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fttpoRTS or M ASONIC M EETINGS : — Craft Masonry " 9 Royal Arch »>» Knights Templar 3 ' United G-and Lodge ' 13 Masonic Notes and Queries 373 Mark Masonrv in Plumstead 'Ii Notes on Art . & c 3 y 3
Official Appomtments - The Next Quarterly Communication 3 74 Grand Lodge Fma » ces » 74 The Vacant Secretaryship of thc Girls' School r > 74 The Queen ' s Birthday 2 'S CORRESPONDENCE : — The Suprerre Council of Scotland 3 7 S Royal Arch Degree and Tracing Board 27 s Bro . Burger ' s Letter J ! °
The New Theory = " » A Letter to Bro . Hubert 3 5 ° Queries ; 3 ? ° Progress of Freemasonry in the Provinces J 7 ° Freemasonry and Civilization 276 The Review of the Bauhutte 3 7 ° A Quaint Reply 3 7 ° Bro . Burger ' s Complaint 3 7 ° The Boys' School Festival * 1 ° An Old Masonic Book = ? ° The Primitive llluminati 377
Red Cross of Constantme 7 ° The Boy * ' School 3 »» The Girl- ' School 37 » Reviews . r «¦ 2 l ° Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire r > 7 » Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cheshire r > 7 ° Royal Mnsonic Institution for Girls 3 ™> Services of the Mar-oni < : Lifeboat ' 80 A Novelty rn thc Photographic Art 3 ° o Masonic and General Tidings ; v - Lodge Meetings for Next Week v . Advertisements i-, ii-. ! " •¦ "v .. v .., vi ., vn ., vm .
REPORTS , etc ., intended for insertion in current number , should reach the Office , ( 198 , Fleet-street ) , by 12 o ' clock noon , on Wednesdays .
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Craft Igtagcttrg . PANMURE LODGE ( No . 720 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held at the Balham Hotel , Balham , on Monday , May the 32 nd . This being the installation meeting the lodge was well attended . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the previous lodge meeting read and confirmed . The lodge was then opened in the Second Deetee , Bro . Daniel Russler , W . M ., in the chair , and Bro .
Charles Palmer MacKay ( the W . M . elect ) was presented by the Installing Master , Bro . Thomas Poore , P . M ., to receive the benefit of installation . On the retirement of the brethren below the chair , a Board of Installed Masters was formed , Bro . Past Master Thomas Poore occupying the chair , and in eloquent and impressive Masonic order , Bro . Charles Palmer MacKay was installed into the chair of K . S . The
brethren having been readmitted to the lodge the customary proceedings were carried out , thc salutation of the different degrees being performed under the direction e . f the Installing Master , assisted by Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., as Director of Ceremonies . The following brethren were then invested —and here we must say with great credit to the W . M . | s selection of officers , inasmuch that for some years this
well deserved lodge has been sadly in want of good officers , no doubt caused by the misjudgment in not selecting the officers on the score of merit , although we feel confident the W . M . ' s pleasure was sadly marred by the duties imposed on him , yet we feel sure that he having done his duty will merit the favour of the brethren and enhance thc welfare of his lodge—Bros . William Robert Sheadd , S . W . j Edward
Mitchell , J . W . ; Thomas Poore , Treas . and Secretary ( by special desire nf thc brethren ); Maurice Spigall , S . D . ; Edward Gunner , J . D . ; Edward Lambert , I . G . ; Charles Richardson , D . of C . ; Mulley , Wine Steward ; Blogg , Organist ; Steedman , Tyler . The W . M . was well up in his work , and surprised his many friends , who look forward to a pleasant year of office under his jurisdiction .
