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CONTENTS, thc ceremony, but he knocked against Bro. Mander on element was kept with a glass of whisky and water, and that eventful evening of his initiation , and asked that bro- a pipe. (Hear.) Hc ventured to say, however, that we ASONIC EETINGS him and drink " success to Freemasonry. R EPORTS or M M :— ¦* ther to come with " somewhat overdo banqueting in London. (Hear.) In Craft Masonry • •! It was after coming to know what Freemasonry was in former timrs Misonie banquet c insisted of fish Instruction 2° and a Royal Arch =S other lod ges and in other respects , that he resol ved to en- joint, and a tankard of ale—and he was not sure that it Royal Masonic Institution for Gills 29 deavour to work a change in the constitution of the lodge by would not be better for us to follow our forefathers' ex- Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 29 which the brothers of the Eclectic could receive and give ample to som; extent. (Hear.) In these times of hi gh Masonic Ball in Liverpool 3° and they coultl not exchange such friendl pressure we could Public Amusements 3° hospitality, y visits go in for French dishes and cham- The late King of Italy 3° under the old system of the Eclectic,f or no brother would care pagne—he was not finding fault with the Eclectic for Frccmasonry in Ireland 3° about accepting hospitality if he could not offer it in return. doing so, as he had that evening much enjoyed himself , Obituary 31 The lotlge had now tried the change for a year, (a laug The Order of High Priesthood 3i (Cheers.) h), but looking over the minutes of Royal Masonic Institution for Boys—Old Scholars' Reunion ... 31 and he hoped they liked it. (Cheers.) He was bound to the Prince of Wales's Lodge he found it Notes on Art, &c 31 say the members seemed to enjoy the new regime, antl solemnly laid doivn that members were only The Last Quarterly Conrt of the Girls' School 3' ge would flourish. (Cheers.) Letters t<*. have Charitable Administration 32 under it thc lod wine when a prince of royal blood dined with One of the Greatest Hindrances to Masonic Literature 33 were read by thc Secretary fro m the Grantl Secretary and thc lotlge, and this showed that moderation and economy Time's Revolution „ 33 Assistant Grand Secretary expressing regret at inability were practised in former times. (Hear.) But it did n>,t CORRESPONDENCE :— Mander drew the attention of the matter whether members lobbery in our Masonic and Charitable Institutions 33 to be present. Bro. of lodges bad win**, or whether The Order of St. lohn 34 lotlge to the fact that Bro. Harty hatl undertaken the they had ale—it would be weil for the Craft if from The Grand Orient of France 34 office of Stewird for the forthcoming festival of thc Royal time to time the brothers dined together. (Cneers.) With- Temple Bar Lodge 35 Masonic Benevolent Institution , on behalf of the " Old out thc institution The Girls' School 35 of dining, a proper sociil element would Roslin Castle 35 People," and moved that the lodge vote £10 to be placed be lost to the Craft , antl the high moral princi ples thereby The Masonic Schools 35 on Bro. Harty's list. Bro. Bostobel sccondetl the motion , inculcated woultl be lost, and Masonic charity as well. Consecration of the Cholmeley Lotlge 35 which was carried unanimously. The lod ge was then (Hear.) By " Masonic charity," he ditl not mean that Reviews 35 Masonic and General Tidings .'. 3& closed , antl the [brethre n disappeared from the Temple of which was dinned into Masonic ears on all Deci sions , as Centenary of the Mount Lebanon Lodge 36 Masonry to re-appear in thc Temple of Restauration , the to the duty to put our hands into our pockets Masonic Ball at Blackburn and Presentation to Bro. Le Gendre Holborn Restaurant, where a feast which woultl have to support the Masonic Charities. To do this N. Starkie 3* Presentation to Bro. E. J. Morris 40 astonished the Masons of a generation or two back wis was all very well, yet this was only the out- Lodge Meetings for Next Week 40 served for the delectation of those who love dinners " A Ia come of our teaching; but to tlo that was not alone Advertisements i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. Russe." The W.M., after the dinner, gave the usual loyal Masonic charity. (Cheers.) We were taught not only to toasts, with an expression of the combined loyal sentiments relieve the distressed , and to extend the liberal hand to towards the Queen and the Craft and the head of our those in want, but to render kind offices to each other ; to REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS. Order which arc ever heard in Masonic circles. The soothe the unhappy, and to sympathise in their mis- W.M. then proposed "The Grand O fficers , Past and fortunes ; to restore peace to troubled min is ; to forgive &xnlt Btosflmrj). Present," and congratulated the Eclectic Lodge upon the the injuries of men to endeavour to blot wrongs and the fact that there vvas present a distinguished Past Grand sense of wrongs from the recollection , and to foster those ECLECTIC LODGE. (No. 1201).