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Centenary Festival Of The Domatic Lodge, No. 177.
CENTENARY FESTIVAL OF THE DOMATIC LODGE , No . 177 .
The centenary of the existence of the Domatie Lodge , No . 177 , was celebrated on the 12 th inst ., by a festival at the Criterion , Regent-street , at which Bro . Harry Nelson Price , W . M .. presided . Such a large assembly of brethren as that which took part in the celebration has perhaps
seldom been witnessed in Freemasonry , there being * considerably over 200 brethren present . The list contained the names of the following members of the lodge : — Officers : Bros . Harry Nelson Price , W . M . ; A . Simner , S . W . ; H . J . Chapman , J . VV . ; George Everett , P . M ., Treas . ; T . Morris , Sec ; R . Harvey , S . D . ; J . S . Wood , J . D . ; N . Salmon , I . G . j J . E . Spurrell , D . C ; and Cavl Riechelmann , Org . ; P . M . 's :
Bros . R . Baker , W . F . Smith , J . R . Foulger , J . E . Wal ford , W . J . Ferguson , J . Willing , jun ., E . White , W . M Foxcroft , J . Buscall , J . McLean , H . N . Bowman , H . N . B Spink , w . Herbage , and R . Pierpoint ; Bros . G Plummer , J . Richards , R . E . Clarke , S . Knott , J . L Edward , J . Anley , VV . E . Wigmore , W . H . Woods , J . T Falshaw , A . Scard , G . Clarke , j . S . Bareham , T . B . Good
felloiv , H . Durham , C . Norris , D . Plenderleith , E . A . Brown , 1 * . Holder , G . L . Everett , F . J . Harding , K . Osborne , J . Kent , W . J . Bennett . J . Billinghurst , W . S . ; S . R . Stevens , W . Millen , A . Piper , G . Blakesley , W . Blitz , E . Sans , F . J . Page , VV . T . Edwards , D . A . Ball , H . Taylor , G . Kendall , J . H . Page , J . Manning , G . Gardner , J . Perry , J . M . Birch , T . 1 . lngs , ] . W . Robinson , F . Cole , A . H . Wilson , P . B . Harris , C . " i ' orriani , VV . Hanes ,
E . J . Appleyard , G . L . Turner , H . A . Bongers , J . Beales , J . Wilson , E . R . May , H . B . Hardt , H . A . K . Davis , J . Moore , J . H . Selby , J . Barnett , jun ., G . A . Weston , A . Grace , j . Tingley , J . Thwaites , H . F . Pardy , C . Mills , T . N . Morris , E . Melson , A . J . VVhite , C . Anderberg , J . Webster , T . VV . Trodd , ] . Stephens , R . Hewetson , A . F . Peacock , E . A . G . Smith " , T . H . Hobbs , R . Williamson , J .
Anley , jun ., and J . J . Elliott . Visitors : Bros . Major-General Swinburne Laurie , G . M . Nova Scotia ; Col" Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec ; F . A . Philbiick , G . Reg . ; A . M . Broadley , P . D . G . M . Malta ; F . Binckes , P . G . Stwd ., Sec . R . M . I . B . ; J . Terry , P . P . G . S . VV . Norths and Hunts , Sec . R . M . B . I . ; R . R . Harper , P . M . S 13 ; V . Turner , P . M . 72 ; S . Brooks , P . M . 160 S ;
I . Webster , 15 ( 17 ; L . A . Da Costa , J . D . 1349 ; C . Ratcliff , 13 S 0 ; John Oldis , W . M . 12 SS ; R . S . Sty , W . M . 1625 ; H . Fruen , 2012 ; H . Curtis , S . 1425 ; J . R . Duff , I . 139 J M . J . Rowley , 1507 ; G . Dickinson , S . D . 16 S 1 ; G . Hardy , 2045 ; VV . Clowes , 2012 ; A . J . Colemar , 1426 ; W . A . bcurrah , VV . M . 204 S ; R . VV . Hunter , S . 11 SS 5 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 and 1928 ; J . Da Silva , P . M . 205 ; T . Bates , 15 G 3 : VV . J . Lane , S . W . 127 ; \ V . E .
Williams , P . M . 162 ; G . Ransford , S . D . 1512 ; J . T . Salmon , S . W . 917 ; E . F . Crowe , S . D . 1 S 2 S ; F . Hill , J . VV . 1563 ; M . J . Wrangham , P . M . 619 ; W . Smith , J . VV . 22 S ; J . H . Laurie , 2 ( Nova Scotia ); M . Marks , 1 S 5 ; \ V . R . Batnett , P . M . 749 ; D . Rose , P . M . 73 j J . L . Hume , J . D . 144 ; R . H . Blades , 25 G ; S . Walford , 569 ; W . Kingwell , J . D . 1512 ; W . Vogt , 55 ; H . G .