The Installing Master ' s address to the officers was given wilh style and great firmness ; he impressed on them the necessity of strict attention to their duties if they wished to progress , and closing the ccrtmony with eloquence , style , and ability , which elicited the warm approval of the brethien . Bro . ' Lavers was duly raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . in a-very impressive manner by the W . M ., the
care and attention to detail which have characterised his work in lodges of instruction are well founded , and we look forward with pleasure to his perforrranoe of the working responsibilities of his position as a ruler of the Craft throughout his year of office . The business agenda of the lodge having been disposed of , and the lodge duly closed , the brethren repaired to a well
served banquet , under the able catering of Bro . Lilley , for which the Panmure Lodge , held at the Balham Hotel , has always been in good repute . On this occasion the banquet table was peculiarly decorated with a menu in miniature of the Great Cleopatra ' s Needle . Bro . MacKay , the new W . M ., presided over the lodge and at the banquet table in the most able manner , and to the satisfaction of the brethren present . Thc usual loyal and Masonic toasts
were aptly proposed and responded to . The W . M . expressed his great delight at having had thc pleasure of being present at the last quarterly meeting of Grand Lodge , and spoke at length as to the ease and fluent manner with which His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Prince of Wales , invested the officers of the Grand Lodge on that occasion . The Tyler's toast concluded a most agreeable meeting .
BURGOYNE LODGE . —( No . 902 ) . —The last meeting of this popular lodge , before the annual recess , was held at Anderton ' s Hotel on Monday last , under the able presidency of the esteemed W . Master , Bro , Simson Jno ,
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Byng , who was supported by his officers—Bros . Pocock . S . W . ; Taylor , J . W . ; Wale , S . D . ; Gabb , J . D . ; Wilkins , S . D . ; and Turner , I . G . There was also , as is usual in this lodge , a goodly number of P . M . 's tD support the chair . The senior , Bro . Brinjes , with Bro . Jeffreys as I . P . M ., and Bro . Poynter ( Treasurer ) , H . Smith , Harvey , Field , and Iron , attended in this capacity . A numerous assemblage
of the brethren of the lodge was increased by the presence ofthe following visitors—viz ., Bros . Packington , 619 ; Thain , 1627 ; Stickling 511 ; and Bonn . 1396 . The W . M . having opened his lodge , proceeded to appoint as Secretary , in the room of Bro . Rogers , P . M ., who had resigned membership , the I . P . M ., Bro . Jeffcrys , whose appointment , judging from the cheering with which it
was received , appeared to give great gratification to the members of the lodge . The W M . then proceeded to initiate in a most able and impressive manner Mr . Edward George Cox , and , having closed , the brethren proceeded to a substantial meal , under the rule of their legitimate head , supported by his officers . The usual loyal and other toasts , alternated with some very enjoyable singing by the brethren , were heartily responded to , and the
brethren , siter a very happy and perfectly harmonious evening , at length separated , with many a warmly expressed wish that a plausible excuse for a lodge of emergency might enable them to come together again at an earlier date than of the long interval which must otherwise elapse between the end of May and the end of October .
BAYARD LODGE ( No . 1615 ) . —The installation meeting of this eminently successful lodge was held on Monday , at the hall of the Supreme Council , 33 , Golden-square . Capt . R . P . Leeson , W . M ., presided , and there were also present Bros . A . E . T . Watson , S . W . ; Robeit Fycrs , J . W . ; Rev . C . J . Ridgway , Chaplain ; Frank Richardson , P . M ., Treasurer ; Edmund B . Bernard , Sec . j
Major F . C . Wemyss , S . D . ; Francis C . Compton , J . D . ; Capt . Charles F . Compton , D . C . ; Edward Sauerbrey , Org . j W . Bezley Thorne , I . G . ; Capt . S . J . Dyer , Steward ; Col . H . S . Somerville Burney , P . M . ; Capt . T . Morris , P . M . ; Hugh H . Riach , P . M . ; Major Henry Lumsden ; James Keen , P . M . ; Lieut . A . G . Walker , R . A . ; Rev . Geo . Sutton Flacke ; S . H . d'Avigdor ; A . G . Bagot ; Capt .
