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, „ ,. G . A . Potter , P . M . 1964 ; A . J . Gray , 1 C 04 ; A . ¦ if Ascher , P . M . 1395 ! W . J . Hale , Org . 101 ; W . Pierooint , P-M- S 13 ; J . F . Hunter , 15 S 9 ; J . Edwards , P 0 r H . B . Spink , P . M . 177 ; W . D . Church , J . W . 1365 ; S . G . Vaughan , S . W . 200 C ; W . H . Arber , P . M . 206 ; A , J . Bignold , J . D . 1624 ; J . Dotterill , 1624 ; iay , G . Devey , I . G . 231 ; Geo . Ridout , I . G . 128 ^; J .

Watson Thomas , P . M . 1 , 905 ; G . K . Baker , 1641 ; W . Kossiter , 1 S 58 ; W . S . Whitaker , P . M . 1572 ; H . Beasley , 1604 ; J . A . Stock , P . M . and Sec . 15 S 6 ; Hy . Ball , 1974 ; Joseph Brickwell , 6 S 3 ; W . J . Kennedy , I P M . 1420 ; S . Pope , 1624 ; F . Whiting , P . M . 1772 ; Percy C . Feltham , P . M . ; Hy . Yate , 21 S 2 ; J . ] . Wharton , Stwd . 65 ; E . C . Moore , I . G . 1 S 1 ; W . Bellamy , 1627 ; J . J . Cantle , P . M . 1791 ; W . Poole , Treas . 1572 ; VV . Sexton , 1321 ; E . C Massey , and

others . RICHMOND LODGE ( No . 2032 ) . —The installation meeting of this flourishing Iodge was held at the Grey hound Hotel , Richmond , on Tuesday , the 7 th instant . The members , of whom there was a good attendance , included Bros . E . Dare , W . M . ; J . P . Houghton , I . P . M . ; H . Sapsworth , S . W . ; J . M . Marjason , J . W . j W . F .

Reynolds , Treas . j G . C . Rowland , Sec . ; A . Crew , S . D . ; A . Aldin , J . D . ; R . Messum , D . C . ; S . Covill , I . G . ; J . Aldridge and J . H . Ford , Stewards ; B . E . Blasby , P . M . ; C . J . D'g by , P . M . ; W . R . Phillips , P . M . ; T . Skevves Cox , P . M ., P . G . Stwd ., W . M . S , and many others . Visitors : Bros . Edward Terry , G . Treas . ; S . Brooks , P . M . 1 C 0 S ; T . Neal , 1348 ; G . Brown , P . M . 169 j A . E .

Adams , 1767 ; J . K . Shand , P . M . ; J . T . Briggs , P . P . S . G . D . Middx . ; j . H . Jarvis , P . P . G . Stwd . Surrey ; W . D . Young , S . D . 1872 ; F . Hunt , 1196 ; J . W . Rogerson , , 106 ; R . R . Collick , P . M . 158 *;; R . W . Forge , P . P . G . D . C . Middx . ; F . C Austin , I . P . M . 1733 ; W . Goldstein , i 503 j A . Loft , P . M . 946 ; A . Tucker , P . M . 1733 ; A . Collins , P . M . 1733 ; VV . J . Stratton , 1 S 6 ; H . C .

Lansdown , J . D . 1542 ; W . J . Long , 209 ; and W . W . Lee , * s 97 * The lodge having been opened , the minutes vvere confirmed , and Bro . Young passed to the Second Degree . Bro . H . Sapsworth was next presented as W . M . elect , and a Board of Installed Masters having been formed , he was installed into the chair by Bro . E . Dare , I . P . M . The following officers wereappointed : Bros . J . M . Marjason , S . W . j

F . A . Crew , J . W . ; W . F . Reynolds , Treas . ; G . C . Rowland , Sec ; A . Aldin , S . D . ; T . Covill , J . D . ; J . Aldridge , I . G . j R . Messum , D . C ; S . Abell and H . F . Nash , Stwds . ; and F . G . Mitchell , Tyler . The customary addresses were effectively rendered by the Installing Master , Bro . Edmund Dare , I . P . M ., who , at the conclusion of the ceremony , vvas presented by the W . Master vvith a