Stranger , P . M . 13 S 1 ; Robert H . Clemow , 15 S 9 ; \ V . Cock , VV . M . 1597 ; VV . H . Smith , P . M . 10 S ; C . W . Hudson , P . P . G . D . C . Sussex , P . M . 315 , 1540 , & c . ; A . Penett , S 34 ; C . Graham , VV . M . S 74 , G . S . D . Middx . ; G . W . Knight , S . VV . 1507 ; John Britton , S . W . 1613 ; G . T . N . Fannan , 1257 ; A . J . Potter , S 13 ; F . A . Smith , I . W . 1669 ; J . B . Reid , 13 ( 54 ; J . Gibbs , VV . M . 1613 ; D .
De Pinna , 2030 ; J . Parsons , P . M . 502 ; J . C Whiddington , D . C . 1027 ; Keller ; H . Smith , 134 S ; G . Bigley , 129 S ; R . J . Taylor , P . AI . 144 ; A . VV . Lane , 167 ; G . VV . Dixon , P . M . 209 , 591 , iS 7 i , & c , P . G . S . W . Berks and Bucks ; G . Croxton , P . M . 1769 ; T . G . Willis , 11 ; T . Meekham , P . M . 12 SS ; H . E . Pollard , J . D . 4 ; James Burroughs , P . M . 5 S ; F . S . Lelen , 100 ; John Lelen ,
1636 ; F . Robinson , 100 ; II . G . Hill , 2012 ; R . barham , P . M . 144 ; A . Holt , 1744 ; T . Butt , P . M . 700 ; VV . E . Collett , 1470 ; VV . N . Price , 1 S 16 ; T . M . Coleman , 192 ; A . E . Painter , 19 S ; J . VV . Chapman , I . P . M . 1922 ; G . E . Goodinge , P . M . 171 ; VV . H . Collbrand , 15 G 7 ; Alfred Powles , VV . M . 1901 ; G . F . Edwards , J . D . 7 GG ; VV . F . Packer , I . G . 1571 ; Henry Ernest Price , 1744 ; VV . A .
Dowling , S . D . 2012 ; G . B . Wood , 1339 ; G . B . Arnold , 1613 ; | . Wardley , 13 S 1 ; F . Clive , 1319 ; VV . Dodson , P . M . S 60 ; John Greenfield , W . M . 795 ; Capt . Baker , P . M . 1 S 0 ; E . T . Westwood , 193 ; J . H . Batty , P . M . 22 ; George Price , G 19 ; C . Cutbush , 19 S 7 ; VV . J . Innes , 1929 ; VV . Hudson , 1 ( S . C ); H . Dickey , S . VV . 1744 ; and others .
lt may be interesting to record the names of the officers of the lodge as they stood in 17 S 6 , and of the present ofiicers of the lodge in 1 SS 6 . In 17 S 6 the officers were Bros . Jno . Wood , W . M . ; Charles Broad , S . W . ; J . Perkins , J . VV . ; VV . Veal , S . D . ; Richard Hall , J . D . ; John Chadwick , Treas . ; Joshua Parker , Sec ; and George Crouch , Tyler . In iSSG the officers are Bros . Harry Nelson Price , VV . M . ; R .
Pierpoint , I . P . M . ; A . Simner , S . VV . ; H . J . Chapman , J . VV . ; George Everett , P . M ., Treas . ; T . Morris , Sec . ; R . Harvey , S . D . ; J . Sadler Wood , J . D . ; N . Salmon , I . G . ; J . E . Spurrell , D . C ; J . Billinghurst , W . S . ; and A . Walkley , Tyler . After the lodge had been opened the VV . M . raised Bro , | . VVebster lo the Third Degree , and then initiated Messrs , Thos . Henry Hobbs , Richard Williamson , John Anley ,
jun ., and James Jones Elliott . The W ORSHIPI-UI . MASTER afterwards passed Bros . T . VV . Trodd , R . Hewetson . A . F . Peacock , E . A . G . Smith , and Laurie , son of the Grand Master of Nova Scotia , who was present to witness the ceremony . Before the lodge was closed Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CI . ERKE , G . S ., rose , and said he had the pleasure ot
presenting to the VV . M . the first centenary jewel of the Domatie Lodge . The lodges which were attaining the hundredth year of their existence were now getting more numerous than was formei \ y the case . Whatever pride and pleasure he had on the present occasion he thought it must be a still greater pride and pleasure to the VV . M . to be the recipient of the lirst centenary jewel , which the
lodge , on the completion of its centenary , voted to him . He was instructed to say that this was given as a very slight recognition by the lodge of the services Bro . Nelson Price had already during his tenure of office rendered to the lodge , and to assure him they felt that during the remainder of his term he would give them as much satisfaction as hitherto . The brethren had asked him , in their name , and on their behalf , to present him with this first
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centenary jewel , and it was unnecessary for him to say that he accepted the office with very great pleasure indeed , and he congratulated the VV . M . on being President of the lodge on such an interesting occasion . Bro . H . NELSON PRICE , in thanking Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke and the lodge , said he felt it a very high honour to . receive this jewel , and the honour was greatly enhanced by the very happy terms with which the Grand
Secretary had accompanied the presentation . He trusted that the Grand Secretary ' s remarks would be verified , and he should certainly do everything he possibly could worthily to hold the high position in which he was placed , and to sustain the lodge in the exalted position it now occupied in the Craft ; at the same time studying the harmony and happiness of the brethren . Bro . SPURRELL then read the Grand Lodge warrant
authorising the members of the lodge , so long only as they continued subscribing members of the lodge , to wear the centenary jewel . Shortly afterwards the lodge was closed , and the brethren assembled in the large dining hall to banquet . When this was disposed of the toasts were proposed , including a special one for the occasion— " Prosperity to the Lodge " — after "The Queen and the Craft" had been duly honoured .