N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , S . G . D . ; ' Francis G . Faithfull ; Rev . Hugh Pearson ; Lieut . G . L . Egerton , R . N . ; Walter B . Lethbridge , Capt . Murray Robertson , Frederic Calrow , Edward Birkett , J . E . Mortimer , Raymond H . Thrupp , P . M . 255 and 1361 ; L . H . Hamilton , Henry Savile Clarke , H . R . Cooper Smith , P . P . G . W . Oxon , W . M . 1731 ; F . H . McCalmont ,
P . P . G . Reg . Oxon ; W . F . Nettleslnp , P . G . S . B ., P . M . 14 ; Sir W . Wiseman , R . N . ; and . H . Massey , P . M . 6 ig ( Freemason . ) After the lodge had been opened , the W . M . informed the brethren that since the lodge last met Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , a member of the lodge , who was present , had been honoured by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . Qrand Master , appointing him as Senior Grand Deacon ,
and he called upon the brethren to salute him accordingly . This was thereupon done , and Col . Shadwell C lerke , in acknowledging the compliment , said he begged to thank the brethren for the very hearty and fraternal , and to him wholly unexpected greeting , which they had given him . Bro . Bernard , the Secretary , then read the minutes , which were put and confirmed , and the Treas ., Bro . Frank
Richardson , read the balance sheet , showing a balance in hand of £ 139 12 s . iod ., besides which the lodge had in the first year of its existence voted and paid £ 150 to the three Masonic Charitable Institutions . Bro . Frank Richardson proposed that as there was so large a balance in hand , £ 100 should be invested , and as he had a firm faith in " the sweet simplicity of the Three per Cents ., " he suggested that they
should be the security on which the money should be placed . He also suggested that it should be invested in his own name , conjoined with the names of Capt . Leeson , W . M ., and Bro . Watson , W . M . elect . On motion duly made and seconded this was agreed to ; and the W . M . then said that as this was the last time that he would have the opportunity of
addressing the brethren and officers in the position in which they now stood , he would take advantage of it to thank them for the very great assistance they had been to bim during his year of office . He had received assistance from every one of them . From the officers in the chair of course he was entitled to expect it ; but he must especially mention the great help he had been afforded by
Bro . Richaidson , the Treasurer , and Bro . Bernatd , the Secretary . Bro . Bernard had come to his duties quite as a novice , but the way in which he had discharged the duties of his office had taken him ( the W . M . ) by surprise . The duties had been very onerous , but thev had been discharged so perfectly and with such energy and zeal that the W . M . had been relieved of a great amount of anxiety
and labour . To these brethren therefore he begged to offer his especial thanks . Bros . Frank Richardson and Edmund B . Bernard replied to the expression of thanks , and the W . M . having noticed the great prosperity of the lodge , Col . Burney stated that it was a very great feature in the lodge ' s history that having been only two years before the Craft , the lodge should have such a large
balance in hand . Col . Burney then presented to the W . M . Bro . A . E . T . Watson , S W . and W . M . elect , to receive the benefit of installation . The W . M . thereupon installed Bro . Watson as W . M . of the Bayard Lodge , and the following brethnn wire appointed to office : — Bros . Robert Fyeis , S . W . ; Major Wemyss , J . W . ; Frank Richardson , P . M ., Treasurer ; Edmund B . Bernard ,
Secretary ; Francis C . Compton , S . D . ; W . Bezley Thome , J . D . ; Walter B . Lethbridge , I . G . ; Rev . f . J . Ridgway , Chaplain ; Captain Charles F . Compton , D . C . ; Edward Sauerbrev , Organist ; Captain £ . J . Dyer , Steward ; and Austin , Tyler . The cerermny was afterwards completed , and Col . Burney moved " That a P . M . jewel be presented to Bro . Captain Leeson . " For the way in which he had performed the duties of W . M . as well aa Installing Mas-
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ter , he deserved thebist thanks of the brethren . The lodge had certainly prospered in a most gratifying way under the rule of Bro . Captain Leeson , and this was best proved by the accounts which the brethren had heard read that evening . Under very distressing circumstances Bro . Capt . Leeson had performed bis task that evening , and he ( Col . Burney ) little thought he would have been able
to do it . However , he had done so , and he heartily congratulated him on what he had accomplished . Bro . Frank Richardson seconded the proposition . The W . M . having presented the jewel , Captain Leeson thanked the brethren , and said he felt very proud to wear it and to be associated with those whose reputation and experience in the Craft so much exceeded his own .
