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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
MASONIC MEMS . - Ix another part of our paper will be found tho first announcement of Steivards , about thirty ill number , for the approaching festival of the Hoys School , Avhich takes place in March—which number wo hope will lie increased before the close ofthe month by the names of some of the inlbientiai country brethren . At the approaching election , in
April , three boys will be admitted out , of ten candidates , Ix consequence of printer ' s errors last week , AA-O repeat the following mem . n-an . him : —A warrant for a neiv Lodge , to be called the " Homer , " and to be held in Smyrna , has been applied for ; Bro . Hy de Clarke being nominated as the . first Master , and Bro . Aztiavon . r ( P . M . ofthe OEIKXTAI , Lodge , Constantinople ) Senior AVarden .
METSOPOLITAI .. KCVPTIAX LODGE ( N O . 29 ) . —Thursday , the 2 nd . instant , being the usual meeting of the above venerable Lodge , was marked as the first assemblage of the brethren this year by its being the night of installation of the W . M . and appointment of officers . The chair was taken by Bro . John Savage , S . G . D ., an honorary member , who commenced the
business by opening the Lodge , ancl passing Bro . Clark to tho second degree ; after ivhich the W . M . elect was presented by Bro . Buss , P . M ., and Secretary , for installation . A board of installed Masters having been formed , baling the remarkable and complimentary fact of three Grand Officers present filling the respective principal officers' chairs , viz . : Bro . . Toliii Savage , as AV . M . ; Bro . Famtletd , Asst . G . See ., as S . AV . ; aud Bro . Joseph Smith , G . Purst , ns J . AV . ; the duties of each office being performed in that excellent manner ivhich all who know the brethren
in question cannot fail to attribute to them . AA'hen the ! brethren beloiv the rank of W . M . were re-admitted to the Lodge , Bro . Chidzey had been duly installed W . M . for the ensuing year , ancl proceeded to appoint and invest the officers as - follows : —Bros . AV . D . Eves . S . AA ' . ; C . B . Payne , G . Tyler , J . AV . ; B . P . Todd , and H . G . Buss , P . Ms ., re-invested as Treas . and See . ( for what number of years it , would be hazardous to state ); Henry Hoave , S . ' D . ; Matthew Cooke , J . D . ; D . H . Jacobs , I . G . ; and the veteran Bro . AA ' m . Bice , Tyler . Bro . John Savage
then by unanimous request , closed the Lodge , aud Ave cannot forbear to pay him that just tribute of admiration , which is his duo , for tbe perfect , clear , and gentlemanlike way in AA'hich he had conducted the business before the Lodge . Upon adjourning to the banquet , ( which was served in Bro . Haynes ' s best style , and eulogized by all present , ) the visitors doing honour to the Egyptian Lodge by their presence , were found to be Bros . John Savage , S . G . D . ; Farnfield , Assist . G . Sec ; Joseph SmithG . Purst ; John KenuallP . Prov .
, , S . G . W . of Worcestershire ; AV . T , Sadler , No . 110 , Norwich ; AV . G . Jennings , St . John ' s , 19 G ; AV . TJnderAvood , 201 ; R . J . C'heeSAvright ; AV . T . Halton , Adam J . Berry . and T . H . Bovdon , of 955 ; J . B . Osborne , S . AV . ; Geo . V . Pry , J-AA' . ; aud Chas . T . Sutton , S . D ., of No . 1082 . The cloth being cleared , the toast of "The Queen ancl the Craft , " was given and loyally responded to . " The health of our M . AV . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland . " followed , and ivas received with all the honours that Mason ' s
ever accord as his due . ' ' The health of the D . G . M ., ancl the rest of the Grand Officers . " coupled with the name of Bro . John Savage , came next , and was rapturously received . Bro . SAA ' AGIC in reply , stated that it was a vary pleasing task to respond on behalf of the R . AV . D . G . M ., AA-IIO was a most excellent officer , a distinguished nobleman , and a zealous Freemason . The throne was never better filled , in the absence of the M . AV . G . M ,, than it mas when occupied by so good a man , so zealous a brother , ancl so able a worker , as the 'D . G . M . He , Bro . Savage , felt proud of the
D . G . M ., and was gratified on this occasion to be called on to return thanks in his name and that of the other Grand Officers , ivho he believed were each in their relative spheres zealous and anxious to promote the good of Freemasonry , and he hoped that their conduct Avould ever be the same . He also thanked the brethren for the honourable mention of Bros . Farnfield and Joseph Smith , ivith himself , assuring them that it was a pleasure to meet the brethren of the Egyptian Lodge ; and he , for his OAA' 11 part , looked forward to many happy meetings iu years to come ,
and begged that tbe brethren would accept the thanks he had so imperfectly attempted to return on behalf of the D . G . M' / and the other Grand Officers , whoso endeavour Avould alivay .. be to deserve the kind feelings testified to them in that as well as all the other Lodges of the Craft , rile next toast giA-en from the chair was that of " The Visitors , " which was coupled with the uame of Bro . Joseph Smith , G . Pursuivant . Bro . JOSEPH S . iirrn said he wished it had fallen to the lot of Bro . Farnfield to respond to this toastbecause that worthbrother AA'as ahvays on his