The WORSHIPFUL AIASTER , in proposing The M . W . G . M ., " said the Prince of Wales was the most popular man in the world . During the eleven years His Royal Highness had occupied the position of Grand Master Freemasonry had made rapid strides , not only in the number of lodges and the number of members of the Craft , but also in the amount distributed to its charitable Institutions . He was sure that while His Royal Highness was able to devote
so much time to Freemasonry it would flourish even more in the future than it had in the past . Bro . FERGUSON proposed " The Pro G . M ., the Earl of Carnarvon ; the D . G . M ., the Earl of Lathom ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " brethren who had taken so much interest in the welfare of the Craft , and brought it to its present state of perfection . It had the respect of every one living wherever the English language
was spoken . Wheresoever Masonry existed the Grand Lodge of England was held in the highest respect . That had arisen , doubtless , from the fact of such distinguished and earnest brethren presiding over it . _ Both in the past and in the present such brethren had given their careful and anxious thoughts to promoting the interests of Freemasonry . Those who had the privilege of attending Grand Lodge had seen the manner the Earl of Carnarvon
presided—that he had set an example to every one who might preside over any great assembly . In coupling the name of the Grand Secretary wilh this toast , he reminded the brethren that Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke was univetsilty known . He had endeavoured to assist the Craft in every way , and when he was appealed to on any point of difficulty he solved the matter in the most satisfactory manner . It was clear to all the brethren he had Freemasonry at
heart . Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , G . S ., in reply , said he was not in the least prepared to be called upon to return thanks for this toast , because his worthy and distinguished brother on his left ( Bro . Philbrick ) was his senior , and to him should have fallen the duty to answer for it . But thc Grand Registrar was about to speak on another subject . Thanking the brethren for the compliment just paid , he
could not but remark that the toast was a most important one , because it comprised such a large number of good and worthy gentlemen of every social position in life . Not to speak of those distinguished noblemen , Lord Carnarvon and Lord Lathom , there was a large array of Present and Past Grand Officers , who were only too grateful for the kind recognition they always received from their brethren in Masonry . They were members who had done their best
to promote its interests , and they were fortunate enough to be selected by the M . W . G . M . from time to time to receive distinction at his hands . He could only hope that there were biethren in the room to whom the distinction would come in the fulness of time . The Grand Officers were always * happy to receive recognition of their services , and it was a great pleasure to those who were present that night to have visited the lodge . It was certainly a pleasure to
him , and he knew it was to the Grand Registrar . The occasion was exceedingly interesting—it was the centenary year of the lodge . At the present day there frequently were such celebrations , because lodges were working up to their one hundredth year . But it was not always that a lodge which dated back 100 years could prove its centenary , because at head-quarters they were not only to be satisfied that a lodge was founded 100 years ago , but also
that it had worked continuously 100 years . Many a lodge had been refused its centenary warrant because it could not . show its centenary existence . The Domatie Lodge , however , was fortunate , as it was seen at a glance that it had worked continuously ior a century . It was therefore entitled to its centenary warrant , and therefore it had received it without delay . The Grand Officers were present that night to congratulate the lodge very heartily
indeed , and this he did in the name of thc absent as well as in the name of those who were present . They also wished tbe lodge every success in the future , and hoped the day would come , though none of those present would see it , when the Domatie Lodge would celebrate its second centenary . Bro . PIERPOINT , LP . M ., rose to exercise the privilege which his position allowed him , and thc privilege was a
most pleasurable one , to propose " The Health of their woithy and highly esteemed VV . M . " The W . M . that evening held a position of which hc was very proud , he was so well known to the brethren of the Domatie Lodge , if not to the visitors . His genial and cordial manner , both in lodge and out of it , had gained for him the good will and affection of the brethren of the lodge . They had in him a Master that they were all proud of . He could
only wish him a most pleasant year of office . From his officers he would receive every support , as well as from every member of the lodge . The WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in reply , said there were some periods of a man's life-time—in the history of it , at all events—when he could scarcely be coherent ; he did not
mean after dinner—( laughter)—but where a man had a certain amount of honour placed upon him it was a very difficult matter for him to find words adequate to express his high appreciation of his honour . Now , hc had had great honour placed upon him that evening , more especially by the way in which the I . P . M . had proposed this toast , and he could only say that if he was half as
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good as Bro . Pierpoint had represented to them he should consider himself a better man than he thought he was . However , he should endeavour to be so . As far as the Domatie Lodge was concerned , he was quite sure it would be his great study to use his best endeavours to keep it tn the high position it now stood in , and also to do all in his power to enhance the comfort and happiness of the
brethren . While it remained in the same harmonious condition , while the same unanimity of opinion continued in it , it would be as prosperous as it was now . It was a great honour to be the VV . M . of the lodge for such an important year . He hoped he should be able to get through it to the satisfaction of the brethren and reflect a little credit on himself .
