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hand was guided by justice , and his heart expanded by benevolence , and he hoped the Most High would give him health and strength to conduct thc affairs of thc lodge with credit to himself and the satisfaction of its members . The W . Master said he felt the full weight of the responsibility that had fallen upon him in being called upon , to ml : a lodge of such importance as the Great
City Lodge . As to the remarks of Bro . Stanway , he felt that he did not deserve a tithe of what he had said of him , but he had tlone his best , and next to his duty to God his duty would be to his lodge , and if he did that he did not think that he should be going very far wrong . He thanked them very sincerely for the high honour they had conferred upon him in placing him in the chair of the
lodge , it was an honour he highly appreciated , and he hoped to hand down that honour to his successor pure and unsullied . The W . Master next gave " The Immediate Past Master , and Installing Master , Bro . Stanway , and the Past Masters of The Great City Lodge , " and having done so presented Bro . Stanway wirh a Past Master ' s jewel , voted to him by the lodge , which he said he had
fairly earned , and hoped he might live many years to wear it . Bro . Stanway in returning thanks said , at the termination of his year of office he had to express the pleasure with which he had pissed through it , and to thank the brethren for the kind support they had given to him , and also to the officers of the lodge , for without their assistance his efforts would have been of little avail in bringing their
beautiful ceremonies before the lodge . The assistance he had received from his officers was everything that a Master could desire , and he left the chair and the officers with peace and happiness prevailing amongst them . The jewel they had that night presented to him would be a memento which would never be effaced from his memory , and he should always remember with pleasure that he had been
associated with the members of that great prosperous and influential lodge . Bro . Stevens in a long speech returned thanks for the Past Masters . " The Visitors , " was next given , for which Bros . Davis and Edwards then severally returned thanks . The W . Master then gave " The Treasurer and Secretary , " Bros . Headon and Moody . Bro . Headon , in responding , said the brethren knew that he was
always very brief in what he had to say , and as time was on the wing he would be as brief as possible . He thanked them for the kind manner in which they had received the toast , and in the coming year he hoped to do what he had done in the past , and at the end of the year to entitle himself to their confidence by bringing forward a good
balance in their favour . Bro . Moody , the Secretary , also responded , and , after the Tyler's toast had been given , the proceedings were brought to a close . The professionals engaged for the musical performances were Bros . Bertrams Thornton , Kempton ; and Messrs . W . Frost , Hanson , and T . Harper . Bro . H . Frost presided at the pianoforte .
METROPOLITAN LODGE ( No . 1507 . )—The installation meeting of this lodge was held 011 Weelnesday , at Andtrton ' s Hotel , Bro . R . T . Kingham , W . M ., presiding . Above one hundred brethren were present , and among them were Bros . T . Adams , P . G . P . ; James Terry , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , & c ; F . R . W . Hedges , Secretary of the Royal Masonic
Institution for Girls ; Charles Hill , P . M . ; Thomas Beard , P M . 101 ; H . Massey { Freemason . ) Thc W . M . raiseel Bros . C . W . Blake , and F . J . Perks , anel passed Bro . W . F . Bates . He then installeel Bro . John Douglass , S . W . anel W . M . elect ( Proprietor of the Standard Theatre ) , as W . M . for the ensuing year . The brethren appointed to office were Bros . R . T . Kingham , I . P . M . ; C . J . Scales , S . W . ; W . Side , J . W . ;
James Willing , jun ., P . M ., Treasurer ; G . Colls , J . D . ; H . Stiles , I . G . ; George Clark , D . C . ; H . Lovegrove , W . S . and A . S . ; S . W . Brumell , Steward ; W . M . Stiles , Secretary ; and J . Daly , Tyler . Bro . Kingham afterwards delivered the aeldresses . The W . M ., when the ceremony was completed , initiated Messrs . Alfred Mellon , James Markie , Launcelot Hollingsworth , David Morgan , and
George Frederick Hall . A Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . R . T . Kingham , I . P . M ., for his eminent services to thc lodge during his year of office . A vote of thanks was also passed to Bro . Kingham , for the admirable way in which he had performed the ceremony of installation . A vote of thanks was also accorded to Bro . Clcmow , proprietor of Anderton ' s Hotel , for allowing the use of the
room for the meeting of the lodge . Both votes were moved by Bro . James Willing , jun ., and seconded by Bro . J . J . Michael , P . M . At the conclusion of the day ' s work the brethren adjourned to Mellon ' s Covent Garden Hotel , where ¦ A splendid banquet was in readiness for them . After disposing of the excellent repast thc usual toasts were honoured . All the speeches were very short , and the toasts loyal to
the Crown and the Rulers of the Craft did not long stand in the way of those which were to follow . Bro . Thomas Adams replied for the Grand Officers , and after acknowledging the compliment paid to the heads of the Order , expressed first his pleasure and then his astonishment at the enormous success of thc Metropolitan Lodge . To him of course it was a peculiar pleasure ,