, y .. uard , and Ave ] I weighed every word he uttered , Avhilst he ( Bro . Smith ) bad not that control over himself , but spoke as tbe feelings came warml y , and sometimes hastily , from his heart . Still lie hoped the members of the Egyptian Lodge would take him as he AV . , and he could assure them , in the name ofthe visitors , that he cordially thanked them fur the handsome reception they had met ivith ; and that if the Lodge Avas pleased Avilh its visitors , tin ; visitors were no let : ; . gratified
and pleased to appear there in that character . Looking upon Bro . S . 1 A ' , -ige as ,. member ofthe Lodge , perhaps he mig ht ho permitted to say that it was an especial p leasure and delight to hear him ivork lhe ceremonies in his pleasing and gentlemanlike manner , and he could say , for himself and the other visitors , that he . and they would always lie proud and happy to meet any AAOl . or brother of the Egyptian Lodgewho were so united among themselves—and in return be would , in the name of the hrethren visiting and his own . wish Lodge- No . 29 the
greatest amount of prosperity that they could desire for themselves . The immediate P . M ., Bro ! Goucur , then proposed tho health of the AV . M . in a neat and effective speech , to which tho AV . M . replied . The W . M . then proposed the health of Bro . Savage ; , who bad for the last fifteen years installed every AV . M . of that Lodge " even at peculiar inconvenience to himself . Bro " SAVAGE said that he was someAvhat taken unexpectedly by being called upon to rise a second time , and did not suppose after having previously responded to a toast , to have had the distinguished
honour of having again to address them , but as they had chosen to siugle him out , he could clo no less than express to the Lodge the very warm interest he took , and always should take , in the Egyptian Lodge . The AA . M . had been pleased to allude to his attendance there for some , fifteen years , and he made it a rule always to attend , at least once a year on their installation , well remembering the time when in bygone years he had attended at their various meetings to perform the ceremony of initiation for theinbut he was happy to say their progress was such that
, his services could be dispensed with . For many years he had received pleasure iu No . 29 . In that Lodge he worked his way step by step , ancl . he should never forget , that as the J . AV . of tbe Egyptian Lodge , he . first took his seat iu the Grand Lodge of England . Latterly it had been his good fortune to have a hig h distinction iu the Grand Lodge conferred upon him , and he could do no less than look back to the days of his early connection ivith No . 29 . He hoped the members ivould accept with gratification that mark of distinction which he had obtained as
being in some part a testimony of the worth of the Egyptian Lodge , of : which ho hoped to be many years a member , and to be spared to meet them annually , at least for a long series of years to come . The AV . M . being obliged to leave , was succeeded in the chair by Bro . Bess , P . M . and Sec , who jokingly said , that having got the reins in his own hands ,
he should propose the health of the P . Ms , ofthe Egyptian Lodge , which was tantamount to wishing them , to drink his health , but in order to obviate that inference , he should couple with the toast the name of their respected Treasurer , Bro . Todd , who had but one object at heart—that of being a good Mason—and as he succeeded in that object to admiration , it ivould be useless to say that they hacl a good ancl respected Treasurer Bro . TODD regretted the absence of the immediate P . M ., but they all knew he was obliged to leave early . Still , as No . 29 never boasted many
P . Ms ., he supposed he must do duty ancl return thanks on their behalf For himself , the character Bro . Buss had g iven him was a little overdrawn , for he only endeavoured to act as a Treasurer should , and it was hi . ; firm determination to keep the Lodge from any expenses that it could not meet , and he hoped that when it went into debt , however trifling the amount might be , tha . t they would then relieve him of his office , greatly as he prized their confidence . —Bro . Buss , AV . M . pro tem ., then rose for the purpose of proposing a toast that ivas ivell knoAvn to
the members of that Lodge— " The Masonic Charities "—a toast ivhich they alAA-ays drank , but one which , if possible , they would respond to on that occasion with greater celal than ordinary , as they were honoured by the presence of Bro . Farnfield . He Avas happy to be able to say , that at the recent festival the largest sum ever collected was realized ; and that the Craft were awakening to the importance of a provision for aged . Alasons and their iviclows , au object of primary import , for the children were better able to combat with the world after they had obtained a start in life , while every additional year , he might say month , reduced those whose energies were failing and their provision uncertain ; but now ,
