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J . D . ; Turner , I . G ., and Hanson , Tyler . After the lodge business had been transacted , it was closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned to tlie banquet . HAMPSHIRE . BOURNEMOUTH . —JleiigiU Lodge ( No . 230 ) . —This lodge met on Thursday evening , the 23 rd ult ., in the Masonic Hall , ancl after

disposing of tho usual routine of business , Air . J . H . Caseley was ballotted for , and having been unanimously elected , was initiated into the first degree of the Order . After which the lodge being opened in the second and third degrees , Bro . AV . B . Rogers was installed as AV . JI . for the ensuing year , the ceremony of installation being performed by Bro . J . Sydenham , of the Lodge of Amity , 160 , Poole . After the . ceremony of installation , the W . AI . appointed his officers for the year , as folloivs : —Bros . P . Tuck , S . AA' . ; J .

Macey , J . W . ; E . Crosby , S . D . ; AV . JL Bill , J . D . ; J . Briggs , I . G . ; -J . JL William , Sec . The lodge having been closed , the brethren sat doivn to supper in the hall , after ivhich the usual loyal ancl Masonic toasts were proposed anel drunk with true Masonic honours . HUNTINGDONSHIRE . HUNTINGDON . —SOCRATES LODGE ( NO . 511 ) . —INSTALLATION or

THE DUKE or MANCHESTER . On Tuesday , tlie 23 rd ulfc ., there Avas a very large gathering of Freemasons afc Huntingdon , on the occasion of the installation of His Grace the Duke of Jfanchester as AA ' orshipful JIaster of this lodge . A lodge of emergency was opened at three o ' clock , when there were present—Bros . Cluff , Ingram , Dr . AVard , C . JIaile , A ' esey ( Chaplain ) , ( i . JI . Fox , Burton , Alarson , AVilson , G . N . \ Voolley , AVorsop ,

E . G . Bull , Smith , Carver , Pearce , Bodger , Bird , Ekin , Allen , Knights , Margetts , and Cooper . The visitors ivere T . L . Fox , of No . 19 ; H . P . Hooper , of Godmanchestei '; It . Carter , of Houghton ; and the follOAA'ing from Peterborough : T . G . Buckle , J . Bricldle , J . S . Bays , G . Cattel , Robert AVaite , G . Harrison , and . 1 . AA' . Swallow . His Grace was unanimously elected AA'orshipful AIaster on the retirement of Bro . Cluff , who has very ably officiated during fche past year . The Installing JIaster on the occasion ivas Bro . T . L .

Fox , P . JI . of the Royal Athelstone Lodge ( No . 19 ) . After the ceremony , the brethren proceeded to the George Inn , where they sat CIOAVU to a sumptuous banquet . The AVorshipful Master , the Duke of Manchester , presided , ancl in addition to the brethren whose names are given above , the company were joined by Bros . Provost and AA ' . J . Jlellor . On the removal of the cloth , the brethren drank " The Queen and the Craft" ivifch the loyalty so characteristic of Afasons .

, The AA ' oRsuirruL MASTER then proposed " The Health of the Earl of Zetland , the JI . AV . G . JI . " It is unnecessary , said his Grace , that I should take upon myself to describe all the merits of tlie Earl of Zetland , for they are knoivn to every member of the Craffc . You are all aware that the Jlost AA'orshipful Grand Master succeeded the Duke of Sussex in the office eighteen years ago , and

that during this long period he has fulfilled the duties in a manner that has given universal satisfaction . I therefore propose to you " The Health of the Earl of Zetland , the M . W . G . M . of England . " The toast was very heartily responded to , as was also that of " The Earl of Dalhousie , the D . G . M ., ancl the Present ancl Past Grand Officers . " The toast of " The Jlost Noble the Marquis of Huntley , " the ProA ' . G . M ., and " The Past Provincial Grand Officers " was next

proposed by the AVorshipful Master , and responded to by Bro . G . JI . Fox , the Senior Past Provincial Grand Officer present , who said , I feel assured that every brother present regrets the absence of the Provincial Grancl Master . He is aivare of this assembly to-day , and I have no doubt ivould have been present with us if his health permitted him . AA'e , the members of the Socrates Lodge , have reason to be proud of our Provincial Grand JIasterfrom the fact that ho AVAS for many a member of our

, years lodge , and for one year he officiated as JIaster . ( Applause . ) With regard to the Provincial Grand Officers , I feel justified in saying that , having attended the meetings of many lodges , the manner in ivhich the officers conduct their business is hi ghly creditable . It is now many years since I became an officer , and having taken a ivann interest in our Alasonic charities , I may be permitted to refer to them on this oe-. caston . Om- provincethough a

