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a vote of thanks be entered on the minutes for Bro . Filer ' s great care and attention as their Treasurer , and of the regret of the lodge that he had relinquished that office . —This was seconded by some half-score of members , and carried unanimously . —Bro . FILER , P . M ., and late Treas ., had heard the unanimous vote with pleasure and satisfaction . He had given up that distinguished mark of their confidence , only that he might be quite at liberty , for the duties of the office required a regular attendanceancl he

, also thought no one should monopolise any office for too long a period . He felt quite sure Bro . Cox would give satisfaction , as he had known him long before that brother had been initiated in their lodge . For the vote of thanks , ancl the way in which they had always received him , he tendered his best thanks . Before he sat down , he thought it was the proper moment to refer to the Festival of the Benevolent Institution , at which he

was present , when Bro . AVinn , their new J . W ., had presented one hundred guineas to the Charity , which , coupled with what he had done on a former occasion , showed how handsomely ho had come forward to support the lodge , and that he was entitled to their best thanks for so doing . Bro . Filer then proposed that the thanks - of the lodge be presented to Bro . AVinn , for his handsome manner in carrying out the stewardship of the lod

ge , and that the same be entered on the minutes . —This was also most numerously seconded , and carried by acclamation . — -Bro . WINN , J . AV ., returned thanks for the compliment , and declined the whole of the merits of the lodge list . A lady , Mrs . E . Cox , had come to their assistance , and made their list amount to £ 150 . and he hoped the lodge would allow that the vote they had just past , might be entered on the minutes to the ladies who had

contributed instead of in his name . The lodge was afterwards closed and the brethren adjourned to Bro . Todd ' s drawing-room , where a banquet was served with that elegance , good taste , ancl profusion , which are the characteristic of the Canonbury Tavern under Bro . Todd ' s liberal management . Upon the removal of the cloth , Bro . FILEE , P . M . and Treas ., gave the regular toasts , and then came to that of the visitors . He said they had many there from a distance , aud were highly honoured by their presence . The Canonbury Lodge had found great friendships from many brethren in the Craft . Bro . Binckes , P . M . of No . 10 had , when first he ( Bro . Filer ) knew him , belonged to the Enoch

Lodge , but he had long since gone to another , and it gave them all great pleasure to see him there . He felt there was no-need to tell them who and what he was , for they were known to be the upholders of the charities , and Bro . Binckes was connected with one of them . Here the AA . M . went through the list of visitors , making kind and ge . nial remarks upon each name , and concluded by greeting them all with a hearty welcome . —Bro . BINCKES said it was a great gratification to him to be present

, for he had the happiness to know many members of the lodge , and was present at its consecration . The visitors were greatlypleased to see it so flourishing , ancl the good example it set was not without its advantage in other cpiarters . He thought their appointments , made that night , were good , and he need not do more than allude to one of the votes of thanks they had heard to support him in that view . With such munificence they not

only prospered , but deserved to prosper . In the lodge their working was good , ancl at that table their hospitality was in no way neglected , so he , on behalf of the visitors , wish them a full measure of success , and expressed their satisfaction with the fraternal kindness they met with there . —Bro . FILEE said their new WM . was very unwell , and had been obliged to leave immediately on the conclusion of the ceremony . He had asked

him ( Bro . Filer ) , to preside for him and he did so with regret for the cause . Bro . Chancellor , their AA . M ., was a very excellent and worthy brother , an amiable man , and a credit to the lodge —( Hear , hear . )—and he was sure they would all agree with him in the toast . He proposed " The better health of their AA . M . "—Bro . FILEE remarked that if the duties of the P . M . ' s of the Canonbury Lodge were

light , they were none the less efficient . As young blood in a lodge was desirable , so was it amongst the P . M . ' s , and he gladly hailed an accession to their numbers that evening . The lodge had voted Bro . Warman its jewel , ancl it gave him ( Bro . Filer ) much pleasure to present it to him . —Bro . AVARMAN was verymuch obliged for the jewel he had just received , and hoped to wear it long in that lodge . —Bro . E . CoxP . M . and Treas . said

, , lie was so old a P . M . —now two years—that he would sum up all he had to say with God speed them one and all . —Bro . ENSOM , P . M ., was no long speaker , and contented himself by saying he thanked them all heartily . —Bro . BOHN , P . M . and Sec ., could only indorse Bro . Cox ' s good wishes , and , as he hoped

to have many other opportunities to thank them , would no longer trespass on their time . —Bro . E . Cox , P . M . and Treas ., rose to propose the next toast , which was one they all felt deeply interested in , it was "The Health of Bro . Filer , the first W . M . of the Canonbury Lodge . " ( Hear , hear . ) No doubt it had been to him a matter of great solicitude both as W . M . and their Treasurer ; the latter office he bad held for some years , and he need scarcely say how excellently those duties had been done .

