Provincial Grand Lodge Of Surrey.

Grand Master had consecrated one lodge during the year , and the ceremony was performed with , a dignity and grace that won the admiration of all the distinguished Masons present . On the occasion of the next Girls' School Festival they would rally round their Prov . Grand Master , and show him they appreciated and loved him .

The Prov . Grand Master thanked Bro . Turner for his veiy kind words in proposing the toast , and the brethren for their reception . He knew the responsibility of his office and also his inability to undertake the duties unless supported by those well qualified to give him advice . It would be vain

for any man to say- he could clothe thing himself . So long as the affairs went on as they were doing , so long would Masonry in that province continue to prosper . Bro . Hedges was with them that evening , doubtless to see what prospect there was

of success for the next Girls' School Festival , but the province would doubtless be worthy of the occasion . He asked no loclge or brother to subscribe more than he could reasonably afford . Although they regarded Masonry seriously , they need not forget the pleasant side . Let them be reasonable in all things , in their efforts , and in their work , and not

forget that they who were blessed comparatively with much should be grateful to the Great Architect , and show it by their words and by their deeds . " The Deputy Prov . Grand Master and Prov . Grand Officers " was next given and acknowledged by Bros . J . D .

Langton , Dep . Prov . GM ., and Grellior , Prov . S . G . W . Bros . Slingsby Roberts , Prov . Sec . Sussex , and R . Rigg , Prov . S . G . W . Westmorland and Cumberland , responded for " The Visitors . "

Installation Meeting Of The Sanctuary Lodge, No. 3051.

Installation Meeting of the Sanctuary Lodge , No . 3051 .

THE Installation Meeting of this lodge , which was founded specially for Members of Convocation and the Houses of Laymen , the clergy and officers of religious societies , was held on the 6 th July , at the Westminster Palace Hotel . The lodge was consecrated a year ago , the first Worshipful Master being the Right Hon . Sir Joseph Dimsdale ,

Bart ., P . C ., K . C . V . O ., M . P ., P . G . W ., P . G . Treas ., & c . There was a large and influential gathering of the Craft to witness the installation of Bro . Alfred Holdsworth , S . W . as second W . M ., the ceremony being conducted by V . W . Bro-Canon Brownrigg , P . G . C ., assisted by Y . W . Bros , the Bishop

of Barking , P . G . C , the Dean of Hereford , and Prcb . Ingram . The new Worshipful Master subsequently invested his officers as follows : —Bros , the Right Hon . Sir J . C Dimsdale , I . P . M . ; John Fisher , Senior Warden ; Rev . Canon Chilcle , LL . D ., P . G . C , Junior Warden ; Rev . Sir Borradaile Savory ,

Bart , P . G . C . Chaplain ; G . Rowland Blades , Treasurer ; F . L . Palmer , P . P . G . S . Herts ., Secretary ; Laurence H . Blades , Senior Deacon ; Rev . C . E . L . Wright , P . G . D . Junior Deacon ; G . S . Becching , P . P . G . R . Bucks ., Director of Ceremonies ; Arthur T . Poyser , P . P . G . Org . Perthshire West , Organist ;

G . A . King , P . P . G . W . Surrey , Inner Guard ; Abel Simner , P . A . G . D . C . Senior Steward ; F . A . Hazzledinc , Junior Steward ; C . Munro Cobb , Junior Steward and E . C . Richards , Tyler .

Amongst those present , in addition to the above , were : — Bros . Rev Dr . Cooper Smith , P . G . C . ; Rev . R . Peek , P . G . C ; Rev . Canon Quennell , P . G . C . ; Henry Times , Dep . G . D . C . ; W . J . Ebbetts , P . G . S . of Works ; Geo . F . Smith , P . G . O . ; Rev . Canon Barnard , P . G . C . Worcester ; Yen . Archdeacon Hodges , P . P . G . C . Suffolk ; Rev . J . J . Burton , P . P . G . C Suffolk

Alderman Kitwood , P . P . S . G . D . Lincolnshire ; the Rev . A . R . Buckland , G . J . Brinkworth , J . W . Dennis , C . J . Drummond , J . R . Hosker , Dr . Lake , A . W . Letts , Oliver Notcutt , H . A . Sherwin , G . Tarran and Stebbing Russell . Letters of regret were received from Bros , the Earls of Lathom , Shaftesbury and Malmesbury , the Bishopsof Bath and

Wells , Bangor and Thetford , the new Bishop of Rochester , Bishop Welklon , the Archdeacons of London and Westminster and other brethren .

Sir J . Dimsdale , in proposing the toast of " The Worshipful Master ( Bro Alfred Holdsworth ) " said , that in his public career , Bro . Holdsworth was known as a man of the most unblemished integrity , and in placing him in the chair they were sure that he would maintain its dignity- in the highest sense . He hoped that they would always be fortunate in

obtaining Masters of the lodge who would be as energetic and single-minded in their endeavours to forward the happiness of the lodge and of its members as he was sure their present Worshipful Master would be . In making a presentation of silver plate , on behalf of

the members of the lodge , to Sir Joseph Dimsdale , as a memento of his year of office and a mark of appreciation of the services he had rendered to the lodge , the W . M . expressed in feeling terms the high regard in which Sir Joseph was held by the brethren . The monetary value of the gift

offered was , he said , comparatively small ; but . the spirit behind the gift could not be expressed in mere words . An excellent musical programme was provided by the Westminster Singers , under the direction of W . Bro . George May , of St . Paul ' s Cathedral .

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Bro . Sir Alfred Cooper , P . G . D ., is the subject of a notice in a recent number of Vanity Fair . Sir Alfred , says our contemporary , who has long been one of the leading lights of the surgical profession , retired on Saturday , and intends to practice no more , to the great regret of everybody . Tall and

athleticlooking , with a jovial , breezy way about him , he was just the man to inspire a despondent patient with confidence , or revive the drooping spirits of the hypochondriac , while his kindness of heart , generosity , and philanthropy , endeared him to many who could offer him no reward beyond gratitude .

He was Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg , and was popular with everybody , from Royalty downwards , in fact , as much of a social personality in London as the late Sir Oscar Clayton . He is a prominent Freemason and a very good shot . Sir Alfred , who was knighted a year or two ago ,

married , in 1882 , Lady Agnes Duff , a sister of the Duke of Fife , by whom he has three daughters and a son , who is at Eton .

The St . Chad Loclge , No . 3115 , was consecrated on the 12 th July at the Great Eastern Hotel . The loclge is intended for Seven Kings , and makes the fifty-fifth for the Province of Essex . The Provincial Grand Master , Colonel LockwoodM . P ., performed the ceremony , assisted

, by Bros , the Bishop of Barking , Horace Cheston , Richard Clowes , Thomas J . Railing , Victor Taylor , R . J . Hatfield , and A . W . Martin . Bro . J . H . Salter , P . G . D ., Dep . Prov . G . M ., installed Bro . Charles R . Campbell , P . M . 1365 , as first Worshipful Master , and the other offices were filled by

Bros . E . G . Harvey , W . C . Burford , the Rev . Elsan I . Colnett , Prov . Gd . Chap . ; D . T . Jackson , P . M . ; Henry Martin , P . M . ; Percy F . Gaunt , H . E . Norton , J . F . Handscomb , George Kensett , S . R . Pearce , B . Henderson , J . E . Spurr , H . Cecil Holt , and T . Williams . The consecraof the

ting officers were pressnted with a handsome souvenir event of the day .