P . M . 's jewel as a token of the appreciation of the members of his excellent working during the past year . Bro . E . Dare , I . P . M ., returned sincere thanks for the gift . He told them a year ago that he should endeavour to carry out the duties to the best of his ability , and it vvas gratifying to him to find he had given satisfaction . He hoped he

should be spared to wear the jewel and meet the brethren lor many years to come . There being no further business for transaction , the lodge vvas closed , and the brethren adjourned to a sumptuous repast , served under the personal superintendence of thc worthy host , Bro . Mouflet . After the removal of the cloth , the usual toasts received due notice . Bro . Skevves Cox , P . G . Stwd ., replying for " The Grand Officers , " after thanking the IV . Master for his kindly proposition of the toast , said the G . Officers worked hard , and the young Masons could not but be impressed vvith their active Masonry . Lords Carnarvon and Lathom were by no means cyphers as might be supposed , but worked hard and devoted a great deal of time and attention to the

Order . Bro . Edmund Dare , I . P . M ., said that for the first time the gavel had been placed in his hands as the I . P . M . for the purpose of proposing a toast which he had much pleasure and pride in submitting— "The Health of the W . Master . " He was only sorry that it had not fallen into other hands to propose the toast . He had knovvn the

VV . M . from the formation of the Iodge , and vvas aware he had shown his good qualities in Freemasonry in the other offices he had filled . The members had now conferred upon Bro . Sapsworth the highest honour it vvas in their power to bestow , and there was no brother more deserving of that honour than he . Bro . Sapsworth , W . M ,, had shown them that evening what they might expect during his year

hy the admirable way in vvhich he had invested his officers , 't was an especial pleasure to him ( the I . P . M . ) to instal the VV . M ., as they both joined Freemasonry at the same time in the same lodge , and vvere working in their mother lod ge side by side ; and he hoped to have the pleasure 12 months hence of installing Bro . Sapsworth into the chair , "W he bad done that night , in the Richmond Lodsre .

too . H . Sapsworth , W . M ., after thanking the I . P . M . and brethren for the cordial reception given the toast , said he felt it a great honour to be elected unanimously by the Members as their W . M . During his year it vvould be his endeavour to make them as happy and comfortable as possible . It had been his ambition ever since he signed 'he petition for a warrant for that lodge , to attain the chair he occupied that night . He was glad to announce that

there would be a summer outing of the lodge , when « e hoped to be supported by the brethren . He felt flattered at the manner in which the toast had been received , - "ul trusted he should have the support of every member during the year . ., The I . P . M . " was next given by the W . M ., vvho said e wethren attending the lodge during the past year vvere ware of the very able and agreeable manner in vvhich Bro . . **¦ ** ' *' , I . P . M .. had conducted the affairs , for that brother

M iyorkedwith acorrectness and ability that reflected credit n . himself and the lodge . It was their earnest hope that th "' * M * would be spared for many years to be with , > to join in all their undertakings and assist by his ** ice and supportfi-at-c" ' - ) are > LP . M ., in response , said he was more than s-atined to arrive at the position of I . P . M ., and to have a * i- * . — ~* * * * * •**••» «¦*»¦•J * UJII . IUII v * . 1 •J- > nj . tj mi \ A tvy iiu « i .

'heml "lat w't' * 1 "ie sat'sfact'on and %°° d feeling ot every ende •He had done h ' s duty to the kest ° f bis ability , -hic * h "' ** ° k ) " ' 'b 6 footsteps of his predecessors , dent P VM ever ' was not an eas * y task > considering the effi-Positi S before him . He vvas proud of his present jirou ° . * He was proud that time last year , but was still nae ** that night . He hoped he should be spared , as

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the VV . M . had remarked , to wear the jewel and meet the brethren for many years to come . Bro . Blasby , P . M ., replying for "The Past Masters , " said the brethren generally vvere highly delighted to see the W . M . installed that evening , being assured that he would carry out his duties in an admirable manner . It vvas also gratifying tothe P . M . ' s to see the good officers coming on ,

and working with that love and harmony characteristic of the lodge . The first initiate—Bro . Aldin—was now S . D ., and that would be an incentive to those following him . In moving to their present meetingajlace a year ago they were perfectly satisfied that under Bro . Mouflet they vvould be comfortable and satisfied . Bro , J . T . Briggs , P . P . G . D . Middx ., responded for