The toast he gave them was long life and happiness to their first W . M ., and , till that day , Treasurer , Bro . Filer . —Bro . FILER , who made a very humourous and effective reply , said the duties he had undertaken he had always performed with a great deal of pleasure , and he felt the compliment that had been paid him very sincerely . —The AV . M . had to bring before their notice the new officers . The S . W ., Bro . Turner , had risen a step , as well as Bro . Winn , the J . W . ; from what he knew of them he

was sure they would study their duties . He then went through the list , and concluded by adding that in Bro . Bohn , their P . M . ancl Sec ., they had an invaluable aid . There never was , he said , such a Secretary . He was most minute in all he did . He put their minutes into excellent language , and afterwards wrote them in a hand as good as could be written . The W . M . then added their new Treasurer's name to the toast , and proposed "Long life and happiness to the present Officers of the Canonbury Lodge . "—

Bro . TURNER , S . AA \ , for the kind manner in which he had been spoken of was very grateful , and would do his best to support the AV . M . —Bro . WINN , J . W ., in a very neat allegorical sea-faring speech , said he hoped to do his duty and navigate the vessel safely into port . The junior officers each spoke for themselves . Bro . E . Cox , would promise but one thing that was to do his best , but , as he knew that the office of Treasurer was no

sinecure , he should claim their indulgence for any shortcomings . —Bro . BOHN , P . M . and See ., on his own behalf said if liis past services had been of the slightest value to the lodge , he could assure them they should be continued with unabated zeal . ( Hear , hear . )—Bro . BOIIN , P . M . ancl See ., found it his greatest pleasure to appeal to them so successfully on behalf of the charities . That seemed to be a toast that attached to him , personally , in that lodge . They had now regularly sent Stewards for some years , and Bro . Chancellor , their AV . M ., had kindly

come forward to serve for the Boy's School . Their Bro . Winn took up a list of £ 150 at the Festival for the Benevolent Fund and he should like to see a similar amount at next festival in March . He believed if every lodge would send a Steward to each of the charities , and every brother would send a guinea hy him , their charities would be more , prosperous still . He concluded by proposing " Success to the Masonic Charities and Bro . Binckes . " —Bro . BINCKES was afraid that he could not do

justice to the toast in a lodge like No . 955 , where the higher principles of relief were so well understood . He had to plead the cause of one who was ill , their AV . M ., and he feared less effectively than Bro . Chancellor would have done . It had been said that ingratitude was the sin of withchcraft , but on account of the Boy's School , that could never be laid at his door for he was deeply grateful to Bro . AVinn for the last Festivaland wished that every

, lodge could boast one or two such members . Bro . Winn had made a reference to a lady ' s assistance to his list , and he ( Bro . Binckes ) was glad to see u disposition on the part of the fair sex to come forward on such occasions . Novelty as it was , a lady had positively enrolled her name amongst tbe Stewards for the Boy ' s Festival , and he did not see any incongruity in it ; for theythe sterner sextook great interest in the Girl ' s School

, , , and for his own part he had always been warmly attached to that Charity ; so he thought if he could but win the ladies for the Boy's , the exchange was nothing but mutual . The ladies often declared that Freemasonry took their husbands from home ; but he advocated the plan of giving them some share in the practical plan of doing good . He was happy to say the AV . M . 's list had just been commenced iu that room , and he found four

members putting down their names as follows . —The W . M ., twenty guineas ; their Treasurer , twenty guineas ; their J . W ., twenty guineas ; and Bro . Kirkham , ten guineas — a total of seventy guineas , in less than five minutes . He hoped to get a large surplus fund this year , for they had many wants . In three years he wanted accommodation fcr 100 hoys , and now they could only admit 72 . There would be seven vacancies in October ,

but there were many more applicants . He knew he had but to ask there , and have ; for their lodge had been quoted as one of the most munificent . He was gratefnl to them for the past , and hopeful for the future ; and in the name of those Charities for