As to the prosperity of the Bayard Lodge he would take no credit to himself for bringing it about , but he could conscientiously say he had had the will to do it if he had not the ability . It was a great satisfaction to him that Bro . Watson should be installed as his successor , because he had advantages which he ( Captain Leeson ) did not possess . Under bro . Watson he felt certain that its
prosperity , usefulness , honour , and reputation would be materially increased . He again thanked the brethren for the kindness they had shown him , and he regretted exceedingly that he could not be present at the banquet table . If he were to consult merely his own feelings he should ; but under the circumstances alluded to he could not . Propositions for initiation and joining were then read by the Secretary ,
as well as letters from Lord Limerick and Grand Secretary regretting their inability to attend , the latter on account of ill-health . The alms-bag was circulated , and the W . M . announced that the amount collected was £ t 8 s . 6 d . Lodge was thereupon closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Grosvenor Gallery Restaurant , whcre they partook of a choice banquet under the presidency of the W . M . The usual
toasts followed . In giving "The Queen " the W . M . said she was the mother of Masons , who were very high in the Craft , she had the welfare of thc people at heart , and , as we had reason lately to sec , she was jealous of their honour . In pioposing " The M . W . G . M . " he said there was no more worthy brother than the G . M . One time he was in Portsmouth , and another at Liverpool . Then he
thought he could be useful in Paris , avd thereupon he went to Paris . Perhaps no one worked harder than H . R . H . In Paris he won thc hearts of the French people , and he so accommodated himself to their ways that the French people said he must be a Frenchman who had lived in England . In giving " Thc Pro G . M ., the Dep . G . M ., & c , " the W . M ., after complimenting the Earl of Carnarvon , said
that with respect to the other Grand Officers the brethren owed them a great debt of gratitude . The brethren of this lodge considered themselves a very healthy branch of the Order , ' but the branches would be nothing if the root were not sound and vigorous . The appointments in Grand Lodg « were made with the greatest wisdom , and the results justified the selection . They had present that night Col
. shadwell Gierke , G . D ., Capt . Philips , P . G . D ., and Bro . Nettleship , P . G . S . B ., and the lodge felt it a very great honour to have so many Grand Officers among them . Col . Shad wt 11 Gierke in acknowledging the toast said he felt very great diffidence in icturning thanks for such a distinguished toast , because it comprehended such a numerous and illustrious body that he was as a young member too
humble a one to return thanks in proper words . The Grand Officers must feel very grateful to the Order in general for the kind and fraternal way in which this toast was always proposed and received , if some of the more distinguished members of Grand Lodge were present they would express their acknowledgments in suitable terms . He had always felt that the toast of the Grand Officers
was one about which a great deal might be said , but now he had become a member of that body he felt his mouth closed somewhat , because there were some of the Grand Officers to whom a great deal was owing , and it was not for them to --ay anything about it . If he were speaking to some lodges he might say that t he Grand Officers , who had great experience , were happy to place their services at
the disposal of those lodges ; but when he was speaking in the Bayard Lodge , such an allusion would be out of place , because it had been govemed so efficiently and well that they did not require assistance . He must congratulate the Bayard Lodge most heartily on its success ever since it was consecrated . He had the pleasure of being present at that ceremony , and he had been present at it
since . He was able to say that under Col . Burney , Capt . Leeson , and its present W . M . it would acquire a reputation , second to none in the Craft , and he offered his sincere congratulations on its past and present prosperity ; Col , Burney proposed " The Health of the W . M . " He said it was with great regret that he found himself placed in this position , for it was only from circumstances of peculiar
domestic distress that the I . P . M . was not present to do what would have afforded him the very greatest pleasure and gratification . If his own feelings merely , as Capt . Leeson had told them in lodge , had been consulted , he would have joined the brethren at the festive board ; but there were many circumstances in which he ( Col . Burney ) agreed with Capt . Leeson , it would be quite impossible for him to
be present . He ( Col . Burney ) knew Capt . Leeson ' s feelings so well that he was sure he was only expressing them when he said he was privileged to propo- e the health of the W . M ,, and he was also privileged to present him to the then W . M . for the benefit of installation . The I . P . M . as well as himself ( Col . Burney ) knew there was no one in the lodge more worthy or more descni . g of the office to which they had unanimously voted him . Bro .