Bro . F . A . PHII . IIRICK , Q . C , G . Reg ., said a great honour had been conferred upon him by the VV . M ., an honour of which he felt duly sensible—to propose " Prosperity to the Lodge , " thecentenaryof which they were met to celebrate . Possibly the VV . M ., and if not he , certainly some of the brethren whom he had the privilege of addressing , had either said , or heard said , that the toast of the evening was about to be proposed , and he had heard
distinguished orators advance many and great reasons why the toast the company was being asked to honour should be esteemed the toast of the evening . He would advance no reason , he would utter no word , to commend to the brethren thisas the toast of the evening ; it recommended itself in that assembly . They who were met after 100 years of the world's history , of the history of Masonry passed by , to celebrate the anniversary of the inauguration of this
lodge at such a distant period , knew well enough that such a meeting must be of rare occurrence in the annals of the Craft , must be singularly noted in the records of Masonry , and must commend itself to all who were present to take part in it . As the Grand Secretary had remarked , the course of the Domatie Lodge had been plain and clear . It had run in an unbroken channel for a century ; it began life before the great disturbance which led to the first
French Revolution startled the world ; it had seen the kingdom of Europe shaken and the map of Europe divided and divided again ; it had witnessed the struggle for existence which their kingdom waged against the great conqueror of Europe ; it had seen how the powers of Europe rallied to this country ; it witnessed the overthrow of 1 S 14 ; it passed the hundred days ; and he had no doubt if they could go back 70 years it took its own part in
the rejoicings at Waterloo . He hoped he might be pardoned if he appeared to dilate on topics of ancient hUtory ; but when they celebrated 100 years , thev meant all that those 100 years contained . When , after that gieat conflict , this nation emerged with honour to itself , and at the head of the powers of Europe , and all that depended for inward life and for national vigour upon the maintenance and the continuance of the English nationit revived and
, flourished afresh ; he made no excuse in an assembly of Englishmen for reminding them of that which was dear to their forefathers , which was an object of solicitude to them -, but which had placed us in the position we now so proudly possess . And , turning from the history of the nation to the history of the lodge , he congratulated the W . M . and the brelhren on the position which at the end of this century the Iodire found itself in . It was said hv those
who understood horticulture that the fruit of an old tree showed all the qualities of the race , and the best qualities in perfection . He congratulated the VV . M . and the brethren of the lodge that the old tree could still bear fresh fruit , and he trusted that the motto of horticulture would be realised in the lodge , and that the initiates of that night would bear out the principles that had been inculcated in them , and which were taught in that lodge . It had had a
long career , and he was pleased to see that a worthy historian had recorded so much of the annals of the lodge . In the interesting resume placed in their hands he saw some things which would do honour to the lodge . Some , however , wcre different to what he had seen in some lodge annals . In such he and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke had sometimes seen how brethren had managed to get warrants and contrived to dispose of one of them , which was utterly
opposed to anything now considered right ; but he had no doubt perfectly convenient and acceptable to the brethren ofthe past ; he had seen how , in the graphic records of the lodge—and our lodge histories he might say were like our English histories—some brethren present , no doubt , had watched or seen what had been done with regard to the Commission which had been looking at the records and man uscripts in our Englishfamilies . Some might have noticed how
the Commission had found among our English annals and in the records of thc country whicb still remained , some of the most interesting details , not merely of poliucal , but of domestic life , which shed a light on the manners and customs of our ancestors , and which , possibly , explained some of those things which we , as Englishmen , had a difficulty to explain unless wc saw their origin . Now , he should be utterly puzzled if going from
the lodge that night there was any disturbance . He did not suppose there would be one , or that the riots would have got so far as the sacred precincts of a lodge , but if a brother was to say to somebody else that he was a " snake against the lodge , " he did not know that he should attach any particular meaning to it unless he had this book , but here he found , in the inleresting and graphic records of nearly a century ago , that a brother , who did not belong to
the lodge , had disturbed its harmony and told a brother of the lodge that he was a snake against it : the words as recorded by the Secretary were— " he was a snake agen him , " —and thc self-contained dignity of the lodge was sufficient to say that the visitor who had thus committed himself should merely be punished by exclusion from the lodge for the time being . He thought this showed not only great courage and great fidelity in the Secretary of that
period to record that which a century afterwards became an interesting event , but it showed that the lodge at that time was sufficiently founded , and felt sufficient strength in its own dignity , to be able to deal with an incident of that kind as it so thoroughly well deserved . Having seen , by the kindness of the lodge ' s present admirable Secretary , a proof of this history in advance , he was enabled to cast his eye through it before he came to the lodge , and he could
say as it began , so it was worthily carried on , and he thought the success it had attained at the present moment was the best guarantee for the usefulness of the lodge , and for the fidelity with which it had adhered to the great traditions . ( Cheeis . ) Apologising for detaining the brethren so long , he hoped the brethren would forgive him for having made remarks upon the interesting records he Continued on page 117 .