seeing he was one of the founders , and now the Preceptor of the Lodge of Instruction held under the warrant of the mother lodge . Bro . R . T . Kingham , I . P . M ., proposed " The Health of the W . M ., " and said that Bro . Douglass had been a member of this lodge from ils commencement . He was not quite sure whether he was one of the founders or not , but he believed he was . He
knew this , however , that he had worked up from a comparatively humble office in thc lodge to the exalted position he now held . I le believed thc lodge had every reason to congratulate itself that it had such a Master , and he thought Bro . Douglass had every reason to congratulate himself on being the Master of a lodge so worthy and respectable . Bro . Adams had referred to the size of the lodge , and had said that the lodge had been in existence
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four years , and during that time had made wonderful progress . It now exceeded in numbers some of thc oldest and most respectable lodges in the kingdom , and he might almost say that it equalleel in respectability any lodge in the kingdom . He hoped that during Bro . Douglass ' s year of office the Metropolitan Lodge would continue to grow in numbers , and that the W . M . would" have every
reason to be proud of it , and that it would have every reason to be proud of him . The toast having been honoured with great warmth by the brethren , Bro . Douglass in acknowledging it , said he was exceedingly obliged to all the brethren for the way they had received his name , and it would be an incentive to him to perform the duties of his office to the very best of his ability . He then proposed " The
Health of the I . P . M ., Bro . R . T . Kingham , the Installing Master . " Most of the brethren knew that after a very hard campaign a soldier returned home and required a little rest . After having had a campaign , however victorious he might have been , the soldier required a little rest , and it was a great gratification to him to find that his countrymen appreciated his services , and that his
King or Queen decorated his breast in recognition of what he had done . It was now his ( the W . M ' s . ) pleasing duty to decorate a Master who had succeeded in what he had undertaken , who had done hard work in the lodge , and now needed rest . He would receive from the Principal of this lodge , on behalf of the lodge , a jewel , in commemoration of the services he had rendered to the lodge . He
hoped that when brethren saw in lodge the jewel on Bro . Kingham ' s breast it wculd bring to their minds the services he had rendered to the lodge , and that it would also serve to remind Bro . Kingham himself of the many duties he had performed ; because it had been a pleasure , he ( the W . M . ) was quite certain , to minister . to the wants of the brethren during the last twelve months .
This toast , like the former , was most enthusiastically received , and Bro . Kingham , in replying said , that when he was installed in the chair , and had to make his first appearance at the head of the lodge , he thought that the most appropriate figure of speech he could make use of was to say that that was the happiest moment of his life . Now that he was what Bro . Willing would call a show
—a Past Master of thc lodge—he hardly knew whether to express the period as the most happy period of his life . He could assure the brethren thit the duties he hid had to perform in the lodge he had performed to the utmost of his ability , and he trusted he had given s itisfaction . He could also say it had always been pleasing to him , though no doubt he had had many shortcomings . He
had performed the Master ' s work during his year of office , and he had now installed in the chair a worthy and distinguished brother . Naturally he felt very proud of thc position hc had attained , anil he fully appreciated the compliments the W . M . had paid him . He hoped during the W . M's . year of office that he ( Bro . Kingham ) would be able to render him some assistance in the discharge of
his duties . He had no doubt Bro . Douglass would not require much assistance fiom him , but if he did he ( Bro . Kingham ) should consider he was discharging a part of his duties in rendering the W . M . that assistance . Thc other toasts wjre " The Past Masters , " responded to by Bro . J . J . Michael , P . M ., " The Initiates , " acknowledged by each of those brethren , " The Visitors , " for whom
four brethren responded . " The Masonic Charities , " acknowledged by Bro . Terry , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , anil Bro . F . R . W . Herlges , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Instituiion for Girls . " The Treasurer and Secretary , " responded to by Bro . James Willing , jun ., and Bro . Wm . Stiles , " The Offic-rf , " acknowledged by thc S . W ., and the Tyler ' s
toast . Amongst the visitors present were Bros . F . R . W . Hedges , Sec . R . M . I . G . ; C . G . Hill , P . M . 1366 ; Geo . Lee , 40 ( Canada ) ; E . J . Massie , 993 ; E . E . Barratt Kidder , 12 ; A . Rayner , 1201 ; E . Ayres , 742 ; J . Yeomas , W . M . 167 ; J . G . Humphrys , 167 ; L . Jacobs , 1589 ; J . C . Dwarber , P . M . 55 ; J . Terry , P . M . 228 , P . G . J . W ., Herts , R . M . B . J . ; A . Allworth , P . M . 1261 , & c . ;
C . W . Hudson 315 ; C . Stevens , P . M . 101 ; W . S . Cooke , 255 B . Kauffmann , 1732 ; T . Vernon , 25 ; S . Soncs , P . M . 1425 ; T . Crabtree , 274 ; F . West , 1076 ; C . B . Putland , 1732 ; A . Sturt , 1 ^ 28 ; E . R . Freebody , 87 ; W . H . Ball ; George Hall , 1076 ; M . Mildred , 1326 ; W . W . Morgan , jun ., 1385 ; F . W . Sillis , 1744 ; J . L . Bligh , 1414 .
