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Annual Festival Of The Emulation Lodge Of Improvement.
ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT .
The annual festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement was held in the Grand Hall of Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 24 th ult ., under the presidency of Bro . the Rev . Ambrose Hall , Past Grand Chaplain . Bro . Thos . Fenn , P . G . D ., occupied the "Master's chair , and having opened
the lodge in the Three Degrees , the l-irst Lecture was worked by the following brethren : First Section by Bro . J . Gordon Langton , I . G . 9 C . Second ,, ,, „ H . Bue , S . D . 1 S 20 . Third „ „ ,, A . Fyson , 176 S . Fourth „ „ „ T . True-nan Tanqueray , S . D . 1965 .
Fifth „ „ „ W . G . Kentish , W . M . 1293 . Sixth „ ,, „ R . A . Zeederberg , Good Hope . Seventh „ „ „ R . Clay Sudlow , W . M . 19 G 5 . The whole of the work was admirably done , and on its conclusion a vote of thanks was passed to the working officers .
A large number of brethren gave in their names as joining members to Bro . W . Smallpeice , the Secretary . The lodge was then closed down in the Three Degrees , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet-room , where Bro . Ambrose Hall took the chair . When the cloth had been removed , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed . The CHAIRMAN , in proposing the first toast— " Thc Queen and the Craft "—said that it was a pleasure to know
that Her Majesty had now left her Highland home , and was with us again at Windsor and in London . Her Majesty had on two occasions since last festival shown her gracious feeling towards the Order . On the first , she had graciously received what was offered to her , and entered into and appreciated those feelings which had actuated thc Masons of England in selecting certain members of Grand Lodge to present that address to her . And the sound of martial
music that lately greeted thc ears of all of us has scarcely ceased before Her Majesty received their brave and gallant brethren ( many of them Masons ) on their return from Egypt- He vvould ask them to drink to " Thc Oueen and the Craft . " In proposing " The Health of the M . W . G . M ., the Prince of Wales , " the CHAIRMAN said , amidst all his various and onerous duties , H . R . H . still found time for Masonry , which
he believed he loved from his heart , and would at all times do all that he could to help and uphold it . Since their last festival His Royal Highness had been twice to Grand Lodge —once when he came to place the collar on the neck of the brother sitting next the speaker ( Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke ) , and again when he came lo propose the address just spoken of to his Royal mother , when he spoke so well , not only as a Mason , but as a son .
In proposing "The Health of the Grand Officers , the CHAIRMAN said that he had now to bring to the notice of the brethren the names of Masons honoured among them , the M . W . Prov . Grand Master , Lord Carnarvon , the Deputy Grand Master , Lord Lathom , and the rest of the Grand 'Officers present and past , and with the toast he would couple the name of their worshipful friend the Grand Secretary of England . From ancient times the chairs of
Grand Lodge had been filled by very distinguished men , and royalty had always held among them a prominent position , as was proved by those historical pictures by which the room in which they met was embellished . Many eminent men had filled those chairs , but if they looked to their present Grand Oflicers they were not one whit behind those who had gone before them . They had in the chair a prince dear to all of them ; they had as Pro Grand Master
a nobleman , kind and courteous , and willing to do duty in Grand Lodge ; they had a deputy in Lord Lathom , who had secured their goodwill by his kind and manly bearing . Time would not allow him to enumerate them all ; there was Bro . Mclntyre ever ready with his forensic eloquence to expound their laws ; there was Bro . Sir John Monckton ever ready to adjudicate on any little things that might come before Grand Lodge ; and not the least , their brother ,
Grand Secretary , who was always to the fore , always to be found , always ready to give advice , good advice , concilatory advice where brethren differed , as they sometimes would . He was sure that the brotherhood owed Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke a great debt of gratitude for the good advice he had given them . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE said that it was a very great honour and a very great distinction for any brother
to be called upon to return thanks for the Grand officers of England , because , as their brother Chairman had so eloquently told them , that toast comprised a long and brilliant list of brethren whose names were household words in the Order , who had in their day and generation done good suit and service to the Craft . It was a very great gratification to the present Grand Officers to know that wherever brethren congregate their good qualities were always
recognised . The Grand Officers were always too ready and pleased to be present and assist at any Masonic meeting ; and there could be no meeting at which they could have greater pleasure to assist than the present . They were naturally anxious to preserve the landmarks of thc Order , and the services of the Lodge of Emulation were wellknown and acknowledged for preserving pure and inviolate the ritual of tbe Order . The Grand Officers joined with
him in saying that they wished every . success to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . He would now , if the bretliren would allow him , go to another topic , and propose " The Health of the Chairman of the Day . " It was the luck of the Emulation Lodge yearly to be presided over by illustrious Masons ; but he would venture to say that that evening they had a specimen of the Brothcrhoood equal to any that had ever presided over them . When he
told them that their reverend brother had been for nearly fifty years a member of their Order , and during that time had always been working in various parts of England for the good of the Order , they would believe that it was only a fair compliment that should arise in his old age , lhat he should be presiding over them . Their Bro . Ambrose Hall bad worked so well that when H . R . H . the Grand Master was pleased to appoint him Grand Chaplain , the
