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visitor , m returning thanks , said he had hitherto been a stranger to the hospitality of the Domatic Lodge , but he must s : iy that he was exceedingly pleased at the manner in which the business had been transacted , and at the very able way in which the W . M . had gone through his duties . He was quite sure the Domatic Lod ge would keep up their standard for hospitality . He was much gratified with their mode of working , and he hoped their W . M . would continue in good health to fulfil his

duties . The W . M . said he thought the most pleasing toast of the evening was that of the Past Masters of the Lodge . Some one had said the Past Masters were of no use to the lodge but as ornaments , but that , he could most distinctly deny . The toast was duly honoured . Bro . Smith , in returning thanks , said the W . M- had said he had heard that the P . M . ' s were orna-¦ ments , and he could attribute that onlto their good looks

y . He was sure that if the Past Masters could be of any service to the Masters or officers of the lodge they were always glad to give them the benefit of their knowledge in the Craft , for they had ¦ the interests of Freemasonry at heart . Bro . P . M . Thompson said he was desirous of saying a few words which he had intended to have said at the last meeting , when the W . M . was . installed in the chair of K . S . but was prevented from doing so

, on account of the other matters they had to dispose of . He was exceedingly pleased to hear from Bro . Smith ( the Treasurer ) that upon the entrance of the W . M . upon his duties he had taken his place at the Boaid of Benevolence , there to assist in dispensing aid to our poorer brethren who might require assistance in the hour of their misfortune , and he wished to take that opportunity of bearing his own testimony to the very punctual

-maimer in which the W . M . had always discharged his other duties . While he ( Bro . Thompson ) was in the chair , he had been ¦ compelled , from circumstances to which he need not more particularly allude to , to all the brethren together , to attend at several extra meetings . At no ordinary meeting was the W . M . absent from his post , and even in the case of emergency meetings , which under ordinary circumstances might still have been considered sufficient ground for absence of the officersthe WM

, .. was . always present , and on one or two occasions he came from either Manchester or Liverpool , no doubt at great inconvenience to Iiimself , expressly for that purpose . These habits of punctuality he hoped the brethren would estimate , setting , as it did , an ¦ example for others to follow . A brother then sang , "O'er the liills , Jessie . " The next toast was " The Officers of the Lodge , " which was received with due honourand having been responded

, to , a very pleasant and happy meeting was brought to a close . LODGE or IJCDUSTEY ( NO . 1 S 6 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge took place on Tuesday evening , the 22 nd ult ., at . the Freemasons' Tavern , Bros . Bartlett , W . M ., Cocking , S . W ., Mann , J . W ., and other brethren being present . The lodge having ¦ been opened in due form , and with solemn prayer , some regular business was then transacted . The ceremony of installing Bro .

Bartlett , W . M ., who had been unanimously re-elected to fill the chair of K . S ., was then most impressively gone through by Bro . Berry , P . M . of St . Luke's Lodge , & c , and his exhortations were listened to with marked attentien . Bro . Carpenter , the indefatigable Secretary , stated that he had received a letter from the "Harlem Lodge , of New York City , which , with the permission . of the lodge , he would read to them . The letter was as follows : —

" Harlem Lodge , No . 457 F . and A . M ., New York City , May 9 th , 18 GG . " To the Master , Wardens , and Brethren of the Lodge of Industry , No . 1 S 6 , London . "Dear Sir and Brethren , —On the 26 th of March last a man named Joseph Saunders Gates died of pneumonia on Ward's Island ( which is a port of this city ) in a public hospitalHe

, . was admitted into the hospital on the 2 nd day of March last . Two days after his admission he lost the use of his voice , and in consequen . ee thereof , and of his extreme illness , no trace of his former history was discovered , except that he arrived in this city from England about a year ago . On examination of his effects after his death the following certificates were found : — "First—Certificate of his marriage to Frances Webbdated

, Nov . 2 , 1 S 63 ; marriage solemnised in the registrar ' s office , ¦ George Chambers , then registrar ; occupation of Gates , waiter , & c . ; residence , both of himself and Frances Webb , No . 8 , Fleetstreet , London . His father ' s name was John Gates , a tailor . The name of Frances Webb ' s father was Robert , an innkeeper and farmer . " Second—A diploma of membership of Lodge of Industry ,