THE ALL SAINTS' LODGE ( No . 1716 ) . —Thc installation meeting of this young and flourishing lodge , consecrated only on the 21 st . September , 1877 , was held at the Town Hall , Poplar , on Friday , the 4 th inst . At five o ' clock the W . M ., Bro . W . H . F ' arnfield , opened the lodge , and after reading and confirming the minutes of the last regular meeting , and two emergency meeting ? , and
receiving and adopting the report of the Audit Committee , the lodge was opened in the Second Degree , and the ceremony of installation commenced . At this time there were many visitors in the lodge , including Bros . James Terry , Prov . Grand Warden Herts ; E . M . Hubbuck , P . M . 58 ; J . A . Farnfield , P . M 256 ; H . J . Lewis , P . M . 907 ; C . J , Salmon , P . M . 173 ; George Paine , P . G . S ., P . M . 1 ;
Bradshaw Brown , 1 ; Gresham Barber , 74 ( Birmingham ) ; Venn , and several other brethren . Bro . John Dennis , P . M . 907 , and S . W ., was presented and installed by Bro . W . H . Farnfield , according to ancient custom , and the new W . M appointed as his officers : Bro . J . K . Coleman , S . W . ; Leonard Potts , J . W . ; Turner , S . D . ; Young , I . D . ; Bates , I . G . ; and House , D . C . Bro . N . J . Fenner , P . M .
162 , who had been unanimously re-elected Treasurer , was again invested with the collar of that office , and Bro . Bracebidgc P . M . 781 , was appointed Secretary . Bro . Hubbuck gave the address to the W . M ., and Bro . Terry those to the Wardens and brethren . After the ordinary business was transacted , the lodge was closed , and thc brethren adjourned to the banquet , also served in the Town
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Hall , by Bro . Grist , oE Hackney . This gave universal satisfaction , and after the loyal and Masonic toasts had been honoured the W . M . proposed "The Health of the I . P . M ., " Bro . W . H . Farnfield , and on behalf of the lodge , presented him with a P . M . ' s jewel , wishing him long life and health to wear it . The gift was . however , supplemented by a handsome gold watch , chain , and
locket , which the W . M . presented in the names of the brethren individually , with a hope that while in Masonry the jewel would remind Bro . Farnfield of the estimation of his services , the chain would daily afford him proof that the members of the All Saints' were not unmindful of the attention and interest he had given during his year of office for the welfare of the lodge . Bro . Farnfield
in thanking the brethren for the honour paid him , stated that the jewel with which he had been invested was one of the most handsome he had ever seen , and although it was on the minutes that a Past Master's jewel was to be presented to him , he little thought that the gift would be so valuable , or that it would be supplemented by thc chain , & c „ which he had had the pleasure to receive . The toast
of 1 he Charities was responded to by Bro . Terry , and the W » M . gave in his name as Steward for the Benevolent Institution , Bro . Lewis , a visitor , authorising his name to be placed on the list for a donation of 10 guineas . Thc musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . J . Grout , Org . 1716 , assisted by Bros . Carter , Simons an . Th . Distin .
BATH . —Royal Cumberland Lodge ( No . 41 ) . —A regular meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday , October 3 rd , at the Masonic Hall . Bro . Frank Wilkinson , W . M ., in the chair , supported by Bros . F . J . Brown , I . P . M ., and P . P . G . S . W . Somerset ; T . B . Moutrie , P . M ., and others . The officers being Bros . Ashley , P . M ., Treas . ; Capt . Peel Floyd , acting S . W . ; P . Braham , J . W . ; Wilton , jun .,
acting S . D . ; C . Radway , J . D . ; T . E . Wilton , D . C . ; Capt . Robinson , I . G . ; W . Hunt , Secretary pro tern . ; Bigwood , Tyler ; Ames and Holmes , Stewards . The other members W . L . Baldwin , Or j . ; E . J . B . Mercer , Robt . Carey , P . M . ; S . G . Mitchell , P . M ., & c . ; W . B . Gregory , S . S . Parton , John Clewers , W . Peach , Rich . Mann , E . Stiles , John Cartmcl , J . W . Murlis . The visitors were Bros . W . H .