appointment met with the most universal approval among thc brethren . As a specimen of the zeal which their brother showed , he might tell them that though he had unfortunately been an invalid in his house for the last ten days he had to-night , against the advice of his medical attendant , come to preside over them . The brethren knew him so well that it was unnecessary to expatiate on his excellencies : and , thcrelore , without further words , he would
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propose The Health of Bro . Rev . Ambrose Hall , Past Grand Chaplain , Chairman of the Evening . " The CHAIRMAN , in responding , said that it was usual when a health was drunk on an occasion like this to accept one half only of the eulogistic part of it . He did accept with pleasure the complimentary way in which the Grand Secretary had proposed and in which the brethren had received it . His zeal for the cause had not been
overrated . It was , as the Grand Secretary had told them , nearly half a century ago that he was admitted into the Order . In 1 S 34 or 1 S 35 ne was initiated by an eminent Mason of the day—Lord Munson—and it wanted now only about a year and a half to his golden wedding , as far as Masonry was concerned . When asked to preside he had partly excused himself thinking that one in a higher position might be obtained , but as it was he appreciated
the honour , and during his remaining days , be they few or many , the occasion would always be remembered in his Masonic heart . So much for himself . He now came to the most important toast—the toast of the evening" Success to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . " It deserved success : for many years it had been the guiding star of Masonry ; and there were many men now in the vale of years who could look back with gratitude to the
instruction they had received in the Lodge of Emulation . From that lodge they knew had sprung many other lodges of instruction ; they were scattered broadcast over the Masonic land , yet the Emulation Lodge held its own , and would do so as long as in it were rendered the ceremonies as they had heard and seen there rendered that evening . He would not dwell upon what thc working brethren had done , because their health would come later
on , but he could not help saying that they seldom saw now what in his Masonic recollection used often to be seen—a brother going into the chair and sitting down , and asking some stock brother to do his work for him . That was not seen now ; there were few lodges which now selected a Master who would not do his ceremonies and instal his successor . With that toast he would couple a name which , he was
sure , would be received with acclamation—it was that of their eminent Bro . Fenn . ( Applause . ) In mentioning that name , he must be allowed to trespass a little further on their time . They had spoken of how the Sections were worked , but they had not referred , as he did now , to the prime mover of that work , and of the beautiful way—the clear way—in which all the questions were put from the chair by Bro . Fenn , to whom they all owed a deep debt of
gratitude . He was also their Treasurer , and guarded their money , and applied it to the purposes for which it was collected . Oa the present occasion he represented thc Committee of the Emulation Lodge ; he ( Bro . Hall ) did not know what the Committee ' s duties were , but he was sure Bro . Fenn would fulfil all his duties diligently and well . He gave them "Success to the Emulation Lodgeof Improvement , coupled with the name of the VV . M ., worthy
and most beloved Bro . Fenn . " ( Applause . ) Bro . FENN thanked the chairman and brethren in the name of the Committee of the lodge for the very gratifying way in which they had received the toast . The chairman had said he did not know what the duties of the Committee were , they were simply to maintain the traditions of the lodge , pure and unsullied as they had been handed down to them by Stephen Barton Wilson . There were
three members of that Committee who had been connected with thc lodge for a quarter of a century , Bros . Murton , Richards and the speaker . The survivor of the three members of the Committee would complete the third generation who were anxious to keep up the working . As they advanced in years , however , they felt inclined to relax their active superintendence of the lodge . He had himself been absent , for family affliction and other reasons , and he felt
less inclined as he got old to come of a Friday evening away from his fireside to superintend the lodge , and he thought that they would be glad to see some other members take an active interest in it . The Committee saw some in the lodge who were _ as able and willing to maintain its traditions in their purity as the Committee had been in the past , and it was satisfaction to them to think that when the time came for them to resign their trust into other
hands it will be preserved as pure and performed perhaps more satisfactorily ( no , no . ) In the name of the committee he thanked them for the courtesy with which they had always been treated . The work was never done so well within his recollection as it was done now . In Barton Wilson ' s time the duties were very arduous , and there was scarcely an occasion upon which a brother took the chair , but Bro . Wilson was actively
engaged in taking the work , whereas he ( Bro . Fenn ) had had on many occasions sat on the left hand side of the master , when the work had been done so perfectly that there had been no necessity for interruption . He congratulated the lodge on the way in which the work was done on the present occasion . Bro . MUKTON said , that by permission of their worthy Chairman , he had to propose a toast that ought to be
acceptable—and he was sure would bc acceptable to the lodge—it was the " Lodge of Union , " under which they met . He was thankful to them , but at the same time they equally appreciated the fact that they did no discredit to their warrant . He had been very much struck with the remarks of the Chairman as to the improvement in the working of the ceremonies in private lodges , and he believed , that notwithstanding the enormous increase in the number
ot lodges , the ceremonies were never better performed than at the present time . Bro . NOTLEY returned thanks forthe Lodge of Union . Bro . R . GREY , P . G . D ., proposed " The Health of the Working Officers , " to which Bro . DURET , S . W ., responded . " Bro . DUMAS proposed the toast of "The Masonic Charities , " for which Bro . BINCKES , Secretary to the Boys ' School , returned thanks .