under the improved circumstances , he hoped for better times , anil desired to see the brethren rally round their old and poor brothers ami sisters , ancl place the Benevolent Institution where it should ahvays have been placed—as the first and greatest of the Masonic charities , which was the next toast for their reception , and in conjunction ivith that toast he begged to associate the name of Bro . Farnfield . Bro . I _" ' . NI - 'IEI . O said that from the able maimer in ivhich Bro . Buss had brought the subject , of Masonic charities before them , there was bub little left him to say ;
but closely connected as he AA . IS with one of them , he felt he could . not allow them to be wanting iu thanks for the kind maimer in which they had been proposed awl responded to . It iras , he confessed , a source of infinite satisfaction to him to be enabled to say that the aged Masons and their widows were receiving more attention than they had hitherto done , and that a fesv such _ exertions as were made at the recent festival ivould p lace them in a degree of comparative affluence . In furtherance of the good work , he was happy
to say that he had already received the names of tivelve brethren to act as stewards for the next occasion , and amongst them was Lord I le Tabley , and he ivould also say that lie should be happy to find a steward iu tho Egyptian Lodge , for 1 Sfil , to supply the place of Brother Todd , who had just served . On the occasion of the festival of last month , the precise amount collected was , i' 2 , 09 li 19 s . ( if / ., since which be had received twenty or thirty pounds in addition , a sum ivhich would be found the largest ever vet attained in behalf of any Masonic charity . Such having been the liberality of the fraternity , he should not be doing his dut y if he dhl not , entreat the brethren to rally round the whole of the charities
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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
MASONIC MEMS . - Ix another part of our paper will be found tho first announcement of Steivards , about thirty ill number , for the approaching festival of the Hoys School , Avhich takes place in March—which number wo hope will lie increased before the close ofthe month by the names of some of the inlbientiai country brethren . At the approaching election , in
April , three boys will be admitted out , of ten candidates , Ix consequence of printer ' s errors last week , AA-O repeat the following mem . n-an . him : —A warrant for a neiv Lodge , to be called the " Homer , " and to be held in Smyrna , has been applied for ; Bro . Hy de Clarke being nominated as the . first Master , and Bro . Aztiavon . r ( P . M . ofthe OEIKXTAI , Lodge , Constantinople ) Senior AVarden .
METSOPOLITAI .. KCVPTIAX LODGE ( N O . 29 ) . —Thursday , the 2 nd . instant , being the usual meeting of the above venerable Lodge , was marked as the first assemblage of the brethren this year by its being the night of installation of the W . M . and appointment of officers . The chair was taken by Bro . John Savage , S . G . D ., an honorary member , who commenced the
business by opening the Lodge , ancl passing Bro . Clark to tho second degree ; after ivhich the W . M . elect was presented by Bro . Buss , P . M ., and Secretary , for installation . A board of installed Masters having been formed , baling the remarkable and complimentary fact of three Grand Officers present filling the respective principal officers' chairs , viz . : Bro . . Toliii Savage , as AV . M . ; Bro . Famtletd , Asst . G . See ., as S . AV . ; aud Bro . Joseph Smith , G . Purst , ns J . AV . ; the duties of each office being performed in that excellent manner ivhich all who know the brethren
in question cannot fail to attribute to them . AA'hen the ! brethren beloiv the rank of W . M . were re-admitted to the Lodge , Bro . Chidzey had been duly installed W . M . for the ensuing year , ancl proceeded to appoint and invest the officers as - follows : —Bros . AV . D . Eves . S . AA ' . ; C . B . Payne , G . Tyler , J . AV . ; B . P . Todd , and H . G . Buss , P . Ms ., re-invested as Treas . and See . ( for what number of years it , would be hazardous to state ); Henry Hoave , S . ' D . ; Matthew Cooke , J . D . ; D . H . Jacobs , I . G . ; and the veteran Bro . AA ' m . Bice , Tyler . Bro . John Savage
then by unanimous request , closed the Lodge , aud Ave cannot forbear to pay him that just tribute of admiration , which is his duo , for tbe perfect , clear , and gentlemanlike way in AA'hich he had conducted the business before the Lodge . Upon adjourning to the banquet , ( which was served in Bro . Haynes ' s best style , and eulogized by all present , ) the visitors doing honour to the Egyptian Lodge by their presence , were found to be Bros . John Savage , S . G . D . ; Farnfield , Assist . G . Sec ; Joseph SmithG . Purst ; John KenuallP . Prov .