Dill , P . M . 906 ; H . J . Freeman , 906 ; Harry Brumby , 112 , N . Y . ; J . A . Lune , 639 ; W . Stocks , 145 ; F . Glover , 906 . The lodge was opened at 7 . 45 , and the minutes of last regular and emergency lodges were read , confirmed , and passed . Two brethren , Bros . Chivers and Parton , were carefully examined , and passed to the Second Degree , the W . M . performing the ceremony most
impressively , and complimenting the candidates on their proficiency in their answers . Letters were read from Bros . Dr . H . Hopkins , G . Falkner , Col . Guyon , and Major Preston , apologising for unavoidable absence . A candidate , Mr . H , B . Smith , properly balloted for at the last meeting , being presented , was duly initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry , the ceremony being performed by the W . M ., Bro .
J . Wilkinson , the charge was given by Bro . Moutrie , P . M ., & c , the working tools of both Degrees being presented by Bro . Braham , J . W . ; the newly-initiated returning thanks for the privilege in very appropriate terms . Thc amended bye-laws , as approved of by the V . W . Prov . Grand Master of Somerset , Lord Carnarvon , were read , anel ordered to be
printed , and issued to thc brethren . Bro . J . Wilkinson , W . M ., then proposed Mr . Henry Lane Brown , son of the respected I . P . M ., and Capt . Peel Floyd seconded , as a candidate for initiation . Bro . Cartmel proposed , and Bro . Robinson seconded , Mr . Frcdk . Willis , for initiation . This concluding the business , the lodge was closed in perfect harmony and solemn prayer at 9 . 45 .
ABERGAVENNY . — Philanthropic Lodge ( No . 818 ) . —The installation meeting of the above lodge was held at the Masonic Hall on Friday , the 4 th inst . There were present a large attendance of brethren . Thc W . M . elect was presented for installation by Bro . W . C . Freeman , P . M ., and after the usual preliminary ceremony a Board of Installed Masters was formed , and Bro . Thomas
Ilarrby , the W . M . elect , was duly installed as W . M ., thc ceremony being most efficiently rendered by Bro . G . H . Gorrin , P . M ., P . P . G . A . D . C . The W . M . after receiving the usual salutes appointed and invested his officers as follows : —Bios . H . R . Barrett , S . W . ; J . Marsh , J . W . ; Rev . J . W . Osman , Chaplain ; V . A . Julius , P . M ., Treas . ;
W . C . Freeman , Sec . ; W . Eames , S . D . ; I . C . L . H . Little , J . D . ; G . H . Gorrin , P . M ., D . C ; C . Howells , Org . ; E . Hampton , I . G . ; J . Thomas and J . Jones , Stewards . A vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Bro . Gorrin , the Installing Officer , and the meeting terminated . In consequence of unavoidable circumstances the installation banquet was postponed until December next .