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Centenary Festival Of The Domatic Lodge, No. 177.
CENTENARY FESTIVAL OF THE DOMATIC LODGE , No . 177 .
The centenary of the existence of the Domatie Lodge , No . 177 , was celebrated on the 12 th inst ., by a festival at the Criterion , Regent-street , at which Bro . Harry Nelson Price , W . M .. presided . Such a large assembly of brethren as that which took part in the celebration has perhaps
seldom been witnessed in Freemasonry , there being * considerably over 200 brethren present . The list contained the names of the following members of the lodge : — Officers : Bros . Harry Nelson Price , W . M . ; A . Simner , S . W . ; H . J . Chapman , J . VV . ; George Everett , P . M ., Treas . ; T . Morris , Sec ; R . Harvey , S . D . ; J . S . Wood , J . D . ; N . Salmon , I . G . j J . E . Spurrell , D . C ; and Cavl Riechelmann , Org . ; P . M . 's :
Bros . R . Baker , W . F . Smith , J . R . Foulger , J . E . Wal ford , W . J . Ferguson , J . Willing , jun ., E . White , W . M Foxcroft , J . Buscall , J . McLean , H . N . Bowman , H . N . B Spink , w . Herbage , and R . Pierpoint ; Bros . G Plummer , J . Richards , R . E . Clarke , S . Knott , J . L Edward , J . Anley , VV . E . Wigmore , W . H . Woods , J . T Falshaw , A . Scard , G . Clarke , j . S . Bareham , T . B . Good
felloiv , H . Durham , C . Norris , D . Plenderleith , E . A . Brown , 1 * . Holder , G . L . Everett , F . J . Harding , K . Osborne , J . Kent , W . J . Bennett . J . Billinghurst , W . S . ; S . R . Stevens , W . Millen , A . Piper , G . Blakesley , W . Blitz , E . Sans , F . J . Page , VV . T . Edwards , D . A . Ball , H . Taylor , G . Kendall , J . H . Page , J . Manning , G . Gardner , J . Perry , J . M . Birch , T . 1 . lngs , ] . W . Robinson , F . Cole , A . H . Wilson , P . B . Harris , C . " i ' orriani , VV . Hanes ,
E . J . Appleyard , G . L . Turner , H . A . Bongers , J . Beales , J . Wilson , E . R . May , H . B . Hardt , H . A . K . Davis , J . Moore , J . H . Selby , J . Barnett , jun ., G . A . Weston , A . Grace , j . Tingley , J . Thwaites , H . F . Pardy , C . Mills , T . N . Morris , E . Melson , A . J . VVhite , C . Anderberg , J . Webster , T . VV . Trodd , ] . Stephens , R . Hewetson , A . F . Peacock , E . A . G . Smith " , T . H . Hobbs , R . Williamson , J .
Anley , jun ., and J . J . Elliott . Visitors : Bros . Major-General Swinburne Laurie , G . M . Nova Scotia ; Col" Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec ; F . A . Philbiick , G . Reg . ; A . M . Broadley , P . D . G . M . Malta ; F . Binckes , P . G . Stwd ., Sec . R . M . I . B . ; J . Terry , P . P . G . S . VV . Norths and Hunts , Sec . R . M . B . I . ; R . R . Harper , P . M . S 13 ; V . Turner , P . M . 72 ; S . Brooks , P . M . 160 S ;
I . Webster , 15 ( 17 ; L . A . Da Costa , J . D . 1349 ; C . Ratcliff , 13 S 0 ; John Oldis , W . M . 12 SS ; R . S . Sty , W . M . 1625 ; H . Fruen , 2012 ; H . Curtis , S . 1425 ; J . R . Duff , I . 139 J M . J . Rowley , 1507 ; G . Dickinson , S . D . 16 S 1 ; G . Hardy , 2045 ; VV . Clowes , 2012 ; A . J . Colemar , 1426 ; W . A . bcurrah , VV . M . 204 S ; R . VV . Hunter , S . 11 SS 5 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 and 1928 ; J . Da Silva , P . M . 205 ; T . Bates , 15 G 3 : VV . J . Lane , S . W . 127 ; \ V . E .
Williams , P . M . 162 ; G . Ransford , S . D . 1512 ; J . T . Salmon , S . W . 917 ; E . F . Crowe , S . D . 1 S 2 S ; F . Hill , J . VV . 1563 ; M . J . Wrangham , P . M . 619 ; W . Smith , J . VV . 22 S ; J . H . Laurie , 2 ( Nova Scotia ); M . Marks , 1 S 5 ; \ V . R . Batnett , P . M . 749 ; D . Rose , P . M . 73 j J . L . Hume , J . D . 144 ; R . H . Blades , 25 G ; S . Walford , 569 ; W . Kingwell , J . D . 1512 ; W . Vogt , 55 ; H . G .
