Lodge Jottings.

JERSEY . —Tin : MKCMAXICS Loom-:, NO . 245 . I his lodge held its eighty-ninth installation meeting on January ifilh ; some seventy members were present , and it was most successful from every point of view . Bro . AV . T . Dunell , ( he W M . elect , was duly installed by the outgoing - Master , Bro . Curtis . The W . M then invested the following officers : — Bros . \\* . Curtis , I . P . M . ; J . A . Samson , S . W . ; J . C . H Moignard , J . . ; T . W . Dunell , Treasurer ( 30 th time ) ; O . Dodge , Secretary

( 29 th time ) ; J . C . Thatcher , S . D . ; R . W . Rice , J . D . ; AV . Hardy , I . G . ; AV . Burt , Organist ; and W . H . Hambly , Tyler . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren and visitors adjourned to a well-served banquet . Amongst the visitors were Bros . Xicolls , P . G . S . Guernsey ; Major F . G . Godfray , P . S . G . W . ; P . G . Hamilton , P . J . G . W . ; J . 0 . Letuer , P . G . Treas . ; Lt .-Col . A ' atcher , T . Cummings , and the Worshipful Masters ol the different lodges of the province .

LINCOLN . —THK AVITHAAI LODOK , NO . 297 . The installation meeting of this old lodge was held on the 27 th January . There was a large attendance of Past Masters and brethren from Cambridge and the Province ol Lincolnshire . The chair was tilled by the AV . M ., Bro . H ' . B . Kelly . Before the installation ceremony , a very interesting presentation took place . W . Bro . B . Vickers , P . A . G . D . C . England , and P . P . G . Registrar , presented to AV . Bro G . H . Shipley , P . M ., on behalf of the

lodge , an illuminated address in album form , congratulating him upon having attained his jubilee as installed Master . Bro . Vickers referred to the position of the Witham Lodge at the time of Bro . Shipley ' s initiation , in 18 45 , also recalling the names of some noted Masons connected with the lodge when he was installed as W . M . in 1851 . The address was then read by Bro . J . I > . Rayner , the Secretary , and Bro .

Vickers warmly congratulated Bro . Shipley , and expressed a hope that they might have the pleasure of his company on many future occasions . Bro . Shipley , notwithstanding his advanced age , replied in a remarkably clear voice . He expressed his thankfulness , and referred to the fact that there was ( inly one link remaining of the days when he was an ardent worker in Masonry—Bro . Richard Hall , who had that

morning expressed his sincere regret that failing health would prevent him from being present at the lodge . The installation was then proceeded with , and afterwards the brethren adjourned to a banquet . The whole of ( he proceedings were characterised by a truly Masonic spirit , and it was ( he unanimous opinion of those present that the meeting was one of the most successful the lodge had ever held .

XORTHAMPTOX . — THE POMI- 'HKT LODCE , Xo . 360 . The annual installation festival in connection with this lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , on Thursday , January 1 st , when Bro . William John Stanton , P . P . G . Std ., S . AV ., was duly installed as Worshipful Master , in succession to V . AV . Bro . H . Manlield , P . P . S . G . W ., P . G . Treasurer England . About 120 brethren assembled in honour of the occasion , and not only were the sister lodges in the town represented , but the majority of those in the

Province of Norths , and Hunts . The Deputy Prov . Grand Master , W . Bro . J . Haviland , and over forty Past Masters were present . The installation ceremony was performed by WW . Bro . H . Manlield . The W . M . appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows : —Bros . C . R . Nunn , S . AV . ; AV . J . Arnsby , P . P . G . S ., J . W . ; C . E . Thorpe , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D ., Chaplain ; A .. Cockeiil , P . M ., P . G . Treasurer , Treasurer ;

G . Ellard , P . M ., P . G . Secretary , Secretary ; C . H . Dorman , S . D . ; J . J . Martin , J . D . ; G . F . E . Wilkinson , P . M ., P . J . G . W ., D . C . ; R S . Skillington , I . G . ; Astley Cooper and R . L . Capell , Stewards ; M . L . Warner P . P . G . Organist , Organist ; and G . Robinson , P . P . G . Tyler , Tyler . After the transact ! . m of the usual routine annual business , lodge was closed in due form . The brethren afterwards sat down to a banquet , when the usual toasts were proposed and duly honoured . The newlv-elecled AV . AI . presided , and was supported by the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , W . Bro . J . Haviland , P . J . G . D . England , and the Past Masters .