TWICKENHAM . —Francis Burdett Lodge ( No . 1503 ) . —The last regular meeting of this prosperous Provincial Lodge was held at the Albany Hotel , on Wednesday , the 9 th inst ., when there were present amongst others . Bros . S . H . Knaggs , W . M . ; Tomlinson , P . P . G . D . of Norfolk , Treasurer , acting S . W . ; W . Taylor , J . W . ; W . Wigginton , P . P . G . S . of Works , Middlesex , Secretary ;
W . H . Saunders , P . G . D . of Middlesex , I . P . M . ; Dr . Clark , P . M . ; Vaughan S . D . ; Ashley , J . D . ; Walls , P . P . G . O . of Middlesex , acting I . G . ; Richnoll , Steward . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed The election of W . M . resulted unanimously in favour of Bro . H . Court , S . W ., who was absent in consequence of a severe domestic bereavement . Bro . Tomlinson was
unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Harrison reappointed Tyler . A vote of condolence was also unanimously passed to Bro . Court , W . M . elect , for the great loss he had sustained . Upon the motion of Bro . Wigginton and Saunders , a Past Master ' s jewel was unanimously voted to Bro . Knaggs , who happily returned thanks for the honour conferred . There being no other
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hand was guided by justice , and his heart expanded by benevolence , and he hoped the Most High would give him health and strength to conduct thc affairs of thc lodge with credit to himself and the satisfaction of its members . The W . Master said he felt the full weight of the responsibility that had fallen upon him in being called upon , to ml : a lodge of such importance as the Great
City Lodge . As to the remarks of Bro . Stanway , he felt that he did not deserve a tithe of what he had said of him , but he had tlone his best , and next to his duty to God his duty would be to his lodge , and if he did that he did not think that he should be going very far wrong . He thanked them very sincerely for the high honour they had conferred upon him in placing him in the chair of the
lodge , it was an honour he highly appreciated , and he hoped to hand down that honour to his successor pure and unsullied . The W . Master next gave " The Immediate Past Master , and Installing Master , Bro . Stanway , and the Past Masters of The Great City Lodge , " and having done so presented Bro . Stanway wirh a Past Master ' s jewel , voted to him by the lodge , which he said he had
fairly earned , and hoped he might live many years to wear it . Bro . Stanway in returning thanks said , at the termination of his year of office he had to express the pleasure with which he had pissed through it , and to thank the brethren for the kind support they had given to him , and also to the officers of the lodge , for without their assistance his efforts would have been of little avail in bringing their
beautiful ceremonies before the lodge . The assistance he had received from his officers was everything that a Master could desire , and he left the chair and the officers with peace and happiness prevailing amongst them . The jewel they had that night presented to him would be a memento which would never be effaced from his memory , and he should always remember with pleasure that he had been
associated with the members of that great prosperous and influential lodge . Bro . Stevens in a long speech returned thanks for the Past Masters . " The Visitors , " was next given , for which Bros . Davis and Edwards then severally returned thanks . The W . Master then gave " The Treasurer and Secretary , " Bros . Headon and Moody . Bro . Headon , in responding , said the brethren knew that he was
always very brief in what he had to say , and as time was on the wing he would be as brief as possible . He thanked them for the kind manner in which they had received the toast , and in the coming year he hoped to do what he had done in the past , and at the end of the year to entitle himself to their confidence by bringing forward a good
balance in their favour . Bro . Moody , the Secretary , also responded , and , after the Tyler's toast had been given , the proceedings were brought to a close . The professionals engaged for the musical performances were Bros . Bertrams Thornton , Kempton ; and Messrs . W . Frost , Hanson , and T . Harper . Bro . H . Frost presided at the pianoforte .
METROPOLITAN LODGE ( No . 1507 . )—The installation meeting of this lodge was held 011 Weelnesday , at Andtrton ' s Hotel , Bro . R . T . Kingham , W . M ., presiding . Above one hundred brethren were present , and among them were Bros . T . Adams , P . G . P . ; James Terry , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , & c ; F . R . W . Hedges , Secretary of the Royal Masonic
Institution for Girls ; Charles Hill , P . M . ; Thomas Beard , P M . 101 ; H . Massey { Freemason . ) Thc W . M . raiseel Bros . C . W . Blake , and F . J . Perks , anel passed Bro . W . F . Bates . He then installeel Bro . John Douglass , S . W . anel W . M . elect ( Proprietor of the Standard Theatre ) , as W . M . for the ensuing year . The brethren appointed to office were Bros . R . T . Kingham , I . P . M . ; C . J . Scales , S . W . ; W . Side , J . W . ;
James Willing , jun ., P . M ., Treasurer ; G . Colls , J . D . ; H . Stiles , I . G . ; George Clark , D . C . ; H . Lovegrove , W . S . and A . S . ; S . W . Brumell , Steward ; W . M . Stiles , Secretary ; and J . Daly , Tyler . Bro . Kingham afterwards delivered the aeldresses . The W . M ., when the ceremony was completed , initiated Messrs . Alfred Mellon , James Markie , Launcelot Hollingsworth , David Morgan , and
George Frederick Hall . A Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . R . T . Kingham , I . P . M ., for his eminent services to thc lodge during his year of office . A vote of thanks was also passed to Bro . Kingham , for the admirable way in which he had performed the ceremony of installation . A vote of thanks was also accorded to Bro . Clcmow , proprietor of Anderton ' s Hotel , for allowing the use of the
room for the meeting of the lodge . Both votes were moved by Bro . James Willing , jun ., and seconded by Bro . J . J . Michael , P . M . At the conclusion of the day ' s work the brethren adjourned to Mellon ' s Covent Garden Hotel , where ¦ A splendid banquet was in readiness for them . After disposing of the excellent repast thc usual toasts were honoured . All the speeches were very short , and the toasts loyal to