Stranger , P . M . 13 S 1 ; Robert H . Clemow , 15 S 9 ; \ V . Cock , VV . M . 1597 ; VV . H . Smith , P . M . 10 S ; C . W . Hudson , P . P . G . D . C . Sussex , P . M . 315 , 1540 , & c . ; A . Penett , S 34 ; C . Graham , VV . M . S 74 , G . S . D . Middx . ; G . W . Knight , S . VV . 1507 ; John Britton , S . W . 1613 ; G . T . N . Fannan , 1257 ; A . J . Potter , S 13 ; F . A . Smith , I . W . 1669 ; J . B . Reid , 13 ( 54 ; J . Gibbs , VV . M . 1613 ; D .
De Pinna , 2030 ; J . Parsons , P . M . 502 ; J . C Whiddington , D . C . 1027 ; Keller ; H . Smith , 134 S ; G . Bigley , 129 S ; R . J . Taylor , P . AI . 144 ; A . VV . Lane , 167 ; G . VV . Dixon , P . M . 209 , 591 , iS 7 i , & c , P . G . S . W . Berks and Bucks ; G . Croxton , P . M . 1769 ; T . G . Willis , 11 ; T . Meekham , P . M . 12 SS ; H . E . Pollard , J . D . 4 ; James Burroughs , P . M . 5 S ; F . S . Lelen , 100 ; John Lelen ,
1636 ; F . Robinson , 100 ; II . G . Hill , 2012 ; R . barham , P . M . 144 ; A . Holt , 1744 ; T . Butt , P . M . 700 ; VV . E . Collett , 1470 ; VV . N . Price , 1 S 16 ; T . M . Coleman , 192 ; A . E . Painter , 19 S ; J . VV . Chapman , I . P . M . 1922 ; G . E . Goodinge , P . M . 171 ; VV . H . Collbrand , 15 G 7 ; Alfred Powles , VV . M . 1901 ; G . F . Edwards , J . D . 7 GG ; VV . F . Packer , I . G . 1571 ; Henry Ernest Price , 1744 ; VV . A .
Dowling , S . D . 2012 ; G . B . Wood , 1339 ; G . B . Arnold , 1613 ; | . Wardley , 13 S 1 ; F . Clive , 1319 ; VV . Dodson , P . M . S 60 ; John Greenfield , W . M . 795 ; Capt . Baker , P . M . 1 S 0 ; E . T . Westwood , 193 ; J . H . Batty , P . M . 22 ; George Price , G 19 ; C . Cutbush , 19 S 7 ; VV . J . Innes , 1929 ; VV . Hudson , 1 ( S . C ); H . Dickey , S . VV . 1744 ; and others .
lt may be interesting to record the names of the officers of the lodge as they stood in 17 S 6 , and of the present ofiicers of the lodge in 1 SS 6 . In 17 S 6 the officers were Bros . Jno . Wood , W . M . ; Charles Broad , S . W . ; J . Perkins , J . VV . ; VV . Veal , S . D . ; Richard Hall , J . D . ; John Chadwick , Treas . ; Joshua Parker , Sec ; and George Crouch , Tyler . In iSSG the officers are Bros . Harry Nelson Price , VV . M . ; R .
Pierpoint , I . P . M . ; A . Simner , S . VV . ; H . J . Chapman , J . VV . ; George Everett , P . M ., Treas . ; T . Morris , Sec . ; R . Harvey , S . D . ; J . Sadler Wood , J . D . ; N . Salmon , I . G . ; J . E . Spurrell , D . C ; J . Billinghurst , W . S . ; and A . Walkley , Tyler . After the lodge had been opened the VV . M . raised Bro , | . VVebster lo the Third Degree , and then initiated Messrs , Thos . Henry Hobbs , Richard Williamson , John Anley ,
jun ., and James Jones Elliott . The W ORSHIPI-UI . MASTER afterwards passed Bros . T . VV . Trodd , R . Hewetson . A . F . Peacock , E . A . G . Smith , and Laurie , son of the Grand Master of Nova Scotia , who was present to witness the ceremony . Before the lodge was closed Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CI . ERKE , G . S ., rose , and said he had the pleasure ot
presenting to the VV . M . the first centenary jewel of the Domatie Lodge . The lodges which were attaining the hundredth year of their existence were now getting more numerous than was formei \ y the case . Whatever pride and pleasure he had on the present occasion he thought it must be a still greater pride and pleasure to the VV . M . to be the recipient of the lirst centenary jewel , which the
lodge , on the completion of its centenary , voted to him . He was instructed to say that this was given as a very slight recognition by the lodge of the services Bro . Nelson Price had already during his tenure of office rendered to the lodge , and to assure him they felt that during the remainder of his term he would give them as much satisfaction as hitherto . The brethren had asked him , in their name , and on their behalf , to present him with this first
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centenary jewel , and it was unnecessary for him to say that he accepted the office with very great pleasure indeed , and he congratulated the VV . M . on being President of the lodge on such an interesting occasion . Bro . H . NELSON PRICE , in thanking Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke and the lodge , said he felt it a very high honour to . receive this jewel , and the honour was greatly enhanced by the very happy terms with which the Grand
Secretary had accompanied the presentation . He trusted that the Grand Secretary ' s remarks would be verified , and he should certainly do everything he possibly could worthily to hold the high position in which he was placed , and to sustain the lodge in the exalted position it now occupied in the Craft ; at the same time studying the harmony and happiness of the brethren . Bro . SPURRELL then read the Grand Lodge warrant
authorising the members of the lodge , so long only as they continued subscribing members of the lodge , to wear the centenary jewel . Shortly afterwards the lodge was closed , and the brethren assembled in the large dining hall to banquet . When this was disposed of the toasts were proposed , including a special one for the occasion— " Prosperity to the Lodge " — after "The Queen and the Craft" had been duly honoured .