RAAISEV- ST . ALU ' OHOI . I ) Loixn :, No . 1073 . The annual installation of this , the oldest lodge in the Island on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England , held at the Masonic Rooms , on Tuesday , January 21 st , brought together one of the large-stand most brilliant Masonic gatherings ever witnessed in the Island . The W . M . elect was Bro . T . H . P . Mylechreest , and the ceremony of installation was ably performed by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master . The roll of Installed Masters on this

occasion was one of the largest , if not the largest , in the historv of Insular Freemasonry . The W . M . invested his officers as follows : —Bros . John Kermode , I . P . M . ; A . H . Brown , S . W . ; S . A . Whitham , J . W . ; Rev . F . I ) . Kermode , Chaplain ; F . M . Le . Alothe , Treasurer ; F . Brew , Secrelarv ; G . W . Kewin , S . D . ; R . I ) . Kermode , . 1 D . ; H . C . Kerruish , P . M ., D . C . ; J . Craine , P . M ., Organist ; A . H . Faragher , I . G . ; W . R . Fleming ,

Steward ; and W . Callister , Tyler . The brethren then adjourned to the Queen ' s Hotel , where they sat down to an excellent banquet . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured , that of " Lord Henniker , the Provincial Grand Master , and the Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Isle of Man , " proposed by the I . P . M ., being ably responded to by Bro . F . C . Poulter , Prov . G . Secretary , who

gave some useful information as to the progress made in the formation of the Taubman and Heron Charities , one for the aid of aged Freemasons , and the other for the assistance in life of the orphans of Freemasons . Other toasts followed , and a most enjoyable evening was spent .

REDRUTH . —Tin-: Dunns Loncic OF L OVK AXI > LIHKK . AI . ITY , NO . 589 , held its installation meeting on the 14 th January , when Bro . S . Howard Lanyan was installed as W . M . by AV . Bro . Casper R . Laurie , I . P . M . The Worshipful Master invested as his officers : —Bros . S . J . Harper , SAW ; J . W . Welsh , J . AV . ; Rev . A . H . Ferris , Chaplain ; S . M . Abbott , P . M . Treasurer ; T . A . Kistler , P . M ., Secretary ; E . T . Hamilton , S . D . ; R . E . Richards , J . D . ; H . T . Moore , Asst . Sec . ; AV . Parkyn , D . of C . ;

W . C . Hodge , Organist ; T . Shopland and E . Noble , Stewards . W . Bro . E . Broad , P . M ., P . P . G . Treasurer , was re-elected Steward of the Cornwall Charity Association , and W . Bro . Casper R . Laurie , P . M ., was elected Steward of the Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund , seventeen guineas being devoted towards these charities . A \ . Bro . Thomas A . Kistler , P . Prov . G . Treasurer , was presented with a massive

silver epergne and a beautifully illuminated address , subscribed by eightytwo brethren of the " Druids" as a mark of their appreciation of his long and valued services as Secretary , and the interest he had evinced in the lodge during the past thirty vears , and as a token of fraternal regard and esteem . The presentation was made by the ( wo senior Past Masters , AV . Bro . T . Davey , P . Prov . G . Swd . Br ., and W . Bro . E . M . Milford , P . Prov .

S . G . W . The Deputy Prov . Grand Master , in very appropriate words , then handed Bro . Kistler an autograph letter from the Prov . G . Master , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , in which his lordship stated that he bad much pleasure in conferring upon him the rank of Past Provincial Junior Grand AA * arden , well knowing that his devotion to the interests of Masonry , and his long service as Secretary of his lodge , fully justified his lordship ' s selection , and he felt sure it would receive the hearty approval of the brethren of the province as well as the members of the Druids I ^ odge .