Watson , as the W . M . of the Bayard Lodge , had , as the brethren might easily suppose , great gratification in seeing the continued pri > sperity of this lodge ; and In seeing Bro . Watson placed in the chair he ( Col . Burney ) could see Iho still further progress if the lodge , for with his peculiar qualifications for governing , his genial manner s his fraternal disposition , all his friends , and all the brethren that had thc pleasure of his acquaint
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
fttpoRTS or M ASONIC M EETINGS : — Craft Masonry " 9 Royal Arch »>» Knights Templar 3 ' United G-and Lodge ' 13 Masonic Notes and Queries 373 Mark Masonrv in Plumstead 'Ii Notes on Art . & c 3 y 3
Official Appomtments - The Next Quarterly Communication 3 74 Grand Lodge Fma » ces » 74 The Vacant Secretaryship of thc Girls' School r > 74 The Queen ' s Birthday 2 'S CORRESPONDENCE : — The Suprerre Council of Scotland 3 7 S Royal Arch Degree and Tracing Board 27 s Bro . Burger ' s Letter J ! °
The New Theory = " » A Letter to Bro . Hubert 3 5 ° Queries ; 3 ? ° Progress of Freemasonry in the Provinces J 7 ° Freemasonry and Civilization 276 The Review of the Bauhutte 3 7 ° A Quaint Reply 3 7 ° Bro . Burger ' s Complaint 3 7 ° The Boys' School Festival * 1 ° An Old Masonic Book = ? ° The Primitive llluminati 377
Red Cross of Constantme 7 ° The Boy * ' School 3 »» The Girl- ' School 37 » Reviews . r «¦ 2 l ° Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire r > 7 » Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cheshire r > 7 ° Royal Mnsonic Institution for Girls 3 ™> Services of the Mar-oni < : Lifeboat ' 80 A Novelty rn thc Photographic Art 3 ° o Masonic and General Tidings ; v - Lodge Meetings for Next Week v . Advertisements i-, ii-. ! " •¦ "v .. v .., vi ., vn ., vm .
REPORTS , etc ., intended for insertion in current number , should reach the Office , ( 198 , Fleet-street ) , by 12 o ' clock noon , on Wednesdays .
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Craft Igtagcttrg . PANMURE LODGE ( No . 720 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held at the Balham Hotel , Balham , on Monday , May the 32 nd . This being the installation meeting the lodge was well attended . The lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of the previous lodge meeting read and confirmed . The lodge was then opened in the Second Deetee , Bro . Daniel Russler , W . M ., in the chair , and Bro .
Charles Palmer MacKay ( the W . M . elect ) was presented by the Installing Master , Bro . Thomas Poore , P . M ., to receive the benefit of installation . On the retirement of the brethren below the chair , a Board of Installed Masters was formed , Bro . Past Master Thomas Poore occupying the chair , and in eloquent and impressive Masonic order , Bro . Charles Palmer MacKay was installed into the chair of K . S . The
brethren having been readmitted to the lodge the customary proceedings were carried out , thc salutation of the different degrees being performed under the direction e . f the Installing Master , assisted by Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., as Director of Ceremonies . The following brethren were then invested —and here we must say with great credit to the W . M . | s selection of officers , inasmuch that for some years this
well deserved lodge has been sadly in want of good officers , no doubt caused by the misjudgment in not selecting the officers on the score of merit , although we feel confident the W . M . ' s pleasure was sadly marred by the duties imposed on him , yet we feel sure that he having done his duty will merit the favour of the brethren and enhance thc welfare of his lodge—Bros . William Robert Sheadd , S . W . j Edward
Mitchell , J . W . ; Thomas Poore , Treas . and Secretary ( by special desire nf thc brethren ); Maurice Spigall , S . D . ; Edward Gunner , J . D . ; Edward Lambert , I . G . ; Charles Richardson , D . of C . ; Mulley , Wine Steward ; Blogg , Organist ; Steedman , Tyler . The W . M . was well up in his work , and surprised his many friends , who look forward to a pleasant year of office under his jurisdiction .