, , S . G . W . of Worcestershire ; AV . T , Sadler , No . 110 , Norwich ; AV . G . Jennings , St . John ' s , 19 G ; AV . TJnderAvood , 201 ; R . J . C'heeSAvright ; AV . T . Halton , Adam J . Berry . and T . H . Bovdon , of 955 ; J . B . Osborne , S . AV . ; Geo . V . Pry , J-AA' . ; aud Chas . T . Sutton , S . D ., of No . 1082 . The cloth being cleared , the toast of "The Queen ancl the Craft , " was given and loyally responded to . " The health of our M . AV . G . M ., the Earl of Zetland . " followed , and ivas received with all the honours that Mason ' s
ever accord as his due . ' ' The health of the D . G . M ., ancl the rest of the Grand Officers . " coupled with the name of Bro . John Savage , came next , and was rapturously received . Bro . SAA ' AGIC in reply , stated that it was a vary pleasing task to respond on behalf of the R . AV . D . G . M ., AA-IIO was a most excellent officer , a distinguished nobleman , and a zealous Freemason . The throne was never better filled , in the absence of the M . AV . G . M ,, than it mas when occupied by so good a man , so zealous a brother , ancl so able a worker , as the 'D . G . M . He , Bro . Savage , felt proud of the
D . G . M ., and was gratified on this occasion to be called on to return thanks in his name and that of the other Grand Officers , ivho he believed were each in their relative spheres zealous and anxious to promote the good of Freemasonry , and he hoped that their conduct Avould ever be the same . He also thanked the brethren for the honourable mention of Bros . Farnfield and Joseph Smith , ivith himself , assuring them that it was a pleasure to meet the brethren of the Egyptian Lodge ; and he , for his OAA' 11 part , looked forward to many happy meetings iu years to come ,
and begged that tbe brethren would accept the thanks he had so imperfectly attempted to return on behalf of the D . G . M' / and the other Grand Officers , whoso endeavour Avould alivay .. be to deserve the kind feelings testified to them in that as well as all the other Lodges of the Craft , rile next toast giA-en from the chair was that of " The Visitors , " which was coupled with the uame of Bro . Joseph Smith , G . Pursuivant . Bro . JOSEPH S . iirrn said he wished it had fallen to the lot of Bro . Farnfield to respond to this toastbecause that worthbrother AA'as ahvays on his
, y .. uard , and Ave ] I weighed every word he uttered , Avhilst he ( Bro . Smith ) bad not that control over himself , but spoke as tbe feelings came warml y , and sometimes hastily , from his heart . Still lie hoped the members of the Egyptian Lodge would take him as he AV . , and he could assure them , in the name ofthe visitors , that he cordially thanked them fur the handsome reception they had met ivith ; and that if the Lodge Avas pleased Avilh its visitors , tin ; visitors were no let : ; . gratified
and pleased to appear there in that character . Looking upon Bro . S . 1 A ' , -ige as ,. member ofthe Lodge , perhaps he mig ht ho permitted to say that it was an especial p leasure and delight to hear him ivork lhe ceremonies in his pleasing and gentlemanlike manner , and he could say , for himself and the other visitors , that he . and they would always lie proud and happy to meet any AAOl . or brother of the Egyptian Lodgewho were so united among themselves—and in return be would , in the name of the hrethren visiting and his own . wish Lodge- No . 29 the
greatest amount of prosperity that they could desire for themselves . The immediate P . M ., Bro ! Goucur , then proposed tho health of the AV . M . in a neat and effective speech , to which tho AV . M . replied . The W . M . then proposed the health of Bro . Savage ; , who bad for the last fifteen years installed every AV . M . of that Lodge " even at peculiar inconvenience to himself . Bro " SAVAGE said that he was someAvhat taken unexpectedly by being called upon to rise a second time , and did not suppose after having previously responded to a toast , to have had the distinguished
honour of having again to address them , but as they had chosen to siugle him out , he could clo no less than express to the Lodge the very warm interest he took , and always should take , in the Egyptian Lodge . The AA . M . had been pleased to allude to his attendance there for some , fifteen years , and he made it a rule always to attend , at least once a year on their installation , well remembering the time when in bygone years he had attended at their various meetings to perform the ceremony of initiation for theinbut he was happy to say their progress was such that