The WORSHIPFUL AIASTER , in proposing The M . W . G . M ., " said the Prince of Wales was the most popular man in the world . During the eleven years His Royal Highness had occupied the position of Grand Master Freemasonry had made rapid strides , not only in the number of lodges and the number of members of the Craft , but also in the amount distributed to its charitable Institutions . He was sure that while His Royal Highness was able to devote
so much time to Freemasonry it would flourish even more in the future than it had in the past . Bro . FERGUSON proposed " The Pro G . M ., the Earl of Carnarvon ; the D . G . M ., the Earl of Lathom ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " brethren who had taken so much interest in the welfare of the Craft , and brought it to its present state of perfection . It had the respect of every one living wherever the English language
was spoken . Wheresoever Masonry existed the Grand Lodge of England was held in the highest respect . That had arisen , doubtless , from the fact of such distinguished and earnest brethren presiding over it . _ Both in the past and in the present such brethren had given their careful and anxious thoughts to promoting the interests of Freemasonry . Those who had the privilege of attending Grand Lodge had seen the manner the Earl of Carnarvon
presided—that he had set an example to every one who might preside over any great assembly . In coupling the name of the Grand Secretary wilh this toast , he reminded the brethren that Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke was univetsilty known . He had endeavoured to assist the Craft in every way , and when he was appealed to on any point of difficulty he solved the matter in the most satisfactory manner . It was clear to all the brethren he had Freemasonry at
heart . Bro . Col . SHADWELL H . CLERKE , G . S ., in reply , said he was not in the least prepared to be called upon to return thanks for this toast , because his worthy and distinguished brother on his left ( Bro . Philbrick ) was his senior , and to him should have fallen the duty to answer for it . But thc Grand Registrar was about to speak on another subject . Thanking the brethren for the compliment just paid , he
could not but remark that the toast was a most important one , because it comprised such a large number of good and worthy gentlemen of every social position in life . Not to speak of those distinguished noblemen , Lord Carnarvon and Lord Lathom , there was a large array of Present and Past Grand Officers , who were only too grateful for the kind recognition they always received from their brethren in Masonry . They were members who had done their best
to promote its interests , and they were fortunate enough to be selected by the M . W . G . M . from time to time to receive distinction at his hands . He could only hope that there were biethren in the room to whom the distinction would come in the fulness of time . The Grand Officers were always * happy to receive recognition of their services , and it was a great pleasure to those who were present that night to have visited the lodge . It was certainly a pleasure to
him , and he knew it was to the Grand Registrar . The occasion was exceedingly interesting—it was the centenary year of the lodge . At the present day there frequently were such celebrations , because lodges were working up to their one hundredth year . But it was not always that a lodge which dated back 100 years could prove its centenary , because at head-quarters they were not only to be satisfied that a lodge was founded 100 years ago , but also
that it had worked continuously 100 years . Many a lodge had been refused its centenary warrant because it could not . show its centenary existence . The Domatie Lodge , however , was fortunate , as it was seen at a glance that it had worked continuously ior a century . It was therefore entitled to its centenary warrant , and therefore it had received it without delay . The Grand Officers were present that night to congratulate the lodge very heartily
indeed , and this he did in the name of thc absent as well as in the name of those who were present . They also wished tbe lodge every success in the future , and hoped the day would come , though none of those present would see it , when the Domatie Lodge would celebrate its second centenary . Bro . PIERPOINT , LP . M ., rose to exercise the privilege which his position allowed him , and thc privilege was a
most pleasurable one , to propose " The Health of their woithy and highly esteemed VV . M . " The W . M . that evening held a position of which hc was very proud , he was so well known to the brethren of the Domatie Lodge , if not to the visitors . His genial and cordial manner , both in lodge and out of it , had gained for him the good will and affection of the brethren of the lodge . They had in him a Master that they were all proud of . He could
only wish him a most pleasant year of office . From his officers he would receive every support , as well as from every member of the lodge . The WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in reply , said there were some periods of a man's life-time—in the history of it , at all events—when he could scarcely be coherent ; he did not
mean after dinner—( laughter)—but where a man had a certain amount of honour placed upon him it was a very difficult matter for him to find words adequate to express his high appreciation of his honour . Now , hc had had great honour placed upon him that evening , more especially by the way in which the I . P . M . had proposed this toast , and he could only say that if he was half as
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good as Bro . Pierpoint had represented to them he should consider himself a better man than he thought he was . However , he should endeavour to be so . As far as the Domatie Lodge was concerned , he was quite sure it would be his great study to use his best endeavours to keep it tn the high position it now stood in , and also to do all in his power to enhance the comfort and happiness of the
brethren . While it remained in the same harmonious condition , while the same unanimity of opinion continued in it , it would be as prosperous as it was now . It was a great honour to be the VV . M . of the lodge for such an important year . He hoped he should be able to get through it to the satisfaction of the brethren and reflect a little credit on himself .