The Installing Master ' s address to the officers was given wilh style and great firmness ; he impressed on them the necessity of strict attention to their duties if they wished to progress , and closing the ccrtmony with eloquence , style , and ability , which elicited the warm approval of the brethien . Bro . ' Lavers was duly raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . in a-very impressive manner by the W . M ., the
care and attention to detail which have characterised his work in lodges of instruction are well founded , and we look forward with pleasure to his perforrranoe of the working responsibilities of his position as a ruler of the Craft throughout his year of office . The business agenda of the lodge having been disposed of , and the lodge duly closed , the brethren repaired to a well
served banquet , under the able catering of Bro . Lilley , for which the Panmure Lodge , held at the Balham Hotel , has always been in good repute . On this occasion the banquet table was peculiarly decorated with a menu in miniature of the Great Cleopatra ' s Needle . Bro . MacKay , the new W . M ., presided over the lodge and at the banquet table in the most able manner , and to the satisfaction of the brethren present . Thc usual loyal and Masonic toasts
were aptly proposed and responded to . The W . M . expressed his great delight at having had thc pleasure of being present at the last quarterly meeting of Grand Lodge , and spoke at length as to the ease and fluent manner with which His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Prince of Wales , invested the officers of the Grand Lodge on that occasion . The Tyler's toast concluded a most agreeable meeting .
BURGOYNE LODGE . —( No . 902 ) . —The last meeting of this popular lodge , before the annual recess , was held at Anderton ' s Hotel on Monday last , under the able presidency of the esteemed W . Master , Bro , Simson Jno ,
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Byng , who was supported by his officers—Bros . Pocock . S . W . ; Taylor , J . W . ; Wale , S . D . ; Gabb , J . D . ; Wilkins , S . D . ; and Turner , I . G . There was also , as is usual in this lodge , a goodly number of P . M . 's tD support the chair . The senior , Bro . Brinjes , with Bro . Jeffreys as I . P . M ., and Bro . Poynter ( Treasurer ) , H . Smith , Harvey , Field , and Iron , attended in this capacity . A numerous assemblage
of the brethren of the lodge was increased by the presence ofthe following visitors—viz ., Bros . Packington , 619 ; Thain , 1627 ; Stickling 511 ; and Bonn . 1396 . The W . M . having opened his lodge , proceeded to appoint as Secretary , in the room of Bro . Rogers , P . M ., who had resigned membership , the I . P . M ., Bro . Jeffcrys , whose appointment , judging from the cheering with which it
was received , appeared to give great gratification to the members of the lodge . The W M . then proceeded to initiate in a most able and impressive manner Mr . Edward George Cox , and , having closed , the brethren proceeded to a substantial meal , under the rule of their legitimate head , supported by his officers . The usual loyal and other toasts , alternated with some very enjoyable singing by the brethren , were heartily responded to , and the
brethren , siter a very happy and perfectly harmonious evening , at length separated , with many a warmly expressed wish that a plausible excuse for a lodge of emergency might enable them to come together again at an earlier date than of the long interval which must otherwise elapse between the end of May and the end of October .
BAYARD LODGE ( No . 1615 ) . —The installation meeting of this eminently successful lodge was held on Monday , at the hall of the Supreme Council , 33 , Golden-square . Capt . R . P . Leeson , W . M ., presided , and there were also present Bros . A . E . T . Watson , S . W . ; Robeit Fycrs , J . W . ; Rev . C . J . Ridgway , Chaplain ; Frank Richardson , P . M ., Treasurer ; Edmund B . Bernard , Sec . j
Major F . C . Wemyss , S . D . ; Francis C . Compton , J . D . ; Capt . Charles F . Compton , D . C . ; Edward Sauerbrey , Org . j W . Bezley Thorne , I . G . ; Capt . S . J . Dyer , Steward ; Col . H . S . Somerville Burney , P . M . ; Capt . T . Morris , P . M . ; Hugh H . Riach , P . M . ; Major Henry Lumsden ; James Keen , P . M . ; Lieut . A . G . Walker , R . A . ; Rev . Geo . Sutton Flacke ; S . H . d'Avigdor ; A . G . Bagot ; Capt .