the Crown and the Rulers of the Craft did not long stand in the way of those which were to follow . Bro . Thomas Adams replied for the Grand Officers , and after acknowledging the compliment paid to the heads of the Order , expressed first his pleasure and then his astonishment at the enormous success of thc Metropolitan Lodge . To him of course it was a peculiar pleasure ,
seeing he was one of the founders , and now the Preceptor of the Lodge of Instruction held under the warrant of the mother lodge . Bro . R . T . Kingham , I . P . M ., proposed " The Health of the W . M ., " and said that Bro . Douglass had been a member of this lodge from ils commencement . He was not quite sure whether he was one of the founders or not , but he believed he was . He
knew this , however , that he had worked up from a comparatively humble office in thc lodge to the exalted position he now held . I le believed thc lodge had every reason to congratulate itself that it had such a Master , and he thought Bro . Douglass had every reason to congratulate himself on being the Master of a lodge so worthy and respectable . Bro . Adams had referred to the size of the lodge , and had said that the lodge had been in existence
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four years , and during that time had made wonderful progress . It now exceeded in numbers some of thc oldest and most respectable lodges in the kingdom , and he might almost say that it equalleel in respectability any lodge in the kingdom . He hoped that during Bro . Douglass ' s year of office the Metropolitan Lodge would continue to grow in numbers , and that the W . M . would" have every
reason to be proud of it , and that it would have every reason to be proud of him . The toast having been honoured with great warmth by the brethren , Bro . Douglass in acknowledging it , said he was exceedingly obliged to all the brethren for the way they had received his name , and it would be an incentive to him to perform the duties of his office to the very best of his ability . He then proposed " The
Health of the I . P . M ., Bro . R . T . Kingham , the Installing Master . " Most of the brethren knew that after a very hard campaign a soldier returned home and required a little rest . After having had a campaign , however victorious he might have been , the soldier required a little rest , and it was a great gratification to him to find that his countrymen appreciated his services , and that his
King or Queen decorated his breast in recognition of what he had done . It was now his ( the W . M ' s . ) pleasing duty to decorate a Master who had succeeded in what he had undertaken , who had done hard work in the lodge , and now needed rest . He would receive from the Principal of this lodge , on behalf of the lodge , a jewel , in commemoration of the services he had rendered to the lodge . He
hoped that when brethren saw in lodge the jewel on Bro . Kingham ' s breast it wculd bring to their minds the services he had rendered to the lodge , and that it would also serve to remind Bro . Kingham himself of the many duties he had performed ; because it had been a pleasure , he ( the W . M . ) was quite certain , to minister . to the wants of the brethren during the last twelve months .
This toast , like the former , was most enthusiastically received , and Bro . Kingham , in replying said , that when he was installed in the chair , and had to make his first appearance at the head of the lodge , he thought that the most appropriate figure of speech he could make use of was to say that that was the happiest moment of his life . Now that he was what Bro . Willing would call a show
—a Past Master of thc lodge—he hardly knew whether to express the period as the most happy period of his life . He could assure the brethren thit the duties he hid had to perform in the lodge he had performed to the utmost of his ability , and he trusted he had given s itisfaction . He could also say it had always been pleasing to him , though no doubt he had had many shortcomings . He
had performed the Master ' s work during his year of office , and he had now installed in the chair a worthy and distinguished brother . Naturally he felt very proud of thc position hc had attained , anil he fully appreciated the compliments the W . M . had paid him . He hoped during the W . M's . year of office that he ( Bro . Kingham ) would be able to render him some assistance in the discharge of
his duties . He had no doubt Bro . Douglass would not require much assistance fiom him , but if he did he ( Bro . Kingham ) should consider he was discharging a part of his duties in rendering the W . M . that assistance . Thc other toasts wjre " The Past Masters , " responded to by Bro . J . J . Michael , P . M ., " The Initiates , " acknowledged by each of those brethren , " The Visitors , " for whom
four brethren responded . " The Masonic Charities , " acknowledged by Bro . Terry , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , anil Bro . F . R . W . Herlges , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Instituiion for Girls . " The Treasurer and Secretary , " responded to by Bro . James Willing , jun ., and Bro . Wm . Stiles , " The Offic-rf , " acknowledged by thc S . W ., and the Tyler ' s
toast . Amongst the visitors present were Bros . F . R . W . Hedges , Sec . R . M . I . G . ; C . G . Hill , P . M . 1366 ; Geo . Lee , 40 ( Canada ) ; E . J . Massie , 993 ; E . E . Barratt Kidder , 12 ; A . Rayner , 1201 ; E . Ayres , 742 ; J . Yeomas , W . M . 167 ; J . G . Humphrys , 167 ; L . Jacobs , 1589 ; J . C . Dwarber , P . M . 55 ; J . Terry , P . M . 228 , P . G . J . W ., Herts , R . M . B . J . ; A . Allworth , P . M . 1261 , & c . ;
C . W . Hudson 315 ; C . Stevens , P . M . 101 ; W . S . Cooke , 255 B . Kauffmann , 1732 ; T . Vernon , 25 ; S . Soncs , P . M . 1425 ; T . Crabtree , 274 ; F . West , 1076 ; C . B . Putland , 1732 ; A . Sturt , 1 ^ 28 ; E . R . Freebody , 87 ; W . H . Ball ; George Hall , 1076 ; M . Mildred , 1326 ; W . W . Morgan , jun ., 1385 ; F . W . Sillis , 1744 ; J . L . Bligh , 1414 .