" The Health of the Stewards was proposed by Bro . Captain N . G . PiiiLirs , P . G . D ., and Ilro . ESCOTT having replied , the Tyler's toast terminated the proceedings of a very successful meeting . 1 he following is the list of Stewards of the festival , of whom only two or three were absent 1 Bros . J . E .
Anderson , b . D . iS and 255 ; W . Beattie , P . M . 142 ; W . A . Blackmore , 14 S 5 ; H . Bue , S . D . 1 S 20 , J . W . KJGS ; G . Brown , VV . M . 140 ; Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec ; R . R . Davis , P . M . 256 ; W . A . Dawson , P . M . 17 CS ; G . Drysdale , W . M . 222 ; H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . D . ; A . W . Duret , P . M . i 6 Sand 1223 ; A . Escott , P . M . 1593 ; T . Fenn , P . G . D ., Treas . ; A . Fyson , 17 GS ; G . Gardiner ,
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P . M . 749 ; R . Grey , P . G . D . ; W . H . Johnston , I . G . < 9 G 5 ; J . W . Jones , S . D . 5 ; C . Lowther Kemp , 61 , and J . W . 1924 ; W . G . Kentish , W . M . 1293 ; J . W . Lambert , P . M . 142 and 1415 ; J . Gordon Langton , I . G . 06 ; P . de L . Long , P . G . D . ; A . Marvin , W . M . 176 S ; 1 . H . Matthews , P . Dist . G . D . Bengal ; E . M . Money , S D . 2 S ; C . A . Murton , P . G . D . ; J . Muzio , P . M . u =, o : T .
W . Uckenden , P . M . 1512 ; G . C . Pulsford , Sec . 1593 ; A . A . Richards , P . G . S ., P . M . SandSGj , P . Prov . G . J . W . Middlesex ; J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; Sir Bruce M . Seton , Bart ., P . G . S . ; S . W . Shaw , S . D . 709 ; W . Smallpeice , P . M . 1395 , S . W . 9 C 9 , Sec ; A . C . Spaull , P . P . G . Reg . N . Wales and Salop ; F . R . Spaull , P . M . 176 S , W . M . 1124 ; R . Clay Sudlow , W . M . 1965 ; T . Truman
Tanqueray , S . D . 196 5 ; T . Thomas , I . G . 1420 ; S . B . Wilson , P . M . 59 ; and R . A . Zeederberg , Good Hope . Among the members of the lodge present were Bros . G . Brown , G . Stacey , A . Higgerty , J . S . Tamburini , I . I . Blick , R . Waldern , J . Hill , H . W . Green , E . B . Holloway , W . J . Kennaby , R . L . Loveland , G . Kennaby , T . Fletcher , W . H . Kempter , M . D ., W . Cooke , W . G . Saury , S . G .
Glamder , A . W . Duret , VV . A . Blackmore , C . W . Tayleur , A . Pocock , W . H . Cobb , II . E . Diamond , J . VV . Cander , C . Veal , H . M . Gordon , A . S . Paul , VV . Saint , H . Unding , J . M . Ease , J . Reignall , A . Green , J . T . Huggins , T . Kmpler , J . l hillipS ; H . Grey , S . S . Hasluck , G . ( . " Earney , H . Smith , A . Marion , J . W . Gazt , J . Chappell , J . S . Tongue , VV . H . Mullev , F . Abrahams , W . Bohn , C . T .
Brookhnge , J . Newcomb , H . S . Lee , E . F . Green , H . Pritchard , J . H . Watts , A . E . Woodward , J . Evans , H . W . Roberts , C . J . Smith , P . M . F . W . Smith , J . II . Matthews , E . S . Smith , C . Hawksley , J . Messon , A . * Gibbins , J . B . Kernach , G . C . Pulsford , G . Gravely , T . B . Lodge , C . J . Craig , C . J . Dodd , H . Glum , G . B . Hemming , E . Culver , J . R . Roberts , R . P . Notley , A . Reynolds , G . S . Bigby . G . F . Jones , G . S . Criswick , W . Beattie , J . O . Carter , and T . Green .
The following were among the visitors present : Bros . H . S . * l indell , 1702 ; A . J . How-Goldney , 1702 ; A . A . Coster , 143 ; C . C . Braithwaite , 1702 ; J . Culverhouse , 534 ; W . E . Smith , 15 C 3 ; R . Seton , 1965 ; G . Gould , 1673 : E . Anderson , 49 ; W . Cotton , P . M . S 552 ; T . W . C . Jones , M . 259 ; R . Poore , 1949 ; H . Hooper , 1949 ; VV . Palmer , . 749 * . - Isaacson , iSS ; A . S . Bower , 1293 ; V . Higgs 106 ;
, , V , 1 ' - Lloyd , 416 ; J . Garnar , 172 ; J . VV . Brooke , 1 S 39 ; W . Maxted , 1 S 0 ; VV . Burgess , 54 ; F . VV . Pulsford , S 9 S ; F . , o r o * l 67 ' R- F * Uosk <* * > lS- * o * . G . W . Knight , 1507 ; VV . R . Shutt , 1702 ; J . Andrews , 209 ; F . W . J . Ferry , 214 ; Usher Back , W . M . 211 ; J . Whittall , 1593 ; P . Dunbar , 142 ; VV . H . Bruce , 1 S 91 ; F . E . Pocock , rSgi ; D . F . Wilson , 1615 ; J . Tuke , P . P . G . R . Middx ., P . M . 119 C ;
W . Simpson , 1924 ; G . H . Bishop , 1965 ; F . A . Duffield , 619 ; A . W . Cooper , C 19 ; R . Goodchild , 554 ; C . Win-Stanley , 1702 ; A . J . Oliver , 17 S 2 ; W . C . Way , 76 ; J . W . Ramsey , M . D . 259 ; J . Daddle , 715 ; W . Ebbetts , 14 ; C . Rawle , 16 S 5 ; J . 1 ' . Susten , 1457 ; VV . Scanes , 7 S 1 ; J . N . Bate , 72 ; E . L . Pembroke , 211 ; L . Etthng , 1250 ; J . Bell , 117 S ; J . West , 933 ; J . D . Wellis , iS ; E . C . Kilsby , 1 7 02 J . Best , 25 ; G . G . Becker , 1139 ; VV . BoazS 9 ST . B .