N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , S . G . D . ; ' Francis G . Faithfull ; Rev . Hugh Pearson ; Lieut . G . L . Egerton , R . N . ; Walter B . Lethbridge , Capt . Murray Robertson , Frederic Calrow , Edward Birkett , J . E . Mortimer , Raymond H . Thrupp , P . M . 255 and 1361 ; L . H . Hamilton , Henry Savile Clarke , H . R . Cooper Smith , P . P . G . W . Oxon , W . M . 1731 ; F . H . McCalmont ,
P . P . G . Reg . Oxon ; W . F . Nettleslnp , P . G . S . B ., P . M . 14 ; Sir W . Wiseman , R . N . ; and . H . Massey , P . M . 6 ig ( Freemason . ) After the lodge had been opened , the W . M . informed the brethren that since the lodge last met Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , a member of the lodge , who was present , had been honoured by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . Qrand Master , appointing him as Senior Grand Deacon ,
and he called upon the brethren to salute him accordingly . This was thereupon done , and Col . Shadwell C lerke , in acknowledging the compliment , said he begged to thank the brethren for the very hearty and fraternal , and to him wholly unexpected greeting , which they had given him . Bro . Bernard , the Secretary , then read the minutes , which were put and confirmed , and the Treas ., Bro . Frank
Richardson , read the balance sheet , showing a balance in hand of £ 139 12 s . iod ., besides which the lodge had in the first year of its existence voted and paid £ 150 to the three Masonic Charitable Institutions . Bro . Frank Richardson proposed that as there was so large a balance in hand , £ 100 should be invested , and as he had a firm faith in " the sweet simplicity of the Three per Cents ., " he suggested that they
should be the security on which the money should be placed . He also suggested that it should be invested in his own name , conjoined with the names of Capt . Leeson , W . M ., and Bro . Watson , W . M . elect . On motion duly made and seconded this was agreed to ; and the W . M . then said that as this was the last time that he would have the opportunity of
addressing the brethren and officers in the position in which they now stood , he would take advantage of it to thank them for the very great assistance they had been to bim during his year of office . He had received assistance from every one of them . From the officers in the chair of course he was entitled to expect it ; but he must especially mention the great help he had been afforded by
Bro . Richaidson , the Treasurer , and Bro . Bernatd , the Secretary . Bro . Bernard had come to his duties quite as a novice , but the way in which he had discharged the duties of his office had taken him ( the W . M . ) by surprise . The duties had been very onerous , but thev had been discharged so perfectly and with such energy and zeal that the W . M . had been relieved of a great amount of anxiety
and labour . To these brethren therefore he begged to offer his especial thanks . Bros . Frank Richardson and Edmund B . Bernard replied to the expression of thanks , and the W . M . having noticed the great prosperity of the lodge , Col . Burney stated that it was a very great feature in the lodge ' s history that having been only two years before the Craft , the lodge should have such a large
balance in hand . Col . Burney then presented to the W . M . Bro . A . E . T . Watson , S W . and W . M . elect , to receive the benefit of installation . The W . M . thereupon installed Bro . Watson as W . M . of the Bayard Lodge , and the following brethnn wire appointed to office : — Bros . Robert Fyeis , S . W . ; Major Wemyss , J . W . ; Frank Richardson , P . M ., Treasurer ; Edmund B . Bernard ,
Secretary ; Francis C . Compton , S . D . ; W . Bezley Thome , J . D . ; Walter B . Lethbridge , I . G . ; Rev . f . J . Ridgway , Chaplain ; Captain Charles F . Compton , D . C . ; Edward Sauerbrev , Organist ; Captain £ . J . Dyer , Steward ; and Austin , Tyler . The cerermny was afterwards completed , and Col . Burney moved " That a P . M . jewel be presented to Bro . Captain Leeson . " For the way in which he had performed the duties of W . M . as well aa Installing Mas-
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ter , he deserved thebist thanks of the brethren . The lodge had certainly prospered in a most gratifying way under the rule of Bro . Captain Leeson , and this was best proved by the accounts which the brethren had heard read that evening . Under very distressing circumstances Bro . Capt . Leeson had performed bis task that evening , and he ( Col . Burney ) little thought he would have been able
to do it . However , he had done so , and he heartily congratulated him on what he had accomplished . Bro . Frank Richardson seconded the proposition . The W . M . having presented the jewel , Captain Leeson thanked the brethren , and said he felt very proud to wear it and to be associated with those whose reputation and experience in the Craft so much exceeded his own .