, vary small one , ranks high with respect to Masonic charities . Not only are most of the lodges in our province governors of various charities , but we have in this province an admirable one , as well as in the Grand Lodge of England . ( Applause . ) AA ' e have also funds amounting to £ 300 , belonging to charities in the Provincial Grand Loelge , constituting Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire . It must be evident , therefore , that as a small province , we have all

reason to be proud of the position which we occupy in connection with the Provincial Grand Lodges of England . ( Loud applause . ) The AVoiisnirruL JIASTER : I haye UOAV very great pleasure in proposing to you "The Health of our A'isitors , and making special mention of Bro . Thomas LCAVIS Fox , the Installing JIaster ot this clay . " ( Applause . ) As this is the first time I have had the honour of meeting you in your lodge , I feel more like a visitor than a member ; but I am sure I speak the feelings of every brother of

the Socrates Lodge , in expressing the sincere pleasure we feel at the presence of our brethren who have come from a distance . ( Applause . ) For myself , I cannot speak in terms too high of the ability displayed by Brother T . L . Fox , in the performance of his duties to-clay , as Installing JIaster . ( Applause . ) This being the first time I have witnessed the ceremony , I was probably more impressed with it than others ; but I am sure that even the oldest ; memberof the Craffc present will agree ivith me that the duties

. could not have been more ably performed than by Bro . Fox . ( Loud cheers . ) I therefore" propose to you AA'ith sincere pleasure "The Health of the Visitors and of Brother Fox , the Installing JIaster . " Bro . THOMAS LEWIS FOX , P . JI . of the Athelstone Loelge ( No . 19 ) , on rising to respond to the toast , ivas most cordially received , and assured the bretliren that it had been a source of great pleasure to him to come to Huntingdon on the present auspicious occasion . AA'henever he was in the neighbourhood he should be all times most

willing to render any assistance in his poiver , either in the public lodge , or in giving private instruction to those who required it . ( Applause . ) Bro . Dr . AVARD , P . AL , Jlavor of Huntingdon , next proposed " The Health of the AVorshipful JIaster , His Grace the Dnke of Manchester . " I am sure , said Dr . AVard , that the majority of the brethren present are quite aivare that I am not in the habit of saying what I do nojr mean , and that I generally say what I do

mean . There is ah axioiii among Masons , in the truth of which you will all agree , that a good Jlason cannot be a bad man . ( Applause ) . I may say , therefore , conversely , with the same truth , that a good man cannot make a bad Jlason . ( Hear , hear . ) If this be so , I am sure ive must all feel considerable pleasure afc the ceremony AA'hich has taken place to-day in the installation of the noble duke . I think I may safely say thafc it is impossible for a nobleman to be better knoivn or more highly esteemed than tho Duke of Jl < nchester . ( Loud cheers . ) He lives so much amongst us , ancl is so much seen by us , that ive have every possible opportunity

of judging of his character . I therefore feel the utmost confidence in proposing the noble duke ' s health in an assembly of those who knoiv him . Of his Grace ' s Jlasonic qualifications I am unable to speak , bufc from the virtues which he displays in private life , we must all have the greatest confidence that he will perform the duties of the office in winch he has been installed to-day to the utmost satisfaction of every member of the lodge . The brethren , I am sure must feel proud , not only in having a JIaster of the rank ancl

station of the noble duke , but one who will be a good ancl worthy Jlason . ( Cheers ) . I , therefore , AA'ithout further observation , propose to you " Tlie Health of the AA ' orshipful JIaster . " The brethren drank the toast with full Jlasonic honours . The AVoRSinrrUL JIASTER acknowledged the toast by assuring the brethren of his sincere wish to deserve the confidence which had been expressed towards him . He confessed he could not claim much proficiency in Alasonry ; but he had an earnest desire to

obtain a more complete knowledge of ifc . During his year of office he would do his utmost to that end , and hoped that on his retirement the brethren ivould not think less favourably of him than they did at the commencement . ( Applause . ) Bro . INGRAM , S . AA ' ., said , tlie privilege had been accorded to him of proposing the next toast , "The Health of their esteemed Treasurer and Secretary , Bro . G . JI . Fox . " To every one who kneiv Bro . FoxAvhether in his Masonic capacitor as a private individual

, y , this toast Avould be exceedingly ivclcome . He ( Bro . Ingrain ) never knew a better Jlason than Mr . Fox . He was esteemed by the members of the Socrates Lodge , not only as their Treasurer and Secretary , bufc as the Father of the lodge . ( Applause . ) He could certainly say this of Bro . Fox , thafc he knew no man ivho carried Freemasonry more into his private life than their excellent Secretary and Treasurer . The bretliren drank Bro . Fox ' s health with all the Jlasonic

honours . Bro . Fox , in returning thanks , saicl , that before he became a Jlason , his ideas respecting the Order Avere anything but favourable to it ; bufc when lie found what ifc Ai'as , he conscientiously adhered fco it , and had derived more pleasure from it than ho could from any other Order iu the world . ( Applause ) . He would particularl y impress on the members of the lodge the necessity of attending the

meetings . For his OAVII part he considered himself as strictly engaged on the lodge night , and he was convinced that in nine cases out of ten , the brethren , by a little management , might be able to make their duties at the lodge subservient to their other avocations .