" The Visitors . " He had visited the lodge before , and had seen the admirable manner in vvhich the W . M . ' s had carried out their duties . The progress made under the care of the P . M . ' s had been great , and the lodge had now arrived at a high state of distinction , being thoroughly localised throughout the neighbourhood . He had seen many of the members working in lodges of instruction and could

therefore endorse the words of Bro . Blasby , P . M ., that they had the right men in the right place for the next year . Bro . R . W . Forge , P . P . G . D . C . Middx ., also replied , and returned thanks for the kind proposition of the toast . It vvas his pleasure a few years ago to assist at the initiation of the W . M . and the I . P . M ., and it was also his privilege to exalt them in the Royal Arch .

Bros . Collick , P . M . ; Shand , P . M . ; and Mellor also responded . "The Treasurer and Secretary" and "The Officers " having been given in cordial terms and appropriately responded to , the Tyler's toast closed a successful gathering . An excellent programme of music added considerably to the enjoyment of all present . UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LODGE ( No . 2033 ) . —The installation meeting of this successful Iodge vvas held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , on Thursday , the gth inst . The members present included Bros . A . E . Sansom , M . D ., W . M . ; J . Curnow , M . D ., S . W . ; W . G . Lemon , LL . D ., Treas . ; VV . ] . Spratling , B . Sc , Prov . G . Treas ., Sec . ; E . Owen , M . B ., S . D . ; F . E . Lemon , M . A ., J . D . ; Chas . Gross , M . D ., Prov . G . D .

Berks and Bucks , D . C . ; P . Horrocks , M . D ., Org . ; F , E . Pocock , M . D . ; W . Crairoft Fooks , LL . B ., and A . T , Norton , Stwds . ; and others . Visitors : Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; C . Banfield , 1572 ; H . Robinson , P . M . 236 ; J . Hodges , I . P . M . 1592 ; A . H . Bowles , P . P . J . G . D . Surrey ; J . P . Ingoldby , VV . M . 1601 ; J . Jackson Gawith , P . M . 70 S ; C Stevens , 1329 ; E . E ,

Cooper , P . P . G . W . Middx . ; 1 . Zacharie , P . G . M . California ; H . G . Thompson , P . P . S . G . W . Surrey : W , Stevenson Hoyte , P . M . 4 ; B . Gardener , 1261 ; D . Hills , 1 S 5 ; A . Williams , P . G . Stwd ., P . M . 14 ; W . H . Turner , W . M . 2000 ; W . Johnson Smith , Ralph Gooding , P . G . D . ; G . Lansdown , S . W . 132 S ; H . F . McGill , P . P . S . G . D . ; Capt . T . C . Walls , P . P . G . W . Middx . ; W . Matthews ,

33 ; Hugh R . Beevor , S . D . 2000 ; Thos . Walkley , S . W . 2233 ; G . Amos Duke , 733 ; F . S . Eve , W . M . G 57 ; Rev . H . Bromley , Chap . 1768 ; Carmalt Jones , S 59 ; T . Beale , 201 ; Fiottomley , Prov . G . Sec . Antrim ; and W . W . Lee , 1 S 97 . Lodge having been formally opened , the minutes were read and confirmed . Ballot was successfully taken for Mr . Henry Hills , B . A ., as a candidate for initiation , and ,

being in attendance , he vvas impressively initiated into the Order by the W . M ., the ancient charge being effectively rendered by Bro . E . Owen , S . D . The installation ceremony was next proceeded vvith , and Bro . John Curnow , M . D ., having been presented as W . M . elect , vvas duly installed into the chair by Bro . Sansom , the retiring Master . The officers forthe ensuing year vvere appointed

and invested as follows : Bros . A . C Maybury , D . Sc , S . W . ; Edmund Owen , M . B ., J . W . ; W . G . Lemon , LL . B ., Treas . ; W . J . Spratling , B . Sc , Prov . Grand Treas . Middx ., Sec . ; F . E . Lemon , M . A ., S . D . ; Chas . Gross , M . D ., Prov . G . D . Berks and Bucks , J . D . ; Peter Horrocks , M . D ., Org . ; F . E . Pocock , M . D ., I . G . ; W . Crairoft Fooks , LL . B ., D . C ; A . T . Norton , D . Cj J .