, ; Biddle , 193 ; H . W . Axford , 463 ; J . J . Thomas , 753 ; H . Day , 1457 ; W . Blaekwell , 1101 ; C . Corston , SO 5 ; H . C . Jepps , 19 ; A . Doulton , 9 G ; J . S . Cousens , J . H . Smith , 1 G 42 ; A . C . Wood , 15 S 6 ; C . M . Matthew , 2 G 3 ; C . A . Legg , 902 ; J . Mills , T . J . Tyler , 1702 ; A . C . Navburv .
1293 ; K . Gifford , 1 S 91 ; C . VV . Bennett , 1 ; A . Buck , P . G . S . W . Essex . 453 ; VV . E . Pearsey , 1 G 70 ; W . S . Buck , 1702 ; J . W . Hooker , SGg ; G . Gabriel , 1702 ; W . Cropley , 1559 ; D . VV . Pearse , 1293 ; S . Abraham , 6 39 ; H . Gehlcken , 72 ; J . M . Rodney , 72 ; A . Andrews , 201 ; H . Moore , 33 ; and E . Hornton , 23 G .
Opening Of A New Organ In The Masonic Hall, Nottingham.
OPENING OF A NEW ORGAN IN THE MASONIC HALL , NOTTINGHAM .
On Thursday , thc iGth ult ., a musical soiree , to celebrate the opening of the new organ , which has just been erected by Messrs . Bishop and Son , of London , was held in tho Masonic Hall , Goldsmith-street . There was a large attendance , the brethren appearing in full Masonic costume , while there also
was a good number of ladies present . The room presented a most brilliant appearance , thu effect of which was greatly owing to the decoration bestowed on it by the Organ Committee . The new organ is placed in an effective and well-chosen position , and has a handsome appearance . There are about ei ghteen stops , the solo stops in particular possessing remarkable sweetness . The
instrument is in every respect a most complete one , and after due time has been allowed for it to " settle , " and to have its newness of tone somewhat toned down , the organ will rank among the best in the town . The proceedings commenced by the P . G . D . of C , Bro . H . J . Norris , marching the Provincial Grand Officers in procession down the room , when the D . P . G . M ., Bro . J . Watson declared the
organ open . The Prov . Grand Oiganist , Bro . Wright then played "God Save the Queen . " Among the principal brethren present were Bros . Comvn , P . P . S . G W Voivles , P . P . S . G . W . ; Robinson , P . P *; S . G . VV . Hark ' P . G . T . ; Hatherley , P . B . of G . P . ; Wrair- PCS Truman , P . P . G . S . 6 . ; Davis , P . G . S D . ;!??[ . N ^ n ' s ' P . G . D . of C ; Stiebel , P . G . A . D . of C . Gilbert , P . G S . B . ; Ingram , P . G . Std . B . ; ButlerP . G . A . P . and
, ; others . Ihe instrumental items of the programme , which was now entered upon , were under the circumstances its principal attraction , these were admirably calculated to exhibit the powers and quality of the organ to the best advantage , and under the able hands of Bro . Edwin Bending , of the Royal Albert Hall , London , they were done full justice to . the effect was greatly added to bv the „«; . ¦ ¦ _
ance ot the strings and pianoforte , presided over bv Bro Laurence . Bro . VV . F . Bromley sang Barn's "Old Brigade" and Pinsuti ' s "Bedouin Love Song" with great acceptance . The concert , which was a very eniovable one , was brought to a close with a Grand March of liro . Bending ' s own composition . The whole of the arrangements were carried out in admirable style by the Organ Fund Committee , but csneri-.
praise must be given to Bros . VV . J . Morris , P . G . D C and W . » yr . ght , P . G . O ., for their indefatigable zeal shown in bringing the undertaking to a successful issue . The co * -t of the organ ( £ 400 ) has been defrayed by subscriptions among the brethren and lodges of the province , and thc directors of the Masonic Hall Company have agreed to nav a u - u - ° ; * P annun ) for the use cf the instrument which is to be devoted entirel y to the Charities of the orovince . r
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Annual Festival Of The Emulation Lodge Of Improvement.
ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT .
The annual festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement was held in the Grand Hall of Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 24 th ult ., under the presidency of Bro . the Rev . Ambrose Hall , Past Grand Chaplain . Bro . Thos . Fenn , P . G . D ., occupied the "Master's chair , and having opened
the lodge in the Three Degrees , the l-irst Lecture was worked by the following brethren : First Section by Bro . J . Gordon Langton , I . G . 9 C . Second ,, ,, „ H . Bue , S . D . 1 S 20 . Third „ „ ,, A . Fyson , 176 S . Fourth „ „ „ T . True-nan Tanqueray , S . D . 1965 .
Fifth „ „ „ W . G . Kentish , W . M . 1293 . Sixth „ ,, „ R . A . Zeederberg , Good Hope . Seventh „ „ „ R . Clay Sudlow , W . M . 19 G 5 . The whole of the work was admirably done , and on its conclusion a vote of thanks was passed to the working officers .
A large number of brethren gave in their names as joining members to Bro . W . Smallpeice , the Secretary . The lodge was then closed down in the Three Degrees , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet-room , where Bro . Ambrose Hall took the chair . When the cloth had been removed , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed . The CHAIRMAN , in proposing the first toast— " Thc Queen and the Craft "—said that it was a pleasure to know
that Her Majesty had now left her Highland home , and was with us again at Windsor and in London . Her Majesty had on two occasions since last festival shown her gracious feeling towards the Order . On the first , she had graciously received what was offered to her , and entered into and appreciated those feelings which had actuated thc Masons of England in selecting certain members of Grand Lodge to present that address to her . And the sound of martial
music that lately greeted thc ears of all of us has scarcely ceased before Her Majesty received their brave and gallant brethren ( many of them Masons ) on their return from Egypt- He vvould ask them to drink to " Thc Oueen and the Craft . " In proposing " The Health of the M . W . G . M ., the Prince of Wales , " the CHAIRMAN said , amidst all his various and onerous duties , H . R . H . still found time for Masonry , which
he believed he loved from his heart , and would at all times do all that he could to help and uphold it . Since their last festival His Royal Highness had been twice to Grand Lodge —once when he came to place the collar on the neck of the brother sitting next the speaker ( Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke ) , and again when he came lo propose the address just spoken of to his Royal mother , when he spoke so well , not only as a Mason , but as a son .
In proposing "The Health of the Grand Officers , the CHAIRMAN said that he had now to bring to the notice of the brethren the names of Masons honoured among them , the M . W . Prov . Grand Master , Lord Carnarvon , the Deputy Grand Master , Lord Lathom , and the rest of the Grand 'Officers present and past , and with the toast he would couple the name of their worshipful friend the Grand Secretary of England . From ancient times the chairs of
Grand Lodge had been filled by very distinguished men , and royalty had always held among them a prominent position , as was proved by those historical pictures by which the room in which they met was embellished . Many eminent men had filled those chairs , but if they looked to their present Grand Oflicers they were not one whit behind those who had gone before them . They had in the chair a prince dear to all of them ; they had as Pro Grand Master
a nobleman , kind and courteous , and willing to do duty in Grand Lodge ; they had a deputy in Lord Lathom , who had secured their goodwill by his kind and manly bearing . Time would not allow him to enumerate them all ; there was Bro . Mclntyre ever ready with his forensic eloquence to expound their laws ; there was Bro . Sir John Monckton ever ready to adjudicate on any little things that might come before Grand Lodge ; and not the least , their brother ,
Grand Secretary , who was always to the fore , always to be found , always ready to give advice , good advice , concilatory advice where brethren differed , as they sometimes would . He was sure that the brotherhood owed Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke a great debt of gratitude for the good advice he had given them . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE said that it was a very great honour and a very great distinction for any brother
to be called upon to return thanks for the Grand officers of England , because , as their brother Chairman had so eloquently told them , that toast comprised a long and brilliant list of brethren whose names were household words in the Order , who had in their day and generation done good suit and service to the Craft . It was a very great gratification to the present Grand Officers to know that wherever brethren congregate their good qualities were always
recognised . The Grand Officers were always too ready and pleased to be present and assist at any Masonic meeting ; and there could be no meeting at which they could have greater pleasure to assist than the present . They were naturally anxious to preserve the landmarks of thc Order , and the services of the Lodge of Emulation were wellknown and acknowledged for preserving pure and inviolate the ritual of tbe Order . The Grand Officers joined with
him in saying that they wished every . success to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . He would now , if the bretliren would allow him , go to another topic , and propose " The Health of the Chairman of the Day . " It was the luck of the Emulation Lodge yearly to be presided over by illustrious Masons ; but he would venture to say that that evening they had a specimen of the Brothcrhoood equal to any that had ever presided over them . When he
told them that their reverend brother had been for nearly fifty years a member of their Order , and during that time had always been working in various parts of England for the good of the Order , they would believe that it was only a fair compliment that should arise in his old age , lhat he should be presiding over them . Their Bro . Ambrose Hall bad worked so well that when H . R . H . the Grand Master was pleased to appoint him Grand Chaplain , the