THE ALL SAINTS' LODGE ( No . 1716 ) . —Thc installation meeting of this young and flourishing lodge , consecrated only on the 21 st . September , 1877 , was held at the Town Hall , Poplar , on Friday , the 4 th inst . At five o ' clock the W . M ., Bro . W . H . F ' arnfield , opened the lodge , and after reading and confirming the minutes of the last regular meeting , and two emergency meeting ? , and
receiving and adopting the report of the Audit Committee , the lodge was opened in the Second Degree , and the ceremony of installation commenced . At this time there were many visitors in the lodge , including Bros . James Terry , Prov . Grand Warden Herts ; E . M . Hubbuck , P . M . 58 ; J . A . Farnfield , P . M 256 ; H . J . Lewis , P . M . 907 ; C . J , Salmon , P . M . 173 ; George Paine , P . G . S ., P . M . 1 ;
Bradshaw Brown , 1 ; Gresham Barber , 74 ( Birmingham ) ; Venn , and several other brethren . Bro . John Dennis , P . M . 907 , and S . W ., was presented and installed by Bro . W . H . Farnfield , according to ancient custom , and the new W . M appointed as his officers : Bro . J . K . Coleman , S . W . ; Leonard Potts , J . W . ; Turner , S . D . ; Young , I . D . ; Bates , I . G . ; and House , D . C . Bro . N . J . Fenner , P . M .
162 , who had been unanimously re-elected Treasurer , was again invested with the collar of that office , and Bro . Bracebidgc P . M . 781 , was appointed Secretary . Bro . Hubbuck gave the address to the W . M ., and Bro . Terry those to the Wardens and brethren . After the ordinary business was transacted , the lodge was closed , and thc brethren adjourned to the banquet , also served in the Town
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Hall , by Bro . Grist , oE Hackney . This gave universal satisfaction , and after the loyal and Masonic toasts had been honoured the W . M . proposed "The Health of the I . P . M ., " Bro . W . H . Farnfield , and on behalf of the lodge , presented him with a P . M . ' s jewel , wishing him long life and health to wear it . The gift was . however , supplemented by a handsome gold watch , chain , and
locket , which the W . M . presented in the names of the brethren individually , with a hope that while in Masonry the jewel would remind Bro . Farnfield of the estimation of his services , the chain would daily afford him proof that the members of the All Saints' were not unmindful of the attention and interest he had given during his year of office for the welfare of the lodge . Bro . Farnfield
in thanking the brethren for the honour paid him , stated that the jewel with which he had been invested was one of the most handsome he had ever seen , and although it was on the minutes that a Past Master's jewel was to be presented to him , he little thought that the gift would be so valuable , or that it would be supplemented by thc chain , & c „ which he had had the pleasure to receive . The toast
of 1 he Charities was responded to by Bro . Terry , and the W » M . gave in his name as Steward for the Benevolent Institution , Bro . Lewis , a visitor , authorising his name to be placed on the list for a donation of 10 guineas . Thc musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . J . Grout , Org . 1716 , assisted by Bros . Carter , Simons an . Th . Distin .
BATH . —Royal Cumberland Lodge ( No . 41 ) . —A regular meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday , October 3 rd , at the Masonic Hall . Bro . Frank Wilkinson , W . M ., in the chair , supported by Bros . F . J . Brown , I . P . M ., and P . P . G . S . W . Somerset ; T . B . Moutrie , P . M ., and others . The officers being Bros . Ashley , P . M ., Treas . ; Capt . Peel Floyd , acting S . W . ; P . Braham , J . W . ; Wilton , jun .,
acting S . D . ; C . Radway , J . D . ; T . E . Wilton , D . C . ; Capt . Robinson , I . G . ; W . Hunt , Secretary pro tern . ; Bigwood , Tyler ; Ames and Holmes , Stewards . The other members W . L . Baldwin , Or j . ; E . J . B . Mercer , Robt . Carey , P . M . ; S . G . Mitchell , P . M ., & c . ; W . B . Gregory , S . S . Parton , John Clewers , W . Peach , Rich . Mann , E . Stiles , John Cartmcl , J . W . Murlis . The visitors were Bros . W . H .
