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ihe country seat oi tho Duke of . Norfolk , and other places of interest . At the hour named , a very appetising and substantial spread was placed before the company by Bro . Charles Barkshire , of tho Norfolk Hotel , to whom great credit is due for his care and attention . Full justice was soon done to tho " fourth degree , " the AV . M . Bro . Henry Johnson presiding , supported by Past Masters

Peter kin , Forbes and Bailey . After the usual Masonic toasts had been duly honored , advantage was taken of the gathering to present a very handsome silver salver to Bro . Henry Braeey Forbes , P . M ., and a gold keyless watch to Bro . Joseph Bailey , I . P . M ., as a mark of esteem and recognition of their valuable services rendered during the time they respectively occupied the chair of K . S . Bros . Forbes

and Bailey acknowledged this further honour in most appropriate terms . The toast of ; i the AV . M ., " proposed by LP . AI . Bailey , was responded to by Bro . Henry Johnson , who assured the ladies and friends of the great pleasure it afforded him to see so many present . Bro . Ben . Johnson , P . M ., also in proposing the toast of " the Ladies , " thanked them for coming in such strong force , and trusted

that the occasion would be followed by many such . Bro . Roberts , S . S . replied , thanking the officers and brethren for the enjoyment afforded , a repetition of which would be always welcomed by them . T . A . Murray Macdonald , Esq ., replying to the toast of " the Visitors , " proposed by Bro . R . Toole , S . AV ., said they were very pleased to meet the members of the Bromley St . Leonard Lodge at

all times , and especially on such a very enjoyable occasion as the present , when all seemed desirous of " being happy and communicating happiness , " and he trusted ere long he would have the pleasure of being received as " one amongst them . " AV . Bro . Peterken , P . M .. thanked the friends for remembering the P-M ' s , the old veterans in the cause , and Bro . Mead , sec . having responded for the

officers , the company separated to enjoy the remaining time in such pursuits as pleased them best , as well on land as water . Soon after 8 p . m . the party re-assembled , having enjoyed most heartily this the first summer outing of the lodge . Great praise is due to the committee and Bro . Mead , sec , for the very admirable way the arrangements were made and carried out . Amongst those present were

Bros . H . Johnson , AV . M .: R . Toole , S . AV .: Ben Johnson , J . AV .: John Collier , treas . ; AV . Maxfield Mead . sec . ; G . E . AVarn , J . D . ; C . Leweys . I . G . ; AV . Barnes , D . C . ; AV . J . Roberts , S . S . ; AV . J . Potts , J . S .: A Petorkin , II . B . Forbes , J . Bailey , P . M ' s : Bros . Gates , Hambridge , Flynn . Chinery , Pcalling , Home , Bird , Davis , Marriott , Mark Liell , Griffith , Thompson , Howard , Fennell , Hutcheson . Visitors—J . A . Murray Macdonald . Esq ., Bro . R . Hirst . Mrs . D . Annan . Mrs . Forbes .

Bro . March , Miss Mead , Mrs . Liell , Miss Marriott , Bro . and Mrs . Hayns , Bro . and Mrs . Goodej-, Mrs . AVarn , Miss Howard , Mrs . Hambridge , Bro . J . AV . and the Misses Gibbs , Mrs . Flynn , Bro . and Mrs . Bown , Mrs . II . Johnson , Miss Taylor , Mrs . Ben Johnson , Mrs . Home , Mrs . and Miss Lc-wsey , Mrs . and Miss Oates , Miss Carvaher , Miss Pealling , Mrs . Chinery , Mrs . Hutcheson , Bro . AV . F . May , Mr . Petei'ken . junr ., and Mr . Ashton .

Bro . Brackstone Baker has been nominated as the representative of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania at the United Grand Lodge of England , and has received a similar appointment from the Grand Lodges of Ohio and Michigan . Bro . Baker is now the accredited delegate of twenty United States' Grand Lodges , besides two of tho Dominion of Canada , viz ., New Brunswick and Nova Scotia .

Theatrical.

THEATRICAL .

By the kind permission of Mr . George Edwardes , Mr . George Stone will take his first benefit at tho Gaiety Theatre , on Saturday morning . July 27 th , when , in addition to an act from Faust u » to Date , and one from Esmeralda , most of the prominent artistes on the London stage will assist .

Gleanings.

GLEANINGS .

Masons that have the right stuff in them can certainly afford a few shillings a year for a Masonic journal . Ignorance has ever been the bane of Masonry . It is the few well-informed and intelligent who are lifting the order above the common head , and

giving it the character and usefulness it possesses . It is the reading Mason that gives vitality to the order . Masons who are allowed to rust , to go to sleep , satisfied with their own ignorance , are a millstone round the neck of the order , dragging their companions to their level of arrogance and stupidity . —E . echane / e .

THE TYLER . —We have some where seen the statement that the word Tyler is given to that Masonic Officer because he covers or seals in the lodge as if with tiles , closes it from the outside , the idea being also a Masonic one—he completes the Masonic building by tiling it , as roof covers in , protects and completes the house . It may seem strange , but it is nevertheless the fact that the two words

" Tyler " and " detective " both come from the same root ; not that the word Tyler means a detective , though the Tyler detects impostors seeking admission . The prefix de prevents that interpretation . The word " detective " comes from the Latin root tei / ere , to cover—while detetjere , is to uncover or detect . Tile comes from the same root teyere , but by w & y of the Gothic or German , and

Anglo-Saxon whence our ancestors got it . One of its meanings is to cover , but a more prominent one is to protect , presumably to protect by covering , not in the sense that we roof or protect a house by covering it with tiles or covers , but in the sense in which the word is used when we say that we cover a man with a pistol , or when a

man is said to cover another with his body—that is stands between him and the danger , and so protects him . The Tyler is not the finisher of the complete Masonic structure . He is not furnished with a roofer ' s kit , as working tools or emblems of his authority . He is the protector of the Masonic body as his drawn sword would imply . —Tlieo . C . Knauff , in Keystone .

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A Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Friday , the 2 ( ith day of July , lKSfl , for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Institution . To receive and approve a list of Sixty-nine Candidates ( or Seventy in the event of a deferred case being accepted by the Court ) on the recommendation of the General Committee , from which Sixteen Boys shall be elected on Friday , 25 th October next , to fill that number of Vacancies . The Chair will be taken at Four o ' clock in the afternoon precisely . By O-der , FREDERICK BINCKES . ( P . G . Std . ) , V . Pat ., IGth Jul // , 1886 . See ret a r i / .

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