appointment met with the most universal approval among thc brethren . As a specimen of the zeal which their brother showed , he might tell them that though he had unfortunately been an invalid in his house for the last ten days he had to-night , against the advice of his medical attendant , come to preside over them . The brethren knew him so well that it was unnecessary to expatiate on his excellencies : and , thcrelore , without further words , he would
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propose The Health of Bro . Rev . Ambrose Hall , Past Grand Chaplain , Chairman of the Evening . " The CHAIRMAN , in responding , said that it was usual when a health was drunk on an occasion like this to accept one half only of the eulogistic part of it . He did accept with pleasure the complimentary way in which the Grand Secretary had proposed and in which the brethren had received it . His zeal for the cause had not been
overrated . It was , as the Grand Secretary had told them , nearly half a century ago that he was admitted into the Order . In 1 S 34 or 1 S 35 ne was initiated by an eminent Mason of the day—Lord Munson—and it wanted now only about a year and a half to his golden wedding , as far as Masonry was concerned . When asked to preside he had partly excused himself thinking that one in a higher position might be obtained , but as it was he appreciated
the honour , and during his remaining days , be they few or many , the occasion would always be remembered in his Masonic heart . So much for himself . He now came to the most important toast—the toast of the evening" Success to the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . " It deserved success : for many years it had been the guiding star of Masonry ; and there were many men now in the vale of years who could look back with gratitude to the
instruction they had received in the Lodge of Emulation . From that lodge they knew had sprung many other lodges of instruction ; they were scattered broadcast over the Masonic land , yet the Emulation Lodge held its own , and would do so as long as in it were rendered the ceremonies as they had heard and seen there rendered that evening . He would not dwell upon what thc working brethren had done , because their health would come later
on , but he could not help saying that they seldom saw now what in his Masonic recollection used often to be seen—a brother going into the chair and sitting down , and asking some stock brother to do his work for him . That was not seen now ; there were few lodges which now selected a Master who would not do his ceremonies and instal his successor . With that toast he would couple a name which , he was
sure , would be received with acclamation—it was that of their eminent Bro . Fenn . ( Applause . ) In mentioning that name , he must be allowed to trespass a little further on their time . They had spoken of how the Sections were worked , but they had not referred , as he did now , to the prime mover of that work , and of the beautiful way—the clear way—in which all the questions were put from the chair by Bro . Fenn , to whom they all owed a deep debt of
gratitude . He was also their Treasurer , and guarded their money , and applied it to the purposes for which it was collected . Oa the present occasion he represented thc Committee of the Emulation Lodge ; he ( Bro . Hall ) did not know what the Committee ' s duties were , but he was sure Bro . Fenn would fulfil all his duties diligently and well . He gave them "Success to the Emulation Lodgeof Improvement , coupled with the name of the VV . M ., worthy
and most beloved Bro . Fenn . " ( Applause . ) Bro . FENN thanked the chairman and brethren in the name of the Committee of the lodge for the very gratifying way in which they had received the toast . The chairman had said he did not know what the duties of the Committee were , they were simply to maintain the traditions of the lodge , pure and unsullied as they had been handed down to them by Stephen Barton Wilson . There were
three members of that Committee who had been connected with thc lodge for a quarter of a century , Bros . Murton , Richards and the speaker . The survivor of the three members of the Committee would complete the third generation who were anxious to keep up the working . As they advanced in years , however , they felt inclined to relax their active superintendence of the lodge . He had himself been absent , for family affliction and other reasons , and he felt
less inclined as he got old to come of a Friday evening away from his fireside to superintend the lodge , and he thought that they would be glad to see some other members take an active interest in it . The Committee saw some in the lodge who were _ as able and willing to maintain its traditions in their purity as the Committee had been in the past , and it was satisfaction to them to think that when the time came for them to resign their trust into other
hands it will be preserved as pure and performed perhaps more satisfactorily ( no , no . ) In the name of the committee he thanked them for the courtesy with which they had always been treated . The work was never done so well within his recollection as it was done now . In Barton Wilson ' s time the duties were very arduous , and there was scarcely an occasion upon which a brother took the chair , but Bro . Wilson was actively
engaged in taking the work , whereas he ( Bro . Fenn ) had had on many occasions sat on the left hand side of the master , when the work had been done so perfectly that there had been no necessity for interruption . He congratulated the lodge on the way in which the work was done on the present occasion . Bro . MUKTON said , that by permission of their worthy Chairman , he had to propose a toast that ought to be
acceptable—and he was sure would bc acceptable to the lodge—it was the " Lodge of Union , " under which they met . He was thankful to them , but at the same time they equally appreciated the fact that they did no discredit to their warrant . He had been very much struck with the remarks of the Chairman as to the improvement in the working of the ceremonies in private lodges , and he believed , that notwithstanding the enormous increase in the number
ot lodges , the ceremonies were never better performed than at the present time . Bro . NOTLEY returned thanks forthe Lodge of Union . Bro . R . GREY , P . G . D ., proposed " The Health of the Working Officers , " to which Bro . DURET , S . W ., responded . " Bro . DUMAS proposed the toast of "The Masonic Charities , " for which Bro . BINCKES , Secretary to the Boys ' School , returned thanks .