Bro . Kistler very feelingly thanked the brethren lor ( heir great kindness to him , which he should ever value ; and especially was be grateful to the Prov . G . Master for the distinguished honour he had conferred upon him , which he appreciated all the more on . iccount of the very kind way in which this unexpected honour was conveyed . At the close of the lodge , seventy brethren and their visitors partook of an excellent banquet at Tabb's Hotel , presided over by the Worshipful Master , when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed , and songs and recitations given bv several of the members and visitors .

STRATFORD . —AVKST HAM AHHKY LODOK , XO . 2291 . This nourishing lodge held its eighteenth regular meeting at the Town Hall 011 Thursday , February 6 th . The lodge was opened by Bro . W . G . Stone , W . M ., who afterwards vacated the chair in favour of Bro . . las . Boultou , P . M ., P . G . P ., who then installed Bro . Henry Barrow as W . M . for the ensuing year . The new AV . M . appointed and invested the following brethren as bis officers : —T . Thretford . S . AW ; J . . 1 . Richardson , J . AW ;

the Right Rev . Bishop of Barking , Chaplain ; Jas . Bonlton , Treasurer ; F . C . D Fenn , Secretary ; G . A . McDowall , S D . ; W . H . Turner , J . D . ; AV . S . McDonald , I . G . ; J . H . R . Moloney , D . C . ; AV . Laver and G . AV . Reed . Stewards ; W . Graves , Organist ; and M . Gross , Tyler . The AV . M . then proceeded to pass Bro . Potter to the degree of F . C . The sum of fifty guineas was voted from the lodge fund to be placed upon the AWM . ' s list as Steward for the R . M . I . B ., and later in the

evening this was supplemented by a further X 50 subscribed by individual members of the lodge . The balance sheet for the year , which was received and adopted , shows that the sum of one hundred guineas was given from the lodge funds to the R . AI . B . I . Thirteen Masters have preceded Bro . Barrow in the chair since the consecration of this lodge , but he is the lirst initiate of the lodge who has had the honour conferred upon him ; he has not been without distinction in other directions

in the interim , being a P . M . of the St . Clement ' s Lodge , Xo . 2442 , and a Past Prov . Grand Swd Br . Essex . A banquet afterwards took place , which was attended by a large number of members and visitors .

WREXHAM . — INK Syt'AKi-: AND COMPASS LOIXU-:, NO . 1336 . Ihe installation meeting of this lodge took place at the Public Hall , on the 5 U 1 February . The W . M . elect , Bro . Samuel R . Johnson , was installed in the chair by Bro . R . T . Powell , P . M ., who was ably assisted by Bros . T . B . Barton , P . M ., and G . Cuthrall , P . M . A large number of members and visitors were present . The new AV . M . appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing

year as follows : —Bros . Thomas Sumnal , I . P . M . ; AV . E . Johnson , S . W . ; R . W . Glascodiue , J . AV . ; T . Beech Barton , P . M ., P . P . G S . B ., Treasurer ; Newton Fisk , P . P . G . S ., Secrelarv ; J . T . Morgan , S . D . ; Arthur Cudworth , J . D . ; J . F . Edishury , P . M ., P . P . G . W ., Organist ; Stanley D . Edishury , ' I . G . ; Samuel Allcock , Joseph Grimshaw , and Robert Rowley , Stewards ; and Thomas Lee , Tyler .

Before the closing of the lodge , the retiring W . M ., Bro . Thomas Sumnal , was presented with a Past Master ' s jewel , as a marl ; of appreciation and esteem from the brethren , for the services rendered by him during his year of office . At the conclusion of business an adjournment was made to the Imperial Hotel , Regent Street , where a banquet was served , under the

presidency of the newly-installed W . M ., Bro . S . R . Johnson . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly proposed and honoured , and a musical programme , to which Bros . Wilfred Jones , W . S . Stephenson , S . P . Davies , Loui Parry , and others contributed , was excellently carried out .