F . Buckley , LL . B ., and G . E . Halstead , Stwds . j and John Freeman , Tyler . Bro . A . E . Sanson , I . P . M ., completed the duties of Installing Master by delivering the customary addresses . The W . M ., on behalf of the brethren , presented Bro . Sansom , I . P . M ., vvith a P . Master's jewel in recognition of the ability he had displayed as W . M . during the past year , a compliment for vvhich Bro . Sansom , I . P . M ., appropriately returned thanks . The

sum of ten guineas vvas voted to the R . M . Institution for Boys , to be placed on the list of Bro . Gross . Several apologies for non-attendance were received , including one from Bro . Philbrick , G . Reg ., vvho was prevented by indisposition from attending . Propositions were made , and other business transacted , and the Iodge vvas closed . The brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern , where , at the conclusion of an excellent banquet , the usual toasts

vvere given . In proposing "The Health of H . R . H . the M . W . G . M ., " the W . M . said he considered it a great pity that on the preceding day , when his Royai Highness unveiled a statue of her Majesty the Queen at the London University , their lodge was not allowed to participate in what would have been an appropriate opportunity of exhibiting the special

bond uniting Freemasons . The VV . M . then gave "The Grand Officers , " and said the members ot that lodge owed an especial debt of gratitude to the Pro G . M ., for it was just five years agosince he not only consecrated the lodge , but also gave his hearty good wishes for its success . There were present that night Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , the Grand Secretary , and Ralph Gooding , P . G . D ., whose names he coupled vvith the

toast . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , said he vvould lose no time in rising to thank the W . M . for the kind way in vvhich he had proposed , and the brethren had received , the toast . It was one vvhich was always so kindly given that there was nothing new to be said , and more especially was it unnecessary to dilate upon the merits of the Grand

Officers , for the members of that lodge had so many good examples amongst them . That lodge among its five W . Masters numbered the late Lord Chancellor , Bros . Sir R . N . Fowler and Philbrick , the G . Reg ., and , therefore , the merits of the Grand Officers had been practically acknowknowledged and accepted . He could only say , on behalf of the Grand Officers , that they were always gratified at the reception received at the hands of their less fortunate

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brethren . On the day of the consecration he was on a bed of illness , and always regretted he had not the honour of installing the W . M . He had , however , watched the career of the lodge , and thoroughly endorsed the remark of the VV . M . —that this lodge had borne the best possible fruit of the promise made at the consecration . With such a field the lodge could not but have a successful future , and it

would be their own fault if they were not the grand success they were . Bro . Ralph Gooding , P . G . D ., also replied . Bro . A . E . Sansom , I . P . M ., said that having assumed the gavel , he felt it vvas the signal vvhich meant prosperity to the London University Lodge and hearty good wishes to their W . Master . It meant that the members of the lodge

drank to the health of the new W . Master with cordiality and vvith a firm conviction that during his year the lodge would progress . They all knew the work Bro . Curnow , W . M ., had done , and knew that he would carry on that vvork as it should be done . They wished their W . M . long life and everything he could possibly desire to render his year a pleasant one , and in drinking his health they

also drank prosperity to the London University Lodge . Bro . John Curnow , W . M ., thanked the I . P . M . and brethren for their kindness and assured them that , although he vvas not so skilled in talking as his predecessors , still his devotion and loyalty to their lodge was every whit as strong , and so far as he could he would advance and promote its interests . He felt more than grateful to them for

the honour conferred upon him that day and for the additional claim it afforded him of pointing to the fact that he vvas the first member of the lodge vvho had worked up from I . G . through the various offices 'to the chair . He had , therefore , only to thank the brethren most sincerely for the distinguished position he occupied . "The Initiate" vvas next given , and replied to by Bro .