" The Health of the Stewards was proposed by Bro . Captain N . G . PiiiLirs , P . G . D ., and Ilro . ESCOTT having replied , the Tyler's toast terminated the proceedings of a very successful meeting . 1 he following is the list of Stewards of the festival , of whom only two or three were absent 1 Bros . J . E .
Anderson , b . D . iS and 255 ; W . Beattie , P . M . 142 ; W . A . Blackmore , 14 S 5 ; H . Bue , S . D . 1 S 20 , J . W . KJGS ; G . Brown , VV . M . 140 ; Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec ; R . R . Davis , P . M . 256 ; W . A . Dawson , P . M . 17 CS ; G . Drysdale , W . M . 222 ; H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . D . ; A . W . Duret , P . M . i 6 Sand 1223 ; A . Escott , P . M . 1593 ; T . Fenn , P . G . D ., Treas . ; A . Fyson , 17 GS ; G . Gardiner ,
Annual Festival Of The Emulation Lodge Of Improvement.
P . M . 749 ; R . Grey , P . G . D . ; W . H . Johnston , I . G . < 9 G 5 ; J . W . Jones , S . D . 5 ; C . Lowther Kemp , 61 , and J . W . 1924 ; W . G . Kentish , W . M . 1293 ; J . W . Lambert , P . M . 142 and 1415 ; J . Gordon Langton , I . G . 06 ; P . de L . Long , P . G . D . ; A . Marvin , W . M . 176 S ; 1 . H . Matthews , P . Dist . G . D . Bengal ; E . M . Money , S D . 2 S ; C . A . Murton , P . G . D . ; J . Muzio , P . M . u =, o : T .
W . Uckenden , P . M . 1512 ; G . C . Pulsford , Sec . 1593 ; A . A . Richards , P . G . S ., P . M . SandSGj , P . Prov . G . J . W . Middlesex ; J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; Sir Bruce M . Seton , Bart ., P . G . S . ; S . W . Shaw , S . D . 709 ; W . Smallpeice , P . M . 1395 , S . W . 9 C 9 , Sec ; A . C . Spaull , P . P . G . Reg . N . Wales and Salop ; F . R . Spaull , P . M . 176 S , W . M . 1124 ; R . Clay Sudlow , W . M . 1965 ; T . Truman
Tanqueray , S . D . 196 5 ; T . Thomas , I . G . 1420 ; S . B . Wilson , P . M . 59 ; and R . A . Zeederberg , Good Hope . Among the members of the lodge present were Bros . G . Brown , G . Stacey , A . Higgerty , J . S . Tamburini , I . I . Blick , R . Waldern , J . Hill , H . W . Green , E . B . Holloway , W . J . Kennaby , R . L . Loveland , G . Kennaby , T . Fletcher , W . H . Kempter , M . D ., W . Cooke , W . G . Saury , S . G .
Glamder , A . W . Duret , VV . A . Blackmore , C . W . Tayleur , A . Pocock , W . H . Cobb , II . E . Diamond , J . VV . Cander , C . Veal , H . M . Gordon , A . S . Paul , VV . Saint , H . Unding , J . M . Ease , J . Reignall , A . Green , J . T . Huggins , T . Kmpler , J . l hillipS ; H . Grey , S . S . Hasluck , G . ( . " Earney , H . Smith , A . Marion , J . W . Gazt , J . Chappell , J . S . Tongue , VV . H . Mullev , F . Abrahams , W . Bohn , C . T .
Brookhnge , J . Newcomb , H . S . Lee , E . F . Green , H . Pritchard , J . H . Watts , A . E . Woodward , J . Evans , H . W . Roberts , C . J . Smith , P . M . F . W . Smith , J . II . Matthews , E . S . Smith , C . Hawksley , J . Messon , A . * Gibbins , J . B . Kernach , G . C . Pulsford , G . Gravely , T . B . Lodge , C . J . Craig , C . J . Dodd , H . Glum , G . B . Hemming , E . Culver , J . R . Roberts , R . P . Notley , A . Reynolds , G . S . Bigby . G . F . Jones , G . S . Criswick , W . Beattie , J . O . Carter , and T . Green .
