History Of The Emulation Lod Ge Of Imp Rovement, No . 256.——(Continued).

Bro . Cobham was a Past Alaster of the Leigh Lodge , No . 957 , and had been a regular attendant at the " Emulation " for several years . A similar vote was jiassed at the next meeting with reference to Bro . Charles Jardine , of St . George's

SIR JOHN 11 . MONCKTON , P . O . WARDEN , Chairman of the Fertirnh in IS ? . ! , 1 NIID , null 1 MI 2 .

Lodge , No . 140 , who also lost his life in this dreadful catastrojihe , when upwards of 600 perished while returning from a jileasure trip , and when many of them were actually within sight of their homes . The Festival was held on the 29 th of November , Thomas

Fenn , W . M ., who , with the assistance of the following brethren , worked the First Lecture : —A . C . Spaull , G . C . Pulsford , A . D . Renshaw , E . Hornblower , E . G . Tattershall , F . R . SjiauII , and W . A . Dawson . Total attendance 180 , being somewhat smaller than that of the jirevious Festival .

Thirty-five jirojiositions were received for joining members . At the conclusion of the business , the Chairman for the festive proceedings , Lord Henniker , Senior Grand Warden , evinced his fitness for that jicst by taking the Alaster's Chair and closing the Lodge in the three degrees .

The 27 th of December saw the admission to membership of a brother whose name has become as familiar in Alasonry as a household word , and will long be remembered in connection with the Lodge as one of its most able , earnest , and kindly Preceptors—Bro . Robert Clay Sudlow , of whom we shall jirobably have something more to say later on .

1879 . Nothing of imjiortance is recorded in the minutes of this year jirior to the Festival on the 28 th of November , when Bro . C . A . Alurton occupied the Alaster's Chair and jiut the questions of the Second Lecture to the following brethren : —F . R . Spaull , W . S . Lee , Albert Escott , G . C . Pulsford , and Albert Marvin .

Bro . Thomas Fenn jirojiosed and Bro . Ai . ] . Mclntyre , Grand Registrar , seconded the following resolution , which was sujijiorted by Bro . Alurton and carried unanimously : — " The members of the Emulation Lodge of Imjirovement at their Anniversary Meeting have heard with deep regret

that their much respected brother , John Hervey , who has held the office of Treasurer of the Lodge for upwards of thirty years , in consequence of serious illness , has deemed it necessary to resign the office of Grand Secretary , the duties of which he has discharged with such eminent ability

and conscientious zeal , and so greatly to the advantage and satisfaction to the Craft . They desire to record 011 their minutes their sincere sympathy with Bro . Hervey in his affliction , and they trust they may indulge in the hope that a release from the anxieties of his office may so far conduce to his restoration to health as to enable him in his retirement

to enjoy the quiet and rejiose he has so well earned . They fervently hope that the G . A . O . T . U . may grant him yet many years of jieaceful life to enjoy the society of his brother Alasons with whom he has been so long associated , and who , one and all , entertain towards him the most sincere esteem and affection . "

There were jiresent 134 members and 91 visitors ; 34 . jirojiositions for membershiji were received . Lord Kensington , Senior Grand Warden , jiresided at the banquet . In the course of the evening several interesting - speeches were made , notably those of Bros . MclntyreCoL

, Shadwell H . Gierke , and Bro . Fenn . The last named , in proposing the toast of the " Sister Lodge of Instruction , " the Stability , alluded regretfully to the absence , through failing ; health , of its esteemed President , Bro . Henry Muggeridge , who had for so many years been a welcome guest at the

" Emulation" Festivals . This was the last occasion on which the toast of " The Sister Lodge of Instruction " was given at the Emulation Lodge of Imjirovement . 1880 . In the minutes of the 23 rd of January it is recorded that " Bro . R . R . Davis , on behalf of the Lodge

of Unions , jiresented to the Lodge their first Minute Book , which had been discovered amongst the Books of the Lodge of Unions . "

A vote of thanks was ordered to be recorded on the minutes to the Lodge of Unions for their much valued jiresentation . The discovery of this jirecious treasure naturally created considerable jubilation amongst the older members , and there would have been good reason for it had the book been

what it was rejiresented to be . When , however , it was handed to the writer after the Lodge was closed he did what neither the givers nor receivers ajijiear to have doneexamined it—with the result that he felt compelled , reluctantly , he admits , to inform the Secretary at the next

meeting that in his ojiinion the book in question had never belonged to the " Emulation , " for this Lodge was founded in 1823 , while the Lodge of Instruction to which the book belonged was established in 1818 , under sanction of the British Lodge , No . 8 , the title being the United Lodge of

ALFRED GREEN , P . M . OF THE IfOVAL YORK LODGE OF PERSEVEII ANCK . Xi > . 7 , fieeretori / of the Emllhllion l . oili / e of Ilu / irorenient , IH 72-1 H 7 S .

Perseverance . The book was filled up , the last meeting therein recorded being held on the 26 th of September , 1821 , although the list of members shows that the Lodge was working in 1822 . ( To be Continued ) .