Hills . The VV . Master , in proposing" The Installing Master , " said he had learned for the first time that day of the qualifications necessary for candidates for the Master ' s chair , and he appealed to the brethren whether the compiler of the ritual had not an ideal Master in his head such as their I . P . M . had been . They all knew the excellent

manner in which the vvork had been performed by Bro . Sansom , I . P . M ., and had heard his impressive rendering of the installation ceremony . Knowing how fully the time of the I . P . M . was occupied , they could not but be astonished at his working . Bro . A . E . Sansom , I . P . M ., returned thanks forthe kindness shown him , not only that night , but at all times

in the lodge . He felt very acutely that to his faults they had been a little blind , and to his virtues very kind , and could not adequately express his thanks . He remembered very well a distinguished man—Russell Lowell—saying that the best after-dinner speech he ever made vvas in the cab going home . He ( the I . P . M . ) felt that he should perform the installation ceremony much better when he arrived

home than he had done that day . He thanked the brethren most cordially for their kindness , and assured them that the pleasing reminiscences of the Master's chair would remain with him while life lasted . He also thanked them for the delightful friendships made in the lodge , and for the good feeling vvhich had culminated in the presentation of the P . M . ' s jewel , and for vvhich he thanked them from the

bottom of his heart . In giving " The Visitors , " the VV . M . remarked that two of the great features of Masonic life vvere Charity and hospitality . The members that evening had the pleasure of extending hospitality to a large number of Masons , amongst whom were several distinguished brethren from the provinces and other parts of the world . The visitors

included Bros . Dr . Zacharie , Cooper , P . P . G . W . Middx . j Bottomley , P . G . Sec . Antrim . ; and Bowles . Bro . Bottomley , Prov . G . Sec . Antrim , said he considered it a high compliment that his name should be coupled vvith the toast of the visitors , and felt it the more that Ireland should have been placed before England on that occasion . He came as a stranger from a strange land , the reason he

used that expression being that those who had studied the course of public events for the last few years must have come to the conclusion that Ireland vvas a strange place . He had attended as a stranger , but found himself quite at home , vvhich he owed to the kindness of a very distinguished brother on his left ( the Grand Secretary ) , vvho introduced him , and whose name was as well known in

Ireland as in the Metropolis . It would be a very bad return for their hospitality if he detained them by making a speech , but at the same time it might be of interest to Masons here to know something of the progress of Masonry in Ireland , vvhich vvas pursued in various parts of the south and west under the greatest difficulties . The brethren from those parts had often told him when visiting

Dublin that they found the greatest consolation in meeting the brethren there . The province from vvhich he came vvas rather a prosperous one , numbering 84 lodges and chapters . Referring to the charitable side of Masonry in Ireland he could tell them the Girls' School was an entirely new building , of which the debt vvas paid off , and although the work of Charity vvas small , yet it showed that Masonry was

struggling along . He begged to return sincere thanks to tlie W . M . and members of the lodge for their hospitality , and he only wished that English Masons vvould visit Ireland more frequently , for they vvould always be sure of a fraternal greeting and such hospitality as they afford . Bros . Bowles and McGill also responded . Bro . Carmalt Jones , S 59 replying for "The Sister

, University Lodges , " said the lodge vvhich he represented vvas in a highly efficient and solvent state , and doing an enormous amount of work , sometimes meeting at two or three o ' clock and continuing working until nearly eight . The meeting place vvas not quite satisfactory , but subscriptions were being raised , and in course of time they vvould have a

Masonic Hall , and he should be pleased to see any members of the lodge at the opening ceremony . Other toasts having been given , the Tyler ' s toast closed the proceedings . During the evening Bros . Stevenson Hoyte , Thurley Beale , and Cooper rendered an excellent selection of music in an admirable manner .

DERBY ALLCROFT LODGE ( No . 216 S ) . — This lodge met on Thursday , the gth inst ., for the lirst time in their new home , the Midland Grand Hotel , St . Pancras , vvhich in point of general arrangements , attendance , and comfort leaves nothing to be desired . The Iodge was ) opened by the W . M ., Bro . James P . Fitzgerald , assisted by Bros . II . Harold Halliday , S . W . ; Wm . Thomas , P . M .,