The following were among the visitors present : Bros . H . S . * l indell , 1702 ; A . J . How-Goldney , 1702 ; A . A . Coster , 143 ; C . C . Braithwaite , 1702 ; J . Culverhouse , 534 ; W . E . Smith , 15 C 3 ; R . Seton , 1965 ; G . Gould , 1673 : E . Anderson , 49 ; W . Cotton , P . M . S 552 ; T . W . C . Jones , M . 259 ; R . Poore , 1949 ; H . Hooper , 1949 ; VV . Palmer , . 749 * . - Isaacson , iSS ; A . S . Bower , 1293 ; V . Higgs 106 ;
, , V , 1 ' - Lloyd , 416 ; J . Garnar , 172 ; J . VV . Brooke , 1 S 39 ; W . Maxted , 1 S 0 ; VV . Burgess , 54 ; F . VV . Pulsford , S 9 S ; F . , o r o * l 67 ' R- F * Uosk <* * > lS- * o * . G . W . Knight , 1507 ; VV . R . Shutt , 1702 ; J . Andrews , 209 ; F . W . J . Ferry , 214 ; Usher Back , W . M . 211 ; J . Whittall , 1593 ; P . Dunbar , 142 ; VV . H . Bruce , 1 S 91 ; F . E . Pocock , rSgi ; D . F . Wilson , 1615 ; J . Tuke , P . P . G . R . Middx ., P . M . 119 C ;
W . Simpson , 1924 ; G . H . Bishop , 1965 ; F . A . Duffield , 619 ; A . W . Cooper , C 19 ; R . Goodchild , 554 ; C . Win-Stanley , 1702 ; A . J . Oliver , 17 S 2 ; W . C . Way , 76 ; J . W . Ramsey , M . D . 259 ; J . Daddle , 715 ; W . Ebbetts , 14 ; C . Rawle , 16 S 5 ; J . 1 ' . Susten , 1457 ; VV . Scanes , 7 S 1 ; J . N . Bate , 72 ; E . L . Pembroke , 211 ; L . Etthng , 1250 ; J . Bell , 117 S ; J . West , 933 ; J . D . Wellis , iS ; E . C . Kilsby , 1 7 02 J . Best , 25 ; G . G . Becker , 1139 ; VV . BoazS 9 ST . B .
, ; Biddle , 193 ; H . W . Axford , 463 ; J . J . Thomas , 753 ; H . Day , 1457 ; W . Blaekwell , 1101 ; C . Corston , SO 5 ; H . C . Jepps , 19 ; A . Doulton , 9 G ; J . S . Cousens , J . H . Smith , 1 G 42 ; A . C . Wood , 15 S 6 ; C . M . Matthew , 2 G 3 ; C . A . Legg , 902 ; J . Mills , T . J . Tyler , 1702 ; A . C . Navburv .
1293 ; K . Gifford , 1 S 91 ; C . VV . Bennett , 1 ; A . Buck , P . G . S . W . Essex . 453 ; VV . E . Pearsey , 1 G 70 ; W . S . Buck , 1702 ; J . W . Hooker , SGg ; G . Gabriel , 1702 ; W . Cropley , 1559 ; D . VV . Pearse , 1293 ; S . Abraham , 6 39 ; H . Gehlcken , 72 ; J . M . Rodney , 72 ; A . Andrews , 201 ; H . Moore , 33 ; and E . Hornton , 23 G .
Opening Of A New Organ In The Masonic Hall, Nottingham.
OPENING OF A NEW ORGAN IN THE MASONIC HALL , NOTTINGHAM .
On Thursday , thc iGth ult ., a musical soiree , to celebrate the opening of the new organ , which has just been erected by Messrs . Bishop and Son , of London , was held in tho Masonic Hall , Goldsmith-street . There was a large attendance , the brethren appearing in full Masonic costume , while there also
was a good number of ladies present . The room presented a most brilliant appearance , thu effect of which was greatly owing to the decoration bestowed on it by the Organ Committee . The new organ is placed in an effective and well-chosen position , and has a handsome appearance . There are about ei ghteen stops , the solo stops in particular possessing remarkable sweetness . The
instrument is in every respect a most complete one , and after due time has been allowed for it to " settle , " and to have its newness of tone somewhat toned down , the organ will rank among the best in the town . The proceedings commenced by the P . G . D . of C , Bro . H . J . Norris , marching the Provincial Grand Officers in procession down the room , when the D . P . G . M ., Bro . J . Watson declared the
organ open . The Prov . Grand Oiganist , Bro . Wright then played "God Save the Queen . " Among the principal brethren present were Bros . Comvn , P . P . S . G W Voivles , P . P . S . G . W . ; Robinson , P . P *; S . G . VV . Hark ' P . G . T . ; Hatherley , P . B . of G . P . ; Wrair- PCS Truman , P . P . G . S . 6 . ; Davis , P . G . S D . ;!??[ . N ^ n ' s ' P . G . D . of C ; Stiebel , P . G . A . D . of C . Gilbert , P . G S . B . ; Ingram , P . G . Std . B . ; ButlerP . G . A . P . and
, ; others . Ihe instrumental items of the programme , which was now entered upon , were under the circumstances its principal attraction , these were admirably calculated to exhibit the powers and quality of the organ to the best advantage , and under the able hands of Bro . Edwin Bending , of the Royal Albert Hall , London , they were done full justice to . the effect was greatly added to bv the „«; . ¦ ¦ _
ance ot the strings and pianoforte , presided over bv Bro Laurence . Bro . VV . F . Bromley sang Barn's "Old Brigade" and Pinsuti ' s "Bedouin Love Song" with great acceptance . The concert , which was a very eniovable one , was brought to a close with a Grand March of liro . Bending ' s own composition . The whole of the arrangements were carried out in admirable style by the Organ Fund Committee , but csneri-.
praise must be given to Bros . VV . J . Morris , P . G . D C and W . » yr . ght , P . G . O ., for their indefatigable zeal shown in bringing the undertaking to a successful issue . The co * -t of the organ ( £ 400 ) has been defrayed by subscriptions among the brethren and lodges of the province , and thc directors of the Masonic Hall Company have agreed to nav a u - u - ° ; * P annun ) for the use cf the instrument which is to be devoted entirel y to the Charities of the orovince . r