As to the prosperity of the Bayard Lodge he would take no credit to himself for bringing it about , but he could conscientiously say he had had the will to do it if he had not the ability . It was a great satisfaction to him that Bro . Watson should be installed as his successor , because he had advantages which he ( Captain Leeson ) did not possess . Under bro . Watson he felt certain that its
prosperity , usefulness , honour , and reputation would be materially increased . He again thanked the brethren for the kindness they had shown him , and he regretted exceedingly that he could not be present at the banquet table . If he were to consult merely his own feelings he should ; but under the circumstances alluded to he could not . Propositions for initiation and joining were then read by the Secretary ,
as well as letters from Lord Limerick and Grand Secretary regretting their inability to attend , the latter on account of ill-health . The alms-bag was circulated , and the W . M . announced that the amount collected was £ t 8 s . 6 d . Lodge was thereupon closed , and the brethren adjourned to the Grosvenor Gallery Restaurant , whcre they partook of a choice banquet under the presidency of the W . M . The usual
toasts followed . In giving "The Queen " the W . M . said she was the mother of Masons , who were very high in the Craft , she had the welfare of thc people at heart , and , as we had reason lately to sec , she was jealous of their honour . In pioposing " The M . W . G . M . " he said there was no more worthy brother than the G . M . One time he was in Portsmouth , and another at Liverpool . Then he
thought he could be useful in Paris , avd thereupon he went to Paris . Perhaps no one worked harder than H . R . H . In Paris he won thc hearts of the French people , and he so accommodated himself to their ways that the French people said he must be a Frenchman who had lived in England . In giving " Thc Pro G . M ., the Dep . G . M ., & c , " the W . M ., after complimenting the Earl of Carnarvon , said
that with respect to the other Grand Officers the brethren owed them a great debt of gratitude . The brethren of this lodge considered themselves a very healthy branch of the Order , ' but the branches would be nothing if the root were not sound and vigorous . The appointments in Grand Lodg « were made with the greatest wisdom , and the results justified the selection . They had present that night Col
. shadwell Gierke , G . D ., Capt . Philips , P . G . D ., and Bro . Nettleship , P . G . S . B ., and the lodge felt it a very great honour to have so many Grand Officers among them . Col . Shad wt 11 Gierke in acknowledging the toast said he felt very great diffidence in icturning thanks for such a distinguished toast , because it comprehended such a numerous and illustrious body that he was as a young member too
humble a one to return thanks in proper words . The Grand Officers must feel very grateful to the Order in general for the kind and fraternal way in which this toast was always proposed and received , if some of the more distinguished members of Grand Lodge were present they would express their acknowledgments in suitable terms . He had always felt that the toast of the Grand Officers
was one about which a great deal might be said , but now he had become a member of that body he felt his mouth closed somewhat , because there were some of the Grand Officers to whom a great deal was owing , and it was not for them to --ay anything about it . If he were speaking to some lodges he might say that t he Grand Officers , who had great experience , were happy to place their services at
the disposal of those lodges ; but when he was speaking in the Bayard Lodge , such an allusion would be out of place , because it had been govemed so efficiently and well that they did not require assistance . He must congratulate the Bayard Lodge most heartily on its success ever since it was consecrated . He had the pleasure of being present at that ceremony , and he had been present at it
since . He was able to say that under Col . Burney , Capt . Leeson , and its present W . M . it would acquire a reputation , second to none in the Craft , and he offered his sincere congratulations on its past and present prosperity ; Col , Burney proposed " The Health of the W . M . " He said it was with great regret that he found himself placed in this position , for it was only from circumstances of peculiar
domestic distress that the I . P . M . was not present to do what would have afforded him the very greatest pleasure and gratification . If his own feelings merely , as Capt . Leeson had told them in lodge , had been consulted , he would have joined the brethren at the festive board ; but there were many circumstances in which he ( Col . Burney ) agreed with Capt . Leeson , it would be quite impossible for him to
be present . He ( Col . Burney ) knew Capt . Leeson ' s feelings so well that he was sure he was only expressing them when he said he was privileged to propo- e the health of the W . M ,, and he was also privileged to present him to the then W . M . for the benefit of installation . The I . P . M . as well as himself ( Col . Burney ) knew there was no one in the lodge more worthy or more descni . g of the office to which they had unanimously voted him . Bro .
Watson , as the W . M . of the Bayard Lodge , had , as the brethren might easily suppose , great gratification in seeing the continued pri > sperity of this lodge ; and In seeing Bro . Watson placed in the chair he ( Col . Burney ) could see Iho still further progress if the lodge , for with his peculiar qualifications for governing , his genial manner s his fraternal disposition , all his friends , and all the brethren that had thc pleasure of his acquaint