Bro . F . A . PHII . IIRICK , Q . C , G . Reg ., said a great honour had been conferred upon him by the VV . M ., an honour of which he felt duly sensible—to propose " Prosperity to the Lodge , " thecentenaryof which they were met to celebrate . Possibly the VV . M ., and if not he , certainly some of the brethren whom he had the privilege of addressing , had either said , or heard said , that the toast of the evening was about to be proposed , and he had heard
distinguished orators advance many and great reasons why the toast the company was being asked to honour should be esteemed the toast of the evening . He would advance no reason , he would utter no word , to commend to the brethren thisas the toast of the evening ; it recommended itself in that assembly . They who were met after 100 years of the world's history , of the history of Masonry passed by , to celebrate the anniversary of the inauguration of this
lodge at such a distant period , knew well enough that such a meeting must be of rare occurrence in the annals of the Craft , must be singularly noted in the records of Masonry , and must commend itself to all who were present to take part in it . As the Grand Secretary had remarked , the course of the Domatie Lodge had been plain and clear . It had run in an unbroken channel for a century ; it began life before the great disturbance which led to the first
French Revolution startled the world ; it had seen the kingdom of Europe shaken and the map of Europe divided and divided again ; it had witnessed the struggle for existence which their kingdom waged against the great conqueror of Europe ; it had seen how the powers of Europe rallied to this country ; it witnessed the overthrow of 1 S 14 ; it passed the hundred days ; and he had no doubt if they could go back 70 years it took its own part in
the rejoicings at Waterloo . He hoped he might be pardoned if he appeared to dilate on topics of ancient hUtory ; but when they celebrated 100 years , thev meant all that those 100 years contained . When , after that gieat conflict , this nation emerged with honour to itself , and at the head of the powers of Europe , and all that depended for inward life and for national vigour upon the maintenance and the continuance of the English nationit revived and
, flourished afresh ; he made no excuse in an assembly of Englishmen for reminding them of that which was dear to their forefathers , which was an object of solicitude to them -, but which had placed us in the position we now so proudly possess . And , turning from the history of the nation to the history of the lodge , he congratulated the W . M . and the brelhren on the position which at the end of this century the Iodire found itself in . It was said hv those
who understood horticulture that the fruit of an old tree showed all the qualities of the race , and the best qualities in perfection . He congratulated the VV . M . and the brethren of the lodge that the old tree could still bear fresh fruit , and he trusted that the motto of horticulture would be realised in the lodge , and that the initiates of that night would bear out the principles that had been inculcated in them , and which were taught in that lodge . It had had a
long career , and he was pleased to see that a worthy historian had recorded so much of the annals of the lodge . In the interesting resume placed in their hands he saw some things which would do honour to the lodge . Some , however , wcre different to what he had seen in some lodge annals . In such he and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke had sometimes seen how brethren had managed to get warrants and contrived to dispose of one of them , which was utterly
opposed to anything now considered right ; but he had no doubt perfectly convenient and acceptable to the brethren ofthe past ; he had seen how , in the graphic records of the lodge—and our lodge histories he might say were like our English histories—some brethren present , no doubt , had watched or seen what had been done with regard to the Commission which had been looking at the records and man uscripts in our Englishfamilies . Some might have noticed how
the Commission had found among our English annals and in the records of thc country whicb still remained , some of the most interesting details , not merely of poliucal , but of domestic life , which shed a light on the manners and customs of our ancestors , and which , possibly , explained some of those things which we , as Englishmen , had a difficulty to explain unless wc saw their origin . Now , he should be utterly puzzled if going from
the lodge that night there was any disturbance . He did not suppose there would be one , or that the riots would have got so far as the sacred precincts of a lodge , but if a brother was to say to somebody else that he was a " snake against the lodge , " he did not know that he should attach any particular meaning to it unless he had this book , but here he found , in the inleresting and graphic records of nearly a century ago , that a brother , who did not belong to
the lodge , had disturbed its harmony and told a brother of the lodge that he was a snake against it : the words as recorded by the Secretary were— " he was a snake agen him , " —and thc self-contained dignity of the lodge was sufficient to say that the visitor who had thus committed himself should merely be punished by exclusion from the lodge for the time being . He thought this showed not only great courage and great fidelity in the Secretary of that
period to record that which a century afterwards became an interesting event , but it showed that the lodge at that time was sufficiently founded , and felt sufficient strength in its own dignity , to be able to deal with an incident of that kind as it so thoroughly well deserved . Having seen , by the kindness of the lodge ' s present admirable Secretary , a proof of this history in advance , he was enabled to cast his eye through it before he came to the lodge , and he could
say as it began , so it was worthily carried on , and he thought the success it had attained at the present moment was the best guarantee for the usefulness of the lodge , and for the fidelity with which it had adhered to the great traditions . ( Cheeis . ) Apologising for detaining the brethren so long , he hoped the brethren would forgive him for having made remarks upon the interesting records he Continued on page 117 .