Dill , P . M . 906 ; H . J . Freeman , 906 ; Harry Brumby , 112 , N . Y . ; J . A . Lune , 639 ; W . Stocks , 145 ; F . Glover , 906 . The lodge was opened at 7 . 45 , and the minutes of last regular and emergency lodges were read , confirmed , and passed . Two brethren , Bros . Chivers and Parton , were carefully examined , and passed to the Second Degree , the W . M . performing the ceremony most
impressively , and complimenting the candidates on their proficiency in their answers . Letters were read from Bros . Dr . H . Hopkins , G . Falkner , Col . Guyon , and Major Preston , apologising for unavoidable absence . A candidate , Mr . H , B . Smith , properly balloted for at the last meeting , being presented , was duly initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry , the ceremony being performed by the W . M ., Bro .
J . Wilkinson , the charge was given by Bro . Moutrie , P . M ., & c , the working tools of both Degrees being presented by Bro . Braham , J . W . ; the newly-initiated returning thanks for the privilege in very appropriate terms . Thc amended bye-laws , as approved of by the V . W . Prov . Grand Master of Somerset , Lord Carnarvon , were read , anel ordered to be
printed , and issued to thc brethren . Bro . J . Wilkinson , W . M ., then proposed Mr . Henry Lane Brown , son of the respected I . P . M ., and Capt . Peel Floyd seconded , as a candidate for initiation . Bro . Cartmel proposed , and Bro . Robinson seconded , Mr . Frcdk . Willis , for initiation . This concluding the business , the lodge was closed in perfect harmony and solemn prayer at 9 . 45 .
ABERGAVENNY . — Philanthropic Lodge ( No . 818 ) . —The installation meeting of the above lodge was held at the Masonic Hall on Friday , the 4 th inst . There were present a large attendance of brethren . Thc W . M . elect was presented for installation by Bro . W . C . Freeman , P . M ., and after the usual preliminary ceremony a Board of Installed Masters was formed , and Bro . Thomas
Ilarrby , the W . M . elect , was duly installed as W . M ., thc ceremony being most efficiently rendered by Bro . G . H . Gorrin , P . M ., P . P . G . A . D . C . The W . M . after receiving the usual salutes appointed and invested his officers as follows : —Bios . H . R . Barrett , S . W . ; J . Marsh , J . W . ; Rev . J . W . Osman , Chaplain ; V . A . Julius , P . M ., Treas . ;
W . C . Freeman , Sec . ; W . Eames , S . D . ; I . C . L . H . Little , J . D . ; G . H . Gorrin , P . M ., D . C ; C . Howells , Org . ; E . Hampton , I . G . ; J . Thomas and J . Jones , Stewards . A vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Bro . Gorrin , the Installing Officer , and the meeting terminated . In consequence of unavoidable circumstances the installation banquet was postponed until December next .
TWICKENHAM . —Francis Burdett Lodge ( No . 1503 ) . —The last regular meeting of this prosperous Provincial Lodge was held at the Albany Hotel , on Wednesday , the 9 th inst ., when there were present amongst others . Bros . S . H . Knaggs , W . M . ; Tomlinson , P . P . G . D . of Norfolk , Treasurer , acting S . W . ; W . Taylor , J . W . ; W . Wigginton , P . P . G . S . of Works , Middlesex , Secretary ;
W . H . Saunders , P . G . D . of Middlesex , I . P . M . ; Dr . Clark , P . M . ; Vaughan S . D . ; Ashley , J . D . ; Walls , P . P . G . O . of Middlesex , acting I . G . ; Richnoll , Steward . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed The election of W . M . resulted unanimously in favour of Bro . H . Court , S . W ., who was absent in consequence of a severe domestic bereavement . Bro . Tomlinson was
unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Harrison reappointed Tyler . A vote of condolence was also unanimously passed to Bro . Court , W . M . elect , for the great loss he had sustained . Upon the motion of Bro . Wigginton and Saunders , a Past Master ' s jewel was unanimously voted to Bro . Knaggs , who happily returned thanks for the honour conferred . There being no other