideration towards him . He accepted it with the more pleasure , because he felt it to be a mark of their approbation in the way at which he had always endeavoured to fulfil his duties , and he could assure them , that whenever his eyes rested ou their very elegant present , it would remind him of one of the most pressing of his duties—that of endeavouring to promote the prosperity and welfare of the Lodge and of every Br ., connected with it to the utmost of his ability and power . He felt that the Lodge was indebted for its present proud position , not so much to his exertions as

to those of older Masons , whom it had been his pleasure and pride to endeavour to follow and imitate—Brs . Honey , Savage , Robb , Wilson , & c . He was highly gratified at having met with the approbation of the Lodge , and though that handsame testimonial had been unsought ancl unexpected on his part , he could assure them he received it most gratefully—he should ever look back upon the proceedings of that evening with the greatest satisfaction—and use his best exertions to merit a continuance of their approbation and esteem . —( Cheers ) . Tho healths of the W . M . Br . Beadon , of the officers of the evening , and other appropriate toasts having been drunk , the brethren seperated , well pleased with the proceedings of the evening .

LODGE OF UNITED PILGRIMS ( NO . 745 ) . This excellent Lodge of Instruction , held its usual meeting on the evening of Friday , December the 8 th , at the house of Br . Foulsham , the Clayton Arms Tavern , Kensington Oval , when the ceremony of Installation was very ably performed by Br . J . Thomas , in the presence of nearly thirty brethren . After the ceremony , Br . J . Thomas , presented Br . W . H . Luckins , P . M ., No . 745 , with a handsome silver snuffbox , as a slight testimonial to mark the respect and brotherly esteem the brethren of this Lodge of Instruction hold him in , accompanied by the following address , which was read by the Hon . Sec . ( Br . P . Moss ) .

To Br . W . H . Luckins , P . M ., No . 745 . Dear Sir and Brother , Wo , the undersigned brethren , members of the Lodgeof United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , No . 745 , having so long experienced your great zeal and efficiency in Freemasonry , under whose kind care and instruction , ancl to whose diligence we are indebted for the valuable knowledge we possess and enjoy in the Masonic Art—feeling that to your valuable assistance alone—to brotherl ancl constant attendance

your y care , at the Loclge—your unceasing anxiety for its welfare both in and out of it—and youv strict observance anil fulfilment of the excellent laws ancl tenets of the Craft , the Loclge of Instruction owes its present existence and prosperity , are desirous to express our gratitude , by presenting you with a silver snuff bo : ; , which , although