, his services could be dispensed with . For many years he had received pleasure iu No . 29 . In that Lodge he worked his way step by step , ancl . he should never forget , that as the J . AV . of tbe Egyptian Lodge , he . first took his seat iu the Grand Lodge of England . Latterly it had been his good fortune to have a hig h distinction iu the Grand Lodge conferred upon him , and he could do no less than look back to the days of his early connection ivith No . 29 . He hoped the members ivould accept with gratification that mark of distinction which he had obtained as
being in some part a testimony of the worth of the Egyptian Lodge , of : which ho hoped to be many years a member , and to be spared to meet them annually , at least for a long series of years to come . The AV . M . being obliged to leave , was succeeded in the chair by Bro . Bess , P . M . and Sec , who jokingly said , that having got the reins in his own hands ,
he should propose the health of the P . Ms , ofthe Egyptian Lodge , which was tantamount to wishing them , to drink his health , but in order to obviate that inference , he should couple with the toast the name of their respected Treasurer , Bro . Todd , who had but one object at heart—that of being a good Mason—and as he succeeded in that object to admiration , it ivould be useless to say that they hacl a good ancl respected Treasurer Bro . TODD regretted the absence of the immediate P . M ., but they all knew he was obliged to leave early . Still , as No . 29 never boasted many
P . Ms ., he supposed he must do duty ancl return thanks on their behalf For himself , the character Bro . Buss had g iven him was a little overdrawn , for he only endeavoured to act as a Treasurer should , and it was hi . ; firm determination to keep the Lodge from any expenses that it could not meet , and he hoped that when it went into debt , however trifling the amount might be , tha . t they would then relieve him of his office , greatly as he prized their confidence . —Bro . Buss , AV . M . pro tem ., then rose for the purpose of proposing a toast that ivas ivell knoAvn to
the members of that Lodge— " The Masonic Charities "—a toast ivhich they alAA-ays drank , but one which , if possible , they would respond to on that occasion with greater celal than ordinary , as they were honoured by the presence of Bro . Farnfield . He Avas happy to be able to say , that at the recent festival the largest sum ever collected was realized ; and that the Craft were awakening to the importance of a provision for aged . Alasons and their iviclows , au object of primary import , for the children were better able to combat with the world after they had obtained a start in life , while every additional year , he might say month , reduced those whose energies were failing and their provision uncertain ; but now ,
under the improved circumstances , he hoped for better times , anil desired to see the brethren rally round their old and poor brothers ami sisters , ancl place the Benevolent Institution where it should ahvays have been placed—as the first and greatest of the Masonic charities , which was the next toast for their reception , and in conjunction ivith that toast he begged to associate the name of Bro . Farnfield . Bro . I _" ' . NI - 'IEI . O said that from the able maimer in ivhich Bro . Buss had brought the subject , of Masonic charities before them , there was bub little left him to say ;
but closely connected as he AA . IS with one of them , he felt he could . not allow them to be wanting iu thanks for the kind maimer in which they had been proposed awl responded to . It iras , he confessed , a source of infinite satisfaction to him to be enabled to say that the aged Masons and their widows were receiving more attention than they had hitherto done , and that a fesv such _ exertions as were made at the recent festival ivould p lace them in a degree of comparative affluence . In furtherance of the good work , he was happy
to say that he had already received the names of tivelve brethren to act as stewards for the next occasion , and amongst them was Lord I le Tabley , and he ivould also say that lie should be happy to find a steward iu tho Egyptian Lodge , for 1 Sfil , to supply the place of Brother Todd , who had just served . On the occasion of the festival of last month , the precise amount collected was , i' 2 , 09 li 19 s . ( if / ., since which be had received twenty or thirty pounds in addition , a sum ivhich would be found the largest ever vet attained in behalf of any Masonic charity . Such having been the liberality of the fraternity , he should not be doing his dut y if he dhl not , entreat the brethren to rally round the whole of the charities