No . 219 F . and A . M ., certifying that Joseph Saunders Gates was admitted to the third degree on the 28 th day of February , 185 S . Certificate countersigned by William Gray Clarke , Grand Secretary . "Third—A certificate of membership of Thistle Lodge of Mark Masters , dated March 3 rd , 1861 , signed by William L . Collins , Grand Sec . " He also left a Masonic apronand a few memorandawhich

, , are considered of no great value or importance . These evidences of his being a Master Mason in good standing , coming to the knowledge of Harlem Lodge , No . 457 F . and A . M ., of the state of New York , shortly after his death , the lodge took possession of his body , and had the same decently and handsomely interred , with the usual formalities and ancient ceremonies of the fraternity , in the Episcopal Church Cemetery ,

corner of 4 th Avenue , and 127 th Street , in this city . "Thinking that it might be gratifying to his friends and relatives to know that Bro . Gates received kind attention and care during his last illness , and that his body received a Christian burial at the hands of his Masonic brethren , I have deemed it advisable to address this communication to you , hoping that you will communicate with his friends and relatives , if such there be in England , and request you to acknowledge receipt of this letter , also advising us what disposition you would wish made of the certificates and papers above mentioned .

" Yours fraternally , " THOMAS H EJTEY LAXDOIT , " Master of Harlem Lodge , No . 457 F . and A . M ., "Room 13 City Hall , New York City , U . S . "Attest—Robert Ogilvy , Sec . " The letter was sealed with the seal of the lodge . It was resolved that a recognition should be made of the really

proper Masonic behaviour of the brethren of the Harlem Lodge , and that a letter of acknowledgment and thanks be sent to their Secretary . The W . M . then appointed his officers , and the lodge having been closed with prayer , the brethren adjourned to the great hall , where an excellent bill of fare was provided . The viands were of first-rate quality , and prepared in good style , to which the brethren did justice . The usual loyal and Masonic

toasts had been disposed of , when it was discovered that a part of one of the imitation pillars was on fire . All the Masonic proceedings were of course at once stopped by the W . M ., and it was some time before order was again restored . When the firemen came it was found to have originated from the overbeating of a flue . It was acknowledged by all that if it had occurred in the middle of the night the building would have stood a very great chance of being burnt to ashes . The utmost praise is due to the W . M . for the manner in which he conducted the proceedings under the circumstances .

LODGE OF ISEAEL ( NO . 205 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held on the 22 nd tilt ., at Radley's Hotel , New Bridge-street , when Bro . J . Lazarus , P . M ., ably performed the ceremony of installing Bro . Wolf Littaur , in the presence of a very large concourse of the brethren and visitors . The W . M . then appointed the following brethren his officers : —Bros . Jones , S . W . ; Chamberlain , J . W . ; Joseph Isaacs , P . M ., Treas . ; E . LaddP . M . Sec . M . J . EmanuelS . D . ; Henry IsaacsJ . D . ;

, , ; , , Turner , I . G . ; Joseph Nathan , Dir . of Cers . ; Moss Jackson , Assist . Dir . of Cers . ; and M . Candish Tyler . The W . M . most impressively initiated Mr . Frederick Daniel Sutherland into the Order . The petition to the Board of Benevolence from the widow of a highly respected deceased P . M . was , by the exertions of the S . D ., signed by every member of the lodge . Bro . Boss , late S . W ., resigned his membership , and ' a special minuts was ordered

to he made that it he accepted with sincere and heartfelt regret ; and a letter was rcid from Bro . J . Forrester , Secretary to the Limehouse Distress Fund , asking Masons to be present at Drury-lane Theatre on tho 28 th ult ., when the boys from the Masonic Institution would attend . Five guineas were voted , with expressions of much sympathy , to a brother in distress , and the brethren were then called off to banquet . After the cloth had been removed was saidand the usual toasts were given

, grace , and honoured . In giving the "Initiate , " the following admirable addresses was delivered by the W . M .: —In doing honour to the principal toast of the evening , allow me to say to our brother , before you drink his health , that although we are at the festive board he will find that we are , in addition to being a convivial body , an assembly of most intellectual and virtuous men . You , Brother , will find in your passage through life , that