—This lodge, Officer , who was, moreover, a member of the lodge, and princi ples of universal friendshi p and benevolence which ¦which , since thc establishment of its new reg ime of hospi- who wculd , no doubt, respond to the toast —Bro. Thomas the colour of blue teaches us should be as expensi ve as the tality, has commenced a brighter career, inaugurated Fenn, Past Grand Deacon. (Cheers.) Bro. Thomas blue vault of heaven itself. ( Loud cheers.) He concluded the second year of its new life on Friday, 1 ith inst., by the Fenn , who was received with warm cheers, said he had to by thanking them most cordiall y for the manner in which installation of its new Worshipful Master, Bro. A. E. thank the lodge for connecting his name with the least they had received the toast of the Grand Officers , and in Taylor. There was a large gathering of members and of "The Grantl Officers ," for hc regarded it as a vcry great return trusted that the lod ge might flourish. Brother Harty, friends, the visitors including Bros. Thomas Fenn, Past honour to a Past Grand Officer to have his name coupled in an eloquent speech, then toasted the W.M., whose day of Grand Deacon of England ; G. Kelly King, P.G.S., P.M. of in a toast with noblemen so distinguished as the Earl of installation was also his natal day. Bro. James Stevens the Alexandra Palace and other lodges, Yardey, 201 ; Carnarvon and Lord Skelmersdale. (Cheers.) Every chanted " Many happy returns cf the day," amid thc G. G. Barber, 441; Knight Smith , 1441; J. Mason , brother who attended Grand Lotlge on a recent occasion , plaudits of thc brethren. The W.M. responded in a speech A.G.D.C. Middlesex, P.M. 1567 ; Blaik?, James Stevens, and heard Lord Carnarvon speak upon a very weighty which was alike a credit to his heart and head, and then Charles Tay lor, of The Great City Lotl ge; Woodcock , 12061 subject, could not but have felt that His Royal Highness proceeded to give " The Health of the Visitors," and having Hamilton, of the St. James's Union; J. Cowa n, W.M. the Most Worshi pful Grand Master could not have fountl read the long Ii t, was greatly cheered when he stated that of the Carnarvon Lodge, Johnson (of No. 1 -j j, who hid a more fitting representative of himsel f than the Earl of his own father and uncle were present on that, to him, passed thc chair in thc Eclectic) ; J. While, P.M. of Ihe Carnarvon. (Cheers.) Notwithstanding the noble Earl's great occasion. Response was made to the toast by Bro. Unite 1 Strength (Freemason); F. G. Pochin , G.S. Leicester connection with state affairs, antl thc great demands upon J. Stevens, Bro. Cowan, Bro, Woodcock , Bro. Taylor, and and Rutland ; Aldworth , Golden Rule; P. Robinson , his time throug h his holding a most important position several ether brethren ; and then the W.M. proposed the 201; E. A. W. Taylor, ,-502; W. J. Tay lor, 271; Dr. in the Government of the vast British Empire, his toast of the Past Masters, antl dwelt upon the high honour Payne, 12O1 ; C. Walker, 862; J. J. Wade, C. Pullman lordshi p never faile 1 to conic to Grand Lodge the lodge felt in having as its W.M. an artist of the S. T. Williams, C. Walker, antl others. The retiring W.M., when any important question affecting the Cra ft was to be celebrity of Bro. Harty, whose name was so closely associa- Bro. Harty, opened the lotl ge, antl finished his ycat 's work discussed, antl the manner'in which the Pro Grantl Master ted with the Craft as the artist of the picture of the Prince by passing brothers whom he had initiated , antl then pro- broug ht such questions before Grantl Lodge was such , of Wales's installation at the Albert Hall. Bro. Harty res- ceeded with thc installation ceremony, giving the charge that by his eloquence, his tact, antl Masonic good feeling ponded in a speech worthy of the occasion and of the tra- to the brethren on the solemnity of the occasion , and he carrietl Grand Lotlge with him on all points.